The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-01
dispatches from Tuesdays Daily.
FROM WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The Secretary of War has
approved the action of Gen. Myers and awarded the
Red river freight contract Dr. Peterson, of New Or
leans. DR.. Peterson and Gen. J. A. Mower depar
South tonight
The Havana dispatches published in the New York
Tribune yesterday and elegraphed here to the effect
that Spanish fleet had been ordered to rendezvous in
New York harbor and that Grant had ordered vessels
to cruise there. Commenting the Diario refutes the
statement that any Spanish feet had received orders
go to New York. and characerizes the story as an in
Fenton of the friends of the insurgents and says that
the Tribunes object is to excite the American people
against Spain The Diario advises its friends among
the Americans not to place any reliance in such
mors which are started by consprators and published
for the purpose of producing revolution. Advices
from the interior of the Island are to the effect that
hunger and misery prevail to alarming extent. The
column under Gen. Hidalgo Talba found hut in the
vicinity of Palma Dorano containing the eless bodies
of eight persons who died of starvation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Lst number two of the
swamp and overlooked lands selected as recurring to
Alabama under the act of September, 1885, situated
in the district subject to sale at Mobile formerly ST.
Stephens has been presented to the Secretary of the
Interior for approval The land embraces over so 900
acres.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The Ways and Means Com.
mttee is in session preparing the tariff reports Of
which, the resolutions of the House require to be pre-
sented on the second Monday of the session.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, eastern termi-
nus at Richmond and western at Big Sandy, is com
pleted to the White Sulphur Springs 225 miles; yet
to be built, 200 miles, present cost Sl2 100000 gold
debt, $4,000, 900; estimated cost of completion, So
0O0 900; amount to be furnished by contractors, SIS
100000. The vote of stock was $4,000 for aud 5000
against contract. ----=
The revenue receipts to-day nearly one million
dollars. --.. is .
Gen Breckenridge is here to attend bis sons wedding
who marries the daughter of ex-senator johnson, Of
Arkansas
Mcfarland, who shot A. D. Richardson has been
dismissed from his Office as Assistant Assessor.
The mail contract between France and the United
States expires with the year, contract pending
France having refused the terms proposed.
Alexander Delmar, formerly Director of Statistics
has become owner and editor of the National Intel
ligencer.
box is coming from Paris for Mrs Gen. Grant
which, jenkins says, will enable her to dress we'll.
Counterfeit coupons of the first series of 5-2Os of
1852 which passed the Assistant Treasurers office, at
Boston, detected here to day. They are very
dangerous
In the Supreme Court, in the case of J. W. Lane,
authorised by the Treasury to purchase cotton on
Chowan river North Carolina whose cotton and vessel
seized by the Federal navy but finally restored to
him. and while withheld from him cotton declined and
the Court of Claims awarded him $S1 600 The Gov
eminent appealed The Supreme Court reversed the
reward, holding that it not the intention of the
action of Congress to authorize such traffic as that
engaged between enemies and that it cannot be upheld