Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1876, Page 1

VYOLUME 30. TABLE LINENS, LINENS GREATER " BARGAINS! ‘' Wo opon this dsy, May 20, ALL LINEN 8-4 BLEACHED DAMASK at 46 cents. Extra quality do, 65c. Flogant quality DOUBLE DAM- ASK, 871-2 cents and $1.00. . BARNSLEY’S DAMASK, #1 and $1.26; usual prico $1.50 and $1.75. NAPKINS and TOWELS at atill greater raductions, ‘Wo continue to soll those large JMARSEILLES QUILTS at §3, ox- collent valuo at $4.50. “We invite partioular inspeotion to our new snd elegant designs in LACE CURTAINS, ‘NORWELL& SIMPSON, 105 State-st., Botween Madison and Washington, FINANCIAL. FIDELITY ‘SAVINGS BANK SAFE DEPOSITORY, KOS. 148, 146 & 147 RANDOLFIL-ST. THE VAULTS of this institution aro the + mooopted models ot Hafo Dapositories throughout the United Buates. h&y aro built of solid muonr{, and arolined with ",f:l &lntuu ‘l’:gfim}lino os thick, Thoy con= stitute an ol L RGN ABLE FORTRESS nrlh;nt the nasaults of any and all Burglars l{ving. Their utter doflancoeof firo is proved by_tho fact that they withatood tho ‘GREAT CONFLAGRATION OF 1871, They afford a place of suprema securi the storage of Money, Coin, Jowelry, Silvor~ 2{1%%&. Bonds, Wills, and Valuablos of N Rocent’ additions and improvaments have mado tho FIDELITY the moat complote and oxtonsivo,as it has alwaysbeon tho mos saoure, Bafc inthe world. Bingle o Dopos Boxes and Drawoers fo¥Bont from $5t0 §76 8 Or AnNUM on ‘unds, Bavin ‘Thin interest is addod to JOIN C, HAINES, Presidont; JARED GAGE, Vice-President; C! . GEORGE M. GAGE, Axsiatant Cashicr. 7 PER CENT. Y.oans of $25,000 on bminesa property at SEVER, ©On hand to fosn at 0, $800, nvuos. S!,:mo. s ? SCUDDER' & HASON, 107-100 Dearborn-at. Loans on Real Estate In Chicogo snd Improved euburs megotiatod . promptly at carrent rates by : BAIRD & BRADLEY, 90 LaSalle-at. FIATS. .- The largest, inest, and beststock is BREWSTER’S, . W. cor, Olark & Madison-sts, ‘TO RENT. TO RENT I TETE TRIBUNE BUILDING. INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, “Room 10, Tribune Building. e —————teweewmmm——eT GENERAL NOTICES. ... NOTICH. (ITY TAX DISCOUNTS, far § TARLES J. ITAINES, Cashier; HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. OLOTIIING, Indisputable FACTS. We have the largest, best lighted, and most elegant S8alesroom used for Retail Clothing pur- poses in United States. We carry the largest stock and can show a greater variety of - MENS’ & BOYS fine Clothing Than any Retail House ‘West of New York. Feld, Leiter & Co. STATE & WASHINGTON-TS, TInwite attention to the follow- ing marked reductions in Ladies Hosiery. FINE ELABORATELY ENBROID- ERED BALFRICGANS TIrom $2.50 to $2, and from, $2 to $1.75. i FANCY ENBROIGRED AND VINE PATTERNS On Nawy, Brown, Ecru, ond NMode Grounds, reduced from $2 and $1.75 to $1.50. f Special attention is called to the following new line: GOSSAMER SILE FINISHED, LISLE HOSE, An entirely mew article in Plain Solid Blues, Pinks, Browns, Slates, and Tun Shades, all at $1.50. LADIES RIBBED LISLE FRENCH - SHAPES In Ecru and Tan Shades, env- broidered, at $160. A new line of BALBRIGGAN OPERA HOSE In Ecruw, Pink, Blue, Cardinal, T'lesh, and Lavenderyallat $1. Large additions have made to our lines of Plain and Balbriggan Hose,inwhite and ‘unbleached,andprices marked exceedingly low. * and Boys’ Clothing than any concern in the Nortbhwest. . WE KEEP THE Best Made and : Most Stylish Clothing IN THE CITY. We sell at One Price and at a closer Margin than any CONCERN IN CHICAGO. ‘We mark every gar- ment _in. plain figures, and allow no misrepre- sentation. - WILEE, BLUETT & G0, : Leading Clothiers, State and Madison-sts. MATTING, CARPETS, Etc. EREAT BARGALTS MATTING. In order to reduce stock we shall offer our entiro stock of Matting for the noxt ten days at less than the cost of importation, and our ontirg stook of Oil Cloths at a roduction of 20 per cent from former prices. CARPETINGS. Bargains in Body Brussals, Phila. delphia Ingrans, Church Carpots, and in Emblem Carpots for Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Lodgos. PAPER HANGINGS. Job Lots of Papor Hangings at half the original cost. BEDDING. Best Spring Bods, Hair Mattress- o8, Counterpanes, and Blankets, at rices loss than ever before offored Chiocago. B. A Lancaster & Co., Buccessors to ALLEN, MACKEY & CO., 233 STATE-ST., Qornor Jackson-st. FOIL SALE. : . 1800, For The Centennin! Your. 1870, iter Ccnnluh.wlw. published 4, 1800. Copiains Rl eccount and e ment of Qoorge Washlugton, A e o o bicaiors and oiers. Bl Som: DR CAN T, I0cents. Bunlh{ ‘mall to any address. Fubitster, i63 Waslinkton-at.. Chicago. Hoame 13aud 13 Canned Tomatoes. . Distinct and goparate lines of UNDERWEAR, aomprising all the desirable kinds for tho season. All, from thplargest to the smallest men, oan be fitted. HOSIERY In a groator varicty of rich and ele-- gont goods than was ever shown in tho West. Purchasing fine goodsin bulk, direct of the manufacturers, in quantities equal to that of any threo competitors, the bargains we offer cannot be equaled. WILSONBROS., 67 & 69 Washington-st,, CHICAGO- TIKE'S OPERA JIOUSE, CINCINNATL. 