The New York Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1868, Page 5

r WASHINGTON Startling Revelations Regaid- ing the Plots of the Radicals. Our Republican Form of Govern- ment to be Superseded by a Dictatorship. Virtual Abolition of the Supreme Court. Grant, the Senate and the National Banks to Rule the Nation. Adjournment of the Impeachment Trial in Consequence of the Illness of Mr. Stanbery. THE GREAT RADICAL CONSPIRACY, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. ‘The Plot of the Radicals for the Overthrow of a Republican Government—The Executive and the Supreme Court to be Abolished— The Terms of Office of Grant and the Senn- ters to be Extended to Ten Years—A Com- bined Military and Senatorial Dictatorship Co ntemplated, WASHINGTON, April 14, 1868, History records numerous instances of conspira- cles to overthrow existing governments or to change ruling dynasties, but they have generally been the work of a few restless spirits, who have kept their eal designs concealed from all but their immediate associates, and thus have led their followers blindly on in the path of revolution in ignorance of its ultimate goal. The Jacobins of France were bold in their action; but even with them when their revolutionary fires were first ‘kindlea only the men who applied the match knew Tully the extent of the destruction that was designed to follow the conflagration. The radical conspiracy now under full way at Washington is probably the most reckless that has ever sought to strike at the life of a strong and beneficent government and to reduce a happy people to a state of anarchy. Byvents have occurred here within the past two or three days which render it certain that the ultimate ‘object of the men who are now striving to control the republican party in Congress is to effect an entire change in our republican form of government, and to substitute in its place a dictatorship more abso- Jute and arbitrary than that of Robespierre and the Commune de Paris. The apparent triumph of the impeachers on Saturday last, when the Senate, after giving the broadest license to the Managers in regard to the admission of evidence against President Johnson, refused to the latter the privilege of examining General Sherman on points vital to the defence, imparted such confi- dence to the radical conspirators as to tempt them te cast aside all caution and to boast openly of their power and of the manner in which they are resolved to exercise it, In the barreoms and over ‘the dinner tables principles were avowed which, ‘under other governments, would speedily consign ‘their exponents to a felon’s cell. The objects of the revolutionists were declared to be the entire over- throw of constitutional republican government, as @ failure, proved to be such by the war of the rebel- dion, and the substitution in its place of a so-called “Government of the People,” under the delusive Jacobin cry of “Liberty and Equality.” The means -and process by which this end is to be accomplished are set forth as follows:— The conviction and removal of Andrew Johnson, and the installation of Ben Wade in the Presidency for three or four months before the commencement of the next Presidential term. ‘The election of Grant as President and Ben Wade as Vice President and President of the Senate, by the aid of martial law im doubtful States, if neces- sary. The virtual abolition of the Supreme Court of the ‘United States, by stripping the judiciary of the power ‘to pass upon the constitutionality of any act of Con- gress relating to reconstruction or to the business of the government. ‘The extension of the term of office of the Presi- dent, Grant, the Vice President, Wade, and the present United States Senate to ten years from the 1st of March, 1869, on the plea that a constantly re- curring change in the government ig harmful in the existing condition of the country and was one of the main causes of the late war of the rebellion. The unlimited inflation of the currency, through the instrumentality of the national banks, so as to throw upon the country an enormous amount of paper money, by means of which the people are to be kept in astate of excitement and good humor, and to be amused and made satisfied with an ap- parent prosperity. ‘This is the end and aim of the radical conspiracy, ‘to which impeachment is only one of the preliminary steps. The dictatorship of Grant will be nominal only, and the real power will be in the Senate, with Ben Wade at its head. The appointments made by him during his brief term of power will be carefully selected from the tools of the conspirators, and the patronage and influence of the office holders will atand at the back of the revolutionary commune, Grant will not have the power, if he had the dis- position, to change a single feature in the pro- gramme—a single creature in the action of the »drama—for the Senate will hold him ina vice stronger ‘than that they have prepared for Andrew Johnson. With the latter out of the Presidential office, no voice rill be raised in vetoes to expose the true character Of radical legisiation, and acts will be passed which will strike down what Little of protection yet remains to the people in the barriers of the constitution. With a paper currency flooding the country specula- tion will run wild, stocks of all kinds will rise, ratl- road schemes, land schemes and all the wildest pro- Jects that ingenuity can devise will find seady vota- ries, and in the general fire and smoke of the great Tevolution the radical dictatorship will be made per- gpetual. The united power of Grant, the Senate and athe national banks is relied upon to crush out all op- position and to enforce a Reign of Terror to which the exp enience of 1862 and 1863 will be but a trifle. The consp.7ators cite the case of Louis Napoleon in sup- port of heir argument that boldness only is required to turn inv 9 absolutism a rule commenced under the guise of ."epublican liberty, ‘The immedia'¢ Admyesion of the Southera States, with their negro Constiinencies and negro repre: NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1868—QUADRUPLE SHEET. sentatives, will follow the first successful steps of the conspiracy, and then the vote of New York in the House of Representatives will be nullified by that of South Carolina. The real object of the radical conspirators is no longer a secret. Men may shut their eyes to the trath, but the revolu- tion will not go backwards, and its last acts, which are here foreshadowed, will come as surely as military rule, negro supremacy, the usurpation of the constitutional powers of the Executive, the destruction of