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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
A Missouri Paper on Blair.
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A FALLEN STAR.
The Democrats seem to have become
disguised with their nomination for
President, and satisfied that the game
was lost, for nobody wanted to be Vice
President but General Blair, aud the
whole convention was willing to let
the tail 60 with the hide" 1t must be
confessed that they could not have done
a better thing-for the Radicals. If we
cannot beat Blair, the revolutionist,
with his proposal to dispense State Gov
ernments BY armed force fresh in mind,
we could not beat anybody. In this
State his nomination will add Ave thou
sand to our majority. Perhaps it may
help the ticket in Kentucky or Mary
land, but we doubt it.
General Blair was once an honered
name in this State. Greater credit is
given him elsewhere, it is trae, for the
course of Missouri in the early years Of
the struggle, than he really deserves,
and yet, in kindly recollection Of his
admitted services, the Radicals Of the
State have never cared to lessen the re-
spect which others might feel for him,
aud have regretted to see it lessened BY
his own conduct. Perhaps it is enough
to point to the record. How much in
Aueuce General Blair ever excrted is
perhaps sufficiently shown By the fact
that after be and his friends, the Blair
faction or Claybsuks, chose to desert
the Radical party, that party, neverthe-
less, moved on with solid front to more
complete victories over the Democrats
and Blair than it had ever won, with
his aid, over the Democrats alone.
What the Radicals in this State have
accomplished, they have done with
General Blair, backed BY the whole
power of the Federal Administration,
lighting them with all the desperation
of q ruined political gamester. For he
is q political gambler, as reckless, and
now in his ruin as desperate, as IA be
found anywhere in the land. Sober
men at the East have asked with wonder
whether the revolutionary letter recently
printed could possibly have come from
Frank Blair. But those who know him
better have long ago ceased to be sur
prised ut the manifestations Of a despe-
ration which borders on political in
sanity.
By his letter and his nomination Cen
eral Blair renders the only service now
in his power to the party which he had
so long tried to destroy. Long ago he
learned that the proud boast, " made
it; I can crush it !" was not easy OF
ful6llment. To-day he has reached the
point, that in Missouri at least, he can
help any party only by being a candi-
date against it. For that last service to
the Radicals Of Missouri, and for q let
ter which will tell the whole country
what Of man the Democrats
have nominated for Vice President. we
heartily thank him.-S. Louis Demo-
crQt,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
BRAINS AMI BUTTONS.


The Democratic press say that the
Presidential contest is between "braius
and buttons Seymour having the
brains and Grant the buttons, and that
brains is sure to win Talking about
buttons, they must have forgotten Blair.
The Cincinnati Times asks a flow questions
on the subject, something in this wise:
Where was "brains" when "buttons"
was receiving the surrender Of Vicks-
burg, the Western rebel Gibraltar? He
was telling his "dear friends" that the
rebels could not possibly be conquered !
Where wal "braius' when "%buttons"
(Meade) was chasing Gen. Lee from the
decisive battle-ground Of Gettysburg 2
He was on that very day telling the
country we could not afford to prosecute
the war any longer, that the rebellion
would certainly succeed Where was
"brains" while "buttons" was "6ghting
it out on that line," telling the world
that the "Confederacy was a SHE'LL mi
that it had robbed both "the cradle and
grave" in vain2 He was urging upon
the people the truth Of the Chicago plat
form with the celebrated clause, ''after
four years of failure" ETC., and still in
sis,ing that the shell could not be bro
ken, and there were enough more in the
cradle and with one foot in the grave to
whip us all and destroy the Republic
But previous to this, in 1861, where was
"brains,n when "buttons" volunteered
as q mere Colonel of a regiment to sus.
tain the old flag? Alas, having just
read the Confederate. Constitution, he
asked a friend how he liked the docu-
ment, and on getting the reply that it
was an improvement en- our Constitu.
ton, "braius" asked why not adopt il
for the whole country, and thus end the
strife forever ~, Well, readers, which
do you prefer on the record, "brains'
or "buttons If that is all that
"brains" amounts to, every II who was
loyal during the wal says give US "but'
TONS" "Buttons" forever. "Buttons'
has gloriously %triumphed thus far, and
"brains" of such an added sort are
bound still to lose.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
DISTINGUISHED ylslroRs AT DENVER

