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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

The following authorizations are frou
what We could gather in the dispatche
and locals of last evenings Gold Hill
News:
There is an irrepressible split in Eas
Tennessee between the Stokes and
Senter wings of the Republican party
1t looks as if they were each preparing
the way for an Andy johnson victory
President Grant has appointed bis
brother, OrvilIe's, partner Collector OF
the port of Chicago.
Commander McCauley, sixty years in
the United States Navy, is dead.
The q. S. Commissioners appointed
to examine the U. P. and C. P. Rail
roads have returned to Washington.
They report that the Central needs to
expend, in all, about SIG, 900, 900 to
make it frst-class in everything and
that the Union should expend as much
as 5000 900 to accomplish the same
end. They further report that much of
the work for which the expenditure is
required is now underway. Taken for
all in all. their report is very favorable.
The President has appointed Lieu
tenant Jesse Lee of the o S. A. spe
,ial agent for the Piute tribe of Indians
n Nevada.
The Surveyor General of California
has been ordered to survey the mineral
ands along the c. P R R.
General Butler is reported as recon-
nending the banging of prominent
secesh) Georgians and the devastation
# property wherever a Union man is
lssassinated by the Ku Klux of that
State. Bully for old Ben!
J. B. Manchester of San Francisco, a
veil known lawyer, is dead.
George Francis Train drew a large
rowd ofthe weak and curious to hear
lis rattle brain talk at the Metropolitan
heater, San Francisco, on Saturday I
light.
Charley Croker has started from
sacramento on a special train to make
be through trip to New York. He
1pects to 60 through in Eve days and a
alf.
Gold is quoted at l4la.
The apertures by which a draft of
ir could get to the Crown Point fire
ave been closed up.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

The PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-A correspon.
dent Of the San Francisco Bulletin, writing
from Salt Lake City May Is, says:
The question of locating the permanent
junction :ermini of the Pacific Railroads ID
still open, and from the attitude of the
Union, is apparently further from the solu-
ton than ever. The decision Of Congress
was that it should be at or near Ogden. The
| Central is to pay the Union for work done
between Ogden and Promontory, and take
road, subsidies and land. l have excellent
authority for saying that the Union will re-
fuse to recognize the right Of the Central to
take their work on tender of mere cost Of
building.
| Their argument is, that the compromise
between the companies on which Congress
acted was made, on their side by two persons
one of whom was not Director and the
other was not authorized by his colleagues to
act on their behalf. The agreement not be-
ing binding, the Congressional ratification
is not valid. Again, Congress has no power
to compel individuals or corporations to sell
their property against their will. Further,
the law grants the subsidies and land to the
company actually building the road, and the
Union Pacific Company, having done this,
must receive both grants and bonds. The
Union Pacific Company, however, admit that
they have no interest In running to Pr0mOn-
tory, and if it is made worth their while bv
the Central Pacific Company, will sell all
west of Corinne, or west of Ogden. They
prefer making Corinne, at the mouth of
Bear river, their terminus. This dispute
affects Corinne lots, as they have been pur-
chased of the Union Pacific Company. and
il the act of Congress is sustained, the pur-
chasers become mere squatters on Govern
ment or Central Pacific lands, as the sections
may fall when surveyed.
1t affects California more because, If the |
Union is successful in resisting the law, it
will interpose from thirty to fifty seven miles
of Union railroad between the Central aud |
the Salt Lake City line, which would give |
the Union the control over through rates of
freight between San Francisco and the CAPT. |
tai of Utah.
On equally good authority I am told that
the Central will not assent to any extrava-
CANT price the Union may put on their work.
but will finish their own grading between
Promontory and Ogden City, which they can
do in fourteen days, and when they have got
the metal and the ties ready, will bring their
force of tracklayers east again and complete
it. If this is done the Union will retaliate,
Or rather, threaten to retaliate, by completing
their line from Promontory to Humboldt
Wells.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

