Wilmington journal., 1876-03-17
WASHINGTON.

! HOUSE - The COMMITTEES on patent
reported uuf ,v"rti,ly on the bill con
| tinuiug A. B. Wilson's patent on sew
| ing machines.
The House went into committee Q
the whole on t:re appropriation bill.
B ass, "a member of the committee ol
naval expenditures. made formal ex
| planation. He stated that he had op
posed the discharge of the witness
Marsh by the committee because h'
was the sole witness against Balknap
Clymer replied that the recollecc
of his ,lleague (Buss) differed essen
italy and thoroughly from the rest o
the committee. He read from state
ments of Danforth. Blackburn aud
himself and from the records of The
committee 20 refute Bass. No objec-
h0n was made to the departure ol
Marsh, and for him (Bass) to say that
he, more than any other of the com
mlttee, VAS responsible for his dis
charge was unfair.
Blackburn had no donbt that the
gentleman from New York (Bass) in
tended to tell the truth, and WAS sorry
the gentleman was not cOrrObated by
the committee on the records,
The coloquy continued very bitterly
without ehciting any new facts, after
which the Hnu Sc adjourned.
The committee on war expenditures
are making an Intellectual search Tor
General Boynton, Of the Cincinnati
Gazette, whom they want as wit
ness.
Thet appointment of Richard H.
Dana hangs fire in the Senate on ac-
count of a charge that he was convict
ed Ill 1869 of apDroprlating copy right
ed notes of Liurences clifton of
"Whartou's Laws of the Nation"
The Star says: " The Democratic
HOus seems to be more charitable to
Pinchback than the Republican Senate,
for to -day he moved about the floor of
the former body as frisky as Mary's
lamb after it had been chased out of
school,"
Professor Sllliman testified to-day
that lie received five thousand dollars
in advance and twenty Thousand dollars
on the conclusion of his services for
the Emma mine, which occupied him
between six and eight mon hs.
The appropriations committee have
agreed to report favorably on the
500, ,000 deficiency appropriation for
Th4 privileges and elections commit
tee by Il small majority Ii We agreed TO
report ftvnrtbiy on The joint resolution
the President more directly
by the people. 1t provides that tue
States shah he divided in districts
,qaaI to the number of repr-~t,n t,ns:s-
tivrs. each dist: let counting one v,ot,-
for Prtsldeut, aud tLe caGd Rate re
49, +
y State sunIi receive two u>iG!t.uua.
votes.
Nordhoff, in his testimony before
the comInttte- on expenditures l.,
the War Department.. gave II -tIeI.e.
Buynton rs hr5 authority for ,ils-
patches sent by him to the New York
II -raid ana w!licb were puhlist.rd by
hat jp&rn..l on the 7th aud 9th inst
General BDynton will return III
couple of days tie has been teIe-
graph ID for To return nhcu he receives
the dispatch. Otherwise the sergeant
at-arms will leave for aim tonight.
The President has withdraw the
Of a White, ex-memher
Of Congress from Alabama. as Cbief
J ustlce of Utah.
WAsHNGroN, March 11.-The fol-
loving Is gossip: Cauifield, chairman Of
-ha committee on departments, is
quoted as saying that he has iatorma-
tlon that will form the basis of one Of
the l,rgcst Investigations of the ses-
5 on. The War, PoStotfice, Justice
and Interior D .purtments are involved.
Caultield had a consultation with
the chairman OF the committee On
in these departments.
which lasted two hours The investi-
CATION Will be:.conducted Jointly by the
four committees. Congress man LoId,
the home representative of young
knows that the certificate
attached to his appointment by Hays,
on record in the department, is faulty.
The Times special says Kellogg
will appoint Gov. Yarmouth as Sepa-
tor to break the combination which
exists between Yarmouth and Pinch
back.
Rev. John Johns, senior Bishop of
Virginia, is quite sick.
Hon. j. b. Book OF kentucky has
been elected umpire in the boundary
line commission between Maryland and
Virginia. The committee meets here
III May.
Geo. H. Fendleton is here.
Taft, the new Secretary of War,
qualified to-day and assumed the
duties of his ntfice.
Wells evidence before the naval
is substantially 81 repeti-
tion of that given Ill 1872. The ex AM
iuation of Pendleton and Boyntou
occurs Monday.
District Attorney Wells was exam
iued regarding the safe burgairy bu-l
ness AMI says detective Nettles. on the
promise Of exemption from punish
ment, made a. confession which will be
produced Monday.
KiIbonrne was before the rea! estate
pool to day and refused TO answer, but
upon threats of compuisiOu said he
would do so after a consultation with
his counsel, Judge Black. There were
six in the pool, including Jay Cook
&, 90. kilbourne refuses to produce
his books.
The Democratic caueas is in session
tonight.
In the House to-day the deficiency
appropriation bill for the Red Cloud
agency was passed, and the Legislative,
Judiciary and executive appropriation
bill was discussed.
Mr.. Ferry, President Of the Senate,
has telegra phed Lieutenant Governor
Antoine of l. ,uisiana aud others, who
addressed him in relation to the exclu-
sion of Pinchback from the floor OF
the Senate, stating that he aiIpsy en-
forced the rule which applies equally
to all, and that under its operation re-
Gently x-Attorney General Speed. ex-
Secretary of tie Navy Wells, ex-Gov-
ernor Baldwin of Michigan and others
have been stopped at the doors and
shown to the gallery. 1t is stated that
the enforcement of the rule has recent
ly been insisted upon by several Sera.
tors.
District Attorney Wells ha3 an inter
view with the Attorney General iao'
night in which he recounted tue dItb
caities III the way o. pr .enring an lu-
dIctment against General B-.k"'p
Governor Wells said he had se"n rV:rH
member of the com,nI f. Ca q
not Obtain from - II nv IN ''.F
Marsh h wig ii -. g..
aud as Jus c,-e -uW tdst. = ctHno
get an Indictment
ILLINOIS.