New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-23
WASHINGTON.
COnnrMlatlOnss

missioner, general land Office; William b.
Hopkine secretary of legation at London,
vice Hoffman, resigned; James Day, second
secretary of legation at London, vice Cheese
broagh, resigned; Hutchinson. postmaster
at Jrck sonville, Alabama; Mrs. Sterne, post
mistress at Jefferson, Texas.
Personal.
Speaker Kerr has gone to Alum Springs
Justice David Davis declines presiden-
Mr.. Blaine has declined $4,000 per week
for lecturing tour. As sooh as he is we'll
enough he will 60 to the mountains to re-
Tho Appropriation Bills.
The Joint appropriations committees of
the two houses are said to have agreed
upon the basis of two compromises:
1. That the House conferees are willing
to consider the question of salaries with
view to compromise by . comparison with
the salaries of 1858 and 1856.
2, The House is willing to yield to the
Senate in exceptional cases.
3. The House dwells at length on their
primary responsibility before the people as
| the body in which all bills should originate.
More Iavestigattons.
Before the Naval Committee Paymaster
Bradford testified regarding his acts as
naval Disturbing agent in London. In Oc-
| tober, 1873, by order of the Secretary Of the
NAVY, he deposited with Jay Cooke, Nc
Culloch g. Co., fl0S 900, for which &C.
being in debt to the Navy Department at
| that time fl2O,OOO. This prevented the
| destruction of the firm at that time, and
| enabled them to continue business, oy
| which many large American interests were
| protected The house has since gone into
| liquidation under the English law.
| Amendments Agreed To.
| The Banking and Currency Committee
agreed to the Senate amendment striking
| out "now," but renewed its non-concur-
renee on the Senate amendment providing
that the trade dollar shall no longer be
legal tender.
Says MIR. Scott to MIR. Knott.
The following was received here:
PHILADELPHIA, June 20, 1876.
Hon. J. Procror Knott, Chairman COMMITTEES on
Judiciary, House OF representatives. "ash'
My DEAR SIR see by the papers this
morning that numerous cables are pub
lished relative to q certain cable from Jo-
siah Caldwell to your committee.
believe it my duty to send herewith the
inclosed letter, received from Caldwell yes
terday ON this subject. And in regard to
to the cable sent to Caldwell from Phila-
delphia, suggesting the message to you, L
think it due myself to say that have no
| possible connection with any message TO or
from Caldwell, except the acknOwledg-
ment of the receipt OF the following cable
from him:
LONDON, May 81, 1876.
Your statement to the congressional com
mittee on the sixteenth, relating to the Fort
Smith railway bonds :, ..ich you purchased
: of me, is perfectly correct l can more
a | fally substantiate it If necessary.
To which, after veriticatiOn through fele-
, graph, l responded, simply ackno wiedgiog
!: receipt in the following words:
t Thanks for your cable confirming al
) the above cable from Caldwell young
a man whom l had never seen before called
I | at nv Office, representing himself as the
a secretary of Caldwell. He stated that be
i | wanted to send cable dispatch to London
t suggesting that Caldwell telegraph to the
/. Judiciary Committee of the House biz
q knowledge in regard to the Forth Smitt
= bond transaction, as he knew he could, ant
l. asked me whether l would not give hin
the means to forward it. This I declines
to do, stating that my own testimony hae
given all the facts in the case, and that
could have nothing to do with any sucl
:, matter "a he proposed.
g then informed him that had receives
J. q letter from Caldwell that morning, who
n 1
ments to the effect that either paid
Or guaranteed the pay for any telegraph con
to pany for cable to you or its contents ar
"a unqualifiedly false. As soon as l saw tn
:, statement in the paper purporting to .
III made by Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, that b
had spent several days preparing intel
a | rogatories to telegraph companies, with
= | view of getting information for your con
X mittee ON this subject, Immediately wrOl
n to the officers of both telegraph companit
ne to furnish your committee with copies
any kilograms passing between Caldwe
and myself My desire has been to give yor
IL, committee the fullest information in m
No power in relation to this subject, and b
N. iieve have done 80.
nj. Very respectfully; so,-r
- No Financial Legislation this Session
oS A delegation of the convention of ban
ers made q statement before the COmmits
on Banking and Currency.
of Mr.. Haynes, temporary chairman OF t
-: committee, thanked them for the inform
nis ton furnished, but on account of the de
OF cate political situation and the depress
for commercial condition of the country,
,rr said there would be no legislation on
- subject this session, though there might
40. next.
to Army Orders.
vre An order was to-day issued from the W
Department assigning General Schofeld
,o,, the command of the West Point Milits
JON Academy, relieving Colonel Ruger. G
are eral Mcdowell, who Is now in command
are the division Of the South. will 90 tn
l0oNTuu1D on Jou11H PAon.l