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STOCK RLFCSi TUh DAUY UEE FOREIGN NEWS DISPATCHES CONSUTUTiOSwL COKtfEMTlGH EIGHTY-FIRST DAY if COPPERSTan? CORYFR RKVESTH AVD 3TRKET3 OFFFP IFWUL IS- mrata in kino of GROCERIES AND PROVICIC: All wishing to parch fn tk 3 HIVIPPHs Cnwr of kovanlk leS fot ctfth henoo his cv Homers get the benefit should cell on de-lra aOLDMAN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ZZll AUD AHUTACTUAEB 07 COFFEE AND SPICES Corner ot Second and 7 (Streets SaoraweRtO WASHINGTON NOTES Penensl Nominations and Con The Southern Outrages Investigation Resolution Objections to Open boors Assistant Secretary Hawley will assume oontrol of the Secret Service Division of the Treasury Department January 1st Congressman Williams ot Michigan was btt tbe l8tK attacked with vertigo with symptom apoplexy Alonzo Baynes bas been nominated for Poatmaster for Yreka and Joseph Jones for Colnsa Ths Senate has confirmed Aaron of New Hampshire John Coburn of Indiana and Maroellnl 8tearns of Florida Commissioners of the Hot Springs Lewis Wallace Governor of New Mexioo vice Samuel Axtell suspended under the tenure of office Act Colonel Randolph Marcv Inspector General with the rank of Brigadier General The Texas Paoifio jobbers are mnch discouraged at the result of the vote yesterday when their bill was antagonized to resolution Senator Grover of Oregon yesterday introduced a bill to prevent the employment of Chinese ob publio Works RESOLUTION When resolution to Southern elects- enlrige- np yea -Tuy at tbe expiration of the business Wallace moved to lay it on tne tabic Rejeoted only Davis West Yir-giuiaA McCreety and Wallace voting in the lunrmative Conkling submitted an amendment to have the investigation made by a special oominittee of seveu Senators instead Of the Judiciary Committee Agreed Aye 34 noes S3 Blaine then substituted an amendment authorizing the committee to taka testimony by itself or by any sub-committee aod to visit all plioes which may in their Judgment facilitate any portion of the objtctof the inquiry Butler moved to amend the amendment so as to provide that the committee or any sub-committee thereof shall sit with open doors Blaine opposed tha amendment and the debate grew hot and warm amendment was finally rejocted by 30 to a atrict party vote The question then being on the amendment of Blaine Davis of West Virginia tnovi to amend so as to provide that the committee or any sub-oommittee should sit with open doors when requested to do so by any member of the committee A long aud acrimonious debate ensued participated In by Bayard Kernan Mer-union Howe Blaine Ransom and others and finally the amendment waa rejected by ayes 28 noes a strict party vote The discussion was then adjourned and the Senate went Into executive session 4 ROOKED fit E8TI058 beesl Brevities Three carload of immigrants will arrive from the East this afternoon Tbe river stood at the 6 foot 2 inch mark at noon to-day The wind to-day waa from the North again and tbe weather wae clear and cold C- has not retained Hon Grove Johnson as hi counsel in the libel sail against the Chronicle aa stated by our morning cotemporary T-Brew' haye received from the ua largB numbery-f th-rsve iuUiki 6 use and ohickena frozen before beiDg shipped and in excellent condition Eighteen carloads of beef cattle passed through tbe city last night en route to San Franoisco A trade mark for Hercules cement has been filed with the Secretary of State by A 8 Spencer A Co of 8an Francisco Articlea of incorporation' were yesterday filed with tbe Secretary of State of the Chimney Peak Gold Mining and Mill Company to operate in San Diego oonnty The police were yesterday notified that four fioe Essex hrgs the property of Dr Manlove of Brighton bad been stolen either last Saturday or Sunday Some one made away with a horse and btiggy last night which Wm Basler had hitched at a place on street between Ninth and Tenth The steamer Princess is sgronJ netr Mike ranch a uort distance above the city- Lu will probably have to wait for a rise in the river to get afloat Again Captain i Gatbrde won the first etaoe gold medal of the Sarsfield Gnard for the third time last Sunday and ie now entitled to its possession His scores were 44 45 and a total 131 out of possible 150 William Hall yesterday made two scores of 46 ke last one being claimed aa the beat nnder the rale ever made on the range aa follows: 4 4 5 1 4 5 5 5 5 Fine Foothill That Ihe culture of various kinds of and also tropical fruits Jj ces in the fosUr1 demonstrated by a disptsv -0f orange which wero -ought down to this city by Frederick Birdsall a gentleman who has in ihe past and still ie doing tufich to encourage the growth of fruit in the foothills fruit ia from the following rancho Aad of these varieties: bon Newcastle who present the San Gabriel variety Johh Curtz Ophir Placer cowwty seedlings A Rioe Neweaetlo seedlings Hathaway Oplilrj Dr 3 it Crandall Auburn over 1-2u0 oranges picked Prom ona tree Rev Peck ecefllings trees 15 years old and bearing 7 years Mr Goodrich New cas seedlings Kmytfce Horseshoe Bar Placer county seedlings Andrews Aoburn seedlings grown on dry slate soil without irrigation: Dr Fray Bellevue Newcastle 8t Michael" variety These oranges include various varieties ol tho thick and thin-skinned alt deliciously fragiaut and equal in flavor to any of those grown in any portion of the rather more pleasant to the taste in fact than most of those grown this eeason in some of the southern counties Saji Fbanctsoo Dec 17 The following are the quotation of sales of the Regular Board thia morning opening and closing: Oplur $40 8014 Mexican $29 1 291 Gould A Curry $7S California $9'V 9H-Best A Belcher $18'q Savage $10 Con Virginia $71 8 Ohollar $391 89 Crown Point $8 95 Yellow JaoVst $151 16 Imperial 70c Belcher $3 95 4 Alpha $91 Confidence $81 8H Nevada $50H 5m Uta't $14' 14-Bullion $5 4 95 Exi-hequer $9 90 Overman $91 Segregated Belcher $20 Justice $4 40 4 50 fiuccor 70o Union Consolidated $61 401 Lady Bryan $1 65 1 60 Alta $6 Julia $3 10 Caledonia $21 2 80 Silver Hill Si's 1 40 Challenge $1 60 New York 65c 60c Dardanelles $1 Phil Bheridsn 30c Lady Washington $1 10 1 Andes 50o Cot) Washoe $2 50 Ward 70? Seflrplon $1 10 1 Leviathan 40c Noitli Con Virginia $4 50 Wells-Fargo 25o Trojan 80o 25o Solid Silver 50e North 8 Nev lOo North Bunanza $1 Tor last stock report sec fourth pageJ Blocks After Hoard San Fbancisoo Dec 17 Stocks alter board: Hals A Norcross 111 Best A Beloher I181 Jacket $15 California 110'S Con Virginia $8 Gould A Curry $7 Point 95 Union $61 Sierra Nevada $50 Mexoan $29 Ophir $40 Afternoon Informal Board 8an Franoisoo Deo 17 Hals A Norcross 1111 Bisira Nevada Union Con $59 Enreka $351 Best A Belcher $18 Ophir $39 California $91 Bodie $10 Con Virginia $71 Sav-age $9 Mexioan $29! Ton get at 8 the best Coffee ths finest Hyrup from Buffalo the moet angar for oue dollar the best Relates for one dollar bo the beat Potatoes from Cove and Salt Lake the greatest variety of Teas the flneat Spices (pure) the best sugar cared Hama and Bacon the largest variety of Ollye and Fancy Soap the beet Butter in the valley the most polite sttentlnn ths city Exqutsrrs Diamond Sets st 79 atreet algn of the Town dock Grand opkninc of Holiday Goods st Painter 330 1 itre-t rear Eighth with I new Block of Btlk-velvet Albums and Satin Frame Pries to Stitt ths times That Bavb Aiittvan ths finest lot of Furniture ever Imports) to thia city consisting of bedroom sets book esses sideboards secretaries chrffenstrss eto also full line of assorted 0 la st James 107 street shove Fourth Ths public will do well to examine this shipment It On end all buy thSirOendtea et The best end mods of pure sugar Bon-ton Chocolate Cream end Cocosnttt lea Cream Bars ere new end dellclone Try theml Ir yon want to aee tha most elaborate and solid Silverware and ths finest store In ths State go to 79 street Thk moat superior American Watches et and cheaper then anywhere else 79 street AvznaI AvznaI avzna fob BBEAUAerl at 0 Rnpp Grocery Eastern Oatmeal Blsculta and Oroam Biscuit Only utboriad Agents for fltepheimon'a Gllt-dged Bntter Nicest lln of Bllyer Gold and Fancy Drww Duttons in llio city 10 15 snd 95 onntf at 0 II Btevena Th lalMi Niilci and anlf Bell able PaUfrnB bavo inada Btittertck'a a bouaa-bold necesffitjr in every family Agency at Btevena Dry Oooda House corner Eighth and atraata Winter atylta on hand MARBIEft Tn Potsluma Decamber 8 It Rowland lo Al ee Actm fn Hsna Olsr Dacembar 8 Barrla to Fanny Kifor BORN Rflow Riveralde House racatober 14 the wife of Maonol De Owta of a aon In Lee tnwiiahlp December 19 tha wife of Lepetit of a daughter Near Dixon December 1) the Wife of Prof Von Fe idiicr of a aon DKAtnft In Vote county opposite the Blverade House December IT Joaepb Silva a native of the Western Inlands agd 39 years (Frlenda and acquaintance are reepeotfnlly Invited to attend the funeral which will take place feom hia late residence to-morrow morning et 9 o'clock In thia city December IT Dorathy Mlllikeo aged 41 esm months and 97 daya Friends and acqnalntancea are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral which will take place from her late residence oa alley between and Fifth and Sixth streets to-morrow afternoon at 9J o'clock Onr Nlde Ltace mid Hid Button Shoe take the lead Friers away down on Hne Gooda at Bhoe Department of 0 Btevena Dry Goods House Eighth end street Hoi Tom nnd Jerry land Frenb Home-made Doughnuts et the Ixlon Saloon 78 Heeond atreat between and lit Bolden Eagl Oyster Honae bmanm It la olean and napeoiabla CARPETS OIL CLOTH 8 ETC CARPETS WG Oft'EK TO THE PiBLU A splendid IJna of Fall ani Winter Styles IHee OAltrETlflC ETC Which will sell during tha Holiday at prices lower than ever MASSEY TAUBENHEIMER III etreet Hacramento dtlm LOCKE LAVENftON 84 AND 86 1 STREET I It tCr IMPORTERS OF CARPETS Oil loth Window Shades A Curtaim Keep the Barff-st Stork the Best Selection tnd sell the lowest of any house iu the State d8-lm CARPETSLCARPETS ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I will nil 11 grsiiM of CARPETING At it educed Prices to suit the times NOW IS FOUR CHANCE TO MARK A HOLIDAY PRESENT Also have on hand a full line of Oil Cloths Paper Hangings SHADES LACE IGOQQS ETC I'lno iRMrlinent or Fancy Framti jniit ttscrlved from the BEN COHEN nn A5I in -I' BEET flIMra But 8 SECOND EC1T10N Tuesday Evening Bee 17 1978 IGMI Iii'i fERS TO-OAVS AhVKRr lBFUirN Caledonia Club Pacific Encampment JUaUrn Poultry Germania Lodge- Meeting to-night To rent or for sale Fuetiou Hanla Go A 0 Directors Union Building aud Loan A B- Meeting tO-rjght Meeting-Musical 4kd ry CaloB-Nottceof lntr(0B 8plritua'jgI g-raeld 0utrd-Notlc- -Christmas BU mu 0 Fapp Oo-eter Situation to do housework etc Maltese Cross Furniture for aale Auction Slmmona A Crowell Bracelet Girl China and Japan Occidental and Oriental Steamship Go Harness Paddles Slone wood yjrd Hoehn Person? Hayden cotinuea to improve rapidly from effects of hit recent stroke of parOvg Captain o( firm nf all Perkine 4 left for the Et yesterday eflytugoD to bring ont their new learner State of p11 telegraph to-day announces that £rriilent Huyea lias nominated for tkatmaster of City Wm Bopping tlrt present incumbent "Aw UcEquih The Metropolitan Theater a as oehej Hast evening for a wsrVs season bf come dy nnder the tr auagement hf 8 Beale A company composed of Miss A Bcltroo-der Misa Frankie McClellan Misses La Clair Tiglie and Mra Conrtaine also Fitzgerald Harry Courts! ne Thayer and others Ooeopled the boards and the piece presented was ihe fine comedy of "All Unequal Matoh The attendance Wa fair for an opening night and tbs play was well received The part of Mrs Moutresser was assigned to Misa A Schroeder Hester Grazebrook to Misa McClellan llArry Arncliff to Fitzgerald Dr Kotchuby to Harry fourtaine Ulakinscp to Thayer and the other characters to the remainder of the company Misa Bcbroeder Who assumed (he role of the scheming widow who endeavors to win husband from her is a recent debutante on the ban Francisco stage The lady presents a fine presence is graceful and self-poaaeaaed dresses tastefully and richly but lacka in animation and force Her reading ia clear and distinct but with a disposition to too mnch rapidity at times