The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-07-17

Howards nomination. Senate re.
sumed funding bill and concurrcd in
electoral college amendments. Bill
goes to the President. Adjourned.
Reconsideration of army bill
resumed and amended, reducing
Major Generals to three, aud Briga.
dicrs to six, to take effect March 3ist.
Selections TO be made by the Prcsi.
dent after March It'll, regardless Of
seniority. Quartcrmastcr AGju,ant
and Surgeon Generals reduced to
rank Colonel of cavalry, All staff
ofiaars of departments reduced to
one grade OF rank, and numbers 70.
duced one. half, selections to be made
by the Commanding Gcnc-sl.
Bill regulating electoral college
passed, with amendment, and goes
back to the Senate. House non con.
CURED in Senate amendments to the
tax bill. Adjourned.
New York, July il, hoon.-Goil
l4os. Cotton quiet at 'i2@32ic.
New Orleans, July l3.-Cotton
easier middling 3lc.:
Gold lao @lil.
New York, July -, cve.-Cot,on
shade lower sales 1900 bales at 32c.
for middling uplands. Gold closed
strong at liis.
New Orleans, July li.-Cotton
quiet middling Bic;
Gold l4lt. Flour steady super.
fine 81 50@7 ga.
New York. July Il, cve.--Cot,on
dull and heavy; sales 700 bales at
32c. for middliug uplands. Gold
li1E,
Liverpool, July 10, afternoon
Cotton quiet uplands III and Or
leans llgd,
Liverpool, July ii, cve.-Cotton-
sales 5000 bales uplands III and
Orleans llsd,
Selma, Ala, July l3.-Grand sey.
mour and Blair ratification in this
city Saturday night. Bonfres were
built, fireworks burst, and cannon
Numbered. Several thousand PEG,
pie, including many cclored were
present, who made the meeting ring
S'ith shouts for the Democratic nom !.
inses Speeches were made by Gen.
Morgan, Pettus, Shelley, Col. Colby,
late Of the Federal army, Judge
Brooks, Judge Wood, Mayor NJ.
j, Williams, and several others, Tho
meeting was the largest ever held
here.
New York, July l3.--Specio ex.
ports last week approximate four mil
lions.
San Francisco, July II British
Admiralty approve proceedings of
Commander Bridges, of the Chanti-
clcer, in blockading Mazatlan. Don
Angel Martinez, leader of the Sina>
loa instruction, is here.
Gov. Haight, presided at largo
Democratic ratification meeting,
Washington, July -, - Judge
Fisher, from Mississippi, reports to
the Republican Committee that Mis-.
sippi went Democratic by seven thou
sand, but claims he can prove fifteen
thousand fraud.
Radical committee here from Vir-
GINA, urging changes in recently
passed election bill, as that will open
registration. Bill according with
their view will probably be intro.
dueod in the Senate.
A delegation from Atlanta has
arrived to urge Congress to remove
political disabilities from Radical
members of the Georgia Legislature.
Considerable talk and some posts
tive assertion of third party Fro
mont, Gen, Cary and John Quincy
Adams are prominently named.
Chase declined to cooperate in the
movement.
Washington, July li.-Mr. Sey-
mour's journey homeward was con-
tinued ovation,
Weather northward hotter than
foG many years. Many deaths from
sunstroke, including seven in Buff
falo.
Mobile, July ll.-An immense
and enthusiastic meeting Of the De
m ocracy was held last night. Flo
qucnt speeches were made by Ad-
miral Semmcs, Percy Walker, Major
st. Paul, Col. Hcrndon, Price, Will
lams, and others 1t was resolved
that we, the people of Mobile, do
cordially endorse and ratify the nom.
nations by the Democratic National
Convention of Hora,io Seymour for
President, and Frank p. Blair for
Vice President.
Richmond, July li.-Commitscc
Of Republicans left here for Wash Z.
ington, to urge the passage of bill
preventing the reopening of registra-
ton lis,s prior to the August clec-
tion.
Washington, July li.--Mcade has
transferred Florida to the civil au-
thori,ies.
II is stated Howard is preparing
to reduce the number of employees in
the frcedmens bureau
Grant won't return from the West
till the middle Of September.
Full cabinet, and an uusual num-
Der of visitor a, the White House.
Vallandigham visited the House
to-day. Senate had brief executive
session. Nothing important Both
houses in session tonight
Senator Doolit.le wrote letter
strongly discournging the third party
movement Well informed parties
think there is no real base for the
third party rumors,
poughkeepsic, n. Y, July a.
Thermometer, hundred and five.
Philadelphia, July IA meet
ing Of the Reconstruction Committee
is called for tomorrow to hear the
Mississippi Radical delegation re
garding the alleged election frauds
Washington, July l3.-House. -
Freedmen Bureau bill, pissed ~
the Senate, making Towards Com,
missionership Independent, passed
with amendment making discontinu
ance of the bureau absolute in repre-
sentod States on LIST January, cxcep'
as regards education, Bill goes to Tho
Senate for concurrence.
Sena.e--Difioront petitions from
different army officers, asking IN,