Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-26
IwPEACHwRNT.



Event, the impeachment of the President
Of the United States for high misdemeanor
at the Capital, was bright and springlike'
Emblatie perhaps OF the cheerful aspect
which our common country will assume
when the clouds, which now hover over our
free institutions, shall be dispellod by the
removal Of Andrew johnson, who has by
tyranny placed obstacles in the path OF
our progress as nation,
We publish, this morning, descriptions
of the opening scenes of the great trial
for impeachment The Presidents answer
To the indictment is too long TO reproduce
in our columns this morning, but shall
present it TO our readers at an early day,
No delay will be suffered on the part of
the managers TO prevent the trial being
brought TO speedy close.
The managers ON the part Of the House
met at ten o'clock, ON Monday, to exa-
mine General w, S. Hancock. He was
>sammoned To appear that morning before
he had left his bed, and with soldier.like
promptness he reported exactly at the
hour named. There is not in the army a
finer looking man in uniform than Gen
Hancock, and those who know him well
declare that he is as loyal at heart as he
is brave, although he is no politician and
he is easily influenced by those around
him. His wife is native of the South,
and she doubtless sympathises with her
relatives and friends there,
The Presidents counsel met at 10
o'clock also, in the library of the White
House, where they revised the answer to
the articles Of impeachment presented
against Andrew johnson by the House Of
Representatives in the name of the Amer
lean people. 1t is ponderous document,
covering sixty-eight pages of foolscap,
and Mr.. Evarts Of New York, who has
aided in drawing it up, remarked that the
House Managers could hardly be able to
file their replication to it on Tuesday, as
they have announced. The Presidents
counsel will find, however, that there are
short roads to legal conclusions, and that
Justice cannot be arrested on her march
by antiquated forms or intricate details.
At the capital the excellent police ar
rangements Of the first day Of the trial
were repeated under the direction of Col.
Brown, the Sergeant-at-Arms- Squads of
policemen kept watch and ward ut each
entrance TO the Senate wing, and no one
was permitted to enter who had not the
required ticket.
There was quite an assemblage at each
door and the rotunda was full of those
who had not been able to secure tickets.
Some evidently hoped that they might
find some stray Congressman who had an
undisposed bit ofpasteboard in his pocket,
and others doubtless considered it a priv
ilege, if they could not see what trans
pired in the Senate Chamber, to breathe
the same atmosphere with those who were
there. The doorkeeper of the Senate,
with his assistants, was at work at an ear
y. hour.
Two tables were arranged as before.
One for the managers and the other for
the Presidents counsel, with chairs be-
fore them for the lawyers and comfort
able easy chair for Thad. Stevens. The
space behind the outer row of Senators
desks was filled with cane seated chairs for
the Representatives., chairs were also
placed in the main aisle for Speaker Col
fax and for the Chairman of the House in
Committee Of the Whole.
At eleven o'clock the outer doors were
opened TO ticket holders, and there was
sudden invasion of the ladies' galleries by
several hundred maidens fair and matrons
grave, nearly all Of them gaily dressed
and provided with opera glasses as at a
theatre.
The toilets are much more elegant than
on the 18th inst, when the trial began,
owing to the genial warmth of the wealth
er. Light colored silks and other spring
dresses were abundant, and there is scarce
ly set Of furs in the audience. Parasols
and fans are universal.
II is observed that the crowd is not in
point Of size to be compared with the pre-
vious days of the impeachment excite
ment. The galleries at twelve o'clock,
when the Senate was called to order, were
not more than two-thirds full
There were not dozen Senator's pres
emit until 1911 o'clock, the ones noticed
being Messrs. Anthony, Wilson, Cameron,
Grimes, Williams, Ferry, Reverdy john
son, and Patterson of Tennessee
The wife and daughter Of Senator
Chandler, the daughter of Senator Cam.
ron, the wife Of Senator Wade, Mrs. Sen.
tor Sprague and Nettie Chase, Mrs. and
xias Butler, Mrs Logan, Mrs. Senate,
Nnston, Mrs. Senator Cattell, Mrs. Secre.
tary HcCulloch and Mrs. Postmaster-G Gen.
eral Randall were recognized among the
audience
The Senators were all out in their bes
suits and the scene throughout WAS yer,
gay and more in keeping with a holiday
There was nothing grave or thoughtful
within view
At 1890 the President raped with hi
mallet and announced that the hour ha,
arrived when the business of the Senat
should be suspended and the House mott
asd that the Senate was ready to process
on the impeachment trial.
Mr.. Trumbull required the resolution
TO BE- read, and said he thought that tn
trial ought not to begin till o'clock.
After discussion by Messrs. Trumbull