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NOirJttiTITi NUMBER TUE SIJAY. AlvCH- 24, rrrrsBUitGii. VOLUME LXXX1II. next meeting of the Son.it and 'until the 111.1 first I SEt.llXll the twentieth rule, limiting the debate on interloctitionarv motions to one hour. Bv consent of the Senate, Mr.

BINGHAM then replied to Mr. Stanbery, sayiug no i one questioned the honor of counsel, but i this application was not to le decided by reference to that consideration. The lesi-! dent had sent his counsel here to ask, upon honor, for an extension of forty days to pre- I case shall be acted on by the Senate. Owinsr to the storm which prevailed last night, we arc compelled to go to press with-j out a full report of the President's answer. I We present, however, tlie following synojj-i sis, which covers the points taken by Mr.

JohnsomJ In answer to the second article he denies and uniform practice of each and every President of the United States, the said Stanton then became, and ho long as he should continue to hold the onW of Secretary of the Icpartinent of War, must continue to he one of the advisers of the President of the United States, as well as the person entrusted to act for and rei-resent the President in matters enjoined upon him or entrusted to him hv the President touching fouu O'clock -v. r. with the advice and) consent of. tlie Senate, and every person who s'hall hereafter appointed to such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is and shall be entitled to hold such ofiice until ft successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except, as herein otherwise provided, that the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the Interior," the General and the Attorney ieneral, shall hold office for and during the term of the President by whom thev mav have been apixintexl, and O'CLOCK M. nare his answer.

Oniv ten nays were PENNSYLVANIA LEG 1 SLATU IMPEACHMENT TlilAL that he violated the 'Constitution in ap- and thc answer was prepared and War pointing General Thomas Secretary of IBy lrpli the rittsburjrn t.ar.rrte.j HIaurisBURo, March 23, 18iW. the Department aforesaid, and for whose conduct in such capacity, subordi- i nate to the Presiilent, the President is, ae- cording to the Constitution and laws of the i ASSEMBLING OF THE COURT. United States, made resjionsible. And tikis Motion for Discontinuance, all SENATE. BIJ.LS INTRODUCED.

Mr. ERIiKTT, of Allegheny, repeal-ing the third -ction of the net of April 12th, 151, relative to tho and Prospectvillg, Turnpike Company, and rela-tive to 'lateral railroad in Allegheny United Sta es on ana tiv reason oi tnetieatn the States Not Being of Abraham Lincoln, then I'resldent of the i He denies that there was no vacancy i said War oliice. In tlie third article he an- swers by saying that the first and second answer covers all the points in this. In answer to the fourth article that he attempted to gain possession of said ar otlii-e bv force, lie says that he only author- i ized said Xhomus to "get i-ossesjiion in order to bring said question into the Supreme Court of the Unitel States. He gave Thomas no authority to resort to force, or cali in the aid of the military.

In answer to the fifth article he denies that he conspircxi with Thomas, or any per- to prevent Stanton frcm retaining the INjsitioii he held Jn answer to the sixth article he denies having conspired with Thomas to get pos Represented. county. A supplement to the ai establishing a THE l'HES ID EXTfr AJS'SiVEU. for one month thereafter, sabject to remo- i val Viy and with thejadvice and consent of the ,1 f. "this tlie reponderit V.nderstend f.s in- tended to be an expression of the opinion of the Congress by which that act was Iassed that the power to remove an Execu- tive officer for cause might by law Ik? taken from the President and vested in him and the Senate jointly, and although this respondent had arrived at aud still retained the opinion ove expressed, and verily believed, as he still believes, that the first section of the last mentioned act was ami is wholly inoperative and void, bv reason of its eonriict with the 'institution of the United States, yet inasmn-h as the wme had lieeii enacted iy tho constitutional mi-! jority in each of tlie two Houses of that 'ongress.

this respondent considered it to Is' proper to examine and decide whether the particular case of the atiid Stanton, on which it was respondent's duty to act, was within or without the terms of that iirst section of the act. or within it, whether the president had not power according to the U-rius to remove said Stanton from the of- United States, on the loth day ol April, and said Edwin Stanton was then holding said othce of Secretary for the Department of War, under and bv reason of the nppointnon, and commission and not having been removed from said oliice by this respondent, thf said Kdwin M. Stanton continued to hold the same under the appointment and commission aforesaid, at the pleasure of the Iresident, until the time hereafter particularly mentioned, ar.d at no other time received any or commission as above de Pie ddent Asks for Thirty Day-Further Delay. sinking fund. Changing the fiscal year to comiwr.ce November 13th.

