, 1881-04-22
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
nY TELEGRAPH TO DATE.

| sItOuIu send In all the nominations
! The governor has appointed ex-U. s.
! Attorney-General Devens to a seat on the
| supreme court bench.
| Minister White, at Berlin, has asked to
be relieved, but his successor will not be
appointed till he formally resigns.
Chambers friends say that if the senate
REJECTS him, he will be U. :. senator from
| New Hampshire 10 succeed Rollins.
! Postmaster General James denies the
| alleged conference between himself, Ar
thur and Platt. They had not even met
each other.
Five republican senators oppose the
| present fight, but will not bolt the caucus
decree. If many more senators absent
themselves there will be no quorum.
| Secretary Blaine thinks all this govern
ment can do, is to ask good treatment for
| American subjects now in British prisons
on charges growing out of Irish troubles.
The stockholders of the Hannibal and
| 81. j. X. X. have unanimously voted to
! refund the debt at per cent to reduce
the bonded debt, S633, 900 and to pay So
100000 due the stale.
The attetion of Secretary Blaine was
called to the imprisonment of Boynton in
Ireland. The secretary said the case was
| receiving his serious considerations, and
the state department would probably Der.
form its duty.
Eastern ral rates have again been re-
duced on eighth class freight. Grain, New
York is now % cents per 100 pounds:
flour, 5S cents per barrel: Baltimore, 26
| cents and - cents. These are less than
Chicago rates, although they are usually
higher.
\ Polar River special says that Capt
Mcdonald of the Canadian mounted po-
lice has Just arrived at camp, and announ.
ces that Sitting Bull will come to Buford
with the shattered remnants of his band
and surrender as soon as he (AIcDonald)
returns to Woody mountain. This news
is confirmed by official advices received
at headquarters here
Capt. John Irwin has been ordered to
temporary duty as captain of the Mare
Island navy yard on the 18th inst, in adj
diiiOn 10 his present duties. Lieut.. Thos.
ID. Phelps has been ordered to Mare Is,
land navy yard. Capt. Philip Johnson
has been detached from the Mare Island
navy yard until the 18th inst. and placed
Oh waiting orders.
The Times says: President Taylor, of
the Mormon church, assures cur Salt
Lake correspondent that poly gamy is one
of the corner stones of the Mormon
faith, and that IL cannot and will not be
removed on any account whatever. Tay-
lor is yet in the prime of his life, and is
likely to fill his Office for many years to
come. Therefore whatever may be the
| secret dissatisfaction spread among the
young mothers of the Mormon church, it
is not probable that there will be any
| movement against polygamy instituted by
Mormons during the present generation.
4 body of armed and masked men rode
N "a hArSax, -ixyf,, nj
south OF Little Rock, at daybreak on the
morning of the Huh, and while part of
them surrounded the court house as
guards the remainder broke into the
treasurer's office, blew open the safe and
abstracted therefrom $1,000 10 $4,000,
mounted their horses and escaped. An
alarm WAS Immediately sounded and a
large number of officers and citizens
started in pursuit. The robbers were we'll
mounted, but rs the whole country is
aroused it is believed that they will GER
tainly be captured.
ApropOs of the many high offices given
to Ohio men, it is remarked that except
for the brief term of WashburGe of Illi-
nols as secretary of state during the first
SIX days of President Grants adminisira-
ton, Secretary Blaine is the first chief of
the stale department who has not been a
New Yorker, since Buchanan's admins
tration. Secretary Seward, Secretary Fish
and Secretary Evarts were all from that
state, and their united terms covered a
period of 20 years. Judge Black of Penn
sylvania, was the immediate predecessor
of Mr.. Seward in the state department.
Ihe response of the Russian government
to the senate resolutions on the assassina-
ton of the car, a copy of which was
transmitted by Sec'y Blaine to the senate
this afternoon, is in the form of letter
from The Russian minister of foreign
affairs to Minister Foster, and has the
following paragraph: my august master
has been profoundly touched by this mark
of respect for his beloved father and of
sympathy with himself, coming from the
high assembly of Il country for which the
deceased emperor always professed SIN
cere esteem and warm friendship. 1t is a
legacy which he leaves TO the emperor,
Alexander III , and which his majesty in
accord with the Russian nation, accepts
| from the bottom OF his heart,
Nearly ten thousand European emf
grants arrived at New York the first week
| in A pril. The greater portion of them are
Germans, many of whom are going south.
| The Memphis Appeal says: IF 5,OOO,OOO
of Germans could be distributed through
| the south the advantages arising would
be incalculable." There appears 10 be a
| lively demand for them now i'll fields and
workshops. The Sun of the llth says:
''This promises to be the greatest year for
immigration we have ever known. Ar
rivals for the first quarter are far ahead OF
those for the corresponding period of 1881
and yet the season when immigration Is
most active is Only just approaching. In
dications are that the number landed at
Castle Garden for the whole year VIII
equal half million. In Germany there
never before has been so ardent and
widespread a desire for emi. ration as now,
and extra steamers have all their accom-
modations engaged far ahead.
An Omaha dispatch of the llth says:
The river is falling fast here, having gone
down about two feet since yesterday
morning, but low lands still submerged.
1t is expected that active operations can
be resumed Tomorrow. The u. T. shops
were partially clear d to-day, and one
engine started up again. The shops have
not been damaged to any serious eXtei.t
The smelling works are still flooded TO the
depth oftwo feet. 1t will probably be a
week or ten days before they can begin
work again. The extent OF the damage
cannot vet be ascertained. but 1t is claimed
as not very serious. Willow Springs dis
ullery was fired up again to-day, and will
| be running in day or TWO. The lumber
| wards are still under water, together with
numerous freight cars. At Council Bluffs
| ,,,o,,,, houyaS ara still flooded and ersOns