Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-08

| COSL uOE6 lIaU IL Noulu COIue 10, DuI
offered TO furnish 1t for nothing provid
ed he be SLOWED 10 pack it in the cloth
Ing himseiE
Q1arte--master-G & enersl Meigs testifie
To- the state ment of ID. Webster thi
| N mornlDs, TO the effect that he sought al
| interest in his meth exterminator b
a suggestion Of any kind that could b
tortured into such suspicion, vas abso
Ia ely false He said that he never tol,
! Webster that the government was swim
died out Of oCt large sums because tn
| process then in use was woIthless; tina
| he had never asked him what benefi
the contract would be to him; that b.
| had never asked him how much b.
would give him the witness]. He hat
! always considered Webster, like mapy
inventors, crazy on the subject of hi
preparation for exterminsting moths
he had considered him honest, but athe
light in the head; he never inquired int
his character. Witness cOfroborateC
generally The other statements of Web
ster from the record, but pronounced hi
CT argos false in every respect, and the
creation Of a very active and ifuseina,
tive brain. Witness Was asked whether
ne was yna meaRs of the adoption o.
-,eOrge W. COwles & Co.'s process fol
eXterminatiug moths. He replied thai
he had opposed it even after it the boart
of army officers has recommended it,
adoption, buS finally yielded to the sccu.
initiation of Testimonials in its favor
When asked by whose influence it had
been kept in use, he said that G. W.
Brega and Don Plstt were very active
in the matter. Witness said CoWles,s
process was not noW ia use.
Deficiencies.
WASHINGTON, April The house
committee on appropriations further
considered the deficiency estimates to.
day. The estimate of thirty. five thou
sand dollars for the Expenses of the
Black Hits commission was disallowed.
A large number of deficiencies asked for
by the Indian bureau will be repjrted
back to the house with the recOmmen-
dation that they be referred ID the COM
mittee on claims, considering them as
coming under the head of private
claims.
Postal Affairs.
WAsHINGTON, April THE house
committee on postoffices and post-roads
to-day continued their examination of
the books and papers Of the late F. p.
Sawyer, mail contractor. A paid note
for seventy-five hundred dollars, in
dorsed by ], J. Kinds, was found, ac-
cOn1panied with memorandum in saw
yer's handwriting stating that this was
only one.half the amount that the Kinds
party got from the Eli Paso stage COM
pany. 1t also appeared that Sawyer's
checks, to the amount of thirty-eight
thousand nine hundred dollars, were
paid to Thos. J. Hood.
H. D. Norton testified that he
was appointed clerk to the disburs-
ing clerk OF the postofiice, at a ssla-
~ of twelve hundred dollars per
year, but by an order OF Postmaster.
General Jewell, issued last December,
he bad since been paid one hun dred and
Atty dollats per month out of the special
appropriation for repairing the depart.
ment building and extending its base
ness said that this was in direct VIOLA
ton of law.
RObesOn's Reply.
WAsHINGTON, April 7.--Secretary
Robson has formally replied to certain
interrogatories of Mr.. Beebe, chairman
Of the committee On expenditures in the
navy department, He says that no time
bills, drafts, checks, notes or acceptances
have been issued, made or given Cy or
under the authority Of the navy depart
ment, or any Of its bureaus or officers,
except such drafts as have been given
from time to time, drawn by paymasters
of the navy on foreign stations in order
to supply thems: Ives with funds and for
the purpose of paying the expenses Of
the naval service abroad. No time-
bills, drafts, checks, notes or scceptsnces
have, to the knowledge Of the depart.
menI, been given in advance of spprO-
priations available to meet the same,
though it is possible that near the end of
q fiscal year the necessary and extra.
ordinary expenses might have been in.
creased at distant stations Of which the
department might not be informed and
for which sufficient means might not,
therefore, be reserved. No drafts have
been drawn on any officer Of the navy
department other taan the secretary Of
the navy since December /, 1874, except
upon the departments fiscal agents
in London, in accordance with an
agreement made with them. No
commissions have been allowed or paid
in drafts made by Paymaster- General
Bradford, residing in London, or other
officers, on the secretary Of the navy,
tut drafts drawn by the psymasters
on fJreign stations or fiscal agents in
London are liable, under agreement
with them, to commission not exceed
ing one per cent, which is allowed and
credited in the settlement Of their ac-
counts. According to the contract with
Seligman Bros, which is appended to
the secretsry's letter, it also appears that
they allow interest at the rate of four
per cent, per annum for all moneys and
balances Of the department SO long as
the same shall remain in their hands,
and the department agrees to allow iu-
terest at the rate Of five per cent. on all
accounts for which the firm are at any
time in advance to the department by
reason OF the payment OF its bills and
drafts 30 long and 10 the extent that they
shall remain so in advance.
PierFepOnt's Denial.
The attorney general denies the pub
lished statement that in 1865 he effected
the ssl9 of two steamers to the govern
m ant fOrs hundred thousand dollars, be-
longing to Marshall o. Roberts, OF New
YORK, During the war Roberts sold two
steamers to the government, but he
never heard of the negotiation or sale
until subsequent thereto, when he was
employed as counsel to get the purchase
money remaining unpaid; for this he
received a very moderate fee, and this is
all he ever had to do with the case.
Admission of New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Indieatiens
are that the house committee on terri
toTiel will report fsyOrablv on senate
bill for the admission Of New Mexico.
Investigation Closed.
WASHINGTON, April THE inves-
tlgstion Of Spencer was closed to-day,
the committee announcing that counsel
would be allowed Two weeks in which
to prepare written arguments.
More about Bell.
ST. LOUIS, April The statement
made some days ago by Detective Bell,