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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-21
fpublIc-So, l.0,1
(Approved July Il. 1901

IPubIc-N0. T.U.J
AN ACT to vaeate the Fort Dakota military rescr-
walton In the Territory OF Dakota, and for other
purposes,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-21
Approved July II, lsT0.

(Public-No. l7L.l
AN ACT TO amend section four OF the act OF March
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and kixty-eight.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-21
Approved July II, lsTo.

Public Re~solutiOn-So. 7o.s
A REVOLUTION granting condemned cannon fn
the erection Of q soldiers monument at Omaha
Nebraska.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-21
Approved July Il. 1870.

AN ACT to extend the provisions Of the preemp-
ton laws to the Territory Of Colorado. and for
other purpokes. -
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-21

under contract, preparatory to making allotnients
for their new homes for agricultural purposes. thirty.
seven thousand three hundred and ninety-three dol
lars.
necessary food for the Sisset0n and Warpeton Santee
reservations, In Dakota Territory, during the spring
and summer. and 10 furnish them with implements
and seeds for cultivatIng their nelds. ten thousand
~ MISCELLANEOUS. .
For d~efraylnc the preliminary expenses Of taking
the ninth census OF the United States, two hundred
thousand dollars.
hundred and slxty.nine, In taking the frst census Of
Wyoming Territory. one thousand i've hundred dol.
lars.
the accounts Of b. D. French. late Commissioner OF
Public Buildings. there is hereby appropriated the
sum Of 1teen thousand and kerenty$ix dollars and
essary lor that purpose; but no greater sum shailb Be
paid from the treasury out OF this appropriation
Than eight hundred and seyenty.three dollars and
on the aggregate Of the several accounts.
For the amount due H.. Hamlin, late collector Of
the port OF Boston and Charlcstown. and superin.
bred and thlrtyeisht dollars and sixty cents, the
same 10 Be carried 10 his credit on the books Of the
Treasury Department, on account OF surplus offcial
emoluments. ami on account Of expenses OF collect.
10 pay Joseph Miller, u. Kelley, L. Miller, N. C..
Brown. John cummih;, !, p. Pierce. Charles 2.
hfuyon, ". StOrnls, a. n. galloway, James Int. u.
and A. D. Framework, the amounts due them re-
spectively a. oGhcerN, MEMBER clerks and employ,
slsls for per dlem, mileage and services IN tho iesis-
llture Of the Territory ofIdaho, TO be paid only upon
vouchers to be approved BY the proper accounting
ofheerS q the Treasury. 10 all seven thousand and
twentythrse dollars and sixty.nye cents; and TO
Crawford Slocum and Company, George NJ. Thomp-
som Emil Lombard. AL. Downey, and Archibald
NcBuraty, the amounts due them respectively for
rent and stationery for the same service, In all one
thousand eight hundred sind thirty-one dollars and
eighty eight cents; to Allen and Maxwell for wood
and other supplies for the same service, one thou.
sand one hundred and tweniy-nIne dollars; and 10
stan and Company, Willis Young, W. II. Andrew,
er. D.,'W.C {. DOrmell and }. X Vincent, the amounts
due them respectively for sundry supplies for the
same service. In all four hundred and ninety-eight
dollar and sixty-six cents; provided, that no paH Of
the abeye amounts hereby Appropriated TO deffay
the. outstanding Indebtedness Of the Territory o.
ldahp thus speciaedi man b paid, unless upon
youeheI yeri1sd upon oath. y The sstsieton q
tas proper ACKNOWLEDGEMENT o. ths treaiur7.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

