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NOVA SCOTIA RAILROAD.


HALFAx March q, 1870
The bill 10 amend the act to subsidlze the United
States Ncpaux and Atlantic Railway passed the sec
ond reading 10 the House on Saturday night without
division Tho length OF the road will DO Sixty -four
miles, a nd the subsidy will be over SO. 600 a mile
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE STEAMSHIP ALASKA At NoSBovIA.
WASHINGTON March q, 1870
The United states steamship Alaska arrived at Hon.
rovia February and on The 10Th left for Cape Palma
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THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.


san FRANCISCO March %, 1876.
gold medal, valued at $780, has been prepared fol
presentation TO the New York Seventh regiment by tho
exmembers OF shat regiment In this city TO be COM
potcd for by the members OF the regiment a prize
for marksmanship Is viii be forwarded in a few days
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THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

The following record will show tho changes In tho
temperature for the past twenty-four hours in
pariscn with tho corresponding date OF last year. as
indicated by the thermometer al Hudnuts pharmacy,
HERALD Building
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Snow STORMS IN TIE wEsr.

OMAHA March q, 1870.
Another snow storm prevailed hero to-day. Reports
from tho West state that constant succession OF
storms are prevailing, everything IS overwhelmed with
snow and the Thermometer registering low The Onion
Pacific passenger trains delayed eight hours by
the between Bitter Creek and Rawlns last night
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TURKEY.

IMPERIALIsT OFFICIALS IN CONFERENCE CON-
cERNINa REFUGEE HRRzEGovINANs.
RAGusA, March q 1876
Ali PRsha the Governor of Herzegovina; Mustapha
Pasha and vassa Effcnd the Publication Commission
ers and Baron Rodich, the Governor OF Damatia,
hero comforting about the method of dealing with tho
inhabitants Of Herzegovina who have taken refuge
Austrian territory.
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THE STORM IN KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CRY, NO.,

KANSAS CRY, No., March %, 1875
Snow began falling early this morning. and railroad
communi cation is cut or in every direction. The
storm extends west far Denver and south far
as the indian Territory II Is the that has
been known for ten years
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ECHOES OF THE STORM.

The Superintendent OF tho forncatons at Clifton
Staten Island, states that the Of Saturday dam
aged tho grounds there tho amount OF about 81 Oo0
aud that the grounds at Fort Hamilton. across the
Narrows were also injured a considerable extent
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THE sultan rMpARnAssED r1NANc1A11Y.


LONDON. March 81, 1870
The Times special despatch from Odessa says
Six million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars are
still wanting to complete the payment Of the Turkish
coupons due in January last The Ottoman Bank re-
fuses further advances.
Tho breach between the sultan's government and
the Bank is daily widening.
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yVSIUTU"Y OF
Average temperature for corresponding date last
year. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 42a,
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DO YoU coUGHS THEN PREVENT ~ YOU HAVE
any ruDpton. with HALE's HosyY or HoRKHoUSp AHS
Tar. the consumption.
PIKKs TOornAcnr DROPS cure In \ mnnta.
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IOSpoS, March IS 1s76
The Ttr->s special despatch from ,erhn states tha.
councnor SoviKoG, Who has been the Ambassador
Of Rnisia Wanna since 1870, has resigned in consc-
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rHK MISSISSIPPI.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March q, 1870
There area. alarm here over the an,icIDaiod dsas.
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AN AMERICAN sHIP OFFICER TRIED AND
ACQUITTED.
LIVERPOOL March %, 1876
Thomas Power, the FIRST odiccr or the American ship
Marcia Greenea has been tried at this place for shoot
ing two of the crew at on the 10th OF January
He acquitted the shooting being declared justin-
able.
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STRIKES TIE ROCKS

AE1sroCBATIC AND POPULAR OPPOSITION TO
THE EMPRESS TITLE.
LONDON, March 2s 1870
The standard understands there is to be division
the second reading OF the Royal Titles bill in the
House Of Lords The leaders OF the opposition
Iovcd TO make great effort to support Lord Shaftcs-
purys motion for address the Queen praying her
not to assume the title Of Empress.
AGITATION OUT OF DOORS.
Leading liberals hold meeting in ST. James, Hall
next Saturday TO protest against the bill.
A great meeting held in Leicester last night, at
which resolutions declaring against the assumption Of
the title OF Empress adopted.
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rnE Loss OF TEE sHIp srRArHMonn-prrArs

