Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-18
THE BEAST PLAYuHG OUT.
Tha Devil Gets his Owa-s sensraI' Nsaley's s
Premium Perjury.
General SIOoum Indignantly SuabblHg Gsa-
eral Butlsr-FiFst Chapter in the
Secret History Of The Treasury
Department, Etc.


| cOInpanying testimony OF General
! Negley,Of Pennsylvania, who is chair
man of the subcommittee, will no
doubt endeavOr TO whitewash General
Butler, as he thinks it will do the Re
! publican party much harm to make a
truthful report of facts as they exist.
fie took one Of the witnesses to task
/ few days ago for giving his testi-
/ mCny against Butler, saying " 1t is a
/ fight between EarnsWOrth and Butler,
and only hurts the party, and you
I should not have testified as you did"
l to which the witness replied: " Why,
| Ge1erel Negley, what do you mean?
] Did YOU not yOUself swear me to tell
the truth? What do you take me fOr?"
/ Negley saw his mistake, and vanished
on sudden business in the house.
! THIS is a positive fact. Negleyreiused
| to sign the certificate of this witness
! for mileage and per diem, which the
! clerk OF the committee had made out
/ for him, amounting TO So (this clerk,
/ by the way, is a Mr.. Smalley, who is
! the correspondent Of the False Report
! ING TFi5uRe), and after consultation
with Butler, gave a certificate for only
! SIS, which did not pay the witness for
! the actual outlay for railroad fare, aud
! which certificate he accepted under
| protest, and when presented by him
| for payment to Mr.. Mcpherson, clerk
! of the House OF Representatives was
refused payment, because
GENERAL BUTLER HAD ORDERED
these witnesses not to be paid, as he
wanted to have the matter come up
H..s D,
! say in reference thereto" This was
/ enough to stop payment, as " Butler "
| is the House.
The testimony taken was rather
severe on the doughty general; and as
the same clerk of the committee, Mr..
! Smalley, had falsely reported some
| statements to MS False Reporting
! Tribune, General Butler asked that in
! future the proceedings Of the commit
/ tee be secret, which was so ordered /;
| in fact, the whole of the action of this
/ committee is taken by the suggestions
of Butler. Any aud all the objections
made by him are sustained by Neg
I ley, General SiOcum, sitting quietly
by, saying nothing. Only once has
I he interiered, and that was when
! " Butler" " in his impudent and over
| bearing manner, endeavOred to get a
witness to swear positively to the
writing of two words with lead pencil
on a hall-sheet Of paper, and which
/ paper he would not allow the witness
! to see, but kept passing it rapidly by
| his eyes, refusing him permission to
| take the paper and examine it.
BUTLER's AIEPHIsTOPHELEAN MAN
AGEMENT.
1t was really a laughable sight TO
1 see the determination Of the witness
not to answer, the Capers round the
/ table, the leeTing, pleased, and cum
ming smile of Butler, as though he
! felt he had everything his own way,
until the clear voice of General SlO-
cum broke the silence with the sound,
practical and determined decision,
''That paper is no evidence; when
/ the time comes that General Butler
shall offer il as evidence, it must be
ruled Out' Butler came near faint
ing. Meantime, General FarnsWOrth,
who is prosecuting, got hold of the
paper and handed IL 10 the witness,
and told him to examine the paper
and answer whether OF no it was his
writing. (Ihls paper was half sheet
OF note paper, on one side of which
were two extracts from POmerOy's
DeDs0crOt, fearlully truthful and abu-
sive Of Butler; on the other were
written two words, "The commence.
ment," i'm pencil, ami much blurred
by use, which writing Butler desired
denied. The witness held the paper
in his hands, examined the writing,
and said: 81 do not think this is my
writing-it is blurred so much that l
am not positive; but il General But
ler's point is 10 know who sent it, if
he will allow me to look at the front
of it / will tell him whether l sent it
or not, as
IAN NOT AFRAID OF HIN
Or any one else, except God" After
reading the notices he smiled, and
handing il back to Butler with quick
movement that made him lump, the
witness replied, " Yes, i sent that TO
yOu!" This created an excitement
among the committee; they saw they
had a man to deal with, and one of
the committee asked, What was
your object in sending this to General
Butler@' To which witness cody re-
Piled. 90 Mrs. Butler keeps a scrap
book for such articles at the generals
request, and thought l would send
my share 10 help Oil it."
BUTLER JUMPED OUT OF HIS CHAIR,
Bit his cigar in halGand spit one piece
out and nearly swallowed the other
in his rage, while the most Of the
committee smiled audibly. This was
the witness who, 10 another insulting
question, gave the answer that he
had been drunk, the same as Butler
had; got drunk now occasionally, the
same as Butler did and at such times
was not responsible any more than
Butler was, for his thoughts or ac-
tiOns." And as Buffers appeal for
protection received no attention from
the committee, but himself very
SEVERE REBUKE FROM GENERAL
FARNsWORTH,
he said he had enough Of the witness,
who then left, and Butler ran around
b the clerk office ahead of him, and
stopped his pay. What amount of
latitude has a Congressman to insult |
by Irrelevant questions and by peTsO- /
nal questions a poor SHINING Witness |
Has a witness any rights at all in q
Congressional Investigation? These
questions are asked in view of a point
E1ade By this witness. He was in
formed by a member that Butler had
taken letters of his former cores
pOndence, and had shown extracts Of |
these letters 10 the members outside
of the committee room, for the pUr-
pose Of injuring the testimony of wit |
ness. On the examination of witness
be produced the whole OF the cores /
pOndence, stated the facts, and in |
view Of
BUTLEK's DIRTY ACTION,
demanded th8tfthe whole correspon-
dence should be read, to which Butler /
very quickly objected, and Negley as |
quickly decided against. This is a
s3icy correspondence The witness, /
in one Of the letters, charges upon
EutIer an unmentiOnable crime, COM
mitted while he was confidential aid |
de-camp to Butler, and which would |
ruin hiIn socially { p should the letters |
have been read openly in that COM
mittee room, as the witness desired /
aud demanded. ] ara promised a 1
copy of this correspondence for pub |
Iication in the Sun, and can assure /
you it is rich. 1 expect to get it in q I
f8W days.
When thepOint was decided against /
the witness, he again made the point 4
and demanded it as his right, but was 1
ruled out; when General Farms worth /
took the letters and said he would 4
have them read, if at any time Gen
eral Bntler should attempt to offer
any letters, and the committee decide /
to admit his letters; aud in his hands /
they now are.
Ihis case NAV end i'm o WhiteWash |