The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-29

OWhnlinn Hlllc0 INf Ntf Wftl WIN ]
llie Manhattan IN convoy.
1wocd has been sentenced ~ lWclvc
years Wv the cWfniy prison ana
Sl2, 900 fine. Judge Ijlntchfofd hns post
poned the order citing Jay Cooke MO-.
10 show causc why they should not he
declared involuntary bnnkfupia.
Cotton Net receipts 1875 bales; gross
receipts 1872. Market easlcr; sales
1880 bales at l5s@iGc. Gold strong ut
10a.
New ORLEANS, November 2i.-1hc
delegates TO the Peoples Convention
assemble this morning at the st.
Charles hotel, and from thence PR
ceeded 10 McEnery's Office, whei 0 the
committee of Seventy with the dele
gates adjourned TO Grecnwald Hell on
Bnronne street, which had been chosen
for the session.
The hall was tastefully decorated with
numerous inscriptions and aproinsion
offlags, the busts of Washington, Clay
Webster and ChicfJuatiee Martin being
prominent. Alta quarter past l20'clock
r. III. Mari, Chairman of tho commit
tee of Seventy, called The convention
to order, and named DR.. Chappln, tenn
porary Chairman and Tht mas l.. Max
WELL temporary Secretary. These
nominations We're adopted lnani-
mously.
Dr. Cliaprin, taking the chair said
he did SO because he believed every
| man in Louisiana should contribute
| bis mite in this struggle for liberty
| Committees on credentials and orgaii-
zation were appointed, when u recess
| OF half an hour was taken. After the
recess the committee on organization
nominated Judge w. b. Eagan, Of
Caddo, for President, and Thomas l..
Maxwell, of New Orleans, Secretary.
On motion, the nominations were nc
cepted. Judge Eagan, upon assuming
| the chair, addressed the convention,
reviewing the situation, etc. Other
address es followed. After the appoint
ment of the usual committees, the col
vention adjourned until 10 O'clock
tomorrow morning.
NEW ORLEANS, November 24.-The
board of United States engineer Off
GERS appointed to deliberate upon the
feasibility of the proposed Fort st.
| Phillip canal, have arrived here.
| Cotton in good demand; sales $500
bales! Prices easier. Good ordimry
10 StTIcJ SOOu oldihuig ifVIlc'j ~
mdling to. strict low midlipg iplgl5&e;
midlipg. 70 strict midllng lsCslS5c
good midling l7l@175c; for certified
checks. Gold.S5teS9; currency MOTE;
lsightls for certified checks;s sterling
17s@lst for certified cheeks !,
| NEw York, Novem ber ~. -4Fdmund
J. Randolph & Co., bankers, who sus-
dended dyringthepanic have resumed,
The Spanish iron-clad Arapeles has,
so far pro .ressed in her repairs as to
be almost ready to leave the navy
yard. Coal will be put on board to-
day. She Will go to an .anchorage in
the North river tomorrow to take7in,
coal, stores and powder. Hercomman-
der is determined to have her away
at sea before Decsinberlst.
WASHINGTON, November 24.--In the
case Of the, United States We. Iapine
aud others, tbs. Supreme Court to-day
decided that where 9 party advanced
funds to II, firm in New Orleans, To he
used ly their agents in the ina crior in
the purchase, OF cotton prior to the
capture Of the CITY in 1892 al the par
ties being then In Now Orleans and
the city WAS captured by the Federal
forces before lii cotton was purchased
with the funds so advanced, the agent
having gone into the interior prior to
the capture, bis agency to psrchase
cotton was terminated by the hostile
position of his principals toward the
cotton of the owners, consequent upon
the capture and TINT II purchase of cot
ton afterwards was an eflectual aid to
the enemy. 1t was forbidden by the
soundest principles of public law. The
purchaser therefore obtained TO title
TO the cotton and had no claim against
the government for its capture. Mr..
Justice Hunt delivered the opinion,
Justices Miller and Fields dissenting.
Secretary Richardson issues the fol-
lowing, nThe instructions of the 9th
ult., in reference to the limited dis
bursement of silver coin In lieu of cur
rency, are hereby so modified that
hereafter i'll making disbursements
silver, coin will be paid only in the
fractional parts of a dollar.' BE
The pOstmaster-General, having re-
ccived number of inquiries. from
Postmasters, as to whether circular
issued bg u Rhode Island POSTMASTER
calling for convention ofPostnasters
at Washington on the 9Th OF January, |
is in accordance. with his wishes, states |
that his name was used in, the circular
without authority, and he has directed |
the project to be Abandoned md the
circular 10 be Withdrawn as far as pos
sible.sgS
IIyERpooL, November 24-Not |
below good ordinary shipped Deuen-
Der and Jannaryy SID; not below low
middlings shipped November and
December s $3.50.
New YORK, November 24.-The
Spanish sloop or war Arapeles, left the
navy yard this morning, and dropped
down to the battery, preparatory to
sailing for Cuba. Her repairs are
incomplete. a.,ss u ~.
A full jury was drawn in the Inger-
soil case to-day, and the trial will pro-
coed. 1t is expectedto be short, as the
proof of his forgeries is said to be quite
plain,yts n la, 49,, 80
The charity commissioners of Brook
-lyn state that they cannot meeta quar-
ter of the demands for assistance made
on them by the poor of that city.
x A. l.. Roberts and Valentine Greene
were to-day iirraigned before the Oyer
and Terminer on forty-nine indict-
ments for bond forgeiies, There are,
sixty-eight indictments against them
also at the court of General Sessions.
The, meeting Of the Trust company
to-day reached no final decision OH the
resumption Of business, but a director
states that the company expect to re-
sumo Monday next.
Several hundred men were at the
NAVY yard, to-day who were promised I
by politicians that they would be. put
to work, but they were all disappointed, 4