Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-29
WEED, WOOLLEY AND co.

OPChsetoh-N AAocI AtatAAtf scents I'M
peaehEnenG COrruPtEOn-The6 Gates of
HI. nor the Prayers of Bishop
simpson. Can Prevail AgssImss Them.
Extracts from Managers Report to the House
His (Woolley's) room is frequented by
Major Fuller, Contractor Of the Indian
Bureau; Ralph w. Newton, a New York
gold broker; j. Craig, attorney at law /;
Samuel Ward, gold Speculation in Wash
ington, who testiiies before your committee
that be Infers, from conversations with the
Secretary, when he intends 10 sell gold, and
thereupon telegrsphs 10 his associates in
New York, May IS, 1868: 80 Charles II.
Ward, 81 Wall street, New York Patieu
will be quiet all this week advocate my
cause measure low enough. Prescott"
Which being interpreted, as testified, should
read "May IS, l86S.-Charies Ward, 81
Wall street, New York McCulloch will
not sell gold all this week; buy me $780,,
600 Gold il low enough Samnel Ward"
Colonel Edmund Cooper, the Presidents
late Private Secretary, aud now First As
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury, al an
ferim. Mr.. Sheridan Shook, Collector Of
Internal Revenue; Washington Mclean,
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer ? S. S.
/ Cox, Minister nominated TO Austria; Mr..
Smvthe. Collector of Customs, New York !;
E. ID. Webster the informed friend of
| Tburlow Weed and Of Secretary Sc
ward; II. L. Hastings, editor of the
| Knickerbocker, Of Albany, and now
| engaged on the Commercial Adeer.
fsfr with Thurlow Weed; j. G.
Tweed, broker of Wall street; General
Hancock, Of the United States army j. G..
Burt, a leading speculator, now or lately
of Cincinnati, and Judge Dnnleavy, at
torney to the whisky ring; and 10 these
must be added w. S. Groesbeck and Viii
liam Evarts, Of counsel for the President.
To show the degree Of intimacy existing
between Mr.. WOolley and the parties
| above named, the committee have only to
| refer to the kilograms that have passed be-
tween several of them and Mr.. WOOlley,
! and the testimony of MIR. WOOlley and of
parties who dined at Welcker's on the Fri
day evening before the vote. On question
40, Give the names of the other gentle
men present at that dinner A. General
Preston, s. S. Cox, VIM. Eyarts, w. s.
Groesbeck, Col Mcdonald, Of Maine, |
think Colonel Cooper, the Private Secre-
tary Of the President; there was myself,
Samuel Ward and Craig.
ave find the first evidence of his success
in a telegram of the 9th of May, to Sheri-
dan Shook, signed by Mr.. Hooper, as fol-
lows NV business is adjusted; place ten
to my credit, to-day, with ellis, Harvey ~
Co., No. q Broad street, That this teie-
gram was not abOut an honest business
transaction IL sure from the fact that Shook
denies any knowledge of what it means,
although he admits that he received it from
Woolley. Shook further denies that he
placed any money TO Woolley's credit at
ellis, Harvey q Co. az the telegram d.
rected. Yet the committee find, from the
testimony Of Woolley himself, that Sl0,-
600 were placed to his credit
with that banking house, against which he
drew, and received the $4,000, in bills of
500 each, from the First National Bank,
i'm this city, in day or two after the tele
gram. As showing that this was done by
Shook, according to the telegram, we find
+. ID. Webster, his associate, dispatched a
telegram the same night, from Wizards, to
Shook, saying "All right; your answer has
been received" Contemporary with the
procurement of this money by Woolley,
We find the dispatches heretofore recited,
of the eth of May, from Woolley to Weed,
asking when will the Albany party be on
hand for business, is the same words which
mean procuring votes for acquittal by pur-
chase and is the same word Woolley uses
which he telegraphs Shook. " My bust
ness is adjusted; place .ten 10 my credit,
Woolley. Hastings not coming, sends a
telegram to Shook, on the Sth "GO to
the Astor House, and get from our friend
an answer to my dispatch of yesterday"
On the same (Sth,) +. ID. Webster tele-
graphs TO Shook See Weed immediate
ly and ascertain if that letter has been de
livered; if not have it. done at once
Weed does not tell what was in the letter
he testified in this connection that he tele-
graphed TO Albany to Hastings, and sent
him 10 Washington on the same
business that was conVersed about
by Messrs Woolley Shook, and
Webster, at the Astor House, in
purchasing votes of Senators. The course
Of the cars brought Mr.. Hastings on the
Doth. The effect of Mr.. Hastings appear
ance on that day is shown by the telegram
Of Mr. Woolley to his friend }. S. G.. Burt,
on May II; The Presidents stock is
above par And again, to ID. w. Jones,
New York Impeachment gone higher
than a kite; ; but on the 18th, Hooker and
Woolley telegraph TO Shook The five
should be paid, may be absolutely neces-
saryI On the same day Mr.. Wo0lley
drew $50, 600 on ellis, Harvey & Co,
brought il to the First National Bank Of
Washington, which was duly honored 10
ellis, Harvey q 60. Ii is not difficult 10
see who placed the money there for Wool
ley, or to divine the purpose for which it
was so placed that this was not for an
honest purpose is shown by the cipher,
and Woulley declines to explain it in his
testimony, although it refers to the FIVE
which must be had and Shook denies that
he knows what the telegram means, al
though he admits that he received the sums
of 81 200, $1,000, and the $4,000 drawn on
Cincinnati, and paid there for Woolley the
same day of May, as evidenced by the fol-
lowing telegram: 4
HAMILTON, o., May II
"To Woolley, from z. Clinch
al paid your draft. How is Andy
Got home this morning, Makes the $780,
0OO.'
This telegram Thurlow Weed testifies
related to the subject of impeachm ent, as
talked over in his room at the Astor House,
and AZ he could not come, Shook did come,
by the morning train, of the 18th, to IN
sangle the snarl, whatever it was, about
the votes of Senators. Shocks
deputy, Shafer, telegraphed to Craig, at
lI:42 A. NJ, of the l4lh that Shook would |
leave New York tomorrow morning.
Hastings, in the meantime, had returned to |
New York, and the matter for which Weed |
and Shook were wanted, seems moi TO be |
fully arranged until after Mr. Shook got to |
Washington, or the snarl between friends |
was untangled. Because Wash Mclean, |
On the 18th, autographed TO Mr.. Woolley |
his inquiry: Will johnson be deposed |
When will You be here Instead of re-
plying to him with assurance of the Ger
.ainty he had used 10 some of his friends on
he 18th, Mr.. Woolley does not seem TO
have that confidence that Impeachment had /
gone higher than a kite and that certain
" he had expressed before the snarl took
place: but, ia answer, teleeraphed az fol-
ows, under date Of l4ih of May
"To Wash. Mclean, New York