Show Il louns I 1 the te speaker presented a letter from irwin the recusant rocus ant pacific mail stating hl his desiro to and purge I 1 him himself solli also stating that thai he is i suffering luil ering from a malarial fever and soon boon relieved his hii testimony will be lost forever oro vcr A resolutions oni was adopted rescinding rescind ing so 10 much of the resolution of january jan nary oth lib us as directed fio bo sergeant at arms armi to keep iram in ia lid j il mr cox presented pre s 0 abed a 4 petition of importers sad and dohlen do i lers in wines protesting against gaidot the iha increase of tho the tax ax on low grade winoa wines to forty coot cents a gallon as exorbitant unjust mil and ro tho the of the theao 0 w tines 8 lessening c revenue receipts aud nil i jl n trado trade mr obrien asked leave to lo offer a resolution on 00 tho the Pred Pros ilont to stroby what authority the courts and officers moore of mississippi at vioka burg havo have been interfered with by military mr lynch objected to the joselit lion 00 in I 1 hit hat shapo tho the house went into committee committed of the whole on oft tho the indian appropriation bill th tho 11 proposition y the ho chu taw fall arnin of phree three millions millio oa was wai lit at loncto lea ath mid fuaau agreci to t aad od tle iju w to tho the haima 11 reporter report rep od A u amendment reducing tho the appropriation p prop nation to was WA agree J to 10 and the bli 11 was 7 zoo tod yeas 11 niya nays moved to th the a vote mr iule s bogra tel a oreb bill with t ants to zack kiick without the choctaw baim as that was the tha point of tho tha presented the dents masgo calling callin ff attention to 0 the tha absolute aLno lule necessity of 0 u proper ardem rit for the sea coast defences defenses de fences rI orrel to the committee oo on military allanr charles A wetmore the mat iachio mil mail witness wit wt t nem nesa was acin n brought bg li before th ihn 6 houra and as alicd V d 1 ho hi wn was now realy ready to answer tho the ions ho he replied rep liel that he be co eldoi answer unless anle B tho the bere ere and proceeded to read a nt to abow why ho he corn coin plaine of the janoer of his lion sa ying it wust must bare been beca originally a adopter by sooae some peron son desirous of having the tha examina hon conducted so KJ that the evidence ifould be made to confirm the pre ordained jud judgement gement ot of the committee cross examination mr dawes ba lull I 1 cootu coo sd liim him so eo he coul dac tell A what bat lo 10 loarl d id k know now he bad ao an ide ulea the person who told him mr beck received a check WM was a friend whose confidence he bo ought not to violate without is a consideration 0 so ile therefore asked time but was reu rued ru ed cd and WM was rushed hereto the iho her bar ortho of the iloco Us protested is ia the aarao of every american against auch bubb examinations in the fa ture tare proceeded in a rather im way to explain lie coulden couldn t give ITO the tha nima name of any aay barty to whom lie he aoud race he rumor sad aad concluded by saying its ho was TO ready though not willing to go to jail but expected the house would be ba BatiH satu fied died with hs his statement mr dawes thought the statement read read by the tha witnel a WM was uch ench 6 an arraignment ment of tho committee that it asia proper for the house not the committee commit tco to tako take notice of it ile he moved tho the ordinary revolution reto lution that be considered in contempt 0 of f tile the house mr lamar thought the witness tied had purged of contempt by fin explicitly and positively that ho he was unable to give gills tho the dame of liu his informant and intimated doubts ol of the accuracy of his tits du pat patch clao ci 1 mr halo hale N X Y moved as aub a sub kituto Bi tuto for mr that the witti ets under tho the prote noti of answering to a charge of contempt had bid been guilty ofa gross and wanton to the douse llonas in the pr evence of tho the house ind and that ba bo be ad guilty of contempt sad rod committed to the custody of the a rgeina at arms and confined in ia a common jail until further order from tho tb house mr G Oar arfield field intimated a belief belie f that the witness hal had not a sound bound mind maid end and it il this is tie so the punishment ought to 0 be ra milder ilder mr air bailed mr air hale whether the witness was to be tent to jail be cause ilia his answer was wag insulting to a the tha house or because of lis lefoal re foal to answer the questions ions of the corn com maitee mr kale hale replied that the iho resola tiou poke tor for I 1 mr M 0 rates halos substitute vas nas adopted and the witness was removed by the and subsequently to jail |