Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-22

Barboni; Pacific railroads, Throckmorton
| public lands, Blackburn or Cobb; river
and harbors, Dunn; postofioes and pos
roads, Morey; war claims, Holman
patents, Vance; Invalid pensions, Matson
agriculture, Hatch.
! THE eLAYToN-BULwER TREATY.
Secretary Felinghnysen, in lette
from Minister Lowell, made public to- day
formally concludes the long pending dis
cussion on the Clayton Bulwer treaty. he
contends the treaty is voidable, for she
reasons already published, but expresses
| the opinion the two nations will, in due
time, react satisfactory ISOLATION of the
question.
BULLION PURCHASED.
The treasury to-day purchased 100000
ounces of silver for delivery at the Phila'
| delphia and New Orleans mints.
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
Among the papers transmitted to the
senate by the secretary of the interior, re-
lating to the transfer of the Texas Pacific
land grant to the Southern Pacific is let
ter from G. 2. Huntington 10 Secretary
Teller in which he says, the construction
OF the main line committed the Texas
Pacific Company and the San Francisco
portion of the Texas Pacific undertaking,
proving of too great magnitude for the
Texas Pacific, to com plete within the time
prescribed, distance of about $50 miles
between the eastern boundary
of the California & Rio Grande
1t was constructed by the Southern Pacific
and Is now in operation by agreement.
huntington says between tho Texas Paclf1c
and the Southern Pacific the right 10 ac-
qnire the lands granted the Texas Pacific,
OF its assigns has been transferred by that
company to ths Southern Pacific, winch
constructed and equipped the road there
by IL effect earning toe lands. Tbs It'll
CATION IL regard to the Southern Pacific
companies as to that portion of the route
has been settled by decree of the court
in accordance with the terms of such
agreement and cooperation became
necessary. Huntington says in order to
insure the com o!etion of the line to the
Pacific the provisions of the act and
amendments have been substantially COM
piled with and the president of the South
ern Pacific com pany having prepared the
necessary papers as evidence of the COM
pletlon and Ior an order for a commission
to be appointed to examine and report to
the president of the United States. By a
letter of the date of March 80. 1883, Chas.
F. Crocker, president of the Southern Pa
cific roads in New Mexico and Arizona,
informs the president that on the 18th of
January, 1882, the Texas Pacific Rail
road company sold all fran
chises, rights, g ants etc. in
New Mexico & Arizona to the Southern
Pacific companies in those territories, and
all its franchises, etc., in California to the
Los Angeles & San Diego Railroad COM
pany. The Southern Pacific comp anies
of New Mexico and Arizona ask that
commission be appointed to examine their
roads and report, and if the president is
satisfied that the roads have been fully
completed, the secretary of the interior
shall be directed to issus patents to the
com panies severaily entitled.
The formal notice in the contest for the
seat il the house of representatives. of the
first North Carolina district WAS served on
the present incumbent, Skinner, the sitting
member.
SERGEANT MASON.
Sergeant Mason, recently pardoned for
shooting at the assassin Guiteau, leaves
for gainesville, Ohio, tonight TO attend the
reunion of his old regiment, the Seventy
eighth Ohio.