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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-06
On reassembling,


Mr.. Bingham claimed it had been air eady
shown that the President was self-convict-
ed on the charges contained in the first,
second, third, eighth and eleventh articles,
and proceeding to speak of the removal OF
Mr.. Stanton, paid glowing tribute to the
public services character and virtues OF
that calumniated officer, who had been
proved faithful among the faithless, and
who, in all the qualities which adorn and
ennoble human nature. had no superior in
any age. Yet this distinguished patriot
| had been removed without a colorado eX-
cuse, in violation of law, to crafty the
personal enmity of the President.
Mr.. Bingham was glad to be able to agree
with the counsel on one point OF law,
namely, that an unconstitutional law was
no law, but insisted it cannot be consid-
| cred unconstitutional until it has been so
pronounced in the proper way. He would
also reiterate that evil intent is to be pre-
presumed from evil acts, but the Presi-
dents evil intention was not merely a
matter of presumption but OF confession.
To show this, Mr.. BINGHAM read from
| the Presidents letter to General Grant, in
| which he says you "know that it was nv
purpose to prevent MIR. Stanton from re-
suming the duties of the office OF Secre-
tary of War;" and he claimed further, that
every one not stupid or insane must see, II
Mr.. Stanton had been kept out of his office
| D6 never nave SOL lllO Iuc COul
and decision could never have been OBJ.
tanned by the President.
Defense that he wanted a quo 1cdrrdntC
was mere babble in the ears OF the Senate
He asked why, if the Presidents purpose IN
all he did was to secure a decision of the
Supreme Court, he did not institute the
proceedings. 1t was because iC was i'm
possible for him to do so, as he knew ii
would be from the beginning.
| He then read from Greenleaf to show
| that the President must be held respons-
ible for what, with ordinary intelligence
he must have seen would be the con-
sequences of his actions. ..
In reply to the defense that the act was
not constitutional. he said that it had been
long settled that the attempt to commit a
misdemeanor was itself an indictable mis-
demeanor, in support of which proposition
he cited legal authority. He also held that
any offender under the common law was
indictable in the District of Columbia, ac-
cording to the laws of 1901 and 1881, and
according to the tenure OF Office law. II
made the removal of Stanton and appoint
ment OF General Thomas a gmisdemeanor
and no intelligent man could deny they
were impeachable offenses-
The only ques tion which remained to bt
considered was the constitutionality of the
law. He might simply say that was
closed question. To acknowledge now
that the tenure of office act, which, after
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-06
LOCAL NEWS. /

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, prepared and
corrected by w. j. Savage. Jeweler, So
South High street:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-24

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ed, but Buster and Clark said noting. Isb1os
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since dead q 4aais6sslis 4aai b Sd iefs Sd dfakan Z
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sbasaa apliAtsnssis t.. firm xhia sscY. .knozn
aRisten Clark md AAhniaG iass rosina yd,lrsw
q Mhskef Mm3uiN utnissd iainEink kueaAs
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gone beesing a6M y6ss llseaats1s sSsfs ts.cedf
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actually destroyed unders fAe Rfif thatit xas the
baak,ac,e. 80 Hat tapsWersA thatAe bad peser par
tedfHiihthsrednsnt isdI Icould sssit If fI,shosa
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seaared S6tsea fsmatxSd gi.assntsSl lSsi2a'. t.
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land note; there Is no Hltezu, -Asd -, What
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ma afs sSostbusdsa sBspksef, Xeeilcs asais.
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dsssiedcd ithad fAfaA iesisssabl Id EG bHfss2S
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-24

