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WEDNESDAY,. AY 13, IEBB
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL
CHARLES E. BOYLE, of Fayette county.
FOE SURVEYOR GENERAL:
Gen. WELLUBTON H. ENT, of Columbia co
Impeachment Frobably'a Failure.
The likmate adjourned 'yesterday
withekt voting as they had agreed to
do, upon the gdilt. or innocence of the
President. The indications afforded,by
the debate in the Senate in secret see
yesterday,• probably satisfied the
Radicals that they could not muster the
requisite number of votes for conviction,
and ,they determined to adjourn for a
few.days, to give time for a heavy pres
sure to be brought to bear upon the in
dependent Senators. They will notsuc
ceed In their object ; the best men in the
Republican party in the Senate, such as
Trumbull and Fessenden, aro among
those who have declared that they will
vote for the acquittal of the President.
Senator Trumbull declares there is not
evidence enough to convict him In the
smallest _Court in the country. His
acquittal seems assured. The Radical
papers give up the case In despair and
take the only satisfaction open to the.n,
in 'abusing as traitors those Senators
who have been independent enough to
vote according to their honest convle•
don. ' The country has reason to con
gratulate Itself that there are still some
Senators who are patriots, and not mere
ly partisans.
Reconstruction.
Tho House of Representatives has at
last found ono Southern State which
has washed itself from its sins and has
become sufficiently lovely in Radical
eyes, to be allowed to resume its place In
the Union and to send its Representa.
Lives to sit In the Halls of Congress be.
sIdO such saints as Butler and Stevens.
This highly favored State, which the
House voted to admit Into the Union,
a day or two ago; is Arkansas. Arkan
sas is therefore, reconstructed; it has
elected a Radical Legislature, has adopt
ea a Radical Constitution, and has con
ceded to the negro the right to vote.—
The Republican leaders, therefore, be
ing convinced that they control Arkan
sas, and that it may be useful to them,
have•determined that it ought to be In
vested [with the dignity of a State.
Fearful, however, that after It gets In,
It may take advantage of the situation,
and failing from grace, throw the Re
publican party and the negro overboard,
Arkansas is only admitted on a " fun
damental condition ;" which Is that It
shall promise never to take advantage
of the confidence and generosity of the
Radicals In letting it in, but shall agree
on pain of being again ejected If It back
slides, that It will never change the
Constitution under which it is admit
ted, so as to deprive the negro of the
right of suffrage. We are satisfied that
the Radicals are abundantly Justified In
their distrust of Arkansas, and in their
manifest fear that as soon as it gets a
chance after it has become a recognized
Slate, it will repeal the negro suffrage
portion of Its Constitution, and nothing
can be more absurd than the attempt to
prevent It from so doing, by prescribing
by legislation n " fundamental condi
lon', for Its admission. A State is sov
ereign and may alter and amend its OM.
HIRII(1011 Just ire hunch and am often as
IL pleases, so long rue none of its provi
-11101114 IWO mn conflict with the Constitu
tion of the United States; and where Is
the )novll.looll that Inst'umentwldul
lakes away from Lhe Slates the power of
regulating t he quemtion of suffrage wi
them' awn llmils or which compels
them to confide the ballot to the negro?
We ai least lu Pennsylvania are au
eustonied to believe; dust the control of
Liusuil'rngc, l uoetlon Iles In the hands
only of iho (In./mum or the sotto, and we
would Is; very apt to resent any inter
pretation or the law which would (tow
this power Trani us, Ir we should ever
;Ova up Into the hands of Congress the
power to Mud& upon the go:Lillie:011ms
ul'eur voters, win would be very likely
to ilml before long, that our strung be
lief that the negro will never vote In
this State, was very fallacious; particu
larly if the Radicals are successful In
their plans for bringing the Southern
States into the Union with Constitu
tions recognizing univermai suilrage, mot
with negro repremen VON hl Coll green;
for theme black men would he very apt
Lulled us that if Liles were good enough
to represent the Soul ilPrll Stales, they
were amply good enough to represent
he. Northern, and that they would
stand no such nonsense as the exclusion
of their race from power and authority
In any State of the Union ; particularly
when the Constitution provides that
" the elliZolll4 of each State shall be en.
tilled to ell privileges and Immunities
of citizens In the several States,"
It is impossible to believe that the
negro 010 become entitled to the privi
leges of citizenship in any considerable
riiirtion of our country, without very
soon compelling the extension to him
of the same privileges in every portion
of it; it behoves all persons therefore
who are really opposed to the doctrine
of the equality of the negro with the
while race to Join hands with the Demo•
erotic and Conservative parties In their
endeavor to cast out from power these
melt who are attempting to bring the
whole South under the dominion of the
negro, since theslightest reflection upon
the subject must show them that this
endeavor, if successful, will be followed
tip by the advancement of the black
man to an equality with the white unit
in every State In the Union, The Re
publican party In their Convention at
Chicago on the LlOth lust., will have a
difficult task to accomplish, should it
attempt to 1.1 ty fast and loose with this
question and to wriggle out do distinct
declaration of its position upon it,
through fear that it may. drive out of its
ranks conservative Republicans. It will
lie forced to boldly face the inuAle, since
IL has already committed Itself too
deeply to the decline of Universal Suf
frage, to be able to retreat front It with
out total ruin ; and on the question Of
the continued supremacy of the white
man over the black, who can doubt how
Pennsylvania will decide' We want no
negro voters here.
tienators Threatened With Assassination.
Several Republican Senators, who
have been suspected of being opposed
to convicting the President on the flimsy
testimony which has been produced
against him, have received letters threat
ening them with assassination, If they
should dare to net as their consciences
dictate, and vote for acquittal. The
Radicals have grown perfectly despe
rate, and there le no crime to which
some of them would not resort to secure
the ends they have In view. When
nearly every Republican newspaper in
the coUntry Is demanding conviction,
and when Senators are threatened with
assassination unless they yield to the
clamor of their party, there seems to he
little likelihood that justice will be
done. Yet there are some Republican
Senators too courageous and manly to
perjure themselves even under such
circumstances. All honor to them; he
they ninny or few.
Admitted to Practice
Hon. Francis Jordon, Secretary of the
Commonwealth, has been admitted to
practice In the several courts of Dau
phin county. Before lie went Into the
army. Mr. Jordon was a leading lawyer
in Bedford, and had a large practice-in
the, adjoining counties. He is well read,
augible advocate and a thorough busi
ness man. We have had the pleasure
to be associated with him in other days,
and frJrrt what we know of-him we feel
safe in predicting thatim will be • emi--
nently;suecessful.when
. 7 he returns to
the'prectice,'Aii he: Inten ds to do when
his terra of oillee expires.• We under
stan"CliV.Villt 'locate permanently' at
Harrisburg. '• _
THE LANOAST_EIt wEEKE - y INTRLEIGENOVR, WEDNESPIAY, MAY 1,..8,: , 1865.
• Democratic Documents.
We are advided froln Wealingiglthat
there never was skierient I ifasß,, upon
Cimgressmen for DO:mere : tic tkicumettto
as exists at , present ; th4Omand:l.s .
great from all ‘lO is
quite beyond the ability of 'ounrepre
sentatives, small in number as they are,
to supply at their own expense. A Con
gressional Committee has been raised
for the distribution of campaign docu
ments, who are in receipt of numerous
orders, but not more than half of them
are accompanied with remittances.
A wide spreturmisconception prevails
among the people in regard to the pub
lication of speeches. It is almost uni
versally supposed that they are printed
at public expense, and that membere
are only taxed to frank and send them
out; whereas the fact is, that members
pay for their own speeches, and others,
the same price that other people are
charged for them. It is only such doe.
uments as are printed by order of one
of the Houses of Congress that are
printed at public expense. Every mem
ber expends sevgal hundred dollars
each session for speeches to send to his
constituents. But when they have tax
ed themselves as largely as they feel
able to bear for the benefit of their im
mediate constituents, a great void still
remains to be filled. All the Southern
States are without a Democratic Rep
resentative lu Congress. Only one of
the six New England States has asingle
Democratic representative on the floor
of either House, and several, Western
States have not one. In other States
that are partially represented by Demo.
crate, there are many districts which at
the late elections gave large Democratic
majorities, and yet others with immense
Democratic minorities, that are unrep '
resented. Neither the Congressional
Committee, nor individual members not
of the committee, ought to be asked to
bear so unreasonable a burthen ; nor
would they be if the people understood
the facts as they exist, and it is the de
sire of members that the Democratic
newspapers in the country shall explain
these facts to the people.
These documents cost but a cent or
two apiece, and will therefore put in
dividuals who order them to but a trif
ling expense, while the borthen would
be very heavy upon our Representa
tives, should they undertake to fill the
numerous orders they receive at their
own cost. Let all, therefore, who wish
documents, enclose their money to any
Democratic Representative and tell him
to send them as many as the money
will pay for, of the speeches that they
want, and they will come to them with
out postage through the mall.
Then and Now.
