New-York tribune., 1876-03-07

| o. Oh. .rcf fSv7s commonly talked about out the,.
long ago in fact three four years ago there W.
some tK aoonI There Deng sSetnng OF the sort going
truth in IL. ana tuere Republican Congress- and X
/ wouldn't take hold Of 1t In any way SO tie trader,
ter drop. ! can't Imagine how they happened 70 get
hold oft now. IL is well known all around among Ia
or rather sub-et by the persons getting ia
appointments, eat il was only sort Of Ginted
| thing Washington to some another. All ~
posts that way. Abe appointed by the toS
ago with Fiedlandsr who runs the Fort Clark pcs snS
he told that be paid SO 600 year TO Rice think
men nom the Government Then there Is Fort Richard
son. The man who runs that post pays, understaad
81 800 year to Marsh the latter beng the appointed
ofcer for that post beeve In fact there arc very few
Of the posts which under the direction OF the one re-
ceivne the appointment hey are all let out tho same
as Fort Sill It Is supposed OF course, that these ap
pontees obliged to something for their appoint
ments and It is a common matter OF talk tAcre
THE PRINCIPAL BROKERS.
Who the Trncia men who have these appointments
Well there is Marsh, whose testimony at Washington
ia already published and there Is Rlee-he has several
appOninents there is also Dent tank be Is eaIlcd
Judge Dent Those three men have the controlling Of
most all the pOss, having several appointments apiece.
hee Is an Iowa man. peSse sdee nc ot5cy
All events he Is very intimate terms with him. judge
Dent Is one Of the Dent family related 70 t6e prefsea
their interest TO other parties and pay no attention to
a 699 10 ouieSS GeS an Marsh attends to any post Is
but Den believe, attends 10 one post ana lets OFT tho
rest am certain about Rice -. ,,.
DO you think these men PAID secretary bekhap IN or.
der to secure the appointment
Well that ~ q sort OF common talk don't know any
thing about h except from hearsay. Belknap the cnlY
officer who has no appointments Hls an arbitrary mat
ter with him. Tho appointments you know, do not
qurc the indorsemenC OF the President or 0f Conr
that Gen Grant could not be IN any way implicated
CAS- IN POINT
There nasty story about tho Conch0 Station sOns
time ago. by the name OF Loeb and another man.
yLose name have forgotten went into partnership on
the matter Loeb had no money aud the lattr Lad, and
Loeb told his partner that he could procure the appoint
Inent for the Inn If he would put up - O0O His parlner
gave him that amount OF money and he went % Wlsh
ingtOn After reaching Washington Loeb telegrspLod 10
s would senI hin, 5000 more This telegram is now
on fie at the telegraph Office. Wei, Loeb got the appoint
nent by nsInS The - 900 ~ sols way. IN Easlson'n
90 the time. never saw Marsh, Tor be never paid
any attention to tao post and was never around
IN re- bat Evans l know we'll He IS nice feioH
though q sbrewd. sharp, money-:naking man.
Wss it generally known that he was paying Mash
on, yesi Every ono knew IL out there. 1t nos
knO what Marsh did with the money. but 10 vas gen
orally supposed he put IL whero ft would do tue most
How large trade did Evans DO yearlyi
should think about 100000 In all. the larger share
OF which, of course was Indian trade
Are tuc prices charged exOrDtant or unreasonaDlel
Wei, There has been very little complaint about
considerable, tcn they know that tile Sl2OVO
year hd Ia pe paid cut Oi Che pfVnt, SO tIoy cOpAn
~ GENs nEIKNAP's DENIAL IN JANUARY.
Spec0L D,spqteh u The Chicago Trfb1ne.
DEs NOME, Ia, March 2.-Fhe same news
sent from Washington today relative to Cei Belk1ap.
anI too, here the day OF the recent
atOra from Wasbin On. AMI BcIknaP denied IT,
and said nc nsagated D. disappointed OH, eseezer
knew until now. Tn great excitement ainoas
legislators. Ihe serious charge made publicly
a man having $4,000 year salary aud spending $20OVO
must Sot money di5h0nOTably.