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NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1868—TRIPLE- SHEET. ; 3 , be Ecos a a eS seneere ee See oa tution anthoriaing such removal be fetricken out, | tion was on Mr. Ferry's amendment to strike out of | gether from on» party, Judging as to what should De | been wasted. and you to be written: at the same time witness was denied Which was referred to” the” Judictary Committee. | the resolution all but the. following: Ue vt enacted, B proper question, and be Bay as ona raee —s o haaated any pportunlty to explain except on two, or three ty such a in Congress asone-ot ane | fieMd, and where no cowusel was, Pet. | thas oansare which they ao well deserve—if it is not | tended to by, Governor | Boutwell. Om ee nt Ne him that naparliamentary v0, say it if they think the judg. the “morning of Wednesday, the 27th, ‘wit- i {tep.) of Vt, took the floor in oppe- | House. Pe. ole eooedl f allow mates of the poopie fo ‘assure and certain to come | ness sent a written request to ° cited the power of | {iP re eno fOr ge eee in poheee mae iaement from Almighty | asking that he might be allowed to have a copy of prance Si bs cg emengee Pee reas cb phe tome Gad i ts tie eee and admit that they were mistaken as well an that avers, that he amit compare them 9 = wer ie ‘and see G al Scofie! Confirmed ‘impose ‘adm's- | the Capitol building. ‘Tae gee was So Cones Aaaa tay Rave envee. errors which were in the ished report a iss Dr showing that it4mposes | Betws dungeon tere and tne other waa, ta inealt Br es ertea eee artae Reming | ruse tromth mistake of stenogtaper who . jown Secretary of War, ‘them, any attempe to | Mose rooms executing @ statue of Lincoln, and to of Mr. Bingnam’s Te” | port wan made This was denied hiss "thatis: hog their part, Dull and vold. ative ber of, imply Decanse her mother, who Keeps Mr. BuTLgr said:—I desire, with leave of the | gave him a copy of ‘the report of the Managers, but ~— He recounted several decisions of the Supreme Court ae Ne avin ios iad the fortune OF | House, to eall attention to some of the {ngs und pre. | refused, to allow him to ‘see is, evidence, and re- . e al ad im fe More Rumors of Cabinet | smuiny ieee ihe tie distice be cau) Shuai of sate oir og aneument for the | from Kaas wlio had voted against Impeachment, | Seen discussed. ‘The Arat thing chit hus ‘been | quested tobe allowed. aiteen “xinuten witha wilt hich was referred to the | in the Constitution, but that the | maanhas- | 000 o7ee oom ahd was tr have, ex attacked is the conduct of the committee. We are | to send for his counsel, with whom he might con- Changes. Fe or ans preenen a potion | RSet tts, senha as | fending of matoac’ als te Wass (Wooey, | foamahantydare Sena Try fewer ta | Sat tise ee Rece gett atte of vot Yoston, ass., se form the im- | {usisted that it was of inore nportance te anaintain | in reference to the matter, there never was such @ ary case, and | motion was ode page Debate on the Kansas Admission Bill in the Senate, citizens Mi Pariiamen;: ortance of the improverfient of the great lakes, par- ‘oundW: ‘of the principles o! ction Before the Clerk hadi read more than @ few se0- | therefore it is without t; but 1 do not con- Howarty ‘at St, Mary's Falls, and askiu for assistance | tha Sto nvord adolay of Peinouth or Ceara Mr. BUTLER interrupted and said:—I desire to | tent myself with that, I remember the history of the 4 enlargement of St. Mary’s caval, which Was | mission of Arkansas. He had not entirely made up his F it is consistent with the dignity of the | democratic party, and I remember that the Senator referred to the Committee on Commerce. mind, but leaned to the view that the ratineatton of | House to allow a wituoss who is in contempt to send | from my State was removed from every committee THE NATIONAL CURRENCY. twenly-cigitt Suates was nocessacy tor the adoption | # communication here through & menber of the | in the Senate because he belonged to’ no healthy Mr, SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, from the Committee | of the amendinent to the constitutions, and argued | House characterizing a member of the commitiee | o zation. (A memer—A bad precedent.”) on Finance, reported amendinents to the bill to pro- | that so long a8 there Was a doubt on the subject | #8! * member of the House in the terms Just road t ad thea put tO witness the: ipllaring qestion:—Daa you send & telegram, as follows, Sheridan Shook, New York:—"My business is adjusted. Place ten credit to-day with Harney , No. 24 street. Answer, signed Hooper?” To this witness Teplied:—This 18 @ private and confidential commu- nication passing between counsel and client. It vide a national currency and for the issue of United | the adoption of the fouricenth article should not be | _»if- BROoKS—What are the terms? Thisis @ part | the gentleman, on the other side to has reference to business in that relation and to States bonds, &c, He also stated that he had re- | putin peril, We thouzht it tuoroughly advisable to | Of,my speech. " anything on the subject, when Mason and Bik | nothing eive, ana Reyes reference whatever to the ceived a letter on the subject from the Comptrolier of | Pontinue military protection until the coastitution | , TN SPEAKER, referring to the paper, said:—The | deli voted Charles Sumner off from every committee | trial of the President or to the articles of tue Curreney, which he would lay before the Senate, and cali up che bill at an early day. ‘The amendments provide that the maximum limit of cational circulation fixed by said act shall be in- creased $20,000,000; which amount is to be issued only to banking associations organized in States and Territories having a less circulation than 2} Pepe 7 language Is, “Mr. Butler was the only Manager in | in the * on th y n recently adopted should get into working order. and | theron, amd Ne assumed to adiinister at oath | anq'Siidell and: thove: men, inthe. ald. demoeratio to provide for the ‘immediate inaugaration of the Aa CRS TG. Witeees, He wap: RITR, ADEENE:) pargy, whose “humble successors those ntlemen hew Siate government, and the continuance | “Ai, iuruet—I do object, Every member of the | they marched had charge’ of this, impeachment until after the State should be admiited and the four. | ComMnittee will bear me out in saying that when Mr. | forty-elght hours would not have passed over the Tatiied ; also to attach conditions | Wooley left the room he tharfked us all for the cour- | head of the President whom they undertook to im- The Cutroges of Butler's Smelling Committee Exposed in the House. ~ WaswineTon, May 