Two years ago the Republicans had
floc of the nine members of Select Coun
cil—consequently they controlled the
body—and refused toga Into Joint Con
vention with the Common Council, for
four weeks, and thus prevented the elec•
tion of the officers and the appointment
of Committees for that length of time.
This was all right then In the eyes of
the Ea:prom, and that very consistent
sheet took great pains to Justify the
action of its party friends. Now, the
" boot Is on the other leg," and the same
Paper Is 1011 d hi condemnation of the six
Democratic members of Select Council
for following the example sift them by
the Republican majority of IHu n. There
Is this difference, however, In the course
pursued by the two parties. Then, the
four Democratic, members of Select
Council, knowing that they had no
legal right to do HO, declined making
any attempt to meet the other branch
for the purpose of electing °Mom, Now,
the thrre Republican members of Select
Council, well knowing that it could not,
Ire done legally, united with their fel
low-Republicans In tl.e Common Conn
ell in holding ail elev.( lon for officers,
and auttially consummated the farce in
the rave or all parliamentary rule, and
in the teeth of the City Charter Itself
And this Is what the Repress calls "re
gular hi every respect"—a, lawful
quorum," and further says the absence
of the nix 1110111111Jr8 of Select Council, ihr
" the refusal of the others to vote, Is a
matter of no eonscquenee whatever,"
Oh I consistency, "thou art Indeed a
jewel,"
lint the E.rp0..44 Is alarlUell lest the'
wheels of the municipal government be
blocked at this crisis. If that cidandly
should unfortunately befall till, city, i
pray whose fault Is it? Certainly not
the Select Council, for that body, as
soon an organized and lu accordance
, with long eslablished custom, passed al
loint resolution for the appointment ot'
this regular standing committees; but:,
that highly necessary resolution was:
tabled in the Common Council; and
thus, by the neglecter MOlllethlog wo s tse,
of the latter body, we are left without
any committees, and the machine has
to be rum for the present by the Mayor
alone. Had the Republican members
of Connell been more Intent on
!less and less greedy of the spoils, we
should not now be In the condition we
are found. It is they, and they alone,
who are responsible for " blocking the
wheels of the municipal govern men 1"--
and no one Knows It better than the
editor of the Erprcdn, If he had the
I c'andor and honesty to avow It.
Tile Tenth Article of Itnpearlinient,
What a commentary on the farce of
trying President Johnson for certain
speeches made by him has been fur
nished by Congress within a week.
Never in the :minds of Parliamentary
debate was there such an exhibition of
gross indecency as in the encounter be
tween the Radical blackguards Wash
burne and Donnelly. And, to Cap the
climax, Old Thad. Stevens tried to read
speech hi the House on Wednesday,
which was so grossly abusive of one of
the President's counsel, that he was not
permitted to proceed. Lenient as Col
fax Is toward the Radical blackguards
by whom he Is surrounded, he was
forced to stop Mr. Stevens A Mee Het
lo Impeach any one for indecorous hut
gunge these foul-mouthed w.retchec are,
to be sure. A pretty comment they fur•
nisi' on the tenth article of Impeach
ment I
Retirement of Col. McClure
The Franklin Repoßilory comes to us
thin week with the announcement that
Col. A. K. McClure has retired from all
connection with it. Before lie was a
voter, Col. McClure was a newspaper
editor, and for more than twenty years
he has been connected with the press
of Pennsylvania. In his profession he
has displayed very decided ability, and
we part with him with regret. If, as
rumor has it, lie should return again to
the press gangdu this State, he will be
welcomed back by the entire fraternity,
without distinction of party. Messrs.
Jesse Cook and S. W. Rays take charge
of the old Repository. Our young
friends will have reason to congratulate
themselves if they can keep its repute
Lion up to the position it occupied in
Vie past.
litimint's hide Is pierced, lie has
become subject to a Committee on In
quisition of his character. That the
Radical majority will make a white
washing report is probable. Two honest
Democrats, however, are on the Com
mittee, Messrs. Woodward and Beck.—
They will get the truth. We hope the
repulsive duty of becoming moral sem , -
engerA of this tuau will not deter them
from full exploration. They may have
togo through several tons of guano, but
they w In'tlud the stolen gold and spoons
at the bottom.
General Brisbin is outdoing old Father
Grant in writing the life of his son. He
is publishing in theelncinnati Inguirer
short snatches-of Ulysses Hiram. The
ch lef poi nts made thus far are that Grant
is fond of horses that leap well, and is
not fond of clams. -The latter he styles
"gntta percha oysters." His ,
whiskey
'lie likes straight." -
, Bast. Act.
41144:late,4itiolcii19,4dection in our
ay, grtiAtdbiliatiticution existed among
ths4oetnecrats iik,fegaril to the tickets
thiConriclimen which were nominated
111 the;wards. , ,,,Thi'extent to
which 'Such a feelitig Kevailed was
shown when the ballohr.'came to be
counted. Never were so many tickets
found to be scratched. For once the
fierce Democracy of old Lancaster re
fused to regard their obligation to vote
for the regular nominees. In vain did
we urge them to present a united front
to the enemy. They took the bit be.
tween their teeth, and went their own
way with headstrong audacity. The
result was what might have been easily
predicted.
The effect upon the party has not been
disastrous. We never saw the Democ
racy of this city in more confident - mood
than they have been ever since the elec
tion. No one imagines that we have
been weakened by what Was done. All
agree that we can give a larger majority
at the coming State and Presidential
elections than we gave to Judge Shars
wood last fall. The little feuds that
enabled the Radicals to secure an
equal number of votes on joint ballot in
the Councils, did not affect the masses
of the party. They bore that with
`equanimity, and laughed and joked
over it with wonderful good humor.
In the Eighth Ward John M. Rut
ledge insisted that he had received a
majority of the legal votes cast at the
nominating convention, and he there
upon set up an independent ticket,
claiming that he had a right to be re
garded as the regular nominee of the
party. Many good Democrats, think
ing that he had not been fairly treated,
and believing in his loud professions of
superior devotion to the party, were in
duced to vote for him,
Had it been supposed that ho was not
a true and unflinching Democrat he
would not have received the vote of a
single man belonging to the party, and
could not have been elected. Those
who supported him believed him to be
a man of honor. They trusted him im
plicitly, and never for a moment im
agined that he was only seeking to
further his own selfish ends when he
pretended to be actuated solely by a de
sire to benefit the party. It was hard to
believe that his denunciation orrings,"
and his declamations against corrup
tion, were all a cloak under which he
concealed the design of being elected
City Treasurer, by betraying his party
mid the men who supported him from
the most disinterested motives.
No sooner was this man Rutledge
elected than theßadlealsopenly boasted
that they owned him, and the truth of
their assertion was speedily and abun
dantly demonstrated. When it was as
certained that the two political parties
In Councils were tied on joint ballot,
Rutledge, instead of seeking to counsel
with his Democrat° colleagues as to the
trimmer In which the offices should be
tilled, declined all intercourse with
them, and soon made it evident that his
object was to procure his election an City
Treasurer, by bargaining with the Re
publicans to resign his position as mem•
liar of Councils and thus give them a
majority on joint ballot, if they would
agree to elect him to that position. In
pursuance of this design ho oven at
tended the Republican caucus; but his
scheme fell through because two of the
Republican Councilmen refused to vote
for hint on any conditions. Neverthe
less, the next day he did resign his
position, either because he felt that In
going into a Republican caucus he had
gout, too feu• to retreat undamaged into
the: Democratic) fold, or else In pur
suance of a distant ex peutation of
malt. "Rlng (leap" says, "tlw Its
publicans must take care of hint," and
perhaps they will do so,
What mom dishonorable course could
any nun pursue than that which was
adoßled by Rutledge. Ile sought to ho
tray the confidence which Ihi ounoitito
oats had reposed In him, an 1 to use the
honorable position to wide 1 they haul
elected him for the purpose of obtain.
Mg for himself a more Morally() office,
Ho resigned a position which he haul
asked for us a Democrat, to whleli lie
hod been elected as a Democrat, and
which It was his bounden duty to hold
as a Democrat, for the purpose of allow
ing ft Republican to be elected to It, who
had been repudiated by the people at
the pulls, and this he did with the de
liberate Intention of putting in the mi
nority the party to which he professed
al leglance.
No language too severe can be need In
denouncing the dastardliness of this
man's conduct. He has made himself
contemptible In the eyes of all right
thinking men and an object of scorn to
the party which he betrayed, while he
Is despised even by those who made use
of It in the language of one of them,
" they like the treason, but despise the
traitor." Let him go! We are well rid
of him. Huelf selfish and dishonorable
men are an Incubus on any party to
which they attach themselves, We
had not conceived this meanness to ex
ist lu John M. Rutledge; we had be
lieved him to be what he seemed, au
honest and intelligent Democrat ; but
lu3 has betrayed In the most shameful
way the confidence reposed In him by
his party, and has cast off the mask
which concealed his baseness. here
after he will be known by ell men, and
will be esteemed at the valuation ho has
Voluntarily put upon himself.
