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VOL. 14. YORKYILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868. N"0. lO.
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THE ROW AT WASHINGTON.
FULL PARTICULARS.
The Northern papers contain full particulars in
regard to the recent attempted removal of Secretary
Stanton, and the events to which it gave rise.
A correspondent of the New York Herald visited
the President on Friday night of last week, ai)d
furnishes the following as to what the latter thinks
about the situation of affairs:
4'After the customary salutations, your correspondent
remarked that the country was somewhat
taken by surprise by the sudden removal of Stanton
and the appointment of Thomas as Secretary
ad interim.
The President smiled and inquired, "Well, what
do the people say ? I suppose they ate surprised;
but I have only done what I had determined upon
long ago."
Correspondent?The removal, then, is not in pursuance
of a recent determination on your part, Mr.
President?"
The President?"Not at all, sir. The people
seem to have mistaken my course altogether in this
matter. I never had but one determination on this
subject, but I have acted carefully, prudently and
moderately. Perhaps I have been too slow about
removing Mr. Stanton, but not because I feared the
bugbear of impeachment, or that I dreaded anything
that Congress might do. Nothing that body
oould attempt or carry out would intimidate or surprise
me. I know they are capable of doing anything.
I delayed final action solely to let the country
see and understand the position of Mr. Stanton.
We first intimated to him that we would like for
him to withdraw from our privy council. He did
not take the hint. "We then requested him to resign.
He refused. We then suspended him, under
the constitutional power we have to suspend or
remove a member of our Cabinet. The act of suspension
was also not in conflict with the Tenure of
Office bill, though we did not therefore recognize
its constitutionality. As a matter of courtesy we I
sent reasons for our action to the Senate. That
body pretended not to consider those reasons sufficient,
and assumed to reinstate Mr. Stanton in of- 1
flee. Well, we still waited, hoping Mr. Stanton
would see the propriety of resigning himself. Gen.
Sherman and General Grant offered to go to Stanton
and advise him to resign. After waiting a
reasonable time we thought proper to-day to order
the removal of Mr. Stanton and to appoint General
Thomas Secretary of War ad interim. This is 1
the whole story."
- Correspondent?"Was this step discussed in the
Cabinet council, Mr. President ?"
The President?"No, sir; not precisely. A i
general policy was agreed upon sometime ago, and
the removal to-day is in accordance therewith. I
have just received a copy of the resolution adopt- s
edbythe Senate to-night in executive session."
The President here read the resolution printed else- ]
where. ]
Correspondent?1"What will the Senate do, Mr. i
President, under that resolution, if you still insist i
upon having General Thomas act as Secretary ad (
interim!" ]
The President?"I don't see that they can do
nnvthinp. The resolution itself is the end of the
matter, so far as the Senate is concerned, unless 1
the House presents articles of impeachment and 1
the Senate undertakes to tiy the Executive, and i
resolves itself into a high cqjurt of impeachment."
Correspondent?"Do you think Congress really i
will attempt impeachment, Mr. President?" i
The President? "I do not know, indeed; nor do
I care. It would make very little difference to i
me." i
Your correspondent here asked what the President
would do in the event of the passage of Mr. i
Edmunds' bill of suspension, to which the Presi- ]
dent answered, substantially, "Sir, I would not
obey the law if they attempted to suspend (
me. The law is clearly unconstitutional. There (
is a point against it which you gentlemen of the (
press seem to have altogether overlooked. The ;
bill of Senator Edmunds to suspend pending trial
would undoubtedly be an ex post facto law so far ,
as my case would be concerned. Such a law is de- (
clared unconstitutional by the very language of the
constitution itself. My offence, we will suppose, ,
is the removal of Mr. Stanton. That is an ac
complished fact Any law prescribing a penalty
for that act would be ex post facto, and, therefore,
unconstitutional. How, therefore, can Congress ,
legally pass a bill of such a character ?"
Your correspondent remarked that certain Radicals
might argue that a persistence in keeping Mr.
Stanton out of office, after the Senate declaring
his removal contrary to law, and after the proposed
passage of Mr. Edmunds' suspension bill, would
be bringing the question out of the operation of
an ex post facto law.
? The President replied that that could not alter
the case, as the offence charged would still be the 1
removal of Mr. Stanton?an act performed before '
the passage of the proposed law.
In reply to an inquiry as to whether the PresiI
dent had seen General Thomas since the interview '
\ of the latter with Mr. Stanton, the President said 1
yes, and proceeded to state what, according to his 1
information, had occurred at that interview. "Gen.
Thomas," he said, "waited upon Mr. Stanton,
and showed to him the President's order removing
Mr. Stanton and appointing him (General Thomas)
as Secretary of War ad interim. Mr. Stanton
read the order, and asked Thomas whether he
would be obliged to vacate the office forthwith.
Thomas said his instructions were to assume control
immediately. Stanton then said he would like
to have time to arrange and take away his papers
and documents; to which Thomas replied that a
fimp would be allowed for that dut
pose, No time, however, was fixed for Mr. Stanton
to finish his arrangements."
Your correspondent had some further conversation
with the President, but the chief points have
been given. The President repeatedly expressed
his utter indifference as to what course Congress
might adopt on the impeachment question; and in
answer to a parting remark of your correspondent
that the President might sleep soundly in spite of
the threatened impeachment he said, laughing, "I
don't think my slumbers will be much disturbed by
, that fear. I shall sleep soundly and awake refreshed."
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE WAR OFFICE.
The War Department from dark on Friday night
till dawn on Saturday, was the scene of anxious
consultations among Stanton and his partisans.
