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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-13

NOTABLE DEA-H.-Dr. S. NJ. Miles, an
ald pioneer Of Sacramento aid first Mayor
Of Marysville, died a: Allegheny City,
Sierra county, last Saturday, aged ffty-eighi
wears, and was buried at Marysville on
Sunday BY the Masonic fraternity. - Sac.
'Inion.
Many az old Marysvilisn hereabout
will read the above announcement With
regret.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-13

DANGEROUSLY ILL.-Ws ase sorry to state
that Mr.. James Stark, the well known ira
gedan, who was stricken by paralysis .
day or two since, was but little improved at
II O. clock last night. He was able to move
his right hand slightly, but mis- condition is
still such as to afford his friends little hope
for his recovery.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-13
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.

The city was in a blaze of excitement
Saturday throughout its entire extent, ant
many ludicrous acts were performed, as wei
as acts sublime. Sitting upon a baggage cal
on the levee, specimen of humanity wal
observed, who was engaged intently in
writing on piece of one of the programmes
| He had the appearance of a man who had
seen better land betting) days; his hat wa,
crownless. Upon being questioned he said
his name was "Ingomar," but declined to
say whether the red mining dust, which per
meated his dilapidated garments. was from
Shasta or San Diego. When a sad-eyed
policeman finally removed him on suspicion
of insanity, we secured the following frag-
ments of his writing:
RAILER ODE.
From sea to sea, from tide to tide,
Unwilling wales, and plain on plains,
Unceasing ties we now see tied,
While mountains feel the mounting trains.
The pine tree groans where grown, while
hurts
The steam king hurtling DER its breast.
Bare deserts bear their just deserts.
And redwood forests pine for rest;
Yet cannot wrest from chairs they feel
One feeling charity to cheer
Their stolen liyes-their woes from steel,
From engine voice and engineer.
Hurrah our pipes of steaming brass,
Thankful-and full Of self-esteem-
Dispels the doubt which bound class
That could not spell our early dream
Great mountain chains now wear new chains
They never knew, till changing times
Piqued all their peaks, and rows of trains
Rose, climbing up from other chimes.
Now railing irony forbears
The old time laugh at iron rails,
Aware our wary Titan wears
A daily changing coat of mails
Hip hip hurrah Como Sc ra,
Ueegates. Bon jour
Sac. Unaon's report Of the celebration.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-13

CORINNE.-The town of Colinne, Of
which mention has frequently been made Of
late, is situated or the Pacific Railroad,
twenty-eight miles west OF Ogden, 1t was
laid out, we believe, by the Union Pacific
Company.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-13
THE FIRST THROUGH TRAIN.-Says 4
telegram iu yesterdays Enterprise:

RENO, May II.
The first through train from Chicago
reached here at 7:55 P. MO hours and
80 minutes from Oeden-eonsisting Of Com
missioners' car and two elegant passenger
cars from Springfield Mass. Governor
Stanford, Governor Stafford, Hon. Thomas
Fitch, Commissioners Haines and Trittle,
Collector Gage and H. r. Smith, Wells.
Fargo & Co.'S special messenger, with
through letters. were aboard. Considerable
enthusiasm took place.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-13

Nor DEAD.-The report that Joseph
Smith, son of the Mormon prophet, is dead,
is incorrect. His wife died at Piano, (lll.),
March 18th, from which, no doubt, the re-
port of his death originated.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04
Success Of the Second Trial of the San
Francisco Air Ship.
From the San Francisco Bulletin, July

From the San Francisco Bulletin, July 81.
The doubts which have been entertained
as to whether the "Avitor' can fly we're
successfully solved to-day at the Industrial
Pavilion. BY invitation of the Arial Steam
Navigation Company our reporter visited
the Pavilion at L o'clock to-day, where the
"Avitor" had been put together for pub
lie trial. The machine had been already
described by us, but some modification had
been made in its construction. In brief, it
is q car-shaped balloon, inflated with by
drogen gas. It is apparently forty feet
long, ten to fifteen feet in diameter, with
n light framework around it of bamboo and
pine, with muslin planes ON each side to
raise the machine. A ribbed propeller,
shaped like steamships, of bamboo and
muslin on each side at the centre, propels
the machine ahead, the power being an
alcohol steam engine of brass. The ma
chine has rudder or tail to steer it, but
not much use was made of it.
At II o'clock large number OF members
of the press, and several of the Chicago
party, engineers and others, assembled.
After considerable delay the initiation was
completed so that the "Avitor" was able
to maintain it's position free of the floor.
The steam was got up and the propeller set
in motion by the miniature steam engine,
when it started easily ahead, the propellers
turning at about sixty to eighty revolutions
per minute. The machine was propelled at
speed equal to rapid walk twice around
the large building. 1t was evident that ii
could be moved at o more rapid rate, but
the distractions of the gas pipes prevented
it. Aspccd of five miles an hour could have
been attained without doubt. 1t was easily
elevated or depressed by means of small
cords at the bow and stern. Of how much
use the tail would be in steering was moi
decided, as it was guided round the ends Of
the room by the cords. The fight was sc
far successful, and elected a round of ap,
plausc. Engineers connected with it are
confident that larger machine, now under
way, $50 feet long, will be success.
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Cuba.
REBEL ACCOUNTS.

