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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10

RErIEED.-1hs Presid ent has direcei that
BreNet- Lieut.. Col. James Powell, Captain
.ith Infantry, b. placed upon the retired list,
haN ing been AZ capaciated for active service by
gun short Won nd and long service in the army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10
THIs Is no GIVE NoIIot, I'm.

scrihef has obtsinei from tn Orphans Court
ei ashingtoD County, IN the Dirtrict OF Columbia
Mscw lillian, hate OF W Washington county, D. C., de-
erased All persons having claims gain a so. .aid
deceased are hereby warned 10 sx.tkif tss go"
with the venchers thereof, g. the sah-criir on or
before the Ith day Of January NJ they ~ Az n, her
vice ty Law be excluded from AT brent OF n ssid
esiate: Given under my aAud this ia day of
Sanusy, ics JOHN CAMERON
ye iss fa.fator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10

pIAEoe1A LARGE AssoRTNENT ofYoRfl
y sA1EklCAH ConPANYs Pcvsr- -
sTIINwAT SONS, have just ben THU
wctised; mshise our stock complete. Pessoss ta
give ne call. VIC. MLrzRRorf O0..
de au sole Ass.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10
In THE sUPRIME COURT or DISTRICT or
COLUMBIA. DEcENsER B, I8a
Robert G Murphy and Cal % Cush-
ing. comp lnlnAnf. I HnnifN
John Deyereaux ceg.nA.,,

John Devereaux. defendant
On motion OF the complsinsBts. by Sessrs. Ap-
peby and kdmoh-ton. their solicitors. t 10 or
dsred that the defendant csnse his appearances %
be entered her-io Cd or before the 6rst rule dav
oecurfr fUrty days aft.r this day; otherws 90 tse
csns. vii be proceeded with tp csse Of fefault
By order Of the CopFt De 7-2sUsU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10

PERsoNAL.-Maior General Pope and c. =
llsley and Wm. McKer Don, members of his
staff; Col. T.. III. Porter, of Tenn, and Mrs
John Morrissey ATE AT Willard's Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10

INTERNsL KEVENUE.-The receipts from this
suuTee to-Iay were S56s,gU4Sl.
bTThILED.-Tbe President has directed that
BT"v't Lieut.. Colonel W. X. Pease, ". :. A.
.rotir"dl, he detailed as Professor Of military
tactics in the state University of Wisconsin,
aud to erter upon the discharge OF his duties
lmediately.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08
OF K

We are glad to see that q specific bill
has been introduced in Congress for the
reduction of taxation. 1t provides that
the aggregate amount Of taxes shall
not exceed three hundred million dol
lars per mum from all sources. That
sum is very large-more than FIVE times
the rate Of taxation before the rebellion,
but is nevertheless far below the exist
ing rate. For the fiscal year ending on
the 30th Of last June, the revenue was
four hundred and ninety millions. If
the plan now proposed in. Congress
were adopted, the result would be o
reduction equal to t~wo-6fths, as COM
pared with the last fiscal year. This is
what the country needs. It is the
greatest Of financial follies to grind the
people down with taxation, at n critical
time, for the mere sake of making large
payments on the public debt. It mat
tiers not if we don't pay a cent of the
principal on the national debt for the
next twenty years. No country is finan-
cially souuder than Great Britain, and
that country does not pretend to pay
but q triHe on its debt principal, al
though some Of the indebtedness was
contracted more than a hundred years
ago. The true policy Of our Govern
ment at the present time, is to make
the national burden just rs light as
possible. Instead Of draining the
try by excessive taxation, every public
incentive should be given to business
enterprises, and every dollar that a
be spared should be allowed to flow into
that channel. Let the country have a
chance to make use of its industry, to
develop its resources, to employ the
means for producing wealth, and it will
then be able to pay up the debt without
checking its prosperity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08
A PICTURE.

