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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
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The human stomach is surely q mar
velous contriyance, or 1t could never
assimulate tho incongruovs mess that
is put into II ut q luxurious modern
dinner. Soup, fish, flesh, oil, vinegar,
wines, pastry, ices, confectionery, fruits
and numberless minor ingredients of
conflicting chemical qualities are among
the materials thrown in" Stir these
things together in n vessel, and which
of us would not sicken nt'their appear
ancc and odor2 Yet at a dinner party
they are all crammed into the stomach,
there to ferment and generate pernicious
gases. Truly, man is " fearfully and
wonderfully made" No other creature
could exist on such diet. It would kill
q gorilla in n month. It does kill,
though more slowly, thousands Of that
high. and mighty variety Of the human
race, commonly called gentlemen.
Universal temperance in eating and
drinking would quadruple the general
health and add years to the average
life Of the race.
Exercise is as essential to health as
temperance. In fact, Incorporate eaters
and drinkers sometimes stave off disease
for many years by using their muscles
manfully. As = rule, however, your
gormandizers and guzzlers are indolent.
There Is n story In tho Arabian Nights
Of q physician who cured q sultan Of
plethora by introducing certain medical
ments into q mallet, with which the
patient hammered every day until he
fell into a profuso Precipitation, when
the virtues Of the panacea in the mallet
passed through the fbres Of the wood
into his pores. This is merely On alle-
gorical way Of enforcing the great les
son that bodily exertion is beneficial to
health-that exercise is excellentphysic.
Everybody who knows anything about
the mechanism of the human frame,
sees, of course, that 1t was made to
work, and we may add that if it docs
not fulfill the conditions Of its structure
it is sure to corrodc and drop 10 pieces
p~rematurely.
Exercise aud temperance ore Gods
medicines, and they have this great ad-
vantage over all others, that while they
promote health and long life they secure
for all who put trust in them the means
of independence.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
A MINI Attempts to How His Brains Out
with a Pistot-Tho Hull Ftnttens against
His Forehead.

Tho following circumstance occurred
;. Ch;..ro of coursc.
90
hrastus' Deneets', ~. h"o,h.-
years oil age sesiTcs Win 49,,
Alden, al no s44 meS' "a S.r;nG
I9ey arc III gas! s"n ~ N" aa",h -
a'ierge iortuhe lel' lnenh 9u ~ ,ha
their parents, wno were ~
steamer are''c some 'outsee" ~ "So
As they had no one 70 wI,eu over a
guide them, they naturally frn, u
paths OF dissipation, espeelal'y hr Wvt.
who became a heavy utl"ker' Mn'le
under the effects Of Lquoi ae oeeomes
entirely insane ana soue''m.s n.ue |"
strong desire 10 pun an euu W us Ai
ence. While IN tue army ne oeealne q
confirmed drinker; out nna'iy, seeins
its effect upon him, no 'tor \ time re-
formed.
One Friday evening" however, hraStus
determined on a spree, and auen' VINO
is the younger OF the two' lett h,m q
went home. Erastus kept up ms ca
rOuSalS all night, anu ou BV'hS w MO
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27

TREASURE AND TRApE.-The exports
Of treasure from New York this year
since January LIST reach Sill ,6sl ,2s7-
the largest amount ever exported In the
same time, and $1,000, 900 more than
for the corresponding period last year.
The rates OF exchange have ruled uni
formly higher for tho past year than
almost ever before for so long q period.
Heretofore, it has generally been the
case that the cotton bills came so freely
upon the market in the Winter months
that the prices usually fall at that sea-
son below the specie shipping point.
This year, that has not been the case.
The importations have indeed declined,
and therefore the demand for bills has
been less, but. both cotton and grain
have furnished far less than their usual
supply, while the disturbed state of po-
litical affairs, together with the position
assumed by the leaders in the House OF
Representatives in relation to paying
the debt in ~greenbacks, has prevented
any excess Of bonds being sent to Eu-
rope, il it. has not caused a positive
drain Of coin to pay for bonds in addi-
ton to the large amount Of interest
over 80, 900, 900 per annum-due abroad.
The unfortunate state Of manufacturing
industry, oppressed by: burdensome
taxes, has lessencd the supply Of home
merchandise, while the abundance OF
paper money has promoted the quantity
Of goods which have been consumed OF
foreign make, and are paid for in gold.
The approach Of the Presidential cleo
ton may be marked by disturbing
causes that may produce a serious in
iuence upon tho value Of paper money.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27

