Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-03-16
TELEGRAPHIC.

TELEGRAPHIC.
WASHINGTON, March G.-SENArE. Sum
ner introduced bill to guarantee Rcpub
lican Government that would protect the
loyal people of the South also. II pre-
scribes an oath.
committee was appointed to cqualizc
the pay of Government employees.
A Standing Committee ON Appropria-
lions was ordered .....
Doolttle and Patterson made personal cX-
plantations denouncing the incts presented
BY the Committee on Expenditures, which
ntimaed their acceptance of brides.
A joint resolution declaring the NUM-
cipal offices OF Alexandria vacant, in con
sequeuae of their disobedience Of Sherman .
bill, was ordered to be printed Adjourned
The debt statement shows nm increase of
gold bearing bonds of Sil ,O0O000 OF cur.
rency interest bearing, S32, GOO,0OO In
crease of debt for the month"; nearly 3d.
900, 900; increase Of coin in the Treasury,
near SS,000,000.
The Utah delegates sworn in.
NJ. d. Ward introduced n resolution as
ee"....iilG ...n!G. an ex-member of the cabinet
declared in a public speech, that the evil
dence in the assination case was opralned
by the suborning witnesses; there was no
evidence against Mrs. Pratt Surratt. a
motion to lay the resolution on the table
was made, whercupon Mr.. Ward Withdrew
it.
An effort to take up the tariff bill was
defeated by motion to adjourn.
Between three and four hundred vacan-
cies in office for Senatorial action.
Butler and Logan favors special com
mittee on impeachment. The Ohio dele
gates have held caucus on said subject,
result unknown. The New York Delega-
ton favored reference of the impeachment
to special committee. and were in favor
of recess till May. A general caucus will
be held tonight.
The Superintendency of Indian affairs is
vacant.
The Revenue receipts was over million
day.
WAsuIyGroS, March G. r. M.-Caucus
adjourned to hold pen awhile.
Caucus agreed to refer impeachment to
Judiciary Committee, and to adjourn on
Monday to first Monday in May.
RICHMOND, March Ga bill has been re-
ported to the Senate to call q Convention
The House Committee will report in favor
of the same bill.
WAsHlNGToN, March THE Republican
caucus was stormy. The xtrcmeimpeach-
ers were defeated The investigation was
recommitted to the Judiciary Committee.
A resolution to meet every three days I'M
till impeachment was ready, was defeated.
A resolution to adjourn on Monday, to
meet on the 9Th of May, was adopted.
The tone of the caucus indicates that an
undoubted attempt will be made to impeach
the President.
1t is authoritatively stated that Sherman
Meade, Maverick, Mcdowell and Schotiiel Id
will command Southern Districts.
The Secretary of the Treasury decides
that wool not bonded is not subject to the
increase of tariff.
CHATTANOOGA, March bishop Soule
died al Nashville. lie was the Oldest Meth
odist Bishop.
WAsHSGToN, March 7-SENATE.--Chair-
man of Committee of Foreign Affairs, Sum
ner; of Finance, Sherman; Of Commerce,
Chandler; of Appropriations, Morrill,; OF
Manufactures, Sprague; of Agri ulture,
Cameron; of Military, Wilson; of Naval
Affairs, Grimes; of Judiciary, Trumbnll
of Pensions, Vanwinkle; Of Territories,
Yates; of Pacific Railroad, Howardi OF
Postal Affairs, Ramsey; of Public Lands,
Pomeroy; of Private Land Claims, Williams;
Of Indian Affairs, Henderson, OF Claims,
Lowe; of Patents Wiley.
The following propositions were intro
duced and referred:
To construct California railroad.
Directing the sale of public property nj
Harpcrs Ferry.
A Constitutional amendment, iOrbiddng
States to abridge rights on accounto t color.
To build military rond from Galveston to
Fort Gibson
To reorganizc civil governments in the
seeded States.
Executive session. Adjourned.
Mr. Kelly OF PenusylvaniG, introduced a
resolution directing the Judiciary Commit.
tee, to report bill declaring who shat call
the convention, to reorganize the Southern
States, and provide for regulation OF voters
passed Ia to 80.
CHATTANOOGA, March 6.-There has been
four days storm and the bridges are down
in all directions. The Nashville and Chat.
tanooga bridge at Whiteside Station, liz
feet high, was carried off. The East Tenn
essee river bridge, 300 yards long, was
also carried off.
CHATTANOOGA, March -Four days
rain. The country flooded. Bridges wash
ed away. Communication interrupted with
the North and East.
HuDsoS, N. Y, March 7.-Columbia
county elected IA Republicans and 6 Dem
ocrats, Supervisors last board stood 10 to
10.
The new Memphis military police bill
which passed at the second reading, creates
intense excitement. The citizens protest
against it boldly. The Avalanche defe:
Brownlow.
From the New Orleans crescent1
News from Vera Cruz of the 24th ult. an
nounces the arrival of % French transports
including the iron ram Magenta. Nine
transports have already left with the first
detachment The rear guard Of the French
approaching from the capital was within a
few leagues of the coast The disembarka-
tion would be complete by the 18th Of this
month.
Tae latest from Mexico reported that
Macmillan had taken the field at the head
Of his fOrlorn hope Of about 25OO infantry
aud 1900 cavalry-the meaning Of which
is, that he is By this time probably al
Orizaba, also on bis way "hOme again.
Marque1, with 5000 precarious MexicanS
was trying to bold the city against Porjerio
Diaz, advancing his own lines full Of plot
ting Liberals daily increasing and his
army deserving.
All Communication between the capital
and the coast, except BY courier, is nov
cut of.