The New York Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1868, Page 8

WASHINGTON Additional Charges Preferred Against the President. Supplemental Articles of Impeachment Adopted by the House. The Managers Authorized to Send for Persons and Papers. THE IMPEACHMENT QUESTION. Bleeting of the Board of Managers—Mr. Bing- m Selected as Chief Manager. Waaninaton, March 3. 1868, ‘The Board of Managers appointed by the House to Conduct the impeachment trial of the President in the Bevate met this morning at balf-past ten o'clock, By genera! consent John A, Bingham, of Ohio, was welected for the position of Chief Manager by the board, A genoral consultation was had as to ‘the manner in which the trial should be con- @ucted by the prosecution. ‘The articles of impeach- ‘ment, which have been enroiled, signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk of the House, in the same manner as bills and resolutions, were carefully read and compared with the amended copy as it finally passed ‘the House, in order to guard against any mistakes evon of bal character, The articles were then read over serialim, and the opinion of each member of the board asked as to whether any alteration or amendment might be suggested, the object befug to have everything %m correct shape when it reaches the Sena! A resolution was adopted by the House to-day granting tho Board of Managers of the impeachment power to send for persons and papers, Speaker Colfax, since the passege of the {mpeach- ment resolutions, has received telegrams from the “Union Defenders’? and Grant clubs of California, tho Governor of Wisconsin and othore expressing their willingness to stand by Congress to the fullest extent if their uid is necessary. MISCELLANEOUS WASHINGTON NEWS. WasuixGtox, March 3, 1863. Contiouution of the Argument on the Mc- Cardle Case. Judge Black finished bis argument tp the Supremo Court to-day in the McCardle case. The court room was densely crowded and all the Judges were on the bench. Mr. Carpenter replied to the arguments of Judge Black. After Mr, Carpenter concluded his address the court ad- Journed. Senator Trumbull speaks to-morrow on tho game side. It is hardly probable that a decision will bo rendered before two weeks. The opinion is gaining Ground that a majority of the court will decide that por- tion of the reconstruciion acts involved im the case un- constitutional. The Nominations for the Missions to England and China, ‘The Senate Commuitics on Foreign Relations met this morning, and had before them the name of Genoral George B, McClellan, nominated for Minister to England, ‘also the nomination of J. Ross Browne for Minister to China, It was decided to take no action on either of them for the present. From the expression of senti- ment by members of the Committee relative to McCiel- Jan's case it seems probable hé will bu reported to the Senate unfavorably, Nominations by the President. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— Julius P. Dennis, to be postmaster at Finley, Obio; Lewis Wofey, to be assessor of internal revenue for the First district of Louisiana; Thomas W. Ward, to be col- Jector of customs for the district of Corpus Christi, Tex: George L. Gail, to be pension agent at New York elty; © King, to be agent for the Ind) of Washington Territory; Philip Lindsley, to be A’nitea Biates Aviorney for the Middle district of Tennessee. Nominations Confirmed and Rejected by the Senate. The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed and Pejected the following nominations, viz:— CONFIRMED, William J, Stanford. to be local appraiser of merchan- ise for the port of New Orieans. Collectors of Customs.—John J. Godfrey, for the district of St Mary's, Ga.; Henry F. Heriot, for the district of Georgetown, D. C. Potmascers.— Alger M. Wheeler, at Danville, Joseph H. Moore, at El Past Fort Randall, Dakota Ter lexander Va: Ti, ; Joweph 3. Collins, at ory. illard, of California, at Guy- ‘was; Robert 1. Matu 8, of Tiinots, at Valen Elisha B. Hamilton, to be Surveyor of the toms for the port of Quincy, Til; Lewis J. Kirk, to be Col- poet of Iuternal Revenue for the Fifth district of New ‘ork, Promotions in the Navy Com:nodore on the activ Appointments in the Navy.—George Otis Allen, of Mas- Bachusetts, to be an Assistant Surgeon; Wm. B. Jones, na, to be an Assistant Surgeon. he Marine Corps.—Chas, A. Stillman, to be a Captain, Frank D. Webster, to be a First Livu- tenant. —Joseph F. Green, to be a rt RESHCTED. Wm. M. Bain, to be Postmaster at Seymour, Ind.; A. Warren Rose, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Sacra- mevto, Cal. ; J, W. Menzies, to be Collector of Interual Revenue for the Sixth district of Kentucky. T» be Assessors of Internal. Revenwe—George C. Get- chetl, for (he Third district of Maine; Charles N. Tattie, for the Twenty fourth district of New York; Dauve! Gar- Tigon, for the Firat district of New York, Statement of the Public Debt. Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts, presented to the Honee to-day a sia\ement of the public indebtedness, showing the amount of each branch of the public debt on July 1, 1867, and on February 1, 1868. ‘that the decroaso in the amount of the matured debt since July, 1867, is $75,581,876; of the currency debt, $11,803,997; of five-twenty bonds and seven-thirty Treasury notes, $2,736, 1881, $09,750, T decrease of the tatured debt, $93,262,198. The total increaso of the public debt since July 1, 1967, bas been $7,907,259. The War Office Tronbin. It is yw believed that an application fora writ of quo warrante for Secretary Stauton to show cause why Le retains possession of the War Department will mot be made. Land Along the Unton Pacific Railroad Re. stored to Market To the Genate to-day Mr. Thayer called up the House Dill restoring the even sections to market along the line | | of the #ame value as Whem they were issued; that as of the Usion Pacific Railroad, Dill, and it ao: Decome a lew Discontinuance of National Banks as The Senate passed the Public The First Natio uk of Desmotnes, Iowa, has lication 19 be discuntinued as a depository of public moneys Treasury Keguiations in Relation to Sufts Under the Internal Revenue Laws. The following sro the additional regulations r Ing sui arising Under the Internal Revenue laws Treascny Derantuest, Orriom Lxrenwat Revewve, | + Wass D.C., Feb, 26, 1868, f From tbis it appears | 525; of six per cont bonds due in | waite tho Prosident’s elguature to | | { he Would vote to redeem the Ove-tweoties in green- backs, These dt m the timid holders of bonds and so creato agiat of sales. He (Mir. | Morrill) did not see the potency of the threat, if they coud be rightfully paid im greenbacks, and yet thero was no right to tawue the greenbacka Obviously four | hundred miitions of greenbacks would not pay one thou- aud milljons of bonds, and without repudiation greeu- backs tmust im tbe end be redeemed, fue | party in power was ways rightly held re. ponsible for the m adopted by it, and the ma. jority must be responsible for its Una policy without regard to the clamor of the opposition for inflation. | Seiz0 every pretext here, as they bad im Ohio and Information having b: rom time to time recerved at this office to the effect that distillation of epirits bas been allowed ip distiliories which were at the time ip custody of tho United miates Marwhal, through te con nivance of she person or porsoue employed by the Mar- shal as keeper, it is hereby ordered that in all cares | Where @ marabal lakes porecs®ug of a distillery by virtue