Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-26
Tho Investigation.


parchment trial, was presented to the House
yesterday. The report was made ''for the pur-
pose Of Showing the House the necessity. Of
adopting stringent measures to force Nv oo!ieFs
to answer the questions put. to ahlm by the
committee. The reporttakes,as. its basis the
testimony Of ThurloW Weed. Mr.. Weed
states that the first proposition was made to
him by man named Adams, who was intro
duced to him: By Mr.. Smythe, the Collector Of
Customs at New 7 ork. MIR. w eeda did not
like the looks of Adams and So advised
iSmythe. About q week subsequent to thls,
Mr.. Weed 7testifes, q meeting was held at Ills
own room in; the Astor House, New 7 QTk,, at
which there were present-rhesldes NJ: Nv eed
Mr. Woolley, and ia Kentucky gentlemany
With Kentucky habits" Mr.. Snythe,z the
New York Collector, aud2Sherdan Shook, an
internal Revenue Collector OF New 2 crk. As
| this meeting a project of buying The votes OF
Senators was, discussed, and it was proposed to
raise $50, 600 for the purpose Of purchasing
votes for the acqulttaE OF the President, OF
| three Senator's: The names of these Senator's
whom it was thought might be bought at so
low price, vas given by Mr. Weed, but for
the present withheld by the comnittee.. Ihe
u
| Pom eroy and Nye. Mr. Weed does not tell
what he thought Of this proposal: u ~ IL
Woolley, it is said, was familiar with the
Presidents counsel and was in constant consul
/ tation with Cooper, the Presidents former
Private Secretary, and at present at the Urea
sury Department With W. w. Werden, known:
as data OF the Baltimore Sun, and during
| the past month has been constantly. IN Wash
| ington It is IN relation to the disposal of,
twenty thousand dollars, placed in his hands,
| that Wooley has refusedlto testify and for!
which the committee ask that he shall be ar
rested and brought before the House for con-
tempt. After his last examination WoolleyI
sent certificate Of physician, stating that
he vas sick and confined tohis bed. The same
night. he took the train to- New I ork, from
whence he sent "a telegram to the committee.
His friends now say that he is in Washington
again .c.- -..T -.
principally between Woolley and his confreres
| in New York, aud relate to the placing of the
money at his disposal, to the prospects Of ac-
quittal, and are sometimes demands upon
| Weed or.Shook, or an "A!bany party whom
Mr. Weed, states is one Hastings, employed on
Weeds paper In New York as an editor--to
come on to Washington and assist in the nego.
| tiations. I'D. "". ~ -'"1 = u" 49, ~"
In one point only does Mr.. Weed appear to
| have hestated to tell all he knew. One Of the
dispatches sent by WooIley--nearly all Of
! whose dispatches, by the way, were signed
Hooker-7to Weed, reads thus; --- i
"Hc will do it. Send on the Albany party
| if he means business. - -
+ Mr.. Weed remembered the dispatch; had
no doubt it referred to the impeachment ,buSi
| !. ~ b,,G-
ignorant as to the first part OF the dispatch. =
he professed neither to know who "hc'' was,
nor what 'he'' was willing to do. s.ct.La-
The resolution requiring that Woolley be
brought before the bar of the House for con-
temp twas passed. .r 4. =. .,..!4'- .".'
After the report, of which the above is a
brief abstract, was read T.: 49,: ..1.vg,,.....
Mr. Brooks -encrgeticaly Denounced the
wholesale seizure Of private kilograms IL
remarked that none Of the persons implicated
by the report were of the Democratic party, e1
cept Wooley. Gen Adams had never been in
the Confederate army, aud was he believed, q
Mr. Butler made lame reply, failing to
give the names Of the Senators inculpated, but
not denying that they were Nessrs.. Pomeroy
and Nye; denying, however, the publlshcd-ac-
COuub Vi WI ODOpcl D teottulOuy3 puG uoG otaC-
ing what it was, and complaining that the wit
nesses had revealed the evidence given by them
before the committee. ......,....,
Mr.. Edridgc put several Troublesome ques |
tons to Butler, which disconnected him in no
light degree and when the latter was explain |
ing that the committee propose to publish only
part of the private kilograms they had read
and inspected, Mr.. Brooks asked him If he |
had copies Of the kilograms of Mr., Geo. w likes
and the Rev. Theodore Tilton -..--.. |
Mr.. Butler was proceeding to gloss over the |
fact that this investigation by secret inquis- |
ton vas conducted by members OF one party |
altogether, but there was one Republican in the |
House whose manhood reVolted at this infamy. |
Mr.. Baker denounced, as violation Of public |
justice, that a committee appointed to investi |
gate q matter of great public concern should be |
composed entirely of the members of one party. |
If he had to stand alone among the Republl- |
cans, he should protest against this injqstice.
Mr.. Baker spoke only two or three minutes, !
and was interrupted by Butler, who feebly at |
tempted to reply. Mr. Baker declared that he |
desired to lift this matter above party" I
WASHINGTON, May 25.-ln accordance with |
the resolution adopted by the House this after
noon, q writ was issued by the Speaker for the |
arrest of.C. W. Woolley, for alleged contempt |
in refusing to answer questions put by the man
ayers of impeachment. The writ was placed in. |
the hands of the sergeant-at-arms shortly after |
the adjournment Of the House, and served
upon Mr. Woolley to-night:ou ~ .ux |
The attorneys of correspondent are now pre-
pairing an answer1to be presented to the House
tomorrow, in which Mr., Woolley's testimony
before the managers is recited at length, and
charges made against Manager Butler for hide i
cent and indecorous conduct;in the course Of /
the examination Of the witnesses. - |
The Testimony Of the witness, as. related IN
his answer varies materially from the version
given efitin the report by Gen. Butler. !
FAUeU1ER} CoUNTY.-The dez says thabE
Major R. T. Scotland Mr.. Charles Gordon adj
dressed theIpeople BIT sMornsspiie> on the 10th
instant. QuiteJa large number were in attep-
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