Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-20

ket public lands in certain States
ana Tor other purposes. Placed OH
, the calendar.
Spencer submitted an amend
ment to consular and, diplomatic
appropriation bills as follows: Pro-
vided that before any part of the
appropriation provided for in this
Act shall become available, the
appointments in consular and dip
lomatic service shall be so arranged
as to be equally distributed be-
tween the several States of the
United States, Territories and the
District of Columbia, according to
population.
Allison called up the Senate bill
authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to make certain negotia-
tions with the Ute Indians in the
State of Colorado, for the consoli-
dation of all bands into one agency,
to be located on White River.
Edmunds inquired where Con-
gress received the power to author
lZe any one to make treaties eX-
cept the President of the United
States.
| @hh'Aooh ihoFCu W itucttu lilc Dlil
SO as to authorize the President to
make negotiations instead of the
Secretary of the Interior. Agreed
to.
| VictoTy for San Diego Inrbor.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Some
weeks ago Representative Blair, Of
New Hampshire, one of the most
determined opponents of the Texas
Pacific project, requested theSuper-
intendent of the Coast Survey to
order new survey of San Diego
harbor. The expectation was that
the haibor had deteriorated in COM
mercial value. Senator Sargent's
attention being called to the matter
he wrote to Superintendent Patter-
son, requesting that especial care
be taken to make this survey thor
ough aud absolutely reliable. He
Is to-day in receipt of an official
communication in which Patterson
says:
"The maps of re-surveys of
that portion of San Diego harbor
between La Playa and New San
Diego have been received. l
have had a comparison made
between it and the survey
of 1856 to ascertain what, if any,
changes have taken place during
the intervening "a years. | am
very glad to find by this COMPARE
son that there has been no change
of consequence, and that the curves
of six, twelve and eighteen feet of
the two surveys are almost coinci-
dent. There has tbeen, in fact, q
small improvement, as the shore
line and mouth of the river and the !
twelve feet curves, at some points,
have retrograded. The portion re-
surveyed receiving the discharge Of
the San Diego river, now turned,
has been considered very critical
part of the harbor. hope in few
days to receive the re-survey of the |
bar. Yours, respectfully,
CARLISLE j. PATTERSON"
To-Dn,'s Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The |
Senate continued the consideration
of the Railroad Sinking Fund Bill
to-day, Christiancy speaking, fol-
lowed by Morgan.
Ghe Kniiroad HiiIs Reported.
WASHINGTON, March 19th.-
Senator Matthews said he WAS di-
rected by majority of the Com
mittee on Railroads to report back
two Senate bills in regard to the
Texas-Pacific Railroad-one intro
duced by Johnson. December 10th,
and the other by Dorsey, December
1lth, last with substitute, and to
recommend its passage. Placed on
the calender. He also reported
back from the same Committee,
Senate bill authorizing the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company to
extend its railroad from its present
terminus in Arizona to n point on
the Rio Grande near Ell Paso, and
aiding in building the same, with
out amendment and without rec
omfnendatiOn. Placed on the call
endar.
The Mexican Qmesiion
NEW YORK, March 19.-The
Herald's Washington special
thinks that Schleicher's com mittee
will recommend that Diaz be rec
ognized. Evidence taken by the
C0mmitte shows that cattle and
other raids have greatly dimin-
ished in number since the accession
of President DiaZ. We have now
on our border 5000 troops. and this
number is found to be sufficient to
guard 1t. IfDiaZ should encourage
immigration into Mexico by offer
Ing protection to public improve
ments and to private enterprise, he
would do much, it is thought, to
settle the question. Nobody here
desires to acquire any territory
from Mexico.
rrsin Robbery tn Tsxa,.
HUTCHINs, Tex, March 19.-The
Srain due here ut 10 o'clock was
robbed this morning by four masked
men. The express was taken and
mail plundered. About fifteen or
twenty shots were exchanged. The
express messenger, Thomas, was
wounded.
Tho ForOutO Mob.
TORONTO, March 1S.-O'Donovan
Rossa arrived, here this morning,
leaving the train before reaching
the station. He kept dark all day
and 'lectured this evening at st. |
Patrick's Hall to an audience of
about $50. The streets in the vicin-'
ity were crowded by mob. Five
companies of the Queens Own and
four Of the 10th Royals were mus
tered quietly in their drill shed.
Police guarded the hall. The mo-
ment the gas was turned on in the
hall the mob outside opened fire
with stones, and a perfect shower
was rained in at the windows until
the theatre closed at $3.50, |