Ola Graham was clerk In the employ Of Bust
ler and Clark, fenow.worker of mine, with whom
we Younger fellowsh held little communion Hewas
a shy, little, brokendown, prematurely old man,
whose retiring habits and generousness lett nothing
in common between him and the rest, and who
made few acquaintance. The younger men spoke
of old Graham with half pitying, halfcontempt-
nous tone, as one whose ways of life did not con-
sort with the ardent spirits who enjoyed existence
on eighty pounds year. 1 believe understood
the old man best of all my colleagues. We were
good friends, for beneath that shy and shambhng
exterior, he possessed kind heart, and he had
treasure in his home of which the rolGcking young
bloods at Bustler and Clark's never dreampt. l a.
lone could estimate that treasure. l alone was
welcome guest in the modest ground floor at Ken.
sington, and knew how much beauty and gentle
worth were represented in Kate Graham. My in.
timacy with her father had taught me this and the
knowledge soon brought warmer feeling. Seeing
how dear she was to him, had come to hope for
atime when I shouldsupplant him in her care and
love. knew that was welcome in the house
hold lit consisted of but himself and herr, and ]
left the rest to time and constancy. As matters
stood, was too poor to marry, until the discovery
of the five hundred pound note wakeDed hope
which determined should only be realized accor.
ding to the dictates of strict honesty.
Ate clock on the morning after the discovery,
old Graham appeared at his desk, as punctual at
st. Paups. l entered into careless conversation
and at last broached the subject of the payment te
Wylde
ssYou have been in the Office long time, Mr.
Graham" said, do you happen to remember
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-24

clerks emerged IN nlgn splr1tS at tueir reiease,
Graham accompanying the rest On the stairs
one Of them asked for light for his pipe; but no
body had matches. lOld Graham good-naturedly
volunteered to 20 back and get a bit Of paper, 80
that the clerk could light his pipe at gas burner
on the staircase lower down; and making his way
back into the Office he found in the yellow obscu-
rity, the waste paper basket, and twisted into a
ppelight the first bit of tissue paper that came to
hand. The clerk lit his pipe, and payfully thrust
the extinguished bit Of paper into Grahams face.
The clerk received it in his hand, unconsciousy re-
tanned it, walked few yards homeward, still hold
ing it, and then, wondering what be was carrying,
opened out the folds. To bic dismay, he found in
the charred fragment of tissue paper corner of
the bank note which he now remembered he ought
to have paid away to William Wylde 49,.
The shock of the discovery paralyzed him, and
when sense returned he saw himself in imagination
ruined man, discharged from his situation, if not
prosecuted by his employers, and turned, with his
daughter Kate into the esreets for the tre OF rent
he owed. He had always been nervous man, a
moral coward and his fear OF consequences made
him blindly accept the one dangerous loop-hole OF
escape offered to him. He had not the courage to
confess his negligence and throw himself on the
mercy of the firm he took fatal step, and from
carlessness passed into crime. After much bewi-
dered cogitation with himself (for Kate knew
nothing of his misfortune till long after, he deci
ded upon pretending to have paid the money to
William Wylde, and producing tictcious receipt
from that worthy.
But forgery belongs to the fine arts, and old
Graham was sad blunderer, being only novice
in the accomplishment Perhaps it was this in.
experience which betrayed him-perhaps Murdon
discovered the true state of the case from subse-
quent applications for money made by Wylde. At
lal events, the wretched old man was soon found
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-24

--'IlHFTERBfoaioN.w ~. w.H6Yce..is 20 3:
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-24


ksSinr Efsfare6oefto slis WyIds4ps 6jtssugea
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tha olSces ODE tie DIX pot4eE 9 DaFl dSNaE.
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chests 1t Mur3dn's n'sRisstsni6Saiun sis&A &Anifssin
alfpfotabiHty7 shs fscsfpsaeiaool SIC szs's tsss
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aoos at the odiSs p!sa7HIY9I sss s@
ss'ss ss s e!!s fit IVA PC 4H3|
don, sit6oFising his kndsdy 70 sB6lbme 70 visit
his rooms for the pasposs p hiding g deed whsoh
he had lsAA q ASms HI r4sd4ls& procured
bsrss xsI q slAe he u dsS1p 9AEllIs
unseoompanied. The coaA Nss clear for Murdon
Hss down. Ct fhe dice, AID Ihsf5 5sM the niiSiMlhg|
and Afternoon before ne. u no, conner or ezsS
u aeothssf besks]
sid suinssd3 nm Sskst iPsids
peered behind the mirror O de WsutlepieoA emp.l
tied his dresangcsse, peefea svsntihto thS osost.
stand, probed lhs stlfiaE Of Che chars and sofa,
and TUNED up fhe corners fof tEscatfpse An to no|
pdfpose. Ny sssieho brought toaight osfSr ksFa
which snMcsd' ID open every Closed receptacle ~
the piace. But not sssags Of tts receipt or Due
70 its A;ding,plaee could bey found nd 4Aha . lgug
and ffuitless search, ] tarsed rawsy With bs,hss,Dl
heart convinced that ifhestM held the rsssiptfit
must be carried about his person, tsbs 1pdesdi
some distant keeping which I aw nd 81 y
reaching. 4'''-'.'' - f%,s, = e. sJg nv
Disappointed .and detected, ], turned nv sstpps
toward Kshsnston, hoping 10 aain strengtk oil
heart and aeutsness Of inyention fott tsisht of
the beloved hre.f For Kate gs1ae ma reliant
nature evG stimulated Ind f6ortiAA ns
me endurance, taught me to hope aSain4 hope.
found her alonas Though she zead iRpy poun,
tsuance that I had no good inexstoLring ,hsra
yet her patient accomplishing voice nerved mel d
u old, and1 tesained confidence ~, kg-
tune bad befna9ded ps generously fSr mush va
already done toward clearing Der hthsr q nsmsll
d;d noks deerair 6f all IN f,ma R,if
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-24

