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C. TUB BBPDBLICAS HAS A LARGER ClBtftj. LAtZOS-TBAS AST OTHER XOBKISd PAPER IKTaS DISTRICT OFCOLUVBIA. TUtS AY As if Governor Baxter, of Arkansas, bad notbcen troubled enough, he is no afflicted by a paragraph in the ifew York Sun approving his course. He may make jip bis mind, however, that the affliction is temporary, as the Sun was never known to indorse an lionest man except by mistake.

Aa will be perceived by a correspondence published in another column, Mr. H. C. Ford, the business manager of Ford's Opera House, in this city, has been ten dered a complimentary benefit by many of the most respectable citizens of Washington. The compliment is both timely and deserved, and we trust that the public will Improve the opportunity offered to accord to Mr.

Ford a substantial acknowledgment of the esteem in which he is held by our citizens as a gentleman and manager. The benefit Is to take place on Tuesday evening next. Iw other columns will be found a sharp correspondence between Dr. Blake and Mr. Merrick, the paid counsel of the malcontents and obstructionists.

The citizens ol the District need no, information as to the character of Dr. Blake. Through a long life of usefulness he has won an enviable position, and, -as he says, his "character and reputation have not until now been assailed. His sensitiveness on the point is entirely justifiable, and the manner in which he calls the hired attorney of the malcontents to account will be approved by the majority of his fellow-citizens. Dr.

Blake's last letter is a protest against the whole conduct of 'the investigation upon the part of the opposision, and is a just and proper rebuke to Messrs. Merrick Co. From the very beginning they have pursued the most cowardly and infamous course that it was possible to devise consorted with spies and informers who have no regard whatever for the solemnity of -an oath. Instead of honestly endeavoring to get at the truth and apply a remedy where a remedy was needed, the counsel for the memorialists, aided by at least one member of the com mittee, Mr. Wilson, have been guilty of acts which would be sufficient to debar any lawyer before any court in the country.

CUBA ANDTHE NEW YORK WOULD. The New York World combines an attack upon Governor Shepherd, Boss Tweed, Senators Carpenter, Morton, aid Logan in a long article, charging that the present effort to obtain a recognition of the Cuban republic by Congress is in reality an effort to create a market price for Cuban bonds. This is the old cry with which previous efforts in the same direction have been partially defeated; but it is raised this time in vain. Judge Poland, in the House, as well as the Senators mentioned, enjoy, and are entitled to, the confidence of the country. Their indorsement of the present movement is sufficient to outweigh the scurrilous blackguardism of the World, especially when it is known that that journal is the well-paid organ of the Spanish Government in this country; that it is the journal which, of all others, worked the hardest to sesuro the release of the Spanish gunboats built in American ship-yards, and rejoiced when they were sent to Cuban waters to destroy the chances of Cuban independence.

The World is notoriously a "jobbing" journal ever ready to betray party and humanity, provided it is paid for it. We have indicated its employers now. MR. SAWYER AND THE SANBORN BUSINESS. We print this morning the statement of Assistant Secretary Sawyer regarding his official connection with tbs Sanborn contract business.

It throws some additional light on this much-talked-of and little understood question. It is prepared not so much by way of exculpation as by way of explanation, and the object sought is evidently to put the Ways and Means Committee on its guard regarding the blunder which it has threatened to make in reporting a resolution of censure. Mr. Sawyer claims, as we have heretofore claimed, that the only way In which the result of punish-ment can be reached. If punishment is deserved, is through the forms of impeachment.

He docs not hesitate to court investigation of his acts for the purpose of ascertaining his amenability to Impeachment, btit explains in a satisfactory manner how if was that he became connected with the affair, and shows where the responsibility for the alleged irregularities should lie. To the casual reader this explanation will be sufficient, but to one who studies It closely. recalling all the lacts in the 'case, it will amount to complete vindication. The truth is, that the Treasury Department has grown, in the ramifications of its widespread dimensions, to such an extent that riD one man, or two men, or half dozen of rten, can manage its details without relying to a great extent upon the integrity and discretion of subordinate officials. Mr.

Sawyer does not offer this as an excuse for any apparent or alleged delinquency In his official acts; bat it naturally suggests. itself as incidentally connected with the facts. It seems that the Ways and Means Committee, for some unknown reason, overlooked this and ignored it, while, tX th'e'feame time, they must admit that in tho' preparation of bills, in the preparation of reports, and In the general management of affairs intrusted to it, -bjunders have often bced made for which individual members hive not been held responsible, because tho public and Ihe press has been generous enough to admit, the possibility of clerical errors. After all, the entire subject is one which has been ventilated to no good purpose, and possibly with no unselfish intent. It was begun for the avowed object of amending or repealing, as the case might.

Juftify, law of Congress; but the' investigation did not progress far until other interests. Indirectly connected with the original purpose, asserted themselrei Thoughtful of its dignity as the leading committee of the House, its members allowed these interests to assume such prominence in the investigation and to occupy so much of their reportregarding thesubject, that Sanborn, lias been a political hero, a very.mar-tyr among his friends, and the public has forgotten that the law under which his contracts were made has been the subject, of examination, This. Is all wrongand ho one knows It to be wrong, better than the -niembe'rs of tho committee themselves. Nevertheless, they have partially commit- ted themanlvA tn thn nwieUtftn tn nm. sure, and they naturally feel dltlnclinedto -oacic out." The best thing tftey can qo, however.

Is to let the matter they have the boldness to do Mr. Sawyer full Justice and give him tho benefit of a ueciarauon mat he is in no way compromised. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. The recent report of the Housejxmmiteo regarding the Washington monument attracts widespread attention, and is tho subject of general discussion'by the press. The New York Tribune remarks that no good citizen can read it without mortification.

Referring to the history of the effort to erect it, the same Journal says: "Such a narrative of failure, indifferonco, neglect, and ingratitude may well make us doubt whether we are really a patriotic people." The Tribvnt further says: "After Washington's death a new scheme was devised, "Congress asking and Obtaining from the "widow or the illustrious patriot In 1709 "permission to deposit his remains beneath "a marble monument to be set up at the "capital. Thcro was -some further legisla. "lion respecting this design, but no appro priation was over made for it. The plan "of a voluntary association of citizens for "the collection of funds and the execution "of the work was adopted in 1833, Chief "Justice Marshall being its first president "and ex-President Madison its secoad. The "corner-stone of the obelisk which has so "long reared its unfinished head on the "banks of tho Potomac was laid July 4, "1843, and the work was continued with "tolerable regularity until 1834, when the "funds were exhausted after the expendi- "turo of $330,000.

Since that tlmo only 'four feet have been added to tho height, "of the monument (making its present ele- "vatlon one hundred and seventy-four "feet.) and the trifling contributions re vived are scarcely more than enough to "pay tho petty expenses (less than a thou "sand dollars a year) of taking care of the "property. The association holds a bal- "ance of about $15,900, in cash and sccuri "ties. New York has voted an approprhv "tion of $10,000, conditioned upon the collection of enough money to complete the "shaft. New Jersey has subscribed $3,000 "and Minnesota $3,000 on the same terms; "and California, by a vote of the Legislature, has resolved to give $1,000 a year "until tho monument Is finished, but the "treasurer of the society has not received "the money." When such a cynical and captious critic of public men and public affairs as the Tribune Indorses such a proposition as this, it Is safe to assert that the appropriation asked for may be made without Incurring the disapproval even of the most hide-bound economist But the Trlbunt is not alone in its approval of tho scheme. From every section of the country we receive similar reports, and the almost unanimous verdict of the people is that the monument should cither bo completed or torn down.

For twenty years the frightful obelisk has stood as a mark of shame to the country and as an evidence of the ingratitude of our people. This deplorable disgrace must be wiped out; and, as it would but add to our infamy to tear It down, the only remedy seems to ba to complete It Let Congress make the appropriation without delay, and without fear that any one will object to It on the ground of extravagance. THE REitO YAL OF OL U8S. Adolf Cluss was yesterday removed from his position as a member of the Board of Public Works, and Richard L. Hone nominated in his place.

