The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1876, Page 9

‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1876.—QUADRUPLE SHEET. CABLE NEWS| WASHINGTON. From All Parts of the Old World. : BISMARCK’S BIRTHDAY. Royal German Congratulations to the Prince Chancellor. A Spanish Prelate to Resign His See Per- sonally to the Pope, PRINCE OF WALES FOR MALTA GERMANY. BISMARCK’S BIRTHDAY—ROYAL AND CITIZEN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRINCE CHANCEL- LoOR—THE JURY FOR PHILADELPHIA, [srxctAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.] BERLIN, April 1, 1876. Prince Bismarck celebrated his sixty-second birth- day to-day. He was born on the 1st of April, in the year 1814. ‘s ROYAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIO CONGRATULA- TIONS. Emperor William and the Crown Prince of Ger- many personally congratulated the Prince Chancel- lor on the happy event. The members of the Diplo- matic Corps, the Ministers of the Federal Council, snd the Legislative Deputies also congratulated the famous statesmad, and the band of the regiment of the Imperial Guard serenaded him at his residence. SALUTATION FROM THE SOUTH. His Majesty the King of Bavaria telegraphed his congratulations to the Premier. THE JURY FOR PHILADELPHIA, The German government intends appointing as members of its jury at the Philadelphia Exhibition leading industrials like Krupp and Borsig. SPAIN. 4 BISHOP OF THE CHURCH TO RESIGN HIS SEE. Maonip, April 1, 1876, ‘The Bishop of Urgel is about to proceed to Rome to resign his see, EGYPT. THE PRINCE OF WALES READY TO SAIL FROM ALEXANDRIA, ALexaNpnta, April 1, 1876, The Prince of Wales arrived in this city to-day and Immediately proceeded on board the steamship Sera- pis, ‘The steamer will sail for Malta on Monday, FRENCH OPINION OF THE ANGIO-EGYPTIAN FINANCIAL POLICY—THE KHEDIVE’S CREDIT MAINTAINED BY PARIS BANKERS. Panis, April 1, 1876, This evening’s Messager de Paris says:—England Aas done her best to delay a great financial operation epabling Egypt to mect her payments falling duo in Zondon to-day. THE KHRDIVE’S ATPEAL TO FRANCE. The Khedive has consequently despatched two tele- grams—one authorizing the British government to publish Cave’s report, and the other appealing to the friendship of the French government, and solicit- tng its direct intervention, in order to prevent the Khedi signature from being dishonored to-day in London. PROMPT AND FRIENDLY ACTION BY THR REPUBLIC. The Duke Decazes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on receiving a telogram on Friday, convoked a Cabinot Council, and subsequently a meeting of the principal Paris bankers was held, at which it was agreed to give the required support, and the necessary sum was im- mediately despatched to London, MEXICO. NNER SNC BAVAL PRECAUTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICANS—MATAMOROS IN DANGER—AN AMERICAN CITIZEN PLACED IN PERIL OF HIS LIFE—IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT—A NAVAL POLICE NEAR THE SCENE—THE REVOLUTIONISTS JOYOUS. Gauvestox, Texas, April 1, 1876, A special to the News, dated Brownsville, April 1, says to-day the naval force steamed up, to beready for the protection of American citizens. DIAZ NBAR MATAMOROS, At Matamoros Diaz is on the edge of the town, and an attack is expected. AN AMERICAN CITISEN PLACED IN DEADLY PERIL. A Brownsville, Texas, despatch of this date to the News says night beiore last Mr. Sustendal, an Ameri- tan citizen, aged sixty years, was taken to a fort in Matamoros and placed on the top of the parapet wall, where, in the event of the reyolutionists having made an attack, be would havo been between two fires and certainly killed. NOW HE WAS RELIEVED, About eleven o’clock at night Consul Wilson went to General Labarra and demanded Sustendal’s instant release, and the demand was complied with. AMBRICAY ORDERS FROM WASHINGTOX, To-day orders were received from Washington, at least it isso reported, and Consul Wilson came to this bank of the river. Rio Bravo steamed up, crossed the river and made fast to the Mexican bank, This was about four p’clock. Steam launches aro policing the river and soundings have been made, It is reported that the President has directed that the foreign residents of Matamoros shall be protected against the exactions ana oppressions of the Mexican authorities, « _ TORRIGNERS RrJOICED. The foreign residents of Matamoros now in this place are greatly elated. A goodly number of them live on the river bank, They say General Labarra will get no more money except (rom Mexicans. Late in the evening the gunboat steamed up to the upper edge of Matamoros and came to anchor. pectations of brisk times on the other side are great, THE WASHINGTON PROTECTION ORDER. The oraer above mentioned came directly to Captain fohnson, and directed him to proceed immediately to Matamoros and assist the Consal in giving protection © American citizens, Two dayssince 3 deputation of ‘oresgners residing m Matamoros wa'ted upon General Porter and requested him to take steps to protect them ‘rom outrage. The General told them to send him a rommunteation in writing; but the change im the pro- gramme bas rendered that unnecessary. NOW HK GOT THE GUSPOWDER. ‘The matter of supplying General Labarra with pow- der has been ventilated, but canuot be given to the public yet, The blame is not on Captain Johnson's shoulders SURGICAL PREPARATIONS To-day a surgeon was busy preparing