The New York Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1867, Page 3

"NEW YORK “HERALD; ‘TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1867.—TRIPLE SHERT. 3 ‘House. His duties were clearly defined under the law. and it was impossible for h . inconsistamt with the organization of ike i was his first duty. ‘and that, on reconsideration, tt had been passed | Sherman and Lyman Trambull. The Clerk called Thomas yy both houses in accordance with the constitation. Swann, bat he was not present to respond. THE BUSINESS ON THE SPRAKER'S TABLE RESUMED, Mr. TwomBoLs said if ali the Renators had boen qualt- The Senate bill for the relief of Samuel M, Beatty, of | fled he would present the credentials of the Senators to light by the official examination of an agent of the | Wilson, argued in support of the indictment and convic- Comptrolier of the Currency, who has acted promptly in | tion. There was no new point submitted beyond that this matter and will carry out the provisions of the law | which has already been reported when the case first to the extent of his ability. came up, The decision was reserved until next Saturday Ohio, for services performed as chaplain of the United | eleet from Nebraska Mr. Wuson, of Iowa, said this body & States hospital at Cleveland, Passed. Jobn M. Thayer and T, W. then came forward rauance of law, That such is the case Nominations Confirmed and Rejected by the ‘The Senate bill in reference to courts martial in the | and were sworn in aa from the State of Ne- | by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Brooks), by his ene ~ nee THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS army was indefinitely postponed, braska, presence, and is recognized by those aagoc with bim, last night and this morning, con- ° ‘The Senate bill for the payment of D, B. Allen & Co, On motion of Mr. Trumavin the Benate proceed to | and who have signed the paper which he ho» read to the losin: Proceedings of tho The Senate, dunng i 6, palicds' Jaatiabie for services in carrying the United States mail, Referred | classify the Senators from Nebraska, It was done by | House in their presence, He seems to have forgotten is 4 firmed the following nominations :— DING Sota Sine Comalives, yee esha ewe placing the stipes of paper in a ballot box, numbered thas for more than iene ‘ang abe eine * hamed wr Maryland, to be Consul at 7 y Senati lo amend the act ju 4 for | one, two three—the Senator drawing number one 10 bim waged a fearful war his government. Thirty-ninth Congress. eee deen Nee CLOSING PROCEEDINGS. | removal of causes in cerials’ coane frou ihe Bale | be clamiied wah Soret ti cae neenngs One 10 | Wy ct hao not been forgouion by the people, aor si ‘Assessors of Internal Revenue—J. Lee Feglebert, ——— courts, Passed. ber two with those going out h 4, 1871, and number | forgotten by the representatives of the people bere an- Ones Seventh district of Pennsylvania; A. D. Morrill, Secon SENATE. ee oe any, he Gaim of trastess of A. G.'[: tizse with these golng ous March 4, 3005, gecabled, | Sheu ‘ea sven aemees Cr? peecedoss esota ; wster, Sev Sloo fe Commi 4 w class ny in | ho has cited in connection with foi , district of Minn ; Merwin R. Bre’ , Seventieth ‘Wasuuxctox, March 4, 1867, ry umber two, and goes out Correa’ Shia a eet ab Gaimieemti Tia the Geb 1871; Mr, Tipton drew class 4 Kasson, (rep.).of Iowa, from the conference com- | 1869. Bumaben ap GotRE ont i | ear secsion of the Fomtieuh Congress, convened in distnet of New York. = , 4 S At balf-past one A, M. the Senate reopened its doors Mr. fhe Bankrupt, Tax, Tariff and Com. Collectors of Internal Revenue—Robert M. Laren, Sec- past 01 saltign gu the til 0 fuctiiaus ine sumtin of povoaite of trict of Minnesota; J. J. Randall. First district of | afte: tive session, THE NOUR OF MEETING, pursuance of law, I now move the previous question. pound Interest Note Bills Signed a ¢ a bane sneer eee oe ing oflces, made a report, which was agreed to. | Om motion it was ordered that une nogr of meeting of | © The previous question was seconded, and the House Registers of Land Offce—James R. MoClure, Junction 2 ‘The business on the Speak table was continued as until otherwise ordered be twelve o'clock. proceeded to the election of Speaker. by the President. City, Kansas; Edmund Browning, Indianapolis, Ind, Mr, Suzaaqan, (rep,) of Ohio, called up his bill provid- s:— ‘THE PRESIDENT AND HOUSE INFORMED OF THE Oki ANIZA- ELECTION OF SPEAKER, y the ent. Receivers of Public Money—Win. Boose. Indianapolis, | ing that the act of this session to increase the duty on | The Senate bill to amend certain acts in relation to the ‘TION, Mr, Witsox eaid—I now put in nomination for the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives Sebuyler Colfax, of indiana, (Clapping of hands.) In doing so I may say that | believe this nomination is coneurred in by every member of the political organiza tion to which T belong ; and so heartily concurred m that it has not been necessary for the party to hold apy canous whatever. Mr. Nicuotsox, (dem.) of Del.—As it is the determina tion of the House to proceed to the election of Speaker, I put in nomination Samuel S. Marshall, of Llinois. The Cumxk asked whether there were any otherbomi- navy. On motion of Mr. Trumpvit, a committee consistin, 4 Rics, Lise) of Maes, Chairman of the Committee | of Mr, Trumbull and Mr. Buckalew was appointed . on Naval irs, offered several amendments, princi- | wait upon tho President and inquire if he has auy com- pally as to matters of detail, and one ‘iding that off- | munication to make to the Senate, It was also cers on the retired list shall be entitled to promotion, | ordered tha: fhe Secretary of the Senate inform the but not to the pay incident to the increased rank unless | House that the ~enate is ready to proceed with business, they are ‘on the active list, which was adopted. and then, on motion of Mr. Trumbull, the Senate at one . SPALDING, (rep.) of Obio, moved to strike out that | o'clock adjourned. ‘ovision of the bill which raised the Commandant of Mianidtive HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ind, ; Cyrus Aldrich, St, Cloud, Mino.; Lucas K, Stan- ten after its It aaa nard) Taylor's Falls, Minn, ‘wool shall go into effect pores phe a | Postmasters—Jobn Crawford, Crawfordsville, Indiana; | 4’ amended by striking days inserting ive Organization of the Fortieth | Rovert K. Busb, Elkhart, Ind. ; Ezra Read, Terra Haute, | days, and was then passed. Ind.; Cyrus