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, 1880-10-31
A ROTTEN LINK.
DEVIL1sH DEVICES OF B.A1,NCM's COMMITTEE.
Sgkeial Dispateh to Tue Ch.eaoo Tribune

pEyIL1su DEVICES OF BARNCM's COMMITTEE.
Sptcial Dispateh to TIE Ch1euoo 1,1bune-
NEW YoRK, Oct 30-There was one piece
of testimony elected In the examination of
Philip to-day that may lead to results which
will clearly prove the despicable part the
Barnum Committee have played in this dirty
mess. Col. Bliss, vino is conducting the
prosecution, has evidently got hold Of clew
that he hopes to work to advantage.
When the defense got the proof
reader Of the paper that published the
forged letter on the stand, Mr.. Bliss
on cross-exalnination propounded to him
series of questions calculated to bring out
the information as to the identity Of the
forged letter, but stngularly enough. this
gentlemen had never seen it. This was
certainly somewhat singular, for it would
naturally be expected that the proof-reader.
the one through whose hands manu-
scripts are supposed to, pass for
the verifcation Of the printed matter,
would he the one above all others
who could establish the fact that it was the
identical letter from which the publication
was made, This proof-reader surprised
everybody by the statement that he had
NEVER SEEN THE COPY Of. MANUSCRIPT OF
THE LETTER
Then how could he have read the proof?
He did not, technically, but he did read
the letter from type without copy.
office, but came to the office
already set up in type; that same type
copy was printed Oct 20. lie got the set
type from the foreman but did not know
from whom he received it. The type was
larger than that used in the office. :.
The import OF this statement is that the
letter was prepared beyond all question
under the auspices Of Mr.. Ba!num's CON-
lnittee, who, afraid to send the manuscript
through the hands of employees of the Office
publishing it, fearing that the Identity Of its
chirography might be established there, had
it
SET AT SOME JOB OFFICE
| where the importance Of the matter would
not be surmisod, and then sent the type to the
| publication Office. It is strongly limited that
this was done by Mr.. Barnnm's Committee,
and that TINT person may yet be brought into
the case in manner that will establish, if it
| it were possible, more conclusiVely than ever
his utter lack of political honesty aud per-
sona1 integrity.
In the cross-questioning of the witnesses for
the defense this evening, the total unrelia-
bility Of one Of the experts il, the: employ Of
that side was shown BY the fact that he had
originally expressed the belief that the letter
WAS a forgery. but subsequently, under the
| pressure Of a S25 fee, had changed his opin-
| ion, and since stuck to the Eenuineness of
| tie document
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Ill The case. Inc letter .1r0W"HtE14 LAO tae
smile was obtained was secured by Hart oy
arrant trtckery. Or the betrayal Of confidence
on the part ct hfs (Hart's) attorney, Judge
Abrani J. Dlttenhoefer., judge Ditten-
hoefer is
4 PROMINENT GERMAN REPUBLlcAS
of this city, a leading member OF powerful
Republican organization, the Central cam
paign Club, and was the first Republican
speaker who took the stump at the opening
of the campaign under the auspices OF the
National Committee. Consequently he en-
joycd the fullest confidence OF Chairman
Jewell and his associate members OF that
Committee. On Sunday last Judge Ditten-
hoefer came to Mr.. Jewell and said that ne
was, and had been since the organization Of
the Truth Newspaper Company, its attorney,
and as such attorney he wished to arrange
for an interview between Gov. Jewell and
Hart; that Hart and his associates, while
protesting to the ptollc to believe that the
Chinese letter was genuine, were, in fact,
convinced in their own minds that 1t was
forgery, and had proposed to make retrac-
tlon of the charges already published. Gov.
Jewell, believing retraction from the paper,
one Of whose editors had written the forged
letter and given it to the public, would be
A MOST EFFECTIVE DENIAL,
.'met Mr. Hart, at his request, at the office. OF
Judge Dittenhocfer, Tuesday AFTERNOON. and
stated to Mr. Hart that nothing but an un-
qualified denial would be satisfactory.
Mr: Hart ende;tvored to secure a promise
from Gov: Jewell; accompanied by letter
from him to Gen. Garfield, that a retraction
by 1FGHt would secure ain abandonment Of
the proceedings against Philip, the forger Of
the Morey" letter. This Gov. Jewell ttatly
refused to give, but, on the contrary, in-
sisted that the ttrger should be punished to
the full! extent Of the law. Mr.. Hart then
said that he would publish a retraction on
condition that Judge Dittenlioefer should
have the benefit of securing the same, 1t any
benetit>was to be derived by any one by such
retraction: To this Gov. Jewell replied
that lie had no objections, and at the earnest
request OF Dittenhoefer and Hart lie wrote to
Gen. Garfield the; extremely cautious letter
published III Truth this morning, and gave it
to Dittenhoefer. Hart was not fully salts
fed with the tone of the letter, but as Often
hoefer, his attorney, was satisfied, he ac-
cepted it. This letter was then given to
Dittenioefer. Hart subsequently
-sECUIsED POSSESSION OF THE LETTER,
butt in what manner Is not known.
It-was undoubtedly the Intention Of Hart
to secure letter from Gov. Jewell, through
both Jewell and Garfield, which he could
publish rs an offer to bribe Truth to suppress
this they published the letter Of Gov. Jewell
this morning, Which letter is SO cautiously
attempt to bolster up their, malicious libel,
have failed to create any political capital ny
Its publication. It has fallen 1lat, and creates!
, 1880-10-31
NOTABLE EPISODE.
THE Ex-GESERAL AND THE BEIGAD1ERs.

