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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
NEW BOOK.

DICTIONARY OF THE BiBLE.-Edited by WIN.
SMITH, Classical Examiner Of the University
Of London. p. p. l0l7. Published by ). =.
Scranton s Co., Hartford Conn.,. National
Publishing Company, Cincinnati, and Memphis
Tennessee; Il c.. Treat. Chicago; II. A. Ban
croft & Co.. San Francisco. 1867.
This work is not only a complete die
,ionary OF the Bible, but also comprises
its antiquities, biography, geography,
and natural history. 1t is very hand
somely bound in purple stamped leath-
err, with gilt lettering, contains l,ol7
pages, and is profusely illustrated with
we'll executed wood eugravings of OBJ
jects, maps and places Of interest men
toned in the Bible. The publishers
have spared no expense o pains to
make the mechanical execution and ty-
biography Of this book equal to its rare
merit in other respects, and they now
offer it to an intelligent American pub
lie, in the full confidence that it will be
received with the favor which it so rich
" deserves. Prepared under the direc-
ton and superintendent of DR.. Smith
himself, for wide and general use, this
Dictionary contains, rs its preface in
dicates, q full and accurate account OF
every place and name mentioned in the
Bible, which can possibly need explana-
tiou-of every animal, plant or mineral,
alluded to by the Sacred Writers, and
of every custom and article Of use
among Jewish and contemporary nations,
to which mention is made in the Bible
or Apochrypha, and all Systematically
arranged throughout in alphabetical Or
der and succession. The most recent re-
searches of Robinson, Layard, Rawlin-
son, and many other explorers in Bible
lands, here render their aid in determ-
lining questions hitherto unsettled, or in
correcting the mistakes of previous in
vestigations. 1t contains also q su6i-
GENTLY complete history and analysis of
each Of the Books of the Bible, while
adequate biographical sketches are
given of each of the inspired penmen,
and of every historical character men,
toned in the Bible, every article being
entirely reliable, and many Of them the
results of the ripest and rarest scholar
ship, and ~embodying tho substance of
whole treaties upon their respective
subjects. Tho simple explanations of
this work, unlike the expeditions of q
commentary, admit of no denomina-
tional or s~ectarian coloring, and it is
therefore equally valuable, especially
as a work of reference, to Bible read
ers Of every diversity of belief. We are
indebted to Bancroft / Co. for a copy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
NOVEL READING.

All the harm there is in novel reading
proceeds from the character OF tue
novel read, and the valuable time con-
sumed in the reading. A novel Is a
story which is not supposed to be true;
a literary fabrication which may or may
no, be, founded on fact a story es-
pecially intended for the amusement Of
its readers. The novels of thirty or
forty years ago, when Scott, Bulwcr,
D'Israeli, James, and Ward, were the
popular masters Of fiction, were not by
any means like the novels Of to-day.
All their authors seem to aim at was
simply to amuse, not instruct, their
readers. The novels of moro recent
date, as well as those written at the
present time, are valued BY their read
ers just in proportion as they approach
truth, teach correct principles for the
guidance of mankind, and faithfully
represent and portray scenes, characters
and incidents with which we are all
familiar in everyday life. This is tho
aim, now, of all good novelists, they
proceeding upon the popular hypothesis
Of "a lie we'll told is MS good as the
truth"
"Truth is often stranger than felton,"
yet fiction, too, is often stranger than
truth, and many an innocent little
sketch has been written and universally
read; yes, even TO- is passing the
rounds of the newspapers, which is not
ouly pleasant and instructive to read
but might be true just as we'll as not,
yet is simply fiction. The most OF the
pleasing little incidents and funny jokes
We read with so much pleasure, and
laugh over every day, are manufactured
GU. Of whole cloth-uovels, we may say
yet are appreciated even by the most
sedate and cynical among us just in
proportion as they appear reasonable
and true. In fact it is often quite easy
to manufacture a nice droll little item
which is more readable, sensible, and
reasonable, than is liable to truthfully
transpire, yet who shall tell US that
any one is mentally, morally or physi-
cally injured in the reading of such, ii
not done to excess?
The most of the cheap novelcttes-
"yellow covered literature of the
present day are trashy sort Of arrange.
ments, aud it is simply q waste Of time
reading them. Any book wherein the
incidents and scenes Of every day life
are truthfally portrayed in a manner to
convey information Of q profitable ma.
ture to the reader in the way Of history,
science or the general %well-being Of
mankind are well worthy Of being freely
read, let them be ~"novels" or not
Thousands Of people read novels every
DAY without knowing it, or realizing the
wonderful fact. There is scarcely a
standard work in the English language,
even the Bible, which does not contain
passages Improbable to read.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