P, Morford, Attica, Ind. ; John M. Wilson, me aang, Tad; M, D. Jackeh, Greansburg ing, baz | At #WO o'clock a recess was taken until nine A. M. Congress. ward W. Freeman, Kakonis, Ind.; John Hewebricks, CLOSING OF THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Shelbyville, Ind.; Wm. Schoeneman, Michigan City, | On reassembling Mr. Monniti, (rep.) of Me., reported i fic Wetec ik Pets | om te ommien on he Dit of aun witat Jones, Richmond, Ind.; Isaac Baker, Princeton, N. J.; | ®mendment, the joint resolution of the House for the OTEST OF THE ATIC MEMBERS. | William B Robinson, Salem, N. J.; Darius Wella, Pater: | erection of a new jail, which was passed. The vote on the paseage of the bill was taken by yeas ‘Wistucrom, ‘March 4, 1867, | nations, SHE DEMOCR x4 "| won, N. S35 Joseph livar, Rahway, N. J.; Henry A. | Also ajoint resolution directing the Secretary of War | and Bays and resulted in yeas 4, nays 66; 60 the Dill | ox: .axg sux noLt—rROTIsT PROM THE DEMOCRATIC WEXBEKB, No others were made, are to tak a $ Greene, Jerse; ty, N. J.: W. H. Streeter, Houghtos, | to make a survey for the erection of a bridge across the | a saleseiiaden® After the confusion incident upoa the adjournment eo CLunk then appointed as tellers, to take vote, Messrs. Banks, Eldridge, Paine and Boyer. The vote was taken, and resulted as foliows:—Whole number of yotes cast, 167. Necessary to a: choice, 79. Schuyler Colfax received 127, Samuel 8 Marshail received 30. The announcement of the vote by Mr. Barks was applauded on the floor and in the galleries. The tollowing is the vote tn detail :— aid Mich, ; ‘Mrs. Harriet 'L. Guigan, Schuylkill, Pa; James | Potomac. a. otmpliont, Allequear, Pa Panag Ley boo Also.» Will snaniperies ine fumeiion of a mee’ jami ville, Pa own, Napa City, Cal.; James | com yy the Young Men's Christian Association Benjamin F. Wade Blected President of the | vile. Pa; Willem R Brown, ‘Napa City, Cal James | company oy oe tik Senate and Schuyler Colfax Montana; Walliam Mo Danville, Il.; Charles W. ‘The number of Seuators present being too small for Blair, Fort Scott, Kausas; William S, Webb, Junction | the transaction of business, on motion, at ten minutes. City, Kaneas; Robert. A. Glimore, Chicago; Harmon Ben- | past nine, a recess for twenty minutes was taken, THANKS ‘The Srzaxxr, Be Mets of the House, presented, out of | had subsided, Mr. McPuxrson, Clerk of the House of the its regular order, the Senate joint resolution ti cs i ie egnies or oer, Mee We Field. wick wat | Thirty-ninth Congress, called the Howse to order, and on reoepiee: read three ttmes and passed unanimously, | proceeded to call the roll of membergof the Forticth at time (a seer eleven o'clock) the accom- | Congress, modations for in the House proved insufficient for the Tetusst secede ing to Lapte nde ‘scenes: Mr. Wizaos, (rep.) of Jowa, moved. that the House do be ~ J watberi Fox Senvy. Con I —M All Ames, Speaker of the House pow, Rormich, X.Y; George Seymour, Boonesbar | | At ihe xpraion of that time Mr, Forma aguin took | 17 hs Stw'iue davofeton of tee Thityatath and tne | NOW proceed o the election of a Speaker ot the House of | AMisrst Tiki” Savtia”aatity et Oil Haber Wet ae. ke. ke. Bacon, Columbia, Cal ; Charles E. ledge, Fort ; | Mr. Morniz called up the bill to authorize the forma- | dination of tho Fortieth Every seat in the | Representatives. Boucwell, Broomall” Buckland,’ Butler, Cakes Giarchi, Harper ah Sealant, Black Hawk Point, I srecieng a ae as a ost eck owoany 4 ine Sas Men's Hories was goon ae two poe ib yok = the Mr. Brooxs, (dem.) of N. Y., rose. and, sald—I observe Oieke of Ohio, ke of Kansas, Cobb, (obura, Sook, « ‘Amsistant Medical at bathe: Assoc! iar sna | Diplomatic ,iwhich were reserved spe ell, Covode, Cutoin, Dawn, Dodge ‘of Towar Done Wasmmnaror, March 4; 1867, | land. aeehings preppiiipnet me in oul enue d to them. ‘The doorways were completely | from the printed list of members—printed, I presume, | Driggs Eckies at m Bl, Paromwor eri, Ha Fee Closing Houre of the Thirty-niath Con~ |, anokcee '5diaa: Agent-niobes J: Bausphrienot Tene} te AAS: EO). Af : Maren Soom, Sen contaraaan Hunpaseable' with she crowds arriving to get a view of the shined Laibar Se ea LG How, Hubba of Wot Va, Hulburd, Hunter, In- arese—' neress. De} artermaster General—Morris 8 Miller. tlement of the accounts of disbursfng officers, made . marae = £ Ohio, Lawie The Thirth-ninth Congress passed out of existence to- | To bo Major Generals by revel Drover Brigadier | report which was agrood to. ‘The ‘billie, agreed: ta’ as THE SPEAKER'S TABLE CLEARED. Glerk, and ten of which, although onthe list, have not | Loughrdge, Lynch” Gay with the fall of the Speaker's hammer at exactly | General Russell A, Alger, late colonel Fifth Michigan passed By the Sonata ee Up abe Ft pam hdl Mendy ype nen i ed Mercur, ter. | Moore, 4 walry ; Mr, Monaax, (rep.) of N. ¥., called up a bill for the re- twelve o'clock; and by the same sigual a few minutes | cavalry, Brevot Brigadier General William 1. Sto hton, 3 colonel Elev Mic: Volunteers; Brevet Briga- | lief of Thomas F. Barron, which was passed. fer, the present body was summoned into being and | dier General H. M. jhe es colonel Eleventh Maine ‘Mr. Pommoy, (rep.) of Kansas, called up the joint ree- Dreathed its first corporate inspiration. There was a anes ‘Braves antler Sonus Let L a canes: ne pre pay ap oh gee eservation at tranamigration of the soul of the recent dead to the in- colonel Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteers; Brovot \ yy, and a grant of land for bridge purposes in dier General James McQuade, late colonel Fourteenth | the State of Kansas, which was passed. qbeate living, and a vast crowd had gathered as to acor- | New York Volunteers; gene ‘Brigadier General Cyrus Mr. Henpgrgox, (rep.) of Mo., called up a joint resolu- @nation to witness the novel and unprecedented scene, | Bussey, United States Volunteers; Brevet Brigadier Gen- | tion fora survey for a bridge across the Potomac, which Mr. Farxswon’ of Il., made the point of order that debate was ped yd e , ham, Peters, Phelps, The Clerk overruled the point of order, the previous land, Pomeroy, Price, Raum, K Sawyer, Schenck, seotield. Thomas. Trow- , itch Upson, Van Van Horn of 8. ¥, Mo., Van Wyck, Ward, Washburn of Wis., Wash” iker, Williams of Va, Williams of Ind., Wilson of Iowa, Wilson of Pa., Wilson of Ohio, Windom, Woodbridge —127. V. Fox and the of the Miantonomoh to accept nts tendered them by the Russia, the Senate joint resolution thi question