of & process issued for violution of the Internal Revenuc laws he shalt Of the still to be taken off oF the machinery to be dis- Connected 4 such manner as to fender it impossible for dist The expenses arising out awion to be carried an, erther © A custody by the Marshal under process issued for violation of the Internal Kevenue lama, admission to Much premise shail at all mes be parinitted for ang In- feronl Reveaue officer who would be entitied to admis Alou were (be same not in custody of the Marshal. ¥. A ROLLINS, Commissioner, Approved —H. MeCuivwn, Seeretury of Lhe Treasury Protection Aguinat tho Fraudstet Tel Companies The following 1 2 sy nope of a bill introduced by Mr. Farmeworth, of f/1, ip the House of Represeutatives to- day, and will aford ap opportactiy to punikh ail con- cerned: The first section confers juriadictiod upon the District aod Circuit Courts of the United States in all suits or Proceedings brought by OF against any incorporated tele. @raph comvany The wecond enacts that apy perton who aball wilfulty Jace, molest, injure or destroy any pole, ¢ or oiber appliances and property owned by any tele;raph company, ot shall wilfully destroy or im- par the juv/alon of the wires or inter Mission of the elestrie current through be wubject us heavy fine and impriroument. ‘The thud, fourth apd Mf eectigus provide for the liomodiately cause the bead | | and good works than stab it in its vulneravie part. Tho Senator from Onio (ir. Sherman) had claimed that there is a reasonable doubt manner of instituting end carrying on sults in courts woder this bil. ‘Ibe sxth section provides for the punishment by five of $1,009 and imprisoument for one year, of any scent, Operator or empioré of any euch telograph com. pacy, Or apy other person, who shall knowlagiy or wsifuily seud by telegraph any falee or forged meseage purporting to be from such telegraph oilice, or shail wilfully deliver oF consent to be delivered any such message purporting to have been received by telegraph ; aud else any persons who may conspire to furnisu any operator or employé any message, knowing the sama to be Talse or forged, with the itent to deceive, injure or defraud any individual partnership or corporation and the public, ‘Qinth section enacts that anv officer, agent, oper- ator, clerk or employe of any telegraph company who divuiges to any otber party than the party from whom the same was received or to whom the same 1s addressed any message received or sent over any ry ey Sur or who alters a message in any way, shall be fined $1, Or imprisoned not to exceed one ye: The eighth gection provides jor the punishment of ny Operator who steals news off the wires or speculates messages. , most of which are Gevoted ¢o the protection of the public against frauds and injustice by the telegraph companies, their agents and operators. Recognition of x Consul. The President has recognized Jean Baptiste Sanvan as Consul of France at Richmond, Adolfus Bader, Consul of Austria at New Orleans, Alexis Robert, Consul of the Pontifical Statos at New Orleans, and Carlos Heinsins as Vice Consul of the Argentine republic and for its dependencies, Darien, Brunswick and St. Mary's, at Savannab, Ga, Severity of the Winter in the Indian Country. Information received in this city from the Indian country io upper Dakota, on the Missouri river, states that the hardest winter and deepest snows prevail there have been experienced in that section for many years. Thirty soldiers, together with a number of Yauktounal Sioux Indians, are stated to have been frozen to death recently on the road between Forts Sully and Rice, Owing to the very deep snows the Indians have beon prevented from engaging in their usual winter bunt, and the consequence is that many of them are in a starving condition and are eating their horses. The same reports come from the Red river country and upper Minnesota, Special Agent Joseph Brown, of the Indian Department, recently lost his whole train of mules and wagons while travelling from Foit Abercrombie, Minue- sota, to Dovil’s Lake, in Dakota, and with much dif. culty and fatigue saved his own life, THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. Wasuincton, March 3, 1868, TAXES ON INCOMES AND MANUFACTURES. Mr. Coxe, (rep.) of ( offered a resolution directing the Committee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of repealing all laws imposing taxes on incomes and manu- factures, Adopted, TAXATION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY COLUMBIA, Mr, Han.ax, (rep,) of Towa, called up the bill exempt. ing property in the District of Columbia held for schoo! purposes from local taxation, which was passed, PUBLIC LANDS THROWN 1 MARKET. Mr, Tuayer, (rep.) of Neb,, ca up the bill restoring lands to market along the line of the Pacifle Railroad and branches, which was passed. Tbe alternate even sections are restored to market. THE HEIRS OF GENERAL ANDERSON, On motion of Mr. Fessexpen, (rep.) of Me., the Senate non-concurred in the amendments to the bill making appropriation to the heirs of General Anderson, USIFORMITY OF COINAGE, Mr. Fretivoncysen, (rep.) of N. J., introdured the following bill, which was referred to the Committee on Finance:— the amount of pure gold in the E 8. in five dollars of the United States and in twenty- francs money in France, according to the regulation 0 the gold coinage of said several countries, is very nearly the same, and great international and commercial convenience would be subserved by making the same precisely equal; and whereas (he English pound sterling presents the most ‘a for nuch equality; therefore, ‘c.. That the amount of pure gold in a half dollar piece, shall hereafter be one hundred irteen gralus, Troy weight, to correspond with the amount of pure golit contained in’ the ish sovereign or Round sterling, and all the other gold colus of the United States shall contain pure gold in like proportion, namely, atthe rate of twentytwo graing and six-denthe ot x grain IN THB DISTRICT OF glish pound of pure gold to the’ dollar, } other gold coi Known standard of tinen e in’ the United States the laws thereof shall and be received at the same rate, according to the ‘ot of gold therein contained ; and hencetorth in all a nsactions the government of the United states is concerned the value of a sume order to disconrage the fiewttioux par of exchange of tour dollars and fifty-four cents, or four dollars and four-ninths of # dollar to the pound sterlog, which hus heretofore been used among mershants. 