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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

JEFF. DAVIS PETTICCATs. - The New
York Tribune of November l2th says: Scv-
eral months after the close OF the war a III.
box was given 10 General Spinner, Treasurer
Of the United States. by Mr.. Stanton, then
Secretary of War, for safe keeping. The
box was said to contain about -30. 031 in
gold, ard M. SPINNER carefully locked it
away in the vault of the Treasury. To-day
the War Secretary detailed General Hardee,
OF his staff, to accompany the bank attorney
aad have the contents of the box examined.
They found that the rules Of the Treasury
Department required law officer Of the
United States TO be witness, and Assistant
District Attorney Wilson was sent for Cen
eral Spinner then summoned several Of his
cDnfden;ial clerks as additional witnesses,
end the whole patty, headed by the hopefu.
ard triumphant attorney, went to the vaults
Fae TX was brought out from daSty cor
1cr flr inspection. L. was locked and sealed.
ar re was no key. After some delay a
loco 18th was secured and the box was
n2tI., :, and found to contain an old calico
dress, nd a w0Haan's shawl and waterproof
cloak, labelled as follows: s. Taken from the
person of Jefferson Davis at the time Of his
capture by Colonel Pritchard OF the IS. A.
General Hariee at once departed for the
War Department. The Attorney has gone
20 New York. and General Spinner is still
laughing at the greatest joke Of the season.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

WHITE PINE.-We yesterday saw letter,
from Judge Walsh, who is now IN White
Pine, and who was one Of the very first to
discover the great value of the Comstock.
The Judge (who is evidently somewhat ex-
cited) says that the mines OF White Pine
beat all the silver discoveries ever before
made in the world, and that all the dscov-
cries heretofore made in Nevada are not a
drop in the bucket when compared win the
immense deposits developed in the White
Pine country. Like all the rest, however, he
thinks that country no place for poor man
this Winter. Next Spring he believes all
will have chance for making money.-Ea-
tsyprise.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

GENERAL kuPATR1cK's RFPLY TO FoK-
rEsT.-General Z. ". Whitaker of Hart
ford, writes the following letter to General
II. X. Shadk.ifarI, Of New Haven, in reply
TO Forests letter TO the latter, denying the
truth Of General hllpatricks's statements
in his speech at New Haven, and chaLleEg-
ing Fitzpatrick to mortal combat:
HARTFORD, October 30, 1858.
General II. x. SAdckc.fnrd, New Haven,
Connecticut-General: In IepIy to For
rests letter to You, an Authorized by Cen
eral Fitzpatrick to say that, since officers of
the United States Army. who were present
at the investigation of the Fort Pillow mas
sacre, the testimony of hundreds of Wit
nesses there taken. and the report Of the
Congressional CoplMiJtee which conducted
the invest CATION, have not only confirmed his
1 k:lpatrick'<l statements on that subject.
but have given additional and more shocking
details of Forests inhuman conduct at
Fort Pillow, General Fitzpatrick has moth
ing to communicate to either Forrest or
Basil Duke. except to reiterate his denun-
Citations of Forests unparalleled atrocities.
=, am IVORY respectfully. etc.
L. W. WHITAKER.
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NEW TODAY.
Delinquent Taxes.
AUDITORS OFFICE. ORMSBY COUNTY.
,

AUDITORS OFFICE. oRMSBY COUNTY,
II December, 1865.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Delinquent Tx List fJr th- year l,t.,'' If
This county has this day been delivered 10 I'll
District Attorney Of said county, . AMI that un-
less the delinquent taxes therein Specified are
paid 10 The Ire t>urer, eX-p1ie5o Tax Receiver.
within TWENTY DAYS from the publication Of
this notice, action viii he ,rsIlnenccd iy the p--
trct Attorney = the cclIectiun Of said taxes and
costs"
Persons DESTROYS Of king payment to the ex-
0ffico Tax Receiver within tie Specified twenty
days. must procure from tn office the certificates
required 10y law. SAM'L D. KING.
d-3-20d Auditor. Orm>ly County.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

