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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27
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(RuoErrD DAILY BIT =. F. TLAss. sAHKrhl
san FRANCISCO. July z-l Pm.
Executes ef Maximiliau, aIiransa and
Metia-Fali Particulars

Exscution sf Maximiiiau, Miransa
Metia-FuIl Particulars
From . private letter received ysstsr-
day We translate the following:
At Q distance Of about 100 steps from
the place Of execution Asximilian LETT
his carriage, and went with . firm and
natural step to the point designed.
Miramon and Mejia approached IN the
same manner, though The latter with an
expression Of sadness on account OF DIS
wife, who had become q maniac.
Macmillan asked who were those
ordered TO shoot him, and handed an
ounce to each Of them. Being placed
between Miramon and Mejia no ON
braced them both and said to Miramon:
"a gallant man 10 respected BY bis
sovereigns, allow me TO yield to you the
place Of honor" he then made Mira
mon take tho place in the centre, and
thus addressed those present: "Mexi-
cansl the persons Of myclass and origin
are named BY God either to make their
people happy, or die % martyrs. Called
BY q part Of you, I came for the welfare
Of this country. It was not ambition
which made me come, but the sincere
desire to forward the prosperity OF my
adopted fathsrland, and that Of its val
liant sons, to ~whom-befors | die-l ex-
press my gratitude for all their sacri-
ices. Mexicansl may my blood DO the
last she'd BY you, and may it r%egenerats
mi. nnfortunate countrY.p
Having thus spoken, be inclined him
self and asked the blessing Of the priest.
He lifted his eyes to heaven, advanced
one step, and quietly awaited death, in
dieatiug his breast with bis hands.
Miramon drawing out . small paper,
and as IL ordering Q battle, he spoke
with . voice which touched the very
6bres Of the heart: "AeIicansl here
you see me condemned BY military law,
condemned to die ~ . traitor. In the
moments which are now mine, my life
belonging to the Supreme Being, pro-
claim before tho whole world that
never wat . traitor to my country. |
have defended my opinions, and finish
my days with the chief Of my party, but
my sons shall never be ashamed Of their
father. The spot Of treachery does not
adhere to me, nor shall 1t adhere to my
sons. Mexicans ! viva Mexico |! viva the
Emperor |" These two vivas were Civ
en- With . stsntorian voice; no stepped
back, again embraced Macmillan, and
awaited death like . hero.
Macmillan made over BY his testa-
men, the sum Of $40, 600, 900 to DO d.
yided between the families Of the Gene
raj and other persons. Before he died
he was informed that Carlotta had died,
which made him eIclaim: Given 10
this Heaven has favored me-" To the
family Of Miramon he left $50 900; and
desires Francis Joseph to educate as
his " sons those ons worthy Of q
hero, to the last his most faithful friend.
Il 10 said that the perussl Of hsximil-
iau's testament brings tears to ones
eyes.
Mejia, to whom Escobedo owes his
life, whom informed Of his death war
rant, sent for him, and told him: 81
recommend to you my only legitimate
son. This 10 all | have to say to you.
Amer having deprived him ofs father,
give him another in bis unhappy
country"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

To GET Queen vietoria's meals ready
fsr her requires one chief cook, three
oAsssr eooks,two ysomsn ofths kitchen,
t~o roasting cooks and four apprentices
There are also two larders and storsrs,
. st~orstsspsr, two grsen-ofics men,
three kitchen maids, and two men TO
supsriatsud steam apparatus. The SAL
cry Of the chief cook 10 about So, 500 .
Jsar, that Of the two master cooks q
half Of that sum. The salaries Of the
sthsrs vary from three dollars q week
70 $loSo . year. The chiefs Of the
Kitchen dine in state every day at three
o'clock, the chair being taken By her
Aajes'y's chief cook, or, in bis absence,
By Tie senior master cook.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27
LOCOMOTIVES PLEA.