This fanlt she will doubtless overcome in time but once he falls into a listlessnesa manifested occasionally last evening she will find it difficult to recover tlic-ri from and i per spa learn too late that her future ade-ceae has been greatly retarded thereby Aa Hester the daughter who marries Sir Arncliff Misa McClellan was excellt nt dressed with exceeding good taste becoming to 'h respective positions she occupiod waa artless and winning sb the conrTy Rirli and in the last act appeared fltle advantage aa the haughty wife wh bad closely follow-ed her husband a and chanced from an innocent nntry glri t0 Ua(Ur of society As Arncliff hua- DnZKorald did not acquit himself wit 4 ability be has heretofore shown tjs stage His reading was urn Bn and 1 ac i foroe in the pra-aageaw Jcre such as required Hisaetion ws ao too tame and marked by an appa-rf Indifference not in keeping with the "'racier Harry Conrtaine aa theyonng color and Mrs Conrtaine as Bessy the waiting maid were the lifo of the piece and saved it from becoming monot-onona Htalev as the old blacksmith acquitted himself moat oreditably and rendered the dialect of the part very woll Blaley is a painstaking actor one who aeetns to profit by criticism and will no doubt make his mark in the profession in old man parts which be has made a specialty The rest of the character were acceptably suatained The stage setting were mnch belter than nanal and some old fiats which have long lain in the store-room were made to do good service nnder Mr supervision The orchestra r-ompoaed of seven Pseramento per-formed several brilliant -medley composed of the popular ai 0f the day and reccved therefor rrfmpt recognition at the hand of audience "An Unequal Mate! -i be presented again thia event Bgi jor y1B jmBi Bd (or to-morrr i)jht Thl) poor New orl1 underlined Pat Cab There it) considerable Jixietv on the part of the railroad employe hereabout at tbe present time in regard to whether the pay car will again visit Sacrams'uto before the holidays and thua enable them to enjoy a Merry Christmas and Happy New Yiar At presen I thia welcome visitor ia at Oakland wharf and whether it will be here again before Chris tma or not is of those things wbivh no fellow can find Old Bacramewtaw Deceased ie Trancisco paper of yesterday chronicle the death in that city on the 15th instant of Captain John Madison one of the ear licet residents of Hacramento and who snperin ended Ihe constrnotion of the first bnlkhead in front of this city The deceased waa one of the oldest Free Masons in the United Btatis and command ed the ship Crescent aronnd Horn to San Francisco in June 1819 OrricERB The Heiterkeit Social Club has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Btober President DJTansman Vice President Weizel Secretary Hagelatein Treasurer Cslfleld Bergeant-at-Anna Bolier Outline and Ott Trna tees Conrt Eureka No 116 Order of Friendly Society of San FraDcisco to-day filed it articlea of incorporation with the Secretary of State Directors James Jordan Bober! reekhsm Samnefs William Hilton Thomas Stevenson George Davis and Tbomaa Shore Broke hi About half-past 12 this afltrnoou a tinner namrd Clifford Barrett who was at work on the roof of a new bouse at Second and streets fell to the ground and fractured hia left arm badly and also dislocated bis shoulder blade Opposition Tho atesmer Whipple which baa for a lotjj time past been running as an opposition boat between this city and San Francisco baa been drawn a IT and laid up till the advent of better timee Joined tbe Misa Lotta Cbia-aold late of the Bose Manuing Troupe baa joined Surprise Party which now playing at Virginia City fancy goods department ia crowd-after day with customer! all well pleasc1 with their purchase and aa the holidays are fast spprosohing those who soms early ctn take their choice of the immense variety offered to eulcct from Ont stock ia complete in all branebea Viz: Initial and silk handkerchiefs silk and bice ties pnraes and satchels hosiery Jewelry cuffs and collsrs in Bets underwear from the lowest to the finest grades at prices to suit everybody A cordial invitation Is extended to all to Tiait the Store Received the latest styles in circnlare dolmans ulsters and cloaks whioh are old at greatly reduced prices at Roth-fold Bros Cbritsmai Presents- You can find the finest assortment of initial handkerchiefs at No 137 street Tnx latent styl in bows scarfs and tie by expreai from New York this day at AiCo British tm8iction in Cjrprus Why the Rhodope Aid Motion Was Withdrawn London Deo 17 The Times says that the introduction and withdrawal of the motion for granting aid to the sufferer in ths Bhodope distriot becomes very simple when tbe reasons are stated It wae tbonght by the Minister thrt the distress revealed by tbs report of the Bhodope Commission was a fitting subject for Parliamentary aid but it Wotild have been indecorous to make an sot of charity the occasion for a heated debate and the purpose of the Government was no sooner kuown than it was dear that it would be resisted on both sides of the House Cyprnu Affinlrs Constantinople Deo 17 The Porte and Great Britain are negotiating concerning British jurisdiction over foreigners in Cyprus Great Britain recognises the Bultan's sovereignty over the Island but denies that capitulation concerning Consular jurisdiction is still applicable there To Attend Princess Alice's Fnnerat London Dec 17 The Prince of Wales Princess Christian and Prince Leopold have left for Darmstadt to attend tbe funeral ot Princess Alice The CJIwsgnw Bank Isse London Deo 17 The trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors ie fixed for Friday next Hungary and Austria Perth Deo 17 The Hungarian delegation have agreed to the Austrian delegation amendments to the estimates striking out grants for ironclads and for increasing tho number of army officers Telegraphic Brevities The statement ot the Imperial Bank of Germany shows an Increase in specie payments of 9300000 marks Amount of bullion gone into the Bank ot Ergiaud on balance to-day £155000 Wm Anderson Superintendent ot the Eastern Telegraph Company murdered at Candia