The New York herald., 1876-02-29
THE KELLOGG IMPEACHMENT.

ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS BY THE
HoUsE-THE SENATE DECLARES THE Cow
ERNoR INNocENT-GREAT EXCITEMENT.
NEW ORLEASs, Feb. 90, 1870
After adopting the resolutions Of impeachment
against Kellogg, at halfpast -four ?. NJ. the House
Committee presented itself the bar Of the senate and
preferred the general charges that IN duo
time specific articles would be presented The senate
Immediately constituted itself Court OF Impcach-
ment Chief Justice Ludcng being In attendance and
presiding and adopted order requiring The House
to bring the specific articles by seven ?. NJ Mean
while however the House had adjourned until ten
O'Clock on Wednesday morning, and did not receive
the notification great deal OF wrangling occurred,
consequent upon the adoption Of the rules OF order
IN the Senate, and at halipast seven O'Clock
rARcicAL PROCEEDINGS.
The acquttal OF W. Pitt Kellogg occurred, snd tho
iarce ended In the senate at ten minutes past
nine The proceedings were perfectly peaceaolc
Dut, IN marked contrast with the House, the
senate acted IN a most illberal and uncouth
spirit Inc managers OF the impeachment on the
part OF tho House having been summoned, APP
peared at the bar OF tho Senate where they there
alter declared to have been informally appointed, and
they retired. Not. however until Mr. Witz had pro-
tested with great hrmncss the name of the people
OF Louisiana and made an impression equal to that
produced by his mastery Efforts in the House Not
withstandng some little differences of opinion as to
the method il was apparent from Tho first that the re-
publican Senators had determined to acaut Kellogg at
any to night The Court Impeachment refused
let the charges be read. No evidence was heard be-
fore them. The proposition to acquit came finally on
an order in which the actually memorializes the
Court, and recognizing in advance the innocence Of
Kellogg, declares that the object OF the Impeachment
is revolutionary and for partisan purposes and that
inasmuch as the House had failed to prosecute HIM
he should be acquitted The order was adopted
by Il yeas 10 nays, the democrats
voting under compusIon, although they asked he
excused from voting the guilt or innocence OF Kel
logg before he had been tried. When the an
nounced Judge Dibbc, attorney for Kellogg, remarked
glcefty aloud to Judge Ray: :-'I knew they would
all stick for they said this morning that they would
before they in n court " meaning the
Mr.. Euss offered protest against the compulson Ia
ccedings encouragement 10 officials TO commit
every other proposition emanatng from the conserva-
tive side, was treated with contempt
KELLOGG APPEALS TO GRANT.
A telegram received by the democrats states that
Kellogg being satisfied that he would be impeached,
despatched information TO that effect TO Grant and
asked him If hc would interfere West replied that
Grant would do nothing except under the constitutional
provisions and that Kellogg would have TO rely on his
resources.
The democrats. who claim that Kellogg acquitted
when, according to the assertion of his friends no
not on trial, very much encouraged, and tho
probabilities arc that the impeachment matter is not
at end IL Is certain that the republicans have
made friends among the conservative Senators by
their hasty and illogical proceedings.