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The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

BoSSER'a OPISIoS OF THE BYRoS SCANDAL.
To the editor of the New York Herald:
Aug 30, 1869. In your paper Of this morn
ing find the following statement, copied from
the Louisville Courier journal, In regard %
Mrs. Stoves recent article on Lord Byron:
Dana mud Bonner fnirly burst with spleen
Dana because ho didn't invent the Byron
scandal and Bonner because he didn't get IL
for the Ledger 'Damnntion cried Bonner,
when he first got an inkling Of it; why didn't
she fetch IL to mo2 I'd have paid her cool
$1,000 for it."
This is not only fnlschood, but IL is n
faisehood which no one at all acquainted with
me could over have invented. Whatever
might have thought Of Mrs. Stoves article.
1t wOuld have been quite contrary to my habit
Of speech to charnctcrize IL with the word
'Damnation; but this must say, u million
of dollars could not have induced me to print
that gross and indecent article in the Ledger
no matter what the publishers Of the Atlantic
Monthly wcro willing To do. Fow women
have oyinocd 80 much talent M Mrs. Stowe.
have myself purchased articles from her for
which have choerfully paid her high price
but they were very different articles from the
one under consideration. Aud do not be-
levo that any true friend. who was himself in
his right mind, could have advised her 10 sell
for any sum that morbid, terrible and unnat.
nral hallucination about Lord Byron For
her sake sincerely and deeply regret tina,
Rhe has done IT, | know Of no article pub
hBhcd In my lifetime calculated to exert n
more injurious and domoraliZing influence on
the rising generation, and for this reason
wish everybody to know that nothing would
nave tempted me to publish II.
RonERr BoSSER.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

BuItSGs' WELCOME TO SrEISo.-Josh Bill
liugs welcomes Spring ~ follows;
Spring came this year as much ms usual
Hail butuous virgin, 5000 years old and up
pnris, hale and hearty old gal, wclcum to New
York State and parts adjnscnt Now the birds
Jaw, now the cattle holor, now tho geese war
bic, now the cats sigh. now the pigs skr%m,
and awl natur il frisky; the virtuous bcd-bug
and the nobby cockroach arc singing Yankee
Doodle and Cumin thru the Rhi. Now may
bo seen the muskootcr, that gray outlined
crttcr nv destiny, solitary and alone, eSamin'
ing his last years bill; and now may DO nerd
with nnkid car. tho honrso shanghigh bawlin
in the barnyard.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22
A Wall in zion-Brigham FObs Cool Million.

Brigham Young has made another bold and
successful flank movement on his poor, de-
luded followers, by which he becomes the po-
SCISSOR of over n million OF dollars Justly be-
longing to the people he ru les with an iron
despotsm, and should any voice be raised in
condemnation Of the act, silence would soon
be secured 10y means Of his destroying angels,
in the presence of whose dark and cold blood
ed deeds in the past the people stnnd in fear
and perpetual dread, which seals their lips in
dumb silence upon all matters where their
ruler is n party concerned. The following ac-
count Of this last great swindle, and the man
ner in which it is received by the Mormon
people, we take from tho columns of the
Utah Reporter Of the 18th:
Upon the completion of the Union Pacific
Railroad. il was found that the railroad was
indebted to the Mormon people for work on
contracts for labor by hand and with teams,
for ties rock, lumber, etc. in an amount in
the aggrc gate exceeding million dollars. The
railroad was not able at once TO pay in cash,
hut ns soon IA claims were adjusted, gave
vouchers. These vouchers were in due time
paid in cash. But this did not suit the Nor
mons. Under the cunning management of
brigham, these vouchers were refused. Final
ly, money was badly needed by the people for
their dues. At this stage of proceedings
Brigham proposes that If they will put their
Slaims IN his hands for settlement he will soon
arrange it, This, Of course, his fanatiCAl wor-
shippers did when the Railroad Company nt
once proposed to pay half cash and half in six
months. Tins does not suit, hut instead,
Brigham sends Bishop Sharp East Ia settle
with tho company. Sharp goes to Boston and
there settles the whole bill by taking il in iron
md rolling stock for the Utah Central Rail
road A. this road is wholly the property Of
brigham, the Joke can be easily seen. The
poor fools get nothing. Young gets all, and
n Mormon sheet, mourns with the mournful
as follows:
1--WE have thought and talked about rail
road Indebtedness till we have all got musty
and blue-mouldy. Our advice 10 the people
is 10 Danish from their tongues the hateful
conversation. Speaking about 1t any more
will never bring dollar. II is now all right,
or rall-somcthing else; hut whichever way II
Is. talk now will accomplish nothing. Neither
U. L. nor c. p, nor any other T., can damn
us and it should bother ns no longer. II has
been n lessun-a severe one but wholesome
and there let il rest.
We are all hurt by the want Of the money
but as we are all alike hurt in tho same boat
there is nobody likely to distinguish himself
by distressing his neighhor. As we can do
nothing "a remedy the evil, let us cease talk
ing about the abominabc subject"
The meaning Of all this IL simply to tell thu
people to "shut CLANS" to "bucklc dowT
their lips" as talking about il is now forbid
den. II any man dare discuss the settlement
hereafter, he will be dealt with. The "secre
police" will be on duty, and offenders deal
with. SO the end Of IL is that the people lost
their million and Brigham is million richer
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

