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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21
u-P1rs1DEHf PIERcrs LAST III.
NESS.

A dispatch from Concord, dated the
9Th instant, gives some of the particu-
lars of the last illness of ex-Psesiden,
Pierce:
The last sickness of ex-President
Pierce commenced 10 a mild form about
five weeks since at HAMPTON Beach.
1t WAS not at first considered to be q
dangerous illness, but he grew worse
rapidly, and in few days was taken to
his home in Concord His family phys
ician, DR.. Charles P Gage, was sum
moned, and he found the ex President
suffering from abdominal d opsy, at
tended with alarming symptoms
Prompt treatment resulted in relieving
the patient. Abou; two weeks since
hiccups set in seriously, and continued
at intervals for about ten days. The
dropsical difficulty had been again re
leved, but when il set in the third time
the system did not seem to respond to
diuretic medicines. This physical con
dition, Joined with inabliy to take
nourishment, caused Mr. Pierce 10 com
meuce sinking, and he continued to
fail gradually until death. He was con-
scious TO the last. aud had sufficient
strength to converse up to within two
hours of his decrease. He conversed
frequently during his sickness upon
public and national matters, and ex
pressed a deep interest in and anxiety
for the welfare of the country. He
talked freely of the public men with
10 ~ a-snciataA n nn.IfI-
cal life, and spoke personally of his
former Cabinet members, and of many
other statesmen and representative
men in different parts of the country
As death approached his waning
strength did not permit him TO con
verse, but to all appearance his bodily
pain bad left him. He lay quie ly upon
his bed, IA calm, happy, and resigned
expression sutfusing his countennuce
At about O'Clock he looked around
the room for the last time, his eyes rest
ing for a moment npon those in attic
ance upon him, and then, as calmly
and sweetly as child would sink 10
its resi-, he closed his eyes in its las
sleep and passed away. He died at tn
residence cf Mr.. Willard Williams, on
Main street. where he had made his
home, while in Concord. for many
wears past President Pierce formerly
a tended the South Congregational
Church in Concord. but II few years
since be joined ST. Paufs Episcopal
Church of which he WAS communi
can't He left a handsome property,
which, it is understood, ID devised by
Will.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21

THAT New York city is the modern
in the mockery of Justice by so called
Judges. The New York Times thus
frankly acknowledges some of the in
Equities of The metropolis:
We are getting used to SO many
strange DEVELOPMENTS in the art OF
rick-ry and imposture that nothing
ought 10 surprise US We see men who
in most ether States of THIS Union wouli
undoubtedly have been driven from
contact with decent society, even IT
they had not long ago been invited to
take their place in felou's dock, here
taking up prominent positions as . CO
losssl spectators IL is held as no
hing against them that they have
brought rum 10 hundreds OF homes
People admire their - smartness' and
enterprise ja>t The same If we want
to study Another phase of life, whirh
we may fairly call revival of our own
Invention, we have only to watch the
manner in which Judges are bought
nd sold, Ike sheep a. fir, or brass
chains on a huckster's tray. 4 man who
makes large dealings IN stocks thinks his
asra bllshment incomplete until be owns
a Judge or TWO. For practical purposes
sign might as well he stuck up out
side some Of the Courts, setting forth
that Justice is 10 he sold AT an alarming
sacrifice and tha no ready money Will
be refused The scales of the goddess
are only used to weigh the g"id which
both parrie- bring to bride her with
Ne are getting used to all this, and to
reign If shame AMI imposition gen
orally. A raIlwar, especially II 1t hap
pens TO he eall.d the Erie Railway. l.
made a means Of plundering the III wary
passengers and everybody who goes
near il. Tue shareholders are not en-
Tiled 10 murh svmps by. People VIII"
PLAY with sharp instruments must ex
pect 10 be cut
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21