Crete on Baturday was a nephew of Sir James Anderson Managing Dlreotor COAST DISPATCHES! FIflIAL DIHPATOUEH TO THK DAILY RE RAN Silver and Currenry San Francisco Deo 17 Silver bait dollars lt2H per Cent discount currency 997c to psr Wheat continues very quiet AMADOR Editor of the "Amador Ledger" Nentenced for Contempt-A Court that Will not Broook Criticism Jackson Cal Deo 17 Judge Brown in tho County Court today eentenoed Richard Webb editor of the Amador Ledger to forty-eight hours imprisonment and a fine of or in dofault ot payment one hundred days for contempt of court in publishing an article entitled A Model on the 14th of September laid The principle involved in the case is of vital consequence to newspaper proprietors Tho Conrt claims that adverse criticism of its proceedings cannot he allowed as it tends to impair its usefulness The esse will go to the Supreme Court There is sn Intense feeling in the matter and publio sympathy is strongly with the defendant (SONOMA 401 NTT f'ntal Rnllronil Accident Santa Rosa Doo 17 A handcar containing seven persons collided with a fist car that waa standing on tha main track of the Guernville branch of tho San Francisoo aud North Pacifio Railroad near the Laguna last night abont 8 killing John a boy nine years of age son of Thos MoUale of Fulton Two yonng lsdios named Mary Pnrvis and Isabella Jones were also slightly injured Weather oold snd mornings frosty NEVADA fold Weather at lone City Ione City Deo 17 It is colder here than it hss been since 1872 Tbe thermometer at 7 o'clock this morning indicated 28 dogree water in shallow vessels waa frozen half sn inch thick and pnmps were icelocked The yonng orange trees and grain arc not turt yet but stand much more WINN EMC CCA Escaped from the C'jnnly Jail WtNNEMUroA Dec 17 Delhi Christman recently sentenced to the State Prison for one year for horse stealing and Charles Miller aentenoed to the same institution for three years for burglary awed tho bolts of their cell door removed the bricks from the outer wall and eacapod before daylight this morning The other prisoners two white men and two Chinamen were oonfined in other oeils and did not get ont Men have been sent ont to try to recapture the Jail breakers The Connty Commissioners must now be convinced of tbs niter insecurity of tbe Humboldt Connty Prison as a place for tbe safe-keeping of lawbreakers VENTER A Jnry Impaneled to Try hnrehlll Ban Buenaventuba Dco 17 At 1 :30 to-day jury waa scouted in the oaae of Clmroiiill and the Conrt adjourned for on hour WAHHIWrwlf TERRITORY Moaee Becoming Aggressive Wallula Doo 17 Three woodohoppen arrived here lent night and report having met the Bheriff of lakima oonnty with a company of 85 whitea and 15 friendly Indians last Saturday night near ltapids on the Columbia river who bad been to Chief camp for the mnrdor-er of the Terkine family Although Moaea had to aid the Bheriff in captnring these murderers lie met the Bheriff and hi party with bia whole band of well armed warrioriin war paint and with the most hostile demonstration! Tho Bheriff retreated from stronghold and was apparently trying to evade pursuit whan seen He told these men to get to some settlement as soon ai possible and itud him aid Oue of tbe men claim to have seen the renegade chieftain Hmobolia at Priest's Kapids The friondly Indians have been warning the wood chopper in the vicinity ot Rapids to leave for eome time Twe-TT-nvi doien Bow and Tie st 36 cents 35 oento 50 cent worth double the amount at Btevena Co aStb at Call and see tho new and unique Ptterne In Jewelry at sign ef the Town Clock 9 Res our TC cent cashmere formerly 1 00 and our $1 00 quality ohesp at 81 96 Also all wool basket cloth at 40 ceots sold every-whe at 60 to 76 rente Bargains fa Dreee goods at 0 Stevens Co'e 8tb and Ohbirtvas We have a fine lot of Chritlmas Trees from tbe mountains (above Blue Canyon) Sochtlea and familUi will find a good attortment 0 select ftom 0 Rtpp Co PorutD The only pace to got geuu In New Jersey Boiled Oder iaatO Happ Ji Oo'a TELKQBAMS OT TCg ASSOCIATED PBBM TO THK DAILY BEE HOME NEWl ON i Tbe I Itl-U P-C Arrangement National Printing Swindle Oold Sell Par Job In National Printing Washington Deo 17 Glover Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department has sent Atkins Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations A statement that tiie National Bnk notes have been printed In the Bureau of Engraving and filming insicaa oi under direction of the Controller of the Currency as the law requires and that the Bureau obtained the Work On tbe back of notes by oDcrlng to do it (or eight dollar! and ninety-two cents a thousand impressions which was less than ths bid of any of the seven bidders But front the 1st of January to the ist ef July last only aboht one sixth ot the work Was done at this price the remainder being charged socretiy at fourteen dollars a thousand for second printing or greentint and twenty dollars a thousand for third printing on faoes Glover says that Cogrc-ss and the public have been deceived that tbe Bureau figures are wholly unreliable that tbe Euteati reports do not make a proper showing of the cost and that the bank note printing indicates less expenditure and within the last fiscal year to the extent of over $130000 Ths expenditures of the Bureau before 1874 are not even known being mixed with so-called expenses bf the national loan ttid it tvotlld take a oorps of clerks eit months to ascertain the actual state of the account The Rnilronl-Ntenmsbti Agree- Rnilrnnil-NtenmHhl ment New Yore Deo 17 The Union Pacific and Central Paoifio representatives Sydney Dillon and nuntington having refused the demand ot the Pacifio Mail Steamship Company for $60000 on Baturday sent the following proposition lo Baboook representing the Paoifio Mail as their ultimatum: "Ten dollars bead money for all through passengers to be based npon the uumber of passengers going overland from any point accessible to vessels and a guarantee to tbe Pacific Mail ot 600 tone of freight on each steatner to be divided on certain proportion! of both heavy qnd This proposition wss aoeepted by Babcock It was