Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-29
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
DATES TO APRIL ,a7th.
n. -Impeaehneut Trial.

~ AkfAf~f ,Ej
me Impeaehnent Trial.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-In the Sem
ate C6am6st.t1e Court opened ar noon.
The Chief Justice announced the
pending question to be on the motion Of,
Edmspds TO admit the official reporters
to theatefk. session teItktsthe debate
on tho final proceedings.
I S6yeralia@e1dpentsS were 9~ffered,and
rejected, aud finally the consideration
Of the subject NRGs 'p6stponed'till after
The argument vas .conclvdsdac- lEa
The additional rules offered by Sum
usr, eersaiso,laid 9yersaul % elose'ef
the argument. /,
b. CS~teyenstben, began Y. yeed his arg9.
ment from printed slips, but was soon
c6npelled 10 ait dogu from CneakuesS.
Butler read. Tho. remember OF his argu-
ment.
not intend making u long speech: he
considered long speeches Q mark OF
presumption and ignorance, and no
would therefore pass over the other AR
ticles Of Impeachment and confne him
self. to ctheaone proposed by himself
This, he considered, was amply sufi-
cieht' to secure, the conviction of the
President, Il there wero no others.
/ When Andrew johnson succeeded TO the
Presidency he took an oath To support
the Constitution and see that the laws
|.uere faithfully executed. How had ho
kept. bis oath2 sLet his public acts for
a. L.. 500 x..r. orscyer .saHa Nvonld
not refer 10 what might be- termed his
minor crimes, but would glance for q
moment at his last gran add fragrant
violation of the laws he had sworn ID
eTecate.; Be referred aths .refnoyni OF
Secretary Stanton. The speaker here
entered intoa geus,altdiscussion of the
Tenure Of Office Act.
'kt this point Steyetfs WIS compelled
to stop reading, whereupon General
Butler camo forward and volunteered TO
read II for him. Stevens thanked him
and Butler, proceeded ~. read the speech
in a clear tone.
I The learned counsel fof. the President
| had conlended that Mr.. Johnson on suc-
ceedtng 10 tho Presidential office had
entered on a new term. He denied this
in toto. He was but serving out the
~unexpired term ofsMr. Lincoln. JOHN.
son, in defense Of himself, bud cited'the
action Of his predecessors. Had there
been no law passed by Congress, then
| his action would have been parallel
with theirs !; but since he. sat in the
White House, Congress had passed =
law which mado it criminal for him 10
remove officers without the advice and
consent Of the Senate. The President
ksass he did not remove Stanton uuder
the Tenure Of Office law, and then, in q
letter to the, Secretary, Of the, Treasury,
c~ontradicted his own statement. The
speech proceeds silepgth to discuss the
Eleventh. Article Of Impeachmcnt and
concludes with the statement that no
peaca q come. to the country until
johnson is removed.
After stevens had finished Mr.. Will
liams of Pa, of the Managers, addressed
the Senate.
Williams began by saying that this
issue was not sought by the represents
tiyes of the people but was forced upon
Thorn by the Executive by u long serie,
Of bold usurpntions OF power. He said
| the master key to the whole history Of
his administration was to be found in
the attempt Of the President to force tho
rebel States into the Union by means of
his Executive authority. To accom-
plish this object, what has he no LETT
undone2. Let, yQpr. records answer:
They will say that, instead Of converting
Congress- in this monnentous crisis OF
state, he issued bis royal proclamation
for tho assembling of conventions and
the reorganizations. Of State, Govern
meuts, prescribing the qualifications Of
yoters.and settling the terms of their
admission 70 ahe Union. He CREATED
offices. unknown to the law and filled
them with men notoriously dlsloysl and
disqualified by law, at salaries fixed by.
hissown more order, and paid those obi
ce,s, in contemptpous disregard oflsw,
and paid them, too, out Of tho Contin-
gent Fund created, for the. sppport'of
tho departments Of the Government,
and supplied tho expenses Of his .
governments by turning over 10 them
the spoils Of the dead C~oufederncy, aud
authorized his satrnps to levy taxes
| from o conquered people. He passed
away uunumbered millions Of property
to rebel railroad companies, without
consideration, and sold It to them In
clear violation of law, on long credits
| and at q valuation Of his own, without
any security whatever Che stripped the
Bureau for tho freedmen and the refu-
gseSocfsmapifcetteA wpentftshag
| from IL land appropriated by Congress
to tho loyalm men Of the Republic and re-
storing 70 rebels their justly forfeited
Estates after the same had been; vested
| by law in tho Government Of the United
Statos. Ho Invaded with ruthless hand
the Treasury and ~plundered its contents
for tho benefit Of favored rebels, by or.
ldering the restoration of tho proceeds
OF sales or captured and hbandOnsd pro.
perty which had been placed in its GUS
tody by law.
Williams proceeded to'rcPiy in detail
to the answer OF the Presidents counsel
TO tho charges ofthe Managers.
AZ 4 o'clock Morrill, stated that Will
liams was unwell and unable to finish
| his speech and moved thatthe Court
adjourn, which was agreed to.
Tho Senate soon after adjourned.
APrIxe Fight.
|, CINCINNATI, April 27,-A prize fight
took place between Hollingwood and
Heating, this forenoon, on the Kentucky
shore, and not far from this city. On
the third round Ksating,'s wrist was
broken, and be wal Obliged to surrender
the fight. ofp nMiif
AssassIastisn ut 81. I,suIs.
tSr. Louu, April 27.-B. B. Phillips,
Special Treasury, Agent, was assaulted
on the street by two men,, who kuoeked
him down with a slung shot and beat
him -very badly, Phillips statss that
about three weekspreyiousto theAttack
no had pointed out the distitieries Of
Wfight o. 90. sid USC. Ereentn to
General Burbridge. The Treasury Agent
had Just Arrived from Washington, rs
having hoeny r~sportsd,by him 10 author
tiles at Washington. These distillerics
wore subsequently seized by crdefs'from