The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-11-03
MARsUAL's UNvARNrsHrn TArn

correspondent Of Mobile paper he gave
the following narrative: 4" Well, he said,
guess you can find it better told in
this book than can tell you, for I got
one of you newspaper men to write it for
me, and l think he has made q pretty
good joo of it; but as you want me 70. Il
guess it won't do any harm to tell s il
again. Twas nearly certain that there
was gold in the country long before
found it, and SO just kept good lookout
for indications. I was working in the
mills at Coloma, and went out on the
morning ofthat day, January 10th, 1S48),
closed the forebay gate to shut off the
water, and then walked down to the tail
race to see what sand and gravel had
been removed during the night. al.
ways did this, as thought there might
be minerals in the mountains, and knew
1T it was there. some of it would be wash
ed down by the water. looked at the
sand and gravel for O. few minutes, and
saw something glittering in a crevice Of
granite half foot under water, and
stopped down to pick it UP. II was ileav-
Ter than anything l had seen before, and
knew it must be either mica, or sulph
for mica, and remembered that sulphu.
ret Of copper was too brittle so I placed
the metal on a stone and hammered awsy
at it; but instead of breaking, it only
bent, and then was nearly certain It
must be gold. didn't say anything
about it that day, for fear the men would
laugh at me, but just looked around and
picked up about four ounces Of it When
/ showed it to Suffer he wouldn't believe
it was gold until he tested it with nitric
acid, and think that's all have to saw.
except that nave been pretty, hardly
used, which is neither here nor there"
THRILLING ScENE.--At fire in Quin-
cy, ILL.,, on Monday evening, says the GUM
cy Journal, when the alarm was given,
the wife of VIM. Frank, with her two
children, one six months, and the other
two years old, We're up stairs. Joseph
Frank and his wife were below, and i'm
mediately ran up stairs. The fire spread
ing west penetrated the stairway, and in
attempting to descend Immediately
through the flames both were burned.
Mrs. Frank badly on the hands, arms and
face. Mrs. William Frank, being left
alone with. her two children, sought es.
cape through the window The young
est child was thrown out and caught in
the arms OF a man standing on the pave.
ment. The other WAS threwn out, but
the attempt to catch the little fellow fail.
ed, and he fell ON his head, but fortunate
ly, was not seriously hurt. By this time
a ladder was procured for Mrs. Franks
escape. 1t was, however, too short to
reach the window, and in attempting to
get to it she fell, striking man below,
and falling on her head on the pavement,
bruising the side of her face badly. She
and the children, as well as Joseph
Frank and his wife, were removed to a
neighbor's, where they received medical
attention. The fright and burn threw
Mrs. Joseph Frank into spasms, and she
was suffering terribly when we saw her.
5 THE SURRENDER OF METz.-The New
York HerGld's special correspondent at
Ostend under date of Oct 9th, telegraphs
a statement received from Mercy.le. Haute,
to the effect that upon receiving the for.
NAL declaration, signed by the Empress,
that she was unwilling to sign treaty
involving cession of French territory,
or to be party to any scheme involving
probable outbreak of civil war in
France, Bazaine exclaimed that he would
take all the responsibility himself. This
was Wednesday night Bazaine imme-
diately sent parliamentarie through his
lines to Prince Frederic Charles at Pont.
a-Mousson. The Prince came up during
the night to Chateau du Faescoty, where
this morning, early, stipulations were
signed for the surrender of the army of
Bazaine and the fortress of Metz. t4
The report adds that Gen. De
Coffiniers, commander of the garrison
at Metz, entered written protest against
the surrender, declaring that he was
abundantly able to protract the defense
into the winter; that the recent defeat of
the Germans had made it practically
impossible for them to imperil the
provisions were in abundance for the
army and the population. Since the nth
of October the inhabitants had received
daily rations of four hundred grammes of
bread for adults, and one hundred
grammcs for infants.
The surrender of Bazaine, it is stateds
has been made upon full understanding
with the Prussian Government that the
occupation of Metz and Strasburg shall
be accepted as an adequate basis for the
of the German armies from
France and the concluding of peace.
in London loudly declare
the Marshala traitor, that he concerted
his action with Prince Napoleon, the
Empress and King William, and that the
Government at Paris and Tours will re-
pudiate any peace prepared or signed by
him.
A plain charge" by an out spoken
Judge: Gentlemen of the jury, in this
case the counsel on both sides are unin.