Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-14


zens DIR. Porter welcomed him as the great.
| est military chieftain of this or any age or
country, as twice chosen President, and as
| one of the most distinguished private citizens
| in the world. He alluded in thankful words
| to the charity forwarded to Memphis during
the yellow fever.
| General Grant, in reply, referringsto the
charity that had been showered upon Mem
| pills. said it was peculiarity of our country
| to always take care of those in distress and
| that if the Government failed in that respect,
! the oharitably disposed throughout the land
would not let anyone suffer- The party were
| then driven b the Peabody Hotel, where re-
| freshments were served.
| Later in the day General Grant addressed
| the people, and said: "The reception which
L receive here at your hands cannot but be
gratifying. 1t is pleasant to hear such words
of welcome as have heard throughout my
tour of the South, and | can say to my
friends in the South that there never has been
day when [ was not as anxious for their
prosperity as they themselves. | see evil
dences of better feeling existing between
| the citizens of different sections of the coun-
try, which hope will continue to grow"
| A public levee was then held, and vast
throng-estimated at l, ,500-surged about the
grand stand anxious to shake the General by
| the hand.
The military companies at o'clock escorted
General Grant back to the hotel.
The Feeling Toward Grant I'm Kentucky.
| LOUISVILLE, April 13th.-It is certain that
I no other candidate than Grant will have a
majority in to-morrow's Convention to ap-
point delegates to Chicago The Convention,
however, may not deem it expedient to in
| struct for Grant.
| Information Sought.
I OIL
| Is this Gorham of California, of whom it is
now said that he is known as g one of Grants
confidential friends" and if "Grant should
be nominated, would undoubtedly, from his
large experience in organization, be ole of
| his most trusty managers, is he any relation
to the Gorham who was communicated and
cast into utter darkness for sending Green
back campaign documents in 1873 and for
boiling the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor In California as a monopolist and
creature OF bloated corporations? Because,
II he Is the same man, and is once more in
| full fellowship and trusted manager. Re-
| publican indignation against him for coquet-
ting with the Greenbackers cannot have been
so very hot after ALL
The Public Land COMMISSIONS BIII-A
NumerousIy Signed Protest.
| Especial to the RECORD UNION
WASHINGTON, April 13th.-Senator Farley
to-day presented memorial, numerously
signe1 by citizens of Mono county, Cal, and
Esmeralda county, New, protesting against
the passage of the Public Land Commissions
bill, which proposes a radical change in the
mining laws. The memorialists say the
enactment of this bill would be subversive of
the best interests of cheap mining that in
stead of preventing litigation it will increase
1t; that by its onerous conditions it will create
ita1 nrb; ab IL
surface mining that it will entirely destroy
, the occupation of the prospector, throw thou
sands of poor miners and hardy prospectors
out of employment and retard for an indefi-
mite period the development of a compara-
lively unprospected mineral belt, which is
believed to be rich in precious minerals.
Representative Daggett has also received a
/ large number of memorials of the same char
acter.
Senator Growers Health.
Especial to the RECORD UYroYI
WASHINGTON, April 18Th. - The report
published yesterday that Senator Grover is
suffering from paralysis and dangerously ill
at Wilmington, Del, is to-day discredited by
his intimate friends in this city. Letters re-
ceived by one of them and by Senator Gro
ver's brother in-law during the past few days,
written by the Senator himself, reports that
his health is improving
Is Edmunds n Candidate or Not?
New York, April 13th.-The Tri5une's
Washington special says: The Vermont
friends of Edmunds suggested to a Repre-
sentative in Congress from that State that he
accept the leadership of the Vermont delega-
tion to Chicago, in order to present and press
the name of Edmunds for the consideration of
the Convention. The gentleman said to Ed
munds If you desire it l will CO. "My
Il {IoC Al.
do go it shall be to make it known that my
name is not to be presented to the Conven-
| ton"
Fight with Moonshiners.
| RALEIGH On. C.), April 13th.-Revenue
| Agent Bryan, with thirty men, in the mount
! aims to-day came on the distilleries of Buck
Singleton, King of the Moonshiners, with IF
teen employees. Bucks forces fred voley,
killing one Revenue man and wounding
several, and then fed to the forest. The Off
GERS found four distilleries surrounded by
palisade, and destroyed them.
Silver and stocks.
| New York, April 18TH - Silver bars.
| 113a; money, 3@6; Governments quiet
stocks closed generally firm; Western
Union, 1053; Quicksilver, s; Pacific Mail,
! 1lOa Mariposa, %; Wells Fargo, LOG; New
York Central. 1872: Erie. 43s; Panama, 100;
! Pacific, 75l: bonds, l12s; Sutro Tunnel Il
Leadville, 2s; Caribou, q Central Arizona,
6b; Excelsior, 10 /; Homestake, 35; Ontario,
| 80; Standard, S0a Little Pittsburg 6s
The Observation-Disclosures Case.
WASHINGTON, April 18th. = The House
! Elections Committee have instructed their
Chairman to report to the House that neither
| Donnelly nor Washburne is entitled to a
| seat.
Escape OF Prisoners.
CHEYENNE, April 13th.- The Leader has
| the following special from Laramie CITY:
| An extensive delivery from the Penitentiary
took place on Wednesday last The affair
was kept quiet by Warden Horne, who hoped
to capture the prisoners and place them back
in the prison. He armed and mounted sew
eral short-term convicts, and sent them after
the fugitives. The search proved fruitless
Among the escapes are the notorious road
agents and murderers, The Kid Buffalo
SAM" Hamilton, Taylor and WILDER.
Crow Indians at Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 13th.-The Crows in
full dress paid their respects to the Secretary
of the Interior this morning, and received a
very hattering ovation from the clerks of the
department. These Indians are universally
pronounced to be the finest specimens of the
race yet seen in Washington. One of them
stands six feet four inches in his moccasins,
and weighs 260 pounds. Each chief wears
magnificent war shirt Of buckskin, fiuely en-
broidered, beaded. and adorned with white
weasel tails.
The Exodus y Investigation.
WASHINGTON, April 13th.-The Exodus
Committee to-day examined r. L. Falker
lcoloredl, 63 years old, from Natchitoches,
La. He said he was a Republican, but voted
the Democratic ticket for safety. He was
disgusted with the Republican State leaders.
He had been President of Ward Club in his
parish, and had been taken from home by
| masked men few nights before the election
in 1868, robbed of his purse and registration
papers, and advised to resign his position and
withdraw from politics, which he did. The
Vice-President of .he Club, who was called
! out, recognized some of the party, and was
therefore instantly killed. Witness had been