Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-23
EASTERN NEWS.
fspEcrAL TO TEE DAILY sENTINEL.l
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
Congressional Intelligence.
NEW TIMBER LAND BILL.
Specie Resumption and the Silver
Question.
AN INFORMAL REPUBLICAN eau
Gus.
'Rw TIMBER LAND BILL.
WASHINGTON, Oct. q

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
Following Is the fall ext OF the Tim
Der Land bill introduced in the Sen.
ate by Chaffee and now before the
Public Lands Committee: Be it en-
acted, etc., that all citizens of the
United States and other persons bona
tide residents of The State of Colorado,
or Nevada, or either Of the Territories
of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, WyO.
ming, Dakota, Idaho, Washington or
Montana, shalt he and are hereby su
thorized and permitted to fell aud re
move for building, agricultural, min
ing or other domestic purposes, any
timber or other trees growing or being
OH the public lands, said lands being
mining, mineral, and not subject to en-
try under the existing laws Of the
United States, in either of said states
or Territories OF which such citizens G.
persons may be at the time bona fde
residents of that section (246l of the re-
vised statutes OF the United States);
and all other acts or parts Of acts pro
hibiting the telling or removing OF
timber or trees and growing or being
on public lands Of the United States or
providing penalties therefor, so far AS
they conflict with this act, are hereby
repealed.
Speculation Is revived tonight con-
corning the probable composition OF
the House Committee, three Of which
At least. namely, appropriations, ele
lions and accounts, are expected to be
announced within the next few days.
The latest rumor Is that General Butler
is very DESTROYS of a place on the Ways
and Means Committee, and that his de.
sire is likely to he gratiied. This Com
mittee will be OF much more import
ance during the present session than
it has been for years, and great anxiety
Is expressed in many quarters AS to its
membership,asa majority on IL n way
or the other, for or against the protec
tive duties or internal taxation. Is likely
to influence the action OF the House
very materially.
The Director of the MINIS is in receipt
of information that the recent rise in
the price of silver was due to the fam
inc IN certain districts Of India, tOr
which large quantities of rice we're pro.
cured directly from Siam. and silver
semi there III payment, which silver
came from London, where the general
Government freely supplied it.
A realise Of money and legal tenders
in the United States, by DIR. Under
man. Director of the Mint. will be is
sued by one of the New York publish
ing houses in a few days. 1t gives
clear and succinct definitions Of various
technical terms ordinarily used in con
nection with bullion mining and
money, and reviews legislative enact
ments upon these subjects from the
Declaration of Independence to the
| present time. The credit obligations
of the United States are also referred t.
in detail, and various propositions fol
the reconciliation of silver are con
sidered. The chapter on the par O
exchange and trade dollars, contains
full information on these two subjects
which are of growing i'm pcrtance tC
| American commerce. The treatise
will no doubt prove to he Of much
value at the present time in connection
with considerations of the iInpOrian
financial and monetary questions, like
ly to be acted upon by Congress i'll th'
near future.
On Friday r light a numbero o Repub
lican members of the House met a
the residence of John Sherman, to con
| slider, in an Informal way, the line o
| policy to be pursued to maintain har
mony in the Republican ranks ant
present an unbroken front to Demo
| cratic attacks.
The Inflationists and advocates o
silver will commence operations to
morrow in the House. Judge keil,
will introduce q bill providing for tn
repeal OF the Specie Resumption act
He will move to suspend the rules
and II he can succeed in bringing tn
matter before the House, it is prett,
certain the bill will pass. Ewing viii
also introduce a bill providing for thu
demonstration of q silver dollar o
4l215 grains.
Sitting Bull Seorns TO Treat Will
the Commission.
NEW YORK, October %.
A special from Fort Walsh, North
west Territory, Oct. Is, via Helena
Oct. 81, says: The United States Com
mission, sent out by the Government
10 find, and treat for peace and goo
will with the Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull
| has at length succeeded in coming fac
to face with the redoubtable IndiaI
/ chieftain, and has failed to bring hin
to any terms. In short, the Commis
sion has mel Sitting Bull, and Sitting
Bull has dismissed IL abruptly and dis
painfully. The expedition has failed
in its purpose, and the Sioux question
IL ~ tar from q satisfactory solution n
when Terry and his brother Commiv
Sioners first set out on their long an
tedious journey to the Northwest.