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MEMPHIS, TSOTjS"., THllRSDAY, MAEOH 9 1376.
ifi 3 T A. S ILtIS SET) 184,0.
YOL 36. TO 60
CLOSING KATES -
Jmfay ootfon ami gold: Kcw
I'.rL, cotton, 12f j; Memphis, 1SJ A'cw
iorh,goUixj0M4U U; Memphis, 1131.
Was ito3u March 9, 1 a-m.
-Kr the gulf Males, Tennestce and
Ohio vaUcy, warmer and clear or fair
weather, with east to sou'h winds, and
Ja'llnj barometer during Uic day, prob
ably foUowed by threatening weather.
Ox the soooo J psga of lo-day's Ap
peal our readers will find tome very ln
tsrcshcK matter ai -well ss additional
"cl Iniaiis f iLe j.r8" In regard to Bel
fensje grp.it e r5ine.
COX G It CSS I O X A L.
In the sejnate yebterday, Senator Cam
eron Ww. preeanlcd a pjtltlon, signed.
ly ovortixteeri Ihouiand ptraa, agalcst
secret societies, rdc! urging that a law
bs passed msfelng it unlawful to appoint
anypersja toofllee uudetr.tbe govcrn-l
men: who is a member of accrat cranl
zitione. The resolution to admit Pinch
back ton seat was rejected by a vote of
thlrtv-t wo agairst twenty-nine. In the
hotito, berfdci the lengthy discussion
of U19 litlknap aflair, printed in
jua eisewaere, the ipsaKer an-
noano.d the appointment of the
the following committee on the matter
connected with ths sc-aalled whliky
frauds and the attorney-general's oflbe:
Mr. Knott, chairman; Mesare. Harrig
EVa-3i Glover, Cochrane, Sl'Mahon,
Sl'Crary and Plaisted. On request of
Sir. Harris, ha was excused, and the
epeakersaid that ho would appoint an
other membor in hi9 place during the
day. Mr. Purman asned for ana was
granted a committee to investigate the
utatoment that he had need hia position
to enrich himself. A $. Wolff, having
answered certain questions pnt to him
hj tlio committee oa naval ofllcere, was
released from arrest.
MISSISSIPPI.
JrocecdluKi of troih HonMs of the
Xesfklntnr Tlie ne-Dlstrlerlnff
Dili It Pnssed tbe House
anil Kenatu.
Special to the Appeal.1
Jacicson, ilarch 8. The Bennte paieei
li'lla iueot pi rating tie Deer Creek slack
water navigation company authorizing
the mayor of cities and towns to compel
oQenders to work on streets; incorpora
ting the towns o Cnulshoma, In Mar
shal' county, and Monticello, in Law
rence county.
The houte parsed 1111 abolishing the
offices of ootton w igbBr, except in War
ren, A'corn ard Cl&itnrne counties, and
givirg anybody authority to wein cot
ton upon glvii g bond, and redisricting
the Btate into u-u circuit and chancery
districts.
A bill f aed both hruaes re-dlstrloting
the State into cangref bional districts as
fallows:
1'in-t DNtxicf Tishomingo, Alcorn,
Preatiss, Poutotnc, Lee, Itawamba,
Monroe, Ctiickasaw, Colfax, Oktibbeha
anil Lawndci.
SecindDis'ilct Tippah, Union, Ben
ton, Marshall, Lofi.jotre, Yallobusha,
DiSoto. Tate. Prola and Tallahatchie.
Tnird XJistrte Ifloro, Buiilower,;
wreuaua, vhxtjii, aioutgomery, Cal
houn, Fumner, Choctaw, Winston,
Noxubee, Kemper, Neshoba and At
ts'a. Fiurth Dislnct Holmes. Madison,
Xmke, Scott, Newton, liauderdalo,
miib, Jasper, Clark. Wayne and Jones.
Fifth District Hinds, Kanklw, Co
piah, Simp;oo, Covlntrton, Lawrence,
Amite, Franklin, Piko,Lincoln, Marion,
Pdarl, Hancock, Perry; Greene, Harri
son imd Jackson.
Sixth Dihtrict Tunica, Coahoma,
Jlol va, Wathlngton, Isaaquena, Yazoo,
Waren. Claiborne, jefleison, Adams
and Wilkh.gon.
7
FKOSi; THE JETTIES.
Tbcir Nnrcrss Dcnioiislrat tl Boyoa4
All Uucstlou.
TbcJInttle YF. Atrrooil, Drawing 13 Tott
M Inches, I'l-.Huen Hntoly Over
the Bar. " t
Bpeclal to the New Or!c:&i Times.
Pobt K&ns, March 5. On Friday,
the third Instant, according to announce
ment In tho Times of thn morning, a
lare excur ion o ladiea and gentlemen
started for this piace on board the leve-nue-cuttter
Dix and the packet Martha.
Qiite largo number of the delegates
attending the Immigration convention
wen? among the excursionists by special
invitatiai or Captain Eads, violting the
Jettie for the flrat time. Captain ads
and Colonel Andrews being desirous of
demonstrating to these distinguished
vuitors. the aucees3 of the jetties in ai
re idy doubling the depth of water on
tu bar by a practical, ocular illustra
tioB, had aranged with New
cooib, master of the three-masted
fobooner Mattio W. Atwood, drawing
tiirteen feet two inohes, Nf rton & Bad,
aje.its, just on the eva of departure for
Ivsvol, loaded with cotton, to go to sea
Ijv way cf c'oatli PasB and the jetties.
Yest;rday (the fourth iustant) being the
tlwt anniversary of tho passage ol the
net authorizing ths construction of the
jstUts by Ciptaiu Eids, was the time
eet fo: tIo pusgo of tiie Atwood.
Tint u ili some Jtliy or mfsunderstand
iu the Atwood did not arrive at tha
Jetties tiatl! the tide was on the ebb.
Nve.-tiiti"83 a channel of fourteen feet
having beea sonndrd and determined
eariy in tbe moraine by two oxpariencej
bir-p(I-t, Kcsrn. Oersdorf and Tilfor l,
It wsn thought thtre would bo no diffi
culty in ps5lng ovr. In maktcg the
a:tempt the Vf5el was jtulled out
ri le i f tbo channel aiid grounded
for a f'aort tim. She, howover, wa?
