Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-08

EvarL,S speech DriOTe tue Fic't"Ihi
Commission. The letters Of Chandler
fo~re>haiow an attack upon the Pfesi-
dent, in which men of more cohse-
qnence than he is will be leaders. The
letters are sent out like skirnisiler~ be.
fore a battle, and they may possibly
disclose to the real leaders hat the
time for an advance has not come.
Probably the contest will begin az soon
rs Congress meets. 1t ia said hv a som
fidential friend of Chandler that lie is
preparing another letter. Really,
he is getting upon ditficult
ground, for if private reports and
rumors of last February are to I've re-
produced in print and supported
wholly by secondary, or even more re-
mote testimony, as most of them must,
there are several patriotic statesmen
who will be made uncomfortable. The
real trouble with Chandler is connected
with appointments to the civil service.
and however disguised in the begin
ming, it will he disclosed that such is
the real issue of the contest. The
President must surrender, or take a
tangible, well-defned position, and the
most interesting question now Is,
whether he will place himself in such
an attitude as to receive the support of
the people, or whether he will permit
himself TO be crowded into a contest.
One expectation OF the assailants is,
that the President will lie forced out of
the Republican party.
Ru,nors Of an investigation looking
10 the declaring vacant OF Senator But
ler's seat, probably have lille founda
ton in fact, as the Senate has held
on several occasions, a Senator once
Gated can only he unseAted thy eXpul-
sion. which requires a two thirds vote.
Senator Patterson's vote seems nearly
certain to te lost for the remainder of
the session. because, although it il not
believed that he will resign. unless
through compnlsion. he is exrecte I to
be continually absent without pairing.
TIE question of the recognition Of
the Diaz Government has been con>id-
cred toy The Cabinet at recent sessions.
1t il intiInaied by good authority that
if Diaz authorizes and will sanction the
cooperation of bis force, with our
troops, on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande, to preserve order n prevent
raiding, it will tend very much towards
the recognition Uf his Government.
Boynton, the Washington cores
pendent OF the Cincinnati dzette, has
published the Administrations side OF
the story about The alleged bargaining
between certain Southern Democrats
and intimate friends Of Hayes. General
B%oynton's statement is Of the utmost
importance. IN that he squarely declares
that the Southern Democrats deliber
atelv proposed to betray Tilden. and
that their overtures we're accepted.
coal Mines on Fire.
PorTsvILLE. Pa, Jan. 7.
The fire in the mine At Summit Hill
still burns fiercely. The ground con-
tinues to give way, and in addition tn
the engine house with its valuable ma
chinery that went down yesterday, j.
is now feared that the ian house used
for purifying the air in the mines will
soon fall in. Five men working at the
turning mine were overcome by sui
phur, but il. is thought they will re
cover. The loss thus far will probably
reach $50.000.
The breaker ut the Ellen Gowan col
Iiery, Lanrigan's patch, near Shenan-
tioah, burned last night. The co%iIirry
is a very large one, shipping about 100
cars of coal daily. The loss il abour
S75, 900, and 400 men and boys are
thrown out of work.
~senseiess Talk About q Pacific o
Syndicate.
CHICAGO, Jan. Z.
The Cincinnati Enquirer at Saturday
has the following New York special:
A San Francisco banker informed the
writer that, in view of the alarming
condition of affairs, with "A view to re-
l~ieviiig business men who are daily
driven to The wall, and also TO aid the
Secretary OF the Treasury, who has
failed to effect the sale of the gold -four
per cent. bonds to the Syndicate, an
American Syndicate is about to tie
formed in san Francisco, composed of
the principal bankers there, who will
offer to take $6O, 900 900 OF four per
cents al par, and pay tor the same in
silver, Or the silver dollar OF the faith
ers when reinonetized.
The s.Sun" on patte
New YORK, Jan. 7.
A SIN Washington 81 ecial speaking
of Patterson, who 1t claims feienS ill-
ness To create sympathy, SAYS he will
reuuisitinn Of the Governor of South
Carolina would he complied with, ant
there is no judge in that State suifi
cisntly depraved to let him go ON ha-
6eGS corpus.
How the Abolition OF the Death
Sentence Works in Maine.
BosToN, Jan. Z.
Governor Conner offers the fact that
there has been but II conviction IN
Maine TOR murder since the abolition
of the death penalty in refutation of
the argument that a carnival Of crime
would follow such abolition.