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''' ' • '-; ;', ' - -' • • , . .... . . , . . : • -.. VOLUME • LXXXIII. FIRST Eilllffi cret.ocic. 2q: PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. ' - i t [By Telegraph t the Pittsburgh Gazette. 3 • . . H nRISBURG, March 23, 1868. k (SElsiAirE. DI LS INTRODUCED. By Mr. ER ETI:, of Allegheny, repeal ing the third • ction of the act Of , April 12th,,1851, relatiye to.: the_ Lewisville and "Piospeciville Turnpike Company, and rela- Vive to :lliteral"":"railroads in - , Alleglkeriy A -supplement to the act establishing IL sinking; fUnd:. Changing ' the fiscal year to eminence :November 139 a. ' • • On -motifitt. of, Mr. 'WORTHINGTON, of r - Chester was - anihOrizecilO 31- .1 rx!ipt a cotranitt!ee of two on proper legisla tion„,relative hi' charities of State, to act with the :Stipe'ritdendent of Common Schnols. . The,Speaker appointed Mr. Worthington,. of Chester, and Mr. Errett, of Allegheny.' Aetreyiping,a4d consolidatinz laws regu lating' licensing of foreign insuiitnee'coth-, panies, recommended by commissioners to revise tax laws. Passed finally. BRIEF TELEGRAMS —Generals Ilaiacock and Gordon Granger , were before the Impeachment Managers yesterday, and wore separately interroga ted as to any conversations with the Presi dent respecting military matteig. The former- was eepecially asked the reason of his coming to Washington by order of the President. He stated he had previously asked to be relieved from command of the Fifth Military Department and to be sent to( St. Louis to await orders; that the President desired to converse with him on that sub ject, and the state of atfaira in Louisiana. The President had said nothing to him apart from those 'matters, nor had the Pres ident yet determined to relieve him from his present command. : . ..;-The boiler which supplied ; hot water to the bath room in Thomas Cook's residence in Cincinnati, exploded on Sunday morn ing, causing damage. to the extent of $1,200, ' but fortunately injuring a little boy, only slightly. —The United States Supreme' Court yes terday gave leave to the State of Georgia to - serve on defendants, General Grant et al., notice_of..amotion for a splecial injunction,; returnable iaivorbefore Friday. '—,Shoemakers of Marlborough, Mass., ' who are on a strike, on Saturday beat tol death a man who attempted to go to Work against their wishes. ----- =l7it - lic2tFale case goes over fill next fall—six of the Supreme Court Judges agree ing to the postponement and two opposing it. —C. Kingshmd Jr, son's bankingthouse, in New York, was robbed of forty-five thou sand dollars in bonds on Stinday night. —The Atlantic R se Ball Club of New York will make a Western tour in April, playing first in Cincinnati for one'week. —lnformation from Arkansas shows that the Arkansa..4 Constitution was defeated as the Constitution of Alabama was. —Earthquakes continue at St. Thomas, in the Weit Indies; also at Porto Rico, where the shocks are reported as awful. • —lt is stated that the Ways . and. Means Committee have 'finally .determined to re tain the two dollar tax-on whisky. —lt was rumored yesterday that ( John C. Breckinridgo was in New York incognito. THE COURTS; • I ' District Court—Judge Williams.• . -T. B. )cung Co. vs. -Dr: H. W. C Tweddle. ..Verdict for plaintiff for $267,12.. Andrew J.• Crow vs. Johni McClaren Verdict for plaintiff for $174,72. . • M. P. Adams & Bro. vs. Joseph Logan — On trial. United . States' District Court±Judge Candless. Inihe .bankruptcy brancti petitions for final discharge were filed. by Messrs. Jen kins,,Welsh At Co., _consisting of Andrew . , . Jenkins; 31:Ines lenkini,' 'George Jenkins, Adam Jenkins, Andrew Welsh,and John Welsh, of Monongahela city, ITashingtori county. Petitions were also filed by Sm. - = uel J. Bally, of Oil City, and Henry N. Con- ; nor, of Crawford county. The usual orders. were made. • ' Final discharges .were : granted to Wen man Wade and Ohio Wade, of Greene countv l and certificates awarded. Petitions for adudication were filed by Frank Allen, of Erie, Geo. Kleckner, of Crawford county, and Josiah Benton, of Venango county, , _ Quarter .esaiotuludge Mellon: Joseph Lofink; Jr., for selling liquor without license, was fined fifty dollars and costs. • Christian Bennlng was found guilty of committing an assault and battery upon Nicholas Knoer. Sentence deferred. L, J. "Keuchler, dentist, of Allegheny City, was placed on trial on an • Indictment , charging him with committing a rape upon the person of Catherine Nuns. The prose eutrix testified that in May last she went to the Mike of the' defendant to get some of her teeth pulled, and took chloroform, or like substance, to produce insensibility during the operation. Her teeth being drawn, she paid the ddntist a dollar, and left. Four months and a few weeks after ward; feeling herself in a peculiar condi tion, she consulted a midwife, who inform ed her- what was the matter. On the 27th. of January last her child was born. The prosecutrix testified to her belief that the defendant - outinged har,on the occasion of her being at his office to get her teeth drawn, although she stated that at ,the time she Was not conscious of the'fad.