The Judgment of the whole country will approve this action upon the part of the President. Mr. Cluss has rendered himself incapable of serving on the board. Having charged that work was falsely measured, and the General Government overcharged in the Improvements which have been made, there was no other way out of the difficulty into which he, by his blundering stupidity, his trench ery, malice and ignorance combined, has thrown the business of tho board, except by his removal and the appointment of bis sue cessor. Lieutenant Hoxie is an officer of the engineer corps, a gentleman of unblem ished reputation, and of a high order of ability, and tho public may rest assured that he will faithfully and honestly perform the duties to which be has been called.

The action of the board itself is entirely justifiable. Cluss had made it impossible for him to discharge his duties. For days and weeks, and almost months, he has been in collusion with the enemies of the board, playing tho policy of a spy and informer, even going so fir as to com mit perjury to serve his new-found friends and if possible make out a case against his former associates. The severe condemna tion of the Board Is the judgment of the city, and the resolutions adopted yesterday will meet the approval of even those who have used him for their own selfish and cowardly purposes. Disgraced, perjured and suborned, he has made his 'own infamous record of imbecility, treachery and falsehood.

It will stick to him. SOUTHERN OPINION. If tho Southern press be any Index to the temper of the Southern people, the mental and moral condition of that section must be truly pitiable. For Instance, a Montgomery, Democratic organ, in a recent number, said "A radical white man, "North, and there is not and never has beed "one single exception to the rule, which "in Itself is most remarkable, has been and "is either a dreaming optimist, an honest "idiot, or the most rascally knave and "traitor on A radical white man "South, except some carpet-bagger, no better, is simply a human monster, "parting with his patriotism and in the hope of ultimately reaching "personal degradation in office under tyrants North and the radical negroes "South." Of course, it is useless to argue with a man who can deliberately utter sentiments of this atrocious character. He Is an unreasoning, irresponsible being, whom it would be a charity to send to an insane asylum.

That this Montgomery editor is not alone in his wild hatred of Republicans South and North, it is only necessary to look Into the columns of Journals printed in Virginia, within a hundred miles of the National Capital. Commenting on the passage of the civil rights bill, one of them whose name, out of kindness, we withhold, writes? "One idea in regard to "this measure fsthat- the purpose of the in ft is toexcite disorder "and trouble -in- the South, to 'Justify renewed acts with the liberties of the rehabilitated "States, 'the employment of a large army, "and the imposition of Federal machinery in "the'process of the next national election." And again: "It would be better, of course, to "uproot the whole free-school system as have been its operations than "to suffer" the of mixed white 'and eolorod schools. But it will ba time "how-to consider these threatened evils "when bill which contains them is "brought nearer its passage." In other words, better total ignorance and Intellectual degradation for life rather than the ad mission pf the children or the poor blacks to eoual advantages with their white follow- citizens. Another lournalinthe sameStato' declares the-clvll rights bill "Is worseif "possible, than negro suffrage, and its eril "efleqts will be more 'keenly felt in all theTclvll relations of life "than all tho other wrongs that have been "perpetrated upon as combined. Our schools will be ruined, our colleges "will be.

seriously impaired, and disorder "and confusion between tho races will -ba 'otcasioried in other Important relations of The, last clause of the above sentence is extremely vague and needs expbv nation. A PROPER THING. The request of Governor Shepherd and his associates, yesterday transmitted to the President, that he request the Secretary of War to detail an engineer to remcasure the work done by the board, was a very proper thing to do, and 'one which ought to have been -done at the outset of the investigation. Tho action of the committee in selecting a civilian stranger, open to partisan approfeh, has only led to confusion; and has settled nothing. Mr.

Bllckensderfer, without meaning it, has only muddled what he has undertaken. Witness his report on the grading of Twelfth street, the improvement of which was completed two years ago, and all landmarks and surface indications now obliterated. Here he gives only some 21,000 yards of grading, when every schoolboy knows that more than this amount was taken out between street and New York avenue alone. Moreover, Mr, Bllckensderfer has not been fortunate in securing tho co-operation necessary to make full and accurate measurements. He occupies no legal status, and can establish nothing officially.

The National Homestead tor children of dead soldiers, at Gettysburg, which baa been In cx-J isteucc nine ycara, ubsikvu uuiu uviu nw, supported entirely by voluntary contributions and Sunday-school collections. It Is neither sectional nor denominational. Bishop Simpson of the M. E. Church is president of its board of managers and directors its vice presidents and directors are from almost every other branch of the Christian Church.

It has gathered Into Its shelter and culture orphans bf dead soldiers from seventeen States. The General Government Is, we believe, likely to come to its aid now. Its representative (Rev Mr. Atkinson) had a favorable hearing before the House Committee on Appropriations last week, and we are Clad to know that there Is every prospect that It will receive the support to which It Is so justly entitled from the General Government. TnEat seems to be a row In the Centcnnla management.

The Philadelphia Telegraph, which ought to know something about the matter, says: "There are Just three things necessary to render the Centennial International Exposition project a complete and brilliant success. First, the abandonment at once of the idea that Congress is going to contribute a dollar toward it; second, the dissolution of the present commission and the appointment of a managing body which will really represent the people who are going to foot the bills; and, third, the immediate and energetic prosecution of the work upon the buildings." Thb sexton of Trinity church, New York, is not only an exemplary Episcopalian, bat a shrewd business man. One of his perquisites is a charge of twenty-five cents for every person, except clergymen, who ascends to the steeple. A visitor the other day is said to have claimed the usual clerical exemption when the following colloquy took place. "Ton say you are a elergymani" "res." "What kind of a Clergyman!" "A Presbyterian." "Ohl I don't consider Presbyterian clergymen as belonging to the Church" and turned away in lordly disdain.

Sbxatob Patterson, ot South Carolina, has addretsed a letter to the Secretary of War, asking that the order issued last year placing Arlingtoi In charge of the Grand Army of the Republic on Decoration Day be rescinded, If in force, and if not in force that it be not renewed. The letter Is printed in our Department and Capital column. TBI Richmond Evening Heme is to be enlarged by its editor and proprietor, Past Grind Chancellor W. H. Wade.

81nce the removal of the State Journal back to Alexandria, the Nevi finds it must spread itself somewhaMn order to cover the entire field open to Its cultivation. Mr. Wade is well-bred, both as editor and printer. Industry, ebsrgy, and vigilance will secure success. POLITICAL NOTES.

Ex-Governor Seymour declines to be a candidate for the Governorship of New York. The Utlca Obierver, which first urged his nomlna tion, announces that within an hour after he saw his name thus used, he wrote to the Ob-tener office and exacted a nromlse that it be withdrawn peremptorily. He insists that he has done his share of public work and matt be left to the undisturbed enjoyment or private life. Judge Asahel Peck, of the Supreme Court of Vermont, seems to be a popular candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of that State. The Rutland Herald says of him: "He is not farmer enough to do him any good, nor lawyer enough to hurt him, although In both professions he stands ahead of all bis peers, and is the right man in all others for uovemor, unless we can Keep mm wnere lie will do more good to bis State and her people." A Sir.

John H. James Informs the people of sontn Carolina mat be is not at present a can- dldate for Congressional honors, but that the time will come when he shall wish to go to Congress for the reason that hs is convinced of the- right of the Southern people to claim "about 300 each for the slaves that were set free." He thinks the time ts coming when "our Northern and Western friends will see the Justice of this, as no doubt many do already." The proposal to abandon the Electoral College system for a plan to elect the President by a direct vote of the people meets the approval of the Hartford Timet. That Journal says the present system is one of tbs absurdities of the past era," and hopes to lee the "completion of oar national century celebrated bv a reform which kicks over the boom-derricks of onr political structure, and gives the working people a chance at the real work in hand." The inflation fever seems Jo be subsiding very rapidly in the West. The Indianapolis Sentinel, published at the capital of the State, which was at one time almost wild on the subject, gives this assurance of thejwonderful change In public "Of all who formerly talked Inflation, there are not a dozen prominent men who now confess to it. The journals which advocated it most loudly iare ceased, and many of them are taking ground for resumption." MISS FAITHFVLl OX AMSRICAS GIRLS.