THE Loss OF THE SHIP srRATHMoRE-DETAus
OF THE DISASTER.
LONDON March 81 1876.
Tho following details OF the loss Of the emigrant ship
strathmore from this port for New Zealand have been
received here:-
ROCKS
The Strathmore struck the rocks among the Croset
group Of islands the South Pacific the LIST OF July
at hali-past four O'Clock in the morning. and was
wrecked Immediately.
Forty-four persons drowned
SUFFERING SURVIVORS,
The survivors saved nothing whatever, apdi SUBJ
listed themselves upon the rocks for six months upon
The sea birds and their eggs. When they were res
eued they were much einaciated and almost naked
Five had died there from exposure and want
AMERICAN RELIEF.
Tho Captain OF tho American whaler Young Phoenix,
Of New Bedford, rescued them, supplied them with
clothing and treated them with great kindness.
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GENERAL CUSTER.

coree quiet; prices maintained; no chang
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16

ten the tottering house of JAY
COOKE & Co.; recovery of six millions
from TWEED; recovery of quarter of
O million from GENET; prosecution of
whiskey rings at various points; silk
smuggling on large scale; indict-
ment of fifteen of the Aldermen of st.
Louis; further about the Postoffice
Ring; new developments in the Indi-
on Ring; Hal LET KILBoURN in Jail
for refusal to speak of the doings of
the Washington Real Estate pool and
a horde of other like cases anda pros.
pect of more trooping at their heels.
With such a record of official corrup.
tion before him, it would be difficult
task for an honest Americann to hold
up his head in foreign land and pro-
claim his government "the best that
the sun ever shone upon.n
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16

provisions of the law in Los Angeles
county, one was upon unclaimed pub
lie land, and the proprietorship re-
mains undisputed, while the other,
falling upon Mexican grant of course
came under the provisions of the law
of 1859. There was no system of allot-
ing these Lieu Lands as every claim
ant located wherever he could find a
place that suited him; consequently
the unsettled titles are scattered
broadcast over the county and State.
The Rosecrans land lying closely ad-
jacent to the Agricultural Park is one
of these disputed claims. 1t thus
transpires that many of these tracts
whether honestly located or not have
passed into the hands of third, fourth
or fifth innocent parties by whom a
fair equivalent was given for them.
The lands have also greatly apprecia-
ted in value, some Of them near this
city being held all the way from 500
to $500 per acre, aside from the i'm
provements which may be of greater
or less value and of many years stand
ing. 1t would be manifest inj Justice
to turn these valuable possessions over
to a lot of adventures whose only
right is based upon the fact that they
have erected a two-by-four shanty on
the premises, slept there one night
and entered claim. An official re-
quest has been forwarded to the Cover
nor asking him to declare these dis
puted tracts public land and, in behalf
of the State refund the original pur-
chase money to the innocelt holders
who had possession of the land before
it fell under the claim of the squatter.
But it is hardly probable that this
measure will be taken. In the orig
inal claiming and proving up
of the land, the State acted only as an
agent between the individual and the
Government. 1t is therefore more
reasonable to suppose that she will
stand aside and allow the dispute to
be settled between the principals in
the transaction. A more probable rem.
edy is looked for in special legislation
of Congress on the subject, ,quieting the
title for the first holders of the land
ana summarily dismissing the swarm
of squatters. If some legislation oil
this kind is not secured we may look
for continu al volume of litigation
upon litigation for the next ten OIL
twenty years. The HERALD holds nc
animosity to these people who have
lately set their claims upon the prop.
erty in question. But We previously
advised them in all sincerity and fol
their own good. that they were throw.
ing away their time and wasting
their energies upon a project which
might turn out myth or involve
them in an expensive and reverend.
ing law suit. That advice we now
candidly and honestly repeat.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
1t Cries Wolf.

