The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-08-06

cognomen heads this article. In reply tc
} this able mans" farrago Of words, We
J shall be as brief as possible. First, We are
} accused of " Sinking the responsibility" at.
} taching to the allegations We made against
the first named dignisary, because We stat
ed that We had our Information from prom.
inent democrats Of this city, who received
the same, from Mr.. WILSON, of Omaha
Not only that, butye great BABBlrr, sven
lures the assertion that we never had such
information q directly or indirectly " from
Mr.. WILSON. If the Senior, "junior edi.
tor, or any other person." will call at this
Office, We will convince them to the contrary,
We repeat the al!ssations-if you want tbs
proof, you can have the same by making
personal application to US. "Venture u
your " assertions " as thick as " leaves in
Va!lombrosa,' they cannot do away with
the facts that we have stated. There they
stand, gentlemen, and there they will stand
the magic Of your high-sounding adjsc-
tives have not dispellsd them-the thunder
ing tones of your vituperation cannot shake
them they will stand as evidences Of your
moral turpitude, in spite Of all your petu-
lence.
Next, the defaulting land officer, says the
terms applied to US by the " Mad Receiver
were such as were exactly applicable to our
case, and ventures to assert" that every
intelligent man in Council Bluffs, approves
of the course of s. Palmer the nasty" there
in. for the reason that We made personal
attack upon that worthy without provoca-
ton. Now, while we care but little what
L. W. BABElrT will overture to assert,''
we propose to show that we had personal
provocation for our course in this matter
On the 18th of September last, as all our
readers recollect, this " Palmer the nasty -
made gross personal attack upon US, with
out any cause or reason. We called upon
him to make good his assertion. Did he do
it? He did not. Thereupon, in the Ian
guage Of one Of the distinguished orators of
that &c grand gala day." We said she lied
lied in his throat in his heart" We
branded him as Iibeller, and said we should
ever treat bim-in and out of place-as IS a
wilful and malicious lbe!ler !" We mean to
do it. All the denunciations of the BuGlc,
cannot and will not cause one particle Of
the stern stuff that resolve is composed of, to
vibrate otherwise than in unison.
Relative to the estimation in which I" Pal
mer the nasty" is pleased to hold US, VIC
have but !i.tlcto say. Aman who can scarce
meet lady on the streets without insulting
her-a man wont to court in vain the en-
braces of "Afric's sable daughters man
who has been forced to railroad speed down
two pair Of stairs in a hotel, to escape a
,hrashing, for endeav oring to get into Il la
ly's room at the mid hour of night-a man
who has, as it were, been kicked from al
most every house at which he has board
ed in this city-and they are not few nor
| far between-on account Of his undisguIsed
exhibition Of that righteousness which is
stamped upon every lineament of his wr;nk-
led face, in such characters that " be who
runs may read"-Such q man cannot, We
say, insult us-hc has license to apply just
such epithets to US AS to him may seem fit.
Palmer the nasty" thou hast thy cue
follow it to your liking:
News from the Mines.
/ The news from the mining reg ions on the
! Eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains,
continues favorable, though now and then
returning cmisrants bring reports Of an ad-
verse character. A more general confidence
is now felt in the richness and extent Of the
mines, than at any former time. Large
quantities Of gold dust have arrived, and
are still arriving, almost daily, at different
points on the Missouri River, within the
past month. We have no hesitation in saving
that we believe Mt least $50, 900 in dust, was
brought to this place during the past month,
i en- route for the East. Other town, on the
Missouri River,we doubt not, have been as
highly favored, in the way Of shipments Of
dust, rs has this city. That large quantities
Of gold dust from the Mountain Diggings,
have found their way into the States, within
a.few weeks, cannot be gainsaycd, with any
show Of reason or candor. 1t has been cur
rently reported in this city for few days
past, that some $4,000 to $4,000 in dust,
was brought into Omaha by the Washington
Co. q. T.) Company, the early part Of this
week. We cannot youch for the truth Of
the rcport-lt may or i, may not be true.
! We give it for what it is worth. The latest
new; from the Mines, is to the ODD Of July,
and is contained in the Rocky Mountain
Ne,rs of that date. We make an extract,
by which it vii! be seen, that mention is
made Of no less than eight miners leaving
that reg ion during the four weeks preceding,
"with not less than ten thousand dollars
each, of the dust"
Since our last issue We have again visited
the scene of action, where tho gold is being
extracted from the bowels of the earth, and
that too in quantities that would astonish
the most fastidious, and make squirm tho
poor dcludcd, self-dcceived, disappointed
emjsrant who plodded his weary way to
Cherry Creek this spring, and returned to
the States determined to resist every attempt
that might be made to prove that gold is
embedded in the Rocky Mountains. But if
ocular demonstration, conveyed through n
second party, is insufficient for the task, the
thousands Of dollars worth of the dust that
is being conveyed by express and privately
into the States, will certainly convince the
dlsinterested that gold is found hero by
some parties. When We speak of being
conveyed privately, we mean that no less
than eight miners have left here for their
homes within the last four weeks, with not
less than Ten Thousand dollars each, of the
dust, and perhaps many more that we have
no knowledge Of. Such is the progress
made in the mines.
1t is true that many, very many, are still
unfortunate, but numbers are being added
daily to the class Of diggers, by the opening
Of new claims that pay from So to $50 per
day to the man. A number of miners have
quit WORK for the want of water, and so
large number Of sluices are supplied by