Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-05-11

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Ees6 Gsnsslf nov il be wishes, !.
baks : 7sseis1 having ben sd
uPss By AaC6siIf bee and met tbesp-
prob Of The JadjliAry Committee. :
sub-c6n uAiAtss. Consisting Of Huntcn q
Va, Ashs II N. c., and LAurenee, Of o.,
hasr hsen appointsd tsinsestigsas IL
AMIR. and relatiens Of the Unios Paeiae
Ind ~ kLissk RoSk asd roe saish
Railroads. The officers Of the two
roads together With the Government
Directors Of the U..'P are 10 be sum-
nonsd, and altogether il win no doubt
b entertaining. Mr.. Tarbox seems 70
Be- Ar. Bhine's Nemesis.
i Klhousa having secured his liberty
has become more contumacious than
ever aadia N insulting letter to the
House invites the Comni.tss to call 1t
hh -olRcs and sxsmins his books. This
'cOnm6hicsston hsvins been submit Cd
to the Speaker vas very properly laid
on the table.
Ar. Kilbourn b rather Aasty in his
faostioasnsaa being not altogether
safe yet. The House il already
considering the expsdiency Of appeal
ing from. Judge Carttsrs decision to
the Supreme Court Of the District of
COLUMBIA and thence perhaps 10 U.s..
Supreme Court to secure final I'd.
judication Of this vexed question, in
which event thu gsntlenaa may not
emerge - snilingiy from the issue,
besides this, Il il entirely in the
power OF the committee to re-summons
this witness and Likewise re-commit him
II hs repeats his offence, and II this
course should Be resorted 10 il il not
at all likely that he win be delivered up
upon . suit Of Habeas Corpus. We
will know better NEXT time. o..
Morton, the cunning old fox, having
become jealous and feeling much neg
lected because NO one has taken the
trouble to bring charges against him,
takes the matter in his own hands and
has gotten up . frightfully scandalous
story about his mis-apprppriation Of
$25O.OO0 made to the State of Indiana
during the war. All Of this told in the
brosdest kind Of language seemed ter
rible at first. but it has been really diff
cult to restrain the audible smile that fol-
lowed the great man O. wars defeace.
The whole thing is so very palpable
and 80 like the villainous old trickster
that it is positively side splitting. He
comes 10 the front with such an appa-
rent air of injured innocence aud in
REPUTATION OF the charge (Which he
himself has procured to be published)
tells the story of his services when a.
the great war Governor he marshalled
the armies of his State. It was very
clever ruse, but 80 cluinsily done.
In obedience to the Presidents order
to the heads OF Departments, Mr..
Chandler has denied 10 the committee
investigating the affairs of the Interior
the original papers in that Department.
The Presidents message to the House
in response to the resolution inquiring
into his official acts performed while
at Long Branch and elsewhere 10 .
broad declaration that he does mot in
tend to aid them in any investigation
Of himself, and in point Of fact 10 the
plea of the criminal when being exam
ined that he il not obliged TO say any
thing that might criminate himself.
This IL no doubt . constitutional right,
but We never heard of its being done
before in . case of this kind. Grant
does not deny his guilt, but claims the
felon's privilege Of keeping it TO him
sell. ets4
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