The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-12-12

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frauds.
1he senate cnucus to-day WIS con.
hnpd ~ some changes lli the COM
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Senators ARE not communicative, hut
Indirect questions elicit the fact That
thouIh Louisiana, Arkansas aud bel
llgerent Nicksburg were casually men
toned, the caucus lodged the qucs-
ton ~ too heavy for them. II Il fair
to say, however, that these questions
were merely brOaGhed, The impres-
sion IL that Louisiana and Arkansas
will be let alone, and ~ there are no
no federal soldiers to spare, Vicksburg
may hold her own.
DUNDEE, December S.-rhree hun
dred operatives in the Bright mills
struck to-day against II reduction Of
wages.
FRANKLIN, Iowa, December S.--The
court house, with the records, was
burned to-day. This Is the third in
cendiary fire within three weeks.
MADRID, December S.-The bishop
of Urgel, until lately, hot adherentof
Don Carlos, has written u letter am
nouncing his abandonment of the Car
list cause and stating that he has ad-
vised Don Alphonso to take the some
course. He declares he will remain in
his diocese, even If the republican
troops regain possession.
SANTA NDER, December S.-Advices
from the Carlists general headquarters
have been received. D0rrag0y has re-
turned there and has been appointed
to the command of the army of the
center. General History commands in
| the north. 1t is expected that Serrano
will order II general attack Oh the Car
list lines in Navarro.
HAVANA, December S.-The Deito
reports that telegram has been re-
ceived that Spain is preparing to rein
| force Cuba.
PARIS, December S.-The scheme for
the coalition of the right and left CEN
| tiers i'm the assembly is making prog
ress. Much depends on the election of
| president of the left center, which is
| to be held ut a caucus Tomorrow.
Troy, n. V, December S.-Work on
the new mill of the Rensselaer, iron
works has been resumed at reduced
rates. The strikers assaulted several
workmen in the dark.
PIITsBURG, December S.-The pud
dlers are on a strike. -Four hundred
furnaces are cold and fifteen hundred
men idle.
CINCINNATI, December 8. The
| Times Vicksburg dispatch says the
fight was renewed al Snyder's Bluff
ten miles from the city, last evening,
between several hundred negroes and
forty whites. A courier was sent to
| Vicksburg for achievements, which
were sent out without delay, and after
a short skirmish four negroes were
| killed and three wounded, whereupOn
the negroes retreated. Last night the
negroes drove in the white pickets
from Ford Hill and it is said have en-
trenched themselves there. They are
receiving large leinforcements from
other counties. At last accounts they
were marching on the city up the lsso-
quena road, driving the whites before
them. They fired into funeral pro-
cession, wounding one white man.
The fire was returned and three negroes
were killed.
VICKsBURG, Miss, December o.
Tue excitement is subsiding and bu-
siness Is generally resumed. Armed
bodies of negroes are reported congre-
eating at various places few miles
! from town. Some of the whites are
still under arms and a strict guard is
being kept on the approaches to the
city.
The board of commissioners met to-
day. Adiutant General Packer pre-
scented the resignation of Sheriff Cros-
by, which was accepted. An election
will be;ordered for sheriff soon. The
recent robbery of the records from the
court house is explained. The stolen
records furnished evidence of the for
gerry and embezzlement of Peter Cros-
by, sheriff, Wash Davenport, chan
Gerry clerk, and other negro officials,
all of whom are under Indictment, eX-
cept Crosby, who packed the grand
jury for his own protection.
Ed. Richardson attempted to go into
the Jail to. day, and when passing out
made some obnoxious remarks, and
was shot through the arm. The ball
lodged in Tom Kinney's knee, intlict-
ing serious wound.
Governor Ames has issued a procla-
nation calling an extra session of the
legislature for Thursday, the 18th in
slant, to take some action on the stu
alton here.
New YORK, December "a large
number of the longshoremen have re
sumed work, saying that their suffering
families have claims paramount to the
union.
In the Tilton- Beecher case bill OF
particulars has been ordered and the
trial will proceed Monday.
Iu the tire ball carom game, eight
hundred points for one thousand dol
lars side, Maurice Vignom was the
winner. Cyrille Dion scored seven
hundred and seventy-two points.
NEW YORK, December S.-Edward
stuart, formerly OF Liverpool but re-
Gently from New Orleans, bought in
this market, a few days ago, outside of
the cotton exchange, so ne three hum
dred bales of cotton, and shipped the
same to Liverpool. He sold the bills
of lading to Duncan, Sherman d Co.,
receiving therefor bills of exchange,
and has absconded. The bills of lad
ing secure Duncan, Sherman d Co.
recovered, will fall upon the merchants
| WHO sOlu W totuuIt hotuuIV 10 INV a
mem Der of the exchange.
Samuel p. Blame has been elected
assistant city attorney and will per-
form the duties of the office until the
contest between Jonas and Walsh Is
decided by the court.
A decision was rendered by Judge
Donahue, to-day, refusing to make a
permanent or temporary injunction
against all police commissioners to re-
strain them from interfering with Max
Strakosch's Sunday exening perform
ances in the grand opera house.
ITHICA, n. Y, December 9.-Ezra
Cornell is dead.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., December o.
The president has granted pardons, to
be issued tomorrow, to John Wilson
ante and Jerome Whisonante, ofSouth
Caro- ina, both convicted of kuklux Of
| fences and sentenced each, to five
years imprisonment at Albany and
one hundred dollars fine. They have
served two years of their term.
The republican senators spent an
hour and half in caucus this evening"
on the subject of Arkansas affairs, but
adjourned without coming to any con-