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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-08-20
The - stewart House"
Formerly Bamgr's-air lining Court House,
WARTESsBI8G. ". "a.

rYvHE undersigned having leased this vc' known
and popular house, and having rst,ted and
furnished D., In ample ,tyie is prepared 20 furnish
tu the travelling public as well as 20 transient ana
permanent baarier-, the best OF
HOTEL Geo VI VI @ d \ tt O rs.
His TABLE will be supplied with the best The
market affords Rooms. airy and convenient, AID
servant, polite and obh-ju-.
Tho ST ARIES attached to the Hotel viii be at
tended by tru.tv and compct.utad O,tlers.
~. Pss,.u.cr, taken TO and u own the Cars.
N.r.a $50 JAS. 4. BOYD.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-08-20
FOUNTAIN HOTEL,
Formerly the National,)
CAMDEN STREET, NEAR HOWARD,
I8aItinorc, Maryland.
Tera, - so per Day.

TTlHE undersigned, late proprietor Of the Maltby
House. has the pleasure of announcing to has
friends, and tue public generally, that he has leased
.ht above Hotel tor d term cl years, aud proposes
making it
4 FIRST Glass House.
THIS Hotel being convenient 10 the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Depot. and also other business
portion. ia, CITY. viii be found as desirable
auy other Hotel in the city for business men.
The House has been thoroughly renovated and
re,urui.bod throughout, sud hope by strict per
s,ual attention to busiue-, to add to The comfort
OF an those who may favor NE with their patron
age.
Having been proprietor Of the Matby House for
number oi years. feel confident of meeting all
expectations OF the travelling public, and all others
Very Respectfully,
Oct %. lSGy-ly. 4. i. MILLER.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-08-20
SEVEN GOLD MEDALS,
Ii8va jus, been awarded to

CHARLES NJ. SIIEII,
pts FiEur F,1s fd1 10 He Soa'4, ID
O.,ter rtj Nor.jF lNi9,
Tor ,r. Best Pianos over Eight different Ne"
York. Philadelphia aud Baltimore, Pianos.
Urr..- .s1 Nrv W,errH.u 40. NoEIH
Lra.rY >r.. BALTIMORE. MD.
C,TrErF'~ PIANOS have an the latest improve
~ r..rts. including tine AGEAtFE TREBLE
lrr.r Fronts. and th. Improved French Acton
uIIr warranted TOP Fire l.r--.
Second hand Pianos and psr'.r and Church Or
-ars uf my ovu make always ou hand, from -
$500.
E...-ess Who have our Pianos in use:-
Cen. R. r. Ler, Lexington, Virginia. Gen.
g.tt EH~-.w, Wilmington, Y &. cen. ID, H.
man, Charlotte. y. G.. Governor John Lctcber
Lexington. Virginia. B. f.. Harrison. Warren
E.r. John B. Tackgt, John Burns. Andrew Al
5-tG-.. Charles Lau-dou, Thos. G. Lakeland. pr.
C.r.. 70. Wm. e.. Butter, Thoz. y. ls5cll, of Jchtr-
s.r County.
Sends fora Circular containing 5aou7w's of per-
SOM. .r t.e~.utb ul. Eave bought the Suct Piano
,.re. t.. c'.-. uf tua War.
TERMS LIBERAL. A cal, is solicited
December a. l-is-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-08-20
VOL. 6O---VOL. 6, NEW SERIES.l
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
TERMS.
TERMS.

-v-rse Farr Pass is Published weekly at Tro
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

CHEAP ADvIcE.-We have received
quite q number of letters lately. adj
vising us to enlarge the News, to issue
it mornings and evenings, and a great
many more people would take it-fiye
thousand, more or less. Adriee is cheap
very cheap-the cheapest article that
is given away. We don't want any of
it. Having been in the publishing
business for the last twenty-five years,
experience has taught us that too much
free adriee is Improbable to q man who
has the capacity to mind and to carry
on his own business. Besides, free
advice gets men into personal diff
culties sometimes; it makes "stool-
pigeons" of them, to insidiously and
dishonorably attack mems characters
and their business, where there is no
necessity for it. We repeat that free
ddViee is a cheap commodity, and we
do not stand in need Of any. Besides,
don't want any more subscribers
than We already have. The intended
kindness is not appreciated. No
thanks; "no cards"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

