New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
At the opening Of the session the inevitable Fields

with great warmth He declared himself the firm
friend Of order and spoke with much apparent So
rousness OF the importance Of maintaining IT and Of
observing the rules Of the House, thai one would
have been excusable at the moment for believing
him in earnest. This was ell very well, but Mr..
FIELDS preaching is one thing, his practice, as the
sequel will show. is quite another. Alter tins ex-
PLANTATION the Eouse proceeded immediately 70 a
vote or "ballot ~ il Is termed here, although the
voting il oil vivq roce There were sixty votes for
each Of the princpal ldates Trimmer and CALI
colt, and one--Mr. Breed-for Depew. Another
vote was Immediately called for, and when IN name
of Mr. Breed WAS reached he voted for CalliCott.
Surprising the other votes to stand before, THE
would elect Cacott by one majority, and the vote
caused decided sensation in the House. LeadlnS
Democrats left their seats and connseled together IN
grodps, and when the name OF F1sid5 was called
that gent and stated that he wished
to be excused from voting, and proposed - brief
H" to state his reasons n universal shud-
der ran through the House at this announce
ment, and tie members generally resined
themselves to their fate. There were some,
however. who were determined that the rules OF the
House should not again be set at defiance, and blr
Sherwood and others made the point OF order tlat
! the gentleman-Alr. Fields--Couid not, under the
rule, give bis explanation until sfter the members
had all voted. Mr. Fields then showed exactly now
much he really cared for the rules OF order, wiheh
he had Just been 80 highly commencing. lie sad
desst." lyon MAY attempt he shouted, 9" to
enforce your rules Of ordsr but tell you that your
! Clerk ia here by sutieraDcc-' Hero the densely
crowded galleries again began to take part IN tie
Iproceedings and cent up shout so long, 80 loud,
and go fierce, that the rest OF the sentence was
drowned Mr.. Fields continued brandishing his
arms toward the Clerk IN a menAcing manner, ana
poakiDg at the top Of his voice. out even ES stem
toIian lungs could not make themselves audible
above the uproar. The clamor having slightly sub
sided. MI Moulton "A Democrat from Monty
| County, moved that Committee be appointed to
wait upon his Excellency the Governor, inform him
OF the condition OF the House, and demand prOtec-
| ton. Tho Clerk pat the question amid great con-
! fusion; many, probably majority, voted /" Yea.
! When the negative was put. at least thousand
voices from the galleries and Hobbies sent up thun-
derng "NO." The Clerk not deeming himself
Obliged TO count these volunteers. decided the motion
carried, and Mr.. Davis and two other members were
sppOinted the Committee. They went 10 the Exec
utive Chamber, and returned with the report
that the Governor bad taken the matter undor con.
sideranon, and would supply al necessary force.
This report seemed 10 have an Immediate enect
upon the mob. Somebody In the gallery called
for " three cheers for Horatio Seymour and
they were given with some spirit, though many
of his adherents seemed TO feel good deal hurt that
ne could think Of interfering with their aieDe Has'
Tine and the galleries were thereafter, except on
one OF two occasions, quiet. Mr.. Fields, however,
continued his - brief explanation" With all the
audaoty, but none Of the genius o! DantOn, be dc.
nouuced tho Republicans as the party who had
caused all there rotous denominations, lie said they
had brought DULLES hero from the interior OF tho
State TO oYerawe the members, and were iomcutlng
riots in the House 70 cast odium on the Democrai,
Ia.tv There was not man within the sound OF
lis voice there il hsrdy man IN the City OF Alba
nv except possibly Senator PruyD, and the editor
/ OF Tie Evening Journal who doee not know the
history Of these disturbances and understand what
eoualled e.rcntery il requires TO charge them upon
tho Republicans 30 he went on for a couple OF
hour, disregarding all calls 10 ORDER and repeating
the Al lie abuse Of Mir. CailicOtt, which cOnstt lied
tts siaqle Of his LIST weeks speech. In the
of hi, speecf he read some documents which hs an
nounoed with great flourish, would efiectualy dee
troy Mr.. CalicOtts character. These proved 10 DO
! a letter from one John Livingston # New-Iork 10
Fernando Wood representIng tina, In SONS conrsr-
cations which the writer had with Mr.. Calhcou
eral weeks ago. that gentleman had expressed irend
Nv sentiments tOwsrde Wood the other WAS private
letter from Mr. Cacott hnself 20 Walter :. Church
OF Albany written when MIR. Calucott was NOM
Der three years ago, using for temporary loan OF
money. MIR. Fields stated that tho money was not
! forthcoming and that Mr. CallicOt some time after
voted fgsLst bill which Mr.. Church desired 10
passed. Neither Of these charges produced
any great impression upor the House, though Dir.
Fields insisted that @ -9Amiitee Of Investigation
should DO appointed 10 Inquire into them.
The Clerk hayiu. LEFT the Chamber for moment,
Mr.. Murphy Of Erie called toe attention Of the
House TO the fact, and proposed thai Sax.
ton Smith be appointed temporary Speakers be
uut The question and decided 1t carried. Mr. Smith
! not being vreteut, be next nominated Judge Dean,
who proving 60 be also 0bseUt, somebody nominated
Murphy himself. lie put tho question: and about
one thoufand Of his cOuntrymsn III the galieres
ted faye" in tho heartiest mnnneTi tie 'noes,"
though numerous, sounded feebly in comparison,
and deciding the motion carried, he fprang into the
Speakers chair. This was the signal Tor another
scene Of furious excitement. The Union men bad
been warned that trick Of thia Kind would be ut
tempted and that some Of the Democrats designed
10 place one Of their own party IN the CHAIR move
an adjournment I'LL after tho time Tor the Senatorial
election, declare IL carried, and leave tie H0use
WihOus QUORUM. Mr.. Murphy w1s, perhaps, the
last man whom any Onion man, or any sennble
Democrat, would have desired 20 see presding over
the House, and score Of me,abers spraDg exctedly
toward the STeskcI's desk 20 prevent this comp
deiat. Some Democrats also, III he'd 10 the epOt,
but 10 thelr credit be it eaid, the majority seemed
disguised with the trick, and showed 30 deposition
10 intervene. Murphy commanded order, Davis.
Post, Aldrlch, anu others surrounded lin aud cooi
nanded HIN 10 vacate tie char. Murphy looked 10
Fleds 10 champion his right Tut that orator teemed
Supplied, and for once stOod dumb. The CLERK
returned, ind Murphy, after little relucI-
ant delay, vacated his seat, melted thereto
It is unders:ood, by friendly edmonton
from the Executive Chamber. The coolest
men in the House, az they surveyed this episode
thought that the threatened crisis actually upon
us, and II is wonderful that the mater ended with
out general melee. Then Murphy, on u question
OF privilege" Of eourse, made long, rambling
speech by way Of explaining his conduct IN taking
tLe chair Fields having recovered hiS wind START
ed on the track again, and thus TIE Iule WA con-
su.nod up to , O'Clock.
| Symptoms Low began 70 maniic,t Themselves that
the Democrats Were getting weary Of ths prOtrc;ed
fllibusteiing, ana were proparlDg TO resign them
selves TO their inevitable fate. JUlge Dean made
temperate speech in The interest Of good order, aud
proposed resolution looking to compromise by
the election OF Speaker from one side and CLERK
from the other; bat the resolution was 70 worded
as TO exclude Callicott entirely. lie was well
| ans s cred by Mr. He.pis who lrotesleA in a reAt