- The case was not concluded at adjournment. TI3E - West India - Telegraph lines will ere long be extended to all - the large islands, as well as to New Grenada, and probably one or two points• on the , Seutit'Atnerletin boast. The agent of the biternatlonalComparfy has applied Id tgildatitte• of laratties for ;.Permission to land the -, ettlxteable, - .and to -*rini Rae: iiiittgAmiSatittiAttiericitintind - PiOorkeirc , -4ews a week oriradre sooner than at prettent by steamers. iMi=EM ~-k`+ '+'~-~ ~.. _ Z '-2'. ~C _ ..an _ _.R. Ki". ~,~~:i `»L3Celcs;i„iF'.: SERI SECOND EDITION. . . and uniform practice, of each and , ! eyery President of the- United States, ;the said Stanton then became, and so long as he ilibuld continue to hold the ofliee•of Sees retary of the, Department of .Was,..must continue to be one of • the adviit.rs or the President of : the -- United !States, as well as the person entrusted to act for and rep resent the. I president, .- ntattera; . . ,en joined .. upon ; him Sir ' on - druid:6d' 4 him i by the Presiddnt touching the Departmentsaforesaid;:;and .. for conduct - in sUbli 'I capacity, ' Subtirdf- nate to the President,: the, Ples4lent is, ac cording to the Constittition and laws of the United• States, made responsible. ,- And this respondent, further'answering,Says he sue=: ceeded to the office of President of , the United States on and - bv , reason- of the death. of Abraham Lincoln, then President of the' United States, on' the • 15th day. of April;', 1865, and .said., Edwin M. Stanton was, then holding, said office of •See-: rotary,- for. the Department of War, under and by reason of the appointmen, and eOininiasion 'aforesaid; and not having been removed from said office by this re spondent, the said Edwin M. Stanton con tiuued to_hold the same under the appoint ment and commission aforesaid, at the pleasure of the - President, , until the time hereafter. ,particularly mentioned, and at 'no - other time received " (any (any appointment or commission as above - de. tailed. 'And this respondent, further answer ing, says that on and prior Si the sth day of August, A. D., 1867, this respondent, the President of the United States, responsible for the conduct of the Secretary for the De partment of Win-, and having the constitu tional right to resort and rely upon the.por , . son holding that office for advice concern [By . _ . • mug the great public duties enjoined on - the Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] ...,.. ~,,„- President by the Constitution and lairg of . Wa.SniNGTON, March ha, /NIS. the United' States,. became' satisfied that SENATE. he could not allow the said Stanton to . . [The first portion of the Senate proceed- i hold office as Secretary of the Department ings failed of War, without hazardof the publie inter agent here stating that it could not be ob- and President - no:id - tiger - permitted- the tamed.] ' ! President to resort to him for advice, or Nr„Tillpii. BULL called for time reading of in the judgment of the President, be safe thely responsible for the conduct of the Da rutes - saying ho understood one o'clock partment of War, as by Law required, in was the hour appointed'. - , , The rule was read, providing that on the the President,, thereupon, by the force of the day set apart for the trial the Senate shall Constitution and laws of the United States, cease executive and legislative business,: which devolve on the President the .poWer and - duty to control the conduct of and proceed to the trial of impeachment. :.the'' ,business of the Executive Do- Mr. EDMUNDS called attention to a sub- partment of the Government and sequent order introduced by Mr. Howard, i by reason of the constitutional duty of of the Committee of seven, adjourning the the President to take etre that the laws be Court until one - o'clock to-day. This, hey faithfully executed, this - respondent , . did said, was the day set apart for receiving the necessarily esnsider and determine the said' answer, and not proceeding to the trial. ' Stanton ought no longer to hold said office - Several Senators suggested to leave it to of Secretary for the. Department of War, the decision of the Chair. , - and this respondent, by virtue of, the 'pow- The Chair decided the rule was operative er and authority vested in him as . President and. business must now cease. of the United States, by the Constitution Mr. EDMUNDS respectfully appealed I and laws !af the United States, to give effect from the decision of the Chair.. -. : - to such his decision and determination, did, The Chair announced the question to be oil the sth-day of August, A. D.' 1,567, ad . "shall the dee:igen of the Chair stand as the dneststiathe said Stanton a note, of which judgment 'of the Senate?" but - at the sit a . the following is true coPyi ' gestion of Mn , 'Trumbull, Ur. Eduaun • "S'ir: .Pnblic considerations of a high char withdrew the appeal, and - thoSecreta.ry-was actor constrain me to say that ourresigna again directed.to:notify the Heim that the tie& as Secretary of War will accepted:': Senate was ready to proceed • with the trial Tow - Web-note the said-Stanton made the 'of impeachment.. -.