THE DAILY RECORD-UNION.
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NEWS OF THE MORNING.
Is New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at 104 J for 4s of 1907; 103; for 5s of 1881;
1.7J for 4 ; s; sterling, $4 -3g4 85; silver bars,
1131 ; silver coin, J disc-mnl.buying, par selling.
Silver ai London yesterday, __ 7-10; consols,
95 1-16; 5 per cent. United States bonds, 106} ; is.
107} ; 4_s, 111.
Is San Francisco half dollars are quoted at par;
trade dollars, 95 buying, 9*3. -Killing ; Mexican dol
lars, 96 baying, 96J selling.
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at 10s
61 tolls 3d for average California white, aud lis
-.1 to lis 7d for club.
The election of officers by the Sierra Nevada "in
ing Company took place yesterday.
Cai.ii' :i;sia yesterday re-elected the old Board of
Directors.
Mining stocks were irregular and weak, a? a gen
eral thing, in San Francisco yesterday morning.
Utah was an exception. This stock rose to SIS 75,
a gain of $4 .5 over the best price Tuesday moi-nhig,
but on tbe regular call it Cell back to $17 and cl.ei-.-il
at $17 0-'_. Mexican rose $1 75, Ophir *1 50, Crown
Point §1, Belcher Sl, and Sierra Nevada i: 60.
After selling do**n to fl, Bodie Tuesday evening
rose to 18 75, with sates, but most of the sales on
the informal call yesterday morning were at $S.
George _>&.__ was accidentally killed Tuesday,
near Vancouver, W. T.
Tun trial by ''..." :mi: of Lieutenant H.T.
Cttii-y, Second Infantry, is about tv commence at
Walla Walla. XV. T.
Rebecca Mo-tooxkbv, aged 45, eommil . ■ i suicide
in San Francisco Tuesday night.
Joiix Cliftop. i', lately appointed architect of the
City Hall -'. :an Francisco, l.as resigned his posi
tion.
Thf. telegraph lines between Port ToYrnaend and
Seattle, W. T., are still prostrated.
S. v. Aim has been arrested at surer, XV. T.,
for a murder eom-nlltei in lowa in IS7-i.
The steamer Oregon and barkentin. -forth Bend
came in collision yesterday at Astoria, Or., both ves
sels being damaged.
Fire at Los llanos, Merc ed county.
Exc__ _***_-__.. severe weather is reported Iran the
Cariboo re.ion, the roads being blocked with snow
aud the cattle suffering greatly.
Cirr-lS E. __ Wake, formerly an officer of the
British navy, was recently drowned near Nanaimo.
There is great destitution among the Chinese in
British Columbia, where their employment has
generally been discontinued.
The bark California, from San Francisco for De
parture Bay, went ashore in Dotld's Narrows, sus
-lining some damage.
The pilot-boat Confidence ran on a rock and sunk
yesterday while going l i sea from San Francisco.
The Republican Legislature in Mai .c yesterday
elected Samuel A. Botbrook State Treasurer.
The earth over a coal mine at Maboney Plain, Pa.,
is cracking, and a general caving in is apprehended.
Another; Cabinet crisis is reputed in Mexico.
Great preparations are making at the City of
Mexico for the entertainment of Genera! Grant and
party.
The work of surveying the route of the pn>i>osad
Isthmus canal has bee a commenced.
Violent shocks of earthquake are reported in
Salvador, doing great damage and causing much ex
citement. "
It is believed in Panama that Callao, Peru, has
been blockaded by Chilean war vessels.
A recext revolt of negroes in the Department of
■Chincha, Peru, was followed by some horrible butch
' cries.
A skriops riot recently occurred in Ilio de Ja
neiro, caused by the levy of a lax on street-car pas
sengers.
The British Royal Academy has resolved to admit
women to membership, subject to certain condi
tions.
A otN-. of counterfeiters were arrested Tuesday
night at Oswego, S. T. f engaged in manufacturing
spurious .'"i::.
Stats S-nato-i Cii'Ni: L. Norton, of Massachu
setts, died ... Mil yesterday morning-
From 70 to 90 tins were lost by a colliery explo
sion yesterday at _Vnnder-*ryne, ling.
At Moo.ley, Bog., 9-0 cotton operatives have
been locked out on a strike.
At Alpine, Col., Monday night, • Constable killed
one man and fatally wounded two others, ho re
sisted arrest.
Rra__._-m.-nva J;;*i-i;v left Washington jester
day for California, called home by the alarming ill
ness of his wife.
T:ik dissatisfacl on ?.t Washington over the ail
ments by the President of Census Supervisors
increases.
A EoiLKr. explosion ■: l-trretara. La., yesterday
killed three persons cud wounded thirteen others.
It is rumored in London that the Peruvian and
II livian forces in the province of Tarapaca are sur
rounded by the C*hilcan troops.
n_B acreage of winter wheat sown this year in
Illinois is 25 per cent, greater Chan last year.
It is now stated that the National Democratic
Convention will be held at Cincinnati.
The Panama Kiilroad has declared a divide. _ of
4 per c*nt.
Fol'Rtkxn gold mines bat.- been discovered In
Eastern Siberia.
Holland and Poland aie suffering from inunda
tions.
T-ta bill for tbe abolition of slavery in Cuba baa
been adopted as - whole in the Spanish Cortes
Is the State Senate yesterday, among other bale
introduce', was a Bankrupt Act, and a Revenue Act
providing for a tax OB incomes over 95,000. The
consideration of the Stale Prison bill was made the
epecial order for Wednesday next a. half past 1
o'clock I. M.
Is the Assembly the most nt the .lay was con
-B'nned in a reconsideration of the question of mile
age.
PRESIDENTIAL STRAWS.
It is somewhat odd that though every
body pretends at intervals to be worried to
death with politics, and though Loud com
plaints are continually made of the inces
sant stream of election campaigns which
deluge the country, it is found impossible
to rest contented until the next campaign
arrives, but efforts are made to discount
aud forestall it, precisely as though politi
cal discussion was' the breath of life to the
American people. For some time past the
Eastern and Western press has been doing
its best to settle the next Presidential cam
paign in advance, and the oddest devices
arc resorted to for the purpose of ascer
taining who is the most popular candidate.
