Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-12
WASHINGTON.
Phe Indictments in the Star Route
Gases to Stand.
Shipherd's q Examination Con
tinued.


Criminal Court day, Judge Wylie
decided the Star Route indictments
good and sufficient. A motion to
quash was overruled and the lndict
ments stand.
The examination of Mr. Shipherd
by the foreign relations committee
to-day was conducted by MIR. Blount,
of Georgia. Che witness displayed
considerable skill and ingenuity in
explaining the passages which Mr..
Blonnt quoted from his letters, giv-
ing to them interpretations other
than the ones which obviously sug-
gested themselves to the committee.
In reply to the question what Mr..
Shipherd meant in writing, Grant is
now one of u.s." The witness said
he had regretted the use of that
term, but it was written when in
great hurry. The fact was, that at
the interview whereat Mr.. Grant was
informed of the desire to
put him at the head Of the
company, Mr.. Grant declined to
invest, but had expressed good will
towards the company, and said it
was entitled to the cooperation
of the government. The witness
said Gen. Grant never was stock
holder, but feeling that they could
count upon his good offices, even
more than if he wore stockholder.
He (the witness), in his letter to
Hurlbut, had spoken of Gen. Grant
in that way as being zone of us" ;"
It had been intended to retain
CoDkling and William E. Chandler.
Conkling was notified, and expressed
a Willingness to accept the retainer;
but his services were not needed,
neither were those of Chandler, and
nothing was said to Chandler.
Reading further from Mr.. Ship
herds letter to Mr. Hurlbut, Mr..
Blount asked:
"Who were the parties with whom
you say you were holding conf~
dental conversations Z?
The witness declined to answer,
intimating that the committee were
exceeding the range of their investi-
cation, and obtruding up II purely
private matters. The witness stated
that he was first introduced to Sena
tor Blair, by Ex-senator Cragin, but
declined to state whether he was
advised by the latter gentleman to
employ Senator Blair. He (wit-
ness) had several reasons for
desiring to secure Sena-
tor Blair as counsel, primarily,
because he believed that Blair could
induce the Secretary to give the
matter prompt attention.
The witness was asked, "To whom
did Senator Blair expect you to
quote the Secretary when he told you
to quote him strong" and replied
Having no access to the Senator s
mind, l cannot state"
The witness here took occasion to
make general defense of his corr
respondence, asserting, with empha-
sis, that he dealt only in facts, and
with absolute candor; that he was
willing to make his correspondence q
part of his sworn evidence, and
stand by its truthfulness.
The witness declined tc
state what sum was paid
as retainer to Senator Blair
The exact amount was returned
by him (Blair early in November
several weeks before the assembling
of Congress.
Representative Blount then asked
if the witness had anything furthe
to offer in justification of his charg'
that Minister Hurlbut had been in
fuenced against the Peruvian Com
pany by the Credit Industriel.
Mr.. Shipherd replied at SOM
length to the effect that he ha,
already been charged with pursuin
an attack upon the reputation c
dead men, and he did not care to g
further or say anything that wa
not directly in the line of his ow
Justification.
Representative White, of her
lucky, to-day submitted to the Hous
the following preamble and resolu
ton, which was submitted to til
committee on ways and means:
Whereas, On Monday, Apri
3rd, the rules were suspende
and House bill 5253,
amend the laws relative to the ell
Try of distilled spirits in the disti
lery and a special bonded warehous
and the withdrawal of the san
therefrom, was passed; and,
Whereas, The following letter We
subsequently printed at the re
quest of member, IN ii
Congressional Record, to wit:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, April 3, 1SS
Sri acknowledge the receipt
your valued favor of this instant,
regard to House bill No. 5,23
which provides for an extension
the bonded period upon distillt
spirits. The bill was prepared Wi
great care, and in respect to i
machinery, 1 am satisfied it W
work admirably. The princip
of the bill, I think, is &C
rect. Upon all manufactured ar'
cles, upon which an internal reven
tax is levied except in the case
distilled spirits, the manufacturer
owner is not compelled to reno
the same from the place of manufa
ture until he can find sale for T.
product. This is so in respect
beer, tobacco, cigars, matches, et
The extension of the bonded peri,
to V. Hsard gave quite a stitnulo
to the manufacture of fine whiski,
On the 1st of March last there we
69,243,835 gallons in the distille
warehouses in Kentucky, Pennsyl,
MIA and Maryland. It seeI