Kongotffindrtarted again. When she
reirhed a roint &b tut 'one thousand
mao huudred fe-.t inlaud from
the outer ezd) of the je.tics che
aza'n .-truck thubar, and It ras deemed
best to let her remain until high tide to
flay, much ta the vtxa'Jon ot -Captain
Eids and Colonel Aodrenrs, and to the
dlsvpolutmentof their frierd, the ex
curdioniets, who were all espjclally de
H'roin of tho passage of tho vessel to
commemorate the first anniversary?
HoweVtr, the temporary failure was
xnace the most of, all believing there
wuid te no obstruction tu her passage
Al hU-h tide, as there wa deep water on
ad tides, lhf-re being tiftein feet of wa
ter within lif y fee", of her bow, and
iWp-r frow tbffe cut. At baif-past
twelve r-'cioek thi evtnlug tha tow
lout Wic 4co fastened heriiaa toherand
h -ade l f-r the s&. No dolay or difll
CJl'.y W iW exprieaeed, aud she glided
ove-' the barns easily as if there had
been twenty fiet of water, which I csn
uK"ur9 the red.rs of the Times there
wu. h bsfora rniny days. It did not
ned the passage of this vossel to sstlsfy
ns here that there was fourteen or fifteen
fet of water on ihe bar. Constant
to indlngs and surveys are being made,
ua t we know from thtre that In many
p"ace3 r.xht on the bir, where there
was formerly six or seven or tight feet
of water, then is now eighteen and
ts-Qty and twenly-tbree fet. This will
iwn be i raotkially demonstrated by the
passage of your deepest laden veels.
Thtf is only a question of a fw days or
w t-.k cot i..,iiu.p. f he grpat engineer.
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h, I th ial 't.n abie t.uilfier, Au
w,irc to bt cBg'H is'r 'd on the
c s- of th mo-t important national
rt, aud Nw Oilcans ctnratdotoo
t -n or o these men for wh&t thejr
' ..rd consummating her
f-tire jrop rKy ond commercial pre-
BELESAP.
Additional Witnesses Before- the Com
mittee on Expenditure by the War
Department The Ex-Sccrc-tary
Arrested.
Stormy Debate In the House on twP.cso"
IutIonto(,Kecommlt the Impeach
meat Question to the Judi
ciary Committee.
-,
And Upon Mr. Knott's Bill Providing
Protection of Witnesses Who Giro
Testimony Criminating Them?
selves.
An "ETldcnll y" Cccrtd Purpose j
Blaine andKasson to Prerent the
Impeachment cndTerseca.- .
lion of Their Friend..
The Resolution and Bill Passed by n Vote
or 200 Yeas to 10 ays Cljmer
and His Associates on a Ques
tion of Privilege Etc.
WAsaiNQTOtt, March S.Tho honae
committee. on expenditures In the war
department examined Messrs. Grafton,
D. C. Farnoy, General W. T. Clarke, ex
congretsman from Texas, and General
Cook to-day. The two first named wpre
called to furnish information !n rela
tion to the appointment tt' post-trader-ships
Which were given to thorn and
then transferred to others. Gsneral
Clarke explained several appointments
be had secured. General Cook said he
obtained a pnst-traderehip through Gen
eral E. W Ittce, of Iowa, a friend of
General Belknap, atd that h9 was to
E'ay for the same seven thousand five
undred dollars per yesr. Orville Grant
asked the committee to excuse him from
testifying until to-morrow, aud ns he
was leaving the room he was served
with several subpoenas to appear before
Boverai otner committees.
BELKNAP'S FORMAL ., ARREST BAIL
FIXED AT $25,000.
Washington, March o. At noon
to-day Major R'chnrds, chif f of police,
made a formal arrest of Belknap, ex-
secretary of war, and brought him, into
me police courr. .Belknap Was accom
panled by his counsel, Ex Senator Car
nenter. who said thev waived an num
lnallon, and were prepared to sive bail
for Belknap's appearance before the
court. Judge Snell fixed the amount a'
twenty-five thousand dollars, when the
parties retired to airange" bail. Bslknap
showed by bis movements during the
Bnort time ne was in tno courtroom that
he was much depressed in spirit?, cover
ing his face with his hands and sighing
ueepiy.
STORMY PROCEEDING S IN THE HOOSE.
Washington, March S-Durinc the
session of tbehoust to-day, Mr. Knott,
chairman of the judiciary committee,
made the following-repott in the casd of
tho impeachment cf the late secretary of
war:
The committee on the Judiclarv would
ie3pectfully report that, in pursuance of
instructions ol the bouse, toey have pre
pared articles of Impeachment against
Wm. W. Belknap, late secretary of war,
for high crimes and misdemeanors in
office, but that since preparing the same
tney have been informed, and believe
that Caleb Marsh, on whose testimony,
before the committee on expenditures in
the war department and refarred to them
by the house said articles were framed,
lias gone beyond tho jurisdiction of the
government of tho United Btates, aud
that probably his attendance as a wit
ness before the seriite. sittincaa a court
of innunchtaeht: caunot be procured lo
oosvict said Wm. W. Bflknsp of high
crimes ana misdemeanors in onissras
secretary of war, they therefore re
commend the adoption of the following
resolution:
Mesolifed, That the reaolullon instruct
ing the committeo on judiciary to
prepare articles of impeachment against
Wm. W. Belknap, late secretary of war,
for high crimes and misdemeanors in
office oe recommitted by said commit
tee, with power to take further proofs, to
send for persons and papers, to sit during
the sessions of the house,and to report at
any time.
Ycur committee, impressed with the
Importance of securing tho fullest in
demnity to euch witnesses as may be
required to testify in behalf of the gov
ernment before either house of congress,
or any committee of either house, or be
fore tho senate, sitting as a court of im
peachment, wonld also recommend the
immediate passage of the accompany
ing bill,, entitled a bill to protect wit
nesses who shall be required to testify
in certain cases. They would recom
mend that the accompanying bill, .en
titled a bill in nlatiou to wltne3sef, be
introduced printed and referred to the
committee on judiciary, with leave to
report thereon at any time.
The following is the bill presented by
Mr. Knott:
A Mil lo protect witnesses who shall be re
quired to testify In certain cases.