Unfortunately these experiments are de
prived of scientific valu*- by the fact
that every one of them is strongly
tainted by the prepossessions of the
experimenter. Does a Grant journal set
out to canvass its readers, the result is
sure toll' a majority for Grant. Does a
Sherman or a Blame journal do the same,
it finds nb difficulty in making the outcome
a contribution to its favorite "boom."
To those who look over a large number of
papers from different sections the general
effect of these " straws " is apt to be be
wildering, if not amusing. That tho issue
of the campaign will be influenced in this
way, however, is not probable. In most
cases those who arc asked their opinion are
not* really decided. In nearly all cases
party action will govern the final conclu
sions reached. One result of thus prema
turely - .-trading the supposed candidates,
however, may be to kill them all. It is a
very common political observation that the
men who are feet talked of iv advance are
' rarely the men who secure the nom
inations. Candidates whose friends
are over- zealous, or who undertake
to make arrangements too long
before the fateful moment, are apt to find
that they hare organized opposition as well
as support, and that they are destined to
be beaten by their very activity and per
sistence. The strength of the strongest
candidate not seldom proves impotent for
anything more than to defeat his most
formidable opponent -by putting some un
known man into the place he has been seek
ing for himself. Veteran politicians there
fore look with distrust upon such mani
festations as are being made at present,
and decline to commit themselves merely,
because enthusiastic newspapers have in
their own opinion settled the matter be
forehand. There are many slips possible
between the cup and the lip, and no man
living knows enough of the future to dog
matize upon the outcome of cither|of the
National Conventions to be held this spring.
INSURANCE LEGISLATION.
A bill has been introduced in tie As
sembly imposing a stamp- tax upon foreign
insurance companies doing business in this
State. The principle of this bill is bad,
and it is against public policy. All at
tempts to discriminate against foreign in
surance companies are hostile to the in
terests of the people. They involve in
creased cost in insurance, and .diminished
security. The effect of this bill would be
to raise the rate of insurance, and though
the tax would be only upon foreign cor-
porations, the local companies would in
evitably take advantage of the rise forced
upon their rivals, to put up their own
rates. If this elid not happen, the tend
ency would be for the foreign companies, to
withdraw their agencies, and then the
people of California would be left vir
tually without security against the
risks which insurance companies deal
with. The principle of safe insurance
is distribution of risks. Without such dis
tribution there never can be any real safety
for insurers. When an extensive lire like
those of Chicago or Boston occurs, the
local insurance companies are almost in
variably ruined, because the securities
upon which they rely to make good their
losses are at such periods destroyed with
the lured property. No insurance com
pany can be sound which carries all its
eggs iv one basket. No community can be
safe which trusts entirely to local insur
ance companies. The public interest re
quires that risks should be divided as much
a3 possible, and to this end it is necessary
that there should be in every large city
a fair proportion of companies whose
securities are situated at a dis
tance, anel which cannot, therefore,
be bankrupted by local disasters. This
being the case, it is evident that no impedi
menta should be placed in the way of for
eign companies, but that on the contrary
they should be encouraged to establish
their agencies, and should be accorded the
same rights and privileges that are given
local corporations. There is no question
here of assisting "home industry," for
home industry in the form of insurance
companies is what no sane community can
desire to build up beyond what open com
petition will do for it. If San Francisco
and Sacramento depended entirely upon
California insurance companies, they would
be very little better off than if they hail
no insurance at all, yet that is apparently
what this irrational hill aims at.
Repeated attempts have been made to
obtain some such discriminating and pre
scriptive legislation as this, but thus far
they have been defeated by popular com
mon sense, anil the same course will, we
hope, be taken with the bill we have re
ferred to. The foreign companies doing
business in this State land under that des
ignation are included all Eastern as well
as all European companies) represent prob
ably three-fourths of all the capita] em
barked in the insurance business on this
coast. Their withdrawal would be a
calamity, and one which in the nature of
the case could not be counterbalanced by
any fresh investments of local capital in
the business, because, as already pointed
out, there can be no real security where
the assets of the company are exposed to the
same dangers that menace their risks. For
the protection of property it is indispensa
ble that the heaviest risks should be borne
by foreign companies. This is of the
very essence of insurance, and any legisla
tion which tampers with it interferes with
the public safety in the most unwarrant
able manner. No local corporation can be
justified in seeking the passage of a law
hostile to these foreign competitor-, and if
any of them do demand such a law they
ought to be peremptorily refused. A re
quest of that nature would be tantamount
to a proposition that the safety of all prop
erty should be endangered in order
that a few persons might be en
abled to do a larger business. Whether
such a law is constitutional 13
indeed a question requiring serious consid
eration, but beyond elispute it is against
public policy, and a direct menace to prop
erty. The Legislature should bear in mind
the absolute necessity for distributing risks
as widely a3 possible, and that one fact
will demonstrate the necessity, as a matter
of business prudence, of throwing open the
doors to the broadest and freest competi
tion in regard to insurance. Safety lies in
the multitude of underwriters, and with
out that factor every man who took out a
policy would be living in a Fool's Paradise.
THE FIRST SIGN OF RETURNING REASON.
The first symptom of returning reason
given by the Fusionists in Maine .id
peared at the session of the sham
Legislature, when one Wales observed
that if they proposed to ask the opinion of
the Supreme Court as to their legality it
would be necessary for them to make up
their minds to abide by it when it was given.
Said he : "Having applied to the Court,
"and finding its decision against us, shall
"we say that it is a decision of a partisan
" Court :" This is sense, hut it does not
appear to have been very heartily indorsed.
Yet the Fusionists of Maine cannot see
that in their partisan obstinacy they are
rapidly traveling the path which led Colo
nel Tom Unfold to the assassination of a
Judge for deciding a suit against him.
If it is open to anyone to ignore and set
aside judicial decisions which run counter
to preconceived ideas, ou the pretense
that they are partisan, it is evident that
there can be no more law and order.
