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tee wih xri upon the a>sumpts'n that n
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that the Republicans will he perAiiied 10
hold political meetings and make all nee
esssrr preparations. There are twelve or
fourteen districts which the Republicans
hope To secure.
Active Warljke Preparations.
LONDON. April eaten. Sir Alfred
Hastings IIarsiord has been selected as
commander of the second army corps
A considerable proportion of the first
army corps is likely to be dispatched to
Malta in the course of the coming week,
including a portion of the guards Many
thousand stand of Martini Henry rifles arc
being removed from the racks in the
Tower of Londcn, presumably for the
equipment of reserves There is great
activity at Portsmouth in preparing fittings
for converting of merchant ships into
armed cruisers. A manufacturing firm
has received from the admiralty an order
yIor more than 100 wire torpedo nets for
the protection of ships from attacks Of
tOrpedOes. All the nets are to be delivered
during May. Immense quantities of shot
and shell are being issued from Woolwich
arsenal in all directions The FIRST Indian
cxpeditionary force will embark from
Bombay Two divisions will leave today,
consisting of two batteries of the royal
artillery, 18th and 3lst regiments, second
goorkhas and two companies of sappers
and miners. The second will embark as
soon after as possible. 1t will consist OF
and 3ith Bombay infantry, and two COM
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Rapid Recruiting Ia india.
LONDON, April 20-At Bombay dock.
yard work is being prosecuted day and
night in fitting ships for troops and horses.
As an experiment of state policy the
dispatch of native troops to Europe has
proved successfully beyond the hopes of
the most ardent advocates. They are
volunteering with enthusiasm which has
c,,rnricoj thoco vyhp Ennw Them host
They are pressing forward in whole regi-
ments at time.
Important Land Decision.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Thc secretary
of the interior has just rendered an i'm
portant decision in the case of Sullivan
ct al. VS. Walter Omera ct al, involving
title to certain lands formerly within the
limits of the Stockton and Copperpolis
railroad grant, and establishing a prece-
dent which substantially decides forty or
fifty similar cases now before the depart
ment on appeal from various parts of
California. This railroad grant was de-
clared forfeited by congress in June, 1874,
and the lands were restored to presumption
and homestead entry September th. Prior
to September 4th the parties executed de-
Giaratory statements dated ahead and
alleging settlement of September 4th, and
left these papers with the register of the
land office to be filed on that day. They
procured lumber and teams and started
for the lands, arriving there at sunrise,
and commenced to build houses before
IL o'clock, noon. Tho general land office,
in successive decisions held these filings
valid. Secretary Schurx now reverses
these decisions. He holds that the declar-
atOry statements were executed before
settlement; that the executive order OF
resto ration prohibited the local Office from
allowing any filings on entries prior to the
day of restoration, and that its action in
receiving declara,ory statements prior to-
that time, and afterwards placing them on
record. was contrary not only to the spirit
and intent Of instructions. bs; 10 the just