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n of such charges belonged of right to other tribunals, and should be left to them. Mr. Brown, of Miss., offered an amendment, that all persons having charges against the Navy Department shall submit them to the Committee in writing. Mr. Wigfall was opposed to the resolution altogether. It was a matter which did not belong to the Senate. If an investigation were to be made at all, the Constitution provided especially that it should be done first by the House of Representatives, and urther debate the vote was taken upon the amendment, and it was rejected. Mr. Phelan moved to amend by striking out the words "under its present head." Lost. The resolution was then adopted by a vote of fifteen to seven, those voting in the negative being Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Mitchell, Oldham, Peyton, and Wigfall. The bill amendatory of the enrollment act was taken up, and, after several amendments, it was adopted. The Senate then went into Executive session.