The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-08
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Washington. 7.-Severel registered
letters have been received in this
country from Belgium addressed to
one Collins. Brooklyn. 1t appears
two men fraudulently obtained an
amount Of money from an old naval
officer in Belgium and forwarded it to
friends 10 Brooklyn. 1t is supposed |
these are the letters. AS the Law
requires the letters to be delivered
only TO the persons addressed, official
application is expected for the return
OF the letters to Belgium. In antici-
pat or of this the postmaster general
has referred the subject to the
attorney general for decision.
Before the Senate exodus CON-
mitiee, to-day, Leonard g. A.
HEcksly, prosecuting attorney for the
district OF Shelbyville, Indiana. teeth
fed that tNenty-six colored emigrants
arrived at Shelbyville, December 18th,
lsst. The mayor called q meeting OF
the council and provision was
made for the destitute, and about
twenty came afterWardo. These men
are still scattered in or about the
town. The witness had heard of two
or three other companies coming
near. Shelbyville County is demo-
cratic but the congressional district Is
doubtful and very close. A meeting
of the citizens was held at which 1t
was resolved that the law of 1852,
inAicting penalty of $500 upon any
one who would bring pauper into
the state, should be enforced by the
proper officers. There is no doubt
that all democrats dislike the coming
lof the emigrants and probably the
most respectable republicans do also.
The lsboring classes generally dis
countenance the movement. J he
demand for labor in Shelby County is
fully supplied. There is even COM
plant of scarcity of work.
Milton III. Holland, member
of the Washington Emigrant
Aid Society, testified that Its
object Was eolely charitable
and not to promote emigration. No
political purpose was connected With
lit. On their request, about sixty
emigrants were sent to Ohio instead
of Kansas. The society has no agents
whatever. So far from the move
ment being republican. the society
felt very hard towards the repub-
licans because they had not contrib
uted much money. He criticised the
acton of two cabinet officers who had
subscribed $50 each to the Irish re-
lief fund, and nothing to aid colored
emigrants. The witness is q clerk in
9 government department. Samuel
A. Perry, dark mulatto, testified
that lately there had been much dis
tress among the negroes, chiefly on
account of poor crops and the sever
ity OF the landlord and tenant and
other laws. One hundred negroes
got together and endeayored to get
some northern capitalists to help them
to emigrate. There was no thought
of an exodus. They forwarded
the petition to the National Emf.
grafton Aid Society, and sci
forth the facts. Perry and man
named Williams, as agents, were sent
west to look for suitable location,
their expenses being paid by the
colony. They finally reached Green
castle, where some colored men told
them they could do we'll in Indiana,
They got out circulars favoring emf
grafton to Indiana, and went back to
North Carolina. On being cross-ex-
ahmed by Voorhees,, he said he was
a slave before the war; had never ed
vised any one to go to Indiana. Il
the industrial and financial condition
Iof the negroes was 90 coed in Indiana
as elsewhere, witness woHli like to
see enough negroes sent there to re-
volutionize things, but he did not
hear q word about political intrigue
when in Indiana; consorted most with
republicans, but 30 he did at home.
1t was natural for him to do go. Wit
ness declared that he was done with
the exodue. He was advising peopls
to go back.
Representative Davis bill, pro-
Viding for the taxation of all opium
manufactured in this country for
smoking purposes, is heartily ap.
proved by the commissioner of III
ternsl revenue, and will be strongly
urged upon the attention OF the
House ways and means committee as
soon as the funding question and a
few other special subjects, like the
sugar and steal rail controversies,
concerning which the committee has
recently heard extended arguments,
shall have been disposed OF. 1t il
Mr.. Davis intention to obtain an op-
portunity to make an argument be
fore the committee, in person, in ex-
PLANTATION and advocacy OF this bill
and also of his bill providing for
a protective tariff on Chinese rice,
nut, oil and mustard seed.
The report telegraphed TO one OF
two California papers, that Senator
Grover is dying in New York state, oil
softening of the brain. is wholly IN
true. His wife has been seriously i'll,
and he himself has recently been q
little under the weather, but a letter
was received in this city from him, TO-
day, under date of Danville, N. Y,
February 9Th. He writes about vari-
GUS matters, in bis usual clear and
business like style, .and says he vii
return to Washington very soop.
No appointment to succeed Indian
Commissioner Hsyt has yet been
determined upon. Secretary Schur1
is said to have remarked, to-day,
upon being asked when a new COM
missioner was to be appointed, that
be intended to clear cut the house be.
fore putting in new tenant. From
this 1t is of course inferred that add.
tionsl removals Of the Indian bureau