The political prospects in Pennsylvania
may be gathered from the following paragraph
from the Philadelphia Age Of August 90;
During the past week we have seen several
gentlemen who, in the routine of business,
have travelled the State from the Delaware to
the Ohio, and the reports they give Of the
tone Of public sentiment everywhere, uni
formly point to an overwhelming Democratic
victory. Our informants are gentlemen of
intelligence, who would not wilfuly misrcprc-
sent facts. Their opportunities for ohserva.
tion has been very extended, and but for the
fact that we can place implicit confidence in
their statements, we should feel inclined to
doubt the possibility of such nm enthusiastic
awakening of tho masses in behalf of the
Democratic nominees as they report.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

ASoTHER MrLL.-Bring them along Mills
wanted. We learn that the Shoba mill, built
at the mouth of Star creek, Humboldt county,
has been bought and will soon be rebuilt down
at Swansea. The mill was bought 10y Bartlett
n vrcclnn, who have purchased site on
which to erect it. They have let contract
for shaft to supply water, and good signs
for water have already been struck. We hope
Ia hear Me clattcr Of another hundred stamps
before Christmas. We want 10 see the bull
lion shipment up TO ono hundred and twcnty-
five thousand dollars weekly, and that in
crcnso of tho crushing force will fetch it,
White Pine NoIrS.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

Tur President. who had some money mp on
the boat rnce, delivered himself Of tho follow
ing touching and eloquent sentiment when he
heard the Harvard boys were defeated; I'm
Id sorry for that" Il was observed Tint
tho end Of his cigar was remarkably elevated
=, tho time, so much 80 as to endanger the
sight of his loft eve. So. LowS Times.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22
Good Liquors, Of all kinds,

AND THE BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS
can DO had At this house at all times which will be
dispensed ,o customers IN tho mos approved style.
II STARR 4 BOSNItIELD.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

DOUBLE BoGIE LoCoMorIvE.-The Scien-
tiic American describes a new double locumo-
tive, just manufactured at Taunton for the
Central Pacific Railroad. 1t looks precisely
as If two ordinary locomotives had been
backed up TO each other and made into one
machine. The engineers house and the fuel
bunkers are, of course, stationary between
the two locOmotives-or rather, are parcel Of
the machine itself which, like u dOuble-endcr
steamer, can go equally well either way, thus
o6yiating entirely the necessity of turntables
The whole machine is carried by six pairs Of
three feet nine-inch wheels, in two groups,
one at each end; and cnch end is driven by a
pair Of l5-inch cylinders, with lI-inch stroke;
and the combined power of the machine is
equal To n pull Of 25,7ll pounds. Its weight
IL tfty-four tuns, or about 1 To- the wheel
IL has 1850 feet of tube surfIcc and l2j feet
OF fire box surface. In its wing tanks it can
carry 5000 gallons Of water, and in its bunk
ers = :, tuns Of cuul.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22
VIZ find the following in the Grass Valley
National of the 18th:

