South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-04-24
Tie Impeachment Trial.

s"S Iestuent was resumed. Mr.. SUMNER
moved that all evidence not trivial b. ad
mitted. The resolution was tabled-33 TO
III. WAITER s. Cox, the Presidents couu-
sci IN the Thomas case, was called Mr..
CURTIS asked when, by whom, and under
what circumstance, the Witness had been
employed. Butler objected. Judge CHASE
ruled the motion admissible Mr.. Cox
said be went TO the Presidents house a, ,
o'clock In the afternoon OF February 22d,
and found the President aud Thomas to-
! gether. The President stid-Butler here
interrupted the witness. Senator EDMUNps
asked counsel what they desired to prove
T, Mr.. EvARTs said they expected to show
that the President employed witness to take
such steps in the case of General Thomas
as would bring Stanton before judicial
I tribunal. BUTLER objected, and n long
controversy ensucd. Judge CHASE decid-
cd the evidence admissible under the SEN
ate's previous ruling. Senator DRAKE APP
pealcd from this decision Judge CHASE
was sus'ained-29 to IL. The witness
1 then proceeded. The President directed
him to institute proceedings to have the
cunstitutionality of the tenure of. Office act
! tested, and directed him to consult the At
] torney- encral, who was too busy To give
/ the matter his personal attention in the
courts Under these instructions witness
applied for hdJeos corpus, but his inten-
! tons were defeated by the discharge of Tho
mas. He then instituted proceedings in
! quo rdrr0nto.
II. j MERRIcK, Thomas counsel, tcs-
! tilted that he received similar instructions
! from the President and Attorney General
Stanbery. Witness gave detailed account
of the proceedings in the case of Thomas,
showing how he and Cox were defeated in
their effort to bring Stanton before the SUI
preme Court by the case being thrown out
OF the lower court.
Butler interrupted Mcrrick to say that
| he wished to clear his skirts. All this
matter was going on against the objections
IF the Manager under the ruling of the
Chief Justice
Judge CHASE (rising from his seat -
at goes on by the decision of the Senate
of the United States
Il o. PERRIN testified that he, IN M
pany with Representative Elliot, called on
the President on the afternoon OF February
| 2lst. Witness commenced n narrative of
what occurred, but Butler objected, and
the testimony was Mt once ruled out by
large majority, among which was Revcrdy
johnson.
! The defence announced that they were
through with the work prepared for to day,
and the Court adjourned.
On Friday, the 18th, the Court was open
ed at tie usual hour. Mr.. CoNNEss mov.
ed to commence the daily sessions at elev-
en- o'clock which was agreed to by vote Of
20 to IA Senator FERRY 81 id he noticed
/ in the Globe this morning certain tabular
statements which appeared interpolated in
Manager Buffers speech yesterday, and
which were not read i'll the hearing of the
Senate, and ordering them to be expunged
The order was adopted.
The first witness called to-day was ".
| w. Armstrong, of the Cleveland Plaindeal-
er, who testified in reference to the Cleve-
land speech of the President His evil
dence was not, however, material. Barton
| Able, George Knapp and lcnry r Xeider,
Of s.. l. us, next testified as to the speech
es of the President at that city in October
/ 1866, the purport of their testimony being
/ that the President did not wish to speak,
and did so with great reluctance The lat
ter, the reporter Of the ST. Louis Republi-
can, made the report of the Presidents
! speech This witness is little deaf, and
/ Mr. Butler attempted in lis usual style to
"make game" Of him, but he caught a tar
tar, and 6nal.y the Chief Justice came to
his relief and instructed the witness to con.
fine himself to the answering of the qucs-
tions which were put to him.
Assistant Secretary Seward was nrxt
sworn, and testified as TO the mode If max
ing consular appointments by the Depart
ment of State.
Secretary WELLEs was then placed ON
tho stand. His testimony was important,
show NJ that the President communicated
the fact Of his order for the removal Of MIR
Stanton to the Cabinet on Friday, the 2lst
of February, believing, at the time. that
Mr.. Stanton had complied with his prom
Use 10 General Thomas to surrender the Of
flee, and anticipating no difficulty about it
also that he (Wellcs) bad communicated
certain movements Of the troops Of this
Department to the President, and that it
was by reason Of this information that the
President sent for General Emory.
MIR. BUTLER Of course objected 20 all
this testimony, but the Chief Justice de-
cided it admissible, and the Senate sustain.
ed his decision.
Mr.. WELLEs then stated that Mr.. Sew
ard and Mr.. Stanton, conformity, wrote the
veto Of the tenure-of.ofhce sill, and was pro-
coeding 10 detail what took place in the
cabinet on this subject, when Mr. Butler
again objected The argument rs 10 the
admissibilify Of this evidence was contin-
ued up to the hour Of adjournment -