New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-30
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
CHISEsE VETERAN STAGE DRIVER SAN
9ACINT0-LITERARY.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-The decision by jugs
SAWYER of the Circuit Court that Chinese babens
corpus cases are directly sppealable to the United
States Supreme Court has knocked one moro prop
from under the Restriction act Section 76l. Revised
Statutes on the last day of the session OF Congress-
was amended 30 to enlarge the right OF appeal III
habeas corpus cases. Before tho passage OF
this amendment Chinese habeas corpus
cases were nppealable to higher court
only when two Federal Judges who sat ir the
case differed The new amendment was utili,sd this
week by Chinese. and Judge Sawyer was forced TO
concede the right to appeal He held, however, that
such appeals shonld beimted to points OF law only
but pending decision by the Supreme Court on
this point he has suspended action on any further
applications Should the Supreme Court decide
that questions of fact can be appealed, every coohe
restrained from landing may appeal and his case
would not come up for months. He would enjoy
the advantage of residence in this country In spite
of the Restriction act. The California Senators
and Representatives now here are considering the
best means to render the Restriction act effective
Colonel Mosby, who has served seven years rs
Consul mt Hong Kong. reached here this week. lie
claims to know nothing about Chinese imnligra-
tion from Hong Kong and declared positively that
he had refused to sigu any certificates. giving rs
his reason that ono cond touch the coolie bust
ness without being smirched. 80 tainted is it with
fraud Colonel Mosby said that as most OK his old
yireuian friends were dead he proposed to make
his home in California and practise law. He has
his eye on the lucrative Chinese practice in this
city.
Custom House circles have been eScIted this week
by reports of charges of dishonesty which will be
preferred agair st several officers in the Appraisers
h.r o. Ac thnf N
raised lowered arbitrarily and that pferng has
occurred in the Appraisers stores. Treasury
agent has been INVESTIGATING me Depai.ment 10,
here next Tuesday IL IL also asserted that the
new Collector and Surveyor of the Port will be
named at the same time.
The case of Superior Judge Clough. is still unset
tied He was sent recently to the insane ASYLUM but
his friends have been trying to hold his position IN
forlorn hope Of his recovery Meanwhile the other
judges are forced to DO extra WORK ana cases on the
the office vacant and appoint successor demands
investigation.
The obstnscy Of The State Controller in refusing
to receive from the Attorney-General the $4,000
of back taxes of railroads is exciting much talk.
The Controller is the last relic of the sand lot party
lie wishes to cripple various department oil the
State Government in order 10 emphasize the fact
that the railroads have failed 70 pay taxes and thus
make capital for the Democratic party. The rail
roads settled on fair basis. leaving S250OOo still
claimed bv the State 20 lie adindicated, and the
Controllers refusal to accept this money is bit of
demagogsm white will only hurt him and his party
in the end.
The death o: Clark .Foss removes the last of tho
famous stage drivers who made a reputation IN
early days. Foss had driven stages for years over
the Sierra Neyadas and every tourist and CORE
spondent who wrote book on California had mIeh
OF late years he had been driving coach 70 I
Coesfoga but he lost his nerve few years ago
killed. He never seemed to regain his spirits and
his death was largely induced by settled pelan- |
choly. Probably 10 California driver. except |
Hank Monk ever gained much reputation for |
combined skill and reckessncss rs Foss
II L. probable that three out Of the five weekly
journals of this city will suffer the fate OF The
Chicago Current. At least the managers Of these
papers are known to he ready TO sell or TO merge |
their publications with NOR successful literary |
ventures. Meanwhile The Overland Monthly, on |
which Bret Harte frat gained fame has now lease
of life under the editorial control of Charles Howard
Shinn. who made reputation In tho East by his |
book on Mining Camps" The Orerldnd was about |
to COLLAPSE when he took hold oft, but In few
months he hns put Il on paving basis and i'm |
proved its literary quality. He Is deyoing II largely
to Pacific Coast topics and the last few numbers
have contained articles of vauo 10 any one inter |
ested In the history OF the horticulture Of California
II is singular coincidence that while Helen Hunt
jackson diving ia this city the fine Jaclnto |
Valley hch she selected the last place OF refuge
of the Indian hero of Ramora." being settled
by white people. many OF them from the East Not |
a rife shot from the place where Alessnndra was
killed is the thriving town of San Jacinto which |
bOas's several stores and weekly newspaper just
issued This valley lies Loo feet above the sea
level in the extreme northwest corner Of San Diego
County 100 miles from san Diego City. IL IL not |
more than fifteen miles from two railroads The val |
ley has been kept from settlement by litigation over
n big Spanish grant of $1,000 acres. one half Of
which has now been secured nv n lard company |
which proposes TO deyeope the valley. The climate is
peculiarly dry and healthy and with many hot min |
eral and sulphur springs IL is 1T place for san
itarum The soil is well adapted TO fruit which has
better flavor in mountain valleys like this than in
the IowIands Tn sudden leap Of San Jacnto from /
n deserted valley TO lourishing colony is charac-
tsrsiic Of the settlement OF this state. Never was
immigration greater than at present and the immi |
grafton OF twenty thirty families from the Mis-
sssippi valley States 10 some county In California
il an occurrence which has lost its novelty.