Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-03-04
From Washington.
WARRINGTON, Eel

Ine Telegraph mas FURNISHED you VIII the
details of the proceedings last evening Of the
Special Kansas Investigating Committee
will not repeat them. AS previously inform
ed you, the committee were at dead lock" !"
Mr. Letcher being absent on account of ILL
ness. The announcement of Mr. Stevens, Of
Georgia, the chairman, that he should consid
or their duties closed at the next meeting, one
week hence, and would be prepared to pre-
sent to the consideration of the committee
majority report produced feelings of indigna-
tion among the anti-Lecomptonites 1t is in
keeping with the whole Lecompton transac-
tion. 1t is declaration to the country that
The Administration party fear to investigate
che outrages which its own members have per-
petrated in one of the territories of the United
States 1t is said that the President has indi-
Gated to the Lecomptonites Of the House that
Investigation must be stranged Calhoun must
not be exposed, because he has done nothing
shat has not been dictated by the President,
and investigation would expose the fact. The
northern democrats in the House are thus no.
titled that they must swallow the Lecompton
Constitution notwithstanding it is presented
to them surrounded Git is alleged, and can be
proved) by the grossest outrages ever perpe-
trared. InrtstigatiOn IS denied hsm.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Peb. II.
HoRAcE GREELEY, ESQ., was examined this
morning before the tariff Investigation Com
mittee All the members were present The
examination was concluded within forty min
utes, when Mr. GREELEY was informed that
Committee would not requre his future atten-
dance He expressed his high appreciation of
the candor and courtesy of the Committee
and thanked them for calling him before them
He says that they asked him no questions
which were not pertinent, and of which he
was not very glad of the opportunity to an
swer. The purport of his testimony is under
stood to be that no man ever proposed to put
any money into his hands, to influence in any
way the action of Congress on the tariff or
any other question, and no one suggested any
thing of the sort, with his consent or knowl-
edge He never knew until the late erpOse in
Boston, nor ever heard or believed that money
was paid or promised by Messrs. LAWRENCE,
STONE & Co., or by any one else, whether to
members or Others, to influence the action Of
the last Congress on the tariff
A gentleman of position among the Free
State Democrats Of Kansas, and who is now
In this city on matters connected with the po-
uLlcdl lOTLuLeS vi lHal lcTTllOIE, SthleS pOSl-
lively that Gov. WALKER has not receded
single point from his recent position in refer
ence to Kansas affairs.
Washington Correspondent Of the Philadelphia Press
The Democratic delegation to the House
from PENNSYLVANIA had meeting last evening
There was large attendance After much
consultation on both sides, they adjourned with
out concluding definitely on any point. A
number of the Lecompton men admitted that
they demand something more than mere Con-
gressional declaration that the people of Kan
sas, under the Lecompton Constitution, should
have the right to change that instrument of
State government any time they pleased be-
fore the year 1864. 1t remains to be seen
whether, with all their doubts on this point,
they will vote for Lecompton without dotting
an or crossing :, in which way it is intend
ed to force it to its passage.
Mr. HARRIS, Of Illinois, chairman of the In
vestigating Committee, is instructed only to in
quire whether auy documents are obtanabe
at the Departments which have bearing on
the matter before that Committee, but he is not
TO get whatever documents there may he for
prosecution of the investigation Immediately !;
he is only to make inquiry, to report what he
may learn to the Committee at its next session,
a week hence.