Courts which are only respected when
they are on one side, can be no Courts, yet
that is what the Fusionists of Maine
would degrade their Supreme . Court to.
One of these Fusionists " thought they hail
" better submit the questions and obtain
"an answer before agreeing to
"abide by them." That is the very
madness of partisanship. And yet
these men know perfectly well that
their pretensions have already been
completely disposed of by the Court, and
that they have nothing to expect from a
fresh appeal but a reaffirmation of the
utter illegality of their conduct. They
have no standing ground, but they are
urged on by the wire-pullers behind thtm
to make a pretense of contention long
enough to base a claim of double electoral
returns upon, when the Presidential elec
tion has been held. There can be no doubt
that the Maine fraud has had backing out
side of the State, and that the Fusionist
sham members are for the most part pup
pets. < -..'":
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PAGE ON THE DEBRIS QUESTION.
Congressman Page is said to defend j hie
joint resolution for an engineering survey
of this State with a view to Congressional
action on the debris question, by alleging
that Congress has never yet made an ap
propriation without a preliminary survey.
Mr. Page does not appear to remember that
Government surveys have already been
made, of sufficient scope to .demonstrate
the need of a large appropriation to clear
out the Sacramento end Feather rivers.
The forthcoming report of State Engineer
I Hall moreover will contain data ample for
the justification of whatever appropriation
: Congress may be Willing to make. The
objection to Mr. Page's proposition is solely
i that it threatens to postpone a settlement
of the question, probably for two years ;
and the circumstances are already such
that a delay of two years may mean abso
lute ruin to a large number of farmers,
and perhaps may involve very serious
damage to Sacramento and Marysville.
When the data now available are brought
together we believe that the conclusions
dedncible from them, though not final nor
specific, will suffice to show the necessity
of doing promptly a very considerable
something for the rivers of California, un
less their navigability is to le destroyed.
Whether the results of a new Government
survey, extending over a couple of years,
would be likely to strengthen the convic
tions of Congress, is, we think, open to
doubt. While such a survey, moreover,
might induce Congress to adopt some com
prehensive measures of relief, it is evident
that the present employment of such a
sum as Congressman Berry has moved for
would facilitate further remedial applica
tions, anel at the same time remove all im
mediate danger of injury from floods.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
We have received several inquiries of
late in regard to the genuineness of that
edition of the Encyclopedia Brrtannica
which bears the name of Samuel L. Hall
on the title-page, and which is issued by
the firm of Charles Scribner'a Sons, New
York. In consequence of an alteration in
some of the details, introduced after the
plates were cast, some confusion on this
matter lias arisen, and it lias been availed
of by the agents of the pirated edition
to cast doubt upon the genuineness of
this one. laving made a careful inquiry
into the circumstances, however, and
verified the statements of the local
agents, we are now satisfied that the
Hall-Scribncr edition is what it is
represented to be, namely, an edi
tion printed from the original plates
of the English (Edinburgh) edition, but
on somewhat thinner and smaller paper.
There are, therefore, two genuine editions
in this country : that hearing the imprint cf
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, and which is
the English original edition without any
change of form : and that bearing the im
print of Samuel L. Hall, published by
Charles Scribner'a Sons, and which is
somewhat smaller than the other, but iden
tical with it in matter and illustrations.
The pirated edition is published by J. M.
Stoddart, of Philadelphia, and as that is
stolen bodily, of course there can be no
guarantee for its integrity or accuracy.
We may add that the Hall-Scribner edition
was prepared by the English publishers for
the express purpose of counteracting the
piracy of the Philadelphia firm.
A POOR POLICY.
Congressman Chittenden declared the
other day that the financial cry of " Let
"well enough alone" was fallacious and
mischievous, and that it "means gold for
"New York, and silver and paper for the
"West." It means even more than that.
It means silver and paper for the whole
country, and gold for no part of it. But
it is one of those cries which suit politi
cians who are afraid to possess convictions
or to act upon them, and whose sole desire
is to be allowed to drift with the stream.
The fact that this is the Presidential year
renders it certain that the "Let well
"enough alone" policy will prevail, and
the friends of enlightened finance must
rest content with watching the insidious
progress of evils which they are impotent
to avert.
WORDS VS. DEEDS.
At the sand lots on Sunday last a reso
lution was adopted against the selection of
Thomas Beck as Secretary of the Railroad
Commission, on the ground that he was a
radical opponent to the interest of the
Workingmen. In justice to Mr. Beck we
desire to place the following article from
the Folsom Telegraph side by side with
said resolutions, and ask the public to
judge who is the truest friend of the work
ingman, ho who acts or he who talks :
HELPING THE LABORERS.
A short time ago the contractors who are
building the Branch Prison at Folsom were
found to be owing the laborers for over two
months' work, and, failing to settle with
the men, complaint was made by the latter
to Governor Irwin and Secretary Beck, who
went at once to Folsom and told the con
tractors they must pay the men, or the
Governor and Secretary would take the
matter into their own hands. The con
tractors thereupon assigned to Secretary
Beck enough money to pay the men in full,
and agreed to assign from month to month
a sufficient sum to pay their monthly wages.
The efforts of Governor Irwin and Secre
tary Beck in behalf of those workingmen
resulted in substantial benefits for them,
for which they are not ungrateful. At a
special meeting of the Stone-cutters' Branch
of the International Union, held at Fol
som, February 11, IST!', the following reso
lutions were unanimously adopted :
;,.-.'■•.-./, That in consideration of the interes
and exertion of his Excellency. Governor Irwin, in
defending and adjusting' our grievances, we sincerely
thank him, and also for bis generous counsel and
exertions in elding us to settle our dilticultics at the
Branch Prison.
Whereas, The Hon. Thorn-is Heck. Secretary of
State, through his indomitable energy ami integrity,
came forward to right the wrongs of the working
man at the Branch Prison, we place him before the
public as a friend of the ii.'rki.'-.inen throughout the
State of California and as an honorable gentleman,
lie having raised himself bj his integrity and in
telli.ence from a mechanic to the honorable p.«i
tion he now ore up'es ; ami we, as mechanics and
et .-kii-gmen, will sustain him in that or whatever
position be may hereafter occupy.
