The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-14

il tents Of-SeE6fat- @GneSe-IetterS- are
known. sEleh contains information
that another Senator had been secured
by the President, and the last one writ.
ten two days, before the break in the
Senate reads as follows:
1--WE have gained one more Senator
to-day, and this makes acquittal Ger.
tain"
/, An investigation into this attempt to
bribe and corrupt Senators is almost
certain to take place.
The Southern Union men, of whom
there are q large number in the city,
have been the most cast down of any
class here. They have taken measures
to-day to organize for the purpose OF
placing the situation OF the Union men
In the South as they deemed il would
be, should the President be acquitted,
before the Senators. These uen all
agree that there would be mo- safety
whatever in Southern delegates to Chi
cago or members elect to Congress re.
turning to their homes. All the letters
received from the South from Union
men since the trial began, have exhibit
ted great anxiety lest the Senate should
fail to convict.
The speech OF Mr.. Morton in the Sem
ate last night produced a marked
effect. His earnestness hxed the atten-
ton of all Senators upon him, One OF
the strongest points he made was to
read the resolution by which the Senate
reinstated Stanton, and then to call
over slowly the names Of those who
voted for it. From this he reasoned
that all whose names he had read had
committed themselves to sustain the
tenure. of-office law, and that the sena-
torial oath, under which they then
acted, was as binding as their Judicial
oath. II! ID s-s5l ea05 -. a5i.
The whole Tennessee delegation is
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the opinion to him that he should re-
Train from voting entirely unless he
can represent what he well knows the
sentiment of the loyal people OF his
State to be.
The Maine delegates have had con-
siderable talk among themselves re-
HardiDg the propriety of calling on
Fessenden and trying to change his de-
termination, but 1t was thought to be
useless.
The Illinois Republican delegation
met this afternoon and talked over
matters. They regret Judge Trumbulps
course, but concluded that there is no
occasion for them to take action there
upon. They express themselves as
confident that the final vote of the
Senate will be for conviction.
1t Is thought tonight that the first,
fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth
articles Will fall These include the
charge OF removing Stantous the con-
spiracv charges, the Emory article, and
'iswinging around the CIRCLE" 1t is
also believed that the second and
eleventh, and probably the third, Will
receive SO or 50 votes. LtGLtEa
Mr.. Howard is considerably better
this evening, and all his symptoms are
very favorable. His complaint was
rush of blood to the head, with ten
dency to brain fever.
ELEVENTH ARTICLE TO BE VOTED ON
FIRST. -@
The disposition is strengthening
among Senators to adopt Mr.. Williams
motion, and take the vote on the elev-
enth article first. Those who have can
vassed the subject carefully to day
claim the following Senators for this
article: Anthony, Cameron, Cattell,
Chandler. Cole, ConklIug, Gonness,
Corbett, Cragin, Drake. Edmunds, Fer
~, FrelinRhuyBen. Harlan, Hender-
son. Howsrd, Howe, Morgan, Morrill,
Me-; Morrill,, VT; Morton, Nge. Fat
terson, n. H., Pomeroy. Ramsey, Ross,
Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner,
Thayer, Upton, Van Wrinkle, Wade,
Wiley, Williams, Wilson, Yates-in
all IS. 1t is also thought the second ar
ticle will be carried by the above vote.
leaving out Henderson and Van Win
kle.