MINES AND SrocK.-The Stock market
was gen orally strong this morning at
the open Board, with q continued dis
position to buy. Tho Hale L Norcross
have given notice Of an increase Of cap
ital from 81, 200, 900 to $1,000, 900, to
be represented BY 5000 shares Of 5000
each, instead Of as at present 800 shares
ofSl, 500 each. Tho advices from Over
man arc to the effect that there is no
change in the appearance Of ore in tho
several leads. The Imperial sent down
So, 657, the proceeds of seven days work
of the Rock Point Mill. The shaft was
in nine feet on the 10th, and the third
set of timbers put in. Tho success Of
the Grown Point in striking ore ut the
depth Of $50 feet with that Of the Saw
nge at the Same depth at the other end
of the lode, have given great confidence
to tho public, and has impaired immense
Importance to the new drift Of the Im-
perial ut 900 feet. Two drifts will d.
verge from the shaft, one for the Imperial
and oncfor the Empire, and that ore
will BIZ reached seems to be we'll as
sured. The surrounding mines are all
ready to avail Of any discoveries that
the two drifts may make, each to put its
hand on the ore at little expense.-S: +.
Alta, 25th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27

CASE.
Forgery By MISUNDERSTANDING Develop
mont1.
From tho s. F. Alta, March. 25th.l

From tho s. r. Alta, March, 25th.l
Some days since the case of s. r.
Nichols, q young man whose father is
reckoned among the most substantial of
the solid men Of Boston, was mentioned
in the Alta. Hc has been for some little
time in San Francisco, following various
occupations and exhibiting not y little
business ability. Some weeks since it
was discovered that the names of y.a-
rious business men in San Francisco
had been forged, and paper purporting.
to be made by them, negotiated on the
street. Some of this paper wa. traced
to Nichols, and it became evident that
he knew who made it but, out of con-,
sideration for his father, the parties
whose names had been forged not only
declined to prosecute, but actually went
to the banks and took up the notes, MS
if thoy had been genuine, in order to
screen him. Nichols, after being ar
rested, intimated that there were others
In tho business with him, and among
them a young man who once figured
largely in San Francisco as u stock OPP
orator, Of the most reckless and unscru-
pulous character. This party, it is be-
loved, escaped from tho State a week
or two since. After his arrest for for
gerry, tho names of tho parties already
mentioned in the Alta having refused to
prosecute him, anu Detective Officer
Watkin, who, with Captain Lees, had
been working up the case, was compelled
to make n complaint and have subpcnas
served TO compel the witness to produce
the forged paper in Court. 1t now be-
came tolerably evident that there were
several parties in San Francisco inter
ested, through sympathy for the young
man, family, in having the prosecution
qunshed. On Monday evening O man
called on Chief Crowley and offered to
furnish funds to take up all the forged
paper known to be still out aQd unpaid,
about 81, 900 all told, and then to de-
stroy il, in order TINT there should DO
no evidence to convict him. To this
proposition the Chief replied that such
a course would lay the party liable to
arrest on tho charge Of compromising n
felony, and he had better be very care
full about attempting any such opera
ton.
Yesterday q partial examination was
had in the case, and the evidence against
Nichols was very strong, though unwil-
lingly given. Meantime the detectives
have been constantly at work, and their
Investigations led them TO tho couclu-
| sion that from half n dozen to n dozen
persons were criminnlly interested in
the affair. One of the witnesses in the
case, Samuel v. Bixby, a we'll known
note and money broker, was arrested on
the charge of forgery, by Capt. Lees
and Wntkin, the witness being G. H.
Webster. and last evening the charge
was entered upon the books at the cal
aboose. The precise nature Of the evil
dcnco against Bixby, il there is any,
has not tr~anspircd, and other circum-
stances connected with the case we do
not feel at liberty to dirulge at present.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
Tho NItro-Glycerlne Anair-What tho Po-
lice Sny.

