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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
LETTER FROM COPE DISTRICT, NEyan.
MOUNTAIN CRY, Elko ca Nan.d.

MouNIAiN CITY, Elko Co., Nevada. !,
january 10, 1870.
EDITOR WORLD: Thinking that letter
giving an account of matters and th;no. =
TINS section Of the country might not be unin
:. 70 you concluded to drop you a few
INES. This District was discovered IN Nav
iast' or about that time, by Cope's partv-fve
IN number The first mine they struck the
Argenta' has, so far, proven as good as anv
discovered since. The owners have n shaft
down seventy feet and the vein is four feet
.nick' the ore paying all the way from SIS to
sooo per ton. They ship all first class ore be-
low The Mountain lode is now paying good !;
their shaft is down forty-eight feet and thew
nave vein three feet; the last ore crushed
PAID Ss7 per ton. One.halt of this mine yvo.
sold short time ago for S2O,OOO,-the whole
number OF feet in the lode being 1000. The
sale was made through Thomas B. Hart for
merly OF Boise, and it could not be bought to.
day for four times the amount it sold for
Inc Crescent mine has shaft down thirty.
eignt feet and has four-foot vein, the ore pay.
ing from 500 to $1,000 per ton. have been
told that one hundred feet on the Crescent has
been sold for $4,000, The Mammoth mine
shaft is down forty-ive feet on a three-foot
veln' and the ore pays about $40 per ton. The
Sunny Hill shaft is down twenty-eight feet on
three-foot vein, and pays $50 per ton. The
Hamilton shaft is down seventy feet on two
loot VEN, and the rock pays from 500 to sos
per ton. The Wild Hog shaft is down nine
ieet on twofoot vein, and pays Sl28 per ton.
!, l could name as many more veins that
thinK July us good rs those have mentioned
out have enumerated only those that have
proven TO be rich. We now have one I0.stamp
mill and one 2-stamp mill, both running and
doing well. As to the placers | cannot saw
much about them, although some think they
are good
Ihe snow here is about foot deep, but the
weather is warm and pleasant
ms Is one OF the finest stock countries ont |
bunch grass being all over the hills, but is poor.
y supplied with timber.
Mountain City is situated on the main branch |
u the Owyhee river and is improving very fast. |
Lots on Main street are selling ut from three
% four hundred dollars, and corner lots are
lot to he had at any price
The country is well supplied with game, such
IS bear, deer, antelope. prairie chicken. &c.
md the streams are iull of trout We are 100
niles south OF Silver City and So miles north
It Elko, and everything here is much cheaper
han in Idaho.
/ believe have given you all the news can
hink Of Send me the WORLD. rs l am get
ing You up club. Your friend, B. n.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
SheriHs Sale.


DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO
- me directed and issued out of the Court of L.
o. Benedict Esq, Justice Of the Peace in Center
ville Boise county, Idaho Territory. on Judgment
rendered in said Court on the 18th day of November
1869, wherein Lynch Miner arc the plaintiffs and
G. p. Emery and - SCHULZ are the defendants for
the sum of $3 and 1900 dollars and costs taxed at
S55 and T5l00 dollars, duly tested the 10Th day of
January, 1870, have seized and taken under execu
ton all OF the right title claim and interest of the
within named defendants, or either OF them of in
and to all OF that certain quartz property and arastra
described rs follows. to-wit: The undivided one
fourth interest in and to that certain quartz lead or
lode known rs the Centeryle Quartz Lead, situated
in Granite district. Boise county. /. t. being four
hundred feet undivided interest In said lead or lode
also corresponding interest in and to an arastra
and water power belonging TO same with all and sin.
gular the appurtenances belonging thereto Public
notice is hereby given that ON
Wednesday, tie 9th Day of February, 1870,
at IL O'Clock NJ, viii sell in front Of the Court
House door. in Idaho City, at public auction for
cash. the above described property TO the highest bid
der TO satisfy said execution, costs and all accruing
costs.
F. B. BRITTEN, Sheriff.
BY II. +. SAYRs, Under Sheriff.
Idaho city, January 20, 1S70n1lw3
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Money Market q notati ons.
City and County.

