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Show CO'GRES SI Oy AL- SEMTE. Washington, D. C, 18. The house bill declaring the exemptions allowed bv the bankrupt law shall be the amour: ls al'owed by the constitution and laws of each State in 1ST1, and that such exemptions be valid against debLs contracted con-tracted before the adoption of such State constitutions as well as th'se contracted con-tracted afterwards, and against liens by judgment or decree ef any State court, pa-ed. The American and Asiatic telegTaph bill passed. The vice-president presented the petition peti-tion of B. F. MmpsoD, counsel for the prosecution in the charge against sena-Lor sena-Lor Pomer.y, asking that the senate so enlarge the St-ope of the inquiry of the special committee, as to receive the statement of certain members of the legislature of Kansas now here, and others who have been summoned, that th-'y were offered money by the agents and friende of Pomeroy to vote fir him. Frelinghuysen, chairman of the special committee, thought the resolution reso-lution ought lie over till to-morrow. .Nye denounced York as & rascal who did not dare to petition the senate in his own name, and argued that it was not consistent with the dignity of the senate to allow the character of a senator to be assailed by such a man in such a way. He warned senators that their own reputations, jointly and severally, were at slake. "Away with those investigations," in-vestigations," said Aye; "we have had enough of them! We are having hav-ing enough of theml Away with this idea of catering to the morbid appetites ap-petites of partieeps eriminis, at least, and let Mr. Pomeroy and Mr. What's-his-name settle their own difficulties ! There's nothing that humanity feeds upon like corrupt investigation 1" Con-kling Con-kling took substantially the sameground as Nye in regard to the extension f the scopo of inquiry, saying it would enable ena-ble the prosecution to occupy so much of tho remaining portion of the session as to leave no time for Pomeroy's defense. de-fense. He also denounced Yrk. Pin-ally Pin-ally Ferry, of Connecticut, offered the following which was adopted: Ko-! Ko-! solved, that the committee charged with the investigation of tho charges against tho Hon. S. O. Pomeroy, be dirocted to inquire into any allegations ef bribery or corruption Dy saia romeroy, in me recent re-cent election for United States senator by tha legislature of Kansas. . Morton gave notice that he would call up tho Caldwell case Tuesday next, instead of Saturday. Adjourned. HOUSE. After taking up the appropriation bill, on motion of Sargent, $10,000 was appropriated for a statue to tbe late senator Baker, of California, for the national na-tional capital. Poland from tho select committee on credit mobiiier submitted a report, which was read by the clerk. All the members implicated by the report were in their seats, Ames occupying a front seat. After the report was read, Poland rose and said tho committee didn't expect ex-pect any aotion to bo taken on the re- Eort till it was printed and the members ad an opportunity to examine it, sor did tho committee propose to havea day fixed for the discussion until then. Brooks rose and said he desired to submit to the house, in reply to what seemed to bim a most partial, unjust and persecuting report, two documents of which had not been noticed at all by the cemmilleo. The first was tho proces t'-rAnioflhe action instituted by Mc-Comb, Mc-Comb, in tho supremo court of Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, against the credit mobiiier, in December lSliT, containing a list of the stockholders as long ago as December '137. Poland said the list was printed at length in tho testimony. Brooks "Butitisnot alluded to in the report." Poland. "We had no occasion to allude to it in the report. If il has any bearing on tho case il will be before the house, because it is a part of the testimony. testi-mony. 1 don't design discussion." xne list was read, tne point being that Brooks' nauie did not appear as a stockholder of credit mobiiier at the lime, and that .Neil son's name did appear as a stockholder for one hundred shares; and thai this was before Brooks was appointed government director. Brooks aUo presented the proces verbal- of another suit in Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, between the same parlies, showing show-ing the same state of facts. Brooks called attention to the fact that on several sev-eral occasions he either voted against the interest of the Union Pacific company, com-pany, or refrained from voting. Poland said "I would merely remark re-mark that at one timo the Union Pacific railroad company and the credit mobiiier mobi-iier were divided in interest, and that Brooks' action and votes had been on tho side represented by Durant, from whom he had received the stock," On motion of Poland further proceeding pro-ceeding was postponed until Tuesday next. After roading tho journal, the house again went into committee of the whole, and resumed consideration of the sundry civil appropriation! bill, without finishing it. Adjourned, |