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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09

AN ACCOMPLISHED ENGLISH LADY OFFERS HEF
n visiting governess for English branches
French Germans Spanish and music penmanship compost
ladies of neglected education taught by an easy method
ranslations executed Apply to Mas GRANT IS Clinton
place.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09

ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
AT THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE 457 WEST THIRTY
FOURTH STREET
BY EDWARD SCHENCK, Wednesday, 18th inst, at
1917 o'clock, ut the above residence, the entire Furniture
consisting in part Of elegant rosewood Cabinet Piano.
Paror double SUIT In brocatel Cabinet Centre
Table elegant rosewood Etagere French Clocks Bonze
rich Lace Curtains, Velvet Brussels and Ingram Carpets
elegant Dining Room Furniture Buffet. Extension
Tables French China decorated Dinner and Tea Sets,
Glassware; black walnut Bedsteads. Bureaus and Com
modes Lounges Easy Chars elegant CURED hs
Feather Beds, Bosers ana Pows Mirrors Hall Stand md
Chairs Olcoths Mats &C.; also all the Kitchen Furniture,
Cupper UtensiB &c.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09

WANTED--A SITUATION AS HoUsEKEEpER, BY A
.urn ,noroughy competent energetic person; isa good
keeping city preferred Address NJ. e. poA l6sa post
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09

N A. LAWRENCE, AUCTIONEER.
~. Splendid Astoria Property At auction. Executors
sale order OF John Norris ESQ., Executor the
of Nicholas Andaricse, deceased. BY LAWRENCE, OAK
LEY FLEuRY. Auctioneers percmptory sale OF sixty
Lots and House and Lot within 10 minules walk Of
steamboat dock and the horse railroad running
Hunters Point handsomely fronting Fourth. Fifth Sixth
and Franklin situated high ground, with
andng views Of New York city and surrounding country
All which will be absolutely sold Tuesday October 49,
1870 at IL O'Clock, at Washington Hail. in the village
torta.
Maps full particulars at Auctoneers Office 10 Pine
ktreet, JOHN r. MORRIS, ECO. Astoria.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

Is YoUR HAIR Dry ?--At delegate
election held in Woodbury., y. j.,
prior To the last election, the colored
citizens, having majority in one of
the divisions, elected one Of their own
race as representative to the Repub-
lican Convention. lie was a preacher,
famiIiarly known as " Daddy Grimes. W
This action was unexpected, and not
very palatable Co his white confcrees.
After The nominations had been made,
one OF the delegates rather jeeringly
called on Daddy Grimes for speech.
Tho old man rose, seriously and with
perfect decorum, and said: "Thar was
p bad man / knowod who would swar,
an cheat, am lie, am steal, am get
drunk; am he warn't good for nothln'
no how. But the grace of the LORD
come 10 him, an changed his heart I;
an he was converted from his evil
ways, an got baptized in the river.
Jest as he come out OF the water, he
began to sing and shout, Halleluiah
Iaileluiah Glory TO God All my
sins is washed away! An he kept ON
shoutin' till one OF dc sisters slandin'
by laid her hand on his head, an she
said: Why, brother, your har amt
dry vet 2 Now. Ven'lmen, ] feel ics,
rs that poor redeemed sinner felt; an
bless dc Lord, could now rejoice an
! could speak. But l know, sar, my
har's not dry yet
Then the old man sat down. lie had
made a speech. and preached sermon
of wide application.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29
ABOUT JET.

