The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-13

troep7 hsfs ios.iads an pr,iisa soe 8.
ti.chnei.t, Companies \. c &. Il. ani
q. oftis Fio.. Artillery {. g. sci I.
3-eofsd Attiliers; a d aGd = Third
Artillery; Company of tie Foufta
Artillery, and &. of the Fits Artilie:,;
ia all tifty-eight officers aud seven
hundred AID twenty men; total seven
hundred and seventy-one. The uual-
Der of troops scattered throughout the
Southern States, excluding Texas,
amount in officers and men TO, 3 .eSi
or these one thousand are ia CoIuI-
TIA, South Carolina, and neatly
equal force Is massed at New 0rlesus.
Nearly one half of all the troops IN the
South are Within the State of South
Carolina. The entire army roster il
given Mt 27,0oi This city and the
South Include at the latest return,
about oue-seventh OF the armed force
of the country.
Coniunacy of the Louisiana n esura-
ios board.
The Judiciary COMMITTEES, having
under consideration the contumacy of
the telegraph operators and the Louis
iaua Returning Board, had no meeting
this morning.
President Orion will report himself
under srrest to-day to the sereea Mt at
arms of the House. A deputy sergeant
alarms left Washington last nigh: to
serve on William Orion n writ OF the
speaker for his arrest, and to bring him
to the bar of the House, to answer 10 an
alleged breach OF its privileges, and u
contempt of its authority, in the fail
ing to appear before the Morrison
committee, with certain papers as tel
egraphed. The sergeant-at-arms has
not heard from his deputy.
Report of General Aaxur TO Secretary
Cameron ON La ana Affairs
The following, with the dispatches
from Cameron to Augur, sent last
night and at noon To- day, comprise ali
the official correspondence:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT
OF TIE GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. z, ls7..
Hon. J; ID. Cameron, Secretary of War,
Washington
The armed bodies are the new police
and armed posse acting under orders
OF the Nichols government They
have substantially possession Of the
city, except the State House. The Ar
senai and Supreme Court are reported
| to have surrendered To them, 1 have
declined To interfere on either side uu-
I'll there Was u violent breach of the
peace. Ny orders simply authorize
me To prevent violence and blooSshed
None has yet occurred. 1 will COM
municate your dispatch To Mr..
Nichols.
(signedJ c. C. AUGUR, Brig Gen.
Nichols Removes the Armed Force
from the State Hease-wIu Hold
Fast 90 what He Has
HEADQUARTERS DePARrMESTl
OF rag GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, JAuuary s fs77
Hon. J. u. Cameron, Secretary OF War.
Washington, ID. C.;
have just received assurances from
General Nichols that tine armed forces
under his order will be dishandeG Al
once, ana that he has given strict
orders that no disturbance should oc-
eur. The Statehouse is not disturbed.
&C. AUGUR
Brisadier General. Commanding
Congregational Proceedings.
House: THE bill authorizing t. e con-
struction of bridge across the Ohio
river between Cincinnati and Coviug-
ton, without draw, was discussed
three hours and then defeated.
The Senate bill for the appointment
of commissioners to an international
conference Oh the silver question, was
discussed for two hours without final
action.
Mr.. Holmsn's amendment to the
consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill, reducing the compensation of
ministers abroad, was discussed I'm
Com nittee of the Whole, but no vote
reached.
Senate: Mr.. Boutwell, presented the
petition Of the Boston Board OF Trade,
asking Congress to provide, by law,
for the appointment OF an interna-
tional convention to consider the ex-
pediency OF remoldiDg silver coin
aud fixing the value of silver in rela-
ton to gold coin, and until such inter.
national convention silver shall not be
made legal tender for any sum above
ten dollars.
Mr.. Spencer, of Alabama, presented
joint resolution of the Alabama Leg
isiatnre asking Congress to approve an
act of that body for the construction of
breakwater in the bay and harbor of
Mobile. Referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
Without concluding bill for the re-
vision OF laws, the Senate adjourned.
The May Bennett Affair In Cours.
New YORK, January I0.-Presidept
orion Is under arrest and will be taken
to Washington tomorrow.
DIR. Charles Phelps, who was con-
nected with the May-Bennett duel,
was subpenaed before the grand Jury
to-day by the district attorney. To tea.