The Placer herald., 1871-09-30
TELEGRAPHfC SUMMARY.

1he Masonic fraternity are taking OF lH-
ishng the Washington Monument. =. Sen
ators Wilson and Sumner are bitter y opposed
to Ben Butler being candidate for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts,. E. Speaking OF
Grants Collector of Customs at New York
Horace Greeley says: Uncontradlcted
facts now laid before that impartial tribunal,
the public, prove Murphy guilty, and demand
his expulsion from any place of honor or
trust under the Government he la. so grossly
defrauded. Butler stuffed the primary
balot-box at Springfield, Massachusetts, and
came ou. ahead. Senator Carl Schurz
delivered great speech at Nashville, Ten
nessce, on the 2lst inst, which gave great
satisfaction to all but pet-baggers, thieves
and Grants officials. d. . Havana advices
state that the Cuba rebellion is over, and
that the Captain-General will issue a procla-
nation to that effect in few days. The
sureties Of General Hodge claim exemption
from liability for the $500, 900 he stole from
the Government because Boutwell, was aware
of the stealing. . DR.. Howe and Grant
have got up new job to make money out of
San Domingo, at the expense of the people
of the United States Roberts, noted for
his zeal in religious matters, in Ohio, has
been arrested for passing counterfeit money,
with plenty of it on his person. -. The peo-
pie of Arkansas are excited over the discov-
cry Of gold mines in that State. The
President is on a junketins trip to Chicago
so said, as empty bottles and stumps Of
cigars are thick behind railroad train going
in that direction. Yellow fever is bad Ill
New Orleans and has extended up the Mis-
sissippi river as high as Memphis. A re-
port is being widely extended among South
EN- negroes that Horace Greeley belongs to
the Ku Klux Kan. This story is started
by Grants friends who fear Greeley may
beat their master for President. A coolie
vessel from India to Martinique has been
lost on the Island of Antigua. Two hun
dred bodies have foated ashore. . A ship
has arrive at New York with one case Of
cholera on board She is in strict quaran-
tine. The New York Republican State
Convention was a disgraceful, bloody row.
Grants officials and bullics whaled Greeley
ring and they withdrew. Greeley showed
the white feather by staying at homo and
allowing his men to fight without com
mandcr. . After bitter fight in the Re
publican State Convention Of Massachusetts,,
Grants administration, in the peraon of Ben
Butler, WAS beaten by the Wilson-Surnner
more gcntcel ring. and Washbum nominated
for Governor over Butler by 179 in a VOTE
Of ,107 delegates The arpet-baggera
of Virginia held State Convention on We'd
nesday, and resolved, in substance, to do
whatever Grant wants if he will permit them
to 20 on with their stealing.
Summary OF Coast Dispatches.
An attempt has been made TO burn what
is left of Virginia City, Nevada, but failed.
-. The damage and loss by the late fire at
Piochc, Nevada, is estimated at 5000, 900.
,., Raymond Amador, the murderer of
Hiscock, was hung at San Leandro, Friday
22d inst. He persisted in his innocence and
that he took the life of TIiscock in sclf-dc
fense. -. Extensive fires are raging in the
woods back of Los Angeles =. Heavy rains
have fallen in Portland, Oregon, and in Ari-
zona. Rosenfeld, Democrat, is elected
Harbor Commissioner by over 1000 ma
jori;y. The Sheriff of Mono county and
party met five of the escaped Nevada pris-
oners on Monday, and fight ensued in
which two Of the Shcriff's men and four
horses were killed but no prisoners captured
The dispatch reads like the Sheriff and posse
got worstcd 4 G. Rannase, of San Fran
cisco, scattered himself with horse pistol
on Tuesday last. Some fragments have
since been found. -. 1t rained in San Fran
cisco on Tuesday night. Mining stocks
in San Francisco are excited and command
ing higher prices than for years. lnyo
county gives Haight forty-sevcn majority.
-. Apples are being shipped from San
Francisco to Montana. The first cost but
81 per 100 pounds. Rates of freight on
tea from San Francisco to Chicago, Cncin-
natl and St. louis have been increased to
$40 per ton. . Tho Broderick Forged VIII
case is again in court in San Francisco. -.
John Squires and VIM. Willis, two of the
Nevada escaped convicts, were captured at
Dayton, Thursday, within fifteen miles Of
the prison. Walla Walla county, Wash
ington Territory, has voted down a prsposi-
ton to give $500, 200 of her bonds to a
railroad company. Sensible.