Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-13

tween which point and Cheyenne
there are many and long cuts, well
filled with snow, as well as several
sheds in similar condition. The
Colorado Central and Derver Pa
cific are struggling on the same
ground occupied last night, the
latter, however, having made two
miles advance to-day. 1t is proba-
BILE the road will be open eastward
Tomorrow.
Genera, Items from Washing tom.
WAsHINGToN, March 12.-The
House Committee on Coinage have
substantially agreed to report the
bill abolishing the trade dollar.
Horace Davis and Wren of Nevada.
are promised q hearing against the
bill. In the House, Hewitt, in
di scussing the diplomatic Appro-
priation bill, attacked the diplo-
matte service severely. Clymer
reported naval appropriation bill
referred to Committee on the
Whole. The appropriations aggre-
gate $l4, ,C4S,6 ,6Si.
| Fire in Jersey city
NEW YORK, March l2th.-A fire
j n Jersey City last night burned
out ninety-eight families. Two
persons were fatally injured. The
pecuniary loss is comparatively
small.
Wnshi"Gs"" Notes nnd Speeuin-
sioms.
WASHINGToN, March 12th.-The
Senate Finance Committee on
Tuesday next will consider the
House bill for the repeal of the
specie resumption act.
The House Judiciary Committee
to-day approved the body of laws
passed by the Legislative Assem-
big of Arizona, with the exception
of the act granting special privil-
eges to the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, of California. The
vote was six against three, Stenger
and Butler being absent. This
motion with regard to the railroad
act was on the ground that, under
the organic law of the Territory,
the Legislative Assembly has no
power or authority to grant special
privileges. Both majority and mi
nOrity reports will be made to the
House.
The bill reported by the Commit
tee on Judiciary in regard to the
Pacific Railroad Sinking Fund was
taken up in the Senate and Thur.
man spoke at length in it favor.
After explanations by Southland
disclaiming the authorship of the
joint resolution in regard to a plu-
raj executive head, the House went
into Committee of the Whole on
diplomatic and consular appropri-
alton bills.
onxressI0nns.
WASHINGTON, March l2th.-
HoUSE.-A resolution, isstructing
the Committee on Judiciary to in
quire into the expediency Of pro-
viding that all claims against the
United States exceeding $1,000 in
amount be prosecuted in Circuit
Courts for the districts in which
such claims originated, was agreed
to.
The bill in aid of the Polar Ex-
pediti0n designed by James Gordon
Bennett passed unanimously with
ouedebate.
WAsHINGToN, March 12.-SEN-
ATE-The Vice-President submitted
a communication from the Secreta.
ry of the Interior in answer to the
inquiry concerning the timber
tronble in Montana.
Matthews moved that 1t be re-
ferred to the Commissioner on Pub
lie Lands without being read and
be printed in the Record.
Sargent objected to its being
printed in the Record but had no
objections to printing it in the usu-
al documentary form.
After debate upon the points of
order Sargent objected to the pres
ent consideration of the motion to
refer the document, and it was laid
over till tomorrow.
The SiIver DOiiar-OId ana New.
WASHINGTON, March 12th.-The
new silver dollars will be ready at
the Philadelphia mint tomorrow.
The gradual decline of gold renders
probable an indefinite postpone
ment of the repeal bill by the Sem
ate Finance Committee.
Alas, Poor Anderson.
WAsHINaToN, March 12.-The
Representative who has received
daily Information from New Orle-
ans to the effect that Anderson
would be pardoned, is Garfield, and
the furnisher of the Information is
ex-Congressman Sheldon, of Loui-
siana. Garfield has communicated
this to the President, and both have
been led to believe that the Re-
turning Board prosecutions would
be discontinued. Congressman
Acklin has preteded to have great
influence with Nichols, and was
requested by the President to inter-
cede with Nichols for the release
of Anderson.
a gentleman arrived to-day from
New Orleans, says his mission was
utterly fruitless, and that Nichols
will never pardon Anderson while
he is Collector. He says Anderson
will not resign, but prefers to re-
main in jail, martyr. Secretary
Sherman and the President have
| been so informed.
Tho New Hampshire Elections.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., March T.
AT half-past o'clock the bulk of
the votes were oiled and prepon-
derance in favor of the Republican
| Greenbackers was conceded.
.he New Hampshire Elections.
BOSTON, March 12.-Advices
from New Hampshire indicate that
a very full vote is being cast. AT
noon, at Concord, the vote was not
materially different from that at