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

The committee appoiu Ell ny the
Botrd of Supervisors to consider THE
Chinese Immigration question me; last
night and appointed Il committee of
ten to menIoraliZe the Legislature to
authorize the Supervisors Ia detray 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 tbs passage Of a bill to be
asked by the memorial. The COM
mittee then adjourned til Saturday
evening, when steps will be taken to
call d mass meeting.
Items from Elko.
ELKo. March -.
The weather Is quite favorable an q
the probabilities are that rains will
have 40 further trouble. The heavy
and continuous fall of snow has male
II very seNere on cattle. great numbers
having died in the eastern part of the
state.
The silver question is causing a great
deal of annoyance here. The Central
Pacific Railroad Company paws Off its
employees in large quantities of it, and
refuses to take it from merchants in
10 AAO AC5hA Atfhit Vi
five dollars.
Another BabcOck In Troubie-Cen-
tral Pacific suiis-Ehe Fryer
PrScess.
SAN FRANCISCO, March %.
The Chronicle this morning publish
es What purporis tn he n lengthy ex-
pose of the defalcatioh Of JEFF. Il. Bah
cock, late colner OF the Mint. involv-
ing a loss to the Government OF about
&25 900. General La strange. Superin-
tendent of the Mint, in an interview
this morning, says that the statements
contained in the Chronicles ar icle are
Irresponsible and almost entirely with
out foundation. lie states in effect
that about Christmas last his su>-
picions were aroused thai irregularitie s
we're existing in the coIner's depart
ment, aud a cnrsory examination,
tended to confirm the impression. Ha
therefore, made Saturday a partial hol-
iday. and on that day aud Sunday he
made a rigid examination of the coin
er's department. The result 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 d~efalcation had
occurred. He found, however, that
Bahcock had neglected to comply fully
with the regulations provided for tie
government OF his depar ment, and
that while no loss had accrued
from his manner OF conducting bust
ness, it opened the door for the en-
trance OF abuses and. believing him an
unsafe a IN 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, 1t WAS still more fully
determined that everything was
straight, and that a large saving to the
Government had been effected on the
margin.aliowed for wastage in the De-
partiment. To more fully satisfy the
Treasury Department the matter was
submitted To the United States District
! Attorney, and no evidence was found
on which To base AN indictment against
BabcOck. General La Grange charac-
terized the Chronicles connection of af-
fairs in til" mint with Whisky frauds as
far-fetched nonsense.
j. II. RObinsou, n stockholder of the
Central Pacific railroad, who recently
brought suit against the company aud
directors individually To recover
amounts alleged TO be due him, will
to-day file III the Fo0rth District Court
notice. through ~. "A. Cohen, his attor-
ney, taking out an order, pending the
above mentioned suit, restraining SIAN
ford, Huntington, Hopkins, Cracker,
and others mentioned, from conveying
away any OF their private properly that