408 NORTH FOURTH-ST., 8T. LOUIB. DRY GOODS. PRI o IR REMEMBER THE . ASSIGNEES SALE DRY GOODS SHAY, FRENCH & C0.'S, 84and 80 State-st. Greatest Bargais in the Cify, J. IRVING PEARCE, Assignee, PYANOS, e Beg to Call ks Atiention of Purchasers 10 our present extonvive assortment of Planos, which In ition Lo aur STEINWAY ety of fnat: . tories of those 0ld and oy oTably Kbowa meker, 0 1% RNEST (s L] AWENDEL, :'{ Nl et TAR SAPEST INVESTMENT FOR YOUR i o ity e ol B T oy | x| 200 €208 0GR Bz 7 Por B e oy e et b A D D ey 20, | it togfer Fighosdiriog ths prowant season st fgures so B, A, WAIDNER & CO., : Pni" bamw % raons wing Cly Tteal Fota '“'"‘““’.‘.”.:‘;‘.‘;‘fl’,,:{‘tfl‘.h?’:‘::‘%g%&':.‘h“““'“" 45 and 47 ltlver-st., Chicago. ** Taxel for th 5 the, amount of auch taxes, | & o ihe purchtser. — — — Illowlnx'lw.:(,fl per centdlacount, and will issuc Genersl N, W, Ageals lo}-; Sielawars: Flahos, SPORTSMEN'S GOODS, Youchers thezefor which may be used at once, ol r Beld until the awneris prepased to pay his ofher Tes, By order of the Mayor and Pinance Committes, Apply to HAYES, Comptroll W B B A e Sty Frall, To Whom It May Concorn. 1L has come to my notlco that a cortaln Individual Alling bimsult M, Bchwara haa been buylog gooda artica “stating that the sanio were for me. 1 would berowlth Inform the public that no nd that [ bave nothing CONRAD SEIPP. M dideront 4uch man {s {p my employ, ai 10 do with his (n!mc lons UBUSINESS 0ALDS, DIC. " Clatma ot evory doscription, In an avillcod couter, will ba prosscuted mit Without charges intoss W ll‘mulued attorne; HASIER'S COLLECTION AQENGY, Cornoe State ond Moaroo-ais. Chicsgo. DESKS, dlapateh, § art of the collect, Our agonts arg 0, 11 4 S, 100 Dk, e Madln, L8 and Monroe-sis, IWIRE SOREENS, WINDOW ScreenS Heat Walnut Screen In the market. Price, 15to 20 cents por foot, Baah, Hiinds, Bud Scresns can be opencd and closed withoat removi the same. Call or sund ovial ard, - CHICAGO BCREEN NANUFACTUR: NG GO, 35 Oblo-sl. GUNS, FISTING TCKLE, ETC: P At E. B. BATON'S, 53 State-st. ESTADLISHED 1853, I : gives a jet black and moro cnt Blosa te la clildren'sshoeathan sy ‘othor drossin Ask for JETTIN auaded inferlorarticle. Bold by Druggists, Shoo Stores, &¢ FIRM OHANGES. DISSOLUTION. The copartnership herctofore axlaun’ between tho undersigned under tho firm name of Browstor & Reed ls this day dissolved by mutual conscnt. Edward L. Brewster will contnue tho businesa a8 auccessar ab the same location, 10t Washing. 1676, 3 § LAKE NAVIGATION. GOODRICI'S STEAMERS. gurlt l'.uke‘:d lm'.;:l.ly“n(lfl‘!llflflln excepted) 8 8. m, P ‘We retail more Men’s’ WASHINGTON. Marshal Campbell's Testimony Before the Civil-Seryice Committee, . Ho Knew Nothing of the Swoet- Blakely Financial Ar- rangement. And Has Reimbursed the Latter for Her Losses on, That Account, Report of the Committee on the ¥Freedman’s Bank . . Swindle. How the District Thieves Swarmed Around That s Institution. And Managed in the End to Bring 1t to Utter Ruin. A Government Scheme to Get Even with the Pacitic Raflroads. The Naval Scandals Brought Out in the Kittery Investigation. MISS SWEET. MARSHAL CAMPBELL'S TESTIMONY DRFORB THR CITYL SERVIOE COMMITTER. Spectal Dispatch to e Tridune. Wisgnioror, D. C,, May 10.~Benfamin I Camplell, United Btates Marshal at Chiengo, testitied this morning before the Civil Service Committec in the Miss Swect matter. The fol- Iowing Is an abstrnets Icamoto Chicago In 1860.. George Campbell was then clerk for Gen. Sweet, I know nothing of the circumstances of his oppointment. 1did not know Gen. 8wect. As to tho.Blakely matter, Campbell testified: After tho fire Blakely came to Campbell and sald hio had met with gres®”losscs, Campbell sympathized with him. Blakely wanted £5,000, Campboll said he bnd no moncy.” DBlakely sald i he would guarantee a note ho would give col~ Iateral. Campbell gusranteed the note but RECEIVED NO COLLATENAL. The note was the usual sixty or ninety dny paper, Becomiug due, it was not pald. The fn- terest was pald, and, becoming due again, the eamo occurred. Becoming due o third thne, poyment was made by & reduction of the face of tho note to $4,250. At the thme the last pay- ment was made Blakely was running the Zost. Campbell suggested that he should pay In in- stollments. Blakely thought it would be o good thing. Campbell saw from tho newspapers that Blakely fntended golng to Miuncsotn, Campbell sought Blakely. Blakely sald hie had st.ifered as much about the mote as Camphell coud have done; that he con- :;dercd it a debt of honor which should be pald; hat 1% WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS heforo lcnvln{: Chicago, 8ubscquently he told Cnmgbcll he had made arrangewnents. Camp- bull desired to sea the party. Blakely sent for Mizs 8weet. 8he came. Campbell ‘told her what Blakely said, She said it was true. 8ho usked Campbell if ho wonted her obligation. Campbell declined, considering her word good. Campbell nover used any fnflucuce in the mat- ter; never knew anything of the agreement be- tween Blakely and Mlss Sweet; consldered tho transaction fair, lufimmntc, and honorable between himsell and Miss Sweet. Each time xm?'m:.