not having been moved. Chambers of Senators and Deputies of Brazi} forthe reso- ir. Brooke, continuing his remarks, said the same lutions of sorrow and sympathy for the death of Presi- | question was made on the organization of the last House dent Lincoln, and the samo decision was made, There are seventeen The Speaker, in response to an inquisy as to whether | States absent, and the representatives of the remainder the important bills had all been signed by the | are now about to proceed to the CS ge of this eral Willard Warner, late colonel One Hundred and | was passed. x . ¥ a See eee aie Mevioaans se clined mane Eightioun Obie Volunicers; Emerson Opdyke, late briga- | | Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis. rose to correct an error in pa pa age lrg Psa ‘ne fe pace eninge Thee Papier A inlegme de Barve, Bayer, Brooky ure Chater Dana wlunidge, pre nat smreepennnompan nd Ba oe ke ay oa meena no aeomana tre, Secreto | Simca, as, “tet Leeantte "ihe ‘tome mi | Ger h bimerpaumtas recat gerenie es | bahiten weese einai dora Seen ‘was engaged until the adjournment in signing ail the bills lig & ye ae wanes by ae iaii_<tecoh B Coep cues ie pgeccios io sme a geen tn ‘ee 4 late colons -fourt! pnsylvania luo! 3 mel e Tennessee Proj weedy for hia signature, The precious hours between | Ao i,o40 °C. Hooker, late lieutenant colonel Second | shall be paid from the date of thelr admission, This was ‘mime and twelve were employed in pressing through the | cavalry; Brevet Colonel Israel C. Woodruff. lieutenant | @ proposition of Mr. Wilson, he said, and not his, He ‘wnfnished business, each member being anxious that for pees Bago | asainvs ge beatin : at the correction would be es ce ie ume favorite bantling that had been to him through the | "me jor Corps of Engineers; Brevet Colonel F. lore By THe ReroRtER.—The pro} yn referred Whittier, late lieutenant colonel Thirtieth Massachu- | was brought before the Senate at midnight just as the legis- seeston an object of paternal solicitude might be spared | setts Volunteers; Brevet Colonel John C. Cox, late lieu- | lative session was being resumed after an executive s°s- the death that awaited the body to which it had clung | tenant colonel and chief co! of subsistence; | sion. Mr. Wilson made his motion before the gallery for existence. A motion was made by Mr. Stevens to | Brevet Colonel William Walsh, late lieutenant colonel | doors were opened. Tho reporter inquired of those who y « Nineteenth regiment colored troops; Brevet Colonel | were upon the floor when it was made and was misin- Permit the families of members to oocupy the lobbies, | William Painter, late major and additional aid-de-camp; | formed. amd thereupon a tide of crinoline rushed in, | Brevet Colonel William A. Leech, late lieutenant colonel Mr. BuckaLew, (dem.) of Pa, complained that the As- aecempanied by the usual number of creatures in | Nineteonth Pennsylvania Volunteers; Brevet Colonel | sociated Press had totally ignored his expressions and e Thos, Duncan, lieutenant colonel Fifth regiment cavalry; | studiously avoided mentioning his name at all, except (Beote, whose cheek avails them on all similar occasions Fama LA Biliow, late Eiseiacen) Conca Faroe pale on one or two occasions, when it had misrepresented him, obtain it Secretari: 1 lew Yor! junteers ; vet lon fulius n, PRESIDENT FOSTER’S VALKDICTORY. ey eae aiiarin’ yep Lioutenant Colonel Fifteenth regiment infantry; Brevet | There was but an hour and twonty minutes of the nero emonethe Species, Colonel Henry B. Clitse, Lieutenant Colonel Sixth regi- | session left, and at twenty minutes past ten, Mr. Fosren Wemaining to witness the entire ceremonies, Mr. Law- werk deteokey; Brevet agers Jom, Boers, 1 tenant ae chair, a ane r Lag ot de Bence of Ohio, s member not given to about t jonel Fourth regiment artillery; Brevet Colo aTons—The hour for final adjournment be a ota epeatrdrgel jokes, about two | shepherd, Liewiesant Colonel ‘Kightesath regiment | the Thirty-ninth Congress is near_at. hand, and as my mre sme fal hour reported @ 07 tnfantry ; 8. M. Bowman, late Colonel Eighty-fourth | official connection with this body will then terminate, (@roposing a repea! of the Isws giving an increase of psy | Pennsylvania; R. W. Judson, One Hundred and Forty- | shall make vacant the chair to the end that you may 9 members of Congress, and im pursuance of an evident second New York ; James Grant Wil United States | elect a President of the Senate. Twelve years have th al demanded, th Volunteers; D. C, Littiejohn, One Hundred and Tenth | elapsed since I was first honored with a seat in this eebqnmant, the yeas Bays were the | New York Volunteers; Charles Roome, Thirty-seventh | chamber. During this period great events—evente of ailing of which suddenly ceased as the Speaker called New York; Brevet Colonel Jefferson Brumbeck, Ninety. the most jniome and painful interest to our country — ‘the House to order to announce that their duties had ‘ vet nel George loyt, irteent events as imposing oir r as instructive in Kansas cavalry; Brevet Colonel Lester x Wilson, Six- | their teachings, as momentous in their consequences a8 ‘eeneed. The farewoll addross of Mr. Colfax was listened | tieth Now York. say secorded it Wussan Dinory, have passed belbee ws Oi ‘Se with the attention that the utterances of this popular i Naval oan ia Pd ars 3 be Thi add ery Las gnteneen rig Aap trate ear: arco - @Mcer always rece lore; Commander Jos, P. Sant: to be Captain; Com- | tude and thanksgiving mighty 1 x pidge fr Se te SR 8 teen ot i, aie Senaeaterst “te be Captain; Com. | His band has upheld us. For the past two years by your ‘auplense as he mander James E. Williamson, to be Captam; Commander | favor I have occupied the chair of the Senate, My grate- son, Noell, Pruyn, Ros ken, Van Trump, Wood. The Clerk reported the result which Mr. Banks had announced, and declared that, aquorum of the House having voted, and Schuyler Colfax having received a majority of ail the votes cast, he was duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Fortieth Congress of the United States. (Renewal of Applause.) The Clerk appointed Messrs. Marshali and Pomeroy to conduct the Speaker elect to the chair, and requested Mr. Dawes, as being the member present who had had ‘the longeat continuous service, to administer the oath to the Speaker elect. Mr. CoLrax was eacorted to the chair amid the general and enthusiastic applause of a closely packed throng of spectators who had been admitted to the floor, Stand- ing