Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-21


than that of Congress.
In the case of MIS- Gaines against
FuentO Justice Field delivered the op'n-
ION OF the court, reversing the decision of
thesupreme court OF Louisiana, and hold.
lpg that under popular pre- iudice, act CT
! 1867, Whsra suits between citizens Of diff
feIent States, the csuse shot;ld he re-
moved to the circuit C. urt OF the United
States, regardless OF the subjsct-mstter
! IN controversy.
A Denial.
WASHINGTON, March ZO.-HarIow g.
Sanderson, mail contractors and stage
| pr 'prietors, say that the testimony of
| YIN. a. DanfOrth, Of Chicago, before
| she house committee en- postOftlces and
Pos.-roais, charging their firm with
using money of the pOstCffice depart
ment, and with having burned up their
books to cover improper transactions, IS
false and malicious. Barlow alleges that
! the firm has been systematically black
mailed for years, and says he intends to
produce his books.
Bradley Barlow, of the firm OF Bar
low SandersOn, was again under ex.
animation by the house postal commit
lee to-day. he testified that the firm
had, in several Instances, last year
bought Of the lower bidders for mail
contracts in order 10 obtain them st the
firms higher figures, but denied that
any money Rad ever been paid or loaned
by him or his partners 10 Gny official in
the pOstoffice department. He admitted
that he had loaned considerable sums,
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars
in the aggregate, to General Morgan L.
Smith, brother of Giles A. Smith, then
second assistant postmaster general, bot
sWOre that these loans were not made
for the purpose of influencing the latter.
He gave some details showing how the
firm hsd secured certain valuable con-
tracts last year. He paid to G ant Tsfs
CART, of CalifOrnis; to Corbett & Beck
man, of Oregon, and to Mr.. Blanchard
seve:al Thousand dollars to withdraw
their bids for the service between Rid
ding, California, and ROseburg, Oregon;
and that he paid to Governor ThOmp-
son, Of Idaho, ten thousand dollars for
Ielinquishing his lower bid on the long
route from Dallas, Oregon, to Kenton,
Utah.
At the afternoon session of the house
the postoffice committee, Barlow sweFa
that he never made any improper
suggestion to sUy government official,
and never asked or expected GDy man
to whom be gave or loaned money to
convey such suggestion to q government
official. He had employed Mr.. Earl I'd
act as an attorney for him before the de-
partment during his absence from
Washington. He admitted the fact
that Earl had formerly been laW-psrt-
ner OF Postmaster-Genera CressweIl,
and partly influenced him in making
his selection of that attorney on account
Of the latter'b facility Of access to Cress-
well, and his ability to obtain informa.
ton affecting his interest, but he paid
him less than five thousand dollars in all
for his services. His employment COM
menced after he ceased to hold the Office
Of assistaut-postmsste
II L. Johnson, chief Of the lOck-and-
5sg division, testified that several years
sgo q contract was awarded to Mix d
90. to furnish locks, and that after they
employed Ex-AssiEtant P0stm8ster-Gen-
eral Earl as their attorney they secured
increase in price, which amounted during
the term of their contract and its extern
sion to thirty thousand dollars addition
al expenditures by the government. He
said the price was increased on the basis
of certain changes and Improvements.
Additional Repositories.
WASHINGTON, March 20 The bill to
utilize the products of gold and silver
money in the United States, introduced
by Mr.. B4nks, provides that the secre-
terry of the treasury shall establish in
the great mining districts of gold and
silver additional repositories and refine
RES, and receive from the miners and
overs gold and silver to be coined, upon
the certificate of the government S.
sayer, and Issue certificates of deposit
therefor, payable to bearer, and for such
SUMS as depOsitors may deyire; and
when issued for more than five hundred
dollars in one certificate may be made
payable to order. Each certificate shall
promise the return Of the amount of
gold and silver called for by such celtifi-
cate, and shall be q legal-tender i'll all
transactions. The government is to be
liable for the saiekeeping Of the gold
aud silver, and may become the Wner
thereof by obtaining the certificate
through purchase or redemption. The
secretary is also authorized to issue
similar full value certificates on coin
that is now or may hereafter be in the
treasury, reserving coin for their res
demption.
Miscellaneous.
Secretary BristoW and Ex-SpeakeT
Blaine have accepted the invitation of
the committee OF arrangements to be
present at the semi.centennial celebra-
ton of the Wesleyan seminary, at VIII
brsham, Mss Jachusetts, on the twenty
first Of June.
Representative Payne, if an Opportu-
nifty had been presented to-day, would
have introduced in the house the caucus
financial bill. A Democratic opponent
OF the measure says that il the LII had
been presented, and vote taken, ma
jCrity of the house would have voted
against it.
1t having been charged that the con-
fidentisl letter Of the attorney general to
the district attorneys pending the whis-
Ky trials met with the approval Of the
President, it is suthoritatively denied
that the President ever saw the letter
until it appeared in print.
Elk Senator Stewart will be heard by
the committee on foreign affairs to-mOr-
row on the subject of his connection
with the Emma mine. Ex-Minister
Schenck is not expected to appear before
the committee till Wednesday.