On motion of Mr. WORTHINGTON, of Chester, the Speaker -was authorized to appoint a committee of two on proper legislation, relative to charities of to act, THE APPEAL REUSED AYES 12, NAYS 41. ready. Now they ask, upon their honor, for thirty days to prepare for trial. The President had been guilty of gross negligence in not summoning witnesses, and he was now trilling with the Senate.

He wanted thirty days 'in which to prepare to show still more clearly that the Constitution as but a Cabinet in his hands to prepare for further abuses of the mighty power he still wields. The words of his "answer, in which he claims the right to remove all executive officers at will, while the Senate is in session, were conclusive evidences of his guilt and dangerous intentions. They constituted a menace to tho Senate. The country has no less a right to a speedy trial than the accused. In the name of the people the Managers demanded that the trial should proeeed.

He would venture to say that no cause for delay could be shown by the counsel but which the Managers could overcome. They would probably admit whatever the witnesses to be ealled would be able to prove for the respondent. Mr. HENDERSON offered a motion to have the applicat ion acted upon after tho fiiing of the replication. Mr.

BUTLKIt, for the Managers, urged that the question of time should be settled now. The yeas and nays were called on Mr. Henderson's motion, which was not agreed to. bv a vote of twenty-five to twenty-eight. HOWARD renewed his motion that the application lie on the table, but Mr.

DRAKE made the point of order that the motions of counsel must be acted upon by a vote of the Senate at once, which the Chair sustained. The yeas and nays were then taken on the original motion, that thirty days' time be granted, and it was negatived by' a strict i iirtv vote twelve to forty-one. i Mr. SHEKMAN then made a motion to adjourn, but l-efore it was put Mr. EVARTS amended his motion, so as to apply for a reasonable time after the repli-: cation "of the Managers is filed, to be now fixed bv the Senate.

Mr. JOHNSON moved that ten days le The Court to Meet To-day. THE REPLICATION PREPARED. session ot the IU11US OI tUB ur i other iiublic property. He denies, in answer to the seventh arti- that he violated the laws or the Constitution, or that the article constitutes high crime or misdemeanor.

In answer to the eighth article he denies that he gave Thomas a letter of appoint- ment in order to control the funds of the War Office, but admits giving said letter; denies anv iment to violate law. Denies that this is high crime and misdemeanor. In answer to the ninth article he demos tiiat in conversation with General Emory that he endeavored to get him to disobey anv law. or offered him anv inducement to do" so. Ho denies all the allegations in saul ninth article, and that it constitutes high crime and misdemeanor.

Iu answer to the tenth article he does not admit that the speech claimed to have een made bv him in response to the delegation with the Superintendent of Common Schools, i The Speaker appointed Mr. Worthington, of Chester, and Mr. Errett, of Allegheny. Act revising and consolidatinir laws regu- lating licensing of foreign insurance coin- 1 panies, recommended by commissioners to revise tax laws. Passed finally.

BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Generals Hancock ami Gordon Granger tW of Swrttarv lor ti Department ot IY.j Tc-itfrapn to tbe Pittsburgh liazcll Washington, March 23, ISO SENATE. The first portion of the Senate proceedings failed to reach us, the Associated Press agent here stating that it could not be and iiaving, in his capacity of Proident of the United States, ex- and considered did form the opina-n that the case of said Sum-ton and his tenure of office were not affect- ed bv the lirst section of the last nametl act. And' this respondent further answering, savs that although a case thus existing, which in his judgment, as President of the I United State, called for the exercise of the exeutive jiower to remove snid Stanton from oilie) as Secretary for the lkqartineiil ot 1 tailed. And this respondent, further answer- inil, says that on and prior to the ath day of August, A.

