Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-27
After the nraiiContrnctors.

WASHINGTON, w july -O--l he poSl-
office Department has sent to the De-
partment of Justice the names of nine
mail contractors to be prosecuted for
falling to perform mail service af-
ter their bids had been accepted. They
will be sued for the difference between
their bids and the amount paid by
the Government after reletting them
which, on thirty-nine routes for one
year, amounts to $4,000. The De-
partment will also bring civil suits
against the contractors for damages
sustained by the Government in pro-
viding temporary service after their
failure to fulfill their contracts. The
routes were subsequently let for four
years, and should the Government re-
cover the above amounts, suits will
be commenced to recover the losses
for the remaining three years.
Federal Appointments.
WAsHINGToN. July 26. Thomas r.
Mosety has been appointed Internal
Revenue gauger ard Frederick G.
Briggs, Inspector Of tobacco and ci-
gars for the First District of Califor-
MIA.
DistilIery Seizure.
CHICAGO, July 26th.-The Washing
ton Special says that. the Internal
Revenue Bereau has received infor-
nation of the seizure of three more
distilleries in Pekin, Illinois. The
distilleries were seized as the result of
| the examination of the stubs of the
revenue books. If collected, these
books, the authorities think, will fur
nish evidence for the arrest of fifty
more distilleries and rectifiers, before
| October.
NEW YORK, Jnly 2Gth. The cable
states that Vice-President Mumford,
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, died in Paris yesterday.
P0stOaice at JOnesviIle.
WASHINGTON, July 25th.-The fol-
| lowing Postoffices have been estab
lished: At Santa Monica, Los Ange-
les county, California, Holmes, Post
master; at Hot Springs, Lake county,
Oregon Robert H. Dunlap, Postmas-
| ter.
Resignation Of Chief Clerk Accepted.
WASHINGTON, July Goth. - The
Chief Clerk to-day rendered his resig-
nation to the Secretary of the Treas
ury and it was promptly accepted.
Eastern Stock Market.
NEW YORK, July 26th.-Gold closed
at 12s@134. Money easy at ll9. Gov
ernments dull, but better. Stocks,
dull. Pacific Mail, 303. Panama 1.30.
Quicksilver, H. Western Union, $50.
Union Pacific, 74s. Central Pacific,
Bonds, 1907.
Another Failure.
NEW YORK. July 26th.-Another
important failure is announced in the
Grocery Trade; that of Martin u.
Bum & Co. The house did an exten-
sive jobbing business with the city
and country, and stood well in credit
until recently, when it was found that
they had some time ago locked up a
good part of their capital in real es-
tate.
The Lee Trial Still i'm Progress.
BEAVER, Utah, July 2Gth.-The eX-
animation of Klinger Smith was con-
| tinued to-day in the Lee trial. On
cross-examination nothing new was
| elected. On redirect teXamiDation he
said: understood from Lee that the
Indians were to help in the massacre,
and saw them thickest where the
women were.
Joel w. White, sworn-I am Al years
old and live in Cedar Fort, in Cedar
valley. In 1857 / lived in Cedar City;
heard of the emigrant troubles in Ce-
dar City, and came home the day after
| the company passed through; saw
Haight, Highly and Klingen Smith;
| Haight asked me to take letter to
Pinto creek to the agent there to pac-
ify him and let the emigrants pass on;
| Klingen Smith volunteered to 60 with
| me; on the road we met Lee, who
asked us where we were going; we
told him our mission, and he said he
had something to do about that; we
delivered our letter to Richard Robin
son, agent, and came home next day.
They were organized in companies of
ten each and one had a baggage
wagon. Higbie called on me and said
the Indians and emigrants were fight
ing and that / must turn out my COM
pany and wagon; did so. Rode III a
baggage wagon and Jimmy Williams
rode with me; they marched within
half mile of the emigrants and then
camped; the Indians were loafng
alound the emigrants' camp and came
over and mixed with us; they had
been there one or two days, when
they were ordered to march to the
emigrants' camp in single file; they
| marched quarter of mile and halt
ed; flag of truce was sent and man
came out; Lee met him, and both
went into the emigrants' camp; they
were gone a long time, when the emf
grants came out and marched beside
us; the word "halt'' was to be given as
the signal for us to fire. A wagon
went down with the emigrants arms
in it; then they sang out and we
marched behind them, both in single
file, for a quarter of a mile; then the
word was given to halt; we faced
about and the Indians came
down whooping and yelling and
finished up what we had not
killed. Up to that moment we had
seen no Indians that day; didn't know
where they had disappeared to; after
the Indians came, Isaw women killed;
the Indians attacked only emigrants:
no Mormons were killed; | saw dead
children then; saw. one emigraut get
away; the Indians followed caught
and killed him. heard of no one being
scalped; when all We're dead we
marched to camp, and the next day
went home; afterwards saw the emf
grants cattle on the range near Har-
mony, in charge of Lee, who furnished
the Indians beef from their herd. Lee
said the year after that he had kept
the books and turned over to the In
dians all the property taken from the
emigrants.
Cross examination
/ still belong to the Mormon Church
the Indians were excited, and they
had been sending out runners; they
said the emigrants had poisoned the