2 the fi enth of next an ad. lected in ‘nal taxes and duties are or # returned, Jevied and collected. IDAHO TERRITORY. Mr. Yares, (rep.) of Iil., from the Committee on Terri- tories, reported, with amendments, the bill to provide for a government for the ferritory of Idaho. REITLERS ON THR SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATION, Mr. Ranser, (rep.) of Mivn., called up the biil for the relief of ‘getilers on the late Sioua Indian reservation, which was passed, bali be by SOLDIERS’ ROUNTIES, Mr. Wrisoy, (dem.) of Mass, called wp the bill to payment of soldiers’ bounties under the It authorizes the employment of addi- al clerks and additional fice accommodation, After discuseion, the biil Was referred to the Committee on Finance, THE IMPRACHNENT QUESTION. At one o'clock the Clerk of the House appeared and announced the appolatment of the managers on the part of the House to, conduct the impeachment, wiih directions to carry the articles to the Senave for ther maintenanc Mr. Howarp, (rep.) of Mich., offered the following order on behalf of the select committes of seven on the question of impeactiment:—Ordered, That the Secretary of the Son: rected to juform the sentatives tha senate 18 ready to ree pointed by the House of Representatives to carry Senate articles of impeachment ost Andre: Johnson, President of the United States; which was adopted FUNDING THR NATIONAL, DENT. . | On motion of Mr. Moan, (rep.) of Ve, the Senate | took up tne bill to fund the national devt ‘and for the conversion of Uniied States noter, ‘The qaeation was on the substitute,reported by “ir. Sberinan from the Com. mittee on Finance, Mr. Morrill took the floor in oppo- sition to the bill, and in reply to Mr. Sherman's spevcu of last week, Hy thought the most imporant things to the welfare of the country ab this time were: First, @ reduction of expenditare as low as pos- secoud, a reduction of taxation, leaving nm that on the national debt; third, some measure looking to the sveedy resumption of spece paymeut; fourth, an extension of the national banking system, so as to ac- commodate ail sections when United States aoies are retired or specie payments resumed; fifth, a new loan absorb the ational debt at a lower rate of interest. He approved of the provision in the biil tor # lower rate of interest, but he demed that it could be carried by turoats, that without it thelr condition would be worse would rather prop up the public credit wiih fait whether we have not the right to pay the five-twenties in greenbacks, on the ground that it would bo just to redeem them ip that way, provided the greenbacks were there Was a contract under which they were issued limiting greenbacks to the amount then authorized, any Jocrease to pay them off in auch currency would be a vi. ciation of public engagements that we dure not cortnit, and that if this new five per cant loan be reject it was rigot, avd 60 As to keop (hem always in the wrong. Doubtieas they would ow Jersey, to baltie against the measures of the majority; but the Union party could afford to frame the measures on princ.plos that will endure, regardiess of the demo- craic candidate for the Presidency. If thoy want sbiopiaster . candidate, d be, Jet them trot him out We can do better, ‘The proposed dve per cont | Joun would give prompt relief to the extent of sevento ghtven millions annually, and i ip view of the resources and th t felds of enter in the country, whether such « ried ata less rate than Ove per cont at certainly could not now. The rate of must long remain bigher than io Europe. This Provision would tend tc consolidate !oans into @ perua- pontone of unilorm vaine aud remove immediately one-sixtb of the burden of carry the public debi, Our credit stfould command per cent least, if all the engagements of the his beng a should be — kept, losa was a full for the redaction to pent. ive percent, | ation, was preferable State taxation of one per cent—» overnment could mot surrender to at ‘on | to six por cont wih privilege which th States without grave peril, that would lead to carrying the debt abroad, and thus lead to one of the greatest @vils of absenteeiem, sarning money at home and sponding it abroad; but beyood all, they shoold seek to lessen taxation The provision of the bill for authorizing enforcements of special contracts for coin would remove an unjust and inconvenient restriction on comm boarded gold #0 Would oxcess Of paper circul ha ry no longer b by the jaw, payment ato Pringipel, waa, he thought, m the right direction, Would atrengthon our securities, He wished there were bo mwepsures ip | resolution offered lust 1 reciting that the pub NEW YORK. .BERALD, .WEDNE the bil! more objectionable than these After a brief review o: tbe uiifontties whieh the country bas sur. mounted he sad the government tat forced tue people to accept one-sixth of tue entire indev.edness ip mises to pay thout in-erest, the holders of which couid contract 8 debt 1m guid and tuen legally tender them in reuru, The dan- ger was that a loan so cheaply made would never be di. minished, but imereased. ‘Ihe mereased volume of cur- Tency that bad contributed to the success of the country was tending to a condition from whicu there would be no outlet until it was worth no more than a continental demand, The dauger was that, baving banished gold from use for seven years, we should ban- wh it entirely; thas the taxation whicn has so long supported the immense circulation can never be diminished because of an unwillingness to re- place any portion of the circulation with gold and silver, ‘The fifth secon of the bili relative to the conversion of bonds and legal tender notes was certainly an experi ment, and while feeling difident about expressing a0 opinion adverse to that of a majority of the Finance Cotomittee he could mot ignore the possibility shat i may be hazardous to predict the practical results of this new born oscillating, reciprocating contrivance. He could not welcome the renee, because anes af approach any 3 if ‘They might the Treasury and get, not specie, but bonds, or they might carry bonds there aod get, not specie, but notes. It looked like a long farewell to anything but paper ey. His second objection was that it is a positive authorization of an increased igsue of United States notes to the extent of $44,000,000, equal to the capital of the old United States Bank. The stereotyped argument in favor of expansion was that it will make money abundant and lower tho rate of interest, The fallacy of this ap- peared by a comparison of the money markets of the country as they stand now and as they stood one year ago, Fortunately the Secretary of the Treasury was not arrested in his policy until some contraction had been secured, but money is now much more plen- tiful at all points, and the rate of interest less by fully one third or one-half. Nor have banking facilities been curtailed, but actually enlarged, us the report of tho banks tor January, 1868, shows the loans and discounts to have been over $635,000,000, while in April, 1866, they wore only $545,000000. These facts ut- terly demolish the whole theory of the expansio It “might be that we need more paper money it would certuinly be very convenient to him (Mir. Morrill) to add more to bis stock; butas a legislator he wust adhere to the old fashioned idea that when gold is at a high premium above paper money we bave too 4 the latier m circulation and too little of the He knew that the war had enlarged our ideas, on our coin and spreads himself a very condor on greenvacks. Tho magical effects of paper mono} would be maintained by the preachers of the new gospe! but we are likely to enjoy its exclusive monopoly, fer no other nation will copy our exam. ple except as the direst nocessity. A third and fatal objection was, its effect will be to reduce the value of United States bonds, which, so long as they can bs had at any ti at par tor legal tenders will not bring more jo the hands of individuals, and ono of the strongest motives for the purchase of bonds will be thus extin. guished. Should this bill be passed it would at ouce reduce the price of bonds to par and ke them th or with only a fractional dif ference. ‘ thus strike down tho value of property to the extent of one hundred millions or one hundred and fifty maullons would be felt to be severe, productive of no possible benefit and justified by no adequate excuse, A redemption of legal tender notes in paper is no redempiion, because they are not to stay re- deemed. It ts argued that this invention of the