The Van Buren press., 1867-12-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Dec. I

tlOn OF the AIAiClrh ol lHpt@NhhNH' ~
majority OF 5l votes. The galleries OF the
House were about half filled when the hour
Of assembling arrived to-day. Several test
votes given yesterday had given full as
surance that the impeachment mad no hope
OF success, aud the excitement had an Il
great measure sEb,iiid
Nessrs. logan, ocLonek, and few 9th
erS, had made up their minds to iililbusier
the majority into allowing them at least
five minutes each for speeches, and there
was fair prospect this a. m. that they
would adhere to this resolution, and thus
postpost the final vote for some days. They
were met, however, by such determined.
yet good d-natured resistance, that they
abandoned their intention.
After few diatory motions, Mr.. Logan.
on behalf of the " impeachers, proposed a
.compromise with Mr. Wilson, o. Iowa, that
if the latter would withdraw his motion to
lay upon the table, and permit direct vote
on tie impeachment resolution to be taken.
the minority would yield and allow final
disposition of the matter, though II was
precisely what great many of the nominal
impeacherS wished 10 ayOld. no OIL
lection was made to the proposite n and the
question, A" Shall the resolution OF impeach-
ment pass Z" was then taken by yeas and
nays.
The call OF the roll was proceeded with,
and it soon became evident that the +" inn
peachers' were numerically weaker even
than was supposed The first three names
called voted +" No, )" then a few " yeas came
in, then a long list OF mays a few
attempts were made to explaia before vot-
ing.
Mr. Myers, of Penn, rose to say lie voted
aye because he would have an oppOr-
tunity to offer a resolution Of censure.
The four Wasbbunes, Cadwallader, Of
Wisconsin, Elhu b., Of illinois, Henry
d.. of Indiana, and Wm. b., OF Massachu-
setts, voted in row in the negative. The
rolled had been called aud the House was
waiting patiently for an announcement OF
the result, when the silence was broken by
a cough that sounded like an echo from the
other world, and lhad. Stevens was seen
tottering into the hall by side-door. He
nitempted 10 walk 10 lhs scat. supported by
friend on each side, but was unable to
proceed further than the first row OF desks,
where he sat down, aud being recognized
by the Speaker, recorded his vote in the
affirmative, making the 9th cast that way
4, tb
nays l08.
The Speaker warned the galleries against
making any demonstration either way.
An ANALYSIS of the vote shows that among
the negatives were 60 Republicans. If the
question had been on laying on the table,
the yeas would have been about l02, as
several would have voted for that who were
unwilling to vote No. as the question
was put The announcement Of the voting,
and the warning Of the Speaker against any
demonstration, created no excitement
A number Of members left the Hall,
among them Mr.. Ashley, who was so much
disgusted with the fate of his pet scheme
that, when asked what he thought of it, he
replied in the exclamation attributed by
Hugo, in Les Miserabes, to Cambronne at
Waterloo, rendered into elegant English,
A number Of gentlemen called on the
President this evening, and warmly con
graduated him on to-day's result on i'm :
peachment lie was in high spirits.
The immense majority by which the
House today passed bill stopping the CON
traction of the currency, astonished the
friends of the contraction policy. The re-
suit of the bill in the Senate is doubtful
WASHINGTON, Dec. TO-
In the Senate, to-day, communication
was received from Secretary McCulloch,
stating that Edmund Cooper has not been
appointed Assistant Secretary ofthe Treas.
ury, but was merely designated by the
President, under the act OF l795, to Gil the
vacancy occrsioned by Mr.. Chandler's resig-
nation, until an appointment is made and
confirmed.
The silence OF Congress on the subject
of Secretary Stanton's removal is explained
by the fact that question OF veracity has
sprung up between Gen Grant and Mr..
Stanton, as to whether Gea. Grant took
the War Office with Mr. Stantons consent.
Gen. Grant says he did Mr. Stanton says
he did not, and points to the :" superior
force" item, OF his letter in proof Of it, Mr..
Stanton blahes Gen Grant for the readi.
ness with which he came to President
Johnson's rescue Gen. Grant says he
only did so to prevent some one more OBJ
noxious to the Republicans from getting in.
1t is feared that if Congress commences
war about Mr.. S,antons election, this
controversy may come out in bold relief to
the damage Of either Gen. Grant or Stan
ton, it is not know which.
PITTsBuRGH, Dec. TO-
The municipal election took place here
to- day. Unusual interest was manifested.
The labor reform and peoples candidates ior
Mayor, Treasurer, Comptroller and City
Attorney were elected by large majorities,
approximating TO 5000, over the ltepubli-
can nominees, The result causes great ex-
element. An immense crowd is in front
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