brought to Washington every year and
placed in government positions which
many of them likely hold for years after
they cease to be ball players.
The increasing activity in the q. S. Pa
tent Office from week to week, truly indi-
cate that the inventive geniuses of the
country are wide awake to the necessities
of such mechanical and scientific inven-
tons as will do all the work in the differ
ent departments of labor, which we are
now obliged in slow way to do by hand.
The number of patents issued from the Of
flee for the past week are 500, among the
different states and foreign countries re-
spectively: New York, 80; Connecticut
50; Pennsylvania, 40; Ohio, &c. Massa-
chusetts, 80 Illinois, 10; New Jersey, IA
Michigan, II; Indiana, 8; Missouri, 5
Maine, 5; Virginia, 5; Iowa, 4 ; England
f; Rhode Island, 4; California, 4; Louis
lana, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Texas, 2
Mississippi, 2; Vermont, 2; Kentucky, 2
Tennessee, 2; Washington, D. c., .; Mary
land, 2; Delaware, 2; Wisconsin, Scot
land, Australia, /.
The members of the National Congress
sional Committee are very busy arranging
and blocking out the necessary work pre-
paratory for an active fall campaign. II
my next letter l will give your readers in
formation of their programme.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

The CONSTITUTIONAL CONTENTION
This convention adjourned last Tues
day, after having acted upon the half
dozen amendments proposed by the
council of censors. In our opinion
it done one very foolish thing and a
wise one. 1t abolished the council Of
censors, which was wise, and it voted
for biennial sessions, which was silly.
Vermont will now he a rery slow
coach, when she moved slow enough
before. Our next state and county
tickets aud town representatives will
be elected for two years. Woman
suffrage Jared hard. receiving but one
vote in its favor to 231 opposed.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

Hearth d Home for this week (da-
ted June 25th) contains the first Of a
series Of sketches entitled Jethro
TROOPS Night Thoughts, by John
Thomas, who is no other than Petro-
lcum V. Nasty. The great humorist
will take an honest country boy to the
city, conduct him through the usual
experience, and restore him to bis
home sadder and wiser boy, satisfied
that the peaceful, honest, and temper.
ate life of the farmer is the best and
safest life that can be lived. This is
a lesson greatly needed at this time
and Nasty is the man to teach it.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21


Jacob Carman, a well-known and
influential citizen OF Highgate, died
suddenly this, (Monday) morning.
He arose as usual and helped about
chores, designing to drive the cows
to pasture before breakfast. Not be-
ing ready at breakfast time search
was made, and he was found dead in
his barn.yard. His health of late
had been as good as usual, and he i;
supposed to have died of appoplexy
He leaves large estate and a wide
circle of mourners. He had filled va
rious offices of trust in the town, hav
ing been member of the State Leg
islature for two or three sessions
His age was II years.-Messemger.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

ACCIDENT. There was a serious
accident on the Vermont and Massa
chusetts Railroad on the 10th inst, by
which means three persons were kill
cd and dozen or more wounded
The engine struck hand car between
Athol and Royalston, throwing tn
engine from the track, when it brok
through bridge and went into tn
river followed by the baggage and on
passenger car.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

press in the fall of ga, not to let the year
close without some movement. He pro-
ceeded accordingly to invest pah which
was defended by band of 300, including
the women. They showed heroism worthy
of Leonidas' famous band, or by the mod
ern Cretans. He summoned them to sur
render, but they refused. Then to spare
the women, as he closed up for the assault,
with some 10000 men, he sent, offering to
allow all who did not fight to pass out in
safety. The reply was, 8 Who not fight !?
The women fight. We all fight. Wewill
fight forever, forever, forever" The assault
commenced anh was long sustained. At
last, when the garrison worn out, and the
place rendered utterly untenable, was about
to be carried, these Maorie warriors forced
their way over the heads Of a volunteer
regiment lying on the ground to escape the
shot and she'll. A magnanimous foe would
have allowed them to escape after having
so CALAMITY earned their lives. But | am
sorry | have to add that large portion OF
them were run down by the cavalry before
they reached the woods.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

TERRIBLE.-The Pope is going to
send his "bulI' over here about the
22d of July, to gore those American
subjects who do not immediately bow
in submission to the Holy See. If
they do not reconcile themselves with
Rome previous to that date, he. will
ex-communicato them. The catholics
throughout the United States are ex
hibiting extraordinary activity, and as
a consequence the protestant WORLD
are nervous.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21


