The New York herald., 1868-04-05

| the War Department
i @ Then, II l understand you, all the disbursing
officers and accounting officers OF the Treasury for
the the war department were notified In pursuance OF
Objected to by Mr.. Curtis.
Mr.. BUTLER-Were thereupon notiHeds A. Yes,
q. Were you there to know of this transactions A..
| Yes, sir.
q. Did you prepare them in pursuance of any other
act Of Congress except the Civil Tenure actS A. No.
| sir
| On motion Of Senator CONFESS the Senate took a
recess OF fifteen minutes from halfpast two O'clock
AFTER RECESS
Senator CONNESS suggested an adjournment, where
Mr. CURTIS said-Mr Chief Justice, it is suggested
to by my colleagues that should make known at
this time the Senate that 1t Is Intention II the
testimony on the part of the prosecution should be
to-day a. we It VIII to ask the
days which to prepare and arrange their proof and
enable themselves to proceed with the defence. We
necessary to make this request and hope the Sen
In response to an intimation from the Chief Justice
tnat the request be postponed until the Senate was
fuller,
Mr. CURTIS said he had merely suggested 1t now
lest II should not be In order at another time.
tion OF counsel to the statutes as explaining the
nature mnIe.. OF the proceeding in the fact Of the
only ppointment Of oaes'f the head n" Of % DEPART
ment which appeared on the record to have
first statute OF the 22d Of September I7ss in which It
| Is provided that there shall be Postmas-
ts5 TO fee w and the
may appoint, and the regulations OF the Post ONCE
shall be the same as they were under the resolution
ana ordinance OF the last Congress- 1t was provided
In the second section that this act shall continue in
force until the end Of the next session of Congress-
and no longer, showing that it was merely the con-
tnuance OF the Post ONCE Department that was con-
templated on the 4th of August Congress passed
AL An fort tno
| establishment Of Post Once Department. be and
the same Is hereby continued In force until the end
continuance Of the Continental system of Post ONCE
management. On the 9th day Of March, 1871, Con-
temporary establishment of Post ONCE Department
In full force and effect until the end of the next
sion OF Congress, and no longer On the 10th of Feb
ruary, 1892 Congress passed an act making various
arrangements In regard to the administration of the
Post Once Department, and to establish
| act OF the preceding session be continued in
full force for two years, and no longer This act did
not provide for the establishment OF Post Once De-
partment as branch OF the government; so that the
act OF the previous session continued by 1t until
1874. On May 8, 1894, Congress passed act cover
ing the whole ground Of the Post Olce system, pro-
vidng for General Post ONCE, and for the Depart
ment OF Postmaster General and the last section OF
the act passed May s. 1894, declares that it shall be-
| gin on the first day Of June following the day when
| the Continental system terminated. And it appears
from the record that it was then that Timothy Pick
ering was appointed, although the Senate not I'm
session; and they confirmed his appointment. This
| fully explains the appointment OF the only person
VIZ NJ WIS % uurg @ .,e recess @ OF tne senate
counsel for the respondent to an entry in the EXecu
i've Journa, VI tle senite vi lhe i0n Oh May, $500;
also the 18th day OF May, 1S0O and the 18TH slowing
that the Senate at that time met at an earlier hour
than twelve O'Clock. On page ten of Journa OF the
ne".e lor May ~ looo, IL is ehteIeu tla te senate
| morning. (Keadng)-"On Monday morning, May u
novo, Senh.e ne. anu auJourneu, anu lne htry OF
auonrnnent is lnade aiter the consideration or eX
ecutive business the Senate adjourned to eleven
ocioGn 'o.noiIow TUESDAY May ID lsoo, tne senate
i.c. ,n III pursuance oi sau adjourhhehI at eieVen
oSiooh; A.. ,,,
| MI, MT. biNGHAM-mI. !h rIeslucnt anu SENATORS. we
1er o az eVi1ence se.era eAecu'ye nessage' OF tne
ILcs,uenC VI ,ie unl,eu oGttes' ua.eu respectively
DecemDer 10, 1907, december H. 1907, december l0
1901. JANUARY 10, ioos, DecenDer ~ 1907:
,e, e uoIu"ies a , were reau y hmey reerred 10 re-
| noVals ana appointments OF INTERNAL revenue and
| o',er oIncers.
M mG. nasuhAm aiso omereu III evidence ieuer OF
IIe ocCrery oi o,ate accompanying one o. the mes
sages Juss reau, uateu Decemoer ~ lso1 notiiyinS
v % W. ',,e ne suspcsiol s ~ vi CONSULAR ageht Ill
NJ pur' ~s n VII H. i1oros 1,'t ~ oto a
now nsor ,h sian, s, ~. ucnese moW Inat
thS S % rO ~ r o p, sese INA. 'e Unse on sie part oi
e momse 1 m IL substantially closed
ask to cali on Monday mornn~ and as" o,Scr
monv that we shai, ost leave 10 mt in ~ a. onhs,.
tay cmuat~e ~ s asse pns Ss w. We
out piece of or two In the na
turc OF public documents When we can xmine more
| carefully with these immateral exceDtiODs which
hope may not turn out to be executions alter ali
| we nave closed the case. "''
\ II.
take no exceptions to what is proposed by the honor
able Managers IL seems quite reasonable that they
| should have the opportunity 10 ascertain whether
anything has been omitted 1 now desire to submit
motion on behalf OF the Presidents counsel, that
when this court adjourn IL will adjourn To meet
Thursday next to allow to the Presidents counsel
three working days to enable them to select, collect
ana arrange te proof so AS 10 present them 10 the
Senate WIN as little delay rs practicable. we have
Decn totally unable 10 40 tiils curing the progress
Of the trial, and before the trial was
begun we had no time whatever. can assure the
N.
trial, because certainly those gentlemen In the Senate
wn0 nave been III the naD!t ol practising law are
quite aware Of the fact that more time Is frequently
consumed in the introduction OF evidence from want
Vi having u properly aIlaneou anu picsehVcu thah
would have been the case II proper arrangements
had been made before the trial was begun. We
tnnk therefore that we can assure the Senate that
considerable delay VIII be saved II ms indulgence
can be granted 10 the Presiuents c0unsei. we DO
not expect TO Introduce large amount Of oral test-
ihohy UT grea. numueI vi ",,nesscs, put we
| have considerable amount OF documentary evi.
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