Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-07
DAILY
LYON COUNTY TIMES.
oerlcIAL PAPER OF LYON COUNTY.
ray CORRESPONDENCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.

match ,s from Washington reporting
the testimony of James @. Lyon about
him in the Emma mine sale. He
will leave for the seat of Government
in a few days to tell his own story
of that affair.
Trenor W. Park, who has been
called for by the investigating COM
mittee, left New York on the 1st of
February for Aspinwall to see after
the proposed new business from New
York over the Isthmus and up the
Pacific coast to this city, in opposi-
tion to the old Pacific Mail line. He
will doubtless be here by the next
steamer.
Stewart is perfectly certain, of
course, that he is all right, and, with
long experience in Washington, it
is very natural that he should want to
get before the committee to recite his
little speech, or, as Artemus used to
have it, "speak his peace" He ex-
poets to annihilate Lyon; but "Jim"is
q hard case and not easily squelched.
| saw Stewart to-day, and there is no
doubt ia my mind that with jury
drawn from the Comstock range, he
could get along swimmingly. The
uncertainties of mining and the long
delays of tunneling into the bowels
of the earth are points with which
the English mind is not yet familiar.
happen to know the history of the
Emma mine from the beginning, and
all that | can see about its failure is
msmanagement. Park got big
sum for it'll 900, ,000--and he and
his associates are to-day designated
swindlers; but had that mine con-
tnued up till now to produce as it
had done before, the vendors would
be saints in England. The prevail
ing opinion in Little Cottonwood
canyon still is that the Emma
is great mine, but has
been felrfully, stupidity worked
by "blarsted Hinglishmen." Not
withstanding all this hue and
cry against Park, Schenck, Stewart
and Grant, there is no doubt in my
mind but that they will come out of
this trouble with banners flying. |
ought to add that Stewart is not
answerable for what l write, as his
whole conversation in the brief in
terview l had with him to-day, was
entirely about "Jim" Lyon, for
whom he had done so much that
was kind, etc.
The night before last ex-G Governor
George l.. Woods, of Utah, the Rev
G. G. Stratton, of San Jose, G. p.
Lyford, of Salt Lake City, Guard
and Bellows, of this city, held
pow-wow in Platt's Hall, to see
what they could do to Christianize
the Mormons. / was literally
dragged into the hall by friend
who wanted to enlighten my dark
ness, and contrary to my natural
dislike to religious controversy,
and that sort Of thing, / actually
"sat it out" with only few min
utes 'step out" for a glass Of Weiss
beer, Brigham Young is doubtless
q great old scoundrel, and deserves
roasting in fire and birthstone, but
Twas perfectly disgusted with the
Christianity in Platt's Hall on that
occasion. could not for the life
OF me tell what they were after,
either from their advertisement,
circulars or speeches, till Lyford
got up and said they wanted 5000
aud must have it within three
weeks, or "the work of Christian
izing Utah would be thrown back
twenty years." What the 5000
was to do, he said he would not
then state, but the Mormons should
lind it out If there is anything
under heaven that is contemplate,
ltis praying. preaching humbug;
and when christian minister's will
go before the public and excite and
frenzy decent people, who trust
them, by relating horrors and lies
out OF whole cloth, ! have no more
respect for them than for a noun
seoank in the market-place. This
reverend Guard stated unblush-
1ngiy that he had been in the Salt
LaSe Tabernacle on q Fourth of
july and though he had seen
great gatherings Of white people in
9seiy country almost. gatherings of
tnaians and even OF Hottentots in
-n,tica, he had never witnessed such
aaegraded, licentious, british look
lug crowd as those Mormons on that
o0oasion! Christianity does not re-
4aire anything like this. The state
ment was false, utterly falsel be-
cause everybody knows that how
eyer W false, absurd, and superstitious
mons are sober. hard working,
'aostemious people, and that favored
;9S tl0V ara With oun ~ tho haaf