Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-02-28
fffGB COURT or IMPEACHMENT.
SENATE OF TIE UNITED STATES.



The coort va. opeoed this day a. ufual--
Judss chafe sPpesiea. attended 10y Mr.. Key.
a.diSgrsi eoariel, and his sormer council.
Meiiss. hopkin!on, Harper and Mir,in.
ll'e csivr o. the cour, thea again notified
all osnnes ofyerians who had any thing 20 DO
With the impeachment OF Ssmasi Chafe, to
come forward.
ghc Prefdent then 8 ked If the managers
srre pow Isa'y to proceed and make good their
SbaPs.
msnfRen 10 The Iiiit place to call over the nsmcs
Of thar aitosacs. 70 that they may know who
we're nNiett, ani i any we've abisnt.
The lin ~as then called over AZ follows:
"A ]. Dallas. w. Lcsi,. w. Rawlc. w. 5.
Bid3'c. I'D. 'rIgh,pao, ]. Reed. John Mont
gomr,y. john S'rrhe"fop, ]. L. Mafon. 5. II.
Smi,s, John Tia, lor. George Hay. 2. N. Mich
ole, Hndy, j,ho Lee, VII, al, aniwered -
The iollpwing did not aofwcr, Js~es Lee,
John 6esow. Riiion Bhop. Aqoila Hall, po'l
s,cwrt, Thoms, iiall. w, Weu. Merriws.
Iancs, au,es Plesians.
Mr.. Randolph then faid, various contde-
ratios arGne from ihor,nefs ct time ndaccd
he scsosgess 10 direet him TO move tor the po't-
ponrpen, Of ,hc proceedings on hi, srsl nnni
to- rnorrov, when they would he prepared on
the ,,srt Of the proiecuIion.
The Piehaent. The Senate Sill Gt in this
charber to.morrow az Iz o'clock and be ready
to p,pcced.
- Mr. Harper faid they mould beg leave 10
hzgs their wilnehss called ovcr---which vas
dond
ID. M. Randolph, J. ri. Chcvalier, Bai-
| frt. David Rchini,o, John Wilkinipn, John
| pirsisnce Thomas Chse. John Stewart, Gan
niss Bedford. NJ. Vandyke. --- Hamilton,
-, ss,AaaoIe, ---- Pager. - Meredith. ).
re-s5 ns;s<rss As.%ss&spsds, " Price. w.
| Mac sslskru, ---- Govsn, ----- Coles, JsiIall,
Thomas Carpen'cr. S.Wheelcr. AIRED iogedoiI,
| arfuered 10 ,ne,r names the following did nor
| ahf~er, William Msi!hal, Ed~a,d Randolph.
| II. Ynncli. John MadhaII, Cyna Griffin. John
| Hopkin,. Mr.. MinoG The court thcn ad-
jcorned.
So,Sy6y. Feb. 9.
The court OF inpearh h,nent Vas opened this
| day az " O'clock when Mr.. Rscdolph, chair
| man OF the maoaecys. optned The cafe IN con-
| Gle, coGprehenl'e ard sfgamentsdvc iPeeeh
wb;ch H. ciocd with mott eloquent apoh'o.
| uhe, advtrling 20 the invocation ot the living
! Gid" in the coie of Judge Chaie's pea--con-
| foling HIN with the rejection, that the in,efpo.
| f,ioa OF the Executive in pa'douing John Flies,
had hycd him from bcing confronted at'he aw-
| fu tribunal Of heaven. with the victim OF that
authority which b. had abui,d by that tos-
tuna,c in,erpoGron the lheo Pteidept mad re-
deemed large porion Of his fame, lor charity
covere,h multtuje 81 Gns, and he had iayel
| his country from thc reproach of the efmnc oi
Juice beiog famed by ,he blood Of poor, 10
| iettered, ignorant German.
The whole fpsech wn very c'oie. and went
rather 10 exhbit The fset, in iillind point oi
view, than TO labor a, any cooaiutions OF infc-
| rcnccs. He took ievefai parts OF the plea ol
| Iud.e Cbaic, a. evidence in adnifion OF ,hc
ch,rges, an particularly, left the fe,enth charge
! to ,cit wholly on the acknowledgement made IN
the lanfScr TO the articles ofimpcachnen'.
When Mr.. Randolph had clofed. which
was in about three quarters Of an houI, MIR.
WiIl:sm Lewis was called, and examined 'on the
firt article Of impezcbmoot. by Mr.. Randolph,
Mr.. Nicho!fon and MIR. Canpbell-snd ~a'
crofi-c1amined by Mr.. Harper and Mr.. Hop
kin!cn.
Mr.. A. ]. Dallas was then callci. and sx-
amined by Mf. Nicholfop, and crois-exanined
BY Mr.. Hiper.
| The evidence of theic two ~itnsG:s vent
| TO iubftaniiaie the firit article, penersby.
The court adjourned at 4 e's.cek, III
Monday 1t ., O'Clock.
The consourfe @: company attending ,hi,
trials very great.
| Monday, FEB. ~.
The court was opened az ~ o'clock, and
eon,nued dtting ill o'clnes The .hole sime
was occupied in the examination OF Efvari
Tilghn,o, VIM. s. Bijdlc. Wm. Ras!c and
Geo. Hay, WitneiIes on the par, OF the houfe
Of Representatives.
To the article that rcl,,es TO the sriil OF
! John Fries very li,ils OF the evidence. given
on this point. this day, ,hrcE any da:fent isht
| on IN: evidence thar preceded the only ting
nc~ was the production OF one OF the original
papers handed by Judge Chafe to the council q
| jury before the Jury wa, fsern this wa' pro-
,iuccd by MIR. Eswle who had found IL among