Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-19

A message was received FROM the Senate
at four o'clock, announcing that the Senate
had agreed to the concurrent resolution Tor
a recess, to take effect from to-day;
The Speaker stated that the question
would be on agreeing to The amendment OF
the Senate striking out Saturday and IN
erting to-day.S
Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio, moved that the
House adjourn. E.FG
A vote on that motion was being taken,
when Mr.. Butler moved across the hall to
his seat, saying, in hurried and anxious
manner, Withdraw that motion-donf
adjourn" 'ea -rs asg
Mr.. Ashley thereupon withdrew the
motion. Sid
Mr.. Butler informed the chair that he
had privileged motion to submit.
The Speaker said there was now aprivi-
legged motion before the House on concur
ring in the amendment of the Senate to the
resolution for a recess. aaii'
Mr.. Butler said he desired 10 state the
reason why he shonld not concur. He re-
marked that in the investigation with which
the managers were charged il might be-
come necessary, and it was now necessary
TO have the action of the House, in cont
polling the attendance of witnesses, and
for that reason il will be quite necessary
that the House be in session TO enforce its
process. There have been, have authority
to say, acts of recusaney, in part witnessed,
that come very near making it necessary
to have them brought before the House,
and az one or two witnesses have man,
tested a desire to escape from inyestiga-
ton, / think it necessary for the House to
be in session. / am now instructed by the
| managers TO report a resolution for the
purpose Of bringing before them a number
Of witnesses who have refused to obey the
order of the House.
Mr.. Robinson, rise to the question in
order | object to all the cries of order.
The speaker, or the gentleman from New
York is himself out of order. The gentle
man from Massachusetts, has not trans
crossed the rule. lie has limited himself
TO the reason why the House should not
adjourn for further debate. H
Mr.. Allison moved that the concurrent
resolution be laid on the table. The mo-
ton was agreed to without division, and
the Senate was notified of the fact. -al
Mr.. Butler then offered resolution re-
citing that Charles Woolley, Of Cincinnati,
had been subpenaed to appear before the
managers, and had in contempt Of the
power of the House left the city and detail-
ing that a warrant be issued commanding
the Seargent-at arms to arrest and bring
him before the bar of the House to an
swer for contempt. Its authority reading
supbena, showed it was signed by the
| Speaker and attested by the clerk of the
! House, but was signed by Mr.. Bingham,
chairman, and attested by the clerk of the
managers; and also that it was served on the
witness at Willard's Hotel, at o'clock,
yesterday.
Mr.. Holman made point of order on
the fact that the supbena was not signed
by the Speaker.
The Speaker sustained the point Of or
der, and said that supbena, to be legal,
so that person could be brought TO the
bar Of the House, under them, had, by the
uniform usage of the House, to be signed
! by the Speaker and attested by the clerk.
After the matter had been discussed al
considerable length seriously by Messrs
| Bntler, Robinson and others, on assurance
that Mr.. Stewart, the alleged recusant
witness, had only gone to Baltimore, and
he had returned and was now at Wizards
hotel, and had no intention of disobeying
the subpoena, Mr.. Butler withdrew the res
| OlutiOn.
Mr.. Farnsworth remarked that as the
/ objection had been removed, he would
move to suspend the rules so as to take NJ
again the concurrent resolution for recess
The House refused to suspend the rules
and then at quarter before five o'clock adj
| iourned.