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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-02-12
DISPATCH.
DATES TO LAST NIGHT.
A Boy Accidentally Kills His Cousin md
Goes Mad.

A Boy accidentally hilis His Cousin ana
Goes Mad.
LOUISVILLE, February II. = At
Springfield, Tennessee, last evening,
Thomas Hockersmith, a lad Of II,
accidentally shot and killed his cousin,
Mrs. r.. Ii. Bibb. The boy Is now a
.raving maniac. ,'H 'n'
Massachusetts Liquor Law.
BosToN, February ia majority
of the Committee In. the Honse have
submitted q license law s%uppressing
public bars and drinking shops, allow
Ing licensed store-keepers and common
victualcrs to supply liquors to guests
to be drank on the. premises; licensed
liquor dealers, grocers and druggists
to sell liquors not to be drank OH the
premises. License fees + fixed at
from 800 to $1,000. The minority
will give u report taking strong ground
against license in any form.
Moro nbout the Indiana Mining Discovery.
LOUISVILLE, February ll.-Consid-
erable excitement prevails in Harrison
County, Indiana, over reported discov-
cry of gold and silver neal the pro-
posed line of the Louisville and st.
Louis Railroad. Twenty-Five miners
have been digging during the past four
months. and are believed to have been
successful.
Prom Washington.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-the
death of BENZ. F. Hopkins, member of
Congress from Wisconsin, was an
nounced In the House yesterday.
In the Senate Sherman offered q res
olution recognizing Cuba as a belllger-
ent power.
Nye introduced Il bill to relinquish
the interest of the United States In the
military reservation at San Francisco.
Smallpox is raging among the Indi-
ans in Montana, and the Department
has issued orders to extend them aid.
The New York herald., 1870-02-15

ROOkKEEPER WANTED.-A COMMISSION HOUSE
ID oilers position TO young man OF ~ years of age
speaking and writing the Spanish and English languages
must be well acquainted with double entry an,
present satisfactory references aua6ca
tons Address, with particulars in Spanish, box 3i66 Pos
office.
The New York herald., 1870-02-15
PROPOSALS.

COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION OF TIE STATE
~ Of New York, New York, Jan. 7. 1870.
NOTICE 10 Alcui1ECIsThe unde.s gned, n committee
OF the bonrd Tor the erection of asylum
for the treatment Of insane persons receive plans here
for suc plans to be presented before The 18th OF
February proximo. The plans must bc designed
accommodate 2JO patients and be accompanied by es
mate Of the of the BUILDING. All information Ia
reference TO the Asylum, it's location &c, may bo
obtsned OF the Superintendent Of Wards isnnd. The te
meeting Of the Asylum Committee for examination OF
plans VIII be aScertancd from
Of the Commissioners of Emigration at Castle Garden Tbe
Of Sl,oeo will he paid for the plans which may bg
adopted the committee resefying the b however, reject
any and all plans presented
GuLlhN G.. vERpLhNCk, Prcsident.l
CYRUS II LUETREL
PHILIP BlSStSGER,
JAMES LYNCH, ,Conmttea
ISAAC T. SMITH,
FREDERICK kAPP,
r. McELROY,
The New York herald., 1870-02-15

(toACHMANS SITUATION wANTED-BY A YOUNG
~ man. fully competent; will make himself generally
fu good city references Address JOSEPH, box 4 Herald
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Mercur on the Income Tay.

