The Morning herald., 1877-02-24

President OF the UnltoO SGates. uo Knew
Daniel ]. Morrell, who was elected an cleo
tor, but did not attend the meeting of tho
Electoral College, who filed the vacancy by
the appointment of Mr.. Boggs. Mr.. Walsh
stated he was ono of q number Of citizenso Of
Philadelphia who executed bond Of $780,
900 to the United States for the faithful
disbursement of the 81 soc, 900 appropria-
ted by Congress for the Centennial Expos
ition.
DEMOCRATIC CoNFERENcE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-A conference Of
prominent Democrats was held last night,
and the conclusion reached that an extra
session of Congress Is inevitable. Fillibus'
tering to defeat the counting Of tho elector-
al vote is to be discouraged, and the Pacific
Mail subsidy passed by the Senate TO DO
defeated in the House.
Mr.. Holman says it should not 60 through
If the Post Office bill has to 60 over.
REMOVAL OF A TREASURY AGENT.
&c. Adams, special agent of the Treas
ury Department, who was assigned to duty
In Philadelphia during the Centennial Ex-
hibition, has been removed.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION.
The Senate has the Naval Appropriation
bill, and propose to complete it before the
adjournment The House bill, as passed,
proAides for $12 200, 900.
The Committee in the Senate rechm-
mended an increase of about $4,000, 900,
which has been adopted by the Senate, the
main item being the completion of the fve
double turreted monitors now under con-
struction.
TIE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 23.-The borers of
the shaft on the south side of the Washing.
ton Monument reached few days ago an
immense gneiss rock, which 10 believed to
extend under the base of the monument
and to form rock foundation at distance
of thirty-three feet below the the surface.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PRIVILEGES.
The Committee on the Powers, Privi-
epes, and Duties of the House had before them
this morning Patrick j. Kennedy, of Louis
lana, whose ecrOss-examinatiou was resumed
BY Mr.. Lawrence. He stated that when he
first came to New Orleans he acted with
the Packard Legislature for about week,
and then went over to the Nichols Legisla-
ture.
He stated that he did not solicit from
either Kellogg or Packard, or from any one
else, nor did he receive from anybody, any
promises of support to secure his election
to the United States Senate. He never Of
fered any member of the Packard Legisla~
ture any money or other valuable consider
alton in order to induce him to leave that
body. 1t is possible that he may have said
to some of them that if they should be-
come members of the lsLegisislature
they would be paid their mileage, as the
Nichols body had money and the Packard
organization had none. he said that Wells,
in the interview witness had with him,
never held out the view or made the impress
sion upon his mind that he (Wells) wanted
any money or wanted to do anything cor
rupt.
Witness was shown several newspaper
extracts relative to the explanation OF 4. ).
Barrett in the Nichols Legislature OF his
connection with the interviews between
Wells and witness, and he said that they
where in the main correct.
He admitted that he had had converse
tions with Frederick Heath, W. j. Delany,
G. E. Heath, P. j. Brown, John A. Brown
and other members of tho Packard Legisla-
ture, and sought to sinduce them to come
over for ten days to the Nichols Legisla-
ture, saying that they would be paid their
per diem and mileage, which would amount
to about 500. He knew of none of the
members of the Packard Legislature with
whom he had conversed on this subject
of coming over to the Nichols Legislature,
except-a man named Farden, who was q
poor man.