Special Dispateh to Tia Chicago Tribune
NEW YoRK, Oct. 30.-A very Democratic
incident" OF the campaign happened this
afternoon at Governors Island ,Iaudlng. It
being one Of uancock's reception days, the
Governors Island boat was, as usual,
thronged with ,ex-Confederate officers Of all
grades, among them Gen. Bradish Johnston,
Gen: P. 7. G.. beaurcgaId, Gen. C.: II. Viii
cox. formerly an ofticer:in the service Of the
United States, who resigned his commission
On the outbreak Of the War, and Is now Ser
gaarttrat:Arms of the United States Senate,
Gen. Lilly. = Of Stanton, =; Va,,. who
lost al arm In the Rebel service,
and many other well-known Representatives
of the Solid South. OH their return By the
2 80 p. m. boat, these gentlemen discussed
Grant, and came to the conclusion that he
w::s a bad man, and II Standing menace to
republican institutions. just Us the Thomas
Kiley moored at the Battery pier, and our
doughty Confeterates sprans ashore, Gen.
Grant, followed by T. tl,rong Of atltnir;ng
citizens, waving their hats and filling the air
with shouts, was just stepping On. board the
boat for Staten Island to attend Il
large meeting which took place there
last evening". Thus. separated by i
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!: ILLINOIS.
=, -
. THITMRTTI,T,.

