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VOLUME YI.-NUMBER 739.3t
CHARLESTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1868.
[EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Oar European Dispatches.
[PER ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.]
RESIGNATION OF LORD DEBBY AS PREMIER-FOR
E1GN MARKETS.
LONDON, February 25-Evening.-The Liver
pool Courier of this morning contained a re
' port that Lord Derby had resigned the pre
miersliip, and that his lesignation had boen
accepted by the Queen. During the day the
news was confirmed. It was also ascertained
that Disraeli would succeed Lord Derby as
Prime Minister, at the same time retaining his
present post. In the House of Lords, this
afternoon, Earl Malmesbury announced that
Lord Derby had tendered his resignation on
account of ill health, and her Majesty had
called upon the present Chancellor of the Ex?
chequer (Disraeli) to ferm a new cabinet. Lord
Bussell and others expressed their sympathy
for Lord Derby, and hoped he might recover
1 and resume his poBt of the head of the min?
istry. In the House of Commons the announce?
ment of the resignation of Lord Derby was
made by Lord Stanley and responded tc by Mr.
Gladstone, who, with much delicacy and tool?
ing, expressed his sorrow. The transaction of
business in the House was postponed to Fri lay.
LONDON, February 27-Evening.- The bul?
lion has decreased in the Bank ?157,000. Se?
curities unchanged.
LrvEBPooL, February 27-Noon.--Cotton
quiet; sales 10,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL, February 27-2 P. M.-Cotton
dull and declined ?d.; Uplands 9jfd.; to arrive,
9jd.; Orleans 9jd. Lard 61s.
LIVERPOOL, February 27-Evening-Cotton
closed dull but steady; Uplands 9Jd. on the
spot; afloat, 9Jd.; Orleans 9ja9jd. Breadstuff's
and provisions unchanged.
Ocr Washington Dispatches.
DESTRUCTION OF COTTON CLAIM PAPERS-AD?
MISSION OF ALABAMA-THE THOMAS AND STAN?
TON IMBROGLIO.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-A fire at the
corner of Fifteenth and F streets has destroyed
a large amouut; of proofs and documents in tho
cotton cases, principally from Savannah and
Charleston. 1 he owners and counsel will he
seriously inconvenienced.
The Iowa State Democratic Convention have
elected delegates .favorable to Pendleton, and
have instructed them to vote as such.
The impeachment matter made no progross
to-day.
Several parties interested in Alabama's ad?
mission were belore tho Reconstruction Com?
mittee to day urging promptness.
Thomas lays his damages against Stanton
at $250,000. He has apphed for a quo warranlo
against Stanton. The President takes no part
in the proceedings.
Congressional Proceedings.
A Orv FAWKES PLOT DISCOVERED-CONGRESS TO
BE BLOWN UP WITH NITRO-GLYCERINE-RAIL?
ROAD SYSTEM OF THE SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, Febiuary 27_IN THE SENATE
tho proceedings are not of genoral interest.
IN THE HOUSE a bill was presented for bridg?
ing tho Ohio at Paducah. Baum, of Illinois,
opposed the bill, becauso the who?', railroad
system or the South was guagod 'afferently
from Northern roads, expressly in view of tho
separation ot th?* two sections. The bill was
passed.
A bill lor constructing a postal bridge over
the Ohio, at Licking River, was passed.
The consideration of the Civil Appropriation
bill was resumed.
Mr. Colfax road to the House a letter from
tho Chief of Police- in New York to the Chief
at Washington, containing a statement that T.
P. Shaffucr reported that ono hundrod and
sixty pounds of nitro-glycerine was in unau?
thorized hands. The New York Chief feared
that it was intended for Washington. The
^communication seemed to create more alarm
than meniment.
Tho House afterward adjourned.
The Reconstruction Conventions.
NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIGH, February 27.-The convention met,
and adjourned at an carly hour to attend tho
Radical nominating convention. Up to half
past three P. M. that body had made the fol?
lowing nominations : For Governor, W. W.
Holden; Lieutenanl-Governor, Todd a. Cald?
well; Secretary of State H. J. Meningcr, of
Ohio; Public Treasurer, D. A. Jenkins, of
Gaston; Auditor, Henderson Adams, of David?
son; Superintendent of Public Works, C. L.
Harris, of Wake; Superintendent of Public In?
struction, Rev. S. S. Ashley, of Massachusetts;
Judgo of tho Supreme Court, R. M. Pearson;
the present Chief Justice, R. P. Dick, of Guil?
ford; W. B. Rodman, and perhaps two moro.
The Superior Court. judgeB of the different cir?
cuits have not been all nominated. Tho fol?
lowing Congressional nominations were made :
John R. Frenoh, of Washington, D. C.; Colonel
David Heaton, of Ohio; Colonel J. T. Deweese,
of Illiooie. It was said thit J. H. Harris, a
negro, was tho first n< 'mineo, but declined, as
the Radicals in Congress did not wish negroes
electod to that body.
GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, February 27.-It was resolved in
convention to-day that tho State capital bo ro
moved from Milledgoville to Atlanta-yeas 99,
nays 30.
MISSISSIPPI.
JACKSON, February 27.-A resolution was
adopted thanking Congress for impeaching ihe
r President. Tho Bill of Rights was under con?
sideration, and sections wero adopted prohibit?
ing duelling, defining treason against tho State
and prohibiting property or educational quali?
fications for electors. Tho other business was
uuimportaut._
The Alabama Ejection.
MONTGOMERY, February 27.-The returns
from all tho countios in which elections are
held have been received, but their publication
ia still forbidden.
Murder lin Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, February 27.-A negro man
who was known to be opposed to tho League,
and who usod his influence to keep negroes
from voting, was killed by a violent Radical ne?
gro last Monday night, about twenty miles
from this city.
-Market Reports.
NEW YOBK, February 27.-Noon.-Sterling
9.j. Old Bonds 10|. Gold il?. Flour 10a20c.
lower. WI:eat drooping. Com 1 cent better.
Mess Pork bettor at $25. Lord firm at 15$alG$
cents. Cotton drooping at 22a22?c. Turpen?
tine 72Ja73k. Rjsin firm.
Evening-Cot toa dull and a bhade easier.
Sales 2300 bales, at 22a22Jc. Breadstuffs hea?
vier but prices unchanged. Naval Stores un?
changed. Freights duli and easier. Govern?
ments closed steady. Exchange 9$a9i. Gold
41ja4Li.
BALTIMORE, February 27.-Cotton very dull
and drooping. Flour very dull. Wheat dull,
and nominally unchanged. Corn declined 2a3c.
Provisions very aetive. Bacon finn; Shoulders
12jc; clear ribbed Sides 15c. Lard 16|al7c.
CLVCTNNATI, February 27.-The Western mar?
kets are not materially ehaDged. Provisions
very stiff, with a tendency upward.
AUOUSTA, February 27.-Cotton dull and
easier; salea 425 bales; receipts 1082 balos;
Middlings 20?c.
