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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
THE MUps1LLs OF THE SOUTH.

It has ever been a favorite argument
of the devotees of slavery before its
downfall, and subsequently Of the
crumblers of the Democratic organl-
zation, bound to find fault at all events,
that u colored ace have not the ca
pacity to take car Of themselves.
Facts, of course. will make no differ
ence to these Bourbons, though prov
ing their position utterly untenable;
but they are of interest to the majority
of our intelligent people, showing the
whole theory of incapacity as glaringly
false rs nnchristian. In Mississippi,
for the year 1869, the colored farmers
carried to the market 10, 56l bales OF
cotton ; the whites, 27,075. In 1870,
the figures were 50,97s and 2O,so3 re-
spectively. SiXty-nine colored citizens
own real estate to the amount OF
$3O,6S0, and one hundred and seventy
eight possess real and personal prop
erty to the value of 500, 100. 10 these
statements may be added another, that
they were without y cent nc the close
of the war. But these items are only
n drop In the bucket-isolated exam
Piles of numberless others. In this re-
spect of financial and business ability,
the freedmen have surpassed the most
sanguine hopes Of their most sanguine
friends. As was expected, they have
proved their ability to secure a liveli-
hood, but they have also discovered n
sagacity In industry and Il marvellous
success in material life that place them
in the front rink Of American pro-
ducers. And OH this point, indeed,
they have in many cases proved their
great superiority over the white land
owners whose slaves they once were,
whose lands they now tenant. OF
their intelligent, sacrificing. unswerr-
ing loyalty, OF their solid mental en-
dowments, though long clouded by
oppression, their friends had no doubts.
But the surprising power they have
shown In the common routine OF busi-
ness life Is n present satisfaction, and
shadows forth L prosperous future.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01

AN ACT to pay two Companies OF Oregon Yolun.
tcOrs,
Be Il enacted BY the Senate and HoNIe Of Repesent.
dtires Of the UHited States Of America IN CoRoress
assembled,
That the Act Of Cong ess entitled IAN Act to au.
thOriZc the Secretary Of War to settle and adjust the
expenses Of the Rogue River Indian War, approved
the seventeenth or July. eighteen hundred and MY
four, be. and the same Ii hereby extended to the I've
companies Of Oregon volunteers, commanded by
Captains Jesse Walker and Nathan Ulney. called
into service to suppress Indian hostllltles In Oregon
In eighteen hundred and hfty-four.
j. q. BLAINE,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
SCHUYLER C0LEAX,
Vice President OF the United States and President OF
the Senate.
Received by the President January 81, 1871.
(SOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT or S~rArE.-The fore
going Act having been presented to the President Of
the United Statei for his approval, and not having
been returned by him TO the House OF Congress In
which II originated within the time prescribed BY
the Constitution OF the United States, has become 4
law without his APPROVAL
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RoBT. n. LINDSAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
At LAW.

PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO
the Collection Of accounts.
oFFICE-With Jonas seely, ESQ, over the
Post once, Virginia City, Nevada. eaT.tf
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
Tia following Is an enigma, said to

Tna following Is an enigma, said to
have been written by Mr.. Canning,
which for n time baffied the skill of all
England to solve:
There Is q word Of plural number,
A foo TO peace and human siumber;
Not any word yop chance TO tako
BY adding s You plural make;
Blu II you add an 8 to this,
How strange the mctAmorphosis;
Plural is plural then no more.
And sweet what bitter was before"
The word Is cares, to which by add
Ing an 8 you have cdress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01

ONE of the stories told of the Paris
siege Is that Baron Rothschild. firing
Of rat, vainly offered 800 for q pleas
ant. lie was forced to take fifty spar
rows instead, for 4 pot-pie, ut 81 each.
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01

SHOOTING IN OREaoN.-A Jackson
vile date of 25th says:
A shooting ARRAY took place in this
town to-day between Valentine S.
Rail and Hon. James D.. Fay. Rails
accused Fay of the seduction Of rails
daughter, and told him that one OF
them must die. Both drew pistols.
Rails fired three shots, IL striking
the guard Of Fay's pistol. and another
passing through q pockctbook In Fay's
cont aud lodging against q rib.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
POSTPONE MENT!

IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE HEAVY
snow.stom, and other unforeseen circum.
stances, the Annual Ball Of Liberty Engine
Company ha, been POSTPONED FOR ONE
WEEK, or until
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1st.
By order Of the Committee Of Arrangements.
Gold Hill, February u, 1871. fc2i.td
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
Approved January q, 1871.

AN ACT for the relief OF Pierpont Seymour. Of Eas,
bloomfield, New YORK. S
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
NEW TO-DAY.
OFFICIAL.
Laws ofthe United States,

PASSED At THE
Third Session Of the XLIst Cougress.
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01

AN ACT to pay two Companies OF Oregon voluI
tcOrs,
The New York herald., 1871-12-24

pY JOHN H. DRAPER CO.,
ID Auctioneefs.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com
pany will sell
100000 tons Scranton Coal,
at public auction, WEDNESDAY,, December "a, at IL
SAMUEL SLOAN, President,
The New York herald., 1871-12-24

CUMMIT HOTEL. CORNER BOwERY AND CANAL
- street--New house. European plan. Rooms by the
B. BREEDER. Proprietor.
CT LAWRENCE HOTEL, CORNER EIGHTH STREET
= and Broadway-Newly furnished Rooms, with Board,
from $40 to $50 per week. Rooms from " per week up.
The New York herald., 1871-12-24

OY JOSEPH HEGEMAN & CO.-WEDNEsDAY, DE.
ID cember "a, iu@ oclocl a. NJ s53 Fulton street.
Brooklyn, between Hoyt street an Elm place. the entire
Stock OF dealer In Mattresses Bedding, &C. cdsteads
Spring Beds 3OO hair ani huss Matesses as Feather p
lows 40 Comfortables 30 pairs Blankets and Wooen Ped
spreads Counters, Shelving, stove, de-, NC.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06
WAR IN EUROPE.
LONDON. Dec. ;

LONDON. Dec. 81.
Paris correspondence OF the 29th states that
shells have been thrown into the northern part
of the city.
The German authorities at Versailles accuse
the French Of paying seven hundred and fifteen
francs to each French officer escaping from cap
tivity and breaking his parole.
a dispatch from Arras brings q report that
the German soldiers who are On a march to the
North of Franco openly declare themselves tired
of the
a dispatch received tom Madrid on Thursday
evening says that General Prim is much better
and his wounds eviace no serious symptoms.
BORDEAUX, Dec. 81.
The towns Of Aufesse, Gray and Fesone, have
been evacuated by the Prussisns.
Before the advance Of the French, under Gen.
erals Bressoles, Bremes AID Garibaldi, the army
of Bordeux is to march directly on Paris.
As the French advance the inhabitants hasten
to join the ranks. and thus the army increases
rapidly in plumbers. The smaller towns now re-
est the enemy, in the case of Tours, which,
in consequence of the combat at Monnae,
not occupied by the Germans. At Argent and
Gag the PEussisns were repulsed by the popula-
tio1.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06

Death OF n DIstInguIshed Clergyman.
The Rev. Albert Barnes, one of the most
venerable and distinguished Presby terian
clergymen in the United States. died sud
denly in Philadelphia en- Saturday last.
The Philadelphia Age says
"The name OF Albert Barnes is more
widely known throughout the world than
that of any Presby terian minister Of the
present age. For the last forty years the
events of his ministerial life have been
eminently and closely connected with the
history Of the Presbyterian Church in
America. His written works, constituting
a vast amount Of religious literature, the
result of labor probably without parallel
have been wholly or in part publisr ed
wherever the Englieh language is 8. OXEN,
and in the languages Of many OF, the civ
ilized and semi civilized nations Of the
world. 1t is not designed to attempt, 81
this sudden announcement, a sketch of
his life. His Exposition of the Sacred
Scrip ures, published in soma fifteen ol
more volumes, are so manifestIy the ", RI
of one possessing profound learnlt z,
sound judgment crd rigid candor and iovf
Of truth, that they have received from 81.
readers, whether asserting or dissertipf
from his conclusions, great respect, and
his deneanor through life has been S.
marked by flaakness and gentIeuess, that
he enjoyed tho respect and reverence O
all who knew him Mr.. Barnes has out
lived, by few years, the allotted three
score and ten in general good health and
with und1minished vigor of intellect. His
form and features. SO familiar to our citi-
zens, which in middle life were those Of
manly beauty, assumed, With the marks
of age. even greater lattractiveness. On
Saturday afternoon, while enjoying, with
rather more than usual animation, a walk
in West Philadelphia he complained
slightly of difficulty in breathing. reach
I'd the house of friend, sat down and
died. Thus, with translation of soul
more rapid than that of the prophet
Elijah, this venerated man has left our
world for a better and higher existence.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06
The GEORGIA. EIectiou

