Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-05

der from General Pope, the Board
report that it was manifestly q
physical imposslbility TO march
over that road that night; that
nothing woulttsbave been gained
by attem mpting It, and that 1t would
have been wiser had Gen. Porter
delayed the attempt still longer
than he did; that he had exercised
q very ordinary discretion of corps
commander, and that it was his
plain duty to exercise 1t; that one
of the witnesses concerning the
order had given manifest misstate-
ments, and another witness had
confessed to the Board that he had
deliberately made false statements
In regard to the route taken while
carrying the dispatch; and
as to still another witness
Oh the point, his testimony as to
the delivery of the dispatch was so
completely broken down that no
weight whatever was attached to
it. On the other hand, the testi.
mony as to the time of the deliv-
cry OF the 4:30 order of such officers
as General Skies, Colonels Locke
aud Montelth, and several other
witnesses, all go to prove that the
order was not delivered until about
sundown, and this testimony has
been confirmed by the production
of a dispatch from Porter to Nc
Dowell, dated at G o'clock P. NJ. of
the day in question, the terms of
which show that Porter could not
then have been in possession of the
4:30 order. AS soon as the $3.50
order was read, Porter ordered All
attack; but darkness came on, and
Porter ordered further preparations
to cease. The report, concluding
this part of the investigation, says:
"Wben darkness came on the rear
of McDowell's column of weary
troops was passing by the rear of
Porter's column, still several miles
from their destined station
on the field. The Union ar
my was not even yet ready
for battle. Porter's duty
during the afternoon of the Goth Of
August was too plain and simple to
admit of discussion, and the Board
are unable to find anything in it
subject to criticism, much less de-
serving of censure or condemna-
ton.
The report closes thus: "Evi-
dence of animus ceases to be mate
rial, in view of the evidence of his
soldierly and faithful conduct. But
1t is our duty to say that the indis.
Greet and unkind terms In which
General Porter expressed his dis
trust Of the capacity OF his superior
commander cannot be defended;
and to that indiscretioh was due, in
very great measure, the misinter-
probation of both his motives and
his conduct, and his subsequent
condemnation. Having thus CIV
EN- the reasons for our conclusions,
we have the honor to report, in &C.
cordance with the Presidents or
der, that, in our opinion, Justice re.
quires at his hands such action as
may be necessary to annul and set
aside the findings and sentence of
the court-martial in the case of
Major General Porter, and to re-
tstore him to the positions of which
that sentence deprived him--such
restoration to take effect from the
date of his dismissal from the SER
vice.n
Signed by J. NJ. Schofield, Alfred
H. Terry, Geo. w. Getty.
Clearing H0uss stsiistics
NEW YORK, April 4th.-To- IN or.
rows Public will have the follow.
ing on the state of trade:
Exchanges at twenty-five Clear.
ing Houses during the month oil
March amounted to $S2, ,399, 562, 300
and at twenty-One, outside Of this
city, to 1854, ,058, BIS. In comparison
with the returns for March, 1878
the inctease In all exchanges is
los per cent, and In exchanges al
all cities, excepting New York, in
crease Is 4S per cent. The Increase
at this city is due to the excess o.
transactions of the Stock Ex
change, and, in fact, the increase
in exchanges at New York, aftel
deduction for such transactions
shows an increase of 1876 per cent
Hence, the gain in the volume o
other business here has been con
siderably greater than the gain il
the aggregate at other cities. Th,
great decline in speculation at Sar
Francisco has considerable effect
however, as we'll as depression ir
trade at New Orleans. At most O
the cities exchanges indicate en-
couraging activity, and it is es
pscially cheering to see evidence o
improvement at Pittsburgh ant
Philadelphia, due in part to greatel
activity in the coal and iron trades
Business started in January will
smaller transactions, measured IL
values, than those of January, 1878
outside Of this city, but the shar,
impulse which was felt here at the
very opening OF the year, ha
steadily extended to other cities
and during the latter part of tn,
Iquarter there have been very gen
eral and important gains In tn,
volumes of business, measured IL
values. The increase in quantities
sold, in short, because much great
er than the decline in prices, ant
all signs point to steady and last
Ing improvement in trade ant
manufactures.
The Public omits its usual week
ly detailed table Of transactions.
| wholesale Robberies In Texas.
| GALVESTON, April "A specia
to the News from Fort Griffin says
On the night Of the 26th ultimo
nine disguised, well-armed men
took possession of Hamburg's store
Tepee Creek, near Staked Plain
covering the clerks aud others with
pistols until they robbed the store
Of all the money, arms and am mu.
milton in it. They then attacked q
camp party en- route to Leadville
| liking them bv surnrise. shootino