Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-11
The Pacific Mail Investigation.
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO-

Means.
WORTH A THOUSAND NOT To VOTE
Hon. John y. Storm. of Pa. testified that
House, Mr.. Parker, of New Hampshire said
ne had been stopped while the vote was pend
ing In coming from the ladies gallery by
some one, who said he had better not vote o;,
would give him - 900.
A TALK IN THE LOBBY.
MI. Parker was called. but failed TO rpnnrn-
| Der that he had been offered the money He
said he had heard a cOnVerSatio tn the effect
thaI II members didn't desire 10 vote they
| netd not. Ii was conversation held by "A
| group of men he thought wdra LOBBYISTS IN
was not directed tn him
| GENERAL SMITH AGAIN.
W yman Fillmore testified that he is n prae-
ucIHg lawyer OF New orx. and spends Six
months of the year in WaShington; that one
day in the Ebbitt House saloon he was intro
duced To General Smith: after that he met
him on several occasions. One day rs he yas
coming from the Treasury department smith
called hlm and said, DO you know the attor-
ney OF the Pacific Mail COmpany?' He (EJl-
more) said, "If you mean Irwin. do not
know him personality Smith then said. II
DO not mean Irwin / mean the New York
attorney lie then stated that he was to be
paid large sum of money by The attorney
ana desired Fillmore to identify him This
Fillmore said he would do. subsequently
Sclulnaker came into his Officr i'm this citV
and throwing down a check for SJO. .O0a said
he was directed to- give il to him. Witness
N$tlu IL Is not Tor me. Schumacher replied that
L would Indicate. Witness said to Schu-
maker, You are no; going to pay i'm checks
are YOU" Schumacher then went out: il
was about eleven o'clock. In the mean
time Smith came into his Office AMI
inquired il the attorney had baan there
Schumaker did not return until O'clock
and smith became quite nervous When he
eId return witness said to Schumacher. This
is the General Smith who has told me he pX-
pected To receive some money from You"
Schumacher then threw down on the dressing
a n Il,
tl1at, which he did. Witness noticed that
The top bill was one for : 900 and the whole,
iaehaEe was not over one inch in thickness.
AlIcf Snlih counted the money Schumlkar
retired. witness said u Smith. That is "a
good deal of money for one man to carry
he replied, - IL ls not all for me; ii is for
oticr parties About six months afterwards
ne was introduced to Gen. Morgan L. Smith:
he at the time thought it was the same Smith
thaI had received the money from Schuma-
kcr. lie re>embled the man very much. The
only thing that has tran>pircl since the nav
inent OF the money which makes him doubt
II was Gen. Morgan l.. Smith is. in the first
place, thath Q didn't give witness one dollar
winch was not his style. lie thought if il
had been Morgan l.. Smith he would have
divided; he had a Dig heart.
.: DO you believe now ii was Morgan L.
Smith?
A Wouldn't want to swear positively on
that point.
q. Do you doubt il was?
a. have some doubts.
witness explained that the doubt was
caused by the fact that in conversation. in
December last. with Morgan l.. Smith the
latter, when the payment of the money was
referred TO, did not recall the crcum stance
lie thought q was loose business for the Pa
cine Mail Company 10 pay such a large
amount OF money as was paid to Smith. Oh
such trifing identity. He knew the Gen
smith he Identified was not Giles A. Smith
'' ''s '>'' .'''. iic Was ..itr0,dcei 10
Morgan L.. Smith by f.. e. IngerSoli, in the
rooms OF Jon {. COnnor. an eX-member of
Congress
Q. Did you know Morgan l. Smith 10 be in
the lobby,
\. Wen, that is very indefinite body to
designpte
Witness knew many gentlemen who ia
yored the Pacific Mail subsidy. GOV. Ran
daIl stated that he was an advocate of it-oAe
Moran, of Philadelphia, and Averill, OF cen
tral New York, advocated il.
