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The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16
wn1rI PINE PROTECTION SOCIETY.

Following is the platform of the
"Hamilton Mutual Protection Soci-
ety."
Whereas, the organization of vigil
ance committees in other portions OF
this State and adjoining Territories, Is
tending to fill our town and county
with murderers, thieves, and mcen-
diaries, bv banishing them from then
old haunts; and, whereas, 1t has pc
come notorious that perjury Is beng
committed in our Court almost daily,
to screen offenders or take away honest
mems rights. therefore De it
Resolved, That we. citizens OF liam
ilton, White Pine county, organize
ourselves into a Society, TO be known
as the White Pine Mutual PROTECTION
Society.
Resolved. That we have full conf
dence in the integrity and ability oil
he officers of this county, rom DIS
trict Judge to Constable, and feel tina
much crime has been prevented pS
their diligence and promptness; yet
false swearing has become so common
that we feel unsafe in our lives ano
property, without an organlzatlon' we
believe it the first duty OF good citizens
to prevent crime. Many families are
to-day mourning the loss OF a klh'
father, and left to the cold charltles o
this world. by the assasslnS hahu
from otfenses which might have beei
prevented by an organization OF I'M
character. Cur experience WINE II
this county ~inclineS us to the pelle
, that without the aid ofail good cltlZell
r Justice will not DE done at all INES.
49, uu,-t ,-A ,rill n.r ~ con
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
From the Gold Hill News. |

LONDON, April 1.-THE insurgent
commanders offered to the Versailles
authorities to deliver the gates OF
Paris. Issy and Waivers for two and 3
half million francs. The offer was de-
clined.
A dispatch from Paris. dated yester-
dav, saws twelve shells have been fired
into the city and caused great damage.
The shells continue to fall, and it is
reckoned that house property of h
value of 600. 900 francs has been de-
stroved already. The Government is
endeavoring to obtain the use of Prus-
SLAMS guns against Bellevue and Mont
martre.
LONDON. April ia Versailles
dispatch of Thursday evening says an
offer has beer made by the command
ers of the National Guards to betrav
to the Versailles Government two OF
the CITY gates for $50. 600 francs each.
Similar offers have been made by some
leading men with regard to the dellV-
erv OF Issv and WAIVERS for l,OOo,Vo
francs. but Theirs declined.
PARIS. April IA member OF the
National Guard was shot this morning
for killing his captain. He confessed
to shooting five other officers.
The Church ofSt. Roche is seized by
the Nationals. People in crowds col
lected. \ woman denounced a man
attired in plain clothes As a priest. h
was beaten terribly. This Is the first
r sign OF reaction in favor OF the priests.
SAN Francisco, April l5.-EIisha
Cook. counsel for Mrs. Fair. being
too sick to appear in Court. he is rep
resented by his partner, Judge Crane,
and Leandcr Quint. his associate
counsel. Alex. Campbell Is now adj
! dressing the jury for the people. ON
GERS are stationed in all the passages
!, leading to the Courtroom. to prevent
the influx of the crowd of ld!crs who
are coming and going. ~endeaVorlng tc
= obtain admission. In this mannerthe
7, Courtroom is kept comparatively I'M
crowded. Mrs. Fair REGIMES in
4 rocking chair, with eyes closed, mr.
Theatrical attitude. y number o.
, strong minded women are sitting II
u her immediate vicinity, with deel
l sympathy imprinted upon their no
i very expressive faces. 1t is uot prob
i able that the argument Will be mor'
than half concluded to-day.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

The Pacific, in commenting on the
Fair trial makes the following deduc-
ton:
One lesson of the trial we hope all
endangered mel will learn, especially
all Young men. that, to put ones sell
by guilty indulgence in the power OF
an individual Ola cergain class OF wo-
men. and to sell himself otherwise to
the devil, is scarcely more than a OH
ference in terms; with the odds l
favor Of the latter course, as not the
worse of the TWO.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16
G. Z T. = . /:
POSITIVELY the LAST CHANCE.
As the drawing of the above list will come OF at q
Grand Gift Concert, To take place Al the
MARISVILLE THEATER,
Monday, May LIST, 1S7l.