this resiMindcnt, tlie President of the I'nitt-d States, resjsniblo for tlie conduct of the Secretary for tlitf Department of War, and having the Consiitu- tional right to resort and rely tlie p'T-son holding that orlice ter advice ci-noem- inu the great public duties enjoined iv. the Proident bv the Constitution and laws of the United' States, became satisfied that he could not allow the iid Stanton to hold ottice as Secretary of the iK ioinment i of War, without hazard the public inter- est; that the relations lietween said Stanton and President no longer rmitted- the President to resort to for or in the judgment of tho President, le sate- lv responsible for the conduct of the partment of War, as by law nspiired, in 1 accordance with orders and instructions of tbe President thereupon, by the force of the i Constitution and laws of the United Stai-s. which devolve on the President the power i and dutv to control tlie conduct of i the business of tin? Executive I i partment of the Government and bv reason of the constitutional duty of i iht- Prmident to tnk.c ire that the laws 1 were before the Impeachment Managers yesterday, and were separately interrogated as to anv conversations with the Presi Mr. TRUMBULL railed for the reading of from the Philadelphia Convention is a correct report. lHnie tho truth of the remarks attributed to him as being delivered dent respecting military matters.

The tJl0 rul0t ho understood one o'clock at Cleveland and St. Iuis, and claims tnat War, and altiiough this respondent was of opinion. as alove shown, that his speeches were delivered in his right under the Constitution of the United States the tower to remove aid Stanton from suid was the hour appointed. Tie rule was read, providing that on the day set apart for the trial the Senate shall cease executive and legislative business, and proceed to the trial of impeachment. Mr.

KIMUNDS called attention to a su'o-seouent order introduced by Mr. Howard. loruier was ejieciwiv ivummiri his coming to Washington by order of the President." He stated he had previously i asked to be relieved from command of the Fifth Military lepartment and to be sent to St. liOuis to await orders; that the President desired to converse with him on that sut-jeet, and the state of affair in Jouisiana. The President had said nothing to him apart from those matters, nor had the President vet determined to relieve him from as an American citizen, ana as rrtMunn u.

tlie United States, for which he cannot be questioned. In answer to article eleventh, he denies that in the public speech in Washington he snid that C'Higrcss was not a lawful ongress of the United States, or would not le was vested in the President of the I United states, and altiiough this respondent was also of the opinion, a above shown, that the cast oi" said Stanton was not affect- ed by the first section of the hurt named act, and "although each of the sai-l opinions liad Ixs-n formed by this rcpondent upon an allowed, but the motion to adjourn was put and the Court adjourned until to-morrow at one o'clock. The Senate then adjourned. ot the Committee ot seven, a'ljoumuu; in until the ten Southern stales were rci re- a to lie iiiKifctw on liemir nernut.e faithfully exe this resjiondent did necessarily nsider and determine the said Stanton onht no longer to hold said ofiice of Secretary for the lH-partment of War. and this respondent, bv virtue of the power ami authority vested in him as lresident of the I'nitotl States, by the Constitution and laws of the United States, to give eiK-t totnich his decision and determination, did, on the Uh dav of August, A.

D. 1V17, ad-dr to the siud Suuiton a note, of which use the fwedom of pech or opinion. The reading of the answer occupied one hour and a half. Mr. KOUTWELL, on behalf of the Managers, requested a copy of the answer, and ai.l it was their expectation to present their replication to-morrow, at one o'clcn k.

Mr. EYAKTS tlien addressed the Court in relation to the ihtioaI of time to be allowed the respondent after the replication actual case requiring mm nis capacity oi President of the United States to come to the same judgment and determination thereon. vwl this reudent, president of the United 1 States, desired anil determine) to avoid, if j.ssible, any question of the construction and elici of said nrst section of the lat named ad. and also th brouder qutionof the executive power conferred on the Presj- dent of the I nited states by the Constita- i ution of the United states, to remove one of the nrincmal otlicers of one of the Exe-ntivo i Court until one clock to-day. This, he said, was th day set apart for receiving ih aiiswer, and not proceeding to the trial.

Several Senators suggested to leave it to the decision of the Chair. The Chair decided the rule was operative and business must now cease. Mr. F.lMUNIS respectfully appealed from the decision of the Chair. The Chair announced the question to 1 'shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate?" but at the sug- 1 gestion of Mr.

Trumbull, Mr. Edmunds ithdrew the appeal, and the Secretary agiiln directed to notify the House that the I Senate as ready to proceed ith the trial of impeachment. is filel before the trial is to proceed. He Raid the President's counsel had been too the following is a true copy: Publie xmHiderUioriof a high character constrain me to say that your resignation as Secretary of War will he To which note tlie naid Stanton made the following reply; WaK Department a cav.se, MMtumg mum ui? Iu.a wlth the preparation of bin I xisn uesireu it -tim vhate-ver VXUBWW li -M KIti li MiiVr ert fT7 control it should i -i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr.

