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The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

GAME TRADE.-Tho first large shipment Of
venison, elk and antelope meat of the season,
came to the Nevada Market on Monday last
Perry Kelley, with his usual enterprise, has
arranged TO keep the market well supplied
with game Of all descriptions. This lot was
killed on the Platte. river, and came over in
the hest possible order. White Pine. and even
the San Francisco markets. can he supplied
with this Gnme from the Rocky mountains
and the Great Basin
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08
A GnrAr Successive are glad to an

A GnxAr Successive are glad TO an
nounos that The ball gotten up under the an
spices Of the Trustees Of Elko school district,
Tor the benefit OF the school. which came of
on Monday, as perannouncement, was most
complete success in every sense Of the word.
The Floor Managers were untiring in their ef-
forts 10 make the occasion pleasant one for
all concerned. in which respect they were en-
tirely successful. The fifty ladies present
were dressed In good taste and showed pro-
hciency in the Terpsichorean art. Over one
hundred persons sat down to a handsome col
lstion, served up by Mr. Treat, the popular
proprietor Of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. The
hours of night sped rapidly away in the enjoy
ment Of the dance until four o'clock in the
morning, when the good, old-fashioned Vir-
einia Reel was called and danced with great
Iest; Immediately after which the company
retired from the ballroom to the music of
"Home, Sweet Home" We trust that this is
but the inauguration of a series of social re-
unions for the Winter months.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

NEW VARIETY SroRE.-H. Armer has opened
new and complete variety store on the cor
ner Of Commercial and Fifth streets. Every
thing in the tobacco, cutlery, stationery and
toy line can he found in his well-filled and
neatly-arranged plLco of business. Mr.. Armer
comes from Sacramento, where he has long
been well known as n popular wholesale and
retail merchant, and was ono of the pioneer
merchants Of Nevada
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

The Atchison Il Drew Mill, in Cope, started
up on Monday of last week, and everything is
working in the most satisfactory manner
they have an abundance Of ore on hand and
will soon clean up. when tho first shipment
OF bullion from that young and interesting dis
triot will bo made. Cope district Is q complete
success.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

SKATING Risx.-Charloy Morse has made
arrangements for the construction of skating
rink on the bank of tho river, inst below town
ami will have Il in readiness Nv the Inst of tho
week. The boys and girls can then have lots
of fun and healthy exercise.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

VIM TAYLOR, of thistown, has been appoint
ed Deputy U. S. Revenue Assessor for the
counties Of Elko and Humboldt. Bill will
move around among the people and attend to
the interests Of the Government without fear
ar favor $3.50
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

oRa1iSo on tho Humboldt river Is quite
popular source Of amusement Just now among
tho lads and lassies" of Elko' '0"s
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

PARTY just in from Corinno informs Ms
that the streets of that burg are covered with
disagreoablo and sticky mud. The streets
OF Elko are dusty, and the weather, during the
daytime, IN warm and pleasant.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

Mr. Corr. tho finder Of the district which
bears his name, is in town, on his way to
Mountain City, where no purposes spending
most of the Winter. Cope looks fresh ana
healthy after his soiourn IN San Francisco,
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

Losr.--Any person finding Colts revolver
between THIS place and Cope will confer "a
yor and he literally rewared by leaving tho
same ut this Office. The pistol is a sis.inoh
HIA-shooter and is numbered 16. 242
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08

W. T. DYER & Co. are shipping large
amounts of barley and -four 10 Cope district
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-08
JOHN o. MAYHuon,

1UsT1CE or THE pBACE FOR ELKo TOWN.
~ nhip Town Of Elko. once in Epicy's Ruilding,
opposite the Passenger Deppt
stu
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
Great Battle in Cuba.

