Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-28

SAN FRANcIsco, Sept. GA dispatch
from Spanishtown, San Mateo County,
says The ship Halisburg, from New York,
loaded with railroad iron for Oregon,
struck on the rocks at Havious Beach at
midnight on Monday and went to pieces.
OF the crew, consisting of 81 persons, 9
men, with the Captain, were drowned, and
a boy, aged IS, was also lost. The bodies
were not recovered.
A Camp Thomas dispatch says reports
from Apache say that rs men, women and
children came in from the hostiles and
surrendered. They were disarmed and
placed under guard. Quite a number of
hostiles came in to the reservation last
night and gave themselves up to the mill
tary. Later reports from Apache this af-
ternoon announce the surrender of another
batch oil hostiles. Still later advices from
the Agency say the hostiles who last week
refused TO surrender, have come in, and
have been confined by the military. There
are not thought to be over IS OF the entire
number, but what are prisoners, and the
scouts of Cruces company who fired on
Cars troops comprise about II Of them.
The outbreak, which at one time promised
to be serious, is now over. A military
commission to try the murderers will meet
here in q few days.
ORov1LLE (Cal.), September 27.--Last
evening about 7 O'Clock j. b. Espy, living
~ miles from here, had been in town dur
ing the day, and on his return home he
was accompanied by James Andrews,
ayoung man of % years. Arriving home,
and while they we're un~hitching the horses, q
gun was fired, and young Andrews ex-
claimed: ''Oh, my Godr' and fell dead.
BY the fash of the gun Espy recognized
Il. r. Sproul, who had been working for
him, as having fired the fatal shot, and be-
lieving himself to nave been the intended
victim, fled to the neighbors at once and
gave the alarm. The neighbors came to
town and procured a warrant for the ar
rest Of Sproul, and just as the Sheriff was
ready to start officer Parks arrived at the
Jail with Sproul, who had come to town,
and finding Parks on the street gave HIM
self up, saying he had shot and killed
Espy. When told who he had killed he
staggered against the wall of the Jail, and
was entirely overcome. Sproul has a wife
and three children. Espy is also a man
Of family. Andrews is a single man. A
domestic difficulty is supposed to have
prompted the shooting, though nothing
definite is known.
ALvARADo, September 27.-One OF the
boilers of the Standard Sugar Refinery ex-
ploded this morning, tearing the boiler
house to pieces md fatally injuring Geo.
Smith, q fireman. The cause of the explo-
sion was no water in the boilers, and water
was pumped in on redrhot tiues.
SAN Francisco, September &c. = The
whaling barge Legal Tender" arrived from
the Arctic to-day. She reports having
which she brings intelligence to the effect
that the Corwin landed on Herald Island,
and explored it. Subsequently the steamer
made a landing at Wrangelland, and for
mally took possession of it in the name of
United States. Captain Hooper ordered
an exploration of the territory. but these
exploring parties found no signs OF human
inhabitation. They report the country as
desolate and sterile beyond description.
No traces Of the Jeanette were discovered
on either Herald or Wrangelland. Some
been recovered from the Indians near East
Cape. The whaling bark 'Daniel Web
ster' was wrecked near Point Barrow the
latter part Of January. The crew were all
saved, except one man, who was lost in
attempting to cross the ice to the shore.
SAN FRANcisoo, September 26.-The OBJ
sequies of the late President were cele-
brated in this city to-day with imposing
ceremonies. The day was rshered in by
the firing Of minute guns, and by memorial
service in many churches. The process
sion undoubtedly was the largest ever seen
in the city, though falling far short
of the over sanguine expectations
of the managers and the people. An actual
count showed between Ia, 900 and ID, 900 in
line. There was a universal suspension of
all kinds of business.
San FRANCISCO, September &c. An
Auburn special says: A. S. Miles, whose
arrest on the discovery Of his having muir
james Singleton, near Lincoln, and
his body in a well FIVE years ago,
which was recently reported, committed
in Jail last night, by cutting his