-nu were dne Campbell went to the oflice, Collected thiem, went to thc National Bank of Illinots, paid the moncy, and the cashier indors- ed the several payments on the note, Theso aggregated 8'.!,10‘.’:, and were all paid {n 1874, NEITILER M138 SWEET NOR BLAKELY ever told Campbell about thelr bargain, and when Miss Sweet declined further payments Camphell wrote to Blakely, Blakely Teplicd that Miss Sweet was ~right. Camphell shawed this lettee to Miss Bweet. Cam bell says fnjustice had been done him by repor! that he tried to turn Mias 8weet out, “This was falsc. Mlss Bwect told him, at one time, that o United Statcs Senator was tryingto remove lu:l"l and Campbell told her he did not balleve it, an advised her to soe him (Logan). This ended the direct examination, CROSS-HXAMINATION, Blakely was runniny the 2ot when the 85,000 was logned, Campbel), of his knowledge, did not know Blakely had any property thens was iformed ho owned Lho Fosty belleved it was 8o from ' tho fact t Blakely offered him Post, us collatersl—n promise which he never kept. CmRJmll produced a en“y of the note now in the Natlonal Bank of Illfnois, It bears date Feb, 8, 1876, s in the form of a judg- ment note, signed by David Blakely, sod fo- dorsed with the sevora) paymepts maido by Miss Bweet, at the thines stated’in her testlmony, ug- greguting $2,105. Campbell NEVER OOT A DOLLAX OF TNIB MONBY PAID BY MIS$ SWRAT g It went dircctly to the bank, snd was credited on the Blakely note. Crinpbelldid notimow that Blakelywasingolvent when heloaned Blakely the money. On the contrary, Campbell know that he was Pension Ageut, and Blukely presented statements showing that the Fost wos making money, Campbell did not nt the thne suspect the legality of the transaction, nor at sny time durlpg the year that Mlss Swect mado Fn - ments. Campbell never understood anyt! llelfig about the agreement. Campbell never inquir Tho first reliable fuformation Campbell had was {n a letter from a member of the Commit- tee, understood to bo Gen. Hurlbut, Campbell waa NOT ESPECIALLY INTERESTED WITH BLAKELY, and, when he loaned him the money, hio ha cvery reason to believe that he was s truthful man. 1o had not the elightest doubt but that ho owned the Post. ‘The ariginal note and the ronowed notes were nlir‘x:ed by Wiltiam H. Bradley s well as by Campbell BUADLEY HAD TIE 8AMS KNOWLEDOB of tha transaction that Campbell had, and no more. Cumpbell certified to Bradley as ** a man who atands s high ws any man {n Chicago.' Campbell denfed that portion of Miss Sweot's testhinony In which she said that Campbell came often to her offico to consult with her about her tostimony beforo tho Committee, but the Committee deelined_to permit him to go Into this. The President las not yet recelved tho copy of Miss Bweet's testimony, which It was agréod should bo signed by ber- self. The President states that he will READ NO OTHIR ACCOUNT OP RER TESTIMONT except that slgned by hor. Thero does not now sesm ta ba any ability of - the removal or reafgnation of Campbell.” Campbell will not testify before the Caultield Committcs, and ex- pects. to leave for Chicaga to-nlght. 1le hus Tend the evidence taken by Caulfield’s Comult- tee, and has nething to say about it. ,Ile has never received ony money in tho Manihal's oftico beyond that allowed by Yaw. A NNIUGE SWINDLE, AND ITS NAMB 13 TP VIZEDMEN'S SANK. WasniNaToN, D. C., May 10.—The House Committeo invesigatiyg tho affairs of the ¥recdmen's Bank imade their report to-day, in which they say that the institution degenerated into & monstrous ywindle, and was, almost from the start, mercly g scheme of selfishness under the guise of philagthropy, and to its vonfiding victims an fucorporate body of false pretensea. In addition to spequlating rings, the District of Columnbia Government ‘came in to hasten and profit by the work'of spollation. Ita me was vholl! Pan’llll to the of sustaining | mn,gnlfleml of ho Boaxd” o _Xublly 3oz expenditures i ! ! CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1876—TWELVE PAGES. he Chicage Daily Tribune, over by M. D. Cooke and controlled by A. R, 8hepherd. Bome exchequer mnnust be found to advance the depreclated bonds and worthless Auditor's certificates of the District, or the contracts must fail, and the speculations of the {mfll, and of Shcpherd and his fricads, In “’,“"‘;{A hesway and unimproved town lots, come o griet. THE ACTUAL PROOP of improper conduct on the part of the officers and ngents of the Bank fs shown in the testi. m‘m{’ of the Washington Cabal, conslstiug of .the President of the Bank, D. L. Eaton; the Actuary, H. D. Cooke, Chafrman of the Fi- nance Commlttee; Willlam 8. Huntlugton, the henchman of Cooke, and of the rame Commit- teo; 0.0, Howard, Honorary Trastee (an office and position unknown to the charter); Lewla Cle- phane,of the Finance Committee, and a few mare enough o cnnwumtenTmrun|,v—n\m-,-nnd 2 najority of that, five, held bigh carnivals over the frendmen’s hard-carned and sweat-gtalned carnings, which in an evil hour they had been cajoled futo trusting them with for safe-keep- ing and profitable {nvestment. The frecdmen were swindled out of thelr moncy for the Lene- fit of strangess, while the canting h?