The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-10
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Special Dispatch in TIE uhlln4 llriHldI
IAN ASroSlo, July 2.-Iho crisis
has Mt last been reached.
Dispatches iusl received from Matn-
moras represent fight ~ imminent
ut any moment between the citizens of
that town, who ARE thoroughly armed
aud equipped, aud the McNiCm sol
oilers belonging 10 COrIinn's hand.
All places Of business have been
closed, aud the citizens are assembling
from the country for miles around, de-
termincd to take the robber Corlima, |
who has been arrested and Is now be- /
ing guarded by regiment of Mexican /.
cavalry, and hang him.
Nothing can prevent n collision.
Our citizens are determined aud conf !
dent, and the first report of II gun will
he the signal, and sound the knell of
the Mexican robbers and plundcrers
who have 10 long been n terror to our
border
The Federal and State authorities
have been notified of the condition of
affairs, and rclnforccmcnts are looked
for from both sources. d.
CHICAGO, July 2.-Adviccs received
by Lieutenant General Sheridan from
Brownsville, Texas, to-day, indicate
a critical state OF affairs nj MatamOras.
A conflict between the citizens and
Mexican soldiers IL imminent. All
business houses are closed, and armed
citizens are gathering, threatening to
take Cortina from the soldiers, who
the Vice Consul thinks are not strong
enough to prevent rescue.
Private advices from the Blacl; Hills
expedition received to-day, show that
the country IL richer in gold than has
been supposed. The earth, down to
the bed rock, in every direutiUn,i is fill.
ed with particles of quart, show rich
veins.
Three young men in threshing wheat
in the nrighbOrh0od Of Atlanta, Grnr-
gia, were struck 10y lightning to-day,
and instantly killed.
NEW York, July 2.-Thc jury lcfl
the court without any excitement.
When asked who the three were they
replied that they had bound them
selves to secrecy III the jury room.
Alexander Hamilton, ex-rrcasurcr
Of Jersey city, plead guilty to the
charge Of ENLIGHTENMENT, and was sen
fenced 10 three years in the penitrn-
tiary. One thousand ANA five suits ARE
pending against his hondsmrn for the
various amounts Of his eml egzlements.
The Grant Locomotive Works nt
Paterson, n. j., have resumed work
fnr fl,rn.. ,,rI niIg mont Ina, Ia, 10,
complete the Russian locomotive con-
tract.
Judge Grady denies the motion to
quash the indictments against Tweed,
except in two instances, where lndict-
menls have been superseded.
WAsHINGTnN,July 1.-The President
has signed the following commissions
of pOstmasters Mrs. Stein, of Ietler-
son, Texas, and Clarke of Eufuula,
Alabama.
All public offices are ordered to be
closed on Monday.
Letters of attorney given 10y mail
contractors, intended to be substantial
assignment of contract, will not be
Tiled in the Postoilice Department.
Proceedings under the Civil Rights
bill were commenced by white man
against negro lodging house keeper,
tor cjecting him from rooms which
the Lcgros mother had rented the |
white man during the landlords alb
sence.
a telegram at the Navy Department
from Key West, reports one death and |
two new eases of yellow fever there to-
day. The atmosphere and present in
dicatiOns are unfavorable.
BROOKLYN, July 1.-The jury re-
manned under key until Ill this NOM
ing, when they We're brought into
court which was densely packed. The |
foreman again announced the ina
bility of the jury to agree, the division |
standing nine for acquittal and |
three for convictions; and that the judy |
ment for and against the defendant was
fixed and interchangeable. The jury was
discharged.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The Secreta-
ry of the Treasury decides that all
checks, drafts, or orders drawn in the .
United States upon foreign banks, re-
quire the stamp tax.
The debt statement shows decrease
of nearly one million and half; coin
in the Treasury nearly eighty millions;
currency, nearly four millions;c0in GER
tificates, nearly twenty-five millions.
The new postal rates between this
and foreign countries go into effect to-
day.
The Executive Committee of the
National Grange, consisting of Will
liam Saunders, of the District of Co
lumbia, Il. II. Shankland, OF Iowa, j.
Il. Jones, OF Arkansas, ID. Wyatt All
ken and w. II. Chase, OF New Hamp-
shire, have, among other subjects for
consideration, the removal Of head
quarters to some central point, and it
is thought probably Louisville Will be
decided upon.
The Worcester flag ship Of the North
Atlantic station has reached Norfolk.
the Cannndangua LETT Pensacola for
New Orleans.
Taxation of tonnage of vessels rom
Bremen and Sweden Is re- ]
sumed
The new mail contracts commenced
today.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.-rhe Dem
cratic State Convention having COM '
pleteL their nominations, adopted
platform of principles opposed to the |
interference Of the Fed |
eral Administration in State affairs /;
Federal corruption and IFS /
with monoplirs GitvOiing /
a strict construction of the COnstitu- :
ton n tariff for revenue only the cur
rency to be convertible into gold; and ,
the duty of the Legislature to regulate
DIES MONIES, Iowa, July ,. The Re !
publican convention readopted, in the !
main, the platform of the party in .
1864; the republic is Il nation and as !
such Is indissoluble; the currency !,
should be gradually converted into :
specie; the adjustment of the rev.
enue to protect home 4ndustries; y
he government to collect the 2,
revenue and punish fraud; APP Z
proves no further land grants to e
favors the modification of Il
he patent laws in arbitration with for
ign nations; approve the position on
he third term question ami endorses !,
he National State administration. II
Samuel X. Kirkwood was nominated
or Governor. v
New HAVEN, July THE anniver- n
AIRY ceremonies were of an unusually Il
character. The following \
iegrees were conferred: Bachelor of a
BAL; Bachelor of Laws. Ill; a
Doctor of Medicine, ia; Doctor of Phi a
osophy, Al; Bachelor of Arts, 43; Civil n
engineers, 2; Dynomie Engineers, 2; A
Of Philosophy, 5. II
The after dinner speeches were v
and was the noticeable b
nature of the ceremonies. Il
Colonel Lorenzo James, Of Mont CO
spoke fetlingly of the con dict