The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-04-04

nen0e-Ihe mornin0ao0rswas spsnt In dis.
euseihg D. kllstal pssvsot national banks from
PsycS iA1a.e.a t. esaA .sther On aspssits, and .
paa'seiae soSepmeet slacsrs foe rsessving pay
' . Aepossh At ,pnblie, nonsy. No. vote was
The naval appropriation bill ~. hen tale.
mp 4ascussed an Assr ory&vN ard also laid over.
Ans committee .ef eonfersnee q the MAJ.
.sfaefnssn >ak bill made . nsport, which caused
sors disoaasion. aftsr. which the rsport wa ma
over sad osdszsd to be printed. Adjourned.
fasess-Ths report Of The eommitiee Of confer.
enee On the manufacturers tax hill was read and
agreed to- 4 = H.
/ The bill taking away the Jurisdiction of the
supreme court OF the United States in ha5sas
eo,p1s, which ives vetoed BY the president On
Wednesday Sams up IN the Heuae lsr reoonsid-
GRAFTON, IN The aftefnoon, md, altar debate bv
the dsmectats, was paced over tAs veto by the
requisite tve-thirds majority. Il Il, therefore.
law, and will b promulgated g such to.mor.
roY. .ii4r ,
The Hous. olsssd the day in a. iasa.ctual At.
tempt TO pas }esolution net 70 do business
during the impeachment trial.
Senate-Ths entire day was taken nm II an.
cussing the conference report % Tie msaufac-
turers tax bill. Il was strongly opposed, BE-
cause Of the new features relating - he vhi,kv
tax introduced ailes tAs bill left he Senate: and
after Ave hours delibsrstion the report wa r..
jestsd by . vote Of . - g. A new conferences
committee was ordered.
Houe-The House spsnt the entire day dis
GUESSING the bill for TIE sdnision OF XI:bsm.
with tho constitution her people recently, by 20
large vote. rejscted-ths democrats opposing IL
bitterly. No result wss reached.
MONDAY, March 30.
Sena!e-The Senate met at II o'clock, 90 as 10
have little time for Legislative business before
resum'ng the impeachment trial. The 6rst mat
yer s1sn up was the bill to remsvs the political
disabilities Of Mr.. Butler, member Of oonorsss
from Tennessee. whe, though - ardent radical
now. it seems once held Office under the rebel
government. Mr. Buckalsw nsde a sn.s.S
against the bill, and il went over.
Mr.. Sherman made strong effort 10 get action
on the report Of the new conference ssmmittee
on the msnufacturers' tax bill, but failed except
TO get An order TO have il printed.
The hour Of half past twelve having nov ar.
rived, the Chief Justice appeared and took his
seat az President of the High Court of Impessh.
ment,' thea the usual proclamation was mada.
the managers OF the house, backed BY all the
members appeared, and the council for the Pres.
ident took their seats.
Then Mr.. Butler isss to read the opening
speech ON the part Of the prosecution. The
speech had not only been carefully written. bu.
was printed. 50 that he read il from pamphlet.
and - he il near sighted, he kept his face close
to the paper, scarcely taking his eyes of during
the whole thfee hours and quarter hs was &C.
eupied in reading it When 10 took his scat.
Mr. Bingham arose and said the managers were
prepared to submit testimony. and the Chief
Justice said the Court was ready to receive it
DIT Wilson then submitted . series Of docu.
meSts, such a. President John.on's oath Of ofiss.
the tenure Of office bill, the nomination of Stan.
ton by Lincoln, &s., &C. Some Of these decu.
inents he read thus occupying the court until
nearly D o'clock, when . motion was carried to
adjourn until II o'clock Tomorrow.
House-Ths House having in . BODY attended
the impeachment trial. transacted no other bust.
moss than to read the resolutions of the New
Jersey legislature Withdrawing the ratification.
OF the 14th article Of the constitution, passed bv
previous legislature; snd, on motion Of Wash.
burne, OF Ill. to adopt resolution to return
said resolutions TO the Legislature from which
they emanated, "as disrespsctful 70 the house
and scandalous in character"
'' TUESDAY, March 81.
Se',alk--There was no business in the Senate
beyond the presentation of few petitions before
the Chief Justice entered and the impeachment
trial was resumed. Mr. Wilson presented few
more documents, after which, Mr. j. W. MnDon-
aid, chief clark Of the senate, was called m the
hrsf witness Of the prosecution. He testified as
to the return upon the resolution informing the
president OF the refusal of the senate TO concur
in the removal of Stanton. The next witness,
Geo. W.Jones testified - to the service of sim.
liar notice on Adj. Gen. Thomas. c. E. Crecey,
the next witness, testified O. 10 the Presidents
acknowledging the validity Of the tenure of Office
bill by changing the form Of the commissions Of
officers to conform with its pooviaons Burt
Van Horn, the next witness, testified MS to .
private conversation with Gen. Thomss the OBJ
lect OF the testimony being TO prove that the
President and Gen. Thomas proposed to eject
Stanton from the war once BY force. The testi.
mony lost all its force under the cross-sxa mins-
tion by Mr.. Stanbery. J. X. Morehead, N. C.
from Pa, testified tpths same point, and alike
unsa:isfactori!y for the impeacheFs The last
witness called to-day was Walter H. Bnrleigh,
delegate from Da,otaG, Stanbury asked what the
managers .1 y intended e prove by him, Butler
conversation, Themas had declared his purpose
to use force tn get possession Of the war office.
stanbery interrupted Butler to say thathe would
object to such testimony and the chief justice at
once decided such testimony to be inadmissible.
Drake Immediately 4sprang to his feet, apparent
ly in great rage, and objected to such questions
being decided by the chair. The Chief Justice
stated his position to be, that no should decide
all such questions unless submission tO vote
of tbs senator's was called for. Butler Bingham
and Boutwell, followed Drake and also in con-
siderable excitement, denied the right of tho
Chief Justice to decide law points, arising, in the
preyress of the trial. The excitement waa grow.
ing intense, almost threatening row, when, on
motion of Senator Wilson, the senate retired for
consultation, and after thus spending some three
hours, the Chief Justice announced the result to
be that hereafter the Oh. j. should decide all such
questions subject to an appeal to the senate The