Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-29

has been given. There are fortunately
no buildings of any great value adj
Joining the oil docks. One boat has
been consumed, but it is thought no
others will be endang as there are
very few in proximity. The lose will
be heavy, but 1t Is impossible to give
an estimate at this hour.
Redemption of Eonds.
WASHINGTON, July 2Sth.-The See
retary of the Treasury has issued
call for the redemption of Sl4, ,S97 200
of five-twenty bonds of 1862, of which
$l4, ,S30, $50 are coupon bonds and $780,
$50 are registered bonds. These in
clude all bonds issued under the Act
of February 26, 1862, not heretofore
called In for redemption.
Minnesota Republican Convention.
ST. PAUL, July 2Sth.-The Republi
can State Convention to-day nominat-
ed John S. Salisbury for Governor on
the first ballot. The other candidates
are: j. b Wakefield for Lieutenant
Governor; J s. irgeiis for Secretary
Of State; {. L. Nhitcnmh fer state
Auditor; Col Wm. T. fafnder Tor
State Treasurer; George p. Wilson for
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
The Lee Trial discovery of ample-
ments to Aid Him 10 Escape.
BEAVER, Utah, July 2Sth.--Robert
Kershaw, being sworn, said: George
A. Smith, Brigham loung's counsel
lor, came to Beaver City, and he told
us not to do anything for the emIgrants
under penalty of being cut off from
the Church. John Morgan sold them
a cheese, and in two weeks was cut off
from the church. Smith went South,
ahead of the emigrants. The emf
grants came to the garden of the wit
ness and wanted to buy peas, onions,
and general vegetables; but he refused
to sell to them, because he had been
forbidden to do so. Smith spoke on
the public square in Beaver. Seth
Dodge was at the emigrants camp, in
Beaver, warning the people not to
trade with them. Smith said john
ston's army was coming and the peo-
pie needed all the supplies they had,
as they might be driven to the noun
tains. | was Mormon, but am not
now.
c. Matthews testified that he passed
through with freight train on the
Southern California road from Salt
Lake to California in 1857. Saw the
train again at Mountain Meadows;
they We're corraled there. / went with
a party, and had gun. There was
talk that the train had been stopped.
/ was stranger there; had just come
from the North. 1t was said that
some of the old men who had mobbed
la In,
also, that they had poisoned the
springs and outraged the people; that
some of them helped to kill old Joe
Smith; that they were going to Cali
fornia to raise an army to come back
and fight the Mormons. | saw Lee
there. After being there two days, | !
moved out of camp toward the emf
grants. was sick and did not go, but
l heard the guns fired. The morning
after the massacre the Indians disap-
peared from our camp.
E.W. Thompson, being sworn, said:
L saw the train at Beaver. A letter
was read in O meeting to the people of
Beavor, counseling them not to sell to
the emigrants generally.
John McFarlane, Territorial District
Attorney and attorney for Lee, was
sworn and stated that Mountain Mead
ows are located in Washington county
and were in 1857.
AT noon to-day suspicious of Lees
having aid to escape Jail became so
sure as to induce sudden search. He
was accordingly removed from the
cell, and it was searched. He had in
his pillow huge butcher knife; un-
der his mattress two compasses to
drive in the wall and climb upon over
the door; large hatchet with long
handle and a small hatchet with the
corners broken off fresh, converting
it into q stone chisel. In the bed
clothing were found one case-knife,
with fine saw-teeth for cutting brass,
and other implements. The Jail is a
small square stone building, the VIM
dows opening outwards. General
Maxwell has mounted two extra
guards and ordered Lee to be searched
every time he is taken from the JAIL
A Hard Money Convention.
NEW YORK, July oSth.-TAe Eeen-
ing Post publishes the following this
afternoon: "a meeting will be held
Tomorrow evening at the rooms of the
Association of Political Reformers for
the purpose of electing delegates from
this city to the National Hard Money
Convention to be held at Cincinnati
on the 25th of October. This Conven-
tion is the outgrowth of the meeting
held at the Tobacco Exchange, Rich
mond, on the 4th of May, which was
attended by representatives of the to-
bacco trade and many other promi-
nent merchants of that city, together
with the leading bankers.
The Losses.
NEW YORK, July 2Sth.-The Post
says the losses OF Duncan, Sherman e
Co. on cotton exceed S1,OOO,OOO. The
Union Bank, of London, and Barring
Bros. & Co. have both been guaran-
teed by Alex. Duncan. Judge Ship
man, assignee of Duncan, Sherman IL
Co., was busy all day to-day with the
clerks making an examination of the
books. A financial statement will not
be ready for some time.
A Double Loss.
TRENTON, N. j., July 29-3 A. NJ
The Trenton Banking Company, which
lost 100000 by the failure of JAY
Cooke, now loses 100000 by the sus-
pension of Duncan, Sherman & Co.
This amount may be exceeded.