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

HunrnHIi vs. W. 'nHI hl HipNfVl"nf ~
internal fpyOu1o,
IN the Alnlmua claims court ~ dny
attainment VIVA resumed pl Ouap Winihy.
sovph na a. tho character 0f tlio dam.
ages, the counsel iOr the government
talking The position that the court hnd
uO luflsdlWiOn Nv the matter NJ per-
sunnl injury by meta resulting from illr
capture Uf confederate cruisers Con.
crhl Roberts spoke IN opposition.
a decision viii ho rendered ln n few
days IN Case one hundred and eighteen,
involving the question Of citizenship,
naturalization, ctc., and VIII, with the
ease involving the Same points, be ar
gted tomorrow.
BALTIMORE December0.- AT amcet'
ing of the directors Of the Northern
Central railroad two reports were sub.
United, neither of which were signed
by u majority Of the committee.
Thomas Scott was chosen president.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, December o.
The Legislature by II requisite vote
agreed to session beyond the constitu-
tional limit Of thirty days"
w. W. Screws, of the Montgomery
Advertiser, was elected state printer.
BERLIN, December 0.--rhe trial OF
Won Arnim will be public, but the
judges have the discretion OF closing
court during important revelations.
LEIsLE, December 9.-Ihe France
printing establishment, the largest
in France, burned to-day. Loss
100000.
LONDON, December 0.-There was n
violent gale here to-day. The schooner
John Cook was wrecked and seventy
five persons were drowned. A dozen
vessels are ashore and much damage
has been done.
kilograms were received at the
Greenwich observatory this afternoon,
ANNOUNCING that observations of the
transit OF Venus have been successful.
Over one hundred photographs Were
taken.
CONsTA NTINoPLE, December 9.-The
Grand Turk gave hundred thousand
dollars for famine stricken Angeria.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, December o..
Masked men detached an express cat
and engine from Il train on the Kan
sas Pacific road, and robbed the safe
of Wells, Fargo ~ Co., of SS20,OGO and
carried off case with $4,000 in gold
dust in 1t. The robbers were mounted
and are heavily armed. The express
company offers $4,000, the railroad
company 5000 and Governor Osborne
-, 500 reward for the arrest of the
robbers and the recovery of the prop
erty.
MEMPHIS, December 9.-The resi-
dents of the various colored societies
of this city have organized society
called the knights of Brotherhood and
Monument association, the objects OF
W hich are set forth in Il lengthy adj
dI ess to the colored people, published
this morning. These are to discard all
old political ties and cultivate and
maintain permanent peace.
NEW ORLEANS, December 9.-Cap-
tain George Reitmiller, well-known
as a Texas ranger aud celebrated ath-
lete and tumbler, arrived in this city
last night. He is matched with i.
Boliver Ayres. He is doubly welcome
from the fact that his genius as an
electrician and practical operator in
the employ of the Western Union
telegraph company is uneXcelled.
PHILADELPHIA, December 9.-Sev-
eral persons who have been dispensing
drugs without having pharma> eutical
Dudley S. Gregory, the first mayor
of Jersey City, is dead, aged seventy
five years. lie was II member of con
gres5 in lS4G.
WASHINGTON, December Sit was
unprecedented that the wires had been
cut in the south, but it was aScertained
that New York and New Orleans were
working direct by the Western Union
wires.
WASHINGTON, December 10.-Volney
Voltaire Smith, claiming to be govern =
or of Arkansas, turned up here to-day.
Application has been made for plac-
ING troops in the state house at New
Orleans. 1t was refused. a more ur-
gent application is now before the
president. The result has not trans
PRED.
The committee on banking and cur
rency were in consultation to-day with
the president.
Senator Lewis Is sick.
The president sent nearly q column
of nominations TO the senate to-day.
LONDON, December l0.-The ship,
Golden Rule, for New Orleans, which
put back to Liverpool on the 9TH re-
ceived damage in the Mersey by col
lision with an unknown vessel.
The storm of yesterday was very dis
astrous to shipping. a dozen vessels
are ashore at Whitby, and one is re-
ported to have sunk with all on board.
Similar accounts are received from
points all around the coast. The mails
from France are several hours behind.
The racket for Ostend was compelled
to return to Dover. Heavy damage
was done i'm the harbors of Jersey.
Two hundred and sixty yards of pier
were swept away, and blocks of con-
crete weighing several tons were dis
placed and broken.
The storm was very severe on the
continent. The telegraph lines be-
tween italy, Switzerland and Paris are
down and communication interrupted.
A Carlist dispatch SAYS Serrano has
arrived at Leogrono.
The Carlists deny the detection of
the bishop of Urgel.
A telegram to the standard reports
thai General Froma, with four thou
SAL d men, attacked the Carlists under
Ma, orejoe and Rogona near Audoin.
He was repulsed with heavy loss and
driven back to San Sebastian.
Alexander Mactire, of Baltimore,
was married yesterday to Virginia,
daughter of the late Hon. James
Brooks, of New York, in the Roman
Catholic Church of the Assumption,
of Holborn. Minister Schenck was
present. Monsignor Capel performed
the marriage ceremony.
The transit of venus was successful
ly observed at Hobart Town, Adelaide
and Melborne and at points in India,
China and Japan. The American
party, however, ouly partly succeeded
at Hobart Town.
BERLIN, December 10.-Von Arnim's
trial is progressing.
PARIS, December l0.-The Ameri-
can minister has restored to n de-
scendant of Lafayette watch presented
to Lafayette by Washington in COM
memoration of CORVALLIS surrender
at Yorktown. The watch was stolen
from Lafayette inlS25.
An understanding has been come to
between General Decrissey, minister of
war, and the military committee of the
assembly, in regard to the army.
A number of BOnapartist almanacs
have been seized by the police in this
city.
The ship Fishers, which arrived
at Demarra, on the 3Oth of October,
h.,l