, 1876-05-29
NOTES AND NEWS.

Special Ntpa&ch to 7ns 7ffeunA
WASHINGTON, D. c., May est Is expected
that the 1nsaae Asylum Committee will ex-
onorate DR.. Nichols, Superintendent Of the
Government Asylum, Of Intentional wrong
doing, but that it will recommend that he eilnll
ccasc to bo connected with 80 many outside
intercsts, shall devote himself exclusively to
the Government institution, unel that al np-
propEiations hereafter be dlsburscd by the
Secretary OF the Interior.
THE APPROPRIATION IMDItO0L1C.
The House Democrats now say that they do
not intend to hurry the House Appropriation
apolicy, the approaching the close Of the tiac1
year will force the Republicans to accent the
Democratic bills in order to prevent stoppnge
Of The machinery Of the @ @aove;Fnn,snt 7; T5's Re-
crats will find themselves mistaken, for the
Scnators do not propose to accept anything that
- not Just In the Appropriation bnis, and mean
to have the country understand tllatt It the
Government IL crippled, 1t is on account Of
Democratic legislation.
Owe DOG MAD NAME, ETC.
The dfsmtssal Of Eltzhugh has called atten-
tEon to singular historical coincidence IN the
history of the American Congress. Only two
elective officers have ever been dismissed from
the House. The first waS III the Congress lust
before the War, when Robert Hacckey, Of Tir-
g1niu, Democratic Doorkccpcs, WINS DIMINISHED on
luC CuniHS u SNluulkuE k4!E ElftHs l III HCSUHl
was in tic first Congress after tic War In which
thu Democrats had nla5ority, when Fitzhugh,
also native Of Virginia, was dismissed for stu
pility after having Indicted for arson, 1arce-
ny, and perjury. LII both cascs tho discharged
prlsous were succeeded by Jcrscymen.
DAVID nLAKELT,
notwithstanding the representation tn his own
paper tl!at he llhs been maligned In the Miss
Sweet matter, will find that tic Committee will
mike u very damaging report against HIN, uli-
lcss he has something by which lie eau convict
Miss Sweet, Ben Campbell, ind Gen. Baker
Of perjury. The Committee will not summon
Blakcly, but will hear hfs statement II be vol
untccrs to come here to 1nnke 1t.
VICTIM OF VILLAINS.
Mai. Ben r. Rnnklc, retired officer Of the
nrmy, WHO WINS dismissed scycfn years ago. has
been partlally restored to service on 4 full In
vesti;atton III the Attorney General and Judge
Advocate Gencral's office. lIa was dtsbursliiig
officer Of tho Freedmcn's Bureau III Kentucky,
md, to cover up frauds among superior officers
Of the Bureau here, be was male q scapegont,
tried and dismissed. The Secretary Of War,
tllat lie WIS illegally arrested, unfairly tried,
and that ho was innocent Ut the charges brought
aGalnst HIN.
rnH srATE DEPARTMENT..
Eprfnger'8 Committee Oh State Department
expenditures Will resume tho Investigation
which was stopped for tho Emma Mine a!1uIr,
md Springer las suhpnnacd Gen. +. 4. Star
ling, OF Chicago, former, special Treasury
Agent In Europe Startling resigned apmu inonttla
ago, anil is nov milking tour Of thu s7or!a.
Springer Ia not likely 10 gct him. The charges
against Gcorgu Seward, Untcd States Minister
tU China, will be investigated. The Committee
will also examine soEne OF seWas{'s hccolints nj
tho State Department aa to the legality of which
Bo1na doubts llavo been rniscd.
nEMpCHATiC c1.KHKs TO He SLAUGHTERED.
1t Is stated, III view Of tho fact that the Dem.
ss sss sas s asyts' ssasa
In the Departments, that tbs heA41s Of DEPART