The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-24

Ass0 CIATED PRESS REPORT
70 THE DAILY LNTEILIGEE0ER
WAsHINGTQN.
Tom Scott Before The Judiciary
Committee.

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The Judiciary
Committee this, morning examined Col
Thomas G. Scott, through Mr.. Knott, in
reference to the Caldwell telegram. He
testified that he sent dispatch to Josiah
| P. Caldwell on the Slst Of May, thanking
him for endorsipg his evidence before the
committee. He knew, nothing about two
messages semitic Caldwell from Phi lndel'
phia, excepting that a young man who
said his 'iame was Reed, representing
himself as a private scefetaryiot oald.
we'll; called upon the witness and'showed
him q copy Of dispatch which he de.
sired TO send to caldwell whick! would
cost about one hundred ;doll4rs in
gold and asked, the witp$s 70 aid
him in sending Il. The witness declined
to do il, and Reed said he would cut
down the dispatch and send it himself
The dispatch alluded to was similar to
the one received by Knott from Caldwell,
but witness did not think it was in the
exact words. This testimony is in har'
mony with the statements contained in
Reeds letter in The New York Herald this
morning, Witness had never, r,seen Reed
befotc that time, and only once since.
Witness was little suspicious about the
dispatch which he himself received from
Caldwell, aud sent over to the telegraph
Office to have it verified, and there learned
that it was 4 genuine dispatch cabled
from London. Witness knew nothing OF
Reed or his whereabouts, except what he
had stated. Witness identified his own
signature TO a letter containing state
ment OF this matter received by Knott on
Wednesday last.
INVALID PENSIONS EXAMINATION.
The House Couimittee'on Invalid Pen
slons began this morning the ex-
animation OF the charges against Exami-
ner Nandernam. Mr.. Trevitt, chief clerk
Of the Pension Office during Wander
nam's eommissionership, testified that he
| never knew or hearlof any fraudswllile
He ,In,ann, wa. II" '"s oommi..;onsr O
Vandsrnam read statement setting
forth that when he took charge Of the
Pension Office, Hill, Vanmeter, and
o"1"e' %sao "''o, WV - H. H. ,,a;mon,. Tia
'F",o'" u ,I Vs. " "nn f.omJr,on,
h"" no Hno~!e"SI IT,, y, W.. WY, 100 ,ho.e
pfacu:es oy ''Im, % O"' .,a, .sa ,La." - woro r..
'hVeS''ga.loH' ,r Uesan '''"s '"s's "'so", vi,
resulati'iS'' me, me e"of' .., .;".. ~ SU,''' W"
'es WI" ~, " ~" -, ~...n,..,';,,T VS. o0rvv
.rN, A. os%ar s%haS has hosn % i.smsJ hv General
sharmon -" ann u,oviS,ng Nat the Centennial
;ro.a,r nf;,hS ;nasnsndence ofT the
Ii";."I.s,a;ss rn, he pb.sryeg by The armv n
to,IoSs. % A. s,cb military most and
oom,, 1.ov;Js1 with artillery ond nmuni.
.: aoIrto of ,h;r,eor yurs shall he
s"l iO =, Jo'sn aI,o ,t The close Of the day
W." nnJ . ~ aa,;"nni % soln,e he fircJ nj meridian,
ri " aa.",rs"n,,ors ,S;Il nrescribo additional
:-.,"..a;"o "e "h,or,,,;ons sucb a. nor-
n%as I So os thev consider nnpropria,e
'-s' a,,,S, w. .n oooa:;on Thav mny also A,
,Ia;' ~ ie I;a".O,;"n 80 n,r,;cinH,o with their
onn,m.nJ. snr,r ~ n S;Sil or military seremSnies
.oL;a" n,aaa ~ ,ha y;o;n;,v 4 their pos,s
:" ,rh;cs ,Isv nav he invited
" nosroypIcr AVN post poAps
Tho Co,on,;,,oe of Conference on dis.
,rsemon, of The Senate and House on
me postof;ee Tappropriation bill, have
held another prolonged meeting without
arriving at a conclusion as to any Of
ths nrincinal points of difference.
srrsT,rrrr r On HASpA11,s SILVER pEL1
'oT Tha suh.t;tu,strShorted from the scS,
.,a Finnnce Coumittee fot.thc 50 o.callet
ap,ndnIl p silver Bill" pas.ed by the
u"nss ] On ths 18th inst,. consists Of frat
.n" 80 .oc,;ons of Finance COMMITTEES
n"ndirr 1"~ hill and last two Of the
Honse bill, In brief, il provides for
oo;uaso ofsilver dollars Of 4i2s.1O grains
~ standard silver. and for issuing them
ana buUSlultFy culnn AH SASh1"bS 'N' "