The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-13

Of low barometer in tho northwest ,om
Iowa to the upper lakes. Brisk sourrly
winds, cloudy and threatening weser,
the storm centre passing from ceutrapa-
kato into Wisconsin.
New York, March Directors oihe
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas railrd,
to-day elected Geo. Dennis presddi
Lemuel L. Post, jr, Vice. President; ..
j. Howell Treasurer.
baltimore, March IL "A short time siis
Jno, Hopkins, a well known milionae
OF this city, decided to the trustees, III
teen acres OF land, bound cd by Wos
Monument, Broadway and JeAersl
streets, FOR the erection Of hospital +
the relief Of INDECENT sick, and orphan
Al a meeting Of the board Of truste
last evening, they were notified by N
Hopkins that he had further dedicate
two million dollars worth Of property 4
the support of the hospital. The hospiti
building will be ON magnificent seal
and will be commenced in the sprir
of IA. fI',f
Sacramento, March l2.--Elected the e.
tire Republican ticket.
Washington, March l2.-Con6rmed.
Whiitelsey, Houston, Texas; Holden, Re
leigh, North Carolina DeCusa, Alabamf
UConnor, Baton Rouge Mills, Alexai
dria--postmasters. Smith, marshall f
Georgia; Lindsey, collector of custom
Pearl River Rice, collector Of secor
district, Louisiana Anderson, register
land Office, Montgomery; Finley, reosiy,
OF public money, Montgomery.
Nominations--Jn no. W. Stokes. Rerist
Of lana Office, Tallahassee A. j. MUIR
collector of customs, Apalachicola Rel
BLAIR, postmaster, Tuscaloosa; r. A. Wo,
postmaster, Natchez s. D. Fisher, 20
MASTER jackson, Mississippi. #
Boston, March l2.-Geo. S. Boutw
was elected United States 5 enator to d.
in convention of two Houses of the Nj
sachusetts Legislature. Whole number
votes cast, 275, Of which Boutwell, receiy
100, ii. Il. Dawes, l5; Geo. 7. Loriug 2;
X. Larbon, 2 VIM Whiting,2 G. l.. Gre
2. Boutwell, was declared elected.
Liverpool, March l2.--Cotton closed
shade frmer; sales including 1909 Amel
can from Savannah or Charleston, Febr
airy or March 0 SIG.
Arrived-Sappho, from Charleston
shalemuc, from Orleans; Atlanta, fire
Galveston. 'fi tifi
Washington, March l2-Secretary lot
well has received numerous congratultI
tions, both in person and by telegrapht,l
day on his election. He will tender hi
resignation 10 the President, upon recei
of his credentials, which are already d
the way hither from Boston.
Judge Richardson will assume charII
Of the Treasury TO morrow as acting Bel
rotary. 1t is almost universally beliey
he will succeed as Secretary, but this cal
not be said on any official authority.
The legal tenders outstanding have bee
temporarily increased TO one million doI
lars to meet the demand of the deparl
ment, but the extension has no reIcrenc
whatever to the money market. The cun
rency balance in the Treasury to day i
very little over S2,000,00O, and heayl
drafts to pay members of Congress anI
others, necessitated drawing upon the nc
serve fund. tti k8
New York, March l2-Cotto Irregular
sales 3, 72O at 2J3 to 2Di; -four qniss az,
unchanged WHISKY heavy at 9Oi wlea
dull and unchanged, buyers anu $. Her
apart; corn quiet b; pork firm at IL
lard firm at ~ to l0a; freights quiet an
money active at l-32 to Liz per cent conl
mission; sterling lower at u To 8; gol
l5f government, closed slightly cas- lei
Tens tolerable fctivo and others dull. I.
Cotton met receipts, AL; gross, Y
bales; sales for export to-day, go; las
evening 1921; sales of futures Il, 7O
March l9i to ZIG; April 1919 to (; May 10
to 20 June 20 to Ole; July 20E to /; o.
,ober l7s, Al
Paris, Mach l2.-Letters from TIL
frontier give the particulars of an engage
meat on the 7tb inst, in the north 4
Spain between the colonisls under Zorou
Meta aud force of government troops
Insurgents wh) wore entrenchel on th
heights of Ocjoroun, were attacked by til
National troops, resulting in the ute
defeat Of the Government forces which
were compelled to retreat with loss of gu
hundred men Z)ronelto WIS mortally
wounded. The Spanish command in h i
official report of engagement, claimed tina
the Carlisls were defeated.
Berlin, March l2--The German Parlia
ment convened in this city to-day. Hi
Majesty, Emperor William, opened tn,
session in person. In his speech he sal
he believed that negotiations now i
progress would result in the entire evacu
alton of France by German troops Mt Al
earlier day than had been heretofore ex
pacted.