The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-03-23

leadership. He brought with him letters
of recommendation from General Rey-
nolds and other prominent gentlemen.
Shortly after his arrival here, he went to
Secretary Belknap, exhibited his recom-
mendations, and asked for the posit' ;.
The Secretary appeared somewhat in
nant at being approached personally
upon such a petty subject, inasmuch as
the post-tradership at Fort Davis was not
very large affair. Bell, being high
tempered, replied sharply, and left the
Secretary's presence. He had gone no
further than the entrance to the War
Department Office, however, when clerk
of Mr.. Belknap came after him, and
asked him to return for few moments.
Mr.. Bell did as requested. The Secre-
tary treated him kindly; said that the
post-tradership at Fort Davis was vacant,
but that it was worth to him $4,000 a
year. Bell said he would consider the
proposition; but concluded that $4,000
per annum was more than he could pay
for the privilege of obtaining the post,
and did not accept it. He is willing to
testify to this statement, as fact.
GRANT RECEIVES A PAIR OF PONIES FOR
AN INDIAN POST-TRADERSHIP.
As soon as the Committee can get at it,
well-known gentleman Of unimpeacha-
BILE integrity will testify to fact which
places the President in hardly less dis
graceful position than that of Belknap.
The gentleman to whom l refer holds
himself ready to swear that, on certain
occasion, he went to the White House,
and introduced to the President gentle
man who wanted post-tradership on an
Indian agency. This gentleman made
his application, and, after having made
it, then remarked to the President, in the
hearing of the witness, that, in traversing
the Indian country, he had come across
the finest pair of Indian ponies which he
had ever laid eyes upon, and, if the gift
would be acceptable, he would like to
make present of them to the Presidents
boys. Thereupon, without any hens or
haws, the President accepted the gift,
and at once sent telegram to the Com
mandant of the Post where the ponies
then were, ordering them to be immedi-
ately forwarded at his (Grant's) expense.
Shortly after, the applicant received an
appointment; not, indeed, to the post or
agency for which he had applied, but to
another equally as lucrative.
''LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE"
The confession of Nettleship, one of
the safe burglary conspirstors, is likely
to lead to the indictment of several prom
inent members of the District ring. This
confession has, thus far, been carefully
guarded by District Attorney Wells, who
admitted, in his testimony given to the
Judiciary Committee of the House, on
Saturday, that he had promised Nettle-
ship immunity from prosecution in re-
turn for his testimony. Those most
familiar with this case believe that, if the
whole truth is discovered, it will impli-
cate two or three men who were, at the
time of the burglary, public officers; be-
sides others who were interested in the
District investigation. If Harrington is
shown to have been one of the conspira.
tors, as he probably was, it is believed
that he will prove to have been simply
an agent, and not one of the principals.
The committee are conducting the inves-
tigation in secret, and, in this way, hope
to get to the bottom facts. A large num-
Der of witnesses have been summoned to
appear before them this week, including
several persons in New York, Newark
and Boston. Mr.. Proctor Knott, the
chairman of the committee, says that this
investigation will be deeper than the
last, and that he is determined to "let no
guilty man escape"