in his place, with bis right band uplifted, he took the oath of office administered to him by Mr. get who stood in the area in front of the Clerk's desk, an solemnly read the prescribed formula. This ceremony — concluded, the Speaker addressed the House as follows:— GrvtLeex—Elected for the third time to this respon- sible and try: position, I appreciate more than ever before the inhoritance of the trust, and realize more than when entering on {is effective duties the absolute necessity of your confidence and support, Nor do I overrate the gravity of our position as Americans and legislators, ‘The years have nover dropped their sands on mortal issue vast and grand as oursto-day.”’ 4 nation decimated by the conflicts of fraternal strife, a land desolated by the destructive marches of hostile armies, a people with the fruits of prolonged war ripeued into the gloomy harvest of hearts dead with the bullet, as well as hearis heavy with bereavements and broken tgreaves, Stone, Taber Van Au- wools and musiins (B'ngbam’s bill) had been signed by | country to pass through. Of the thirteen origina! States the President. The friends of the measure on the floor | which framed thie constitution seven have no represen- greeted this announcement with a clapping of hands. tation on the floor of thia House, Not even in the trying INDIAN AFFAIRS, crins of the war of 1812, when the whole world Mr. Kassox, from the conference committee on the | seemed to be let. loose on our country, did our bill to provide for an annual inspection of Indian affairs, | fathers venture to convoke Congress without giving Yeported that the committee had not been able to | all the States ful! time and full power to be agree. He added that with some Indians the | represented. The shortest period of time ever given government had been foolishly following the | was in the war of 1812, when, under the act of February jent and treating these Indians as if they were a | 27, 1813, three months’ notice was given for the fereign nation, instead of treating them, as all other | assembling of Congress—not as now, when only the governments on the continent, as wards of the govern- | brief notice of one month and nine days has been given. ment. The report was agreed to and the committee dis- | The boundaries of the country extended then only from charged. the Chatahoochie, in Georgia, to the Passamaquoddy, in BREVET RANK IN THE ARMY. Maine; while now they extend from the Atlantic to t! On motion of Mr. ScuRNcK, (rep.) of Obio, the Senate | Pacific—a breadth of teriitory, and « vastness of popala- Dill relating to brevets iu the army of the United States, | tion which was impossible to bave reached in ope month been ‘was read three times and passed. and nine days, to which the convocation has ‘THE PARIS EXHIBITION, confined. Mr. Baws, (rep.) of Mass, moved to suspend the Mr. Kier, (rep.) of Pa., asked Mr. Brooks whether rules and discharge the Committee ef the Whole from | at that time the railroad and telegraph aystems of the the further consideration of the Senate bill making addi- | country were in operation? tional appropriations for representation of American in- ir. 3—There are some people who ask foolish arr atthe Paris Exposition. Agreed ta Yeas 106, | questions, Parliamentary eeyers forbids me to sa: nays 61—over two-thirds, to the gentleman from Pennsylvania that so it Mr. Bayas, (rep.) of Maas., moved an amendment that | informed a gentleman should never ask 80 foolish a the commissioners shail serve without compensation, | question. No, sir; but there are large tracts of terri’ and reducing the amount of appropriations from $103,- | in Oregon and in California that are infinitely furth: 000 te $60, removed now from the action of their own States ‘The amendments were agreed to and the bill passed. and from the processes of law that are necessary for THE MURDER OF UNTON @OLDIERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. the convocation of Congress than localities were then. Mr. Farvsworrn,(rep.) of Ii, from the select com- | There are Territories not reached by telegraph or mail, mittee on the murder~of Union soldiers in South Caro- | so that it has been action impossible for a State like oe made a special report, which was laid on the table | California to be represe! here to-day. Except in After the calling of the roll of the members elect of the | Albert G. Clary, to be Captain; Commander Henry A. | fol acknowledgments are due to you for the uniform to be printed. the dark and doubiful periods of war, when an early | Vith anguish, look anxiously from North and South " Wise, tobe Captain; Commander GeorgeH. Preble, to | forbearance and courtesy which you bave manifested YRERDMEN’S APPAIRS IN MARYLAND. assembly of Congress was necessary, the notice has s fare cuik we leehcelal Fortieth Congress, and when Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, had be CRON Comets Fistae Ie BiotaaR. tne Gap: toward me in the performance of such dulled @s har. Fraxcis Tuomas, (dem.) of Md, from the Jadiciary | ranged mae to eight months; and yet now here, in pone: Eee Hig should, wo walk, 1s ie We guide e Committee, made a report of the testimony taken in the | the greatest crisis tbrough which our country has ever imvestigation into freedmen’s affairs in Maryland, which | passed, only one month and nine days’ notice is given to ‘was placed in custody of the Clerk of the House, to be | the thirty millions of ple of the United states. submitted to the Fortieth Congress, Hence these vacancies of the Northern States, Henco On motion of Mr. MayNaxp, (rep.) of Tenn., authority | the absence of old States like Connecticut, Knode was given to the chairmen of all commitiees to pursue | Island and New Hampsbire, who are to be disfranchised ‘the same course. you if you act here without their being sepresented. mmeved that the House proceed to the election of & | tain; Lieutenant Commander Edward Y, McCauley, have devolved upon me. Occasional errors and Bpesker, Mr. Brooks, of New York, rose to make the pe Comeeaneer: idee Lleateaant Pena reel rl hy i beater ad Ps: ee imy re. $ fn nature, i (Protest of the minority against the organization, inas- ‘om! r; Lieutenant ander Edw: . | probably inevitable. No dou ve comm! Grafton, to be Commander; Lieutenant Commander Mil- | my full share; my honest purpose has been auch 20 there were but twenty of the thirty-six States | ton Haxtien, to be Commander; Lieutenant Commandor | to act fairly and impartially towards all. I have wronged