Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-23
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHE,
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
WARRINGTON INTEL
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Settlement of Contests in the House,
OTHER ITEMS FROM THE CAPT.
TAIL.

An Inter. Ocean Washington special
says the House yesterday, without ex-
citing any surprise, consummated the
outrage of seating a Democrat, who, by
lawful count, received 1000 less votes
than his competitor, and who. by a
Democratic count, received 1000 less.
The only warrant was a recount in the
parish of 1berville, of the Third Dis
trict Of Louisiana, made without a war
rant of law, four months after the legal
count, and under circumstances which
made it certain that the ballots had
been tempered with.
NEW YORK, Feb. 81.
A Tribune Washington special, com
menting upon the %unseating of Darrall.
SAYS any defeated Democrat could be
counted in if he gave notice of q con-
test.
The Boston case of Bean VS.. Field
will undoubtedly be decided in the
same way, the committee standing six
to five in favor of the Democratic con.
testant.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
Horace Davis has obtained from Mr..
Kennedy a copy of the dispatch sent
by Col. Bee, ouAthe 10Th ultimo, in be-
| half of the six Chinese companies,
stating that they would favor the i'm
| position of a per capita tax of 500
| upon each Monaghan emigrant, pro-
vided the proceeds shall be devoted to
| defraying the expenses of the trans.
portation of destitute Chinese back TO
their native country. This dispatch
as received, was addressed to u. p.
| Kennedy, w. NJ. Evarts, Secretary oil
State" and was supposed to be in
tended personally for Kennedy, in
| care of Evarts. 1t will probably be
| difficult for Kennedy to explain why
| he opposes legislation which is re.
| quested by the Chinese whom he
| claims to represent.
The session of the House Committee
on Education and Labor to-day was
wholly devoted to hearing the remain
| der of Kennedy's prodigiously long
argument on the Chinese question.
The President and Mrs. Hayes left
here this afternoon for Baltimore, to
attend the fair OF the Methodist Camp
Meeting Association.
Judge Wylie, in the Criminal Court
to-day, ordered a nolle prosequi to be
entered in the case Of OK Congress
man VIM. s. King, who, In he March,
1875, term of the Court, was by the
Grand Jury of this District indicted for
perjury in falsely testifying before the
House Committee On Ways and Means
in the Pacific Mail investigation.
The Postmaster General has APP
| pointed and commissioned j. N. Ty-
ner, First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral, a Commissioner on the part of
the United States to the General Postal
Convention to be held at Paris on the
LIST of May next.
The Senate Railroad Committee this
morning heard Vice President Hunt.
ington, of the Central Pacific Railroad
aud Vice President Brown. of the
Texas Pacific Railroad, concerning
their propositions for q Southern rams
continental road.
Railroad Accident.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. ", Feb. 81.
A special from New Hamburg says
the six-o'clock express from New
York ran into a freight train on Low
Point switch to night. Both engines
were destroyed. The engineer and
firemen jumped and escaped with
slight injuries. Ten freight cars were
thrown from the track.
A COnk lingitc Removed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
The Sun says that Louis Lonsberry,
q friend of Senator Conkling, has been
removed as Custom-house weigher by
orders from Washington, to make
room for q companion in arms OF