Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-18
gos Aageles Aerald
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

N6WS Uf InE MUnNtNu.
The Michigan Salt Works have advanced
the price Of salt one dollar and fifteen cents
per barrel
General Fitzpatrick is lecturing in Illinois
on Sherman's march to the sea.
.The Illinois and Missouri rivers are very
high, and much damage has been done to the
crops. In nlniois many railroads have been
flooded.
Jim Mace and Joe Goss, celebrated English
pugilists, have arrived in New York. Goss
comes over to fight Allen again, as the last
fight ended in a draw
Trade dollars advanced to ninety-five cents
in San Francisco yesterday.
The San Francisco Chronicle charges Admi-
raj Rogers, Chairman of the Spalding Court
martial, with being guilty of the same charges
rs Spalding.
The Heraid's Washington special says that
the Republican partisans In the Kilbourn
matter are trying to force conflict between
the House and the Court, which they finally
hope may prove serious and involve an out
right act of force by the President.
The Herald's Washington special reiterates
the story that Grant is strongly in favor OF
Conkling and says that he has instructed his
friends to support him, particularly in the
South.
The Tfibu,le's Washington special says that
Grant is understood to have lost faith in Bah
cock finally, and as thrown him overheard.
One of the first results is said to be a request
by the President to Bristow to discharge
twelve clerks in the Treasury Department,
appointed at Babcock's request.
It Is generally believed that the President
will veto the bill reducing his salary.
1t has been known for some time that $247,-
900 Of the first mortgage bonds of the Union
Recific railway have been missing. 1t has
been found that these bonds haze gone into
the hands of prominent officers of the COM
pany. 1t is now shown that the bonds were
divided between Sydney Dillon. Ham and
Crane.
A dispatch dated at Alexandria. Saturday,
says that reports have been received there
that the Egyptian army has been surrounded
by the Abyssinians and its situation is criti-
cal. Abyssinia demands indemnity for the
expenses of the war.
Belknap's counsel has formally agreed to
deny the jurisdiction of the Impeachment
Court.
The Suns Washington correspondent says
that the Winslow question between America
and England was more serious than is gene
rally believed. It is likely to lead to grave
consequences. The governments are at
deadlock. Neither is disposed to give way.
The Times es'Washington special declares that
there is no truth in the story that Grant fa-
vors Conkling, and will use the patronage OF
the government for him. The President will
remain entirely neutral.
The recent charges against the Directors of
the Napa Insane Asylum, alleging fraud in
the construction of tho building and the let
ting of the contracts, have prompted an in
vestigation by the representatives Of the
press, which tends to show that while the
building will probably cost complete not far
from q million and halfinstead of six hun
dred thousand, as first estimated. the discrep-
ancy arises from the greatly increased size of
the building over the original plan, and the
substitution of different and more substan-
tial material than was at first intended in the
details of construction. and not from any cor
rupt practices on the part ofthe Board of Ar
chitects or contractors. The structure seems
to be fairly worth what it cost, but the plans
have been carried out on an extravagant
erected than was at first contemplated. DR..
wilkins, the resident physicicn, who hssvis-
tied the most noted asylums in
America and Europe to gain information on
the subject, states that this is the most COM
plete and well appointed institution of the
kind in the world.
The New York Sun processes to think that
Blaine is not progressing as rapidly as form
erly, and urges that Republicans cannot con
sistently refuse to support Conklin, because
the latter has been steady unchanging ad-
vocate ofGrantism.
Curtis, in Harper's Weekly, epitomzes the
motive OF the anti-Conkling movement when
he says that the fierce professions of reform
with candidates, who are themselves constit-
uent parts of the thing reformed, will not car
ry the country.
The Tribune, without advocating Blaine,
says the drift of the Republican sentiment
tends clearly to Blaine and 6ristow.
The Presidential campaign continues act
i've at Washington. The most magnificent
current indication In the political world is
the surprising weakness of Morton in the
South where his strength was especially sup
posed to lie. Some of Mortons friends attri-
butte to this to Administration work for Conk
ling, hence their antagonism to the latter.
Blaine is constantly and surely gaining in
strength more than any man who runs
squarely with the Republican Party as dis
tingushed from the Administration machine
Whether he grows rapidly enough to secure
the nominations remains to be seen, but his
stock continues to rise now. Conkling too
developes an improved strength, but moth
ing promising to overcome the widespread
conviction among clear headed men, that if
nominated nothing but the clcarest Demo-
cratic folly could save the Republicans from
defeat at the polls.