- ss-s-- .1: •s , . ,----- • .fc4o*lng, .014:: , 1 .'- -•: : : ' • ~'' n., -. . . - .Durii44keittiter)rir MT . :SW=B lardg . ) :- '....::::,--- iL: ' . -,. :1 31 / 2 /-)10Ti 0,241 4 I. qiiietty..at - thtp,Aldisiltotir hiia teelf -.'" - Wasitisurreiv, .: mg. Ith, 1867. the Managers' table. • Sin: Your note ro of, this day has been re- At , one o'clock the President pro. tent. va- ceived, stating that "public considerations sated the chair. , '„ „ of a igh character" constrain .you to say The Chief Justice called the Senate to that' - my resignation as Secretary of War order. i will be accepted. In reply I have the lion- The Sergeant-at-Arms made the usual or to - say that public considerations of a proclamation, ;commanding silence, where- high character, wide]] alone induce me to upon the Managers'appearel at the door. continue at the head of this Department, The Sergeant-at-Arms annonneed "Man- conatrain me not to resign the offic , e of See agersof Impeachment on the - part , of the rotary of War before the. next meeting of House of Representatives," and time Chief Congre r sis, Justice said, "The Managers will take the v ery- respectfully, yours, • , , seats assigned to them by the Senate." EDWIN M. STANTON. - Messrs. Bingham- and Boutwell led time This respondents as President of the Cal- -way up the aisle and took their seats. j tee States, was thereon of opinion that Meantime • Messrs. Stanbery, Curtis, Nel- having regard to time necessary official vela- son, Everts and Groesbeck, counsel for the tions and duties of -the Secrete& for the President, entered and seated themselves at i Department of War . to . the President of their table in the order named, Mr. Stan- the United States, according to the Consti bery occupying the extreme right. tution and laws of the United States, and The Sergeant -at-Arms then announced having regard to the responsibility of the the House of Representatives, and the m , em- President for time conduct of said Secretary, hers of the House appeared, headed by Mr. ; and having regard to the paramount execu- Washburne, on the arm othir. McPherson, , -tive authority of the office which the refs' Clerk of the House, and took seats,outaide I pondent holds under the Constitution and the bar.' • • I laws of the United States, it was impossi- ... . . POUR o , cr.ocK. M. IMPEA.CIIIIIENT TRIAL. ASSEMBLING OF THE COURT. Motion for Discontinuance, all the States Not Being Represented. THE PRESIDET'S WEB. PiTsidefit 'Asks .fOr Thirty Days' • Further Delay. THE API'FAL REFIISM)--AYES 12, The Cop.rt. to Meet. To-day. TI-I.E , REPLICATION PREPARED The Secretary of the senate then read the minutes of the proceedings of the 13th in stant. Mr. Doolittle was then sworn, and when the journal had been read, Ilfr. DAVIS submitted a motion, that the Constitution requiring tho Senate to be Icomposed of two Senators from each State, and certain States being unrefiresented, therefore the trial of this ease be discon tinued until all thei States are represented. Mr. CONNT.S'S moved that the motion be i not received, and called for the yeas and nays. , Mr. HOWE moved to inquire whether the motion was in order. The Chief Justice read the rule, and said Mr. Conness' motion was not in order, and directed the Secretary to call the yeas and nays on .Mr. Davis' motion, with the fol lowingreiult: two to forty-nine, all present sting in the negative except Messrs. Davis and MeCreery. Messrs. Saulsbury and Bayard did not vote. • • - Mr. STANBERY thenrose and said he and his fellow counsel had devoted every I hour since the last day's proceedingi to pre paring the President's answer, and regret ted, they had not had more time, but sub mitted it now. Mr. CURTIS read it : To the Senate of the United Statet—Anawer. of the President to the Senate of the United. 8044, sitting as a Court of Impeachment for Ute trial of Andrew Johnson., President of llu; - United Stales. ANSWER TO ARTICLE FIRST. rOr ATISWOr to the first article he, says that ltdwin M,Stanton was appointed Sec retary for the • D rtment. Of 'War on the fifteenth day Of, January, A. D, 18112, by Abrabilm Lincoln, then President - of; the United States, during the first' term of his presiding, and was commissioned, accord ing to the ,COnstitution and the laws of the United States, to hold the said cake during the"pleasure of the President. That the. °Mee of Secretary for the Depart merit of War • was mated by an net of the. First Congress in its first ses-. slim, petaled' on the seventh dayof August, A. D. 1780, and in and by that act it was • provided and enacted that the said Seere- Mry fdr the Department of War shall per form and execute such duties as shall from time to time be.enjohned on and entrusted . to him by the Preildent -of -the pitted States, agreeably to the Constitution, 'rela tive to the subjects within the scope of said Department; and, furthermore, that =the said Secretary shall conduct the business of said Departent In fetch a, manner as the President o mf tho United States shall • from. time to than :order •• and ,inStritat: And - this respondent,`-further answering,.saYs that iofferee of the act, and by reason of his appointment aforesaid, the said Stanton became thopiiiiciPal ofileer in one of the Executive Departmental of the Government, being the true intent of the second Beetle:dot the :Impend article of tho ConstltidiOli of the UnitedStatsi according .t i gitktriuktuttent junisneatting of that pro - on of the tionstitution of the:United States, and in accordance with the settled NAYS 41. T " +:~r,~ 'Y, k"7 ~.