New-York tribune., 1868-05-26


and Webster, at the Astor in purchasing the Vo'eS u
Senator's The course of the brought Hastings W
Washington on the 10th OF May The effect OF Has'hgs
appearance that day is shown by the telegram Vi
WOoley to his friend J. g. G. Burt;
May lL-Pesdents stock above par"
And again:
"T6D W. vEs Ya1 Impeachment gone higher than kite
But the 18th Hooker Cwooey telegraphs to sherl-
dan Shook:
6ue should paid rnlGy absolutely Necessary"
the same day wooley drew t5 600 Giles, Harney
Co.. brought to the First National Bank Of Washington
which duly honored Gihes, Harvey Co. in New
York. IL is not difficult to who placed the money
there for W00ey or divine the purpose for wicht was
so placed That this for an honest purpose Is
shown by the cipher and WOOey declines to explain 1t
in his testimony although refers 10 the FIVE which must
BE- had and Shook denies that he knows what the tee
gram means although he admits he received it-these
sums of $4,000 5000 and the S. 900 drawn on Cincinnati
and paid there for Wooleythe same 18th OF May, as
evidenced by the following telegram:
"HMLros Ohio May la-To wooey from p CHneh-l padyou
drai How is Andy Got home this morning
make the $4,000 that wOoley wanted for his purpose,
and he has refused TO account for or rather
has accounted for in four different ways, each OF which
false First by saying he had expended IL In
his private business second that he had pa d IL out
i'm his clients business third that he had sent it to his
client in Cincinnati by acheck on bank there forgetting
that sending his check on bank in Ohio would not
get ten one thousand dollar bills out OF his pocket In
WashingtoD fourth, that be had given between $4,000
and $1,000 OF this money to Sheridan Shook to Keep
which Sheridan Shook denies upon oath, and Wooley
now refuses testify to your Committee what he has
done with it, and IL is Of the objects OF tins report 10
have him brought the bar of this House and forced
10 odscOse Meanwhile there to have been little
difficulty which WOoey could not arrange or Hastings
make smooth and which required the master hand OF
Thurow Weed, that Of his scarcely less able or less
skifu Lieutenant, Sheridan Shook 70 adjust IL VIII De
,lotg,ra fla
on h by Senator's that on the 18TH 1t was pul
lie rumor that Senator Senators would resign or
vote for the eleventh article. Something, whether III
was that not disturbed the associates OF Weeds
room at the AstOr House. IL would not be well fOr he
Committee at present to disclose what evidence they
may have affecting other parties, but that something had
happened which nterfered with their calculations on
that day is most certain Mr. J. b. Craig telegraphed
from NewYork the 18th Of May, in answer to an In
Quiry from sam. Ward
Il leayeat7:3O. VIII you early"
He arrived here of course the morning Of the 18Th
and telegraphed on the day, he swears by drec
ton OF wooley, to Sheridan Shook Il
Cone on by hr trains yery important
What was IL that was SO important that the third OF
fourth member OF the AsOr House Association for the
purchase should be here TO attend TO III Lest
that telegram should not find Shook at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel the day and hour Craig eegraphed SHOOK
by order OF WoOey You must come here, and untange
II
happened between frendsi" Craig swears he does not
know; Shook he does not know and said although
he obedience to the telegram, be never inquired
or was told after he got here what this important snar
was Sheridan Shook did come, but not until 5 s. Cox
had telegraphed by direction Of WOoley, TO Thurlow
Weed but as Cox swears, without knowledge Of its i'm
port.
II YOU cant ne over send Sheridan Important"
This telegram Thurow Weed testifes related TO the
subject Of impeachment, as talked over IN ms room a
the Asor House, and, he could not come Shook did
come by the morning train of the 18TH SO the snall'
whatever was about purchasing the votes OF SEN
atos Shocks deputy. shafer, elegraphed to Craig at
r42 o. m of the 18th that Shook would leave New-iork
tomorrow morning" Hastings, in the meantime, had
returned to NewYork, and the matter for which Weed
and Shook wanted not 10 have been fully ar
ranged until after Shook got to Washington, or the
snarl between friends untaDgled, because Wash.
Mclean on the 18TH elegraphed Wooley this inquiry:
VIII johnson be deposeli When viii you be here p
Instead OF replying 10 him with the Of the
certainty he had used TO OF his friends on the llth
WOoey does not 10 have that confidence that i'm
parchment had gone higher than kite" and that GER
tanty which he had expressed before the snar took
place but in eegraphed as follows under date of
the l4th Of May to Wash Mclean York: johnson
stock at par Managers examining witnesses as to coup
ton Of Senators Hendricks Van Winkle Wiley, Trum
BULL and Johnson; met at Chases house last night to
form new party We have been demorazed bitten.
tainly.'
I would seem, therefore, that at the time the Astor
House association were rather relying upon the political
situation in aid of their efforts Webster teegaphed to
Thurlow Weed on the 18th, as follows:
The aclua the President hred fact already reormnatn
pi resign The present plan oi'he mpeaehes to adjourn agan
on Saturday without tahug vote
Thus it is seen with what Mr. Weed was privately
kept informed upon the subject of impeachment and how
scrupuously he watched every varying phase Of the
trial But Sheridan Shook, his associate, who had been
sent for by three different kilograms important, come
by first train, untangle the snarl between friends"
Who was to take the place Of Thurow Weed who was to
be send shook Important did arrive on the
night of the Weed will be by this testimony
expressly swears that this telegram send s. Shook
lated 10 the talked at his ROOM at the Astor
House. l. e. how Senators votes might be purchased 70
secure acquital Sheridan Shook. the contrary es
es your Committee that he did not know TO what sub
ect all these kilograms referred although after All inter-
view with Weed he obcyed them aud came; and that
when he arrived business stated TO him. that
no ENHANCEMENT was shown him. and he did not even
inquire why he should have come, or why he had been
sent for, or what the important business
he was expected to do. Now he was here,
and the only ostensble erand he disclosed 10 the Com
mittee was to bring Regaa cigars for which Wooey
had telegraphed him the l4th II in the light of the
evidence above reported and the eegraphic information
disclosed any member OF the House believes this state
ment him have your Committee offended by asking that
Wooey brought to the bar for contempt OF Its author
lty and his interference with the course OF public JUS
uce Whatever ENHANCEMENT or difficulty might haveex-
isted before the coming Of Shook, or doubts
upon the minds Of the associates as TO the
Presidents acquittal, they all vanished during
the night after his arrival long before the time when
the friends of the Union had any knowledge upon the
subject while the whole country was waiting IN breath
less anxiety for the verdict OF the senate-when the
dread award Of guilt innocence was actually trembling