AN electrical child, aged ten months, is re.
ported by the French journals to have died
recently near Lyons. This infant, it is stated,
was so charged with electricity that every
person who approached il received a sharp
shock. The child passed away quietly and
painlessly. but at the instant Of death 4 lu.
minous eflurium emanated from the body
and continued for several minutes. The for
eign medical journals say that this case is un-
preeedented in the history Of science.-East-
ern paper.
Poor child! 1t ought to have lived
and come to Washoe. In course OF
time it might have become a mesmer-
User. Its mission might have been
wonderful in showing how easy it is to
gull and humbug weak humanity. We
know of but II man In the country
who attempts to practice it. The mes
merle fluid, however, does not take
hold on all his subjects. Still there is
Il similarity between the death of the
electric child and this modern
Washoe "mesmeriser."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

GALvANIC DEPOSIT OF BRAss.-The
possibility Of depositins metals in Il
pure state, by means of galvanlSm, Is
well known to Il few people. Quite
lately, however, a patent has been
issued for q method of accomplishing
this object with brass. The process
consists in combining a solution of sui
plate of zinc and nitrate of copper,
precipitating the hydrates formed by
strong ammonia, and adding enough
to redissolvc them, after which cyanite
of potassium Is to be introduced until
the blue color disappears. After the
solution has been allowed to stand for
a day or two 1t is then to be workedLas
In the ordinary manner, and the stimuli
taneous deposit of the copper and zinc
produces the coating Of brass referred
RI
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

.. .#.... d" a=# ~.
PERKS OF FAIsEmooD.--When once
n concealment or deceit has been prac-
tised In matters where all should be
fair and Opeu as the day, confidence
can never he restored, any more than
you ri restore the white bloom to the
grape or plum which you have once
pressed In your hand. How true is
this, and what a neglected truth by n
great portion Of mankind. FalsehoOd
Is not only one of the most humiliatiDg
vices, but sOoner or later it is most GER
tain to lead to the most serious crimes.
With patterns in trade, with partners
in lifc-with friends, with lovers, how
important Is confidence! How essen
tial that all guile and hypocrisy should
be guarded against in the intercourse
between such parties. How mucll.
misery would be avoided in the history
of many lives had truth and sincerity
been guiding and controlling motives,
instead of prewrication and deceit.
"Any vice." said Il parent in o,lr hear
ing a few days since. "any vice, at
least among the frailties of a milder
character, but falsehood. Far better
that my child should commit an error
or do n wrong and confess 1t, than cs-
cape the penalty, however severe, by
falsehood and hypocrisy. Let me
know the worst, and n remedy may
possibly be applied. But keep me In
the dark-let me be misled and de-
ceived, and it Is impossible to tell ut
what unprepared honr a crushing
blow-an overwhelming exposure
may come." This parent was right.
The first exhibition of such q detesta-
BILE vice in a child should be met with
the severest scourSing. Lying of all
kinds, whether of malice, of Conceal
ment, or Of 'vain-glorlous Boosting, is
not only vicious, but contemplate;
and If permitted to go unpublished in a
child, infccts the whole character with
a moral plague which will cling to the
man to his gave.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22
a noNE CAVE IN MARIETTA.

