New-York tribune., 1868-04-16
PRICE FOUR CENTS.

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BY consent the documents were considered read.
Mr.. CURTIs-There is another document from the
Navy Department. which suppose is not distinguish
able from GSse % & Which 9ss9 lse Op tdSr 81 es
the statute OF the 18th Of May $780, and removable io
portions Of the terms Il their offices which have Lot
pred. Then comes list giving the nane OF the oheef
the date OF his general appointment ana by whom re-
Mr.. BUTER called attention to the fact that did not
contain the statement whether the Senate was In session
Mr.. CURTIS-We shall set that In another i0rlD,
No objection being MADE, the paper was admitted In
Mr. CURTIS producing further dOcumentsl,rhese arc
documents the Dep prtment OF state SHOWING me
removal OF heads Of Departments not ohIy 1lrig tne
session OF the Senate but during recess and covering all
causes, the purpose being to- show piacuee "I te gov
ernment coexensive with the different cases ta arose
ont OF the different cases-aeath resignation nckness
absence removal II tders from the schedule Which wa bas
been put in by the learned Manager 10 cover the eus
OF Departments only, beccuse that apples only to ~.
movals during the session " the sena,e. ~ mc"ueS
them but It includes great 'ieal more matter q,
Mr. BUTLER, in order, he said, TO call the attention on
the Senate to their ncOmpe tency read several oi mo mo
absence OF ncumbents ALL he said. were OF that Shar
BILE contingencies, when Mr. Ashbury Dickens was
that officer shall be absent There three eases,
President Monroe's time, one in President Adams
that the appointment was under the act OF lTs2 All
the others were temporary Wonld the senate admit
OF 1872 and 1875, evidence in case IN violation of
tss @ acV would % afS that throw any light upon what was
mtted in the answer to be breach OF the law, If 10
Mr. CURTIS did not wish to reply, taking it for granted
that the Senate would not settle any question az 10
the merits OF the case when they were putting III inc
The evidence was admitted, objection being made,
Mr. CURTIS then offered documents from the Post
office, showing the removal OF Post;
masters during the session OF the Senate ana the q"
interim appointments TO I'LL such places
No objection being made, they were read.
OF the Senate Vol second session 36th Congress- page
l. the Message President Buchanan TO the Senate IN
reference the office OF Secretary for the OF
War; and the in which he had filled that ONCE
in place Of Mr. Floyd. Accompanying that Message
list OF the persons shown by the records OF
the Department, who discharged the duties Sap
net ofer % or py s g9 pn Th
presented appendix to the Message ana Wsp
Mr. BJTLER~The difficulty find in the Message is
this IL the Message OF Mr. Buchanan and cannot be
put evidence IN this cause any more than the aecaf
lions OF any one else We should like TO nave Mr. Bu-
chanan brought here oath and erossexamned as 10
10 ask him-for instance: What his state Of mind at
that tmei and whether he had any clear per;
But a still further objection to it s that most OF tho
message consists of the statements OF hr: Jeremah ?;
do with this any how laughter.l 10 NOT thuk
be are to be taken here az evidence Tbey ought be
referred 10. perhaps, as pubic documents Dt 40 nos
believe they be put In AS evidence HOW 90 we KNOW
how correctly Mr. Black, his clerks, made up THIS st
Are you gOn. put In evidence his statements OF what
was done aud put it upon us or upon yourselves 70
canine and see whether they not all lusory and
calculated 10 misead do not argue the question
Mr. CURrIs-I offer it TO show the practice OF the
Government. =.
Mr. BUTLER-I object, for all, TO the practice OF
the Government being shown BY the acts oi James
Buchanan or Jeremiah Black.
The CUIEF,JJsTICE put the question TO the Senate,
and the testimony was admitted without division.
The CLERK then read Mr.. Bnchanan's MESSAGE about
filling the office Secretary of War vacated by the rosg
nation OF Mr. Floyd.
Mr. CURTIs--E now desire to move for an order
on the proper officer of the Senate, 70 furnish,
so that we may put t into the statement of the
dates OF the beginning and end OF each session or the
seuae Including its executive, well as legislative ses
sons from the origin Of the Government down 10 tho
present time. That will enable by comparing the
dates with those facts which We have put INTO the case
what done within, and what was done Without
the sessions of the Senate. -, =.
The Chief Justice, understood 20 say, that that
order would required 10 be made In legislative session
Mr. CURTIS then said-We have now concluded oar
documentary evidence at present adyihec we may
possiby desire hereafter to offer additional cyi
dense OF this character but now understand H. VIC
shall have more 10 offer. ... .
The Court then on motion o.. Senator JOHNSON at
O'clock adjourned Till noon Tomorrow