bandages, lint, ke, for General Diaz's trvops, GOOD YOR THE REVOLOTIONISTS, The movements of the gunboat is said to be worth 10,000 men to the revolutionary cause. The military are on the alert and would be glad to take a part should it become necessary in detence of our citizens, ‘ MONCURE D. CONWAY. Boston, April 1, 1876. Moncere D. Conway has telegraphed (rum England hat it is impossible for him to leave bis London societies to it the puipit of . lasing the Bt} | ferent parts of the country. District Attorney Dyer and Detective Bell. VALUE OF THE TESTIMONY. Bell Severely Caned by a Southerner. THE ASSAILANT IN JAIL. Secretary Chandler and President Grant on Bell. & great extent statements made to me at ese papers, &c., he claimed to bein the city ot Now York, but said he bad telegraphed or written for them to be sent by ex! to him in 5t. Louis; he described to me the he referred to as boing inacipher, tor the purpose of sending despatches, which he claimed to be partly in his own handwi and iy in the handwriting of Luckey, and a simile of which he claimed to have had published the New York Heratp a few days belore thet claimed that, he bad a letter trom a man named A. C. Bradley, telling bim to come to Wasbington, and that HX WOULD BE CARED POR ERX; the Babcock case was being tried, and in the course of this conversation he also told me about a proposition made to him by Mr. Luckey, and a conversation that he had with General Babcock in reference to getting evidence from my office; all of that conversation I am not able te give in detail, nor the exact words that he uxed, but the sum and substance of it was that a propo- sition had been made to extract trom the office of the District Attorney in St. Louis the documentary testi- mony had been gathored for the prosecution of that case. Qap ition by Mr, Luckey and General Bab. cock? A. By Mr. Luckey and General Babcoc! fathered from bim; these corroborating pape! ¢ then claimed to have were not in bis possession at that time, but they were subsequently placed in my hands, probably two or three or four days afterward; the papers were a cipher and a letter, purporting to be sent by Mr. Bradley; thuse papers I had 10 sion until recent); mn in St. Louis FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasarseror, April 1, 1876, PRESIDENT GRANT'S ILLNESS, President Grant was hot feeling well enough to-day to receive visitors or remain in his office, He 1s suffer- ing more from weaknces than pain. He determined to take to-day for rest, refusing to see any one and re- maining in @ lying position. He smoked a cigar, chat- ting quietly and complaining only of prostration from his woskened condition. His physician administered quinine as a tonic, Generat Sherinan called during tho day, and spent some time in social conversation with the President, as also General Rafus Ingalls, Acting Quartermaster General, who is one of the President's most intimate friends. The trouble of the President’s lead is at- tributed to a continuance of severe mental anxicty. His physician remains at the White House at night be- cause Mrs. Grant feels more composed in case of emergency, and to prevent any sudden change obtain- ing headway before he could be called. BELKNAP'S IMPEACHMENT. Mr. Wheeler, of New York, has intimated to his friends that he will decline an election to be one of the managers of the impeachment of ex-Secretary Bel- knap. Should he persist in his present intention it is likely that Judge Lapham, of New York, will ‘bo selected in his place, GENERAL MEIGS WANTED. General Ingails; Acting Quartermaster General, has written a note to General Moigs to know when he is | going to take charge of the Quartermaster General’s OMoe, and signifying his desiro that it might occur dur- ing the coming week. He has reveived no repiy as yet, but there is authority for saying that Generat Sher- | man will at once, by direction of the President, issue some orders in the premises, MORMON PROSELYTISM. Delegate Cannon, of Utah Territory, pronounces as nonsense the story that a Mormon conspiracy is in yolved in the movement to procure the admission of New Mexico. The Mormon priests have been very zealous in trying to get recruits and converts, both in Mexico and New Moxico, among tho Indians of the two places, but without any ulierior motive in the nature of political aggrandizement, A PROPOSED INQUIRY INTO THE RECORD OF MR, BOUGHTON, CLERK OF THE MILITARY COM- MITTEE. Quite a sensation was created in the House just before adjournment by Mr. Kobinson’s resolution ordering au investigation into alleged corrupt practices on the part of the Military Committee's clerk, General Horace Boughton, while an internal revenue collector in Texas, Mr, Robinson isa republican from Indiana, and.as Boughton is said to be only a recent convert to democracy, and was rewarded with this comfortable clerkship*vy the committee, a good deal of party feel- ing was manifested on the occasion. General Banning, the Chairman of the com=nittec,gwas so amazed at the resolution when it was read by the Clerk that he asked to have it read over ngain, He says that the charge¥ against Boughton have long’ ago been investigated and dismissed by tho Department of Justice, but the republicans are desir- ous of doing a little investigation too, and the alleged weak spot in the Military Committee has offered them an opportunity to begin. General Banning says that while he was absent in Ohio at the