GIBSOF PEACOCK. Editor. VOfcUME XXt.-NO. 274. SL’HE IEiVENING BULLETIN robLUUIKD EVKBT.KVHSIMO 7 (Sunduy, excepted), 'AT THE Nf W OnLLeTfR BVUiDINO, 607 Cbeitnnt Mreet, TliilmlolpUla, i ,bv tb» : ■ EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. PBOPBtKTOHfI. GIBSON PEACOCK, ERNESTO. WALLACE. IT. L. FETHERSTON*' THOS. J. WILLIAMSON, CAHPERSOUDEIt, JB.. FRANCIS WELLS. The Bulletin U served to subscribers In the city at 18 cent* per wMt. payable to thocamenr, or per annum yrRUSSKB.-TO AVOID B°TJR, RUSTING, UNSAFE, X troublesome Trusses, go to “SEELEY'S IIARDKUIb 21FU TRUSS” Establishment, No 1347. CHESTNUT street. Comfort, safety and relief guaranteed. Large jsetoxtment Common trnssess, half-price. feiK,2r OUSPEfiLSOBY BANDAGES, NO. 1347 CHESTNUT 40 street^Elastic fitockings.Tnisse-. Supporter#, Braces, »£r., at jMr.Vm'O HARD ROBBER TRUSS” K»ti& ILhmei*; - - ■ fe2S.2t* Invitations fob weddings, parties. &«.. execute*ft a aaperior maosa br DREKA 1U33 t!H EBT.NUT STREET. feM-tfi DIED. - COWELIx-Oa ibe Stth lwt, in thir city/William Cpfvtll, Id »ho «tb year of ule mc. Kouemi from No; 217 South Eighth .street, this, Wednesday, afternoon at UU o’clock. _ * DAILKY.-On the 224 Inst. la Baltimore, James J)attey,a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, need sixty Sears. D’ESTERIiAZY.—On Sunday ercnfiut, the 2:d of Feb Jruarv.in New York, Emilio Frendcniuc, wife of Count J'snlO. IPKeterhazy. KNIGHT.-Departed thlsHfc, In Baltimore, on the 20th |n*t. after a lingering Illness. Julianna M.-Knight, in the wtthyearof her age, relict of too U«« Twum Knight. IXDWIG.-f On Sunday afternoon, 33d Inst* Harriet T. I.ndwig. 1 The funeral will tako place at the “Charles Evans* Cemetery,** at Reading. retmsylvanU, on Wednesday knoming. 26th (nat, at 11 o’clock, to trntek her relatives And friends are respectfully invited. ** UOTHEKMKL.«-On Sunday. 23d icut, after a lingering fUnees, Joel 11. JtotbermeL aged 46 years. „ The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend hie funeral, from hC* late residence, ?so. IE&6 Richmond street, on Wednesday next, at one o'clock. To proceed to Cedar HIH Cemetery; Pottsviito nod Snnbury patierapleaie copy. * RITTEK—In Philadelphia, February fed, IMR. Mrs. IWlfhy A.* JUtter r fa the 74th year of h'rago.reUetof the ‘late Wm Hitter- The relatives and friruds of the family aierespectfuPy »'* sUcud her fuucr-f, from her late reridenre, Cheater Volley, on Thursday Tuorning at It o’clock. Carriage* will be in wsUingat Volley torce Station nn. th>* arrival of the? SO train from PuiltdelpUis. •* SIH'GART.—On the fed lust. Elizabeth Shug&rt, eldtvt. do tighter of tho late Ucorgc S. Bbogart. The male relative* and friends are respectfully in -vlted to attend her fttucrsU from the late residence of l>r. F. Knox Morton, on .Thursday next. To proceed to JLaun l Hill. Carriages will beat Nleetown Lane Station to meet the train which leaves Math and Green streets at to o’clock. *• OJ}ITt;AKY . • Died on the 19th inst, Tobias' Wagner, aged 7t yun. It would bean act of Injustice to permit the grave to cW*c over t*c* estimable a man. and wort tty a dtiy-'tv-vitlr out a tribute of respect to his groat worth and mnuy Virtue* . i .Mr. Wagner was a native of this city; in early life a leading aur tfooecr, in which profceslonJie earned a com petency; and’though for a long, time retired from active harlot** life, yet up tp within a few year* of Isis decease h*‘ took quite an active part in public buriner* a* adire*-* tor and manager of various instltutiotu and cocntanie*. smd It Is not too much to say that his name in connection therewith commanded unbounded confidence. He, was of a ch«itablo temperament. and llberal of hi« means. Ills hoeoi and integrity tvercundevi&U»*; of great urbanity and gentJcncttin fits deportment, >eu!n guUrly modest and retiring in hl» dfcporitfoo. b" com manded the renect and confidence of tho public, and he pvns entitled to it His exemplary character was a modal for young m«u; a’d. iu the words of the Paalmis*. we may well say.’. •‘Mark flu? perfect man, and behold tho upright ; for the end of that man Ik peace,” February 45.186&. . lb I’YRE A LA*DELL OPEN TO DAY THE LIGHT a shades of Spring Poplins for tho Fashionable Walking iJnf'.-cs, Steel Colored Poplins. . Alodfi.Colored Pop Una, z.. Bismarck Exact ShikdO. . SPECIAL NOTICES. 06T HAND EL AND HAYDN SOCIETY. The Fccond Concert of the wwoa will be given fit the AUaDLMY or MUBIC, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, I’elruuj 26, when Newkomm'e roaioificcnt Oratorio of DAVID "Will tie performed, with the uelefanco ot Mrs. FGPH >A MOZART. Sopran#. Mr, GEORGS HIMPdUN and Mr. J. GRAI" True.re. Mr, A, It. TAYLOR and Mr. GILCHRIST,' Basso.. And CARLSENTZ’S Grand Orchestra. , Bnfaeertb, re can obtain their tickets ntTRLHPLER'S, •where now subscribers for the two remaining concerts ■willbereeeivrd. * Keeerved se.ts in Balcony, Parquet Circle and Parquet, One Dollar and Fifty rents. Admittance, One Dollar, including reserved seat iu Family Circle; entrance on Broad Greet. f( 2-J-3trp 0@“ GRAND MILITARY AND CITIZEN DRESS PROMENADE CONCERT AND HOP OF 1 COMPANY, GREY RESERVES, TV 111 take rUce on WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. 34’ffi, At the HORTICULTURAL HALL. Ticket/ to be bad at VVittip A: OoV, 1020 Cbcataut street; Oto T pe \V. Eckert'*, ill So nth Fifth or at Hw iiall on the evening of the Ball. fe2>2trpi ;V ~ W - Henry Ward Beecher, 'Thursday Evening, February 27, At 8 o’clock. Subject—"THE FURBUIT OF UAPPINESS.” Ticket* for eale at GOULD I ** New Piano Btore, 023 ■CHESTNUT street, and at the Academy, Thmvday Evening. , fe34-4trp B®“ S»I/ECT ENTEETAINMEITT. TOWN HALE, GEtMANTOWN. 