LAST night was the coolest night Of
the season. It is believed that We
never had colder weather than last
night in this part of the valley. Icicles
n foot long formed, water holes froze
over, and the mud became stitf,-Sa"
Jose Patriot, Jan. sh.
That is what n might call good
Winter weather. We, Of Sacramento,
have lately had many such visits from
Master Jack Frost, and becoming used
to it, we rather like it.-Sae. Bee.
On this side of the mountains the
frigid King has fairly Outdone himself.
The coolest inhabitant" swears he
never saw or felt the like. The Piutes
and Washoes attribute the strange
weather to the presence of the whites
and they are preparing to drive them
all out Of the country.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
General Meade nbout to Remove Cover
nor JenkIns-JcnkIns ObJects-Tho Con-

General Meade nbout to Remove Cover
nor JenkIns-JcnkIns ObJects-Tho Con
vention.
ATLANTA, January l2.-General Meade
will promulgate IN order tomorrow re
moving Governor jenkins. Genera,
Dunn, Adjutant General under Pope
will be the new Governor. Jenkins de
clares that he will not submit, and ha,
t%elegraphed to the President for protec'
ton against the attempt to forcibly dis
possess him.
The debate in the Convention yester
day on the resolution asking Congress!
for power to remove State officers wa.
very bitter and exciting:
The stanton Case.
CHICAGO, January IA Repubiiea,
special says the debate in the Senate in
executive session oyer the Stanton cas-
was prolonged and interesting. Doolit'
tie made n minority report sustaining
the President, and showed the official
copy of General Baird's dispatch to
| Stanton, in which the words sat once !
were shown to have been originally sent,
and not %interpolated by the President,
MS had been charged.
Howard acknowledged that he had
omitted to make allusion to this fact in
the completed report, and endenvored
to cast blame upon correspondents, who,
no alleged, had violoted faith in for
warding a premature synopsis of his re-
port.
Dixon spoke against Stanton.
The session adjourned without final
action.
A Resolution.
INDIANAPOLIS, January l2.-The Re.
publican County Convention yesterday
adopted n resolution declaring in favor
of paying all bonds in greonbacks,
where it was not stipulated that they
should be payable in gold.
AbscondinE Bank Teller.
New YORK, January ~l3.-James Lev
erich, a teller in the City Bank, has alb
seconded with four hundred thousand
dollars. The standing Of the bank il
thereby affected.
Ben. Butler in Richmond.
RICHMOND, January l3.-General But
Ter arrived to night and WAS enthusiast
cally received by a large ]concourse o
colored people and prominent Republi
cans.
Bank Suspension It Memphis.
MEMPHIS, January l3.-The CONNER
cial Bank suspended to-day. 1t is salt
rho nssnts exceed tho liabilities. Som,
excitement was oc%casioned by the run
made on other banks, but it was sooI
nllnyed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE,

