The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1868, Page 3

‘WASHINGTON Preparations for the Trial of the President, Senators and Representatives Besieged | for Tickets of Admission. The President Not to Appear Per- sonally Before the Impeach- ment Court To-Day. | Resignation of Attorney | General Stanbery. HH The Guerilla Mosby and the “Nitro4lycerine i] Plotters” Give Stanton a Reare. | | | f Animated Debate in the House in |] Relation to the Fictitious Destruc- tion of Government Bonds. 4 A Thorough Investigation into the Work- ings of the Printing Bureau | to be Instituted. WASHINGTON, March 13, 1868. ‘Wee Impeachment Triel—Scramble for Tick- ©ts to Witness the Proceedings—Visitors to | ‘the White House. To-night the absorbing topic im this city is im- ipeachment. Everybody is talking about it and everybody is looking forward with cager in- terest to the scene in the Senate to-morrow, when | the return of the President to the summons is to be made before that-august body sitting as a High | Court of Impeachment. The efforts to secure tickets to-day have been unremitting, and quite oppressive for Senators, Representatives and all officials sup- | posed to heve something to do with the distribu- tion. Old Ben Wade, who is supposed to be the | head and front of the whole affair, was besieged from ; early morn till near midnight by half.a thousand ap- | Plicants, in most cases representing themselves as | Feporters of the press, Old Ben, with -his natural shrewdness, tripped up a good many bogus representatives of the republic of letters and sent them sorrowing away without a hope of being ad- mitted to the grand spectacle. Your correspondent | was present last evening when a bearded | Bohemian entered Senator Wade’s room with a strap over bis shoulder and a heavy leather bag attached thereto, and inquired of the Senator if he had not a ticket to spare for a | representative of the press. The Senator returned la negative answer, and the Bohemian disappeared, whereupon Mr Wade remegrked, ‘That sort of fel- lows have been bothering me here for the last couple H of days, but from their multitudinous number—a | couple of hundred, I think—I conclude they are a d—n set of bogus reporters and scallawags.” All the tickets of Senators, Represent- tives, Judges and others entitled to favor have »been gobbled up already, and as a consequence there is. much indignation and wrath among the disap- pointed. Grumbling at the exclusive arrangements made by the Senate is the order of the night, and the growling grows: as the hours speed ahead, promising no very pleasant prospect for the parties who originated and worked to success the ticket system adopted by the Impeach- ment Court. The style of the tickets themselves is being criticised with no little acrimony. “‘Why should the Senate make a big show-of this solemn trial and cause tickets to be issued as to a theatre or grand dramatic exhibition?’ ask the grum- Diers; and why, indeed, people in general may well ask, for there is no good reason why anything of the kind should be done, except for the benefit of the press and the Corps Diplomatique. ‘The galleries in general should be free to the public—first come, first’ served—and not re- served for the special benefit of Senatorial pets and favorites of members of the lower House. As the arrangements now stand the Senators and less pretentious Representatives get the lion’s share, while the press is cramped up in narrow quar- ters, and the great journals ef the country get no more.2ccommodation than the obscurest and least infuential of this capital. I have seen speci- mens of these diferent kinds of tickets, two of which are got up in highly sensa- tional style, with the words “Impeachment of the President” in.flowing letters, and displayed much af the job printers get out their mammoth spread-eegie posters for your nietropolitan theatres, Here is a copy of the ticket provided for members: renevone pnp inners 4 UNITED STATES SENATE, IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. Avr THE BEAREK, Marcu 137H, 1868. GEORGE T. BROWN, Sergeant To be¢aken up at the main entrance, UNITED STATES SENATE. papoose reeers. Arms. (No. ——] Dinan POCOIOLE DOLE REEDED LOLOOOODLE DOLE DOE IPOD LEDODE DE The part after “‘Sergeant-at-Arms” isa coupon to be torn off as indicated, The reporters’ ticket is Mauch the same, with the exception that the words “Reporters’ Gallery” are at the top and no coupom is attached. The general ticket is merely one that admits the bearer to the buildings, without entitling him to a seat im any of the gal- Yerles, The general tickets are in the hands of the Sergeant-at-Arms for distribution, while ‘those for reporters arc under the control of Wade and this secretary, who uses his jndgment with wonder- ful disregard to the propriety of things. The Sergeant-at-Arme of the Senate has to preserve order in the Senate galleries during the impeachment tigi. He has jad primed and addressed to appli- cants for tickets'.a note, of which the following is pel Wasminaton, March —, 1808, Smm—The Senate’ ha’ directed that all tickets fiasued for the galleries during the trial of tue im- hment be distrib uted ae the members of the ro houses of Congrass and others designated, it tx ‘out of my power to comply with your request. Peete ORGE T. BROWN, Sergeant-at-Arms, ‘The President is in’ very good spirits to-night, motwithstanding his trial for high crimes and mis- flemeanors commences tu-morrow. A few persons appeared at the White House to.occupy his attention impon the variens matters of interest to them- ves, and were admitted to an audience, the Presi- «ent listening patiently to their arguments, views or opinions, as the case happened to be. The Clerk of the Senate called upon the President to-night and left with him a notification that the Senate had confirmed nis nominations for the offices of Minister to China and Minister Resident to Greece. Mr. Johnson, al- though tranquil in mind, is not at the present time enjoying his usual good health. He his been suifer- ‘ing for several daya under the effects of a cold, which has to-night assumed a more troublesome hase, he President will not appear in person to-morrow the opening of his trial, tushg-counsel. Mr. Sten- bery, with two or perhaps three of the President's counsel will appear for him to answer the summons of. igh Court of Impeachment, and a suMctent th of time for the preparation of a defence will e applied for. This having been granted, little else iil be done, it is thought, until