The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-04-24

Count NUflilwllp, manager llnuitipi
aud lif, Mnldi, lnpnl ENJOYS, lpfi i0f
baltimore this morning, aud VIII ~.
lOufn with Archbishop llnylpy illl That
pfolnte comes ~ Npw York t0 confer
The barrett on Cardinal McCloskey.
ClfAnLEsroN, q. g., April II, There
has been great damage ~ Sen Island
cotton and curly fruits by the late
frost.
The Jury In the Bowen libel suit
against Riordnn ~ Dawson, publish
ers of the News aud Courier, consists
Of ak whites aud six blacks. The pub
licatlOns are admitted 10y the defense
truth of the alleged libels are combat
ted ut every point by the prosecution.
New ORLEANS, April 2l.-'rhe fol-
lowing kilograms explain themselves:
NEW ORLEANS, April 20.
To Hon. William +. Frye, Lewiston, Maine:
The democrats have unseated four
republican members to-day. Telegraph
me whether, In your opinion, by the
agreement signed, the democrats were
to disturb any of the members of the
house except those mentioned in the
award To 80 OUT "
s. PACKARD.
LEWISTON, Me, April u.
To Hon, =. b. Packard, United States Mar
shnl, New orleans.
BY agreement and award the status
of the legislature was to remain rs we
left it. The democrats violate good
faith and their plishted honor in their
outrageous attempt to change 1t.
W. T.. FRYE.
The impeachment resolution against
Auditor Clinton passed the house by
seventy-three yeas to twenty-one nays.
The senate is IN executive session.
Governor kellogg to-day sent the
following message to both houses of
the general assembly:
al beg earnestly to impress upon the
members Of tie general assembly that
the term Tor which they have been
convened in extra session is rapidly
drawing to Il close aEd that thus far
not solitary measure of public ben-
eft have been adopted. 1 am inform
ed that bills for the relief of the city of
New Orleans, viii III are recommended
by committees representing the
commercial and business interests OF
the city and state, are before you for
action. | cannot too urgently remind
you OF the great Importance of giving
these measures your immediate and ia
vorable consideration. There is time
in the three days yet remaining of the
session to take such action as will tenn
porarily remedy many pressing evils,
leaving until your regular session the
devising of more comprehensive plans
of general relief.
Again l respectfully call your atten-
ton to the desirability of amending
the funding law so rs to give the mer
camille community representation
upon the funding board, so rs to en-
able any person to take steps to pre-
vent the funding of invalid Obliga-
tions. Permit me to say, that it is eX-
pected of you, under the circumstances
which have brought you together, that
the general interests of the state
and city shall receive the preference in
your proceedings over the advance
ment of party ends and that our finan-
cial condition renders it very undesira-
BILE that the term of this session should
be extended, nor can | with justice to
the taxpayers or the creditors of the
state. WIN. p. KELLOGG.
Joseph j. AcomcoiX, aged fifty, ma
tive of lberville parish, committed sui
eide to-day by blowing out his brains
with pistol.
In the senate at late hour-G p. NJ.
the joint resolution impeaching
Clinton and removing him from Office
was called up, but the senate adjourn
ed without action.
Governor Kellogg was on the floor
of the senate during the afternoon, as
is stated, in the interest of Clinton.
Auditor Clinton has addressed an ap-
peal to the house, in which he says the
charges of fraudulent dispositions of
public money have been freely made
by persons whose wishes have not
been acceded to, which | repel AS false
and slander0ls, every one of them. The
auditor then says: 81 respectfully re-
quest and urge that authority, by reso-
luton or otherwise, he given to the
president of the Cotton and .ierchants'
exchange to appoint an expert, known
to the commercial community TO be
competent, honest and impartial, thus
securing report satisfactory to the
public and just to me-" This appeal
had no effect on the house.
WASHINGTON, April 2l.--Thc exam
ination by Commissioner lngersoll into
the charges against Kinds of being
implicated in the recent mail letting
frauds, was resumed this afternoon.
The government counsel announced
they had no more witnesses i'll the
case. The counsel for the defense
wished to show that the accus ID pos
sessed an inspected character and rep
utatiOu unsoiled. The government
counsel replied that character was the
worst kind of evidence, because the
law presumed good character until the
contrary was shown. The defendant
could offer testimony only to explain
or divert from himself the cause of the
prosecution. After argument the COM
missioner said that proofof character in
mere preliminary examination OF
this case was sort of constructive
diversion of the law. 1t was not rele-
want to explain to his mind the facts
in the case, although it might properly
be brought before grand jury. The
counsel for the defense complained that
the United States held up their holy
hands and objected to evidence being
offered to show the purity of character
of the accused, and also to an examine
ton of the preliminary aifidavits on
which the charges were based. Coun-
sci wished to know what the offence
was distinctly charged against the de-
PENDANT. Counsel for the government
said they had presented the testimony
to the commissioner and left thewhole
matter to his discretion. They had
shown probable cause for holding the
defendant in the Rothrock, Floyd and
Channul cases. Counsel for. the de.
PENDANT agreed that there was no evil
dence to show that Kinds had offered
or given money or proffered money to
be offered or given to influence any
government officer in his legal per-
Torrance of his duty, therefore no Of
fence had been committed by the de-
PENDANT under the law, and he should
be discharged.
The commissioner said it was in
evidence that Kinds and Kettle were
copartners in the matter of procuring
mail routes that the acts of Kettle
met with the approval of Kinds, and
that they shared the burdens and
profits of the copartnership. Kettle,
from his own testimony, was an ac-
complete in the frauds and attempts to
brine officers of the postoflice depart
ment, but that testimony, uncorrob-
Grated, ought not to convict Kinds be-
fore grand jury. The commissioner
remarked that it was not his function
TO say that Kinds was guilty; he was
Only to inquire, was there probable
cause In law? The accessory before
and after the fact became principal
and so it was with Kinds. 1t was the