Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-19
WASHINGTON.
Did StOwen Sell a Cadetship =?
How to Raise Money for Party
Purposes.
An Uninteresting Cabinet Meet.
ing.
The Republican Financial Agree
ment in the Senate.
Movements of the Southern In
vestigatiOn Committees
Settings CadetshiE-Money Needed for
Party Purposes

Selling = Cadetship-MOney Needed fol
Party Purposes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The House
Committee on Naval Affairs to-day begun
an Investigation Of the charges against
Representative StOwell, Of Virginia, fol
selling a naval cadetsbip. Joseph G.
Beattie testified early in 1873 he paid
81, 100 to one Graham, who said he could
secure an appointment for that sum, which
was needed for party purposes; that he was
Chairman of the District Committee in
Stowell's district, and that the appointment
was in Stowell's hands.
One witness testified that Graham threat
ened if Stowell did not withdraw his oppc-
sitiOn to the payment Of moneys by the
POstofice Department 10 the Piedmont
Railroad Company, he would take revenge
by charging that he sold a cadetship fOl
S1,70O, and the person who filed the charge
said all he knew about the matter wa.
what Graham had told him.
COnGrmatiOus.
The Senate, in executive session to-day
confirmed James w. Marshall, First As
sistant Postmaster; Gen. VIM. Burnett
Supervisor and Inspector General o.
Steamboats,; John II. Ketcham, of New
York, Commissioner for the District of Co
lumbia.
A Dull Cabinet Meeting.
The Cabinet session was of longer dura
ton to-day than has been common re
Gently, but there was nothing of unusua
importance under consideration. Officia
entertainments Of King Kalakaua wert
talked Of at some length, and there wa:
conversation upon questions belonging tC
the Mexican boundaries, but nothing signi
flying any action by the Government in tn,
latter particular.
The Northern Pacific Railroad.
The House Committee on the Pacifi
Railroads was engaged to-day hearing ar
guments from Ben Wade and Judge Rice
in advocacy of the NUgthern Pacific rail
road bill, proposing Government guarantees
of interest, etc.
For the support of 10.
TIE Secretary of the Interior to-day off
cially recommends that Congress shoult
appropriate SI62, 900 for the subsistence an,
support of the Northern Sioux Indians, wh,
have been collected on the Red Cloud anC
MILESTONE agencies in Dakota.
Rifles and Tests.
The Secretary of War has transmitted tC
the House of Representatives, for their con
sideration, letter from the Chief OF Ord
nance strongly recommending an appropri
alton of S250,000 for converting smooth
bore guns into rifled cannon, by lining Will
wrought iron or steel; and also an appropri
alton of $250,0OO for experiments and test.
of heavy ordnance.
Getting Ready for Work.
At meeting of the select House Com
mittee TO inquire into the condition of af
fairs in the Southern States to-day, a sub
committee consisting Of Messrs. Foster
Phelps and Potter, was appointed to pro
coed to New Orleans, with authority Il
call for the full committee, should they
deem it advisable to Go so. The full com
mittee to inquire into the Vicksburg
trouble, will leave here for that place or
the 2lst inst.
The Agreement Of Republican SeDa
tors ON the Financial Question
The following is to be the basis upoT
which those Senators who agree with Messrs
Morton, Logan, and Ferry, of Michigan, II
regard to the currency, desire a report tC
the caucus from its financial commit
tee, TO be formed: Free banking, new
national bank currency, to be issued un
der the present law; and 80 per cent. o
the amount issued to be retired in green
backs, until the volume of greenback cur
rency falls to $3OO,000,O00, after that, NJ
further diminuiion of the volume to TAXI
place; on Jan. i, 1879, the greenbacks Z
be redeemed in gold, the Treasury to b
empowered to use its surplus gold To-
this purpose, or, if need be, to sell th'
bonds for GELD, in sufficient amounts Il
carry on the redemption.
There has been such a consultation be
tween the specie payment men and thei
opponents as to show that the Senate viii
not agree to the repeal Of the legal-tende
&C.
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