Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-04-07

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cursncy b.ll. Kelly opposed rs pas
sage, Gs it was dangerous 70 the country
and revenue, and encouraging monop-
DIV Of the banking system, that Il would /
Increase the price Of bonds and promote
speculation. He favored the bill into
duoed by himself. II the present bal
passed the South aai West must speeu-
late in the bond esrkss in order 10 e.
tabIish banks. The inability to DO this
necessitatsd the use Of Eastern capital,
which would staZnate industry and pros
peri,v in these sections. Burcbard and
Merriman criticised Kelley'5 position.
bu, sustained him and the bond propo-s
sition. The Horse soon after adjourned. |
NV YoEK. April 4.-Distrie; Attorney |
Terri, Of Brooklyn, in letter requesting |
his second assistant, Hughes, TO resign
ssys: On assuming the duties Of this Of
fee, designated yoa as my second as
sistant upon the urgent request OF Aitor-
nev General Williams, your brother-in-
law. lam now compelled, from circum-
stances which you doubtless understand
to ask your resignation. For many
weeks YOU have been disastrous 10 he
and the interests Of this Office, and have
been in close conference, and on inti-
mate relations with John D. Sanborn and
his friends. l have reason 10 believe
that for weeks you have been conveying
TO Sanborn and his friends the secrets Of
this ofice and the prosecutions, and
have been ipdustrously at work in the
interest Of Mr.. Sanborn. While, al the
same time, YOU have professed friendship
for me, and have been in eonhden-
tial relations with NE in the prosecu-
ton Of the sanborn case. am
also well aware that you have
been all this while plotting for my re-
moval, and aiding Sanborn's influence
by all the means in your power, and
have made your boasts that you would,
through the newspapers, break me
down in the city Of Brooklyn, and
through your relationship with the At
torney General secure my removal.
NEw YoRK, April A Havana letter
says that on the 10th Of March, Captain
General Jorillar took precautionary
measures on account Of rumors that they
would be attacked From the accounts
obtainab!e Of the battle at Quastmas, it
is show that i, was one of the hardest
contested fights that has taken place be-
tween the insurgents and Spaniards.
OF the wounded brought to Havana,
most all Of them received their injuries by
nachetes They report over two hours
lighting at close quarters. The Cuban;
made the attack and forced the fighting
from the first. Finally some OF the Span
ish cavalry got through the Cuban lines
to Puerto Principe and General Bas
Gomez with two thousand men went t
the assistance Of the Spaniards, ant
finally succeeded in beating them after
severe fight. The Spanish loss is yer.
severe. 1t is reported that over fort.
officers were killed and wounded. Bot
sides fought with great bravery.
NEW YORK, April G.-Mr. Stein, one {
the Commissioners Of Charities, and col
nected with and responsible for the COZ
sideration now shown Tweed on Bacs
wells Island, says Tweed is in the safe
and most strictly guarded portion of ii
prison, from which he could not escaI
unless twenty-five keepers constantly G
guard were brbed. He furthermore sa.
; he does not think it devolved upon Il
commissioners to make martyr
u Tweed, or to exercise any unnecessa
I severity towards him during his term
r imprisonment. Foster Dewey, former
& Tweeds private Secretary, and now l.
= business agent, says the room occupi
by Tweed is certainly more comfortat
II than cell, hut its furniture is not wor
e more than fifty dollars. 1t became
e question with the authorities whether
not some relaxation Of prison discipli
e in his case was not an absolute necessi
T. in the case OF Tweed.
! The steamship Merrimac, from Sou
10 America, about the safety Of which &C
siderable anxiety was manifested, is co
q ing up the bay
y Ex-Judge Edmunds, the well-knoy
y lawyer and Spiritualst, is dead.
~ The news from Panama says that
" John, the British Consul General
Port-au-Prince, after a tour Of obser'
ton 10 SANTANA bay, visited San l
, mingo with propositions from Hayti
a treaty between the two Republics
condition being the annulment of
SANTANA Bay Convention made with G.
zens Of the United States, and if t
" was agreed TO by Hayti England wor
loan a considerable sum to San Domir
=, without interest, payable at convenien
y. The SANTANA Bay Commissioners
having effected settlement between
company and the Govern ment, the P
vincial Government has declared
-. convention void. The Commission
~ protested against this arbitrary act,
o stigated by British and Haytien infuen
"' and demanded an arbitration. In
meantime they ask protection from
United States against violence on
part of the Dominican Government.
-" Rio Janeiro papers give the detail,
-, !, the trial of the Bishop of Pernambu
A' on the charge of high crime against
70 laws of the Empire of Brazil. He
found guilty and sentenced to four We,
w imprisonment with hard labor. He
" attended in Court by the Bishop of
-. Janeiro and Bishop Evans, who is
:, Brazil making collections for the chu,
tho Pacific Coast.