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’ + day’s drama came to a close, ‘McKee, Fourth district; Colonel J. 8. Morpnis, Sec- WASHINGTON Mississippi Representa- tives Sworn In. Revels’ Credentials Presented. Senator Democratic Opposition to the Sable statesman. 4 Excitement in the House Over the Reso- lution to Expel Whittemore. Butler and Logan at Jsgerheads—The Essex Statesman Worsted. Debate on the Bill Abolishing Polyg- amy in Utah. WASHINGTON, Feb, 23. 1870, Unwonted Excitement in the House—Debate Over the Resolution to Expel Whittemore, of South Carolina—Encounter Between Butler ond Logan—The Essex Orator Worsted. The House was decidedly a itvely place to-day. ‘The galleries were as crowded as ever known. Even tne reporters’ gallery was invaded by ladies who could find aseat or standing room nowhere else. Very few members were absent from the floor. ‘What was the cause of the unusual gathering? It ‘Was the misfortunes of a poor carpet-bagger trom South Carolina, whose story bas been in all the newspapers, and whose fate was to be decided to- day by his fellow Representatives. B. F. Whitte- more was, in truth, More famous to-day thun he ver dreamed of being when be ran the Congressional race in South Carolina and found himseif 1 this city clothed with all the dignity o1 a Representative from the Palmetto State. Among ail the vast ‘throng assembled to witness the ‘execution’ there seemed to be one general desire, and that was to behold the victim. But the victim was not visible for along while. He kept away from the House ‘until after two o’cloek, and ouly then turned up be- cause his presence was unavoidable. The moment he took his seat, coolly and bravely enough, every eye turned upon him, and he certainly bore the in- spection with a self-possession that provoked ad- miration. If be was internally excited—and how could he be otherwise? not a trace of it was noticea- ble in his demeanor, He sat with as much seng- Jrotd and coolness as if he, the victim, had less at stake in the proceedings than anybody else on the floor, You will receive through the reported debate a very fair account of what transpired from the time Logan rose in his place to open what Butier termed the “prosecution” p to the moment when the At the start It seemed as if Whittemore’s chances of escape were not des- perate, Butler and Poland aisplayed a style of Interruption and filibustering tactics that seemed Well calculated both to enlist sympathy for the vic- tim and to postpone anything like a hostile expres- sion of opinion by the House. For a whiie it looked as ifthe whole affair was, to use a popular but ex- pressive term, “‘a put up job; thatis, as if a game had been arranged to be played by Logan, Butle Poland and Jenckes, which should end in Whitte- more coming off victorious. But this ideasoon be- came dissipated. As Butler progressed and unfolded his plans, and as Logan warmed up in the heat of debate, it became very evident indeed that the work ‘Was In deep earnest. Logan never conducted a case in or ous of Congress wiih more skill than the “pro- secution” of Whittemore to-day, Amid constant in- terruptions and attempts at delay he kept his temper, and never for 2 moment seemed to lose sight of the object in view—namely, the expulsion of a member he deemed guilty of conduct disgraceful in itself and dishonorable to the House of Representatives. Ben Butler is the most trying opponent in the House toencounter. Behe on the right side or the wrong he generally manages to come off with fying colors; but Logan, with bis strong case and thorough com- prehension of the situation, proved too much for Ben to-day. The Essex orator was beaten at every point. During some portions of Logan’s remarks the vast audience seemed with the greatest dim- culty-to repress outbursts of appiause. Logan rose to the full altitude of the occasion, and his analysis of the testimony, ay well as Ms appeals to his brother .members to drive from their midst one who had disgraced the hign office of representative, commended themseives to every disinterested listener. During the discussion Ben Butier suffered himseif to lose his temper, and dur- ing one of his passionate fits had the bad taste aod judgment to launch into a genera! assaitl: upon the cbaracter of journalists. They were ‘a rapble,” ne said; ‘men wno hung about this city to write hes to their papers,” and who were prepared to do any dirty work that might be needed for a consideration. The secret of this wholesale onslaught is simply ‘The cadetships investigation developed the fact that an editor of one of the Washington Sunday | papers, together with the agent of a Western journal and a bogus correspondent who made himself famous here some time ago ma varlety of discredit able ways, were mixed up with the disreputable business of bargaining with members for the sale of the naval and military appointments. This 1s Butler's only excuse for talking as he did to-day about the whole profession and shaking his fist up at the reporters’ gal- lery, while striking a theatrical attitude and exclaiming, ‘‘i thank God that if there 1s one thing in the world to which I feel myself superior it 1s the newspapers.’? Logan, in his well tempered reply, Jailed not to justify the newspaper correspondents here for their efforts to support the Military Com- mittee and the whole House in the effort toexpel dishonorable members, The particular way tn which the whole discussion wound up to-day did not [ satisfy many people who were preseni. The general opinion was that Logan should have pressed the thing to an absolute termination without adjourn- ing, lest some change might occur in the sentiment of members between now and moruing. A story was cifentated, even, that the postponement was agreed to in order to giv Whittemore a chance to resign; but this is hardly probable, as it Seen evi- dent in what way a final vote could now Mad ‘The previous question on the resolution of expulsion has been seconded, and it seems evident that a vote must be had in the morning. If Whittemore should write a jetter of resignation tt could not be received by the Speaker of the House, 30 that it would appear that Whittemore’s fate is sealed. Mississippi Members Sworn in. ‘The following gentlemen were sworn in to-day as members of Congress from Misstssippi:—-Colonel 8. W. Pierce, Fifth district; General George ©. ond district, and Colonei George E. Marri, Firat district. The two former were federal oMcers and the two latter Confederate oMfcers, General Barry, ® federal officer, elected in the Third district, 1s absent, suffering from wounds received in an affray during the canvass, Tho Miasissippi Bilt Signed by the President The President signed the Mississippi Dill to-day Previous to signing the bill the President received | and accepted the resignation of Brevet Major Gene- ral Adelbert Anes as Meutenant colonel United States Army, his liven! rank. The McGarraban Land Case. The MeGarralan case, involving the Panoche Grande Quickaiiver Mines, was before toe Judiciary { Committee of the House this morning, Charies P. | Shaw, of New York, and Judge Pascal opened the ‘rgument on behalf of McGarrahan, Mr, Shaw | argued that McGarrahan purchased the Gomez grant in good faith and for a valuaple consideration before the discovery of the quicksilver mines, on the faith, Drs, of the proceedings of the United States Land NEW YORK HERALD, THUR Sommisétonera and District Court of the United States; second, of the Judicial recoras and decrees of the tribunals of the Unt‘ed States; third, of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Staves; fourth, of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; fifth, of colonization and settioment laws of the Spanish monarchy and the Mexican republic, The case is attracting great interest and premises important developments as to the working of the Attorney General’s office in California land cases. The Cadetship Sales Investigation. The cadetship investigating committee had before tt to-day Genera! Sbriver, of the War Department, who has charge of the archives concerning the appoiat- ment of cadets at West Point. He was examined as to the cadets who bave been appointed by members of the last and the present Congress, and produced @ list of them, together with their places of residence reported to nim, and other facts for the mformation and guidance of the committee. A Mr. Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia, who was mentioned as the person who got John Covode to appoint a son of Gustavus Kemak, of Philadeiphia, to a West Point cadetship, for $1,000, was before the committee, but he did not seem to be the right man, He testified that he did not know Mr. Remak and had never seen Mr. Covode, and did not know him, Owing to the pres- ence of General Logan in the House the committee did not examine many witnesses to-day. The Last Resort of the Giant Monopoly. Mr. William Orton, of Western Union fame, has arranged to make a last effortto strangle, in hia best fashion, a)l the proposed measures looking to the establishment of a government postal telegraph. Having made the thing ali nght with Farnsworth, Painter & Co., he now proposes to come the palaver, over Ramsay, Paulding & Co., in the Senste wing The modest Orton has claimed the privilege of speaking bis piece before the Senate Committee on Post Ofiices and Post Roads, and vw-morrow will be afforded an opportunity. Orton has a long argu- ment prepared, which he intends to deliver, with the object of showing why government should not hurt Westera Union interests, but on the contrary allow the people the luxury of peing lorded over for all time by the great telegraph monopoly. Hostility to General Walker, Superintondeat of the Cons ‘There exists a deep and determined hostility among many influential! members of the two houses of Congress against the retention of Mr. Walker as Superimtendent of the Census. That this feeling will develop itself in some form 1s evident, and it is not improbable that the propriety 61 conceding to the wishes of a respectable body of remonstrants, whose friendship may be deemed of value to the adminis- tration, will be admitted. The dissatisfaction will prove more widespread than might be supposed. ‘The people of Pennsylvania secin to be the most excited on the subject. Decision in a Patent Case. Judge Fisher, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, has decided the celebrated interference case of Russell versus McCrackin, which tnvoived the question of the inventorship of the manufacture of felt nats from the bamboo and ordinary fishing cane, The case has been in litigation for over five Years, and no less than 800 pages of printed evidence have been filed. The patent 1s valued at $160,000, The Judge atlirmed the decision of the Commis- sioner, from which Russell had appealed, awarding the priority of the invention to McCrackin. The counsel in the case were Cox and Cox, of this city, for McCrackin; A. Pollock, contra. ‘the Public, Expenditures Speaker Biaine After Representative Dawes. The following letter from Speaker Biaine in reply to the charges of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, about the extravagance of the administration of President Grant is one of the significant signs of approaching events:— House OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb, 21, 1870. My Dear Sin—In the confusion which has arisen in some of the public journals about estimates, and Sppropushions, ana = disbursements, the impression has been created that General irant’s administration has expended more money im the same time than its immediate prea x. This is totally erroneous, as the balance sneet, on a oampesisoe of official figures, will clearly establish. ie present admunistration has been in power nearly a year, aud we can com- are that period with the closing twelve months of President sae aaministration. From March over tol perapiculty. dotlar of thin was expended, and the public aebt for the same eriod increased about $6,000,000, as appears from heomMoial pablicatans of tue Treasury artinent, thus showings tolal expenditure for the year of 874,000,000, . The total receipts into the Treasury for the frst. year of General Grant's administration, estimating for the few remaining days, will amount to $394,000,000. Out of this sum total $80,000,000 have been applied to the payment of the public debt, thus leaving for the current expenditures of government, including interest on the public debt, $314,000,000, or $60,000,000 less than was expended in the same time by President Johnson’s administration. These figures are taken ion 2 1 records, and their accuracy canhot be qléstioned. It will be observed that the receipts were $26,000,000 more in General Grant’s first year than in Mr. Jonnson’s last year. Over $20,000,000 of this must be credited to the intenal revenue, which nas been much more faithfully collected; for it will be noted that this large increase in amount has been derived from diminished and contracted sources of Ypxation, many of the taxes in force during a part of the year 1868-9 having been repealed before P dent Grant came into office. Whether regard, then, ve had to the fidelity with which the revenue ts col- lected or the economy with which it is expended, the comparison for the past is undeniably and overwhelmingly in favor of the present administra- on. For the future the fullest confidence may be in- dulged. The House of Representatives is vigorously seconding the efforts made by Mr. Dawes, tne able and upright chairman of thejAppropriation Commit- tee, to curtall expenditure wherever 1t may be done; and lam very sure that for the ensuing year Secre- tary Boutwell will exhibit @ financial record even more satisfactory to taxpayers than that of the year which is about to close, Very truly, yours, J. G, BLAINE, W. T. JOHNSON, Esq., Augusta, Maine, Gold Panic Investigation Report. General Garfield expects to read before the Com- mittee on Banking and Currency at its meeting next Friday his report on the gola panic investigation, It is about two-thirds finished, The minority will not prepare their report until the majority report has been submitted and adopted by the committee. Botn will be presented to the House next week. Lobbyists Calling Upon the President. A delegation representing the Mediterranean and Oriental Steamship Company called on the President to-day and paid their respects. The gentlemen present were George B. Loring, of Massachusetts; £. E, Burress, of North Carolina; Dwight Webb, Peter Ulark, Alban C. Stimers, R. E. Mallory and E. Gilbert, of New York, and J, A, Masgett, of Mass: chusetts, Whiskey Seizure at Buffalo. Supervisor John O'Donnei telegraphs to Commia- sioner Delano the seizure, at Buffalo, N. Y., of 1,000 barrels of whiskey on account of the whiskey not be- ing stamped. Representative Segar, of Virginia. Thename of nearly every member of the Virginia Legislature has been obtained to an application to tne House of Representatives for the admission of Hon. Joseph Segar to his seat a3 Congressman at lgrge from Virginia. The signers of the petition re- present shade of political opinion. Bill for the jot OF Georain. The Reconstruction Committee yesterday agreed to report a bill for the readmission of Georgia