Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-01-05
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D.. a0.--Ths House have raueansd siih
iis Senate % adjourn iIoin the 2li iusi ~ i,e
"a 81 ilnwY, ga aecnaai Of the holiliys
WAsmNGfls, Dee. "A la the Senate die
Pacific Rallaay Bill ives up ior consideration
Seward made a sPes "a strongly advocate
lis passage.
H0usg-ln the House tie Committee on
WAYS and Means ADOPTED bill maaing appro-
nFialians hI the cunsuiaF and diplomatic ser,
yires, and ior The support u he army.
Cavanangh Introduced bill On the ssiab'
lshmen' OF q territorial glsemmsni 20 Daee'
tan.
Dee. ga arse number Of memorials
We're presented 10 the Senate, Embracing Que
from neatly every county In Pennsylvaga,
asking, protection Tor Ameueah industry.
Clay's resolution was adopted, asL,ng the
President for the correspondence leixeen the
. Mexican Government, Mr., Forsyth and the
State Department. ior the purpose Of elriin.
the cause Of the suspension of dpiomate re.
klions between he two Governments.
Hunter offered a resolution which Mas adoo,'
cd, asking the Postmaster GeReral 10 iAioFm
.
TO make to render the Post office Department,
seltsus,piniOg. Adjourned,
The House passed the Soldiers BIZ by a
vote Of 40 yeas 10 l3 nays
/ The bill gmnls pensions 10 al who served
sixty days or during the war Of 1872 aud is
provisions extend 10 the marine corps,
/ II extends also To- the widows a. soldiers Or
marines pension during life.
The bi grants nineiysix dollar7 per annnm
I for twelve months service, sevcn,y-lve dollars
for six months service, and fly dollars for
sixty days service.
Davis, Of Miss, asked leave to offer a reso.
luton authorizing the President 10 take pos
session of Cuba until IN Spanish Government
gave proper satisfaction FOR their insults und
INJURIES to the persons aud property Of our cit
2ens
The committee on Ways and means report.
ed bills making appropriations for the civil,
naval, Legislative and judicial service.
Morris introduced bill for the admission oil
sugar and salt free oeduiy.
Washburne, Of ILL.,, Introduced bill for
making post road from Lcuvcnworth TO Pixies
Peak.
Branch introduced the bill appropriaing
lblunk) millions dollars, to enable the President
10 conclude with Spain treaty Of amty, and
Tor the settlement Of all differences including
the ccssion Of the island Of Cuba If the Presi-
dent thinks ft.
This bill was referred to the committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Both Houses adjourned till the 18th Of Janua- |
The Senate opened with prayer, read By
n Ia tli pli, nriaSf N tybifp SurDIIcp
Criuendcn introduced bill to regunte the
manner Of eIectiue United States Senators,
which was referred to committee on Judiciary
Lieut. Col De Rusaey has been assigned to
the command Of the corps Of engineers, and the
that Bureau in the War Department
The Senate yesterday passed II Joint resolu'
ton crenting temporary brevet grade Of Adj
mrol in the Navy with a view of comforting
it upon Capt Charles Stuart, on account Of the
harsh and uujNs, Treatment he received az the
hands Of the Naval Retiring Board.
The time within which the creditors Of Tex
as are REQUIRED to present their claims has been
extended by Joint resolution OF the Senate TO
the lst January lS62-----------
The Secretary of War has asked Congress
to make an appropriation of $4,000, to ply
the claims ofbe Florida Volunteers for ser
vices in 1857.
New YoRK, Dec 21.--The Superintendent
of thc Trinity Bay Station Of the Atlantic Ie-
legraph has tcegmphed to the Directors of this
city hat he fuds an electric current passing
through tie Atlantic Cable today, and hnS
been able to get Ineligible signals from VAL
entia station as also one or two distinctly re.
cognized words.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 1t is currently re-
ported that secret Central American and
Mexican colonization association has been or
gained, and that its operations are wltEsy ex-
tended through the country. E.gs
1t is reported that they have scleG5A Ger.
Henningsen as their leader in carrying oIsEaaeir
plan Of operations.
Their organization and proceedings are en-
veloped in mystery and carried on secretly
PrTsBUG, Dec. 81. - Mr.. Paulsen, the
champion of bludfold chess-playing, has just
terminated contest with ten players OF the
Piusburg Club in which he has beaten six of
his opponents, playing the ten games simult-
lansSusly and without seeing the board.
THE FILMBusTERs LANDED Washington,
Dec % The Washington Star says DIS
patch hns been received by the Government
that the schooner Susan has land
ed her fllbuslers safely on the coast of Mica.
ragua.
TpfANNApoLis, Dec. 2l-Gov Willard has
vetoed the bill declaring the Indiana Senatorial
chairs vacant.
MAIL PARTY MAssAcREp.--St Louis. Dec.
'20.-Iniellgence has been received here that
the Overland Mail party of five or six men.
who left Albuquerque on the 18th ultimo for
Neosho, were massacred BY Comanches and
that the mail was destroyed.
TEHuANTEPEc TICKETS AT "A PREMIUM =
Tickets via the Tehuantepec route were selling
at premium on the day the Golden Gate sail
ed.
The Isthmus is healthy. lis political cond-