Mr.. Mercur admits that he voted
against repeal of the Income tax, vo.
ted against reducing it from 8 to per
cent. and voted against exempting in
comes between 1000 and $4,000 per
annum from the tax. But he pleads
that the tax is mainly paid by the rich
and that official salaries should be taxed.
This was his argument or excuse on
Monday night We answer that
an income tax ON salaries is not
the point in dispute, If too much
compensation is fixed by law for Federal
Office holders, let their salaries be re-
duced or taxed down. The true cues
tion is, upon the taxation of business
and other incomes not official, which
produces the great bulk of the revenue
from this source. Should the citizens
generally be taxed upon incomes? ? That
ii is an improvident tax, even if fairly
| imposed and collected, has been clearly
shown by writers upon political econo-
my both in this country and abroad and
it has been defended, when defended al
all, upon the ground of necessity. II
was properly n Cdr.tdp when imposed
by Congress and ought not, on general
principles, to be retained in time OF
peace. And the argument against il
becomes complete when the revenues OF
the Government are abundant and Con.
gress is employed upon the reduction
of taxes.
But the tax is extremely unfair and
to great extent uncollectable, 1t i.
practically inequitable and unjust be
cause it is not possible to ascertain the
income of individuals. The conse
quence is, that not one in four liable tC
the tax pay it, and Of those who do pay
but a small part pay just amount. A
few conscientious men report their in,
comes truly and pay a just tax, but thf
great mass of moneyed men escape the
tax in whole or in part. In short, the
income tax law as revenue measure in
time of peace, is most Odious, improvi
dent and unjust.
Mr., Mercur mentioned that Mr. A
II. Stewards income one yearamounted
to 81 SOC, 600, but he failed to state that
the great merchant did not pay for that
year an income tax on one tenth Of that
amount. A tar on safes unlike the in.
come tax reached the merchant princes
directly and efIectually, but a RepUJliea,
Congress rGpedtedH.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Admiral Tarragut.

Tomorrow, October 1st, New York
City is to pay to the deceased Admiral
the funeral honors which his services to
the country fully deserve. 1t is said
that the President will be present,
which may probably be the case if moth
Ing of more interest intervenes. 1t may
be remembered that at the obsequies
some time since no Government official
Of rank was present or took any part in
the ceremonies. The attendance of the
President is dubious compliment to
the dead hero, and will hardly suffice to
convince the nation of his appreciation
Of the merits of the greatest man the
war produced. Admiral Farragut bore
uncomplainingly the sights and insults
heaped upon him by that very small
man in high position, Mr.. Vice Admi-
raj Porter and his select circle of friends
and we rejoice that the great city of
New York is to offer so substantial a
rebuke to the Government which could
allow a great man 10 be put away with
out recognition Of his merits. Neither
Mr.. Grant nor Admiral Porter are men
Of sufficient calibre 20 grieve seriously
over the removal of him who was the
country's favorite, and whose glories
totally eclipsed those conferred ON them
by too indulgent people.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Local officers for sloomsburg.

AT the approaching election the voters
of Bloomsbury are to choose the follow.
Ing town officers:
Two Constables, two Assessors of taxes
and two Assistant Assessors, all to hold
for one year terms;
Three Town Auditors and two School
Directors, to hold for three year terms.
These officers are all to be chosen upon
the plan of the free vote and by voters
of the whole town without distinction
of Districts. Then the voters of East
and West Bloomsbury, respectively,are
to choose the usual officers of election
in their districts for the ensuing year.
There is no division of the town for any
purpose except merely that Of the poll
ing of votes; there are two election dis.
tricts, and the electors in each choose
their own election board, but otherwise
the town remains in point of law and
in fact entire and undivided,
In choosing the above town officers,
the Democrats will, of course, vote for
but one Constable, one Assessor, one
Assistant Assessor and one School Di-
rector, giving to each of their candid
atcs two votes; also for two town Aud
itors, giving to each of their candidates
for that Office One.and-a.half votes. M
doubt the Republicans will vote in the
same manner, aud the inevitable result
will be that each party will get Con-
stable, Assessor, Assistant Assessor and
School Director, and whichever one has
a majority Of votes will get two of the
three town Auditors. Probably all the
candidates voted for will be elected ex-
ccpt one for Auditor. The two parties
being ofnearly equal in strength in town
the above results take place naturally
and properly and will be completely
just.
But as Il nomination for town Office
under the new plan, (no matter by
which party will be almost equivalent
to an election, nominations should be
very carefully made. Fortunately, the
new plan invites to good nominations
and enables parties to make them more
readily than heretofore. Good men
will be more willing to accept and ever
to seek n )minations when they can fee
certain of an election by the votes ot
their friends, and will not be called up
on, as candidates, to confront the dis
comforts and peril5 Of an old-fashioned
struggle under the majority rule.
We have spoken Of the town Offices t
be regularly filed at this time unde
the Bloomsbury act and the genera
election laws. But there is an addition
al Office to be filled in consequence @
the death of j. II. Furman, ESD, on
of our Justices of the Peace. His sue
cessor is to be chosen at this election 70
q full five year term.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Latest News,

