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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24
EXCESSIVE TAXATION 10 An
n ARuaE OF PoWER.

S4Ae Chicago Tribune, one OF the
ablest papers i'm the West, says, IN
commenting on the onerous burden OF
taxation which the country Is now conf
PEELED to carry: "The Government
has no moral right to impose a tax, ex-
cept to raise money for Its own require
ments. Any tax beyond this Is an
abuse of power, and is, to all intents
and purposes, an act of robbery"
The Boston transcript, a leading
journal of the East, and weaned on the
milk Of the Protectives, says, In regard
to Mr.. Boutwell's periodic exhibits:
"Tle Government of this country is
not a gigantic fundamentally imposed
upon unwilling subjects, and main-
tanned for supporting a pet theory of
finance, no matter how respectable Its
paternity" North and South, East
and West, the same earnest protest
everywhere goes up against the suicidal
policy of the Administration, which,
through excessive taxation. Is destroy
ing the business of the country by pull
ing away the props that sustain 1t.
Business cannot flourish If the tax
gatherer seizes all the profits, Al be Is
doing now. Depression, financial dis
tress and gloom follow naturally e1-
cessive tax levies. Like the Lotus
eaters, we have had enough Of toll the
benefit of which goes only to our mas
tiers at Washington. Capital demands
its wages just the same as muscle, and
If taxes fall too heavily upon 1t, as
they are now doing, capital locks itself
up and refuses to work without reward.
The remedy clearly lies with Congress.
That body must come to the relief of
the material interests Of the country,
and that during the present session.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24

Our OF more than 100000 Chinese
taken to Peru within the last 20 years
there are less than 10000 now alive,
and not more than 100 have ever re-
turned to their native land.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24

WENT, EAsr.-A. P. Rudolphe, the
champion billiardist of the United
States, went East on the train yester-
day, taking the diamond Il with him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24

A YOUNG lady in Easton, Penn,
who was eighteen years old and
weighed five hundred pounds, has gone
the way Of all the earth.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24
sign Painter Wanted.

A SIGN PAINTER, AND ALSO A GOOD
a House Painter, can obtain situations, and
employment guaranteed for the season. at good
wages and steady employment. BY applyingto
Gold Hill, February 7th, 1870. fT!f
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24
New Talent Constantly Arriving.
LOOK OUT FOR NEW SENSATIONS.

Doors opon at z. Performance commencing
ct 8 o'clock precisely.
Prices OF Admission Ffny Cents. Private
Boxes 50 and $5. Private entrance 10 Boxes On
d street.
brands Of Liquors and Cigars. febl9|u
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24
Overland Dispatches
DATES TO YESTERDAY.

lsfEctAL 10 rue GOLF HILL DAILY NEWS Br
NE wLs1RN UNION TEixeRArH LISB.l
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24

TtPpL1Se in Oshkosh is called
shedding communication with disem-
bottled spirits"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-24
TAKE WARNING !


THE V. & T. r. r. co. ARE ANXIOUS TO
l take due precaution against accidents and
loss Of life resulting from the running OF thek
trains; aud they take this method Of warning
parents and guardians against the dangers at
tending tho too common practice OF children
playing abont their cars and locomotives. Those
having In charge the business OF the Company,
nud Il impossible to PERSUADE boys, who FIRE.
quent the terminus and stopping places Of the
and they will feel themselves obliged to resort
to more decided measures, n these annoyanccs
arc continued. Recent accidents. which are
wholly ascribable TO tho carelessness OF persons
In Jumping on and OF the cars when In motion,
should be warning enough In themselves.
Hereafter no persons. but those employed on
the road, will be allowed to ride on the freight
trains, and none but passengers with tickets or
passes will be permitted on the passenger
II. NJ. YERINGToN, Superintendent.
February 10th, 1870. fsbiGtf
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
Japanese Carpenters.

