The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-29

does not resign his ofhce, nor acknowledge
that he is out OF it /; but signing his name as
Secretary Of VA, !, says that, he has "relin-
uuished the charge of the War department." s"
and has the easne and the books, arch
ives, pspetss and propeIty bic custody as
secretaISyf Wss IN care o. another person.
This admits only he President's power to ap-
epoints q ssscseaary dd5 efins, andsSmay force
him to put Thomas ID the office, since it would
hardly ssdostc pnt any one elEaatteri the old fell
low has gone through fhe fight for it. But
the moment the Senate shall confirm the nomi.
nation Of General scho6elds or any other man,
Stanton Will be ont Of Office even under the
Tenure-of-of6ce act.
The following is-secretary stanton's letter to
General Townsend:
WAR DEpARTHENT,t
WASHINGTON Cry, May %, ! e.
General: You will take charge of the War
Department. and the books and papers, ar-
,chives, and public property belonging to the
same, subject to- the disposal and direction Of
the President.
e EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Bvs. Major-General E. D. TOWNSEND Assistant
Adjutant- General. = 49, s>-.-s-- -
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infsAoh@f-sA 11t sA-oet-.Nt''
ckucus-PRoposED Pol-PoNEMENF OF The
vo1E-How THE VOTE CAME TO BE TAKEN
A CURIOUS COMEDY OF CROSS PURPosEs-A
TRAP SET TO CATCH Ross-THE nPEAcHERs
RAp1AHT-rE RESOLUTION TO POSTPONE voT-
ED powN-THE VOTE ON THE SECOND ARTICLE
1900 rpprses rz,s TRAP IN TuRS-rHE M
Vao'' % A4.--,o. --S-..---1.-
PEAcHERs soAUeHT-DiSA TABLE, scsNss.
The Washington correspondent OF the Balt.-
more Gazette writes on Tuesday evening last
sTost tbonob not least" This has been the
\, - Jow ~ ;nnee chment. .tboneh by no means
re- 10y ;tarest;n1 In many resnecis IL has
soaeSsS i, rroSnnna interestany which have
,,1eceded The imnression had become gene
rai thst no vote would be taken, and hence
tss.s -. Totb;reT tbe rush mon the Can't
,sb;ch 5 bes herctosore cbaracterized the i'm.
.,n.ntreont sva nrocee3inpa sNeyertheless the
ao 'peaS.oAS s..k,lar;ss wa1e nacLed Will br;I.
Ea.st ,haga wb;Ie the dinlomatio section
nals asssupisss, .l s,sant.4no. mt r. tuantvSa;abt
con!alneu c: snS eiI rnsn;sest;no the most in.
=, ia o. ,rocaesane,s oS tba Senate
tense II saI I;si 80 tha sano+or .
as eacn % ITau ~ LIE ,sTa,sta ~. -,eserv;no oer.
aanes: no orsiata 90 shdv,, hv tbe f;Iea
lscs E s otIer m1ie .;ch .3ecorsiad 9ha a;ses and
ears;iors. ea ISinS '''N1 .N ' -
rl,a t,nor ~ tho cbanobar anneared almost
~, @ :, ras soraPl,r hs,,o seen
~ thars I.era
Inere sAgs!e SynsSss tIoie Ma sh;rt MJ.o
tne 9, ~. MtssS ae.o tne tta s ~:
nye - 49, .a5ssesy W ~ .nS ;sr, Sn
,eass, ~, 5eterr;-ss
- not nroceed with
Mne1net t,aira
sns Stas c"e,ro am
O'CLOCK = aau a. un
ss = snn st.euuS aiouaS JULY
hlm taaE sM9 li1 ~ E0stponeo, sacn
Delng the 9sgegmiaatlSlf9 VI tnh;cauous. low
moments later me otner senstors enlereo tne
chamber with an ar OF m0nerence, anu were
soon engaged ID e0nyersatlon, groups pelng
was discus: ed, and specuanons ueeiy onereo
as TO the propable ehect Oh the contempla,
ted postponemeht on party nterests. Al
this time no senator dopbted for mo-
ment thai the vote Wouia Do postponeo-tne
managers had requested 1t, and the caucus had
voted to grant lt-yet the vote was taken and
the President acquitted. How was it done2
the future historian. Soon alter the court had
organized for business and all the dramdt.s
persong were in position, Senator Edmunds
rose slowly nom hfs seat, and drawing from
his pocket, offered resolution resembling su
previous rulea on the subject OF voting. Inc
Chief Justice thought the resolution was not
in qa9er, the Radical majority OF the court
thoI INT otherwise, and the rules were resclnd-
ed. *Ne1t came resolution rostponlng the
vote on impeachment until the 2Sd Of June.
The Chief Justice considered this out Of order,
but was again overruled by the caucussing
senators. On each Of these propositions
Senator Ross, Of Kansas, voted with the
impeachers, and decided sensation among
them was percephble. Radical senators were
bobbing their heads at each other, and
3 great effort made to communicate and
confer one With another. Ross had defeat.
ed them on the eleventh article. and
visuperative abuse had oeen heaoed up
on hin. Was it possible he had repented at
the eleventh hour, if not on the eleventh arti-
ton to sdiourS. which provided that I'll the Senate,
sitting as Court Of Impeachment, ehould pro-
oeed at once to vote ON the remaining articles
of impeachment. This was supposed by many
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