Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-03-09

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The House,
No soaring denies the ruth Of ID. whole
In view Of n, conflicting ie,,u'e, Of ne is''
i,mony, the committees report that they cannot
iaku he responsibility Of fePou,eg Issolutlon
10 sSpsl Mr. Soaring, bat that hey lay 'he
testimony bsior, the House, recommending
hist body 20 decide upon the cFsdtili'y Of the
evidence,
The House hy a majority Of ihfee, hare ie'
.leeied resolution proposing 10 allow The But
lerheld Company to ehanss the route Of Their
overland mall,
The Senate adopted an amendment to
IN, postal bill, lnerasing The rate Of letter posi-
age TO i've cents.
The House will reject this amendmsnI
The bill comes up before the Senate to-day
Tor lis inal passage. -,
TIg lsrHaUs.--. Washington, Ff5. % Inc
Senate Committee on Post Offices and fo'l
Road. have agreed 10 report bill sllowing 10
The Panama mail route TO Calilornis s50O,0OO
per annum FOR semi.mon,hly ser'lee, and TO
The Tehnhntepee route, for a similar service
S200.00o per nnnum.
BRIrisa SgcsEr TaEArY Win GUATEMALA.
1t is stated here, on apparently reliable sa'
,horiY, that the British Government eonrlnd'
ed secret treaty with Guatemala IN October
last by which the laUer State cedrd TO Great
Bnuan the unqualified sovereignty over tia!
norton Of Central American territory u'urped
by the English Government, under cover oil her
Belize usuirret. a,
Tus BLACK WARRIOR. York, Fec. 20.
The steamship Black Warrior, ashore near
Rockaway, lies imbsdded in the sand iuliy
seven feet this morning.
The water is veiy low around hernow, ow-
ing to slrong westerly winds.
I She lies auie, ut high water, and strong
/ hopes are entertained of being able TO save hef
il the weather continues as favorable as II is this
morning.
Lighters are still alongside, receiving her
freight.
The steamer is fully insured in this city and
New Orleans
! Atlantic BsNg DEFAicArroS.--Nets f0rS,
/ Fs5. GA heavy d-faca;on has been dis
covered in the Atlantic Bank Of Brooklyn,
/ Long Island
The defaulter is Mr. Field, the paying, teller
Of the bank, who, il has been ascertaincd, has
nnpro rated nearly six thousand dnlars 10
pocket account and left for parts unknown.
l. GREAT FREsHEr IN rHE Ono kvsR,---
Louisville, FEB 2l.--The Ohio river al this
pon, have been rising rapidly for several days
previous 10 Saturday.
On Saturday night severe storm prevailed
the wind increasing TO gale---doing much
damage.
All the Eastern telegraph lines are prostra
ted in various places, and no dispatches have
been received over the lines from New York
or Cincinnati, since Saturday, and Up TO y
:, o'clock, this (Monddy) evening, there has been
no communication by telegraph east or west
from this city.
There is great iteshet here. All the eel
lars ON Water Street are full OF water. On the
Western portion ofWaler street the water Is
4 FIVE or six feet deep on the lower floor dl The
buildings.
The third street bridge is five iest andef The
water The second street hrldgeis also sub
rnere, d, the water just washing over II.
The river is stiU rising, but more slowly
The water has fisen to u gteuter height thai
has been known during the past five years
and has done considerable damage 10 merchan
disc stored in cellars in the lower part OF tb'
city. ,
+ ne IlOOu III VIE fifcis, SS"S'"rs - 49,
section is subsiding; but, at this point the rive
is rising still, at the rat, Of halfaan inch al
hour.
, TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DsAsTrR-E'ehI OF
TEN LIVES Losr. Memphis, FEB. 81. The
steamer Comet, bound for ST. Francis riye'
was totally disabled and lost On Saturds.
t evening, in hurricane which oTertTok ne
eighteen miles below this city and some eigh
or ten lives were lost.
: Among those known 10 haye been eithe
killed or drowned, are John Pope, first clerk 3
$ the Comet; Job Till a passengef on the boa
JOIN Clark, first cooltj Joseph Howard ar
Z Samuel Hartman. Also The third cock and
-Ilit;le girl, whose names could not be ascertain
ed.
c Several others are missing and supposed I
: have been lostin the rlyer orln me ne wreck
The boat is two gears old, and is insure
q only 10 a small amount.