Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-07-27
TELEGRAPHIC.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Dr. Ma
phcgge, from Staten Island, Santa
Annals agent, is here. 1t is under
stood that Reverdy Johnson, his le-
gal adviser, is before tho State De-
partment respecting Santa Anna's
abduction. Whatever Napheggo's
object is, he seems to have enlisted
many influential men in his favor.
Affidavits have been seen from the
Captain and passengers Of the Vir-
ginia that Santa Anna was forcibly
taken from the Virginia while the
steamer was beyond the Mexican
waters. A demand for Santa Annals
release, it is said on good authority,
has been issued from the State De-
partmcnt. To
In Congress a Committee Of Con
ference was appointed and both
houses adjourned.
The chief point of difference re-
CARDS removals from office, the
House having stricken out the pro
vision making removals subject to
the approval of tho General of the
Army. n4r8 ti~An1sitsny 1a'
CHARLESTON, July 12.- -Informa-
ton was received here this after
noon that the steamer z. E, Bell
was capsized by squall in the
Wacomwa river on the 9th inst
Seven persons were drowned, in
Guiding Captain Garrison, L. w.
Doggett, a lady and four negroes.
BIZ RICHMOND, July 1.-THE Con-
vention at White Sulphur Springs
to devise means for the completion
of the Covington and Ohio Railroad
to the Ohio river, adjourned yester-
day after a two days session. Ohio
Kentucky, eleven counties Of West
Virginia, and nine counties Of Vir-
ginia were represented by two hun
rdred delegates. y Governor Pier
point presided Several capitalists
from New York and Philadelphia
were present. On taking the chair
Pierpoint made a speech predicting
that If tho building of tho road was
persevered in, the Federal Govcrn-
ment would aid it and lay a double
track to meet the demand of the
great West. Tho Committee ON
Resolutions reported resolutions,
one of which declared that S5,000,-
900 should be raised for the COM
pIetion of the road by Virginia and
West Virginia. as s..a.
During the debate, Mr.. Williams,
Greenbriar county, donated five
thousand acres of land to the build
ing of the road, and another gentle
men offered to become one of the
hundred to subscribe five Thousand
dollars each. In addition 10 this, a
dispatch says the committees reso-
lutfons were adopted and the Con-
vention adjourned sine die. .ass
Meetings of citizens were held in
Rappahanock and Danville counties,
yesterday, at which the Republican
platform was adopted and delegates
sent to the August Convention in
Richmond. Hon. Thos. S. e Flour
nov and Hon. VIM Treadway, both
members of Congress, partici-
pated in the latter meeting. The
Wki9 has accounts of various other
meetings of similar character in
the State. ra la -r lt
New York, July 13.-Two Mexi-
can FiIlibustering expeditions, one
here, and the other in Buffalo, are
filing up rapidly. s ~,
WAsHIseTos, July 13.--Further
accounts from the Fort Wallace fight
are that six cavalrymen were killed
after being driven into the Fort
None of the commissioned officers
captured were tortured or mutilated.
Thirteen negro soldiers died of
the cholera at Fort Hooker.
LANCASTER Penn, July 13.-Ber-
te's cotton mill exploded to-day
One of the boilers was carried over
a square, the engineer getting Killed,
and the superintendent getting his
legs aud one arm broken. Several
women we're scalded. A portion Of
the factory Is in ruins
wAsinseToS, July 13--Miss Oil
via Jenkins, a niece Of Mrs. Surratts
was examined and testified that she
sler,t with her most of Che time;
hoard none Of the pointed remarks
oi. the night Of the l4th Mrs.