Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-05-05
By TELEGRAP Pa.
SPECIAL 10 TIE rfocKE nAuH RECuBn.
cY vEsrElS UNION Inns.
EASTERN DISPATCHES.


NEw YoUE, May A. The Worlds
Washington special says that Morton's
vindicaiion made to-day is dispassionate
and candid. The mode in which the
money in question was used may still
be questioned, bat it does no, appear
single dollar clung Improperly TO Nor
ton. Soon after the explanation was
made Morton was taken i'll and had to be
taken home.
The main argument in the impeaoh-
ment trial as TO the question OF jurisdic-
ton comes up to-day and viii at least
continUs through Friday as both sides
expect 20 occupy six hours. The order
OF speakers is as follows: Blair will
open for Belknap and will be followed
By Lord, who will open for the man
ayers. NOtt will follow Lord unless
Black desires TO speak Immediately after
Lord. jerks and Hoar will then follow,
Hoar closing for the managers and Car
penter for Belknap. Tonight the man.
ayers feel confident of their ability to
convince the Senate that il has jurisGic-
ton in the premises. In their various
resources they have discovered much
stronger authority in support of their
position than they ever expected, and
Lord, who has been very dilligent in
looking up authorities, will present the
counsel for Belknap with some very hard
legal nuts to crack in his opening to-
| morrow.
! The World summarizing its Washing
ton correspondence says: Davenport is
of very accommodating disposition.
| The Committee was not satisfied with
his vouchers and he came to New York
and returned to Washington with lot
of new nice ones. The great trouble
with them is that they do not 60 back
! further than 1873 while they are sup
posed TO account for money given to him
| in 1912.
CHICAGO, May 4.-The Tribune's St.
Paul special says that the Fort Lincoln
Column is to cooperate with Gibbons
and Crooks commands from Fort Ellis
and Fort Laramie, which will start next
week. General Terry, the Department
Commander, will probably accompany
| the Lincoln column and direct its opera
tons. Custer is expected here Friday,
and will go forward Immediately TO com.
plete the preparations which Major Reno
| has been charged with during his alb
sence. The three columns. Gibbons be.
ing already in the Upper Yellowstone
Valley, will move towards the mouth of
the Big Horn with such divergence from
the direct line as il necessary to gather
the main bodies of hostile and wild Indi
ans. Terry understands that Crook &
column will again move northward with.
in three weeks.
OMAHA, May A recent arrival from
Custer City says that great scarcity Of
food exists throughout the hills: Sugar
40 cents per pound; bacon, 80; corn, 80
-four, $22 per sack in Custer City. The
road from Fort Laramie to Custer is
strewn with the wagons of parties who
had been attacked by Indians. On the
10th of April party of Indians came
within one hundred yards of Custer City
and ran off thirty head of horses.
The Emperor of Brazil arrived at
n. m. to-day, and went directly East.
New York, May 4.-Jarrstt and Palmer
have completed their arrangements fol
the conveyance of their theatrical troupe
to San francisco on the quickest time on
record. The train, consisting of mai
baggage, pullman, palace and hotel cars,
leaves here on Thursday morning, JUNE
1st, via the Pennsylvania, Pittsburg anC
Chicago and Northwestern railroads
1t is expected that it will reach SaI
Francisco in time for dinner on Sunday
The New York papers will be delivered
at Chicago on date of their issue, ant
the Mississippi will be crossed on tn
same day.
Postmaster Jewell has contracted 4
have the East India mail carried on ii
and Wells Fargo g. Co. will place 1
money safe on board at Omaha. Special
locomotives will be in readiness at vari
ous points to provide against contingen
cies. Six thousand railroad employee!
will line the route to guard the way
Tickets of sterling silver, and limited L
twenty, will be sold for the round trip
emitting the passengers to board on tn,
train and weeks board in San Fran
cisco, at n cost of $500. A representa-
tive of the London Times will be pas
sepger.