Bribery in the City Councils or Baiti
The N. Y. Tribune is put Into quite
an interrogotary mood, by the expul
sion of three tnembers of the Baltimore
City Council for accepting bribes. The
Tribune wants to know whether any
"copperhead Journal" line heard of that
transaction "in a Suite where none but
true•blue dyed•lu tho•wool Democrats
are elected to office." Without agree
ing that we come under the Tribune's
classification we will inform it that we
have heard of it. Only in a State or
city where Democrats rule IEttiIICII a
thing likely ever to occur. In Penn
sylvania Republican Legislatures have
been bought up repeatedly, like sheep,
at en much a head, and we never heard
any talk of expelling any of thew. The
same thing has occurred in New York
under Radical rule, if the Tribune Is to
be believed ; but we never heard of any
expulsions there for bribery. Only when
Democrats rule is bribery of officials re
garded as a crime. If the City Councils
of Baltimore had been Radical the ac
ceptance of bribes would have been re
garded as all right.
Know-Not4lnglsm Among the Negroes
A meeting of uegroes was held in one
of thechurches of Richmond during the
session of the Radical State Convention
last week, and a petition was gotten up
and forwarded to' General Schofield,
requesting him to stop the further oat
uralization of foreigners in Virginia. Is
it not astonishing to see how rapidly the
poison of liuow•Notltingism has spread
among the negroes? They havescarcely
been granted the right of suffrage until
.they desire to deprive foreign-born
white citizens of the privilege. That is
the natural effect of Radicalism. As a
party it conceals Its hatred of foreigners
for the present, but It rankles deep in
the heart of the organization, and crops
out constantly. The negroes of the
South have been imbued with it by the
Radical carpet-bag adventurers who
have gone there from the North. Let
the GeiMans throughout the country be
careful to make a note of the action of
these Virginia uegroes.
HON. HENRY , D. FOSTER, Of West
moreland, will be the Democratic can
didate for Congress In the Twenty-first
district. He is one of the ablest men in
Western Pennsylvanla;,and so popOlar
that he cannot fall to beelected.
The Impeachnitellijerdiet,
The vote bh Impeitchnieo4liicii: ill
promised td on next TtiesdaYi is
awaited - ;ciritli intense interest'; this is
partly diving
,to 'the fact that there Is
now a'great deal of doubt ini_the public
mind as to whether the result will be
acquittal or conviction. When the trial
was Inaugurated, it was generally con
ceded by every one that nothing else
but a verdict adverse to tha President
would result from It, inasmuch as the
prosecution WAS 'entirely political in its
character, and its failure in, the accom
plishment of its 'object, would involve
in ruin the party which supported it.
As the trial progressed, however, it was
made evident that the case against
the President was not sufficiently strong
to afford even a decent pretext for a ver
dict of guilty, to any Senator who had re
gard for his character in the-community
or to the record which ho would make
for the pages of history. The closing
addresses of the counsel for the Presi
dent were so powerful and convincing,
that. not the - Slightest veil was left to
cover from the eyes of the world, the
fact that Andrew Johnson was.im
peached, not for the commission of high
crimes and misdemeanors, but because
lie was a stumbling block in the path
way of the Republican party. Now It
so happens, that notwithstanding the
great degeneracy of the United States
Senate from its former high standard,
both of intellect and character, there
aro yet some Senators In the Senate
Chamber who would !lave been worthy
to sit there in the days of its greatest
glory; and the Impression has got out
among the people that these men have
too high a regard for Justice and right
to sacrifice both at the dictation of
party, and that they will not be willing
to have their names go down to posterity
blackened by so foul a stigma. A great
party pressure is being brought to bear
upon these high-toned Republican Sen
ators, to induce them to obey the party
behests. The New York Tribune as
sails them with great intolerance, and
seems to be gratified that it can lay the
party lash on others for their indepen
dence of Judgment, as It was laid on the
shoulders of its own editor for his In
dependence In becoming ono of the ball
of Jetibrson Davis, to the Infinite die
gust of his party friends. The whole
pack of Republican journals, with a few
notable exceptions, such as the Now
York Sun and Times, follow In the wake
of the Tribune fn Its attack upon Sena'
tors Grimes, Fessenden, Trumbull and
others, but with what effect we are all
waiting anxiously to see. It is oertaln
they cannot affect Senator Grimes, who
says he knows his fate and Is ready to
meet it; whether the others are made
of softer material, time will show.
The Republican managers are
little afraid of showing the politi
cal nature of their attack on the
President and they ere talking of
postponing the decision of the impeach
ment question until after the Chicago
Convention ou Mtiy 20th, notwithstand
ing the eager haste with which they
rushed the trial on. Their reason for
this delay Is that they fear some Sena
tors will vote against conviction, be
cause they arc unfriendly to Wade and
are unwilling to enable him by the
patronage of the Presidency, to secure
his nomination at Chicago for the Vice
Presidency. Senator Cameron of our
own State, is ono of the most radical
and unscrupulous of the Impeaching
Senators, and will stoop to any baseness
to accomplisha conviction. No one
who lUIOWH him In surprised at his po•
sltlon In this 00140, for ono Who is BO
notoriously eorrupt, dishonest, and
generally rotten as Hinton Cameron,
could not possibly have got on the side
of Justice and right, If he had anything
to make by getting on the other side;
and Simon now has a Cabinet raw In
view, and other (deli lugs too numerous
to mention.
Weedy AdvonturerN
Ivor Olive the Itepulican party came
Into power It line attracted to Its ranks
the greedy pol tient ad Mall VON who,
oaring nothing for principle, are aetu
od entirely by sottish moti yes. These
are the foul creatures who aro fitly
characterized by the Scriptural phrase,
" Where the carcass is, there will the
vultures be gathered together." With
maws that are never full and appetites
that are perfectly unsalable they fasten
upon office, and hang on, like the horse
leech, crying " give, give, give l" They
are like half starved dogs banded to
gether to hunt any prey that may cross
their path. The Impeachment trial has
started the whole gang Into now activity,
and they havo hunt Indulging In an
outcry for a month past that reminds
us of
"Tho Wolrell.llll4 1 nvl en Onalualcm'n wiore,"
In anticipation of Wade's succession to
the Presidency they have apportioned
out the spoils among them. The Stole
tinned has become somewhat disgusted
with these mercenary wretches. Cam
eron's Influence with Wade may ac
count for Its opinion of matters and
things, but there is no doubt It speaks
the truth. It says:
Does Mr. Wade know what he is about?
Ham lie fairly considered that we have men
in the Republican party who have actually
cultivated the notion, until it has become a
controlling passion, that the Republican
party woe organized solely and only to put
thorn into office, to fill their pockets with
money, and to afford them opportunities
to destroy honest Republicans who will
not approve of their crimes, Mr. Wade
surely does not understand what ho con
templates, or he has a contemptuous esti
mate of some of the would-be-Republican
lenders of Pennsylvania and other States,
who are now really ravenous fur office.
Every city in the Keystone State has its
Republican ring, in which all the offices have
been apportioned to favorites. Hungry
greeds are even now lingering at the door
of every fat postoffice, ready the moment
Mr. Wilde goes into the Whito House, to
rush into and take prossession of the place
—to assume the charge of a revenue office,
to gain opportunities to indulge in whisky
frauds, and manage the entire patronage of
the Government in their own interest. All
Ulla is now " set lip." In Harrisburg the
offices are apportioned among the ring, the
hit places all filled, in anticipation, as If
Mr. Wade were to be a mere automaton,
and the Republican masses just so many
tools to be used by the demagogues who
have no inure purpose In professing Repub
licanism than that of seeking opportunities
to plunder the public purse. It Is to be
seen whether Mr. Wade will allow himself
to be controlled by these rings. If he does,
the responsibility he will thereby assume
must be fearful.
That Is a fair pen picture of the gang
of Radical office leeches, and as such we
commend it to the consideration of our
readers.
Grant's True Position
The New York Retold, an able
article contrasts the positions Occupied
by General Grant and Chief Justice
Chase. "It says :
"What was it that a short time ago made
Grant seem the great inevitable man of the
future? It was that he had the respect and
confidence of the people as against all par
ties. Ho was a man standing alone—broad,
grand, national and differing front all other
men in nothing so much as in that he stood
aloof from party; and they were nothing
without their peculiar party power. Grant
was the national man, Chase was the lead
ing radical. But what a change a few weeks
have made! Grant, with MI his silence,
with all his cautions reserve, has said
enough to satisfy radicalism that ho is a
candidate to suit it; and by his relations
to party men, by the readiness with which
ho has fallen Into radical reconstruction
plau9, ho is soeu to be to-day the creature,
the tool, if not the bond slave of the nigger
supremacy faction."
The above extract must strike every
Intelligent man as being eminently
true. It sets Grant before the people in
a proper light, and defines most accu
rately and clearly the position which
he occupies. He haa sold himself to the
hungry office-seekers of the Radical
party, and he will be run as their can
didate. He is the tool of the worst men
in that' orrupt party. The people know
that, and that is the reason why his
nomination, which is already made,
fails to elicit a spark of enthusiasm.