DISTINGUISHED YlsIroRs AT DENVER.
The Rocky Mountain Nsvs Of the 2lst
ult., tells of the arrival that day of
Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan,
and Brigadier General Dent. No public
reception was given nor no parade or
ceremony observed, as it was under
stood that they were travelling in a pri-
vste capacity. They were to start on
the following morning for a days trip
into tho mountains, would return 10
Denver the day after and on the Gath
start east for Cheyenne. The NeVs
adds that Denver was never before Wis
tied by such a distinguished party,
whether viewed in the light Of their
past achievements, or Of the position
they occupy in the army and before the
country.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

The H~orSEss.-It is Of no use trying
to buck against the weather. Endur-
ance is the only virtue that will avail.
The thermometer is rampant, and it
behooves the rest Of US not to be
lam-bent, but to calmly wait for better
times. Wait we must, and who would
not wait coolly if he could? But how to
do it? 1t is terrible. With the Their
mometer at l04 degrees every house is,
without profanity, a hotel, and the most
highly civilized man among us n hott
ent-'ot. The man Of one idea is the
most comfortable now, for is it not cool.
ing to have an e~yesingle? If the same
weather prevails in England, Oxford
will receive no additions, for ~ ocess
of preparation is so Eaton. Csgrr the
circumstances Mrs. Victor u, Cleveland
is perfectly justi6able iu starving her
self, for the eat is so oppressive. Talk
Of the progress Of modern ideas ! we are
all under the tyranny of het-er-odOAy.
The Uuiyersalists are making numerous
converts, as everybody is ready to be-
lieve that no world a be hotter than
this.-Omaha Republican,, July 22d.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
Th. Adams E ia 'iasans Eesessis & &;
By and their C~onSecsons

The Ada Nab md HunEa,krtch Of ths
By and their Connecrons -
T~nI1Ssrste Gang Of
C,sc,ysAr1, July 2l.-The lynehing
= Adams Express robbers near
S.vmour, last night, was a Premed'!a-
and was occasioned by a de-
!ea Iu Of the citizens of Jackson
and adjoining counties to rio themselves We.
Of As desperate a gang Of roopess ana
]mnrSerers as was ever known; ia~ily
uomsd Reno, living at Rockford, are
,hs leaders of this gang, whose opera
,;ons attend over the West.
C TSs Adams Express Company has
beep repeatedly robbed BY these men,
who, getting on board the trains ana
oyerpowering the messenger, or oy q 4
~ po.ssssiop of the engine and express
csE and running them of the track, sue
cseasd In making their escape after ae-
eomplishing their designs. $500
robbery of this kind occurred lately
on the Hamilton and Dayton hailroaa,
near this city, whereby the American
EInress Company was robbed Of q large
amonnt of money. The Reno family
we're the leaders or instigators in this
affair. They are also the party VINO
lad the riot in Iowa last spring, when
SO many Of the county saies were
robbed.
On tho 22d of May last, the Adams
Express C%ompany's car was robbed
eighteen miles from Seymour, Of $685.
900, in which the Renos and their friends
were the principal actors, some OF whom
are now in Canada to avoid capture,
and others are now under arrest.
On the 10th inst, the Adams Express
Company was again attempted to be
robbed about twelve miles west OF Sey-
mour, but the armed guards of the COM
pauy repulsed the robbers, captured one
and wounded one of the others, two OF
whom have since been captured.
Val. Elliott is one Of this gang, and
was captured on the night of the At
tempted robbery. Charles R%oseberry,
a resident of Seymour, and a pupil OF
Reno, was afterwards arrested by the
citizens of Seymour. Fred. Clifton was
also arrested. They all admitted their
connection with the affair, and for safe
keeping they were taken to Cincinnati,
where warrants were procured, and they
were put on the train Of the Ohio and
Mississippi road last night, bound for
Browntown, the county town Of Jackson
County.
The train was stopped two miles west
of Seymour, and the men taken out and
hung as already stated. Their bodies
were found at an early hour this morn
ing hanging to Limbs Of trees in the Vi
cinity.
The particulars of this outrage have
not yet been received, and 1t is not
known who were the leaders of the mob.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

