Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-04-11

one or two simple corrections, errors, either
| in transcribing or on the part Of the printer.
That is all that remember in the way of |
correction Of that speech.
Q. Did you correct from your notes r.
| A. did, sir. 49,
| Q. When was that A. think, sir, that
1t was little over year ago.
O. What occasion led you to revise it
from your notes then2 A. / was summon
ed by the Committee Of the New Orleans
riot l think it was a little time after receiv.
ing the summons hunted up my notes
and again made o comparison,- with, the
speech. ..I.Lk N79W y A4tr
@. How far did that second comparison
verify your correctness A. Itwas perfect
ly correct, sir. rr Elf ...iy
@. In regard to the particulars of the re-
port, were you enabled to report SO correct
ly as to give inaccuracies of pronunciation
A. Yes, sir, did so In many instances.
/ @. Where are the original notes now e.
| A. L can't tell, sir; i searched for them a
little after was summoned here, but fell.
ed to find them. .ar.I
@. You, had them at the time you were
examined before the committee on the New
Orleans riot 2 A.. Yes, sir II have no reco-
lection of them since that time. az.
Q. Have you copy of that paper A.
have, sir. r - t..
O. Will you produce it (Witness pro-
duces printed paper.) @. Is this it A.
1t is. .i-.a ..t.. ....... .tf ...|
Q. From your knowledge of the manner
in which you corrected it state whether you
are now enabled to say that the paper
which hold in my hand contains an accur.
ate report of the speech of the President
delivered on that occasion A. Yes, sir;
am able to say that it is an accurate report.
4 Mr.. Butler said be proposed, if there was
no objection, to offer the paper in evidence,
and he proposed to do SO also if there was
4 objection. Laughter .... .
Cross examined by Mr. Evarts
u O.. l understand that you took down the
entire speech from the Presidents mouth,
word for word, as he delivered it A. l
did. -..-.r 81. ..- .....-.- ....
@. In the transcript from your notes, and
in this publication did you preserve that
form and degree of accuracy and complete
ness A. did.
@, Is it oil of the speech9 A. 1t is.
@. No part of it is condensed or para
graphed2 A, No, sir, it is all the speech.
@. You say that besides the revision of
the speech which you made on the Sunday
following, the delivery of the speech you
made q revision of it a year agol A. Yes.
@. For what reason and on what occa-
sion A. At the time that was summon
ed before the Committee of Congress on
the New Orleans Riots.
@. At Washington A. Yes
@. When was thatl a. can't say; it is
over year ago; l can't fix the date pre-
cisely. r .s ' H.
Q. Were you then inquired Of in relation
to the speech A. did
@. Were you examined before any other
!, committee than that A. No, sir.
, ~ Nee &oak Hral,,a 10, ,rr,t
ing A. Yes.
Mr.. Butler--Was your testimony before
the New Orleans Riot Committee publish
ed a. am not aware whether it was or
not. .. .
Mr.. Butler then put in evidence the St.
Louis Democrats report of the Presidents
speech in st. Louis made on the Sth of Sep
tcmber, 1865. H.
The speech was read in full by the Clerk.
The most offensive portions of it are set out
in the third specification of the tenth srt-
Gle. Curiously enough it contains a para
graph predicting that the Fortieth Con-
gress, il constituted as the Thirty ninth Con.
gress was, would try to impeach and re-
move him from office on some pretence Of
, violating the Constitution or refusing to en-
force some law. ..
Joseph A. Dear, another short-h hand re.
: porter of the Presidents party, testified
that he had also compared his notes with
the published speeches, and that they were
correctly reported
Robert S. Chew and @. Eaton Creecey,
clerks in the State Department, were exam.
ined as to the manner of issuing commits.
sions to officers appointed by the President.
Alter the examination of the latter witnes.
ses the court took a recess.
AFTER RECESS.
Mr.. Bingham President and Sena-
| tors, we offer as evidence several executive
messages of the President of the United
States, dated respectfully December is 1867,
, December II, 1868, December 10, 1867,
! January Is, 1885, December 10, 1867.
The documents were read. They refer
red to removals and appointments of in.
ternal revenue and other officers.
. Mr. Bingham also offered in evidence a
q letter of the Secretary of State accompany.
ing one of the messages just read, dated De-
cember 10, 1867, notifying the Senate of
the suspension of a consular agent in Bor.
neo during the recess of the Senate.
Q Mr.. Butler-Mr, President, believe now
that may inform the Senate that the case
r on the part of the House of Representatives
: is substantially closed. There may be a
' witness or two here that we shall ask to
!, call on Monday morning and also other
4 testimony that we shrll ask leave to put in.
q It's substantially cumulative. 1t is posi-,
bic that we may have left out q piece of
4 documentary evidence or two in the nature
/ of public documents when We can examine
: more carefully, With these nmaterial
exceptions, which hope may not turn out
to be exceptions after all, We have closed
2 the case.
Senator Conness moved that the Senate,
sitting ne n cOurt adjourn uutil Wndnas 10 n,