THE PLANEToIDs.-On the first Cay Of the
| first year Of this century, the Italian astrono-
mer Piazzi discovered a little planet. the
first member of the extensive group Of plane
tods which, as subsequent research has
taught US. circulate between Mars and Jupi-
ter. 1t is worth noting that the hundredth
of these worlds has just lately been found,
and. connected with its discovery, there is a
curious circumstance 1t was independently
detected by three different observers. One,
Watson by name, at Ann Arbor, in Michi-
gan, United States. found it on July l !; an
other, Professor Peters, of Clinton, New
York. caught it on July IA; and, lastly, NJ.
Caegia. at Marseilles, picked it up on July
I6. The first named will. of course, be
credited with the find, but the others were
true discovererS. they knew nothing of
Mr.. Wa.son's detection Of the planet. III
the object were at all striking or attractive,
there would be nothing remarkable in three
people thus seeing il. But planet of its
size is as a grain of sand ON the seashore,
undistinguishable from the host OF minute
stars about it, except by very small motion
that it has, and the stars have no:.-O:lce a
Heck.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

GENERAL GRANT N new YoRK-N:t,l-
out any previous annouhcement GENERA
Grant and Ms. Grant Arrived In New ork
November -. en- route to Yves. Point. at
which the son of the PEeSiisEt elect IS 4
cadet. The General with his staff at once
repaired to the Metropolitan Hotel. The
Herald says a continuous stream OF visitors
poured in and ont of the hotel all the fore
noon. Among them all the General was the
most modest and unpretendinS. As the dav
wore On the excitement in the nelghhorhood
Of the Metropolitan increased and there was
perfect rush of visitors to the hotel. The
General received all very kindly and gave the
hriefest possible answers to the inevitable
questions put to him By the inevitable bores.
n answer to question put By one Of the
visitors, General Dent, speaking for General
Grant, said that the President elect would
Eot receive any public dem lnStration. Gen
eral Grant drove out with Robert Bonner in
the afternoon, and expressed anew his ad
miration OF the horse PocahontaS. In the
evening the General, accompanied by the
OF his staff. visited the Olympic.
Mrs. Grant accompanied A. I. Stewart to
Niblo's to witness Matilda Heron's repre-
of Camille. The General and Mrs.
Grant lett for West Point on the morning Of
the lIth.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

Courier and Journal says: AS a partisan we
have untiringly fired the heavies. guns in our
battery a. General Butter. When he scars
higher and demonstrates that his will is
equal to his capacity for good, our guns shall
ali be spiked, or turned upon those who may
alsaii his acts in our behalf
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

LOVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE hITCHEN.-
| was hearing plentiful gossip upon $ old .
Washington the other day, from an old lady
resident, when she alighted upon this lus-
trous anecdote Of romance, associated with
the official term of John Quincy Adams.
Mrs. Adams was naughty woman, and her
fayoIite nephew was one Ben Johnson Hell
len, a young law student or lawyer Ct pres
ence and parts. HELEN going often to the
White House, saw there domestic or SER
want of his aunt-a very beautiful Irish
girl. Mrs. Adams suspected nothing of his
susceptibility, till one Saturday night it
was reported to her that her nephew was es-
corting the beautiful - Bijdy " home from
church. She upbraided the girl severely,
WHO replied that she could not prevent
HELEN from following her in the street. The
younI man was declared from seeing the
girl for a good while, till one day she disap-
peared. HELEN had married her She has
lived in retirement III this city fer many
Years. and her children rank among the
most excellent and reputable citizens here.
OF these there were half a dozen dis in
gui>lsd for their appearance and character.
{ lifton HELEN, ond Of them. was for good
while law partner ofGeneral Thomas Ewing. /
One of the girls married attorney FAINT, of
Richmond. The father is dead. Ii living, /
he wouls be a septuagenarian. l give this |
iece of kitchen Cabinet history, and be-
lueath it to that promising jenkins who !
shall swoop upon the old clothes Of antiqui-
y some day, and trace the holders thereof
Town to their button-makers. Mrs HELEN
5 still living in this city. stones throw
rom the General Post Office, and ner chill
lren were staunch and splendid Unionists
Turing the war, worthy TO rank with the
legitimate Adams family. Mrs. Adams
lever forgave her nephew for loving her
lousekeeper, and the event cast a shadow
lpon that administration. But who is the
worst at this distance-rather. who is not
etter that all this occurred Cor. st.
-0uiS Democrat.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03
ALASKA.
OWED " FOR THE "a MILLION.

