Sunbury American

Secretary Stanton Sustained.

Washington, Jan. 18, 1868.

The Senate has spent the whole afternoon upon the case of Secretary Stanton, sustaining him by a very large vote—thirty-five to six. Speeches were made by Messrs. Dixon, Buckalew, Hendricks, Doolittle and Davis, in favor of the President's course. Mr. Fessenden made one of the best speeches he ever delivered in the Senate, in defense of Secretary Stanton. Senators Morton and Howard also replied to some of the imputations of the Democrats upon the Secretary. But when the vote was reached, at seven P. M., the President's force was so badly demolished and scattered, that only six could be rallied to his support, viz.—Bayard, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle and Patterson, of Tennessee.

Those who voted to sustain the Secretary were Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill, (Me.,) Morrill, (Vt.), Morton, Nye, Patterson, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Williams and Wilson.

Senator Johnson had paired off with Senator Grimes, and Senator Henderson with Senator Hendricks. Of the Presidential sextette, only three were elected as Democrats, viz.: Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew and Davis, though the others now always vote with the Democracy.

Official notice of the action of the Senate was sent to General Grant this evening, who will, it is asserted by his friends, turn over the Department to Secretary Stanton, who is thus, by the action of the Senate, reinstated in his office without further ceremony. What line of policy the President will take up, has not yet been developed, and it is doubtful whether he has made up his mind exactly what to do.