oENhAbs
WASHINGTON, January l3.-Edmunds
offered q resolution, which was adopted,
~instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire into the expedieucy of reporting
o law or rule Of the Senate regulating
procedure in the case Of impeachment
and suspension from Office under i'm
parchment and pending the trial.
Wilson introduced a bill providing for
the gradual reduction Of the army, and
also reported back the bill prohibiting
the restoration of officers cashiered by
Court-martial without the consent OF
the Senate.
A number Of bills were introduced
and referred.
Davis argued in favor Of his resolution
amending the. Constitution, which con-
stitutes Il tribunal Of one member from
each State to decide constitutional ques-
tions Of jurisdiction between the States
and the United States.
An attempt was made TO take up the
differentiation resolution, but it WAS
waived.
The Senate then went into Executive
session.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, January l3.-Wood Of
fered Il joint resolution declaring the
doctrine Of the United States with refer
ence to n recognition Of belligerent
rights with hostile nations. 1t declares
that whenever IL months have elapsed
without q renewal Of hostilities the Uni
ted States will consider the war as ended
and will renew the relations of peace.
A large number Of other bills were
introduced under the call Of States, in.
Guiding the resolution declaring the l4th
Article of the Constitution ratified.
The House resolved to continue the
committee on the treatment Of prisoners
of war with full powers.
Bingham offered q resolution that the
rules he suspended and the R%cconstruc-
ton Committee authorized to report
now, and that the House tomorrow pro.
coed with the consideration Of the re-
port and close the debate on Wednesday.
He called for q vote on the same, which
was adopted. Nays, A ycas, ll6.
Bingham's report, supplementary to
tho Reconstruction bill, has been prcri-
ously tc~legraphed.
Wilson, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported back Senate bill, with an
amendment requiring q concurrence of
%two-thirds Of the Judges of the Supreme
Court to decide n law Of Congress I'M
constitutional.
Williams of Pennsylvania moved, as
al amendment, to require that the de-
cision be unanimous.
The question was discussed at great
length amid ONE excitement. Finally
the previous question was ordered and
the bill passed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

FAST MAILs.-We Sanders folks enjoy
a prompt daily communication with all
parts of the world. Wells, Fargo & Co.
run a semi-daily Overland stage and
Express line from San Francisco, Salt
Lake and Virginia City, to the eastern
terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad,
through Laramie Plains, via Sanders,
carrying the United States mail, and
occasionally the whole trans-Paciic,
Japan and China mail. The six-horse
coaches are loaded down with passen-
gers, and letters written in thirty or
forty different lunguages.-Frontier In
der, Fort Sanders.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

RUSSIA is said to be preparing for war,
and has so concentrated her armies as
to be in a position to send POS, 900 men
to the Turkish or Austrian frontier at q
few days notice. A Russian newspaper
saws: "Our Government may continue
to circulate peaceful phrases among the
public in Paris, London and Vienna, but
we know here that war is imminent"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

SoNE Of the leading underwriters Of
San Francisco have prepared a bill to
be submitted at the present session oil
the Legislature, creating the Office Of
Insurance Commissioner. No Company,
under the contemplated act, will be al
lowed to do business unless their paid
up capital amounts to 5000, 900, which
must never be impaired by outstanding
obligations to the extent Of 20 per cent.
Sac. Bee.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

The LAWS agains. carrying concealed
deadly weapons in New York city are
said to have q strange omission. There
is a provision against carrying slung-
shots, another against iron knuckles,
and another agaius. concealed weapons
like sword-canes, but a man may carry
MS many pistols as he chooses.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
A Cole CAM correspondent of the
Warsaw (Mo.) Times writes:

Warsaw (Mo.) Times writes:
awe have a strange custom here
among our German friends upon mar
riage occasions. When a couple have
agreed upon the time and place Of the
wedding, some young man, friend to
either party, is selected to make the
invitations. A day or two before the
happy occasion, this friend mounts a
horse, and rides from house to house Of
the select, and there imparts the pleas
ing information. The person thus in
vited is obliged, under the custom, to
bestow upon the messenger not less
than one yard of some gay or lively
colored ribbon, which is attached by
one end to the hat of the messenger,
and away he goes with perhaps q hum
dred yards Of many colored ribbon
Haunting in the air to the high satisfac-
ton of big injun This custom must
have existed away back in the century
agone, aud revived Of late in Missouri"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

A Cold IN THE HEAD.-Ammonia in.
hailed through the nose will cure a cold
in the head. If the case is severe, the
inhalation should be continued until the
sense OF smell is restored, when itshould
cease for a minute and then be reap
piled for a shorter period, and so re-
peated seven OF eight times in the course
of ave minutes,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

THE second track on the Hudson River
Railroad has been opened between
Poughkeepsie and Albany, so that now
there is a continuous line Of double
track between New York City and
ALBANY.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

GENERAL Dix, a Washington cores
poudent reports, is coming home from
Paris, in April next, and intends to be
q candidate for the Presidential nomina-
ton before the Democratic Convention.
We give the report without rouching
for Il
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