Resolved, That we offer our thanks to J. W. Dun
can for his uniform kindness, and we believe he is
honest, and a capable officer for the position that he
now holds as Suiwrintcndent of Public Buildings.
THOMAS FAULKNER,
J. B. ROBINSON,
JL LANE,
Committee on Resolutions.
Sax Francisco Monet .Market.—
banks are well supplied with coin. Bor
rowers continue scarce, and rates are
somewhat nominal. Commercial loans are
quoted at 'J(o!lO per cent.; real estate
loans, B@ll jeer cent., and the mort
gage tax assumed by the lender : call loans on
bonds and other cash collateral, 4@.G per cent.
Fine Silver is nominal ; Mexican Dol
lars, 9H(?!)i.c. Bankers are drawing
drafts em the Atlantic cities at 25@30c. pre
mium per 8100 ; Telegrams, 35c. per flOO ;
Exchange on London, 49J@40Jd. for sixty
day bankers' bills, and dill, for commer
.■ii"l bills ; Gold Bars, 890@81O; Core Silver,
5©15 percent, discount; Refined Silver, IKS
11} per cent., buying price. — [San Francisco
Bulletin, January 20:1..
'The Red Fish or the Atlantic. —
During the last Arctic expedition, thirty
three species of deep-water fish were ob
tained, five of which being entirely un
known to scientists. .'.They were taken
with a trawl-net at a depth of from . 1.400
to 1,500 fathoms. One species, about a
foot long, was almost transparent, and of
a beautiful . reddish hue when alive. It
was decided' as belonging to a "group"
found in the tropical seas, and was duly
named. — [Germantown Telegraph.
-Two Paisley weavers went down to Gnu
rock with their wives, and took a house for
a week or two. \ Before the men left they
cautioned their better halves to be sure
and go out a great deal, and also to drink
lots of the sea-water (supposed to be good
for the stomach). At this time the tide
was full, and ou the next visit the men
were astonished to see the water so far
out. Said one of them : " Hech, Rah,
but Meg and Jenny hae ta'en an awfu'
soup o' the saut water ; my fegs, they've
dune weel."
TELEGRAPHIC.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION.'
MATTEES AT WASHINGTON.
Increased . Dissatisfaction Over the
President's Nominations.
PAS3ENGI-S5 PASSIXG OMAHA.
Thrse Men Shot by a Constable in Col
orado. I
EnSCEIiAHEOUS FOREIGN N2W3 ITEMS.
Another Terrible Coal Mine Explosion in
England.
i:ic Etc Etc.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Affairs ut Hie* National Capital.
[Special to the llEconu-L'xiox.l
Washington. January 21_t.Representa
tive Berry left Washington to-night for Cali
fornia, upon receipt of a telegram announcing
the very serious, and perhaps fatal, illness of
his wife. Representative Page has paired
with him on all political questions excepting
contested election cases.
Page has introduced a bill providing for the
purchase of the Sau Yzabel Kaiich -, in San
Diego county, according to the terms of a
written stipulation entered into with the In
dian Commissioner in 1870 by B. N. Harts
horn, of San Francisco, and A. H. Wilcox,
owners of said ranch, to be dedicated to the
use of the Mission Indians of California, sub
ject to such regulations as Congress may pre
scribe.
The Cherokee Indians now here are desir
ous of having the Ute Indians go down into
the Indian Territory and live with them.
They will have an interview with Ouray anil
Ids party, to persuade them to this end. The
Interior Department, it is understood, would
be willing to permit the Utes to go to the
Indian Territory, but they are said to be un
willing. •
'lhe House of Representatives will en
deavor to dispose of the report of the Com
mittee on Rules this week, and immediately
afterwards settle down to work on the appro
priation bills.
The Marshals deficiency bill, in the shape
reported to-day, containing an express pro
hibition against the payment of any election
deputies out of the total which it appropri
ates, will undoubtedly give rise to a prolonged
political discussion, but when it is nut of the
way all the remaining appropriation bills
will be brought forward free from political
riders and passed with promptness.
The dissatisfaction over the nominations of
Supervisors of Census increases as the list i
examined, and members of Congress complain
that they have been trifled with in .- manner
that arouses great indignation. Several of
them state that they originally asked no
favors in this regard, but merely referred the
application for appointment from their dis
trict to the President without comment ; but
weie afterwards sent for by the President and
Superintendent of Census, and asked to desig
nate men for appointment, being told that
their selection would be accepted and the
men they designated would be appointed. At
least seven Congressmen went through this ,
little transaction, and notified their friends of
the result. In looking over the list none of
them fine, the men . they designated. Con
gressman Pound, of Wisconsin, is probably the
maddest man 'in Congress. He had a con
stituent whom. he ,was very anxious to have
appointed, aud secured the indorsement of
him by the Wisconsin delegation, and a whole
regiment of public men. He says General
Walker and the President both promised to
point him a week ago. Gov. Pound learned
incidentally that another man was talked
of, and went to see both the President and
Walker. They gave a second assurance that
Pound's man should be nominated, and
farther promised that if any other application
came from his district they would let him
know at once. Pound heard nothing further,
and when he saw the list in the morning pa
pers was considerably surprised to see the
name of a man he never heard of put down
for bis district. Supposing it to be a mistake,
he went to the Census ottice and found the
contrary to be the case — that the appointee
was recommended by ex-Governor Solomons,
of Wisconsin, now a Democrat in New York,
and by no one else. Pound's remarks
are not a matter of record. Of the
150 Supervisors appointed, the Democrats
get 38. The only State in which the Super
visors are all Democrats is North Carolina,
which is also a Southern State that lias two
Republican member* of Congress. Northern
and Western Democrats complain that all
but six Census Supervisors nominated for
their sections are Republicans, and it i.-. wry
probable that unless the President withdraws
a number of them there will be a correspond
ing number of rejections.
