The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-12
OVER LAND AND SEA.
Washington News Notes
THE MEXICAN TREATY.


/ WAsHIkGToN, Jan. ll.--Grant and Romero
were befare the senate committee on foreign
relations two hours this morning, the CON
mercial treaty between Mexico and tn,
United States being under consideration
The terms rof the treaty were fully discussed
and explained by the commissioners from
the standpoint Of the reciprocal interests OF
both count ries. Grant was clOse,ed with
members of the commission quite while
after Romero retired. The treaty already
formulated relates mainly to mutual con
ccssions in the nature OF allowing the im-
portation tree of duty by each country OF
stated products OF cotton. The formal
signing of the treaty by the commissioners
will probably take place in few days.
lARNY SENIORITY.
The report to the senate of the military
committee, ON the subject of seniority in
, the army, saysl: Your committee do not
,lbelieve il is within the reasonable power of
congress; in fact, life is too short to under.
take to minutelIy review an reconsider rnd
remedy a nbw, all.seeming or i'm
agined grievance OF every Of
flyer now in the regular
aRmy in regard TO dates OF entries in the
service and relative rank, etc. After a
lapse oil seventeen years from the clOse OF
thA late war and the dsbanding Of large
nu, nber of oilicerA in the volunteer service
and reorganizatidn and reduction of the
regular army present dates of
entity into thel service relative to
the frank of olllceAs now IN the service has
beem known and aEted ON for years. They
have\ oeen nominated by the president and
confirmed by the sehate, and have accepted.
'rherd must be an dnd to legislation upon
these questions or lconiuSlon worse con.
founded, stries And contentious will
ever Exist, and increase with every
act OF lcgslatlonl The time of
congreSk aud valuable time of the officers OF
the ARMY can be more prolitably and pleas
antly employed than w overhaulingan at.
tempting TO correct or change existing
statutes. Let peace prevail in the army as
in civil life. Your conn mittee recommends
that the Bill and the whole subject matter
therein referred to he ind definitely nostponed.
NAVAL ,FrIcER kEPRtMANDED.
Chief Engineer Edwin Wells, of the
United States navy, was found guilty IN a
ess degree THAN charged, but guilty OF as
aultlng enlisted men inl the navy, by the
court.martial, which convened at Ports
mouth navylyard, and he was sentenced to
he publicly r(eprimanded\ in general orders
by the secretary. The secretary has issued
the order Of reNrimand which
concludes; 'tChief Engineer Wells should
have remembered that he who would gov
ern others Should first learn to govern HIM
self and that Nothing is mbre productive of
discomfort and q consequent lack of prompt
obedience on THE part OF su\bordina, es, than
the exhibition S)l a tyranmical disposition
united with Il disregard ofllegal restraint,
on the part of their superioks."
AN rMpbETANr pIkIoN.
Professor Mitch Oell of the c(ast survey, be-
fore the Mississip,b river committee to-day
pronounced himse II as unquklihedly in Ia
vor OF the works Yin progresA on the river.
lie thought the ensire work bf improving
the river might be completed fbr iO0O), 0C0.
GOLD CR:RTlfICATEa.
Total issue of gold certificates to date
SG5, 5l9 $40, of which. amount SN6 sos, 1853 are
in circulation, and Sl03ll ,49Ol still III the
treasury.
TROUBLE IN BRITISH LuAMBlA.
The secretary of theI trcasurI has y tele.
gram from Captain w.. n. StoEden, com.
manding the revenue Outer Olivier Wolcott
dated Victoria British Columbia, January
10, as follows; "ReceivAd communication
from the prime ministeE of British Colum.
bia, asking assistance lat Fort Smith; nc
British naval vessel in This watert, and as.
sistance urgent" SECRETARY F4lger sent
the answer to-day, as follows: 'trhe rev
enue steamer Wolcott\ is pernlitt to
be present at Fort Smith andl prevent
violence, bnt no assault Is authorized uL'
less to repel the attacks iiHminentl against
the whites, and then only Npon thel written
request OF the British ColuiHbia auth orities
TOolGNoRANT To' DIE
Counsel for Charles How. convicted of
lhe murder oil ms SISTER, and senteitc ed to
be hanged on the 18th inst sent a letter to
The president asking a conlSmuta
ton of his sentence to life
I'M Drisonment. The COUNSEL saw III Ne ex.
lrcine youth of the prisoner, And his (toid
ignorance, amounting almost to utteE i'm
bccility, renders him an until suhieclt Tor
the gallows, and would depriyA the elecu
ton fall moral effect.
CENSUS CLERKS DISCHARGED.
One hundred anu five clerks were ldis.
charged from the census office lo.day Aind
100 clerks still remain. Tnere\ is mo1ley
enough to pay their salaries lfor thikty
days, but ifan appropriation is Mot m,t le
by that time the cntile oiliCu willy be CLOSED
until the LIST of June.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l
The grand jury today commended an W..
vestigation into the alleged: jury \bribe(y
cases and examined witnesses IN lCOnneC
ton with the case of Frank IL. Fall, charged
with attempt to bribe Juror Brown. in tnt
star-route case. All the ioenoon waNs ocoul
pied in the examination of Nephie john
son, as to the number OF men ami lhorse,
used on the route from Tonguesyi lie to
Adairville Utah,
THE HOUSE LAND COMMITTEES.
At q meeting of the house committee on
public lands to-day, the chairman called
the attention OF the subcommittee to Vthe
fact hat tar I.r., .,E lNIt i,