SAVANNAH, February 27_Cotton quiet and
declined ?c.; Middlings 22c; sales 725 bales; re?
ceipts 2766 bales. Receipts for the week 170
Sea Islands and 22,653 Uplands. Exports to
Liverpopl 801 Sea Islands and 19,284 Uplands;
coastwise 10,596 Uplands. Stock 1907 Sea
Islands and 60,545 Uplands. Receipts for the
season 8103 Sea Islands and 895,345 Uplands.
Exports to England 2477 Sea Island and 150,194
Uplands; to tho continent 74 Sea Islands and
11.588 Uplands; coastwise 3827 Sea Islands and
175,523 Uplands.
MOBILE, February 27.-Cotton closed quiet.
Middlings 20s>21c. Sales 2800 bales. Receipts
1000 bales. Exports 4145 balos.
WzumrOTOH, February 27. -Turpentine 65c.
Rosiu weak; No. 2 $2 50. Cotien quiet; Mid?
dlings 20jc. Tar steady at $2 35.
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S MESSAGE IN
VINDICATION OF HIS COURSE.
THAD. STEVENS' SPEECH ON IMPEACH?
MENT.
INTERESTING ACCOUNTS FROM WASHING'O ON
The columns of tho Northern papers are
crowded with dispatchos and correspondence
from Washington. From the mass of interest?
ing news matter which they contain, we select
what is most important and readable.
THE PRESIDENT ON THE BEMOVAL OF STANTON
AN ABLE VINDICATION OF THE PROCEEDING.
Tho following is President Johnson's mes
sago sent to tho Senate on Monday, of which
we gave a^synopsis yesterday:
To tho Senate of the United States: I have
received a copy of tue resolution adopted by
tho Senate on tue 21st instant, as follows:
''Whereas tho Senato have received and con?
sidered the communication of the President
stating that he had removed Edwin M. Stan?
ton, .Secretary of War, and had designated the
tho Adjutant-General of the army to act as
Secretary of War ad inierim; thereforo
"Resolved by the Senate of the United
States, That under tho Constitution and laws
of tho United States the President has no
power to remove the Secretary of War and de
s?gnate any other officer to perform the duties
of that office ad inierim."
This resolution is confined to tho power of
the President to remove the Secretary of War
and to designate another officer to perform tho
duties of the office ad interim, and by its pre?
amble is made expressly applicable lo the re?
moval of Mr. Stanton, and the designation to
act cd interim of tho Adjutant-General of the
army. Without, therelore, attempting to dis?
cuss the general power of removal as to all i
officers, upon which subject no expression of
opinion is contained in the resolution, I shall
confine myself to the question as thus lim- i
itod-tho power to remove the Secretary of
War. i
It is declared in tho resolution "that under I
tho Constitution and laws of the United States
thc President has no power to rcmovo tho Sec- I
retary of War and designate any other officer ?
to perform the duties of that office ad interim." I
As to the question of power under the consti- i
tution I do nut proposo at present tu enter up- ?
on its discussion. The uniform practice from 1
thc beginning uf the government, as establish- i
ed by every President who has exercised tho t
office, and tho decisions of the Suprome Court i
of tho United States, have settled the question |
in favor of the power of tho President to re- (
move all officers excepting a class holding ap- (
point men ta ot a judicial character. Ko prac- <
tice, or any decision, has excepted a Secretary i
of War from this general power of tho Pres?- 1
dent to make removals ironi office. It is only :
necessary, then,- that I should rofcr to the
power of tho Executive, under tho lawB of tho i
United States, to remove from iffice a Sccre- I
tary of War. The resolution denies that un- ]
der these laws this power has any existence, i
lu other words, it affirms that i:o such author- ]
ity is recognized or given by tho statutes of ?
tho country. What, then, are tho laws of tho <
United States which deny the President the <
power to remove that officer ? I know but two I
Lws which bear upon this question. The first !
in order of time is the act ot August 7th, 1789, >
creating the Department of War, which, after i
providing for a Secretary as its principal offi- <
cor. proceeds as follows : 1
"Sec. 2. And bo it further enaded, That
there shall bo in tho said department an mfe- '
rior officer, to be appointed by the said princi?
pal officer, to b? employed therein as ho bhall I
deem proper, to be "ailed tho chief clerk in tho '
Department of War, and who, whenever the
said princ pal officer shall bo removed from of- i
lico by the President of the United States, or 1
in any other case of vacancy, shall, during 1
such vacancy, hovo the charge and custody of
all records, books and papers appertaining" to
tho said department." i
It is clear that this act, pissed by a Congress
many of whoso members participated in tho
formation of tho constitution, so far from de- :
nvmg the power of the President to remove tho
Secretary ol Wiur, recognizes it as existing in
the Executive alone, without the concurrence
ot the Senate or of any other department of the
government. Furthermore, this act does not
purport to confer tho power by legislative au?
thority, nor in fact was there any other existing
legislation through which it was brought upon
tho Executive.
The recognition of the power by this act is
therefore complete as a recognition under the
constitution itself, lor there was no other
sourie or authority from which it could be de?
rived. Tho other act which refeis to this
question is that regulating the tenure of cer?
tain civil officers, passed by Congress on thc
second day of March, 1867. Tho first section
of that act is in tho following words: "That
any person holding any civil office to which ho
has boen appointed by* and with the advice and
consent of the Sonate, and any person who
bhall hereafter be appointed to any such office,
and shall becjnic qualified to act therein, is
und shall bc entitled to hold such office until a
successor shall have been in liko manner ap?
pointed and duly qualified, except as herein
otherwise provided. Provided that thc Secre?
taries ol'State, of tue Treasury, of War, of tho
Navy, and of the Interior, the Postmaster-Gen?
eral aud the Attorney-General, shall hold their
offices respectively for and during tho term of
the President by whom they may have boon
appointed, und tor one month thereafter, sub?
ject te' removal by and with tho advice und
eonscnt ci ihe Senate."
The fourth section o.; thc same act rostricts
the term of offices to tho limit proscribed by
thc law creating them. That part of the first
seetiou which precedes the proviso declares
that every poison holding a civil office to which
nc has beon or may bc appointed, by and with
the advice and comen: of the Senate, shall
hold such office until a successor shall have
been in like manner appointed. It purports to
take Crom the Executive, during tho fixed time
established for tho tenure of the office, thc in?
dependent power of removal, and to require
for such removal tho concurrent action of the
President and the Senate. The proviso that
follows proceeds to fix the tenn of office of
seven heads of departments whose tenure ne?
ver had been defined before, by prescribing
that they "shall hold their offices, respectively,
for and "during tho terni of the President by
v.hom they may have boen appointed, and for
ono month thereafter, subject to removal by
and with thc advice and consent of thc Sen
* Thus, as to these enumerated officers, Ihe
proviso takos from the President the power of
removal except with tho advice and consent of
lae fccnale. By its termSj before he can be de?
prived of the power to displace them, it. must
appear that be himself has appointed them.
It is only iu that case that they have any ten?
ure ot office or any independent right to hold
during tho term of the President, and for one
mouth after the cessation of his official fans
tions.
