Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-08

! pursue theiT II ea-c2LclliDg II tney pseasStt
! but the Democrats would drag from the
/ turbii waters of pollution whales, and
would supplement- 1t, perhaps, ny drag
| ging out the leviRihsn himself and ex'
| posing him to the indignation OF an out
| rBged country.
Finally the debate closed, and the
| bouss proceeded to vote on the resolu'
ton offered by Mr.. HOar as substitute
| for that Of MIR. Lamar, and which pro-
posed TO declare that the members SUBJ
Ipnaed were at liberty 10 attend the
criminal court and give such evidence
and produce euch documents a. relate TO
the charges gaiDst w. w. BelkDsp for
receiving bgIbe from one Marsh. The
substitute was rejected yeas 81, nays
I28. Mr.. Lamar's original motion was
then agreed to-yeas $50, nays 10.
WITNESSES BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
BELKNAP HAS GIVEN NO BAIL YET.
WASHINGTON, March THE grand
inry to-day examined Colonel Adams,
clerk of the hOu e Of representatives, in
The Belknap case, and tomorrow vii.
liam Tomlinson, Mr.. Belknap's brother,
will appear bsfcre them ss witness
Baiku8D has not yet been brought be-
NJC luE DbAAtG Cphak ~ CIV DAAA ~ LIZ
appearance a. court.
MARsH's FLIGHT WILL THwART THE
IMPEACHERs,
WASHINGTON, March The opinion
prevails among the lawyers who have
examined the case, that slnea the flight
Of Marsh, there Is no such testimony IN
the possession of the house of represent
atives as would convict Belknap either
on impeachment or in criminal court,
Marsh having left with the committee
no paper, note or other evidence show
ing Belknap's transactions. Efforts are
being made, however, to procure add.
tiOual testimony to support the impsach-
ment articles,
MARSH PREPARING A STATEMENT.
BOSTON, March Caleb P. Marsh,
now in Montreal, said to a newspaper
man that he was preparing q full state
ment for the Press concerning the Bel
KNAPP sffair.
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
WASHINGTON, March THE district.
attorney to day sent one witness before
the grand jury, who were considering the
charges against Belknap, and will send
others.
CHANDELIERS SAY so.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-Secretary
Chandler says that the story of an H.
terview between him aud General Bel
KNAPP and wife, Thursday morning, and
the purported full confession, is sill made
up.
CAPTAIN ROBINSON SUMMONED.
BALrIMoRB, March 7.-CaptainG George
L. Robinson has received a communities
ton from Hon. Mr.. Banning, chairman
of the house committee on military az
fairs requesting him to appear before
that committee to make a complete
statement CT affairs within his knowl.
edge bearing upon the investigation OF
Belknsp. Csp'ain Robinson states that
he is very anxious to appear before the
and will do go Immediately
should his counsel consent, which he
says is most probable, as it will give him
an opportunity to show t. at the charges
made against him were false. He &C.
having written a letter to
Belknap charging J. s. Evans d Co.
with maliciously slandering the secre-
tary by saying he accepted brides from
them, snd Offering his services to prose-
cute them. Robinson says bis design IN
writing the letter was to influence B l.
KNAPP to retain him in the army, his trial
pending at the time.
THE GRAvEsToNE CONTRACT.
ST. LOUIS, March 7.-Wm. Patrick,
az old and honOred citizen OF ST. Louis,
and president OF the Knoxville (Tennes-
see) marble company, says that tbeIgov-
eminent lost over two hundred thou
sand dollars In the letting OF the con-
tract for hesdstones for soldiers graves.
He ASSERTS that the bid Of the Knox
vile company for the stones was over
sixty thousand dollars less than that CT
the man who got the contract, and that !
after the award was made there were
of the contract which re-
duced the cost OF the stones to the con-
tractor considerably over one hundred
thousaRd dollars.
Meantime the committee on military
affairs, in getting az tho reason Of the
packing off of General Megs to Europe,
have got as far as finding witness Who
throws what light there is in the follow
Ing affidavit on the subjsct Of jJbbery in
30 solemn a subject as tbs heAdstOnes
on graves Of soldiers in the National GEM
eteries:
COuAAJ VI " cNSL4lA SNOht DAStAASG VA NO4'AA4-
Personally appeared before me, B. W. Fer
guson, Justice of the peace for said county
and district, Edward Kelly, who, being duly
sworn according to law, depOseS and says es
follows: any partner, John rtlggles, aud md
b contract under E. p. Doherty, contractor for
'headstones' for the National GEM
etery at Fredericksburg, rgiuia. AT we
had furnished a certain number OF the stones,
DoheTty, according TO oar e. con'ra2,, was as
the price agreed upon, or give Us such youch-
ers and orders as would enable as TO get our
pay from the government, but ne refu. ed u
do either On or about the twenty-second Of
May, 1875, l met Doherty at Wormley's hotel.
be Old me that he paid Colonel U. r. Mack,
United States assistant inspector Of National
military cemeteries, the sum Of one thousand
i've hund ed dollars for his influence in get
ting him an extension OF his contract, which
extension mad been given "A few days before.
A few days after this he called to see me. and
proposed that nv partner and should
sell to him or the Westhsn granite COM
ready finished, and which had been
accepted by the government, but his terms
were 50 low that l declined his proposition.
He then said that If we did not sell 10 him he
would get Co Onel Mack to rec Jmmend the
design OF the stones Ue changed, so as 10 rem
der our stones Of no value to the government
Or to us. He repeated what he had often said
10 me beiore-tnat If ne could not get the de
ign" changed he would have the contract
2 anged from granite TO marble. He stated
further that he could accomplish this by
bringing influence 70 bear upon Samuel q.
Bird -es, brother-in-law o. the secretary of
war; that Bridges had offered 10 buy him out
and would use his Influence 10 accomplish
this change IN the contract. He also told me
that hts partner, Samuel Little, had great in
duence with the secretary Of war, as they had
oeen schoolmates. EDWARD KELLY"
Opinions Of the Press.
BASE INGRATITUDE TO THE PRESIDENT.