The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-17
WASHINGTON.


MR.. wADE's TROUBLES. =
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Mr. Wade BE- t;o %i
TeaoN received abouta hundred apPIgJ1,e,, be
Tor appointment to alice under him WHICH no
Is President.
GEN Y.NCoCK RELIEVED
The Tr;brno,especial saws that knowing Dol-
.iticians saw e-night that the President last
evening teYe.raphed TO Gen: hancock 10 re-
port immedisely at Washington, and 1t IS ru-
mored that le is to take command of the mill
tary division with headquarters in this city,
which was treated some time ago and which
Sherman rfused to accept.
TIE PRESIDENT DISCOURAGED.
The Tines special says it is evident the Pres
ident and his friends are not so sanguine OF
his acquital now as they were in the Senate
preparing afddayts from different sources to
be presented next Monday when the case
comes 9p They again declare that it VIII De
impossible to obtain the necessary evidence 10
proceed without further delay and nope TO
make good their failure in their last enort 70
OBTAIN It, The fact that the managers carried
their point Friday and succeeded IN ootalnlng
an early day for filing an answer, &c, as wen
as their evident discrimination to prevent any
further procrastinatIon, as evinced particular
ly in Buffers speech, has demoralized the ad-
ADMINISTRATION to no small extent. The Presi
dent him elf had great hopes that sufficient
number of Republicans would join with The
Democratic Senators in vote to grant him
forty days time, but being disappointed he is
Inclined to doubt the final result, as he has
never doubted it before.
AN IMPORTANT BILL
Mr.. Eliot's bill, providing that in case of sick
ness or death OF the Chief Justice his place
shall be filled by the senior Judge, will soon be
put upon its passage
RETRENcHMENT
The army appropriation has been materially
reduced by the Senate Committee.
A JUDICIoUs APPOINTMENT.
Alderman Coulter of New York, owner of
two rum distilleries, has been appointed On In
ternal Revenue Assessor.
GEN. slcKLEs.
Gen. Sickles has been summoned before the
Impeachment Committee, after which he will
repair TO his regiment at Sackett's Harbor.
DEATH OF PAYMAsTER GENERAL ANDREWS.
Secretary Stanton has issued general order
announcing the death of Col Andrews late
Paymaster General
CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO THE FEN1AN
RAIDERS. |
The Secretary of State to-day sent to the |
Senate large mass of correspondence etc.,
in reply to resolution relating to the arrest |
and trial of Rev. Robert B. Lynch and Others
by the Government of Great Britain, for alleg-
ed participation in the Fenian raid into Can
ada in 1866. The Documents show what has
been done by the Government of the United |
States, including letters from Secretary Sew
York on the Sd of February, regrets to say |
that upon renewed request of the Executive |
OF the United States, the British Government |
is just now entirely dIsinclined to exercise |
further clemency in the case OF Lynch, and in |
replying to the note of Mr.. Ford of the British |
legation Feb. 4th, says that Lynch, who was |
convicted for participation in the so-called Fe-
MAN rad, never united in such an invasion
but, on the contrary, denounced the scheme as
impracticable. He regretted that the British
Government would not mitigate the sentence
Hon. Chas. Sitgraves having written a letter
to Mr.. Seward, asking the intervention of the
Government in behalf of John Gallagher, I'M
der sentence of death in Canada for hostile
invasion, the Secretary replied ON Marth 9th
that our Government watches with interest |
the affairs in that province, but is not aware
that he is at present exposed to execution for
a capital ofeLce. If Mr.. Sitgraves will inform
the Secretary when his case was tried it will
receive attention. IT is the understanding of
the State Department that where sentence
has been rendered by the Courts they have
been committed by the British executive au-
thorties to imprisonment in all cases brought
to its attention.
HEALTH OF THAD. STEVENS
Hon. Thad. Stevens, who has been in a very
weak physical condition for several DAYS past;
sufficiently rallied to-day to attend the meet
ing of the impeachment managers and was
also subsequently in the House.