4 decided Democratic victory, disas-
trous Republican defeat for it indi.
Gates q reaction down Sonth which, by the
year 1872, will have carried over every
Southern State to the Democracy. What,
then, with New York, Connecticut, In
diana, Missouri, California and Oregon
gone by the board-what, then, we ask, is
the chance for the dem moralized and divided
republicans ? Let the ''bloated bond
holders" tremble. Their six per cent. in
terest in gold is getting to be very in
teresting problem, aud the late ex Presi-
dent Buchanan, who would not risk q
dollar in these Government securities,
smelt the rat. All the Southern negroes.
as well as the Southern whites, are ready
to sustain the theory of Buchanan con-
cerning our national debt and it's securi-
ties, aud this is the drift of this Georgia
election New York Herald
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06
state Of North Carolina,
oNsLoW CoUNTY-sUPERIoR COURT.

ON3LOW CCUNI4-SUREh1Oh COUhI.
Special Proceeding to make Real Estate dssselS.
George W Mills, Administrator of George W.
Jenkins, Plaintiff.
AGAINST
Omy Mills, Ellen jenkins, Joseph q. Horn and
Pernetta Horn, his wife, Murphy Jenkins,
Stanford Jenkins, Jasper Jenkins, Obed Jen-
kins, Heirs TT law OF George W. Jenkins.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
that Jasper Jenkins aud Obed Jenkins. two OF
the defendants in the above entitled Speclai Fro-
ceeding cannot, after due diligence be found
within the State. and that they nave eIther de'
parted from the State or keep themselves con-
cealed therein with intent TO aYoia the VIC ot
Court that publ cation ba made in the Whining
ton Journal, newspaper published IN the city
OF Wilmington, i'll the weekly edition, Tor Sax
weeks euccassiye.y notifyip the aforesaid Jas
per Jenkins and Ob1d Jenkins, aud they are
hereby notified that summons was issued
against them on the Goth day of September,
1876, in the above entitled Special Proceeding
at the instance OF the above nsmed d plaintiff.
and that the aforesaid plaintiff on the same day
flied his complaint or petition IN the cthce OF the
Clerk Of said Court PRAYING a sale of slt the real
estate OF which his aforesaid intestAtt died,
seized or entitled 30, subject to tho dover of his
widow, for the purpose ut paying tho Gebts of
his intestate Aud, further notifying the said
Jasper and Obod, and they are hereby notified
TO appear at tho Office OF the Clork OF the Supe
Tiof COURT OF Ouslov county at the Court HUuse
10 Jacksonville within twenty days after the ex-
piratiOu of the aforesaid time of this puDica-
tion and apply to the Court for the aPpoin M cnt
Of Guardian al item (they being infants with
out Guardian, over fourteen aud nnder twenty
one years OF age), otherwise the plaintiff will ap
ply for the appointment or q Guardl8n for them
for the purpose OF this action. And II they fail
within the aforesaid twenty days To plead, an
swer or demur to the petition nt the Plaintiff he
will apply to the Court for the relief dcuIsuded
in his petition.
Given under my hand aud the zeal of ssii
Court at Office i'll Jacksonville, i2th day of De
Cembcr. 1870.
dec 81 47-W6w
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THE VERY LATEST NEWS
BY, TELEGRAPH
WAR IN EUROPE.
THE RUSSIANS EXPERIENCE
DIFFICULTY IN ERECTING
SIEGE WORKS.
MONT AVRON DESERTED BY THE
FRENCH.
FEARFUL LMORTALITYANO THE
GERMAN WOUNDED,
THE "EzCRNET," alias CUBA" AGAIN
IQ ACTIVE SERVICE
LILLE. Dec, 90.

