Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-03-07

The papers are ready in the proceed ings of quo warranto against Stanton. and the war against that functionary will commence in earnest-probably tomorrow.
 CORRUPTION.
 In debate to-day, Senator Trumbull charged that the Secretary of the Treas ury had paid large amount of money to two Treasury agents, under threats of exposure concerning some cotton transactions.
 TIE THoMAs.STANToN SUIT.
 Under the law Stanton can and will claim twenty days before he responds to the summons of the court in Thom- as' suit for damages. The case cannot, therefore, come up until April. 7'aai
 GENERAL THOMAS COMMISSION. Gen. Thomas has received an official copy of his commission as Secretary of War ad interim. It is dated Feb. 20th.
 NEW REVENUE TAX BILL.
 The Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means made an important statement in the House this afternoon, foreshadowing the new Tax bill to the following effect: The tax on manufac- tured articles is almost entirely remov- e59 and retained on four or i've articles of1uxury. The tax on distilled spirits l is fixed at two dollars per gallon. The income tax remains unchanged. | PRESIDENTS STATE DINNER PARTY. The President gave State dinner par ty tonight. Most of the Justices of the Supreme Court, who were invited weeks ago, attended. The Chief Jus tice did not deem it proper, in view of the Impeachment trial, for him to be | present.
 A QUESTION.
 The question has arisen here whether, as the Constitution directs that the Chief Justice shall preside, in case of his sickness or death the trial would not be suspended. The best lawyers give their opinion unhesitatingly, that trial once inaugurated would move on to the end, whether the Chief Justice could attend or not.
 STILL LATER. H WASHINGTON, March 3. Senate-Mr. Howard offered the fol- lowing order in behalf of the select committee of seven on Impeachment The oi der is that the secretary of the Senate be directed to inform the House that the Senate is ready to receive the managers appointed by the House to carry to the Senate asticles ofimpeach- ment against Andrew Johnson, presi- dent of the United States. Adopted. The Senate proceeded to the consid- eration of the report of the select com mittce on standing rules of the Senate. The clerk read the rules, which were then laid over for further considera- ton, and the Senate went into an ex- ecutive session, several messages hay ing been received from the President. House-Mr. Loughbridge offered a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to inquire whether congress has power, under the constitution, to regulate the rates to be charged for freight by railroads engaged in com | ,,, araa hat vrnan JtHarnnt vla.no n q 4. Union. Adopted.
 MT. Loan offered resolution in- structing the judiciary committee to report in reference to the political sta- tus of Texas. Resolution went over to next Monday.
 The House resumed the considera- ton of the motion of MT. Eldridge, pending at the adjournment yesterday, to suspend the rules so that he might have read and placed on the journal the protest of the democratic members. The motion was rejected to 46, the speaker voting among the yeas.
 MT. Spalding, from committee on ap- propriation, reported a bill aiding charitable institutions of the District of Columbia, amounting to S2i6,1O0. The speaker presented several execu- tive communications of an unimport- ant character, which were referred; also message from the managers ap- pointed by the House to carry to the Senate articles of impeachment against the President. The message was en-. tered on the journal. The House went into committee of the whole, Mir. Ash ley, of Ohio, in the chair, and proceed ed to the considerctio of the post of flee appropriation bill. At quarter past 3, Mir. Butler arose and reported from the managers of impeachment, the following additional article, re- marking that there was but one dis senting voice upon it among the man. agers, and it had only failed yesterday on account of want of time. The fol- lowing is Mir. Buffers additional arti- cle: "The said Andrew Johnson, un- mindful of the high duties of his office and the dignity and proprieties there of, and of the harmony and courtesies which ought to excite and be main tained between the Executive and Leg islatiye branches of the Government of the United States, designing and in- 1 tending to setaside the rightful author ity and powers of Congress, did at tempt to bring into disgrace, ridicule, contempt and reproach the Congress of the United States and the several | tbereof. to imnair and des