Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-13
EASTERN NEWS.
fspsUAL TO TIE DAILY sENrINEL.l
Yesterdays DISPATCHES,
LrNDERMAN's NEW COINS.
Stanley Matthews Speech.
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YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES,
NEW COINS.


kOX 8N&AOug M - INV tIt1~VA WIZ y
= law the mints will be ready to isSu'
ward. Three months ago Senato
Jones sent a communication tn Score
tary Sherman, predicting the passag'
Of the bill and asking that new designs
for . silver dollar be made and y few
struck on for the inspection Of the Fl
nance Committee. In accordance will
this request. Director Lindermai
caused two designs u be made, from
each Of which six specimen dollar
were coined at the Philadelphia Min
last week. One of each was sent to tb'
President on Saturday, and pleased
him and the Cabinet so much that Sec
retary sherman has ordered five NOR
specimens. Senator Jones appeared il
the Senate yesterday triumphantly dis
playing his specimens. which are pro
nounced to be the finest cOin- eve
issued. The designs were made BY
different artists, each competing for thu
adoption of his work. under a promise
that the best one would be adopted. /
il generally agreed by TX peris that tb'
honors will be divided, the face Of on,
and the diverse OF the o. her meeting
with unanimous approval. The face
the Goddess Of Liberty. in each case
however, Is very fine. and the eagle,
for the diverse sides are both produced
with skill and spirit. Linderman up
pears To take much satisfaction IN
showing that he Is like a soldier, ready
for orders. Although he has oppose
the Silver bill, he is, however. in favor
Of the coinage of a sill YER dollar with
.~.ker1 ioxx nnu-nP Thu bright
new coins created u considerable sen
as they were passed around in
the Senate chamber during Stanley
Matthew'S speech IN his silver resolu
This resolution will undoubtedly
pass the Senate, and very possibly by
! vote Of two thirds. Matthew'S arsu-
ment on the legal questions involved,
was very thorough and apparently
He also made several very
effective points in regard to the equity
VI the proposition, n~oticeably his state
that silver will buy more COM
m0dities now than in 1870, amt there
fore has not deprecated; but that gold,
rs measured by the standards, has in
10 value. He passed lightly
however, over the question OF the prac-
tical Q X pediency Of declaring the bonds
payable in silver.
The House Committee on Military
Affairs has authorized the following
sub committee to continue taking ter.
in relation TO affairs on the Rio
Grande: Banning, ChairHan; MaishI
Marsh. Bragg aud White.
The Democratic Senator'S held a con-
sultstion this afternoon concerning the
New York Custom house nomination.
No action was taken, but the tone oI
the remarks indicated that the Presi
dent will be almost unanimously sus-
tanned by them.
Sargent yesterday reintroduced hi.
last years bill, To restrict the immigra
ton Of Chinese, with only one alter
alton. viz: That it shall take effeca
from and after the first day Of mex
September. 1t prohibits the entry into
the jurisdiction of the United States O
more than 10 Chinese passengers BY
any ono vessel, and provides that any
attempt to violate this prohibition shal
make the master of the vessel liable Il
six months imprisonment, and to pay
. penalty Of 500 for each Monaghan
taken on board or brought to thi
country, exceeding the number of ~
This penalty is also to be q lien on tn
offending vessel, and vigilance is in
cited by the promise that informer
shall be given one-hslf Of the penaltie
collected through their Instrumental
ity.
During the morning hour Of the Sen
ate 10 day, nearly SO Senators rose II
succession and presented petitions 70
an amendment to the Constitution
which shall prohibit any State from
disfranchising United States citizen
on account Of sex. There were At leas
600 Of these petitions. They cain
from twenty Ave States and four Ter
ritories, aud the total number of sigma
lures is said to be about $4,000. includ
ing the names Of some Of the MOI
prominent lawyers, judges. authors
divines aud scholars in the country.
0en. Creek. Father HARRIS .and sh
nieux lndlams.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. IL.
Gen. Crook, who has returned iron
the East, says the withdrawal Of tn
regiments from the Northwest, TO tn,
Mexican border, diminishes its avail
able military TO . mere skeleton conl
mand, necossirsling . partial redistri
button OF the troops. The menacinI
movements Of several bands OF In
dams Just ct this time, tends to still
moro embarrass the department com
mander. In regard to the alleged dep
relations Of Indians near Deadwond
Black Hills. he thinks the reports OK
aggerated. The Sioux Indians. mum
boring 100 lodges, who separated from
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