The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-10

or has been since, a storekeeper In the
Customhouse, he Is O. Republican to all
infants and purposes.
TO Mr.. Conger--Provided mar. en-
lows a good reputation, be can turn Re-
publican here at any time without losing
caste; but he must have good char
acter.
MICHAEL j. RUSSELL
is employed by this committee as assist
ant eerQeant-at-arms received a sub
ppna to be served on Col. JAS. +. Casey
1t his office In the Customhouse, calling
on him for the pay roll vouchers OF 1870,
1872 and 1874; went to his office at 10
o'clock o. m. 1 did not find him met his
deputy, r. +. Herwig; told him his
Col. Casey had not yet come down
called again at quarter to 3 this after
noon was told by Herwig that Casey
was sick and would not come to the
office; looked around the Office and saw
everything upside down-papers were
strewn all over the floor; witness then
left the original subpoena, keeping q
copy, and told Herwig that the commit
tee wanted the vouchers and not COl.
Casey Herwig read the order carefully,
and said II would take some time to
hunt them up.
A. !. BRIM
Ia an Inspector Of customs; knows col
nred man named John Brown cannot
sav whether IL il the same man az John
+. Hrowr !: he was formerly an employee
in the OnstOrn hDtlse. is now Metropoli-
tan policeman saw Brown In the COM
snift.,a'a antechamber this day and yes
terday had called to see Gen. Sheldon
on private business witness did not
AJAX. but Brown stated he did not know
why he was brought before the commit
tee: may have asked the question. how.
ever: never told Brown not to testify
before he (witness) returned from the
Custom house; made no appointment TO
morning: had some conversation with
him about his back pay promised, over
n wear ago. to look into the matter met
Brown this morning In the Surveyors
office. between 10 and IL o'clock; never
told him to say that no had to report to
his headquarters ior GUY; saw brown
again IN HerwIe onI; LIE nau ~ a az
p0lntment EnG IT, VIII III. "a hnnl ,,a u
wltnc7g na nt.iad this vrnrrir~ "a lkaa
Wvuiu " 10sIiOu Jig .r.,n.,r...5r nfaca
-, Wsu I'LL n1.....,,os - patrick HarSnan .
In tue presence OF IaIrck I nlAInan,'
when witness met Dr ry ~ neI"aS
once, MI. WiAlaH Munpny w"s n:eU
present. H M " con ass Ill T ILL.,,
broWn ~ HeTwis ov ao CIVIL
seated at aDie ma a"so w.. uon liz, oot ~
=. Unelv, puy u ..,..n OS IA NJ
DrOwn WIZ ou . uotoio III. a;a ~. Iii
spoak " I'LL ~ =. NJ stntion. d;d III &c
nun " ropVTt " mp ea.'ion, uIu 1 s. 20 =
Herwig casn cneck ID on GUY rom
q; IN. 70 z. ~. wnen no' "ssisn no" ~ q
snip, ana rom .. ~. ~ \. III. whem
on snip; wnen ne cAliou yJsIeIuay
WltHeSs couiu NY ~ ucn. I r =. !.
was aDOut ~ cloch, s"w Dly"n nus
once yesterday tnat was WIEN he cts ~
70 see Gen. onelaon Went ,s. D "a no, 70 one
CuStOmnouso' SHw NJ w z. a !, ~. Wy
o'clock came PACK % tne c2mmit.ee 9.
ABOUT q quarteI 10 tnree, Anu Asa1n saw
Brown SPOKE 70 no s a ~. nroma
Deihg mere saw mn n'sJ ehls 1 pua
~ .ne mn uv 1879. spIno ~ - 800 ~
o'clock in the morning.
saturdays session.
The committee met at half past ten
o'clock this morning and proceeded to
business.
cApr. HENRY ]. pRrSKrR
a,.r r.s;asa here: 4. = .t,.,,n,,oat
AGENT. remembers the Grant parish
trials was at that time captain OF the
Maria Louise, then running In Red
River. his boat brought down witnesses
for the trial; made transfer passage
with McMickle, who went up to sub
pmna witnesses; agreed to carry them
down and pay q commission of two dol
lars n head to McMickle, who was a
deputy marshal; brought about forty
odd witnesses; my clerk collected the
passage money at the marshal's office,
and Maid McMick1e his commission OF
anm som 400. carried other witnesses. but
had no Announcements about them with
the deputy marshal; passage was $12