Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-16
WASHINGTON
NO REPEAL OF THE RESUMP-
TON ACT.
The Surveyor Gencralship.
A NEW CLASS OF CLAIMS.
w.surNaroN. Anril Is.

ASHlN6lONs aBi ~ ~
1t is now generally believed that
there will be only two votes In the SEN
ate Finance Committee next Thursday
in favor of the repeal OF the Resunp-
ton act. Those in favor OF it are Jones
and Voorhees,. The committee will
vote for a su b>titute, making legal ten
ders receivable for all dues except in
terest on the public debt on n after
July 1st. This will, of course, per-
NIT customs to be paid in greenbacks.
1t will also, probably, vote to repeal
the so per cent. clause of the act of
1875, which retires legal tenders in pro-
| portion TO the amoun of new bank.
| note currency issued, and also pro-
| vides for the reissue of legal tenders
from the Treasury.
Secretary Schurz aud the President
have not yet made a tina selection from
among the numerous candidates for
the appointment to the vacant CalafOr
MA Surveyor Generalship. The men,
bers of the California delegation are
transmitting all applications to the In
terror Department as fast as received,
without any personal recommendation.
The two candidates who seem to be
ahead in the race are Robinson and
Wagner, the latter having probably the
best chance for the appointment.
A new class Of claims will be pressed
on the next Congress for payment.
When Sherman entered Savannah he
issued a proclamation that everything
taken from the citizens would be paid
for. Receipts were generally issued,
and now the holders of these receipts,
which aggregate over n million dollars,
claim that they have not been paid, al
though the Confederates, when they
made like raids, paid all bills on
tracted of the non -combatants.
Mr.. Linderman, Director of the
MINIS, has officially withdrawn his
objections t the Goloid coinage, in
vented by Mr.. Wheeler Hubbel, of
Philadelphia. His test of The actual
wear resulted in favor of the coin. He
recommends it's submission to The
monetary congress to fix the ratio of
silver and gold. The Committee on
Coinage will report a bill to hat effect.
Secretary Thompson, in reply to an
inquiry from Representative Page,
has written a letter stating that the
Navy Department has ordered no
prosecutions under section 246 OF the
revised statutes, relative to trespasses
on Government timber lands, nor has
any been commenced with its knowl-
edge or consent. Secretary Thompson
also writes hat the total amount col
lected and paid into the Navy Pension
fund, under section 4,751, which pro-
vides for the disposition of penalties
for timber treSpasses, has been only
S242 during the AZ years since this law
was first enacted. This letter has been
obtained by Congressman Page Tor use
-, To-, xntth tho nAntfinr tnEnn
by him and many others, that the ex-
ecution of the law concerning timber
depredations is contided wholly t. the
Secretary Of the Navy, and that conse-
quently a prosecution commenced by
the Secretary. against parties in Cali
fornia, cannot be legally maintained.
Similar proceedings in Minnesota have,
however, been fully upheld by the
United States Courts in that State.
An Extensive Fire-Incendiarism.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April IL.
1t is now definitely ascertained that
81 houses were destroyed by the
Clarksville fire on Saturday night, in
| Guiding the best buildings in the city.
The fire is regarded as the work of an
incendiary, with which the blacks
seemed to sympatbize, refusing to aid
in suppressing the flames. Policeman
Phillips, on Saturday afternoon, shot
and killed a negro named Leafs, while
resisting him with stones. This aroused
a bitter feeling among the blacks, who
threatened to mob Phillips, who was
placed in Jail for safety. 1t is supposed
the fire was the result of h recent
l%ynching of a negro for an attempt to
rape a white girl, and Leafs death
Fifty special policemen are patrolling
the streets of GAINESVILLE. Nine hun
( bred hogsheads of tobacco were de
struyed by the fire and a subsequent
rain. The list of houses embrace all
kinds of business places and a num-
Der of residences.
A scene in the Canadian Parlia'
ment.
OTTAWA, April Is.
The discussion in the Parliament
| closed at six o'clock on Saturday even
ing. 1t was the longest and most re
markable sitting since the confedera.
ton. At times during the debate the
proceedings were most ~disorderly, the
members singing, dancing and making
| all sorts of discordant noises.
Mr.. Douglass Rises "a Explain.
New YORK, April 10.
Mr.. Beverly Douglass has published
a card in his home paper explaining
the recent scene in the House, in
which he was a star actor, and deny
ing that he was intoxicated. Mr.
Douglass admits that he violated the
rules of the House, but explains that
he was compelled to this violation by