~5'~ p - 3-~ - urn `,3 ~.rn Egg ble, censisteut with public interest, to allow said Stanton- to continue to hold . the said office of Sedrotary for the Depart- ment of War, and it then . ' became the 'offi cial duty of the respondent, as President of the United States, to consider and decide what act or acts , should and might lawfully be done by him, as President of the United States, to cause the said Stanton to surren der the said office. This respondent was in formed and verily believes that it was prac tically settled by the First Congress of the United States, and had been so considered and uniformly and in • a great number of instances acted upon by Congress and the Presidents of the United States in succession, from President Washington to and including President Lincoln, and from the first Congress to the Thirty-ninth Con gress, the Constitution of the United States conferred on the President, Itspart of the Executive power and as one of the neces sary moans and instruments of performing Execntive duty; expremilv imposed on him by the Constitution, of taking care that the laws be faithflilly executed, theq power at any and all times. of removing from 'office all Executive officers for cause, " , to be judged of by=' the- President alone. ' 'This respondent- had the assurance` of the Constitution,' required , - the opinion of each principal 'officer;. of. the :Executive Depart ments upon the question of Executive pow er and duty-, and'ha&bn advised'by each of them, - inehiatintAhCsaid Stanton, Seere- . tory for the Department of War.. that glider ' the Constitution,of. the. Vnlted States. this' power was lodged by the Constitution in the President "of the United States, and con sequently could he lawfully exercised 'by him, and Congress could ' not de prive ' him thereof; and this ' res Pen dent in his capacityits President of the United States, and because in that eapa T , city he was both enabled and bound -le user: hisbest judgment upon that question, did, n good' faith, and ' With . honest desire to arrive at the-truth, come to the conclusion and did - make - the 'Seale"' known to the honorable the Senate of.the United:States, by a message dated• on the 2.1:1 day of March, 1867, a true copy whereofis hereunto annex ed, and marked 4, A, that the power: bat . mentioned waammierred, atekthe - duty,of exercising it in eases was imposed .on the Presidentty;the'Constitntioiiof he United States, and that the president could _not be deprived of this power or :relieved of this duty, tar, could , the same be vested by law , 'ln the resident and the Senate ',jointly, either in part or in,whole, and this has since . remained and was the .opinioltof this, respondent at - the, time '„when , ' he, was forced, as" 'nforeSaid, le - con-. eider • and , decide what ' net' or acts should and might - be lawfullYdeneby this rettf i dent, as - : President; :Of - the ' United sta - -to t , cateloittii) atild'Stazitofite attrrert der said. eitleo•,- `II2IB ,IPETVent wail also then .ffictre-that:W.l toomrscsection of an act .regplagpg tho tenure of certain civil 4 0 1ceih-P. Allittli '.... 'ln b,Y;A' Con" 449 41 PPIIIIiiii*4 . t.geusee of Om lot grOrs•it,*as quiv4 l 4 - to_ ,Jsa,;, .! PThat every Nom hotaing"-any: asp, of fice to which he has been appointed by;and Var. — ' - 1 i T 3 * -7 7 7 I'n ~ I, rt---r—r 1:1 i k-N r/ r ., ~ ' -I:I. ~.) i :...1.1. I_ 1 Ai:: II I tkiii. LP an 1 i i`i. _..... PITTSBURGH. T - w th the adviceAn.'consref f klie PRI44Ket .d every person ho s all hereiaern . t...9 a .pointed to such ..ffice, and shall bee d, ly qualified to act therejn, is and - shall be entitlektOtobraVe Ottidel i tser shall have been in 'lte Manner tip Pointed and duly qualified, - pt,,as herein other- Wise provided, that t .e.Secietaries of State, of the Treasury, of tie; of the'. Ratri and of the Interior, the • . . ten General and the Attorney Genet' ;•Shall . ." held OfM:6 - Tor and during the to Orthe'PhAddenfiry whom they may hat tiPpOinted v and for ono month there . ft er, subject to remo val by and 'With .the advice and consent of IS"rqfponde tindersiOolf :IS - in tendeetto be: expression of the., opinion of the Congress by which that act was 'patisi3d that the to remote an Execti- . tive,officer for . cause.might by laW be taken frOrn' the - President and Vested in him aiadlhe' Senate ; jointly;: and' 'although this respondent, had arrived,. at, and. still retained the' opinion above ' expressed, and verily believed, atilitastill.believes, that the - first section of the last mentioned act was and, is wholly . inoperative' and void, by reason .of -its conflict, ,:with the Constitution of the 'United States, yet