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The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-11-12
Jru1ASr.-A large and enthusiastic Demo

JuBILASr.-A large and enthusiastic Demo-
cratic meeting was held last night, in front of
the Elko House. congratulating the Democra-
cy of the State on their success Speeches
were made by Col. Henley, S. b. Wyman,
Judge Bryan, Col. Dow, +. NJ. Proctor. =. NJ.
Eder and Mr.. MCGOWAN. Great enthusiasm
prevailed. % .......
1RoS-cLAD CELIs.-We learn that yesterday
morning two of the cells in the county Jail
were measured for coating on the inside. of
quarterback boiler iron. This, when finished,
will enable Sheriff Fitch to keep his birds
more securely. and will also prevent any more
marrow escapes"
IL PURsUrT.-John Meadowcraft, Sol. Car
men, Vim. Bsugh, Saml CASTOR and Frank
Boardman left this town on "Wednesday i'll
pursuit Of the car robbers. They may return
to-day. ..
BULLIoH.-The amount of bullion shipped
from the Mineral Hill mill from the time it
commenced work to the 22d of October was
l,36i bs.; from that date to Nov. Z, 653 DIS.
The contest between Rogers and Edelen,
for Recorder, is very close, but it is generally
thought that Mr.. Rogers has succeeded by n
few votes.
GARDNER, Of the Elko House, refreshed his
friends with an excellent chowder. last night.
lie did not fail to remember the printers
Gardner can keep a hotel.
Dr.. VIM. n. GwINS, ex-senator from Cali
fornia, passed through Elko OIL Thursday on
the train eastward.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-11-12

THE well-known Billiard Table Manufacturers OF
Il New York, have established at
Gal Market Street, San Frnncisco, Cal,
An extensive branch Of their business, where they
propose 10 keep constantly on hand the LARGEST
AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OR
BILLIARD TABLES, CLOTHS. CUES. &c.,
ON THIS COAST.
THE TABLES Of the latest styles and size re-
Gently adopted in the Eastern States; are manufac
tured in the best possible manner and furnished with
PHELAS'S LATEST IMPROVED CUSHIONS
The new composition Billiard Ball, made by the
Hyatt Manufacturing Co., OF Albany N. Y. the best
substitute for ivory discovered for sale only by
us Price, Sl2 per set AL goods sold will be Of the
best quality, and the prices fully low any other
house in the business Parties visiting the city are
invited to visit aud inspect our stock.
GEO. T.. PHEL-AS, 81 Market St
n. b. The public are notified THAI no other parties
on the Pacific coast have the right 20 sell PhelAns
Cushions. o29-3m
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-11-12

California is the only State in the Union which ex-
emp'S all kinds of Life and Endowment Policies from
execution.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-11-12
THE PACIFIC MUTUAL

All Policies in the PACIFIC MUTUAL arc non
forfeiting and by law exempt from execution.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-11-12

Thirty days grace given upon annual payments at
one per cent. and the policy kept in force during
that time.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-10

A short time ago we expressed the
opinion that Smith, the Radical candidate
for Governor of Alabama, was somewhat
more respectable than the material with
which the RAIDS have been accustomed to
manufacture Governors for the Southern
States; but he is no better than the rest
of his tribe, according to the following
extract of letter written by Col. Geo.
G. Tichenor, of Des Moines, Iowa, to
carpet-bag Spencer, of Alabama:
'.Feu win bear in mind how often and
earnestly cautioned yon against that man,
and demonstrated with you for harboring,
feeding, protecting. and even giving him
your friendship, and, in some degree, your
confidence, when we were serving together
as staff officers with Gen. Dodge, and the
man Smith, then worthless vagrant, was
lounging, like q lazy, NANCY dog, about our
headouarters,-the exempIieation Of Marx
Twain's syGEieT dog'-sharing your bounty
and protection without which he would
have been driven from within our lineS)
and begging pay from the secret fund as a
spy-a spy, fOrsooth. without courage to
sustain him beyond sight of our picket lines,
without shrewdness sufficient even to guide
him in the collection of information patent
even to a casual observer.
The same utter lack of courage and indiffer-
ence to principle which deferred him from
carrying n carbine or grasping sabre with
the brave and devoted loyalists of North
Alabama, who fought so CALAMITY for our
dag under your command, kept him from
espousing the confederate cause and uniting
his fortunes with his drawer but misguided
neighbors and countrymen.
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SECOND DAY.

THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 1S7O.
The following additional members an
swered to their names:
New Orleans Presbytery-Rev. T. IT,
Markham, Rev. III. NJ. Smith, Rev. II. O.
Mallard, and Elder II. T. Bartlett.
Central Mississippi-Rev. j. NJ. Caldwell,
Rev. J. FL. Alexander, Rev. J. w. Kerr, and
Elders J. M. Lewis and A. J. Liddel.
Red River Presbytery-ReV. VIM. F. Gil
lespie.
Mississippi Presbytery-Rev. Il. Price.
Letters from the officers of the Theologi-
cal Seminary at Columbia, S. c.. were read
and appropriately referred.
The usual Standing Committees were an
nounced by the Moderator.
Rev. DIR. Palmer announced that New Or
leans Presbytery had received Rev. Wal
lace Stratton from the Prcsbytery Of South
Carolina.
A communication from Rev. DIR. Baird,
Chairman of Board of Publication, was re-
ferred to Committee on Bills and Overtures.
A communication from DIR. Lyon was
read, giving reasons for absence.
TWAS announced that Rev. w. +. v. Bar
tlett would preach Thursday night, and
Rev. w. Finn on Friday night.
The city OF Vicksburg was chosen as the
place, and first Wednesday in November,
1871, as the time for next meeting.
1t was agreed that the sessions of Synod
be from o'clock, a. M, to pm.
The death of Rev. Benz. Chase and Rev.
II. B. Campbell were announced.
The Narratives of Presbyteries of New
Orleans and Red River were read and re-
ferred.
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From the SenatObia Times.
Radical Scheme.

We have recently conversed with a
gentleman who has every opportunity of
knowing, and he informed US that the
whole energies of the Radical part y are
bent upon inducing negro immigration
into this State from Virginia, North and
South Carolina and Georgia.
They intend first to use every means
to induce the planters to send or go to
those States and import hands for anoth-
er year, and in the event of this plan
failing then the RAIDS are to send agents
and induce wholesale immigration by
promises of Whist they will do for them
in the future, when negro supremacy is
established here as in South Carolina, of
course. The Radicals say that they can
induce the railroads to bring immigrants
at very reduced rates, when they whole
sale them.
The internal regions cannot boast of a
more deep dyed and damnable set than
now compose the Radical party. They
would blast the fair name and prospects,
forever, of the proud State of Mississippi
to carry out thu ir infamous schemes OF
robbery and plumber.
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..sfamnia, = aud 70 four-year old Minnie
came ID with mysterious air.
nj stood BY the side OF her mother,
who sewed Ia the low rocking chair.
sMamma, I went out on the gallery
To look for my new picture book,
And heard Willie Leigh in the parlor.
And thought would just take look
.aYou know that he says I'm so pretty,
And calls me his dear little pet,
Ana brings me great bundles of candy,
And gave me my little tca-set.
.sAnd promised to bring me SOFA.
And little chairs covered with red;
And | wanted-T think just wanted
To see If he'd done as he said.
$50 pushed my high chair TO the window,
And climed way up on IL. Mamma,
And put my head in through the curtains,
And WHAT DO VOC RECKON / SAW?
why, Willie was sitting with Louie,
just under that picture OF Paul,
And putting ring on her finger
That wasn't her old one at all.
And then he put both arms around her
And kissed her! and kissed herii tits true, :
And. dear Mamma, isn't it funny
For Willie to kiss sister Lou Z"
MADGE.
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FIRST DAY.


