, 1876-04-20
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Bristow Pays His Re-
spects to Our Barney;
And Reads Him a Needed Lesson on
Secret Investigations,
The Secretary Desires to Meet His
Defamers Face to Face.
4 Letter Of President Jackson's Peculiarly
Applicable to The Times.
One More Move in the BeIknap lmpeach-
mcnt Case.
That Moth Exterminntor Again
Prominently Before tho
Public.
Dom piatt Tried Little Of It and
Found Il Good.
Departments Clerks Take the First Shy at
the Shining Silver.
That Moth 1xterminntor Again
Prominently Before tho
Public.
Dom Pfatt Tried Little Of It and
Found It Good.
Department. Clerks Takc the First Shy at
the Shining Silver.
6RfSTOW.
TIE LATEST DEMOCRATIC ATTACK.
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BRtSTOW.
TIE LATEST DEMOCRATIC ATTACK.
Special Dkpatch 70 The Chicago Tribune.
WAsu1NdToN. D. g., April 19.-An attack upon
sccrotary Bristow in connection with tho Texas
Il Pacific Iailroad Was made Inst night, and
moro WILDLY circulated to-day, to tho OBJECT that
whom ho was solicitor Of tho Company, after hia
resignation as Solicitor doncsal he succeeded in
inducing Bocrotaty Dolaao to appoint Mr. Il. g.
Hopkins, Of San Francisco, 40 anocial agent
Of tho Government to proceed to Mex
leo to ohtain transcripts Of lAud-
grants which tho Company could not obtain
without tho authority of tho Government aud
that this appointment and tho service performed
under 1t wero solely in tho lnscrost Of tho Toxns
pseiilo Company, and at tho expense OF tho
which was printed at greht longth in . nowspa-
per Of California and various Journals ut the
East In March and April. 1873. Tho story has
just this foundation namely: That tho officers
Of tho Texas Pacific finding Tint
FRAUDULENT epANIau LAHD-oRATTs
Wero boing o1tenstvely located upon tho linda
along tho line Of tho!s road which had formerly
boon coded 10 tho United statos by Moxico, i
waa determined to rond an agent into Mexico
for the purpose Of obtaining transcripts Of all
valid land titles IN the Northern BsntoH OF
Mexico, fn order to preclude the possibility
ct fraudulent grauta being brought forward to
covcr lnnds Of tho road. As tho Government
ter, sinco It owned half Of tho land In question,
tho othor half being granted to tho road, Tho
Department Of tho Interior wha requested to
give tho agent soloctod by tho Company 1ettor
him in his work. Thia was done, it being OK
preBs'y stated In tho Iottor of appointment
transmitting this letter Of crodit as no appro-
printon for such purpose was at tho command
of The Department, hta seEvioes must be rom
WITHOUT CONDENSATION.
Tho agent selected for this worx was Ms. h, g.
aopkins, OF San Francisco, gentleman vol
promo Court hero, "A III export in all matters OF
hfcxican titles. uo performed sho work tnt1ust-
cd 10 him, and tho Railroad Company tranBnit-
ted copies Of hls report to tho Gosornmant for
It's uso and Information, and tho Railroad Cou,-
panY paid al tho expenHoa OF tho aEcnt. Aa to
GEN. Bn1sT0w'H CONNECTION
with tho securities OF tho road, At tho time he
bocamo officially connected With 1t ho purchased
about et2, 600 Of Ito secusltios, and had them up
to tho ti1lo thRt he Was nominated for Attorney
General aud them without evoa waiting for
confirmation, ho 1t onco disposed Of thou at d
very Groat sacrifice aolely because he WAS un-
willing to cntcr upon pnblic ofEco In q position
whore 10 might 20 called upon to pass upon tho
interest Of this Company With any OF its aoouri-
tics Ia htB poaaoaalon.
cAuLf1ELp,
Chairman Of tho Committee on Expenditures In
tho Department Of JuHtlce, to whom Secretary
Dnstow's indignant and manly letter was Ml-
dreaaen, chllod upon BriBtow this oyoning to Gu
deayor to explain the method OF his Comntttoo.
The curlous featu1o about the publication is
that It soe!na to hayo been given out aim.
committee to tic Democlatio psoss, and
to such papora as arc especially hostile to Bt1a-
tow OIL account Of whisky RUG affiliations. Tho
lostsr Of Uristow'a is likely to call tho attention
Of 1Iouso Republicans to tho fact that they hByo
allowed tho Committees to Islander public
officials without uotco aud without opportunity
for dofonso, by detectives aud all sorts Of poo
ple Of unBavoGy reputation. Very :recontly Q
conceded lunatto waa permitted to dcfnua Que
OF the purest men In tho nrmy.
HAArLEy. THE LAWYER,
La also busy about tho strootH tonight ondeavoE-
ing 10 explain why he appeared TO disclose
alleged Secrets contldod to him BY his cltcnt.
Buit, who says that Ao mover 1nado such atato-
1ntuts. Tho whoio Ht0ry GeomB to DO ptiAblo
invention. It Ia confidently asserted that thogo
wo1o never auy such anita ~ thoso which Bari
10y teBtides to, aud that h!H clent, 8uIt. mover
had any distlllcriea eeizea under tho clroumHtau-
cos montlouod
(TothA A.soeiqted Fress.l
Huow YOUR HAND. BARNEY,
WAsuIaoToN, D. o, Apsi! 1Y.-Secrotary Dria-
tow has addressed the following lottor to tho
Hon. .. G. Caulfald, Chairman Of tho Commit
leo on Expenditures IN the department OF Jus
tico:
s1a: Mo attention has beea called to Washington
onClosed from which II appears TINT sumo siiuc las
week Mr. r. ". ba1tsy Of tAIs city srpcarod before
your Committee md detailed zulnors undsr
siSs%ssa a;s q. nns ssS ssf A.
Kentucky number Of distillcrtcs wese sc!1od al MY
instance. and that aeon sfsE u.on All offer OF largo
q o e y 1
becama counsel for these dssots ind In kccosdauos
releaae Of the!r poperty u difficult TO crodit tho
70 reached by your COMMITTEES In few minutes
should b. allowed 10 EenAn tn ignorance
20 settons ; llAtufe should ne afforded him. In tho
absence Of any dsluits Information from your Com.
uner CATH ai.d without relsrence To the alleged do
promptly tueet the sander nnd 1t Ia tho public
lo asthod. yosr t Ts s'o1y whohst
testified 70 by Ms p.1tlsy Any ono clas before
,.s sa.s absolutely sess ssa an$ss'sy III sss
II opportunity to tuset thla bsaeloss slzdst promptly
oourt. IT, including tis Judge herso 10 troush. Ssors
yous Com1aittes aud subjected 10 pubic e1aminA-
toa touching sll matters alleged BY the wituess tn
II h. that tho records Of tho Court ~ exa1nined
for tha purposo Of wing that such sM existed,
at l.st tlat lsa 70 soauostaou with any such.
bofosu your committee undeE cath, touching al mat.
ters referred TO BY any Of the Mtnessea who haTo bsR
examined on th!a subject, have tho honor 10 ~,
u. Il. Dau1ox.
IMPEACHMENT.
AKoTAEa nGIEr sEsst0H.
6pse9dl U,spafeA to Tha CAIeage n1ttnx-
WASHINGTON, D. c.. April l9-1ho Dslknsp