The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-12
BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Halleck and Brown
waived examination and were sent to Jail
Bail was fixed at $40, 600 each.
Gen. Brannon telegraphs from Pensacola
Navy Yard that there have been no new cases
OF or deaths from yellow fever Every pa
tent is convalescent
The Secretary of the Interior recently adj
dressed the following letter to the President,
and it has been returned to him with the re-
Communications approved:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Washington, Aug. 4, 1875.
Sir-On the 7th of April, 1874. SO much Of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad as lies be-
tween Marshall and Dallas, Texas, was
accepted on the report of Mr.. Isaac II. Stur-
geon commissioner, who had examined and
found it constructed in substantial compli-
ance with the requirements Of the printed
instructions of the department. In addition
to the portion thus accepted by you, Mr..
Sturgeon also made favorable report on said
road constructed from Marshall eastward to
the line bounding the States of Texas and
Louisiana, from Marshall northeastward to
Texarkana, and from Sherman eastward to
Brockston.
These portions were not then accepted, be-
cause they did not come within the act au-
thorizng the construction of said road Since
then, however, the act of June %, 1874, has
declared said portions to be deemed and taken
to be q part of the said Texas and Pacific Rail-
way, and shall hereafter be subject to all the
provisions and limitations of the act of Con-
gress incorporating said company, and of the
supplements thereto
In view of this act, have the honor to re-
commend that said portions, viz: from Mar
shall to the boundary line dividing Texas and
Louisiana; from Marshall to Texarkana, and
e. 30 nkckn ~e
road, favorably reported on by said commits
sioner, be accepted, am, sir, very respect
fully, @. DELANo, Secretary.
The Navy Department has advices dated
Panama, July 81, from Capt. Simpson, COM
mending the United States steamer Omaha,
regarding the troubles there. President
Mejia arrested an English subject named
Taylor, Superintendent of Gas Works. The
British Consul applied to Capt Simpson, his
being the only war vesssl there, as officer of
friendly power to intervene. Subsequently
Taylor was released without Simpsons in
tervention.
Capt. Simpson refers to troubles in Mag
dalen and Bolivia, between State and Federal
troops, saying it really seems as if general
war in Colombia is imminent.
The Omaha has been instructed to remain
at Panama during the disturbances for the
protection of American interests.
Rear Admiral Collins, commanding the
South Pacific squadron, has been ordered to
repair to Panama in his flag ship, the Rich
mond.
The Navy Department will order the
steamer Shawmut, now at Hampton Roads, to
proceed to Aspinwall and look after American
interests on this side of the Isthmus.
Arrangements have been completed with
the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Line
for carrying the mail to Japan and China.
leaving San Francisco on the 18th of each
month, making the service semi-monthly.
The Bureau of Statistics has advices of the
shipment of twenty -four million pounds of
tea from Kankaw, during the first fortnight
of the season.