the Supreme Court, and finaily, the impeachment of the President of the United Siates, have one after another followed the close of the war of the rebellion, THE IMPEACHMENT T# 4°. General Sherman Examined by the Impeach. ment Managers—Adjournment of tt:e Court. Wasuineron, April 14, 1868, The impeachment proceedings were brought to an abrupt close to-day, much to the disappointment of a large audience that had assembled in the galleries, by the motion to adjourn in consequence of Mr. Stanbery’s illness, Mr. Evarts made quite an ap- peal for an extension of time, which was granted, with but two dissenting voices, in which Mr. Sum- ner’s was very distinctly heard, The Board of Managers had General Sherman be- fore them to-day. Their object in examining him privately was to ascertain all he knew or could testify to concerning the President’s removal of Mr. Stanton, or the plan proposed for accomplish- ing it. General Sherman was therefore put through @ thorough course of questioning by both Mr. Butler and Mr. Bingham. The Managers are now in possession of all that General Sherman knows on the subject, and it is probable that he will be placed on the stand again. It is understood that from the character of the ex- amination the Managers have come to the conclusion that General Sherman is about as good a witness for the prosecution as for the defence. He was before the Managers for two hours. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Speculations as to the Result of the Trial—The Dilemma of the Radical Senators. WASHINGTON, April 13, 1868, The disposition shown by the Senate to confine the testimony on the part of the defence to what in its judgment relates directly to the impeachable offences of which the President stands charged has had the effect of raising the curiosity of the public in the result of the trial to the highest pitch. “Will the President be convicted?” has now become as com- mon as the usual interrogatory of greeting, ‘Well, what's the news?” The speculations in response to this question are as diverse and opposite as the views of a multitude could well make them. A prominent oficial to-day gave it as his opinion that the action of the Senate in deciding the guilt of innocence of the President would not depend upon the law or evidence in the case, but was a question of political necessity; that two adverse lines of policy in the administration of the government have sprung up in relation to the reconstruction of the Southern States. As a party meastire the ac- uittal of the President would be equivalent to the radical or Col onal faction surrenderin, to the President's or the conservative theory. Such a determination, after all the efforts that have been made to depose the President, he admitted would have a damaging effect, if it did not disastrously ruin the prospects of the radicals in the national gee Beuate it pears this species of logtc has { in the Senate it ap) ies of 1 as its influence. There are several Senators who have de- clared their intention to vote when the final issue arrives as in their judgment justice demands in view of the law and evidence as elicited in the testimony and the final argument. Those who take the opposite view and are ready to vote ity, pest or wrong, are keeping a regular watch w the movements of those who are counted unreliable, and lose no occasion to impress them with the esse f of harmony of action. The timid, as they are termed, are, meanwhile, busy among themselves canvass! Bin WS te Sa Ne ta ‘Bpon e of vi eir party. It is known that this sitio! n Movement on the of such Senavors will be governed in almost every case by the most satis- factory prospects of a success, It admitted against conviction will be radical vot eternally outlawed by his Success, however, in acquit- ting the President it is argued, materially molli- ie storm of dem which will be the heads of those who sa % tune ee of party opinions. If it ° further “asserted, that the requisite number cannot be relied upon to make up the on-ethird, with one majority, for instance, in order to insure an acquittal those who may feel dis; to act in accordance with justice wiil prefer to keep in proper relations with their party and vote with the radicals. This view of the solution of the problem, and which is daily gaining ground, seems to be now accepted asa source of universal satisfaction. On this proposition persons on either side in politics ap- pear to be content to await the result and appro- priate it as giving the greatest encouragement of suc- cess as they may construe the final vote. The Private Canfab Between Butler and Con- nese—Senators Who are Very Impartial. WASHINGTON, April 14, 1868, The insinuations made yesterday by Manager But- ler that Senator Johnson was acting as counsel for the President caused quite an excitement for a little time in the Senate, and is still talked of by outside parties. Butler was promptly silenced by the digni- fied Johnson, and probably will not attempt a second time to impugn the motives of any of the Senators. The Manager was very effectually snubbed by the court for his insolent and impudent heetoring. The full extent of Butler’s effrontery will be understood when I state that he himself is said to have had a private talk with Senator Conness during the progress of the discussion before the re- ceas. reg om to my information Conness made a Bi; to the r to withdraw, and the pair accordingly went out into the private lobby at the rear of the Senate chamber, where they had a confi- dential conversation, on what subject of course I do not undertake to say. Of course, to use a Butlerism, Conness “was not acting as co for the Presi- dent; that cannot be supposed.” But the question 8 ts itself, what subject could have formed the jor of conversation, if not the President's trtal, that led to such @ mysterious and ill-timed withdrawal from the general gaze? If the subject was all right, why could it not have taken place in the court room and in presence of the Sei rs? Was it exactly the correct thing for one of the judges, pending a discussion, to be seen in animated private conversation with one of the counsel for the prose- cution? Good taste and a delicate appreciation of the propriety of things should have prompted the Senator to avoid even the shadow of s1 5 some of the Senators—like Stewa Sy and Conness—seem not to place much weight uj appearan and have therefore laid themselves open to harsh criticism. ‘One of them, Stewart, even threatened to ype the reporters and correspond- ents if they dare to pass judgment upon ils good taste and imparitality. By what process the suppression