Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-04-23
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survey of Malagorda Bay; also, for
the survey of Red River aud tho
Bayous between Jefferson, Texas,
and Alexandria AMI Shreveport,
! Louisiana, with u view of securing
IN appropriation.
WAsmISGroS, April l2.-Able
lawyers are retained by either par.
~ in the Burcau.lloward corrup.
investigation.
Three thousand dollars was ap.
propriatcd 10 the uso ofthc commit
/ tee for tho investigation of General
Towards alleged corruptions.
Stevenson made a minority re.
port, supported by four Of the Flee.
tion Committee, iavoring the seat.
ing Of Scgar MS member Mt largo for
Virginia. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April l2.--Thc
Georgia question drags slowly along.
The issue seems rs remote MS ever.
Only Blodgett, Of the various Geor.
gia delegates, remains here, watch.
ing tho progress Of events.
Tho prevailing opinion is that the
present executive and Legislative
officials will go out ut the expira.
tion Of the terms for which they
were elected, and that the election
for their successors will be conduct
cd under military auspices 1t
seems certain today that, whatever
result may be reached, the presen,
officials will not be allowed to hold
over except by the vote Of the pco-
pie or by executive appointment.
WASHINGTON, April l2.-Mem.
bers Of Congress from the Gulf
States met tonight to consider the
Southern Pacific Railroad. They
agreed to support charter making
the Eastern terminus at Marshall,
Texas, with the right of other roads
to connect at or west of Marshall.
Connecting roads shall carry freight
and passengers under arrangements
mutually beneficial. The guage of
the trunk and connecting lines to
be five feet. Tho Gulf delegation
will unanimously support the com
pany most likely to build the road
from Marshall to San Diego. The
committee appointed is composed
of Sheldon, Sherrod, Pcarcc and
Clark, to take charge of the matter.
WASHINGTON, April l4.-In the
House the disabilities of Judge Sa.
bin, of Texas, were removed.
The House is now considering
tho subject of cable from San
Francisco via the Sandwich Islands
to China.
The Election Committee granted
Grafton until the first of September
to work up his case against Conner,
seated member from Texas.
The bill chartering tho Pacific
cable from. San Francisco. with q
capital of ten million dollars, pass
ed. AS it is Cyrus w. Fields
scheme it will doubtless pass the
House; and by its consummation it
will girdle the globe with telegraph.
ST Louis, April li-IIcavy fresh
ct in the Mississippi river opposite
Quincy. H.; river eight miles wide;
West Quincy entirely submerged;
the water over the Hannibal and
st. Joseph Railroad for five miles.
An important meeting was held
Mt the BOard of Trade Rooms last
evening. 1t assembled in response
to call published in this paper on
Tuesday, and had for its object the
consideration of project to cstab.
lish packet company to facilitate
direct trade between Louisville,
Red River and the counties OF Nor.
thern Texas. Twenty-Five gentle
men, including many ofthc leading
merchants of the city, as well as q
number of the White, Red and Ar
kansas Rivers Packet Company,
were present. Mr.. Harris explain
cd to the meeting the necessity that
existed for Il line of boats, owned
in part by Louisville gentlemen, to
carry the freight sold by merchants
to gentlemen doing business on the
Red River and in Northern Texas.
He stated that at the present time
the shipments were nearly three
months in reaching their destina-
tion. That several merchants from
the Red River country and Texas,
bought goods in this city last Sep
tembcr, and that they not only did
not receive their purchases until af
ter Christmas, but that the charges
on them were three times as much
as the original contract, made at
the time the goods were bought,
specified. That two boats could be
built at a cost of from twenty-five
TO thlrty.five thousand dollars each,
and that, if run in the direct trade
from Louisville, some dependence
could be placed upon the time when
the goods would reach their desti-
nation. As il was, there was no
encouragement for merchants in
Northern Texas to do business in
Louisville, although many Of them
were KentuekiaDs by birth and
wished TO trade with Louisville.
Mr.. Bartlett, who has Travelled
considerably in Northern Texas,
said that he could add nothing Of
material importance TO that which
had already been said by Mr.. Har-
RS. He also referred to the incOn-
veniencies 10 which the merchants
in the Red River country are sub
iected under the present system
He said it was 10 the interest Of the