The Portland daily press., 1876-06-22
WASHINGTON.
Reclamation of Treasurer New.



WASHINGTON, June 21-Mr. New. this
morning, sent the President his resignation as
Treasurer.
The Caldwell Telegram.
Heber G. Robinson, manager of the telegraph
company at Philadelphia, was examined to-day.
He produced the three original dispatches al
ready testified to, two addressed to Fayo, Lon,
don, without signature, and a third addressed
to Josiah Caldwell, London, over the signature
of Scott the latter having been left at the office
by Scott messenger.
He did not know who left the one reading,
sCable nobody but Scott AS to the third,
telling Favo to send telegram to the chair
man of the Judiciary Committee, wit ness
knew it was brought to the office by ge ntle-
man who, when the clerk asked him 10 lie ave
his address, said it was no matter.
The clerk said that as S572 in gold was paid
for it they would like to have an address to
which to send an answer, but the gentleman
repeated that it was not necessary and smil-
ingly left John Smith"
The Omaha Bridge Bill.
The House Committee on Pacific Railroads
to-day considered the bill with reference to fix.
ing the freight charges over the Omaha bridge.
Ten members were equally divided on the re-
spective propositions of REPRESENTATIVES
Throckmorton and Crounze, while the remain
ing member is opposed to legislation on the
subject
The Resumption Act,
consideration to-day the bill for the repeal of
the specieIresumption act Two amendments
will be allowed to be offered in the House, one
for the accumulation of coin in the Treasury,
preparatory to the resumption of specie pay
ments, and the other providing for the fund.- ng
of greenbacks. The committee were evenly
divided as to reporting, one member being alb
sent, and there will be another meeting to-
morrow
Relknap's Trial.
his counsel have asked subpPnas, has been re-
duced, many being omitted from the list Some
of them are members of Congress, whose resi-
derce is in Washington. and whose attendance
on the trial at the proper time can be readily
procured without the formality OF subpoena.
UptO Their Old Tricks.
The Boston Journals special says the Judie-
| larry Committee this morning had another full
meeting to consider the Caldwell despatch.
The purpose of the committee in the war upon
Blaine is to find additional Geographic cores
pondence between Caldwell and different per-
sons in this country. 1t appears that the com
mittee in giving out the dispatches recent ly
did gross injustice. One of the dispatches
from Caldwell to Tom Scott seems to have
been suppressed at first, and subsequently pub
lished out of its order, while ScottS answer
was published. The result was to make it APP
| pear that Scott first approached Caldwell,
when, it is alleged that the contrary is the fact
Sill After Robson.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The House commit
| tee on naval affairs has addressed letter to
| the Commissioner of Internal Revenue request
| ing him to send the committee the amount of
| income returned by Secretary Robson for years
| in which income tax existed, each years in
| come separately.
Alabama Claims Court.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The court of COM
| missioners of the Alabama claims today rem
dered an important decision in, the case of the
| American ship Texan Star. This vessels name
was changed to the Matoban while in British
| India waters and was destroyed by the Alaba-
| ma in 1868. The owners of the vessel recover
| ed Judgment for the vessel and freight and the
| question before the court was, "Can the present
| claimants being aliens but not British SUBJ
| jects who have never resided within the United
| States receive Judgment fer loss of the cargo"
Decision is that they can, and an award of
| nearly $1,000 was made.
| Serious Charges Against ex Serseant-nt-
Arms Ordway.
| NEW YORK June 2l.-A Washington spec
| ial to the Telegram says the real estate pool
| committee have discovered evidence that ex-
| Sergeant.at-A Ordway Chief of the Capital
| Police Blackford and other officials of the for
| mer House are guilty of corruption, which in
their opinion renders them liable to indictment.
| Several of the employees of the former Sergeant
| alarms testified they had to divide with the
| latter the salaries and SEINE of the negroes
| employed on the Capital Police who have been
| receipting for $50 monthly, testified they only
got $40 and Blackford pocaeted the rest. Mr..
Bailey, accounting officer in the clerks Office,
is involved in the exposures, having passed
| those fraudulent accounts. Gross irregulari-
| ties have been discovered in the expenditure of
$4,000 for the last Louisiana investigation and
| IN the disbursements for other Investigations
| for which the former Sergeant-at-Arms is res
porsible. The investigation is still going on.