National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-03-11

money" was shipped to RichPond, and how It
was expended. II is said that the cheapest OF
Virginia Senators were valued at two hundred
dollars. In these hard times this seems to be
great increase in the price of Senators.
There were three Bourbons on the esmmittee.'
And they were as Bourbon as Bourbon could be.
Said one Of these unto his nate,
"We must now cease 10 investigate"
Sing, Robbins, sing.
This man Marsh, with many facts,
Knows Q thing that rather smacss
Offraud against friend Pendleton.
I" Let's pay him ID and let him run"
Sing, Robbins, sing.
Then these Bourbon birds, with much ado,
Sent Marsh away, and, with great bullaoaloo,
They crOsked and croaked ali the long dsy- :,
Sing, Robbins, ting.
To the end that the Committee On Expend-
itures in the War Department may take evil
dence with closed doors and receive confes-
sious without disturbing the outside world
with their imaginings, we have little conun-
drum which doubtless they can solve: Do they
or any of them know whether any member of
said committee has, within the past six months,
proposed as toast in q public bar-room, 'The
old rebellion" with the witty response to his
own toast, 81 am rebel, and don't care 3
d-n who knows it." If they desire witnesses
as to locality and time they will be forth
coming.
The result of the BeIknap disclosure is as
follows: One Democrat taken into the con-
fdence of the Republican party betrays 1t by
taking bride. The chairman of the commit
tee that investigated the case hurries an i'm
potant witness away in order to screen q
partisan friend that is implicated. George
Pendleton is the partisan friend, and Hester
Clymer is his protector. Another member Of
the committee isproyen guilty of bribe-taSing.
His name is Robbins, of North Carolina, who
stands self-convicbed of the disgraceful act.
The third member of the committee has q
record, which will soon be made public, so
odious to loyal, upright men that they will
turn from its details, amazed and nause-
ated. This man is Blackburn, brother of
DR.. Blackburn, who attempted to make one
vast cemetery OF the North by introducing the
the malignant smallpox and yellow fever into
the Union army and into our sea-coast cities.
Further comments are unnecessary.
By the bill making appropriations for the
legislative, executive and judicial expenses OF
the Government for the year ending June 30,
1877, and for other purposes, as reported from
the Committee on Appropriations to the House
of Representatives on the Sth instant, there is
appropriated for compensation of the President
of the United States S3S, Gill, and In the
clause making said appropriation it provided
that on and after the 4th day of March, 1877,
the salary of the President of the United States
shall be SIS, 600 per annum. Should the bill
pass in its present form no appropriation will
be made for the compensation of the President
from March to June so, 1877, and We would
like Mr.. Randall to rise and explain the omis-
sion. Is it another piece of bungling legisla-
ton or an ingenious method of abolishing the
office of President after the 4th of March next,
by falling to make an appropriation for his
compensation! By all means, Mr.. Chairman,
let us have an explanation of this very impor-
tant omission.