Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-08-28
AM ANoNYMoUs FAlsIFIER.

LII buc DOlSe Clby DtNt6SHUIt Vi IdSV OAVuA W.
there is correspondence published over the
signature Of Idaho,'' dated at this city, Aug
'.a22d,sin which the writer says:
a. The WORLD accused Jonas W. Brown OF fraud
q but the transaction saved the county $oOUO year
and the Court House is still standing 1or IurGner use
1I am informed that Judge Shepherd showed Elf. "
ATeara the gres for all the scrip which he collected
land he collected it all and placed II IN brown
hands for the purchase OF the Court house one year
aoo last Nav after O'Meara had attacked Brown
Tboee fi0Tres cornered and convinced o. Meara, and
he said privately that he did not understand the mat
ter before. He was not, however, man enough co
correct his false staten ents against Mr. Brown. 6
Were Idaho alone involved in the publica-
ton of the extract just given, we should never
notice the matter Asitis, not only Jonas w.
Brown, but others, and very honorable men,
are. concerned therein, and for this reason<we
do pay thisattention to it. We do notiknoW
who Idaho" is, and will therefore merely re-
mark that, in the above extract he does not
utter one word of truth in anything material
to the point he strains to make; but if he will
personally call upon us we will tell him in
much palmer language what we know his story
to be- He seems to prefer the assassin's game
ola stab in the back, with himself concealed /;
we respect an open, manly foe, and despise the
hidden assailant. So much for the sneaking
thing, who befouls the name of " Idaho, 2 in APP
propriating it;-but most likely the fellow has
q. way of .snatching at anything he can find in
his reach. fef.saeg 6ar --.s.-lr a4 4, 4tg9af
We shall do no more here than state it IS not
because the Court House purchase we have
charged harsh things upon Jonas w. Brown.
Indeed, we think that the purchase of the
Church building from the Methodists- the
building now used as the Court House---was
one Of the best transactions for all concerned
that could have been made. We fully approve
of that purchase, and have never censured or
condemned it, We shall not now say why we
have opposed or censured Mr.. Brown, for the
very good reason that we do not practice the
bounding down of men who show q disposition
to mend their ways or correct their conduct
in regard to public acts. Jonas w. Brown has
clearly shown such a disposition since the late
city election We said, prior to that event,
we did not believe he would act fairly or hon
.HEf
estly as. Justice, He has, since the election
decided two or three suits that we know of
with perfect justice. He has also since uni
forlnly presided in his court as an impartial,
honest magistrate. We are as ready to award
him this praise, which is no more than his just
due, as we have been, or shall be Gin case he
merits it again), to censure or denounce him
for acting improperly as a public officer. We
are ready even to place 'fIdaho' among the
lists ofrespectable or any way worthy men, on
his becoming so but We are very certain we
shall never have occasion to mention the
crawling, kissing, yet very harmless thing in
such connection. He dares only to show his
hand Ibis face he dare not show it would be
deemed public nuisance if he did, however.
The ATLANTA LEDaE.-Mr. Harley and
Postmaster Pinney of this city, and Mr. B. F.
Davis, of Mooretown, lately returned from
visit to, the Yuba District. On last Saturday
Mr. Harley brought a. variety of specimen
pieces of the ore, taken from various portions
IF the famous Atlanta ledge, to our office for
exhibition They were all rich, in the ordina-
y iacceptation Of the word among miners, and
ome of the pieces, showed actually more Of
liver than of rock or foreign substance. One
oiece, which Mr.. Harley left with,us, is equal
o the best specimens we saw at the celebrated
Poo % + mine Of Owyhee last year, while the
'ichest ores were being taken from it. This
oiece was taken from the first extension east
# the Atlanta, at a depth Of eight feet from
he surface groupings From this portion of
he ledge fifty-fve pounds of ore was recently
aiken, burnt and crushed in hand mortar.
Che ore was picked from rich central streak
# eighteen inches in width The result was
foanf and one-ho!f pounds of bullion! Ten
ions of the average rock is now being crushed
It Defries' mill to test the average yield, and
We are promised a report of the product This
,laim is owned by John Downing and L Lin
now. Next to it is the second extension east,
aiken up by Mr.. Motherhood, and in which
7ery rich gold and silver quartz has been found
ILL throughthe tunnel which pierccs it. Messrs
Harley, Pinncy and Davis have also an interest
n the ledge, The discovery claim belongs to
he original owner, Mr.. A. O. MiHery who has
5unnelfed into it i40 feet The ledge averages
pll fourteen, feet width, and the rich streak
extends all through it, of about eighteen inches