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VOL. XIX.
;VASSVIfiLE. MNTJ., WDiVKSPVY. MARCH :.. IMS.
ESTABLISH ED. 1S31.
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TELEGRAPH.
For Commercial and River JXapatehe H i
Fifth
Progress of, the Impsaeh-
-ment Trial.
Eeplication of tho House
to tho Answer of Andy
Johnson.
The Impeachment Trial to
Prcceed at Once.
A Prominent Lawyer in
.. JacksDii, Ilissiasippi;
Assassinated.
The Kuxlux "Klan. -
Foreign' Intelligence.
Cholera Disappearing at
St. Thomas.
Confirmations by the
Senate.
INDIANAPOLIS.
The Methodist Lay Convention
Large Attendance Committee Ap
(Special to the EvansviUo Journal.
Indianapolis, March 24. The
Methodist Lay Convention, to day,
waaquite largely attended, every por
tion of the State being, represented.
"Will. Cumback waa President. A
committee of pae from each presiding
elder'a district was appointed to cir
culate petitions, John Ingle, of Ev
ansviFe, Edward B. Pennington, of
Rockpprt.and George Glover, of Vin
cennea, being of the number. To
night addresses were made by Dr.
Reed, of Cincinnati, and Dr. Bow
man, of Asbury University, and the
"resolutions of the Chicago tConven
tion'oflast January, were unanimous
ly adopted.
' WASHINGTON. ""
Important Decision 'of the Supreme
Court-Coiiflrmailonn by the Senate.
.i j .1
Washington, March 24. In'the
Supreme Court, Judge Clifford de
livered an important decision, affirm
ing a decision of the Supreme Court
ot Connecticut, in the case for the
Society for Saving, appellants, vs.
G-AV.-Coates, State Treasurer. .The
question was whether deposits invest
ed in Government securities were
liable to State tax. It was held that
a tax upon a deposit.held by a Savings
Bank, is not a tax on the securities
inVhich they are invested, for a tax
oa deposits accrues whether they are
invested or not Judge Miller dis
sented on the ground that this was
only a tax on Government securities
in another form.
The report in circulation to-day
that the Committee on Elections had
voted to retain General Morgan, of
-the 13th Ohio District, m his seat,
was an error. The Committee, by a
strict party vote 6 Republicans
iShellabarger being absent) against 2
emocrats resolved to report in fa
vor of giving the seat to C. Delano.
They say he was elected by 87 ma
jority. It is not probable that the
report of tlie committee will be made
before next week. v ; '
The Senate to-day confirmed the
following nominations: Jno. R.
Drabet, Assessor of Internal Rev
enue fur the Second District of West
ern Virginia- L. D. Evans, Collector
of Internal ltevenue for the Fourth
District of Texas; 0. Robinson, of
Vermont, Consulate to Quebec; also
about one hundred officers in the
Navy for promotion. The Senate
rejected the following nominations:
Augustus Bradley, Assessor of Inter
nal Revenue for the Second District
of Indiana; D. M. Mills, Assessor of
Internal Revenue for Dakotah, and
J. W. Snyder. Assessor for the
Twenty fourth District of New York.
It is understood that two treaties
with Italy have recently been sent to
the Senate.
The Committee on Ways and Means
recommend non-concurrence in the
first and second Senate amendments
to the House Bill, exempting certaiu
manufactures from internal tax, and
concurrence in the third with tha
amendment providing that no draw
back shall be allowed after July 1st,
upon exportation on account of in
ternal tax. . They recommend con
currence in the fourth, with tne
amendment providing that manbfao
tares'" exempt from taxation under
this act shall pay two dollars per
thousand in excels of -five thousand
dollars annuar sales; such sales to be
returned to the Assessor monthly,
and the tax in excess shall be assessed
and paid monthly. An additional
uuo-
dr
im :
i ave thousand uohara, and
inro:-ntfor Ax months to three
years lor fraudu'ent distillation of
vhi-ky, and the carrying on . of such
distillery for twenty days in a locality
where the market value of spirits is
10 per cent, less than the tax and cost
producing, it shall be -prima fni
evidence -that the business is being
caniel on with the intention to de
fraud. It is also provided that the
market value of whisky being below
the tax in any locality, shall bs prima
fos'ti evidence that the assessors and
collectors of the Internal, revenue
iu 4 that ., locality are .-neglecting
their business, and they shall
at once be superceded, and. all pay
and compensation shall he withheld
from them untiFjhey shall .show .that
the fax on such spirits had been paid,
or that a failure to pay had not been
on account of negligence or want of
due vigilance on the'parf of, the sus
pended officers. They recommend a
concurrence- ,in-the fifth Senate
Amendment. r ' ' ''.