last illness of his father-in-law, he received a letter from a gentleman in Washington asking that Generai Boughton be ap- pointed clerk ef his committee. Banning replied that heexpected to bringa good clerk, whom he knéw, from Ohio, but death in his family and other afflictions harried him so that he had no time to arrango with the young man, and Mr. Boughton was elected by the committee in his absence. Every republican on the committee voted for Boughton and he supposed that they were making a satisfactory appointment, as Mr. Boughton was highly recom- mended by influential and well known citizens in dif- General Banning farther said that he was determined to have the fullest investi- gation of the matter In open session. DISTRICT ATTORNEY DYER ON THE CHARACTER OF DETECTIVE BELL—PAPERS STOLEN BY BELL IN THE AVERY CASE—PARTIAL CON- FIRMATION OF THE DETECTIVE’S sTORY— WHAT BABCOCK'’S COUNSEL, STORRS, KNOWS ABOUT BELI—SECRETARY CHANDLER AND PRESIDENT GRANT ON THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE DETECTIVE. ‘The serio-comic drama which opened yesterday with Detective Bell's testtmony was continued to-day by the deposition of District Attorney Dyer, who filled in the details of Bell’s extraordivary conduct in St Louis, Bell tsa puzzle to most people, and their per- plexity is hkely to be increased by the conflicting ac- counts of the witnesses who speak of him here and elsewhere. The following is a full transcript of Mr, Dyer’s testimony :— David P, Dyer, District Attorney at St. Louis, sworn ind examined by Mr, Clymer:— Q@ Do you know one C, 8. Beil, who testified here | yesterday? A. I have seen him. Very soon afterward the gnnboat | Ex. | | Avery and B Q Please state gonerally what you know of him and his intercourse with you A. The first time that [ evér met Mr. Bell was in my office at St Louis in the latter part of the fall of 1875; I think during or about the time of the trial of William 0. Avery; he came to the office and upon one occasion exhibited to me an envelope with a note on the back of it purporting to be signed by William 0. Avery; I understood it to have | been addressed to Joseph M. Fitzroy; tho exact words of the note I do not recall, but it was to the effect that he was to deliver to Bell any Papers or telegrams that he might have in his posses- sion; that Bell snowed to me, as 1 then understood, to assure me that he was seeking to get testimony for the government in these cases; in the course of this con- versation Bell said that he would probably go to Jefler- son City to see Joyce and if ible get from him the correspondenge that had en piace between Joyce, I think that I wrotea penci! note to the Warden of the Penitentiary asking him to let Bell see Joyce in case he went there, not mentionii Hells name in the note, but F vive a using the wor bearer; 1 do not think that Bell went to Merson City; | if be did 1 have no knowledge of it; he lett 31, Louis | soon alter that time; he t phed and wrote me once of twice and | think DESIRED SOME EMPLOYMENT in the government service to go somewhere, I do not | Tecall where; at any rate 1 made no recommendation, — nor did I answer either of ‘the despatebes or letters, — and he subsequently came to St. Lous in January or February; during the trial of General Baboock, or about the time that he was to be tried, I met Bell at the house of Mr. Eaton, who was employed as — counsei on the cases at St. Louis, and there | a conversation with him, in which he told me that dar- | ing the Avery trial of about that time he had taken | from my office a package of papers marked ‘‘Avery,” | them to the and bad taken Lindell Hotel, | and there exhibited them to Avery and Avery’s wife; 1 questioned him at the time ag to the character of the papers that he said he bad taken with the view of testing the truth of bis state- | he stated there wero certain letters irom a man named Woodward, that there was a pencil mem- oranduin of facts from Blutord Wilson, the solicitor, a8 to the testimony that coaid be had in the Treasury De- partment, und a despatch from the Secretary of the Treasury; the teh from the , as L under- stood, Was to Blutord Wilson, asking hint to bri to the Secretary's room ; these papers and despatches | recoiected having bad in my |, and when he with this be knew that these were im Mm; eS aes me if | bad an; ene in my pos- session signed, “Bullfigeh” or *‘ ‘meh ?” I an- swered no, that I had not; he then told me that he had | certain documents i@ bis possession whic would cor- | H's, a letter written to me and pun an order of letter written to the party to whom 1 dell 1 took a copy of the letter of Bradley and dum of all the papers that J delivered to this man, and took a receipt for them; Ihave not seen the papers ce; I would recognize them if I were to seo them ain. rea them ; Mr. Bell here produced the letter from Bradley and | the cipher testilied to by him yesterday, which are | shown to witness. Q Isthat the paper (the cipher) you bad in your possession? A. Yes, sir hat the letter purporting to be from Bradley? 