29, 1868, ment proffered egainat him, result of the trial nor to tied ches oolacna nor any allusion thereto whatever, They ing! if that was ail the witness had to reply to the ques- tion, and ie answered iat it was, and requested it his answer was not suMéiently.explicit and full that he might be taken to the bar of the House to receive teenth artic! $5 per each inhabitant, and, so as to equai- | which would guard agalust State gove' . tesy with which he had been treated. peach before he had gone out, in spite of all the | its orders in the premises. ‘Fhe Nomination of General Schofield as Secre~ | i7% {he circulation in such States and ‘Territories | Junior Wate dicloval hander, Ce Nee SOveruments KS—I propose to qualify thoge words and | women in the vaults of the Capitol Tad of all the |. ‘The following question was then proposed to’ wit- retury of War Confirmed by the Senate. in proportion to the popuiation, that banks in Mr. CONKLI rep.) of N. Y., maintained that the the word “improper.” whiskey rings in the States, When these impeach- | ness:—“Did you send @ telegram to Sheridan Shook, ‘The Senate in Executive Session to-day resumed | liquidation shall be required to take up their bonds | action of Congyess in Lnposing’ conditions to the ad- cou (t. Mr, Butler)—Does the gentleman | ment proceedings were bégun every man on the | dated the 12th of May, as follows:—''The tive should the consideration of the nomination of General | Within ninety days after the date of notice to go mto | mission of Missouri did “not faruish a prece. | 37 Mavsachusetis withdraw his objection other side refused to take any part on'the committee. | be had; may be.absolutely necessary.’ ” | To which liquidation, in defauit of which they are tobe sold | dent for guidance in the present case, and Mr. BuTLER—I do. We offered them places on the committee that drew | witness gave the same reply which is set forth in full Behoficld to be Secretary of War. The debate was | ai auction in New York and the proceeds applied to | citi: nuinerous decisions -Supre The CLERK resumed the reading, the next sentence | up the articles and they refused, and it was not | to the first question above quoted; repeating the re- confined to the preamble and the resolution intro. | the payment of their outstanding circulation; that Court replied at length to te legal argument velng, ‘Mr. Butler continued the examination in the | until a fugle man of George H. Pendleton was held | quest thus made to be aubjected to the instractions duced in substance as follows : ‘association which has heretofore gone involiqu- | o¢ “Mr. Edmunds. He. pointed -out that wen | S#me abusive and insulting manner, for perjury that they became anxious to take a hand | of the House. yesterday “A dation under the provisions of the section now amend- panean ‘was admitted the Senate refused by a | _ Mt. BUTLER interrupted the reading and said—I | on the committee. General BUTLER thereupon remarked that he would se oer at Pr enealoen: Zomaving ed shall take up its bonds within thirty days from | jarge majority to impose fundamental condi. | PPOpese now to insist on my objection. That is an Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. Y.—I desire to ask the gen- | offer a resolution to piace the witness in solitary con- Stan from it vutional tions, and argued from the legislative history of the | #usive, Virulent and vituperative SOMLEALIIOSIOD, tleman from Massachusetts whether the Managers finement until the 4th of March, 1869, and witness were not selected in a republican caucus, the of this bill, unless its liquidation be for the That was thereupon reccmmit to the custody of the and ‘but on account of Mr. Stanton’s having country that no claim of the t to impose condi- which any gentleman should have been ashi . a relinquished the said ofice, therefore vers of national ban! associations shall be | tions lias ever been made except in regard to taxa- | _ Mr. BROOKS—I cannot be taught gentility by the | Mr. BurLER—I speak of the committee for drawing | Sergeant-at-Arms. f Resolved, That the Senate Pt ape and congent to lered officers of the t, and have the | tion and the rights of pro, ; never in regard to | scntleman from Massachusetts, the articles. A little more of pariiamentary history | Witness considers that he cannot divulge matters the appointment of General Schofeld. right to bring suit in the United States courts, suffrage, save in the obec at fbraska. The restric. | Mt. BUTLER—The gentleman cannot change that | would have taught the gentleman that managers that come to him under the protection and sane! ? ition ‘There was not a full Senate, but parties separated tion in the constitution of that State in regard to -Statement. It 1s Wooley’s story. Let him withdraw | were always on one side; prosecutors are always on | of the relation of client and counsel, and if he should three cent on first hundred thou- | suffrage vil been inserted the letter if he wishes to go on. one side. (Laughter.) make such disclosures under any circumstances on the preamble as they did on the impeachment ar- | Fana dollars of thelr receipts; one per cent on sums | as peat py many ‘who voted for’ hat it —_ The SPEAKER—The gentleman has adopted itas | Mr, Miata That is what we complain of. they can be made only when ‘demanded by com ticles, while the vote on the resolution itself was | between one hundred thousand and five hundred | mere waste he contended that the doctrine of of his speech, and has the right to qualify it. | Mr, BurLER—And a little more learning would | tent authority, which possesses the power without such distinction. Both the preamble and | thousand, and one-half of one per cent on the excess | equality of States is a part of the coustitu- 1s therefore responsible to the House for the | save a many questions. Allow me to tell the | for a refusal to disclose. Wheu the authority which ps 2<vby a above the last named amount; also that the limitation | tion, without which they would not be republican in | Words if he uses them, honorable gentleman we offered them and they re- | can punish, for a refusal to disclose requires it vo be were adopted, and therefore General Scho- | which reatricts the liabilities of individuals or corpo- | form. He had no doubt of the power of to | Mr. BUTLER—I object to his proceeding. fused to take part in the proceedings; and, having | done at the peril of incurring a penalty, the dis- field ia confirmed as Secretary of War. rations for money borrowed from national banks to ject @ State constitution until it complied with cer. | Mr. BRooxs—I intended to withdraw all the | refused, what