General Grant has ordered" Deputy
Quartermaster General Eaton to take
temporary, charge ofy the duties of
Chief Quartermaster of the Military
Department of. Missouri, at St. Louis.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Card is ordered to
assume Gen. Eaton's duties, at Fort
Leavenworih,- during his absence.
To-daf, wheu the Senate had re
tired for consultation Johnson pre
sented a resolution he had previously
submitted in tha Chamber, providing
that the trial of the President shall
commence on Thursday, the 2d of
April.
Williams moved a farther consider
ation., of the respondents application
for time be postponed until the Man
agers have opened their case and sub
mitted their evideuce. Disagreed to
yeas 9, nays 42.
Sumuer had offered the following
ameuduieut, which he subsequently
withdrew: "Now that replication
has been filed, the Senate, adhering
to its rule already adopted, will pro
ceed with the trial from day to day,
Suudays excepted, unless otherwise
ordered or reason shown."
fatCt n'.l ng moved an amendment to
J ohnson's resolution, by striking out
Thursday, the second of April, and
inserting Monday, the thirtieth day of
March, as the time when the trial
shall commence.
Conkling's amendment was agreed
to. Yeas 28; nays 24.
Other modifications were made to
the original resolution, when it was
adopted ,.,.,.., . t
RICHMOND.
Convention Proceedings.
Richmond, March 24. In the Con
vention to-dayr the disfranchisement
bill, was again brought up, and the
amendment to disfranchise all who
vote for an avowed secession candi
date to the succeeding Convention,
was indefinitely postponed.
The iron-claa oath for all offipe
holders was adopted by 40 to 32.
JACKSON, MISS.
.! - ' -
Lawyer Assassinated The Kuklux
Klan The Convention. .
. Jackson, March 24. Wa. M. Es
telle, a prominent lawyer of Missis
sippi, was assassinated last night.
The supposed assassin was arrested.
The Kuklux Klan hs made its ap
pearance here.
In the Convention to-day the sec
ond section of the Legislature's bill,
the apportionment for representation,
was passed.
W. Fi S. Strickler, delegate from
Tippaho, has resigned his seat.
NEW YORK.
Destructive Conflagration Loss $23,
. 000 Adolph Mayer Arrested Under
the Extradition Treaty.
New York. March 24 The
Steamer New, York, from Bremen,
via Southampton, has arrived.
The manufactory of II. B. Geors k
Co., dealers in artist's materials,
burned to-day; loss $25.00. Four
men were injured, one fatally, in es
caping from the burning building.
Adolph Moycr, a German merchant,
arrested ou the steamer City of Cork,
under the extradition treaty, is
charged with swindling the Bank of
Hesse Darmestadt, and a Danker
there, of 28,000 guilders.
The arguments in the case against
the ltck Island railroad have been
concluded and the decision is re
served. New York, March 25. This eved
ins some persons entered the office ot
A. G. Rogers, on Pine Street, and ab
stracted "$20,000 worth of railroad
bonds. .
At a meeting of the Erie Railroad
Directors to day, resolutions were
unanimously adopted, making a re
duction iu iaies to Buffalo of. 33 per
cent., and a corresponding reduction
iu fares to al points in the West.
The Directors express confidence
that with the sympathy and support
of the people along the road, they will
realize larger profits, at the reduced
rates than at the former rates. -
There has been no change in the
situation at Jersey City.
George A. Osgood still evades the
service of an injunction restraining
him from acting as receiver.
rondos for a fine of fivo
C mgressioaai Pro.eadmgs.
Th3s ImpBachment Trial.
R
pli-ation of the Housa
to tin Answer of. An
drew Johnson.
The Impeachment Tri
Proceed at One.
1 to
SEXATE ....;Aasui.v9t-, March 24.
Mr.. Morgan, from the Committee on
Finance, .reports! a. bid to nboHsh the
oflloe of Superin.s udent of Exports and
Urswbwks. !. I.. -
The bill to regulate the Presentation Bill
to Uio frwiiili'nt, aud the return thereof,
was considered. -
Davis moved to. strike ont the m cond
section, providicjr'that the bills presented
to the President and not returned by him,
with his objections, within the ten days
specified, shall become a law, and making
it his duty to return them to tlie Heeretary
of .Stale, who Is to certify, has become a
law. The, amendment was. lost. After
soihe debate, the bill passed, '.3 yeas to 10.
NAT-Bucklw.favis,Doolirtle,t;ayard.
Dixon Met 'reery, Morton, Norton, hauls
bury, NVilllaT,r--
Wilson',- from the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, rexrted favorab'y a Joint
re olBtixin to pl.ice at the disposal of the
Lincoln Monument Association certain
captured ordnance. .
r Cmyio, from Lhu Committee to Aodlt the
ConiinKent Expenses of Kales, reported
favorably the bill making appropriation
for the exp3iisp rf-tbe trial of Impeach
ment, of Andrew JoUlison, and other con
tingent expi hse, lor the yeareuding June
'JO, lstti. Keferred to the CoiAualttee ou Ap
proprlat ions. .