vibra- tory powor to change legal tenders into bonds, and vice versa, will give us the exact amount of currency needed at all points, winding up im one Pplaco and unwinding in an ther. But, now, any person holding bonds who wants currency for them can get it anywhere with eight per cent per annum, whereas if this dill becomes a law he will be able to get only dol- Jar for dollar, Mr. Morrii! continued, arguing that the eflect of the bill would be expansion and not contrac: tion, and contended that there were no lnducements to cause the investinent in the new bonds of temporary surpluses of banks, which could employ their money to better advantage otherwise. He thea criticised tho bill reported by Mr, Henderson, saying it ended with a pro- viso which, like the postscript of ladies’ letters, was most important of all, and quite suggestive o: the propriety of those ominous words, “Piease bura as soon as read." Ho meant to refer to the iMliimitabla expansion lurking in the proviso, which dectares that whenever the amount of United States aotes and national bank notes com- bined shail be in excess of seven hundred mi!) lars the Secretary of the Treasury is author required to retire United states bonds to the amount of such excess, until the whole amount of United states notes outstanding shall be reduced to two hundred and fifty) millions, He said tho first part of the bill opened wide the door to expansion by pez g unrestricted banking, providing for an imme- increase of circulation {rom six hundred and fifty- six millov, which was the amouot of United States notes and national bank notes, to seven hundred millions; and thie proviso would allow the issue of pational bank notes upon the deposit of bonds wholly without limit, After the point was reached when the Secretary, by its terms, was no longer required to cancel United States notes, he contended that if this systom of free banking did not prove inoperative there would be no legal or practical barriers against twice or thrice the amount of currency now afloat, He thought the substitution by national banks of the bonds proposed for those uow held should bo left opvonal. At all events, the provision would be nucatory, as if those now held should be worth more they would be sold for the premium and the new ones purchased at par. He denied that the mass of the bank stock and United Statee bonds was held by capitatisis. The average amount owned by each stocknolder of the national bank notes was = $1,687. Mr. Morrill also gave a statement of the sevon-thirty loan, which, he #aid, afforded the stron that’it was mostly held by persons of mod Ho thought that any extraord mary gains by the banks were to be attributed solely to deposits and tho incidents of the suspension of specie payment. Tt was betier, if they covld not improve their condition, to show no more bustling activity with out questionable results, Mr, Morrill, after condemuing the bill as an Atterapt to steer with every tide, conciuded with a hope. ful view of the future should a better financial policy prevail, fhe further consideration of the bill was postponed until to-morrow. MILITARY DISTRICTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLATMNTA, Areply was received from the secretary of War to the Fesotution of inquiry wether any and what military districts have been established in the District of Colum- bia, with the numbers, names, rank and duty of officers, and the expense involved; also whetber officers have been detailed for dutios other than military, and if s0 unler what law or by what authorisy tt is authorized, Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, THN STANDING RULKS OF THE SENATR—EXRCUTIVE SFSSION. On motion of Mr, Anruony, (rep.) of R, 1, the Senate Procended to the cons.dorasion of the report of the Select Cominittee on the Standing Rules of toe Senate. The Clerk read the ru which were laid over for farther contideration, and at ten minutes past three, on motion of Mr, Grins, (rep.) of Iowa, the Senate went nio execative session. several messages having been re- ceived from the President. Afier coming out of exocutive session the Senate ad journed HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasmixctos, March 3, 1868, Several petitions were presented praying for relief from oppressive taxation. The SrzaKen proceeded, as the regular order of busi- nevs in the morning hour (the order of Monday being transferred to this day), to the call of States for bills and jomt resolutions for reference only, Under the call several bills and joint resolutions were introdaced, read twice and appropriately referred. The following are the most important: PAYMENT OF THE Pt 3 By Mr. Hoora. (rep.) of Macs,—To regulate the pud- Referred to the Committee op Ways and ‘The bill provides as follows: — fter the ace of this t halt ne f bonds or audsidy ain rallrond compat a8 now provided by law. Sucrion 2. Be it enicted, &e the Secretary of the Treosury shal! publish monthly a detailed statement of the public debt at the close of m iu whieh stotes at * all the bond# and other ob! iveued from the Treasury ma Of the United States Payablo after the convertible into mount of subsidy be classed a the notes and the national vey shall be classed a9 cont certifieates of tem porary loans shall be c 1 as the “temporary loan debt.” and ail the debt that ie past due or within the g the in detail as the “mains and the fate Issued for e: rrency debt: three per atemont alatt ie subsidy bonds ‘of coin, lees 4 the amount cartifientes parvaeut 7 TELRORAPH Wines, Fanssworrit, Ii.—An act supple- mentary to the art of Ja 8, wo aid im she con- struction of telegraph wires wad to eecure to the gor. ernment the use thereof for postal, military and other purposes The bill merely pro for the punisbment Of offences axainst the property ko, of telegraph com: panies AID TO HAILRE By Mr, Raow, (rep.) of il. —Lo aid in the construction of (he [nternativnal Pacific Raliroad, from Cal Grande, to authorize (he consolidat railroad companies, and to provide bom the laborers of such r SKCURITY OF P. By Mr. Srewant, (re for the botter se urity of Referred to the Commiittes on Commoarce, SUDSIDIFS TO RATLROADR The House then proceeded to the consideration of the im, RTO, AENORENS ON PTSaM VERS, N. Y.—To amend the, assengere by #leam vessels, 6 demands that the peou- nited States shall be kept consisiont with tb 6 witbin the parrowest timits sary requirements of the goverament, that it Ie not expediaut at this time to enlarge sued obligations by extending aid to the Union Paerfic fail. road Company or to any other company by giving beyond ibe terme of existing laws subsidies of the Voited States boude. or by guaranteeing the payment of any scock of other lish lines of auch company of of any oer corporatiog, and ordering that the committees of the House sball report no will walon im confiet with the resolution, The motion wae ngreed to—yeas 78, nays 44, RAILROAD FREIGHT CHARGES Mr, Lovonripss, (rep.} of Lowa, offered = resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire and ree port whether Congress has the power under the consti. tution to regulate the rates to be charged for freight by ratlroads eugaged in commerce between different States of th jon, which was adopted, POLITICAL STATUS OF TEXAS, Mr. Loax, (rep.