the day ap- ointed for the resumption of the case. At ome point of the trial the President will ¢ppear in the court personally, It is scarcely probable that Very NEW- YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1868—TRIPLE — Z he will continue to be present day after day as the trial proceeds until ite close; but 1% is most likely | Counsel. your | visions of the law. The Judiciary Committee w i that he will be present when the curt begins to take | yee, OF Wo, resign my ome! | Downie, Nine | resume the comsigeration of the same subject to. morrow. Seurces and Amount of Internal Reve gue, ‘The Committee of Ways and Means, it is, under- stood, have, after consultation with the Spr ¢ial Com- missioner of Internal Revenue, arrived ¢ the con- clusion that the full amount of revenue required for the purpose of carrying on the gover ament can be raised from the following sources aP_4 the following amounts: — testimony, and at the conclurion of the trial be- tween those periods he will “ppear as circumstances may render it necessary y desirable. of Al and beg you, ‘Mr. President, to notify me of ein we gry eee ve nor to wi oii aaa’ = MA SP ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, WasHInaTon, March 11, 1868. The Presipent:— Sin—I hereby resign the office of Attorney General of the United to take effect on the 12th of the current month of March, at four o’clock P. M. of that have the honor to be, with > WieNRY STANBERY. obediént servant, EXECUTIVE MANSION, Wasnincton, D. C., March 12, 1868, Hon. Henry STaNBERY, Attorney General of th United States: Dear Sin—I recognize the ci which seem to make it proper for yon to resign the office of ee deneral a0 L appreciate fully er muninee loing 80, and wi regret acce| our ae as Anca General rs Sie United. States. veh with great res} ce oul i pect BUANDIEW JOHNSON. Stanton Gets Scared—Mosby and the Nitro- Glycerine Plotters Haunt His Dreams. mev; Managers. Mr. McEwen, for‘nerly reporter for a New York Paper, produced efore the Impeachment Managers to-day a transcy’,pt from his notes of President John- son’s speech at Cleveland. Mr. Stephen Hays, another Ne‘y York reporter, was examined on the same subj.ct, and substantiated the truth of a copy of the r¢.port, which was known to him, W. W. Wardey, was also called before them with reference to events on the tour. Ce,lonel W. G. Moore, the acting Private Secretary of*the President, was examined in relation to his re- Viwion of the speech for the press which the Presi- dent delivered in August, 1866, in reply to the Com- mittee of the Philadelphia Conservative Convention, and was subjected to a long cross-examinatiogn bout matters in connection with General Thomas and General Hancock, &c. Major McDonaid, Chief A Female Tobacce and Snuff Inspector, ~ Mrs, Elizabet'a Darragh has been appointed in- Spector of tobg.cco and snuff and cigars in the Fourth Indiana district, as successor to her late husband, This is the; first instance of the appointment of a woman in the Internal Revenue service outside of the bureau, S.AEXT. . Clerk of the Senate, and Mr. Jones, also a clerk in that body, testified to the delivery to the President of a copy of the resolution passed by the Senate de- claring that the constitution and laws gave the President no power to remove the Secretary of War and to appoint a Secretary ad interim during the ses- ‘sion of the Senate. Senator Wade’s Reported Proposition to Pair Of with Pattersen. The despatch in a Philadelphia paper to the effect that Senator Wade has made a gerious proposition to Senator Patterson, of Tennessee, to pair of during the impeachment trial has a very sitm foundation in fact. The truth of the story, as I got it from the bin Vice President himself, is simply this:—Daring the discussion of the objection raised by Senator Hendricks as to the right of Mr. Wade to be sworn in as a member of ‘the High Court of Impeachment, Benjamin, of Ohto, went to David, of Tennessee, and remarked jocosely, “You and I had better pair off, Senator. They are discussing us now, and the best thing we can do isto run off together and stay away during the whele trial.” To which the Tennessee Senator responded :— “No, sirree; I intend to stay here, Wade, and vote for you.” This is the whole foundation forthe story circulated by the Philadelphia print, which has created no little comment. Benjamin will not re- sign, pair off nor declime to vote, unless the Senate on.a vote sheuld resolve that under the circumstances he has no right to take part in the trial as a member ofthe court. We wilt abide by whatever decision may be arrived at by ‘the Senate. Ben Wade “At Home.” Very different indeed from the prevalent:notion of Ben Wade is the actual representative of this well- known name. People who never met the prospective occupant of the White House know him only as a morose, irascible and relentless fanatic, possessed of little humanity, bitter in his misanthropy, wrapped up in one perverse radical idea of making all men free and equal socially as well as politically, and otherwise given to Utopian and eccentric imaginings. And then again he is represented as a brawny, coarse, profane and illiterate character, addicted to rude and irreverent phraseology, rough in manner, hirsute in appearance, and in every essential a@ booriso, uncultivated and disagreeable creature. Such is Ben Wade as some people imagine, but how great the contrast is the original Simen Pure. Your correspondent this evening had tife pleasure of con- |. Versing with the Presidént pro tempore of the Senate, at his quiet, unostentatious lodgings, in one of the Washington hotels. In an arm chair, before a clear coal fire, attired in ample dressing gown with heavy crimson silk padded and quilted lappels, sat the in- dividual who is, accoriling to all radical prognostica- tions, about to assume executive power and preroga- tive. A table stood at his right hand, upon which papers and docuinents innumerable rested, and at the other side his ambable spouse, some fifty years or more, sat and appeared to read every one of a large basket of newspapers. It was a pretty confagal pic- ture, a delightful scene of the old political veteran with scars innumerable, leaning calmly back, and with the most serene expression of complacency pe- Tusing the fretted columns of some newspaper, while his better half with commendable industry busied herself with selecting from many various sources the printed criticisms on her lege lord. With a courtesy the more captivating from its very