This body met in annual session at the
Presbyterian Church in this city on Wed
nesday evening last at 2 O'Clock. Rev. DIR
Doremus, by invitation Of Moderator.
preached the opening sermon, from Genesis
3:l5.
After sermon, sessions ofSynod were con-
stituted with prayer by the Moderator, Rev.
John Hunter.
The roll being called by Stated Clerk, the
following ministers and elders answered to
their names:
MISSISSIPPI MiRiSfers.-A
McCallum, Joseph Weeks, Geo. Hall. II.
Mcdonald. G.. s. ROudebush, w. +. v. Bart
lett. E1derS-D- q. Buie, j. NJ. Graf
ton. j. c. Afford, A: Baker, +. Peyton.
CENTRAL -Ministers.-Consi-
der Parish, D.. A. Campbell,R r. McInnis. Jno.
Hunter, w. 7. Hall, A. II. Mecklin. Elders
M. ID. Graham, d. McLaurin, J. Nj. Wat
son, j. NJ. Henry, J. n. Cook, r.. Barnett, j.
I. McBee, Robert Jordan, j. l.. Power, j.
Durdin.
ToMBEcBEE.-M iRisters.-S. K. Frierson.
A. Ri. Barley, S. J. Bingham, r. w. Meek
lin, ID. f. Smith. EIders.-S. L. Wilson, ID.
c. McFarlin, z. b. McCaskill, II. II. Spann,
j. Collins.
NEw ORLEANs.-Aiaisters-B NJ. Palmer,
b. Wayne, J. c. Graham. Elders-J. n.
Ailsworth, J. Murray and w. c. Black.
RED MiRistsrs.-J. T. Davidson.
c. Harrington, A. II. Banks, w. c. Dunlap,
Elder. III. Stroud.
MiRisters.-A. X. Graves, j.
f. G. Doremus, Robt. McAllister.
Rev. J. E. c. Doemus was elected Modera-
tor, Rev. A. H Barley, Temporary Clerk,
and J. l.. Power, Engrossing Clerk.
Adjourned until Thursday morning.
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Roses A LUXURY of THE ANCIKNTs.-To
enjoy the scent of roses. at meals. an album
lance of roses were shaken on. the table,
% that the dishes were completely suTroun-
ged. By an artificial continuance. roses.
uuring meals, descended on the guests from
aoove. Heliogabalus, In his folly, caused
loses to be showered down upon his guests
u such quantities that q number of them.
oeing unable to extricate themselves. were
..eaocated in flowers. During meal times,
sney reclined on cushions stuffed with rose
atsVes. or made couch OF the leaves them
saves. The floor, too, was strewn with
sseeses, ard in this custom great luxury was
espiayed. Cleopatra. at an>enOrmous ex-
eense, procured roses for feast, which she
lse 20 Anthonys had them laid two cubits
II n4laek on the floor of the banquet room. and
80 80 caused nets 70 be spread over the how-
81 n order 70 render the footing elastic.
- gahalus. oansed not only the banquet
AMY but also the colonadea that led 70
III .lssn, % be covered with roses, interpreted
"a lilies, yioletS hyaclnths and nafcissi,
form 1 walked about upon the dowery plat
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The New York Herald's Sketch of
of the Political Future--The
Decline of Radic31fsms

The Republicans, have in their partizan
zeal and centralizing theories carried the
revolution TO limit distastefuI to the Am
erican people. They have used up the ne
gro issue, the war feeling, and every other
available political resource, and know not
where TO stop now in their revolutionary
tendencies. Had it not been for the issues
OF the war and the personal popularity of
General Grant they would hardly have
maintained their power so long. 1t is poSsi-
Ole General Grant may carry the party
through the next Presidential election; but
Judging from all the signs of the times, that
Eill be the end oft. The Democratic party,
learning wisdom from the past and modify,
iSg its policy to accomplished facts and the
exiSencies of the times, has future before
il. Using the new powers of the age we
have referred to, and standing upon a con-
sentative platform, so as to arrest the revo-
lutionary tendencies of the Republicans and
preserve the harmony Of local State govern
ment with federal authority, the Democrats
may again the ascendancy and have another
long lease OF power.
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Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.l
COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. q, 1877


COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct "a, 1870.
Two companies of United States troops
went up to Laurens and Newberry to-day.
The last intelligence from the scene of ac-
ton is that seven men were killed. Two
of the constabulary and four negroes were
killed in the streets of Laurens. The
difficulty has been brewing for some time
famed by the fanatical breath of Joe
Crews. 1t came very near bursting forth
on the day of the election. Crews called
on his militia to get their arms, they got
them, but by the time they he'd done SO,
there were as many Winchesters in the
hands of the whites. At this juncture,
when a collision seemed impossible to be
avoided, Colonel Smith, alone, came into
the Public Square, ordered the negroes to
put away their arms, to vote, and to go
home. They obeyed him, when the
whites did likewise at the request of the
Sheriff Col. Smiths command left next
day, when the constabulary started to ar
rest a man named johnson, Tennessee
an, cursed and abused him, and thus the
smouldering embers were famed into
blaze.
The gallant Crews, after bringing on
the difficulty on the day of election, cow
ardly sought the protection of the United
States troops. Having set the mischief
afoat, he intended to take precious care
of his cowardly carcass. He started the
row to make innocent and ignorant men
suffer- They went for him, however,
secured the whole country; so far he is
still missing. There are various reports
concerning him; some say he and his son
were both killed others that he is hid
in the woods, another that he was pur-
sued to the Saluda river-6red upon and
wounded while swimming the river. We
don't believe that either of the reports is
true. GA man born to be hung need not
fear bullet nor water" There has been
intense excitement in the Ring here. Ru-
mors of assassinations were rife. Guards
were placed out, the colored troops SEN
tineled their armory. Apropos, two men
ran off the sentinels and guard, and cap
tured the militia armory of $50 rifles at
Clinton.
Yesterday and the day before the tele-
graph wires were kept In incessant vibra-
ton to carry the news to Washington and
to General Terry in Georgia, so as to get
more troops. The big reb amt dead yet,
he is kicking again, and there must be
more troops to finish him. If Governor
Scott viii arm the negroes, and viii not
arm the whites; if he viii uphold such
scoundrels as Crews in their incendiary
and inhaming speeches to the negroes; if
he will appoint such men to position and
place, he will hear of lynch law so far as
those men are concerned, for the law of
the land won't touch them, and they will
be reached; and the sooner Governor
Scott learns this, and learns too, that
South Carolinians are not to be treated as
barbarians and tyrranized over by such
outlaws as Joe Crews and his bands of
ruffians, the better it win be for the pros
perity and advancement of the State
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said bis trip i'm Europe bad been errssf.
ingly pleasant and Instructive. but thoueN
be had tho most attractive invitation ~
make bis stay abroad permanent, rlas.un-
able 70 resigi the amor pafrir in hla un.
TURF. and even among che most f.aefnn-
ting society Of Engliah lifo DE- could not
avoid signing Coz bis oanebnko homo In
Mississippi. He II deno forever elih
politics. lie says there are ffty thinra
besides IN which be can be more useful
% ms country and ia which DO himself
can reap more profit end enjoyment E.
lhe death of Genera lee aHrrtnd him
deeply. IL was not. he said. ~ Ola aro
or ordinary illness be died. bnt rather
from corroding reflection. which u-rr
away the casket of hia great roul PEI
sons rid themselves Of unhaBnv rnrslif..
tons by mingling freely ih tho giddy
whirl OF society, but Lee was a man aflarf
from all other men. lie permitted po
escape 20 the mountain load OF saddaned
thought that lay close upon his heart He
kept his sorrows b himself and finally
succumbed 20 the oppressive burden. Nr.
Davis was quite pathetic In speaking of
Lee, and evidently felt a deem admira
ton for the deceased general. The AIer.
apdrians came dropping in until sIr
o'clock the women making quite ns large
a representation as the men. Some az
the visitors were old friends OF Mr.. Davis.
and had not met with him since az limo
he was Senator from Mississinpi Gen.
eral Cooper remained present during the
time the reception lasted. The General
Is gray-bcarded and rugged. and. uIth
the exception Of being taller, Is not unlike
Mr. Davis in his general appearance.
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rFOr the Clarion.



