The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-02

aud I washed badly, aud what has
been done toward making n crop, has
been thrown away. What the people
are to do, ODD only knows.
GEoRGE w. MECHANIC,
Editor Ouachita Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, April 20. The com
mittcc ON ways aid means to-day ex-
amlned Simon Herman, who testified
that he was general auctlonecr and
commission merchant In New York.
During his examination 10y Represent
tativc Beck, he said that In April, 1872,
he was indicted In the United States
court for alleged selling of liquors OH
which the tax had not been paid. Al
though perfectly innocent of the charge,
he paid several sums of money to have
the case dismissed. Hearing of the in
dictment, he went to the court and
gave bail.
A. Goodrich Fay soon come to him
and said he could have been dismissed
by the payment Of two thousand dol
lars, which money was to be divided
between Fay and Sanborn. He also
paid one thousand dollars to Judge
Davis, at that time district attorney.
He spoke to Judge Davis OH the sub
| ieet who said to the witness, syou had
better let the matter rest" He did
not tell Judge Davis he had given two
thousand dollars to other parties.
When he went out of Fay's office he
met DeKay, assistant district attorney,
who said. hJudge Benedict is on the
bench and the case has been dismissed
| H., La, ,x,;f nrlnra Mach.
| isngton.n The witness then gave the
check to Judge Davis.
The house went into the committee
of the whole, Mr.. Woodford in the
chair, on the legislative appropriation
bill. The amendment pending yester-
day appropriating one million dollars
to pay Judgments of the court of claims
was agreed to without discussion.
Mr.. Nesmith moved to strike out
from the paragraph relating to the de-
partment of Justice the item of one
hundred and forty dollars for the care
and Subsistence of horses, and six humid
red dollars for repairs to carriages and
harness. He spoke Of the attorney
generals sixteen hundred dollar Ian
daulet, and remarked that lawyers of
hist the attorney generals calibre in his
state rode on the outside Of fifty dol
lar mule Qaughter). There was q
Spanish proverb to the effect that II
you put a beggar on horseback he will
ride to the devil.
New YORK, April 25.--A Washing
ton dispatch gives the opinion Of Sir
Edward Thornton, filed on Wednes-
day last, in the case of Rafael Anguire
vs. the United States, OH the motion
heretofore made by the agent of the
United States to dismiss and reject this
claim, and the claim was accordingly
rejected. This was the test case of the
class known AZ the Indian depreciation
claims against the United States, the
aggregate of which amounted to some
thirty-one million dollars. Mexico as
serted the liability of the United States
mainly by reason of certain provisions
of the old treaty Of peace of 184S. The
United States, through their agent,
maintained that If any liability at
tached to them under that treaty on
this account, the liability was released
by the Gadsden treaty of 1853.
The commissioners having disagreed
upon the question raised by the motion
of tho agent, the United States referred
the matter to an umpire for his decis-
ion with the result above indicated. 1t
was upon this question that the COM
missioner on the part of Mexico, M.
Guisseman, caused the dead lock in the
business of the commission, and was
recalled, being succeeded by Moul
SeamocOlo. The interruption of bust
ness at one time threatened to render
null all the work of the commission,
SO the removal of this obstacle will
now facilitate the labors of the COM
missioners on the part of the United
States and Mexico.
| A Paris dispatch states that on Thurs
day Frank Riggs and William Payne,
Americans, went to the Belgian bor-
ders to fight duel, but the police in
terfered and the duelists returned to
their residences. Words spoken about
a Young lady is given out as the cause
of the meeting, but the real reason is
said to be all afffay between the fathers
of the young men fortnight ago in
the Washington club, Paris.
Frederick Schuhart & Sons have be-
gun suit i'm the supreme court against
t e Lake Erie and Louisville railway
company, to recover all Indebtedness
pf four hundred and thirty thousand
dollars and interest arisingupon unpaid
promissory notes.
Messrs. Arnold Wolff and Willard,
members of the council of foreign bond
holders of Franfort, have arrived with
u view of arranging the differences be-
tween the several classes of American
bonds now in default, and of arranging
with the companies for terms of ac-
commodation, or ia case of o resort to
legal proceedings, to protect the claims
of their bond holders.
HARRISBURG, April Ex-Governor
Hartranft has signed the revenue billy
imposing . new system of taxation
upon all the corporations of the state,
including a tax of three cents per ton
upon all coal companies, as also tax
upon dividends. slsj H.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.--Advices
have been received from Port-au-Prince
to the 18th instant. General Dominique
was expected hourly with troops from
the south, and trouble was feared. The
foreigners We're sending their valua- |
bles to the different consular resi- |
dences for safety, and Numbers of
them were leaving the island.
Boston, April 25, Mayor Cobb has
the mayor of New Orleans |
to draw for . second ten thousand doll
lar contribution. $3.50 raa gss |
CINcrNSArI, April q. THE boiler hi
Jessup's saw mill, near Richmond, In
diana, exploded yesterday, killing /
John Alexander and injuripg four
otlier employees.
LONDON, April 25.-There were two
railway accidents In England to-day,
resulting in the death and injury alto
gether of twenty persons. ase
SAVANNAH, Ga, April E.-The
Chattahoochie river has overfiowed its
entire length, and is doing considera-
BILE damage. ~ sGarEa LkeSyl
MONROE, La, April 27.-The water
Is still rising. People continue coming
from the rear as the water approaches.
The sidewalks and streets are the only
pastures for stock. The loss of cattle
and hogs by the overflow is very great. |.