The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-18
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WASHINGTON, Angus. IA disra,ca
from Halifax reoounts the purchase by
Massachusetts sea captain named Farr Of
long, low,black piraticallookinr schooner
wlth hlgh bplwarkS, well adapted for the
cohcealmeht OF men and guns and her de
parture Tor port in Madagascar. II is sail
the vessel, witch is twenty years old and
Is named the Conquest was bought for
account OF General benjamin +. Butler. of
Massachusetts, that a large quantity of
stores, arms and ammunition were shipped
from Boston and placed on board the Con.
quest IN Boston liarbor, and that twenty or
more seamen recently departed from Hall.
lax 10 the eastward, presumably for a point
on the coast where the Conquest cos,ld nick
them up. The Halifax newspapers con.
cluue that Zen contemplates piratical ven
lure, or violation, OF some sort, of interna.
uonal law, and invite the attention OF the
United States authorities to his doings.
IN tne otar-route cases to-day William
Chandler resumed his argument and fur
ther elaborated and defended the proposi.
uon laid down by him yesterday tba
since the alleged conspiracy is specific AS
10 lts SUBJECT matter and persons interested
therein, one OF the interestd parties canno,
legally be convicted and the remainner nc.
quitted-all must be convicted or none He
also further developed that mart OF
MS argument yesterday, in which he
maintained that the government had not
been deirauded because it stood IN an
equaiity with the contractors, and re-
celVeo an equivalent in value for the
money paid out for expedited al d mcrea =
ed service Mr. Chandler then proceeded
to sustain by legal citations the proposi.
ton, advanced 10y him yesterday. that the
lury Is Judge OF both law and facts in A
criminal case.
The constitution, he said, had rcpos ed in
, tne jury the power 10 find Il general verdict
OF not guilty, no matter what might be The
OPINION Of the most impartial court. This
led 10 another colloquy between the court
4 ana counsel, in which the former questioned
! the correctness and legal authority of Mr..
Chandlcrs proposition. Mr.. Chandler.
after quoting from Il number of reported
cases to sustain the point made by him,
closed his argument.
! Mr.. Bliss of government counsel. was
next speaker. He would not he said. seek
10 reply either to the questions of law raised
w Chandler or to outside matters brought
into the case by Mr.. Carpenter. He would
) confne himself to the evidence and will
endeayor to prove the facts that he would
convince the jury OF the guilt and criminal
ity OF the defendants. Mr.. Bliss
then proceeded to discuss seriatm the
Star-routes contained in the indictment,
naly2lng the evidence relating to each
route separately and endeavoring to show
lhat expedition had almost invariably
resulted in decreased receipts, and that
even at the highest figure these receipts
tell so far short of the corresponding expen.
d,ture as to make the conclusion irresisti.
Bile that the expenditures had been cor
ruptly ordered. The court at 3 o. clock ad.
! ]ourneu until tomorrow when Mr. Bliss
will resume his argument.
comptroller Lawrence has competed his
opinion upon questions submitted TO him
as to the proper disposition of the $50 OO0
appropriated for the national board OF
health The comptroller says that the IA.
tional board of health is authorized 10 help
the local boards in establishing quarantine
stations, to be paid from the appropriation
rms appropriation cannot be used for any
purpose specified in the acts creating and
defining the powers Of the national boar,
OF health, except 50 Gar as spccifel iu the
clause appropriatng the $4,000; no part OF
TINS appropriation can he used for the ey
penscs OF inspection stations existing sole.
~ under the authority and appointment,
OF the nltional board of health. In iyto h,
used exclusively Tor aid to state and local
boards oihealtb and TO local quarantine
stations in carrying out their rules and
regulations. The national board of health
is authorized to judge OF the kind of aid tC
be rendered to such boards and sta
ions whether in money, sanitary
stores and supplies, hospital aid, services o
physicians and nurses and other person,
employed by the national board or other
wise subject to the regulations of the loca
boards under the provisions of the act %
August Ith, lSS2. The balance of the an
preparations previously made and remain
ing nneXpended can only be used in payinl
Liabilities lawfully incurred prior TO IA,
date Of said last named act.