The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-23
:, GENERAL RAJ NEWS. "! \.
The POtterites in a 0uandary
as to Future Proceedings.
Butler Has GAO Cipher Dispatches.
He Hints That lis unwlse TO Inyes-
Z ri ] tlgate Them. ~ a+s y.
The Gay Carpenter and the RedOubt-
able Logan Return TO the
Senate.
And there Was War In Haaven
GENERAL NEWS.
Butler Has $40 Cipher Dispatches
And Sna,, there Was War in Heaven.
WASHINGTON.

AND there Was War In Heaven
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WASHINGTON.
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PoTTEEITEs IN SECRET COUNCIL.
| WASHINGTON, January 29.-The Potte
Committee held a. long private session
this morning. The Democrats brought VI
the question whether Saint Martin SHOULD
be called as witness by the Republican,
or be discharged by the committee.
Mr. Shellabarger, in behalf Of Secretary
Sherman thereupon, presented o letter Il
whichS alter criticising the course OF tliC
committee in not calling st. Martin or
their own motion. He asked that st. Mar
tin be recalled for further cross.examina
on the testimony given in, New Orleans
and an athdhylt which he recently tiled
with a committee OF Democrats. He mani
testeda disposition to acquisece in the re
quest, ,althoughstill contending that the Re
ppblicans oughtto take st. Martin as theil
I own witness The subject was, however
laid over till tomorrow.
The question then was whether the
committed should call the witnesses in re-
gard 10 the "ciphcrdispatches" in advance
Of the passage by the Senate Of the House
bill making an appropriation for the ex.
penses OF the investigation, the funds be.
ing wholly exhausted. This question also
went over till tomorrow.
A member asked where were oil these
dispatches that were published in the New
York Tribune. -.
Mr. Hiscock thereupon expressed the
belieLthat General Butler had them.
The General than made the statement
that certain dispatches had come into his
possession early last spring. lie found
them upon lIis private table, buthas no
knowledge how they came there.i These
dispatches, it was said, were part OF those
printed in the Tribune. II so, he had
nothing to do with their publication.
They had been, furnished to the Tribune
before they came into his hands. LDuring
the summer they were missed for several
weeks, and subsequently they were found,
when he had them numbered and stamp.
cd and put in place OF safety. lie was
willing 10 place them attHe service Of the
committee. In doing so; he contended
that they should he printed and tnadd puC.
lie, to be placed within the power OF any
member OF the committee to make public
At the same time he. protested against
lthe whole system of Investigating dis
patches, and insisted it would be wiser for
both parties not to inquire into them
eHoweveF,-lpon, proper receipts being Civ
en-, the committee, could have the dis
| patches that were in his possession.
A short discussion followed as tU wheth.
er it would be advisable to print the dis,
patches at once In pamphlet form, but that
question also yentoversI W z, IA =
Adipprned until Tomorrow. ys !
CIPIIERS.
Mr.. Potter says subcommittee will be
semitic New York to take testimony in the
cipher dispatches investigation. The mum.
Der Of cipher kilograms in the possession
Of Gen Butler is G40.
NEW RULE FOR BOILER INSPECTIONS.
The Board supervising the inspection ol
steamboats, have decided to amend the
rules so that the local inspectors at their
annual inspection OF steam boilers shall
remove from the surface Ofsuch- boilers as
are covered, so much Of the covering as is
necessary to enable them to examine the
parts Of. the boilers- that cannot Be OK.
amined from the inside.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL COMING TO TIE
DEFENSE.
Attorney General Devens has requested
the Solicitor General! to proceed to Ala.
bama for the purpose Qfdeienlipg tls
Federal officers OF that State, who were
recently arrested by the local court at
Selma. abool sglSgS s9goi1 s76Qj
Eg CoutinuatIonor the Reno Inquiry.
CmcAGo, January 92.-In the Reno in
quiry LIEUT. yeunum testified that he
thought Reno took the best possible posi-
ton alter lie left the woods with his com
mand, ,butthere were hardly enough men
to hold it. Reno, however, created n di
vision il The indian. Slhec. iTi,s indiana
must have attacked Custer about tho time
Reno left the woods, but witness thought
the main fighting force Of the village was
bopposing Reno. He]saw .Custers scom
.kpanS mbYihgs along the bluffs q down
the river AT aBoubthe time the skitmist
line was formed 1t was three.quarters Of q
mile away. An hour later Col. Bentecu
1 Joined ReEo ooyeTa the hill and iat about
the same time witness heard firing away
down the stream, but it wasja crash, and
did not sound like q continuous engage
ment. At that time he did not think il
came from Custer, but thought II nigh
be the Indians in the village. When he
first saw the Gray Horse Cavalry ht
thought Custer VAS making q detour tC
strike the other end 'ol tho Indian village
The witness said thoro was some preIt,
warm work about Reno's quarters, and iol
time it seemed that the whole village
was about to advance on him. Reno die
not exhibit any remarkable conduct eithcl
for bravery o., GOODNESS. There was con
4 siderable Speculation, nm ong Reno s com
kmand Regarding tho whereabouts OF Gus
ter, whether no was in q prodiCament too
Witness at that time had no idea thu
Custer Ind been slaughtered, but bellevot
that the Indians had driven liinlI0fr an(
were coming back on Reno. Had REM
y gone forward with his command to ait
1 Custer he would have been obliged to Il
through the Indian village, and witIles
did not think that could have been don,
A by either command, He did not like L
answer the question 9s 70 whether tho con
lduOt Of Reno Qt this bqttln was SUCH as +
ipspirp his mon with courage, but tlnall
saidbtherei was porGowardica init. 1tlher
was some httle disqualification and krtcai
, haste In Reno's torOc In gOtting out Of III
woods. ytbs9 rJ glsfl s,rsF sh4H
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