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Show GENERAL. Wash In toil AUvlces. "Washington, D- C, 17- Tho senate committee on military affairs this morning morn-ing were unable to agree on the Goat Island bill, but voted to report it to the senate to-morrow without any recommendation. recom-mendation. Ther is no probability of general Dodge being produced before the Wilson Wil-son committee, and his whereabouts ia unknown. L. P. Morion, banker of New York, testified before tho sunato mobilier committee com-mittee to-day to linding in their safe aa envelope with senator Patterson's name written on tho outsido by one of their clerks, containing twenty shares of credit mobilier issued to Oakes Amos or (Jakes Ames as trustee, and by him endorsed en-dorsed te Patterson, or Morton, Bliss & Uo. Never had any transactions witn Patterson touching credit mobilier and couldn't tell how the envelope came in the safe; had an impression Ames hand- The report of the committee on the Caldwell case ia very voluminous. The aommittee say thero is no doubt money I was paid for votes in tho legislature. It . wasdiscussed in committee whether the measure of Caldwell's guilt demanded expulsion, or that his election be declared de-clared invalid; the majority of the committee com-mittee favored the latter view, and a resolution was reported accordingly for action by the senate. The committee commit-tee thinkCaidwell.as much sinned against as sinning; that he was a novice in politics in tho hands of men who encouraged en-couraged the practice of carrying elections elec-tions by mom?y. The house committee on appropriations, appropria-tions, to-day, heard secretary J?'ishon the subject of running tho northern boundary bound-ary between the United States and British posessions;and afterward agreed to appropriate $126,(J00 to complete tho survey. The President has signed the Indian appropriation bill. York was tho first witness in the Pomeroy investigation, and he repealed the testimony given at Topcka. Stato senator William A. Johnson corroborated corrobor-ated the ftatements of York as to the plot to defeat, but knew nothing of tho bribery, except what York told him. Tlic Caldwell Corruption Case. "Washington, 17. The report of the senate committeo on the Caldwell case rehearses all tho testimony taken, which is very voluminous. Tho arrangement by which Caldwell paid ten thousand dollars to Carney, to withdraw from the contest, the committeo believe corrupt, cor-rupt, against public morality, demoralizing demoral-izing in its character, and directly calculated calcu-lated to destroy purity and freedom of election, and not to bo tolerated by tho senate, as a means of procuring procur-ing a seat in that body. Tho committee com-mittee characterize this proceeding as an attempt to buy tho voles of members mem-bers of the legislature indirectly, the money not going to them, but to Carney u.-hr wu ti sell anil Hnlivtir lhm with. out their knowledge; and that Caldwell did so procure votes there is no reasonable reasona-ble doubL Tho committeo declare the effect of this is as distruetivo of tho freedom and purity of elections as direct di-rect bribery of tho members of a legislature. legis-lature. The committeo say it also appears ap-pears that Caldwell agreed to pay Sidney Sid-ney Clark o' 9 expenses, estimated at twelve to fifteen thousand, oa condition of Clarke's withdrawal in favor of Caldwell, Cald-well, and that Clarke performed his part of the contract, securing the vote of all but one of his friends for Caldwell, Cald-well, who, however, afterwards refused to pay Clarke, which, tho committee say, probably resulted in tho exposure of Caldwell. The report fays Clarke and Carney both testily that Caldwell s id his election cost over sixty thousand dollars. Another witness (ays Caldwell said tho money paid to Carney was no moro than ten per cent of tho entire cst of the election, and while tho committeo commit-teo had much difficulty in tracing the money transactions, tho evidence shows the disbursement of over fifty thousand, under circumstances that make it probable prob-able it was used to procure Caldwell's election. Tho report concludes with thfl following resolution: "Resolved, that Alexander Caldwell was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the senate of the United States by tho legislature of tho Slate of Kan-say." Kan-say." In conclusion tho committeo remark re-mark that while Caldwell did things to procure his election which cannut be to.erated by tho senate, they believe he was as much sinned against as sinning; he was a novice in politics, and evidently evi-dently was in tho hands of men who encouraged him in the belief that senatorial sena-torial elections in Kansas were carried by the use of money. Judge Sherman Explains, "Washington, 17. Judge Sherman, to-day, presented a written statement before the committee of ways and means, showing that being asked by Lockwood, of New York, an old friend, to look into ihe controversy between the board of brokers and the government, govern-ment, he declined and recommended judge B&rtley a a proper person to he employed. Subsequently Lockwood wrolfl lo Shermaa. saying the brokers wou'.d pay him S'.(U.ii to take tho case, as it was to go bsiore rongreis. Slier-man Slier-man could not personally attend to the matter, but obtained the eervice? o!" Unrl'.ey and K. C. Parsons, marshal of tho supremo courL Sherman too no further action, knowing ;ho matur was in cood bands. On seeing trie revised re-vised revecuo law which wss &ulv- ,.?r,l'.y passed, he f. .ir.d the br.'k-rs Mjccoi-ded, and con? ; 1-Ted his irifna? erjtlfd to their fios. Ma-timo L ..' -wood hav;r, d;rd, Sherman wrote hi" i.-n, er.c:o:r. tr the father s letter con-lan.DL con-lan.DL the o:!er, b.it did not expia n trie arrive '-meet bv w :,;ch ih. miiicr wn.- turned over to ltir;;-y ar.d I'aron6. In j oia letter he a.iLd'-d to Garheld ai.d I1 senator Sherman, as they were t.v part: with w:;om Brty and Parsons-cou'd Parsons-cou'd nnd the neces.-ary paper on tne Hub.ecti bat h judge tttraiAii. never spoke a word to either senator ShermaB or Garteid upon the matter. New York iDlrUICcnct. New York. 17. In the Scannell case this m"rnir;. district attorney Pheips made the oponice address, and Edmund i Sivven-i-n snd Sheridan Hook tactic d I to tho shooting of Donahoe by the pri- I Tne funeral of ex-mayor Kalt:!eish ; took place this afternoon at Brooklyn, ! L.d w;is la -!v attended Caroline Chsebro, a teacher at the Packer Insii-.iue, and a well known magazine writer, died near Piedmont, -N. Y., last night. lldYr ItBlu and Laud Slide. Richmonf, 17- Heavy rains in ill sections of tre Swte fT the past two dy-, and heavy laud slides on several railroads. Tlic Sfouongmliela Flood. Pittsburg. 17. The flood in the Mon-OReahela Mon-OReahela river continues witoout abatement, abate-ment, and nutier inceasing in violenca. It is impossible to approximate or evan distantly estimate the damage dose, out it iscoLsidered the heaviest river disaster disas-ter experienced here- Grave rumors are current concerning damage done up the river. The loss of hie, so far known, is only two. |