11. V. ItIcCIIIXY, Esq., WII.L OIVE READINGS AND IMVERSONATIONS. From Shakespeare, Dlcken», Ae., TUESDAY'EVKNINO, February 45th, -1368, at 8 o'clock. fe22Ctrps ■ ' / -- •■ JM9» OFFICE OF THE UNION BENEVOLENT ASSO IW CIATION, NO. 116 SOUTH' SEVENTH STREET, , - Feiiiu;a»y 45, 1868. Tho AseoclaUon'aratafully acknowledge, the receipt of Two tons of Coal from Benjamin H. Shoemaker. Thhteen ton* of Coal front John C. Scott & Son. The Association has distributed upwards oM, ail tonsd •Coal since October 20tb, 1867, and out of nine thousand applicants for aid, two-thirds of that number, after visi tation, have been relieved. ~ , . 7; At this inclement season the caltsfor relief aro very ■preening, and tho Association greatly needs money, cloth, juig, food. Ac., to carry .on their operations. They have one hundred and fifty ladlea’and one gentleman who at tend the calls of the poor, and so lar as tho means are placed in their hands the Wanta of the destitute are at tended to. EDMUND WlUJGJC,,Treasurer, Iti - No. 404 Chestnut street- • OCEAN INCIDENTS: OR, THE GREAT EAST *®>r EBN WITH BROKEN RUDDER IN A HURRI- Lecture by Rev. J. W. BONHAM ».a passenger), ■e Room ofthe Church of the Intercessor, Spring treek below Bread, on TUESDAY EVENING/ D6th, at 7.36 o'clock. Tickets 50 cents. May be at W. MANN'S, 43 Sonth Fourth etreeCand at . - fe23-3trp» mgSf ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, CORNER OF We FRANKFORD "ROAD andsPALMER STREF-T gpppoelte Now York Kensington Depot), in charge of the eftafen of Bt. Francis. Accident cases received if brought Immediately after reception of iojtuy« I.yingin case* roceived at a moderate rate or board. Free medical and surgical advice givtm on Wednesday mud Saturday Attemoyna,between 4 and 6.o'clk. folif-tfrp iiaf OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND COMPANY. T ■■ FUILAUKU-UIA, January 30,1868. ThlsComptny is prepared to purchase its Loan due <bn 1870, at par. . ' SOLOMON SHEPHERD, Treasurer. IaSO-tfrp No. 132 South Second Btfeet wtar- Howard hospital, nob. ibis and mo '■ —■Lombard street. Dispensary Department—Medi. fflal treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the 6POO&- , .-.---.•• A -.... ...... . .. B L A^Sffltb? KBa ' AilP E L HUeiTER? TE - foj^ftnB3t>.t. 8 *** 'Ne.^lM^rayuifetroct SKATING PARKS. , W™ TH^f^^pig^ljSu/sT&S. , T __ Snow all removed as it fol L.... Ice^L ,n s a m rfectly elegant, : The finest fee of the sea-on. Its LEGAL N< TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AND A. County of Philadelphia. Estate of WILLIAM II WaRDIN, deceoeod.—Notico is hereby given that ANN WABDIN, widow of satddeeedent has filed her peUtion and appraisomont of personal proporty elected to he re tained by her, under the Act of Assembly of Abril It 1851, and Its supplement, and that: theisarae will ho am proved by the Court on SATURDAY, March 7tli, 1868. Bess exceptions be presented thereto, WM. .1. MoELROY. fe2s-tu&f,lt* ■ Attorney for Petitioner. •MU <K]b£tntig pulletm. Littleness is the appropriate significant word to describe the animus and the capacity of the Kadical political leaders who now unfortunately control the national legislation. These men see hi to be absolutely incapable of rising to a dignified conception of their duties, and’ to be wholly given over to the invention and elabora tion of petty , paltry schemes, designed to secure and perpetuate the Radical, party in power. Conceiving that President Johnson is a Consti tutional obstacle, standing like a lion in the path they would take to destroy our liberties, they have left no stone unturned to destroy him and to remove the only impediment to their corrupt usurpation of the power which the people wisely attached to the Executive office. But we have yet left one unfailing source of security for our popular rights; and this will be found in the arrant cowardice of the Individual r tyrants who compose this unconstitutional body of usurping Radicals. The American people may feel perfectly bur- that this cowardice exists, and is ineradicable in the breast of every one of these tifctiy tyrants, without one possible exception, in the hour of trial, should they force ltnpou us. this certain fact will render the final triumph of the American people comparatively easy. The brave are never tyranlncal. Thera never yet existed on this earth an exception-to this rale. As to the matter of impeachment against the President, for taking this lawful course to test the constitutionality of a law that fetters him in the discharge of hla sworn duties, that movement mnst fad, or honesty, propriety and justice no longer abide on earili. If the President is to bo debarred from taking peaceable measures to se cure pof session of an office in his gift and to ap point subordinates to assist him in.his duties, what other course is left him: of what use is there, in fact, for a President ?—because without the right to do that tho Presidential -office must amount to a mere clerkship under Congress. The present impeachment movement, as wo have stated, will and must be based entirely upon tho President's lawful and peaceable action to test a law passed to prevent him from selecting and controlling his subordinates. I Front the Newark Advertiser, Republican. ! • Looking as calmly as we can upon so grave a peril to our liberties, wc sec no other course for Congress than that of impeachment, a measure which wo have hitherto deprecated as a national disgrace and calamity, but which can no longer bo avoided. It is not at all a partisan question. It rises far abqve the interests of party, and be comes a solcMu duty, without regard tb-the effect it may produce upon .the approaching elections. ... Every private doubt and individual construc tion—every personal interest and party aim must go down before the majesty of the law. If dis obedience by the ignorant and the humble can not be excused, when the President sets a law at defiance, and with no pressing necessity or public emergency for a pica, substitutes therefor his own will, and with all tho power of his position attempts to execute it, what but his speedy im- Eeachment should follow? This Mr. Johnson as done, and