, 1876-03-30

| sworn as witness, and unoer eXamIna-
ton of Mr.. Danforth, testified that she
left Cincinnati in 1865, where she form
erly resided, and has lived in New York
most of the time since that year. Witt
ness WAS asked whether she had any
conversation at any time with Mrs.
Bowers, now Mrs. Belknap, relative to
her interest in the Kentucky Central
Railroad Claim. Answer-was two or
three weeks ago at Arlington Hotel and
asked Mrs. Belknap whether she ever
received any money on account OF the
claim, witness told her she had heard
that she received 100000. Mrs. Bel
KNAPP replied that the claim was for only
800. OGO, how could she receive 500. 0OO.
On cross examination witness said she
understood Mrs. Belknap as denying
she received anything. and meant to
convey that impression. She did not
know of Mr.. Pendleton paying money
to MIS-. Belknap on account of Kentucky
Railway claims. or of making her pres
ents, she never heard tie Secretary of
War say anything about the contract be-
tween her husband and Evans. Marsh
was recalled. He testified that he left
Washington for New York the day the
impeachment report was presented. and
did not design going to Canada; some-
thing in the newspapers on Friday morn
ing concerning my testimony, all of
which was published. induced ME to 60
to Canada; l read the remarks in the
House that the Secretary of War was
not only liable to impeachment but to
criminal prosecution, I, therefore,
thought that if the Secretary was in
danger was in danger as well. Post
traders A. c. Leighton, James Leighton
and Seth Arnold were examined and
statements were elected that General
Hendricks received large sums for OBJ
tanning one of the appointments, and
that 800 dollars a month was paid
Orville Grant, and 800 contributed for
electloneering purposes.
Gen. Sherman arrived this morning.
The Secretary of War thinks General
Sherman should resume his station here
and to the fullest extent have charge of
the ordinary business belonging to his
office.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Gold closed
at 1141s@1144.
A Washington dispatch says the Pa
cifc Mail Steamship Company is in
trouble again with the Post Office De-
partment concerning the China subsidy.
II seems that this subsidy was payable
for the entire service by American ships
and that by the sale of the Shanghai line
to the Japanese Government it is no
longer able to perform its contract and
Postmaster General Jewell has stopped
the further payments of the subsidy.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The House
Committee on postoftice and postroads,
to-day continued the examination of S.
S. Huntly he was questioned with par
ticularity concerning several North
western mail contracts, now as hereto
fore held by the firm of G. c. Huntly
l. Co. 1t appears from his answer
that these contracts ra:d very large
profits. The cost of stock on the route
from Helena to Missoula, was wholly
cleared by the firm in the first five
months of service. The mail on the
Helena and Missoula ronte, weighed
some times five or six hundred pounds,
and Helena to Walla Walla, two or three
hundred ponnds. The published state
ment that not more than two letters per
day passed over the route was false.
though he could tell what portion of
mails consisted of letters. Witness
emphatically denied he had presented a
carriage and pair of horses TO clerk in
the Postoffi-e Department. Neither he
nor any of his partners had ever done
anything of.the kind, nor had they paid
single cent to any government official.
SAN Francisco, March 24.-Mr. Viii
lard, agent of the German bondholders
of the Oregon and California railroad,
is in this city enroute to Oregon to re-
organize that company thers. He says
about eleven million dollars of stock is
held in Germany in the Oregon Central
Road. No bonds have yet been issued.
Certain bankers in Germany and in
England whom he represented, having
furnished the money for the road thus
far. Two years ago the bondholders
failed to get more than one-third of the
interest due on bonds, and so mado q
contract with Mr.. Holiday, which s t
forth that he was to pay them $500, ,O00
per year; payments to be made semi
annually. In case the road did not pay
them two and half per cent. This the
road failed to do and SO the payment of
the money mentioned devolved on MIR.
Holiday. He made only one payment.
The first due of $4,000, and failed
to make any afterwards. Mr.. Willard
will be assisted in the work of re-or-
ganization, by the railroad engineer.
who was sent to Oregon from Germany
some two years ago, with regard to the
steamship line. There will be no change
further than adding two new steamers
this summer.
GA1AEsToN, Texas, March pa
Brownsville special to the News says:
Yesterday afternoon. Gen. Labaria
gave the merchants and business men o.
Matamoras, preemptory order to meet
him at his office. When they met, they