| Show isper special cial to the deseret evening news y IV GENERAL the republican special says it itt is charged at the indian bureau that general castar intruded on the reservation set aside for the indians by the government and then attacked a tribe which had been at peace and was not engaged in committing depredations if this proves to be true it is feared at the indian bureau will be the means offend of sending nil nii nil all the tribes to the war path and that we will soon be engaged 0 in a revere severe bevere indian war washington vu hington 8 dispatches received at the state tate department from our consul general at caba cuba state that the revolutionists have been badly defeated in their late operations and the 1 impression in ia is general that they will fail to overthrow the present government washington it is believed that a solution of the difficulties existing between spain and the republics on the pacific coast will be had soon richmond in the united states court today to day chief justice chase on the bench tue the argument commenced on the motion in the indictment against jeff davis da vis robert bobert his counsel argued that the amendment punished him by disfranchisement that this punishment had been cho chosen e by the voice of the people as a merciful substitute for the penalty of death and confiscation that the punishment of davis commenced on the date of the adoption of the article and that he cannot now be punished by any other way the will of the people as expressed in the constitution is the law and supersedes all former provisions made for those who engaged in the rebellion that the lith luth article is that latest expression and is intended espre expressly saly for the causes of all who were engaged 0 in the lata iata rebellion and that no man can be punished twice for the same of fence it H dana counsel for the united states said proposition was in the nature of things entirely new and was unexpected by the government and he expected also to the court the chief justice said the argument of the counsel was not unexpected to the court it ift having supposed that after the announcement of this motion to quash the indictment it was based on the lath article and that this line of argument would be pursued time was given the government counsel to refer the court then took a recess new york gen reynolds f report shows texas to be in almost as unsettled a state as during the war war he says sass the murder of negroes is so frequent as t to 0 excite but little attention and rethinks bethinks be thinks years will be required to secure tran quilitz qui lity he speaks of the necessity of troops in every county san francisco frandisco 4 governor mccormick delivered his annual message to the arizona legislature at tucson nov he says the population 0 the territory has increased during the p aa year and that the taxable property rope aly 1 lis ils one third greater than in 67 no 1111 great progress t can be made so long as the apache raids continue ile he compliments Eli til pil aliments ments the regular troops for their bravery and asks for additional forces especially for troops familiar with the country he favors the southern pacific railroad as a means of subjugating hostile indians and opening the country the territorial debt is in currency which will be reduced one third before the close of the year the wickenburg and corabi mines pay well dunlap iowa yellow smoke chief of the omaha indians was made drunk here yesterday by py a party of roughs boughs and was wa skilled billed in a row which ensued several roughs boughs have been arrested the chief was always noted for being friendly and strictly honorable several hundred indians of yellow smokes kelb kels band are encamped near the town who according to reports are greatly greatly excited yellow smoke was buried burled yesterday boston Yesterday ayoung mancho had just cashed a check for sixteen thousand at the bank of commerce was met upon the stairs while going out by a man who threw throw pepper in his face and grabbed at the money the young man struggled desperately to retain the money assistance coming the robber fled having secured sixteen hundred from the package new york ciarence clarence steward and others have just got out an injunction against the new york central road roid for fraudulently over issuing three and a half millions in bonds there is great excitement on the street it is stated that fisk is about to sue the papers that published the garbled account of his erie railroad trip for damages his counsel it is reported have already procured an attachment against 0 one journal richmond in the davis tri trl trianthe trial triai althe the motion to quash the indictment dana for th the government 0 vern ment opened this morning ife he argued that th the amendment which had been pleaded in bar of punishment by the defendant was not a penal statute but was merely a change in the political system to secure trustworthiness in office and to preserve purity in the administration of the government it was a measure of prevention to secure the country against filling offices with persons who once filled them and had bad broken their oath if it had been intended to inflict punishment ish ment it would have been the utmost folly in legislation seeing that while it would if viewed as the defendants counsel viewed it lighten the punishment of the leaders of the rebellion who held offices and broke their oaths it would leave people who had never held office exposed to the penalties of death and imprisonment as pronounced in the con ution before the adoption of this amendment he said it was intended only as an expression of public opinion as to the fitness of persons who were engaged in the rebellion after breaking their oath to horm horn office again oconnor argued arguo that from t the he very nature of civil war it was impossible to follow it up by trials for treason which should be conducted with the fairness required by law he declared that it was utterly repugnant to the worlds idea of humanity that the leaders of a conquered cause after being recognized during the war as equal and honorable men should be searched out in peace to be hung as traitors he maintained that the government and peo people ae never intended to do this and for this reason the amendment had been adopted it was a constitutional provision which executed itself after the adlour adjournment ament of the court the counsel were reca recalled 1 led when chief justice chase announced that t the he court was divided he chase being in favor of quashing the indictment the district judge Underwood under opposing g therefore this division of the court was certified to the supreme court of the united states new york there was a report in the gold room today to day that riots had taken place at paris and that napoleon was wag aided killed in consequence of which gold advanced but it soon relapsed to its original price washington the secretary of the treasury today to day issued bonds to the central pacific railroad amounting to six hundred and forty thousand dollars for the section ending at the four hun dred aud tenth mile post the siamese twins sailed for paris today where the cord which unites them will be severed |
