Show by ly telegraph congressional SENATE washington 21 E edmunds from froia the committee on judiciary reported favorably on the house bill to extend the time ants under 11 of chapter of the laws cf of the congress to prove their claims before the court of alabama claims passed logan from the committee 0 on I 1 military affairs reported favorably favorably favo on the senate bill to ex extend e t he the e time for filing the claims for r additional bounty under the act of july 1876 placed on the calendar mcmillin Me Millan presented resolutions of the legislature of minnesota asking such legislation as will provide for a treaty with the indians indic lus mccu bing hing dying nying the country known as the blaek black laek lack hills in the territory of da kota so that the tho the same may bo be opened to settle settie settlements settlement menti referred forred re to to the committee on indian affairs harvey called up the resolution submitted by him a few days ago directing di f f the secretary of war warto to furnish the senate with buen a uc h suggestions gest ions as may be deemed expedient for the public service covering the period between may alay 10 1669 and october 1 1872 to enable the government gov tb carry out but the pro 1819 of bf 2 an a t constituting coast tut eight hours a days fbi all laborers and mechanic employed b bebr oh walt behalf bf thi tho government orthe ortho vt ex U fg 8 approved june 25 1868 1668 harvey tey rey said the object of the resolution was to get before the senate such euch information as to enable to see bee why that law had executed in n certain instances pe effle lii th a idythe morning hour t expired and the resolution was laid aside the senate then resumed the consideration of the bill for the sale silo of or timber lands la in the states of california and oregon and hi in the territories of the U S thy the pending question being on the amendment of sargent that chat any person desiring to avail vall himself of the provisions of the act in n addition to the other requirements mentioned in the bill shall declare that ho he has not mada any agree 1 ment with any person or persons by which the title which bich he be might acquire from the C u S or any right in said land or to t lie the timber thereon should inure in whole or in part to the benefit of any uny person except himself agreed to clayton moved to amend so as na to provide that the public land affected by this thi act shall be offered at public sale as soon as practicable from time to time accor dinglo to the provisions of the existing law anti shall not be subject to private entry till so offered for sale reily helly exposed the amendment sargent said paid that if the amendment should be adopted the lands would bo be bought up by speculator speculators the amendment was rejected yeas si 8 nays 30 36 ingalls said ho lie had bad no doubt that this bill would throw all valuable timber lands into the hands of the railroad companies and mining companies of the pacific coast and he moved to amend the bill so that it should apply to all public lands Inthe UnIted states alike and that the number of acres to be taken under it should net exceed rejected the bill was then read redd the third tim dimand and aud passed conkling Con bling called up the senate bill conferring exclusive jurisdiction over indian reservations upon t the he U S courts and for the punishment of crimes committed by and against the Ind indians indiana ians lans the amendments im proposed by the coni committee on the judiciary providing that any person found upon an ind dan an reservation contrary to law and who shall refuse or neglect to remove upon the request of the agent or superintendent shall bo be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor m anti and upon conviction thereof shall bo be fined not exceeding or imprisoned not exceeding one year or both ac were agreed to allison submitted amendment an providing that the second section should not be construed to prevent the cutting of timber or grass from any reservation or the use of tb the e stone thereon for army or agencies located on such reservation pending the discussion at tb the request of relly kelly the bill was laid aside with tile the understanding that it should come up as unfinished business on off wednesday addy after an executive session the senate adjourned till wednesday HOUSE W washington 21 the house then proceeded to vote on the bill to reorganize the judiciary and it was passed yeas nays 1 kelly offered a resolution calling for or the correspondence between the tre treasury abury department and the bank banu of england prior to the of december 1873 in relation to the transfer of the proceeds of U S bonds sold or to be sold in london also for the correspondence between the state department and the british government in relation to the mode of transferring to this country the tho amount of bf the geneva award adopted townsend Towns enil of pa offered a leso yeso resolution instructing the eom com committee mittLe on pacific railroads s to inquire whether any commission or arrangement m ent has been formed by the central pacific and the union pac pacific efio railroad or by any of their officers onn off leers with ED english glish capitalists or corporations to transfer the commerce of the pacific