The japanese carpenters are in
genious workmen, and their work
is done with marvellous neatness.
A curious feature of their houses
is that they do not contain a nail,
all the joints and timbers being
devices; and the whole work,
even to the rafters, is as
smooth as if it had been polished
with sandpaper. And the Japa-
nese are neat people; for they
use no pains to hide any blemishes
of construction or ornamentation
no fiagree work or plaster-of-
Paris gew-gaws, but every stick in
the building is exposed. Every
night, as regularly as she cooks,
the japanese housewife takes
a wet cloth and scours the whole
interior of the dwelling, leaving
no part untouched, and no stain or
dirt spot to mar its cleanly ap-
pearance. Then the japanese do
not come into the house with
muddy boots after the style of the
American sovereign; but, having
covered tie floor with neat mat
ting, always remove the dirt san
dals before stepping upon it. l
stood and watched the japanese
carpenters at their work for some
minutes, and noticed the peculiar.
ity Of their movements. The
japanese worked towards him
that is instead of showing plane
from him, he reaches out, sets the
plane upon the board at arms
length, and pulls it towards him /;
and cuts, saws and chops in the
same way. His saws are fixed
in handles, like a butcher'r cleav-
er, and the teeth slant or rake to-
wards the handle. The planes
are constructed like ours, but the
wooden portion is very thin and
wide. The adze is fastened to
the end OF hoped stick, like
the handle of one of the crooked
canes worn on the arm on our
streets; and although their tools
are different from ours, yet | can
not observe that they are awkward
in appearance or awkwardfy ham
died
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
After Manassas.

Quite discussion has been 60
ing on in Georgia between Hon.
Alexander FL. Stephens and Gen.
Barksdale, as to whose fault it was
that no pursuit was made by the
Confederates after the victory of
Manassas. The whole South
thought the enemy should have
been followed up sharply after
the rout, and blamed President
Davis for the inactivity of the
Confederate army. Thereupon,
Mr.. Davis writes a letter to Gen.
johnson, to eXonerate himself
from blame in this matter. Gen.
Johnsonsanswers that Davis did
not prevent the pursuit of the en-
emy, and he did not think it wise
to pursue them.
But we know at this day, be-
ing in possessing of all the facts,
that they ought, and might have
been successfully pursued. And
though Mr.. Davis did not retain
our troops from pursuit he did
not order it as it should have
been done.
In this connection there is an
other remarkable feature Of the
late war. In no case where the
Confederates gained victory, was
there any pursuit of the enemy.
Wo gained decided victories at
Fredericksburg, Shiloh and Chick
amauga; and, by sharp pursuit,
might have captured three armies
of the Federals, and terminated
the war, in all probability; but
no such pursuit was made. His
tory, in a short time will explain
all these things, perhaps, satisfac-
torily. The public opinion, now,
of the South is, we believe, that
the private soldiers knew how to
gain victories, but the command
ers did not know how to make
use Of them The only Generals
in the Confederate army who pur-
sued the enemy as they should
have done after a victory were
Stonewall Jackson and Forrest.
They distinguished themselves,
and their memory will live in his
tory for all time to come.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
A Hard Bed.

Sir George Staunton visited a
man in India who had committed
murder, and in order not only to
save his life, but what was of more
consequence, his caste, he submit,
ted to the penalty imposed-this
was, to sleep seven years on bed
stead, without any mattress, the
whole surface of which was stud
ded with points ofiron, resembling
nails, but not SO sharp as to pene-
trate the flesh. Sir George saw
him in the fifth year of his proba-
tion and his skin then was like
the hide of a rhinosceros but more
callous at that time, however, he
could sleep comfortably on bis
"bed of thorns," and remarked
that at the expiration of the term
of his sentence he should most
probably continue that system
from choice which he had been
obliged to adopt from necessity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

Some one asked Mr.. Astor, in
his old age, to tell him the secret
of his great success in making
money.
"Very willingly" said the old
gentleman. "Just draw up your
chair, and we will put out the
lights, as we can talk just as well
in the dark"
go, l see p said the man "the
secret is revealed. You became
millionaire by saving what 9th
ers waste"
eyes, the way to gain mill
ion dollars is to begin by saving
the cents. They will soon turn
into the dimes, and the dimes to
dollars"
If you desire to become mil
lionaire, buy you a good strong
purse large enough to hold the
pennies, and let frugality furnish
you-a pair of strings for it. Then
with industry and perseverance,
you may soon be able to make a
good beginning for comfortable
fortune.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
Not on the Programme.
A Saturday Night Bathing
Scene.

