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Show LATEST DISPATCHES, GENERAL. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SKNATK. Washington, 17. There was an unusual activity long before the senate sen-ate met, preparatory to the impeachment impeach-ment trial of Belknap, one o'clock being the time fixed for the return ol the process issued on the 5th instant requiring him to appear and answer to the articles of impeachment presented pre-sented by the house. In the area in front of the presidiag officer of the senate tables were placed for the counsel ol Belknap and the man agers. In the space in the rear of the senators, seats and chairs were placed for members of tho house. The galleries were well filled beforw half-past 11 o'clcck, and when the senate was called to order at noon there was not a seat to be obtained. A large portion of tho gentlemen's gallery, on the left of the diplomatic gallery, was reserved for ladies, in addition to their regular gallery on the right of the chamber. A large majority of the audience was composed com-posed of ladies. After the journal of Thursday's proceedings had been read, various petitions and memorials were presented. At 12.30 legislative business was suspended, and the senate proceeded to the consideration of the articles of impeachment against Belknap. After proclamation by tbesergeant-at-arms, Chief Justice Waite administered the oath to the senators who were not present when the other senators were sworn a few days ago. Senators Alcorn, Al-corn, Johnston, Ya., English, Patterson Patter-son and Wadleigh were not present to take the oath. On motion of Edmunds, Ed-munds, it was ordered that the secretary sec-retary notify the house that the senate sen-ate was ready to proceed with the trial and that seats had been provided in the senate for the ruernbera. At. 1'2.5;) pi-SprrptArtf Rplbnan. I with his counsel, Carpenter, Black and Blair, entered the senate chamber cham-ber and proceeded to the table provided pro-vided lor them. The secretary walked to the table leaning on the arm of Carpenter, and took a seat between hiin and Judge Black. He appeared very nervous and began reading soon as seated, but soon dropptd the pamphlet aud conversed with his con nsel. The managers of the impeachment court and members of the house appeared ap-peared at 1 o'clock, but a quarter of an hour had elapsed before all were seated, when the minutes of the session ses-sion of the senate as a court of impeachment im-peachment held on Wednesday the 5th inst., were read by Gorham, the secretary of the senate. The return of the writ served upon the ex-secretary having been read, and the ser-geant-at-arms having called upon him to answer, Carpenter, of the counsel for the ex-sccretary, read and had filed a plea denying the jurisdiction of the senate to try Belknap Bel-knap on the articles of impeachment, as he was not an officer of the United Statps at the time such articles were found and presented to the Benate; that ho has Dot since been, nor is he now an officer of the United States, but was and is a private citizen of the United States, and of tho state of Iowa. Lorn, on tne part oi the managers, asked that time be allowed them until Wednesday, the 19th inst., to consider what replication Bhall be made to the plea of Belknap, and it was so ordered by the senate. The managers and counsel for the accused having, in reply to the question ques-tion of the president pro tern., said they had nothing further to piopose, the senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, im-peachment, adjourned until Wednesday Wednes-day next, and resumed tho consideration consider-ation of legislative business, Mitchell, from the committee on privileges and elections, reported a reioluLion to pay Pinchback, the late contestant to a seat from Louisiana, a sum equal to the compensation and I mileage of a senator from the beginning begin-ning of the term fur which he was a contestant to tiie termination of contest con-test by the senate. Ordered printed and lie on the table-. Tliurman gave notice that at the earliest time possible ho would call ud his motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill in relation to counting the vote for president aud vice president was passed. Booth, from the committee on public pub-lic lands, reported favorably on the senate bill granting a site for an observatory to the trustees of the Lick observatory of the astronomical department de-partment of the university of California. Cali-fornia. Morton, Intl., gavo notice that on Monday next ho would ask the Benate (r, nrnrncil In tli mil air 1 P r,i Inn nf Hip resolutions submitted by him early in the Bcssion in regard to the right-) of states and the truo and natural character of the government. The senate discussed the Washington Washing-ton pavement bill to tho adjournment. adjourn-ment. IIOLKJU. The debate- on the Kilboumo habeas corpus case was interrupted by tho houso proceeding in a hudy to the senftto to attonil tho impeachment trial of tho late secretary of war. Ko-turning Ko-turning therefrom tho discussion was rciumcd. Leyd'r's substitute, proposing to turn Kilbounio over to thu county, was propoflf-d, but it was violently opposed op-posed by Tucker, who claimed that the recusant wiliifFsea hIiouMJ ro-remain ro-remain in the custody of tho house. In the courso of his argument ho declared de-clared in cao Judge Carter refused to hear tho motion without tho body being produced, it would show that corruption was spread from the real estate pool bo evi'ii to taint tlio ermine uf the judiciary of tho di.