Thc proviso, therefore, gives no tenure of
office to any one of these officers who has been
nppoiuted by a former President beyond one
month after thc accession of his successor.
In the case of Mr. Stanton, the onlv appoint?
ment under which he held the office of Sacre
taiy of War waa that conferred upon him 1
mv immediate predecessor, with the advice ai
consent of tho Senate. Ho has never he
from me any appointment as thc head of tl
War Department. Whatever risht he had
hold the office was derived from that origin
appointment and mv own sufferance.
The law was not intended to protect such i
incumbent of the War Department by taliir
from the President the power to remove bit
This, in my judgment, is perfectly eic?r, ar
the law itself admits of no othor just constru
tion. We find in all that portion of thc fin
section which preceds the proviso that as i
civil officers generally, tho President is deprr
ed of tho power of removal; and it is plain thi
if there had been no proviso, that power woul
just as clearly have been taken from him, 6
far as it applies to the seven heads of thc di
parlments, but for reasons which wore n
doubt satisfactory to Congross, theso priucipi
officers wcro specially provided tor. and as t
thom the express and only requirement is tbs
tho President who has appointed them sha
non, without the advice aud consent ol' th
Senate, remove thom from office. Tho cousc
quince is that as to my cabinet, embracing th
seven officers designated iu tue first secMor.
the act takes from me the power, without th
concurrence of the Senate, to remove any on
of them that I have appointed, but docs no
protect such of them as I did not appoint, no
give to them any tenure of office beyond ra;
pleasure.
Aa examination of this act, then, shows tba
while in one part of tho section provision i
made for officers generally, in another clause
there is a clasB of officers designated by thct
official titles, who are excepted by Ihe ?enera
tents of tho law, and in roterencoto whom i
clea:.- distinctiuction is made as to tho genera
power of removal limitorl in the first clause o
the section. This distinction is that as to sucl
of these enumerated officers as hold under tin
appointment of tho President, thc power of rc
moral eau only be exercised by him with th<
consent of tho Sonato, while as to thoso win
have not been appointed by him there is n(
.like denial of his power to displaco them. Il
would be a violation of tho plain moaning ol
this enactment to place Mr. Stanton upon thc
samo footing as thoso heads of departments
who havo been appointed by myself. As tc
him, this law Rives him no tenure of office.
Tho members of my cabinet who have boon
appointed by mo are, by this act, entitled tc
hold for ono month after tho terni of my office
ebal, cease; but Mr. Stanton could not, against
tho '.rishes of my successor, hold a m ment
thereafter. If he were permitted by that suc?
cessor to hold for tho first two weeks, would
that successor have no power to remove him V
But the power of my successor over him could
bc na greater than my own. If my successor
would have tho power to remove MT. Stanton
after permitting him to remain a period of two
weeks because lie was not appointed by bim,
but by his predecessor, I, who havo tolera!ed
Mr. Stanton for moro than two years, certainly
havo the samo right to remove him. and upou
tho Bame ground, namely, that ho was not ap?
pointed by mo, but by my predecessor.
Tinier this construe t?o.1 ol tho Tenure of
Office act, 1 have nover doubted m j po a er to
remove Dlr. Stanton. Whether the net waa
constitutional or not it was always my opinion
that it did not secure him from iemoval. 1
was, howovcr, aware that there were doubts
as to the construction cf tho law, and from tho
first I deemed it desirable that at tho earliest
possible moment those doubts should bo set?
tled, and the truo construction ol' tho act fixed
bv tho decision of tho Supremo Court ol tho
U*nik-d States. My order of suspension, III
August last, was intended to placo tho case in
such a position as would make a resort to a
judicial decision buth necessary ind proper.
My understanding and wishes, however, under
that order of suspension, were frustrated, and
the late order for Mr. Stanton's removal was a
further step towards thc ac oniplishmcut of
that purpose.
I repeat that my own convictions as to thc
ruo construction of tho law, and as to its con?
stitutionality, were well settled and were sus
ained bv every momberoi my Cabinet, includ
ng Mr. Stanton himself. Vyw ?hu ,^cation
>r constitutionality each ono in turn deliberate
y advised mc that I ho Teuuro of Office act was
unconstitutional. Upon thc question whether,
is to those members who wcro appointed by
ny predecessor, that act took from nie 'ho
lower to remove them, one ol' those members
;mpbatically stated, in tho presence of the
itheru sitting in Cabinet, that they did not
lome within thc provisions of thc act, and it
vas no protection to them; no ono dissented
rom this ctn.st ruction, and I understood them
ill to acquiesce in its correctness.
lu s. matter of buch grave consequence I was
lot disposed to rest upon my < wu opinions,
ihoutih lortilied by my constitutional advisers.
[ have therefore sought to bring the question
it as early a day as possible before tho Su?
premo Court of the United States for final and
nithoritative decision. In respect to no mucii
it tho resolution as rel des to the designation
jf an officer to act as Socictary of War ad m
ermt, I havo only to say that 1 haro exercised
ibis power under the provisions of tho first
jectiou of the act of February 13, 1795, which,
?o far as they are applicable to vacancies
caused by removals, 1 understand to bo still in
loree. The legislation upon thc subject of a '
interim appointments in thc executive depart?
ment!) stands as to tho War Office as iollows:
Tho second tcction ol'thc act of the 7th ol'Au?
gust, 1789, makes provision for a vacancy in the
very case of a removal of the head of the YVar De?
partment, and upon such a vaca .cy gives tho
charge and custody of tho record.-, books and
pipers to the chief clerk. Next, by Hie act ol'
tho llth of May, 1792, section eight, il is pro?
vided that in easo of vacancy occasioned by
death, absence from thu seat ol' government,
or sickness of tho head of the War Depart?
ment, tho President may authorize a person tu
perform the duties of tho ofiico until a succes?
sor ii; appointed or tho disability removed.
Th? act, it will bo ob erved, does not pr?vido
for the case of a vacancy caused by removal.
Then by the first section of the act of, Febru?
ary :.3th, 1795, il is provided that in cato of
any vacancy the President may appoint :i per?
son :o perform tho duties while tho vacancy
exist?. These acts arc followed by that of the
20th February, 18G3, by thc first section of
whicli provision is agcin made fo? a vacancy
caused by death, resignation, absence Crom tho
seat of government, or sick;.ess of tL.o head ol
any executive department of ino government;
and upon thc occurrence of such a vucancy,
power is given to the Presid? ut to authorize
tho head of any other executive department,
or oilier officer" iu oither of said depart? nen I s
whoso appointment is vested in tho President,
at his discretion, to perform tho duties of the
said respective offices until :t successor be ap?
pointed, or until such absence of inability by
sickness shall cense; provided that no one va?
cancy shall be supplied in manner aforesaid for
a lunger term than six mouths.
