, 1876-07-12
It va" kind Of gencrnl knowledge arising from

ihcir general ,etatlonr."
TIE FlRsr MRS. hEtKxAP:
Oily Mr. Logan--FrDm conversation Wlth tho
present Mrs. Hclknap, yon speak Of an under.
standlng with lhc former MN. Dc1kHhp. now 90
ceased. pIoase atate what that understanding
Objected to BY both Managers and counsel for
III. Logan insisted on an answo'. and di'cues'on
Tic Bcnato decided by a vote Of 25 yeas 10 ~
nays that tho question ahonld bo answered.
.ntWo?ea tSet bo I'D not Snk IL sstsd ihas
lie I'D an nndsr.tnndne With M. Rsiknap:
sent MiS 70 Hfs Hslksap deceased I'D thst Il was
sent without any arrangement with any psEso1i.
%1en IL Raa On sknsn o9sy e 1, ne,Sn nnes es
IT, Il Foq H IL % fst ive or thres ' years witness *.
s1 @ s,s hayes %
In any convcrsation between them.
HENRY 3. HKtNKERftoPF,
partmcns. sn .ras m .wor and iden.iacd be ettor from
Fot sil hsslas Ssen on lie in he Adjutsnt 0ss.
olieisi, a. in lie handwriting of Cen BelknAp.
GEN. ". H. iiAzEN RECALLED.
W'tners dcrircd to s1p'aln portion 81 hs tes.
be lad become sat!fded that hte letter to Gen 1si.
knhp, read yesterday. wa. not written bcfora ho
ass r.: e &c sa,sy y y II
Tie witncse was then crose. examined By Mr
Carpenter, and wns shown a letter dated City or
ClYmer, Chairman Of tic lionse Committee on Ex.
PuIlishcd In tic letter Gen. Masen cais atten.
sn Il se on fMnsny Msy a Ry sssp,p
at length Of tho abnsea In o.t.ttadcrshiiM.
e.ess 5ss1 |s fssfaa"ff IL aa fes e M ii:
parchment; had been somewhat active In setting
" o.MWhs5 wv s'S; Wfote that article In tho New York
Al did mt
Al suppose Mr. smalley did. furnished the
information ont Of Which the letter was written.
CLTMEH'a TEsTtMoxT.
Tho Hon. 11le.ter Clymcr. Chairman 81 thg nonse
mem. ssas smora and testiacd ,hat Caleb r. Marsh
gave evidence before thu Committee Of which nc
s.eay sss Of s ss sa &fsaSss &sssst as ;ss
aid 10 proposed to put i II ettdcnee to .how
a lo iaets were bf9aEnt out By th!s commtea e.,
mony. that he read It over. md hnnt!y rendered
III resignation On sccount Of i. The Senate could
trnw lts own Inference from THU eonunct. A.. a..
tnony, ind said Il + should BY admitted hs .onl!.
fhow ti.nt tho Committee had thrratehed Bciknap
| would be lmrencled. .-
WHAT usLKxAr sA1D 70 THE COMMITTEE.
before the vote was taken on admitting tue tcstt-
aed ~ to writing noto to the Secsetary Of War
tho NTH Of February, fe1ucatlng hlH presence 1e;
fore tho Committee: that the Secretary VI war Ad
n,eny Of siart!' was read 70 him. and he replied
HSomc OF tho stutcn1ents therein know TO bs
| ttu4; so.na know to be false, and othcFs know
nothing about" Zen. Telknap then asked time tc
employ counsel, md the Committee took sccesi
! until o'clock p. m. to cnah!e him to az 80. !it
counsel, and produced hls litter Ut resignation
Secretary Of Mar, The letter Of resignation a1it
| trply Of tho President accepting the same wcss
Witness, rcru,ning. tcst{ded that he wrote TO tht
President to learn the hour that the resignation WI
accepted, md was Informed 1t was about 1o;2o D.
Ill.,, March,.
submit The tustinony Of Marsh taken beiore th'
lIousc Committee Waa n1lowca--ycaH, ~ nnys
4 H. The tcts}monY u Eycn before that Commit
tea was then read 1t length by Mr. Clymer.
TlIR PROSECUTION CLOSED.
Mr. MeMahcn then M at ~ IT, sne tanosc
Evans and Fisher. and he thought 1t probable tha
| ono Of them would be sufficient.
The defense wantcd 10 examine EFana, and thcr
was no objection.
dcrstandtny thai they should hnya tho right 10 ex
a.ntne Evans wheu put on tie stand by the do
| fcnHe.
Mr. Carpenter said The defense could not beg
Of The case sn a ef be ehS Sop
examine Gnly few witnesses. Evans WA tn
most Important ono and they wanted him mt
telegram, from !. J: Fisher, . nattnor Of Evans
was read. dated y Loais; Jul{ ~, nnnonnein
tllat he tFisher> would be here to.,norrow,
what they proposed 10 prove BY Eyaus.
Mr. Cafpentcr-Wc Will not. We cannot do
fcndlng tho discussion tho Senate, A'tting Us
Court, adjourned until !. o'clock TO- morrow.