Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-24

ESPECIAL TO THE JoUREAL.I
- RALEIGH. N. O., March a..
The High Court of Impeachment closed its
Iabors to-day. W. W. Holden, Governor OF the
s..t.. has been found guilty of high crimes and
nfsdemeanors, and judgment has been pro-
nounced against him. His guilt was so paipaOie
from the evidence submitted that in three OF the
Articles he has been convicted with the AID OF
Radical Senators. Five voted for conV1cton on
the Fifth Article. 1.-THE vote shows but ~ sena-
tors present. SO Conservatives and IL Hadicais-
one Radical being absent-Mr. Flythe' OF
Northampton. There were eight Articles, upon SIX
OF which he has been found guilty. The Absence
of one Senator made SO necessary for conVichor'
ED. JoURNAI.l The vote in detail is as follows:
Article 1. THAT Holden did proclaim the
comfy of Alamance in a state Of insurrection;
tina: he sent bands of desperate, lawless and
armed men into said county, and that he arrest
ed eighty citizens when there was no insured
toni, Yeas 30, nays 49, All the Radicals, and
Messrs. Cook. of Wilkes, Cowles, OF Yadkln,
Flemming, of Mcdowell, Gilmer, OF dullforo'
speed. of Ohowan, and Norment, Of Robeson'
Conservatives, voted nay-Eot guilty.
Article 2. THE same allegations as in Article
/, but in reference to Oaswen county,. Yeas ~
NAYS II. All the Radicals, and Messrs Cook,
Oowles. Fiemming and Norrnent, Conservatives,
voting nay-Not guilty.
Article 8. THAT Holden did incite John Hun
nicutt and others to seize, detAin and deprive OF
liberty, Josiah Turner. Jr.l Yeas 80. nays r. |
All the Conservatives and Senator Moore. Ct
Craven. Radical voting yea-Guilty.
Article a. THAT Holden did procure Kirk, |
Bergen and other desperate persons to assault, |
seize and imprison John Kerr, Samuel Z. Hill ana |
Others Yeas SO, nays is. All the Radicals.
and Messrs Cook, CowIes and Flemming, Con
servative, voting nay Guilty.
Article s. THAT Holden recruited armed men
under Kirk, and arrested A. G. Moore, OF Ala
nance, and that he refused him, upon spplica'
ton, the benefit of the writ OF hd6eds corpus,
issued by the Chief Justice.l Yeas 40. nays 9. All
the Conservatives, and Messrs. Hawkins, of
Franklin, Lehman, of Craven, McOotter. of
Pitt, and Moore, of Craven. Radicals, voting
yea-Guilty.
Article 6. lis substantially the same as the
fifth, except that it recites the names Of nine
teen citizens OF Oasweil who obtained writs Of
habeas corpus which Kirk refused to make re-
turn to- but held the prisoners Ey Hoidens ordsr.1
Yeas Al, nays 8. All the Conservatives. and
Messrs. Barnett. of Person, Hawkins, Lehman,
MeOotter and Moore, Radicals, voting yea
Guilty.
Article z, THAT Holden incarcerated Josiah
Turner, and that Kirk and Bergen hung by the !
neck Patton and Murray, and did appropriate I'M |
lawfully large sums Of money to maintain his '
armed Torce.J Yeas SO. NAYS H. nariv VITA I
Guilty.
Article 8, THAT Holden did unlawfully appro-
pirate large sums OF money, and that he did
cause the Treasurer to disregard the injunction .
granted by Judge Mitchell to Richard n. AL
lison, restraining him from using the State funds
to maintain his armed foree.1 Yeas 36, nays ID.
A party vote-Guilty. IL
An order was then passed, in accordance with S
the provision of the Constitution, removing /
Governor Holden from Office and disqualifying (
him from holding any Office of honor or profit in t
North Carolina. On this order the vote was, a
geas 36; nay IS, being party vote. G