Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-17
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The Leuisiana Troubles.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The L~euisiana Troubles.
WASHINGTON. May l7.--Prominsnt
Louisianians predict o terrible wal Of
races in West Feliciana. The negroes
are 1000 strong. and the whites only
1900. The Administration Is blamed
for the present state Of affairs. A South
ern Republican Congressman tonight
said the only remedy for the trouble is
TO divide the whites from the blacks.
The League Island Navy Yard.
WASHINGTON. May II. Wells, chair
main Of the subcommittee which visited
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. is prepared to
show with figures that the Navy Yard al
League Island will cost sixty million
dollars to complete.
The C~aIifsrnia whisky Frauds.
WASHINGTON. May H.. News from
San Francisco says that agents Of the
Government arc vigorously pushing the
war against tho whisky distillera. There
10 some excitement there. anu strenuous
efforts are being made to stop the IN
vestisstions. One man recently offered
$50, 900 to bear on u California Con.
gresham. and charges are preferred
against tho agents now ut work at San
Francisco. The methods OF fraud are
more bold than those at st. Louis, Chi
cago and other places.
Tho Adverse Report en- the Admits.
sion OF New Mexico.
wlsuISorox. May l7.-Rcpresenta.
tive Meade. who has the bill in charge,
will report adversely on the admission
OF New Mexico.
A Sensible Estimate OF Carl hchurs.
Nrw Yonx. May IA Herald edito.
rial says: "Schurz's address is not re-
markablc either for vigor OF thought or
force OF expression. Had 1t appeared
unheralded by the Errning Post. no 9th.
er paper would have printed u line OF 1t.
The great mistake Of Schurz's public
life was his desertion Of his party. and
his consequent loss Of influence ON oil
who remain in It's ranks"
Bsrgh's Interference with tiis Nus.
tang slHcc
Nkw YoRK, May H. The postpone
ment OF the mustang race war n great
disappointment to many. Fears OF I'M
favorable weather are not m influential
fears OF Bergh. Bcrsh expresses no
fears for the rider. who really suffers
moro than the animals. The Herald
compares Berah's efforts with Don
Quirots's charge ON the windmills, anil
hopes he will stay away OH the day when
the race comes oil.
The niaine Investigation.
NEw York, May 1.-THE Suns Wash.
ington special says Blaine was detained
at home to-day by illness; hence the
did not continue the investi-
CATION. A session will 10 held io-mor-
row.
Another .. Sun" Ncaudai.
NEw YoRg, May IA special to the
Sun says: Josiah Caldwell. over three
years ago. in explaining to n party OF
how ho aud other persons inter
estsd obtained an amendment to the
Land Grant Act, spoke Of the freedom
with which land grant bonds were dis
tributed in Washington. Why said
hc. "there was Tom l'owles, n member
from Arkansas; hc got fully S26,ooo
Of lOOO-dollar bonds for
services which no one knows, and which
not have helped their cause ono
One OF tho party then asked II
Tom WAS rated at S2j,0OO. what was
speaker Blaine worth? Caldwell
hesitateL for a minute. AMI then
'Ilaine was rated at just three
times that amount" This brings about
the shadow Of tho S75,OOO land grant.
Scott says he sold to the
U, l.. II. II. Co., and which In some
way made T.. II. Rollins Treasurer oil
Of tho road. say. that mn Investigation
would involve Blaine. though for the
life OF him he cannot account for having
male such a remark. Ills certain since
the examination yesterday that Rollins
delivered q speech in Denver Oh the
night Of Blaine's reelection to Congress
in 1872, AMI could not possibly have
told Harrison that tho investigation
affect Blaino's reelection. All
this is now green In Rollins memory,
he cannot imagine why he should
mention Blainc's lame ut all. The cleo
ton referred to was not to Congress,
but to the spcaksrship Of the House,
for that was most needed.
The Credi, hobiIicr Mutt.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE famous
Crcdi. Mobilier suit against the Union
Pacific Railroad Company is 10 be