18 the letter that was 1 Iny possession, d you any consultation with your associate counsel as to the propriety of calling Bell as a witness in the Babcock case? A, Lhau; during the first part of and my best recollection now is that after the govern- ment had closed its case in chief, or about that time, | theso papers were piaced in my hands; I discussed | With Mr, Broadhead and Eaton tho. propriety of | Jntroducing Bell as a witness in chi wo regarded tho | Statements made by hun as very important, if true, and | | { we discussed the matter tuliy; there were tureo reasons why we did not imiroduce him:—First, at that time we did not have the papers that be said he had had inh Possession to corroborate his statements; these papors now here are the papers I mean; the econd reason was that trom the statement made by Bell of bis having taken the papérs in the Avery case from my oflice, we were NOT QUITE SURK WHETHER WE COULD TRUST HIM OR NOT; | the third reason and the one that controlied our ac- | tion was the fact that Luckey, who was there and with | whom the negotiations were ‘ba Bell alleged, expected to ve called for the defence, and we deter- mined not to call Bell in chiet in the thal, nor to e | hibit these papers that have been exnibjted here, but | the event that Luckey should be put oh the stand as withess, we determined to coniront nim with this cipher despatch, which was alleged to bo in his own connection with the matier, and then to call Beil in Tebuttal; that was tho plan of the prosecution in | the case, and we all agreed that that was the sater and the better course to pursue; | We determined to use Bell in rebuttal in case ot ts the reason he was not called in chief; and as Luckey find Bradiey were not called as witnesses by the de. fence, of course we could not call Bell m rebutt witness, Q. Otherwise you would have done itt A. Other- wise we should have done it, @ Have you rcad the account of Bell’s testimony here? A. [have glanced over it in the Washington papers, @ Did you see any statement made in that testi- mony which aid not agree with your knowiedge of Jacts as far as b narrated themy A. think th pers yesterday alternoon, of 1! here, wore substantially the same given by himto me in St. Lot I notice that he stated here that the interview was at my house; that was not true, it was at the residence of Lucien Eaton, who was of counsel; os to the atate- ment that he observed despatches in my offices that were pot used in evidence in the Babcock trial, | don’t think he saw any despatches in my office that were not either used on the trial or olfered in evidence. they were offered and ruled out. ‘The witness—I was very cautious abcnt tho original despatches afier they came into my possession, they were put in a box; | was AFRAID OF SOME SUCH ZXPLOIT as seemed to have been periormed in the Avery case, and I was cautious enough to take that bundle of de- Spatches ana deposit them in the sale depo: bar eo receipt trom the man that kept the r patches which were of value to you from Cimcimvati despatches, which were subsequently introduced or ro- ferred to Babeock tral, known as the “Bixby despatches ;"” he sentgthem to me irom Ohio, I believe; age the despatches at any rate, with a note from el Q You say he made inquiry of you as to whether pis had any despatches signed “Bulfinch” or “B. imeh?? A. Yes, 8 Q. Did he give you any reason why he did not think you hadthem! A. Yes, sir; he said in a conversation ‘with me that General Babcock had asked hiin whether Thad im my yn any despatchos signi finch” of “ik. Flach” and 1 think’ he told me Feplied that he did not recoliect whether he had xentany “Bulfinch’’ o1 Finch,” sequently learned, and, 1 suppose, was seel mation by examining papers in my desk, and a man whom I bad in my employ, named Wiseman, happened to be there the time and he notitied Bell that he could not examine any papers in the oitice while 1 was out, and excused himself by saying that he was hunting for a match that was in ihe drawer to hght.a cigar with, so I understood when I came in, Q understand you to state that the evidence in chief against General Babcock bad been put in, and the case closed beiore you received this letter, purport- ing to bo signed by Bradley, and this cipher? A. That is my recullection. Q And it was for that réason that Bell was not introduced in chiet? .A. Well, 1 would not say that we discussed the question asto whother we would intro- duce him in chiel; we might have introduced him it wo had had the corroborative facts to at the time, but we fully expected that Mr. Luckey would be intro- duced as a witness for the defence, and our theory was, of course, that Luckey knew about this transrction, as Boll or Babcock, aud we did not want to rent the utting Luckey on the stand; indeed, we deience from were rather desirous that be should be called, and ‘that the testunony of Beil should be used tn rebuttal alt , in that case? ‘A. He was, think; [ subpoenaed bin for the ment myself, and I think he was for the dete! 1 con't recall exactly what I subpa:naed him tor. @ Was Braaley subpoenaed, toor A. Not by the gov- ernment. | Q@ Was he for the defence? A. 1 s0 understood, but 1 have no means of ipformation on that subject; a yreat many men appeared there aa witnesses, and | du not know Bradley and would not know him if 1 should see bim now, and don’t Know, in potut of fact, whether he was in St. Louis of not; @ great many men appeared as witnesses whose hames were not left with the Clerk | to be subpenaed, and of course | don’t know who was subpoenaed, BELL'S QUESTIONS, | Bell was present at the examipation of Mr. Dyer, | and by permission of the Comimutee asked the foliow- ing questiot Mr. Bell—The question Was asked here yesterday if }t was not because of my general uureliability that I was not called on either