Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-24
COAST DISPATCHES
FROM CALIFORNIA.
The Chinese Question.

The committee appoin ed by the
Botrd of Supervisors to consider The
Chinese Immigration question net last
night and appointed a committee OF
ten to me,noraliZe the Legislature to
authorize The Supervisors to defray The
expenses OF a delegation to Washington
To present the matter there. A resolu-
ton was also passed requesting the
city delegation i'll the Legislature to
procure the passage Of a bill to he
asked by the memorial. The com-
nittee then adjourned til Saturday
evening, when steps will be taken ~
call d mass meeting.
Items frora ElAo.
ELKo, March %.
The weather is quite favorable and
the probabilities are that trains will
have ho further trouble. The heavy
and continuous fall OF snow has male
it very severe on cattle. great numbers
havin. died in the eastern part of the
State.
The silver question is causing a great
deal of annoyance here. The Central
Pacific Railroad Company pays off it's
employees in large quantities of it, and
refuses to take it from merchants in
larger amounts than the legal limit of
five dollars.
Another BabcOck I'm TrOuble-Cen-
rial Pacific suiis-The Fryer
PrScess.
SAN FRANCISCO, March %.
The Chronicle this morning publish
es what purrorts to- be Il lengthy ex-
pose of the defalcation of jeff. II. Bah
cock, late coiner Of the Mint. %involv-
i,,,r ., l,cS fn thu rnyar,,tha,t nf aI,nttt
S25 900. General La Grange. Superin-
tendent Of the Mint, in an interview
this morning, says that the statements
contained in the Chronicles article are
Irresponsible and almost entirely with
out foundation. lie tate in effect
that about Christmas last his su>-
picions were aroused that irregularities
we're existing in the coIner's depart
nient, aud a cnrSOry examination
tended to confirm the impression. He
therefore, made Saturday d partial hol-
idav. and on that day and Sunday he
made a rigid examination Of the coin
er's department. The resulto of the in
| vestigation was that accounts we're
found correct, and the coin and bullion
called for bv the balances were in the
vaults, and that no defalcation had
occurred. He found, however, that
| Bahcock had neglected to comply fully
with the regulations provided for the
government of his department., and
that while no loss had accrued
from his name OF conducting bust
ness, it opened the door for the en-
trance of abuses and, believing him an
unsafe man III SO responsible a depart
ment, accepted his resignation, which
was forwarded to the Treasury Depart
ment. and there also accepted. On the
appointment OF his successor, Frank
x. CicOtt, and a settlement of Bah
cocks accounts, it was still more fully
determined that everything was
straight, and that a large savIng to the
Government had been effected on the
margin.allowed for wastage in the De-
%partment. To more fully satisfy the
Treasury Department. the matter was
submitted to the United States District
| Attorney, aud no evidence was found
on which to base an indictment against
| BabcOck. General La Grange charac-
terized the Chronicles connection of at
fairs in the mint with Whisky frauds as
far-fetched nonsense.
j. r.. Robinson, IA stakeholder of the
Central Pacific railroad, who recently
brought suit against the company and
| directors individually to recover
amounts alleged to be due him, will
to-day file in the Fourth District Court
notice, through A. A. Cohen, his attor-
ney, taking out an order, pending the
above mentioned suit, restraining STAN
ford, Huntington, Hopkins, Croker,
and others mentioned, from conveying
away any of their private properly that
has come into their possession since
obtaining control of the railroad. Com
plant will also be filed by the same
party, in the same court, tomorrow,
reciting that when Stanford and others
obtained possession of the California
Pacific railroad, bonds of the latter road
were issued to the amount of 81 GOO, 900,
guaranteed by Stanford & Co. in the
name Of the Central Pacific railroad,
and used in the purchase of the stock
of the California Pacific. The COM
"plaintant asks that a guarantee he set
aside, aud that Stanford q Co. be re-
strained frem using the funds of the
Central railroad to pay interest or
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