Arizona weekly miner., 1877-04-20
TEIlcGR RApIIIC.
SPECIAL TO THE .NL.EER.

Washington. April ia John r. Grsfer. of Nebrs>ks. has been xp- pointed Secondary of Arizona.
 Salt lake, April -. All mass meeting of non Mormon citizens Of this city to-day, A resolution was offered by General Nathan kiuball. to amend the . organic law of the 1e riiory io read ss fol- lows: That all male inhabitants 2l years of age, citizens of the United >tagcS. shall be en- titled to vote and he eligible for office, pro- Sided however, that no person living in the practice of bigany ar polygamv shall be per miiici to hold any oflco or to vote a, any election or io act aS juror and that all votes shall bc by secret ballot. That all laws in conflict with these provisions shall be re- pealcd."
 1 Resolution unanimously adopted by meet ! ing and referred to committee on resolutions and mem 1rials to Congress.
 1 Columbia. $. C., April l6. ! The State officers, commissioned by ChauI- bcrlain, decline to give up their offices to Hampton until decision from the supreme ! Court is rccciVed.
 San Francisco, April i6. Reports received at the office of the Central Pacific Railroad, upto o'clock this morning, show that there has been general rain ex- tending from Tchachepec Pass in the South 10 the extreme Northern counties.
 New York, April IT, The suns Washington special says Clerk Adams has received all the certificates of the members elect to thr House whose crcden- tialS arc satisfactory. Ten Democratic ma jori,y.
 Spotted Tail Agency. Nob., April I6. About one thousand Northern hostile ln- dianS made a formal surrender of arms and ponies to Gen. Crook. at this post, day -bcfore yesterday,
 New Orleans, April r.. Nicholls' Senate yesterday passed resolu- tionS directory of it's desire to secure the welfare of all classes under the Nichols government, plcdging its cooperation with the Presidents policy.
 St Petersburg, April i6. Diplomatic campaign is finally terminated. General Ignatietr will accompany the Car to kischenin. IL is expected that formal war declarations will he promulgated on the 2lst.
 London, April l6. X Vienna dispatch says porte is inclined to cede portion of Hersogovipia to Austria. Reported mobilization of Austrs Hungarian army is now said 10 be untrue.
 Los Angeles, April l7. \ fire broke out last night about half past nine o'clock, destroyin. an adobe boarding house, at the corner of Foot and First streets | Silver mines have been discovered thirty | two miles from Dos Palms, on the Colorado ! Desert and sixty miles this side of the Colo | rado River.
 The rain of last Sunday has done great service 10 sheep pasturagc and growing crops. |
 New York, April r.. The Worlds Albany special says Town send, Tweed's Counsel, arrived last night | with Tweed's confession. IL gives n history l of the ring from it's inception, tells how | Tweed, Sweeney and Hall were elected to fat | offices, it duplicates several Republican | Senators as well as members of Inc New | York Board of Supervisors. Halls prupor- ton of plumber WAS ten pcr cent, he shared | in the profits and was in full colussion and | was fully aware of the fraudulent nature of | contracts he signed. Tweed gives names of five persons, who if promised will swear to the truth of all his statements, lie has pre- served all of his checks, kept a memoranda of all his transactions all of which will be placed at the disposal of the State. Active are said to be in progress al Ludlow Street Jail, looking to the early re- lease of Tweed He has made an absolute tender of all his property to the city, but i, Is said 10 amount to very little comparatively Prisoner is said to be very much broken down.
 Chicago, April Is. The Inter -ocran's Washington special says tho Cabinet to-day discussed the extra ses- sion question. Secondary Schurs advocated osiponement until October, hut no decision was reached. The time will probably re- main as it is now fixed, June 4th.
 Nsw Orleans, April ls. At joint caucus of tie members of the Packard House and Senate, SS members presont, on motion of ex-Governor War mouth, the caucus unanimously rejected the proposition of the Commission and resolved To stand by Gov. Packard to tho last
 Columbia, S. C., April ls. Private Secretary Manning, under ins,ruc- lions from Gov. Hampton, this morning scaled tho bonds of all the Staie officers. The Republican officials all seem willing to wait Inc decision ofthe Supreme Court. [.
 London, April F. kusSian troops ara concentrating near the RoumRnian frontier. Roumania is mohili- , .ing her troops to prevent tho Turks from ] her territory. Several collisions have occurred on the Moutenogrian frontier. orovillc, Cal, April IS. The County Court met this morning to bo- gin Tho trial of the Chico inccndiarics , seventy iurymen had previously been sum noncd, and they, together with witnesses 'nd interested spectators. made such crowd IS never hal been seen in this courthouse Both sides announced themselves as ready when the case of II. F. Jones was called for rial. All day has been consumed In getting jury. ;
 Sacramento, April Is. n This forenoon tho Supreme Court issued V peremptory writ of mandate to the Sccre.