Year: 1868

WASHINGTON. April 8, 1865.


The Impeachment Trial.


Judge Curtis one OF the counsel for the President,
will occupy all day Thursday in the opening speech
for the defence He may be apt to occupy portion
Of Friday Also his argument will be very elaborate
and exhaustive. When he concludes the testimony
for the defence will be put forward, General Thomas
leading OF as principal witness. Mr.. Stanton will
n c be summoned as witness, though it has been
generally stated that he will. No regular arrange
ment OF the witnesses has been decided upon. Those
who are at hand, as General Sherman and Lewis
d. Campbell, will very likely be examined on Fri
day. The rest Of the witnesses. to the number OF
about o dozen, will be disposed OF by Wednesday
week. unless the prosecution protract the time by
frequent objection and lengthy cross-examnation.
One of the Managers will then sum up in the first
instance to be followed by Messrs Evarts and STAN
berry, and the final closing argument will be de-
hvered by another OF the Managers possibly on Mon
day week.


It is very generally conceded that the evidence in
the Impeachment trial is too weak to hold water.
First we have mass OF testimony endeavoring to
prove q conspiracy between the President and
General Thomas-testimOny to show that GER
tain expressions were made use OF by the
latter his responsibility for which the Presi
dent should be held accOuntable and this gravely
admitted by the court matter worthy OF consdera-
tion and as uphoding the case Of the prosecution.
Two high judicial authorities did not hesitate to say
last evening that the Chief Justice was entirely wrong
in admitting the evidence which was put on the
record in the first part of last week. 1t would be
Just as reasonable to hold the President responsible
for the threats any of the thousand and one post
masters appointed by him might have made use Of
against those they directed to supersede, and
thus prove conspiracy the part of the Executive,
aud make of their unconsidered language as evi-
dence against him. The documentary testimony
win be met by other documentary testimony which
the defence feel confident will pull to pieces the
fabric of the prosecution


So far there is case against the President, and
. great many Senators feel that such Is the fact;
but the pressure on the entire republican element
Of the Senate will become intense as the trial draws
to Close and, regardless OF oath or evidence, it is
feared the great disgrace will be perpetrated Of re-
moving the head of the nation to accomplish party
purpose This week and the week after letters will
pour in upon those Senator's who are considered
ton from all parts Of the country to urge their
Senators to vote for conviction. Coaxing and bully
ing will be tried by turns and no stone left
unturncd TO try and insure a verdict
Of guilty. 1t is needless to say there
are certain republicans in the Senate to-day whom
it will require extraordinary efforts to overcome and
induce to vote against their convictions and should
such men yield day of reflection will come and
feeling OF remorse follow that will embitter their
lives to the last moment they exist.


The McCardlc Cnse.


The action of the United States Supreme Court In
the McCardle case has been generally misunder-
Stood The case was argued on the day originally
fixed for it, The conference day is Saturday in each





pied in hearing the argument of cases in regular or
der the docket On the first conference day after
the argument the case was not reached although tho
conference occupied all day. The next conference
day Congress had already passed the act to
repeal the jurisdiction In such cases, and
the act was before the President Gentle
men practitioners at the bar, without respect to
politics. say, the court could not have anticipated
the legislation and II 1t had could not possibly have
run q race with Congress-; that 1t would have been
ridiculous afectation not to take notice OF it, and
would hardly have been consistent with the dignity Of
the court and the respect due to the other branches OF
the Government to proceed with the matter until the
President had either approved or vetoed the bill.
On the reception of his veto it passed by the re-
quired majority in both houses When Mr.. Black,
for McCarde moved to be heard upon the question Of
the effect Of the law the court although 1t had sew
cra weeks before fixed Tuesday, the 31st OF March,
for the closing of the docket agreed to hear argu
ment In the case on Wednesday, the 1st OF April.
OF that however, the counsel did not take notice,
not having appeared In court until after the subject
had been postponed.


The New Postal Arrangement with Italy.


OfYical proclamation is made of the articles agreed
upon between the Post once Department OF the
United States and the postal administration OF Italy,
There IL to be q regular exchange OF closed mails,
and for correspondence originating In either of those
countries and destined for the other, wei for
that originating in destined for foreign countries
to which the United States and Italy may respectively
serve as Intermediates The Offices for the exchange
Of the mails on the part OF the United States in
New York, and on the part Of italy in Susa, Gamer
lata and Aroma, which are travelling onlces.


The Oficial Agricultural Report for March.


The March report OF the statistican OF the Depart
ment OF Agriculture includes several tables relative
TO farm animals. The returns OF the numbers and
prices OF livestock show a slight increase during
the year in horses, mules, cattle and milch
cows, and decrease in sheep. The New England
States exhibit decrease Of from six to thirteen per
cent In swine; the Southern States from five to twen
ty-nvc per cent except Arkansas and Tennessee
which give an increase of twenty-three and twelve
per cent respectively Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin
shower slight decrease; Indiana and Michigan no
teral change aud Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
an increase. dimlnution in numbers OF sheep Is
noticed In every State except New Jersey Arkansas
Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Nebraska.


The decrease in prices is more marked than in
numbers, amounting in many states to a reduction
of thirty forty per cent The aggregate decrease
s not less than thriynve millions of dollars,
aging nearly dollar head


reduction Is noticed In prices of horses and
mules IN every section Of the country in comparison
with those OF last year. The decline s more appar-
ent in the Southern states than elsewhere owing to
the gloomy state OF feeling in the cotton section
where the returns were made.


The price OF cattle is reported higher than last year
n many of the states, with the exception OF mich
cows, which have very generally decreased in value