Be it enacted, That when any pereon
shall be required to testify against bis
protest before either house .of congrsss,
or any committee thereof, or tho senate
sitting as a court of impeachment, and
shall so testify under protest, he shall
not thereafter be held to answer crimin
ally in any court of justice, or be eubject
to any penalty or forfeiture' on account
of any act concerning which bo shall be
eo required to testify; provided that
nothing herein contained shall be so
consmed a to relievo any person from
liability to impeachment.
Beit enacted, That any person who
shall wilfully abacs t himself from his
place of residence, or conceal himself,
or absent himself from the United
States, or being absent shall wilfully re
main absent, or Bhall flee or attempt to
do so for the purpose and with the in
tent to escape the service of any lawful
writ or process requiring him to appear
aua testify or give evidence, or produce
books, letters, documents or papers, or
for the purpose or with the intent to
ayold being required to testify or give
evidence, or to become a witness, shall
be deemed guilty of ciimc, and punish
able by a hne not exceeding teu thou
eatd dollar), or by imprisonment nut
exceeding threa years, or by both of
said punishments. Nothing herein
shall be construed to exempt any such
peison from lawful punlsnment as for
contem (it
Mr. Knott proceeded to addres3 tho
house on the subject. He said tbtt the
testimony of Marsh bad disclosed such
infamous crimes and misdemeanors on
tho part of -the lat eecretary of war as
had caused every honest American to
hang his head wijh shame and igno
miny. The comis&tee had proceeded
to discharge its duty, but bad no sooner
completed it than tno committee was
confronted with the fact that Marsh bad
flfd beyond the jurisdiction of the gov
ernment He would not undertake to
Bay what was the caure of Marsh's
prompt flight; but would say, however,
that, having testified Before the commit
tee, and having given no indication of a
contempt of the hnue, it was beyond
the power of the committee or of fio
house tu have ordered him Into cuuody
or to have detrained him in any man
ner of his liberty without havl&g been
guilty of almost as great au outrage as
that charged on the secretary cf war.
Marsh, however, might have been taken
In custody lu pursuance of law by an- .
other department of the government.
HeKntittj did not Insinuate that the
distinguished bead of tho department of
justice1, or that the district attorney was
not aware of the proper mode and man
ner of securing Marsh's detentlou. There
wss but oub methrd now by which
Marsh coull be brought back, an4 that
method was an lrfdl'ble one. It was
In the power cf one man to have Marjli
in Washington City In forty-sight hours.
It was a simple plan and one known to
the legal profession from tho earliest
dawn rf jurisprudence. If the President
ol the United States really honestly anil
sincerely desired the impeachment, In
dictment and punishment of the late
eecretary of war, whoso enormous
crimei had disgraced hla own adminis
tration and had caused every American's
cheek lo mantle with shame, all that he
had to do was to give assurance to wit
nets Marsh that if he would come before
the tribunals and tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but tbe truth,
he ehou'd have a free pardon, and Marsh
wonld bo In Washington In forty-eight
hourc Marsh was not coming without
such insurances, and no Bane man in his
situation would come .without such as
surance afterwhathadbeen-blsaoned-alt'
over the country. The question thereof
presented itself to the committee, What
was most advlsablo t.x the house to do?
iAnd tho committee bad conclude! that
t-j prescntartlcles of Impeachment, with
the mrral certainty that there would be
no sufficient evidence to sustain them,
would ba to put the house' in an at
titude which would render It ridiculous
in the eye3 of lbs world, find contempt
ible in ils own estimation. He did not
believe that there was more than one
man in tho house who would feel dis
posed to place tho house in that attitude,
particularly when ntyimfent evidence
might, wuh obborttlnuy, be secured to
sustK'n tse chBrge,
llr. Lynde, another member of the
judiciary committee, sustained tbe re
port of the committeo, and submitted
that even if Marsh Were present it would
not be prudent to present Articles, on his
testimony alone, particularly wnen it
was Spirent that other important testi
mony eould be procured. He regretted
tbe manifestation of any partisan feel
ing on tho rut ject, and intimated that
no member of the house could tide into
tbe Presidency on tho manner in which
this Investigation shculd be conducted.
At the conclusion of Mr Lynde'a re
marks, Mr. Lawrence, also a member of
tho judiciary committee, tried to get the
floor, but Mr. Knott moved the previous
question, and resisted the apoeals of the
ltepnblican rabmSsrs to withdraw the
motion. The previous question was sec-
onoeu, and me resolution adopted.
Mr. Knot! then moved tho previous
question on the bill to protect witnesses
who shall ba required to testify in cer
taVicsnee. Mr. Kapson appealed to Mr. Knott
not to Insis't upon tbe previous question,
but to allow some little discussion.
Mr. Blaine There have been two
speeches made cn tho opposite side of
tbe house. Shouts of order from the
Democrats. Every man here is in
favor of the bill, but we want one
short speech on (his question from a
raembT of the Judiciary oommittee.
Cint!nuou3 shouts cf "Order!" "Or
der!": Mr. Davis Th9 gentleman from
Maine is out of order, and he knows it;
he ought to obey the rules of the hou3e.
Laughter.
A vote by the teller wa3 taken on
seconding thoievicus question, but the
Republicans generally; refrained from
voting, so that there did not appear to
ba a quorum. There being nothing in
order in that condition) eVcept a motion
to adjourn or for a call of tho house, Mr.
BKilnfj again appealed to Mr. Knott, as
a-eavlng of time, to allow a short de
bate; he, himself, tlid not want to speak
mare thin fifteen minutes.
Mr. Hoar said that there was some ap
parent defects in the bill, and that the
previous qusticn we-iild meve'nt the of
fering of amendmenls. He thought the
bill would easily pas3.
Mr. B'&ine "said the vote would be
unanimous.
Mr. Knott declined to make any com
promise, so there was nothing for it but
a call of the house. After the call,
which showed tbe presence of no quorum,
Mr. Bia.no made another eifort to se
c jre a chancs fur discussion on the Its
publican side, and disclaiming anything
that had the appearance of filibustering,
but his voice was drowned in the shouts
cf "order" from the Ddmocrp.ts.
