The New York herald., 1868-05-06

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privilege as it aaected the character Of pssmber Of
the House. Gag ID l.Ci
Mr.. BROOKS, tdem.) of N. Y, said Aa snould not
object to the,reception Of the ,so,t,on at this tme
provided he could IVA an ameudmeut extending
the hm,t Oh .%s investigation.
sf. pawEs rep.l OF Mrss., replied that the gen,
rean could present hj, proposition as sepafa'e
Mr BRooKs prefer Led that it be added to the pend
notice that business Tetsrned
g. t amsaStee s a' r the members OF the House ie'0
Mr. rAY oRs REPORT ON GOLD AND SILVER MNthS
Mr' ,oOFIELD frep1 OF Pa, offered resoiuuon .o
that tho same number of copies Of the report OF Mr.
ylor on the subject Of gold and syer nrdsra Ss
h romort W., ~ ny Ross browne the gold and silver
mining Of the Pacific states and that the SAID reports
be bound together Tne res MeaO was "
'he c1a1iISr nppnRTURE FOR THE sENATs CHAMBER. y
The House then accompsalea ON ssn the impeachment
After the members returned to the House Mr. Hl
renI of n j. introduced Q bill authorizing the
MaPpuufacturers' Manu- National Bank Of New York to
change its location, which was referred to the Com
mittce on Banking and Currency.
THE wHIsKEY AND TOBACCO TAX. -
Mr.. o'NEIL, gep;l Of Pa, presented the memorial
ducon cite Of the tax on whiskey to fty cents per
gallon and suggesting that the tax upon tobacco In
It's various FORMS be levied upon the splant.
Mr.. KERR, <dem.) Of Ind introduced q bill to
amend the eighth section Of the act OF July 1884,
granted in certain cases to date from the date Of dis.
charge death OF the soldier. Referred TO the Com
mittee ON Pensions.
MIR, DoNEsLLY rep:l Of Mimi, asked ia and obtained
St. Cloud, to the western boundary o} the State.
Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
THE BROOKs-BUTLER IMBROGLlO.
The SPEAKER said that before the House proceeded
to the Senate to-day the gentleman from Massacnu. M
eetts (Mr. Dawes) offered resolution nstructing the
select committee appointed this morning to nvesti-
gate certain charges made by Mr. Brooks against Mr.
Butler. Were the House now ready to consider the
resolutions9 If there was objection the gentle.
man from New York (Mr. BrOoks might state briefly
the reasons why he objected to the consideration OF
MI. Brooks desired in connection with this pro.
position to have another allegation in the debate OF
Friday investigated for among other charges against
| him by the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. But
ler) was nenvolving question Of veracty between
said "that some time ago there case where one
Clark sued fellow by the % name y OF BROOKS .s aor
Ssre Was ans Eaus
and the other partner about division Of the spois.
They brought him lMr. Butler) the case and showed
him that the two BrOOkses had robbed Clark He mr.
Buter did not love the firm; he would have nothing
to do with it. was nasty affair." and not SO fertile
beaten" Mr. Brooks. IN reply to the above, read
letter addressed to Hon. Erastus Brooks, as fek
lows
era Butler Friday last, allow say that
S By or hs
day last reading bis debate Of the dsy before His entire
y 'h' OF ''o'A TO CLARK
Mr.. BROOKS said Mr. Clark, TIE plaintT In the suit
York Tribune and the money editor Of that paper.
That gentleman had sent to him telegram,
namey:-"Beiler's story about the Express suit has
npf q hodn n w nv me
to him." Mr. Brooks remarked that he wanted the
matter to be investigated The question OF veracity
mr. Dawes) Is matter OF only sixty Thousand dol
ars-a comparatively small sum- He Should insist
not iii understand the logical distinction in his Mr
DawesD mind in demanding an investigation now
wnea tne s Gsner cay Rc nv9vng Na sne
in the case Of Impeachment he Mr. Dawes) voted not
to appoint committee TO investigate the Alta Velta
controversy, involving one million dollars Why the
| gentleman was go much interested in the sixty
| thousand dollar matter 1t was not within his power
to determine II the matter OF geld was to be inves
tigated 1t necessary to follow it up with az in
vestigaton Of tie whole New Orleans Military De-
| Tie SPEAKBenaid the question was will the House
| now consent to consider the resolution
Mr.. DAWES remarked that he offered the reso uton
character Ior4Itegrity the remarks OF the gentleman
from New YORK MT. brooks reflected Twas i, for sn'
| Der on felley member and he asks for an investi
gaton Of the truth OF the charges, whether the.
would grant 1t or not. He repeated that he oferet
the resolution at the request Of his ocle@ ne an,
not because he or his colleagues believed there wa
Mr.. ELDBIDGE, (dem) OF Wis.,. desired five minutes
| to make some suggestions before the House should
determine TO act upon the resolution He asked FOL
| that much time.
1 Mr.. BENJAMIN, (rep.) OF NO., objected.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
| A brief message was received from the President
and read, in which he transmitted to Congress the
accompanying documents, which, he deemed proper
proceedings to which they refer In South Carolina
and ArEansas. These documents include the const-
tutons OF the States OF South Carolina and Arkan-
sas, and were referred TO the Committee on Recon
| structiOn.
TIE BRooKs-BUTLRR MATTER CONTINUED
Mr.. BROOKS asked unanimous consent TO offer a
| resolution which he considered necessary for a
| Mr. DAWES said that II the House. ehould vote
| to consider his resolution he would have control
The House agreed to consider Mr. Dawes, resolu
| tion.
Mr.. DAWES said he would now listen to the read.
ing of the gentleInans resolution which as fol
| lows
Resolved That The committee be directed bring befo,
W. F. fmh nd James r. BraSy of New York ia
President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton hyestgats N,
during war and especially the testimony Of j. b.
Inron ofenera Butler and his connection in the trade
OF Lakes 8orgn. and Ponchartran with his brother A. j.
Mr.. DAWES oonsidered 1t altogether unnecessary to
| Instruct the committee.
| The House seconded the demand for the previous
question: ard orsiered the main question to De put
Mr.. ELDRipGE desired TO make few remarks.
Mr.. CoyoDE, htp.l OF Pa, and others objected
Mr. BECK, (deDl. OF KY, desired to make an inqu
ry OF the chair asked whether If the resolution
be adopted in ret tion 10 the misappropriation OF
gold IL would be 1mpeent to inquire into the mis-
appropriation OF sp and other plates provided
tie material be sverY
The SPEAKER saI the inquiry was not parlia.
IA ,ntary.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE suc9a ,sted modification OF the reso-
luton so as to cover the entire administration OF
general Butler. He COZ uld see reason why part
only should be investigl ,ted
The resolution as in trodued by Mr.. Dawes was
agreed to.
TIE IMPEACHMENT MANI GERS REQUESTED TO WITH
DRAW THE rlENTH ARTICLE.
Mr. CARY (rep.l OF 0luo, rose TO question Of
privilege and presented a preamble commencing
Whereas this House In tenth article OF impeachment
charged Andrew johnson
Mr. FAFNswoRTH, (rep.) OF Ill, made the point
tsat this was not question OF privilege.
Dir. VAN WyCK, (rep) Of N. T., objected 10 me
har ru,fu Ctrnit