The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-13


81, TO 073. TIC estimates for tbe GacS
year ending June 3j'h, 1883, er,, ordlnat
Expenditure, Si0,3lO 8O7. and flr The In
crease of the navy, 81 40 5Sl. Tho repor
concludes with reiereDc y 10 the mcrChan
marine. The inferioritv OF the Unitei
States In this respect Ia rsf'rred TO and II
evils deplored. Congress Is a'ked 70 subsi
die the American mail steamers as
means OF building up merchant navy.
Congressman Lowry. OF (lndiapa), one o
Carljsle's enthusiastic supporlSrs, az
pressed the opinion that the wars ant
means committee would certainly refiec
on Carlisles views upon the tariff, and tbs
houses would, without doubt take steps
this session. TO lessen the tariff on tht
necessaries OF lie and reduce the surplus
revenue.
The sonata caucus committees OF both
parties were in session to-day, and finished
the work OF recasting the mem bership OF the
senate committees. After adjournment,
the chairmen Of the committees held
"a conference and decided to lay the result
of the labor OF the committees before the
csucuses on Monday, and ii the work was
approved by the cauousas, the senate COM
mittees would be named Monday.
The French American claims commission
made the following awards against the
United States: Renls''e DuDuee, of Indian
Village. Louisiana, 81 zoo; jean a. Erman,
o, Natchitoches. Louisiana, So 800; Urbine
Lamarone, OF Vermillionylle, Louisiana,
500: Colin Juberty, OF St. Martinsville,
Louisiana, $500; Jean Jannesnd, Of Rapi.
des, Louisians, $6,693; Case B Cos
tia, OF ST. Martins, $1,ls6; An
ter Lacoures, OF Natchitoches, Louisiana,
$40. The following cases against the Uni
ted States were disailowed: Jean B Reavall
of New Orleans; estate OF Emile Veal, OF
New Orleans, Andre Smaills, of Ioerville;
Clara Locaze, of st. Martinsyille; Jean M.
Gases, OF New Iberia, and Charles Forques,
of New Orleans.
John Bailey. many years the chief clerk
OF the house of representatives, will be sue.
ceeded by Major. Thomas O. Towles, the
present printing and bill clerk Of the house.
Charles Il. Lackner, of New York, will be
ppoint, d newspaper clerk of the house,
and Peter H. Perrot, of Indiana, superin-
tendent OF the house folding room.
Representative Anderson, of Kansas,
revised the postal telegraph bill, intro
duced by bin last session. and Will soon in
trodnce it in the house. By its provisions
the pustmaster-general is authorized to
construct, maintain and operate
line to extend from Bangor, Maine, to St.
Paul the central line from New York TO
Toneka and the southern from Baltimore to
San Antonio. The nor hern maiu liue 10
b. .72O and the branches l,621 miles; total
3 BAT; central / 437; branches,
978; total. 24l5, southern
1876 branches, 14S; total, 1874. Grand'o-
tai, lilo miles, at II MAXIMUM estimate Of
$40 per mile, will cost 50 900, All the
telegraph lines, which since 1865 have been
or will be cons ucted Tor the use OF the ar
my, shall be, when no longer needed
for military purposes, Transferred
to The postmaster. general; also whore Il
junction can lie made with the wires of any
rsilway or telegraph company, which
received grant OF public
lands, or bonds, or credit,
under the staes, the postmaster-general
NAV cause connection Herewith, and
messages may be transmitted over the
wires at government rates The bill
gives list of all such grants, and
requires the transmission of all the mes
sages over Inc lines where the condition
contained in the acts, said tele-
graph line may be used for gov
eminent business. The postmaster general
is also authorized to connect the wires OF
ed the provisions of the act
of July the 24th, 1865. The
bill provides for the issuance of 5000 600 OF
three per cent. bonds of $1,000 each, OPP
tionally redeemable in ten years, but not
to run more than thirty years, be
offered for sale in the market, proceeds OF
the sale to be applied to the construction
and equipment of the postal telegraph by
The postmaster general, who shall
hold sufficient reserve OF
said bonds as surplus over
the cost of construction, necessary to meet
the interest for five years; local officers TO
be under the control OF the postmaster
general, and stations to be established
only in government post-oftices. Provisions
are made TOR the compromising OF post.
masters in proportion 10 the number OF
telegraph stamps which may be procured
and sold. the same as postage
ANS. The postmaster gen'ral to
have full power to regulate
rates and is authorized 10 establish tele.
graph or telephones between the main and
sub-post-office of the same on adjacent cities,
or between any station, and those patrons
who will pay for the cost such lines, or
furnish their own various lines and
branches are provided for in the bill:
they are to strike every capital city east OF
the Rocky mountains, and every CITY
wherein the Tree delivery system Is estab-
I;shed.
In the criminal court the case of ex.sen-
ator Spencer, charged with contempt OF
court, in failing to appear as a witness In
the star route case, came up for hearing.
Spencers answers we're read.
Merr ck said that the government was
preparing to present atfidGviis against
ex Postmaster. General James, Van War
rem. the late chief clerk of the pOst.oifice
department, and others, to the effect thai
Spencer told them that he mad seen Dorsey
wheD he paid money TO Brady.
The secretary of the treasury authorized
The payment, with ut rebate, OF the bonds
IN hraced in the 1881 call, maturing on the
18th inst Payment to be made to order on
presentation.
Fonr hundred persons sat down TO the
banquet given the Mexican veterans TO-
night, Senator Logan responded to q
toast "The president OF the United States"
General sherman on Capital and Labor
INV YoRK, Dec. 81 ,hn SWenton re-
eHtly wrote General Shi man enclosing
a Devspsper clipping containing come
words upon capital and labor, atLri5uted 10
tho general The words are 20 tbs ELECT
s'General Sherman has recently predicted
that there would soon come an armed con-
test between capital aud labor and that the
better classes are tired of these insane howl
ing, Of the lower strata. and mean 10 stop
them" General sherman 10 his reply
saws; 81 hardly know whether 70 treat
mis- seriously or in jest. ofcourse Il Is not
true bnt that you already
know, because the report on rs
face. carries its own contradiction.
I am sure the words capital, labor, gun.
DoWder and cAnno I never were spoken.
don't think many papers Of the day, re-
norted me as a'prophet or belligerent AZ the
printed paragraph you sent but distance
and time swell rumor in . ratio Of the
cube Of the distance. Our newspaper, y