At one o'clock Saturday morning, Hon. David
K. Cartter, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, and a tool of Stanton's,
visited the War Department, About four
o'clock Mr. Stanton and Senator Thayer ensconsed
themselves on two lounges, to obtain, if possible,
a little sleep. Not long after the tramp of soldiers
was heard approaching from the direction of the
White House, but it proved to be the relief guard.
By seven o'clock General Farnsworth, Mr. Judd,
of Illinois, and other Congressmen arrived, and
Stanton had quite a levee as he discussed the
breakfast which had been sent to him from his
house. During the night a number of letters were
sent to him from the capitol, urging him to maintain
his position.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT INTENDS.
It is stated in behalf of the President that what
was done by him was purely of a civil character,
and in no wise partakes of the military. His purpose,
it is alleged, is simply to remove one officer
and appoint another ad interim, and if the first refuses
to obey the order, then probably to test the
matter by regular legal proceedings in the civil
courts, or getting possession of the office through
his ad interim appointed, to compel Mr. Stanton
to seek his remedy by writ quo warranto, or other
procedure, to bring the matter before the courts.
GENERAL THOMAS ISSUES AN ORDER.
About two o'clock on Friday afternoon, it is
stated, the Paymaster-General received an order
signed by General Thomas as Secretary of War
ad interim, directing the closing of that office on
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The War Department being closed on Saturday,
no one was admitted but Senators and Members.
A sentinel kept guard at each of the doors, while
at-the main entrance, on Seventeenth street, two
lieutenants and a number of messengers were on
guard, and refused admission to all. A number
of persons called to see officers on duty in the building,
and were admitted upon sending in their
cards. .
THE ARREST OF GENERAL THOMAS.
The Washington Star, of Saturday evening, says:
"Last night, a warrant, under the Tenure of Office
bill, was issued by Chief Justice Cartter for the arrest
of Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, and it was placed in
the hands of Marshal Gooding this morning.?
Marshal Gooding, with his deputy, Mr. Phillips,
and Mr. Morgan Chandler, proceeded to the residence
of General Thomas, and Judge Gooding informed
the General of the object of his visit Gen.
Thomas immediately prepared to accompany the
officers, not taking time to finish his breakfast, at
which he was engaged when the Marshal arrived.
He was at once taken to the Marshal's office,
where Judge Cartter had arrived. The latter informed
Gen. Thomas that he would require bail .
for his appearance on Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock, in the sura of $5000. Gen. Thomas was
waiting bail at 10 o'clock. The arrest was managed
very quietly, and but very few persons knew
of the affair.
Gen. Thomas was arrested upon the affidavit of
Stanton, on a charge of violating the Tenure of Office
Bill. It will be remembered that this Bill was
vetoed by'the President, and was afterwards passed
over his veto. We quote the section upon
which the affidavit is based:
"Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any
person shall, contrary to the provisions of this act,
accept any appointment or employment in any office,
or shall hold or exercise, or attempt to hold or
exercise any such office or employment, he shall be
deemed, and is hereby declared to be guilty of a '
high misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction
thereof he shall be punished therefor by a fine and.
imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both ; 1
said punishments in the discretion of the court."
GENERAL THOMAS GIVES BAIL.
The Washington Star, in continuation of the j
account of Gen. Thomas' arrest says:
"The bail of $5000 was furnished by Messrs. G. 1
R. Hall, (coackmaker), of this city, and Elias A. j
Eliason (tanner), of Georgetown. It is understood
that M. Carpenter, Esq., of Wisconsin, will appear
for Mr. Stanton. General Thomas, on leaving the 1
City Hall, proceeded to the law office of Joseph H. !
Bradley, Esq., and had a consultation with him. J
SCENES AT THE CAPITAL.
The excitement about the oapitnl Sflfnrdny morning
was very great, the House of Representatives
being the objective point, in which every seat j
in the galleries was crowded at an early hour,
while in-all the galleries and corridors the crowd !
surged and pushed, anxious to get inside, where
they could witness the proceedings.
The democratic side of the chamber, by fillibus- :
tering motions, managed to delay entering upon 1
regular business for a considerable time.
At five minutes past 2, P. M., Mr. Stevens rose
amid profound silence, and made the following re- 1
port from the Committee on Reconstruction:
"That, in addition to the papers referred to the
jommittee, the committee find that the President,
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a commission or letter of authority to one
Lorenzo Thomas, directing and authorizing said
Ihomas to act as Secretary of War ad interim, and
to take possession of the books, records, papers and
ather public property of the War Department.
Upon the evidence collected by the committee,
which is hereafter presented, and in virtue of the
powers with which they have been invested by the
House, they are of opinion that Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, should be impeached
of high crimes and misdemeanors. They, therefore,
recommend to the House the adoption of
the accompanying resolution:
"Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of
the United States, be impeached of high crimes
and misdemeanors."
[Signed] Thaddeus Stevens, George S. Boutwell,
John A. Bingham, C.' T. Hurlburt, John
T. Farnsworth, F. C. Beaman, H. E. Paine.
Mr. Stevens said it was not his purpose to discuss
the question, and if no one on the other side
desired to discuss it, he would take the vote with
the knowledge they now had of the act of the
President, in removing Mr. Stanton from office
while the Senate was in session. He had no desire
to discuss the matter, and would give the other
side an opportunity for discussion if they desired
it
Mr. Brooks [New York] had hoped he would
have been permitted to submit a minority report,
but he had not been accorded time. * He called attention
to the fact that the Reconstruction Committee
had held its session to-day in violation of
the 72d rule of the House, which prohibited committees
from sitting during the sessions of the
House unless by consent of the* House. He
thought this ghost of impeachment had been throttled,
but now the House had taken up the subject
again, and had reported this resolution. He looked
upon it as an act in a revolutionary drama similar
to that of Cromwellian times or of the days of
the French Revolution. It had been heretofore
asserted, not upon the floor of this House, but
elsewhere, that the President must be removed because
he was an obstruction to the dominant party.