THE ENTERPRISE WILL BE
in a precisely similar manner 10 that Of the
late Gift Concert Of the Mercantile Library Asso-
citation in san Francisco, and a committee of prom
trent citizens duly appointed TO superintend the
Distribution Of Gifts.
The names Of the Managers is sufficient suaran-
tee to the public fhat the drawing AID distrbu-
ton will be f,irly done.
We have every assurance, ty the innnmerable
orders and Inquiries from the East, and all the
Pacif c States and Territories, that our tickets can
readily be disposed # in t1rty days time.
several similar Gift Entertainments have al
ready been carried through in this state. and We
respectfully appeal, in behalf Of the worthy Asso
Citations proposed 10 he benefited, to a generous
and discr minsting public to grant us the rights
and patron &c already extended IN Others
asA discount of 1913 per cent. will be made
to all purchasers Of FIFTY Tickets or more.
Person, not convenient to an Express can secure
ticket. for currency, through the PoStofhce. Say,
eucl S. $40 bill. for which they Will receive by
return mail Registered letter. three tickets, or in
this proportion.
Address orders,
j. b. CONDOR.
Secretary and Business Manager,
| sn1a-td Earysylle. Cal.
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THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT BILL
PASSED.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Senate
resumed the consideration OF the
House Ku KluN bill.
Scburz made a long argument
against the unconstitutional features
of the bill, and was followed by CAS-
serly, also in opposition to the Dill:
Edmunds concluded the debate IN q
long speech in advocacy OF the Dill,
and in defense of its constltutlonallty.
At 1 O'Clock this afternoon the SEN
ate proceeded to vote on the amend
ments reported from the JUDICIARY
Committee.
The amendment to add to 1t a pro-
vision making it a high crlmet to lnlure;
in person or property, any onteu
States officer in the performance OF MS
duty, or while engaged therein, was
agreed to-. Ayes, 10; noes, %. Inc
Republicans voting i'll the negative
were Caldwell, Clayton, Logan, up
ton, Trumbull. Schurz, Wilson, VIM
dom and Wright.
Morton moved an amendment totne
fourth section so as TO give h fresi-
dent power to suspend the writ OF ma
beas corpus until the end OF the
Forv-second Congress, March 4, 1913.
, Not agreed to. Ayes, %; noes, u.
i / he a"nltllltiItili FNbtlitihc
within which the President may sus-
: pend the writ to the end of the mex
regular session of Congress was agreed
( to. Ayes, A; noes. l..
SchrirZ. Upton and Trumbull voted
Z with the Democrats. ,
Osborne movedtO strike out so mucf
: of the bill as repealed the test oath tol
- Jurors in United States Courts. No
agreed to.
Sherman moved an additional sec
e ton. assessing the damages TO persons
i and properly upon States IN which lh'
. outrames were committed. Agreed 10
TrUmbull moved to strike out III
h fourth section. comforting on the Pres
ident discretionary powers to suspend
the writ of habeaS corpus. REJECTED
& ayes, 2I; noes, ~.
Hill. Morrill, Of Maine, Robertson
Schurz. Upton, Trumbull and VIRGIN
=, voted with the Democrats in the AIM
NATIVE.
Various amendments were propose
Is bv Thurman and others on the Demo
4 cratic side. and voted down.
Sundrv alterations were m
' bv EdmundS and adopted.
II Blair moved an amendment to tn
ir House Amnesty bill. but after som
ti>tl.SSiDll the dllltJtAi1N'h ~
drawn as it would take a three-fOurth
y vote to pass the Amnesty bill II oni
lie a majority to pass the pending bli
q Robertson giving notice that he woul
call up the subject of amnesty at tn
III first opportunity.
lie Morton renewed OsbOrne's amend
" nent to strike out the clause repealln
=, the test oath for Us. jurors. Agree
tO-aypS. 81: noes. ..
s. The following was the negative vot'
l. Ravard. Blair, buckingham, Caldwel
70 'CasserIy, Cooper, Davis of kentuck,
Davis OF Virginia, Hamilton Of Mar.
n land, Hill, Johnson, Kelly, Loga
a Robertson, salisbury, Sawyer, Schur
stevenson. Stockton, Thurman, II
ton, Trumbull, Nickers, Window al
Wright.
The bill then passed-aves, a, noe
Oh ia party vote, except Hill, Schui
ID Robertson, Upton and Trumbull, vi
,te voted with the Democrats IN the neg
~ tive.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

