The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-03-13
N'escs Of the Week.

.e'escs Of the Week.
On Thursday of last week the L. s. Senate
organized as a court, to try the articles of i'm
parchment, as presented by the House of Rep
resentatives against the President. Chief
Justice Chase, of the Supreme Court, as re-
quired by the Constitution, will preside at
the trial. The Senators have already taken
the required oath, and the President has been
summoned to appear and answer to-day
When the Senator from Ohio, Senator Wade),
advancedto take the oath, Senator Hendricks,
(of Indiana,) objected that, as he was the next
iu the line of succession, and was directly in
terested in conviction, he was disqualified
to sit in the trial. This objection, however,
was temporarily withdrawn, and Senator
Wade took the oath, though probably the
same question will arise in subsequent stage
of the proceedings. 1t is stated that there is
great diversity of opinion as to the legal right
of the acting Vice President to sit and vote
at the trial of the President, but that only
one opinion is held as to the delicacy or pro-
priety of such an action. There are many
opinions as to the probable time Of the COM
mencement and duration of this trial, and ap-
parently one opinion is about as good as
another, and probably the only way we can
find out anything about it, will be to wait
and see 1t would be an easy matter to fill
column after column with the various runners
and surmises, which fill our daily papers, re-
garding the probable course and termination
of this trial; but, believing that our readers
would be about as wise at the end as at the
beginning, we forbear.
After four days balloting, the Maryland
Legislature, on Friday lest, elected Hon.
George Vickers, of Kent county, to fill the
vacancy in the Z. s. Senate, caused by the
rejection of Hon. p. F. Thomas. On Mon
day his credentials were presented in the SEN
ate, and, after brief discussion by Senator
Sumner and others, in which the question,
whether Maryland has a republican form of
government, was presented, Gen. Vickers
was allowed to take the oath, and his seat as
Senator from Maryland. The following is
the final ballot on this Senatorial question:
For Mr.. Thomas-Senators Browne. Biggs,
Clark, benson, Henkle, Hammond, Maddox,
Spates, Walsh. elegates--Stewart of
Baltimore city, Lake, Hammond, Iglehart,
Deale Mitchell, Chapman, Nicolai, Poteet,
Holmes, Biddison, Rose, Lowe, Percy, Stew
art of Dorchester, Keech, Guy, Williams,
Dutrow, Wenner, Bowlus, Byers, Robb,
Morse, Blake. Pentland, Smith of Baltimore
city, Marshall, Chaisty, Conley, Kean, Hall,
Davis Of Carroll Worthington-total4 49,
For Nj W. .s-Senators Compton, Car
roll, Earle, 1 ieids, Hyland, Kimmell, Lee,
Miller Malone, Snyder and Welch. Dele
gates-Boyer, Beck, Bond of Calvert, Dali
rymple, Slingluf, Montague, Corbin, Horsey,
Davis of Cecil, Touchstone, Richards, Meams,
ter, Albaugh, Silver, Nelson, Vandiver,
Brown, Moore, Hubbard Sanner, Wentz, La
trobe, Cotton, Mullin, McElroy, Harig, Mark
land, Conway Condy, Herbert, Rohrer, Sci
bert, Riggs, Offutt, McCulloh, Trimble Jor-
dan, Harden, Clark, Jones, Fooks and Hop
kins-total vote 81. Subsequently Messrs
Rose and Percy changed their votes to Mr.
Vickers, making his total vote SO.
Senator Parker of Calvert, and Mr.. Bond,
of Baltimore city, voted for Mr.. Earle, max
ing the total vote cast 1O2.
The republican party of Maryland, does
not seem to enjoy the utmost harmony in its
councils at this present time. The State Con-
vention which met at Front Street Theatre,
in Baltimore, on Friday last, adopted resolu-
tons declaring impartial manhood suffrage
the cardinal feature of their creed, and Grant
and Creswell their choice for the next Presi-
dency and Presidency. The following
delegates were selected to represent the State
in the Chicago Convention
list district, Col. Samuel Graham and W.
D. Burchinal, delegates, and D. Blocksome
elector: I'd district Gen H Richardson and
John Fl. Longnecker, delegates, and VIM. NJ.
Marine, elector; Sd district Henry Stock
bridge and Gen. A. W. Denison, delegates
and W. L. Nichols, elector 4th district, Col.
G. T. w. Black and Caleb Doty, delegates,
and Capt. H. G. Nall, elector; 9th district,
Francis Miller and George W. Sands, dele
gates, and VIM. j. Albert, elector.
1t is understood that another convention
is to be called by those members who with
drew from the Front Street Convention, and
those who were refused admission to that
body, to meet in Baltimore on the 18th
Of April. The tweedledum wing seems to
be headed by ]. A. ]. Creswell, and the tive
dledee by Judge Bond.
The House of Representatives has deter
mined to admit Mr.. Butler, a member elect
from Tennessee without his taking what is
called the test oath" Mr.. Butler was a
colonel in the Confederate army, and hence
belongs to the class which it was the object
of that oath to excludes but he comes to
Congress as radical of the strictest sect, and
hence is one of those whom it is the will and
pleasure of the majority of Congress to adj
init unquestioned. The cat devours the bat
as bird and not as mouse-there is no
principle violated "as yet"
The election in New Hampshire has gone
for the republicans by about 5000 majority.
E We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement, in another column, of
the "Poulterers Friend" A trial will not
cost much, and if it answers the purpose, it