The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-12
TELEGRAPHIC.
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
Investigations Continued--- Cor
ruption Everywhere.
A SPECK or WAR IN EUROPE.
WASHINGTON.


Jndpe Carter has issued writ of ha-
bnas corpus for iIallet kilbourne, re-
,nrnable forthwith, in the case OF Pat
Woods. held by the House, for assail-
ng Congressman Porter.
The late Rcverdy Johnson was once
consulted and his opinion was that the
House Of Representatives was court OF
oueb iudicatlire that % habcas CORPUS
could not reach il.
The Appropriations Committee has
concurred I'm the Senate amendments to
the silver bill as telcgraphed last night.
Int have added threo hundred thou
mndto the appropriations for printing
and engraving, which, il concllrred i'm
by the House, will carry it back to the
Senate.
Important Dcci~iOn -- Louisiana Icvce
company. s
WASHINGTON, April 11.-United States
Supreme Court. The Board Of Liquida-
lion of the State Of Louisiana ct ais
appellants, VS.. McComb. Appeal from
Die Circuit Court OF the United States
for the District Of Louisiana.
Justice Bradley delivered the opinion |
Of the court affirming tho decree OF the |
said Circuit Court SO far as it prohibits |
the funding of the debt due to the
louisiana Levee Company in the con
solidated bonds issued or to be issued, |
under the funding act Of January "a. |
1874. and reversing the said decree as to |
SO much thereof as prohibits the issue
Of any other bonds to the Louisiana
Leveo Company in liquidation OF its
debts The costs to be paid by the ap-
pelants.
Justice Field did not sit in this cause.
and took no part in the decision.
Appropriation Committee.
The Appropriation Committee agreed
b..
mcnts to the consular and diplomatic
bill, and ask for u conference.
No Southern nominations to-day
Preparing for Dom Pedro.
The Secretaries of State, War and
Navy will go to Now York to welcome
Dom Pedro
Investigating Avery.
Avery was before the viii sky fraud
committee today, and stated he has
concluded to tell all ne knows. The
Warden OF the Jail, who had him i'm Gus
tody, exposed him in the gallery OF the
House for half an hour. He is very
much broken in appearance.
A. q. Riddles Testimony.
A. G. Riddle, the only witness before
the safe burglary committee, testified
that the conversations he had with ex- I,
Attorney General Williams, with refer ,
ence to dismisSas Of suits against Har- |,
rington and Whitley, made the impress /,
sion on his mind that the suits were dis l
missed upon orders from the White I
House !,
l.. NJ. Gregory, post trader at Fort
Richardson, pays Gen. f.. w. Rice n
portion of the profits; had paid him y
$1,000. 4
The House of Gen. Reynolds. y
Gregory gave the history Of the pre-
sentation Of the house to Gen. Reynolds ;,
at San Antonio, Texas, by Adams and r
Wicks, contractors. The house was fur u
nished by subscription, great many "
citizens of San Antonio subscribing. =.
L. L. Wicks testified that he was a !. !.
contractor In Texas. Some fifty or sixty ~
citizens of Western Texas had given
Gen. Reynolds wife furnished house. !,
worth probably $4,000. Reynolds sold ~
II for $1,000. -
Habeas Corpus served. c'
The Marshal of the court made re- |"
turn that he had served writ of habeas =
corpus on John G. Thompson, Sergeant ~
alarms, as directed. Z"
The House Takes no Notice Of IL. :,
The House took no notice whatever of ii
Cantlers writ for Kilbourne. The writ II
Is made returnable for tomorrow at 10 le
o'clock The Sergeant-at-Arms will
take the order of the House before fl
delivering Kilbourne. as
compulsory ptIOtagc. D
The Committee OF Commerce of the
House agreed to report u bill that no
duty registered or enrolled vessels shall
be subject to compulsory pilotage by
virtue of the laws OF any State. i,
The KiIbournc Case Again. u
Tomorrow morning the Sergeant at q,
Arms Of the House will appear before 4
Judge Carlton and inform him he has "
addressed q note to Speaker Kerr, ~ ~
which will be read to the House, and he y, "
will be instructed how to act. I J,
Appropria tiOn Bill. ~ ~
The House reached the twenty sixth g,
page of the legislative appropriation a,
bill. a
The number of special Treasury O,
agents is limited to ten.
Nothing of public interest in discus
sion. =,
!, Private dispatches from Columbia, h +,
). G., say fourteen delegates who go to -
Cincinnati are for Morton. .+...
Avery.
Avery's evidence to-day was unim- .,
portant. He simply gave history Of "
his own troubles and duplicates no one. q,
Gen. ROughtOn speaks.
The Committee on Military Affairs
continued the investigation Of General u
pouSnt0n, VINO teStlHeu III MS own De- w
half. He supposed the charges against r,
him were made for blackmailing pur- W
poses. Gen. Bridgeland's clerk ap- of
kroaahed and proposed to drop all q, g.
Ploceedings against him and others in g,
dicted for $4,000. The clerk afterwards 90 q
reduced the figures to $1,000, and asRin ey
10 S5000- all rejected ~
Finding himself illegally indicted&nd :"
believing the same power that got him NT
indicted would continue to persecute 20
MN, he did agree to compromise to ~
AVOID persecution, which he was satis- in in
aed from the course pukDded, would re- Sc
suit IN his injury. 90 90
MOOr's Testimony. In
Mr.. Moor, of the Treasury Depart M
TTlent, testified that he was assessor in ba
Texas in 1870, when Gen. Boughton was n,
eSle Democratic candidate for Uni.ed da
gates Senate, and heard General
pfldgeland say that he thought
le could do the Republicans some &
good by putting forth these charges CT
sdSEalnst Boughton. Witness afterwards
iansco,yeredsome irregularities on Bridge
.ahd's part, and preferred charges ar
asainst him to the Treasury Depart IN
,aeht. Witness published q Republican ne
paperln Texas previous to his appoint no
~ adeht as Assessor, and would have been mn
10 glad a mako n0ipf |