Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-06
WASHINGTON.
More of the Louisiana Investigation.
Senator CaldwelI's Case Closed.


| on TO Delaware.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--The Presiden
will visit Wilmington, Del, tomorrow OF
an invitation from the City Council, anc
return Friday. %
| Poor P0meF0y.
Senator Pomeroy returned to the ciy
last evening but was not in his seat to-day
The Penny Post. f
The Postmaster General has issued ar
advertisement for bids for the new penny
postal cards. II is the intention of the
| Department to have the cards ready for is
sue by The LIST of May. The Postmaster
General has already received orders for the
new cards in such numbers as TO lead him
70 believe that hundred million will be
used the first year.
Sheridan vs.. Plnehback.
In the Louisiana investigation to-day,
Geo. A. Sheridan testified that he thinks
10000 colored men voted the Liberal ticket.
Don't think more than $50 white men out
side of Federal employment voted the Re
publican ticket. Thinks there were men
in every parish qualified to act as Super
visors, but it was difficult to get them to
a5.
Pinchback was sworn. He said he can
vassed ten or fifteen parishes or more dur
ing the last campaign. Don't think 1,2OO
colored persons in the whole State support
ed the fusion ticket. Don't think there
was one, but there might have been fifty or
hundred who voted against Grant. Thinks
between 10000 and $1,000 white voted
for Greeley and Kellogg. His canvass was
chiefly along the river. There was great
dissatisfaction among the Republicans at the
nomination of kellogg. Thinks the pro-
test against Kellogg's nomination on the
ground of customhouse interference was
drawn up by defeated Candidates, but
sisl ed by only three Numbers of the con-
vention. These difficulties were healed up
before the election. The election in 1870
was thu greatest fraud ever perpetrated.
Warmoth was responsible. A colored man
who was a candidate said after the super
visors had declared the result: "Well, is it
possible 1 amt got one vote out OF that
bcx? Fore God, know voted for my
self" (Laughter.) 90 s7
4 Member Of the kellogg Board of
Returns. aaaa
Col. Hatch, of the Wharton Board, testi-
fed that he understood that he was ap-
pointed thereto because Herron meant 10
secure the appointment Of Longstreet and
Hawkins with the avowed intention of
counting in the customhouse candidates.
Pinchback again asked that Judge Dibble
be summoned to reply to some Of War
moths statements.
The committee reserved their decision as
to how many of the Judges should be sum-
moned and adjourned till tomorrow.
Interest on Pacific Railroad Bonds.
Horace Clark, President of the Union Pa
ci6c Railroad Company, was before the
House Committee on Appropriations this
morning, and made an argument against
the Secretary of the Treasury Withholding
certain moneys from the road.
CaldweII's Case Closed.
After a lengthy secret consultation, the
Committee on Privileges and Elections took
up the Caldwell case. Mr.. Comstock was
examined in relstion TO Scott & Co.'S books
He presented list of drafts drawn as fol-
lows: Jan. 8, 5000; 18th, S, 200; Feb 10,
5000; March %, $4,000. The transfer
books showed the payment of a draft for
$4,000 to Caldwell on the goth of January.
MIR. Morton remarked that Caldwell had
said TO him that he was willing to make
oath to the statement submitted by him
Yesterday, and asked if be desired 10 do so.
Caldwell said that after consultation he
had consented to submit the statement up
on his honor as Senator.
Judge Crozier asked permission to sub
NIT a printed argument, and wanted o-e
week to prepare it. After some discussion
he was granted permission to present his
argument Monday next.
Mr.. Clarke said that because ofthe prom
inence with which his name had been con-
nected with the matter, he too would like
to submit an argument.
Mr.. Logan objected.
Mr.. Morton said that If Mr.. Clarke was
to make argument, all the other
witnesses might demand tie same privi-
lege, which would Pvolong the investigation
The investigation was then declared
closed.
Run Out of Material?
The Wilson Committee adjourned this
as no witnesses were present.
In the Wilson Investigating Committee
This afternoon, S. G. Hoover appeared as a
volunteer witness and testified TO certain
matters which he professed to know, i'm
plicating Hon. VIM. D. Kelley, of Pennsyl-
yania, in the Credit Mobilier business. The
fact was brought out that Hoover was ar
rested last year for blackmailing operations,
and some say be is not sane.
Investigation Reaches Boston.
BOSTON, Feb. 5.-J. II. Wilson, Chair
man of the Union Pacific Committee, be-
gan an examination of the books of the
Union Pacific Company this afternoon.
West Virginia congressman.
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Gov. Jacob has
taken advsnUage of the confusion existing
in respect to the late elections in West Vir-
ginil, and refuses certificates of election to
all the candidates. In the First and Second
districts Radical and Bourbon Democrat
were respectively chosen at the August
election, but that election is generally held
by lawyers to have been invalid, and at the
regular election in October last Wilson and
Morton, both Democrats, were returned.
In the Kanawba district Frank Herford, the
present member, was chosen by large
majority, at both the August and October
elections. Notwithstanding this, Gov.
Jacobs refuses him regular certificate of
election, and has given him instead hypo-
thetical paper, on which the clerk refuses
to put Mir. Herford on the roll of members
for the next Congress. The State will be
thus practic lily without representation till
the House shall pass on the cases.
LITTLE JERSEY.
A Judicial Blow at Railway Console
datIOn.
TRENTON, n. j., Feb. 5.-The Vice
Chancellor delivered an elaborate opinion
this morning on bill praying for a prelimi
nary injunction against the National Rail-
road Company-the Stanhope Railroad