Congress, we Are persuaded, is prepared to do its whole duty. ; * * A * * ' * As in the first dawn of the rebellion, it is no less a duty now to stand by Congress against a faithless Executive. It Is ncithcrHadlcafiam nor Conservatism, but the majority oi' the land—the Republic itself—that is menaced. The time has fully come when policy and principle unite in support of the demand for the removal of Andrew Johnson from the Presidential office, according to the forms of the Constitution, and for reasons which are as manifest os any that ever appealed to men’s senses. [From the Pittsburgh Dispatch, Republican.] We opposed impeachment, not os, wrong in. itself, opt as Impoltic and unnecessary, until patience has become exhausted, and a further in dulgence in it a crime against the nation. Con gress can do hothing, otter hie conduct last week, bnt impeach Andrew Johnson for this and other misdemeanors in his high office—acting with due deliberation, but without one hour of unneces sary delay, in presenting the articles against the accused and trying him. Lot not Andrew John son, like Jeff. Davis, be pointed at hereafter as a monument of tho inability of a republic to pro tect itself by imposing adequate punishment upon those who conspire evil against it? [From the N. Y, Evening Post; mildly Republican.] The difficulty may be easily settled: but what we fear, and what excites the alarm of the pub lic, is the apparent disposition pn the part of Congress to piceipitate thtf iasue. So grave a question as the impeachment of tbcrChlef Masrls ■trate demands theutmoatsorlousnees.' anddeco--. rum, a calm consideration of the grounds oi ac cusation, and an entire exemption from party bias and prejudice. The proceeding is in the na ture of a judicial Inquiry, and is not to be prose cuted like a debate at the hustings or a street quarrel. Harsh names, vulgar Jests/ passionate acclamation, and threats of bloodshed, are wholly Suit of place. Thoy jar terribly upon the tone’ Of the, public-mind. They are likely; to;provokes disasters that everybody deprecates. - - The people, indeed, are heartily weary of this long quarrel between tho two powers.- They ■want it -* to come to an 'end: They, wimt to go forward with thoirj industrial pur suite, to repair the breaches of \tho war, hot to enlarge them, to heal the old wounds, not open new ones, and to restore the republic to its on- 'ICES. /POMTICAI, NOTICF.N. rooms eK tTTr It up uITrA c:\n ; Tutv rV CtOHMXTXEE, IIW , CUiIST.NUT . . * FruincAKr <U66R. Id accordance wltli the call of the Ex. ccuttvc Committee, tile Republicanof Fhlla'. dclphta will meet to their reepceflvo election division* on thedtli TUKbDAY of February, 25th tnat., between the bourn of 8 and 8 o'clock I'. M„ to, elect one delegate from each division to a Conarcaslonal Convention, paid Con. vention,to elect two delegates Rnd two alternates' from each ConareaHionnl District to tho National Couvcniiorr, to be held in Chicago, on tho 20th day of May noxt, tto nominate a candidate for President and Vice President of the United State.. Alio, one Senatorial and one Representative delegate from eachdivision to the several Senatorial and Repre sentative Conventions, to elect delegates to the State Convention to be held ifi Philadelphia, on tho 11th day of March next, which Convention shall nominate candl* dates for Auditor and Survoyor.Qenoral, elect four dele jtatee to the National Convention, and form the Electoral Ticket Said Conventions shall meet the following morning. KebruarySJStb, a tie o'clock, at such places as are provided for in Rule Tenth oi lhc Rules for the government of the Union Republican Party. .Except the Second Congress sional, and tho First and Fifth Representative Conven tions, which shall meet as follows: Second Congressional Convention at No. IS South Broad street; Pint Representative Convention at southwest corner of Passyunk Road and Wharton street Fifth ItepreeccUtivo Convention at northwest corner of Sixth and Sansom streets. Theso elections shall be held in conformity with the Supplementary Rules adopted Feb. 4tb, 18W. „„ By order of tliqßcpubflcan City Executive Committee. WM. R. LEEDS, T , _ _ Tt President Joins 1,. Ilrr.r., 5 , Isaao Mußninfci Secretaries. fclMtrpJ THE IMPEACHMENT QUESTION. Opinions of ttac Press. IFrom the Baltimore American, Republican] The impeachment of President Johnson seems now to be a certainty, as well as a necessity. If it is to he done, “t’were well that it should be quickly done.” and that no timts should be wasted. A dilatory trial will cause excitement and tur moil throughout the country, and is more to be dreaded than the fact of impeachment itself. As there will bo but one clause to the indictment, there can bo bnt few witnesses called, and the or dinary time required in a court of justice for the disposition of a case in which high crimes and misdemeanors are charged against the citizen, ought to be sufficient for ,tho settlement of this ease. " [From the Pittsburgh Port, Oopperhcad.l [From the Harrisburg Patriot, Copper.) [From the Pittsburgh Commercial, Republican.) PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1868. chut harmony, and’not to perpetuate the disor ganization. [From the Pittsburgh Chronicle, Republican.] It is a matter of regret that all'atrs have taken such a complexion, that pressing matters of legis lation will, in all probability, be neglected or postponed to proceed against the first officer of the nation for high misdetnonnors. But the na tion will survive this crisis, as It has survived exigencies equally or more critical, and the re sponsibility for the situation must rest upon those who have invoked it. Mr. Johnson has disregarded the warnings .which have come from friends and foes alike, and has. with fatalistic fatuity, paved the way for the 'last act in the sbamefm drama of biß'administration. 