‘plmrllcn, who had decelved them wmder epecious pro- tersions of regard for their race, and who have undoubtedly, directly or indirectly, shared in ll;z plunder, go unwhipped of justice. Proof o ACTUAL PRAUD AND DISHOXESTY {3 not wanting in the followlng instances. J. W. Vandenberg waa & pet of the District Gov- ernment, as 8 sort of profege and favoritt con- tractor for the grand public finprovements, {ulnnncd and put fn execution by the Board of Public Worka. The report says that the securitica on which Vandenburg borrowed mune{ from the bank were not worth four cents a bushel as salable socurities or s evidence of debt. ‘The Actuary of the bank himself, then D. L. Eaton, was chudcd to accept a8 gratituity from Vanden- urg, o half fnterest in a $100,000 contract for sewer-pipes. Eaton put in no moncey ol hisown, Incurred no risks or msmmlblmf‘, and -had no trouble about it except to sign the recelpts for his *share of the profits; but he used the in- fluence of his position to pass Vandenburg's paper at the bank counter, and the moncy thus obtained was usc carry out the contract fn_ which he woa interested as n beneficlary, ‘This may not be a ateal, but ‘Vaudenburg still 6wes to the bank, according to the exhibit made by the books of that concern, 3144,104, which, bowever, he disputes, on the ground that some $40 or 30,000 0f his securities have been disposed of and no credit given them, the rest belng Lardly worth a con- tent about. The freedmen depositors have the consolation that they have been ficeced by the Irregularity, to use a polite and exculpatory phrasc emplove by the present Commissioners when compelled 10 allude to the rascalitics of thelr predecersors in the management and control of the affairs of the hank, but_the Commisaion auy the Van- denburg-Eaton irregulatity 1s smalf in sctual erimninality compared with TILE SENECA SANDATONE SWINDLE, ‘This bubble was 8 hnc{-nwck gamble, nr }),yn. D. Cooke, John L. Kidwell, ana L. 1. odge, by which $62,000 of the frecdmen’s Jis maniy wero drawn out on worthless ac- curities. Every oue of the survivors in this rors fraud and cnnnplmuf, namely, Henry D. ooke, Lewls Closshane, Hallet Kilbourn, and J. 0. Evans, should be fndicted, tricd, and pun- fshed tothe extent of the law, while those who are pecuninrly rerponsible should be sucd for the recovery of thc money or goed sc- curitics, consisting in part of £20,000 firat-mort- g‘nfi‘ bands of the Maryland Free-Stone Mininj and Mannfacturing Company, of which thebanl wus robbed by the consplrators. 2 ‘George W. Btickncy, the Assistant Actuary, and, after Eaton, Actuary of the bank, is shown to have been not only privy to the transactious, but the principal setor {n others, of which a fraudulcnt conversion of funds to private usc (s one, and for which ho merits and should re- celve ‘Imhls\\mtnl. "Add to this steal perpetrated on the bank by the officers rnd others through the connivance of its ofticers, the act of forgery, a8 in the case of the Boston teller of the Waushington branch, and the way the freedmen’s monoy went s not difticult of compreocnefon. The_report was signed b‘{dnoufilnu, Chair- man; Bradford, Btenger, Rlddle, Hooker, sud Rfllnc%i K Mr. Frost agreed on all the main polnts, but dissented fromn some of the argument. WINSLOW, TTL% CASE CONSIDERED IN CADINET MERTING. Wasuxaton, D. C., May 19.—~The Cnbinct was in scsslon to-day for more than two hours. The note just received from Ear] Derby upon the Winslow extradition case was the subject of attention, The document was read to the mem- bors of the Cablnet by Scerctary Fish, ond at the conclusion of the resding a general conver- sation ensued upon the subject matter of the communleation. Becretary Fish will soon reply to Earl Derby, and while (t {s not learncd what tho exact pature of the response from this Gov- ernment will be, it can nevertleless be said that the position atready held will be adhered to, The tenor of the conversation to-day was of a choracter to indicate very clearly that the duty of this Government lies In the abrogation of onr Extradition Treaty with Great Dritain, though this depends upon the British note In reply to the next dispateh from the Secrctary ol’ g’mn to Earl Derby. 7 LOUISTANA, ‘The condltion of affalrs fn Loulsfana was nlso a stibject of the attention of the Cabinet to-duy, though no actlon was taken heyoud what is al- ready known. A telegram was read from Gen. Augur to Gen. Bherldan, mentioning the receipt of {nstructions of Gen, 8herman, and further saylng: The troops uwro already {nstructed to prevent apen violence, and, 08 far a8 possibic, to nfford protection to all requiring It. Bascom, at Bayou farn, telegraphs this morning that the g%?lulfl'lmws ars over. They were prindpally fu 585 Bee. Epmow was detained at homo to-day by sickness, and the Treasury Department was represented at tho mecting by Assistant-Sec. Conant. Withethis exception, ull the members were present. PACIFIC RAILROADS. A GOVERNMENT SCHEME TO OET EVEN. Special Dispatch 1o The Tribune. ‘Wasmnaron, D. C., May 10~The Houss Committes on the Judiclory spent four Lours to-day in the discussion of Lawrence's bill to creato a sinking tund for the purpose of paying ot maturity the