Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-29
WASHINGTON.
s5sO.Oeo Prize money.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The Fafragut
prize money is TO be paid without further
delay, the prize list having been forwarded
10 the fourth auditor. The total amount
of prize money proper is S530,000, and
100000 additional bounty for the destruc-
tion of Confederate vessels. The number
of United States ships taking part in the
engagements IS forty-four, and the number
of officers and men sharing in the prize
awards is between twenty-five hundred and
three thousand. The Farragut estate will
receive One-twentieth of the whole amount,
or about $4,000. The three division COM
manders will receive one-fifteenth each, and
all the other officers in proportion.
Admiral Porter Seriously HE.
Admiral Porter is very much worse to-
day. His condition causes serious anxiety
to his friends.
The Upper Mississippi
The House Committee on Commerce
heard delegation from the upper Missis-
sippi valley in the advocacy of appropria-
tions for the improvement of the falls.
The committee has the subject under con-
sideration.
The outstanding legal tenders are $780,
100000.
More District Disclosures.
At the session of the District of Colum-
bia Investigating Committee to-day, Mr..
Harrington filed an answer of the Board of
Public Works to the last two charges of the
memOrialists. A contractor said the curb
around p circle, for which the Board of
Public Works paid one dollar and ten cents
foot, could be laid by him for one dollar
foot. One property owner testified he
had been over assessed for Improvements of
New \ ork avenue, and charged for two
changes of grades; that Gov. Shepherd, as
President of the Board, stated that the law
Of Congress authorizing the payment of a
tax for special Improvements, under which
the larger assessment was made, was most
damnable and oppressive, and he intended
to call the attention of Congress to its
injury.
reter Mcnamara, a contractor, testified
that he paid VIM. a. Cooke for legal serv-
ices, but never for political influence. Be
ing required to answer, after declining,
whether he gave or offered to give money to
Josh Carroll or Gus Garlick, witness said
he gave Carroll $1,000 to obtain for him a
contract for the Pennsylvania avenue,
East Of the capitol. He offered to give the
money to Gulick. There was 5000 to be
given to Gulick and Carroll. But the con-
tract was changed, so that witness didn't
feel bound to pay the remaining $1,000.
They represented to witness they could
procure this contract, but witness found af-
ter such was not the case.
Witness gave Mr.. Barney, Assistant En-
gineer, $50 and Barney gave it back again.
Loaned him the money. Did not loan it
as bribe, nor regard il as such. Barney
subsequently measured work for witness
and witness is sOrry for il, because Barney
did not allow witness the amount of grad
ing he claimed. These facts came to the
knowlede of Gov. Shepherd, who was very
angry and said these men had not been of
any aSSis: ance whatever in obtaining the
contracts, and if he ever heard of witness
giytAg money in that way again he would
never give witness another contract.
Barney testified that Mcnamara gave him
an envelope on the street and supposed it
was in reference to some measurement he
wanted done. Next day, on looking at it,
witness saw it bore an Endorsement to the
effect that Mcnamara loaned witness $50
for sixty days. Witness at once carried
the envelope to the Governor, requesting it
to be returned to Mcnamara, which the
Governor did. His object in returning the
money to the Governor was to prevent
contractors suspectlng the act.
The Alabama Award.
The House Judiciary Committee to-day
decided that no provision should be made
out of the Geneva award for reimbursing
Insurance Companies for any losses under
policies insuring vessels destroyed by Con-
federate cruisers.