-
In Harper's Weekly of December l4th
Is what purports to DO a picture Of
"Plymouth Rock as it now appears"
This rock, so long famous in the pages
Of history, is represented as being on
the ground in the middle Of q wharf,
naked to the Wow whereas n substan-
tial stone monument, or canopy has for
wears been in process Of erection over
it, which was complcted-if we are not
mistakcn-on the Sth Of December last,
six days previous to the date Of the
paper. In explanation Of the picture,
Harper says: december llth was the
two hundred and f~orty-seventh anuirer-
sary Of the landing of the P~uri,ans on
Plymouth Rock" They landed De-
cember ed, l6o0). He further goes on
to say that the picture represents Ply
mouth Rock and its surroundings as
they appear at the present time, and is
q faithful reproduction Of al admirable
photograph by WuIPPLE, of Boston,"
The only respect in which the picture
approximates to correctness is in the
fac. that it is situated in the middle Of n
wharf. If it really was a photograph"
Of the rock and surroundings, it must
have been taken some years ago. just
before the monument, or canopy, was
commenced. But the picture is not
what it purports to be, not even in the
surroundings. The artist must have
been drunk, and photographed some
other locality by mistake; or else Har.
per substituted another picture, think
ing il would do just as well. That,
however, is about as near as most oil
the Eastern pictorials come to portray
ing either scenes in remote localities or
AS in this instance-in their own
immediate vicinity. Harper's, at least,
should be more correct. The picture is
simply q ridiculous abortion.
The writer Of this article is posted in
the matter, being n native Of Old
Plymouth, and very intimately acquain'
ted with the particular locality in
question. The rock originally weighed
some half a dozen tons, and being al
the edge of the water, was found con-
vsuient for the Pilgrims in landing, &c
step upon from their boat, and thus
pass to the dry land. When the whar,
(Hedge's) was built, the rock, or The
remainder of it, was raised from its bee
and blocked up to a level with the sur
face Of the wharf, nearly half Of il
having been previously blasted of and
removed to another portion of the town,
where it is enclosed by an iron fence,
in front Of "Pilgrim Hail." As we
have already stated, the main portion
still remains at the place of the Landing,
covered with a large and costly stone
monument. Harper's photograph" Of
it is a gross, ignorant libel. That artist
had better sell out.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

A ROMANTIC INcIpENT.-Some weeks
ago a certain industrious citizen Of San
Francisco, who had acquired some
in the exercise Of q calling not
wholly unconnected with the meat in
~terest, determined to r%ecuperatc him
self, and satisfy the demands Of rela-
tionship by proceeding to the East, to
pay a visit to his kith and kin. He em-
barked, therefore, in the steamer, bound
for Rhode Island. But fate willed that
he should not attain his contemplated
destination. Arrived at the Isthmus of
Panama, and waiting for the New York
steamer to connect, he made the ac-
quaintance Of young Lady, who, like
himself, was going to see her friends
East. An intimacy rapidly sprung up
between them, and after exchanging
condolences they came to the conclusion
that there was really nj necessity for
their going any further. Having ar
rived at this decision, they paid a visit
to the American Consul, were made one,
and started back to san Francisco after
a weeks honeymoon on the Isthmus.
Their friends in Rhode Island and Maine
must swat a little longer."-S. +.
Times, Jan. .4M.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

In a recent speech at Mount Vernon,
Ohio, Clement l.. Vallandigham talked
in a most unchristian and u~nforgiving
tone about his arrest. He alluded TO
General Burnside as "one whose name
| loathe to utter" and asserted that inc
General at the time OF his arrest ''-
tended to have him shot. He named
the officers who affected the arrest, in
order that they might ''live in infamy.'
He said:
"Strlpped Of their military uniform,
and dishonoriug for q while the garo OF
honest citizens, they had been ordereu
to Mount Vernon; and here, leaning
upon the platform and tainting the AIR
Of heaven with their foul presence, they
did a work of infamy without example
in military annals. [Applause.! They
did it in secresy, and they did it III
safety. Had they been known, and
their mission understood, the scattered
members of their worthless %carcasses,
torn and wrenched and tossed by tho
rms and hands of ten thousand infuri-
ate freemen, would have strcwed the
ground, a prey to lean dogs and hun
cry vultures, 'gorging and growing
over carcass and limb [applausc] IL
vulture and dog could consent to crunch
and humble and feed upon such flesh as
theirs"
He reminded the audience that be
told his captors they had simply over
powered him by superior force, and
quoted some poetry about Nemesis. YET
with oil this personal vindictireness
vallandigham seem to admit that hi:
arrest was partly the fault Of the times
since he classieally says it took place al
a moment when "Mars drove heavily
and hcadlong his fiery chariot, while
Terror, with gorgon head, turned re
ligion and pity and mercy into stones
Mr.. yallandigham's hearers mus
have been lost in admiration both Of hi
fiery vandictiveness and the depth "nt
beauty of his classical illusions.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08
LEAP YEAR.

