The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-04-10

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ilon with the writer hofouf REMARKED
In reply ~ question, ilnt Lac wa
sUmeWlnt amused lnioly NJ the move
pipor statements MI what le would 40
La relation lO the recent OutfnRoa hy
armed bnndsOf Mexicans Invading the
Texns frontier. Such statements were
mere inventions, ns he had not, since
these events, expressed his Views 10
any person, not even ~ the secretary
of state, who, like himself, had been
absent from the city. u WIS already
known to the public that orders had
been issued to the military for the pro-
lection of our citizens Oh the frontier,
but IN addition 10 this nothing had
been done. The government was not
vet fully advised Of the outrages, al
| though ID had been Informed oiilcinlly
of the arrest of mail carrier ana
the burning OF post office by the lnva..
ders. The Mexican cove rnment had
! been repeatedly reminded OF the out
RACES heretofore committed by MeXl-
cans upon citizens of the United states
| both In Mexico and on United States
soil, and would hear from this govern
ment in n short time concerning these
more recently committed. The de-
parlment of state then would be In
consultation with the secretary of war
on this subject, and probably IL would
be brought to the attention Of the cabi-
net, hut meantime all newspaper state
ments rs to the action of the govern
ment would be mere speculation. We
must, he remarked, determine after
that what is proper to be done I'm the
! II far
apprehension of war between the two
countries, but Of course no one could
tell what mi ht take place IN the fu-
turc. Nothing however wouldbe done
by this government to provoke such n
result.
The president, on being asked wheth-
er there was any truth i'm the rumor
about the resignation or removal OF
commissioner Douglas, said he had no
such knowledge and therefore the ru-
NOR was untrue.
LONDON, April 5.-The Times Berlin
correspondent says there is reason to
fear that the impending deposition of
the archbishop OF Breslau will occa-
sion delicate complications between
Prussia and Austria because Il portion
of. his archepiscopal diocese lies in
Austria.
The ship Docia, from New York for
this port, is ashore OH the isle of
Wight in bad position. The weather
is heavy. The crew left in small boats
and have not yet been reported. The
coast guards are now on shipboard.
advices from Calcutta in relation to
the difficulties between the Indian
government and the king of Burmah
concerning boundaries and other mat
| tiers, state that the king is making
warlike preparations.
Ship Colonial Empire, from New
Orleans for this port, put into Elsinore
to repair damages received in severe
gale. The vessel is leaking badly in
her upper works and has her bulwarks
stove and sails split
New ORLEANS, April 5.-General
Sheridan is here, probably on account
of the Mexico-TeXas border trouble.
MOBILE, ALA, April 5.-The trustees
and bondholders have agreed to post
pone the sale of the Alabama and
Chattanooga railroad to the first Mon
day in May.
PoTTsVILLE, Pa. April ga brake
man employed on the Shenandoah
passenger train, acting as II special
police, was stoned, fired upon and
wounded. He returned the fire in the
dark, wounding one of his assailants.
There is general resumption of work
ct Gordon Planes.
TRENTON N. j., April 5.-Six con-
victs escaped from the New Jersey
state prison to-day.
Boston, April 5.-No serious damage
is yet reported from the flood. The
rain continued to fall last night. The
Merrimac is swollen almost beyond
precedent. The rain has ceased and
the prospects of escape are encourage
ing.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.-The Uni
versity Mound college was burned to-
day.
NEW YORK, April 5.--The Spanish
ana Cuban cigar makers struck to-day
upon notification of the reduction of
wages two dollars per thousand.
ALBANY, April h--Tho gorge below
broke to-day and the flood Immediate
" subsidized, but the docks are still sub
merged.
Boston, April 5.-There has been
two DAYS rain and the rivers are rising
throughout New England. Twenty
four hours further rain will cause gen
eral disaster. The Kennebec was even
with the wharves at Hallowell and
rapidly rising. Several mills at Law
renee have been compelled to stop on
account of back water, which Is high
eli than since 1869.
BROOKLYN, April 5.-Prof. w. j..
Walker, the well known scientist, died
to-day from an overdose of fluid extract
of hemlock.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4.-The sena-
torial excursion to Mexico has been
abandoned. Advices from Washing
ton, fears of yellow fever and illness
of Mrs. Morton are among the causes
alleged for the change of front. which
is regarded as significant. Senators
Anthony, Cameron, Chandler, Davis
and Patterson and General McVeigh
and wife sailed on the Dispatch to-day
for Cedar Keys and cruise along the
Florida coast, thence to some Atlantic
port. Senator Merton is detained ut
the st. Charles hotel OIL account of the
Illness of Mrs. Morton who is improv-
ing. They will probably go by rail to-
morrow.
The steamer City of Havana sailed
at noon for Vera Cruz.
OMAHA, April 5.-There was colli-
sion to-day on the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy road. Both engines
were wrecked. The engineer of the
Chicago express was killed and several
hurt The engineer, firemen and three
others on the Pacific express were seri-
ously but not fatally hurt. One bag.
gage master is missing. The cause
was the failure of telegraph operator
to send instructions.
NEW YORK, April 5.-The amateur
entertainment for the expenses of the
rifle team to Ireland raised four thous-
and dollars.
BUFFALO, n. Y, April 5.-The Colt
block, occupied 10y White IL BODY,
photographers, and II number of others,
was burnt to-day. Loss two hundred.
aud twenty thousand dollars. Chester,
a fireman, was killed by the falling
wall
NEW ORLEANS, April 5.-Steamer
City of Havana sailed at noon for Vera
Cruz, having heen detained several
hours for the arrival of important dis
patches from Washington to The Mex
lean government.
The following are among her passen-
gers. Col. Thos. A. Scott, Mr.. Mackey,
Philadelphia; Hon. William Wal ter
Phelps, New York; Ex-Governor Jos.
L. Brown, wife and son, Captain Grant,
Mr.. Nutting and son, Miss Peters,
Georgia; Ben Perley Poore and daugh-
ter. Boston; Richard Wrightman
and wife New Orleans; p. l.. Plumb.
PouonKEEPsIE, April 5.-John Err
win, aged eighteen, was caught, Satur-