Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Latest Scandal at the Capital-
 Counter Charges by a Congressman'i I Wife-Other Matters.
 | WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-A private letter from Cleveland represents Dr. Boynton as saying that neither President Garfield nor | Mrs. Garfield ever desired Or. Bliss to as sume charge of the case that President Gar field in presence of his wife and General Swain denied ever having made any such re l quest, and that Mrs. Garfield will endorse | Boynton's statement. pr. Boynton said pr. Bliss was retained primarily at Secretary l Lincoin's instance and President Garfield l said when asked about the matter that he
 should leave the question of a change of | treatment to the family and the Cabinet. and | the latter did not at-the time feel at liberty
 to order it made on their responsibility. | The mourning drapery is being removed from the public buildings about the Capitol, | thirty days having expired since the death of President Garfield
 Mrs Clark, whose separation from her husband. General John B. Clark, member of Congress from Missouri, was announced yes- terday, day makes a statement in whi oh she denies that she ever since her marriage was out at night without her husbanb and l never received gentleman at the house or | met them out. She says their married life | has not been happy. The trouble began at | Atlantic City last summer. 'Then," she says ''he came home in an intoxicated con dition and began abusing me in the most shameful and disgraceful manner. He hit
 me in the face, knocked me down and then kicked me severel times until my body was 1 black and blue. The General afterwards said he really did not know what had got into him and promised it would never occur &ho h4u too, for he frequently came home in an in toXicated condition and cruelty maltreated me-" Mrs. Clark also says her husband came home last Saturday, and after having some words with her struck her in the face with his open hand. He then left the house and returned last Monday and took away most of his personal effects and left the house for good. It is not known as vet whether divorce proceedings will be institu- ted or not.
 In the Christiancy divorce case to day James J. Branum, of New York testified that during the time the alleged correspondence was going on between Giro and Mrs. Chris l tiancy from March to July. 1880, he occu- pied the same office with Giro and was inti- mate with him that Giro could neither read or write English we'll and he made witness his confdant with letters to and from Mrs. Christiancy passing through his hands, and that the letters produced claimed by Giro to --N@'S OOS1~ ASOSA'N~N were not among them. He further testified that when Mrs. Christiancy requested her I letters to be delivered to Dr. Blood they
 were delivered by Giro in witness
 presence, and Giro said those he hand
 ed over were all of her letters he had
 MT. Barnum also testified that after Giro re-
 turned the letters he told witness that he had
 put up job on her because he wanted to
 possess her and for this purpose he had
 taken woman to Washington to personate
 her, and if she did not do as he wished her to
 do he would win her by making it public
 MT. Barnum also testified that Giro told him
 he had been offered $2,OOO by an agent of
 Mir. Christiancy in his behalf and he would
 be witness for those that had the most
 money.
 William H. Lyon, of New York; was to-day
 appointed secretary of the board of Indian commissioners, vice Thomas Stickney, of the
 District of Columbia, deceased.
 First Assistant Postmaster Tyner returned to this city to-day, but did not assume the duties of his office, which would have carried
 with them those of acting postmaster general,
 Mir. James being absent at Yorktown and
 Mir. Elmer, second assistant, acting in his stead. When questioned as to the reports of his resignation having been requested.
 MT. Tyner declined to say anything beyond that he had received no such. communication from the President. He in timated that after the return of the Presi- dent and Mir. James he would have some thing to say. It is well known that the rela- tions between Messrs. James and Tyner have not been of the most agreeable character from the outset, particularly so since the death of President Garfield, nor is it any se- cret that MT. James has endeavored persist ently to secure the removal of his first assis- tant. It is manifest that upon the return of the President the difficulties between these two officials will have to be settled, but whether Tyner will go, or James go and Ty- ner stay, or both go, remains to be seen.
 It is now deemed possible that the Secre- tary of the Senate will yet be elected before adjournment. A prominent Senator said to- day that the only law in reference to the chief clerk is the law creating the office. No duties are assigned to him. He could if the secretary were alive, that if we had the secretary to nominations up to Treasury of- fcials, John Smith, chief clerk for John Jones, secretary. But we have no secretary. You cannot sign dead mans name to pa per legally, so you sec we cannot provide @ way to carry out the provisions of the law or adjourn and leave our business in incom- plete state.
 Treasurer Gillian has received another of fer to furnish material for building the pro- posed Garfield Memorial hospital. The of fer comes from B. P. Sawyer, whose quarry is located about mile from Coles Landing on the Potomac near Aquia Creek. The pro- duct of the quarry is yellowish sandstone. Sawyer offers as much of the stone as may be wanted for the purpose of building the hos pital.
 At meeting of prominent Masons here to- morrow one will submit paper recommend ing the raising of sufficient fund to found an orphans home and industrial school to be named the Garfield Masonic Memorial Insti- tuition, to be located at the National capital. The institution as proposed will be governed by board of trustees or directors, including five representatives of the bodies of which General Garfield was member and the ineorporators. The paper will urge the committee to solicit contribu- tions of one dollar from each member of the order. It is proposed to go to work immedi- ately and have an appeal circulated soon as possible. There are 1000 Masons in this country and those who have taken the initiative are sanguine of meeting with very general response, and that the institution when erected will be most creditable memo rial