Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Judge Sawyer, of the United States Circuit court, rendered a decision at San • Francisco in the celebrated mining-debris case of Woodruff vs. The North Bloomfield Hydraulic Mining company, granting a perpetual injunction against hydraulic mining, subject to modification if a practical plan shall be devised for abating the nuisance. The case involved the agricultural’prosperity of the entire Sacramento Valley. The counties affected by the Injunction are Butte, I Nevada, Placer, Yuba, Del Norte, Siskiyou, I Trinity, and Sierra—especially the four first named. During the last six years hydraulic mining has practically stopped in these counties. Farming counties through which the rivers were » filled with “slickens,” as the debris is called, fought the miners in court aud obtained temporary i injunctions. The destruction which “slickens” has wrought on the fertile bottom lands is almost inconceivable. It filled the Yuba, Feather and Sacramento rivers, raised tbeir beds until higher than the surrounding land, flooding the country for miles, submerging Sacramento City and Marysville. This is the most important decision ever rendered on the Pacific coast. The farmers are holding joyous demonstrations in different parts of California. | The sentiment in favor of retaliatory, legislation against those countries which exclude American swine and swine products is growing stronger daily at Washington. In the House, last week, Gen. Browne, of Indiana, offered a bill which authorized the President to exclude from the United States the wines and liquors of France and Germany, as well as other articles of merchandise, from those countries so long as they shall continue to exclude American cattle and swine and the products of the same. Mr. Townshend offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the President to furnish the House with all letters, reports, and other documents in his possession bearing on the subject of the exclusion of American hogs and hog products by Germany and France. The purpose of this information is to enable the House to proceed intelligently in regard to such legislation. The Evening Post Company, of New I York, reduces its capital from $200,000 to SIOO,OOO. A rebellious spirit has been shown by the Indians at Metlakahta and Ft. Simpson, in British Columbia, and troubles are antici pated. The agent, whose authority they defied, has returned to Victoria. There will be few peaches next year, and the prospect for Florada oranges is not the best. The postoffice at Pesth, Hungary, was ■ mysteriously robbed of a box containing i SIOO,OOO. Congress reassembled, after the holiday recess, on Monday, Jan. 7. In the Senate, Mr. Dolph presented a petition for the forfeiture of the unearned land grant of the Oregon Central road. Bills were introduced for a navy-yard at Alg ers. La.; to bridge the Mississippi at Sibley. Mo.; and to give the Southern Kansas road right of way through Indian Territory. Mr. Miller offered a resolu- I tion calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the difficulties encountered in the enforcement of tire Chinese restriction act. The House of Representatives adapted a resolution calling on heads of departments for information in regard to the distribution of circulars asking contributions for political purposes. Bills to the number of 670 were introduced, among them one to place the name of George W. Getty on the retired list, with the rank of Major General; to appropriate $150,000 for a postoftice building at Los Angeles; to prevent the use of the mails to circulate advertisements of dangerous medicines or food; to make a reduction of 30 per cent, in fr ight and passenger rates on the Union and Central Pacific roads; to pension all soldiers or sailors who served thirty days in the war of the rebellion; to provide for the acceptance of the Illinois and Michigan canal bv the Government, and to construct the Michigan and Mississippi canal; to, prohibit imports from countries which unjustly discriminate against American products: toplace molasses and sugar on the free list, and to erect public buildings at Fort Dodge and Winona. Mr. Townshend introduced a joint resolution requesting the President to invite the co-opera-tion of the Governments of the American Nations to secure the establishment of a customs union.