namely, that Wylde had never received the money
intended for him by Theophilus Langbrace, Esq,
our client With this view I entered the Four-in-
Hand, by which name the house of call for actors
was known. .@
Making my way into the bar-psrlor I reeogni-
zed, through haze of tobacco-smoke, my royster-
ing friend Tom, engaged in what he was wont to
term cultivating the Muses-in other words, keep
ing up smoking and drinking intercourse with
half dozen very shady utility" actors.
That ardent young gentleman hailed me bolster
ously. "Hollo, George, my pippin! Come to
see life, eh? Sit down and have spider"
Declining the chronological beverage referred to,
I contented myself with ordering less elaborate
liquid, and asked Tom if he had seen his friend
Wylde.
'What, Gulielmo?" answered Tom. "He'l
be here presently; he's on in the second piece to-
night as q Cory Rufian. He gets murdered in
the fourth act, aud will probably drop in then"
In about an hours time he appeared, not so
drunk as usual, for the night was comparatively
early-hardly eleven o'clock. He had only taken
sufficient to produce the first of many stages of in.
toxication through which that accomplished artist
was nlgnuy wont 10 pass LII Ills nrst stage ne Was
jubilant and loquacious.
On recognizing us, Mr.. William Wylde struck a
dignied attitude, and burst into quotation, after
the manner of his tribe. Eyeing me sternly, and
then lifting his eyebrows up to his hair, he asked
dramatically
''Came you from Padua, from Bellario?'
'From both, my lord; Bellario greets your
grace" answered that imp Tom readily.
Mr.. Wylde smiled loftily, and closed his eyes.
'Which?" he inquired, (which is the merchant
here, and which the Jew 2"
I modestly replied that for myself I inclined to
mercantile pursuits in preference. Mr. Wylde
waved bis hand.
''Then must the Jew be mercful" Wbereup.
ON he took q seat and ordered refreshments.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-21

XxTANTED-A SITUATION AZ COACHMAN BY A
w young who understand his business thoroughIy
city country give good city reference from bis as
Employer. Call address G. NJ, stable r. East l2th a.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-21