do they do? They throw every obsta- | closure is not voluntary, but coerced, and the wit one-tenth of the ital of said associations shall be extended to deposits made by such associations with rivate bankers, brokers or associations not organ- zed under the National Currency act. * These provisions are substantially in accordance with an accompanying letter from the Comptroller pe curren the chairman of the Finance Com- ‘The Senate and Mr. Stanton’s Removal. After the Senate in executive session had con- firmed the nomination of General Schofield as Secre- tary of War a resolution was offered declaring the re- moval of Edwin M. Stanton by the President illegal. in ti nied ngress offensive words in the paper, and if I had been read- | cle in the way of investigation; they show that the Bnew constitution for State, Hewarned them of | ig it myself {should hve done 80. do ‘not mean to havea fair Investigation; they the danger of establishing this precedent, which he | yomen proceeding 1 Onder ns | tute fatriy aN Wy dod sy 601” Because mnside i 4 . rly. And why do y 80 ecause oor YATES, (rep.) of Ii, vaninded the Senator that Mr. ornae—The gentleman had read that com- | they kept us here six hours last night by filibuster- the five Northwestern States came in subject to the | munication and deliberately put it before the House. } ing, and kept out a resolution to have a witness ordinance of 1789, with the condition imposed py | He adopted it. ‘The relations between him and me | answer questions. Nay, they refused to have this ness is protected. The committee cannot,punish, and it is their duty, on an issue between tl anda witness, to submit the matter to the House and let it take action in relation thereto. Mr. Wooley, in his protest filed with the commit- tee on the zist inst., explicitly states as follows: “But in thus presenting this constitutional shield ‘It was passed by a vote of twenty eight to thirtee: mittge. A recommendation to make provision for are well known, and should have ¢ him | House vote on the question whether the witness inst vague and general and unsupported inqui- Senator peace voting with gt aphaae paca allowing the ‘national banks to change their name | never ecucer ant Sts dsteorierionnn? should | courtesy—the same courtesy I showed him the other | should answer any question which this House ad- | ries, your petitioner intends no distpspect to the stor Fessenden was in his seat, but did not cates, nd location has not, however, been acted upon. Mr. CoNKLING Teplied that that question aid not | “! t being so, I insist on my objection. Judged ought to be put to him. Many good and true | House of Representatives or its Managers, and ten- Mr. On: ft op) of Mc in calied the bill to . CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., up the regulate the coating t trade of the Northern, North- eastern and Northwestern frontiers. Mr. FRSSENDEN, (rep.) of ‘Me., made some remarks, the bill had arise SPEAKER—The relations between members do | men on this side of the House whose judgment I re- was at ny ieation: put wren te country | not amect questions of order. it is presumed by | spect, and some whose judgment. I do not respect— the ordinance having been drawn by Nathan Dane in | Parliamentary law that the relations between all (laughter)—have come to ihe and sald, “Lot us not 1784 and again by Jefferson in 1787, and its terms | Members are cordial, and that their language will be | have this an ex parte investigation.” "Is not every having been embraced under the deed of cession of | SU¢h as is proper between gentlemen. The question | grand jury an ex parte investigation? We are now ders himself ready and willing to comply, with any resolution or order that may be passed by the Frouse of Representatives in the premises, and in the mean- time’he humbly prays that his Protest and ma be presented to the House,” n Other Cabinet Changes on the Tapis. © ¥t ts understood, now that the Senate has at last eonfirmed General Schofield as Secretary of War, ‘that the President will, at the earliest day pos- | int fat the bill had hot received sumcient | that territory from Virginia, Bae an on Sama CRS Sonieneemen: ston oe toestabliah prima Joie ortme, $0 be fei ey Diseeovat on che, ones Ne Mant take ecistvs consideration from the Committee on Commerce, as x that Jud upon by the Sen: or the House, as the st shoul ave formed part of the repo! — pore: Phe orgs eis bettas aoe had been intimated by the Senator, and-.ought to be pe ed said that deed of cession was silent | NOM Yee ney T withdraw the abusive words and | sueidey po Weare ecting the part of earand jury, | they report. that he is guilty of contumacy} referred back to them. He thought the opinion of the Custom House officers on this subject should be considered in to the great reductions made in the revenues. He hoped it would be reeommitted to the Committee, Mr, CHANDLER said the Senator could make and asked his arrest on the charge of con- tempt, and have withheld a paper he had @ right to have submitted to the House. The paper is now before the House, ig embodied in his answer made on the 26th inst. Mr. Wooley is pressing, as far as he can, a statement 7 ” change them to ‘improper,’’ and 1 meant in good | and a request to have any gentleman on the other 10M OABELING closed at twenty-five minutes past | faith to withdraw all offeusive phrases in the paper. | side put upon this investigation would be as impu- executive session. Eels See the paper before me I should not have | dent as oe i be for au Babe, ithe Were up oe 2 . , Sugg * a grand jury, to require the rest of his “Forty beating ia es Ate hen eean cprvgtns ad Mr. BurLER—Do I understand the gentleman to | Tmeves” to be put on the same granp jury. in ‘d to the final adjournment. withdraw the paper? Mr. BROOKS—I suppose that 1s in order. about which the country has been 80 long mystified with conflicting rom@#. Although there is yet nothing defintte in relation to when the Cabinet resignations will be accepted, or how many ested. deductions in whatever language he chose; he woul . ‘The SPEAKER—He has so stated to the Chair. ‘The SPEAKER—Let the words be taken down. some particulars regarding his testimony as re} of the members will be requested to vacate, it 18 | Mave “no objection to anything We )MF. Fessenden) | going on we will et adjourn before the fourti Mon, | _ ME. BUTLER—Then I am willing that he should | Mr, BuooKs—I do not object to them. i omy | by the Managers, #0 that a very small part of Mt generally believed that, with the exceptions of the | mirnt aay. The bill, he repeated, had been carefully | Say i