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Show TELEGRAPHIC iti,iii:s capital. Ilo I'roHOiifpi TIioho Terrible I.eilori to tlio Jlouac. Autl Clulm1 There In Nothing i ii 1 lie in. 'iihhini;tou, 5. Binine, on tlio Moor of LUo iiuuao to-day niado a peiiniiil cxplunaliun in reyurd to the Hivi'siiyaiiun now beinjj made in regard lo iiim. After slating that tl.g democratic nirmhers had not dared to bring him before the house for rofug-iny rofug-iny to itrodtice tho let'ers taken by iiim from Mulligan. Blaine an-nuutiiTil an-nuutiiTil liin inteiHioii lo rt;.id every one ol them to the house. There was ieat sensation in tho hall and llhuue wan several timea interrupted by applause. 11c said that when the resolution directing an investigation of llio $G-I,0u0 laid Iiim by the Union lJacitic railroad company lor tlio Fort Smith and Littlo Kock bondd was npencd he was assured that it was not aimed at him, but l!ie committee bad no sooner begun its investigation than it wiw app.trent that it wns ainutl at him solely, and nut at tiie railroad company. Tho object wa.i to break ; bun down personally, and not to as-ei'ilain as-ei'ilain anything tending to injure tin: i. Jroad company. The committee. commit-tee. e.aniiiiLd all iu witne.-sra and li otimony, and cleared him from tue slanders Unit nad been circulated lo bid detriment. The last week speul Ihto was ti tlrag iu tiie proee dings. The cu-np.iny dreided to go into an examination of tho Northern L'aei la-railway la-railway and Lo inviotigatc a little iraniaetiuu which occurred years ago, in Bob ton between himself and a Iricnd, which was no transaction at uli. Tho committee clai ncii pimvr ;o du so under the gciier.il reto.uti..u iiiblrucling them lo exam me into tiie construction of the road. To-day he was infonmd that the conunillev on the real estate pool had also starttd an invesligation aimed at him Wil;i out any notice to himself. It was a singular faet that the democratic members of the sub-comiui'teo appointed ap-pointed by l1 e chairman of ttte mil cuinmiltce, had both been in toe, rebel army and I hey full billcragainsl him on account of Ihe amnesty debate, de-bate, and had tried to get at his private correspondence, and a delegation camo here loaded with his letters to niako a sensation. In getting pos-teeaiun pos-teeaiun of his letters held by Mulligan, Mulli-gan, he did what be tell to be his ilmy. The democrats did no', daro lo bring the question of his right to hii letters into the house. J laving vindicated my rights, said Blaine, to those letters 1 now go further, fur-ther, and will road the letters to the house, and ab.de bv the judgment of ll.UXi.iX-O ot people. It is humiliating, humili-ating, however, lo be forced to produce pro-duce private letters, but it is better to do so than to Eubmit to private insinuations. in-sinuations. Heie are the letters, said he, holding up a package to view, and taking cut the first IcUlt from llio package, read it, then lol-lowmg lol-lowmg with the rest. At tiie conclusion conclu-sion of the reading of Ihe letters and of the memorandum made from them by Mulligan, Blaine appealed to the house to say whether any members' private correspondence would better bear search. He then said with reference to the $04,000 bond transaction tran-saction that the testimony of J. Caldwell Cald-well would make his vindication complete, and inquired of the chairman chair-man of the judiciary committee whether a telegram hud been sent to Caldwell. Knott replied that he had not yet ascertained Caldwell's address. Blaine then asked if Knott had not received a telegram from Caldwell last Thursday com pletely corroborating corrobora-ting Colonel Scott's testimony and exonerating hint (Blaine.) Knoll declined to reply at present. Blaine then asserted that such telegram was received by Knott and charged tiiat the latter had suppressed it. (Tremendous cheering and applause.) ap-plause.) Blaine then otTered a resolution reso-lution on which he demanded the previous question, making the same inquiries of the judiciary committee that he had made of Knott. Seventeen Catholic priests were ordained in St. Louis on Sunday by Bishop Regan, ten of whom were account of the Bismarck pressure. |