Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-07
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.
Additional Reports Concerning the Sit
uation at Dulcigno.
DOMESTIC.
Sensation in the Post0fiice Department
A Struggled Subsidy.
CHICAGO, October 6th.-The later Oceans
Washington special says: A profound sensa-
ton has been created in the Postoffire De-
partment by the discovery that good-sized
subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany has been struggled through Congress
unnoticed, under the cover of a proviso in
the Postoffice appropriation bill. It will be
remembered that last winter Davis OF Cali
fornia was anxious to have provision made
by which certain portion of the price paid
the United States for the transcontinental
portion of the mail service be refunded to
the Colonies of New Zealand and New South
Wales. 1t was explained, however, that
these Colonies had nothing TO do with it, but
the money was paid to the United States by
England for carrying the mail between New
York and San Francisco, amounting to about
$50, 600 per year, under an agreement be-
tween England and her Colonies that the
former pay the expenses of transportation to
and from San Francisco, and the Colonies
take it from there 1t was then argued that
the United States received great benefits from
the Australian trade and European travel that
comes across the Pacific from the Colonies to
San Francisco that these Colonies were poor,
and were now under contract to pay the "a.
cifc Mail Steamship Company $500, 0G0 per
year for monthly service, but could not af
ford to renew it, and when the present con-
tract expired the line would have to be taken
off, and there would be no direct communica.
ton between San Francisco and New Tea
land New South Wales and other Australian
Colonies. In spite of these appeals the at
tempt failed in the Senate, and the postoffice
officials supposed the matter had been killed
till the printed law was received to-day, one
section of which says For such transporta-
ton of foreign mails. 1926, 600; provided the
Postmaster. General be authorized to remit in
favor of the Colonies of New Zealand and
New South Wales 80 much Of the
cost of the overland transportation of
the Australian closed mails az he may
deem just" AS noted above, the $780, 600 re-
ceived by the United States for that service
comes from England 80, if it is turned over
to the Colonies it will be clear gift, and
might as well come from the Treasury direct,
because there is no profit from the business
since our Postofice Department merely
charges England cost price for the service.
1t is nothing more than provision for sub
sidy to the steamship line through a second
party, the money going to the Colony, to be
paid to the proprietor of the line by them,
instead of giving check direct on the
Treasury of the United States. The
Postmaster-General is away, and does not
know of the novel duty imposed upon him,
and there was no way of learning what he
thought of it. 1t was such an astounding
revelation to the other officials that they did
not like to venture an opinion on the matter.
The clause gives the Postmaster General such
powers, it will be noticed, that he may
turn the whole of the amount re.
ceived for overland service into the
Golfers of the Pacific Mail Company
if he deems it just. Mr.. Blackfan, Superin-
tendent of Foreign Mails, suggested that per-
haps it could be arranged by saying TO
England that the United States would remit
say so per cent of the amount received from
her each year, provided she would pay it over
to the Colonies. England. however, may
think we receive benefits enough from the
Australian trade to attend to tie matter in
handsome style. The spirit of the proviso was
struggled in, it is believed at the Postofiice
Department, through conference committee,
and signed by the President unwittingly, for
it is not believed that he would knowingly
have placed such duty Of discretionary dis
bursement of SO large an amount Of money in
the hands of the ostmaster-General.
RennIOn of Grants Old Regiment-speech
OF the General.
DECATUR (Ill.), October 9th. - General
Grants old regiment-the Twenty-frst Hi
nois-had its reunion here to-day, and it was
great success. Three thousand soldiers were
present. General Grant arrived late in the
afternoon with General Logan, and was met
by Governor Oglesby. In the evening, at
the business meeting. General Grant said,
after expressing qualification at the meeting
of the first command he had during the war:
suppose more of tn nj are living than are now
here, but scattered our distant Terrific
and developing country which up to our late
troubles not occupied by the white man.
have had occasion before TO remark in travelling all
the world, that wars, while SO much to be de-
plored are not altogether unnlixed evils There is
no place that have been that have not found our
volunteers; no country in Europe, none
been, that l have not met some of our volun-
tecrs in tho late war-men who, but for the
change Of life from their quiet homes to the field
would probably have never thought Of going beyond
the places where they were brought up. But four
years Of separation from their homes has enlarged
their ideas and have gone forth to introduce
American commerce in all the distant countries;
others to our tributaries in their reslessness
and in their fields on their farms and in their stores
are developing our great Territories and preparing
them to become States IN this Union How much
the Twenty first Illinois has contributed to this am
not aware but will warrant that some Of them
living in new States and Territories who unable
TO be present this occasion. Gentlemen, am
glad to many Of you, and hope in course OF
the evening we Will be able to hear the experience
Of some Of you.
Speeches followed from General Logan, ex-
Governor Oglesby and others.
Details OF the Trouble Between the Ute
Indians and Freighters.
DENVER (Col J, October 6th.-Advices from
Del Norte state the following particulars,
from reliable source, of the killing of the
son of an Indian chief 80 miles east of Los
Pinos Agency, September 10Th !: About 7:So
in the evening two Indians came whooping
into the freighters' camp of J. Ell. jackson,
calling him and his drivers vile names, and
acting as though they intended to shoot. The
Indian who is supposed to be killed fired one
shot, when A. J.. jackson, nephew of J. II.
jackson, fred at bin. The next day the
party were surrounded by the Indians, who
demanded the men who did the shooting the
night before. Agent Berry, Mr.. Meachem
and Captain Shelley then arrived with Is
soldiers, arrested the freighters and put them
under guard Of two soldiers and 10 to Is
Indians over night. Previous to the ar
rest J. d. jackson requested pro-
lection from Major, name unknown,
who had 200 soldiers under him; but the
Major replied that he was not there to pro-
tect the whites. The next morning the
freighters were marched to Klines ranch,
where the soldiers disarned them, even tax
ing their pocket knives, after which they
were dismissed, the Agent and officers stating
that they were not in their Jurisdiction
Thus these five men were left defenseless in
an Indian country, denied protection by the
Government officers, who had an ample force
and knew the men had acted in self defense,
excepting Colonel Beaumont, who, at the risk
of censure by his superior officers, sent
sufficient force to escort them towards Sagu-
ache. On the arrival at Hines ranch. Agent
Berry told Jackson to obey Captain Kline's
instruction, and they would be unframed.
Kline attempted to get them to proceed to-