Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-03-06

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s notwithstanding? This question, under tn
! Constitution, will be taken by yeas an
/. nays., The roll was then called, after whie
, Mr.: Foster said {. On this question the yea
! are thirty-eight and the nays are ten two
thirds of this body have passed the bill
! And 1t having been certified to this bod.
: that two-thirds of the House of Representa-
tives have also voted for this bill, the otjec
tons of the President notwithstanding; ant
two-thirds of this body having also voted To-
this bill, after reconsideration, tho objection
of the President notwithstanding, L nov
/, pronounce that this bill has become a law
, Applause in the galleries followed the an
, nouncement, which elected from Mr: Foste
a peremptory order to the Sergeant-at-Arm
to arrest the offenders but as it would no
have been an easy task for the dozen or SO o.
tired doorkeepers to have arrested severa
hundred enthusiastic applauders, the order
was not executed.
THE TENURE OF OFFICE BILL VETO.
The Presidents message vetoing the bill
to regulate the tenure of certain civil officers
was sent to the Senate, in which the bill
originated. After it had been read the bill
was passed over the veto by vote OF yeas
35 to nays l /, and sent to the House. There
no one seemed to listen to the veto while 1t
was being read, and the bill was atterward
passed by vote of yeas l3l mays 81. Speak
err Colfax then declared that more than two
thirds having voted in the affirmative, and
the Senate having also passed it by Il like
two-thirds vote, it was now a law.
PASSAGE OF THE BANKRUPT BILL.
The report of the Committee of Confer
ence ON the Bankrupt bill-which had been
adopted by the House on Friday night by a
/ + t.,l-.
the Senate last night and adopted by the
following vote,
THE COMPOUND INTEREST NOTE REDEMPTION
In the Senate, Mr. Sherman made a re-
port from the Committee of Conference on
the bill for the Redemption of Compound
Interest Notes The BILL as finally agreed
upon by the Committee, consists of one
ton onlv-the second section of the Senate
bill being stricken out. 1t provides for the
redemption of compound interest notes in
three per cent. certificates, amended in Con-
ference Committee so that the amount of the
certificates outstanding at the time shall not
exceed fifty millions of dollars. The report
agreed to in the Senate without dvis-
ion. When the Conference report was laid
before the House there were some manifesto
tions of dissatisfaction, many members
had counted on having the issue of a hum
drcd million of greenbacks authorized in
place of the loan certificates.
Mr.. Lynch of Maine moved to lay the Con-
ference report on the table, but this
negatived. and the vote was then taken on it
as follows yeas SO, nays So
The Speaker voted aye and the report was
concurred in. There was, however, strong
disposition manifested t. have it reconsid-
cred.
THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION. .
Mr.. Hurlburd, chairman of the special
on abuses in the Custom Houses,
report last night. which. with
the testimony, covers over seventy large pages
IF manuscript.
The report says a large amount of testimo-
ny was taken in exposition of alleged abuses
and frauds in relation to customs at the New
ork Custom House. Abuses have arisen in
the collection of customs under every system
vet devised. however administered Some
" reason of long usage, seem 10 have ac-
lulred tolerated recognition, while Others
lnder the looseness and decentralization at
endant upon condition of war. have sprung
It once into maturity. The abuses Of the
evenue seizure system, formidable and man
fold in any view, have crvstalized into le-
,alIzed extortlon. Recently extensive foreign
interests have become enmeshed Herewith Z
hat 1t Is not improbable that our Govern {
nent, through its diplomatic ear. will be con !
trained To take some notice of the WAYS
nd the wiles of men who, under numerous l
uIses and pretcnses, are cnacting most dis
redItable parts in the various marts of Yves {
ern Europe. The committee. after referring /
o the testimony of numerous witnesses. ex-
ose an abuse which dates back to the appoint o
'ent of Henry \. Smythe. Collector of the o
ort of New York From the testimony. saw q
ne committee, it is evident that Smvthe =
auged the appreciable value and commercial D
Sc he could make of the disposal of the = gen "
al order business, declaring. as he did
le first day of his official life, to Mr. q
arr, that - the North River general order
as mess is the big plum for the Collector =
is probable that, before his confirmation -,
: the Senate, and possibly before his nom u
ation, he had agreed with certain persons d'
lat they should be benefited by the allot- W
ent of the plum - business Smvthe II
'clined 10 inform the committee who these
'rsons were, but was less rcticent as to the Il
vision or price fixed upon the :" general or =,
= business BY the aid of more commu- "
catlve witnesses the committee were ena- n
ed to learn the names of intended benef u
aries and the sums they were to receive. ol
Smythe eontemporaneous declarations :"
ID the testimony OF Peter Van Bergen. it .
ems that the Collectors first known attempt III
place the general order business to his own al
c was by a negotiation with Van Bergen 4 u
}. The uniform partnership of this con
rn may have originated in Washington
sslbly before Smythes nomination was no
ted upon in the Senate Whatever the
ace and origin of Its time NAV have been, !"
Is tolerably certain that Van Bergen.
orgc r Thompson, Senators Doolittle and tn
tterson, and Mrs. Perry. had an equal KIN
crest IN its effective operation Smvthe res
d sald that parties in Washington must be
ken care OF, and james Humphrey, part
r OF the firm of Humphrey q Co. and at ow
1t time a member of Congress from the ins
ooklyn District. called on Smvthe and
d him that George Thompson. who repre- Oh
tied Van Bergen & Co., must have the sp'
n share. and that there must be at least Ph
200 from the carriage business for polit- inf
| fund. One of Humphreys partners s,r,
written on slip of paper form as fol- =
IS :. North Thompson, three lie
res H. Il Co, one share East River cat
4 Co, who are to take care of two friends puI
the President. Carriage, $4,000 for polit- n;
| fund. This memorandum was found
ythe had peneiled the back of it and Kh'
ented to the proposition. and wrote on the edu
k of 1t a memorandum as follows: nm
Mrs Perry, $1,000; Brown. $4,000 D.,
ltical, $4,000: $4,000: $4,000; $1,000 '''
LOCO; 100000 The slip was explained rea
the surviving partner of Humphrey 4 Co. but
was proved undoubtedly to be Smvthe's. the
duplicate $1,000 represented respective III.
he amounts destined for the two friends
he President. There is abundant testi- any
~ to show that Messrs Doolittle and { es
terson were the friends of the President
rred to. In speaking of Humpbrey-s 7