The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-21
WASHINGTON.

TERMS OF FlTz JOHN PoRTERs RESTORATION.
WASHINGTON, January 2O.-The House
Military Committee finally agreed this
morning upon Representative Bragg's bill
restoring Fiiz John Porter, after material.
ly amending it from the shape 1t was left
at their meeting on Saturday. Section 2,
OF the original bill, which had been
stricken out after some discussion was
again restored.
THE PEN IS MlGHTlER THAN THE SWORD, AND
MAY PROVE so IN THIS CASE.
General Boynton, correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, will at once institute a
suit for damages against General Sherman
for libel, and the latter will have a chance
to prove the truth Of some OF the bard
things he has said about Boynton. Last
week, in an interview that he knew was
to be published, General Sherman stated
that General Boynton was man entirely
without character, and that for thousand
dollars he would SANDER his own mother,
that he is very persistent and energetic in
manufacturing falsehoods, and many other
similar remarks, referring to Boynton's
attack upon the accuracy Of Sherman's
autobiography. General Boynton comes
out In a card this morning announcing
that he "will select tribunal and form
OF action which will afford Geneial Sher.
man an opportunity to prove the truth oil
these statements or exhibit him TO the
world as a reckless slanderer."
Roynton wrote note to Sherman in.
closing a copy Of the interview, and asked
Sherman II he had been correctly report.
ed. Sherman replied in the affirmative,
aud repeated what he had said. Boynton
at once took steps TO bring libel suit, and
his petition will be filed in day or two.
Under the law OF the District OF Colum.
bia no true statement Is libel, no matter
how severe II may be, but General Sher.
man will find it very difficult 10 prove the
truth OF his statements about General
Boynton, who Is universally regarded as 0
reliable and conscientious correspondent
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL sTRIBLING.
The funeral OF Rear Admiral G. X
stribling, United States Navy, who died
at MarIinsburg, W. Va, Saturday, took
place here today.
SHORT CABINET SESSION.
The Cabinet to-day concluded to recog
nize the present king Of the Samoan Is
lands. With this exception the session
was devoted to consideration Of business
OF q routine character.
pErAuLTISo BUILDING ASSOCIATION oPPIcER
Seth A. Terry, Secretary Of the Terri
torial Saving, Building and Loan Associa
ton Of this city, defaulted in the sum ol
$4,000. Terry was for many years con
nected with the Bureau OF Refugee Freed
men and Abandoned Lands, under Gen
eral o. o. Howard. While there, he with
others invested what money they could
| in buying the claims OF colored soldiers
expecting to realize on them In a few
months. Subsequently he was q clerk ID
the Second National Bank, and 1t is sup
posed that while there his first financial
embarrassments had their origin, he In
yestinR all his available funds In what were
known as 20 per cent claims Of messen'
gers. government printers and others
which claims, like the first named, have
never been allowed. tits stated that the
amount OF claims he has in hand repre-
sent Rearly $4,000.
BONANZA FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
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