The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-22

Service Department on General Rey-
nold's staff, in Texas. lie remained
there for several years, and, III 1872,
learning that the post leadership at
Fort Davis, n station OH the Western
frontier of Texas, had become vacant,
he went to Washington to secure the
vacant post leadership. lie brought
with hmr letters Of fec0mmendatiOn
from General Reynolds other
prominent gentlemen. Shortly after
his arrival here, he went to Secretary
Belknap, exhibited his recommends
tons, and asked for the position. The
Secretary appeared somewhat iDdig-
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 presence. He had
gone no further than the entrance to
the War Department office, however,
when clerk of Mr.. Belknapcame after
him, and asked him to return for few
moments. Mr.. Bell did rs requested.
The Secretary treated him kindly;
said that the post>tradership at Fort
Davis was vacant, but that it was
worth to him $1,000 year. Bell
said he would consider the proposition;
but concluded that 81, 900 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, rs fact.
GRANT RECEIVES A PAIR OF PONIES
FOR AN INDIAN PoSTLTRADERSIIIP.
As soon as the Committee can get
at it, q well.known gentleman of un>
Improbable integrity will testify to
a fact which places the President in a
hardly less disgraceful position than
that of Belknap. The gentleman to
whom | refer holds himself ready to
swear that, on certain occasion, he
went to the White House, and intro
duced to the President a gentleman
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 witness, that, in travers
ing the Indian country, he had came
across the finest pair Of Indian pOnie:
which he had ever laid eyes upon, and
if the gift would be acceptable, he
would like to make a present of them
to the Presidents boys. ThereupOn
without any hens or haws, the Presi
dent accepted the gift, and at once
sent telegram to the COmmandant O
si,e, I,'-s-wnere ponies then were
ordering them to be imme lately for
warded at his (Grant's) expense
Shortly after, the applicant received al
appointment; not, indeed, to the pos
or agency for which he had applied
but to another equally as lucrative.
''LET no GUILTY MAN ESCAPE"
THE SAFE BURGLARLY BUSINESS TO 81
sIFTED.
The confession of Nettleship, one o
the safe burglary conspirators, is likely
to lead to the Indictment Of severa
prominent members Of the District Ring
This confession has, thus far, beer
carefully guarded by District Attor
ney Wells, who admitted, in his testi
mony given to the Judiciary Commit
tee of the House, on Saturday, thai
he has promised Nettleship immunit,
from prosecution in return for his ties
timony. Those most familiar will
this case believe that, if the whole
truth is discovered, it will implicatC
two or three men who were, at the tint
of the burglary, public officers; be
sides others who were interested il
the District investigation. If Harring
ton is shown to have been one of tn,
conspirators, as he probably was, it i;
believed that he will prove to have
been simply an agent, and not ont
of.the principals. The Committee arr
conducting the investigation in secret
and, in this way, hope to get to thu
bottom facts. A large number O
witnesses have been summoned to ap'
pear 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 thar
the last, and that he is determined tC
,,let no guilty man escape"
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