VIZ find the following in the Grass Valley
National of the 18th:
Captain Tom, an aged Digger Indian. was
around begging to-day. He showed us the
following recommendation, which we copy:
To whom 1t may rn:-Capt. Tom, the
bearer of this, is supposed to be as honest as
any live Indian. He does light work occa-
sionally, for "A consideration. such as old
clothes, cold "spuds" and biscuits-when
they can't be procured without. He is a dis
consolate old bachelor, being too homelv to
capture any of the fuirer portion Of his or any
body else's tribe, and can be reckOned only
unto the Wandering jew. running alone.
without even "papousc' to climb for acorns
or snaifie grasshoppcr. II he has ever
scalped IA white man, there We're no witnesses
except God and himself and neither will tell.
Give the poor devil lift and send him IN the
next ranch. a repetition of favors will be
accepted and no insult offered. He seems TO
bc entirely reconstructed, and wants peace-a
large piece Of bread, however will suit him
Just AZ well as the Fifteenth Amendment"
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-09-22

FALL ELEcrroSs.--Thc following elections
will come off this Fnll
October l2-PennsylvAnia--Statc officers
and Legislature.
October l2-Ohio--Statc officers and Lcgis-
lntuTc.
October 12-Iown-Stato officers and Leg
islature.
October 2O-California-Judges of Supreme
Court.
November York rk-Secretary of State,
Legislature, etc.
November 2-New Jcrsey--Lcgislaturc
November Massachusetts, officers
and Legislature.
November -Minnesota--Stateo officers and
Legislature.
November Wisconsin State officers and
Legislature.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

From the Iadependentof the 9th, We learn
that body of the mystic clan made their
appearance in Huntsville at o'clock Sat
urday morning. The fret place they visit
ed was the johnson House, where they
went in search Of Senator Sibley. The
Senator not making his appearance, they
took the liberty Of searching the house, but
did not succeed in finding the Individual
they sought The ghostly clan then visited
the residence Of Mr.. Bigelow, and, accord
ing TO representations made by that
gentleman, they seized and carried him a
short distance from the town, advised him
to leave the error of his political ways, and
then left him to find bis way back to town
as beat he could, minus a watch which be
had previously carried. 1t is not stated
whether the party committing these dep
relations were genuine Ku-Klux or ne
groes dressed in the garb usually worn by
members of that society
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
THE TRIAL OF FELIX GRUspY.
EfOre Facts About the Case.

The trial of Felix Grundy, charged with
the murder of Green Cotton last Sunday
morning, was resumed before Justice
Mathews yesterday. The testimony, as
given, shows that they first met late Satur-
day evening, on Gay street, and played a
game of marbles, and while they we've
playing dispute arose about some money.
Grundy was heard to say that he would as
soon kill man for $40 as for ten cents.
1t is customary for the employees Of tie
Chattanooga railroad shops to get paid Of
every Saturday, and Grundy, thinking
Cotton had his money with him, con-
cluded to get him drunk and take it from
him. Both of them drank quite freely
during the afternoon, and at night, when
Cotton started home, Grundy led him an
other way, and carried him to another
house and made pallet on the floor for
him. But Cotton said that he would not
stay there, tina! it was strange place, and
started home. This was nearly II O'clock,
and soon after he started three witnesses
stated that they heard some one cry out,
oh OH oh! three times, the last time
sounding as if he was being strangled.
Mike Davis, the engineer on the train
that ran over Cotton, stated that when the
train got nearly to the place where the
negro was found, he saw come one
moving away from the track, but could not
tell who it was.
An employee of the road stated that he
heard Cotton and Grundy damning each
other and quarelling together, and that
when Cotton started off that Grundy called
him back and said, Let's make friends.
Grundy is supposed to belong to the or
ganization known as the "Bloody Nine"
and is a desperate character, he having
been arrested several times, once for rob-
bling an old countryman of a large sum OF
money. Cotton was a blacksmith in the
Chattanooga raiIroadshOps, and waslOoked
upon as a quiet negro until this last Christ
mas, when he got on spree and cut up a
little.
Grundy was bound over to the Crimi-
nal Court in the sum of 5000, and in de-
fault Of the bond was committed to Jail.
Judge Guild is employed for the de-
fence and a young man named Galbraith
for the State. Mr.. Galbraith made his
maiden speech yesterday in this case, and
good one at that.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
NASHVILLE. TENN.
FRTDAY, JANUARY s, 1869.
Neu Ahrerfsenents.


