Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-18
TIE LIE GRAPHIC.
The Silver Bill Passed In
Illinois,
IT WILL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF IN.
JURIyG THE TREASURY.
A NEGRO FIEHD IN KENTUCKY.
American Arms for Russia
and Turkey.
Secretary Sherman Denies that he
Has Made o Statement.
FOREST FIREs RAGINo IN NEW
YORK.
IsrrciAL DsrArcnEs TO rHs 0otD I'LL
DAILY NKws1

The View York Custom IIsuss.
NEw YORK. May 1.-THE Custom.houss
Commission has received . long memorial
from the silk manufacturers, suggesting
remedies for alleged abuses In the hand
ling and valuation Of silks arriving here,
the chief remedy being the appointment
OF Que or moro appraisers, with salaries Of
81 800 annually. The memorial declares
that. by eyading the duty and undervalua-
ton OF invoices, tho Government loses
from 5000, 900 70 5000. 900. Some
merchants have ceased importing. finding
they can buy cheaper here. Tho remedies
suggested by the memorial are proper
means Of asccrtaining market values, con.
sular correction Of invoices, special agents
abroad to assist consuls. . larger proper.
ton Of packages to DO examined, the up
holding Of faithful and jealous officers.
and penalties to DO inflicted In all cases Of
evading duties. Tho committee promised
early attention to the matter.
Abram 8. Hewitt testified that In 1870
or 1871 he was appointed . Merchant Ap-
praiser. 10 assist the Government Apprais.
er In steel importation. He inspected If
ty-seven cases, being entitled therefor 10
$2s5. or s. n case. This amount he pro.
senied to the Children's Aid Society and
presented his bill TO Appraiser Lydecker,
who said he was only entitled 10 50 per
day. or SIS, and refused to give more.
ale told me-" said Hewitt, "that u was
mono Of my business what became OF tho
money. aud that was all I could learn from
him about the disposition Of this amount
which each merchant had to deposit, viz:
SO q case" lie failed to get anything
more from other officials. and the mer-
chants informed him they never got back
a cent but said ''lf VIC want 10 reclaim
this money. don't you see how unpleasant
these persons In the Custom-house could
make IL for usp We might just ~ we'll re-
tire from business ut once" The COM
mission will re-examine Lydecker on this
subject In q few days.
Colonel q. Z. Hall testified that demon
alization had boon wrought by political In
i~lucncc, aud that incompetent and Hitter
persons were employed.
A. ID. Adams testified that he was exam
ined for q position In tho Custom.house In
1872 aud rated 10 to 30 per cont. In history.
geography and arithmetic. but only 30 In
general aptitude. This meant political In
sseretary sherman's Denial.
NEW YoRK. May IA World Wash
special says: Secretary Sherman
was most emphatic this afternoon In deny
ing the batch Of dispatches published to-
lay announcing that he intended TO put
soon an official statement to the
on his so-called policy. He says
hc prepared no such statement, and no
~ any course he intended 10 pur-
sue beyond those which ho announced to
members Of tho Syndicate In New York
last week. and. therefore. there Ia nc Au-
whatever for the last story, that he
has decided to hoard 500, 000. 900 In gold
preparatory 10 resumption In 1878. Sher-
man stated this morning that he had re-
up TO this date si.l04. 900 Of the
amount Of s.. 1000. 900 Of proceeds from the
sale Of four.and-a-half per cent. bonds,
and that the balance will be taken before
the week Is out. II Ia not improbable that
sale will be made before the LIST Of
July, but ho has not decided upon tho
aun. sneIni.n I'm ,ees.Ps
4. ,nr.ninr' Jsclaris r ih,t the ,sls a,
the four.and.a.half per cent. bonds
would prove u failure and predicting that
resumption under the Act Of 1875 would
also fail. On the other hand. ho Is rsceiv-
,ns iu'" hunoei ~ w. ~. .,vn P' ny.
n.n' sourcvs con,"enaIns mn. "Tn. n! n
~Si.h ~ 800" .s,ho anIn ,,,. noiia.
snd hoiiora. r=.srmn,i"n viii eom. Ito.
IT, 49, ~ ran,". w.. ~, in'
,as,osA ~ IN ~" W. :"
'e
That silver NH la Illinois.
a.. g., A.. r,w.
W" io"A' "A' 10 i'''""' "Mh'
special says tho Secretary OF the
Treasury does not consider the passage OF
Tho .c, Nv tho Illinoi. L.ci.l.,nr. m,t,ry
:, a., a.. -.
n, -"
',ao,,. -, 49, g., m,,.,.
'.ha 49, or,,,,,,s e.. III III
silver they may desiro in exchange for
;reenbacks. The only effect upon the
Treasury which the passage Of such . law
Fan have, II really carried into operation,
will be To enable the Secretary to redeem
srecnbacks at a profit, instead Of losing q