Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-26

buS are nOb reSDO0S1D
for the actions OF the board of aud
where The responsibility properly b
- longs
g. session to-day, at which Fish's no
g. was read. 1t is quite long paper an
J. thoroughly reiterates the positio
n already taken by this goverumen
Bristow read a telegram from Super
a visor Magee at st. Louis reciting th
: difficulties in executing the revenu
e laws in Cape Girardean county, No
and asking for a military force. Th
: matter was referred to the Secretary c
War, who will instruct the pro per mil
e itary authorities to give proper assist
. ance.
Judge Taft remains IN charge of tn
: War Office for few days.
Logan occupied the day in the i'm
parchment court, arguing against tn,
Senate's jurisdiction. A decision ii
. expected Thursday.
WASHINGTON, May 24-Noou- The
The Senate passed the House joint
resolution requesting the President tc
take such steps as he may deem prop
er to secure the pardon or release OF
Edward o. M. Condor, now confined
in an English prison.
Ed F. Beale has been nominated
for Minister to Austria.
a. P. Robinson engineer on the
Little Rock & Fort Smith raj road !,
carried package from Caldwell, who
controlled the bonds, to Blaine, open
at both ends; did not know the CON
tents; 1T may have been map; never
told any one the package contained
twenty bonds.
The House is discussing the bill re-
straining public lands.
WAsHINGToN, May 24-Night-
SENATE-The naval jmmttee report
ed adversely on the petition of Capt.
Francis A. Roe of the United states
| navy for reimbursement of property
| destroyed during the war
The public lands committee re-
ported favorably on the bill for the
| benefit of Andrew Williams of Ten
nessee. Calendar.
Executive session and no result in
the Impeachment case.
HOUSE Mr. Kerr resumed the chair
apparently in improved health.
The Southern land bill vent over
without action.
Harris, from the committee on cleo
tloas. reported that Jas. II. Raiuey,
the sitting member from South Caro-
lima, was duly elected. Ordered TO be
printed and recommitted.
The House then proceeded to con
slider the Louisiana contested case of
Spencer VS.. Morey The report of the
majority of the committee being that
VIM. b. Spencer, the contestant, is
entitled to the seat. and that Frank
Morey. the sitting member, is not, and
the minority taking the opposition
view, Harris of Tennessee, DeBalt of
Missouri and Ellis of Louisiana spoke
il support Of the majority report, and
Wells of Mississippi, aud Brown of
Kansas, in support of minority report.
Without taking any action IA the
resolution the matter went over for
the present.
Wilson of Iowa offered a resolution
directing the committee on commerce |
to inquire into an alleged combination
of leading railroads for the purpose of
traffic. Adopted. Tie |
House then adjourned.
There will be a democratic caucus |
tomorrow night for a successor to
Taft and Pierrepont have gone to |
New York but will return Friday
Mrs. Avery has a clerkship in the |
Interior Department.
. Spencer, before leaving for Alabama,
eDdeavored to pair on the impeach- !
ment questions but the Senate decided |
against judges pairing.
The subcommittee of the Senate |
will report in favor of non-coucurrence |
In most of the changes made by the |
House in the executive, Legislative and |
ludic arv APPROPRIATION bill
A live OAK contractor testified that |
he paid Ely Cattell thirty seven thous-
and dollars commissions.
Secretary Robson has written |
letter accepting the invi
tation of the committee to make ex-
plantations. He demonstrated against |
the publication of detached parts of
the evidence, and demands a hearing
in public.
The Star says: "The democratic
who have cOnversed with
say that he exhibits signs of
and that he is not responsible
f'r what he says. Up to this time he
retains the control of the records of
his office which he took away and says
he will not surrender them while
Sergeantat- Arms Thompson is absent
In Ohio. In the meantime members
cannot obtain any documents from the
folding room. the Speaker having
given orders not to issue any until the
index books are returned"
The special committee having charge
Of the investigation of the report that
Clerk Adams sold offices examined W.
G.. Curtis of the Inter Ocean to-day |
who testified that a gentleman had
made such remark to him in couver-
sation and he made the paragraph
about it but refuses TO give the gentle
mans name.
The sub committee in the case of |
Plat VS.. Goode from Virginia have
agreed to report in favor Of retaining
Goode in his seat but will not make a !
formal report to the full committee |
until Blackburn returns from New |
Orleans
It is learned there is no truth in the |
report sthat NJ. D. Wickersham, post |
master at Mobile, has been suspended. |
No request has been made for his sus |
pension or removal.
There is no truth whatever in the |
statement that Fitzhugh shows signs OF
arrangement. The only book he has |
belonging to the House is the invoice |
book by which to settle lis accounts. |
Mr.. Fitzhugh is apprehen sive that one
hundred bags of book have been |
taken from the folding room without |
authority and he needs that book to
verify the stock that should be on
hand.
Whithorne has answered Robe |
son S letter that be or any naval officer
Can have any witness recalled. Where
testimony affects them they can be
heard at any length in accordance
With the resolution of the 18th.
Congressman Hays is authority for
the statement relative to the removal
of Wickersham, postmaster at Mobile.