The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-27
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mated by the governor pf Illinois ~
memorial day,
No appointment 10 llll the vacancy
made hy the resignation Of Assist
ant Attorney General lllll has yet
been made, The contest for the latter
position Is lively,
Colonel Robert NJ, aud Stephen \,
Douglas, sons Of the late stephen a,
Douglas, have received nn award tul
| 49, hnles of cotton, or about f.llNuDi
seized Nv the state Of mississippi on
the maternal plantation,
Colonel scott has notified the post
muster general That on aud after the
first Of June next no trains OF the linl'
tlmOre aud Ohio railroad viii he per-
mitled % pass over his rnil from l'llln'
delphia 10 New York The mail scr
vice 10 aud from NcN York IN now
equally divided hcIweeu the two cor
pomIons.
The federal troops are reported IL
have suffered a rcVnfao NJ the hnnds ol
the insurgents In san Louis '0tOsl,
Mexico, their loss being -four Killed aud
one hundred AMI MY taken prisoners,
The government h taking measures IA
lnaugurate severe campaign against
the rey0lullonIsls,
Tho miners nj Summit lin, Penn.
sylvanIa, are reported IN going 20 work
next Monday, by the lst Of June n
general resumption N anticipated 10
take place, NJ least IN the Lchlgh re-
glOu, and viii be under the reduction
of 1874 basis The miners seem ready
10 resume ~ n general thing, aud all
say they are heartily tired of the long
strike,
Contrary to expectations, no opinion
was delivered yesterday IN the Pacific
railroad transportation eases, hut may
DO next Monday ut which time the
court will adjourn for the summer
There Is authority for stctlng that no
lntimatOn has been given by the
judges rs TO which way they win de-
eide the question, therefore all state
ments heretofore published on the sub
jcct as to the character Of their opinion
Is mere conjecture.
In the house Of commons, Mr. Dis
raeli, in replying t0a question put 10y
the marquis Of harrington, sNld u was
true that the government bad advised
the queen to make representations to
Germany respecting the relation be-
tween that power aud France. These
representations had been made, and
were of such nature MS 10 correct
and insure peace,
England had received satisfactory
reply, but it would not he TO the public
convenience to lay n copy Of the cor
respOndence on the table of the house.
The court of claims has confirmed
the reports of Special Commissioners
Eveteth, with several amendments.
These cover n number of claims, in-
volving large amounts of cotton. The
first fund, consisting of Niclsburg and
Natchez cotton, which was 80 inter-
mingled ms to destroy its identity, was
ordered to stand at the sum Of ,S9iS, 800
In addition to the above, Judgment
was rendered in about thirty-eight sep
arate cases, covering five thousand five
hundred and ten bales of cotton,
which, at the sum fixed 10y the court,
gives n total of nearly 81 ,OOO,O 600.
Senator Cameron was in Washing
ton on Tuesday, and had private inter
view with the president. The subject
of discussion is reported to have been
the third term generally, and how to
prevent the Pennsylvania republican
convention from declaring against ii
in particular. The Cameronian faction
of the party are determined to prevent
such declaration, while the anti
Cameronians are equally determined
that ii shall be made a great deal of
quiet work has been done in the last
two weeks by both parties, and the
are exceedingly obscure
The strike of the mule spinners at
Lowell Massachusetts, is ended, and
n large number have returned to work,
first signing an agreement presented
by the corporation, that rs long rs they
remain in the employ of the company
thew shall not become members of any
or union that assumes the
right to regulate or in any way inter-
fere with the prices or hours of labor.
ANY breach of the provisions of this
agreement shall be considered miscon-
duet on the part of the respective sub
scribers, and shall be sufficient cause
for summary dismissal from the en-
of the company without no
tiCe
A LackawanoXen, Pennsylvania,
dispatch states that the rains were
not heavy enough to wet the forests
md underbrush sufficiently, and the
fire again broke out Sunday in several
places, and threatens more damage.
But little is actually known as TO the
real amount of destruction, as there
are hundreds of isolated settlements,
and hundreds of mills in Pike, Wayne,
sullivan and Monroe counties, where
the fires have been raging. The tract
Of land on Taylor's creek, formerly
owned by Horace Greeley, and the site
Of the old Fourrierite community was
swept of everything. Bears, deer, wild
pigeons and all kinds of game have
been driven by fires Oh the Pocono
range into the Enclosures with tame
cattle in and around the settlements.
In writing OF, the Moody-Sankey re-