The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-25
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an unusual crowd TO tho galleries Of thu
House.
The majority report gives the seat tc
Spencer
The vote by which the investigation
OF Bristow's connection with the re
lease OF the vessel Mary Merritt waF
transferred TO the Committee on Wayt
and Means. was reconsidered.
Ackerman was before the Committee
on Expenditures of tho Department o.
Justice. He acknowledged having giver
Davenport certain sums OF money from
the secret service funds. but when asked
whether he did SO by direction of the
President, asked FOR time to frame his
| answer, and the committee adjourned
| till tomorrow
| The Senate has up the bill to abolish
the Office of Supervisor of Internal
Revenue.
Bciknnp'. Replication.
Belknap. in his replication. makes q
general denial OF the points in tho case
SUPREME CoUnT.
waller ". sauyinet.. from Louisiana
WASHINGTON. April 2t.-In this case
which was an action to recover for 10.
fusing refreshments to the defendant in
error. on account Of color. the court TO
affirmed that article Of tho oonstitli-
| tion providing that in suits mt common
law. whore the valuo IN controversy
shall not exceed 500. tho right of trial
by jury shall he preserved relates only
10 trials i'm the Federal courts and SAYS
| that the States. SO far rs this amend
mont is concerned, are left to regulate
| trials in their own cours in their own
way. A trial by jury in suits in com
mon law pending In the State
10 hnV tt.tI
or immunity of national citizenship.
which the States are forbidden by the
| fourteenth amendment to abridge. A
state court cannot deprive u person OF
| his property without due process of law.
but this does not necessarily imply that
all trials in the State courts affecting
| the property OF persons must be by jury
! trial. Tho settled course Of judicial
proceedings meets this requirement.
Due process of law In the States is reg
ulatod by the law thereof. The State
court has decided in this case that the
trial without n jury was in accordance
with the law of the State. and the law
! is found not to conflict with the COnsti-
tuition of tho United States or any law
thereof. Decision affirmed, Clifford
and Field dissenting.
Treasury Department.
Inc foftIF'HIN VI Iiie IItHEuIN HHr
| directed the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell on Thursday next gold to bc
paid into the Treasury. on account oi
the bonds sold to nay tho awards of the
Alabama Claims Commission.
Proceedings In Congress.
WASHINGTON. April IA bill was
| ;,,i, No n1t ~
the time of holding court In the Fourth
judicial Circuit.
The bill fixing the Offices of Collectors
and Supervisors was resumed. the q,cs-
tion being on the amendment abolish
ing Supervisors and transferring their
powers to Special Agents. not to exceed
| twenty No action.
The silver tender bill resumed. Mr.
Jones spoke to adjournment.
HOUSE.
Bills introduced BY Mr.. Gibson Au-
| thorziug tho Louisiana and Texas
Railroad Company to relinquish certain
| lands in Louisiana.
BY Mr. Howard Permitting national
banks to Issue notes equal 10 u hundred
per cent of tho market value Of the
| bonds deposited TO secure circulation.
By Mr.. O'Brien To reorganize the
navy. 1t provides that there shall be on
| the active lst six rear admirals, eighteen
commodbres. fifty captains and seventy
| five commanders. aud that promotions
| in these grades shall cease until these
numbers shall be reached
Mr.. Faulkner, from the Committee on
| Foreign Affairs. reported u joint rosolu-
tion requesting the President To take
such steps as may tend to obtain the
early release of Edward O'Mragher Con
don from his Imprisonment in England.
Passed
Mr. Gibson. Of Louisiana offered q
resolution for the appointment OF o Sc
lpct COMMITTEES of nine to make u
thorough examination into tho conduct
aud management Of the New Orleans
Customhouse. and Of the Offices of United
States Marshal. District Attorney, Post
master, Assessor and Collector Of Inter
nal Revenue. and Of such other Federal
officers as they may discover to be i'm
plicated in wrong doing and violation
Of the law. with power to sit in Now Or
leans and during tho recess.
Mr. Gibson moved to suspend tho
rules aud pass the resolution yeas ttG.
nays N not two-thirds, and the resolu-
ton failed.
The House resumed tho District bust
ness.
hr Bialne, OF Maine, rising 70
personal explanation. proceeded to
make n general and specific de-
nial of the newspaper charges
and allegations connecting him
with the payment Of some $6i, 900 by
the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
He read letters from Sidney Dillon,
President, Thos A. Scott ex-Presidcnt,
and T.. II Rollins, Treasurer of the com
pany. and from Morton, Bliss q Co.
bankers. of New York. contradictory of
the various statements in relation to
him, and declared that every part of
the story was absolutely untrue, without
one particle OF foundation in fact, and
without little OF evidence to substan-
tiate it,