-driet. (Ap- HiWiV.) Garfield Thero should be just as I good right to say lhat the statement which the gcotlemau made would I ouly have been made in case corrup- ! tion reached clear to the hou.se ' (counter applause on the rrpuMkan ' siile and causud it to htrii-i at the judiciary. Tucker said that the judo should i he made to tell the house bv his I conscience, if he has one, aud " by a ; a power superior to it if he has not. j Blaine here inquired how tho i judge could be made to do anything j by the house of representatives. Tucker The gentleman is no I lawyer, as he has often shown in this ! house (laughter), ar.d is perhaps un- j aware that when a judge does not ! execute hisduty he may be made to do so. Blaine By order of the Iidusl? Tucker No sir, but a mandamus from a higher court will compel him to exercise jurisdiction which he is reluctant to do. Blaino said he did not know why the gentleman from Virginia should have manifested so much asperity in his remarks addressed 10 him. He (Maine) thanked GoJ he was not a lawyer, trained in tho school that that gentleman was. He thanked 1 God he was not tho lawyer who. as attorney for the gentleman of Virginia, Vir-ginia, had given an opinion that the local authorities of that state might invade the postoffice and compel the postmaster to give up the contents of the mail. Blaine continued am'd the excitement: excite-ment: "Tho gentleman represents, and with treat ability, that which is known as the great states rights school which received its chief inspiration inspi-ration from Jetlerson and other greater leaders of Virginia, aud yet he stands here to plead that this house possesses power of which there is no review anywhere except in itself. it-self. JeQerson said expressly that this government was constructed so that absolute power resided nowhere, and he defied anybody to show that there was absolute power in any department de-partment Of government. The ulli-timate ulli-timate judgment of the supreme court of the United States may seem absolute, abso-lute, but if the power of that court is abused, the power of impeachment resides in the house to punish it; but the gentleman from Virginia, professing profess-ing to represent the spirit of Jerlersou, says this house may take anybody on any pretense and imprison hini at its pleasure, anil there does not exist in the law to-day ths slightest power of relief or review. I thank God again I have not read law in that school." (Renewed plaudits on the republican aide.) Tucker denied having intentionally been offensive to Blaine, but repeated . that this debate showed that he was j no lawyer, tut there is ono thing he ! is and that is, ho "is a Pnarisee." (Applause.) : "I thank God," said Blaine, finish ; ing the quotation, "that 1 am not liko other men." Tucker "Tho gentleman s.j.ys ha thanks God ho is not as I am. I thank my heavenly father there is no resemblance between us. I say ameu ; ti that, with all my heart. He j thanks God that he is not as other ; men are, even its this poor publican." (Laughter aud applause.) Biaine, adding to the sentence "Late attorney general uf Vermont." Tucker, accepting the addition "I am proud to hare represented tho old commonwealth in that position, and on this lloor. I remeuibi-r ih opiuion to which the gentleman refers. re-fers. It seems to me instead of studying the laws of his country the geniiemau naa uecu amusing iu ecu if he cannot get points on his colleagues col-leagues in the commute on ways and mean?, and on members of the house with which he may twit and t.mnl when occasion arises. Tiie opinion jl gave was that the question of what mail matter the citizens of a state can ' receive was a question of state law." . Blaine, eagerly and triumphantly "That is it, aud the gentleman hold that doctrine to-day I underaLind''" Tucker, defiantly- 'T hold today to-day " Blaine, endeavoring to clench the point "That the poonillioc department depart-ment can be arrested and interrupted in Virginia by a country justice nf the peace." (Republican plaudits.) "That is the opinion." Tucker "I hold that opinion yrt, and tLe gentleman has shown that he is no constitutional lawyer when he does not recnnizs tho dssti'icti .11 which i3 as old as Uic decisions of Chief Justice Marshall, that between the commercial power of tun f-:der il government ind t'-.e police power of state there is a dhtinction as wide as the poles, and so wide tint even the undiciphned mind of the gentleman from Maine might have recoguized it." Applause. Blaine "Where does the power of the general government anil of tha po'toffice department end, and where does the power of tiie state begin?" Tucker "There is an old adage j that a chilli may n.ik qmvtiuiiH j which a wise man cannot answer, 1 yet if the gputk'nmn lud read the i c.ipo of Brown against the stup. of j Maryland he would have found the dinlincticn as to when goods cease t 1 be imports and become commodities j within the state's jurisdiction, taken ! by Chief Justice Marshall with mi much nicety lhat Taney, who opposed it at the time, while he wan at the bar, approved it afterwards when he camo on the bench." Blaine "And therfMrc the gentleman gentle-man treats the poslollice matter as goods." Tucker, emphatically -"I thought the gentleman no lawyer, but I did Huppose he had read some books on logic, but now I do not behevo that ho is either a lawyer or logician." (Democratic applause.) Blaine "According to the Virginia standard, no." Tucker "The gentleman a ayn he thanks God he was not brought un in tho school of states rights as I was. Ho certainly was brought up in a vi iy ddlercnt school. The diflercnco bu-tween bu-tween us in our vicw:i on the frdivai constitution are very wide, bull wdl not go into that mailer. I am not to be betrayed into it. Slates rights is a treat bugaboo, that is to go along with the 'bloody shirt' in the coming political contest. Tho gentleman from Maine will bring it up on all oc casions 10 iiauui lb in me iaiu; in inn multitude. The hero of the 'bloody shirt' is at the other end of the cupilol and tho hero of states rights bugaboo at this end. I do not know when) the great unknovrn stands." (Laughter and applause.) The debate wa further continued by Jones against tho resolution nf the judiciary committee, and by Lord and Lawrence and Hurd of Ohio in favor. The itibstitute ollercd by Leynde, directing di-recting the sergeant at-anns to make return to tho writ and to produce Kdboumc beforo the court was i.dopt- jed yeas '', nays 75. A great body of I he republican mem hern and nearly half of thedemocratj vottd for I lie BuliHtitute. Jtmidftll oll'un'd a rcuoiulion lhat I in further proceeding jn tho impeachment im-peachment casu the housu shall appear ap-pear before tho senalu only by iln managers. Adopted. McCrary inlioduc'jd a bill, whieh was rclf rrr.df lo create a sinking fund for tho liquidation of govern in 11 it bonds advanced to the Union I'acitic railroad company. The house, at "j o'clock, adjourned. |