naturalness, your correspondent was invited to take a seat, and as all hospitality resolves itself into the principle that a guest should be made to feel himself perfectly at home there was no objection in that respect to be raised to the manner in which the President protem- pore of the Senate received his visitor, Ben Wade may be a fanatic—a hard-hearted and ‘unscrupulous man, but there is no extravagance in saying that few men are so amiable in social conver- sation—few men so candid, so desirous of being agreeable, and so utterly unconscious of the necessity of adopting a different line of address toward different classes of visitors. He looks a man of over fifty years, with sparse hair, clean shaven counte- nance, a kindly expression, indicative of a broad humanitarianism, and with a voice, though querulous: in its higher register, yet in ordinary conversation as benevolent and peculiarly interesting in tone as it is possible to hear. Your correspondent inquired if the rumor bad any foundation that he intended to resign. He replied, laughingly, “You are the first man I heard it from. It may have been in the papers; but I don’t bother myself reading many of them. Whoever says I in- tend to resign writes just to make a sensation, I suppose, and, hard up for anything else, takes hold of Ben Wade to make something out of him.” “But it is said the radical members of the Senate are discussing the question of making a formal re- quest upon you to resign and allow them to select whomsoever they please as Vice President ofthe Senate.” “Well, they may be discussing such a subject, but they have kept it mighty secret. I have heard nothing from them like asking me to resign, and if I did I hardly think | sbou What have these fellows to do with the voice of the State of Ohio? That State elected me, and When that State asks we to resign PU do it.” “Then you don’t intend to resign, Senator, news- paper reports to the contrary notwithstanding” “Of course I don’t, You might as well ask if the State of Ohio is going to resign. That State sent me to the United States Senate, and in the interest of that State 1 intend to cast my vote on impeach- ment.” “How tong will the trial last, Senator?’ “Well, if these fellows in the House confined them- eelves to the first articles they preferred, I suppore the whole thing would be over in less than four weeks; but this spreading out of the net may be the means of prolonging the case.” “Jt will all be over in five weeks I suppose, Sen- ator?” “Yes; I don’t think it can take. much more than five weeks.” “And then yon take posstasion of the White House?” Here Mr. Wade was overcome by his natural mod- esty, aad half stotling and blushing, and apparently evolving in his own mind the prospect of presiding at the White House, answered:— “Well, 1 supposwgmeeif the Senate decide against Andrew Jobnson. I don’t want the position, but if 1 become entitled to it I have no objection.” After saying which we bade the Senator good even- ing, extremely impressed with his courtesy and gen- tleness of manner. Resignation of Attorney General Stanbery. Attorney General Stanbery on Wednesday ten- dered his resignation to the President, which has been accepted by the latter. The following is the correspondence between Mr, Stanbery and. the President :~ ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, } WasuiNGToN, March 11, 1868, j Michen you Ar expressed to ish that hen you first e: me your w! hat should engage aa one of your counsel in the impeachment | felt an em| ment wee out. my official position. [ then said that, although there was no legal incompatibility between my acting as our counsel in my individual capacity holding at the same time the office of Attorney Ge yet as the duties of counsel in such case must engross all niy time during {ts progress my attention would necessarily be withdrawn for an indefl- from. the discharge of official duties. When, after further consideration, 1 continwed to feel the force of the jon and sald to you that I could not consent to hold may office and t the same time ¢! in your defence, you were further please1, iu ylew of the alternative, to reiter- | Although the greatest care has been taken to smother the matter, the real cause for locking the back door of the War Department has leaked out, most probably through a discontented soldier, who happened to possess a greater degree of intelligence and keener powers of observation than he was given credit for, and who was not to be restrained his tinfe-honored privilege of grumbling at what he believed to we unnecessary hardship. Cut and trimmed into the mildest form possible, it cannot be concealed that the high-mind- ed occupant of the War Departraent was overtaken last week with so great a panic ¢hat it almost result- ed in stampeding him. On that occasion the re- doubtable Stanton was positively scared out of his customary self-possession, and did call speedily upon the military for succor. ‘fat is about the size of it, When the terrors of the naitro-glycerine conspi- racy barst upon him he resorted to the military for protection, and while even the most nervous peo- ple regarded the story as a very weak hoax Mr. Stanton saw danger enough in it to surround the department with a strong skirmish line, having a heavy reserve for support located within the build- ing and camping out on the hard brick floor. But the nitro-glycerine scare was excusable when com- pared with the panic which fell upon the timid Stanton last week. A more absurd story never ema- mated from the intelligent contraband of the rebel- lion than the report which caused such consternation in the War Department on Friday last. ‘This it was:—A detective employed by Mr. Stanton to bring him early intelligence of any danger that Might threaten the safety of his official sanctuary appeared before him on that day and imparted the startling intelligence that Mosby, the famous rebel guerilla of Virginia during the war, had or- ganized a force in the country adjacent to the Poto- mac river and was prepared to enter Washing- ton, surround the War Department and seize the refractory Secretary of War, so culled. What disposition was then to have been made of the illustrious prisoner was not clearly known, but uncomfortable visions of a midnight ride on a Virginia fence rail, exposed to the biting blasts of wintry air, with no other covering than a liberal coat of tar and feathers, or, perhaps, a sudden dissolution of all that is mortal of the great War Secretary and his remains thrust into