A CARD FROM MRs. II. B. STowE.-SHE
ASKS FOR A SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT AND
THE PRIyiLEGE OF INTRODUCING NEW
EvIpRNcE-The Hartford Conn., Courant
of the 7th inst. contains the following card
from Mrs. III. B. Stowe:
To the Editor of the Corrant: Mrs. Stowe
desires the friends of justice and fair dealing
to publish for her this announcement That
she has kept silence heretofore In regard Ia
the criticism on her article on Lady Byron
for two reasons: First, because she regarded
the public mind as in too excited state to
consider the matter diSpa~sIouateis and
second, because she has EXPECTED he develop
nnents Of additional proofs III England, some
of which. of great importance, have already
come To- hand. Mrs. Stowe is preparing a
review of the whole matter wuh further
facts md more documents, including several
letters of Lady Byron to her at the same
time, which were returned To- her nv the ex-
ecutors soon after that lady death Sac
will also give the public full account Of
the circumstances and reasons which led
her to feel it to be her duty to make this
disclosure as an obligation alike Of justice.
gratitude arc personal friendship.
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GREELEY on THE PoLITIcs OF NEW
YoRK-In the Tribune of the 18th inst
Horace Greeley delivers the following pithy
sermon upon the politics of New York:
A corresp ndent wishes to knows why, if
the Grant Ell. ctors were beaten and John L.
Hoffman made Governor by gigantic frauds
last November, the election was not con-
tested
The question implies ignorance of the
mode in which VOTES are cast and counted in
an election by ballot. suppose we had been
able to prove fftv thousand votes Illegally
cast last Fall, how would that have helped
Us ? We should have still been required 20
prove that these votes were cast for Sey-
mour and for Hoffman in order to invalidate
the declared result. And how could we
have proved that Suppose we could have ar
rested all the thieves and burglars who were
suborned TO vote ten to fifteen times each
against u, do you fancy they would have
sworn that they voted for Seymour and for
Hoffman, as all morally know that they did
No. sir we will do our utmost not to be
so cheated again, in spite of the Brotherhood
Of Thieves, official and professional, still
arrayed against us. Help US to make our
efforts efsectual
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21
CORBIN.

"Gath," the Washington correspond
ent of the Chicago Tribune, in some
what lengthy biography of A. 5. Cor
bio, the brother-in-law of the President.
who has been accused by Fisk, Jr., OF
having used his relationship with Grant
as means of finding out the secret
intentions Of the Government with re-
lariou to the gold gamblers of Wall
street, tells the following:
By the time he left Washington, which
was early in the war time, Corbin had made
enough money to own the house which Cen
eral Grant purchased afterward, and an en-
tire square besides. This house he bought
for ST. 900, while it bought for General
Sherman in 1869 for S65, 900. Corbin went
10 New York about the beginning of the
great speculative period and engaged in
stock matters, for which he had natural
genius. and in real estate transactions. He
purchased a farm at Hudson City for
small sum. and cut it up into building lots.
so that III 1856 he said that he ssessed
LEO lots, for which he would not take
81 900 apiece. People who know him here
express no doubt that he l. worth 5000,
ODD, He has resided at No. 81 west wen
ty-seventh street, since he moved to New
YORK, and losing his wife soon afterward.
h. heard of the unmarried sister of General
Grant and paid his court to ner. he con-
nectian of this gentleman with General
Grant is, therefore, very .eeent, and 1t l.
probable has never been very intimate. The
sister he married was about rhirty-hse
years of age. Corbin himself Is sixty and
looks older. He has never had child.
Amongst the people who know Cnrbin here
the impression is that he is a >hrew7, man
aging, directing man, with genius for
keeping in the background. Colonel Phelps
Of Missouri used to say: " CorbIn never does
anything straighiforwardly. II he wanted
to get bundle off that chair Wonder. instead
of walking in that door he would get up on
the steps and take crooked stick and try
to hoist it out of the window | am thus
plain in relating to you the traditions left
by this able business man behind him In
Washington, because if he has been mixing
himself in gold rings he has had abundant
experience TO know how to do II alone.
General Grant has no more knowledge OF
how these things are done than Mr. Coroin IS
wife. 1t is unfortunate that by his lenIty
with the ambition of his brother~-i in law, the
President should have left evil interpreters
opportunity TO associate his name with the
willy Corbin's.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21

