The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-09
Fresh Indian Scare In Rnfard and
Poplar River Agency Sitting Bull
Visits Yankton Camp and
Begs for Food.
The insurgeat Forces of General Cazeia
at Remedies, Surrender on the Fifth
Further Particulars Of the Sur.
render at Troeha.
Death of Hen Wade at Jefferson. Ohio
Tobacco Clause OF the Tariff Xiii.

the repeal OF the resumption act to
next met ting
In the house Mr.. Shelly, of Ala
bama. introduced u bill to aid Ia the
construction OF the Great Southern
railroad through the state of Georgia
and Florida Referred.
The house spent the session In the
consideration of private bills, and
passed thirty five OF them.
The bill To provide an ocean mail
service between the United States and
Brazil was reported from the posroffice
committee, ordered printed and re
committed.
A Havana dispatch says yesterday
afternoon the insurgents of the cen
trail department defilsd before General
Martinez Compos, at Puerto Principe,
surrendering their arms. The insur-
gents in the neighborhood of Trocha
also surrendered arms at the same
our.
Professor Lindermsn, director OF
minis, says they have commenced
smelling silver in Philadelphia.
Debt statement-Decrease during the
month S2.5Oo,0o0i in treasury, coin,
1871 ,375, 600; currency 81, 10000.
Fifty-three employees In the genera!
land office were granted indetiDite
leave Of absence to>dsy.
Lieutenant Colonel A. D. Nelson, of
the Twelfth Infantry, and Captain An
son Mills, of the Third cavalry, are or
dered to report to Hon. r. c. McCor>
mick, in New York city, for duty, In
connection with the Paris exposition.
Captain c. b. Phillips will take
charge during tue absence of Major
Craighill, OF the departments Ia Ger.
tain rivers In Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina and West Virginia,
aud OF the haroor of Baltimore and its
| defencea, and also those of Wash.
! lHgtou.
The cabinet to-day, directed Secreta.
~ Sherman To put the minis in full
| operation, and Secretary Evarts to
write paragraph to ali countries com
posing what Is called the Latin
Union," inviting them TO eonven.
ton to regulate the respective value OF
! silver aud gold.
| 1t is thought that by the middle Of
May the coinage of silver dollars will
be at the rate or s., SOC, 600 per month
The United States assay office at New
York, shipped to the philadelphia
mint S265, $40 In silver bars.
WARRINGTON, March Elk Senate,
| Ben Wade died this morning, at JET.
ferson, Ohio.
| The com nittee on ways and means
to day agreed on the tobacco clause OF
the tariff bill.
The following may be accepted as
true status of the committee: The
| house committee on railroads this
morning voted on the Texas aud Pa.
cihc bill, the vote standing seven Ia
| favor 10 six against, Mr. Cole, OF Mis-.
souri,, however, Reserved the right &c
| oppose the measure on the floor of the
house, voting in committee In favor OF
the bill in order to bring the suojec;
before the house for consideration.
The suit of @. w. Gusts Lee against
Frederick Kaufman and Others for the
recovery of the Arlington estate, which
was bought ia under direct tax sale by
the government, WAS begun in the
! United States district court, before
Judge Hughes, In Ale4andria, to-day
+. Il. Smith opened the case for Gen,
eral Lee. and was followed by District
Attorney Lewes for the government
add L. r. Page, of Richmond, followed
for Lee, when the case was adjourned
till Mohd
a Havana special says the iusurgeni
| forces at Remedies, under Cszeio, will
surrender their arms on the fifth in-
stant. The iusurgent chiefs, Jelerez
aud Sanchez, with -four thousand two
hundred men, seventy one women and
thirty children, have surrendered In
the neighborhood of Trocho. The
number of insurgents surrendered al
Puerto Principe is reported at six hun
dred men, with four members of theiI
/ families.
A Bismarck Dakota territory dis
patch says reports from Bnford and
Poplar river. Indian agency, indicate
. fresh Indian scare. The Indian
agent at Poplar creek has asked 70,
arms and ammunition. Three Chey
enne scouts from Geaeral Miles, bear
ing dispatches to Fort Peck, were
killed by Red Cloud Indians. The
Missouri, between Peck and Bolton, is
reported full OF bostiles. Sitting Bull
Ii evidently not Que of them. When
he was at Yankton camp, near the
mouth of Rock Greek, for -four and
meat, he said there were no buffalo
across the line and his people were
starving. The Yankton chief refused
to let him come Into the camp and the
proposed trade was off. The roaming
agency Indians are well provided with
everything, except meat, for which
they are willing 10 sell their ponies or
eght. The Missouri river at
Poplar river, is rotten and il expected
to break up at any moment. No snow
there this winter.
WAsHINGToN, March 4.-vice. Pres.
ident Wheeler returned to the city Sat.
arday and occupied the chair to-day.
House-Mr. Vance, of North Caro-
lima, introduced q bill authorizing cir
cult and district judges to fine and Inn
prison at discretion In cases OF conyic-
ton OF Illicit distillers, In lieu OF the
punishment now required. Referred.
The senate amendments TO the bill
issuing arms TO the Washington light
infantry OF Charleston, South Caro-
lima, were concurred In.
The senate bill granting pensions to
veterans who served fourteen days In
the war OF 1872, and restoring 10 the
rolls the names OF tho e stricken there.
from on account OF dlsloyalty, was
passed.
Mr.. Cockfill, OF Missouri. introduced
. hill for certificates OF the sum Of
twenty. dollars, for deposit Of silver
bullion, to be received for customs.
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