RED TAPE IN A SToRM-There is an old
story of official incapacity or official ignor-
ance (which often amounts to the same
thing) Of one of George ILLS Ministers,
who, when told that Annapolis was to be at
tackled BY the enemy, said: =" Annapolis
must be defended-where is Annapolis ?"
1t is almost inconceivable, yet none the less
true, that the Admiralty at this day is as ig-
norant of geographical and Typographical
facts as in the time of King George, and,
what is worse, Of matters at home, not three
thousand miles away. In the late storm, in
which the Ferret was wrecked by drifting
against Dover pier. Captain Hood, Of the
Royal Sovereign, then anchored in the ofRng,
the bad news to the Admiralty,
and received peremptory orders to take the
Royal Sovereign into Bower harbor. Now,
Dover harbor u 20 narrow that this vessel
eoud not possibly enter i At any time, and
70 shallow that the Calais steam packets
,as only come At . half tide. OF course
Captain Hood did noa Obey ssdsFs.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

AN INTERESTING CASE OF CONSCIENCE -
Springfield, May l0th.-A case ofconscience
transpired to-day, which is rather interest
est. A pictorial unabridged Webs,er's die
:ionary was received at the Office of the See
retaIy Of State, per express from Washing
ton City, and . letter accompanying it saying
that the writer was soldier at Camo Butler
when that RENDEZVOUS was broken up, and
took the Dictionary from the post library
and kept il till now but he has been sorry
ever aimee, and thinks the best way to ease
his conscience il to send the book back and
beg forgiveness fps his purloining. The
saeEy q the state Department is, who is the
rxhsfai owAer Of the book On the back
= ssanPed the followiag: Post Library.
Camp Butler, illinois,
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A TREMENDOUS KILLING ScRAPE.-The
Corinne (Utah) Reporter of the 10th inst,
talls the follouina tremendons xarn.

| A TREMENDOUS KILLING ScRAPE.-The
Corinne (Utah) Reporter of the 10Th inst.
tells the following tremendous yarn:
On the 18th inst, Mr.. A. johnson, of Cor.
inne, entered the busy little town of Elko,
on the line Of the Central Pacific Railroad
and had not proceeded far when he espied
the objects Of his search, two horses, in the
possession of three men. Mr.. Johnson
claimed the animals as belonging to him and
informed the men he would Immediately Sc
cure the services of the Sheriff to obtain
this property. He started to look up the
Sheriff when the men called upon him to
stop or they would kill him. Not needing
their summons, the men drew their revolt
vers and fired thirteen shots at johnson,
FIVE Of which struck him in various places.
johnson Immediately drew his revolver and
fred thirteen shots OF the attacking party,
killing two of them instantly, and MORALLY
wounding the third, who only survived his
two other companions ten minutes, when he
also expired. johnson was arrested, but the
evidence adduced showing that he was JUS
tilted in killing the three men. he was re.
leased. Although he received FIVE wounds,
he was about town the next day. Johnson
had the dead men decentlv buried at his own
expense. The names Of the deceased were
ShoiACS VIiEutp ~ohu AACStCAy anu AACAIy
Burns, all from Corinne.
Our memory fails US with regard to the
name of the great Indian hunter who slew a
hundred or more aboriginal warriors with
his own hands, in California one afternoon
several years ago; but it somehow seems
that it was Johnson. Anyhow, the terrible
slayer mentioned above, if not the identical
Indian killer of California must be near
relative of his. Just think of his being able
% fire thirteen shots in rapid succession cut of
'ne six shooter! And then his magnanim-
ty to his fallen foes-burying them at his |
'wn expense. No wonder that his five
Wounds were NO more serious damage to |
lin than five straight drinks. We believe
hisyarn out ofrespect to the johnson family |
and Reverdy.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