WASHINGTON, August 3.-The Cubans
here have official advices to July Goth.
The Cubans in the recent engagements
have made quite number Of prisoners,
which prevents the immediate slaughter of
the captured Cubans, and secures their pro-
per treatment. The modification extends
to captured ilibustcrs.
Qucsada had completely destroyed COM
munication with Puerto Principe, and the
sickness in the city alone prevents its i'm
mediate occupation. Several efforts Of La
tona to open communication had been dis
astrously defeated, the Spanish losses being
double those of the Cubans. Latona's CT
fectiye force at Nucvitas and in the entire
district was about 1000, while Quesada has
nearly 5000 well armed and disciplined
men, prepared to advance when the health
of the coast permits.
General Jordan had several defensive
fights, in all of which the Spaniards were
repulsed with comparatively great loss. Al
Villa Clara the Spaniards lost 200 men, with
their arms and ammunition wagons, ord
nance, and provision trains. Another eX-
petition near Trinidad to take possession OF
certain marked plantations was nearly de.
stroyed. Eighty were killed and BOO
captured. The number of Spaniards en-
gagged in this fight was ] 300 to 100 Cubans
General Jordan reports himself and
troops in excellent condition, and asserts
that his command is equal to three times
their number of the enemy. He says they
are well organized, etc, and arc daily in
creased by recruits. He is confident of sue
cess.
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How A DETECTIVE OFFICER CAUGHT A
DlsTILLER.-A detective officer in Indiana
lately caught distliler in an ingenious
manner. The Lafayette Journal tells the
story:
"a short time ago it became known to
the officers that an Illicit still was ruGning
somewhere on Coal creek. Officer Cuppy
went down, and by dint. of travelling
through that country buying hogs. and
hiring out as harvest hand, succeeded in
accomplishing the object of his mission in a
very short time. While acting in the latter
role--and Joe, by the way, Notwithstanding
his corporosity, is 'some' in the harvest
field-he became one day suddenly very
dry and declared he would work no
longer without drink of whiskcy. This
was the entering wedge. The whis-
key was produced, and by means of few
diligent inquiries, and the assistance of
Officer Bennett, all the desired information
was obtained. The owner of the distillery,
named James Washburn, was captured on
Friday and brought to Lafayette. On Sa-
turday morning he had a hearing before
Commissioner Thomas 3. Ward, and was
bound over to answer the charge of having
distillery apparatus in his possession con-
trary to law, and of manufacturing and
selling whiskey without making certain re-
quired pecuniary arrangements with Uncle
Sam. His bail was fixed at $4,000, which
it is supposed he will furnish. Officer
Cuppy calculates that he must have quite
an army of hogs engaged in different parts
Of the country. If any of our country
friends recollect Of engaging hogs to a
portly, jolly, good-looking fellow, who
has not yet returned, we advise them to
look up another customer, as Joe will pro-
badly never call for them"
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Might to be Turned into Day.
A NEW IITuyISAToR.