some one of the half filled holes that cover the Bull gun battle field, filled the mind of the nervous Stanton and he at once ordered out a force of sewenty-tive men. This force was held under marching orders to move to the scene of action at a moment's notice, At night while the weather was quite cold astrong guard was sent to the Long Bridge acrovs the Potomac to look out for the approach of the ehemy and contest the passage of the river. The guard, much to their disgust, bivouacked in the cold night air on the Long Bridge for two nights, but were doomed to disappointment, for no Mosby made his appearance. Then it was resolved to lock the rear of the War Department in order that there should be but one entrance, which it was thought upon it. The New Electoral Law for the South. now a law, the President having failed to return it to the House with his approval! or objections, within the constitutional limit of ten days. It provides that hereafter any election ordered ‘under these acts shall be decided by a majority of the votes actnally ¢ and at the election in which the ques- tion of the adoption or rejection of any constitution is submitted, any person duly registered shall vote in any part of the State in which he shall have been registered, where he may reside at the time of the election, upon presenting his certificate of registry, under such regulations as the District Commander may prescribe. Appointments Confirmed by the Sennte. ‘The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomi- nations:— Lewis Walfley as Assessor of Internal Reven the First district of Louisiana, vice James Re: moved. ‘Henry Montagne 8 Postmaster at Whi ft p for + TO. Water, 8. : Robert M. Lindsey as Postmaster at Boise Cily, dito. Charles Van Winkel as Marsha! for the district of Virginia. Thomas Hood as Attorney for Wisconsin. George Martin as Postmaster ut Santa Fe, New Mexico. 'T. W. Scott, of Tennessee, as Consul at Matamoros, nae C. Burt, as Postinaster at Murireesboro, nn. Samuel K. Alien, of New York, and Samuel Mercer, of Pennsylvania, to be second leuteuants in the Inarine corps. Lientenant Colonel M. R. Kintzing to be colonel. Major Thomas Y, Field, to be lieutenant colonel. Captain D. M. Cohen to be major. First Lieutenant Henry A. Bartlett to be captain, and second Lieutenant’ Albert B. Young to be first lieutenant in the marine corps. The Senate also coufirmed forty-five Hieutcnant cominanders. Judicial Matters, Both houses have passed the bill authorizing writs of error to be taken to the Supreme Court, where suita were brought in regard to the collection of iier- nal revenue after the money has been paid into the Treasury. It also repeals so.much of the act of Feb- ruary 6, 1867, amendatory of an act establishing the judicial courts of the United States as authorizes an ‘appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court to,the Supreme Court of the United States or the exercise of any such jurisdiction by the Supreme Court, or ap- peais which have beer or may hereafter be taken. A provision similar to this was some time ago prepared by the Committee on Reconstruction, but was not presented to the House. The Chilean Charge d’Affaines Recognized. Don Mariano Sanchez Fantecilla to-day presented his credentials to the Secretary of State as Chargé d’ Affaires of the republic of Chile near the government of the United States, and was recognized accord- ingly. Report of the Trial of American Citizens in Great Britain and Ireland. ‘The President to-day sent to the House, in complt- ance with a call for information relative to the trial and conviction of American citizens in Great Britain and Ireland for the last two years, a continuation of the report from the Secretary of State on that sub. ject. The documents are very voluminous. Legal Tenders for National Bank Notes. The House Committee on Banking and Currency again considered Mr, Randall's bill substituting legal tender notes for national bank note circulation at their meeting to-day. The matter was again post- Pponed so as to allow certain parties to be hofird against the bill. Proposed National Chamber of Life Insurance Representatives. ‘The Judiciary Committee of the House to-day had under consideration a proposition which meets with some favor, looking to the establishment of @ Chamber of Life Insurance of the United States. Several gentlemen prominently identified with this interest were heard in the expression of their opinions. The plan in view contemplates the aboll- tion of the present inconveniences attending the operations of insurance companies having business outaide the State in which incorporated, by creating & national chamber, composed of representatives of the compamtes in all parts of the country, and compelling the Board of Administration to report annually theif opexations to Congress. The Secre- tary of the Treasury Will also have @ supervisory the Forty-fourth regiment, assisted by the Twelfth regiment of infantry and the Fifth cavalry, would be able to hold against any force that could be brought The bill amendatory to the reconstruction acts Is THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March 12, 1368, PETITIONS, Mr. BAYARD, (dem.) of Det, presented a memorial asking an appropriation for widening the harbor of Christiana, Del.; also several petitions for a change of the Revenue laws, Mr. PoMEROY, (rep.) of Kansas, presented the peti- tion of a citizen of Virginia, signed by the President of the Convention, praying for the removal of his political disabilities. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. BUCKALFW, (dem.) of Pa., presented the re- monstrance of the paper manufacturers of Pennsy!- Yonte agaiaet the passage of an international copy- it law. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., presented the petition of the bankers, manufacturers and merchants of In- dianapolis, remonstrating against any material change in the national banking system. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., press asking for the abolitio the United States. Judiciary. asi object of the petition, ir. of citizens of Ohio for a change in th pointing civil oficers. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. THE DUTY ON FOREIGN MERCAANDISE. ed a petition that the present duties on foreign merchandise i upon th Finan Committee be instructed to inquire into the made. tion went over. : ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL. Mr. MonGAN, (vep.) of N. Y., int relief Roosevelt. Hospital, ‘in } jishes the contingent | States government to its en¢ of New York having inco: that instimtion in James EF OF Mr. MORGAN, from ported the House bill for the relief of cer of distilied spirits with an_ amendme alcohol or rum contracted for and or redistilled prior to. the act of exported, if doue hirty ¢ of this bin, on p oo mend the extension of Mr. Morgan explained that it is intended to meet the ie of me snare who had already mar n fore the bill named was od $ HAN chimed ¢ ds, All that world be be to show that whiskey was manufact ation, He believed some vessels were iting in Boston to | might land this whist other adjacent coun! be-cheated out of $2 a gallon, velt. Laid ov 1888, to be sare » commit <iship from the bill in question. Jected to hi re i" ing ¢itizens to violate their legal engagements which, he claimed, would be the result if the bil Was not passed, piration of the morning hour, PENSIONS TO THE HEROES OF 18 Mr. VAN WINKLE, (rep.) of W. Va., cal up th siilors of the war of 1812. ‘The question was on th amendment by the Committee on Pensions. in ci others: called attent giving, us it di soldiers cireumstane pensions not only to the needy leaxt three montis, and it made no provision for widows or heirs, Hecstimnated that, ded. who would not exc six years of age, ed th asund in number of seventy paupers; and he thought the number was (oo smal to justify thi necessary for th haps at an additional expense, refuse to go when the aci lutionary soldiers was passed. occasioned great indie persion. not been affected by the hardships of war, the wounded and diseased having been already provided for. He believed there were thirty thousand, instead still living. When the I ithe estimated number e than quadruple. Every Pennsylvania of five thow rant bil was nine t 1 that pert yainst the British rand reside He vomine the just | iifty or two liaudred and sixty miliions, deducting f ns for this Purp inue the ta ew greenbacks, SENDEN, (Te | )ot Me. Mr, Pes: n of the oftice of President of Referred to the Committee on the He stated that he had no syinpathy with HERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, presented the petition mode of ap- Mr. Grimes, (rep.) of Towa, offered a resolution ported into the United States having been predicated ¢ internal tax on domestic manufactures, the expediency of reducing them in the same ratio with the reduction of the said internal tax if any should be Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Me., objecting, the resolu- ced a bill for York, which im of the United ordance with the will of the ady distilied vot. + recom the period to sixty days. piracts Africa and in the Mediterranean be- Mr. Moreith, (rep) of Vt, thought the bill pro- vided sumiciont guards, as it? was a bill of morely 2 temporary character for the relief of persons sub- ys, (dem.) Of Md., Was opposed to fore- Aiter further debate the dill went over at ihe ex- House bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and ¢ anendinent striking out the words “who are mstances Which render them dependent on or be aed having been read. Mr, EDMUNDS: ion to the importance of the proposition, to whieh he he doom the Senate would not agree, ii, fislz, bub to those who might be in good Mr. VAN WINKLE said the bill did not include all the soldiers of 1812, but only those who served for at ng those 1 been pensioned, the survivors of that war u degradation to be obliged to confess themselves discrimination, which would make it to go to the Pension Ome, per- Many of them would for the benetit of Revo- A like requirement ation among those Who were not paupers, and he kuew of one who had refused to " I AN Was opposed to the passage of a bill whieh proposed to give pensions to soldiers who had onary soldier a engaged in a war Hut it was evi- of the fone hundred and thirty or one a y-five millions, where ‘was the to come from expenses of the govern- + He warned ors that there were no rovide for those items of ‘tuey would either have to issue a new yped they would consider whether they should ‘establish this prece- PRIVATE PENSION BILLS. ‘The consideration of private pension bills was con- tnued, one of them, siving & pension to the widow of an assistant provost al, eliciting considera- ble discussion on the propriety of ing such officers or their rej itatives, It ended, however, in the passage of the bifl. EXECUTIVE SESSION, On motion of Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass, at a quarter before four, the Senate went into executive session, AMENDMENT OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1798, After executive session the Senate took up and concurred in the House amendments of the bill to amend the Judiciary act of December 24, 1798, in re- to taking writs of error to the Supreme Court in cases arising out of the collection of internal revenue. The bill, which passed the Senate yester- ang, now goes to the President. ¢ Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 12, 1868. PROTEST AGAINST AN INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT We Mr. KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., presented four protests of the engravers and bookbinders of Philadelphia against the enactment of the International Copyrigt law, which were referred to the Judiciary Committee. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. A Committee of Conference was ordered on the House joint resolution directing that certain moneys now in the hands of the United States Treasurer as special agent of the Treasury Department be paid into the Treasury. MILITARY STOREHOUSE AT FORTRESS MONROE, ‘The Senate joint resolution to authorize the erec- tion of a military storehouse at Fortress Monroe, Va., Was on motion of Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio, taken from the Speaker's table, explained and passed, RELIEF OF ARMY PAYMASTERS. ‘The Senate bill authorizing the accounting oMcers to allow to the army payiasters credits for overpay- ments made in good faith on the public account as shall appear by vouchers and testimony to be just was, on motien of Mr. GARFIELD, taken from the Speaker's table, explain edand passed, WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE AND THE IMPEACH- MENT. The SPEAKER presented a communication from the Governor of West Virginia faanmanene a resolu. tion of the West Virginia Legislature declaring the President guilty of a wilful and flagrant violation of the law in the attempted removal of Secretary Stan- ton, and that he ought to be impeached, and authori- zing the