1 IFrom the Boston Post, Copperhead.) Instead of leaving its own law for the Conrt to interpret by the Constitution, Congress seizes Its weapon ofiinpeachment and threatens the Pre sident himself with removal for having dared simply to remove a refractory subordinate who draws his official breath by the Exeoutive giving. Now which, in this case, is in the right—the party that/ deems the law an encroachment and usurpation, and seeks to have its au thority tested at the hands of the only com petent tribunal, or the .party that scoots the tribunal and flies to arms with a cry for punish ment and revenge ? Since it is an open conflict between these two branches of tho Government, who does not rejoice that a third branch exists to which final appeal may be made for its peace ful adjustment? And who can countenance Con gress in passionately refusing to make and abide by the appeal which the Executive invites ? Un less there be such a mode of settling a dispute of' this character, there-is clearly no remedy but the destructive one of violence. Is’ that the point to which Congress is bent on rushing? , , (From the Boston Advertiser, Republican.] The prosecution is to go on, and before these lines reach some of our readers, the case will have become one of judicial cognizance for the Senate sitting as a high court of Impeachment. Before the result of these proceedings can be reached, however, the question of suspending the Presi dent from his functions during his. trial will un doubtedly-come up, and unless we greatly mis take this will prove to be the most critical and hazardous point in the whole struggle. With a less trustworthy officer at the head of tho army it might well lead to a conflict which would shake our government to Its foundation: and as it is we must be prepared for' stormy scenes, which shall for a time postpone the questions of Chance ami of domestic policy, for a settlement of which the country has lately been looking so anxiously. (From the Washington Intelligencer, President's organ.! The day that impeachment is adopted will be a sad one for the institutions of this country", iT our people do not rise up in their might and ma jesty to eject the Gotbs and Vandals whq have desecrated the temple of freedom by their foul deeds. We would counsel prudence and for bearance to the last moment, and still cling to constitutional remedies while they are consistent with the national safety. But the public liber ties, which are now in extremes! peril, must be preserved at any cost. No sacrifice is too great tor their security, and the time r Hiay be near at bind when every patriot will be required to de fend his .altar and his fireside; for the tendency of this reckless rule is directly to a change in the form of government, which is hardfy now con cealed under the thin disguise of a growing mili tary despotism. CFrora the Pittsburgh Gazette, Republican.! A wrong-doer tdmost from his first accession to the office, Mr. Johnson has merited punish ment commensurate with his crime, or if not, constitutional provision providing the people with protection against the tyrannv, arrogance and despotism of the Chief Executive should be wiped out, for history will never again afford an .example of a President so flagrantly vicious and determined on the ruin of the Govern-' 1 nieut and people oyer whom he presides. An example is demanded, and congress can no longer flinch the responsibility of dealing with rigid severity. His presumption and audacity must be.curtailed at-once by im ptachment, for during the past two years he has been arrayed against his country and been a' standing subject for deposition. Let the problem be satisfactorily solved-for those who follow after us, whether the people or tho President shall rule; whether the latter shall insult and betray tbe other with impunity, and set himself up as a monarch less limited than those presiding over ihe destinies of despotic governments. „ (From the N. Y. Tribune, Republican.] We heartily indorse the action of the House. It did not show the promptness and unity, of passion. Whatever may be said of Congress, it has shown great forbearance. There has been no general disposition to impeach Mr. Johnson. Flic issue was not of our making—certainly not of our -seeking. The dignity—we were nearly saying the divinity—of the Presidential office is such that the Republican party felt that impeachment should only be used as a last resort; that it would be far better to bear wiih Mr. Johneon than to brißg upon the coun try an uncertain, doubtful, angry issue. We be lieve few Republicans ever doubted that there was abundant evidence to justify impeachment ITbe President has been so recklcss. with his high trust, he has so often dared Congress, oa it were, 'jo visit him with this ponalty, that a hundred acts may be found in bis administration coming within the constitutional meaning of “high crimes and misdemeanors.” When the vote was taken, sixty-seven Republicans were willing to wait a little longer—to wait to the end—to treat the President with magnanimity—te submit to any action on his part riot directly and fundamentally in violation of law. We dwell upon this-point, and emphasize it, because we wish all men to feel (hat the House has shown rare wisdom and pa lienee—that it has not wantonly used its high power—that it has finally impeached the Presi dent in the performance of a solemn and nna- • -voidable duly. * « * . —Knough of argument. For this and other mis demeanors, Andrew Johnson is about to appear before the bar of the Senate. Sad as it is to see tho Chief Magistrate of. the nation answering to the law ns a criminal, it is better than that this bold, bad, malignant man Bhould be allowed to trpmple npon legislation, set the will of the eOuntiy at defiance, and go on from bad to worse in the discharge of his office. Let the tHal be marked with dignity, impartiality, courtesy, justice, and fearlessness. If Andrew Johnson Is innocent, acquit him. If he is guilty, let