Year: 1868

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1t is given out from Washington that Andrew
Johnson would probably be acquitted upon all
that he has done, in the way of ''high crimes
and misdemeanors, If it were not for the fears
of the republican party as to what he might do
ifpermitted to run the administration on new
lease for ten months longer This partially
explains the party necessity for his removal
But an immediate restoration of the thirty
thousand federal offices into the hands Of a
radical President. for new distribution, is the
paramount consideration calling for Johnson's
expulsion. In his hands the bulk of this capital
will be lost for radical electioneering purposes,
whiskey rings and all, while If placed at the
dispensation Of ''Old Ben Wade" it will be gain
of many millions to the electioneering resources
of the radical camp. If Senators Morgan and
Conkfing, for instance, have been among the
most stringent of the radicals in the Limitation
Of the evidence for the defendant, it is, perhaps,
because they feel that without the assistance OF
the spoils of the New York Custom House,
Post Office, &C., the fifty thousand democratic
majority secured in this State last fall will be
too much even for General Grant and Fenton
combined to- oovercome next November.


In this view the party pressure upon the
Senate, il is generally thought, must result in
Andrew Johnson's eviction. What, then, after
his removal, will be the first thing in order
under cold Ben Wade 2" The appointment of
new Cabinet; and that ''Old Ben" will have
new Cabinet from stem to stern cannot be
doubted. He is very properly close mouthed
upon this important subject, and though
many desire to know no man can say what his
preferences are in reference to any of the
executive departments. But still there are
straws and feathers fitting about which show
the drift of the wind. Among the seven i'm
peachment Managers of the House prosecution
there are we believe, at least two or three can
didates for the Cabinet. That Massachusetts
will come in for member under President
Wade is morally certain, and her claim will be
met, probably, with Butler for the State Depart
ment or Boutwell, for the Treasury. The
republican State authorities of Pennsylvania
having filed their caveat in behalf of Stanton's
promotion, he at least will be retained in the
War Office, unless, in view of q needful rest
after his arduous and exhausting conflict with
old General Thomas, he shall insist upon being
relieved. In that case, with Senator Morgan
for the Treasury, Butler may reach bis long
coveted position of head of the War Office
and for Southern radical negro reconstruction
he will be difficult to surplant with President
Wade. With Mr.. Morgan as Secretary Of the
Treasury, Thurlow Weed and his lobby posse
comitotus and his newspaper attachments will
come into line again on accommodating terms,
including the ''Old Mans" consent to Greeley's
appointment as Postmaster General.


This compromise between Weed and Greeley
on. the peace platform of the Custom House
will be nothing remarkable after the unbOttlfng
of Butler by General Grant on this impeach-
ment In any event, before all these Cabinet
positions are gobblcd up we would again sub
nit to the favorable consideration of Mr. Wade
the claims and qualifications of Greeley for the
Office of Postmaster General in a radical
reconstruction of the administration. Greeley,
in this Office, would perhaps save to the de-
partment four or five hundred dollars a year on





few hundreds at least in the exclusion of illegal
franks from the mails. We opinc too, that in
distributing his Post Offices he would not over
look the equal rights of his fellow citizens of
African descent, although, from having turned
his back upon women's rights in the matter Of
suffrage, we suppose that the women postmis-
tresses holding over from Andrew johnson
would end hut little favor from Massa Greeley.
One thing is very clear: he is impatient for
Johnson's removal-so very eager for it that
he must have very big axe of his own to
grind with the President od interim that is to
be. We are, nevertheless, somewhat appre-
hensve that the Loyal League, in the matter
of that bail for JEFF Davis, will he apt to put in
damaging remonstrance with cold Ben
Wade" AT all events, before the end Of next
week, with Andrew Johnson's removal, we
may look oui for tremendous commoton over
the spoils among the wrangling radicals at
Washington, or. with Johnson's acquittal, for
terrible explosion.


Murder i'm High Life.


The letter of our correspondent in Vienna.
published yesterday, relates the history OF two
couses ci'eb,es, which, for the time being. have
startled the community in Austria and Poland.
In the one case young baroness posons q
rival-a young countess--with the connivance
of her victims husband, hoping to fill the place
of the victim herself This is no uncommon