inasmuch as . • the • " same had been, enacted by the. constitutional Ma jority in, each,.pf the two Houkes of that Congress: thiS resrxindent considered its to be proper to examine and deCide whether the particular case of the said Stanton, on which it was respondent's duty' . to het, was within or without the terms of'.thatfirst see; Lion of the act. or within it', 'whether the l'resident had not power according to the terms to remove sald Stanton front the of flee of. Secretary for 'the .Department . of War, and having, in his . capacity of President of the United -, Statei, ex amined and considered; - . did form the opinion that; the case of said, Stan ton and his tenure of Mlle& were not affect ed by the first section of the list named act. And this responder . , further answering, says that although. a case :thus existing, which in his judgment, as President of the United Stlites, etdled for the exercise of the exeutive power, to remove said Stanton from, office as Secretary (or the Department of War, and although this respondent' was of opinion, as above shown, that under the Constitution of the United States the power to:remove said Stanton from said office was vested in the President Of the United States, and although this respond ent was also of the opinion, as above shown,., that the case of said Stanton was not elfect bythe first section of theinst named act, and although each of the said opinions had been formed by this respondent upon-an actual ease requiring him,in his mpaeity of President of the States to come to the same judgment:Sad-determination thereon, yet this respondent, President of the United . States, desired and.detetroine44ci • avbid; if possible, any question-of the construction and effect of said - first 14eCtiiin of the last' named act, and also the broadi,r qUestion of, the executive power conferred on the'Presi 1. dent, of the United Statis3l by . ' the Constit u -. ution of the United States,' to remove one of 'the principal officers of of the Exeenti - Ve DepArtments Toy e4use,,flie4Mltig*ht* eV* ficent, ficent, aratthis respondent desired It to he deterralueciAlmt,..if.f • whielet-1561d* 1T6 7- Con ro it should become absolutely necessary, ..to raise and have Settled in sonic wav either or both of the last named. questions, it was in accordance with , the Constitution of the United States, and- Te citireB the President thereby, that questions of so much gravity and . itnportance on which the Legislative and. Executive De partments of the government had disagreed, which involved powers eensidered• by . all branches of, the government during its entire history, down to the' year ..18a7, to have been confided. by the Con stitution of the United States to the President, and to be necessary for the cont plete and proper execution of his duties, and should be in some proper way submit ted to that Department of the govermrient entrusted.by the Constittition with the pow er and subjected by it to the.duty, not only of determining finally the construction and effect of all acts of Congress, but of cont paring them with the Constitution of the United States and pronouncing thorn inop erative when found in conflict with the fun damental law which the people haVe enact ed for the governnient of all titer. servants. And to these ends, first, that' throtigh the action of the Senate of the United States 'the absolute duty of the. President to substitute some fit person .in . place of Mfr. Santon as one of his advisers, and as as a principal subordinate officer, 'whose': official conduct he was responsible- for, and had a lawful right to control, might be ac complished without the necessity of rais- • ing an one of the questions aforesaid; and 'second, if this duty could not be so per formed, then that these questions,or such .1 o; thetii as might necessari ly -arise, I should be judicially determined in the I manner aforesaid; And for no other end I or purpose this respondent, as President of. the United States, on the 12th day of Au- ! gust,'lBB7, seven days after the 'reception of i the letter of said Stanton hereinbefore stated, did issue to said Stanton the order . I following : "Bxecutive dlan.mion , fira.shing, ton, August 12, 1857.—Sir ; By virtue of the I power and authority vested in Me as Prmident by the . Constitution and lark. of the,United States, you. are hereby suspended front' Offide'a.s Secretary of War, and will cease exercising all functions per taining to the seine. Yon will at once transfer to General U. titent,.. - 'who has, this day been authorized and empowered' . to act as Secretary of War; intcriin, :all ' recorda,:. books, t i i.tp,entiand. : , other public propeftY ybtir crhaigt).4, . The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Seceders , of. SVar,l6• *hem said order was addxes.sed, made, the. following.replyL War - De.Parttnenttf . :Tr..o4fnalterii August 12th, 1867.