From the Marietta CO., Register.l
I "A recent discussion Of the date Of
mans origih on earth recalled to re-
collection an occurrence some years
since. Geological explorers In the
Old World have discovered In various
localities caves, which have evidently
In ages past been the dens of beasts, or
the dwelling places of savage men. In
eXcavating the floors Of these caves
great quantities of bones are found.
Upon snch facts an argument Is found
ed before determining the epoch ut
which man made his appearance as
an lnhabitant of earth.
Now for the occurrence referred to:
Some ten years since Mr.. Bloomfield,
of the steam tannery, was construct
ing q cistern upon the ground for the
tannery. The spot was Oh the bank
of the Muskingum, and some six hun
dred feet back from the river. After
digging some thirteen feet through the
sod, the workman came upon q layer
of comglOmerate rock-fOrmed OF the
gravel that is so common In our river
beds, cemented by the infiltration OF
line. The rock was so hard as to
resist the pick-ax, and to make blast
ing nescesary. The stratum proved to
be nearly two feet thick, and imme-
diately below it was a cavity, n foot or
tow deep and of somewhat larger di-
mensions than the excavation for the
cistern. In digging out the floor OF
the cavity bones were discovered which
were found to be the skull and some
other bones off human being, together
with the jaw and other parts OF the
skeleton Of some smaller animals, per-
haps a wolf. The attention of DIR.
IGeO. o. Hildreth, who inherits his
fathers zeal in archaeological research,
was called to the discovery and he at
once visited the locality. lie descend
ell into the cavity and examined II
carefully, but found no outlet to the
external air.
Here, then, was one of the famous
bone caves. The natural inference
was that these bones must have beer
deposited there before the foundation
of the stratum, two feet thick, of cOil-
SlOmcrate. Dr. Hildrcth continued
his Investigations. lie observed the
rock grew thinner toward the riverside
of the c~istern, and returning to the
surface lie found traces of n ravine,
which ut one time made up from the
river toward this rock, and it became
apparent that it was ut least quite prob
able that years ago the rock had
cropped ont into this avine, and that
the water had eXcavated the hole un-
der the rock. Possibly this hole was
the den Of some beast of prey, who
dragged into it the human body to
which the skull belonged. Although
this made 1t evident that no such an
tiluity could be claimed for this skull
rs would place it where it was found,
before the stratum of rock began to be
formed. yet q long period must have
elapsed since its disposition there.
The bones are still in the possession OF
DIR. Hildreth, and can be examined.
Unfortunately, the skull was very much
crushed by the stroke of the pick. DIR.
Hildreth has in part restored 1t, and he
thinks that it resembles, in some par
ticulars, those Of the Aztecs in Next
co.
The whole affair Is ofno little scien-
tific interest, and it Is surely worthy
of record.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS..

Some. are born great, some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness
thrust upon them.
Love sought is good, but given I'M
sought Is better.
The miserable have no other medI
cine, but only hope.
Every one can master n grief, but lie
that has it.
The devil can cite Scripture for his
purpose.
II ladies be but young and fair,
They have the gift to know It.
All the worlds a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
Praising what is lost
Makes the remembrance dear.
~ AL Present fears
Are less than horrible imuginings,
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly
told.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good 10 of inferred with their bones.
A friend should bear his friends infrmities
But Brutus makes mine greater than they
ore. l.yE
He jests at scars, that never felt q wound
Brsrity Is the soul Of wit.
What a piece Of work is man! How noble
in reason! How infinite in faculties! In
form and moving, how express and udmira'
BILE! in action, how like an angel! in appre'
hension, how like q God.
Be thou as chastc as ice, as pure as snow
Thou shalt not escape calumny.
There's 4 divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough.hew them how w will.
o that men should put IN enemy In thcil
mouths, to steal away their brains.
SHAKsPEARB
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
"42 l.EE 2, QUARLgs
Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war. MILTON.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

TIE Supreme Court Of Pemsylva-
mia, Judge. Read delivering the opin-
lon, has recently decided that a bond
drawn In the name Of one obligor, and
signed and sealed by him and four
Others, Is the joint aud several obliga-
ton of the five persons. If the words
81 promise to pay" and there are
many signers, the instrument contains
the several promise Of each and the
joint promise of all.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

LAND AND SEA.-The unusually mild
weather of the last few weeks has only
prevailed on land, while at sea bois-
ferrous storms have prolonged for two
or three days the voyages of the Allan
tic steamers OH the western passages.
The connection Of a mild atmosphere
on the western shores of the Atlantic
with rough weather on the ocean has
been observed so often that 1t is con-
sidered an established fact. 1t may be
noticed that the winter has been unu+
sually severe in the Midland counties
of England, where snow storms, COM
mencing on Christmas Eve, have lasted
several days, and have blocked up the
roads.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22
SOMEBODY'S NAN.