SOMETHING FOR THE yyOJ.K1NGMEN TO nEAb'
SpteIa. Dispatch ito 7'hr rhtedro Tribune.
:, SpR1xo FIELD, ILL.,; Oct. D.-The record q
Lyman TrumbulI, the Democratic candnla.e
for Governor of Illinois, upon the Cnlhess
question, is SO much worse than the cna1ke9
1nade.ngainst Gen. Garfield even b4tae Uenr
ocrats. and their forgers, that the fo!lo"lnx
additional particulars will be read WILD selF
elal interests, especially BY worklnEnien:
On the 4th OF July, 1870, the pehoMs
question in the United States .oenats
being the adoption Of an amenamen'
to the Naturalization laws which az e4o
hereby extended to aliens OF African nausiN
and persons of African descent, Mr.. I!u9t
bull offered the following amendment ~
adding the words, s4or persons born in tna
Chinese Empire" which was rejected. le"|a
gressional Globe. part E, I'd Ses. 4lstCoaS,E!
5,1T.] In the course Of the debate on ~.
subject he used the following IanEaaSe9'1i 81
1.-The number Of Chinese in this country =
very small. There is no danger at pIe5
ent that this country will be. over
run by pagans, and there Is u ar nj
necessity that we :. should thoW s4'lpa,,;tsm 4p, I'm
Of the Chinese. I think this is an in!aS1t,n9aH g,
danger" ECongrcssionUl Htoi,c, p. :, 5,',. 70. ;ha
:" AS a-mere question OF power under ri. ne
Constitution We MAY refuse to recele and HHad
nese. We may deny them the risnt " any nny
OIL our shores, as we may the people o. aa1 oan
other country, but that is not the Aileliun atnr-
policy. Now, whatfs the objection t2 ,,at nntost
alizing these Chinese? We 10 not comps;tt pPs;t
anybody to become:an American c'tlzen, III
we provide the means BY which pefsoth. ~ ~, IA
foreign birth may become citlzen " ,Ja H.
United States We do that by uniform Fn,ett .het
and whenever Chilia'l.an conforms s3;tiei g III
rule it spelns to me that lie is clearly ensnp;s ~
to become a citizen as il he were born y ,Gsr TT
gland. ur France, or Germany. 0r any Hrfhia utGf.
country outside OF the United States ltoic'
p: i, 1G5. ..o+
The pending amendment provides 1mas nst.
persons fnon, all nations may becotHnSs ns1;ta ~
MEalizeti except those who are born 70 Cna.a y. =
Why. exclude the inhabitants Of Chflla, a,.Id ~
peple from the oldest nation in nad tae IN Mot a1t
and literature? Everybody else eau be naI' n.I
uralized, the uottentOt and the canni19aas 1aa.
to use the language Of the Senator frotn M t,nt
gun, but he proposes I'M aiuenu'm''l!s ient n,Jt
shall exclude from naturalization the paaeas'
, 1880-10-31

ANOTHER ATTEM1't 70 80.
NEW YoIE, Oct. 3o.-The Truth thls morn
ing publshes,a fac-simile letter IRON enal,-
maj, Jewell addressed to Gen. Garnela'
which they support by an affidavit OF joseph m
Hart, in which lie attributes an a1temp1 ~ ou
the part Of Gov. Jewell, ,as Chairman OF lile m
Republican National Committee, to orloe tne
proprierors of Truth to suppress. certain a.
legged proofs Of gennineness OF the" Morey-
Chinese, y letter. that were to- appear IN
Wednesdays issue of that paper III an III,
teryiew with, a newspaper reporter .2aay y
Gov. Jewell denounced the ati1daslt OF Iials II
as tissue Of falsehoods which Wou'a. ps ,s
made appurcut uy statement o1 the 1aclS
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- ,-.
went up at once to Gov. Jewell and repoTE
ed substantially what was said. I told MN
they were doing it without any hope Of Any, any
consideration, but would be pleased # tlley
knew [ would receive tie credit for having
t;m,' Th. t;uyrrilor sdii: 'Tllat is fair alad
decent. all,, I viii be glad to assure them
yul, Viii l,r regarded as the person who was
instrumental III having them publicly ac-
knowledge they were convinced of the spuiIi, 1i1
o,,snuse ,.f +hc ietfprs lie then wrote the
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export, were there. I do not know no" II
came from the Truth office. ~.
Mr. Brooke-Mr. Stolghton, take the