The management Of the Erie Railway is
about to illuminate the whole of that road
by plan more novel than any ever before
dreamed of, even by the widest visionary
From this city to Buffalo and Dunkirk, it is
designed to make the line one unbroken
line of light by the application of the cleo
trio light to each locomotive, and stationary
lights ut the ferries, in the Bergen tunnel,
and OF all the dangerous curves along the
route. The arrangements for manufactu-
ring the electric lamps are already COM
pleted by Mr.. E. G. Morse, who has the mat
ter in charge. Mr.. Morse claims several
discoveries and improvements in con-
nection with the electric light, among
which may be mentioned a self-sus-
tanning battery, device for making
the carbon points, used to give the
electric point, and an ingenious arrange
ment by which the electricity to run the
lamps will be collected from the friction of
the wheels as the train is in motion. Two
lamps viii be used for lighting Bergen tun-
mel, with one in the middle, as the tunnel
is not straight, but curves. Other lamps
will then be stationed at each end of the
Pavonia ferry, which will throw q broad
belt of light across the North river every
night, to guide the traveller safely to his
home in the metropolis. These lights will,
it is said, be so intense that on the darkest
foggy night there viii be no danger of col
lision on the water, any more than in the
day time. Still more, it is proposed to fiji
Twenty-third street every night with food
of white light from the North river to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, SO that travellers at the
heart of the metropolis may at all times be
reminded of the broad md happy way.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

William 3. Aston is going to complete the
Washington National Monument, which is
very clever way of building his own.
In South Carolina the caterpillar has ap-
peared among the cotton on the sea islands,
and large portion of the crops there are
being destroyed.
The Knoxville Wing says it is estimated
that the blackberry crop Of Tennessee, II
properly harvested, would make 100000
barrels of wine, worth about So,OO0,000.
Rev.T. W. White, formerly of Brunswick
county, Va, but now of Helena, Ark, Is IN
st. Louis soliciting aid to build Presbytc-
rian church in Helena.
| hear of many members of Parliament,
peers, and commoners, who talk OF taxing
their holiday this year in the United States,
instead of France, Switzerland, or Ger
many.-London Correspondence Boston
| advertiser.
Another case of death through the care
leseness of druggist clerk is announced.
In Boston an infant has been killed by
repeated poisonous doses of laudanum care
lessly dispensed for paregoric" by drug
rist's clerk. The coroner's jury affirmed
| that "the custom of allowing boys or other
UNQUALIFIED persons to act as dispensing
clerks is one fraught with danger to the
community, and should be discountenanced
| by the profession at large" 4 story is also
ahoat about Baltimore that patient was
poisoncd at one Of the benevolent institu-
tons of the city not long since by being
given morphine instead of laudanum. Il
lacks Authorization, but if true, the facts
will doubtless become known.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

OPENING OF TIE SUEz CASAL.-In the
papers published at Alexandria, Egypt, it
is publicly announced that two hundred OF
the principal journalists Of Europe have
been invited by the Viceroy Of Egypt to be
present at the inaugural ceremonies of the
opening of the canal in October next. NJ.
de Lcsseps has requested list Of some of
the leading journals of this country to be
forwarded him, with view of sending spe-
cial invitations from the Pacha to be pre-
sent. A list of some twenty of the most
influential papers has been forwarded. 1t
is understood that the representatives Of
the press from the United States and Eu-
rope will be the guests of his Royal High
ness, and will be brought there and return
ed free of expense. a steamer is expected
to leave New York for Port Said and re-
turn, for the accommodation of those who
may wish to be present at the opening cere-
monies.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

DROWNING CASE AT CAPE MAYA letter
to the Philadelphia Inquirer, dated the lst
instant, says:
About II o'clock to-day, at the favorite
bathing hour, Theodore 5. Giessern, a young
Philadelphian, was drowned while bathing
in the ocean opposite the Columbia House.
The surf was unusually fine, and about five
hundred persons were in the water in his
immediate vicinity at the time. He was
accompanied by Miss Belle Kennedy. The
unfortunate bathcrs ventured short dis
tancc beyond the outer surf, when they
were stricken by q heavy swell, and losing
their footing, they were speedily submerged
in the trcacherous waves. For q moment
the surrounding spectators did not notice
their peril. Several gentlemen near, how
ever, rushed to the assistance Of the lady in
time to rescue her, but, through want of
prompt effort, the life Of the Inflated Giles
scrn was cut short in the very bloom Of his
existence. When this fact became known
to the persons near in the water, and to the
thousands on the beach, deep gloom per-
vadcd the entire asscmblage, which con-
trastcd painfully with the hilarity that had
previously prevailed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04
The OCEAN BANK RopBEaY-A MAN