There is q slang phrase adopted into
the political vocabulary Of the day,
which Is coming into very general use,
and which is full of very unpleasant
suggestions. Such and such a one Is
spoken Of as Senator IS "man,' or
Congressman -'s "man," or. some
body's "man," through all the grades
of o:icc-holding, from a Constable or
an Alderman up to a Senator of the
United States or a Judge upon the
bench. The selection of men for Office,
high or low, is made, almost univer-
sally, not upon consideration Of per-
sonal merit, but with reference to their
ability and willingness to serve some
other occupant of or aspirant to other
and higher offices. To be an office
holders or office-seeker's man" is to
he his dog, his slave, his man-ofall-
dirty-work. lie Is expected to work
for the man whose influence has Sc
cured some minor position for him, and
in proportion to his INSCRIPTIONS tidel-
ity to the private political interests OF
his master are his own chances for pro-
motion. He who Is somebody's
IMAM" to-day, hopes to be somebody's
master tomorrow; and the dirty work
that he does now, he hopes to impose
on his W ssman" hereafter, The
Senator has 4 Congressman who is his
"man." The Congressman has Coun-
Gilman or a State Legislator. or other
officer. who is his ..man." These, in
turn, have clerks, inspectors, directors
and Others for their "men." These
have Aldermen, Ward assessors, and
election officers, as their ''men."
These have constables and policemen
rs their .smen." These have unli-
ccnsed tavern-keepers for their ''men;"
and so the descending scale runs, each
man appointed or elected to serve the
people and supposed to earn his COM
pensation by the honest discharge OF
his prescribed duties. and each devoting
time and energy to the service of some
political master, who has promised to
pull his IMAM up the slippery ladder
of promotion after him, and who
meanwhile demands of him services
with which he dare not defile his own
hands, but which his ''man' is ready
TO do for him for the sake Of future
reward. We never hear All individual
spoken Of as any ones 'sman" without
the feeling that he is nobody's man;
that he Is the merest tool of some
superior politician /; that he has sacri-
feed manhood, independence. self
respect. for some miserable, unworthy
political ambition, for the sake of
which he is willing to grovel in the
lowest. meanest kennels of political
trickery and corruption. This new
slang phrase is common to the vocabu-
laries of both parties, and it finds its
Illustrations in both. 1t Is rarely, If
ever used where it does not imply
some present or future ~rascality; and
it will be well for any party that an
most speedily abolish both the word
and the thing which it represents.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

THE MAGNETIsEE is the suggested
title of a new evening paper proposed
to be issued in Virginia some time
hence. Its mission is to be-wuoLE-
SALE LYING AND sI.NNDERING, and nos
ing into other peoples business. 1t
would he popular with people who
like that kind Of amusement.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

STAINS Of nitrate of silver, or lunar
caustic, may, 1t Is said. he removed
from paper, cloth or the hands. by first
applying chloride Of copper, then a
solution of hyposulphite of SOFIA, and
finally rlnsing with pure water.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

Mrs. DIR. Many WALKER says she
objects to the present style of ladies'
dresses, because 1t destroys all idea of
the form below the waist. How would
a Georgia costume suit the "doctor?"
A shirt collar and a pair Of spurs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22
COCK FIGHTING.

NocK FIGHTING EVERY SATURDAY
" Night, at the Cock Pit, LIP tho bascment OF
the Collins House. A 1ne lot OF Fowls ON hand.
A four pound two ounce. n four pound fveounce,
and four pound eight ounce cock, or any other
weight, can DO matched for from gas to 800.
Persons having chickens for sale can dispose OF
them by calling at the premises.
Admission, Finy Cents.
Virginia, January 9Th, 1870. jaS-1m
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

Tms Massachusetts Legislature has
adopted a new rule, which provides
that after the expiration Of the first
forty days of the session, new business
shall be referred to the next Legisla-
tire. and also. that the rules shall not
he suspended except by a two-third
vote of both houses.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

A FEW years ago M ingenious gen.
tleman managed to get drunk free of
expense almost daily in the streets of
London by falling down in u fit, with
n small placard nh his breast, Don't
bleed me, but give me q glass of hot
brandy and water"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

Mn. HUTCHINSON, the Oakland (Cal.)
florist, says this has been an unusually
hard winter on flowers, yet there are
at least fifty varieties IN bloom there,
out of doors. y,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22
TIE NEW TYPE

