The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-05-29
FROM OUR SPECIAL CoRRE 7PoNDrNr
Trses AuFIhS the vote on As2lpeacliInent;
interview with Senator Fowler:
Sprague's Gbstinacy: Van wrinkles
bOhdneSs; Feminine Empeachers. tkc.

hohNheSs; Fenninine ERlpeachers. &c.
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1868.
EDITOR GAZETTE You remind me
of promise to give you an account of
the Impeachment scenes in Washing
ton, if present. / arrived at the depot
from Baltimore this morning, at $50
On my walk to Whitney's, l met sew
eral acquaintance to whom | put the
interrogatory, in tnrn, GLOW about
Impeachment ?" and from the radical
received the answer "gone up" "sold
out" or some other expression indica-
tive of deep disappointment. From
the Democrat came the cheering as
surance Of "all right, J" "the President
will be acquitted" At breakfast, |
met Senator Fowler, who asked me a.
bout the state of feeling in the coun-
try. | told him the people were very
calm. lie said they were represented
in Washington to be in a furious state
of mind, ready to break out in open
revolt. | stated that had seen no ex-
cited people in Pennsylvania, except
few otlice-scekers. He expressed great
qualification to hear it. / remarked
that the Indignation meetings reported
by telegraph, were evidently gotten up
by order from Washington, and that
many OF them were never held at all.
After parting from the Senator and Sc
curing my tickets, Ijoined some friends
who were lettering in the capital
grounds, in pursuit of further infor
nation. 1t is reputed that Stevens
has given up all hope of conviction.
This morning some one went to him
with the assurance that Wiley, Of
West Va, was all right. so, well"
said Stevens, with that Well-knoWn
curl of the lip, "they'n get Ross or
somebody else" The friends Of the
President are still full of confidence,
but new hope, since early morning,
has sprung up among the impeachers.
Some impudent, super5erviceable fell
low had gone around among the doubt
+ ful Senators, last night, with slate,
asking them to put down the articles
they could vote for They claimed
that Ross was down for article NJ, at
midnight, and that his vote ensures
conviction. But there are later advi
ces. And the possossOrs Of them are
by no means communicative.
The morning is warm and bright :;
cloud, laughing, full of eyes ard ears"
The green of the grass and of the trees,
contrasts beautifully with the pure
white marble of the capital. The
grounds as early as 10 o'clock, were fill
ed with women and children, but there
is no noise, no mirth. All seem deep
ly impressed with the importance of
the events about to take place. Crowds
of people are moving along the avenue
towards the capital. The street cars
are emptied every ten minutes at the
capital gate and carriages filled with
elegantly dressed ladies are putting
| down their lovely burthens at the east
front. We present our tickets at the
north entrance, and pass in through a
] file Of police men. The tickets are
; vised at the gallery stairs, and again at
/ the gallery door. At eleven O'Clock
every inch of space in the galleries is
occupied, the ladies largely predomina-
ting. Few persons are on the floor,
! except the pages and other employees.
Soon the Senators come dropping in.
Mr.. Buckalew is at his desk, engaged
with his correspondence, from which
he now and then looks up to exchange
a word with Van Wrinkle. Fessenden
is similarly occupied. Dixon and An
thOny seem to be in earnest conversa-
ton, at the seat of the latter, which
creates alarm among the radicals, who
watch them closely. Their talk may
have innocent connection with an ex-
cursion down the river tomorrow, but
| it is put down to the absorbing topic.
Anthony has been claimed, all the
while, for the President. But Sum-
ner assures the impeachers this morn
ing that he will 'stick." George
Wilkes says Anthony does not come
up to the standard laid down for Cies-
ar'S wife. Sprague is weak, frivolous
man, with no fixed opinions on any
subject. The legislature of Rhode
Island is already elected, and Sprague
does not own that farm" so securely
as to run any risk of defeat. Besides,
he takes a perverse delight in running
counter to the views of his wise father
in-laW, Mr.. Chase, and of his beauti-
full and accomplished wife. Burnside
would never have sent that telegram,
urging conviction, had he not correctly
interpreted the wishes of his superior
OF the sick Senators, Morton and
Conkling have just come in, and Mr.
TrumbulI has gone over to the latter
to congratulate him on his recovery.
Much anxiety is expressed about How
ard and Grimes. Some late conner has
Just told us that Howard has been
brought in on a stretcher, and is re-
cei wing his friends in one of the COM
mittee rooms below. There is no word
of Grimes. At 11.30, A. NJ, Mr.. Wade
calls the Senate to order, and there is
quite perceptible quaver in the hoarse
baritone of his voice. The groups of
takers on the floor, break up, and