Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-04
LATEST I'ELEGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
| Senate.
| WASHINGTON. April 3, 1867.-The gal
leries were terribly filled, and, for the first
time, there was fair sprinkling of negroes
among the spectators.
Mr.. I.,ake moved that the Senate take
up the proposition he offered yesterday TO
amend the Senate rules and ask vote
upon it. The motion was agreed to,
striking out that part relating to the yeas
and nays being taken, by request of the pre-
siding officer. Adopted.
Charles A. Tinker, who identified the
Geographic correspondence between the
President and Gov. Parsons, was Yesterday
recalled.
Mr.. Butler-Before interrogating Mr..
Tinker, l will read a single paper; the
paper is a message from the President of
the United States, communicating to the
Senate the report of the Secretary of State
| showing the proceedings under the concur
rent resolutions of the two Houses of Con-
| gress Of the 18th of June, in submitting to
| the Legislatures of the several States an
| additional article to the Constitution of the
United States.
Mr.. Thayer-What article?
Mr.. Butler-The 14th article; it is dated
June 26, 1866. Its the same one TO which
the.dispatch relates, an executive document
| of the first session of the Congress. In
order TO show to what the dispatch referred,
the message was handed TO the Presidents
counsel for inspection, after which it was
| read by the Secretary and the examination
Of witnesses proceeded with. He identi-
fed the original copy of the speech of
President johnson on the 18th of August
1866, which was telegraphed from Wash
ington to the associated press.
James b. Sheridan, stenographer, testi-
fed that he reported the speech of the
President, made in the east room of the
White House, August is, 1866, which he
took down to the best of his ability in
short hand, and wrote it out, giving copy
to Colonel Moore, the Presidents Private
Secretary. He did not recognize the copy
shown him by Mr.. Butler as his own, but
swore to having written out from notes,
afterwards, extracts from the speech, which
we're then shown in manuscript.
In the cross examination by Mr.. Evarts:
the stenographic report, in his notes, was
wholly written by himself; the speech
occupied about twenty-five minutes in
delivery; it was reported from sound, but
also the portion written out recently was
solely from the signs; could not write notes
correctly after long lapse of time
Jas. o. Clepane, Deputy Clerk of the
Supreme Court ofthe District of Columbia,
testified September 10th, 1866, was en-
ployed in the State Department; had been
a stenographer for about eight years; was
then engaged to report the Presidents
speech he transcribed from his notes a
portion of the speech for the use of the AS
ISOLATED Press; he did not recognize the
manuscript shown him as his own hand
writing; he might have dictated at his
request, Mr.. Mcfarland wrote out literal
report of the speech, which the Chronicle |
published next morning, that paper being |
willing to take copy furnished by Col. |
Moore; the report of the Chronicle was as |
accurate, with the exception perhaps of a |
few words
Cross examined by Mr.. Evarts Took |
Photographic notes of the entire speech |
wrote them all out, but do not know where |
the manuscript now is; when he read the /
published speech he did not have his notes
before him; never has compared them, or |
has written out a manuscript of them with /
the printed speech the copy of the Chroni-
Gle before him contains the speech re-
ferred to.
Mr.. Butler asked if it was correct re.
port?
Mr.. Evarts objected. 1t was impossible
for witness to tell from memory.
Mr.. Butler claimed that having rewritten
1t twice, witness could very we'll remember
it, and his testimony was competent.
Mr. Evarts argued, in reply, maintaining
that the original notes must be produced, |
and also said the President had not been
allowed the usual opportunity of correcting
his speech, which all Congressman use.
Mr.. Tinker, being recalled, produced
a copy of the Presidents speech,
marked as having been sent over
the wires, by the Associated Press.
Mr.. Sheridan recognized portion of it
as his own handwriting. There are cor
rections in this copy, he did not see them
made, but believed they were made at the
White House.
Cross-examined-Has corrected the pa
pers which are in his own hands; writing
1nly those pages which were written from
MS own notes, this was done at times by
himself, but he has never since compared
hem. Redirect the copy before him was
a correct transcript of his
notes.
Francis Smith, official reporter of the
House reports, testified that he has been a |
for fourteen years, was one
If those employed by the agent of the assO- [
dated press to report the speech referred to,
md produced his notes. he had wrote out
portion of the speech and delivered the
heets one by one to Col. Moore.
Question-Who corrected them?
Answer-Col. Moore had stated that he
Wished to revise them, not to make any sub I
tantlal change, but to revise phraseology. a
Witness selected from the copy sent by |
elegraph the portions written out by him
elf f
Cross-examined by Mr.. Evarts-The v
manuscript was correctly made substan- t
tally, but he had to correct the ingram v
natical expressions. r
Mr.. Clephane recalled-Recognized the ?
manuscript of his report
Cross-examined-In his variations from p
triet accuracy he made the meaning clear;
grammatical errors. a
Col. w. q. Moore, the Presidents Pri- n
az n.y. te'uneu tHdI ne was APP | Il
ointed Paymaster, with the rank of Major,
4 November, 1866. In 1865 was made n
'riyate Secretary of the President before
nat time he had been Assistant Adiutant Il
General. He heard his speech of August al
9Th; made some corrections in the reports
stenographers, doing so with the assist II
nee of a memoranda; did not change
he substance in any case, but altered the
nguage. On examining the manuscript
2 finds 40 mace in which HE vvr;t;nc,