The Montana post., 1869-01-15
The New York Election Frauds.

| New York, Jan. lit is stated that the
| Congress- onal Investigation committee have
| a pile of testimony sufficient to hang, po
| litica,ly, many prominent politicians here.
| They have evidence to prove that not les:
| than thirty thousand fraudulent votes were
cast in this city by repeaters alone. The
| business was reduced to n science, and had il
| not received such sudden check by Mar
| shall Murray, there Is no doubt it would
have become of general application in all
| large cities. Several witnesses testify that
| they voted from nine to thirty times, each.
These witnesses testify because those who
EMPLOYED them will not pay them according
to agreement. The conmissioa has sum-
moned nearly four hundred witnesses upon
one question-using fraudulent naturaliza-
tion papers. These papers were offered by
hundreas and thousands.
Bcpealing the Tenure Of O0lce Act.
Washington, Jan. H. Buffers bill to re-
peal the Tenure of Office Act has been intro
ducel by Washburne, of Indiana, and is being
put through under the previous question, by
u large majority.
New York Investigations.
New York. jan. l0.-Among the witnesses
said to have been examined before the Con-
gressional Comui,.ee investigating the cleo
tlon frauds were Vim. VI. Tweed, Judge Hof-
man and Others.
Judge Busted expresses his conviction that
the COMMITTEES of judiciary will dismiss the
charges against him as uDfounded.
Sheriff O'Brien publishes card in the
World relative to his arrest of witnesses be-
fore the Congressional committee. He says
he asked permission to arrest these men and
take them to the Sixth Ward Station house,
as he knew them to be thieves, which permis-
sion the committee accorded; whereupon he
took three men. lie accuses Marshal Murray
of bringing thieves to swear away respectable
mems characters.
FOrcibie Robbery.
Memphis, Jan. l0.-The Appeals Selma
Ark. correspondent of the Sth says, on Friday
night Patterson's command entered the town
and completely gutted the stores. The list
of Losses given amount in the aggregate to
esr 81 900. On the same night they robbed
two stores in Monticello. The towns of
Hamburg, Ashley county, and Warren, Brand
ley county, have shared like fate.
Railroad Items.
Salt Lake, January ll.-James McCabe was
shot dead 10y man named Crooks. in the
Overland Saloon at Echo City, last night.
Crooks has not been found yes.
The Central Pacific railroad track was 4s7
miles from Sacramento, this morning.
Wore Light.
San Francisco, Jan. II. The Board of Tn
derwriters and Chamber Of Commerce have
adopted a memorial to the Light House Board
at Washington, asking immediate action
toward locating light houses and fog signals
on points New Year. Ruyes and Arenas and
Pigeon Points. The memorial shows within
the radius which would b. Illuminated by the
erection of light houses either Pigeon
Pnirt or Point New Year, that nine vessels
were wrecked and a million and quarter OF
dollars of property destroyed. Fifty
lives were known TO be lost during the same
period. Twelve vessels went ashore at points ;
Arenas and Euyes, involving II lcss OF over
Ss25 200.
The SutrO Tunnel.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE SUPP Ieme Court
! to-day issued peremp;ory mandamus TO the
District of Columbia Supreme courr to re-
store james ii Bradley TO the right TO prac-
tice in that court.
Ashley, of Nevada, introduced bill in the
House to loan SJ,OOO.GOU in Fix pec cent.
bonds of the United states Tor the cOnstruc-
tion of the proposed Su.ro Tunnel in the
CoIustock lode in Nevada.
Madrid, Jan. ll.-Alditional troops TO be
sent to Cuba will be sent from Cadiz shortly
/ Fearful Accident.
] A terrible accident occurred this morning
/ ON the Pan Handle road. The heavy rains
1 having washed the earth from beneath the
| track. leaving hundreds of ties without foun-
datIon. The sleeping car was detached from
the train and hurled over an enbankment 80
feet high Seven persons were In the car.
Three were instantly killed and three other.
seriously wounded.