Horrible SCENE AT AN EXECUTION IN
NORTH CARoLINA.-At Salisbury, North
Carolina, Friday, q man named Rufus
Ludwick, convicted at the fall term of
the Rowan Superior Court for the muir
der of his wife, paid the extreme PEN
atty Of the law. The Old North Star
Jays of his conduct on the scaffold:
Upon the very threshold Of eternity, in
the midst Of q solemn, fervent and elo-
qusnt prayer offered up on his behalf
by Mr.. Rumple, which moved a largo
part of the vast audience to tears, he
coolly turned around to q ~bystander
and asked him for o chew Of tobacco.
Afterwards, while q hymn was being
sung for his edification he %endesyored
to engage in q very trivial conversation
with those around who were near him.
At length the Sheriff intimated to the
culprit that the time had come. At this
notification he made an effort to jump
from the scaffold and escape. This was
prevented by the Sherif's officers, who
surrounded him, but he had to be
hanged by main force. It required
some half dozen persons to hold him
while he was pinioned and the rope ad-
justed about his neck. Then he refused
to stand up, and he was in a half lying,
half sitting posture when the fatal drop
fell and launched his soul into eternity.
He denied his guilt to the last.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
Successful Temperance Losic.

A small temperance society had been
started in a community very much under
the control Of a rich dlstiller, commonly
known as Billy Myers" This man
had several sons who had becom drunk
nrds on the facilities afforded by their
education at home. The whole family
was arrsyed against the movement, and
threatened to break up any meeting
called to promote the object. Learning
this, the Rev. T. P. Hunt went 10 a
neighboriug district for volunteers for
that particular occasion. He then gave
out word for a meeting, and at the time
found his friends and enemies about
equal iu numbers. This fact prevented
any outbreak, but could not prevent
noise.
Mr.. Hunt mounted the platform, and
by a few sharp anecdotes and witty say
ings loon silenced all noise except
"Billy Myers" the Dutchman, who
occasionally cried out, /" Mishter Hunt,
money makes the mare CO."
At last Mr.. Hunt stopped and i'd
dressed the inperturbabls German /:
"Look here, Bill Myers, you say money
makes the marc 60, do you ?"
ayes, dat ish just what say, Misther
Hunt"
"Wcll, Bill Myers, you own and
work a distillery, don't you ?" inquired
Mr.. Hunt.
"Dat ish none of your business, Mr..
Hunt. But den I ish not ashamed of it.
| have got q still, and I work it too"
"And you say Money makes the
mare go;' do you mean that have
come here to get money of these
people T
dyes Mishter Hunt, datish just what
I mean"
every we'll, you work the distillery
to make money, and l lecture on tenn
perance to make money and you say
Money makes the mare CO. Bill
Myers, bring out your mare, and I'll
bring out mine, and we'll show them
together"
By this time the whole assembly was
in a litter of delight ; and even Myers
followers could not suppress their mer.
riment at the evident embarrassment Of
their oracle. In the meantime we must
premise that Mr.. Hunt knew a large
number of the drunkards present, and
among them the sons Of Mr.. Myers
himself.
"Bill Myers, who is that holding
himself up by that tree?" inquired Mr.
Hunt pointing to a young man 10 drunk
that be could not stand alone.
The old man stared as If stung by an
adder, but was obliged to reply, Dat
ish my son ; but what Of dat, Mishter
Hunt?"
"a good deal of that, Bill Myers ; for
l guess that son has been riding your
mare and got thrown, tool"
Hero was o perfect roar from all parts
Of the assembly, and as soon as order
was restored Mr Hunt proceeded, rs he
pointed to another son
"Bill Myers, who 10 that staggering
about as IL his legs were as weak as
potato vines after a frost2"
"Well, l suppose dat ish my son,
too" replied the old man With a crest
fallen look.
"He has been riding your mare, too,
and got a tumble
At this point the old man put up both
hands in a most imploring manner, aud
exclaimed /: "Now Mishter Hunt, If you
won't say any more, I'll be STILL"
This announcement was received
With o roar Of applause and laughter,
and from that moment Mr.. Hunt had all
the ground to himself.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