Upon general r.zinciplez would say that
a grant OF public property by Legislators
TO themselves by name, would be void The
celebrated Yazoo fraud in the Georgia Leg
islature, involved the question to some ex-
tent, and it came into the Supreme Court OF
the United States In a case in Cranch,
the name OF which cannot af this mo-
ment recall" JOHN Scorr.
The case referred to is Fletcher VS.
Peck, 81.
Public property consists mostly of the
franchises. which the State is vested with,
and which it may grant TO individuals
when the public good requires it.
Legislators are servants, attorneys,
agents, trustees. The deed Of IA attorney
to himself is fraudulent and void. So of a
trustees deed TO himself. So OF servants
grabbing his masters property.
By grants to Legislators the State may be
stripped Of all its sovereignty. The public
property may be all severed, and vested in
certain favorites-
Let me illustrate ont of the acts of one
session-that of 1870. make but few re-
ferences.
Session acts of 1870, page 3Ie. IAN Act
to incorporate the Memphis aud vicksburg
Railroad Company" Legislators by name
made granters of the franchise or public
property, among them T. w. Stringer, Ser
ator from Warren. Page 372. San Act TO
incorporate the Vicksburg Ferry Company,
four in number, among them T. w. String
er, A. Mygatt, and Albert johnson, two
Senators and one member. Page ALI. IAN
Act TO Incorporate the Vicksburg and Ma
tional Cemetery Turnpike COMPANY
Among the corporators by name are A.
Mygatt, c. ID. Landon, Albert johnson.
Charles p. Head, Peter Barrow, Thomas w.
Stringer: two Senators and four members.
Page 43I. @An Act to incorporate the Mis-
sissippi Loan and Savings Institution of
Vicksburg." Seven persons. Among them
Thos. w. Stringer. Page $50. IAN Act to
Incorporate the Colored Citizens Packet
Company, and for other purposes" Seven
corporators or grantees. Among them T.
w. Stringer, Albeit johnson.
Look, people OF Mississippi, into the acts
of your attorneys, agents, servants and
trustees. These grants by agents, trustees,
servants and attorneys to themselves are
inventions. The Constitution designs to
keep the Legislative, and Executive de-
partments, and the Judiciary, separate and
distinct, each a check on the other. But
Legislators monopolizc offices and grants OF
public property and franchises. The end
is not laroff. Party is gone.
CATO
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Circular Of the Wee President 90
1he lee Memorial AaHurlmdaDu
for MhMmfnmimmf.