ocean now carried in 14 american Ame built ships to english built ships shim sailing under the british flag adopted Faulkner faullin grioff iri ori off offered ered a resolution instructing strutting ting the committee on fru foreign affairs to inquire into the facts and of the convict conviction ion inn in great britain or of edward 0 omea onea alea gher condon a citizen of the U B S and whether the cas 9 is a proper one for the interposition of th the e government ern ment either in the form of a demand for his release or of an a appeal to british clemency adopts adopted banks introduced a bill for the transfer of the pension bureau from the interior department to the war department referred springer made a personal explanation at ionIn lonin in reference to tho amendment moved by him to the centen nial appropriation bill when it was before the house and which was engraf teJ teA on the bill and he replied to the strictures upon him in the new york merald herald and the philadelphia times la jn relation th thereto breto as to whether the appropriation was to be a first or second lien ho he declared in conclusion that if it were the purpose of tile the centennial board at the close of the exhibition to convert the assets of the corpora tion into cash and then return tt t the stockholders all the money they had subscribed before paying into tho tile treasury the amount appropriated by congress the people nad bad a right to know the fact at once they would then brand the whole celebration as a huge scheme of private speculation and fraud could it be po possible ibie ible he asked that the first cent completion was to bo by celebrated d under false falso pretenses and that the second cen con century tury was wag to be ushered in by a tive job by a 1 corporate specula tion and public plunder ile he desir desil ed to introduce a resolution directing ling the secretary of the treasury rv to withhold the appropriation an and ha he wished the re resolution referred tor to the judiciary committee kelly keily denied springers allegations expressly and distinctly and he insinuated that springer through his ignorance of law had given to the centennial board more than it asked from congress if it was a job as charged by springer it was a job of which he springer r i er was the workman 2 iter laughter u g after some coif coir confusion aslon arising from an effort of holman to be recognized and ani to submit the motion the hoap adjourned till wednesday A AMERICAN M E R I 1 CA N CATSKILL 22 21 there as a gret great excitement here bore from a dispute between a catholic clergyman and a portion of nis liia congregation about the interment in the natholie cemetery of the boda bod of jos woltz lii hil hanged liged nearly two years ago for the murder of harmon holcher of albany a scissors scissors grinder the body was originally burled buried n D woltz farm now ilow the clergyman has given per to inter it lit in the cemetery and aud mhd ihs people rs resist the bishop has been consulted ST LOUIS 22 judge porter opened li his 1 s remarks this morning I 1 in cosio coslo closing g the argument aument for babcock with complimentary references to the attention th ejury had given to the case for two weeks he said in the discharge of codr your duties and the kindness and mark marked ld at with which you have listen listened to the eviden evidence cej cei you make ns us feel that we are arc before a djury j ary which is not inot prejudiced in the case we believe had bad the evidence been such that you must have found a verdict of guilty which would have blasted this young mans future you would have done so with sorrow but now that the testimony enables bles bies you to pronounce him in you cannot but rejoice at such a conclusion porter refer referred red to hla hia personal n nal nai re lati n ns with general B babcock gecs geis 0 e k saying he had bad known him long and intimately nad aad appeared as his friend rather than ay ai his lawyer He reminded the jury that the defendant was the son of an american yeoman and had earned not sought the positions he had occupied the government counsel were complimented for ability but said the speaker they have tried this casa cas with bittern bitterness esi towards the defend defends ant which I 1 never saw equalled equal led in iri a state prosecution portor then in strong language condemned the course pursued by the press pres stoward toward general babcock he has bas had bad he said the m of a prejudge pre judg me ment u t of his bis cae ca e by the press it has been charged iu tho the papers boldly that for yeam yeara ho be was in weekly receipt of this blood money from the stlouis st Louls louis ring that hn ho received it by pack packaged akes through the ex express P te ss by registered letter and chee chec cheeks checks S and ana that he acknowledged the receipt in letters and tele grains the country has been told that on this money he grew suddenly ud defily rich licea in luxury and moved about in political style that with this money modey he built bulit whole blocks of buildings in woh washington ington and has others in process of construction st every enemy of gen eral gra grant t within and without the republican party accepted these stories as true and general babcock has been condemned unheard 11 passing to what he