Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-02

encss to General Schenck, and change
the challenge to q mere denial. Othe
changes were also made. The record
Of the Iaud office show that the Faten
for the Emma mine was issued Angus
"a, 1871, in the regular office hours, an
in accordance with the papers properI.
prepared aud such rs are duly requires
10 all cases ofissuing patents for mtnera
lands.
LoNDoN, April 1.-Tae 6oah Nj
M'DOugallis paper, Understands that tn
committee on foreign affairs Of the houst
OF representatives has teltg-apheC
M'DGugaIl 10 send proofs of his sate
meDt which was telegraphed to the com
nAi,tee abct.t Bchenck's letter Of rt aiEns
sion ss director OF The Emma mine com
psDy, ana his Paris telegram to Colone
CaesebToUgh of December l6, 1872, ant
that M'DOugall intends forwarding thi
proofs forth With. including the draft II
Park'e handwriting, from which
Schenck's letter Of resignation as di
rector was copied.
POSTAL AGREEMENT RATIFIED
WASHINGTON, April The postof
ice department 10 day received notice
Of the ratification by the Jspanese gov
eminent of the additional postal agree.
ment concluded batween the United
States and Japan. Tie agreement goes
into effect today.
The Security bank of this city closed
to-day, and will go into liquidation. Its
Liabilities are aboat ems nandfed thou.
sara dollars, OF which fifty-three thou.
sand dollars are due depositors,
SMITHS INDIAN sPEcULATJoNs.
The house committee on Indian a.
fairs to-day examined Miss COOk, in or
der TO Tefute the testimony OF the Iadizn
Beaiieu against F.. P. Smith. Mias
Cook acted as clerk for srnith ebile Ee
was agent sor the Chippewss 1t was
not tue, as charged, that Smith bought
scIip from the Indians for the purpose
Of speculating with government sup
plies, A he did was to sell some scrip
for the Indians at full prices, paying
them the money in every case. Smith
never received any money from Indians
selling or parties purchasing scrip. She
denied other statements OF Bealieu, in
Gliding one referring to hers ELF, that she
went to the agency to buy scrip for Com
missioner Smith, Under his directions.
POSTAL STRAW BIDS.
The house committee on pOstofiees
and p stroads, to-day examined J. L.
Ssndersop, of the fl rm Of Barlow & San
dersoD, formerly Barlow, Sanderson d
Co., mail contractors; Rs testified that
lie D5eer made straw bids and never
caused one to be put, and had no knowl-
edge that any member oF ths firtn had
ever rnads one; Dever paid money OF
made presents to any postOfice official,
nor never knew Of any member OF the
firm doing such q thing. On being
questioned with reference TO the testi-
mony. recently given b9 2. 4. Fanforth,
or Chicago, MIR. Ssnderson de.
clsrsd that nearly all OF G. A.
Danforth's assertions were absolutely
false; witness had never been q room
mate Of Danforth witness allowed Dam
forth to oecuSy part OF their Office
building in Kansas, City at the request
Of the railroad company for whicn he
(Danforth) was agent, but never talke d
With him sbotit the firitt's bueine5s, ex-
eept that possibly he may have become
bOndsman Of some bid about 1870. In
May, 1875, Danforth showed witness, in
st. Louis, letter from the postmaster
general asking him (Danforthl to fur
nish Information about their contracts,
and asked witness What he should do ;
witness replied that he ought to go to
Washington and tell anything he
knew, and added that he (witness)
had no objection. Thefeupon DanfoIth
said he mad no money for eXnenses. to
which witness tejoined that he had
none to lend OF give him. Sanderson
was interrogated concerning Dsnforth's
statement that they had burned the
books, and explained that the books,
pspers, etc, relatir G to the old finn
which had closed, had accumulated, and
that their Office being small and fire.
guently moved as the railroad terminus
his booE-keeper suggested
that the old rubbish should be disposed
of. He told the boOk-keeper-tO do what
he pleased with them, and suisse
Quently was informed OF their de-
sIfuctiOn. The books aid papers
nothing that he wanted to
conceal; he had no thought OF any such
thing. Witness never knew until he
read the newspaper report of Barlow's
testimony of the payments made by
Barlow for buying off their bidders, nor
of the manner in which the firm had
been bIackmaiIet. Barlow, had, how
ever, repeated to witness the statement
in his Barlow's1 testimony
that he never paid any money, or made
any present, directly or indirectly, to
any government official. Adjourned.