The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-28

Cotton Claims 10 the Amount of Near
~ Four Million Dollars Before the
Court Of CIniMs-Thc Railroad Coils
lon ON Tuesdny-Barl's Resignation
Aceepted.-RumOrs OrCabinet Changes
appointment OF Pay masters, Etc.
WASHINGTON, April 27,-The court
of claims will take up the cases of Ro-
bert G. johnson and Others for cotton
seized in Mississippi during the rebel
lion, to the value of nearly four mil
lion dollars. Most of the cotton em-
braced in these claims was captured
with the city of Nicksburg. Among
the claims Is one for large amount
preferred by Robert NJ. and Stephen A.
Douglass. The Douglas claim was re-
ferred to the court by congress for de-
cision. According to the law and
practice of that court in such cases and
proceedings, and upon the law in the
case of Mr.. Goforth, the assistant at
torney general holds that the reference
of that claim does not give the court
jurisdiction, the practice of the court
having been not to entertain jurisdic-
ton in cases not presented within two
years after the close of the rebellion.
These cotton cases will be continued
by the court from day to day until dis
posed of.
The president has declined to inter-
fere in the case of Hope II. Slater, re-
Gently convicted in this city of man
slaughter, in having killed Michael
Hussey at the Schultz festival two
years ago, and sentenced to four years
Imprisonment in the Albany peniten-
tiary. The application for his pardon
had been pending for several weeks,
Nine persons were seriously injured
and several others slightly by the acct
dent Yesterday. A careful inquiry
gives no southern names either Oh in-
coming or outgoing trains among the
injured, though some will be delayed
by the confusion of baggage. The en-
gines and tenders were demolished,
the baggage cars being piled on them.
The cabinet rumor market Is active
and unsettled. The stocks OF the va
rious would-be cabinet ministers have
fluctuated according to the credulity OF
takers or to the fervOr and fertility OF
he advocates of the goods offered,
The same report is applicable to those
gentlemen who, by these outside caol-
net-makers and cabinet-breakers, are
to be put out or allowed to remain as
advisers to the executive.
Every movement of the president Is
watched and his expressions and those
of the members of the cabinet are UNI
usually atten lively listened to and
weighed with suspicious interest in the
hope that something can be discovered
or some betrayal might be made in re-
gard to the much talked of changes in
the cabinet.
Secretary Belknap had an interview
with the president yesterday morn.
ing, and Postmaster General Jewell
walked with General Grant for about
two.hours, during whicbtthey are SAID
to have conversed very seriously ana
earnestly. These facts are regarded by
the gossips as signs of the truthfulness
of the statements that the two menu
bers mentioned will probably soon va
cate their places in the cabinet-that
they were engaged in conversation up
ON that subject, and so on.
Later reports give more favorable In
formation as to the effects of the recent
unreasonable frost upon the condition
oftobacco plants throughout Kentucky.
1t is now believed that no serious inlu-
ry was done.
Bard's resignation has been accepted
to take effect ON the first OF May,
which closes his quarter.
The president has appointed Lieuten-
ant Mombury and William MoquidieI
paymasters i'm the army. There are
technical steps to those gentlemen ex'
ercising their functions. which involve
ten thousand five hundred dollars
bonds and other penalties.
In contradiction of half dozen re-
ports that he had, it is now sure that
the president to-day signed Conly's
commission as postmaster at Atlanta.
John Lee is appointed postmaster al
Chester G. H., South Carolina.