The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-23

sued on both sides.
/ Question ruled out by the Senate
Evarts had nothing more more te
ask on that subject and suggested or
adjournment.
Butler opposed in long speech
after which the Senate adjourned.
Washington, Apr. II.
SENATE.
The Court opened in due form.
The Chief Justice stated the first
business in order, was the order offer.
ed by Mr. Conness, yesterday, that
hereafter the Senate sitting as q
Court of Impeachment shall meet
at 10 o'clock q. m.
Mr. Sumner offered an amendment
for the session to be from 10 to 6
o'colck daily. Amendment rejected
Is against 30. Conness' motion
adopted, 29 to ID.
On motion of Mr. Ferry, the Senate
ordered the omission from the Rec.
ords of tabular statements, appearing
in the Globe as part of Buffers
speech yesterday; the same not hav.
ing been read or put in evidence.
Mr. w w Armstrong, of the Cleve.
land Plaindealer, was called for the
defence. He testified that the Presi.
dent spoke there only on solicita-
ton. Interruptions were kept up by
the crowd most of the time and re.
sponded to by the President.
Barton Able, ofSt Louis. was ex-
amined; was one of the committee
appointed by a mercantile associo-
ciation to receive the president in
August 1866, and went to Alton to
meet him. At the request of the
citizens, the president reluctantly
consented to make speech on the
balcony of the Southern hotel in
st Louis, he told the committee he
would only make short speech.
Cross examined.
The president made a speech to
the committee at landing, where he
was listened to respectfully, and was
then escorted to the Lindell hotel; he
went to the Southern hotel about
o'clock that night to attend a ban
quot given to him; witness remained
inside while the president was speak
ing from the balcony; and did not see
any persons try to draw him on SO
as to get him to desist from speak.
ing.
George Knapp, proprietor of tho
st Louis Republican, was next called:
witness testified he and Able advised
the president to respond to the calls
of the crowd, and 60 out to speak to
them; the president consented with
reluctance; the crowd at the time was
very disorderly.
Cross examined.
Do net know wether the balcony
was crowded or not; listened to a
portion of the speech; did not hear
anything about Judas or John Bull;
banquet was delayed until the presi.
dent had finished his speech; the Re-
publican and Democrat published
the speech on Sunday, and on Mon.
day gave directions to correct the
speech for second publication; do not
recollect whether he has ever com.
planned that his directions werc not
carried out.
Henry T Zeidner, short hand wri-
ter for the Republican, next called,
be reported dthe presidents speech,
and corrected the report published
on Sunday for publication of Monday;
Made only such corrections as were
called for by his notes; compared the
report Of the speech published in the
Democrat with his own published in
the Republican; made the compari.
son April 11th; and wrote one &C.
curate memoranda of about go differ.
ences.
Mr. Butler objected that the com.
parison was made between printed
newspapers which are not certified
to been genuine.
MIR Curtis called attention to the
::act that the managers had already
put in evidence copy of the Demo
crat of that date, and Butler with
drew ms ODJectlun.
Memarndat were put in vidence.
Cross examined.-Witness had
been partially deaf for some time,
owing to sickness did not become
SO until months after he reported the
speech of the Presidents speech
compared reports of portion rela.
ting to New Orleans, recently with
Mr. Walbridge /; gave example of the
difference to show that the latter had
left out the qualified words to
the prejudice of the President.
Butler read that portion of the
speech, requiring the witness to cor.
rect the errors as he went along
which he did, exciting great laughter
by the sharpness of his replies to
Buffers questions.
Butler asked if there were any
changes moro important than the cor
rections OF gramar.
The witnesses replied that there
were.
Curtis then put in the evidence
that q commission was issued BY
President Adams, appointing Wash.
ington Lieutenant General !; also q
document showing the particulars ol
the removal of officers under the the
Department Of the Interior.
The Secretary of State was then
called to testify for the defense.
The appointments OF the Consuls
and ce-Counsuls are under his
charge. When vacancy occurs OF
| the Consul is not able to make q
temporary appointment, the Minis
ter in his absence, the naval comman
der nominates q vice>C Consul. His
action is referred for approval to the
Department. The appointments are
made ad dinterim, and it is necessary fol
interests of service to the Departs
ment, sometimes to make q nomina.
ton without the recommendation oil
the consul, minister or commander.
Cross examined.-These appoint.
ments are made in conformity with
the statute of law.
Curtis then put in the evidence ol
. list Of the counsuls appointment
during the sessions of the Senate.
Gideon Wells, Ssc'y of Navy, waa
sworn.
/ was appointed Sec'y March 1861
by Mr.. Lincoln. On che evening oi
the 2lst of February last, his atten.
ton was called to . change in the