} of Mo., offered a resolution instruct ing the Judiciary Committee to inquire and report in Teterence to the political stgtus of Texas, During ita consideration the morning hour expired and the resolu. tion went over until next Monday, ‘THE PROTEST OF THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS AGAINST (M- PEACHMENT, The House then resumed the consideration of the mo- tion of Mr. Eldridge, pending at the adjournment of yesterday, to suspend the rules, so that he might have Tead and placed on the journal the protest of (he demo- cratic members as published in yesterday's proceedings, ‘Mr. Evpainas, m.) of Wis., said if the House Would permit the communication to be read be would not ask the yeas and tho nays on the suspension of the rules, Mr, Keer, (rep.) of Pa, objected. Mr, Evpripae insisted that it was right. ‘The Srgaxer ruled otherwise and referred to a deei- sion of Mr, Filimore, in the Senate, {n 1850, stating that there never has been a case since the formation of the government where a protest was entered on the journal of the Senate, but that an attempt to authorize tt to be done had been made atan early period and bad been refused. Mr, Keuiry remarked that the paper was in print ‘pn morning papers, and that it was @ mere tirade against Congress—a condemnation of speeches made in the House by gentlemen on the other side. ‘The Speaker said that the paper was not before the House, and therefore it was not right to characterize it. |, . The rules were not suspended—yens 46, nays 84, the Speaker voting aye in order to let the paper be read. Mr, Expringg stated that since the paper had beeo Presented yesterday two additional names had been signed to it—those of M Wi and Morrissey, of New York. (Laughter on tl epublican sido.) Mr. Dare (rep.) of Mass, suggested that the paps might be read at the Clerk's desk, provided its stat ments, which appeared to him to be of truth, might be. answored, Ho, for one, was not unwilling to met iy of the suggestions or charges contamed in it. Several republican members-—‘‘It needs no anewer.’? 4tr. Ecprinor said he had no objection to that. Mir. Dawes moved that the rules be suspended for that purpose, The vote belng taken, it appeared to be largely against the motion, Mr, Eupripce called for the yeas and nays. Mr. Dawgs remarked that ho did not wish to antag- onize his friends, but he did not think it exactly frank on their part to shrink from any sucn statement, and he, for one, was ready to meet it. Me withdrew the motion, PROPOSED APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHARITABLE 1NSTIIU- TONS OF THE DISTRICT, Mr. Sraupina, (rep.) of Ohio, from the Committee on ‘Appropriations, reported ‘a bill appropriating money in eupport of the benevolent and in aid of she charitable socie! in the District of Columbia, which was mi the special order for the 1ith inst. It appropriafes for the government hospital for the insane $90,500; {or completing the ma- mine hospital building, $70,600; for the purchase‘offforty~ eight acres for it, $25,000, for the Columbia Institution tor Deaf and Dumb, $5,600; for the purchase of land and erecting # building in place of that now used, $90,- 000; for the completion of Providence hospital, $35,000 ; for the National Soldiers and Satlors’ Orphan Asy!um, $10,000, Total, $246,100. THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE, Mr. Srewanr presented memorials of the Commission- ers appointed to select plans for the New York Post Office and United States Courts, in relation to the com- pletion ot the working drawings and plans and the eu- perintendence of the construction of the building. ‘THE SENATE READY TO RECKIVS THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS. The SveakeR presented a message ‘rom the Sonat forming the House that the Senate is ready to receive the manag:rs appointed by the House of Representatives tocarry 10 tho Senate the articles of impeachment against the President, The message was entered tn the journal. THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Ashley, of Ouio, in the chair, and proceeded to the consideration of tho Post Oflice Appropriation biti, Mr. Biaino oxplained the bill. He said the Appropria- tion birl, now under consideration, calis for $19,515,000 for tue ordiuary service of the Post Ofice Department for the ensuing tiscal year, and for $745,000 for foreign mail transportation, under epectal contract with cer- tain steamship companies, The latter item 13 by spa Appropriation, and 1s not to be confouded with the proper and ordinary expenses of the department. Tho ordi- nary receipts of the department for the same period ura estimated, in gross, at $16,700,000, making a deiicency of $2,815,000 to be provided for from the general Treasury. Of this amount two millions are already to the credit cf the Post Office Department, in undrawn balances of prior appropriations, so that we are called upon in this bill to ie im round numbers $800,000 to supply the cit, The receipts may bly outran the estimates of the department, in which event the doticit will of course be correspondingly reduced. It is quite possible, on the other band, that the expenses may increase somewhat, but it is believed that the on- tire deficit for the ordinary expenses of the de will not exceed three millions of dollars, It been at - Post Office Department have been sufficient to m expenditure. The most conspicuous of th was tho last three years of the recent war, in whicb a positive surplus was realized, amounting in the closing year to more than a million and a half of doliare. For the eight years precoding those I have just named the deficiencies were very large, amounting exch year as follows :—135: $2,626,206; 1856, $2,787,046; 1557, $3,453,718; 1958, $4,543,843; 1359, $6,905,009; 1860, $5,656,705; 1861, $4,55; 1862, $2,112,814. The Southern States having in 1861, and the mail service therein being discontinued, and tne Tong and expensive routes in the Southwestern Territo- ries being broken up, the department was dof a vory great outlay. Tho very first year of I tranaportation we: ‘Roly increased, yng three years, year bein; ounted as terminating June 30, a positive surplus wi realized, a foilows:—1863, $549,584; 1804, $493,40' 1865, $1,561,430. During toe last named year the de partment began to restore the service to the Southern States, and ihe expevge was thereby at once enormously increased over the corresponding receipts, Very lengthy and expensive routes were also added and are continu. ally being added in the new States and Territories we: of the Mississippi river; and, from the operation of these two causes, the department bas compeiled to undertake burdens without realizing the means from the portal service to sustain them, The consequence was that for the 5 r 1866 the deficit was $965,003, and during 1867 the defictt was $1,906,789. We cannot as yet accurately determine the deticit for 1863; but it is Presumed that tt will be above two and a half millions of dollars, Were the Southern Siates and the new States aud Territories west of the Mississippi excluded from the account the postal service would annually result io paying a net revenue to the government, In some of the States the receipts very largely exceed the expenditures, This is the case in all the New England : except. Vermont, which shows a small delicit; bot as ao muregate the receipts in New England exceed the expenditures by _ more than seven hundred thousand dollars; ia New Yrk by nearly two millions of dollars; in Penosylvania by nearly half a million of dollars, Among tho Western States Liinois shows tho best account, extibiting an excess of receipts amounting to moro than three bundred thousand dollars. ButT need not produce these details further, unless tn the progress