Governor to tender to Congress the assist- ance of West Virginia in sustaining the authority and enforcing the laws of the United States. THE FICTITIOUS DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT BONDS. The report of the Committee on Retrenchment, on the question of the fictitious destruction of eighteen millions’ worth of bonds in the Treasury came up as the unfinished business of yesterday, Mr. Logan, (rep.) of IL, took the floor, and com- plained that the report of the committee, as published in the morning papers, omitted one of the most im- portant sheets, being the copies of the certificate connected with the case as follows: The schedule United States tive-twenty coupon registered bonds, act of March 3, 1863, blanks returned by me this day to be destroyed.” [Here follows the number of packages of yarious denominations, the vet value being stated at $18,643,000.) This is dated Treasur- er’s Ofice, December 2, 1867. Appended is the fol- thes TREASURY DEPanrneny 2 REARURY DEPARIS Wass Dec. £9, 1867.) We hereby certify that all the U; States securities spe- elfied and deseribed the foregoing echedule were this day “ved In Our pres W. V. 8. WILS 1 the Secretary of the Treasury, tor the Register of the Treasury. the Treasurer of United States. 8, specially appointed by the Secretary nt blank pieces of paper orninating them as ber DAV neds tary. Y, for Register, or Treasurer. certificates contained ft INES, Assistant Cashier, 3AN said, in the course ot his remarks ny an inthis hall who hears me— that statement with Mr. Neale told me this thing had ne before the vc that they men may 6x: will find this is the only instanc fiente has been made. Mr. Logan went on to say that he would tt a document read to the House in relation to 5. Clarke, the Superint Printing Burean, whi showing ‘the kind of man who had whitewashed by Congress and was now again white- washed by the committee. Mr. WELKER, (rep.) of Ohio, a member of the co: mittee, desired to be understood that the committ So far at least as he was concerned, did not appr of th practised in the ‘freasury iy thu Mr. Logan asked Mr. Well saLCtlon. contained in ity ec airman e additions. mittee, Mr. Jenckes, vark of Mr. Van Wyck yesterday as to the pre elect of Mr. Logrin’ statement that the money centre of the country ri enled the idea, remarking that what either of the might say. would ha’ the govei ment bonds than a mosquite mut horn bad upon the butfalo. tolnority report: made by Mr. several years ago extracts reflecting very severely on the character of Mr. 5. M. Clarke, Superintende of the Printing Bureau, Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., said, as a memb the Commutttee, that he had not had’ an oppor of heaving the testimony or agreeing to the report, He had, however, previously looked into the subject of the Printing Bureau and into Mr. Clarke's sabject and the system of printing, and had come to the conglusion that the system was loose and censuraile, He hoped, therefore, that the gentleman from TMinois 1 whitewashing any boe AN—By no means, sir. Mr Mr. whitewa Mr. resolution ¢ that he had examined the record, and that in fa f the report he must say astonished to find ary man claiming to have even the erudest ideas of busk- hesa shomid put his hate toa paper showing what the record in tie ease did. lie believed the whole thing susceptibie of satisfactory exp fraud in the maite ve tanght the men who signed thovw they should not have signed pap hdid nob state the exact facts. Those jrent nshonid be ashamed of having put their nantes per, because fone of them either signed thing that was’ absolutely untrne. or else the other three certified to a st ment which had no foun- dation in fact. Mr. HALSEY admitted that the mode of certificate weniar, and expressed (he belief that business world no longer be conducted in that ma Mr. LOGAN, having again up Mr, Brooks’ minority rep order to have further ing, however, that he w ing ir, Clarke or anybody else, 3, (ep) of lows, Who had offered the anation and that v House and to the salleries for the clara extracts. had been chairman of the . Rrooks hid been a minority dent. ‘They had, under somewhat doubtful ctrenm- | member, remarked that he had always thought the stances, pensioned soldiers of the Revalutionary war, | publishing of that document was a very scaly pro- but they were then perfectly abje todo it. No nation on the face of the earth pensidned men merely be- cause they had rendered three months’ military se vice, If this was passed the survivors of the Sem nole war, the Mexican war, the Creek war aud the So with those who had been in the recent war, ia which He did not object to been made to the soldiers of the late war, because there was that a Blackhawk war would expect the same thing. we had a million men enga the donations of land that had plenty of it. It was right enough man disabled in the service should be liberally paid; but it was preposterous, a8 @ national principle, to give pensions to every man who had been in the He was age i im Military service not three months, answer to anything that could be said against for opposing this measure, difficulty they should have the manliness to stand up ond refase the appropriation. He thought we were @ great people, but regarded the claim that we were a wise problematical. imi protest against it. Mr. VAN WINKLE Recep and inorder, he ime for reflection, moved ive Senators tore said, to th 4 ill he postponed, jat the The motion was agreed to, and Mr. Van Winkle ealled up in succession @ numberof pension bill which were passed. si ANXIETY OF THE PUBLIC TO ale te TO THE IMPEACHMENT TRIA Mr. ANTHONY, (re} pit 1, rose to a planation, He nm in the Senat time, but had hitherto never had occasion to reply nal ex- In these times of flnancial end {n our conduct of public affairs rather After citing several instances where Popular clamor had led to unwise legisiation of a lar character, he declared that he felt bound to for a long ceeding. The reading of the document was interrupted by Mr, Ex.to7, (rep.) of Mass, who made the quest f order that there was a good deal in the doc that should not be read in public, saggesting (hat tt night be published tp the Globe, The SPEAKER sustained the point of order, Wnt a the ground of irrelevancy to the question before t House, Mr. Logan said he had only desired to present this document to show the character of an individual who had charge of printing the poy A and bonds of the government, and to show that the man’s charac. ter