AN EXAMPLE FOR Young MEN.-The
Greenfield (Mass.) Gazette publishes the
following little story about a family, some
members of which are already pretty we'll
known, with a prospect that they will be
still better known hereafter:
Some years ago there lived in a neighbour
ing town a man of integrity. Tanning and
currying leather was his occupation. He
had severa. sons one of them learned the
business of his father. After he left home
he went to Boston and there engaged in the
same occupation. During his leisure hours,
instead of frequenting saloons and other
places of low resort, where SO many take
their first lessons in vice, he found the rooms
of the Mercantile Library Association. Here
ne spent his evenings, storing his mind with
useful knowledge. He there became &C
quainted with some Of the members. They,
supposing him to be merchant, thought HIM
good fellow, and invited him to JOIN their
association, which he gladly accepted, but
upon inquiring as to his business, it was
found he was no, eligible, for in an article in
their by laws no mechanic could be admitted
as a member. You may imagine that this
refusal, upon such foundation, was a pretty
sharp cut from a sensitive mind. This mar
row-mLded view of large philanthropy
wrought in him firm resolution that in his
intercourse with mankind he would treat men
according to merit, regardless of occupation.
He left Boston, and in another city, with his
father and another brother, built up large
business, from which they
acquired a competency of this worlds goods.
As an evidence of his standing among his
fellow citizens, he has just been elected Gov
,rnor Of the State of Connecticut. One Of his
,rothers is now Speaker Of of the Houce of
in this State, and they are
10Th of them Jewels.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

EVENING DAILY PAPER AT SHERMAN
TpwN.-Messers. McElwain & Allen will,
We understand, commence the publication Of
an evening daily paper at Shermantown in
. few days. Mr.. McElwain has had consid-
cradle journalistic experience in this State,
having been formerly connected with the
CARSON APPEAL and latterly editor of the
BELMONT CHAMPION. We believe the ma
terial used in the Office Of the latter paper is
What Messrs. McElwain & Allen have now
at Shermantown. We wish these gentlemen
good success.-Island Empire.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

THE BIGGEST NUGGET ON REcoRD.-A
Melbourne correspondent of the New York
Times, under date of March LIST, says:
There is no doubt as to what has been the
most important and interesting event of the
past month. Everybody has heard again
and again of the great d" Welcome nugget,
and models of it have been the center of
attraction in the international expositions.
But greater than the Welcome mug
get has now turned up and has leen duly
christened the q" Welcome Stranger" The
story of its discovery is extremely interest
ing. Two men had been working for a long
so ago they had found a couple of nuggets
weighing respectively l08 and 36 ounces.
They had again, however, got " dead broke, );
the storekeepers had refused them any fur
ther credit. and they were feeling very badly
indeed, when one of them, in following the
claim by working round the roots of a tree.
struck something hard with his pick, imme-
diateIy below the surface. He had no idea,
however, what had stopped his pick; for,
miner-like, he grumbled out, Confound it.
wish it was a nugget and had broken the
pick" The nugget, when it was unearthed,
was found to weigh 2l0 pounds troy, and on
on smelling it yielded 2,26S ounces
and 10 pennyweights of pure gold.
less than a couple of inches below the sur
face. Dunolly, the ground on which this
gold monster has been found, is very old
digging, but has never been regarded as a
first-class field. Every now and then big
nugget has been found, but whatever gold
has been obtained has been discovered in
pockets. The Welcome Strager" is the
largest nugget on record in Australian
mining annals, and in fact is believed to be
the largest mass of gold ever discovered. The
largest nuggets previously found in Aus
get, found at Ballarat at a depth or $50 feet,
and weighing l34 pounds and 9ounces the
Blanche Barkly, found at . depth of Ii feet
At Hangover, and weighing las pounds 81
ounces = nugget at Canadian Gully. Balla-
rat. weighing Isl pounds II ounces, At .
depth of 60 feet; the Lady HotAam, weigh
iAs g pounds.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ASSESSOR,
ORMsBY COUNTY. NEVADA.
CARSON CITY, May 10, 1869.
ALL PERSONS LIABLE TO PAY STATE
IA and County Taxes, for the year 1869, are
hereby notified that the annual poll-tax of four
dollars, for the use OF the State and County due
from each male resident of this State twenty
one and under sixty years Of age,
Is Now Due and Payable
To the County Assessor or his Deputy and all
are expected TO pay said tax, when called upon.
And also. ,hat the take on the personal property
of persons who do not own real estate within the
County of sarlcient value to secure the taxes on
both their real and personal property, are due and
PAYABLE when the same is assessed. All taxes
pay able in U. S. geld Co
The laws provided for the collection Of the above
mentioned taxes will be strictly enforced.
GEORGE W. CHEDIC,
County Assessor.
By II. II. BEycE, Deputy.
Once Next door to the County Clerks office,
County Building. mllff
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-25

"AVE THIS DAY FORMED CO-PARTNER
III ship for the practice of medicine and sur
gerry. Once ever Munckton's Drug Store where
sney viii always be found when not professionally
emerged.
oAsaoa City, March Ist 1860
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-23
A sensible View Abou. Visiting.