CLARKE presented resolutions of the Kansas Legislature, pledging support to Congress in the removal of Andrew Johnson if found guiltv. Mr. noLMAN offered a resolution expressing tho judgment of the House that Government bonds, except when expressly made wvable in coin, should lie payable in lawful money of the United States, commonly known as United States notes. He'moved the previous question, which was opposed by Messrs. Garfield and Blaine and refused by the House.

The resolution was then referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, the House refusing to order the yeas and nays thereon. The House having received a message from the Senate resolved itself into Committee of the Whole and proceeded to the Senate chamber to attend the impeachment trial. When the members returned, Mr. BINGHAM said the Impeachment Managers had anticipated the President's answer, and had prepared a replication thereto. After a livelv time among the members, the House adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock to consider the replication.

Jiuriijsr tne- interim yir. sierena wuctto WAsniNoTox, Aug. quietly at the side door and took Ml wax n' that tlie lolin atlOW Uie al.u.civ ta-ces-sarv to raiv antl thirtv davs fn.m the date of and have v-a-d uw a he repUrtitUm to prepare for the trial, either or Uh of the last nampl A in witilli: to that effect was questions, it was i ac.rd m. wuh the and read the secretary. rmi.tiMitiiin f.

the I ruted States, and re- i his present command. The boiler which supplied hot water to the bath room in Thomas Cook's residence! in Cincinnati, exploded on Sunday morn- i ing, causing damage to the extent of 1.200, I but fortunately injuring a little boy only! slightly. The United States Supremo Court yesterday gave leave to the State of Georgia to serve on defendants. General Grant et notice of ar motion for a special injunction, returnable on or before Friday. Shoemakers of Marlborough, who are on a strike, en Saturday beat to death a man who attempted to go to work against their wishes.

TliO MeArdle easo goes ovr till next fall hixof the Supreme Court Judges agreeing to the postponement and two opposing it. C. Kingsland Son's banking house, in New York, was robbed of forty-five thousand dollars in Winds on Sunday night. The Atlantic Base Hall Club of New-York will make a Western tour in April, playing first in Cincinnati for one eek. Information from Arkansas shws that the Arkansas Constitution was defeated its the Constitution of A labama was.

Earthquakes continue at St. Thomas, in the West Indies; also at Porto F.ieo, where the shocks are reported as awful. It is stated that the Way and Means Committee have finally determined to retain the two dollar tax whisky. It was rumored yesterday that John C. Breckinridge was in New York incognito.

1 Mr. HOWARD moved it lie on the table I' ires wic i rti i ui' i inn i mitil atter the replication is riled, but with luiixirtancp on Exeuttvi had disagii i of s. niu a gravity and which the lcgislutive and partnunts of tlie govemme wers considered by ail vv hich in vol i I Sir: Your note of this day is Urn received, stating that "public considerations of a high constrain you to say that luv resignation as Secretary of War will beVvcpted. hi reply 1 have the honor to sav that public eo'nsirieratioiis of a high chariicier. hi- alone induce me to, continue at the head of this Is-partment, constrain me not to re-iign the of Secretary of War hfcibre the next meeting of i 'ongres.

Verr resjs'ctfiiUy, yours, Epwin'M. STAMoN. This respondentia President of the United States, was thereon of opinion that having regard to the necessary official relations and duties of the Secretary for the Department of War to the President of the United States, according to the Constitution and laws of the United States. bu1 having regard to the responsibility of the President for the conduct of said Secretary, and having regard to the paramount executive authority of the offu-e which the respondent holds tinder the Constitution and laws of the United States, it was impossible, censistent with public interest, to allow said Stanton to continue to hold the said office of Secretary for the Department of War, and it then U-eame the official duty of the respondent, as of the United States, to consider and decide what act or acts should and might lawfully be done by him, as President of the United States, to cause the said Stanton to surren branches of tne goveruiuent daring its entire history, down to tii year lsiiT, to have been confided by the Con-stitution of the United States to the President, and to -c nefssnry f'r the ctui-plete and tiriT execution of his duties, and shoui'f U' in some proj-r way submitted to th-it Department ol the government entrusted bv the Constitution with thejKiw-er and subjected by it to the. duty, not only of determining finally the construction und elfect of ail acts of Congress, but of comparing them with the Constitution of the United States and pronouncing them inoji-erative when found in conflict with the fundamental law which the people have enacted for the government of all tiitr servants.

