Foreign Mission Reform Presbyterian Church, 636 North 17th St., Philadelphia; Rev. S. O. WYLIE, Chairman.

General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church. Next meeting 1st Wednesday in Oct., 1869. General Assembly Presbyterian Church. Next meeting 3d Thursday in May, 1869. General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, quadrennially in May. Last meeting in Chicago, May, 1868.

General Synod Reformed Dutch Church. Next meeting 1st Wednesday in June. General Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church. Next meeting at Cincinnati, 2d Thursday in May, 1869. General Lutheran Societies at the same time and place.

Hicksite Division of the Society of Friends; last annual meeting at New York, May 1868. International Labor Congress; President, WILLIAM H. SYLVIS, Philadelphia; Secretary, JOHN VINCENT, New York. Annual meeting 1st Monday in Oct.

International Commercial Convention. Last meeting at Portland, Maine, Aug. 5, 1868. Liberal Christian Union; President, Rev. A. P. PUTNAM; Corresponding Secretary, WILLIAM MELLEN; last meeting, May 6, 1868, at New York.

Missionary Board of the M. E. Church South; last meeting at Louisville, Ky., Bishop PIERCE presiding, May 7, 1868; next meeting in St. Louis.

Manufacturers' National Convention.

Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, 35 Union Place, New York; President, Rev. Bishop MORRIS; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. JOHN P. DURBIN.

National Temperance Society, 172 William St., New York, incorporated Jan. 1, 1866; President, WILLIAM E. DODGE; Secretary, Rev. J. B. DUNN; next annual meeting, first Wednesday in May, 1869.

National Division of Sons of Temperance; M. W. P., ROBERT M. FOUST; M. W. Scribe, SAM'L W. HODGES; next meeting at Washington, D. C., June 9, 1869.

National Christian Convention; President, Bishop DAVID EDWARDS, of Ohio; Secretary, Rev. A. A. PHELPS, A. M.; next annual meeting at Oberlin, Ohio.

National Christian Convention; President, Rev. Dr. HOWARD CROSBY; Secretary, J. B. TYLER of New York; last meeting at New York, Nov. 11, 1868.

National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters; President, A. A. LAWRENCE of Boston; last meeting in Boston, June 10, 1868.

National Institute of Letters, Arts and Sciences; President, Wx. CULLEN BRYANT, New York; Secretary, CHAS. A. JOY, New York; last meeting at New York, June 11, 1868.

National Board of Fire Underwriters; President, JAS. M. MCLEAN; Secretary, W. CONNOR; next meeting, third Wednesday in April, 1869.

North American Saengerbund; last festival at Chicago, June 17, 1868.

Protestant Episcopal Convention; last meeting at Newark, N. J., May 28, 1868.

Presbyterian General Assembly South; next meeting at Mobile, Alabama, third Thursday in May, 1869.

Presbyterian Assembly, Old School; last meeting at Albany, May, 1868.

Presbyterian Assembly, New School; last meeting at Harrisburg, Pa., May, 1868.

Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Good Templars; Templar, Mr. ORME of Massachusetts; Secretary, Mr. SPENCER of Ohio; last meeting at Richmond, Ind., May 26, 1868.

Seamen's Protective Union; Mr. ALLEN, Chairman; last meeting held in New York, March 19, 1868.

Turners' National Convention; President, FRANZ Lackner of Chicago; Secretary, HENRY HUHN of Washington; last meeting, May 3, 1868, at Boston.

The Schutzenfest; last meeting at New York, June 29-July 7, 1868.

Western Social Science Association; Chairman, Hon. SHARON TYNDALE; last meeting at Chicago, Nov. 10, 1868.

Working Women's Association; organized Sept. 17, 1865; President, Mrs. ANNA TOEITT; Secretary, ELIZABETH C. BROWNE.

Working Woman's Protective Union, 44 Franklin St., New York; President, CHARLES P. P. DALY; Secretary, Wm. B. CROSBY.

Woolen Manufacturer's Association of the North-West; President, GEORGE S. BOWEN; Secretary, JESSE MCALLISTER; next meeting, first Wednesday in February, 1869.

Working Women's National Association, New York; President, Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. CELIA BURLEIGH.

Young Men's Christian Association International Convention; President, H. THANE MILLER, Cincinnati; Secretary, F. H. SMITH, Washington; Thirteenth annual meeting at Detroit, June 24, 1868.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

The first session of the fortieth Congress was much occupied with questions growing out of the relations of the government to the Southern states, and these or similar questions again came up for consideration and action at the session which commenced December 2, 1867. The bill conferring additional civil rights on the negro in the District of Columbia which passed both Houses in July, 1867, but failed to receive the approval of the President, was passed in the Senate on the 5th and in the House on the 9th of December, by large majorities in each branch.

A bill abolishing the internal revenue tax on cotton, and another suspending the further contraction of the currency, passed the House, the first on the 4th and the last on the 7th of December; both afterwards passed the Senate.

