Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-13

die IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.--A one O'Clock
to-day, the Senate will again Sit as Court for
the II isl of Andrew johnson, President Of the
United States, and complete arrangements have
ben perfected for the sccom mediation of spec
tatOrs. and also for the preservation OF order.
THE ADMISSION or SPECTATORS.
The entrances TO the Senate wing will be
closed to-day, with the exception of the main
eastern entrance the northern entrance on the
lower floor, and the door leading from the
House OF Representatives. These doors will
not be- open until eleven O'Clock, one hour be-
ing considered sufficient time for the spectators
in the galleries 20 BE- seated and quiet secured,
prior TO the commencement of the legislative
business at twelve O'Clock. The coupons at
tached to the tickets emitting persons 70 admis-
sion to the galleries Tor the day will be taken at
the outer doors, and the ticket Will be retained
as evidence Of the right of the holder to his seat
When person leaves his seat in the gallery
and leaves the building, he cannot again obtain
admission TO the Senate wing on his ticket,
upon his return owing to the absence Of the
coupon; and persons leaving the building
viii BE- reminded of this fact by the doorkeep-
ers. The Senate chamber being small, the rules
excluding all persons except those entitled to
admission TO the floor will be rigidly enforced.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF TICKETS.
The following order was adopted by the
Senate on Wednesday:
That during the trial of impeachment now
pending, no persons besides those who have
the privilege of the floor and clerks of the
standing committees of the Senate shall be ad-
United To that portion of the Capitol set apart
Tor the use OF the Senate and Its officers, except
uPon tickets TO be issued by the Sergeant-at-
arms.
The number of tickets shall not exceed one
thousand.
good only for the day on which they are
dated.
The portion of the gallery set apart for the
diplomatic corps shall be exclusively appro.
DTlatpd TO IN. and FORTY tickets of admission
thereto shall be issued TO the Baron Gerolt for
the foreign legations.
-Four tickets shall be issued TO each Senator;
four tickets each to the Chief Justice of the
United States and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives two tickets to each member of
the House of Representatives; two tickets each
10 the associate justices of the Supreme Court
OF the United States; two tickets each to the
chief justice and associate justices of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia: two
tickets 10 the chief justice and each Judge of
the Court of Claims; two tickets 10 each Cabi-
net officer; two tickets TO the General COM
handing the Army; twenty tickets to the Pri-
yate Secretary OF the President of the United
States for the use of the President and sixty
tickets shall be issued by the President pro tenn
pore OF the Senate to the reporters of the press.
The residue of the tickets to be issued shall be
distributed among the members of the Senate
in proportion TO the the representation of their
respective States in the House of Representa-
lives.
The tickets distributed TO the represe n tati YES
VI ihc pres. messengers,
and others having business in the galleries, are
good for the whole length of the trial As
provided for in the order, all other tickets are
good only for the day on W hich they are dated
All the tickets of admission TO the reporters
gallery-sixty in number-bave been issued,
and any applications for the same will hereaf-
ter be useless.
THE SENATE CHAMBER
will retain its usual appearance, so far "a the
seats of the Senators are concerned. A large
number of chairs will be placed therein for the
use Of the members of the House, and others
having a right to the floor. Two tables will be
placed within the bar, that to the right front of
the presiding officer for the use of the President
and his counsel and the other to the left front
for the use of the Managers of impeachment on
the part of the House. The Chief Justice will
temporarily use the room of Vice President
Wade. The Presidents room will be reserved
Tor the use OF the President and his counsel
The managers of Impeachment on the part of
the House will use the room of the Senate Com
mlttee on Appropriations. The corridor in the
rear of the Senate Chamber will BE- kept rigidly
closed TO all except Senators, and should the
Senate at any time desire to retire for consulta-
ton, the reception room will be used for that
purpose.
THE PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.
at precisely one o'clock to day the President
pro tenn. of the Senate will retire from the
Chair, which will then be taken by Chief JUS
uce Chase. The Sergeant-at- Arms will then
make proclamation, opening the court after
the President Will be read and sworn to by the
Sergs ant-at Arms. Then the President will be
called upon to answer in accordance with the
writ. Ii Is now positively stated that the Presi-
dent Will appear by counsel
PRESERVATION OF ORDER.
Every arrangement has been made for the
preservation of order, and in addition to the
entire Capitol police force, largely augmented
by the Sergeant-at- Arms OF the Senate, Captain
Retd and hfty picked men of the Metropolitan
police force Will be- uuty and ahOnt
the building, and any person found inside
the Senate wing WHO'S not an emplove, or who
Is not furnished with a ticket. Will be at once
imprisoned. The strictest order will be main
tanned in the galleries, and any persons max
ing disturbance or manifestations of appro-
val or disapproyal, will be Immediately ar
rested and held in confinement subject TO the
order OF the Senate. A line OF telegraph has
been erected from the office of the Sergea Mt at
Aims TO the headquarters of the Metropolitan
police force, 50 that an additional police force
may be summoned in case of an emergency.
0C+EOTICE.-SAM'L M.JANEEY, CHALK