She- man off.'rwl an bfder that the order
In regard toadrtilsM n to the gall.-rie.-. be
suspended nntii further' order, and that
the tserKeaiit-at-Arirn shall take care that
order be observe t In the galleries during
tlie trial of impeach 'nent, and authorizing
him to arrest aud bring before the Senate
any person violating this order, and talie
care that no person enter the diplomatic,
ladies and reporters galleries, but those
en' Itled to admission. Laid over.
The Clerk of ilia Jlouue appeared, and
atinouoxd tha the House adopted a
replication to ia answer of the President.
One o'clock having arrived, the Pre-1-dent
protem vacated the Chair for the
Chief Justice, who look hi neat, ordering
tlie proclamation, which was made accord
ingly by the Hergeant-at-Arins.
In the meau time the counsel for the
President Mtanhery, CurtU, Evarts, Nel
son ai d Oroeslieck entered and took Heats,
and at fir minutes past One the Mana
gers were anonnoed, and took so t.s, with
the exception o Stevens, who was absent.
The House was anuouueed lmmediatel ,
aud the members disposed themselves
outside the bar ; the minutes of the ses
sion Of yesterday were read by the Seere
tary, who also read the. adoption of the
replication by the ilou-e.
ttoutweil, one of the Managers, then
said: Mr. President, I am charged by the
Managers with the duty or presenting the
replicuioa offered by the House of Kpre
sentMllves. Chief Justice Iast evening a motion
was pending on the part of ouunwl for the
Presideut that kucIi a time should be al
lowed for ttieir preparation as theiSeuate
should please to determine upon. Tue
Senator frotn Maryland (Johnson) pre
sented an order, whieh will be read by the
Secretary- " '
The Secretary read the order, providing
that ten days' time be allowed,
i S n inner Mri Pri lflent.' 1 send to h
1 Chair an amendment, to come immediate
ly arter the word -'ordered, " being in the
nature ff fa snhsUf;ute '
The epretmy "read the amendment
which is as follows:
" That now that a replication has been
filed, that the Senate adhere to its rules
already adopted, and proceed with the
trial trom day to-day (Sundays excepted i,
unless otherwise ordered, or for reason
shown."
Edmunds I move that the Senate retire
to consider that order. - "
Sumuer an i others No, no.
The yeas and nays were demanded and
ordered, reuniting hr follows:
Yeas Anthony, Bayard, Buckalew, Cor
bett, Davis, Dixon, Doollttle, Edmunds,
Fe.ssendev,Frwler,Frf linghuysen, tirimes,
Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, Johnson,
McCreery, Morrl.l, of Maine; Morrill, of
New Hampshire; Mrton, Norton, Patter--on,
of New Hampshtie; Patterson, of
Tennessee; Sacilshury, Sprague, Van Win
kle, Vickers, Wllley and Williams 21.
Nays Ca nitron, Cattell. Chandler, Cole,
Conkling. Conness, Cralgin, Drake, Ferry,
Harlan, Howard, Morgan, Nye, Pomeroy,
Hamsey, Hoss.Shermau, steyart, Sumner,
Thayer, Tipion, Trumbull aud Wilson 23.
Ho the Senate retired for consultation.
At 1 :25 o'clo;K, after the Senators retired,
Mr. Stevens was disc vered. sltilng to U e
leit and rear of the President's desk, hav
ing entered unnoticed daring the proceed
ings. In the meantime, trie galleries, hith
erto very quiet, rippied with fans and chit
chat, while on the floors, saved to sena
tors, were invtided by knots of members,
and others, in conver.-ation. At 3:i Sen
ate re-appeared. Order having been re
stored, the ( hlet Justice said: I am di
rected to Inform Hie counsel that the Sen
ate have agreed to an order, in respoutse to
their application, which w ill now be read :
Ordered, tlini; tlie senate will com neuce
the trial of the President upon the articie-.i
of impeachment exhibited against him,
oa Monday, the 30th day of March, and
proceed therein with all dispatch, under
the ru e ot the' Senate sitting npon the tri
al ot an impeachment.
After a momentary pause, the Chief Jus
tice asked: ' H ave the counsel for tue re
spondent inythlag to propose?
The counsel bowed in acquiesc.auce to
the decision.
butler, one of the Managers, said that if
the Chair will givenoiice to the witness
es to appear here on Monday, the &Hb in
staut, ai lLi'j o'clock, the Manajjrs will
be obliged.
Ou motion of Senator Wilson, the Court
adjourned to the date named, at half past
twelve o'clock, and tlie Chief Jusriee va
cated the Chair, which was immediately
occupied by the Pre-ideut pro tetn., Seuaior
Watle, who called the -euate to order.
