Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-19
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
wAsHINcToN.
Pages Letter to the President.
STATE TROOPS SURROUNDED.
Troops On the March.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL

States by Representative Page, of Cali
fornia.
To the President: 1 desire to call
your attention to the question OF Chi
nese immigration, which is nov, and
has been for q few years past agitating
the people of California. / would re-
specially ask that you give the sui
jsct such consideration as your valu-
able time will permit. You are doubt.
less aware that there are now IN the
State of California more than l50, 600 of
these people, about n fifth OF whom
are females, brought here Tor immoral
pur poses, and are now held an owned
as slaves. The remaining four-iftbs
are males, equal In nnmber to the en-
tire voting population OF the State, and
are, with q very few exceptions, cool
les or slaves, brought here under o
tract for servile purposes. Many of
these came from Hongkong, an Eng
lish port, under the treaty with China
OF 1868. That you may more fully un
derstaud this matter, l send you &c
companying this letter, Q report of the
State Senate Committee, made at the
last session OF the State Legislature on
this subject. l also call your attention
to the report of the Joint Special Com
mittee OF the Senate, known as Senate
document No. $50. / desire still fur
Their to state, that in California, there
is no division of opinion as to the evils
of Chinese immigration, and / there
fore, on behalf of the people of that
Slate, very respectfully suggest that
you make this matter the subject of a
message to Congress. when
it convenes in January next. Per.
haps 1 ought to add that the condition
OF affairs in the City of San Francisco
for the past few months has occasioned
alarm throughout the State, and while
it is true that some irresponsible per-
sons, encouraged by a disreputable
newspaper, are endeavoring to incite a
riot, which would be disastrous to the
State. The better portion Of the com
munity, aided by the respectable and
responsible press, Is endeavoring to
suppress anything like violence, and
appeal to the Executive
and Legislative powers of the Govern
ment for relief. l a not, in this
brief communication, go further than
/ have done into the reasons for this
request, but fully believing that you
are somewhat familiar with the dan
gers now threatening the people of
California, on account of this great
evil, l close by asking your early and
earnest attention to this subject, trust
ing that some plan may be devised to
the end that negotiations may be en-
tered into between ours and the Chi
nese Government, which will satisfac
torily settle this vexed question. l
have the honor to be, very respect
fully,
Your most obedient servant.
A. f. PAGE.
Representative Mills, this morning,
received the following dispatch, dated
last night, from Governor Hubbard, OF
Texas:
Tho Sheriff of FL Paso county tele-
graphs to night that our State troops
are surrounded, and will be massa-
cred unless relief Jan be had at once.
Ask the Secretary Of War to please
make forced marches for their relief.
They are American citizens. Answer.
Representative Mills was at the
War Department this morning, and by
authority Of the Secretary OF War re
piled to Governor Hubbard as follows:
Troops are now moving under orders
from here with all possible speed
from Forts Bayard, Stanton, Davis and
Santa Fe. Relief must soon be had.
The War Department has received
information that the local difficulties
in Ell PasO county. Texas. which grew
out of the right and title to certain salt
mines, has assumed quite q threaten
ing aspect. The few United States
troops and State militia in the county
have been surrounded, and unless re-
lieved soon, 1t Is feared they will fare
badly.
The dispatch from Governor Hub
bard. asking for assistance from the
President, was referred to the Secre-
tary Of War, and by him to General
Sherman, who t~elegrapbed Gen. Sher-
idan to send all the troops he could.
The latter replied this morning tina,
he had ordered all the available troops
from Fort Stanton; that they have al
ready reached Ell Paso, and will prob
ably be able to relieve the Texas
troops now surrounded by the mob,
The troops from Fort Bayard will nc
doubt reach San Elizari0 to- morrow
and with those from Fort Stanton will
be sufficient to keep the peace. The
affair il purely local, and no serious
complications are anticipated.
Joses Thinks the Amendments "a
Bland's Bill will be Defeated.
NEW YORK, Dec. IL.
A Washington special says that Sen
ator Jones il Of the opinion that the
silver bill will receive no injury, but
on the contrary, will be benefited by
the postpc nement over recess. Neither
be nor others of the leading silver ad-
vocates thought it best that Matthew'S
resolutions should be disposed of be-
fore the recess, because they want the
President TO act upon them. He could
have avoided action by pigeon boiling
them for len days, which would have
been as good - . veto. Jones pre-
diets that the amendments put on
BANDS bill by the Senate Committee.
limiting coinage, will be rejected by a
majority Of from i've to twelve in the
Senate. and that the bill will then be
passed A. Il came from the House, by
. vote Of 81 to ~, or In that proportion.
This 10 the result Of careful canvass
He bias made repeated caDvassss
and keeps . very close watch OF the
fiuctuation Of opinion in the Senate.
A Washington special says: Com
General McCormick will
open an ONCE In New York In about q
week. when copies Of the regulations