Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-08-31
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MERGED, August % The indict
ment Oh which J. w. Robertson,
ex-County Judge of this county,
was yesterday arraigned In the Su-
periOr Court, charges him with
having embtzzled $500, the pro.
cerds of an unclaimed estate. E
J. Hamilton, present County Audi
tor and Recorder. was also arraign-
ed In the same Court, ten indlct-
ments charging him with the en-
abezzlements of county funds hav-
ing been found against him by the
Grand Jury. The defendants were
both admitted to bail, and given
unit. Tuesday the 3lst instant to
plead.
The Swamp Land Fund OF Mar-
cad county to The amount OF $25.-
600 is non est inVentus.
Laura de Force Gordon appeared
In the Superior Court yesterday as
counsel lar Mrs. R0wena tranice
Steele, editor of the San Joaquin
Valley Argus, who has applied for
writs of mati,iamus aud certiOrari
against tho Board of Supervisors
for having awarded the county
printing to the Merced Express.
Mrs. Steel claims that the price
which the Supervisors have agreed
TO pay the hGpress is treble that
for which slle offered to take the
contract.
A azopsf-s eropheey.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-The
death Of Ouray will not, in the
opinion Of the officers of the Inte-
rior Department., seriously impede
the business OF the Commission,
much less break off entire-
ly the negotiations now pend.
Ing. Acting Secretary Bell,
whils coneeding to Chief Ouray
considerable Influence among
the southern U,es, thinks there
still remains amongst them other
chiefy and head neu favorably in
clint to the 'r-aty who will in
s.dUce the members Of the tribe to
ag'ssto 1t, aud consequently feels
gu t. confident that negotiations
will be conducted to a successful
ending.
THE Ar.h~" Dnenau,~.
NEW York, Aug. 20 The ri
bune's cable dispatch from London
says: Ay0ob's withdrawal to
6angirf does not mean that he Is
raising the siege OF Candahar, for
which sufficient hiilmen aud Will
ayers remain. Ayoob has simply
yonn IN eak, the 11rnoak aud A p.
gundab valleys bifurcate, so as to be
able to protect his force from an
attack IN the rear by General Rob.
erts. Ayoob Kahn has 5000 capi-
tai soldiers, and counting the
troops from the Ghazis tribes and
the irreRulMis, he has In all prOba-
bly, Is, GOO men. The official deciar-
ations about Afghanistan during
the past week confirm the expecta-
tion that both the Kurum valley
xa,d the Khyb ber Pass will be given
up. The question In now whetber
the short Khyber Pass and Canda-
har are to he retained
England's policy towards Persia
suggests an understanding with
Russia, not only on Eastern but on
SCuthoh k1oian IL buC
lnglish Government had any anx.
iety about Russian designs in Gen.
tral Asia, Lord Granville wound not
have snubbed P,rsia's recent appeal
to England. Should England rur-
reuder Candahar. retiring behind
the old frontier. Russia may retire
from the Turcoman expeditions,
though Englishmen credit her In
tenti0n to forego an ultimate adj
vance on Herat. The hostility of
the Tekkes would easily give an
excuse for a forward movement at.
fr the British withdrawal.
Va. H.mpt. ms Stanton Spssch.
? CHICAGO. Aug. 27-J Yost, ed
itor of the Valley Virgisian, which
reported Hampton ss having said
in his stanton speech In substances:
Consider what Lee aud Jackson
would do were they alive. These are
the same principles for which they
fought four years. Remember the
men who poured forth their blood
ou Virginia's soil, and do not aban.
don them now" publishes q pri
vate letter received from Hampton
In which he says: have not the
slightest recollection. of having
used the language attributed to me
In The closing sentences Of your re-
port, and certainly never intended
" convey tho idea epkodisd IN
I them. Your reporter misconcelved
my language. l appealed to the
Virginians present to consider be
fore they voted how Lee and jack
son would vote. were they alive,
and I asked II anyone present
could for q moment suppose that
these devoted VirginiAns would
ever have done anything that would
create tiissension In the State they
had loved so we'll. My sole
object at Staunton was to appeal to
/, the Democratic Of Virginia to forget
> their local differences aud to strike
for the success Of the Democratic
party. The principle involved IN
the war was the claim made BY the
Z south Of the right VI psaoeable %.
oossIon. This right wAs denied BY
I the North, pemoerets - we'll -