is to be effected by Stewart is not made manitest, but that he has had such an idea in his mind is undoubted, That he has not attempted to carry it into practical effect is due, very probably, more to a conviction boa would come Ne secona best in such a con- test than to any considerate regard for the af reporters and correspondents, ee SERGEANT BATES AND HIS FLAG, Arrival of the Sergeant at Washington—His Reception by the President and People Speeches by Representatives Eldridge and Mungen—A Pretty Piece of Radical Spite= The Flag Not Allowed to be Hoisted from the Dome of the Capitol. WASHINGTON, April 14, 1868, Sergeant Bates, carrying the United States flag, arrived in Washington to-day, and, acccompanied by a large crowd with a band of music, proceeded to the Executive Mansion, where he was received by the President on the steps, and theu conducted by himself to the East Room. He extended to Sergeant Bates a cordial welcome, and expressed his gratin. cation at seeing him after his long journey, and also invited him to call upon him again, assuring him that he desired to extend every hospitality In his power, At the President's request the band played the “Star Spangled Banner.” Sergeant Bates then proceeded to the Metropolitan Hotel, and having ascended to the portico, the Hon. Charles A. Eldridge delivered the following ad- dress:— FeLLow CitizeNs—It is owing to the fact am a citizen of Wisconsin that f have been invited to appear here on this occasion, and for a few brief moments to present to present to you the guest of Washington—the youthful son of the State of Wis. consin, Sergeant Gates, (Cheers,) He, finding a popular error existing In the State of Wisconsin like that in every Northern State, to Wit:that the peo- ple of the Southern Srates, whom our gonquering arms subdued, were hostie to the fag, undérjook to carry it from Vicksburg to Washington for the pur pose of planting it on the dorge of the Capitol. He as demonstrated to the peopid of the country and to the world that no such hostility exists, but, on the contrary, that the people of the South submit to the dag of the Union in good faith, and are determined to maintain their ailegiance to it, and expect us of the North to maintain ours, (Ap- Pplause.) 1 understand that Sergeant Bates wil! now proceed to plant the daz on the dome of tue Capitol. jut I will not longer detain you in this rain storm, further than to say I cannot forget the day, now just seven years ago, When our flag was lowered in humility and sorrow from the battlements of Fort Sumter, and rejoice that now it rises in triumph and glory on the dome of the Capitol. (itepeated cheers.) General Mungen, a Representative from Ohio, hav- ing been called upon for a speech, said h2 supposed he had thus been honored because he had served at Vicksburg until the surrender. Sergeant Bates, he remarked, had journeyed without a single cent of ex- pense, travelling through the South, meeting every- where with hospitality and receiving pledges of Adelity tg the flag, which the people of the South up- held to-day. This treatment of the noble soldier ought, he continued, to satisfy our radical entlemen that the people of the South are more loyal than the man (Wendell Phill ps) who boasted in an address at the Smithsonian Institute several years ago that he had labored nineteen years to take thirteen States out ofthe Union. There is a bill pending in Congress to remove political disabilities from General Longstreet and others, but Iam in favor of including Wendell Phillips, for I think he has all the time been voting illegally. (Laughter.) 1 believe him this day a great- er traitor than Jeff Davis or any other man (cries of “That's so,” ‘“Good”), and if he is to vote, a ticket, I want him to vote according to law. Three cheers were then given for “The Old Flag,” three for Sergeant Bates, and three for the Union. ‘The crowd then accompanied Sergeant Bates to the Capitol, and on arriving at the east front the police- man in charge of the door stated that he was or- dered to allow no demonstration in the Capitol with- out the written consent of Se: t-at-Arms Brow! of the Senate. The permit which was obtained yesterday from General Michler, superintendent of public buildi and grounds, to place the flag on the dome was then sent to Mr. Brown by a policeman and Mr. Brown endorsed it, giving the required per- mission. The paper was then handed to the police- man in charge of the door, who would not iet Ser- geant Bates pass into the Capitol without the further endorsement of Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway, of the House of Representatives. Not waiting longer, and tured of the delay, Sergeant Bates, with his friends, left the Capitol to plant the flag on Washington's monument. Sergeant Bates was then escorted to the Metropolitan Hotel, the proprietor of which enter- tained him gratuitously. Mr. E. O. Perrin, of New York, who accompanied the party to the monument, made a speech, but rgeant was unable to hoist his flag to the top of it, there being no halyards for the purpose, so he brought the fag back to the Metropolitan Hotel, where he now exhibits it, together with a bouquet revened to him to-day by the wife of President johnson. A good deal of feeling was exhibited to-day in the Rotunda of the cai at the refusal of the captain of police to permit Sergeant Bates to wave his from the summit of the Capitol dome. Radicals democrats alike united denouncing the petty tisan motive which refused a gallant fellow who d walked fifteen hundred miles of Southern soll the simple tification of ‘ing the national flag to the roof of the nation’s Capitol. It was very evident that the happy air of fellows who act as Sergeants-at-Arms of the House and Senate—Messrs, Brown and Ordway—had arranged matters to pre- vent the accomplishmeut of the design. It is a strange commentary on the radical fondness for the flag of our Union that a soldier who fought for four years on the side of the North, and who was per- mitted to wave the hag he bore above the Capitol of every Southern State, should be met here in the na- tional Capitol with a refusal to perform a similar Patriotic act. MISCELLANEOUS WASHINGTON NEWS. WASHINGTON, April 14, 1868, Secretary Stanton Does Not Want to be Sec- retary of the Treasury. The following letter was addressed by Secretary Stanton to Senator Cameron to day:— Wark DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 14, 186s, } Hon. Siwon CAMERON:— in this a chronicle DEAR ee pie, 3 that a communication has been signed by the Gover- nor of your State, the republican members of the Legislature and other