Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-12-21
NEWS ITEMS.

bear the electoral vote of the State of New
York. ..... ..u ..
Judge Merriman, recent democratic
candidate for Governor of North Carolina,
is elected to the U. s. Senate from tho t
state.
The RAIDS in the U. S. Senate have
uery generously ~ decided to allow the
democrats to fill one vacancy on the prin-
cipal standing committees, viz: Forei gr
Relations, Judiciary, Finance and Privi-
leges and Elections.
That part of the Presidents Message
relating to the Postal Telegraph has been
referred by Congress To the Committee on
Appropriations.
Georgia votes for Gratz Brown for
President.
Mr.. Frank Hitchcock, whose stage nom
de plume was Frank Murdoch, died recent.
" in New York. He was q young actor
of cons iderable promise.
Mrs. Jas. A. Oates, the charming little
widow and actress, is married. Mrs. Oates
is not unknown to the people of Texas, as
she played once, il not more, in Galveston
and Houston. The happy man is Mr.. Ira
cy W. Titus, her Agent.
Affairs in Louisiana are so terribly
mixed that It's hard to tell who is who, or
which is which. We have concluded that
they are. ... .
AT q billiard tournament in Boston
on the 18th, an exhibition game of hun
bred points was played between Miss Bcs-
singer and Mr.. Tobin. Tho lady played
with much skill, and won the game by if
ty. one points.
Mr.. Greeley told Dewitt Talmadge
that he had not had sound sleep in ff-
teen years.
1t was Chief Justice Chase who wrote
the closing paragraph Of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
"A bill was before Congress on the
18th inst, appropriating $780, 900 for Will
liam and Mary College, near Williams
burg, Va. Some one offered an amend
ment "that no part of the appropriation
!" be paid until the stockholders had adopt
"ed resolution opening the College to oil
" classes and colors." The amendment
was adopted by vote of79 yeas to II nays,
but the bill as amended was rejected by
vote of SO yeas to l2G nays, every demo.
crat voting nay.
The steamship st. Louis, plying be-
tween New York and New Orleans, W as
lost last week, with her entire cargo
Ship valued at S15O,OOO, and fully insur-
ed. ...
"A storm on the 18th damaged
the telegraph lines all over England.
Gen. James L. Orr, of South Carolina
has been appointed Minister to Russia.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is giving
"Readi ngs" in San Francisco.
The Washin gton correspondent of the
New York Herald describes tho arrange
ments for the Inauguration ceremonies on
the 4th of March. The Inauguratio on Ball
will have new feature in the presence Of
the elite of the colored society in Washing
ton.
The st. Louis Globe says that Lieut..
Fred. Grant passed through that city re-
Gently, on his way to Fort Griffin, Tex
as, his post Of duty.
DIR. Warren Stone, the famous sur
geon, died in New Orleans on the 9th inst,
aged IS years.
Gen. Grant, it is said, declines to re-
ceive any more presents, and the New Or
leans Times sets him down as an "exhaus-
ted receiver"
The vo te of New York this year was
the smallest vote cast in that state for
President since 1929.
The New York Herali proposes press
fund for the benefit Of Greeley's children,
and heads the list with $1,000.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has purchased the Nova Scotia lines.
The Cent raj Pacific Railroad, to gain
their good will, adead-head" all tho Indi-
ans who want to ride on the trains, and
the Indians reciprocate by making "dead-
heads" of every white man, woman or
child they can catch straying around
loose.
Col. Lamar, member elect to Congress
from Mississippi, has been relieved OF dis.
abilities by tho present Congress. The
most generous thing known to that body
for some years, Us Col. L. is q sterling
democrat and an able man.
-Itis said Colfax will assume editorial
charge of the Tribune.
FOREIGN.
London, Dec. 1.-The steamer
Chorcnts, plying between Hull aud
Dunkirk, was wrecked on the l4th
of last month, and seven lives lost.
Mrs. Gould, an American lady,
has a school of two hundred pupils
in Rome.
PARIS, Dec. 9.-Thc appointment
of Goulard as Minister of the lnte-
rior, Leon Say Minister of Finance,
Fourton Minister of Public Works,
and Calmont Project of the Depart
ment of the Seine, are published
this morning in the Official Journal.
Though the Ministry, as now form
ed, is regarded as transitional, the
the aforementioned appointments
indicate the termination of the eri-
sis, and secure the government the
support of the Right Centre and
a. Ia Torfro