WORDS FOR BOYS TO REXExBRR.-
Liberty 10 the right to do whatever you
wish, notwithstanding with the rights
OF others.
Save your money, and you will End
il one Of the most useful friends.
Never give trouble to your mother or
father.
Take care Of your pennies and they
will grow to be dollars.
Iutemperanee is the cause Of nearly
all tho trouble in this world; beware Of
strong drink.
The poorest boy, II he be industrious,
honest and saving, may reach the high
est honor 10 the land.
Honesty 10 always the best policy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

A NOVEL INTENTIONAL ., East
has invented o new ink WIZ Na.ch to
write letters, and q book into which
they can be copied without m~oistening
the leaves or using a press to take the
impression. The writing is copied dis
tinctly, and it can be done even twenty
four hours after it has become dry, and
in a moment, BY a slight pressure Of the
hand.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

CLAIMS on THE SoLDIER.-Seymour
recently asked, What claim have the
Republicans upon the soldiers ?" Ger
tainly he has none. He was Chairman
Of the Convention that declared the
war a failure, and he vas the master
spirit Of the anti-draft New York riots,
besides aiding the rebellion in many
other ways.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

You've autelopes are becoming very
common house pets in our city. They
are caught aud brought in from the
Plains every day almost, aud soon
hardly a household in the city will be
without one or more Of them. They are
very easily domesticatsd.-0mdha Re-
publican.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

A LITTLE PARLIAMENTARY TAIN
The New York World says " Mr.. Pendle-
toms claims were not cancelled, but
postponed" Yes, his claims are in
definitely postponed, after having been
rejected eighteen times.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

SELF-EDUcArIoS.-Learning that is
acquired at school is but the beginning
of our education. 1t is the theory
without the practice of the require.
ments and duties Of life. It is after
leaving school that We are to commence
the most important part Of education =
self-education-applying of what others
taught us-the carrying out OF what
Others have begun for us to u own
self-improvement. 1t is then in reality
that education begins, for whatever a
man learns himself, he always knows
better than that which he learns from
others. Not that we should disregard
the help or advice Of others, for it be-
comes US to use all the aids and iaciii,
ties we eau command. But We should
set ourselves at work upon ourselves,
to be independent. When we were
young our food was provided for US; but
even then we ate and digested for our
selves; o we must not only do TINS,
but we must earn il also-acquire II
ourselves, so in understanding and
knowledge, become men.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

ONWARD, yet onward, seemingly as
resistless rs the mountain streams sur
rounding its course, does the Union Pa
cihc road still move, with unrelaIed
speed. Tomorrow evening the track
will be about twenty miles west of Ben
ton, having passed the seven hundredth
mile post three days ago.-casyenns
Leader. July "a.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

TIE DIFYEREScE.-The New Orleans
Commercial Bulletin says that the South
ern planters, "proiting by free labor"
have now discovered that more money
can be made out Of q freedman's labor
than that of q slave.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

USpArRlorIc.-Is does not appear that
there was q single place in the ex-rebel
States where the Democracy celebrated
the Fourth.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

ONE thousand tons Of Oregon pig
iron have been received in San Fran
cisco recently. A rolling mill is abont
going into operation in that city.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

GRApEp.-The first forty-iive miles Of
the Denver Pacific Railroad, between
Denver and the Platte, have been
graded.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
gORRNOON STOCK REPORT.
,nsrcrED DAILY ny NELSON. cnunBuck = co
GOLD fIILL.l

San Francisco. August 6. 1868.
20 Alpha, 81; 90 Chollar. Potosi, $lSs9DISs3
1888; III Crown Point, $SGGS5 50GsS; 0 Empire
Min, $ll5; 1 Gould & Curry, 500; $50 Hale :
Norcross, S7+674 5O075: 81 Imperial, $l07; 3
Kcntuck, $3.50; 90 Lady Bryan. $l4 S011+; 5l(
Ophir, 800: 100 0yerman, $S0G9 HGT9; 2$
Savage. $l25 50G1254l24 Is; so Segregated Bel
0l,045; 80 Amador, $a6OG26l; 10 Cole, s25
Gold, l49X.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