With an unexceptionable candidate the
Democracy can not fail to win in the
coming election.
Inteleranee.
tareeley is hammering away, day after
iirty,'ln the columns of the' , Tritftere on
the Impeachment question, foieblyargu
ing its merits and impetuously insisting
that whatever may be the individaal
opinions of Senators, they must - vote
for the- conviction of the President
"or seek their lot with the men who
have warred against the Republlc."
He asserts in the most barefaced and
ithblushing manner that no Aepubliean
Senator can vote that President John
son's conduct has not been criminal
without also approving the policy of his
administration and consequently was
, ing to be a liepublican. How could the
Tribune more Clearly show the partisan
nature of this trial of the President than
by thus declaring that the vote of the
Judges will be the tombstone of their
fealty to the principles of their party,
and how more strongly indicate that the
President's sole offence is, that heht not
a "Republican." Read this rant from
Saturday's Tribune :
"The Senate must convict Mr. Johnson,
or assume the responsibility of his succeed
tog policy, and share with him tho odium
of his past career. The Republican Sena
tors have voted a hundred times that the
President is an enemy of the country I Any
Republican vote now but one of Impeach
ment, is therefore a Ile. If it is well to sus
tain Mr. Johnson, then all the votes against
him have been partisan and factious. It is
cowardly to claim an additional "responsi
bility of an oath." If the new oath com
pels a Senator to change his mind, then
every vote under the official oath is a per
jury. Wo could wish a unanimous vote on
Impeachment, but the partisanship of the
Democrats forbids this. So it becomes the
high and aolema.mission of the Republican
party. We accept it, Just as wo accepted
the War, and Emancipation as a conse
quence of war. We did not hesitate to
march it million of white mon into the val
ley of death, and to lift four millions of
black men out of the darkness of Slavery.
Wo shall not hesitate to drive an infamous
ruler from power. Impeachment is loyalty
patriotism, statesmanship. The Republi
can who votes against it seeks a lot with
the men who have warred and plotted for
the destruction of the Republic."
Greeley is not a fool and therefore he
cannot himself believe in the soundness
of his declaration that Republicans can
not, as Senators, declare their disap
proval of the polioy of the President in
conducting the affairs of the Govern
ment, and yet, as judges, vote that he
has not been guilty of high crimes and
misdemeanors In adopting a policy and
Pursuing a course to which, as politici
ans, they were opposed. It is clear that
the merest child could see, what the
editor of the Tribune pretends not to
see, that one man may disapprove the
acts or opinions of another without be
ing of the opinion that those acts or
opinions are criminal. Or, have things
now come to this pass among us, that
the leaders of the Republican party feel
bold enough to say that no difference
of political sentiment can any longer be
tolerated in this country, and that every
voter in It must be either a " Republi
can " or a criminal" If President Joh
nson is convicted, this will be the prae-
Seal effect of the verdict which will be
rendered; for It is quite certain that
every citizen of the United States who
Is not a radical, cordially endorses the
action of the President, for which he
has been impeached, and each one
would, had. he been In his place, have
done at least as much as he has done,
to incur the and to oppose the
policy of the Radicals In Congress. In.
deed, the great complaint which the
Conservatives have against the Presi
dent, is that while his sentiments and
opinions have been sound, lie has not
acted in sustaining them as promptly,
vigorously and strongly as they think
lie should have done. A verdict of
guilty against the President is there.
fore a verdict of guilty against the
Democracy ; It Is u declaration by the
Radicals in the Senate that the opinions
entertained by the Democratic party
anti embodied In their platforms are
criminal opinions.
This decision rendered as it will be
by their political opponents, is not ono
which will be likely to command much
respect from the Democracy or do
°canary, nor will It be apt to be submit
ted to. The President may perhaps
yield to it, though it will not bo nt all
necessary for him to do so, as he poe.
MOSNMI tlimsympathy of every conserva
tive lu the land, and may, if he chooses,
call upon them to assist him in resist
ing the enforcement of the unrighteous
verdict, with entire confidence that
they will stand by him. But if Mr.
Johnson does yield the Presidential
chair to Mr. Wade, we shall wait with
some curiosity to see whether the Radi
cals will be bold enough to carry the
verdict in the impeachment case out to
Its legitimate conclusion, and attempt
to treat as criminal the oppoition of
the Democracy to their measlres ; it
would doubtless be very agreeable to
them to disfranchise and disarm us, but
they will probably be withheld from
carrying their little loko so far, by a
wholesome fear of the consequences. If
they do not aggravate us too much in
the meanwhile, we will probably con
elude to let them have all the rope they
choose to take, until the fall elections,
confident as we are that we will then
put all things right, and reverse the
verdict of the Senate with the verdict
of their masters, the people.
Comparative Cost of the American and
the British Army.
Carefully prepared statistics sho w that
under the management of Grant and
Stanton nearly three times as much
money la expended for every soldier in
our army as the British soldier costs. If
the tax-payers should examine Into the
matter they would find that a vast deal
of the money thus wasted goes for ills-'
gitimate purposes. Not only do our
soldiers cost three times as much per
year as the British soldier, but the vast
standing army which wo are keeping
up is used merely as a political engine
to force negro supremacy upon our own
race In the South. How long must wo
be burthened with an expense of a hun
dred and fifty million dollars annually
for such a purpose? Can we afford to
pay that much from year to year in
order that hordes of barbarian blacks
may be driven to the polls to vote the
Radical ticket? When our army is
prostituted to such base purposes, It is
high time it was disbanded. We
have no use for such au estab
lishment in time of pence. It
Is a grievous burthen upon the in
dustry of the people. Let it be dis
banded, or reduced to a peace stand
ard, and we can safely dispense with
the taxes which are eating out.tho sub
stance of the people. Every man is di
rectly interested in effecting a revolu
tion In this matter. It will be an issue
in the coming Presidential campaign,
and every vote cast for Grant will be a
vote for continuing a huge standing
army for political purposes, a vote to
oppress the people with burthensome
taxes, a vote for the permanent estab
lishment of a costly military despotism
on the ruins of the republic. Let every
tax-payer think of that before he cake
his vote.
Political Reasons
Tho N. Y. Tines admits that the
Managers of Impeachment have utterly
failed to make out their case, yet it has
the baseness to favor conviction. It de
olares
The Tribune rightly said the other day
that this is "a, political trial." Political
considerations enter into it at every stage.
The President never -would have been im
peached but for political reasons and for
political offences. Whether this be right or
wrong, it is true, and its influence cannot
be denied or doubted.
After that confession is anything
more needed to4onvince the masses
that this wholo business of impeach
ment is the most reckless and audacious
act of usurpation ever attempted in any
government. How can any man who
understands the genius of our govern
ment, or who has any love for our re
publican institutions sustain. a party
which is ready to remove the lawfully,
elected President, for "Political rect.
eons" alone?
Bogus Eleeflop of °niters.
nicire ridlculatislarce than that en
anted byte Radtials in the Common
Council thbficity onVed
riesday afternoon, it haftneVer been our
lot toWitieis: Tbey Eitiinied to be aping
the Lower House of Congress. 0. J:
Dickey, Esq., assumed the air of Thad.
Stevens, and issued one decree after an
other, which was obeyed with an alac
rity that reminded us of the effect of
Old Thad's kW:triton the Herm in the
days when the arch revolutionist was
in vigorous condition. In vain did the
Democratic minority quote the law,
and appeal to precedents. The Radi
cals had resolved to go through the
form of an election regardless of re
sults, and by disregarding all the forms
provided for the government of a joint
convention of the two bodies they
finally succeeded in reaching a vote,
The report of the proceedings which we
publish elsewhere will show how the
thing was done.
That the farce which was enacted was
such an election as la provided for by
the city charter no lawyer will pretend
honestly to claim. A valid election
can only beheld when the two branches
of Council meet in joint convention.
Neither branch by itself can assume to
exercise powers which are confided only
to both acting together. No one can
justly say that in this case the Select
Council met with the Common Coun
cil. It had adjourned before the invi
tation to go into joint convention was
sent over by the Common Council, and
the three members who joined the
Common Council, did not even form a
quorum of Select Council, and could no
more claim to be that body than any
other three citizens. Then again the
ordinances provide that the President
of Select Council shall act as President
of the Joint convention, and the Clerk
of Select Council shall act as Clerk of
the joint convention, and these officers
being absent, it was absurd to attempt
to elect an ex officio President and
Clerk of Select Council.
The elections were manifestly illegal,
and the officers elected not being able
to produce the certificates of the Clerks
of Council to their election will not be
able to qualify; consequently the
present city officers will continue to
maintain Possession of their offices un
til a valid election is held.
A Candid Confession.
The N. Y. Timea is more candid than
most Republican newspapers. In a late
issue, speaking of the way in which the
negro vote of the Southern States Is con
trolled, It says:
The Military Commanders are all warm
advocates of the Congressional plan of re
construction. They do everything in their
power to secure the adoption of the now
Constitutions, and the election of the Radi
cal candidates for office. The Freedman's
Bureau, through all its agents and branches,
is active and effective in the snmedirection.
