The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-20

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WAsmsdrw, ~ g., June w. Judge |
Harris called ~ The president THIS
morning Ia protest In the nane ~ the
peotl against military interference IN
Vlrruln, aud a. assure him that ~
GOOD order prevailed IN Petersburg ~
any city IN the United states. The
president was absent lie proceeded
TO the attorney general, whore copy
Of the telegram Published elsewhere
was furnished, giving the latest phase
of the situation. Harris says no
troops will be sent TO Petersburg.
The following order has been sent TO
the United States marshal, at Peters,
burg, by the attorney general
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, ID. G., June 10, 1874.
You are instructed to take the neces-
sary steps to protect the property OF
the United States from injury and the
officers of the government In Peters
burg from any violent interference
with them in their performance OF
their official duty, and to that end, II
you think proper, you may summons a
posse of the citizens to aid you, but II
these men are found inadequate, you
will be furnished, upon call by you
upon me, with trops from Fortress
Monroe. 1t is desirable not to use
troops If possible.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June l3.-Ihe
board of trade held n meeting to-day,
> and appointed committees and made
all the necessary arrangements for the
proper reception of their visitors from
Galveston and Houston.
The harvesting of wheat in southern
!, Kansas has commenced. The yield
promises to be abundant.
MADRID, June 13.-Senor Sabala,
president of the ministry, has author
lied the generals commanding nation
. al forces in the north to grant pardons
to conyicts who give their submission
to the government.
Senior Montillo, whose appointment
as minister to the United States was
some time ago announced and after
ward contradicted, has been ordered to
proceed to Washington without delay.
:, The Carlists have shot two officers,
I who mutinied at DuraLgO.
WASHINGTON, June l5.-Governoi
S Lewis succeeds Busteed in case Bus
# tecd is impeached or resigns.
t ]. C. Goodloe success Reynolds as
: collector at Mobile in case Reynolds is
: confirmed minister to Bolivia.
n Messrs. Herbert Longstreot and
d Thompson, levee commissioners fol
a Louisiana, will have hearing before
| the joint levee committee, Of which
: Alcorn and Lorey are chairmen, in be-
: half of aid for levees, to-day at IL
r o'clock.
o The house conference report on the
: freedman's bill has been agreed to In
2 both houses. 1t allows the business tt
be continued, with certain restric
lions as to the securities for loans, anC
e with provisions that all new deposits
: up to July, 1875, shall be held as special
, deposits. and invested for the benefit
of the special depositors.
The sundry civil service bill amend
5 ments were agreed to. abolishing the
civil service commission and requir-
F. ing heads of executive departments to
e make appointments on the ground OF
E honesty, efficiency or ability, and to
2 apportion them among the several
t congressional districts.
NEW YORK, June ia letter to the
t Times from Charleston, South Carroll
ma, says, from the official records OF
f the prosecuting attorneys of the differ
ent circuits in South Carolina, it will
be seen that one-third of the number
of persons holding minor positions
have been indicted for some offense
committed during their term of Office,
and much of Il large proportion is
Is charged with crimes of various
kinds prior to their election or appoint
ment. Charleston courty is, perhaps,
worse in this particular that any other
portion of the state. From the high
est to the lowest state officers in the
district, nearly all have been charged
with, and many of them convicted of,
one or more offences. Among the
cases cited by the Times is that of r.
H. Coin, congressman at large, who is
charged with fraudulent transactions,
but has not been prosecuted, because
he was high in the favor of the state
government.
PARIS, June 15.-Anxiety in regard
to the sitting of to-morrOw's assembly
pervades all classes.
M. Clemence has again challenged
M. Cossagnac for insinuating that he
was a coward and had acted dishonora-
bly,, and proposes duel between ten
republicans and ten Bonapartist dep
uties. Cossagnac replies contemptu-
ously that he will fight nobody but
Gambetta, and that the Bonapartist
deputies cannot accept a challenge
The government has taken vigorous
steps for the suppression of both the
Bonapartist and Radical agitators in
the barracks.
The police have closed the cafe del
Opera and Boulevard Haussman be-
cause they were rendezvous for the
Bonapartists.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June 15.-St. AL
phonsus hall, on Saratoga street. which
was destroyed i'm the great fire last
July, attached to the st. Alphonsus
Catholic church, having been rebuilt,
was dedicated yesterday, with appro-
pirate ceremonies. Bishop Grace, of