Another vote by the tellers had the
same result, and there was another call
of the house. After two houis con
sumed in this way, an arrangement was
made in which Mr. Knott aid he had
proposed from the beginning that half
of the hour left to tbe committee, after
the seconding of the previous question,
should be given to Mr. Lawrence.
Mr. Lawrence yielded part of that
time to Mr. Kasson, who expresied his
regret that tbe statements which bad
been made yesterday in tbe heat of de
bate, had, to-dsy, been repeated by Ihe
cool gentleman from Kentucky Knott.
Mr. Kf a?oii undertook to show that
Marsh could not have been frightened
away by any cabinet proceeding, as
Marsh had left Washington at half-past
eleven o'clock Thursday, three hours be
fore the report was prsented In the
houe, and be cculd not havo learned
anything about tho mythical meeting of
the cabinet till he read It in Montreal on
Saturday morning.
Mr. Lawrence also yielded a few min
utes to Mr. Blaine, who said that he
wss authorized to say that there had
never been ttny instructions in the cabi
net to prosecute Marsh. Marsh's esse
had never been considered In the cabi
net, but simply tho question cf prosecut
ing Belknap. If anybody eaid Marsh
had been frightened out of the country
by anything the cabinet had done, he
Etated that no foundation existed for the
assertion. In fact, the simple failure of
tho committee on expenditures in the
war department to discharge Ma'sh
would have retained him here. He
Blaine would vote for this bill, even
if it were full of outrages, and he begged
his Republican friends to do the same,
but he ventured to prophecy that no mat
ter what bills of exemption were passed
they would not get Mar3h. 8everal
Democrats: "How do you Kriowif"j
Mr.Blaine I do not know, butl am a
Yankee by adoption, andean guess; and
I guess that he will not conic between
tbe great dignity of tbe house in regard
to tbe indictment of Belknap, and the
hailing of the Judiciary committee
shorn impeachment. It looks to me as
if the late secretary of war would escape
and drop between the two stools. He
will neither be Indicted, because ita
against tho dignity of tha house to fur
nish testimony; nor will he be impeach
ed, because, on the whole, there's not
enough to Impeach on. A whispered
remark from Mr. Hoar. As my friend
from Massachusetts suggests, give tbe
case to this Mdo of the bouss, and we
will do both quickly. Applause on Re
publican side.
Mr. Lawrence asked which side of the
houee was responsible for any failure to
impeach or to indict Btlknap? The Re
publican side had voted yesterday to
send to the criminal court evidence
within the control of the house for the
purpose of indicting him, and tbo Dem
ocratic side had voted against It. Then,
who was responeiblo for Marsh's ab
sence? He did hot entertain the Bright
est idea that tho chairman cf the com
mittee on expenditures in the war de
partment had designed that Marsh
ehnuld escapo for tho purpose of reliev
ing tbe lte secretary from impeaebment
or Indietmei-t; but the fact was true, nev
ertheless, that tbe witness had heen
discharged when he should have been
Led, ncd that if he had not been dis
charged he would bs here to testify
alike" before the firand jury and before
the hirrh court of impeachment.
Mr. Knott closed the discussion, and
notict-d the fact I bat, notwithstanding
the anxiety expressed on the other side
to debfi'e the bwi, noiaord had been
esld at out It !u the three epcechesreade
a 'o He willingness of the other side to
al Ja expiring snd junlehlnjr corrnp
t' n lis reminded them they had had
many yearj to do so, but had never
done so. TAnnlause on the DamocTatio
aide. Ti e bjii was then pasted yeaajU
200: navs, 10. ,
Mr. Ciymer, rising to a question of;
personal privilege, sent to tne cierK'fl
desk and had read a statement la the
Washington correspondence of the New
York Herald of to day. relating to a.
sunnneed Inteivlew between Mrs. BoK
knap, Mrs. Morsb, and othtr . ladiea, at
the Arlington hotel, in wnicu uie
charges against Mrs. Belknap were dis
cussed, and among them a chargs that
George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, had paid
to Mrs. Be'knap a bribeof seventy thou
sand di liars In the interest of the Ken
tucky Central rallroud, wbeu Mrs. Bel
knap is represented ss having said that
she had only received half that amount;
that the l&cis ha 1 been brought to Mr.
Clymer's attention l y Sir. Danford, ono
of the members of tne committee, bnt
that Mr. Ciymer had paid no attention
to them; and, further, that Mrs. Bel
knep. Mr. Pendleton, Air. Ciymer, Mr.
and Mrs. MarBh h ad m Ml e a tour of Eu
rope together, when Mr. Ciymer beaanie
gradually acquainted with tha main
facts In the case, uno piper naving
been read, Mr. Ciymer rose and said:
"In a-somewhat prolougf d publlo ser -
vice here and elsewhere, this is the first
time thnt I ever felt myself called upon
to make a public statement with refer
ence to anything which ha3 appeared
regarding me In a newspaper, for the
simple reason that I believe "It is the
ilrst time I have ef er seen my personal
rectitude or honor directly impugned.
I?dw, with 'reference to tbls article. I
never saw Marsh, the witness in the
caso, until !st Mon;by hen
appeared in the committee room. I
never saw Mrs. Marsh but ohce in my
life, and that wm last Tnuraday morn
ing, tho day they left the city, when,
taking an early breakfast at tho Arling
ton hotel, I saw the witness with a lady
whom I presumed to be his wife. They
ceatcd themselves near me, and, out of
courtesy to a woman, I vent and was
presented to, her The.lntervlow cer
tainly did not Inst three minutes, and
tho case before the committee was not
alluded to in the remotest terms. I
have never met Mr. George H. Pen
dleton save on this side of the water;
therefore the charge with reference
to my having traveled in Etlropo ti'ith
any of those parties, at any time, is
absolutely and wholly false. Again, it
is alleged, dr deems to be alleged, that
I was cognizant. of some meeting held
at Arlington between Mrs. Marsh and
Mrs. Belknap and others. If there was
such a meeting, 1 certainly was not at
It. If matters wore riiecussed'there with
reference to another crime, I could only,
and did only hear it by rumor, and there
was no foundation. In the world for me
to go rJpon save thnt it was said that
there was a record in the war depart
ment. Some one told me so. Fortunately,
I have the witness here whom last week
I told to go to tha war department and
search it up, so as to start that investi
gation With all my other labors. On
Monday night, while fit the cspitol, a
telegram was received from Mr. Pendle
ton asking when he could be here before
our committee, and I directed a
friend of his to telegraph that we
would hear him to-morrow afternoon.
