, 1868-06-12

MURpKR AND HANGIHa.-Mr. Charles
Kenyon, who is just from Gold Greek. where
he conversed with parties direct from Rey-
nolds City, furnishes us with the following
details Of the affair: On last Sunday even
ing, Geo. Ballou and two other persons,
visiting the different saloons; aud making
names not known, were at Reynolds City
themselves generally disagreeaOle. Ballou
quarreled and fought with a man named
McGovern McGovern, after the fight, went
to John Gordon's saloon. Ballou followed
McGovern into Gordon's saloon, aud tried
to pick another quarrel with him. Gordon
went between the two to prevent q fight
Ballou then placed his left hand upon Cor
don's right shoulder, saying, Il am a friend
to you, Gordon While in this attitude one
of Ballou's followers put large knife into
his (Ballou's) right hand. He raised the
knife-struck Gordon 10 tue abdomen, ins
dicting wound out of which his bowels
protruded several inches. With the next
blow he severed Gordon's left arm almost
in twain. He then cut him several times 10
the breast and once in the throat. As Cor
don fell, he spoke to one of the bystanders,
saying. 4 am gone He only lived seven
or eight minutes after the wounds we're re-
eeived The enraged citizens then took
charge Of the murderer Several attempts
were made by the deputy sheriff to get
charge of the prisoner, but all to no avail
The citizens collected together, organized a
miners court, voted Ballou guilty-aud hung
him at A. NJ. Monday. Mr.. Kenyon farther
informs us, that Gordon, after being thus
uortally wounded, drew a revolver to shoot.
Ballou grabbed bold ofone Of GOrdon's friends
and held him between himself aud Gordon,
to prevent the dying man from shooting
him.-Dser Lodgs L.dspendent.
EXPENSE OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
An Eastern cotempoary who has closely
figured up and estimated the expense of the
drama, says that besides retarding legislation
for month, the impeachment business will
cost the neat little sum of half million OF
dollars. With the characteristic economy
with which our officials at Washington love
to do business, they have managed to make
the one item of the printing Of admission
tickets to the trial cost $4,000 The tickets
we're gotten up in the most elegant style, 70
that they might be kept as permanent sOuUe-
Mrs of this great historic scene, by the hold
ers thereof 1t will cost nine thousand dol.
lars to bring General RoSseau to Washington
from the Pacific coast; at least, that officer
will get about that sum for coming and going.
and some other witnesses will get from one
to five thousand dollars. Ten cents a mile
and two dollars a day is paid to witnesses
bnt, by liberal Interpretation of the law, and
little juggling, the distant witnesses have
each been f1tce summoned. and therefore
get double mileage, both coming and return
ing, or f5rty cents mile. Pretty good wit
ness fees Another little item of est in
this impeachment trial is, that it will cosr
one hundred THOUSAND dollars to print the
trial as a Government document, which will
be extensively franked over the country at a
heavy mail cost, and be read by nobody
for, by the lime it is published, all interest
in the trial will have sub,ided. or become
merged in the excitement of the coming
Presidential election. And no one will care
anyhow to wade through the official reports
of what the newspapers have already given
in surfeit to the public. Verify, we cannot
have a great public show for nothing
Montana Herald