Mr. ROGERS. I rise to aquestion of privilege with regard to the rights of a member of this House upon aeommittee. There has a misunderstaning grown u between myself as one of the members of the ComJudiciary and at least one other member of that committee with regard to my rights in that committee in the examination oft e testimony taken by order of the House in relation to the connection of JeffersonDavis and others with the assassination of President Lincoln. I have endeavored for ten days at least faithfully at different times to have an Opportunity to investigate that evidence in order that I might know as a member of the committee how to arrive at a deliberate and just judgment. The 1st information I had was from seeing in the NewYork Herald a statement that the matter had been referred to one honorable member of the committee to make a report. I at once felt it my duty, as it was an important matter and as considerable testimony had been taken in my absence, to see at least that part of the testimony which had not been takenin my presence, in order thatImigbt conclude whether I would join in the mu'ority report of the committee or whetherI would ask the privilege of presentin my views, together with the views perhaps of some other members of the committee as a minority. When I 1st made application to see the testimony the gentleman who was appointed to make the report would not even give his consent to my going to his room for that purpose. So at last I told him unless his consent was given I would bring the matter before the House. He then said he would not object to my coming to his room and seeing the testimony. And, by the way, thereis a great mass of evidence, 100s of folios, an in order to arrive at a correct judgment it is important and necessary that members of the committee should have full opportunity to investigate it. Yesterday I went to the committee room and found the aers there in the possession of a reporter whlo ad been employed by the gentleman who is to make the majority report.