persons, asking your recom- mendation for my transfer, upon a certain contin- geney: to the head of the Treasury Department, I asten to request earnestly that no such recommen- dation be made. Enough of life has been de- voted to public duties, No consideration can induce me to assume those of the ry Department or continue in the War no ere rg longer than may be required for the appointment and confirmation of my successor. Yours, truly, EDWIN M. STANTON. Dedication of the Lincoln Monument at Wash- ington, The dedicattgn of the Lincoln monument, erected by the citizens of Washington, in front of the City Hall, will take place to-morrow. Mayor Wallach to-day addressed a communication to each member of the Cabinet asking that the departments be closed in time to allow the clerks and other employés an opportunity to attend the ceremonies of the dedica- tion, which takes place at two o'clock in the after- noon. The monument will be unveiled by the Presi- dent and dedicated by the Masonic fraternity of the District. Patents Issued. For the week ending Tuesday, the 2ist inst., 203 patents will be issued from the Patent Ofice. In the past week 495 applications have been filed, and sixty-five caveats entered. Savings Banke Holding United States Bonds. The Comptroller of the Currency has information that three hundred savings banks in the New England States and in New York, having one mil- lion and seventy-seven thousand depositors, hold $100,000,000 in United States bonds and $15,000,000 of national bank stock as investment. Land Patent Issued. There has been prepared at the General Land Office, under instructions from the Secretary of the Interior, a patent in favor of Robert Myers Shoe- maker, trustee, embracing one hundred and ninety- five thousand eight hundred and fifteen acres of Delaware Indian lands in Kansas; said lands accru- ing to the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, or its assigns, under the treaties of May 30, 1860, and July 2, 1861, with the Delaware Indians. Coinage at Philadelphia During Last Month. ‘The official report from the United States Mint at Philadelphia shows the amount of money coined during the month of March to be $351,601, of which there were gold coins to the amount of $205,650, silver $22,521, and the W&lance in copper coinage. Senate Confirmations. The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the following, among other nominations:—Commo- dore James Lanman, to be Rear Admiral on the active list; Major Charles G. McCauley, Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps; Alexander Spaulding, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eighth district of New York, and Killian V. Whaley, Collector of Customs for the district of Brazos de Santiago, Texas. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 14, 1868. The Impeachment Court. The court was opened in due form. On motion the reading of the journal was dispensed with. Mr. Stanbery was absent at the opening. Mr, SuMNER offered and sent to the Chair the fol- lowing order:— Ordered, That in answer to the motion of the Managers in reference to the limiting of the final argument unless otherwise ordered, such other Mana- gers and counsel as choose may print and file their remarks at any time on the closing argument. The Cmier Justice—If there be no objection it will be so ordered. Mr. Conngss—I object, Mr. President. Mr. SuMNER—I would respectfully ask under what rule such objection can be made? The Cuikr Justice replied that on several occa- sions he had decided the rules of the Senate to be the rules of the court as far as applicable. Mr. SumNen—Of course it is not forme to argue the question; but | beg to remind the Chalr of the rule under which this order was made. The Cuigr Justice—It will lie over. (To the counsel)—The counsel for the President will proceed with the defence. ILLNESS OF MR. STANBERY, Mr. EVARTS rose and said that it was the misfor- tune of the President's counsel to be obliged to state to the court that since the adjournment yesterday Mr. Stanbery had been seized with an iliness which pre- vented his attendance this morning. He (Mr. Evarts) had seen Mr. Stanberry this morning, and learned that in the opinion of the physician he would wn- doubtediy be able to resume his duties within forty- eight hours, There might be some hope that he could do so to-morrow, In view of the snddenness of the occurrence and of their arrangements in regard to the proofs, it would be very diMicuit, almost impos. sible, with any propriety, with proper attention to the case, to proceed t yy. and they suppose that an indulgence, at least for to-day. would lessen the chances of longer procrastination. The Senate wiil bear in mind that inuel of their supposed evidence Was Witli) the present knowledge of Mr. Stabery, and not within that of his associates. It was of course unpleasant to thein (o introduee these personal con- sidera ions; but their best judgment it was hecessary to submit the motion to the discretion of the Senate, whether the indy should be limited to this day or extended t e necessary for the restoration © Yr. Staubery, whom he had seen last evening, and supposed that he would be able to go on this morning as usual, as did Mr. Stanbery him- self, He had only tearned tuis morning that Mr. Stanbery would be confined to his roym by the directing of his physician. Mr. DRAKE sent the following to the Chair, and it was read:—* Cannot this day be occupied by the counsel for the respondent in giving in documentary evidence?” Mr. Evarts—!t cannot, as we understand the mo- tive and the condition of the preois. On motion of Mr, Home the Senate sitting as a court adjourned until to-morrow at twelve o'clock, Messrs. Sumucr and Pomeroy only voting no, ‘The Seunte in Legislative Session, The PRESIpENY resumed the chair and called the Senate to order, RULE IN RELATION TO QUESTIONS OF EVIDENCE IN IMPEACHMENT, Mr. Davis gave notice that he would move the fol- lowing additional rule to the rules of practice and : of impeachment:— enate present shall be necessary y jon of evidence or law against the party impeacl.e 1, THE REPORT OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. Mr. ANTHONY, from the Committee on Printing, reported favorably the resolution to print five thou- sand additional copies of the report of the impeach- ment trial, which on his motion the Senate pro- ceeded to consider. Mr. SHERMAN asked where those documents were being panied? Mr. HONY—At the Government Printing Office. Mr. SHERMAN referred to the immense expense of pening, especially in connection with the Congres- sional Globe, where this report