Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-05-29

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Testimony Before the Impeachment Mana-
rs-DetentIon and Examination of Or.
NooIey-PrOtest of the WitBess-Board
% Visitors to West Point, &c.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The House i'm
parchment managers continued their III
vestigatiOn to-day upon the alleged corrupt
efforts to influence votes of Senators ChaS.
". Wooley, ESQ, of Cincinnati, was before
them, and underwent thorough eXamlna-
ton as to the uses to which he had placed
some twenty thousand dollars Of money
that he had drawn from time to tine with
III the past ten days or so.
The testimony of Mr. WOoley was en-
phatic that he had made no use of his funds
TO purchase votes Of Senators as sought to
be proven by Gen. Butler. His evidence
was also to the effect that he had not had
any conversations with any Senators on
the subject OF impeachment.
When first interrogated as to the uses 10
which he mad devoted his money, Mr..
Wooley objected to answering the question,
upon the ground that, having already sta
ted that he had not used the funds for I'M
parchment purposes, the managers had no
right to go into an examination of the
witnesses financial accounts, thereupOn Gen.
Butler, who conducts the examination
solely and generally, without the presence
Of the other managers, ordered that the
sergeant alarms take Mr.. WOOley into GUS
tody until he could have the House order
that the witness be brought before the bar
Of that body for contempt.
The sergeant alarms obeyed the order,
and General Butler thereupon left the com
mittee room and went upon the floor of
the House to hunt up the other managers,
but failed to find any save Messrs. Bout
we'll, Wilson and Williams. When these
managers entered the committee room, Mr..
WOOley, rather than seem to shlrk the
facts, concluded to answer the questions
propounded, but protesting, nevertheless,
that the managers had no authority to eX-
anime into the WltLeSS S private accounts,
when they did not bear upon the subject
matter authorized to be investigated by the
House.
The further examination was in ertensO
upon the movements of Wooley-where he
was on this occasion, at that hour, who was
with him, what was said by this person and
that and the witness himself. The devel-
opments did not, however, establish any
ground for the charge that improper int1u-
ences had been brought to bear upon any
Senator TO vote for acquittal.
Thus far the Investigation, 1t is said, has
not sustained the allegations IN the House
resolutions, and there is no reason to eX-
pect that Mr.. Buffers efforts to fix cOrrup-
ton upon the so-called ''recreant Sena-
tors " will prove to be any greater success
ian his conclusion and tin-pan argument
was in convincing Nessrs. FeSSenden
Trumbull et al that President should
be deposed upon political partizan be-
hests.
4 few days ago the President made out
4 list of appointments Of visitors to West
Point and sent the same to the War De-
partment, that the visitors named might
be officially notified. The list is as fol-
lows: Hon. W. l.. Sharkey, Mississippi
Hon. John Williams, Pennsylvania Gen.
W. B. Franklin, Connecticut Hon. Leslie
COOmbs, kentucky Prof. Henry COppee,
Pennsylvania ; Prof. n. W. Edwards, ILL.,
Prof. W. q. Peck, New York.
In giving out these names at the War
Department, or in publishing them in news
papers, an error occurred. and the name
of the Hon. n. B. Judd, member of Con
gresS from Illinois was substituted for the
real appOintee from that State, Professor
Edwards.
Last night the President received from
Chicago the following dispatch, dated 18th
instant A. Johnson, President United
States. A ter leaving Washington on Sat
urday evening [ in a newspaper my
name and announced as having been ap
pointed a visitor to West Point. Assuming
the truth of that statement [ decline tha
or any other appointment within your gift
y. 3. JUDD.
The President this morning replied b.
telegram, as follows:
Hon n B. judd, Chicago The ap
pointment of visitor to West Point, which
you decline in your telegram of the 18th
has not been conferred upon you.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Senator Ross has received q dispatcl
from Republicans in Kansas, approving O
his vote on impeachment, and advising hin
to "stand firm"