The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-04
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FROM NEW YORK.
NEW York, April |.
Il IL special dispatch from Cairo says, Gen.
fisherman was spIendilly entertained BY
Iihetiive Shah. 4 brpaktast WIS given N his
Ehonor. Hesw,.s inyitesiEto !, review, and "a
special train was provided for himself and
| suite. The palace was rendered him for his
residence, but he declined it, He leaves on
Tuesday TOR Cons1antfnnple, where he will
be the guest of the Sultan.
The Herald prints information relative to
old frauds i'm the tobacco business, most OF
which were perpetrated at the time default
ng Go Hector Bailey was in1 office. and says
that the Government was robbed to the
amount Of S1e0, 600. 600 thereby.
The u. S.. Grand Jury, it is said, has been
investigating the allegations against about
seven hundred persons, and found indict-
rients against one hundred and seven, under
(which arrests will be made to-day or to-mor-
row. It seems that a great deal of the per-
iured testimony laid befores the Grand Jury
ii, that the accused Custom House officials
have been endeavoring to divert attention in
their cases aud have bills preferred against
the officials of Johnson's Administration.
behalf of the Custom House officials, have
been u. S. Commissioner Davenport and the
Clerk OF the district Attorney IS Office, named
De Kay, both OF whom were formerly mena-
bers of Buffers staff. District Attorney
Davis, however, has repudiated their conduct
and frustrated their rlans by ordering them
to be arraigned. The parties will be taken
before Commissioner White, instead Of Da-
yenport, who, by the programme, was to use
all his exertiens to save the parties.
4 1t is stated BY the World that Gen. Butler
has been intriguing. in behalf of the Adj
ministration, Co secure these indictments !;
that in his zeal for himself Butler took a
large retainer from the house of Mayler and
Co., in the cause against the Government.
This is the firm which is charged BY Agent.
Howe with large frauds; it is said also that all
found will have to be quashed on
account Of the political usts which were
made Of them BY the grand jury. The. accu-
salions against Courtney, District Attorney,
relating to the payment of $6, 900 in the. cases
OF the Bourbon County, KY, whiskey matters
are, that Courtney, when District Attorney
WAS ordered by the Department at Washing
to Collector Speed. of Louisville. on an old
account OF money paid and deposited by the
District Attorney. 1t ID the intention OF
Messrs. Courtney & Murray to prosecute
those who were instrumental in prosecuting
the groundless charges against the United
Professor Morse isreported by his ply
siciAls to be breathing heavily. and falling
fast. s=fsfj ss KS s.is
Iiisare is a large crowd in the U. s. District
Court to-day, in expectation of witnessing
the proceedings of the U. s. Grand Jury.
lew of those..who were indicted gave bail; as
said indictments are now ontlawe by the
statute of limitations.
NEw YORK. April 2. S
Professor Morse died this evening.
No steps have been taken towards the re-
sumption Of Mayor Hall, but as far as
known there is 10 intention OF abandoning
the prosecution.
a Paris dispatch says tina. during the trial
OF the publishers of the Figaro, yesterday.
Mcmahon stated that after the communities
ton between the two wings Of the grand
army was interrupted, the march towards
Sedan was. against his wishes. His desire
was to return to Paris. His testimony causes
great excitement. . ~. 80, - ssg
The il Elements found by the U. s. Grand
Jury for whisky and ether frauds, estimated
yesterday at about one hundred, are in reality
only fifteen or eighteen. These include the.
names Of several persons so indicted and
the parties will perhaps amount to
eighty III all. Among the number is Judge
Pratt, of Brooklyn, who held the Collector
shiRsof Internal Revenue in 1858, butJudge
Davis d the District Attorney think the
indictment against him is founded under n
total misapprehension Of facts. Tile indict-
mellts are principally on affidavits made in
1s67-s On this account and BY the lapse of
time, il is thought that many of them will be
qnashed. It is proposed OH the part of til
Government to make test case of that one
iii which the evidence Is the strongest, and
to be governed in the others by the results
therein. At any rate the trials cannot be
reached in a long time, inasinuch as there are,
at present 4, 0oO ulitried cases in the Federal
Courts-in this city. .ss s.t sts ..5s
The Connecticut election created little
excitement in this City last evening. a Dis.
patch from that State reports that probably
Jew HIS majority over both his opponents
will be two or three hundred, and 1000 over
Hubbard.
FROM CONNECTICUT. IS
HARTroRD, April J..
Voting is proceeding very quietly; the ex-