The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-05-11
QUE WAsMINGTON LETTER.
WAsHlscroS, May 3, 1876.
THE IMPEACHMENT.

THE IMPEACHMENI'
Those who visit the Senate CALLER
les during the Belknap impeachment
trial, under the impression that they
will witness a solemn, awe-inspiring
ceremonial, will be sorely disappoint-
ed. Although an impeachment trial
by the Senate is of rare occurrence,
it is not too much to say that popu-
lar curiosity in the present case has,
to 4 great extent, been appeascd. So
thick and fast have developments Of
radical rascality occurred since the
incoming of the Democratic House,
that public attention has been con-
tinually diverted to the more helm
Gus misdceds of subordinate officials
in other spheres; and the burly
blonde, Belknap, has come to be look
ed upon as a thief of low degree, af-
ter all. On the first and second days
of the trial, the galleries were pack
ed, mainly with ladies; Curious crea-
turesD but, thereafter, the attend
ance began to fall of; and, on the LIST
inst, scarcely two hundred and fifty
persons were present to listen to the
arguments of the counsel and mana
gers in regard to which side should
be accorded the privilege of opening
and closing the discussion on the
question of jurisdiction. Undopbt-
eddy, however, when the trial begins
in earnest, if it ever begins at all,
the attendance will be materially
increased. But the majority of the
curious here, of both sexes, who
have time to devote to sightseeing,
have had a good look at the seller of
post,traderships, and are satisfied
The Great Accused still assumes the
sang trod of an old and hardened
criminal lost to all sense of shame
and decency, is still fat and ruddy,
and has, apparently, made up his
mind to face the music, no matter
how unharmonious and unpleasant
it may be.
BLAGNE's CHANCES
do not improve under the raking fire
Of microscopic investigations, and
and the persistent antagonism of the
great States needed to elect him.
He has been out of town, looking up
new matter for his vindication; and
he may need it, as the appearances
now indicate that he will be invcsti-
gated Mr.. Harrison, his accuser, is
an eminent Republican, grandson
of President Harrison, and is him
self spoken of by Il number of ives
tern papers us a candidate for the
Presidency, Hon. James f. Wilson,
of Iowa, who seconds the motion of
Harrison on the S64 900 of Union Pa
cifc money paid for $4,000 of worth
less Arkansas Railroad bonds, is the
leading Republican statesman of the
Northwest-the man whom Gener,.
al Grant wished to mike Secretary
of State, but who declined to accept
it after Washburne had held it a
month and made all the frst-class
appointments; and who also declined
the Attorney Gencmlship which was
afterwards rendered him by Grant,
Harrison and Wilson, then, are men
of character and consequence; and
the public mind will not be at rest
on this subject until after they shall
have testified before Il committee.
PRESIDENTIAL.
The eloquent words and noble
thoughts uttered at the New York
Democratic Convention, by Horatio
Seymour, have excited so much adj
miration here, rs well as elsewhere,
that the anti-Tildcn men, alarmed
at Tildcn's growing strength, seized
upon the idea of creating a division
among his supporters, by proposing
Seymour for President, While it
was known to the well-informcd that
Seymour had positively declined to
permit his name to be used in con-
ncction with the nomination, it has
been whispered about here, for the
past few days, that Seymour was not
for Tilden, if he could himself secure
the nomination. When the telc-
graph announced, this morning, that
Seymour had published a letter to
the New York delegation, telling
them that he would under no circum-
stances accept the nomination, and
re.aflirming his earnest hope that
Tildcn would be the next President
of the United States, the bottom fell
out of the movement, and the anti
Tilden men are "short" on candidates.
The opponents Of Tildon have no
love for Seymour. both men are equal
ly Objectionable to them. But they
hoped to divide Tilden's strength,
and have failed.
Tho friends of Judge Davis in