him ini swept lrom his place as the enemy of his country. . . , [From the Reading Dispatch, Republican.] We thank God it has come to this! We will hail the glorious mom when the crisis comes which is to forever settle this vexed question in our Government, whether the people shall rule, or-whether the tyrant, despot, and nstfrper, An drew Johnson, shall grind to dust the last vestige of republicanism. .' • . [From the Springfield (111.) Republican. Rermblican.] The countiy, not Congress, nor-the Republican party, demands the removal of the Chid' Magis trate for the sake of national honor and dignity. . : (From the Ciildago Journal, Republican.] - The President having taken bis stand and made hiß.object so unmistakable,' a grave responsibility rests upon Congress in the premises. We ..troat.. that body will aow promptly assume the respon sibility, and, by decisive action, put the Presi dent in a position where ho can neither rulo nor ruin tho countiy. [From the Cincinnati Gazette. Republican.] Congress Is finding out that then can be' no peace eo long as this public enemy occupies the Executive office, and that the failure to impeach was a great error. ■. Unless air. Johnson retreats from his unten able and illegal position, he wlllbe, and ought to be, removed from the offico vrtdch he dis graces. ... _ ■■ :j ' {From the Harrisburg Tolsgruph, BepubUeau.] Impeach' the scoundrel,' and do it instantly. [From the N, V. Tim ee, CanMrrative.} 1 JWe do no violence to probability when we as eumo that President Johnson (night, with impu- OUR WHOLE country. H revolution, bloodshed and violence were, likely to follow this action of-the Radical ma jority, it wonid be a serious matter; but as it is only one of the preliminaries of the Presidential campaign, , everybody can afford to smile as broadly as Andrew Johnson is said to do. The only parties who appear to be really alarmed about the matter are the Radicals themselves. They have raised e ghost, and are fearfully per plexed about how they are to lay him. The House of Representatives by a strong vote (126 ayes to 47 nays) passed yesterday the reso lution impeaching President Johnson. Having committed themselves by this decisive step, they will not recede; and the Senate, when the articles of impeachment are presented to it,' will have no choice bnt to proceed with the trial. Tho result of that trial we will not undertake to predict; bnt unless there should be some abatement of portizan fury it is quite possible that President ■ Johnson may be deposed, and Mr. Wade be in stalled in the Presidential Mansion. However the trial may terminate, the country is about to pass, during its continuance, through a stormy period of convulsive excitement. The dominion of cool reason and prndent self-control is past, when Congress can bo so suddenly precipitated into incendiary extrava gance- “We are in the midst of a revolution— bloodless as yet.’’ * * * * . » The impeachment of President Johnson is a sign of party desperation. Congress see that their reconstruction scheme is a pitiable-abortion. They justly infer that as Alabama, one of the two or three States in which there is a preponderance of negroes, has yoted it down, it is doomed to, defeat in every Southern State with the possible exception of South Carolina. They dare not face the people, in the election, with a shipwrecked policy which leaves the problem of restoration more diffi cult, and its solution more remote and hope less than at the close of the war. The apologetic cry in the Presidential election is to be, “We v-ould have restored the Udlou, but Johnson foiled us.” The removal of Stanton is not: the reason for impeachment, but the pretext. The President is impeached because a majority of the registered voters in the South have determined to stay away from the polls. Congress wreak upon him their rage and vengeance at the damaging miscarriage of their reconstrnction policy, hoping to make the people believe that its failure is due to his oppoailmn and not to its monstrous absurdity. Under tbe head of “Personal,” the Savannah -Irfi-r/iVcr has the following paragraph: “We hear that one George G. Meade, a Major- General In the army of the United Btntes, now, under the constitutiQnal and unlawful Congress, lawlessly dominating over three sovereign States, was expected to arrive in-Bavannah last evening. In view of his action towards the Mayor of this city, the representative of its respectability and honor, we earnestly trust that no gentleman among ub will so far tdrset what is due to his caste and posi tion\ as to call upon this man. Let him find his associates and friends among the Bradleys, the Bentleys,' and the Clifts and others, whose dishon;st and unworthy behests he has so assiduously striven to gratify. Let the gen tlemen of the city keep aloof from him; it is 4 a well known proverb thatlyou cannot touch pitch without being defiled; and this man’s conduct towards, the Mayor of the city, not to speak of his intermeddling, with' what everv res pectable man acknowledges to be a pure’judi ciary, deprives him of ,any and all consideration and claim to decency and respent.” We have seldom seen more low-flung, mis chievous mcanibg crowded into the same space than'is contained in the above paragraph. There is but one paper in the State thatis violent and senseless enough to have perpetrated it, arid that one did. Having' done at a time when there was reason to'believe that the fair and open and manly conduct of General Moade was about to relieve him from further graceless attacks on the part of the opposition press, it seems all the more ill-timed arid un just. . There is nothing in the para graph that commends it to the most violent enemy of General Meade, while it is absolutely odious in the eyes of all fair-thinking, honorable gentlemen. We can tolerate a fair and manly opposition to men or measures; bnt when oppo sition resolves itself into snch