With reference to my being unwilling
to investigate this matter, my friend and
colleague on tbe committee l Mr. Dan
ford will bear me witness that on Mon
day morning, when I came into the ball,
he came and said he wished Mrs. Mnrsh
to be summoned, not telling me the
reason of it. Ho will further bear me
witness that Instantly I. said 'Yes,' and
tbe eergeant-at-arma will prdve that I
went to him and took out a subpebna,
and bad him send a special messenger
immediately to New York for that pur
pose. Nowl brand tho whole article,
so far as it relates to.myself, as utterly,
entirely and. absolutely false, and I nay
that the man or men who conooctsd it
have done so with mollco aforethought,
for some purpose which I leave the
house nud tha people of tho country to
judge. I wish to say further, that I will
not be doterred from my duty, ta im
posed upon me by this house, in inves
tigating frauds from the highest to the
loivtat, and all through the body politic,
as they come under my supervision,
whenever I suspect or know that fraud
or corruption exists. If I should ttdUe
the dearest friend on earth, I Will have
the consolation of knowing that I have
done my duty to this house and to
my country, and Ibey who expact to in
timidate mo through the press, through
in&inuatlon.or otherwise, or to deter me
from my duty, have mistaken their
man. I have as great respect as any
man can have for the third estate; but
when it is used for a base and vile pur
pose, I will defend myself against it,
and will appeal to honest men here and
everywhere for my support and justifi
cation." Applause
Mr. Roboius, anotner member of tho
committee, saiM he had never heard of
tho matter in question until be saw it
In a nowapaper this evening. The effort
to deter the Investigation by turning the
batteries of vituperation on a commit
tee engaged in trying to do ita duty
would fail In its purpose. So far as bo
was concerned, ho proposed to sail his
craft boldly into this fight until it was
blown out of water, and that would not
bs done until he had blown off tbe heads
of a few more thieves whom he knew of.
Applause on the Democratic side
Mr. Blackburn, another member of
the committee, said he had never heard,
either officially or otheiwise, of the
cbargs here alluded to until two or three
days ago, when Mr. Ciymer, in the
committee room said he proposed to
issue a eubpceoa for Mrs. Marsh, but he
had no idea what she was expected to
testify to. That was tho first and last
and only time he had ever heard any
thing or it until he saw this article. He
was perfectly indifferent as to what the
newspapers said, No one held the
American journalist in higher apprecia
tion than himself, bnt whenever one of
that craft forgot his duty and became
a barnaole on his profession, a mere ul
cer and excrescrnee that existed only to
dlsgrtce these with whom he was asso
ciated, he Blackburn ever held it
bis duty to refuee t stoop.so low as to
notice the miserable hireling. He did
not care if every newspaper in tbe coun
try turned their batteries on the commit
tee, all that this committee asked was
that their hands be kept off ita witness
es, and before .this congress adjourned
they would unearth enough of viilanies,
accumulated within the last fourtean
years, to sicken and vomit the country,
by expiring the putrid carcasses that
had been so long and zealously covered
up.
Mr. M'Dongall (contemptuously)
We have seen putrid carcasses enough
hero.
Mr. Blaine raUcd Mr. Blackbarn's at
tention to a misstatement made yester
day by him in saying that the witness
Marsh was within the power of tbo
uouse when the report was made; the
fact being that Marsh had left the city
three hours before.
Mr. Bl&ckburn mode tho correction,
but intimated that Mr. Blaino seemed
to have beon keeping company with the
witness, or close on bis track.
Mr. Blaine said i6 had never seen
Marsh, and he never heard of him until
tho case was brought before the house,
but that the fact of Marsh leavlngtbe
city at that time was a very essential
one in the history of the case, and so es
sential that after the newspapers
throughout tbe United States had bla
zoned it abroad that Mandi had been
frightened off by an order from the ex
ecutive department, ho Blaine had
taken pains to find out when Marsh left
the city.
Mr. Danford, another membsr of the
committee, stated bia connection with
the matter. Ho had never beard it
spoken of tiil Saturday evening last,
when n gentleman of credibility came
to Jilm and said Mrs. Marsh wonld prove
certain matters alleged against the war
department, and asked that she be "un
penned at once. It wrs too late on Su
nrday evening to do It, and on Monday
morning he had come to the howa,
fouiod Chairmsn Ciymer as "soon as hi
couid, and asbtd that Mrs. March be
snbttnatd to appear forthwith befr.rethe
committee. Tne chairman's reply won
"that he would glsdly and willingly do
It;" that he did not know the purpose fjr
which she was to be summoned; nor
had he TDanfcrdl etated it. but that be
J would bring her here, and let her testi
ly let her testimony strike where It
might, friend or foe. The name of the
witness had been given to the chair
man, who had at once gone In tbe di
rection of the office of the eerseant-at-arms.
That was the entire connection
that he Danford had with the matter.
This naded tne discussion, and the
eecond bill reported by the judiciary
committee was recommited.
A SPJECIAI. WONDER.
A SIio wcr or FIeb A ToiijjLi Kentucky
Ntorjr.
LotiisVtLLK, Maroh 8 A special to
the Gmricr- Journal from Mt. Sterling,
Kentuoay, Bays that during to day a
most wonderful phenomenon transpired
in that section. The correspondent says
,that during sunshine and a clear sky,
Jitj&w ieJl from tho heavens, quivering
1"0! whlcK came down In largequan-
tities and filled many acres of ter
litory. Hogs and chlokens eagerly de
voured the flash, specimens of which
have been sent to this city for scientific
examination.
gbaduaIj KEsuMpriox.
The Speele-I'ayinehi illli Agrl Upon
ly the Majority or tho Democratic
nucus Committee.
Pri?Tltcii3 tot tbe Aonntn'lritlon bt
Ciold by theTreaaary and National
Banks BcpenI of tno Tlmo
I'lxcd for Bedemptlon.