Ami to these ends, first, that through the District Elections. Following are the officers elected in districts on Friday, 20th inst: SEWICKLEY BOROUGH. School Directors, Michal Marlatt, 3 years; the Managers taMe. At one o'clock the President pro. tm.

vacated the choir. The Chief Justice called the Senate to order. The S'rireant-ut-Arms made the usual proclamation, Jcomn landing silence, v.here-uion the Managers appeared at the door. The Sergeant-at-Arms announced, "Man-itKersof Impeachment on the iirt of the House of Representatives," anil the Chief Justice said, "The Managers will take I seats assigned to them by the Senate." Messrs. ilingham and Koutwell led the I way up the aisle and took their seats, Meantime Messrs.

Stanbery, Curtis, Nel-j son, Evarts and Groesbeck, counsel for the President, entered and seated themselves at i their table in the order named, Mr. Stan-j berv occupying the extreme right, The Sergeant-at-Arms then the House of Kepresentatives, and the meni-i lers of the House appeared, headed by Mr. Washburne, on the arm of Mr. McPherson, i Clerk of the House, and took seats outside the bur. The Secretary of the Senate then read the minute of tho'proceedings of the lath in-: statit.

Mr. Doolittle was then sworn, and when the journal had een read, i Mr. DAVIS submitted a motion, that the Constitution requiring the Senate to bo composed of two Senator from each State, and certain States being unrepresented, therefore the trial of this case be discontinued until all the States are represented. drew it on Mr. Bingham announcement that the Managers were ready to express their opinion on the application at once.

Mr. L'XiAN, ou behalf of the imagers, said thev should opjiose it, be-ause there was no reason offered for the delay, except 1 that the President's counsel needed time. lie said they had as much time as the Man- agers, and some other reasons should be given, as there had leen in the applications for delav made in former trials for im- i when it was always stated on oath that time was needed to prolueo dis- taut witnesses, Ac. No such cause as al- leged or s1hwh. and the rule adopted by tlie Senate required the trial to proceed uii- i less cause for delay was shown.

The Mana- I i gers insisted that ho more time should be taken up than was absolutely necessary i for the tr'ud of the case. No more time should be granted to the President than to the meanest man. At the expiration of the days, application might be made for further nelav, to send for witnesses, perhaps, to Sitka. reasons for delay should le assigned now. Mr.

EVARTS called the attention of the 1 R. Rogers. 2 years; S. Keno, 1 year; Supervisors, S. Neelv, Gard.

Baird, 1 year. iir. Winters. Judge oi Election, W. 1L Seamen.

Inspectors, Harmer Neely, William Merri-man. Assessor, Hugh Auditors, E. P. Young, 3 years;" Louis McCormick, 2 years. Township Clerk, D.

I Shields. Constable, Peter Masonholt. TKMPEKASCEVILLK. Burgess, James W. Ballantine.

Council, John Hollingshead, Thomas Fox, Charles Geisrer. Howell Jones. John HahartL School action of the Senate of the United States the absolute duty of the President to substitute some fit erson in place of Mr. Santon as one of his advisers, and as its a principal suliordinate ollhr, whose otlicial conduct he was responsible for, and hal a lawful right to control, might le ac- coniniished without the of rais- THE COURTS. District CourtJudge Williams.

T. B. Young it Co. vs. Dr.

H. W. C. Tweddle. Verdict for plaintitr for Andrew J.

Crow vs. John McClaren. Verdict for plaintiff for M. P. Adams Itro.

vs. Joseph Logan. On trial. i Court to the fact that the President's coun der the said office. This respondent was in- ja anv one oi the questions aioresaiu; aim sel had lieen allowed only eight working Directors, Thos.

Hershberger, 3years; Geo. days in which to prepare their answer, and Wittengill, 3 years; Samuel II. French, 2 said it was not an answer to their present years; John Garbett, 2 years. Judge of application that equal haste would be neces- Election, A. I Jones.

Insjeetors, N. Bal-sarv on the part of the Managers as on the lantine, John Diver. Assessor, James Mc-part of themselves. Their iitions were Howell. Auditor, Win.

