The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-05-27
RALEIGH,5N c. sWEDNEsD 27, 1865


q The excitement at Washington, growing
out OF lnPeachnens has taken a new turn
I Ihe House. on Satursiaygon inotien off Honl
John A., Bingham, gave tile impeachment
Managers full powerto investigate charges
I OF alleged corruption on the part ofSenators..
Previously, the Managers had made pre-
llminaty Investigation, andiw may be sure
that when Mr.. Binghamaweht into the House
and asked for power in this connection, he
very well knew what lie was doing That
there has been corruption no one can doubt
in the face of the facts given in our Wash
ington dispatches of this morning; but
whether this can beqprovenD remains to be
seen. The country will await the result with
no less interest than that which attended the
impeachment trial ea1)i d1 il93. %
1t appears now that some of the doubtful
Senators had so divided themselves up on
! tile several articles aslto give each one an
opportunity to vote for conviction on one or
more, and yet acqhit on all, but THIS pro-
gramme was defeated by the action of the
Senate in voting on the eleventh article first.
If Henderson or Ross or Fowler had voted
guilty on this, it would have been carried,
SO all three had to vote against it, Thus
Ross was forced to violate his written pledgei
given onthe previous evening, and Fowler
was so embarrassed, that nhe codld hardly
speak. Henderson showed his inward touble
by making speech in his own defense.
when nobody accused him. If any Senator
has been guilty of corruption the people
would rather see him exposed than have
! johnson convicted, much as the latter is de-
sired. On the other hand if there has been
ny corruptint, veil la +l,, Il ,x,,
| full Senators, and it Willie satisfaction to
the people have that fact satisfactorily es-
tabished. But the end of theimpeachment
| trial is not yet Cincinnati Gazette. 't an
! Much has been said lately as to the i'm
propriety of bringing an outside pressure to
! hear on Senators whose position was regar-
| ded as doubtful on thehquestion of convic
| ton, in the impeachment case 1t is to be
remarked, however, that the Presidents par
'ty did not hesitate to- use pressure In the
New York World it was openly and boldly
4 proposed to raise ten million dollars for the
purpose Of buying Republican Senator's
/ 1Slen there was moral suasion,i in which
even the Chief Justice took part. The cvi
Z, >dence on this point we copy below from the
New York Times: .8Jaei!a'y Uf str,H sA
1 + - :, ,s,#c, This gives the President
only 1SYotesm12 Democrats and 6 Repub-
licans. He must have 10, and the adlition-
al man must come from the Republicans
that man must be one of these four, viz
Anthony. Frelinghuysen, Sprague- or Wiley
Your correspondent feels perfectly certain
that the first two can not be touched. TIN
President can not get lHr.. .Sprague, for he hd,
tried 1t through the Chief Justice, f,,ther-in.
lao of the Seaqtor, and tie latter ansoered IN
aea'm, ,lang,,agc that his mind aoas settled ana
could aotDe chaage3 If Mr.. Wiley votes. fol
the second article, the President will be con
victed 10y vote of SO to IS, or Just two
thirds in full Senate-N Y. Times.
The New York Times speaking of til,
Presidents past folly writes as follows:
1 We hope he will take some pains to dis
appoint his enemies in the matter. For tht
sake of the country, as well as for the SAX,
of himself and those Republican Senators t.
whose conscientious courage and independ
ence he is Indebted for a very signal deliver
ance, we trust lie win not seek any furthe
conflicts with Congress or Justify any of tn
little predictions so confidently make by hi
q foes The Judiciary Committee of ,,th
House once resolved not to impeach th
President, because he had done nothing tia
rendered him subject to such process TIL,
first use he made of this respite was to re
U move the reason for granting it. 1t is moi
worth his while TO repeat that experiment
p s....l b a- 81 jJH -i--1isl fua If.
9 The board of managers constituting /;
committee toinvestiJate the facts relative Il
the votes of the recreant Senator's held quit,
a lengthy meeting Yesterday Among tht
witnesses examined were Perry Fuller, o
d New York, Daniel VOORHEES,, of Indiana, an,
J General Thomas Ewing, Jr These witness
es were examined with regard to their rela
tons with an interview with Senator Ross
! Gen. Butler was engaged last evening at til,
First National Bank in examining the banl
account of Mr. Fuller, together with Mr.
Huntington, cashier of the bank, who wa.
also before the committee during the day
% The investigation has already resulted in th,
q. disclosures OF some startling facts, which i
is not deemctl advisable to make public a
this time Last evening new subpoena Wa
served on Chas Wooley, (who refused to re
spond to the one served on Sunday by Dep
ID uty Sergeant alarms w. AlbergerO and j. i
probable Wcoley will appear before tn
committee to- day, as the subpoena was sery
} cd upon him last night at Wizards Hotel
and was regularly signed by the Speaker o
the House Wooleyis the agent of the Yves
z tern branch ofthe whisky ring, and is sup
posed to be conversaut witIthe most impor
tant facts regarding the detection of two o
more Senators. = Washington Chronicle. -.
The Morning Star is informed from al
entirely reliable source" that the Rev. Jas
Sinclair. of Robeson. has gone over horse
foot and dragons" to the rebel conservative
party. The Starshoud not Jest on seriou
subjects Some readers might infer from
what was said that Mr.. Sinclair had reall
deserted the Republican ranks, If serious
we call for the proof o4nl n2lliao -1ii'
Read the prospects of a civil war;" il
,. another column. 1t shows the temper o
the rebel conservatives of the South. If an
one should he so infatuated as to act in puI
! suance of the advice; given. by the traito
70 Forsyth, he will very speedily find out tina
there is way of dealing with traitor
which las not yet been applied, ,l,I !leI
1CirchIarss fTEcm m 1Gt:er Gen. Miles. 5ari
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