Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-10-03
EASTERN.
New com as Dissevovea.

New tomet DthoevOreu.
WASHINGTON, October 2d.-The
Smithsonian Institution has re-
ceived the announcement of the
discovery by Hastings, at Stras-
bourg, September 29th, OF comet
with bright tail, IA hours, min
utes right ascension, 20 degrees, 45
minutes north declinatian, with a
daily motion of 25 seconds in the
right ascension.
| Bishop ktPfo ss-"cn s"c Opening
ses sMOa.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4th.-At the
opening of the triennial conven.
tion Of the Episcopal Church here
next Wednesday, Bishop Kip will
preach the sermon. The services
will be held IN st. Georges Church.
Daily sessions of the Convention,
which Will n0mber four hundred
delegates, will be held in the
Church of the Holy Trinity.
The H"rss Disease spreading.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2d.-The horse
distemper is spreading and Great.
ing great alarm. Over 10000
have been attacked within the
week on Manhattan Island alone,
exclusive ofJersey City and Brook.
lyn. Over 10000 horses have been
sick of epizootic in this city within
the past week.
The charges Against secretary
GUsper.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2d.-A Times
Washington special says: Over two
months ago charges were preferred
against G. Gosper, Secretary Of
Arizona Territory, by c. w. Beach,
editor of the Prescott, Arizona,
Miner. These charges were filed in
the Interior Department, but all
efforts to procure a copy Of them
have failed. The nature of the
charges, however, is known. Cos
per, as Secretary of the Territory,
purchased all supplies, and in one
instance he sent a voucher to the
Interior Department for $llOO
Beach wrote to the Department
and obtained copy of the vouch.
er. He then sent to the man from
whom the goods were purchased
and procured a certified copy of the
) receipted bill furnished Gosper. The
original was $3.50, while the
( voucher for it was $ll0U. The bill
had been raised $3.50. A number of
, other charges of the same charac-
ter were filed with this, but the De-
partment has never suspended
Gosper, nor ordered an investiga.
!, ton of the charges as faras known.
Tns ssuoi st..O" wsSver.
NEW YORK, Oct. Cd. The Herald
u has this mosning letter which is
. published in all the journals: We
'. print elsewhere curious letter
from Mr.. Lum, one of the Secre-
Q taries of the National Greenback
Q Labor Committee, to Murch, Chair
4 man of that committee. Lum, rot
= to put too fine point on it, asserts
o that Weaver, the Greenback candl.
}, date for the Presidency, is no more
n than the hired agent of the Repub.
8 lican National Committee; that he
8 has received money from the Re.
i publicans aud is prosecuting hil
). so-called canvass under their direc-
= tions and for their benefit. He
adds that the Treasurer of the
t Greenback Committee is in init.
9 mate political relations with the
: Secretary of the Republican Ma
n tional Committee, and with Sena.
: tor Jones, Of Nevada; that General
Weaver has had his campaign ex.
}, penses paid by the Republican
d Committee; that he (Lum) has tel
! grams from the Republican Com.
mittee showing these and othe,
facts, and that the Republicans
9 have cajoled Weaver with the
d promise that in case the
' October elections should &c
n heavily Democratic, they
will withdraw the Republican
q electoral tickets in West Virginia
Missouri, Texas and Mississippi in
/. his favor, with the object of throw
I ing the election into the House,
s where they propose, says Lum, to
y support Weaver and thus defeat
, Hancock. In short, he asserts that
/ Weaver has sold ont the Green back
( party to the Republicans for what
might be called remotely contin.
gent chance of getting their help
/. for himself. Finally, Lum adds
that if his staten is contradict
ed, he will produce the proofs. 1t is
a common saying that "all is fail
in love and war" and politics, but
: in that case this exposure must, VT
9 suppose, be reckoned just as fair as
, the coalition it exposes. Our ad
p vice to the real Greenbacker Is tc
drop Weaver and vote for one ol
a the other OF the regular candidates
, II Weaver has made bargain
4 with Republicans, they are certain