LILLE Dec. so.
Bourbaki and Ohanzey have. resumed the often
siye
The Uhiaas are. 500 u1ing the country between
Donai, Oan brsi and Azras. . g.. 49,.
he French fire from Mezieres has prevented
the Prussians from erecting siege guns.
LONDON. Dec. so.
The feet, bearing the Spanish King, has been
signaled off Barcelona.
II is believed the Spanish Government will
Withdraw the iii euspendIng Constitutional
guarantees. sa
The Government his commenced disbandiDg
the Republican battalions OF the Nation al Guard.
Madrid is tranquil. .t.4.-
The conference on the Eastern question has
been Indefinitely pcs tponed. the French having
refused to take part. and whose absence renders
the meeting useless.
LONDON, Dec. 81.
The weather is intensely cold. which causes a
fearful mortality among the German wounded.
Nearly all the occupants of ffty-six carriages,
who were wounded at Belfort the 21st inst,
were frozen to death before tho train reached
Chateau VOie.
dispatch T. ON Besancon reports another un-
successful assault upon Belfort. the besiegers
losing fourteen hundred in killed and wounded.
dispatch from Havre says that the Germans
have captured another English collier at Rouen.
The sunk vessel is the Seine. ..- 4.
CHERBoURG, Dec. 80.
A large number of recruits are arriving here
for tho ;'=rrose of being drilled.
Dresden, Deo. 30.
The Grown Prince Of 6s1ony telcgrsphs King
John that when his troopa entered Mont AYron
they found the works deserted, the French
having removed the guns. The French subse-
quentiy withdrew from the village of Rosny, along
the road to Paris.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06
How Congress Might have Celebrated
ChristmRs

Christmas.
What Christmas box Congress might
have given to the South and to the nation
on Thursday, by passing a general Am
nesty bill If, like other people, Congres-
men feel their digestion improved and
better all over for doing a good act, how
much more they would have relished their
Christmass sdinner, and enjoyed the whole
festival day, had they adopted the title of
Buffers bill, granting full grace, amnesty
and oblivion, and thrown the rest of it
into the waste basket But this was not
to be and the last lingering bitterness of
the war remains. with Its legacy OF hates
and revengee--not to be banlshed, we
fear, by the present Congress, and likely
to last far into the next. Meanwhile In
the South, we observe a Christmas feeling
prevalent among the sufferers from this
unrelenticg policy. Witness for single
example among the many, the language OF
the newly elected Senator Vance, of North
Carolina, in a letter to the Washington
Chronicle. the principal portions of which
we published Oh Saturday. He says-"I
earnestly desire the unity and perpetuity
of the whole country, its prospsrltys and
honor" and ''fervently pray that every
atom of the wealth of it's bosom, and every
spark of the genius of its children may be
devoted to the common welfare henceforth
and forever" These are the right senti-
ments, frankly and honestly expressed
We wait to see whether in like spirit Of
forgiving and forgetting, Congress will
purge this valuable citizen of his d'sa-
bilities, or remembering all the grudges
against him that should now be put for
ever out of mind, will persist in an exclu-
sion which deprives the nation of an able
and honorable legislator, and the Repub-
lican party of glory which they seem de-
termined to reserve for their successors.
n. Y. Jour. Of Com.
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From the Now York Herald of Friday

