The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-21
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TO THE DAILY CLARION.
WASHINGTON ITEMS

WASHINGTON, March 20.-Secretary Bris-
tow will appear before the Committee OF
Expenditures for the War Department and
ask for an investigation OF all the details of
the Kentucky mule claim.
Boutwell, calls tor copy of his letter To
Henry Clews asking 100000 for the Penn
sylvania campaign on corrupt conditions.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The Star says
Richard ii. Dana, Jr, after asking TO be
heard by the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, has mounted his high-stepping
Harvard horse, and published letter ia
Boston, which, had plebeian written,
would have been styled impertinent. He
evidently wishes To be made a martyr OF.
aud he will be gratified. Dana is an accom-
plished, high-toned gentleman. but he lacks
common sense, and Ben. Butler is too much
for him. .#E.H
Mrs. l.. q. Wasson writes, she says. at
great peril TO herself that the Georgia pen
itentiary convicts are maltreated to such a
degree shat several have died.
Pierrepont sent letter to Senator Clay
ton, saying that ii it affects United States
prisoners, the Senate Judiciary Committee
Will investigate it.
Mrs kngman, wife of j. Kingman, a
Lifetime correspondent OF the Charleston
Courier, is dead.
The north gallery OF the House, known as
the smallpox gallery, is not opened till
after prayer Admission TO the other gal
leries by ticket is easily obtained by decent
lyclad people.
There We're no Southern nominations
Ex-senator Stewart, of Emma Mine no.
toriety, is here.
Marsh and his wife are at Arlington.
The Treasury will receive fourteen tons
of silver this week. Silver coin in the Treas
ury vaults not $4,000; fractional currency
in vaults, $4,000 900.
Before the War Expenses Committee.
Peudleton testified that Mr. Gorham, OF
Ky, asked him to argue u case before the
Court OF Claims, for Groom, who, by col
lapse of the rebellion and the failure or the
Government to take his mules, had lost al
most $200,0O0 Bristow, for small retain
er, expenses and contingent fee of ten per
cent, made the argument. lie had nothing
beyond this TO do with it, except the intro
duction OF Groom to the Attorney General.
The gentleman was of character aud stand
ing. The argument was on questions of
law. not ot facts. Bristow was not i'm Office
at the time of the argument. Judgment
was rendered June 5th, 1874, and approved
by Belknap, February 4th The approved
claim was made special by Assistant -Secre
tary OF the Treasury, Sawyer. and $1OS75O
WAS paid February 6th-in unusually good
time. The $4,000 draft paid to firm for
hrs. Bowers, by 4 New York bank, did not
belong to Pendleton, but to Cincinnati
bank, who paid 1t to Pendleton
The Scar says there is reason to say that
thus far the developments do not fulfill the
expectations excited by the first announce
~ mt.
The resolution was adopted unanimously
by the committee of elections to the effect
that all congressional districts of the
United States must be composed of contin-
uous territory and as near as may be equal
in population. and that the Legislature of
South Carolina now in session ought to at
once correct the illegal construction of the
third congressional district of that State
now represented by j, l.. Hoge. 1t is very
well understood that it was intended to al
low the State the opportunity to correct the
error herself, but If the State persists in
this un fair districting, there is no doubt that
the committee will feel bound to take the
whole matter into their own hands and will
act with promptness and decision.
BILOXI, March 20.-All the boat houses
and wharves here, except three, were swept
away last night by the storm, and several
schooners were driven ashore. The damage
is estimated at $4,000.