Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-23
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
John D. Lee Taken to Mountain
Meadows to be Executed.
Silver Discovery Near Salt Lake
city.

SAN Francisco, March %.
The United States Marsh u left
Beaver last night with J. d. Lee. 1t is
supposed that the execution is TO take
place at Mountain Meadows, on the
scene of the massacre. This move
ment Il kept ~ quiet as possible, as
there are fears OF an attempt to rescue
him being made. A company of sol.
diers attended the party. Mountain
Meadows is about ninety miles from
Beaver City, four miles from Cedar
City, and about twelve miles from
Pine Valley, the nearest telegraph
office. A company OF troops with Lee
passed Cedar City at Que o'clock this
morning.
There was quite an excitement in
Salt Lake City to-day over the discov-
cry yesterday Of a sill ver. bearing ledge
in Red Butte canyon, claimed to assay
over three hundred to the N. There
Is quite a stampede from town 10 the
vicinity of the discovery.
The Confession Of John p. Lee
Arrested for Com pIicity in she
chinese Murders NJ Chico.
SAN Francisco. March %.
the Chronicle aud Mat this morn
ing publish what purpOrts to be an
abstract of John ID. Lees confession
concerning the Mountain Meadows
massacre and other matters connected
herewith. This is taken from the
confession made by Lee to his attor-
ney, w. w. Bishop, OF Phoebe, shortly
alter his conviction in September last,
and was made at q time when he had
hopes OF escaping the sentence of
| laath Sinnn that ft,H.A m haS Vnrtf-
| ten another and different confession
with the certainty of death before him
which will not be made public until
after his death. 1t IL said to vary ma
teriaily from that given Bishop, which
was written in the hope of effecting a
| dive rsion in his W favor, while that
which will be- published after his exc
cution will contain the true facts in
the case. unbiased by either hope or
far, IN preserve of the certainty OF his
fate. The present confession throws
the responsibility of the crime on the
Mormon priesthood, by whose orders
IL VAS committed, but does not direct
ly implicate Brigham Young AS order
ing the massacre, though it Is stated
that be sub-eque ntly Endorsed it.
General Bidwell, of Chico, has tele-
graphed that there have been five ar
rests on suspicion of completely in the
Chinese troubles so far and three per-
sons are still in confinement. The
last arrest Is Of a man who was seen
writing an anonymous letter to j.. &.
Norman, which threatens hin with
six inches of cold steel ii he offers any
reward for the arrest. The General
also denies the statement of the lead
FRS of the Caucasian League that white
man had besn discharged from the
mills AT Chico to make room for Chi
nanIen.
SAN FRANCISCO, March -.
The heavy decline in stocks to day
has had The usual effect to start u mum
her OF rumors regarding the failures Of
brokers and operators, but thus far no
one is to he found who owns to any
eIn Embarrassment. 1t Is a long time
since California street has looked M
blue as it o does. The visitors space
in the board ooims are half deserted;
the call runs through much within the
allotted hour for want of business, and
even the curb stone crowd looks
thinned out.
Small POx ut Vallejo.
VALLEJO, CAL, March %.
The smallpox has broken out in The
family of JOS. Hunter, living near
Vallejo, having been brought from
San Francisco. One Of his children died
from the di~ease last night; four 9th
erS, ana a hired man are down with 1t,
and another convalescent. All the cases
are in a modified form and no other
deaths are feared, although the inalady
broke out over a week ago. Its nature
was not discovered until yesterday.
These are the first cases Of smallpox
known here for seven years.