Show LATEST news NE WS from the washington union a M i a MD 0 i I 1 0 KANSAS GOLD MINES CITY KANSAS dec 1858 dear sir we have the honor to fo present you a specimen of gold obtained from the newly discovered eldorado eldor eidor ado in western kansas this specimen la is a part of several ounces purchased pu by us from two miners by the name of russell natives of georgia by whose adventures admi tures in search of gold the gold ml nes of kansas have been developed devel olied oiled they th y left this city about the first of april last lil III in company with nine or ten others and prospected pross S the whole of that connary lying on the eastern slope siope of the rocky mountains in the vicinity of pikes peak 12 finding gold in greater or less abundance at almost every step from them we have obtained the following information which has been abundantly corroborated ro rhe the rho goldis fo found on the surface and at various distan distances pes to the detthof depth of eight feet ad t the bed lebed rock has not yet been reached by any of the miners 3 ad d with the rudest implements they were able to obtain from 2 to 5 3 per day 4 ath tb with i improved means such as sluices and tom m 1 s 1 there are millions af pf acres to use their thel r own 0 x phrase that will produce 20 berday per day dax and many paces as much as 40 ath that this new gold region differs from california in this the gold is scattered broadcast over a vast extent and not found in pockets 11 ll gulches and ravines as in california california thus insuring a support at least for every man that is disposed to labor I 1 ab the specimen accompanying this jiote fiote constitutes a part of the labor labar of the Aless rs russell in more than five hundred different places ath th e last place they labored at was cherry creek 1 11 60 66 miles northeast north east from pikes peak this creek empties into the southfork south fork of the platte on the south side of the river at this point cherry creek they found the richest diggings esth the distance from this city fo to cherry creek is about six hundred miles by byway way of the fort riley road and the smoky hill fork foric of kansas river which is aito alto altogether ether say the russells rus sells the best route very respectfully respect f it lly liy J G C HEMINGRAY co hon ilon WARD B B burnett BORNETT present THE GILA dila GOLD MINE mr air Be ardalee beardslee informs us that the G gila ila lia eold gold mines are as rich as any in california while journeying along he would halt bait and try his luck for a few moments at a time he exhibited to us several pieces of gold about the size of coffee grains agthe as the result of his experiments with the sand he says that such is the character of the he gila gold mines I 1 that buttery but very little dust is got by aby anybody body but that the washings result in the discovery cf of small lumis lumps in the mountains about 60 miles from t the e gila two or three y si wg ym new leads have been heen disc exceedingly exceed angly richy richi rich but which iannot cannot be worked for fer fe r want of materials tb the e parties that discover discovered id t hein bein are awaiting the arrival of suitable implements which they are anxiously looking for daily provision provisions s are yet very scarce the miners as is a general argeneral thing take bake small quantities of flour hour coffee and corn with them in in a fack rack ack which they carry waist ag as t y travel on foot or as circumstances will permit from point to point mr dir i beardslee met with four miners who said they had made 50 30 each week for the last two weeks one made in a week several sever a I 1 reported t they ey had made from E to 10 a day y while the ih e general average was said to gefrom be from va 4 to toga toba 6 a day st louis democrat del dek dec 23 KANSAS TROUBLES ST LOUIS loins dec 27 the jefferson city examiner learns from a ri liable reliable louice that fort scott kansas on oh the night hight of the instant was attacked by captain montgomery ej at the head bead of two hundred men and the town taken when the examiners informant escaped five or six persons persona had been killed by hy them the object of the attack it was presumed was to release one of captain go men who was confined there under an indictment for murder it was feared the town would be entirely destroyed A dispatch from kansas city says that the harrisonville Harri sonville missouri democrat of the instant states that on last monday nonday a band of thieves and assassins from kansas territory entered vernon county missouri and killed david cruse and stole a lot of cattle 20 horses and 11 negroes about the same time captains brown abd and mont montgomery gomery entered en t ered missouri on the little osage river anastole and stole a negro woman and took mr same prisoner carrying the latter into the territory but releasing him on the f following ol lowing day an express had been sent to governor stewart of missouri for assistance to protect life and property thru THE LEAGUE OF THE UNITED southerners of the city and county of montgomery alabama have issued a manifesto to the effect that the rights and wrongs of the south can pan no longer be trusted in the hands of any of the great political parties of the day that it is i dangerous on the part of the south to awa await awalt lt the election of any antislavery anti slavery president and that accordingly the great and leading object of the league of the united southerners is to induce the ibe south if possible to make a stand and under no circumstances to yield another hair bair hairbreadth breadth of her just constitutional tut ional rights finally with the election of an antislavery anti slavery presidential candidate the league declare that awe we at least le astare are willing to embark our fortunes on the open sea of disunion cou and en dec 29 mississippi READ HEADY FOR fon 0 n WAR it will remembered that bat jedd jed liv lav davis i s recently counseled the boye soye sovereign reign state of mississippi to prepare for war we are indebted to the vicksburgh Vicks burgh whig for or the follo following ying inventory of the clr spir circumstances cum stances of wari wary war discovered to be on hand band 4 flintlock flint lock muskets all rusty and na no breeches to at least two I 1 1 cannon 7 bayonets bayone t rusty with no b points A pile of b belts el ts and a scabbards cab bards but 14 no swords 50 cartri cartridge d ge boxes I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the th e whig g adds we now have 5 5 ma aia lor lor jor generals 10 0 brigadier generals at a loo igo 60 imi coir anels 60 lieutenant colonels 60 majors and we will soon have captains 1200 lieu yieu lieutenants 4 bot sergeants and corporals we are happy to inform them Io however weve tt that tb at we have no privates the legislature havin having dispensed mith with that useless portion of the th army FORT POST DEFIANCE N al navajo country nov 1 I am glad llad to inform you thata that a peace was arranged with the chiefs of the navajo nation yesterday on a basis which it ia i believe believed dp will ill prove lasting S JI 11 YOST editor gazette 10 lo republican Republica nj dec 30 T INDIA the following is lord clydes proclamation on field OCTOBER the comm commander ander auder in chief proclaims reclaims to the people of oude that under the he order of the right hon the governor generali generall general jeneral he be comes to enforce the law f to enable him to effect this without damage to life and pio plo property perty resistance must ceas cease e on the he martof part of the people the most exact discipline will be preserved in the camps and on the march and ana when there js is no resistance houses bouses and crop crops swill will be spared and no plundering allowed in the towns and aid villages but wherever there is resistance or even a singe single shot fired against the troops the inhabitants must expect to incur the fate they have brought upon themselves I 1 their honses houses will be burnt and their villages plundered d e this proclamation includes all ranks of the th e people from the to the poorest essof of byots rrth the e commander in chief invites all the well esp disposed ased to remain in their towns and villages where h ere they will be sure of his protection against all violence the calcutta mail of nov 9 0 arrived at suez on the ath dec 1 11 lord clyde marched to attack on the oth november the rajah submitted and entered the british camp and the fort surrendered on the lith the fled from gelarre Ge warre which was captured by the english general kerr occupied kapoor karia on the jtb |