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Show FORTY-FOURia CONGRESS, i I hEX ATE. 1 Washington, 27. The conference committee's report on tne d.-lii i-ncv appropriation bill was a-recJ to. Mitchell call-d up the senate bill, granting the right of way through the . public Ullh f,,r wagon roads over the Blue mountains, Oregmi. Parsed. At 12.30 legislative bushiest wad suspended, and the impeachment, trial begun. Lord submitted a motion that the evidence relating to the question of the jurisdiction of tho senate fitting aa a court of impeachment be given , before the arguments relating thereto j are neard, aud if auch plea is over- ; ruled that ttie defendant be r quired to answer the articles o. impeachment impeach-ment within trt'0 days, and the hou-e to reply, if they deem it necessary, within two day?, and that the trial; proceed the uext d,iy after the joining of the issue. Carpenter, of tho counsel for the accused, moved that the trial be postponed post-poned until the first Monday of December De-cember next, and asked that the discussion ot this motion be fixed at two hours for each side. The request was granted 4S to 13, and Blame addrt-ssed the senate in favor of the motion. He ar.ued that it wns impossible im-possible for the senate to do justice to the groat and important question involved in-volved in this case on account of the advanced stage of the session, and lhat the counsel had not had timfl to make investigations before presenting themselves to argue una great quc-amm. Again, the house was now making investigations with a view to present ing additional articles of impeachment, impeach-ment, and if any additional charges were to be made, counsel for the accused wanted them here. '.1 hoy invited the closest scrutiny into the official conduct of the accused. He referred to his life and stated that he had won his way into the councils ol the nation on the field of b.ittl?. Another reason why the senate should postpone the trial was that it connected con-nected itself directly with politics. Tho political parlies were almost committed to his client's destruction Judge Black followed in support of the motion. He spoke an hour and dwelt at some length upon the political politi-cal excitement against the accused, contending that it was so intense thai each ptrty was committed to his ruin. It was impossible for him to have a lair trial, though he nugnt have an honest one. Ho also intimated inti-mated that his defense would be painful, pain-ful, and lhat nothing but a feeling ol absolute loss of his reputation coud lead bitu lo make it. The senate relirtd at -t o'clock to consult on the motion to poatponn the impeachment trial. At 4.30 the senators returned a ad the president pro lent announced that the motion ot counsel for reiqmi.dtnt for a continuance ol the trial until December had been overruled. The senate, sitting as a court, adjourned, ad-journed, and at -4.40 went into executive execu-tive session, and after a short time session reopened, wh-n Sargent introduced in-troduced a hill to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between Asia and the Pacific coa-t, which wasreferreu to the committee on commerce. Tne bill authorizes the American and Eaal Indian telegraph company of Xew York to lay, and operate, cables on the Pacific coast within the jurisoicuun oi ine umteu otaies tor a period ot twenty years, provided tne company shall commence active jpeiatious in two years, and Bhall have at least one cable iu operation Irom this continent to an Ash: lie colony within four years from the enactment ot this bill, government to have the priority in the use ol these cables. The right to alter, amend or repeal the act is reserved to congress The bill authorizes the secretary ol the navy to detail one or more steam vessels to assist in the survey and iouudings, laying of the cables, and transportation of materials and generally gen-erally to atlord assistance calculated to promute tho success of the enttr-prie. enttr-prie. Booth presented a memorial of the California legislature in favor oi the adoption of uuitable measures to protect pro-tect valley lands and harbors cf tual stale from injury by the discharge of debris Irom hydraulic mines. Referred Re-ferred to the committee on mimsand mining. Adjourned, nuts:. Lapham introduced an amendment to tho constitution to authorize the president lo approve or disapprove ot . separate clauses or provisions of a bill. Referred. Morrison reported back the senate amendment to the ho.iee bill to define de-fine the tax on fermented and mail liquors. Tne amendment as amended is to add the proviso that nothing in the act ah ill change the present rules or law respecting evidence in any prosecution or sun. Tne amendment was concurred in. , Tne conference report on the bill excluding Missouri I rum the provisions pro-visions ol the act ol M.iy 10th, 1S7J, to promote the development of mining resources, adds the lollowing clan.': And all lands in said states -.hall be subject to dispo;al us ari cultural lands. Tho report was agreed to. Wigginton introduced a bill for the relief ot the sutlcrers on railroad land within the limits of the Rowland grant, Slanilaus county, Caliloruia. Referred. The house then went into committee com-mittee of the whole, Cox in the chair, on the legislative and executive appropriation ap-propriation biil, resuming its con uideration of the appropriations made lor the surveyor general and his clerks. All the items lor the surveyor sur-veyor general's ollice wcro struck out ot tne bill at the suggestion thai tiie commitleo on public lands ww invcsUgiitiug the biibjcct, and thai provision could be made for it in Ihe civil tippropri dion bill. The Hems for the post office department depart-ment brought up the question ol lust mails, Foster of Ohio charging that the committee was going back lo the old stage system. Randall declared that tho recoin mendaliona ol tho committee were lully approved by the pustmnhter general, and that ihe mail service was not lo be in the slightest degree diminished. A u amendment was adopted raitdng Ihe calary of the ccmmii'sioner ot ngrirulture to $!i,00(l and more closely defining his dulien. The committee then reported the bill to tho house. Adjourned. |