New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-18
WASHINGTON.

., .rtp SPEECH or TlIADDEuS SiENtNS
-. .,,enI rB 30 TTuBvSE
WASHINGTON, March u, 1867.
,,, cooatc passed the supplementary Reconstruc-
b;ll nj 70 o'clock last night after repetition of
the debate of the previous days over each section
and proyision II is substantially the House bill
The oath in the first section is changed IN ITS phrase
ology but not in its stringency; and m additional
section il inserted providing that at the inst cleo
tiop vote shall be taken for or against CONVEX
ton and according TO its result Convention So
or shall not be held. On the passage OF the b. ~
vote was - 10 . the negatives being b.
tDem Pal and Hendricks Dem, lndl Nj ''i,,'oD"
voted Aye. Davis, Dixon, DcOhtue, N''''''
bury. and Riddle We're absent. RI,
The House was not in ses"" -,
Reconstruction hill as !. passed the Senate VIII
sorne nm m the Uonse morrow, ana Colnn'Vco vi
Conference will lac lad Immediately Ii IS the WISH
- tLe ,oemh,-, OF the House to have the matter
.etted 90 ION as possible, and have both Houses
oa;on,o The three members elect from NeN-Aamp-
,,re Messrs Stevens, Benton, and Ella have arrived
m town and will be sworn IN tomorrow.
III the Executive session of the Senate ON Friday
afternoon Mr.. FesseDden made vehement at
tack ,pon the reporter Of the Associated Pres, Tor
JnsertnC as part Of the proceedings of the Senate
"a few days since few sentences of Senatorial had
temper aimed at Mr.. Sumner Mr. FeSsenden SAID ms
remarks were not for publication, and that their pub
hcaton was piece Of malignant housekeeping which
The Senate onght not TO tolerate. il Is worth While
10 say that they distinctly heard IN the report
ers' gallery and in the relnOest corner of the Senate
Chamber. They formed Mr. Fessendens share OF
sonoquy with Mr.. Sumner who was ON the floor at
4he time They were reported for The Globe, and 1t
required an order from Mr. FesSenden to keep them
out OF it. lie has expressed his determination to put
an end to the Associated Press reporter Tor ias ne
terms NJ printing private conversation as part ~
5he proceedings Of the Senate
The President on Saturday sent 10 the Senate
large number of nominations Of POsmasters Collect
OTs and Assessors Among the former were Mr..
Swift Postmaster at Cuba, New York, Mr. Buckhalt
at Sing Sing, Mr. Doty at GmeSeo Mr.. Crandail, at
CazenOvia; Messrs Fraser and Crawford, Collector
and Assessor for the First District of Pennsylvania
and Henry II. Wells, United States Consul at
Naples.
AThe confirmation of Gen. Roberts as Postmaster of
Brooklyn is very doubtful. It's stated that Senator
Morgan is opposed To it, by advice of Mr.. Chttenden
the recently defeated candidate for Congress from
the Third Brooklyn District. Unless Morgan yields
RobeTts's name will be withdrawn 10y the President
and q new nOmIatlOn made.
Jhad Stevens, who is recovering from illness from
which lie has been suffering for the past three days
homes 70 he able 10 resume his seat tomorrow. lie
viii deliver a speech early in the week, probably
Tuesday if he shOcd feel able i'll support of his Con
fscation bin. 1t Is expected that il Viii be enc OF
the most elaborate speeches he has ever made, ana
it is bis intention to state ins 9tesiqsall2gs = 81
johnson, made before ms accession to the Presidency
that be would confscate the lands OF the Rebels and
emf them mp into small farms for the Union soldiers
a. his own views, and that he will agree with the
President IN that Policy
The Committee OH Public Expenditures viii be an
nounced by Speaker Cofax tomorrow. The commit
L. ftrff lt..fn "
the official conduct of Collector Smythe, and viii
probably report, before an adjournment, whether on
not Smythe's offenses warrant his removal 1t
Is thought the President will remove him. and end
al further controversy. The Presidents conduct in
pot removing Smythe is being made the most OF 10y
those members of Congress who are working up i'm
peaehment Mr., Hulbmd viii be the chairman Of TIT
committee
The JOINT resolution 70 provide for the construction
Sf ship canal, to connect Lake Enc and Lake On
tariO, viii come up in the House tomorrow.
IN The pressure continues for appointments Of regis
teTs under the Bankrupt law. Chief Justice Chas
has decided 70 appoint only two in each Congress
sjonal District, and in al cases, where register
would be acceptable 10 persons in the District, tc
only appoint one. This course is thought to he
ssTy 10 keep business within proper limit and pre-
vent le p99tpli'ation Of officers 1t is the inten-
Ton of The Chief Justice 10 consult United States
District Judges in regard TO the appointment of these
officers and also members Of Congress IN all cases
where they are lawyers.
E(hief Justice Chase has stated to the numerous APP
plieaDts here that be will make 10 appointments
under the Bankrupt bill until May.
Gen Hapine editor of The NelC- York Citizen, was
before the Judiciary Committee Yesterday TO testify
regarding articles published in his paper iecitinp
conversations which occurred during recent inter
view with the President. The examination LASTED
for some time, and embraced, among other things
the portion OF the conversation regarding nationa
1epudiatiOn The fact was elected that the Presi
dent did not make use Of that tenn but that he re
marked III substance, that If Congress continued il
connecting measures of extravaganza, instead of re-
ilucing and economizng the National expenditures
Ihe public debt would be increased instead of re-
duced and the most serions consequences would en-
sue The witness stated that he formed his cOncu-
siOns from the conversation any newspaper
man would have done that the President feared re-
pudiatiOD on the part of Congress- but that he did
not employ that word
Gen. Fullerton, of Steadman and Fullerton Freed
mems Bureau Investigation fame was before the
Judiciary Committee ON Saturday. The General was
required 10 give evidence concerning the Southern
trip he and Mr.. Steadmm made last Summer He
also gave evidence IN relation TO the restoration Of
Government plantations in the State Of Louisiana 10
pardoned Rebels. Mr. Fullerton was at one time
Commissioner of the Freedmens Bureau for Iouisi-
aDa, and executed the orders of the President in Ie-
latiOn 20 the restoration of plantations. Mr. Conway
who was FullertOns predecessor in the position of
Commissioner of the Freedmens Bureau in Louisi-
ana, has already testified this subject before the
COMMITTEE
The Joint resolution which passed Congress relative