Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-18

the Judiciary act of 1889, approved Feb. .,
1867, as provides for an appeal in hd6eds
corpus cases from the Circuit Courts to the
United States Supreme Court. The effect is
that if the Supreme Court does not pronounce
Judgment in the McArdle case within ten
days, when this bill will be law. the case
will be cut off by it's operation, as it is
habeas corpus case appealed from the Circuit
Court of Mississippi.
Judge Trumbull held in his argument of
the case, that the Supreme Court had no
jurisdiction in the McArdle case; but the
defense fell back on the section which was
repealed Thursday.
A sensational dispatch to the effect that
Mosby and his guerillas, to the number of
/ 1000, were on parade in the streets of Lees
burgh last Saturday, and that one of them
stated that they might any day be called to
GUST Stanton, was published in Mondays city
papers
The Massachusetts Convention to nominate
delegates to Chicago declared in favor OF
Grant for President, with Henry Wilson for
Vice President.
Attorney General Stanbery has resigned
his Office. and President johnson has accepted
the resignation and appointed Secretary
Browning Attorney General dd interim :;
Stanbery is the Presidents senior counsel
in the impeachment trial
The Boston Post treats the election returns
I from New Hampshire philosophically, and as
though it had some respect for the intelli-
gcnce of its readers 1t parades its usual
- rooster - at the head of one of its columns,
but upside down, remarking that the New
Hampshire news had - stuck in his crop"
In the same column it says . The travelling
was very bad in New Hampshire yesterday.
So was the voting
\ clever French writer, who could not find
publisher. went to the country and com
menced blacksmithing. But the greater part
of his time was secretly devoted TO the COM
position of three large volumes of poetry and
essays, which he published the works of
journeyman blacksmith. The trick succeeded
and all France was in amazement The po-
tored genius, this ''inspired son of Vulcan,
We're immensely praised by the critics, and
We're soon purchased by every body.
The latest quotation of gold is 1879 IA
The reconstruction committee have decided
to report the Alabama bill back with an
amendment requiring the legislature of that
state TO be convened within thirty DAYS after
its passage for the purpose of accepting the
impartial suffrage provision imposed all
Southern States.
The answer of the President will be pre-
pared and ready to be filed on Monday,
though an additional ten days in which to
prepare the case will be asked for. and
granted.
The departure of Gen. Hancock greatly
depressed his rebel friends at New Orleans.
The second trial for the election of a MAYOR
for Portland, on Monday, resulted in no
choice.
General = Al Intern, - Thomas has been
before the Impeachment Committee, where
he was examined for nearly two hours. The
General states that he was chiefly questioned
about conversation which he had at the
last Monday evening reception at the White
House.
While there, in company with friend. he
was approached by a third party, gen
tleman from Newcastle, Delaware. an old ac-
quaintance. The Delawarian, after the usu-
al friendly greetings, spoke of the present
political troubles, and advised Gen. Thomas
to stand firm. The General replied, - Am
| not standing firm -
- Yes" was the answer. = but You must
kick that fellow Out-Stanton.
= We will do that" the General replied
The latter also stated to his Delaware
friend, that he recognised Mr.. Stanton only
as a private citizen, and would obey no or
ders emanating from him, that he (the Gen
eral) was the Secretary of War, and none
other.
Gen Thomas states that he not only ad-
mitted having made these remarks. but that
he told the committee that such was his de-
termination, and that he would not obey any
orders from Mr.. Stanton.
Legal gentleman attach much Importance
to opinion delivered in the Supreme Court
by Justice Nelson, on the five cases brought
against the New England Marine Insurance
Company. to recover marine insurance on Il
vessef, which was insured against capture.
seizure or detention, and subsequently cap
tured by rebel privateers. The defense was.
that piracy was not capture, seizure or de-
tention. by the law of insurance
The Court now holds, first, that the poll
cies of insurance covered seizures of any kind
and that the companies are therefore liable
Second, that capture by rebel privateers was
capture by the lcgalized forces of de facto
government. and was not, therefore piracy
The rebel government was a power which
usurped all authority in those States, and as
such was supreme, and seizure made under
and by virtue of such authority was seizure
within the laws of insurance. The Chief
Justice and Mr. Justice Swavne dissented.
! SENATOR WADE ON IMPEACHMENT.-In an
swer to a query if he intended to resign,
Senator Wade, recently, responded rs follows,
- OF course | don't; you might as we'll ask
if the state of Ohio is going to resign. That
state sent me to the United States Senate.
and in the interest of that state intend to
cast my vote on Impeachment.
- How long will the trial last "
Senator Wade Well, if those fellows
in the House confined themselves to the first
articles they preferred, suppose the whole
thing will be over in less than four weeks
but this spreading out of the net may be the
means of prOlonging the case
s. 1t will all be over in five weeks. | sup
pose? >
Sneator Wade Yes | think it can t take
much more than five weeks
90 And then you take possession of the
White House.? -
Senator Wade = Well, l suppose so, if
the Senate decide against Andrew johnson.
/ IL.