The Evansville journal., 1868-04-21

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The Court Adjourned Till wednesday
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SENATE. ..YYAsHISGToS. April 20.
The Court was opened in due form at IL
o'clock. All the Managers were present.
In response to an inquiry Of the Chief
the. Presidept considered their evidence as
d Bingham said the Managers might de-
sire to place on the stand one. or Two wit
nesses who had been subpoenaed earIy in
the trial, but who had not appeared hIth-
eftO H3
Il The Chief Justice was understood to saw
Il would be proper to first obtain an order
from the Senate.
Bingham-I wish Il to be understood 1
fiHst.l So far as the Older Is concerted. 1
take IL for granted tnat the suggestion
made at the time the evidence was
closed on the part Of the managers. that it
w01ld be cOrnpetent Tor as, Without fur
ther order, II those Witnesses Should ap-
pear, to Introduce them on The stand be-
cause, the senate wiz reeolleet, although I
have not myself referred to The Journal,
that tt was stated by my associate Man
ager, Butler, IN hearing Of the Senate that
we C nsidered our case closed, reser wing,
however, the right Of calling some othec
witnesses, or offering some documentary
testimony that might be obtained after
Senator Johhson-Ian not sure 1 heard
correctly the honorable Manager j rise
merely FOR the purpose of fnouirine vVhetb-
er the Managers desire to have the pftvi-
lege Of offering anyaevidence afteE. tie arr
bingham = As at present advised,
am not aware that the Managers have any
ess,1 desire Of "a that s9Ti wish = g be und' +.
two wines .es who are important on-the
part pf the. Managers, who We're early sub
i1hiiaea On this trial; AID, although we
W a
have been advised they have been in the
Capital for the last 4S hours. ..r,
Yates repeated the inquiry whether the
Managers Intended to offer testimony ar
'EeE ars .,C umenF vas eommenees
have no purpose OF the sort. We do not
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Mr.. Butler offered Ia evidence portions
OF the Journal of Congress OF l774-75, rela-
tvs 70 tbs drafting Of the Comm fssioa for
" as tngtpn as Geueral aliu-Chfef, and
its form as Issued; also letter from the
Secretary Oi the Treasury relating ta the7
practise OF that defendant in making al
Interim appointments.
Mr.. Randall was recalled and produced a
copy Of the Indictment OF Mr.. BIodgett.
81 Bhtlef oEfered Mr. Blo1gettss answer to
notice Of his removal.
Evarts objected, saying BIodgett was Aot
on trial. .e .-.-..I..t -
Botier was proceeding to sta what the
Managers proposed to prove, when Chief
y Iusace Chase said A. must pc pat in wrI-
ting. A -@ Ar e - a1+Ass @AA 81 e
Butler objected aud said counsel had
never before been interrupted in that 1Vav.
and was going on, but the Chief Justice IN
SisC-d q on a com plance with his direction
and tue 9ffes was YTrttteu.b The SElansgeFs
offered to show that the Indictment was
procured by the disfoyal enemies of Mr.
BlOdgeJt; tnat he was removed without a
hearing and that action was not reported
to the 2epate, the officer being the ap-
pointment OF the President; also that Mr.
BlOdgett mad always been friendly TO the
Evarts argued that it was ii ot reyelant to
the case, out ~ IT was he wished to put
Blodgett on trial He He was preparedto prove
Butler held that the paper was q part of
the record in the case, and that BI1dgett
was forced into the rebel army. and that
bo 1sAT H4f0htF1 HafaDfF 80 80,
The evidence also tended UD show the
Presidents wiifull violation Of the law.
EYarts Orle1y rejolnedr and the OHan. soeS
ing Isis "a tlya anod tdtElss subm tied to the
Senate, and the evidence was refused ad-
mission without division. ~.
Randall stated that ne merely suspended
BlodgstLttll. hel eonld be satisfied that his
Offense WAS more than techni al. In an
hssd3 n aksfls addittoas3 testimony on the
B1uer oT4fed an order placing Gea erat
sherman "a charge of the Department of
7ESaEts objected, saying it was not ia re-
buttaI or any .eYldenee that the counsel
ButIeF maintained it was part of the
sPresident's action at the time OF the re-
d ri previous rulings Blu! before Inc vote
was taSen. he withdrew the order aud put
in a schedule Showing the numb aud
pay Of officers affected by the Presidents
claim of power to remove a pleasure.
the Managers offered the nominations
of General sherman aud General George
II. Thomas to DreVet.
Evar5s objected, saying the evidence was
not rebuuing.
Butler maintained the right Of the Man
ayers tst- c8DtIHuel 10 introduce evidence
The yeas and nays resulted II to 3, 50 the
evidence was not received
Butler then announced the case on the
part of the Managers was closed.
EvarUs made the same announcement,
when Boutwell, requested an adjournment
until tomorrow, TO allow him more time
fOr preparation. He said Mr.. Stanbery
had been relied on to make the final argu-
rnent for the q defense, and though he WAS
now aptdty recovering, ne would require
a short interval in which TO regain bis
strength. aud the counsel would suggest
that the adjournment be made until We'd
ne~day next.
BohItw eII said b e had Bbeen honored. by
the Managers with The selection as first to
present the rules OF the Managers to the
senate. He requested 4Ullat Athe Court
would adjourn over until Tomorrow IN
order that be might have time to pro perry
prepare himself to present them 10 the
honorable Senators.
Senator johnson moved that the Court
adjourn until tomorrow, but withdrew II,
and EVartS stated that ii was regarded as
important by the defense that they should