Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-03-28

Important nom Warrington.


vote Was 81 ayes ~ 20 nays,
The House Pacific Railroad Coinmittte have rs
solved that railroads aud other internal improve
mrnIs should be undertaken solely by corpora
liOns aud not by the Government hough the Gov
eminent should aid them by grants OF land and
money, A majority VI the committee are in ia
YOr Oi a central route.
u AZ is said that majority OF the House are ia
favor OF the bill abolishing polygamy in the Ter
ritOries, aud alhXing penalties, Tile Judges In
Utah are about resigning on the ground OF con
iet OF opinion with the Governor, who has be-
come Mormon,
The Republicans have elected their candidate
for Governor Of New Hampshire by a majority
Of 1870. They have u majority OF 10 the
State Senate and Of 50 in the House oil hepre'
seniatiyes,
Stephens and llazlelt, the two last OF the llar'
per's Ferry clnspirato's, weTa hung on the lOIh
\ inst, FRIDAY last) All passed on quietly.
/ WASHINGTON, March Ia Ia tie Senate yes
teriay, MIR, Wilson, OF Mass, introduced res
ulutiuu 10 instruct the Committee On Foreign
Relations To inquire whether the treaty, relative
20 lhv suppression vi the slave trade between the
lnitca States and England, had been executed,
AlT, loOmbs, of Ga, rose and spoke at some
lcnglh giving his views on the subject, and OBJ
JecIed 10 the passage OF tho resolution. The bill
was then laid over.
The bill 10 amend an act relative 10 the Court
OF Claims was passed by n vote of III ayes against
/ 10 nays.
WASHINGTON, March l4.-ln the House. to-day.
Mr.. Nelson introduced bill providing for the
punishment of poiygamy in the Territories and
Tor other purposes. The bill was rdered 10 be
printed.
The Indian appropriation bill was called up
and discussed ut considerable length.
In the Senate Mr. Clay introduced bill Tor
making Tampa Bay, Florida, port OF delivery,
which was passed,
The military academy bill was taken up and
discussed.
MIR. Wighlls amendment, providing Tor reg
| imcnt OF mounted volunteers, for the defence OF
the frontier OF Texas, was adopted. The bill
then passed by vote Of Al yeas TO III nays.
! The bill providing for the protection'o female
| emigrants ON board emigrant ships, wus called
up, discussed briefly ana passed.
! ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TELEGRAPH LANE
! WASHINGTON, March IA meeting oil the
Board of directors Of the North American Tele-
graph Company was held in this city yesterday.
During the entire sitting the directors were bus.
lily engaged in discussing the propriety oil build
ing II telegraph line between the Atlantic and
Pacific States.
| 1t was resolved TO petition Congress for sum
OF 500, goo, to he paid annually tor ten years, to
carry ON this enterprise.
1t was also resolved that, if like sum could
be appropriated for this purpose, Congress would
retain the amount OF receipts accumulated by
this line from public business
DUTCH WAR STEAMER CAPTURED BY riRATEs-fOR
TY-sEyEN MEN KILLED.
. Later adyiccs from Shanghai state that Dutch
war steamer had been boarded and captured ny
pirates III the chinese sea- The pirates Killed
seven officers ."u .o!.s mon, ana aitef ropDihS
the vessel o everything valuable, run her "a
shore
- AShiNGTuN, March lI.-Ihe ~ ashlngtOh
Consultation oi this morning states by authority
IA, tue long pending difficulty with New urlna-
uu, growing out of the Panama riots ana other
questions touching the transit across tie 18th
mus, has been satisfactorily adjusted.
| Several other questions OF indemnity, only III
diyidual interest have been settled to the salts
faction of all parties, and the most amicable re-
latons now exist between the two countries.
PASSAGE OF THE HOMESTEAD BILL.
The passage of this bill by both houses, the
present session, is considered certain. In case
their own is rejected by the senate, the Republic
cans will accept the bill introduced by MIR. John
son, of Arkansas. The feeling in favor of the
measure 10 ,oiy o,.o"s ara growing stranger
cry day.
LATER FROM NEW MEXICo-MORE DEPREDATIoNs OF
THE INDIANS
ST LOUIS, March Il "A passenger has arrived
at this place from the territory Of New Mexico,
who reports that the district of the Rio Abago
had been invade by tribe of Navajo's, who, al
ter having committed depredations in that dis
trict, took possession of nearly all the stock be-
longing to the inhabitants. Col Faulkner is
preparing an extensive expedition, and intends
ciectually to subduc them.
Blockade of Mexican Ports.
WASHINGTON, March l3.-Advices have been
received at the State Department that General
Miramon has ordered the blockade OF oil the
Mexican ports now in the hands of the Juarez
Government. The expedition from Havana had
for its object the execution of this decree.
Our Government, however, has determined
not to respect the blockade, and orders in accor-
dance with this determination were yesterday
dispatches to the Gulf Squadron.
TROOPS FOR THE MEXICAN FRONTIER.
WASHINGTON, March l3.-Ihe dispatch Of
troops to the Rio Grande, IN accordance with the
recent determination of the Department, contin-
by the first OF Dune more than 4OO0 men
will be on the Mexican frontier
WASHINGTON, March ia large amount of
new additional testimony, against Judge Wat
rous of Texas, was received here to- day, and an
other strong effort is to be made for his i'm peach
ment
WASHINGTON, March l3.-The urgent demands
on the Mexican border have determined the de-
partment to recall II large portion of the army of
Utah. Only one regiment will remain stationed
in the Territory during the summer.
WASHINGTON, March l4.-In the Senate yester-
day, the Harpers Ferry Investigating Commit
tee reported that Thaddeus Hyatt refused to give
his testimony on the ground that the committee
had no jurisdiction over him.
After II brief discussion, the Senate ordered
him to be committed to Jail until he consented to
give his testimony. The vote upon the question
stands, Al yeas to 10 nays
Mr. rocmbs introduced a bill to establish
uniform law for bankruptcy
The homestead bill passed by the House was
made the special order Of tue day for Thursday
next.
In the House, the bill Inviting proposals for
carrying the entire mail between the Atlantic
ID. .-..I.u III and ssnd