Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-05-08

for the Improvement of the Shenan-
doah river, and Senator Hereford
has introduced a similar bill in the
Senate.
The Boston Herald thinks that
the clergyman who introduced
Beecher to a Boston audience as
1.-THE genius next to Shakespeare"
would make good man to write
prospectuses for mining companies.
The city of Wabash, Ind, was
brilliantly illuminated on Wednes-
day evening by four electric lights,
placed in lantern on top of the
dome of the courthouse. Fine print
could be read two squares away from
the courthouse.
] Conkling hasn't the least doubt of
Grants nomination. He says so
with great deal of JUNCTION, but
there is an aroma of "taffy" about
his assertions that creates some
doubt of their earnestness.
Finally the subject of women's
rights has managed to project itself
into the editorial columns of the
New York Herald. Woman's right
not to have the life kicked out of her
by drunken husband is the shape
that it has taken.
The New York Herald is troubled
because the liberation of Kemble and
his gang was not accompanied by an
apology from the court that would
have assuaged the sting with which
the honor of the respectable convicts
burns.
AT Memphis about fifteen miles of
new sewers have been laid to date,
and the house connections are being
made. In the business portion of
city and the thickly-settled area west
of the bayou work is substantially
finished. Tests recently made de-
monstrate the success Of the new sys-
tenn of sewerage.
Lincoln once said that thirty days
in Washington spoiled a mans opin-
ion about pubic affairS. EyidentIy,
there are many old BOOSTERS there
now, whose influence over the dis
patches, accepting the truth OF Abe's
aphorism, induces the reflection that
the present would be q good time to
watch for chance to walk out.
In the Us Senate. on wednes.
day Of last week, Senator Davis, of
this State, presented the report of
the majority of the select committee
to investigate accouts in the Treasu-
ry Department and submitted some
remarks thereon.
Mr.. ingalls, presented the report
of the minority, (Messrs. ingalls, and
Dawes,) and both these gentlemen
spoke In support Of its views.
Mr. Davis said that all the state
ments made in speeches by him be-
fore the appointment OF the CON-
mittee, had been verified by the In
vestigation. Differences Of ninety
or one hundred millions In some
years had been found between the
figures as stated. Whether the fig-
ures represented actual cash differ.
ences or not is another thing. All
his allegations had been proved true.
Most ofthe discrepancies were shown
in the years between 1860 and 1871.
The testimony shows that in No.
yember, 1870, the Secretary of the
Treasury notified the register in
writing to change the figures and
amount previously reported to
Congress. The changes went back
to 1888, and APPARENTLY largely in
creased the public debt. The testi-
mony shows that three items,
amounting to So, 2ss, 1877, were added
to the public debt by order of the
Secretary, when neither Of the items
appeared on the treasury books. In
other words, between six and seven
millions was added to the public
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SENATOR THURMAN is again
booming up as an important factor