The President is powerless in the matter.
Ho cannot Interfere, if he would.
That we call a candid confession. Not
only the Freedmen's Bureau, but the
Army le employed to foree the negroes
to vote the Radical ticket. The tax
payers are fleeced out of more than one
hundred and fifty millions of dollars a
year to keep up those electioneering
agencies. How much longer do the white
men of the North intend to pay that
amount out of their hard earnings for
the purpose of subjecting nien of their
own race to the domination of a set of
barbarian xiogroes ? 'We would like to
know.
Adjourned to Take it,Drlnk.
The battle of billingsgate between
Grant's champion, IVashburne, and the
Philadelphia Irishman Donnelly, did
not end with the exceedingly nasty
speeches which lye have already pub
linhed. After a Sunday had intervened
the subject was again taken up. A
resolution was adopted appointing, at
Donnelly's suggestion, a committee to
investigate the charges contained In the
letter which had excited his Ire against
Washburn°. [t was adopted, After
much debate Donnelly agreed to sup
press certain portions of his speech
which were still more off e nsive as de.
livered and reported in the Uongres
shine' ['lobe!, than as telegraphed by
the Associated Press. Washburn° also
agreed that his reply should be omitted.
The whole affair excited much confu
sion, and the report of what was done
'lncludes as follows :
Several motions were repeatedly made,
amid much confusion, to adjourn.
Mr. Donnelly ironically asked—ls it
proper for me, In the present temper of the
House, to propose that the house imitate
the illustrious example In the case of the
Secretary of War and General Thomas, and
go out and take a drink? (General laugh
ter—some saying, " Agreed, toy whistle's
dry "—" I say amen to that "—ii Do I ha I
Good! Ha I ha I")
Mr. Washburne—l belong to the temper
ance society. (Caughtor.)
Mr. Donnelly (in nu under tone)—So do I.
The Speaker, in reply to Mr. Donnelly,
sold that was not a question to be doter
mined by the Choir, although he always
felt graffito(' if gentlemen could so settle
their difficulties.
On motion of Mr. Van Wyck the llouse,
at half past five o'clock, adjourned.
The Speaker will to-morrow announce the
soloot committee to investigate Mr. Wash
burne's charges against Mr. Donnelly, who
will press a thorough investigation.
How much influence Donnelly's pro
position to treat the House had in the
way of bringing about an adjournment
we leave our readers to conjecture. But
we cannot help calling public attention
to the exhibition of decency given by
the Radical majority in this entire
affair. The adjournment of the whole
body to one of the bar rooms in the
Capitol building was a fitting finale to
the disgraceful scene. How long is this
country to be cursed by having the
halls of Congress filled with such men.
The 'Democratic Soldiers for Hancock.
A meeting of Democratic soldiers,
which was held at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, In New York, last week included
Generals J. 13. Steedman, Gordon
Granger, F, P.l3lalr, Jr., H. W. Slocum,
Kilby Smith, G. I'. Este, Alexander
McDowell McCook, Henry E. Davies,
Jr., Col.. Frank G. Noyes, and many
others of equal weight.
They were all unanimous for Gen.
Winfield S. Hancock "the Game• Cock
of the Army" as the Democratic candi
date for the Presidency, with Senator
Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice Presi
dent. That would make a ticket which
would receive the hearty support of
every Democrat and of every Conserva
tive man in the country.
The Moravian Church at York
The York, Pa., Trite Democrat says that
Rt. Rev. Henry A. Shultz, Bishop of the
Moravian Church of that place, has received
and accepted a call from the congregation
at Nazareth, Pa. He will preach his fare
well sermon on Sunday morning next, 11th
I net., in the court house, and will leave for
his future Sold of usefulness on the Monday
following. He will bo succeeded by Rev.
Mr. Rice, a young man of fine attainments,
He ie at present officiating In the Muhlen
berg (Episcopal) Chapel, In the city of New
York as a missionary, an institution speci
ally inaugurated by the Rev. gentleman'
Just named, as a token of his esteem for the
Moravian church and on account of its
missionary zeal and enterprise.
. The new Moravian church edifice in Duke
street is fast approaching completion, and
will be quite an ornament to the town of
York.
SENATOR GRIMES, who is a censorious,
tough-headed, heavy-heeled sort of fellow,
with brains enough for three ordinary
mortals, and love of fight and laziness in
equal proportions, has prepared his mind,
according to the Washington reporters, who
are never mistaken, to suffer political ex
communication, not to say damnation, for
voting to acquit Andy Johnson. That he
should vary from the course he thinks fit to
adopt, from regard to any inconvenience it
may bring upon himself, is an idea that
could never get into his head, and the de
nunciation, present and prospective, will
only make him the more set in his own
way. He follows his own course, and can
not be driven, or coaxed, or bullied into
doing anything that he doesn't think fit to
do. Even the Tribune has not thought it
worth while to compare him with Benedict
Arnold, or to state how many millions the
whiskey ring has raised for the purpose of
bribing him.—/%7". Y. Sun.
Fred. Douglass wants to go to Congress
from the Rochester (N. Y.) district. Several
white men have represented that district,
since the Radicals came Into power, who
have made worse representatives than Fred
Douglass would be. Bat the use of the ne
gro is to vote the Radical ticket, not to be
voted for.
-*En'iLkmumt•
Waswitstrrow• May 6. Oa
In the Impeachment Court, yesterday,
Mr. Bingham continuedlikt argument.
In the tr. S. House of Representatives,
yeisterday, Mr; Dawes, of. Mass., offered a
resolution directing an investigation into
the charges made by Mr. Brooks against
Mr. Butler, which was agreed to. Mr.
Brooks offered a resolution extending the
investigation to certain acts of Mr. Butler's
administration in New Orleans, but it failed.
Mr. Carey, of Ohio, offered a preamble and
resolution, reciting the disgraceful debates
which have taken place in the House, and
directing the withdrawal of the tenth arti
cle of Impeachment, founded on the Presi
dent's speeches. Without action, the House
adjourned.
, Ma 7.
In the Impeachment Court, Yester y
day,
Mr. Bingham concluded his argument for
the Managers. When he finished, a num
ber 'of the spectators in the galleries ap
plauded, whereupon the galleries were
cleared out by order of the Chief Justice.
Senator Morrill, of Maine, moved an ad
journment until Saturday, which was lost
by a vote of 22 yeas to 29 nays. The follow
ing is the vote:
Yeas—Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Cragin, Doo
little, Feasenden, Fowler, Frellnghu,ysen,
Grimes, Henderson, Howard, Johnson, Mor
rill of Maine, Morton, Patterson of New Hamp
shire, Patterson of Tennessee, Ross, Saulsbury,
Sprague, Trumbull, Van Winkle and Willey-4
- Nays—Messrs Sualtalew,Cameron, Chandler,
COnkling,
Conway, Corbett Davis, Drake, Ed
munds, Ferry, Harlan, Hendricks, Howe,
MoOreery, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Nor
ton. Nye, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Stew
art, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Vickers, Wit.
llama, Wilson and Yates—N.
In reply to a question of Mr. Conkling,
the Chief Justice stated that It had not been
his intention to exclude the reporters. He
was just going to submit the question to
the Senate when Mr. Conkling's inquiry
was made.
Pending the consideration of various or
ders heretofore submitted in reference to
the mode of voting, and the question of ad.
milting reporters to the final deliberations,
the recess was moved and carried.
After some delay in re-assembling,
The Chief Justice called the Court to or
der, and said that the case would be con•
sidered closed on both sides, if neither had
anything to offer.
Mr. Hendricks then moved that the pend
ing order be considered in open session.
The Chief Justice said it could be done
by unanimous consent.
Several Senators objected.
Mr. Edmunds moved to amend by pro
viding that the doors be closed for delibera
tion. Agreed to, and at 3.30 P. M. the doors
were again closed.
When the Senate went into secret session
this afternoon, crowds lingered about the
doors, evidently in expectation of a result
being reached on the impeachment question
today. There was considerable speculation
among the outside parties as to the matter
at issue, and much excitement in all. Par
ticularly was the earnest inquiries made
when the doors were opened in relation to
the result of the Senatorial deliberations.
It was ascertained that tho following took
place in the secret session :
Chief Justice Chase announced that the
first question would be on the following
proposition of Senator Edmonds:
Ordered, That after the arguments shall
be concluded and when tho doors shall be
closed for deliberation upon the final quoit
lion, the official reporters of the Senate
shall take down the debates upon the final
question to be reported in the proceedings.
Senator Williams offered an amendment
that no member shall speak more than once
nor longer than fifteen minutes.
