The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-01-10
victor Emanuel wor.e.
NIGHT DISPATCHES
DOMESTIC.
Gossip.

Banks will vote for the resolution to
investigate matters concerning
Chambers letters, not because he
thinks Hayes's title invalid but re-
CARDS it as PROFESSIONALLY good.
Minister Moran informs the State De-
partment that wheat, tobacco, petrole-
UNI and stoves are profitably import
ed from the United States to Portu-
gal.
Commissioner Leduc is saving
about 81, 900, 900 annually, by fostering
tea culture.
Collector Arthur, of the New York
custom house complains to Secretary
Sherman. He calls the Jay commission
star chamber and cruel inquisitiou.
The board of inquiry into the In
dian Bureau sums up: Under Com
missioner Smith or Chief Clerk Gilp.n,
the management of the bureau was
characterized by the absence of reg.
ulations, systems and methods, by the
oppression of the charges and speci-
tications, by the carrying on of. semi
official correspondence, by the careless
disposal of papers and records, by the
REIMBURSEMENT of authority, or obllga-
ton of official power to another, by
the loss or disappearance of valuable
papers, by unwarranted and factiuus
opposition to the board of Indian
Commissioners, by unfitness, Inccmpe-
tency and insubordinate officers
and by general Decentralization.
WASHINGTON, January S.-Comman-
der Rod gers, of the United States
steamer Adams, reports mutiny at
Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan. The
entire garrison had mutinied and the
conVicts had escaped. The eonvicts,
when released, numbering about 200,
were armed with Spencer rifles, and
killed, burned and pilleged indlscrim.
inately, and then took TO the woods.
Commander Rodgers reports that on
his arrival there thirty dead bodies
were gathered up, most of whom were
soldiers who had been killing each
other indlscriminately. The hospital
had been burned with five wounded
IN it. The governor requested Rodgers
to remain there with his vessel until
he should feel secure.
The Cabinet to-day determined that
the Secretary of the Treasury should,
as soon as possible, invite further sub
scrlptions to the popular loan of four
per cent. bonds, and so conduct it that
all subscribers in all parts of the United
States shall have q free and easy op-
portunity to subscribe to the bonds of
any amount authorized by law, through
the national banks and bankers, and
to convert the postal orders, certificates
of deposit and United States notes
into coin, for the payment of the
bonds, and, when necessary, to sell
coin to facilitate the subscriptions, and
to favor any legislation that Congress
might see fit to adopt TO promote the
deposit of savings for the funding OF
the national debt.
OMcers of the Great southern r.. n.
New YORK, January S.-The annu-
al meeting of the stockholders of the
Great Southern Railroad Company was
held to-day. The report of the presi-
dent shows large amount of work
done between Jessu, Georgia, and
Jacksonville. Florida, the road being
nearly ready for the rails. 1t states
that the company is well organized
and is composed of men of capital and
experience, and that tine work will be
pushed energetically. The directors
for 1878 are T. w. Osborne, OF Flori-
da, Solomon Turck, of New York, T.
]. Latham, OF Washington, George P.
Ihric, of New York, A. p. Miner, of
San Francisco, Harry Heth of Rich
mond, Va. and John ]. Chapman, of
Georgia. The capital stock was in
creased from $40, 900, 600 to $14, OOO,-
600. The bylaws as at present will
remain unchanged. The board will
elect officers during the coming week.
The Crops.
WASHINGTON, January s. The
report of the Commissioner of Agri
culture estimates the tobacco crop
at four hundred and forty million
pounds, an increase over last year Of
sixty million pounds. The cotton
crop in October promised four and
half million bales, but the bad pick
ing season, to end III December, may
reduce the crop to half million bales.
Referring to the sugar crop, the
report says there has been fair pros
pect for an increase in the product of
sugar, over that of last year, but I'm
consequence of bad weather for har-
vesting and securing the cane, it is
too early to say If the yield will be
equal to that of last year. The wheat
crop promises to exceed that of last
year seventy million bushels.
Hard on the Rangers.
The following telegram was received
at the War Department last night from
Gen. Pope, through Gen Sheridan:
'Col. Hatch, from Ell Paso on the
fifth, says every thing is quiet. Con-
siderable bodies of armed men are on
the Mexican side of the river in the
vicinity of San Agossa. And again
on the sixth he says: All is quiet. l
think order will be restored better
without the rangers than with them.
Signed, John Pope, Brevet Major
General
what Boston Diocese THINKS.
BosToN, January 8, The Diocese of
Massachusetts, consents to the conse
Grafton of DIR. Seymour.
Cold weather IN the Eat.
Troy, n. Y, January S.-The Their
mometer here is twelve degrees below
zero at Saratoga, IS; at Fort Edward,
pa; at Glenn's Falls. 90; at White
Hall, IS; at Smiths Basin, &c; at
Cambridge, 1S-all below zero.
Life Insurance President Convicted.
NEW YORK, January S.-The Jury
convicted Theodore r. Wetmore Vice
President of the Security Life Insur-
ance Company of conspiracy with other
officers, Sentence WAS postponed un-
til tomorrow. che convict's father:In
the meanwhile balls him in the sum
Of $l2, 000.
Celebration OF the Eighth.
NEw ORLEANS January S.-The an
nIYersary of the battle of New Orleans
was celebrated to-day by a grand milf
tary pageant composed of the Thir-
teenth Battalion, United States In
fantry, commanded by Capt. Ferdi-
nand Dr(nurov marines and a,sl,r.