1t is not exactly right TO laugh
at other fellows misfortunes, and
yet, like the wag who saw another
squirming under the pangs of a
jumping toothache, the thing was
so ludicrously comical that we
had to laugh or burst. A party of
jolly chaps, in order to cool off
after the sweltering heat of Sat
urday afternoon, hied to the Mon
Iongahela river just above the
Smith6eld street bridge, for an
Iold-fashioned bath and swim.
They went divested of all super
fluous gear, and at once plunged
into the inviting waters. The
!pioneer of the party yelled out,
"My God, Frank, but the bottom
is muddy and sticky! y But in they
went wading out as far as the
depth would permit, one unfortu-
nate wight, who was as hairy as
Esau, STOPPING down and grasping
handfulls of the bottom deposits,
and rubbing it over his body.
The discovery was soon made
that the material was coal tar, the
refuse of the gas works, that had
been dumped there to be got rid
of. The whole party were black
as Africans in certain spots, and
their feet were thoroughly encAsed
in the adhesive material. Bath
ing was soon brought to an end,
and as their bodies were so coated
as to preclude the possibility of
donning their garments, they took
up the line of march for the Mer-
chants Hotel, with not even the
dignity of Georgia summer cos
tume,-a shirt collar and a pair
of spurs. Fortunately at that
hour there were no "peeping Johns"
or prying members of the Sorosis,
to impede their sorrowfnl pace,
and with their crumpled linen and
''outside duds" in hand they made
rapid time.
Arrived at the "Merchants,"
tub of water was speedily provided
in the saloon, and, with a frkin
of lard and box of soap, the
scrubbing process commenced.
The tarry substance was tenacious;
and as the victims creased and
scrubbed, washed and swore, the
scene, as witnessed by an outsider,
was one to make even dog split
his sides with laughter, and would
have furnished a Hogarth or
Cruikshank material for one OF
the most ridiculous sketches that
ever employed their graphic and
ready pencils, The next morning
the whole party were as melan-
choly as if they had just witnessed
fhe destruction of a stillhouse-
sore from rubbing, and whether
at the table to enjoy the ordinary
repast, or in the reading room,
striving to reap the benefits of
the cooling breeze, visions of the
past night would rise up before
them, and they emphatically de-
clared that the odor of tar was in
everything around them.-Rtts-
burg Paper.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
TERMS.

w1xxe Dollars for one year, iHva-
s.o2rs 81 zdvanoe.
6-7- kE1ele copies, Ten Cents each.
~ Fsrtisemeuts inserted at One Dollar
pes sccsse cf Ten Lines or less for the first
lnsersA>1 Fifty Gents for each continuance
C@ Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents reg line.
OF a liberal deduction will be made to
persons Advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve Honths.
f>-1r ctituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty C11ts per square.
oSr The privilege of yearly advertisers is
stficfj4 limited to their own immediate and
regnlz< Business and the business of an ad-
ver<isina firm is not considered as including
that 81 rs individual members. 0TNo de-
Walton nom these terms under any circum-
Stances
ff>f~ advertisement not marked with the
humber of insertions when handed In, will be
contins,ed until ordered out, and payment
exacte<
n.<r- Eo advertisement inserted gratu.touslv
s7< Advertisements of an abusive nature
viii re. be inserted at any price.
fr7s Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
20 De t,aid in advance in every case.
ft<r Bob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