"owED FOR THE ~ MILLION.
Ny country It's of thee.
just purchased from Rooshie
OF thee l speak !!
Land where my fathers caught
Whales who ever taught
You-who ever taught
Freedom to shrek.
How" dear" art thou to me,
OF Columbus eagle
Last new tail feather
" Dear art thou at any price,
But now it seems so very nice
To have SO dear a thing On ice "
In the hot weather.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03
0RMsBY COUNTY STATISTICS.

If the several County Assessors of the
various counties in this State, in max
ing their report to the Surveyor General
woald apply to their work the perseve-
rance and ability shown by Assessor
Chedic, the Surveyor Generals report
would embody the most valuable and in
teresting statistics in relation to the
resources of Nevada ever before printed:
and the deplorable lack of suitable and
definite information, to send abroad,
mentioned in an article in the APPEAL of
! yesterday morning, would 70 longer be
felt. The rapid settlement and increase
of wealth in some of the Northwestern
States has been due in a great measure
to the diffusion abroad of correct infor-
nation as to their resources. In aid of
this work the Legislatures of those
States created, ana filled with compe- |
tent persons, the Office of Commissioner
Of Statistics, whose daty it was to at
tend to that matter. Properly supported |
by county officials the Surveyor General
Of this State will have it in his power
to supply the needed information of the
resources of Nevada, and we trust the
several counties will be as ably repre-
scented in his forthcoming report as the
county Of Ormsty bios fair to be.
From the report before US we learn
that the area Of Ornsby county is as
Acres. t
Areuitural land ............... 5000
Timber land. 10000 f
Sage plains and barren mountain |
land unit for cultivation. 10000 e
Total land surIace.... $4,000 V
Water surface being part Of G
Lake Iah0e1. 10000 :
Total area OF County....... 10000 c
OF agriculture the report says farming "
operations in the county for the past I
scar have been attended with marked .
success. Il has been found that much Up
If the land heretofore deemed worthless ~
IT agricultural purposes. with proper II
illage will yield a fair return for tte ~
ahor and money ezPeLded. Tie aver {
ge value Of produce Of land sowed q
7ith grain has been sixty dollars per L
m | 1T
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Total value Of pro-
perty in county
Sl.9t4.670 90

The Assessor concludes his report by
calling attention to the fact that only a
portion Of the lines of the county have
been surveyed and permanently es'ab
lished by proper marks, and the confa-
sion occasioned thereby-a matter
which should be speedily remedied.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

Isle LESTER captured good looking
comediene at Salt Lake and passed through
Reno a few days since on the way to Cali
fornia.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

A pretty sharp shock of earthquake was
felt at ten minutes to O'Clock, last Tuesday
morning, at Santa CRUZ.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

IOtaI vaIue.. SlU6 300
The fire wood embraced in The above
table is only that which has been as
5essed. The total aInoun: Of cord wood
produced in the county is not less than
fly thousand cords
STATISTICS OF STOCK.
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Total value Of I'M
assessable Por'y.
Add to this the val
ne of the property
taxed.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-03

| ARCTIC DIsCovERY.-Dr. Isaac |. HAYES,
the renowned Arctic explorer, recently de-
livered lecture in New York. In the cours e
of his lecture he said water did not freeze
except where sheltered by the land, as it was
a restless object. Firmly frozen bodies Of
water of any considerable extent were nc t
known. Battin's Bay and Hudson Bay were
never sealed, and in passing the Winter of
iS606l on the margin of the most northerly
portion of Batfin's Bay, with the temperature
at forty degrees below zero, he, with his
party, was always within sound Of the beat
ing surf In concluding, while stating that
he did not appear as the advocate of cause
or to prove theory, he EXPIRE ssed the ut
most confidence in being able with a steamer
to reach the open Polar Sea, and was willing
again to attempt it in the interest of science
and for the honor of the nation.
THE Rockford (Ill) Chief inserts in its
issue of November 9TH a representation of
large monument, on which is inscribed:
Died, on Tuesday, the Sd Of November, 4. |
d. 1850, Of hard drink, disloyalty and chronic !
usSedness, Democracy, aged about forty |
hree years. In youth it firm and loyal:
n its latter days it corrupt, sti.t-necked |
md rebellious. \. h. X.
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EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Estimated Value.)

