The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-07-12
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Hon they wsre obtainsd-- Rolnniary COstesl
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HOp they Dere .ObtdiHed-- Voluntary C0RfesstoA
BY Me parties.
1t has already been stated by telegraph,
Ithat the grand Jury in the U. S. District
Court. al New Orleans. on the 2lst. re.
turned bills Of indictment against Gen.
Lopez and fifieeh olbsts; for q violation
TT our neutrality law Of 1918, by setting
on foot an expedition against the Island
of Cuba. This. it appears. wrs only
brought about BY the parties themselves.
finally Gonfessihy to lhs &hUb inat,et.
a New Orleans letter Of the goth says:
-. L. OSullivan, summoned d as Gov
ernment wituess. refused. like several
Before him, to answer tertaiti buestlohs
proponnded by the Htand Jury. on the
plea that the answers would criminate
him. Judge McCa!eb decided that this
questions should be answered, and di.
recled that the witness should be seh, be-
fore the Grand Jury. 1t was thsn StaIed
by one Of Lopez's counsel, that il was
his (L's) desire that the witnesses shou,d
cnmply with the order oi the cOurt.
Mr.. Sigur accordingly Went to the Jury
rOum. where he stated he would state the
&hnle affair"
The Picayune confirms the cdhfGssidh;
and speaking OF the high character Of the
parties indicted. says:
at seems difficult to credit that these
men were engaged in deliberate villa
ton OF law Indeed We understand that
their defence is. that nbre of the acts
they have done are in violation of the
law under which these proceedings are
| had.
"What these acls are it is impossible
for US to know, as tho testimony before
| the g. and jury is taken under injunclions
Of secresy. and is therefore undivuIged.
The investigation in public before :he
U. s. commissioners. producing nothing.
That before the grand jury has beeil murs
successful. as is understand. because the
accused parties waived their former line
If uefchce; and courted trial. The lnf0r-
nation upon which the indictments are
found. is said To have been voluntarily
4 given by the parties implicated, with the
iulen, to make upa direct lssue. whether
they iiate violated any law, a.. ....,
\ I'VE should infer from this that they
have. or believe they have. talid de.
fence.
"ltis not probable that the cases wi.
be brought up for tria! bef''te neat winter
luthe meantime, W. sbPphse. the par.
ties will be at large on bail" ...es
/ The Crescent gives the full names
; aud titles Of the parties indicted. as fol.
lows:
John A. Qui,tiaa. (Governor of Mis-.
sisslppi,) Judge Colesworlh Pickney
Smith, (of the Circuit Court Of Mississip.
ply JOHN Henderson, (late Senator from
that State J. l.. U>ul!ivan, (iaie editor
Of tho Democratic Review. aud sou of d
fnrmer Minister TO Spain,) John F. Pick
EFT, (late Consul at Turks lsland.) Theo'
dors O'Hara, (Ia,e Major ir The United
States Army.)N j. Prince. Peter Smith
A. Gonzalez. Thomas Theodore Haw.
kins. W. H. Bell. MI. Bunce. l.. Slgur
Stale Senator,) Donation Augustin
Brigadier General and Commander OF
the Legion. aud General Na,cisco Lo
E pez, making in alI,sixteen persons. We
understand that an effort will be made tt
bring these cases to trial before the adj
iournment of the Court
Some ofthe New Orleans papers init
mate, however, that justice is ratheI
: blind down there. after all, aud want to
know why the district attorney. when he
is determinedly following up others
should make an exception i favor Of the
half dozen public officers who were
b0ndsmen for the return Of the arms be
longing to the State Of Louisiana. anc
which were used in this expedition"