This bituminous mineral which is
now being manufactured so extensive
ly into useful and ornamental articles,
takes its name from the river Cages,
from the banks Of which ii was prob
ably first obtained. II was first called
+" "Gagntes," aitcrward "Gag )" and
finally very properly corrupted into
"Jot.p Now, however, II is found i'm
many parts OF the world. The finest
quality that comes 20 us from Great
Britain, Is obtained nc Whitby, in
Yorkshire, where il is found mixed
with fragments of bituminizod wood
of coniicrous trees, in the Alum Shale
Of that district.
jet, like amber, is electrical when
rubbed hence, when found, as it
sometimes Is by the Prussian amber
diggers, It is called black amber. In
France large quantities are found in
the department of Ande, where nn-
inerous artisansare employed in work
ing il into crosses, rosary, beads, and
other beautiful ornaments, which ut
first were used chiefly for mourning
wear. Tho French jet is very fine, is
found in irregular veins in the lower
marls OF the cretaceous series cores
WIN tiif HtirNfA Eiill.
also, furnishes a fine quality OF jet,
which Is found at NillQyiciosa, in the
province Of the Ausirias. Jet is easily
cut and carved admits readily of n
beautiful polish is about as hard as
our ordinary coal, and is, in fact, only
a peculiar form Of pitch coal, contain
ing about thirty-seven per cent. of
volatile matter.
Je. Is supposed TO have been worked
by the Romans long before the time
of the Danes in England; an ear ring
OF lady, having the form of heart,
with a hole in the upper end for sus-
pension from the car, was found lying
close to the iawbone In one Of the Ro-
man tumIli. The manufacture was
carried on until the time of Elizabeth,
WHOM II suddenly ceased, and was not
resumed until about The year 1900.
Within the last few years the demand
for Il from the American market has
been SO great that the wonder Is that
the Inventive genius Of the American
mind has failed to find the article in
this country, whore bituminous matter
or petroleum, from which it has its
origin, 50 largely abounds.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29
~uvADA STAGE ROBBERS
ANGULAR AFFAIR.


.oeordapce with official iustruc-
~ socnred from tho Sheriff OF Ian
|Iorconnty. Nevada, suspicious parties
u.r;ving Al Lone Pine last week were
,,iscad npder surveillance by Sherll
fTder and his deputies, which resulted
/ 4, tho arrest of two MeNlcans, named
Manuel Moreno and Louis Manilo,
Il si,as :. Nucbacha, for stopping the
s,aga from Austin 10 Battle Mountain,
es 9be night Of November 25, and TAX
;ng five bars Of bullion, valued at $4,-
aoS @ On last Friday night, at 7o'clock,
Under Sheriff Talcottand Dr. Coiuihpo
started from Lone Pine IN llght
wagon, in charge of the two prisoners,
bringing them to the county jan ~
this place. When about hali way, az
niace known as " Point of Rocks the
wagon was stopped by party OF per-
hans fifteen or twenty men, VINO leNei--
cd guns upon the party and requested
that tho prisoners be delivered up 10
them. Separating and placing. q guard
over 'ralcoit and Columbo, who were
relieved of their arms, the balance OF
The marty proceeded with the prisoners
eastward toward tho rivcrfora distance
NJ nerhaps a mile. OF course the OH
GERS know nothing of what was done
with them, but according To the story
of the prisoners, they We're tied, Diind-
folded and separated-the self organ
lied inouisitors dividing itself into
two parties, each with o prisoner; "a
rope was placed around the neck Of
each. and then followed strangling
and threats, In attempts 20 extort iroin
them a confession as to the wherca-
bouts of the bullion. Each were shown
what was purported 10 be the other
hanging by the neck, but all falling TO
elicit from them anything but protes-
tations of innocence. The PRISONERS
state that aftcrward they were told hy
the men that they knew where the
bullion was anyway, and named two
places. They were told by tho McNi-
cans that il was "bueno,n and to "go
there and get it, After some two or
three hours absence. the prisoners
were returned 10 the officers, the guard
removed, team hitched up, and the
party allowed to proceed, who arrived
at this place next day. The prisoners
claim TO bc able to establish an alibi,
but admit the perfect right OF officers
10 arrest and hold them, saying they
are the persons described by the Me-
vada officers, but very reasonably OBJ
ject to being deprived of the protec-
ton Of the law and lynched. We have
given the account as we believe TO be
correct, and refrain from comments.
l1nyo Independent, 18th.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

DEATH From ExPosURE.--A letter
received from Captain Rock, of Bel
mont, dated December 20, states that
Ezra II. Van Decar, l.. q. III. i. of
California, was found dead near Clo-
verdale, in Nye county. Captain Rock
says that Mr.. Van Decar arrived in
Belmont about the Goth of November.
He had two horses on which he pack
ed his blankets, etc. About the lst of
December he left for California, and
he appears to have got lost and wan
dered through the western pari of Nyc
county until he got to Cloyerdale,
whcreit Is believed he died from cold.
His remains were taken to lone, where
they were Inferred. Ii il supposed
that deceased was somewhat dement,
ed, for he got lost twice last Summer
while going from Silver Park 70 Bel
mont.
Mr.. Van Decar was long resident
oi Auburn. Placer County, California,
and we believe was Judge of the Coun-
W Court there. lie lived in Austin in
early times. We understand that he
was possessed Of some property III the
state OF New York, and our exchanges
IN that State would confer favor 10 his
relatives by publishing a notice of his
death.-[k. X. Roveille.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