Tho Sitro-Gi'cssins 1a'r-"h 'n' fo-
The Police authorities Of this city give
the following account Of the circumstan-
ces connected with the purchase on u
forged order, by persons unknown, Of
hundred and sixty-fvc pounds Of
nitro-glycerine, the announcement Of
which caused such q sensation in Con-
gress. last Thursday:
On the 18th of February two strangers
called on Col. Shsffucr, one Of the OIL
GERS Of the United States Blasting Oil
Company, and said they wanted to pur-
chase three hundred pounds Of nitro
glycerine. Col. Shaffner asked them
for reference, and also the purpose for
which they required the oil. The men
said their money was their recommends
alton, and refused to make any explana-
ton. Their application was refused.
The next day another man called, and
said he wanted to buy thrco hundred
pounds of glyceriue. He was also asked
for reference and what ho wanted it for.
He said it was intended for testing can
non, but would not give references. His
application was likewise refused.
Col. Shalrner supposed that these men
were in the interest Of the Fenians, and
that they wished to repeat tho Clerken-
we'll Prison outrage. On the 18th inst.
the Company received what %purported
to be an order from q regular and re-
sponsible CUSTOM or for one hundred and
sixty-six pounds Of the oil, and on the
l4th inst. the order was filed On the
18th the fact was discovered that the
order was a forgery. Tho officers Of the
Company spent four or Eve days in try
ing to ind the thieves. Col. Shaifner
then called upon Superintendent kenne.
dy to secure the aid Of tho police in
tracing the property after it had been
sold by tho Company. Col. Shnfner
told Mr.. Kennedy that he supposed the
oil had been secured for the Fonians,
when the Superintendent suggested that
it might be intended to use it nearer
home. Acting upon this superstition,
and in order ito use all possible means
to recover tho property, Mr.. Kennedy
sent letters to SecretaryS Stanton the
Superintendent of Police ut Washing
ton, explaining the circumstances, so
that precautions might be taken to pre-
vent the use Of tho oil in that city in
case II had been sent there. Mr.. Ken
nedy did not suppose the contents Of his
letter would be made public, as this
course is not usually pursued in police
matters. Thus far the police have not
found the carman who carried the. nitro
glycerinc, and it Is impossible to form
any opinion as to the direction 1t was
sent.-N. Y. Times, FEB. 24m.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
Excitins Rscapade-UnpIeasant Prank.
OF n Crazy Negro In Mobile-Ho KNOCKS