of the bill some gentie- ‘man ahould desire more specific information oa any of Itis quite evidemt to the most casuai ob- t if we should limit our postal service at any given pont ihe receipts would very surely and very rapidly se and outrun the expeoditures. But an ecousiny of that kind is precisely what we cannot afford; and it i the highest of public expediency to devote the surplus postal receipts in the densely settled sections of our country to fur- nishing mali facilities to tbe frontier population of our distant Territories, and the sparse populations of the Southera es, The Post OMce Department afforas the best index to the progress of our own country in its material, social and intellectual development. hile it wu be adminietered with liberality to all sections, justice requires now that it should be placed and main- tained on a self-supporting basis; and while Congress Ought not to look at it as a source of revenue, it should, if possipie, be placed where no appropriation will evea be demanded from the general Treasury. After considerabls discussion the Committe rose and reported tho bit to the House, and it was then passed. RRUEF OF RXPORTRRS OP DISTILLED SPIRITS, Mr. Scuxvex, (rop.) of Obio, from the Committees on Ways and Means, reported back the biil for tho relief of coriain exporters of distilled spirits, the same as ro- rtod by hima at tho close of the proceedings of last Friday. Cater explanation and discussion the bill was passed. MM, HUTLER'Y IMPRACTMENT ARTICLE ADOPTED. Ata quatier pact three o'clock Betien, (rep.) of Mass. and reported from the Managers of Impeach- ment ditional article, which was pr day, remarking that there was but one dissent upon it among the Managers, and that it bad only failed yesterday on account of want of time. {ibe article was published in Tuesday's Herat } Mr. Evprtnos made the point of order that the Mana. gors had no right to report articles of impsachment, as the House had appoiniod a committee for that pur- 1080. von Sraanen overruled the point of order on two grounds, the principal one being mber bad ight, ava question of the highest privilege, to present articles of impeacnment, Mr. Burine addreseed the House in support of the article, A precedent for tt was to be found in the im peachment of Judge Samuel Chase, against whom an article framed as this article is was presented and re- ceived more votes sustaining it than any other article on which he bad been tried, He underswod what the diMculty beon in the House yesterday on this article, It wasn fear leat the trial might be protr: . firet, by the attompt to prove th rinent, and second, by the calling of a largo number of wituosses for the defence. On the part @f the House they should only have to call the stenographors, wi heir notes, who Teported the speeches. These men were known a could easily be produced, On the part of the President ho could only call persons to show that bo did not tay the things alleged against him. Therefore there could be no The Managers would ail ip thoir own bands. They had aright ny article, or to deci This article was th article that struck the mind of od there could be no doub’ ot ite iid be no doubt of tho Pronident's nd unboly language in ad- wind & jeering, drunkem crowd. Mr, Ganvieno, (rep.) of Obio, said ho noticed that by the rulew adopted in the Senate each member of (ho Menute would have & right to spark ten minutes on every interesting question and motion, and suggested wheluer thut might not protract the trial to af unlimited extent, If so no should certainly ve oppored to this article, Mr Horien replied that in regard to the admissibility shore was but one question—that was, to it would be observed thet the article faisity Of tbe worde, because, In bis SDAY, MARCH 4, 1868. was not according to the dignity of the the Senate to try the question of truth or isehood accusation against Congress a8 an un- constitutional pody. The gravamen of the article was, ‘spoken at all, whether true or false, be so vile as to use such language, & President of the United States The moment this article was made the delay it would be competent for the agers to w itor sc offer no proof upon it. i ia GaRrizip suggested thas they could withdraw parts ‘Mr. Burien assented, adding that it contatned three sgeelBontiaga, nd that it was so drawn up with that Mr. Mexoks, (dom.) of Ohio, rising to a question of order, denied that the Managers bad a right to withdraw an article adopted by the House. # ne the point order, ag 2 consume time, equal to that occupied in the trial of Warren Hastings; and the second being that {t charged ‘no crimes, but utterances that ind and anbecoming in the Chief Magistrate of the United States, There were but two classes of o which conviction could be hi They wore high crim and misdemeanors, and oeither waa charged in this article, It was pot @ crime for the Presi- dent to make remarks while he was ‘wing ing around the circi that might be d tasteful to Congress improper for him to mal the article, {it te len or hemco he believed there was haere @ ‘o. whiob a conviction could be had. He bad that the Presi impeached except fora and he only asked that the article should be go framed that a court of impeachment could entertain tt. ident or any civil officer could igh crime or misdemeanor. Mr, Berisa expressed bis satisfaction that the old doctrine, which he bad supposed dead aud buried, that the President could only be impoached fora crime or misdemeanor, had been ag: rected, in order that he might got «fair lick ati position was that for th. al crime—to wit, sasault and battery or aell- ing (liquor without license—the President could be impeached, but that he could not be impeached when be usurped the liberties of the people, because no indictment lay against that. Yhe per tion was that the President might be impeached for seil- ing liquor without a license, but could aot be impeached for getting into @ carriage and riding up and down Pennsylvania avenue with two bad women, one on each reeling drunk, for he knew of no statute inst that. He would inform tae gentleman from mont (Mr. Woodbridge) that this article did not charge that the President brought himself into ridicule and contempt (that he welcome to do), but that bo Drought the high office which he fils, not occupies, into sovereign disgrace, ridicule and contempt, go that tt was bardly respectable for a decent man to Gill hereafter. Was not that an tmpeachable anisdemeanor? He did oot stand on his own word alone, but on the authority of Judge Story, who used” these worda about impeach. E i@ a proceeding probably the fairest that |, by which the people, thro 4 branch of the government which more directly and fully representa them, call in question the fitness of their public officers and dismiss them if unfit.” He would like to anybody tn the House or in the country who was on thelr vidu vote that Andrew Johnson was a Ot man to be President of the United States, A Desocragic Meunzr—''There's logic for yout’? Mr. Butter proceeded to say that the article nad been drawn directly within the precedent im Judge Chase s case, and that none of the great lawyers who helped Jui Chase, comp! z Mr. Wirt, ventured to say that the articte, if proved, was not a misdemeanor within the meaning of the constitution. Mr, ELpaipos inquired whether the opinion cited from Judge Story was not in direct conflict with the decision ot ape Cuited States Supreme Court on that very point Mr. Burien answered, decidedly no, adding that the United States Supreme Court