Evening star., 1868-04-27
THE EVENING STAR
Washington News and Gossip.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
PROCEEDINGS TODAY.


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The floor of the Senate Chamber was filed
early, a large number of members of the House
being present. Senator Nye appeared in his
seat for the first time since his illness.
The first business was Mr.. Edm unds' motion
10 admit official reporters after the arguments
are concluded and while the doors are closed
for final deliberation Mr.. Williams proposed
an amendment, that no Senator shall speak
more than once, and not to exceed fifteen min
utes, during such deiberation. Agreed to
Mr.. Howard then moved further amendment
that each Senator should speak but fifteen min
utes upon one question. Upon this a division
was demanded, and it was lost by nineteen to
thirty. The Republicans voting in the afhrma-
tive were Messrs. Fessenden, Fowler, Fre-
linghuysen. Grimes, Howard, Trumbull and
Wiley.
Mr.. Anthony moved to allow each Senator to
speak thirty minutes instead Of fifteen min
utes. This also was lost by sixteen to thirty
four. The Republicans voting in the affirma-
tive Were Messrs. Corbett Fessenden, Fowler
and Crimes. On motion of Senator Norton
the further consideration Of the subject was
postponed till after the arguments are con-
cluded: and Mr.. Summers motions and his
amendments to rules were also postponed un.
til after the arguments, at his own request
Manager Stevens then took the floor and
commenced reading his speech, (standing at
the Clerks desk,) at II 80 p. m.
Mr.. Stevens read from printed slips, and
showed considerable strength for some min.
utes, but after proceeding some twenty minutes
he was obliged to give way from exhaustion
and Gen. Butler finished the reading MI
Williams then proceeded to read his argument
from manuscript pages, closely written, and
will probably occupy the remainder of the day
Il e. <yn~e a Az
tomorrow and next day with his argument
and that Mr.. Bingham will require Thursday
and Friday for the delivery of the concluding
argument for the Managers. 1t does not seem
TO be settled yet whether Mr.. Stanbery will
deliver bis argumentor merely file it, but that
he has prepared one certain.
Impeachment stock from some undefinable
cause seems to have a slightly downward
tendency to-day. There are iumors Of a break
In the line of Republican Senators, and four
are named as certain to go against impeach.
ment.O close inquiry, however, it cannot be
ascertained that any one of the four named has
made any declaration, or given any indication
TO warrant such a conclusion. Still the belief
that the Presidents chances are improving is
certainly afioat in the air.
THE ELECTION IN NORTH AND SOUTH CARO-.
LINA.-Gen. Grant has received the following
dispatch from Gen. Candy, commanding Sec.
ond Military District, dated Charleston. s. c.,
April 26:
sReports have been received from all but
four remote precincts of South Carolina, and
the majority for the constitution is 436os In
the precincts yet 10 be heard from the vote will
be nearly equally di vided. From North Caro-
lima the returns come IN slowly. So far as
heard from the majority for the constitution is
Tn tan Hat .l.a
increase over the vote cast for the constitution
last fall.'
TRIALS BEFORE MILITARY COMMIssIoNs.-
Gen. Meade, commander Of the Third Military
District, has issued an order stating that n
view of the frequent failures to subst initiate
charges sent for trial before Military Commis-
sions, he enJoins upon all subordinate officers
the greatest caution and carefulness in their
investigation of all matters calling for the
action of the commanding General When
ever charges are preferred against citizens for
trial before military commission they will
be accompanied with a statement of the reasons
why the case cannot be fairly disposed Of by
the civil authorities and also with a full report
Of the evidence upon which the charges are
based, the sworn statements of the witnesses
being taken by the officer investigating the case
who will also give the accused party an op.
portunity to forward with the same report
whatever statements he may desire to present
in his defense.
OUR REUBEN, who has been trying to keep
the run of the War Office imbroglio and the
Secretaries Of War in esse and IN posse the Sec.
retaries od interim and dd oute,in has got badly
snarled up. II Mr.. Stanton is Secretary he
wants to know what about General
Thomas: and If General Thomas is Secre.
tary what about Mr.. Ewing; and if Mr.. Ew-
ing is Secretary what is General Schofield
He thinks quo icdrranto habeas corpus, or
some sort of Giro umbendib bus, should be placed
upon the President TO prevent him from nomi-
mating any more War Secretaries until the
status of the present half dozen can be ascer-
tained by inquring minds.
Hon. N. G.. TAYLOR, Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs. will leave here this evening for the
Usage Indian lands in the southern part of
Kansas, where he goes to engage in the busi-
ness Of the comission recently appointed by the
President, for the purpose of making treaty
with the Great and Little Usage tribes, the
object of which is their removal south of their
present location, and within the limits of the
Indian Territory.
NOT TO NEEDLE WITH PoLITIcs.-Brevet
Brigadier General o. Brown, Assistant Com.
missioner Of the Freedmen's Bureau for the
State of Virginia, has issued the following cir.
cular to the various Sub-Assistant Commits
sioners in Virginia:
alt is not thought advisable that Bureau Of
ficers or agents should attend political conven-
tions. While il is clearly their duty to ad.
wise the freedmen in regard to their political
and civil rights under the laws of Congress, il
is not deemed proper that officers or agents
should become political partisans. You will
see that these instructions are at once promu ul-
gated to your subordinates."
THE WHITE HoUsE.-There was quite large
number OF visitors at the Executive Mansion
to-day, many Of whom called to pay their re-
spects to the President. Secretary Seward,
Gen. Hancock and Senator Dixon had inter.
views with the President during the day
PATENTS TO BIZ IssUKD-For the week
ending on Tuesday, May 5tn, over 290 patents
will be issued from the Patent Once. During
the past week 5Ol applications and 50 caveats
were filed. a-s4 &Fs$EE = .s
NAVAL ORDKRs.-Captain J. w. A. Nichol-
son and Lieut. Commander Robert Boyd have
been detached from the Wampanoag and placed