Public Meeting.-A public meeting of the cit.
ns of Boise county is requested to be held at the
ou House in Idaho City, on Saturday. Jan. 29th, at
,oclOck, P. NJ to take into consideration the bill
NOW pending before Congress- proposing to cut of all
as southern portion of Idaho South of Snake river
al attach it to Nevada All who are opposed to the
rs,sure are earnestly requested to be present.
In CANNApY, FRANK MILLER.
IcsAs W. BRowN, THOMAS FoYE,
q FLEIscHMAN, And many others.
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lrE 6ooos,-J. Is. Emery's new advertisement
Nat oand in this issue. Emery buys his goods
lSsF Eo:k dty and has them shipped by railroad.
u accounts lor his selling At such cheap rates.
avgs COZ a-:iy on hand all kinds Of family gro
KS Eiass and liquors. clothing. boots. hats cut
y pies, tobacco. and in fact everything kept In
= 'aisFed establishment requisite to NEE. the
ms Q: iAs people. he Is also in constant receipt
lfTase County Butter. from New York. sufficient
sslg94! ~ demands
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

DEPARTURES FOR THE EAsr.-within the past few
s,s several of our prominent merchants have taken
A,jr departure for the Eastern States, among them
\, Lewis Eckhart. of the firm of Eckhart & Ram.
,,s and C. S. Kingsley, Esq, who intend purchas.
a, their Spring stock of goods at Chicago and other
v.s.ern cities. They win be absent about six weeks
IN Tuesday morning AIr. James B. Duke. of the
I'm Of Duke Co., of Centerville, and Hon. John !.
hrrady, Of the firm of Madigan Cannady, < Pi.
.,r CITY, aso started for the railroad en- route for
uy York city. more on pleasure trip than on bust
IS, Mr. Duke intending to visit his relatives in Viz.
d.s and Mr.. Cannady his friends in New York.
ncgA the probability is that both of them, on see.
~ the advantages of purchasing in the Eastern mar
n vii conclude TO buy there in preference TO pay-
~ higher prices in San Francisco. The completion
sthe railroad wall secure to Chicago and New York
considerable portion Of the Idaho trade as goods
s. b purchased in the Eastern market and laid
szn in Idaho on an average of twenty per cent.
aaEeE than the ssue can be procured from Califor-
"a sai people viii buy where they can trade to the
ss advantage and get goods at the lowest prices.
nso has been the goose that laid the golden eggs
wCEorna and Oregon for the last eight years. but
r -a1e VII now Dc diverted IN different direction
III WElTaER.-After we went to press on our last
aEs &c we're favored with another snow storm. On
Tsreslsy, the I9:h. i: showed about five inches
aT1ursl2y and Thursday night. about nine inches.
Is: Saturday the weather moderated. AID after
Ea saov storia rain, or Oregon mist" set in
Elih settled The snow down considerably, leaving
sioo1: tsEec feet on level. At Ceatervlle it is
ac7 fur Zee: deep, and about the same at Pioneer
Ire informed that at Summit Flat il is from ten
7zgyc Feet in depth. On last Tuesday night the
EEas: tayAed cold again. the thermometer being |
fw 4sgrees below zero AZ o'clock on yesterday
sr-,s. Tae Ugh: rain and thaw followed by the |
szrg weather has settled the snow and hardened |
sEAa; The three feet in depth around Idaho. taking
1a'Jaade.=uon the state Of the grouns. Is worth |
as than SIX feet OF such snow as we had last win.
Z Everybody looks forward to prosperous min
g2Ca.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

Il D., slANAc.-We have received O copy
NJ 'c Ledger Almanac for 1870, pub
as,ae eo' w. Childs at Philadelphia, Pa.
~ gotten up, and abounds in interest
n :, matter, statistics and chronological
~. ae publisher viii send copy of the
very subscriber to the Ledger.
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Notice to Lien Holders.
Z. A. Stevenson,
rersus
The Elk Horn Gold and Silver Mining Company.
ALL PERSONS HOLDING Or
E. A. Stevenson,

4 Id PERSUN ; HULDINU Uh
IA claiming liens or membranes under the pro-
visions az IAN Act for Securing Liens to Mechanics
and Others" and the several amendments thereto,
upon a certain fye-stanp water mill for crushing
quartz and all the machinery thereof together with
ali and sinquar of the quartz leads lodes or veins
of ouartz rock and all and singular of the buildings
tools machinery, quartz extracted, and property Of
any description belonging to said Elk Horn Gold and
Silver Mining Company, situate about seven miles
northeastery from the town OF Pioneer CITY, In tne
county of Boise and Territory OF Idano are nereDy
notified to be and appear in tho District court, "a
Judicial District Of Idaho Territory at Idaho CITY on
the I4th day Of March, A. 1870 and then and there
exhibit the proof Of said liens or incumbrances or
they shall be deemed to be waived IN favor OF those
"a exhibited. JONAS w. BROWN,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Idaho CITY. January "a 1s70-n12w3.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

IS saAsd TO The new advertisement In this issue OF
A'a'a / JscLs0a's Vegetable Depot, corner Mont
20! aad Commercial streets. They have on hand
Nss supply Of vegetables Of all kinds. butter,
7sz oregon hams. and III fact everything usually
= falEily grocery store. Their supply Of APP
@1aa Pears il excellent. and they are in constant
49, - = fresh Baltimore oysters. Anything i'll the
- NE can be found at their place.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

lkc, sFeturn thanks to Mr.. d. +. Wagner.
kpaO..'a accommodating Agent, for late Balti-
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
Spetial Mptiees.