| Estimated Value.J
q S. Branch Mint
| located in Carson
| City, and yet un-
! fnished-cost to
| present time..... Sl7S,OOO 90
Nevada State Prison $4,000 90
| Ormsby Co. bulldogs $4,000 90
Methodist E. Church 10000 90
Presbyterian Church 1900 90
Episcopal Church.. $500 90
Catholic Church,. l,500 90
Public School Pro'y 5000 90
Property of widows
and orphans..... 5000 90
Apparatus belonging
to Fire Companies $500 90
Properly of the Ma
sonic Fraternity. 5000 90
Property of the l.
90. F.......... 5000 90
Property Of the l.
0. of G. T...... 500 90
Total value Of I'M
assessable Por'y. s 354, 800 90
Add to this the val
ne Of the property
taxed. l,59O,l70 90
Total yaI,,a &
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FEN EST kS.s3 'TgEyE-
OF
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EY TELEGREp n.

From the Gold Hill News of last evening.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1868-05-14

. '7-7-' ' -I7'7-F 1I-7TI- 7'17T|- .
 .ba1o3- aaod 3ass { 5 al z&oI p5/ at.s5 ,
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-05-14


 The reports of the Superintendent and Trustees of the State Reform School show that this institution has been especially well managed the past year. The whole number of boys in the school is two hun dred and sixty-four, or the same as last year, the number received and discharged being equal. There has been no death in the school during the last two years, and but very little sickness, which shows it's location to be Q healthy one, and it's sana- tory management not only good, but ex- cellent. The earnings of the boys during the year have been about twelve thousand dollars, and the Superintendent speaks highly of their general demeanor and con- duct.i The school has been in operation long enough to thoroughly test its practical workings, and enable just estimate to be made of the good it has accomplished. The Trustees will ask for an additional appro priation to carry out the original design oi the buildings, and meet the growing wants of the institution. It is question, in m, mind, whether an appropriation to this enc should be granted The real estate con nected with the school has become so grea
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-05-14
RECAPITULATION,

10, OU,O4I Total vote, 99,325. English's majority over Jewell, 1,764; English's majority over all, l,757.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-05-14
EXTRACT FROM THE GOVERNORS
 MESSAGE. -..

We omit that portion of the Governors s message upon federal relations. It is evi- dently a bid for the support of the extreme copperheads in the contest for the Presi- dential nomination at the coming Demo cratic Convention. We give the remainder of the message in full:-,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-04-03
Female Lobbyists in Washington.

From Washington Letter -,
When lovely woman stoops to lobby
what should be done with her? Really, |
don know, Unless to make it one of the
conditions of granting her request that she
will wear an unbeconing bonnet the rest of
her life. The pressure which is brought to
bear beneath delcately gloved hands is
really amazing hydraulic. force is scarcely
a circumstance III comparison. There Is a
power behind the throne which only the
throne car realize, and the number of shorn
SamsonS is truly marvelouS-more than
one stalwart member of our Congress is
bound by seven green wlthes-seventy
times seven, in fact Office er honors for
themselves, their relatives or their friends,
is what these ladies ask, and, if they have
beauty AMI brass, they seldom ask in vain.
A woman interprcts man $ no by
her own construction of the monosyllable,
and falls back on the parable of the unjust
judge and the fair petitioner for an assur-
ance that she shall win after much weary
ing. But as Heaven generally sends al
monds to those who have no teeth, and
rains figs into baskets already full, so it
happens that the woman who really needs
Is sent away empty handed. A case was
told me OF one who came last spring to OBJ
tain, if possible, some place IN the Treasu-
ry. Her husband had been in the army,
and vas so reduced By hardships encoun-
tered in Libby Prison as to be incapable of
leaving his ted. Her only brother was
killed in one OF the battles OF the Wilder
ness She was left with sick husband
and three children to support. Little by
little she bad parted with her few valua-
bles for the support of her family, until
she finally was compelled to pawn her hus~
band sword.
Without friends and without money, it
was impossible for her TO obtain hearing,
and certainly she must have thought, all
things cons. dered, it was pretty hard. For
tunately, h?r story came to the ears OF a
kind hearted and influential gentleman,
who at once took her to the office of the
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury and
demanded, rather than asked a place for
her. One was made, but it came too late.
The husband died soon after, and the mis-
cry and humiliation she had undergone so
wore upon the wife that she sickened AID
died during the summer. What became
of the children [ do not know but in the
right order of Providence they too should
have died, for such egacles are expensive
to the country Retrenchment is the nat
ural consequence of the intrenchlng done
during the war; but it should not be forgot
ten that a great many husbands and IA
theirs sleep in the trenches, and that gov
eminent patronage could not be better be-
slowed than upon their widows and or
phans.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-04-03

