The Van Buren press., 1868-03-20
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ers are becoming very lInpatlchl. IL LOOKS
Us il the Hoods gates of rhetoric were to
be opened again, and no telling how
many days may be consumed before the
Court is organized At last Mr. Howard
friscs to still another point of order,
which is that under the rules for the gov
crnmcnt OF the Court OF impeachment
questions Of this character must be de
cided without debate. Here is some
thing that will certainly stop Mr. Dixon
and the rest ofthem But the Chief Jus
lice denies them this consolation, and
again incurs their silent censure by dccid-
ing that the rules for the government Of
the Court are not applicable to the SEN
ate in its present condition, nor until all
the Senators are sworn, which mmedi-
ately draws Mr.. Drake from his seat, and
from him, in voice which canno: con.
ccal its anger: From that decision
appeal to the Senate LIB ... ....-'.
The excitement is now intense. 1t
looks like an i'll omencd beginning to all
The decision of the Chief Justice appeal
cd from SO early, and, rs the yeas and
nays are called, the Court is watched
with great solicitudc on the floor and III
the galleries The result is announced
in favor of the Chair by "A to 20, at
which the gcntlemen's gallery breaks out
uto u faint demonstration Of applause,
which the Chief Justice sternly rebukes,
and peremptorily suppresses. This,
though not in itself decisive of anything
but the immediate question put, is looked
upon as unfavorable to the impeachcrs,
who are in favor of " "crowding things
through in the shortest possible time
SO the debate is allowed to 20 on. Mr.
Dixon concludes his speech, Reverdy
johnson follows him, and then Mr. Hen
bricks rises, and, after few remarks, SAYS
he has concluded to withdraw his object.
ion to Mr. Wade's admission, the debate
having attracted the attention of the
country to the subject, and thus accom-
plished all he wanted Mr.. Wade comes
forward, takes the oath, and becomes
qualified as a member of the Court, then
Mr.. Wiley, then Mr., Williams, then Ar.
Wilson, then Mr., Yates, and then Mr.
salisbury, who was absent yesterday, ,and
thus the list was complete. ...... .....
The Court now being fully organized,
the Chief Justice rose and briefly address
ed the members to the effect that the rules
adopted by the Senate for the govern
ment Of the Court should be adopted by
the Court, or they could not be consd-
cred binding upon it. BY vote, the
Court then adopted the rules as recently
published in the proceedings Of the Sen
ate.
Mr., Howard now rose and moved that
the Secretary of the Senate be directed to
notify the House of Representatives Of
the organization Of the Court
The Managers soon appeared at the
Bar Of the Senate and asked through Mr..
bingham, their Chairman, that Andrew
Johnson, President Of thehnited States,
be summoned to appear before the Court
of Impeachment to answer to articles
which they were ready to maintain.
Mr.. Howard moved that summons
be issued and made returnable on Friday
the 18th inst. 1t twas SO ordered.
WASHINGTON, March s.
The House Committee on Reconstruction
will report a bill tomorrow or Tuesday for
the admission of Alabama to representation
under the Constitution recently adopted by
II majority Of those who actually voted,
though defeated, because a majority of reg
irto yota,, AID not ,,oto f,. :.
The impeachment managers will exam
inc Tomorrow the short hand writers who
reported the famous speech Of President
johnson on February 90, 1866, in which
he is charged in the tenth impeachment ar
ticle with using language denouncing the
Congress as "a body hanging ON the verge
of the Government" 1t appears already
that the notes Of two reporters differ mate
rally as to the language used. .s...,d
The President has before him a bill,
which passed Congress week ago, SO
amending the Reconstruction laws as to
provide Tor the adoption of State Consti-
tuition, when a majority of those who act
ually vote are in its favor. The President
will not send a veto Of this bill to Congress,
but viii allow it to become law by the
Constitutional expiration Of ten days. |,
will then be at once promulg gated by the
State Department as a law. 1t will apply
to all ,f the Southern States, but Alabama,
Tor which a special bill is to be reported as
above stated. .,, ... .. ....
zen. Hancock has telegraphed and writ
ten Gen, Grant, asking to be relieved from
the command OF the Fifth Military District.
Gen.. Graut has referred the request to the
President, who has it under consideration.
Intelligence reached here from Richmond
to day that Judge Underwood has released
the bondsmen Of jeff. DAVIS. 1t is believ-
cd that is done owing to the extreme i'm
probability Ct Mr., Davis ever being brought
to trial. Geo. ................. ..f,.......I -.
Geo. II. Vickers will present his creden-
tials tomorrow and ask to be sworn in.
1t is understood that objection will be rails.
ed and motion made to refer them to the
Judiciary Committee, .,..-. b.r ... r,
The President has beon in conference to.
day with Mr. Groesbeck, one of his coun.
sci for the impeachment trial. That gen.