Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-18

!, Under date of New York, November Is
1881, Shepherd writes to Minister Hurlbut
|. II we're at liberty TO use Names might give
that Of member OF the Cabinet, authorized to
speak directly for the President, whose suggestion
is that Caldefon accredit special deputaton of say
three OF his ablest to come at once to Washing
ton and present to the President, for Transmission
TO Congress. form application for protectorate.
The sentiment OF our people seems to be unanimous
on such points as this The only ground on which
the application would receive any favor, and there.
fore the only ground on which the petition should
by its own terms rest, Is that there are now IN
Peru large Ameri an interests, demanding and being
clearly entitled to American protection. These may
be specified generally FIRST, the interests of this
company; second. the interests represented by w.
ii. Clley; third, by the Rsndreau calm, concerning
which you have already been instructed fourth,
lesser interests in aggregate. These specifications
be well enforced with reference to the fact that
| tn Monroe doctrine, and the more recent and now
definitely named Blaine doctrine, render the inter.
| vention Of any European power impossible, and
there may be reference in this connection to Captain
Eads' American Ship Railway project, which is to
be before Congress this winter. and which General
Grant now tells me he will heartily favor, and to
| which, may add, we may possibly give bonds for
the future.
Uader date of New York November 16
1881, Shepherd writes to Minister Harlout :
/ Sir: I nclose with this, apropos of the sug-
| gestion heretofore made, a copy ef Judge Lords
brief on the precedents for direct treaty between
the Government Of Peru and the Government Of the
United States, to cover the essential rights and in
| terests of this country, and its foundation, on
! which both Peru and this country may safely
q ound the proposed agreement between themselves.
| Governor Boutwell, c1ncurs in Judge Lords view.
Senator Eaton also substantially concurs.
Under date of Lima, Peru. November %,
1881. Minister Hurlbut writes Secretary
| Blaine:
| Sir: l also sent long letter from
Jacob r. Shepherd. / call attention to the part
\ marked with lines / have written him declining
further correspondence except through the Depart.
ment, and have also written letter in explanation
| t, Hon. George S. Boutwell,. said by Shepherd to
| be his attorney
TIE last inclosure is Hurlbuts letter to
| Shepherd, under date of Lime, Peru, Decem-
Der IL, 1881, in which he says:
I Sir have tried, as far as I could, to make you
| understand that cannot have, and ought not to
| have, anything to do with your company, or your
| SELF as its agent. Both my general and particular
| instructions forbid my taking notice OF such mat
| ters, unless referred to me by the Department of
| State. Once more, end for the last time, repeat
this statement l shall! return your papers to the
Secretary Of state, | have done the Others and
definitely close all correspondence with you, unless
directed otherwise by the Depar ment.
shepherds Letters.
WASHINGTON, February 17th.-There is
much comment IN newspaper and political
circles tonight concerning the contents of the
letters of the New York lawyer. Shepherd,
which were sent to Congress this afternoon,
and especially in regard to the list of names
of prominent public men and capitalists
whom he says he had associated, or would
associate, with him in the Peruvian Company
project. It is almost universally conceded,
however, that Shepherds unsupported state.
ments are not worthy OF credence, in view of
his own exposition of his character in other
letters hitherto published, and there is
strong probability, therefore, that nearly all
of the persons named by him will emphati-
cally repudiate his use OF their names, and
challenge the production Of any proof to sus.
tain his assertions.
Important Discovery of Cosi In Iowa.
DEs MoINEs, February 17th-Consider-
able excitement has been caused here by the
discovery of vein of pure camel coal. For
years fragmentary pieces OF camel coal have
been picked up on the lower part Of Des
Moines river but the place of deposit could
never be found. In the last few weeks it has
been discovered in Red Rock township,
Marion county, thirty miles below here. Il
was discovered on some farm by parties who
were pr, specting for coal on the new lire OF
the Wabash road into Dss Moines Finding
| it in regular seam in one place. they tried
| in three or four other places, distant mile
| or two, and fou1d it there also II is in
vein five feet thick, the lower two and half
| feet OF which is the pure camel coal, and the
| other half of q coal much resembling Bloss
| burg coal. Large quantities of it were brought
| to the city TO day. 1t WAS tried ny the gas
| COMPANY here, and pronounced fully equal
to the Virginia camel coal. It burns TO
white grayish ash, and an oil oozes out of it
as it burns. A vein of six feet of common
bisuminous coal hiss also been found by these
prospectors 90 feet below this camel vein.
| Excitement uns high, and land in that region
is being largely bought up.
United states Criminal Laws In Indian
Territory.
WASHINGTON, February 17th.-The In
disus regard su-piciously the bill to establish
a Unit,d States Court IN Indian Territory,
| thinking it will open the Territory to white
settlers The committee to-day proposed to
them an extension of the United States
criminal laws only over their Territory. This
they received favorably, and the bill will
! probably be SO framed.
Mrs. scovi,le's letter.
CLEVELAND February 17tF.-Mrs. SEQ.
ville's letter, praying forgiveness for her
brother, Guiieau, was delivered this morning
| to Mrs. Garfield.
| CLEVELAND, February 17th-J. FL Rhodes,
Secretary of tie Garfield Monument Com
mittee, and near friend of Mrs. Garfield,
was interviewed by an Associated Press cor
respondent to-day. He said Mrs. G arGeld
received the letter from Mrs. Scoville this
/ morning, and that he was authorized in her
behalf 10 say that toward the slayer of her
husband she cherishes no malice. He must
| answer ooly to his God and the American
people, For the sister and all members OF
his family she feels only profound pity.
| Further than this, she asks t. be left alone
with her sorrow, and to BE- spared being
dragged into useless and torturipg publicity.
Mrs. Garfield will not answer the letter.
CHICAGO, February 17th.-Mrs. Sooville
! was interviewed tonight by reporter, and
said that the copy Of her letter to Mrs. Gar
| field was secured by fraud. and the means
| empIoved to get possession of the latter are
not kaown by her She regrets exceedingly its
publication, as il was only a letter from
woman to woman, and i: was not intended
for publication. Shs viii cause an investi-
eation TO be made, for the purpose of ascer-
| taining how the copy was secured, as IL was
| forwarded from here Tuesday as q registered
letter.
| Important Mining Question.
WASHINGTON, February 17sh.--A case of
great Importance to the mining interests OF
| California and other miaeral regions, which
| il now pending before the Supreme Court
|
a decision rendered by Justice Miller in one
Of the Circuit Courts of that circuit, TO the
| effect that only one location be patented
| for one mining claim, and ii two or more
locations have been made. a separate patent
must be issued for each location.
| The Chinese Mission.
| WASHINGTON. February 17tb.-Is is said
to-day oD high authority that the position of
| United States Minister to China was some
time ago offered to John Russell Young, and
that be has now accepts it. His nomination
will probably be sent to the Senate early next
| week.
Business Failures.
New YORK, February l7th.-R. G. Dun
C Co., of the Mercantile Agency, report 154
failures for the week-a somewhat greater
/ number than last week, the Increase being of
speculative failures 10 grain and cotton. prin
cipally in New Orleans and Chicago. Distri-
button: Eastern State, Is: Western, so /;
Southsrr, 80; Middle. 2l; Pacific coast and
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