debt of the Pacific Railroad to the Gaversment. The following amendinent, offered by McCrary, was finally adopted: ‘That the sinking fund to be pald Lg the Unlon Pacitic Rallroad Company bo fixed at §750,000 per annam for the first ten years, and at $1,000,000 er oanum thateatter, untll ta whalo debt and Tateroat bo paid, thess sunis to be excluive of tho 5 por cent et aaruings and Goverumnent frelghly both of which as they accrue ahall bo cradited to the Company on account of thelr indebicdacus to tho Uniled States. The Committes will also recommend that the sinking fund o bo created by OTHAI PACIFIC BATLROADS . which received bonds of the United States shall bo determined by fnding tho rtlo of the in- debtedneas of each to the Unfon Pacific Com. pany, snd reqairing them to puy o sun which shafl bear the same ratio to the ‘amount pald by that corporation. It1s estisnoted b{ the Coni- mitteo that, 3 an act of this kind should be passed, tho resnlt would bu that, the total In- debtednese of the several Pacifie r\wla to the Gavernment would be cancelled fi about twenty yearsfufter the maturity of thelr bonds, * ‘I'he Committee has by no means completed the conslderution of thia subject, but will co tinuoe its discussion at {ta meeting to-morrow. BRISTOW, TTAT 01D MULE STORY. Spacial Divpatch 1o The Tribuna Wasmxcrox, D. €., Moy 10—The New Yors Jersld has oo anonymous letter from Wasbington, oretending to give many new polutsin the mule caso, The Jetter is a flat contradiction in what it claims to be Its most Juportant chiarges of both the records with the Department now in the hands of the Committes and the sworn testimony It Las taken, Two members of the Cammittee have called on the Beeretary tosay that nothiug whatever had been developed In tho sesrching cxaminations of the records made the Comnmittes or by later testimony taken. The Becretary says fn regurd to this new sttack that he will go before the Committee at any moment and meet snd refute every polnt which the writer of the letter In questlou claims to have made, TUB MABY MERHITT CASH, ‘The Bub-Committec on the Mary Merriti caso s pwwrf areport. It will wholly exonernto Becre! ristow from any improper connection with thecaso, bitkin order ta sava_tha feclings > & of Mr. Cate, wha brnu(fm the charges, the &2 will be considerable critlelsm of the’ metho wdopted by the Treasury Department fn f &7 scttlement af such cas g 8 ) SCHENCK. ia INE REPORT OF THE CONORESSIONAL Q- MITTEE, WasnnaToX, Mar 18.~The Sub-Comm:SYe, composed of Gov. Bwann, Mr. Hewitt, or 3 Ir. Packer, having charge of the mattar, have o ut finished thelr report upon the Emma Min' & an- dal, Gen. Schenck’s counsel have filed . _ iper with the Committee askibyg that they constder thiree points spectally, a8 follows: Fiist—Was the salo of the Emma Mine In England In 1870 a fraudulent salei iccoud—Was there any wrong or impropriety in any act of Gen, Schenck with the rale of the rd—Was there any wrong or impropriet; 11 8y nctinn of Gen. Behonck n conmection with the Emma Mining Company, or in the stock of that Comnnn?'l The counsel then fnsiet, first, that the evi- denco of James A, Seger 'and 11, E. Johnson shoutd be excluderd beeause of fts eantradictory character. Second, that with this testimony ex- cluded the Committeo should find that the sale of the Emma Mine fn England was an honest and honorablc sale, and that the owners belleved in {ta great value, In respect of the conncetion of Gen. Schenck with the mine or its sale, they ask the Commit~ tee to find, first, that the arrangement was made and papers executed before the idea was sug- fested that Schenck atiould be officlally connect- ed with the Company; second, that Bchenck’s -suhzequent transuctions wnm‘l)crlcctly regular; third, that the subsequent dealings between Sehencle and Park In respect to his Indebted- ness could have no poasible connection with the subject matter of the Committee’s lnq\l(r{; fourth, that the Committec shonld * report upon _the evidence upon the present value of the Emma Mine; and, flnal- ]f' that the Committee should view this ques- tlon entirely {n a judiclal manner, and that the whole matter slionld be vlewed ns an error of fudgmcul., and not as wcrime or as sclling the influenre of Iis office. The Commlttee have, however, already em- hodled their views in thelr report, and they are, In substance, that Gen. 8chenck was guilty of the mast reprehicnsible conduct {n pormitting Limeelf to use the eclat of his ofllefal position to indorse and give value to the stock of the Emma Minc Company. They do ot say that he was dishonest, but they condemnn his course 1n strong and unmistakable terms. They have asked the Secretary of State whether Mr."Schenck s still Minister to England, If they find that he is, they wilt cmbody o resolu- tion fu thelr report recemmunding that he be removed. I they find that he is out of office, the resolution will eny that n the opinlon of the Tiouse the Presldent descrves censure for accept- ln;;vmhlh resignation while the fnvestigation was ending. 5 The !!Commmce will submit their report ns soon a8 the State Department furnishes the In- formation required. —— NOTES AND NEWS. PROSPECTS OF ADJOURNMENT. Spectal Dixpateh to The Trivune. WasmxgroN. D, C., May 10.