The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-19
TELEGRAPHIC.
,,s Southern and Atlantic Telegraph
Company.
norner Grar,er and CarOndelet streets.
JOHN b. LAFITTE. President
LELour. Manager. f.4
WASHINGTON.
Especial to tho N. 0. Democratl
..-tsn's sentence COmnuted for . Cen
w. alteration.

hiJ"hNUAVNs
Especial to tho N. O. Democratl
fan. sentence COmmutea for . Gem
sidcratiOn.
w.sHINGToN, March 18.-When New
.os brother was here he said he would
Irs one hundred thousand dollars to
s,ve Newton's 5 sentence commuted. 1t
I ,ssaid here this sum was paid to kel-
\ I,gc. and hence his clemency.
rhe Republican Senators In caucus
.,,o decided to vote against Randall's
.,oposed reduction Of the salaries OF
rorernment employees. .t'tE
Pardon.
worsh SAYS he will return II COM
.,ste pardon is given him, and Pierre
ront p has given him that assurance.
..r,ous Charges Against BristOw.
aor,ous charges have been made against
s.sr.tary Bristow. The names OF witness
- are given, who say they can prove his
ssnnaction with fraud upon the Gov
s,nment in contract for the purchase
xmules in Kentucky In 1865.
me Attack ON Bristow vile ea'u""y.
WARRINGTON, March 18.--The state
.ort telegraphed from here to a New
Worr naper relative to the mule claim,
Nv whIch Secretary Bristow acted as one
mitho counsel FOR the claimants, in view
w,sli the facts. easily attainable, Is GER
.ainlv one Of the most indefensible ef-
ss.ts .s aver made TO smirch an honest Of
s";al @ The case referred to was tried In
,ha lO,I' Court OF Claims and the result was
VIC .imost unanimous decision In favor
- the claimants. Judge Drake
sione dssented. There was never any
rand charged against the case. Even
IudQe Drake, in his dissenting opinion,
Soes not even hint such a thing. me
sruumepts in the case were very brlel
ssSoth sides. The documentary evil
lance in favor OF the justice OF the claim
Uas undoubtedly considered by the
oonnsel for claimants sufficient to sus-
,sn their case. The case was argued by
M Rristow at q time when he had no
Connection with the Government In any
csnscity. but was depending upon the
'nractice OF his profession alone Tor sup
port OF himself and family.
The statement that he received an
snormous fee in the case Is equally false,
vifh All the other statements made In
raserence to the case in the publication
reerred to. The fee was extremely
moderate as compared with the import
snce OF the case and the amount OF the
claim. The records in the case are
easily OF access, and there Is no excuse
FOR any one making the least mlsstate-
ment In relation thereto. ~
M.lIett KiIbOurnc to speaker Kerr.
WASHINGTON. March 18.-Neither the
House nor the Senate were IN session
.to-dAy.
The following demand was made on
Speaker Kerr yesterday:
IN THE COMMON JAIL OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia Washington. March IL. 1876.
To the Hon. Michael 9. Kerr. Speaker Oh ui'
House OF Representatives:
SrR-On the l4th inst. / was by virtue
OF your warrant as Speaker OF the House
Of Representatives, issued in pursuance
OF the resolution Of the House,, I'm,
prisonet in the common jail Q,
this District Of Columbia, where
have been since confined. The OF
.iepse with which / stand charged Is tna'
having been summoned as q witness
by the authority Of the House OF kep
resentatiyes refused to produce private
papers for examination, and to answer
certain questions relating to private al
fairs This offence the House Of kepre
sentatives has undertaken to ad!uulcssCt
and punish, and in pursuance OF us ac
ton am deprived Of my liberty. ~
advised by counsel that Sucn acIlon u
wholly yunwarranted by law, ana tnaC w
alleged offence, il committed, ls 70 "
tried and punished, not by the i;";o iiudo'
Of Representatives, but by the 'noic,a ,r
department. of the Government, IN pur
suance of the provisions OF sections lV
and lO4 or chapter OF the revised STAT
utes OF the United States. l am furtne
advised by counsel that by tn
synress terms OF section 104 \
b made your duty as Speaker, whel
mch an offense as that with which an
charged. is reported to the House q
certify the fact to the district attorne.
Of the district of Columbia that ne ma.
bring the matter before the Grand Jur.
for its action and that this duty, 80 de
yolyed on you, is an imperative ant
absolute duty, and devolves on yo!
and not upon the House, and IN the "a
ercise Of which, neither you nor Tn
House, has any discretion whateve!
I therefore, with the greatest respec'
alike for the House OF RepresentatlSe
the certificate required by the abov
section be given by you, 50 that l ma
enjoy the right to a speedy ana puDll
trial by an impartial jury, guarantees
by the constitution Of my country.
have the honor to be,
4ee Very respectfully,
lS,oned) HALLETT KILBOURN.
81 ta An Unknown vessel Wrecked.
The signal service observer at Barne
gat reports to the chief signal olflcer
follows: The sunken vessel IS apou
six miles from here and the sea an
wind are too high for lifeboats to boar
her. She has changed position sine
morning, and the captain OF the Ire say
hW station is not sure now Whetnel sn
iss steamer or ship. Will get partlcu
lars ,S soon as possible.
Dropped from the Rolls.
Rv 4; lection OF the President, Flrs
Uent q u. Howard, Fifth Artillery.
dropped from the rolls OF the army ~ 10
desertion. to date from March IL, 1875.
No chance for Illicit DistiIlers.
Nessrs Hill & Felton,. OF Georgia
have addressed a letter to the Preslden.
stating that there are over 300 men IN
prisoned in their districts for vio1atlo Ia :,
Of the Internal Revenue laws. ines ,5
men are poor and nearl
ali all have % families dependent upo
them for support. They hay
no money to nav lines. The season fo
corn planting and other farming ous
ness Is fast approaching. and unles
these men are restored to liberty ther
.r;II - c.:,. ~ n ~, IN q their fam