The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-01

WORK OF TIE COMMITTEES.
ON EXPENDITURES.


WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 29.-Paul
Strobach of Alabama, whose nomination
bythc President for United States Marshal
of Alabama, was recently withdrawn from
the Senate, was before the House Com
mittee on Expenditures, and testified in
his own defense. lie said the original
charges and indictment against him upon
which he was tried and acquitted, did not
include over thirty-fve or forty dollars.
The prosecution was conducted by the
officers Of the department upon malice,
and the witnesses for the department
were prompted by malice and malice
alone. There was so much malice against
him that Brewster Cameron went TO the
Postmaster-General and protested against
his appointment as Marshal and tried to
influence the Postmaster-General to have
the nomination withdrawn. brewster
Cameron" said the witness, event 10
Alabama and took the advice and teSti-
mOny." His enemies tried to make him
appear thief. "When the jury acquitted
me" said the witness, "the Attorney
General was so displeased that he wrote
a most extraordinary letter reviewing
the finding Of the jury and declaring it
false"
~ think it very extraordinary to see an
officer of the Government impugn the
motives and conclusions of a jury" said
Mr. Milliken of the committee.
81 myself think it peculiar" rejoined
Mr. Hemphill
The witness resuming said "The At
torney-General charged that | could pack
the jury in Montgomery, and that the de-
partment couldn't obtain justice at the
hands of q Jury in Alabama. | propose
to prove that couldn't pack jury, but
on the contrary, that the officers OF the
department attempted to pack the jury
trying me.'
Mr. Miliken said: 81 would like to
know why the Attorney-Generalpu publishes
his reasons for nole pressing the case,
and taking action generally in these cases!
| deem it most extraordinary that he
should publish such matters"
The witness produced a copy OF the
Washington Critic, and read a sketch of
the testimony of Examiner Bowman in
regard to frauds committed by the wit
ness in hisaccounts with NJ. A. George,
and stated that he never arrested George,
and has no account with him. He
handled none of his fees, and therefore
there could be no truth in the charge
that he had rendered false accounts.
on PUBLIC LANDS.
The House Committee on Public Lands
heard arguments in favor of the passage
- fn obi ha Ian
grants of certain Western railroads, in
Guiding the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe,
and the Kansas Pacific, which it is
alleged have received lands in excess of
those they are entitled to under the
grants.
on NAVAL AFFAIRS.
The House Committee on Naval Affairs
authorized Mr.. Cox to ask suspension
of the rules in order to pass resolution
of thanks to the British Government for
its gift of the Arctic steamer Alert. A
favorable report was ordered to be made
on Mr.. Goff's bill relieving from the
charge of desertion sailors of the navy
and members of the marine corps who at
the expiration of the war, failed to secure
regular discharges bill for the relief
of the survivors of the iron-clad Monitor
was laid aside.
ON JUDICIARY.
The House Judiciary Committee author
lied favorable report on the following
bills: Changing the times of holding
the District and Circuit Courts of Georgia
from September to October; appro-
prating $4,000 for relief of the National
Bank of Newton, Mass; detaching
Grundy County, Tenn, from the Southern
District and attaching it to the Middle
District of the State.