IN WHICH THE NEWS IS PRINTED IS
~ our " BREWER No. IL" or improved broad
face. OF which We are casting q serics from
Agate to Bourgeois, and to which we desire TO
call tho attention Of printer and publishers.
F, HAGAR d CO..
Type Founders, bss Clay street, San Fran.
cisco, Cal, jA3-u
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

AHour Prim, the latest story is that he
sleeps erosswise in bed.-Erchaage.
That's nothing. We have lately
heard of a Washoe editor who sleeps In
iaiI because he is afraid of his own
shalnM.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

REMOVAL OF IRoN RUsT.-It Is
stated that by allowing articles coated
with iron rust to remain a short time
In kerosene oil, the rust can be readily
removed by afterwards rubbing for u
few minutes with q cork.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

SERIOUS AccrpESr.-Captain ID. 5.
Whitney, of the California Steam Nav
ication Company, yesterday forenoon.
ut Sacramento, had his right thigh
broken by a railroad car.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

They say in Washington that Mr..
Spofiorl, the Congressional Librarian,
makes nearly all the principal speeches
in Congress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22
L-ost-Paylnent stopped.

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT NO. 1871,
issued by the Agency Of the Bank OF Cal
ifornia. at Gold Hill, for SIS dated December
llth. 1900. All persons are forbidden to nego-
tate forthe same, as payment has boon stopEpted.
Gold Hill, January 17th, 1871. Jal7.10t'
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

An individual has been arrested in
Ohio for selling for 500 each to quacSs
diplomas of the american University
of Philadelphia"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

DULL wmEs.-The telegraphic wires
from here to Sacramento are working
very poorly to-day, and hence tele-
c,,-lmS are scarce.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

FoorrADs and highwaymen are said
by the New York papers to have full
control at night of the upper sections
Of that city.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

TIE Albany Journal is Of opinion
that "ths generation has been kept at
the maximum rate Of taxation long
enough"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

The New York Tslegram thinks Bar
mum has gone to Cuba to bring that
island here as a curiosity. :
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

GARDEN1Na.-we clip the following
from the San. Jose Mercury Of Tuesday:
srrhe rain has left the soil In fine con-
ditlon for gardening. Everybody
should improve the timeto plant trees,
shrubbery, vines, and to decorate their
yards and grounds generally. Moth
Ing sets of q house so much as flowers
and trees. The humblest cabin be-
comes a regal palace in the light and
beauty of such surroundings"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

JUICE DENT Is nowa Washington
claim agent.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

p. II. BARNUM has gone to Cuba.
: GEORGE CnUIKsHANK Is In his 18th
year.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-22

The population of Germany is now
IS, 3O2, 600, of which the North Confed-
Grafton numbers @,4S4,472, and the
Southern States S,s67,52S
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-27

THE PRIZE F1GHT NEAR Grass VAL
LEY, CAL.-This affair, to which the
fancy have looked forward, with much
interest came of last Sunday. The
combatants for pugalistic honors were
John Rogers aud Andrew Steele, ma
tives Of England, both of whom have
had previous experience In the ring, In
their native Isle. Rogers Is twenty
eight years old, five feet four inches In
hight aud Weighs l34N Apounds.
Steele Is five feet seven inches IN hight,
twenry-three years Of age, and Weighs
1881 pounds. Both men are working
miners. The prize money was divided
into two bags, containing 1913 20, and
hauded over to the contestants. Twelve
round were fought, the fight lasting
but twelve minutes. The first knock
down was claimed for Steele first
blood for Rogers, who inflicted q very
heavy cash over Steele's left brow.
At the ninth round Steele began to suf-
fer from the heavy body blows he had
received, and towards the close made
a poor show. At the last round Rogers
struck Steele a heavy blow over the
stomach, which sent him groaning to
his corner, from which he did not. come
to resume the hight. The sponge was
then thrown up and Rogers declared
the victor. The Cornishmen present
loudly .cheered Rogers, who offered to
fight another man named Chandler,
who exhibited q desire that way,Nbu
further proceedings were terminated.
A prize flight being rather a rare event,
1t attracted more attention than was
due to it. ""t