The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-25
TELEGR NEWS.
NIGHT DISPATCHES
DOMESTIC.
The Indian Raid.

Ispecisrto the STATE>NAN.i
SAN ANTONIO, April 23.-Reports of
and Indian outrages continue
to arrive. The destruction of life and
property in L4Sane county was very
great. information so far indicates
that about forty persons have been
killed.
FOrty-FITsh Congress.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-HoUsE :
The House is wrapgiing over the
irregular manner in which the river
and harbor bill passed.
The protest which Mr. Cox, of New
York, presented on Monday against
the passage of the river aud harbor ap-
preparation bill, under a-suspensiOn of
the rules, occupied the whole OF to-
DAYS session, and gave rise to one of
the noisest aud most tumultucus scenes
that the House has ever witnessed.
There was no ill feeling manifested on
the part of any one, but the proceed
ings were very disorderly.
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, defended the
action of that committee in the course
which it had pursued in reference to
the bill. He showed that every river
and harbor appropriation bill that had
been passed in the House in the last
sixteen or eighteen years had been
passed under a suspension OF the rules.
He denied that there had leen
any log rolling resorted to and
asserted that many who had signed
the protest had TO do so because the
had not recommended for
their own districts as large amounts as
they had demanded.
A call was made on him for names,
but he declined to give them. Mr.. Ell
lis, of Louisiana, however, announced
himself as one of the members so al
luded to, but denied that in his oppo-
sition to the bill he was actuated by
any such motives. He said, however,
that he disapproved of the reckless man
ner in which the bill provided for in
ternal improvements. He referred to
two rivers in Pennsylvania so incon-
siderable that the Speaker, native of
that State, had meyer heard of them.
This allusion brought out Mr.. White,
of Pennsylvania, at whose suggestion
these rivers had been put into
the bill, and who described the
rivers as important links of
navigation of the Allegheny and Ohio,
AMI on the other side Wright and
Bridges, of Pennsylvania, who ridi-
culed them as trout streams in the AL
leghany mountains. The speaker did
not wish to be placed in the position
in which Ellis's remarks might have
placed him in the estimation of the
people of West Virginia, and so he cor
rected Ellis, and said that his remark
had been that the streams were not
navigable.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, spoke of
Kentucky river, provided for in the
bill, as one which could only be made
a thoroughfare by being macadamized,
and alluded to other rivers as streams
that could not afford a dam by mill
site and could Lot afford a mill ~
damn sight. Finally, after five hours
session, the House, by vote of $50 to
60, refused to entertain the protest as
a question of privilege.
The House, on motion of Mr.. Hun
ton, of Virginia, passed the bill re-
moving the political disabilities of
Thos. Moore, Of Virginia.
Mr.. Durham, of Kentucky, reported
that the conference committee on the
deficiency bill, for additional clerks in
the Treasury Department, had agreed
upon a compromise. The report was
accepted.
The Finance Committee of the SEN
ate made no effort TO press action on
its substitute for the resumption repeal
bill of the House.
Special agents of the government
report with great positiveness that
Louisiana and Florida negroes have
been kidnapped and are in slavery in
Cuba, and it is slyly intimated that
the persons in this interest put the
spider in Leonard's soup.
Expressmen's Convention.
NEW ORLEANS, April 90. -Second
day of the convention of the express
mems Aid Society: The committee on
credentials revised their report, admit
ting other delegates. Forty-aine di-
visions are now represented. Letters
of regret were read from delegates uu
able to attend; also, from Governor
Vance, of North Carolina, and tele-
grams from Governor Stone, of Missls-
sippi, aud Governor Drew, Of Florida,
expressing regrets at their inability to
attend and wishing the meeting to be
a success. The auditing committee re-
ported they had examined and COM
pared the reports of the secretary and
treasurer, counted the money in the
hands of the treasurer, and that they
agree in all particulars. The.report of
disbursements and investments of the
treasurer's funds was read TO the con-
vention and adopted. The report
shows S5347 to the credit of the soci-
ETY.. The delegates and in vited guests
have gone on an excursion this evening
to Lake Ponchartrain.
Railroad President In Trouble.
MONTREAL, Canada, April %. - E.
II. Golf, President of the Boston, Port
land and Montreal Railroad, was az
rested to-day charged with certifying
to false returns aud forgery.
Death Warrants Signed.
New ORLEANS, April Ex-Governor
Nichols signed the death warrants of
Isaac Evans, Sabine parish, and Porter
Brown, of Tsngipohoa parish, parties
convicted of murder. The executions
will take place May 10.
A New Orleans Debutante.
Miss Katie Slayer. having completed
her studies North, made her initial
professional appearance last night in
the grand concert. The Times says
it is the first time for years that a dc
6utdnte has fulfilled expectations. Miss
Slayer has pure soprano voice of suf-
ficient power to reach in the future al
most any ideal.
Weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Tndicstions
for the West Gulf States: Falling
followed by rising barometer, cooler
southwestern to northwestern winds,
with numerous rains, followed by clear
weather.
Resolutions on OrtOn's Death.
New YORK, April 23.-At a meeting
IF the board of directors OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company this
afternoon, a preamble and resolution
were adopted setting forth that, by the
death of Mr.. Orion, for twelve years
president of the company, they had
lost friend endesred to them by long
and agreeable associations and whom