The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-09
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The impeachment Trial.
WASHINGTON, March 3

The only matter which occupies
general attention tonight is Gen.
Buffers speech, 1t is the subject
of universal conversation, and its
ability is admitted on all sides. The
Senate was filled, both on the floor
and in the galleries, to hear it, and
the attention given it by Senators,
and in fact by all, is almost unpre-
cedented. The Presidents coun-
sci, and especially Mr.. Stanberry,
seemed very uneasy under much of
it. The allusion to the Attorney
General, after quoting from his pre-
|decessors, was fully appreciated, as
was the setting forth of Reverdy
Johnson's position III connection
with his letter to the Democrats of
Baltimore and the rights of chal-
lenge. +l a#4 'NE.- :t
The counsel were also evidently
annoyed with the riddling Butler
gave the President, reasons as set
forth in his answer to the 10th ar
ticle. The rapid succession of these
thrusts made by Butler were recog-
nized by the whole House. The
effect upon members is better shown
by the action of the House on re-
turning to its chamber, when by a
vote of so to 20 the rules were sus-
pended, and on motion Of Mr..
Schenck, forty thousand copies
were ordered to be printed.
Tomorrow it is the intention of
the Managers to get in the remain
der of the documentary evidence,
and part Of the parole evidence.
The counsel of the President to-
night caused subpenas to issue for
part of their witnesses, among them
General Rosseau, of Alaska, and
General Steedman, of New Orleans.
Regarding such cases, the Mana
gers have determined to ask the
counsel what they expect to prove
by the witnesses, and then admit
that the witnesses would testify to
what they assert, and so let the case
60 on. @ 1s
interest regarding the set
speeches to come now, centers on
those of Evarts and Bingham. That
of Curtis is expected to be very
able legal argument, but without
the attraction Of the ackneWled ged
eloquence of others.
W WASHINGTON, March 81.
The trial began in the Senate to
n Of I ~ ri al
announced a few minutes before.
The galleries, at the time the Man
ayers and the House came in, were
less than half full of ladies. The
proceedings began promptly upon
members being seated, and the pre-
sentation of documentary evidence
continued from the point where it
was interrupted by the adjournment
yesterday.
The Chief Clerk Of the Senate
testified to serving the notice Of the
non concurrence in the removal of
Stanton, on the President, at nine
o'clock in the night after the action
taken thereon, and that Mr.. John
son was not present. Tt will be re-
membered that the statement was
made at the trial that the President
did not learn of the action of the
Senate till an hour or two after Gen.
Grant had turned the Office over to
Stanton.
The testimony Of MI. Jones, an
employee Of the Senate, who served
a similar notice on Gen. Thomas,
was amusing, in that it set forth the
fact that Mr.. Thomas was found at
a public hall Of no special note. in
the full uniform, and shoulderstraps
ola Major General, but with his
face masked. ..--....-.. ..-.
The testimony of Chas. Creery
was listened to attentively as it
showed recognition by the Presi-
dent, of the validity of the tenure
of office law The point of the evi
dence was, that in the appointments
made by the President, prior to the
passage of the act, the appointee
was authorized to hold Office during
the pleasure of the President. Four
days differ this bill became a law,
the form Of the commission was
changed so that in place of the
words, during the pleasure of the
PRESIDENT" it reads, 'suntil removed
by, and with, the advice and con
sent of the Senate"
During Mr.. Creery's. examina
ton a funny scene occurred. Sena-
tor Patterson, Of Tenn, and Rever
dy Johnson complained that they
could not hear word the witness
was saying. Counsel replied or
made some remarks, which were
not heard when Senator Howard
on the other side of the chamber,
stated that he could not hear. Next
the Chief Justice was seen to be
saying something, but few could
catch its meaning, and for ten min
utes the whole business of fthe Court
was going on in tones fitting a
chamber of the dead. The wonder
is, that an account approaching ac-
euracy, reaches the country at all.
was Burt Van Horn, member of the
House from New York, who testi-
fed to conversation at the first
attempt of Thomas to get possess
ion of the War Department. The
cross examination was conducted
by Mr.. Stanberry, and was deemed
anything but dignified in its charac-
ter. Every one seemed at aloss to
discern any special object in it, nor
was single material fact brought
out by the score or more of ques-
tlons proposed. AT last Mr.. Stan
berry became satisfied with his in
quiries, when Mr.. Van Horn in an
swer to printed question whether
he had repeated all the conversa-
ton which took place, remarked