Emily Falthfoll lends the following letter to the editor of ths Iniioa Specittar: "Darin- my recent visit to Vsistr collage 1 had a lone confer-istlon with tbs rasldsnt physician, Dr. Avery, and the profsssor of astronomy, Maria Mitchell, a woman whose reputation Is as crest In the New World as Mrs. Sonwrrllle's was In the Old. Both these ladles asiorrd me that the girls who stndled the hardest at Vaar wars the They triced the bad health of American women to Its true source the terrible severity and extremes of climate combined with the on wholesome habit or heating homes with furnaces to the oxoloslon of any proper ventilation and the wldeipread disinclination to physical eierelie of any description. iTintnrt to add that the delicacy complained of Is also da to the fearful rapidity with which our American cousins afply the rule of doing 'smartly whatever they have la.

hand to thatrtnaals and to their Intemperate'nst of load water throughost winter and summer, hopethil the excellent reply, which Dr. Clarij has drawn trom his countrywomen will be wldfjy read by those Interested la this Important sabJeoL' II bears the same relation: to hla extravagant attack rscn's dignified and praetlcsLanswer does, to Dr. somewhat one-sided assertions." no to jfxrjr jraiq; happy. Place a young girl under the cars of a kind-hearted and graetrol woman? and she, unconsciously to herself; grows into a grace's! lady. Place a boy in the establishment or a thorough; going, straightforward bnstoell mahaal He hoy peeomes a Self-reliant and practical bustaeis man.

Children are susceptible creatures, and circumstances, scenes and actions always impress them. As you Influence them, not by arbitrary rules, nor bystern example alone', but In a thousand other ways that speak' through beautiful forms, pretty pictures, so they will grow; Teach your children, then, to love the beautiful. If you are give them a corner la tbs garden fot4 flowers; allow them to haroifavbrlu trees; Jsaehlhtm to wander la the prettiest woodlets: show them where they can best view tho sunset; Muse thnslnthemornlng.sotby the stern "Tim tojroraVlmt wlthth enthusiasts "See the beaallful sunrise Buy for them pretty pictures, and encourage them to decorate their room In his or her childish way. dire them aa Inch and they will go a mile. Allow them the they will make you home pleasant and beautiful.

DISlllUCTJNVISTIGiriTION J. Continued Jrm techndfbg. The remit of like "preMat-esUma'tjhowi that le iwoTiou jUmter ateiirzelr under. the the pTOTlott jtlmates" t' aetnal amount-don; and as many of the Impi voiuai amount- meats are sew Wi tew either; Aniseed or gradually ap-eaipUlroo, I rtipeot fatly recommend, -r Congress making additional tp. proaenlng eon) In the arent.

el nroprlalloui for the hoard, that the entire be remauared after snob appropriations. work are ssaae, ana Dror nasi sauiacneni. Very rMiotfallytyoor obdreat nrvaa THtOOORI II. 8AHO, Assistant Engineer, Washington Aqueduct. General 0.

B. Colonet Bnsineere U. 8 A. Chief Engineer a Vie Waekinjto Aquednct. Did yon have reference there by "entire work" to mean thatwhlch you had already previously measured I A.

I did sir; and mean whatever entire means in the whole acceptation of the term. By Mr. Wilson Q. You were aware, were you, that the board was seeking to tret appropriations from tho present Congress for work that they had been doing since you made your last measurements I A. Tee, sir.

Q. You were aware of that A. I was. Why did you not proceed to, make accurate measurements of tho work that they had done to the end that Congress might know what it would be proper to appropriate! A. I think I answered that question, lfr.

Wilson, but I will state it aain. It was In November when Governor Shepherd requested General to detail his assistant engineer to measure) up tne wonc mat nau been ana I commepced to do that with the intention oi remeasuring all of the work. X. found that there was not going to be time by several months. I told General Babcock it would be Imposslblo ror mo to do it, and advised him to let me ge a copy of tbe'work that been done by the board since the final measurement and pat it into these estimates.

lie said, "I will do so with the understanding that in the event of Congress making; another appropriation I shall hare the right to remeasura the entire work." That is as near as I can remember the conversation. Q. But how was Congress to make an appropriation of this money to pay for this work, without knowing what the work would eostl A. They had vouchers of the boardU- Q. Exactly, but were you, as a Government officer, willing to have Congress makeappro-priatlons to pay tor this work upon mere statements of the engineer of the board as to what It would cost! A.

Certainty. Q. And take their statement as to tljoamount of work and the cost o( the work! A. Certainly, with this prorlso, that we should have the privilege of measuring It. Q.

Do you know of any authority anywhere, for General 'Babcock or yourself to make a measurement for the Board of Pnbllc Works with the view of procuring; from Congress an appropriation! A. I do not know of any authority. Q. Do you know of any authority that you had to make any measurement of this work, which was measured last summer, or to take anv action whatever with reference to III If there is anv anywhere I would like to know where it Is? A. My authority was General uaocoeK.

Q. Do yon know whether be had any or not! A. I not. By Mr. Stanton: Q.

Do you know of any law that It would violate! A. 1 do not. Mr. Wilson. I am not talking about laws it would violate.

Mr. Stanton. I asked the question, sir. By Mr. Christy: Q.

Tou said In your testimony as follows, page 2293. Mr. BUekensderfer told me that he would, he-fore submitting the results or his measurements and calculations to the committee, let me see them. I called unon him a number of times: the last time I told him I had called at the request of Ueaerel uaDoock. it was tne same uay mat iu uenerai eaueu.

Are Iwe to understand, you as Intimating or suggesting, by your testimony tnat i nave read, that Mr. Bllckensderfer did withhold in formation from you that you asked speclflcally or generally fori A. Not exactly that. I had called a number of times oa Mr. Bllckens- aener, ana naa not teen tne retail mu ne bad arrived at, or his calculations, and then I called the last time at General Babcock's re quest, and 1 think immediately after certainly wumn a very lew aays nis testimony wa in print.

Q. The ouestlon that I Intend to ask It this: Whether you requested of Bllcksenderfcr to submit any matter of calculation to you which he declined to submit! A. No; I certainly should not make such a request of Mr. iJiioKensaerrer. Q.

Tou therefore made no reauest which was denied by Mr. BUekensderfer! A. Not In regard to your particular question. I did not. Q.

Did you, in regard to any other matter, make a request that be declined to irrantl A. I asked Mr. Bllckensderfer, at the beginning of tola measurement, tnat oeiore suomming nis results if be would show them to me, and he then told me that he would. Q. That is In another part of your testimony; but after that time you mado no request of Mr.

Bllrkensderfer In any of these' calls that you made upon rum tnat ne rerusea to grant! a No. sir: I did not. Q. How often have you stated, iheyanswer tnat you navo just eiven to me or to tee covu mlttce that Mr. Bllckensderfer did not comply with your request! Havo you been asked that question a half dozen times, Colonel! A.

I do not tbinic i nave. Q. You say, also, to-day, in your testimony, that the reason why you desired to make re-measurements was that certain mistakes came to your knowledge. Would you be kind enough to lndlcato to us the mistakes to which you refer the mistakes which came. to your Knowledge Colore tbe beginning or tno Investigation A.

There was but one that was Kaijllns square, which I fortunately had tbe pleasure of correcting. Q. And that is the reason why you desired to take those precautions that you have indicated! A. I did. I supposed this: that if I had made a mistake in one piece I might possibly have made some others.

By Mr. (J. How long before the examination of Mr. Bllckensderfer did this Interview occur at -the Ebbltt house, when you called upon him at the instance of General Babcock) A. I could not fix the date except by the fact that it was the same day that General Babcock called; within the same hour, I think, Q.

