The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-03-24

the witness had any Interest. NFcrt PECK Wit
ness put IN ~ ,lto I'm Cas=elbury n Blnannn.
TIE witness. though putting IN one sixth q me
capital stock. divided the lsront, al Tie money
invested being borro~ed. one half 81 which he
Germ sl.loo. Witness go hs.f partner Nth
Joseph Leighton In tho standing Rock trader
snip. though henevcr put In any hing. lie was
s Ss o bu, 'aS ~n. pS Ss' p iuFHs -
20 ont 20 attend 10 any business. lie always
ielt grateful "a his brother the President. :or las
influence IN procuring the of,ices- lie had irfu-
ence with the President 70 manage such matters
% some extent. although he did not always IND
the matter % be profitable. lie hal not pressed
the appointment Of traders on The atlent On n
Commissioner ~ Indian AnAirs, Aftfr sceirg the
secretary 81 the lntericr- Neither
Of the Inferior had the siightes, know lss ~ his
receiving money The witness testified that ~
was now in the employ Of Basher A Co, 81 BAL
nmore. - solicitor. 4, salary u -. pr
only with the Government. hut with private par
ties lie ObtaiAed contract from ten. Myers
~ the QuAFtermaStcr's Bureau, hut only . TIE
extent OF sioo or $50.
Prof. silliman appeared before the Com
mitfee on Foreign Affair.". en- the 9th. and
testified concerning his report on the Emma
Mine. He said his connection with the mine
was merely professional; and that he was
employed 10 make the examination, and
was left TO nix his own compensation. His
terms were :, 0c0 in advance, and after the
completion II the work not les than So
90 nor more than ZOO. He received
1000. and for the performance Of other
scientific service was compensated, his en-
tire receipts amounting TO 5000
Hon. AlphonsO Taft, the new Secretary
a War, il resident Of Cincinnati. lie Is
upwards Of % years Of age, and lawyer Of
the old school. He j. man Of family, and
i said 10 be in good financial circumstance.
Judge Taft. the new Secretary u War,
was formerly installed in Office on the 18th.
The colored people OF the District q CO.
lumbia serenaded Senator Norton on the
evening Of the 18th, out 81 compliment for
his efforts I'm behalf OF Pinchback- The lat
ter gentleman vas also serenadcd.
Hon. George IL. PendletOn appeared be-
fore the Committee on the War Department
on the 18th. and explained Ms connection
with the kentucky Central Railroad. and
with the collection Of it, claim for Transport +
tAtion services. He testified that he was paid
by the company % per cent. Of the amount
lt'tf&icu tATol-.n III agency t>t4~- NNNl. and .
also received abcus >l5. OOO additional, 70 be 4
paid by him 10 A. II. Ransom. " 10 assisted .
IN the preparation Of the claim. He testified .
with emphasis that he never paid one dollar
10 any person connected with the Govern
nent- or 10 any member Of Belknap's fami-
y, OF 20 any one else, except 70 Ransom.
senator Stevenson. one Of the stockholders
Ind a director Of the road. testified before
he committee that he considered the claim
Just one. but hard to yet through. and that
he arrangement with PendleiOn was entire
y satisfactory TO the company. The Bower
state owned four-nfihs Of the entire stock
{ the road. and Mr.. Bower tnow Mr.
'eIknap) received her proportion Of the
honey recovered.
Haile,i hilo0urue. q contumacious wiz
ess before the House committee engaged
b investigating the District real-e~fate
ing, was BY vote Of the House. on the lsih.
rdered 70 confinement in Jail for refusing
D disclose 20 the committee the names u
be members Of the pool.