shape as the above, it becomes a reproach unto the writer, and re coils npon him with the same scorn In which It was aimed at its object. The attack is not only senseless bnt brutal. Tbe Probable Course of Chief Justice To-morrow the Senate will’ be informed in proper manner of tho impeachment of the Bresi-- dent. The Chief Justice is then to be notified of these proceedings by the Senate, and his attend ance invoked, without which attendance no further steps can be ■ taken. If is altogether pro bable that the Chief Justice will accommodate the Senate in tho inclpent stages of the: trial—that' is, in the organisation of the Court. the summon ing, of . the ...respondent, and the l necessary-wit nesses—by giving his attendance whenever it maysuUthepleaanreoftheSenate.. But It must bo borne inmind that the Supreme Court of the United States, of which body the Chief Justice is tho presiding officer, is now in session with a docket crowdedwith important cases*’awaiting its action. It is not probable that its sessionwlfl bo closed-within- I ,twol months yet; nelthor-ia it probable that tho Chief-Justice will relinquish his scat; as the presiding t officer, of that court, in the mldstof its most arduous duties, to preside over another oonet 1 i, • It is, therefore, quite prpbabio that ,the haste evinced by the.-Hbuße in crowding .this impeach ment through- WBlvmeet with • a severe If-not 1 dangerous cheek jn tha postponement of the trial for two or three months. ■ There are reasons for Thornes win pretalfy’ nity, have adopted his present method of testing ihe constitutionality of the Tenure of Office act, bad there been no other cause of quarrel with Congress. The conviction would have pre vail* <), that by no other course could the point in dispute be so quickly of*so properly settled. There might be a difference of opinion as to tho taste and manner of Mr. Johnson’s proceeding; Imt, were it judged strictly oa its merits, only malignant enemies would dream of making it a cause of impeachment. ' ■ * * * * _ The whole proceeding is much too grave iu its character and iu its possible consequences to be contemplated without a mingled sense of shame and fear. We are not the apologists of Mr. Johnson s manner of bringing tho constitution ality of a law to the test or the Supreme Court, bnt his rudeness and indiscretion have their best ■apology In the fierce madness of his accnsers. The errors of one party lose half of their enormity in the presence of the folly and fury of the other. Tho country meanwhile looks to the Senate as the breakwater standing between partisan violence and the Go vernment of which it wonid secure absolute con trol. Impeachment is now a fixed fact Bnt it is for the Senate to decide whether the unseemly precipitancy which hag characterized the action of the House shall also mark its method of pro cedure; or whether the trial shall be suspended until the Bnpreme Judiciary shall either de cide as to the constitutionality of the law or declare it beyond the jurisdiction of the Conrt If the law is to be vindicated, let it be in a lawful way. If the constitutional authority of Congress is to be maintained,-let It be in a manner that does not outrage the national sense of right, or tend to widen the area of the conflict and intro duce elements at variance with the peace and well-being of the country. 'We look to the Sen ate, in conjunction with the Supreme Conrt, for deliverance from the clamor which now endan gers the Constitution and the Government. (From tho N. Y. Herald, Copperhead.] (Froin.thc N. Y. World, Copperhead. 1 General Deads and tbe Bebels. [From tho Atlanta Era, Feb. 21.1 Cbase. fWaahlnston Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.l Supreme Court, where the argument will tarn mainly upon the validity of the Tenure of. Office bill, and the opinion then rendered will settle tho constitutionality or unconstltntionalitv of that act. As the impeachment is based upon tbe validity of this act, should the Su preme Conrt before its adjournment decide the act repugnant to the letter and spirit of tho Constitution, the Pfesidentstands acquitted with out a trial, and a proforma verdict of acquittal must be rendered by tho High Court oflmpeach ment. It i 9 by no means likely that the Chief Justice will consent to the trial of this question of the constitutionality of a law by one of the bodies that enacted it, while he is identified with another conrt constituted almost exclusively to determine such questions. Hence he will more readily avail himself of the opportunity afforded him of delaying tho trial In order that the proper tribunal may determine this question. DISASTERS. Destructive Fire lit East Boston—Los* •75,000. ; (Fromtheßoston Hcratit.Fcb.2-M The Island Ward was visited yesterdsy.-mom ing by a large Are, which, though not so destruc tive as many which have preceded it, wsb never theless of sufficient magnitude to remind one that East Boston,in the matter of extensive conflagra tions, has during the past dozen years haa a generous share. The principal sufferers were Messrs. Man son & Peterson, proprietors of the Suffolk Planing Mills, who yesterday, for the third time since 1857, saw their establishment re duced to ashce. The planing mills comprised several- two-story wooden buildings enclosed on an area of about' an acre in extent and bounded on three sides by Liverpool, Decatur and Border streets. When the firemen from this sido reached the ground they surrounded the fire as well as was possible and did ail they could to stay its further progress, bgt it was speedily ascertained that the- water pressure upon the hydrants was not more than a fourth part of what it ought to bo, owing probably to a partial emptiness of the reservoir, and the supply was consequently in adequate to supply the engines; so the firemen found themselves practically disarmed. Still, with a courage which firemen only could exhibit, with-what