Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-06
Eos Anseles Aerala
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

The Senate was organized yesterday and
sworn by Chief Justice Waite TO try w. w.
Belknap for high crimes and misdemeanors
in office.
The Republicans say they would have
gained the election in Connecticut but for the
great storm. Poor fellowsl They were all
afraid of getting wet, but all the Democrats
went out in the rain. Such stuff.
1t is doubtful whether Winslow the Boston
bank defaulter, will be given up by England,
Treaty stipulations do not reach his case.
Ex-Governor Low says he knows nearly all
the Chinese here are imported under con-
tract, in violation of the treaty obligations,
and that such contracts should be quashed,
which would effectually check Chinese emf
grafton.
Sherman and all the other Generals except
one, recommend Congress to turn the In
dian Bureau over to the War Department. 1t
is doubtful If Congress will accede to it, as it
would turn so many politicians out of office.
The Republicans have carried Clev eland,
o., by increased ajorities.
Charles Jost, proprietor of the Antioch Dis.
tillery, has sued the Collector of Internal
Revenue for an injunction restraining the
collection of an assessment of Sl25,0OO, claim
ed to be due from Jost on crooked whiskey.
The complaint alleges that D. S. Phillips,
Special Treasury Agent, Hawley, supervisor
of Internal Revenue and Special Agent Clark
subroned false witnesses against him and Of
fered to withdraw proceedings against him in
consideration of $4,000, which he refused.
Last Saturday, in San Francisco, man
named j. NJ. Moreno enticed his wife, from
whom he had been separated for some
months, into house on Sacramento street
and brutally beat her. Moreno was arrested
and held for trial, the woman being in crit
ical condition.
The Democrats have carried Milwaukee.
e The stock holders of Detroit, Lansing and
Lake Michigan railroad have met in Detroit
and elected its Board OF Directors, Nathaniel
Thayer, w. F. Weld, mora Barnham, H. H.
{ Hannewell, John w. Brooks, n. Adams, Geo.
Chattuck, Charles DeYoung, Nathaniel
Thayer, Jr. and Charles Merrimer, all of Bos-
ton, and James +. Joy, of Detroit.
The new Board of Directors of the Panama
Railroad gives the Pacific Mail formal notice
proposing that all freight and passengers for
that Company shall be charged according to
the current existing tariff rates, and that the
Company will be charged for lighterage SER
vice at Panama the same as others; and lin
view of the fact that it is largely in arrears to
the Panama Railroad for such survice in the
past, payment in evidence is demanded II
this threat is carried out to its fullest extent
IL will of course seriously embarass the Paci-
&c Mail Steamship Company, as it will be
almost an EN- barge, preventing its doing bus
mess.
The Tucson Citizen says the war in Sonora
is virtually at an end. The intervention of
the supreme Government is sending General
Narlscosel, supported by Federal troops, to
restore order, the flight Of Pesquerra, and the
subsequent decentralization ofthe State party
and disposition shown by Serna's adherents
to aid in the restoration of peace have COM
bined to secure this result. Trade from So
nora is improving.
The Diaz revolution in Mexico is pronounc-
ed complete success by dispatches from the
Rio Grande.
SPClum, Indian agent at San Carlos, has
resigned, to take effect on appointment of a
successor.
The stage from the last yesterday brought
information to Tucson that small pox has
made its appearance at Silver City, New
Mexico.
DID Chandler, clerk Of Major Maynadier,
Paymaster at Prescott, absconded last sun
day. 1t was thought at first he had taken a
large amount of money, but an investigation
of his accounts show that he took but 500 be-
longing to tho Major. Chandler has been
connected with the Pay Department in
Washington, Chicago and Santa Fe, and
was considered thoroughly reliable. There
is no clue to his whereabouts, butit is sup
posed he has gone towards Sonora.