Show zo washington 2 the supreme court has continued all the cases involving the constitutionality of the legal tender act till december the government detective reports that the nitro glycerine purchases in new york was by an agent of a canada house and has never been in the united states new york the henry chaunc chaunecy cy has arrived from aspin aspinwall all nil with a mili mil i lion and ii a half iii in specie there were a hundred and fifty shocks of earthquake a at t la ija union salvador in february the beunos ayres standard bays saya the deaths by cholera average onehundred one hundred and five daily and the disease is rapidly y spreading over the whole country washington 2 senate after the presentation of a few petitions and me 33 abrials mo ao nials rials the senate proceeded to con coni bider sider the impeachment rules anthony in the chair several amendments mostly of a verbal nature were boffl offered erea and considered A proposition to increase the time allowed for the speeches echea on parliamentary questions to two hours was rejected note by reporter it is impossible to send reports of all these amendments which really amount to little the senate intends to sit tonight to night and adopt all the rules if possible A great snow storm interferes with the working of ortho the wires east the house session commenced at ten 07 clock technically it was considered aa as belonging to saturday the regular session commenced at twelve al all nil I 1 the time being spent in committee debating on the impeachment articles butler offered the following additional article that said andrew johnson president ac unmindful of the high duties of his and the dignities and proprieties thereof and of the harmony ana and courtesies which ought to exist and be maintained between the executive I 1 and legislative branches of the government designing to set aside the rightful authority and powers of congress and attempt to bring it ibb into disgrace and ridicule conte contempt m t and reproach thereon thereof to impair a and d destroy the re 1 gard and respect which all the good I 1 people of the united states have for congress and the legislative power thereof and which all officers of government i ought inviolably to preserve and maini tain to excite the odium and resent I 1 1 ment of all tb the e good people of the united I 1 states against congress and the laws by it duly and constitutionally enacted i and in pursuance of his said design an and intent openly and publicly and before divers assemblages of citizens of the i united states convened in divers dartad parts I 1 thereof to meet and receive andrew johnson as chief magistrate of the united states did on the of august 1866 and on divers other days and times as well before as afterwards make and deliver with loud voice certain intemperate and sean Bean scandalous dalous har bar ah angues and did therein utter loud th threats and bitter menaces as well against congress as the laws law s of the I 1 united states dul dui duly duls V enacted thereby amid the cries jeers joers and laughter of the multitude then assembled and in hearing in which are set forth in several sped fici eions hereinafter written in substance and effect that is to say the article is in supported by three specifications giving extracts from speeches by andrew johnson in washington august in cleveland sept 3 and in st louis mo sept 8 1866 the specifications specification conclude which bald said utterances declarations cla threats and harangues are highly ceniu censurable rable rabie in any and are peculiarly culi cull arly ariy indecent and unbecoming in in the chief magistrate of the united states by means whereof the said andrew johnson has brought the high office of president of the united states into contempt ridicule and disgrace to the great scandal of good citizens whereby andrew johnson did commit and was there and then guilty of high misdemeanor in office 11 ferris kountze and perham spoke against impeachment hubbard of conn and ashley of nevada followed on the other side chicago 3 the house rejected butlers amendment 50 against 74 stevens then after making a lengthy speech in favor of the articles said eaid by some unaccountable misunderstanding the article which I 1 hold in my hand and which we may call one and a half has been deciphered out for I 1 do not find it in the articles in dis language I 1 promise it aa as an amendment it is that on the of august duning during the recess of congress andrew johnson president of the united states did suspend from office edwin 11 stanton stanton and that while the senate was considering the sufficiency clency cleney of the reasons reagon s reported andrew johnson formed a deliberate design and de termination to prevent said edwin M Stant stanton oil oli from forthwith resuming the duties of his omee office thereby committing a high misdemeanor in office and then when he was defeated in accomplishing his design by the integrity and fidelity of the secretary ad interim he sought ao to arrive at the same end by giving a letter of authority to lo 10 lorenzo renzo thomas adjutant general of the army to act aa secretary of war ad interim severely censuring the former sd secretary cretaro ad eci interim for not yielding to his efforts to make him betray his trust this charge said