Agency of the
First National Bank of Idaho,
Main Street. Cor. Commercial,
Directly Opposite TELLS, Fargo g. Co.'S Office.
IDAHO CITY,
Will Do General Banking Business
We Draw Exchange on the following Banks:
Bank of North America. -. New York City.
Natonal Bank OF Commerce. 49,. Boston
First National Bank Omaha
T paaA OF California. San Francisco
First National Bank Of Idaho Doioe oita
b. Nj. DuRelI, President,
and Manager at Idaho City.
currency Exchange on Portland and San
Tfaucisco gwen at par for currency at
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Idaho City.
Coin Exchange on San Francisco or Portland
Sven az par Tor coin for gold dust and bars at coin
-"'o'' ~ AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Idaho City.
revenue Stamps (of all denominations in
anounts OF one hundred dollars and over, can be
purcnaseo at par for currency ess amounts ten per
cent advance) at AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Greenback, Gold and Silver Coin for sale
or exchange for gold dust and bars, at
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK
aay Sou Idaho City.
Idaho Territory Bonds, Prison Warrants
and Boise County Scrip bought and sold at
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Idaho City.
Mutilated Currency purchased at the
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Idaho City.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

h. RUBBER Boors.-Our readers and all per-
a. .lnS goodsiof such character are referred
|s,s.. 's'Ii'ement Of shepard's Rubber Boots,
b r by the Rubber Clothing Company Of
~, ron which It appears that their boots
EsrsosotP character on account of their being
FAoG ass a. 20 admit OF being soied with leather
44Aing the boots leak.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

kna - oaoEs-Persons wishing neat, substan-
y :, H''fng boots or shoes would do well to
b 1a corcoran. next door to Kingsley's, on
h. 'ohn has supply Of good leather and
III +, 70 furnish boots and shoes Of the best
hpSie5 ~ desiring nice, neat.itting boot can
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

= HEVoLrTIoS.-The mail Of last week brought
opp o. Miss Susan b. Anthony's paper. the
%N3 With an Offer to exchange provided we
:. Paoisn the prospectus of that paper. As it
'A'' Dc paying business for Us to publish o
! ''i'e for So paper. We shall have TO remain
present. benighted AMI ignorant condition as
a. AI - rights By refusing the liberal offer TO
~ ~ But we console ourselves with the old adage
'slSEance is bliss. It's folly 10 be WISE
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

Idaho City Assaying Works - Returns
maze IN SIX hours, and the correctness Of assays
guaranteed, and losses from coinage at any United
States Mint made good
Particular attention paid to the Analysis of Ores
and Minerals.
Dust, Bullion and Assays of Ore left at the follow
ing places will be forwarded to this office for Assay
and returns made the following day:
Madigan & Cannady Pioneer CITY.
j. G. Mills & Co.,.....(I Granite Creei
j. b. Duke & Co., ..C entervire
VIM. Lynch Esq. .PlaceryiIle,
The highest price paid for Gold and Silver Bars
either in Coin or Currency
OFFIcE-In the National Bank Agency's Building.
opposite Wells, Fargo Co. IS Office.
j. NJ. BURKETT, Assayer.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

\, '6AzISE.-We have received the December
I4ary numbers Of the Oregon Medical and
porter. edited BY Z. Il. Fiske, A. N. NJ D.,
I..-'aed a: Salem, Oregon, by the Medical Fac
h, "nlanetse University. As It's name indicates,
!. '.ea to the interests OF the medical profess
sst;,Iooe besides presenting neat appearance typo
leEs, l. contains many articles interesting to
'"o are not disciples of Esculapius.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
Wine Vinegar,

wine Vinegar,
At EcKHART & SAUNDERS.
Fsas,s ~ D0oKsToRE.-Pinney still keeps as I'M
y sn Tor late papers, magazines and picto-
kg. = supply of which he receives regularly
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

Idaho Territory Bonds. Prison Warrants
ana Boise County Scrip bought and sold at
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Idaho City.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

Mutlated Currency purchased at the
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Idaho City.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

Greenback, Gold and Silver Coi,, for S.,a
or exchange for gold dust and bars, at
AGENCY FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
inay 1ou Idaho CITY,
The Cecil Whig., 1870-10-29
Secret of Mr.. Burlingame's Success in
China.