side. 1 wish to ask Colonel wyer if he did not have enough contideuce im me to call me in rebattal. Mr. Dyer—Oh, well, I have very clearly stated that | that” was the purpose; of course, we appreciated this fact, as every Jawyer must apprecate it, that when upom ihe the witness stand that at one time he has extracted papers from | the District Attorney's office and has carried and shown them somewhere he is nota man one would gets and ways desire to fasten to ali the time as a witness in chics, and it was for that reason that we desired papers to | corroborate his ts. Mr. Beli~You were satisiied to use me? Mr. Dyer—Oh yes, we would have used you; no trouble about that; Mr. Beil stated these tacts to me during the trial, and of course, aa cautious man, I wanted a little corroborative Lestimouy, Mr, Bell—Let me ask you whether in work of that character it 1s not necessary for a man to take extraor- dipary measures for the purpose of extracting inior- maton. Mr. Dyer—Well, I have never been in that business, and canuot say, Mr. Bell—You are well enough informed to know that a man must do that, Mr. Dyer—| have nover found it necessary in the course of my’ practice, either ax tor oF other- wise, to hire meu to destroy the evience of my op- ponents, and | don’t think 1 would ever be engaged in ‘such practice, ‘Mr. Belli—No testimony was destroyed, Mr. Dyer—Not at all, bat | would not engage any one todo it, I bave never found that necessary. 1 would rather lose a case do it, Mr. Beti—Bat was no testimony destroyed, was there? Ar. Dyer—None destroyed that 1 know of, BELL CANED BY A SOUTHERNER, Threats were heard on the streets and in the hotels yesterday against Bell, who testified against Babcock, and to-day, when Dyer corroborated Bell's story, the threats were repeated, This evening Bell was sitting on asoia in the Kbbitt House reading a newspaper, when one Moleure, of New Orleans, who came here at the opening of Congress, stepped up to him. and asked him if bis name was Bell, The detective looked up and replied, “Yes, but be did not know him.’ The word was scarcely uttered when Moleure litted a heavy cal i struck «at bis head Beil raisea his arm in time to ward off the blow, but the force bruised bis wrist, Two other blows were dealt across the detective’s face, drawing blood, when the bystanders interfered and put the man out of the building. Bell was unarmed and im no condition to withstand the trial these papers were not in the possession of Bell, | | handwriting and with his knowledge of Bradley's | | Bradiey’s or Luckeys introduction as witnesses. That | that was the reason we did not introduce bimas # | The Chairman—That is what Beil testified here, that i Il atany time furnish you with any des- | orclsowhere? A. He furnished mea lot of copies of | said no, he did not think that I bad, to which Babcock | | the blows of a club, His assailant threatened to kill | | him later tn the evening, and severai policemen stood | around thé doors of Willard’s ready to arrest tho assailant in case of another attack. Meanwhile ell armed himself. Ho then swore out # warrant and had Moleure arrested and sent to jail, INTERVIEW WITH MR. STORRS. Cmcago, Il, April 1, 1876. Mr. E. A. Storrs, who was the leading counsel for General Babcock, was interviewed by a Chicago Trib- ‘une roporter relative to Bell’s story before the Clymer cominitiee yesterday, and says Bell is a miserable dead beat detective. Ho also makes the following dis- closure: — Q Do you know Mr, Bell? A, Well, I should rather think 1 did, Q. Whois he? A, A dead beat detective, Q. Did he make any proposition to you concerning the Babcock case? A. Yes; he came to mo at Wash- ington and said that the Treasury Department had em- | ployed him to steal certain papers in the cases of | Avery and Babcock. Q What did you tell him? A. I told him that he ‘was welcome to all the papers he coult steal from us, and if he got any they couldn't do him any good. Q What did he gay to that? A, He still insisted. thas he had been engaged by the Treasury Department to do as he had stated. Q Whatturther did you tell him? A. I told bim if | | ho could produce any writter contract to that effect, I would talk business with him, Q. What dia he say then? A, Hewsaid he would see and let me know in a day or two, Q Did you see him again? A. Yes He came back. | | and stated that be couldn't get a written contract from | the Treasury officials, but he produced an affidavit written by nimselt implicating Bluford Wilson, Dyer, | Bristow und other Treasury officials in such a scheme. @ What did you do about it? A, I cross-examined | him pretty closély and found out that he was a fraud, ready to ‘sell out to | could not get any mo: @ Did yon make any, propositions to bim to el destinely corral any documents belonging to the prose- | cution m the Babcock casey A, Such an idea never | entered my bead, and L never mado any proposition to | | him whatever, except to get that contract between him- | | selfand the Treasury Department which he boasted of | having made, Q Where is that affidavit now? | bands, and will be exh | mittee at Washing! H MORF LIGHTS OX HELLS UISTORY. } A Washington spegial despatch to the Znter-Ocean A. It ts in safe ted tothat investigating com- says:— Secrotary Chandicr says that in Deceinber he was in nt a good detective, and mentioned it at a Cabinet Ng, MQuiting of other members of the Cabinet if | they had not some one to recommend to