Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-12

mon law of England have been
found to be sufficient in themselves
to punish crime and to preserve
peace. The Committee conclude
by stating that the introduce
ton of the Chinese element
has proved and must continue
to prove curse to California, by
crowding white labor to the wall.
They suggest that some speedy
means be devised to give employ
ment to white labor either by APP
proprlating a sufficient sum of
money for improvement of public
parks or by authorizing the San
Francisco Supervisors to employ a
large force of laborers in repairing
public streets and highways.
suicide Ia por.iaAd.
PORTLAND, Ogn., March H.
John Morgan, proprietor of a saloon
in this city, committed suicide last
night by shooting himself through
the head with Derringer. De-
ceased had heen drinking very
heavily of late.
hhc
Men.
LOUISVILLE, March IA mass
meeting of business men last night
favored the repeal of specie resump-
ton and the equalization of mint
privileges to gold and silver.
Emigration to Liberia.
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE ship
Azor, to take the first installment
of negro emigrants to Liberia, will
leave Charleston in a few days,
carrying about $50 persons, with "a
valuable cargo of agricultural inn
plements, dry goods, hardware,
seeds, etc. One hundred and sixty
thousand colored men are eager
to go.
McCui,o"sh-Not Dish"nrs, but
Cr,minatis Negligent.
WASHINGTON, March 1lth.-The
report ofspecial agent Evans con-
cerning the charges against Super
intendent Mccullough, has been
filed with Secretary Sherman. 1t is
to the same purport as previously
intimated, accquitting Mccullough
of dishonesty, but holding him ac-
countable for the maladministra-
ton of the affairs Of his Office
through neglect.
The sn0w BlochsLs.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 10
The Union Pacific is sstill blocked
by snow. The Western Division Is
open beyond Laramie, but nothing
has passed that point eastward.
The Eastern Division is open east
of Sidney, but nothing has passed
Antelope westward, where No. 3
passenger train, due here Friday
last. still remains awaiting relief.
Several hundred men with shovels,
together with a number of plows,
have been engaged to-day between
Sidney and Laramie in the endeav-
or to lift the blockade. The
heaviest plow on the road
left Laramie this morning, but
stuck at the siding. The snow in
the cuts Is packed very hard and
the ploughs which left here east
ward at o'clock A. NJ. have not
made much progress, returning
here at 7P.M NJ. The Colorado Cen
tral train is at Taylor's station,
eighteen miles south with plow
in the ditch. The Denver Pacific
train Is ten miles south in similar
predicament. Relief has started
from the south for both of these
trains. No news from the north
has yet been received. Reports
from Colorado say that the Kansas
Pacific is badly blocked with a
wrecking train in ditch at Box
Elder.
OMAHA, Neb March 1.-THE
snow storm on the line of the
Union Pacific from Julesburg to
Bitter Creek is abating, SO that
men can work to clear the track.
1t is expected that if the storm does
not rise again that the track will
be clear tomorrow evening, so that
trains can move. Trains were
leaving Omaha regularly for the
West. 1t was reported that Il large
number OF cattle had been driven
into the Platte river by the storm
and died in consequence of
cold and ice. The report,
however, is exaggerated, as
it has since been ascertained
that very few if any cattle have
died. Sergeant James Ford, Co. d,
9th Cavalry, was driven into a
canon a mile from that town and
covered up by twenty feet of snow.
Efforts were made by his COM
rades and citizens to rescue
him but they have not yet proved
successful. Heavy drifts between
Cheyenne and Archer are reported.
The Bo,nb sbeii la the HOu.e.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-Proc-
tor Knott will to-day present
Montgomery Blair's memorial to
the House relative to Hayes's title.
A Tornado at Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 1l.-A tor
nado occurred here yesterday. The
Episcopal church was destroyed
and eighteen of the congregation
wounded. Several other churches
were injured. The City Hall was
entirely uuroofed and the ca r sheds
of the railroad depot were over
turned.
CongressIOmhI.
WASHINGTON, March 1lth. =
HoUsE.-A large number of petit
tions were presented demonstrating
against the transfer of the life-sav-
ing service to the Navy Depart.
ment and against the tax on in
comes.
SENATE. = WindonN from the
Committee on Appropriations, re-
ported, with amendments, the West
Point Appropriation Bill, and gave
notice that he would call 1t up for
consideration to. morrow.
Matthews reported an amend
ment in the nature Of substitute
to the bill recently introduced by
Dorsey in relation to the establish :
ment of a sinking fund for liqui-
dation of the Indebtedness due
the Government from the Pacific
! RHiIrOad COmpanies, Placed on