Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-02

General Thomas committed to prison.
/ tons counsel applied for a postponement
| Chief Justice Carter said that he should not b
held in CUSTODY. The witness moved his dis
charge. expecting to force bis committsi, bq
the motion was not granted. The next day th'
applied TO the District Attorney to sign an in
| formation in the nature of quo Sod'Tdnto
which he declined to do without the suthoilty o.
| the Attorney General. r. L. Merrick, law
yer of Washington, testified that he was EN-.
ployed by General Thomas on the morning q
i the 22nd of February. After the action Of
Judge Carter in Chambers, the witness went te
i see the President about noon and told him what
had occuIrt d in the case OF General Thomas,
and Mr. Stanberry being present. the Attorney
General in the presence of the President, told
the witness to see il he could carry mp the case
| to the Supreme Court on writ OF hdbeds cor
plGs, and few hours afterwards witness wrote
| TO the Attorney General a note ON the subj cot
On Monday he communicated the result OF his
| investigation to the Presidents counsel, Mr..
Cox, and they agreed 10 work together IN order
to accomplish the pu pose suggested by the At
terney General. Two other witnesses were
called. but they testified to nothing OF special
impor t. nee, and the court adjourned. Z.
HousE-Several bills were introduced and
referred.-The resolution to print 40 900 copies
of Buffers opening speech in Impeachment was
referred to the Committee on Printing.
SENATE April 1.-THE Court of I'm
of COnness the time of meeting of the court was
Fixed at IL o'clock q. ma tabular statement
published in the Globe as part of Buffers
speech and which had n,t been read in full in
the court wac, on motion. declared not part
of the published proceedings Of the Senate =
Barton Abe, of st Lcuis, was called for the
defense. He testified that he was one of the
committee to receive the President on his visit
TO st. Louis in 1866; was at the Southern Ho-
tel when johnson made bis speech to the crowd,
from the balcony; did not see any one try to
draw him in so as to make him des;st from
speaking; that he had reluctantly consented to
speak George Knapp, proprietor of the St.
Louis Republican, was the next witness he
testified that he and Mr. Able advised the Pres
ident to respond to the calls of the crowd aud
go out to speak to them. He consented with
reluctance. The crowd was at the time very
disorderly.-0n cross-examination, the witness
testified to hearing part Of the speech but did
not bear anything about Judas or John Bull
Henry Seider, short hand reporter for the
St. Louis Republican, was next called. He re-
ported the Presidents speech and corrected the
report published on Sunday for publication on
Monday; made only such corrections as were
called for by his L otes; com AIRED the report of
the speech published in the Democrat with his
own published in the Republican; made the
compare on April 18th and wrote out accurste
mOranda of about sixty differences Wash
ington's commits ion as Lieutenant General was
put in evidence-The Assistant Secretary of
State, Frederick w. Sc ward, was then called
ard testified as to the manner of making APP
pOintments in that department; tn It they We're
made dd l1terinl.-Secretary Welles testified
that the President told the Cabinet that he had
removed Mr.. Stanton and appoin ed General
Thomas, who was then in possession, Mr.. Stan
ton acquiescing, requesting only time enough to
remove his papers. his Communication was
made in confCrmity with the regular routine
after cher bus ness was disposed Of Next
day the witness saw the nomination al Mr..
Ewing, prepared and in the hands Of the Pres
ident.
HousE.-No business of special Importance
was transacted.
SENATE, April 18th. The impeach-
meut trial was resumed at IL O'Clock a. m. The
question, pending yesterday, IS to whether the
counsel for the President should be permitted
to introduce testimony TO prove that he sub
mittCd the tenure of Office bill to the members
of his cabinet and they all agree in prOnouncing
it unconstitutional and that Seward and Stan
ton were to prepare the veto of it,was submitted
to the Senate, and after a long discussion, it
was cided in the negative by 90 to 20 Sec.
Welles was recalled, and the counsel proposed
to ask him whether the cabinet considered tire
appl cability of the tenure of Office law to the
Secretaries appointed by Mr.. Lincoln. This
was objected TO and the objections sustained by
the Senate. Some questions were asked relating
to testing the law in court and ss to the propo-
stion to use force to BRING about a settlement
of the question at issue. These were also OBJ
jected to and the objection sustained On cross
examination Secretary Welles testified that he
held but one certificate of appointment as Secre
taly of the n IVY, and that was fIom Preside mt
Lincoln. Postmaster General Randall testified
70 the removal of Foster BlOdgett, a postmaster
at Augusta on account of misconduct. Evarts
rosc and stated hat the continued illness of MIR.
Stanbery prevent1d the counsel from saving
g. kLnx~ lrrRAN shngr nxrr-
dence was all IN. The court then adjourned.
SENATE, Apr Goth. The Impeach-
ment trial was resumed at IL o'clock Butler
offered in ev dence portion of the journal of
Conn ss in 1874 and l775, relative TO The
d afting of the commission for Washington as
General in-Chisf. and its form as issued; also a
letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, elat-
ing to the practice of that department in maxi
ing dd interim appointments. Randall was re-
lied and produced tie Indictment On the
strength of which Biologist. the Augusta post
master, was removed Butler offered To put in
as evidence Bl1dgetts answer to show that
the indictment was procured because he was a
loyal man. The answer Was ruled out. The
brevet nom nations OF Sherman and General
George ii. Thomas we're offered by Butler but
rejected, as was also the order of the President
placing General sherman in command of the
department of the Atlantic Butler then an
nouneed the case as closed on the part OF the
managers, and Evarts made the same an
nouncemeut on the part of the President. The
Court adjourned to Wednesday. when the clos
ing Arguments will commence, Boutwel II being
the first speaker.
HousE Resolutions were adopted instruct
log the Committee on Commerce to inquire into
the power and authority of Congress to make
regula ions for the better preservation OF life on
railways. and if the power exists, then into the
propriety of the Government appointing inspec-
tors of the rails and other matter used in the
conjunction eff sll cars for the carrying of pas
sengeTs and mails; authorizing the publication
in the capital of each state of list of soldiers
claim agents holding funds received for an un.
necessary length of time; requiring the Secre-
taTy OF the Treasury at once to inform the
olse of the amount Of COMM ssions paid for
the sale of United States bonds or securities
since the 25th of March, s62, to whom paid
etc.; also the amount of gold sold since the 2nd
of March, 1862, the commissions paid, etc =
Several bills were offered and referre5.-rhe
Committee on Appropriations, reported back
the Senate bill making an appropriation OF SIC.
600 o defIay the expenses of the impeschme ut,
| $40 900 for the miscellaneous expenses # the
Senate and ST., goo for extra capitol police
Washburn said that the committee hid stricken
out the other items of the bill and proposed Il
add SIS, COZ for the pay of labcrers who have
had no money since last December. After some
debate between Messrs. Wasbburne and FL
bridge the bi was pased.-The bill in re g RI
| to the rights of American citizens came up, and
after the ad ,ption of amendments, exemptin.
ambassadors f. ON the provisions of the act. ant
tG suigsgHsd II atf Ihs s SP b
/ nays D.
/ HOUSE, April 21.-Robinson offered
a resolution withdrawing the articles of i'm
peschment and nstructing the managers on tn
part of the Hou;e to suspend further proceed