Salt River herald., 1879-02-08
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Wednesdays Dispatches.

" ASHINGTON, feD. 0.-ln the Sen-
 ate today, MT. Maxy, from the com
 mit,ee on postoflices and post routes,
 reported an amendment to the post
 office appropriation bill establishing
 a steamship line between New York
 and Rio via Norfolk, and another be-
 tween New Orleans and Rio via Gal
 weston, allowing subsidy of $15O,-
 900 per annum to each line. Re
 ferred.
 MT. Coke spoke at length in favor
 of constructing the Texas Pacific
 Railroad to the Rio Grande.
 The house in committee of the
 whole on the army appropriation de-
 feated by large majority the amend ment reducing the army to 15,OOO men.
 Commissioner Hoyt urged the pas sage of Representative Scales bill providing for the consolidation of the Indian tribes, whereby forty-tour res ervations and thirty-six agents will be reduced to ten reservations and agents.
 Quite stormy debate was precipi- tated in the house by the amendment of MT. Cox, of New York, to the army appropriation bill, reducing the force to 7,OO0 men.
 MT. Mills, democrat, of Texas, charged the democrats with being responsible for General Custer's death because of their miserable economy, which appeared to be the only idea of statesmanship the house produced.
 Later-The house in committee of the whole has rejected the amend ment reducing the army to 1000 and 10000 men. The vote was 11S nays to GG ayes.
 Representative Whithorn, chair man of the house naval committee, to-day read a report prepared by him self for the signatures of the major ity of the committee relative to the investigation of the navy department under the administration of Secretary Robeson. The report charges that under Robeson's administration the navy department was greatly mis- managed, and calls the attention of the president to the fact, and leaves further procedure in the affair to his discretion.
 A rumor is current that the Texas Pacific and California Southern Pa cific Railroad Companies have agreed upon a compromise and will jointly urge the passage of new bill pro- viding satisfactorily for the interests of both corporations
 A report to the internal revenue office from Collector Clark, at Atlanta, Georgia, gives an account of a whis- key raid in Cherokee county, in, that state, in which the |. S. officers were fred upon by a party in ambush, and several persons, including the guide, wounded.
 YANKToY, D. T., Feb. 5-The bill granting suffrage to females passed the upper house of the Legislature today @
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5.-General George Cadwallader died here this afternoon aged 73 years. .l r
 OTTAWA, Feb. 5.-The FfN Picss says: "The stories in the American papers about Sitting Bull having crossed over from the Canadian side of the boundary are purely apocry- Dhal from private information in our Sitting Bull is camped It Frenchman's creek, at the end of Wood mountain, 9 miles north of he boundary line" rf
 COPENHAGEN. Feb. 5.-A diplo- natic rupture between Germany and Denmark is probable.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.-Two egiments of Cossacks and one of in- antry are marching to reinforce the military cordon which is a thousand niles long, around the districts in- ected with the plague.
 RIO JANERIo, Feb. 5.-The mortal- iy from the black plague, in the rOvince of Cara, has decreased one alf since the last report. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-It is an- ounced that all matters of difference etween Sutro and the mining con- anies, with reference 10 the latter's SC of his tunnel, have been adjusted. utro will at once withdraw his oL- .ctions to water being pumped in, nd all will hencefOrth go on smooth Stocks-Tiptop, s1.1l; Silver King, :.
 Thomas Jefferson's grave will not uch longer be left in its present un- lred for condition The conStrl1c