Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-05
EASTERN NEWS.
ESPECIAL TO rHE DAILY SENTINEL
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
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SECRETARY SEIZURES An.
NUAL REPORT.
The President on the Silver Cues
ton.
SENATOR BUTLER WANTS TO BE
INVESTIGATED.
The President on the Silver Cues
WASHINGTON. Dec.

oC1
port, does not suggest . repeal OF the
desert land law. but recommends that
II he amended 81 ~ TO require, before
allowances OF any entry, hat the desert
character Of the land be established )
the satisfaction ri the local land officers
after four weeks published notice;
also, that the quantity OF position OF
the tract to be irrigated and cultivated
shall be specially defined, and that .
neglect to irrigate or improve that por-
ton for q period Of six months shall
be considered III abandonment. He
further recommends that the law be
made to prohibit. under penalty Of for
FIXTURE, any sale or incunbrance Of in
chOate title to such lands before final
proof and pay ments. The Secretary
sugxt sts that lands suitable fur grazing
purposes, but rot susceptible of irfi
CATION and agricultural settlement,
should be leased by the Government
in limited tracts, so as to
date as many stock raisers as practica-
BILE. He recommends that arrange
mrnts be made with the Pacific Rail-
road Company for the transfer Of title,
80 that in desert regions the United
States may hold such lands in q solid
body on one side OF the road and the
company on the other. On the sub
ject ut timber lands, Secretary Schurz
says he has reason to believe that the
measures taken by the Department
have already stopped d~epredations to
. very great extent, and that il con-
tinued they will entirely arrest the
evil. He recommends the enactment
Of = law prescribing a severe penalty
fnr 0vtllftl rr naraioGs eottinn nf Hrn~
upon public lands chiefly valuable for
timber, and providing for the recovery
Of all damages thereby caused. In
conclusion, he advi.es the appoint
ment of q forestry commission, tO
study or report upon laws and prac-
tees adopted in other countries for the
preservation and cultivs ion Of forests,
and predicts that The Congress making
efficient laws for the preservation Of
our forests will he ranked by future
generations, in this country, as among
its greatest benefaciors.
Comments on the Presidents mes
sage, in Washington. seem thus far Ia
refer almost solely to his u~tterances
concerning IL sill yer question, and to
be colored in exact accordance with in
dividual views upon That subject. 1t
kttGS kI00S S0tISi0CttBAl W tn0 ORRNb-
nents of the pending silver bill. the
friends of which, on the other hand,
denounce it unsparingIy AS q surren
der tn Secretary Sherman and the East
ern bondholders. No doubt il *
pressed, however. that 1t will have a
very powerful effect in shaping the
Senate's action on the question. as il is
conceded to he a direct intimatiOn. that
in case his main propositions are no
adopted by Congress. the Presi lent
intends to make use of his veto.
Senator Butler j. preparing a speech
in ~vindication Of the charges made
against him, which he will follow up
with a motion for the appointment Of
y committee to investigate them.
The Democratic Senators have pre-
sensed Judge Spofford. the defeated
Louisiana contestant, with a letter al
respect and condolences, asserting his
right { O q seat in the Senate chamber
Spof1Drd. however, thinks he has beer
sacrificed by his friends, who stood by
Butler in . much less certain case.
About twenty-five Senators have
signed . recommendation for the sp
pOintment Of Packard as Collector o
New Orleans. and probably he will re
ceive the position.
lnaian Troubles ~ the Hills.
DEADwooD, d. r., Dec. 3.
Many rumors are in circulation
about Indian depredaiions on til,
northern routes, but few can be trace,
10 reliable sources. On Saturday si1
men reached Crook City, suffering
from exposure and want Of food
They repnrt that their camp on tn,
Belle F0urchis. about 40 miles from
this city, was attacked by q band o
more than 200 Indians. The party
kept the Indians ct Bay for some time
but were finally forced to abandon
their camp, leaving their horses
mules. camp equipage and other prop
erty which was taken by the Indians
During the tight three Indians wer'
killed, no whites were injured. A re-
port from another source states that
band Of Indisns visited Madden
ranch ct Cheyenne Crossing. on For
Pierre route. and run or all the stock
A heavy trail was discovered las
week leading across the Bismarcl
road, at the intersection Of which th
Indians have placed . crude sketch o
IN Indian and white man f~raternizinx
surmounted by three atars. A Tancl
on the Sidney road. ak miles from
Crook City, was stacked, the inmate
escaping to the woods. The Indian
rsnsacked the house and Destroyed 81
the property and then retired. Tn
| County Commissions are informed b,
General Sheridan. by telegraph o-day
that General Crook has been orderes
to afford relief To the freighters an(
settlement in the Hills.
Moro Indlan Expectations.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, Dec. 5.
Col. Logan n. Roots. Treasurer o
the Texas and California Stage Com
pany, IL in receipt of . telegram ssyins
that the number Of troops in We>ierI
Texas 10 now no small that the Indisni
rob and murder with lmpunity. Nesl
Stockton, = few days since, the INDIAN
captured q coach, killed the driver. Gu
up the mail bags and took offihe team
The coach which lsft Fort Concha las
Friday was attacked aud run back to tn,
station. 50 vigorously that, but for ih'
pluck of the driver and speed OF til,
team, 1t would have been captured.
EIGHT girls In Macon, Ca, not lonJ
aimee, graduated in gowns of theil
own make. and then put In type thsil
scoSup0sirfcns."