The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-19
secret Proceedings of the Court Ordered
to be Produced.
Washington Specials to New York Press.
PROPOSED CABINET CHANGES

WASHINGTON. May lS.-The following were in
| Touced under the regular Monday call
bill TO construe and prevent suds in the law
reeardmg abandoned landsin the Southern St1tes
Jolut resolution amending the Consultation
making Daturalized citizens eligible to the prcyi,
| dency.
bill constituting the government of the tele.
! graph hence for New York.
A resolution appointing a committee of Eve TO
! investigate the Senator Henderson and Missouti
| delegation affair was adopted.
| a preamble and resolution authorizing the
! speaker to add two from those who voted against
impeachment to the managers, TO be present and
! assist IN the investigation, was rejected.
Banks reported the Alaska appropriation bill
| which was postponed till June.
Stevens offered a resolution calling for secret
! proceedings OF the impeachment committee. He
| said no one could doubt there was deep damua.
! lion somewhere, and he wanted to find out who
was guilty. Answering the question whether
senators would have been justified u committing
perjury Stevens said Well sir, don't think Il
passed.
After refusing to concur with the Senate for a
recess, the House adjourned TO tomorrow.
Seadte.-The Virginia Constitution was referred
TO the judiciary committee.
A memorial was presented from the Philqdel-
phia Corn Exchange asking for q modification of
mittee.
Indefinite leave of absence was granted to
The deficiency appropriation for the third mill.
tary district passed.
=, The recess resolution was recalled from the
House and passed.
Senator Harlan stated that he has had no conn.,
munication with Bishop Simpson since impeach.
ment began.
Adjourned 10 Thursday.
Among the witnesses summoned by the mana.
gers are Daniel w. VooIhies, Perry Fuller Of
Kansas, and Gen. Thomas Ewing.
The charter Of Washington City expired TO dav
the president not having signed the extension.
steVens's resolution asking for official proceed.
ings caused bitter debate in the Senate.
Politics very feverlsh and the atmosphere "a
hlied with third party elements though not SUI
clently tangible yet to warrant details.
Ihe Tribune is cRptious. II elaborates on last
nleht olspatches regarding changes in the presi.
cents cabinet aud policy as follows: The
Washington agent of the New York Associated
Press telegraphs the following, probably under
White House and Grimes, Fessenden & Co.'s
direction: The tone of leading Northern papers
and the spirit Of debate in both the Senate and
the House to-day indicate that the acuuittsl ele.
ment, with Chase al its head is to be read out of
the Republican party il the Chicago convention
can be ruled by radical Congressman and editorsD
The Tribunes Washington dispatch saws "First
the conspiracy on the part of Fessenden aud
lrumbull and company includes not merely the
dsfeet OF impeachment, but of the Republican
party and OF the candidates Of the Chicago con.
Nenuon. 30 far as Mr.. Chase is concerned, It is |
holds that the Republican party has been led iu a
wrong direction, and that he has always been op.
posed TO impeachment. He has not abandoned
those principles which he claims to be Rspubli. |
can. He believes in impartial suffrage aud in |
universal amnesty.
Within the last few days Mr.. Chase has said |
that II the Republican party should persist iu its /
present course new party must inevitably be |
The Timess special from Washington saws:
" The stories about Chief Justice Chase and the /
presidency are finally coming into some tangible |
shape. He has formally put himself into the /
hands Of bis friends, and said that, while he ia /
not candidate, he csuuoi object to the use of |
bis name, and will run, if nominated By the con.
seTvatives."
The Worlds special says:
1t is generally understood tonight that il the |
vote bad been taken upon all the articles of i'm.
peachment Yesterday, the president would have
Almost Immediately reOrganized his cabiuet. The
slate, treasury, war and interior departments
we're, as the report says TO be first put into other
hands. The following are the persons named as |
hose who were TO assume the several secretarv. |
hips: State, VIM. III. Evsrts; treasury, Mr.. Groes.
leck; war, ex.GoV. Cox, of Ohio; interior, Mr..
Jatron, Of Illinois. Mr.. Staubery would probably |
le returned 10 the position OF attorney general. |
No name is mentioned for the new head of the
'ostothce department. As the Impeachment
natter now stands, none of these changes can be
expected TO be made. The administration OF
be government will probably continue for an
adebnlte period IN present hands,"