Because George @. Gorhsm favored .
bill taxing tho entire property in Cali
foruia 81 1850, 900, to be collected
through . period Of twenty years, no 10
denounced as unit to be Governor;
though every cent of this tax was to be
applied directly in behalf Of greatly
needed railway improvsmsnts-ensuring
among other advantages, 9 railroad to
Placerville. Yet Bias bill, II enfored,
will impose more than the yearly re-
QUESTION for above, on Storey mines,
over and above the amount which was
paid under the law Of ls64-'65. Aud
there is nothing to show directly in
demand for such q tax, A. there was in
the California proposition.
We make . restatsment Of this mat
ter, for the purpose Of drawing attsn-
ton to . new dodge in the way Of solicit
ing an acquiescsnce in tho enormous
mine-tax.
Finding it impossible to combat the
figures We have presented in the prem
ises, some Of our mining mon are thus
approached: "You want . railroad from
| Virginia and Gold Hill to the Truckee?'
eyes" "well, from the sum gathered
in the State Treasury from this mine
tax, large appropriations may DO made
for building such = road" This appeal
has been we'll mot With the retort: II
the mining companies Of Storey county
desire TO aid in the construction of
railroad from Virginia to the Truckee,
they can and should do so directly; and
such 10 their intention. It would be
q nice programme to accumulate hun
dreds Of Thousands in the State Trea-
sury-taken from Storey county mines
alone; almost solely from that source
to be manipulated by q Legislature, in
appropriation bills, under 4 mere
understanding that the money
was to DO applied for u railroad.
Start on Railroad appropriations, and
Eastern Nevada and Southern Nsva-
d. will come in and say: 'Hsre, We
have as much right to have aid for rail-
road construction ~ Storey and washoe
counties" The mining Trustsssiu,eud
to contribute, and have actually 80 vot.
ed, to the building Of q railroad hence
to tho Truckes; tho obviously true mode
Of placing this money to the clear cred
it Of the great enterprise Of the day.
1t never was the policy Of any State
to tax the people, much less tax dis
criminatively against . leading interest
in . State, to accumulate q large sur
plus amount in the State Treasury.
Never before, in the early history Of a
State, has such . policy been attempt
ed. The real object Of the present at
tempt cannot long DO disguised, even
from the most unsophisticatsd.
q. G. Blasdel intends to be next Uni
ted States Senator. Shall Nevada
pay for such = purpose, q tax Of near or
quite halfa million, under . bill that
the Federal Constitution does not au-
thorize2
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

INDIANS At SwnsfwArlR.-Yestsrday
afternoon Len. Wines received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Robert MeComb,
dated Salt Lake, 23d instant: "a re-
port obtains credit that Green River
miners were attacked BY Indians ysstsr-
day, and ens mar supposed 10 be killed.
Several citizens returned from there Cd
yesterdays stage report the quartz
lodges excessively rich, but no reliable
placer diggings found."- Wedaaday's
r. r, Rspeine. ms
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

EsoAprD yaon JAIL.-Nsvsds, CAL,
July 35th.-John Brannon, under in
dieiment for the murder Of Hsauessy,
an The Pacific Railroad, escaped from
ths county Jail this afternoon while the
prisoners were st dinner. Brannon alp
ped away, unlocked the door By reach
ing through bars, and entered the bed
room, which 10 between the jail and the
'Sheriff'p ONCE. From tho room he
Jumped cut Of the window some fifteen
or twensy feet. Parties have gone in
pursuit. Of him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

TEE sherry wine merchants Of Csdis
have told our Consul that "ths stuff
sent to the Uni,sd States was not sherry
., all, but slops used to wash out the
tubs and for other dirty work ssou, the
s%tills." Who'll drink the next cobbler2
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

An expedition has len England for
Africa. in search Of DR.. Liringstoae.
Notwithstanding the many accounts Of
his dsath, tho British public refuse to
believe it, and this expedition has been
6ttsd out BY the government to make
search, and, il not to End him, at least
find his remains. The latest accounts
from Africa, it 10 said, have revived the
hops that be 10 aliYe.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

rsl Juarist General Corona 10 march
Ing .. the head Of 8 1000 troops to attack
The rosbsr and guerrilla chief Lossds,
n Fspie, where hs Is concentrating .
force squsl TO oOrona's for the over
throw OF the regular Government OF
eiusloa. Msximiliar, before his death,
By his will disposed Of $4,000 900
worth Of property. His remains were
smbalusd BY leave Of the Mexican au-
,hoI.iss before they were forwarded 10
vsn Cruz for delivery to the Aussrisns.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

