, 1874-03-02
The Prosecution Of the Ring
Said to Be Malicious.
Dawes and Butler---llow They Are
Working Together.
Both Of Them Making Eyes at tho SEN
ate Chamber.


DISTRICT Or COLUMBIA.
speciat Dispatch to The chteaao Tribune,
WASHINGTON, D. G., March 1.-The District Iu-
Vcssigation Committee will moot tomorrow ut II
o'clock in tho roorn,of tho Senate Pacac Railroad
Committee. They expect TINT tho counsel for
t}'o momorialists will submit q statement Of tho
facts that they expect to bo ablo to provo,
with regard to tie ovorchargoB false
measurement, mud othcr frauds alleged
to have beef committed by tho District Govern
ment. They will also doubtless submit liHt Of
Witnesses whom tloy wish to hayo summoned.
Beyond this tho Committee 10 not expect to do
havo Shepherds anBwor printed.
Tho Committee have concluded to admit nowB-
paper mon. and tho parties directly interested in
tho rrccecdings but thoy will exclude the mob.
THE SOLDIERS HOME. i
AN effort is being made to have an inveatiga-
tlon by ConEroBs into tho affairs Of the Holdiers
Homo in THIS District. It is charged that tho
institution is generally m'amanaged; tint 1ln-
that tho funds Of tl1o concern aro improperly
used; that, although tho Inv prohibits
tho payment Of penaonB to my person
other than the .penHioncr, the Treasurer
as soon rs thoy enter the Homo, and that tho
poor old Veterans are afraid to 30 into tho hog
pital of tue institution because they are told by
tho surgeon IN charge that they do not como to
u2 cA!iEH DuL Lu ulb, unu EGE n oeCcuL IunGEMl.
GAltF1ELD AND pIATr. =
With relation to tho matter recently tclo~
graphcd duplicating Gen. Garfield and Dom
Piats with tho Datrict Paving ring, there Rcona
to he 10 reaaon for believing that either Garfield
to 10, TINT on the occasion Of
Col, Parsons sudden departure from tito city,
having been callcd taway py sickness in hlb
family; ho requested aar[ioldto meko au argu-
ment before tic Commissioner Of patcnts aa to
tho Legality Of tho patent: hold by Do dolyor
aud AcClelan, on what ia known at
the De Golyor now pavement. As
this argument, and he never expected. nor has
| llo over received. cont for doing 30. Tho dis
| patches roforred to say that ho got $40, 900 for
| his influence. Ho did not indorao tho morits Of
tho pateut nor tho Company owning IL: but
DeGolyer and Mcclellan to the patent.
Tho only way in which Piatt is involved ut all,
as shown by tho lettors referred to- is in the fact
TINT he wrote letter saying that If tho pave-
be laid with it. In the Capital, ths
morning, ho Btates cmphatically tint ho
mover received . cont Of tho money that parsoua
got. IIe also states TINT ho will at once suo ost
IN attachment on Parsons high-stepping baps,
| to recover the money Of which it seems ho was
defrauded. The net result Of the haul therG-
fore, appears to be tle catching Of Parsons, who
shal of the Supreme Court.
ITO the Associatta Prtss.l
GOV. SHEPHERDS ANSWER.
WAsn1NoroN, March l.--Gov. Shepherd has
replied to tho Undergraduates propoundcd by tho
Committee to investigate tho affairs Of the Dls-
trict Of Columbia. Tic papers include the oriE-
inal contracts made by tho Board Of Public
Works, numbering 1,032, together with tue ori:.
10,537. In auswor to the question as to
THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE OLD CORPORATIONS
Of Washington and Georgetown, and the Levy
Court, whom the new Government wont into
effect, It is stated at ST, $40 GIG. Tho bonded
debt Of the District Of Columbia on Jan. l, 1874,
WAS 49, 1850. Tho present assessed value Of
property is now 99G, ,443, ,O72, as against .9o7,-
454 in 1871.
THE EXHIBIT OF THE AUDITOR
! shows tho actual cost Of the work done under
| the contraot with tho Board Of Public Works
was loss than per cout in oxcess OF the esal-
! mntcd cost.
docs tlIo District Government estimate ought to
bo paid by the United Statos for the improve
meuts Of public property made by the District
Government? the answer iB, that the Board of
Public Works, in their report to tho President,
dated 1st November last, estiaatod such indebt-
edneas aud gIya the aggregate at 81, S30'
| This, however, ia d small portion OF
THE SUM EoUlrADLY DUE pY THE ooyEnNaaIENF,
on account Of expenditures mado W tue citizens
of Washington, i'll thoir corporate capacity, tcr
the Improvement Of the btreotB md avenues OF
tie city aud tho roads aud thoroug1farcs Of
s.a,,,a, aro bold IN foa .aimn]o bv tho Generul
nn"orm,nnn+ nccor;1ino tn Tia flecision NJ tho
Supreme Court. Acting under such conRtruc-
ton, tue United Statcs have, In caGo, gained
397, $50 square foet by inclosing stroots in tho
| vicinity Of tic Capitol which aro WORTH accord
inc to tic m apuraisoment Of adioiniuv property.
ab7G. .501. Ihe Generpl Goyornment has alat,
retaineI Tho ground recIamed. by iilling up tLa
cnnai~worth Mt the yaluntion Of aiiotuiuu
pronersy. 81 500. .000.
Il apDoars from
| THE sTATruEpr or THE nEo1sren
TINT, from 1si}a to 1B71 wlon tho nav Goyern-
nout went into o,oration. 50. lad. 499 ind beou
oxnondei hy tbn ctizons uider tho old COR
| norations far nublio imnroye,nontI. Tho expol-
| ttures Of lin Hard of pnhiio Works sincp the
| rroation of tbe District Cioyornmont hayo.becI,
| an streats md nyonnea. a16 5G2 ti85: total OK.
nendituroa hv oitizons ninco l802' ss4. .7G2. III.
Tho amount T expondod by tic United Btates in