Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-23
IMPEACHMENT!
Important Proceedings To-day.
THE ANSWER OF THE PRESIDENT.

day Pn
"Yss."
Why, Jh-re is no excitement here whsteverr'
"NOt a particle. Everythingis as q uiet as an
Alaska fazm-y ard sn mid ws=.ter.'
The xesve was the briet colloquy which
took pisce about sen O'CLOCK this morning rela-
tive TO .zse Great State Trial, between a WASH
iBgtoRssn of fifsy years standing and one of
the su-serous scrangers who have come here in
the expectation OF witnessing the impeachment
proceedings.
Al day Saturday ard last night the Man
ayers on the one side and the counsel for the
President on the other were deeply immersed
IN ponderozs volumes of calf, the traditional
and time e-honored tinding of law tones, pre-
pairing for the anticipated legal skirmishing
preparatory to he general engagement. Twen-
ty-four subPPnas were issued Saturday
evening, and more than a dozen aids of the Ser
ssant-as-ATms were eoursing over the city, en-
deayoBing TO find The gentlemen thus summoned
before the Senate as witness for the House and
the people of The United States. They were
principally newspaper men, and as many of
them were in distant cities the telegraph was
called into requisiton, and they arrived in
town ON to-Gay's early train. The tickets of
admission We're sent to Senator's and Represen-
tasives on Saturday and Sunday, and as they
had been promised TO fair friends for weeks
they found little difficulty in disposiug of them
The same number a on the preceding day, one
thousand. Were issued, and In the same proper
Eon of four to each Senator and two to
each Representative. The Presidents house
bold, the Chief Justice, the Foreign Diplomats.
the newspaper men and others came in for their
due share, aad then the number WAS filed and
no mors could gain admission Between ten
and eleven o'clock carriages began 10 arrive in
front of the Capitol. laden with. for the most
l-.SHr
steady stream in the same proportion of the
sexes, began to Pour through the Capitol
grounds. Ten minutes before eleven and the
entrance doors TO the Senate portion Of the
building, guarded by policemen, were be-
sieged, and contrary TO the rule, which said
that the doors should not be opened until
eleven o'clock silks and satins in long trains
swept through the marble halls, up the pure
white marble steps, and into the galleries. At
ten minutes past eleven the galleries were
nearly filed with ladies in brilliant costumes
and magnificent toilets. Congressman appear
To be very good Judges of female beauty. and
must get the credit of possessing a very nice
discrimination on that point ut least. We
looked and looked in vain for a dozen plain
looking women in the galleries II is hinted
we know not with what truth, that the tickets
are distributed solely with a view II effect and
that as the intelligence, legal ability and states
resented on the floor, we may have the beauty
and elegance of America represented among
the Spectators in the great historical picture
which is TO perpetuate the scene at the trial OF
the hrst impeaehed President.
The hoor OF the Senate presented tha same
appearance as the preceding day Of the
uial. One hundred and fifty chairs Were
ranged behind the Senator'S desks for the ac-
commcdation OF the Representatives and those
entitled 10 admission 20 thu ffoor and two large
tables Were placed one either side of the Secre-
tary's desk for the House Managers and the
PresIdent's counsel. Between eleven and
twelve the Senators dropped in and took their
seats.
Nearly all the ladies known in fashionable
circles IN Washington occupied seats in the
galleries, among them were Mrs. and Mss l..
chandler, Miss Cameron, Mrs. &. Black, Mrs
Senator Sprague, Miss Nette Chase, Mrs Sem
aior Wade, Mrs. and Miss Butler, Mrs Logan
Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Senator Cattell, Mrs McCul-
Ioch. and Mrs. Randall. In the diplomatic
gallery were Miss Harris, aughter of Minister
Harris; NJ. Rangebee, Grecian Minister. and
some others. Mr. George W Wilkes, Of wakes
Spirit, occupIed a seat the Il oor of the cham.
ber.
The Counsel for the President.
Seated AT table TO the right of the Chief
Justice are the counsel for the defense, differ
ing much In bearing and in personal appear
ance, but all bearing the impress of men of
ability.
Mr.. Stanbery, who resigned his office as At
toTney General to appear for the Pres ident in
this trial, sits al the head of the table. Should
the President be acquitted Mr.. Stanbery will be
reappointed 10 the Attorney Generalship the
Office being kept vacant meantime; but should
the President be convicted, why then Mr.
Wade Will have something 10 say in the matter.
and somebody else Will be made Attorney Gen.
eTal, quite likely Mr.. Mathew H. Carpenter of
"lseonsin- MI Stanbsry Is the most distin-
guIsnec-lOoking OF the array of counsel for the
deiense-tall, graceful in bearing and with a
counsnanee indicative of thought and saga
city. His features are of the eagle order. MIR.
Stsnbery was formerly Whig in politics, but
for the last half dozen years has been Con-
ssryatlye, though never a partisan in any sense
of the word. The proper spelling of his name
Is the bother of all cOmpositors. Our foreman
finds it necessary to placard the STAR compos-
ing-rOom follows:
spell Stanbsry with one 8, one T. one A.
one n, one Il, one Z one r, and one "
Next at the table Is Ii. X. Curtis, OF Boston
presenting in his short, compact figure and
rather bUll-dOggIsh expression of face marked
contrast 10 Mr.. Stanbery. In personal appear
anee he somewhat resembles President John.
sOh, from Hhlch TACT arose the report gen.
orally circulated on the day Of the commence
ment OF The Impeachment proceedings thar the
President had appeared Al the Senate in per-
son. Dir. Curtis maintains a leading rank in
New England for ability and learning. He
was for a time Justice of the Supreme Cour,
during Mr.. Flllmore's Administration but ra
signed that place 10 return TO the practice sf his
profession. Like Mr.. Stanbery, he commenced
Wing, and is now i sort OF Conservative DEM
ocrat
Mr.. w. NJ. Eyarts, of New York is a law
yer-lIke looking parsonage, thin, small of size
and with features giyiDg the idea OF quickness
and aeuteness of thought. Mr.. Eyarts il a de-
cided Republican in politics. and one OF the
foremost members of the New York bar. Mr..
Evarts was leading Republican candidate
for the Senate TO succeed Mr.. Seward in 1851,
and was warmly urged upon Mr.. Lincoln by
many distinguished citizens for the Office OF
Chief Justice when il became vacant by the
death Of Judge Taney.
The fourth Of the Presidents defenders Is
Ar. j. ;. Black, of Pennsylvania, Democrat
Of the striGtest school, who was Mr.. Buchan-
ans Attorney General; and afterwards, on the
resignation OF General Cass, his Secretary Of
State. His ha Wa fot. Tu.a,,