the twentieth quarterly statement oil
the First National Bank, elbows that insti-
tuition TO be sound and prosperous.
A. B. Aronson, No. 81 North Cherry
street, has all the latest styles Of gents
furnishing goods, of first class material
and sells at prices to suit the times. Give
him call.
Everybody will go 10 zee Gen Tom.
Thumb and lady, Commodore Mutt and
Miss Minnie Warren, who will be in the
city on the 18th and 18th inst.
Farmers save your cotton seed, keep it
dry, and then ship 10 market. The high
est price paid by ]. F. O'Shaughnessy d
Co.
John C. Burch, Esq, will rent his resi-
dcuce on the Charlotte pike, % miles from
the city, on good terms. The place con-
tains ten acres of ground, and is admirably
suited for a suburban home and garden.
Albert & Seeman have an immense sale
to day TO raise money for cOnsignors.
Jacob Them will have a forced auction
sale 10 the trade this morning.
The Tennessee Horticultural Society
have called meeting tomorrow.
The stockholders Of the Tennessee and
Pacific railroad will meet and elect Direc'
tors on the 23d of March.
If you want fun send for the Comic
Ne1rs, l2l Nassau street, New York.
The spring session Of w. E. Wards
Seminary for Young Ladies, will open on
the first of February, when pupils of any
grade will be received, and classed accord
ing to their merits.
The Talisman leaves on Saturday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
1900 do a. n; 900 DO quarter peaches

lIlas - = Z ID
1900 do at u; 1000 do quarter peaches
at 81 kB .Eh
CHEsrNUTs-Sales TO day at So so per
bnshel.
BAcoN.-We heard of sale from coun-
try Of $500 lbs at IS for shoulders and Is
for hams and sides.
Eeas-Sales to-day of $50 dozen at Csc.
BUrTER-Sales of 20 lbs at 25c.
COTTON SEED-Salss Of 5000 lbs at
ac per ID.
SEEDs-Trade brisk. We quote limo
thy So rs; Glover $40; Herd grass g;
Blue grass 50; Orchard grass 81. Market
firm with au advancing tendency.
HAY-Sales on wharf to-day of 80 tons
at So per ton. --I. e rT
PARTNERSHIPS of 1900 lbs al Coo for
prime.
MEAL-We quote at Csc.
The grocery market continues active,
without any change in quotations.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
TREATMENT OF CATARRH.

Our method of treatment for the cure of
Catarrh embraces the thorough topical
medication of the affected regions by q
most ingenious and painless process, BY
which every part of the diseased mucous
membrane can be effectively subjected to
the most perfect and complete remedial
control.
Not only are We enabled to bring any
desired medical solution to act directly
upon the very seat of the disease, our
process also allows the remedy employed,
to be kept in contact with the affected
surface sufficiently long to exercise its full
curative powers.
The striking advantage Of our plan of
medication exhibit themselves in the
prompt and immediate benefit which fol.
lows treatment. Frequently, after the very
first application the fetor of the purulent
secretion is removed, the breath is mate
rally purified, and sensible relief from
other neutrality-suspicious. is experienced
By degrees the discharge diminishes, ir-
ritation is allayed, chronic inflammation is
subdued, alterations are made to heal, I'M
til finally we succeed in re-establishing
perfectly healthy surface and a normal
condition OF the parts affected.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
SMALL HOUSES.


