The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-04

Il L., and AlpinS q coal stetions
below Ottunws.. l,.s saiaHsta
| butler ana bingham
Another sharp encounter ocearrsd;
|sas sthss day beswsshtasss sintsiicct-
uaf athletes which We givs Below. az
course there i 40 question of partz or
princple involpsdin this tsgAtsite b..
ling apparently 4 bittor struggle for
the leadership Of the, 4Oth Coagrsas.
in which foul blows are freely given
and taken, with the last blood for
DinghaM,as ilsg 81 et siItuTt 9sesis
Mr.. Batter called the attentioM Of
members to the fact that Mr. sBiaa-
ham had revised and altered, and ma
terially changed. the Globe reportcr's
manurcript of the personal detate
last week Mr.. BaaIaF then laid 'on
the desk Of members Aprintsdsl 5alDA
phlet, showing the report . written
and the report Is printed. He char
acter9etl this proceeding q most nm
fair. In defence OF Mis- own asSer-
ton, that Mrs. Surratta waS hung
witAout good evidences Tho
charged that J. Wilkes Booths ,dia-.
~, wh ca howed all his movements
preparatory to the assassination az
Lincoln, was kept from the knowE
edge Of the court, and il now spp6aro
ed that there had been eighteen pas
ges Of it cut out after it. got into. tho
hands of the Government. He. said
there is still remaining distinctly q
remarkable instance within = few
hours before Booths death, and quo.
ted from memory., 81 have ,endeavs
Eored to cross the Potomac Ave times
Fand failed. propose to return to.
Washington and give myself up, and.
clear myself of this great crisAe.,s--t
He commended that this niece Of evi9
denoe swould have shown; in His,
Judgement, what the whole case now,
shows, that Booth up to . certain
hour meant tho capture and abduc
ton OF Lincoln; that he changed his
purpose and resorted to assassination
IfMrs. Snrratt did not know of this
change, she would have had no.
knowledge Of the intended asssssina-
tion, and therefore could not have
been convicted. 4as hasl .itii lss
Mr.. Bingham replied that in the
excitement and furry at the time it;
SO happened that the report Of my
reply to the gentleman was most
imperfect. Any gentleman may ex-r
amineit, and he will fail to- fad oinu
the corrections y single accussation;,
that is not, by exp ess words or by
necessary implication. in the report
Eers notes. One oharge complained
of is, that I said he had oOndenued.,
without knowing or caring for evi-.
dencc. say so yet. If 10 is the /,
lawyer he is reputed TO be, then he il,
TO be pitied for coming, here and ar
raigning his peers for not consenting
Etosadmit testimony of aman accused, i
made after the fact. I defy him, by %
any investigation which he dare in.
stitnte, hero or anywhere, TO show
that any communication came into,
my hands purporting 10 Be the pro-
|duction Of J. Wilkes Booth, that was
not made after the fact. and long af-9 j
tier the fact. Ia there lawyer in
|;America or England who would say
that the words and. declarations OF
an accused felon, after the fact, is ev-
|idence which the advocate Of the
|GoverDment was bound to admit in
Eany court ? / Itreat with contempt
and scorn any intimation from any
quarter that Tor my associste COUNSEL
wore under { litigation 70 admit any
|such cvidencef' The law does not re- 1
|quireit; the common law--the growth,
and gathered wisdom 81 b theasand
years-esclades it,. Perhaps that
great monument Of wisdom and
liearning is not equal to, the incom-
parable genius of tha incompatible
hero Of Fort Fisher. Laughter,
which the Speaker ondcavorcd to
[suppresAI ]
Mr.. Butler tried to get in ress.
mark, but Mr.. Bingham would not
let him, declaring that tho gentle
man from Massach chusetts had no right
to ask any favors athis hand. ssa
Mr.. Bingham continued. I j sver.
saw any memoranda by J: Wilkes z
Booth, which indicated any plan or.
motive By which he was to carry out
his projected conspiracy. I never.
saw any such thing, and am. NOT
surprised that the gentlemen wodlds
mot let me see the book, whichs he put,
II into his pocket. ,gr
Mr.. Butler again ossaycd to make
an explanation, but with. no better
result. .s ia hsas eSs5eifs !
Mr.. Bingham s,i;l: No sir, do nop
care about IT,. Having refused TO let,
me inspect the book on which he b..
sed his charge, ho may now initiate:
the example seen in the vision. of tho
APOCALYPSE and round and oat
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johnson & Gibbsi1l cases Of Dental