Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-11
The Danbury News Man.


De. QniIle expresses himself satisfied
with bin. Here is the story of him
from an E.stern paper:
james Mont 4onery Bailey was born
in Albany, n Y. Sc TENDER 25th, ISL.
His father was killed when James was
quite Il child. His mother afterwards
married q gentleman from Rome, \. Y.
and at that place and in Albany I le fam
lily lived until 1859, when they moved a.
D.mhury, Conn. At tha: time James
was eighteen years of age. He had free
range of tn. p;,blic schools, though at
that time, like most boys, h. preferred
business. H checked this inclination,
however, and remained at school until
his arrival ut Dinbury, where he worked
with his step-tather at carpentry, until
August. 1862. Then came TIE war, and
with 1t the Danhury youth took his first
practical lesson in original composition.
NJ. Bailey Immediately enlisted in the
Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteers, and
served as private il that regiment until
the war closed. Although he passed
through many scenes Of danger, he met
with but one serious casualty: he was
captured ut Gettysburg, aul with his
friend Mr. Donovan, now his partner
was Imprisoned in Richmond for two
months. His letters from the army, over
the 81 !uature of H p. NJ LINTON" We're
sent tN the ID injury News and made
for their author 4 considerable local
reputation. After the war; Mr.. Biiley,
with the fellow member of the regiment
with whom he was captured, M. Thos.
Donovan, brought ont the "DanbrTy
Times" This was i'll September,
1865. Il was hard struggle at first
to keep TIE Tins mp. as the /,
office WIS in poor condition at
the time of the p !rchtse. Bat the !
y0nn- firm sncceed-d ut last. and Mtrch !
! LIST. 1870. the 'JetfrrSonian was pur-
chased aud was consolidated with the |
Times" TINS maxim: the "Danhury
n VS.. The paper was maar strictly ,
! local, and il WAS not long before the
! pee ole discovered that one good paper
| was better than two poor ones.
All this time tn" local no ices which
have since made such reputation. We're
slipping into the paper from time to :
TIM. and it soon became the fashion to
copy them. In 1870 the items became
Well known and in 1871 all newspaper
readers We're able to recogciz THIN At
the present time there are not n few
who reco .nize in Mr. Bailey fund and II
quality of humor second to none in the
country.
With this slight sketch We will leave
Mr.. Bully with orr retders W.. may
say, however. for the satisfaction Of any
curiosity thrt either sex may have on the
subject. that NJ. 3 ilev is married
man. He has no children now living,
AMI resides at D lnbnry, apparently not
at all uplitte,l by the full measure of
fame which has been brou sht t, him.
CINNABAR IN SoUrH EAST NEVADA.
OF some facts which wnnll seem TO
Indicate the presence of c,nnabar in
the southeast part of the State the ,
Phoebe Pec3 Il of june saws:
The S 'vch Indians inh,hit that part
Of the Colorado vnlhv whi h lies be-
tween the mouth Of the Rio V'rcin and
the Big Cnvon-a region of country
believed to be- ri"h in minerals Int
which has been hut very little prospect
ed. The S.vi hes nse a bright rcd punt, )
and trade it To IL i .hh"rinr tribes which
is believed to he genuine potns,lnhide of
mnrcurv or cinnahar. Believing the
Pirtes had inst received their annrities.
The Snviches recently visited their
amps on the NJ IDLY with la"re 9ronti-
ties Of it. intending to "swap" il for
som" of the ein-cracks they supposed
h" Pintes wolld be possessed Of. Some I
,rospectorS who hrppened along at the ]
ime examined the nntrrnl mint. and
pronounce it Identical with the vernil-
ion found in the NV A'm,d'n quirk-
ilver mine in California. The early
'ptniar,ls We're led n that famors mi Re 2,
" Indians. who had long used the Gin Y
llbar t punt their faces and robes il
'einG tn them = source OF great wealth, II
= the CoIum'ia Indians. and all the in
"rvening tribes. We're wont 10 come II
own and tr ffic for it. The s vi"hes it
GEMS. are using th"ir deposits 70 like =
dvantacn. as the Pntes aud NJ ,hrws
pport their anc-sters. as far back rs
heir traditions reach. have nhtainad p
heir paint o. the Saviches. Qrirksil-
or mines on the Colorado. if ~ pvten- n
i've as those of California and Spain "
'nnld he a source Of great wealth to in :,
ividnals and to the county. Hundreds
{ thousands Of dollars are sent ont Of
'vada Annually for quicksilver The r.
eviches fright be induced, if we APP
III the right Wv. to disclose u,
lie locality of their deposits. e
The OREGON parers dennnnce the J.