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Dates to March 3.

a WASHINGTON, March I The Senate pass.
I'd the bill providing that the proceeds Of sales
OF cotton and other property, captured during
the war, should be paid aintoi the Treasury.
The amount iso stated at pearly $50 100000.
The bill is o cheek to claimants, who will have
to clearly prove their claimsui.i.n bna stssA eas
- McCreerys the new Senator from Kentucky,
took his seat. :, il ..s,asiils, at ,,nss, -, =
J. Williams bill to abolish the, Bureau of Sta
tistics, and transfer the duties to the Special
Commissioners OF Revenue, was referred moi,
Howard reported q series of TWENTY-FIVE
rules to govern the impeachment trial, of which
several were adopted. ''iA "''1's ao'
The Military Academy Appropriation bill
passed. A7'" ai'ias31g y hs. - s~a' d1'a
Sumner introduced bill providing that the
Senate should hold no official intercourse with
the President because the House had declared
in favor rofimpeachmcntio Rejected. ssapp Tar
Thayer's bill to abolish the office of Adjutant
General was referred. "a 4mos es,ar.sig zea isoal
4 long debate was had over the impeach.
ment rules. ,.b.,.ss..,, q, s.ss. ,st O, rs,a4 sa
Morton said the Senate was no longer Sen.
ate, but a Court ...'
Sherman contended il was still Senate. !,
Reverdy johnson insisted the Senate had q
right to try the case
Salisbury moved to strike out that the pre-
siding officer be empowered to call the army
10 enforce his commands. a|aa '' "-t' @'e
TrumbMl thoughtit it best to follow the rules
OF seveaty years ago. He moved to amend so
rs the Presiding officer should call on the Mar
shal OF the District. 1854 ss.i ala7i aof saaza -
Sherman's s motion to strike out" Judgment"
from the clause g to empower the Senate to
enforce its judgmeat,'swas adopted. e.sp4 y7sx.
Pending the debate on the articles the Sen
ate adjourned. 81 -a, as...fa a,.a ..e.t z.g es asv
In the House, Schepek from Committee on
Ways and Means reported bill for the relief
of certain exporters Of distilled spirits and said
the present revenue laws were so prolix and
contradictory that an entire revision Of the
whole system was advisable, and new bill
will be reported in week or two. which will
impose no tax on home manufactures. except
tew articles ofluxury purely. a4 sE.sa .,ssl' s>
Boutwell,, from the Impeachment Committee.
presented the ten Articles agreed upun,@ The
lat charges the President with high crimes and
in having removed Stanton Cd,
the same, for the appointment of Thomas; Sd,
with the same, for appointing Thomas without
consent OF the Senate; 4th, the same, for con-
spring with Thomas aud others to hinder Stan.
ton from holding the War Office; 9th, the
same, for doing what is charged in Article 4th !;
Articles 9th. 7th and 9Th, with the same, for
the same act recited in Articles and 5 'Arti-
Gle 9th. with the same, for unlawfally trying to
control public moneys appropriated for militia
ry purposes by appointing Thoinas; and the
10th charges that the President did endeavor,
as Commander in Chief Of the Army, tn have
Gen. Emory. Commander. of the Department
of Washington, to believe that the law reQuir.
ing all orders concerning the army should issue
from the General OF the army, did not prevent
the submission of said orders to the President,
rs Conirnander-in.C Chief, for approval and for
trying TO convince Gen. Emory that the Prcsi.
dent, as Commander-in.C Chief, was still superior
in rank to the General of the Army. ass's'% ga
These are substantially the Articles as re-
]s4.s ii lasfs III asie8If sste i'eea
About forty members are registered for the
debate, which will continue ten hours, each
having only fifteen minutes to speak, and the
vote on the Articles is fixed for Monday, at
four O'clock. .s.as.es~ ef,x .s.s.Il .ss.v.feL
At the Cabinet meeting yesterday, Gen. Tho
mas was present, ,.,.I-, ...., :. ,ssy.as bass
Col. wiscwell, for Internal Revenue Com
has been rejected. -. s,. -.
Stantonkecps double guards stationed inside,
al the doors, and all about the War Office.
Marshall Gooding has FORMALLY served q writ
on Stanton. - Under the law he Is allowed txen ]
ty days to respond, therefore his case will rut
come up before April. '9'ia04 a'io
In the Supreme Court, to-day, the tGeorgis
case came up. On behalf Of petitioners David
Dudley Field moved leave to hle INJUNCTION up
on Gems. Grant. Meade, Rutger and Carpentsr.
He said the whole question OF ofthelrgaty OF the /
laws would come up on tbs, mo
ton, and asked to have the argument fixed Tor
Friday. The Court 50 ordered, and filed the
briefs. ha* ssf"i as'@3'9a'7A ~ !.
IL 10 said Stanton will try to avoid proceed
Ings in the McCardle case by ordering his re.
lease al aofd bnS sbesA aslaAe9 20 sssFoa #80 \
The. application f,r atwfit of quo wavantol
on Stanton will be adeferredumtil nextweek, 20
ns to have every. point maturely considered.i ~
1t 10 thought Congress- Milh pass the bill'tol
abolish the Office of Adjutant General. sanx nA1
TX. Gov. Ford 6f OhiO died yesterday a al
The Radical caucus have selected Stevens,
Butler, Bingham, Boutwell,, Wilson Of Iowa,
Williams u pennsyl md Logan, as man
ngers to eonduct the qi,ibeachment before the |
st.ua BE- anldaAN n ~ l6e VI bSitps DING
The PRESIDENT 10 said tu have retained c charlesi I
O'Consr, David Dudley Field, Caleb Cushfbg, |
Geo. aTickn0r, Cartis,a asd Wm.al Evafts, asi
counsel, 1t 10 repeated that ferissGme acaase, 4
Black viii not be in tho caasloq qEsartsis'likelyl
e bring heayy Republican, and sothe Fresi1
DENT. MID r . N wonk ~ yuaiIsoslni lsseej
New York. March 2. .--Aa4 immensol ncsbs|
ing was held at Cooper's Institute Saturday.
night; aJamcslG GAllstin presiding, at which fel0-
utions were psssods asserting che right W the1
Presidents stzh selpese eancmbcrs 0f his Chbinet n
30 am0nstfOas alslFpatim tW PseveMtl
him from daine, ,soss aeprucating iiupeAohuent;t