It" he could be impeached lor that cause, then
each man of the opposition party could be impeached
because he was an obstructor to the party. He
did not make any threats to the House, but he
would say that if the President was impeached
and removed without authority of law, the people :
of this country would never endure it [Sensation
on the floor.] Act within the bounds of the con* i
stitution, and there would be no objection, but act
without the bounds of the constitution, and the i
country would be precipitated into violence and
revolution. Now here is a party representing, not i
the people of the North; representing the past '
and not the present, attempts to obliterate the constitution
of the country. By a mere party majority,
in order to obtain possession of the Government
of the United States, you propose to depose the
President of the United States and set up one of
your own. For the first time it is written in the
history of this country, that a party, to retain its
ascendency proposes to overturn the executive and
judicial branches of the Government of the United
States. Go on, if you choose. If I wanted your
overthrow, I would tell you now to go on in the
course you have marked out, and overthrow the
President, who is now powerless by your legislation.
This is all done that you may control all departments
of the government, so as to get in some African
States in the South, to perpetuate Republican
power.
Mr. Bingham [Ohio] said he was utterly incapable
of approaching this question in a party spirit
The gentleman [Mr. Brooks] says the issue
involved is an issue relative to office. It was not
so, but an issue whether the constitution shall be
maintained by the Representatives of the people.
He had no desire to resort to this last power reposed
in the people, and had restrained others so
long as there was any doubt hanging over the'question
of his liability to impeachment. With the
past he was satisfied, and was responsible for iii to
the common Father of us all; but he. stood here
with a conviction as clear as truth, that the President
had been guilty of a violation of his oath of
office and of Congressional and Constitutional law,
and had trampled upon the Constitution of the
United States. He must have known that he
could fill vacancies during the recess of the Senate
but at no other time. He could make temporary
appointments, but it needs no argument to show
that he could not create the vacancy to fill the office.
If he may create a vacancy, and remove an
officer, why should he not remove Lorenzo Thomas,
and so go on from day to day until the end of
his term. The gentleman (Mr. Banks) had argued
that the Secretary of War was not within
the operation of the civil tenure act, but the Pi-esidcnt
recognized the act as embracing the Secretary
of War by the very act of suspending'him last
summer. He ooinplied with it by giving the Senate
his reasons within the time designated in the
Tenure of Office act The Senate (Mr. B. argued)
was the place of final resort for judgment in these
cases, and the Supreme Court could not review
the act of the Senate, or pass judgment upon it
That Senate has decided that E. M. Stanton was
Secretary of War, the President of the United
States to the contrary notwithstanding; and under
the law the President could only appoint another
Secretary when the Senate agreed to Mr. Stanton's
removal. But the President has chosen to violate
the 5th section of the Tenure of Office act, and
has defied the representatives of the people. The
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did the gentleman not know that it is written in the
constitution, that the President shall be removed
from office on conviction of high crimes and misdemeanors?
Did he not know that the power of impeachment
was vested in the House of Representatives
under the Constitution? There is enough
in the facts already disclosed in the President's
correspondence upon this subject, to draw the inference
that the President is guilty under another,
act beside the Tenure of Office act. He referred
to the act of 1861, which makes it a crime for uhe
President, or any one, to prevent an officer from exercising
the functions of his office. It was plain,
under this last act, that the President had interferred
with an officer, put in his place by the Sonate.
There were some facts that had cqme to t he
knowledge of the committee that should be here
mentioned. This General Thomas to-day appeared
at the War Office and notified Mr. Stanton that
be (Thomas) would not recognize him (Stanton) as
Secretary of War; that he would keep possession,
and that he would take the mails for the War Office,
and all by the direction of the President
After some further debate it was agreed that the
rote on the impeachment resolution should be taken
)n Monday at 5 P. M., and the House then udourned.
WHAT THE NORTHERN PAPERS SAY.
The New York Tribune says:
Mr. Johnson will achieve 110 coup d'etat. Nature,
in denying him the courage proportioned to
iiis vanity, has made him proof against great
crimes. His forte lies entirely in peccadilloes. ?
When Congress concludes to impeach him for petty
misdemeanors, it will find plenty of them. But if
it waits for high crimes, he will serve out his term
in feverish peacefulness and empty feints: >
TheJNew l ork World. remarKS.
We suppose the President will make no immediate
attempt to eject Stanton by force; and that the
ridiculous trepidation of Congress is a little premature.
But when the proper time comes for a forcible
ejection, Grant's disobedience of orders will
be but a slight obstacle. He is bound to obey ihe
orders of the President; it is a duty from which
Congress can no more release him than it can divest
the President of-the chief command of the
army. The right of command implies the duty of
obedience; if Congress tells General Grant not to
obey, it thereby attempts to strip the President of
the command of the army; an attempt which (an
succeed 8nly by the overthrow of the constitution,
[f General Grant refuses to obey orders, he is amenable
to military discipline. It will be the duty
of the President to cause his arrest for insubordination
and mutiny, and organize a court martial to
try him. The President can, at the same time, order
a brevet general to take possession of the headquarters
of the army. We do not suppose the
President will quite yet exert his full authority in
this form. He will probably first apply to the Supreme
Court, who will summon Mr. Stanton, to
show by what authority he assumes to retain Ihe
office from which he has been removed. There is
every reason to believe that the court will adjudge
the Tenure of Office bill unconstitutional. With
what face will Stanton go before the Court and contend
that the Tenure of Office bill is not repugnant
to the constitution, when it is notorious that he
beld the contrary opinion at the same time of its
Dassace ? Nay, he advised the President to veto
it for unconstitutionality, and furnished points for
the veto message. It is not to be supposed that
the Supreme Court will render a partisan decision
in his favor, when the case is so clear against him
that he is on record as having decided against his
present claim. When the court has rendered its
decision, if General Grant refuses to obey orders,
the time will have come to put him under arrest,
lie has, indeed, no more right to refuse obedience
now than he will have then; but it is probably expedient
for the President to await the decision of
the court before resorting to force.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN THOMAS AND STANTON.
