The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-27
Seven Thousand Mexican Regu.
lars En Route for tho
BIO Grande.
Signal Defeat Of Edmunds In the Sen.
atC--lle Vents His wrath on
Patterson ana COn0ver ana
IL Paid In Kind.
Matthews lnters q Lance on the Demo
cratic Side The Tourney win Prob.
ably be Prolonged Till Day Light
SCOrCIAnOiher for Thurman,

The NOmlnmttOu ~ General Harlan
Reported E0yOFHbIy Upon ami Al
vrrsriy ga tnus Of EiiAsimmoHh RnC
wharton.
Noon Associated Press Reportl
WASHINGTON, November 20 --1'h,
Potomac river il higher than since
1852.
General Grant goes from Athens t,
Carlo, Egypt.
All reports OF mediation in the East
ern war are false.
Senator Withers, whose voice in tht
senate is important, to-day come up il
"a tug.
The commissioner OF internal reve
nue. opposes any change in the tax on
spirits and tobacco.
Telegraphic and railroad communi
cation through Virginia are broken VI
by the food
Lieutenant Palmer, of the Huron, il
among the lost. Captain Guthrie, OF
the lie saving station, was drowned
yesterday in attempting to cave bodies
from the Huron.
The senate committee on possibilities
and post roads decided to report favor.
ably on the nomination OF Mr.. Wick
ersham rs postmaster at Mobile. Sena"
tor Spencer has been strongly opposed
to the nomination.
A Portland dispatch says in the case
of ii. n. stiles, on trial for perjury in
connection with Growers investlga-
zion, the jury stood eleven for convic'
ton and one for acquittal, and were
discharged and u new trial WAS di
rected. The case of w. b. Highly, in
diCted for differentiation of perjury in
the same connection, was set for the
9th instant. Important developments
are anticipated.
A st. Louis special from Matamoros
Mexico, of yesterdays date, says the
troops which left the city Of Mexico
some days ago, under command OF
General Trevino, for the Rio Grande,
are not to repel the United States
troops, but to cooperate with the Uni
ted States authorities in maintaining
peace between the two couhtrles. In
consequence of the presence of Gen.
eral EsCObedo on the Texas frontier,
with all his staff officers, evidently to
lnaugurate revolution in favor OF ex-
President LerdO, about seven thousand
regular troops have embarked at Vera
Cruz for the mouth OF the Rio Grande,
to be used in repelling Escobedo should
he attempt to cross into Mexico.
Senate Mr.. Wadleigh, from the
committee on privileges and elections,
submitted report, accompanied by a
resolution declaring w. p. Kellogg
entitled to u seat as senator from Lou
siana for six. years, commencing
March 4, 1877. He asked for the pres
ent consideration of the resolution, tut
objection was made by Messrs. Merri-
man, WitheTs and others, and the res
olution was laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Merriman submitted Il minority
report, signed 10y Messrs. Hill, Sauls'
bury and himself in favor of seating
Mr.. SpOilord Ordered printed.
The house bill to repeal all that part
of the act of January 18th, 1915,
known US the resumption act, which
authorized the secretary of the treas
ury to dispose of United States bonds
and redeem and cancel greenback cur
rency, was read by the clerk and re
Herred to the committee on finance.
The latter portion OF the morning
hour was devoted to discussing the res
olution submitted by Mr.. Chahee call
upon the president for information at
to what impedments existed to pre-
vent him from executing the laws
against the Union Pacific and III
branches, but before reaching vote
the morning hour expired, and con
sideration resumed # the resolution to
discharge the c0mml,lse on privileges
and from further consideration of thu
credentials of NJ. Q. Butler, claiming
n seat As senator from South Carolina
Mr.. Davis, of inois, explained thu
reason why he offered to discharge thu
committee.
He thought that It was importan
that the vacant seats from South Car
DINA and Louisiana should be filed
The legislation Of congress was bind
; ing upon the people and those state
and had right to expect that thei
claims for these eats should be scte'
on at the earliest possible moment
, Had the committee on privileges ant
: elections reported in favor Of seatinI
/ Mr., Kellogg before the senator from
Ohio Mr.. thurman had submitted hi
= resolution to discharge the eommitte
d. from the Butler case, he would hav
voted to consider the Kellogg cas-
first, but he thought the resolution c
Mr.. Thurman, having been submitte
frat. was entitled TO precedence.