Our Havana dates, through government
sources, detail the results Of march Of Span
ish troops on Puerto Principe and heavy
conflict with four thousand patriots who
disputed the road. The engagement was very
severe; said to be the most important thus far
that has taken place during the revolution.
Under cover Of heavy artillery fire the
Spanish columns moved on the patriot works
and carried them at the point of the bayonet.
The loss Of the Spaniards is reported at one
hundred and eleven killed and wounded, while
that of the rebels is estimated at about one
thousand.
1t is advisable to await the reports from the
patriot side, as we have been constantly
deceived by the colonial government with refe-
renee to the revolution and its success The
fact that the revolutionists are already
assembled in bodies of four Thousand men and
fighting pitched battles with the regular Span
ish troops looks as If Spain had but little
chance Of holding the island much longer.
1t is very proper moment now for our
government to act upon the Cuban question.
The patriots are constantly gaining strength,
and the war upon the part Of Spain is gradu-
ally approaching one Of vengeance, when
nothing remains but to devastate, after the old
Spanish fashion, and then retire from the scene
of their plunderings and wholesale massacres.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
Railway Enterprise in Russia.

Our st. Petersburg correspondent, in his
letters published on Sunday and Monday,
gives full and detailed account Of eight rail-
way lines which, by imperial decree of January
8, 1869, have been declared to be of first rate
Importance, and as such deserving of immedi-
ate consideration and construction. One of
the eight is the. Liebau line, the vital impor-
tance of which, from commercial and strategic
points Of view, cannot easily be over-esti
mated. The other seven are intended to unite
the Black Sea with the Baltic, and the three
principal rivers Of Russia-the Volga, the Don
and the Dnieper-with each other and with
Moscow, at the same time affording every
facility of mutual communication to the chief
inland corn-bearing provinces and the princi-
pal towns in the Western and Southwestern
provinces. The concessions for these eight
lines are to be granted and the works are to
begin this very year. Moreover, other lines
are to be deliberated and decided upon by the
beginning of next year. Among the latter are
the Siberian line and the line between the Aral
and the Caspian seas. Russia will thus be
brought into immediate contact with many
parts Of Central Asia and very nearly with
India. The manifest destiny" of the Russian
empire is, as we have often said, to extend its
influence in that direction. Another great
line is mentioned, sthe necessity of which is
daily more felt'-one uniting Moscow with
Nicolaievsk, on the Amour. ''The question is
much discussed in political and commercial
circles and win be started very shortly in good
earnest" says our st. Petersburg correspond
ent, who adds 1.-THE day, then, is perhaps
not distant when we may steam along from st.
Petersburg to San Francisco and New York
with only one short interruption" A pro-
digious interest has been excited in almost all
ranks Of Russian society by the imperial de-
cree Of January in favor of the new railway
lines, and the impulse given by it to railway
enterprise must lead to incalculable results.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

NEVER SATIsFrED.-The Memphis Appeal
thinks that President Grants inaugural may
fittingly be entitled General Order No. 1 from
the headquarters of the Commander-in-C Chief
Of the Army and Navy of the United States"
The Appeal is so accustomed to being operated
upon by documents of that military character
that It cannot realize state of civil law and
authority. During the rebellion the erratio
movements Of the appeal might have been
governed by the following vamosing orders =
General vamosing order No. /, from Mem
phis to Grenada; No. 2, from Grenada to Jack
son; No. 3, from Jackson to Atlanta No. A.
from Atlanta to Macon; No. 8, from Macon to
Montgomery" where, when General Sherman
was expected TO throw in several columns Of
heavily loaded matter gratuitously, the Appeal,
for the time being, gave up the ghost. No won
der 1t has a refreshing recollection of military
orders.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

REVOCATION OF WHIsKRY RING PARDoNs.
Among the first official acts of President Grant
are his revocations OF certain pardons from
President johnson, embracing the two Du-
puys, father and son, and the famous BlaisdeIl
and Eckel, all convicted and sent to the Peni-
tentiary at Albany for defrauding the revenue
in certain whiskey transactions. The benevo-
lent spirit exercised by President Johnson
towards these criminals is not suggestive Of
any very earnest desire or pu rpose on his part
to put down these whskey rings, while the
prompt interposition Of President Grant to pre-
vent the release Of the aforesaid convicts indi-
Gates a fixed determination to probe these
whiskoy frauds to the bottom and to bring all
concerned therein under the penalties OF the
law. The pardons to the Dupuys and Blais-
dell and Eckcl were issued too late by Mr..
johnson, for General Grant was just in time to
stop them
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