mr stevens is nowhere contained in an article reported by the committee and unless it be inserted there can be no trial on it if there be shrewd lawyers aa as I 1 know there will be and cavilling judges and if without that article they do not acquit him they are greener than ever I 1 was when I 1 commenced practice at a court of quarter sessions if the article be inserted the presidents own letter shows both the removal and the attempt to defeat the although the Senate enate should decide on the other charges in his ills favor liow how could he or his counsel hope to escape from this one it ia is worth all the others put together unless ibbe it be on the unconstitutionality of the tenure of office bill ilet let us look and see what chance he has to escape there the senate has four times voted on the constitutionality of that very bill the vote first stood yeas 29 nays 9 I 1 am sorry to say it was a part party yote vote but every republican republican vo voted fedin in its favor let me see continued continue 4 mr stevens Sf evens evons haking shaking baking his finger about his head I 1 I 1 the recreant who dares to tread back upon his steps and fofe on the the other side there thord was a report of the committee of conference afterwards on the bill and the vote then stood yeas 22 nays 10 every republican voting in favor of the measure then came clime the vote on 4 1 overruling the presidents veto that vote tote was yeas peas 35 nays 11 every republican voting in favor of the bill now then let him who can expect to get out of it on any ground left if my nay article is adopted let him hope who dares to ha hope e that so high a body aa as the senate wl will I 1 letray betray its trust forget its act and wi will I 1 tr tread ef SA back upon its own action will disgrace itself in the face of the nation point me out one ono who dares do it and you show me one who dares bo be regarded as infamous by posterity W what at chance chancer has andrew johnson with te the article in which was left out in order to give him a loop hole what chance has andrew johnson if that article be inserted unfortunate man thus surrounded roun ronn ded hampered tangled in the meshes of his own wickedness unfortunate unhappy man behold your doom stevens amendment was rejected eldridge offered a protest signed by 43 members against the injustice of the majority ity octha dt the house not giving a full opportunity for debate in in passing the artle artie articles led leg through hastily the protest not received and the houser housa proceeded to vote on the articles of impeachment the ath article was stricken out as being identical with the fifth the remainder were then adopted one by one by a strict party vote in most cases concord N el 2 the T republican convention publishes the fol foi following lowin canvass of the vote of new ila iia hampshire shire i republicans aad aid democrat democratic SOS 3 doubtful 2891 portland maine 2 the charter election today to day resulted in the tho choice of a publican republican Be mayor with about a hundred and fifty of a majority the democratic gain is over the spring elections and over the fall elections new york 3 A fire after midnight this morning burned the portion of or museum occupied by van Am burghs menagerie bo so rapid was wag the spread of the flames that it was impossible to save any of the tho large animals the yells of the animals as the flames reached them were appalling they bounded from side to alde aide or darted madly against the bars in vain attempts to free themselves the tho firemen were at another fire in spring street when they arrived the building was wrape in flames harries and the interior soon burned out the adjoining buildings were seriously injured Prescott houge Houte took fire and was saved only by extraordinary exertions ehe tho loss on tho the museum and contents reach half a mil lion insurance not ascertained several other parties lose iose heavily chicago 3 washington gion specials aay say that members who have canvassed the house think the appropriation to pay for alaska cannot canno t possibly be got through much wi will ill lil depend upon the report of the committee but nothing is known of what their action will be the noa nYa managers selected by til the a house have decided not to present the articles of impeachment today to day some borne of the members of the commit committee too teO favor adding additional articles based upon the acts of the president previous to the stanton affair ethis this is seriously opposed by others butler insists that the article offered by him shall be added in which he is supported support bd bilogan by Logan and and stevens Lo boutwell opposes this thinking it will show signs of weakness to bring additional dit ional articles for the house to act upon at a meeting of the managers manager sf bingham was selected chairman london it is reported that baron rothschild will be raised to a higher rank in the peerage berlin the confiscation of the estates of the ex king of hanover hanover is ani authorized I 1 zed london it is reported that the united states has made a proposition to the turkish government to build aloit a port at Mar on the turkish asiatic coast to be used as a port for the american navy the porte declines deol ines lues to grant the necessary concessions