This law, with some modifications, re-enacts
thc acts of 1792, and provides, t's did that net,
for the sort of vocaucios sn to be lilied, but like
tho act of 1792, it makes no prensi?n for a va?
cancy occasioned by removal. It hus reference
altogether to vacuuc? s arising from other
causes. According to my const ruction of tho
act of 1863, while it impliedly repeals Uto ?ct
of 1792, regulating the Vacancies therein des?
cribed, it has no bearing whatever upon so
much of tho act of 179.") as applies to a vacan.y
caused by removal. The act ol' 1793, therotore,
furnishes the rule tor a vacancy occasioned by
removal-one of Hie vacancies expressly refer?
red Lo m tho act of the 7th ol' August, 1789,
creating tho department of war.
Certainly there is no express repeal by tho
actof 1868 Of tho at tot' 1793. Thc repeal, if
there is any, is by implication, and can only bo
admittod so far as tuero ?s a clear inconsisten?
cy between tho nets. Thc ?iel uf 1793 ls incon?
sistent with that ol'1803 us to a Vacancy occa?
sioned by death, r situation, absence or sick?
ness; but not at all inconsistent as to a vacancy,
caused hy removal.
It is assuredly proper lhat the President
should have tho same power to fill temporali!y
a vacancy occasioned by removal as he hu? lo
supply a place nude vacant by death or expi?
ration of term. If, for instance, the hicamb
ent of an office should bc found to bc wholly
unti; to exercise its functions, and the public
service should require b's immediate expul?
sion, a remedy should exist :iud bc at once ap?
plied and time bc allowed the President to se?
lect andappoiut a successor, as is permitted
him in case of a vacancy caused by death or
the termination of an official term.
The necessity, therefore, for an ad interim
appointment is just as great, and indeed may be
greater in cases of removal than in any oihciu.
Before it bo hold, therefore, that the power
given by the act ol' 1793 in cases of removal ;s
abrogated by succeeding legislation, an ex?
press repeal ought to appear. So wholesome a
power should certainly not bo taken away by
by loose implication. It may be, however, that
in this, as in other cisesof implied repeal,
doubts may arise. It is confessedly one ol' the
most subtle and dc'oatcablo questions which
anse in the constructioa of statutes.
I If upon such a question I have fallen into
! an erroneous construction, I submit whether
? it should bo characterized as a violation of offi
? cial duty and of law. I havo deemed it proper,
! in vindication oi the course which I have con?
sidered it my duty to take, to place before thc
Senate tho reasons upon which I have based
my action.
Although I have been advised by every mem
I ber of my cabinet that the Tenure of Office
! act is unconstitutional and therefore void, and
i although I havo expressly concurred in that
opinion in the veto message which I had the
honor to submit to Congress when I returned
thc bill for reconsideration, I have refrained
from makins a removal of any officer contrary
to tho provisions cf the law, and have only
exercised that power in the case of Mr. Stan?
ton, which, in my judgment, did not como
within its provisions. I have endeavored to
proceed with the groatcst circumspection, and
have acted only in an extreme and exceptional
case, carefully following the course which I
have marked out for myself, aa a general rulo,
faithfully to execute all laws, though passod
over my objections, on the score of constitu?
tionality. In the present instance I have ap?
pealed, or sought to appeal, to that final arbi?
ter fixed by th J constitution for ?he determina?
tion of ah* such questions. To this course I
havo been impelled by the solemn obligations
which rest upon me to sustain inviolate the
powers of the high office committed to my
bands. Whatever may be the consequences,
merely personal to myself, I could not allow
them to prevail against a public duty so clear
to my own mind and so imperativo. If what
was possible had been certain ; if I had boen
fully advised when I removed Mr. Stanton
that in thuB defending the trust committed to
my hands my own removal was Bore to follow,
I could not have hesitated, actuated by pub?
lic considerations of tho highest character. I
earnestly ptotest against the resolution of tho
Senate, which charges me in what I have done
with a violation of tho Constitution and laws of
the United States.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington D. C., February 22, 1868.
THE SPEECH OF THAD. STEVENS Di CLOPING THE
IMPEACHMENT DEBATE ON MONDAY.
The following is a full report of the speech
delivered in tho House of Representatives, by
old Thad. StcvcnB, of Pennsylvania, just pre?
vious to tho vote on impeachment :
Mr. Stevens.-I agreo with the gentlemen
who have precoded mo that this is a grave sub?
ject and should bo vory gravely treated. It is
important lo the high official who is the sub?
ject of these charges, and it is important to a
nation of forty millions of people, now freo
and rapidly increasing to hundreds of millions.
Tho official character of tho chief executive of
thid great nation being involved, the charge,
if falsely made, is a cruol wrong.
If, on the other hand, tho misdemeanors and
usurpations charged agaiual him*aro true, he
is guilty of as atrocious attempts to usurp thc
liberty and destroy the happiness of this na?
tion as were ever perpetrated by tho most de?
testable tyrant who ever oppressed his fellow?
men. Lol us, therefore, diacusfl these ques?
tions, in no partisan spirit, but with legal
accuracy and impartial justice. The people
desire ho victim and they will enduro no
usurper.
Tho charges, so far as I shall aiscuss them,
aro few mid distinct. Andrew Johnson is
chargod with attempting to usurp tho powers
ol' other branches ol tho government; with al?
ternats (o obstruct and resist tho executio of
(he laws; with misprison and bribery, and with
tho open violation of laws which declaro his
acts misdemeanors, and subject him to fitiu
?iud imprisonment, and with removing from of?
fice tho Secretary of War during thc session of '
I ho Senate, without tho advice or consent of
tho Sonate, and with violating the Bixlh sec?
tion of tho act entitled ' an act regulating the
tenure of certain civil offices." Thero aro other
offences charged in the papers referred to the
committee which 1 may consider moio by
themselves.
lu ord..'.- to sustain impoacv.niont unoW ?ur
tonstitutiou I du not bold th.it IC m necessary
0 jin-vc a crime, as tu an indictable offence, or
iu act Midlum ut se. 1 agree with Mic distin?
guished gentleman from Pennsylvan in th.'
>tlier aide (Mr. woodward), who hula ' isto
iu a purely political proceeding. Il ie i. ?d
jd as a rciuody fur malfeasance in offico ai 'o
irovent tho continuance thereof. Beyond i. i
t is not intended as a pcrsuiial punishment 1
rast offences or tor futuro example Impeach
neut under our constitution is difforont from
m impeachment under the English law. Tho
'ramers of our constitution did not rely for
safety upon tho avenging danger of a Brutus,
jut provided peaceful romcdics which should
irevent thu uccossity. langland had two'sye
.enis of jurisprudence for thc trial ami impcach
ucnt ol common offenders and ono for tho trial
if men oi.higher status, whom it was found
lifficult to convict before tho ordinary tribu- '
lois.
This latter proceeding was by impeachment
jr bills of attainder, generally practiced to
punish official malefactors, but thc system soon '
Jcgcucratod into personal and political perse?
cution, and mon were triod, condemned and
sxeuuted by thc court IVoni malignant motives, i
Sucli was thu condition of tho English laws
when thc cons'ltution was framed, and thc con?
vention dctormiucd to provide against tho i
abuse of that high power, so that revenge and
punishment should not bo inflicted upon politi?
cal or personal enemies. Hero thc whole pun- i
?Bliment was made to consist in removal from I
offico, and bills ol attainder were wholly pro?
hibited. We are to treat thia question, then, ;
as wholly political, in which, it any officer of
the government, abuses Ins trust, or attempts
to pervert it to improper purposes, whatever
might bo bin motives, ho becomes subject to
impeachment and removal fr.un office.