Fepreventes, ur. Brooks spoke his pleco in almost the | Robert F. R. Lewis, to be Commander; Lieutenant Com- | no one intentionally; and if at any time it has seemed @ume words and upon the same subject as on a former | ™ander Andrew W. Johnson, tobe Commander; William | otherwise I sincerely regrot it. In casting my eyes over It is 10 banish ali malice and revenge, and to justify our faith by our works, It is to anchor our legisiatiyn on what the great commoner of jand, Joho Bright, dectares to be the sunple but sublime princi- ples ‘on which great national questions should ‘be settiod—tho basis of eternal rights, It is to write on our banner these words, that wili shine brighter than NI bod: fe here 4 KEW JOINT COMMITTER. ‘ou may have the power, butI deny the right. It isa feocnaton, © few yeare since, Mr. Colfax's nomination | Nickerson, of Delaware, to be Assistant Surgeon | ey Grek enteral he donate, Blace that’ tie | Mr. Manstox, (rep.) of N. H., otlered @ resolution to | violent. and extraordinary exercise of power, not to be | ‘¢ stars which gem the firmement-—\Laberty, Loyalty Ger the Bpeakership was received with an ovatory storm | Hampshire; 8. ‘Denison Harifort, of Gaameetiiek. eighteen of our members have been removed by death. | @dd to the joint committees of both houses a Jo:nt Com- | justified by one Congress immediately thue assembling — mony fe ae eg my Pn ge sy Bl a fot appianse, and Mr. Marshall, who was put in nomina. | ,, Superintendent of Indian Afaira.—Theodore S. Dwight, | These changes are admonitory, and must impress the | wittee on Ordnstes, Capea, aa rire cell as a camp Congres’? 1 iadeing | Just pased away has written a record that will be long then by the democrats, was slightly complimented ina | Couoctor of Customs. —Thoms Russell, for Boston ana | of thls stage In our being. ‘Thongh the greatest siaten. | _ Mr. Hany, (rep.) of N. Y., from the Committee on 1n- | in no such phraseology on this floot. {respect my asso. | Femembered by the poor and friendless, whom it did not (Smaller way. The address of the Speaker olect, though | Charlestown, Mass. 4 men, the wisest Senators, specdily pass away, as | @ian Affairs, presented tbe evidence taken in regard to | ciates who are about me, and therefore I indulge in no pm ar east iy herekig ama patie Ay uiceet farang sich more of hls pole! ath han hi pre | gp amano Pain Rsponon —sbram S Hewis, | a ines’ mush, mattane Teanga | tran ocd prea? Scum. Maat ou She | soci; Out Teanne ine omens cvs | ty tomb ahold nate been a eda proved Ne ant . vious one, soomed to meet with the same favor from the | ""A\alser at Merchandise —Charles M. Hurley, Phila- | time “thall ‘be’ no ‘longer, ‘May our’ govers: tape peerage a remitted al Braye geen ag a a ey pecgreee. ad dian’ any of ie rede P fe Mt ES ‘pose consideration were made ” ” vast andience, Soon after the swearing in of the mem. | delphia, Pa. ment resb, am. tens shane Wepenijons. May. Sie Senaty Eee Oe! : 4 believe that this Is'bot, as thus assombled, a legally eun- | coor The oat and found im Hic eee PRIVATE BL stituted Com; 1 am not lawyer enough to prouounce Congressional halls champions and friends. 9 maintain its fe a Dees the andience dispersed, speculating upon the prob. | The following nommations were rejected :— dignity oe ie Liter sand amen faracer, "May ble doings of the Congress that have referred to them | _Postmasters.-Willlam HH. H. Taylor, Hamilton, Ohio; Denathe called to do on that point, I do not balieve It to bos de jue Con- | His Key Done O° PaNcy Te ree tiost. or wepinceed the setemn duty of determining whether Andrew John- | Jame Hoyle, Xents, Ohio; cous Sage, Circleville, | touch tg entabiay and nay you see ted ace bat I it aaa de fado fi pot de dh ttarestt ie thee ine dace oie the een Ohio; Jacob R. Hubbell, Dayton. Obio: Jetson Palma, | and amicable reialions between all portions of our cous. ‘and therefore 1 obey ite authority, as I would obey | N84 treed, to the full stature of manbood: it placed. gon, the President, shall be impeached. We ‘Ohio; Samuel McKee, Troy, Ohio; Ma ro | ty. May all causes of alienation and estrao sbenmbirhy of ade (ade Bovernmen’ MT were 8G? | ocr eiaate books the Civil Rights bill as’ our national ue of the leading topics of conversation this evening | Hale, Sidney, Ohio: Daniel Lu Salem, Obio; | speedily be effectually removed and « spirit of ee coeiaen, ot eae ace Teepoct aatrorig | Mages Charia,—grander than all tho enactments chat bonor the American code, and in ali the region whose civil mye yee ere been destroyed & snaeenss declared, as a guaranty of defence to weakest, tbat the freeman's hand should wield the free- man’s ballot; it proclairred that there could be no safe or Joyal reconstruction on a foundation of unre- ntent treason or disloyalty. Fortunate is will be for us if, when we Se ree a Rag Successors, we can iat to @ which will sbine on our history's like that of the Congress which has just expired. brice fortunate, if when we leave this Capitol our whole national structure shall be permanently restored, resting on the gure foundation stones of loyalty, unity, liberty and right. With such We the reguiar memago from the President on the assom- | Jviiliam | wee eoree ‘one we 10; | and traternal love be everywhere md an Sve abide Bling of Congress. [t seems to be thought by many that | Fiint, Fond du Lac, 0; ‘& perpetual gi ‘temend tnd we ® message is in the course of preparation and will be | J. Rugor, Janesville, Wis.; Edward ry Green Bay, | tions, Senat with feelings of the utmost respect and yout to Congress to-morrow, or the day after at tae.