The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-10
WASHINGTON INTELMCENCR.
AmeS' ReqOisltIOn for Troops Has Put
The Cabinet at Work.
The President Willing but the AttOr-
ney General ana Secretary of
War In BOubt About II.
The Leroy Treasury Larceny Case I'M
dergOlng Investigation.

WASHINGTON, September 0.-Prcsi.
dent Grant has sent II telegram to AID.
Jntant General Townsend directing
him to instruct the officer command
ing troops in Mississippi, to give Gov
ernor Ames such aid rs may be neces.
sary to maintain order and protect life
in that State, if the Instruction is too
formidable to be suppressed with the
means ut the Governors command.
Before sending such an order to the
commanding officer however, the
President directed the Adjutnnt Gene.
raj to consult with Attorney General
Pierrepont rs to the legality of such II
contemplated military proceeding aud
accordingly these gentlemen had II
consultation at noon to-day. The Pres
idents telegram will be deferred till it
Shall be decided whether proclama-
ton shall be issued addressed to the
insurgents, the President having re-.
GUrsted the Secretary of State and the
Attorney General to consider whether
s4eh a Proclamation is necessary The
Attorney General Is working arrange
menls by telegraph for a conference
with Secretary Fish, who is absent
1t is definitely known that no action
will be taken by The War Department
until after the issuance OF a procama-
lion and the reception OF information
tn regard to IL. requirements.
ine aYaiiabi" troops w Mississippi
are two companies Of tHr 9th infantry
nj Tpolyunp Ttf, aF tha en- of NJigIl.
burg, and five Of the 81 and four OF the
18th at Holly Springs, and four OF the
18Th at Baton Rouge.
Official kilograms will probably be
sent to Governor Ames to-day asking
whether it is not possible for him to
receive sufficient aid in preserving the
public peace by calling on the law
abiding citizens, so as to avoid the ne
cessity of resorting to Federal force to
suppress the Disturbances.
The preliminary hearing in the case
of VIM. A. Brown, In connection with
the Leroy treasury larceny, was con-
tinued to-day. The colored janitor at
the police headquarters testified that
on the night of the day of Ottoman's
ttiSnlI hllOuiuil BNNc nun ~ INV hN-
dressed to the German and American
Savings Bank, In substance, asking the
cashier to give the box TO the bearer.
Ottoman said to him, If you attend
to this it will be a big thing for you.
Get the box and tear of my name,
which is on the paper enclosing it, into
u thousand pieces, and will give you
five thousand dollars and u house and
lot. IT, you have friend in AleXan-
dria with whom you can leave the box,
bury it and mark the place"
1t appeared from further testimony
of the witness that he took Ottoman's
note, but instead Of doing rs requested
gave the note to the detectives and nc
Compnnied them to Alexandria, where
they obtained possession of the box
from Daniel and brought it to Wash
ington, where it was placed IN the
Treasury vault for safe keeping, az 70
special deposit. A book-keeper of
Riggs & Co.'s banking house testified
that Ottoman opened an account with
it on the 3D. of July, and that Otto
mans first deposit was five thousand
dollars, and soon afterward he deposit
ted nearly i've thousand dollars more.