FROM COLoRADO.-The following ex-
tract is from a private letter written
to A. B. Mathewson, by Sanford May,
who went from this town to .Colora-
do last spring. The letter is dated
Greeley, June 9th:
| arrived in town two weeks ago last
Friday. spent nearly week at Roches-
ter. There were but few houses here when
/ came; there are now from 100 to 100
mostly small, as lumber is scarce and high
at present-costing from $50 to $40 pei
thousand. The colony have lust complet,
ed the ditch that brings the water to town
1t is miles long. The weather as a rule
has been cool but pleasant, with now anC
then a strong breeze, and are now having
something of hail storm.
have looked the country over pretty
thoroughly in tnis section, and have seer
a good many Of the old settlers and looked
their stock over. There is only now anC
| then one that feeds their stock at all.
never saw nicer beef than we have here
and old settlers say it makes but little diff
! ference what time of year it is killed, it /
about the same. Stock atpresent is near
ly as high tere as it is East, and horse
higher. nave not seen sheep since
came here; there are but few in the coun
try. They tell me there is one flock tina
was driven from the states last season bu
they arrived in bad condition and ha
poor care through the winter and many O
| them died There are plenty of prick
pears about here which l should thin
would trouble Sleeps feet. Butter an
cheese brings a good price, as the deman
Is greater than the supply. l am goin
down into the south part Of Colorado thi
week. Think now | shall be az home i
about a month.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

REsIGNED.-Attorney General Hoar
has resigned his position and Gen.
Grant has appointed Amos 7. Ackcr-
man OF Georgia in his place.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21
VOLUME IS.
An Appropriations Indian Affairs.

June 18th, the senate passed the
joint resolution appropriating $4,000
to defray the expenses of the Indians,
representatives Of one or more tribes
of the far west, and who are just now
the observed of all in Washington
This is one OF the small leaks that is
retarding our national progress and
delaying the payment Of our national
debts one of the many ways taken
to deplete the treasury and continue
the taxes Of the poor. What earthly
good is to come of this visit of Red
Cloud and his band of distinguished
scalpists VIC cannot see, unless it be
for the purpose of instructing the red
skins in some branch of thieving not
heretofore known to them; if this be
the object Of either visitor or visited,
we concede that Washington is the
proper place to learn it. We suppose
however, that the design on the part
OF our government is to impress the
savages with wholesome idea Of the
immensely Of our power and popula-
ton, the extent Of our country and
the greatness of it's wealth, by this
means awing them into submission
The same thing has been tried before
on divers occasions, and that it has
been rewarded with any great success
we have never learned. We do know
however that the torch, the tomahawk
and the scalping knife have had brief
rests since the government was found
ed. Each conference of the chiefs and
their great father has been speedily
followed by an Indian war. Even Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail at the close
of their talk in Washington the other
day asked for an annuity in fixed am.
munition and breech loading rifles :
Our Indian affairs are badly managed
or rather, are not managed at all
Admit if you will that the Indian !:
treacherous, the action Of white agent;
has been still more perhdious. Oul
government makes treaties to breal
them. 1t buys their lands to chea
them-paying nominal rates in useles
gew-gaws, bad rum and fire arms
And when his brain is fired with dee,
rotations he uses his weapons upo,
innocent settlers, forthwith a blood
war is upon our hands, which end
like all its predecessors in another al
nuity of fire arms and rum. This, /
brief, has been the history Of our Ii
dian treaties and Indian wars. Th
l. white man has been the aggre5sor frs
last and all the time. The truth 0
= history will bear US out in our stat,
+ mcnts. There has never been but on
Indian treaty made that has stood ii
test Of white cupidity since the pro
u of the Mayhowcr touched the shore
s. of old Plymouth, and that was mac
: by VIM. Penn, the stauuch and trut
d loving Quaker. For its trcatmel
Il of the Indian tribes on this contineI
y our country has yet to suffer in son
III way more than it already has, as v
= had to sufler-arc how suffering, f
u our long years OF wrong to the ncgr
Hour it is to come, and ,chcn it is
q come we know not, but come it sur
j. ly ,ciLi as God liyeth and loyeth ju
d tice.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21
3. HOMESPUN.

