Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-16

The nsxisaa Claims Ceamissisu.
WARRINGTON. April i5.-In response v
inquiries addressed 10 the State Depart
ment BY Judge MeCorkls, Of California
the Secretary Of tho Treasury o~faciall,
writes him that tho Department docs no
feel authorized to distribute tho $SOo.oot
recently received from Mexico ~ the int
installnent Of tho awards Of the Mexican
Claims Commission In favor Of American
claimants, and that although assignment,
OF awards may be filed In the Department
their legal effect will not be considered
until Congress shall hAvo mado provision
for the distribution OF tho payments,
Evarts also decides that tho original
papers dled In support OF claims before the
Commission cannot DO Withdrawn from
the hles Of the Department. Tho bill
sent to Congress last session by Sec.
Rotary Fish. providing for . pre- ruia dis.
tribution OF the hnt installment, passed
the House but failed In the Senate In con.
sequence Of objections made by Senators
stephens and Spencer against the validity
OF three OF the lsrgestawards. a~ggregsting
nearly $4,000, 900 or about half the total
amount awarded TO the American claim-
ants. The We'll claim and Elloba claim
wero charged 70 have been tainted with
fraud and perjury. Tho third award OBJ
V 49, - ,ta a nIen .% 'or m, . ,,.sr, i.
nresentsd by Bishou Iiem.ney md FOR
which ex-senator Casserly VA the
attorney. There was no allegations
S,,, I.aa VonEein,ns ,ni
nm tbe ground thst Secrstsry Cos. under
Duchsnsn's Naturalization declared that
n was 4 case IN which our Government
could not interfere, and also that Sir
Edward Thornton, umpire Of tho commits.
sion, e~rroncously allowed il In coniroven-
tien Of his own previous decision. The
commission bss no Jurisdiction over mat
tiers of contract. II is understood, how
ever, on the authority OF one Of the Mexi.
can Council by the commission. that the
obIections 10 this award will not 10 urged:
but there n very little prospect OF any law
LANG enacted 10 proyide FOR the distribu.
tion 81 tba nsyments from Mexico until
NJ, ,ha cssss sg.inst which fraud h
chsrg.J .hsli have bcen thoroughly In.
,e.,,ests5'
Ann Eiisa's Asther On
Young.
NEW York. April lG.-A H,rdidreporter
at Lockport, N. Y. had an interview with
Eliza Webb, mother Of Ann Eliza the re-
divorced wife OF brigham Young
She was one OF the original Mormons In
1888. Tho reporter said "havo you any
opinion In regard 10 Young's connection
with the Mountain Meadows afairf''
Z" have Q positive conviction" she re-
plied,
ITO what effect3"
"That Young instigsted and probably
ordered the slaughter. Young's word was
law, among others Implicitly believed
Il q the word Of God. The command OF
the prophet TO do anything Whatever made
obedience sacred. II took away from all
crimes so-caiied the faint Of criminality II
made vice virtue II sanctified practices
abhorrent TO Christians, even 70
civilized human nature. Tho man who
an influence like this had no DIM
Guilty In getting anything accomplished.
He made himself feared a. we'll a. respect.
ed through the terrible order Of Danites,
from which came the Destroying Angels
and others. All belonged 10 this misnamed
deyllsh elan. They were ready 10 strike
ANYBODY Al The lifting Of brigham Young's
snyer' A. such 4 signal n the scratching
m 1is nose. she described the butchery Ms
4 brutal recruitment OF laundering
policy oncoursgod BY the frantic
Of the mormon priesthood,
nett under him. The first news Of the
was secret. IL had been carried
10 California by other travellers who
psssed along the trail and came on the
unburiod bodies perhaps weeks In advance
u our information. When my husband
butchery was generally laid 10 the Indians.
but he said to me apart, tho mormons bad
nand " uls' sur. an",, " SoI,.s
nm N LnorleJSe. and Ever then no one
Jared to speak Of 1t except In whispers.
y was q frightning, siskehing ,nougn,
,rdsrss H. hatchery and ia alone guilty.,
The b"rs'ns OF .ne
SAVANNAH. April l0.-Captain Daniels
tho steamer Leo, makes the following
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