Gi lines moved that the Senate go into
executive .session, which, after a vain at
tempt by An; bony to call up the report of
the Committee on Huies. prevailed, and
the Senate went into executive sess.oa.
IIOL'SE WASmsoTOJt, March 24.
The Committee ou Elections reported ,
against bom Kerr and Young, fro.n Ken- j
tucfty, and tuui the (jovernorof that State
be notified of the va aucy. Keport iaul j
over. I
i ne Post O'fice Ai proprlatlon Bill was !
verbally amended and goes to uie P. esl- !
dent. Similar actioa was taken with the
Post R ute Bill.
The Senate Bill, amendin; the act or
3.1, IS 7, providing lor the p ouipt
settlement ot public accouat", was pas-ed.
Boutwell reported the form of replica
tion to tlie President's answer, which was
read.
Replication bvthe Houe of Representa
tives of the United -Spates, to.t he answer
of Andrew Joiiuson, President of the
United State, to the Articles of Ini-.
peacument exhibited against him by the
. House of iiepreseutatives:
The House of Representatives of the
Uuited Slates have tousidered t he everal
answers of Andrew Johnson, President of,
the United ?-lates, to the several A. tieie
ot Impeachment against him, aud by
them exhibiied, in the name of them
selves and of all the people of the United
S!;ies; aii'l reserving to tneuise. Ves h n ad
v.( ., ., ,, except i ti to the lnstifticiency
or r !-, answer l i e i -i: un i all of 'lie sev
rn, Art 'i-s of Impeacnment exhibited
:i4'n-t s-.l.l A ore w Johuoou, President
o':!ie CinL-d States, do dnv ejich and
ev.-;y a verinecit insa: i several answers, or
iiev i L'.-rn. -wliicti ii ines or traverses
the act". Intent-, cr uies or misdemeanors
e.iarged -luuinsi satii Andrew Juliron, Iu
Mini A. -.Isles of l.i peach rn nt, or either of
t!j. i:i: and for' repiieTion to t.iesMdan
t .vei , 'I . vi e th ' the saxl Andrew J.hn
koii, Pi-i-ident . of the- Unite states. Is
gu.K. of lue hl-.h crimes and misdemean
1-, meii'toned in the said Articles, and
thattjie said Ifo.ise of Representatives
are ready to prove be imie.
Spa diiig Inquireil from Boutwell whether
the President liad denied he was gal.ly
under Ihearucles. - -
Farusworih said he . President admits
the faCTS nnd Oeufes the guilt.
Hpaldiug added that the Managers would
be inn by 1. gal critics iu the Hena(e( aixl
they would .have. t- he careful how tliey
drew up the replication. ' '
Boulwt-ll said the aiter.tciuof the Man
agers had teeu drawn to the pecu iht hrm
filed on 'behalf ot the President, but that
the answer was, in Hubstauce, that lit was
nt gull y ; therefore, the form of Uie. re
plica on was dilfurent from that usually
used in similar cases. The answer to wmie
of the article amounted to a demurrer
mer. ly, but. on tlie whole the Mau&gt-rs
had chosen ' to treat the answer as a plea
of not guilty, i Tbe Mauagers wrre-of
opinion tliat no advantage could be taken
asagainst the House of Representatives to
the form of replication now reported. He
was willing to allow an hour for criticism
as to the form of the lepiicalion.
Woodward wished to call the attention
ot the Managers to tbe tact thai ttn an
swer of the President to the Eleventh Arti
cle amounted to a demurrer His own
opinion was that the demurrer was very
conclusive. He did not think there was
any impeachable olfeiises charged iu the
Eleventh Article, as the answer pot that
point in issue, which was a legal question,
and amounted to a demurrer. He thought
there shou'd be a special repliCHtiou to
that part of t he answer ol" a Joining of de
murrer. This fcenerat replication did not
join any issue on that a rlicle ul nil. and
was w hat nilht bo called a departure in
pleading. ...
