Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-04-07
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Special Correspondence ofthe Spectator.
w or1rN1croN A rr;l dth 1919


High Court, was Delawarian, rejoicing In the
name of Karsener and by his unique manner of
testifying convulsed the Court and galleries with
laughter In his various interviews with Gen.
Thomas, and what he said to him-always
winding up with ''stand firm j the eyes of Del
aware are upon, General!' was too much even
for the thoughtful face of the Chief Justice. =.
The last witness on the stand was Colonel
Moore, the Presidents confidential secretary.
The Colonel, for a good looking man, is ex-
tremely modest, and his brethren of the quill
and pencil in the Reporters gallery watched
his bearing under Spoony Butler inquisitorial
scalpel with some solicitude; but they were set
at ease by the first exchange Of shots.
B.-'What is your rank? ~
Answer.-'I am Paymaster with the rank of
Major
B. SHARPLY, and with an oblique look over
the chamber as if he had the Colonel. y
Ibid you ever pay any money!
Answer -"No; then correcting himself0
not out of Government funds.
The audience, with a feeling sense OF the
price of marketing, grinned explosively, and
Beast Butler switched off to another branch OF
inquiry.
Col Moore was questioned very searchingly,
to ascertain if the President was responsible for
anv corrections made by him to the reporters
notes of the Presidents speech in answer to the
delegation from the Philadelphia Convention.
The answer was that the corrections were YER
bal and of his own motion, without instructions
| from the President. -
So far, from the kind of evidence introduced,
| T can not see how any unbiased or conscientious
mind can vote for conyicting and, still adhere
| to my old convictions that the Rumpltes are
engaged in piece of tomfoolery they are heart
| lily sick OF already.
There was comparatively small interest man
| Tested in the impeachment trial to-day. A
majority of the members of the House LETT the
Senate chamber about one clock and attended
an afternoon performance of Dan Rice's Cir
Gus, and some have gone fishing, and others
| left for home to see the ''old woman, and at
about three o'clock many OF the spectators In
| the Senate galleries manifested their lndltfer-
ence to the proceedings there progressing and
left the Capitol fnll two hours before the Sen
ate adjourned Notwithstanding these demon
STATIONS of interestedness, there is, neverthe-
less, deep interest felt among classes as to the
result of this trial. and probably the most anx-
| ious and perturbed spirits are the original I'M
peachers, who are alarmed at the fact that GER
tain republican Senators have refused to pro-
nounce in favor of convcting the President.
| Some dozen or more of the Senators are I'M
der the special care of Goldfish Sumner, and the
anxious eye of the Rufhanly Drake, and the
|
| these disaffected sinners in the Radical church
is very great They do not hesitate to talk In
public about the matter Common decency
one would think, ought to prevent them from
| exposing themselves, but modesty is virtue
not to be found in the composition OF Radl-
| cal hyena.
| 1t was thought that the managers on the
part of the Rump House would get through
with their testimony this week; but it will run
over until the middle of the next,
| Among the ON dts afoat in the galleries is
one to the effect that Mr. Stanton will be sum-
moned to appear as witness for the Presl-
dent, and that in order to avoid an opening for
| General Thomas or any of the friends OF the
President to slip into the War Department du
| ring the Secretary's absence, that the Board OF
| Managers will cause sumnonses 70 be served
| upon Gen. Thomas and Gen. Hancock to ap-
pear at the same hour that the President
counsel summon MIR. Stanton to appear.
Some of the "bloodhounds of Zion newspa
pers appear to be afraid Of the Conservatives
running Chief Justice Chase for the Presiden-
cy. Some of the more bold and outspoken,
now and then say, just wait until we get
through with johnson, we'll impeach Chase
Their aversion TO the Ghietf JUSTICE is because
| he does not conform to soIhe OF their dirty mo.
| tons and rules in the attempt to GUST Andrew
Johnson from the Executive Chair Another
Radical hyena coming down from the High
| Codrt OF lmpeaeh mspt, was heard to say, "Oh!
| if the Supreme Court was out of the way, we
would be all rght?' So you would, a and if
the devil were only dead there would be bright
er prospects ahead, for those Of the most ultra
stripe ticket through to Tophet.
It's a bad sign when man doesn't stand
| we'll at home, and he is not to be trusted A
distinguished Pennsylvania here, asserts loud
| ly and makes no secret of the damning mputa
ton that he viii pat Oh the witnesses stand five
| hundred (5OG) respectable gentleman who will
swear that they will not believe Simon Came
ron on oath !! Another informs me it cost him
| in brides two hundred thousand dollars to get
elected to the disrep4table hump Senate It's
a question for the Staunton debating Society,
whether it is more dsgraeeful and degrading in
the man who offers bribe, or he who winks
at it and puts the root of all evip' in his
pocket. And just to think of such wretch as
antiquity Cameron decrying the noblest and
purest of men, and one of the greatest heroes,
and soldiers that ever unsheatheda sword, Gen.
Robert Edmund Leel Cameron will go down
into the grave upon the role of infamy while
Robert r. Lees lustrous name will shine out
brighter and brighter on the pages of every
known language Of history, as the effulgent rays
of the god Of day outshine those of night un-
| Ill Cne RESURRECTION Jay
The Radical party make great ado about
reducing taxation, though they know full we'll
it will cause deficiency in the Treasury. But
they can stand that when it is deceiving voters
| they are. But tightening the taxes is bidding
for further eztensiol' OF power, and Of course,
votes. If they can elect Dry Pump Grant tbs
an easy matter next session to make up for the
deficiency by further increase Of taxes, it
makes no difference how the people howl then,
they have got their man in under false pretences.
But should the Dry Pump be sent up Salt
| River, and the Conservatives come into power
| with an empty Treasury, of course something
| will have to be done to keep up the credit Of
the Government, and resort to higher taxa
ton would be necessary; but the moment the
| attempt is made there will be general veil
| throughout Yankee factories, and the RAIDS
will be loud in pointing it out as the result of
themselves being thrown from power!
The first of April the Republican of this civ
Ia neutral paper had glowing account of the
arrival Of Buringame's Chinese fleet of iunks
in the Potomac at the navy yard giving full
description Of them and closing with the infor-
nation that Burlingame and the Celestial mig
tail ambassadors would be presented by Secre
tary Seward to President johnson at the Exc
cutive Mansion at II A. M. The paragraph
took. " In fact the reporters of the Express
and the Star cut out the items and made all
possible haste to the White House so as to be Sin
time !" But Judge of their chagrin to find q