December. goon. wanted to call the attention of the House to them. reported diifers frou the testimony as really given Secretary of War and the Attorney General (suppos- | considered by the commitiee for about three months, ‘Tne Senate then went into executive session and | _,MT- BRooxs (having obtained the paper from the | The Speaker—The Chair did not hear the last | by him. 1 will only refer to one instance. Mr. But: ing that Stanbery will be confirme:), there will bea | 2nd he had brought it to their attention at nearly | soon after adjourned. clerk) said, “Suppose that I go on and read the paper | words of the gentleman from Massachusetts; but if | ler, in his report, says Mr. Wooley testified that . every meeting since the opinion of the Secretary of cates myself?” > (a he applied the words to any gentleman on this floor 4 had obtained the appointment of an assessor in ou ‘thorough sweeping out. the ‘Treasury on the subject had been received, HOUSE OF Several MEMBERS—‘No, no! Not much. they are certainly unparliamentary. cinnati from the President. He testified to no auc! . Nominations by the President. though “they had doubtless deterred | somewhai OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Burek’—Then I do not withdraw my ob- | Mr. BuTLER—I applied the epithet to no gentleman | thing. His testimony that the appointment was to hil WASHINGTON, May 29, 1868. eaon. a Cre te tion, bat on ac floor. » inal ai se oTLER’ “hl » r. INGERSOLL aske ewes! ir. MALSHALL, (dem.) of Iil.—I insist on the words BOTLBR'S SMELLING COMMITTEE—ANOTHER INEM | 4 noimber of objections came from his own side of | peing taken do a made on recommendation of another person, thoug! he believed the President was aware that he want theappointment made. Mr. Butler’s object in thid ‘The following nominations have been sent to the Senate:— greater familiarity with the subject, he having been engaged in business in that locality for the last thirty years. The committee had reported it Henry Stanbery, tobe Attorney Gereral. " OH . FECTUAL MOVE TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE OFFOSI- | the House. ‘The sentence, having been written down, was read | misrepresentation is apparent, He wanted to con- 4 G. Worthington, ~wWwhe Minister Resident at the ee on Bea ithe Tenner oe wee TION PLACED UPON IT. ‘The question was taken whether Mr. Brooks should | py the Clerk. big! " nect Wr. Wooley with the President, and thus per- , Aigepune Bepubtic, vice Asberh, deceased. had made the adverse He explained the | The reading of the journal of yesterday having He eeralyod So roneen goat ree: Aeoided in the | The Srsaken—The Chair thinks the words are out | verts his answer to accomplish his purpose. Rica, ~ ee path roto ar opie eaten Bye sm ae el cee henge tacnurely | been suspended when about half of it had been read, tere capes, having ten minutes allowed him by | Socr cimondent saa second, ty pee Rear Admiral John A. Dahl; to be Chief of the | stop perhaps ten times a day to ‘discharge ape Mr. Morgan, (dem.) of Ohio, presented the following | Mr. Bingham, said he did not know whether he would | assimilates genflemen on the other side of the House WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Ordnance Bureau, vice Ca] Henry A. Wise, re- | ten barrels of freight. The Custom House of of | asa question of privilege:— conduct himself so orderly a8 that he would be al- | to the “Forty Thieves.” lowed to proceed. He insisted that the witness, Mr. BuTLER—Neither one nor the other, sir. Michigan approved of the bill, and they received practice of all pete entary | Wooley, was not in contempt of the House, and that | ‘The Srzakex—Does the gentleman appeal from the ample bo ora The reductions made by the bill were trifing, averaging not over five per cent. osu ges (rep.) of nt anges the passage of e bill. If any objectiona’ ures appeared amendments could be offered. cs THE WASHINGTON CITY CHARTER. At this point the bill to extend the charter of the city came over from the President with the announce- ment that it had become a law by the lapse of ten jays since its receipt by him. The announcement elicited a smile on the republican side, CONSIDERATION OF THE COASTING TRADE BILL RE- SUMED. Mr. FEsseNDsN replied briefly to Mr. Chandler, ing he had been told by members of that com- mi Sant Ser had Felon Suarely apen a cumin: Whereas it has been the bat cd teens, Aacththast A five each politica’ | Ne had done nothing to bring him in contempt. The | ruling of the Chair? representation on such committee, and whereas in no | Tefusal of @ witness to answer what he considers an | “Mr. BuTLER—I disclaim the inference. Ritluce venstotore has an American citizen been deprived of | improper question was not contempt unless the ‘The SPEAKER—The Chair thinks the words bearthe his liberty by the report of a strictly Patan, committee, | House directed him faccihen yee answer it. On | construction. therefore, to vindicate the character of the House of this point he quoted “Cushing’s Parliamentary Law;” Mr. ELDRIDGE—I insist that the gentleman shall Teventatives, of the Congress of the United States from such y and on the other point claimed by the witness, | not proceed without the consent of the House. Treao{eed that the Speaker be instructed to add twomembera | Wooley—that he had acced in confidential relations | Mr. BurLeK—I withdraw the words if the House of the opposition party in this House to the committee to | of counsel and client—he quoted “Greenleaf on Evi- | think they are not in order. investigate the facts in the case of Charles W. Wooley. dence,” to show that a counsel or attorney cannot | The SreaKER asked whether the gentleman from The SPEAKER stated that if a resolution of the | be compelled to disclose a communication made to | Massachusetts would be permitted to proceed. same kind and providing for thi ber of ad. | him or acts done by him in that capacity. He argued | Mr. MansHati—I object to the gentleman - ht ane same number of ad.’ that if Wooley was compelled to testify as to rela, | ing. | We have had a sufficient emount of th ditional memhers had not been previously introduced | tions hetween himself and client then the relations e SPEAKER—No objection can prevent the gen- he would regard the resolution as a question of priv- | between @ penitent and his priest might be pried into | ticman from withdrawing his words. Hege; but that-a like resolution had ‘been ftered the | bY a smelling committee, Mr. BorLER—I withdraw them as an imputation, modore Thomas Turner to be Rear Admiral. Captain A. M. Pennock to be Commodore. Captain John L. Worden to be Commodore. Mr. Seward