It was within a day or two, was it not, of nit nrst examination berore tbe committee I A. A very short time after I saw the whole thing in print; and I certainly thought that I should have seen the calculations and "results generally before thy were given to the com: rnittee. Now, If these measurements concerning which you took the estimates of the engineer-ofOcers of the board, had related to the actual disbursement of money, would you have re-measured the work yourself I The Witness. Which remeaaurements do you mean) Mr. Stanton.

Tbe measurements which were mado as the basis of the application to Con gress lor an appropriation at tins session I A. Most undoubtedly. Q. As they did not concern tbe disbursement of money, and as too short a time Intervened. you were compelled to defer the making of re measurements i a.

i considered-them, sum- clently near for practical purposes to base an appropriation on. Q. Bat you would have mads a more careful remeasurement, if It had covered the actual disbursement of A. I would have re-measured everything I was asking an appro priation tor, i naa to aisoarte u. Q.

There seems to be some difference In the extent of the territory measured by yourself ana air. oncKensaerier relation to tne intersection of streets. Will you please explain fully what that la! A. I measured everything within tb building lines, and so stated to Mr. Bllckensderfer, when his assistant commenced making the measurement at the street circle, lunderstood from Mr.

Bllckcnsderfer's testimony that he was Q. And at intersections the building-line is extended! A. Tes, sir. And not the curb-line! A. The building-line.

Q. That is extended! A. Tes, sir. If one half of that Intersection Is made the basis of a charge against the Government, is there any reason why the other half should not be! A. Not that I know of; it certainly would not cover the ground that I measured.

Q. Tou considered that when you were including that tract between tho building lines you 'were making the proper measurement! A. Orteinly. By Mr. Wilson: Q.

Mr. Bllckensderfer measured it both ways, I believe the same way jou.dId, and then his way! A. He does not include, In all cases', the work that Imeasured; One tem, at Rawlins sfrnare, at the intersection or Eighteenth, and 'New, York avenue. 97 yards of wood pavement does not appear In his measurements. am'speakfng about this mods of measuring-intersections, ue naa measured it bothwayt; first your "way and then bit way! do not know -whether he has measured both ways.

If he measured my-wayhetwonld include, of course, the other way, -and It would be then simply a matter of deduction. q. Exactly. Has not he done that in every case, so 'as to present both his and your mode! A. His assistant, Mr.

Elmore, Included this wood pavement at Rawlins' square. j. I am not talking about'that: I am talking about Intersections. A. This It an Intersection.

Mr. Mattlngly. Just explain it. 'Mr. Bllckensderfer omitted any wood pavement? The Witness.

It it within the lines or Rsw-lfns' square. By Mr. Q. I think bisstttcmenf explains itself In regard to that; we will go away from that now to some other Intersection, Is It not the fact that ha has measured both your way and covering the same territory that you covered, and then measured it In addition to that in tho manner In which he thinks it ought to be measured! -A. With theatnzlo exception of P-treet circle, and that I mentioned at Raw-lint' square, I thtnkbowent over the same grounu.

Arttrect circio tno map mat ne had did not show tbs building lines as I had measured It on tho ground. Ou the contrary, Zm. the bunding Use of PJlsft in tome ta-stanutt, iaa uuUUs of-tacrgb line (nto tbe put ino-soi bow oat ww nx. oiiut- nadKrAreArrteted that himself on the ground I think he old, to a certain extents a minx, ne elated, howeverr that he did- not measure tbe entire curb lint to wbmX bad manured it. Stanton: Q.

On the last table I think that Mr.l31ickensderfer does not make that Tho corrected table submitted by him dn paget 2000 and 2001, it-teems to me be did not. When be first testified, he certainly did make that allowance, and explained it, bat afterward, is the revised result submitted at his second examination It was not given. I may ne mistaken, out i tninjc not. Mr. SUcKensderrer.

There are no revised vo mits with the single exception of Rawlins square. Mr. Stanton, fto Mr. Samo.1 0. At Rawlins square! Ami you have measured for 07 yards wood pavement, ana tnat uucxensaener ua- measured for none.

Is that pavement there! A. Tea, air. y. minis mo oauaing rroei a. xet, sir.

Bv Mr. Stewart: Q. On what point were you Invited by Mr. Bllckensderfer to go with him. Where did you eo with him, and where dU you not! I went with.

Mr. Bllckensderfer to r-strccL circle anaocoti square reservation at, New Hampshire avenuo and street, at Rawlins square, and to no other o. Uid you go with him to thoss places on his invitation! A. Yes," air. Q.

Did you know when he made the other inrreys! A. I did not. f. Br.ICKENSDBBriRjn., REOAK.ETr. Br Mr.

Wilson: Q. Tou beard the' statement made by Colonel Same is regard to the manner in which you measured P-street-, circle State whether or not you did make the' allowances to which ho has referred) A. I beard the statement of Colonel Samo; I am not quite certain that I understood hlmjibnt 'the fact In regard to P-strect circle it this: that on the a 1- Jolrllng' property tho bulldlng-llnes of a portion oi it occupy one positiop; mil ai certain omer portions, between other streets, ther occupy position more remote from tne circle; and if Colonel Samo meant that I probably only measured to the nearest building-line, whereas he went to where the bnildlng-Une actually was In Is mistaken, for I 'did the tame thing. I moved back when the butldlng-llne xoved back. My measurement moved along with it and included the whole of it, and the difference which It will be remembered I stated in my examination in the first instance the only difference that I recollect of that I made with atonal Samo in that respect was this, that in measuring the curbing I only measured to the buildlng-llne in each case, wherever It was; whereas ne, as I understood him to say, had measured back to the end.

of a certain granlto curb that was laid, which In some cases, went beyond the butldlng-llne. Br Mr. Wilson Q. When you testified In re-gard to P-street circle you stated, I believe, that you found moro sewer there than bad been measured by Colonel Samo. Am I correct about the place! A.

I do not recollect what I stated on the subject, but I think my taular statement shows moro sewer there than ho did, if I recollect aright. Q. Did you measure all the tewer that was there at the time you made the measurement! A. All that I could And. Q.

Have yon made any investigation since that time for the purpose of knowing whether any portion of that sewer had been put down slnco Colonel Samo made tbe measurement! A. I have made no additional investigation upon the subject. I stated in my examination at that ttrao that my recollection or impression was that I had asked the engineers in reference to that matter, and that they bad stated to me that thore had been additional sewerage laid. Mr. Mattlngly thought that I was mistaken on that subject.

I stated that I was not-sura In regard to it. for it was onlv an Impression. I think I have heard that repeated since, but I cannot ten oy wnom, tnat mere naa ueen additional sewer made or pat down since. Q. I have seen It stated In the testimony here, and you probably got it from that; but you measured all the sewer that was there at the time you measured! A.

All that I could find. Q. So that If there was additional sewer put down since he made bis measurement, that would account for the excess of yours over hit! A. I suppose so. I will state further that I had as a guide to my measurements a map which was furnished to me by the engineers of the Board of Public Workt.

which I had reauested that they should furnish, showing the position of the sewers In that vicinity. Q. One further question. What steps did you take for the purpose of reconciling your statements or your measurements with Colo nel samo't; wnat aid you oo; witnwnom did you confer! A. I conferred first with Colonel Samo.

I msy ssy this, that during the progress of making my measurements, and up to the time or the day on which I saw General Babcock, Colonel Samo and I were in the habit of constantly or frequently communicating with each other. He frequently called upon ms at tbe hotel, and I once went over to bis office. I did not find him there but left a note and he came promptly to see me, and in the course of inu interview, i am not sole to tay positively ail that passed, but my distinct recollection is that wben I arrived at results, I requested htm to cire mo his method of eettlnar at these same results for the purpose of comparison, stating mat my results were not as ms were, ana my Impression Is that before I communicated with General Babcock, although I cannot say when, man naa commumcatea to mm every result that I had arrived at, or certainly every one that he asked for. Then, after I had made my conclusions in regard to tbe first examination, I sought an interview with General Bab- cock. i wrote mm a note urst.

requesting an Interview. He being out of the city, did not receive that note, but as I heard nothing from blm I called upon him on Monday morning the 10th or May. He Said that he had just re- turned to the city and had opened my note not fire minutes before I called upon him and granted an Interview at once. lie stated that he would call at my room, and did so. Then the Interview took place that I described In my previous testimony.

