Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-06-02
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4 AUGUSTA, GA, May 23.-A dispatch
from Lake City, Florida, says few days
4 ago nearly two acres on farm in Ham
i ilton county, suddenly sunk to the depth
of fifty feet from the surface of the sur.
rounding land, filing with water and
submerging the tops of the tallest trees
The ground is still sinking, and now
covers four acres. Streams and creeks
lose themselves in the surrounding coun.
/ try which forced outlet in this way
These sinks occur occasionally, but this
Is the largest and deepest known.
4 WASHINGTON, May 23.-Investiga-
lions before the impeachment managers
show that hundred thousand dollars
were subscribed in New York for Presi-
dent johnson. He is to have the hun
Idred Thousand if convicted; fifty thous-
and to pay expenses if acquitted.
| y WASHINGTON, May 1.-Senate.-The
President transmitted the Constitutions
OF North Carolina, Louisiana and Geor-
gia. Referred to judiciary Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-Senate.-
Court met at noon. Motion to proceed
with remaining articles was lost by %
to 26. Motion adjourning to 23d June
was lost by tie. Vote on second and
third articles resulted in acquittal; when
motion adjourning sine die prevailed.
| In Senate, Anthony, Wiley and Van
| Wrinkle denied newspaper reports that
Chase had endeavored to influence their
votes, and Fessenden denied his identi-
fication with the proposed third party,
and announced his determination to sup
| port the Republican nominees.
| BaeZ has taken the oath of office as
President of st. Domingo, appointed
three members of his cabinet and OBJ
tanned government ratification of his
loan from the Jew banker Jesurn.
| RUTLAND, VT, May 24.-Irish labor
ers at West Rutland marble quarries,
| five hundred in number, having struck
for higher wages, the owners of the
quarrles, instead of acceding, sent to
Frenchmen. Much ill-feeling in conse-
quence and the destruction of the place
threatened. Authorities on the alert
to prevent disturbance.
HAVANA, May 25.-Hayti news state
that Salnave, as dictator, had ordered
conscriptions. Riots resulted and SOL
diers fired on the mob. A Virginian,
named Hepburn, was wounded while
defending his store. Cocoas attacked
|Gouiaves, but were repulsed.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Answering
questions regarding the tax bill, and the
suggestions that modified regulations
and rates on whisky and tobacco should
represented in a separate bill, Schenck
said the bill might pass in three weeks,
and sooner with night sessions. He op-
posed a separate bill, as the bill pre-
pared by the committee was complete
as q whole, and met on, all but one or
two points, with the unanimous support
of the committee There were only
three or four points which would pro-
woke discussion. Republican members
maintained the committees bill could
not pass both houses and become law
before September. Schenck, however,
persisted, and the bill was made the
special order for Wednesday, to be con-
tinued from day to day until finished.
The report of the managers leaves the
corruption investigation in a musty
state. The object they had in view APP
pears to have been to make it probable
that Wooley had used twenty Thousand
dollars to corrupt Senators. They show
that General Adams approached Col
lector Smythe, of New York, with q
proposition to buy votes for acquittal.
Smythe broke the matter to Thurlow
Weed, who advised Smythe that it was
not feasible. Adams afterward can
vassed with Weed on the subject, but
Weed gave him no encouragement. The
matter was afterwards canvassed in
Weeds room at the Astor House, with
Weed, Wooley, Hastings, of Albany,
Sheridan and Shook present, Wooley
afterwards left for Washington. Several
obscure dispatches passed between
Wooley and Weed, which Weed did not
understand beyond that they referred to
impeachment. Shook and Hastings
came to Washington. The above is
based on Weeds evidence. 1t is then
shown that Wooley had ten thousand
dollars at one time and five thousand at
another placed to his credit on cypher
dispatch addressed to Shook at New
York. He drew ten thousand here in
thousand dollar bills. Shook denies
having deposited this money TO Wool
ey's credit. Wooley drew five Thousand
from Cincinnati, Wooley refuses to
swear what he did with this money.
Nothing yet transpired connecting Sen
ators with the money. Butler denounces
all the parties connected with the affair,
so far as gold gambling and whisky men
are concerned. The amount mentioned
by Adams as necessary to secure the
four votes was thirty thousand dollars.
The evident disposition of the House is
to compel Wooley to account for his
money. Among the dispatches is one