A RAY OF LlGHT-THE SrocK RRoK
ER's VERNACULAR ExPLAINED.-Yesrer-
day our reporter called at the office Of
broker on Wall street, and enter
viewed him in the following style:
RepOrter-You are a stock broker
and have been engaged in that capacity
a number of years, have you not?
Stock Broker--Yes, sir.
Reporter-You are aware tbat the
general readers of newspapers find it
difficult to comprehend much that is
written on the subject of the recent GOLD
excitement, on account of their ignor-
ance of your mode Of doing business.
Sock Broker-That's so.
Reporrer-Will You explain to me, in
as few words as possible, for the infor.
nation of persons outside of New York
the SPECTATORS mode of operating in
the stock market?
Stock Broker-Certainly, with pleas
ure. You see, the way is this: Suppose
things are looking squally. | go short
of stocks to-day. l either do il in per
son or else put up margin with
another broker. ! keep in that position
II few days, and the market slumps ont,
and | take my shorts. AS long as the
market continues to look slumpy | lay
still, until | think the time has come
to operate for rise. | then go long
and hold on for a rise, and when |
think the market has gone as high as II
will bear, | sell out nv long stock and
go short paying out the shorts first MS
long Ms mink it will do, and taking
care at the same time to cover when the
general appearance indicates rise. We
don't always go long Immediately after
taking in our shorts, but as rule We
pay out on a rising market, and take in
on a falling one. Sometimes, small
operators who have no money for mar
gins. buy and sell puts and calls. That's
he long and short of the matter.-New
York Sun.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21
A THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

Our acting Governor, Hon ]. S. Sling
erland, has issued . Proclamation in
which, complying with the Presidents
Proclamation upon the same subject,
he fixes the 18th proximo as day of
public Thanksgiving and Praise. The
Governor makes very appropriate allu-
sion, in most feeling terms, 10 the be-
reavemeuts sustained by the State; and
with much earnestness calls upon the
people to make due acknowledgements
of the mercies as well as of the bounti
full gifts which have been bestowed
upon US during the past yesr.
We are glad tina. this action has
been so promptly taken by the Cover
nor: and we need but to hint to those
of our readers who look forward to
Thanksgiving Day as to one of the
mos, pleasurable occasions of the year
that, the day being thus fixed there
need no longer be any grave doubts as
TO the longevity of their full grown
turkeys
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VIZ ~ s--sss - : ~ = - $50 =
FRANKLIN PIERCE.

Says the N. Y. Tribune Of the 18th
inst:
Franklin Pierce had 20 far passed out
of the public notice, and the evils he
wrought had been 30 far fought out of
the life Of the Nation, that his death
will produce less marked impression
than the great place Re held and the
history he helped to make would war
rant. Mr.. Pierce was small man,
placed by a succession Of accidents a.
the head of the Government, when
events too great for his control, or even
for his comprehension, we're in progress
He doubtless believed he was serving
the country by his super serviceabie
zeal to execute the Fugitive Slave law,
to throw away the Missouri Comprom
Use, to force Border Rufian rule upon
Kansas, to make the SHAREHOLDERS
policy Nationsl. Now that the country
has brought the devices of the men who
used him 20 nought, We can well afford.
by bis open grave, to recall rather his
private virtues and the gesial cbarae
terisrics which surrounded him with de-
vored friends, who will to-day, with
more feeling than always follows the
remains of the distinguished dead, sin
cerely mourn the loss of our fourteenth
President.
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MARRIED..

At the residence of the brides father. at Lake
Tahoe, October 10th, by Rev. J. d. hammond.
Mr. NJ. Deane Hatch, of Cal son City, to Miss
BERTHE A. Davis, Of Lake Tahoe.
Along with this gratifying notice came a quarter
section Of cake and liberal offering of champagne
Hatch is a good and suggestive name for q newly
married couple; and We wish these twain all the
prosperity, etc., ETC., ETC., that they look for-
ward to.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21

MINISTER ANDREW G. CURTIN has re-
Gently created a sensation at the HISS
hnnquet in Prague. He first addressed
the Bohemians with gratifying success.
and subsequently spoke for some time
in the Russian tongue, his speech being
received with the greatest enthusiasm.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-21

THE DEMOCRATIC Pass On GRANT
INFLUENCE UPON THE FINANCEs.-The Tri-
bune very truthfully says:
During the progress of the late gold spec
ulation in Wall street, the President was
adjured by Democratic journals not to in
terfere, warned that he had no business TO
break up speculations for rise in gold, and
implored I, let the bulls alone and not suf-
fer the bears to claim him. Now we find
these same journals even more Jealous in
arraIgning HIM because he didn't interfere
sooner, aud seeking To prove that his delay
until the i'll fated Friday must have been
iecause Of corrupt motives! To such base
uses can party necessity bring them.
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NEW TO-DAY.
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION-