Peregrine Pickle, who lives in
Chicago, tells how he saw pretty
girl dispose of piece Of beef steak
about as large as a small brick :
'She plunged her fork into it des-
perately, lifted it in mid air, gazed
upon it pensively, opened that
coraline mouth as if it had been
real india rubber, wider and wild
er. 1t was a key hole, a teacup,
a well, bay window, a church
door, and into that yawning en-
trance went that piece of meat en-
tire, and then, jaws, thorax, lar
ynx and skull bones went to work
on a JOB which ought to have been
let out by contract"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

his soul and forgiveness for the
murderer.
The gambler awoke from his
swoon, staggered up to the widow,
and said
"Mary, would it were other.
wise, for I have nothing to live
for now /; the dead and the dying
do not want anything in this
world ; take this certificate of de-
posit to our aged parents, say we
are both dead +; but oh! do not
tell them how we died p
Before the woman could reply,
or any one interfere, the report of
the pistol sounded again, and the
fratricide had ceased to live.
On the hill near Rincon Point
were two graves, a few years ago,
enclosed with picket fence, and
one tombstone at their head, with
the simple inscription, brothers. !"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
Tfmple Of The alnsts.
A DINNER AND A KISS.

81 have brought your dinner, father"
The blacksmith's daughter said,''
AS she took from her arm the kettle
And lifted its shining lid.
''There is not any pie or pudding,
So I will give you this"
And upon his toil-worn forehead
She left the childish kiss.
The blacksmith took off his apron
Apd dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR
Hid in his humble food
While all about him were visions
Full of prophetic bliss,
But he never thought of magic
In his little daughters kiss.
While she with kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged away,
Stopping at sight of a squirrel,
Catching some wild birds lay:
AndI thought how many shadow
OF life and fate we would miss,
If always our frugal dinners,
Were seasoned with a kiss.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

The census takers in different
parts of the country are collect
ing some very curious information.
They find the highest age attained
by unmarried women is twenty
six years. 1t is well to have the
point at which they cease grow
ing older definitely fixed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
Bought a Hole.

A nliser, entering a drugstore
one day, asked for beeswax. The
clerk politely told him he had it on
hand, at the same time showing him
cake of the article.
"HOw much will you have?'' ask
ed the clerk.
Weigh the piece" replied the
miser.
The clerk did 80, announcing its
weight, which did not amount to as
much as the miser judged it would
from its size. Thinking the clerk
had certainly made a mistake, be
said eagerly
''l'lI take it all"
The piece was wrapped up, and
the miser departed. Shortly after
ward the purchaser re-entered the
store. The attentive clerk imme-
diately asked
ANY thing more ! can do for
you, Mr.--?'
"Yes, sir" replied the miser;
'Ethat cake of wax | bought of you,
on cutting it in two, l found to be
perfectly hollow, and have come
back to see whether you would make
any allowance on that account"
eyes, sir." replied the clerk, ''if
you will just apprise ne of the aOeight
of the hole! l will willingly knock
it off the price,"
The miser left, amidst general tit
ter, for theestore happened TO be fnIl,
and has not since been seen in that
locality.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01
What Defeat Means.
The Great Stakes in the
War Game.
[From the London Times.l


s. The Emperor Mapo-
leon stakes his dynasty on success.
no one knows better than he that
sn such an enterprise, begun in
despite of European opinion and
e1ainst the remonstrance of his
nearest ally, the only safety lies
ina series of brilliant victories,
followed by a triumphant peace.
To extort such a peace from any
ffst clas State is a work which
may test the highest qualities of
General and army; but when it
can only be won by trdmpling On
He neck of q nation of forty millions
s5e enterprise IS hazardous indeed.
Tie Germans, on their side, nell
knopo that to yield a0ould be political
rain. What they lose they can neU-
er reooUer; the position they ac-
cept at the close of such a war
hey can never escape from. The
war is for the Rhine, which has
for centuries been the avowed OBJ
iect of French ambition. If the
French succeed in conquering it
and holding it under a treaty of
peace there is not the smallest
hope that it could ever be won
again by Germany. The left
bank would become as indisputa-
bly, incorporated with France as
Alsace, and the territory of the
defeated and once more divided
Fatherland would be permanently
curtailed. Can it be supposed
that a nation which sees in the
future the possibility of a loss so
overwhelming will not strain every
nerve in defense Of its safety, we
might almost say its existence ?
Every German has passed his life
in pondering on the very strug.
gle, which has come at last. At
last! after being threatened by
France as long as each man can
recollect, in speeches and essays,
in plays and rhymes, in the con-
versation of high and low. The
Germans. on their part, have been
singing about the Rhine as long as
they can remember with display
of patriotism which would make
any section OF the people ludicrors
and despicable to their country
mans eyes and their own if they
held aloof from the present con-
flict. What is passing is what
might have been expected. The
South German States stand by
the national flag which is held
aloft by Prussia, and the feeling
at Vienna, and in the German
provinces of Francis Joseph is al
ready such that a court with
French sympathies will have to
conceal them carefully, if not
abandon them altogether.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