I gave blm all the results, every Information that he asked for, and stated that he was probably In possession of tome information that might reconcile these things, or explain them, that I had not, and had no means of getting; and if so, i wouia ds giaa ne wouia luraua mem, as I did not want to make a statement until I gave him that opportunity; and then he took his notes, as I slated before, and, I presume, notes of everything. Not long after he left me Colonel Samo called upon me, as he states, at the request of General Babcock. I understood him to say that he had seen General Babcock. I did not understand blm to eay that he had called at hi request, but that he had seen General Babcock since he had. seen me, and then spoke of these discrepancies, and we referred to a paper that ha bad furnished me previously, snowing bis quantities on different parts of New.

Hampshire avenue- He said that certainly those quantities were there; that I was mistaken about that. I said, "No, I think not." I said, "i have been there." "Well," said he, "will you walk with me up to the avenue andseel'i. Says "Certainly, by all means." We went up, and walked over the avenue back and forth from P-street circle a part of the way down, and my recollection is that on the way down from P-street circle to Pennsylvania avenue I made the request. Said "Do you want to go over tbe whole avenue, or will you to back to my room!" I made that inquiry, aid he, "I do not care about gotmr over the whole of It." "Well," said "if you do not, I will take a car and go to my room," because 1 was a little lame. i had been toUering from rheumatism, and could not walk as well thea "No," says he, I think I will go my office," anatnereupon weseparaxea.

xrom inaiaay to this I think, Colonel Samo never called upon me again. Q. Did you have the papers in your hsnd when von. walked over thai, at enuel A. I can- UVk tnj ITJJIt HM1UW1 IIUUIM hUU fcUl.

uTV.A .1.1. tnat naa nis papers me paper wmen ne naa. furnished me showing the Quantities at the dmerent points, as ne naa made mem, wmen I had said that I could not find at those points. Q. Did you or not ask htm to find those quantities for you! A.

Certainly; we walked over the ground together. Q. Was he able to do it A. I explained that, I think, pretty fully in my previous testi mony, in certain places ne said tnat ne couia not: be thought he had made a mistake as to the position of the streets, and so on. Br Mr.

Stewart: Q. When you first started out you did ask him to go with you! A. No, sir: ne asked me. 6. How did he fcnow when -von were making the survey when you first started outotrP- street circle ana rtawnns' square now aia ne happen to ba with you then A I am not sure that I can tell that; he was there.

know this, that in my communication with tho stated in all cases when. I Intended to go to work at a measurement. Q. Tpu stated that to Mr. Class! A.

I cannot tay whether it was to Mr. Cluss always, or whether It was to Mr, Barney sometimes, of to Mr. Fomth, but I am satisfied of this My Impression now is, since you call attention to It, that Colonel Samo called upon me first and Introduced himself, or had himself introduced, and then I told him what I Intended to do, when I would go at It. O. In a turvev doe it do'anr harm to have everybody present) A.

Not by any means. I never nave a patriae or ooiecuon to it. Q. If two men measure from the tame point, 1 taking me tamo quantities, com are correct, both would bo exactly alike, would they not! A. I should suppose-so, of course.

u. 11 tne oat are tne same, ana me wore is correct, it will lead to the same result In mathe matics, I believe! A. Tes, sir; if the result correct. Q. I bellevo I left out none of the mathemat ical condition; but now if you fcet different points, if the work Is correct, the result must necessarily be different! A.

a am not sure that I understand your question. q. Well, that i telf-erldent. Now," would It not hara been much moro convenient to hare had present in order to-test tho accuracy of tho work before you make yourjneasurement is it cot very Important to see whether you are measuring the samilhteg ts order to test th accuracy of the work! Dor you not think it WouhTbaVe been more convenient to have bad the parties present A 1 don't think that the convenience would have been anv more or less. but I will say this, that all the parties were ooiinea wpenerer i went to woric at any oi these avenues.

Qi Was Mr. Samo notified) A. Tes, sir; the Information was conveyed to him. q. Notified when you were to go to work upon each of these places! A.

Tes, sir. Q. By whom-he denies that! A. I cannot help that, sir. Ut was conveyed either by myself or my assistant, and I think that he and I met, I was going to say, lots of times during the progress of almost every one of these things, and tho information was conveyed that I was than and there at work at that time on thoseplacea.

Q. Either byyourselforyour assistant, direct, the- Information 'was conveyed to Mr. Samo, that you were going to work upon these particular placet A. Tes, sir; sometimes he requested me to send him word through the engineers of the board or tome one of that kind; and I think, In tome cases, that that request was complied with without going any further, but I never for a moment felt that I had not used all needful "means to advise him and every one in connection with It that I was folng to work at such a place of work on that av. Q.

He sayt that he did not know when you was going to surrey New Hampshire avenue? A. Very well, sir; I cannot help that. Q. Who pointed dot the placet for you to survey! A. I stated in my previous examination that I haiTseiccted them myself.

(J. Did you" consult with anybody about 111 A. Not consul'cd. I do not think I consulted with any one, but I state, as I stated before, a great many suggestions were mads to me many persons coming to me, I cannot ssy who, and although I cannot say that they were all suggested to me, neither can I tay that any of thern were not suggested to me. Q.

Did you consult with Mr. Class as to what points to surrey! A. 1 do not think' ever did until I made Inquiry of blm for information, profiles, notes, and matters of that kind, of course I always consulted with him or asked blm for the facts. Q. These last measurements that you made, how did you happen to strike upon these particular streets, I want to know this.

Mr. Cluss swears that tho surveys that hs and his party made are absolutely correct. Now I want to-know whether the measurements that you made were bap-hazard and as liable to fall on them for the'purpose of testing their accuracy. I want to know how you got at these particular streets, and why you did not happen to measure more of Mr. Barney's work to tee whether that was correct or not! A.

I believe that almost every piece of earth-work that I measured my recollection cow is that every p'ece waa work that Mr. Barney had measured. y. And you round mess errors in Mr. Barney's work! A.

No, sir; Mr. Barney'a notes generally were correct, but It would seem 1 do cot know bat it would seem that the estimates and the vouchers for payments to the contractors were not based upon the re sults to be oblarnea irom Mr. Barney's measurements. By Mr. Stanton: q.

Who made the certifi cate) A. Sometimes one, and sometimes another; I have answered la my statement, On Twelfth street the certificate Q. I mean In cases where measurements were made by Mr. Barney, and his measurements were sot followed in settling with the contractor, whose engineer's certificate was appended to the vouchers In those cases! A. I have given them in mv testlmonr.

I cannot recollect; Sometimes Mr. Forsyth, sometimes Mr.Oertly, and sometimes Mr. Phillips, and sometimes Mr. Barney: in those that are not correct, I believe in tome cases Mr. Bamey himself made the certificates: I do cot recollect that.

I be lieve that I did cot measure a single piece of earm-work upon wmen aid not nave more or less notes of Mr. Barney's, and generally full notes, and the reason I selected this was because I did not I beg your pardon, I did not hare any on Second street, as I stated in my previous testimony but the reason was that I aid not like to undertake to measure and give definite results, unless I could find tome cotes upon which I could base them; therefore, I sought those notes, and preferred to select those works unon which I could get notes. By Mr. Stewart Q. My object In Inquiring it to see how far your surveys go to the testing ot me wnoie wort: or me city, a nese last tnat you mad, that you brought in, who made the surveyt and estimates upon which payments were made! A- Oa.Twelfth street 1 was furnished with complete notes by Mr.

