The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Schenck Before the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
ocean Dispatches Received COrrObOrat.
Ing His kascalliy.
More About the POstTraderships- No
More Fractional Currency 10
he Issued--Amrndatory
Bankrupt Laws.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Genera
sSchenck was again before the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. His evl
dence consisted of denials The Igor
statement is confirmed by London
telegram.
The Belkuap scandal was unearthed
in this wise: In 1872 General Hazen
testified before the House Military
Committee that the post traderships on
The frontier were sold, and that Bel.
knap was duplicated in the profits OF
one. On seeing the evidence alluded
to in a Washington dispatch to the
New York Tribune at that time, Bel
KNAPP went to the President and made
a fiat denial Of the testimony, and
since then the Secretary has kept Ha-
zen out on the frontier aud in Texas.
Clymer, aware of the fact, wrote to
him in January, and got the points in
reply, on which Marsh was summon
ed, and with Marsh came the explo.
sion.
On Tuesday letter was received
arow .Eq2en by the committee reciting
the circumstances of his testimony Of
1872 FAD showing quite clearly that
Belknap was aware four years ago that
he had been detected. The impeach-
ment articles, which will probably be
reported tomorrow, are sustained by
such conclusive testimony that the
Republican members will unite in the
report and urge It's prompt adoption.
They were at one time hopeful that it
might appear that Belknap had been
deceived by Marsh md post-trading
women.
There is in the Treasury about 81,
100000. When the amount shall be
redu ced to 81 900, 600, the Treasury will
shut down on the issue of fractional
currency, as it is issued at the rate of
100000 per day. The issue will cease
about the end of this week. The Gov
eminent will retain the 81 900, 900 to
meet its own requirements in pay
,ments. Two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars in fifty cent notes are to
be allowed to the Centennial EXhibl-
ttion, to be used as change.
The bill amendatory of the bank
ruptcy laws reported favorably from
the Senate judiciary Committee Tues
day, ia the measure recently introduced
nv Mr.. Thurman, with some amend
ments as reported. 1t provides that
no voluntary assignment by a debtor
of all his property heretofore Or here
after made in good faith for the benefit
of all his creditors ratably, and without
giving any preference and valid ac-
cording to the law of the State where
made, shall of itself, in the event of his
being subsequently adjudieated bank
rupt, on proceeding of involuntary
bankruptcy, be bar to the discharge
Of such debtor.
General Custer in his testimony be-
fore the Committee on Expenditures
in the War Department says that Rob
ert II. Sippl post-trader at Fort Abra'
ham Lincoln, told him that his prof
its were $4,000 annually; one.third OF
which was paid to General Hedrick of
Iowa and one-third to General Rice at
Washington. He did not know but
he understood portion of it went to
the Secretary of War; Raymond, the
Indian agent at Fort Berthold' said
that he paid Orville Grant $1,000 for
getting him the place. Custer testified
that the proclamation of the President
extending the great Sioux military
reservation, enhanced the value OF
ttrading-posts in the North Missouri
valley, because it rendered them
ynone complete monopoly.
Gen, Custerrelated various instances
in which grain had been stolen from
the Government, post-traders taking
It into their stores. The witness said
that Thumb, trader at Fort Peck, was
about to be removed when he obtained
some aflidavits showing that 0rville
Grant and Layton brothers were mix.
ed mn in Indian frauds. General Gus
ter said one object of General Bel
knap's visit to the frontier was to per-
feet arrangements whereby whisky
could be brought across the border at a
reduced rate and increased advantages
given to post-traders.