Goffe. Constable, not similar. The Managers had enjoyed i John Thompson. United State District Court Judge Mt- I formed and verily believes that it was practically settled by "the First Congress of the United States, and lutd been so considered and uniformly and in a great number of instances acted upon by Congress ami the Presidents of the United States in succession, from President Washington to and including President Lincoln, and from second, ir tuis tuny coum ntt oe so jkt- formed, tlien that these piestfons. or such them as might necessarily arise, should lie judicially determined in the manner aforesaid.

And for no other end 1 or pur lose this respondent, as President of i the United States, on the llfth day of August, seven daTs after the reception of i Mr. CON NESS moved that the motion do not received, anil ealled for the yeas and navs. Mr. HOWE moved to inquire whether tho motion was in order. The Chief Justice read tho rule, and said Mr.

Conness' motion was not in order, and aim amining witnesses. The President had public duties which employed much his i aL- i. time. The counsel askeu no more in tins case, for the President, than they would for the letter of said Stanton heremieiore tiutoil did Uuim to Hnirt Sfiiiiti'in th4 orler directed tlie Secretary to eall the yeiu, and States An I hil'IU' u-ll Ik I llA Till iuvm uii ii Tt uii asj 'following: "Msecutive Mohmuh, ll'tishhiff- i the jsjorest criminal conferred on the President, part of the ir untorseen circum-re miring delav for i i sir Hv virtue of the I stances should arise lowing result: two to forty-nine, all present voting in the negative except Messrs. Ihivis President, of witnesses for either w.ur.i- unthoritv vested in me as i the i President bv the Constitution and I side, it would be the duty of the Court to I laws of the United States, you are hereby i grant it.

NORTH FAYKTTK. The following is the result of tho election in North Favette township, on Friday, March 20th: Judge of Elections, Win. C. Ilerron. Inspectors, George Y.

McKee, Samuel Sturgeon. Township Treasurer, Rev. F. A. Hutchinson.

Clerk, Robert Potter. School Directors, A. McFarland, Daniel Hoffman. Supervisors, J.W. McMichael, M.

E. Baldwin, A. IMckson. James R. Kelso.

Auditor, 1L Elliott McBride. Assessor, A. P. Lewis. Constable, A.

P. Lewis. Foreign Markets by Cable. London, March 23. Evening, Consols, nHl 5-20 quiet at 72fa.73'; Erie, Illinois Central.

WM. Mr. WILSON announced the determina Executive iwer, and as one of the ni sary means and instruments of erforining dnty, expressly imposed on him by the 'onstitution, of taking care that the laws be faithfully executed, the power at any and all timea of removing from ofiice all" Executive ollicers for cause, to lie judged of hy the President alone, This respondent had tho assurance of the and MeCreery. Messrs. Saulsbury ana Bavard did not vote.

Mr. STANBEUY then rose and said he and his fellow counsel had devoted every hour siuce the last day's proceedings to preparing the President's answer, and regretted they had not had more time, but sul-mitted it now. Mr. CUHTWread It: i suspended from office us Secretary of ar, I and ill ct ase exercising all functions jier-! taining to the same. You will at once i transfer to General U.

S. Grant, who has I this day lieen authorized ami empowered I to act as Secretary of War fld all tion of tho Managers to resist all unnecessary delay. The first step taken by the counsel on the 13th was in vindication of the precedent of former impeachment trials. In the case of Judge Chase the rc- constitution, require! me opinion oi tm ii rmvicild luMik-s. miners ari 1 othe er nubile spondent had asked for eleven months nrinotnul r.m.wr tha I'D iM'Dart- i roierty now in your charge." delay, supporting his application hy sworn delav.

supporting his Candles. In the bankruptcy branch petitions for final discharge were filed by Messrs. Jenkins, Welsh Jt consisting of Andrew Jenkins, Jones Jenkins, George Jenkins, Adam Jenkins, Andrew Welsh, and John Welsh, of Monongahela city, Washington eountv. Petitions were also filed by Samuel Baily, of Oil City, and Henry N. Connor, of Crawford county.

The usual orders were made. Final discharges were granted to Wen-man Wade aud Ohio Wade, of Greene countv, and certificates awarded. Petitions for adjudication were Hied by Frank Allen, of Erie, Geo. Kleckner, of Crawford county, and Josiah Henton, of Venango county, Uuarter essioun Judge Mellon. Joseph Loiink, for selling liquor without license, was fined fifty dollars and Christian Penning was found truilty of committing an assault and buttery upon Nicholas Knocr.

