Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-22
Congress.

| WASHINGTON, December 21st.-In the Sen.
ate to-day the House adjournment resolution
was voted down-36 to 25-and the aericult.
ural bill was considered. The amendments
to the bill reported by the committee were
agreed to, and the bill passed.
| In the House the Speaker presented a re.
port of the Collector Of Customs at Sitka
Alaska, justifying the Smelling of an Indian
villsge by the revenue steamer Corwin, which.
! after debate, was referred to COMMITTEES of
| the Whole. The House then considered in
COMMITTEES of the Whole the army appropri-
| alton bill, the discussion of which consumed
the remainder of the day session. Twenty.
hye leaves of absence were granted.
California Postal Matters.
| WASHINGTON, December 2lst.-The Post
office Department has forwarded commissions
to the following Postmasters in Californis :
Fred. w. Coady, Garberyille; Thos, Bauer
Lewiston; Calvin E. Bevan, Nicolaus VIM.
| II. Roberts, Gas Point; Frank NJ. Glover
Hermosa. The latter is a new cffice jast
established III Los Angeles county, near Pes.
cadero. The Department announce to-day
| that on the 18th Of January mails will be car.
| ried six times week and back, or as much
oftener as railroad trains may run, from San
Luis Obispo to Los Animas.
The Railroad Tax Case.
WAsEISGToN, December 21st.-Attorney-
General Hart continued his argument before
the Supreme Court in the San Mateo case
this morning, and was followed by Judge Ed
munds and Judge Sandersor, AIT rney.Gen.
eral Brewster closing the case.
U. S. Supreme Court.
| WASHINGTON, December 21st.-The u. s.
Supreme Court adjourned to-day till Jan.
uary 81.
Mail Car Destroyed by Fire.
|
has been received by the Superintendent Of
the Msil Service, saying that storage car
on train nineteen, between New York and
Chicago, with its contents, was burned about
2 o'clock this morning, six miles west of
| Schenectady. 1t contained mostly mail for
the Toledo and Wabash connection. but part
of the paper mail from New York for Iowa,
Wisconsin and Nebraska, three pouches let.
ters for Chicago from New York city, two
pouches of letters fer San Francisco, and
| probably much of the European msil for Chi
cago and San Francisco. which arrived by tbs
Bothnia City of Chester and St. Laurens.
| SECOND DIsPATCH.l
| New YORK, Dscsmter 21st.-The Post
| office authorities announce that as near as now
| can be sscsrtsined. the mail from this city
consumed in the burning postal car on the
| Hudson River Railroad consists of matter
received at the general postotfice between 9
A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ. Of the 20ih instant, for
the following cities and States: Three
| pouches of foreign letters for San Francisco ;
| two pouches of foreign letters for Chicago,
and, with the exception Of about five sacks
| saved, the following paper mail San Fran.
cisco, Is sacks !; Chicago 16, st. Louis z, To-
ledo 8, st. Joseph l, Iowa z, Minne ,ta 43,
Nebraska %, Wisconsin A. Idaho s, Oregon
"A. Wyoming s, Washington H. Montana 10,
Dakota IA. All trans. Pacific foreign mail
mailed during the twenty four hours preced-
ing 7:30 P. N. of the ooh instant are included
in the mails destroyed.
In addition to the above, it is believed that
at least large portion of the foreign paper
mail for the same section, received YESTERDAY
per steamers B olivia, City of Chester and St
Laurent, was destroyed.
The Jamaica COndagrati0n.
NEW YORK, December 2lst.-J. C Kretch
mar, Upited States Cansul at Greytcyp. ir
an account of the firs ut Kingston, said
Everything is gone. The entire busipes:
part of Kingston is q mass of ruins and the
suffering and want are indescribsble. The
steamer Alvo was compelled to cut loose frou
the deck and stand cut in the harbor. Tn:
sparks poured upon Us, and the heat was Sc
intense for time that it looked as though
the steamer would be burned. The panic
stricken populace streamed down upon tht
wharyes in their tff5rts to escape the fl .mes
The Alyos boat was sent ashore and upward d.
of go refugees were brought eff and cared
for on board the steamer. The aushoritie:
of Kingston have made an order that shingle.
rooted buildings can no longer be erected
As to the origin of the conhagration, it seems
that number of boys were smoking in q
lumber yard, when one of them, frightened
by the approach of his father, threw his cigar
in pile of shsvings and with his companions
fed. The fire communicated to the lumber
piles, and were soon beyond control and
burning fiercely. A startling rumor is cur.
rent TO the effsct that several days before the
fire residents were told that the city was to
be destroyed by fTe, and the only safety lay
ir flight. Several persons rushed into the
flames. An old native gentleman was in q
bath when the fre communicated to his
dwelling. He became psralyzed with fear,
aud his body partially boiled when found by
his family. The crew of the Alvo worked all
night long to help the sffrishtei people, who
implored them to carry them to place OF
safety.
Shocking Life and Death of Girl.
CHICAGO, December 21st.-Tnere died ves-
terday, at the Home for the Fallen in d "a
Moines, Ia, girl whose nare is written in
red letters in the criminal record. Ida Sloan,
alias Golddust, was pavement debauchee,