Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-28

LATEST KILOGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Articles OF impeachment
StantOn'S Resignation RumOred.
Suit Against Him for $3.50 600.
General Thomas Calls at the
War Office.
The House Committee of Seven.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-It is ont that
there will be six articles of Impeachment,
AZ follows:
First. Declaring that the President had
violated the constitution in making re-
moval while the Senate was in session.
Second That he made this removal con-
trary to the tenure of Office act.
Third That he appointed Gen. Thomas
as SECRETARY of War while there was an
other legal Secretary.
Fourth. Tha: be had coAspired with
Lorenzo Thomas to obtain possession of
theiWar Office by military force.
Fifth. That he had conspred with, or
endeayored to get an officer Of the army
TO disobey the laws of his country, and to
enter into conspiracy to get the legal
Secretary of War out Of Office.
Sixth. This article had not been COM
pleted, and the committee do not take up
any act Of the President prior to the re-
moval of Mr.. Stanton.
Mr.. Merrick, counsel for Adiuiant Gen
eral Thomas, has filed declaration in the
Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia
bringing suit against Mr.. Stanton for false
imprisonment, laying damages at $780,
000 charging Mr.. Stanton, among other
things, with contriying and wickedly,
falsely and msliciously intending to hurt,
iniure and aggrieve said plaintiff, without
reasonable and probable causes. The
counsel for Gen. Thomas have decided to
make application for writ quo warranto
before the District Court for Mr.. Stanton
to show cause why he retains the War De-
partment. Gen. Thomas called at the War
Department about l o'clock this morning
and received his private mail, but pro
ceeded to do nothing further beyond re-
pairing to the room of Gen. Schriyer,
where he remained for some time. The
Secretary of War was in the room at the
time, but there was no interview between
him and Gen. Thomas.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Stanton through
the persuasion of some Senators, has con-
scented to resign, and will do 80 tomor-
row.
1t is understood that the rejected Sena-
tor Thomas, of Maryland, has recommen-
ded to the Maryland Legislature to appoint
Montgomery Blair as his successor.
The Postmaster General and the Secre-
tary of the Interior have sent commuui-
cation to the House on the subject of post
Office aud court rooms in the city of New
York, which is intimsted to cost s., SAP,
$50.
The House committee Of seven were in
session this morning. No witnesses were
examined. They do not report impeach-
ment articles until tomorrow.
Receipts of customs for the week endin g
February %, were $3,479, ga.
Mr.. Sherman speaking in the Senate on
finances, said the question ought to be asked,
how will you get money enough to pay of
the bonds? He wou!d reply issue other
bonds, lower rate bonds, and offer the
holders of fve-tweties at their option, 5
per cent, and at the same time in future
the holders of these new bonds could, after
the return to specie payments, receive
their interest in coin. This proposition
made by the Finance Committee was in
exact accordance with the course pursued
in England on half dozen occasions. Mr..
Sherman went on to argue that 5 per cent.
was az low a rate of interest as the govern
ment could offer, with a chance of procu-
ring money by the rapid development OF
| the country, made by a constant demand
for medium of exchange, and the only
wav to sell bonds at lower rate
of interest would be to increase
the greenback currency, and depreciate
| its value by postponing the payment OF
the principal to an indefinite period. He
MAINTAINED they could decrease the rate
from 6 to per cent without adding sin
gle greenback to the present volume. The
committee agree to fix the amount for pay
| ment of the principal at Sl3G, 100000 He
believed the debt would be entirely liqui-
dated about the year 1902, or thirty or forty
years from now. The proposed funding
| would place both the holder and bond
| holder on the same footing in speculation,
and still the clamor about the injustice
| and discrimination made against the gen
eral mass of people and in favor Of the
bondholders Mr.. Sherman's speech was
| attentively listened to by the Senate.
The House Impeachment Committee
met this morning, and had under consid-
Grafton matters on which it is proposed to
base the articles Of impeachment. Another
| meeting was held at o'clock. Consider
able progress was made. The committee
| did not examine any witnesses during the
day. This evening the subcommittee
held a meeting and nearly completed the
preparation of the articles, which will
probably be finished and submitted to the
full committee tomorrow. If agreed up
on, they will be printed, and the commit
tee will then present them and report 10
the House during the afternoon.