Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-18


| SENATOR DORSEY'S FRIENDS DEFEND HIM.
A New York paper has a sensational dis
| patch from Washington, in which it is charged
that disclosures made by investigation of the
| House committee on post offices and post
roads involved senat9r Or; Dorsey, Of Arkansas,
ina character, Senator Dorsey is in New
York but his friends say that this publication
culated by a discharged special agent
| of the Post Office department. who has for
some time cherished an enmity toward Senator
| Dorsey. They say that Senator DOrSey'S
brother has for several years been interested
| in mail transportation, and at the recent let
ting OF contracts filed many bids with the
stance wi was awarded contract being the
lowest bidder. Disappointed bidders at once
commenced to attack the firm, of which j. w.
with the Postmaster General, and furnishing
Information to the House committee on post
OfnceS and post roads as the basis of their in
ssh a9U of &STfS 9y sss sse
sippi, COldwell of Alabama and Williams of
New York. Senator Dorsey has no interest in
these contracts, and his friends protest
against the injustice of such attacks as that
referred to.
GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS OF THE U. p. r. r.
Mr.. c. F. Adams, jr, to whom the position of
| government director on the Union Pacific
railroad has been rendered. had an interview
with the Secretary of the Interior to-day. 1t is
uHttIStODu tlldt, Ill the appointments are ac-
cepted, the new board will consist of Messrs
Adams of Mass, Chadwick of Conn.,. Smythe
OF Iowa, Buckland of Ohio, and Wilbur of Ne
braska.
CHARGES have been made at the P. O. ID.
that certain of the successful bids in the
recent lettiug are invalid, the proposals having
been. as alleged, certified to in blank by Post
master Hadley, of Little Rock, Ark, which is
contrary TO law. 1t is also claimed that while
one OF the proposals .purpOrts to have been
recently sworn to in this city by John NJ. Peck,
before Notary Public A E. Boone, Peck has
not been in the city for months.
BIDS were opened to-day at the P. 0. de-
partment for supplying the department with
marking and rating stamps for the year com
menclng April 1St 1873 and ending April 1St
1879. Mr.. Benjamin Chambers. of this city
was the only bidder. and as his proposals We're
reasonable he was awarded contracts on all
the items.
New RULE.-The Navy department orders
that in addition to the complete muster rolls
| required to be forwarded to the bureau
of equipment and recruiting upon sail
ing. quarterly thereafter. and upon the
expiration of the cruise, commanding officers
Will forward to the bureau before sailing from
port to port report showing all changes to
that date. not previously reported, which have
occurred among petty officers and enlisted
men under their command. The object of this
order IS 10 prevent the recurrence of disaster
happening to vessel, as in the case OF the
Huron, without the department having a com
plete list OF her crew.
CONFESSION CONC0CTERS.-A telegram re-
ceiyed this morning says that the Washington
STAR OF last evening contains the following:
Summer Howard. formerly District Attor
ney Of Utah, said in conversation while here
recently, that John D. Lee. the Mountain
Meadows murderer; never made confession.
He and Marshal Nelson tried in vain to obtain
from him bona fde confession, but Lee per-
SiStently refused to make one. The confession
published at the time Of Lees execution was
composed by himself (Howard) and news
paper correspondent assisted by Lee, whose
approval it received. TWAS not, however by
any means confession. Howard said that the
reason Lee refused TO confess was principally
because his favOrite wife (RacheD who was
with hlm at the time, was also redhanded in
murder
Of course we cannot vOuch for the correct
ness of the STARS statement, but we have no
doubt OF the truth of the main fact related
namely that the confession was manufac-
ument OF its concOcterS by sale of the precious
document to eastern journals 1t will be re-
membered that there were two OF three mate
rally different confessions the chief rivaito
the Howard story being the bishop version
When the full details of the Lee confession
and execution are laid bare to the public. they
cenary infamy as will make Lee look compar
atively white by the side of his betrayers and
confession mongers.-[ Deseret NeWs.
A CHILD BOILED TO DEATH.-A shocking
accident occurred on Friday last to Andrew
residing at % South Washington street. Which
resulted fatally on Saturday The mother of
the child had placed in the back room a wash
temporary absence the child approached the
tub, and leaning over lost his balance and fell
headforemost into the scalding water. Its
came at once to his rescue, but upon taking
the child from the water his hair and skin was
completely CON bdey Sealded, and dropped from head
an early hour Saturday morning death EN-
sued.-]Bolt, Gazette, 18th.
A DEsCENT.-Two of the prominent men of
Trenton. n. j., who were few days ago highly
respected have sunk from the upmOst social
strata to mlngle with the dwellers of the slums
now ncarcerated in the state prison. The two
men to whom this reference is made are
walter j. Bartlett, late city treasurer, whose
malieasance has caused his lodgment in the
prison, to remain there forr, two years. The
other is Jacob X. FreeSe, the banker whose
improper usage of depOsitOrS' money sends
him to the jail for five years.
LOPEZ INDICTED.-The grand jury of New
York has found an indictment for perjury
Miss GeOrgeanna Morrison, in that city, was
recently annuled. The perjury alleged is a
denial in his answer of the material fact in
Miss MOrrisOn's complaint that he never CO.
habited with her.
PROBABLE STAY OF EXECUTIoN. Papers
two colOred men, Samuel Chambers and Geo
Collins, were convicted at the last term of the
court Of criminal assault on Kate Smith,
near MiddletOwn, Del, together with appica
tions for their pardon, were laid before Gov
Cochran, OF that state, on Saturday. He now
holds the case under advisemenf. The ne
grOeS were convicted on the evidence of Kate
Smith and man named JAS Smith, whom she
SwOre was her husband, and were Sentenced
to be hanged on March I'd. James has since
accused Kate OF perjury, and admitted that
they were not married. The papers presented
to the governor include affidavits of numerous
persons regarding the bad character and false
evidence of the woman. The result will prob,
ably be a stay of the execution in order TO
enable Gov. Cochran to fully investigate the
matter. '"0
THE POPE's TACT ACCEPTANCE OF THE
Loss OF TEMPORAL POWER The Pau MaH
Sazette has the following dispatch, dated
ing violent opposition, has ordered the Italian
bishops TO legaize their positions, giving them
liberty to demand an eXequatur from the gov.
ernment This defines the POpe'S noicy II