M Mf. stoughton testified: am Of thec;on'na.
shown Nlr. Bell in the Republican Satlona!
Committee-rooms. do not know how 1t
came from the Tr,tt}! office. 4,,os stand 81.
III. Knox testified: / aul also Of tile coun-
sci for the prosecution. saw the exhibit in
tn The y! Natiunal L Coinmittee- Mr.. paven.
port showed it to me. / do nnt Know now II
was produced. He did not ten ne m y MhHhbe he,rd o1
how it was obtained from the !T1tfl once. l
saw it first last Sunday at the Union League
Club. l have seen it several times. anu IL
gfRneray II Rs' pbes wR H. bayen
mort Mti be tp'n' here? 4''4'' ' :.
: - Answer Shorty: 1 was to meet him at at
Mr. Brooke Judge Davis says.we are to
Judge Davis-I would rather 60 without
meal than to sit Sunday. ~
Alr. Brooke-Jlist as your Honor pleases.
We are willing to sit late Tonight: -. !,
Juqss Pay{s-lf DAVIS /, necessary will sit until
"a q @ recess ~ was I then m taken till 9,o'clock.
| AFTERSooS'
! Judge Davis again took his seat on the
bench at 2 O'Clock. Philip was present. a
lady attracted much attention. Some dela}y
ensusd after opening he eoaF fh deay R pS Was
not Of theft seeking, that he be permitted to
call Joseph Z. Payne as witness.
The Court consented ana hye SaTa 1Tsi'nth IN fha
| same handwriting as thai. OF the nlanuscTlp,t. J.
of.he eoit9rlals q? frhe a,, cditoria Il is
admitted, was as writtsa by Plilp]. .s.*. =:
| ASDREw M'LEAS. j..
The defense called Andrew Mclean. He
testified: am The anaEsir OF siD the nrqoKyn }ysya
years,'. / : know lis handwriting well, as
i hiring these wears he and have been work.
i Ing in tho same Offices. I have seen him
/ write almost daily. now see for the first
| and from nly knowledge.bf Mr. Philips hand
/ writing have no doubt whatever but that it
is not in the handwriting Of Philip. He has
not been In tie habit of spelling |'com-
ha1n se sajted ne neariya rss thousand columns Of
i 1ir. Philips matter, and have never known
i linn to smell such words i'll that ryny. have
been editor OF the Eagle: :f0r. eight years, and
during that time james MSDernott va was
meyer on the paper: Know h,s aepnsnle'oiu1' patl y
and would not beileYe MN Hauel 4as,t t.4;f., ~
j 80, JAMES: GoonEN. -
member of the BROOKLYN Eagles staff and
engaged with Philip in the composition Of a
tlrsnatic work. testified: I AMI positive the
Ninrev latter is not III Mr. Philips hand
i tvritinp. I never knew Mr. Philip to spell the
4 Mural of: words ending in "ies "ys y as
i companies u is Spelled. James McDer-
n'P5s Frederick G. Hudson, aiso Of tho Brooklyn
E0n7c. gayt similar testimony.
William S. Uaryey,,a graduate of Oxford
University. Engand and for fourteen years
the associate of Mr. Philip IN ealtorlal Work,
! testified: Ihc MoreN Letter and envelope @ care are
McDer,nott, ind while have been on the
Eagle have not kno!Yn him to be a reporter
| OH it. would believe MN nnaer oatl i
, 1880-10-31

Mr. Post. aIr. Hart told him lie would not
publish the letter If Jewell would stop the
prosecution of Philip. This ssDittenhoefer
declined to acccde to. Hence the publica-
ton Ut the letter.
u1TTESnoEFET's STATEMENT.
To the 1rtst<sr, Associated Fyxss.
NEW York, Oct 30.-In explaining how
the Jewell+iarfield letter came tn be pub
lished in Truth. Judge Ditteni1oefer said to
ayeporter: ~ have been counsel for the
nav counsel Of record i'll the prosecution
against it for publishing lottery advertise
1lents. My relations have been only profess
siol,al, excepting TINT for years, through my
associate counsel. When lie was practicing
sprung UP between him and me. Mr.. Post
had been Assistant DistrictAttorney under
Chinese letter tried to the best Of my ability
IL persuade Mr.. Post, managing editor OF the
newspaper, that it
WAS 4 FORGERY,
Last Wednesday, the 18th OF October, about
II Il. H., was sent for by Mr., Hart, pub
lisAe;, who then voluntarily said to me he
lri:er was genuine, and requested me
u see Gov. Jewell / undertook to
*re the Governor, which did
t|::.t night The Governor was pleased
that the newspaper was willing to admit its
:.:.i,,. That night returned to the news
1.ltu.r otlrc. aud befure could scarcely say
4 wt,isl Hart said: "Drop that matter.
Davenport has Ee<.n here since YOU left, and
1!,.4! i'll an unfair way to recover the letter,
am! now we don't want to do anything in the
,ust1rr."
Next morning ut II o'clock / was again
s,.,,t f.,r, Mr.. Hart told me he had COME to
liz. conclusion il was for the best interest of
liz. newspaper to do what justice required,
;.1si acknowledged tia. he
HAD BERN IMPOSED ON.
The propriety of this was forced upon him
Ly thu fact that Gen. GarlieId's denial was
:-St,|icii and clear, and leading Democrats
svi.u I.:td ,ntler1aktn to verify the letter were
hrciu,,!ny 10 e1, hack OIL It. He requested
III, Ia ~: Mr. Jewell ut once and inform him
ii t!iS | asked. What for? He said,
Iii will Dc 1narc 70 our credit if they are
informed beforehand that VIC are going to do
j; yuluntarity.' But said he, we want
il understood that we want no money or any
.,:ilt,f consideration, but wA1lI it known that
You rs tur counsel aud friend should receive
1:ls. credit 1t Is great service and, If any
l,orv gets any benefit from it, it ought to
come tu ynt.' l became more convinced
1l,au eyer that they were
GETTING FRIGHTENED
md wanted ii understood they were doing it
lor lu., hoping thgs to drop the thing quietly.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-06-23
HOW OREGON WAS SAVED.