Barney. I suppose be did not take them personally. Some of his assistants took them, but they were furnished to me by blm: but the estimate upon which the payment is mad to the contractor Is, if I recollect right, signed by Mr. Fortyth, and it doct not appear to havo bad, and in the making of ft there does not appear to have been, any refarenca had Q. Was there a final payment made by Mr.

Forsyth! A. I think so; I cannot answer that certainly. Q. Who certified to the final payment on Twolfth street! A. I think It was Mr.

For syth; that Is my recollection. I hsve a copy of me voucner in my room; i naven-t it cero. Q. I would like to aee that voucher! A. I received that copy on application to Mr.

Johnson. That was from to P. on Twelfth street. Mr. Barney has placed In my band notes of a wemn street, i ao not know mat tney are of any consequence particularly.

By Mr. 8tewart: Q. If Mr. Bamey made the surrey Mr. Fortyth certified to it, and final vouchers were certified to by Mr.

Forsvth. I want to know if that is tbe fact! A. that is my recollection, but I would rather refer to the paper. Mr. Stewart.

I will wait for that paper, Rv tfA Phifpm.n- ft VfT i.niamhi. I think Ir. Samo said yesterday that you only measured the sewer around three streets on Scott square, while he measured around the entire square. That he measured also a sewer on the west tide. Do you remember whether you measurea me sewer on toe west tiae i a.

I cannot state that without referring to my aetauea papers By Mr. Stewart: Q. I think he explained It before, that the sewer on' tho west side was an old sewer, and you did not mention that for that reason i A) tnat is my recollection. do not'remember maybe I did. Mr.

Stewart. That Is my recollection of your testimony. The Witness. I will Just say this: that I have my measurements In detail, in the most mlnuto manner from top to bottom, and they are open to anybody who wants to look at them, I don't care who. I cannot answer that question at the present moment, By Mr.

Mattlngly: Q. Tou reported a large discrepancy on Second street In the grading. Was any member of the engineer corps or the Board of Public Works with you Wben you measured that street! A. if 0, tir Q. I understood you to say the other day that Mr.

Henry 8. Davis was with you) A. He voucher you remembeiyl suppose, in tnat case cauea lor oecona street, irom. rnn- syirama avenue to a Daoeve it aia. Q.

Yon only measured, I understood you" to tay, from Indiana avenue' to A. I went over the whole, ttreet, and finding there was no excavation below Indiana arenue, of course i naa notning measure mere; measurea onir wnere mere was excavation Q. Did Mr. Henry S. Davis at that time tell you that Second street, trom Indiana avenue to Pennsylvania bad been an open abyss soma fifty or sixty feet.wlda.

and ten or fifteen feet deep) A. I have heard that, but I cannot say whether it was Da vb who told me at tjiat time or not. O. In vour ettlmale. men.

for crradlns-'' on Second etreetXrou Mowed nothing for filling oremoankment, a you can a. no, sir. Q. But merely for excavation! A. Tes, dr.

Q. Did vou cot knoW that the embankment there largely exceeded the amount of excava tion! a. i aia cot xnow; i mignt nave round It out If I examined It probably; but I will tell yon why I did not measure any fmhnirn1fr.j. it was mis Q. Tou have said that already) A.

No, I aooot -ice reason laid cot measure anything except the excavation there was, the contract specified that the', work should be measured In excavation only; and I found that In the voucher he was allowed for excavation and for hauling, and so I did not pay any attention to tbe embankment except to walk over It and satisfy mysell that there was no excavation there. Q. Did you make any inquiry before you put your statement as- to second street into ovt- dence ts td the cause of that apparent discrep ancy! A. aa not remember wcai particular inquiry I may have made; bnt I know this, that was" in communication' with tb engineers the engineer department hi regard to Second street, Just as well as is regard to fathers, end aaksd whether they had cotes on It, and stated that I could cot make the amount could cot make it so much by a great deal as wss in their Touchers, and 1 wanted to know what Information they had that they could -Clre me on the subject, and they said they had not any. Q.

Can you state to whom you applied relative to Second street to whom you spoke in connection with it! A. I am not sure that I can stale it posltlrely, but my impression is that I tooke to both Mr. Barney and Mr.L'lutr. I will say generally, as I ham said before, that mr formal tDDllcatlona were always made to what I considered the head of the establish ment, Mr. Class, and be referred me to persons, sometimes to one and sometimes to another, generally to Mr.

Barney. ft. ITnAprKtKnd ma. alp. lt1rfc.riAt mn tn say tjiatjou were not perfectly correct In con- rernng witn air.

uiuss, to isr as you: are con. cerned. Tou see the unfortunate predicament In -which, you bars placed us in that A. Welt, sir, I.went to the head of tbe hean. By Mr.

Christy: Q. White you were getting this Information were you Informed that the nil on seconu ttreet was made from dirt taken from Tiber-creek sewer I A. rinnnt think was. I did'sot even ask" in regard lo how em bankment were formed, because I found that- the measurements were to he made is excava tion only, and I addressed myself to that. uj Mr.

ounuin: lt. iintr nil MP. nanrra. Darl htDSen tn irmrnmnr wnrt fnp thnnf ri rr atM JWt VV V44W WftMaw a. iio uu my attention to tnat ttreet, among others, and desired that I look at it.

Q. Did you. notify Mr. Fortyth at thattirae that you Intended to go there In company with Mr. Hedry 8 Davis! A.

I do not think I. did notify Mr. Forsyth personally. I generally cwuiuercu wuen a went to tne neaa or tne engineer denartment and asked for Inform. tion, and told-them that I was going to look at a' thing, that they would take care of their tide of tbe question.

Q. What other streets did Mr. Henrv S. Davis call your attention to! A. I cannot re Q.

Can you remember whether any other of me measurement which you maaa were made on the suggestion of Mr. Henry except Second ttreet! A. No, sir; I think not- Bat I will ay fn regard to Mi. Davis accompanying me, that be seemed to have a desire" to know the amount Iron on that street; a great desire: and he wanted me to measure it with him, which I did. I hare paid no atten tion wit my testimony, oecause was not part of it.

I gave him that result. Then I asked htm In reference to the grading, and be" pointed it out to me. Bat, with all due deference to Sir. Davis, I found that I had to relv upon my own Judgment much more than I could rely upon hit, or anybody elee is regard to the quantities. Air.

Mattlngly. We do not doubt that, sir. Mr. Christy. Mr.

Chairman, vou will find in the charges that" we made that we have indicated to tbe committee) several ofthe matters that we wish to Inquire Into. For Instance. P-etreetcircIe, Sco-t square, Rawlins' square, and East Capitol street, for which measurements hare been made, and estimates made by Mr. BUekensderfer. The inquiry was sug- rstca wny ne naa maae certain measurements, am only explaining the fact that attention wat early called to our desire to bare these 1 measurements maae.

The Chairman. Perhap Iought to say in the beginning that the committee Instructed Mr. Blilkcnsderfer with reference to several of these streets, and to far as I know, they were taken rather at random. In the charges there are perhaps twelve or more street Indira ted. It was not thought worth while to measure ail of them, as that would take too much time.

tncreiore we indicated several streets; and afterward Mr. Bllckensderfer being here. I think the committee staled to him that he might take two or three other streets and look them over and select them for himself. By Mr. Stewart: Q.

This voucher Is signed by Mr. Forsyth as assistant engineer, and approved by Mr. Phillips, who was then engineer-in-chief. Now, you say, Mr. Barney made mis surrey! a.

ue ruroisnea mo tne notes. I cannot say that he made the survey. I hare understood that either he or one of his ai sist- ants did. Q. He did not furnish you the notes of the survey, be merely furnished you the notes of mo croes-secuonsi A.

coin. Q. Tho notes of the cross-sections and the note of the measurements of the work after it was done I want to ice howtbey did It) A. Permit me, then, to explain. They went over tho ground with an instrument, took tbe levels at different portion for the purpose of being able to plot, If you please, or for the purpose of ascertaining tbe actual elevation of tne sunace on ainorcm part oi me street an the way along.

