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THE ENTERPRISE.
OREGON CITr, OREGON, MAY 5,
1S76
Winslovr ami Oregon.
Winslow, the revererd swindler,
chas become the cinse of diplomatic
complications between tho United
States And Oreat Britain. Since the
.tradition treaty was negotiated by
Gbolh countries, persona indicted for
any of the offenses recognized by the
treaty, including murder, piracy,
rotjbefy, arson and forgery, have
been surrendered whenever tho usual
forms have been complied with.
Several years ago lire British Parlia
ment passed an act providing in effect
that before any prisoner shall be sur
rendered, the government demanding
o must make a pledge that he shall
' not be tried upon any other charge
than that mentioned in the order of
" extradition. This vsvs placing an
entirely new construction upon the
treaty, and was an attempt to modify
it in an important particular without
the consent of one ol tho parties to it.
Such, au arrogant act could not of
course be recognized by the goveru
"inent of tho United States. Acquies
cence in this new condition wa3 for
mally refused, and Great Britain not
then insisting upon the preposterous
Vight of the parliament to amend the
treaty, the exebango of prisoners
r went on as before. Objection has
now been made to the surrender of
o Winslow without a pledge from the
United States in conformity with the
. act of Parliament, and Mr. Fish has
c formally refused to give any such
pledge. He has replied to the de
mand and informed tho British gov
ernment that if it insists upon hold
mg mnsiowassuuject to prosecution
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only on the charges set forth in the
; warrant of extradition, our govern
ment will consider it such an infrac
tion ofthe article of thelreaty rela
. tivo to extradition as to warrant a
demand for the abrogation of that
article. It was but a few davs since
tho brief telegram camo over the
, wires that the treaty between this
country and Great Britain was virtu
ally annulled. No other conrso is
Vef t us but henceforth to refuse to
surrender any British criminals who
may fall into our possession.
The breaking of this treaty affects
A, Oregon more than perhaps any other
State in the Union. We are but a
short distance from British Columbia,
and our thieves will make that country
their haven, while this State will be
tho asylum for absconding Colonists
An escaped prisoner or one fleeing
from justice in this section of country
flias but a short distance, compara
tively, to travel ere he is beyond the
reach of the law. "We will all learn,
sooner or later, how seriously this
trouble between Great Britain and
the United States will react to Ore
' gon's detriment. But sincerelv re
. greting the diplomatic difficulties as
we do, we would prefer, almost, that
Oregon be made a second Van Die
man's Land, that it be overrun with
o escaped murderers and "Sydney
Dncks," rather than self-important
. England should break her treaties
with ns at pleasure, and dictate to
G our Secretary of State. Englishmen
Lave exaggerated notions as to the
power of an act of Parliament, for
there is almost nothing which it ma'
not accomplish within the British
Dominions, from tho changing of a
man's name to the creating of a dy
nasty; but it is cn little too much to
claim that even that potent authority
can assumo to modify a treaty for
mally adopted and ratified by the
joints action of tho British govern
ment and another power, and we hope
s that Secretary Fish will remain firm
in'the stand ho lias taken.
Our Skirmish on the Rio Grande.
f , It is a matter of course that a re
bellious outbreak in the northern
States of Mexico involves our own
border in a greater or less extent.
A little fighting that our troops lately .
liad there frightened the Democrats
to such an extent that they saw in
, the simple skirmish a declaration of
war with the hidden motive of giving
-Grant sufficient popularity to carry
him for a third term to tho White
House. How disappointed they must
now be at tho quietness now reigning
along the banks of the Bio Grande.
Sntrh little fight3 are to bo expected
ns a natural result of mere contact.
Tu these trivial complications there
might bo some troublo if Mexico
,-wero tho most highly civilized of
nations, and Texas the calmest tem
Cpered and most righteous of people.
As Mexico falls far short of an ideal
civilization, and as our Texans are
nQt saints in any sense, wo have no
reason to wonder that something like
.a small skirmish lias already occurred
on the' Bio Grando. Wo may con
gratnlato ourselves, however, if tho
accounts received by telegraph are
true, that our peoplo have behaved
.well, and that the prudence of tho
American military commander has
been as marked as his promptitude.
That there will be a war, we are sorry
t0 6ay for the predictors of Casarism,
that it is entirely beyond probability.
Tho Albany Democrat says that tho
'steamer City of Salem, Captain U. B.
