New-York tribune., 1868-04-17

delay day occurred in the effort to procure cert,
f'd copies Of Gen Thomass commission as secretary OF
Wax 0t eria. then applied 10 tho District Attorney
tO the Information IN the nature or QaO cGF0it9.
S 5e GeSI OIL S 20 s M0p rh e HSs @
Gated the Attorney General and the papers were seq.
to him aud we also gave it our opinion hat i Won't
Mr.. BUTTER-stop moment. We object to Tins
Mr.. EVARTs--We don't insist upon IT,
MIR. CURIIs-lou can now 10 proceed TO state What
was done after this time. Nothing was done after III.
ON motion Of Mr. CoNNEss the Senate took recess
After recess, the witness was cross-examlncl by Nr
BUTLER.
O Have you prTcticed in Washington alwaysi \. Yc'
O. We're any other counsel associated with you M tho
O. We're you counsel in that case for the Fre"ehS ot
O. Did You so announce yourself ChifJustiee Cart
q Then You appeared before him As counsel Tor Nh.
Thomas A. did IN That proeeednSy dny vav % FAR "a x
o. lie did not understand H. any s"sS ~ ~, - S'
knew that you were desiring mentioned fhe fact tiat
liza lad Il becS SS sent for to Of some pTOeeede
g As counsel % ~ i9r i,. thss t,,s President
t O. But did yo3 linn that you were coming into be
C rbot H. ~ question put to you. ln ~ yo
tIoa Questions before the Court did you INFORM
nt in came 50 that you could get the decision Of tho
"P Had they any means either court counsel, Of
loving that that the Presidents pnIposc yours,
20 you concerned only by the habcas corpus
spoken OF in Cen Thomas's ansGer-norhng only wtag
tsey night nferl \. No, SIR had no conversation wtl
them whatever.
O. / am not speaking OF conversations with counsel
outside OF the court, but speaking % the proceed
q And the proceedings in court eoneercd
there % Els 60 @ ~, StE 81 sc & een Sr or the HoTn
General make TO test the or The
propriety of any law a. There was none that renen
ber In the presence the Judge the bcneh mat
time other than private intimatlon.
Q. Your private ntimatons have not asked for We're
there any the counsel that appeared ON the other side
=, Tben an far as vou know they the counsel ON tho
other side. would only treat this question of tho
rights OF personal liberty of Mr. Thomasl A. Ycs, Sr
@ Well Sir, IL being your desire to have that question
tested, and you appeared for Mr.. Thomas and ir
must done by Of the side, tho
prosecutor why didnt you speak to the opposite conn
didn think they would consent to Il di,n want
10 let them know what our object was.
O. Then you meant to conceal your Ohectt n Wa
rather did, they seemed 10 divine It from the conc teY
took.
The nature OF gao ,rpraaioI a. Yes, SIR.
O. Whatday was thati A. That either on Wstncs',
day, the 2Gtn the next dayhc 96t or 2th of fepr
AIRY; think it was on the 9,th.
a. And that was after the President was ihP'''''"''
\. Yes, Sir. ...
O. Did yon see the President between the time who,
you reported TO him and the time when you COY ipiS
paperi A. did not Sir; have never seen % htH see'
O. You prepared this paper' A. les, sn: ~,
q And carried il 10 tho Attorney Goneralst A. Tothe
% Ard he saI he must have some order from tho At
tornoy General or the Prcsidenti \. fe-, sir
O. And then you went TO the AttOfney-Gcnsrdlhf A.
ao' Did yot send - note with themi Al do not
IecOicct whether scat the information over verbal or
o Who did you send II by! A. by Mr. Mcnck NJ.
o. hatBra,llcyl \. The elder =. ...l g.r
o. WI, he concerned In the matteri A. lie apgfHod
In court with rs merely as aa adviser for Con 1innas
g. Joseph r. Bradley Appeared Ia the Dstrlct Cetsl az
attorneys A. lie appeared IN perhon but Not IA 10
O. Did he say anything! A. Nothing to ihe Conri.
* Il tlrat the inarthat disbarrcdi \ The 'HUo
50 that lie could ho' appear