The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Proceedings Of the CauCus OF Demo.
cratic Members Of Congress.
Retrenchment VIII Not Interfere with
llayden's Explorations.
Secretary Belknap Huhy About West
Points Appropriation.
General Sherman'S Report on Mexican
Border Troubles.

The House Indian committee hay,
resolved to report no bills for damages
by Indian depredations, except wher,
provided for by treaties or laws. Thi
bars most of these claims now pend
ing before the committee.
Secretary Belknap has ordered worl
to stop on the building erecting at tht
Centennial grounds for the West Poin
cadets. He says the House has cut OF
the appropriation for the academy
band, and the boys shant go to Phila
delphia without music.
A delegation OF Chippewa Indians
representing n tribe OF three or fou
thousand in the upper part of Dakota
are here asking aid. Encroachment
of settlers have driven off the game
and numbers of Indians have actually
starved to death.
One hundred and sixty members o
Congress were present ut the Demo
cratic caucus. The Chairman an
nounced the Congressional campaign
committee, heretofore ordered, as fol
lows: Representative Clymer Of Penn
sylvania, Chairman; Chaplain of Mas
sachusetts, Throukmorton OF Texas
Hooker of Mississippi, Hewitt o! New
York, Robbins of North Carolina anc
Sayler of Ohio. w. w. Corcoran, j.
Il. Harvey and Judge Mason are mem
beers on the part of the District OF Co
lnmbia.
The Senate appointed as part Of the
committe Senators Whyte OF Mary
Ia.,l \Nallau.a Of Hn1
Gordon of Georgia.
The Chairman of the committee
also announced the committee on con.
sultation as follows: Representative
Cox of New York, Whitthorne of Ten.
nessee, Randall of Pennsylvania, Goodt
of Virginia, Buckner of Missouri, Wig
gington of California, Hartridge OF
Georgia, Black burn of Kentucky, Tar
box of Massachusetts, Lynde of Wis
cousin, Eden of Illinois, Payne of Ohio
and Caldwell Of Alabama.
Mr.. Landers, of Indiana, introduced
his resolution declaring for repeal OF
the specie resumption act.
Mr.. Paine, of Ohio, offered as an
amendment his resolution favorlng re-
sumption and opposing both initiation
and contraction, but setting apart Il
percentage of gold coin as preliminary
to resumption. He supported his prop
osition in an hours speech, and much
Interested the auditors.
Mr.. Bright supported Mr.. Lander's
resolution, and MIR. Holman expressed
his views in favor of the substitution
of United States notes for National
bank paper. No action was taken on
pending propositions, which are re-
served for further consideration.
The Secretary of War has transmit
ted to the H0use Of Representatives.,
for the information of the special COM
mittee on Mexican border troubles, in
response to q letter of that commute,
copies of the reports and correspond
ence in 1874, 1875 and 1876 relative te
the troubles ON the Rio Grande re-
Gently.
In reply to the committee, whether
the Department can dispose OF suili-
Gent force to give complete protection
to the Rio Grande border, from the
mouth of the river to Laredo, anu at
s,lch points between Laredo and Fort
Denison as may be necessary, without
detriment to the general serVlce-the
force necessary, in the opinion OF the
committee, being two full regiments
of the best class of mounted troops,
with infantry to garrison the main sta
tions-the General of the Army reports
as follows:
al doubt the possibility of prevent
ing all raids across the Mexican DOR
der from Brownsville to Eagle fass,
three hundred and eighty-two miles,
but they may, in great measure, oe
prevented by increasing the strength
of the companies on the frontier. Con
gress. by simply authorizing the Pres
ident. at his discretion, to Increase
each company serving there TO one
hundred enlisted men, would meet the
emergency more economically than oy
any other course possible. one sucn
regiment of infantry, say the eleventh
or rwenty-fourth, with one regiment
of cayalry-the Eighth and part Oh
the Tenth-thus increased, would be
sufficient. am convinced that single
company OF one hundred men Is liloiu
efficient than two of the present smaii
companies. The only cavalry regi'
ment that could be sent to tne no
Graude this winter would be the ihiru,
now on the Union Pacific railroad, anu
that would leave this road exposed TO
raids from the Sioux, who are always
mistrusted." ee.or
Since the introduction of Senator
Sherman's bill to provide for an inter,
national coinage between the Uhiteu
States and great Britain, codsideia oie
attention has been directed to TINS lniI
portant subject, and other schemes OF
a similar character have been brought
out. Among these is a very preten-
tious one presented 10y Mr.. Dana Bick.
ford. He has designed a coin thal
shows on its face its value, IN our
money, and in the money OF the pri1l'
cipal commercial nations of the woriu.
On one side the Government coinim w.
the pieces of money may display lls
design, as liberty head for the unltea
states, &C., with the value and date o.
issue |: on the other side to show tne
value in the current money OF diner
ent nations, as well as fineness OF tne
metal and number Of grammes. MI;
Beckfo-d, it Is learned, has so impreessseeu J
Dr. II. r.. Iinderman, director OF tpe