WINTER IN SPrTZBERGEN-No descrip-
ton can give an idea of the intense rigor
of the six months winter in Spitzbergen
Stones crack with the noise of thunder in
a crowded hut the breath of the occupants
will fall in fakes of snow wine and spirits
turn 10 ice the snow burns like caustic if
iron touches the skin it brings the flesh
away with it; the soles of your stockings
may be burned off your feet before you
feel tn, slightest warmth from the fire ;
linen taken out of boiling water instantly
stiffens to the consistency of wooden
board and heated stones will not prevent
the sheets of the led from freezing. If
these are the effects of the climate within
an air tight, fire warmed, crowded hut,
what must they be among the dark, storm
lashed mountain peaks outside?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-04-03
Italy.

Reports from all parts of Italy leave no
doubt that the country is in great danger
Of the outbreak Of civil war. The expelled
Princes, and in particular the ex King of
Naples, haye,ot late been very active in
preparing ipsurrections in favor of their
restoration. The ex King of Naples has
even re-appointed his entire Cabinet Car
dinal Antonelli, ordinarily noted for his re
serve, has been heard to express his con
viction that Napoleon has lost all sympa-
thy with Italian unity; that there will
soon be war between ItaIy and France,
and that this war will result in the re estab-
lishment of tie expelled Princes, and the
union of the several Italian States into an
Italian Confederation The adhercnts of
these reactionary schemes have been great
ly encouraged by the indecision Of the Ital-
ian Government and by the general de-
spondency of nearly all of the Italian Par
lament We do not share the expecta
tons entertained with regard to this sub
ject; but that there is great danger Of a
civil war seems to be certain
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-04-03
The Use Of Flowers.

The time has gone by-if it ever existed
when a man was esteemed less ''sensl>
ble' or practical because he appreciated
the beauty of flowers, and loved to have
them around him. Each year we are learn
Ing more and more of the loneliness, and
sDwlng the evidence of d better educated
taste IN the more extended use we make OF
boquets and garlands. Says writer in
Harper's Weekly:
There has been of late years marked
increase in the use of flowers for social pur,
poses. Evary dinner party or dancing pats
ty must now be graced with these stars of
the earth. At large assemblies there is
always a lavish display of flowers, as if it
were designed to intoxIcate the guests with
the delicious odors OF innumerable blos>
sons. If we visit lady, flowers must pres
ce lie our coming; if we drive out with her,
the odor of flowers must sweeten the pleas
ure. Superb presentation baskets and boz
qucts are now seen In almost every parlor,
and are the horticultural compliments Of
gentlemen to ladies' The favorite flowers
are the camela, japonioa, the sweet Meas
polltan violet, and the white and tea rose
Although a large capital is employed in
producing these, The supply always is une
quail to the demand, and they bring high,
even extravaganza, prices on great occasions.
Flowers are, Of course, extensively used at
weddings but according to the florists they
are employed more literally at funerals.
Five hundred dollars are not unfrequently
expended in crosses and wreaths for these
solemn occasions As weddings and tuners
ais require white flowers only, they cause
these to be more rare, and OF higher, price
than colered ones. Some of our churches,
of late years, have employed flowers exten
sively on occasions Of religious festivals.