The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.
volamOras still Beselged by the
MeXlCanS.
The CIymer Committee Retlcent
as to Dyer's Testimony.
,,my headquarters TO be Removed
From 81, Louis to Washington.

n Tho yeraciIy of Detective Bcn ones.
uoncd-A crooked letter from
Marsh 10 BeIhERp-A Clerk
n. charged with Revenue
MI Iureau Corruption.
M WASHINGTON, April S.-rhe Presi-
4 hptand Representative Schleicher, OF
Texas, received important dispatches
W lcday, signed by American, French
and German merchants Of Matamoras,
|H fiat the town was still heseiged by the
nv NeyiCans, who were endeavOriDg TO
{ enforce q second loan upon the resi-
IA dents, aud in cases OF failure were com.
y peNIng them to work on the fortilica-
M lions. They ask that two regiments
WI Of united States troops be allowed to
Fl cross the Rio Grande to protect the
E. PERSONS and property of Americans. 1t
81 hpOt known what will be done in the
. matter, but the President will probably
81 call the attention of Congress to the
IA atuation. The special Committee of
~ the House on Mexican Border Troubles
recOmmend that United States forces
Fl cross to Matamoras
III The testimony of Defective Bell, i'm
n pIIcating General BabcOck and Colonel
"A Iackey in an effort to destroy the doc.
umentary evidence at st. Louis against
the former, continues to be the pre-
wiling sensation here. Babcock,
Luckey and Bradley-the latter in a
published card-pronounce Bell an
mmtigated liar, and demand that
/ they be heard. Richard Smith, OF the
Cincinnati Gazette, telegraphs that he
knows Bell well and that he is bum.
mer and dead-beat. Storrs, one of
\ Babcock's counsel, telegraphs the
same District Attorney Dyer, how
ever, in his testimony before the ely
mer Committee to-day, corroborated
Bell in some respects as to what too X
place at st. Louis, and the fact that
Bell had Colonel LGckey's cipher is
also established. Testimony, however,
will be produced next week showing
that Bells story Is based upon the facts
created by himself aud that no one
here sent him to st. Louis. The opin-
ion here, in both parties, is that his re-
marketable statement will be broken
down.
The defense, in the impeachment
trial of Belknap, it is said, will pro-
duce letter written by Marsh to the
Clymer Committee, only week be-
fore he testified, completely exoner-
atlnc Belknap from all knowledge OF
the Fort Sill scandal.
District Attorney Dyer, after testify
ing this morning before the Clymer
committee in open session, was sum-
moned to attend a secret meeting OF
the Select committee investigating the
whisky frauds. He finished his evil
dence at both places, and left for st.
Louis this evening. Members of this
committee are retcent as to the testi-
mony, but there is season to believe
that he stated that certain Govern
ment officials did not support him very
zealously in the Babcock case. Hen
derson, Pedrick, Bliss and Others will
testify next week.
The Secretary of War and General
Sherman entirely agree upon the ad-
visibility of restoring the headquarters
Of the army from st. Louis to Wash
ington, and, although the arrange
ments are not yet completed, and there
are other persons to be consulted,
there is no doubt whatever but that 1t
will be done, and an order to that eff.
feet issued next week.
Although the President has recover
ed from the effects of his late sickness,
II has left him quite weak. He spent
asleepless night last night, and to-day
was unable to receive any visitors.
His physician has some fear that the
President is threatened with severe
Illness.
C.S. Bell, who yesterday testified
before the Committee on War Expen-
ditures, was tonight assaulted by
man named Mollere, in hotel in this
city. Bell was seated in the hotel
when Mollere entered, and, walking
up TO him, struck him on the head
with cane. The parties were separa-
ted, and Mollere left the hotel.
The Chronicle, which, for several
months has employed non-Union
printers, to-day employed foreman
belonging to the Typographical Union,
and tonight the non-Union men
struck. Their places were filed by
Union printers.
The House proceeded to the consid-
era'ion of the special order, the bill!
reported by Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas,
rom the Committee on Commerce, to
amend laws concerning commerce and
navigation and the regulation of steam
vessels.
mr. Robinson offered resolution re-
.lang that Horace Boynton, Clerk Of
.ae House Committee on Military
Anairs, has been guilty of corrupt and