Excitins Rscapnde-UnpIeasant Prank.
Down a Dozen Policemen.
From the Mobile Register.l
Yesterday evening about 4 O'CLOCK,
much excitement was created in the
vicinity of the Jail by the escape of q
negro prisoner named Henry Jones, and
his pursuit blythe police, who discharged
several pistol shots at him. The cir
cums.auces of the case are as follows /:
Sunday Inst, Henry Jones, q large and
powerful negro, was brougtH TO the
guard.house, charged with larceny. He
was conducted to n cell, and upon ar
irving at tho door became very turbu-
lent, and refused to enter. Force was
used, whereupon the negro resisted and
fought the police, knocking dowp and
disabling three of them. During the
melee he received q severe blow on the
head, and was finally secured.
The next day he was brought before
.,hc Mayor, found guilty of larceny, and
sentenced to thirty days imprisonment.
lie was demanded to jail, and amused
himself during that night by tearing up
the flooring Of his cell. In the morning
his cell was opened for the purpose OF
taking him out, and, as tho officers en-
tered the negro made a furious assault
upon Thorn with a heavy piece Of plank
| which he had torn up. With it he felled
four policemen, aud broke the left hand
| Of ono of them-oficer Wallace. After
much difficulty he was oyerpowered,
taken into the yard and chained hand
and foot TO a tree. He then for the frs,
time gave unmistaknble signs Of mad.
ness, aud rSved like q maniac.
He managed, while chained, to obtain
an iron poker which was lying within
reach, and hurled it with great force nj
officer Lawrence, striking him in the
breast with such force al to knock him
down. After this he became somewhn,
quiet, aud wal recommitted to q cell.
Yesterday evening, about four o'clock,
n great noise proceeding from his cell,
the door was opened for the purpose Of
taking him out, when he Immediately
rushed past the police like an infuriated
demon, and succeeded in reaching the
street. He ran up st. Emanuel street
around Bienville square, holly pursued
by the police. :,
Finding himself hard pressed he made
q stand in front Of tho house of Engine
No. 5, and turned upon his pursuers,
hurling bricks and oyster shells at then
with great rapidity and force, seriously
injuring six policemen. The police were
here in a q~uandary, not wishing to shoe
the negro, and not daring to trust them
selves within his roach. Several shot!
we're, however, fred over his head, for
the purpose of intimidating him, but te
no purpose, as his glazing eyes anC
threatening manner showed.
Finally two policemen fred at him
one shot taking effect aud bringing hin
down. He was taken to the guard
house, completely famed. An cIamina
tioh Of the wound was had, and it wa
found that the ball had entered under
the right armpit and ranged upward, in
ficting a severe though not dangerous
wound.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27

ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY RoBBERy.-James
Wilson, alias Connolly, was arrested
Just before daylight this morning. on
the charge of attempted highway rob-
berry, by officers Beatty and Rand. 1t
is alleged that the defendant was caught
in the act Of attempting to so through
Abraham Ferry, an old man who resides
in the western part Of the city. The at
tempt at robbery was made at the corner
of Eeavenworth and Broadway streets.
Wilson had light slippers on his feet at
the time, and was evidently prepared
for travelling rapidly and with little
noise. Officer Beatty had been watch
ing him for some time, suspecting. that
he was up to some mischief, and ran TO
the old mans assistance just at the
right time, when the would-be garrotter
had fastend on his victim. On seeing
the officer, Wilson broke and ran, jump
ing into a vacant lot, but a shot from
the officers revolver brought him to n
stand, though. it did not strike him.
Wilson has been ''over the bay once
or twice already, and has a fair pros
pect before him Of doing the State addi-
tional service. He vas examined yes
,erday in the Police Court, and sent to
the County Court for tfial, his bail be-
ing fixed at So, 0O0.-S. r. Aha, 25th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27

TELE0RApH CoNPASY LIABLE FOR ER-
RoR.-PHnADELPHIA, February 18TH
Judge Read to-day gave Judgment
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company for damages because Of loss
by error in q dispatch. Messrs. Kohn
& Menks; a firm doing business in this
city, some time ago sued the Western
Union telegraph Company, alleging in
their complaint that they sent a tele-
graphic dispatch by defendants to per-
sons in Detroit, asking whether a certain
firm there was good fora note Of 81 900,
to which the reply, not good for any
amount" was dispatched, but the de-
PENDANT delivered tho reply, making it
~ note good for any amount" where
upon the plaintiffs sold to persons who
were moi responsible, and lost the value
of their goods, The defense offered
certain testimony Of the effect some
times produced by changes Of the at
mosphere upon dispatches, and the jury
rendered q verdict for plaintiffs for
S977 40, subject to the opinion Of the
Court on certain reserved questions Of
law,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
CARPRNTKR Rvs BALLET:
.onadenco silver Mining Compu

