The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-08-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

At noon, on the 1st inst, the senate
began to vote upon the articles of impeach-
ment against William Belknap, late secretary
! of war. Upon the first article of impeach-
ment 35 senator's voted guilty; 25not guilty,
for want of Jurisdiction. Those who voted
guilty were: Bayard, Booth, Cameron
PENN, Cockreil, Cooper, Davis, Dawes,
} Dennis, Edmunds, Gordon, Hamilton, Har-
vey, Hitchcock, Kelley, Herman, McCreery,
Mcdonald, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill,,
I Norwood, Oglesby, Randall, Ransom, Rob-
ertson, Sargent, Salisbury, Sherman, Ste
venson, Thurman, Wadleigh, Wallace,
Whyte and Withers. Those voting in the
| negative: Anthony, Allison, Boutwell,,
Bruce, Cameron (Wis.l, Christiancy, Conk-
ling. Conove, Cragin, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry,
| Frelinghuysen Hamlin, Howe Ingalls,, Jones
New Logan, Mcmillan, Paddock, Patter-
SOD, Spencer, West, Window and Wright.
Mr.. Jones of Florida declined voting on the
ground that the senate had no jurisdiction.
Presiding officer announced that two-thirds
had not voted guilty. and therefore the re-
Spondent was acquitted of the charge in the
| first article On the second article So sena.
tors voted guilty and % not guilty. Mr..
Marcy, who dId not answer on the first roll
call, voted guilty upon the second article
Those senators who voted not guilty repeated
their reason for doing so, want of jurisdic-
ton. Upon the third and fourth articles
the vote stood as above, 36 voting guilty and
% not guilty. Before roll call on the 9Th
article was finished Morton, who had been
detained on account of severe fall this
morning, came in and voted guilty, making
the vote on that article 81 guilty and 25 not
guilty. Two-thirds Of the senate not having
| voted in favor of sustaining the articles of
impeachment, it was ordered that judgment
| of acqulttal be entered, and the senate sit
| ting as a court of Impeachment adjourned
| sine die. The chair announced new con-
| ference committee on consular and liplO-
| matte appropriation bills-Messrs. Sargent,
| Boutwell,, and Norwood. A Joint resolution
| providing for the restoration of the writing
| of the original declaration of Independence |
| Mr.. HaddOcl1 called up the house bill to es- |
tablish new land district in the territory of |
| Wyoming, to be known Evanston district. |
| Passed. Mr.. Kelly called up the house bill |
| to create an additional land district in the |
| territory of Idaho. Passed. The house bill |
| providing for the sale of Usage ceded lands |
| in Kansas was taken up and passed. The |
senate then took up the river and harbor |
appropriation bill, and various amendments |
proposed by the committee on appropria-
tions were agreed to. Pending discussion, a |
message was received from the house of |
representatives, announcing the action of |
that bOdy in regard to the death of Ed. Y.
Parsons, member from Kentucky. APP
propriate addresses were made by MesSrs.
McCreery and Stevenson as mark OF re-
spect to the memory of the deceased. Sem
ate adjourned.
In the senate on the End, substitute
for house bill granting a pension to E. NJ.
Hansell, the messenger in the state depart
ment who was injured in defending the late
secretary Seward from the assassin Payne
was passed. The substitute awards 1000.
The senate then went into executive session,
and when the doors were reopened con-
sideration of the rivers and harbors ap-
preparation bill was resumed. The amend
ments of the committee were agreed to
without discussion. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 3rd, a bill to
limit and fix the signal service was amended
and passed. Mr.. Logan introduced bill
for the coinage of the silver dollar of 412 $40
grains of standard silver, and providing that it
be legal tender at its nominal value for any
amount, except for customs due and inter
est on the public debt Ordered printed
and lie on the table. The morning hour having
expired, the senate resumed consideration
of the river and harbOr appropriation bill.
The bill was then reported to the senate, and
the amendments made in the committee of
the whole were concurred in. The bill then
passed. Those who voted in the negative
were: Messrs. Cockrill, Conkling, Eaton,
Edmunds Hamlin Hitchcock, Jones (FlaG |
The bill as passed apprCpriates in the aggre-
gate s., ,000, 900, the exact sum recommended
by the committee on appropriations, and no
change whatever was made in any amount
reported by the committee. The senate 7
then adjourned.
In the senate, on the 5th, Mr.. Morton
moved to take up the resolution to print ten !
extra copies of the presidents !
message and accompanying documents in I
reference tc the recent trouble at Hamburg.
The motion to take up the resolution was
agreed to; yeas, 49,, nays, 10. A strict par
ty vote. The discussion became entirely {
political, and was continued through the 7
morning hour, being participated in by
Messrs. Patterson, Thurman, Cameron, Cor
don and Mcmillan. The ch"ir then present
ed unfinished business, the bill to establish s
post routes. On motion of Mr.. Edwards the t
regular order, the post route bill, was laid on {
the table; yeas 30, nays II, and the cOnsid-
Grafton of Mr.. Morton's resolution was re-
ceived by vote of 80 to Is. The report of
the conference committee on the bill TO pro- |
vide for the sale of Usage ceded lands, ETC., 7
was here agreed to-yeas 81, nays IS, and !
discussion of Mr. MortOn's resolution aud for ,
the punishment of the perpetrators OF the
Hamburg crimes. Adj journed. !
In the senate, on the 9TH, joint reso-
luton in reference to the wreck of the 'mou- {
itor Tecumseh in Mobile bay, and to provide :
for the burial of persons carried down when
she sank, passed. On motion of Mr.. Sher- !
man the amendments of the house to the '
senate bill extending the time for redemp-
ton of lands sold by the United States for :
direct taxes were agreed to and the bill !
passed. The house bill making an appro- :
priation for the payment of claims, reported :
allowed by the southern claims commission
er, passed with the amendments proposed by
the committee. The senate then resumed
consideration of unfinished business the s
resolution of Morton to print 10000 extra CO.
pies of the message of the president and the :
accompanying documents in regard to the
recent trouble at Hamburg, South Carolina.
Pending the discussion Allison from the
conference committee on the river snd har-
Dor appropriation bill submitted the report |
that the committee had agreed upon the
BILL and it was ordered printed and laid
over until tomorrow. The chair appointed |
ingalls,, Oglesby and McCreery conference |
committee on the bill to authorize the secre- |
tary of the interior to deposit certain funds
in the United States treasury in lieu of in
vestng them. The senate resumed consider |
alton of the resolution of Morton, and was
addressed by senator Eaton. Before Eaton
concluded, the senate went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.