The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-04-17

. IfINI ~ IUiilNi NVNNNtf NI IIlr nuns
made the hfOul statement, IN testify
Ing to.dny, llnt n l4 understood II
every Legislative bpdy Chat rclfosmonl
nfe tu be furnished.
. Vice President Wilson, who wa IN
/ this city to-day, denies very plnplInti
cnlly the published story alleging tia
he RECONSTRUCTED his purpose 10 20 +,
/ Europe This summer, on account Of {
belief that some contingency might
arise which would require his OccIpan
cy Of the office Of president This ns.
sertiOn was partially based on the re-
ported statement of DR.. Brown Sc
guard, that President Grant would not
live six months unless he changed his
mode Of living.
Mr.. Wilson says there il n cOmbina.
ton of reasons why he should not "a
abroad this summer, Ole OF them being
his determination not to he the first vice
president to leave the United States
during his term of Office. His inten-
ton now il to travel extensively in
this country and to spend some time
at his home in Massachusetts, to
which he goes from this city. DR..
Brown Sequard has written letter
denying that he ever made any such
statement rs is published.
The Rev. DR.. Byron Sunderland,
chaplain of the senate and pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of this
city, is in trouble with portion of his
congregation, and has at last risen up
to explain his position. The reverend
gentleman has run it very strong on
the war and truly loyal line of Chris
tianity, and has also allowed Fred.
Douglass to lecture from his pulpit on
political subjects. The doctor has, i'm
turn, his complaints to make against
his congregation, among which are
that the church members 90 to thea
tiers, operas and balls, instead of attend
ing prayer meetings.
GALVESTON, April IA special dis
patch to the News from Brownsville
says it is reported that Clark and his
men killed French Louis aud a man
named Torres at La Prairie. The
charge OF abusing women has not been
verified, and no doubt will not he. Cap
tain Clous returned with his command
yesterday morning. tits reported that
The men implicated with the raiders
are coming to grief. No details are re-
ceived. The raiders complain of Gen-
eral Cortlna. He allows them two dol
lars head for beeves, and four dollars
for each horse they bring from Texas.
They say they are compelled to take
these low prices, because he tits them
out and they must sell to him.
LEAVENwORTH, April IAN official
dispatch has been received from the
Cheyenne agency giving the particu-
Il, % Ia OF lnt
place. The affair seems to have been
serious revolt upon the part of the
hostile Cheyennes. The dispatch is as
follows:
While one of General Neils guards
was in the act of ironing II dangerous
Cheyenne, of Stone Calls command,
the Indian jumped the guard and at
tempted to escape. The soldiers fired
and hit him. This provoked some
shots from the camp of the hostile
Cheyennes, and caused general stam-
pede of warriors, woman and children,
to the sand hills. The friendly In
dams, Arrapahoes and Whirlwind's
Cheyennes, stood true. Captain Raj
ferty, of company NJ, sixth cavalry,
was Immediately sent after the fugi-
tives. General Neil took command
and reinforced Captain Rafferty, with
two more companies. They made
three charges on the Indians, but the
sand being deep the troops could do
but little service until they dis
mounted and went after the red
skins on foot. They were unable
to drive them from the Sand Hills be-
fore night, and under coveruf darkness
the Indians retreated, but rs they have
no provisions and are without arms, it
is fair to presume they will be recap
tured. The troops had sixteen
wounded, six of whom are dangerously
shot. General Pope has started all the
available troops from Hayes, Dodge
and North Fork Cantonment, to head
them Oft, All the indian prisoners at
Fort Sill are in chains en- route 10
mand of Captain Munich, of the Fourth
cavalry. General Mackenzie, colonel
of the Fourth cavalry, left for the
Cheyenne agency yesterday afternoon,
WASHINGTON, April Is. General A.
Beckwith has beeen Assigned to duty as
chief cOmmissary,
The funeral OF Judge Atocho, who
died In New Orleans, took place this
morning from the church of the I'm
maculate Conception in this city. The
remains We're buried in Mount Olive
cemetery.
The president and party left this
morning. They will return on We'd
nesday.
The immediate, and in fact, one of
the principal reasons Tor the resigna-
ton of the United States treasurership
by General Spinner, is stated to be n
dissatisfaction Occasioned by the per-
sistent overriding of the general in the
matter of appointments in his bureau.
Spinner holds that as rule the mem
bers of the cabinet ought to be unmo-
Tested in the conduct OF the affairs of
their several departments, they being
responsible to the president for their
acts of administration, and that in turn
the heads of bureaus and chiefs of di-
visions should be allowed in the main
to select their own assistants or clerks,
especially ought the latter rule be Oh
served in regard to the United States
treasure, whose assistants and en-
ployes must he selected with view to
capability and peculiar training, be-
cause of the fact that the treasurer is
held personally responsible and liable
for the acts as well as nor any losses
sustained or oocasioned by defalcation
or other misconduct of the employees of
his bureau.
National tankers through the couu-
try will be displeased with the opinion
rendered by the solicitor of the treas
ury upon the question which arose be-
tween the comptroller of the currency
and the commissioner of internal reve-
nue., as to the right of revenue aIthori-
ties to examine bank checks to ascer-
tain IL the law is violated respecting
the atliXing of stamps thereon. The
solicitors opinion is that the revenue
authorities have the right claimed by
the commissioners.
Upon IA question raised by the quar-
termaster general of the army, as to
whether all land-grant railroads are in
cluded IN the proviso of the recent act
of congress which eXempts certain
roads from the operation of that por-
ton of the law forbiddingthe payment
for transportation of government
troops, supplies, etc, to those roads In
debted to the United States for interest
upon bonds issued to the companies, +,
the second comptroller of the treasury
has rendered an opinion that the land
grant railroads enumerated are except /
ed from prohibition rs contained in |
the acts of June 10, 20 and %, 1874; and !
that the act OF March 3, 1875, no longer I
operates to prohibit payment for the I
current fiscal year to those railroads !
where the sole condition of transporta- |
ton is that the company shall not |
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