The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-18
WASHING
Resolutions Impeaching Judge Du-
rell Reported to the House. q
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
Restoration of the Franking Privi-
lege Proposed and Defeated.

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lege Proposed and Defeated.
The District of Columbia
aa Government.
uo leu. WASHINGTON, June II, 1874.
Judge Dufe11 Impeached by tho House
judiciary Committee-Rcs0lutiOn Pre-
sentea to tho H0usc-Opp0sing Innu.
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TO the great surprise OF the friends OF Judge
Durell in Washington, Mr.. Wilson, Of the House
judiciary Committee, to-day reported q resolution
that Judge Durell ought to be impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanOrs, the specific charges
being the manner in which matters In bankruptcy
have been disposed Of by Judge Durell, and sec
0nd. his midnight order which gave Kellogg and
his party possession OF the State House. The
charges OF drunkenness and fraudulent trans
actions do not enter into the CASE The report ac-
companyng the resolution substantially includes
Ill that has been published in the HERALD In con-
necsion with this matter. The conduct OF As
sgnee Norton, In making extortionate and out.
rageOusly exorbtant charges against bankrupts,
is exposed ana quotations from the testt-
mOny given TO show how Norton, with
Durell's sanction. conducted the business.
The intimacy OF Judge Durel with Norton, while
the press Of New Orleans was charging him with
corruption and misdemeanor, seems to the COM
Mittee as evidence OF high crimes and cannot be
ignored. In regard to the midnight order the
committee have fully gone over the testimony and
den0unce 1t as an act unparalleled In the history
of the Judiciary of the country and meriting i'm
peachment. The majority OF the committee
Messrs. Butler Wilson, White, Jewett, Eldridge
and Potter-signed the report. Messrs. Tremain,
Ward. Cessna ana Frye made minority report,
protesting against the impeachment, and Judge
Poland presented his individual opinion in the
form Of a protest against proceeding further,
although he voted IN favor Of the impeachment OF
Durell. Governor Kellogg. OF Louisiana, has ar
rived here and all the art OF Louisiana political
management is to be used to defeat any objection
able action on the resolution by the House this
session.
The Senate Finance Committees
Anne ndment to tho HOUSE Tariff Bill.
The House Tariff bill is amended by the Senate
Finance Committee IN the following particulars
The act is TO take erect on the LIST Of july 1874
The words '.in value" are inserted ii the silk
section 70 determine the dutiable rate OF silk
mixed goods. The duty on still wines is made
forty cents per gallon In casks and 81 60 per dozen
In cases. The two per cent allowance for break
age and leakage 10 stricken out. Hops are stricken
ont leaving the duty at the present rates. Chro-
mate and bi-chromate OF potassa. four cents per
pound, instead Of four and half cents, fixed by
the House. Macaroni and vermecelli, two cents
per pound instead OF three and i've tin plates,
tenth cent instead OF one-quarter cent per pound.
The provision permitting the return Of empty
grain bags free OF duty IS stricken out. Peas ex-
ciusively for seed purposes and quicksilver are
stricken from the free list. The Committee on
Finance propose to strike the section allowing
growers Of tobacco TO sell 500 worth year
directly to consumers without paying the tax;
also the section taxing one-twentierh of one per
cent on all sales OF coin, stocks, bonds bullion, &c.
Executive Approval OF the Termination
OF tho Treaty with Belgium.
The President has approved the joint resolution
providing for the termination Of the treaty be-
tween the United States and His Majesty the King
Of the Belgians, concluded at Washington July II.
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The Mexican Depredations ON the Texan
BOrder-NO Redress Yet Obtained for
915, OO0, 900 Destroyed.
Colonel Thomas B. R0bb appeared before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day and
made a statement that rancheros living on the
Texas border continue to be the victims OF Mex
teams, who depredate their stock to as great an
extent as heretofore, and sometimes even commit
murder. The descents being sudden, the ran
cheros, who are widely separated, have no ade-
Cuate defence and therefore call on the govern
ment to protect them. C0lonel Robb is familiar
with such depredations having been one Of the
commissioners appointed two years ago to ex-
anime witnesses and report upon the subject. The
report showed that the Texans had suffered to the
extent Of at least 0oo but no redress has as
yet been offered them. The committee were much
Interested in Colonel Robbs narration, and will at
their next meeting take the subject into con-
sideration.
International Arbitration Before Resort
to War.
Judge Orth, from the Committee on Foreign
Anatrs reported back the resolution offered In the
House few weeks since by Mr.. Boardman Smith,
requesting the President and Senate to incorpo-
rate In future treaties with foreign Powers pro.
vision that war shall not be declared by either OF
the contracting Powers until an effort shall have
been frst made to settle the alleged cause OF
0fence by arbitration, which was passed. II the
President and Senate shall heed this request of
the peoples representatives the happy result OF
such treaty provision can hardly be questioned.
Important Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate, in executive session, to-day con-
Armed the following nominations :-Rlchard l..
Hoxie, member Of the Board Of Public Works OF
the District OF Columbia, vice Adolph Cluss, re-
moved; James J. Cooper, OF Pennsylvania, Consul
1t Seville. together with all the nominations OF
Consuls and Consuls General sent to the Senate
yesterday, and the following :-Robert M. Rey-
nolds Minister Resident to Bolivia, and John l..
Cadwaladar, Of New York, Assistant Secretary OF
state
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
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