The OCEAN BANK RoBBERY--A MAN
ARRESTED IN PORTLAND, Mr., CoSrEssEs
TO BEING A PARTICipANT.--Th Portland
(Mc.) argus of July 81 says:
"Our readers will remember the start
ling announcement in June last that the
Ocean Bank Of New York, situated on
Greenwich street, had been robbed of nearly
all the contents of the vault--about So. 00O.-
000--and there was no clue to the perpe-
traitors of the bold scheme. Detectives
have since been ut work on the case, but no
positive Developments had up to recently
been found to give any clue to the money.
Detectives, it is said, traced two of the con-
spirators east, and have made pretty tho
rough search. On Thursday, Blake, the
detective who so successfully worked up the
Auburn murder case last winter, thus
proving the old adage, set a rogue to catch
q rogue was arrested.
" His story is simple and pretty concise
IN regard to the memorable robbery. He
says he passed through this city on the eth
of June on his way to New York to join his
pals, and after the robbery was committed
he left the next week to return to Portland.
that hired the basement under the bank
and pretended to be insurance agents from
Ohio. On the morning above mentioned,
the features Of the banking-room being
familiar to the occupants below, an entrance
to the same was made by boring with an
anger through the intervening floor. Once
within reach of the vault it seems that it
was on easy matter for the professionals to
pick the lock, it not being one of the safest,
as was afterward established. The small
safes within were easily blown open with
out attracting the attention of the night
watch, and their contents rifcd. In their
hurry they did not get q lot of gold $780,
000) and gold-bcaring bonds Ito about the
same value).
After they got well clear of the build
ing they found that they had with them
5000 600 in certified checks and railroad
bonds that were of no use to them, so they
sacrificed trunk they had, and left this in
the trunk on Elizabeth street, where it was
recovered. He does not speak of the routes
taken by the several confederates, or where
they are, but thinks they are still in the
country. He appears not to be very anxious
about himself, and says that all will go
right with him, and the money he has will
find its owners all right, and volunteers to
say that none Of the present holders will be
able to use the unlawful gains. Officersare
coming to make his acquaintance.
"This story is good for what it is worth
The charge on which Blake was arrested is
for the larceny of between 5000 and $500
from the proprietor of the Arlington House,
Arlington, Mass. The facts in the latter
case, we learn, arc that Blake and his son
were left in charge of the hotel, and he alb
seconded with the money"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04
Domestic Markrts-TBY TELEGRAPH. |


NEW YORK, August 3.-Noon.--Stocks strong.
Money, cor per cent. Sterling, 1904. Gold, 1853.
5-20's, 'C2, l2tt. North Carolina Gs, $50 asked !;
new, 5ls. Virginia Gs, cX-coupons, $50; new, vi.
Tennessee 6,s. cX-coupons, e3s asked new, '6s.
Flour unchanged. Wheat lM2c. better. Corn
nominal: steam, l0sMlosc. Cotton quiet ut aStc.
common, i2.25 good, $3.50. Frcights very iirm.
Erening. otton steady: sales, y, OOe bales
Wheat more active at the Moons advance Corn
irregular and unsettled; western mixed, *l.o5Gt
II. %. Pork quiet and steady. Lard unchanged
Whskcy In fair request ut Tl.lO. Rice quiet. SUI
Rosin, -. 95MSs. Hides quiet. Frcghts very firm !;
flour, per sail, l.. Cd. . ,
Governments closed firm 5-2O's, o., l25. South
crn bonds very dull. Money moderately active NJ
ffI7 per cent. Discounts dull prime paper, SGYlo
per cent Sterling quiet ut no. Gold, 1861. Stocks
very dull.
BALTIMORE August 3.-Cotton dull and nomi-
nal. Flour easier with light demand howard
street supcrfinc, $fGlS6.l2. Wheat firm; choice
red, $l.G5 prime, Tl.556Si.oo Corn dull white,
81. U.Gifl 10 Oats active. new, 6cG0G3c Rye dull
ut Sl.l5M$l.2o. Pork quiet. Shoulders, l6@l6tc.
Whiskcy heavy at Ti.ls6lTl.ls.
Virginia 6'5, old, 70 bid; coupons OLD 3'i asked.
CIyCISNATG. August 3.-Whiskey dull ut 81 Os.
Provisions firm and quiet; mess pork, $3.50.
Bacon-ShOudcrs, lJ!c.; Sides, iHtMl9c.: naulS,
2iN.25c. Lard, l9!c.
ST. LOUIS. August 3.-WhiSk"y, $1.o7. Pork
muiet at sat- 50. Observation-Disclosures, l5lc.; clear
sides l0Gl9fc.
LOUISVILLE, August 3.-Provlsions very firm.
sugar-curcd, 22ic. Lard, l9ic. Whskcy Sl.lo.
York sight, premium. Sugar and molasses uIi-
81
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

