The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-30
Further Impeachment Testimony.
The following are additional points Of evidence
before the Impeachment Committee
f JUSTICE CHASE

Hon. S,lnon P, Chase was exau ned May 25th.
He testified IN reg .rd TO the courts out P3tIGG-
lary relative to JeE-rson DAVIS anu MS trlai. ne
gives history OF A.j coAvefsalonS VITA IN Fre-
Sident after the proc amatiOn OF April 1856, de-
caring the rebellion 1t Gl end III ali the States
exceeding Tex4s. he said, Il then desired to JON
the District Judges IN holding circuit courts Pc
lleyng that 1t my duty TO 10 so as soon as the
military authority had BEEN withdrawn; but trials
were neid under military commission 1T dlrerent
points WI nm my circuit, when included Virginia,
and wished 10 30 assure l tnat the proclam2tlons
reieyed the United States Circuit Courts frcl7 al
liability to interfere on the part OF the meeung L
intended 10 Join holding the courts II sucr re-
lief could be assured. cai.ed upol the President
and asked him 70 issue short proclamation 70
that ellect I su mltied to HIM formal one,
drawn by myself, stating that military authority
wss abrosated and the dapeas Corpus restored IL
all cases wItnin the jurisdiction OF the Cnlteo
States. He expressed great readiness 10 90
eyervthine thai was necessary TO facilitate my de-
sir, 20 hold the courts, but he SAID that MS pro-
camation OF April was sutncIent 1or that pur,
pose replied that also tuougnt so at nrs, ana
snould prouavly have remalneI ot tnat opl-loo, II
these mlitary commissions n1d not been gong on
and that what 1 desired was simple oeclaratioh
over his signature construing tue Prociamatoh
distinctly on these Two points. dc expressed MS
relumess TO do ever thing Wished 10 DO done;
lrft nun, and notuing was doue. presume the
Preslueut REQUIRED TO MS opinon tEat Ills PIocIa-
nation declaring the lnsuIrectlon at an emu was
sufficient and d.u not tnlnk 1t worth wnlle TO 90
any more.
TESTIMONY OF ATToRNEY-aENERAL SPEED.
Attorn., General Speed, July 2, 1857, testified
that immediately after tue capture OF Jefferson
Davis tue Pres dent and the Cabinet, out the
President more particu arly, we're ANXIOUS lor
speedy trial. At tnat une the District Court was
beng held IL Norfolk, Judge Underwood pe.hg tue
presIulug Judge. Lie mater OF prosecuting 1e1-
fersol Ou,ls was pl -ced under nIy char6e more
narticu arIy aud vas pa ed under Instructions
from the President TO bring MIN to tr.ai as
speedily as I thought 1t could be done; the F!a4
was trst postponed uALl after oeVe!oPu ellS
anon d be made III Inc trial OF the conSpll atorS
empoycd couAsel to AID II the prosecution, aHo
We ali came TO the CONCLUSION that unless the
Judge OF the supreme Court conlu pres.ue, pc NC
have DAVIS uieI before Underwood; would not
consent TO IL at ali; the Cnle Justice declined to
90 tnere because tne country was not so qelet as
be desired and o-cause military rule prevailed.
Iopuusel DAVIS DelnS tired III any state except
where 10 nad been ACTUALLY present. linen IL was
sad that We Gould appoint Judge IN Judge
CaloAS place aud u. I'm IL East tennessee
Vna vas anxlousiy CO sldored, and the tresIdent,
with M SELL Dotn concurted tnat II would not Iook
we'll Tor the President to make Judge to try
Davis at tue Presidents Own home. violently
opposed MS being trled for the crime VI treason
befure military commission, and 30 tue tnlnS
stoJd until .eIt otlce. l must say that was,
on these GROUNDS, tne =! AlS4Pa' SSese VI ''-o ~
trial OF Davis.
SECRETARY sEwABD's TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Secretary seward, on his testimony, denied
tina. ne mad ILL., 9rie ed with the publication OF ba-
ker'S book. He also sad tnat ne ao no oroers 0T
records IL his department prohibiting lndlvousls
elected ii the rebJl States from entering upon
tine alscnarse OF tneir official duues and no or ers
setting aside the enacIments OF Legislatures Oh
SAT States. H5 stated tnat he had acvlseo lne
President not 70 appoint pos masters and revenue
officers Sno could not taae the oath. sIne Fro-
vIsional Governors were paid the salaries attach
Ing TO rneIr o1tices Mr. seward had seen no lndl-
cation on the part o. My. johnson to prevent thc
trial of Jet. DAVIS; on the contrary, every time
the question mad been raised, the President al
ways appeared to be anxious tnat DAVIS shouIo DC
tried by q civil triouna after 1t was declded tnat
he should lot DO srled b. military tribunal tne
question as to the authority OF the Presioent 70
estapnsh State Governments had never beeh dls'
/oussed MI. seward feeling that there was no rea-
son that unere should be any discussion about II.
TESTIMONY OF L. c. BAKER.
