The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-03

laborer, murdered his wife, in
| Greenwich Street, on Saturday night,
by brutally beating and kicking her.
| The murderer was arrested.
| The Worlds Washington dispatch,
| dated last night, says dispatches were
received from New Orleans tonight
| announcing that Gen. Hancock has
asked to be relieved from the com
mand of the Fifth Military District.
| The President has dispatches asking
| him not to relieve Gen. Hancock.
| The trouble has arisen from Grants
late order reiDstating the New Or
| leans Council over Hancock's order.
The President has not yet selected
his counsel for the trial, but among
those likely to be retained are Ben
/ jamin Curtis, David Dudley Field,
Charles O'Connor and James T.
/ Brady, of New York; Judge Black.
Of Pennsylvania; Hon. William s.
| Groesbeck and Senator elect Thur
man, of Ohio.
There was terrific northwest gale
and snow storm last night, which is
still raging.
NEW YORK, March 2-The Times
Washington dispatch states that the
cluded its examination of meters. and
have tested ten different inventions.
What their conclusions are cannot be
definitely stated except in one
respect, and that is, that no machine
Is yet found which will prevent fraud
while the tax Is two dollars per gall
lon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The actual
presentation of the articles of i'm
parchment upon the floor of the
House created comparatively little
excitement. The galleries were only
comfortably full; but during the
reading Of the report of the I'm
parchment Committee, there was un-
usual quiet and attention 1t was in
troduced by Gov Boutwell,, with a
few explanatory remarks, and in ac-
cordance with the order of the House,
it was Immediately taken up In Com
mittee of the Whole.
The point as to whether the articles
should charge Mr.. johnson as Pres |
ident. or as Vice President and Act |
ing President, has attracted consider !
able attention. 1t was, however, set
tied by Congress in Mr. Fillmores |
time. When the usual resolution |
came up to inform him that Congress |
was In readiness to receive any COM |
munication from him, an amendment |
was offered to change it so as to noti- |
fy him as Vice President and Acting |
President This was voted down by |
a large majority in the House, and by |
80 tos8 in the Senate.
The Republican members of the |
House held caucus tonight to agree |
upon candidates for the managers;
Cary and Stewart were not admitted. |
The following were selected: Bing- |
ham, Boutwell,, Butler, Wilson Of |
Iowa, Williams of Pennsylvania, Lo- |
gan Of Illinois, Stevens of Pennsyl- |
vania. The election will take place |
Immediately after the vote on the ar
ticles on Monday.
The Presidents friends in high Of
fetal position are working vigorously |
to demoralize Senators, bat there are
no indications whatever Of success.
The President himself is said by his |
near friends to be greatly alarmed at |
the situation, and, withal, rather de- |
spondent. The conviction is contin-
ually deepening among most Of the
Cons ervatives that Mr.. johnson will |
surely be displaced.
Ex Governor, Ford, of Ohio, died in
this city this evening Of pneumonia He
had been i'll for a number of weeks,
but it was thought he would recover
until within a short time before his
death.
A comparison of opinions from va
rlOus circles seem to justify the state
ment that the coming week will wit
ness all the preliminaries of the i'm
parchment business, so that the trial
will begin one week from tomorrow
The feeling Is strong among Republ-
can Senators that there must Oe no
pettifogging delay. The expectation
still Is to finish consideration of the
rules to morrow. Nothing will re-
main after the House managers ap-
pear before the Senate on Tuesday,
except to agree upon the timeswhich
should properly be given to the Pres
ident before appearance. From
Tuesday to the next Monday is
thought by most to be all that should
be granted. There seems to be less
and less ground for reports indus
triously circulated, that a number of
Repu blicans are extremely doubtful.
The most interesting ana important
features of the situation are those
which concern the White House.
The change there has been very
marked. At first there was a defiant
spirit that bodied serious trouble
This has not only passed away but
great depression has taken its place.
The Presidents Sunday organ of one
week ago was filed with threats of re-
sistance and appeals to riot and revo-
luton. To day the same paper con-
tents itself with indicating the weak