liinghaui said that the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, (Woodward,) would find
that the eleventh article, like every other
article exhibited against the President,
cnarginl hi m with misdemeanor or high
crime In office, so there was no departure
whatever iu the replication. He desired
to call the attention of the gentleman tj
the fact that while tbe answer does con
tain much that is argumentative, and
much that tntgut be called a demurrer,
such a thing was never allowed at all In
an Impeachment, and there never-had
been'' a demurrer entertained in a
Senator or iu the Peers of England,
and there was nothing on record where a
demurrer did not He la such cast s. I -ert
that pleading was. uiiltuown in the
whole proceeding. To the President's an
swer to the lllh article, he expressly de
nied thit he committed a crime, and
was, therefore, a plea of "Not Oallty:" he
refers to the clause which contained the
general deuiai, aud this respondent, fur
ther answering the said 1Kb arli' l, diules
that, by reason or reasons of anything, in
said aitlcle alleged, this respondent, as
President of lbe United states, did, on the
21st day of February, 1&S, or at any other
Jay or time commit, or that he wns guilty
of a high misdemeanor in office. He
claimed that by parliamentary law that
amounted to some thing, as if he had said
he was not guilty of the crimes alleged
against him, in tbe manner and form, as
charged. Forms were im'.buu iu tMese
matters. Suts;ahoe was ever tulng. The
replication was of Hubstanee, and was not
a departure. He would like treue Andrew
Joiiuson go into the Senate gf tlie Uutte'l
Stales, and, by presenting a demurrer,
confess the averment In the articles. No
such rule obtained, because a demurrer
admitted everything thai is well pleaded.
Wood, Of New Y'-i k, presumed that the
objection taken by tha gentleman from
Peuuodvanla, has refereuce to making
the repitraiiion what It really oubt to be.
Wood thought that this Wan a ..nestion
.which tbe Court might determine." It was
desirable, however, that whatever course
he House should take, it nhouid exercise
the utmost care, and should reserve
to Itself the right to instruct and
direct the Managers. Ho would Uie
exception to the phraseology of the
replication, which .declana it to be
In the ua" e of all the peoi.le ol t he Unl:ed
state. We know, sal I he, that that is not
the fact. - Thore is out a man here who can
rise in his pi ce and caudldly declare that
the people of the United States have au
thorized the House to act on this ques
tion; or that miy inrmbef ol lite House
was ever elected on such an Issue. There
fore, it is false in lact that the House of
Repiesentatives is acting for and is repre
senting all the people ol the United Stales.
We have had no representations made to
this House, from any portion of the people
of the United States in faver of the
procedure, except by a handful of office
seekers who expect to derive personal ad
vantage from the result. The Managers
represent the House ot Representatives,
and only the House of Representatives,
and, la representing this House they are
its agents. One of the Managers, the gen
tleman f'-om Ohio, Mr, Bingham, lok up
on himself to bully tue stenatb; lie told the
Senate to say whether it w uld observe
the rules, and yesterday some Houe Man
ager undertook Co criticise, severely, and,
iu my judgment, improperly, decis
1 ns of the Chief Justice of tlie
United Sta es, s tting as Preident and
as presiding orflcer in that Court, it will do
to say that geutlemai Is al-me responsible
for tnese things. The Managers are acting
in behalf of the Houe, and therefore it is
that I. as one member of the Hne, de
sire to eater my protest ugaiuslauy con
duct on the part of either of tho-.e Man
agers tha' U not sufllaea ly decora and
commensurate with tue dignity aud grav
ity ol such an occasion Who, for Instance,
authorized the Mauagers to say yesterday
ihal they would pre ent their replica
tion to the Senate at one o'clock
to day as the repl catiou of the
Managers or House of Repreienta
tive.? I conteud i that in the absence
of any actioa on that qieiioa b tha
House of Representatives, it was an as
sumption of duty; an arrogance of power
on tne part of tne m .n.-igers to de,iar to
the Senate that they would at one o'clock
to day present this replication; and I find
u the Baltimore papetsof to-day this rep
lication. Sir, are we nobody? Do the
gentlemen who have beea selected oy I his
House to repre-ent it iu the Senat consti
tute t hernseives the Huuse of Representa
tives? Boutwell said he had understood thai it
was the opin ou of tue gentleman Irom
New York that toe repli atinn professes
to r ply in the name of all the people t
the L nited States, aud that as that geatie
man does not are- t-j it, therefore it is
not a good replication. If that wer.- so,
that would be au end of the whole prose
cution. Wood said he had stated that m portion
of the people of the United State had na
thorized this action, and that therefore
it did not represent all the people of the
Ul) ite-1 Stales and iadeeddid not repre
sent any of the people.
B.-.tier replied mat the representatives
of the peop'e usually rr-preseu them, but
the gentleman has not even the me lt of
originality in his objection. Tile form is
one that liris been ud 5ju years, lacking
e2. l'he objection was made to It once be
fore, an J only ouce. When the people of
England, simrl ug under the usu.-p a i n
ami tyranny of Charles I, not having any
provision la their Constitution, as we
have, ly which that - tyrant cou.d be
brought to justice outs'de their Const! u
tiou, and In a perfectly legitimate manner,
aud aul understand, and I believe, brought
Char.es to justice. When the proclamation
was made, they were proceeding in
the Dane of all the people. of
England. One of tne King's ad
herents got up and said: "No, all the
people do not consent to it." So the gea-
1 Hem in has at iea-t. a precedent for what
he h is done, and 1 wisil v.-e could follow
out the precedent in this C.iii't because
thet'ourt Inquired who m fie the objec
tion, and ti ied to find t h-oit'inder for lh
purpose of punishing him, iauiitei i but
he could not be found, and afterwards
tnrned oit to be a woman, (luaehfer)
the wife of tien. Fairfax, wiio rauied on
that occasion from the rest of the C in
moras. It is said by the K-ntleman trom
New York, that this repli.-aiion is in a
Baltimore paper. I lake i wue with this
fact. Tnls replication wns corrected ii
form at lj minutes past 11 o'clock thU day,
and Is copied .'rota in part, from the i-reat
precedents far as t hey apply, and, t lure
fore, any paper could publish om jtrung
like it.
