The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-26


question of admitting a negro boy
into the public school of this city IS
still pending before the Board of Trus-
tees, and some fears are entertained
that the boy will be admitted through
the fear on the part of Il or more
members of the Board that his eNclu-
sion would be IA violation of the Four
teenth Amendment. Such fears are
utterly groundless, as shown in the
carefully written opinion of Attorney
General Clarke III answer to . letter OF
Inquiry OH the subject directed 10 him
bv b. ii. Hereford, of Hamilton, about
a year ago. The Fourteenth Amend
ment simply provides that citizens
shall no. be denied the exercise of any
right pertaining to citiZepship, on ac-
count of race, color or previous con
dition of servitude. A proposition
was made, pending the passage of the
Amendment, to make it a criminal
oftense to deny negr children adlnis-
sion to public schools, but the outrage
was so apparent on its face thai it WAS
promptly voted down by the farIatical
Congress which passed and forced
through the Amendment in its present
sufficiently infamous form. Citizens
cannot be admitted to the public
schools under any circumstances, for
no person is admissible after the
age of eighteen, and until that
aye has been passed no person can
become a citizen. To deny negro
children the privilege of attending
our public schools is, therefore, no
a~hridgment of their rights as citizens.
TO admit the applicants in this city
would be al outrage upon our people,
and would result i'll the breaking up
of the school or the degrading OF the
colored boy in his W estimation by
making him the conscious mark of
the iibes and tauntS of those compelled
to associate with one whom they must
instinctively feel is their inferior.
METEOROLOGICAL slight sprinkle of
now in the morning and a stormy
day yesterday, succeeded the warm
sunshine of Friday. The peculiar and
fitful winds of Nevada are puzzling to
many. The wind sweeps downward
from the crest of every mountain
chain in the ~State-dCwn both sides,
no matter what the direction. Frank
lin, who is quoted as good authority
10y scientists of the present day, iiIain-
tanned that wind always commences
at the point to which it blows. To
illustrate: Wind moves like water in
a tiumc. Close the ends Of the tiuune
and the water is mOtionless. Hoist the
flood gate at one end, and the
water at that end moves out
and is followed by that next to
il, and so on back until the whole
volume moves. So, when the warm
sunshine i'll our valleys rareheS the
atmosphere, it rises and gives place to
the condensed and heavier atmosphere
Of the snowy ranges, which i'll turn
rushes into the partial This
theory is further confirmed by the
fact that these winds nearly always
cease as soon as night ~intervenes to
equaIize the temperature of valley
and mountain. SO long as there IS
any considerable body OF snow on the
mountains high winds ma be eX-
pected to follow close upon the heels
of an unusually warm day.
INSURANCE y OIL.-In another
column will be found a circular letter
to its agents, issued by the Pacific
4 " VIM IoIiN IIpkiiN 4Ii- ltbItiCS
insured that the use, sale or storage |
of any other fluid than kerosene is
Inhibited by that company, and that
no risk will he taken on property in
which other burning fluid Is used,
stored or exposed for sale. ON the
face of it, this circular looks well
enough; but taken in connection
with the popular belief that certain
prominent stockholders of The Pacific
Insurance company enjoy monopoly
Of the kerosene trade. it looks a lit
tie like there might be a Niger in
the fence. To save the property hold
ers of the State from the hardships of
such a combination of monopolIeS, it
is to be hoped that some other n~ur-
ance company will invest S50,0O0 in
our new State bonds and come to our
relief in the insurance business.
PHENOMENON EXPLAINED.-A num-
Der Of persons in this city were out
about dark, Friday evening, admir-
ing what they supposed to be a bril-
liant display of the aurora borealis.
The light was caused by Il destructive
cOnflagration Oh the ranch of w. X.
Musgrove of this city, which is stu
ated about seven miles north of us in
Washoe Valley. We learn that Mr..
Musgrove's immense barn, with its
contents and several head of horses,
cows and calves, were destroyed by
the fire which lit up the northern
horizon.
LEARNED CHINAMAN.-A healthy
and civilized looking Chinaman arriv-
ed inthis city yesterday morning from
New York, where he has been attend
ing school for the past six years. He
says there are only about 100 Chinese
in New York City, mostly engaged in
peddling tea, making and selling
and employed as cooks on the
river and coastiIig steamers.
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