Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-17

CuuutIy. mhuy are expeCbiDS utW
lodes in the Comstock mines at q
great depth. From all I can learn
there may be considerable develop
ment Of mining industry aud pro-
duction In Colorado, and also In
Arizona, very shortly, but such
contingencies have nothing to do
with the question as to the necessi-
ty. or otherwise, for q continued In.
ternational use of both gold and
silver as money. If the world an
swers that question in the affirma-
tive 1t must then proceed on lines
Of establishing a fixed relation be-
twixt the two, Irrespective Of the
problematical variations and vicis-
sItudes of mining industries and
production.
crop Reports.
WASHINGTON, June l6th.-Re.
turns to the Department of Agrl-
culture show that the average con.
dition Of Winter wheat for June is
30 against IS last year. The acre.
age of Spring wheat sown is about
four per cent. increase over last
Spring.
Act neinIsag 80 Homestead set
WASHINGTON, June 16th.--The
House Com mit:ee on Public Lands
has authorized Representa-
tive Washburne of Minnesota TO
report to the House, and recon-
mend the passage OF, the bill
amendatory Of section 2,297, title
80, of the Revised Statutes, relating
to homestead settlers. The propo.
sition is to add 10 the section u pro-
viso granting settler twelve
months from the date of filing in
which to commence his residence
on lands mentioned.
Delegate Bennett of Dakota was
also authorized by the Committee
to make favorable reports 10 the
House on two bills, namely, one
extending for one year the Act of
1877, granting absence to settlers
on public land who have suffered
from grasshoppers, and providing
that during such absence no ad-
varse right shall attach to such
lands, settlers being allowed to re-
main and perfect their settlement
as though no absence had occurred,
etc. The other bill ab0llshes the
military reservations at Fort ABB
ercrom bic, Fort Seward and Fort
Ransom, Dakota, and authorizes
the Secretary Of the Interior to
have the lands embraced therein
surveyed and made subject to
homestead preemption entry and
sale, the same as other public
lands. The rights of actual settlers
on the reservations are to be pro-
tected.
The War sscresuryshrp.
NEW YORK, June l6th.-The
World comments thus: When it
was announced the other day that
Gen. Henderson had been named
for the Secretaryship of War, the
question, who under heaven Gen.
Henderson might be, was answer
ed by the conjecture that he must
have been the Assistant Superin-
tendent of Hayes's Sunday school
in Ohio. 1t turns out, however,
that he is not even an Ohioan, and
our esteemed contemporary, the
Omaha Herald, assures US, Cd
Manderson's own authority, that
he is not even an intimate personal
friend of the President. After
which it Is, perhaps. superfluous to
add that he does not believe the
President means TO nominate him.
1t may be as we'll for those of our
esteemed contemporaries who have
engaged in the exciting sport of
angling for Secretaries of War, to
bear in mind that there will be no
vacancy in the Secretaryship until
McCrary has been confirmed as
Judge billions successor by the
Senate. That event may be very
remote. II vacancy does not ex-
i,t in the Judgeship until Judge
Dillon's resignation takes effect, a
vacancy in the Secretaryship will
not occur until the Senate has a
chance for some months medita-
ton OH the fitness of McCrary.
PNiroim~n Arrested far Burglary.
NEW 1Ohhf JuuC lOths Cptu Az.
Agent, patrolman Of the Eight
eenth precinct, has been arrested
on charge Of being implicated in
the Manhattan Bank robbery. His
accuser is Shevelin, Waterman of
the bank, who was a party in the
crime.
NEW YORK, June l6th.-POlice-
man Rogers, arrested on q charge
IF completely in the robbery of the
Manhattan Savings Bank, has been
committed to the Tombs, in default
of $50, QUO bail.
8pave the Trees.
NEW YORK, June 16th.-Charles
s. Sargent raises warning voice
in the american Journal of Science
against the wanton destruction OF
the pine forests of Nevada. He
says: "The forests of Nevada, con-
sisting of few species adapted to
struggle with adverse conditions
Of soil and climate, are immense,
aud reach maturity only after cen