Washington, March 6. Bublolned
Is ajfulljjopy of tho bill agreed to by the
majority of the Ueriiocratfc caucus
flcance committee, and reported to the
caucus on Saturday evening, by Mr.
Payne, as appeared in the report pub
lished in the Appeal of Sunday:
A bill to provide for the gradual resumption or
Specie Payment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Meprettntatii'es of the United Slates
of America in Conbress assembled, Tha
ft oholi Ka iVta rlflfv rvf fVin HMrfltflrv r ? 1
the treasury, during each aud every year
from aud after July 1, 1S76, and until
thb legal-tender notes of the United
Btates shall be appreciated at par val
ue with' gold, and shall be converti
ble Into coin, to cause it to be set aside
and retained in coin an amount equal
to three Ssr cent: of such legal-tender
notes outstanding, and from the date of
such convertibility, as aforesaid, tbe
amount of coin set asiu ud retained,
as aforesaid, shall be held as a resump
tion fund In respect to said legal-tender
notes, and shall at no time be lees than
thirty per cent of ttioh outstanding legal-tender"
notes; provided, however,
that the (join so set a'ide and retained
as above provided shell be counted as
ft part of the sinking fund for the pur
chase or the payment of the public debt,
as required by section 3694 of the revised
statute.
Sec. 2. That it shall bs the duty of
each national banking association, dur
ing each and avery year from and after
July 1, 1876, and until the full and com
plete resumption of tho payment in spe
cie of its circulating notee, to set aside
and retain from coin receivable and in
terest on the bonds deposited with the
treasurer of theUultcd States as security
for. its circulation, An Amodnt equal to
three per cent, of its circulating notes
Issued to such association and not sur
;terrdertd; and from the dato-of Its re
eumptlon of specie payments as aTore
iiM, the amount of coin to ha held and
maintained as a resumption fund shall
at no time bs less than thirty per cent,
of Its outstanding circulation; that the
coin by this section directed to be set
aside and retained shall be as a pert of
the lawful money reserve which said as
sociation are by existing laws required
to maintain.
Sec. 3. That so much of section 3 of an
act entitled "An act to provide for the
resumption of specie payments," ap
proved January 14 1875, &3 required the
secretary of tne treasury to redeem legal-tender
notes to the amount of eighty
percent, of tho sum of national ban);
notes issued to any banking association
increasing its capital or circulation, or
to any association newly organlzsd ru
provided in said section, and also so
much of said section 3 as relates to or
provides for the redemption In coin of
the United States legal-tender notes on
or after January 1, 1879, and all other
provisions of law inconsistent with this
act, are hereby repealed.
MEXICO.
Latent from the Troubles on tho Border
Mexican Vaintltes Hocking Amort
cm Protection, tc
Galveston, March 6. A Bpecial to
tho News from Brownsville, Texas,
says: ' The revolutionists under Diaz
are rapidly gaining strength. Consider
able consternation prevails among the
government adherents in the towns
along the Mexican bortkr. Many fami
lies are seeking protection on tbe Ameri
can side at Rio Grande city, Edlhburg
and Brownsville. Metamoros is consid
ered the present objective point of the
Disz party, although It Is strongly forti
fied. The small garr.'son of federal
troops now there, under Cristo, are In
adequate for all purposes Colonel Par
ratt, who was ordered with his com
mand from Comsrgo to their assistance,
arrived on the third, having missed or
avoided Pen a' on tne route. Contrary
to the expectations of the government
ptrty, Pens, after taking Rsynoza, and
his fores bsicg augmented by about four
hundred volunteers, received orders from
Diaz to advance immediately on
Comargo. It Is reported that he
has reaobed Loa Cuevas, the noted
den of cattle thieve', and tho point at
which M'Naliy recently crossed Into
Mexico, where his force will probably be
Increased. Immediately on receipt of
the news of the movement of Pena,
Colonel P&rratt left Matamoros on yes
isrday morning in pursuit of him and
for the protection of Comargo. Govern
ment troops have also left Monterey
for that point, as also a small party of
the" rural ; police from Mier. Diaz re
mains quiet at Brownsville. He is prob
ably waiting till the forces under Pena
are tufficieully strong to make the at
tempt on Matamoros.
Liter Pena this morning took un
disturbed possession of Comargo, where
an order for a forcible tax will probably
be made to increase the finances of the
filibusters so-called.
A 835,000 Shortage.
Detroit,;Mich, March 7. John Far
kin, a prominent lumber man of Mid
land, who recently failed in business,
was treasurer of Midland county. His
accounts have bsen investigated by the
supervisors, and a bhorUge of twenty
five thousand dollars discovered. He
was arrested this morning and admitted
to bail.
Cbnrce Preferred Against Bowen.
New York, March 7. Mr. Henry C.
Bowen has received a copy of tho
charges preferred against him last week
by the examining committee of Ply
mouth church, with a summon to ap
pear before a committee appointed by
the church to examine the charges to
mor.oT evening.
At a meeting of tbe stockholders inl
St. Louis yesterday tbe following gentle
men were elected directors of the St.
Louis, Kansas City and Northern rail
road. W. Lewis, jr , Joseph Bogy, J.
H Britton, George D. Hall, James F.
Howe, John Jackson, John A. Scudder,
L. B. Parsons, Robert E. Carr, J. A.
Jameson and John T. Terry. The busi
ness of the road is in a gratifying condi
tion, the earnlngi of January and
February being one hundred and
twenty-six thousand dollars In excess of
the same time last year.
TELEGRAPHIC BBEYITY.
The Ohio legislature would esjpin the
runuing ci railway trains on the Sib
bath:
W. W. Rapley. a citizen of Washintr.
ton, went on Belkrap's bond yeeterday
aiiercooa.
Cincinnati polico affairs are to be con
trolled by live meiropolltan police com
m Lea loner?.
President Orton, of the Western
Union tehgrapbr company, made his
quarterly report yesterday.
A tornado passed over Lamonto, Mis
souri, last Sunday, unroofing houses and
doing considerable damage otherwise.
Wallace Dennis, a Blx-year old child,
was killed by a locomotive in India
napolis yesterday, lu the presence of his
mother.
An unknown one-armed man at
tempted to board a moving freight-train
at Gallatin, yesterday, and fell and
Drone nis necK.
