Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

"a separ rate vote was demanded while
the bill wa, in committee, Was
adopted, and is a part of the bill. The
appropriation for the assay office at
Charlotte. n g., was reduced from
Sd, 900 to 50, 700 and is also Tart of
the bill.
The committee investigating GIN
eral Brough.on reported that he had
been dismissed. They report tlat
affairs in Texas were IL unsettled
condition, and without recommending
any action ask to be discharged. Gen
eral Broughton who had been wait
ing this result to embark in other
business. resigned his place as clerk
of the military committee of lnvestl-
CATION. regarding the release of tue
vessel Mary Merritt is pro crossing III
it's business favorably TO Bristow.
The Senate suspended Legislative
business at 1890 and the impeachment
trial was resumed.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Night.-
HoUsE.-A clause in the appropriation
bill abolishing the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs was objected to as not
germane to the bill. The Speaker suS-
tanned the objection and the clause
was stricken out. Randall said he
acquiesced in the ruling and hoped
aud believed another and more lnteill-
gible mode OF reaching the same result
would be found.
Note.-The object Of the clause was
to compel the Senate to pass the bill
transferring the Indian bureau to the
War Department as the abolition of
the office of commissioner would de-
stroy the bureau as If exists.
It vii, pro badly find its way in the In
dian appropriation bill.
The Legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill was then. passed
by vote of POS to II and now goes 20
the Senate.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
the Apache Indians was passed.
The House went into com mittee of
the whole on the private calendar.
Adjourned.
SENATE. The r, solution to print
OF 1875, meeting with objection, went
over.
Conkling presented resolutions of
the New York Legislature urging leg
islation for the protection Of emigrauts
made necessary by the recent deci-
| sion of the Supreme Court making
State legislation In :he matter null.
The bill for the relief Of John L.
Randall Of Knoxville passed.
bill was introduced removing the
| disabilities of NJ. NJ KENNEL OF Mis-
| souri,.
The impeachment cour5 then re-
sumed it's session. The question was
| upon the motion of the managers to
hear evidence before arguing the ques-
ton of jurisdiction.
Carpenter argued that the managers
were attempting to manage the case
on both sides. 1t was not the inten-
| ton of the counsel for the accused to
cause any unnecessary delay in the
| case but they had prior professional
engagements. They had not yet had
| time to prepare themselves for argu-
ment on the question of jurisdiction.
| He asked that the matter be delayed
| for two weeks from to-day. They
would then ask no further postpone
ment. Their only object was TO pre-
sent the question of jurisdiction as its
| Importance demanded.
Lord, or the part of the managers,
| opposed the request of the counsel for
| the accused for postponement and
asked the Senate to hear the evidence
IN regard to Jurisdiction. He had the
witnesses ready this morning and asked
that they be heard.
| COnkling submitted all order that
the Senate p: oceed first to hear and
| determine the question whether Be-
KNAPP is amenable to trial by impeach-
| ment for acts done as Secretary Of
War notwithstanding his resignation.
Further discussion by counsel fol-
| lowed, during which Carpenter said
they would couteud that an officer of
the government had right to resign
aud the motives which govern the
resignation cannot affect the matter.
Manager Lord said the evidence as
20 jurisdiction was mostly of docu
| mentary character and would not take
| over an hour to hear il.
Edmunds submitted an addition 10
| COnkliugs ord, r: that the managers
and counsel in their argument discuss
| whether the Issues of fact are material.
The Senate retired. Alter the con-
ference of Senators the following o.
der was announced as having been
| agreed upon:
"Oriered that the Senate proceed
| first t. hear and determine tue .Iues-
ton whether W w Belknap, the re-
! spCndeut, is amenabie to trial by i'm
| parchment for acts done as Secretary
of War not outstanding his resigna-
| ton Of said Office, and that the man
| ayers and counsel in such argument
| discuss the question Whetbe: the
| issues of fact are material, and whether
the matters IN support of the juriedic-
| ton alleged by the House OF Repre-
sentatives in the pieadings subsequent
to the articles Of impeachment can be
! those alleged if the same are not
averi ed IN said articles.
FtSecond. Ordered that the hearing
proceed on the Ash day of May. 1876,
at 1870 o'c ock. that the opening and
close OF the argument be given to the
respondent. that three counsel and
three managers may be heard III such
older as may be agreed on between
themselves, and that such time be
allowed for argument as the managers
and counsel may desire"
The managers on the part of the
House opposed that portion CT the
order III regard to respondent being
allowed 10 open and close the argu-
ment. \ lengthy discussion followed
and finally it was moved that the order
be set aside. Pending discussion
the Senate sitting as a court ad-
journed till Monday.
Walter IL. French, of Boston, has
been appointed journal clerk of the
House.
A quarter of a million t, f legal ten
ders nave been retired. The outstand-
ing legal tenders now amount to three
hundred and seventy million five hun
dred thousand dol airs.
Prof. Ruratiu, of Toulouse, has dis
covered another planet of the twelve
magnitude.
Six and half million dollars were
di6bursed on the Alabama claims.
Briefs inSenatOr Spcncer's case were
submitted to-day. They will be argued
at the next meeting.
A long Cabinet session was held to-
day, at which the question regarding
the original documents was discussed,