Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-30
WASHINGTON.
Ward III. Lamon Summoned he
fore Buffers Committee.

ward He LamOu sum m One0 He
fore Buffers Committee.
| New YORK, June 29.-The Herald's
Washington dispatch says: Ward Fl La
mon has been summoned to appear before
| the Butler investigating committee. 1t is
understood that the committee have upon
his testimony some hopes of getting few
more names of persons supposed to have
something to do with the acquittal of the
President. The report of the impeach-
ment managers will probably not be pre-
;ented before Wednesday.
The Port of Eutry Bill.
The Times dispatch says the Senate FL
nance committee has decided against the
port of entry bill, which provides that
to st. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago with
)ut breaking bulk, for the reason that, in
their opinion, it does not sufficiently
guard against frauds. Another bill for the
same purpose has therefore been proposed
)ut the committee stand about equally di-
vided, Senator Henderson being absent
Some of the Eastern members in botf
Houses are opposed to both bills and may
he Oil" to n~"vent final action upon them
at this session.
COnducs of the Military Author l.
ties in Georgia.
The Herald's dispatch also states that
the New York Convention are here. They
| represent the conduct of the military au-
thorities in that State as intolerable to the
| last degree. In the case of hunting up
evidence concerning the assassination o.
Ashburn, several persons, both white and
black, have been arrested, one being 8
white woman. All were held as witnesses
and confined in narrow cells at Fort Pu.
laski. The military authorities offered g
reward of two thousand dollars for the ar.
rest and conviction of the ring leaders ol
the attack on Ashburn, and one thousand
| dollars for the arrest and conviction of eacf
of the other parties concerned. Preliminary
| Investigations, it is said, implicate upwards
of 40 persons in the murder.
! investigation of Fraud I'm the Set
tiement of COlOred BOunties.
Washington dispatches say the Congress.
sional committee of which Mr.. Lincoln il
chairman, proceeded to the Adjutant Gen
erol's office and the Second Auditors office
on Saturday, and began an investigation
into the charges of fraud in the settlement
of colored bounties. Sufficient evidence
| was obtained to warrant the continuanc,
of the examination, and all the rooms con
tanning the documents in which the proc
of the alleged frauds is to be founC
have been locked and placed IL
| charge of men who are instructed to per
NIT no unauthorized persons to enter them
and further transaction of business is in.
| terdicted until the investigation is closed
| The committee has examined several clerk:
connected with the Bureaus, and elicitec
| from them some very important evidence
which, it is understood, duplicates some o.
their superior officers. Several parties
1 have been arrested, and others will be TO-
day (Mondav.)
Surrs tt's Case tponed-NIurdel
Indictment Abandoned.
| WASHINGTON, June &c.
The Surratt case was to-day postponed
till the 2lst of September, when he will bt
tried on an Indictment for attempt to alb
duct Abraham Lincoln. The indictment
tor murder, by virtual agreement of Attor'
ney Darlington, has been abandoned.
| Tariff Bill.
The committee on Ways and Means ha:
agreed to take vote on Mr.. Morehead':
tariff bill this week. There is little prob.
ability of it being acted on this session.
The bill relative to the contested election
in the District of Columbia became Law
to-day without the Presidents signature
Several Southern delegates to the Demo
cratic Conyention paid their respects to the
President to-day.
Gen. Grant Leaves for the Plains
General Grant, accompanied by Genera
Dent, leaves here tomorrow for a TIVE
months trip to the plains.