with precisely the same terms and conditions as those imposed in the cases of Miasiasippi and Virginia, Namber of Officers in the Navy. The Chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs bas aadressed a letter to Secretary Robeson, inquiring how many officers of the several grades,« tn the staff as well as the line, are required for the emMetency of the service, Tbe committee will not take action on the bill now before them for the re- organization of the wavy unui! the Secretary repiles to tuts etter. Nominations by the President. The President seut the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— Jacob Anthony, Surveyor of Customs at New Albany, Ind.; Kodney W. Daniels, Collector of Cus+ toms at Bulfalo, N. Y.; Roilin A. Egerton, Recetver of Public Moneys at Little Rock, Ark.; Eben Everett, Kegister of tue Lund Office at Santa Fé, New Mexico; Thomas Curamings, late captain Nines teenth regiment, United States army, to be captain of infan.ry. Hinner at the Executive Mansion, Atthe President’s State dinner this evening the following Named gnesta were present:—At one end of the table were Mr. Coleman, Mrs, Strong and Mrs. Townsend, and at the other end were Mr. Strong, Mrs. Coleman and Mr. Trimble. On one mide of the table were Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Prosser, Mrs. BuMiuton, Mr, Fiaber, Senator Rice, Mr, Gy SDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1870.—T bert, Senator Kellogg, Mrs. Grant, Senator Sherman, Mrs, Stockton, Senator Aye, Mr. Allison, Mrs. Judd, Mr. Buffinton, Mr. Buck, At the other side were Collector Grinnell, Mrs, Buck, Mr. Ferry, Mr. Judd, Mrs. Armstrong, Senator twockton, Mra, Sherman, the President, Mrs. Kellogg, Senator Gilbert, Mrs. Rice, Mr. Blair, Mr, Armstrong, Mrs. Fisher, Mr. Hale, Personal. Among the arrivals at the Arlington to-day were General P. H. Jones, Postmaster of New York city; C. H. McCormick, J. Walton and W, Herbert Peto, of England, Moses H. Grinnet), the Collector of New York, 1s the guest of President Grant. He and Frank E. Howe together visited the Capitol to-day. Invitation cards have been issued to members of Congress and others by Secretary Robeson to visit Annapolis on Friday in @ special rajiroad train to view the British war ship Monarch, It 1s expected the President will accompany the party. FORTY-FIRSY CONGRESS. Second Sessiou. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 1870, “WOMAN SUPFRAGE. Mesirs. POMEROY, (rep.) Of Kunsas, and ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. 1, presented petations for extending the suffrage to women, ‘ TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA. Mr. Howakrp, (rep.) of Micb., from the Committee on Territories, reported, with amendments, the bill for a territorial form of government for Alaska, PROPOSED ABOLISHMENT OF THE NAVAL AND MIL- TARY ACADEMIES, Mr, SPENCER, (Fep.) Of Ala., ofered resolutions in- structing the Naval aud Military Committees to in- quire into and report upon the expediency of abol- ishing the Navai Academy at Annapolis and tne Mil- itary Academy at West Point, and the substitution by assignments to duty in various colleges through- out the Union, of naval and military oificers as in- structors in navigauion, naval warfare and military tactics, or the inauguration of some other system calculated to relieve the government of a large ex- pense and enable all who desire 1t Wo secure an edu- cation for thearmy or navy at their own expense, Which was agreed to, A PISTOL PATENT CASE, On motion of Mr, FERRY, (rep.) of Conn,, the message of the President vetoing tue bill for the re- lieT of Rollins White, relative to the extension of a pistol patent, was taken up, and Mr. Ferry made an argument against the bill and im support of the President’s objections. Mr. CARPENTSH, (rep.) of Wis., said the real ques- tion at lasuej,was whether the case should be de- cided by the Commissioner of Patents, to wuom the law gave authority, or by the Chief of Ordnance, Who had passed upon it, Mr. CRAGIN, (rep.) ol N. H., recited the facts ofgthe case and the reasons why the bill should pass. After further discussion the bill was laid aside. CREDENTIALS Of SENATOR REVELS, FROM MISSIS- SIPPI. (rep, ) of Mass., presented the creden- H.R. Revels as Senator elect trom Mississippi, were rei The paper was a certificate of m ending in 1571, and was signed by General Ames, Military Governor of Mississippi. Mr. SAULSBURY, (dem.) of Dei., mquired if tue paper was any evidence of the election of tue person referred to. The Carr said if any objection was made to the administration of the oath to Mr. Revels the ques Won whether the oatn should be administered would be submitted to the Senate. Mr. SAULSBURY gaid that before the question of administering the oath came up other questions might have to be settied. At this particular stage he submitted that the certificate of # military officer that this man had been ciected to the Senate of the United Staves was not such a certificate us was re- quired by law. Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Nev., remarked that the certificate of election of various Senators from the reconstructed States tad peen signed by the provi- sional Governors. Mr, SAULSBURY proceeded to argue that admis- sion to the Senate could only be claimed upon a vaiid election by @ valid Legisiavure. in the present case there was no evidence emanating from tue Legis lature that they had elected any one, but simply a certificate from an individual, styling himself a military Officer and provisionat governor, that the Legislature bad done certain acts. He denied that aby provisional governor could send a communica- Uonjto this body, for such an oificer was unkoown to the constivution. Mr. WiLsos forwarded to the Clerk and had read a certified copy of the proceedings in the election of Senators of tne United states by the Mississippi Legislature. My. DRAKE, (rep) of Mo., remarked that the ob- jection was without force, as the act of Congress required the Governor of tne Siate to certify to te election Of a Senator, but did uot say the evidence should come irom the Legisiature. ‘fhe communi. mication before the Senate irom the Governor of Mississipp!, provisional thous ue might be cailed, furaished the very evidence required by the consti- tution. The great seal of the Stace to the paper wes sufficient for tae Senate, for the right of a Governer to use that seal could not now be inquired into, but in the present case must Le accepted as a fact. Mr. SACLSBURY relerred lo the newspaper ar- nouncement of tne election of a person named Al- corn a8 Governor of Mississippi, ‘Therefore, taking the ground of the Senator (Mr. Drake) unis paper id not show the signature of the new Governor.” Mr. DRAKE replied, in the absence of official in- formation, that the uewly elected Governor had not heen installed. The Senator (ir. Saulsbury) coula not {psist that the oilice of Governor had changed hands, Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Iil., sald under the law the Governor was required lo give a certificate of election. Strictly speaking, the present certilicate Was detective in not reciting the facts of the elec- tion in detail; but instances had occurred in tue Sepate in which members bad beeg sworn in with- owt presenting any certificate. The admissiwa of Senator Davis was ap instauce of this, He then called lor the reading of Werpapers submitted by Mr, Wison, ‘The papers referred to, detailing the meeting of the Joint Conveution ot tie Leyislaiure, ut wea out of 119 votes Revels received si, were read. Mr. WILSON wala Wwe papers Inciuded # certificaie of the Ulerk