PlrTsBURG, Sept. 22.-Yesterday af-
ternoon as Mr.. w. j. Kennedy, clerk
at Shoenburger & Co.'s mill, was going
from the Allegheny national bank to
the mill to pay off the hands, he was
Waylaid near the Union depot, and had
Sll, 200 taken from him by two men,
who Knocked him down, snatched the
satchel containing the money, and fled.
They were pursued by an officer, who
arrested them, recovering the money.
One Of the robbers, named Cyrus Ad.
ans, was tried to-day and sentenced to
twenty'four years. Imprisonment by
Judge Stowe. The prisoner shot twice
at the policemen who arrested him,
thereby aggravating his case. He will
be in the penitentiary within twenty
four hours Of the commission of the
robbery.
HARRISBURG, Sept. 23.-This after
noon Daniel Dietrich, while hunting.
met two young women, named Mrs.
Kate Cosy and Miss Annie White, both
Of this city; the conversation lasted a
few minutes, when Dietrich raised his
shot gun and discharged it, wounding
both In the face and putting out one OF
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Captain Brockway's Prospects.

Each week adds cumulative evidence
of the certainty of Capt. Brockway's
election, if Columbia and Montour
counties but do their duty. In Wyo-
ming the Democratic and Conservative
elements are hard at work, and Capt.
Brockway's speech at the Court House
in Tunkhannock, gave universal satis-
faction, The enemy are apathetic, and
have two candidates for the Legislature
which is dividing the party there.
In Sullivan, the enthusiasm never
was higher. Capt. Brockway always
was favorite there, and his nomina-
ton gives unusual satisfaction. Many
Republicans have pledged themselves
to his support. The slaughter of Sulli-
vans candidate for the Legislature, and
the removal of tried Republicans from
Office, have added to the disaffection.
In Bradford the Republicans are di-
vided, and split into factions. They
have two independent candidates for
Judge, and much bitterness exists. Two
years ago Mercur agreed not TO be a
candidate for reelection, and Landon
and his friends retaxing him with I'D
faith.
The whole question then rests will
Columbia and Montour counties. vii
they by indifference or intestine feuds
defeat the candidate they selected. An
opportunity is offered to defeat Mercur,
and to attain this end every effort should
be made, every nerve strained and
every Democratic or Conservative voter
be brought to the polls. 1t is not Sc
much the success of an individual as o
principle, and each man is as much in
terested in success as the candidate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
What Does Reason Say ?

The little mongoosa when bitten by dealt,
serpent resorts to certain plant, eats Of # ona
escapes the effect of the poison. That Is in.ipc,
Human beings on the other hand, must denepd
on reason and experience in selecting the mean,
of protecting health and life against uuwloo.
some influences. Now, what does reason say on
this vital subject? Does it not tell Ms that IA
invigorato and purify the system is the bc,,
way to protect 1t against the invisible poison
which generates disease? Surely it does. us
next question is, what guide Shall we follow IN
choosing n medicinal safeguard? Beason re.
plies let your monitor be experience. Well fine
experience of eighteen years comprised In one
unbroken series of satisfactory testimonalsa,.
sures us that Hostetters Stomach Bitters posses,
strengthening, regulating and antlseptlcproper.
ties which are not combined in the same happy
proportions in any other preparation extant
This therefore is the antidote to which reason
bids us resort when our health is imperlel
either by the malaria which produces epidemic
disorders, or by any other cause, whether inher-
ent and constitutional or connected with our
habits, occupations and pursuits.
The venom of II noxous reptile is scarcely
more subtle anddangerous thanthat which Turks
in foul air and impure water. TO escape the ie.
vers. bilious disorders, disturbances of the bowels
and other serious maladieS produced by these
insalubrius elements, IL is absolutely necessary
that the stomach and all the secretiyc organs
| should be, so to speak, in u robust condition.
| Upon the amount OF resistance which the vial
| system can oppose TO the deetCriouS influences
that assail it, the safety of the health depends
| and 1t is because the GREAT VEGETABLE lSyIG-
oRANr imparts energy and regularity To the
most important functions Of the body, thail
can be recommended and guaranteed rs an In
valuable preventive medicine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
BAN AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTYPA

Miss Whites eyes, and otherwise seri-
ousy iniuring both of them about the
neck and head. Miss White is lying iu
a critical condition. Dietrich was ar
rested and committed to prison.
NoRTHuMBERLAND, Pa, Sept o.
About 10 o'clock last night, as the
watchman entered the First National
Bank, two men, who were concealed
under the counter, sprang out and selz-
ed him, drew cap over his head, ana
tied him. They then proceeded to open
the vault but in this they were unsuc-
cessful. They then blew out the vault
and the side of the main building by
an explosion of powder, but did not
succeed in forcing the safe open. Sew
eral private boxes, containing govern
ment bonds, etc., were broken open
and the contents taken. The bank sus-
tains no losses, except few stamps.
The president, II. e. Knapp, offers II
reward of $500 for information leading
to the detection of the thieves.
Provo CITY, sept 23.-Forty United
States troops made raid on this city
last night, and before the police could
rally to check them they broke into
Alderman Millcr's residence, fired sew :
eral shots into his bedroom, smashed d
in the doors and windows, and took
him prisoner and held him for an hour.
Passing up the street they stove in the
doors and windows of the cooperative
store and tore down the sign.
They next attacked the house OF
Councillor Mcdonald, who was away
from home, completely demolished
every door and window on the second
floor, and sacked the house. Alderman
Sheets residence narrowly escaped the
same fate. They then proceeded to the
meeting-house, broke in the shutters
and attempted to burn the building
They were armed with United State:
needle guns, with bayonets and revolv
ers, and during the raid they captured
several citizens and severely beat and
bayonetted them before they could es'
cape.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Grants Rawlins Subscription.

The Improved Times of yesterday
contained what it called an authorized
denial from President Grant that Fisk
and Gould paid his thousand. dollar
subscription TO the Rawlins fund. A
,SUa reporter called on Col. Fisk in the
course of the day, and finding him inn
morscd in n study OF the map of East
ern ASIA coughed to attract his atten-
tion, and when he had gained his point,
Immediately plunged into the subject
by saying:
"Colonel, what haveyo to say about
that article in the Times this morning,
in which President Grant is represent
ed to have denied the payment by you
and Mr.. Gould of his subscription to
the Rawlins fund.-"
"What have TO say to that" replied
Col Fisk, "is, that it is no denial of our
statement at all. The fact that Mr..
Grant paid $500 subscription-if it be
a fact-has nothing to do with his not
paying a 81 900 subscription. We don't
know anything about that $1,000 mat
ter; but we do know all about that
81 900 affair. Mr.. Grants relations with
Gen. Rawlins have nothing to do with
the question either; and l am not going
to allow him to hide from public dis
gust i'll this matter by invoking tho
memory of that distinguished and be.
loved man. What | want Mr.. Grant
to answer is this: Did he or did he not
subscribe 81 900 to the Rlwlin5 fund
got up by Gen. Butterield in this city ?
And then / want him to answer this
question: Did he pay that thousand
dollar subscription, or was it not paid
| by US with Mr.. Gould's check? That's
the point involved. That's the ques-
tion mt issue. Whether RiwlinS died
| indebted to Grant, and if so, whether
Grant destroyed tho evidences of that
indebtedness, and now authorizes the
publication of that performance to
wound the feelings of his friends wild
ow and half.orphan children, are mat
ters with which we have had nothing
to do, thank God! We have never
raised any such issue. We leave Grant
to abide the consequences of introduc-
ing such new matter, as tho lawyers
say, into the case. What we say is,
that Grant subscribed 81 900 to the
Rawlins fund got up here in New York
by General Butterfield, and that we
paid that subscription for him with
Mr.. Gould's check, as stated in the Su
yesterday. Now let Grant or his 'au
thorized' agent deny that if he will
and then We'll show the public oul
proofs. We are not going to be led
astray from this issue by any special
pleading, or by the introduction of ir'
relevant matter. We plant Ourselve:
on that one point as to this business
We have enough other sharp sticks for
Grant whenever we choose to prod hin
with them. But one thing at time i.
our motto. That's the way our pros
perity comes. The American Eagle is
our bird, and Grant can't get us int
chasing any of his barnyard bantam
while that monarch of the air scars il
triumph over the Western Continent.'
That is what the Colonel said abou
it.-NeU Yorh Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30