—Sir: Your note of this date has been ro4eited, drifertninglifethhtayArtue of powers vested in you as President by the Constitution and. laws e.f:the United StateS;-c I•Fun suspended from the of Secretary ' of War, and will cease to exercise any and ttli innctiimsportaluing tothe same, and;also' directing me at once to transfer to Gen. U. S. - ;Grai who luak this; ditYl'.h r een autho ized and empowered to act as Secretary •of War ad •all records, books, papers and other public property; now' in ;my.eustody and charge: Under - a' sense of public duty I am compelled to deny' your; right under' the" Constitution and laws Of tlie.United Stetei4,""withOut th(itidvlcoluid` omit:int of. the=-Senate,xiald-ticilthouelegal cause, to suspend me from office as Seem; tary of Wer f or* their e'kertibtt.eC any* nil functions pertaining to the same, or Avithout , such". advice' ; and , consent to compel Inc to transfer to any per son records, papers .lure} -pp tato, property in 'my custody as Secretary.::; lint ittafirmieh as the General commanding, the armies of the United State§ haSi:bee4 pointed ad-interist r tmd•luua, notified tue he, has• deceptelthe appointnterit, I have no al ternative but to'. What, - Ander protest of to superior force.— ...... • • And this respondent; further answering' , aagel it ix iiroviftd section of an act to ,regulate the tenure of ' certain dill - offices that the:; .Tresident ay-nauspendian , affteerrteorn the', P!ribrroarioeeflauties: of tbockilbtxt held by him for certain cause designated until the next.meeving of the Senate - and Anitil'tlie . ease acted on - bY the: Senate. • [Owing to the storm which-prevailed last.• weAtrp conapelledto.go to presswith out a r ftill report of the -President's answer. - We'prei3ent; ficckeVer, the following synop sis; which 'covers the• points taken by Mr. 4 0 4Ps9ijh.], . • • - • • • „. • - „. ,In answer to the second Lartie.le.he'-denies that he violated' the' Constittition`• in; ap pointing. General Thomas Secretary Of.-War. denies' , that , ther,e, was .no _vacancy in said• War. office. In the'third article - he'an- SwerS bySaYing that the fir Stand :second answer ctiversaitthe points in this..„ . In,answer ,to the fourth article that he'. attempted to",gain - possession of said War ofrice.bY fotee, , he Says that he only author.: ized,said TatOrria to get possession - in order to, luting said question into the Supreme Court' of : the 'United - States...e gave TliomuS no:rauthbrity to resort- Ti o - force,' or calLinthe aid of the military..,_ - - - • In answer 36 the fifth article he denies that he conspired with Thornas,‘ or any per ' son, to prevent • Stanton , frOm - retaining the :position he - . • In answer to the sixth article he denies having conSPired with ''Thomiiii to get pos- - sessionof' the - funds of- the War Otlice, or • othetpublic,primerty. . . • Ile denies, in answer to the seventh- arti cle; that lie violated the -laws or the Consti tutioa, or that':_the 'article constitutes high crime or misdemeanor. ' ." In answer to the eighth article he 'denies that he gave Thoniss a letter of ;appoint- . ment in -order to,control the funds ,of. the War 011ice,'but 'admits giving said letter; 'denies any intent •to violate law.. .Denies that:this is high crime and misdemeanor. In answer tO the ninth article he denies that iri conversation with General Emory 'that he endeavored to get him to disobey any law, or offered him any inducement to I do so.. Me denies all the allegations in said ninth article,"and that • it constitutes high I'crime and misdemeanor. ru answer to the tenth article he does not admit that toe speech claimed to have been - made by, hint in response to the delegation , from the Philadelphia Convention is a cor rect_ report. ,Denies the truth of the re marks attributed to him as being delivered at Cleveland and St..lLouis, and claims that • all his speeches were delivered in his right •as an Ameriean citizen, and as President of thelltilted States,-for whic he cannot be questioned: • In answer to.artiele eleventh, he denies • that in the public speech in Wa.shingtort he said that Congress - was' 'not a lawful' Con gress of the "United States; or would not be until the ten Southern States, were: repre sented. He insists on being permitted - to use the freedein Of speech or opinion. The reading of answer occupied one hour and alialf. . Mr. BOIJTWELL, on behalf of the Man -1 agers, requested. a copy of the answer,,and said it.was their expectation to present their replication to-morrow, at one .o'cleck. ; • EV.A.RTB then' addressed the Court in relatien to•abe period of time to be al- - lowed the respondent after the replication 1 is filed before the trial , is to proceed. He I.latidahe Paeidderitat counsel had been too occupied with the , preparation of ..tnAmilttettiaa'.3/raLtattrtkat whatever .f taartilitaiidthey therefore requested 'that the Court allow the President and and counsel thirty days from the date of the replication to prepare for the trial. A motion in writing to that effect Was 'resented and read by the Secretary. I Mr. HOWARD moved it lie on the table until after the replication is filed, but with drew it on Mr. Itingharn's announcement that the Managers were ready to express their opinion on the application at once. Mr. LOCiAN, on behalf of the Manag;ers, said - they should oppose it, because there was no reason. offered fbr the delay, except