, 1876-06-09

Whom Mr. BLA1sa wound up his recent dis.
play of pyrotechuics by asking A1r. Pnocron
KNOTT why he had suppressed Mr.. CALp-
WELLS cable-diapasch, Mr. KNOTT replied
tim. Ae had not suppressed it, but was trying
to find out whether it VIII genuine dispatch
OF putup job. Ilo might haye added, if ho
had had Lis wits about him, that ono reason
for Huppoaing it bogus was, that it contained
IL glariug falsehood.
Tho CALDWELL telegram wna received by
lSorr On Thursday, Juno /, an1 is as fol
lows:
10 fAe Chairman o| the Nouss judiciary Com
MiHee. Huntington: Have just read In New York
papers ScnTr's csidence about our bond transnc.
tf0n, and car fully corroborate It. atrtr gaus
.IjIaine any Fort Snstfh Railroad boa1s, directly
or ofhtrmise. have three foreign RAILWAY gpn-
tracta Oh my hands, which make 1t impossible for
n1c to eayu without great rccunIasy l0ss. would
glutly voluntarily cu,nc home and Ell testify. Can
naaku affidavit TO this GdcCt, ind null 1t II dcsifcd
JOSIAH CALDWELL.
Mark the words in italics. Ho{CALpwE11)
never gave BLAINE my Fort Smith Railroad
bonds, directly Or otheraei&e.
While this precious telegram was making
its way through tho dark waters OF tho dcop
llue sen, to-wit: on Thursday, June l, tho
witness Mull1oAA wns undergoing exa,niua-
tiun in tho Comnlittee-rooln, and was read
ing, from memorandum book in tho hand
writing Of JAMES q. BLAINE, the narration Of
Mr.. CALuwEL1.H and A1r. F1sugn's transao.
tions with Mr. DLA1NE in Fort Smith nai!roau
bonds. Wo extract tho following paragraphs
from tho Testimony:
Witness, In turthcr answer IL questions. said
thprt was unu luttrr tn the package wlrrs ULAlNs
tud Sir. flsMElt how much due On there bonds.
lIs told him hu hnd received SD, 600 Of bombs
from HIN, aad SEQ, 600 from C'a!dutH on an out
sidu matter. that is, SJ, 600 OF bonds on Ftsnkns
uccount pefcentage that hu was tosct upon ttuso
sulcs Vi bun,ls to wh!yh testified ycsterday. and
tAs $2p, 10U bonds tchtch he go< from tu!dutH.
Q.-Tls two auus making In the aggregate
s7i,. 600 OF bonl1f Axes,
| Dy Mr. BLAINE: A2.-Wh hui were tho louds that
| vent to tho Maine pastest Wh4t denomination OF
| h"nda woro thrY,-ssnd' grant Or hrst.morlgago
| bonlsf
A. tlsefesrIng to thu snemorandunl}-I can tell
yon. sr, and presume you won't dispute 1t, bu-
/ caunc It IL In ynur own handwriting Producing
] memorandum book !abclc1 *WAHMEx FIBHxIt, Jr.,
| prsatc." which hu handed to tha Chairmam.
Therr uEe al she partlcs' 1anles 1t you wunt thum.
foa eau have thu whole history now.
! by ahu chairman: Q.-ln whuso handwriting II
j
A.-JAnEs g. DLAlNk'a.
Further testimony, ailcd by tho memo
| rardum-book In b1A1aE's handwriting, wont
to show that BLAINE received for himself
$3:, ,5du OF frst-,nortgage bonds, and $780,
I'M Of land-graat bouds, minus 1876, 600 still
due to lin, but not yet delivered.
It appears from tho foregoing that, If the
London cobls.dispatch signsl by Jos1A,1
CALDWELL was genuine, it was falso in
stating that ho {CALDwE11) lIal never givon
BLAINE any bonds ut Ill. directly or Indirect
ly; for It was shown, simultaneously with
thu receipt Of tho dispatch. and not deuieti
by nLAlsE, that CALDWELL bud given
him $2o,OO0 Of those identical bonds, -
which BLAINE bod been aakiug for, u
shown in QUO Of his lsttera 10 Fasus- on tha