;rcott, made the run from Albany to
Salem, (42 miles) last Sunday, April
30, in2 hours and 20 minutes riming
timc. This is the quickest trip
Tn'ade between tho two cities this
fce.iaon.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington, D. C., Apr. 14, 7C
It is amusing to observe the frantic
efforts periodically made by Congress
to appear before the public in the
attitude of enforciag strict economy
inaugurating a system of thorough
retrenchment and reform. This they
do pluhintbropically and without re
gard to coat, and even to the extent
of sacrificing the salaries and per
quisites of some of their zealous
though humblo supporters. Con
scious that the much enduring nation
is loaded to a degree approximating
the last feather's wright, they strive
to delude tho patient national animal
into believing its burden somewhat
lighter; though tho sad truth renders
the relief bat momentary and the
comfort gained but the result of
shifting the pressure from one set of
aching muscols toanother less sorely
galled by actual contact with the
pack. With immense display of zeal
and energy they proclaim their pur
pose to stop tho gaps through which
the "life blood of the nation is ebbing
away." The work is prosecuted re
gardless of expense, millions are joy
fully paid out, and, at last, amid the
grand flourish of party trumpets and
peans of congratulatory acclamation,
it is made apparent to the grateful
public that a leak has been stopped,
the tax-payer's sacred privileges pro
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iecieu, ami uie saving or a sixpence
per annum effected for the ensuing
two years. That this is no hyperbole,
no flight of fancy or effort of the
imagination, a brief perusal of the
Congressional record will show. For
months tho noise and clash of the
busy engine of investigation have
been heard; witnesses have been
summoned from far and from near;
expenses to the amount of S125.000
have been incurred; and all to what
purpose? Careful examinations have
failed to sustain grave accusations;
the smoke has far exceeded the fire;
and indiscriminate investigation has
pfoved hurtful to none but the party
encrasrod in its prosecution. At the
beginning of the present session,
Congress promised stern, unyielding
and impartial measures, akin unto
Roman virtue, in their severity;
since then, four months have pass d
away, and a curious public may well
ask what has been accomplished.
First, tho civil service has been crip
pled by tho indefinite furlough of
three hundred clerks; salaries have
been decreased, and the general effi
ciency of the Executive branch of
the Government greatly impaired.
While in legislative matters, the ap
propriation bill plays sad havoc with
the disposal of the public funds and
the tariff measure makes numerous
changes in existing rates and duties.
Wholesale condemnation is not your.
correspondent's intention, and ac
cordingly these remarks are only
such as are sustained by known facts.
For example, take tho river and har
bor appropriation bill. Its passage
was heralded as a stroke of economy,
and to the credulous it might so ap
pear; yet, it requires but a moment's
examination to rend the veil of inno
cent motives and lay bare the miser
able subterfuges of the measure.
Under tho guise of retrenchment,
and by the provisions of this bill,
inndreds of thousands of dollars are
virtually devoted to private ends.
A $3,000,000 steal in a $5,000,000
appropriation, with Sam. Randall of
Pennsylvania as the accredited au
thority for tho statement, is certainly
encouraging and prophesies well for
the dawning Centennial era of reform.
Hallett Kilbourn, tho recalcitrant
'ring" witness, still continues his
exile behind the bars of our district
jail. For nearly a month ho has
suffered the rigors of Congressional
displeasure, and, martyr like, refuses
to allow his private papers to be sub
jected to tho scrutinty of the inquis
itive Congressmen, who had hoped
through them to solve the enigma of
the famous Washington real estate
"pool." His incarceration, although
indirect violation of the Constitution,
is sustained under the caption of
"British precedents," to which, as a
matter of course, Judge Black (Mr.
K.'s counsel) objects, and denounces
the entire proceediufr as an illegal
aud unjustfiiablo usurpation of au
thority. Congress, some years since,
made an express provision for tho
punishment of refractory witnesses,
by due course of law in the district
courts, and thus by its own decision
must stand convicted of error. The
writ of habeas corpus has, however,
been issued in tho case, and it is
therefore presumable that a thorough
ventilation of the subject will soon
ensue, when it is hoped tho powers
of our American nouse of Commons
will bo clearly defined. Like every
rose with an attendant thorn, so each
Congressional measure has joined
with its varying phases, tho concomi
tants of seriousness and comedy,
and to this rule tho nrospnt i
no exception. During last week tho
quiet chuckle of satisfaction so fre
quently audible in the House after
the announcement of Kilbourn's dis
comfiture, was rudely interrupted by
tlie presentation of a little bill for
furnishing tho prisoner with his
raoals. To this extent there was
nothing unusual in the proceedings,
but tho joke was duly appreciated
when it became known that the hon
orable members were called upon to
ii'piniate au account for viands eon-
sunied to tho tuno of $30 per diem.
