The New York herald., 1867-03-24

his astonshment Al the exr ordinary scene presented
10 the Senate to-day For early three quarters Of an
the Senator from Wiscor AN (Mr DooIt,e) 70 make
most extraordinary atr Sck upon Q member OF the
mr. Morxan) with asf snishmeut and alarm He knew
M Huburd % 6e ., man Of honor He would not say
what action the ought 70 take bat he could moi
fence Of bis collie Ague in the other House r Hulburd
Mr. DRAKE o6ersd Che resolution Of which he had
testimony trsnsmttsd by il to the Senate
Ar sHkRyAH said n was due 10 the House TO give the
testimony respectful consideration The resolution o
the hou1e made NO direct charge against any Senator
but merely transmitted evidence affecting Senator'S
he moved 70 refer the testimony TO the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr.. howARp, (rep) OF Mich supported the. motion "a
refer the testimony He thought Ii due to the House to
treat It's communication with this much respect 1t wa.
fair 70 presume that the House committee acted IN good
faith He hoped the testimony would be referred 70 the
committee before whom proper investigation could oe
made giving the parties implicated abundant oppor-
tunity 70 disprove all the assertions against them.
ME FOWLER, Nepl Of Tenn, claimed the privilege OF
saying few words in defence Of the ladies' OF the Pres
dents household whose names have been dragged into
this matter He regretted very much that Mr. Smythe
had been 90 imprudent TO mention their names In
connection with the matter There were not IN the
United States two ladies Of moro mImpeachabe integ
rty than Mrs Slower and Mrs. Patterson and all impu-
tations against them were false and unfounded
Mr. CoNKLNG (rep) OF N. Y. felt II his duty TO say
few words in defence Of Mr. Hulburd He doubted II
those who knew that gentleman would be willing 10 see
him gbbeed at the crosroad Of public opinion for what
he had felt 1t his duty do In this The report
or Mr. Huburd not aimed at any Senator, but at
the administration of public business the New York
Custom House In the course Of that invest gaton,
incidentally and unavoidably testimony appeared which
affected two members Of the Senate This was trans
mitted 10 the Senate The Senator from Wisconsin
and the Senator from Tennessee made denals, bring
ing into question II not the ntegntyof Mr. Hulburd,
Huburd who endeavored to show tha, he had done his
duty and nothing more. He (Mr Conkngl was not
attempting to defend the evidence transmitted by the
House, TO say that the House had made precisely The
most opportune disposition Of the matter He simply
desired to defend Mr. Huburd from the unjus, attacks
After further debate by Messrs Trumhull Norton and
Drake, Mr. DRAKE Withdrew hs resolution and the test
mony was referred to the Jud ciary Committee, who
empowered to prosecute the investigation and send
for persons and papers.
THE VETO OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY RECONSTRUCTION BILL
On motion Of Mr. TRuMBrLL the Senate proceeded
to consider the Supplementary Reconstruction bill and
the Presidents veto thereon.
'shal the bill pass the objections the President
wthstandngf" The vote was taken and resulted as
follows
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F1ws aan W
Morton. Yye Patterson Of New Hampshire, Poneroy Ram
S'i ssSs Ssas Whey
Paterson Of tennessee and sausbnry~7
The bill having received twothrds vote OF those
Mr. TRUMBuLL offered a concurrent resolution that the
TWO HOUSES adjourn on TUESDAY next, a. noon,
Mr. DRAKE moved to amend by inserting. instead Of
the FIRST Monday in December, Tuesday the 18th of oc
tober
The amendment was disagreed to by yeas 10, os.
foilows:-
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NAYs.-Messrs. Anthony. Buckalew, Cameron, Catell
4a'';
Morgan Norton Patterson Of Tennessee Ramsey sauls
SS aaa Stewart rram0a Van "'"ss
Mr. MORRILL,, (rep.) Of VT moved to amend by insert
Ing the first Monday Of November.
After debate between Messrs Conking and Morrill,
the amsnoment was disagreed to-yeas IL. nays 81
The resolution proposition that the presiding officers
adjourn their respective houses thursday until
wise ordered BY the two Houses they further adjourn
their respective housos until the st Monday In Decem
oas iss. e. =, n'sagresd so-ysss M nays a.
Mr TRuABuLL hoped this qpsstaon would be settled
nst H,
ar CHAsptxa hoped Il would not be settled now. II
the impression that It was safe TO nsrust the country to
the hands Of the Executive
After debate between Messrs. Norton Fessenden and
Stewart the motion for executive session was lost
and the resolution to adjourn from Thursday until
the nrss Monday In December was again before the
Mr.. YArrs rep) OF III, spoke at somc length against
IT, The people demanded that Congress should stay
here and tho enforcement of the II had pissed
for the reconstruction Of the South, and not abandon
the whole country to the hands Of known TO be
opposed TO everything Congress had done. He would
not say that 70 adjourn now would be to abandon the
charges made against the President; but he would say
that il would b. looked upon In that light by every
democratic paper and politician OF the country.
Mr. SALISBURY, tdem.) OF Del, called upon Mr.. Yates
to state whether he meant to say that he feared the
President would In the Of Congress do aught 10
the dlshenor Of the country
Mr.. HOWE said the legislation Of the session dono,
and he did not why Congress should adjourn 1t
could not be expected OF Congress to do pass
the necessary laws II the laws executed he tMr
Howe) would be satisfied III they executed he
could good to accomplish by staying here anti
cpate the failure the part Of the President
duty.
After further debate participated in by Messrs Con-
ness, Drake, Morton, Sumner johnson and others the
resolution TO adjourn Tuesday until The first Monday
In December adopted--yeas 20, nays 10.
The Senate at p. N. adjourned Till Monday.