Itx-Chief Justice M'K6cn, of gait
Lake City, denounces as false tho state
ment of .Lyon In tho 'Bchenok Investi
gation, as far as it Inculpates himself.
The State colored, convention met in
Nashville Tuesday, and appointed six
teen delegates to the Colored nationnl
convention, WUlcn meets tnere on tno
fifth of April.
The suit of George P. Barnla versus
the CredltFoncier of America, for salary
as sec-etary, was decided in Omaha
Tuesday in favor of Bernls, whereby he
gets some twelve thousand dollars.
Tho committee on foreign affairs seem
not to be satisfied with the manner of
Minister Schenck's resignation, and de
mand of Secretary Fish the day, hour,
and other particulars' concerning the
minister's stepping down and out.
A quarrel, Tuesday, bstweeu two ne
groes named Bill Burnet and Sanford
Johnson, living at City Poin, Missouri,
resulted in tbe death uf Burnet, he re
ceiving two LUllets in bis body from a
pistol in the hands of Johnson.
Eighteen of the victims of he fearful
disaster caused by the burning of the
asylum for tha poor iu Brooklyn, New
York, Tuesday, were gathered from the
ruins of the building yesterday,, and in
terred. But threo of the bodies were
identified.
R Ji Schenck, cas-hler of the Iron
Mountain bank, iu S:. Louis, commit
ted suicide in that city yesterday by
shooting himeelf. His wife committed
suicide in the same manner a few days
ago, which it Is faupposed led tbe hus
band to tbe act of yesterday.
A freight-train, on the St. Louis, Irem
Mountain and Southern railway, four
miles south of Little Rock, at one o'clock
yesterday morning, ran over a cow on
the track, and the entire train except tbe
engine w wit?0?11- Two persons were
injured and several cfiia wrecked.
The Democratic State central com
mittee of Arkausas met in Little Rock
yesterday and fixed upon June 14th as
the day Jorthe assembling of Ihe Demo
cratic State convention. Candidates for
State offiseis, delegates to the national
convention and I residential electors are
to be chosen by the convention.
Mabel Hall, an English ballet-girl at
the Theater O m;qne, lu St. Louis, was
shot at one o'clock yesterday morning
in one of the refreshment rooms of the
theater by Edgar M. More. who then
put a bullet into Ills own heart. The
girl will probably die. Mooie. at last ac
counts, was not ejppcted to live. Unre
quited love wai the ciuse of the afiair.
Tha bill introticced Iff the United
States senate Tuesday by Senator la
galls ta- extend-the jarisdictiflm of. the
court.of clalmr, provides that this tribu
nal shall determine and adjudge what
compensation shall bSpaid by tho United
States for taking and using in the pub
lic service aoy invention or Improve
ment pilented By any citizen.
Tbe Turkish legation at Washington
ssy they eta authorised to deny the re
ports that the insurgents had been twice
tuccestfal in Herzegovina; ihst the
Turkish troops had nothing to eat but
dry biead; thtt christians had bsen
murdered in Bcsaiu; smd ihat new re
forms promulgated throughou the em
pile htd uot bsen enforced iu Taessalia
and in Epirus.
Ssucr Jcsef Olzeda, an eminent Span
ish gentleman, a resident, for aoout
twenty-live years, of Havana, was ab
ducted, yesterday 'afternoon, at the cor
ner of Lafayette place and Fourth f-treet,
in New York. He had twenty-live or
thirty thousand dollars daposited in a
bankinghouse, which ho drew out yes
terday, intending to leave tho city yes
terday, when, in company with his
nephew, at the corner cf Broadway and
Fourth street, a man placed his hand on
his shoulder, and showing a shield, ar
rested him. Neither of tho Bpftniards
understood English, and the nephew,
being frightened, ran away. On his re
turn with assistance, the man had dis
appeared with hia uncle, aud neither
could be found. The Spanish consul
was communicated with, and several
jails visited, but no trace of him could
be found. It Is thought he was abduct
ed for his money, and not for political
Intrigues.
Attention, Knights Templar.
THB members of St. Elmo (Command-
err, No. 15, nre requested to atlend'vVr
a meeting, In the asvlnm of the com-V
mandery, this (THURSDAY) evening, March
8th, at o'clock.for the purpose ot conrenng
the Order or the Red Cro-s.
Fraters are courteously invited.
By order. B. K. H4.LLE8, E. a
K. W. 8UCI.TON, Recorder.
Attention, Knights Templar.
THE members (Sir Knights) of ejyrene
fjommandery No. 4, K. T., are hereby
ordered to meet at 333 Main street, this
(THORMDAY) ovenlns at 7K o'clock sharp,
In ratirue dress, lor tbe purpose or paying an
otHclalvlslt to Bt, Elmo Itommandery No. 15,
1. T.
By command. ED. WOKS HAM, E. C.
T. J. Babciips, Recorder.
ONLY $2.50 FEE 71
CONTAINS I'OETY COLUMNS OF
OF THE
&EWS OF THS WEEK
X- O. O, IF.
pHB regular meeting or Mem
JL phis Encampment, No. 39, wlll
be held this (I'liUKiiUAY) even-V
lne. at VA o'clock. Work In G. R.
D. and H. P. D. All Patriarchs are InVlted.
By order JOSEPH LOjKU, C. 1.
Hpon. B. CCLr,sy. Hcrlbe.
KNIGHTS OF INNISPAIL BALL,
MAllCJII 17, 1376.
SEALED BID3 FOR BAR AND OTHER
privileges will be received until Monday,
the 13th Inst., by JAB. J. SULLIVAN,
inhS 317 Second street.
Clarkaville Plow.
WE are'now agents for this celebrated Flow,
which we believe Is the Dentin use, and
Keep a full stocbr always on hand. Bend or
der. PORTEK, TAYLOR & CO.,
fbl2 No.35 Union street.
TO THE MUSipi. PUBLIC,
S-In retiring from, thtfMUSIC BUSINESS
I now offer my whole Efockof FIAN09, OR
GANS, Sheet-Music, Violins, Guitars, Banjos,
Flutes, Fifes, Clarionets, Cornets, Drums, Ao
cordeons, Concertinas, Violin and Guitar
Hiring, Bridge", Tall-plecos, Screws, Harmon-leans,-
ttc, etc., at Hair Pries, or raaen
man -ot. SCHOOLS and COUNTRY
MERCHANTS wUl do well to tend In thtlr
orders soon, as such an offer will not oc
cur agdn soon.
