South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-04-10
The Impeuci,,ncnt TRIAL.

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! lmpeachmsR, trial, as stated by the Balti
more San, Nhibited no special point Of in
terest except an abortive attempt of MIR
sumner to recover from the discomftur,
which the impeachers had suffered in the
vote OF the court in secret session, sustain
ing by vote Of thirty TO nineteen the rul-
. ing OF the Chief Justice that he had right
to decide, in the first instance, questions Of
law aud evidence. With this view Mr..
Sumner submitted an order that in giving
The casting vote on Monday upon the mo-
tion TO GO into secret consultation upon tho
appeal taken by Mr.. Drake against the ru-
, ling above mentioned the Chief Justice had
done that for which there was no constitu-
tional warrant. The order was rejected by
a vote of yeas 81, nays %. This was the
second failure of those extremists whose
programme is TO make the Chief Justice a
mere ornamental figure in the court of i'm
parchment. sThc question as to the admiss-
, ibi!ity of certain testimony Of Mr. Burlcigh,
(and which we had understood the Chief
Justice to declare admissiblo) relative to
conversation between Mr.. Burleigh and
General Lorenzo Thomas. in which the lat
ter is alleged to have declared his intention
TO expel Mr.. Stanton from the War Office
by force, and which was objected TO BY the
Presidents counsel as being irrelevant, and
~ being that for which General Thomas
ouly was responsible, was argued and sub
United to the Senate, and that ody dccid-
ed to receive the evidence by vote of 81
70 !. So far the evidence really appears
to amount to little or nothing.
On Thursday, the "a, after the reading
OK the Journal, Mr. DRAKE moved 10 amend
the seventh rule. and the motion lies over
Two witnesses, General Emory au,l Colo
mel Wallace were examined Nothing new
was elected from them The prcsi lent :
message to General Grant was read The
Presidents counsel demanded that certif
Gates of the Cabinet officers should be reaG
rs u part Of the document Judge CHASE
put the question which was dcfeated-aycs.
20; nays, % So the Managers were not
required TO read the certificates. WrLLAM
+. CHANDLER, late Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, was introduced, and testified
regarding the Treasury routine. The de-
fence objected to questions regarding the
appointment OF Edwin Cooper Butler
stated that the Managers intended proving
by this evidence that the President appoin-
ted Cooper So that Thomas might have ac-
cess to the treasury through him. The
President had also violated the tenuro-of-
Office bill III appointing Cooper. The evil
dence was rejcctcd-23 to %. c. 4. Tin
ker, telegraph manager, was examined re-
garding kilograms between the President
and Goyerno; Parsons regarding the adop-
ton Of the Howard amendment by the A la
bama Legislature. The defence objected
to this evidence. boutwell, said that in
the kilograms the President spoke Of Con
grcss as 'sct Of individuals" BUTLER
contended that the adoption of the Howard
amendment was among the requirements Of
the construction acts, and The President
had no right to oppose it. The kilograms
were admitted-27 to Il. On motion
to adjourn the vote stood - to % Judge
CHASE voted aye and the court adjourned.
The House attended the impeachment
trial to-day, and did no business The Sen
ate was engaged exclusively on the trial
On the Sd, there was no legislation in
either House of Congress The court re-
sumcd the trial at II o'clock The evil
deuce regarding the Presidents speeches
was resumed. The evidence regarding the
speech delivered to the committee of the
htid'tl puii tuuNcbliOu COuIdlueu III the
Associated Press report, the copy corrected
by Colonel Moore the Presidents private
secretary, and one reported from the origi-
nal stenographic notes, was admitted. The
Cleveland speech was next taken up Judge
CHASE ruled against the admission Of the
Clcayciand Lcd(cr's version rs published.
The copy was u condensation from long
hand notes. Drake appealed against the
decision, and the appeal was sustained-3j
to II. johnson and Norton voting aye,
and Trumbu.l voting nay. Two other YER
sious Of the Cleveland speech were admit
tel. Most Of the day was spent in discuss
ing the art 81 reporting. Two attempts to
adjourn till Monday were defeated. The
court adjourned until 10 morrow. Nothing
new was elected during the trial to-day.
Tue prosecution, being the managers Of
impeachment on the part of the House Of
representatives, in the trial Of the Pres-
dent, closed their case on Saturd y last,
the 4th, with the exception Of some cumu-
latIye evidence yet TO be offered but that
any one, not previously calling for impeach
as a party measure, really believes that
there has been anything developed IN the
evidence justifyiug conviction of the Pres
ilcnt Of high crimes and misdcmcauors, il
would be au insult 20 common sense 90 sup
pose. o. the request If the Presidents
counsel fur three days time the Senate al
Journed az a court Of impeachment until
Thursday next. TIE counsel indicate that