Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-06
Rather CennietiuE Aessssts frs.
Shs black Hills.

Bather CountesiuE sN
she black Hills.
CHICAGO, May 6.-Ths Tfi6ans's 81
Paul special from Bismarck reports tia
a large party led BY Major Whitehead
late Indian Agent at Lieh Lake. vii
leave tomorrow for the Black bill. Tn
company 10 made up Of parties frou
Pittsburs. Grand Rapids. and vsriou
parts OF Minnesota. Lettsrs from Thos
Madden and others contain s1travagan
mining reports. Nslse vslstorm ha'
taken out In one week from bis claim
two miles above Rapid City Mill. on
pound Of gold. Another Bismarck maj
writes that he was taking out sl2 . do,
from his claim ON Dead Wood creek
Immediately adjoining Rapid City tn
claims are yielding ten cents to the pan
Allen & Concar. Of Hill City. with fou
men. took out in n day 1900 ounce
instead OF 200 as recently reported. 4
report Is brought into Standing Rocl
tina. a chief called Slave. met or over
took . party Of whites going to TIL
Black Hills on the Fort Piens route
Slave undertook to go into their camp
carrying q white flag, but was shot dead
His party tried to recover his body. bu'
were driven of and had TO walt until tn
whites moved on. It Is said, on the par
OF the gold hunters. that Slaves band
had been following them several days,
probably hoping to stampede and stsal
their horses. and tina, they warned Slave
to go back before firing on him. Mos'
OF tho young Sioux have left Standing
Rock for q hunt. Scouts from supposed
hostile bands keep watch day and night
in the vicinity Of Fort Lincoln.
J. Jsshaw, formerly proprietor Of the
Merchants Hotel. st. Paul, arrived
home yesterday direct from the Blacl
Hills. He says that Gold val ~ scarce
there as here. The miners who had
been there since June last year. gave no
evidence OF possessing gold. There wa
some evidence Of gold In the Hills, but
the reports Of rich discoveries he dos'
not believe. The Indians, no says, arr
extremely hostile and always on the
alert to steal horses or cattle and kill
s~.ragglsrs. He considers IL madness foi
any one to so there with q view Of bet.
tering his fortune.
k~teinbsrEsr asd the Unitsd Staten
Nav YoRx. May Ga Worai editori'
al says: what under heaven can b
the mysterious connection OF Stsinbsr'
GER with San Francisco. which leads "a
our being periodically afflicted with
spread eagle romance from that city
about the woes and wrongs Of President
Grants old crony and creditor! There
is no longer any doubt that Steinbsrgei
has ceased TO be. II indeed he ersr was.
an American citizen. II Il be true
that n British man.oi.war has carried
him OF to New Zealand or the Fssjes
Islands, what IL that TO usi The ofieial
representative Of the United Statss In
Samoa. Mr.. Foster, was evidently dc.
lighted to DO rid Of him. Unless the
English authorities can lay their hands
upon docunsnts nmong his luggage Of
interest TO the United States In oonnse.
ton with high personages at Washing
ton who certainly befriendod him In the
beginning. we deyoutly hope that they
may refrain from intruding Steinbergol
any more on our attention. His friend,
in San Francisco attribute his downfall
to his warfare upon the missionaries and
liquor affairs. The man who respect,
neither rum nor religion need not expect
much sympathy from the civilized world,
Charge. Ass.in.s ce.LusE.
RocHEsrEB, Nay G.-The EXPIRES yes.
tsriay afternoon contained an sIpliei,
denial % the charges against Conkline
in the Lock patent cases. It alleged
that II il an old story publiahed In th'
Washington Ga,ale and aiterward apolo.
gizsd for In the sams paper; and thai
Conklins acted simply - an attorney
under the law.
0easrsI Hunters Assara Advice a
the Negroes.
wAsuIxoros. May G.-Ths National
Independent Club. composed Of colored
men formed here, have issued an I'd.
dress containing tho following: "You
cannot afford longer to band yourselves
together for the perpstuation Of The
party that bound you hand and foot and
robbed you Of your hard earnings BY
instituiing the Frsedmans' Bank. ostsn-
sibly To make you thrifty, but In faei
with an eye to cnnchius the Republican
eornorants and vampires, whose dis.
reputable characters were entirely
too notorious to receive Other
Federal appointments" Il concludes n
follows: 1.-THE Republican party has
been false to itself, false to 10 the coun.
try, false to the negro whom u has pre-
tended to favor. but in fact whom II has
made psrverss because Of the policy Of
hate which IL has forced him 70 against
the people with whom he lives and must
continue to live. For these reasons We
expect you to cooperate with n In The
coming Presidential election. and aid BY
your ballots TO retrieve the good name
and lot honor 81 u common country.
Friends, may God enlighten aud guide
you to SEQ your political duty In The
coming contest il the wish Of your
friend aud well.wisher."
(Signed) Gks. HuxrEn.
FOREIGN NEWS.