The Washington Star of Saturday evening sajs:
There were present at Secretary Stanton's office
on Saturday morning, Representatives Morehead
and Kelley, from Pennsylvania; Yan Horn and
Van Wyck, of New York; Dodge, of Iowa; Amss,
of Massachusetts; Messrs. Freeman Clark, of New
York, and ex-member Columbus Delano, of Ohio.
Ahmit 11 *30 A. M.. General Lorenzo Thomas.
having just been released on bai) by Judge Cartter,
presented himself at the door of the department
and told Mr. Stanton that he would like to aee
him. Mr. Stanton told him to proceed with anything
he had to say. General Thomas remarked
he had come to discharge the duties as Secretary
of War ad interim, having been ordered to do so
by the President of the United States. Mr. Stanton
replied that he could do no such thing, and
ordered him to his room to perform his duties as
Adjutant-General. General Thomas replied that
he had been ordered by the President to act as
Secretary of War, and he intended to do it. Mr.
Stanton again replied he should not, and again ordered
him to his own room and denied the power
of the President to make any such order. General
Thomas said he would not go, that he should obey
the orders of the President, and not obey the orders
of Mr. Stanton. Mr! Stanton remarked, "As
Secretary of War I order you to repair to your own
place as Adjutant-General." Gen. Thomas?"I
shall not do so.'' Mr. Stanton said,1 'Then you nay
stay there as long as you please, if the President
orders you, but you cannot act as Secretary of War.
Gen. Thomas?"I shall act as Secretary of War."
General Thomas then withdrew into a room opposite,
being General Shiver's room, Mr. Stanton
immediately following him. After some conversation
Mr. Stanton said: "Then yon claim to be
here as Secretary of War, and refuse to obey my
orders?"
General Thomas?"I do, ?r. I shall require
the mails for the War Department to be delivered
to me, and shall transact all business of the War
Department"
At this juncture General Grant and adds came
in. General Grant said playfully to Mr. Stanton:
"I am surprised to find you here; I supposed you
would be at my headquarters for protection."
the doings on monday.
Washington, February 24?6 P. M.?In the
Senate the business was unimportant
In the House the session was cut up by speeches
nf fwenf.v minutes. The remarks were
generally crude, intended for the etnergency, and
generally explaining predetermined votes.
The impeachment resolution was passed by a
strict party vote, except StewarfHofNew York, and
Carey, of Ohio, who voted with the Democrats. The
committee to announce to the Senate the action of
the House relative to impeachment, are Messrs.
Stevens and Bingham. The committee to prepare
articles of impeachment are Messrs. Boutwell,
Stevens, Bingham, Wilson, Logan, Julian and
Ward. This committee have power to send for
persons and papers. The most profound silence
prevailed in the House after the announcement of
the vote on impeachment, and adjournment immediately
took place.
The following is telegraphed as a specimen of
to-day's speeches?Mr. Payne, who had the floor,
said; "I yield two minutes to the gentleman from
Indiana, Mr. Shanks." Mr. Shanks said:
"Mr. Speaker, my opinion is that, in this emergency,
this house should speak but one word and
strike but one blow.; and I desire that the blow
should come first I am tired, sir, of this protracted
discussion, which postpones an hour that which
the people have long desired to see. I am in favor
of the official death of Andrew Johnson, and
think we sbonid vote this impeachment witnout
debate. I am not surprised that one who commenced
his career in drunkenness, should end it in
crime."
At half-past ten o'clock, this morning, General
Thomas went to the War Department, ordered
Stanton to vacate, and demanded the mails. Stanton
again refused. Thomas then went to the Adjutant-General's
office but issued no orders.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, is positively reported
as saying that his party (the Republicans)
could not stand the pressure, and that the present
feelings and purposes of the House could not be
sustained.
congress on tue8day.
Washington, Feb. 25.?In the House, Stevens
and Bingham reported that they had performed
the duty of informing the Senate of the impeachment
resolution.
A resolution was adopted that the report of impeachment
articles be debated one day and then
voted on without debate or dilatory motions.
A new rule was adopted which prevents dilatory
motions by less than one-third.
The Impeachment and Reconstruction Committees
were allowed to sit during the session.
In the Senate, at noon the clerk of the House
appeared and announced the passage of the impeachment
resolution.
jY. numlbcr of mouibcro uf tho HouStJ cutvi ud uuvl
took seats, and afterwards the Stevens and Bingham
Committee entered.
Stevens said: Mr. President, in obedience to
the order of the House of Representatives, we appear
before you, and in the name of the House of
Representatives, and of all the people of the United
States, do impeach the President of the United
States for high crimes and misdemeanors in office,
and we further inform the Senate, that the
House of Representatives will, in dne time, exhibit
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particular uruciea ui iuipcacuiueub ogtuuau uim,
aiid make good the same, and in their name we
demand that the Senate take order for the appearance
of the said Andrew Johnson, to answer to
said impeachment
Wade said that the Senate would take order in
the premises.