Arrangements are being made to commence
the purchase of silver bullion at Denver, and
begin coinage at that Mint very shortly,
I'hey will probably be perfected within the
next few days.
Conkling'" Pulley— He is Undoubtedly a
Candidate J
Chicago, January 21st. — A Times Wash
ington special says : Conkling is undoubt
edly a Presidential candidate. His friends
now all admit this. He has been exceedingly
quiet, and has not seen tit in any way to deny
any of the rumors concerning his position
that have been bandied about in the Senate
cloak-rooms. Don Cameron and Conkling
havo had very little to do with each other
since their differences during the extra ses
sion. The projects of Cameron in Grant's
favor have been openly discussed for the last
two weeks, and out of the very boldness of
his policy has grown the opposition that has
developed thus early. Tin's opposition to
Grant among Republican leaders has become
so great as to lead Conkling to believe that
Grant could not succeed in securing the
nomination, and that being oue of
the possibilities, he might as well
be a candidate as any other of his
Republican rivals. Whether he has any par
ticular object in striving to gain strength .-..
that he can transfer it to some other candi
date, is not now developed. It is certain
that he will try to get the vote of the New
York delegation, either for himself or for
Grant, as he may elect. The fact of his not
going south with General Grant is now
brought up, and what was then charged as
owing to a misunderstanding, is now credited
to a thorough understanding. None of the
New York politicians here, however, believe
mat any change will be made in the Nov.'
York Legislature in the method of selecting
Presidential tlectot*. Notwithstanding the
alleged f Jets in the case, which are now being
published in the New York papers, Conk
l.ng's cam— is one of the latest topics in
political circles.
Rreciie-r anil Brooklyn Ring Politic...
New York, January 21st. — The Times
says : • A caucus will be held to-night at the
house of Lorin Palmer, Brooklyn, for the
purpose of shaping Brooklyn legislation in
the joint interest of Republicans, who were
recently exptlled from the Republican party,
and the Ring Democracy. It is rumored
that a bill has been proposed providing for a
single headed Commission in Brooklyn, and
intrusting the appointing power to the Mayor,
City Auditor and Controller. Just before
the election, when Conkling spoke in the
Academy of Music, Beecher also delivered
an address, in which he made an earnest ap
peal for the united support of the whole Re
publican State ticket. He particularly asked
that Republicans would refrain from scratch
ing Cornell. This speech, it is said, secured
Cornell thou ■ ands of votes, not only in Brook
lyn but throughout the State. The Demo
crats say that the Governor, mindful of
Beecher's efforts, will listen attentively and
give heed to any suggestions the pastor of
Plymouth Church may have to make in re
gard to local legislation for Brooklyn. *
Serious shooting Affray in Colorado.
Denver, January 21st. — special to the
Neict reports a serious shooting affray at Al
pine, Monday night The parties engaged
were Daniel Pickett, James Liuch and Dan
iel Januison,' miners, and J. D. Forrester, a
driver on Barlow & Sandersons stage line.
The row originated in a dance hilise over one
of the girls and ended in the miners beating
Forrester severely. The latter swore out a
warrant before Justice Knowles, and Constable
Stanton undertook to serve the papers. The
officer met the men in Cut.:,' saloon. They
resisted arrest, and Stanton called on the cit
izens present to assist him. The ! miners
showed tight, when the Constable drew a re
volver and emptied the contents into : the
crowd, kilting Pickett instantly, and fatally
wounding Louch and Jennisou. g The miners
were from Pittsburg, and are well known in
this section. Pickett and Louch both have
families in Alpine. The Constable gave him
self up, and is under arrest at Alma. For
rester is also under arrest. . ■;.- '- '' J
■ Westward- bound Passengers.
OMAHA, January 21st. — following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 12:15 P. M., to arrive in Sacramento
January 25th : * E. W. Reuiing, San Fran- ,
cii-co; *W. M." Stone, KDOxville, la.; Ed
ward Woolfeden, Detroit ; Miss Anna Wool
feden, Oregon ; . Mrs.' L. Nicolia and two
children, Portland, Or.; 'A. Graham, J.
i Stewart Stitt,' Scotland ; ,E. Groetzinger,
Mississippi; Miss Saliie Stien. Winchester,
Term.; J. L. Ciuoent and wife, Xeenah,
Wis.; Dr. A. S. .Nichols and wife, Walla
Walla; Mrs. T. H. Lojhed, Dr. Z. B.
Nichols, Fairbault, Minn.; Dr. J. W. Wake
man, Centralis, Ills.; Right Rev. James
Augusta Healey, Colonel Bradbury, Port
land, Maine ; Rev. John Flatley, Canton,
Mass. -
j Fifty four through emigrants left on last
: night's emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra
j mento January 28th.
He-nil-!.' Suspicion Against an Aelvcntlsl
.•readier.
j Chicago, January 2Ut.— The Tribune's
I Dubuque special says : Great excitement pre
| vails at New Hampton, lowa, over the sup
posed horrible murder by an Adventist
I preacher named Elder Buck, who resides
j near there and makes a living by revealing
secrets confided to him by the spirits. One
day last fall r. neighbor, hearing screams from
thrt house of Buck, and seeing his wife wring
ing her hands in agony, looked through the
door and saw Buck beating his young son,
who was tied to a bed. Since that time the
boy has been missing, and as Buck belongs
to the same class of religious fanatics as Free
man of Massachusetts, it is believed that he
has sacrificed the boy. Mrs. Buck declares
that the boy ran away. Buck has flee!, and
the neighborhood and citizens are making an
investigation.
The I'll/. John Porter Case.
Washington, January 21st.— minor
ity of the Hou«e" Committee on Military
Affairs, considering the case of Fitz John
Porter, recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing joint resolution :
Resolved, etc., That the President be requested
to cancel the remainder of the unexecuted sentence,
which disqualifies Fitz John Porter Irom holding
any offl-e of trust or profit under the Government
of the United States.
The minority concede that logically, per
haps, they should not so recommend, but
when it is considered that amnesty and par
don have been extended to those formerly in
arms against the United States, and that the
removal of disabilities for offenses as danger
ous as bis to the perpetuity of the Union are
if daily occurrence, the reasons for their ac
tion in the Porter case are obvious. I
Louisiana ami -.issisNipiii Senalnrslii-!-.