him. Some | days afterward the President told Secretary Chandler | that a man who had been a spy in his service during the war, and was a very good detective, was in search | of employment, that he (the President) had sent | him to Mr, Chandler. Bell called on Mr. Chandler and | eent in his curd. oral Huribut, of Illinois, was in | the room and saw the card, Ho said to Mr. Chandler :— ' “L know that man, He was a spy in my employ | during the war, and did good service.” Mr, | Chander then sent for Bell to come in. He agreed to take him on trial, and Hpecial Agent Levarnes. Be! | out, but he asked a few days’ time that he might ix | up Some matters he was engaged in, Lobarnes granted | itand Bell was away for a month, and when he camc back he wanted his pay, saying he had been in the | servico of Genoral Babouck, Lebarnes refused to pay him and referred the matter to Secretary Chandler. Mr, Chandler refused to pay him unless he would | bring a certificate trom Babcock that he had becn on referred him to Ubief commission was mado government service, Somebow he to certify to his service while Chandler was gone, and got’ his pay. Then he wanted to be assigned to duty at st, Louis, because his family was | there, and Lebarnes, having some cases to work up | there, gave hima lot of fraudulent pension papers, | Bell had not been away many days when the President | tokt Chandler he had reason to believe Bell was a bad } man, and it he was in the department he had better be | discharged. Babcock was consulted about the service | Bell claimed to have performed, and stated shat it was amyth, So Bell was given his discharge. Chandiér sage netther Luckey nor Babcock ever |, abou | | Secretary, ordered that he be paid. Ci betore the committee. | Colonel Luckey says tnat Bell came to him soveral | | times and, professing to bex friend of General Bab- } cock, gave him what he claimed were secrets of the | Prosecution, but ho never employed him, District | | Attorney Dyer, of St. Louis, is here, and says that | Bell 1s a fraud, and that he come to him and pro- leased to know all about General Babcock's move- nd was willing to expose them for money. At ¢ time he intended to put Bell on the stand at Gen- al Babcock’s trial, but dared not do it. . Judge Krum, General Babcock’s counsel, 1s also here, and says Bell was never omployed in the caso to his | knowledge, It is stated on the authority of a member | of the Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the whiskey trials, that Bell came to him and offered to tell what he knew for $3,000. The Congressmen from Mississipp! all knew Bell, he having been mixed up in littes down there, and’ they unitedly declare him to rascal and a professional blackmailer, | GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, as Waantxctow, April 1, 1876, THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS. ~ | During the aemocratic caucus last night it was ox- | pressly desired by the ex-Confederates that none of | them be selected as managers of tne impeachment trial of ex-Secretary Belknap before the Senate. The request was respected. Much of the time was con- sumed tp discussion as to whether two of the mana- gers should be republicans, and it way agreed that Messrs. Wheeler, of New York, and Hoar, of Maxsa- chusetts, be added to the list of democrats—aamely, Represontatives Lord, McMahon, Lynde, Knots and Jenks, VOTE ON THE SILVER BILL. | Mr. Powell, of Pennsylvania, was reported officially as baving.voted against the Silver bill, That was an error. He voted for it; so that tho correct footing | of the vote was 123 to 99. AMENDMENTS TO THE STEAMBOAT LAW. The House to-day proceeded to the consideration, as a special order, of the bill reported by Mr. Reagan, of Texas, ‘rom the Committee on Commerce, to amend the laws concerning commerce and navigation and the regulation of steam vessels. After a tbree hours’ discussion in regard to fog horns, steam cocks, valves, lights, larboard and star- board cvurses, and other matters about which none of the members participating professed to have much information, and as there was a lack of interest in, as of knowledge of the subject, the further considet ation of the bill was postponed uatil noxt Satarday, ALLEGED INDIAN AGENCY FRAUDS, | The House Committec on Indian Afaits examined | Miss Cook im order to refute the testimony of the | Indian Beauhen against E. P. Smith. Miss Cook acted as clerk for Smith white he was agent for the Chippe- was, It was not true, as chargea, that Smith boaght scrip from the Indians for the purpose of spec- ulation with the government supplies, Ail he did was to sell somo rerip for the Indians at fuil price, paying them the money in every caso. Smith never received any money from the Indians selling or tbe parties purchasing the scrip, After Smith became Commissioner he sent Miss Cook to the White Earth Agency to assist his successor as agent (Douglass) in making Up his accounts for settlement at the Indian Boreau, She denied other statements of Beaulien, cluding the one referring to herself that she went to the Ageney to buy scrip for Commissioner Smith | under his direction. POSTAL INVESTIGATION—-DANFORTH'S TESTI- MONY CONTRADICTED. The House Committes on Post Offices and Post Roads to-day eXamingd J. 4. Sanderson, of the firm of Bar- low & Sanderson, (formerly Bariow, Sanderson & Com- pany) Western mail contractors, He tostified that he had alwa; tended personally to the