j Wood Intimated thst the Manager had
j probably altered It af-er r e had sf-nt It U
! the papers, but he had it here, in tlie Balti
more ranicai. with tue names ol uie
Mati-ig"!t attached, - -
Butler And as the names of the Mana
gers are not attached to t he rep lcai i n,
that ends the matter; when we make a
replication we do not attach outnuiri -s to
it, but expert the .Speaker of. the House
and the Clerk of Uie House, by order of
the House, to aafh their names to It.
, Wood again intimated that the replica
tion was aliened alter it was given to the
tarxrs.
Butler said, we never Heret it at all:
this is a mere formal pro ceding. There
can be ho demurer, can be no side Issued,
-i-and all t lino the President's answer can
amount to i a plea of not guilty, wilt a
stump speech lu the otlly, I Laughter.
That is all.
1 trust the House will not reoelv any
lecture or any suggestions as; to the pro
priety of '.lie language or conduct from the
gentiemai who stands s yet under lis
censure ?or a violation ot all Parllamen
tarv rules.
Wood The highest complfmetit of my
4Me : . .
Twelve o'clock having arrived, the ses
sion of Monday closed and lbe session of
Tuesday commenced.
Eldtidge aid it would seem from 1ie re
marks ot t lie geutleman from .Massachu
setts, Mr. Butler, that Utls matter Is never
to e ase neing the aahject of ievlty. The
Impeachment of the Presldeut, from tbe
beginning of the proceedings, lias t'eii
treuted not only as a mere matter of form,
but as a tubject l"r trlfliug. The Ken Me
man from .Massachusetts lells us that
when the question was raised lu England,
whether impeachment was in the name
of the people, a mie one exclaimed it was
not, and he said that person wan under
Mood to li a ranting old -woiifu. Well,
air, it is not necassary for old women to
come here and rant, for we have plenty of
ranters lu the House of Representatives
Blaine On which mil's of the House?
Eldrldge I supposa the gentleman
knows he la a very fair specimen himself,
l be gentleaian f-om Massachusetts under
took lo say that this replication Is a more
formal matter. That may he the under
standing of (he gentleman from Massa
chusetts, and we have a statement of the
leading manager bust evening, that, an
ticipating an answer, presenlo.i by the
President, the managers had prepared a
replication. There could le no other con
struction put on his language than lUat
th managers, who, before they heard a
word of answer, hail prepare 1 in fo in a
replication. They do not consider. Uie
facta In the case They do not look upon
the President's declaration - and answer,
either specifically or geuerally, but prepare
and present to this House a replication in
form to what they eoppose the s-nswer Of
the President will be. I id. last night,
I did not desire ta Managers ou the
part of the House, as mticn as I r-pect
them as Individuals, luasmuclt as I have
confidence iu them us g-nUeiiien, to an
swer in my u me their own desire. Every
one of them was known to have been In
favor of the convictioa of the President,
without regard to ills answer, when they
were appoin e 1 as Manageia. ' The gentle
man from Ohio t.tlls us that the replica
tion is but a short trawrsof all material
allegations in the answer and dcuiaiof
the in ttcr and things set up. I the Im
peachment of tbe President so much a
matter of 'orm that whatever be may
answer the Managers are prepared with a
general d -nial of It? Is that the form ami
the proceedings by which you are to re
move tlie Chief magistrate of this Natiou?
Suppose the President had con fessed many
of the livls charged, and 1 understand he
does admit many, are the Managers pre
ptred la advance with a general tlenl-tl of
all matters and things setup by the Presi
dent? Are the Managers piepred lo deny
reckless y aud without, rjgard to facts,
whatever the President may say? 1 do
not' want these genilenvn to file an
answer for me. I do not want
them to be authorized to act
in my name, even at the hnrard of
being called, by the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts, a ranting old woman. Ho far
as the - President has undertaken to state
the tacts and give a narration of what has
transpired. I oelieve lie has slated tbe
Ood's truth, and I believe a majority of
the House, believe that what he has stated
is true.' Why men should not this House.
with equal frankness and , sincerity,
admlf. on tbe reords, whatever
is true : of what the President has
stated? Why can not we oouslder
the answer section by section, fact by fact,
aud whenever we find that the President
has stated the truth, aiinil that in our re
plication? Whyjseud out to the cjuutry a
false lepleatlon, a replication denying
those truths which we know to be true ?