TN READY COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS
i Of . Proclamation issued by the President OF
the United states, l, the Acting Governor of the
State # Nevada. do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 18th day Of November,
A. D. 1869.
As day Of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND
PRAISE.
Loot ing back upon the events of the year. We
cannot fail to be reminded of the Supreme Ruler $
great mercies as well of the inscrutableness OF
II ways; and whilst We, as in duty bound,
should be thankful for the open handednsss of a
bounti III and never fail ng Providence, let us
humbly y knowledge that there has been given to
u.s. BY the death OF two Of our State officers. a
canse f great and expressing grief.
How can this Proclaim ,tion, asking the people
TO give thanks for the blessings which they have
received b. uttered, unless at the same time, we
atte-t our gratitude to God for His having seen
fiji TO spare us from the scythe Of His dread
servant.
The harve<ts which We seek from the seed and
the rock have been god. Tie deserts and the
cases have yielded bountifully a. We could rea-
sonsbly expect.
our mine. al resources have continued to sustain
their high character; and the tolls Of the hus-
ban imam have been requted.
Whist the earthquake and the flood and the
temt.eet have been visited upon our neighbors in
other States and upn the people of adjacent
such grave misfortun.s
1t should excite the mutual CALCULATIONS of ms
all that the blessings which have befailen The
nation, aud which a.e so gracefully recited by
President Grant, have come upon our country ana
its institutions
These, then. are profound reasons for thankful
ness and the earnest scknow ledg. ment OF the
presence OF Almighty God: and they lend us
irrepressible incentives for heartily acceding 70
the sentiments set forth in the Presidents Procla-
nation. And, actuated by these go reasons,
de- enjoin it upon all itiZens to attest their sense
of dependence upon he great Creator 10y giving
IN the day above designated, in the churches and
at the fires de- an earne-t showing If their faith
I'D of their sincerity in such professions as be
rume a collective part Of a civilization and
people whose mis- ion it is to The big hest
and best interests of humanity.
sx In witness whereof have hereunto SET
rs / my hand, and caused to be affixed the
| U.s. I Gree Seal of the State of Nevada Done
*--s at Carson City this 10th day If ctober,
A. D. 1869. JAMES :. SUNDERLAND.
Acting Governor Of Nevada
By the Acting Governor:
c. n. NorEwARE Secretary of State I'd
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-03-11
Housewives Department.
VRFmish for Shoes.

7 1t is a bad plan to grease the upper
leather of shoes for the purpose of
keeping them soft. It rots the leather
and admits dampness more readily.
1t Is better to make a varnish thus {:
Put half pound of gum shellac, broken
up in small pieces, in a quart bottle or
jug, cover it with alcohol, cork it tight,
and put in on a shelf in warm place
shake it well several times day
then add a piece of camphOr as large
as hens egg, shake it again, and
add one ounce Of lampblaek. IF the
alcohol is good, It will all be dissolved
in three days; then shake and use.
If 1t gets too thick, add alcohol, pour
out two or three teaspOonfuls In sau-
Ger, and apply it with a small paint
brush. If the materials are all good,
it will dry in about five minutes, and
will be removed only by wearing It
OF, giving a gloss almost equal to pat
ent leather.
The advantage Of this preparation
over others is, it does not strike into
the leather and make it hard, but re-
mains on the surface, and yet excludes
the water almost perfectly. This same
preparation is admirable for harness.
and does not soil when touched, as
lampblack preparations do.-THulPs
Journal Of Health.
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Fresh Air.

People who shudder at a flesh
wound, or tinge of blood, would con-
fine their children like cOnvicts. and
compel them, month after month, to
breathe quantities Of poison. 1t wouId
less impair the mental and physical
constitution Of children, gradually to
draw an ounce of blood from their
veins during the same length Of time,
than to send them to breathe, for six
hours a day, the lifeless and poisoned
air Of some of our school rooms. Let
any man who votes for confining
children in a small room, and keep
ing hem on stagnant air, try the ex-
pertinent of breathing his own
breath only four times over; if mpdi-
cal aid be not at hand, the children
will never be endangered by his vote
afterward.-[H Horace Mann.
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The End Of the Davis Trial.