NorJCE-A RARE OPPORTUNITY

UCTION NOTICE.-A RARE OPPORTUNITY
T:nSs af s' :d @
E'ss s n Hs4as e: III s:Ss sFsss;:;
seven octave Pianoforts elegant Paror Suits covered
with 'sn s1s AS s sS
ss. Vases: Bsdsts.d Bureaus Tashssnds
sas a Rasn nrss TaS Dining China and
silver ware, Table Cutlery &C. Sale positive.
UcTIoN NoTIcE-AT ERNEST RoTH's FURNITURE
az T.
nacen Paror SUITE covered with any color Eeneh sa5o
worth ia Paror Library
and Dining Room Furniture cheap
EXTENSIVE AUCTION SALE OF MAGNIFICENT
ana sxsaY CO.. 0 viii
s sSy H. at se %
avenues e ;a at lo O'Clock precisely This
elegant rosewood octave Panotore, elegant Pacf SUITS,
sedoom 1ep frn pn
I'VE re- &C. &c descriptive CATALOGUES on the morning OF
Furniture property Of family leaving city, At private sale
at less than auction prses Al the elegant Furniture
@ @ s sns sn SrSs.s @ S @ @
Ecnss s walnut Bureau arsas S Bsdsseads war;
Ware, in lots TO suit purchasers half
b A van ssE Aou Mart s
This day Tuesday, July u. at IL o'cock
elegant Teams black and bay Mares elegant
Mare warranted to uot in 245 two road Establishment,
family and work Horses, top and no top Wagons, Ac.
We postpone sale on account OF the weather.
RY JAMES NJ MILLER, OFFICE 20 PINE STREET
ID Wednesday, July o. at ~ O'Clock, ut the EXCHANGE
saesroom Ill Broadway, Long Branch Property. The House
and Lot north side Union commencing 0 feet west
of Monmouth the house In three basement
frame 3xSO feet rooms lot Oxlt0 feet Map and partc
ulars at the Office
DY NJ. DOUGHTY, AUCTIONEER.
ID For sale, the neat Barfoom No. 10 Fulton street.
site Fulton market with stock and will be sod
at bargain. For particulars apply to NJ. DOUGHTf,
70 Nassau street N. BIf sold private will
sold auction Wednesday, July %, at IL o'clock A.
pY NJ. DOUGHTY, AuCTIoNEER.-wILL SELL, THIS
ID day (Tuesdsy l0l1 O'Clock, at his auction 20
Nassau street. Fulton very fine assortment of gepe
Household Furniture Paor Suits Carpets rosewood Piano,
&C.. the whole TO be sold without
EXECUTORS SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
IL Carpets &c.--BENJ. p. FAIRCHILD, Auctioneer
Wednesday, July "a 1885, at 10 NJ at 81 vescy street Cup
sais assortment of Furniture consisting OF Sofas,
Chairs bureaus, washstands Extension Tables &C., &c
also fine Velvet BRUSSELS Tapestry and Ingram Carpets &C.
Ac also Office Furniture Iron Safes high aud low Desk,
Tables, &C., &c.
By order of the Executor
ICBEN HATHAWAY, AUCTIONEER.- HATHAWAY &
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-21

IIBEN HATHAWAY, AUCTIONEER.-H q
~ mo ~ VII sell on Friday July ~ az ~ oyicos'
Liquors and Cigars License Lease Fixtures &C. &c, OF
above premises Particulars at Office OF nuctoneer 100 Pearl
street or on PREMISES.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09
PROPOSED RESIGNATION OF TIE LOWER
BOARD.

We fail to see that the present council are
or by an imperious sense of propriety, to va
cate their seats in body. The recent vote re-
jecting the S3,OOO,OO bond ordinance, vepre-
senting less than one-sixth of the registered
voters of the city, could not reasonably be
construed into an emphatic expression of want
Of confidence. 1t did show that a large ma
jority of citizens were so little disposed to
support the particular measure submitted to
their consideration that they quietly staid
away from the polls and let the active oppo-
nents of the measure carry the election against
it. Nothing more is necessarily signifed by
this vote. Our people have had enough expe-
rience of common councils to know that
none of them are perfect that affairs persist
in being unsatisfactory in some respects under
the best of them and that the chance of i'm
provement by swapping off an old set of coun-
cilmen for new, is extremely problemati-
cal.
But a majority of the Board of Assistant
Aldermen have concluded that the vote of
last Saturday was an event that would justify
the resignation of the whole body. Since
they have thus far failed, by any plan which
the law would permit or the public sanction,
to lift from the city the incubus of its float
ing debt, they despair. perhaps, of realizing
sufficient revenue in good money to meet the
urgent wants of the city government and to
save it from absolute insolvency and practical
reputation. Entertaining such view they
could, with perfect consistency, resign their
positions in the council But if this was
their intention they have missed the road by
which to reach it. By the resolution
rendering their resignation, collective
ly, to the Mayor, to take eff
feet when their successors are elected, they
do not in reality provide for a vacation of
their seats before the next regular election.
The mayor has no authority TO order an cleo
ton to fill vacancies which have not occurred.
Moreover, the six members voting against the
resolution cannot be regarded as proposing to
resign their seats even when their successors
are elected The fact is, resignation in such
a case is an individual thing, each member
acting for himself. Seven members of the
lower board may wish to resign, but they
have yet to do so defniively.t .a--~u a ~
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09