of the lower House io the correctness Of tue journals, @ similar report of tie proceediaus of the Senate, and a certidcate sigued vy tae decre- lary of State aud provisional Governor, Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., considered all the papers intormal and ivsuficient as testimony of the eiec- tion, He admitted that members were ofien ad initted to seats without the production of any r turn, and this was twue of his owa qualith Dut this was only because the party was not cha Jenged. The practice Was uniform that when challenged the party claiming @ seat must produce the legal testimony of his election, and Unless If Was produced ho could not take his’ seat. He Ciaimed that in the sense made use of by the act of Congress and consittution no man could be Governor ol a State who had not received a majoriiy Of the votes of the people of the State tor that posi- ton. Therefore, in assuming to act as Governor General Ames Was guity of au unwarranted usurpa- Vion of power. Mr. STOCKTON, (dem.) of N. J., said by reference to the army Register be had discovered that General Mr. WILSON, uals Adelbert Amex, there designated as brevet brigadier general and military commander of the Fourth Mili- tary District, was the same gentieman whose name Was uppended to this paper, which purported to oe a credential of a Senator of the United Siates. Con- ceding the assumption of republican Senators, that tne duty of the government was to guarantee to every State @ republican form of government, and that only those lately revellious States which could show repubitcan forms of gov- ernment were eutitied (to represeniation, ho would cali attenuon to the fact that the jentials of a Senator from Mississippi depended inandant of # military district. ‘This wes evidence of the fact that the credentials did noc pyxport to come from @ State which, m the meaning of the jaw, had @ republican form of government. Another objection to the gentlemen who claimed to repre- gent Mississippl was that they hyd veen elected before the State was adimitred 06 repTeaentation. Mr. WILSON hoped there wouid be no further onjec- ton to administering the oath of oMicé to my REverR, believing eae be exactly alti aa w ate er Cases Of Sengvors from the Southe! jatey, He thought ue these ‘Senators War SMinitted there would be no question as to Mississippi being republican in form ‘and aldo reptibit¢an in fact. In answer to the last objection stated by the Senator (Mr. Stockton), ne would say that in nearly every case the Senators admitted trom the reconstructed States were elected pri to the formal representation of the States in The Senate then dectded, without a division, to receive the paper presented by Mr. Wilson. Mr. SvOCKYON offered w resolution vo reter to the Judiciary Committee the credentials of Messrs. Ames and Revels, claiming scuis ay senaors eject from the State of Mississippi, and Inatrpoting fa mm to inquire and report whesher either or bof! afd parties bad been citizens ol the United States for the Deriod of nine years aod were inhavitants of Miszis- sippi at the tine of vheir election, in the constitu. tonal sense, and whether sald Ames Was not several months prior and at the time of his election & com- missioned officer of the United States and Military Cotamander in Mississippi under the Reconstruc- von eral of Congress, aud wheter be bas since resi igued. ir. POMEROY, (rep.) of Kan,, sald the creden- uals of General Ayes bad not bee preseuted, and therefore couid not o¢ referreu, | Mr. STOCKTON moditied Lis resojution #0 as to | omit the reserence to General Atmes, put proceeded to discuss the Guestions presented by the cases of both gentlemen. ie said that the gentleman who had signed the certificate of election for Mr. Revela claimed to have been also elected by the Missiasippl Legisiature for the other unexpired term. He dis- claimed any motive of personal animosity toward those gentiemen, but was solely desirous of an ex- amination and decision upon the questions tivoly- ing interpretations of the constitucion presented by these credentials. ‘The constitution prohibited uny rson holding oMce nuder the United States from lng a member of either Bouse of Copurese during his continuance im office. Yet this gentleman (Gen- era! Ames) was a brevet brigadier general at tae ume of his clacton whue bis name was depended upon for the validity of the credentials of his col- league. The question of the eltizenship of Mr. Revels also deserved attention, and he insisted upon the Inquiry In good fuith. He cited from the vari- ouS authorities, aud ‘argued to show that a person could not acquire a domicile by involuntarily 80- Journing at a particular place. Mr. WILSON exp! the hope that the present case would be cons! 4 upon its merits and with- out reference to Geueral Ames? credentials, He be- leved the citizenship of Mr. Revels was beyond question, for, as a citizen of Ohio, be had voted twenty years ago, and the evidence of his nights as @ citizen was full and complete. Mr. ‘TRUMBULL said the discussion of the elaim of General Ames co @ seat was premature; that the Senator trom New Jersey (Mr. Stockton) had not as- serted his belie! nor hisreason to believe that Mr, Revels was cot an inhabitant of the State of Muss! SIPPl; Consequently there was no excuse for refer- ring the inatter to a committee, There was nothing to show that Revels was not an imbabitant of the State from which hetcame, The evidence of his election to the Senate was ‘the very best he (Mr. Revels) could e esent, ‘The objection that be was elected bfore Mississippi was entitled to repre- Sentation hud no weight, because the organiaa- ton of the Legislature and the election of United Staves Senators were legalized in the admission of the State. ‘The Senator from Delaware (Mr. Saulsbury) asked for a certificate of the Governor, but here were the certuicates, The offl- cers of the Legislature, who were actually the oiticers of the Senatorial cleciton, and the Provisional Gov- erpor, Whose military position did not lessen lls standing as Governor, also certified to the election. Mr. Davis gave notice of his tntention to resist to the Jast the admission of these two men, and in the conacientions discharge of his duty he would inter- jose AD objection at every stage of tus proceeding. le beheved the radical party had gone mad; but there was a method in their madness, for had not dared to nave this man Revels sent to the House, ore the Seas ne 4 soon tare, i face heir constituents, bys to the Senate, where the tions of members were less tre fuente, ‘Fiore He men in the Senate who would vote to admit Revels who rong nos dure 50 to vote in the House. Never before in the history of the country had a colored man been elected to the senate, but the sword otya dictator bad opened the for him. But for that sword he never would have heen presented here. ‘this wan never Was and never would be the choice of the people of Mississippi. ‘That fact could not be denied. Moreover, Revels Was Not a citizen, as shown by the Dred Scott case. In view of tuese facts, he asked, would the Senate refuse to refer the credentials of @ republican, after having three times during the past nine years reerred to the Judiciary Committee the credentials of demo- cratic Senators, namely, those of Stark, of Oregon: Patterson, of Tennessee, aud Thomas, of Maryland? The reasons for reference in the present case were much stronger than ji any of the others, He held that Congress could not, the process proposed, confer naturalization upon a colored man, Mr. SHERMAN, Oblaining leave to make @ state- ment, said Me would iniorm Senator Davis thas