olaimed that this would be equal to a payment of from $50000 to $55000 per month by the Pacific railroads or an increase of from $6000 to $lf 000 oyer the terms of the late contract Tbe new agreement will last to January 1 1880 The Pacifio Mail Steamship Company has also appointed a oommittce to oonfer with one from the Panama Railroad Company for the purpose of having tbe fixed charges on tha Panama Railroad which now amount to $70000 per month reduced to $55000 This confireuoo has already been held and it ia thought that a compromise will be effected Jim Keene's Wheat Corner New York Doo 17 The rate of through freight from tbe West and by steam to Europe continues to bo depressed Bnvorsl membors of tiie Froiluce Exchange said yesterday that shipments of provisions from Chicago aud Liverpool were being taken very generally at from 58 to 62 cents per hundred pounds and some contracts have been msde at from 2 to 8 oents nnder this rate Ktodo relumed from tiie West yesterday He declined to talk abont his large wheat operations in the West The latest tolegrsphio advices received at the Froduoe Exchange report that little is being done in Chicago Most of tiie large operators have become alarmed at recent transactions and have oiosed til outstanding oontrsets One dispatch said: "Large speculator are looking on with folded arms and allow Keene and his associates to have the market to themselves" A 1)1 oriel Settlement New Yore Deo 17 Admiral de Horsey British Command-er-ln-Chicf of the Paoifio Station reports to tbe Comn Issioners of ths Admiralty that ninety descendants of tbe ship are living on Pitoairn's Island as a colony UDder Governor James Russell McKay in the form of a model community singularly free from orime disoaee or disorders of any kind They bavs no trade with tho outside world no money and no need of either The island is fertile supplying ail their wants They are religious moral peaceable contented and only disturbed by one ominous namely an American who recently came to live among them Sherman on Hagar Washington Dec 17 The Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury officer were brought be fore the Ways and Means Committee this morning and advocated ths passage of tbe kill propared at the Treasury Department to prevent tbe evasion of duties on sugar nnder the present color standard They urged tbe addition of tbe polariscop test and when necessary chemical analysis Tb INcMorrhnn Claim Again Postponed Washington Doo 17 Iu the House the Committee on Pub-iio Lands to-day postponed until JanU' ary 15th hearing of the argument in re' gsrd to the McGarrhan claim the attorneys of the New Idris Mining Company not being ready to go on It is the intention of the committee after the date mentioned to giro the matter com tinnous hearings until disposed of PnnlMhlng Rascally Railroad ng nates Philadelphia Deo 17 Ex-President? Morton of the Market Street Railway Compsoy end Ssmnel Hahn who pleaced gnilty to fradulently over-issuing the stock of the company were lo-day aentenoed each to ten years imprisonment in tbe Eastern Peniten tiary Nee re -ary Robeson on the Defensive Wahhinoton Deo 17 Tbe Committee on Naval Affaira to-day docided to give ex-Secretary Robeson and others implicated in irregularities by testimony taken daring tbe investigation an opportunity to furnish proof as desired by them to show that the charges are false Hold no Longer King New York Deo 17 At 1230 to-day gold told at par for the first time since the suspension of specie pay meets in 18t2 TwssbAT Dec 17 Convention met at 9:30 President Hoge in ths Chair Mr O'Snllivan presented a minority be port from the Committee on "Lands and Homestead Exemption" which is publishf elsetrhere Mr Milter from the Committee on the Chinese reported a memorial to and Congreaa on the aubjeot Tha report was adopted and it was resolved that each member the Convention sign it The Convention then weDt into a Committee of the Whole on tha report of ths Committee on Legislative Department The report was amended so as to let the first session of tbe Legislature after the adoption of tha new Constitution receive pay for 100 daya subsequent sessions which shall be held biennially shall ait for only 60 days The Convention then took a reoess till 2 the 3flnorly Deport of the Innd Committee The minority ot the Committee oil "Lands and Homestead made their r'epor to-day with a long preface of facta and figures: Section Perpetuities and monopolies are opposed to the genius ot a free Government and shall never be allowed nor shall ths law of primogeniture or entailment ever bA iorce ia this State Efcuon All lands within ihe State are declared to be allodial and feudal tennfes are prohibited Leases And grants of land for a longer terra than ten years in which vpot or service of any kind shall received aud all fines and like Wotrainta upon alienation reserved In any grant of land hereafter made are iefiUred to be void No lessee shall sublet any portion of thfi land held in his name Section No person! other than citizens or those who have declared their intentions to become snob shall ever acquire or own either by purchase or otherwise real property In this State sod in oaae my alien dies possessed of real property in this State contrary to this provision such property shall to the State Nor shall any lands in this State be held iii trust for any aliem but the creation of Any trust in lands for the benefit of an slietj shall at once escheat the land to the Slate Section do person shall forever hereulter be permitted to aoquiro in any manucr mure than six hundred and forty aores of laud in this Slate Co-parlner-ships Joint or other ownerships of lands shall not be allowed contrary to this provision No person ho dieB possesed of landed property in this State shall have the bight to will or deviRe more than six hundred and forty acres of land to any one heir otherwise the said will shall be provided however that all land over and above the 640 aores vo devised to eaeh lawful heir of which suoh deceased person died lawfully possessed shall be sold to the highest bidders for cash in quantities not exceeding 640 acres