execution of their mail contracts, and the running of their = variout stege lines, = while Barlow attended to irm’s basiness in Washington. Wit- pess knew nothing of the details of the letter, Ho never made a straw bid, if caused ono tobe pnt tn and had no knowledge that any member of the firm had ever made one. He also swore that he never paid any money or made any presents to any Post Office comical; never authorized or suggested any, and never knew of any member of the firm doing any such thing, Heng questioned with reference to the testimony re. cently given by 8. A. Danforth, of Chicago, Sanderson declared that nearly all of Danforth's assertions were absolutely false, Witness had never beon a roommate of Danforth; wever told Danforth that it required money to “‘grense’’ the officials in Washington; never said anything ot this character; nothing of the kind had ever entered his mind; he never told Danforth that # Kaasas member of Congress had backed them in their mail bids; as er of fact there was no such backing; he never told Danforth that the firm paid one department official $5,000 a | quarter or that presents of payments were made to | others Witness allowed Deatorth to cecepy a part of | their office buildings in Kansas City at the request of | the rauiroad company, for which he (Danforth) was | agent: be never talked with him about | ) island. the nrms ousiness, exceps possiDly 1 | Judge George F. Comstock, of Syracure, has arrived at may have been to become a bondsman of some bid about the year 1870; in May, 1875, Danforth showed witness in St, Louia a letter from the Post- master General asking him (Danforth) to furnish in- formation about their contracts, and asked witness what ho should do; witness replied that he ought togo onto Washington and tell anything he knew, adding that he (witness) had no objection; thereupon Danforth said he had no money for expenses, to which witness rejoined that he had none to lend or give him. =~ Sanderson was then interrogated concerning Dan- forth’s statement that they had burned their books. He explained that a large lot of papers, books, &e., re- Jating to the business of the old firm had arcumulated up ta the year 1870; that this old business bad all Deen settled and a new set of books opened wheu the firm changed, and that, their office being small and frequently moved as the railroad ter- | | minus advanced, his bookkeeper suggestet that tho He thereforo | ld ftubbish should be disposed of. told the bookkeeper to do what he pleased with tho accumulation, and subsequently was informed of their destruction. Theso books and papers contained nothing that he wanted to conceal; he had no thought | of any such thing; witness paid no attention to the bookkeeping in Washington; ho had entire confidence in his partner, Mr, Barlow, and, indeed, never looked Into his own books; when he wanted to know bow he stood he asked his bookkeeper and got the desired In- | formation from the slips of paper which the latter would then band him, ‘ In conclusion witness averred most positively that he never knew, until he read the newspaper report of | Mr. Barlow's testimony before the committee, of pay- ments made by Barlow tor buying off other bidders nor of the manner in which the firm bad been blackmailed, Ho and bis partner reposed unlimited contidence in each other and each attended exclusively to his own department of the firm’s business, Mr. Barlow had, however, repeated to witness the statement contained in his (Barlow's) testimony, that he had never paid any money or made any present, directly or indirectly, to | any government officer, GENERAL RICE'S POST TRADERSHIP NEGOTIATION. General Rice, the Washington attorney, whose namo has figurea so prominently in connection with obtain- ing post traderships from General Belknap, was exam- | ined to-day before a ub-committeo of the Committee Ho gave a history of fonr post tra- | on the Judiciary. dorsnips in Texas and New Mexico which he had pro- cured jor various parties, bis compensation varying. © From one person he got $2,000, from another $5,000 from a third he got one-half of the net proiits of the post, and from a fourth he got one-third of tho net profits. He and Gencral Belknap had been resident of the same town (Keokuk, Iowa); had served together in the war, and were on friendly aud intimate terms. Hence his suc- cess in getting these appointments. He denied that Genoral Belknap know anything of the money which he (Mr Rice) recerved for these appointments; that he nad ever given or loaned (except to some trifling amount, which has been always repaid) money to Belknap, and had never given him any presents, ex- cept, perhaps, some wine and cigars, and a small wed ding present to his wife, THE SAFE BURGLARY. ? Tho safe burglary mystery is to bo cleared up. Yesterday Hon. J. Proctor Knott, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, called upon Attor- ney General Pierrepont and was in secret contoronce at the department for a long time, After the Cabinet mceting he called again and remained for more than two hours. It 1s belfeved that the Judiciary Committoe have requested tho Attorney General to give Immunity to Colonel Whitly if he testifies fully and fairly before the committee, It is not doubted that tho, immunity by the Attorney General has been put into the hands of the Judiciary Committee to be used by them if they think fit, The whole affair will now come to light. SYSTEMATIC