Resnlts of their Scarcity in the City.
A few weeks ago, in an article relative to
the demand for a greater number of small
dwelling houses in the city, we endeavored
to point out the disadvantages of that I'M
supplied want in growing and prosper
GUS community, and TO show in what way
capitalists and men of enterprise could
probably invest their money and exert
their energy by making waste places BIOS
som with needed kind of habitaticns. 1t
was scarcely necessary then or now to
speak of the importance OF suficiency Of
the character of dwellings mentioned 10
the growth and prosperity of the city, or
the damaging consequences resulting from
the insufficient number of small dwellings.
Every member of the community interest
ed in the public Interests properly under
stands this phase OF the subject. That
more of our citizens who are able to do SO
do not more promptly act upon the sug-
gesiions it embraces, is matter difficult Of
explanation. Landlords and real estate
agents with whom we have talked
on the subject say that dwellings suitable
for small families are more readily rented
TO coed tenants at profitable rates than are
the larger houses occupied as residences.
The rent ofthe smaller buildings generally
yields a more remunerative interest on
original cost than is obtained from the
rents of big houses. Dwelling houses
erected at moderate cost SO that they may
be rented at reasonable prices are rarely
vacant, while more costly edi6ces are
frequently in want of tenants. In
respect to taxes and insurance, the advan-
tages are vastly in favor of buildings not
so large but what the owner car settle the
taxes without serious inconvenience and
safely taken his own risk of loss by fire or
storm. And yet Notwithstanding these well
known advantages, the erection of cot
tages goes on at an astonishipgly slowpace.
If to-day their number in the city and i'm
mediate vicinity were doubled, the de-
mand would not be fully supplied. Many
families now boarding, not in every In
stance the most desirable way of living,
who would be keeping house. if there were
suitable places to be rented at reasonable
cost. And If this were the case, mechan-
les who are men Of families and desire to
locate in Nashville, would not be forced to
decline doing 30 because of the difficulty
in obtaining homes near their places OF
employment Every citizen is interested
in the prosperity of the city and there.
fore desires to see its population and
business rapidly increase. Such growth is es
pecially important to the owners of real
estate, who have money to spare for build
ing purposes, and that ella of our fellow
citizens have now a fine opportunity for
turning their good fortune to good account
Cities, like fields, are all the better for cult
walton, the only difference being in the
kind Of work needed. Tickle the earth
with hoe and it smiles through crops OF
golden grain. Besutify the town with
houses for its people, and business rises up
10 give work to the idle and blessings to
their benefactors.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
Ec,,p.es orthe Sum and Moon.

There will be four eclipses this year
three Of the sun and one of the moon, as
follows:
First.-Partial eclipse Of the moon, jan
uary 81, beginning III. g., 3Os, in the eve,
ming.
Second.-Annual eclipse of the SUD-
Feb. II, at Sh. 34m, in the morning.
Third.-Pariial eclipse of the sun, July
%, at Sh. 24m., in the morning.
Fourth.-Total eclipse Of the sun, Au'
gust 5, at Al. On, evening.
This will be the greatest eclipse Of the
sun that will happen in this country until
IKE last yesr Of the century.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
Recovering

The Knoxville Press and Herald learns
that Tollen, who was shot by young Blew
ms at Messy creek last week, has very
much improved; there is good prospect
for his recovery. We understand, says
that paper, that after the difficulty he sent
for BIevins, expressed the deepest regret
for his own conduct, and mutual recon.
ciliation was the result. The circumstan-
ces attending the sad affair seems to justify
tba conduct of RIevips
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
SPECIAL NOTICES
ATTENTION. ATTENTION I,

To the lovers Of a good. imported Havana
Cigar. we would say that We are just receiving
a large and varied assortment of the choicest
brands, in REGALIA and CONCHASIZE. We
are able to compete in this line with any house
in the city. and would solicit the patronage Of
our friends and the public generally.
Our stock of Merschaum and other pipes is
selected with the utmost care, and imported di-
rect from the manufacturers. .
Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, the best
makes. always on hand.
jams lw R0SENHEIM j BRO.