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Show THE M.NTil H ARD MODUC H AK. The Grut Ptict Coootil and ttlial caiuc of ii. More Kur ji rite The Judr u prlten, (he Warrior tarprltcd, Ei cryiMjdy fcarprlied. HeadjUirtcr Lipediuoaary force, Salt Lake, April i. liTJ. The expected "peace lalk" wii 10 come off this aftercoon at 4 o'clock, in the buze wit warn known the city hall. Peace CoLLCjiiioL-ir Clinton, bi benign countccaLce teaming wiih prospects of a big talk and a happy time, occupied the teat of honor, and looked around Emiiicgly as if eipecticg to have the calcme-t handed up to him, graced with the time-honored wampum, wam-pum, and chary ed with fragrant Li:a" kia. The chiefs, sub-cLiefs and head men of ihe hotile tribe filed in in force and gracefully rquatted thtmeiveE in a semi circle, wlile a table had been provided for the gcniltrrariiy representatives represen-tatives of tLe prc.-s they are always "gentlemanly." Afcer a few preliminary prelimi-nary "hnia" the Commisiioner asked if they were guilty as charged, to which the chiefs, through a Mann they had erjpaged as interpreter, replied "N"o: what ts it?'' 'I bn hWnA ( !nm- miasioner then consulted his cotes and intimated that ho Wn'tsurc; possibly they were not, and then, again, may be they were; but as his notes didn't say what Lad been dene ncr who did it, he couldn't say positively how it was. The Commissioner Commis-sioner was evidently Eurpriscd that this little piece of information hadn't been furnished him; the braves were surprised (hat none of the settlers in the rrgion of ' the lava beds had speciG jd what outrages h:A been committed; and tho crowd of spectators specta-tors were surprised, by way of sympathy; sympa-thy; in fact it was another surprise party. Alter arranging details for a continuation of the grand pow-wow the council adjourned. It is understood the best legal talent in the city has volunteered, for the defense. An advance copy of tho speech which, it is expected, the "High Joint," or Peaco Commissioner, will deliver to the band. this afternoon has been courte- ously handed us by the double-back- i action stenographic phonographcr who travels with tho commission, and reports re-ports in an inverted position so as to get a speech before it is delivered. ! Vou consequently havo it ahead of j anybody else, and eeo beforo commis- 1 sioncr Clinton has seen it. a Here it is : Fcllowsinners and miserable Modocs: You havo been misbehaving, I am informed, in a manner that should make you blush through that coat of war paint which a bur of soap and half an hour's running of City Creek wouldn't wash off of you. Tb-3 Great Father "from Washington" isn't here, Captain Jack haviog given him the toothache, and he is having some Dcnt-al operations performed; but I am here, about as "Big a Father" as a dilapidated crowd like you ought to have anything to do with. This Mann here, your interpreter, says you are innocent. in-nocent. Well, bupposo you are, do you think I can spare time to fool away here with you? Not much, and if you are innocent you very likely wont bo long so, consequently it's just as well to punish you now. But you' ro guilty nnl a dnnht. of iL ComO nOW. DO VS. just own tho corn liko honest "injuns." There are several light oolorcd ladies and a few unbleached ones whom your unearthly noises nearly drovo into Iks of hysteria; and as ono of your chiefs is a great "medicino man" ho will have to prcscribo for them gratis should they uofortunately bo brought to a condition in which they would require assistance from a doctor who has never graduated oo the bench no reference to a cobbler's bench, so dry up on your snickering or I'll lock you up for contempt. con-tempt. You see, boys, this is an ugly kind of a thing. You aro charged with incendiary noises and diabolical doings right in mid-day in tho open street no, lot mo sec; I bclievo tho ovidenco says it was about midnight. Never mind; my supoiior, judo Mc-Kcan, Mc-Kcan, has beeo ruling that a court is a law unto itself, nod this jury of intelligent intelli-gent gentlemen must scj that, sioco it has been decided by a superior power and higher wisdom, whereby, inasmuch and whurcas, and as this is the supromist- court ol tho lerntory whose proceedings cannot bo reviewed, vuk Melvean's rulings, p. 3lJl, chap. 15, marginal note with references, therefore, there-fore, you must bring in a verdict according ac-cording to tho evidence, and tho facts plainly go to show that these miserable lodiaDS ought to be estc rminated root and branch; consequently tho judgment judg-ment of tho court is that the lava beds be destroyed and this band of marauders marau-ders bo exterminated, or removed to a reservation, and the jury is instructed to bring io a verdict accordingly, and say how much tho fines shall be. (To bo continued in our next ) |