Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05

peach an f1lcer Oh tie government
and as a necessary consequences the
power to compel witness to answer
questions which do not tend 70 crlni
nate him In Kiibnurn's case he stated
empiaticaily that his refusal was not
based on.his constitutional privilege,
uut he seemed to think it necessary
that the committee should first prove
all the facts ill the case aud then the
witnesses. would cOndesc9nd to testify.
This Ia ;e is the more grave III Its co l.
sequences from the flct that it is
known that Jny Cooke u o., WHO ere
indebted to the government In a large
sum, were connected With this pOOt
and the books withheld by the witness
would probably show whether the gov
eminent could recover any part of this
debt It has been stated that one of
the Judges of the Dlstrict Court had at
one time about $1,000 invested but
that he subsequently withdrew the
amount.
The conduct of the present District
Attorney, ex-Gov. Wells of Virginia, i'll
connection with the release of a Ger
tain distillery in Virginia by which the
government is alleged to have lost
about $50, 900 may be investigated.
The late Assistant District Attorney
Dick Harrington, indicted again in the
Infamous safe-burglary case along
with his crooked wh:skey friend Bah
cock. it is stated, has fed the country,
or at least appears to be non est inUen-
tbs. His associate also, late Assistant
District Attorney, Chas. Fl her, son of
Judge Fisher, the late District Attor-
ney and former Judge of the District
u f,~,.
stealing certain bill bonds and other
papers to which he had access by
virtue of his office. The great farce
called the safe burglary trial has al
ways been stencil in the nostri.s of
the people and recent developments,
although adding the sweet scented
dered it any less SO.
The impeachment of Belknap is pro
crossing slowly, the motion Of his
senior counsel, Ex-senator Carpenter,
that tue case be. postponed till the
been denied. The question of juris-
last sitting, having been raised by She
Presidents "next FRIEND" Conkiing,
who seems to think that as Balknap
was fortunate enough to obtain an ac
ceptance by the Presldence of his re
signation of Secretary of War before
he was fully arrested upon articles OF
parchment, that there fore be ng "a
private citizen he Is not subject to I'M
peachment; but if this be true it viii
will certainly be very difficult to find
case, no matter now fragrant that
case may be, success fully Terminated
as ali the accused would have t.. do
would be to resign as sCO;l rs he fOuad
that his conduct was being lnvesti-
gated, aud if the celebrity with which
the President accepted Belknap's- re
signatiOn be a precedent it would be
absolutely impossible TO prepare and
articles of impeachment before the
miserable rascal would resign his office.
There is not near of much Interest
manifested here in this case as
one might suppose from the high Office
which the accused filled. At first
there was sort of morbid curiO lily tC
see man who dares not deny the facts
but is content to raise the miserable
plea that he is now a private citizen
aud not subject to trial by impeach-
ment, and this supplemented by tue
contemplate plea that The womau-
she did It," And yet this man Sis
| bolt upright without mauifesting the
| slIgh nervousness or evIuclng tine
least shame, and calmly looks around
among his late radical associates il
the Snate, and lifts his eyes sereneiy
| to the diplomatic gallery and uu.
| bluShlngly meets the gaze of fOreiga
ministers sent mere to "the best gov
eminent the world ever saw" aud who
! ave gathered to witness the trial OF
a cabinet officer belonging to 1.-The
| party of great moral ideas" and who
must admire the nerve or deteat the
utter insensibiIity to every sense OF
| shame manifested by the ex-Secretary
| There was very able discussion OF
the question of juris fiction today 10y
] the managers on the part of the House
aud The counsel ION the either side, }
Of wLom Matt Carpenter is chief
! The nobby style III which he is gotieI
! up for tl.e occasion indicates that Ii,
is not so "desperaiy shoit" inauciui.y
now as he was during the Kellogg
DpleusautnesB, when he photographed
that worthy to send HIM S., 900.
d ME! r. Go odloe, Esq, viii soon
! .ssue handbook o. the revolution,
containing the resolutions, proceed
ings, etc, OF the people in al
Colonies, together with the acts
of Parl,ament, beginning will
the stamp act III 1868, the act lay
| ing FAX on the tea, the Boston port
BIZ, the resolutions and acts OF the
conventions, &c, &c. A. his recent
articles i'll the public press on the
MechIenburg Declaration evinceG
| great familiarity with the subject il
| may be inferred that his book vii Is
q valuaL le contribution TO the centen
/ NAL literature Of The day and d perfect
God-send to the spread-eagie Fourth
of July orators.
The revival of religion which has
t>een il progress here for about twelve
weeks is still! going on. The interest
has abate / Ii good deal since Hammond
| and Bently left for Baltimore, where
they ars conducting very large meet
lngs. About two thousand were con-
verted here, which shows that Wash
ington is not altogether past p1 ayir G
for. TAR Fl EEL.