on the Recent Duel Near Balti- more. ‘The appointment of General Mott as Minister Resident to Costa Rica, sent to the Senate to-day, ‘Was accompanied by a correspondence between the Beoretary of State and Baron Von Gerolt. The ” Seeretary’s letter alludes to the removal of ‘Mr. Lawrence, the present Minister Resident, a@ necessiteted by the participation of that gentleman as principal in a recent dnel with Mr. ‘WASHINGTON, May 28, 1868. Sufficient time hgs now elapsed since the Chicago Convention to speak of the effect of the nominations made there and the political prospect as viewed from this central point. . + The ticket has fallen flat and produced no impres- sion whatever. There are various reasons for this fact, but the main one is the identification of General Grant with the radical wing of the party and his full acceptance of all their policy, including impeach- ment, which he advocated openly and even violently, as is well known here and as General Logan and Mr. tober, at which time Washburne came to Washing- ton to arrange the programme, and General Rawlings was sent West to make a speech revealing his chief's conversion to the doctrines of Thad Stevens and the “Mountain.” Ever since that time he has been losing ground, and now is even weaker than the party, because it is admitted that he brings no outside strength and ex- cites no interior enthusiasm, while old and straight- laced republicans will bolt his nomination as an ke chairman other 2 tertained ‘Mr. Monaan, having been allowed ten minutes by | for I intended none upon any member of the House, | Judd, of Milinois, emphatically declared at Chicago, Kameron ihe roman Legion, Too Scr ne ioe ont, wa ofits tom Sona | ton opine a gen aone wae | Wi tina hnng Letra wt | ee aite is pte cre” S|, Gnea rnt wat ovr ome rads ond ean ve it louse. He jt we ot jer. bring the pchisrSyy Mr. eauake ‘also to bend fon. ie nenit 60 the Clerk to have read the opinion | preelude the gentleman from Onlo from o ‘the | ertiés ofthe people. He reminded the House of the | ~ Mr. MARSHALL called for the yeas 2nd nays. doned his previous conservative tendencies last Oc- : of the peaeety Dee on the sul resolution whenever hig State called for resolut . | old Italian proverb, “That war makes thieves, but The vote was taken eas and nays, and re- Mr. MorGan, acting on the suggestion, intimated = hangs them,” and cited the history of the | suited—yeas 101, nays 4 hr Mr. Butler wag per- ie additional nan ber oe moors ta b cong | owers. to. 2 uss med by y ind Dee aud Couuel of me Deaton thanked the House for its courtesy, near en her pon ree Instead of | Per Mine desire of punt adr Wootey, he said, | and repeated his assurance that he had not intended ‘The SPRAKER remarked that that modification | Was Not the only object the view | to transgress parliamentary law. He said that one made the resolution @ question of privilege, it betng | 1 re ig thése resolutions. Another reason was | reason why he did not want any members of the oppo- different from the one that had been laid on the | that they might thus eject Miss Vinnie Ream, who | gition on the committee was lest some of the testl- table. was sup) ae (~ the Li ged bhstor en rome — mony aight leak out, “already one of the Astor House . .) of Mass. member jouse, , wen conspirators ipted approach an em- - Spamaberepinengmonmierpmaned FOR eC BATE RY pt or Pe that esti: a wi tel imony le hands com- it ould v te envertained, notwithstanding” in omee the acquittal of the President. She replied that she mittee. Referring to the Vinnie Ream incident he tion. ‘The CHa es ae g hour has expired, and Fo Saeed business of yesterday is before the nat Mr. FESSENDEN, (coldly,)—Very well, sir. THE ARKANSAS RESTORATION BILL. Mr, HARLAN, (rep.) of Towa, reminded the Senate that to-day was set rt by resolution for the con- sideration of bills relative to the District of Columbia. Mr. TRUMBULL ho) the Senate would not ad- journ to-night until Pending bill to admit Arkan- gas was passed. Mr. HARLAN moved to lay aside the Arkansas bill Ready. ‘The statement of the public debt for this month ‘will be ready for publication, it is thought, on the 4th of June, The result of the receipts and ex- penditures of the government during this month ‘Will not be #0 favorable a8 that exhibited for last | ror the of considering bills of the nature in- had not. The member again said, “You ought to | said that if the charge made against Mr. Julian had | abandonment of principle. i f his conviction.” Miss ple. month. The reduction of the debt will be trifing, 3 Mr. UPsox, (rep.) of Mich, raised the question of we rour Daaiieinacancie ome ie rinen | S2y foundation to fact It was very cleat sist that | it is absurd to su taint Cotta onde Guarunae 7 for although the receipts from cus- Mr. SuMNER favored the motion, saying that a | its being considered at present. Reain moog room shou! leared out, because, out Say: abaui ippose parti anything, for nuniber of Senators now absent destred to address | ‘The SPEAKER put the question whether the House | W2y or the other. The member then told her that if | ing a word about the woman, she ought not to be | Of influence to the concern. Any ward politician the Senate on the subject of the admission of Ar- | would now consider the resolution. she did not it would be the worse for her. And now | left in a place where she is ex! to so much sus- | would be equally strong, and he is of the dimensions tome and internal revenue have been quite large the expenses of the government have been greater Mr. INGERSOLL, (rep.) of DL _Gestrea to make a | Comes the magnanimous, manly act of v picion; and if the statue of Lincoln were broken he ‘ham during last month, and on the ist instant engeance. statement or suggestion, but Mr. Upson and others | Mr. LAWRENC! (rep.) of Pa.