Senator Frelinghuyson moved to lay the
whole subject on the table, which was agreed
to as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Cameron, Callon, Chandler,
Conk Ilug, Conness, Curbitt, Cragin, Drake,
Ferry, Frolingbuysen, Harlan, Henderson,
Howe, Morgan, Morrill (Ito.), Morton. Norton,
Patterson (N. H.) Pomeroy Ramsey, Ron.,
Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull,
Williams and Yates-2S,
Nays—Misers. Anthony, Bayard, Buckalaw,
Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Etlinunds,Fossentlen,
Fowler,(irimes,tleudrlekii,Jolinson, MeCreery,
Morrill of Vermont, Patterson of Tennessee,
Saulsbury, Spi ague, Van Winkle, Vickers and
Willey .e.
HOUsIL—In the Ilona° of Roprosontativem,
Mr. Stevens, •01 Pennsylvania, sent up to
bo read an explanation of his conduct in
the Alto Vela business, but the rending wee
not finished, it being ruled out by the
Speaker for unpnrllionontnry Innuago.
Mn Cary 's resolution requesting the "man
agent," in view of the recent indecent exhi
bitions in the louse, to withdraw the tooth
article of impeachment against the Promi•
dont, came up for consideration. The
Spoulcer ruled that It was a quostinn of
privilege hut submitted it to fire House,
and a vote was talon on Its reception. It
was ruled out by the united votes of tho
Radicals, including even Donnelly, of Min
nesota, the man who made that chests and
eloquent asmault on a fullow-Hadleal last
Saturday. Improprieties of speeeti are, it
seems, Impeachable offenses In President
Johnson, fan altogether harmless In the
Inunaculato Donnelly, and the high•toned
body a which he im as =tuber.
WANIIINOTON, May R.
NIINAIN.—The Court wam opened at noon
yesterday with the usual formalities. A
very small attendance was visible in the
gallorhel.
Mr, Nelson, of the counsel for the Prosi•
dent, (Rumpled a moat at their table.
After the reading of the Journal, the Chlof
Justice said the doors would now be closed,
unless some order to the contrary was
made.
Thu following IN (ho rocora of (ho pro
cooilliip In the Fluerot Nomlon, which °eon
plod NIX holm'
Tholof Judie° Ntitted that tho uniln
fished business from yesterday was, on the
order of Mr. Sumner, submitted by him on
the 25th of April, as follows
That the Senate sitting for the trial of
Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States, will proceed to veto on tho several
articles of Impeachment at twelve o'clock
on the day after the close of the argument.
Mr. Mot rill, of Maine, moved to amend
the order of Mr. Sumner, so as to provide
that when the Senate, sitting to try the im•
poachment of Andrew Johnson, Prealclont
of the United States, adjourn to day, it be
to Monday next, at twelve o'clock, M.
when the Senate shall proceed to tako the
vote, by yens and nays, on tho articles of
Impeachment, without 'debate ; and any
Senator who may choose shall have permis
sion to file a written opinion, to go on tho
record of tits proceedings.
Mr. Drake moved to amend by adding
the word "permission" at the time of giving
his vote. •
Afton considerablo dobate,Mr. Conkllng
moved that tho.furthor coldoratlon of the
subject bo postponed, pending which Mr.
Trumbull moved to lay tho subject on the
table, and the question was decided In the
affirmative.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the
following:
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn
to-day it adjourn until Monday at eleven
o'clock, for the purpose of deliberating ou
the rules of Impeachment, and that on Tues
day, at twelve o'clock, meridian, the Senate
shall proceed to vote, without debate, on
the several articles of impeachment, and
cacti Senator shall be permitted to tile, with
in two days after the vote Is taken, his
written opinion, to go on tha record.
Mr. Anthony moved an amendment that
the vote be taken on or before Wednesday,
This was determined in the negative. Yeas,
13; nays 37.
Mr. Sumner moved that the further con
sideration of the subject be postponed and
that the Senate proceed to consider the arti
cles of impeach men t.
M;M;=
YEAS—Moi.re. Cameron, Conkling, Conness,
In alto, Harlan, Morgan Nyo, Pomeroy, stow
art, Eumnor, Thayor, Tipton, Williams„ Wil
son, Yates-15,
N A ve—Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Buckalow,
Cattail, Chandler, Cole, Corbett, Crag in, Davis,
Dixon, Doollttlo, Edmunds, Ferry, 1' menden,
Fowler, Frellnahnyson, Grimes, Henderson,
Hendricks, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Mc-
Creary, Morrill of Maine, Ilcorril of Vermont,
Morton, Norton, Patterson of Now Hampshire,
Patterson of Tennessee, Ramsey, ROSH, Hunts
bury, Enerman, !Sprague, Trumbull, Van
Winkle, Vickers and Wiley—as.
Mr. Sumner moved to amend Mr. Mor
rill's order by striking out the word Mon
day and insert Saturday as the time to
which the Senate will adjourn.
This was determined n the negative
yeas 1(1 nays 30.
Mr. Sumner moved to amend by striking
out the following words from Mr. Morrill's
order, viz:
"Each Senator shall be permitted to file,
within two days after the vote is taken, his
written opinion, to go on the records."
Mr. Drake moved further' to. amend by
striking out the above words and inserting,
"at the time of giving his vote." This was
determined in the negative—yeas, 12; nays,
as.
The question was then taken on Mr.
Sumner 's motion to strike out the words,
"and each Senator shall ho pormited to file,
within two days after the vote is taken, his
written opinion, to go on the reford," and
the quastionwas determined in the negative,
as follows—yeas, 6 ; nays, 42.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, then modified
his order, as follows, which was agreed to :
Ordered, that when the Senate adjourn
to• day, it adjourn until Monday at 12 o'clock
meridau, for the purpose of deliberating on
the rules of the Senate, sitting on the trial
of the impeachment, and that on Tuesday
next following, at 12 o'clock moridan ' the
Senate shall proceed to vote without debate
on the several articles of impeachment, and
each Senator shall be permitted to file with
in two days after the vote is taken his writ
ten opinion, to he printed with the pro
ceedings.
The Senate next proceeded to the consid
eration of Mr. Drake's proposition the
twenty-third rule, so that the fifteen
minutes allowed for debate shall be for the
whole deliberation on the final question,.
and not on each article of impeachment,
and this was agreed to.
WASHINGTON, May 0.
110IISE.—A resolution was adopted that
when the HOMO adjourn it be till Monday.
Mr. Stevens, of Pa., from the Reconstruc
tion Committee, reported back the bill to
admit the State of Arkansas to representa
tion in Congress.
Mr. Eldridge inquired of Mr. Stevens
whether be proposed to force the bill
brought before the House to-day without
discussion 4
Mt Stevens said he bad no objection to
let the bill ho discussed for a couple hours
by the doubters, but he hoped that the non
doubters would take no part in the debate.
Mr. Woodward, having by agreement
beon allowed twenty minutes, without re
gard to the closing hour, argued that Ar
kansas had never been out of the Union;
that the Territory bad belonged to the Fed
eral Government, and that Arkansas her
self had repealed her ordinance of secession,
so that, in law and in fact, the State of Ar
kansas was now ih the Union, and yet by
the force of Federal bayonets tunlgivi ng iii e
ballot to the negroes, it was proposed tb
reconstruct the State of Arkansas. If that
were reconstruction, then no treasonable
acts had ever taken place in this country
which might not be styled reoonstruction.
Mr. Pyle having ten minutes allowed
him, sento the clerk's desk the Constitu
tion or A rkansas in order to hive the most.
important parts read. The first and eighth
articles having been read.
Mr. Spalding called his attention to the
provision in the bill which declares that the
Constitution shall never be changed. Ile
wanted to know whether Congress could
fasten such a Conatitutlon on the people of
any State ?
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, closed the
debate. He replied to the objection as to
the bill providing that the Constitution
should not be amended in certain partion.
lam. That Missouri and Michigan and
other States had conditions imposed on
their admission, as to the objections from
members on the other aide of the House
that they were not prepared to vote on the
question. Ho said that if postponed for
eternity, eternity will find them unprepar
ed. There had b ee n a great clamor against
his aide of the House for keeping out those
now reconstructed states, and now there was
oblection made in letting them in. Ho
trusted the vote would be taken at onoe.
Mr. Eldridge moved that the House ad
journ, and called for the yeas and nays and
tellers, but neither yeas and nays or tellers
were ordered, and the House refused to
adjourn.
The bill was then passed—yeas 110, nays
32; Messrs. Baker, Loan, Spalding, and
Williams, of Pa., Republicans, voting no.
The Speaker voted yea.
Mr. Robinson moved to amend the ,title
so as to make It read, a bill to keep Ar
kansas as an equal nod independent State,
out of the Union unless the people submit
to despotism. Rejected.
The High Court of Impenchment—lion•
days Proceedings-The Debate on the.
articles—lntense Excitement in Wash•
ington—Probabliity of tho Acquittal of
the President.
WASIIINCITOI4, Mny 11
SENATE.
The doors were closed nt 10:90 o'clock
Tho doors having been closed, the Chief
Justice stated that in compliance with the
desire of the Senate, ho had prepared the
questions to be addressed to Senators upon
the articles of impeachment, and that ho
had reduced his views to writing, which he
road.
Mr. Buckslow submitted tho following
motion, which was considered by unani
mous consent, and agreed to:
Ordered, That the views of the Chief Jus
tice bo entered upon the Journal of proceed
ings of the Senate for thu trial of impeach
ment.