The Republican quotes approvingly from
an Alabama paper an invitation to Northern
emigrants to settle in that State, and contrasts
it with the spirit displayed in "rebellious
Louisiana" 1t declares that, in other States,
"carpet-baggers are no longer denounced.
There seems to be remarkable, if not an ex-
traordinary confusion of ideas in the manner
in which the Republican views this subject.
1t confounds carpet-baggers with honest and
industrious immigrants in a manner which
would be ludicrous if it were not suggestive
of the lamentable incapacity of Radicalism to
distinguish between such fundamentally in
ccngruous things as truth and fallacy or
right and wrong. The fact is, that the people
of Louisiana, and the CRESCENT has said it a
hundred times over, desire the presence of
newcomers, of the white race, from all parts
of the world, and welcome them warmly
provided they are not carpet-baggers in the
sense in which that term is used in the South.
Men like Mr.. Tucker, for instance, or Mr..
Brott-and both of these gentlemen we be-
Eeye to be Republicans-are an accession to
any community. We wish we had hundred
thousand like them, and like others of the
same sort whom we could name. 1t is not to
the opinions of the carpet-baggers that the
people of Louisiana are hostile, except in a
purely political sense I; but to their acts. The
class of persons to whom We have referred,
are worthy and valuable citizens. The car
pet-baggers are simply political vultures who
come to prey upon the vitals of the State.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09
POLICE MATTERS.

Yesterday the counsel of Cain, chief of
police by the grace of his many titled excel
lency and his piebald board of police COM
missioners, applied to the Supreme Court of
the State for a writ of mandamus to compel
Judge Cooley to grant suspensive appeal from
his decision of the g,to 1odTTarto case of Dia-
mond vs. Cain, which he had given to the re-
lator, Diamond The papers being somewhat
informal were returned by the court to Gains
counsel for revision; they viii probably be
handed in again to-day, when Judge Cooley
will also probably present his reason for re-
fusing the appeal. The Supreme Court has
then to decide whether the appeal to itself is
to be granted. As the matter now stands
Diamond il chief of police, and the mayor
might to-day make his appointments. But an
injunction or some other hindrance would be
thrown in the way, SO the best course is to
await the decision of the Supreme Court If
it allows the appeal, the case will be tried at
once and final Judgment passed. If an appeal
is refused, Judge Cooley's decision is
final in either case a speedy end
to the present state Of uncertainty will arrive.
We at least will have the satisfaction of know
ing soon whether the city is to be policed by
men in whose appointment the people of New
Orleans have no voice, and who represent
nothing hut the floating element of our pop
ulation, or by men selected by the response
BILE agent of the citizens of New Orleans. If
the former is to be the case we can at once set
to work 20 organize patrols in the various dis
tricts of eAe city, letting each property holder
pay his proportionate share, and thus see that
the city is guarded, leaving the carpet-bag
gentry to twril their thumbs, and at the same
time seeing that the tax to pay them is never
collected if the second case is to be ours,
there is nothing more to be done. The citi-
zens of New Orleans will then sleep quietly
without fear of awaking in the morning to
learn of one or two men having been shot,
half highway robberies having been
committed and burglaries in any quantity
having been perpetrated Speed the time
when such an era shall return
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09
~ dee Eighth Page.

JENNY LIND AND THE Bird remember hear
ing stage drivers story of Jenny Lind when she
was riding in the country. bird Of brilliant
plumage perched on a tree near as they drove
slowly along. and trilled out such a complication
of sweet notes as perfectly astonished her. The
coach stopped, and reaching out she gave one of
her finest rouades. The beautiful creature arched
his head on one side and listened deferentialy;
then. as If to excel his famous rival, raised his
graceful throat and Gang song of ripping melody
that made Jenny rspturously clap her hands in
ecstsey. and quickly as though she were before
a severely critical audience in Castle Garden, de.
livered some Tyrolean mountain strains that set
the echoes flying. whereupon little birdie took il
mp sndssaDg and trled and sang till Jenny, in
happy delight acknowledged that the pretty
woodland warbler decidedly out. esrolsd the great
Swedish nightingale.