—Name the member. should be very glad of for he thought it was a | of ward politician, only raised in the country. obj 10 kal Mr. Wits0x hoped the Arkansas bill would be taken up and disposed of, to be followed imme- . Mr. Mongan—I wul name the member if it be de- | thing which would honor neither to Mr. | Thereare tens of thousands of the same class and $27,000,000 of interest was paid by the Treasurer. diately by ‘admitting the six Southern States, r. INGRRSOLI, however, managed to intimate that | Sed. se) namei” ee davies cree Mr. Bingham withdrew | S008 scattered over the Union, many of whom are he Department Clevo Ald tn the Deco | in tre ith yM eee Piha baie es | Het ta hs cae cue Wold ots |, Mr. Monannrt ho onomme gentemanot wom | ane non ecomier, v0 tat theremin | vas eperir ote nid! whose aang me anne Seaver of mmlnor importance. for the resolution. speak will aak me, Twill name hum. (Laughter | stands as adopted. Aiocrity occupies the chair once filied by Henry Clay. ‘The following communication was addressed by the ‘Mr. eee rep.) of Ind., took the same view, Mr, MORGAN, acting on that suggestion, withdrew | 224 much excitement.) I stand here ready to prove Mr. ELDRIDGE suggested that an amendment ‘The radicals relied upon the success of impeach- t to the heads of departments yesterday adding that me was Sd to legislate in regard M ie.” Ws what I say. I will prove before any committee that | should be made to the resolution, so as to allow Mrs. thet a cay f " pie ae to the streets of W. he would be willing to je SPEAKER asked Mr. Upson whether he insisted | # distinguished member of this House did go to Mise | Wooley to visit her husband. be ae ear tbertte Me ante hie og ‘afternoon:— sicteurvn Seasment, set apart a day for it. on the question of consideration. Ream and threaten her that if she did notuse her | ‘The SPRAKER sald it was not necessary, as he | Presidential election. That defeated, they substan- 8 } Mr. BUCKALEW said that he intended to ask unani- | Mr. UPson sald he did. influence with Senator Ross to secure the conviction | would not hesitate to grant mission to the coun: | tiany admit the game to be lost. Their plan Wagumeron, D. C., com Eo ne mous consent to offer a resolution calling upon the | ‘The question was then taken by yeas and nays | Of the President— sel and wife of Wooley to visit him. to ize the whole South Tho chairmen of the Committee of nts | General of the Army for further information in re- | whether the House would now consider the resolu- | SeVetal MEMBERS—Name the State, Mr. BINGHAM remarked that the Speaker's inter- | Was for Stanton to organize the whole Sou: Baving that opportunity may be given to to the elect my the State of Ark: of the | tion as follow: Mr. MorgaN—The member is from the State of | pretation was correct. It was intended that he | into a compact radical column, to declare yo a nts | Existence of which information he only learned re- ts Oe he instructed to ada inves | Indiana—a gallant State, many of whore sons have | should have that power. martial law in Kentucky and Maryland under of the government to nnite with clrmory of tne | cently. He noped that the bill ‘would be laid over members ot the oj In itle rouse 10 tbe com | YOu MY COMnageS Tr e—Doce my friend allude to] Mr. O*Nanie rep) of Pa, from the Committee on | some fabricated pretext, in order to exclude thelr See et arco tpat ra | Bema Pens oman | Saar W ten ee | MR onnuntannot once eae fa aeons here De consistent with law and the per- farther information | | The House refised to consider the resolution, the | yr’ Conunn, (rep.) of ind.—Does he allude to me? | to promote com which is @ special order for gona who desire to participate in the coremoni be ee vote being yeas 52, nays 66, as follows:— (Laughter and ex ent.) the second ‘rossday in Sune. Archer, , Dixon, YRAS—Mesers. Brooks, Burr, Cary, ‘to make it a success. With Johnson in the White great question that the Bee eres Ret Bers | s, MORN LOO cs ante Eee eben ERR CALE ON TRURIDAY ST ENIES, e Ww. c. oom, Seen. engaged in since the close of te Bee Uplay: Graal Grover, alg il Bote wpe te ne eee sane yum evening a ie donate of Mr House it fall to the ground, and with it all the hopes A . Moraga) r. wi ae Print eat ack he WI extensing ie warcraai 22| erp Rist go po | we peat wr aan oem mg | Mtns Peers ethene | toes eran tee ee he charter of the District of Columbia without his M {uings in the rebel ‘Trimble, Van Trump, Wash! ‘Wood, Wood- | wr, Morgan made hie statement, asked that gentle- fPESeotutsly necessary to Tuifl and that im Pp such endorsement signatare; but the ten days having expired it be- jolence. Now, let the Senator from | | Nayvs—Mesars. Ames, Beaman, > Bi man to repeat what he had said. on his ing that the House was involved in aifi- trary he swears like “our ame ie Flanders,” and gomes alaw. Sumner and other radicals who ex- Senators join and recog- | Bialt, Bout Sroomtil Bas Cu BW Se Rr re Mee oe ee culty he returned to the hall, as did also his Col- | gays inat ho was sold out. It 1 notorious that the pected s veto smiled at this announcement and Ss in nnes Clarke, Cobb, Packie” ence ng = House, manifesting @ lively interest in the league, Mr. PRIVATE BILLS. Betas taetew” yon poeete te ievinne eee fexemed to think that the President was becoming Hooper, Hopking, Hunter, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Koonts, W. ings, consented to'an exteusion of time, abd | The House went to the business of the morning | gndimuny of them as cheap aa the payment of thelf more than usually accommodating. a ee enna! | Mr. Morgan repeated substantially what he had | hour and disposed of several private pills, inc} hotel bili, ‘This open in and sale is now urged sieene Se ene as | cee O'Neil, Paine, Ferhem, Plants, Palsey, Price, Lo oe cera I now ask whether the gentleman | fandi had ee ee atiuacy teectnene here as & reason sgainss the admission. of these | y Department. States by many ext ists, and if thir votes were not A further reduction of force in the Pay Depart- alludes to me? Mr. CARY, (rep.) of Ohio, moved that the House ad- | counted upon in November they would not be allowed 5 ite bri ‘peon, B. Va 5 hbura, We Fa TE tia eae, em J.T. Wilson and ‘Mr. MORGAN—I have alinded to the honorable gen- | journ over t6-morrow to icipate in the ceremo- | to come in at all. seent will take place to-morrow. Eight clerks will be Oe ae Nae ete eaica | Mr. Bors, (dem.) of Pa., then offered, as ques- | tleman (Mr. Julian). I make the statement on the | nies of decorating the soldiers’ graves. is now concen @ischarged, which will bring down the number of tion of privilége, a resolution to add three members | authority of Miss Ream, a lady than whom there is | Mr. SCHENCK opposed the motion in the interests and com} radi- cais that Penns: tanta { 1s fost by a ‘are taorts ' first, because of the failure of impeachment; second! because the Convention did not expressly and by employ¢s to the limit established by law. of the House who voted inst impeachment to the | no purer lady in this land nor one more entitled to | of the pablo ‘and on account of his desire to get the ‘The Special Agent of Internal Revenue for committee authorized to investigate the alleged cor- | respect, and I hurl defiance at him who dares to say | tax bill before the House to-morrow. ‘Texas Relieved. eans loyed Senate against her. (Langhter.) ‘The motion was rejected. . me once or twice + Gelermination pate sone i tm the | ir JULIAN sald—At the suggestion of two or THR INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. cared Siouittal aaa thingy. 