Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-03

the Committee to day at 1920 with it. he
wanted to know how | had stated the tact that
all these payments to tHe secretary had been
made 10 consequence of the original agreement
| made with Mis- Belknap. | said | bad stat
ed the facts as they were according to my best
recollection and belief. told him would
| furnish him copy OF the statement W 'uld
make before the committee | prepared the
statement last night aod gave him copy
about eight o'clock this morning, b"ng sub
s;autaily copy OF that submitted as ao an
swer to your chief lnterrogatory, save that |
have f led up the blanks. DR., Tomlinsoo cam:
back 10 my rom at abou, 7:20 last evening,
and [ asked him if be had seen MIR. Back
burn since had N sde my statement in the
atteruoon, and what impression it had made
upon the gentleman who heard it. de said he
did rot like TO say he had seen MIR. Black
burn, but ne said be had seen one Of The com
uilttee, who expressed the opinion that my
statement would involve the Secretary.
He then made stronger appeal TO me than
ever before, saying that | WAS the friend of
til, Secretary; that if this thog came out it
would ruin him; that his vile was In grea. dis
tress about IT, and he himself, as her brother
ADD irlcnd Of the family, was IN great trou
bic, and that ii could state said, Stop,
Dr. TomIiuson, have about flashed my writ
tn statement, aud will read it to YOU. l
then rea it to him. He said he did not see
out that il was all right; inst things could be
explained UT if they couli Grove that this
money was originally scnl I, 3. Belkuap by
Mrs Bikcap. ord r. &c. B Up would
De subpG a and would prove 20 ii" c mnu-
zee that Mo k:ap s.>tlre is entlr@Iy scpa
rat from his, aud that tnis money recplV, d
through me he hal always k.pt dl,,rct from
hls aud for her.
On. sion by the charm N. -~Di you eyer
have any business relations vi any kind Or na-
ture whatever with the lae Mrs. Beiknap or
the present. Mrs. Bclkuap. or either # them
other than these arising from the Fort Sill
leadership?
Have you poW or have You ever had any
sun or suu,s Of mooey, or any evidences + To-
ebtednr>s or securities Of aoy sort IT dcscrlp-
too Whatever belonging to either OF them, or
have you ar a;,y time been Indebted TO either
Of them 10 any Way or mannerI
Answer Never. The present Mrs. Bak
nap, years ago, may have Consulted me on
business matters, but there were no monetary
,rnns.ctlGrs Whltever between us, ether than
have heretofore stated.
Olysliou by The Chairmau.-Whcu was the
ia>y OF the late Mrs. Bciknap ooru, and when
did it die?
Atswer.-The baby Of the late Mrs Be!k-
nat wa boru 10 the autumn vi 1870, aud died
dur 60 the summer OF 1911.
O. stino oy Mr. Robblos.-ln the converse
ro, had wi h he present Mrs. Brlknap at the
iuurrai Of her sst"r, IN December, 1870. Or 10
aoy other conversation had with her or any
OTHER person at any lime. was it the under.
stlndlng hat the money you we're 10 pay anu
were paying was TO Ue the money Of Mrs. Bclk-
nap the present wife of the Secretary OF
| War?
Answer-I was not.
The foregoing deposition and statement made
uuier oath, having been carefully read over
IN full to Mr. Caleb p. Marsh, the witness in
he presence Of tie committee, aud he having
made such alterations aud corrections therein
as be dccm"d just, he assents to II as a correct
record Of his estimony, and attests the samc
by lis signature hereto attached.
CALEB P MARSH.
At the close 0! the reau.nE aud alter the
:. many members wnO had taken up positions
eir the clerks Ir-k (ihe better tp hear the
t,st mnDy aud accompanying STATE m@uis) had
rjurped to their proper seals, C.ymer, who
had also gone 10 lis OVID seat, again rose aud
said. with grca emotion:
Mr.. Speakcr-l would not if could, and
add anything to the tac's just reported 10 the
Il use. Auo her OCCASION may be afforded
LII. To do So They are so plain that every
where throughrut This broad land aud thr, ugh
out Chr,s!cudum, wherever the English lau-
guag: is read or spoken, they will, for Ion z
years, cnnst'tu;c record Of official corruption
aud crm su III as there is 90 parallel Tor 10
our OWL history 0r IN that OF any other country
| that | know OF. Ii, IN this nOur, one sentiment
OF pity, one word OF sympathy could dud ut
trance from me it would he because | feel tina
she late Secretary OF War is but the proper
gu growth, the tru" exponent OF the corrup-
tou, the rxtravaga uce, the m'sgvverum mt,
that las cursed this land for years past That
Delug my OVID reflection | will discharge my
duty best to myself and to this House by de.
III ;ud!ng The previous question on the adoption
# tue re-olutlou.
Mr.. Hoar, Of Massachusetts, having pro-
tested against the proposed impeachment,
MIR Black burn, OF kertucky, auothcr mcm-
Der Ut ihe committee expressed his salSac-
ton that the report which had been read by his
colleague. Mr.. Ciymer showed to the world
hat nothing had been left uudoue by the cow-
nlttee to shield and shelter trom dshonor every
person except the one whom it was the duty
OF The cunmntee to investigate and report
man from Massachusetts should make this IA
political or patzan question: He would OF
consent that Ills side Of the H"use should be
placed 10 the position Of prosecutors and the
jther SIDE should take up the position Of de-
| Tenders 1t Was question which addressed
itself alike 10 every member Of the House.
| He regarded the case as an unprecedented
one iD more respects THAI one. The action
If the President lu accepting Secretary Bel
knaps resignation under the circumstances
was unpr, C del ted, aud this was the first
INSTANCE 10 the history of the Country where
auy mao claiming manhood and hoidDg
All exaliea station had sought TO shelter
himself fir, LII legitimate investigation by inter
posing the dlshonor Of wife Sensation. |
Passing to the question of the lmpeachabnty
of Mr. Bslknap, he suggested that that ques-
too as Judge Story had intmatyd might
properly be lett to the decision Of the
Senate. % such state of lacts would he
II u.s., he asked, shrink from The performance
Of It's duty because there might be the mist or
shadow OF doubt 20 that point? The House
| H. pnt bo IN.