Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
wAssI1serox, March 3l.
SENATE. A


 their places. The Presidents counsel also entered and took their seats. The galleries were only half full.
 Mr. Wilson offered some document ary evidence, including the Senate res- olution eff January l3, and an extract from the Senate's journal, showing it's action thereon; also a copy of Stan tons commission from Mir. Lincoln, under which, enly, Wilson said, Stan ton claimed to hold.
 MT. W. J. Mcdonald was called, and attestcd to the notification of the Pres ident, of the action of Congress, and also attested to the service of the reso- lutions of an non-concurrence in the removal of Stanton by the President
 J. ". Jones, Deputy Marshal of the Supreme Court, orn, testified that he had known General Lorenzo Thom- as for six years, and had served upon him the summons of the District Su- preme Court on the 2lst of February, about II o'clock at night, and had made return, (which was read.) The resolution of the Senate that the Pres idcnt had no power to remove Stanton was then read. E.. E. Curry, an ap- poirt,acnt Clerk in the Treasury De- partment. was sworn, and testified to the form ef appointment used iii the Department prior to March, 1867. Some of shc Senators here complained of not hearing, and Butler offered to offered to repeat what he (Curry) had said, but Mir. Evarts said that he pre- ferred to hear the witnesses himself. Nr. Stanberry enquired what was the object of the testimony
 Mr. Butler replied that it was to show that after the passage of the Ten ure of Office act the President had signed different form of commission, maae ill accordance with said act. thereby recognizing its binding force and legality.
 The witness testified to the charges indicated, which were read by Secreta- " Forney. The words stricken out were: During the pleasure of the President for the time being. The form o: commission for Treasury ap- pointmcnts was also produced, and the witness testified to striking out the same words above quoted, and the sub stitution in their place of the words unless the commission be sooner re- voked by the President of the United States for the time being"
 He testified that General Thomas, after exchanging salutations, said to Mr. Stanton, T am Secretary of War ad interim, appointed and authorized by the President to take possession of this office" and Mir. Stanton ordered him to repair to his room and perform his duties as Assistant Adjutant Gen eral, which he refused to do, saying that he inteaded to exercise the func- tions of Secretary of War, aud would receive the mails of the Department. MT. Stanton told him that he would do so at his peril; and General Thomas left the room, and witness last saw him in the room of General Schwercr. On cross examination, by Mr. Stan -herry, the witness said that he went there to pay q visit to stanton, and not nn h1i.. l4npiuasp Jn nied by Messrs. Morehcad and Clark. He did not know what their business was; did not state what they went for. He was not in the habit of taking mem oranda of conversations, but was pre- pared by having large envelope in his pocket. No ore requested him to do so. IL was about a minute after Thomas left the room that Stanton followed him. Before he reached the room he heard conversation going on between Stanton and Thomas; did not understand what was said did not know where the envelope was on hich he took the memorandum; it was probably destroyed. He said he went with Stanton to Schwerer's room, and was requested by Stanton to take mo- ticc.
 The Commission issued to Mir. Coop CT, Assistant Secretary of the Trearu- ry, November 2Sth, 1867, was pro- duced.
 
 Mir. Butler, continuing to examine, asked if the Senate was then in session.
 The witness said he thought not, and in answer to answer to another ques- tion, said; MT. Cooper did not quali- fly under that commission" and anoth- CT commission was then read.
 Mir. Butler then called for the read ing of the letter of authority given to Mir. Cooper by the President, on De- cember I'd, 1S67.
 The witness testified that MT. Chan dler resigned, as he thought, the day before this letter was issued. On be- ing cross examined by Mir. Curtis, he stated that the date when the change in the form of Commissioners was made was the 9th of March, 1867.
 Mir. Van Horne, member of the House, stated that he was present at the War Department on Saturday, the 22d day of February, 1868, at two minutes past eleven o'clock d. m., when General Lorenzo Thomas demanded of Mir. Stanton possession of the office of Secretary of War. Of the question he was about to ask Thomas, which was whether he intended to obey his order as Secretary of War, Thomas replied that he did not, and also said that he intended to receive the mails, and after wards acknowledge to witness that he had said so. Had been at the War Department halfan hour before Thomas came. He was not attended, nor was he armed so far as witness could sec. TLou.cl.t iLara had hnan snlnn ia lL in r