, 1874-04-09

EXCLUSIVELY TO THE DAILY DISPATCH

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EXCLUSIVELY TO THE DAILY DISPATCH.
VICTORIA, April 4.-The effort to right
the schooner Elida has been abandoned
for the present, and she has been towed
in shore near Esquimalt Light, and an
chored in s fathoms until something
definite is heard from the underwriters.
SAN Francisco, April 5.--Barbier's
balloon, Les Cours. collapsed yesterday
six hundred feet in the air, near Alame-
da. Six passengers, two of which were
ladies, in the car came down with great
velocity, but fortunately no lives were
lost, although all the occupants were
more or less injured.
WASHINGTON, April 4.--The Post Of
fee Department sends out ADVERTISE
ments o-day inviting proposals for car
rying the mails for four years, from the
LIST of July on the following new estab-
lished routes in California. Services in
each case to be weekly: From Middle
town to Uncle Sans, from Yreka by
Humbug Creek and Buckeye Bar to Oak
Bar, from strawberry Valley by Scales
diggings to Port Wine. from Arcata by
Mud River and Hoopah Valley, Burnt
Ranch, Trinity, and Junction City to
Weaverville. Proposals are. also invited
for carrying mails from Port Bidwell to
Reno, Nevada. Bidders are to state dis
tances and propose schedules of depart
ures and arrivals. The route from Olym-
pia, W. T., to Victoria is to be reedvsrtis-
ed and bids will be received from the
beginning of the service at Tacoma, the
N. P. R. R. terminus. Proposals are
invited also for a number of small
routes in Oregon.
Lutterell was ready with his argument
for an investigation of the Central Pa
ciic Railroad Company's matters this
morning, but there was not quorum of
the Committee present. They had not
been previously notified, but to-day was
their regular day for meeting. A bill
will shortly be reported from the House
Committee on Commerce providing for
the establishment of life saving stations
at Humboldt Bay and Point Reese, Cal
fornia, and at Neah and Shoalwater
Bays, Washington Territory.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-In the House
to- day Dawes, Chairman of the Ways &
Means Committee, said, with reference
to the resolution of Miliken. instructing
the Committee to proceed With the iu-
vestigation of the charges made at the
last Congress in connection with the in
reased subsidy to the Pac. S. S. Co.
that the investigation was placed by the
Committee of the last Congress in the
| hands of those members of the Com
mittee who had moved the investigation
that the subcommittee reported that it
did not desire to proceed any further
and that the testimony taken by it was
reported back to the House under seal.
| nd had been recommitted at this ses-
sion. The committee was disposed, the
moment it got through with the press
ing business it had on hand, to open
that testimony and if the matter appear
ed to need further investigation to pro-
ceed with it.
On the 26th of August last the Com
missioner of the General land office re-
jected the application of Henry Pau
and others for the SUBMITS of Mounts
Lincoln and Brothers. Colorado, as pla-
Ger lands for the reason that where min
eral is found in rock in any place it can
not be sold as placer londs. An appeal
was token to the Secretary and he on
the 1st inst. affirmed the decision of the
Commissioner.
The Commissioner to-day reversed
the decision of the Register and Receiv-
er of Carson City, Nevada, in claim of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
against the State of Nevada, to tract
of land in the vicinity of Virginia City
and Gold Hill. The testimony estab-
fishes the fact that no mines have been
discovered upon said tract, that it may
be in the mineral belt and is in the im-
N ediate vicinity Of Comstock lode. and
Notwithstanding the undeveloped char
acter of the land, its situation and tie
testimony indicate the presence of min
eral, while the fact is hardly established
that the land is not of any value what-
ever for agricultural purposes, and if it
has any value the same consists of un-
deloped mines. sz
ERIE, Pa, April 3. Williams, cashier
of the Conneautville National bank, has
been arrested. An examination of the
books, showing defalcation of $27, ,000
besides $4, 700 reported stolen recently,
confirms the suspicion that the alleged
robbery of the bank some time ago. was
devised by Williams to cover his pecu-
lations.
New YORK, April 3.-Inspector Muir
ply of Jersey City returnes Jrom Mata-
moras without Hamilton, the defaulting
treasurer. He says that Cortinas has
all the stolen bonds and offers to sell
them at less than one-third their value.
/ Hamilton is destitute of everything.
i PARIS, April 3.-The Carlists report
that in the revolution only half their ar.
my have been engaged ia battles, that