Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-23

MES are guarded religiC usly. We shall
| know the truth in the matter In q short
time though. ] was engaged for three
days last weeks in preparing q subpoena
to cover the inquiries the committee
will desire to MAKE in the matter. The
! subpoena is one which a person unsc-
qusinted with the telegraph business
| could not msks. If the Caldwell dis
| patch was sent to London from any
| point north Of Washing on, or indeed
south Of the capital We are bould TO
| find &c out. The operators in Washing
ton, Philadelphia New York and BOs-
| ton will be called upon to testify. Again
| l say l am so confident that the dis
| patch will be found to have been invent
! ed 10 this country that | would bet one
| thousand dollars to ore on It,"
BLAIEE's GROWING INFAMY.
| New York Herald.l
The Republican party has reason for
| gratitude, not unmiI gled with terror, at
| its narrow escape from Mr. Blaine as its
Presidential candidate The notorious
Cald we'll dispatch, which he SO fierce
ly assaIled Mr.. Knott on the floor
OF the house for euppress-
ing, is proved to be 3 shameless
ana uDscTupuICus trick for practioiDg
prcions Of its genuinepes which in.
duced him TO withhold It, are fully jus
titled by the facts, IOw that they have
tecome known. That dispatch was tel
egrsphed from this country to London,
IL order to be csbled back, for the pur-
pose OF imposing on the committee and
dsCeiving the country. It's skulking con-
cJctCr did not dare to sign it with his
Came, nor to address it by name to Cald-
veil. 1t was sent from the Western Z UnioD
building, in this city, addressed to
"Favo," in London, subscribed "Phila-
delphia," with this direction: "Cable
this Immediately to chairman house ju-
dietary committee, Washington" What
followed was an exact draft Of the Lon
dIn telegram received by Mr.. Knott.
This is one of the basest fabrications ever
peTpetrsted, and it will cover with inef- |
faoeabls infamy every man who Was a
party to it or an sccOmplice 10 |
it. Its detection and exposure are |
due to Mr.. Hewitt, whose intimate |
knowledge of the telegraph business, |
from his having been the president |
OF one OF the cable companies, enabled |
him to direct the investigation with the |
requisite skill for uncOvering this scam |
dalous fraud. We trust that its skulk- |
IuB aUInOTS anu Oil LD6lr AccOmp1ceS |
may be detected and put in the pIllory |
OF public contempt. 1t is clearly the |
work Of Mr.. Blaine's friends, and |
there is a strong presump ption that it was
done with his knowledge. The fact that |
he knew all about it before Mr.. Knott, |
to whom it was addressed, and the two |
or three gentlemen to wnOm he had |
10 sntiOned it disclosed its existence, is
strong circumstsE cs against Mr.. Blaine. |
His acquaintance with the transaction
wss so minute that he surprised and |
almost cOnfOunded Mr.. Ku0tt, by telling |
in the house the sui .ance Of It's con-
tents and the very hour when it had |
been received. Mr.. Blaine's other at |
tempts to tamper with witnesses and to |
manufacture or supprt IS evidence, seem |
small matters in comparison with this. |
Even bis method OF procuring his letters |
from Mulligan is less disgraceful. This
extraordinary and sstC unding traDssc-
ton justifies the suspicion that the Null |
ligRu letters were not read by Mr.. Blaine !
as they were written, and that he gar |
bled them to deceive the house and the |
country.