was already printed, and of which additional copies could be prepared at aw ah lege expeuse, He inquired what the expense would iTHONY replied probably about $10,000. Mr. Mr. SHERMAN thought it was time to stop the waste of money in the distribution of documents to their constituents, who could buy them at the book stores if they wanted them, Mr. BUCKALEW moved to add the following a8 an amendment:—‘And the distribution of the same to the Senators shall be in accordance with the popula- oo ee the Led respectively.” a ir. ANTHONY denied that the expenses — sional printing had increased, and claimed that they are not as much now in greenbacks as they were before the war in gold. Mr. HENDRICKS thought from the examination he had made last session that the Senator was mig- taken, and that the expenses had already increased. The desirable circulation of the reports of this trial would be much subserved by admitting the reporter o1 the Associated Press to a seat on the floor, as had been ape without any Phys to the country. Five thousand copies would add considerably to the expense of printing and give a@ very small additional ciroulation. Mr. ANTHONY asked if the Senator had the figures to show the increase he claimed? Mr. HENDRICKS could not recollect them at this distance of time, but thodght they showed the in- crease to be nearly double, Mr. ANTHONY—Ti¢ Senator is mistaken. Messrs. Davis, BAYARD and JOHNSON opposed the amendment, the latter al at some length that equal representation of the States {n this body has been the means of preserving the Union to this time; that it has operated as a check on the other branches. He was eoposed to Proposition recognizing the oe ah In this chamber. . CRAGIN endorsed the statement of Mr. An- thony in regard to the comparative expenses of printing, speaking from his experience as a member of the Committee on Printing of the other House some years ago. Mr. Conn was in favor of the resolution. He Hoae that the documents should be sent to public es. Mr. YATES thought all the States were equal. He wished the people were. Enough of these documents, in his opinion, had already been ordered, Mr. MorToN denied that the amendment recog- nized inequality of representation here. He thought he recognized inequality of population, which had been recognized in many other ways. A stro! feeling was growing up, with which, how- ever, he did not sympathize, just the injustice of allowing Delaware, with one hundred thousand in- habitants, the same representation on this floor as New York, with a million, and it was growing stronger every day. Mr. BUCKALEW thought the criticisms made on his amendment uncalled for. It merely proposed an bay distribution among the people. ‘he amendment was rejected, and the resolution ‘was then adopted. THE ALASKA PURCHASE. Mr. CoNNESS offered a resolution, which was adopted, asking the President for copies of any papers in the Department of State relating to any application for exclusive privileges to private par- ties and companies in connection with the purchase of lands in our recent purchase from Russia, for in- formation relative to any acts done or relative thereto, He explained that a report to that effect ad created considerable feeling in San Francisco. EXBOUTIVR SESSION, On motion of Mr. MORGAN at half-past one o'clock the Senate went into executive session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, April 14, 1868, The House met at noon. A leave of absence was granted to several members, PENSIONS. Mr. PERHAM, from the Committee on Pensions, re- ported a bill relating to pensions, which was recom- mitted. Mr. TABER presented a memorial of Messrs. Henry Clews & Co., Rufus Hatch & Co, and other merchants and capitalists of New York, in favor of the national railroad between Washington and New York, which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. A CALL POR INFORMATION, Mr. WASHBURNE, (rep.) of IIl., offered a resolution, calling on the Secretary of State for the report of Freeman H. Morse, United States Consul at London, on the mercantile, marine and commercial pals of Great Britain, and also for a copy of the despatch from Mr. Morse dated May 12, 1865, which was adopted, COMPLIMENTS FROM ABROAD. The SPEAKER presented the address of the mem- bers of the Chamber of Commerce of Geneva, and of the Swiss citizens, complimenting the United States of America on the abolition of ced IC. ‘The SpE, xen 180 ipreaet ted Mitinication e A! al rae a comfitnicat! from the Navy epartinen 4 reply to Mr. Wash- burne’s (Il) resolution of some days since, in refer- ence to the steamship Atlantic, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. The House then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Washbui of IL, Chairman, and proceeded’ to the Senate Chembér to attend ‘the impeachment trial, from which it soon after re- turned, the court Bing, Scjournea in consequence of the illness of Mr. Stanbery, and at half-past twelve the House adjourned, THE ERIE RAILROAD. Annual Meeting and Election of Directors of the Long Dock Company. The exiled directors of Erie who have been confined to barracks for some weeks are no longer to be intim- idated by scares, and they walk abroad in Jersey City with as much freedom and apparent indifference as though they were in Wall street or Broadway. At noon yesterday Messrs. Drew and Eldridge proceeded, in company with Mr. Sisson, to the ferry office at the Long Dock, where the annual meeting of directors of the Long Dock Com was held. The followi officers were elected for the ensuing t—John Eldridge, President; Daniel Drew, Vice President; 1. N, Ouls Treasurer; Lansing: eabriakte, Secretary, and J. C. Baneroft Dav D G. Sisson, Directors, ri ve eres Mr. Charles Mcintosh made some statements to the board in a yp to the management of the Pa- vonia ferry, an ed the transaction of other mat- ters of @ routine character the board adjou Taylor's Hotel, where a meeting was held ty her ‘clock. The improvements now being made at the ; Railway depot and the ferry to rs under It is understood that after the lapse of a for the constrac- an order will be Si tion of a ferryboat similar in finish to the Delaware. Eldridge and the other directors Messrs. Drew, make almost daily Visits to the Long Dock depot, the business at the office in yenty.shie street were the prin pal mi sion. Mr. Fisk conduct Taylor's Hotel, = — A NEW FERR! ON THE NORTH RIVER. The ferryboat Delaware, recently built for the Pavonia ferry, was placed on the line at noon yes- terday, and will ran regularly henceforward. A splendid set of flags, some of which are quite novel in