The present hot term extends all over
the country. The summer of 1868 will
long be remembered as the hot year.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

FRox Hawaii to San Francisco the
dis,sues 10 more than 1000 miller.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

Three-fourths Of thirty-seven would
require, in consequence Of the fraction,
tweuty-eight States to ratify an amend
ment to the Constitution, and if so be
as all these States are States, why, then,
the Fourteenth Amendment is adopted.
But if so be as the six newly consti-
tuted and newly established bodies" are
illegal, why, then, the said amendment
is not adopted. And if so be, also, that
Ohio and New Jersey, which have passed
resolutions to withdraw the previous
assent of their Legislatures to the adop-
ton of the Fourteenth Amendment,
have any right to do so, why then so
also. The Secretary acknowledges that
he " has not the power to decide doubt
full questions as to the authenticity OF
organizations Of State Legislatures"
for which blessing let us give thanks
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SS.s :. as.CHERs, EXAMINATION.
MINERS UNION

1sEErs EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING,
MI in the District Courtroom, B street, yir.
NY ~ 3. III nyss1
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06
UNION CENTRAL 90 .MMITTER
Of STOREY COUNTY.
Ward Union Club

WILL MEET AT ARMoRY HALL ON
w THURSDAY Evening, August |, a.
o'clock. Apunctual attendance 10 requested, q
business OF importance will come before me
meeting. W. D. GRAY F's''a'n"
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ADOPTED on NOT ApopTEpp

Mr.. Stewards eftusion in relation to
The adoption or nou-adoptiou, as the
ease may be, Of the Fourteenth Amend
to the Constitution, causes rem
in~iscences to arise of the manner in
they coutriyed in the Circumlo-
Office to show how not to do it.
With some slight reference, also, to the
sayings and doings of honest Jack Buns
by, Mr.. Seward has issued his last pro-
clamation, we scarcely know for what
purpose. If he intended to show that
the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified
by the votes of three-fourths Of the
States, he has, by statements Of excep-
tons or of supposed exceptions, put the
whole subject in doubt. If he meant
to ~insinuate that the amendment was
not adopted, he has not had the stamina
to say so in as many words. He stam-
mers over the affair scarcely for want Of
tongue, scarcely out Of shame, but for
no other reason than that he does not
desire to admit that, after all the efforts
of himself and his master to prevent the
restoration of the States, they have
failed. Mr.. Seward, therefore, somewhat
in the smoke of arithmetical statement,
makes his proclamation Of the manner
in which the Fourteenth Amendment
has or has not been adopted, in the fol-
lowing careful manner
States that have ratified the Amendment
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, etc.,.......23
| Newly constituted and newly established
bodies, viz: Arkansas, Florida, etc.,.... G
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-06

The NEwspAPER.-Dr. Johnson said
be never derived more benefit or pleas
ure for the time than In perusing
q newspaper fresh from the press.
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-05
Starving Out.

The bitterness and vindictiveness of the
their last agony of desperation, many are
taking the advice of their leading organs
and have begun the systematic attempt of
starving to death all the colored voters who
voted the Republican ticket. This is part
of the oath of the Ku-klux Khan, which
does not stop short of assassination and ar
son. For what crime are these loyal color
ed citizens to be starved to death A more
docile, peaceable, orderly and law-abding
people have never lived in any country.
Although they have had grevious wrongs to
complain of, not in a single instance have
they thought of taking redress into their
pointed out during all the intense excite
mcnt of the late campaign, when they have
unlawfully resorted to violence. Verify, it
seems to be true that whom 1.-The Gods
would destroy, they first make mad" Do
these men. transported with passion, know
what they are doing2 Do they know the
laws that are already written on the Statute
Books of the United States, which are only
waiting a faithful chief Executive to he
carried into execution Do they know
what these laws are? Do they know that
in all human probability Ben Wade will
he President of the United States before q
fortnight, with a corps of loyal officers to ex-
ecute the laws of the nation ? d. they
know further, that the State government
has passed into loyal hands9 We would
advise men to he cautious how they con-
spirc to starve men out for voting to carry
into effect the will of the nation. and re-
store the State to the Union. Loyal men
must g0reIn.