Mr.. Albert was then recalled, but decline
10 furnish the list of names to whom he male
payments, unless ne was compelled TO do 50
by an order OF the House.
POLITICAL NOTES.-The democrats g OF New
II hampshire have nominated for Congress
Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, in the list dis
trct; :. y. Bell. of Manhattan, i'm 2d. and
Henry O. Kent. OF Lancaster, in the 81. '.'.
The election of a United States Senator in
New York will occur at Albany on Tuesday.
the 18th Instant The Connecticut repub-
licanS will hold their state convention at
New Haven on January 20. .'"GOvefnor
Beyeridge, OF Illinois. mas ordered q special
election i'm the lst Illinois district ON Janu-
AIRY %. 10 fill the vacancy CAUSED by the death
OF Congressman john B. Rice. ANDY
JOhnsOn's Senatorial stock is looking up, 80
says the Memphis Appeals Nashville spe-
cial. '''.A. y. Glenn, democrat. was elected
president pro TEN. of the Illinois senate yes
tcrday ON the 10Th ballot. The election OF
a Congressman TO fill the vacancy caused by
| the death OF AlVah CrOcEer will be held in
| the 10th Massachusetts district OH the 18th
instant. IA special dispatch from New
| Hampshire says there is much speculation
| as to the candidate who will Probably be Sc
HpnllhlIr1n -tn il Il.
! be held on January 18th. for governor. Ii
seems foregone conclusion now that Luther
| McCutchlns, the republici IN candidate last
| year VIII not be run. but there mas been HO-
| thing definite enough as vet 10 determine
| who The candidates will b.. The names Of
The Hon. Chas. ii. Bell. OF Exeter AMI the
! Hon. Benjamin +. Prescott. of Epping, are
/ prominently mentioned in political circles.
| and the name OF Il. {. Cheney. of Manches-
| ter seems to be growing in favor.
THE HENRY CLEws FAILURE.-The New
iOrk Tribune states the rumor is confirmed
/ ihat the assets of Henry ClewS Will moi Weld
| the creditors more than TWENTY-FIVE ceats on
: The dollar Some persons having compara-
/ lively large claims against the firm have
/ offered to settle 1OT less than Onc-uuartar oT
/ the amount due them. An examination OF
/ the securities embraced in the schedule dis
| closes The fact that many of the stocks have
| no market value and are not dealt i'm nv ra-
! spOnsible houses. The So-calIed ..securai
| creditors. IL iS stated. Will not fare any bet
Ter tlan the unsecured. as the securities ar,.
| Stocks. claims, notes and evidences of in
| debtedncsS of railroad Officials and iTreSnon-
| Slble persons. not negotiable or valuable in
business transactions, and having no market
| value.
MR. BEECHER ON REyIvALS-At the
Plymouth church prayer meeting on Friday
evening the Rev. Henry Ward Beacher dis
cussed the subject of religious reyivaIs i'm
which he did not hesitate to express the
opinion that revivals were ..eOt up, ..But"
sald Mr.. Beech3r, $50 was business so was
every thing else. OF course they were got nm
and there was nothing worth having i'm life
That was not procurable in that way Revi-
walls were but the lower forms OF religion.
but they were immeasurably better than
letharsy." He referred to the great influence
which large bodies of men exercise upon each
other when bound up by common feeling of
PATRIOTISM which nerves them on to deeds of
The noblest and most selfsacraficing charac-
Ter. and he believed ii was perfectly proper 10
make use OF the same agencies in advancing
the interests of religion.
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILRoAD-On
saturday the commissioners of finance de
termined 10 purchase the coupons of the I'M
endorsed FIRST mortgage bonds of the Western
Maryland railroad company. due list instant.
Inc par value OF the coupons is $1,000 ami
thls amount is to be added to the indebted-
ness OF the railroad company held by the city
OIL BaltlnlOre.-B0lfO american