The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-05

explorations. Early in the spring the ex.
peditlon will start from San Francisco. Its
personnel will consist of Lieutenant Stoney,
Ensign Purcell, Past Assistant Engineer
Zane, Past Assistant Surgeon Nash and
and about ten men. These, together with
the exploring launch, will be conveyed to
the vicinity of Putnam River in schooner,
and further explorations will be com.
menced. 1t is expected the expedition will
continue for at least year.
Secretary Chandler has received cable
message from Rear Admiral English, COM
mandiDg the European station, saying be
had appointed court OF inquiry to investi-
gate the charges that certain officers of the
United States steamship Lancaster had pub
hcly abused the Secretary of the navy for
having ordered the vessel to Congo and also
saying the departure of the vessel from Vile
France would, in conse quence, be delayed
several days.
The Pension ppropriation bill WAS re.
ported back to the Senate to-day by Senator
AllisoD. The Senate Committee Un ApDro-
priaLions has stricken out the legislative
feature OF the House bill, which provides
for the repeal OF the statute authorizing
pension attorney TO receive S25. IL is under
stood that a majority of the Senate Commit
tee were in favor of the repeal OF this
statute, but deferred to the general senti-
ment ef the Senate, which is pronounced
piolriauon bills. The Senate committee
also struck out the provision which decreased
the nun Der OF pension agencies from eigh-
teen 10 twelve, and added S24 900 TO the az.
gIegate appropriation.
At meeting to-day OF the Virginia mem
bers elect to the Forty ninth Congress and
the Democratic Executive Committee of that
State, the resolution was agreed upon in
doTslDg Re preventative Barbour for the
Postmaster Gsneralship under the coming
administ' on. 0ferel, CroxSon, Robert
Beverly, = 42derson, Waits and Goode were
appointed com uittee TO confer with Pfesi-
dent-elect C'e7e.and in Barbour's behalf.
In the Morrow cOurt-msrtial to day bat
two witnesses were examined, and their tes-
tlmony was confirmed by statement made
Tor ColoneI MorroW yesterday by his cOun.
sci. The latter submitted the case to the
Court with brief argument, oontending that
Colonel Morrow had acted IN good faith in
the whole matter, although he may have
committed some errors which he now re-
grets The Judge Advocate made no ar
gument and the Court took the matter under
consideration.
It is said today, upon the authority OF
one of the counsel for General Swain, that
the findings of the Court in his case are, in
substance, as follows:
As 10 the first charge viz that OF con-
duct unbecoming an officer and gentleman,
IN violation OF the slXty-hTst article, he was
not guilty. To the second charge, of con-
ouct pfejudicisl to good order and discip.
line in f0ilure to report to the Secretary OF
War his knowledge OF the alleged duplica
ton OF Colonel MonoW's pay accounts, gull
ty, with a recommendation that General
Swain be temporarily suspended on hall
pay.
No information is ss yet obtsiGable at the
War Department as to the finding OF the
court, the officials in whose custody they are
being under pledge to the Secretary, and
members of he &C art sworn to secrecy.