| Show ww v TT WH W aw DOMESTIC NEWS by colon ardic SAN the bark legal tender which arrived this ai rived his afternoon from the arctic reports that nothing has been heard of abo mount wollaston and the vig or jeanelle Jeane tle tho revenue cutter rhomas corwin owing to tha severity of the past winter and the tardiness in breaking up of the ice this summer was unable to continue on her errand letters were received from some whaling ships by the legal tender they represent they had done better up to the time of writing than in ordinary seasons the heel ha ing captured about chalca all told through the same sources it is understood under stool the corwin intended to touch at point burrow then cross over lo 10 the mouth of the mackenzie river in search of the missing chalers whalers and il no clew of them were obtained at either place to proceed thence to wrangell land the missing chalers whalers are unanimous in ex pressing the belief that nothing will ever be heard aiom either them or the jeannette kindrock orn tvr claims YoE Kept 24 the following letter is published it is in reply to one from theodore cook of cm cinnoti cin nati asking gen II ancock for an authoritative declaration whether if elected president he would consent to the pigment of the claims of rebel losses during the war to cook I DEAR SIR your letter of the dinst i received I regret you arc disturbed about hat bubear bub car southern war claims the people cannot do misled by it to suppose that rebel chums or alnis in the interest persons who were in the rebellion can in any way or degree be counte danced M the imputation of dislow di ally such as used to bo nude against the democrats even when they were in arms defending their country so far as it touched me I denounce it the government can never pay adeba or grant a pension or reward of any sort for waging war upon its own ex istance nor could I be induced to approve or encourage payment of such debt pension or reward nobody expects or wants such unnatural action to propose it would be to insult the ingoll gence and honor of our people when there bellion was crushed the heresy of secession was destroyed forever it is a thing of the dead pst we move forward not backward if I were president I veto all legala leg sla tion which might lome before me providing pra viding for the consideration or payment of claims of and kind for losses or damages by persons who were in rebellion whether pardoned or not lu relation to union war claims tho governments obligation to its defenders come first they are lasting and sacred the public laws of civilized nations do not in general recognize claims for injury to prop erly resulting from operations of war Nevertheless our government with great indulgence claims for losses and damages uffer ed by union men from the military of the war of the union but as hostilities were closed more than fifteen years ago the daiil of that nature are now boatly in the hands of brokers or persons other than the original sufferers and are becoming stale and in my judgment considered as barred by ther lapse of time and if hereafter entertained at all should bo subject ed to the strictest scrutiny youra very truly W S SAN sep 24 alfred smith correspondent of the california associated press at sierra city was murdered on wednesday his brains were beaten out with rocks and the body deposited in his house which was fired thomas devine a neighbor with whom the deceased had a long standing lawsuit over a land title was arrested for the crime the deceased was a native mer county new york A chico dispatch says the dent and pirty left chico this morning a delegation of citizens for the spring valley mine at cherokee flat they were received with an anvil ealure and a repast prepared for them preparations had been mada to exhibit the mining process by mr and louis glass secretary of the company several been prepared and were set off in tho presence of the party after which piping commenced showing tha marvelous power of tho hydraulic dr the party conducted to the sluices when mr Wald opened ne of the fiffles riffles and took a handful of amalgam in which thero was probably in gold and pre dented a lump to mrs bayes urs iiames set off one blast of pounds which made but little noise but broke up a large area of ground A large crowd had assembled from various mining camps and the aeo oeo pie were profuse in their welcome to tho party after spending about an hour and a half at the mine the party left for chico and proceeded immediately to a car in waiting and left for heading sw york imoto NEW YORK sept 24 the gibat democratic union mass meeting last was perhaps the most imposing political demonstration that hag ever taken in aln city union square and adjoining streets and avenue literally jammed with people and all about was brilliantly illuminated tho principal meeting waa in tammany hall which was packed with a most enthusiastic audience john kelly called the meeting to order and was greeted with uproarious applause he introduced diniel dougherty of philadelphia who mado an eloquent opening address irving hall was not than hall and the enthusiasm wild jolin mckean presided and read tho following dispatch from II 11 M of maine chanka for the invitation to be present at you rain cation meeting over the victory of our plain people who believe our government wa established to protect labor and should confine itself to equal broto tion equal and equal eriv ilenea and like heaven dons era and its benefits alike upon all rich and poor high and low to the end that it may over rest in tho interest of all our victory will not be counted out it has come to tay signed IT M representative north carolina and others fiade speeches here senator callaco of pennsylvania was presented t the crowd from tho in open air and ho himself from speaking in consequence of a sore throat senator franci karnan of now york followed and said no portion of tho people of the united stales had a deeper intermit in the character of dpn to be at thi th i next election to make laws or the char alie man to bo lct cd afi president of the united than people dwelling in hia city were interested because they desire to do business with every stale in alic union tho republican party had failed in its duty to the best inter the country by keeping alive feeling between people of one section against another ex governor lee canon also made a speech sept 24 secretary schurz today to day received the following telegram from the chairman of the ute commission at alawa under late of yesterday the dommi jiin have secured to alie r ratification the signatures of as male adults of the confederated con federated banda of ute indian in this number ia morn than three fourths of the adult males of be ute bind we await your order the law require the signatures of only three quarters of the adult male population of the utes to the treaty to insure its ratification secretary schurz will in day or two instruct the commission in regard to alie preliminary steps to be taken to secure compliance on the part of the cutca with tho terms of the treaty which require the removal of a portion of them to the limits of their new res cr as defined in tho bill harder for washington apt 24 it 13 als lebed at the treasury department that a woman in kansas city who some time ago asked to leave worth of bonds then registered in the mainc of her deceased husband transferred to herself is now married to the murderer of that husband a man who also killed his first wife in order to enter into his present matrimonial ri engagement prince edwardg wand CHICAGO sept 25 the rimes quebec just before alie confederation ahe government of prince edwards island passed a compulsory land bill which lorcey a landlord to sell and then divided into holdings of moderate size the value of the linds wa delenn ined by arbitration the government brought the land gave the tenants the refusal of ahr purchase and allowed the greater part of the purchase money to remain on mortgage the greater part of the land h now held in lee by former tenants now comes the important news hat lord kimberly of the british cabinet call on die governor general of canada for information as to the workings of the prince ed wards island compulsory land bill and lome is making inquired inqui rea of the crown land commissioners this is believed hera to foretell action by the gladstone government as to ire land |
