Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-08

gress will be able to adjourn by the middle of
May. The Committee on Appropriations, he
thinks, will be ready with all the appropria.
ton bills as fast as the House can dispose of
them. 1t is the intention to endeavor to pass
the immediate deficiency the United States
Marshals' deficiency and the Consular and
diplomatic appropriation bills next week, and
to go on with the Indian appropriation bill
the week following. 1t is very doubtful
whether this programme can be carried out,
as the funding bill still remains unfinished
business, and the Marshals' deficiency bill is
also likely to give rise to extended debate.
1t is, however, fast becoming the general con-
viction that very little legislation will be
completed this session. except the passage of
the regular appropriation bills.
MAJOR RENO.
Major Reno's resignation has not yet been
received, and it is reported that his friends
are working to secure reversal or modiica-
tion of his Court-martial sentence; but itcan be
stated on high authority that there is no
prospect of their success in this direction.
W. E. CHANDLER.
The Egening Star has the following: "WilI-
lam L. Chandler brushed against a Star re-
porter to-day, and was asked: ''You are a
long politician, now who do you
think the Democrats will nominate for Presi-
dent?" "Who?" said he. 'Why, Tilden.
They can't help it if they would. Tilden
will be the Democratic nominee"
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UTE INDIANS.
WASHINGTON, March 6th.-Negotiations
with the Utes were concluded to-day. The
formal agreement provides in the first para
graph, on the part of the Indians, THAT they
will procure the surrender OF those of their
nation implicated III the murder of Agent
Meeker and his employees, and in case they
do not succeed in experimenting the parties,
they will faithfully aid any officers of the
United States directed to make arrests. The
second paragraph cedes to the United States
all the territory of the Ute Reservation in
Colorado. The Southern ties agree to set.
tie upon unoccupied agricultural lands on La
Plata river, Colorado and New Mexico, or in
that vicinity. The Uncompahgres go to
Grand river, near the mouth of the Gunni.
son, Colorado: the White River Utes will
take up lands on the Uintah Reservation,
Utah. The Indians are to select their own
allotments of lands in these locations. Pro.
vision is made for roads and highways THIS
agreement is entered into by the Ute chiefs,
who promise TO obtain the consent of their
people to the cession of their reservation
upon the following express conditions:
First-The Government is to survey and
patent 10 lle lHuiailS III SeNSTstiII GUt lstilNls
reserved for them, giving fee simple title to
each Indian as soon as the necessary laws are
passed by Congress; this title to remain in
alienable, and the lands not to be taxable for
twenty-five years.
Second-That so soon as the consent of the
several tribes of the Ute nation shall have
been obtained to this agreement, the annui
ties heretofore provided by Congress, amount.
ing at this time to SCI, 900, will be paid to the
Indians In cash, and as much more will be
added as Congress shall appropriate. This
annuity is to be paid in cash, at the request
of the indians, the President having discre
ton to pay it in cash, or in stock, wagons,
agricultural implements, etc. The latter are
to be furnished sufficient for their reasonable
wants; also such saw and grist mills as may
be necessary to enable them to commence
| farming operations as soon as their settle
ment is effected.
| A commission is to be appointed to super
intend their settlement and to attend to the
carrying out of this agreement, and the money
appropriated by Congress for this purpose
shall be apportioned as follows: One-third tC
those who settle on La Plata river, one-hal
to those on Grand river, and one-sixth tt
| those going to the Uintah Reservation.
Third-In addition, as pay for their land
! the Utes are to receive an annuity of $50, 600
to be distributed among them per capita, ant
| their present annuity of $4,000 is to be con
tinued for support of the Utes until they car
become self-supportihg and the education o
their children is provided for.
GENERAL HowARD's ACCOUNT WITH TIL
FREEDMENs BANK.
WASHINGTON, March 6th.-General o. o.
Howard, before the Senate Select Committed
! on the Freedmen's Bank, explained his per
sonal account which the hooks showed he haC
overdrawn to the amount of Sab. HI
claimed that the amount had been reduced
| by deposit slips and by drafts, which do no
appear on the books, to some $500, and thi;
balance he could NOT admit or deny, owing Il
the length of time since the transaction, ant
the fact that glaring errors and omissions
| had been discovered by experts in the book
keeping of the bank. The failure of the banl
was due to the high rate of interest paid, III
vestment in real estate securities instead o
Government securities, and the failure of Jay
Cook & Co., which rendered otherwise goot
securities almost worthless.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
| WASHINGTON, March 7th.-Ramsd elps Re
public to-day editorially reviews Genera
John /. Miller's article on the Chinese ques
ton, published in the March number of tn
| Californian, and indorses its reasoning an,
its conclusions in terms of high commends
ton The writer fully agrees with Genera
Miller that the Monaghan and the Anglo
Saxon civilizations are radically antagonistic
that they can no more mix than oil an
water, and that it is already high time for tn
United States to consider which of the tw
civilizations existing side by side on the Pa
cilic coast shall predominate. The fact tina
it is not always the HI, chest type of man tha
survives in the struggle for subsistence is dc
monstrased by references to the au
thorities from whom General Mile
quotes in his article, and the review
after presenting the question whether tn
nation has not a right to discrimlnat
in favor of an assimilable immigration q
against the hordes OF Monaghan heathens, b
whom the maintenance OF our system
threatened, concludes as follows: IF tn
Chinese cana here to make conquest OF on
country by fcrce of arms, who doubts tina
the whole nation would resist themy Br
the stealthy and strategic conquest whlc
they are pursuing is just as Dangerous
and should be met by just as determined
resistance The Republic, under the ADJ
management of its new editor and proprieto
HI Ramsiell, formerly Washington corr
spondent of the New York Tribune. has no
taken position ia the front rank OF week.
journals of the country, and its advocacy I
the views of Pacific coast people on this one
ton is therefore noticeable acquisition.
PACIFIC COAST POSTAL CHANGES.
The following postal changes for the Pacit
Coast were made last week: Offices esta
lished-Worthan, Fresno county, Cal, job
G.. Crump, Postmaster; Brush Prairie, ClaI
county, W. T.. Fred Dietrich. Postmaster
Cottage Glen, Yakima county, w. T., jam
J. Undue, Postmaster; Norton, Klikatat con-
ty, w. T., G. c. Sochren, Postmaster. z
fees discontinued-Cort MADEIRA, Mar
county, CAL; Kaweah, Tulare county, Cal
Sitkin, Coos county, Oregon; Alkah Fla
Whitman county. w. I. Postmassers a
pointed-Michael Mehrin, Arroyo Grand
San Luis 0bispo county, CAL; George