The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-09
WASHINGTON.
Ministerial Changes Under Con-
sideration---Plerrepont to
be Relieved this Fall.
Spain Will be Held Responsible for the
Outrage on the American whaier,
Eliza Rispath, In Cuban Waters.
The State Department Orders an lnvesti.
cation In the Rumored Fitting Out Of
Filibustering Expedition in Aid of
the cubans, at New Orleans.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Collector
King has sent . number of nomina-
lions here for subordinat places in the
New Orleans customhouse, but has
been advised that changes are not de.
sirable until after the investigation.
The secretary OF state has telegraph.
ed through the department OF the
treasury and Justice TO Key West to
ascertain, officially, all the particulars
bearing upon the outrage upon the
American dag, committed BY the
Spanish man-of-war In boarding the
American whaling schooner, Ellen
Rispath, Of Providence.
Learning by newspaper publications
that filibust1ring expedition is being
fitted out at New Orleans, In aid OF the
Cuban insurrection, Secretary Evarts
hiss ordered an investigation of the
matter. If the statement should prove
correct, Mr.. Evarts will endeavor to
have the persons engaged In the prob
ect arrested and punished.
1t is learned at the state department
q change Of ministers at Portugal Ia
now under consideration.
1t is said Secretary Fish will relieve
Pierrepont ct the court Of St. James
early In the fall.
The secretary Of the treasury has or
dered an investigation into the affairs
Of the bureau of statistics.
At the annual meeting of the New
England Associated Press, held In Bos-
ton this morning. the old officers were
reelected.
The Boston Journal says General
hanks. visit to Washington to-day
was In response to . telegram Offering
him the French mission.
The presidents list of earnestly
pressed applicants for the district conf
missionsrship, has forty prominent
nance on it. He signed Bryant's com.
mission to-day.
Rear Admiral Reynolds reports from
Yokohomo. May IS: He was about
sending . bost in search Of ship
wrecked persons, supposed to be on
some inland near Dampier straits.
The savages reported to the cap
tains OF passing vessels, by signs, that
there were sixteen white men and one
woman on an island, but could not
ocate the island.
The secretary OF the navy has di-
rected the steamer Lackawanna, now
at Acapulco, to search for the rock
near Tartar shoals, on which the City
Of San Francisco struck when foun-
dered, which will be properly bouyed
and Its exact location given.
Alluding to the alleged outrage on
the whaier Eliza Rispath, by the Span
ish cruiser, Secretary Evarts remarked
that, while he was sensible of the
friendly relations between Spain and
the United States, he did not intend to
allow any outrage upon our flag, and
while Spain would be held responsible
for any insults to the United States, he
would soe tbst this oovav,rant t,i
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Mr.. Muller, owner OF bonded ware
houses, at 72 aud IS South street, and
IS and 30 Pearl street, was before the
New York commission to-day. He
said the visits of superintendent
Rnssen to the warehouse department
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