The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-07
By NAIL.


impeachment Managers as to who shall
make speeches. All wish to say some
thing, and 1t sisaid Mr.. Stevens insists
on making an argument in support OF
his article. Manager Bingham is al
ready vigorously at work on his speech,
devoting himself at present to the sum-
ming up of evidence and law, and to
making a general review of the case.
Mr.. Bingham works by dictation to an
amanuensis.S Butler,a whole speech
was written out in the same way.
During the past week 642 emIgrants
passed through Columbus, with the in.
tention of settling In the following
States: Ohio, n; Missouri, 2O6; Illinois,
141; Indiana, %; kentucky, 81; Tennes-
see. 80; Wisconsin, 35; Minnesota, 10;
Iowa, 10: Kansas, 81; Michigan, 80.
During the first three months of this
year 1922 emigrnnts passed through
Columbus for various points in tho
West. n s5s
"A year ago A. D. Jones bought one
hundred and twenty acres Of land near
Council Bluffs, for $1,000. Last Friday
he sold 1t, for depot grounds for the
railroad, and at profit of SIS, 900. s4rs'
Reports from Southern and Central
Illinois are almost without exception
that winter wheat passed through the
cold weathersuccesstully,a and promises
an unprecedented harvest. The farm
ers all over the west are taking advan-
tage of an unusually early opening Of
the season to sow their grain. .is,.
Political circles at Washington
were considerably exercised, Sunday,
over the fact transpiring that the five
column editorial article which. appear
in the National I1ltelIigeneer on Thurs
day, proving neither Wade nor Colfax
legally entitled to the Presidential
Chair, If impeachment. was successful,
was presented to the editors of the In
teltigencer for publication, by Chief
Justice Chase's private secretary! At
the time the article appeared It was at
tributed to the Presidents counsel.
The conclusion is drawn that the arti-
clein question was prepared, not by the
private secretary, but by the Chief JUS
tice himself. Every effort was made to
keep the authorship of whence 1t
originated a secret, but this was unsuc-
cessful, as the fact leaked out.
The following letter was received
by Senator Wade Saturday morning
The head lines were printed. ,o3L
HEAD QURATERs, x. K. X. \.
a WAsHNaroN, ID. O., April 8, '6s. j
General Order d--i.l. ~ 4.
the President pro tenn. upon the timely
assassination of Andrew Johnson's
predecessor, and prospective removal
of the present obstruction. 5.lt sf-.e
By direction Of the @. ". p x. K,,
official G. O. x. Il. l&@Tsis
The words CIV. p, which precede the
words K. K, are suppose to mean
Central Vice President.
Messrs. Bingham and Butler both re.
celved similar letters the same day.
We printed yesterday an account
OF fendish outrage which was psfpe,
trated upon the person of Miss Jose.
phine Comstocl1, daughter of VIM. p
Comstock, of Cottage Grove, Illinois
by woman whose identity, from the
fact that she was partially disguised,
was unknown. The man Rockey, {
rather notorious character, who tool
the woman into his buggy after the oc
currence, was arrested Saturday, anG
through him the perpetrator of tht
crime has been arrested, and she is nov
under bonds for So. 900; The name o
the malignant woman Is Samantha NJ
Grier, a widow, aged about 50 years
and Is said to be worth $4,000. Tit
testimony on the examination elicitet
the facts that Miss Comstock was soor
to be married to young gentleman
named Moss. For Mr.. Moss, Samantha
GrieT, the prisoner, had also, for alonl
time, entertained a most ardent affec
ton, which, however, was not reclpro
Gated by the gentleman, his partialitie
being entirely for Miss Comstoek, ant
spirit of revenge. no doubt, drove tn
disappointed widow Samantha to com
init the fiendlsh act. Miss Comstock 1
In Precarious condition, and her re
covery is regarded as very doubtful.
The Impeachment Managers are II
possession Of, and will Introduce a
evidence, Johnson's letter to the Cabl
net soon after the assassination, re
! auesting and authorizing them to re
main IN charge Of their dePartments
This viii supply the missing link 1
the chain Of evidence.