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sstI Dates torApril 20.gi ION Il /

En WAs1IfNGToN, April s7 In the CouFt of
Impeachment several i1i6tions TO regulate pro-
ceedings We're offered BY Sumner and laid over
under objections t'7t1llsi 3aiAs - .'ah' 4
Groesbeck, of counsel for the President, ad.
dressed the Court He argued that impeach,
ment under the Constitution, could be main
tanned only in cases Of treason, bribery, and
similar high crimes and misdemeanors, and
said all pfecedents in this country showed that
the Senate sat as a Court he quoted from JUS
ticc Story and other eminent authorities to
show the Judicial character of the Senate and
the qualifications they mnst bring to discharges
their obligations. In reference to their jdris-
dicton, he held that the only question for them
to decide, was that of crime or no crime; and
further, that no action could be SO 'conside red
i'm connection with which evil Intention was
not brought Having shown the falsity OF the
doctrine advanced by the Managers on that
subject, he said he should consider the question
whether the President had the right to remove
Mr. Stanton and to grant n letter of authority
to Gen. Thomas, for on these two issues hung
the fate of the eight Articles of impeachment.
He held that the Civil Tenure law did not ap!
ply to Mr.. Staatoa, because he, was not ap-
pointed by johnson; b,lteEen if johnson is not
serving his own, bnt Lincoln's term, Stanton 3
Tenure of office expired one month after the
expiration of his FIRST tern.R Ii, Lincoln were
aow living, Staaten could be removed by him,
Iaad equally SO caa he BIZ removed by johnson,
ii the latter is merely serving out the remain
der of Liacoln's term. In support of his prop
ositiun that the President had poYer t0 remove
Stanton kinder the law of 1859, Gr0esbeck.
quoted letter from President John Adams to
Secretary Pickering, announcing, not that he
was 10 be removed, but that he tcGs actually
removed, and his successor appointed. IA He
said bis feeble health. to-day, obliged him to
pass by with mere reference to the utteraacas
of Senators at the time of the passage of the
Tenure of Office bill. He went on tu argue
that all admitted there was .Oom for doubling
the construction of the law, and the president
had availed himself of the counsel of those. spe-
ciaIy designated by the Constitution to give it,
Ito him, hence he must be held guil,less OF crime
| in constituting it as he did He held that sutii-
cient doubt of the coastitutionality OF the law
existed to warrant the President in taking the
measures he did to test the matter. He then
proceeded to argue the various Joints relating
| to the Articles OF Impeachment aud concluded
by expressing his confidence in the final result
and passed q glowing eulogy on the life, char
act,.r and services OF the President.
| Thad Stevens then began to read his argyll
ment fro,n printed slips, but was soon compel.
the remaiader OF the argument. ss1s'1i 7eet "
| In the House. Ortiz offered resolution of
insairy as to the power of Congress to regulates
the safety and fare of passengers on railroads
Adopted, sHl aai su8si Hsa.s47 I =
Payne introduced bill to admit Arkansas
to representation to Congress :; referred to
Committee on Reconstruction. 3sii 'ldf ha8
n New York, April 27.--The Heralds special
says the Arkansas Senators and Representa-
tyes have reached Washington, with the new
State Constitution. 1t is said the C0nserva-
| tiyes are making AN effort to nullify the elec-
zion on the ground of fraud No official re-
turns of the election have vet been received. I
The z1.ibunes Atlanta (Ga.) special thinks
the Constitution has been ratified by ut least
Z 900 majority. Ballock, a Republican IS
elected Governor by 5000 majority. Itis prob
able that the Democrats have n majoritysin ths
Legislature. but it remains to be seen whether
enongh of them can take the test oath to make
/ q quorum. ufasitsdB 5aauhy4E.I aSll&.sI 9h
| The 7riLuae's Raleigh (N. C,) special says
/ the CONSTITUTION is undoubtedly ratified: the
whole State ticket il elected by $4,000 fiajori-
dfyI The Legislature is largely Republican.
i5oyden lis, probably the only Conservative
4 elected to Congress-. 8aHEs strsq sGsdlj a;3
The result ot the election in Louisiana is not
fully ascertained. but the majority for the Con-
sttution will not be less than 10000. Iaere
lis a'large majority OF Republicans in the Lee
gislatiire. t'7 se' s''''''' ...s.s...
General Meade lfas ordered the Sayannah
i .idreytiser TO cease publishing inilammatory in
lcendiary articles, OF hpswill snppress-it. -
4 The Chicago Repmbliean's SPECIAL ilent'ons
a ripor t tae eilsct that the President reslg-
natiun is already written, and viii BE- present
ed ts soon lis his counsel have completed their
Il Iarpumefit I'm his dtfe1se. ,eaksh9'hsb aa't -
Ia AT d large Eelian meeting in GhicasOHcA
Thursday night the floor ot the, hail gaze way,
/ precipitatinc three hundred persons, to the
Ibasefnent.n fUne man was killed. asd abeat
.Itwentyinore oriless injured hsasH 'sa 'iA'!
General Rousseau arrived ths iAsHMngs GF
rect from the Pacific coast.
|. ,OrrAwA,April %. We edetec ctivee ,sFear
Ito having overheard d. conyersatiop betWeep
,tWhemn hhd' VD6yie in Jail, in gich 1yhelsh
admitted athat 1ei shot D'Arey AicC}ec.a y NJ
lseeued to tnkr priadyiH theiidisas hhat hismant,
would be handed asga to go4terity as' ? sratffe
i''s,,i Iosoos. April %. Al,iseatshes rom.
sinia state that decisive battlc was fought on
Good Friday beford Magdala, which resulted
lin the c0mplete success 6f Napier ariht The
4 jcitynwas sturlned msa takcna kngdT dTheodeFp
lcommanded. his s0wnn army, ~ lie sAs
with 500 of his soldiers, 1,500 were w0llndsd,
Il and 1900 Lard down their arms The EngIish
captiyes were found TO be in good heolth, anll
thsy,. with sixty other Earopea!ls men: n: N9nei'
LAID children, who had beep held ,by /! peedQEe
sst at Liberty NaPsr q. Ss saptrf ~ p5ge ~