The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-04-21
From our Montana Correspondent.

your own section to Montana has fairly com
menced Their familiar appearance upon GU
streets friend says makes one almost forge
that he is in a new country. Their presenc,
is to every "othersider" resident of Montan.
peculiarly welcome. We are aware that the,
! bring afund of practical knowledge gained
in the gold fields of California and Idaho o.
which our friends of the "tender-feet" per.
fsuasIon can make little boast. Their expe
rience in this more than hazardous business
of mining predict will be of incalculabe
benefit to Montana
| A considerable excitement was felt among
all classes of peopie a few days since at the
operations of the "Vigilantes." A man by
the name Of James Daniels formerly from
Golusa, California, and if mistake not for
some time resident of idaho, was indicted
by the U. S. Grand Jury, and tried for the
murder OF Andrew Gaitley. lit seems a. dis
pute arose ever game of cards known as
l''whiskey poker" Daniels was inebriated
at the time, although as proven on his trial
La peaceful, quiet, and hard working, man.
fIe suspected Gaitley Of cheating and used
some opprobrlous epithet which Gaitley con-
strued to designate him. Whereupon Gait
ley knocked him, down with stool between
the stove and the waA,and proceeded to jump.
on him and beat him. During. the seattle
Daniels drew knife and cut Galley in two
places, thereby causing death. Daniels was
arrested by the Marshal and tried, found
guilty of inanslaughter and sentenced by.
Judge Munson to. three years imprisonment.
Here the whole duty of the Court ended and
Daniels was taken to Virginia City for con-
fnement. A few weeks elapsed and his
Daniels friends) feeling that he had suffered
sufficiently, petitionsd the Governor for his
release. Upon reflection the Governor par
doned him. Daniels was Immediately sent
for to visit Helena and settle up. his business.
This he did, ndupon isarrival placed him
self under the charge of the Deputy u S.
Marshal of Moutapa. Not whisper of dan
ger, no appearance of tumult Of any kind
took place 10 excite suspicion, and unsus-
Decting he concluded to step into the ware
house of friend Not long after he had en- :
tered it seems the house was invested by sew
eral men who proceeded to forcibly take the
poor victim from the store to the celebrated |
tree on Dry Gulch and without further warn
ing hung him to the fatal limb No one
knew of this movement, no one dreamed of |
danger until the morning dawned upon the
ifeless form of james Daniels swaying in the
wind. The next day Daniels was followed
10 the grave by about one hundred citizens.
This looked omnibus. Ebe, next evening the
storm of indignation broke, and
What heretofore had been prescribed as wor-
by of death plain talk was most freely in
lulged before the largest auditory ever gath
red in this territory. Whether future acts
" this secret midnight conclave shall be ST
entity passed over remains to be seen, but
very good man in this community hopes that
his act will be, last in the list of tragedies {
f this character upon the soil ofMontana
Elk creek and its tributaries in Deer Lodge
ounty. has the call, and people are focking .
here by hundreds. Four feet of snow, how
yer, impeds the progress Of prospector and
inner at present.
The Legislature ofMontana has assembled
ursuant TO call from the Governor, and :
re patching the old, and enacting new laws {
)r our guidance in the future. The Terrific {
al Convention, alSo.called by the Governor,
as again been postponed, but it is under
TODD will meet Immediately upon the ad ?
of the Legislature, at Helena. The (
epublicans are determined to defeat the OBJ
ct for which it is ostensibly called into ex-
tence, viz: framing State Constitution,
Washington Jr at the ballot-box. As a '
emocratic measure they could not beat it at al
lie polls, but am inclined to the opinion al
lat it will be urged as no party measure at 9
Il.si5} - o.uafs-so aa,. PALLAS.E
ANOTHER WARNING.-We stop the press to Z
i've place to the following. Now as the
rk said to her young ones, 1" it Is time for {
s to leaveP We could stand the bloody
aud " and the " skeedaGdls" Of the other
arnings, but the following gets US. Just