, 1864-01-20
FROM THE FAR WEST.
Matters In Utah, Colorado, Nevada.

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which have l'een long delayed by the snow
conde1se the following items Of interest:
THE NEW STATE or NEAADA.
The State Constitutional Convention of
Nevada have closed their iabors and adopted
Constitution which will be at once for
wardcl to the President and Congress.
srURDEA AT SALT LAKE.
I On the 10Th Of December a brutal murder
Tas plrretrated ut Salt Lake CITY. One
lasuA 4. Luce, resident Of Salt Lake City,
inf'fuad day light on the most frcquentcd
1 tloroughfarc, in the doorway Of ToWnsenl's
howis-knife and stsbbed his unresisting VIC
tim to death. The deceased (Bunting} was
/ about Sj years old, recently from Bannock,
' and lately Lieutenant In the service Of the
United States, bnt was On his way to ilissou-
II to see lis aged parents, from whom lie had
been separated Il years. He Is represented to
have been quiet, pcaceablc man, and those
who know him cannot place full faith In the
story OF Luce nbout the beating and threats
of Bunting.
SHOOTING AFFRAT n NEVADA
A remarkable shooting affray occurred in
Virginia on tho 18th of December. A man
named Charles stier was shot in the head
named Deborah Davis, or Philips, under the
following circumstances. The parties resided
in the same house, on the east side Of G
street, some distance eouth of the st. Lonis
brewery, and just beyond q large carriage and
sign painting establishment, the names ofthe
owners of which we were unable to ascertain.
There are only two ROOMS In the house. Stler
and a man named Joseph Petersen occupied
the back apartment, and Mrs. Philips lived
in the front room, with her daughter, little
girl about seven or eight yeats Of age. There
had been difficulty between Stier and the
woman for orseyeral days previous, caused, she
says, BY his attempting to take improper llber
ties with her, at different times, and offering
her personal abuse. Be this as 1t may, about
half IN hour before the shootin. occurred,
she was furnished with Six shooter
by friend named Schofeld. She
concealed the weapon, and soon af
terwards Mr. Stier returned home. She
drew the revolver and he ran into his
own room boiling the door after lin. She
struck against tho door with tho revolver,
and fired one Of the barrels through it. The
report attracted the attention Of a gentleman
on the other side Of the street, who went
over to the house and Witnessed the remain.
der Of the af1air. We Obtained an account of
1t from him, which VIC are satisfied is correct.
There is door to each room on tho north
side of the house, and pair Of steps cxtend-
Ing from each door to the ground. They are
about ten feet apart. stier came out upon
one pair Of stairs, while the woman returned
and Stood upon those leading up to her doot.
She called him coward and told him to takr
back what he had said derogatory to her
character, or she would shoot him. He very
calmly replied, "shoot On" when she com
menced firing. Two balls whfstled past his
head, during which time he remained per-
fectly motionless.- The third bullet strcck
him Just above the left temple, and he imme-
diately fell down the stairs to the ground, n
Distance Of about ten feet. He was picked
up and carried into the house, and physl-
clan summoned.
i: RICH DISCOVERIES. -
Big discoveries have been made at Hum
boldt City. A correspondent Of the Ution
says:
Seven large, well-defined gold-bearing
Lodges were located last week. They must
Se vheh sa" @ 0oa 1eee 81 eon
have been found without gold in sight. The
gold Is coarse and free. Boys at the ledges
are making ten to fifteen dollars day with
hand mortars. Companies arc constructing
aIastrne. which will soon be in operation.
n T9c cueq fl; is tak:ing out xey rish ore About
be worked Us soon as they can get their mill
put up. Mammoth :Tunneliug Company, q
little more than 200 feet in, and has struck
pay rock. Melrose, has struck richer than
ever before. Wiunamucca taking out pay
rock. Starlight, running night and day, TAX
ever before Money plenf fy. Big teams com
ing in every day, The town looks much rs
Star did last spring. Ten miles oftha Hum
boldt Canal completed, and the water turned
in. More discoveries yesterday between this
place and Lassen Meadows, on the Humboldt
river. Two large salt springs, with abont
o hundred tons Of dry salt At each. A half
mile below was found a vein Of pure saltpe-
tire; and mile from that lies the birthstone |
ledge.
FEoG-EATERs IN TROUBLE.
? A party Of drunken Frenchmen went into
a questionable house In San Francisco, and
tore up an American flag and stamped upon
it. Tho enraged females Of the house fell up
on the eopperhead frog enters and beat them
savagely, driving them bateheaded from the
premises.
. NoNDEsCR1pT.
A curious animal has been caught In the
Waahna nafnes It Ia ahnnf tho afxa Of rrnis