Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-16
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

| Brady's De0IaI-In the Hands of the CrOss-Examiner-HisR Reasons for ExPe- 1 diting Routes.
 WASHINGTON, March 15.-General Brady ! occupied the stand when the Star route trial | opened this morning. He testified in detail
 as to the routes in the indictment, and ex- plained his action in increasing and expedi- ting them. He explained that he reduced 1 the trips on the Mineral Park-Pioche route
 and then, on certain representations, restored
 two trips, making the service tri-weekly.
 Mir. Wilson asked witness, in view of the
 papers from the executive mansion in evi
 dence on this route, to state all the eircum-
 stances, but the witness said he did not de-
 sire to bring in the names of people not con
 nected with tue case. He had not, continued
 General Brady, entered into any agreement
 in any shape or form to defraud the govern
 ment. MT. Bliss then took the witness in
 hand for cross examination. He was asking
 questions to show the financial standing of
 the witness and how he acquired his
 present alleged wealth. when the defense ob-
 jected and the court said he would rule out
 such line of questions unless counsel could
 procure authority to sustain his rights. He
 promised to do this and then took up the
 motives which influenced the witness in
 making increased service and expeditions.
 The witness said he did not take into consid-
 eration the revenues of the routes so much
 as the needs of the people as represented by
 their representatives and Senators here.
 After recess the cross examination of
 General Brady was continued on certain
 routes as to the reasons that influenced his action in expediting them. He said he
 1.,,Ha k1oA kI4 made to him by Senators and Congressmen
 were true. In regard to certain recommen- dations of Governor Routt, of Colorado, he said as he was his predecessor in office and was on the ground when he made sugges- tions and recommendations he assumed that he understood the needs of the service and he (Brady) usually acted on them.
 The Signal Service-The Proposed Court
 of Inquiry Regarding Its Management
 -Curiosities By Mail-A Days Happen
 fngs at the Capital
 WASHINGTON, March 15.-The War depart ment officials profess to have no knowledge of any action taken relative to the appoint ment of court of inquiry to investigate General Hazen's management of the signal that the President has the matter under ad- visement and that the delay in announcing the detail is owing to the reluctance of sev- eral officers whose names have been suggest ed to serving on the board. General Terry's name is mentioned in connection with the presidency of the board.
 A room is being prepared in the Postoffice department in which to place curiosities that yearly accumulate in the dead letter ofice and which heretofore have been kept in that office. At present it occupies the time of several clerks to show visitors through the dead letter office This constant stream of visitors also disturbs the employees and much time is lost to the government. The setting apart of a room for curiosities will relieve the office of the annoyance and at the same time satisfy laudable curiosity on the part of visitors. In a few weeks the room will l be thrown open to the public.
 Returns to the department of agriculture of the cotton sent to market from the plan l tations show an aggregate of $500, 900 bales gone forward up to March 1. This is about l S6 1-3 per cent. of a crop as indicated by the l last returns of the product. The propor- Texas 83 per cent, South Carolina 95, Geor- gia and Tennessee 86, Arkansas S7, Louis | jana 8s, Mississippi 89, Alabama 90, Florida | 93.
 Additional charges against Supervising Architect Hill have been placed in the hands l LII pSCI6bdEy IO1S0Es It 1S StsAO GuhG bA0y T0- ! late to contracts and expenditures for the new government building at Philadelphia.
 Ex-Congressman Flower, of New York, has | returned tc the treasurer the sum of $45S. 50, the amount overpaid him on account of sal | ary and mileage while 8 member of the For ty seventh Congress.
 The comptroller of the currency has called l for report from the national banks showing their condition at the close of business on | Tuesday, the 18th instant |
 The President approved the promotion of l Assistant Treasurer Albert U- Wyman to l succeed Treasurer Gilfllan this afternoon. | The new treasurer born in Canada of | American parents temporarily residing there, l is slightly over middle age and has l had wide experience as finan l cier. He was appointed to 8 clerkship | in the Treasury department in April. 1863, | was assistant treasurer from 1875 to 1876, l when he succeeded to the treasurership hold 1 ing that position until 1877, when he resign | ed because of ill health. Since the latter | date, upon which the acting treasurer was ap | pointed he has been assistant. The promo | ton of Mir. Wyman was favorably comment | sd upon in the Treasury department this af- | ternoon, and apparently gives general appro- l bation. |
 The total number of immigrants arriving | in the United States during the month of | was 17,O65, against 28, PAT in Feb- | ruary, 1882. Of this number ,, 5,O44 were from | Germany, 2,802 from England and Wales, | 1, 592 from Italy, ,542 from Ireland.