1t Is Of course but reasonable and
just that the Republican minority should
be allowed to choose one of the three
Directors, and the free vote secures to
them that privilege. Each Of their vo.
ters can give his three votes to one can
didate and make the election of such
candidate certainty. But the Repub.
licans have nominated tCO candidates
and will try to elect both through the
inattention or complaisance of Demo.
cratic voters. The latter will be ap-
pealed to in Bloomsbury and in Green
wood, respectively, to vote for Rcpub.
lican neighbour; to divide their votes
between a Republican and Demo.
cratic candidate 1t is to be hoped that
no such voting will take place, so as to
en6anger fair and proper result. I'M
der the old majority rule such manage
ment of votes was sometimes proper or
excusable in electing local officers, be-
cause it was the only way in which
they could be divided between parties
when it was desired that an election
should not be strictly political, and that
both sides should be represented. But
under Mr.. Buckalew's new plan each
party can get their fair share of offices
6y their O1Cn Cotes and without any
compromise or arrangement with
| the other side. SO the whole question
of accommodation votes is changed by
the abrogation of the maj ority rule and
the substitution of plan of proportion
al representation.
The two Democratic nominees should
therefore be supported by every Demo-
crat of the District in order that fair
result shall be produced.
The tickets to be printed and distrib.
uted will be in the following form:
Stephen II. Miller, ! ! votes,
William Kramer, II votes
In tallying the votes, the election Of
ficers may write down the name of a
candidate on the tally paper with the
figures on the tickets attached, thus
"Stephen II. Miller, 1N'-and then
mark the tickets in scores of five toward
the right as in common practice, adding
80 per cent. to the total at the end.
Thus, if 100 of such tickets are Tailed
they will be carried out-1OO plus 80
equals $50 votes. 1t will be CONVENE
ent to enclose the figures "14" at the
end of the candidates name with 6
circle, so as to separate them distinctly
from the scoring which follows.l BY
this manner of counting fractiona
votes, the figures put at the end of thu
candidates. name become sign of val
. ue for the strokes which follow, and tn
half votes are not actually or separate
O ly scored down but added at the end c
, the line. The operation is very simpl
and convenient. If tickets with who'll
votes alone are waited for the sal can
, didate, they should be scored on a sepa
rate line above or below the others ant
carried out and added to the total of tn
Others at the proper place.
. The Poor Director supplement unde
: which this election of Directors is t
r take place, was approved March 2s
1870, and is to be found in the volum
q of laws of last session, p. Gil.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30
Death of Ex-Governor Packer.

Ex-Governor William +. Packer died
at his residence in Williamsport, Ly-
coming county, on Tuesday afternoon
last, September p, 1870. He was the
second son of James and Charity Pack.
'er and Was born in Howard township,
Centre county, Pennsylvania, on the
2nd day Of April, 1907. He was there
fore in the Gith year of his age He
had held the Office of Canal Commits.
sioner, Auditor General, Member and
Speaker ofthe House, State Senator and
Governor of the State, his term of office
as Governor expiring in 1861, since
which he has not been in public life.
His funeral took place in Williamsport
on Thursday afternoon last.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-09-30

ONE of the stupidest pieces of cam
paign lying that has fallen under our
observation, says the Cincinnati En-
quirer, is docu ment just put forth by
the Radical committee at Washington,
and very freely quoted in the rural
newspapers. One of its objects is to
show a large reduction of taxation,
which we are asked to credit to thepres-
ent administration; and we are there
fore treated to tabular statement from
which it would appear that taxes to
the amount of $55,2l2, 900, annually,
have been removed from the productive
industry Of the country. That looks
exceedingly well-on paper; but the
same statement claims that the internal
revenue was actually increased from
March, 1869, to May, 1870, $6G, $50, ,6i0.2 %.
Now here we have two Numerically
conflicting averments-one, that our
internal taxes have been reduced some
tifty-iive millions year, and the other
that the revenue from that source has
been increased to about an equal
amount. One or the other of these
might be true, but it is apparent that
both cannot be. Our loyal friends will
find it necessary to employ more expert
professors of mendacity, if it is expect.
ed that the public shall put faith in
them.