NARROW GAUGE.-We learn that 1t
has been determined to make the
Utah Southern thirty-six inch gaSue,
which will doubtless facilitate It's con-
struction very materially. requiring
much less labor in grading, and less
expense for iron and rolling stock
salt Lake Herald.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

eel Standardization is the
cause of nine-tenths of all diseases the
living machine is subject to. Give tone
to the stomach and digestive organs, ana
Won will save more than half in your
doctors bills. Dr. Henley's celebrated
INL Bitters are recommended by all ply
sicians to dyspeptics and for all COM
plants of the liver and digestive organs
See advertisement in another column.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

OUR observation-disclosures thou
san six hundred negroes were the re-
cipients of public charity in the DIS
trict of Columbia last year. These
people were once self supporting; but
now that they have been taught that
their business in life is to vote the
Radical ticket and help govern the
country, they must be keptat national
expense.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

BRAGGADoCIo.-The good people OF
California are Dragging over some
twelve or thirteen inches of rain they
have had this season. An honest
miner on Treasure Hill has kept an
accurate account of the snow that has
fallen there from January lst until
now and states that some twenty-seVen
feet has fallen, and they expect more.
white Pine News.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

THE ARGUMENT.-1t has been SAID
that arguments in the Fair-murder
case Will be made in the following or
der: Campbell opening for the prose
cution, to be followed by Cook n
Ouint for the defense, District Attor-
new Bvrne closing for the people. 1t
will take at least two days for the
arguments.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

STEUcK IT.-The Humboldt Register
learns that Senator Robert Mcbeth,
of Humboldt, has struck a vein OF ore
in his Ruena Vista mine of eXtraordl-
nary richness. The mime Is III 'ne
Galena District.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

As curious incident it is related
that the French General Faidheroe
and his victor, the Prussian General
Won Cohen, were intimate friends be-
fore the war.
But Faidherbe married a Niger,
and Won Cohen didn't.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

The Sacramento Reporter calls Sena
tor Stewart" buffalo Bill" The Union
and Enterprise will change that to
..Buf;alo JIM" for the reason that
Ruffalo Bill was a heroic white man,
and Rutfalo Jim was a thieving, muir
dering Indian, and a boon companion
to Tahoe.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

The following rules for the care OF
furniture are from an article in the
Technologist: "Keep water away
from everything porous, alcohol from
yarnish, and acids from marble"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS Inc
Republican City Convention Of Stock
ton nominated the following munich
pal ticket on the 9th: For Mayor Dr.
e. S. Holden; Chief of Police, w. F.
Fletcher: City Assessor, Julius steiny;
CITY Collector. J. P. D. wilkins.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

Among the arrivals at the Revere
House., Salt Lake City, on the l2th' we
notice the name of ex-senator L. W.
Abraham from Pine Grove, Nevada
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

A man named Macomb. nephew OF
General w. T. Sherman, and son OF
Judge Macomb of Cleveland, Ohio,
was recently caught in the act OF steal
ing clothes from the rooms OF the
Briggs House, Chicago.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

Senator Stewart arrived in Califor-
MIA on Thursday last. Perhaps his
clients uhe Railroad Companies) have
called him to account for his recent
conduct in the Senate.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

Mike Casey shot Thomas Gorson al
Phoebe. on Wednesday last, III a dis
quite about the settlement Oh solie
business, and the wounded man died
next morning. Casey was arrested.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

SvaIL CBANGE.-The Bank of Cali
fornia, San Francisco, on Thursday
last. received 5 $1,000 i'll one, wv and
three cent nickels, which Will be eA-
changed for greenbacks at par.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

s. AND c. II. R.-Passengertrai III on
the Stockton and Copperopolis Rail
road are now running t Deep Wells,
five miles EAST of Peters, or about
twenty miles from Stockton.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16
Five hundred men have commenced

york ortheS Southern Pacific Eailroad'
below g roy, California,
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

Oranges are selling for two n
three bits q dozen from necciers'
rvarCns IN San Francisco,
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16
Pollard, of Grass Valley, has invent

ed q new roller skate, which he names
"Catch EN- all"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-16

wASTEp.-State Warrants for 1870, at
O. cents. RICE K THORPE,
apll-lw At wells, Fargo Co'n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-01-06
An Indictment.

