Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-29
TELEGRAPEIC.

F, Snmo leaves Tor san francisco q
! the 25th of February. His suit
consists OF thirty persons, includin
. two Chinese of the highest rank,
WASHINGTON. Feb, l6.-Gon Nc
Clennan has been rendered the Brit
] ish ministcrship by cable, but ha
not yet replied, The resignation O
Mr. Adams takes effect on the lst q
April.
Several moro speeches are yet L
, he made on the reconstruction bill
in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Ncws by
way San Francisco, reports rcvo'
luton in Japan, IN consequence c
the opening of the port of Mikado
a prisoner Of tho lat Tycoon haC
escaped from the capital,
The ministers of the treaty max
ing powers have pledged ncutrai-
~. In the port opened tbero is but
little trade and settlers are dissatis,
fled with the location.
a boat capsizcd in the Osaka
river, drowning Admiral Bell, OF
the United States navy. The flag
lieutenant and ten of the crew were
/ rescued.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-THE steam
er Santiago de Cuba has arrived
from Panama with dates Of the 7th.
The cholera was raging terribly
at Buenos Ayres with an average
of one hundred victims daily. Cit
izcns flying. At Villa Munera two
hundred and ten citizons and two
hundred and seventy railroad labor
crs had died.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Su-
prome Court to-day overruled the
motion heretofore made, to dismiss
the appeal in the McCardlc case for
want Of jurisdiction. The case will
therefore come up for argument on
its merits, as previously arranged,
on the first Monday Of March.
HoUsE.-Bingham introduced the
following resolution, which was re-
fcrrcd to the Reconstruction Com
mttcc:
WHEREAS, A large majority of the
votes given at an election held on
the 9TH of February, 1868, were for
the Constitution presented b,v the
Convention Of the people of the
State of Alabama; and whereas,
certain combinations of citizens
within said State refused to vote,
with the intent thereby to defeat
the efforts of the friends of the IN
ion to restore said State to it's pro-
per relation to the Union. There
fore,
Be it enacted, etc, that the Leg
islature elected under the new Con-
stitution of Alabama, be convened
at the capitol OF said State as soon
as possible, by order of the United
States Military Commander within
said State of Alabama, and that up
on the ratification by the said Leg
islature of the fourteenth article of
the Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States proposed by
the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and the
establishment by law of impartial
suffrage within said State, as au-
thorized by said Constitution of
Alabama, the said State shall be ad
mitted to representation in the Con-
gress of the United States, in accor-
dance with the laws of the United
States.
The House resumed the conside-
ration of the appropriation bill.
An effort to strike out appropri-
ations for several South American
missions failed, and finally the bill
passed Adjourned.
SENATE Thomas case
was postponed in consequence of
Johnsons sickness.
A hundred New Jersey negroes
asked a hundred dollars each, to
carry them to Liberia. Similar pc
titions from Massachusetts, negroes
were presented.
The South Carolina Convention
asked aid to extend the Port Royal
Railroad.
The Judiciary Committee report
ed bill that majority of votes
shall decide all elections under tho
reconstruction acts, and voting on
adoption of the Constitution duly
registered person may vote in any
part of the State upon the presen
tation of his certificate. 70
The bill converting into the Trca-
sury the proceeds of captured and
abandoned property was discussed
TO adjournment. .seaa.II |
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 17-Steedman
resigned the New Orleans revenue
to take effect 10Th
lay of May. ftaEt slf
Sumner presented a petition from
he citizens of Massachusetts pray
ing for the abolition of the Prcsi-
iential Office as dangerous to the re-
public. aa f74 4
Truplbulrs bill was introduced to-
day, defining the jurisdiction of the
Courts of the United States. in ef-
fccts as follows: 1t provides that all
Courts of the q. S. shall be bound
by the acts of Congress in political
questions, that it rests with Con
yress to determine what kind of
is established in any
State. and it is declared that no civ
] State governments exist in the
excluded States of the South, and
no so called civil State governments
in such States shall be recognized
by either the executive or judicial
power of the United States. until
Congress shall SO provide, or until
such State is represented in the Con-
gress Of the United States. There
acts are declared pOIit-
cal in their character. the proprie-
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