Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-07-17

reports that several companies Of U. s.jroops
wefe 10 leave Levenwofih. ia a few dali, fof
Nebnska, on account Of the hostile aitiIti q,
The laihns ia lhal Territory. - -
Legislation Of Congress Affecting rsxa.
The Acts and proceedings Of the late Con. !
guess may be Interesting 10 our traders, a. iafl
as 'fexis Is directly interested lnihsm. and We !
therefore give some Of Them. on what ws he
lleVe 10 be COOL authority;
The bill authorizing the raising OF Regi'i
mehi fof Texas was passed, and also anoihrrN
ell Tor raising iva Regiments Tor Utah. bug
the appropriation Of near four and hall mil
lions Tor The support Of these three Regiments,
which passed The Hoase. WA, not acted oni
the Senate. Whether the failure Of the ap
preparation will delra, the Texas Regiment bill
We cannot learn. We understand. however
that the bill authorizes the President otath&
United States TO orler the Texas Regiment q
be aised. whenever the emergency may rel
quireii
Ten thousand dollars were appropriated byl
an act Of Congress. Tor The purchase o. Lille,
Boats, Life Car, Sc.,,io enable the Life boat
Company, OF Galveston, to act with the greaierI
efficiency inihe saving OF llie t',,..
The bill for running the boundary between
the United States and Texas was passed, and
$4,000 appropria ed for tina, purpose.
The bill, establishing the Pecos Indian Rel
serve on the FIVE leagues. set apart for that
purpose by onr Legislature, was passed. Fills
Reserve Is between the Pecos and Rio Gnnde'
Rivers, on the overland mail route from San
Antonio 10 San Diego, and is intended 10 COLI
lect and civiIize the Camanches Of the West.
An amendment TO the Indian Bill creates a
separate Indian SUPPLEMENTARY fot Texas,
aud an appropriation has been made Tor carry
ing il out.
Bills were introduced for creating collectoral
districts for Corpus Christi and FL Paso, but
were opposed by the Committee on Commerce.
They will doubtless pass at the next session.
The Committee on Commerce agreed to re.
commend an appropriation Of $4,000. for nm
examination Of Galveston Harbor aud the 9th
er harbors of Texas, TO ascertain their suscep.
tibiliy for improvement. The Secretary OF
War referred the matter 10 Col. Albert. OF the
Typographical Engineers, who reported iavor'
ably, aud hence the committee agreed as nbovc
stated; but no specific appropriations for Har-
Dor improvements are ever made, unless III
conformity with estimates made by the Topo.
graphical Engineers, based on actual surveys.
II is expected that the General Government
will, in accordance with very general usage,
do something for the improvement Of our har.
bors, provided the matter is properly urged up.
ON the attention Of Congress.
The House passed n resolution, instructing
the Committee on Military Affairs, to report Il
bill, appropriating money for Notifications at
San Luis, the mouth of the Brazos, Pass Ca.
valo and Arkansas. This subject was no.,
however, acted upon further The previous
Galveston Harbour, is at present, suspended
for the reason, that the report Of the Commits,
sioners, recommending the plan of fortified.
ions, was not approved. Other commission
ers we learn, will be appointed TO report.
$4,000 were appropriated for The Over.
land Mail Route, from San Antonio to San
Diego
100000 were appropriated for carrying an
overland mail from Memphis, through North
crn Texas, via Fort B,lknap, to E'p,ao thence
to San Diego and San Francisco, sem.monlh.
".
An appropriation w,s also made for carry.
in, an overland mail from St. Louis, via Salt
Lake City, to San Francisco, sem.mon'hly.
We learn that Hon. Jefferson Hall, member
of the lower House of our Legislature, was !
recommended by our delegates, as Agent for /.
the Pecos Indian Reserve. g
Mai. Neighbors was recommended to take
charge Of the General Indian Superintendent.
cy Of Texas.
b. n. G Dck.,n, Of Anderson, was re-
as commissioner, TO examine in
the charges against Maj. Neighbors and the
Reserve Indians.
We learn also ahateNlf. AJdicls, who was
removed as Postmaster Of Huntsville, BY the
influence of Gen. Houston, has on the recon.
mendat;on Of our Representative, Mr. BrynntF
been appointed M,i Transportation Agent for
Texas. This office is said to be worth much
more than the one he los, and he has, there'
fore, been gamer by his removal.
From thenboye it will be seen that our dele'
gates have been able to accomplish some little
for Texas, though they have latored under
very great disadvantages. The Kansas ques'
ton occupied nearly the whole session, and II
was with the utmost difficulty that approprln'
tions were made to meet the most necessary
wants of the country. Millions have been
squandered and from surplus OF about $780,
100000 year ago, we have now debt Of !.
near $6O,000,000 and ON empty treasury
Our Government is now universally admitted
to be among the most corrupt on earth. We
have conversed with many, who have been in
Washington during the late session, and it is
the general remark that the Texas delegates
have labored to promote the interests of their
constituents, with the most unwearied and I'M
renting zeal-Galrestom News.
The Baptist Convention which met in this
place on the 25th ult, adjourned on last Mon.
day evening, after an harmonious session of
three DAYS. We have not been able to get 4
copy of their proceedings. There was a liber-
al amount Of money contributed for the sup