The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-30


der of the supreme court of the District c
Columbia or any Justice thereof, and tha
the grand Jury did not find the indictmen
from their own knowledge, neither wer
Dorsey ct al bound over to answer.the aC
ton OF the grand jury. Jere Wilson, u
counsel for General Brady, then illed mo
ton to quash the indictment as TO hi
client, and after reading paper which wa
very long, set forth numerous reasons II
support thereof, including want OF jurisdic
ton and insufliciency in the averment.
Colonel Dudley, commissioners OF pen
sions, has written letter to the select com
; mittee on reform in civil service, regardlni
the additional pension clerks asked Tor by
him in order to settle the enormousnumbel
of pension claims now on file. he says j
the request for an increased pumber II
granted the CLERKS should be selected othel
things being nearly equal, from; sx- U ni0r
soldiers, their sons, widows and, daugh
ters; and other things. w being
equal or nearly so, renrbiicans
should be preferred, but they shotad be di
vided amonget states and territorfa Ill pro
vote of the country, taking into qRpsidera
ton the distribution OF th%e now
employed, and in his Judgment the re.
publican vote should be the basis mas
much as this is q republican ad-
ministration, allowing the democfatic vote
as basis whenever the penduhinf shall
swing the other way and the aGlnmlstra-
ton pass into democratic hands. 4 So.
Senator Jones received telegram to-day
from Governor McEnery and othsr citizens
of New Orleans, as follows: "TOuf dispatch
received announcing that orders ave been
issued for 40Q,0 900 rations, adfitirAal sup
plies for the sufferers by the oVefbM. We
desire in behalf of the people OF 1nnisana
to express their r.appreciation for the tener-
| Of
and cordial manner in which the honor
able secretary of war has respchded to
| the commissioners" Wa
| The house committee on comm9Eee heard
| further argument in opposition tvsle Rea-
| gan interstate commerce bill Ex-Governor
Brown, of Tennessee, represertng the
southwestern interests Of Gould, oontended
that the passage OF the Reagan bill would
be disatrous to the southweste 4, part of
the country, and absolutely destructive to
the revenues of railroads. The Reagan bill
is really bill to not regulate, bpt to con-
| troll the interstate commerce and to DIS
criminate as we'll lie reviewed tne disas-
trous effects in, numerous, ways Of
the enactment Of such a bill into q
law, among which he maintained
that it would entirely break up through
carriage He held that while congress may
have power to regulate interstate COM
merce, it has no right to attempt 10. regu-
late, much less control, common carriers.
The secretary of the navy announces the
death of Rear Admirals Spots and Scott,
and directs the usual tributes of respect to
be paid the memory of the deceased officers
Judge Advocate General Swain has
nearly completed his report on the case
of Sergeant Mason, and will submit it to
the secretary of war for action Monday. 1t
is generally understood that General Swain
recommends the mitigation Of the sentence
of the court martial.
There seems some authority for the state
ment made this evening that the position
of secretary of the navy was definitely ten
dered by the President to Mr.. W. III. Chan
dler a few days since and the latter signified
acceptance.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The house sub
committee of the elections committee
agreed today to report on Thursday in
favor OF seating Mackey in place of Dibble.
The full committee on elections to-day
voted unanimously in the case of Stall
brand VS.. Aiken in favor OF the latter, and
granted Stalbrand the privilege of with
drawing his papers.
The house military committee to-day
agreed to report favorably Richardson's
bill authorizing the settlement of the ac-
count for arms between the state of South
Carolina and the United States govern
| ment.
The report from the state department in
answer to call from the house for the
correspondence between that dsnartmeht
and Blaine and TrestoIt, ana fofiiitorma.
| ton whether any protocol has been
signed by Trescott or any other represen-
tative of the United States, setting forth
| the terms for ending the war in South
America. etc., sets forth that up to the
present time the department of state has
received no information, either from Tres
colt or diplomatic representatives of the
| -. hat
protocol of the character described by the
resolution has been signed by Trescott, or
| by such diplomatic representatives
The substance of telegraphic and mail
correspondence of the department with its
representative ia south America since the
date of the submission of documents TO
congress is given. On February 2lst FIRE.
| linghuysen telegraphed Trcscott: "You
may assent to a liberal war indemnity.
which is not unjust. The cessation Of
| Tareobaco cannot be assented to without
! first cabling here for further instructions.
! IF Chilli should insist upon the cessation, IL
is not impossible that the creditors OF Peru
may maintain that its revenues are hy-
| nothecated TO them The president urrcs
moderation on the part Of Chilli In
letter from Freylinghuysen TO Trescott,
dated February 9th, after recapitulation
| of the substance of the telegraphic CORE
spondence down to and including the above
| telegram, Freylinghuysen goes on to say
that "the president is very desirous
Of having having 1rn,ths the good. good Gliees mnSs
available for the restoration of peace, but
he is not willing to become a medium for a
proposal which in his judgment is so oner-
| Gus that il cannot be entertained by Peru.
He is still Of the opinion that il would be
the part of far-siphted wisdom in Chill to
accept from Peru the payment Of just In
identification, the money to be guaranteed
| If insisted, and only the temporary occu-
patton of territory rather than perempto ily
demanding a cessation of territory. On|
the other hand be remains convinced
that the United States have no right
which is conferred either by treaty stipula-
tions, or by public law, to impose upon billi-
gerents, unasked, its views OF just settle
ment, and have no interests at stake COM
mensurate with evils that might follow an
interference, which would authorize
them to interpOse between these par
ties further than that warranted by treaties,
by public law or by the voluntary acts Of
both parties. II Chill is indisposed to listen
to friendly advice on this point the presi-
dent, as my cable has already informed
you, will not take part in the negotiations
which are based upon both the surrender Of
Tareobaco and the payment of a large in
demnity."
The WAYS and means committee to-day
agreed upon a bill reducing the internal
revenue taxes upon some articles and abol-
ishing others. efiecting probable reduction
Of the revenue TO the amount Of SO, ,3ly.2s5.
The tax on cigars is reduced from 50 to
s. and reductions are made in special tax
es on manufacturers or dealers in spirits.
malt liquors and tobacco. The following
taxes are repealed entirely: bank check
stamps, tax on bank capital and deposits,
tax on matches, periumery, medical pre-
raA NrT
schedule A following section 3437 Of the
REVISED statatutes.
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