From the Now York Herald of Friday.
Burned to the waters edge, sir.
"And the crew, captain ?"
"Saved, thank God. every man of 'em. "
1.-The cargo, of course, was ?"
"Phew my dear sir, few minutes
after the men were taken off the ship the
fire burst through the main hatch, and we
had hardly squared away when the vessel,
cargo and rigging were enveloped in the
flames. 1t was fearful sight, and one
that l will never forget"
These were the remarks of Captain La
chere, Of the ship Charles. of Antwerp,
when questioned in relation to the terrible
calamity which, OH the 10th inst, befel
the ill-fated vessel 4. B. Wyman. bound
Tor Liverpool from Savannah. The story
was, In many particulars, q sad realization
OF the numerous rOmances which, brimful
of terrible scenes and incidents, often feed
the fancy Of the curious. No narrow es-
cape from fire or the merciless fury of the
ocean has occurred for years, and although
VAST amount of property has been swal-
lowed up by the disaster, it is some conso-
lation to think that
A BRAVE AND UNDAUNTED CREW
has, by the kindness of an All.wise Proyi-
dence aud the gallantry OF a courageous
and sympathizing sea captain and his
helpmates, been rescued from horrible
death. The ship Charles, 7OS tons register,
left Antwerp Oh November 2, with ballast,
for this city. She came to the northern
passage, and enjoyed fine weather until
she neared tie banks of Newfoundland,
and when in latitude SO degrees and lon
gitude 61 degrees 43 minutes she hove to
Ior the night in heavy gale. About six
mics 10 windward she sighted q ship at
seven o'clock next morning, flying the
nags OF distress from her fore.top and
mlzzen-top. The storm of the preceding
night had been accompanied by
LOUD THRNDRR CLAPs
and vivid flashes OF lightning, and, al
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06

English estimates, 10000 strong. The
force to which Lee was opposed was. from
first to last, $40 900 strong the force to
which Wellington and Blucher were op-
posed was but 122, COG strong. When
Massera invaded Portugal in 1910, Wei
ington had 10000 British troops, aid
25, 600 Portuguese regulars, who In the
battle of Busaco, according 10 Yelling
tons own account, proved themselves
worthy to igh: side by side with the
British veterans, besides 10000 Portu.
guese militia. He had Lisbon for his base
with British war fleet riding at anchor,
and enumerable ye yessels of other descrip-
tions plying between the port and Eng
land and bringing the most abundant snp-
plies Of arms, provisions, and munitions
of war. He had surrounded the port With
the most Tremendous system OF fortifica-
tioRs known in modern times, aud his task
was 10 defend the strongest country in
Europe. In Lees case has enemy had pcs
session Of the sea, and could and did land
Il powerful army to attack tbs very basis
of his operations, while he was lighting
another OF still greater strength Ii 'front.'
1t is probably not altogether just to Wei.
lington to institute this comparison it
his deeds look but commonplace beside
the achievements Of this campaign, so DO
oil others. The HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CANNOT EXHIBIT SUCH CAMPAIGN AS THAT
CT LEE IN 1864
And yet Lee was not a great General,
say the Yankees and some Southern criti-
casters. In tl><.ir eyes what constitutes
great Genpralship? Possibly the splendid
deeds of Lee are too recent, and the arena
npon which they we're enacted Is too near
to allow their optics keen 10 discover
the tue magnitude 1T those brilliant CAM
paigns that equal those of Frederic or Ma
p ,leon. Ills iii. .nco le0ds enchanting mt"
Lo many Eers.,iis I4tt 1t be remembered
that nearly, or quite half, of GeLeTai Lees
army in tlI~ c ctmpaiyn ot 1864 were North
Caruinians. Aud s it was in Lees great
battles around Richmond aud III the grand
campaign that eliminated al ChancelIors-
vile. Fiat Jwstitio, dc.
] he Southern Rerie,0, i'll 81 subsequent
uumber, closes a graphic account OF the
battle Of Gettysburg with these suggestive
words: The gre Il mas, aehose talents and
ability hf:d SO far borne up tie COnfederGcy
in the EGSl was to give sill! l.f.icr n ami
lestatlon of his genus. and III the tre-
tpendous campaign of 1861 5, TO leave to
the world example Of niIit0.y skill
eUhich tM things cc'asldered as unsurpassed
IN tie Annals CftCdr. Il