Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-09-29
JACKSON, Sept, H.
Texas Associated Press.
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JACKSON, Sept, IL.
Texas Associated Press,
FoREIGy.
BERLIN, Sept, l3.-lt Is said that in ne.
golali for peace, Prussia demands an
oath Of loyalty to herself from the Saxon
troopsi the payment of Sl0,000,000 MS in
IDENTITY for the war, and the right to gar
rison the fortrosses and cities OF Dresden
aud Leipsic.
Doubts having been expressed of the
passage Of the bill authorizing the King to
make a loan for the liquidation of tho ex-
penses of the late war; II is announced semi
officially that the Chamber will be dissolved
! by royal decree should the bill be rejected.
PARIS, Spet. l4.-The journal states that
the French and English Governments, have
made, conformity, an active representation
TO the Sultan Of Turkey against the acqui
sitionby U. S. Government of an Island in
the Gulf of Asina.
The Nonitew of to day publish s q con
yention signed in the City of Mexico, by
which .Msximilliau transfers to French
agents one.half of the custom receipts of
the Empire, from the lst Of November, for
payment of Mexican liabilities to France.
ST., PETERSBURG, Sept. l4.-At benquet
given to-day to Americans, Count Gortscha-
koff expressed the hope that The good feel
ing now prevailing between Russia and
America may be permanent, and stated
there was no danger Of its being considered
n menace to other nations.
LONDON, Sept. l5.-Thcre are rumors of
difficulty between Italy and Austria about
the debt of Veneta. ur
The Pope has refused to accommodate
matters with the Cretans.
The troubles on the Eastern coast of the
Mediterranean ar" on the increase.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 15.-The Ameri-
can Squadron left the Russian waters to-
day. The Moscow Gazette extols the alli-
ance of Russia and the United States.
PARIS, Sept. 15.-Thc circular Napoleon
is about to issue is expected to be eminent
ly pacific in tone.
VIENNA, Sept 15.-We are on the verge
of another war equal in extent to the one
just ended. Austria makes demands TO
which the Allies will not submit. She has
overcharged the debt of Venetia, and with
holds property which was to have been
transferred.
Prussia empbatically notifies Austria
that she will not suffer her ally to De in
suited, and if Austria persists in her pres
ent course, war must follow.
| PRAGUE, Sept. 14.-The homeward march
of the Prussian troops has been permptori-
ly arrested.
DRESDEN, Sept. 14-Every thing looks
warlike. There is no reply to the notifca-
ton Of Prussia.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Schleswigers
have resolved to Incorporate that Duchy
with Prussia.
The mail steamer from Rio Janeiro, ar
rived with intelligence of the Allies being
badly defeated by the Paraguayans..
FLORENCE, Sept. 1.-THE position takeL
| by Austria in relation to the debt of Vene
tia placed the execution of the treaty o.
Prague in great doubt. The Vienna con
ference has adjourned for few weeks. 4
DOMESTIC.
New YORK, Sept. 17.-John G. Braine,
Confederate, who headed the party which
seized the GhvsapenlsO dnring the war was
arrested here to-day, charged with the MUIR
der of the Engineer. Documents were
found on his person showing that he founded
secret organizations.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.--Seward is easier
but not entirely cut of danger. His dis
cas-, is genuine cholera, believed to have
been contracted in, st. Louis.
McCulloch anticipates there will be
.seventy-five millions of gold in the treasury
by the first of October, exclusive Of certiti-
Gates
New York, Sept. 1s, Noon.-Gold 145.
WAsHINGroN, S pit. 18.-Gen. Baird has
been formally relieved of the command of
the Department of the Gulf, and assigned
to the Department of the Lakes, and order
ed to report to Gen. Hooker.
! CLEVELAND, Sept. l8.-The Soldiers and
Sailors Convention organized yesterday.
Gen. Wool was elected temporary chair
man. In the course Of his remarks he said
the sooner Congress admits the Southern
Representatives the sooner will be allayed
the apprehensions Of the people of dangers
which menace the country and the perpet-
uity of the Union. lie feared the Union
Radicals would plunge the country into
civil war, if negro suffrage was not con-
coded by the South, and leave the country
bowling wilderness for want of more
victims to crafty the spirit of revenge
But the war would not be confined to the
South it would extend over the North,
and only close with the overthrow of the
Government. He said President johnson
was patri otic, and the brave are always
merciful and generous. With the Presi-
dent he, too would say, that we have had
war enough. Let us have peace. These
sentiments met with particular enthusiasm.
The Convention is largely attended-be-
tween three and four thousand delegates
being present The pavilion was crowded
to the utmost, and the proceedings were
harmonious.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-At 8 o'clock this
afternoon the heads Of the bureau of the
treasury department called in body upon
the President, to tender him their respects
and their congratulations upon his safe re-
turn from his Western tour.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 17.-George Alfred
Caldwell, an .ex-member of Congress and
one of our most prominent lawyers, died
suddenly this morning of rheumatism af-
fecting the heart. -.
New YORK, Sept 1S.-The great public
demonstration laet evening in Union Square,
in support of tho Presidents policy, was
attended by nearly one hundred thousand
persons. Gen. Dix, R. H.. Pruyn, Hoffman,
Senators McDougal and others spoke.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 1S.--A large meeting of
the soldiers of the late Confederate army
was held here to- night. Col. John c. Fizer
presided.
A dispatch from Gen. Gordon Granger,
President of the Soldiers Convention, to
Gen. Forrest and others, thanking them for
the expressions Of sympathy with that
Convention. we're read and applauded.
Speeches we're made by Generals Forrest
Chalmers. Humes aud others, eminentiy
loyal, and expressing their intention to
abide honestly by the results Of the late
war. and TO sustain the President in his
efforts to restore the Union as it was.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted sympathizing
with the object of the Soldiers Convention
at Cleyeland, expressing their willingness
10 trust their fate TO those who had met
them in the field, ard denounce as base
falsehoods the report that Northern men
were not safe here
Gen. Chalmer, in referring % this spoke
Of Gen. Forrest saving the life Of Wood,
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