| Wit j John J. Craven. Nowark, N. J.i iC. Moore Zou personally I bid you farewell. ‘kalsey, Newton, 'N. J: Hoary Bervtam, | the chair aed John W oa Shosota probable tone of the document, some contending that | Watertown, ‘Wis ; ‘tichael Danu, Fort Leavenworth,” | aseumed the duties of presiding officer. the fe about to be aed by the virtual s Kansas; William’ H. Hoyt, Burlington. Vt; Norman ELSCTION OF PRESIDENT PRO TEM. Aerie a oe Seymour, Mount Morris, N.'Y.; J. F. Page, Marshaltown, | Mr. Aston, of R.I., moved that the Senate (rep.) . wender of the President to the dominant majority Towa; E. Smith, Towanda, N. ¥7 Jas. ean, Moreer, proceed to the election of @ president pro tem. The mo- Memepae The Sachin however, that tho President does | ST “Weratw Buds Chen GMM, Reiacoiom, Tad t'| ae Katee eointgesed Nilanitn “F Wi, te 4 . Lz 4 A 7 inal 4 it fat intend to send any message to Congress at present. | Giteon Blair, Plymoutb, Ind.; Edwin 8. Orgon, le from Oblo, es President pro tem, and Mr. Wade wes wherever {t is preseat, and bow to its omnipotence. Ham exsbled to siate, on the very best authority, thet | porte, Ind.; J. J. Nash, Kendaifviie; Ind; Samuel M. | elected, and was Immediately escorted to the chair by | i Having these views, and entertaining them with m:; friends who have assembled in Congress here, and who ect with me on party questions, we have prepared = moat solemn protest Inst any further revolutionary solemn corrects ig House until the full Congress assem! Mr. Wiitiams, (rep.) of Pa—I wish to ask the gentle. man from New ‘Yor, wo stato wheter fs bol a fans thes ‘the most important Congress that ever assembled in the nation, both in action and regalte, was convoked by a proclamation of the President in days’ notice, and that, too, 12 the absence of some the States of the Union! Camden, N. Barthest, Speculations are even being made upon the | j ; Henry ; . | Graham, Delphi, Ind. ; . L. Shrewsbury, Madison, Ind.; | Mr. Foster, Mr. Buooxs—As to the right and power of the Presi- | Your. em Cg ol og potey ne rr yet a re — pcre oa! 3B. Marshall, Valparaiso, Tud.; Walter Berber; Seeque’ | Ge trae the chair Mr. Wane briety returned hie | The good bumor of the Hous was kept up by the | dent by proclamation to convoke noone dis- | [our Muetous wappecbe whiek ak 0 pot ald tice presen: organ! bana Depot, Es Frank Mc! lip, Philadelphia, | thanks to the Senate for the honor conferred upon him, | Speaker stating, in to some serious inquiries | putes it, But there are thore who dispute (I do not) | Can be sustained, pledging you in return ap inflexible (@rees been at any time contemplated and unless circum- | Pa.; Charlies ‘Taylor, Grand Mich. ; F. W. An- | and asked the indulgence of Senators to overlook any Mr. Maynard, that he did not know how the er | the nght of one Congress thus to assemble another (on. impartiality, which shall be the next House mignt decide on the points indicated, without the tutervention of any proclamation by 0.29, Gaede, Proved and Ses your deliberatian the favor Him whe Stamees require it no message, except such as may accom- | thony, Jackson, ag — Eat lamazoo, Mich.; | mistakes that might arise from his want of familiarity Wiiham J. Ed lich. ; James Munroe. Mar- ame! I also that the business of the morning hour of Saturday o President, Tsay that in our an aet like pony the tranemiasion of information called for, will be | Mali Mich ; William Haslett, Dowagiac, Mich, Henry | aa rariameniary rales an onder directing the Score. | would now commence, belag the repors of committess | this in uteri unprecedented —a 6 spectacle like that ex. | hong ‘ne “ominies of ations ta the hollow of Hie out defere the reasapmbling of Congress in December | Barnes, Detroit, Mich.; Ed' Van Demark, Bat tary of the Senate 1o inform the President of Mr. Wade’s | OD private business, the bill betore the House being one | hibited here this day bas never before been seen in this ‘The speech throughout its delivery was heartily ap- mest Creek, ‘Mich. : Charles W. Fonda, Three Kivers, Mich. ; | election aa President pro tem., also an order to inform | t0 Organize an ice company at the Great Falla, which, | country—a Speaker retiring from his seat, and amid the | siauded by members and spectators, Be Solomon FE. w, Mich.; Charles A. | the House of Representatives of that fact. Both orders | sccording to Mr. Blaine, was rather a cool proposition at | confusion of his exit another Congress, with seventeen 4 QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS. ‘ 1 bi He sn Bliss, Fast Sagina nh a eines ed eo: Sn Oe | Pee ‘On motion of Mr. Dawns, a committee was appoi House. ai nia spin Nacioal od to wait on the President and inform him that the rhirty- Mr. Dawes, ry ded Mass.—I ask the gentleman from ninth Congrees was ready to adjourn. New York if he any recollection of ident Pierce VALEDICTORY OF SPEAKER COLFAX, having called together an extra scesion of Congress under The yeas and nays having been calied on some unim- | proclamation of three days’ notice ? portant matter the hour of noon arrived, and the Speaker Mr. Broox —That case has no applicability to this, fer rising, Line: his valeaictory, as follows :— that was the reassembiing of the same Congress in extra Mr. Brower, ) of Til,.—If there is anything more than fills the | wrong in the assem! of Congress would it not be measure of an honorable ambition. To be cordially | better first to (ize, so as to be able to ly arem- by those of all political creeds amid the excit- | edy? an this body without bet arr ped anything wi The oath was then administered by the Srzaxen to members of the State ge who ranged the selves in ailine in front of the Cierk’s desk, and with hands uphfted took the oath prescribed by law. COMMITTES TO WAIT ON THE PRESIDENT. On motion of Mr. Dawns a committees of three bers, to join a like committee of two on the part ol Senate, was appointed to wait om the President and in- form him that botb Houses of Congress were in session feqight was unexpected with reference to doorkeeper bes al rity pet AS ‘THANKS TO MR, FOSTER. Bm postmaster. For sergeant-at-arms N. J. Ordway, osion nzekiel T. , Columbus, Obio. Ma, Axtnony then rose and paid a warm and eloquent flee oid teoumpent, was nominated by acclamation; ps Panta of Nevada—William B, Thornbury, of | tribute to Mr. Foster for the ability, courtesy and im. Meetheoper General Lippincott, of Ilinois, received sixty- Unites be te STB cy C. Whittlesey, East- Pereiding Smee and offered a rescieuoh ot thanks, ‘vetes, and Goodenow fifty-seven; for postmaster | ¢rn district igsour' which was unanimously adopted, as follows:— Indian Agent—Heary W. Martin, Sacsand Fox Agency, | Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are due and aro hereby tendered to Hon. Lafayette 8. Foster for the dig- nified, courteous and tmpartial manner in which he has dis. charged the duties of the chair: and that the Secretary be requested to communicate s copy of the resolution to Mr. Quincy. - \p@ Colonel Given received sixty. Mr. King was the D. Whitman, Assessor Sixth district of Illinois. [postmaster of the Thirty-cighth Congress, and the ex- | Several hundred nominations that were before the Inst and ready to receive any communication he might choose to make, Messrs. Dawes, Marshall and Pomeroy were appointed the committee on ihe part of the House. eslemt reputation and great popularity that he then | Scpate for confirmation have