Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-16
IMPEACHMENT GOSSIP.


The Observation-Disclosures Of GIic Doubt
fut COMMUNICATIONS not COn1iCfent
Of SOnyicttOn-The ImpeRehers Give
mp FOwler-TIe Suspicion of Poison
Ing.
CORRESPONDENTS Of the Cincinnati Commercial
WAsHINGToN, May l3.-The impeach.
ment situation, to-day, has been as actively
| canyassed az ever, and the result seems to
be that conviction is not regarded so certain
| by its friends, as it was last night. The
| Chronicle, to-day, admits that Senator F0w-
Ter is believed to be for acquittal, while
the friends Of the President are counting
on both the West Virginia Senators and
Cole of California, which, with Fowler,
gives them even one TO lose, and yet in
sure acsuiltal. .....-....
Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island, is re-
garded az doubtful; but his colleague,
Sprague, is put down, by the impeachers,
as SIRE for conviction.
There is no certainty, even if Senator
Howard is well enough, that there will be
vote on Saturday. The Republicans
freely declared to-day that unless eonEic-
ton was certain the vote would be post
poned from Saturday until after the Chi
cago Convention.
There is a slight abatement in the out
side pressure to-day, but Senators and
members have received large number of
kilograms. ...- e.,.. ...l ...u..
In the African Conference, here tonight,
Elder Butler moved that Friday next be
set apart as day of fasting and prayer to
God, that the Senate may render sneh a
verdict, on the impeachment of Andrew
johnson, as will bring peace and harmony
to our country. and that there shall be re-
ligious worship in all of our churches on
that day, and that a copy of this resolution
be sent to the President of the Senate;
which was adopted. Sill. .rrr .a.s ..a
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May l3.-Impeaehment
continues the chief subject of interest
There mas been a great deal of caueusing,
both in the House and Senate, and nearly
every Senator's position, regarding the
several articles, is known. Only two or
three are in any doubt, and as the matter
stands to night, both the second and elev- |
enth articles are regarded as certain Of
passage. Henderson expressed his inten- |
ton TO retain his place and vote against |
the other articles. Unless he felt sure that |
the eleventh article would carry, he would |
resign. Trumbull has not committed him |
self against the eleventh article, though
there is no authority for saying he will sup
port il. Tennessee men bad along inter
view with Fowler last night He has
deserted the Republicans entirely. An
opinion has been prepared for him against
Impeachment by Hawkins, the only mem
Der of the Tennessee delegation who voted
against impeachment. Only few weeks
since Fowler read long speech on recon
struCtion TO a member of the House, in
which he took the strongest possible ground
against President Johnson.
THE special excitement tonight is in
regard to the illness of three Senator'S
Howard, COnlzling and Grimes. The first
symptoms of all are of the same character,
and the seat of attack was the bowels. In
the case of Howard and COnkling, the at
tack was very severe. With Grimes, this
feature was less marked, and bat for the
ether cases would have excited no special
attention. Howard is better tonight,
though still very sick COnkling is also so
sick that this morning his friends were not
allowed to see him. There were some
grounds, last week, for experimenting such
a trouble rs indicated above, and Senators
have been cautioned TO exercise great care
In drinking from ,sitchers at the Capitol.