SMUGGLING, HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS DEFRAUDED OF ABOUT SEVEN MILLIONS A YEAR—WHAT IS DONE ON THE PANAMA STEAMERS. Sax Fraxcisco, Cal., April 1, 1876, A statement, authorized on semi-ofllcial authority, asserts that frauds on the qustoms, amounting to from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 per year, have been perpe- trated here, A large portion of the smuggling is by way of Panama, dutiable merchandise being ostensibly biped trom here to New York and vice versa, but on the arrival of the steamers at Panama other paceages are substituted containing goods answering the desorip- tion in the manifest. Ibis stated that a large amount of Mexican wool enters the country free from duty, being landed on Catalina Island, oif the southern coast, where there is a fine harbor and no customs officers, and thence shipped here as the product of « It ig estimated that by these and other means the government 1s annually defrauded of nearly fitty per cent of the revenue, THE ST. LOUIS INDICTMENTS. Sr. Louis, April 1, 1876, William H. Swift, Clerk of the City Couneti, is also among those indicted yesterday. perjury. It is expected that moro indictments will be found in a day or two, involving other city officials, The bribery charged in these cases 18 receiving money | 1 connection with the passage by the City Council of the charter for the Northwester street railroad, not the Cash avenue road, as previously stated. THE DIRECT CABLE. Bostox, April 1, 1876, The Electrician's tests have located the break in the direct cable just inside twenty miles of Ryo Beach, New Hampshire. Tho suddonness of the break scems to indicate a complete fracture, The arrival of the Faraday is expecteg to-day to grappto for the cable, BALLANKEEL SICK, Lovisvinnx, April 1, 1876, The famous race horse Ballankeel has been retired | from the turf on acconnt of an affliction caused by tho epizootic. He cannot again run with any snow of success, Ballankeel had an excotlent record last year, aud atone +, William Jennings, of Louisville, THE WHITE ISLAND LIGHT. Bostos, April 1, 1876. The light keepers of White during the gale of tho 2ist ult, the heavy gliss win- dows in tho tower, sixty feet above high water mark, were broken by the waves, THE FIRST BOAT. Aunasy, April 1, 1876, The steamer America, with @ tow of five or six boats, arrived here to-day, being tho first boat through from New York this season, : THE DEATH SENTENCE. Nasuviuae, Tenn., April 1, 1876, In the Supreme Court to-day L. A. Giibert was sen- He 1s charged with | | .# DYEING AND CLEANING. — an offer of $60,000 for him was refused by his Island Light report that | tenced to be hanged at Fayetteville, May 26, for the | murder of William Johnson, a blind magic lantern wowman, The prisoner received the sentence wi Jaughter. in THE BEECHER JURORS. Ever since last April the members of the Tilton- Beecher jury have been making strenuous efforts to secure the payment of the $5 per day allowed them by act of the Legislature for extra compensation as jurors, This act left 1 optional with the Board of Supervisors | of Kinga county 10 pay the money. Last year the Board refused to pay the money and this year there ance to do 80. A bill isin nator Kennedy amending the act of providing thatall jurors detained ° period than thirty days shall be paid, lie regular compensation of sum of $4 per day. The judges Bar of Kings county generally a passage of the act. OBITUARY. THOMAS U, DUDLEY. A telegram from Richmond, Va, of the Ist inst., re- ports ;—Thomas U, Dudley died here to- matism of the heart, aged sixty-eight, He was Grand ‘Treasurer of the Grand Masonic of Virginia and Treasurer of thé Grand Royal A hapter and Grand Commandery of the state,” Daring I eral high oficial Pm eg) in this ety and was the father of Bishop Thornes U. Dudiey, of Kentucky, who was with bim when be ated. HOTEL ARRIVALS, a $2 per aay, the mombers of tho im favor of the Roar Admiral James H. Strong, United States Navy, | [atin”,fokarding, tute Tare. in is residing at tho Everctt House; Rev. Dr, Olmstead, of Braniord. Conn.. is staying at the 8t. Denis Hotel; | | } | ho held kev. | | that, the ps the Filth Avenue Hotel; Professor 0, C. Marsh, of Yale College, is at the Hoffman House; Senator William B. Woodin, of Auburn, N. Y., and A, D. Barber, of Utica areat the Metropoiitan Hotel; Kev. George L. Walker of New Haven, is registered at the Grand Hotel; Pro- fessor Poter 8. 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A Ohrixtian of ours, « drwy rofession, enlls attention to on commentson Dr. Dick's omitted one very essential puint—bis sterling ir iriend thinks that, ord! Ms < ly, too mach eredit 1¢ enerzy and business activity and too lit walities which go to 1ni and serupolous be placed before ed by cunning, of by push, or by notoriety ; but Ith accumulated oF fufluenee gained by right- tis hy riyht doing. Hever held to any other views a success, Hike th bility, ie mul rm wiedge cannot compensa: go hand in band, of falta good iady who knew Mr. 3 clerk, told us a fow days a or any of the many th his employ, to recommend goods offered for sale. has always beon to exhibit the articles and let own talking. So with Dr, Dick. | Physicians know that ed remedies with will follow the t to be, nothing more, 1 ere to seal up pare oils and balsams a: in transparent xiass, s0 far as purity ned. 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