It was indeed a decidedly unwelcome
surprise, and pledged as they were
to discountenance extravagance of
all kinds, it became exceedingly un
pleasant to consider bow very laugh
abla was their present inconsistency.
The situation . is becoming really
desperate, and tinlcss this abnormal
activity of the imprisoned bon vivant's
digestive organs be arrested, it is
alarming to think of the consequences
which may ensue. Tho Commissary
Department must be plunged into
irretrievable ruin, and months of
weary legislation will fail to repair
tho breach in the national finances.
The last act of this drama is awaited
with breathless expectation and in
the meantime, our modern Gargantua
breathes the noisome air of his dun
geon foul and languishes on his pris
on fare of champagne and truffles.
One more piece of concurent absurd
ity aud I am done. After days passed
in anxious discussion, the nomination
of R. H. Dana, Jr., ns minister to
the Court of St. James, has been re
jected, and a worthy gentleman thus
denied the privilege of filling an ex
alted position. Suffering from the
accusation of literary piracy, he was
sacrificed on the altar of outraged
Senatorial dignity, and this, too, for
availing himself of a power which
Congress had in its perverse wisdom
(?) legalized. The solemn old bald
heads of the Fog-bank (as the Senate
is now known), forgetting their neg
lect in the matter of an international
copj'right law, righteously deemed it
necessary to establish a limit for po
litical morality, and accordingly, with
Benj. Butler as a co-adjntor, drew
the line of demarkation at brains.
The idea was certainly forcible, while
tho article in question was both
scarce and valuable. The result was
the old story of tho spider add the
fly; deluded with their fancied pow
ers of discrimination, the Senate
blindly walked into shy Ben's little
trap, and in refusing the requisite
confirmation unwittingly gratified a
personalenmity and smoothed out
the milled plumago of the "Essex
statesman." R. M. D.
Starving Economy.
The order under whish the flow
of gas and water and the use of fuel
in the United States buildings was
stopped has been tho canso of
just comj'laint and condemnation
throughout the land. The United
States Court at Portland has receiv
ed tho order in question, and in
night sittings would have to- use
tallow dips were it not for the con
fidence placed by the Portland gas
Company in Congress eventually re
covering its senses. Tho Democratic
House informs us the applanation
for lighting, cleaning and warming
tho federal buildings is exhausted.
Then why in the name of common
sense does not the committee on ap
propriations rush to tho breach.
This is a case of actual necessity,
and we hope the House will sudden
ly awaken to that fact. The country
will applaud tho efforts of the Demo
crats at retrenchment, but it dons
not grudge fuel, gas and water for
the 'public offices. Tho committee
on appropriations ought to save ev
ery dollar it can, but cheeseparing
economy is perhaps worse than ex
travagance as it is pleasanter to die
after a short and happ' life, than
eke out .1 miserable existence in tho
avocation of a beggar.
Ovei-Zealous.
Verily 'are the Democrats of the
House still thirsting for gore. Not
content with putting Belknap on bs
defense before tho Senate, they want
to impeach somebody else, and now
meditate, it is said, pitching on
Clapp, the Congressional printer, as
their next victim. After bagging
such big game at tho first shot, it is
notsurprising that their appetites are
keenly whetted for more, but they
ought not to level their cannon at
such a tom-tit as Clapp. He is not
worth impeaching if he is a rascal
and it has been by no means proved,
and it is very questionable whether
ho is erough of a government officer
to be impeachable under tho Consti
tution. There is no glory or political
capital to be extracted from hira.
If really guilty, as the House seems
to look upon as a foregone conclusion,
an indictment and trial before a
criminal court is the kind of punish
ment for such "small fry." One
sniff of impeachment from afar has
seemed to turn the head of the Dem
ocratic Congressman, and everybody
suspected of wrong, from an imper
tinent hoodlum to the Chief Execu
tive, must be impeached.
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The Snmoan Farce.
The dispatches the other day in
formed us that Secretary Fish would
pay no attention to the Saiuoan diffi
culties, for ho considered Steinborger
(who was at the bottom of all the
trouble), an adventurer and a man
who has forfeited his United States
citizenship by accepting emoluments
and office under a foreign govern
ment. We were agreeably disappointed
that tho anti-administrationists for
got to raise their howl of indignation
at the "cowardly" conduct of our
nation in forsaking its citizens to tho
high-handed authority of tho British
man-of-war, Steinberger has long
been known in thi3 country as an
unprincipled trickster of tho higher
order, and it was with much relief
that we heard of his departure to "a
right tight little island that stands
in the sea." The kiug of this mighty
realm appointed Steinberger his
jrirne minister, but becoming dis
gusted with double dealing caused
him to be imprisoned on a British
ship and if the captain would only
Fail awa3r with him he might be as
sured that no international troublo
would come of it, and he would bo
the object of tho lasting gratitude
of the American people.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
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Washington,-'April 23. Legis
lative business was-suspended at
12:30, and the impeachment trial was
resumed. "'" : ' :
Oarnenter. of counsel for accused,
addressed the Senate. ' Ho argued
that the managers were attempting
to manage the case of both sides. It
was not the intention of counsel for
the accused to cause any unnecessary
delay in the case, but they had prior
professional engagements and had
not time to prepare memeseives iox
arnine: the question of jurisdiction.