Various subjects of general or local interest were introduced, but the questions which awakened the deepest interest in the country and received the greatest attention during the session, were those relating to the Impeachment of the President, Reconstruction of the Southern States, and the Finances.

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.

The subject of the impeachment of the President had been agitated at different times during 1867. On the 7th of January, Mr. Ashley of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, introduced the following proposition:

"I do impeach Andrew Johnson, Vice-President and acting President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.

"I charge him with a usurpation of power and violation of law:

"In that he has corruptly used the appointing power;

"In that he has corruptly used the pardoning power;

"In that he has corruptly used the veto power;

**In that he has corruptly disposed of public property of the United States;

"In that he has corruptly interfered in elections, and committed acts which, in contemplation of the Constitution, are high crimes and misdemeanors: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be, and they are hereby, authorized to inquire into the official conduct of Andrew Johnson, Vice-President of the United States, discharging the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States, and to report to this House whether, in their opinion, the said Andrew Johnson, while in said office, has been guilty of acts which are designed or calculated to overthrow, subvert or corrupt the Government of the United States, or any department or office thereof; and whether the said Andrew Johnson has been guilty of any act, or has conspired with others to do acts, which, in contemplation of the Constitution, are high crimes and misdemeanors, requiring the interposition of the constitutional power of this House; and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers, and to administer the customary oath to witnesses." This resolution was adopted, by a vote of 107 to 38.

The Judiciary Committee reported to the House on the 2d of March, that it had not concluded the investigation, but that in the opinion of the majority (eight to one) "sufficient testimony had been brought to the notice of the committee to justify and demand a further prosecution of the investigation." This report was signed by Messrs.. James F. Wilson, Francis Thomas, D. Morris, F. E. Woodbridge, Geo. S. Boutwell, Thomas Williams, Burton C. Cook, and William Lawrence. Mr. A. J. Rogers presented a minority report, in which he stated that there was no "evidence to sustain

any of the charges which the House charged the committee to investigate," and that he could see "no good in a continuation of the investigation." The reports were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The thirtyninth Congress closed its session on the 4th of March, and the fortieth Congress commenced the same day.

On the 7th of March, the Judiciary Committee were instructed to continue the investigation, which it did, and on the 25th of November, again reported; the majority, Messrs. Boutwell, Thomas, Williams, Lawrence, and Churchill in favor of impeachment, the other members in two separate minority reports, opposed thereto. Debate on these reports began in the House on the 5th of December, and was continued until the 7th, when the impeachment resolution was lost by a vote of 57 to 108.

On the 10th of February, 1868, on motion of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, the evidence taken on impeachment by the committee on the Judiciary, was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and the committee had leave to report at any time. Feb. 21, the subject was again introduced, when Mr. Covode of Pennsylvania offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors.

This resolution was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, together with the following communications, which had been laid before the House by the speaker:

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 21, 1868.

SIR,-Gen. Thomas has just delivered to me a copy of the inclosed order, which you will please communicate to the House of Representatives. Your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

To the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21, 1868. SIR,-By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, you are hereby removed from office as Secretary of War, and your functions as such will terminate upon receipt of this communication.

You will transfer to Brevet Major-Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant-General of the Army, who has this day been authorized to act as Secretary of War ad interim, all records, books, papers, and other public property now in your custody and charge. Respectfully yours,

To the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D. C.

ANDREW JOHNSON, President.

The same day a resolution from the Senate relating to the removal of Mr. Stanton, was delivered to the President. It read as follows:

IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, Senate of tHE UNITED STATES, Feb. 21, 1868. WHEREAS, The Senate have read and considered the communication of the President, stating that he had removed Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and had designated the AdjutantGeneral of the Army to act as Secretary of War ad interim; therefore,

Resolved, By the Senate of the United States, that under the Constitution and laws of the United States the President has no power to remove the Secretary of War and designate any other officer to perform the duties of that officer ad interim.

Feb. 22, the Committee on Reconstruction, through their chairman, Mr. Stevens, made a report, in which, after alluding to the matters referred to the committee, they say:

Upon the evidence collected by the committee, which is hereafter presented, and in virtue of the powers with which they have been invested by the House, they are of the opinion that Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors. They, therefore, recommend to the House the adoption of the accompanying resolution:

THADDEUS STEVENS,
F. C. BEAMAN,

GEORGE S. BOUTWELL,
C. T. HULBURD,

JOHN A. BINGHAM,
JOHN F. FARNSWORTH,
H. E. PAINE.

Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors.

The report was discussed in the House, February 22, until 11 P. M., and resumed on Monday, the 24th, when, at the close of the discussion, the resolution was adopted-yeas, 128, nays, 47.