Was so damnable that its description could not be read in public on account of Its immorality. He withdrew the document. ‘The report of the Committee of Retrenc the subject undef discnssion was then read. Mr, RANDALL, in connection with it, offered a reso- lation that the report and testimony be recommitted, with instructions to report whether any and what chai are requisite in the present mode of printing the United States bonds and notes, ‘Mr. Dawss, (rep.) of Mass., said that four or five years ago, as the result of information which he had obtained ‘in an engraving establishment in New York, he had are in the House to break up the Printing Bureau in the Treasury Department, not because of ay lack of confidence in the persons con- nected with but because he was convinced that the whole credit of the nation should not be allowed to rest on the integrity of one individual. The dis- cussion, however, had hig’! soon degenerated into personal chai against Mr. Kneis and thus the attention of the House was direc! from the in- herent defect of the system to an issue as to the ment on on the floor to @ newspaper article. A representa | integrity of Mr. Clarke. From that time the estab- tion, however, had been in an evening paper | lishment had gone on and grown into iminense pro- here yesterday which he desired the reporters to con- | portions; and now this investigation fell back on the tradict. Some malicious person had published the | in! of one man, He saw from the ja retin okey the Nae ry during | et nT oe OME Carb tate distribution of tic! 1e Sen: jur' made out in the ofice . 80 of im: rs ff ht ime whole thing came back and rested on the integrity the tess peachment.” Senator agine the result. (Laughter.) Leb y h 80 beset yy crowds this morning seeking he had to gallin the Sergeant-at-Arms, (Laughter.) He desired \to say that he and his colleague haddewer tickets than any ottier except thoae from Nebraska, Nevada and Delaware (alluding to the vision 1a Re one Bee a J al bn eta distribut ong Senators in the ratio of the re- Presentation ot’ their States in thé House of Repre- sentatives), s Mr. CONNRES, (Tep.) Of Cal, In the Senator would not try t evade his proper responsibility. (Laughter.) “ . ‘Mr. ANTHONY would just that Ne had delegated all authority of that Xind to the Senator from Calt- fornia (Mr. Connesa), (70 Whom Application could be made, (Langhter,) of Mr. Clarke, He thought it time that the whole system was broken down. + “Mr, Jupp, (rep.) of Tll., Lo ah Randall that he add to his resolution * to inquire fies the fitness of the party controlling the Printing reat.’ Mr, RANDABL declined, not wishing to enter into any more malities, For himself, he thought that the man shonid have been st 0, He added that it has come to the Ww of the com- mittee that there were bonds bearing duplicate uum- honestly issued. Mr. HALSeY detailed at some Tengen facts and of the com- mittee, It was time that some action such as he propoved was taken, and he hoped therefore that so } simple and proper a propositiam would be adopted. bers were so the Treasury that the clerks having conaage of the inatter became alarmed and insisted the re- deemed bonds should not be destroyed, but should be cancelled and peescrred and that now when # bond is received with a tleman connected with the department is millions of bonds, man (Mr. Logan) ineant when he spoke yesterday of attorneys for the manner of bookkeeping as shown to have becn R was understood to say it was not, bat Mr. Van Wyck) was authorized of N. Y., explained that he linded to at the’sugyestion (Mr. Logan) would not include him in the category of HaLsey, (rep.) of \.4., another member of the committer, also disclaimed any intention of which the inquiry was ordeved, said but an ounce of 3 Mr. KELLEY stated that bonds with duplicate nom- frequently received for cancellation a duplicate number some gen~ called and! sl its the number which the bond ht to bear, and that the number is changed ac ingly. He suggested that the committee should turn its atten- tion to that particular point. THE RESTORATION OP ALABAMA. STEVENS, (rep.) of Pa., suggested at half-past Mr. two o’clock that the matter go over till to-morrow, and that the House take up the bill for the admission of Alabama. Objection being made by Mr. VAN Wycr, Mr. STEVENS gave notice that at half-past four o'clock to-day he would move the previous question on the Alabama bill, THE SUPPLEMENTARY RECONSTRUCTION ACT. ‘The SPEAKER presented a message from the Presi- dent informing the House that an act to amend the supplementary Reconstruciion bill had been pre- sented to himon February 28, and not having been returned by him to the House, it had become a law. CONFERENCE COMMITTEES APPOINTED. The SPEAKER announced the following committees of conference:—On the Pension Appropriation bill Messrs. Butler, Kelsey and Nicholson; on the bill covering into the Treasury the proceeds of rebel captured property, Messrs. Washburne, of Wis., Sco- Held and Barnes. THE PROPOSED STAMP TAX ON CIGARS. Mr. Waxp, Gepjot N, Y., presented a remonstrance of the citizens of Elmira, N. Y., against the proposed stamp tax on cigars. DEBATE RESUMED ON THE DESTRUCTION OF GOVERN- MEN’ N The question as_to th ‘Treasury was resumed Mr. Van Wyck expressed the opinion that no member would rise to-day to say that the evidence taken by the committee sustained the charge that there was any abstraction 0: any part of the vighteen ie did not know what the gentle- 3. truction of bonds in the Treasury Depaytment, nor did he know whom he meant. Jt did nt apply to any of the gentlemen who had ‘taken part in this investi- gation. He had spoken also of persons covering him with slime. He (Mr. Van Wyck) had seen and heard nothing of it. No gentleman had thrown any dirt in the matter except the gentleman (Mr. Logan) himself. ‘That gentleman had attacked the Treasury Depart- ment, and had done so unanswered, Ceriainly no member of the committee had come to the defence of the Secretary, so that he threw back upon the gentle- man his imputation of whitewashing. The gentic- man had made a charge as to the abstraction of eighteen millions of dollars. ir. LOGAN, rising and mterrupting, said that he had never made any such statement, and that wh the gentleman from New York said he had stat anything about robbery or abstraction of those bonds he stated that which he knew to be untrue, Mr. VAN Wrcx said the gentieman had repeated that time and time again in this discussion, it was an easy matter to bandy