The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-26

I Shook 9 Keep, which Sheridan Shook Dc
Ales Sco oath, and Woolley now reuse
tp-teStIlE 10 your Col2LuELtee what ne has
fone .Wit1 II. IC-Is one Of the OBJECTS Ot$nIs
rsb9-u 70 have him bought TO .nc
Gar ~ -tDts House, and fOrced- 70 dIsclQse
tle dlZfGtgity VIII eh WOoIiey could not ar
49, - F1ssse1Lis5 IliaAS sLil = @ sst4s4
/ W1ttn required the master naa0 oI Ah4t-
/ l0w VI eed, or that Of ais scarcely less able
I Or ses saIlltul Lieut.. Sherid n ShOOk, to
{ aCJ Lst- IL VIII be remembered bnat Optn-
/ ions were delivered in the Senate, on the
lAtI. ~ the same Senators, and that on
/ the 18th it was the pubic rumOr that a
( Senator or Senators would resign or vote
/ TOR t4e Eleventh Article. something
WneUner u was that rumor or not-disturb-
ed the associates Ot Weeds room at the
AsiGE House II may net be weII foI the
Committee at present TO disclose what evt-
dence they may nave affecting other par
Jles5 out tnaI sonnet o Dg had happened
winch had 1nterfered with their arrange
nlenIS on that day. is most certain. Mr.. J. !.
=. Cra'g el6graphed from New York the ID
Of Nay, IN answer 70 an inquiry from sam.
ward: leave al 30; VIII see you
early He arrived mere. OF course, on the
morning OF the 18th, AMI elegraphed on
Inc same day. as ne swears, by direction
OF WoOLey, 10 sheridan Shook: come
oy nrst train very imp9r ant What
was 10 that was 30 Important thai the
t1tfd or fourth member Of the AstOr
house Association for the purchase Of
votes should be here to attend it, At the
tIItn 4 AVenue Hotel, same day and nOur,
craig telegraphed shook, by order OF
WOOley - Y on must come here and un-
ne came Ia obedience TO the telegram, he
never inquired was told after he got
here, what this important snari was.
sheridan shook did come, but not until
:. :. COX had teiegraphed. BY direction of
WOOlley, tu InurlOw Weed. - important;
II YOU cannot come over, send Sheridan
shook. II is important This telegram,
IhuElOw W eed testlhes, related to the sub
JecJ Of Impeachment, as Ia ked over IA li 5
room at the AsIOr House, and as he could
not. shook did come by the morning train
Of the 18th, 50 the Snarl. or WhateVerlt was,
about purcna- ing the votes o. Senai ols.
shook and Eeputy Shaier teiegraphed
that SHOOK would leave New York
tomorrow morning Hastings in the
York.
Ihe dequ-tJal OF the President is
nxed iac-. Already recrlmtnaUiol is in
dulged Ia between the lmpeachaea5 .ead-
ers, and E0-uey has been compelled TO
resign The present plan y the lnopeacn-
e1s IS 10 adjourn again on saturday, with
out taking yole. thus IL IS seen with +
what care Mr.. Weed was privately
kept informed upon the sCh5ee- Of
ne waicheu every varying phase OF the +
trials Du- -leTIJan =hCOs ANA heir 3Ss')- i
Crates. " 40 had been se-L Igt by 1nree diff +
iereat le-eSfall1s, came oE tte nssl train 70 /
4tang gle the SMART between the trIem1s who {
10 De sure 20 come OF send SnooRt anu ~ +
was 80 important that he did arrive on +
the night OF the I5-h. Weed, rs vii be f
seen by MS testimony, expressly aWears
To the matter taIked over at his I
roOm at the Astor House; that is how +
senators votes might pe purchased to
secure acQuittaI. Stockton the contrary,
lesilties 10 your comm ittee That lie ala nos (
referred, although after an lhlrrFle ~
with W eed, he ODayed and came, and +
that, " hen lie arrived hefe, no business
was stated TO nlm; that no enlargement
was SHOWN him, and he 4id OF lnq uire
way he shoztld have com cor WY h- mad
been sent for, or what was the Important
!
sible erfand he disclosed to the com
mittee was to bring 200 regalia cigars, Tor
which WOOue, had tel gr phed him on
the I4th In the light OF the evidence
above reported ana the Geographic Inior-
nation disclosed, does any member OF the
House believe the statement given
your commltlee o1ense by asking that
WUouey be brought 10 the bar IoF con-
tempt OF its authority, and ne interfered
Win the course OF public justice? Whatever
or difficulty might nave eX-
listed before the coming Of Shook, or
doubts upon the minds Of the assOclates, I
of the Presidents acqutttaI, they all van
ished during the night attef his arrival.
And long before the time when the friends
Of the Union had any knowledge upon the
subject, while the whole country was Walt
ing in~Oreathless anxiety for the verdict o.
the senate, when the dread award OF guilt
or innocence was aci uaily Lrem bling III the
balance, the very judgment itself, and, II
may be, the numbeF Of votes ar the men
81 no would cast them, We're known TO TIE
III. Dbers OF THIS corrupt aSsOci3 ION, and
ED OLueF eFluGuce IS wanting DuL "a
sIn4Ie comfortable TACT. Hastings, who :
was re dy Ior business, and who had come
on at the solicitation of WOOlley, sent
through Weed,Was aDxlOusly waiting 10
learn what mad been the effect of
tine machinafiOns of shook. SO assured
was WOoHey that his work was welI done,
ana that there was nothing more for aim
to do ia Washin ton, that a. O'Clock A.
n, OF he morning OF the 18TH, hF teIe-
graphs to his friend J. y. g. Bush, OF %eW
! Ork, the following: Where Is Wasa2
VIII dine with Hancock iO-nIg at, and be at
the Fifth Avenue sunday morning Andy
is al right. In view of 81 Hhi- evidence,
the COMMITTEES nae reported bne accom-
paHyfug resolve; they nave EOE boEae TO
Cal E any other evidence when they nave
taken, cOnnnlng themselves TO that which
emed 10 affect ana cluster around W OOl-
ley IN the report, because 4ls case IL alone
.he present s Dj ect on inquiry before the
House. There Is other and more import
ant evidence bearing on the subject OF at
empLed interference with the course of
pubic justice, the nature and extent Of
when the Committee do not think it
Oi ioper or just 10 indicate until their final
'eport is made, unless they might do IN
Us -1co.