Messrs. Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham were appointed to notify the Senate, and another committee, consisting of Messrs. Boutwell, Thaddeus Stevens, Bingham, James F. Wilson, Logan, Julian, and Ward, was also appointed to prepare and report Articles of Impeachment. On the following day, February 25, Messrs. Stevens and Bingham appeared at the bar of the Senate and delivered the following message:

"Mr. PRESIDENT,-By order of the House of Representatives, we appear at the bar of the Senate, and in the name of the House of Representatives and of all the people of the United States, we do impeach Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office; and we further inform the Senate that the House of Representatives will in due time exhibit particular articles of impeachment against him, and make good the same; and in their name we demand that the Senate take due order for the appearance of the said Andrew Johnson, to answer to the said Impeachment."

The message was referred by the Senate to a select committee, and the chair appointed Messrs. Howard, Trumbull, Conkling, Edmunds, Morton, Pomeroy and Johnson. This committee reported rules to govern the Senate in the impeachment trial, which were adopted March 2. The House of Representatives, on the same day, adopted Articles of Impeachment.

Articles exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States, in the name of themselves and all the people of the United States, against Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, in maintenance and support of their impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors in office.

ARTICLE I. That the said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, on the 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord 1868, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, unmindful of the high duties of his office, of his oath of office, and of the requirements of the Constitution that he should take care that the laws be faithfully executed, did unlawfully, and in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, issue an order in writing for the removal of Edwin M. Stanton from the office of Secretary for the Department of War, said Edwin M. Stanton having been theretofore duly appointed and commissioned, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, as such Secretary, and said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, on the 12th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1867, and during the recess of said Senate, having suspended by his order Edwin M. Stanton from said office, and within twenty days after the first day of the next meeting of said Senate, that is to say, on the 12th day of December, in the year last aforesaid, having reported to said Senate such suspension with the evidence and reasons for his action in the case and the name of the person designated to perform the duties of such office temporarily until the next meeting of the Senate, and said Senate thereafterwards on the 13th day of January in the year of our Lord 1868, having daly considered the evidence and reasons reported by said Andrew Johnson for said suspension, and having refused to concur in said suspension, whereby and by force of the provisions of an act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices," passed March 2, 1867, said Edwin M. Stanton did forthwith resume the functions of his office, whereof the said Andrew Johnson had then and there due notice, and said Edwin M. Stanton, by reason of the

premises, on said 21st day of February, being lawfully entitled to hold said office of Secretary for the Department of War, which said order for the removal of said Edwin M. Stanton is in substance as follows that is to say:

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21, 1868.

SIR. By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, you are hereby removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, and your functions as such will terminate upon receipt of this communication.

You will transfer to Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General of the Army, who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, all records, books, papers, and other public property now in your custody and charge. Respectfully yours,

ANDREW JOHNSON.

To the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D. C. Which order was unlawfully issued with intent then and there to violate the act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices," passed March 2, 1867, and with the further intent, contrary to the provisions of said act, in violation thereof, and contrary to the provisions of the Constitution of the United States, and without the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, the said Senate then and there being in session, to remove said Edwin M. Stanton from the office of Secretary for the Department of War, the said Edwin M. Stanton being then and there Secretary for the Department of War, and being then and there in the due and lawful execution and discharge of the duties of said office, whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then and there commit, and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office.

ARTICLE II. That on the said 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful of the high duties of his office, of his oath of office, and in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and contrary to the provisions of an act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices," passed March 2, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, without the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, said Senate then and there being in session, and without authority of law, did, with intent to violate the Constitution of the United States, and the act aforesaid, issue and deliver to one Lorenzo Thomas a letter of authority in substance as follows, that is to say:

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21, 1868. (

SIR,-The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton having been this day removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, you are hereby authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, and will immediately enter upon the discharge of the duties pertaining to that office. Mr. Stanton has been instructed to transfer to you all the records, books, papers, and other public property now in his custody and charge.

Respectfully yours,

ANDREW JOHNSON.

To Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. Then and there being no vacancy in said office of Secretary for the Department of War, whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then and there commit and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office.

ARTICLE III. That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, on the 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord 1868, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, did commit and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office, in this, that, without authority of law; while the Senate of the United States was then and there in session, he did appoint one Lorenzo Thomas to be Secretary for the Department of War ad interim, without the advice and consent of the Senate, and with intent to violate the Constitution of the United States, no vacancy having happened in said office of Secretary for the Department of War during the recess of the Senate, and no vacancy existing in said office at the time, and which said appointment so made by said Andrew Johnson, of said Lorenzo Thomas, is in substance as follows, that is to say: (Same as above).

ARTICLE IV. That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office, in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, on the 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord 1868, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, did unlawfully conspire with one Lorenzo Thomas, and with other persons to the House of Representatives unknown, with intent, by intimidation and threats, unlawfully to hinder and prevent Edwin M. Stanton, then and there the Secretary for the Department of War, duly appointed under the laws of the United States, from holding said office of Secretary for the Department of War, contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the