Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-07-13
hat il would bcinjurious to the par.


so longY
A. No, sir. In tho first place,
was desirous to bring on trial the
first year. l thought we could COM
pei the Government TO bring the
prisoner TO trial by q writ Of habeas
corpus. Finally ! thought tho time
for trial to any good purpose had
passed.
Q, Did you GO bail for Jefferson
Davis with . view to never having
him tried.
a. No. wished to have him tried
If tho Government should ever wish
to try him.
Q. understood you as saying
that you thought the timc for try.
ing him to any good purpose had
passed awayp .
A. That was my judgment.
@. Is that your opinion nowP
A. Yes, SO far rs | know the facts
Of his having anything to do with
tho assassination Of President Lin
coin, or poisoning or starving pris-
oners, / wish him to be tried for |
do not know any facts to justify eth
or charge.
@. You know of no facts of the
subject of this conversation with
the assassination of President Lin
coin?
A. No, sir, mono that would con-
meet him with it.
WASHINGTON, July 3,-Two moro
Senators arrived to-day, and Came
ron and Cottell will arrive to-mor-
row.
New ORLEANS, July 3.--Board Of
Health reports officially eight cases
and six deaths from yellow fcver
within tho last two weeks. Vessels
from infected Texas ports arc to be
quarantined. .au -ar &C.
Public offices, banks, insurance
and newspaper offices will be closed,
and business generally suspended
tomorrow.
Senator Sherman sailed in the
City of Paris. He denounces Stan
bury's opinion as an attempt to an
nul tho acts of Congress.
In the Senate, to-day, thirty-four
members answered to their names.
-Four bills explanatory Of recon
struction wore IN Introduced. One in
troducod by Wilson, provides that
all offices had under authority OF
rebel State governments be declared
vacant thirty days after passage of
act. Commanding Generals may
then fill them by continuance Of
those in office, or by appointing 9th
ers or he may order an election
Boards of registration shall have
power. to reject from registration
those suspected Of wishing to evade
requirements; to examine applicants
take testimony, and within twonty
days after the completion of regis
tration, may erase names wrongful
ly registered.
Frelinghuysen's bill, authorizes
commanders to SUSPEND or remove
State officers, fill vacancies, and va
lididates acts done heretofore in &C
cordance with above. ,a
Edmurd's bill is similar, except
that district commanders acts are
subject to the approval Of the Con-
eral of the armies.
Drake's bill consists Of twelve
sections. 4 t.
Sumner introduced some charac-
teristic bills, and after appointing a
committee to wait on the President,
adjourned until Friday r
In the House of Representatives
one hundred and twenty answered
to their names. ., -t, i.- 74. i.ir
The Speaker announced that tho
first business was to swear in the
new members. The Kentucky del
egation theRapproaohed the Speak
er's stand when Schenek arose to a
point of order. Had in his posses
sion a protest of Sam Makeo against
John Young Brown being admitted,
and an affidavit that he had assisted
in the rebellion. =, =, 80. ID, d
Eldridgc said he had made . sim
liar protest against Stokes when the
Speaker decided that the proceed
ings could not ,bo interrupted, and
hoped the same ruling would pre-
vail now. The Speaker said that
the gentleman must have misunder
stood the clerk who proceeded to
read the protest and affldavits.
Logan presented similar protest
against Trimble. -, STt'.' ..
Benjamin presented one against
Knodt. $50. asa sii 's lo. jiH5l.A.ia4
Mr.. Logan offered tho following :.
Whereas, there is good reason to be-
lieve that in the election recently
held in the State of Kentucky to the
4Oth Congress, legal and loyal vo-
ters in several Districts of the said
State, have been overawed and pre-
vented from a true expression of
their will and choice at the polls, by
those who have, sympathized with
or actually participated in the late
rebellion, and that such elections
were carried by. votes of such dis
loyal and returned rebels, and
Whereas, it is alleged that seve-
raj of the representatives elect from
that State are disloval,
Therefore, resolved, that the ere
dentials Of all the members elect
from the State Of Kentucky shall be
referred to the committee on eiec-
tons 10 report at as early q day as
practicable and that pending the re
port of said committee, none of sa.d
members shall be allowed to take
the oath Of Office and be admittedto
seats as such.
After a long debate, aud except
ing Adams of the 9Th District from
the action Of the resolution, it was
passed-thus killing eight Demo-
cratic votes.
a committee Of nine was appoint