Detective General Baker weaves characteristic
caliy intricate web about President Johnson ana
hIs alleged connection with the rebellion. his EVIL
dence cnIehy charges the President aS Deln2 lm-
picated with Jefferson Davis IN 1864, aud with Mrs
COBB, Of pardon brokerage notoIlety, IN lSoo' IL
regard 10 me former, alleges that he came pos
seS.eu OF q letter In 1855 whlcn he Lad ldentlheG
es tie handwriting or Mr.. Johnson, dated early IN
1854 addressed to southern man, which, from
men ry, the detective says, gave advice 70 Jeuer-
Son DAVIS, u u lniormat-on concerning tne moVe-
ment OF troops ABOUT tns capital and elsewhere.
Further on detective says The letter was dated
at Nashville, and was aIdr ssed to Jefferson DAVIS
aud was apparently IN reply to one received from
Davis, o. from soI1o one IN authority. from the
fact that it starts out with the acknowledgment o.
another letter. IL ;oes on to make suggestions az
to some delayed policy which had been adopted BY
the Cvufedeiacy. In another place he refers Lc
Parson Brownlow III very severe terms.
Baker then goes on 20 state that ne TOOK thc
letter 10 the Nnte House and had the signature
positively identified as that OF the Presldent by
Colonel Browning, WHO, without seeluS tne pool
OF the letter or Knowing Its contents, suggested
that parties we're r.the nablt Of forging Mr. Johr-
son,s signature to letters OF recolnms sndatlon.
Baker SAYS ne got the letter from John W. Adam
SOD, No. 20 Myrtle street, NJ sshvi!e; tina 1t was
stolen from Mr. Johnson's table; that Adamsos
saws that he (AdamSon) did not take the Letter,
but that Governor Brownlow's son employed
negro to purloin 1t. Baker declares that he never
disclosed the fast OF his having the letter except
to members OF Congress aud General EcEert, OF
the War Department, and states that attetward,
yhen some OF these Congre5snen, Messrs. Gotch-
kiss, Schoheld and Van 1Aernau and others, called
on nm to see the paper It was, alas! too late; he
had returned 1t. Baker adds that TWO persons
read tue Litter with him. and one OF them, ne says,
was c. G.. Watkins, whom he met WITH AdanlSon.
Tue other party Is lot named.
IA 70 Mrs. Lucy Cobb Baker says ne examined
her at hls headqu 4rers April Ssn 1856, telling her
that a woman of her reputation had no business
sbout the White House, TO which she replied tnat
she was there by the knowledge ana approVal o.
fhe Pres dent. anu thel she proauced two letters
written by the President, one to get her hnsoanu
q place under the Pcstmaster-GeneIal, ana me
other TO have her appointed IN the treasury De
oar,meut. Baker, III duty pound, 10 hllnseiI,
does not give Mrs. Cobb any good character; ne
saws she lUld him tina, she mad obtained parton
for q party IN Richmond, receiving S3UUo Uotberefor,
and tnat she att- rwards presented pair o gloves
to Robert Jo4usoa "ltn SoOO bill ID eacn one.
The detective winds up with u disgusting story
about Mrs. Cobb's presence with Nj. Johnson III
his room ut the ArA"oou douse oo I"o uIsn's
atser he was President.
JUDGE BLACKS TESTIMONY.
Hon. ]. S. Back, examined on the 18th OF
March list, IN rop.y 10 the question wnetner ne
nrenared or had any par IL tho preparation OF
the VITO message OF the reconstruction Dill, salo
in snhstapce. that there had beoa seve.a. commu-
ncatious between himself and TIE ereslaent, ou'
he cld not think his conndentlal reIatlons WIZ
Mr. Joanson should be iorclbiy entered thouSh
he adnlttcd the power Of the committee to COM
pol his reply. 1he com nILtee, alter eonsuUau0n'
determi ed to require an answer, "nen ~,
Back resumed, saying that II the queStioH IeiateG
To the veto as whole, he WoulL answer no uut
;stbat anv portion OF il was suggested by bln, he
answered 'Ses." He then exf lalned that En9e no
did write OF the paper was toled down col slasta-
BLY, but that part consalnla en- Anaiyslr " Inc
bill was used very freely Nrs9 TIL Ny ~ tno ne ~ rrte
and the President would have slgncd i, the mes
sage would have been much more questionable
document 10 the majority OF Congress taat u 's'
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Robert johnson, the Presidents secretary,
tastifed May 2Sd that HoweIs pardon, securgd,
it q alesed, by Mrs. CoDb, came through the
Office in the regular way. de dones most en- .
phatlcauy that he IA ever received par Of
gloves, or any present whatevor. or any money,
directly or incorrectly from Mrs. Cobb;
Mr. Lawrence Gobrisht, Washington agent Oh
the New York Associated Press, testified that he
accompanied the President during his Western
tr;n de "solemnly says ne cannot affirm Andrew
Tohnson was drunk. He could walk straight and
sneak without stammeIing. think his course
r5os r that OF temperance, to say the least"
Mr. Stanton, late Secretary ct War, les lie