, 1874-03-05

Exc AUsIvELY TO THE DAILY DISPATCH

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ent of the Olympia Standard, under
date February 9, gives the following
news items of interest to our people:
delegate McFadden has been untir~
ing in his labors before the committees
and Departments. He expects report
from the Senate Committee on Territo-
ries on Monday next, favorable to the
Olympia and Tenino Railroad. There
will be some restrictions imposed by the
committee.
"The Seattle and Walla Walla Rail-
rail bill, and the Olympia, with the
Columbia River and Walla Walla Rail-
road bills, have been referred to sub
committee on Territories in the House,
and report will be prepared soon as
the Senate Con mittee on Territories
shall have reported on the Olympia bill.
The friends of the measures are conf
dent that the reports will be favorable.
"The bills dc mating the tide flats at
OLYMPIA and Seattle have been referred
to a subcommittee on public lands
The committee meet on Friday of this
week to consider the measures. There
appears to be but little doubt that the
report will be favorable.
"Senator Nesmith and Delegate Nc
Fadden are confident they will obtain
favorable report from the Committee on
Commerce for the survey and estimates
for the improvement of the Columbia
river
"Your Delegate is pressing his bill
for the wagon road from Wallula to the
Sound, and in this he also has the active
aid of Eesmith. while the members from
the Pacific Coast are unit on all meas
ures of local interest.
1.-The several memorials passed by the
Legislature of your Territory have been
received and presented to Congress and
appropriately referred.
1.-The Secretary of the Interior has
recommended to Congress the payment
of the DeVore Montgomery award, in
the case of II. A. Webster, whose lands
were taken to enlarge the Makah Indian
Reservation at Neah Bay.
"Mr. McNaught and Gen. Tilton are
here, busy with the interests they rep
resent. They cooperate most cordially
with your Delegate"
VICTORIA, Feb. 27.-The elections fol
the Commons, with exception of Cariboc
District, are O, er, with the following re-
suit: DeCosmos, Roscoe, Cunningham
Dewdney and Bunster.
The elections for the Local House
took place yesterday in this district
DR.. Tolmie and Mr.. Robertson were re
turned.
From Nanaimo we learn that the LIE
vi Stevens is at Newcastle, the Commo
dore at Douglas, the James Bell ant
Wellington at Departure Bay, the lat
ter waiting to be towed out.
The House of Assembly will. be pro
rogued on Monday next, the military
acting as an escort to the Lieut.. Gov
ernor.
Weather cool and clear.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.- Clayton has
received paper signed by all bankers
and about 800 prominent merchants oi
San Francisco, favoring in strong terms
the reappointment of Stone. whom they
commend as an Efficient and acceptable
officer.
A bill introduced in the House to-day
by Kasson. amendatory CT the act to
prevent the extinction of fur bearing
animals in Alaska, authorizes the Secre.
tary of the Treasury to designate the
months in which fur bearing seal may
be taken for their skins, ON the Islands
of st. Paul and st. George, and adjacent
waters, and to fix the number taken at
or abont each island.
Luttrell to-day discovered in the War
Department pigeon-holes another lot of
California claims for Modoc War sup
plies, and will push them TO settlement.
Ths Secretary of the Interior has
written letter to the Secretary of War
relation to the hostile Sioux Indians.
in which he states that the officials rof
the Interior Department. in asking for
troops at tie Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail agencies. wanted to prevent and NOT
to cause hostilities, and that it was sup.
posed that these troops might be needed