New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-08

TIE IMPEACHMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THE TAX BILL-THE APPROPRIATION bills
THE DEMOCRATIC CONNENTiON-IHE NV
YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENTION-GEN' BU-
CIIANAN'S PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON, June 7, 1868.
The Board of Managers still pursuing their in
,estigation of the alleged corruption and bribery
.,orooe in the impeachment trial. and it is under
,tood that they will make startling report Inc
tories that are published from day TO day give only
b Lobby side of the case as the Managers VIII not
a;scIoee ANYTHING Among the witnesses that
aoro examined on Saturday were Sheridan
sLool, and one Lewis, who was formerly
clerk Of Senator Pomeroy's Committee MI
shook denied that he deposited or knew anything
about the depositng of Woolleys $4,000 with Olls'
Harvey g. Co., though the books Of the bank sho"
that money TO that amount was placed with them Dy
his confidential clerk. Lewis, who was at one Inno
with Senator Pomeroy clerk, and IS now III inc
Treasury Department denied that he wrote the leu
ter which was shown TO Cooper, and which pur-
ported to come from Mr.. Pomeroy. He said that he
had been repeatedly asked by friends of the Presi-
dent to write the letter, and had been offered
fOOO TO do it, This vindicates Senator Pomeroy and
goes to prove the letter forgery, Mr.. POmerOy
characterized it, number of witnesses from Gin
rnuati and other parts of Ohio, several of whom
friends and acQuantances of WoOey, were also ex-
ominod One of them bank director, said that
Woollev had no transactions with the institution of
which he was an officer, except in the matter
Of discountng one or two notes. 1he
same witness added that Wooueys name did
not appear in any way the books OF another Dank
in which he (witness was a stakeholder. Your cor
respondent had a conversation with one OF the Man
ayers today. and the gentleman in reply to Gues-
ton as to the probable length Of the investigation
ud: Il do not know; we have sent out number
Int We cannot GET the witnesses
10 attend At one time there were
no less than ten certificates of physicians on our
table stating that the witnesses we had summoned
we're all sick of dysentery, and could not possibly
appear. 1t is impossible to tell how many Woolleys
we may fndD Three of the Managers, Messrs. Will
xon. Williams. and Boutwell,, have been absent for
some DAYS past and nearly all the labor devOves
upon Mr. Bingham, Gen. Butler and Gen. Logan.
In the Senate, on Saturday, the debate was con-
tnued on the bill for the admission Of the Southern
States Doolittle made a rambling speech with no
particular point except his opposition to negro suf
frage. Mr. Patterson of New-Hampshire was Op-
posed to the application of any suffrage qualification
except that Of intelligence. After some sbirmishlng
among Senators, Senator TrumbulI presented
the report of the Committee of Confer
ence on the Arkansas bill The Com
mittee added a proviso that the Constitution
NAV be changed as to the time and place of resi-
dence according to the will of the people. Mr. Con-
ness made long speech the general question.
He alluded to DOottles desertOn from the Republi-
can party and administered pretty severe castiga-
ton to that gentleman. Mr.. Wilson tried to get up
the bill continuing the Freedmen's Bureau bill for
twelve months additional, but he was unsuccessful,
and the Senate went into Executive session soon
after o'clock at the end of which the adjournment
took place.
II TVilson will unovp IN amend
ment to the Omnibus Reconstruction bill, in effect
that within ten DAYS after the bill becomes law,
the officers elect in the various States named in the
law, shall be installed in Office by the General COM
handing the military district, providing they
can qualify under the proposed fourteenth amend
ment of the Constitution of the United States;
but they shall constitute provisional governments
until the States are duly admitted into the Union
Dispatches received here from New-Orleans tonight
say that Union men complain bitterly
that while Capt. Packard has been
rested and is to be tried 10y military commission,
for attempting to discharge the duties imposed on
him by the new Constitution. hundreds of Rebels,
who are believed to have murdered Union men, arc
allowed to walk the streets unmoested by the mill
taTy authorities.
The Tax bill occupied most Of the time of the
House yesterday. Gratifying progress was made
early in the day. but before o'clock no quorum
was present The thermometer had nsen to so in
the shade
The bill TO admit Arkansas into the Union was
completed III the Conference Committee yesterday,
and 1t was passed by the Senate The House, which
will pass 1t tomorrow would have done 80 yester-
day, but 1t lacked a quorum, The President may
veto IT, although of his friends say that he will
let it become law by default
Nearly all the important appropriation bills have
been acted on by the House. and are IN the Senate
The only bill that has passed both Houses aud gone
10 the Presidents the Army Appropriation bill. The
Naval Appropriation bill is in Committee of Con-
ference and the Postal Service bill is similarly
situated. Tho Appropriation Committee Of
the Senate have the Legislative and Ju-
disial Appropriation bin under consideration
and will probably report it in day or two The
Sundry Civil Service bill, which makes large appro-
priations and the Indian Appropriation BILL are also
IN the hands of the same Committee and have not
yet been considered 1t will require more than two
weeks to bring these bills before the Senate The
other legislation, however, IL very materially adj
vanced and but for the Tax bill the Senate could
adjourn about the first of July.
As the time for the New-York Convention draws
near the interest in il increases Democratic
politicians from al the country. but especially
from the South and West, have been gathering here
during the last few days. These men are feeling
around Congress and the White House TO learn
the situation. The chances of Chief Justice
= Chase for the nomination seem TO gain
strength daily. The Eastern men seem to have
dropped Hancock entirely and they all talk in favor
of Chase The White House. it is known, will throw
its influence for Chase-that is, if nothing be
done for johnson. 1t seems to be the general opinion