Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-05
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Affairs ut the National Capital.

AOAhHsSAhS NEW
Affairs ut the National Capital.
| Especial to the RECORD UNIoSl
WASHINGTON, January 3d.-The acting
Commissioner of the General Land Office to.
day made ruling that in any case where a
Mexican land claim has been confirmed by a
District Court, and no appeal has been pre-
sented within the five years prescribed by
law, certificate from the Clerk of the Court
will be accepted by the General Land Office
as sufficient evidence of the finality of the
proceedings upon the question of title. The
acting Commissioner also ruled, few days
ago, that, in the event of its being found that
confirmed claim is completely surrounded
by the surveys already made by the United
States authorities of other confirmed private
land claims, there is no necessity of retracing
in the field the lines of these surrounding
surveys, and the Surveyor General may
therefore complete plat from the official
feld-notes of the approved surveys on file in
his office. This ruling seemed to be in con-
fiict with the doctrine laid down by the Sec.
retary of the Interior in his subsequent de-
cision in the Corte de MADEIRA case, but it is
observable that the latter decision was made
with reference to lines run by State authori-
ties, not Federal surveys, and which also
only partially, and not completely, bounded
| the tract in question.
| Acting Commissioner Armstrong further
calls attention to the fact that in cases where
| one of the boundaries is meandering stream.
which may have materially changed its course
during term of years, a new survey in favor
of the inclosed grant would very possibly be
| at the expense of previously surveyed exte-
| rior grants, and that, in such case, it would
be manifestly improper to insist upon the at.
tempt to retrace in the field the former lines
of survey.
A patent was issued to-day for that portion
of the Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa which
was confirmed to John Hendly. Il COM
prises 640 acres of very valuable property,
near Sonoma City, Cal.
PERSONNEL OF THE FoRTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
A statement just compiled here shows that
of the 76 members of the United States Sem
ate, SO are practicing lawyers, and that no
less than 2l9 out of the total 293 members of
the House of Representatives are lawyers.
Besides these, there are in the House 25 mer-
chants, . bankers, capitalists, man ufac-
turers, IL farmers, millers, l stonecutter
(Murch of Maine), editors, 6 physicians. 2
teachers and ministers, viz De La Matyr
of Indiana and Anderson of Kansas form
erly of San Francisco and Stockton, Cal. J.
In the Senate, besides the lawyers, there are
s merchants or other business men, plant
L L
mine-owner and operator, and l Senator of
no profession or business, unless it be politics
GRANTS OPINION OF WASHINGTON CITY.
During General Grants visit here, and at
one of the dinners given in his honor he was
asked which city among all he had visited he
liked the best, and the reply came quickly :
"Washington; | think it is the handsomest
city in the world" This little straw is one
of many that have shown that the ex-Presi-
dent is by no means averse to taking quar-
ters in this city again.
SENIOR DELLA COSTA,
Minister from Venezuela, who has long been
one of the most popular members of the
diplomatic corps in Washington, will leave
in few days for trip to California, intend
ing to remain there and elsewhere in the
West until next autumn.
Survivors from, the Lost Steamer BOrussia
Picked Up at Sea
BALTIMORE, January 3d.-The Italian bark
Giacomino arrived this morning. She brought
the following passengers and crew of the lost
steamer Borussia, who were picked up at sea
$50 miles off the Azores Passengers-,John
S. Sullivan, Owen McCabe Ross, andre
Gonzales. Gaetino Salvato, Charles Deintos.
Crew-Wm. Switzerland, second engineer ;
J. +. Lawson, Bernard Gertoz, VIM. Fisher,
Patrick Sura and John Callaghan, seamen
All reported to the British Consul for relief.
They are in a very destitute condition They
suffered greatly in the open boat before being
| rescued. The party was in metallic life-boat
No. 3, having got into it on the evening of
December Sd, well provided with coarse food
| and water. The sea ran very high during
the night, and the boat was at the mercy OF
the waves. The gale continued the next
day. A bark was sighted, but the crew were
unable to attract her attention. That night
the sea calmed down. They were steering
! for Fayal, and the weather moderated and
| the sea remained calm until midnight of the
4th. Sharks followed them day and night
until one was pierced with boathook. and
the rest left. On the morning of the 9TH the
wind, which had been gradually rising. blew
very hard, and they changed their course
from east to west. Running before the wind
they discovered sail bearing directly fol
them at about P. NJ. on the 5th. By waiv.
1 ing blankets and handkerchiefs and pulling
direct for the sail, they attracted the atten
| ton of those on board, and were taken on the
Giacomino and arrived to-day The life.
| boat was cast adrift. All speak in terms Of
| the warmest praise of Captain Bonifacio, Of
| the Giacomino, who gave them clothing anc
] necessaries.
Fight Against the Reappoinimeut of Gov.
ernOr Emery, of Utah.
| SALT LAKE CITY, January 3d.-The fight
against the reappointment of Governo,
| Emery still continues, and 1,400 names,
signed to vigorous protests, have been for.
warded to President Hayes. His appoint.
ment would be a Mormon triumph, as they
have been working hard for him. At the
Zion's Cooperative Institution 800 names Of
Mormons have been secured to petition fol
his reappointnent-among them Apostle and
Mayor Little-but fearing their over-zeal in
his behalf would injure his cause in Wash.
iugton, the petition was ordered DESTROYED.
Before departing for Washington this week,
Apostle Cannon said Hayes had promised tc
reappoint Emery, but no confidence could be
placed In his statements. Cannon also said,
| if Emery were retained, the Utah Legisla.
tdre,. composed entirely Of polygamists,
could pass laws to forestall Congressional
action in Utah affairs-meaning by this that
Emery would sign any bill the polygamists
would pass to stave off special legislation by
Congress, as in the case of the election law
passed by the last Legislature, which virtu.
ally disfranchised Gentiles, and under which
they have never voted since. Ii the Presi.
dent nominates Emery, the Gentiles will de-
feat his confirmation by the Senate.
Parnelrs address TO Men OF Meath.
NEW YORK, January 3d-Parnell and
Dillon received Boston delegation to-day
also an address to men of Meath. Parnell
replying, said Meath presented remarkable
spectacle among his Irish constituents fol
steadfastness-a fact that might be of inter.
est to native-born Americans who considered
immigration remedy for all sorts OF evils
He would say, however, that though Meath
was the richest county in Ireland, her resi-
dents had nevertheless been brought to q
| point of great suffering. In Ireland, monop.
| olists had adopted system of rents, while
here a railway corporation system of sales
was in vogue /: but be would not undertake
to point out the expediency at present or the
right or wrong Of large grants being made tc
railway corporations.
Beliigerenf Cherokees.
WAsHINGToN, Jant1ary 3d-Col. Boudinet
well known Cherokee residing here, made
an argument before the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs to-day in support of the petition
fled by him praying that he be put in pos