SOCIAL Equality IN LoUIsrANA.-The New
Orleans Bee publishes the text Of the Social
Equality law just passed by the Louisiana
Legislature and remarks:-'It is unnecessary
for us to say that public opinion will be prompt
to sustain any person who will resist the en-
forcement Of the law, and that no officer of the
State will dare to engage in the execution of
its provisions" President Grant says :-'T
know no method to secure the repeal Of bad or
obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent
execution" Here, 1t will be seen, is slight
disagreement between the Louisiana editor and
the new President. There is no question, how
ever, as to who Is right.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
Our Rotation. with England.

The moment is appropriate for us to con-
slider how we stand with our commercial rivals
across the water. That we are upon the eve
of an exciting diplomatic, if not warlike, con-
test with Great Britain we have little doubt
The unfortunate accrediting of Reverdy john
son to the Court Of st. James appears only
to have opened the Alabama wounds afresh,
and has led our people to again reflect upon
the wrongs and outrages committed against US
when we were struggling for national exist
ence. To say that the privateers which were
launched against us during our war escaped
from the interdict of English law is only to
argue that the boasted laws Of England are a
farce; and SO they were, in all that tended to
honorable action towards us during our rebel
lion. The English people were almost unit,
from bootblack to lord, for the destruction OF
the republicanism Of North America and this
whole Continent How, then, could the laws
be enforced, when all England forbade their
execution? England, therefore, cannot expect
us to Judge Of our relations with her through
certain written but dormant codes, but, rather,
through the national impulse, which, for the
time being, sets all codes aside. We have
simply to base our whole future action upon
the Alabama claims upon this idea, and settle
the whole matter as if England had boldly
declared war against US, instead Of striking,
Spaniardlike and snakelike, without previous
notice.
While settling the Alabama claims there is
another item to which we wish to draw the
attention of our government. This refers to
the island Of Nassau. It is strategic point in
the hands Of England which, in case of any
internal or foreign trouble we may have, may
do lis immense damage. We well remember
what thorn it was in our side during our late
war; how it swarmed with blockade runners !;
how it was virtually point Of active opera
tions against us, and how the South received
from it immense war supplies to assist them in
the attempted overthrow of our government.
This island should be in no other hands than
our own. We require it as picket post for
the guarding of our Atlantic coast. The Ala
bama claims should not be settled without
including this question.
We must also indicate some policy with
reference to Canada; for Canada was also a
nest of conspirators and base Of operations
against us under the almost open protection Of
the English element there. Who will give us
good war speech in Congress upon the ques-
ton Of our relations with England? We want
speech with solid ring to it that will wake
them up little on the other side of the water
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
Breaking Up Of Old Political Parties.

Breaking Up Of Old Political Parties.
The democratic members of the Indiana
Legislature have seeded in body, leaving it
without q quorum. This was done to prevent
O vote on the fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitution, and has resulted in the failure of the
appropriation bills and other measures neces-
sary to keep the whole government in motion.
II is doubtful whether the Indiana democrats
will gain much popularity by this revolution
ary movement. But, after all, it is nothing
but q part Of the work Of breaking up old
parties commenced by General Grant In Wash
ington and calculated to ramify all over the
country, knocking the old political head cen
tres to the right and left and erecting in their
place noble, patriotic and progressive party
Of the people, with common sense, honesty,
reform and strict official accountability as its
mainsprings The people are tired of worn
out, shaky party hacks, with their corrupt in
trigues, secret wirepullings and the general
prostitution Of the public service to their own
ends. They want clear, ringing, inspiring
tone given to the new administration, and the
sooner the old party organizations crumble to
pieces the better for the success Of the policy
President Grant has avowed IL as his intention
to pursue.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