-
We have already announced the in
teresting fact, sustained by almanac tcs-
timony, that the present year of 1865 is
''leap year" Bisscxtile, or leap year,
because the christian worldha ordained
that i, should be so, and you can divide
1868 by 1, without q remainder. This
thing happens about once in four years.
1t should happen oftener, say every
other year, at least; this would be just
right, and doubtless lead to twice rs
many marriages as under the present
arrangement. During the prevalence
Of this excellent year, young, marriage
able ladies', and even old maids are all
right, for theirs is the God blessed priv
ilege of choosing unto themselves their
future mates, with whom to trot in the
matrimonial harness through life, and
who shall be the father Of their children.
There is hope for even the most BASH
full Of bachelors; men who long to
marry, yet are too difident and consti-
tutionally afraid to pop the all-impor-
taut question. Hope and comfort, for
it is not only tho privilege but the posi-
tive duty OF the ladies to make loving
advances, which the gentlemen are
bound under the most severe penalties
not to refuse, in testimony Of which we
bring the following desirable extract
from an ancient book published in Eng
land, in the year l6o6, entitled "Court-
ship, Love and M%atrimony," thus show
ing this to be a very old established
usage, and no. one of modern date and
institution:
"Albeit, it is now become II parte OF
the Commuu Lave, in regard to the So
cial relations Of life, that as often rs
every b~essextile year doth return, the
ladyes have the sole privilege, during
time it cometh, Of making love unto
men, which they may doe either by
words or lookes, as unto them secmeth
proper; and moreover, no man will be
entitled to the benefit Of clergy who
dothe refuse to accept the offers Of q
ladye, or who dothe in any wise treate
her proposal with slight or contumely.'
1t is the custom in well ordered com
munities, particularly of late years, fol
the manageable ladies to club together
and in the furtherance Of matrimonial
views, as we'll as the encouragement o
general s~ociability, to get up a Leaf
year ball." the ladies engaging the hall
music, and in fact making all arrange
mcr,s and paying all the bills, same a
gentlemen do on such occasions. The,
give or send invitations to favored one
OF the opposite sex, and at the proper
time go for them in carriages, or other
wise escort them to the ball. The gen
tlemer are obliged to submit to thes'
gallant attentions; they dare not dc
otherwise. They couldn't if they would
and wouldn't if they could. THAT'S sc
with us, anyhow They wait on thu
submissive fellows with refreshment
lemonade, ETC.; no cocktails or punch
and a. last see them safe home again
"to sleep, perchance to dream; aye
there's the rub"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

JAsoy.-The be autiful Calendar for
1868, which we present to the readers OF
the Gold Hill Daily News, is handsome
II embellished in the center with q rep
resentation, in four different %colors, of
Jason with his Golden Fleece on his tri-
umphant march homeward. The de-
sign is taken from q Greek legend; and
as Everybody in Washoe is not fully
posted in ancient history, we will
briefly quote the legend concerning
Jason, who is supposed, in the present
instance, to be a lucky Washoite APP
preaching the Bay Of San Francisco
with his arm loaded with dividend-pay-
ing mining stocks on the C%omstock, and
keeping a keen look out for stock
sharps and police officers. The history
of Jason and his golden fleece is quite
interesting, and can be read in the new
American Cyclopaedia, volume II, page
"a. We quote therefrom:
"Jason, the son OF Eson, was order
ed by Pelia, his uncle, sovereign of
Iolcus, in Thessaly, to reconquer and
and bring back the golden fleece of q
ram on which Phrixus and Helle ran
away, and which fleece was nailed BY
Phrixus Il an oak in the grove Of Ares
(Mars), and watched by a sleepless drag
on. Jason entrusted Argos, the son Of
Phrixus, with the duty Of constructing
q 5o-oared ship named after the builder,
and invited all the heroes Of Greece to
join him in the adventure"
How very like a Washoite was Jason?
Now look at the picture on our calendar.
Jason and his golden fleece is "bully"-
and there is none Of the wildcat about
his stock-jobbing operation. Next year
we intend to have "Medea," the witch
who seduced Jason, as an embellish-
ment for our calendar for 1869, in the
act of lulling the dragon who had been
sleeplessly watching the fleece Take
another look at Jason.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

