The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-27

III the cnaln OF LeSEm0Qy, showing thE
theft. OF course this claim cannot BIZ
admitted for a moment, or, in other
/ words, that the witness, not the tri
bunal, Is to be judge of the materially
of facts to be ELECTED, not for the pur.
pose Of showing the materiality of the
question put to Wooley, but to show the
contumacy of the witness, his eorrup,
ton and untruthfulness, and justify
the Committee In exacting thai
imposed on him for his con.
tempt of the authority OF this House
and of the nation the committee beg
leave to report the facts and cfrcum'
stances as far as they have been devel-
oped connecting Charles W. Wooley
with the subject matter of the inquiry
with which the committee Is charged,
showing how necessary it Is to public
| Justice that the House should have
from Wooley the frankest and fullest
statement OF every fact known or be-
lieved to be true by him. 1t seems
from the evidence that Charles w.
Wooley is q lawyer, not in general
practice, but attending to cases before
the Bureau OF Internal Revenue, gen.
orally arising out of alleged frauds in
whisky, or in the language of Judge
Dunlevy, a witness before the commit
tee, and Wooley's associate. counsel in
these cases, he Is a lawyer by profes.
sion, Spectator and q trader, and
does q good deal In stock speeulations,
in fine horses, and he is q Rantuckian;
considers himself Kentucky gentle
man, and has Kentucky habits. His
vile has large property, and he has a
good deal of money. The language OF
Judge Dunlevy apuy describes per.
son fitted, for and from evidence 1t APP
pears to the COMMITTEES that he
| (lHooley) Is the manager of one of the
/ aanaaFF16 NJ haf TrnF hn q "a
detrauding the Government and popu-
larly known as the whisky ring"
His first appearance, as connected with
the impeachment case, so far as the ev.
dence shows, Axes the date on the 4th
OF May by telegram sent to New
! York nom one of the Presidents Sec
retarles, w. w. Warden, late OF the
Baltimore Sun, In answer to this tsle-
gram from Wooley:
."WM. w. WARDEN, Executive Man
sion, May 4th-Dlspatch me your opin-
ion of the aituation. VIII see you
| Wednesday morning.
The reply Is: ~ q
"WAsHlNsToS, d. c.. May 4th, 1868.
TO @. ". Hootey, Fifth Avenue Hotel,
NeI0 YoTk:-More assured to-day than
ever that the President will be acquit-
ted. Such is the opinion of many well
posted men of both parties. Several
heretofore felt sure OF conviction, In
form me they now have doubt OF the
! result, and that this change Of opinion
has taken place since Friday. The
only persons who assert unqualihedly
that Johnson will be removed are those
who know least OF the Inner workings,
and the best informed either admit that
there Will be acqutttal or are In doubt.
lSlgned.l "W. w. WARDEN"
Mr.. wooley next appears about the
same time at a meeting in the room of
ThurloW Weed at the Aston House, at
which were present Mr.. Weed, Mr.. e.
A, Webster, Mr.. Sheridan Shook and
Mr.. Wooley. To appreciate the i'm
portance of this meeting, it Is conve-
nient to describe the persons present,
their connection with the exterior and
interior workings of the Government,
as 1t will be observed that MIR. War
denis dispatch says the only persons
will be removed are those who know
least of the inner workings, &C. Mr..
Thurlow Weeds relation TO the high
offices of the Government and connec-
ton with all manner of operations not
official are too well known to neeu de-
scription. Mr.. Z. A. Webster was for
long time connected with the State
Department, is a confidential friend OF
the Secretary and of Mr.. Weed for
manysyears; was after sent or commits
stoned as commercial agent to Eng
land, and is now Deputy Surveyor OF
the Custom House at New York. Mr..
Sheridan Shook is Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue Of the I'D district of New
York City: a man of large reputed
wealth, and whose appearance and an
swers before the Committee were such
as not to enhance our opinion OF his in
tegrity or truthfulness. The object
and purpose of the meeting are best
given in the words of the witness. who
described Mr.. Thurlow Weed. Omit
ting the names OF the Senators Of
whom he speaks, the following is his
testimony on the point:
Q.-I hold in my hand a telegram
from Charles Wooley, dated May z, to
Hon. Thurlow Weed, New York {:
when will the Albany party be on
hand for business2 @. w. Wooley,
Wizards Hotel" ~
Ans.-That Is the telegram In refer
ence to Hastings.
Odd you understand this tele-
gram when you received itf
Al understood no more than any
body else would have understood from
It. I understand IL asks when Hast
ings would be In Washington.
Q.-Nobody else would have under
stood that 1t meant that Albany party,
Hugh Hastings2
Al did, because had a previous
telegram.
Al understood the trial of i'm
parchment.
Odd you send HastingsP
Q.-Why should wooley telegraph
you to send an Albany party, which
You understood to be Hugh Hastings2
A.-The previous telegram named
Hastings.
Q,-From wooley9
Al think go. Imay be mistaken.
at any rate, I received a telegram re-
questing me to send Hastings TO Wash
6.@That was from webster. was it
not.
A.-Perhaps 1t was.
Q.-Here is one. "Thurlow Weed.
Astor House, n. Y. He will do 1t.
Telegraph to Hugh Hastings to come
here righl.away. f. D. Webster" Who
Is he3 IZAz EzEE re- q
Al have no knowledge about such
a telegram, hut T. do mob say did not
receive It. l-l,-i y, ~
Q.-whois he, and. what was he to do2
Al don't know . Who Hhs was and
what he was to doc -zi.i9 lad! .
O,-Donlt youonndsrstRud that you
have already told rs that Hastings was
to do something about impeachment
business. l. !. -. l3lloia I fia'-se.,
A.-Yes, it would ssemihe would not
refer to Hastings because he is men,
toned in the next sentence.
Odd you make any inquiry who
he was and what he had to do4
A.-No, sir.
Odd you not understand what he
meant2
A.-No. sir. but I can tell you If you
will allow me to do SO.
at (uunt understand who he