, 1873-10-18

D14GAh OAaAVA
Sueefal Dispatch to TAt Chicago Tribune.
CHARGES AGAINST REcNEgAnY nIcIAnpsoN.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. T.-socrotary ntcl-
ardBon IL evidently very much exercised over tho
ohargoa tint havo boon mado about him to tho
President, accompanying which tho complains
ants, through counso mako known their will-
ingnesn anl supposed ability to naintain before
tho proper Court Of Impeachment. the allega-
tiona mado By thom. Tho circular Of
tho Treasury Department to Collectors
Of Customs upon which arc based the
allegations that tho Secretary bus boon guilty OF
high miadomoanoss In fulfilling tho final do
croos Of tho United States Courts, by snstr,e.-
ing Collectors Of CuBtoms to Disregard them,
was isauod Aug. 2 last and ia hero giyon In full.
aa fol1ows:
Tho Departnent has boon Informed that tho Judgoa
Eastern Distret Of pennsylsata and the Disrict ot
Maryland, have decided that cana-boats sso not
x to T. 95Gya a o sna
%rat b provided ill.,, Vtta sd.,,. e. !9snmsats s
md @ndor see. g. acs of reb IT, la5 upon eonns
out Of cann1 Into tho naytgnbo wacrs Of tho United
thsrsforo teen taken to tio United statea olrouit
Courts, Aecordpgly untila decsou ia rendered upon
Attorney for ,bel for recovery q aaia alien
docu1nenss iu question, with tho understanding TINT
eaaas S. ali o @ QUESTION yoyed lily as
| pogeA Of by tle courts.
Counsel for tho aggriered parties in tue. peti-.
| ton. which was laid before tho r1esldent, aud
which was discussed in tho Cabinet tnooting, set
forth. among other things, in tho case Of
| Kellogg va. Warmoth, tue Presidents accepting
| tho decision aud action Of tho District Judge ut
partmont Of tho Government was bound to
1ssp'ss; no Room a''tou to doubt that the Court
had exceeded its powora. Tho President
| considered that he had no authority to royioW,
baillo, Hot ABIDE, or suBpond tho docroes Of the
Court but that it waB }lfs duty to support them,
| oven at tho cost Of blood; aud directed Marshal
Packard to call upon Con. Emory tor troops, It
necessary, to enable him to execute the docrce OF
tic Court.
Tho petition also etatos TINT tho action Of the
Secretary cannot be explained by as alloga-
taken to tho Unitsd States Circuit Court.
An appeal was taken, it is true,
Tut it , ia also ,, tsas s'a c;rpa;t that oare the
almost yoar before tho nlaneato Of tho I'd OF
August was written, aud no appeal is pcndiug
anywhere in the case Of the class Of boats i,
question:, fact ct wh'eh H. tug seesosafy G eona ,
Treasury is, therefore, held to havo been guilty
OF willful oppression under color q tho !a's,
upon proof Of which lie sl,al, according to law,
, | ntEff1iHHGu
OF q migdomeanor; and shall. on conviction, DO
fined not loss 1an 81 900 nor moro thnn $4,000.
| and be imprisoned not laaa than six months nor
moro than three years. ,
Tho Secretary las called in and interrogated
hll Of his clerks WHO had any connection With
|, or knowledge OF the subject. The lnws and
! previous decisions bearing upon tho case hare
iii peen hunted up, aud q general stir, auoh aa
: has not been made for years, has been createdin
t that portion OF the department Wherein are
located the employees who can Or might aasist IN
explaining away the difficulty in Which the s. Sec,
i letter written by an Acting Secretary Of
O tho Treasury during his {Riclardso,'s) Absence
n from Washington, ue believes tho subject to
i In M haven't rcconYidaratipn and ho ia t1oto.
!. foro aotiyeIy at work with lis assistants pre-.
+ naring to recouaidor,
/. AN 9pu1y1srRAT1ov ORGAN on TIE ELECTION.
4 An editorial in tho evening administration Or.
o Rayo iuat returned from tho election in thoi,
+ state are inaivnant at the manner in which the
= comnn;rn has heen conducted, TLoy say tia,
'r Noyes and Hart, tho Candidates for aovoFno! {;
and & ran anaoe ae ~ kae1
owa anasara but of tGa sate and o
stS@p A.: tdsy might l. rsap a sasient % s.3ss g'es
o eeamt m oe the
fhSt stas and ~ ~ athar .s ;uI,
4 tic the eabornatoral rub oice BY promotion. This pro
gramma wea 60 a!stasssa, g fran, f' n sns
many epuoaSans t aayca @ay cy.rr rio o,t ro xii III
y tboefy seos to 30 ius!iaed by tle tsot that tn
heaviest fosBoa 10 the ticket wero III tho strong
esk Republican localltlos.'
j. THE DEATH OF COMMISSIONER LEanETTa get son.
| @ 1s6sa 6s,a ,ornr ~ tho ronort thot h;a no
~ no oi4uoieo ; aa,1, 1a,a honv Spzs3 bv h;a fa
;. i nlot 10, 10 n" .t - Gn,ai1 if,;vora;tv On iii
D. low.atudeilts at oorne QnatoIs'ts' aaati ~, n.
=. nmraly accidental. He will, however, 20 |
r fthsca to Investigate tic matter especially no
~ tint tho coronof's Jury bus rendered q verdi
or or tiation Ii i Az a member Of the hKappa Alpha q
ho cioty. the testimony showing TINT he was bin