BRANDY AND BITrERs As A SoLAoE IN A
MURDER CAsE.-A report in Western paper
Of the conclusion of the trial Of Mrs. Glenn for
murder in Indianapolis ays:-'Tt is said the
criminal has sustained her wonderful compo-
sure by using pint Of brandy daily. Her
counsel promptly entered q melton for .
renewal, and the case will be fought to the
bitter end" Whether the renewal refers to
the brandy or the ''bitter end" does not appear !;
perhaps It means both. In New York chloro-
form is the favorite solace administered to
criminals in capital cases.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
Grant IN tho Wilderness Again.

Grant In tho Wilderness Again.
Grant is In again. He has plunged in rather
than advanced with what the kno--ing ones
regard as 'due circumspection;" but now,
as in "a, there is this great fact in his
favor, that what was most necessary was that
he should begin. In 1864 Grant had the
enemy in front posted no one on our side knew
exactly where or how, his dispositions hidden
in the shadow ofa jungle, and behind Grant
the people were expecting Of him only to go
ahead and win. He went ahead accordingly,
and he won-not at once-not in the way your
hero wins in romance, but after labor that
might have worn the soul out of Sisyphus him
SELF His success was splendid and complete
at last, and filed the cup of the nations hope.
Only the other day he was morally in the same
place: at the edge Of wilderness denser to
him than the Virginia forest-the wilderness Of
political usage, routine, trickery and intrigue,
oil the paths of which are held by the public
enemy-the politicians of every stripe, the
Treasury rings, the lobby jobbers, the mig
ger shriekers and the whiskey thieves.
The thing the country had made him
President for was to 60 ahead, and
he went slashing into the jungle. They
say his first step was blunder. The first
step is to be judged when we know the last.
That first step has brought him into the midst
of the fight. In other times laundering was
generally done with when Grant got there,
and the step into the fight was one fruitful Of
promise to the country. We anticipate the
best results from the simple fact that Grant is
doing what he was made President for going
straight ahead where the politicians stand in
his way. Once this grand action opened, who
can doubt how it will close when he remen,-
bers that what was begun in the Wilderness
was finished at Appomattox Court House.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

"LEr Us HAVE PKA,E."-On the very day
President Grants inaugural address was scat
tered broadcast over the land, certain malcon-
tents in one of the Western legislatures entered
into conspiracy to deeat the will Of the
people as expressed through their representa-
tives. This is not the knd Of peace General
Grant meant. II Is more like a general
breaking to pieces.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

Tho Practical Wow Of the Treasury Muddlcs
From all sides, from bankers and brokers,
from merchants and shipowners, from me-
chanics and tradesmen, from everybody con-
nected with industry and commerce, and from
every class in the community except the poll
ticians, there comes to us one universal ex-
preston of satisfaction at the nomination OF
Mr.. Stewart as Secretary Of the Treasury
and Of the hope that Congress will sustain the
appointment SO itly made by the President.
The ground of this universal feeling is the
fact that Mr.. Stewart is practical man Of
eminent attainments in commerce. The mer-
chants exclaim with one voice, ''Now we shall
and foolish decisions that have so long attended
our reclamations against improper interpreta-
tions Of the law" The moneyed interest conf
dently hopes that it win not be subjected to
the malefc Influences Of theorizing Secre-
tary. The country feels that the public inte-
rest will be safe in the hands of a man who
has demonstrated his practical fitness for busi-
ness.
We hope the President will not recede
from his position, that Mr.. Stewart win not
retract his acceptance of the trust, and that
Congress viii repeal an obsolete law which
was conceived in q narrow and bigoted spirit,
enacted at time when the entire scheme Of
our government was an experiment, and which
can be cited only to defend the clamors Of
hungry politicians for Office. The appointment
of Mr. Stewart was an emnentlv practical
measure. 1t means business; it means honest
business; and it should be sustained. The
country will sustain it, and the only parties
who object to it are the politicians and the
newspapers Of every hue and shade Of opinion
that are allied with them. If Congress hesitates
to repeal the obnoxious and silly clause of the
law which deprives the country Of the services
Of practical business men, we counsel General
Grant to fight it out on that line if it takes MI
summer. He is right and the country will
sustain him.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

