Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-15
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. I'RBSCOTT HEARD FROM His Knowledge of the Pe-
 ruvian Scandal IMPARTED TO THE COMMITTEE. Evidence in the Star Route
 Cases.
 THE PRICE OF FEDERAL PATRONAGE, A Senator Berated For Op- posing Warrington.
THE PRICE OF FEDERAL PATRONAGE,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 The Peruvian ScandaI-Trescott Before
 the Committee-Further Evidence i'm
 the Star Route Cases-Guiteau Confi-
 dent and Healthy-Other Events at the
 Capital.
 WASHINGTON June 14.-W H. Prescott, late commissioner of the United States to the South American republics of Chilli, Peru and Bolivia, was examined by the House Commit tee on Foreign Affairs today. He stated that the object of his mission was to attempt to bring the belligerent States of ChiE, Peru and Bolivia together and if possible to induce them to make peace. He knew nothing whatever of the correspondence of Mir. Ship herd, never saw him but once, and none of his papers came into his hands. Just before witness left Washington for South America Mir. Blaine showed him one of Mir. Shipherd's letters, and his (Blaine's) reply to it. It was the letter in which he told Ship herd never to speak to him again With this exception witness knew nothing of the Shipherd pal CTS or the missing papers. He never heard or saw anything to indicate that the late Minister Hurlbut was in any way corruptly influenced Mr. Prescott was questioned at length about the Credit Indus trie, and he said that the company was the only one that he had heard of that seem cd to have sufficient financial status to warrant the expectation that it might furnish the means for the war indemnity. It was purely financial enterprise that wanted to administer on the guano. He knew of no American minister's being ,y4o AoI 1o &Lo T1ol ;oI Peruvian company. He had learned nothing prejudicial to Hurlbut in South America.
 Mr. Prescott was asked if he had communi- cated with anyone since his return from South America in regard to the Credit In dustriel, and replied that ke had written to
 Mr. Robert Randall in response to a letter from that gentleman, in which he called his (witnessD attention to certain portions of Mir. Blaine's testimony, and asked him for a statement of his (witnsssD recollection upon the matters involved, but he refused to be drawn into any controversy to the accu- racy of memory of either Mir. Blaine or. Mir
 Randall. Further questioning as to his knowledge of Mir Randall and of the State departments dispatches failed to bring out anything of much importance. At the hour of adjournment MT. Prescott excused, with the understanding that he would be re- called in few days.
 In the Star route cases the first witness to- day was Attorney Hale of Loup City, Neb.
 He was shown the petition for an increase and expedition on the route from Kearney to Kent, and declared that he had written the body of the petition, but had not written the
 nterineation thirteen hours schedule' D He had copied the petition from damaged origi
 nal given to him by Mr. French, the sub con- tractor. He did not knov who wrote the original petition. He was asked if he had ever received letters in the same handwriting.
 He answered that he had, but an objection from the defense prevented him from giving the name of this correspondent. He did not know who had made the interIineation. The petition handed to him after it's sigma ture, and the words thirteen hours sched-
 nle'' were not upon it then. He had mail ed it to John M Peck, Lock Box TIA, Washington, D. c. Witness had written several letters to Mir. Peck at Mir. Frenchs request, endeavoring to have the side station at Cedarville cut off from the route. French knew of every letter written in his name; the route had been a subject of consultation between French and himself; Cedarville was about eight miles from the route, but an almost impossible line of bluffs lay between them. Witness identified let ter written by himself at French's request to Peck, asking If daily mail could not be put upon the route; he had corresponded with Senator Saunders with reference to this route. number of letters referring to the route, from French to Peck, were identified by the witness. He had written a letter to Peck $ Co., in Fren ;h's behalf. It was an application for his share of the compensation for increase. Mz Brewer, corresponding ! clerk of the Postotfice department, identified a letter from Peck to Brady, in which the former requests that this mail be sent to Box TIA, Washington, D. O."
 The supplemental correspondence between the State department and Prescott from the ! last publication to date was sent to the Sen ate to day. It recites the history of the mis' sion generally understood, the proffer of ! friendly aid, Chili's terms of the refusal of the United States to interview on such terms On the 9th of April Prescott sends 8 dispatch which he asks to be treated as confid ntial in which he says he had several sub- l sequent interviews prior to March 18th when the Chilian secre- tary expressed in the strictest conf dence his willingness to consider the follow ing modihcations of his original terms if Peru would propose them as substitute and adds: ''You will see these are very considerable concessions" The notifications of the terms ! of peace and Prescott explanations are with l held by the department, their publication not being deemed proper by the President. Tres cott's last dispatch dated June 10, simply en-
 closes letter from Senor Alerez, Peruvian
 secretary of legation, dated May 10, com 1 plainlr of Chilean cruelty and acts of van
 dalsm and giving some fresh instances by
 E. del Canto, Chilean commander of the province of Jaraiga.
 l A plan is on foot to erect monument in 1 this city to the colored soldiers who fell in l the late war.
 Guiteau seems to-day to have hopes that
 Reed will be successful in his application for
 a writ of habeas corpus and to talk of ap- 1 preaching death was somewhat distasteful His health keeps good, though Warden l Crocker and his keeper are sick with malaria 1 contracted at the jail.
 l Several members of the Cabinet admit that
 the President is at loss to know what to do | about the chairman of the Tariff commission. Four hours were spent in the Cabinet meet
 ing on the subject to-day and no conclusion l was reached.
 1 The Price of Patronage-A Senator Ta- l. ken to Task
 WASHINGTON, June 14.-Senator VanWyck
 was taken to task to-day by Postmaster Gen
 eral Howe for his vote against Worthington's
 confirmation and other matters in executive
 session. He was given to understand that the
 President desired no advice in the matter of
 appointments from those not fully in accord with the administration. The interview,
 which occurred in the presence of Secretary Teller and others, is said to have been 8
 stormy and excited one. VanWyck declared
 that if patronage was to be at the expense of l the surrender of personal convictions he de-