NEW Orleans, January 21st.— In the
Democratic caucus to-night General A. Gib
sod, on the second ballot received 55 votes —
the number required to elect. This nomina
tion was made unanimous for United States
Senator, to succeed Kellogg, whose term ex
pires iv 1883.
Jackson (Miss.), January 21st— In the
Democratic caucus to night, on the forty
eighth ballot, the vote stood : Barksdale 46,
George 45, Singleton 3S. The name of Birks
dale was then withdrawn, and the forty-ninth
ballot resulted in the nomination of J. Z.
George, he receiving 79 votes, and Singleton
50, scattering l. The nomination was after
wards made unanimous.
Scarcity or Cluiiupagne— California Wines. i
Xew York, January 21st.— Herald
says : Twenty-two million bottles of cham
pagne is the annual demand of the civilized
world, of which the United States takes 10,
--000,000. The supply this year is only 20,
--000,000. It is pleasant to remember that
there is the State of California, where cham- ;
pagnes are made as good as any in the world, j
and other wines besides.
Th-; London Standard publishes a letter
highly commendatory of California Bur
gundy, as well as other white wines, written
by a Londoner who had received samples.
Railroad Cumins.
St. Pail, January 21st— Ithas just trans
pired that Augustus Kountze, of the New
York banking firm of Kountze Bros., has j
been chosen a Director of the St. Paul and I
Sioux City Railroad at a recent election. He I
is understood to be intimately connected
' with the Jay Gould interest. There is a pre
vious rumor that Gould has an arrangement '
with the Sioux City roul for the transporta- :
tion of lumber to the Union Pacific.
Business or the Country.
New York, January 21st.— The Public?*
table of Clearing-hoii.-e exchanges for tie
week shows that two cities have lost, as com
pared with the corresponding week of last
year, namely : San Franei-eo, 11.4 per cent.,
and Cleveland 3.4. At all the other towns
there have been gains.
I>i':itli of Commodore Blake- .
New Ye. UK. January 21st. — Commodore
Homer C. Blake, U. S. N., died to-day from
malarial fever, contracted during his recent
cruise in the Asiatic squadron. He was at
Washington j about six weeks ago, when he
passed examination for promotion to Commo
dore. He was. confined to his house only a
week. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
The Springer Heirs.
St. Lot January 21st.— The Springer
heirs have placed the matter of securing their
rights to 1 the land on which Wilmington,
Del., is situated, in the hands of a commit
tee, who were intrusted with money to pros
ecute the claim. The session was turbulent.
Parnell in Indians.
INDIANAPOLIS, January 21-t. — Parnell ar
ved this afternoon, and was met by Gov
ernor Williams and a committee. The Grand
Opera House was crowded tonight with
Irish-American citizens, who listened to a
forcible speech by Parnell. He was followed
by Dillon, Governor WilU-.^s and others.
The collection reached sevefa? hundred dol
lars. Parnell goes from here to Toledo.
The Proposed Sew Territory.
New York, January 21st.— A Washington
correspondent of the Commercial Bulletin
says: The Senate Sub-Committee em Teiri
tories hits unanimously agreed to report to
the full committee Friday in favor of the bill
to create the Territory of Oklahoma, and to
open part of the Indian Territory, where the
Indian title is extinguished, to settlement.
The full committee will agree to it before th?
Senate, but in the House Committee the
passage of the bill is not probable, as strong
opposition has been shown to it.
explosion of a Sugar Boiler.
NEW Orleans, January 21st. — The sugar
boiler at D. It. Carroll's plantation in Earre
tara_ exploded, killing Arthur Barrier, Chief
Engineer, Willis Wright (coloied), and a col
ored man, name unknown, and severely
wounding thirteen others, some of whom are
not expected to recover. The sugar house is
damaged to the extent of 88,000.
The Colored Exodus.
Washington, January 21st. — Senator
Voorhees' Exodus Committee to-day exam
ined O. S. B. Wall, of Washington, Presi
dent of the Emigrant Aid Society. He esti
mated the number of colored men, women
and children already transported from North
Carolina through Washington to the West
(principally to Indiana) at between 2,500 and
3,000. The original idea of sending them to
Kansas was modified, on account of a request
for laborers from Terre Haute.
Coal Hint* Caving In.
Pcttsville (Pa), January 21st.— 1
o'clock this morning the surface of the earth
over the workings of Miller, Hoch tt Co.'s
mine at Mahanoy Plane caved in. The earth
is still cracking, and is liable to sink at any
moment.
The- Central Pacific Stork Sale.
New York, January 21st. — The Herald
says : The large block of Central Pacific
stock sold by C. P. Huntington, Leland
Stanford, and others of the large holders, to
a syndicate of New York brokers and bank
ers, will not be dealt in till next Thursday, as
the hundred share certificates, which are be
ing printed in San Francisco, will probably
not arrive till next Wednesday,
Important Heeling — Secrecy Enjoined.
Washington, January 21st.— An import
ant meeting took place at the Interior Depart
ment to-day, in which the Colorado delegation
in Congress, General Adams, Ouray, Jack,
Wash and Sawanick participated. Schnrz
laid an injunction of secrecy upon all the
members of the conference, so that the details
of the meeting cannot be had. It is under
stood, however, that the land question was
thoroughly talked over, and an agreement
was reached which was satisfactory to all
present except Senator Teller. . - ; .
FOREIGN m;ws.
Arrival of De- Lesseps nt r.inaiii-i.
New York, January 21st.— The Star and
Herald, just received, says : The 30th of No
vember, 1579, will be forever memorable
lin the history of this Isthmus. At 3 o'clock
in the afternoon the French steamer Lafay
i ette, with Cnuut Ferdinand De Lesseps on
board, was signaled at Colon. The steamer
came immediately alongside the wharf, where
the Committee of Reception appointed by
the Government, delegations from the State
Assembly, and a large number of invited
citizens were collected to welcome the illus
trious engineer and I other members of his
party. ■ In the evening many houses were
illuminated and there was a fine display of
fireworks. On the morning of the 31st, De
Lesseps and the engineers of his party made
an examination of the harbor from the Pa
cific Mail wharf. ." ■■
The Panama Canal— Work of .-nrveylna
Begun . 11. De-_-e.--iep--t-_;Violrut Mbocks
of, E.rt-tquake — The. South American
War-Revolt of Se.roes.
