The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-03-06
WAsuISGroN, February. 20,
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THE HEIRS OF SOLDIERS ENTITLED TO
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the bounty provided by sections twelVe
and thirteen of the act making appro-
priations for the civil service, approved
July 2S, 1866, shall have died, or shall
die before receiving said bounty, 1t
shall be paid to the heirs Of the soldiers
as designated n said act in the order
therein named, and to none other.
REPUBLICA CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS.
The Rerublioa Representatives held
u caucus at the Capitol tonight. Mr..
Poland occupied the chair and Mr.. Van
Horn of New York, acted as Secretary.
There We're about seventy members
present. The only business transacted,
and for which the caucus was expressly
called, was the selection of managers to
conduct the impeachment proceedings
before the Senate. The following man
ayers were elected by ballot Messrs.
stevens, of Pennsylvania; Butler, OF
Massachusetts, Bingham, of Ohio:
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts. Wilson of
Iowa: Williams, of Pennsylvania and
Logan of Illinois.
TIE IMPEACHMENT DEBATE.
About forty Members have entered
their names with the Speaker as can
didates for the floor on the discussion
of the impeachment articles. The de-
bate will accordingly occupy ten hours,
each speaker being limited by the reso-
luton to fifteen minutes. There will
be a session tonight for the purpose of
debate, the vote on the articles being
fixed for Monday at o'clock.
GEN. EMoRY's TESTIMONY.
The evidence o. Colonel Moore, of the
army, and one of Presidents secretaries,
will put an entirely different face on the
testimony of General Emory relative to
the latter's interview with the Presi-
dent. 1t will be shown beyond doubt
that General Emory was simply called
to the White House to furnish the truth
of the rumors regarding the alleged dis
tribution made of troops around Wash
ington without the Presidents knowl-
edge, and that his interview really
amounted to but little beyond that.
THE PRESIDENTS COUNSEL.
The President has not yet selected his
counsel for the tral, but among
those likely to be retained are Benjamin
Curtis, David Dudley Field, Charlie.
OConor, and James L. Brady, of New
York Judge Black, of Pennsylvania
Hon. William =. Groesbeck, and SeDa
tor-elect Thurman, of Ohio. 1t is pre-
sumed that the President will be al
lowed for counsel the same number o
gentlemen as constitute the manager,
on the part of the House, viz, seven.
GENERAL HANCOCK ASKED TO BE RE
LIEVED.
| Dispatches received from New Orleaii,
| tonight announce that General Han
cock has asked to bp relieved from
command of the Fifth Military District
| The President has dispatches asking
| him not to relieve General Hancock
| The trouble has arisen from Grant,
late order reinstating the New Orlean:
| Councils over HancOck's order.
| THE OFFICE OF ADJUTANT-GENERA
1t is believed by many Congressmeu
that Senator Thayer's bill, to abolish
the office of Aijutant-General of tn,
| Army, will become law.
WASHINGTON, March a.
THE IMPEACHMENT Conspiracy.
THE impeachment conspiracy occupi
ed the attention of both houses agail
| to-day. The Senate, at comparatively
an early hour, resumed the considers
ton of the rules for the trial, reported
| by Howard last week. 1t is apparent
that the majority intend to adopt the
rules substantially Us reported, ano
| during the debate to-day their anxiety
for the speedy conviction and remova
| from office of the President was perfect
~ maniiest-hence the efforts they are
| max ing to bring the trial within the
shortest possible time, by rejecting
every proposition calculated to afioro
reasonable latitude Tor argument on in
terlOcutory motions, etc, etc. The
House met at 10 O'Clock two hour
earlier than usual, and debated by iif-
teen minute speeches the articles Of i'm.
parchment presented on Saturday last,
Mr.. Stevens making the closing speech,
seated in Il chair mt the Clerks desk and
reading his remarks from manuscript.
He concluded at three o'clock, where
upon Mr.. Boutwell, offered a substitute
tor the articles reported on saturday,
making verbal changes in each article
except the 7th, which he pronosed to
strike out. Mr.. Jenckes, of Rhode Is
land, offered an amendment Tor the
whole in the nature of substitute,
which was not agreed to. Butler, OF
Massachusetts,, then tried has hand and
presented an additional article, reciting
the Presidents attacks on the Rump
during his tour in the fall of 1866, and
quoting largely from his speeches on
the occasion referred to. In his but
ler's) opinion this was an impeachable
offense, but his Radical friends, know
ing they already had more than they
could conveniently carry, and appre-
hending that the proposed article might
prove "the last feather on the camel's
back" voted it down by considerable
majority. AT this point Mr.. Eldridge,
OF Wisconsin, rose and asked unani-
nous consent to present a paper signed
by fOrty-tlve Democratic members OF
the House, which he desired TO have
read and printed in the Globe. The
Speaker ruled the request out of order,
and q dozen or more Radicals objected
even to the printing of the document
in the Congressional Globe, and thus
the subject dropped. The paper refer
red to was protest against the revOlu-
tionary conduct of the Radicals in at
tempting 10 depose the President from
Office for partisan purposes.
The House then proceeded to vote by
yeas and nays on the first article of inn
peachment, and it was adopted by a
strict party vote; the second likewise,
and the remainder will no doubt be
agreed TO ere adjournment takes place
this evening. The next thing will BE-
the election of the seven managers on
the part of the House, to conduct the
bSt itiblt Nlc '1Nllutt. N0 VIC NiltuS
on Saturday evening decided who
should be chosen for that work, the
election by the House will be but a
mere matter of form. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the eXcitemen' Of the
past week has been aln's. entirely al.
lnyed, the Radical leaders are just as
determined aS ever to rush the impeach-
ment through in shot haste" ii they
can. They declare Openly that its fail
ure would result in the complete down
tall of their party, and destroy all chance
of their success in the coming Presiden-
tia contest; whereas, they assert that
II they succeed in the movement, they
can rule the country by mil tary pow
er, with Grant as their leader, and in
that way overcome the popular upris-
ing already manifested against them.
This is no doubt the idea that impels
them forward in the revolutionary
course they are now pursuing, and il
rests with the people, whose institutions
and liberties they are seeking to destroy
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