The Chief Justice arose and addressed the
Senate as follows:
Senators: In conformity with what
seemed the general wish of the Semite, when
it adjourned on last Thursday, the Chief
Justice, in taking tho vote on the articles of
impeachment, wi 11 adopt the mode sanction
ed by the practice of the case of Chase, Peak
and Humphreys. He will direetthe Secre
tary to road the several articles successively,
and atter the readingof each article will put
the question of guilty or not guilty to each
Senator, rising in his place—the form used
in the trial of Judge Chase: Mr. Senator
—, how say you, is Andrew Johnson,
president of the United States, guilty or not
guilty of a high misdemeanor, as charged
In this article?
In putting the questions on articles fourth
and sixth, each of which charges a crime,
the word "crime" will be substituted for
the word "misdemeanor." Tho Chief
tico has carefully considerod the suggestion
of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Hen
dricks), which appeared to meet tho ap
proval of the &mato, that in taking the vote
on the eleventh article the question should
be put on each clause, and has found him
self-untiblo to divide the article, as sugges
ted. The articles charge several facts, but
they are so connected that they inako
but ono allegation, and this charges
as constituting one misdemeanor. The
first act charged le in substance, that
the Presidont publicly declared in Au
gust, 18110, that the Thirty-ninth Con
gress HIM a Congress of only parts of the
Slates, and not u Constitutional Congress,
intending thereby to deny Its constitution •
ably to enact laws or propose uniondments
to the Constitution, and this very chino
seems to have been made us introductory
and as qualifying that which follows, viz:
That the President, in purmuanco of this
declaration, attempted to prevent tile exe
cution of tho tonure•of-ollleo nut by con
triving and attompting to contrive moans
to prevent Mr. Stanton from resuming the
functions of Secretary of War, after the re•
fusel of the Senate to concur in his ammun
ition, and also by contriving and attempt-
Ing to contrive moans to proven t the
oxo
eution of the appropriation out of March 2,
1807 1 and also to prevent the execution of
the rebel State govornnwit acts of the some
date.
The gravamen or the article sums to be
that the President attempted to defeat the
execution of the tenure-of-Oleo net, and
that he did this In immune° of It &Mara
torn which wan Intended to deny the eon
elltutional corn potency of Coligremo to mutt
laws or propose oonotittillonal tunundinon
and by contriving mann toprevent Mr,
Stanton front rooming his olllce of Hem-
Wry, and also to prevent the execution of
Iho rononotruction not in the rebel Stales,
The single substantive matter °haricot! is the
attempt to prevent the oxeoution of the
tenure-of-011We net and the other facto
alleged, suborns Introductory, and exhibit
lug hie general purpose or as showing the
tnuane contrived In furtherance of that at
tempt. This single matter, connected with
the other matters provloOttly and 'tube°.
quently ulleged, lo charged us the mind°.
tneanor of which the President in alleged to
have boon guilty.
Tho general question of guilty or not
guilty of high misdemeanor, us charged,
seams fully concurred In and will be put to
title article,
ell well no to the others, until
the Senntedireet some mode of division.—
In the tenth article the division suggested
by the Senator from New York (Mr. Conk
ling) may be more easily made. It contains
n general allegation to the effect that on the
sixteenth of August, nod on other days, the
President with intent to set aside the right
ful authority of Congress end bring it into
contempt, uttered curtain scandalous ha.
!ingoes and threats end bitter menace,'
against Congress, and the laws of the
United States enacted by Congress ' thereby
bringing the office of President into dis
grace to the great scandal of all good citi
zen'', and sets forth In three distinct speci
fications the harangues, threats, and
menaces complained of in this respect to
the several specifications, and then the ques
tion of guilty or not guilty of high mtsde ,
meatiors as charged in the article can also
be taken. The Chief Jostle°, however, sees
no objection in putting general questions
on this article, in the same manner as the
others ; for whether particular questions be
put on the specifications or not, the answer
to the final question must be determined by
the judgment of the Senate whether or not
the acts alleged in the specification!' have
been sufficiently, proved, and whether if
sufficiently proved they amount to a high
misdemeanor within the meaning of the
Constitution.
On the whole, therefore, the Ohiel Justice
thinks that the bettor practire will be to put
the general question on each article, with
out attempting to make any sub•divlsion,
and will pursue this course if no objection
it made. Ito will, however, be pleased to
conform to such directions 119 the Senate
may see lit In the matter.
Whereupon Mr. Sumner submitted the
following order, which was considered by
unanimous consent:
That the questions bo put as proposed by
the presiding ()Moor of the Senate and vault
Senator shall rise In his piano und answer,
"Guilty" or "Not Guilty only.
On motion of Mr. Sumner, the Sonata pro
ceeded to consider the following resolution,
submitted on the 251.1: of April last :
I?eaolved, That the following be added to
the rules of procedure and practico In the
Senate when silting nt the trial of Impeach.
ment: "On a conviction by the Senate it
shall bo the duty of the presiding officer
forthwith to pronounce tho removal from
office of the convicted person according to
the requirements of the Constitution. Any
further Judgement shall bo on the order of
the Senate."
After dobato,the Chief Justice announced
that the hour, 11 o'clock, A. M., fixed by
the order of tho Senate for deliberation and
debato had arrived, and that Senators could
now submit their views upon the several
articles of impeachment, subject to the lim
its of demote fixed by the 23rd rule. And
after deliberation,
On motion of Mr. Connesm, at 10 minutes
before 2 o'clock the Sonata took to recess of
20 minutes, at the expiration of which time
after further deliberation,
On motion of Mr. Connors, at half-prod
five o'clock the Senate took a rocegm until
half-past seven o'clock, P. M.
The Senate at 10 o'clock is still in session,
It was ascertained that Senators Conness.
Harlan, Wilson and Morton, spoke In fa
vor of, and Mr. Buckalow, in opposition to
tho conviction of the President.
The expectation has boon by the outside
barties that those who are regarded as
doubtful on the Republican side would ex
press their views. Mr. Edmunds subn. It ted
the following order.
That the order of the Senate that it will
proceed at 12 o'clock, noon, to-morrow, to
vote on the articles of imptachment bo re
scinded. This was not acted on.
Mr. Williams offered the followlag
Ordered. That the Chief Justice in direct
ing the Secretary to read the several articles
of impeachment, shall direct him to read the'
elodhnth article first, and the question shall
then be taken upon that article, and there
after the other ten successively as theyst and.
This lies over. A resolution that the Senate
meet at 11.1 o'clock to morrow morning to
sit with open doors, was agreed to. The
Senate adjourned adjourned at 11 o'clock.
It Is generally conceded that the first article
of impeachmentwllinot be agreed to.
Senator Howard is HI at his lodgings;
IM.P2AOIIMEDIT lIIIHOES-80ENES.
While the Senate was in secret session,
excited crowds were in the lobby anxious
to know the course of debates inside. Fro.
quent inquiries were made of all who were
supposed to know anything of the matter,
and from time to time additional informa
tion was received by them, and soon travel
ed to the House of Representatives, where
groups were occasionanyformed discussing
the subject. The inquiry was made of
everybody coming from the direction of the
Senate, "what's the latest news!" or who
has last spoken, and what course bad he
taken. Answers were 'given according to
the ability of the persons interrogated. It
was ascertained that numerous Senators had
spoken, but the views of the Republicans ex
cited the most interest. It was ascertained
that Messrs. Grimes, Trumbull and Fes
senden had clearly expressed themselves
against the conviction, of the President,
while Mr. Henderson Was against MI the
articles of impeachment exoept the eleventh.
Messrs. Sherman and Howe, according to
the genstar account, supported only the
second, third, fourth, eighth and eleventh
articles. Messrs. Edmonds, Stewart, Wil
liams and Morrill, of Maine. sustained all
the articles, while Messrs. Hendricks,
Johnson and Dixon, opposed them.
Trumbull went dead against every arti
cle and said: " The case would not for
an instant be 'entertained in any Justices'
court In this country."
This Information, comingas it did in strag
gling driblets, created a wild excitement,
with a correspondingly despondent feeling
among the Radicals. The tide In betting
turned for acquittal, and many amusing
scenes occurred wherein several so-called
Radicals exhibited unealiness, more credt•
table to their financial fbresight than the
stability of their political principles. In
fact, they were engaged in hedging their
previous wagers on conviction, cud were
disgusted at finding no takers. The only
hope for conviction rests on the eleventh
article, which wee prepared by Mr. Stevens,
and adopted by the House on the 3d or
March.
No mere pen description is adequate to
portray the intense interest and excitement
that was manifest this afternoon and to•
night.
In the halls and vestibules of the Senate
wing of the Capitol there were congt egated
the reporters, newspaper men, members of
the House, and others, anxiously waiting
for Indications as to thbsentiments express.
od by the Senators. From time to time,
messages were sent by these persons to
Senators, and replies received, which were
reduced to form in telegrams to various
Journals of the country. To-night, In every
direction are found excited. knots of men
discussing the situation.
