Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-08
Eastern Dispatches.

ton special says the Interior Department
has received full and complete report
from Professor Jenny, Chief of the Sci
entific Expedition that was sent out to
investigate the condition of the supposed
gold fields in the Blackhills. The report
confirms the first dispatch of Professor
Jenny, in which he said nothing had yet
been discovered that would warrant ex-
tensive mining operations in the Black
hills. His report is in direct contradic-
ton to the glowing tales of correspond
ents, and opens question of veracity,
with all indications in favor Of Professor
Jenney. The report proceeds at once to
explode the stories about the rich fields
on French Creek. and says this is the
spot where miners have said washing of
loose dirt in the diggings panned out
twenty-seven cents per pan. He worked
out nine buckets OF the same material,
and only secured twenty-five cents out
of the whole. He says the best Of the
dirt does not average cent and quar-
ter per pan. Says there is some gold
found, but it exists in very small quanti-
ties, and is spread over such large area
of territory as to make digging practi-
cal failure. The next point Professor
Jenny will examine will be in the Chey.
\ enne river, north OF the preeen. camp.
New YORK, July 7.-Specie shipments
to Europe to-day, $5s,O0O gold.
New ORLEANS, Juue IA Browns.
vile special says the Collector of Gus
toms received information that nineteen
Mexicans crossed 400 head of cattle into
Mexico nine miles below Rio Grande
City.
Cortna, Judge Martinez, and other
prisoners, have been sent to Bagdad to
be placed on the gunboat Juarez, for
Vera Cruz.
New YORK. July AT the further ex-
animation to-day of Joseph Loeder,
charged with perjury and conspiracy in
the Tilton-Beecher case, Beecher was
called rs witness at the request of the
request of the District Attorney. He
looked over the affidavits of Loeder and
was asked if any of the statements in
that, in referring to him and Mrs. Tilton
were true in fact? He replied there il
nothing that is true there alleged. II,
was then asked to read the affidavit mad
by Price in connection with Loeder
He testified there was not word o
truth in allegations representing him il
the affidavits. On cross-examinatiol
Beecher testified he was not ungrardet
in his intercourse with any one, and Ger
tainly not with any lady. His associ
ates with Mrs. Tilton was that of gen
tlemnn. 1t was not his custom to salut
his lady friends with a kiss; he ha
sometimes kissed Mrs. Tilton when h
had been away for sometime; he kisse
Tilton's family all around, but did nc
t do 80 when he was in the habit OF cal
a ing every few days. Mrs. Tilton ha
sometimes met him at the door in con
a pany with her husband, but did not L,
= member she ever opened the door fc
l him; his visits to Mrs. Tilton sometime
I lasted five minutes, sometimes half n
!. hour, sometimes an hour--half an hor
r was about the usual length of time; h
. usually spent his visits in conversation
he had prayed with her, but only--h
- felt sure-when she was sick. Judge
of this, by his usual custom with h
Pensioners, he thought very likel
10 there was a sofa in Mrs. Titon's parlo
y and he might have sat upon it with he
o his age was sixty two-yoars he was oil
q enough to BIO Mrs. Tilton's grandfathe
r and he felt towards her like a fathe
n Mr., Britton objected to the enquiri,
r. into Mrs. Tilton's disposition, whic
l. were wholly immaterial here Justit
r. Riley so ruled, and the examination {
Beecher was here finished