New-York tribune., 1876-07-27

ppJ VNAp,S CASE GOES ~ lhE OoOhi'
,'i-l.,,r,,xry AS TO THE vERDICT-scoTT LORDS
mr. ARGUMENT-MR. CARPENTER DisAfFolNi-
lNG' inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
..,,,,rox July 26.-The arguments in the
W % .riol are at last finished. How much time
earo+o will take to deliberate before vote on
,os,on of guilt or innocence Is taken' no one
~ 'ne nrosrmo TO conjecture. The Court adjourned
s o-dov 70 meet at 12 O'Clock tomorrow. 1t is
dorstood that the first business to be considered Is
.Ho nootion of Mr. Conkling that the deliberations
IN hereafter be in open court. lt is possible '''
80 time NAV be spent in the discussion OI lha'
Snanosit;on and there is no limit to such aiS-
9l;a,, II NAV be possible that on this motion
o1o,e all the speeches which Senators ""n'
., dliver on the main question OF upon Jnris'nc'loh
-, no delivered Ii is also possible rs previously
a.otod in THE TRIBUNE, that long discussion may
emo as tn the right of a Senator 10 reiha" !" n''
900, ond refuse to vote. 1t was several years ago
doc;ded that a Senator, If present, was oons0u ~
vote ON one side or the other. Neutrality-suspicious. '',''
5o;;on senator CaSserly sat III his SeaV "h'lc '"0
some oucston was up and refused 10 No'e' an" Nv
ottcnpt was made to cOerce him. IDere Is lo "o'''
that many of the % Senators VINO No'eu 's.'"''
jurisdiction will refuse to vote on the gum oi luz"
cence of Mr.. Belknap, and that others WI" 'or, 'r
against conviction Whether the eX-Secre'uS VI"
he convicted or not, twO-thIrds vote oeihs ho''N
sarv. is question difficult to answer Tor tue No,,'
are very closely divided between third IOI "'q"''
tai and two-thirds for conviction,
The discussion to-day confined to ME- Oarpen-
,or ard Mr. Lord. The former finished in little
over two bours, and the latter took something less
t,,on tba+ time The addresses to-day were for the
most mart dry legal arguments. 1t was expected
thot Mr. Carpenter would make a brilliant perora-
,on. full of strong hits and thrilling eloGuence put
his ending. though earnest, was tame. lie dld not
even present the autograph letters from George
Washington to show that he was deadhead IN deai-
ing with the Government 1t was evident that Mr.
Carpenter was not wel for he spoke with less Zedi
and dash than usual.
He was followed of course, by Scott LOro' Who
closed the case on behalf of the Managers Ills
speech was a surprise i'll many ways. In the hrSt
place it was not half as long was expected ana III
the second place it was far aber, as legal aI2u-
ment than anything Mr.. Lord has delivered III CON
. eress Besides, his manner was more earnest tnai
usual There was more spirit i'll his speech; ana IN
addition. his voice was better than ever before
which is paving it only q sorry compliment HIS
argument is spoken of on all sides IN terms
of high commendation, and especially as Deihg
in good taste and dignltied Both M Carpenter
and Nh Belkuap left the Chamber after Mr. Carpeh-
ter had finished, and no doubt they expected a
severer excoration than they received for the IN
manly part they acted in keeping all testimony re-
rardiug the two Mrs. Belknaps out of the case aud
then at the close attempting to shield the guilty Sec
retary behind the bodies of one dead wife and one
living one. Mr.. Lord closed his purely legal argu-
ment without any atemptat pyrotechnics OF oraiory,
and when he had finished the court adjourned until
tomorrow.