6 am Doneaene, a0 oe ‘It is understood that the Secretary of the Treasury | conventions to form constitutions, and have com- ‘The SPEAKER ruled that it was not a question of | three members of the House ag heard a rumor The House then, at ae & oes wes nae Comes M4 ing and intentional omission of any reference to pro- lied with every condition which you have vilege, being substantially the same as the resolu- | that Miss Ream was using her influence——— tee of the Whole on the o 5 + | tection or “home industry.” That State is now de- to-day tseuod an order relievng Mr. A. T. Sloanaker | Dich With arery ould comply with, und done every. Bios o by Mr. Morgan, and which the House | Mr. Monday (interrupting) Will the honorablegen, | Biaine, of Maine, in the chair, and resumed the con: | manding an increase of the tari and. the foremost ‘an Bpecial Agent of Internal Revenue for the State | thing that it was possible for them to do under your | bad refused to consider. tleman from Indiana allow me to ask him to be kind | sideration of the Indian Appropriation bill. Consid- liticians have written here that without it there THE IMPRISONMENT OF WOOLFY, enough to name the gentleman he speaks about? erable discussion took piace in reference to the treaty Mr. BINGHAM, rep.) of ‘Ohio, caller ry his motion Mrs. ‘JuLtaN—I will make my statement in my own | now pending in the Senate for the saic of biped to reconsider the vote by which, last evening, the | way before I answer any question. It was told to | acres of the Cherokee lands In Kansas at one dollar resolution to commit Charles W. Wooley to close | me that Miss Ream was using her influence to Pe. ‘an acre, Messrs. Butler, Lawrence, of Ohio, and confinement was agreed to. This was in execution | cure the vote of Mr. Ross for the acquittal of the | others denouncing it as a swindle and fraud on the of the understanding last night. Mr. Bingham pro- | President. I did not believe the story, and @ sug- ernment, and Mr. Butler stating that an offer had ceeded to defend the action of the select committee | gestion was made to me that I should state the matter yn made to pay four millions of dollars for the in reference to the treatment of the recusant witness | a8 a rumor calculated to injure her in the estiina- Property in ninety days. Wooley), and to show the contradictions in his | tion of the aie and of members of Congress. I thont disposing of the bill the committee rose, imony, particularly in reference to the disposal | stated that I discredited the story, and that as she | and the House, after resisting another effort of Mr. 000, Which he swore he gave to Sheridan | was an acquaintance of mine I would mention it to | Clarke, of Kansas, to have an adjournment to-mor- Shook, and of which Sheridan Shook swore he had | her for the purpose of giving her an an, row, and an effort by Mr. Schenck to have an even- not gotacent. The witness Wooley had then come | to make such @ statement as she might see fit | ing session, adjourned at fifteen minutes past five before the committee and withdrew that statement, | on the subject. I mentioned the matter to | o'clock. excusing himself on, the ground wat the Cau had | ber doe tng” story. myself sad” ste laughingly not been legal ministered to him, the chairman | believ , . of the ‘committee having been sick and absent when on it, and on @ moment's refection made @ | THE IMPEACHMENT MANACERS’ PRISONER, he was sworn. lenial ——— a a we yd a whole ha . Mr. ELDRIpGR, (dem. | ., asked Mr. Bingham | what took place ween me. made to state, os & ma fof feet, what the cuenge wes threat or intimidation to her in any = orform, | The Satement of Mr. Wooley, which the is no use of attempting @ canvass. But as Congress has no idea of pecculng ie tarif, finance or any other large question at session, Pennsylvania 1a gone “hook and line.” ‘The democrats and conservatives will probably nominate Hancock and Hendricks, at New York, om the Fourth of July. They are both ‘strong, able and Sr anfuntg wcainee other camicaten ft pera: J istly, inst other can: tively nec to choose the best men and thowe most likely to challenge popular favor and confidence, A very kind and even Cig fecling is entertained towards Chief Justice C! and the Senators who contributed to defeat impeachment, but they do not claim to have renounced their political aMilationa or to have adopted the views and Raley of their ponents. Quite ae eal ‘ Ayo the! saying. imapead party Foeriten, bat a dicta one, and therefore that no. separation was involved. this question which we have all sought na toan early settlement when they present themselves in this condition, having complied with every requisi- tion that has been imposed? What will you say to these people of whom you have encouraged to form this gov- ernment, and how, let me ask, is @ gov- take some action respecting their petition for an ad- | ernment ever to be established ? Suppose you were @itional compensation of ‘twenty per cent to their @alaries; but, so far, there has been no legislation on ‘that subject. anothi constitution? _ the; — ae it will y be in any better condition than they are to-da; it the Co then in seasion consider itself under any more obligations than we are under to out the measures that we shall inaugurate? Mr. Tram- bull closed by calling upon Mr. Buckalew to specify what further information he desired, and by expressing the hope that there will be no more delay Tt is not true, as stated in some of the newspapers, ‘that the State Department has received information elative to the convocation of a Parliament at Crete. but on the cont my_ opinion of that time dicals Refused to Have Read in the it were at all probable ee eee naka The publication of the article in Thuraday’s papers | of this te most important question that could come | Daye CP idl Sih tinaitihainala ‘witgn ike’ ballied ta on evormbie that’ l sosepeed her etatementes | = pas other as {itera to offer elther the Chief Justice or any ‘was from an entirely different source. fore them. | sw replied that General Gittem | he was done With the matter. ‘They had already | true, as [felt no longer any interest in the contro. | Howse eee ae dtCnators, who took more responsibility than he The Washbarne-Donnelly Affair. a ee ? shown that the witness was eng: in the business | versy. I ought to state here, in connection with her WASHINGTON, May 29, 1968, did, a place On the ticket to be named at New Y had not oe the constitution adopted, but only