adjourned until 5 o'clock P. M. As soon as the court adjourned the astute Purman, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, knowing this resolution to be such a glaring fraud, did not dare report it as an important matter, but reported it among several others as lost bills, the resolution being the last in the enumeration. These bills and resolutions were objected to by John A. Henderson and McCaskill, Democrats. Henderson looked at Purman and smiled, and then rose and moved that the resolution be laid on the table, which was unanimously carried. The following is the resolution: Be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the journal of the Assembly for the 12th day of February, 1872, be corrected by inserting the following concurrent resolution which passed this House on that day but was by mistake omitted from the journal; also that the Senate journal of the 16th day of February be corrected in like manner by the insertion of the said joint resolution, which reads as follows, viz: Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the present session of the Legislature shall be adjourned sine die on Monday, the 19th instant, at 12 o'clock, meridian, and the presiding officers of both houses shall at that hour declare their respective Houses so adjourned. Resolved, further, That should the present session of the Legislature adjourn sine die before the trial of Harrison Reed, Governor, is completed, the acting Governor is requested to call a special session for the purpose of proceeding with said trial, whenever the managers on the part of the Assembly and Harrison Reed, Governor, shall notify the Secretary of State, in writing that they are ready for trial, or as soon thereafter as possible. After the exposition of this resolution the Democratic members of the Senate thought it expedient to investigate the acts and doings of honest Cessna. John A. Henderson had moved a resolution to the effect, and as the discharge of Governor Reed waxed hot on the part of the conspirators he thought the time had arrived when the Democrats should know what was in store for them in case Day should remain Governor. The following reflected the yolicy of Day and his followers: TO THE SENATE: SENATE CHAMBER, TALLAHASSEE, FLA., May 4, 1872. 1872. } Your committee, appointed under a resolution of the Senate, of date the 2d instant, in words as follows: Mr. Henderson moves the appointment of a special committee of three, who shall examine the pay rolls of the Senate and Assembly of the last session, and also the statements, returns and pay rolls of the several committees of the Senate and Assembly which have been returned to the Comptroller's office, and report upon the various refusals to allow pay in every case, and upon the cases of suspended pay in every case, and who made a verbal report of the same day, desire to submit the folfowing report: That the appropriation to W. E. Burleigh, for pay as clerk of the Investigating Committee of the last session, appointed to enquire into the sales of the Pensacola, Georgia and Tallahassee Railroad; of Hamilton Jay, as clerk of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, and of Leroy D. Ball, as clerk of the Assembly Committee, to examine the books of the State Treasurer and Comptroller, were disallowed by the Speaker of the Assembly, on the pay rolls as made out, because "the services of such clerks for these committees were not authorized by the Assembly." That the janitors of the last session were not borne on the pay rolls, and consequently were not paid, because these attaches were not by name included in the Appropriation Bill, and consequently could not be paid. We are satisfied that the janitors were in regular attendance with the knowledge of each House, and ought to have been paid. We are further satisfied that the clerks aforesaid, or some of them, did serve, but how much we cannot say. On this subject we cannot omit to say that in addition to the application of W. E. Burleigh, for pay as clerk of the Railroad Investigating Committee, $260 has also been paid to Mr. Bowes for like services, and the sum of $270 has been paid to F. A. Dockray for same services. The multiplicity of clerks about the capitol during the session, as well as in vacation, who are emyloyed without authority of law, and who press for recognition and payment by appropriation of the Legislature is a growing evil, and calls for our unqualified disapprobation. Your committee have found one suspended claim in the office of the Comptroller, coming within the scope of our resolution, as follows: In a "statement of expenses incurred by the Assembly Committee appointed to investigate the sale of the Pensacola and Georgia and Tallahassee Railroad, January session, 1872, between January 12 and February 8, 27 days," are the following items: To F. A. Dockray, clerk, 27 days, at $10 per day, $270; to F. A. Dockray, witness, 4 days, at $3 per day, $12; mileage, $18; actual expenses allowed in lieu of mileage, $30; to F. A. Dockray, 14 days at $20, expenses incurred in Washington and New York investigating testimony produced before the committee preliminary to session of the Legislature, $240; United States currency, $280, which was certified "correct," by order of committeee, and signed W. K. Cessna, chairman. The last item in this bill had been suspended by the Comptroller, because it was not expenses incurred by authority of the Legislature or of either branch, and not covered or included by the appropriation. It would be injustice to fail to say, that while this committee were making their investigations, Mr. Cessna called at the office of the Comptroller, and having obtained leave of the Comptroller, withdrew this statement and cancelled this last item, stating that his approval was not intended to certify its payment, but that it was his idea that the voucher would be the certificate of correctness upon which payment would be made, and that he had declined to sign such voucher. Very respectfully, JOHN A. HENDERSON, Osborn and his conspirators now exposed, outgeneraled and utterly confounded, could be seen, night and day flying from Democrat to Democrat, beseeching them most solemnly to enter into a combination with them to save them and their chief from disaster and disgrace, and in consideration of their support the conspirators were to divide all the offices of the State equally with them. The Democrats, remembering the Ross-JohnsonChristy trick, contemptuously declined. The Democrats and Governor Reed's Republican friends granted them only one request, which was to adjourn the High Court of Impeachment from day to day so as to give the conspirators ample time to prepare for death-for it was a dreadful thing for them to die by Harrison Reed ascending the throne. The following proceedings of the court will show how the conspiracy was crushed out, and the rightful Governor sustained: ment. HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENnt, four O'CLOCK P. M. High Court of Impeachment met pursuant to adjourn The Chief Justice in the chair. The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names: Messrs. Adams, Atkins, Crawford, Dennis, Eagan, Henderson, Hill, Hunt, Johnson, Kendrick, McKinnon, Meacham, McCaskill, Purman, Sutton, Weeks and Wentworth-17. A quorum present. The Sergeant-at-Arms made proclamation. The managers, with counsel, and the counsel for respondent, appeared in court. The argument of counsel was concluded. Mr. Dennis offered the following as a substitute for the order of Mr. Henderson: Ordered, That the Assembly is hereby notified that the Senate will continue to sit as a High Court of Impeachment for the trial of Harrison Reed, Governor, and that the managers are hereby required to proceed with the prosecution of the Articles of Impeachment presented by them. Mr. Billings moved to lay the order of Mr. Dennis on the table. The yeas and nays were called for with the following result : Those voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Billings Crawford, Eagan, Henderson, Hunt, Johnson, Kendrick, McKinnon, McCaskill and Sutton-10. Those voting in the negative were: Messrs. Adams, Atkins, Dennis, Hill, Meacham, Purman, Weeks and Wentworth -8. So the motion was laid upon the table. Mr. Purman moved that the room be cleared for the purpose of deliberation. The yeas and nays were called for with the following result. Those voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Adams, Atkins, Dennis, Hill, Meacham, Purman, Weeks and Wentworth-8. Those voting in the negative were: Messrs. Billings, Crawford, Eagan, Henderson, Hunt, Johnson, Kendrick, McKinnon, McCaskill and Sutton-10. So the motion was not agreed to. Mr. Dennis offered the following order: |