The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-20

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Postmistress, San Antonio, Texas.
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WASHINGTON. April 1g-For the Gulf
States falling barometer. increasing
southerlv winds, warmer. cloudy or
partly cloudy weather, possibly followed
by n norther In the interior Of Texas
during Thursday night.
The Mississippi river will continue
stationary or slowly rising from
st. Louis to vicksburg.
Congressional Proceedings.
The message vetoing the reduction Of
tho Presidents salary was referred to
the COMMITTEES on Civil Service.
heard NJ Trade.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade petit
tion for n permanent organization and
maintenance Of the signal service.
Excused.
Senator Oglesby has been excused
from the Mississippi COMMITTEES. and
the President of the Senate authorized
to fill the vacancy.
The Committee on claims
reported bill for the relief Of G. B.
Taylor and T.. II. Luckett, with veto
message, with the recommendation that
the bill be passed notwithstanding.
Calendar.
Tho bill authorizes the return OF *1lG
paid for internal revenue store keepers
services In Kentucky.
Public Buildings.
Tho Committee on Public Buildings
reported favorably on the bill to confirm
tho sale OF the Marine Hospital at
Natchez.
Impeachment Court.
The Impeachment court resumed its
session Tho replication was read by
the Clerk. at the request Of Mr.. Lord. OF
the managers.
Replication.
II sets forth that at the time the acts
were done and while the committee of
the House were considering articles Of
Impeachment against Belhnap. of which
he was aware. he was Secretary of War.
and that he resigned to avoid such i'm
peachment On these grounds the
managers demand that the plea be not
allowed and that tho Senate compel
Belknap TO answer. Counsel for Belk-
nap desired copy of the replication,
and asked until Monday next to con
slider and answer the same.
order Adopted.
The following order was adopted It
is ordered that the respondent file his
reionder on or before the oath of April.
aud that the Secretary shall deliver "A
copy thereof to the Clerk of the House
of Representatives. and that the House
OF Representatives file their r-rcjuin-
der, II any. on or before the 25th of
April. copy OF which shall be served
on the counsel for the respondent by
the Secretary.
Court Adjourned.
On motion of Mr.. Edmund the Senate
as Court Of Impeachment then ad
"A t,,at Mt
Legislative session Resumed.
! A bill defining the tax on malt liquors
was amended and passed goes to the
| House for concurrence.
The Presidential vote.
Tho bill for counting the Presidential
vote resumed Mr.. Morton said he had
never regarded II as a party measure. He
spoke at some length as to the necessity
of having n new law on the subject. and
said since the bill had passed the Senate
a circumstances had been discovered
which would startle the country when
made public.
Mr.. Bayard inquired as to what was
the nature OF It:
said he would not mention names. but it
was n case where the Vice President was
counting tho vote for President being
himself candidate counted false
or void return in his own favor. The
fact was in possession Of one OF the
Senators from Vermont.
Mr. Bayarh
of Delaware. spoke in favor of recon
sidering the vote and the necessity for
a more perfect law on the subject
Mr.. Thurman,
referring to the statement OF the Sen
ator from Indiana (Morton) in regard to
Vice President counting a false vote,
said he had seen It stated in the news
papers that this Vice President, when
his attention was called to the fact that
the return was false. directed the clerk
to count 1t, and then tore up the paper
That great man never did such a thing
1t was no use to conceal the name Of that
man 1t was no less than he whose hand
wrote the Declaration of Independence
II was no less man than Thomas JEFF
ferson 1t would not do now to make
such charge as that against him.
Thurman would wait for the production
Of the evidence. and he ventured to say
that when 1t was produced there would
be nothing in it to impugn tho integrity
OF Mr.. Jefferson.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Burnside, Randolph, Maxey. Merrimon,
and others, tho vote by which the bill
was passed was reconsidered by a vote
OF yeas 81. nays 90. The bill was placed
on the calendar.
Passed.
The bill authorizing the transfer OF
certain cases flom the Circuit Court for
the Southern District OF Alabama, at
Mobile, to the Circuit for the Northern
District, at Montgomery and Huntsville,
passed. ~,
The silver bill comes up tomorrow as
unfinished business. The Senate went
into executive session, and adjourned.
The Impeachment managers reported
their replication, which was adopted.
The Sergeant-at-Arms reported that
he had obeyed the writ OF habeas corpus
and that his prisoner had been taken
from his custody and placed in that OF
the Marshal OF the Court. Tho House
took no action on this.
Real Estate Pool.
The Real Estate Pool Committee has
been directed to inquire whether any OF
the members OF Congress had been con
nected with the pool.
Funding Dill.
Mr.. Whitthorne introduced a bill
funding the interest bearing debt into
United States consols Of four per cent,
and forty years. Referred to the Ways