not been acted upon, con- | Foster. supported On motion of Mr. Stevens, (rep.) of Pa, a message Seema denen ied his sacnm over ie wrng | wry to unr eupponon. Ail hat sos go ovr wit | 5, Tecamens (rn) of TL. moved, vo wks op se | Incense cogent Ta body o America fag, | inromay tr wate sey ice Ge emonet | tna ie Season body that eg banner have to be reappointed by the President before the pree- | missioners for the Of loyal men for slaves en- to the latest imomout of Ifa, "Bat to be endoreed | way of finding faule with the Clerk can in no way naviet | of, ho House had assembled, had Rouse Bile Siqued by the President. ent Senate can consider them. Iisted in the army.” Mr, Tramball, im the course of & you all in the revolution you have spread on our | in the remedy of the evil of which the gentleman | {*%; °f Indiana, Speaker, aud was ready to proceed to The Mill which passed the House this morning, appro- ‘Tpe Cave of Sanford Conover. few remarks on the subject of the resolution, said that a | journal, and which you adopted with auch unusual signi- | speak. Leena ined tail Riad $64,000 satona forte Pare Bcpotion, wa | rye c'mon Conover ns ann ou Saarty | Evian een ona rae un ner opoend | eauce td crnstins enbar ie rede of ani | ht, Baome The enpnmaton ot this Mons ts the | ys, nanan odred'e clan segplng i rit of engrossed im time to be presented to the President | in ihe court in banco before Judges Cartter, Wylie, | cessionists wero now applying for peyment, and if the | emblem of authority, with none to h me on the | and of the whole country in the attitude of Consress and | the asl Hooke, end providing for « Committe on Rules, MMs tgnatore, The othors which had passed both act was kept in force many of them would be paid. hand for Inddchty to the. principles T and | with the assumed by Congress. The jams ‘| eh eeaie Ravca Che ahs te iepess aay tse. Fisher and Olin, The case came up on appeal from the | Tiey'weretready to make afdavite of thelt loyalty if on the olher hand to impugn or deny the rigid | tion of the House is the creation of all the means and | ,,Mf: BAooKs aed tenuate a ie oe of Congress were signed by him. These in- | Criminal Court, where, it will be remombered, Conover | 720, ieee pongo Teme Ken. | i Iaity With ‘Which I have sitiven te némtateer | ince salheise of: tiom. The re-clection of com, | 22,Would protect the righte of the minority to fair de- fhe Bankrupt bill, the Tax bill, the Compound | was convicted of per) ‘The appeal Ww made on the | tooky geatloman, Our rules, bas been my earnest and daily endeavor | mitices, for the di ‘of public affairs, is im point of | Date stating that there was less discussion permitted im Ce ee Pent Wt, tae at tmpeetag sation rob Mt Davin, (dem.) of Ry., called for the name of the | in the years thai now are garnered. with: the fact the whole (of the Houses the organ, | 8 House than in the French Parliament the riven ground of the conviction being fllegal, and of miedirec- euaer of as oi i The greatest. of my official predecessors, wl sue by which we are, tn Stat ones House of Commons, or the Assembly of Switzerland. = woots sad woollen manufsctires, and the | tion on the part of the judge who tried the case, The | “uy. ‘Taowuost oald it was written by a Mr. Marlire and | memory is sill enshrined in so many hearts, and who | to act; and if the indications which T'sse in ihe pabiic | Mf GARriELe, (rep.) of Ohio, suggueted that Mr. Brooke my, Bary snd ail other general Appropriation bills. | case is regarded as ono of great importance, inasmuch ag | endorsed by Hon. Gamuel McKee, of the other Houre. eminently honored this chair, as the ensentiais | presa ‘and clsewhere are to be realized—I will speak | 284,00 right to complain of not being Crete hee) Delegation from Seath Careliaa. the question of whether or not false eweartng beftre a | | MF. Davm said that nelther the writer nor the endorser | of a pretiding oftcer promptioms and impartiality in de- | plainly—if the process of ment 18 10 go on. oF | Chaar teense tadant “thanghter) (A Gdhegation from South Carolina arrived here to-day. ‘was entitied to the least credit or confidence. ciding Sete ees, ei noe sprung in- more revolutionary, the suspension of the Presi. ‘The motion of Mr. Banks was agreed to. Bh we end thet the chert of their visit tn to confer wish | “*RETemlonsl Commitios can be made punishable as RXECUTIVE AWRION AND #INE DIR, jeounly upon him; firmness and thoroughness in | dent of the United States by the action of this House, | h. - ‘of Ohio, the rales perjury. The learned counsel for the prisoner, Judge | Mr. Taoxscit rose to call Mr. Davia to order for refer- | his decisions; patience and good temper toward every | a revolution, avd nothing bat revolution, call it arenided ty trvcre of 150990, 80 that it dhall be She Frecident in regard to the appointment of the Mill- | Tanger and Mr. Gooding, contended thet the defendant | 'i8e in this manner toa member of the House, but Mr. | member, and above all, to remain cool and un- | whatever name you please. The Speaker of the H ee, Oren eve t cxajena tbe rhien ‘Wary Governor for the Second Military district under the x Haxars moved an executive session, and at ten minutes ‘amid the storm of debate, and during those mo- | is to create the committee of impeachment, and to have fe during the wi « ‘was illegally convicted of an offence for which no trisl | past eleven the galleries were cleared and the doors | ments of agitation from which no deliberative assembly | the whole direction and control of the process of im- ey ee wee. could be legally had, as the evidence was not given be. | closed for executive business, \s exempt; carefully guarding the rules of the House | poachment through this House. 