DrpN'r WANT 20 BIZ LErr.-Many
wears ago am American ship sailed
from port in Ireland with Il large
number OF cmigrant passengers. After
the emigrants were all on board, a
hoad-wind prevented the ship iron
leaving port, stean-tugs being then
unknown. But at length the wind
changed, the sails were dropped, and
tho anchor tripped. The snip was
scarcely under way when a young
Irishman, looking mp through the
hntchway, saw thal she WIS In motion.
IIe rushed on deck in great consterna-
ton. Being IA he way Of The sailors
engaged i'm W., king he ship, the mate
called 60 him, hut "och Och Och y
was all that Pat could say, as he rushed
franlicallv from side to side of the ship.
"Got ont OF the way again roared
the mate.
"Och! Och, Och - was the only
answer.
"why, what is the matter with you,
fat?p
"Oh Troth, but ! was afraid We
wad go off and lave me while l was
down there in the cellar"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

MANY beneficial uses have been
found for carbolic acid. and naturalisis
now find that by washing out with II
the inside of birds which they have
NOT immediate time to skin and stun,
the birds may he kept week or more
i'm a sound and flexible condition.
During the prevalence of the Kline
,,cst. carbolic acid was largely used as
4 disinfectant, and farmers have dis
covered that "iicksm which lniest
sheen and lambs can be killed 10y dip--
ping tho animals in bath of the acid
diluted with water. Great care should
be observed no. to make the solution
too strong, as there j. danger that the
animals might be killed OF along with
the tick.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

1T seems that brcech-loaaing cannon
are not Of modern origin. Tho Pana-
ma Star and Herald speaks Of an inter-
view lately had with Two Americans
Just returned from the deserted site of
,ne celebrated gold mines of Cano, in
fanama. Among other interesting
remains our two Americans found near
me old fort four or five brass brecch-
loading cannon, which were manufac-
,nred at Barcelona, and bore date of
l6il.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

THE President has nominated Sena-
Tor Drake Chief Justice of the Court
OF Claims; Hallan Richardson OF
Maryland, Secretary of Washing
Ton Territory, Gen. l.. Hall, Post
master of Corinne, Utah; Joel Palmer
OF Oregon, Indian Agent at Grand
honde, Oregon; LeroyS. Dyer, of Ore
gon, for the Siletz Agency, Oregon; J.
y. Dickson, of Oregon, for the Umatila
reservation, California; Charles Malt
oy of California, Tule River Reserva.
ton, California; Hugh Gibson, Of Cal
norma, Round Valley Reservation; G.
a. bateman, OF Kansas, for the State
OF Nevada.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

RHODE ISLAND boasts of having
within her borders the largest room in
sne world. II IL 40 feet long by 10
.ese wide. Tho building which con-
s-lns this room well nigh covers the
.nure .re state, being 2,lO0 feet by go,
Anu Is Intended for a cotton mill.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

O.. WIND going 100 miles per hour, s.
~ lsct per minute, and pressing "a. 600
ios. per square foot, IL a tornado sweep
ing away houses and trees.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

Mrs wooDRuRY, who is lecturing
ON Temperance in Canada, exhibits a
series of pictures illustrating drunk
ards career. The first painting Mus,
trl.tes boy sucllingcid from barrel
with a straw, which recalls the emo
tions Of youthful days, but when she
comes 10 the last picture, showing
that same cidcr-sucker dangling rom
a scaffold, every body turns sadly away.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29

Tur Frie Railway Company. have
h.en testing a now msgneticcar brake.
II dispenscs with the services o. a
hral.eman. can bc operated from any
,,ayt - The train, and acts indepen-
IDENTIFY ofsll others, 20 that should one
f.,il Il would not Interfere with the I'M
mediate stopping Of the train.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29
|ahe aailn State greister,
\ ,,.hsd Daily, (Mondays Excepted)
--BI-
prRKINS &c STREET.