twenty years ago the Supreme Court of Ohio, then composed matnly of democrats, decided Mr. Revels bo be a citizen, the court holding that the Words “a white cluzen”” meant one nearer white than oluck. Mr. Reveis was included in tnts decision, and voted in Ohio, Having ouce epjoyed citizensnip tt could ‘Dot now be denied tim. Mr. Davis coutinued in exposition of the quaug. cations of citizenship, He remarked that the d Nant party would wake up some fine morning and discover that their 1ease of power was not perpetual. Their fantastic tricks Would cause the people to shake them of as the lion shook Une dewarop from his mane. Mr. Ny, (rep.) of Nev., in reply to Mr. Davis, expressed his surprise to hear the Dred Scott deci- sion cited as an authority jor the senate. He looked upon that decision as an outrage upon the constitu. tion aud upon the rights of the people, and it had been reouked by the grandest uprising of the peopie of apy age. What au impressive spectacie of retri- butive justice Was witnessed here to-day! In 1861 that proud and haughty man, Jefferson Davis, lett this chamber to underiake the estapilshment of a government founded upon the enslavement of a race Whose skin differed in color trom fis own; Lo-day @ member of that humble and long-suffering race came here to take the seat which Jefferson Daviy JefL and Which bas remaimed vacant ever since he left. In reply to what the Senator (Mr. Davis) had said about a party coming in here and undoing what bad been done, he would teil ‘hat Senator that neitoer hefnor any one now living would gee the day when apy political ,party would dare to undo any of the great measures of justice and humanity enacted by the repudiicans in Con- gress, Their measures would not overturned so jong a# republican tuatiiutions remained. Bat the real question at issue bere Was that of color. Tue real objection to Revels was that ne was not a whiie man. But was vhe Senator (Mr. Vavis) afraid to en- ver the race witha colored man for fear of being eclipsed’ He (Mr. Nye) beileved that color never did and never would make @ mun. He rejoicea that the long-looked-for day When the theory of the common brotherhood of man—a theory as old as man him. self—was to take form and substance. He implored his friend (Mr, Davis) to cease feeding upon husks, and to come up to his republican father’s house, Where there was Dread euough and to spare. (Laughter.) Mr. Davis replied that the Senator (Mr. Nye) ana every other Senator bad fully as much prejadice against the negro as he himself, if he hed any at all. le had not sven the honorable Senator (Mr. Nye) waiting upon the colored Dinan to a bali or exhibil- ing bis gallantry beforgshe darky wenckes. He had hot Known & solitary Sénator of ali those who were clamorous in favor of the rights of the negro and the equality of the races who had played court to any iair black swan or offered to accompany her to the hymeneal altar. (Laughter.) When the honor- able Senator (Mr. Nye) or any of his associates on the republican side offered to practice what they preached then be (Mr. Davis) might be treated as amenable to the charge of prejudice against color, fog he never would consent todo any of these hings. At five 6’clock Mr. Saulsbury obtained the foor, but yielded to a motion to adjouru. The Senate ac- cordingly adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Feb, 23, 1870. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEATH OF MINISTER BURLINGAME, Immediately after the reading of the journa: Mr. Banks sent to the Clerk's desk and had read tue following letter from the Secretary of Stat five minuies past d from 6 the death of Petersburg, announce hr. 2 morning. tn haste, youra, HAN ‘0 Hon, N. P, BANKS. Mr. Banks, (rep.) of Mass., addressed the House on the subject. Lie said:. Mr. Srkaker—Although Mr, Burlingame had ren- dered great rervices to this country, be was not officially connected with tins governinent at tae Ume of his death, It is not proper, therefore. to in- terrupt the proceedings of the liouse at this time by anyluing more than @ statement of tits sud occur: rence; yetl have the generous induigence of tne House to say that a fitting and proper opportunity will be presented in the regular course of business to express our appreciation of fis character and great services. ite wished to ve remembered in connection with those services, aud | promised him at the last imierview i had’ with bin that his hame should not be forgoven. ‘The mediation between the great and ancient pire of the Kast and the civiized nations the West is one of the grandest services wuich any maa tn modern times has periormed. That service Mr. Burlingame had carried nearly to its complete success. The em- pire of Russia, in which he died, and where he could but just have arrived, was tne last o1 ihe great States which it Was bis duty to visit, aud ihere he was certala of soon accomplishing all that could have peen expected and desired by him in regard to his great mission, In regard to that mission f will only Say that 18 creauun was as much due to te | peculiar and high character of Mr. Burlingame as & 10 ty necessities Of the government which he rep- reseed. MISSISSIPPI MEMBERS QUALIFIED. Messrs. George E. Harris, J. L. Morphia, George ©. W. Mckee and Legrand W. Pierce, members Ly fe Ificatt the signature of { elect irom Mississipp!, appeared and wok the oatin enurely for verificatton upon ature Of a com: | 0! office, PEPITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. KELLny, (rep.) of Pa.-—O1 the shipbuliders, &c., of Phiadelphin, for proper rank to naval con: | structor: By Mr. Scuvisaxen, (dem.) of N. Y.—Of athousand | ir makers, of New York and Krooslyn, lor an i i on tinported cigars. Ex? OF POLVaAMY is UTAU. HF "a nuceeded. ty the consideration In the m gt the bil af) prevent and punisy po. | ‘ygamy in Utad, x. FITCH, (rep.) of Ney., addressed the House in opposition to the bill. He aumitted ine probability 0! Lhe destruction of polygaray oy the enforcement of the Dill, aad that thal would be wo laudabie avd wise purpose. Jf such destruction were alt were involved in the matter it would be his duty to advocate the measure imstead of opposing 3t; wnt Kvowing something of the Mormon country ana | somethiog more of the peculiar character and mo- lives of the people intiabRing that country, he Wis uunpelled to subunit that tis Dill, if emforced as a | law, would provoke cousequences post Tplule or | misfortuné and entail results aliogetler uppre- | cedented, although the ute might = be ehtimeraled, first, the temporary obstraction, af not the complete destr On, Ol the wreat over- RIPLE SHEET, to the nation that the barberons social practices of the Aaiatic should be unbdlushingly pursued among 4 Saxon people in the noon of the nineteenth cen- tury. He condemned the imuity of the Mormon pied He was Fao with ae oe ong Ee 1 the voluntary degradation le He compassionated while he abhorred that spirit, Whether it were a spirit of sensuality or of sacrifice, shat ignored and repudiated that holiest sprain of humaa nature—that sacred passion which ho man conid feel at once for two women, and wh no woman could entertain for him yhom she did mot believe to be exciusively own, But the question was @ practical, mn sentimental one, History nowhere made mention of @ colony of equal age more industrions, more untied, more powerful or more self-sustaining. ‘They Were industrious, thrifty and temperare; they were aratively iree from every vice except boly; ‘and according to their creed that was 10 vice at all, buta reiigious duty. They believed 10 their faith as deeply as ihe Mob medan believes In