—A promizent Democratic Senator, who has had an excellent opportunity ta learn the temper of the Scnate, cxpressed the opinfon last evenlng that Con- gress would not adjourn this year before the 12th of August, and it {s admitted even by those who now profesa to belleve an sdjournment in three weeks to be possible that if the busincss of this acssion fs not finished before the Cin- cinnati Conventlon it can’t Dbe com- pleted before late’ in July or early in August. While it {3 not at all probable that Con, s will take a recess during the sittings of the Natlonal Convention, it s certaln that very li{tls business of importance can be con- ducted between Monday, the 12th of June, and the close of that month. i Repubilicans gl.'m:rn“‘y regard the resolution {ntroduced by the Chalrman™ of the Ways and Mans Comnilttee anpuniug a final adjourn- ment on the 12th of June ns huncombe, The Democratic House thus asks tho Scnate in s month’s time to perform what the Honse hns succceded in dolny in five months, besides vonduct nn Impeachment trial. The hopubllcnnl conslder tho proposi- tion uttesly impracticable. It §8 not cxpected thut the Scnate wil conaeat to adjourn and por- mit the House Investigatiug Comimittee to take testimony durlng the recess to be printed for campalgn uses. There has been taken about 100 prinited volumes of testimony. Most of this has been talen in secret without oppor- tunity being given accused persons to answer, snd Touch, too, without Republican cross-ex- amination, The 12th of August is more likely 10 be the day than the 12th of June, IMPEACHMENT. Itisnow evident that the arguments in the impenchment trial will be continued next week. Five Scnators are preparing speeches, and ft is ssible that a vote on the fin ction may not o taken before Wednesday, PARTISAN FARTIALITY. The Houso to-day decided not to_ ncorporate In the record the remarks which Bingicton caused to be omitted {n his colloquy with Gar- fleld. The actlon of the Democrats means that the record 13 to be only an afder of the proceed- ings to the cxtent that it pleases the majority, and that the Southern firc-cater mny give the lic to s Northern man without there ‘belng any record made of it. NAVAL BILI. 'The Touse commenced conslderation of the ‘Naval Appropriation bill. Willls supported his recommendations to reduce the nuinber of yards. Il belleved the ouly yards neceasary were those ot Brooklyn, Nurfalk, and Mure Jsland, Those at Chinrleston and Washlogton should bo sold, Willis admitted, however, that hie hiod never visited any yard but the Brookiyn. Whitthorne, Chatrman of the Naval Commitiee, recommended that Pensacola and_ Mary Islau be made naval rendezvous. Mare Islund should be discontinued as n construction yard, {f for no other renson because timber lina to bo transported _ncross the cmmtr‘y at grest cost.| The Kittery, Churleston, Hrooklyn, and Norfol he dcemned essentiut 1o the pub- Me service. Washington should bo retafued oa a manufacturing {“ , There was no reason for a yard at Leagua Taland that could not be urged for o yard upon any fresh-water stream. BCUENCK, The Attorney-Genera! has decided that under the Tenure-of-Oflico set Gen. Belienck fs still Minister to England, The Fresident, however, il pot permnit him to return. THOPOSED TOUR. Tho President stated to a ' friend {enerdny thot on the expiration of hia Prestdential term ho {ntends to mako the tour of the world. TNB LOUISIANA COMMITTEE. to-day voted to mect fn New Otleans en Wediiesday of next week. TO B FIOVIDED ron. To the Western dstociuted Preat. ‘WisnmwaroN, D, C., May 10.—John 8herman, Jr.y senfor member of tho Iate bankiog firm ol Bherman & Qrant, will bs nomtuated on Mon- day next as United States Marslal for New Mexico. TUE LOUISIANA INVESTIOATION, The Comunittes on Federal Otficers in Lon- Isiana et again to-day, and G, W. Forguson continued his testimony In_regard to the hopor- tution of 140,000 cigars. The witness admitted that mont of his Information was derived from other parties, lh-ln‘i asked if ho kuew anything about any fruudulent pay-rolls, he declined to answer, 4s It might crliminate bimneelf, but sub- nrkuenfly he sdmlitted secing fraudulent puy- rolls f 1874, and thut money wus drawu on them. J. M. Wilson appears as counscl for Col- lector Cuscy. NAVAL SCANDALS. AN TNTEKESTING CIIAPTER FOR BENATOR MER- QEANT—TUR BTOLY OF PAYMASTERS' CLENKS DOGART AND PINNEY—CURIOUS CONDUUT OF THE SECHETARY OF THE NAVY—TUR SAN VHANCISCO MING. Special Correspondence of The Tribune, WasiiNgToN, D, C., Muy 17.—~The testimony taken by the Naval Comumittes at the Kittery Navy-Yard contains sowe foterestiug readlog for Benator Bergeant, of Californin, and several other persons. One chapter upon dofuulting Paymasters’ clerks is given In the evideuce of Awbrose J. Clark, now Purchasing Paymaster st the Kittery-Portsmouth Yard, who formerly occupled tho sume position at New York Clty. Tho story is fully told In the sbstract of that evldenco which follows: A FOANDALOUS STORT. lun- you ever Paymaster at New r, your clerk's name at that timo? 051"‘ He proved to bo a thicf, Q.