,.r,rr-R Rails Brick Building, secoho
pffNst street, opposite the Capitol
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-29
r.rms OF subscription :

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pne copy six months, by mail..a.... ~ w ",
pne ne CODY, eop three months, by innii'..~ W
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c,her, III nj 80 cents per week.
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mates Of Advertistng'

so,are 40 limos first insertion~".s5 90
pne gi,,hseuuent insertlon................. 90
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-04
A sTRA LONG ONE.

In Eldorado precinct, Saline county, the
Democratic and Radical forces have, for
years, been about equal. BY the en-
franohisemen, Of the negro, the Radicals
expected 10 gain an overwhelming ascen-
dency; but school election, held there a
few days ago, knocked these expectations
into the most unsightly cooked hat We
have seen in many day. The Saline
county Register says that the Radicals were
so confident Of victory that they actually
awarded the township ,reasurysbip in ad.
vance. THE negroes came up in solid
phalanx and then the excitement COM
ncnoed. Old men, lifelong opponents of
the Democratic party, voted the straight
Democratic ticket, and Others who had al
ready voted clamored for return Of their
tickets" The result was, that In vote Of
$50, the Democratic candidates were
elected by a majority of 80. The Register,
canvassing this result, says:
Where are Dan NUNS chances 10 carry
the old Thirteenth. Why, we predict
that Col. Crebs will carry the district by
1000 OF 5000 majority, and all white. so
much for the practical workings of the
XVIII A,nend,nant.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-04
NOT SEVERE ENOUGH.

The Chicago Tribune, the ablcst and
mos, influential Radical paper in the North.
west, in a reeen, article reviewing the de-
bate on the bill for n law Ia enforce the
Fifteenth amendment, says:
''On the one side, Stewart, Morton,
Drake and Cameron-ond the other, War.
ner, sawyer johnson and Rovols-thc
former for war and the latter for peace.
When II comes 10 pass for carpet baggers
and colored Senators 10 be read out of
the Republican party because they are not
sufficiently fierce and relentless against ex-
rebels, II is time for all Republicans 10 OK
anime the ground they stand on. II Is
easy TO see what motive govern such in
diyidusls as Morton and Draksr. Blood
and thunder Is their stock In tra1G When
the season Of war, prescription, luminosity
and anarchy comes To an end they will be
cut Of employment. But they may go
out OF employment sooner than they
expect. The people cf Indiana and Mis-
souri, are not for blood and thunder any
longer than Is necessary; and when Sena-
tor Reyels, of Mississippi, says that the
war is ended, and when Senator Warner
Of Alabama says that the continuance Of
political disabilities ia the main cause Of
disturbances Of the peace at the South, the
people of the Northern States will believe
them In preference TO such indy iduals as
Morton and Drake.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-04
THE MOBILE g. OHIO r. r.
IT'S CONDITION AND PROSPECTS.

The Directors of the Mobile & Ohio rail-
road company have just submitted to the
stockholders their twenty-second annual
report, which exhibits condition Of affairs
at once encouraging TO the stockholders
and creditable to the management of the
road.
The receipts during the past year
amounted to S2,ll5,2s6 80; operating ex-
penses, sl,320,712 90; taxes and cxtraor-
dinaries S3i,si5 60; leaving 1859, 1853 81
as net receipts. When the unsettled con-
dition of the South, the limited cotton
crop of 1868, and the many embarrass-
ments and difficulties under which the
road was compelled to operate,
are taken into account the
above showing must be regarded as of
most gratifying and promising character.
Ii has enabled the company, after a sus.
pension of nine years, to resume its pay
ments of interest upon its first mortgage
bonds, and to pay OF its floating debt,
which, FOR 30 long time, ologged its oper-
atoms. 1t has, furthermore, enabled the
company to provide against the set-backs
too common with Southern roads, viz:
blockade of freight for the want Of rolling
stock. The provision consists two hum
bred additional freight cars and ten addi-
tional locomotives, which render II one Of
the best stock roads TO be found in the
South.
Referring to the extension of the road
TO Cairo, President Murdoch says;
"Thc citizens Of Cairo, who have always
regarded an extension Of your road from
Columbus, Ky, to that city as Of great inn
portance, have obtained charter from the
State Of Kentucky to build road from
Cairo to some point on yours at or near
Columbus, Ky, and are now actively en-
gagged in raising the means therefor The
importance of this movement
will be appreciated when It is re-
membercd that this would complete IN all
rail route to Chicago the great city Of the
| Northwest. This done--our conncc-
| ton with the st. Louis and Iron Mountain
road completed, ms il will be within few
wceks--and your road becomes the route
leading from both cities of the Gulf to the
two great cities Of the west. ~
The chief Engineer, L. j. Flemming,
Esq, submitted an able and elaborate re-
port, which shows in detail tho receipts and
expenditures of the road, the tonnage and
cotton movement the cost Of rolling stock,
expenditures for construction and recon-
structioh, etc, etc,-a sum total Of facts
tina, authorizes his conclusion that the M.
a. o., road must inevitably become one Of
the most useful and prosperous roads in the
| south
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-04
CAPITALS OF STATES.
lErin The 81, Louis pispaich.l

