When it was proposed that the President should be asked to pardon Mr. Chapman, Senator Allen, of Nebraska, introduced a resolution that before the President should be applied to for pardon, Mr. Chapman must appear before the Senate, and purge himself of his contempt by answering the questions that he had refused to answer three years ago.

Mr. Chapman would probably have still persisted in his refusal, and got himself into fresh trouble; so it was perhaps a good thing for him that he did not personally apply for a pardon.

Mr. Havemeyer’s lawyers are busy over his case.  They intend to say in his defence that the questions asked him had nothing to do with the matter in hand, and that he also was right in refusing to answer them.

In the mean time Mr. Havemeyer is using his personal influence to persuade the Senators not to prosecute him and to let his case be withdrawn when the day appointed to try it comes round.

It is more than likely, however, that Mr. Havemeyer and Mr. Searles will both have to share Mr. Chapman’s fate, and pay the penalty of their contempt of the Senate.

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The log of the Mayflower is now safely in this country.

It was brought over by Mr. Bayard, the former Ambassador to England, who arrived here a day or two ago.

When the Bishop of London handed the manuscript to Mr. Bayard, he told him that an application had been made by Mr. Hay, the new Ambassador, for the log to be turned over to him, as Mr. Bayard was now no longer the Ambassador of the United States.

The persons who had the log in charge decided that Mr. Bayard was the proper person to carry the manuscript to Boston, as all arrangements had been made with him, and so Mr. Hay’s request was denied.

Before the manuscript was given to Mr. Bayard, a clerk read the conditions of the transfer of the “log.”  These, among other things, provided that certified copies should be furnished to any persons wishing to have them.

When Mr. Bayard arrived in this country, he was asked how the English had felt about the killing of the Arbitration Treaty.

He said that they were greatly disappointed, and that there was universal regret in England that it had been rejected.

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It would seem that we have too much money in New York.

Mr. Jordan, the Assistant Treasurer, has just been to Washington to see Secretary Gage on various important matters, and among other things to call attention to the condition of the vaults in the Sub-Treasury.

It has been known for some time that the walls of these vaults have been forced out of plumb by the immense weight of the sacks of silver dollars stacked against them.

When the time for counting the money came round, it was found that the walls were so insecure that there was danger of their giving way and crushing some of the clerks under the weight of the money-bags.