Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-16
WASHINGTON.
Belksap, without Def ns?, Cannot Fail
TO be COaTicted-SeOre One Mere
Against the Radle,l
Party.
Mr.. OrdWay In q Bad BOX-AR ExplaBa.
tiOn Needed Our Consul TO HaTre
Gene Up-The ApprOprI-
alton Bill.
A PENSION TO GENERAL CUsTER's


A PENSION TO GENERAL CUsTER's
WIDOW.
WASHINGTON, July 15-Tbe house
has granted q pension OF fifty dollars q
month 10 the widow OF General Custer.
TREASURY APPOINTMENTS.
South Guthrie has been appointed cash.
Ter OF the treasury; J. w. Whelpley, as
sistsnt cashier; +. w. Moffat, paying
teller; and II. A. Whitney, receiving
teller.
THE FAST MAIL TRAIN TO BE DIsCON-
TINUED.
The postmaster-generaI has been in
formed by Vanderbilt and Colonel Scott
that the fast mail servics Will be dis
Continued on and after Saturday next.
CHARGES AGAINST OUR CONSUL AT
HAvRE.
The house committee inv 'stigsting
tbs charges against Consul Bridg!6nd,
q Havre, while the supervisor Of inter-
nal revenue in Texas. without express
ing an opinion upon the testimony Is.
ken, submits the whole matte 7 to the
house.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL,
Toe committee OF conference on the
army appropriation bill reached an
agreement to day, and their report will
be presented Monday, or perhaps this
afternoon, il il can be prepared in time.
1t will recommend that all the Iegisla-
ton for the reorganiZati alton OF the army
ana reducing the pay of the office Is shall
be omitted from the bit, and provision
inserted for q commission to investigate
these subjects, and report to congress st
the next session. The senate increases
the amount of the house bill nearly
three million four hundred thousand
dollar, but, according to the cOmpro-
mise bill now agreed Cd, this increase
will be reduced about fourteen hundred
thousand dollars; and although the
force and pay Of the army will remain
unchanged, the revised total Of the bill
will show reduction of two million
two hundred and ninety-six thousand
dollars, as compared with the army ap-
preparation Of last year.
Mr.. ORDwAY IN A BAD LIGHT.
The real estate pool committee con-
tinued its investigation into the eXpend-
itures Of ex-S -rgeant-at. Arms Ord ways
accounts to-day. Aaron Bradshaw, a
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full settlement for much of the mileage
due him until the third of this month.
Mr.. Bradshaw, another deputy, testified
that he was compelled to perform service
as q clerk for the Market-house COM
pany, partly owned By Ordway, during
the absence of one OF the mATket-hOuse
clerks, and while he was b9inR paid on
the rolls at the capitol. Capt. Black
I'D 81
south as q deputy seTgesnt-at-arms for
the Louisiana investig itipg committee,
and who discussed money on the trip,
produced his account Of items paid out
while away, which he turned over to
Ordwsy on his return. The chairman
Of the committee had before him, during
the examination, q voucher put in by
rdway OF the same expenditures, and
nearly every item in the voucher had
been raised several dollars higher than
the account turned Ia by Blackford.
Blsckford testified that his account, as
rendered, was correct, and the commit
tee await an explanation from Ordwsy.
BELRNAP WITHOUT DEFENSE.
New York Tribunel
WASHINGTON, July 12.-The impeach-
ment trial OF General Belknap may be re.
garded as substantially closed. The case
Of the ex-secretary, as left by his coun-
sci, is certainly desperate, and would APP
pear 10 point to only r9sult-conviction
His counsel have made no defense worth
referring to. They put in objections by
the score, most of which were overruled,
and when the managers declared they
had closed the ase on behalf of the pros
ecu ior, there was no indication OF what
the line OF defense would be. The action
OF to-day shows that no defense will be
made at all. A dozen witnesses, in
Guiding senators, supreme court judges,
ex-governors, msjor-generals and officers
OF all grades Vi ere called by the defense,
and when brought to the stand they
merely testified to the revious good
character Of the respondent, which was
admitted on all sides, and no other
questions were asked. The fatal
part of the case OF Mr.. Bslknap
Is this: He was shown by many
witnesses to have received many thou
sands of dollars from Mr.. Marsh; no at
tempt has been male to disIpprove it,
and it is even admitted by the counsel (;
and yet they make no effort to account
for the money, its source, Its object and
its purposes; if the money came honestly
| into MIR. Belknap's hands, his COUNSEL
would be able to show 1t, and they leave
the case in that unfortunate attitude,
conteL ting themselves previous with
merely proving the good character OF the
culprit. Only two or three witnesses re-
main to be examined, and their testi.
mony is of little Importance Mr.. Evans
has not yet arrived, and nobody knows
his whereabouts. Should he not arrive
| tomorrow the case will be closed with
out him. The counsel seem to he very
anxious about him, but it is difficult to
see why they should want him. He can
simply tell that he sent the mOnay quar-.
terly or ssmi-yesrly to MIR. Marsh, and
that his agreement was with Marsh; be-
yond which nc knew nothing. The
mansgers regard the case as having
been abandoned by the defense, and are
positive of conviction.