Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-07
The ImneacI,,nent.

At one o'clock, Chief Justice Chase took the
chair as presiding off Ger, ard stated that the
business before the Court was the question
whether. Mr. Wade should be sworn In as one
Of the Court, upon which Mr.. Dixon had the
floor. Mr.. Howard made the point Of order
that the rules adopted by the Senate required
that the Chief Justice should swear in all
Senators before organizing said court, and,
therefore, before any further proceeding was
had, he called upon the Chief Justice to decide
this question The Chief Justice held that
the Court not being fully organized the debate
must proceed under the ordinary rules OF order
Of tie Senate, and that the point Of order was
debatable p Mr. Dixon was proceeding to
on the ground that he was debating the general
question and not the point Of order. The
Chief Justice sustained this objection, and MIR.
Dixon attempted to proceed when he was
again called to order by Mr.. Drake. The Chief
| Justice reiterated his previous decision that
the question was debatabe. From this decl-
sion Mr.. Drake appealed, and the vote being
taken the decision of the Chief Justice was sus
Etained-yeas %, nays 90 On this vote MesSrs.
| Anthony, Corbctt, Fcssenden, FreEnghuysen,
Grimes, Henderson, Morrill,, Pomeroy Ross,
Sherman, Spraguc, Wiley and Williams, Rad
| icals voted with the Democrats to sustain the
decision Of the Chief Justice The announce.
ment of the vote was followed by demonstra-
| tons Of applause in the galleries, which was
promptly checked. Mr.. Dixon again attempt
|. . ed to proceed but was soon again called to or
| der. Finally, Mr. Hcndrcksea0ihdrea0h his OBJ.
lection to MIR. Wade being sworn in, and he
came forward and took the oath. j"
The swearing in of the Senators having been
completed, the Chief Justice announced that
| the Court was duly organized for the trial OF
Andrew johnson, President Of the u. S., and
proclamation was accordingly made by the
| Sergeant at Arms The Chief Justice then
reiterated the views he had formerly presented
Of the necessity of the rules passed by the Sen
ate as a'legislative body being accepted by the
| Court. No objection was made to this, and
the rules were adopted. An order was then
passed to notify the House that the Senate
ter, the Managers Of the House appeared before
the bar Of the Senate, and Mr.. Bingham, Us
| Chairman, demanded of the Court that it take
c0gnizauce as to the appearance in Court OF An
| drew johnson, President Of the u. s., to ans
wer to said articles of impeachment Mr.;
| Howard then moved that L summons be issued
| to Andrew johnson 10 appear before the bar
of the Senate on Friday, March -, at one
| o'clock, to answer to said charges. This was
adopted, and (hc Court adjourned until that
| day, March Is. When the President appears,
either personally or by counsel, the day will be
| fixed by the Senate Tor the actual commence.
mcnt of the trial
"CRUELrY TO ANIMALS. I've record the
following under This head~-not as IN ordinary
Race. =. -...'.. -.-..'-. ....- g..
The:mch talked Of long race from Boston
to Worcester, between the horses Empire State,
Of Worcester, and [venhoe, Of Boston, came
off on Saturday, and as the result shows, was
one of The most extraordinary and cruel that
has ever taken place in this country. The
| terms ot the match were to trot from the Mill
Dam, Boston, to dorchester, for $500 side,
each horse to carry 400 pounds, sleighs or
wheels, rain or frne, play or pay. Owing TO
the bad condition Of he road at the Mill Dam,
the start was cffectcd from the Charles River
hotel in Brighton Both horses were attached
to sleighs The word WAS given ut 1916
o'clock, and both started off at moderate gait,
with Empire State leading. Fro n Brighton
to Watertown the road was bad, the slelghing
was necessarily much impeded. At Water
town the sleishing became good, and En- pire
State was still leading about fifteen rods, under
il strong and steady pull He then commen-
ced the long and powerful stroke for which he
is noted and trOtted with clock-iie precision
up hill and down, drawing his heavy load be-
hind him with apparent ease, and trotted SO
we'll within himself that he was allowed to 90
as he pleased until Northboro' was reached at
1881 The distance thus far travelled was
twenty eight miles, and the time one hour and
fifty. one enthusiastically four minutes to the
mile. a rest oil seven minutes Was here taken,
and cruel, wine, water and hay we're offered
to the horse, but he refused, and was with
difficulty kept from running away. Once more
given his head he seemed to be possessed, and
lrotted mile after mile at three minute gait,
and all the time within himself, under steady
pull This he kept up until he reached Long
Pond where he stopped trotting, and walked
into the city, arriving at Washington Square
at l:l9 o'clock, having come the last ten miles
in tlirty-five minutes, and the whole distance.
SO miles,, in two hours and thirty-fiye minutes,
which is little less than mile in four minutes
for the whole distance.
Soon after his arrival the horse became sick,
and although every effort was made to save
NM, the over driving having killed. MN, he
died at midnight OF spasulodic choIlc. Ivan
hoe, bis competitor, was last seen at Waterloo,
but arrived at Northboro' long after the winner
had left, and finding it no use to follow, his
driver wisely withdrew from the race, and put
up the horse. Empire State, the winner, was
one fourth thoroughbred, lC hands [ inch high,
weighed 1850, 10 years old, and light lay
color. lie was raised in Kentucky, and at one
time was owned by Dan Mace, and called the
''John horse. - His temper was not of the
best, and it is said that he could not be used
for anything but racing purposes.
TIE METHODIST CONFERENCES. In the Bal
timore Annual Conference, M. e. Church, yes
terday, Revs. John Lanahan, N. j. B. Nor
gan, and s. v Blake were elected delegates to
the general conference. Drs. Edwards and
McCauley were elected as aternates Rev.