had never decided that question, nor bad tt jurisdiction to decide it, That great questidn was tobe decided first by the House of Repre- sentatives, and then by the Senate sitting tu its judicial capacity, Ifthe supreme Court undertook to decide it its decision should be brushed awa: a cobweb; for the judges of that court were them: able to be adjudicated upon by that higher court, the Seuate of the United States, ‘The articles already adopted presented only the bone and thi inew of the offences of Androw Johnson. He wanted to olothe that bone and sinew witb flesh and bivod, and to show him betore the country as the quivering sioner that he is, so that hereafier, when posterity came to examine the proceed- ings, 1} might not have cause to wonder that the only offence charged against Andrew Jobnson was a merely technical one, He would have bim go down to posterity as the representative man of this age, with « label upon him that would stick to him through all time, of Iowa, another of the Managors, @ member referred to by from the reporting of this artt- that the case embraced in adopted yesterday was one on which Andrew Jobnson could be convicted and deposed from office. It must be recollected that while the House controlled the present proceedings it could not contro! the proceedings before the Se: fence might raise; how many tt might raise what time might be takeo op io co} eration; what witneszes it might produce, teatimony it might imtroduce—all that was to be determined by the court. As to the Chase case being a rticle, not the gentleman from lassachusetts remember that that case resulted in an acquittal ? If it was worth anvthing at all, therevore, ot was worth something as arping Dot ry ia this case what had failed in that, There was this other dis- tinction between the two cases—the utterances from Judge Chase bad come from his lips while be was sitting on the bench preiding as as Justice over the United states Court; not his utterances from the steps or balcony of some hotel in the city of St. Louis. It was nowhere alleged that the President's utterances—reprehensible ag they were outrageous, Improper, and in some instances infamo by bim while be was discharging the duties of hit as were those of Judge Chase. The House knew his (Mr, Wilsén’s) views with reference to th overnivg im. peacbments; but he was willing to let the cass go to the court in order that the doctrine might be settled; but he begged the House to remember that under the article now proposed counsel for the defence might prolong the cass indefinitely unless the article was withdrawn as suggesied, But would the geotleman (Mr. Butler) with. draw it if be did not believe that there would be remain. ing in tho cage enough to couvict the President? Anil, if ne belleved en P yaad load down the record with this rt of the White House. He Judge Humphrey, of Tennessee, had been impeached ‘on the complaint of Andrew Johnsoa bimself for a tical speech delivered on the stump bofure the war, be- fore Fort Sumter was Gred upon, before South Carolina sh in question had beon made after the passage of ordinauce of secession of South Caro’ and alter uth Caroline had Mr. Buriex sugg: diet custodios ? (whi shall keop the keoper?) and he denied that on th of December, 1860, when Judge Humphrey made ¢ speech for which he was impeached, there was war veiween the United States and South Carolina. As to the case of Judge Chase, the article similar to that now before the House was the one which got the most votes for conviction, and was the only article on which the vote was uot a strictly party one. He did not think bis friend from lowa would have objected to this article if he bad not about bim the lingering ghost of bis dow trine about indictable. He trusted the House would eu: tain tho action of the Managers 19 reporting this article jody ‘0 other articles which they were prepared to report. Mr. Locan, (rep.) of fl, argued in favor of adopting the article, It was not always that a man was convicted on every count in an indictment, and ho supposed there was not a lawyer in the House who would say that he ever knew a conviction to fail because thore were too Many counts in the indictment, Ue thought Andrew Johanson could be convicted on tl articles already adopted, but otbers might ht jon, the adoption of the proposed article would not bis acquittal, He o therefor possibls injury — th from lowa (Mr. a good lawyer, a technical tawyer, of tho Judiciary Committes; but ‘he deemed strange that @ man should become eo technical that everything must bo judged in the House to be the law exactly as he lays it dows of else that it can not be law. If conviction could be had, as he believed it would ba, on the article already adopted, additional arti cles could do no barm, but if he were not to beconvicted on those already adopted, then tbe impeachment would be afaiiure entirely, H approved of adopting the additional articles, and he boped they would be Adopted by the House, The previous question was then moved seconded, and the House proceeded to vote by yeas and nays on adopting the article reported as ‘article 10." The article was adopted—yens 87, nays 41; the only repuly licans voting in the negative being Messrs. Ashley of Nevada, Coburn, Griswold, Latin, Mallory, Marvin, . Smith, Witson of lows, Wilson of Obto, Win- dom and Woodbridge, ersonas AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE BY MR . ay offered follow. that tt bad received he moved tho the see The gentleman DreVious question on its adoptto 11.—That sald Andrew Johnson, President tates, unmindt high duties of bh 8 onth of office, t tion and Iawe of the U Annie of the United i of amrm in United states w euthorized v: nder the only & part the States, th deny that tho legislation o| or oblig upon bim, 1h 80 far ae he saw ft to thoveby denying and intending to deny aid Thirty-ninul ‘Opere ai ‘constitution of ihe declaration the said Andre’ United States, gherrerery o! M ‘ogard of tha require 1d take care (hat the revent the Act regulating the tei J March ¥, 1867, by unlaw. uily devising ang’ gontlring. and Impiing to devise ‘and wntrive, menne. by Which he shall pi vent Edqwin M. Stanton from forthwiti resum the functions of for cartain civil omies Department of War; and vistag ad conurving ad in and there prevent eu; cy for other ” March and also to Ot tbe execution of ua act entied * to provide for the more efic ent government «f the States," passed March 2, 1887, whet oi Grains imecaned he acae 4 ny commit and was guilty of s big! +4 Mr, Baooxs, (dem.) of N;Y., inquired whewer that article was printed, » ta The Sraaker stated it was not. Mr. BRooKs suggested that, aftor all, it was juit about as well vote it without its being prinjed. Is really madé no difference what in it, Mr, ELDRIDGE suggested that his protem wonll come in operons at this place, If it was not trie this morning the gentieman from husetts (Mr. Rawes) would not deny that it was true now, the articlo be again read. ° Mr, Kaiser, (rep.) of N. ¥., obj Mr, EvpripGs remarked that he did not know it was important to have it read, The article offered oy Mr. Bingham was adepted— yeas 109, nays 40—a strict party vote, as che vptes of Biycuam then reported two resolutions—one it the articles of impeachment be exhpit-a of the House of Representatives and éf ait peop! ate Dy the Mana. r? the other authorizing the Managers to appont = clerk and messenger to send for persons and papers. Adopted. Mr, Juxoxes, (rep.) of RL, offered as an additional article the one offered by him yesterday. Mr. Evpaince suggested, in derision, that he also ind ap article of impeach ment to offer, Without taking a vote on Mr Jenckes’ proporiticn «be House, at five o'clock, adjourned. THE EXCISE LAW. Meeting at the Cooper Institute. 