Tyler was President and webster
was Secretary of State. The Ashbur-
ton treaty was in progress, and not
much interest was felt in the north
western boundary. Little was known
OF that distant region, and from English
sources the assurances were positively
made that the country was compare
lively worthless, more valuable for
hunting and trapping than for all civil
ized uses. This was the condition OF
affairs when Whitman reached the cap
ital. 1t, was all bat conceded that
privileges on the northeast coast, in
respect to fisheries, should cffset the
surrender of the Columbia River region
to Great Britain. Governor Simpson,
of the Hudson's Bay Company, had
reached Washington. had interviewed
Webster, and managed to leave this
impression on his mind. There was no
living man to plead for Oregon and tell
the truth fearlessly, until, ''in the dead
of Winter, an awkward, taH, spare
visaged, vigorous, off hand sort of a
man appeared at the Department in his
mountain travelling garb, consisting of
a dark -co.ored blanket coat and bucks
skin pants, showing that to keep him
self from freezing he had been COM
PEELED to lie down close to his camp fire
while in the mountains, and on his way
to Washington he had not stopped for
q moment, bat pushed on with vigor
and energy peculiarly his own. DIR.
Whitman had been tauntngly told that
it was impossible for his Government
TO be informed so as to prevent the sur
render OF Oregon, but he hal surmount
ed impossbilities and was there in
person to make known the facts.
Entirely unmindful of his rude garb
and weather beaten looks, Whitman
sought an interview with the Secretary
OF State, gave his object, and stated
the plans and purposes OF the British
Government He had hardly made his
object know when Webster interrupt
ed him: But, Doctor, you are too
late; We have just about traded Oregon
off for a cod fishery" His frat inter
view faded to make any strong impress
ion. Webster had made up his mind
that there was actual value in the fish
eries. while he knew nothing about the
Columbia River region, and at best
there never had been any benefit ap-
parent from the claim to ownership.
But Whitman had not crossed conti-
nent through Winter snow and ice to
be balked in a single interview. He
sought the presence o! the President.
Wild man as he appeared, dressed III
blanket coat and skins, he interested
John Tyler in his cause and procured
hearing for himself and Oregon. 1t is
true that John Tyler is considered the
least among the Presidents, and his
name is not fragrant with great and
good deeds, but We owe him this much
considerations Co recognize that only
for his influence the Ashhurton treaty
would have gone as already planned,
and the national domain have lost the
great wealth and glory of the galaxy of
States to be formed from the Pacific
north west. IS. A. clarke, IN JGly
Cal torRian.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-04-28