Why teli the couatry that all the Presi
dent has said Is a lie, wheu we know mot
ot it U true ?
Williams, of Pennsylvania, would like
the gentleman to slate, as a lawyer,
whether he could point to any case of 1m-P'-achment
that bad been tried except on
the general issue of not guilty; whether
any other issne could be made any other
replication could be filed than subsfanii al
ly that which dad been prepared lo-day.
- Id ridge- repealed thai those portions of
4he President's answer w inch were true,
and which could not be den ej by the wit
nesses, should be admitted. By this meuus,
they would narrow dowu the issue and
save expense and time.
Williaais advening to the President's
answer, said that there was a difference
of opinion amougthe Mauag-rs, whether
they should not have demanded that the
Pre i lent In presenting his answer should
speciflcady plead guilty or not guilty, but
a maj -rity held that the answer might he
cou-ldered a general plea ot not guilty.
Replying to Kidndge, he said the genile
me l from Wisconsin asseveiates here
that all the fac s staled In the auswer of
the President are true or to use his Identi
cal language, " are oio l's truth." I do not
thins jod ever recognized truths of that
son. (Laughter.) Does the genlleiuan
say that the speeches charged to have been
made b the President at St. Louis, and
Cleveland, and Washington were not
made?
Mr. Eldridge-The President says- he did
not make them In the form in wnicj. they
uie charged.
Mr. V"iilliam r And the gentlemau af
firms the denial is trne, a ud, therefore, the
President never made suca speeches. I
rut it to the gentlemau whe tier he be
iev.'S t at himsdlf. Laughter on Republican-side,
f
.fier further discussion, the Rt-plicatioa
and Reso ulon were adopted Yeas
nny:j; a sfW p irty vote.
iijutweU ottered tne fallowing resolu
tion: ..
Htiolvd. That a nie-.sa.re be sent to the
Senate b -. the Clerk of the House, In form
ing I he Senate ihat tne House of Repre
sentatives have adopted, a replication lo
the answer of the President of the Unittd
mi ties, on the Articles of impeachment
exhibi ed against ban, aud that the sa;ue
will be pieseuted to the Senate by the
Managers of I his House.
Scheuck, from tne Committee ou Wa;.Ts
an t Means, reported a bill to refund tt.e
duties paid, tinder protest, on the impor
tation lrora France of a hell donated o
Si. Mary's Institute, atjNolre Dame, in
corporated by the Stalof Indiana for
philosophical and literary purposes. The
bill passed the House at the instance of
Schenck, and was ordered to be printed.
aexis.ipt certain m i .i u I i,-i ,--s
from internal 'm was ictur i.d tr 1 the
Senate with men.lrn-tit, toj-lh f ii
tbe report of the Cotiimt'l'-c. - -.hkIck
1i lie would Cull up (h W ret mor
row.
The
hour o' one havl'ijf snivel
.' lite
. of
Huu-c res. ve I ii.ejf
lUtl I ollitti
ffl Whole ailj proce,.
Oil imbel .
- The Jlitu ion it-luiai:
at- t wentyfj ve
minutes 'o torn ' iflncK.
Tfir r -oKer rfivlng re-ii i. i "5 the fd r. , r,
WnshHuVu, of Illliio'. Cl.at uianr.ffi.-
( Olllllli'tee of tho Whole, !e;,,rt,.,l ( . t,
I he Jlnii hit ! aLlilidel, -'-.'l.ing (jline
liil() .rn-tit .f tbe j- re-i le u i,t1nn
United t . t vs.' and ,i lie r.-t I 1 1 1 "i f t i.e
M a Hater's t . I lie aj,s.-. l',.s d- lit
was read la ilieir (.isii'.
The Hwltt-r Ml l.rlr.if tiis iioilsc a
c-oioinii i i.i. Oi f. 1,1 th - s i- i i.ic, o ths
TreMMiiy rs-i 1 1 rtg to remila 1 io.'ls '.-r tue
detenilou ol .Irm-t ton ii and ;.I ctir-
lell-y. .
-! I, fniT. the Com m : : (. e on M .! I i
ry A C'.l : r, a-lied lo -e.K.il it bill ( inv'd!;ii
forihe a - .1 the l:,d-. t .-n t 1' d
water pi i v ' i , Mt Marp-r's l-fi;.. West
VI ri'ii. be .nMir 'i ipe Um "is- t(-s;
Ilia salr I i he at uliuc a nil ion, on a crM 1 1
f one ai I leu i ar, tho J.r .-ce is lo
Ii.pos( d of us fij'ilon ;
Objection was made lo IT.e ren Uig of
the hid, bat H wasordered pr iili.l. ,
On mot I ii of iar'leld. h- m t.) 1 1 lee on
Jmlli- h rv " wr slIrs t M- l fo inquire l-ito
the x pi-ili.-ney tit jirovidltitf lir law fur
the se(J nieut f contest ;.loii,- tor
electors of President and Vice President of
IheUniMsl S ae, and that the ('jho'inI
tee report bv bill or otherwise. t i
Adjourued.
t
CANADA., r
: i ;i .
