Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-09
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CARR
son DAILY APPEAL.

ses and excursions of visitor at the
Capital, visitor whose eyes are daz-
zled by the brightness of springtime
in beautiful city, stranger who
would rather stare at the beautiful
things he sees than work at profess
sional duties, q stranger who is impa-
tent of delays and who has errands to
do with dilatory people, these are
not conditions conducive to the faithful
performance Of even such pleasant
duties as letter writing-and letter
writing, once begun, is pleasure,
only second in attractiveness to that OF
conversations with old friends, "across
the walnuts and the wine "-or, what's
better, hear.hside and heartside chats
in The pure atmosphere of home. uf
] get as long a sentence for my remiss'
ness as this which / have written, l
shall suffer fearfully prolonged term
of imprisonment:)
sat IN the Ladies' Gallery of the
Senate yesterday and listened to the
arguments Of counsel in the great I'm
parchment case. 1t is a glorious privl-
lese to hear Matt Carpenter. Marvel
ously able, second to no man who
practices at the bar of the Supreme
Court, his manner is the perfection OF
ease and grace-self possession is the
Worthwhile his fashion is winsome IN
its cleverness and absolutely rollickinS
in It's hearty good humor. But-as we
saw in the novels-I anticipate. You
have had your fill of the penman's art
of desc-iption OF famous scenes III Ma
cauley's description Of the scene at the
trial of Warren Hastings. That ex-
haus.s the subject. Still / may be al
lowed to tell how the scene opens IN an
impeachment trial by the Senate OF the
Uui,ed States. The Presiding officer,
the hour having arrived for the High
Court to open, announces the ARRIVAL
of that hour and orders Silence while
the Sergeant-a,-Arms makes Procla-
nation. That officer, in clear, we'll
modulated voice begins his PrOclama-
ton with the good old Saxon "Hear
We, Hear We, Hear We J" instead OF the
old Norman French fashion OF oyez'
Ovez, Oyer Of the courts where the
Crier is still a subordinate officer.
Having thus opened his Proclamation,
the Honorable Sergeant-at-Arms an
nounces that the Senate of the United
States are sitting as High Court OF
Impeachment, to hear and to try Will
liam W. Belknap, late Secretary OF
War, for High Crimes and INSIDE
meanors as charged against him by
the Honorable, the House OF Repre-
sentatives; and he winds up his ha-
rancue by warning all listeners to
keep silence upon peril ofsomething or
other-and then, with loud, impress
sive tones-..God save the people OF
the United States of America ~ There
is no little solemnity IN this proceed
ing which is followed by this same
Serceant-at-Arms appearing on the
floor of the Senate in all the glory OF
"brass coat and blue buttons" at the
head of the Trial managers of the
House, "Mr. President says the
Sergeant, "Mr. Sergeant" says the
President. Mr.. President says the
Sergeant, 81 have the honor to an
nounce the presence of the honorable
the Trial Managers on the part of the
House of Representatives "-having
said which, he left the Honorable Trial
Managers to file into their places be-
hind a long table near the Secretary's
desk, on the Republican side of the
Senate. The Managers being seated
Mr.. Secretary Gorham read the arti-
cles of impeachment and the proceed
inzs of the day before, with that clear,
distinct, perfectly moduIated voice for
which he is 50 well and widely known.
You have seen list OF the Mana
gers in the Press reports. l don't
know who they all are, and posi-
tively don't care. 1 know that they
are headed by the Honorable Mr.. Lord
of New York, a great, big, solemn
looking man who looks as il his Dig
ni,y bewilde red him and whose man
ner is depressing to contemplate. lie
is the fgure-head Of the Democrats.
Proctor Kuott of Kentucky, who once
get a false reputatian for being funny
man by delivering a speech which
was written for him by a bohemian,
is thrown in for ballast. He has
little, blazing-red Irish face, smooth
shaved all but . little grizzly white
mustachs. He looks as if he we're
constantly thinking of what the Gov
ernor of North Carolina said to the
Governor of South Carolina. "It's
hell of q long time between drinks"
Hoar of Massachusetts (which one OF
the family I don't know,-there are
several OF them), sits at the other end.
He is dignified-most too dign'hed-
but not solemn-old Yankee lawyer,
gray, semi-bald and foxy. On the