Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-04
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,

The star Route Cases-BueIl's Testimony
a Bone of Contemtion-DtscordA Among
the Lawyers for the Defense-The Time
of Observation-Disclosures Regarded as
the lucky Day Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-In the criminal
court this morning Henry Lyman chief clerk
of the Central Office of the postofiee depart
ment, testified that the private official letter
books kept during General Brady's admins
tration had disappeared from the Office sever
al months after General Brady's departure,
and diligent search has been made for them
without success. Inspector Woodward was
placed on the stand, and swore that he never
saw the books, or even heard of them until
they were mentioned in court. The defense
then proceeded to put in evidence the orders
for expedition and increase relating to the
routes named in the Indictment with the OBJ
ject of showing that they had all been ap-
proved and signed by the Postmaster Gener-
al. This proceeding temporarily inter-
rupted to allow the examination of Horace F.
Page, of California, who identified his sigma
ture to letter requesting an increase of
trips on the route FROM Redding to Alturas,
Cal He had called upon General Brady at
the request of his colleague, MIR. Berry: to
secure this increase. His only knowledge of
the route was confined to the reprs
sensations made to him by his colleague
The proceedings to-day developed lack of
harmony among counsel for the defense.
This is thought to have grown out of the
wrong kind of testimony having been de
duced from Buell. of the Critic and Capital
on his examination yesterday. The trial is
expected to conclude next week.
70 o soS
gress will hardly adjourn before Monday.
Notwithstanding the tariff discussion, the in
dications are that all the business will be con-
cluded Saturday, but it will probably be
deemed advisable to hold over until Monday
to let the clerks get the business written up.
The Senate in executive session today con-
firmed William Hall, of Iowa, to be Governor
of Wyoming and a Number of promotions
and minor postmasters.
Notice is given that on and after October
l, 1885, q fixed red light of the fourth order
will be exhibited from the lighthouse recent
| ly constructed on Whale rock, the western
entrance to Narragansett bay, Rhode Island.
The apparatus lights 315 degrees of the hori-
| zon (WNW. by eastward to WSW.), and the
focal plane is 43 feet above the ground and
70 above mean low water. The light should
be seen in clear weather from the deck of a
vessel - feet above the sea IA nautical miles.
| fog bell struck by machinery will be sound
ed, giving one blow at intervals of 20 sec
| onds during thick and foggy weather.
Over 1000 packages of three and a half
per cent. bonds received at the Treas
| ury department to-day for exchange into the
| new per cent. bonds. It is'impossible as
yet to make approximately correct esti-
| mate of the amount of the offers of surren
| der SO far as received. Three packages post
marked at Philadelphia, contained nearly
$50, 900; 600 worth of bonds each. A package
| was received from Cincinnati to day contain
| ing $32o,OOO in 1-2 per cents. The
| great majority of the applications
SO far received were postmarked
| august /, 1882, 10 a. M - showing the gen
eral desire for priority, and there is consid
| cradle curiosity to know the result of the
| methods adopted for determining precedence
which will probably be by lottery. The
drawings will be made by disinterested
| party who will be unable to make any dis
elimination if he so desired. The packages
| will be numbered and opened by lot. 1t is
expected that all the preliminariss will be ar
| ranged by the Goth inst, when the work OF
| awarding the numbers of the new bonds will
be begun. Many of the surrendered bonds
have been returned because they were mailed
| before the proper time, and others because
| they were not properly assigned and certi
fed