1 .
v '
Inquiry About Property DrMrojf d
by Fenian The I'apal ZouaTt,
Ac, -
..-,? ! a'..-' - ;i'i -.. :
Oitowa, March 2l In'ih Homo
of Commons, to-thy. (V Mr. 'MiJl'a in
quiry, if any 'Ifinatid 1 Veen iiia lo
on the United fitaJon 1 Jovcrnraent for
compt'iftitififi for "jiropt-rlj 'Istroyt 1
bv the Fenian;, lurititr Vfii raid, .Jun,
Sir J. A. McIJ jha'd fail thcrd
wat n'V correspondency r-t ween tlii.s
Cjovtf iitiient and the,'.,' hnpenal frov
erntntMit skinif for 1 compensation
from tlie (lovemraent of te Uoitci
HtitCs for loss of proptif ty and ' other
injuries, including t fie loss of
occurred 'tlirourli the Fe
nian' raid. ' Thev had ' to
renr-nVer that the O ivertitncot of
tho United State's had its own diffi
cujtief, and perhaps they txifcisl
their powef with refercnec to'theso
hostilo oreanizatioDS n4 rtronly ,aud
fpeedily they could, Avitfidn i re
gard t the ultimate rc-tilt.-:." lftj.ha l
no hesitation in faying Iha't'l?! C'aQ
adian Government had impl-clt helief
in the good faith of the United Urates
Uovernment towards Canada.'.' When
it became e'eaf that tbco' 'jio'rticij
were about to proceed from words to
deed-", the United State.- Government,
at great exien.se,sentlar,je forces, com
manded by tho bo.t oflieers, for the
purpose or upholding tie majesty of
their own law.-", and preventing an in
fringement of our frontier. C'oiisij.
ering alrio that the Uuited States had
causes of irritation ori account of the
Alabama and other vessel tint were
fitted out in Kngland, and that thii
was a matter of angry discus-ion, it
was not desirable to add fuel
to the flames by sen ling our
demands for compensation. It should
he remembered that thero were in
cursions which we could not prevent
frotn Canada to the United States.
The St, Albany raid, and the proceedings-
oa Like Erie, the government cf
Canada would pee that full claim for
compensation would be putio through
her MajcHty'H government, to be con
sidered in the settlement iu the cross
account between the two governments.
Mr. Mills moved an address for
coiresj) ndeuc'9 with refereuce to tbe
rendition of the leader of the Fenian
invasion of Canada.
Sir John A. McDonald sail that no
demand had been made by the Cana
dian Government for the rendition of
those who come across the frontier
and escaped back. The Government
thought that to vindicate the law, it
was sufficient to deal with those who
had beea captured with arms in their
ban l-', a number of whom in being
convicted, had been sentenced ti the
jienitentiary for twenty year?.
In reference to the Pupal Zvuives
movement, McDonald sai J it was not
the intention of the Government to
authorize the formation of military
organizations withiu tlm Domiuion
fur the defence of foreign power.
During the discussion regard iug tho
Northwest Territory, McDonald -aid
the matter stood in the sume position
fM before. The Government was in
daily expectation of receiving com
munication from home. The ooveti
ment has no information respecting
the reported uprising n Fori tlairy.
ALBANY.
LfgMa'he Proceedings,
Albanv, N. V.. March
!l . A Liil
was re nor ft- J ni
reporfe J !i the ftecatc tj-iay
making it a ini- lemeanor for any
v tier.
son to sell a ton ol coal wc-ighin i-.' s
son to sell a ton o
h.,n nnn tiom, 1 .
In the eae ot J. ''. f'rown ajriiuit
J. M. Kayiu.md. Nesv V- rk Tax Com
missioner, the Couit o; Appeals, to
day, renderel a di-ei-":i iu favor of
the appelant, an 1 I -e! i- io.' that the
act under which iuj Tax Co u oils'
sioner was MpiuuUi-l wa- uucoh-ti-tutional.
; ; '
Albanv, March 'Jl.The !. jiib
before the A sociably Uiinuiittee in
the Erie conrr.ver-y, wa i-j;ted
to-day.
Detroit. March Tne staiter
lleindet.. arrived from 1'ort Huron
to-nizht. Navigation is now open
from Luke Huron to CL'Vvlaoi.
A bi .
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