Mr.. Burlingame's success at Pekin will
always remain the distinguishing feature
of his remarkable career. The eminence
he achieved, the influence he exerted, and
the reputation he acquired in China are
almost without parallel. Prior to Mr..
Burlingame, our country had been repre-
sented at the Chinese court by ministers of
superior culture and commanding talent
Away back in John Tyler's day we had
Caleb Cushing, then in the early prime of
an illustrious career. He went to China
ments, with diplomatic talent of the high
est order, thoroughly learned in interna-
tional law, and with an acute intellect sing
ularly fitted to cope with and control the
mind of the Orient A few years later, in
Mr.. Fillmore's Presidency, we sent Hum
phrey Marshall, of Kentucky, to represent
us at Pekin. Less eminent in culture than
Mr.. Gushing, he is scarcely the inferior of
any man in natural ability, To the talent
of the Marshalls, conspicuous and brilliant
through four generations, he added the
blood and the brains of the Birneys. He
went upon his mission when young, with
military laurels won in the Mexican war,
and with the further prestige of a distin-
guished career in Congress- Following
Marshall, we had William B. Reed, of Pa,
Scub NY LIS ucfOlcu
President Buchanan. Mr.. Reed has long
been leading member of the Philadelphia
bar, learned not merely in the law, but
with generous culture outside the limits of
his profession, and regarded by those who
know him best as among the readiest and
most acute of American jurists. Such
were the men whom Mr.. Burlingame sue
ceeded in his diplomatic career. 1t is not
stating the case too strongly to say that at
no European court did we ever have
superior talent during the service of the
three gentlemen we have named. And yet
the influence of these men, with all their
conceded gifts and accomplishments, did
not compare with the influence exerted by
Mr.. Burlingame. Indeed, it was the testi-
money of Sir Fredrick Bruce, who was at
Pekin as the representive of England, at
the same time, that no foreign minister had
ever gained such ascendency in the councils
of the Chinese as Mr.. Burlingame. His
selection, therefore, for the most important
mission which China ever sent to Christian
nations was not matter of accident or luck,
but grew naturally from the exalted esti-
mate placed upon his ability and fitness by
the leading minds of the Pekin govern
ment. AS an example of the influence of a
single man, attained over an alien race,
whose civilization is widely different, whose
language he could not read nor write nor
speak, Mr.. Burlingame's career in China
will always be regarded as an extraordi-
nary event, not to be accounted for except
by conceding to him a peculiar power of
influencing those with whom he came in
contact; power growing out of a myster-
ious gift, partly spiritual, largely physical;
power whose laws are unknown, whose
origin cannot be traced and whose limits
cannot be assigned; power which we des-
ignate as magnetism.-Atlantic Monthlytor
Norember.
The Cecil Whig., 1870-10-29
Pekin as 1t Is.

A correspondent of the Sacramento
Union, writing from China, thus describes
Pekin:
No long description, be assured-only
this: From the observatory one sees
large portion of the town. Built of mud
brick, and gray stone, dotted with sparse
foliage, of magnificent distances, curious
architecture glimmering in the light, SER
pentine lanes and by-ways, the scene is not
enchanting. In the streets, the scenes to
be encountered are revolving. Sand, filth,
pools of fetid water, miserable mud huts,
and occasional tawdry temples; innumera-
bic braying donkeys; such carts; drome-
daries; occasional chairs; long lines of
mules; dense throngs of coolies, of whom
not one in twenty-aye, fifty-is half-clad
in dirty rags; crawling beggars fostering
with disease; among the people scenes of
gross indecency on the very sidewalks-a
perfect disregard for what even a "Dig-
gers" modesty would revolt at; women,
Tartars, small merchants, peregrinating
restaurants, naked children eight to ten
years of age; shops filled with earthen-
ware of coarse manufactures; tea houses
about every mile; the habitation of some
highxC Chinese officials-one-storied, and
that would make second rate stable in
America; half-a-dozen temples, once mas
sive and costly, but with no trace of beauty;
the principal street, paved with rough
blocks of granite that is worn in deep ruts
and almost impassable; the emperor's
palace and grounds-a dingy, barren,
walled inclosure, guarded by slaves; streets
almost impossible with rubbish, ruts, and
rocks; in brief, the most wretched, decayed,
crumbling, repulsive spot we ever saw,
with semi-civilzed conceited, inhospita-
ble, lazy, lousy populace, with no trace of
anything that tells of content or happiness
equal to their associates and superiors-
the dogs and pigs of the Imperial capital.
This is Pekin, with its millions of
wretched inhabitants. confess to unmit-
igated disgust. I abhor those enthusiastic
chroniclers who have shed untruthful ink
in praise of this horrible place. If proof is
required to substantiate my views, would
refer to an esteemed resident of Sacra-
mento, now a thoroughly disgusted resi-
dent Of Pekin.
The Cecil Whig., 1870-10-29
Phantom Days.

