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Show (By Dweret Telozraph.) PIOIIIC NEU'S. Thorntoit'i Opeulug Kpeeeh In tlic (ircnt 311 nl ii Null. Homicidal 1 11-ulaui.-Jtlutug New. Aplyxlat-d. Aplyxlat-d. (Special to tho IU11.1LDO Picche, 21. A densely packed court room awaited the app,-':iri)(-'e ot Harry J. Thornton, (his woriiiug. Ilia arguuiuut in the opening, of the case f .r the plaintiff was a materpieee of blended lofcio, invective acd impassioned impassion-ed oratory, and occupied nearly six hours in delivery. He began by demonstrating demon-strating that the Panacea claim constitutes consti-tutes .t perfect legal title; that tue ground Was appropriated in 1&64, in gnod ffith, by tho pioneers and diecov-erers diecov-erers of this district, who, so tar from ever entertaining an idea of abandoning it, exhausted thuir energies and pecuniary pecu-niary resources in the endeavor to develop it, in spite of the remoteness of tho locality aud undeterred by the hurd.-h;ps incident to the proaecu tion of Buch an enterprise, and at the imminent rik of assassination from the hostile Indians who infested the vicinity; that when compelled to part with their title, it passed to llaymond & Ely, who expended over 1U,UU0 upon it in 187U; and then, in tneir turn, they wnro compelled to oall in tho aid of S. F. Butterworth and other gentlemen in Sau Francisco, who incorporated in-corporated the Ilaymond & Ely company, com-pany, the plaintiff herein; that the plasty in 1871, at Lhe suggestion of Col. Kaymond through C. V. Light-ncr, Light-ncr, its superintendent, resumed work, and on the 10th of July, 1871, succeeded suc-ceeded in striking a rich ledge, which excited the cupidity of others, among them Goorgo Hearst, who name here in September, 1871, and immediately concocted a scheme by which bo and Perley, then attorney of plaintiff, and Ligbtucr were to reap tho reward of Raymond's perseverance and energy; that Perley and Lightner located the Hermes on tho Panacea ground, even takiuK a part of the ground opened by Raymond & Ely in 1870, and then Perley, Hearst and Lightner, with the money of plaintiff, bought up the soveral adverse olaims to tho ground covered by tho Hermes location, and Wl'M to work on tho Panacea ground; and finally succeeded in striking tho same ledge fuund by plaintiff in July, 1871, and have since claimed to own the same, alleging that the Panacea title was invalid by reason of certain technical irregularities in the record of tho notice thereof; that Perley and Lightner afterwards seemingly repented repent-ed of their share in tho wrong, and endeavored to draw bick, but Hearst forced them to go on. Colonel Thornton concluded with an eloquent peroration denouncing the perfidy and ingratitude of Perley and Lightner towards the company which had fostered and onriched them, and demanding a vcrdiot which should establish es-tablish for all time the doctrine that the agents and lawyers to whom mining min-ing corporations are compelled to entrust the protection of their rights, cannot betray them to the first strolling speculator who may tempt them to a violation of duty, and then by creating a bogus corporation and scattering stock broadcast through the community, commun-ity, cut off' the equities of their employer, em-ployer, under the plea of a bona fide purchase; that tho Hermes company i was but a oreature of Perley, Hearst and Lightner, and can elaim no other rights or immunities than could its creators. The above is but a meagre sketch of one of tho finest foreosio rfforts that has ever been mado in the cou:ts of this State. Two Indians quarrelled about a Equaw, on Sundiiy night, when one stabbed tho other fatally. Tho Bristol smelting works, twenty-five twenty-five miles from Pioche-, are turning out four thousand dollars daily. Rich strikes aro reported in that district. Two miners, in tho Washington and Creole mino woro asphyxiated to day by going into a drift too soon after a blast. Both will rcoover. SECOND DISPAICU. WaUop Kepllea for'thc Defeiiae, Piooho, 22. The court room, this morning, was crowded to its utmost capacity, many standing in the hallway. hall-way. Argument was opened on the part of the defence by judge W.W. Bishop, occupying the whole day in itB delivery. deliv-ery. His argument,which waB directed to showing tho worthlessness of the Panacea title, was exhaustive in research re-search and character. It is pronounced ono of the finest legal efforts ever made at tho bar hero. Some sharp sparring occurred between be-tween him and judge Wren, of counsel for plaintiff, relative to some tracings recently made by the direction of Wren. The generalimpression seemed to be that if Wren's tracings wore not more valuablo than his points at tempted to bo made, they were idle expenditures of money. Bishop presented the case fully;both as to its law and equity sides, and fully and entirely vindicated the conduct and characters of Perley, Lightner, Hearst and others, assailed in the action. It is probable that judge Wren will continue con-tinue the argument to-morrow, on the part of plaintiff. |