The offence being Indictable docs not prevent
impeachment, but that is not neceas try lo sus?
tain it. Lbw is Ilia opinion <>f our elementary
writers, nor cali any case nf impeachment tried
in thi.i country be lound whero any attempt
\v;ts nude lo prove the offence criminal and in?
dictable. What, thou, aro thc official misde?
meanors of Andrew Johnson, disclosed bv tho
evidence V On the 2d day ot March, 18?7, Con
cress passed on ::C( entitled ''An act regulating
thc tonurc of certain civil offices.'' Among
other provisions it enactod that no olficor who
had beu'i appointed by and with the advice and
cousent o? tho Senate should be removed from
office without the consent of the '-ouate, and
that if during tho vacat ion a suspension should
be made for cause, such cause should bo re?
ported to the Senate within twenty days after
their next meeting. Ir the Sena:,? should doun
the reason of tho suspension sufficient, thou
the officer should bu removed and another ap?
pointed iii his stead; but if flic Senate should
re ruso to concur with tho President and de?
clare ilie reasons insufficient, then tho officer
suspended should forthwith resume tho func?
tion., of his office and the powers ol' tho person
performing its duties should cease. It is
especially provided that "ho Secretary of War
shall hold his office during the lorin of thc
Fro idont by whom he may have boon appoint?
ed, aud ono" month thoioaftcr, unless removed
bv and with thc consent of tho Senate as afore?
said. On Hie 12th of August, 1807, during tho
recess o?' thc Senate, tho President removed
1 he Secretary ol' Wir, whoso term of offico had
not expired) requiring him to surrender thc
ellice, willi the public property, and appointed
General U. S. Grunt Secretary of War ad in?
terim.
When Andrew Johnson assumed tho office,
he took the oath to obey the Constitution of
the Untied Sttttoa, and "to take care that the
lav.a be failli fully executed. This was a sol?
emn and oiiduriug obligation; nor can ho plead
oxomption from it on account of bis condition
di Ibu time it was administered. An attempt
to obst i liol tue execution of tho law-not a
ineio omission, amounting to n?gligence, which
would have bei n a misdemeanor, bu: a daring
ami bold conspiracy was attempted by him to
induce thu General of the army to aid him to
obstruct tbs ic*uni of thc rejected Secretary,
uotsvithstanding the Senate might decide in
bis favor. This is domed by the General, ami
'a question of veracity, IM I her angrily dis?
cussed, lia i arisen bel ween thom. Those
gentlemen seem to consul r that that question
tri one of importance to the public. In this
they aro mistaken; which ia the man of truth
and" windi is the man ol'falsehood is of no
more public importance than if it arose be?
tween two obscure individual J. If Mr. John
sou tolls the limb, then he is guilty ot' a high
official misdemeanor, for he avows his effort tn
prevent ibo execution ol' tho law. If the Gen?
eral Commanding tells the truth, then the
President is guilty ol' a high misdemeanor, for
he declares thc same thing ot the President,
den;.imf only his own complicity. No argu?
ment eau malte this point plainer than thu
statement of tho culprit. If he and thu Gen?
eral told the truth, then he committed wilful
perjurv bv refusing to take care that tho laws
should bo duly executed. To show the animus
and guilty knowledge with which this law was
violated, we havo only lo turn to the proceed?
ings ot the Senate notifying him of his illegal
and void conduct, and then to consider that he
baa sinco persisted in attempting to enforce
Indeed, to show his utter disregard of t
laws of his country, we have only to turn
his last annual message, in which he proclaii
to the public that the laws of Congress aro v
constitutional and not binding on the peop
Who, niter that, can say that such a man
(it to occupy the executive chair whose duty
is to inculcate obedience to and soe that the
very laws are laithfully obeyed? Then t
great beauty of this rem?diai* and prcveuti'
process is clearly demonstrated. He is di
and blind who cannot sec Us necessity and tl
beneficial purposes of tho trial by "irnpoac
meut.
By the sixth fiction of the ict referred to
is provided that "every removal, appointnie:
or employment rundo, had or exercised co:
trary to tho provisions of this act, and the mai
inc;, signing, scaling, countersigning or issi
ing of any commission or letter of authoril
for or in respect to any such apnointinont <
employment shall bo deemed and are herct
declarod to bo high misdemeanors, aud upc
trial and conviction thereof, every perso
guilty thereof shall bo punished by a fir
not exceeding SlO.?tlO, or by imprisonment nt
exceeding iivo years, or both such punier
merits, ut tho discretion of the court."
Now, in defianco of this law, Andrew Jobi
son, on tho 21st day of February, 1808, issue
his commission or "letter of authority to Ix
renzo Thomas, appointing him Secretary c
War act interim, and commanding him to tak
possessio J of tho Department of War, and t
eject thc incumbent, E. lil. Stanton, then i
lawtul possession of said office.
Here, if this act stood alone, would be ai
undeniable misdemeanor. Not only a misdo
meanor per sc., but declared to be so by th
act itscli, and the party made indictable am
punishable in a criminal proceeding. If An
drew Johnson escupes with bare removal frotl
offico-if ho bo not hued and incarcerated ii
tho penitentiary afterwards, under crimiun
proceedings-ho may thank tho weakness o
elem ney of Congress, and not his own inno
cence.
\\ n aimil propose to prove on tho trial tha
Andrew Johnson was quilty ol' misprison o
bribery by offering lo Gen. Grant, if lie woult
unite willi him in bis lawless violence, to as
sume in Iiis stead thc penalties and to cn dun
the imprisonment denounced by tho law
Bribery is one ol' the offences specifically enu?
merated for which the President may be in*
peached and removed from office.
By tho constitution, article 2, section 2, thc
President has power to nominate, and by and
with thc consent of tho Senate, to appoint all
officers of the United States whoso appoint
menta aro not therein otherwise provided for,
and which shall bc established by law, and to
lill up all vacancies that may happen during
tho recess of tho Senate by giving commis?
sions, which Miall cxpim at "thc end of thoir
next session.
Nowhero, cithor in tho constitution or by
statute, has tho President power to create a
vacancy during tho session of the Senate, and
lill it without the advico and consent of the
Senate; and yet, on tho 21st day of 1'ebruary,
18?8, while the Senate was in session, he noti
liod (lie head of the War Department that be
was removed from office, and his successor ad
interim appointed. Here is a plain recorded
violation of tho constitution and laws whicu,
if it stood nlono, would make every honest
an J inloiligent mau give his vote for impeach?
ment.
