Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-23

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MareA rs 1870
The Comnittes On Ezpesditures in
lie War Depastnept = Elm actively
proseeutsng ~ Ah6ss sad the mass snd
character II Ne testimosy sddaesd BE-
fore i & sinply astoasding. Every
step that i taken brings ~ face TO face
With sosse .eu stroeity. each one more
glaSise svsa than H. lase aad I'll 10
sethsr combining to form such . net
work u raseAlity - never eoa!d have
been conceived in the ordinary mind.
The trai1c in Post Tradenhips j. a.
most beyond belief. II strikes rs ~
being one Of the most incomprebensi.
be problems ever presented to the Az
ersge intelligence. What kind Of bus
mess can these Post Traders do to eua-
able them to pay 5000 year for the
privileees Just think Of il, $1,000 q
year for the privilege Of selling pies and
cider aud '.sich" to the soldiers 1t one
station, together with the few hangers
on to be found about one of our from
tier forts. Il 10 most extraordinary,
nevertheless this 10 the substance Of the
testimony elected every day and there
seems to he no end Of it.
The Belknap matter il at q stand still
for the present, but the delay 10 only
temporary. A despatch from Canada,
received BY the Attorney. General last
night, informs Us that March 10 ready
to come il assured Of . pardon. The At
torney General was in conference with
the Judiciary Committee this morning,
and it has been arranged to forward
the papers at once. So We shall have
Mr.. Marsh here now Immediately, and
of course the indictment of Belknap
will no longer be delayed.
It is wonderful how contagious
this species Of kleptomania is. Some
man in Chillicothe, Ohio, has caught
it and wrote = letter the other day
to our Post Master General Offering
him S10O for . situation in the mail
department on the Sciota Valley rail.
road. That faithful official (the P. NJ.
G. Immediately delivered the auda-
cious epistle over to the merciless press,
and Republican papers here published
it a. quite good thing, but We serious
ly wonder whether that communication
would ever have seen the light if there
had been couple more ciphe-s after
the figure. Mr.. Jewell is very fortu-
nate in being enabled to advertise his
official incorruptibility at SO small an
expense.
The District Real Estate Pool Com
mittee have incarcerated Mr.. Hallet
Kilbourn for ccntumacy in refusing to
divulge the secrets of that little select
Ring" This 10 the little job coucoc-
ted between Kilbourn, Boss Shepherd
and Jay Cooke 4 Co. with Grant for
q silent partner, aud BY which large
profits we're made specializing in lots
here at the expense Of the tar pagers
of Washington. Mr.. Kiibourn has
gone to jsi! very bravely, but he will
no doubt be very glad to purge himself
of his contempt before long.
The Boynton bubble has hurst. His
little story about a man's telling him
that be knew . man who could show
him . man that heard . man say that
Hester Clymer Travelled in Europe with
the Marshes and Mr.. Peudletcn has been
traced through all its sinuosities to the
last man and he says that he never said
anything of the kind. Where then is
Mr.. Boynton's responsibility" about
which he boasted so much before the
Committee? 1t strikes US that some.
body has called Boynton liar. No
man whose name begins with B is
safe to 60 into this controversy now in
view of the recent developments. Boyn.
ton beware.
The atmosphere of the House it il
said is making all the members sick.
but the atmosphere from the Commit
tee Rooms is far more powerful. 1t
has infected the occupants Of all the
buildings at the other end of the Ave-
nue. and has made some Of them very
low.