resources were at had, they toiled heroically, indulging, in numerous instances, in a hand-to-hand' conflict with the flames, scorch ing their faces on one side by the heat, and freez ing their ears and hands on the other by the bitter cold wind which blew furiously from the northward. The sufferings of the firemen from this latter cause were intense, as the locality was somewhat exposed to the incursions of tho blast and the mercury was unconcernedly reposing in the neighborhood of zero. ' Meantime tie fire had made a complete wreck of the mill property, sweeping triumphantly "over every building comprising it. save one of, brick, containing the engine, and reducing- them and their contents to a useless heap of smouldering ruins. The books and papers were earlv seized and taken to a place of safety, but scarce aught else was redeemed from destruction. Lying to the southeast of the taHl property was’ a row of five two and one-half story brick build ings, on Liverpool street, Nos. 101 to 109 all Tn ..clusive. The flames, Impelled by the 'wind, leaped over the way and seized upon the roofs of these, insinuating their way downward info the lower stories, destroying the roofs and' upper floors, causing to be thoroughly drenched Hie' lower apartments and driving out Into the frigid atmosphere over a dozen families, few of whom saved anything beyond what they Wore—families who could ill afford to lose any of their not too plenty household goods. The property destroyed is thus insured; Iu Boston offices, $9,500; Beverly, $1,000; Provi dence, 87,800; .Etna, Hartford, $2,600. North American, Hartford, $1,000; New York City and State, $7,200; Jersey Ciiy, $2,500; Philadelphia, $2,000; Baltimore, $1,500. Total, $33,000. In addition to the above there was an- insurance in various offices on lumber in the yard, which was partially destroyed* of $12,000. Among the manufactured articles destroyed were a new organ case and a pulpit for a now church in East Bqston. An accident from a fall of a wall of one of the mill buildings occurred, and seriously injured in the legs and back George L. Imbert, driver of steamer No. 11. He was buried nearly to the waist in the debris , and was with difficulty ex tricated. MUSICAL,. Thk Handel and Havdn Society will to morrow evening perform Neukomm’g Oratorio of David , with the assistance of well-known solo performers, and a grand orchestra.' This oratorio, although as a musical production, not considered equal to the Creation or Messiah, isa finished and polished composition, and has beauties which always please the large audiences invariably drawn by ijp 1 announcement. The orchestral effects are varied and striking, and the choruses peculiarly fine. The chorus of Israelites, por traying the emotions of the torror-stricken army, as they rush headlong from the approach of the Philistine champion—seems as if the host were indeed rushing past. In confusion and dismay, with broken ranks and scattered plumes, uttering the one wild cry:-“Bonold the gianfc’r The revulsion, when the drum announces his fall, is tremendous. Victory! victory! rises from the astonished array, and the shouts, “Up and pur-, sue," swell wildly from the encouraged Hebrews,’ and die away in the distance. From the opening symphony, through the sweet and plaintive air of tne sister of “David, " the chorus of the frightened Israelites,, the rumi of . victory and pursuit, tho triumphal entry into Glbeab, the farewell of David and the.daughter of Saul, thd deep wall over the king’s death, “Mourn, O Israel,’’ the majestic and exulting song of David, “Glory to God Alone," to th§ grand; coronation anthem, and celestial 'chorus at the close, there is nothing wanting, nothing superfluous. In all the varied scenes of pastoral beauty, in battle, defeat or triumph, the evil pas sions of “Saul," or the impassioned fervor of “David,” the composer is perfectly at home. The production of Oratorio music by, the Han del and Haydn Society is a difficult undertaking, but they have admirably succeeded, and fullyde-. serve tho liberal encouragement they uniformly receive from the public. Italian Opera —On Monday next Max Stra kosch’a Italian Opera troupe will inaugurate a brief season at the Academy of Music. Tne opera La Traviata will, be given with Mad." do La Grange, Miss Phillips and Brlgnoli in the parts. Tickets can be secured at Trumpler’s Music Store .and at the Academy. . Mr. Joseph Hermans, the great, Gorman basso, is announced to appear with this troupe in favo rite operas, arid Mile Rita Sangalli, the iamous Premiere Dansuese, will also perform during tho engagement. - .. Handel and Haydn Concert.— On Wednes day evening next at the Academy of Music the Handel and Haydn Society will give their second grand concert Upon, this occasion the oratorio of “Dayid” will 1m given. -‘A number of eminent grtiats will participate and a full chorus with a competenkorchesti*. will hspreaont. ... ■ Augsburg Gazette, the eldest and. best of' the German newspapers, states that efforts, more or: less secret, .have been made .from BorUn to gain over the Russian and Austrian Poles (the Prussian Poles are supposed to be gained, over) to Bismark’s .political Views. His object 1» to convince, them ,that Prussia alone Unable to re hablllCßte=£oland -and re-establish her nation ality. - Polish statesmen reply, that lf« Prussia, de sires,to effect the:rehabmtaUon; cannot do, better/than..-follow the. example of Austria U*vrjnd«Jhe Grand Duchy of. Posen—i. e., grant the autonomy Prussian Poland.-, -j-A herd.of buffalo went rightthrough tho streets of Hays City, Kansas, last week. Citizens« flrdd atthemfromdoOra and windows. Fresh huffaiomeatlsnow ’ > F. I. EETHERSTON. RtoMer. PRICE THREE OENTd E AuTS AWU FAIVCIES. [For the Philadelphia Evonins Bulletin, Lorenzo the Hrfivo. > Ho Seward ! ring that little bell And call that fellow np.