Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-14

O will be present and vote for the
bill, and kellogg Will also. Patterson,
II absent, will be paired with Butler.
Senator Herman to-day presented a
memorial of the New York Board of
Trade and Transportation, signed by
the officers thereof, and a large num-
Der Of business men. The members
of the organization are demonstrating
against the passage of the Silver bill.
and setting forth the Inconvenience of
silver in commercial transactions. 1t
was laid on the table.
Captain Merrimau, of the Revenue
Marine Service, having been ordered
by the Secretary of the Treasury to in
vestigate the wreck of the Metropolis,
reports lbatthe fragments of the wreck
are unusually small, and rottenness
so apparent, that there was but one
opinion as to her unseaworthiness.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
The speeches made by General Gar
field and Alex. II. Stephens yesterday,
on the occasion of the acceptance OF
Carpenters picture of the signing OF
the Emancipation Proclamation, were
exceedingly impressive, and ELECTED
warm concentrations. Garfield's effort
was a highly finished Grafton, written
and delivered in his best style. Ste
phens spoke without notes, sitting in a
perambulatiDg chair, and moving in il
nervously about in a small semi circu-
lar space in front of the Clerks desk.
His voice, though feeble, is shrill and
clear, and his recognized ability, histo-
ric antecedents and striking appear
ance, commanded for his utterances
such close attention that they were dis
tinctly heard in every part of the vast
hall. The most noticeable feature OF
mis- speech was his declaration that, if
a vote were to be taken to-day, lie mau
present would wish to re-eStablish
slavery. This remark, coming from
the Vice President Of the Confederacy,
who had declared that slavery was
rightfully its corner stone, produced a
decided sensation. His closing plea
for a harmonious feeling, and a patri.
otto devotion to our reunited country,
was also remarkably graceful, and
elicted universal applause. Besides
the members and officers OF the Senate,
and the artist and donor of the paint
ing, a large UNI Der CT distinguished
spectators were admitted to the floor,
including many ladies, and the CALLER
les were crowded with a larger audi
ence than has assembled in the House
since the exciting scenes of the electo-
raj count.
General Butler as prepared a reso-
luton declaring that the House has
lost confidence in the administration
of the Treasury Department. The res
olution is to be presented alter the
passage by the House of the amended
Bland bill, as it is returned from the
Senate. Butler is also preparing a
| speech on the Silver bill, in which his
friends say he will make some new
points; among other things, he will
assert that it Is not true that the silver
dollar is worth only 92 cents; he will
attempt to demonstrate that the silver
dollar is worth % cents as compared
with a gold dollar which is alleged
but that, compared with a gold dollar
which is not alleged. the silver dollar
is worth 9S cents; that iutrinsically Y,
therefore, there is only four cents diff
ference between the value OF the gold
dollar and the silver dollar. Butler
will also argue thai a silver dol
lar is as much a standard as a
gold dollar is, but paper is
the real standard American curren-
cy. Butler questions the truth of the
reports that large amounts of bonds are
returning to this country, and main
tains that if such quantities OF bonds
were being returned the market would
show it; whereas, the truth is, that
there has been a variation of only
one per cent. in the quotations OF
bonds.
Sargent took the floor of the Sen.
ate at 3 O'clock and spoke in opposi-
ton 10 the Silver bill. In opening
his speech he read resolutions of the
recent meeting of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce, which is said
expressed the general sentiment of the
business men of the Pacific States
and were dictates of sound sense anC
a due regard To the national prosper
ity and public honor.
Anderson-s Melton For "a New Trial
New ORLEANS, Feb. Is.
This morning, when the motion fol
a new trial in the Anderson case came
up, the defense filed the additiona
grounds that the accused could prove
10y Littlefield that he never had any
connection whatever with the forging
and the uttering of forged returns, tC
which fact Littlefield had already ties
titled before the Congressional Com
mittee in Washington; that Littlefield
after a years absence, had clandes
timely returned and hidden himsel
until after the evidence had closed ant
the argument had opened, thereby de
priving the accused of his testimony
The accused can also prove by Colone
Zacharie, a Democrat, that he was no
present at the opening of the returns
from Vernon parish; that the Demo
cratic clerks often made errors in re
turns, for which also could have beer
made a criminal charge, and the incor
rectness of the Returning Board pro
ceedings, as kept by Collins, steno
grapher, were often referred to durin!
the proceedings. The motion was Goa
tinued till Friday.
The War With Mexico.
NEW YORK, Feb. IS.
In a Washington dispatch to th'
"World," a correspondent charges tina
the object of the committee of which
Conkllng is chairman, was to shov