oahh and the proceeds shell lie divided equally among the lawful holi Section Aolual occupation and continuous use for sgnculluisl purposes during a period of one year shall constitute a title to ihe ownership of laud in this Stale Traots of land of over 640 acres in extent which shall remain nn-occupied and nnned for agricultural purposes during a period of one year shall be -Open to the occupation and use of citizens of the United States in quantities not exceeding 640 aores provided that it shall appear that euy other ptr-eon has previous title to such tract of land the party occupying and using the lame shall pay to said persou the assessed Value of the property Section No more then ICO acres of land shall hereafter be granted or patented by the State in any manner to any one periton No graut or patent of lands by the State ahull hereafter he made otliurwise than upon tho banis of actual settlement and use No land soript or land certificate shall he isHtied in this State Signed James John West amlet Davis Sweasky CONVENTION NOTES Some of the delegates seem to think that the Bee has been haxty in saying that appearances indicate that the Convention has been stuffed with land monopolists and water luonopolmts! The Bee will be more than pleased to take all this hack upon proper showing but words cannot show only sets can be efficient iu this case When thou the Convention shall by its votes on these two issues show the contrary then but not till then will it be in older to retract the Drainage or tue Last Winter much trnnblo was experienced from the cesspools located shout Ihe Capitol building aud intended as reci ptactca for the waste drainage of the building as they were constantly overflowing gave forth unpleasant and unhealthy exhalations ami the potannona gases in two of them caused explosions Tim general drainage system ot the building is being improved so aa to warrant the belief that there will be no more like occurrences The large cesspool shout tho building ars being oonneolsd by six inch iron stone pipe sud oodiioc-1 1 -i made in the same manlier with tbs Thirteenth-street sewer by which means the overflow will pass off without causing trouble Then again the poisonous and explosive gases which accumulate in such ars to he conveyed by pipes to the chimneys of ths bntlding from which they will find their exit at the top at which height they will be harmless Tee walks which on account of the elope of tho ground were often covered with water will be drained by means of gratings each oi which will connect with small cesspool without bottom and thus the water will find its way into the ground These improvements which are well under way nnder tbe supervision of Wm O'Brien Gardner of the Capitol Park promise to remedy the only defeot to be found about the Capitol building and grounds Slioht Fires Tbe roof the small house occupied by William Rockwell the cripple who bas a saw filing establishment Just north of tbe City Hall caught fire from a defective stovepipe tins morning Depnty Sheriff Barron ho was in the City Hall discovered the flames in lintA and extinguished their before muob damage was done Abont half-past 9 this morning a fire wss discovered in the Gulden Eagle Hotel over the laundry room Assistant Engineer Sullivan at once responded to the summons of a party sent to the engine bonse near by sud succeeded in putting out the fire before much damage wss done and witliont sending an alarm Investigation showed that the fire bad canght from a disjointed stovepipe Several joists were burned out end the plastering had to be torn off the wall and ceiling to get at the flames The damage will not exceed $100 Thermomete at Various While ths prssent oold snap prevails in this valley the condition of the thtr-mometor at various points hereabouts will prove interesting Following are the figures as reported at 8 o'olnck this this morning: Truckee 81 degrees Summit 80 Cisco 28 Emigrant Gap 42 Blue Canyon 30 Alts 40 Gold Run 40 Itedding 26 Red Bluff '28 Tehama 30Nord 23 Chico 28 Biggs 24 Marysville 26 Wheatland 34 Lincoln 30 REriNED Tbs first effort made by Bullard A Loftus in refining gold at their braes foundry on Third street near was that accomplished yesterday afternoon Out of a mass of metal vained at $6600 the result of one month's clean-up of the Amador and Sacrsmento Canal claim near Michigan Bar a handsome bar about 8 inches long 8 inches wide and 2 inches thick was ran Lecture this Evenino Rev A Mitchell will deliver a lecture this evening st the Presbyterian Church com meuctng at 8 o'olock The subjeot chosen is The Catacombs of and the lecture will be illustrated with twelve pictures in oil representing Christian life in the Catacombs The collection taken np will he fur the benefit of the Theological Seminary in San Francisco Kzw Bwe4 Mountain Older St Btpp Soup usd Geudles Orders tnm the DRY GOODS A GOOD BEAVER CLOfii At $5 trimmed la Bilk end Fringe A SPLENDID Diagonal Cloth Clenh At 97 50 A BICH At 910 09 CHILDRENS CLOAKS From $4 60 upwards SPECIALTY and Children's Gray HAIR CLOAKS the best assortment 1b tbeettjr TO BE FOUND AT BIEil'S 84 STREET AGENT Winter style now ont lsbed free on application Catalogue wm PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO COUNTNT ORDERS SAMPLES BEST IF DESIRED! JUST RECEIVED A FEW CHOIOE DOLMANS The Newest Cut d9-ha HOOTS AND SHOES THE CHE A TEST BOOT ADD SHOE HOUSE IH THE CITY IB 121 STREET Between Fourth ud Fifth VISITORS TO TUP- mf will da well to eximtee ui siutl end prlva befoie purchasing else akin Remember 121 Street bet Fourth and Fifth I l-p1m EAEBTH WHO RECEIVED THE SEOAlj'-w rt And ill the Premium thj ll late State Felr for the beg MISSES' AMD OHILDREMW BOOTS AND SIICL3 1 Why the one that always gets then JAMES PARSONS! Who keeps the floeet and largest assort -neat of Ladies' Gen's sud Children's BOOTS and BUOkS Call and price the goods and baoow vinoed for youraelvee Boots aud Shoes atau prices from the cheapest to the Aueat 163 STREET Two doors above Sixth Sacramento nlft-dpla SUPPERO! SLIPPERS! JUST RECEIVED GUS THE CHEAPEST AND FINEST A U- LtDiEfi' oEirrr aud bott TOILET SLIFPZB That has