The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-08-11
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Geslsu, Of Tenuessee. has been tender
ed t'e Rpifendam eousuley.
An fove=tigs'ioa into the charge
agEiDsi collector Freeland, % Rsoos.
iyp, has bssn ordered Ini- is Beech
er's friend.
Collector Russell, OF Richmond, has
been ordered 70 make some expiana-
uons- IL Is stated positively thAi the
cabinet has received no Charge
against Mr.. Russell, collector at Rich
mund. There has already been an
investigation.
Geoerai fo.ney ssy- that il has no,
occurred % southern nembers 81 con-
sress To seriously think of a southern
speaker. Ths Alabama delegation, he
said, viii be solid for sx-memi,.r Cal
der, OF Alabama, for CLERK.
\ Norfolk dispatch says Hon. John
Go0ie, representative IN congress from
Virgins, pronOunces As utterly untrue
the statement which hss Recently ap.
pear=d in several newspapers that he
had been writing letters 10 meni ber-
Of congress asking them 70 vote 70,
him a. speaker. lie has written ~ nc
member on the su6je'si, except ia
reply to friends who have requested
him to become a candidate.
The treasury bas twenty millions
coin over aud above all coin liabilities.
WAsHISoToN, August 6.--General
Sherman writes from the Indian coun-
try highly approving NJ establishing
military posts ia the heart Of the Iu-
dian country.
Revenue Collector Brewster, Austin,
Texas, who had been requested 10 re-
sign, is here for the purpose Of having
himself retained. THE alleged reasons
for asking Brewster's Resignation Is
that he Is not resident OF the district
in which the Office i located.
c. $ A. Ringgold, appraiser nj New
Orleans, has been suspended with a
view it is said. of reduction of the
force in that city.
The Spanish government has paid
$50, 600 into the United States treasury.
being the interest ON the claims OF
American citizens against Spain. The
secretary of State Will make a tiistrib-
ution.
The City of Mexico has arrived ut
Havana from Vera Cruz, with City OF
Mexico dates TO July 81.
President Disz Is making strenuous
efforts 10 establish himself in the good
opinion of foreign powers, especially
the United States. His attitude rs--
garding the border question was taken
with the view of sustaining his dignity
before the Mexican people. lie
courts iie good disposition Of the
United states to1 ards himself per-or.-
ally, and would apparently agree
with pleasure to everything proposed
by the American government The
suspicious tenor of certain newspaper
which formerly opposed Presideur
Disz, has moderated, and some of tb,
journals now mildly approve his good
intentions. and point out advantage
of his administration.
WASHINGTON. August 4.-rhere Is
great scandal over the Affairs o. d..
tectives Cunningham and Bell II
appears that Cunningham WAS sen.
fenced 10 the Mississippi penitentiaTy
for long term. upon eyid.nce given
by Bell. Cunningham had Bell ar.
Rested on some papers from Texas
Judge Wylie ISSUED the papers FOR
Bells arrest. Bell was before
Judge HUMPHREYS on a writ Of AaIea.
corpus snd was discharged on the -1s-
picion that the r.quisition was bogu.
The Washington Republican captions
city item ON the subject, "Disgrac
Ing the Ermiae-Jn-iics Humphrie.
I making an Ass % Himseif-Hi- Re.
/ Remarkable Conduct at the Hearing
Laughing Lawyers, Surprised Pris
oners and AstoHished Ofiics r. Ni;ne-,
his shameful Conduct
The attorney general decides that nc
copies of recommendations for Ofiie.
shall oe given from the departments
| The question sEa=e from an applica
| ton ~ the San Francisco Chronicle
for documents OF this character bS
which il hoped to justify su aTticlt
which Senator Sargent, OF California
I claimed was libellouz-