Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-03
r RI NEWS
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
sPrrIAL TO TnZ TIE D&ILT SENTINEL
A Grand Jury Prssentmsnt.
THE Bar as9 TIE I31sES.
THE ISTHNUS CANAL.
The Failure to Provide for .Depaty
Harshals.

NEE YoRK. July 2
The Times to-day says. A present
ment recently offered in the Grand JURY
room will attract to tbs anona-
luus condition Of some Of cur State and
City Courts. Il is =ell known tina. there
has been great dissatisfaction among the
members of the Bar, AZ the way IN which
business has accumulated IN some Of the
Courts. owing to the absence Of Judges
from the Bench. Nov that attention been
publicly called to the case Of Recorder
Hackett, il Is well that the matter should
Be pushed forward Judge Sanford, Of the
Superior Court, has not been in Court for
3 year /; he being sick in bed with q disease
which seldom allows its victim 70 DO active
work CARTS. Chief justice Of the su-
preme Court vas very little in Court up
% the time be left for Europe. He Esns
abroad early in the spring. His Is another
case Of severe sickness. Davis, Of tire Su-
preue Court. is not expected ever 10 sit on
the Bench again. He is afflicted with some
malady which so far incapaeitased him that
he had TO be lifted from his house into his
carriage He is now in Colorado. Judge
Gildersleeye Is absent from Court for long
intervals. and the mas Of tae xork is p@r-
formed by Judge CowiBg. Judge Robert
son was SIX months absent from Court be-
fore his death, in April last Recorder
Hackett has not been in Court for 80 days
during the past year. These Judges are
all paid very high salaries, which, Of
course, they draw every month. whether
they perform duty or not. Hackett has an
ample fortune, nevertheless he draws
monthly his salary Of 81 CO. Recently
an attempt was made to bring his case
before the Grand Jury for presentmens,
il appearing that he had sat in Court only
thirty days during the past year, but
through peculiar influences the jury voted
against entertaining an inquiry The
Times" says the matter is not likely TO
end here, or with Hackett alone.
The Times editorially says Of the
Isthmus canal: We our immunity
from national broils. or peaceful prospects.
our freedom from the paraiiZIng burden Of
standing armies, to the doctrine that ma
lions, as we'll as men, should mind their
own business. Europe is an armed camp.
and military Emp-rors sap the resources
OF her various nations, because each insists
upon a concern in the affairs Of others,
and all have common or conflicting inter-
ests In One way or another, Of which they
are extremely jealous. 1t would be an
evil day when any such conflict Of inter
national interests should be permitted to
obtain a foothOld on this hemisphere. The
United States IL especially concerned to
prevent it. The Isthmus looks as much
like an entering wedge to cleave a
place for European interests, with all the
contention in which they are continually
involved As a French enterprise or an
European enterprise, il will be a menace.
As an American enterprise it might be a
blessing Our commercial concern in it
Is far or alter than that OF any other ma
ton. Our political concern in it domi-
mates all others. The present project, un-
der existing auspices, and with the pros
poets distinctly fo~resbadowed, is opposed
- eur interests in every way. We should
give il no co~untenance, and should not
fail to provide ourselves with a distinctly
defined and strongly fortified vantage
ground, from which to meet the questions
Of the future if it goes on.
A Washington special to the Evening
Telegram" says: Internal Revenue Com
missioner Raum said to-day that the fail
ure to provide for Deputy Marshals was a
virtual repeal Of the criminal portion of
the Law relating to illicit distilling. Dep
uty Collectors OF the internal revenue have
power TO make seizures Of property for
violations OF the Law, but have no power
to make arrests. II a person was detected
in illicit dissilling, he could not prevent
the officer seiziug the distillery, but he
could stand still and defy arrest. BY next
Sunday every distiller in the country will
know what the effect will be Of having no
Deputy Marshals TO aid the revenue Off
GERS, and / suppose there are dishonest
distiilers who will seek 10 take advantage
OF the crippled condition Of the officers.
Henry Hart, yesterday, told a reporter
Of the World" that he was well pleased
with the working arrangement tina had
been concluded with the railroads. He
looked forward to the time when the Pa
cihc Mail would be able to command a i've
years contract. Tie California Constitu-
ton recently adopted was a barrier for the
momen 70 his plans, but he hoped that
Washington would be able to ratify that,
on his return from California, the arrange
ment under which steamship companies
and railroads we're tremendously working
There is considerable indignation among
the better class Of Custom-house officials,
At the re-a~ppointment Of W. II. Grace, as
an Inspector, he having been dismissed for
brutality assanlting Surveyor Sharp in
1877, and sentenced to several months in
the penitsntiary. He presented himself
yesterday to be sworn in, and showed lis
re-appointment from Washington, which
Is believed TO have been secured in Sher-