Tho President lind porsevorod in his lawless
course through a long scries of unjustifiable
acts. When tho so-cahed Confodoi ato States
of America ? ero conquered, and had laid down
their anns and surrendered their torritory to
thc victorious Union, the government and final
disposition of the conquered country belonged
to Congross alono, according to every principle
ol' thu law of nation-). Neither tue Executive
nor tlie judiciary had any right to interioro
with it, except HO fir as it was necessary to
control it by military rule, until thosovoreign
powor of tho nation lind provided for its civil
administration. No power bul Congress had
any right to s iv wheller ever or when they
idi.m-il lin fl(lmiH*rri t-?> Union a-j Ktnlci ai.U
entitled lo tho privileges ol' th J Constitution of
i ho United Stales.
And yet An :rew Johnson, with unblushing
hardihood, undertook to mle thomby his own
p wor alone, to lead thom into full communion
with ibo Union.direct them what governments
to erect and what constitutions to adopt, and
to scud Suintons nud Representatives to Con?
gress according to his instructions. When
dinonisliod by express act of Congress, moro
an once rcpcaloJ, he disregarded tho warn
u*,; and continued his lu.vless usurpation. Ho
is since known to have obstructed the re-es?
tablishment of thoso governments by tho au?
thority of Congress, and has advisou the in?
habitants to resist Hie legislation of Congress.
In my judgment his conduct with regard to
that transaction was a high-handed usurpation
of power, which ought long ago to have
brought him to impeachment and trial, and to
have removed him from his position of great
mischief. Ho lins been lucky in thus far escap?
ing through falde logic and false law. But his
llicn acts, which will on I ho trial bo shown to
IK atrocious, aro open evidence of his wicked
ietenni nation to subvert tho laws of his coun?
try.
I tru.-t that whon wc como to voto upon this
ru st ion wc shall roinenibcr that, although it
is tho duty of thc President to see that tho
laws bo executed, thu sovereign power of tho
nation rests in Congress, who have been placed
iround tho Executive as monuments to defond
his rights, and as watciimoii to enforce his
obedience to tho laws anti tho constitution.
Mis oath is lo obey the constitution, and ours is
to compel him to do it.
Wc aro to protect or to destroy tho liberty
?md happiness of a mighty people, und to take
caro that they progross in civilization and de?
fend thcm.se. ves ngaiust every kind of tyranny.
As wo deal with tho first gloat political malc
tactor, so will be the result of our efforts to
perpet?alo the happiness and good govern?
ment ol' tho Iranian race. Tho God of our
fut hers, who inspired i hem with thoughts of
universal freedom, will hold us responsible
for tho noble institutions which they projected
r.nd expcctetl n-< to carry out. Thia is not to
bc thc temporary triumph ol ;i political party,
but is tn endure in ita eonsMuenres until
this whola continent shall bc tilled with a free,
untrammelled people, or shall be a nest of
shrinking, cowardly slaves.
TPI1 rncsroEPt's VIEWS OF THE OODBSE OF GEN.
LORENZO THOMAS TOWARDS STANTON.
Thc Washington correspondent of tho Now
?ork Herald, writing on Monday, says:
Thc President seems more calm than during
tho two proceeding days, and talks much less,
it is said. I do not say on authority that he
has been Bom?what disappointed in tho turn
affairs have token, but his pinn waa not carried
out exactly its he hud designed. General
Thomas was not up to tho emergency, and
made a ecrioua blunder ni allowing Mr. Stanton
to remain even an hour in the War Oliico alter
his notification ot removal aud thc appoint?
ment of General Thon.as. Hud tho latter in?
sisted at the outset upon assuming control,
and demanded the symbols of authority, it is
believed that Mr. Stanton would have quietly
violdcd, and tho President would now be in a
Lotter position for testing thc case bet'no tho
courts.
As showing the private view ci tho Presi?
dent about tho blunder o-' General Thom is, let
mo relate on incideut 1 have heard Irom a
Hourco entitled to credit. When Gen. Thomas,
after his first interview with air. Stautoo, told
thc President whai li ld transpired, and that
he had allowed Mr. Stanton reusouable time
to arrange his documents and papers, the
President quickly remarked, "Well, General, l
oin air-aid Stanton wnl finnie vou alter all."
'.Mot at uh," aa id Thomas; "I will go thero
in too morning and take possession. Ther?
will be no trouble."
"But," replied thc President, ,;8Uppoao Stan?
ton locks Hie di or on you, andrefuses tolct you
in, what Ihen?"
"I will break open thc door," rejoined
Thomas.
"Oh, tut, lui, General, lint is not Ibo way
to do ot all," responded thc President.
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL THOMAS- U13
VERSION OF THE DIFFICULTY.
Thc same correspondent writes :
Your correspondent, in bia fugitivo pursuit
ot information bearing upon the present crisis,
called to-day upon Adjutant-General Loicnzo
Thomas, oronud whom at this particular mo?
ment so much in lei oat centres, as the ono who
has had tho temerity t'j "beard thc lion ia his
den,'' or, in other words, to grapple with thu
???uh ana mighty Stinton, the rough Cromwel?
lian idiosyucracy of this century. So far Gen?
eral Thomas is thc hero of the hour, the bold
pioneer who Ins ventured ou invad? n-j thc
pendrad .t ot thc War Department and at?
iera; ted overthrowing tho evil geuiofl of
the place. Your correspondent was rather
astonished to find General Thumas in a brame
of mind entirely at variance with one's precon?
ceived notions bf the condition in which a per
eon should feel whose recent action has so vi
lently disturb ed the equilibrium of the conn ti
In place of a ;jrave and troubled expressian
countenance, tue General wore ah the looks
one whose serenity and good humor no chan;
of circumstaices could alter. He had none i
the sinister, Cassius-like expression of a rev
lutionist, neither did be appear to wear tb;
look of defiant meaning which might be reach
assumed as i. consistent characteristic of 01
who has ven bured to act so daring a part. TJ
seems about nixty years old, tali in stature
with a silvery head of hair, a mild, benevolei
voice and a prepossessing smile.
"Well, General," remarked your correspor
deni, "you appear to take this business con
placently."
"?es," he replied, "I don't see any reaso:
why I should not; my conscience is perlectl;
easy in the mutter, fhavo boen appointed ti
perform a certain duty, and I intend to do it.
"Do you n cognize it in the light of a com
mand from ye ur superior officer, which you, a
a military mai, aro bound to obey ?"
"No, purely as a civil appointment, which j
have accepted in good faith, and intend U
fulfil."
"But how will you manage it if Secretary
Stanton refuse to let you perform the duty tc
which you hnvo beon assigned-will you usc
force ?" ,
"Well, I never contemplated using force, and
all the rumors to that effect are groundless.
The story of tho caso is briefly this: I called
on Secretory fe tanton last Friday and told bim
my instructions from the President. He re?
plied, as has already been stated, that he wish?
ed somo time allowed him to collect his papers
and books, an 1 to this of course 1 very readily
assented, and Bcon after left the department.