For the past year the Express has
advocated a certain class of "honest"
men in our city through evil as well
as good repute, in season and out. 1t has
besides yelped 'Ring" all this time
at the highest pitch of its voice.
The HERALD's exposure of these
"honest'' men has shown the people
that either the judgment or the hon.
esty of our neighbor is sadly out of
joint. The persistent cry of wolf where
there was no wolf excited no more
attention than the rawlings ofa luna
tic. We claim that the Erpress has at
tempted to mislead the people as to
who constitute ring in this city, and
to prove our assertion we would re-
quest an answer to the following que
ries: Who caused the city money to
be kept in the bankrupt and tottering
bank when it was well known fact
that the institution must go to the
wall? Did not this paper cry "ring"
at everything and every person not
connected with this same rotten bank
ing institution? Through the assur-
ances Of this paper were not numbers
of people inCuced to leave their all in
those shaky vaults, to be engulfed in
the common ruin? 1t looks very much
as if the ring has been broken, and
that all we have left of it is the Er-
71roaa
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
JONES & MOVES, Auctioneers.
Following are the Lots:

Three lots fronting on Second street, 55x60
feet.
Six lots fronting on Second street, 55xl2O
feet.
Lots II. z, ls, block d, Mott Tract, fronting
on Olive street.
Lots 8, 4, s, o. 8, block G, Mott Tract. 'front.'
ing on Olive street.
Lots II, r. 3D. a. l5 49, block G, Mott Tract,
fronting on Charity street
Lo's2. 3, 6. block f, Mott Tract, fronting on
Olive street.
Lots g. TO- II, Il, block F, Mott Tract, 'front.'
ing on Charity street.
Lot 49, block l., Mott Tract, fronting on
Hope street and Bunker Hill avenue.
Lots IL and 6, block X, fronting on Hope
street and Bunker Hill avenue.
Lots l3, Ii, ID, l6, block j, fronting on Hope
street and Bunker Hill avenue.
Lots ii, IA, block l, fronting on Hope street
and Bunker Hill avenue
Lot TO- block III fronting on Hope street and
mixer Hill avenue.
Lot 4, block |, and lot l, block HI, fronting
~ Charity street and Bunker Hill avenue.
Lots 3, 4, 5, block Il, fronting on Hill street
Lots IL and Is, block b, fronting on Olive
street.
Lois 0, 10 and IL, block A, fronting on Hill
street.
Three lots, 55xl2O feet, block NJ, fronting on
Fourth street.
Two lots in Bellevue Terrace Tract, fronting
on Olive street.
Three lots fronting on Cemetery avenue,
60x95 feet.
One lot. 60xl45 feet, fronting on Sand street.
Also, all of blocks w and K, in the Mott
Tract mar2Std
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

The Chronicle OF Norwalk, Ohio, yesterday
published an account of the debauchery OF
no less than twelve girls, from TO IL years of
age, by G r Kuentz, teacher OF German in
thh Roman Catholic school of this place. 1t
is stated that Kuentz was detected In similar
crimes twelve years ago when teaching the
school of the West End Catholic Church, but
the matter was hushed up. The indignation
IS so great that If Kuentz should fall into the
nands of the citizens his lite would pay the
forfeit. He has left for parts unknown.
The unveiling of the Lincoln statue in Wash
ington yesterday was quite an affair. A
large procession took place and President
Grant unveiled the statue amid tumultuous
cheers.
The Los Angeles Distlllery case still hangs
IRE, the jury being yet out at a late hour yes
terday.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
Money Matters.

WASHINGTON, April 18th. - The
Treasury now holds S345, ,543, $50 in
bonds to secure the National Bank
circulation, $lS, ,623, 900 to secure pub
lie deposits. Bonds deposited for cir
culation withdrawn for week ending
to-day, 81 ,4S9, 900; National Bank cir
culation outstanding amounts to
S23S, 449, ,483, on which amount $2,099,-
1870 are gold notes. The Internal Rev
enue receipts to-day were $Sl1.34l56;
for the month to date, $5, ,032, $40. 10;
for the fiscal year to date, $8, 4S3, 455. 40;
custom receipts to-day, $3.50, 233 %; for
the month to date, $196, ,922, ,07l.27.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16

