Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-02-09


.ag he cessiOn @. tulH.
The naiouiy he committed 0n ..elpn
Altar ay lhey hope the law of sell.prrserva
ton viii inl ablee US to take Cuta without
ibr concurrence Of Spain, but IL so, then the
adoption ol .ummlry measures will be more
rasiy iust.HIel. atrT having offered Spain a full
equivalent or the Island.
January % The report Of the Committee
GA Foreign AiillIs, which was presented Yes
'eTday, say tha, uearly tn. whole native pOpu'
auon OF Cuha, desire the annexation Of the Is.
iand 10 the United States. Il discusses the
bearing Of annexation on the slave trade, and
SAYS that the illegal traffic in slaves is coniin.
ed chiefly To Poro Rico aud Cuba, The au.
lholl'es Of Cuhn, might il they chose, suppress
~ hrl hey would not do il, and therefore the
opponents al The slave trade might find mn in.
cenuve 10 udyocae this bill. The report con.
clAdcs by shving that Soulherners would find
no peril 10 their Institutions in the annexation
Of rbo island, aud enlarges upon the capacity
ni Inc stand rs nilordmg, under proper manage.
,neni, monopoly OF the sugar lrNde OF The
world,
January, 2T-In the Senate to-day, sub.
s,itIte Tor the Pacific Railroad bill was alopt.
ed. Il provides simply for the authorizing Of
the calling for proposals TO build three roads,
and in that shppe the hill passed. Il is looked
upon here virtually as n defeat Of the whole
measure.
In the House, the diplomatic appropriation
bill was discussed, aud finally rejected by
majority of two. A portion of the Southern
members voted against the bill, because il con.
tanned an appropriation for the expenses Of re.
lurnpg to Africa the negroes on the brig
Echo. The Republic ms, generally, voted
against it, because they openly express Il de-
sire to abolish half the foreign missions.
The House to-day voted down the bill to
curiail the number Of Foreign Ministers.
The Rouse also rejected the proposition 10
strike out the clause in the Appropriation bill
which gives the Prcs'den, S75 600 to carry out
the act Of 1919 for the suppression Of the slave
trade.
January, Ex-senator Gwin INDUCED in
some severe comments upon the defeat of the
Pacific Railway bill yesterday To-day he
,poogsed to the Senate for the warmth of his
owing to his disappointment, and
promised 10 renew the bill, so modified as to
commend the assent of all the friends of that
measure.
In the House, sharp coloquy occurred bet.
ween Mr. Hughes of Indiana. and Mr.. Speak
rr Orr, on point of order. Mr. Hughes after
wa rds aroogised and the matter was settled
,micobly.
Mr.. Stephens presented bill for the organ.
zation of Dacoiah, Arizona and Jefferson terri
orips. which was referred TO the Committee on
he Whole.
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, gave notice that
when the bill for the organization o! Arizona
comes up, he will Offer a provise that nothing
n the act shall be construed as TO establish
African slavery therein.
A resolution was adopted, asking TIE Presi.
dent for copies Of instructions to our African
squadron, and also copies of those given by the
British Government to their naval forces on the
ronst of Africa,
The resolution also asks for the number of
snvers, and the number of slavers
captured since tho ratification of tho tr~uty Of
Washington.
Yesterdays vote on the Diplomatic and con.
sular Appropriation bill was reconsdered to
day. The bill then passed, by vote of 101
yeas to SO nays.
Mr. Jasper S, Whiting, who is connected
with the Sonora Surveying Expedition, has ar
rived in this city, and reports that Sonora is in
a deplorable condition.
Gen raj Peschiera had failed to raise troops
TO recruit his shattered forces.
The people of Hermosilln had liberated Gen.
Peschiera's prisoners and pardoned them, cry
ing, as they did so, "Viva los Agricanos ~
death to Peschiera.'
The whole country was anxously expecting
and wishing the United States TO purchase or
occupy Sonora.
Peschera was at Sinolon, and was about TO
MD in the attack on Maza,lon nginst the Ii. |
berals.
Mr.. Whiting says that the opposition party
in Sonora only want leader to be able to
overthrow him at once
The State Department has received inform.
alton that the Costa Rican Congress has ratif- |
ed the famous Bel treaty, slightly modified.
The manifesto of Gen. Lamar our Minister
to Nicaragua, had created quite sensation.
President Buchanan's efforts against the Nj
'aragua filibusters were highly appreciated by
that Government.
Mr.. Stephens, from the committee on Terri.
tories, reported bills for the organization and
government Of the territories Of Arizona, Daco-
tab and Jefferson, or Pixies Peak
Judge Irwin, of the U. S. District Court of
Pennsylvania, having resigned. under charges
IF Impeachment, the Judiciary Committee have
been discharged from further consideration on
he subject.
Vice President Breckenridge, has left Wash
ngton, for short visit TO Kentucky.
January 29-This morning a caucus OF the
Democratic Senators was held here, in which
he qenstion of adopting change in the tariff
vas debated. II was finally concluded that
bange was inexredent.
President Buchanan, it is stated, has prepar-
ID special message to Congress, asking for
Dan Of twenty millions of dollars TO meet the
leficits Of the fiscal year.
BosroN. Jan. 29--The historian, Prescott,