that. the President's counsel needed tine.' Fie said they had as much time as the Man agers, and some other reasons should be given, as there had been in the applications for delay made in former trials for im ' peachnient, when it was always-stated on oath that time was needed to `produce dis • tant witnesses, the. sneh cause was al leged or shown, and the rule. adopted by the Senate required the trial to proceed un less cause for delay was shown. The Mana- gory insisted, that no more time 'should be taken apT : than V 133 absolutely necessary for the trial of the case. No more .time 1 should be, ' granted to the President than to the meanest man.. At the expiration of the" • thirty ditys, application might be made for, further nelay, toserid for witnesses,parhiipa. to Sitka. liaterial reasons for delay should be assigned now.- ' Mr. EVARTS called the attention of the I Court to the faetthatthe President's coun sel had been allowed_ only eight Working I days in which to prepare their answer, ; and I said it was not an answer to their present application that equal haste would be neceS -1 sary on the part of thee Managers as on the part of themselves. Their positions were I not similar. The Managers had enjoyed 1 peculiar " facilities for gummening and ea t amining, witnesses. The President had j. public duties which emplo,yed much o 1 his 1 time. The counsel asked no more in this ease, for the President, than they would for the poorest criminal. If urtforseen dream . stances should arise requiring, delay, for the - President, , of witnesses:. for either side, it would be the duty of the ,Colut to grant it. Mr. WILSON announced the determine- , tion of the Managers to resist all unneces: nary: delay. The first stealtaken by the counsel on the 13th was in vindicatien of the .precedenta bf former impeachment trials, In the•case of Judge Chase the re= , spondent had asked' for eleven -menthia• delay; sapporting his application by sworn aitatements. Only thirty days -were granted, and'yet his preparatiort WELS so per reet as to secure his acquittal. In the slab T orate answer to-day presented, he (Mr.. Wilson) found the strongest argument' against delay, for the remondent'aliarein claimed his , right was the. very things on Which tals trial ; s based. The respondent's case was , net - that of an ordinary eriniay had.- Fie asked time in. which he may. centhaie' ' to Infant' the interests= of the .country, ate he had • clone, by acts which he, now, inetified. , The cause shown in MIS application was, not such as., would:warrant the Senate, under the-rules, to grant a delay.. The, bonniel sliould not • be allowed-time to educate themselyes in the cases STANBERY - Red that Mr. - -rep some re - arice shotildbe Placed - by - the Court on the pertionaL honor. of the: counsel, when tllaY' say =they hive been sa:pressed for preparing their, ,: answer, that they ; have not had time given the to communicate with the Presi dent to What witnesses should' be sum-. 1 mooed. a While they *ere So' engaged the Managers had - been arranging for the von 'duct of their case, Stanbery -reiterated that he and his"felloak counsel had not even .ctdocument prepared, or' witness , sum nioned, and if they weree - forced to proceed 'With the ease 10-morrow.'they would ap pear defenceleas anduitarmed. • He'appeal ed to the Court Toe airae-if - not the , fall. Period .aakedfor, , atneast.'-' a pertain. He argued.againet the construction placed by the IMaiutgers thbf - -rule cited by Mr. Itirigham, He , was Mika to reply, when the Chief JqustJustice remarked the Managers could not elMe'the'debatea l• - Mr. HOWARD mo,e&tbe application . be aid on'i the Mr. JOHNSON called fly the reading . of E= NUMBER 71 the twentieth rule, Bruiting the debate on interlocutionarY• motions to one hour. By consent of the Senate; Mr. BINGHAM' then replied to .Mr.- Stanbery, - saying no one questioned the honor' of counsel; but this application - was not to be decided by reference to that consideration. The Presi dent had sent his counsel hereto ask, upon honor, for an extension,of forty, days to pre pare is -.answer.- •Orily, ten> days were granted, and the.ansWerwas prepared and ready. NoW, they - a:sk,,.,iiport•their' honor, for thirty days to :prepare for trial; .. The President had ,beon guilty" of 'gross - negli gence in not stinniioning , witnesses, and. he was now trifling v) , •ith • the Senate. wanted thirty days in;:ivhich to prepare to show still more clearly that the Constitution was but a Cabinet in his-lands to prepare for further abuses of the - mighty power he still wields.