is Koran or the Christian in the crucifixion of his Redeemer, ‘To assail their faith with aria ies would be to consolidate and strengthen and in{ose Its Vvotaries with more ardent zeal. The geutieman from [imois (Mr, Cuilom) believed they would make uO resistance. Had they faced the storm and = tie savage ol the = desert aud disease to be turned fromm their tenets or driven Irom their convictions by an act of Congress? Would any sentiment leas earnest than the pas- sionate, zealous and fanaticai pellet have mauced tne people to go to such 4 distance from the centre of civiiwation to uecept such coutumely and to un- dergo such sacrifices and sach toil? Geatiemen were in error in supposing that no other purpose than unbridled induigence in gross animal sensual- ism carmed the Mormons through privation and labor to Utah. If such alone had been their pur- pose they re pexbans, have achieved it at ess Cost, less effort and tess unpleasant notoriety, with- out crossqpe the Mississippi river. ‘The tree of de- £78 ee aig ee bear frutus of thrift, We did not intend to apoiogize for the tniawtui acts of Wig Mormons; but he desired the House to undersiaud wyat it would undertake in passing this bul. If ite zoo were atte) to reed there wou! . ny g to ‘te Re athe igontietaan ahd that Instory wuicn 13 puilosopby teaching by ex ample, whether 1t was not proves, Wee He who believed in their religton as ly as tl i lor- mons dia would not fight and die, if need 6, \n tie effort to preserve if from Sunihiatlg » Being so de- verinlaed, was it to be expec! iat they would postpone hosulities until the first company of the forty thousand toops provided for in the bill could reach the very borders of Utah? Toey would regard the passage of the bill a8 a deciarauion of war, and Would hasten to fortify and provision and arm tuem- selves, They could maintain a contest for months, perbaps for years, with their facilities for organiza- tion, They could destroy hundreds of miles of the reat overland railroad in a week. Of course, they Would be conquered at the end, because they could be exterminated; but it would cost miluons upon Mnilitons of treasure, and thousands upon thousands of itves, and it would cost the mterruption of that travel which was permanegtly growing in tmport- ance, abd Which promised, if undisvurbed, to tuifil the dream of Columbus, and to make America a new highway to the Indies. ‘The suppressioa of polygamy would, therefore, im his Judgment, be purchased at too great a cost. ‘the case of the Mormons was that ofw handful of men and women governmg them- selves In their own way and making of them method, with one odious exception, an undoubted success, ‘They mught look in vain elsewhere than in Utah for without @ brothel or gaming house. ar. Fitch proceeded to depict the mistortuge which would be iuAicted, even on the won of Utah, by depriving them of even the semblance of marriage, which now protects them, and conciuded with a strong provest against the passage 01 the bill, He was listened to thoughout With marked atvention, and tis perora- tion Was applauded, Mr, SARGE! (rep.) of Cal., followed In opposition to the bil, wate, if caforced, would be most dei terious to the people of Caliiornia, as the first move- ment of the Mormons Would be to tear up hundreds of miles of the Pacitic Railroad. He endorsed gen- erally the views expressed by Mr, Fiteh. Tne morning hour expired and the bill went over to the next morning hour, THE CASE OF REPI ‘The House then wentinto Ive WAITTEMORE. mmittes of the Whole on the Legisiative Appropriation bill, and continuea iu session Ull tWo° o'clock, at which hour the quea- tion of the expulsion of B. F, Whittemore came up for action, the tlouse being unusually full and the in galleries and corridors crowded with kpectator: tue meantime David Atwood, memper elec Wisconsin, the successor of Mr. Hopkius, dece: appeared and took the oath of office. Mr. LOGAN, (rep.) of I1l., chairman of the Commit- tee on Miiltary Ailnirs, addressed Ue Speaker. Mr, PoLaNnn, (rep.) of Vi., luterrupted and asked leave fo oifer a resoiution for the postponement of the Whittemore case, on the ground tnat the case Was not in 4 condidon tobe decided on intelligently. Mr. LOGAN declined to yield for that purpose. As chairman of the commitiee ne would not consent to ahy postponement whatever for any purpose except vo Jet the accused meniber present such a deience as he desired to make. Mr. POLAND did not desire to appear, nor did ne appear, as the advocate or apologist of the gentle- Man trom South Carolina; but as he was to act in this case a8 one Of the judges he desired to know the whole ouse, and therefore desired tbat ali une testimony should oe oefore the House. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) Of Mass, remarked that he should not vote on Lue question before the House, as be bad undertaxen to give advice to Mr. Whiite> more, and had so iar bis feelings enlisied im his case. He bad prepared, and he asked leave to present in his vebaif, an ufldavit, because he did noi think that be should be catied upon to speak tor himseit here, it beg ® proverb of the legal profession that he whois bis owa counsel nas an ass for bis chent. Mr. LOGAN declined to yield to have the aMuavit a, read. Mr, BoTLeR—I am here now as the counsel of this purty, showing cause why tnls judgment of expul- sion should not pass agaiust hun, and novody but the House can control me. I am asking, leave of nobody but God. (xettement im the House.) Mr. LOGAN denied the right of aby member to divest lamseif of tus judicia character and become an aitorney im the House, upless ne first tendered his resignation to his constituents, for which ne (Mr. Logau) presumed they would be very surry. (Laug! vers) After the presentation and decision of numerous points of order in regara to the right of Mr. Whitte- Inore Ww depute members to speak for hin, tie afl. davit of Mr. Whitvemore, sworn to before a notary public, was read to the ifouse. He deciared in it that Le is advised and believes that be cannoi saleiy proceed to show cause Why the resoiution of the Committes on Miltary Atfuirs should not be passed unless time be graniéd to Congress to examine wit- nesses aud produce witnesses in his own bebaif in explanation of the matiers atleged against him. He deciares that he never had an opportunity to ex. aniue or to cross-examine withesses, and that when he was called before the covimitiee and asked for an explanation all the testimony in the Lands of the Columitiee Waa Bot read to him, and that theretore his salement Wes noc fuil and complete to all the mat now alieyed against mim, he says tua, certain witnesses whose testimony bas been reported by ine committee were ex- anuned alter his statement had been made, anc Whose lesuimony he had no means of meeting or explaining. He states, also, lis mformation aud be- Net that other witnesses couia be called who are named In the reported testhnony, and who are i1- portant to bisde(ence. lie wis states that he 1s in- ud veeves this prosecution is prosecuted ried on for the purpose of levying wiack matt poe bi and obtaining large sums oO! Inoney irom ‘ini, and that witnesses have been procured and have textitied and are now testifying against hin becyuse they Were Uisuppointed im that purpose. He further deciares that if tine be given atm he shail be able to show, what ne declares to be te cuth, that he never had received or used a doilar of money Jor his appomntments to the military and naval acadeuites for Lis own private perposes, or ior aay purposes of gain or emoiument, but that ail that hat been paid to him by any person had oeen