The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-02-20

pOafHngiOf HonefHl ~ establish n uiiia
lUfn system NJ registration NJ MI The
possibilities Nv the United States, pro.
Eeflbea ten cents ~ ilie registration
fee, lmnlshts The stealing ar desiftic.
ton " any registered package by ilne
aud imprisonment not exceeding
sb,OOO and five years imprisonment,
and any delaying " tlpirtrdnsmisslon
by 500 fine ~ ak months I'M
prlsOnment, and provides That
II any registered matter he lpat, stolen
Of destroyed, or eTrOucOusly delivered
by reason Of the carelessncs- or neg
lect OF any post olIlGe employe, lls
value may be recovered FROM him. The
III also provides that nny person false
~ cininlng to have enclosed money or
articles of value in u registered letter
or to have received tie same, shall be
punished by fine or imprisonment not
exceeding one year and Ole thousand
dollars. Finally the postmaster gener-
al is required to prepare locks Of a spe-
cial design for the registered letter SER
vice, and Ii authorized to employ n
chief OF division aud five clerks there
for.
New ORLEANS, February l5.--Henry
Duebor, co.ored, while returning from
church with two friends, was assalled'
last night 10y party of intoxicated
soldiers, who pursued Duebor into his
residence near by, when the latter
seized musket, fired and killed pri-
vate Woven Wicks, company ID, third
United States iantry.
Walter Gould, aged thirteen, was ac-
cidently shot and killed by comrade
to-day, aged fourteen.
B0sToN, February l5.-The revenue
cutter has returned from Providence
town where she had been assisting
thirty ice-bound vessels. She brings
four men from the stranded schooner
Bromwell, from Florida for Boston.
The men7are badly frosted, and ampu-
tations ofhands and feet will probably
ue Necessary Two men died upon
reaching the shore. One was found
dead in the rigging. The cutter coaled,
and returned Many of the ice bound
vessels are out of provisions.
SAVANNAH, February ia fire in
Darien to-day destroyed number of
stores and the Gazette printing Office.
insurance forty thousand dollars. This
Is tIlt hIt Wtullit SlA liIphtuS.
is supposed to be the work of negro in
cendiaries.
OswEGo, n. Y, February 15.-All
the roads except the Oswego and SYRIA
cuse continue blocked.
NEW York, February Is. Victor
Pace, French consul during the Franco
Prussian war, died recently in France.
CHARLESTON, February l5.-Ip the
national grange on Saturday the re-
port of the committee on the tobacco
trade was adopted, together with a
preamble declaring that large agricul-
tu'al districts of the country suffer
great loss by the working of the pres
ent laws taxing tobacco, which taxes
tall exclusively on the cit Gems of the
United States, and requesting congress
to repeal all laws levyiDg taxes on to-
haccO, and asking the general govern
ment to use its best offices to induce
foreign governments to release the
duties on tobacco. The report of the
Committee on transportation was also
adopted. Tie committee recommend
the improvement of the mouth of the
Mississippi, the building of q double
track freightrailroad to Missouri and
the completion of the Texas and Paci
tic railroad, on which freights are ma
tonal in character and will encourage
the producing Interests of the sessions
of the country which they would
traverse and their products will seek
an outlet in these directions. The COM
mittee declare that the time has come,
while it is the mission, prerogativc and
duty of the government to encourage
the productive interest of the nation,
which hitherto have rerei"ed too little
attention, and urge upon congress the
immediate Importance and vital ne
eessity of such aciion as will provide
cheap and rapid transportation be-
tween all sections of the country aud
the markets of world. In view OF the
fact that large tract of territory il
dependent Oh tile Mississippi river AS
an outlet for commerce, the committee
urge congress to take such measures
for improving the river mouth as will
open it to the commerce of the world
at the earliest possible mo.lent.
The committee OH Mississippi leyees
recommended that the general govern
ment extend such aid in this direction
as is consistent with national prosper
ity aud protection against overilows.
The report of the committee on COM
merce which was adopted, urges
the vital Importance of a more econom-
ical commerce between the eastern
and western sections of the United
States, and between America and Eu-
rope than now exist, and says that the
eastern and western transportation bill
to incorporate, which is before con
gress, seems to promise beneficial re-
suits in reducing the distance to deep
water ON the coast of South Carolina,
Georgia, and lessening the rate of
the bulky crops of the
Mississippi and Missouri valley to En-
ropean and South American consum-
ers. The bill asks for nothing but the
right of way. The contemplated route
will he completed as o post road, and
the committee therefore ask congress
tn grant the charter, and asks the
states through which it passes TO do
the same. gH7 rsgE gTN
MADRID, February 15.-Alfonso has
arrived here.
Marquis de Moliens, minister of ma
rIne, goes as ambassador to France.
ConOvos DIES Castillo succeeds Mo-
liens.
= LONDON, February l5.-Bazaiue has
gone TO Madrid The police had to
protect him from violence and insult
upon his departure.
The AlfOnsoisis have fallen back.
The Carlists have been reinforced and
nov threaten liilboa.
PARIS, February l5.-Achille Soule,
u prominent statesman and financier,
died to-day, aged seventy-fve years.
A Carlist telegram says MariOnes is
from the army of the north |
and is blocked in Pampeluna.
All the ministers, except Leatour, at
The request of MacMahon, remain till
after the crisis Oh the constitutional
bill is decided.
Gustave Do re is seriously i'll.
There Is no change In the political
situation. No one is willing to under
take the formation of new cabinet |
TN the constitutional bills are acted
upon. 50 81.
SINGAPORE, February 15.-An eme-
ute occurred among the Chinese pris-
oners in the jails. Sixty-seven were
killed and wounded, including sixteen
wardens.
NEW York, February l5.-The Gu
ban residents held mass meeting to-
day, Senior Jose Sorantis Joaquin pre-
siding. The object was to consider the |
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