—How much did he steal! A.—Twenty-nins thousaud %nd forty-nine dollars and thirty-slx cen & D1d you 2o out that ha waa detsultar WA | knowing ‘thy clrcumstances. Meaijal PRICE FIVE CENTS, - ho was a clork with you? A.~No, sir; "{f" hfl{{‘“fi"‘i’i b{ o siry net unt® —Afler he left_yon, npon an_examination ' the books you fonnd this deficlency? A.— s neqwu‘\rxc’-x by c:'"fl“fi?hm“‘n %, Yos, slry Q. —You reported him 1o the Socretary of Nav? Ai—Yer, alr. Tarrested hira mysels fxo‘;‘; in Texan, ' 1 went to Texas snd arrested him, Q.—At whosa Instigation did you go to Texas? A.—Dy ariler of the Navy Departinent, and undoe the authority of n bench-warrant from Judge len. edlet, of Brookiyn, I had antorlty from Bom. "1 left him thera in tho hands of the Marshal, and he was brought ack fn the conrse of a month and tried by Court-Martialat tho New York Navy-Yard, STAND UP, MRl RONDRSON! Ho was convicted and scntencad to the State Prinon for tiree yents, hut the senlenca of tho Court wan sot nakie by the Sccretaty of the Nav: on a legal point. 'The point mado was, that T had nvmlnmd another clerk within ton days sfter he cleared ont, and theretore 1 accepted his reaigna- tlon, and they could not hold him, That was the excute civen. Q. —~Was this man an officer? A.—Yes, airs ha :'n': Paymaster's clerk, They are conaidored ofiis ern, Q.—Yon say that was the excuse given?! A.— 'na-: was cxeasegiven. i —Da you mean o say there was no Justica I 101 oo it thare wad nts 18 m’npm‘fi that the Solieltor of the Navy Ticpartment received £2,500 to et aslde the scntence. This fcllow Bo- katt brazged of puying him 82,500 ta sat anide the rentence, 1t waswet aside; but whether o was at the bottum of it or not, T don't know. Q. —Did you ever have any cony Secretary of the Navy ahout it? Q. —What did be say ahout it? Ile would like to have it proved that Bolles, the Sollc. itor, recelved that money. Q. —You tald the Secrétary that Dollea did _re. ccive that smount of money? A.—I told the See. retary that thia felow had ‘sald fo. T not onlytold him that, but fudze Catlin, Assistant District At. torney, old the”seeretary, in my prosence, no: that this man rald he had pald $2,600 to Bolles to st aside the sentence, i 3. ~Wa# any action takzp by the Secretary fn re. gnril to Nollex? A, —No, wir: not that T kngw of. #°Q.—Then was Boart releascd? A.—He war d aver to the clvil authoritics, to the United 1 Stafes Court, and there he put in a plea that he be. lonzed to the vag. He w‘& then ll\;’bc l\lll'nnl!rl ovel 1o the Navy, but ran away, and was arrested @ second time. Tle ran away fram the civil sathorities? Al , #ir; Judge Denedict cinimed that he bes longed to the va{‘. the Sccretary claimed that he didnot. Defore Jndge Bepedict gave hisdeclslon {fearing that Dogart might get clear), Assintant District-Attorney Catlin and myself went to Wash- fngton, and after mnch trouble got an order from the Sccretary of the Navy for his arreat, which wns forwarded to the Commandant of the Navy-Yard at New York, Search was made for him (Bogart), and he could not be found, = Well, the fellow went to San Franclsco, A friend telegraphed me from that place that he was there, and I reported thia to the Navy Department at Washington, and an order wae, [ think, lesued I){‘ Secretary Robeson for his arrest, Assoon as I heard thathe was there, | telegrapfied my triend to have him watched, so that he could not éscape. Ile was afterward arrested Ty the United States Marshal (or hin De{mly) at Ran Prancieco, and dellvered to the naval author. itien at the Mare Island Navy-Yard, Cailfornia. Q. —Who authorized the United States Marshal to nrreat him? A, —1 never knew how it was dono; I knew it waa done. Ihenrd he was arrested and went ont there, and he waa tried again. Q.—By yhom? A.—My the Navy. io wastried by Court-Martinl there at our Navy-Yard, Q.—What was the result there? " A, —1le waseen- tenced (o the State Prison for four years. That sentence 1AS KEVER BEEX PROMULJATED, bot it ia in the Navy Department. Iany it w fotr years, 1 liave every reason to belleve & Q~Was this clerk in the Paymaster's oftice when you took that position at New York} A.—Ycs, alr: he had been there three years as clerk., Q.—When _yon took the position were there any conditions stipulated? A.—No, sir; ho was highly recommended to me by the former Pay- master, T bad no clerk that I wanted to put theres he had boen there threo years; waa A competent man, and I appointed hini npen the recommondas tion of my predecessor. Q.—You say he waa sentenced to fonr years' im+ rrlrunnlen! at San Francisco? A.—Yes, alrj I'had t from good authority that he waa, Q.~Did he serve bia timo? A.—No, sir; he nev. er \Went to the State Prison. e was kept on board the recelving-ahip there for nearly o year, 1 think sad une day he escsped. Q.—Wan he kept {n cloze confinement on board the recelving-ahipt A, —Yes, sir; I think he was, 1o was kept on boagd the ship at any rate, Then, 1 understand, he wan allowed the LIDERTY OF THE YARD from marning to sunsct, and tho second dn{ha went ashore; he went acrossto Vallelo, and thero took a ateamor and went to Ean Franclaco, Q.