OF this amount 2O7, l05 ounces were re-
fined silver.
There were so deaths in the city DUR
ing the week, so males and 80 females.
The Odd Fellows are organizing a
Centennial Committee to perfect some
plan by which the Order in California
can be properly represented at Phila-
delphia on the 4th of July next. Each
lodge in the jurisdiction is requested
to appoint one member to general
Centennial Odd Fellows committee to
meet in this city May Sth to make the
necessary arrangements.
Los Angeles DistiIIery Case.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15th.-The
case of the United States VS.. Lucien
Curtis, charged with defrauding
the revenue on the tax on spirits, af-
ter a trial of over twelve days dura-
ton, was brought to a close this morn
lug at l0:30 by the jury returning
the following verdict, after eighteen
hours deliberations: eve, the jury in
the case of the United States VS.. Lu-
Glen Curtis, find the defendant guilty
of the first count, to-wit: OF removing
1000 wine gallons of distilled spirits
from the distilery premises, No. l5S,
to refinery without the tax having
been paid thereon according to law,
and not guilty of counts Nos. |. 2, 3, 4,
5, s, IS, 8, 10, II, 12and 49," (Signed)
n. w. SPAULDING, Foreman. Mr..
Barnes said he would move for
an arrest of judgment and for a new
trial, and would take ten days to
file the necessary papers. Mr.. Van
DuZer-The defendant is under bonds.
Mr.. Barnes The bonds run to judg-
ment. Judge Hoffman then thanked
the jurors and excused them from
further service this term of court. 1t
is believed by persons cenversant with
the legal aspect of the case that the
application Of Col. Barnes-Curtis'
counsellor an order for an arrest of
judgment will be granted by Judge
Sawyer Immediately upon his return
from Oregon, as, under the present
law, there is no other alternative for
the Court than to grant the motion.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
The Lieu Land Troubles.

This vexed question of titles which
has recently been sprung upon our
land holders Is one of the most extern
sive and important ever raised in CAL
ifornia--a State proverbial for its un-
settled and shifting claims and coun-
ter claims. Although the subject has
been actively discussed since the re-
cent decision of Secretary CHANDLER,
1t is still far from being thoroughly
underst ood by the great mass of peo-
pie who are unfamiliar with the in
tricacies Of the law. The question Of
the illegaIity of Lieu Lands will effect
directly or indirectly an eighteenth
part of the occupied territory of the
State. According to the laws Of the
United States, the sixteenth and thir-
ty-sixth sections of each township
were granted to the State for educa-
tional purposes. But it go happened
that before California had been con-
stituted a member of the Union much
territory within her border had been
disposed of in Mexican grants. These
grants were confirmed by special act
of Congress aud by the treaty of Qua
dalupe Hidalgo. When the State au-
thorities came to locating their six
teenth and thirty-sixth sections it was
discovered that many of them fell upon
the Mexican grants. The two con-
flicting laws were finally compromis-
ed by "An Act passed February 26, 1869
entitled an act to authorize settlers on
sixteenth and thirty-sixth section who
settled before the final surveys,
pre-empt their settlements" This
law gave to every settler on the
educational lands, the privilege of To-
eating an equal number of acres any
where in the public domain of the
State in lieu of his former claim. But
1t is necessary according to the rul-
ing of the Secretary of the Interior,
that a government survey should pre-
viously have been made of the land
covered by Mexican grant from which
the claim was taken; upon this point
hinges the entire question of titles as
lately raised. While only a portion OF
the Lieu Lands thus located may have
been invalid, the title of the whole
will be clouded through imputation.
OF the two sections coming under the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16

STEINBERGER, the only true regal
American ever known, who for some
time past, has been manipulating the
governmental machinery if the Sa-
moan Islands has at last lost his official
head. From the exalted position OF
Premier to the King of the CaQnibals,
he finds hi mself reduced to the neces.
sity of carrying ball and chain and
looking through grated window be-
tween decks oneoard the British Man
of War Barracuda. Poor, ambitious,
monarchized and fallen STEINBERG
Err! We wouldn't a-thought you'(
have done iu!
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
Removal.

Messrs. Johannsen Co. nave removed
their large furniture warehouse from Ducom-
NUNS building to the building on Main ST.,
near First, formerly occupied by L. Roeder.
The public are invited to call at the new es-
tabllshment and inspect the elegant lot of
goods on display which comprises everything
in the line OF furniture and upholstery, from
a pine table and bedroom suit 10 an elegantly
carved parlor set. With largely increased
conveniences, and many new advantages,
with fhe growth Of their business and give
their customers the best establishment ofthe
kind in the city.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
The American Experiment.

