Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-03-07
The Counts in the Indictment.

Article l, charges Andrew Johnson
with violating the Tenure of Office law
by removing Mr.. Stanton from the War
Department. ....... -.r
Article 2, charges him with violating
the Tenure of Office law by appointing
Lorenzo Thomas to the War Depart
ment.
Article 3, charges him with violating
the Constitution and acting without au-
thority of law, in appointing Lorenzo
Thomas Secretary of War when there
was no vacancy.
Article 4, charges him with conspiring
with Lorenzo Thomas and others TO pre-
vent, by intimidation and threats, Mr..
Stanton holding the office of Secretary
Of War; ..... .......
Article ), charges him with conspiring
with Lorenzo Thomas and others to pre-
vent by force the execution of the Ten
ure of Office law by attempting to pre-
vent Secretary Stanton from holding the
office of Secretary of War.
Article 6, charges him with coDspir-
ing with Lorenzo Thomas to seize the
property OF the United States in the
War Department, contrary to the Act
to define and punish conspiracies, passed
in 1861, and with intent to violate the
Tenure of Office law.
Article 7, charges him with conspiring
with Lorenzo Thomas to prevent the
execution OF the Tenure of Office law by
attempting to prevent Secretary Stanton
holding his office. .-.
Article s, charges him with comspiring
with Lorenzo Thomas to take possession
of the property of the United States
War Department with intent to violate
the Tenure of Office law.
Article 9, charges him with appointing
Lorenzo Thomas as Secretary of War
od interim, with intent unlawfully to
control the disbursements of moneys ap-
propriated for the military service and
the Department of War; ..a ...rs
Article 10, charges him with seeking
to induce Gen. Emory to disregard the
law directing that all orders to the Ar
my shall be issued through the General
of the Army, which provision of law had
been promulgated as one of the regula-
tiCns governing the army.
| The date of the offence rpcited in each
of the first nine articles is February 2lst,
in some being added "and on other days
in the present year previous to February
o." the date of the Indictment. The
date of the offence recited in the tenth
article is February 22d. The three acts
| specified as having been violated are the
act of 1861 to define and punish con-
spiricies, the Tenure of Office Act, and
that section of the Army Appropriation
Act which directs all orders to be issued
through the General of the Army.
THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF PARTIES, in the
Senate to which the case of AIr. johnson, is to
be submitted, stands as fellows.
Republicans 43
| Democrats 10
So
As two thirds vote, &c is required to con.
vict, it viii be seen that there will be margin
Of over tie number necessary TO sustain The
impeachment. The managers, on th3 part of
the House, to conduct the impeachment pro-
ceeding before the Senate is as follows: Messrs
Stevens, (of Penn.,) Butler, Bingham. Bout
well, Williams, and Logan.
The following letter from our Columbus cor
respondent was mailed on the 2Glh ult. in abun-
dant time, it would seem, to have reached us
for our last weeks edition, as it was intended,
but instead Of that, it came to hand on Satur-
dry afternoon. We are at a loss for reason for
its delay, unless the fact that it was underpaid,
may have had something to do with it,
Correspondence of the Telegraph
COLUMBUS, Feb. 20.
Dear Telegraph The action of President
johnson and Congress in reference TO the of
fee of Secretary of War, is engrossing large
share of the attention of the public at the state
Capital You would be surprised at the war
like aspect now presented by the once lamb
like .pedce-dt-any price" democrats. Those
who were willing to let the south go-to see
the Union rent into Fragments the Con-
stitution broken and the flag despised, arc now
ready to fight, and be slightly killed, to defend
that drunken nauClclLe at Washington in his il
legal ard unconstitutional acts A large meet
ing was held on Monday night at Thurman
Hal, and on account of the crowd, or expecta-
tion Of one, adjourned to the rotunda of the
capital TO express sympathy with the aforesaid
muddle. and give vent to the pent up wrath of
the Franklin co. chivslry.
The meeting was not large in numbers, for
without doubt larger democratic crowd could
be gathered any time in fifteen minutes by
proffer of free drinks all round, but in spirit
and determination-Oh, nly! Speaker FolIett
barangued violently and talked of blood Ball
of Muskingum did most emphatically 6a,cl.
and mildly hinted at blood, and advised the
crowd to protect themselves with arms ! A
gushing youth by the name. of De Laney then
infiamed and indignated generally and talked
of blood and thunder. He implored his audi
snce to be calm but followed with a remark
that he and Tom Thurman were engaged in
raising regiment of men who had smelt gun
powder, and were anxious to smell it again.
Now, Tom is not supposed to be a sonof Allen
Ga who was C0mmissary General of Confeder-
ate prisoners at Camp Chase and now q. s.
Senator, he is only nephew. De Laney spoke
with deep feeling of the suferings of demoera-
fcy at the sight of blue costs and brass buttons
for so many years, ard said they were now