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Show sroi .'oku-ui:li.uuu. A ltreery ol hxpiy In the I'oui- lUlllt'U. H'ashingtoti, 12. The commitloo on piivilcges and eh'etionn, this morning, refiuncd tho K'cllugg-pof-ford cu-.e. Merrick uaid he bad no furl nor use lor UeLacy us a witne-'s. As this witne---i had beeu a r reded fur perjury, he (Merrick) had uskul the dutrict attorney the privilege ul Heai-lmg in Ihe proetctitiou should he bo itidn-tid. Hour, alluding to the original charge, said it was an extraordinary piOJeeding. 1 Chairman Tho committee hs uc thing tn do with this mailer. Hoar 1 think it lias Hou-ton Wneu it comes up lure we can aruo it. llu:ir-Ve will argue it wIitu 1 aeents proper. i Merrick said Ue Lacy a one c f his wilnt-s-s. Hoar remarked Hut tlie universal rule was whno any cause was pending a criminal pro::cs was ntvor used a a means ol co. reion of wittnseert, and ;wh-n tuch witness was arrttid tu ' dri-hue lurther pro-ccutu n unlil iho 'cause out uf wh-cli the i dense arose I who concluded. d hoeulkipiy heroclo-ed. |