The New York herald., 1868-05-17


The CHIEF JUSTICE The Senator from Missouri Ia
perfectly right. motion to adjourn has been made
and that motion takes precedence.
Senator HENDRCKs-The motion to adjourn cam
not be made pending VOTE and the vote Is not CONF
plete until 1t Is announced.
Senator CoNKLING-A motion cannot be made
pending the roll call
Several senate Certainly not. Let the vote be
announced
Senator JoHNsON-I ask that the vote be an-
nounced.
The CHEF JUsTICE-The vote will be announced.
The Clerk will read the roll
The roll having been read by the Clerk,
The CHIEF JUSTICE rose and announced the result
In these words:-On THIS article there are thirty-ive
Senators who have voted equity" and nineteen
Senators who have voted "Not gulty.n The Presi'
dent is, therefore, acquitted on thus article.
No manifestation of sentiment was made on either
side Of the question. Whatever the feelings OF
Senator's members and spectators, they were thor
oughly suppressed.
Senator WILLIAMS motion to adjourn until Tues.
day, the Goth inst was then taken up.
Senator HENDRICKS submitted question OF
order that the Senate was now xecuting an order
already made, which was in the nature and had the
effect OF the previous question. Therefore the mo.
ton to adjourn otherwise than simply adjourn was
not in order.
Calls of "Question," "Question."
The CHIEF JUsTICE-The motion that when the
Senate adjourn it adourns to meet at certain date
cannot now be entertained because the Senate is In
process OF executing an order. motion to adjourn
to certain day seems TO the Chair 20 come under
the same rule. The Chair WILL therefore, decide the
motion not in order.
Senator CoNNEss-From that decision Of the Chait
/ appeal
+ The CHIEF JUSTICE put the question and directed
thu Clerk read the order adopted to-day on motion
OF Senator Edmunds, as follows:-
Orde.ed, That the Senate do now proceed to vote
on the &ticles according to the rules OF the Senate
Senator HOWARD called for the yeas and nays on
the question whether the decision Of the Chair should
| be sustained.
The vote was fSen and resulted yeas "a, nays 30,
| as foows:-
| YEAs-senators AnSony Bayard, Buckalew, Conk3
Ter, Grimes, Henderson,, Hendricks, Johnson, Nc,
Msan q
IN NAYs~scnators Cameron, ca.el. Chandler, Cole.
Morrill, Of VT, Morton, Me, Pattenqn OF n. H.,
Thayer, Upton, Wade, Williams Wilson S,d atesII
So the decision Of the Chief Justice was reSersed
and the order to adjourn over was ruled tO.e in
order
striking out the words ''26th instant" and inserting
in lieu thereof the words "wednesday the st day of
July next"
The amendment was reected-yeas 20, nays 81, as
follows:-
YEAs-Senators Bayard, Buckalew, Davis Dixon,
Doolittle Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes, Henderson,
Hendricks, Johnson, McCreery, Norton, Paterson
OF Tenn, Ross, salisbury, Trumbui, van "hkie'
Vicken and Willey-10
NAYs-SenatOrs Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chand.
Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, rerry, Howard, iiaranu
Nve NVw bastnrsop OF H. Pocroy s; ainsey sherman
| Sprague, stewart, Sumner, Thayer, liptoh, Waae
Williams and fates-4
| Senator MCCREERY moved to amend the order by
making 1t read to adjourn without day.
The question was taken and the amendment was
rejected-yeas 0, nays AZ, as folows:-
YEAs-senators Bayard, DAVIS, Dixon Doolittle,
McCreery and Nickers-G.
NAYs.senators, Anthony, Buckalew, Cameron Cat.
tell Chandler, Cole, Conking, CONFESS, CorbeCt,
Cragn, Drake Edmonds, Ferry, Fessendeh, Fowler,
Harlan mendefson s endrcNs es M now
of w. Morton, Norton. Nye, Patterson OF N. H., lat
terson Of Tenn, Poneroy, Ramsey, Ross salisbury,
Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, sumner, Thayer, Upon,
Trnibull, Van winkle, Wade, Wiley, Williams, VIII
son and Yates-47.
Senator BUcKALEw moved to amend the order by
providing for an adjournment till Monday, the 18th
inst. Rejected without division.
The question recurred on the order as originally
Tuesday the 2eth inst. The vote was taken and re-
suited yeas 80 nays q, as ioilows:-
YEAs-Senators Anthony Cameron, Cattell Chan
dler Cole. Conness, Corbett, Cragln, prise' ,'
EEampnd r a Mar,ao aow Sye Pate
son Of \. H., Pomeroy, Ramsey Ross SpIaguew wags
Williams, wilson and Yaies-s2. .,,. n,n,,
NAYs-Senators Bayard, Buckalew, Conkiin@e @ uas,s'
Dixon Doollttle Ferry, fessenien, towIer JVnnson,
Henderson, Hendricks, McCfeeiy, Moiganr Mu,.vm'
Patterson OF Tenn. SALISBURY snefnaH' iiu"'u'''
Vickers and Wiley-2.
The Crirp JUSTICE announced the result, and said
the senate. sitting as Coar, OF Impeachment,
stands Adjourned TIL Tuesday, the 26tn instan', az
twelve O'Clock.
Tho cs,s, justice then lef. the chair and the men,
be-. a, IN. House retired 20 tDer own chamber.
,rec,a,ors who lad f.Iee every sea, and stand
tho n,acs IN the galleries Immediately began to pour
on, into the rails and corridors aud the curtain fell
n, zen DAYS on the national drama OF
| The os.ng scene was not marked BY the shgniest
breach Of decorum or good order.
The Senate In Legislative Session.
The Senate having resumed its session took up
the concurrent resolution OF the House FOR recess
disclssion. -
The concurrent resolution was supported by
Messrs Morrili OF vermont, Hendrisks an Mainc
and opposed by Messrs. ConkIing, Mofiii o' "a'"'
Mr. NYr said he had enough experience In this
adjournment for a week, q day or an hour. ne
thought the President would be a9e 70 ,ake M caiv
himself with his new Ss re9, eresden. Would not 10 Gn
pro0table Let Arkansas come IN to-dayi ee W
have birth turn DEATH let us pass soncn,Iene @ ra
iteve him Of his embarrassment by not sending II TO
nim Al All TO have sent back at the end OF ten days
with another defiant ve.o; we nav h'e aa ,n s "a