Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-03

calls. He tiled 70 be . moral man, and
therefore never used such language.
After he had given his testimony on
Monday he left the oommittse-room and
had no soonsr done 10 than be was boot.
cd d In the passagsway by men whom
he thought were employed In the writ.
inR-room. He hurried of from the Cap
itol and returned 10 his hotel. and be
there saw Abram wakeman, who came
on the same train With him and who re-
turned to New York with him.
After recess Elliott renewed his re-
quest that witness write, at his dicta-
ton, the anonymous letter addressed to
Speaker Kerr, which he did. q follows /:
"a rumor 10 circulating In New York
that q Harvey, now In the Appraisers
Department there. gave Jon, In 1865.
$3.50 for the appointment Of one Au-
gustus P. Green, Of New York. a. Sec
ond L~isutsnant. Harvey may be sur.
moned, but does not want TO be, and
has not yet BEEN" Elliott having asked
witness at what college he graduated, he
replied that all the schooling he was
possessed OF was received between nine
and eleven years Of age. at q Methodist
school. On being asked whether lie
could not spell better than he just did,
witness replied he had done the best he
could under the present circumstances.
Elliot exhibited to witness q letter which
witness said his wife wrote at the dicta-
ton Of Greene and signed his name TO
II. The cross-sxamination hero ended.
Hon. Meyer Strauss. Of Pennsylvania.
testified that he was . member Of Con-
gress from Schuylkill District In 1866.
Ho knew Lawrence Harvey. who was
Assistant Doorkeeper at the time.
Harvey q number OF times asked him to
use his influence for his friend Green's
appointment In the army. Harvey
spoke Of Green's character IN good. and
witness wrote q letter 10 President john
son In favor Of such appointment. Har-
nsy said to him. "You have influence
with the President and have always been
the soldiers friend. and therefore you
can help Green by writing o letter"
Harvey said 10 him that he (Harney)
could make q little money-probably
four or Ave hundred dollas-out Of the
business. Witness told him he had
nothing to do with that. Witness said
he became quite intimate with Harvey.
Witness rathor liked him because he at
tended to his business obligingly. Har.
nsy was q Republican with Democratic
proclivities, and, an President johnson
-. . HAL. .t.tv u.x,.x talI hin, that
II was necessary that Green should have
some Democratic influence.
On cross.examination Strause said
Harvey told him his position did not
pay. and his expenses were heavy.
The committee adjourned till to-
morrow.
pr.~r... es,be 1.,rhs,,,s Train.
o,,.v, Jrn. o-Tho ,r,r.corNusn.
tai fast train has met with success since
leaving here, with the single exception
Of having q hot-box on the slseping-car.
by which II WAS delayed twenty minutes.
Il passed North Platte. Nebraska, at
5:iS p. NJ, two hours and forty.ive min
utss ahead Of schedule time. Tho aver.
hour. The Union Pacific folks nav tisy
will nut The train into CHEYENNE at lOa5
tonight, or sooner.
The fast train passed Sindey. Nebras.
k.. 4I4 miles ont. AT 8OG p. ~. three
hours aud Ifty.two minutes ahead .of
schedule time. The track is clear Of
everything to CHEYENNE, and II is q.
pected the finest run md time will be
made between these points.
The train passed Pine Bluffs nj 9:3l
p. n. four hour and three minutes
ahead. Distance, 473 miles out.
SALT LAKE, June 2.-The fast train
mountains, NJ i.oi, reacneu Laramie NJ