- The words- of -his • ansirei, - in which he claims the. right_ to: remove all . executive officers at will, while the Senate is in sesSion, Were conclusive evidences of , . =his guiltand clangerons intentions.. - They constituted a menace to the- Senate. The country has no* less a right to a speedy trial than the In the name of the peeple the Managers demanded that the trial) should proceed. He. would venture to say that no cause for delay could he shown by the counsel, hilt which the Managers, could overcome.' .They. would probably admit whatever the witnesses to be called would be, able to prove for the respondent. ' . • Mr. HENDERSON Offered - a :motion to have the application acted upon after , ,,the filing of the replication. . • • ' Mr. BUTLER, for" the Managers,urged that - the question of time should b settled now. • . The yeas and nays were called on Mr. Henderson's motion, which was not agreed to, by a vote of twenty-five to twenty-eight. Mr. HOWARD renewed his motion that the application lie on the table, but Mr. DRAKE made the point of order that the motions of counsel must banded upon by a vote of the Senate at once, which the Chair snStained. - - • - The yeas and 'pays Were then taker:Lori the original motion', that thirty, daya'timo be granted, and it was negatived by'a Strict party vote—twelve to forty-One. - Mr. SHERMAI' then made a .motion to adjourn, but before it was put • . EVARTS amended his Motion; so as ,to apply for a reasonable time aftorthe -repli cation of the Managers is filed; to be now fixed by the Senate. • Mr. fOIDZSON moved that ten days -be allowed,- but the motion to adjciurn was, pin and the Court, adjourned until to-morrow at one o'clock. . • . The Senate then adjourned. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CLARKE presented, resolutions of the Kansas .Legislature, pledging support to Congress bathe removal of Andrew Joh nson if found . guilty: ' ' Mr.' HOLMAN offered a resolution ex pressing the .judgment •of the Rouse that Government bonds, except when expressly made - payable in'eoin, should be payable in lawful• money of the United States, com monly kilowatts United States notes. lie _ moved the pr,evios.s oLestion;thich wa s Messrs:•Gard Id and Blaine and refused by the House. e resolution was then referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, the House refusing, to order the yeas and nays thereon. • The House having received a message from the Senate resolved itself into Com mittee of the Whole and proceeded to the Senate chamber to attend the impeaChment trial. When themembers returned, Mr. BING HAM said the Inipeacliment Mana„,.*es bad anticipated' the President's answer, and had prepared a replication thereto. After a lively time among the members, the House adjourned till to-morrow at II o'clock to consider the replication. District Elections. Following are the officers elected in coun ty districts on Friday, 20th inst: SEWICKLEY BOROUGH. School Directors, Alichal .Marlatt, 3 years; E... Reno, 1 Yeari Rogers,_ 2 rears;_ S. Baird, 1 year. Supervisors, S. Neely, Gard. Winters. Judge ot Election, W. H. Seamen. Inspectors, Harmer Neel.y, Willitun Merri man. Assessor;-llngh Linn: 'Auditors, E. P..:Young, 3 years; Louis McCormick, 2 , ••years. Township Clerk, D. L. Shields. Con stable 'Peter Masonholt. TEMPERANCLVI;L'E. * Burgess, James W. Ballantine. Council, John Hollingshead, Thomas Fox, Charles Geiger, Howell Jon es, Johngahard. School Directors, Thos. Ilershberger, 3 years; Geo. Wittengill, 3 years; Samuel H. French, 2 years; , John Garbett, 2 years.. Judge of Election, A. L. Jones. Inspectors, N. Bal lantine, John Diver. Assessor, James Mc- Dowell. Auditor, .Wm. Goffe. Constable John. Thompson.,,.., NOETTE FAYETTE. The following is the result of the election in North Fayette township, on Friday, March 20th 6. Judge • Judge of Elections, Wm. , In aPectors, George Y. McKee, Samuel. Stur geon. • • Townsldp Treaairer,• Rer. `F. A. Hutchinson.., Clerk, Robert Potter. School Directors, A. Mera i ziand, Daniel Hoffman. Supervisors, J.W. McMichael, M. E: Bald win, A . Diekkon;;Jarnesit. Kelso. Auditor, H. Riliott Mcßride. 'Assessor, A. P. Lewis. Constable, A. P. Lewis. Foreign Markets by .Cable. • Loirumv; March •9314; s.2olquiet at 72®73X; nois Central, 8914. - FRANKFORT, March 23.--Evening.-17. S. closed at'7sg. = i nrooi4 - March2.3.—Evening. , --Catton OlOlSed easier 'but- unchanged; sales 10.000 hares 'middlings at IW,, Orleans log.c•tl i l i the markets are generally 'Provisions and ~ liireadstulfs unchanged. Produce— Spirits of Petroleum nominally unchanged at ls. 3d: ANTWERP,IIIarch 3.—Petrolento—Sttind aid White closed at 43f. - • Toledo Market. Teregraiili . to Pittsburgh Gaiette.i Tor.sno,' ' March - 23.—Flour; receipts of 754 bbLs; the -.market la 'quiet. Aihest 2c better, with sales of amber Michigan at ' $2,63; and No. 2 lowa sp.ring at a2,05'. 7Cmn; rectiptErof 12,599 bus; .34e better; With tiles of No. '1 at 94e; and buyers for aline month at; 94 1-4a94 1-2 c. Oats; receipts of 1,310 bus; ,1-20 better, with sales of No. lat 68e; ltye 20 better, with seine - of %No.' lat 111,62. see& - '. „ - ' . " • . 2 - mn wankee Marke Telegiaph to tho Plusturgh nate.] Mit.wAunrs, March 23.—Flour dull , but firm at p,7,0 for. hest, Idinpespta -brands. Wheat is 110 better; sake at sl,9tltor No 1. Corn at No; fresh 'receipts. oittpo. - Pts--800 bbla Roar, .2.,800 bnih wheat. • Shipments--2,000 bbla ;1,300 bush wheat. - • Rivers.and: Walther. : Telegispb to the l'',Wqba rib t} 6 e , 4 I~otitsvn Ls .March 211.--111VOXINIIng 'irery - Outt, 'with fifteen feet' idne Inches In channel. Weather clear and very *arm. .~ 8
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