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Show GENERAL. W.VlIlGTO. Want to Remove MctcfllTe H ' u mIi li iirii Itubcock Irt't'S His Trial. ! Kesurreelinc n OeinocriUic Peculation. Washington, U9. A delegation called on Attorney General Tuft today, to-day, to urge tho removal of Elmer Washburn, chief of tho Bccret service. Samuel Felker is understood to be behind thc movement. It is given out by Babcoik's friends here, that ho will press for an immo-diato immo-diato trial of the safe burglary case, when it comes up on the lUth of September, Sep-tember, as he is entirely confident of acquittal ol tho charge of complicity. The last p;igo of tho Conyressiuiutl Record for the session was stereotyped to-day. It will make eight volumes, of which six are impeachment proceedings pro-ceedings aud one the speeches which wero never delivered on the floor, but which were printed by unanimous consent. Tho examination by tho Indian office of a question pending between , North Carolina and western Chero I kees, has led to thc unearthing of a democratic swindling extending r through threo administrations, and 1 amounting to over $3,000,000. The money stolen was appropriated by pniifrpss at various times in connec tion with the removal ol the Cherokees fron northern Georgia and vicinity. I to tho Indian territory. A good por-tionof por-tionof tho money appropriated under tho treaty of removal went into th bauds of those in tho democratic ring which managed tho affair, and which through thc administration ol Tolk. Pierce and Buchanan, continued con-tinued to press claims, insert bills and secure appropriations for expenses incurred m the removal. Where thc actual cost of removal in many cases was only $-0 per head, from 150 to $200 was charted, and bills for the removal of a fictitious number of Indians In-dians were submitted and allowed. The investigation thus tar involves a number of democratic politicians o! the -administration named, and has shown that the money Btoien outright was not less than $3,000,000. |