With the advancement of every
nation in wealth and prosperity comes
the indulgence of luxuries and atten-
dant vices among the people. And
then the fall. All history illustrates
this principle of political economy,
and should warn US of the danger we
incur when we tread upon the uncer-
tain ground of opulence. Troy long
resisted the attacks of her enemies
while they held the field, and, at last,
the wooden horse was brought within
her walls amidst clamorous rejoicings
and proved her destruction. Thus
while we can repel an open invasion
or suppress an internal rebellion such
as the world never saw before, we take
to the heart Of our government, politi-
cal trickery and malfeasance in Office,
bribery, corruption, and the host of at
tendant evils which are proving our
sure and speedy destruction. English
journals are again discussing the
"Problem' Of an American free gov
ernment They questioned the expert.
ment strongly when our existence as
nation began /; they tried to over
ride it before the war of 1872 and they
again worried their brains upon the
vexed question when our civil war
engulfed the land. Is our expert
ment' failure? they ask US and We
are still called upon to answer the
question soberly and not without our
own misgivings. An exchange which
has good head for figures, gives the
following statistics. They will prove
interesting in this connection, and
form an epitome of the advancement
in extravaganza and corruption which
has been made in the past fifteen
years
Taxes in 1850, Federal, State and
city l54, ,2O0tO
Taxes in 1915, partly estimated..... $40 700 100
Increase in total Of ali Der cent
From this statement, we may readily
draw some very startling conclusions.
Either this milestone of taxation must
be removed from our necks and an
honest administration of the public
fundssecured or our machinery of
government will be brought to sud-
den stop. Reports of official plunder-
ing and magnificent thefts have been
drummed in our ears until we are no
longer surprised with the last devel-
oped and grandest of them all. A few
of the public Investigations and trials
now in progress are thus cited by a CO.
temporary: Suit Of recovery by the
city of San Francisco against Morgan,
the poll-tax forger; examination of
of Pay master Spalding for irregu-
larities in the Navy Department; tri-
al of Lucien Curtis for defrauding the
revenue; gross Irregularities in the of
flee of the late Surveyor-General of
the State; the Emma mine involving
ScHENcK, Minister to England; i'm
peachment of Secretary Belknap;
Mephistophelss BABcocK in several
new roles; sale of post-traderships; the
doubtful operations of the Delanos,
father and son in the Interior Depart
ment; remorseless plundering of the
soldiers on the frontier posts; public
money advanced by robson, Secre-
tary Of the Navy, to sustain the rot
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16

IN discussing the probabilities of
the approaching presidential contest,
an exchange significantly remarks
that 1.-THE candidates will be the Plat
FORMS" This is substantially true if
amended by the clause-accordingly
as they represent the one paramount
principle of honesty.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
HORSES IN ALL THINGS,
Roadsters and Carriage Horses,
AS we'll as horses for
Speed and the Race Track.
A Few Extracts from Letters.

Extracts from letters lately received from
Stockton; the originals may be seen on ap-
plication To the undersigned.
81 bought and paid 5000 for Hunter mare,
broke and drove her-wthin four month hs-tO
wagon on u half mile track in 2:i0 Is now In
foal by Hamiltonian. l am offered $500 for tn Q
colt at tweanlng. The Hunter stock has proved
the best stock we have had here, as il took
only four months to make them trot in three
minutes, and If they had good dam could
not be beat"
II bought bay Hunter mare from Cutler
Salmon, Esq, five years old, broke and drove
her, within four months from purchase, a
quarter in 3719 seconds, and sold her like a
tool foor $50. She was the best piece OF horse
nesh ever saw for her age-very pretty, gen.
tie as lamb, but OF high metal. Hit her and
she would come every time, and never broke.
No other person pulled a line over her while
owned her."
'Solid Silrer, owned by Thomas George, is .
small horse, out of a scrub mare: has trotted
in the twenties, and has a public record of
2:4O% at last fair time, and badly handled at
that"
Where's a team owned in Oakland, sorrels,
l514 hands, perfect beauties, can trot in 300
anu pace in 2:3D, were raised here by Mr..
Morse, been handled only one season."
Judge Brown has a mare six years old by
the old horse. She was sold at auction for
$500. She Is a natural trotter-it is use iess to
offer $500 for her now"
From the above this public may form cor
rsct idea of what may be expected from the
In reduction of this stock into Los Angeles
county.
s. L. DEWEY,
mar2e-tf lss Main Street, Los Angeles
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-16
Latest kilograms.
Dispatches of American Press AssOcia-
tiOn by A. d T.. Telegraph Co.
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALD. I
PACIFIC COAST.
For Los Angeles.

CALIENTE, April l5th.-The Tele-
graph Stage oil time with the follow
ing passengers for Los Angeles: Mr.
Grady, ] o Wheeler, f Alvarado, DIR
Town, L Labaso, L S Hall, J Marquis
M Brown, + Boshon, II Heryan, B
Katz, J NJ Bassett, B Buckley, J Faik,
John r Briefly.