The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-29
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Bafier s~aste Reseiutfss VIII
tnd"ostedi3 he Adopted senator
Pstterson'sy Csadfsiea-D Di-xrseetul
Circumstance. Connected with the
wreck ofthe Huran

Pstterson'sg Csadfsiea-Di-xrse
Circumstance. Connected with ths
wreck oftne Hursa.
WASHINGTON, December "a
movement l. on foot by the nstive re
pubiicans To ou,t Mr.. Powers ~ eollec.
tor of the second North Carolina dis.
srict, under the civil service reform.
Senator Patterson passed an uneom.
Portable night, and at the turn Of day
suffered much pain, but at two O'Clock
this evening had rallied again.
The Star says: "rhe pending resolu.
ton offered by Senator Butler, 20 In.
ve-tigate tue charge that he entered
into an unboly sIiianee with Senator
Conoycr and Patterson, will uudOubt-
ed!y bs adopted
Senstor Edmunds, Of Vermont, how
ever, will offer IA substitute thst the
investigation be conducted by special
e0mmittee, which substitute Senator
Butler may accept
The secretary OF the treasury has re-
ceived the report OF Walter Walton,
assistant Inspector of the life saving
service, who was ordered TO iuvesii.
gate the circumstances connected with
the recent wreck OF the Huron, with
especial reference to life savings eta
ton No. .. The report contains testi-
mony mostly from those who wit
messed the wreck from shore. 1t II
particularly severe on = fisherman Of
Nsgshead, named Evsns O'Neil, who
wac the first To see the wreck At half.
/ past one o'clock a. IN. he as out hunt
ing wild fowl, and saw the vessel be-
fore che struck saw her strand, and
heard the screams Of those on board.
and yet neglected TO give warning TO
the life ss, ing station. He had a good
boat, the wind was in his favor, and
the water to Roanoke Island was COM
psratively smooth, anu he could have
given the information in twenty min
utes, NJ the distance was two miles and
n half away. He however went home
and ate his break fast, and did not re
Abi a. W Aht "IFfh tllA -rNfh q fAtAhs
Lieutenant Walton thinks that had
the life saving station been IL, opera
ton, or had the keeper OF the station
received timely notice, nearly If not
! all of those on board the Huron could
have been saved. The bodies Of those
who perished were robbed NJ they were
washed ashore, aud out Of ninety-oue
bodies, twelve of which were officers,
not n single trinket which would be
treasured as a relic by the relatives re-
msined. Watches, money snd even
rings were stripped Oft by those who
first found the bodies. Lieutenant
Walton says that such actions AS these,
together with the inhuman conduct of
Evan ONeI, casts stigma and re-
proach ON the inhabitants residing on
the beach along the coast frop Cape
Henry TO Cape Hstteras. he advises
that the keepers of life saving stations
be invested with the powers and duties
of inspectors OF customs, which will
prevent such disgraceful actions In
cases OF shipwreck. The report re-
lieves the members of the life saving
stations from any blame.
FIRST InstsIsmens Of Troops on the
Ri" Characterization War ON Paeine
slope.
WASHINGTON, December 26.-SenG.
tor Patterson had another relapse, bot
has rallied somewhat. HIS physicians
are endesvoiiDg 10 prevent reour-
renee of the spasms.
The Office Of the third assistant secre-
tary of state is TO Se abolished, when
the present incumbent, Campbell
| assumes a eonsulship.
J. Y. Williams continues Inspector
of boilers, at Wheeling. West Virginia.
Mrs. Chisholm, OF Mississippi, will
have an Office in the treasury, and edu-
cate her son here.
A court martial investigates the
charges against Colonel Blunt, OF the
engineer corp, for Irregularities in-
voiving only Sl,2DO. The invesiiga-
ton has reached a point, the Slar szys,
which relieves the colonel from duty
A dispatch from. Brownsville, Texas
says the steamer Harlan arrived at
Brszor yesterday morning with three
companies Of United States troop-
from New Orleans, which were dis
embarked and reached that city by
railroad last evening. They are the
first OF the additional force recently Of
dered to the Rio Grande, and are re-
gsrded rs an evidence that the power
OF the government Is to be, in the fu-
ture, more effectively enforced ON this
frontier. The lower Rio Grsnde has
been remarkably quiet for several
months past. In fact. since the raid on
Rio Grande City, just four months
ago, there has been no depreciation OF
any kind worthy of mention.
The following was received at the
war department To day:
Il sAs FRANCISCO. Cal, December IS.
To the Adj Jatant General, Washington ID. G..
Colonel kantz has just received the
following from CoptaIn Bowie. in Ari-
zoDa, dated the 2ith: Lieutenant.
, Rucker and Towey, of the Sixth cav.
/ airy, have returned. They struck the
, party that killed the mali rider De,
Gem ber l4th, east OF Since Peak range
and killed one of them. Five days latei
they struck them in Old Mexico, anc
surprised their raDchero. Thirty. foul
Wickeyups were destroyed and the.l
camp captured, together with sixteer
horses, fifteen saddles and lots of slut
, which the renegsdes had stolen. Fif
: teen dead Indians were found on TIA.
ground, and more were killed Tn,
. mail was recaptured. MCDOWELL.
7 Cosl and lrsa Exchange the laf~s
al Commercial Move.
NEW York, December 26.-Th
' presidents Of the different coal com
r panies are considering the propriety Q
. establishing q coal exchange or plse
ofmeeting in coal and iron exchanges
: where their sale agents may NEE
q every day for the purpose Of deeidinl
, what IL best for the trade, and offerin,
whatever may be ON hand 1t u tn
; intention TO revive the old charteI
: and establish . regular exchange a
: soon - possible.
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