"Homcspuu," by Thomas Lakeland IAN as
sumcd namc). is a charming book ofrural scenes
and incidents, in which country life, especially
Of the old fashioned sort, is described in way
to bring back wildly the country choir, the
country tavern, the district school, farmers
daughters hard winters, hHckebcTyinE, etc
A pleasant boa. k TO read aloud. Price 81 -.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

FIRE IN MAINE There was a fire
at Lewiston, Maine. June 18th, which
destroyed about $4,000 worth of
property. '
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21
2. DAME NATURE.

a book by Saintlnc; the famous author OF
"Picciola" 1t is a craudpHpa'4 talks and stories
about natural history and things Of daily use 4
capital book for young people, making them OBJ
servant and curious about life around them
Price 81 50.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

FIRE.-A fire in Springfield, Mass,
on the night of the 10th destroyed
$4,000 worth of property.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21
Republican Union State Convention,

Republican Union State Convention will be
held at Burlington, on wednesday, June Y,
1870. at ii o'clock, a. m, TO nominate candidates
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Treas
urer, to be supported at the State election in
September next.
The Republican Union voters of this State will
be represented in the Convention by their dele
gates, to be chosen on the basis of one delegate
from each town and an additional delegate for
each one hundred and fiffy votes cast for the Re-
publican candidate for Governor at the last State
election. Delegates wilprovide themselves with
proper credentials. signed by the Secretaries of
their respective primary meetings.
g. g. BENEDICT.
GEO. A. MERRILL,
H. 6. RooT, Republican
B. F. FIFIELD,
S. THOMAS,
T. MERRILL, State
h. HAsKINs,
ALBERT CLARkE, Committee.
o. n. EIETNS
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

Girls should not chew tobacco.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

ROCKS rOEEREAB0N THE GLASS
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-21

ANOTHER FENIAN NICTn-We learn
that on Friday last a wounded Fenian was
discovered in the woods near Eccles Hill.
He was gasping for life at the time and on
being turned over died instantly lie was
subsequently removed and buried. There
are still a number Of struggling Fenians
around Fairfeld.-,Si. Johns Ne,rs.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-13

When was about six years old
one morning, going to school, q
ground squirrel ran into his hole In
the ground before me they like Il
dig holes in some open place where
they can put out their heads to see Il
danger IL near. / thought, now
shall have fine fun. AS there was O
stream of water just at hand, / deter.
mined to pour water into the hole till
1t should be full, and force the little
animal to come out, so that / might
kill 1t. Twas soon pouring water In
ON the poor squirrel. I could hear 1t
struggle, and said, "Ah my fellow,
I will soon have you out now.n
just then heard a voice behind
me: "Well, my boy, what have you
got there?"
/ turned, and saw one of my neigh
b0rs, a good old man, with long,
white locks, that had seen sixty win
tiers.
Well" said I, "there is a ground.
squirrel In here, and l am going ia
drown him out"
Said he, Jonathan, when / was O
little boy, more than fifty years ago,
/ was engaged, one day, just as you
are, drowning a squirrel; and an old
man, such as am, came along, and
said to me, you are little boy: now,
IL you were down in narrow hole
like that, and l should come and
pour water down upon you, would
you not think / was cruel Z? God
made the little squirrel, and his life
Is rs sweet 10 him as yours to you.
Why torture to death a little limo
cent creature that God has made p"
He added, "I have never forgotten
that, and never shall. Now, my boy,
/ want you to remember this as long
as you live; and, when tempted Ia
destroy any little animal or bird, to
think Of what / have said +: God does
not allow us to kill His creatures fol
our pleasure"
More than forty years have since
passed, and ] have never forgotten
what the good man said, nor have !
ever wantonly killed the least animal
for amusement since. Now, you see
II Is ninety years since this advice
was first given, and IL has not lost Its
effect yet: how many little creatures
IL has saved from being tortured Ia
death I cannot tell, but I have no
doubt, a great number, and 1 believe
my whole life has been influenced by
II. The Bible says, "Blessed are the
merciful for they shall obtain mercy"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-13
Years and Leap Years.

