The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-11
Lieutenant Budd Confirms the Worst
Features OF Border Troubles.
Appropriation for Galveston Harbor
Improvement Assured.
Marriage Of Senator ChrlstlanCy to o
Treasury Department Clerk.
Supervisors of Internal Revenue Likely
to be Dispensed with.
The Time Ripe for Comforting Citizen
ship on Civilized Indians.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.

WASHINGTON, February TO- The
Texas Raids Committee heard Adj
iutant General Steele, of Texas, ana
lieutenant Budd, of the regular army
commanding on the border, and the
testimony of these gentlemen fully
confirms the worst features of inlorma-
ton already before the committee.
General Ord will be heard tomorrow.
The Election Committee Will decide
the case of Bromberg vs.. Haroidson
on Monday, and take up the FinlaY vs..
Wall case from Florida. The commit
tee have adopted the rule of last Con
gress to hear contests from States as
they come alphabetically. Platt vs..
Goode, from Virginia, is last on the
docket, but there are assurances that
the case will be reached this season.
The Territorial Committee Of the
Senate will report unanimously for the
admission of New Mexico as state
into the Union. -.
The Appropriation Committee OF the
House heard Bristow this morning.
In the Senate, Caperon, of West Vlr-
ginia, introduced bill to aid the
Washington and Ohio RAILROAD COM
pany in constructing its roads to the
Ohio river whichawas referred to the
Committee on Railroads.
Judge Hancock, OF Texas, called
upon the Secretary of War again to
urge upon him the necessity or pro-
yidiug for the defease OF Galveston
island. Secretary Belknap assured
him that the subject had already been
referred 10 the chief engineers ana that
Mt an early day Il report recommend
ing an appropriation to pay for sur
yeys preliminary to beginning sucp
work would be made.
Judge Rsdaten, who Is member OF
Subcommittee of the House Com NIT
tee ON Commerce, to whom the river
and appropriation bill has been re-
ferred expresses the opinion that an
exception to the rule of the committees
in regard to reducing estimates VIII
this year be made in favor OF Calves,
ton harbor improvement, which VII,
probably receive the entire sum ASKED
for il by the chief engineers. In al
most every other case appropriations,
for river aud harbor improvements WIZ
be reduced and many will be om,tteo
altogether. The estimates TINS yea'
amount to fourteen millions, whiie APP
propriations will not exceed four NIL
lions probably. .,o,
The marriage of Senator Christiancy
to one Of the female clerks IN lht
treasury department., has created q sel'
station. The Senator is siXty-four years
old, and lost his first wife about nine
months ago. The bride, Miss lhlilt
I.ugerheel, is about nineteen years oid
The debate on the diplomatic anc
consular bill has developed the iac'
that quite numerous body OF Demo
Gratis oppose most of the reductions
made by the committee, and 1t Is pref
~ certain the bill will be materially
modified before passed.
Secretary Belllnap has sent com
munication to the select committee on
Texas border outrages, stating tnaC IL
is unnecessary to pass any bill author
izing the enlistment of Texas rangers
as he can send all the troops that are
necessary to preserve peace along Ihs
Rio Grande.
Mr.. Pratt, Commissioner of lnterna
Revenue, at the examination oeiol'
the committee on appropriations s.av
ed that supervisors of interval reVehu'
could be dispensed with without any
injury to the revenue service. ~
understood that the sentiment OF I'M
committee is strongly favorable 10 tli
suggestion, and that they wiii recon- ,.' u
mend the adjustment of the ofllce o
9upervisor of Internal revenue. IN
salaries and expenses of ten superVls
ors now aggregate more than one nun
dred thousand dollars annually.
The Indian Commissioner mas re
ceived a letter from the Governor .
Michigan in reply to the Commission
er's communication respecting III
transfer OF the civilized Indians on res
ervations in that state, among otneis
from the immediate jurisdiction Oh VI
United States to that OF the sever
States The Governor expresses IA
hearty approval of the propositloui,,'";;i,
suggests several considerations III !;
favor, among them the saving III u
State of $4,000 per annum now par
to Indian agents, aud the advantage .
the nearness of the governing po"s
to the Indians.
The organs of the administration ~
industriously denying there Is any u u;
agreement between Grant anu pli
tow, and endeavor to throw ulsct nan
on the report that an effort mas zee
made to get the whisky pefsecu.i1I,
out of the hands of Bristow by sayin
the law gives all control to the A.. .o
ney General. The statutes, how we've
authorize the Secretary OF the Urea .'
dry to compromise any civil or cp,n
jnal case under the internal re eve u
Baws, and forbid any discontlnua,h'
without his consent. He has comp,e,
control, in fact, aud there Is no q, uoa y
that attempts have been maue lh =, =,
interest of the whisky ring 70 W,
these prosecutions over to the Avn
ney General entirely. - :,
slSince the Indian Committee, y, y
House has taken up the question: :,
abrogating the treaties unuer , mn,