THERE are now four or FIVE Constitu-
tional Conventions in full blast in the
Southern States. In every one there is
a. considerable proportion of colored
delegates, and the latter take an active
part in the deliberations. Il is notice.
able that about the first business trans
acted BY these Conventions is to make
provision for their W remuneration.
In this matter the delegates Of dark
complexion manifest a strong interest,
showing that there was no ground for
the fear that the freedmen would not
be able to adapt themselves to habits Of
independence. Eight dollars a day, and
liberal appropriations for mileage and
other special expenses, have so delight
ed tho freedmen that il will not be sur
prisiug if they want to mako their Con-
sti.utional Conventions perpetual, like
the one they now have in New York.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

TIE Democratic journals agree in
pr~onounciug that part of the Presidents
Message which treats of reconstruction
as the ablest and soundest of the whole
document. They insist that his assump-
tions are strictly logical, and his deduc-
tons mastery and irresistible. They
especially applaud tho following state
ments:
aft is clear to my apprehension that
the States lately in rebellion are still
members of the National Union. When
did they cease to be so? The ordinances
Of secession adopted by a portion Of
their citizens were mere utilities. If
we admit now that they were valid and
effcctual for the purpose intended by
their authors, We sweep from under our
feet the whole ground upon which We
justified tho war. Were those States
afterward expelled from the Union BY
war;"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

THE TE]cHNIcALITIEs OF II TURr.-A
"hurdle race" is where a man has
heard all about how it is to come out,
and therefore knows just how TO bet.
p."-Wheu q ridcris thrown
aud his cap saves him from q broken
head, that is n handy cap.
A "steeple chase'is rae to church.
A sweepstakes" is where n thief
picks the Stockholders pocket.
The letters "g. c." signify gincock.
tail "b. h." beer hall "blk. n.y.
blk the manager; "b. c." bunch of
celery ; " CHI. f." Charge it to Ferguson.
"Nursery stakes" are tender, cut
thin, and we'll done for the nursery.
A selling race " is whore everybody
is sold who attends.
"Premium of $500 for all ages with
allowance for beaten horses" This
premium remains the same through all
ages.
A phrase like the following is incom-
~prchensiblc to many: "Mr. VIM. Par
rott enters b. c. Jimmy by Moonlight,
out Of dam by imp. Lightning" 1t
means that VIM. Parrot enters a bank
ing concern with Jimmy" by moon
light out of his D. impecuniosity, by
lightning
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08
Have We n Jonah Among u.s

Four or FIVE weeks ago it began to
torn h%creabout; and since that time
the rain and have poured and
dripped and driftcd as never was known
by the wisest and most romancing old
est inhabitant of any color. And when
it has not been raining or showing, like
wise when it has, tho wind has blown
with the savagest and maliciousest yio-
lencc. Now it is oil very well for "Cax-
tom and other moon-struck weather.
cocks to lay these phenomena onto tho
stars, and to figure out a conspiracy
between Mars and Saturn and Venus
and Jupiter and old Sol rs explanatory
thereof, but we have some suspicious Of
our own. Those old Hebrew shellbacks
knew what they were about when they
held Mr.. Jonah responsible for the
tempest which bcset their %schooneri and
they served him as well as saved their
lives when they sent him on that mirac.
ulous fishing excursion We are told
about. Wo have intimated heretofore
our belief regarding tho Jonah who has
caused tho tender s~agebrush to be
drenched as it has. Whatever doubts
we may have held touching the correct
ness Of our suspicious, something trans
pircd yesterday which confirmed our
belief past all shaking. 1t will be
remembered that tho sun shone out
bright along in the early part Of the
forenoon. Well, just at that time a
snow bound, delinquent subscriber to
tho Eastern Slope came gleefully into
our office announcing that Old Snarleyow
had got caught out in the storm of Sun.
day, froze up, evaporated, and went oil
to glory, or the other place, in a howl
ing gust of wind. The said subscriber
handed us n hifalutin obituary Of the
supposed departed, which began as
follows:
"Aftsr a little moro than the ccntury's
noontide, living years rs q social ceno.
bite-his hoariest age spent, in abjura.
ton Of all companionsbip and coterie
life-nnescence whose ~caudcity was the
greenest and most indisputablc dorage
he is at last sarcophagated with the
old men of past time-and we mourn
him us we wall those who have gone
down to the Inflammation in fullness o.
years." ETC., etc.
We were about considering the pro-
priety of giving this ba%lderdash a place
in our columns, when, suddenly, the
sky grew dark, the winds began te
moan, snow began to fall-sun had beer
shining brightly a minute before, mind
you-and Snarleyow himself came wad'
ing into our presence. The delinquent
subscriber turned pale, and, in his hurry
and amazement went away, leaving thu
cpitaph he had written in our hands. Th'
old wizard took o seat, gave the stove
kick that nearly knocked it down, made
the fire burn blue as he stirred it, while
the wind set up the most uncarthly
wailing outside that ever was heard
Now, we don't believe in Vigilance
Committees or anything Of that sort
and We didn't use to believe in witch
craft and practical diabolism, but it il
our painful and awful conviction tina
the shortest cut to an end Of this dread
full weather is to give Old Snarleyow tc
tho first whale that Is desperate ant
dcpraved enough to swallow him.
Carson appeal, 9Th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

