The Speaker promptly ruled upon every point of order which was raised. e ruled against the Gentfrom Iowa [Mr. GRINNELI] upon every oint. Any gentlemen upon either side had the right to insist that the gentleman should resume his seat and should not proceed until the House had given him permission to proceed in order. But no one raised that paint; and thereby the right to raise it was waived. But that does not interfere with the operation of the last part of this rule, which states (inverting the language) that a member can be censured if exceptions to the words spoken by him were taken at the time. But this case is also settled by the resolution adopted by the House. The Gentfrom Ohio [Mr. SPALDING] rose to a question of privilege, and submitted the resolution which has been read by the Gentfrom Iowa. The Chair construes the preamble of that res olution somewhat. differently from the Gentfrom Iowa. That. gentleman em hasized the latter part of the preamble, while the chair thinks that the portion narrating the affair is the substantial part. The Chair will read the preamble and resolution so that the House may judge whether his construction of, them is correct. It may be remarked, in passing, that no gentleman moved to amend them and they were unanimously agreed to by the House as instructions to this committee: " Whereasit is allegedin the public Lovau. H. Rousseau. a member of this House from the State of Kentucky. did. on the eveningofThurs day, the 14th instant, commit an assault upon the harem: of Hon. J. B. Gunman, a member of this house from the State of Iowa. becauseof words spoken in debate in this House b the latter; and whereas.said assault, if committe. wasa breachof the privilagesof this House and of the member as saulted: horet‘ore. “Resolved That a selecteommittee of fire be appointed by the Speaker toinvestiatethesubjectand to report the facts, with such resolutions in reference thereto as in their judgment may be proor and necessary for the vindication of the privilegesof the House and the protection of its members and that said committee have powerto send for personsand papersand to examinewitnesseson oath." The resolution referrin to the preamble, which states that the member from Kentucky did “commit an assault upon the person of Hon. I. B. GRINNELL, a member oft is House from the State of Iowa, becauseof words oken in debatein this House by the latter, ” an holding such assault to be a breach of the privileges of this House and of the member assaulted, instructs this committee to “investigate the subject and to report the facts, with such resolutions in reference thereto as in their judgment may be proper and necessary for the vindication of the privileges of the House and the protection of its members.” this gave the committee full jurisdiction in the case, by the unanimous order of the House, no one proposing to limit their resolutions, but conferring on them full power to report whatever, on the facts ascertained by them, they deemed proper and necessary for the double object ofvin icating the privileges of the House and the protection of its members. Now, in the case cited by the Gentfrom Iowa, in which Mr. Vallandi ham used language reflecting upon Senator amt, if the latter had been in the Hall at the time and when so offensively denounced, had imme diately committed a personal assault upon the former, and if a committee had been appointed with instructions to investigate the matter as a violation of the privileges of a member of the House, is it not evident that the House would ressthat Hon. The Chair thinks that' have expected the committee to report with refere e to the whole controversy, even if an imme inte collision had prevented the words from being excepted to, ta ten down and read at the Clerk’s table, and ruled on by the Speaker; that the committee should at least have embraced in their report anything closely connected with the transaction bearin the relation, it might be said, of cause to e ect? certainly this would have been expected by the House. In accordance with this principle was the action of the select committee upon the case which arose in the 34th congress. when a member from SCarolina, aided by another standing near by, assaulted a Senfrom Massachusetts in his seat for words‘ spoken in debate. In that case the committee reported upon the entire subject, including everything out of which the assault ew. The Chair, therefore, is of opinion that under the instructions unanimousl given in this case to the committee by this house the committee had authority to report n on the whole centroversy, in accordance with the specific language of the preamble of theresolution providing for the appointment of the committee to investigate an assault caused by words spoken hi debate. The Chair, therefore, overrules the point of order.