that according to the returns sent him a particular result is reached, and that without waiting farther he forwards all papers in his possession on the sub- Ject; but it was Known that that tieman sent an omcer to Little Rock, who made some important inquiries, the result of which, from the date of this re) could not have been included in it. He of raising money for the bribing Senator denial of using any influence on Senator Ross, that The following is C. W. Wooley’s case as nted and wnes the Sasked hi Ie agate what * had yn] she stated that Senator Ross was going to vote for } to the House by Mr. Brooks and wiich the House with the $16,000, what was his answer? Why, that | conviction—(laughter)—and I ought aiso to state that refused to have read:— it was a priviléged matter; that it was used in the | on my meeting Mr. Ross accidentally the next day, On Tuesday, May 19, Mr. Wooley attended in obedi- relations of cltent and coutisel. In that view of the | I think, he confirmed to me the statement of Vinnie | ence to & summons, r. Butler was the only Mana- case they ¢ before the House and asked it toex- | Ream, and complained of the injustice which | ger in the room, and he assumed to administer an ercise its nhdoubted power in committing him to close | had been him in the imputation } oath and examine the witness, He was rude, abus- ing fashington correspondence (May 28) of the Boston a PRavertiser ) The Jfeanbarne Donnelly investigi commit- tee met and called parties. Mr. aa id he had withdrawn the cha: Tee, was big J ar let the matier e committee held tl the shanene in were it would serve to raise @ clamor and to give ni for the false assum already spread Sitce, that acquittal Was @ matter of arrangement and of corrupt collusion. None of these distinguished men could afford to take office on such terms, They have a higher and better reward now in the respect and gratitude of the nation, jone ir. y standing, an , kalew) understood also confinement, allowing him to have only such inter- } to him of @ pa to vote for the acquittal of the | ive and insulting, and whenever in the course of the A post mortem exami of the remains of the Sproperrabjet of mentation, He claimed that | Yocuments sabraiteed in the report were not omciak conrae aa the Speaker might from simve 00-tte0 dsom | Preadent af ithe Unied eaten declaring hat we } examination te, witvens declined to answer some | vate radical party wit be held a the Capo, e a sity of the ,e kale ther Jastifiable; excluding counsel, In} % Preatd ould calam a J fered evi en fo! mr. a Aa boena. % errs ee os “ity eo a aw cia ot ee — a Sretusion he Showed frat’ there en be no inter- | which the country could scarcely be saved. (General | eustody of the Assistant a ara, Cig 4 ment. Wade, Wilson, Hainln, Stanton and Gaskorae's ‘business to prove their truth. The | could be furnished in a very short time. ference of the courts in the matter, citing the cased laughter.) That is the statement which I make, and | him directions not to Witness to apes Curtin are announced as pall together with f Messrs. Anderson ote the Supreme | so far as any statements ting to come from | anyone. Mr. Butler then cailed in some other Mana Court, forty-seven Peg that an omnes of | Vinnie Ream, or any one else, in conflict with what I es when the witness wis ia bre it before the a Grant and Colfax as chief mourners. the House was a bar to a suit of trespass and false-| have said are concerned, I brand them as deliberate nagers. Mr. Butler then continued the exaimina- Stanton is furious at intempt shown to him the Chicago Convention, where there was none sO After some further debate upon its propriety the Committee did not settle the question at issue. 4 motion of Mr. Harian was rejected—yeas 12, nays 24. INVITATION TO VISIT MOUNT VERNON. ner, at do him FORTIETH CONGRESS. ¥ imprisonment—not , but an absolute | and intentional falsehoods, tion in the same abusive and insulting man poor (not even & t delegate) a5 to THE Sioa tat Vanek thane Saccas tamaam inane? eee Juntication in the ‘cont an out ortne courts. a vtg,Momaan-—The joke, Mr, Speaker, erpetrated | one tine saying to We witnesm that he lied. 1° ints reverence Like Soniye euidened by neat i tendert At int of the proceed one o’cloc ie jonorable Inguished ‘that jas, poor Stan! “ Second Sension. coaion, pemmenneice wee Beamon intxacen (0 Yue absentees, under the call ot the Hivuse iast evening, Indiana was 9 very serious Joke, the denouement | mit such an Traatt ant chained the, prove ection | oo) tinent of arrecotution of thanks for such ‘ a M. and returning by moonlight. ‘on the table, | were presented at the bar of the House by the Ser- | and end of which ts at to take place. | of the Managers while in the committee. room, fide to. party, aod ‘much sicrifice of self cain ‘ THR RESTORATION OF ARKANSAS. geant-at-Arms, and were excused for their absence. | 1 beg leave to make @ 5, but re | and if sach language was repeated out of the i reapect, He will now get a piace in the Freedman’s SENATE, Mr, BUCKALRW offered the following, to which Mr, | A LIVELY SCENE BETWEEN MESSRS. BUTLER AND | doing | ou 1 ih sepeee tenes. last lass | betesion om Peplied. that he | Bureau, for which he Is cme Sn thé wot aad Y ve Wasurnaron, May 20, 1868, | ‘Trumbntl at rst objected, but withdrew la objec: | a, weooxs, (dem) cree having been alowed | Ined, Gitar have notwithstanding that 1 | had been hasty afd retracted what he had sald. Sweltering dara of Auauat (0 be so intimately Asso MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS. ere Ry m ‘wae'T ten minutes, to say that the Tecoras of | Wo not the gentleman's words. Allow me | the 2ist the same abusive course of ex- 1 ctated with his Airican bretren. ‘Mr. Wingo», (rep.) of Mass., presented a memorial Weve Fa the General of the Army be requested to | the House witness Wooley had | to tothe honorable Managora whether it ts | amination was ir, Butler and oe a alt aa from the citizens of Milledgeville, Ga., and vicinity, trnngealt be Senate any reports ot papere received: by bien offered on the floor the, House t and | not likely that this is done to create a dust behind | mony of the taken down e In Gloucester, Masa., they have an oyster which ul 1 7 since ee. in bey to the election in Arkan- | answer any question is! A “dozen raw” of that size protesting against the removal of the State capital | sas upon the adoption of the constitution. adjadge to be yee aike's hearty meal, tiouabi: Sroqa that city, and that the clanse of the dew const A The Arkansas bill was then taken up. The ques | a committee ren, who ‘wakes hearty meal, wnquestiouably.