1 say, tama] pit Dawes oftred b reseta eee Oe = Serenade te Simon Cameron. fore s tribunal where false vould be ‘perjury, | _, When the hour of twelve o'clock had arrived the Sen. | from belng mncriiced to temporary” pamions, prejudices | the most verious of all steps te the orgualeation ot tne Sngresa, which was adopted; «ad Mr. Me- One of the features of the evening 1s the serenade as | {0"? poco steed erag, | ate was till in executive seston, ‘The doors ware not | or interest, over hoping to reach ths high wandard, | House; aad in eave the precedent you threaten us with | Porson cans Te ered uak tod Guth of omen as w . Sead is (Mass te the Hen, Bimon Cameron, of Pransyivania, | * bagoperwainay - eta alae ta Afteva ‘minutes past tw eeeto. | Tee i tes been egy 8 oF is crealed by you an cutting Peesaeas: to Gepeeet ministered to bim by the Spoaker. | rhe veesives a large portion of the Pennsylvania Legis i guilt —~p Presiding officer sine die, — to leave bebind hima copy mot entirely un- | House becomes the President of the United 3 bes ‘ver bad nothing to do The question was 4 States; prosented the of Columbus Delano, , and other frends, who came by spectal train from | Yer hed nothin with the fesue, = the original. Though death has not spared | so that in point of fact here, by our solemn | Mr Sammie overt cee itorgan, from the Thr, suns TN that no man could be charged with perjury for false HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ania bare Se pa Fo, day We ray Mucnaag Rrant te | Su tare o 0 Morgan, trom ihe Tale. represen we come to ing of the occasion ; before my country and in the Commissioner of Indian Affal: Friday swearing before either or both branches of the General ‘Wasmwcton, March 4, 1867. than usual by paralysi | canes nr STATEMENT BY THE SPEAKER. Phooey piconet tar baipie~ Brg Assembly. Thore was no law under which the oath ad- | The House at nine o'clock resumed the preceedin: Seabees or vestang iseasn We sepernte, iter months Ito be the. lester in this poe ne a Ae The Sresxen made a statement to the House, He said inistered to Conover could be absolutely | of the legislative day of Saturday last, There were thon | of the conflicts and exciements of an eventfal era, with | solemal; tak: further se pecans that during the existence of the Thirty-ninth Congress, ymotitying the weaty of July 19, 1806, s0 a2 to allow the Hens v ® genial good will tai incredible’ "We | ongaateation of this Huse nll all the Bates are Tully | 420 before the hon of moun to-day, the President of the fetbe to coll what is known as neutral lands, comprising | "°***Ary In order that his testimony might be legally | but few members present, con nares tal ment Bo po mt th are fully | United States bad signed, in the pied by him Wight hundred thousand acres, 10 the ‘Aulanvic ana | ‘£2. The committee simply elected that he should THR IRON-CLAD DUNDERAERG. eye rests with Wouane tenen eak the Cateeeie aie tn Gon Curie, 8 Oe sleaeahs Sever Cae ae Rafiread Company. This morning a treaty was | “Wr He was not compelied to swear, and there. | 08 motion of Mr. Dantinc, (rep,) of N. ¥., the Senate | are thrown into unnot ‘as 10 | House, against any further action of ae fees ‘oollens, bu oe > peirase sooty, whe centered into with the Shawnees of Kansas, in which | ff could not be brought into a court of jus- | bill releasing 10 Willam H. Webb, of Now York, the | Oetliren er inis companionship in the national service, | Icnanis odcten. Me ata ion cam, be properly and | presiding ofcor ia the delivery of Ile valedictory re. @ national service, Mr. Bi read arke, and had th the bill to the journal fe made to remove them into the Indian coun. | #® 0M a charge of perjury if be swore falsely. | !ron-cled ship Dunderberg on his refunding the amount Fergertat or the should perish with the | protest :— clerk.” The President had also signed the army Appro- & py sei taper cl hn ‘with all the-Kansae | There could be no charge of perjury against bim unless | the government paid him on account of his contract, that evoked them. But as these words | | Whereas, it appears by the record just that th priation bill, accompany ing it with a protect, THE RESIDENT'S PROTEST AGAINST THR ARMY APPROTRIA- TON BILL. The protest of the President was thereupon read by the clerk, as follows :— a 4 : i i i : iz Badians providing for thetr removal. The President aid | Fought under the statute of 1825, and certainly the | Wes taken from the Speaker's table and passed. Met, before the adjowrament of the Thirty-ninth Con. | Present case did not come ander that statute. The mere hero Rominate a Naval Officer for the port of New | *tistence of power to administer an oath by the com- pe mittee, did not carry with It the duty imposed to swear Recognition of a Consul. the witness. The commiltee might, jast as well have | ™astet,of the Un the ‘The President has recognized Gulbrand Threndesen | taken his testimony without swearing him, and there | public documents was od. When Lg A sod being no obligation to swear him by law, he could not be The Seaate bill alow pe pan Pl rar: Ag vacated he was Indicted for perjary in case he swore 1 that which was Toes grace wes prance, had cased Break ' rue, because an indictment for could ‘The Senate Comptroller of the Ourrency has received be had in a case of false rwearing before'a legal rs omty | guise Wells fotern patent tesucd ve FORTIETH CONGRESS. special agents in charge of the First National Bank where an cath was made necessary and obligatory pre- New York, for improvement in hat ‘Masa., and the First National Bank of Had- | vious to the reception of the evidence. It was also con- Mew York, which banks were lately compelled to | tended that the charges in the indictment were too gen- business, and into the affairs of which the | eral, and should have specified more clearly the grounds ‘han ordered investigations to be made. The | upon which the charge was made, and the particular ia to the effect that the affairs of the banks, | portions of the testimony alleged to be false, In regard | capestally of the one at Hudson, are ine much more } to the depositions before Ji Holt, J Avooat and the bill ~ condition than was at first thought, and it is | General of the ted Shaun, agen tah sesmennee then: Joa tho Basa THE WORK OF CONGRESS. ‘Wapposed that the First National of Hudson will, in | selves admitted were false, and which, it will be remem. | certain public docu pypcemrepenamnengentinm att Sem time, pay off ito lomesand resume business opera. | bered, Conover swore were true, it was contended that | ‘Me United States and foreign waa recon- Lawn of the United States ‘of the Thirty-niath Second 4 cies im the ment for the flecal year ending June 90, Ly for rposes, ao te reba an act entitled “An act grantin funds 9 the State of Oregon to aid im the construction pil. CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGR i if Z, FA I ile H i | i i # & ii FH 5 penny Sear in the indictment as de. $18 RECONETROCOON 40, Positions taken before Judge Hall at his office, but in LJ Clerk of reality were afidavite taken defore Justice O. Austin at repay pes oh another place, and, therefore, should not have been ad- mitted in evidence, not the . meeting the description in the The Disetylot Attorney, Mr. Carrington, followed by Mr,