Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-25
Sherman Back at the National Capital
Schcnck Booked fer Tuesday Next
Stewart and Emma
S2,OOO,OO0 Gains.
Alabama Spencer's Case -GeReral
EaLin's ExplanatiOn-Cabinet Dis.
cussions Reorganization Of
the Array.

| examination Of Mr.. DAuford, testified
! that she left Cincinnati in 1865, where
/ she formerly resided, and has lived In
| New York most of the time since thai
year. She had known Mrs. Bower
| now Mrs. Bs!snsp, since 1880, and had
! been at the same hotel with her in Gin
| cinnsti four years Cincinnati was hsI
home, and SIZE revisited that city twice
year, staying there two or more
| weeks. She met Mrs. Bower in New
| YORK, where that LADY was her gu 9st
! Mrs. Bower was q widow at the time,
Witness comm enced housekeeping ia
| New York in tEa summer Of 1871. She
went 10 EDTope IN company with Mrs,
Bower the last Of June, 1872 and knew
Dir. Pendlefou's name was OBJ the list OF
pasJeugeTs,
Witness vas asksd whether she had
any conversation, at any time, with
| Mrs Bowers, row Mrs Bslknsp, relative
! TO her interest In the Kentucky Central
| railroad claim. The answer was that
| two or three weeks ago, at the Airing
ton hotel; st that tiIne witness ssked
Mrs. Belknsp Whe .hsT she ever recsived
any money on &C count of the claim; wit.
ness told her she heard thgt she received
seventy thousand dollars; Mr. Belknsp
replied; THE claim was only fGr one
hundred thousand dollars, and how could
l receive seventy thousaDd?" During
mat conversation witness was in q state
Of excitement aLd distress; Mfs. Bel.
KNAPP was q friend OF hers, and witness
felt much Interest on her ace )Untt she
had Inpiy mentioned to Mrs. Bslkuap
Cd Idle ruDa0r; sae had always talked 10
Mrs. Bslknsp as she would to her sister
she,bad heard toe rum NOR for owe, year;
SIZE related - General KiddOo tne con-
veTsatiOn between her and MIS-. Bel
knsp; she did not know Of Mr.. Pendle-
ton paying mOnsy t. Mrs. Delknsp on
account OF the Kentucky Central rail
r5ad els'n1, or Of making presents; she
never heard the secretary Of war say
any thing about the contract hetFean her
husband and Evans.
On cross-eGaUiDstiOn by Mr.. Robbins
witness said sns understood Mrs Bel
KNAPP aJ denying che received anything,
and meant 10 convey that impression
In response 10 q question by Mr.. CiymeT
witness said she saw Clymer but once,
and that was three weezs ago; 1t was at
the breakfast table at the Arlington ho-
tel, her husband presented her to Mr.
C.ymeT, but their short conversation
had no reference t. the mater hefJTe
the com mittee.
Mr., 9. p. Marsh was Tecslls and in
tsnogsted b7 MT. Clymer. He testified
that ne left Washington for New York
the dsy the impescumpnL report was
presented, the second OF March, and did
not then design going to Canada.
QuestioD-O tie evening OF Wejnes-
day you came to NY lodging AID saw
me moment, tell Wnat tTauspired.
AnsWer-FrOm something said at the
dinner table, L inferred BslEnap was not
only liable to impsachm mt, but to
ciminal prosecution. L said TO you, if
the secretary is in danger 1 am in dan
ger; when you said: ''OA, you are not
ia dauger.n
Mr.. Clymer-I did lot Intend to alarm
you.
Auswer-On the contrary, you psci-
fed me. L was alarmed WI Ell [ came
to you l went back to New York easy
when you said | was in no danger.
When you Ie cached New
York what induced you TO conclude g.
ing TO Canada.
Notwithstanding in the papers
Friday morning, concerning my testi-
mony, all OF which was published. l
satrstary of war vas not only liSble to
impsschment, but TO criminal prOssCu-
ton. /, therefore, thought that il the
secretary was in danger [ was in dam
ger Rs well. l consulted q lawyer, who
mate an exhaustive eXsmiI ion Of the
case. The lawyer did not think that l
could be indicted, but if l should be |
could not be convicted. His counsel
said there seemed, however, TO be some
danger, This very much alarmed me,
and determined me not to re- main in
New YORK. L let early in ths afternoon
Of Fridsy for MODtrt al. This was the
frs. time l heard 1t said that had COM
N tied an off5nse for which | might lie
in 0risOned.
Qlestion-Mesgrs. Bass and ClymEr
told you Wednesday night that there
was no danger to you.
Mr. C:ymer-I said that Marsh could
not be sent to prison ior anything be had
ssid before the committee.
Mr. r JbSins-Tbat was tue; witness
said he left New York for Montreal at
f0ut o'clock on the afternoon Of Friday,
and reached there the next morning at
hsif-past ten.
Mr.. BIEckburl-Had ad you then heard
that the government authorities had
concluded to prosecute you as well as
Secretary Belknsp?
A1swer-I am not positive; l might
have seen such G statement in the
papers.
Qgestion-It was sad you hesitsted
when at Peeks6ill as to whether you
would proceed to Montreal?
Ans ver-I did hesitate; l thought
that II l had offended the laws of my
country I would stand trial; if the train
had bsen going back to New York 1
ehould have taken asssg3 IL it, bu. 8s
the train was going 10 Montreal l pro-
c5eded thiJEsr.
Mrs. Marsh being interrogsted as to
Why sne went 10 Montreal, ssid that
sesIng in the morning papers that her
husband had jumped off the train, she
followed EeXt morning, fearful that be
had te q iIju e.. MT and Mrs. Marsh
then lefs the room.
A. G. Leighton, James Leighton and
S5,h ArnCl1, post traders, were exam
ined, and tLtic statement ELECTED the
fact lha. General Hendrick received
large sum i0r obtaining one OF The sp.
p0Intments, sDd thst three hundred dol
lars a month wa. paid to Oryilie Grant
snd one hundred dollars contributed for
electiOnet ring purposes.
is Hammer testified tha. he obtain
ed the appointment Of pOst-trader st
FGst Gibson at the request o. Ex.Ssna-
tor N'Do4sld, Cf AsAausss, who asked
Tor il ~ persolal isvOr; witness paid
no money WhsteveT Tor the sPp0int-
ment, but hsl teen assessed anu paid
one hundred dollars 70 the Republican
executive committee at Washington;
be had DO partner.
=. II was not a Coat; ft was n Cloak,
LOUISVILLE, March "A General Jas.
4. Eskin said to-day TO a Courier Jour
nal reporter that General M'COok had
never sisted tn him, officially o. other
wise, hat Thomas r ChRney. chief
clerk Of ais Office, hsd received bribe
from q contractor for fTaudulently ap-