New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-26
BY TELEG GRAP H
WASHINGTON.
General NlcCook Again on the Wttne
Stand.

General McCook Again on the Witness
Stand.
WASHINGTON, March Is. In the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the War Depart
ment General McCo0k was recalled. He
asked that his testimaDy be corrected 30
far as he said General Reynolds had &C.
knowledged to him that he had been pre-.
sented with house. Witness said on this
point: He told me that he had told Gen
eral Sheridan at visit that he had made
to San Antonio that it was present to him.
inferred that the citizens of San Antonio
presented it to him, until afterwards as
Certained that it had been presented to him
BY army contractors.
Witness also said that he had spoken to
General Ekin, the quartermaster at San
Antonio, with respect to the general bad
reputation of his clerk. Cheny:
Witness also stated that since he had
been in Washington he had never made
any statements concerning this business
until one day, on the floor of the House,
Governor ThrockmOrtOn asked where the
report witness made in 1871 could be found9
Witness replied in the War Department.
Queetion-Do you know why General
Reynolds moved his headquarters from
Austin to San Antonio!
Answer-Only what heard; that the
citizens of San Antonio had q meeting, and
IL was ealO @%OUUU WOu1u Drlng inc uoAO-
quarters over there.
ku.Klux Raids.
Ex.Attorney General Williams and
Controller Broadhead were examined in
regard to money squandered in the alleged
Ku.Klux raids.
Tour Of Inspection.
The Committee on Appropriations have
gone to Norfolk to inspect the Sailors and
Gr0I;oraS No <iou o1 Aav1unn thora
Telegrams Furnished Under Protest.
kilograms under the usual protest were
furnished to committee on real estate poo
by Captain Whitney, manager Of the
Western Union Office.
The Serseant-at.Arms After General
Kilpatrick.
General Fitzpatrick, who achieved emf
nence in Southwestern Georgia during the
war, succeeds in eluding the Sergeant-at
Arms of the House.
Rapid Rise Of tho Rivers.
The rivers have risen ono foot at Cairo
and two inches at Vicksburg, four feet q
Nashville. six feet at Cincinnati and twenty
| eight inches at Augusta and Shreveport
| The Mississippi has reached the danger linz
at Helena. 1t is two feet ten inches above
it at Cairo, five inches below it at Vicks
burg aad seventeen inches below it q
Memphis.
The Proposed Mexican Purchase Of Arms
No action has yet been taken by tn,
| authorities here regarding the request from
| the Mexican government for the purchase
of arms from this government. Person
officially connected with the War Depart
meut, as we'll as others who have givel
this subject some attention, do not thinl
that this government has the material t.
epare.
The Spencer Investigatien.
The severe storm prevented . full meet
ing. ard the committee adjourned until tel
O'Clock.
Mr.. Moulton having been discharged b,
General Morgan, was resummoned by Mr.
Spencer.
Mr.. NJ. S. Foot having been discharged
was resummoned by General Morgan.
The Cotton Tax.
The cotton tax committee are movin
very cautiously and judiciously. Th
proper kind of information is being accr
mulated. No Developments will be mad
at present. The course taken seems t
favor return to the producer.
A New Counterfeit.
The secret service division of the Trea!
ury Department is informed that new cOuz
terteit five dollar note on the Merchants M
tional Bank of New Bedford, Massachusetts
made it's appearance day or two ago i
Philadelphia. The note is as good, if nc
better, than the celebrated Traders Q
Chicago. A point which may be of interee
to persons liable to be imposed ON is, that 81
the national bank notes now are printed O.
fibre papers, and the use of pin vii
demonstrate, if what looks like fibre,
imitation of the genuine. This note is sai'
to be printed IN Texas, aud to be the worl
of tho notorious Pete Mccartney, who wa
last heard from as q member of one of tn
gangs of border rufians who stole stool
| and Yun them into Mexico.