The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16

height, pulled his belt around until his knife
sheath was in front, pulled his knife out and
threw it with force on the floor qilivering and
ringing. Instantly every Indian present
dropped his hand to his belt and laid hold of
his knife or pistol. The whites did the same
and the two parties stood fronting and defying
each oJler for some moments, each waiting
for the other to make forward move. There
were but six white men while there were
twenty-five Indians in the ROOM Fifteen
soldiers were in the adjoining room.
Finally Ouray spoke: "We cannot deliver
up to you those Indians unless they are tried
in Washington. They must not be tried in
Colorado Colorado people are all our en-
emles and to give them up to be tried in this
State would be to surrender them to be
hanged. We will bring those twelve men
here for you to see, and those whom you de-
eide guilty shall be taken to Washington and
the President shall determine their guilt or
innocence. Douglas will have to go. We
know he was in the White River troubles and
you shall decide who else. Upon this condi-
ton ard no other will we surrender the guilty
Indians
This was said with great arrogance and
bOldness. Ouray said it would take about a
week to lring the men in. Hatch told HIM
he would accept the proposition so far as
bringing the massacre men in, but as for talk
ing them to Washington be had to telegraph
| 1Of permission TO ScntlrZ.
Colorow and Jack were Immediately dis
patched to bring in the twelve named includ-
ing Douglas and Porune, saying they woIld
be back in five days. After they had taken
their departure Ouray again spoke, reiteratlng
his statement that the Utes could not get JUS
tice in Colorado and could only get it in
Washington. ssYou THERE" meaning Hatch,
Adams and Legggat, " are all my enemies. l
am one against three. You are all Colorado
or New Mexico men and have not one friend
among you. You will not give me justice
and that is why I want to go to Washington
where l can have at least one friend"
DEADwooD, Dec. SIN the Reno court
martial to-day Major Reno delivered a lengthy
argument in his defense, in which he claims
that he did not 60 beyond the bounds of un-
becoming conduct that in striking Lieutenant
Nicholson he did SO after being driven beyond
| the limits of patience by the repeated taunts
, of Nicholson; that in looking through the
window of Sturgis' house he was actuated by
the purest motives, and his note of apology
| should be sufficient for an unintentonal Of
+ fense. He said that all agree that he was in
: possession of his mental faculties on all the
occasions brought into question; if under
a the influence of liquor at all, he was regarded
j., as good humoredly drunk, and his knocking
: money on the floor and breaking window
t lights was done in frolic He claims that 1t
has been his misfortune to have obtained the
widespread notoriety through the press Of the
: country, and that greater degree OF attention
Z is called to his acts than those OF other Off
u GERS, and that conviction upon the charges
. presented against him would be the sacrifice
a of commission which is the reward for ovef
! 90 years of hard and faithful labor to his
country. He quotes Article SO of the Articles
II of War, and says the intention is to preserve
q q the character aud honor of the army by ex-
X Guiding desreputable characters, and not to
r., intlict punishment for youthful follies OF
!, Il trivial deviatOns from rectitude. The court
IL then adjourned sine die.
~ New YORK, Dec. SIN connection will
= the memorial of the business men of New
~ ~ York in favor of Withdrawing the legal ten
der quality from greenbacks, the World pub
fishes the following extract from lettel
II recently received from Senator Bayard: eli
, is not hostility to the South that makes the
l. North solid; it is apprehension lest unwist
L aud ridiculous administration of finances
e should injure Northern property and invest
l. ments. No instrument is so dangerous as
y legal tender currency, the redeemability o
8 which is endangered. l do not care halt 81
o much for party success in this connection
r although value it most highly, as do fo
5 the great service it would do our whole coun
4 try and generations to succeed u.s."
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The President sen
20 to the Senate the nomination of Owen N
4 Denny, of Oregon, for Consul General a
le Shanghai.
A. AZ WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-A bill was intro
10 10 duced to-day by Senator Hill, Of Colorado
az "For the reclamation of arid and vast
y. lands" It possesses much interest for all tn
le States and Territories west of the Tooth mer
le idian. where vast tracts of land now lie en-
'e tirely idle or only scantily used for stoc
y raising purposes by comparatively small
u; number of individuals who control the few
"a water courses bv which thew are traverseo
u Senator Hill believes that most, if not al
s. these lands can be made available either fo
a cultivation or for stock raising by means c
O. Artisan wells. and as the government own
III nearly all these unasaleable lands, it can we