ever bee introduced Iu Hifl AIo lee lire ef Itom nnd I lW -ol UalUra cau and mtlTrt eiiiB ri TV bk I A GAHSIDPt Ladle-' eewrret French Eld Shota eg kl Vv 5 i Laird hot 1 1 Milch fa deen'a -hoe of Fhlledwlnht MOUNTAin L77LZ Thr hoiclbt a br-x( ieUvsred free 4 d-in No U'J 9 sontMtt f-uol New end fresh good every dy Ailed promptly Stock of Bey holiday goods OUR HOLIDAY EXHIBITION I rjillE NEWER AND CHOICEST JL personally selected by our MB ACKERMAN harope a re now open for inspection Hi jfl Or i Os 2 5 5 FANCY GOODS RCSSIAS LEATHER WAt ALBUMS ROGERS BROS BUT S1LVERPIATEDWARE LlaiogCN Nerrd's and Swiss Faience Majolica Royal Dresden and Bisque ORNAMENTS HANDBOMI DECORATED DINNER AND TEA SETS ETC ACKERMAN CO IMPORTER)) NOS 189 AND 191 STREET AND NOS 20 and 22 SEVENTH STREET aobamKnto n3S-9plro DALE CO Holiday Presents TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! TOYfe! TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! FANCY GOOD FANCY GOODS! FANCY O00D8! FANCY GOODS! FANCY GOODS! pernonw nEsiRiii's or buying any of the foregoing large and beautiful stock of HOLIDAY PRESENTS Are requested to com before the RUSH at Christmas and New Years The largest aworlmeut of Toys and Fancy Goods ever offered In 8acremeut can be found et DALE CO NO 1S STREET Between Sixth end Heventh In 1-rlrma quantity qniality we grtaranUe la nlt ons and nil a have done for thelaalTWEN FYFIYK YEARN n36-ljn'ip IN PRICEH ETEHT PAIB OF OE8 In the store redo wd from previous price Freneii Kill Hide Bnttou Beat Make reilneid lo $9 00 Mlaaea do 4 OO bide Liiltou New Style $9 OO Men' Hand-newrd Boat Boubl Hole red avert to $10 OO Kin Bool United Working-men' Hannfnclnre reduced In Ttln and Pebble Goat and Calfskin Bu'ton and Lae Shorn at eqnally low price Tern Strictly Cash or Cash in 30 Open Aocount- Purchaser! will find it lo their sdvtot ig to ooms to OBRIENS! Am' purchase their SHOES The Urgent r-d moet complete stock in the city to eelect from 167 STREET Between Sixth end Seventh North Bide below Seventh dd-lm ADAM PICKLE AKD VINEGAR FACTORY treat but 7th sad 8th (XITSBUSKID ID 1863) All i s' op choice Plohl-a put up in Wine and Older Vtor In quMitliltlva to suit et much lower rate than in Ban FtsucIbm) freight wlurfg ate avoided Pickle put up in English end American tyle and no acid nsed In tli vlntanr My Factory la well and favorably known for th fin qnanllty of BsueTknnt Horseradish Frenoh Mustard Woroeetenhlre fiauea and Tomato Catsup li-tel rostsurant keepers aud faiulitva will do wall to give me atrial nM Ira NEW BOOK STOREJNSO NEWS DEPOT TUB VSDIIKNIGIVED BAN opened the store 164 street (below 6th south aide) as a book store and news depot Ue bse on hand a select assortment of Miscellaneous Books School Book Desks Albums Pocket Knives Stttlonery eto Also the nopultr periodicals snd msgasinee cf tbe day You will there And some nice articles for Holt dsv Presents A 8AWTKLLE d6-lm3p (late of Crocker Co) ATTENTION! WB ARB IN COB ME ft OSf THK very beet authority that fiom now aud during tue holiday that GEO COOPER of tbs Granger Market U4 street will keep on band the Isseet supply of Oanie Poultry and Fish to be fonrd In auy market In th state ell of which he will s11 about twenty per cent oheeper than any other market can pot atbly do all owing to long experience tii the bualuae dll-lm-Sp CORTICELLI Spool -Tho I Ip ist riling np Evidence Agnlnet Ewald Miss Little and Miss Delia Cronsn teachers in tiie San Franoisco schools on Saturday testified before the Investigating Committee of the Board of Education Misa Cronsn testified that she obtained a first grade certificate dishonestly She was furnished with a full set of questions by Edward Ewald in advance She Fid hot paid auy thing for them they having been given aa a personal favor Miss Little also testified that she bad received the questions from Ewald and bad obtained a first grade certificate Mrs Gambill another teacher testified to the same effect only that she holds a second grade oertifioate WHAT OOVEENOB IRWIN KNOWS District Attorney Thomas Bowers aid: Governor Irwin had onoe told wit-nous that a lady in Sacrsmento who had passed the examination admitted that site had bought the questions and passed with their aid lint had forgotten the name of tiie person from whom aha purchased them Oman writing from Truckee denies the story that he obtained a certificate fraudulently but says be bas solved the questions for others Ho retaliates on one of bis accusers Charles Barney by saying: "In regard to Mr Barney 1 think he would do well to lcok closer home to prefer charges as his father was Superintendent of Marin county at one time and was not above suspicion as trading iu solionl certifies tl Yesterday tiie investigation was resumed but nothing startling developed Many teachers had seen indications of fraud but did not know anything directly damaging Yonng Carr son of the Superintendent offered a paper as evidence It was not certified howover and the committee refused to entertain it and on Carr bi ginning some angry remarks the speoial officer of the Board was directed lo rumors him from the room Csrrleft without further disturbance Bad Complaint is made of a bad grade on tbe Twelfth street road just this side of Holland's houso The other night a buggy containing a man anil wife toppled over fortunately without barfing any one and tiie gentleman dnstree that attention should be oalled to the danger of such a place on a dark night Handeerrhieps Lsdios' gents' and childrens' hand Initials aud gold bordered the largest variety ever offered at bottom prices at Lipinau A Co Two thousand Knickerbocker suitings a bit a yard Special bargains At Lipmsn A Co Nomination for Potmnters Wahhinoton Doo 17 The following nominations for Postmasters were sent to tho Senate to-day Albert Wright Hualdsburg Cal William Hopping fjr Sacramento city John Kberman's Calculations Washington Dec 17 Tbe United States Treasurer expect! to have on band by tbe 1st of January ex' clueive of all demands $135000000 in ooin with which to resume specie pay meets Judge Hilton Trips to Propitiate tbe Israelites New Yore Deo 17 Jndge Hilton acting as agent for