Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-12-31
EASTERN.
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WARRINGTON, Dec. 30th.-The
President has retired Brigadier-
General Randolph b. Marcy, In.
spector General and Col. John
Barnard, of the corps Of engineers.
Proposed Pacific o.ast Appropri-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30th.-The
official estimates of the appropria-
tions required for the next fiscal
year include the following details
not heretofore published, for dis
tinctively Pacific Coast purposes:
For surveying public lands In CAL
ifornia, 1000; Oregon, Washing
ton Territory, New Mexico and
Colorado, $4,000 each; Nevada,
Utah and Montana, $25, 200 each;
Dakota, $40. 900; Arizona, SIS. 600
For surveying private land claims
l-California. $4,000; Arizona and
New Mexico, $4,000 each; for the
United States geological survey
under Clarence King, $400, 900; for
clerks in the office of the Surveyor
General of California, including
those engaged to bring up the ar.
rears Of work and in copying and
preserving defaced original Span
ish archives, $39,000. Increased
appropriations of $1,000 to $4,000
each are also recommended for
similar purposes in all the other
Pacific Coast States and Terrific
ries. For the survey of the Pacific
Coast under the Superin-
tendent OF the Geodetic survey,
$18O,0O0. For river and hal Dor
improvements-Oakland harbor,
$3.50, 200; Wilmington harbor, $685.
900; Sacramento river, $50. 900; San
Joaquin river, $4,000; Petaluma
creek, $40, 600; Cascade, Columbia
river, $500, 600; the Lower William
ette and Columbia, from Portland
to the sea, including the bar at the
mouth of the Columbia, $3.50, 900;
to protect the beach at Ft. Adams,
at the mouth of the Columbia, $780,
600; Upper Columbia and Snake
river, $50, 900; Upper Willamette
and Yamhill rivers, $53, 600. Lower
Clear Water, Idaho, $4,000.
| Note.-All the foregoing river
and harbor estimates form part of
the grand total of over $22, 200, ,oOC
recommended by officers of the En-.
gineer Corps, which the Secretary
of War, in transmitting them te
Congress, recommends should be
reduced to total of $500. .000
, without suggesting what reduc.
tions should be made in any par.
ticulars.
v.ct0rio surely Dead.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3Oth.-Msjor J
IL. Mahon, of the Indian Depart
ment, has arrived from the Color
! ado river Indian agency, en- route
, to Washington. He says tina
there is no doubt of the death o
Victorio, the Apache Chief. Majo
Mahon saw the famous warriors
: wife at San Carlos and che was ir
mourning and had cut off her hair
a sure sign that her husband il
dead.
the ssun,ion Ia soccosro.
DENVER, Dec. 3Oth.-The Iri
6une's Santa Fe special says: Thu
: situation at SoccOrro remains very
critical. About 25 men went from
Albuquerque to Soccorro las
night to aid the oitizens' party anC
y company of the 18th Infantry Il
guarding public property. Las
night Anton M. Baca, one of thu
prisoners held by the citizens, pro
cured a revolver and shot one o
the guards, and was himself killet
ty another guard. Judge Parks, o
the Second Judicial District, to
day released the prisoners from thu
custody of the citizens on heavy
bail. The Americans are deter
mined that Conkling's murderer
shall not escape, and as he belongs
to q powerful and numerous Mexi
can family, who are assembling tt
aid him, serious trouble seems i'm
minent.
Lose IN LIVES and Money.
: GLOUCESTER, Dec. 30th.-The to-
tai losses in the fisheries from thii
port for the past year comprises
four schooners and three boats
valued at $2l,00o, and fifty-three
liAes.