—’tla well. Thomas, yon must away! ’ Go, bid the haughty Stanton leave. Nor grant a moment of reprieve, Before the close of day. Out wi th the basest. among men, Who proved me lying in my dom Bearded me in my hall! And thinka he thus unscathed to gof No! by the great St. Andrew, No l We’ll let our vengeance &U, He, whom sooflen rvo disgraced; He, whom so Often I’ve replaced; That were It really done, And he dbunlssedbeyondappeal,' Why, like Othello, I should feel. My occupation gone. But now it must be really done, And that before the golden sun Shall shrond its glorious flies; No Merry Andrew will I prove. For him to jump, and jerk, and move! No! I must work the wires. A man, my friends, or soon, or late, Must bow his head and yield to fete; Bat this ignoble mind, i This benst still grovelling in the'dust. The more 1 say, “Besign yon-must!’* The inore won’t be resigned." And if by force I put him out. His rabble friends, with roar and shout. Return him instantly; ftnd cry within my startled ear: “Behold thy long-lost Edwin here, 1 Returned to lovo and thee!” It must be but an idle boast, That makes him cling so to a post, He has no need I think; I might do so, when my poor brain Begins to reel, and turn again; But he,—he docs not drink. , Off with you, man! What, not afraid ? ’ Black Jerry ’ll give yon all his old, Well back yon all we can; That silly Btory don’t repeat, Of a big Carttor in the street! Come, Thomas, be a man ! —Ole Bull Is in Cincinnati. —Mr. Dickens reads in Syracuse, March 9. “5.8.8." means “Stanton; Stick!—Sumner.’* ; —Governor Harris and General Pillow have entered into a legal co-partnership at Memphis. —Last week nineteen unsuccessful attempts at Bnlcidß weTe reqo|ded in New , —FammutV father was a Levanter; bon Hi the island of Minorca. ; —Mr. Stanton has been compelled to bunk at -the War office. This was not done for 1 bun combe. . • —The despatch which.says that Lorenzo the Brave was “worn out and gone to bed,” should read'“warned out, and gone to bed.” —Woodward’ talks about Johnson having the army at his back. -All the army he has seems to consist of Lorenzo,and he is on his back—in bod. —The French market in Now Orleans is leased by the city for $500,000 por annum to contrac tors, who sub-let tho stalls. - —Eleven hundred and sixty-four bottles of champagne were consnmed at the Mayor of Liv erpool’s grand ball recently. —Edwin Booth’s brief engagement In Milwau kee was very successful. He received $3,378 ht one week. —The London fire brigade recently spent seve ral hours hunting up an aurora borealis, which was supposed to bo a great fire in the suburbs! —Genera] Lee has completed the mannscriptof .. his long-meditated memoir of “Light Horae Harry.” • —T. Titcomb Holland is going to Europe, and offers “Brightwood,” his Springfield resMence,for • rent. . —Charles Readc says one novel in two yeara is as much as he can'attend to; Charles Kingsley ■ put “Two Years” into one novel —The Montgomery, Ala., papers are publish ing a list of all “whites” who voted for the “bo gus” constitution, as they term it; v —Mr. Stanton takes up his bed and .bunks at the War Office. Lorenzo the Brave , wears out and goes'to bed. How would a Gcneiul Pillow do for the Department ? —England will have to pay over a million and a half pounds sterling a year dimply for the water need by its Abyssinian army. It has to be dis tilled at a cost of two shillings a gallon. ' —Judge Holmes, of the Missouri Supremo Court, and the enemy of Shakespeare, has been invited to become a Professor in the Harvard Law School. /- ... —Bayard Taylor came very near being one of the victims of the Santa Lucia land-slide; Wa bouse was overwhelmed, but he happened to be ‘ visiting Sorrento that day. , ? ■ —The report of the directory of the Tennessee penitentiary states that out of 792 convicts them- ... rare m Who have' no education, and 700 who have no occupation. - ; —Ridiculous as it may appear, New York : jewelers beep men whose sole duty is to travel over the city and wind up clocks for the lazy New' ' Yorkers. • - —There seems to be a perfect mania among Western females for “shop lifting,” and arrests are being made daily, the parties accused'in a majority of cases being reputed ladles of “grisa quality. , - —Baturday at the Opera bail In Paris: “What f you here, and alone. AdCle? I thought y6u were devoted to your husband.” “Yea,6o I am; but— ho. has the typhoid fever, and so I thought J would have a little fun." —Mr. George Francis Train apologizes to the Revolution for the brevity of his letter, because he is “deep in correspondence with the authori ties on the purchase of Ireland for £150,000,000 in gold.” ■ • —The British navy Is being snppliod with steam life-boat cutters. At an experiment recently made in . lowering one from the davits of the wooden screw three-decker, Duke. of Wellington—the highest above the waterline of any English war- ;■ B hip—the tartier _ was steaming away ln -minutes andltfßee seconds aftarsignflf wSS-glvsn.. toi launch her. She Is twenty-eight feet long, -three-horse power engine, and on&grevlouihtrlat trip had maae seven miles an hour, an erctraordt nary speed for so short a vessel. Wired filled, witn water, and with a double crew, it was found impossible to capsize or sink her, • —Among the numerous which are promised to us through the Pacific Railroad, when ft is completed, lean abundance of ffulti Grapes of every variety we produced? in 'California, and [ they can be.sent’East early to thtfseaaajtt, and ■ at a moderate ia expected that the demon<l will be enormous when; thequallty of the grapes becomed known. 1 peaches* psaro an* - quinces also flourish, there; sad Oregon* H h stated, has not a rival in producing thiapole and Hr. So we may expect, in future years, fo hero tablM rappiiediTOfo m&ny kihds of fruit in eariysummer mfldlha,bt*WQ Bhsewt ' i \ U ,A>. ... >4-1!/; 1. v'M.iiyii ■ >! - j.f'* V-ly.* ’■■Hi. a .vi £ A;;:,! Eudora.
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