Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-23
THE EVENING STAR
Washington News and Gossip.

informed, continue very certain that they will
get a vote for conviction on some of the remain
ing articles, but they are very cautious about
giving the reasons for their faith. While some
of the Managers favor new articles, and Mr..
Stevens has three more already drawn. il is
unlikely they will be presented by the House,
and the hopes referred to do not seem to be
based upon that idea.
MONEY FOR THE PREsIDENT.-Mr. Ralph
New ton, the New York broker, in his testi-
mony before the Impeachment Managers,
answered affirmatively to the question whether
he was aware that money had been raised for
the President There had been subscribed in
New York, he said, S10O,OaO for the President
in case Of con viction, and $4,000 to defray the
expenses of his trial in case of acquittal. This
money was in the hands of highly respectable
citizen Of New York, Mr.. William G. Apple.
ton, the bookseller
CONVERSION OF SEvEN-THIRrIEs On and
after June 1st, the Treasury Department; will
be prepared to receive 7-3O Treasury notes fall
ing due June Is and July IS. 1865, for CONVEX
sion into bonds dated either July 1st, 1867 or
July 1st, 1865, as parties may desire. The
terms of conversion Will be as follows: The
interest on both series of notes will be allow wed
up to July LIST, and the bonds issued in ex.
GRANT.-The stream Of callers which have
been pouring in upon General Grant since his
nomination, has begun to dimir sh, nearly all
the Republicans in the city, of any note, ha wing
already paid their respects to him. The Gene.
rat has received telegram from Governor
Hawley, nncuncing that the committe to give
him official notice OF his nomination will be
here ON the 18th instant.
THE CALL UPON GRANT TO REsIGN.-The
HteiIigeRcer is full OF hints and suggestions that
Gen. Grant should resign. Republicans here
aver, how correctly we know not. that these
hints are inspired from the White House. From
what We can hear it is not likely that Gen.
Grant will tender his resignation until about
the lst of November.
THE House OF REPRESENTATIVES was called
to order AT noon to-day, and Immediately there.
after adjourned until Monday. Both Houses
will be in session on Monday.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
his source to-day were S6,2s7,7562o for the
week, S2,2Oi,256.53, and for the fiscal year to
date, S169, ,369,6U3.5i.
THE PEABODY MEDAL.-It will be remem.
bered that at the last session of the Thirty ninth
Congress the President of the United States
was authorized to present TO George Peabody,
Esq, gold medal, in consideration of his be.
nificent gilt of Slo0.GOO0C0 to the South for edu.
cational purposes, TO be applied without regard
10 cslor. The order for the medal was given
TO Messrs. Starr d Marcus, jewellers, OF New
YORK city, who designed IL and executed the
work.
1t has Just been completed and received at
the State Department, and rs decidedly the
handsomest and most unique affair ever made
In this country, ard as work OF art far sur.
passes any medal ever presented by our Gov.
ernment heretofore. Ii is three inches in diam
etsr and a halt inch thick; on the front is the
pronle OF Mr.. Peabody in alto retiero, and on the
reverse the following inscription: HThe people
of the United States TO George Peabody, in ac.
knowledgment of his beneficent promotion of
universal education" IL is mounted on a base
and TO the night Of the medal are two palmetto
trees in gold, six inches high, around which
is twined the ivy, the emblem OF friendship
40 the ieit OF the medal is the figure Of Benev-
olence, with one hand resting upon the medal,
holding in il spray or laurel, and with the
other IS pointing to Mr.. Peabody. Under the
palmetto trees are two children, one represent
ing white child and the other q black; the
white child pointing to Beneyoence and the
black one TO himself, as il saying, "Am 1, too,
TO be educated.' The base is SIX inches long,
three-fourths Of an inch thick. and one and
one quarter inches high, and the whole work
Is of solid gold. In the rear Of the medal, rest
ing upon the base, is perfect globe, which
various instruments representing the progress
OF civilization and education. On the front of
the base is our national shield, executed in
enamel.
The medal is enclosed in a handsome cabi.
net OF ebony and birds eye maple. lined with
purple velvet the top of which resolves when
the medal is placed upon it thus exhibiting it
without placing the hand upon 1t to change its
position.
The entire work was made with tools and not
struck from dle 1t is a most beautiful piece Of
who have seen 1t. On Tuesday it will be ex.
hibited to the Cabinet, after which il will be
placed on exhibition by Mr. X. S. Chiffon, of
the State Department, who now has charge of
II, In the Capitol or some other place.
LETTER FROM SENATOR PoxERoY.-Senator
Pomeroy, Of Kansas, has addressed the follow.
ing letter TO the InteUigencer in reply to the
report published in that journal yesterday Of
the testimony Of Colonel Cooper, Acting As
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury, given on
Thursday before the managers Of impeach-
ment:
cf he Inteli9encer-SIR: see in the Intelligencer
Of this morning what purports to be a letter OF
mine produced and sworn to before the mana
gers Of the impeachment by Colonel Cooper, as
''Senate Chamber, r,-day Of -" as fol.
lows:
ss; will, in good faith carry out any
Willis Gaylord, to which am a party.
as. y. PoNKRoY, u. 5. Senator"
In reply i will state that never wrote or
SO far as am concerned, is an entire iabrica-
tion.
Respectfully, &C., S. c. PoNERoY.
PoLITICAL.-The Narshautorn Times suggests
that the Republicans Of the Sixth Iowa district
elect Horace Greeley to Congre ss-thsy being
apparently unable to agree upon any one of the
many resident candidates.
- The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph expresses the
opinion that the friends Of Mr. Pendleton are
making grievious mistake in complicating
the Presidential question with which they are
pleased to denominate the Financial plan" of
their favorite. The battle, 1t is said, will be
fought on tar greater issues than the mere
question as TO how the national debt should be
paid, question on which their own partv at
ths North is divided in interest and opinion 1t
further says that the Presidential Question is
becoming one Of force and Hancock is the man
for the times.
Generals Steedman, Gordon Granger,
T. w. Egan, and Smith are visiting some Of
the principal cities In New Jersey and holding
consultations with the leading Democrats II
is said their mission IL to encourage feeling i'm
favor Of General Hancock as q candidate or
the Presidency Of the United States.
- The Chicago Times, the chief Democratic
paper Of Illinois, which recently advocated the
nomination Of Pendleton, IL down upon both
Pendleton and Hancock for President II SAWS
the nomination Of either would be fatal TO the
Democracy. Pendleton is too much ideI tified
with ..grt zen Backs" and Hancock is ANYTHING
but a soldier The Tymes evidently wants
Hendricks, Of Illinois.
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