At last, we have reached the end OF
the great farce. The Attorney Gen
eral Of the United States directed that
a nolle prOseqlti be entered In the cases
of JEFF. Davis, Robert E. Lee, Breck-
enridge, Early and over thirty others,
against whom indictments for treason
have been pending for almost four
years. The general amnesty prOcla-
nation Of President johnson had the
legal effect Of absOlving those men
from the penalty of the law, incurred
for their crimes of treason; and as no
reliable evidence could be secured to
implicate them as accessories to the as
sassination Of Mr.. Lincoln, their dis
charge was the only alternative left the
officers of the law.
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A Cheap Ice House,

Ice will keep splendidly on a floor
Of rails under a heap Of straw. Lay a
floor of slabs on three old rails as
.sIeepers, the floor being 12x12 feet
square; cover it a foot thick with
straw, lay up a square pile of ice of
eight or ten feet high, of solid square
pieces, having the space between the
cakes well chinked in with pounded
ice; set posts as for high fence, two
feet outside all around; board up
with close fitting Is feet inch or inch
and-a-quarter boards, and stuff the
whole outside the ice, with straw; put
on a single pitch roof of boards, inclin-
ed to the north, and fill the whole in
terror above the ice with straw; the
the ice will and should be used from
the top only. 1t is well, before pilling
up the ice, to set two light posts, two
feet from each corner, against which
the ice may rest, so that the corners of
the pile will remain firm.
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Chnreea DenIeh.

A dispatch 70 the Cincinnati Ga
zette says 'that Representatives ALI
son and Wilson, of Iowa, authorize
the statement that charges made in
the Cincinnati Gazette, by a Dubuque
correspondent, that they received
$4,000 each through their connec-
ton with the Sioux City Branch
Pacific Railroad, are unqualifedly
false that they never received that
or any other sum; that the whole story
is but a repetition of what was brought
against Mr. Allison during the late
campaign, and fully met, and, as both
these gentlemen believe, now made
against them solely with malicious
purpose"
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How to be Miserable.

Sit by a window and look over the
way to your neighbor'9 excellent man
sion, which he has recently built and
paid for, and fitted out.
"Oh, that l were a rich manP
Get angry with your neighbor, and
think you have not friend in the
world. Shed tear or two, and take
a walk in the burial ground, con
tinually saying to yourself:
"When shall l be buried?'
Sign a note for a friend, and never
forget your kindness, and every hour
in the day whisper to yourself 81
wonder if he will ever pay that nOte?''
Think everybody means to cheat
you. Closely examine every bill you
take, and doubt its being genuine un-
til you have put your neighbOr to a
great deal of trouble. Put confidence
in nobody, and believe every man
you trade with to be a rogue.
: Never accommodate, if you can posi-
bly, help it.
Never visit the sick or afflicted ,and
never give cent to assist the poor.
Buy as cheap as you can, and screw
down to the lowest mill. Grind the
faces and the hearts of the unfortu-
nate.
Brood over your misfortunes, your
lack of talents, and believe that at no
distant day you will como to want.
Let the work-house be ever in your
mind, with all the horrors of distress
and poverty.
Follow these receipts strictly, and
you will be miserable to your hearts
content-if we may so speak-sick at
heart, and at variance with the world.
Nothing will cheer or encourage you,
nothing will throw a CLEAN of sun
shine or ray Of warmth into your
heart.
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Ladies' Fashions.

Suits will continue in favor this sea-
son. Stripes will also be worn. An
overdress of narrow stripes and an un-
der dress divide is now seen in thin
goods; in some cases only the lower
skirt is striped; in some cases both
skirts are founced with bouquets OF
flowers. Silk goods will be lower
than last season. Silk gauzes
brocaded with bouquets of flowers are
the latest style. In favorite style Of
hair dressing the chignon is compos-
ed of curls, which may be false, while
the real hair is arranged in puffs or
in a thick long curl, which falls over
the back. In the Pompadour style
the front hair is rolled over a large
frisette while the chignon is quite
plain and fiat. Sprays of flowers
form part of both these coiffures. Bows
for looping up dresses are very elab-
crate, and sometimes take yards of
ribbon. The most stylish bows for
the neck are made of gros grain or of
satin, three or four inches wide.