Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-18
CONCREssIONAL.


 no further postponemsnt should be caused thereby, which was accepted. Several other amendments relative to the number who should close, and the length of time to be occupied by each, were made.
 MT. Stanbery said the counsel for the defense were strongly opposed to the limitation of time in the final argument.
 Butler intimated that he would not take advantage of a chance to speak.
 Evarts said the result of the proposi- ltion as it now stands would give six managers against four of the counsel on the closing argument.
 Drake made a point of order that the Senate, sitting as court, could not 1 take such action. The point was over ruled, and the vote taken. resulting 3S to 10. So the rule remains unchanged.
 The examination of Gen. Sherman was then resumed.
 Stanbery asked: "After the restora- ton of Stanton, did you form an opin- ion as to your disability to serve, or as 1 to the good of the service, by the office of Secretary of War being filled by another man than Stanton? And if so, did you express your opinion to the President 2" Objection was made and argued by Bingham, and after the dis cussion the yeas and nays were taken, and resulted l5 to 36; so the question was not admitted.
 Johnson asked the question, whether before the removal of Stantion he had advised the President that he (Stanton) should be removed or replaced :? The Chief Justice said the court must decide whether the question should be put, and the Senate decided in the negative, by IS 10 32.
 Stanbery then said he had no more questions to ask Gen. sherman.
 The managers declined to cross-ex- anime him, and the court took a recess at 2-10 a. m. On reassembling R. e. Meigs, Clerk of the District Supreme Court, testified that he had affixed the seal to the warrant for the arrest of Gen. Thomas about two o'clock on the morning of February 22d; Hill, of Missouri, brought it to him at his house. In answer to Butler, he said he had called on me an hour before in case of pressing necessity.
 Stanbery then offered to put in evil dence the warrant and the affidavit of Stanton on which it was issued.
 Butler objected to its reception.
 Evalts said they related to the same subject on which the managers had in- troduced testimony, and that the Presi- dents counsel intended 10 show that he took advantage ofthe proceedings com menccd by Stanton, as the speediest method of bringing the question before the Supreme Court.
 Butler argued to the effect that intro ducing these papers would bring up new grounds of controversary irrelc- want to the case.
 Stanbery referred to the fact that the declaration of General Thomas had been admitted as a declaration of the President, to prove his design in em- ploying force, and went on to recite the circumstances attending the dis charge of General Thomas, which he said they would show was in order to prevent the President testing the Ques- ton. The evidence would also show that General Thomas was not regarded as a great criminal by those who pro- cured his arrest.
 Butler rejoined, and then the Chief Justice ruled that the warrant and affi adyit were admissible, and on taking the yeas and nays his ruling was sns- tained by 34 to IT.
 
 and Stanbery resumed the examina- tion. ttu
 The warrant was issued in the Cham bers has not the warrant book with him.
 Senator Sherman then offered to put the question to Gen. sherman: "When the President rendered you the office of Secretary of War ad interim, on January 29th and 30th, 1868, did he, al the time of making such tender. state what his purpose wasp
 The question was objected to and submitted to the Senate, and resulted yeas, 26 nays, 9. So the question was put, and answered "yes.
 Mr. Johnson then offered an addi- tional question: "Will you state what he said his purpose was!" which was objected to, and tho ChiefJustice ruled that the question was admissible, as ii tended to show the import of the Presidents action and in expressing his opinion remarked that this Court was not bound by the same restrictive rules in admitting evidence as some of a different character. The yeas and nays resulted 26 to 20. So the ques- tion was put and answered.:
 'The conversations were long. The President told me that the relations be- tween him and Stanton were such that he could not have the office adminis- tered properly in the interest of the army and the whole country, while he held the position as Secretary of War, and in the desire to promote and care for those interests, the President said, he offered me the position as Secretary ad interim
 Witness said he then asked the Presi- dent why he did not have case made up by his lawyers, so as to bring about a chance without involving him (wit- ness,) an officer in the army. in the matter. i
 The President replied that it could not be done; but if it could, Stantons case would not stand an hour.
 Stanbery-Have you answered as to what occurred on both occasions? Objected to on the ground that the witness had been dismissed from the stand, and that therefore his examina- tion could not be resumed.
 The Chief Justice ruled that it could be, and decision of the Court being called for, debate ensued between Butler and Evarts. A The former, in the course of his re- marks, having by his tone and manner in saying that the question was put by the Senator from Maryland not as counsel for the President, though he seemed to insinuatc the contrary, Senator Johnson rose, and in a very emphatic and nervous manner, repell- ed the insinuation, adding that he regarded it his solemn duty as Sena- tor to put the question.
 Butler insisted that he intended no sarcasm, and Mr. Johnson expressed himself satisfied.
 MT. Stanbery then continued the