The Portland daily press., 1868-04-18
WASHINGTON.


NEW YORK, April ia Washington sp,
Gal says b. S. Boyce of Penn: and fernand
Wood have been subpen@d by the deiene
IN the impeachment case; also broker name
w. Grimes of New York has oeen suDPen@e
by the managers, and will be examined rela
ing to the recent sales Of gold on behalf of tn
Treasury Department
THREATENED WITHDRAWAL OF MANAGERS.
Political circles are greatly agitated with ri
mors that some of the managers have threat
ened to resign on account of the decisions
the Senate admitting the Presidents declare
ti0ns; but aside from the fact that the mana
gers feel aggrieved by some of the decisions
there seems to be no foundation for the rumol
ana there IS every reason to believe that the
VIII all proceed, as in the past week, with tn
nun assurance of final success. Some OF tn
PRESIDENTS friends pretend to believe that thi
ieeiing is so earnest that an attempt VIII o.
made in the House tomorrow to withdraw the
charges
THE SENATE DENOUNCED.
Another dispatch says that at a ting @
the impeachment managers, yesterday, the re
suits of the trial thus far were generally dis
cussed and accepted as unfavorable for i'm
parchment Thad. Stevens denounced the
ruling of the Senate in its general admission
of evidence, and freely intimated his willing.
ness to withdraw the impeachment article:
rom the Senate and report the fact to the
House.. The other managers, however, were
opposed to this.
GEN. SHERMAN.
Uen. sherman was requested not to leave at
present by Judge Curtis, as the Presidents
counsel We're not yet determined whether to
recall him or not =
DISSATISFACTION OF PRESIDENTS COUNSEL.
Another dispatch says the Presidents coun-
sci was much mortified at the vote of the SEN
ate excluding Mr.. PERKINS, account of con-
yersation with the President The counsel
had trusted to the good nature and leniency of
the Senate to give them an opportunity to put
Iorth to the country II ass of evidence which
should be excluded according to every sound
rule of law. On the announcement of the
vote, Mr.. Evarts CURLY and boldly remarked
that the evidence being excluded, they had n
lurtner questions to put to the witness and
concluded by asking an adjournment. 1t was
now twenty minutes after four o'clock.
BUTLER EXCITED
Mr. Butler sprang to his feet and in slow and
measured tones asked that the Presidents
counsel be directed to 90 on with their side of
the case. As he proceeded his voice gathered
depth and volume, and with terrible earnest
ness he spoke for about fifteen minutes He
completely arrested the attention of the floor
and galleries. The scene was very exciting;
Senators leaned forward in their seats; the
spectators bent over the galleries, and when
Butler alluded to the considerations of public
Importance which demanded the speedy set
Element OF the case, the appropriation bills I'M
nnlshed, and the tax bills unfinished and
glanced at the condition of the South and MUIR
der OF Unionists in Alabama, there was an
involuntary burst of applause, the first that
mas oeen uttered since the trial began. Rap
10y IN quick succession he snatched the Off
cal papers from the table, offering them to the
senate as the sworn testimony of the villainy
tnat is being perpetrated in the Executive De-
partment of the Government showing the
eold speculatons, and the bond speculations,
whereby the country is to be plundered until
TINS case is brought to close and The Presi-
oenI removed. He quoted English precedents
ana n1lshed with strong appeal for the ut
most haste consistent with Justice to the ac-
cused.
THE PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED. -.-
Numbers of influential Democrats from diff
ferent parts of the country called on the Pres
ldent this evening and congratulated him upon
the aspect of the case. President johnson re-
plled that he trusted in the people and the
Constitution, taking occasion at the same time
TO denounce the radicals. The Presidents
counsel were also congratulated for their out
maneuVerlng the managers and carry ing the
Senate. =
PRESIDENTS COUNSEL AFRAID OF GRANT.
