Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-27
FROM xIFEELING.
WHEELING, Jan. -, 1876.


E;ltor .iIr"rt'>el
Two reasons prevented me from
writing YOU last week. one was that
| had not time-the other that there
WAS nothing done of suh,c mt i'm
portancc To be worth recording. -
The Senate has been indu>trinusly
working the impeachment c.,>e against
Treasurer Burlctt, anil vcSter lay the
testimony was concluded. Ii waS
concluded by the managers ihe even
inc before. and Yesterday WIS con-
,umcl hv Gsl. %. DVcnp,rt E,q.,
in opening the case tor the dctIcr
and the examination oi their only
witness. Nl. Hodge Slack, OF Chir-
lesion. Poriap-a brief history OF
the prl-r->, 90 thc case and 10, iuci-
dents up O. thi, time might interest
thc reaIicrs 90 th- ADVERTISER
Blakcmorc opened t,r c.,,e lur the
prosecution aud mode rather 4 neat
speech %. hc AWAY, duc,. Per
hap. % lr hlI hrll better subject
DOB, effort might have assumed more
clll.,-al proportion, However IL ii :
very w,il. There l. a desperate Ell
fort male o. introduce into the ci>e
"a liit.e m1rc hrain, and more bitter
mes, hy employing Campbell of Han
c,cS o. aii The Managers in place OF
llutr1iusl 10. who WI, sick The at
tempt was made iu every shape that
the cuun.n. of the Managers could
invent %, the ,ubtlety OF Campbell
suggest. Ia violation Of all law and
without 4 precedent, the proposition
was So thin that the trSt breath of
reason that struck i, ii,abated the MT
pEitic yap1raud cleared the atmos-
pherc OF the court, - 10 speak,
Then the cvidcucc-lcgal evidence,
not the hrars,v and rumorS that WAS
published hy the Committee of the
House, was introduced and thorough
" taken and >ifted. Every fact that
could have any bcir;aG Oh the ease
and was susceptible of proof was
brought ont. The defence WIS salts
fled with il, and, as said before, on
" Introduced one witness in rebuttal.
This morning the argument COM
menced for the proecution and now
the musical voice of Chap Stuart,
which resembles that of Il seven year
locust, i heard in tie air | pre-,
sumo the argument will consume
four or five ,huvs ut hast. ON the IaIt
OF eouaSel on both sides, and then
there are ut least n dozen speeches
confined within Senator's that must
come forth or those who curry them.
will be ">ieSlv,l DER with the pale
cast of t.ouChs' during all this
winter of dhc-,ntent.' 81 YOU see
it will probably h. several DAYS be-
fore the fate Of poor Burlctt viii be
known and announced. The result now
on the politics OF ;hc State will have
little effect, in whatever xiv is is de-
ciicd. All the damage the matter
could io % any political party has
been done sometime az. The pO.it-
icll aspirlut> who expect % make
capitol uut OF this business have sll
stuffed themselves into torpid state
and VA uow lie dormant until the
>umnscr months when they will >pew
tnrt, thyir dirty mess.
Whatever may he the result, tlA
STAT. will he the loser hy it. She
has Dot lost Il dollar by the officers
iapeached, hut their disgrace or vim
dication will he expensive. Some of
those WIN proclaim their virtuou>
economy from thc house tops, are
now seeking To- tfNI some example to
vent their virtuouS indi nation upon.
Ii they ind any one, ii will probably
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