A HANDsoxE BEouEsr.-0nc Of the
advantages of m old settled country
like New England consists in the fact
that through public and private gifts,
continued for successive generations,
many b~cenfcent public institutions get
established and are endowed with the
means of usefulness. Even the smaller
towns receive q good share Of such ben
efactions. OF this the small city Of
Waterbury, in Connecticut, affords n
fresh example, having just received the
handsome gift Of 5000, 900 for q public
library, by the will Of one Of its sons,
Mr.. Silas Bronson.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

A NEGRO woman, near Savannah, a
few days ago, gave birth to three chill
dren-two coal black, and one pure
white.-E5ehGnge.
1t would seem by the above that the
rebels down South are only two-thirds
reconstructed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

FREAKY.-A man named Donniclife
has been annoying the citizens of Neva-
ds, CAL, for sometime pas, with his an
tics. In one instance he entered a
school-room, took a book from the lady
teacher and kneeled before an image of
the virgin where he remained for more
than nm hour. He was arrested for in
,anity and showed fight.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

For GRANT. Tho Republicans of
Oregon seem to be almost unanimousin
favor of Grant, Notwithstanding hisnon-
commitalism. Grant Clubs are being
organized all over the State.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

AN Irish newspaper reports a case Of
spontaneous combustion III the human
body. A woman and her son were
missed and the door Of their dwelling
forced open. The o was found lying
on the floor insensible, and in nm nd
joining room were seen o few fragments
of what had been his mother. All the
upper portion of the body was COM
pietely calcined, and nothing remained
except some bones and half consumed
flesh.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

-"Julius, did you attend de meeting
OBJ de debating society,""
eyes, SIR"
"Well, what was dc fust thing THAT
come afore de house ~
"Why, 1t was n charcoal cart"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

IN Little Compton, R l., is The grave
of elizabeth, wife Of William Pea
bodie, who dyed May 81, l7l7, aged
IA" The inscription adds that she
was the 'sirst white female born in this
country.n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

DEATH OF A CALIFORNIAN AT THE EAST.
Mr.. Harry D. Cough, IN old resident of
San Francisco, died ON the 23d ult., at
B%ellcar, Hartford county, Maryland.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

A LECTURER who undertook to cure
the undergraduates Of Cambridge, in
England, Of smoking, by giving them a
lecture on its evils, was surprised to
find four hundred students in attend.
ance, each with a pipe surchargcd with
tobacco, He fed,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

IT IL said that the "census embraces
seventeen million women" Who
wouldn't be q census2
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

LArE.-we have received Sacramento
dates to yesterday morning, by Wells,
Fargo 4 Co.'s express. Also, San Fran
cisco dates to Monday.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

A CASE Of insanity from the use Of
hair dye 10 said to have occurred recent
~ in Indiana.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-08

Yousa LADIES with largo resources
should husband them.