for such purchase house A number of bills were offered and referred among them was one to aid the construction of the international pacific railroad from cairo to rio grande hooper introduced a bill to regulate the public debt which was referred to the committee of ways and means wilson of iowa offered a ve solution resolution that the necessary obligations of the united states shall be kept within the harrow narrowest st limits conslA consistent with the requirement requirements require ments mentA sl of the government declaring that it is not expedient at present to enlarge such obligations by extending aid to the union pacific railroad or any other company by going beyond the terms of existing laws on subsidies ac tabled by twenty four of a majority the judiciary committee were instructed ted to enquire whether congress has the power under the constitution to regulate the rates to be charged for freight eight ff by railroads between the different states eldridge made a motion to suspend the tules rules so that he might have read in its place on the journal the protest of thet tha democratic members the motion was rejected reec ted by forty two of a majority the speaker k er voting among the yeas A message irom from the senate was received informing the house that the senate wag ready to receive tho the managers appointed by the house to carry to the senate the artle antle articles lesi leEf of impeachment against the president the message was entered on the journal aud and the house went into committee of the whole on the post office appropriation bill it is estimated the deficiencies for the coming year will be after considerable discussion agn the tho committee rose and the bill was reported to tho the house and passed bingham offered ed an additional articie article art leie lele saying it received the unanimous vote of the manageri managers and moved the prey previous louB ious question the article refers to a speech by the president on the af pf august 1866 in lil which he declared in substance that the thirty ninth congress was not a congress authorized by the constitution but on the contrary wa wai a congress ress of only part of the states thereby denying elyin and frit flit ending intending to deny that the legislation of said jon yon dongress congress Ion gress grebs was binding on him except ing far as he saw dit fit to approve th the same after some somo debate the article was adopted by 69 of a majority adjourned Wit washington jitshing shing on 3 the senate committee on foreign relations have decided to take no action at present on the giomi eions of gen mcclellan mcclelian and ross rom browne the times washington special bays says a personal p personal eding feeling is developing into a proposition P to elect a new president of the he t Senat Sena teIn efin emin order orden that the successful issue assue of the impeachment trial would not result 14 the elevation of W wade ade to ro the presidency washington the tha bill authorizing the secretary of war to employ co counsel linsel for the defense of the general of the army or any other officer or person perdon entrusted with the enforcement of the reconstruction acts becomes law without the presidents approval 4 senate the chair submitted a communication muni nuni catlon cation from chase relative to the rules adopted by the sen 4 atte e expressing his hia dissent from the view vew taken by the senate that managers can be received or any act done except aa as a court of impeachment Zt but he la Is willing if Pe necessary cessar to abi abl abide e their decision referred to t tho go commit committee tee tea of seven the house impeachment managers appeared at one followed by the members of the house the iatter latter ranging themselves outside the barof bar of the senate the speaker was invited to the side of President Wade bingham presented the articles of impeachment which were read san francisco 4 legal tenders 71 governor haight in a message to the senate declines to forward the resolutions in dorsing the action of congress 1 in the impeachment of the president on the ground that they might improperly influent nf luence ce the judgment of the senate sitting lifting as a court the assembly resolutions lut iut ions lons expressing sympathy for the president were not liable to the same objections arhe or he would not have transmitted them the message was sustained by the casting tote vote of the governor washington 4 senate senata the chair submitted communications from chiei chier justice chase giving his view saith re gard to the manner in which the impeachment peach ment trial trials should proceed ile he said he thought it unquestionable that the senate should act as court of impeachment peach ment and dud he thought the court should be organized before the house presented the articles of impeachment the senate should fix its own rules to govern the trial and rind should issue summons and processes he quotes from the federalist to show why the constitution made the chief justice ther thee presiding officer of the court and thought that immediately after the notice from i i the house that the a articles r would be presented the senate sho bho should fuld fild have organized itself into a court and have taken aken all 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