Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-05-05
CONGRESSIONAL.
CHARGE AGAINST MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,, April 49, 1894

uousr IN REPRESENTATIVES, April % 1854
Mr. II GBY desire to present .ne
eisl committee appointed 10 lnvesugao % az 90
Hon. r BLAIR presented y nn ia t.he and ordsr.
for the purpose uf haViuB ~ i"' Nf
The robot was presented and read, as follows
The undersigned the special eommse !,
t"at III charge made by Hon J w MCCLURE IN Ios
Of he II use TIE State Of Missouri against a,on
a. IN i also member of The 6ouse from TIE came state,
$ ~ io1ang the laws in the mater OF an alleged qao
circulation inquire into the genunenes or as %
the Al eyed order for the purchase OF liquor Dear ny
= Is6s respectfully report that they have had the matter
SO referred TO them under nvesig on from an early aa
after their appointment aud have given iuli oppo.uy 70
both pares To pro luce witnesses before them and have
taken ali the mony offered on the subject Inc
tors the witnesses thus examined are heew'h
Il app AIRED sasfac ory evidence before the committee
tho, an the I'd ay Of June 1863 Hon. BLAIRir hen
h;n general il the army the United states IN &C
tual service VckPburg IN the state OF ,'isssspp,
g.tber with eight membe OF his staff signed written or,
der or authority to one Michael Powers representing himself
to be an agent Of the Tr a.ury Dep rt ent anu wno @
offered his services tor the ~ and cigars
the cost Of which, language OF one Of the
Capt Magure certainly would moi vs ed dollars 'n'
TIL order as appeared before the committee wa a.eu
af er it delivered to Power by adding 70 anu
the 6unrea and aso by adding least new IT M wv n
tyve boxes fruts t. such an extent that tue
the purenas of the articles IN St. Lou ana peiH'
which was granted by the cole amounted 10 500. AS
specimn of the alterations may be referred TO- inat as
to brandy The original order was Tor I'VE gaohs oy y,
eer;ing figure before the figure D and addng e o
EACH it order las nine persons had ,isned ~
for two huudred aud TWENTY five gallons Inc at rils
which the committee believe, from the testimony taken os
fore them to have made in the order WIZ b. seen Oh
referenc- 10 cheduie hereto annexed when contains
COPY OF tie rg der and statement at the "o
Of the artic es named in lh original order AZ as the
COMMITTEE can de ERIN the evid before Them
AS 10 the question by whom these e atoms were mage
the committee refer particularly the dispositions OF
Powers and Mr. Howard, ich among those herewith
submitted Iuiging from all the circumstance they were
probably made for the purpose OF reohzihg prohe
uaon under of the origna orler lndt tnr{ "ei
made by Powers there cannot from the testimony be any
reasonable doubt. . - 49, -.
Att time order delivered to Powers there WAS
no law ar "a ary regulation in any way prom olns ~
The comm tee arr therefore Of the opnion and DO
tina, M voatou of law eomme in the premises by
Gen Blair and original rider was altered ana 1asi
after passed from his possession aud control III Inc
manner hereinbefore stated. 81.
The undersigned the chairman of the committee lot MIN
self deems il proper that the replies OF Mr. BLAIR ~
the Houe u the charges Mr. McCug all OF which have
been de- investigation before the committee are not
tanned by the evidence except his dea OF being Gu
gs ged liquor speculation, and OF the the
order in question the ote membe OF the
O. mmittee do not coucurthe member from Kentucky Tor
the his conclusions from the testimony are
oppose of those Of the chairman and the member from
York twro absent while mot OF TINS part OF the
evde c was takep thai he does not nde
the subject embraced in the resolution appointing the com
nitee that they not, his udgment, called on u
express any opluion in egard TO It, ~
The com ee having thus completed the duties assigned
them respectf ask 10 be discharged from the luthe
consider ration OF the subj ct. =
WIN HIGBY, Chairman,
BRUTUs j. CLAY,
JOHN v l.. PRUYS.