Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-03
THE EVENING STAR
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY.

an being tn IN, and the Comeback chairs on
the fioor being almost deserted.
AT one O'Clock there were but three persons
in the Diplomatic gallery-Mr Harvey, ex-
Minister to Portugal; Hon Julius Byng, and a
lady IN the front seat.
Photographic reporters are the witnesses
his morning, giving the counsel an opportu-
nifty to enlarge upon the usefulness and accu-
racy of the photographic art.
Hereabouts General Butler essayed to find a
passage i'm the report of a speech OF the Presi.
dents In the Sunday Chr0nicie, and STOPPING in
a short sighted way to examine the file, ass umed
an attitude SO comical that every body laug ghed,
and laughed a little louder when Gen. B has.
tily assumed perpendicular to ascertain wh at
the fun was about.
1t was expected that General Thomas woul d
be put on the stand early to-day, but the exam.
inRtiOn Of the honographic experts seems like
ly to occupy the most part Of tie day. Among
the new Witnesses summoned in behalf of the
defence is Mr.. McCullagh, ('Mack,") Of the
Cincinnati Commercial, who is required to tes.
tify in regard to an interview held by him
with the President Among the on dts afioat
in the galleries is one to the effect that
Mr.. Stanton will be summoned TO appear as a
Witness for the President, and that in order to
avoid an opening for General Thomas or any
War Department during the Secretary's alb
sence, that the Board of Managers will cause
sumponses to be served upon Gen. Thomas
and Gen. Hancock TO appear at the same hour
that the Presidents counsel summon Mr.. Stan.
ton to appear.
1t has been stated that the Managers would
conclude their evidence to-day or tomorrow,
but the prospect is this afternoon tha, it will
run over until next week.
Up to halt past two, the time for the recess,
the Court was occupied with the reporters
They proved to be pretty quick k-wItted, self
possessed set, and were not thrown greatly
of their balance by the sharp questioning to
which they were subjected.
The last witness on the stand before the re-.
cess was Colonel Moore, the Presidents conf.
Dental secretary. The Colonel, for a good
looking man, is extremely modest, and his
brethren of the quill and pencil in the Re-
porters' gallery watched his bearing under
General Buffers inquisitoral scalpel with
some soiicitude; but they were set at ease by
the first exchange of shots.
General B." What is your rank p,
Answer.-"I am Paymaster with the rank
of Major
General b. SHARPLY, and with an oblique
look over the chamber as if he s.had" the Col
onel 80 Did you ever pay any money -
Answer No; (then correctng g himself,) not
out of Government funds.''
The audience, with a feeling sense of the
price of marketing. grinned explosively, and
General Butler switched off TO another 5ranch
of inquiry.
Col. Moore was questioned very searchingly,
to ascertain if the President was responsible
for any corrections made by him TO the re.
porters notes of the Presidents speech in
answer to the delegation from the Philadelphia
Convention. The answer was that the correc.
ITEMS We're verbal and Of his own motion, with.
out instructions from the President.
After the recess a motion TO adjourn over
Saturday was lost by vote of 10 to %, indica-
ting that the Senate is disposed TO stick until
Impeachment is disposed Of
SOCIETY, ETC.-Foundry NJ. Z. Church pre-.
sented brilliant spectacle yesterday after.
noon, the occasion being the marriage of Major
X. g. Parker, Of the 18th U. S. infantry, and
Miss Ellen, daughter of Capt. T. H. Morgan,
OF this CITY, The ceremony was performed by
Rev. VI. Morgan and three assistants-the
mother giving the bride away The attend.
ants to the happy couple were Miss Morgan, a
sister OF the bride, and Major Stacey, Miss
Crayton, Of Philadelphia, and Capt. May, Miss
Thomas, of Philadelphia, and Capt. Smith,
and Miss Parker, of Lewistown, Pa, and
Capt. Montgomery. The dresses we cannot
undertake to describe, but they Were all ele-
CANT and in keeping with the interesting oc.
caslon. and their fine effect was heightened by
the number Of uniforms in the party, as well
as throughout the large audience in the body
of the church. After a reception at the elegant
suburban residence of the brides father, the
party left on tour to the North, which is in
tended to include the principal cities and Nj
agara Falls.
- Senator Morgan entertained distin.
guished party at dinner last evening.
Charles Temple Dix, son of the Amer
lean Minister at Paris, and an artist of de.
served repute, was married to Mrs. Camilla o.
Watson, of Edinburgh, at All SAINTS Church,
IN LONDON, on the 9Th ult., in the presence OF a
large con course OF fashionable people, including
many Americans At the conclusion full dress
reception was held at the American Embassy.
- Mrs. General Gaines is building an ele.
CANT mansion in New York, on the east side of
ana overlooking Central Park.
- Captain Gaasden, long and favorably
known to the travelling world as the master Of
the steamer AroJ0, is soon to lead to the hyme.
nial altar Miss COrse, of New York.
= Dickens is advertised to sail for England
on the 23d inst.
Count Sartiges, formerly French Minis.
ter here, and now the representative of the EN-
percr Napoleon at Rome, has recently pur.
chased clayecis, a remarkable musical in.
sunment, which belonged to Donna Olympia,
niece OF Pope Innocent X, and is ornamented
with sculptured work and paintings of that
period. The Count proposes to present it to
the Conservatoire de Musique at Paris.
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT will be is
sued tomorrow, and as we have already
stated will show a slight increase in the public
debt
REPORTS FROM THE PLAINS are to the effect
that there will be a large attendance of Indians
at the approaching council with the Peace
Commissioners at Fort Laramie.
POLITIcAL.-Major Ben Perley Poore has
been elected Alternate Delegate from the Fifth
District of Massachusetts to Chicago.
The Phlladelphia papers announce the
names OF two aspirants for the seat of the Hon,
Chas. O'Neil, member of Congress from the
I'd District, Pa Mr.. O'Niel has already served
three terms in Congress, and should he decline
another nomination, either John Price Wether.
Ill or John Biakely will receive the nomina.
ton. Mr.. Wetherill is q retired merchant, very
wealthy, and served as q member Of the CITY
Councils Of Philadelphia for number of
years. John Blakely Is printer by trade, and
is at present one of the proprietors Of the Phil
delphia Erening Star He Is prominent mem.
Der of the Trades Union Of Phiiadelphia. and
his chances for the nomination are being Jreed
by the workingmen's societies. The district Il
strongly Republican.
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