I Panama, January 10th.— The International
Commission of Engineers, under De Lesseps,
have begun the surveys from which the plans
! and estimates of the proposed canal are to be
made. De Lesseps has made no secr.t of the
fact that he regards the Panama Canal as the
j only available oue. * The lice of survey has
i been divided into five sections, to the study of
t which one or more of the engineers has been
; assigned. The geological survey is under the
I direction of M. Boutan, a mining and civil
' engineer of large experience, who is assisted
I by other experienced workers.
M. De Lesse-js and family, accompanied by
C. Bionne and JM. Dausrats, are expected to
leave for Xew Yoikon February Oth, but not
until sufficient progress has been made with
the survey to pronounce upon the verification
or otherwise of the Wyse project. To-day a
number of persons accompanied De Lesaeps
to the Cerro Culebra, where the first blast to
make the deep cut to the title level was made.
_& Violent shocks of earthquake are reported
in Salvador, and much damage is feared in
the interior. In La Libertaa, on the night of
the Ist instant, the earth seemed literally to
be dancing. Persons in the streets were
thrown d own, and many buildings suffered.
It was generally apprehended that San .Salva
dor had been leveled to the ground. All who
could leave the Capital had done so, and
many business men kept their animals sad
dled, prepared for flight. The lake of Ilo
hango was in motion like a boiling caldron,
emitting dense sulphurous vapors. Industries
of all sorts are suspended, the terrified inhab
itants being only concerned about their safety.
The Government has used every means in its
power to calm the populace, "and has fur
nished facilities for travel and '.tuple protec
tion against lawlessness and robbers.
It is generally believed in Panama that
Callao has been blockaded by Chilean war
vessels.
The Peruvian army has been divided into
three corps— south, center and north.
President Pierola has issued a provisional
communication. He announces his devotion
to the Church, and guarantees a free press;
but obliges editors to affix their names to
their articles.^ For a failure to comply with
this order, six of the leading Lima editors
were arested anil confined in prison.
A revolt of negroes in the department of
Chincha was followed by some horrible
butcheries. Excited by a report, maliciously
circulated, that the Hairendadas were about
to establish slavery, fifty or sixty armed
thenselves, broke into several haciendas and
murdered the proprietors and some of the
principal employes, sacking and burning the
premises and breaking up the machinery.
They were partially dispersed, the Prefect
of Yea killing four of their number. The
band was increased from other sugar districts.
Advices from Mexico. »
City of Mexico. January 13th.— General
Garcia Cadena, Governor of Zacatecas, is
expected to proclaim himself President.
General Gonzales, another candidate, is at
the head of 7,800 Government troops, osten
sibly to preserve the peace in the interior
States — a district including Zacatecas — but
in the event of Cadena pronouncing, will
march against him.
Another Cabinet crisis is reported.
.Sebastian Camacho, Governor Hamlokan
and Scran Hidalgo, appointed by President
Diaz, are making preparations for the enter
tainment of General Grant and party.
Disorder in :-■■- ■_■.
M -IllM. ■ON TEKDIIORT.
Delayed If rots of News. .
Poktlani), January 21st— lines be
tween Port Towasend and Seattle are still
prostrated. The following news is just re
ceived from the press agent at Port Town
send, under date of the PJtli :
The barkentine Victor, which left here for
Honolulu on November 10.li, has not been
heard from since that time.
The steamer Yakima, while towing the
.Tallies Cheaton from Utsalady, had her
cylinder head blown out, and had to leave
the vessel and run for Hat Island. «
The steamer California is still overdue, .this
being the eighth day since she is supposed to
have left Portland. The revenue cutter Wot*
cott is preparing to go out to-day to look for
her.
The steamer Dakota left for Victoria on
Sunday at 1 P. JI. Among her passengers
from this place was Colonel (_, O. lialler
who goes to join his regiment, the Twenty
third Infantry, on the held in Indian Terri
tory.
A man named S. Ward, living a few miles
above Vancouver, has been arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff L. B. I. et, of lowa. Ward is
accused of having committed a murder in
lowa in 1878. He will be taken back to that
State for trial. .
Lieutenant Shciton*- Funeral.
WALLA Walla, January 21st. — The re
mains of Lieutenant Shelton, who recently
died em an Oregon stage, arrived here to-day,
and were immediately taken charge of by
the First Cavalry, of which regiment he was
an oflicer. The funeral service was very
grand and solemn. All the troops and
officers, with the principal citizens, attended.
His brother officers acted nobly, and will
erect a monument over his grave.
1.1.1T1.511 COLII.HKIA.
Seven- Weather in the Cnrllioo -legion—
. Drowned— Hunt A.liorr.
Victoria, January 18th.— The weather for
the past five days has been mild. Continu
ous rains have fallen in the lower country,
and the snow has almost di appeared.
There has been no communication with the
interior for a fortnight. The latest arrivals
left the Cariboo wagon road on the 30th of
December. When they left there was three
feet of snow on Harper's range, and his cattle
were suffering severely. Harper feared that
be would lose one half of his band. Mur
phey started to drive 300 head towards the
river, and had to abandon them in the snow.
C. -M. Berk's band was in great danger. The
thermometer stood at 50 degrees below zero
at the One-hundred-and fifty-Mile House,
and 30 degrees below at Kau-doop's. There
ha-i been no communication with Cariboo
since the 19th of December. The wagon
road through the canyons was blocked, and
there was live feet of snow at Vale seven
days ago, with no symptoms of a thaw. A
band of 180 head of beeves has reached Vic
toria. They were two months on the way,
and suffered much, from cold and exposure.