A special committee, consisting of Howard,
Trumbull, Morton, Cdnkling, Edmunds, Pomeroy
and Johnson, were appointed to examine into the
impeachment and report their proceedings.
INCIDENTS.
Dispatches of encouragement to both parties
continue to come. The Radicals in several localities
have fired from fifty to one hundred guns in
honor of the House resolution.
A special dispatch sent North says that Grant,
in a conversation with Wilson, said that the officers
of the army are a unit in the support of Congress,
and that not more than a dozen out of twenty-five
hundred would obey an order from the
President unless it came through him (Grant)
The excitement has in a measure subsided. An
impression is growing that the Senate proceedings
will be a tedious routine.
The Keystone Club, of Philadelphia, the largest
Democratic organization in the State, has resolved
itself into a military organization.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WILL DO.
A special dispatch to the Charleston News, dated
"Washington, February25?10 p. m.," says:
"Notwithstanding the seeming advantages which
Congress and the military partisans of Stanton
have gained, the President and his advisers are in
the best spirits and bide their time without any serious
apprehensions.
The levee held by the President last night was a'
complete ovation. The east room was never more
densely filled with a brilliant company, and there
was far more eagerness manifested to take Mr.
Johnson by the hand, and to give expression to
sympathy and approval, than is usual on such occasions.
Nor is this spirit confined to Washington
only. Not an hour passes that the President does
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ploring him not to yield an inch, and pledging him
the cordial support of an awakened people. The
Radicals of the House will delay as little as possible
in presenting the articles of impeachment to
the Senate, but once the latter body obtains control
of the case, the proceedings will become slow and
cautious to the last degree.
Your correspondent has just returned from the
White House, where the President and his advisers
have been in consultation for the last two hours.
I am enabled to inform you that the President has
determined upon a change of tactigs to-morrow.
Heretofore his adversaries have enjoyed a signal
advantage in having Judge Cartter, a bitter Radical,
presiding upon the bench of the District
Court. The official position of Cartter enables him
to postpone the President's legal redress from day
to day, and gain time for the partisans of Stanton.
To remedy this the application for a writ of quo
warranto has been abandoned, and to-morrow the
sureties of the new Secretary of War, General L.
Thomas, will proceed to surrender him to the United
States Marshal. General Thomas will refuse
to give other bail, and will then be sent to jail.?
Thereupon a writ of habeas corpus will be applied
for, and the matter in that shape will be brought,
without delay, before the Supreme Court of the U.
States. This is the programme which has been
arranged for to-morrow, within the last hour.
An intimate friend of Mr. Bingham, who has
seen the draft of the articles of impeachment, informs
me to-night that one of the leading oomi
ments of that document will charge the President
with being "an obstruction to reconstruction."
the feeling in new york.
New York, February 24.?The following document
has been receiving signatures in this city:
"The undersigned are desirous of forming a series
of associations in support of the policy of Andrew
Johnson, and are willing to resort to arms to repel
any revolutionary attempts to overthrow the lawful
and constitutional authority of the Chief Executive
of the nation."
Ipsttllattrons fading.
CAUCUSING AT THE CONVENTION.
As the neriod for the adinnrnment of the f!on
vention draws near, the cancusing among the memben
of the Convention for the arrangement of
State affaire, the filling of State offices, and the
disposal of Congressional honors, grows more and
more lively. It is now believed that the Convention
will adjourn about the fourth of March, and
order an election to be held abont the third Wednesday
of the same month for members of the Legislature.
Should the Radical programme be carried
out, the Legislature, as proposed, will assemble
early in April. Whether the nominations thus
far made, and which we append, will be sanctioned
or endorsed by the constituency of the members of
the Convention, is a question which does not 6eem
to have given rise to any very serious doubt
The following circular has been issued and distributed
tqthe members for circulation throughout
the State:
[circular.] State
Central Committee Rooms, ]
Charleston, S. C., February 21, 1868. j
The Chairman of your District is hereby notified
that a State Nominating Convention of the Union
Republican party will be held in the city of Charleston
on the 10th day of March, for the purpose
of nominating Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and
other State officers.
If the Delegates now representing the Districts
in the Convention are acceptable, it will be advisable
to authorize them to act.
re a. tvjJ... j ; 1 ? rt
-Li iuu .uisiriuuj ueaire, uiuuiucro iui vuiigiceo
will be nominated by their delegates at the same
place by a separate Nominating Convention.
B. F. WHITTEMORE,
Chairman State Central Committee.
W. J. McKinlay, Secretary.
We have classified the various offices to be filled,
and our information has been gathered from some
of the most prominent members of the body.
United States Senators.? It is generally conceded
that Br. Mackey, President, of the Convention,
will be elected for the long term, without opposition.
For tlie short term there are several candidates,
the most prominent of whom is Mr. J. M.
Rutland, of Fairfield.
Members of Congress.?The Congressional Districts
will probably remain as established by the
Convention of 1865, with perhaps a slight chdhge
in the third and fourth.
Mr. B. F. Whittemore, of Darlington, is the
most prominent candidate for Congress from the
1st District Some-of his friends, however, propose
to elect him United States Senator, for the
short term, in which event, if he be elected to that
office, he will resign his aspirations for a seat in
the Congressional House of Representatives to
Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr., of Sumter, who will, no
doubt, be elected._
In the 2d District, Mr. C. C. Bowen is the most
prominent candidate. His competitors are Mr.
