The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-17
Things In Washington.
THE NOMINATION OF GEN. SHERMAN, AS GENERAL
BY BREvET-A PRETTY MAREs NEST
THE RADICALS FLUsTERED.


The WASHINGTON correspondent Of the Bal
timore Gazette writes under date of Thursday
evening:
The nomination OF Lieutenant General Sher-
man to-day to be General by brevet has created
great stir in the Radical camp. They claim
that the Office Of general was created by spe-
cial law, and dies with the present Incumbent,
and, therefore, it is not in the power of the
President to create the brevet rank proposed
to be conferred on General Sherman. The
Radical leaders profess to see vast amount OF
Executive cunning and public evil in the move
ment. One holding brevet rank can be as
signed to the duties OF that rank. Ii confirmed,
General Sherman may be assigned to any and
all the duties hich Radical legislation has
planned for General Grant. Here's the rub.
But the question discussed among the anxious
ones tonight is, how can they dispose Of the
nomination. General Sherman cannot be
easily shelved, and any open rupture with him
must be avoided. They charge that Johnson
studies nothing but deviltry, and that this cum
ming is only equalled by his power for evil. 1t
is proposed that the Senate shall return the
nomination to tho President with resolution
informing him that he had no authority TO
make it.
THE ACTION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
ON IMPEACHMENT.
The following resolutions having been offered
by Thad. Stevens:
Rescued. That Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States, bc impeached of high
crimes and misdomoanors.
Resotued, That the committee go to the Sem
ate, and at the bar thereof, in the nome OF the
House OF Representatives, and of all the peo-
pie of the United States, do impeach Andrew
Johnson, President OF the United States, OF
high crimes and misdemeanors, and acquaInt
the Senate that the House OF Representatives.
will in due time exhibit particular articles OF
impeachment against him, and make good the
same.
Resotced, That said committee do demand
that the Senate take order for the appearance
Of the said Andrew Johnson to answer to said
impeachment.
AS soon as the reading OF the resolutions
was finished, Judge Bingham moved to lay the
report and the whole subject Of impeachment
on the table. Mr.. Stevens said he wanted the
yeas and nays recorded On that motion, 30 that
the country might know who was and who was
not in favor OF taking cognizance OF the high
crimes and misdemeanors committee by the
President. The vote was then taken and
stood: Yeas-Messrs. Bingham, Beaman,
Paine, Hulburd, Brooks and Beck. Nays
Messrs. Stevens, Eoutwell and Farnsworth.
SO The entire matter was laid on the table, and
the committee adjourned.
Mr.. Stevens is greatly chagrined at the re-
suit, though he says he did not expect much
different. he says that the Republican party
is virtually defeated, and all throurh the cow
ariice of It's own members. Ho attaches much
OF tho blame to General Grant and his friends,
who, he says, became frightened and dcmoral-
lied; for what reason he does not exactly
know. It is his firm belief that had the friends
of Grant as well as Grant himself, kept their
hands off. nothing could have saved Johnson
So ends the second attempt at impeachment.
THE ALABAMA CONSTITUTION vUTE-oFFIcIAL
TELEaRAMs-PET1TIoNs FROM CITIZENS, ETC.
Tho Washington correspondent Of the Balti-
more Sun, writes under date OF Thursday
night:
Senator Patterson, OF Tennessee. received 8
dispatch from the secretary OF tho Governor OF
Alabama, dato1 Montgomery, February 18th,
tSt hr ooO OF and
asking what is the prospect for the passage
OF Senator Sherman's bill respecting Alabama.
It is not known what roply Was made by
Senator Patterson to this inquiry, and OF
course it would be difficult to state so soon
after tho introduction Of tho bill exactly what
its fate will be; but there is some assurance
that tho measure will fall upon several grounds,
and especially upon the point that the Recon-
otruction acts have been fully exhausted, nm
their legal force aud vitality has been entirely
expended by the complete and exact compli-
ance with their terms.
No renewal of the vote fJr ratification Of the
constitution is provided for i'll the law, and the
power of the district commander is st en- end,
so far as submitting the constitution to the
people is concerned.
Senator Doolittle presented petition to tho
Senate to-day, signed by over one thousand
citizens OF Alabama, protesting against being
placed under the rule of negroes, and against
the enforcement OF the Reconstruction acts.
The petitioners sny: Continue over us, if you
will do 30, your own rule by the sword. Send
down among us honorable and upright men Of
yUur own people OF tue race to which you and
we belong; and ungracious, contrary to wise
policy and the institutions OF the country, aud
tyrannous as il will be, no hand will be raised
among us to resist by forco their authority.
But do not, We implore you, abdicate your own
rule over US by transferring us to the blight
ing, bl lutalizing and unnatural dominion OF an
alien and inferior racc-a race which has mover
shown sufficient administrative capacity for
tho good government of oven the tribes into
which it has always beon broken up in it's ma
tive seats, and in which, in all ages, has itself
furnished slaves for all the other races OF the
oarth" Among the moro prominent signcrs
of tho petition are John A. Winston, A. r.
Manning, Percy Walker, Thomas j. Hender-
son, Alfred Goldthwaito, R. B. Owen, NJ. II.
Hartsford and S. d. Brown. 1t was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
opDrps ,oF Mr. STANTON