CANcELLED.-There seems q question for the
lawyers in the case of the pardons issued by
Johnson and withdrawn by Grant. But we
believe there is no difficulty. The pardons
were never acted upon, but were cancelled by
the same authority that made them before
they had passed out Of the hands Of that
authority
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

PRAcrIcAL PRAYER.-A Kansas paper states
that woman out that WY (Mrs Buffum) is so
strongly in favor Of her lights that she closes
her prayer, sAwomcn, "and not Amen. She
also prays, "May Thyqueendom and king
dom come" On the question Of "Thy will be
done" Mrs. Buffum is nen-committal, as she is
decidedly in favor Of ~ery woman having a
will of her own that sholld be obeyed.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The DAILY HERALD will be sent to subscribers
fer one dollar month.
The postage being only thirty-fve cents q
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

THE PERSONAL RRMEDY.-The plan OF kill
ing men who have committed outrages for
which the law can provide no adequate
remedy Is finding favor just now. It was
tried In Richmond the other day aud approved
by a jury. IL has just been tried in Montreal,
and the jurors up there may not approve, for
they sn in colder rooms than the Virginia
jurors occupy.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

HARD ON THE CHURCH. Chaplin preached
on Sunday on the point that the denial Of
Christ came from the lips of Peter, ''the first
confessor of Christ" and the head of the
Church.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

Fancy Balls Among tho Bohemians.
If the current rumor be trse that among
the usual solcmnitics Of Lent have been inter-
calated unusually numerous fancy balls at
New York concert rooms, theatres and hotels
nd that on these occasions certain Bohemians
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

NATIONALITY OF GRANTS CABINET. T.-Grant's
Cabinet If they all stick, will contain a native
born Irishman (StewarD, native born Cana
dian (Cox), and Frenchman by descent
(Borie)
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

THE DAY WORTHY THE DEED.-It is stated
that Governor Baker, of Indiana, will call an
extra session Of the Legislature on the lst Of
April.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09
TRIPLE SHEET
New York, Tuesday, March ., 1860.
Notice to Herald Carriers and News Dealers.


HERALD carriers and news dealers are in
formed that they can now procure the requisite
number Of copies direct from this Office without
delay.
All complaints of ''short counts and spoiled
sheets must be made to the Superintendent in
the counting-room Of the HERALD establish
ment
Newsmen who have received spoiled papers
from the HERALD Office, are requested to re-
turn the same, with proof that they were
obtained from here direct, and have their
money refunded. Spoiled sheets must not be
sold to readers of the HERALD.
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

Is He PROTESTANT REV. Morgan Dix
holds that any form Of Catholicism is better
than that system Of private judgment" faith
In which is the basis Of Professionalism. lie
perceives that Professionalism Is the first step
in that progress that ends in rationalism.
When, then, Is he going over to The Pope2
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

SLIGHTLY ExAGGERATED.-An Iowa ex-
change, in order to be even with contempo-
rary who told marvellous pin story, vouches
for the truth of statement that lady in that
village, when quite child, accidentally run
splinter in the thumb Of her left hand, and
was astounded the other day by having saw
log, ten feet long and twenty-three inches in
circumference, jump from her heel. This is
like the stories Of many Western stump
speakers-an atom Of fact and large amount
Of exaggeration-but they are sworn to with
such pertinacity that audiences are bound to
believe them
The New York herald., 1869-03-09

believes that even the Pope may be saved il,
Me Gloves the Lord Jesus"