4 well attended meeting was held last evening in the farge ball of tho Cooper Lostitute, convened tor the pur- pose of eliciting public sentiment in favor of the present Metropolitan Excise law and against the efforts now being made at Albany to modify it by striking from the bill the Sunday clause, The meeting was ided over by Mr. Wituam EF. Donors, who briefly stated the object of the meeting. Be eald the city had expemenced the great and upto! ! benefits that had accrued from the working of tho bill. It ‘was yet young, but the blessings tt bad already conferred wero countless, Attempts were now being made (9 strike off the restriction which was the principal feature of the bill for good; he meant the clause suppressing the ‘Sanday traffic tn liquors. Great ana powerful influences were at work to undo that wise and beneficial legislation. The enemies of order and tho friends of riot and dis- order were hard at work to change the law, and it would require the most strenuous efforts of the friends of peace and temperance to successfully onpose the Machinations of the liquor dealers and the politicians a& Albany whom they had secured to their services. Now was the time for action—tor prompt and immediate action, He trustef the efforts of the friends of temper- ‘ance would tn the end be successful, but there was no time to lose. Rev. H. Crossy spoke at cons! sald that the drunkenness tbat pi this city ‘was a disgrace nol only to the American people, but to the civilization of the nineteenth centurye The only reason why New York was not @ quiet, orderly and up- fight city was that upright citizens failed to do their daty in this matter of temperance against intemper- ance—that, in fact, they will not do their duty at the ballot box, that thoy will not vote, (Applause) The friends of ‘order and of temperance the city, but they surrendered their power end their rights to the minority; and this was the reason of their being ruled by the minority. From this one reason came all the trouble we experience with respect to Excise law. What was required waa for respectal citizens to unite and to epeak in thunder tones to the legisiators tn Albany that tueir will is ii and these mea could not withstand them, Who are thoge that advocaie the rescinding of the Excise law? Hardly one-tenth of the citizens. Those miserable wretches who get their fortunes on the ruin of their tellows—(appiause)—and the poor miserable dupes wao flock around them, and the pack of politicians who want to get into office and the weak kneed politicians who, being in office, do not want to leave it. Axainst this vile set ts the common sense of the community —all the decency and respecta- bility of New York against the miserable. {[t’s a crying shame that wo have not the power to contend and that we bave to show tho white flag. Let the people in meetings like this speak out, Let the whole city epeak ont, and if there are any weak kneed legislators ready to break down and succumb to the dic- tation of the minority let us remove them. (Cheers.) Let ail unite in preventing the city belng delivered up to its foes, to fury and violence and to ali sorts of dis- aster; to the lawiessne:a which makes the streets of the city unsafe for women and children to walk abroad. When we find our legisiators ready for this let us say to t distinctly, your services are longer needed; we have the power in our own hand: will send mon to Albany who will observe the order and decency. Rev. James B. Dus was the next speaker, but before addressing himself to the audience he submitted the following resolution, prepared by the association :-— Whereas the enforcemont during the last fourteen the Metropolitan Excise law has proved of incal- benefit to the community in diminishing temptation king, by the closing of two thousand four bundred sening of vice, pauperism Cad Pe semperance. le of a Piatlo, the trus He asked that ww of aud twenty-five grogshops, the lest and crime, the promotion of peace the preserfation to th can bath—their of eteil great oa religio ry # week, which would be otherwise spent | Wpation and intemperance, the coll ‘000, thus reducing taxation and obliging the creato to contribute to the support of our inebriate asylume, almshouses and + is. which ure kept constant- ith the victims of their trafic, and whereas the ‘omusssioners uf the Board of Excise strongly recommend that there ne essential changes made in thi ws an wheroas the Assemoly of the State did, on the 14th of last ‘Mouth, pass @ dill repealing the Metropolitan Excise law, substituting to Its stead another, which will. If passed by the and signed by thé Governor, be en! tne effective and tnvperative, and cause the stream of intem rance to flow on unchecked, and give over once more Christian Sabbath to desecration, lawlessness, dissipation aud crime, therefore, Resolved, That as friends of temperance and religion wo do reapectfiully yet earnestly protest against the enactment of such a law or any modification of the present law aw shall in any wise affect its efficiency; and that we cannot consistently with our principies and regard to the public wea! uphold any man or party for public office who will oot, stand by alaw so usefui and necessary us that known ue the Metropolitan Kxctse law. The following resolution was also offered at the close of the meeting :— Resolved, That a committee of — be ap meeting. who, with the chairman, shull imi ceed to Albany and lay the action of this meeting before the Legisinture and the Governor. Mr. Duno said he bad been requested to say a few words on bebalf of the.large body of temperance ry who bad been workiug to free the Empire City from the ravages of intemperance. The perance body bad watched with « great deal of interest the working the Excise law in the commupity, They had noted the eee effects of the law and now they bad no desire to go k to the reign of roxdyim, of debauchery and crime that prevailed before the enactment of the Metropolitan Excise | They were assembled to-night to protest Against the action that bad been taken 10 the Asser to modify the law and to render it useless for They were determined to persevere in the work till they had compelied the Legislature to continue the law tn all its force. Rev. H. Grang and Rev. Dr. Hall also spoke eloquently and with grout force of the evils of intemperance and of the great good that had resulted (rom the Excise law. They, on be! of the National Temperance society, expressed the determination of the whole body of tem-~ Perance men throughout the city and State not to cease in their labors till they had not only secured the perma- acy of the Exc w bere, but to spread it through- out the State. of interest was manifested in the proceed~ ings \tentive audience, and the meeting broke up about ten o'clo: Pronamta Svicion —Ellen Smith, of No, 661 Tenth day efternoon from the effects of it ia atieged, she had admistered to JKLLANKOU HAIR BAZAARS—HUMAN Hale Braids, $5, Chignons, ¥: Side Curls, $160. Retail at wholesale price. Mohair’ Bral lds, Ae.j Warerfalle, We: Hall's Rouewer and Chevalier's Life for the Halr, oniy We. Ladies’ hair dressed tn any style, only 500, 261 Grand street, near Bowery, N. d corner of Fourth and Boutm Moth, Williamsburg. 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