Conadence silver Mining CsmPn-
ny, Gold Hill. Storey county, State Of Nevada
Notice ~ hereby given, that at = meeting Of the
Board Of Trustees Of said Company, held on the
twenty. Afth day Of March, 1868, an Hssetsment
No. 8, OF Tea Dollars pcr share WIS levied upon
the capital stock Of said Company, payable the
twenty.sixth'da lay Of March, 1863, In United States
gold coin. to the Secretary, R wessner, IA Call.
fornis street, San Francisco, California. Any
stock upon which said assessment shall remain
unpaid on tho TnlRTIETH DAY OF APRIL,
1868, shall DO deemed delinquent, aud Will DO
duly advertised for sale at public auction, and
unless pay msnt shall be made before. will DO
sold on WEDNESDAY. THE TWENTIETH
DAY OF May 1865. TO pay the delinquent a..
sessment, together With costs Of advertising and
expenses Of sale. BY order Of The Board OF
TruItecs. r. wEGESER Secretary.
Onice; IA California street, San Frnnclseo.
California. mh5'-td
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
A WRITER in a leading magazine hs

A WRITER in a leading magazine has
an interesting article upon study. He
regards study as healthful, and says
that "real study conduces to peace of
mind and body. Many girls, and boys,
too, are incapable Of it. | have heard
parents lament the effects Of hard study
on their children, when these childen
never knew an hour Of hard study, and
never could Compass it if their life de-
pended on it. What they suffer from is
inability to study, not study. Parents,
ignorance, vice, weakness or misman-
agemeut has given them bodies and
souls alike, nerveless and flaecid. They
can 20 to parties, follow the fashions,
lounge owe books, perhaps pore and
worry over them but they arc utterly
incapable Of CONCENTRATION, energy,
struggle, victory. Their minds are in
sane and their bodies dropping. Others
have fine physical powers in which their
puuy souls are well-nigh lost. Others
have strong souls, but chained to a body
of death. BY all means let such chill
dren quietly fall out of the ranks"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-27
rnR SUMMONS TO THE PRESIDENT.

The following is q copy of the sum
mons prepared and served upon Andrew
Johnson by the Senate in the case of
impeachment
The United States Of America, IS:
The Senate of the United States to
Andrew johnson, President Of the
United States, greeting: Whereas, The
House of Representatives Of the United
States of America.did, the fourth day Of
March, exhibit to the Senate articles Of
impeachment against you, the said An
drew johnson, in the words following :
Here follows the artielcs) and demand
that YOU, the said Andrew Johnson,
should be put to answer the accusation
as set forth in SAID articles, and that
such proceedings, examinations, trials
and judgments might be thereupon md
as are agreeable to law and justice.
You, the said Andrew johnson, are
therefore hereby summoned to be and
appear before the Senate Of the United
States of America, at their Chamber in
the City Of Washington, on tho thir-
seenth day Of March, at one o'clock,
afternoon, then and there to answer
to the said articles Of impeach-
ment, and then aud there to abide by,
obey and perform such orders, direc-
tions and judgments as the Senate q
the United States shall make in the
promises according to the Constitution
| and laws of tho United States Hereof
YOU are not to fail. Witness the Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of tho
United States, and presiding officer Of
said Senate, at the city Of Washington,
this sixth day of March, in the year oil
our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, and of tho independence Of the
United States tho ninety-irst.
The following Is tho endorsement on
tho summons:
The United States Of America, 81:
Tho Senate Of the United States to
George P. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms,
greeting: You are hereby commanded
to deliver to, and leave with Andrew
johnson, President Of tho United States,
il conveniently to be found, or if not,
to leave it at his usual place ofabode or
at his usual place oil business, IN some
conspicuous placon true and attestod
copy Of the within writ Of summons,
together with a like copy Of this pre-
ccpt, and in Whatsoever way you per-
form the service, let it be done Mt least
\ four days before the appearance day
mentioned in the said writ Of summons.
Fail not, and make return to this writ o
summons and precept, with your pro-
ceedings thereon endorsed, on or before
the appearance day mentioned in the
said writ of summons. Witness the
Chief Justice of tho Supreme Court o
the United States, and presiding officer
Of the Senate, at the city Of Washing
ton, this sixth day Of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-eight, and of the indie
peudence Of tho United States the
ninety-6rst.