Gilbert Pillsbury and General C. J. Stallbrand, of
Beaufort, now Secretary of the Convention. In
the 3d and 4th Districts, the most prominent candidates
are B. 0. Duncan, of Newberry; James H.
Goss, of Union; J. M. Allen, of Greenville and T.
J. Robertson, of Richland, should the latter not be
elected Governor. Mr. Pillsbury is spoken of as a
candidate for Lieutenant-Governor.
Governor.?There will be a very strong contest
to secure the nomination of Governor. The candidates
are Colonel T. J. ^Robertson, of Richland,
and General R. K. Scott, Assistant Commissioner
of the Freedman's Bureau. The friends of both
parties are busily at work, and it is hard to tell, at
present, who will secure the nomination. It is
due, however, to General Scott to say that the use
of hiB name by his friends is unauthorized.
The long discussion yesterday relative to the
term of residence as a requisite for eligibility to
this office was believed to be an effort on the part
of the friends of the former, to thus get rid of their
most formidable rival candidate. The latter, however,
carried their point, and succeeded iu alter
ing the time fixed, by the Committee, from four to
two years.
Secretary of State.?This office seems to be held
in reserve for several who, should they not secure
some higher position, will consent to accept it?
Among them are F. J. Moses, B. 0. Duncan and
F. Cardoza.
The latter has recently been elected President of
the Grand Council of the Union Leagues of this
State, and has gone to Washington on business
connected with the League, and not to seek admission
of colored men into Congress as reported.
Attorney-General.?D. H. Chamberlain, of
Berkley, formerly a Massachusetts lawyer and a
graduate of Harvard College, is the only candidate
for this position.
Superintendent of Education.?J. K. Jillson, of
Kershaw, is supported by many friends for this
position. Mr. R. Tomlinson, the present Superintendent
of Education of the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in this State, is
also spoken of.
Treasurer.?The only candidate who has yet appeared
for this position is N. G. Parker, of whose
nomination there is very little doubt among his
friends.
Other State Officers.?General Stallbrand, formerly
of Sherman's army, is mentioned by some
for the position of Major-General of the Militia,
and others for Adjutant and Inspector General.
C. P. Leslie is mentioned for Comptroller General.
Mr. Leslie, however, we believe, declines to be a
candidate. Dr. J. C. Neagle, of York, is another
candidate for this position. Already the Convention
Vio? nptitinnprl General Canbvfor the appoint
ment of William E. Rose, of York, as Superintendent
of the Penitentiary. Another petition is in
circulation for the appointment of Dr. L. B. Johnson
as Superintendent and Physician of the State
Lunatic Asylum.
General Assembly.?The General Assembly, it
is supposed, will be composed of many members of
the Convention. At least seventy or eighty, if not
more, members of the Convention are counted upon
as almost sure of being elected to the Legislature.?Charleston
Courier, 25th vlt.
Liming a Tiger.?An ingenious mode of tiger
killing is that which is employed b-* the natives of
Oude. They gather a number of broad leaves of
the prauss tree, which much resembles the sycamore,
and having well besmeared them with a kind
of birdlime, they strew them in the animal's way,
taking care to lay them with the prepared side uppermost
Let a tiger but put his paw on one of
these innocent-looking leaves and his fate is settled.
Finding the leaf sticking to his paw, he
shakes it in order to rid himself of the nuisance,
and finding the plan unsuccessful, he endeavors to
attain his object by rubbing it against his face,
thereby smearing the ropy birdlime over1 his nose
and eyes, and gluing the eyelids together. By
this time he has probably trodden upon several
more of the treacherous leaves, and is bewildered
with the novel inconvenience; then he rolls on the
0
ground, and rubs his head and face on the earth,
in his efforts to get free. By so doing he only adds
fresh birdlime to his head, body and limbs, agglutinates
his sleek for together in unsightly tufts,
and finishes by hoodwinking himself so thoroughly
with leaves and birdlime, that he Hes floundering
on the ground, tearing up the earth with his claws,
uttering howls of rage and dismay, and exhausted
by the impotent straggles in which he had been so
long engaged. These cries are a signal to the authors
nf his mischief, who rnn tn the snot, armed
with guns, bows and spears, and find no difficulty
in despatching their blind and wearied foe.
ENCOURAGING SUPERSTITION.
Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of the Court
of King's Bench, was very wild in his youthful
days. Being at one time on a trip to one of the
rural districts, he found himself out of funds, and
had to use his wits to pay his expenses. Arriving
at a village inn, he ordered his horse stabled, and
supper and iodgtngtbr hi waelf. - Having done this
he strolled into the kitchen, where he espied a little
girl shivering with the ague. On the inquiry
of the landlady, he learned that the sufferer was
her only child, and that she had been afflicted in
that way for nearly a year in spite of various med
icines. The future judge gravely shook his head
at the doctors, and bade the despairing mother and
the child to be under no further concern about the
case, for he could prevent the return of the chill
without fail.
He at once wrote a few unmeaning words, in a
bold and showy hand?a "court hand" the chronicler
tells us?on a scrap of parchment such as was
in use then, (1709), and this he directed to be
rolled up and bound to the girl's wrist. Holt remained
at the tavern a week, during which time
there was no return whatever of the disease.
