The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-02
Bell Severely Gained by a
SOutherner.
THE ASSAILANT IN JAIL,
Secretary Chandler and President
Grant on Bell.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, April !, 1874
PRESIDENT GRANTS ILLNESS.

take to-day for rest, refusing any and
naming lying position. He smoked cigar, chat
ting quietly and complaining only Of prostraton from
his Weakened condition. His physician administered
quininc n tonic.
Goncrai Sherman called during tho day, and spent
some time in social conversation with tho President,
as also General Rufus Ingalls, Acting Qunrtcrmaser
General who is one Of tho Presidents most intimate
friends. Tho trouble OF the Presidents head Is at
tribucd to a continuance of severe mental anxiety.
His physcian remains at the White House At night be-
cause Mrs. Grant feels moro composed in of
emergency and 10 prevent any sudden change obtain
Ing Roadway before no could be called.
BELKNAPs IMPEACHMENT.
Mr. Wheeler, OF New York. has intimatcd TO his
friends that he will decline election to be Of the
managers Of tho impeachment OF ex-Secretary Bel
KNAPP Should he persist his present intention It is
likely that Judge Lapham, of New York, will DO
selected In his place
GENERAL MEIGs WANTED.
General ingalls,. Acting Quartcrmastcr General, has
written motto to General Moies to know when he is
going take charge OF tho Quartermnster Generals
ONCE, and signfyng his desire that II might dur
ing the coming week. He has received reply as yet
but there authority for saying that General sher
will once, by direction Of tho President issue
some orders in tho promises.
MORMON PRosELYTIsM.
Delegate Cannon, Of Utah Territory, pronounccs as
nonsense tho story that a Mormon conspiracy IL In
volved in the movement TO procure the admission Of
New Mexico Tho Mormon priests have been very
jealous trying to get recruits and converts, both in
Mexico and New Mexico among tho Indians Of the two
places but without any ul,crior motive in the nature
OF polltical aggrandizement
A PROPOSED INQUIRY INTO THE RECORD OF MR..
BoUGHToN, CLERK OF THE MILITARY COM
MITTEE.
Quito a sensation created In the House Just
before adjournment by Mr. Robinson's resolution
ordering investigation into alleged corrupt practices
on the part OF the Military Committees clerk General
Horace Boughton, while internal revenue collector
In Texas Mr. Robinson Is republican from Indiana,
and as Boughton said to be only recent convert
democracy, and rewarded with this comfortable
cerkshp'by the committee, good deal or party feel
ing was manifested on the occasion General Banning,
the Chairman OF the nittec owas amazed At the
resolution when Il was read by the Clerk that
he asked TO have 1t read .ogain. He says
that tho charges against Boughton have long
ago been Investigated and dismissed by the
Department OF Justice, but the republicans dcsir-
Gus OF doing little investigation too, and the alleged
weak spot the Military Committee has offered them
an opportunity to begin. General Banning says that
while he absent in Ohio at tho last illness Of his
father law he received letter from gentleman in
Washington asking that General Boughton be ap-
pointed clerk Of hts committee. Banning replied that
he expected to bring good clerk, whom he knew,
from Ohio but death in hts family and other Affections
harried him that he had time TO arrange
with tho young man, and Mr.. Boughton
elected by the committee in his absence. Every
republican the committee voted for Boughton
and he supposed that they making satisfactory
appointment Mr.. Boushton highly
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parts OF the country General Banning further
said that he determined have tho fullest nvest
CATION of the matter In open session
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DYER ON THE CHARACTER
OF DETECTIVE BxLL-PAPxRs STOLEN BIZ
BELL IN THE AVERY CAsE-PARTIAL con-
rIRMATIoN OF THE DETECTIVES STORY
WHAT BABcocK's COUNSEL, sroRRs, KNOWS
ABOUT BELI-sEcRErARY CHANDLER AND
PRESIDENT GRANT ON THEIR RELATIONS WITH
THE DETECTIVE
The scro-comic drama which opened yesterday
with Detective Bells testimony continued TO- day
by the deposition Of District Attorney Dyer, who filled
in the details OF Bells extraordinary conduct St
Louis Bell a puzzle 10 most people, and their per-
plcxity likely be increased by the conflicting
counts OF the witnesses who speak OF him here and
elsewhere Tho following is . full transcript OF Mr..
Dyer's testimony
David p Dyer, District Attorney At ST. Louis, sworn
and examined by Mr.. CIymer-
O. DO you know one G. S. Dell, who testified here
yesterday A. have seen him.
@ Please state generally what you know OF him and
hts intercourse with you A. Tho nrst time that
ever met Mr. Bell was In my Office at St LOUIS In tho
latter part OF the fall OF 1875 think during about tho
time the trial OF William o. Avery; no came TO the
onicc aud upon one occasion exhibited to me
envelope with note the back Of It purporting DO
signed by William q. Avery; I understood Il to have
been addressed to Joseph NJ. Fnzroy; tho exact
words OF tho motto l do not recall but
Il u the effect that he deliver to Bell any
papers kilograms that he might have in his posses
sion; that Bell showed 10 me- then understood to
me that seeking 10 get testimony for tho
governments in these cases. In the course Of this
vcrsation Bell said that he would probably go Jeer
City 10 Joyce and II possible get from him the
Avery and Babcock; think that wrote pencil note
10 the Warden OF Tho PcniIcntiary asking him 10 let
Bell see Joyce in case he went there not mentioning
Bels name IN the note, but probably using the word
bearer; do think that BELL Jefferson city;
II ne did have no knowledge Of III he LETT 81 Louis
alter that time; he telegraphcd and wrote mo
twice and think
DESIRED EMPLOYMENT
In the government service to somewhere, do not
recall where; at any rate made no rccomu,c ndaton
did answer either OF the Dispatches or letters,
and he subsequently came to 81 LOUIS IN January or
about the time that he was 10 be tried met Bell ~
the house Of Mr. Eaton, who was employed a. special
counsci the nc ~. Louis, and there had q
conversation with him. in which hc told me that dur
ing the Avery trial about that time he had taken
from my Office package OF papers marked avery"
and had taken them 10 the LindeI Hotel
and there exhibited them 10 Avery and
Avcry's wife; / questioned him the lime
10 the character OF the papers that he said he had
taken with the view OF testing the truth Of bis state
mcnt me; he stated there certain letters from
a man named Woodward, that there pencil mem
orandun Of facts from BIuord Wilson, solicitor, as
20 testimony that could be had the Treasury De-
and urH fTxstx n.lI hn
Treasury the despatch from the Secretary, under
stood. Blu:ord Wilson, asking HIM To bring mo
tho Secretary these papers and dispatches
rccoccted having had my possession. aud when he
described them with this Particularly was satisfied
that ~ knew from source or