Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-03
President Hayes Favors the Texas
Pacific.
THE CABINET IN SESSION.
AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
TO BE CALLED IN JUNE.
what The President Thinks OF His
Southern Policy The Desert
Land Law.
WASHINGTON, Nav

Some Southern men who have lately
talked with the President say they are
satisfied he will favor the passage ol
the Texas Pacific Railroad bill. He
has lately given considerable attention
to the subject and the collection of off
cial Information regarding the country
through which the road will pass. The
friends of the project assert very posi-
lively that the President, in his mes
sage to Congress at the extra session,
will indorse it and recommend the
necessary legislation 10 enable the road
to he built. Southern men say that the
Endorsement of this road is to be a part
of the Presidents Southern policy,
and is indicative as further evidence
that he desires the people of the South
to enjoy the same commercial advan-
tages as those living North.
CHICAGO, May l.
A Tribune Washington special says:
The President said to Doctor Loring, a
member elect TO the present House,
that he did not anticipate The extra SEES
sion would have a disturbing in1u-
ence upon the country, no did he be-
lieve n Republican candidate would be
elected Speaker. He does not expect
his Southern policy will di>iniegrale
either party, but that it will have a
~softening effect al on The Southern peo-
plo and modify their political action.
WASHINGTON, May /.
The Cabinet to-day, in a two hours
session, discussed chiefly the subject Of
an extra session, and the proposition
that 1t he called on the 10Th instead of
the 4th of June received some favor,
but no decision was arrived at. The
phraseology of the proclamation was
determined on but the date will not he
inserted until Fridays meeting, when
it is expected it will lie issued. Some
important appointments were dis
cus>ed, but without action.
A dispatch from San Francisco, an
nouncing that a party of capitalists had
large tracts of land in hat
State under the act of Congress passed
at the last session. providing for the
sale of desert lands in certain States
and Territories, and intimating that
the act itself WAS a job, has caused in
quiries into the bill itself and the man
ner of its passage. 1t was approved
by the President on March Sd, and
came out of conference and passed Goth
houses on that day. Senators Sargent,
Oglesby and Kelly were the managers
of the conferences on the part of the
Senate, and Messrs. LuitreIl, Lane and
Crounze for the House. The act
only applies to California, Ore
gon and Nevada. and the Territories
OF Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah,
Arizona, Washington Territory, New
Mexico and Dakota. 1t provides that
it shalt be lawful for any citizen of the
United States, on payment OF twenty
five cents per acre, TO file a declaration
in the UniIed STATES Land district that
he intends To reclaim a tract of desert
land, not to exceed one section, hy on
Quoting water upon the same within
the period of three years thereafter;
provided, however, that the right to
use the waters shall depend upon a
bona fde prior appropriation. and all
surplus water shall 20 10 the public
use at any time within the period OF
three years after the filing of the de
claration and upon making satisfactory
proof to the Register and Receiver of
the reclamation of said tract OF land,
and upon payment to the Receiver OF
an additional sum of one dollar per
acre for the tract of land not exceeding
$40 arces, which shall be in compact
form. All lands exclusive of timber
lands and mineral lands which will
not without irrigation produce some
agricultural crop, arc deemed desert
land within the meaning of this act,
which fact shall he ascertained by the
proof OF two or mOre credi,ahle wit
nesses under oath, whose atfihavitS
shall he flied in the Land Office in
which the land may be- situated. 1t Is
very evident that n combination of per
sons could secure lands which could
be made valuable under this act, and
no doubt that the act WAS sinuggled
through Congress without its real pur
port being known at the time. 1t Is
said that Morrison denounced 1t a. q
job, though the record fails to record
him.
The Latest Outrage In Mississippi.
New York, May 2.
A Times special says: Mississippi
Republicans are excited over the AZ
sxssination of Judge Chisholm, John
p. Gilmer and A. McLelland. These
men were leading Republicans and
amongst the largest property owners
i'm this section. They were natives OF
the South and served in the Confeder
ate army. Chisholm and Gilmer have
held responsible positions in Missis-
sippi. Alter the war Chisholm ad.
v0cated the acceptance of reconstruc-
ton and early became an active Re-
publican. He was Probate Judge of
his county before the rebellion and
was elected Sheriff OF Kemper county
after reconstruction, which Office he
held ill last fall, when he vas the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in the
Third District. Gilmer WAS state Sena-
tor for three or four years. IL is be-
lieved the assassination OF the men
was the result of q prearranged plan
and that the assassination OF Gulley, q
short time previous, WAS seized upon
as a pretext for arresting Chisholm
and Gilmer in order that they might
be disarmed and killed.
Affairs im I.Ouislana.
NEW ORLEANS, May 2.
The Fourth District Court, on ap.
plication OF the Attorney General, to.
day granted injunctions on the State
Auditor aud Treasurer, restraining the
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