Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-11
THAT CUBA NOTE.

TO the acts of the present Administra.
ton, but we have never Intentionally
done it an injustice, and we have al
ways been prompt to award it full
credit when we have believed it deserv-
ing Of credit. Now there has been
among our exchanges-alike Demo
cratic and Republicans vast deal OF
vague, spread-eagle and entirely I'M
informed criticism on the Fish circu-
lar note with reference to Cuban af-
fairs. We hear from M source that
the interference on our part is uncalled
for and unjust; from another we
gather that our consultation with Eu-
ropean Governments is a trucking to
foreign powers and a trailing of our
banner in the dust. And these criti-
cisms are alike false. The Fish note
has not been published; no authori-
tative synopsis of it has to our knowl-
edge ever been given to the world, and
we can not speak a dvisedly of its
minuti@. But from all that we have
seer we conclude that this circular is
Of the form which has maintained
among civilized nations in like crises
ever since diplomacy has ranked as a
science. The Secretary of State has
probably laid before the nations of the
world an exhaustive statement of the
present status in Cuba as viewed from
the American standpoint, and as it
bears upon American rights and
American interests, has indicated the
course which the United States ma
feel called upon to pursue; has al
luded to those rules of international
law which our Government regards as
pertinent to the case, and has courte-
ously requested an exchange of opin-
ion. In all probability he has in no
way bound our country to abide by
the advice of the Powers; nor has be
asked their assistance. A veteran
diplomatist like Hamilton Fish could
not so stultify himself and so belittle
his Government. In issuing such a
note he has but followed a precedent
as old as diplomacy itself-a prece-
dent honored by the Congress of rs,
and followed by Madison in 1912, by
Polk before the Mexican war, and by
Lincoln in 1861. AS to the ACCESSIBILITY
of the note or of interference we ex-
press no opinion. We are not so re-
liably informed as to form an abiding
conviction. But the tone of the
English press-naturally hostile to our
commercial development in West In
dian Extraordinarily establishes
that our interference would be %justiti-
able and entirely in accordance with
precedent; and the talk about struck
ling" and "trailing" is all balderdash.
JERRY PHILLIP, a former citizen of
Silver and now connected with the
Arizona and New Mexico Express
Company, has recently written to a
friend here. He is sojourning at Tue
S'ylS iLbu03 0uu llROS tnO COutitly
very well, with the exception OF the
whisky, which he SAYS is bad. He
states that business prospects are quite
flattering, and that the new company
will oon be in running order. 1t is
rumored that Jerry is to be married
soon.
The above is from tho Idaho Aval-
dnche of a recent date. BY reference to
a paragraph under the head OF "Stea,-
ings" it will be seen that JIG. Phillips
committed suicide last Tuesday in Tue
son by shooting himself in the head
with a pistol. He is the same person
alluded to in the above extract, who,
but q short time ago wrote such a
cheerful letter to his friends, and whose
speedy marriage was so confidently
predicted. Two powerful incentives to
suicide are mentioned, viz: whisky
and woman, but which of the two sent
poor Jerry on a prospecting trip to the
unknown world we are unable to state.
THE Grass Valley Union man calls
upon the editor of the Nevada Trans
crypt to get sober, as he has some bust
ness to settle with him. What an i'm
mense amount Of journalistic business
would remain forever unsettled if such
courtesies were generally extended
among the editorial fraternity of Cali
fornia.
EXPENSIVE PRoPERTY.-Joe Good
mar offers his interest in the San
Francisco EOening Post for sale. 1t
consists of upwards of three hundred
shares, which, if the proposed ASSESS
ment of $40 per share is levied, will
q considerable amount of
amslgam to purchase and put the in
in running order.
CIVIL RIGHTs.-A smoked Ameri-
can citizen, who was refused admit
tAnoe to the dress circle of Maguire's
Opera House, in San Francisco, . short
tsra .;noo hos oopo manoo1 q suit kor