Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-07-01

10 IL not the Intention OF oWuoNerhnoH
TO abandon or abate It's demands upon Eng
land for damage 20 our commerce by Anglo
4 Rebel pirates, Enough Of our army vii
be retained to en- orce any demand upoT
foreign governments.
II is understood preliminary measures
! have already been taken for the enforce
rnent Of the Monroe doctrine, and NapoleoT
has been notified that VIC will not submit
10 European interference with Mexico, ant
that he must withdraw French and Austrian
troops.
Itis not probable that the trial Of Jcl
Davis will take place till September.
The following official circular has jus
been Issued;
DEPARTMENT or STATE I
Washington, May 26.
! SIR-A copy Of the Presidents Amnesty
Proclamation is herewith appended. Ry
u clause in the instrument the Secretary on
State is directed to establish rules and reg.
ulations for administering and recording
I the amnesty oath, so rs to insure and guard
the Government against fraud.
Pursuant to this injunction, you are in
formed that the oath prescribed by the
proclamation may be taken or subscribed
military or naval in the secyice of the
United States or any civil or military officer
of loyal State or Territory, who by the
laws thereof may qualified for admintering
the oath. All officers who receive such
oaths are hereby authorized to givecertifed
copies thcrof to the persons respectively,
by whom they were made and such officers
arc hereby required to transmit the origi-
nal Of such oath, at an carly day, TO this
department, where they will be deposited
and remain in the archives Of tho Govern
.-nnt A register thereof will be kept in
the Departmcnt ana application in
proper cases certificates will be issued of
such records in the customary form of offic
ial certificates. | am sir, your ob't sv't,
WV, II. SEWARD,
Sec'y of State.
SAN Francisco May 25.--An exap'ina-
ton into the circumstances attending tho
conspiracy to seize the Peruvian steamer
Cotton at this port, reveals the following
facts The parties on board the Brontcs,
some 400 in number, enlisted ostensibly to
proceed to Arizona butreally to land on the
coast of the Gulf of California. A man by
the name of Williams was the General
commanding the expedition, and another by
the name Of Hungclford, Of the army of the
Potomac, was lis loncl
Subsequent to the detention OF the BroD-
tes by the authorities, Williams and others
concocted scheme to seize the Cotton, run
her to sea anduse her as n privateer against
French commerce. Some Of the leading par
ties of the conspiracy were formerly known
as rebel sympathizers.
The Mexican Gen. Vega, agent Of the
Juarez Government, made large advances
of money to Williams as leader Of the emf
grafton scheme until he ascertained the
money was about to be misappled by Will
liams.
The men selected by Williams for the en-
terprise were sworn to carry it through,
on the blade of sword in private, and the
duty of one of tho party was to cut the
telegraph wires. The scheme ontcmplated
the seizure of the French transport Phare,
when she come down from Mare Island.
The parties arrested are in the City Pris-
on, ohargod with oousPiriug TO commit
felony.
STANTON AND SHERMAN.
New YORK, May 30.-Tbe Commercials
Washington correspondent says Sher-
mans statement to the CoAimittee on the
Conduct of the War, concerning his nego-
tiations with Johnston, is not as hostile to
Stanton as was supposed. 1t is evident
Sta nton is master of the situation--he has
more patronage than ever to use, and of
course lie will use it in pressing his advan-
tage.
New YORK, May 30.-Gon. Sherman had
very cordial interview with the President
on Sunday. He expected to leave Washing
ton to-day for Chicago, and was to pass
through New York. He will probably ar.
rive in this city tonight or tomorrow
morning and will visit few friends here.
He will then proceed to his destination.
The Times Washington special says: As
far as heard from, the persons elected to
the Virginia House Of Delegates have been
either active rcbelsympathizers or outright
rebels. Two members elected from Alex
andria are T. B. Robinson and ]. A. Eng
lish, who were among those selected last
fall by the commander at Alexandria, and
sent to and from, upon the cars, as friends
of guerillas, thus preventing attacks upon
the trains.
The Secretary of the Treasury has pub
lished correct statement Of the public debt
disappears from thu books ofthe Treasurers
returns, and requisitions in the department
on the 3lst of May, 1865. The recapitula-
ton shows the amount outstanding, bearing
interest, to be SI,l09, 1882 the interest
S64, $50, 489 CO. The debt hearing interest
in lawful money is Sl,053, ,47G,371; the in
tsrest being $50, los, 1884 81. The debt on
which interest is ceased is ST86,270; the
debt bearing no interest isS472, 500, ,270 81.
The total indebtedness is S2,635, ,205 753
CO. the interest both in gold and paper be-
ing Sl24,6Ss,s74. The amount of legal
tender notes IN circulation is 1868, l60,5 800.
These include S432,6Ss,96 of the new is
sue, and $lG0, l3S,620 Of the compound in
terest notes, under act Of June 80, 1864
The uncalled for pay acquisitions are 40
0ff0, 600, and the amount Of fractional cnr-
rency is 1867, 900.
The Times special says: There is rea-
son to believe the trial of JEFF Davis will
take place on orabout the 10Th Of this month
unless the defendant can make any show
ing Of necessity for postponing Of hearing
for a few days. 1t is not believed Davis
will interpese any objection to trial this
month, Ss the facts involved in the case are
patent and indisputable. The trial cannot
last more than three or four days, in empan-
neling Of jury and presentation Of the evil
dence. Any further prolongation will de-
pend on the length Of the arguments Of the
council
President Of Court said ample time had
been allowed to obtain witnesses for de-
fence, and the request Of Mr.. Foster WOul
be granted.
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