termed the dangers of accepting a verdict from the newspapers judge porter said the meanest vagabond in the neighborhood hood of one ono of you has only to invent or find floating the filesi scandal and send attoa it to a newt paper and lt wilnot only be published but will be copied far tind wide by all scandal lov ing sheets in the country and wherever yuu you may yo this calumny will rise up tip to meet you you may send your denial to the pap pa erand erald it will be published but with it the statement that since the first pub li catlon cation further information of a more reliable charae charac character tei tel hal har ha been received which seems to confirm the truth of the tho slander 11 to illustrate his judge porter referred to the trial of andrew johnson who he be faid aid waa wai tried and ond condemned by the whole press pren of or the country almost without an exception and he be became president without a party ha he iraq was nut not elected by the democratic organization anu and an U when right t or cut joose loose from his old oid affiliations he was deno denounced tisa asa aga traitor and add surrounded by enemies who threatened hid bid life and ills hs char ebar character acte r amm Aff articles lelei of impeachment were prepared against 6 P ainest bim him by the hous house e or of representatives and he tie was tried before the highest tribu nal nai of the tho land the thu senat dra were preil presided ded nver by chief justlee justice chase they were many of them his cn enemies ares but out topping abelt characters Ws they became jurors and andrew johnson wa quitted acquitted de and the newspaper judgment was rb versed reversed the lesson to be drawn is let no man rian abbi beton on evicted 0 of r crime without igal evidence of guilt judae porter next nest palled atten tion to the tho cae cao as the newspapers made i it our and as district attorney torne y dyer laid it down in his hii opening Th these esef statement drafted from newspaper to ne newspaper paper dwindled down into two or thrpo three tolver telegrams ms in ih five years the district attorney allet ailet alleged e 0 1 no ijo net act and coword no word to connect be bab 1 cock with con eon conspiracy sp iracy he tle admitted that no money had ever Ofer been pall palo to the defendant di directly but he her promised to prove that thab money had been remitted to him by mail maii the papers were were astounded at the weakness lessof of thie the cate caie as us the district a t torb torney eyre represented it but hut the tho they thoy y con coq co ij soled themselves with th tha the e statements of a faur faun fabricating beating interviewer of r a new nen york paper that this master jece vt of strategy anthe on the part PAA of col dyer intended 0 to o conceal 1 l the real strength of hit bis case case care 1 but bat afterwards when the evidence was in the papers were puzzled hep hey hp could not hot understand district hai proved provet his case and they aro are now waiting to see bow ho will do it in his judge porter then sald laid said taid be would not pot go into rho ho dvid evidence ence in iii detail aa as that had been sufficiently hy by his colleague mr storrs ft but he would notice some home of the general feature features e he re said it wasn gasn undisputed taut tact that there wag wasa waga a nefarious conspiracy in SK sif loti louia louis Is in and bui but it ft wag was admitted 15 by the government estlyn was put to ta them hythe bythe by the that babcock had no connection with anat conspiracy in 73 a new hew wab was ivas formed which until the order orden supervisors in n the winter of 1675 oil the argument of supervisor thio this th plan of changing the up by the president after due deliberation for another pian Plau au which recommended and the secretary and pr president id nt accepted it I 1 was the earry earny carrying ingan bof this iatter satter plan pian which led this is approved by bod yot yoi by tig by whole country except col who argues that tho the president defit had no right to change his plan the tho next step in the argument was as with reference terence ie to this knowledge at NV washington ashington respecting the fhe f he ring i here heie here in the spring fp ring rang of 1875 yd joycland josce Joyce and hd mcdonald ld for reasons given bethem by them resi resl re sigred thin k you that their would have been accepted ile rie had their connection with the tho conspiracy been known in washington when the j distiller sand rectifiers told their story before begore the grand jurors mer the tho DI district attorney learned how deeply joyce and mcdonald were concerned and they ahey were indicted but the evidence evid once against them was not h knowd later jo joyce ce was waff in ln iu in another district for various var lotis malfeasances in office tried and co in that way tho real teal case a against alast mcdonald was cone concealed baled in inid midsummer summer bummer mc donald was vas indicted his enemies no doubt believed him guilty as he iwas was afu nut but t with the fact of there was circulated in the papers tho wildest of stories that the treasury department league with mcdonald and even the president himself was vas implicated knowing the falsity falsify of part of these bt orles stories it was but natural that in washington |