The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-31

ttasAinsteA Nsvvs BaAsst.
WAsH1Naror, Jan. "a memo
nal from the California legislature
was presented to the senate today
hy Miller, urging the passage OF :
hill to establish . Branch National
Soldiers Home In California.
Secretary Chandler to-day teie-
eraphed instructions for the United
states steamer Wachusett OF the
Pacific squadron to proceed to Quay
aouil, Ecuador for tho protection OF
Julio r. Santos, . n~aturalized Am
erican citizen imprisoned there for
alleged completely in rebellion and
whose speedy execution Is appre-
hended.
It il estimated at the treasury de-
partment there will he q decrease of
over 5000 vO in the public debt the
n,esent month. The receipts are
fees than for the same period last year
and disbursements slightly in ex-
cess.
The civil service commissioners are
considering: the proposition to m
clude in the classification OF en-
ploves coming within the provl>ions
of the civil. service actssall govern
ment empioyes enumefated In the
laws relating to civil service, except
Of1lcers nominated by the President
and confirmed by the Senate, and
employees below 800 grade. such
classification would include the
chief, of divisions, assistant chiefs
and y number Of special depart
mental officers who wers not subject
to confirmation by the Senate.
The committee on selecting the
Grand marshal for. the inauguration
Ceremonies will probably select Gen
Don. Carlos Buell., In the event Gen:
Mcclellan declines. Gen. Buell.
lived in this city for many years
prior to 1851, and is well known TO
all old citizens,
The Senate went into an exacu i've
81 ssi, n at 1890 tod y. Vauce's;m =
ton to postpone action upon the Nc
arapusn treaty wss considered, re-
suitip in thu defeat of the r otiOn ~
to Is. Sherlnan's anne ,dment 10 *
ing to the abrogation or modiacat'oa
of che Clayton.B ulwer ire Aty was then
discussed some hours and coming to q
vote in q committees of the whole was
defeated ~ to %. The second o.
Sherman's amendments relating 10
discrimination In tolls was defeated
without division. The treaty was
then reported to the sena'e, aud the
vote upon Snerman's amendment IN
relation to the Clayton Bulwer treaty
was again taken up resulting In its
abolition, 80 to Is. A vote was then
taken upeu the treaty itself, and 81
senators voted for its ratification.
while % voted against. The aftir.
native being less than twO.thirds OF
the whole number voting, the treaty
was not ratified.
In explanation OF the opposition g
General Rosecrans to the bill for re-
tiri ig General Grant, it is said some
papers published two dispatches pur'
porting to be from General Grant,
and sent during the war to Stanton
and Hallock one demanding R se
GRAMS removal and the other order
ing his arrestin q certain contingency.
When General Rosecrsns' attention
was called to the dispatches named
and the comments thereon, he said
''This Is the first intimation I ever
had Of the existence of any such dis
patches, Or Of any ground upon
which such kilograms might be
based"
In response to the house resolution
calling for information respecting the
participation of the United States in
the Z ,ngo conference, the president
to-day sent to the house the report
submitted by the secretary of state to
the president. The secretary says
some time must elapse before q full
documentary history of the transac'
ton can be laid before congress, but
in view of the general interest taken
in the subject, he submits q prelimi
nary report leaving the transmission
of papers to follow. He then gives
in detail the cause and motives Of the
participation. of this government
in the Berlin conference, all
of which is we'll known t.
the public. 1T being established
the report proceeds, that the CON
ference was not to have plenipOten'
tisry functions, no special creden.
tials were needed to enable Kass0n
to attend as q delegate of this govern
ment, he being already accredited as
minister in the imperial court. The
instructions sent Kasson were brief
but precise as to the exclusion OF the
questions of territorial Jurisdiction