Then the measurement is sometime made month before the calculation Is made, because the measurement constitutes the taking of thes- notes and the reduc-tlonof them. The calculation maybe made fire rears afterward, audit wont affect it any at all. Then these notes were in part plotted upon those cross-section papers and in part calculated. So far as they were here plotted and calculated, I took all tbe original cotes on to the ground, but these cross-sections, to save me the necessity of two comparisons, and I noted the heights as nearly as I could estimate to make up my mind as to their credibility and correctness. I made up my mind they were right.

Then I went to work to examine his calculations to see whether ha had reduced them right, and I made the amount the same thing, with trifling exceptions, I noted one or two slight errors. Then for a portion of the street that he did cot have plotted on these cross-section papers, he furnished me hers a copy of the notes, although I had the original notes with this. I took this, however, upon tbe ground, and compared this with the ground, and made up my mind it was credible, and then I reduced these mrself without dotting. Q. Then your measurement, if nothing was Included in the work besides what was origin ally measured or plotted, you weie absolutely correct: but suppose, now, that there been as Intersection, or a piece of ground that had been included in the work, as you hare found in several instances, then that would change the re sult, would It not! A.

If there was something that was outside of those notes it would. Q. Well, you have found several instances wnere mere was sometning outsiae oi me note, orw here that was the explanation; for instance A. I do not remember snch a case. q.

On Virginia avenue! A. Tes, sir; so far as tbe claims against tbe Government were concerned, but not with reference to the contractors. I do not remember any case of that kind with reference to the contractor; but 1 will Int sav that in this auantitv there is in cluded here a small amount, 744 yards, if I re collect angnt, mat is not inciuaea in incee notea for work at the Intersection of Massachu setts avenue that tbla man did outside of the notes as was explained to me; that Is, that statement was stated to me. I did not go to have them show me where these 744 yard were, how they were made up, OF arrytmug about It. The amount being so small I re- eetred their statement and nut that In.

q. Then you put something in betides what was in this original measurement! A. I did. Q. Do yod not think that the quickest way wouia nave Deen to nave naa orsyin mere to close the whole case and make It absolute, and ascertain if there was anything else outside, and then we would have had everything without calling witnesses to bare a further examination.

There is no doubt about your calculation, determining with certainty so far as you went, and probably it ts accurate throughout but then, if you bad called on Mr. Forsyth, vou would have known whether ba bad any further explanation, whether he had put anything else In besides that 700. yards! A. I sup pose It naa cauea oa Air. x-orsyin, ana ne had made an exnlanationof that kind, it would have made it unnecessary to examine me.

Perhaps it would, and perhaps not; I do not know about tnat. O. Tou cannot sav I I cannot say about that: but I certainly thought when I had com- municatea witn me engineers oi me ooaru, without knowing that Mr. Forsyth was concerned In that matter until after I was done, that they would send to me the man who was Interested fn the subject. I will Jut say one thing further, so far as I am concerned, reflecting, with all due deference to the committee and everybody else, that if I were expected, when called upon to make examinations of this kind, to hunt up every subordinate engineer that was Interested in the matter, I should beg leave to be excused.

Mr. Mattlngly. Mr. Clephane, who was a contractor on Twelfth street, desires to make an explanation of that, to show that he did not profit by the mistake. LEWIS CLEPKANK EICALLIf).

I simply desire to state, as a matter of fact. I do not know whether there is any error or not is that measurement. I with limply to state mat i gave that wont out to uieason to do, and paid him precisely what was paid me by tbe board. If therfl is any error, I do not know anything about It. That was Mr.

Albert Gleason. By Mr. Wilson: Q. Did you do the paving! A. Tes, sir.

Q. Tou got the contract for the grading and paving, and let out the grading to Mr. Glea-sott! A. Tes, elr. The grading wa given previously.

By Mr. Christy: Q. Do you know who composed the finance committee of the Freed-man's Bank is the tall of 1871! A. I was one of them. Q.

Was cot Henry D. Cooke another! eA. Tea, six Q. And William S. Huntington) A.

Tes, sir. The committee here adjourned to 3 p.m., and. upon reassembling, adjourned, without taking any additional testimony, until to-mor row morning, jiay so, 13 1. LETTER FROM NEW MEXICO. THAT BILL TO SETTLE PBITATE LAN CLAIMS.

To the Editor of tXe rational RemMtettnr Sta: Th bill for the settlement of private land Claims la New and Art xosa which passed th Senate, and I jwpeaJlng In th lions or EsprsseaUtlves, requires tome notice from within th Territory in whleh most of these claims lie New Mexico and I hope luj few word will be' a time to hare at least torn slight Bethpon th vote-on. th bill when It (hall com up for final action la thellout. I nave but a brief statement of all th pro visions of me'blil, and tfiey show that, called for and wholly unnecessary, it proposes alto to lmpos inevitably upon a very larg class. constituting an Important and powerful proportion of oar popIe, at once a heavy and. aaasual cost and xpns, and a long-continuing and very aanoyanc and.

trouble. It provide mat ach oitbs owners of land grants derived from th former government ts- the Territories named shall, la every lnstane (however unques tionably rood and valid, and bow ver pertect in ami tahttane tbe grant' holds his property unaer, present ni ciaun unuuu oonrw ana aenna it at lean tner uu Suprea Court or th Territory, atthtwUl and plmrar of the Attorney General, and also In th fSnprame Court of th.Unlted SlaUs. In other words, must bring rat agm United State to obtain tho very rights of property which era guaranteed to blm bytbtraty oriSM with auilco, (Artlcl Till and Ix of Treaty or Onadalupo Hidalgo, UVS. Statutes, vol.jx, rSSOwMdl specialty stipulates for tnprtec tion and security of prorata property without any. cost, chary or-xpua to th owner there jf, and he must bo contincally, for year; fighting the Oorernmest la th courts for bU propjrty.

It ts an tajosttevand hardship opes many a pi or ranchman, wb ancestor bar ror generation lire! and di In peaeff upon the land he cultivates now; an Injustice and hardship quit in oodtrast with tint Sanborn provision of the- bill, which cunningly provides thou ad of dollars la and authorises th District Attorney to appeal all eat dedded ia tb District Ooort adreneiy to th United States, and (at tb pleasure ofth Attorney General) all case from tb Territorial Supremo Court to tne unites States Supreme Court. Turoaihout (hi fight in to court tho United State fools the re Din or th District Attorney, and ia all th fight tb (oor nooaman oust foot th hill or bit lawyers, amounung to, perhaps, on halt ot thro fourth of th vain ot th land. Butthpropodlawliabsolatalyafals aad unnecessary. It I not needed by th GorerB-xasnt. to whleh It ueeutloa would necessarily rry costly, nor by the grant owners, to whom it would ruinously expensive.

Th existing law of SM Jly. 1SS4, MtablilUagr th xxncwof surveyor general of Ww fxieo, Kansas and Nebraska, (Statutes, yol. ID, p. 30S.) amply provides In tbe eighth section for alt the pending bill profanes to provide for, and th provisions of thailaw were xundd to Colorado la 1M1, (Statutes. toI.

12, p. 175J and to Artsona la 1543 and 157i and are all In tint la eaeb of the Tamtori, and thtlaterlor Department, through th General IooAoOeo, I ehargsd with th due execution ot tat Urt la th several Terrltorle named to' "conformity-with tb IawoX nation, th treaty crOaaa'alup Hidalgo and of and customs or Spain and Tdealeo, aod.th principles of the decisions of th "Supreme Court or th United Stat, th Department ha given." fall and adequate Instructions to the several surveyors general under that law for lb proper nd electlv adjudication of private land claims In accordance with thea. principles under that taw. The Surveyor General of New Meilco has boon acting under It Tor th last twenty years, and no oomplalnt ha yet bees heard from th Government, front tb claimant, or from th peopl. Sloet of th claim died ia hi office, we understand, he has acted upon, and In fact, on all those eases which bar vr beta called up for actios by th parties Interested.