He asked that tho matter bo delayed
for two weeks from to-day, and they
would theu ask no further postpone
ment.
Lord on the part of tho managers,
opposed the request of Carpenter
for postponement, and asked the
Senate to here the testimony in re
gard to jurisdiction.
- Conkling submitted an order that
the Senate proceed first to hear and
determine the question . whether
Belknap, the respondent, is amenable
to trial by impeachment for actsdone
as Secretary of War, notwithstanding
his resignation of said office.
Carpenter during his remarks aaid
they would contend that an officer
of the government had . the right to
resign at any moment, and tho mo
tives which governed the resignation
coul not effect the latter.
Lord said the evidence as to the
jurisdiction was principaly of a docu
mentary character and it would not
take over an hour to hear it.
Edmunds submitted a motion to
strike out the last paragraph of the
order submitted by Conkling and
insert, tho follwing in lieu thereof:
And that the managers and counsel
in such argument discuss the ques
tion whether issues of fact are ma
terial. The Senate then, at 1:35, re
tired to consider tho order as sub
mitted by Conkling, and the amend
ment of Edmunds thereto.
At 4 o'clock tho Senators returned
to the chamber and presiding officer
Ferry announced that several orders
had been agreed upon, which were
read by the clerk, as follows: - Or
dered, that the Senate proceed to
hear and determine tho question
whether Belknap, th. respondent, is
amenable to trial by impeachment
I for acts done as Secretary of War,
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noiwiinsiancung uis resignation 01
office, and that the managers and
counsel ia such arguments discuss
the question whether issue of fact
or materiil; and whether tho mat
ters in support of jurisdiction alleged
by the House in tho pleadings sub
sequent to the articles of impeach
ment can thus bo alleged if the same
are not inserted in said articles.
Second. Ordered. That the hear
ing proceed on -1th May, at 12:30
o'clock, that the opening and close
of the argument bo given to tho
respondent; that three counsel and
three managers may be heard such
order as may be agreed on between
themselves and that such time be
allowed for argument as said man
agers and counsel may desire.
After some debate as to tho ordi r
of business tho court adjourned un
til 12:30 Monday. The consideration
of Legislativojjusiness was then re
sumed. May 1. Mitchell, from the com
mittee on railroads, reported favor
able on the bill to exlend the time
for completing tho survey and loca
tion of the Portland. Dalles and Salt
Lake railroads; placed on tho calen
dar. At 12:33 the impeachment trial
was resumed. The pending question
was on motion rescind tho order
agreed upon in conference on Fri
day allowing the respondent to open
and close the argument, etc.
Lord on tho part of the managers,
asked that four of tho managers be
allowed to argue tho question now
before tho court.
Manager Hoar spoke in favor of
the motion to rescind the order. He
claimed the managers had the right
to close, and referred to various
English precedents in supjiort of
his views. The discussion was con
tinued at some length by Hoar, Car
penter and Lord, and at 2:20 the
Senate retired for consultation.
The Senators returned to the cham
ber at 2:55, and the presiding officer
said he was requested to state that
the motion to rescind the vote by
which the order of argument was
made was overruled ; also, that the
request of the board of managers to
bo allowed addressed the Senate on
the question of jurisdiction had been
granted.
The Senate setting as court of .im
peachment then adjourned until
Thursday.
May 2. Allison from tho com
mittee on Indian affairs, rejiorted
favorably on; the House bill appro
priating $50,000 for subsistence and
supplies for tho Apache Indians in
Arizona Territory, and for tho re
moval of the Indians of Chiricahuau
agency to San Carlos agency. Pass
ed. Edmunds, 'of Vt., submitted the
following and asked its immediate
consideration;
Resolved, That the committee on
commerce be and is hereby instruct
ed to inquire what legislation if any,
is necessary and expedient to pro
vide regulationsconcerning the im
migration or other arrival of persons
in the United States from other
countries, with the view of securing
the people against the evils of pau
perism, srimo aud other injuries to
morals and good order of society,
and with the views of securing law
ful aid to the States in the exercise
of sanitary and police jurisdiction
and that said committee report by
bill or otherwise. Laid over.
