Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-05-07
TELEGRAPHIC,


MEayti5, April 25.-Allcn
Wright, the principal Chief OF the
Choctaws, has sent an able message
to the special session Of the Coun-
ell, II Witch li5, :fart's tlitin, hy
reference TO the fato dstlssir terrific.
- III Miasissippi, or What it will be
i'll the proposed territory OF. Lin
:oln, and advises that their lands
be surveyed and held in scvcralty,
and that the Choctaws orggNi2s
themselves ut once ~ thS State Of
Oklurhurrma, ,afa Hbply for ,aimis-
5ioh Tito tho Uiiipn, and if il is the
honeSt desire Of Tic government to
have tiicm become citizens, it viii
acoticScc in tie Petition.
specio, to the Galveston Sows.l
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The fol-
lowing Texans were relieved Of dis.
abilities by the bill passed in the
Houso to,aHy: UliaFles j.. Gotk-
ridge, Charles u. RollS6, High 9.
Mcintyre George z. lIaswcll, Ca.
tiiillhs Jones, \. J. YdiighH, Jas. &,
Sea~cll, john r. Jories, j. ". Coop.
CT, JV'h &. Scott, II. y. Simonds,
and Rithhra Jcrdth.
:, ASSOCIATED treGs dispatches
RicnHoND, "a, April 27.-Largc
crowd COLLECTED in the upper ror.
! ton Of the Capitol building, f@hc. c
thc Supreme Court of Appeals Tas
located, to hear the discussion in
the Mayoralty case About eleven
o'clock the foo- gtl},c way .hhhsath
the dense weight, prccipitatiiig the
! crowd to the floor b6lotv, which
Wis Tint of thS iton$S Of IDGIcgatcs.
II is hAfd 70 !Bccr,ai!i 1T present
the c&ttnt Of injuries, SO great is
| thy cHci.cm 5ht, but Some are killed,
and a large numbeF sc@cFelN i;iiut7
cd. Many escaped the terrible fall
BY jumping into the windows when
The floor gave way. The wounded
ktt !o* being atteTdGd TO- ,,,,,r,
| WAsnINdToh, ApFii 8t.-f'Efo;Hi..
the fact Mr.. Howard, the minority
member ola sub committee Of three,
had reported to the Senate Pacific
RaiIroad Comrtittct alrtfsGlE tt
| tile Southern Pacific 81 Texas Con
tinental Railroad, the impression
has been created that the commit;
tee itself c5-obGiitGd. This ii Hot
true us the committee have not set
acted on the subject.
Senator Pratt addressed the Sen,
ate in favor Of the payment of 10y.
al owners South ft0f property taken
during Ire war.
THE AproRTIoSMENT.- Congresf
hafihS passed the Apportionmcnt
Ri! increasing the representation
to 275 members in the House OF
Representatives, exclusive of all
new States to- he adffittcd. il *ow
only awaits tie oficial public;!;ior
Of tho ccRstiS Of 1870 to def !itely
fix the representation of each State
Estimating tie population of the
United States, according to the
latest and most careful ,feports, al
10000, 600, exclusive of Territories
Rlabafia, Arkansas, California
Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louis
lana, Maryland, Miphesota. Missis
sippi. New York. North Carolina
Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio
will each gain one member; Iowa
dissouri, New Jersey, WisconsIi
and Texas vii; each gain two mem
bers; Michigan and Pennsylvania
will each gain three members; anC
} Illinois viii gain four members
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida
Kcntuckt, Maine, Massachusetts
Nebraska. Nevada, Oregon, Tchnes
see and West Virginia will have tn
; samb number Of representatives a
at. proSent; and New Hampshire
Rhode Island and Vermont vii
each lose one member. Thus th
, New England States lose thre
: members; the Middle States gail
six the Western states, eighteen
and the Southern States. eleven.
TGalresion TeEs