Circular Of the Wee Hrcsident or
the lee Memorial AsHociudaou
for Mississippi.
To the surviving Officers and Soldiers NJ EDO
late Confederate Army nov ln MiaaIas
sippi:
The undersigHsd desires 90 cali your at-
tention 10 the Circular Ui Gen. Pcndlot0n. a6
Chairman Of che Executive Committee of
the lee Memorial Association The OBJ
iect OF the Association O. % erect auitabIH
monument ~ the memory or our beloved
aud hOnored chief Robert u Lee. ilo ha.
closed his labOrs, and upon this sad event
we may claim not only 81 contribute t0-
wards peTpetuating bis memory Iu mouue
mental u,arbie but furfher ~ con .-rs hef1fr
the world our united love, respect and Ho-
miration Tor our great Leader, ns ven hs euf
attachment forahe Lost Cause Tor winch
we fought together.
You are, therefore earnestly requested 90
once 10 uroceed 10 aid aud assist iu carrying
out the objects Ofthe Association ~ com
trItute eo1nefbing yourselves, and t0 collect
funds from al who claim the hOnoraud prlF-
,iesra ~ ssntrIbating; and 90 forward che
monrrfbutlOna 20 the undersigned nt Column
ma a. vice President for clio State of Mis-
An ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the nmoLnfH re-
ceIved Will BE- made through che press and
the editors throughout the STATE, ~ web AL
all Othen are rrapectiuliy invited to give
their aid and Influence CD Carrying oat au
objecr 20 near and dear % 5out4aerqr aeaftf'
Vice President f0r hlaeiaaippi.
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South Carolina Radicals appear to
have been studying New York political
tactics, as at the last election they fairly
rivaled our city Foughs rs repeaters.
Notwithstanding the great fraudulent
Radical votes alleged to have been polled
the conservatives have made substantial
gains throughout the State, electing the
member of Congress in the Fourth dis
trict and enough members of the State
Legislature to overpower the radical two
thirds vote in the House. Two colored
radicals are elected to Congress-one OF
them to succeed Whittemore, Of cadet
trading notoriety.-N. Y. Herald.
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Robert S. Hudson wrote to Chancellor
Waddell, of the University, at Oxford, the
other day, to know IL negroes would be adj
u,itted into that Institution, aud Chancellor
Waddell replied snairy nigger.n whereupon
Jeems, whose original name ia Alcorn,wrote
to Mr.. WaddeIl to keep cool'' and not s.get
too big for his bfseches."
Comment Is unnecessary. - Mississippi
Bulletin.
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why the Flag was Hauled Down
AT the Georgia Fair.


"Ayery" describes his interview with
Hon. Ben. G. Yancey:
He received me cordially, and said
that he was glad that the representative
Of Northern journal should manifest
enough interest In the cause of truth to
come to see him about the flag disturb
ance, and try to get at the straight of it.
He then entered into a detailed history
Of the Society organization, and claim
ed that for twenty-five years OF its exist
ence, it had never once foated the United
States flag at its masthead. Before the
war, there was no disturbance about it,
and why should there be now? The first
of this trouble occurred at Mason last
year, when staff officer of some General
ordered the committee to hoist the United
States flag over their building. The
committee refused, because, said Mr..
Yancey, ''we did not feel like being or
dered to this, that and the other, by any
little upstart that might come along
If President Grant or the Commander of
the Department had requested us to raise
the flag, of course we should have done
so; we are not to be ordered In these
matters pertaining to our own affairs
They have no Stars and Stripes over your
private dwelling, nor has any man or set
If men any right to order US to do the
salpe. Mr.. Kimball had the contract to
put the park in order, and after complet-
ING it. he went and raised United States
fac over the entrance on the staff pre-
pared expressly for the society's flag.
When | went out Wednesday morning,
Iordered the flag down and our flag up,
which was done. ] afterward caused the
same flag to be put in the line of flags of
all nations, which Mr.. Mercer had caused
to be displayed in front of his saloon
That was all there was Of it.
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or so PRoPER AS SHE szEMKD.

1tUM tue new OH EUIlce NeWs-
NOT so PROPER AS SHE sKEMKD.
Miss Edmonia G.. Hgh2ate, a young mu-
latto woman. of Albany. n. " well educat-
ed and teacher by profession, died very
mysteriously In Syracuse, N. Y, last week,
the fact that she had been made the victim
of criminal abortion. She had been can
wasting in Syracuse for q week or two, as a
book agent. Miss Highgate had acquired
quite reputation, both by teaching among
the freedmen of the South, and as lecturer,
and gave promise of future usefulness. Her
tragical and shameful death causes much
sadness and regret among those who knew
and respected her.