The misery Of King Alcohol is his
tory OF shame and corruption, of cruel
ty, crime, rage and ruin,
He has taken the glory OF health
from OF the cheek and placed there the
reddish hue of the wine cup.
He has taken the lustre from the eye
and made il dim and blOOdshOt.
He has taken beauty and eomeliness
from the face and left 1t i'll shaped and
blOated. a -. s---a
He has taken strength from the limbs
and made them weak and totteTing.
He has taken fiTmness and elasticity
from the step and made il faitering and
treacherous.
He has taken vigor FROM the arm and
left fiabbiness and weakness
He has taken vitality from the blood
and filled It with poison and seeds of
disease and death. He has transform
ed this body, fearfully and wonderfully
and majestically made, Gods master
piece of fsnimal mechanism, into vile,
loathsome, sinking mass Of human-
He has entered the brain-the tenn
pie of Observation-Disclosures reason, and
made 1t reel with folly.
He has taken the beam of intelli-
gence from out the eye, and exchanged
for it the stupid stare of idiocy and
dullness.
He has taken the impress of emo
bled manhood from OIL the face and left
the marks of sensuality and british
pess.
He has bribed the tongue 70 utter
madness and cursing.
He has turned the lips to songs OF RI
baldTy snd reveling.
He has taken cunning from the
hands and turned them from deeds of
usefulness to become instruments OF
brutality and murder.
He has broken the ties OF friendship
and planted the seeds of enmity.
He has made kind, indulgent father
q brute, tyrant, q murderer
He has transformed the loving moth
er into a very fiend of british incarna-
ton.
He has made obedieut and affection
| ate SONS and daughters the breakers of
hearts and the destrOyers of homes.
| He has taken luxuries from off the
| table, and has compelled man TO cry
| on account Of famine, and TO beg for
/ bread.
He has stripped backs OF their broad
| cloth and silk, and clothed them with
4 rags.
| He has stolen MANS PALACES and Civ
/ en- them wretched novels in exchange.
He has taken away acres and given
/ not even a decent burial place IN death.
! He has filled our streets and byways
/ with violence and lawlessness.
lie has complicated our laws aud
! crowded our courts.
He has filed TO sVeffiOWing our pen
| itentiaries and houses Of correction.
He has peOpled with his multitude
our poor houses.
Hehas Strengthened u for room in
/ our insanesasylums.
/ he has filled Our world with tears
| aud grOans, with poor and helpless,
/ with wretchedness and want.
! He has taken away faith, hope and
| clarity, yea, and all Chat is lovely and
| of good report, and given despair, inf
! delity, enmity, and all the emotions
| and deeds of WickedneSs.
! He has banished Christ irCnl the
! heart, and created a hell within.
He has wrecked and enfeebled the
bodies, shattered and destroyed The
| mind, imperilled and damned the souls
! of our fellowmen.
] These are the counts OF eur indict'
ment. Let the world judge Of the
4 truth.
/
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-01-06

but nowshs felt as il he should "strike
the stars with his sublime top.n as a
schoolboy friend Of ours once translated
familiar line Of Horace. This state
OF extreme seif-satisfaction lasted some
months, during which ne looked for
ward TO the letter of thinks and admir-
ing approval which he eXpeeted from
Ma. LobyeRr the father.
lt came s mail sooner than he exDee-
ted. One morning, on entering his Of
hee, he found two foreign letters await
ing him-one from an unknown cor
respondent, the other I'm the familiar
handwriting of his client In Japan. he
Ell for praise.
DEAR SIR canrt make ont the
meaning OF all this rigmarole YOU have
written TO me about a son and a mar
riage. had 3 son once, lieutenant
IN the = tn, but the poor boy fell vic
tim TO the climate of China ten wears.
ago. You refer to 8 letter of mine. da-
ted from HOng-kong, and il Is true that
was there about the time YOU mention
but certainly never wrote to YOU du-
ring my stay. If you are In Your sen
ses, you have been grossly imposed
upon BY some rogue or another. 1 wish
you would have the goodness to call
d.
and tell him H-etc. The rest all about
bugs and beetles.
Mr. Eiel staggered 10 his desk, took
out the letter he had last received, and
compared II with this present one the
imitation OF the handwriting WAS cum
ningly executed, but palpable forge
ry. Had he entertained the ghost Of q
suspicion at the time. he cuuld not
have mistaken it.
1t was q good hour before he PARTIAL
IS recovered from the effects of this
blow, and then, in a beWildered, me-
ehanical way, he opened the second
foreign letter lt was dated from New
York, and ran thus:
"45IR-When / was a clerk in vour
Office, you tried to get too much out
Of me, but managed toturn the tables.
and pay myself for time and trouble
expended in your behalf-that was one
to me. You caught me aud got me
two years-that was one to YOU. With
the aid Of my clever little wife, ! have
drawn about fifteen hundred and eigh-
ty pounds out of you, winning two
events out of three. Never mind: it
was improbable that ], who alone
knew the details Of your business rela-
tions with Mr.. Lobyear, Should have
CHANGED upon that gentleman ia Hong
kong, and procured q specimen Of his
handwriting; and in the walnut-stain-
Ell young man, with jet-black hair and
moustache, you could hardly be expec-
ted 10 recognize the fair, smooth, faced,
read-headed Tom Scott.-P S. Love
TO Sarah. | regret that we could not
square matters 10y a matrimonial aIii-
ance, but biganry is not one Of my lit
tie games-at present"
Mr.. Eiel threw the letter on the
ground, pounded il with his heel, bur
led his face in his hands, and in tone
Of agony which might have melted the
heart of his bitterest enemy, exclain1-
ed Done -
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SOUTHERN NKEs ITEMS.