—That was the second day after he had the 1iberty of the yard? A.—Yes, siri the fiess day he did not runs the second day he did. Q.—Did ho carry his baggaze with him when he ran? A,—No, sir; he sent back to the ship for Lls trank, and it was sent to bim; so 1 was Innflmcd. Q.—Who sent bis trunk to him? A.—That I don't know. 1 preaume the Commnanding Ofleer of the Executlve Oflicer, He wrote to some one. Ab any rate, his trunk was scnt to bim, oa I unders atand, Q.—You think they connived at his ranning? A —Yes, sir; Inm confident of it, because T do nod sce how a man conld get ont of the Navy-Yard, and tako vessel for San Francisco, and have his trunk scnt o bim, without the connivance of somebody, Q.—Do you know where he {s pow! A.—Yes, sir; he Is o reporter in Weshington, You can sco bim in the gallery any day. . Q. —Tlas the Sceretary of tho Navy ever been ins formed that he is there? A.—I wroto to my hrothor-in-1aw to say to tao Sccretary that ho was | there. % .—Who Is_your brother-In-law? A.—Georgy A, liagley, a Member of Congress. This fellow ‘made a confension of the whole thing to Mr, Bag- Te, and fr Togley weat ot to Sun Fraselsco as witness In the case, QUIBBLE. A . —Did the Secretary of the Navy ever givo yon AT R AL 9, Bir, Q.—Only that_ho was governed entiroly by hii Soettont” Avmie did say S(1 had forgotien that) thot he signed the order for his reicaso withont 0 o 1ald the wholo thing ta'the Solicitor. X know of no excuse for not carrylug out tho second sentence, though, (-—DId he know of the sccond trial in fian Fran. ciriot A.—Oh, ye was triod thern under hls oder. All Court-Martials sre convencd under tho orer of the Becretary. Q.—Ilow long did you stay in Naw York after this mon ran away? A.—lc ran away {n Docem- ber, and I did not get him untll Jupe, T think. 1 stald in Now York just about six months after he TAD RWAY. . . —DId yon apply for a position as Paymaster ay Sak Francioce o oy timat A No, Sie: 1 waa offered the piace; was told, rather that § could provably go there, Q.—Hy whom were yon offered tha place? A.— By the Actiug Paymaster-General, Q.~—Who wan tlie Puymnstcr-General at that tlnio? ' A.—dames I, Watmongh, Acting Paymas- ter-General, “ Q.—1ic tald yon yon could go thero? A.—He aslced me if I would llke to go, and I eaid T would if 1 could appoint my own clork there. Q ~Why did you ay that! A.Well, bacansn thero was a clerk thero whom 1 ‘thonght to be a rascal: L know thero wero certajn parties who wanted to keep hiin thero, and no Payinaster could go to that Pay-Oftice unless he took him, Q.—What reply did ho make to that answer? A.=Ho told mo [ had better goand TALK WIT/I BENATOR SARGENT. Q.~Did he fntinata to you that you could not £a uniens you took that clerk? A.—No, eir; Idon't think ho said anything about tho clerk. . —1ut he sald nothing more to you nboncFoln to tho pleco? A, —Nn, air; ho only told mo T hu bettcr g0 and sbo N7 Eargeal, ¥ £ Wnted to'go - cro. ; Q. —Yon underatood you conh;‘:n thero If yon if'"d\ mnk‘u un arrungement whd Mr. Sargeut? . —~Yes, $ir. ‘Q.—Do you know anything sbout the history of that clerk whomSargent wanted you to keep? A.— AU 1 knew wos frowm rumor; when I was in Ban Franciaco, Mr. Dodge, Senstor ~Booth's partner, who' ‘was & schoolmate ~ sud old friend of mine, aud & man who had done a great deal of bualness for the (lovernment, told mo that for the last twa years he had ot been allowed to bid for anything; thal the purchasea were all mado In a cortain Iting thero, and nobod; clec coutd get them, 1ie taldl mo of siveral tean actfons In that oflice, and it was sald that this Pinney, tho Paymaster's clerk, was the man who Q.—Was It publicly known in 8an Franclaco that hewasn raculf A.—It was known by all navy oflicers; of course, I dld nat know the business-men there, bot it was talked sbout generally by the navy oficers—so much so that the Commandant of the yard, whilo I was there, who had soma provia- Tons to buy, acat down the Paymaster's clork from. the Inspection of provisi and clothing of the ard to make those purchases; he would not trust et (o be tnado froin tliat otice, Q.—Aud st was tie wan tuoy wanted you ta keep ad clerk, if you went therod A, —Yes, ir. $750,000 suour! Q.—Do you know anything abont him subse- quently? A.—le cleared out, leaving s detatcation of sometbing like §750,000; not all, however, fros Government. Q.—From San Franclaco? A.—Yes, sir, " —1iow do yau kuow that? ' A.—L kuow it from the papers; thore was an investigation, snd tha oro (Spaulding) 1s belng tricd now on tho Coutt of Inquisy, It seams, found enough ' sgainet him to try Bim Martial, and Lo s belug tricd now, Whea talking about golng thore, Spaulding bad boen there four years. hey could not get sny Pay- master to take tho place, becauso uobody would take this mon us clerk, It was offored to several, 1 bave undérstood, and thes would not take It becsuse the condf- tion was that the Paymaster must koop $hls wan &a clerk, or he gould not bave the place. Iknow two Paymasters to whons it wasoffered. Foy-Inspector James Fulton and myself. 2 Q. d you say anyihing to Bonator Bargentd A.=Yes, alr; Pay-luspector ¥ulton asd wmyself (o cnats ta ssa izl huk ke wad basy gad