New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-29
BY TELEGR AP H.
WASHINGTON.


An zen Letter from Senator Vest
Wasu1s.. TON. September %. Senate
West. Of Lo.' .''sisna. ia an open letter t.
Casey in New .. cans under date OF yes
terday, III relation - thc charges aaalns
him OF unnecessary a "sence from tina
State duriag the lats upr. ~als u the peo
! pie. says:
Governor Keilcg. regrets nv absence
Ec knows that visited the Nortd at n;
| written request. to lay before the President
| the condition OF affairs in Louisiana, AM: to
! solicit federal support from his government
whom its istegfity ehould be imperiled.
| II! be regrets my absence as an adviser or
counselor, 1t is an Indication to me that for
| the first time within my recollection. since
his Installation in 1872. he is ready to give
consideration 10 NY opinions as to his gen
cyal policy.
"If he wants ms political friends who are
absent to assume Sighting gacb. they might
prefer some other leader.
''Tac Kellogg administration is environed
with difficulties sufficient to dismay the
stcu:est heart. and it has Of la,e received
such q shock as to Ma Ike its most determined
supporters doubt whether it is cOmpeten:
TO exact obedience to its authority, even
with the assistance Of the parent govern.
ment."
Convaleseent.
Captain SoNners. executive officer OF the
Pensacola navy yard, is convalesceut tgom
yellow fever.
Personal.
The President :eturus Wednesday.
Vice President Wilson hopes LIS health
vii! enable him tO Uas. Carpenter q: the
next session.
Restored.
Joseph II. Bradley. who was .i:s5arced
from the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia during the trial of John II. Sur.
raft. in 1867. for alleged conteIpt of court.
and who was atterward charged with send.
ing threatenipg message to the Judge
holding the court, Judge Fisher. was to-day
restored to the list Of attorneys on motion
Of John II. Durant. In granting the motion
Chlet Justice Cartier said the cOur: had
been officially advised Of this motion and
had unanimously decided to grant it. They
considered whatever had passed had been
abundant!y atonel for. and he said they
ehould welcome Mr. Bradley as member
Of the bar with pleasure. The court room
was filed by members Of the bar who, with
the greatest unaDirnity. app2auded the re.
marks of the court. and gathered around
air. Bradley 10 congratulate him.
Explanation.
The Star publishes the following:
1.-The louisiana Mudj:c-GOvernor Kellogg
Explains the Captured Letters--TLe Fees
Paid to General Butler and Others Were
FOR Legal Services
"A special 20 tho New York Tines. from
New Orleans. says that Governor Kellogg
states most positively that while he had
certainly had many communications from
the gentlemen named in the correspondence
recent; published i'll this Star, We; he had
never received from General Butler or
Caleb Gushing any letter containing a re.
quest for money which was to be given IN
payment Tor any service other than per.
1ectlv iegitimate one.
1.-THE Governor states that in December,
ISL. all application was made to the Su.
preme Cour. Of the Ented States for a writ |
McLnery and Others. the object being to |
prevent further proceedings in the case |
then pending in the Ciycui. Court Of Louis. |
lana. |
1.-THE Governor wrote q. tina: time to Caleb !
Gushing. b. +. Butler and Matt Carpenter,
:etainlng them as legal advisers IN the case |
which was atteward fully argued and de. |
cided, tho writ of prohibit, III being refused. |
be again wrote to the gentle. |
men named. asking them for a statement of |
the amount to which he was indebted to |
I then! tor the services they had rendered. |
In reply he received the letters captured |
when the State House was taken.
''Mr. kelloggis most emphatic in the state. !
nlent that the fees paid to the gentlemen !
were for legal services only, and were no: |!
to. and did not in any way infin /
ence the action OF Congress in the Louisiana !
ease. The White League party claim that !
they.have in their possession letter which
is very damaging 70 Senator Morton. Dir. I
Kellogg denies this, and says that he neye.
received any communication from Morton
which in the yem0iest degree relates to |
money matters or connects him with any.
thinAe! y dishonorabie a nature