ess, the committee would not feel authorized to
present the result to the House at this late period of the
session, unless the charge had been so entirely negatived as
to admit of no discussion, which, in the opinion of the
committee, is not the case. Certainly, no affirmative report
could be properly considered in the expiring hours of this
Congress.

"The committee, not having fully investigated all the
charges preferred against the President of the United
States, it is deemed inexpedient to submit any conclusion
beyond the statement that sufficient testimony has been
brought to its notice to justify and demand a further
prosecution of the investigation.

"The testimony which the committee has taken will pass into
the custody of the Clerk of the House, and can go into the
hands of such committee as may be charged with the duty of
bringing this investigation to a close, so that the labor
expended upon it may not have been in vain.

"The committee regrets its inability definitely to dispose
of the important subject committed to its charge, and
presents this report for its own justification, and for the
additional purpose of notifying the succeeding Congress of
the incompleteness of its labors, and that they should be
completed."

With the acceptance of this report, the impeachment was at an end so
far as the action of the Thirty-ninth Congress was concerned. The
subject was handed over to the consideration of the Fortieth Congress.

CHAPTER XXV.

PERSONAL.

Contested Seats -- Mr. Stockton votes for Himself -- New
Jersey's loss of two Senators -- Losses of Vermont --
Suicide of James H. Lane -- Death in the House -- General
Scott -- Lincoln's Eulogy and Statue -- Mr. Sumner on Fine
Arts in the Capitol -- Censure of Mr. Chanler -- Petition
for the expulsion of Garret Davis -- Grinnell assaulted by
Rousseau -- The Action of the House -- Leader of the House.

Matters of interest relating to the members of the Thirty-ninth
Congress remain to be noticed. Some names of members appear in the
opening scenes of Congress which were substituted by others before the
close. This was occasioned partly through successful contests for
seats by persons who, after an investigation of their claims, were
declared to have been legally elected, but failed, through fraud or
m