Morrison submitted an amend
ment in the nature of a substitute
for the House bill to prevent tho so
licitation, contribution or acceptance
by any officer or employe of the gov
ernment of money, property or other
things of value for political pur
2oses. Ordered printed.
house.
April 28. On motion of Lord,
permission was given the managers
of the Belknap impeachment case to
examine as witnesses on trial the
members of the committee on ex
penso in tho War Department, or
any members of the House whose
testimony they may deem requisite.
Kolley introduced a bill for the
admission free of duty of the machin
ery used in tho production of raw
silk; referred. Adjourned.
May 1. The Speaker laid before
the House a communication from
Kilbourn, offering to come before
the committee and nroduee hisbooks.
Thejetter was laid on the table.
- In the House to-day a resolution
to have Hallett Kilbourn examined
before the real estate pool .committee
was laid on tho table as productive
of indignity. - - ,.; -
A resolution of inquiry into the
Un ion Pacific Company's possession
of Little Rock and Fort Smith rail
road lands was adopted.
A resolution of censure of Brown
of Kentucky, in the last House, was
rescinded and" expunged. '
Jfayner reported a ; bill authorizing;
tlie i treasury to ..excha.ngesilygx. fPi'
greenbacks to "an" amount "not" to"' ex-"
ceed ten millions. Such greenbacks
to be retired until fractional curren
cy, equa, t,0, til su;iui3.xecvedr
when the latter is to be destroyed.
He supported the bill in a Speech, in
which lie said this would relieve the
people, who already felt the . want
of small chanpre. '
The House adjourned without ac
tion.' '
TEI,EGl?APmC NElVSi
Eastern. -
Niav York, April 28.- Sme four
years ago a number of bankers and
brokers in this city were swindled
out ot sums aggregating about ?87,
000 by i means of 'counterfeit 7-30
United States" bonds. -' 'These the
brokers sent to the Treasury Depart
ment for redemption" 'and received
tue proceeds.. Atter tlie bogus
character of the bonds was discover
ed the Government ' instituted suit
to recover the amount. lne case
was tried in the' United Siates Dis
trict Court and resulted in a verdict
for tho Government.
New Yor.ii, April 20. Commodore
Vanderbilt is sinking fast. li
physical constitution is rapidly go
ing to pieces. . He has suffered from
hemorrhage half .his "life, but the
real causes are more deeply seated
His disease Ox the bladder, and her
nia it is feared of tho bladder, is
ultimate and not distant. Nander
bilt. being noted for his caution in
all business affairs for 'years, -'has
been prepared to resign his post, and
so complete aro all his arrangements
m this respect that it is believed tnat,
notwithstanding his great luliuence
in the r&ilroad business of the conn-
try, his death wonld have but little
effect in the stock market. The
stock which he holds in tho New
York Central and Harlem railroads
would not, it is said, be thrown on
the market within one year after h's
death, if at all. . '
The lLsrahVs cable reports that
Tweed was lately t.een in Pans.
KW luiiK, . April 2J. lildeat.
prospects for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination are considerably
improved by the action of the New
York State convention. The ripple
of fractious opposition amounts to
nothing us effecting the decision
at St. Louis, lilden is clearly the
choice of his party hero, and if nomi
nated at the national convention will
get the entire party vote of the State.
Various journals in the South here
tofore hostile, now udmit that though
laden is not their hrst choice, " he
may ue tue most avanaoie canui
date. -
Blaine's campaign continues to
progress favorably; as Carl Schnrz.
says of Bristow, he emerged from
his mud bath of scaudale strougei
than before.. Even the editors who
originally were surest that the but
torn fact m theLittIo-Kockboudca.se
were discreditable to Blaine, now
recant, including Medill, of Chicago;
Llichard Smith, of (.aucinnati, ami
Sam Bowles.
Judge Davis for tho Democratic
nomination is less talked of since
the New York convention presented
Tilden.
Qlixcy, 111., April 2G. James
MeOune, formerly of Ohio, arrived
in this cit3r this afternoon from the
Black Hiiis and was interviewed by
a Whig reporter. McCune' is dis
gusted with tlie liills and savs" hun
dreds were leaving and many more
wero without means to leave. He
does not believe gold has ever been
found there in paying quantities.
rhere wcro plenty of rumns of rich
lodes, but he only .saw one or two
who had been lucky enough to liud
mvthing of value. He had paid a.v
high as 20 for one hundred pounds
ofilour, lifty cents per pound for
snirar, aud other things in propor
tion.
