Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-21
THE IMPEACHMENT.

. AT Washington active preparations are be-
which commence again on Monday next. The
Presidents counsel are engaged in consultation
with him in preparing his defence to the ar
ticlcs of impeachment, and it is expected that
if they do not succeed in cffccting any further
delay on Monday that they Will Ilc his answer
s"Thc answer is said to be very strong, and one
Mr. johnson can rest upon confidently for i
verdict from the people, even If the Senate
should vote for conviction. " The House Man
ayers have daily sessions, and are preparing
arguments in advance to meet all objections
that may possibly be urged by the Presidents
counsel, 50 that there shall be no delay on their
account. Various points are assigned to each
one. It isremorcd that the "ButIcr articles, /"
rcciting the speeches made by the President
will be abandoned by the Managers if the de-
fence attempts to take advantage Of it by sum-
moning witnesses from distant points for the
purpose Of delaying the trial. ~ The House OF
Representatives yesterday resolved that on the
days when the Senate shall sit for the trial. the
House, as in Committee Of the Whole, shall
attend at the bar of the Senate at the hour
agreed upon for the commencement of the
proceedings. In the Senate Mr.. Drake offer
ed an additional rule regulating the conduct
of the Senate when engaged in the trial, re-
curing that at such times the ''prcsiding Off
Gel" (Chief Justice Chase) ''shall be addressed
as Mr.. President, and all papers submitted by
either party, which in their nature shall be adj
dressed in terms to the tribunal shall be ad
dressed to it as the Senate, and all references
or motions shall be addressed to it as the Sen
Mrr. nro Ia hot bo
his counsel had attempted to ignore the Sen
ate in the proceedings held last week. his coun-
sci had addressed the presiding officer as Mr..
Chief Justice, while the Managers on the part
of the Honse of Representativ addressed him
as Mr. President. He wished to say that, in a
trial of impeachment, there is no Chief j Justice
in the Senate Reverdy johnson objected to
the consideration of the resolution, and it ac-
cordinglY went over under the rules. -. &c.,.
. LANDSLIDE AT PITTsBURG. - yesterday
morning an accident occurred on Second street,
some distance above the Upper Birmingham
bridge, which though proYidentialy unatten-
ded with loss Of life, was yet one of the most
extensive and .narrowly escaped being one Of
the most disastrous that ever occurred in this
vicinity Some three or four thousand tons
OF TOckS, dG Cue llLue luulcaLeu, lell Will tCi
riblc crash from the summit of Boyd,s Hill,
which overhung the iron works Of Everson,
Preston & Co., partially destroying the build
iugs and covering the track of the ConnelIsvie
Railroad for more than hundred feet, and the
rolling MILL wooden structure two hundred
and seventy-three feet in length. 4 T.. T.
Theirs we're working at the hour Of the acct
dent about fifty men, who, with but a short
warning of the impending danger, were so for
tunatc as to escape wholly uuinjured. An ac-
commodation train from Brinton station, laden
with passengers, should by the regular schedule
have passed over this portion Of the road when
the slide occurred, but happily for those on
board, it was detained some distance of, and
more than one hundred human beings thus
narrowly escaped most frighttul death
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