Maine-hugusta. Noble" August
being Che feminine Of the Latin augustus.
New lIampshire-Coneord, from u
Latin word, signifying harmony
Vormont-lfontpeiier named from n
city in the south of France.
Boston. In honor of
the Rov.~Iohn Cotton, who came from
Boston, England. The namo signiflos "St.
Botolph's town" From the peculiar con-
formation Of its surface, II was first called
Boston fremont or trimountain.
Rhode Island-Proridcnce and Newport.
The first was so named by Roger Williams
in thanksgiving TO Heaven. lie was "a
liberal minister, who, for political and re-
ligious hcrcsy. so-called, was expelled
from the colony Of Massachusetts,.
Hartford and Ne,o Haren.
The first was so named In honor Of Mr..
Stone, leading settler, native of Hart
.ford, England. The Indian name was
Suckiany.
NEW YoRK-AibduU II received its
name in honor Of the Duke of York and
Albany, afterwards james III. First called
by the Dutch Fort Orange later Bearer
Ijyck, Beaver town." lastly, WiIiam-
stddt civilians town. in honor of the
Prince Of Orange. The word albany is
said TO be ths same us Aibyn-the Celtic
name Of Scotland - from eib or aip, "high,"
and inn, ian island
PENNSYLVANIA. - Horrisburgj from
John Harris, who founded II about 1888.
Tho sufiix burg signifies 'town."
NEW JERSEY. - Trenton. This name
was given IL about 1870, in honor of Col,
William Trent, Speaker Of the House Of
Assembly.
DELEwARE - Doper; from a place of
that name in England. The name signifies
"a ferry"
MARYLAND. - annapolis; from Anne
and polls Greek }, IN city" In honor of
Queen Anne, who bestowed many valuable
presents on the town. 1t was first called
Precedence, afterwards Ammo Arundieton.
Its present name was given II in l7OS.
VIRoINIA.-Riehmond from place Of
similar name in England.
WEST VIRGINIA. Wheeling; from
Delaware, ,oegt-ink-'place of head"
NORTH Raieigh; so named
In honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, who
planted colony on the Roanoke about
loss.
SoUTH CARoLISE-Coiunbia; in honor
Of Christopher Columbus.
Tdliahasse; an Indian name
signifying cold town"
GEoRGIA--!M aiedgepiiie; from John
Milledge, a General in the Revolution, and
once Governor Of the State. The French
termination ritte signifies 'city.'
ALABAMA-Montgo from the
famous General of that name, killed at
Quebec during the assault made on that
city by Arnold.
MIssIssIpPI--Jackson from General
Andrew Jackson, Seventh President Of the |
United State.
LouIsIAYA--Baton Rouge; "Red stick,
'taif or cane" a. Said to be from a Gus
ON of the Indians, putting up bloody
pole as declaration Of War. o. reason
. given thus; A Spanish family was
murdered by the Chicksaws, and their
heads placed on poles along the river. A
party Of French under La Sale passing
by shortly after, and seeing the horrid
spectacle, called the place Baton Rouge.
l3,) Most likely reason. On the arrival
OF the first settlers, there was growing on
the spot a cypress tho bark Of which is Of
u reddish huel Of immense size, and en-