, 1881-04-01
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ceased.
The status of the two independents in
the senate has been fixed, Davis with the
democrats and Malone with the republi-
cans.
The president has nominated Sanford
A. Hudson of Wisconsin associate Justice
OF The supreme court Of Dakota, and
Clarke Carr postmaster at Galesburg Ills.
The secretary of the treasury has ac-
cepted S3,OGO, ,OQ0 of 6's at the lowest rate
offered, being an average of lOl and inter.
est. There were offers of over Sl4. 900, 900.
the Chicago correspondent of the Cour-
ler-Journal learns that the Pacific Railway
Co., looking with alarm to Jay Gould's
schemes, has arranged to consolidate its
vast western interest, including some
dozen lines, and to replace the various
managements with one efficient set of
officials. All previous experiments in
this line have proved costly and inexpe-
dent l.. A. Ford will be in charge of the
western interests of the road.
VIM. +, Chandler is to be solicitor gem
eral of the department of justice. 1t is
thought that Col. Russell, of Texas, will
secure the first assistant postmaster gen.
eralship. For the second place Don Cam
eron is pushing VIM. A. Grier, of Penn
sylvaI.ia, who steadily voted for Garfield
in the Chicago convention. French and
Upton will both leave the treasury de
partment, and Edward Mcpherson will
take the first place. Hon. Jerry Rusk, of
Wisconsin, and Hon. Jonas H. MrGoWan,
of Michigan, want the agricultural bureau.
Hannibal Hamlin can have the collector
ship at Boston For the Austrian mission
there are four applicants, and for the
postotfice at Youngstown, Ohio, no less
than l3.
The New York Herald reviewing Mexi.
can affairs Enthusiastically SAYS: 1t is
whispered that vast designs are On foot
with reference to the regions whose min
eral wealth will soon cause California and
Nevada to hide their diminished heads.
fany credence can be given to several
% our inspired contemporaries, the new
plot against the independence of Mexico
far exceeds IN magnitude the aboItive
design of Hayes in 1877, which was so
promptly frowned down by our new pre-
mier. AS, however, Blaine must be sup
posed to have the courage of convictions,
1t Is soothing 10 reflect upon the dismay
which his appointment as secretary of the
state must have carried into the camp OF
the relentless plotters against the peace OF
the two great American republics.
The New York Times does not like the
nomination of Stanley Matthews to the
vacancy on the supreme bench. 1t says
The general hopefulness and good will
with which the new administration Was
greeted and which bade fair to grow
stronger so long as its record continued
:ree from serious blemish, makes the feel.
ing of disappointment more grevous that
II has already committed sad. inexcus-
able error In renewing the appointment
Af Oh 60 ha Mt
on the supreme bench. He has not only
repeated one of the injudIcious and objec-
tionable acts of his predecessor, but has
done it without his excuse and in the
face of an expression of public repugnance
which that predecessor may not have an
ticipated.
\ deputation representing the Liver
pool provision trade, which was present
in the commons when forged telegrams,
designed to cause the board of trade to
take action against American pork were
received, consisted of Hargrave, Fowler
and Sinclair. The recent action of France
and pending question by Hartland to
Mundella, vice president of the council,
which WAS answered in the commons on
the lst inst, induced the Liverpool pro-
vision trade to send deputation to pro-
test against hostile action. One of the
kilograms, addressed to Hartland, urged
him TO press his question, asserting that
the hog disease was assuming alarming
proportions and that more deaths were
reported. The message to Mundella told
him not to be misled by the deputation.
all OF whom were heavily interested, and
asserted that the disease. was assuming
alarming proportions Detectives are
endeaVoring to discover the sender of the
forged kilograms, but success is doubtful.
St Louis dispatch of March Sth says:
Capt. Jas. b. Eads, who arrived here
Yesterday, will start for Mexico in a few
days to have his Tehauntepec grant con-
firmed by tie Mexican congress He will
then go to TaMpico were some of his en-
gineers are surveying the harbor for the
United States government Thence he
will proceed to the 1sthmus. where he
will spend a month and make thorough
inspection for his ship railway. He will
then sail for San Francisco forthe purpose
of consulting the engineer OF the state of
California and TO examine the mouth of
the Sacramento river. From there he
goes to Oregon where he will inspect the
mouth of the Columbia river and Hum
holdt bay He will then return to St.
Louis and shortly afterwards visit Toronto
where he will inspect the harbor at the
invitation of the British government,
after which he will sail for England and
Holland Capt. Eads is thoroughly salts
tied that his ship railway scheme will be
successful His advices from Mexico are
even more favorable than he anticipated.
He has three parties of engineers now at
work OH the Isthmus and rapid advance
is being made in surveys The Mexican
government is also aiding him iE having
eight engineers and a gang OF seventy Ia
borers engaged in surveying and cutting
a passage twelve feet wide through the
forest from point on the Uspanapan
river 80 miles from the gulf, where the
railway is to begin. Capt. EadS says that
the reason why he feels so sure that the
| railway will be built is because there are
| three possibilities, either one of which Is
almost certain. | believe, he says, that
congress will give us helegislation asked
| for. In fact | am almost sure OF 1t, but II
| American will not do this, as the Mexican
| concession to me names no particular
government. | shall carry the grant &c
| England and see what will be done there
| They will not be blind to its advantages il
congress is, and in the event that L can
| get no government aid, | can build the
| railway by private enterprise. l have
| canvassed the situation so thoroughly
| that | know that this can be done, but
| do not want to take this last alternative
| The route by the Isthmus Is only thous
and miles longer than the average of the
| trans-continental railway, and this fur
nishes a sure remedy against a carrying
| MONOPOLY. Bot if private enterprise