Captain E. A. Wake, formerly a Post
Captain in the British navy, has been
drowned near Xanaimo by the u-tsetting of a
.-loop.
There is much destitution among the Chi
nese in the province, where their employment
as laborers is generally discont.nued.
The bark California, Captain Peterson,
from San Francisco, which left here at noon
on Wednesday for Departure Bay, in tow of
the steamer Pilot, went ashore in Dodd's
Narrows during Wednesday night. Intelli
gence of the accident having been conveyed
to Nanaimo, a steam launch at once proceeded
to the vessel to render ail possible assistance.
She was tugged off on Thursday with the
loss of her forefoot. The Colonist denounces
the navigation of Dodd's Narrows as ex
tremely dangerous, and calls on shipowners
to insist that their vessels shall not be towed
through them. The bark California was the
old Panama steamer of the same name.
MARRIED.
Sacramento, January 20— Br P. B. Cnggins, Justice
of the Pea c, Manuel Francisco ignacio to Isabel
sel.l Lucas.
Near A- di reen, January 11--1. ii. Kowlce to Mrs.
Louisa Laiigenicld.
Near An lemon, January 11— Charles 11. Brown to
Mary Lung. i.fei.i.
San.o_o.eii , January 10— George Atwood to Ella
Blaswieh.
Lomp-.c, January 16— Louis Docker; to Mary
Barker.
BORN. ~~
Sacramento, January 21— Wile at 3. D. Moynahat',
a son.
Stoekton, January 20 Wife of M C. Hogan, a son.
Woodland, January lfl W fa of A. Weaver, a sou.
Madison, January 12— W fe of Abe Haines, a son.
__fl ." " _— I W-OT— — — _■»—» ____— — — — —
DIED.
Sacramento, January 21 -L. La Page, a native of
Canada, 37 years.
[Funeral notice ben liter.]
Soda Springs Station, C. P. K. R , January -_C—
William Jones, a native of Canada, CO years.
[Funeral notice hereafter.]
lowa Hill, Placer county, January 11— George XV.
Miat-.uck, a native of Lowell, Mass., 57 years.
Napa Junction, January 17— James H. C. Watson,
22 tears.
Near llaiifo'd, Tul ire county, January IS— Mrs. D.
11. Miller, 18 years.
Near Lower Lake, January 15— Thomas Hepburn,
in years.
Near Igo, January Maria A. Petty, 1- years.
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~ NEW ADYEf-TISEMENTsT
Knluhls or the it. el fro... +
Special assembly of Sacramento Com- m g f
mandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, at i •*&■)
the Asylum, THIS (Thursday) EVENING li
at 7 o'clock. Sojourning sir Knights are |/\/.
courteously invited to attend,
WM. -M. rETRIE, E. C.
XV. E. Davis. Recorder. ja22-lt
V. A. it — The and \, _
members of Fidelity Grove, So. .I, . vVw "V
are hereby requested I .attend th r Ife yD/I -3
regular meeting THIS (Tour. day) PF-J^ ; Xl
EVENING, at 7-» o'clock than., f'r I" V ' '/■ |
the transaction of imiiortantbiu less [. Kj I
A lull ath I in.-..- is strict.- required { d\ I I
Sojourning brothers are coreiiaily in ___J i.^l
viti'd to attend. J. P. s. U.'.i r\':-.i. : ,. .. _,
... -F. Il.tsil. Secretary. [11. C.| ja22-lt
Till- M-i'ils or nick I anil nrelealli
In a disen-dereet mouth are sown ;
When bad the reeth or foul the breath,
Bath soul and body lose their tone.
Till SOZODO-fTS brought into play,
And site, ps those dire defect- away.
jaBB 3t : h.STu '
« -Miil-.il felon liaele. Nn. 11117 Tcnlli Street.
Piiva-.e rooms for i. .;: i it- The best of wines,
liquors, cigars, etc. .lulls HECTOR, Proprietor.
.'lB-lm *g,
W ANTED— FROM ONE TO 50 CAR-LOADS
It of dry four-foot OAK WOOD. Apply to
D. GARDNER, Wood and Coal Yard, coiner Fourth
and I street-. ja.-j-lw
ADDHK--.S WANTED— OF PHILIP CRAMER,
XV who is working in a quarts mill. sometthere
in Central California, i lease sen. -ddres. to JOHN
W. CRAMER, care list.iKul Ofllce, Sacra-
mento. It.'.-v.Tt -
HENRY KETTEN,
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TWO PIANO RECITALS!
AT THK
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
SIXTH STREET,
TIII'SSDAV A.\D -I.IDVY EVEMXCIS.
January -2Jd and 23d.
We do not exaggerate ; such is Henri Kelt-en,
a prodigious virtuoso, an immense musician, a
miraculous ..r.jir-.vi'-er. What we proclaim in these
columns, all the newspaperr- of Kurope have pro-
claimed already. Just now, in It ly, tbe ola.-sie
land of melody, Ketten has covered himself with
fresh glory ; the royal family, the aristocracy, the
princes of finance rivaled each other in their ad-
miration of the virtues -. Too, Henry Ke'.ten is a
I prodigious artist. The Old World has acclaimed
him :is eh, th© New World is about to do the
same.- [Paris Monde Artiste. ja22-2t
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A HEYMAN, SOLE AGENT, I .— 3_?_7_J_ri
, street, bet. Sxth -nd Seventh, S__Kb3!l-_RO
opposite Court-house. PIANOS TON | ■ it *J
LET. Pianos sold on lmrtallments. ■-»_■■■
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SURGEON, 4« J STREET, SACRAMENTO
timet Hours -8 to 10 a. m., 2 to 4 and
at B r. a ' . d^9--utf
STAR MILLS AND MALT HOUSE
sr.icori-i. a l tt.rs,
NOS. 60, 52 AND M FIFTH ST., SACRAMENTO
dealers in Produce and Brewers' Supplies
tUnulacturers of Malt and all kinds ol Meals, etc
Oatmeal, Commeal, Crackud Whe ♦. Graham Flcnr,
Buckwhea. Flour, etc dIMH ( ■