Nebraska advertiser., 1869-01-14
western News.

A young mountain lion, measuring
six feet from tip to tip, was killed near
Cheyenne on Sd inst.
The END of Track on the u, P.
r. r., is at Echo City, a place of some
1900 inhabitants, situated on Weber
river, at the mouth of Echo Canyon,
fifty miles from Great Salt Lake City.
The Atlantic and Pacific States Tel
egraph isnOw working from San Fran
cisco to Virginia City, Nevada.
A nugget Of nearly pure silver was
recently found in White Pine which
required five men to raise it out of the
shaft.
The Central City Register says that
considerable excitement exists in GER
tain well-infOrmed circles of that place
respecting the prospective greatness
of the new town to be laid out oppo-
site Salt Lake by the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. 1t is expected to
do nearly all the trade of the great
northwest for years to come, and will
receive unlimited Encouragement from
the railroad men. Extensive works
will be erected there, and unlike the
small ephemeral towns already built
upon the line, will assume the shape
of permanency On the start.
Six men were murdered a few
nights since on the Central Pacific
Railroad. When found some of them
had their Threats cut frOm ear to ar.
This is the principal theme Of gossip
down the line, and has furnished the
Salt Lake Telegraph man another OPP
pOrtunity to eXult his polygamic
home.
A communication from the SecEeta-
I nv of War to the Senate shows that
| p, $40 regulars and 1913 volunteer
troops are employed in the Indian
hostilities and in protecting the Mis-
souri, river traffic and the Union Pacif-
ic Railroad and otherwise in that re-
gion.
The total amount of freights receiy-
ed at Cheyenne for the year ending
Dec. 91st, 1863, is II, $50, $50 pounds,
amounting to the sum of 81, $3.50, SOB 48.
To this add the sale of tickets, 1924, 900
and there is total of u. p. r. receipts
of$1, 6S4, O8,48.
The following official report relating
to affairs in Arkansas has been receiv-
j gu dJ Ol&lb . DCI6, HULL
General Horace Porter of his staff:
Little Rock, Arkansas, Dec. 18th,
1868. General Babcock and / arrived
here two days ago. So many contra
dictOry reports have been in ciTcula-
ton in regard to Gov. Clayton's MILF
tia, that it may be well for you to
know the facts. The present State
government was certainly in some
danger previous to the presidential
election. Senator Baker had been
shot and wounded badly; MI. Upham
of the lower house wounded Mr..
Hane, member of Congress killed, and
q United States Marshal driven from
his post by threats. The Governor,
Senator Rice and others, had to sleep
in the State house under guard, for
fear of assassination. The Governor
wisely refrained from taking any viO-
lent measures until after election,
fearing that the opposition might
make capital out of it, but as soon as
it was over, he organized a military
force of about 800 men, one fourth col
Ored, under Gen Catterson in the south
west, and Upham in the northeast,
with orders to live off the country, ta-
king what was absolutely necessary.
and giving vouchers. His intention
is to pay all loyal holders of vouchers
and no others. Two assassins have
already been executed by sentence of
a military commission, and seven 9TH
ers are in prison and a great number
have been run out of the State, but the
best result is the disposition of all bus
mess me to voluntarily enroll them
selves as a posse pledged to assist sher-
ifs to arrest lawless characters, If the
Government will relieve them from
martiallaw. He has accepted many
of such pledges, martial law existing
only in parts of seven counties. The
entire conservative wing of the Re-
publican party were opposed to the
declaration of martial law including
Fort Smith, United States officers
commanding troops. They admitted
the terror established by the rebels,
but wanted the United States to make
the arrests. Gov. ClaytOn's argu-
mentsin favor of his policy is as fol-
lows; The United States troops do
not know the people and the country.
The lawless behave while the United
States troops are in the vicinity. but
break out worse than ever when they
leave; the rebels are generally anxious
to have them here as it creates expen-
diture of money in their midst.