The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-09
The Order Of Summing Up on the
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Impeachment Trial. 3 s. ,s3oS a
The Mysterious Ku Klux Klan
at the Capital.
Threatening Letters to Ben Wade
and Ben Butler.
General Grant and the Impeachment
Question.
WASHINGTON, April ), 1883.
The Impeacliment Trial.

The Impeachment Trial.
The Board OF Managers Of impeachment Will hold
meeting tomorrow morning, when it is designed TO
consider the question of increasing the number OF the
Managers to take part In the argument Five is at
present the number spoken OF. Ben Butler will not
speak again. IT. is also doubtful whether Thad
Stevens will have anything to say. This arrange
ment then, would leave Mr.. Logan to OPEN Will
Son OF Iowa and Williams Of Pennsylvania
TO follow, and Boutwell, and Bingham to
close on the part OF the prosecution. To
accomplish this arrangement the Board Of Man
ayers will ask the suspension the twenty-hr rule,
Witch says, "The case each side shall be opened
by one person. The final argument on the
merits may be made by two persons on
each side, unless otherwise ordered by the
Senate upon application for that purpose, and
the argument shall he opened and closed on the
part of the House OF Representatives" If 1t is
found that the Senate is not disposed to grant their
wish. the Managers will ask an extension of the
time to be used their side OF the argument which
may then be so divided among themselves as to
allow each OF the five Managers who have prepared
themselves to say something This arrangement, If
aCceded to by the High Court, will involve reply
from at least four Of the counsel for the defence
Judge Curtis, who will open for the defence to-
morrow, will speak only from notes, not having
written his remarks in advance OF delivery
There to-day a greater demand for tickets OF
admission to the Senate than any previous day
since the trial began. Some Of the members Of Con-
gress have promised given orders for their tickets
for a week TO come.
General Grant and the Impeachment Trial.
The radicals in high spirits over certain eX-
pressions accredited TO General Grant by those with
in the range of intimacy with him which manifest
complete conversion to the radical faith. Several
days since prominent gentleman in this city met
Games int nAvo anAo fin.
him, the two engaged in conversation. The subject
of impeachment was brought up in connection with
certain statements going the rounds of this city that
the General was in favor of impeachment When
this fact was brought to his attention it Is said he
made some allusion to his own part in
the Stanton matter and remarked that
when he found the course about to be pursued
did not coincide with his own convictions OF the law
In the case he declined to act further. During this
conversation which very BRIEF several remarks
II Is stated were made by General Grant which in
Dictated leaning towards impeachment. The Gen.
eral persists in maintaining his customary silence
on political questions; but 1t is known that enough
has already been ELECTED by the radicals to confirm
them in their opinion as to how he stands.
The Relations Subsisting Between General
Grant and General Butler.
Notwithstanding all that has been said about re-
Cancellation between Generals Grant and Butler 1t
does not yet appear that the relations between these
dignitaries have been entirely satisfactory Great
efforts are being made by the friends OF both
to put an end to the breach which has so long
existed but as yet but little return has come out OF
all their exertions. 1t would seem that neither is
disposed to make the first advances though suffi-
Gent has been attained as groundwork for further
diplomacy In the matter.
Ku KIux Khan Established at the National
Cnpital-Threuteuing Letters to Radical
Leaders.
Forney in his occasional" letter to one Of "My
two papers," day before yesterday declared that
the terrible Ku Klux Khan have at last
established their "dens" in Washington, and
that already anonymous warnings have been
served upon Ben Wade, Ben Butler, Thad
Stevens, General Logan, John A. Bingham, and
most of the leading republicans in Congress
Forney is evidently dreadfuly alarmed himself, and
talks dolefully Of deathheads, collins and assassina
tons. He states that he has seen one OF the dread
full mssives, with its cabalistic letters, signs
and sentences, and predicts peril and death to
the appointed victims. I. too, have seen one OF the
anonymous letters of warning; but, unlike Forney,
have concluded that they the work OF some cruel
wag, and not live Ku Klux thirattng for radical
blood. Imagine a foolscap sheet OF paper, trimmed
into coffin shape with az X. K" at top and *. K.
e." at the bottom, In large boodred letters and two
smaller collins In black letters placed the mid
die of the sheet, to bear distant resemblance
TO a pair OF sepulchral eyes; imagine this sheet,
which is white, to be scratched over cumsy with
quantity OF cabalistc letters, signs and sentences"
Forney calls it, and you have an idea of the ter
rife missives which are supposed to be the death
sentence OF the leading radicals. The sample which
I have seen is worded as follows:-
X. X. X. XXX. K.
GRAND ORDER OF DEC, DIV. 20.
Bloody month, cloudy moon.
Death Death to traitors
"The Negro must be eaten raw; blood and }
clotted gore" Is our motto.
Our last day will come, then apostates and
will die to be bloody food for the Ku Klux
Khan.
We come We come The Ku Klux Khan,
To avenge the wrongs of our fellow man
$Faen patriots Assemble at dis mala hala
neXta darka moona. a.
Up. G. @. C. K. X.