The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-08
TELE0RAPHIC NEWS.

mo AMY anu Na'y oOuEHdA says Vi
Gen. Rosecrans' article in this months
North American Review: 1t is entitled
"The Mistakes of Grant" 1t is uncom-
promising in spirit, referring in one
place to statement by General Grant
as bold untruth; saying, in another
place, no true soldier could overlook
or fail to appreciate the merits of
campaign which, in thirty.eight days,
overcame such obstacles and from the
jaws OF such peril snatched and held a
strategic position so valuable. Rose
Grams charges General Grant with un-
dying dislike of General Thomas, with
assisting in misstating facts to crafty
the dislikes of others, and to glorify
himself writing an article which abounds
in inaccurate, misleading, untruthful
statements. Concluding he says: 1.-THE
principles and habits of long life with
me have been against the obtrusion of
personal views upon public attention;
but truth and justice require that upon
historical events especially within my
cognizance ] should net in silence per.
NIT Unsuitable and constituencies
egotism, under the shadow of a great
name, to masquerade as Q muse Of
history" rer
{ Colonel Chaillelong, late chief.of.staff
to General Gordon, in his lecture at
Chickering Hall, q New York, said:
The probabilities are that General
Gordon is still alive. la this opinion
am supported by Captain Burton, and
understand there is being organized in
London an expedition to search for him.
We know by his journal up to December
4th that he could have gone away. We
know he had four or five steamers, and
my opinion is that he went south in one
of these to Gondokora, and will in due
time be heard FROM"
The Government cruiser, Chicago,
was launched at Chester, Pa, Saturday.
The Chicago is the. largest Of the four
vessels contracted for by John Roach &
Son, and when completed will be one
of the most formidable vessels of our
navy and will range in size and speed
among the higher class of cruising ves-
sells of the world. She is 3l5 feet be-
tween perpendiculars, with breadth of
As feet inches, and has displacement
OF 1880 tons and mean draught of 10
feet. She is expected to run II knots
an hour, developing 5,O00-horse power.
The President has suspended Judge
+. j. Dawne. of the District of Alaska
and appointed Lafayette Dawson of
Missouri in his place. Dawne's ap.
pointment in June last led to the wri.
ting of the letter to the President by
one of theme who had Endorsed him.
in which he was declared to be wholly
unit for the place, and great curiosity
was manifested to learn the name of the
Judge referred to. Dawne has recently
given the President an opportunity to
get rid of him BY committing a serious
offense in Oregon.
By the en.i of the year about 3,4OO
houses will be finished or under way in
New York city. the cost of which will
be nearly forty-six millions. In Brook
Ign there are about 1000 new struct-
ures, which will cost about twenty mil.
lions. 10 addition to these about l2.-
600 houses, valued at not far from
eighty millions, have been started during
the year in localities adjacent to New
York and Brooklyn. whose population
does business in these cities.
Joseph Jando of Bogeman, Montana,
placed his eleven year old daughter in a
house of prostitution. VigiIantes took
Jando and hanged him to a lamp. post
but his cries aroused the police, who
rescued him, and he is now in care of
the police.
A gale did considerable damage along
the lower Ohio River. The fiatboat J.
w. Bliss was capsized by waves at Nor. |
ris Landing. five milea helow M.t.o.r