words, The gentleman had spoken of being slimed, and he (Mr. Van Wyek) had sald that the genulenman himseif was the only one who had thrown dirt; and now that gentieman lad stepped forward to confirm that assertion. He (Mr. Van Wyck) had spoken of the iinpression deductbie from the geatleman’s (Mr. Logan's) remarks, The gentleman had stated yesterday that he believed there was fraud in the matter, and it was that im- pression which he had conveyed to the House and country; and was it not just to the whole country that the facts shouid go out to counteract the ment? Why should the gentleman from Ultnois take exceptions to that? wz to the 8 hu volved in the question itself, Mr. Van Wyck stated that ihe system carried on in the the same as under Fessenden, He ex particulars of th Po his willingness th: by Mr. Randall should be adopted, Mr. ELpripeR, (dem.,) of Wis. suggested thatthe muutter be referred to a select eornitiee taken from bers on the democratic side of the House, as seemed to be a quarrel amoag he ncuibers on vther side, ir, VAN Wycx said:-—We will attend to owe own (1, if you will allow us, will attend to oar too. Mr. ELpkingeE—We would like (Laughter) Mr. Randall's resolution was adopted, and the re nd testimony were recoiutnitied, Wilt instrue- ned to the House in detatl t oi lusion hee to bury you. pori Uons, the After varions propositions in reference to the conrse of business the bill wont over watil the uwrning hour on Tuesday ne: COMMITTEE OF Ci 2 ON THE D APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. WASHBURN. on appropriations, § ments to the Consular and Diplomatic Apr bil, All the ainendinents were concur that making the salary of the secretary to the at Guaymas $1,000 a Year and that reducing the ap- propriation for contiigent expenses of the immaions abroad from 000. A committee of conference on the disagrecing votes was appointed, TELEGRAPHIC FACILITIES DETYERN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC STATES. Mr. WASHBURNE, of [1., offered resolutions calling on the Secretary of the ‘Treasury for Information ws to the contract made under the act to facilitate tele- graphic communication between the Athintie and Pacific States, as to the amount paid under the con- tract, the amount Pea by the government annualiy for such telegraphing, the rates, &c., and of the original company. Adopted. ‘ THR WHISKEY FRAUDS, Mr. VAN WYCK, from the Committee on Retreneh- ments, made a report on the Whiskey frauds, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed, DISPOSAL OF RESOLUTIONS. The Honse then proceeded, as the next business in order inthe morning hour, to dispose of resolu- tions and bills offered previously, and which had been lying over under the rule, as follows: The resolution offered by Mr. Pyle December 16 calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for informa- tion as to national banks, having changed their se- curities on deposit, Adopted, Resolution oiered by Mr. Higby February 10 colling on the cy of State for information as Ref resolutions and bills were referred, JULTURAL PUBLIC LANDS, He The resolution offered by Mr. Julian December declaring that the further sale of the agrienitural public lands ought to be prohibited by law, and that all proposed grants of lands for railroad or other special ta should be carefully seratin| rigidly subordinated to the p securing homes for the lan settiement and tillage of the pub consequent inerease of the national w REGULATION OF TARIFF ON TH The resolution offered by Mr. to regulate the tari for freight anc the Union and Central Pacifle railrod branches. nd prrpose of the wctual and the ramount pa Lp moved its reference to the Com- ov on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. WASHBURNE expressed tho hope that there be a square v otlon Was Te " VAN HORN, ( revolution on the tabi The motion was re the resolution went over for lowing ts the vote in detath:— Atums, Anderson, A m nays 70—and auction. ‘The fol- nw . Paihe, Pile, turk weather, Kerr, Morzill, Piants, Poland, Price, Kaim, S:hotie of Pa., Stokes, Stan Ky. Twiteuell, Van Welker and Wilson of Pa. 3, N esar#, Allison, Bailey, Barnes, Beaman, Beatty, Biaine, Biatr, Carey, Clnrchiil,’ Clarke ‘of Kanses, Cond, Thomas, Trim’ orn, Washburn of Cook, Cullow, Driggs, Farnsworth, Ferri, Ferry,’ ¥ielde, Carbéld, ete’ Gollady, Halsey, Hawkins, Holman, Motel” kiss, Hubbard of W. ard of Conte, Hurlburdy Hi ter, Ingersoll, Judd, Kelsey, ham, Kitehs Koontay Lawrence Of Ohio Loan, ‘Loughridye,” Mayon ‘MoClurg, Moore, Mooretiead, Niblack, Orth, Piko, Polak y rt ham, Peters, dnil, Roberton, Schenk, Shanks, Sityreaves, Spalding, Stewart, Tafle, Trowbridge, (pean Wvan“Auken, Van Wyck, Ward? Washburn of Wis. fash Nurne of Illy Williams of ‘Tnd., Wlison of Ohio, Wood oodward— ih AMENDMENT OF THE JUDICIARY LAWS. On motion of Mr. ScHeNCK, (rep.) of Ohio, the Senate bill to amend the Judiciary act of 24th Sep- tember, 1789, 80 a8 to place the otticers of the Inter- nal Revenue on the same footing a8 officers of the Customs in reference to appeals of suite in civii ac- tions from the United States Circuit Courts to the be ped Courts was taken from the Speaker's tabie in. Mr. WILSON, (rep) of Iowa, offered an amendment to it by way of an additional section repealing 80 much of the act of February 5, 1867, being an act to amend the Judiciary act of 1759 as authorizes an =. —, the b Jocamen of @ Circuit Court to the jpreme Court of the United States, or the exercise of any such jurisdiction by the Supreme Court on ay 4 that have been or inay hereafter be taken. ie amendment Was agreed to and the bill as amended 5 AN INQUIRY SLUMBERING IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. Mr, WASHBURNE, (rep.) of Ill, sugs asa 5 tion of privilege the fact that the S rtinent had been by a House resolution of the 61 January last called on for information which had not yet been furnished. ‘The SPEAKER decided that that was not a question of privilege. , RANDALL said that the Navy Department had vl rogressing with the information for the last Mr. WASHBURNE suggested that if the gentieman did Tot look out the present Navy ‘Departaent would not bp progressing in @ month | THR REPORT OF Hs BINGHAM, (rep.) ment Managers, offered stenographers of the House to attend the M: to the Senate and report in ‘the itn ment by the sees ae in rf the mem of tne of such report of the by nine o'clock next ; tained for each member and bound for Referred to the Committec on Printing. ‘The House at iatf-past four adjourned.