Sentence deferred. J. Keuchler, dentist, of Allegheny City, was placed on trial on an indictment charging hiin with committing a rape upon the person of Catherine Wurtz. The prosecutrix testified that in May last she went to theoftVe of the defendant to gut some of her teeth pulled, and took chloroform, or like nubstance, to produce insensibility luring the operation. Her teeth being drawn, sho naid the dentist a dollar, anil the Senate of the I ntfert Artrrfat, Answer IIU.lltH upj)n the of Executive jsw-of the J'rentlmt to the.

of the mted ep an(, dut and hvl f)Ccn airisei by ea State, xittiny a Owrt of Jmpfietonent of ti.m the said Stanton, Secre The Hon Edwin St-mton Seetarv of statements. Only thirty days were the lion. t.UVVin 31. rsts Ol vet l. nrcnanlmn vminivr.

nnd vet it i4 rireTMrnt inn wttnnner War, to whom said order was addressed, Frankkort, March 23. hcenna. U. s. fur the, trial of Andrew Jotuwon, itt tary for the lepartment ot ar.

that under I feet as to secure his acquittal. In tho elab- orate answer to-day presented, he (Mr. londs closed at 75 C. Livkrpool. March 23.

Ex'eninfi. Cotton of the. niaiex. TO AKTICLK FIP.ST. For answer to the first article he says the Constitution of the United States this power was lodged bv the Constitution in the PrcsUlent of the I'nited States, and con-seduentlv could be lawfully exercised by made tho following reply: H'ar Department, Washington, August I l'Jih, 1i7.

sir: Your note of this date has been rofleived, informing me Unit by virtue I of (towers vested in you as President by thc dosed easier but unchanged; sales 10.0iK bide niiildlings at 10! Orleans o. All i the markets are generally dull. Provisions Wilson) tound tlie stronger argument I against delay, for the resjsmdent therein I claimed his right was Uie very tilings on which this trial is based. Tlie resiondent's that Edwin M. Stanton was apixmiteu Se-- onstituuon and laws of the Lnited States, retrv forth ivpartmeni 01 ar on tne 1 mm, ow Jaiuiarv.

A. 1MV' by prive him thereof; and this respond- and Hrealtun unenangea. ri n. Spirits of Petroleum nominally unchanged at Is. 3d.

ANTWFitr, March 3. Petroleum Standard White closed at 4-'f. case was not that of an ordinary crim- inal. He asked time in which ho may I continue to injure the interests of tho country, as ho had done, by acts which he now justified. The cause shown in this application was not such as would warrant the Senate, under the rules.

1 Alfiluin Iancoln then President of the ent in his capacity as I'resideiu ol United States, during the first term of his the United States, and because in that eapa-! nresidini and was commisttioned, uitopU city he was both enabled and Umnd to use I Lg to fb Constitution and the laws of the his mion ithat question, did, iUniUl States, to hold the said office during go-Ml faith, and with honest desire to th eastiro of tho President. That the arrive at the truth, come the if Secretary lor tne iw-pari- ami maivw hh- I am susjiended from the ofiice of Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any ami all functions jmruimng to thc same, and also directing meat once to transfer to (Jen. U. S. Grant, who has this day been authorised and emtniwered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, all records, bonks, pa(iers and other public property now in my custody and charge.

Under a sense of public duty I am coiii(iellcd to dony your right under the Constitution and laws of thc United States, without the advice and consent of the Senate, and without legal ccuse, to suspend me from office as Secretary of War, or th. exercise of any or all to grant a delay. The counsel should not bo allowed time to educate themselves in the cases. jnent of War wa ireawu left. Four months and a few weeks after- Mr.

STANBERY replied that some reliance should lie placed by the Court on the i (lersonal honor of the i-ounsel, when they I say they have been so pressed for preparing I their aiiswer, that they have not had time given them to communicate wjth the Presi-' tlent a to what witnesses should tie sum-I moned. While they were so engaged the ward, feeling herself in a peculiar condition, she consulted a midwife, who informed her what was the matter. On the a7tlt of January last her child was lorn. The prosecutrix testified to her that the defendant outraged hor on the occasion of Is-inif at his olhee to if ct her teeth drawn. an tu of the First congress in us um sion, passed on thc seventh day of August, A.