Washington, April 20. Sargent's
speech on the Chinese quostion will
be delivered early next week. Ho is
sanguine that by the thorough pre-
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seuiaiion eii me sunjecs wuicn he
proposed to make to the Senate, im
portant action as party of the treaty-
making power can bo secured to ac
complish the desired result.
Kepreseutatives Lane and Luttrel
appeared before tho Senate com- !
mittee yesterday to urge a favorable
report on the House bill concerning j
the Klamath Reservation and OregoD
Wagon Road Co. The bill makes !
slow progress, there being a strong j
disinclination to authorize the issue j
of more land scrip. . , . !
Discontinued, Stonesburir. Lane I
county. Postmaster anrointod.
A 4. J
John Clntwooil, Damascus, Clack- ,
amas county, Oregon; J. M. Stark,
Bruceport, Pacific county, Washing
ton Territory; Mrs. Dora F. Stnmp,
Wallula, Walla Walla county, W.T.
Sarah A-. Graham, Toledo, Benton
county, Oregon.
Glover's amendment to the legis
islativo appropriation bill, which
passed to-day , is very important.
He hid in a skilfull combination of
vords the effect his amendment will
have. It will save more millions
than Randall promised in his most
enthusiastic moments. The tremen
dous effect is all produced in the
last sentence, "except those for
whom specific jippropriations are
made in this bill." If the Senate
agrees to the bill the diplomatic
service will be entirely abolished,
and the river and harbor will be a
dead letter. Whether this provision
would not abolish the army and navy
is a great legal question. All work
nnder the charge of tho architect of
the navy would be stopped, and the
bureau would have no further exis
tence. It also abolishes the engrav
ing and printing business. It has
been suggested that Glover only in
tended to prohibit the employment
of a few draughtsmen and clerks;
but any way he has led the House
into a trap.
Washington, May 1. The public
debt statement shows a reduction
for April of $2,780,000, Coin balance,
ST.7,G05,000; currency balance, 8519 -000.
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New Yoiu:, May 1. The Tribune's
Washington special says: Shonld
the Senate decide it has jurisdictiou
in the Belknap matter, it is under
stood hewill have, no difficulty to
prove in an action beforo the court
on his indictment, that Clymer guar
anteed inlnj unity ' ir he resigned."
Clymer denies any such guarantee;
but he told another member ' of th
committee 'he shonld recommend
Belknap's impeachment if he was in
office at ndon the next day. His re
mark was. not . officially jnadeas
chairman, and therefore is not biud
Ing. JtoiCOEflslUHfilQa special
says Grant is again quite ill, under
the care of a phj-sician. The story
that the President favors Conkling
as hi& successor-ia; repeated
New YomcMay 2.--Gen..McDowell
is on hls'way'fo California.
Commodore Vanderbilt and Justice
Dowling are improving.
By direction of the President, Cus-,
ter has been ordered. to his regiment
in Dakota and left to-night. He is
relieved from further duty as com
manding officer under brevet rank,
and goes simply as Lieut. Colonel.
Terry succeed to the -position he
occupied before lie became a politi
cian. ' Custer; is considerably ,chop
f alien. -, t. . ..
There is no formal order from the
war department relieving . Custer
from his ; command. , It ; is said in
military. quarters that the detention
of that olhcial here as a witness be
fore tho : . Congressional committee
will necesseaily prevent his taking
command of his portion of the ex
pedition against the 'Indians now
about to be inaugurated. The, com
mand proper will be directly nnder
Ferry, who is commanding officer of
the department of Dakota
PiiiADEtiPiiiA, May; 2.- It is now
estimated that nine-tenths ot all ex
hibits for the Centennial exhibition
aro now in place in the different de
partments and" that the schedule
will bo completed 'in the next few
davs.
The Corliss engine, in Machinery
riau nas been in successtnl opera
tion during tho past two days
New Yokk, May 2. Tho Brooklyn
superintendent of polico to-night re
ceived a telegram from the chief of
police at San Fiaucisco, stating that
ho had arrested John llalleran, who
murdered William Russel,1 in June,
1S71, at the foot of Dock street,
Brooklyn. ' '
lNDiAXArox.18, May 2. The re
publicans curried the city election- to
day by a largo majority, electing 11
out of 13 councilmen. '
Iarltie Coast.
