The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-10

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Progress ,assae Win Ene Rssun, psfos
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WASHINGTON, NDTem;ieF g. Mr.
EMS asd al interview this maTning
Nith Secretary AcCrary and Genera.
Parker, aCtlmg chief ~ eUgiheefs, IN
regard 10 tEe raft in Rad river above
Shreveport. Measures eiii be tabeis
10 dsy 10 asceg ala she extent Of the
obstruction, aud relief fIO0 tue gov.
eGuBent VAS promised Mr.. Ellis.
TIE t3gpai service observer at Sandy
Ia0ois reports tie Annie :. webb
ashore vast of tIat station.
The observer nj ~ 1ee island reports
'h=t the bark reported water logged j
lie German nsrA Redderserk Dah4rs,
from tiyisss, i ssacz, with oar feet CT
wat 10 her hold, anu cargo of timber
She was to~ea iuto the yhse this
G0rlIHg,
Potter positively declines to serve as
ohsirmsp OF rihe Texas aud Pacific
railroad committee.
TIE supreme-usuF; decides thsI the
eIsU e in life inea:tHee policies forbid.
1ius residence In certain sections IS
ya.ii. The insured died o; yello y
fever within the prohibited section
aud the insurance il voiL
Alter sharp ~raugle over psriia.
meatsry ,iodg"s, W which the silver
hil!s tFeTe forced through yesterday,
the holse resumed the call OF states.
| General Giason's ievee Dill provides
4 :of The creasioh Of commission /,
e0utiane lhe scrvey Of the Mississippi
.r'i is = LII afA stfeasas. and o dsYis,
proper iaetho1 FOX rea,niuieg It's,
1Feliinwe.i lands. Seae, are 10 ~ Is,
sued for lyrty five m13iens, % ran
j thirty years AID 70 Gear four per cen.
iTsvrest. A lax Is u ba isyJed upoa
sa3rd reclaimed aud upon the tonnage
Of al vessels navigating tue stream,
/ % onsis,aLe Il sinking fGud to reaet u
! she prin'5pal and INTEREST of the loan
\ resolution was offered By Grain
era, of n.sstasipai, % create au add
tiu,.al standing com nittee on the i'm
rrpyemeat OF the eoma cree Of III,
VI ssissiPp and ils tributaries. Refer
re TO the CO amitlee ati rules.
I 4 i'll Wa Introduced 10y Glddings
OF foxas, and referred. for the estab
/ lishmeus OF Hajl steamer service witt
Brsz.l, the cost to the United State.
I NOT 10 exceed Sl50.OO0 year.
The rec uaiptlau repeal bill was dis
e'rsed, Phillips, Of Kansas, making ,
/ sJ-eeci Ia It's favor.
81 meeting OF the committee o
/ Ways and means, this morning, tht
memorial % certain sugar importer,
! ana reiiners of New YorF, asking fo
relief frnin lie late ruling OF the secre
Try Of lie treasury as TO draw back Oh
/ reiiae,i sugars, vas referred to specia
subcommittee, consisting of Messrs
( Gibson, of Louisiana. tn ker, OF ylr
gina, aud ksily. OF Pennsylvania.
Mr. " GOD, the chairman, announced
u the committee that be proposed (,
call up the slhjeet Of the revision o
the tariff and Internal revenue laws q
an ally date.
ODe OF the most important measure.
Of this congress was introduced to-ds,
~ GebAal CnsiIuers, of Mississippi
ia RESOLUTION To create sepsfat,
committee 10 consider the commerc,
and Improvements of the Mississip.,
river and tributaries. Ii this resolution
: adopted sHd the west fairly repre-
scented on the committees, it Is eIafrne,
It viii ensncipate the commerce of tia
west froSl The shacisses of the east, an,
lac growing Ct the Mississippi yaiie,
( Nili e. Indebted TO It's mem Der, Genera
I Cbain.ers, who has already impresse,
himself favorahiy uUo1 the house botl
as q speakeF aud athinker.
Aorrissey is elected. Nothing In
dicasive beyond that at O'Clock.
Ii is said that Senator Wadlefeh, G
New Hampshire, will be made chair
man of the coInnlittee of privilege
snd elections, in place of Senator Mo,
ton, deceased. Senator Mitchell, @
Oregon, who is acting chairman, is &C
eording to the usage OF the senate
entitled TO the position. but 1t is un
derstood he prefers To remain at tn,
head OF the committee gu railroads, o
which he has been chairman sine,
last spring, succeeding Senator West
There are mary Subjects OF vital in
portanee to his section usually consid
cred by the committee on railroads
and though he prefers the com IN ute,
on fpriviieges and elections, be vii
decline cbsirmanship in Difference e
the wishes of number of his con
sfituents whom he has consulted OIL
the subject. Senator &adleigh Is nov
chairman OF the committee on paten
rights, bat he will retire from tba
position to accept the ehairmsuship o
the g. hmittee on privileges and cleo
tions.
Senator Teller. OF Colorado, will bs
chairman of the committee of rear
rangement OF the list.
IL, the senate number of women,
who are taxpayers, petition for reliei
from political disabilities.
s-.Shortz executive session. No con.
[ firmaiisas.
Mr.. Bruce, of Mississippi, presented
memorial of the county commits
sioners of Bolivar and other counties
In mississippi, asking an appropriation
for the improvement of the Missis
sippi levees. Referred to the select
COMMITTEES ON Mississippi ievees, OF
which Senator Bruce Is chairman.
Mr.. 9ordop. Of 9eorgis, introduced
bill to authorize the Issue OF arms to
the Washington Light Infantry, Of
Charieston, South Carolina. Referred
to the committed on military affairs.
Nominations-John @. Smith, for
meriy commissioner of Indian affairs,
20 be consul general at Montreal:
Alexander NJ. stearne, TO be assistant
treasnrerof Cincinnati; K. X. Durand,
postmaster ~ Plaquemines, Louisians;
w. +. Lee. postmaster ut Pensacola,
Florida.
Colonel Blsnton Duncan Is here,
having been addressing, for some
xrnata 1ur<ya