4 VAC started the report that Presi.
asn, johnson aud Secretary Seward
we're going to the Paris Exhibition 10
In September. The N. 7. Herald pre-
sssdsd to believe Il, and sditorisliEsd
imam n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

HoRAcs HAWKS has been leeturing on
the Registry Law in San Jose, Gal.
"This reminds u.s." says the Butte Re
cord, "of . clerk We sues had in the
mailing department Of our Office, who
was obliged to travel in the mail bags
10 read the supsrscripsions no had
placed upon the papers"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

GovrRSoRs Osl, Patton and Sharksy,
Judges Fisher and Yergsr, Senator Al
corn, and other politicians Of Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia and South Care
lima, are reported to have undertaken
the organization of . new party, which
10 to &C, Independently Of Democrats
and Radicals.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

vALLAsDIazAx denies that his synps-
thiss were with the South during the
war. The denial viii DO recorded in
history to the credit Of the South. In
deed, II every oopperhead could con-
vince the world Of not having synpa-
shlzsd with the slivsholdsrs' rebellion,
che conspiracy might Al some futSas
time be regarded a. respectable. The
worst feature Of the rebellion was the
asartlessasss Of Coppsrhsad sympathy
loS II.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

4 CHICAGO eIsL, Of eighteen, beauti-
fol, Of good family, etc., has become
AscinAtsd with one Of Naguirs's Japan
csc jugglsrs. Tho Japanese rscipro-
cafes, and has written to the Tycoon
for permission to marry his lady love.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

TEE Sacramento Union Of yesterday
has . long communieation from . Meth
edist preacher in solano couasy, csnsur-
Ing Rev. u. O. Briggs for his political
eopras.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

PACIFIC Hygeian Homo Water Cure,
., Fountain Farm, near Oakland. R.
8. Macbeth, u. D. Office northeast cor
nsr Of Montgomery aud Sacramento
street, San Francisco.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

A LINZ Of steamers win b ssar.sd this
month 10 connect Savannah and Liver
pool. The people Of the South are quite
anxious to open direct trade with Europe.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

II Great Britain and Ireland the
Amount annually expended for ardent
spirits 10 $445 600, 900 in gold. oftbi,,
$2so, 900, 900 10 spSnt By the working
elAliss.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

M. AID Mas. HARRY JACKSON COM
Hsnes an engagement, At the Mssropoli-
tan Thsassr, San Francisco, on next
Monday evening.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

TAIlTY-YIvI THOUSAND SACKS Of wheat
we're received in San Francisco day be-
fore ysstsrday-ths heaviest Of 10Y day
during the present season.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

To DRAW for money or those not in
dsbted to you, 10 playing = dishonest
game Of draughtsi to leave your card
~ q substitute for your visits, 10 play
ing q dishonest game Of cards.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

C%euxrsaysrr one thalsr pieces, made
Of glass plated with silver, have sp-
psarsd Al Hamburg. They stand any
test but . heavy blow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

McCALLuN hds withdrawn from the
Boilers ticket, in California. He 10 to
stump the State, in company with Highly
and Senator Stewart.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

"Cor., Bridget, get up. Here tits
Monday morning. To-morrow's Tues
day, next days Wsdnesday-hsf the
week gene, aad nothing done yet"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

ALEXANDER q. STEPHENS, Of Georgia,
continues TO Do in very bad health. he
has lately written to . friend l am
very uawell ; hardly able TO be up"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

DUMAS .ad Menksn made such . noise
laughing aad talking while witnessing
the play together ct t6s French thsstsr
that they disturbed the performances.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

An Irishmsn BY wsy Of illustrating
the horrors Of solitary confinement,
stated that ont Of the one hundred per-
sons sentenced to endure this punish
msnt for life, only ffeen survived it.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

"WHsas Ii the sa.tf" inquired .
teacher efa small pupil. "whsrs the
morning comes FROM" was the prompt
AAd pleasant answer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

Nuxraous seizures Of whisky are re-
ported in C~ineianAti. Nothing i, said
Of the cases in which whisky ssiEss the
officials.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27
Births.

BIsAoP-At Single Springs July 18th. the
wife Of Cha. Bisho7. son.
oHAPIN-In Auburn, July 3tth, the wife Of
d.. 9. r. Chapin. . son.
RICH-In San Franeiseo, July 40. the wife Of
Q Rich, ason.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-27

Charges. q. San Francisco Rates.
,,,,., h. HARMS
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-30
The Presidents Duty.

