The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-17


Disabilities Have Been Removed by
the House.
WASHINGTON, February 16.-The
privileges and powers committee of
the House held no session to-day.
Rear Admiral Davis, in charge of
the observatory, is sick.
The president has signed the de-
ficiency bill, and the printers have
struck.
General Ruger will testify Monday
on the use of troops. General Sher-
man will also be called.
The public printers who had stopped
work held meeting and resolved to
resume work tomorrow.
Louisianiahs here suspect that We'll
don, who, it is alleged, attempted the
life of Packard, is Eliza Plnkston in
male attire.
Honore, the colored secretary of
State of Louisiana, arrived here yes
terday, with certain papers, under a
subpoena from the Senate committee
on privileges and elections 1t is sup
posed that they are the papers which
the House committee called for, and
for refusing which the returning board
are in duress.
Kellogg and Darrell represented to
the president that there was danger Of
blood-shed and trouble in New Or
leans, and urged him to put stop to
further discussion by recognizing the
Packard government. 1t is understood
that the president intimated that he
could not consent to reverse his deter
minaUion not to disturb the existing
status.
Major General Schofield, now In
charge of the military academy at
West Point, has written letter to
General Thomas Ewing for the pur-
pose of indicating the military order
issued by General Ewing, in 1868, de-
populating a part of the western bor-
der of Missouri. After defending the
order on account of its necessity and
humanity, General Schoheld says he
does not write to vindicate his own
conduct, or to shift responsibility, but
it was only justice to General Ewing,
who has been censured for issuing the
order, to say that the responsibility for
its execution belongs to President
Lincoln, to himself, and to General
Ewing, in proportion to their respec.
tive rank and authority.
Senator Kelly states in regard to hi
Endorsement of the cypher dispatch
sent by j. II. Patrick on the 30th OF
November to Colonel A. Il. PeltoD,
that he was totally unaware OF its con-
tanning proposition for the purchase
of Republican elector. He says Pat
rick came to him and stated that he
had prepared cypher telegram to the
secretary of the Democratic national
committee, asking the latter to place
ten thousand dollars to his credit for
the purpose of paying lawyers fees
and other necessary expenses con-
nected with the anticipated legislation
copcerniDg the issuance of the oertifi-
Gates TO the electors. Patrick requested
him to iDdorse this telegram, because
he kelly was known to the Demo
cratic national committee, and it was
desirable to secure prompt action.
Senator Kelly says he could not read
the cypher dispatch and accepted Pat
rick's statement rs to its meaning.
He Endorsed II without hesitation,
upon the foregoing assurances as to Its
contents.
The senator also states that subse-
uucntly, he earnestly endeavored to
get from the national committee,
money to pay the lawyers fees,and moi
being able to obtain 1t, raised So, zoe
on his own note for that purpose,
Three thousand dollars Of which ht
paid to Hill, Thomas and Durham
who had been retained. The remain
ing two hundred dollars he paid fol