The new North-west., 1872-04-13
Saturday Morning, April 18Th, 1872
Gov Potts and wife are expected n ar.
rive in Virginia City about the 2o,h Of tue

-.Gov. Potts and wife are expected n ar.
rive in Virginia City about the ao,h Of tue
month.
The many friends Ut Miss Couldock
will te sorry to ltar" that she is lying dan
geSoosly III 1t Salt Lake, with but slight
hopes Of her recovery.
The man O'Connor pleads guilt, to the
charge Of assault,ng the Queer, and asks q
mitigation Of the punsi.mcnt on the
grounds Of insanity. We often hear of
people getting 50 crazy Us to shoot. poison.
or otherwise destroy ,nnoccn, life, but il ,s
seldom they get too crazy to ask for light
sentence or u wish u Le excused altOgeth
eF from, punishment
The Liberal Republican organs are
pleased to term the approaching Phil~dcl.
phix Convention the Office holders Con.
vention. We think. from the reports We
ere receiving of the delegates who are u
stteld the Cincinnati Convention, we
would be justified calling that the di.sp.
pointed and ex 0t,icch0lders' Convention.
From St. Louis alone there are six ex Con.
grcssmcA. For our part W. believe We
would prefer 10 remain with the men the
people yet trust than to sneak off with
those who have becn repudia,ed by the
people and their parties
Democratic journals have been vocifc>
rating with terrible emphasis that the Sec
retnry Of War had been so reckless in the
sale Of our arms that the country was
left In y defcnseless condition. by a report
"f the Chief Of Ordnance it appears tha,
there is IN the possession Of the proper oili.
GERS five hundred and sixty thousand three
hundred and fifty one srrviccablc arms.
These are arms Of fine quality. Now.
that number Of arms would equip q pretty
large army. much larger than could ever bc
transmitted to our shores Are modern
Democrats such towards that they Gull this
defcs,sclvss condition.
Some Of the Democratic journals have
been publishing that Mr.. Henry c. Bowen
one Of the proprietors OF the New York
Independent had received thirty per cent
Of the General Order business uf the New
York Custom House in such munn ncr ss in
convey the impression that be was interes
ted In that business with Mcssrs. Lect
Stocking e. Co. Now the truth appears t.
be tlnt Mr.. Bowen and two former partners
Of his wiiD had been unsuccessful in bu
sincss for the reason that ut the commence
men, Of our civi! war large debts were due
them from residents in ,hc South which |
were never pald-cntcrel into al ar
rsngemcnt with the officials Of tho New
York Custom House in 1901, eleven years
ago, for a portion Of the General Order bu
siness. There never has been any charge
with that business ut that time, and there
seems to. have been nothing intrinsically
wrong IN the business itself. The General |
Order business seems to have come into ex
|stcncc during - Democratic administration.
Mr. Bowen AYERS that lie never received any
benefit from TINT arrangement and that he
Entered into 1t for the benefit of his two
unfortunate partners. We should like to
'c Informed Ii il is considered consis,en,
with honorable journalism in these DAYS 10
% garblc and pervert facts ~ to casl re-
'roach upon III honorable and Christian
gentleman because he happens to be-tur
Grant for President.