When Be called for his bill, the delighted mother
replied: "God bless you, sir, you're not in my
debt at all! To the contrary, I wish I was able to
pay you for the cure of my daughter. Oh ! if 1
had had the happiness to see you ten months ago,
it would have saved me ?40, at least, paid for
doctors' bills and medicines 1"
Young Holt pretended when he left, to accept
his week's board, as a compensation, with great
reluctance, although he had not a shilling in his
nocket
Many years had elapsed since this event, and
the wild rover had become a Judge. It so happened
that the circuit to which he was assigned
embraced the county in which the old landlady
kept her tavern. Among the prisoners brought
before him for trial, was an old woman accused for
witchcraft. In support of this accusation several
witnesses swore that the old woman had a spell,
by which she could cure sick cattle or make well
ones sick?they had" detected her in doing this,
and were ready to produce the "spell"
The Judge required the "spell" to be handed
up to him. This having been complied with, he
proceeded to unwrap a dirty ball, enveloped with
rags and bound with pack-thread, which resulted
in his finding his own parchment charm, rolled up
precisely as when he handed it to his relying and
grateful hostess, in the long past days of his rakish
boyhood!
Thunderstruck, his lordship remained silent for
a moment, as if making an effort of re-assuranoe,
and then proceeded to charge the jury to the following
eflTpot "Ironriomon, I rmiot now rolatQ on
incident of my own life, which will seem to ill-befit
my present station till I shall have fully explained
all the circumstances. But to conceal the
fact would be to aggravate a folly of my youth, for
which I would fain atone, as well as to endanger
innocence and encourage superstition. This bauble,
which the witnesses Lave testified of as having
the power of life and death, is a senseless scroll
which I wrote with my own hand and gave to this
wofpan as a cure for disease, and for no other reason
than a sincere belief in its virtue as such, she
ia nnw ofwiaod nf f>rinn? r?f witohnrftft !"
It is further related that the Judge, after more
particularly narrating the circumstances of his cure
of the ague with this "charm," charged the jury
so effectively in favor of acquittal, that not only
was the poor old supposed "witch" discharged
without punishment, but an end put to trials for
witchcraft in his circuit, if not throughout England.
I think I need add nothing farther in order to
claim a verdict from the readers of the Herald of
Health, sitting as my juiy, deciding that I have
successfully made out my case of the curative influence
of the mind. I could add from memory,
were it in accordance with my present purpose to
do so, 'more than one recovery from severe and
even dangerous illness, which appeared to me to
be fairly attributable much more to the influence
of the imagination than to the medicines administered,
if not, in fact, wholly attributable to the former
agency. And I think I might safely appeal
to my medical brethren, irrespectively of the school
of practice which they have adopted, for their experience
on this point, in the expectation of getting
their sanction to what I have here stated.
But enough for the present, to direct attention to
the inquiry I have thus started, as to the extent of
the influence of the mind in the cure of the diseases
of the body?a theme exceeded by few others
within the entire field of professional thought
COMMERCIAL HONOR.
An exchange in copying the following article,
says: "if all laws for the collection of debt were
abolished, we believe it would be vastly better for
the commerce of the world. Only men of Christian
honor and integrity could then obtain credit,
litigation would be diminished and financial crises
would be unknown. The Watchman and Reflector
has the following, bearing upon tins subject:
"Two centuries ago, it was thought an insult in
the Highlands of Scotland, to ask a note from a
debtor. It was considered the same as saying, "I
doubt your honor." If the parties had small business
matters to transact together, they stepped
out into the open air, fixed their eyes upon the
heavens, and each repeated his obligation with no
mortal witness. A mark was then carved in some
rock or tree near by, to be a remembrancer of the
compact Such a thing as a breach of contract
we are told, was then very rarely met with, so highly
did the people regard their honor, and so truly
did they fear Him beneath whose eye they had
performed such acts.
When the march of improvement brought in the
new mode of doing business, they were often pained
with these innovations. An anecdote is handed
down of a farmer who had been to the Lowlands
and learned worldly wisdom. On returning to his
native parish, he had need of a sum of money, and
made bold to ask a loan of a gentleman of means,
named Stewart. This was cheerfully granted, Mr.
Stewart counting out the gold on his librae table.
This done, the farmer took a pen and wrote a receipt
; and offered it to the gentleman.
"What is this, man?" cried Mr. Stewart, sternly
eyeing the slip of paper.
"It is a receipt, sir, binding me to give ye back
yer gold at the right time," replied Sandy.
"Binding ye ? Well, my man, if ye canna trust
yersdf, I'm sure I'll na trust ye I Ye canna ha'
my gold? and gathering it up, he put it bade in
his desk and turned his key on it.
"But, sir, I might die," replied the canny
Scotchman, bringing up an argument in favor of
his new wisdom, "and my sons might refuse it to
ye. But this bit o' paper wad oompel them."
"CompeZthemto sustain a dead father's honor 1"
cried the high-minded Scotchman. "They'll need
compelling to do right if this is the road ?er leading
them! I'll neither trust ye nor them. Ye can
gang elsewhere for money! But ye'll find nane in
this parish that'll put more faith in a bit o' paper
than in a neighbor's word o' honor and his fear o'
God!" .
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GEN. LEE AND THE OLD 8QLDIEB.
One of General Lee's family tells of a most touching
incident that occurred between the General
and an old soldier, soon after the surrender. It is * ?
as follows:
"An old man, tall, rough and ragged, but a true
hearted Virginian, from the mountains, called at
the residence of the General, and speaking low,
said: . "Ginral, I have come down' here So take
you and your wife and darter up to our place in
the mountains?the Yankees has cotched President
norio onrl lvi nrt/N) ?imi mvn Yinfna
A/ttf lO) ouu VUVJ U W MMM tyVMf DUiV vuvj iiai^o
you, Ginral, kase you licked 'em so. I haint no*
niggers to wait on you, but me and the old woman
will do it; and lowering hie voioe to a whisper, fie
continued, "Ginral, there's a place up thar where
' you can hide, and nary Yankee can .find ye."?
