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Show GENERAL. ' Miscellaneous. Norfolk, Va., 31. The completion of the Cbesipeake and Ohio railroad was celebrated here to-day with every demonstration dem-onstration of joy. Memphis, 31 Au incendiary fire at Jackson, Tenn., on Wednesday, destroyed des-troyed property valued at one hundred thousand dollars. A great part of tho business portion of the town was burned. Tepeka, K., 31. Senator Pomeroy appeared in lhe district court, by counsel, coun-sel, to-day, waived an examination and gave bonds in twenty thousand dollars to appear at the June term. Tallahassee, 31. S. B. Coniver. Republican, Re-publican, is elected United States senator. sena-tor. WaihliiEton Advices. "Washington, 31. General Howard's accounts of freedraan'a bureau, have passed the second auditor ot the treasury. trea-sury. Howard was f und by a clerical error to be indebted to government $32 54, and he gave a check for the amount. His accounts are now square. A Murder Coofessed. Baltimore, 31. Johua Nicholson, one of the party arrested for the murder of Mrs. Litiiploy, has turned State's evidence and con'essed that a carpet was thrown over her and she was strangled to death by When and Tucker. Tuck-er. Sew York Intelligence. New York, 31 It is stated that tho Tweed jury stood eleven for acquittal and one for conviction, Fu!lert"n, of Tweed's counsel, thinks the deience won a great aud unexpected victory, Considering Con-sidering the inflammatory and arguj mentalive charge of judge Davis. Uu also says Tweed intends to continue tho tight with nil the stubborness of his nature. na-ture. Peek ham, counsel for the pro. 'e cuion, is greatly moit;ued, and hints at bribery. Supenntend.'rtt Knapp, of tho post-office post-office department, was brought beforo commissioner Osborne, and suspended, for an error in his accounts as special agent. The spice mill of Faber & Co., Duano street, burned this evening. Loss, $40,-000. $40,-000. Credit M obi Her. Washington, D. C, 31. Poland's committee this morning heard iJeilson's statement regarding the transactions with Brooks, heretofore mentioned. T. C. Durant anDeared and submitter! a reply to the leHimony of John B. Alley, of January Tlh. He declared that Alley's statement was untrue concerning con-cerning the two corporations, and untrue un-true and unjust in regard to persons lifing and dead. He proceeded to quote the records of the railroad company on the Hoxio eoniract and the organization of the credit mobilier. Ames, Alley and their friends were not the original subscribers to the Union Paciiic road, their only interest having arisen Irom being stockholders in the credit mobilier. Alley and friends seemed to consider all the sums saved to the Union Pacitic as robbed from them, as stockholders of tho redit mobilier. Alley had, with unparalleled impudence attributed to Ames and his party the views and policy of their opponents. He charged Ames and Alley and their party with robbing the Union Pacific company in various ways; selling old worn locomotives at the price of new ones, and arranging so as to pay themselves large commissions for negotiating loans for the company; also with unfair dealing with him, and unfair management in the election of directors, lie reviewed Oakes Ames' contracts and prices for the same ; referred re-ferred to tho appointment of goner.il Dodge as chief ngineer of tue road with a salary of $1U,0C0, while ho was also a member of congress,and in Washington, Wash-ington, instead o being on tho roitd When witness remonstrated, ho was told that Dodge had great iLtluence.and could do more good in Washington than elfowhere. Dodge's wife held a hundred and eighty-one shares of mobilier mobi-lier stock. Durant submitted proofs of his accounts, while vice-president, as correct. He denied ever pajiog Thad Stevens a dollar for any purpose. Alley then addressed tho committee repeated his former allegation, and denied the statement of Durant. Adjourned. The Wilson committee heard additional addi-tional testimony from Horace F. (Jlark. He testilied that the Union Pacific company com-pany paid general Dix, when minister to France, nTty thousand dollars to negotiate ne-gotiate a loan, which was however, unsuccessful. un-successful. He said the directore of the Union Pacific had not jet considered whether they would call those who had mado a division of the profits in the credit mobilier to account to the company, com-pany, but tho sut-ject had been agitated among the stockholders. There would be no formal action until all the legal and equitable facts were ascertained. Clark staled that the road had been a great advantage to government, govern-ment, had dispensed with the services of a portion of tho army, settled a large extent of country, and saved in mail transportation more than the entire interest in-terest on the government loan. He chargei that the department was more at fault for the management of the road than individuals; that the government directorship bad been used fur political patronage; and that any sums paid government gov-ernment directors had been paid as political po-litical assessments. He claimed that whatever were tho sins of the former owners of the read, they are not a legitimate legit-imate inheritance of tho present ownership owner-ship and management, who aro iatro-ducing iatro-ducing economic reforms, and cancelling cancell-ing extravagant contracts as rapidly as possible, lie protested against this attack at-tack on the road. Alex. Hay, of Philadelphia, testified to having been employed by J. B. Slew-art Slew-art to assist in procuring legislation for the Union Pacitic company He knew money was paid or promised to congressmen con-gressmen to influence legislation, Adjourned. Ad-journed. lEfiMfl |
