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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIF0HS1A. At a tcmpurnnco nice tint; in tiiin Francidco on Muudny night, uccrd-ing uccrd-ing ta the Call, Hon. A. P. Van Duaer, nueiBtrtnt United Stiitva attorney, at-torney, dolivcnd a lecture on "Sli a 1 1 Brigliiiiu Young be Hung? Von Duser'n argutnent ia not given. The rnuiiing elullion "Kochester," J. H. ilusG owner, died on lhe Chiec race-lrack on tlie 15th. The stallion wits eelcbrnteel in the northern por turn ol this state iiid Oregoh, hi.vinj run nine ritcea tid won all of them, and whs in training hern for a contest with (he beat homes iu the state. Mr. Sulro in a recent inttrview in id that lhe "header" ef hi tunne is now in something like IG.oOO feet From the mouth ol the tunnel to th Suvoge initio is about 19,500 feet You will therefore see wo buve ahou .i,uuu iei to go yet ueioro wo lap that mino. "When do you expeet to reach the Savage mint?" About February 1, 1878." "What do you propose to do when you get to the Co inn lock in the event ol the mining companies refusing to to py you the royalty ol per ton on every tonol ore homtedout of tho Comstoeli as granted by the terms of the law of congress?" "We don't propose to go to law. Su anon as wo cut tho Coinstoek lode 1 shall address a note ' to all of the Coinstoufcc com par its and o&k thuu whether they wish to avail themselves ol lho tunnel, and whether they intend lo comply with lho terms of the contrnela which thoy eutered into, and tho laws ol congress. If in reply to that nolo the companies do nui give , us the most complete and satisfactory assurances and guarantees thut tho terms of lhe contracts and the law of congress will b complied with, I shall simply bulkhead the tunnel, n oueli a manner that not a drop nl water shall escape through it, and the inevital le reeult will be that lho mines will never be worred ng.iin until that bulkhead ia removed. I shall then gel the ring managers, who have been asserting for years, both hero and in Washington, a thousand tiaies over, that there is no water on the Cometock lode, to go into court by ftjter." i "Where would you placo that bulkhead?" "I would put that bulkhead at the eastern c-Igeof lhe Coma toe k belt, so bb lo give tbem tho full benefit ol all the walor that ie contained in that section of country." "How much do yon estimate that quantity of water would be?" "We have now atxiut 40 miner's incuts of wt-rll)wing through me tunnel, and wo expect to cut 2-H in:h(s more before reaching the Savage worts, not counting that which may by pumped up from bel'tw the tunnel level. If all this water were Ui bo included, it would givw them a stream of about o.OAJ m one to contend against, and titers are not pumps enough cn the Facitic crust, LO pump hall that quantity up kct." "How much would it coal to pj np that amount of water.'" "Kven if it were piwib!i-t which I have jtiit a:irt d yon it m luirdly. il wou'd rust fruiu $It),0nXiO lo $13,-Ohi-rJ a year to do it." Suppo-ii-' you put thai bull hfnd in would il back up tho water to cnsnU'rablo hight uIxjvc the luntu-l level?"' Jtliin;it would back it up a Ihoir eutid feet al'jvc the tunnel level, an-l pnbi bly higher." "Woi d lliat cauio a complete mi-pen'f mi-pen'f n of f'i'tTrtiKFtia in Hie tninv-?' "I th tik it would. " "Wli.it c licet would Dial hive uu stct'lct.'-' "1 Ihink stoki would go down l1. ,kt,- f,,r in li.-t In.. ti,,,.- 1 I,.. como entirely va uoU-as unid tlua biiik be:"i was removed." Mr. tiulro explains the rnti-io ot the opposition to t'li- tunnel by mm-Kij; mm-Kij; nif ti ami their attempt to impede hit work us follow?: "At lho time the coi.lnu ti were made, thn inimi g luanit.ijialnrs d:d not fully conipreiietid the iniportaneu lh:a tunnel would play after tU com phrtiou. Hut niter tliey hud rev.d my publications on tlic tmbp-rt, to tho efl.-ct that tiur tunnel alter il.t coinple-tion coinple-tion would no', only drain water from the mines, but that it would create a cheaper nutlet fur ores, witli great facilities for eoiireulralion and reduction reduc-tion at ltd mouth, they perceived that milling, out of which lho rifign have always made fortune?, would be to a great extent tnkm Irom their hantln and would ho done ot a cheaper rat 1 will venture to say 60 per cent cheaper ard the conclusion becamr mcvilahlo that they must either con-' trol tho tunnel or lose lho enyrmouH profits which they would make mil of thn reduction of orre, tailing. Irans-porlnlion, Irans-porlnlion, thn sale of wood, etc, Tlivy considered it a much easier laik to broak up our concern financially, and thus control it, than to buy uu out. As a result tho war againat us com menced, under tho leadership of Kalftton, Sharon and other p.irli'-f who havo smco controlled Ihfl mill antl mining ring'. Another intercut has playetl a cinniderablo part in the opposition; that is, tho wood iul'Tout. Wood can be Hunted down tho Carson river to within a mils and a half ol tho mouth of the Sutro tunnel and delivered lht.ro at $(i 50 a eord. 1( can bo taken through the tunnel and hoisted through shads in Virginia at j i eonl not exceeding por cord and ' sold in Virginia a(, $'J por cold. Tim present, pneo is per curd. Tim Htitro tunnel will oiler every facility to mining enmpanirs to own their own inillrt at the mouth of tho tunnel, wnich will rotlucr- lhe profits ot mill rings and traimlur whatever proliu there may bo to lho pocktls of lhn stockholders. J n short, lho Ku iro tunnel is a work which is greatly in tho interest ol tlio legitimate owners ufiho mines tho stockholders mid all tlio opposition lo il has ninanaletl Irom tho parties who aro looking lo their own- interests, anil not lo llioso of lhn stockholders." Mathius Hartley attempted on dun day afternoon lo commit suic do. He repaired lo tho bay near Mack point, Han Francisco, ami saturated his clothing with Iternsono, allor which he had fastened a strong rope ono nd around his neck ami lhn other mid around ft piojecting rook, no tnen clambered a few feet down tlio blull, and with a revolver in ono hand anl a lioltlo of laudanum in tho other, prepared for (death, i lo inloiiileil firs', to ignilH too keronenn on lho Ipgn of his panlalooiis, thru lo swa'lnw lho laudamim and nl the mime momi'iit to Hhoot himsttlf through tlm head. Ho igiiitud lhn oil ami ll hhizod up rapidly, anil niter emptying thn vi.tl ol pnirtuii down his throat plaeiol tho pistol to his head and fired. His arm was umilrntly, however, and Ins aim irregular, and inrtnid of mIi ik inp him self in the head, lho ball glanced by Uiu neck, just grazing lho skin ami rilinost severing tbo rope aroiiinl his, tteek. Tho sliock cauwed him to fall foiwaid, anil his weight caused the, rnpo t pari, precipitating him into tho walor. Tim oil had been burn-' ing, and had burned almost tho whole of ono ol tho Ings of his trnwnern oil, but tho Tall into I lie water quick ly extinguished ex-tinguished tho Haines, Hoswallowoil a largo (juantily ol salt water, and just at this moment was rescued by an otlicor, who happened to be at hand. A false woman be alleges to ba the cftuso of his troubles. Ho will live and appears to be cured of hit sui-l cidal folly. They do oveu their Bui-cides Bui-cides rragnificonily in Frisco. |