Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-15
WASHINGTON.
A Bombshen in the Ring.
The District Burglars Indicted
Important Call on National Banks
The Ring ConsPiratOrs Indicted =
High Governments 0meials I'm q Rad

Ile uIldi dcllOu Ol TIE SIduu jury VI TIC
District upon the charge Of conspiracy by
certain government officials and criminals
to get up pretended burglary, and incul-
pate as the author of the crime MIR. Colun-
bus Alexander and other respectable citi-
zens of the District. 1t is stated that the
I grand jury have presented as guilty Of this
/ diabOlical crime Col. w. G. Whitley;
Chief of the Secret Service Division
of the Treasury, and not long
ago active in the operations by
which Judge Bond sent a number
! of the alleged Ku-Klux TO the Albany Pen
| itentiary, and Col. Merrill, of the United
| States army, made twenty thousand dol
lars; also, Nettleship, Cunz and Shaler, as
sistants to Whitley in the Ku-Klux bust
ness and burglary plot; also, the notorious
| Dick Harrington, now acting as Assistant
District Attorney of the United States, and
late of counsel to Gov. Shepherd and the
District Government, for which he was
paid out of the public moneys; also, ThOs.
SOmerville, New York lawyer; also, 5. B.
| Williams, occupation unknown; also,
Michael Hayes, an eX-detediye, and Viii
liam Benton, a common thief.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-The persons
actually presented for the conspiracy are
Harrington, Assistant District Attorney,
late Secretary of the District under Boss
Shepherd; A. b. Williams; III. A. Whitley,
Chief of the Secret Service Division; and
Nettleship and Hayes. 1t is probable that
Hayes will be allowed to turn States evil
dence, and be released on bail. If the
other parties are convicted, the punishment
will be fine and Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary at the discretion Of the Judge. II
is believed that the cases will be tried
at the December term of the Grim
nal Court, when Judge Carter will
preside. To have them tried now,
with the fall elections coming on, would
be excessively ineOnvenient 10 the Repub-
lican party. The names of KilbOurn, one
of the leaders of the District ring; SOmer-
vile, and others, are reported as connected
with the conspiracy, but they have not yet
been indicted. Benton, the burglar, who
was released by Harrington, is still non est,
and it is supposed by some has fed the
country. Ii is understood that the Attor-
ney General will tomorrow direct tie Uni
ted States District Attorney, Judge Fisher,
to dismiss Harrington as his assistant. 1t
would look from this that Fis her is to be
retained in office.
Grant TO be Endorsed for n Third
Term by the Southern CaFPet-Bas.
gers Convention.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Boulds Baker,
chairman of the Republican State Central
Committee of Texas, is here for the pur-
pose of furthering the interests of and
making preparations for the Southern Re
publican Convention, which is called to
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month. Ii is charged that Baker is one of
the class of Radicals who, being out of Of
fee, want to get in, even at the sacrifice of
those WHO are in, and that his active par
ticipation in the proposed convention will
be inspired by the hope of
succeeding in making such an ar
rancement or understanding with
Grant as toget the "outs" in ard the s'ins'
out Of Federal Offices In Texas, and The con
sideration to be the vote of the Texas dele |
CATION in the convention for the indOFse-
ment of Grant for a third term. II is
openly asserted by Southern Republicans
here that Boulds Baker is not the only
active worker for this Convention that has
in view some such ulterior object. The
delegates from the States of Louisiana,
Mississippi, South Carolina and Florida,
and probably from Alabama, where there
is not so wide division among the "faith-
ful" legarding the third-term principle, and
where the ''OutS' can make a much
less formidable show in their con-
test against the Gins" are expect
ed to be generally favorable to in
dOrsing Grant, but they will not
be as loud in their professions, nor as as
siduOus in their efforts in Grants behalf as
the schemers of the opposing in and out
cliqpes from the other States. These are
substantially the views of Southern Re-
publicans now here, and who have been
here since the convention movement was
set on foot. From all that can be gather
ed it seems TO be the almost universal i'm
preston that though the meeting is called
for the ostensible purpose of considering
the present condition of affairs in the
Southern States, and of issuing an address
thereon to the people of the nation, the
main object is to get an expression from the
representatives of the Republican party in
the South on the third term question.
The Court Journal
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 14.-President
Grant visited the Executive Mansion this
morning, and soon thereafter was called |
upon by Secretaries Fish and BristOw and |
Postmaster General Jewell. A large num- |
Der of persons were in the ante room. The |
President will 90 to Long Branch tO-mOr- |
row and resume his residence at the Exc |
cutive Mansion between the twenty-fouTth |
and twenty-eighth inst.
The President gave dinner this even |
ing to the members Of the Aztec Club.
Presentation Of a Minister.
Baron Schwartz Seinborn, new Austrian
Minister, was presented to the President
to-day by the Secretary of State, and the
usual addresses were made.
To the Western Associated Press.
whiteIy's Resignation.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-The resigla-
tion of Col. Whitley, Chief of the Secret
Service Division, will take effect on the
30th, in order to give him an opportunity
to close his business. :. B. Benson, of
Pennsylvania, has been appointed acting
Chief.
Dangerous Illness Of Frank blair
Montgomery Blair has been called to
Missouri by the dangerous illness of his
brother Frank.
Pensions.
The Commissioner Of the Pension Office
has decided as preliminary to the cOnsid-
Grafton of the claim under the act of June
Is, 1874, the provision of a pension of fifty
dollars per month, alleging permanent and
total disability. The applicant must pre-
sent evidence showing conclusively that be
requires the regular aid and attendance of
another person.
LATER.
CLIFTON SPRINGS, \. Y, Sept. "A
Frank y Rlair WIo had a SERIOUS ralanSa
within few days, is rallying again and has
been sitting up during the day.
National Banks 10 Make Rn Addition.
al Deposit,
The Treasurer Of the United States has
issued circular requesting the National
Banks to make an additional deposit of
five per cent. for the redemption of their
circulation, with instructions that United