Another special says it is understood that
the counsel are afraid to put Gen. Grant upon
the stand for fear that in the hands of the
managers he will be turned against them and
do them considerable damage There is no
Disgusting the fact that not only the managers
but large majority of the Republican mem
bers of the House are indignant at the manner
in which the Senate is trying the case, and
that they are by so doing putting the case in
more or less peril. There is undoubtedly a
majority of the Senate in favor of moving on
as rapidly as possible, and against any delays.
IMPEACHMENT GOSSIP.
There has been considerable excitement in
Republican circles in consequences of a ru.
NOR that the managers contemplate withdraw
m INF of fha al
runng OF the Senate in favor of President
johnson. They claim that the Senate is wan
tonly prejudicing the case against them 1.-THE
managers) and violating all rules and prece-
dents tor the benefit of the defence The
friends OF The President are very jublant and
a bet of $4,000 was offered on his acquittal,
but met no takers.
The ruling of the Senate to-day, on the
question connected with the Presidents dec
larations, both before and after the act of re-
moval was consummated, indicates that when
ever the defence bring forward official acts
done by the President, such, for instance, as
the tender of the War Department to Gen.
Sherman, and where the party was an officer,
to whom the declarations were made in the
course of official duty, they will be admitted
as evidence; but where the declarations were
made In the course of conversation, to unoffi-
cial persons in no wise connected with the adj
mlnlstratlon of the Government, they will be
ruled out. This disposes of the details of the
various conversations expected from newspa-
per correspondents and others.
THE ALTA vELA CASE.
The following is the letter on the Alta Vela
claim sent to the President:
WASHINGTON. March 9, 1868.
Col W. Shqfer, Washington, D. c.:
Dear Sir: In answer to your question relat-
ing to the validity of the claim of the United
States to jurisdiction over the Island of Alta
Vela, upon considerable consideration of the
subject, am clearly of the opinion that under
the claim of the United States, its citizens
have the exclusive right to take guano there.
This is clearly indisputable, both by the law of
nations and our municipal laws. Ihave never
been able to understand why the Executive
did not long since assert the rights of the gov
ernment and sustain the rightful claims of it's
citizens to the possession of the island in the
most torcible manner consistent with the dig
nifty and honor of the nation.
l am yours truly, - r 3
(Signed) BENZ. f. BUTLER.
L concur in the opinion aboue expressed by
Gen. Butler. (signed) JOHN A. LOGAN:
And we concur: j. A. Garfield, w. III.
Koontz, w. Moorehead, Thaddeus Stevens, j.
G. Blaine, John A Bingham.
MARINE STATISTICS
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Director of the
Bureau of Statistics reports the number of
merchant vessels owned by the United States
at 12,207, and their tonnage at 27550O4.
COL. FoRNEY's ACCOUNTS.
The Senate committee on contingent ex-
penses have decided to report that they have
found Col. Forneys accounts adjusted to the
last dollar.
MR.. sTANBERY's CONDITION.
1t is understood that Mr.. Stanbery's condi-
ton if much worse to-day. His disease is
pleurisy, and it is likely to be some time be-
fore he can appear in Court if he is able to
take any further part in the case.
GEN. GRANT SUMMONED AS A WITNESS.
The defence have summoned Gen. Grant as
a witness.
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Secretary of the Interior has received a
telegram from Gen. Dodge, Chief Engineer of
the Union Pacific Railroad, stating that on
the 10th inst the rails were laid upon the sum-
nit of the mountain in the presence of large
number of distinguished army officers and
citizens according to Blinkerdeerfer's survey.
The railroad crosses the mountain 1T this
point at an elevation of 8242 feet, being the
highest point reached by any railroad in the
world. .s...-..
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
The receipts of customs from April 9th to
the 18th inclusive, amount to $2,979, BOB. 81.
NEW YORK.
THE RAILROAD DISASTER.
NEW YORK, April ia dispatch from Port
Jervis to-day announces that the wounded are
generally doing well. No deaths have occur
red since yesterday. j. N. Houghton, of Sa-
lem, Wis, and Mary Sterling, of Wellsville,
Ohio, it is thought, will die of their injuries,
making the total number of deaths twenty
seven. s
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.