Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-05
Marsh Before the Grand Jury-Tbe
Safe-Burglary BusincSs-GaS and
Coal for CustOmhOuses and
P0St0fiiCes.
Cavalry Custer's Reasons for. not Re.
porting The Emma Mine Scandal
Heavy IIendersen-Betts
Before Congress.
Management ef the Impeachment of
Belknap Butler and Carpenter
to Defend the Disgraced Ex.
Secretary, Etc.
MOrfOn's Fifteenth Amendment Rose.
Iutiou

MOrtOn's Fifteenth Amendment Rese
IutioH.
WASHINGTON, Anil 5.-irhe bin in
tioduced by SenetOr Morton today
emen0stofy of Iha Ell f1rCeuent act @
May 81. 1870, provides that all psrsops
and officers charged with the DUTY o.
furnishing 70 eitiseno sh opportunity t.
perform any ass which 8 S1ete or Terri.
tory may prescribe as a reIquisite fl
voting, shall give all citizens equal
opportunities without distinction Of race.
color, or previous condition Of seryitude;
sud railing to do this, they shall fIfei1
Ior each oheDse to the person sggriev
five hundred dollars, with ccs,s and arch
counsel fees as the court may deem, lust
Such Offenders are also TO be pRnisbed
on conviction, by a fiae CT not less than
hye bundled dollar, and by imprigon.
ment fr0E1 one month 10 one wear. or
| by both, Ia the discretion OF tie eorrt,
The second section preseii5 beg sonoe pen-
allies for any Deiaoh who, by force,
bribery, intiallca ion, or other unlawful
means, hinders, prevents, or combines
TO hinder, etc, any citizen from doing
an act required to qIsiify him to vote.
Inc thlrd section pfescribes fine OF not
less than i've hundred dollsTh and i'm
! p!isonment Of fcon. one month to one
! year. or both, for obs EUctiog, on &C
/ count 0I race, color, ETC., the exercise OF
/ the right of suffrage by any person en-
Titled 10 1t under the fiftesnth aneud-
ment, by means Of tribeTy or threats of
| depuying any such person CT employ
meDt, or ejscting him from houses or
land, or by thrett s. Of refusing to renew
leases or contracts for labor, or by thrests
Of violence to him or family.
The Central Pacific Bonds
WASHINGTON, Aprii 3.-The bill in,
trodUced to-day by Senator Edmuuds to
create sinking fund for tie liquidation
OF the government bonds advanced to
the Central Pacific railroad embodies
the proposition submit ted to him, as
chairman OF the judiciary committee,
by Vice President Huntington in behalf
OF that co npaDy, aud is Substantially as
follows; The company is TO convey and
release to ths United States all unsold
lands granted to it in the S ate o. Neva
da aud Utah Territory, and the secretary
Of the treasury is thereupon TO place to
the credit OF the sinking fund for the
comp any the value If those lands, COM
puted at two dollars and fifty cents per
acre. The company will slsO psy into
", q.
proceeds Of any such lands hitherto sold
by l., to the extent of the excess it may
have received over and above two dol
lars and fifty cents per scre ard the cost
OF surveying. The third section OF the
bill directs the secretary Of the treasury
TO carry to the cred L of the sinking fund
all amounts due the company for gov.
eFnment transportation up 10 the first
dly Of January, which, if not amount
iTg at said date to one million dollars,
shall be made up to that SUM by the
company. The fourth section requires
the company to pay semi-annua'ly into
the United States treasury such sum,
in money or in any United States bonds
or securitIts at par, as sha ], with inter
est thereon as hereinafter pr .vided, be
81 fficient, when added to the other sums
TO the credit Of aid sinBing fund, to pay
off the government subsidy bonds, with
six per cent. interest thereon from their
respective dates up to maturity. The in
terest on all sums placed to the credit of
said sinking fund must be credited and
added thereto semi annually at the rate
Of six per cent. per annum. The pay
meDts thus made are to be in lieu Cf all
payments or other requ ren1ents from
the Cantrsl Pacific rsiIrosd Company,
under any acts of cougre IS in relation TO
the reimbursement to the government OF
the bonds issued to it and the Western
Pacific railroads.
A KnOWnOthing Witness.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The commit.
tee On expenditures in the war depart
ment examined John Safely this morn
ing. He was an agent on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad for the
Washington mails. He was questioned
about his acquaintance with Gsnersl
II ndrick ard Secretary Belknap. He
said be had known them for twenty
years, but knew nothing whatever about
post-trsders, except what he had seen
il the papers since the investigation
commenced. Clymer told him he was
alleged to know a great many things he
did not appear to know as witness;
but further questioning failed TO
bring cut any know ledge, snd the Wit
ness was dismissed.
Before the Grand Jury.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Cale5 P.
Msrsh was bs'ore the grand jury to-day |
in the case of w. M. Belknsp and Col
umbus Alexander in the saIe burg larry
c5ss.
Tie Safe Burglary Business.
WASHINGTON, April 4-Tne grand
jury OF The District Of Columbia has
promised Columbus Alexander to give
the safe burglary case a thorough ex-
animation, whether tne d'sliIt attorney
is Rillirg or not. Mr.. AlsXandei's in
ten'ion Is to have every person connect.
eG with the Lurg sry indicted sni pun
isheG if possible Wiley, Cur, DA-
lgms and half q dCzsn Other ex secret |
seIvice officers left the city suddenly
Saturday upon hearing that the grand
jury would be asked u take the case.
Lights and Fires 10 be Granted.
WAsaIEGToN, April 4.-The h0u e
C 5mmittee on appropriations hss agreed !
TO recommend q deficiency RpprOpria-
ticn of one bundTG Il thousand dJllsTs to
provide water, fuei and light fer the
public buildings during the remainder Of
tle current fiscal yea. This item
will be inserted in the annual deficiency
bill, which the committee expect 10
report the last Of this week. They Glso
q greed To ins.r- an item Cf sixty thou-
sand dollars TO pay with. 81 fees and
ether expenses Incidental 10 cOrgtes-
sionAl Investigations now 10 progress.
Clusters Reason for not Reporting.
WAsHINGTUN, April 4.-GeDeral Gus
ter Was recalled, and in al ser to the
questions "Why was it you and other
army officers have not given Informs
ton Of these sbI uses Oh the frODtieT, Of
which yeu have testified" answered:
Because OF hn order dated March Is
1873, as follows:
FIrst-No officer, active or retired,
shall directly or indirectly, without be-
irg called upon by proper authority, So
liclI, suggest, or recommend action by
members OF congress for OF against mill
tsTy affairs
Second-A'l petiiiors to congress y
officers relative 10 subjects OF a military
character, will be fOr6srded through
The general Of the army sad secretary Of
VISIT for their action and transmitt4l.
T3iri-An officer visiting The Eest OF
government during the congressional