Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-04-03
THE NEWS.

ITeSident johnson cOuhsei ulcu ile atsWTA
to the articles of impeachment. The docI-
ment is remarkable for what it denies, its
length, and the Misrepresentation it con
tains. 1t is followed up by demand for
thirty days additional time in which TO
prepare themselves for the trial. After
listening to elaborate arguments from both
sides, the Senate refused the request by a
vote of twelve in Its favor to forty-one
against The Managers of the lmpeach
ment on the part of the House Of Repre-
sentatiYes submit their replication to DIR.
Johnson's answer. The Managers say that
the House of Representatives of the United
States having considered the answer in plea
of Andrew johnson, President OF the
United States, to the articles of impeach-
ment against him BY them exhibited in the
name Of themselves, and Of all the people of
the United States, reply that the said Au-
drew johnson Is guilty in such manner as he
stands impeached, and that the House of
Representatives viii be ready to prove their
charges against him at such convenient time
and place as shall be appointed By the
Senate for that purpose.
General Hancock was yesterday summon
ed to appear before the Managers of I'm
parchment and was promptly on hand de
has undergone a lengthy examination. and
rumor has it that the testimony elected was
important. The General has had private
interview with the President since his arrival
which lasted some two hours. Rumor posi-
lively declares that after stating to the
President his reason for desiring TO be re-
heved from New Orleans, that the subject of
assigning him TO new post fduty was then
dismissed and 1t seems highly probable now
that General Hancock will receive the COM
mand Of the new military division of the At
lantic, comprising the Departments Of the
East, the Lakes aud w Washington. 1t is not
yet settled, however, that Hancock viii be
assigned to this important command, as II
is understood, that he is rather disinchned to
accept the condition imposed BY the order
creating the new division that its headquar-
ters shall be in Washington, by which the
President expects to bring him In conflict
with General Grant
WEDNESDAY. March 25, 1865 The
Impeachment Trial occupied both Houses
of Congress almost exclusively. The House,
which had taken a recess on the previous
evening, reasembled az ] / A. NJ. Very short
" thereafter Mr. Boutwell,, on behalf Of the
Managers, reported the Replication of the
House to the Presidents answer to the
charges brought against him. 1t denies each
and every averment made by the President,
which traverses the charges brought against
him, reserves all advantages Of exception to
the insuficiency Of his answer, and declares
that he is guilty Of the high crimes and mis-
demeanors mentioned in the articles Of
impeachment, and that the House OF Rep
.resentatives is ready to prove the same
After brief but animated debate the Re-
plication was adopted by the House by
vote of yeas lis, nays 36.
At one 0 clock the Chief Justice took the
chair in the Senate, the members Of the
House attended in Committee of the whole,
and the Managers and the counsel Of the
President we're in their places, The Kepll-
cation of the House was read by Mr.. Bout
we'll The presiding officer then stated that
the motion of Mr.. Reverdy johnson, grant
ing the President ten days further time to
prepare for trial. was still pending Mr.
Sumner moved an amendment that the
Senate proceed with the trial, and continue
it from day to day The Senate at the mo
ton of Mr. Edmunds retired for consultation
and remained absent for two hours. On
returning the Chief Justice announced that
and order had been passed directing that the
trial be commenced at one O'Clock on Mon
day next, the 30th inst, and which time the
counsel we're directed to be prepared to
proceed. The vote by which this order was
adopted was ayes 2S, nays a.
THURSDAY, March 26, IS6S,-The Presi-
dent sent to the Senate his veto of the bill
to amend an act to amend the Judiciary act
passed September a, 1898, and for other
purposes This viii be remembered as the
bin containing the section taking away the
appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
of the United States IN certain cases. The
veto is very short The President approves
of the first section, which gives collectors OF
internal revenue the power to appeal any
civil action against them as a Government
official from the Circuit Courts OF the Uni
ted States to the Supreme Court. The sec
ond section, he says, is incongruous, and not
In any sense germane to the other portion
of the BILL The right of appeal in all cases
70 the Court of last resort he considers as of
supreme importance. He makes the i'm
portant admission that the bill not only
prohibits the adjucation by the Supreme
| Court of cases in which appeals may here
after be taken, but interdicts its jurisdiction
on appeals which have already been made
to that high judicial body, thus endorsing
| the views of Messrs Trumbull and Wilson,
| the Chairman of the Judiciary Committees
| of the Senate and House. An effort was
made in the Senate to Immediately pass the
bill over the veto, but at the request of sew
eral Democratic members, who expressed
desire to debated the measure, the subject
was postponed.
AChieago dispatch says that several of
the State delegations to the Republican
National Convention, soon to assemble in
| that city, have already secured quarters at
the principal hotels The Convention prom
| ises to call forth the largest political gather
ing ever assembled in this country.
General Butler viii open the debate on
Monday on behalf Of the Managers, and he
is preparing himself for the occasion. 1t is
! believed that no futher time Will be granted
| the President even under the plea of absent
witnesses.
In the United States Senate yesterday
! Mr.. Stewart introduced bill to provide a
Provisional Government for Alabama, which
was referred to the Committee on the Jud-
iciary.
To CURE FRS. For fit of passion, walk
in the open air.
For a fit Of idleness, count the ticking OF
a clock.
For fit of extravaganza or folly, go to
the work house.
For a fit of ambition, go into church
yard and read the grave stones
For fit of repining, look about for the
halt and the blind, and visit the bed-ridder
and afflicted.
AN ABSURD IDEA. exquisitely alb
surd TO tell girl that beauty is no value
dress of no value. Beauty is of value; he
whole prospect in life may often depend