The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-15
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA CITY.
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA,
April Il, 1871.

Hines are SILL very Qulet III thhS
city. There is nc regular "man for
breakfast nowadays as in the early
times. Those who used i'll former
DAYS to furnish the man for the morn
ing meal have ceased to cater and the
places that once knew them know
them no more
DISTRICT COURT.
\ few shooters and other workers
of iniquity still remain in our jails to
be disposed of, when the cell doors of
all our prisons will probably rust on
their hinges and our .%jailors will doubt
less become Rip Van Wrinkles.
To-day the case of Edward Goyette
the man who sometime since shot
and seriously wounded Amible Bour-
deau, in the Miners Billiard Saloon in
this city, is on trial in the District
Court. Bourdeau is so far recovered
as to be able to be in Court and about
the streets. Judge Wells, of your
city, is counsel for Goyette. r. Roland,
alias Andrew Johnson, alias Wanda
leur. etc, the stage robber, will be
sentenced on Saturday morning next
at 10 o'clock. The Sheriff says John
son (as he is commonly called here
feels that he is in a tight place and is
downhearted.
TICKETS OF LEAVE.
1t is said that tickets of leave
have been sent to two or three persons
in the city since Yesterday morning.
1t has been stated that Ned Dean
charged with having been concerned
with johnson in the late robbery on
the Geiger Grade and lately tried and
discharged-has received a ticket
but we heard him deny the soft i'm
~peachnlent'' this afternoon in the
sheriff : Office. lie says he has re-
ceived nothing OF the kind. Some
others probably cannot say as much.
LAST MOMENTS OF PERKINS.
For sometime there has been a good
regard to the last moments OF Arthur
Perkins Hoffman. particularly as to
whether he made a confession before
he was hung. From "rUInOrS found
ed on rumorS," but perhaps on the
whole in some cases coming pretty
straight. learn that he made no con
fe>>ion. 1t appears that he thought
!, until almost the last moment that he
was only going to be hOisttd Up Il few
times and frightened IL making 4
confession, as Was the case with Willis
when L. was pulled up IN the base
- a., IA--l, EIA., Nihap,
- brought 10 the fatal spot, however, and
placed upon the plank over the open
: but wiki the noO>e about his neck, he
f saw that the men about him We're in
| earnest. tie died game" as the say
y ing Is. On taking a look at the cut
and rope he asked that more fall be
given MIN. He was asked if he had
any word 10 leave to his friends. He
o said that his father Was somewhere Il
California and that he had six sisters
in San Francisco. He then said that
: he had Il child. and asked those pres
D eut to take care of Il. When informed
| that his last moments had expired
and hi. time had one he did not
wait Tor the plank on which he stood
{ To be moved from under him. bat
. made q leap into the air in order to
! come down as heavily Is possible on
illC 4Oi(s iE4S@S 4-' EA''- =
; contain al! the facts i'll regard to what
I took place on the occasion OF the hang
ing. as doubtless some of those who
: say Il have heard" We're present.
\ STILL IN FULL BLAST
The Piutes, from Walker River, the
1 Sink of the Humboldt, the Truckee
O Reservation and WashOe Indians. from
: about WashOe Lake, to the number of
: some 800, are sill keeping up their
o grand fandangO neal this city. Many
It white visitors are present nightly to
witness hoterpsichorean spaems ofthe
o ..Children of the Deserts" Men and
/ women join hands and in a circle
l. about the great campfire sing and
= dance in their wild, monOtonOus way
n for hours. Grey-llaired old mel and
; shriveled old hays, such as Il might
expect TO meet upon a blasted heath
or some other blasted" place, get
down to their work with as much dill
e gence and alacrity as the younger
q r~evelers. 1t appears to be business
5 with them and they do their wook with
/ much seriousness. How long the
show is to last the "Great Spirit alone
5 knows-the Indians say ''three NOR
nicht'ssun." This truth ingens titum.
It as we say in macaroni Latin.
d EFT ~CAETARAS.
l. The Nathan Sisters. Selma and Mar
ion, are at the Opera House. Marion
the Youngest, is q very bright child
= has the Irish brogue at her tongue:
a end and is exceedingly piquant in ex
y. preston. She is already quite a favor
tie with our people, who admire thu
l. cunning looks OF the little witch. AZ
a man behind me last night said
, .sHer whole face talks"
The weather is cloudy again but i
not cold. A storm appearsto be brew
ing. Neither rain nor snow would b'