And all this I don without toy xtra or airaftcessary expens or trouble either to the Government or to claimant, wharea the bill 1 bars thus briefly dlseusad necessitates and Imposes much extra and unnecessary expense and trouble and much "legal practice" procedure upon both tb Government nd th claimant. The pending bill embraces bnt on Just and proper provision that requiring all prtrat land claims to ba filed by th owners for Investigation within a specified time. There 1 cow no such legal requirement either concerning those In Colorado and Arliona, where ther are but very few, or those in New Mexico, where moat of them have already been filed. If Uongreaswlll but require all claims to be prodeesd and 'Vied within two years, it will do all that requisite in the matter. As UU Nnv Mkxioak.

Santa Fe, Mar IS, 1374. THE SUMNER MONUMENT. TIIE FIRST PLAN PROPOSED TfiTHB NATIONAL Th following plan for a monument la be erected in this city in honor of th lata Charlee Sumqer has been presented by an eminent artist to th executive committee of th Sumner National Monument Association. It Is stated that if tho plan accepted it can executed in either broni or marble ror th sum Th monument" Is to consist or on large eaatrai statu ot Charles Sumner, and four ltfe-tlzs statue representative or th colored race; the fir figure to bo made or best Italian marble and finest workmanship, (or broni If preferred,) and to bo mounted on a handsome granite pedeatal, which will bo further ornamented by four broni bas-reliefs. Tbe statues will a follow: Central Statue A statue, eight, Jast.

htgb, of Charles Sumner; on Its left will a pilaster, oa whleh will be seen, partly unrolled, th "civil rights bin." Tb Senator' right arm will be extended toward heaven, whli ther left, holding a parchment, wilt point to th statues at th baa or the monument. Th Senator It lattndad to express th grand Idea, that all men balsg qoal berore God, the colored dtlxen ofth United State Is therefor entitled to tb same" rights and privileges before th law a any other elllsea ot th lama country. This statu will stand oa a square shaft of granite ten feet high, with capital and bass of handsome deslgm this shaft will bo placed on the snmmllor four flights step, which rise six feet and meet In thctntre. The shaft will be furthermore ornameateoYlby having on each on of Its faces a bronze btH-rclief lliua-tratlv or the sabjoct. At th foot of-these four flight of steps will four round granite pilasters six feet high, or handsome design, and placed on at each corner of th four flights; oa these pilasters are to stand th fonr representative statues, as follow; each with ill nam In broni letters on th granite: 1.

Freedom A seml-nnd statu of a femal slave, to whom emancipation ha Just dawned and who casts from her wrist th broken shackles or servitude, while with race turned to neareoabe thank her Maker tor th freedom which at last comes to the rac she represents, and or which she la typically th mother. S. War Statue of a colored soldier In the uniform of tb United States army, holding bl musket, with baronet fixed, ready to repel the coming attack of hi country' foes: thus repro-sentlng th colored citizen sharlngwlth th whit citizen th peril of war In defence of bis country. ored citizen earning his bread by free labor and by tbe sweat or hit brow. DeoateStatue of a colored citizen as an rator and statesman, resting his left hand on the fasces.

at Bit left, and to wbich "her point with th farehment In his right hand; thua Impersonation colored man occupying tho highest publlo position, and sharing In th regulation and gor-naneat of pnbUa Interest In this country. A DESERTED TESTIMONIAL. COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TENDERED H. CLAY FORD. The following, conjponjnc will explain Itself: B.

Clay Ford, Acting ami Buelneee Xanager, Pord'e Opera Bourn, Sib; Appreciating th efforts pat forth by yourself daring th past sesion la catering so hand. somely to th amusement-loving people of th national capital, and being desirous of extending th right hand of fellowship In a substantial manner, we deoza It a duty and 11 esrtatnly affords at great pleasure to tender- a grand complimentary benefit at inch tun at yon, may designate. With the hop that the affair may he an entire ruecaas and gladden your heart, wo remain, very truly your. Signed by W. W.

Belknap, T. Sherman, Alex. R. Shepherd. S.6.

Cox, Richard Watlaob. J. M. Leach, O. P.

Snyder, J. B. Chaffee, G. L. Fort, L.

D. Shoemaker, Lyman Tremaln, A. Hodges, C. B. Curtis, Joseph H.

Sloss, O. C. Shoate, Samuel J. Randall, Wm. J.

Brian, Oha. A. Eldridge, Uetster Clymer, E. C. lagersoll, J.

C. Robinson, John B. Eden, R. R. Butler, 3.

Bufflnton, Eppa Huntoa, Charles St. John, A. J.M4DIU, O.D. Conger, Charles O'Neill, Sta-phenion Archer, N. P.

Chlpman, Jos. O. Andes-rled, J. P. Martin, ArthurShapherd, 21.

Trimble, F. A.Boswell,EdgarP. Berry. Robert P. Flem In Lemuel Bursley, O.J.

Brewer, Joseph G. Carroll, J. L. Venable. M.

Emmets Urell, Wm. Dickson, A. C. Richards, John F. Ennls, Wm.

M. Evans, A. Webster. S.Heakle,5IorjnL.Smltb, John W.Boteler, as. L.

Barbour, J. O. Payne, Alex. Gardner, 3. Goldstein Jt J.

Y. Darls' Sons, Lock wood, Hurty Jc. Taylor, Dyer St Davidson, Jefferson Rives, P. 31. Dubant, Peter F.

Bacon, John Goldis, Jcs. W.Nairn, Wm. M. Gall, Ceo. Alfred Towmend, WD.

Shaw, John Alexander. Geo. B. CorkhlU. Wlllett Rusff.

COau- tlar, Jojin A. W. Clarfba, John W. Weatherall, a-ntu a. auien, 0.

raraar, wm. 11. oemp. ey, Kervand It Towers, Latimer It Cleary, W. S.

Teet, Henry Semken, L. G. Hln, W. B. Williams, Goo.

F. Schaftr, Oeo. W. Cochran St Tho. Russell, O.

M. Alexander, J. M. Mason, W. MeKnlght, Donn Plait, N.

Burrtt, D. C. Forney, E. II. Hack, John J.

Johnson, F. Tenny Woodbury 8t Duren, Sam. Houston, G.M. Barton, F. A.

Aiken, Ja. F. Dooley, B. M. Cor-wine, Qulntoa Corwlne.

HE. TOSD'S KXTI.T. WASHiNOTdv, SttySl. ISTl. Iteetrt.

Beltnap, Sherman, Shepherd, IfaUaek, Cox, Leach and others: Uixruxzx: I beg to acknowledge the of your kind tender of a bneflt. I was but c-ond in command at tho opera-house during the past season, and If in contributing to your piea nr and tho success of th management, I merit this most pleasant recognition. It will a gratifying to my 'brother a It complimentary to my. self. In accordance to an unvarying custom and; In keeping with my gratitude and ambition, I most cordially accept your generous offer, "and nam Tuesday trenlng, Jon 3, at th time! Mr.

John MeCullough, th eminent trsgtdlan. who travel several hundred miles expressly to gtv hi rrtee for th occasion, a the star, and Lord Lytton's "Blehttltu" as th play. ItaayssdtitatMr.MeOullough will sup-ported by taay farorlt dramaUo artists, all of whom havellndly volunteered. With great respect, I bar Uwhocor to ramata, vry truly. Sax, H- Ctar Foan.

AST- i noticed rw dayt ago. at tfl Oapltol, a portrait or Han. Clinton IV Merrlamof JUw York, nd wr lmprtsd with It prlrly la ihaartutle treatment of light, and. artist term enter owrurd, xcilnojarly found to tb portrait th day, owing, doojet-tes. to a want of undentandlug er tppreoiatloa orshadowi oath part araRtef.

Wargldto not. of hlxbr art la portraiture and aocord, deserved credit to Mr.il erriAra for tho last and liberality to pproclte, and to. Mr. Thorp for, th courage to execute a ttudy ot fight and shad, well aaa strona-lUeneu, not heavy warm, luminous, transparent shad- 9 J..