The National MteNigence,' has n
long and ably written article on "The
Crisis" from which we extract the
following paragraph:
"What, then, is the Presidents
duty? He has solemnly sworn to
execute faithfully the Office of Presi-
dent of the United States, and to the
best of his ability preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution. There
are fourteen volumes of statutes of
the United States He is bound to
execute every one Of them when oc-
casion calls. But if enactments exist
which forbid him to execute their
provisions, by direction or by impli-
cation, it is impossible that they can
be laws, and if not laws, they cannot
repeal, modify, hinder, obstruct or
embarrass laws, much less constitu-
tiOns, State or Federal. If enact.
ments purporting to be in force in
the United States rs laws of the land.
yet which caunot be, because not
executable by the only executive
which can execute law, are put into
practical operation by persons pre-
tending to be their executives, and
the operations of those persons con-
travene or hinder in any degree other
laws really in force, nobody can pre-
tend to doubt what the case is, what
the Presidents duty is, and what are
the consequences of any hesitation
or faltering on his part. When such
a collision between tho laws and the
unwarranted authority of insurgents,
OF revolutionists, Tor, what are the
same things, executive officers, not
agents of the only executive,) ac
tually arises, be the abstract merits
of the controversy what they may,
and be the motives of the parties
good or evil, it is certain that public
order is brought to the fearful OK
tremity OF dependence for the time
on the courage, prudence and fidelity
of one man-the general Magistrate
of the Union"
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Registration in Atlanta.

Mr.. Swinton, correspondent of the
New York Times, gives graphic
picture of scene around the "regis-
tration board" in Atlanta. He says:
Meantime, however, the work of
registration is going on throughout
the whole State, and to-day I had an
opportunity of seeing the process in
practical operation at the Atlanta
Court House. The board is COM
posed of two white men and one
black, and during my stay I saw Sc
veral scores of both races made into
voters. After several white men had
been sworn Individually, batch of
seven blacks was called mp, and Pom
pey, Caesar and Crassus were made
citizens in the lump. 1t was curl
Gus spectacle, and one calculated to
stir many reflections. Standing in n
row, they listened very attentively to
the reading of the oath, some bend
ing forward and others with hand to
the ear, the better to catch each word.
The reader threw in for their benefit
O running eXgesis of the oath, caus-
ing them to guffaw by droll look
when he recited that part of it which
makes them swear that they had
never held Executive or judicial
Office in any State" while, when he
came to read the prohibition against
registering by those who had been
disfranchised for felony, and ex-
planned "felony'' by the gloss, "such
as cow-stealing," they were so struck
by the drollery of the Interpretation
that their bodies bent and swnyed in
uncomfortable merrim ent. Through
out all the recital, their countenances
showed desperate mental effort to
keep their "holt" of the meaning,
and during the reading of the main
body of the oath, the effort was mea-
surably successful; but when the re-
gistering officer came to where the
formula speaks of "an Act supple
mentary to an Act" the poor fellows
became perfectly fabbcrgasted; like
Twemlow, they found their intellects
giving way under the severe strain,
and they lapsed into mere outer
darkness and collapse. When after
wards talked with them, on the court
house steps, could not find one who
had the faintest idea of the meaning
or purpose of .hc thing, and the
brightest of them all only knew that
it was something-he knew not what
that was ode bes for de country"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-30

SELF-ACTING SwTTCH.-The Savan-
nah Ne,cS and Herald notices O. valua-
ble invention, of great Importance to
railroads, made by Mr.. J. P. White,
n mechanic of that city. It is self
acting railroad switch, of which that
paper says:
The invention, for which he has
secured patent, was conceived and
perfected by him while guarding a
railroad during the war. The main
feature of the switch is. that the en-
gineer has in his own hands the ma
chinery by which he can switch the
train from the main to the outside
track, while the train is in motion.
1t is adjusted by levers attached to
the locomotive, in front of the for
ward wheels, and so arranged as to
be easily managed while the cars are
in full motion. These levers, coming
in contact with others attachedto the
switch itself, produces the desired
change Immediately. Care, however,
must be taken that the lever opposite
the desired course is used. As soon
as the switch is moved from one side
to the other, it locks by means Of
levers, and remains so until another
change is effected.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-30
Letter from Colonel Ould.

