New-York tribune., 1868-04-18

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PIEAsANTRY-sECRETARY wELLEs On rNry Nov |
srAND-wHEN AND WHY HIS
SENT FOR GEN. EMORY |
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WASHINGTON, Friday, Aprh lh 1000
m. ;..o.ost IN the Court of Impeachment to-day
c,ptered in the introduction Of the CaOine' Oi"o'
40 witnesses Secretaries Welles' seward "c"uf
,ooh Rrowppe, and Randall were on the nOOr al
ooo.,n0 every moment to be called TO the
c..uo,ory Seward took seat next to Mr..
s,s and seemed engaged in friendly converse
III ,hot gentleman all day Mr.. Randall circulated
among the members pretty generally and was mani
festlv ON good terms with AL The venerable Secre-
tary of the Navy concealed himself in shady recess
uptil be heard his name called by the Sergeantat-
Arms
The first business Of the Court was the adoption Of
the order which was offered by Mr.. Conness yester-
dav that the Court meet at IL o'clock daily hereaf-
ter This was carried-29 to 14-after an amendment
TO meet at 10 a. M and sit until p m had been voted
down. Senator Ferry then offered an order recitlng
that whereas there appeared in The Globe to-day as
part of the speech of Manager Butler yesterday GER
tain tabular statements which not read in the
speech therefore these tables be stricken out OF the
official report. Mr.. Butler was making an explan%
tion when he was interrupted by Senator HendllohS
Manager to make such an attack upon the secretary
of the Treasury as these tables contained wneh inc
Secretary had no one here to defend hln' oeia'or
Anthony proposed to obvlate this difficulty by NOV
inc that Mr. Hendricks have leave TO defend the Sec
retary who is citizen of his (Hendneks STATE; put
10 this PROPOSAL Mr. Edmunds offered objection MI
Ferry,s order was adopted without any objection
from either side of the Chamber.
The first witness called was Mr.. w. W. Armstrong
af The Clcrland Plaindedler The defense attempted
70 prove by him that the crowd at Cleveland con-
stantiy interrupted the President in his speech; tat
many disorderly persons were in the throng, etc.
Next Mr. Barton Able of st. Louis testified, in rea-
tion To the St. Louis speech, that the President at
first declined TO speak, but at length yielded to
SlSssSS Invitations and appeared on the balcony OF
the Southern Hotel; be Was frequently interrupted
by the crowd, among whom were many OF his politi-
cal enemies Mr. s. Knapp, one of the publishers OF
The ST. Louis Republican substantially corroborated
the previous witnesses testimony relative TO the Pres
dents intentions, his refusal at first to make
speech, and his final acquiescence in the urgent
request of friends to appear Mr. Knapp
was sharply cross-examined by Gen. Butler, bnt
he answered every question very promptly
and proved much the best witness for the de-
fense on the particular point upon which he was
examined A Mr. Zeder, who reported the ST. Louis
speech for The Republican, was next examined. The
defense attempted to show by him that the speech
ne presented by the prosecution, was much more dis
graceful than as delivered : but in this they failed.
A comparison of the two reports disclosed only
fring differences not in the least altering the sense
of any sentence This witness was inclined to be
insolent to Manager Butler, but was taken in hand
and handsomely subdued in early stage OF his tes-
timony. He was very curt and slnart-indeed, saucy
for time, and vitiated his standing as witness by
nd
ing too willing defender of Mr.. Johnson After he
had made two or three impertinent replies to Man
aaer Butler the General handled him with severity,
and several times turned the laugh on him. This
closes the nQuiries concerning the circle speeches
The Presidents counsel next introduced another
Instllment of documentary evidence In regard 10 the
form Of appointments, and called Frederick W. Sew
ard to the stand to make known the practice OF the
State Department in the appointments of consuls
and diplomatic officers. This genteman's testimony
did not seem to be regarded by either the Managers
or the Court as very important The Managers adj
mtted H. reservng the right however, TO object TO
pertain portions of it, if they should prove, on in
yestigaton, to be irrelevant.
At little before o'clock Judge Curtis created
buzz of excitement on the floor and in the galleries,
by asking the Sergeant-at-Arms to call Secretary
Welles Prompt to the call, the old gentleman ap-
peared at the stand, and stood straight as ramrod
forewarned by the counsel that he must elevate his
yoe little if he desired to be heard. Profting by
this admonition he gave the Senate occasion for
cries of Louder with which so many witnesses III
this trial have been interrupted He was first inter-
rOgaed upon the date of his commission as Secretary
OF the Navy He replied that it was March. 1851 lie
had been in the Cabinet since, but had not been
reapponted. He then detailed the occurrences
which induced the President to send for Gen. Emory
on the ed of February His CWelles's) son was at
ball on the 2lst and there learned something OF GER
tain movements of troops in the vicinity OF wash
ington When Welles, senior, learned this news, he
thought it expedient instantyt to communicate lt 10
the President. He told the President ON the 22d and
thereupon Gem Emory was summoned to the White
House TO explain these military movements.
He sent his son over on the night of the 2st to tell
the President what he had heard but it too late
to see that functionary Secretary Weles called on
the President the next day. the 22d at noon At this
point Gen. Butler questioned Mr. Welles critically
IS to the exact time and the Secretary positive
that it was 12 meridian the 22d. Gen. Butler then
produced Gen. Emory's testipony, showing that the
President for him at 10 o'clock the same morn
Jug, This spoiled the point WHICH ths Pr&ident's
Doaansel wished to make. namely that Mr.. Johnson
sent for Gen. Emory on Mr.. Weless report about the
troops Judge Curtis then asked the Secretary what
took place In the Cabinet touching the removal Of
Secretary Stanton; but Gen. Butler pricked
! up his ears ut this, and entered very
decided objection. The Chief Justice was very
clearly of the opinion that the question
was admissible, but Senator Drake demanded the
Yeas and Nays The Court sustained the Chief-Jus-
tico by 26to %. During the roll-cal each side did
it, best to muster its full strength from the lobbies
aud cloak rooms. Messrs. Chandler and Nye were
r;I,,a ~ and