"Man proposes, but God dispo-
ses,' said a pious aunt to her over
confident niece. "Let man pro-
pose to me if he dare" was the
response, sand l will dispose of
him according to my own views,
as be suits me"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

An experienced physician has
discovered, in the course of long
and varied practice, that every
one wishes to go to heaven; also,
that most people are willing to
take a great deal of very disa-
bic medicine first.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

A gentleman who went to q
down town theatre, in New York
a few nights ago, left his watch,
chain, purse, etc, at home for fear
he might be robbed or garroted
on his way there or back. When
he got home he found the house
had been entered and all his sill.
yer, jewelry and valuables of ev-
cry description had been carried
OF. He says: "How is a fellow
to know what to do?"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

A gentleman in conversation
with DR.. Johnson, having, to some
of the usual arguments for drink
ing, added this, "You know, sir,
drinking drives away care, and,
makes US forget whatever is disa-
greeable. Would you not allow a
man to drink for that reason p
Eyes, sir, if be sat next you," re-
piled DR.. johnson.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

The hanging of Phillips in
Richmond, Va, for killing his
wife, is an argument against the
practice of getting divorces with
the aid Of a pistol. We contend,
and always have, that it is wrong
to kill wives, no matter what the
custom may be.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

A young German paid the ex-
penses to this country of Ger
man girl whom he intended to
marry. At Pittsburg she discard
him for an American lover, and
now he sues her for $205, which
it cost him to bring her to this
country. Among the items in
the bill were the passage money,
pay for 4 tickets to the New York
theatres, and sundry bottles of
wine and glasses of good old lag
er beer The bill was afterwards
reduced and the second lover paid
it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

'Ah!' said a conceited young
parson, 4 have this afternoon
been preaching to a congregation
of asses 'Then that was the
reason that you called them be-
loced brethrea,' said a strong mind
ed lady.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

A man in Polk county, Missouri
who committed suicide, took the
precaution to write in the sand
with his toe-nails, II am mad"
AS bis wife had run away with a
negro, the legend is pretty gener-
ally credited.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

A dispatch says that Grant
took shot at the Washington
Shuetzenfest, and hit the bulls
eye. The weapon used was OF
glass, and the bulls eye imme-
diately beneath his nose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

The Louisville Courier-J0otrnal
is responsible for the statement
that General Grant is said to
have had an endless chain of pleas
ures at Long Branch. 1t consis-
ted of taking a drink every fifteen
minutes and then sitting in the
shade and wondering if it wasn't
almost time to take another"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

At Evanston, ILL.,, two women
have been tarred and feathered
for cohabiting with niger
The niger was not molested, as
It was decided that the injury to
his character was punishment
enough.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

The surest way to speedily
raise a largerevenue, according to
a horrid crusty old bachelor, is,
to tax every mans smartness and
every woman's beauty, and let
each state the quantity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

"See, here, Grips, I understand
you have superior way of curing
hams. / should like to learn it. J"
"Well, yes, l know very well how
to cure them but the trouble
with me just now, is to find out
a way to procure them y
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-01

The curfew bell rang at 8 P.
M. all over England. The Nor
mans introduced the custom to
prevent the assembling of the
English to talk over their feelings
and by sympathy and concert to
prepare instructions. The En-
glish were commanded to cover
their fire at the ringing ofthe bell.
Couvre- feu means cover the fire.
Curfew bell. Couvre le feu bell.