expende nd much more—lor the relier aud benefit of the peopie of 18 alstrict, and that he as noc gulity of or jusuy chargeable with any uniaw- ful or Wicked actin anything he gad done in regard tonominationg. He theretore respectiully asks we House that as much time may be given hin as may be necessary and as the House may deem reasun- abie for the purpose of enabling him to prepare tor his defouce, and that his case be postponed until ihe final report ot the Comupitien QB the whole matter relerred to it be inade to the House. Afier various further points of order, Mr. Whitte- more, Who oocupled his usual seat, assigned lis hour to Mr. Buuer, and allowed Mr. Poland to oer a regoiwuion that the furtner consideration of tne question be postponed until the committee suall make {is finat report under the resolution of Feb ruury 4, 1870, aod that the committee be direc’ sumlon and examine W, F. Shaw, of Boston, and M.). Landon, of New York, and that Philp H. Kegier and any otter witness whose testimuny has becu already taken shail be recalied on the writtcn request of Mr. Whittemore, tobe re cross-examined by him or bis counsel, and the tesiimo.y of such Witnesses be reported to the House, Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Mass., made an arqumenv for posipqnement. He sent to the Wierk’s desk and had vead the sIxth arucie of the constivution, which guarantves the right of the accused to be couirouted wiiu the Witnesses agaivzt hin and to bave the as- sistance of counsel for his defence, An ex parte hearing had twkea place In this case in one of the committee rooms, involving the fortune of the ace cused and ever’ yng degrer to him than bis lie; aud the decused, Child ‘ndw berore the House auc under ia edlemp altidavil asked the lonse to allow hun fo send tur witnesses apg 0 give bim (he safe. goords which the cousttution ggaranteed to him, Ae Was aware that this Was a pariamentary body, Jand ratiroad; next, Utah wouid be returned to the devolateness whicn had once reigned supreme upon her son, Again, the growmg imdusiries Oi ‘ Vast country would bé checked aud the developaient | Of the Pacific coast seriousiy retarded, aud peygnd | all this, thousands of brave menu would be sia f8d | millions of treasnre expended, 16 feared that | Deopie of Utah would regard the passage of thas Dui | #8 4 deciaration oj war, aid Would prepare with au | the fwy and earacsiness and Zeai of fauatios vo euter | Upon a contest most bitter, prowacted and bivody. The resuit of such a contest no tnaa contd doubt, The Morimons would be exterminated or driven out | of Utah. But wita polygamy thus destroyed, adal- | tery thas delocatizeu, concudinage thus stampea out, With virtue and ‘desolation reigning supreme | \ i she in & waste where only te shoul OF the sav- age dteturbed the sulineds, the reouking ver- dict of @ tax-burdened peo) would be that the result accomplished was not worti the sacrifice involved. What would there be in such &@ contest appeaimg to ci cher ibe judgment, tbe conaclence or Ue patriotian of the people? Did it not lack ail the ciements which inspired men to go forth tw batiler Me underatood. of course the asey dharece i was and not & and tae accused was enlutied to every priaciple of constituaonal aw. = W Hd would say pee Mh ae- cused before the & the House, and bel bar of the country, of a bigh éerime aud misdemeanor oyly por have Me privilege of is ty tor # Ppeatoa ag 1 beneved Le necessary to Nis defence. 1a ff What Mr. Whittemore maisted on, and “he Was entitied tu, My. Builer proceeded io criticise the testimony of Kegler as snowing Liat tere were persons insti- gating Mie prosecution. We referrea, aiso, to the card Of anoimer witness, B. 2. Brooks, puvlished yesterday in the Wasbineton Repudiicun, staung Uiat his bosiness Was buying and selling Congress- men lik sheep, abd that he had bought them, and boat having boughs all he could Be approached Mr. Whittemore 1p @ way not to of corruption or wrong. 18 «BrOOKS was a Dews- paper ian, aod so were Catncart and Landon. A MEMBER asked Mr. Cuter what a newspaper man meant. ‘ Mr, SUTLER—It meds a man who hangs anout this city and writes hea bome to lis sewspaper. (Luugutey.) A)BOnt.eveyy MAR involved ti tbe ed to | i | Yield that he art; Lutit was @ bigh court of justice, | re the | m him into any idea | ii a a a i ee iilekt and abominable tram) t @ newspaper man, aud we are to be irgusens) ons of our propriety by lhe telegrams which tuey seud home stating Wat we wil expel Mr. Whittemore in order to delend our own dignity. These “selling and buying ras cals” (Laughter.) A telegram bas been sent to my own State and publisned in the journals since 1 bad the hardinood of moving that tume be given to the accused, saying that nobody woula vote for Waittemore except those who nad been sel cadetsiips or hud schemes which they dare not have Ventiiaicd in the House. £ am more inclined to think that nobody would vote against him for that reason. I know the members of thts House, and Know that they bave more independence than that. I will do my duty here, before God und maa, inde- pendent of tie newspapers; for if there 1s any ones ting ou eartn [ am superior to its tae newspapers. (Very general ater.) I want to know tie extent of tus castom of dispos- jug 01 cadetsuip appointments. if it suould turn out that it has grown up to be @ custom and that itm commonly dove T snail want to ask the House whether Lie penalties ior that vicious, improper aud legal custom whien has grown up for years are to be visit on the heads of only those represen tie tyes wio have offenied Uns Mr. Brooks lithe least degree. In conclusion, Mr, Butler read from wwe altidavit of Mr. Waittemore that the money had been used for the beneiit of the poor of his disuict; aid he appeaiea to the House to pause and consider, to dea! with the case coolly and with judgment, and atall events to be careful that the accused had every constiqutioual right, Mr, WakD, (rep) of N, Y., offered an amendment to Mr, Poland's resolution, providing that tae Anal Cinnosieic Gt ae one son not be postponed for a longer peri twenty daye. Mr. booas argued aguinst ihe adoption of Mr. Po- jand’s resoluuon, The gentleman Trom Massachu- setts (Mr. Buuer) wad said the other day that he desired quick acuon im order tuat the rebound of «he news mightnot bave it# influence on members; but now he Wouted unlimited time. tle desired the House to deal with Mr, Whittemore justly, aad even lenieptly, but as to the suggestion of tne gentleman from Mas- Sachusetts that tos case should be ail the otter eases were presented, it wou! er, y. his asking, il-he were defending @ mau for dide?, thay et peay else should be tried for mus- Ogg otare ? ¥. RUTLER—IY a number of men were in a con- Spiracy, and the cases of all of them were pre- sented before the Grand Jury, I should ask that ail of them be indicted belore the tral of one Went on. Buch thing * Mr. Logan replied tat there was @ partnership in crime, and wat there wasno saying that @ man should not be tried because be had partners in bis crime. Mr. BUTLER—Suppose we were before a court and ‘that one of ube Judges was accused of partnership ip tne crime, wouid not ine gentieman, if he were on the bench, desire to Know Low many Of his associ- ates were guilty before be Went op witn the Case ? Mir, LOGAN suggested that if the gentleman from Massacousetts desired to put hunself in that cate. gory be had no objection. He would go as far to protect the innoceut as any man who lived. He Would judge @ man justly and even tenderly, and would iuvoke on bis Delall thefmercy which He ever had implanved in the human breast, But while