Tho next morning, about 7 o'clock, Marshal
Gooding, accompanied by two other men-and
what he wanted with these two I cannot un?
derstand, uulesB he thought I intended to re?
sist arrest-came to this house and served
Judge Cartier's writ upon me. I accompanied
bim as soon as I got dressed, though I had
to leave my breakfast behind, and tho entire
four of us went before tho Judge. The latter
received mo very kindly, and in response
to my inquiry whether the decision he might
make in anywise interfered with me in tho per?
formance of the functions of the office to which
I had been assigned, replied that until I hod
been pronounced guilty of a misdemeanor, of
course I was free to discharge whatever duty I
had in tho government. He said, however, that
I should remain in the custody of the marshal
until I furnish id an amount of bail equivalent
to the fine attn ch el to the offence with which I
was charged. The man to whom I looked for
furnishing thu necessary recognizance lived
out in George town, and I told the Judge it
would be necessary to send for him. Fotunate
ly ho happened to be in town to hear what was
goiug on. Tho messenger met him in t e
street, and, in company with another gen?
tleman, came to tho Judge's room, and
gave thc requisite bonds, hortly after?
wards, when v hat was happening became bet?
ter known, over twenty gentlemen made their
appearance, end volunteered any amount
of bail that might be demanded. Among these
were peveral republicans, who said if a mil?
lion dollars were necessary it would be fur?
nished me forthwith. The Marshal, who never
for n moment allowed me to quit his sight,
apologized when all was over for having such
a disagreeable duty to perform, and remarked
that unless he executed it faithfully a cry
might bo raised against him by the Radicals.
In tho interim, however, whUe waiting for the
bail, I asked ar d received permission to go and
acquaint the Resident of what had taken
place. Tho Marshal accompanied me, and both
of us wore ushered into his Excellency's
presonce. Thc- President, on being acquainted
with what had transpired, simply told me to
relurn nnd givo the necessary bonds and em?
ploy counsel to conduct my case. This was
dono, and whon the proceedings were over
1 repaired to tho War Department to en?
ter upon my duties. This was about eleven
o'clock. I communicated to Secretary Stanton
1 ht? purport ol m j -vaaitj aud tho OOH1 u?a.bl.lc?w
which eMJod, ao pubhai.cd ia the papera, ia
entirely correct. When Stanton decided not
lo surrender uy the office, and when I conclud?
ed it was useless to say any more on the sub?
ject, wo both iat down and had a brief but
pleasant conversation on other topics. I re?
marked, jocose y, that I had eaten no breakfast
that morning, ind that it was a cruel thing of
him to be the ricans of depriving mn of it. Ho
replied that nc thing so inhuman was contem?
plated, and thu tho circumstance should be
attributed to over zeal on the part of some one
elso. That was my last interview with Stan?
ton; but to-morrow I suppose we meet again."
"And then, General, how will you act?"
"Well I aha!, go down to tho War Depart?
ment at tue usual hour as Secretary ot War
ad intei tm, to .ill intents and purposos, with?
out any reservation or doubt that my powers
aa such as an perfectly legitimate, as were
those of General Grant. I shah set about'
the business ol' tho department, issuo orders
in the name of tho President, give instruc?
tions to subordinate officials and direct the
general work of the dopartment. Ot course
it will bo very unpleasant for me to find offi?
cers there who may bo prepared to disregard
my orders. It may, porhaps, happen to be
somo personal friends ot my own; but I
have no othor resource than to uso the pow?
er conferred upon me and order them under
arrest if tboy refuse to obey the legitimate
authority."
"But what about the Great Mogul himself ?
Is Stanton to be left severely alone ?"
"That's the question. He has already re?
fused to vacate, and I suppose he will persist
iu his refusal. On my own option I should de?
cline to uso any force; but if the President in?
struct me to employ forcible persuasion, I
mu:-t, to be consistent, do so. However, I
shall await tho further development of thia
disagreeable business before saying what I
shall do."
Bidding the General adieu at his hall door,
he remarked, pointing to a policeman who was
m tho act of disappearing around the comer,
wbilo at the tame time casting a furtive but
significant glenco in our direction, "That
man," said ho, "lias passed up and down here
forty times tl is morning, and is evidently a
*py set to watch every person coiling upon mo
in the course of the day, to detect if possibly
whether any ol tho Prcaident's supporters are
among my visi .ors, and to infer from that that
1 um receiving counsel to act to-morrow with
force in expelling Blanton; but perhaps ho
may have somo other object." And, with an
expression of doubt on his face as to that
policoniau's srecitic motives m doubling tho
comer so frequently, the General withdrew,
serene and gui d humored as ever.
THE PEOPLE JUCADY FOB THE ISSUE-PBOFFEBS
OF MEN AN!? MONEY IN SUPPODT OF THE
PBESIDENT.
Numerous letters and telegraphic dispatches
of encouragement, and proffering aid in sol?
diers, etc., ha\ o been received by tho Presi?
dent. From the dispatches tho following may
bc selected as t pocimens :
"lean raise one thousand men to sustain you
from my (second) district, New Jersey, if nec
easary."
"You were right. Thc Jfriends of constitu?
tional liberty iii New Hamphire will sustain
you.-Anson S. Marshal, Chairman Democratic
State Coramittio of New Hampshire." From
Mayavillo, Ky., the following: "Will oue regi?
ment of Irish l?e of any service to you ? Ans?
wer,"
From Coluitbus, Ohio, the following: "An
unsua?y lare.-; and enthusiastic meeting or
tho people of ibis citv is now bein" held in the
rotunda of the Stale "House. Resolutions have
boon passed pledging the support of tho people
hereabouts tc tho President in his struggle
with reckless usurpation and assumption of
despotic congicssional power, and avowing a
dotcmiiuation to stand by him at whatever
sacrifico and tD whatever extent may be nec?
essary to enable hiifl to overcome the foes of
public peace and order in the so-called Con?
gress of tho I nited States. Jno. G. Thompson,
\V. D. Bankin and Jno. M. Pugh, committee."
Sr. Louis, February 25.-The people hero
arc with you, and ready almost to a man to
sustain you in whatever way may bo necessary
in upholding tho constitution and resisting
Congressional usurpation.
AUGUSTA, Me., Feoruary 22.-Your course is
approved. Our people are really to aid you
with mon or money.
MANCHESTER, N. H., February 23.-As Sum?
ner said to Stauton, "stick." You are right.
All of us behove in the propriety of your act
Tho conduct or Congress has already secured
a Domocratic majority in this State, and every
Democratic v oter will "aid you when necessary
with their fives, their blood, or their treasure,
lo roll back the tido of Congressional revolu?
tion and usuipatiou. _
NEW Yonz. Februorv 21.-Every decent man
in New York city is with you. We will take care
of oUGovertor Geary's men. God bless yon.
We aro readv for t je lBSue. ?
POTTSVTEL::, PA., February 24-Uphold vig
crously the executive and Jadioitl depart?
ments of the government against any cabal
that attempts to destroy them, and the people
will sustain yon.
KEW BEDFORD, Mass., February 24.-You
will be sustained in executing the laws, un?
der the constitution, in New England. Stand
firm.
IJXDIANAPOLIS, February 24.-Your friends in
Indiana send you greeting assurances of sap
port in your fight for the constitution.
