The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-03-13

in impeachment Is taken
from the Gazette:
WASHINGTON, MARCIA.
HOURS OF EXPECTATION.
The feeling of everybody this morn
ing seemed to be that a new chapter
was to be written in American histo-
ry to day. at noO4. There was no
precedent for such an act as occur
red soon after noon no record of
such q scene as was then in prepara-
ton. Through all the morning, there
was q state of expectancy over the
great crowd at the Capital The
morning papers had announced that
he House Managers would certainly
.ppear at the bar of the Senate; but
before either House assembled, there
were thick rumors Of delay, of other
articles to consider, and defeat, etc.
There came, too, q report that
Chief Justice Chase had sent to the
Senate report, or an opinion, TAX
ing issue with the powers of the Sen
ate in regulating the trial. and this
but increased the doubt and general
perplexity of all visitors as to what
was really going on. Those in the
House galleries watched the move
ments of the different managers as
from time to time they appeared at
their seats, and moved Off again to
their committee room with such pa
pers as they were seeking. The Sen
ate galleries were we'll filled with an
audience attentive TO all that was
passing. Four large chairs, moved
in front from the marble room and
placed in the area in front of the desk
and facing the President, were the on
ly indications that any thing unusual
was to occur. The routine business
of the morning hour was dull as ever,
but at short intervals every eye In
the galleries turned to that row OF
elegant chairs, as if they possessed a
power of fascination though an
eighth of mile apart, there seemed
to be /, kind of telegraphing from the
galleries of the Senate to those OF
the House, and the doings Of each
body were, in asense watched by both
Auuienees. .uF7f aitia.lual hoe tao.
Mr.. JENcKEs. PROPOSES An ADDITION
HIrf b AL ARTICLE. A9inisuy
Soon after the reading of.,the Jour-
nal, Mr.. Jeneses got the floor of the
House to read and Offer new article
The managers were in session,
and the report of q sharp debate
regarding the admission Of more arti-
cles reached the floor, reached the
galleries, Aew swiftly to the Senate,
and delay seemed almost certain.
CHIEF JUSTICE cHAsE's CosIMUNIcA-
TIoN.
Meantime, the communication OF
Chief Justice Chase was read in the
Senate. 1t seemed as if everybody
heard it at once, for in three minutes
ton, and halt a d0zen4sat eafKfep-
orators were announcing it to all parts
of the coutry, almost before Senators
had recovered from the surprise it had
caused them. In ten minutes the
building was ringing with all sorts OF
versions of the document. But as
soon as it was discovered that it
would not stop proceedings, it was
soon lost sight of for the time being,
as the central act for which all were
waiting, began to unfold itself.
PROGRESS IN THE HOUSE.
The managers came into the House
just as Mr.. Jenckes closed, when
Mr.. Bingham at once moved to
refer the articles presented to the
Committee of Managers, which pass
ed quickly the call for the yeas and
NAYS being refused. Mr.. Bingham
then moved that the House, as a
Committee Of the Whole, attend the
managers to the bar of the Senate,
whittier they were going to present
articles Of impeachment.
AN IMPOSING PROCESSION
This being agreed upon, the move
ment toward the Senate began. The
galleries of the House were emptied
in moment, and projected toward
the Senate. Crowds in the corridors
and in the rotunda who could not
gain admission to the Senate CALLER
les, formed to see the long process
ion pass. Slowly and with due form,
it fled through the halls. Mr.. Dawes,
Chairman of the Committee Of the
Whole, with Mr.. MCPHERSON, Clerk
of the House, on his right. and Gen.
Lippincott, the doorkeeper, on his
left, led the column. Behind them
came Speaker Colfax, with Gems.
and Walker, and next the
walking two by two, and
arm in arm. Messrs. Bingham and
Boutwell, walked first, the former on
the right; then Williams and Butler,
next Logan and Wilson, and last came
Tbad. Stevens, unable to walk, and
carried in chair. Behind them fol-
lowed the Republican members, with
three or four Democrats. Most of
the latter class remained in tie hall
of the House The crowd in the
building formed from one end to the
other on each side, of the body thus
mede up. There was an air of deep
upon all faces, and all
seemed to feel the influence of the
occasion. No funeral cortege moving
through these corridors ever excited
graver thoughts. 1t was q column
moving on in the name of all the peo-
pie. and to the great thoughts thus
all seemed to bow as to the
supreme power Of the lard. The
people moving to accusation, and to
bid their Senate sit in judgment upon
she highest officer in the land. Such
thoughts throbbed in all hearts to the
measure of that march.
SCENE IN SENATE CHAMBER.
The crowd reached the Senate long
before the procession, and quickly |
he entrances into the galleries caus-
ID q general stir at the knowledge
,hus obtained, that managers were on
heir way, members of the House. and
hose privileged to the floor, began to
irop in. The reporters gallery was
ull of those whose fingers were on
,eys that ere an hour would cause
wary community in tho land fo ~;