Mrs Stewart has offered $1010 to three charities managed by Israelites One asylnm declined to receive it share the others have not been beard from The Tulare Land Trouble Hanford Deo 16 By coDoert of action nearly one hundred teams were plowing on one quarter section near Orangeville to-day Tbe land is claimed by Perry Phillips! by purchase from the Railroad Company and by one Fretweli by from the Government It bas formerly been cultivated by Phillips The League are this year patting it in for Fretweli On one of those fins JoM Watches fnr your wife intended or sweetheart hoi they present et It 1 etreet Amcsicis Lackdst Cooley proprietor Office Houghton's Book ktore 75 and 77 street Aleo principal botele All who ae Milk Bretdssy it Is Ike hat in the city Try It Hsusittrsd Hendkerculefa Colored Initiate only 50 centeeleo 35 docen Initial Handkerchiefs et 35 centa ell pnre linen it Slovene corner Eighth end 1 Wnna Wilcox dealcra In fancy end staple Groceries Seventh end 1 1 PxsvexLVANU Bethlenem Bacswheat Flour Jat arrived Prepared Bnckwbeet will er-Mve In few days Repp Oo Ir yon went nice Otka or Pie of ell klnda you will And thm et the Golden State Confectionery etreet between Sixth end deTenth If you went fine present end one that will be sure lo lease buy one of those elegant American Gold Welches st 79 1 street INIS crop of Ee St 309 I street ficus Heed Jnst received Charged with Peter Chalmers appeared before City Attorney Buckley and Jndge Conger yesterday afternoon and made complaint that Mra A Harris had committed perjury for Vflioh offenBe he desired her arrest and punishment Mr Chalmera stated that on the 3d of last July Mrs Harris went to Ihe County offloe in this city and there procured a license Authorizing the marriage of her daughter Kate and James 0 Chalmera aon of the complaining witness Before the license was issued Mrs Harria waa sworn to answar such questions as were pul to her Conoerning the age of ttie young persona who were to be married Among the Interrogatories made of her was one aa to whether Jamea 0 Chalmers the young man was of lawful that is 21 to which Mra replied that lie at least it ia alleged ahe when in reality he waa only 11) yoara 8 months and 23 days old On this showing a complaint waa drawn to which Mr Chalmers made affidavit a warrant wae issued for the arrest of Mr Harris Social Last The first of a proposed series of monthly social entertainments was given by Sacrsmento Encampment Champions of ths Red Cross at Hall last evening Tne attendance waa very largo And the entertainment waa enjoyed by all prescut Tho literary and musical exercise a were as follows Opening sddreas by Commander Charles Leo piano duet Mieses Ettie Jerrett and Ida Wick comic reading "The William McBeeby song The Old A Davis recitation Damon and Pythias" Mias Edith Dickson piano solo Miss Bailie Moore reading "The Declaration of fnm Ingersull Norton piano and violin duet Palmer and A Plato reading "The Miss May Watson guitar and barmoDica duet Palmer and McKecvor recitation "The Chat lea Lee piano aolo A Davis reading "ReKignatinn" Misa Addie Eskridge At the conclusion of the exercises dancing was inaugurated and continued till about midnight Police Cocrt In the Police Conrt this morning Willie Search wae adjudged guilty of disturbing the peace and waa fined t7 60 A Thilo charged with ooncealing his property with intent to defraud his creditors was discharged for tho reason that Judge Conger held that hia Court had no jurisdiction over the rate the case of Todelo Manzo for assault to murder wi nt over till to-morrow Eldred waa adjudged guilty ot battery and fined 17 50 Charles Pierson and Charles Williams two small boys charged wtih disturbing tbe peace were adjudged gniltv and discharged wiih a reprimand on account ot their youth Ah Henng alias Ah Young waa huld to answer to the grand Jury on a charge of bnrglary Paul Haul a drunk pleaded gnilty and waa discharged Mary Ford waa adjudged gnilty of diatnrhing the p- ace and ordered to appear for sentence to-morrow Distcrbino tbs A woman named Mary Ford was arrested by officer Dolan yesterday afternoon for disturbing the peace of Caldwell's family at their residence on street between Fifth and Sixth The woman app-ared at the house and the settlement of bill due her from Mr Caldwell High words pa-aed and Mr Caldwell attempted to pnt her away from tbe premises Tbe woman proved too strong for him however picked him up and stood him on his head in a pile of sand near by A large crowd of women and children witness'd the occurrence and seemed to enjoy the struggle hugely Time is Many believe In glaring advertisements in order to attract public attention some there are who wait and allow their goods and wares to peak for themselves still delay often proves fatal We will now speak concerning on of tLe finest neateBt and most fashionable establishment of Sacramento and in fact of the State One which was swarded seerial Gold Medal at the last State Fair for the beat display ever presented to tli publio For fairy-like embellishment for that which surpaaselb imagination and yet fur solidity real worth and beauty commend we the publio to the store of Wauhborst 79 street Years of etperieuoe combined with natural taste has made him hia businoai A true mechanic and a laige importer from the largest and beat manufactories of America and Europe be is enabled to place before bis customers and the jmblio the latest aud moat fashionable goods at the very lowest figures All who have never visited the store of Mr Wachhorat hsve lost real treat say to them "Doeo he charges nothiog tor showing his goods and if yon want to purchase anything in bis line be will amt yon in fashion quality and Recollect bis store is at 79 street Bign of tbe town clock Be-reived to-day and now opening np those fine select stock of choioe Christ mas end New presents slbnma toys fine leather goods Ja-aa-po-ri ware at Cooper's northwest eor Sixth and streets Also fine French candies toys etc at branch store 184 street AccTtoN On Friday next hay nic A Co will sell atanction at the store of Furman A Nn 21!) atreet a laige assortment of sh-gnit fnruUnre.