A JACKSONVILLE family lately found
ga waif" at their door, and took the
little stranger in. Next morning, says
the Journal, an excited young woman
rushed in, seized the babe, and hurried
of with it as If fearing pursuit. 1t was
the old story of misplaced confidence
desertion, abduction of the child by the
relatives to prevent scandal. But a
mothers love burned warmly in the bo-
som Of the unfortunate girl, and she
would not rest quiet until she found her
,b;ll
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

A NEW TOY makes its appearance in
Paris every year, and has a great run.
The toy now in vogue is a ~oreach-load-
ing gun Of the Chassepot pattern.
Whether it discharges bullets or sugar
plums is not stated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

IT is stated that the dread Of an cx-
pected and fearful partition Of the terri
tory Of Mexico, whereby the United
State, will take of another great slice
of it, already produces much gloom over
Northern Mexico.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

Ii Ohio, the Commissioners Of Rail-
road, repor, that there are $3.50 miles Of
railroad, owned by companies whose
capital stock is So, 5es,5l5. The debts
Of these companies amount to S72,l?o,-
400
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

NEARLY three hundred ducls were
fought in Paris during the last twelve
months. Only two Of them had fatal
consequences. Among the duelists were
ninety.one journalists.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

THr Mayor of Norfolk resigns because
the pay is too poor. In this instance 1t
10 want Of money that "makes the
mayor 60"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

A LADY has invented and patented a
a nursery washstaud." 1t is suggested
that q "patsnt spanksr should be at
taehsd to II.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

BuLLios.-yan wyck b Co., Gold
Hill, received this morning for melting
and assay, 7,l7o ounces crude bullion.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

A SOUTHERN editor calls "Walrussia'
"Dam-long-wey-of-ski."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
CoRSs.-A San Diego correspondent

of the Times says:
"Mr. Rose, a merchant of this place,
informs me that these creators of much
misery in this world, can easily and
surely be cured by applying to them u
good coat Of gum arabic mucilagc, every
evening on going to bed. He suffered
with them for forty years, and tried
nearly all the corn doctors and corn
remedies in existence, without relief,
until he applied the above, which read
lily cured him in a few weeks"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14
FORENOON STOCK REPORT.
IcokREcrEp DAILY By SHAW L BOONE ]
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. AL P. N.
SALES,

0phir. GA. 10 shares sold; Gould & Curry
s haze ! ,o 5r.' cbo JIiIar PPotI $50, seller Co. 81
shares sold; Hale& Nofcross. 6 .l47t, seller 90
30 shares sold; Imperial. el77, seller 30. go share
sold; Kentuck, s2e6. l0s shares sold, Gold Hi
Quartz Mil, STA, 90 shares sold: Confidence
$50. Is shares sold: overman. sll5, 10s share
sold; Sierra Nevada. $50. seller 30, 235 share
sold neicher; siS2s: seller 81, 10 shSrcs sold; Yei
s92O, 6 shares sold; Daney, 90 2 shares sold
Gold In New York sl42,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-14

D. Wellington, Of W%ellington's Sta
ton, in going to Aurora, had his feet
frosted, and so badly, I nm sorry to
say, that he will probably lose q part of
one. Prof. Chas. Isenbcck is now in
camp, and will likely stop here or in
Washington District for some timc. He
is well pleased with tho indications
h%ereabouts. ScRIB.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-05
Ma, AyEesOs FINANCIAL PLAN.

