The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ole leSnlt Of the Adoption OF the New
Constitution.
Texas Bonds Rapidly Advancing In the
New York Market.
Gold Seven Per Cents. Held AZ 40,
while i0j is Bid.
Further Returns OF the Vote In Various
Portions OF the State.

| 'hAs' hoiNN, rtplualy lo'7-A Nlttlul
from Messrs. Foster, Ludlow d Co., OF
New York, to the News says the adop.
ton of the new Constitution gives gen
eral satisfaction. Texas bonds are rap.
idly advancing For seven per cent.
gold bonds l05 is bid aud no asked.
The following additional election re-
turns have been received:
Schulenbery-For Convention, 22O ;
Coke's majority, 229.
Columbus -For Constitution, 6 ma
jOrity Wells Thompson, Democrat,
elected to the Senate by 1900 majority.
Bremond-lfor Constitution, 258 (;
Coke's majority, 321.
Huntsville-lhe following Is the vote
of Walker county: Coke, S26 Cham
bers, 035 against Constitutions, $40 /:
for other State officers, about the same
as for Governor w. -. Wood, Demo
crat, was elected Judge of this Judi
cial District, without opposition; Til
man Smith Is elected to the Senate by
800 to 400 majority.
Schyrer, Democrat, is elected to the
Legislature from Gninec and Madison.
Madison county gives Coke about 300
majority, and Trinity county about the
same.
The majority of the negro mob have
been arrested and are now being tried
ST LOUIS, February lS-A letter car
rier testified that in the latter part of
February, 1875, at the request of Joyce
he opened letter box and searched
for two letters one addressed to Bah.
cock and one to Avery, found and
gave them to Joyce, who declined to
give a receipt, saying it was fly. The
carrier did not repeat the circum-
stances.
BosToN, February Is. - Charlotte
Cushman,t the actress, died at the Park
er House this morning.
CHAMPLAIN, LII, February 49,
Richards Brothers mill aud elevator
burned. Loss forty-seven thousand
dollars.
CHICAGO, February lit is ind er-
stood that the Erie railroad has lately
closed contract that by the first of
May a third rail will be laid on the
line between the Suspension Bridge,
Buffalo and Waverly, connecting the
Michigan Central and Lake Shore rail
ways with the Lehigh Valley line to
the Philadelphia depot. This arrange
ment will allow through coaches to be
run between Chicago and Philadelphia
without break Of gauge.
LONDON, February lit now APP
pears that when the steamer Rotter-
dam was approaching her destination,
Winslow, the Boston forger, asked the
captain of the vessel if the United
States had an eXtradition treaty with
Holland. The captain replied that he
thought there was such treaty. This
frightened Winslow, who then con-
cluded to come to England. He left
the steamer in pilot-boat, and landed
somewhere Oh he Dutch coast. His
wife and son went to Rotterdam. In
order to battle his pursuers, he sent
telegram to his wife, bearing the date
of Brussels. Winsow subsequently,
went to Rotterdam, and thence came
to London. Their whereabouts were
discovered by intercepting letter he |
addressed to his wife, telling her where
to write to him. The Dutch police
state that Winslow, by writing let
ter signed with the assumed name of
Clifton, had brought himself within
the Dutch law as II suspicious person.
He could have been conducted to the
German frontier. Hon. ]. C, Bancroft
Davis had been geographically advised
to have German officer there ready to
arrest him under provision of the
extradtion treaty. a pocket.book has
been fonnd upon Winslow's person, in
which were inserted the word "Mor-
ton Lefferts, st. Louis, Missouri
MADRID, February l7.-General Que
sada advanced Sunday morning from
Durango through Elario, but found
the Carlists, under General Carassa,
strongly entrenched at Etiquette. The
Alfonsists attacked them at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, and after tour
hours hard fighting on lines extend
ing over league, the Carlists posi-
tons were captured. The Carlists re-
treated upon Azpeytis with heavy
losses. Quesada pursued as far as Ver-
CARA, which he occupied. Slmultane-
ously with the operations OF Quesada
General Iona moved from Marquina,
breaking the Carlist line on the river
Deva. General MoriOnes, advancing
from the North Enclosed Humay, and
occupied the heights commanding Aya
and Cestona. Carlists are reported
concentrating for q final struggle be-
tween Ando, in Toloss, and AzDeytia.
NEW YORK, February 1S.-The ship
w. J. Hatfield, from Philadelphia for
Bremerhayen, was discovered at sea,
dismasted and water-logged, by the
bark Folka, which sent of boat, but
it could not get along side. Three
men jumped overheard and were
drowned, and two were picked up.
The remainder of the crew could
make no effort to save themselves, be-
ing exhausted for want of food and
water. The Folka hove to from six in