Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-22
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81 L0rIs, August l0,-The Maiti
Barns, OF Cincinnati, bound Tor 81
Louis, was snagsed f5hrmiles ab0v,
! Cairo on the Mississippi, aud sunl
, In two minutes; no lives lost,
a L0uSvILtR August l0.-DemO
cratic majority nearly $4,000,
WAsHlNGroN, August l0,-Chiei
Justice Chase, in charging the
United States Grand Jury OF Nir-
ginia, said ia eifcct-in order 10 sup
press the rebellion il was necessary
TO create large public debt, and
that the debt must be paid for under
the Fourteenth Amendment Ia the
Constitution Of the United States;
tho nation was pledged to il, This
amendment he recognized as valid,
and therefore charged the jury 10
SEQ that tho revenue laws, which
were made TO pay the debt, were
strictly enforced.
llEADQUARTIRs az rIIR ARMY,1 /
Adiutaht Generals Oillcc,
Washington, August 10, 1868, J
To Brevet Maj, Gen. r., C..
Buchanan, Commanding Depart
mont OF Louisiana, Now Orleans,
i.a:
! Goncral-Tho following instruc-
tlons from the Secretary ofWar are
furnished for your government, to
the end that the necessary aid may
bo rendered by the United States
ms promptly as possible in any case
Of insurrection or domestic violence
in tho State embraced in your mill.
tary department. You will keep
yourself informed of the condition
Of affairs in said State, and COM
municato promptly, by telegraph,
70 tho War Department, through
the headquarters Of the army, any
facts which may make it tho duty
of the President, under the Consti-
tuition and laws, to employ the mill
tary force Of tho United States.
You will also maintain such disposi-
tion Of the troops under your COM
mand that they may be ready to
act without delay on the receipt of
the Presidents orders stationing
them ut, or from time to time, NOV
ing to points where you may have
reason to apprehcLd any necessity
for their use.
Tho remainder Of the instruc-
tions consist of extracts from tho
Constitution and laws of the United
States, indicating the conditions
under which the military forces of
the United States may be lawfully
employed to suppress insurrection
against the government of any ofthe
States. Tho document lis signed by
command of Gen. Grant, E. d.
Townsend, A. A. G..
1t is understood that Col. Deano
was assured this morning by the
President and Secretary of War,
that these instructions copy Of
which was furnished him, were in
tended and expected to satisfactorily
cover the grounds lately presented
by the Executive and Legislature Of
louisiana Authorities are quoted |
IN order to Buchanan, from the !
Constitution, article 4, section of |
the act approved February 28, 1879,
and sections | and 3 1907
New YORK, August 10.-A dis
patch in this mornings Tribune
says Gov, Smith, of Alabama, will
probably " veto tho bill empowering
the legislature to elect electors,
WASHINGTON, August 1r-Mon-
tana vote on the Both ult. demo-
cratic majority seventeen hundred;
several counties not heard from.
The Nova Scotia legislature pass
cd a resolution deprecating annexa-'
tion to tho United States. 1t also
resolved to use only constitutional
means ofwithdrawing from Canada's
domiuion.
MoNTGoMnY, ALA, August Ii
Mr. J. NJ, Tarble brought into the
city this moring bale of cotton Of
the new crop; it classed good mid
ding, and weighed six hundred
pounds; was sold at auction by ii.
II. Ice & Co., and was brought by
the well known firm OWLS, Moore
& Co., for Age. Tho cotton is
stored in the warehouse of Lehman,
Dmr &Co., and will go forward at
once to Lehman Brothers, New
York.
GOV. SMITHS VETO MESSAGE.
A fiuttcr was caused in the Legis-
latnre to-day Gov. Smith sent in
to the Senate, where it originated,
a veto of the bill authorizing the
legislature to cast the electoral vote
of the State. Gov. Smith says, af-
ter most mature reflection, / am
forced to the conclusion that the
bill is wrong in principle, and that
it would be dangerous precedent
in republican government. As
my Judgment does not approve the
bill, it is my constitutional duty to
return It to the Senate with my OBJ
iections 1t cannot but be regarded
rs remarkable that the first repub-
lican legislature convened in Ala
bama, shall, in the face of the prin-
ciples of its organization, which {
every republican Processes TO hold
dear, TO deny not only to the color ,
ed but to the white man the right,
by his vote, to indicate his choice
for a President and Vice President !
Of the United States, and take the
matter in its own hands. What ex- .
cuse can there be for it? Is il mere I
party expediency? If so, then il is {
an abandonment of principles or 5
an acknowledgment that the mate ;
rial ont Of which the republican !
Marty ia cOmposed cannot he truet-