The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-21


Our enquiries in this class OF cases are lin
; tied 10 such objections as n
late TO the authority Of th
circuit court TO render the judgmen
by which prisoner Is held. We have m
general power TO review the judgments o
the inferior courts of the United States, II
criminal cases-by the use OF writ OF habeai
corpus or otherwise our jurisdiction !!
limited to the single question of the power
OF the court to commit prisoner for an act
Of which he has been convicted. The COM
mitment in this case was lawful,
and the petitioner is consequently
remanded to the custody OF the
marshal for the northern district OF
New York. Justice Brady read q dissent
ing opinion, in which he took the ground
that congress had no constitutional power
to enact laws forbidding an employee of the
government to associate himself with 9TH
ers for the promotion of political
opinions which he entertained or to
make disposition of his private means as he
should think fit. Justice Bradley said he
didn't approve of enforced political assess
ments, but he thought congress in enactiDg
law to prevent such assessments deprived
the individual citizen of one of his rights,
and so doing had overstepped the limits OF
its constitutional authority.
PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 19.-The pension
committee of the house this morning agreed
pension bills pending, and will report the
same to the house.
THE ARMY BILL. 3"
The new legislation recommended in the
army appropriation bill, as reported to the
house by the appropriations committee, is
as follows: Under the head of "pay of
army. it,provides tor payment in addition
to pay in line oftwenty-five aides-de-camp,
instead of thirty-nine, recommended by es-
Inmates; also provides that on and after the
LIST Of July, 1888, the general OF the army nav
have aides camp selected from the field
officers of the line below the rank of colo
mel, who, while so serving, shall receive $50
per month additional. The helieutenant-gen
eral may have two aides.de-camp, officers of
the line below the rank Of lieutenant-colo-
mel, and who shall receive $45 per month
additional pay; the major general may have
two aidss-de.camp, captains or fi:st-lieu-
tenants ofthe line, who shall each receive $35
brigadier general may have one
aid.de.camp, first lieutenant of
of the line, who shall receive additional
pay; provided, however, that excepting the
senior aid-de-camp of the general COM
sent from his regiment on such duty for
longer period than three years. With re-
gard to officers mileage it has the following
provision: Section 1906 of the Re-
vised Statutes is hereby SO amended
so as to strike out the word fifty" and in.
sert the word "ten" for mileage of officers
for travelling shortest through routes; to
end from, and after the passage of this act
the mileage of officers shall be computed
over the shortest through routes between
the points named in the order, and the ne
cessity for such travel in the military SER
vice to be certified by the officer issuing or
der and stated in said order. Concerning
retirements from rank, it has the following
provisions: Provided, that nothing con-
tained in the act making appropriation for
the support OF the army for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1883, shall be so construed
as to prevent, limit or restrict retirements
from active service in TIE army. as author
lied by the law in force at the date of
the approval of the act, retirements
under the provisions Of the said act of June
80, 1880, being in addition to those hereto
fore authorized by law; and provided, fur
ther that officers OF the army shall only be
assigned to duty or command according to
their brevet rank when actually en-
aged in hostilities. Under the head
of "army transportation" the bill pro-
vides that for the better accomplishment
of the object of the act authorizing the con-
struction of railroads and to better secure
to the government the use and benefit of
the same, all acts authorizing the building
and construction of these railroads, which
have received, in addition to land grants,
government aid by loan or guarantee of
bends by the United States. and all
other acts, parts of acts and provis-
ions having relation thereto, are here
by so altered, amended and modified
that hereafter compensation paid or allowed
for carrying and transportation of property
or troops of the United States by such rail
road companies or their assignees or sue
cessors, shall not exceed so per cent of the
amount paid by private parties for the
same kind of service. Total amount of es-
Inmates for 1884 is SIS, GA, l43; total amount
OF appropriations for 1888, exclusive of
$500, ,6S5 for signal service and S2i9,-
in the war department, Gals 45i; amount
recommended in this bill for 1884, $2i ,6Sl,-
700; decrease under 1888, 81 ,733, ,754; decrease
under estimates, So 962, ,443.
REVERSED 1T.
Secretary Teller has reversed the decision
of the commissioner of the general land
office in the case Of William Robinson and
others against @. I. Magger, which involves
the question OF issue of a patent TO the
latter upon a mining claim known as the
st. Louis lode, at Helena, Montana, The
dismissed the adverse claim,
but the secretary holds, as the case is now
pending in the United States court, pro- |
ceedings in the land Office should be
stayed.
SHALL STAY.
The secretary Of war says, in regard to |
the employees OF his office, that the services |
Of none of them can be dispensed with |
The removal of any individuals and the ap- |
pointment of others In their stead is not re- |
quired for the better dispatch of business.
HIsCELLANY.
Tne finance committee Of the senate does
not expect TO be ready TO report the tariff |
bill before the middle Of next January.
The Painesville National Bank Of Ohio |
was authorized TO begin business with a
capital Of $4,000.
A change in the appraiser at New York
Is spoken Of.
Miscellaneous Foreign News.
oPPosED TO PAUPER IMhIGRATIos.
LONDON, Dec. 1s.-Parnell, in a speech at
Cork Yesterday said he would always op-