PrrrsBTra?}, Pa., February 24.-Your friends
here are moving. Remain firm. Be thoa
ruler even in the midst among thine enemies.
CrHcrj?KATi, February 22.-Our foreign popu?
lation almost unanimously, and a large ma?
jority of our native population, apoLiua your
course, and aro ready when wanted to sustain
it with their good right arms.
NEW YOBK, February 24.-Oar bondholders
and business men are seriously alarmed. The
revolutionary action of Congress has convinced
them that it is only fit for mischief. The whole
population looks to you for relief. They will
sustain you m preventing tho breaking up of
the government. If necessary you can have
half a million of men and millions of looney.
pipping.
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VESSELS U AM EU.
ri-v GOOD RATES AND QU CK DISPATCH
?fi_lV GTVLN. Applj to
ygaS? RIsLLY ii CREIGHTON,
nC.z^&i shipping and Commission Merchant1,
January 25 Nos. 143 and 145 Lust Bay.
NRW TURK AND CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE.-FOR NEW YOBK.
yte/f**??-, THE ELEGANT 8IDE WHEEL
JW&WX?Z. STEAM-HIP CHARLESTON,
C?MSaMkM BZZVY, Commmder, will ..av?
Anger's South Wharf tor the above
lort on saturday, 29th ins ant, at 6 o'clook P. M.
For Freight or Falange, apply to
JiMr.? ADGER -CO.,
Corner East Bay and Adgnr's aouth Whar?
February 2d_2__Ul fUirs,
FOR NEW YOUS._---:
THU STEAMSHIP ASHLAND,
Captain G L. N'nnros, will leave
Brown's Wharf Friday, 2,th Fob*
runry. 1868.
For Freight or Paesago pply to
JOHN k 1HEO. PETTY,
Febuary 25 North Atlantic Wharf.
FOR KEW TURK.
REGULAR EVERY SATCRTAY.
/Pj-f-r . TrTE "TLAM.-HiP ?SARAGOSSA,
/yJ?*kxS?& JjS Captain CEO WELL, will loave Van
<?7^W?Jj derb ont's Nh if, on Saturday,
iii iir T ni February 29, at half post ll o'aloc
L M.
Dills Lading, accompanied by Tax Receipts, must
ie prertontcd by lndf-pait 9 o'clock on that day.
For Freight or Passag? apply to
February 24_RAVcN L fc CO., Ajents.
FOR NEW Y tl li IC.
PEOPLE'S MALL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
THE STEAMSHIP EMIT Y B.
r SOUDER, Captain LESBZ, will leave
?a North Atlauttc Wuarf. Friday,
February 28, at 10 o'clock A. M.
JOHN k 1ULO. GL'TT >, Agents,
February 24 North Atlanta Wharf.
ST EA M TO LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN.
xrvr-i-,.., THE INMAN LINE. SAILING
/yJ#:.??TJ( PEMI-WtEKLY. carryiu? the TJ.
^?lVii?y/fc s- MiiBi consisting cif too following
wir 13L_%-. steamers:
3ITY OF PARIS.
CITY OF BALTIMORE,
CITY OF WASHINGTON,
CITY < F BOSTON.
tailing every Saturday and every alternate Mn*day,
it 1 P.M., from Pier No. 45 North River, New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
BY THE MAIL STEAMERS KATLIN O EVZBX SATURDAY.
Payable in Gold. | Payab.e in Currency.
.st Cabin.$103 ? Steerage.$80
1st Cabin to . London.. 105 Mennige to London... SS
1st cabin to Paris... .115 | Sift rage to paris.45
Passage by the Mon lay ute mers-First Cab'n $90,
50W; steerage S3J; payable lu U. S. currency.
Rat -s ofu is ago troui New Yoric to Halifax; Cabin.
523, steerage, $10; payable ic gold.
Passengers also lorwardcd to Havre, Hamburg,
Bremen, kc, ? tmoderate rate-.
8ti orage pas?a. e from L vcrpool and Queenstown,
?40 currency. Ticao a can bo bought here by per?
sons sending for their frien is.
Fer further luformaUou apply at tho Coropany'a
unices. JOVNO. PALE, Agent,
No. 15 Broadway, New York.
February 20_ ?;mo
THROUGH TICKETS TO PLOltlUA,
BY CHARLESTON AND t?\V?NNAB STEAil
PACKE1 LINE.-SEMI-WEEKLY ?IA BfcAU
FOR1 AND GILI ON BbA li-WEEKLY
VIA BLOTFTON.
STEAMER PILOT BOY.Capt. W. T. MONBXTY.
STEAMER CANNIE.Capt. F. PECK
,. ?r?T***.*, OSOL CS THE ABOVE ?TEAM
?;?<??'???_? Kll> wiU lcaT0 Cuarlettou every
Movtlan ano Thursday Hight St 12 o'clock; and
Savannah c-v^-rv WeJ:etJay and Satura^y Morn
mn, at 7 o'clock. oi-T-iog ai BlutJion OD ?tor
day, trip from Charlee. . and Wednesday, trip trcm
Savannah. . ,
All Way Freight, also bluOtcn Wharfage, must ba
pre-paid.
For Fre'pbt or Petunia, apply tc
JObN KLUGOf-ON. ACCCHIT? txiatioii ?oatt.
Jauuary 16_ _.______-____.
FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA,
VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE.
AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOBN'S
RIVER.
r??w STEAMERS DICTATOR AND
??gSa53L, CH Y FOIN:, wll leave lharleiton
ever.. Tuesday ard Friday Eccr.ivys, at 0 o'cncK.
for above \ lacos, and Sava nah every Wednesday and
Saturday, a; 3 o'c.ock P. M.
Steamer DICTATOR, Capt. L. M. COSCTTEB, sails
Tuesday ?ien.Ji0. , _
Ste mer CITY POINT, Capt S. ADEISS, tails JFVf
day Eveni-g.
For Freight or Passage apply on b">arU or at ctn?
Of J. D. AIKEN - CO, Agents,
January 3 sou:h Atlantic tt barf.
^isfcllunciius.
GUANO REOPENING AND FREE
LUNCH.
We, the undersigned, beg leave to inform our
friends, and thc publio in general, that wc have Used
up in proper style and open, d tho old stand, weQ
known os thc PAL vi LVTO SGAD >, No. 116 EA6T
BAY, where we will keep constantly on hand the
btst of LIQUORS AND C IG \ RS.
To-day. al ll ..'clock, A. M., a GOOD LCNrH will
be served, and we beg the pub i i to honor us with
their presen-e and par:oke ol thc tome.
Respeotfnlly. A. -EEBERGER.
D. NU LL ML Y ER.
February 28 I*
AS?" ROYAL HAVANA LO I TE KY.-PRIZES
CASHED AND INFORMATION l-UU>..-HED.
The highest ra^ea paid tor DOUBLOONS and all
kinda ot GOLD AND SILVER.
TAYLOR k CO., Bankers,
No. lo Wall street,
October 19 [Vyr New York,