Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-04-10
WASHINGTON, April.

! Since the fact has become known THAI
[ Is the intention Of the Presidents cl1s
Summon Sec. Stanton before the Court b.
/ parchment as a witness. some fear .
/ been entertained that during the Gin
| would be absent from the War OFF, s
would be made by Gen. Thomas or is
| dent friends 70 get possession Of &c. VS.
ures have been taken which viii trls--s
| any such action if 1t Is ATTEMPTED ill.,
/ Board of managers viii cause a summons o.
| be served on Gen Thomas and Gen. Han
cock, to appear before the Court at the same
/ hour that the Presidents counsel summons
| See. Stanton TO appear, and VIII not allow
/ them TO DEPART until after the examination
\ of See. Stanton. 1t Is believed that The
offering of testimony and evidence today Do
! tomorrow. Gen. Thomas viii be put Oh
/ the witness stand to-day.
The President signed the tax rsrsl. BIZ
day before yesterday, and il Is NV O aF-
The attendance in the galleries t1--y. vas
about the same as heretofore, thau-- mt
number of members on the floor. was consul
erably smaller The members dropfec
gradually until probably 80 members Jtl
lower House were present.
At the suggestion Of Mr. Washburn lt D..
it was agreed that the House would not
required to return to their hall after he 81.
journment of the court of impeachment un-e~
ordered by the speaker before the men15-
shall have left for the Senate chambers.
This practically suspends all business d
legislation for the present.
RICHMOND VA.,ATrl--
The trial Of JEFF Davis to-day was post
poned till the 2nd Of May.
BERLIN, Abril }
The Naturalization treaty Just concluia
between the United States and the C0ntede-
alton of the North German States has been
ratified bv the Federal Parliament. All the
speakers praised it with one voice and 1t wa
unanimously approved by the members. The
Polish members were among the small ma
iority who voted against ratification.
LONDON, Aprl3.
In the House of Commons this evening r
adjourned debate on the Irish Church was c.--
tinued.
NEW York., April 8.
A srecial dated London 2d states that i
mail steamer at Lisbon brings advices tr-
Rio Janeiro to March Ilth. The news t-
the war on the Parana is 10 the effect t-
the allied forces were passing the tor-re-s
Humata and had taken Asunciol Id
resignation of Gen. Alegra and the deEarili.
Of Generals Mitre and Flores for their respe'-
tive seats of government, left Caxias untTam-
elled in carving out his plans against Asu5-
ciOn The same special saws that the
dent Gen. Flores had been murdered ID --
tevideo.
Providence, R L, April
Full returns from every county
State, give Burnside, the Republican p
date for Governor 0,03S votes, and i-
Democrat, 5,73l. The general as
stands as follows Senate, p Reput.
Democrats, | vacancy; House, o. ls
con, : Democrats, | vacancy. =
wAsn1seroS.
The managers wished to prove
Chandler, late Assistant Secretary III
Treasury, that the President had aIlr. 4
Mr. Cooper Assistant Secretary OF '5
ury to control the public moneys i'r r-
port of conspiracy TO make Gen,
Secretary of War. To this cyl'ls -
Presidents counsel made Objection: ~
Fessenden asked whether any Assi''-
rotary had been authorized to sign
QUESTIONS Mr. Chandler replied iH Itri u
gative, and the testimony was re'y''r ,-
vote of p to 22-Messrs. Edmuu'7' ,4r
Fessenden, Trumbull, Williams a NJ. vs,s-
lawyers of ability, voting against '''
gers. ..,nril.
The managers have to-day been 5Aa s-ne 4
he Presidents speeches, also Mr. d4,l. ' re
telegraph operator at the war hanged Be-
Produced copies of kilograms eA1n f5dpr-
ween the President and Mr.. Fai7 va oh
isionaI Governor Of Alabama IN If tbis 4
ection was made to the introduce, rhine or A
violence as not showing any hisu demon 4
lisdemeanor, but Governor Bou'"' 4