The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-16
SATURDAY NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
Texas Affairs.

Texas Affairs.
THE MARTIAL LAW PROCLAMATION
DISCUSSED IN THE LEGISLATURE
ARREST OF CITIZENS-MoR ELEC-
TION RETURNS.
dustin, Teras, Oct. 1.-THE Governors
proclamation of martial law was taken up
in the House of Delegates and resolution
introduced to sustain the Governor. 1t
was opposed by many leading Republicans.
Plumby, a Radical from Galveston county.
opposed it bitterly. lie said: g | shall
vote against the Governors proclamation of
martial law because think it is illegal, and
will not be deferred from the expression
Of my opinion against it by the cry of my
having gone over to the Democracy. 4
shall vote against it because am a Repub-
lican, and regard the proclamation as de-
structiye to the party and subversive of the
constitution and liberties Of the people.
The Governor has made mistake, and q
will not be compelled, under party lashing, to
endorse aud ratify the error. My county
has increased its Democratic majority from
one hundred, in two years, to two thousand,
and this increase is caused by enforcing
just such illegal and irregular declarations
of martal-laws as we are now discussing.o
GolceSton, October l3.-Thc colored mi
litia has arrived at Grosbeck. Business is
suspended there, and all the roads leading
to the place are guarded, and no one is
allowed to pass i'll or out. Twenty-Five
citizens have been arrested and placed un-
der bonds for their appearance before Judge
Oliver. Much indignation.is felt.
Additional returns from the second dis
trict increase Conner's majority. The
Democrats have doubtless elected al four
congressman. The aggregated Democratic
majority in the State is estimated at 49, 600.
Ku-Klux Investigations in Alabama.
HtahsoiAe, A1a., October 14.-The sub
committee on Ku-Iilux, Senator Pratt,
chairman, after being in session eight days
here, adjourned this evening, to go to
Montgomery, where they will remain two
or three days, and then go TO Demopois.
where they will remain for perhaps a
week.
They have examined forty-two witnesses
here, including several of the principal pub
lie men on the Democratic side, who re-
garded the country as peaceful, and, on the
other side, many persons, including negroes,
who testified TO acts of violence.
The Chicago Calamity.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE Tribune says:-
'There can be no doubt as to the only
course to pursue with incendiaries caught
in the act. The fate of such miscreants
should be certain and sure"
The opening of the vaults and safes con-
tinue to be prosecuted as rapidly as possi-
BILE. In most instances, so far, the con-
tents are found in n more or less perfect
state of preservation. In some cases a heap
of charred leaves and melted tin boxes are
found.
The rain, which commenced falling at
midnight, continues. 1t has extinguishcd
the remaining fires thereby saving many
thousand tons of coal and quelling appre-
tensions of further fires.
The gold in the custom-house was melt
ed, and the greenbacks d e troyed.
1t rained this morning, clearing the at
mosphere of dust and smoke.
Death of a United States Judge.
Neao York, Oct. 14.--Judge MclSenney,
United States Judge of the southern dis
trict of Florida, died on Thursday, on the
steamer City of Houston, while en- route,
via Key West, for home. He was buried
at Leguin's Point.
NoTE.-Judge McKenney abandoned his
summer trip North to give a speedy adjudi-
cations to the cases of steamers wrecked
by the recent cyclone. He sacrificed his
life to duty.l
From France.
NEW OUTBREAK IN ALGERIA-AID FOR
CHICAGo-TlTE ELECTIONS.
Paris, October 1f.-A new outbreak
has occurred in Algeria, which necessi-
tates the dispatch of additional troops to
that point.
Monroe q Co., of Paris, have tecgraphed
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