he Would invoke on the side of an untortupave man all the tenderness, all the charity and all the mercies Which the human hearc coyld have within it, ne Would at the same tine invoke the God of Heaven to- give men juugment, to give them — nerve, Ww give them honesty enough to decide what the jaw is and what the standard of morality should be im the House of Kepresentatives. He would invoke every man (hat had a right wo pass upon this question to nerve limself to cut down crime, 80 that virtue aud honesty mighs stand upright before the World, aud be honored instead of condemned by the action of the House. What ex- cuse was there for tuis delay? He Was sorry that the ailldavit of Mr. Woitvemore had been read, ve- cause lo must State La Contradicuon of 1t— Mr. BULLER rose, thade the point of order that he had conined Limseli on tue motion for postpone- iment to the papers that were ou the record, aud thatthe chairman shouid beso confined and siouid hot state fucts that were not UPON the record. ‘The SVLAKER sustained the potnt of order. Mr. LogAN sua he would contine lilmself to the record, He would go no jurther than the afidayit of the accused, Which had been read from the Ol2rk’s desk, aud Which, He presumed, had beea drawn up by the gentlemun frou dlassachusetis, 1a that allldavit uitvemore fad said be Was not permuted to Xamine witnesses, That statement was nov Mr. Watttemore bad been asked by uimself in) LO Cross-eXalmine Mr. Kegier, and had sald that he would nave notung to do with Buca & scoundre|. Mr. Whittemore had not been dragged before the committee, but had come pefore it voiun- tary, and hac made fis stavement, Mr, BUTLER again insisted upon an enforcement of the rules, that no statement OF tacts should ve made except from the record. Mir. LOGAN replied that if the jearned lawyer from Masauchusetis and the attorney for the accused was 8o afraid that the truth should be told, he would withhoid it for the present to accommodave that gentleman. Wihatdid Mr. Wiustemore himaelt atate in his aflidavity Not tis be oad not recelvea tue . m but that he had pot used it for any privave purpose. The commiitee had not said he had used the money Jor any private parposes, but that he was inducuced Mh the disposition of Lis cadet appoint- ment by @ pecuuiary consideration. What differ- ence did it make what he did with the money he nad received? If there was wn imporcane bill before the House and if a member was approached and asked to vote ior it for @ coustderation of ten thonsand dollars, would it beany less a case of brivery and corruplion M te would say that be would apply ure inovey lor the relief of the poor in pis aistrintt aie supposed that the gentieman from Massacuuretts wot say Wat That Was not bribery, that the money was used lor cuaritable purposes, that the member had no bad intention In It, that ne had no bad motive and had aone nothing Wrong, bus Wat be merely sold bis Vole—thal Was to say, Bold & perquistte thas velonyed Lo bis coustituents. ‘Tne afidavit of Me. Whittemore himsell showed that he ought not to have furtier ome. What did oe want to prove by witnesses’ Not that ne had not got tue money. He had not dented the iact in the aflaavit, nor had he dented 1 velore tue committee. What, ten, did he want to prove? that he had used teemoney tor cvartabie purposes? Sup- pose Le had. What had taat ty do with the case? if 0 had anytiing to do with thea a man could be prbed every day w he could put it on tue ground of charity. He was sorry for Mr. Whittemore. He had always respected him im the House, te had been in friendly rela- Hons With him aad bad talked with him time and ume aguln. Bur te had a duty to perform, and that was lo say Wheiner Mr, Wniticmore had been infu. enced oy Maproper motives in making these a) poutiments, aud he had ww #ay that be Was so influ. 1, He was willing to do away with every par- He was wil- to Wipe ol adenee of Kegler and Brooks and every other Wiiness iat had testified, and to take Mr. Wiittemore’s own statement, and on thas he would convict Giui Ol GaViug received money tor Mis appoimunents. He appealed to members on both sides 0c the louse Who Were anxious to pro- tect she repatation of this body whether, when a meuiper avmitied tue fact thal me had received money for making appomune Uiey would give hun Ume to prove what he dtd a tue money? Mr, BorTLen explained that be oply meant to say that tie fact of Wwe money cetug used lor charitadie purposes would ake a great aifereuce in tue de- inded of an anecdote of a god- less fellow, wlio belug in church Whea a collecuon Was wade for (be Lealhea put his band in the poor. | box aud took out gil the money sould lay hold of; and when 1 why aid t, replied thas pe was tne gre heathou in Wat part OL the country, (Laugiiter.) if cots excuse Would be admitted they woul Gad members of Col going to Work and building churches io then disinets and thea selling thelr Votes 1D the Louse ia aid Of their plows project, (Laughter.) ihe geut spokcu about the r thing. — Certainly did howl about it, ne ad not i jor doimg 40. If members of the Louse were willing to seii them- selves, like sheep La tae shamoles, ne did not blame We newspapers for Howling about it; and if tne de- Cision Of Unis Oaeg Were to ve postponed the peuple would have aright to suspect all of them. If the House expected 13 commttees to do their duty in Investigatiag frauds the House itself would have to | do its duly in punisiing inese frauds, If tney re- | ported otuerwise the House Would be Saylog to ite | committees, “We instructed you to do this, bat we did not expect you We told you to Vosugate Lids Ui gutsy, but we did The House did not per would Lave to Kd ts Tesoluuons of inguity in fu- ture. some other Commitee than tue Comittee on ‘luilary Affairs. He moved the previous ques- ton on Mr. Poland's resolution. Ti previous quesuon was seconded—yeas 110, question was first taken on Mr. Ward's amend- ment to Mr, Poland's resoluvon, and it was rejected without a division. mictee on Military Affairs. ‘The previous question Was seconded. Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of ‘fenn., aioved that the House adjourn, Lost, Mr. SCHENK, (rep.) of Ohio, ight ofer aresoin Mr. LoGaN decimed to yield for that purpose, bab said he would yield to Mr. Wiitiomore lo mage any deience he chose. Mr. Warrremorg, (rep.) of S. C.. rose and appealed to the leniency o: the House to eXvend the lume of ction until to-inorrow. or. LOVAN said uc did not wish to be considered Lo press the master beyoud Lae desire of the Hous and as phe gentieuan irom South Carolina aske time Wnifl to-morrow he cortainiy would make no oe eeuirmxcK sald that a8 he was not allowed to Offer his resvlutiva, he would ask the Associates Presa to lake notice of At. ‘The regylution wich is as follows:— Resolved, he Committ until Wednesday, the 2d o | Tue yeas and nays were then taken on Air. Poland’s | resolution of postponement, and if was rejected— yeas bs, Days 165. |" Mr, LOGAN moyed the previous question op the | adoption of the resolution reported Irom une Com- | ' ikea Mr. Logan to Sehenck desired to omer uer consideration of the report of ‘Aiairs on this case be portpotied ‘March, sad that {a the meantinae the moiber from South inn, be per- ! ammoned before the sald committee any of | ready examined in the Cand ad by im in the afidavit wate as Bub House to establish any facts or give any ex- wndoh be. sony ‘Se wid Sadly vat ie of: he admits that he has com: Mr. xs, (rep.) of Mass., made aD ineffectas) effort to have an evening session on the Legulative Appropriation bill, and then, at five O'clUck, the HMoure adjourned. 7 ience wi