They have ghost at the preachers
house in Buchanan, Va.
New Orleans is luxuriatingin "bright
sunshiny weather"
Akerman denies that lie is candi-
date for Senator in Georgia.
y. How Peyton is to edit n paper in
Virginia.
Ielegraphy forms part of the course
at the Athens (Ga.l University.
Virginia has seven National banks
with an aggregate capital of $500, coo.
Reports Of the sugar crops Of Louisi-
ana continue favorable. The damage
first
It IL estimated there are fifty thous-
ana white people in Tennessee who can
neither write their names nor read their
Bible.
The Louisiana Legislature stands in
the Senate, So Republicans and 2 DEM
ocrGtsi and in the House, q Republi-
cans and 29 Democrats.
The Mississippi Clarion advocates the
repeal Of the lien law Of 1867, which
gives the merchant prior lien upon
the crop Tor money or supplies furn-
ished.
Mrs. Caroline Hensley, an inmate of
the Bedford county Va poor-house.
and nearly a hundred years old. was
burned to death last Wednesday bv a
coal OF nre falling from her pibe upon
her dress.
The RiChmOnd papers say that ali
the tobacco manufacturers Of Virginia
look forward to a prosperous money
making season next year. Very little
raf r Ntar -ra4
on the market.
The Bryan frexas Appeal sa,.Ihs
cars of the Central road pass that Disee
every day loaded and crammed with
immigrants from the old States. The
advance Of thirty families, who have
determined 10 make Colorado county
their future home, arrived overland
during the week from Missouri.
Georgia boasts OF ninety-one period
icals-fourteen dalies, seven tri-weck-
lies, five selni-Weeklies, seveuty-seVen
weekiies, one semi-monthly, ten
mOnthiies, aud one bi-monthIv
At Baltimore, last week, a woman
named Mckay was beaten TO death by
her husband. a few minutes before
expiring she gave birth to a child. The
testimony taken by the coroner shows
that, during several months past, Afe-
Kay had been ia the habit Of Kicking
the deceased abGut three times a week,
in order 10 cause her death, without
making it appear that he murdered
her
On Monday, as little cOlOrcd girl,
about eight years old, was crossing the
river on some boards, Just above the
falls, near Greeuville, :. C., she lost her
footing, fell into the stream and was
Immediately carried over the prccipice
By the swift current. Death must have
resulted from the euucussl0n iustanta-
neously, a. the body WIS not seen after
il passed over the falls, and has not yet
been recovered.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-01-06
Interesting II True.

Two hundred pounds weight OF earth
was dried in an oven, and afterWard
was put into an earthern vessel. The
earth was then moistened with rain
water, aud willow tree, weighing five
hundred pounds, was placed therein.
During fiSe years the earth wss water
ed with rain or pure winter; the willow
grew and iourished, and to prevent
mixing with fresh earth and dust from
some source, il WAS covered with a me-
tai plate, numerousiy perforated 10 ad-
NIT air only. After growing IN the air
for fiVc year., the tree was removed
aud found TO weigh one hundred and
siXiy-nine pounds plus, aitd the'earfh
In the vessel being removed, dried and
weighed, and found 10 have lost about
two OUNCES Of its original weight. Thus
one hundred and sixty.fOur pounds Of
woody dbre, bark and roots, were ccEt
tainly prOdUce5 bot froul what source
u9lesF Ye sir.