Sweetheart, when the year turns back,
And over her summer track
Goes trailing in robes of mist,
And holding her poor pale lips,
Chill with their half eclipse,
Up to the sun to he kissed
Then over the parting line
The dead days glimmering shine,
With pitiful faces fair.
They are perfect, all but breath,
And | mind me of their death
By the chill that is in the air.
Yet at the sight yearn;
And o, that they would return
With the love / forego!
And | murmer, all! how long?
And sorrow takes up her song
"Till the rose blooms in the snow"
So all the story is told,
Cease, for the hearts a-cold,
And the winter claims its own.
In the first night O. the frost
Beauty and bloom were lost,
And what is the stalk alone?
o, when will the rough winds blow,
And when will the blank white snow
Cover the dead from sight?
For, like the haze on the hill,
Lieth on thought and will
The spell Of a past delight
So, over the yellow leaves,
And the empty place of sheaves,
l follow my aimless feet.
Oh! love that is lost to me,
Are there ghosts that walked with thee
In this time O. the bitter-sweet?
Oh! what but the hearts desire
Can you have seen in the fire
OF the autumn woods ablaze!
And what put an ended tale
In the ashes few and pale
OF these Indian summer days!
Harper's Magazine.
The Cecil Whig., 1870-10-29
GRAND EXPOSITION
FOR THE EFASHIoNABLEw WORLD,

COMPLIMENTS OF MRS. NJ. A. BINDER,
No. 1l0l n. w. corner Eleventh and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
FASHIONS FOR THE FALL AND WINTER OF 1870,
Wholesale and Retail,
which Paris and the first manufactures supply.
Dresses Mantles Coaks and Costumes for Ladies and
Children.
special department of plain and elegantly trimmed
patterns of the latest Parsan and English Styles at ST
per dozen.
If you want handsomely fitting. well-made suit, at
short notice. 90 to Mrs Binders for tasteful trimmings
and dainty stitches Mourning, Travelling and Wedding
outfits, Walking and Fancy Costumes
DRESS AND CLOAK TRIMMINGS, BUTTON
ORNAMENTS,
comprising the latest Paris novelties in black and coored
Fringes Gmps, Ruches Loops, Flowers Gloves Bridal
Wrcahs, Neils Ribbons, new shades i'll Velvet, Satin
and Tairta Ribbons. S:,shes Ncckties
MADE UP LACE G00DS-GRAND DUCIIESSE LACE
FOR DRESS TRIMMING.
Point Applique, Nalcncienncs Hamburg EdGings and
Insertions, Black Guipure and Thread Laces, in
design and moderate in price.
CHOICE INDIAN ORNAMENTS.
Fans Birds, Mats, Cushions. Moucloirs, Gases and
Fancy Goods. selected by Mrs. Binder Mt Niagara.
Elegant line of Whtby Jet Goods in sets Breastpins.
EARRINGS, Necklaces and Bracelets Splendid line of
French Jet Goods Coral and French Gold Sets Charms
Sleeve Buttons Chains &C. which for price variety
style. cannot be surpassed
Strangers visiting city respectfully invited to
examine.
Pinking and Gof1ering. Cutting and fitting. Also, a
perfect system of Dress Cutting taught Patterns sent
by mail or express to all parts of the Union.
MRS VI. A. BINDER,
n. W. corner Eleventh and Chestnut Streets,
sept 10, 1S104m PHILADELPHIA.
The Cecil Whig., 1870-10-29

The area of the organized territories
of the United States, including Alaska, is
greater than that of all the States which
have been admitted into the Union. There
are nearly a thousand million acres of land
in these territories, and in all this vast
area there are probably not over half a
million of white inhabitants. In natural
resources this territorial domain is richer
than all the area included in the States
Say the latter contain forty million inhabi-
tants, but here is country waiting for forty
million settlers, and even these would
hardly be enough for neighborhood pur-
poses. What magnificent country to
carve into homesteads for forty millions of
people! That this will be done, who can
doubt who studies the purposes of Provi-
dence and the destiny of the race?