Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-22
LATE TElEeRAMs.
EAarERa n.
The war Departmeat Investigasisn
-0snsral Buticr Before she Com

wAsurSoroS, March 2l.-General B.
Butler was before the Committee on
Expenditures in the War Department to-
day. The chairman called his attention
10 the telegram in the New York Evening
Post Of Friday last, in which II was sta.
ted that q prominent Republican lawyer
bad taken much interest In what was
as the Belknap scandal, so far as
Il related to Pendleton. He asked But
Ter whether he was the gentleman to
whom the allusion was made. General
Butler replied that he could not tell.
The chairman then asked him whether
he had any information relating to PEN
dleton, and whether he bad commune
Gated with any one on the subject. The
General replied that he had only hear
information. lie had spoken pri-
marily to q member Of this COM
mitiee, thinking what he told him might
be OF use. The chairman said II was
alleged In the telegram that a treasury
draft for $50. 900. made payable at tho
National Park Bank, Of New York. was
indorsed by Pendleton. and the money.
after passing through the hands OF two
persons, was paid over TO Mrs. Bowers In
person in that city. The General re-
Piled that he had a gentleman making
some investigation as to the facts IN
New York, 10 be used In q lawsuit In
which the General vas counsel. After
investigating the gentleman came
to him and informed him that he was
told by ono person that another person
knew about the payment OF the money
aud that she vas present when the $50.
900 was paid to Mrs. Bowers. said to
have come from Pendleton. The Gen.
eral said to his informant: "Can you
get at the person?" The answer was
eyes" This was o week ago Saturday,
and the General left for Washington on
Saturday night. Tho General further
said to him: "You had better probe
this matter to the bottom. II what you
state Is true II ought to DO known" and
his informant made IN arrangement to
meet the party supposed to possess
the information. This was the next We'd
nesday. The General told him that IL
there was anything to require his pres
encs in New York he would GO there.
He was ~telegraphed In cypher that the
party whom he was to meet had left
New York for Now Orleans on the pre-
vious Tuesday night, together with other
persons possessed Of the information.
Under these circumstances - knowing
Bass, q member Of the committee, was
III aud not being well acquainted with
all the members Of the committee tho
communicated such information NJ no
hal to Danforth OF the committee per.
haps more IN el!enso than on the present
occasion. The General said to Danforth
that II was evident that somebody had
been tampering with the parties by send.
ing them 10 New Orleans so Suddenly,
and he also said to Danforth: "If you
can get u subpoena from your committee
in black, to be filed up privately with
out the names getting into the newspa-
pers. aud served by n confidential Dep
uty Sergeant.at-Arms whom l shall
name. ! think the parties who are known
10 mo could DO caught" i RETAINED
from telling because twelve or
fifteen gentlemen connected with tho
press would have published them all
over the United States.
Question-Have you any objection to
stating to the committee the names OF
the partiesf
Answer-Not at all.
q. --Havs you any objections to stat.
ing the namo OF tho person who gavo
you tho names Of tho parties possessed
Of the information?
A.-The name OF my informant Is Ii.
G. Jayne, who was hunting up for me-
In New York testimony in n revenue
case.
The General, in reply TO n question.
said no met Smith, correspondent OF tho
Evening" Post. at the Attorney Generals
Office aud remarked to him that his at
tention had been particularly called TO
the testimony OF wannel. clerk in tho
Treasury Department, showing that tho
amount he had on account Of the
Kentucky Central railroad was divided
into three parts-S CS, 900 going into q
bank in Kentucky. and separate drafts
for $780, 900 and $4,000 were taken by
Pendleton. He was curious to 500 the
testimony because no had heard some
thing about the $50. 000. Smith sought
to interview him after the manner Of
newspaper correspondents. The next
timo the General saw Smith was the time
he had the interview with Danforth.
The General was asked whether he sup
posed Smith was going TO publish what
be said TO him. The General replied
that, not wishing 10 throw any imputa.
ton on Smith, he would merely remark
that he never said anything to a cores
pondent that was not published. Ho
would trust them with untold gold. but
be would not trust them with n bit Of
news. The General replied to a ques-
ton Of Bass that no knew nothing OF
the payment Of money by Pendleton
further than what he saw in tho news
papers and knew from hearsay. He
said In reply to a question that he had
investigated the Pendleton matter q lit
tie ON his own account, and no ascer-
tanned that tho draft for $50. 900 was not
deposited in tho Park bank Ms here
tofore stated.
Smith, the Pod correspondent. APP
peared and answered the questions ask
ed him yesterday as to the namo OF the
prominent Republican lawyer who gave
him the information on which he found.
ed his dispatch. Smith answered that
the name Of his informant was General
Butler.
General Butler privately, at tho re-
quest OF the committee, wrote the names
Of the parties who had fed from New
York to New Orleans. and tho commit
tse will send subpenas after them.
John s. Evans. who mado a contract
with Marsh for tho leadership at Fort
Sill. and many other witnesses. were ex-
amined.
a Conspiracy, Perhaps.
ST. Lours, March 2l.--Nathan Cole.
Who was Mayor OF this city during part
Of the time that Supervisor Of internal
Revenue Colouel Ferdinand Meyer was
member Of the Board OF Police Com
.issioners. has written q letter to that
in which he refers to the
Of Ex-Governor McClurg TO Presi.
dent Grant, and replies TO some state
menta therein. He says he had occasion
10 examine certain parties regarding
relating 10 Colonel Meyer, and
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