San Pijancisco, A pri 1 23. The
Railroad Company have attached
tho stores of the ; t;teamer City of
Panama and -will do tle same with
all tho Paciiio Mail steamers them
selves without liling bonds of in
demnity. . , ? '
Audio Cavilli, machinist, who has
uerfeered what' is supposed to bo a
valuable machine for the manufac
ture of boots and shoes, ,vas waited
upiui : at his shop to-day by Dom
Pedro, who ordered a model of the
machine, and vol mUeered to consult
with his government about obtainiu;.
a patent for the inventor in .Brazil.
as ho is desirous of introducing tht
boot aud shoe manufacturing busi
ness into that country. .
Sax Francisco, April 30. Last
evening iinstem Bros., boot and
shoo manufacturers, discharged from
Ihoir lactory on Ilycs street, near
V vne-ss aven ue. 75 Chinese em pl-ovees.
The tirm expect to lmethe Mongol
ian element completely eradicated in
a in .nth. v iiii.o men to-morrow
will fill tho; placed of the Jhhiese
lischarged.
Tho crack shots of the California
Cilia Association held the. luonthh
match at Bay View range to-day.
Distance 1,000 yards. Tho weatuei
was favorable. Capt. 11. J, Burns ot
the Sumner Guard, won the gold
medal of the association for the sac-
)nd time bv a score of 41 out of pos
sible 50, each man being allowed tei
scoring shots. This is two per ma
moro than tho standard, required ii.
the recent contest for
Creedmoor match for
Centennial team.
a place
selecting
in
San Anpiseas, Cal.,
April &.
Michell Brown and Michell Ratw
vich, the Austrians convicted, last
week of robbery, were sentence-d von
terday by Hon. Ira II. Reed to im
prisonment for 15 vears each.
: San Fkancisco, May 1. The at
tachment placed on the stores and
coal of the? Pacific Mail - steamer
Alaska on Saturday was released to
day on a boud for 27,000 to enable
her to sail for Chiuaaud Japan.
l'late Kurr of Portland. Orecron.
has brought suit before tho register
in bankruptcy' Getchell. against the
Nevada and Northern telegraph Co.
to recover 28,750, alleged to be
due him on the construction of the
line from Winnemucca to Portland.
The acton which the bankruptcy of
the company is predicated is the
attachment on the company's office
at Portland, by Ladd & Tilton.
Antioch, Cal., May 1. A lir$ oc
curred here which,, was theculmiua
tion of an excitemeut which has been
growing since last Saturday, when
ono of tho. doctors informed various
parties that several boys Lad visited
a Chinese house of prostitution on
tho outskirts of the. town and were
now, in consequence, under treat
ment. In a short time their parents
heard of it and. extreme . measures
were talked of, but better counsel
prevailed. On Saturday morniug
thirty-five or forty citizens proceed
ed to to tho Chinese dens and noti
fied them , to , leave town, before 3
o'clock, or- trouble would ensue.
This all promised to do, and several
of them started up the river in a
sail-boat for Stockton, and others
taking the titeamer for San Francisco.
Among tho latter was one women
who was nearly gone with disease.
A boss ; Chinaman was sent with
them, but. much against his will, it
requiring tho efforts of two .men to
get him on the boat. It being sup
posed that tho . women had left for
good, tho excitement subsided.
However, on Saturday afternoon,
it was reported that the woman who
bad started for Stockton had return
ed, which, revived the excitement
of Saturday, but nothing occurrexl
to disturb the serenity of the Sab
bath until about 8 P. M., when a
cry of fire was raised, and it was
soon apparent that action had been
taken. Chinatown was on fire, and
a crowd of curious lookers-on assem
bled; together with the fire company
but little wa3 done to stay tho pro
gress of tho fire, and all but two of
the building's were destroyed tb.6
jiu mates fleeing terror stricken n "
1 the. tirt was started, no one kin
lorday Jhe remaining building i J, '
leen removed, and Antioch Ts
free, fiofia this degraded class.
- foreign.
' iBEBtistf 'April 20. An ijperj,.
decree 4$ published to-day i-est,jr'j.' ,
theYTght oZ sull'rago to those hi!, ''
itants of Alsace and Lorraine, wi'
while electing to retain XYcboi!
nationality, are "domiciled in those
provinces.
Paris, April 30. The revolt ia
Algiers "has' been'coniplefely subihi.
ed. The leaders have baen capture
and held as hostages s for vthegooj
couduct of their tribes. g
EtTDESHOKif , May" 1 Th e hoilcj
of 'the steam' ferryboat plying
ween Jhis place ;and JSoney-of-Lefj.
of-Rhine exploded yesterday. It :
rid-to-day t - r ; - .
