Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-22
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
ESPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL,
Opinion Of Merchants About the
China Trade.

China Trade.
New YORK, February 2f.
The merchants in the China trade pro-
pose calling a monster mass meeting, urg-
ing the President to veto the Chinese bill.
A reporter yesterday interviewed several
interested merchants, and collected their
views, which are as follows: William H.
Fogg, of the China and japan Trading
Company, spoke freely and forcibly of the
proposed law, and characterized 1t as q
perfect outrage. Il am" said Fogg, '.the
owner OF more real estate in China than
any other man in the United States. l am
glad hat the buildings are in the English
concessions, and not under the American
flag. China would be perfectly justified in
almost any retaliation. but l don't believe
she would break a treaty because we have.
1t is too bad, just as we were getting under
way in our relations with China, that this
great blow should come. Still, l don
think, for the present, that American COM
merce will be endangered"
Mr.. Twombley, a gentleman who has
Just returned from China, after a residence
there OF several years, also said "The
Chinese would not act at once, but would
make a handle Of the matter when this
country again wanted to enter into some
diplomatic arrangement. Cinnamon are
very shrewd, and some such action as this
now proposed is just what they want
He ridiculed the idea that Cinnamon
would food the Uuited States. They do
not want to leave home. If they do leave,
they will not go far away from the ships
that can return them.
A member Of one Of the largest import
ing houses in the China trade said The
effect will be that Great Britain will slip in
and reap the advantages. 1t is not impos-
sible that England will soon be as a mid
dleman for this country, buying its goods
to send to China, and shipping Chinese
goods to American markets. One hope for
the salvation of American m with
China lies in a Presidential Veto"
REPRESENTATIVE Wills Plan.
WASHINGTON, February 81.
Representative Willis, of Kentucky, af-
ter consultation with other Representa-
tives, has concluded that he will take the
chafSces of obtaining an opportunity to
| move for concurrence in the Senate amend
| ments to the Chinese immigration bill, in
| stead Of taking the course agreed upon OF
| sending the bill Immediately to a confer
! ence committee, with q view to speedier
action, and perhaps, also, the omission OF
its clause providing for the total abroga-
| ton Of the fifth and sixth articles OF The
Burlingame treaty. The Republican men,
bers of the Pacific Coast delegation are
still of the opinion that this course is the
most advisable, but having placed the
Democrats in possession Of the grounds
for their opinion, they say that
the responsibility rests now entirely
with the Democrats, whom, moreover,
they could net successfully antagonize.
They are, however, in q measure recon-
ciled to- the Chinese programme by the
fact that o closer examination OF the OBJ
lection raised in the Cabinet against the
bills ~abrogation of the articles mentioned,
proves it to be Of much less weight than
was at first supposed. 1t appears that the
Reed treaty, which was in force thirty
years before the Burlingame treaty was
negotiated, provided full protection Of our
citizens in China and for the Chinese in
this country. This treaty protection will
continue in force after the Fourth and
Fifth articles of the Burlingame treaty are
~abrogated, for they were only supplemental
to the Reed treaty, and granted additional
privileges to the Chinese in the United
States without comforting any additional
privileges Of Importance upon our citizens
or upon our commerce.
| Discovery of an Immense Serpent.
New YORK, February 81.
Some eight or ten years ago several per
sons reported at different times that they
had seen a serpent over 20 feet long in the
marsh on the Housatonic Railroad, within
| a few miles of New York. The story was
discredited by the general public, particu-
larly after a hunting expedition to kill or
| capture the reptile returned without re-
suit, after securing the whole country.
Within q day or two, however, the marsh
being frozen, some woodmen discovered
its skeleton, measuring 81 feet in length.
The bones and other remains will be sent
to the society Of Natural Sciences.
A Brave Irishman.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, February 81.
A fire on the west side Of town, last
| night, destroyed a small frame building.
Its owner, an aged Irishman, named Red
| dington, was rescued by the %neighbors al
| most unframed, but finding that his wife
had not escaped, he bravely dashed into
the flames to rescue her, but before he
| could again be pulled out he was burned sc
| terribly that he died during the night
| The calcined remains of the wife were sub
sequently taken from the cmbers.
Fears of the Steamer Zanzibar.
NEW YORK. February n.
The British steamer Zanzibar, Captain
Page, from this port, January 1lth, for
Glasgow, and not since heard from, rs re-
garded as lost, with all on hoard.
Rhode Island Opposes the Chinese
Bill.
New York, February 81.
The Legislative Assembly of Rhode
Island has adopted the usual strong resolu'
ION against the Chinese bill, and sent
copies to her Senators and Representatives
in Congress.
The Hanging of George Washington
LOUISVILLE, February 81.
George Washington, colored, the raw
Usher of the little girl Frances OFT, was
hung to-day.
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