The Republican county conven
ton meets in Dayton next Saturday.
There are symptoms of an Indian
scare 10 the northern part of Hum.
boldt county. H..i..as5lf
The Sutro delegates to the Repub
icsn county convention are J. e
Fair, John Barton, Geo. Shaw and
II Combelick. H
A side track is being built at the
scene of the late accident on which
to remove the engine Washoe from
the river to the main track.
There will be costumer in Day
ton from Wednesday until Friday
night. Costumes will be supplied at
from 81 so to $40.
Ed. McTigue, formerilesident of
this city had the middle finger of his
right hand crushed, while working
the Burleigh drill in the Alta Mine
on Saturday. rta
The registration for the school tax
election will not he any additional
expense or trouble, as those who reg
lister now will not have to do 50
again this year. Big
Capt. John Kelly contemplates
leaving Virginia on or about the 10Th
Of next month for trip through
Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico,
in search ofanother Comstock.
Austin has held special school
tax election, and the result was al
most two 10 one in favor of school
keeping. We viii show the same
Kind of II vote in Dayton and Silver.
Ole of our saloon keep ira takes
horn every evening; it is An OK h ,rn
with hole In both ends, and he
Blows Though it in u way to make
all the dogs in town wall. II shakes
his friends nerves so that they have
-rru1lI mp To tile bar for support.
MI.. Sins, the wife nf J. d. Sims,
the G. Iunfy Treasurer, died sud ienlv
in Dayton On Fridty evening. Mr..
Sims was absent in San Francisco at
the time, aud only arrived at home IL
Sundty. He has been very unfnrtu-
nate within the last year. rs this IS
ais third bereavement in that time.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-04-28
The Republican Primaries.


The primaries on Saturday were
rather one sided. The Blaine men
had it all their own way. There
were just nine Grant tickets voted,
and as one of the delegates. on tina
Grant ticket was Blaine man, some
one unknown must have concluded
to go for Grant. The Grant men
had some trouble in getting a sufii =
clent number of names for their tick
et,'but after dilligent search eight
men were found who were willing to
allow their names tn lie used. The
ninth man WIS still wanting, and as
no one could be found To fiji the va
cant place, it was concluded to make
up the tally by inserting the name
Of a Blaine man. Everything went
on in good nature; the friends Of
Grant j'king about the smallness of
Their number, aud prophesying that
their day would come after the Chi
cage convention. The following, are
the names of the delegates elected /:
Theodore Vinson, A. j Taylor. C. F.
Baekmer, L. d. Nhyes, W. F.
Frame, Henry G ,etz, John Vande-
water, Geo. Langrid1e, Harvey Ran.
dali.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-04-28
Good Times COmin..

TIL. storms are about ended, if the
signal service reports are correct.
Prospecting has already commenced,
everybody is boxing for better times.
and the better times are coming
The feeling in San Francis 20 regard,
ing the stock market. has become
during the past few days, more hope
full than it has been for u long time.
There is more than IL reasonable
prospect in the Q linn mine, aud
everything points to a r viyal of bus
mess. t
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-04-28
A Murderer's Request.

The man about to he hanged v ho
lamented the ciiiliness and damp
ness I the day because of his suscep-
tibility to catarrh, and that other in
dividual who, when the rope br,ke
and his predecessor tumbled into the
river over which the scaffold was
erected and escaped by swimming,
desired Jack Ketch to see that the
rope " as strong for lie couldn't swim
"a stroke, ihave always been believed
to be the creatures Of fable. Mr.
Provost, IA Partisan murderer of prom
inence has, however, outdone them
by rrquestlng, when awakened in or.
der to be hurried to the guillotine,
that he might he permitted to wear
his boots because he WAS subject to
chilblains. 1t is 70 be regretted that
none of the surgeons who were pres
ent and prepared to experiment on
him after his execution should have
assured him that within traction of
Il second after the occurrence, which
is snid 10 resemble feeling "a Whit
of cold air upon the nape of the
neck" lie would be unable to feel
chilblains.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-04-28
Dayton Gravel Mine.

The shaft Of the Dayton Grsvel
Mining Company ut The mouth Of
G III Cin N. il nov lawn to bed.
rock. all 'ut 81 feet. Work has been
suspended until n pump can be put
in. There is four foot streak of
gravel which will average over 90
cents Ia. the pan. Tho pump will he
In place in few days nnd it will
take but short time to remove the
water. This shaft is sunk to the rim
rock and it is intended to drift along
the edge and take out the rich gravel
which settled there.