London May 1. The Clementina
a contraband vessel, was seized at
Malaga, by , the Spanish revenue
officers: -The crew was ordered be
low," but refused to go. r A sailor be
longing to Gibraltar, and a British"
subject, was 'shot and wounded and
left without help for three honro
that ho bled to death. - Great injja.
j - resi
dents. The matter is in the hande0f
the British minister.
Paws, May 2. It is asserted that
Gen. 1 Clilzeret" hasv petitioned to
MocMahon for pardon and permis
sion to return to Prance.
London, May 2. -A Berlin
patch reports that the King of Lcv.
aria has given permission for the
erection of a colossal statue of Bis
marck in' Kissengen,- to mark tke
spot : where Kullman attempted to
assassinate the Prince.
At a meeting of tlie- Oxford Boat
Club captains yesterday, the invita
tion of tho Yale University was re
spectfully declined!
o-
TEiilUTOllIALr NEWS ITEMS
New 'Mexico has 118 public schools.
Chinamen have been fighting with
tho fishermen at Brookfield and got
badly worsted.
The California demand for Pucet
Sound lumber is greater than the
capacity of the mills. :
A woman was arrested and. finej
in Vancouver the other day for
severely beating her own child.
Mr Lang, a cattle buyer, has col
lected about 3,000 head on tho Toa
chet, and wants to swell the number
top,VQ'J.
Henry Grampecker bos been ar
rested at Walla Walla on a requisi
tion issued by the Governor of Ore
gon. He is charged with forgery in
Union county.
! The .Forest Qneen arrived at P,ori
ijiuilow last wouk, -having made thr-
round trip, to Saa -Francisco in 17
iays and 0 hours. The oniokf?
J3!?d..ti ip ever made between its
two ports.. ,
Seattle monrns the hasfv ihht of
oue Tomlinson, a boss carpenter, to
tue tune oi about one thousand dol
lars.' :
21 tons of piping wero siin.r.l
from the Tumwater manufactory 7ar
San Francisco last week.
300,000 hoop poles were shipj-ed
from Tacoiaa to San Franeisen'on
tho last trip of the Dacota, and .yC'.-
'00 more will be . sonk ou her la-xt
trip.
The fishery at Vancouver is heiaz
,)"t in -shape fur work.'
A large reservoir is to be built at
Vancouver in connection with the
tafeKwbrliJO
, The hoop.
shaving .
season
closed -at Vancouver
Rumor suggests, savs a corre?
iMideut of the ftvw,,;,',- that the
NT. P. R. R. will lie'comnletwl to
Vancouver within the next 'eighteen
nojiths. .
The O. S. X. Co. have commence!
tho construction of a light draught
oat at Celilo to run on Snake river.
Tho-master of , the bark M..nt.;ra
not having his light up one dark
night last week, a fine of S20 was
imposed by Collector Webster, of
Seattle, and its payment exacted.
The Port Madison, mill is rnniihig
night and day; turning out about
a Uuudred and twenty thousand feet
of lumber every twenty-four Lours.
" Tho. .Chinese missionary, Dong
Gong, is preaching at Oljrspia.
11. D. Harrington," of Olympic.
making extensive preparations for
cultivating oysters on the. west side
of Budd's Inlet.
Crosby's flour mill at Tumwater is
running night and day.
200.000 hoop poles will be shipped
from Tnmwater on tho next", trip of
the. Dakota. .
The Senate has confirmed Ferry as
Governor of Washington Territory.
. The stage between Boise and Sil
ver city was robbed ugain on the
23d ult. The robbers got but little.
The Port Gamble Milling Com
pany bought nearly all of the proper
ty offered at the bankrupt sale of the.
Utsalady Mill Co.
The Postage Bill. We look with
less pregnacious feelings than here
tofore at the 'postage' bill as no'
finally agreed to by the Senate, fur
it takes transient 'newspapers acJ
magazine's out of the third class, aud
permits them to bo sent any distance
at tbe rate lof one "cent for every
ounce Tor"' fractional , part tlei'ef
The object evidently is to let a eingle
occasional newspaper be sent through
tho mails for one cent, and this i
right. There might be a temptation
under this law, to mail as transit
newspapers or magaziues, at the V
rate, publications which should pay
one cent an ounce as third class nia -ter,
but postmasters would probably
have means of detecting and prevent
ing such petty frauds.
A few days ago, a man naraeu a
rick Duffy, employed. in one of
wholesale liquor stores, in Portias
fell from the second to the first story .
of the building and" sustained a L
vcre fracture of tho hip bone,
believeti mac persons wera Juej
LisnoN Iay l.-The Prince Cf
Wales and suite, arrivea from