design, floated from the new boat as well as from the Susquehanna, To give a just idea of the supe- rior style and finish of the Delaware, it is simply necessary to state that in design and execution it 1s the most magnificent ferryhoat to be found on any of our great rivera, The improvements include @ clock at each end of the boat, under the pilot house, constracted on a peculiar ge ll four large thermometers, on each entrance to the cabins; elgnt arent bronge eaters, surmounted by statues over three feet in height, supporting each a chandelier, and placed in the centre of the cabins with a view to an equal distri- bution of heat; semicircular metallic sides fitted into the rails dividing the seats, which open out into seats if required, besides appurtenances in - tlemen’s cabin for smokers, The boat Ww: \. structed under supervision of Mr, Charles McIntosh, superintendent of the ferry, to whose taste and judgment the public are indebted for this splen- did acquisition to the feet of ferryboats on the North river. The eoat of construction does not amonnt to that of any of the Jersey City ferryboats. About the first of at ween the ferry at the foot of Twenty- third street, New Yi , th law wiipiy on thas ‘ice ‘will be opened, the Delaware THE STATE CAPITAL. The Second Great Strugele on the Erie Railroad Question. THE ARSADE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, Another Deadlock on the Excise Question. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. ALBANY, April 14, 1868, The ninety-first session of the Legislature of the State of New York is drawing toaclose. The one hundred days are up to-morrow, April 15. After that time the members will give their services gratu- itously to the State, THE GREAT RAILROAD WAR. The contest between the great railway kings was renewed to-day in the Legislature, the battle this time being begun in the Senate chamber, Now trebly thundering swells the gale that blows in the vicinity of the State Capitol. After the retreat of the discomfited and routed forces that fought under the Drew banner, the leaders held a council of war, and the result was the deposition of the previous managers of the lobby and the substitution of no Jess a personage than Jay Gould himself as geueral- issimo, On receiving his appointment Mr. Gould immediately proceeded to Albany, despite the fact that he was in the keeping of a Deputy Sheriff of the municipality of New York, and entrenched himself at the Delavan House, where by a curious coin- eldence he fixed his headquarters in the famous parior No. 57, whence Dean Richmond, in the palmiest days of the Albany regency and the New York Central Directory, was wont to issue his edicts. In this room, according to the story which w circulating in the lobby, 18 a trunk literally stuffed with thousand dollar bills which are to be used for some mysterious purpose in connection with legislation on the subject of the bill now pending before the Legislature. Mr. Gould has already earned for himself the reputation of an excellent ‘“mana- ger.” His executive abilities in the line for which they have been employed are said to be unsurpassed. The work of canvassing the Legislature has gone on steadily under his gdministration, and the friends of the new Erle bill claim a majority in its fayor in both Houses. The point of perplexity is this:—The day of adjournment is not far distant and the bill in its regular order would not reach final action if the Legislature sat fora month tocome. A majority vote is not suficient to get it out of its regular order and put it on the preferred calendar. Such a course requires a two-thirds vote. To solve this difficulty is now the problem under con- sideration at the Erie headquarters, where experts in parliamentary practice have been consulted with a view of Edel ty: any short cut through legislative piparaee to the bill. ‘ne hotels are swarming with brokers’ agents, lobbyists and others interested in the bijl. Even the figure of Horace Greeley is to be seen shumlin through the crowd. He is here in the Vanderbilt interest to throw what influence he may have against the passage of the bill. Rumor has it that before leaving New York he received the signature of Van- derbilt to a $16,000 check—the balance between Vanderbilt fis and the philanthropic editor of the Tribune, The Senate went into Committee of the Whole on the bill, with Senator Crowley in the chair. Senator Chapman offered an amendment to section 1, as follows: it shall be lawful for the Erie Railway Com. teed ‘the money realized from. the oonvertible, bonds Tasued by said-company on the 10h day of Februa gt Deg Sy eT fons of dollars), fo urpowe 0 furnishing and 0 ‘ts railroad, and for no other pur: pose. On motion the majority and minority reports of the Investigating Committee were read. Senator Banks opt the passage of the bill. He spoke at considerable length, urging the point that the act authorizes the over issue of stock of the Erie Railway Company, and was asked for by a minority of the stockholders, pone Beach followed, and argued against the , The entire afternoon session of the Senate was devoted to the discussion of the bill. Senators Ohi man and Nichols bea epg and Serie oa and Bradle; posed its passage. considera- tion will be resumed at nine o'clock to-morrow morning. The friends of the bill are in ecstacies over the pro- ceedings to-day. They say its passage ts certain in the Senate, and that it will receive not less than twenty votes. They claim to have at least eighty votes in the House, but as the Vanderbilt men have not put forth any effort as yet to resiat this second onslaught of the Erie forces, and as the extent of their strength can be applied at any stage of the legislation on the bill the final result is not 8o certain. The chances are a0 many in favor of Erie, however, that the members of the betting fraternity would regard it as a fair opportunity to hazard their money. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROADS, The Erie bill and the quarrel over the Excise amendments have temporarily cast aside the subject of the underground railroads proposed for New York city. There {s little or no change to record in the state of affairs with reference to the bills now pending in the Legislature. The Arcade people are endeavor- ing to recover from the st: ring effects of the arguments deilvered by A, T. Stewart and his fellow merchants on the line of Broadway. They are at work again urging the advantages of their plan, and now claim that they have @ majority in their favor in the Senate, where pe bp reins figal action, the Assembiy having al it? ts THE SECOND DEADLOCK ON THE EXCISE QUFSTION, In the Senate this morning the bill to amend the Excise law having been transmitted from the Assem- bly, where it was pagsed last week, was read twice, GN secre oun ene Sich Bo 9 Refiator Norton moved ita referenda diréct to the Committee of the Whole, Senator O'Donnell insisted on the usual course— the reference to the standing committee. oe Bradley advocated reference as first sug- gested. Senator Creamer also advocated in a brief speech the reference moved by Senator Norton. He denied that there was anything of a political character in the bill, and he hoped it would not go to the stand- cs iets there to be smothered. vote resulted as follows ms ng 13; noes, 16. The motion was thus defeated’ by’ a strict party vote. The upper house insists on their bill and the lower house on the one introduced in the Senate to- day. The dead lock wyll not be opened this winter. RAILROAD CONDUCTORS TO BB EMPOWERED TO MAKE Al i. Among the bills passed by the Senate to-day was one entitied “An act to more effectually secure the arrest and conviction of persons guilty of crime,” authorizing and empowering the condactor of each and every railroad company in the State, while act- ing as such and having charge of any car or train of cars, to arrest, with or without warrant, any person or persons that he ahall have just and sufticient cause to believe to be guilty of the commission of a criminal offence against the laws of the State, and to convey and deliver the said pergon or persons to any magistrate or officer having jurisdiction to take examinations tn criminal cases, or to cyl constable or sheri?, who shall in such case have like power and authority to deliver such person or persons to sugh magistrate or officer for examination, fh polut was made rf the repilicans that while the democrats in this bill consent to the principle of arbitrary arrests they object to its introduction tn tie Excise iaw. NO RENT ON GAS METERS, The bill to prevent gas companies throughout the State from collecting rent on meters having been amended in the Senate Was returned to the Assem- bly to-day, Where the amendments were concurred in. It only awalts the Governor's signature to become a law. THE AVENUR @ RAILROAD. The Senate has also passed the bill for a railroad in avenue C. Its route 1s lald down as follows:—Com- mencing at the intersection of Duane street with Wost street, thence through and along Duane street with a double track to Greenwich street, thence through aud along Greenwich street with a single track to Charlton street, thence through and along Chariton street with a single track to Prince street, thence through and bg Prince street with a single track to the Bowery, thence upon and across the Bowery with @ single track to Stanton street, thence through and along Stanton street with a single track to Pitt street, thence through and along Pitt street with a single track to avenue ©, thence through and along avenue C with a single track to Third street thence arene and along avenue C from Third street with a double track tothe northern extremity of the satd avenue ©, thence through and along Third street, connecting with the double track in avenue C, with a single track to First avenue; thence through and along First avenue with A ingle rack to East touston street, thence hrodg! id along East Houston street with a single track to the Bowery, thence upon and across the Bowery with a single track to West Houston street, thence through and ae West Houston street with @ singie track to Washington street, thence through and along Wasiington street with a single track to Duane str thence through and along Duane street, connecting with the double track to the place of ning. THE 126TH STRBET RAILROAD BIL, PASSED, The bill to authorize the construction of a railroad in 125th and other streets of New York finally | ayer the House to-night, and goes to the Goveruor for his signature or veto. INCREASE OF CORONERS’ FERS. ‘The following is the bili passed in the Senate to- 5 ny day to increase the fees of coroners. It was intro- duced by Senator Genet:— f New York for services { body and holding an inquest the or hereafter paid except upon the sworn ace 4 with said Board and with the Comptroller of said NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. ALBANY, April 14, 1868, PASSED. Amending the charter of the National Savings In- stitution of New York; incorporating the Cohoes Savings Bank; incorporating the Camp Meeting As- sociation of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the Newburg district; for the relief of St. Mary's church, New York; for the improvement of Maspeth avenue, Brooklyn; fixing the compensation of coro- ners of New York; authorizing the construction of a railroad in avenue C and other streets and aventes in New York; for a more effectual punisiment of persons guilty of crime; giving rallway conductora power to arrest. THE METROPOLITAN EXCISE LAW. The bill amending the metropolitan Excise law, by graduating the license fee and fixing the hours for opening and closing saloons, being announced from the Assembly, Mr. NORTON moved that it be referred to the Committee of the Whole. It was lost by the following vote:— ' AYEs—Messrs, Banks, Bradley, Cauldwell, Creamer, Ed- wards, Genet, Graham, Hubbard, Morris, Murphy, Nichols, Norton, Pierce and Tweed—14. NAYs—Mexi npbell, Chapman, Crowley, Folger, Humphrey, Kennedy, Mattoon, Morgat, Nicks, O'Donnell, Palmer, Parker, Stamford, Thayer, Van Petten and Wii Mams—16, The bill was then referred to the Committee on Internal Afuirs of Towns and Counties, THE ERIE RAILROAD, The bill relative to the Erie Railroad was taken up in Committee of the Whole. Mr, CHAPMAN moved to substitute for the first sec- tién, which legalized the $10,000,000 issued, the fol- lowing:— SroTION L, It shall be lawful for the Erie Railway Company to use the money realized from the convert nda, ies by sald company on the 1&th of February anit the Bl of March, amounting in all to 10,000,000, for the purpose of completing, furnishing and operating its railroad, an pose. After debate progress was reported, and the Senate took a recess until four o'clock, The debate on the Erie Railroad bill was continued until seven o’clock, when progress was reported, without the question being taken as to the amend- ment to substitute for the first section the clause pro- viding that the money raised on the ten millions of bonds shall be exclusively devoted to completing and operating the road, HE DEATH OF EX-SENATOR COOK. f The death of ex-Senator James M. Cook, of Sara- toga, was announced, and appropriate reso'utions were adopted and remarks made by Messrs Folger and Murphy. A resolution was adopted that the Senate attend his funeral in a body, leaving for Sara- toga at 11 o'clock to-morrow and returning in the afternoon. The Senate then adjourned. ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, April 14, 1868, BILLS ADVANCED TO A THIRD READING. To incorporate the Ellisworth Social Club of Brooklyn; to amend the New York Petroleum Stor- age act; to provide for protecting the health of emigrants and other passengers arriving at the port of New York; to amend the act permitting national banks to become Staté banks (the bill extends the time from three years to six years for closing up old affairs); to incorporate the New Amsterdam Savings Bank of New York; to incorporate the New York aud Brooklyn Iron ‘Tubular Company; to authorize th New York Board of Education to establish a nautical school; to incorporate the Yonkers and Alpine Ferry. Company; to amend the Hell Gate Pilot act, by re- pealing the section authorizing the pilot to tow ves- sels through Hell Gate channel; tn relation to Joint Stock Companies and Associations, allowing them to reduce their capital stock; to authorize towns int Oswego, Cayuga, Wayne, Monroe, Orleans and Niag. ara counties to take stock in the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad, ide fo bultting. the. amended constitu. To provide for submitting the - tion BS the electors of the State; (the bill provides that the articles on the Judictary, the Legislature and su! shall be submitted separately); to incorpo- rate the Security Savings Bank of New York; to amend section 8, chapter 463, of laws of 1853, in rela- tion to corporations {n the city of New York, in rela- tion to Life and Health Insurance Companies. Recess to half-past seven P. M. Evening Session. BILLS REPORTED. By Mr. MCRPHY—To permit the services of certain religious sects to be performed in the streets of New York ; also to incorporate the Old Guard of New York. By Mr. KInNEY—To authorize the construction of a wae bridge over the Hudson river at the High- jan ‘ By Mr. FREAR—To incorporate the Union Safe De- osit Company of New York; also to extend the time for the construction of the Grand Hotel in New York; also to extend Lexington avenue, New York; also to incorporate the Working Women’s Protective Union, New orks also to incorporate the Manhattan Ex- press; also to provide for an additional number of notaries in New York. y Mr. Lounsscry—Ceding Pahoa e to the United States over David's Island. By Mr, TOwER—To incorporate an American and foreign joint stock company. BILLS PASSED. To authorize the construction of a railroad in 125th street and other streets in New York; to amend the Ogdensburg School act. BILL INTRODUCED. Mr. FLACK introduced a bill to change the name of the Emigrants’ Savings Bank, of Builalo, to the Mechanics’ Savings Bank. THE MURDER OF ANGIE BROWN AT CANAAN. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERAI, =< Trial of the Alleged Murde oy at Hudson. i _ _ fUpsoN, April 14, 1868, The greatest iniorsst is betng manifested here to- dav [5 relation ft she trial of Josephine and Joseph Brown, charged with “2 gud murder, in burning their house in Canaan, Columb. ¢ounty, and killing their daughter, or adopted daughte” angie Brown, aged twelve years, The court is the Cire. 't OF Oyer and Terminer, over which Judge Peckham prv “ides. The counsel for the people are John M. Welch, Din-” rict Attorney, and Marshal B. Champlain, Attorney General. The counsel for the prisoners is Robert E. Andrews. The court room to-day was thronged, a large por- tion of the people being young ladies. The evidence at some points is damaging to the prisoners, but is entirely circumstantial. It is sworn to that Brown had secured two insurance policies one on his wife and the other on Angie, each for $5,000, It is algo sworn to that Brown wished to buy a farm of@ man named Buel. Me offered Buel $5,000 for It, but Buel didn’t seem to like the idea of trusting him. Ina conversation about it afterwards Brown said to @ lady he would show the people of Caanan that he would soon have $5,000, is wife who was present during the conversation walked up to him and box- ing his‘ears said “Yes and may be $10,000.” It was also sworn to that Brown wanted to buy a place of a man named Williams. The latter offered it to him for $3,000, and satd he would make the ents easy. Brown repiled that if he bought it he would pay the money down. A Hartford policeman Who assisted in the arrest of Brown and his wife pre- sented a written memorandum of a statement which Josephine Brown made after she was arrested. In it occurs the following:—“I said to Joe w! he came in 80 frightened, ‘Joe, is it possible that you could have burned or murdered that child; so horrible a deed? Joe said, ‘ Why do you think I did it? If ft dit your life might be in danger some time.’ Joe was as white as the wall and scared about something.” A® soon as Brown found that his child was burned to death he apparently fainted away. A physician tes- tifled that he considered the fainting was fei q Another witness testified taat when Brown fainted he was carried to Mr. Gar¢ inear’s residence and laid forno other pur- upon a lounge. Friends gathered about him, and when he was recovering from his appar- ent fainting fit the witness endeav to console him, when Brown said passionately, “Go away, G—d d—n you! Both Brown and his wife sat in the court foom all day, listening at- tentively. She ore to be the smartest of the two. With pencil and Vay she notes down memo- dduma ant talks with her counsel, Brown being tisfled with soqumecing in every move she makes. The case will pi be concluded to-morrow, 80 far as evidence is concerned, ant the will undoubtedly take place on Thurs eral feeling is strongly against the pris. FIRE IN THOMPSON STAEET. A fire broke out about a quster vast twelve O'clock last night on the second Moor of the three story brick building No. 66 Thompson street. The firemen were quickly on the spot, and succeeded in a very short time in subduing the fames. The seec- ond floor, which was occupied by Geo. B. Twells as a carpenter shop, was damaged about $600; insured for that amount in the St. Nicholas Insurance Com- . The top floor, occupied by Henry Scheele, | MOF p 43, Was damaged about $900; insured In the Ps Insurance Company for 400, and in the Germ: for $800, The ground gape, ais oceupled by Re Lutters as @ lager | saloon; loss about $150; Insured in the Insnrance Company for $000. ‘The building, was dainaged to the extent of $600, is owned by C. 1 W. Mitchel, 92 Broadway. a eee Se eee