The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-02
WASHINGTON.
Mexice Must Restrain Her PeO.
pie or Ord VIII Cross the
Rio Grande.
Base and Cowardly FaIsehood"
Hurled at the "Stslwart"
Champion.
The Administration Pleased With
Nichols and Hampton, and Eyarts
Adtised to Abandon His Par-
pose OF Writing That MIS-
sissippi Letter.
Activity In Naval Headq quarters-H is I'm.
derstood That aIi Monitors Will Pro-
ceed to Some Port, as Sson as
Conveys Cas- be Furnished,
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WAsHINGToN, May 29.-H 10 semi
officially announced that the adminis-
tration. IL pleased with Hampton and
Nichofls.s 1aft% @3tH VtsF
Itappears that Mr.. Evarts has aban-
doned his purpose OF writing a letter
to Governor Stone, OF Mississippi. Mr..
Eyarts has been advised that It is his
business TO look after Perrepont at the
court of St. James, and other matters
abroad, and to give passports to Amer
lean citizens who wish to travel. The
department Of justice alone, and that
only through the federal, district and
circuit courts, may look into jurispru-
dence within the boundaries of south
ern statea-
The revenue raiders In West yIr-
ginia report having destroyed fourteen
disiiileries and nine copper stills.
They had several conflicts. The party
travelled five hundred and forty.six
miles In nineteen or twenty days on
horseback.
Governor HAntraft has signed sew
enteen death warrants within four
weeks Petitions are circulating to
commute the sentence OF the Molly
Maguires to imprisonment for life.
A Port Royal dispatch says the cor
vettas Ossippee and Essex and the
monitofs Ajax and Lehigh received
orders yesterday to prepare for sea. The
Ossippee and Essex will convoy the
monitors to Norfolk navy yard, where
they are to be docked and cleaned. 1t
II understood that all monitors will
ptssceed to some port as soon as con-
voys can be furnished.
The cabinet to-day instructed Secre-
taFy Evarts, in his address letter to
minister Foster at Mexico, to commu-
nicate the determination Of this gov
ernment to stop predatory excursion
into Texas Mexico must restrain her
people, or General Ord will be instruc-
ted TO follow and punish marauders
on Mexican soil.
Among the causes Of delay in reach
ing an understanding between the two
governments will be the translation of
Mr.. Eyarts' English into Spanish, and
In the meantime General Ord in to be
vigilant under the system.
General Sheridan has received q
dispatch from the Red Cloud agency
confirming the news Of the Indian
engagement ut Little Muddy creek on
May 7th. Two runners have arrived
at that agency, giving the particulars
of the location Of the killed and
wounded, which tally with the Bis
marck despatch, saying that Sitting
Bull lead the band which was attack
ed. The New York Herald has full
account Of this fight General Miles
surprised the Indians on Muddy creek,
= branch Of tho Rosebud. Miles had
four killed and ten wounded. Sixteen
dead Indians were left on the field
and four hundred and fifty ponies and
two hundred saddles were captured.
+ WAsHINGTos, MAJ, 30.-It y said
that the debt ststements win show six
and > half million dollaEs decrease.
i The outlet lock OF, the Chesapeake
and Quo canal above Georgetown,
lsavswsy this morning, killing one
and fatally wounding two persona.
The lock was badly injured. 49,
The usual ceremonies were held ai
Arlington. but most Of the people wers
snsrged In holiday picnlcing or fish.
ing.
+ AsauranRs are given By usually vel
tnfoemed perssns that England haI
]demanAsA an Investigation into the
circumstances Of the death Of McClel
land, An alleged Rritisb subject, killed
In Mississippi. e 49,
| Yesterday, the bureau Of engineer
sent ORDERS to begin work upon th,
Georgia rivers, for which appropria
tions were made year since in tn,
friver and harbor bill This action 1
4 sttritnted to the persistent efforts o
tSenator GORDON The work is unde
shs shafge Of Major ". r. King
United States engineer, at Chattanoo
tea, Tennessee
4 WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Ben Butie
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