The Phoenix herald., 1882-08-25
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wo Hunarea cle. ks Appolntea

Two Hundred CIe- ks Appointed
 WAsnINGToN, Aug. 17.-Secretary Linccln today appointed two hun lred clerks and a number of mes ecagers and N afchmen for service in connection with tue pension cases, provided for Tn the legislative, exec uive and judicial bill of appoint ment. Four are credited to Califor- nia, five to Colorado, enc to Nevada. ( ne to Arizona, two to Dakota, one to Wycming and nine to the United States army. There are still about I50 appointments 10 be made.
 The Treasurer to-day purchased GIT, ,00e ounces of fine silver, for de- livery at the hints.
 A petition has been fled by Cap tain John Mullan, Of California, wi.h he Secretary of Stale, inviting attention to the second arrest in Ire iand of Henry George, and askil g that It le inquired into-
 The Mississippi
 NEW YORK, Aug 1S.-The Mis- sssfppi River Commission is in ses- sion. Tie sum at the disposal of the commission is S5,150,000- The commission determined to reeom- mend an appropriate allowance of $4,1s9, 0o0 for the improvement of the M ississippi river below Cairo.
 Fast Time.
 ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug. 16.-The 1 stallion race between Jerome, Ed dy's Black Cloud and Santa Claus was won by the latter. Time, s:2194, | s:19.
 Fire in q 3IIne.
 CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 1S.-A .-cal mine, smouldering for some time, burst forth in a tremendous i.laze yesterday, shooting fifty feet in he air There Is great danger of the ire communicating to the Valley Farm estate, with thousands of tons [ underlying coal
 Utah.
 SALT LAKE, Aug. 1S.-Governor N urrny yesterday received eerti- ed copy of the law empowering i'm tc appoint county officia's in enly-four counties and Territorial and treasurer. The Mormon hurch has signifed its intention of ghting the law and disputing the Ight of the Governor.
 Yellow Fever
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The Ma iional Beard of Health has received . report from Pensacola. The mate f the Spanish bark Sileta died of yellow aaever Three sen sick on oard. Great excitement prevails at Pensacola and there are rumors of ther cases of fever among the ship ing,
 NEW YORK, August t8.-TEe Times Washington correspondent, in referring to Dorsey's letter to larficid, says: Dorsey said tonight hut he had no desire tLat the letter kould be published; he saw 10 cason for its publication because i oull do no one any good and was merely an expression of hls opinion.
 zas ready tc stand by it, how Col. Hinton, he said, had in Iis possession about 100 letters 5 llich he- (Dorsey) had written to Garfield, and he had chosen 10 pub i h this and had intimated that he would publish others. In Dorsey's ,pinion it was sn unwise thing to 10. If the editor had desired to Ifics<out the strongest expressions of opinion he had made mistake or tEere was much more emphatic , etters in the batch. So far as he was concerned, he did not see how , he giving out of these letters to the public could help anybody in the | tar route case, he celtainly did not hink it would help him, and he had lct assented to their publication ( giih that idea d Carpenter began an address on be- alf of Dorsey. Senator Dorsey's 7itc and boys were present. r
 sioux Outbreak. T OMAHA, August 18.-The Sioux f hiefs have notified the authorities c f the probability of general out c reak. Agent McGilIicudy, of Pine f ;idge reservation, seems to be the :; bject of complaint, a Id Red Cloud ne principal promoter of ihe dis n atisfaction. The Sioux and their o lilies can bring into the field 4,50O I, arriors we'll mounted and armed. a FOREIGN TELEGRAMs. V Preparations for aa Attack .,