New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-30
GENERAL NOTES.

The members of the Miners Union, of Trea-
sure City, Nevada numbering three hundred formed m
procession on the 18th inst, and visited the different
mines to ascertain If any miners working at re-
uucG Wages Ihey hosted out tnree men from the Sill
yer wave ana Two from the Aurora Consolidated, but al
lowed them to resume work learning that the men in
the FORMER Ihey examined the Eherhardt shaft, bat
found no one working They cheered the mines paving
partOOk of refreshments dispersed The procession
was orderly; two men acted as spokesman, while the
others remained silent number OF marshals were APP
pointed from the members to keep order
A newspaper correspondent writes that igno-
the cornerstone of the Mormon temple To de-
scribe this ignorance would be hopeless task 1t can be
Illustrated. however, by few examples. When
rived in Salt Lake City, Brigham Young making
tour Of the and he went from place
ing their way the Government Land Office obtaining
the titles to their farms and passing them over to Brig
nam Young An ignorance so dense tbat loses sight OF
scntercst is almost incOnceiyable. We could not be-
eve II was possible until went TO the Land Office and
aScelned Tor ourselves that these deluded people who
had conquered the desert and wrcsed their farms from
the brush and who entitled by law to the owner
ship OF their hOmeseads with the United States nag NY
ing three miles away, the symbol of power ample for
their protection actually putting all their property
out of their reach not IN the form of trust but In fee
simple. And 1t was not few here and there who were
thus blndly dspOssessing themselves and disinhertng
their children, but hundreds every day in fact all who
entitled under the laws OF the United States to re-
ceiye their certificates And not merely the newcomers
who had entered their lands under the Homestead act Of
1892 but those who pretmped their tracts and IS years
tie Church their original outfit and expenses Of colo
nizatiOn.
j. r. Brown, freight agent Of the Central
Pacific Railroad, in Sacramento, received, week ago.
package inclosing plucked in Central Park, New
York, June a. attached to which slip bearing the
sentence "New.York sends tOper to san Fraucisco"-a
burlcsque on the Eastern enthusiasm California
productions the States by rail The agent OF the
Toledo. Wabash aud Western Railroad, at Quincy, Ill.,
forwarded It, with few poetic lines, to the "Gentlrmen
and boys rice rerSa" Of the Hannibal and ST. Joseph
Railroad, requesting them to pass 1t around" The
and forwarded Il to the agent the st. Joseph aud
Council Rufus Railroad at Omaha who united thereto
sentiment in prose, the "poet OF tho Company being
SICK" aud in turn sent the rose and It's accompanying
documents TO the Union Pacific agent at Omaha, VINO
pCezed neatly but briefly and transferred the papers 10
Wells, Fargo Co.'s agent at Promontory' who wrote an
appropriate two, which done, he forwarded the
package OF papers aud accompanying floral testimonial
TO j. K. Brown Of SACRAMENTO, as stated above. gen
teman connected with the Central Pacific Railroad
who Is fuy competent TO take tue matter IN hand VIII
furnish few verses as Sacranentos contribution with
forwarded the Central Pacific freight agent at San
Francisco.
While the United States Revenue cutter
wilderness cruising in the vicinity Of Cat Island,
Mississippi Sound, the 18th inst she met two boats,
containing party Of officers from the garrison at Ship
Island Mississippi, IN tow Of immense devil fish. As
they were unable TO manage the monster the command
ant the offered to assist them, and after consd-
S tecS and e vessel SCANNING to the island Ills
satanic pseatOral majesty was soon on the beach On
examination IL was iOuu 10 Icstlbo
known i'm the Gulf OF Mexico the "stngaree" only in
stead OF the head coming 20 point the space between
the eyes three feet forming the mouth cOncaye the
mouth Itself measuring feet in width; no teeth were
visible. The tail was the same as that Of "stngaree
without the sting; the color dark brown, nearly
black on the top and white underneath; measured II
feet from head TO tail IA feet in breadth,
and two feet thick in the middle; its weight
was estimated at from 1900 TO 1890 pounds.
party OF officers fishing on the pier discovered the sh
close in shore, the bottom, apparently asleep. Col
a. r. Bliss, the COmmaudant OF the post, old whaler,
was Immediately summoned and, being provided with
number OF harpOOns with lines attached put out IN
boat Proceeding cautiously, the COODels first throw
struck the monster which at once started for deep water
with the boat in tow. second and third iron were
planted i'm him. but stil he kept Another boat went
10 the ass sance OF the first but, Notwithstanding the
niced nm dstaucs of three miles from the island the
fish being then about dead four hours time was con-
sumed IN tho chase, aud ali the parties engaged COM
pletely exhausted.