Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-17

The Political Feeling Arrange.
ments for the Coming Inaugura.
tion-COnsiderati0n In Regard to
Rattfyimg an Indian Treaty
Ccrnuschi's Plan for The Adop.
tiom of specie Payments.
WASHINGTON, Feb, Is.
On Piper's bill, to grant lands known
as the Colorado River Desert, to o. NJ.
| Wozencraft, on condition of his re-
| claiming them by irrigation, and fur.
| nishing u sufficient supply of wate-
for the purpose of travel. etc.. the SUBJ
| committee. consisting of Gouze of
| Arkansas, Lane of Oregon and Hath
ern of New York, recommended a ia.
vorable report, but the full committee
| defer red action.
The Democrats have recovered in a
| great measure from their panic con
| cern,ng the probable future action of
| the Electoral Commission, and manv
of them to-day express great conf
dence that Louisiana can he decided in
favor Of Tilien and Hendricks. These
ex pertationS, however, seem to be
based almost wholly upon the conced-
ed ability Of Trumbuli's argument in
connection with the fact that the Com
mission has granted 80 much time for
discussion Of the admisslbility of evil
dence; and as the Commission not only
heard able Democratic arguments, but
actually rec-ived evidence in the Flo.
rida ease which it subsequently decid-
ed WAS Of M legal weight whatever,
The probabilities still strongly indi-
cate a strict adherence to the principles
there laid down, a decision of the
pending question in favor of the Re.
publicans.
NEW YORK, Feb, Is.
A Worlds Washington special says:
A meeting of citizens of Washington
will probably lie called this week to
make arrangements for the inaugura
lion of the new President on thu 9TH OF
March. Although the mi iative has
been taken by the Republican club. il
is announced that the ceremonies will
take place no matter who may be de-
clared elected.
A committee has already been ap-
pointed to- provide ACCOMMODATIONS for
visitors, to manage the details of The
inaugural procession and to provide
for the usual inaugural tall. Already
a dozen volunteer military anil civil
organization have SEM word Of their
desire tn participate.
Kelly says he has no intention to
make any public explanation of his
dispatches. He says he was not &C.
qnainted with the cipher; that dis
patches in cipher were read to
| him, and believing they contained only
the words read, he signed them; he
says he signed 10 di~patch knowingly
which contained words giving the in.
terpr-tatinn of those printed to-day.
| vrts, ~asi1 g .rilyn tba a ~ ~, tra mind no N
very weak x %planatiOn.
A Worlds Washington special says:
The presence of the President at the
Capitol to-day, for the first time dur
ing this session.. and his subsequent
consultation with the leading Repnb-
lican Senators, caused no little cotn
ment, and for a while it was conf
IDENTIFY asserted that it referred to a
complication in the presidential ques
lion, pnt in what way no one seemed
able to explain. The President.
though, made no secret Of the object
, II his visit, which Vas tn urge upon
Senators the importance of an imme
| date ratification ofthe treaty for the ces
>atiOn of Indian troubles in the Black
| Hills n Official advices re-
| Gel we'd from Territorial authorities, as
well as from the agents OF the Indian
Bureau, concur in stating that ex-
| peditiOns are being fitted out fo- that
region, and it is feared hat unless u
treaty il ratified before they start they
will meet with trouble from the Indi-
ans. The Indian Commission will ia.
vOr the ratification of a treaty in the
next executive session of the Senate.
NEW York, Feb. Is.
A UeruLd's Washington special
says: Cernuschi has matured a plan
for the adoption of specie payments on
January LIST, 1878. He will submit it
tn Senators and Representatives and
New York bankers Tomorrow. The
interest on the loan, he proposes,
should not be paid in gold or silver.
but in pounds sterling, which would
| give an option of either or both metals.
lie asserts positively that the whole
amount submitted under the condi
lions would he subscribed in twenty
four hours. He holds that the Gov
ernmen. must acquire gold 10 redeem
the g~reenbacks in order hat the banks
and the country may have this gold to
redeem bank notes. He also believes.
by his plan of forcing a vast sum of
gold to this country, that European
nations will he Obliged to adopt the
bimetallic standard, and thus bring
silver into use again in a legitimate
manner all over the world. This plan
will attract the attention of bankers
and tinanciers in England and Europe
generally, even more than here.
That Assassin.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.
The Times New Orleans special
says: The assassin Of Packard is a
Young man, aged about twenty five
years, aud is said to have been about
two months in the South, living at Mo
bile; that he Is a Democrat, and his
attempt ut assassination was made
from patriotic motives. His one-armed
companion is a dark looking man,
like many of the desperate characters
now about New Orleans, and refuses
to talk.
Indian Troubles In the Black Hills.
DEADwooD, ID. r., Feb. Is.
During the last week a number OF re-
ports of Indian de%predations have been
coming in from small towns adjacent
to this place. To day these rumors
l-ssum-d an alarming aspect, and news