Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-16

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government shall ho provisional
Referred 90 ilo Judiciary Com.
mitiee.
liirnuoyn. lNal Jan 5-Gen.
Slonrmun has issued an order dis
banding iho Publio Guard, a come
pany of about ono hundrrd State
soldiers, which has been doing duiy
al tho State prisons aud public
buildings.
Tho commanding General Is ST.
lently clearing the courts n officers
disqualified under the lilh amend
ment, tho removals not being fur
nished to the press,
SAN FRANCisoO. Jan. a,-lhe
Great Republic sailed for Hong
Kong, with $50 tons freight, 800
passengers and $40, 600 treasure,
Abundant coal has been disooy-
cred on tho line OF tho Central Pa
cife Railroad, 400 miles east Of
Sacramento.
HAVANA, Jan. A dispatch
says General Duloe, disembarked at
noon, was conducted 10 tho palace,
where he was installed and took
possession Of tho Government.
None of the demonstrations which
IL was expected would be made by
both Spaniards and Cubans, on his
arrival, took place, Tho ceremo-
mics of his reception were Of for
NAL character, and passed OF quiet
~. The new Viceroy brings with
him II number OF general officers
and civil employees, lie is also
accompanied by Bishop MARTINEZ,
of the Diocese of Havana, who was
some time ago banishod to Spain by
Captain General Lersundi,
HAVANA, Jan. 5.-The Captain
General, LersUndi, held n grand re.
view to day o! all the troops in and
around the city. Tho display was
tiuo and witnessed by u large crowd
of citizens. News lately received
from Count Valmased, who, ut last
accounts, was on the line between
Nucvitas aud Bayams. The Ca
zcitc publishes an acc0ut Of II Skin
mish between the regular troops
aud the insurgents on the Goth ult.,
in tho vicinity OF Man2anillo. 1t
claims Il victory for the Govern
ment.
LONDON, Jan. 5.-l.atcr African
advices confirm the safety OF DR..
Livingstone. Ho is in Zanzibar,
prevented from reaching the coast
by wars.
WASHINGTON, Jan. G.-llousE.-
The Secretary of War was asked the
number Of troops employed in Tex
as and Virginia, how many were
citizens and how many were engag-
cd in the rebellion.
The political disabilities of j. G.,
Stokes, of Alabama, were removed.
The House went into Committee
on Appropriations. The pension
bill, appropriating thirteen and a
half millions dollars, passed the
appropriation, after vot-
ing down the amendment restoring
the mission TO Rome, was postponed.
Adjourned.
SENATE Executive reports re-
garding Indians, &c, were pre-
scented.
The Judiciary Committee report
ed bill forbidding the holding Of
two Offices, civil or military, at the
same time.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture
reported a bill recognizing the
A gricultural Bureau, and securing
the appointment from each State of
a person familiar with its local
wants.
The grand jury ignored the new
indictment against Surratt.
Gen. Porter. further states that
the Gov. is anxious to relieve each
county from martial law as soon as
it is safe. He could seldom secure
good men for officers in the eastern
counties, and had to depend on ne
groes for soldiers. The Governors
policy has no doubt seriously inter
fered with business Of all parties,
hence the opposition from loyalsts.
has interferred with travel; taken 1t
off hands for the militia where they
are badly needed, created money
panics. 1t has, however, accom-
plished much more good than the
most sanguine expected.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7.-Gen.
Rousseau is i'll, of inflammation of the
bowels; almost beyond recovery.
Pinchback, the mulatto Senator,
who gained such notoricty in
the last session of the Legislature,
by his speech threatening New Or
leans with the torch, yesterday
gave notice that lie would introduce
a bill requiring all public resorts,
for which license is required, to be
open to all without distinction on
account of color or race.
ST.. Louis, Jan. Santa Fe
advices report an ARRAY between
white and colored troops, two white
and three colored killed. A large
number were wounded. The diff
ficulty occurred at q ball given by
the whites where the blacks claimed
the right to dance. After expulsion
from the ball the black procured
rein forcemtnts and returned, killing
one white man on the road. Tho
whites reported the negroes burned
the building and ravished the wife
and daughter of the owner. Anoth
err correspondent says the Mexicans
entered the town, arrested all men
and hung two.
CHICAGO, Jan. 7.-Chandler is re-