A<SseOA AAOAA OOkOAkCk OaAas
The following letter has been pub
lished from Colonel Robert Ould,
late Confederate commissioner of
exchange of prisoners of war, to Hon.
Charles A. Eldridge, sustaining the
statement of the latter, lately made
in the House of Representatives,
controverted by General Butler, rela-
tive to the offer of the Confederates
to return sick and wounded Federal
soldiers without equivalent. The let
ter says:
I have seen your remarks as pub
lished. They are substantially cor
rect. Every word that I said to you
in Richmond is not only true, but
can be proved by Federal officers. I
did offer in August to deliver the
Federal sick and wounded, without
requiring equivalents, and urged the
necessity of haste in sending for
them, as the mortality was terrible.
I did offer to deliver from ten to
fifteen thousand at Savannah without
delay. Although this offer was made
in August, transportation was not
sent for them until December, and
during the interval the mortality was
perhaps at its greatest height. If 1
had not made the offer, why did the
Federal authorities send transporta-
ton to Savannah for ten or fifteen
thousand men? If made the offer,
based only on equivalents, why did
the same transportation carry down
for delivery only 5000 men?
Butler says the offer was made in
the fall, according to the newspaper
report,) and that 1000 We're de-
livered. The offer was made in Au-
gust, and they were sent for in
December. L then delivered more
than $4,000, and would have gone
to $4,000 if the Federal transpor-
alton had been sufficient. My in
structions to my agents were to de-
liver $4,000 sick and wounded, and
if that number of that class were not
on hand, to make up the number by
well men. The offer was made by
me in pursuance of instructions from
the Confederate Secretary of War. I
WIS reauJ TO keep UP the arrange
ment until every sick and wounded
man had been returned. The 5000
men sent to Savannah by the Federals
were in as wretched condition rs any
detachment of prisoners ever sent
from a Confederate prison. All these
things are susceptible of proof, and
[ am much mistaken if 1 cannot
prove them by Federal authori-
ty. l am quite sure that General
Milford will sustain every allega-
ton here made. General Buffers
correspondence is. all on one side,
as was instructed at the date of his
letters to hold no correspondence
with him. 1 corresponded with Null
ford or General Hitchcock. Yours
truly, r. GUILD.
81
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-30

THE CoLoRED POPULATION OF New
YoRK.-The number of co'ored peo
pie in New York city, which, seven
teen years ago, was 10000, is now
only 10000. Two papers are pub
lished by colored persons. One
claims to be professional poet, and
thirteen possess fortune above $40
900. There are seven colored schools,
and thirty-two mixed marriages, viz:
of white person with colored one
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-30
WHAT We MUST Do.-Pollard' 8

Southern Opinion says:
We tell the people of the South,
and especially of Virginia, that they
cannot help themselves by plunging
into fits of melancholy and despond-
ency. That pluck which hurls de-
fiance in the face of misfortune and
despair is what we now need, and
what will save us. 1t will not do to
listen to those whose acts and voices
proclaim belief that God and justice
have abandoned us forever. We are
unworthy of our ancestry-unworthy
of that grand old Anglo-Snxon blood,
whose laws, languages, customs and
traditions live imperishable in Eng
land to-day, despite the efforts of
William the Conqueror and his Nor
mans to crush them-we repeat, we
are unworthy of that sturdy island
race if we succumb in base and igno-
BILE weakness to the cohorts of mis-
fartune, though ten-fold greater than
they are.
The same sun shines over us now
that shed his rays upon our Joyous
land in the days of our prosperity.
Not star is missing from the glitter
ing dome of heaven. The bosom of
our beloved Virginia, although scar
red and rugged with the tracks of de-
solating war, is still as rich as ever
in all the elements of wealth and
greatness. The physical and material
world in which we move is unchanged.
The wheel of time still revolves-let
us wisely and prudently see to it that
we sink not so deep from apathy, in
difference and despair, that no future
revolution of the wheel shall bring
us up. Let our people keep their
heads and hearts in good repair. Let
not corroding cares and bitter memo
ries unman the people of the South,
or it will be said they deserved all
the calamities which developed them.