The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-15 00:00:00

A passenger gives an account of the proceedings

of five drunken Irishmen near Auburn, on the Chicago
and St. Louis Railroad. They paid to a station, but iu-
stead of there getting out, remained in the smoking car till
the conductor told them the train had passed,when they in-
formed him their destination was Chatham, and met the
application for the additional fare with a volley of abuse,
from which the conductor was glad to escape. Being in
the humour for a fight they followed, intending to beat
the conductor, and one of the gang forced his way into
the ladies' car, knocking senseless the brakesman who
opposed. The first gentleman who came forward to the
protection of the women was knocked down, the conductor
next, but a passenger struck the ruffian to the floor, where
he met his deserts. In the meantime a brisk fight was
carried on by the other four, but the train stopped at
Chatham, when the rioters were driven out, and the ruffian
who still lay in the ladies' car was thrown on the plat-
form. Before the train could move off showers of stones
and billets of wood came flying through the windows, to
the injury of the ladies and children, and the leader, who
about this time bad recovered his senses, re-entered the
train and began hurling billets of stove wood at the ocou-
pants. He was driven out and finally disabled by a smash-
ing blow from a bottle, and when the train got under way
it carried many who bore traces of the fray.
An engineer officer on General Ord's staff has
been exploring South-Eastern Nevada. The Alta Cali-
fornia says :—" Two passable railroad routes were found
leading southward from the Humboldt Valley, in the vici-
nity of Elko, to the Colorado, each passing through a suc-
cession of valleys. On the eastern line of the two the
chief valley would be Steptoo, and the southern terminus
would be at the mouth of the Virgin River ; the western
line would run through Railroad Valley, and terminate
near Eldorado Canon. Passable waggon roads can be made
without much expense on both routes, and in time a con-
siderable traffic will pass that way. The main watershed,
or divide, between the basin of the Humbo dt and that of
the Colorado is not within thirty miles of the latter stream,
as has been generally reported. but is much further north,
near latitude 39 degrees 30 minutes, in the eastern part of
Nevada, and extends westward as far as White Pine
in about the same latitude. Southward from the
watershed, as north of it, the valleys generally run
with the meridian; but there are no largo streams.
They sink in the sand and disappear before go-
ing far. The correction of the current error in re-
gard to the position of this watershed is a matter of con-
siderable interest in general geography. The valleys
going eastward across Nevada, on any of the lines ob-
served by Lieutenant Wheeler, decreases in altitude
gradually, and the climate gi ows milder for that reason ;
and in the southern part of the State the abundance of ore
or the facility for discovering it decreases also. The silver
mines are generally found in those places where the moun-
tain ranges aro broken crosswise by canons or chasms, ex-
posing what may be called the ends of the rock formations.
The country north of 37 degrees 30 minutes east of White
Pine is a fine country for pasturage, abounding in bunch
grass and destined to be valuable. Although the winters
aro severe on account of the altitude, cattle live without
shelter and w:t-liout cultivated food. A number of herds
have lately been driven to that region for the purpose of
grazing."

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by 31 essis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their tine old Irish whisky, is to be
called " The Royal Irish Distillery."

I.IIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Morning. Evening. 1
SATURDAY 12 min past 1 40 min past
SUNDAY 5 min past 2 28 min past
MONDAY 50 min past 2 15 min past 4.
TUESDAY... 37 min past 3 56 min past
WEDNESDAY l2 min past 4 35 min past