Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-31

OuclnS tne COST OF Cne mall service. MIR
james does not conceal the fact that he think
MacVeagh should have continued in flee q
least until the indictments are found in tht
star-route cases. George Bliss will be here
| tomorrow, and the motion to strike from tn;
record the information against Brady ct al
will be argued. Totten and Ingersoll will
attack, and Bliss and Brewster defend thu
sutficiency of the proceeding. MacVeagt
will not appear, and all reports that he is tt
be appointed to aid in the cases are un
| founded.
The AttOrney.Generalship
New YORK, October 30th.-The Tribune
Washington special says: The President
has decided not to accept Mr.. MacVeaghi
| resignation for the present. Mr.. MacVeagt
was to have returned to Washington Monday
to acauaint his successor with the duties O.
his Office, but under the circumstances he may
not arrive. Had his resignation been &C
cepted, it was the Presidents intention tt
offer him retainer to serve as counsel in tn;
star-route cases.
The star.Roufe Prosecutions.
New YORK, October 30sh.-The World
| Washington special says: Colonel Ingersol
having returned to the city, he and the othe
counsel for Brady and his associates in tn
starr-oute cases will appear in Court to
| information recently submitted to the Cour
I by District Attorney Corkhill should b
| quashed as invalid, irregular, unprecedented
| and illegal. There is doubt whether the ar
guments will be heard, On account Of the ab
sence of special District Attorney Cook, VIII
| has direct supervision of the case. No in
| timation has been received from Mr. Mac
Veagh that he will have anything to do witt
these proceedings, and the impression amonI
lawyers is that sufficient reason has not ap
peared why the information should not hav
reached the Court through the Grand Jury
The President.
WASHINGTON, October 30th The Presi
dent will leave here for New York to-mor
row, where he will remain for several days
He already shows the result Of increased
attention to the duties of his position.
The Flood in the West.
QUINCY GIL, October 30th-The river a
this point tonight is 10 feet above low. wate
mark, having risen slowly all day. All tn
railroads south and west from here remaiI
suspended, except the Hannibal and St
Joseph, which is still running. All the in
habitants of Sny valley have moved out Il
high grounds, many Of them taking refuge il
this city. The water is steadily spreadin!
over thousands of acres of the fertile farms
heretofore protected by embankments, ant
the loss to the farmers will be very heavy
All the levees in this city have been broker
| by the great pressure Of water, and the low
lands are now completely flooded. This i:
the greatest flood ever known at this season
of the year, and there is no record of highe
stage at any time, excepting during tn,
spring freshets in 1851.
The Younger Rrothers-EnOrfs for Theil
Pardon.
SALTWATER (Minn.) October 30th.-Ma
jor Younger and Mrs. Sophia Regan, uncle
and aunt of the Younger brothers, are her,
taking the initiatory steps to bring the mat
ter of the boys pardon to the attention of the
Legislature, on appeal from Governor Pills
bury, who refused to exercise Executive elem
ency. The petitioners are wealthy resident;
of the Pacific slope. and are spending theil
money freely in behalf Of the boys but e!
the pardoning power is vested absolutely il
the Executive, it does not appear on the sur
face what they can accomplish by recourse tt
the LEGISLATURE. Following is an extract
from the Majors appeal, to be presented
soon
In the Minnesota Penitentiary there the las
victims Of the civil war They there because
they were driven by circumstances which grew ou
Of the war to lead life which they hated and de
spised. The peculiar bitterness OF the between
Missouri and Kansas has put them there. They have
been grievous punished In actual battle thest
men were always merciful. There are Federal sol
diers all over the North to-day who their liYes
to Coleman Younger.
fearful talk on the bad luck the boys had in
falling in with thieves while on little visit
to Minnesota, as she grimly calls their raic
on the North6eld Bank and the murder o.
the Cashier.
paul Rovfou,s Vnxage nnxvu the yfssouri
Suicide.
OMAHA, October 30tb. Captain Paul Boy
ton, in his rubber suit, sailed into this port
at o'clock this afternoon, announcing his
arrival by firing off several bombs. His land
ing here was Witnessed by at least 10, coz
people, who had gathered at the bank of the
river to greet him. The weather being warm
and pleasant, he had very successful trit
from Sioux City down the Missouri river
leaving there at 11:30 A. NJ yesterday. The
distance is about 80 miles. He is accom-
panied by Creelman, the New York Herald
correspondent, who rides 10 canoe They
remain here day or two and then resume
the trip to st. Louis.
After Boyton and Creelman had gone uI
town and the crowd had nearly dispersed. an
unknown man gave an exhibition Of swim
ming without suit of any kind. He de-
liberately undressed himself few rods north
of Boyton's landing place. and plunged into
the river. He struck out boldly into the
current and SWAN down stream and when
near the Union Pacific bridge be wa:
drowned. 1t is thought to be case of dslib-
craze suicide. Fifteen cents was found in hi:
clothes, bus no papers to show who he was.
Another Postal Thief Brought TIP with 0
Round Turn.
OMAHA. October 30th = About three
months ago the Firss National Bank Of
Omsha sent registered package of 80 0Ct
to the First National Bank of Deadwood
and it failed to reach its destination, Post