D. I7Sf, and in and by that act it was provided and enacted that the said Secretary for the Department of War ahull perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time lie enjoined on and entrusted to him by the President of the United States, agreeably to tho Constitution, relative to the subjects within the scope of said Department; and, furthermore, that the said Secretary shall nduct the business of said Department In such a manner as the by a message dated on the "At uay oi true copy whereof is hereunto annexed, and marked that the ixtwcr last mentioned wan conferred, and the duty of exercising it in cases was imjiosed on the President by the Constitution of the United States, and that the l'resident could not lie deprived of this power or relieved of this duty, fjf could the same Is? vested by law in the President and the Senate jointly, either in part or in whole, and this has ever since remained ami was the opinion of this respondent at the time when he was forced, as aforesaid, to eon- runctions pertaining to tho same, or without such advice and consent to compel to transfer to any per son records, tiooks, papers and public property in my custody as Secretary. Hut inasmuch as th General commanding the armies of the United States has been ap Toledo Market. By Tcitf rph to rituburg tiaiftte.J Toi-kpo, March 23. Flour; receipts of 754 bbls; the market is quiet.

Wheat 2o lietter, with sales of amber Michigan at ,03, and No. Iowa spring at Corn; receipts of 12,520 bns; 'c better, with sales of No. 1 at We, and buyers for all tha month at 94 l-4a4 l-2c Outs; receipts of 1,310 bus; l-2c better, with sales of No. I at Wc Rve 2e lietter, with sales of No. 1 at Heeds quiet.

Milwaukee Market. By TfU-jjraph the rttt.burirh Milwaukee, March 23. Flour dull but firm at for lxt Minnesota brands. Wheat is 11c better; sales at 1,90 for No 1. Corn at R4c; fresh receipts.

Oats', 60. Receipts WOO bbls Hour; 2,800 bush wheat. Shipments 2,000 bbls flour; .1,300 bush Rivers and Weather. e' CBy Telegrmpb to the Plttuburgh UutUc.) Louisvillk, March 23 River fiOlinft very fast, with fifteen feet nine inches ia channel. Weather clear and very warm.

Managers had been arranging for the conduct of their case, Mr. Stanbery reiterated that he and his fellow counsel had not even a document prepared, or a witness summoned, and if they were forced to proceed 1 "resident of tho United Mates nn with the case to-morrow, they wouid ap and decide what act from time to time order wm wacr or a-rs Instruct. And this resnondent. further should and might lie lawfully done by this although she stated that at the time she -was not conscious of the fact. The case was not concluded at adjournment.

The West India Telegraph lines will ere long be extended to all the lare islands, as well as to New Grenada, and probably one or two points on the South American coast. The agent of the International Company has applied to the Legislature-of Jamaica for permission to land the Cuba Cable, and to put up ft land line across Jamaica. Thence sub-marine line will reach Aipinwall, giving South American and Pacific Oceftn nvwt ft week or more sooner than at present by steamers. pointed ad inlet and liaa notiliwl mo ho has accepted the apuo'ntment, 1 have no alternative but to su'uiuit under protest of to superior force. To tho President.

-f And this respondent, further auswering, says it is provided in and by the second section of an act to regulate the tenure of certain civil offices that tho President may suspend an otlioer from the performance of duties of tbe otiioe held by him for certain cause designated until the pear defenceless and unarmed, tie art'?" ed to the Court for time if not the nm period asked for, at least port' argued against the construction tho Manner on the rule cited by Mr. Bingham. He was about to reply, when the Chief Justice remarked the Managers could not clone the debate. iMr. HOWARD moved the application be aid on the table.

Mr. JOHNSON called for the reading of answering, says that by force of the act, and respondent, as President or the mtetl bv reason of his appointment aforesaid, the States, to t-anso-the mud Stanton to surren-said Stanton IsM-ame the principal officer in tier said office This respondent was also one of the Executive I tepartment of tho 1 then aware that by the first section of an Government, being tho true intent of the net regulating tho tenure of certain civil second section of tlie second article of tho offices, passed March 2d, 1867, hy a Con-Constitution of the United States, aexrding stitutiotMil majority of, both -House of "onto tho true intent and meaning of that pro- grtss, it was enacted as follows: vision of the Constitution of the United "That every person holding any cirU of-States, and in accordance with the settled fice to which he has been appointed by and.