Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-03-14
AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL
 CAPITOL.
Special telegraphic correspondence to the Louisville Courier.

| " AoulNdION, hhICI #.
 The radicals have passed the Rubi- con. Thelr impeachment articles are l before the senate. They are committed to the measures beyond recall, and they must now justify these extraordinary 1 proceedings to the country as prudent and patriotic, or stand condemned for their reckless and audacious acts. The articles, as amended yesterday, were formally presented to-day to the senate. The seven managers were an- nounced, and afterwards came, follow ed by the house, democratic members properly declining to participate in the mockery of justice.
 Mir. Bingham, chairman, read the ar ticles, but notwithstanding the import ance and solemnity of the occasion, it made no more impression on senators, members or the crowded galleries than any ordinary event. At the beginning, MT. Hendricks reminded Mir. Wade of the courtesy due the speaker of the house, whereupon Old Ben took the hint. Senators sprague ana Patterson, of Tennessee, slept sweetly during the reading. Thad. Stevens stood erect for awhile with his colleague, but became so exhausted he dropped into seat. Butler clutehed his felt hat conyulsiye- ly, and squinted more rascally than ever, if that was possible. Pomeroy took his newspaper. Conkling, who 1 brides himself on his manly beauty, read book attentively. Fessendcn chewed bits ot paper. and Boutwell,, ,l another manager, who had taken a fresh quid before entering, was more I intent on extracting the juice there l from than hearing the articles in ques- ton. Howard seemed studying the ii communication from the chief justice 1 which was delicate rebuke to his otiiciousness in preparing prematarely rules for the court of impeachment ! Chandler chuckled now and then Reverdy Johnson yawned, while Sum. nor looked positively happy, as though T negro suffrage was the law of the land and as if there never had been a certain Prussian Baron in the legation al Washington. Ashly and Schenck were there, too, and exchanged appoy. ing winks occasi onally. This is nc 1 burlesque of the scene in the senate chamber. .... ...... .,...se F,,.... I The reading of the articles concluded Wade informed them the senate would take due order, whereupon Colfax rose and with one or two extra winks put himself at the head of his radical cohorts and marched back to the house
 On the way there Thad. Stevens said to some members who were carrying him to his chair, "boys, what in the hell will l do whom you are dead. won't have anybody to carry me :" and his friends laughed because it was sc funny.
 Chief Justice Chase's communication to the senate in dissenting from tho rules adopted, and rebuking them foi hasty procedure, has aroused the an ger of the impeachment radicals, ant they denounco him in bitter terms to night. .. ss air ftsas yasa Howard Sumner x Co.,, arc bent or ruling the senate to aid their designs but other radicals express their appre : hension that the dissent of the chic justice will lead to some trouble no
 hitherto anticipated.
 There are ten or twelve radical sena tors who only desirea decent pretex to abandonthe vile abortion.
 Thad. Stevens does not conceal hi chagrin that he was not selected chair
 man of the managing committee, H' only obtained his place thereon at hi
 earnest request.
 The new great democratic gains il
 New York, New Hampshire ans
 Maine, together with the intelligene,
 that the latter state indorsed the yves
 tern financial policy and it's author
 Mr. Pendleton, creates alarm among
 radicals, and corresponding feeling of satisfaction among democrats.
 Judge Curtis, of Boston, and Judge Black had consultation to-day witt the president. Geo. Ticknor Curtis and Thurman, of Ohioo, arc also spoken of as his counsel.