.BENSON) 317 MM ST.
IlUMBER.
MOOES, BAS3E1T & CO.,
Kos. 351 and 353 Second Street.
YBNABLE & BAWMIGS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
LUMBER, LATHS ARD SHIKGLEB
HAVE ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
White Pine Doors, Bash, Blinds, White
Pine Moldlags, etc., all of Art t quality.
8ALE8B00JI, Ko. 14 UNION STREET.
W Hawmlll. north of Bavon Gavoso. 5al9
GROCERS. ETC.
to
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SAIL MAKERS.
95 Camp St, hear Forums. New Orleans, La.
PRINTING.
1.C.TOOF
9
MAHTJ FACTURUK
AND
15 Court Street, Memphis
Check Boo&s, Draft Books,
Dray Books, Cash Books,
Ledgers, Journals
BAHROAD & STEAMBOAT WOEH
Business Cards, letter Heads,
Hill Beads, Clrcnlars,
Xlcbeta, Tags, F.tc.
The patronage of my friends and the publlo
Is respectfully solicited.
Good "Work at low Prices.
Call and examine specimens of Printing,
Blank Books and Binding.
PIUMMBES.
No. 263 3ECQ2SD8TH.KBT
OrooH Court fltjnstf.
FOR SALE.
WOO!
WO!
lfCif C0RD3 BEST 8TOVE-W0OD AT
1UUU S3 50 In yard, and 51 CO delivered.
A. D. & 8. II. GIPSON,
fbll No. 6 Court strrf t.
STSirOGR APHER.
JIS, WALSH, STENOGRAPHER,
38 North Court Street.
EVIDENCE reported in Courts, befcrer ef
ereei, etc vtrbgtlm. Shorthand taught
orally or by mall. lbo
S rr-: "0
Doors.-Lumber Q m
1 s m Sash Laths Hi
SS -S ANQ AND . HJ '
d 51 Bunds JSrBRfs 2
h o & . r 4 r
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HI S
P I'l rji !ig in
CQTTOST GIgKING.
ITA1 COTTON-GIN
68 Union Street.
After this date we will gin all ootton eeu
slned to us or coming to our gin for
One Hollar a ll.tle and the .Seed,
furnish bagging and tick, and make noeharg"
fo- drayage. This one dollar a bale lnelHdi.
all drayagfw. Insurance, etc. Our clnnla es
tabl'sliment Is the inot complete lnibeetiy.
belm: a brick building, covered with ftlata, ami
centrally located. Vr" will lurnii-li bags. fro
ot charge, for shipping cotton Id seeil. Scmt
lu your orders at once.
lUll.)
PAINE & PATRICK.
S2WIITG MACHINES.
3UGGIES. ETC.
OWEN "LIJjUY
.KAWACTURER OF
mmim, mmimm
AND LIGHT
IHAVK ON HAND A SELE'JT STOCK OF
the above irehlcles, expressly built for
home trade, of my own manufacture, which
1 will HELL CHEAPER (woikmanshlp and
material considered) than they can be im
ported irom any other market. I am fully
prepnred to build this class of work TO OR
UErt. on short notice. Aleo, to Repair. Trim
and Paint old carriages promptly, and In very
best style. a"WarKRinnililp nuU lnle
xlal always Gnarnatecd.tia
INSURANCE.
PEOPjLJSS
nam i;i
OF SESPBIS, TES.
oFFiis- is wmm ST.
OASB QkVmk ! $300,000 00
CASH mm : 444,046 87
VM. at. FARRINOTON. FrerfrtSHt.
K. T. LEMMO.N, Vlw-Prtw-Vtast,
J. A. HIHJIONB, SeersJaryj
Wit- Jf. FAiRnwrojr. H. T. Lncv oic.
CB.CnnKCH, f. a. KOBI.ITOI.
EHOOH ESPI.ST. fKO. OVXBTuii. JS.
w. re tiKHTgv-g
TO 1HS TAfoS.
WANTED - A thoroustsry tsjIhdW 'WTwIe
tule Grorery boose, or Dealer la Grocers
Sundries, t j take chatga of and. control th
introduction to the Kecall Grocery Trade in
MemjililJ, of an article of great jnfrlt and
used largely m everr hoaseliol.l. Wecsnrr
fer to every Grcceryhonso In Chlcage, iKith
Wholesale end itetail. as 'oonr coodj Com
munications irom reliable parties' oniy will
be considered. Address
CORHLrTi BOYNTON,
34 and SC West Washington hi.. Ch!oo. Ill
?OR KALE.
OLIVER, FiNNIB & C9.
ATTORHE-YS.
G.P.FOUTE.
Memphis.
C.R.BAKTEAU
Bartlett.
rOUTE & 3ARTSAU,
1TI0BNETS-AT-LAW,
OFFICE 36 Poplar street.
J. P. CARUTHERS,
Attorney zxt liaw,
235 SECOND STREET,
Jefferson Block.. aiem phi. Tennessee.
H. 3B- MZCJOU,
ATT0EMEY AT MW,
Room No. a), Plasters Ins. Bulld'ng,
n. as Sfadlon ttr-r. mptil, Tpoii
WM. J. & J0e, F. BYEESj
. Attorneys-at-Laiy,
Ko.SC POPUB S1EEET. MKSPHIS.
CUAS. W. ADAMS.
L. V. DIXON
ADAMS & DIXON,
ATTORNEYS - AT-L AW,
Booms 21-23 Plauters Ins. BalMing,
No. 41 SJndlson Street Kcmphl,?aa.
BUSINESS IN ARKANSA8 AND MtHSlM
slppl solicited, whlh will receiye prMpt
attention.
M, ID, !i BTBWA&T
SOLICITOR
- AND
ATTOEKEY-AT-1AW,
OCJco No. 31 Piicr Street, Xt-ainhb.
WILL pra" ra 'D . nits f tA? ir
C janccry a wi. 1c-cc .iobs' ' c- j
ailulsa'.piil, ud civt a. ii.-xnV.ZA to col
lections, conveyancing, e:c jai'i
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