The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-29

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Combinations -Schoneld, register OF
the treasury; Hopkins, collector Of
customs at ~. Johns, Florida Rams
dell, marshal of the eastern district Of
Virginia and several northern post
masters.
The steam sloop.of-war, Wyoming,
went into dry dock on Tuesday. A
gang Of caulkers and ship carpenters
were employed, the copper stripped of
six feet below the water line, and seams
found to need re'caulklng and plank
Ing. In several places rotten pieces
were taken out and replaced. The leak
was about three feet abaft the steam,
and where the planking was in bad
condition. 1t is expected the Wyoming
will start again Saturday or Monday.
Mr.. Schurz was at the department
to-day.
A large portion OF the silver for the
new coin is purchased in London.
Gold goes hence instead.
The postotllce department decides
that Chidester's contracts for mails In
the southwest must stand.
Ben Butler says of Howe's speech
"That Ia II weak elaboration of stale
facts
The Star says Senator Thurman exe
poets that vote will bo taken on the
Pacific railroad sinking fund bills Ger
tair, by the latter part OF next week. |
Members Of the judiciary committee
are confident that the bill reported by |
them will pass the senate, while men,
bers OF the railroad committee are
equally certain that their bill will pass,
The railroad lobby 10 certain, 80 its
members say, that the judiciary COM
bill cannot pass, Mr.. HIPS
speech yesterday against the Judiciary
bill WAS surprise to a great many
senators, who believed him to be on
the opposite side of the question.
The president signed the joint reso.
luton allowing whisky to remain in
bond three years, and Raum has issued
the necessary forms. Tho opponents
of the measure say the haste in this
matter IN the house, senate, executive
and bureau of internal rev.
enue, has some of the characteristics
Of indecency.
The ways ami means committee
agreed to reduce the tax on cigars from
six to five dollars per thousand, and
cigarettes correspondingly.
House-Mr. Vance introduced n bill
providing for the establishment of three
additional weather observation sta
lions in the state of North Carolina.
The majority report, seating Dean
and oustiug Fields, was adopted by one
majority. Mr.. Jones, OF Florida,
changed his vote, breaking the tie,
Mr.. Jones said he had yesterday voted
in favor OF seating fields ana SAID that
he had done 80 because he thought |
that, according to Massachusetts, law,
Fields was estitled to the seat but the
house having decided against that
view of the law on this resolution seat
ing Dean, he would vote aye. Zap
plause on democratic side Dean was
sworn in.
The bill granting a pension Of fifty
dollars per month to General Shields,
Of Missouri, passed.
John NJ. Thompson writes a letter
to Secretary Sherman in which he
says he did not, though very candid In
his expressions, say of the administra-
ton that 1t was "Hypocritical, lying
and tsiiling.n The letter, however,
asserts that, after certain measures
have been predetermined, Mr.. Thomp.
son and his friends were induced by
the expressions Of his excellenoy TO
"whistle against the wind"