PorAToEs.-Those who planted large crops
of potatoes have reason to be discouraged
at the very low price they are bringing in
market. We heard of gentleman who
shipped lot few days ago to his commis-
sion merchant in Baltimore, and had to re-
NIT an amount of money to defray the ex-
pense of freight, the potatoes not bringing
enough to pay for it. Captain Wilson, OF
the steamer Maggie, purchased in Baltimore
four barrels of potatoes for two dollars,
which he brought to this place to feed his
hogs upon. The yield of the early rose
potato is wonderful; gentleman here, as
an experiment, planted one pound, and
from it raised 1l2 pounds of potatoes
.Sraop Hill lMd.l Messenger.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

THE HOP CROPS IN THE NoRTHwEsT.-The
Detroit Press says that from hop-growers
and persons well qualified to express an
opinion it has obtained information that
threc-quarters of the acreage devoted to the
production of the article last year have
been turned to other purposes or abandoned
in Michigan and in Wisconsin, but in New
York the yield is so fair and SO free from
the usual contingencies of growth that the
general market can scarcely be much af-
fccted by the deficiency in the quarter
named. In the largest hop district in Wis
consin the most extensive yards embraced
less than eighteen acres, and the average
was within FIVE each.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

President McCosh, of Princeton College,
said at the recent meeting of the Philolo-
gical Association that he was "preparct,
from pretty extensive acquaintance with
the Universities of Great Britain, and with
some Of those on the continent, to say that
the average attachments of college gradu-
ates here and there are about equal" So
much has been so often said about the supc-
riority of the English and continental col
lcge course over the American that we are
pleased with this remark from scholar so
well entitled to pass judgment.-Neao York
Times
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

The acquittal of policeman Campbell IN
New York is ascribed to the effect OF his own
testimony, given under the new law OF new
York, which permits On accused party 10 De
sworn US witness. The New York sun
says "No one who attended the trial ana
herd the evidence can doubt that the ac-
quittal was principally owing to the testi-
mony of the prisoner himself. 1t was
given in very honest, straightforward
truthful manner, and all who heard it were
impressed fayorably."
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

PREsESTATIoN AND ACCEPTANCE OF
FIFTY ACRES IN New JERSEY, &C.-LOn3
Branch, August 2.-Tbe President and
family, accompanied by large party, at
o'clock this morning got themselves in rea.
diness, in accordance with invitations from
Messrs, r. Campbell, R. A. Brick, and Mrs
c. 4. Stetson, Jr., to visit their estate, stu
ated in and about the town of Bricksburg
Ocean county, N. J.
Quite an interesting feature of the occa'
sion was presentation to the President OF
some fifty acres of ground, which was thank
fully accented.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

MARINE DISASTERS IN JULY.-The num-
Der of vessels belonging to or bound to or
from ports in the United States reported
totally lost and missing during the past
month is 10, of which Is were wrecked, 2
abandoned, foundered, and 3 are missing
They are classed as follows: ship, barks,
l brig, II schooners, and sloop, and their
estimated value, exclusive Of cargoes, is
S2Jc mn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

A SHOOTING AFFRAY IN UNION, S. c.
The Union Times Of the Goth instant says !:
"a most unfortunate alteration in the
main street of Union on Thursday last be-
tween John Sanders and I. J. Greer
resulted in the shooting of the latter by
the former. Sanders then walked down
the street with his pistol in his hand, went
through the back door of the hotel, and
escaped. He is still at large. The ball
entered the left side Of Mr.. Greer's stomach,
below the heart, and buried itself in his
body. The wound is severe and dangerous,
but his friends entertain hopes of his re-
covery. Mr.. Greer is probate judge OF
Union county.
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yellow Fever on shipboard.

HALIFAX, N. s., August 3.-The man-of-
war Eclipse, from the Rio Grande for this
port, lost her commander, first lieutenant,
and sixteen others, of yellow fever.
The ship Barracota arrived here to-day
with yellow fever on board.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-04

Twenty thousand Fenian sympathizers
marched in procession in Limerick, Ireland,
on Monday, and afterwards held q meeting
and adopted resolutions demanding of Mr..
Gladstone the release of the remaining Fee
MAN prisoners. Everything was conducted
in the most orderly manner, and no dis
turbance took place.