The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-20

in thenegetive; SO the evidence was not
admitted, and the Senate took recess.
On re-assembling at 2;25, MIR. Evarts
asked If within the period mentioned
in the Cabinet discussion was anything
suggested or said about using force in
order to bring about settlement of
the question at issue.
Mr.. Butler objected, for the reason
that it was covered by ruling, and the
Senate sustained the objection.
Mr.. Welles on cross-examination
said he had received but one commits
was from Abraham Lincoln; called on
the President February 22d before u
O'Clock; nomination of Mr.. Ewing was
then made out; testified yesterday that
Mr.. Stanbery had an engagement at the
Supreme Court at II O'Clock, but was
only his inference; does not know why
the officers under Gen. Emory's COM
mand were called from the party to go
10 headquarters; did not hear 1t was to
warn them not to go to the masquerade;
do not know whether he stated to the
President anything but that the officers
were called for and that the War De-
partment was unusually lighted up.
Edgar WeueS, son of Secretary WeiteS,
Chief Clerk in the Navy Department,
IDGS the TerE lUitneSS for the defense. He
certified TO the form of commission for
navy agents; then stated what he heard
his father the same night; the lady of
the house told him about the call 1or
the officers to go to headquarters.
Mr.. Evarts then stated the counsel
had in attendance the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary OF Interior and the Postmas-
ter General, who were prepared to give
the same evidence they had wished to
elicit from the Secretary of the Navy,
but he should not now attempt to in
troduce them in consequence of the
late ruling.
Alexander Randall, Postmaster Gem
erdE, tUaS then called and testified that
Mr.. Foster Blodgett was removed from
the office of Postmaster at Augusta,
Maine in consequence of n complaint,
in writing, of misconduct; he produ-
ced papers and a letter by which he eff
fected his removal.
Mr.. Evarts offered to put them in
evidence.
Mr.. Butler objected, unless COM
plants were also filed, but he eafterward
partly Withdrew his objection and the
papers were reAd. The President hp-
pointed Mr.. Blodgett with the consent
of the Senate. The witness suspended
him under practice of the Department,
and the law of necessity does notallege
any particular statute in defense of his
action. He communicated 1t to the
President, but did it without consulta-
ton with him. He suspended Blodgett
on hearing OF his misconduct from the
District Attorney, and on seeing his
Indictment for perjury; did not include
the copy of the Indictment In papers he
produces, because he did not know it
would be required, but can do SO. He
gave Blodgett no means OF defending
himself by intimation that he would be
suspended; he did so on the ground OF
| Indictment. The case has never been
reported to the Senate; he has not ap-
pointed hundreds of men who could
not take the test oath, nor one, that he
is aware of; did not inquire whether
the men who brought the Indictment
were rebels or Unionists; it was not his
business; he dealt with the simple facts.
| Mr.. Sherman submitted the interrog-
atories whetherthe question of the ap-
| plicability of the tenure of Office to
the members appointed by Mr.. Lincoln,
had ever come before the Cabinet for
discussion, aud If so, what their opin-
ions were.
Several of the members objected that
the same question had been ruld inad-
missable; and the yeas and nays being
taken, resulted 20 yeas to 26 nays, SO
the question was not allowed to be an
swered.
Mr.. EvarIs rose and stated that the
continued illness of Mr.. Stanbery pre-
vented the counsel from saying posi-
lively, but so far As they knew, their
evidence was all in.
The Court at O'Clock and 40 minutes
adjourned, and the Senate Immediately
afterwards.
HOUSE.
About fifty members were present,
who proceeded Immediately to the Sen
ate.
steamer G. ID. Palmer, Burned..
steamer GaIIatIn sunk-From tht
Plains. a-
ST. LOUIS, April 1s.-The steamer G.
D. Palmer, was nearly destroyed by
fire last night; loss $4,000. Insured
for $40 600 in the Firemans', Boatsmen
and National Office, Cincinnati.
The steamer Gallatin sunk, Thurs,
i day, above Maha; loss total, not report
ed. Hss
A post return, received yesterday,
at Gen. Sherman's headquarters, from
Fort Fetterman, Dacotah Territory,
contained the following mail: Fort
Reno was attacked by Indians March
10th, at the Dry Fork of Powder river
no loss. ssss =
loading logs were attacted by Indians,
Il and private Thomas Banke of the 18th
/ infantry killed. Horse Shoe and Twin
Spring ranches were burned by the In
dians March Goth and three citizens
killed.
| A dispatch from Hays City, Kansas
the 18th, says: Medium Wolf, a noted
| Chiefof the Cheyennes came in today
with 40 men and expressed friendship
for the whites. Tney say the Cheyennes
will not go to war this summer. They
were fed by the citizens at the Fort and
are in full war paint, and arc after the
Pawnees.
Immense herds of buffalo are all
around the town passing north.
ST.. Louis, April ia CHASTITY spec
tacle was presented in the river below
this city. yesterday. During the cholera
last summer a large number OF the
bodies of the victims of the epedemic
were buried by the city on Arsenal
Island, short distance below the city.
The river :has been for some time
gradually wearing the Island away,
and yesterday the water reached the
trenches in which the bodies were
buried and washed some so or more
cofins out, which hoated down the
stream. Twenty-four corpses have
been recovered and M easures have been
taken to secure the remainder. Those
| still on the Island Will also be protected
or removed to place of safety.
SOUTH AMERICA.