The financial plan, proposed by Mr.. Ber-
nard Avegno comes before the council this
evening. We have already referred, appro-
vingly, to this plan, and we trust that the
council will examine il, not scepticaily, but
with desire to recognize its benefits and adj
vantages, if such be found to exist We have
not space, here, to enter the details of the
project; but we repeat that the principle on
which it is based, has been successfully tried,
and applied in many European cities.
Among these we may mention Brussels, as
one in which the arrangements for extinguish-
ing the corporate debt of the city, are almost
identical with those proposed by Mr.. Bernard
Avegno in the case of New Orleans. The
main features in the scheme are, first. the fund
ing of the whole currency debt, in small bonds
of $50 each, bearing 7-30 interest per au-
mum, payable monthly, and redeemable in
ten years, by monthly drawings, of particu-
lar number of obligations; and second, the
plan of paying premiums to the holders of a
given number of bends, according to the order
in which they are drawn. Thus the first
drawn number receives $40, 900; the two fol-
lowing $4,000 each; the next ten $500 each;
the next one hundred $50 each, and the next
five hundred $40 each. 1t is to be remarked
that these prizes are additional to the pay
ment of the principal and interest, and that
the bonds to be redeemed are determined by
the monthly drawings.
In this scheme supposing the amount ofcity
money, converted into $50 bonds, to be 81, 000,-
600, the city reserves for its own share an ex-
cess of so 900 numbers, supposed to represent
one million dollars; and therefore partic-
ipates to that extent in the chances of the lot
terry. These numbers, regularly ticketed, can
be put on the market and sold like other lot
terry tickets, and, it is easy to see that the in
ducements in this are superior to those offered
by the most popular of the existing lotteries.
Consequently the probabilities are that the
city would derive a revenue from the sale of
these reserved numbers, sufficient not only
to pay the interest on the debt, but to leave
fair margin of profit for the city treasury
and the projectors of the enterprise.
This is brief outline of the plan; and, on
account of the conciseness with which we
have given it, our readers may not see
through it clearly. We presume, however,
that it has been explained to the members OF
the council by gentlemen thoroughly con-
versant with the practical workings of
finance, and therefore no further calculation
may be necessary. We are satisfied that if
any scheme can redeem our city credit, with
out subjecting our people to a crushing
weight of taxation, it will be one which, like
this, appeals to that powerful element in
human nature which has made lotteries
always SO successful.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-05
M See Supplement-.

Sumner wants to make a rule by which
senators are to be governed in giving their
verdict, when the vote is taken in the i'm
parchment case. His mode is "guilty Tor
not guilty. of the acts as charged in the arti-
cles of impeachment, whereas the true and
only Just form should be guilty of high
crime Cor misdemednOr, as the case may be-
as charged in the articles Of impeachment
The distinction is important. In the one
case the verdict would, or might be, 'guilty"
as charged in the articles, although such acts
might not constitute crime or misdemeanor,
and might not be improbable. In the other
case the verdict would have to express the
Judgment of the court ON the law, as well as
on the fact. Sumner knows that the Presi-
dent cannot be convicted according to law,
but he is resolved to get rid of him, by find
ing him guilty whether he has committed
crime or not. 1t is by such subterfuges as
this that the radicals try to conceal their
hypocrisy.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-05
Southern Patents.

Col. Rufus R. Rhodes, solicitor of patents, No
% Commercial Place, officially reports to the
CRESCENT the following complete list of patents
granted Southern inventors for the week ending
April 81. 1868:
District of Coltlnbid.-Wm. e. Prall, Washing.
ton hot water elevator. w. q. Busey, George
town, fertilizer.
Ndryldnd.-Jas. II. Hulse. Baltimore, frame
FOR stretching pants. j. n. Murrill, machine for
cutting bungs. II. r. Robbins, tobacco-pipe.
Benz. j. Fuller, hydrsnt.
Frginid.-Ira Van Pelt and John s. Van Pelt,
Petersburg, carriage coupling. Eli II. Janney,
Alexandra, car coupling.
Kentucky.-G. n. Owens, Msysyille, hoe. Henry
Carney, Louisville, wstch.key.
1eTnessee.-G. W. Serrin, Memphis, baling
press. V. A. Hacker, Knoxville, scrubber. H.
Z. Locke, Somersville, corn-planter.
Missouri. c. Moorehesd and W. W. Elliott,
New Madrid, feather renovstOr. A. F. Cobb
Chapel Hill, beehive. Jno. Elbertson, Kinks.
vile, cartridge-box.
Design.-Trsde mark, J. II. Garnhart, st. Louis,
Missouri.
English Patent-Levi Stevens, Washington, d.
c., improvements in the manufacture of illumn
atiDg gas in the distlstion of hydro-c arbons and
The making Of gaseous fuel for heating purposes,
March l6, lses.