The year 1900 will not be q lean
year; 1894 and 1896 will beleap years.
To explain this we must give q short
account Of the change of style In the
calendar effected by Pope Gregory
Thirteenth. He found the error
of eleven minutes in the Julian cal
endar had amounted to ten days. He,
therefore, deducted ten days in Octo-
Der, 1852, and to prevent q recurrence
Of the error, It was ordered that every
year ending q century should not he
considered q leap year, except the
multiples Of the year 400. Thus 1900
was leap year, but 100 was not, nor
1900, nor will 1900 be; but 1000 will be
q leap year, and every four hundreth
year after 1t. In England and Amer
lea the Gregorian calendar was not
adopted until 1782; consequently with
us 100 was not a leap year, and we are
eleven days out. These were subtrac-
ted, and at the time the measure
enacting the alteration caused consid-
erable uneasiness, and some few riots
among the poor people, who could
not comprehend the matter, and rails
ed the cry of "Give us back our eleven
daysw The Greek and Russians still
retain the old style, so that there is
now difference Of IL days between
their dates and ours, because they
have considered 100 and 1900 as leap
years.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-13

Editors, we are told, have O first
rate time in Texas. The ladies of a
town out there have given to the ed
itor Of the paper an embroidered shirt,
which contains a pictorial history oi
Texas, including the war with Mexi-
CO, and meeting of the first Legisla.
ture, and also pictures Of the fruits
and cereals Of the State, all worked
in red and worsted. The editor never
wore a shirt in his life, and he
thought It was banner for the tenn :
perance procession which was to come
off the next week. so he made a
little speech of thanks, in which he
said he would "fling 1t out forever to
the breezes of heaven, that they might
kiss its folds, and that until his hand
palsied, il should never be trailed in
the dust-never." The ladies did not
understand him; and when he talked
about its trailing, they blushed, and
said they were very sorry they made
1t too long. But committee man
took the editor aside and explained
the shirt to him in a whisper, and
the next day he appeared at the Office
with that shirt mounted over his
coat, and wrote four columns of ex-
planation for his paper. The shirt Is
much admired by the boys of the
town, and whenever the editor goes
out for a walk they follow him In
regiments, studying the history of
Texas and the fine arts off the back
of 1t.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-13

Co-OPERATION OF THE WIFE.-No
man ever prospered in the world
without the cooperation of his wife.
If she unites In mutual endeavors or
rewards his labor with an enduring
smile, with what confidence will he
resort to his merchandise'or his farm,
fly over the land, sail upon seas, meet
difficulty, and encounter danger, II
he knows that he is not spending his
strength in vain, but that his labor
will be rewarded by the sweets OF
home. Solicitude and disappoint-
ment enter the history Of every
mas life, and he Is but half provided
for his voyage who finds but an asso-
ciate for happy hours, while for his
months of darkness and distress no
sympatlrizing partner is prepared.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-13
WHOLE NO. 1871.


We submit the following to our
readers, hope they will ponder 1t we'll.
II is She whole truth, aud should be
heeded:
At this moment the country needs.
and IN particular the South needs,
and more than all, "a the regenera.
tor Of both, the Democratic party
needs, the services of its ablest lead
ers and the display Of It's best temper.
We stand on the threshold of can
vass which h to decide the complex
ion of the next Congress. We are
passing into that period which casts
Its lights and shadows directly upon
the next Presidential campaign
Hasty ebulitions Of bad blood, petty
and unworty jealousies, foolish an un-
just suspicious, causeiess wrangles,
all are unwise and unpatrfotic. 1t Is
not difficult for the press of the South
to read the signs of the times In the
columns OF the press of the NORTH
The fight Is to be fought on North
ern ground. Hence we should strive
to help and not to hinder our true
friends, to make capital for them, not
against them.