Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-22
sustained by the Returning Board

sustained by the Returning Board.
To my personal conduct during this
examination 1 inYite your fair and
candid scrutiny with entire conf
dence that, not only myself, but
my associates of both political par.
ties acted honestly and properly
from sense of public duty. l have
requested Samuel Shellabarger to
deliver this to you and 1 respect
fully designate him as the gentle
man 1 would desire on my part to
BIZ present to cross-examine wit
nesses testifying in relation to the
charges against me, and who will,
as my counsel, offer evidence in
proof of this statement. The favor
of an early answer is requested.
Signed. Very respectfully,
JOHN SHERMAN.
Tho Hiii 60 Put Gen. Shields on
tne Retired Lisi Defeated.
WASHINGTON, May 2lst.- The
proposition to place Gen. Shields
on the retired list was rejected by
the majority of the Senate, mainly
on the ground Of unwillingness to
establish an unwise precedent, but
1t would undoubtedly have passed
if it had not been rendered objec-
tionable to some Senators by Sar-
gents Grant amendment. The bill
increasing his pension to an
amount sufficient for his support
will soon be passed without oppo-
sition.
General debate on the army bill
will be closed in the House to-mor-
row. Present indications are that
it will run several days under the
five minute rule in Committee of
the Whole, and that its proposed
reduction of the force of the army
will be defeated by a small major
ity. The final vote, however, will
be very close, and the result is de-
cidedly uncertain.
De. wazencraft Before she Com.
mittec.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The
Senate Committee on Public Land:
to-day heard o. M. Wozencraft ir
advocacy of the bill granting him
the Colorado Desert, on condition
of providing means for its irriga,
ton. The same Committee to-day
reported to the Senate, without
amendment, Sargents bill provid-
ing that the fees allowed Register:
and Receivers for testimony re-
duced by them to writing for home
stead and pre- .emption claimants
shall not be counted as part of theil
maximum compensation. A fa
vorable report was also made on the
House bill which credits to home
stead settlers the time during
which they have occupied the same
land under presumption filing,
provided they changed their filings
in accordance with the existing
law.
Freight aud Other Markets..
New YORK, May 21st.-In the
clipper freight market there is no
material change to note. The Chas
II. Marshall and Eureka are the
leaving ships, and one or both may
get off by the close of the month,
Shipments are still chiefly of heavy
and coarse goods and none of the
late departures have been full g..
Railroad freights are also less ac'
tive than for some time.
Markets are dull and generally
lower. Flour is more active, at a re-
duction of 5@25c. per barrel. Wheat
dull, 2 lower, and closing fiat and
weak. Pork unchanged at IS Goa
IS So. Rio coffees active and
steady. Refined sugars in active
demand and steady. Teas quiet
Petroleum quiet and easier. Spir-
its of turpentine dull at SO.
Hides quiet but more in the buy.
el's favor. Sales 1000 California
private. Leather dull and prices
weak. Wool, the demand con-
tinues to fiuctuate to greater or
less extent from day to day, with
now aud then little spurt of &C
tiviiy and occasionally a reasona.
bly, large sale. The new clip of
California is now here and selling
very we'll at pretty good prices. but
cannot be depended upon to exceed
81 cents, higher figures being on
small and choice selections only.
Blaine ON the Potter Resolution.
CHICAGO, May 2l.-The Journals
Washington special says: When
Mr.. Blaine was on the floor of the
House on Friday last, just before
the elimination of the struggle, he
remarked to one of the Republican
members that it was certainly a
most novel and peculiar spectacle
to see, on one side, more than a
hundred Democrats fighting solidly
together for u purpose which at
least half of them were opposed to
at heart, and, on the other side,
more than hundred Republicans
fighting as solidIy against thing
which at least half of them secretly
favored and hoped would succeed.