The French gentry arc adopting the
plan Of Inviting guests by series to their
chRteaux. And each invitation sets
forth the exact length OF time the guest
Is expected to say, as we'll as the day
he Is 10 come. Not bad plan either.
A family may be very glad to see a
friend on a given day, and to entertain
that friend given time; and yet It
might be very annoying and iuconven.
lent 10 have that visitor al another time
or have his visit prolonged. It Is the
unexpectedHess and length Of visits
which vex and fret families more than
anything else. The ease with which
people can now get about produces such
q range for visiting that hospItable
families are really In danger Of being
worn out and rendered utterly wretch-
ed, II not actually Impoverished, by the
sWRrtns Of friends who find IL conven-
lent and pleasant to make these hos
pttable houses their temporary homes,
while engaged In their own business or
pleasure. No conRlderate, well bred
person will ever presume to make a
friends house stopping place, even
for day, without having first aScer.
tanned whether such a course would be
convenient and agreeable 10 that friend,
and should never oVerstay the time
designated, except on the most urgent
invitation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-23


THE ROTARY MOTION OF THE EARTH
DRMoNsTRATED.-Th question OF the
rotary motion OF the earth has for ages
past given rise to learned discussions
between scientific men, and numberlesB
experiments have been made TO demon.
strate the theory. Foucaultz, q learned
Frenchman, someyears ago, announced
u nimple continuance which he claimed
set at rest all disputatlons on the ques-
ton and demonstrated the theory be-
yond cavil. Mr.. T. O. Mendenhall, OF
the Columbus high school, completed
arrangements for test OF Foucaullz's
contriyance on Saturday, and proceed
ed to put It in operation. A wire was
attached to u light cross beam from the
inside centre OF the dome OF the State
Capitol, reaching nearly to the floor OF
the rotunda below. To the lower end
OF this wire metallic ball Of twenty
eight pounds weight was attached.
The ornamental piece Of the ro-
tunda pavement furnished cir.
Gle, through the centre OF which, from
the true north, q line was struck to the
south. Nine additional lines, repre-
senting nine degrees OF variation from
the true north were marked on the cir
Giles. The ball was set in vibration on
the north and south line, and In one
hour had departed from that line In It's
vibration and was describing the line
OF the first degree to tho right. The
proposition was that at the end OF the
ninth hour from the start OF the ball,
It would 90 far depart from the true
north and south line as to describe the
ninth. While the ball seemed to leave
the track In which It originally started
It really did not. The apparent varIa-
ton was due to the rotary motion OF
the earth. This was the second trial of
this interesting experiment In the Uni
ted States, and the third IN the world.
The committee Of gentlemen conduct
Ing Il on Saturday, expressed them.
selves as entirely satisfied with the re.
sult.-C6luUlbuS (O.) Statesman.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-23
Tho POIItIcAl situation In MnruhAlI.

