Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-22

TESTIMONY OF COLONEL COOPER. The teS
timopy of Col. Cooper before the impeach.
ment managers was substantially as follows
Butler, as usual, conducted the examination
COL Cooper was, asked if he. was approached
by any person to.use money for the acquittal o.
the President. He answered: Eyes; per
son sought an interview with him, acting II
| the name of and by the authority OF 5. T.. Pom
eroy, Senator from Kansas, and proposed for
forty thousand dollars, cash In hand, that &c
|. (Pomeroy) would control four Radical votes,
and his own, so as to insure the acqulttal OF the
President Witness professed to doubt bis
authority, and the person then brought a letter
from Senator Pomeroy dated Senate Cham
Der, day Of, y as follows: -a.-aza1f
Sir: viii, in good faith, carry out any
arrangement made with my brother in-laW,
Willis GayIord to which [ am party. ~
(Signed;) S. c. PoMERoY, u. S. Senator.
Gen. Butler objected to witness proving con-
tents of letter, as he, (Butler) could produce
the letter.
Willis Gaylord was introduced by the person
first calling. The letter was read to witness
and Gaylord by the person, who then retired,
when Gaylord renewed the proposition that
tor $40 900 cash, and the distribution OF pat
tor Pomeroy's own; would be SO cast as to in
sure the acduitta of the President. The wit
mess, believed at the time the proposition. was
INTENDED to entrap him Witness assigned as
a reason for this belief that Senator Pc mercy
was q strong partisan; that he felt bitterly to
wards the President, and that If money was
his object, the party to which he belonged was
better able to pay than the friends of the Pres
ident. In addition TO which, in the list OF
names Senator Ponleroy proposed to control,
appeared the name ex-senator Morton, %ot In
diana; and witness did not believe 1t possible
that Senator Morton vote could be 50 obtain
ed. The name OF Senator Nye was also on the
list.-Ndt Int. ~ :J"- ....r lEa 3s
THE TELEGRAPH DISPATCHES. The I'M
parchment managers were IN session again to-
day at the judiciary committeeman in the
House. An unusual number oftelegraph men
were about the room this morning, expecting
to be called to produce dispatches asked tor by
the committee, :, Among the gentlemen sum
moned and in attendance were quite num-
Der connected with the Baltimore offices, who
have been summoned to appear and produce
the dispatches sent from their Offices.
It will be remembered that after Mr. Wool
lev was summoned as a-Wstness on Sunday, be
went to Baltimore, returning to the city on
Monday morning. The managers presume that
he used the wires at Baltimore for the trans
mission of dispatches and they hope by. sccur-
ing them tofnd out something startling.
! 1T is now understood that OF the telegraph
managers of Offices located in this city, one
Yesterday gave up all his dispatches, another
gave up only q portion, whie the third tino
declined to deliver until instruction shall be re-
ceived from the president and superintendent
ofbis line. The demand made yesterday was
for all dispatches, but there seems to be dis
position to-day to designate such messages s, as
are desired, and request their production. Inc
impeachment committee proposes to make this
investigation very full, and the sergeant
is stillVery busy summoning WITNESSES Wdsh.
Cor. of .Bah. San.