Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-23


loss or deficiency; that no selection is con.
frmed which was made in lieu of a sixteenth
or thirty sixth section, shown by survey at
the time of selection to be in place or lieu of a
sixteenth OF thirty sixth section1 which by
final survey of Mexican grant and approved
public surveys was ascertained prior to March,
1877, not to be lost to the State, the State in
such cases taking the sixteenth or thirty. sixth
section and the United States the selected
land, to be disposed of to purchaser of the
State, or in case no State purchaser claims it,
then to be disposed of as public lands. The
Secretary also holds that in no case car
the State take sixteenth and thirty-sixth sec
tions, and lands selected in lieu thereof
hence, that unless the sixteenth or thirty
sixth section, in lieu of which other land:
have been illegally selected and certified, re-
verts to the United States under said Act,
which cannot be the case where the six.
teenth and thirty-sixth sections were ascer.
tanned to be in place by surveys returned
prior to March l, 1877, the selections are
not confirmed, and the selected lands are held
for disposal under the provisos of the second
section of the Act, as are all other selected
lands, the selection Of which shall be found
to fail, and not to be confirmed by said Act.
This decision OF the case affects many other
large tracts of mineral land in California, in
Guiding most of the mining claims of Bodie.
Supreme Court Decision in a Mining
Case.
WASHINGTON, November 22d-A decision
was rendered by. the Supreme Court to-day
in the case of the Ivanhoe Mining Company,
plaintiff in error, against the keystone Con-
solidated Mining Company, involving title to
the eastern half of section SO in Amador
county, in possession of the Keystone Com
pany under patent of the United States,
and which is claimed by the Ivanhoe Company
under the grant to California for school pur-
poses. This Court holds that title to the
lands in controversy did not pass to Califor.
mia by the school grant Act of 1858, for the
reason, FIRST that all mineral lands were in
tended by Congress to be exempted from the
operation of the school grant, and second,
inasmuch as the land in controversy had been
improved and cultivated previous to the sur
vey which fixed the limit of the school grant,
it was exempted from the operations Of the
school grant Act by virtue of section of that
law. The Judgment of the Circuit Court OF
the United States for the District of Califor-
MIA is therefore affirmed Judge Field took
no part in the decision.
Payment OF Bets on New York Now In
Order.
ALBANY, November 22d.-The State Can
vassers have declared the following results Of
the State election Garfield, 555, 554; Han
cock. 5S4, 511; Weaver, 123. 373; Dow, 1,517
Garfeld's plurality, 2l,03S.
GarfieId's Plurality In IndiaDa-A Narrow
Escape.
CHICAGO, November ODD = The Inter
Oceans Indianapolis special says Through
the failure of the Marshal of the Eight Dis
ttkay Ifr
of General Garfield in the State is cut down
to 3771 The State law requires that on the
third Monday of November the Marshal,
whom the Governor appoints for each Con
gressional District, shall make return of the
vote for that district to the Canvassing
Board, who shall declare the result. No re,
turn was made day from the Eighth Dis.
trict, but the result in the State was not
affected thereby 1t is probable that the
Marshal for that district, who is thoroughly
reliable man, failed in some way to be mott
fed by the Governor of his appointment
The loose and worthless law will now prob
ably be amended. 1t is narrow escape fol
Indiana.
Political Complications in Indiana.
CHICAGO, November 22d.-A Tribune Gin.
cinnati special says: Governor Williams
death causes a Senatorial complication in In.
diana. His death threatens to leave the State
without head, and prevent the election of a
United States Senator. The law requires
that before either a Governor of Lieutenant,
Governor can take his seat, the two houses
must be organized. The Senate is tie.
While Gray was Lieutenant. Governor he had
the casting vote, as he had two years ago
but the death of Williams leaves a tie, to be
broken by detection from one side or the
other. The Democrats have determined
therefore to organize the Senate, and viii
cling to their determination. Ii each side
stands firm the Senate cannot organiz', and
without it neither a Governor nor Lieutenant
Governor can take their seats and st the
same time the Constitution terminates the
Office of the acting Governor on the second
Monday of January. Ii the two sides of the
Senate lock horns and remain in that attitude
the State can be kept indefinitely without 6
Governor. A United States Senator is to be
elected to succeed Senator Mcdonald. Il
none is elected, and the time goes by, the
Democrats say no legal election can be made
by the present Legislature, and the next one
they hope to make Democratic.
The Mercy Letter Forgery Again.
New YORK, November 22d.-Interestine
disclosures are made of Hadley's connection
with the M0rey forgery. 1t is now alleged
that VIM. H. Barnum employed him to go tt
Maryland and Lynn to procure the perjurec
testimony in support of the plot, and that he
brought witness Lindsay or O'Brien to thi;
city.
New YORK, November 22d.-The Tribune
regarding the promised developments in th5
Morey letter case, says: Investigation ha:
shown that the forgery was not in Garfield;
handwriting or signature, but that OF Brown,
his stenographer and amanuensis. The
forger or forgers had to get a letter
from General Garfield before they could
do any work. 1t can be shown, SC
procured by Hadey, who wrote to Garfield
a letter intended to draw out personal
reply from him, but was written by Brown
and signed by him. 1t was not of the
slightest consequence, being merely a refer
ence of his correspondent to certain printed
documents sent by the same mail; yet it wa:
carefully photo-lithographed and published
in the Truth about two weeks before the
forged letter appeared. The forgery, it is
now known, was based upon the same letter
of Browns, to which he had attached the
name of Garfield by authorization, and it is
believed that that letter was the one that the
signature to the Hadley letter was an imita
tion Of. 1t Is common practice among per
sons having a large correspondence to have
limitations of their signatures made by theil
confidential clerks.
CHICAGO, November 22d "A T1'ibun,
Washington special says: A Democratic
Senator reveals the important fact that Gar
field was in Ohio the day the Morey letter
was dated, and therefore could not have
written it. This did not come out in ths
Morey trial. The records of the House will
show this to be true.
American Commercial Relations on the
Pacific.
CHICAGO, November 22d. = The Inter.
Oceans Washington special says: Secretary
Thompson, in his forthcoming report, will
give prominence to the American commercial
relations on the Pacific. The report will say
that Commodore Shufeldt's cruise has been
very important in results. He has succeeded
in removing most, if not all, the irritation
Shenandoah was there some years ago.
Efforts will be continued to have the ports
of that country open to the world. The
Coreans already buy many American goods,
preferring them to European, and obtaining
them through japan that with the pos
session of Alaska and treaties with Japan,
the Sandwich Islands and Samoa, our relations
are such that if we do not have fair share
of trade across the Pacific it will be our OWL
fault.
CHICAGO, November 22d. = The Inter.
Oceans Washington special says Our Gov.
eminent has reason to believe that the letter
of Commodore Shufeldt to the King of Corea
has not been seen by him. His failure to
conclude the matter is attributed to the pres
ence of tie French and English fleets. Ne.