The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-21
WASHINGTON.
LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF TIE NE
MASONIC TEMPLE.

LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF TIE NEN
MASONIC TEMPLE.
WASHINGTON May 20.-Tha Masonic frater
nifty laid the corner stone of their new tempt
this afternoon. President johnson walked il
the procession. Hon. Mr.. Bromwell OF llhnoI
delivered the Grafton.
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE IMPEACHMENT MANIAC
The Impeachment Managers are assiduou
in their labors, not only questioning witpesse
who may throw any light whatever on thei
investigations but examining kilograms, sixt,
or eighty of which have been furnished then
on demand, by the several telegraph offices.
APPOINTMENT.
Edward o. Graves, for some time connected
with the U. S. Treasury office, has been an
pointed Chief Clerk in the place of Randolph
deceased.
PROTEST FROM JUDGE CHASE.
NEW YORK, May 2O.-A Washington special
II the attempt is made to bring in any new
Senators from the reconstructed States before
the close of the impeachment trial Chief jus.
tice Chase will retire from the CURT and ap-
peal to the country.
EXAMINATION OF DUNLEARY AND wooLEY Re-
FORE THE IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE
Another special has the following relative IN
the doings of the Impeachment Managers yes
terdav: The first person examined was John
z. Dunleary of Ohio. 1t appears that he act
ed as a sort of discussing agent for WooIev
The latter had offered certain monetary in
JUDGEMENTS to Judge Blackman of Ohio. with
the understanding that he would use his infu-
ence TO defeat impeachment. Judge Black
man refused, and Wooley thought the reason
was, that he did not want to take check.
winch he had been offered, payable to his or
Ger, Tor $500 He therefore commissioned
Dunleary to go and offer to draw the money.
and pay Blackman in cash. Blackman how
ever, still refused. This was the substance of
Dunleary's evidence. The next person exam
1ned was Mr.. Wooley of Ohio. He was uues-
TONED about the money which he drew out of
the bank. He accounted for it all but $4,000.
ne told various stories, all OF them contradc-
tory or each other. One was that he sent it in
check to Peter Swab of Cincinnati On the
eross-examination he said he did not send it
to Swab, but to Sheridan Shook of New York.
AT hrst he refused to give his information,
Wnereupon Butler told him he would be COM
peIled TO report his contumacy to the House, if
ne dld not answer the questions. He then
went on to tell various stories alb put the mon
ey, none of which were satisfactory. Mr.
Butler telegraphed to Sheridan Shook of New
York, with view of aScertaining the truth of
Wooley's story. Mr.. Shook replied that he
never had received any money from Mr.,
Mooley. The managers are satisfied that
Wooley has perjured himself and he will prob
ably be brought to answer for this crime in a
criminal court Various parties have been
summoned TO appear tomorrow, among them
Sidney Andrew of the Chicago Tribune, ii. v
W. Bryant of the Cincinnati Gazette, and
Montgomery Blair.
Another dispatch says that Mr.. Boynton,
a newspaper correspondent, testified before
the Impeachment Managers to-day that Sena-
tor Ross told him last week that he would vote
LOT conviction on the 11th article.
SENATORS WADE AND ROSS.
Senator Wade ordered Ross out of his room
yesterday-the latter endeavoring to persuade
wade that he voted for acquittal of the Presi-
dent on the ground that by so doing it would
be the salvation of the Republican party
IMPEACHMENT.
- There is report that sufficient number of
Senators have agreed to vote for conviction on
the second article.
The friends of the President are laboring
hard to secure Ross vote ON the second article,
and the other side are equally industrious in
laboring to have him vote for conviction.
RUMoRs OF CHANGES IN SENATORS.
Another dispatch says: A doubtful scheme
projected to place Mr.. Grimes at the foot of the
Naval Committee, Trumbull at the foot of the
Judiciary Committee, Fessenden at the foot OF
the Public Building Committee, Henderson at
the foot of the Indian Committee, and Ross at
the foot of the Committee on Enrolled Bills.
Ihey are now Chairmen of the above commit
tees.
MASSACHUSETTS JUDGES ON IMPEACHMENT
Mr.. Fessenden has received letter from one
OF the Associate Justices of the Supreme
Bench OF Massachusetts, saying that his opin-
ION on the impeachment case is sound in law
and will be substantiated by half the Republi-
can members of the bar in Boston.