• HOUSE.
Mr. Morgan, of Ohio, offered a resolution
to extend the powers and duties of the so
led committee ou the treatment of Union
prisons, to an inquiry Into the treatint tit of
prisoners in Northern camps, and :into
the conduct of Union officers itt rofer
ence to tho exchange of prisoners and into
propositions of the Confederate authorities
to obtain medicines, to be sent tinder charge
of Federal surgeons to Andersonville and
other Southern camps and prisons to be ox
elusively for the benefit of Union prisoners
in these camps and prisons.
Mr. Benjamin moved to lay the resolution
on the table—yeas 75, nays 41.
Mr. lickley introduced a concurrent reso
lution to taken recess front Saturday nest
until Monday, May 2.5.
Mr. Harding moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Rejected—yeas 44, nays 5:1,
and tho concurrent resolution was agreed
to—yeas GS, nays a 7.
Mr. Stovens offered a bill to admit into
the Union North Carolina, South Carolina,
Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama, which
was made the special order for Wednentlay.
Mr. Farnsworth, front the Committee on
Reconstruction, reported a bill to remove
political disabilities front two hundred cal
ming of North Carolina, which wa51111 , 04041
by SO yeas and 211 nays. Adjourned.
The (trent English alpfeitnalist will ease
—Lyon Y.. 1101110.
Thu great splritualletio will ease of Lyon
vs. Homo, was opened Lorin.° Vico Chan
cellor Gifford, in London, on tits 1234 of
April. The plaintiff, Mrs. Lyon, inn widow,
about seventy years of age, who seeks to
recover money and securities to the value
of sixty thousand pounds sterling, vi
she alleges, were lin properly Manhunt from
her by the defendant, Mr. Home, t h e well
known spiritualist: Without rupotiting.pli
the details of this interesting report,Rvo
may mention Unit Mrs. Lyon on her cross
examination, testified that situ hail no lit
tachmont whatever to Mr. Hosts; that her
intimate relations with him were doe
simply to " the power ho had of bringing
her into conversation with her dead hus
band;" that at her first Interview with
Home her husband's spirit laud communi
cated with her through the muditimuldp of
Home, when, as she informod another wit
ness, Mrs. Fullowon the spirit "had knot
ted liar lindkorchiA" mid that at it nubs,-
count Interview " thu spirit , with flonto's
asaistonce communicatud the tidings, ' I
love Dan iel,''' moaning, prounnably, Mr.
Home—' ho Is to ho your son, Ito is toy moo,
therefore yours.' l'hu titbit, then (wend l
enity kicked up its legs and tho spirit
continued, "I am happy, happy."
Ae
earding to the report Dm &hldout Ilim.
further informed her that she should
him am For son, that a frlund of Houle's,
named Hall, should be sent for, find that
Ow should product) stock reralptm for the
auto of about twunty-four thounand pountiti.
Under the infitioneu, as Mrs Lyon itlieges,
or llonio's spiritualpoworm and otinentiatiey,
she wont, on the maim of October, Nail, to Lilo
Dank of England and thoro trinuffurred tho
sum of twonty• four thousand pounds stook
to I lonw. Shortly after this Home, tit 'm
other Interview, assured liar that it was 11111
spirit's will Glut she should destroy her as -
Whig will and make another will, bequeath -
Ing everything she poiowinuid to !Wino, and
that a Dr. Haw ksloy and a Mr. Ruder
wore to be tho attesting witnesses, Thu will
to this °Mot Wall Coon afterwaribt prepared
for tho dufundont by William Wilkinson, it
solicitor of hineolli'm Inn Violdm, and wits
exuentud by the pinintlff and otteittud ti n y
Mr. IVilklinton and Mr. Hull, Further
sums of mono , wore aftorwiirdm truniifer•
red by her to Homo. 'Pile plaintiff's
property Is said to be worth noarly ono
hundred and hilly thousand potimiti
log.
Mrs. Lyon mold in tho =Imo( her 'lmmo
extuninution f "Can't tell whoa my eyes
wore !Irk opened. I always disliked t h e
deed by withal I wits matte an annuitant.
My husband would never have moth, me
an annuitant tinder a splrittinl otiventur
or. I disliked it from the !Int. My spirits
were always reminding me that I must
execute Glut deed. That wits the first
point that opened my oyes Another point
I disliked was that Daniel told me 1 wits
not to go to other mediums." MM. 1.3'1/11
gave the doh) "when," as mho said,
Ihiniel denied that the npiriln loot tiny
thing to do with, my giving 111111 1110
money," She added, "Ito danled Otero
had been any moultestationo during the
fluff seven dap of our acquaintance."
Mr. Druce, (L. 0., In Ills intilroim upon
tho plaintiff's evidence (of the naturo of
which, as well as of the case haul!', the pro
ceding extracts will afford all idea), lull•
madvorted with Jutitilloblo severity upon
this denial of Home thatthero lied lawn any
" numilbeitationti" previous to thu 7th of
October, and upon his denial find those
this date were produced by him ' together •
with his suggestion that " whatever root
munientionn thorn were at any thno worn
caused by the plaintiff herself.' Mr. Drucs
also declared, in alluding to the deed of the
lath of January (the assignment td tho
mcrigago soourity), that tho recitals (hut
the thirty thousand pounds worn trans•
forrod to Homo, "of her own free will and
pleasure only, and without any Influence,
control or Interference of the sold Home or
of any other person," and again that dm
settlement "is absoluto and irrevocable,
and shall in no wise be disputed or contro
verted by her heirs, executors or tidminim
trators," were fraught with suspicion, and
showed conclusively that Homo well knew
at that time the transaction would hereafter
bo Impeached and had tho instruments
framed so as to moot the anticipated obJoe
lions. Nor did Mr. Druco sparoMr. Wilk
inson, the 'solicitor, whose own spiritual
proclivities seem to have prevented him
from asking, as he was In duty bound to
ask, when he listened to the plaintill'm nar
rativo and her account of the °normals
benefits she had been indueod to heap upon
this fortunato young man, this acquaint
ance of nine days, at Lilo dictation of her
husband's spirit—ls not tho whole thing all
imposition ' d'? a trick and a frau " From
the views that Ito entertained he was tumble
to suggest hint find and material question
which alone would have thrown the nevem
miry protection around this poor, sqirm!.
(boos old woman."
Mr. Matthews, Q. C., °potted the &foie.
In favor of Homo, and the evidence In be
half of the defendant, consisting of 17 all
davits extending over 71 folio pages, Was
put in and read. Mr. Matthown towing to
have relied mainly for the defunct) upon
Mr. Home's affirmation—"l do not profess
and never did profess, to have the power
of evoking the spirits of deceased persons
or of putting other persons in communi
cation with them; what occurs is without
any volition whatever of my own;" and
upon the assertion that "up to defenilitill'o
connection with tho plaintiff ho had not
made one single sixpence by his spiritual
belief." Spiritually blind as outsiders may
be, they will find It difficult either to con
tradict the orthodoxy of the nflirmation by
"the great master of Hpiritualinm," or to
see any miraculous virtue lu his forbear
ing to make n single sixpence until Ito
secured a chance to make sixty thousand
pounds storllng by hie spiritual bullet
Compared with this clever and moven
dons operation all previous picnyu nigh cases
of making sixpences " by spiritual belief"
on the part of either sisters or brothers of
table tipping, lilting and rapping (amnion
sink into utter insignificance. Whatever
may bo the decision of Vico-Chancellor
Gifford in this extraordinary case, It 'sonny
to foresoo the popular verdict.—N. Y. Her
ald.
Plucking the National Goose."
We copy I.ho following from the Now York
Evening Post, and aro vary glad to indorse
It :
Two hundred and sixty-eight millions of
dollars aro asked of tho present Congress,
In the way of " subsidies , and that by only
eleven companies. Hero is tho list, for
which we aro indebted to tho Cincinnati
Commerciat :
Subsidy demanded.
Northern Pacific Railroad Co 160.000.001
Oregon Branai of Pacific it. R. Co 6,000,00 m
Idaho, Oregon and Puget Sound R. It.
.10 030,000
International Pacific R. It. Line 19,000,000
Mississippi Levee, R. It. and Steam
ship Company 23600,000
Improvement of the Illinois River..._ 2,000,000
European and New York Steamshp
Line 3,500,000
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co.— 63,000,030
Louis ißoya ana l and
R. Missias Co ippi Levees 3.000,000
Port It.
Union Futile Hallway Co., Eastern 750,0:10
Division 47,000,000
1208,260,000
The enterprising projectors who have
these schemes in hand ask the Government
to lend them its bonds, on which they
kindly promise to pay the interest when
they, have any money, and for which, in
some cases, - they give the Government a
aecond mortgage on their property.
Surely it needs only to expose these pro
jects toublio eye to make their suc
moss im possi ble . It cannot be that Commas
will au thorise on - any pretext such a moan- •
dalona and ruinous misuse of the national
credit, such an enormous addition to the.
national debt, already great and oppressive
enough.