Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-16
EASTERN wS.
NIGHT
IspKrnI TO rHx zuzExA DarLr s-EsrrxKL-I
Still Harping on the New Con-
stitution.
THE CANADA Pacific RAILROAD.
BRITISH DEMANDS FOR OUR BONDS
SEATS IN THE NEW Y0Rx STOCK BOARD.
The War In cassi
THE CANADA Pacific RAILROAD.
The war Il. Gs;-

| 0ftoxa Parliament BIZ the Minister q
Public Works. Affirming the necessity q
keeping good faith with British Columbia
b. building the Inter-Coicnial Railroad
and obtaining further aid from and the
cooperation Of the Imperial Government
by . guarantee or otherwise. he Times
this morning says. The Dominion Gov
ernmenf, after desising 3 tariff that oPer-
ates more rnjassly upon British than upon
American industry and trade. actually has
confessed that unless British taxpayers
come TO its relief the construction OF the
Pacific railroad must be postponed in
definitely. Al the resolution Is . proposal
to set ASIDE a hundred million scres a the
public domain. with . proviso that t~u
dollars shall be the minimum piice. a
reasonable inference Is that the aid 10 be
solicited from the British Government viii
in the Grst instance not fall short OF eighty
million dollars The Times thinks John
Ball. in bis present mood With Canajas
new tariff in view. viii say no. The intro
ducflon Of Imperial IDEAS and plans into
the Dominion create an mbltion to whose
demands its are unequal The
Infer-Colonizl Railway is n of the costly
results Of Imperial interference and tins
admission Of British Columbia another
But for tbs same bznefui influence the
Pacific Railroad project would not have
been dreamed Of. Ii is at once q result of
Imperial influence and an effort to cons0l-
idate Imperial poser on this continent.
The .sSun- savs. editoria.ly. The solid
citizens Of California. who already begin
TO experience tie depressing efscr upon
business BY their ~retrogra3e Constitution.
will hardly be guilty Of that indifference
to public affairs hereafter which permitted
the adoption Of q fundamental lax contain
ing such Questionable features Increased
interests ir politics and increased atten-
ton 20 legislation ml5f inevitably result
from the practical injury which will DOW
be experienced from former negiects- An
other good will result. Proposals to re-
peal the narrow and barbarous provisions
Of the neH Constitution will elicit . thor
ough discussion OF the great principles in
yolyed, and in this country the zmpIest
debate always ends in scoring 3 new vic
tory for freedom In the end. we may
hope and expect 10 see a Constitution
adopted by California which shall be the
model State Constitution Of the whole
Union
j. S. Morgan 4 Co.. Of London. yester-
day applied TO the Syndicate for 30.o00.-
600 Of Z. s. four per cent bonds A reply
was sent that 50 large an amount could not
be supplied, bat that 81, 500. 900 could be
had at the full market price. The offer
has been accepted
The Worlds Washington correspond
ent thinks there is scarcely . doubt but
that the appropriation bills will now be
passed without the political riders. and the
adjournment OF Congress will foilow at
once. Then the Democracy viii appeal to
the country upon that issue.
Seats in the Mining Board here sold to-
day for 5000. and we're difficult to obtain.
The Evening Commercial" mentions SER
eral mining companies which it says hare
already transferred their entire business
from San Francisco here. and says these
companies are only fo%rerunners - others.
The journal Of Commerce." having
published Caiifornia's new constitution in
full, John J. Townsend, in to-dav's
Times" advises persons generally to read
it, and not 70 write or talk about il. as it
has been drawn with very great skill. Ii
deals juetly powerful blows against mo-
.nopoiizing and discriminating tariffs The
practice Of lowering railroad rates 10 de-
stroy competing lines will be rooted out
by the simple provision that they shall
not he raised again without authority Of
the Railroad Commissioners Ii contains
very stringent provisions to secure equal
taxation, but not stringen. than he
believes exists in Massachusetts,. He
thinks many Of its provisions viii he
adopted by other States.
The Panama Star and Herald" Of May
8th says : General Gorces, who had been
proclaimed : rebel, made an attack. with
/, 400 troops. upon . party Of Hertadistss
in Amaeme Concs valley. and met with
complete defeat. The dead ara estimated
at from 80 70 500 Cali was taken by the
Hert2szsssos. with a loss OF eleven killed
Cores and his men were later taken pris-
oners and their arms and ammunition cap
tured- The rebellion Of Gorces is tLas
terminated.
The Star and HERALD further says :
Last week Pisaque wss bombarded and de-
s.rnyed, causing = loss Of shout one million
souls. The launches at Moltendo were
sunk Several shots we're fired into the
town, and one coal ship was relieved Of its
IGasqai was bombArded for half an
hour The loss was tri1iing. The Peru
vian feet remains at Calico. At the bonn
bardHent Of Pisaqua- 1t the com mence-
ment Of the fight. Ee4r Admiral Rogers,
Of The Pensacola, was putting of from
shore 10 his ship, with bis family, when .
shot from a Gillian boat carried away his
On arriving on board the Pensa-
cola be signalled the Gillian flagship,
what bad happened. Admiral VIII
liam Kobelledo then weEt on board the
Pensacola and ~applogized. and seeing that
the boats were returning. repulsed from
the shore, be left. asking Admiral Rogers
TO warn the town that in three hours more
would lombard the place. Accordingly,
hours later the bombArdment com
meneed. lasting tEo hours, when the town
had been reduced to ashes
Direct communication BY cable and the
transatlantic line, between Peru and
Europe, is cut of for the present. Ad-
Robelledo. Of the chilian squadron.
cut the coast cable at fquiqui, and
the Gillian end on board his vessel,
in order 10 place himself in direct commu-
washingten Items
WASHINGTON, May Is.
Senator Booth, to-day, made some very
sevsre comments on Secretary Sherman's
letter to Senator Bayzrd, written to oppose
his action. sHcrmsH said rs il not bet
ter that any deficiency in the revenue be
honestly and openly met by the issue Of
bonds, il necessary, rather than by indi-
rection to increase the debt at the sacritice
Of the good faith Of the nation r. The
paragraph embodies three distinct insults 10
one house Of Congress. Booth said
ssN0thng, in the estimation Of our Secre-
tary. Is 50 honorable, and SO openly desir-
able, ~ the issuing of bonds. Having
gained for himself the credit Of placing a
part Of the indebtedness Of this nation in
four per cent. bonds, he seems to have en-
tered into q co~partnership with Wall street
to impress upon the people the idea thai
he il paying the national debt out Of his
own pocket Laughter by 'indirection.''
Mr.. President, he said. / say that the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury knows, land nc
man knows better" that this eight mil.
lions Of . special reserve is not held TO-
the purpose for which it is. 1t Ia not held
and he does not intend to use it, for the
purpose OF redeeming the fractional cur
renoy. Tie s~indirection" in the whole
transaction is that he desires to contrac'