Tho Political Situation IN MHTshAII,
To the Editor Of the Intelligence;
The Democracy Of Marshall ure at.
tempting 10 play what they call sharp
game. We have fully satisfied them
ticket In the field We mean that we In.
tend 10 elect It, and that all opposition
In tho way OF q regular Democratic
nomination RnountSto nothing.
The primary election plan for making
nominations for the ensuing election
was adopted by our Executive Com.
mlttee, and II Is. 10 be regretted that II
was not fully understood by the Re-
publicans Of the county on the day
fixed for the primary election; but as Il
10, we lave reason TO believe, had It
been generally understood and a full
attendance at the polls on that day,
that the result would have been the
same. Our ticket 10 a good one, and
we think quite acceptable TO the Res
publican voters OF the county. We
have some few Republicans who are
not fully satisfied, and the reason
probably 10 that they or their spe>
clal friends were not the lucky parties.
Be this as Il may, the Democracy
know full we'll that they cannot put
ticket in the field with the least show
ofsuccess, and II they can secure the
services Of some Republicans, who
Will consent to the use OF their names
as Independent candidates, their pur-
pose Is fully accomplished.
we see announced In the National
the names Of DR.. L. o. Thomas and
Capt. VIM. NJ. Treadway as candidates
for the House Of Delegates, The former,
we are informed, will not serve, and
does not desire his name to be used In
connection with that office. We are
satisfied that Or. Thomas Republican,
ism IL too strong for that, and that he
Will not permit his name to be used for
the purpose OF gratifying Democratic
hatred TO the Repu bllcan party and for
dividing the same, And, We think,
when Capt. TreadwRy and bis friends
ma out the manner In which he was
Drought ont he will peremptorIly de-
cline. We know the parties who brought
out these gentlemen, and they are
enemies Of the Republican party, and
are doing this for the purpose Of dlvid.
Ing u. The appeal to the Republicans
OF old Marshall to stand by their NOM
nation and treat this Democratic
scheme as 1t deserves.
This Independent ticket 10 In the in.
terests OF our old enemy, who Is seek.
Ing to get our State into It's hands. Let
every Republican be at the polls and
let our Democratic friends know that
we are not to be swlndled by any such
clap trap movements as this.
October I'd, 1869. '
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-23
Horticultural Meeting.
By the Governor Of West Virginia,
A PROCLAMATION.
TIE STATE OF west VIROINIA,l
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
WIFI mo hi nlhar "a lRRO L

a.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
WHEELING. october q, 1852.
The President OF the United States hav-
ing designated Thursday, the eighteenth
day OF SoVenber next, as a day or public
thanksgiving and prayer 70 Almighty God;
and inlly cOncurring in this mRttcF with
the Chief Executive OF the Nation, !, VIM.
e. Stevenson, Governor OF the State or West
Virginia, do hereby cordially recommend to
tho people OF this State that they observe
said day IN accordance with the President's
proclamation; that tho different religious
denominations assemble In their several
places OF public worship, and engage In such
devotional exercises as may be suitable to
the occasiOli and that the citizens generally
throughout the State observe the day In
such manner as 70 them may Seem most ap-
pFopflate.
The people OF our young and growing
COMMONWEALTH have many reasons 10 be
thankful 10 tho Great Author and Preserver
or life. The year that Is closing has wit.
messed uninterrupted pesce within our bor-
derS. Tho general health has been good be.
dustrlaI interests have been prosperous la a
remarkable degree.
II Is most earnestly suggested 10 all 10 30
Improve the occasion thnt II may result In
the increase OF kind and fraternal feeling
among the people Of the entire State, and
IN REMOVING from QmongHt M, as far Of pos
slhle, political, religious and nelRhborhood
AnlInOsttles-to encourage social and family
reunions, which are Away sources OF limo
cent pleasure and domestic felicity; 10 re-
neve the wants Of thehelpleSs, afflicted and
Destitute; and above all, In Leading us at all
limos and under all circumstances 10 OK
press gratitude 10 sim who Is the source Of
every good and perfect gin here, and who
mas Implanted within US the hope OF happi.
meas IN that life which Is immortal.
In testimony whereof have hereto set
~ my hand and caused the seal OF the
lI.a State 70 be afflxed al the City OF
I Wheeling, this twenty .second day OF
~ October, in tho year or our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and aIxty-nine, and
OF the State the seventh.
, ". E. STEVENSON.
J. n. PIPES. Secretary o! the State.
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The President and tho Cold Gamblers.

A Washington telegram says the re-.
newed assertions In New York by gold
gamblers that the President has been a
party 10 their transactions, and the
added statement that Mrs. Grant was
also engaged In the matter are declared
here on unquestlonable authority 10 be
false In every particular. Neither the
President or Mrs. Grant have been d.
rectly or Indirectly engaged In any Of
the transactions alluded 10, either those
based on gold or Government bonds,
and no letter has been written by either
Of them that could by any torturIng be
construed Into participation In these
operations. The statement that Mr..
Corbin had received q letters from Mrs.
Grant on the subject OF these specula-
lions Is also false. Mrs. Grant has
never written him letter on any sub
Ject. Tho use which CorbIn appears 10
have made In various ways OF the
Presidents name has been not only
wholly unauthorized, but without The
knowledge OF the President,