"But," said the General, "you would not have
me, your General, hide away from the Yankees?"
"But, Ginral, 'taint no fair fight now. lbey'fl
sneak up unbeknownst, and if they cotch you they
will hang you sure."
"The General satisfied the old fellow that there
was no danger of his hanging, and said, looking
pitifully at the stockingless feet and tattered
clothes, "Wait my kind friend, while I go up
stairs." He went up and returned with a package
.which he gave to the old man, saying, "Some kind *
Baltimore ladies have sent me some nice clothing?more
than I need. 1 have put up here a*part
of it for you, you will accept it and wear it for the
sake of your old commander and friend ? The old
uian held the package at arms length for a moment
or two, then pressing it to his bosom and folding his
arms over it, he held it there. Big tears idled
down his farrowed cheeks. Soon as he could
speak, he said: "Me wear these clothes, Gimeall
No?not while I live, but I'll keep them tail I die,
and they'll put them on the old man when his work
is done and they lay him in his ooffin. I'll sleep
sweet in them, Ginral, sure I" He went out sobbing,
and holding the bundle to his breast as he
would have done an infant I believe my father
was crying too?I know that I was."
TRIAL OF BURR FOR TREASON.
Aaron Burr was tried for treason at Richmond.
commencing May 22,1807. The Timet of that city /
says:
The trial took place in tin present hall of the
House of Delegates, and the straggle for admission
was terrible. So great was the number of distin- *
guished persons claiming seats within the bar, that
lawyers of twenty year's standing were excluded
from their accustomed seatSL Among the young
men of the town who had succeeded in forcing their
way in was Winfield Scott, who clambered up and
stood for many hours on the massive lock of the
door of the halL Jostice Marshall presided at the
trial, assisted by Cyrus Griffin, Judge of the District
Courtof Virginia. George Hay was the United
States District Attorney, and with him were " '
associated Alexander McCrea, who at the time of
the trial was Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia.
Edmund Randolph, John Wickham, Luther Margin,
Benjamin Botto, and "Jack Bakar," appeared
for Burr.
The grand juries of those days were composed of
the most eminent and distinguished men in the
State, and we find a United States Senator (Giles)
among the grand jurors, who was withdrawn is
consequence of his "prejudice against the accussed."
John Randolph, the great orator of Roanoke,
was the foreman of the grand jury.
After the finding of a true bill, fourteen days were
spent in getting an impartial jury who had "neither
formed nor expressed an opinion as to the guilt
of the accused." The trial lasted ten days longer,
when the jury returned the qualified verdict of acquittal
: "We, of thejuiy, say that Aaron Burr
is not proved to beguilty, under the indictment, by
any evidence submitted to us." This verdict was
finally changed to one of not guilty.
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A Horrible Scandal.?The Round Table
publishes a startling article upon drunkenness among
women. It says the vfoe is prevalent among
fashionable ladies, and tjiat some of the most eletrnnt,
nf thf-m will nam thia fmmmpr nnt At Sarnirv
ga or Newport, as usual, but at an asylum for inebriates.
The writer intimates that the vioe of
fashionable drinking is now more prevalent among
the ladies than among the gentlemen of this oountry:
that certain dress-makers make it a point to
furnish their customers with drink, while in some
stores bottles of wine are also kept on hand for lady
shoppers, and in others the merchants allow their
boys to go to the nearest bar-room for liquor when
ladies desire it Whiskey and brandy are the favorite
drinks of these ladies, and as some of the
saloons they frequent do not have these liquors on
the bill of tare, a neat little sign?"If you don't see
what you want, ask for it," gives the hint to the
initiated. In dress makers' bills the significant
item "small trimmings" often covers up the expense
of liquors which the lady has ordered through
the modistes who panders to her vitiated taste,
while at the watering places a bribe to the waiter
procures a secret supply of liquor, which, by the
connivance of the landlord, is charged as "extra
luncheons." It is asserted that girls of eighteen,
daughters of most respectable New York merchant^
have been grossly intoxicated in Broadway
stages and upon the public streets, and that no superiority
of intellect or social position is sufficient
to guard a lady against this vice.
Sketches of the Delegates to the Contention.?It
is announced that these sketches, which
have been published in the Charleston Mercury
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trom day to day tor some time past, nave oeen collected,
and will be published from that office, complete.
Price of the whole series of sketches, including
some incidents and other interesting matter,
twenty-five cents per single copy, or five copies
for a dollar.
a?" J. J. McGowan, tax collector of Chatham
County, Ga., was arrested, Thursday, by themOita-.
ry, for refusing to carry out a general order from
the Military Commander of the Third District, requiring
him to collect taxes, which conflicted with
Governor Jenkins' instructions requiring him to
suspend the collection of State taxes.
In Trouble.?A Washington dispatch states
that letters have been received in that city from
the Secretary of the Mississippi Convention, announcing
that unless the law requiring the vote to
be cast by the majority of the registered voters be
rene&led. the Constitution framed in that State will
fail, just as the Alabama Constitution did.
B8PEngland seems to be thoroughly frightened
by the Fenians. The English Government has determined
to fortify all its police stations, and has
begun with thoaeof London, which are now provided
with bullet-proof iron shatters, "and stocked
with small arms and ammunition.
JQT* Candler, a degenerate North Carolinian, and
delegate to the Gorilla Convention, was forced to
acknowledge, a few,^7? since, that after volunteer'
, ing in the Confederate army, he deserted to the
enemy. Gallant Candler !? Wdmtngton Star.
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S&- Several clerks in the Revenue office at New
Orleans have beendoing a good business stealing
cotton permits and selling them on the street - -