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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

The Humboldt Steer State Demo
c~raticl speaking Of the late Jones Re-
publican primaries, takes the follow
ing correct view Of the case: These
elections are only Indicative Of Jones'
personal popularity In his own party.
They cannot be accepted az proofs Of
his strength on the final trial.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
CAMPAIGN PeESY.
The Humboldt Silver State Of Sep
tember 18th gets of the following:

The Humboldt Silver State Of Sep,
TENDER 18th gets of the following:
The royal Jones, the would-be
United States Senator from Nevada,
arrived In Virginia City recently. HI:
herald aud trumpeter proclaimed His
Majesty's presence and prowess to the
army Of "rouglis" In the following
martial strains:
John Jones has come to marshal us for the
impending fight;
He bring, . purse to pay MS all, in gold and
He locke upon his people. the "roughs" zen,
from the Bay,
Whose mugs" betoken service in many a bar
room fray.
Right gracIoasly he smiled on US, Of sinks and
slums the scum,
As his deafenlpg shout rolled through the
crowd, Come, let's have some rum ~
With kingly step. he leads tho way Into the
And throwing . twenty or the bar, cries: my
hearties, drink your oil!
Be II the p imariss on time, With pistols, clubs
and stones,
And smash the snoot Of him who dares to vote
against John Jonesi"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

PERE HYAoINTHE's marriage is re-
ported to have given great scandal to
the Church. 1t may anathematize him.
It may excommunicate him, 1t may
condemn him to everlasting purgatory,
but, under the circumstances, we do
not see how 1t can very we'll prevent
him from being q pere.-N. !. Com.
Advertiser.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

Missouri editors do not indulge In
oar epithets. They merely remark
of 3 contemporary, In the spirit OF
quiet sarcasm. that ''his ears would do
for awnings TO q ten story wholesale
bog packing establishment"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

A SCHOOL for young ladies has been
established In Yeddo. aud the superln-
tendency OF It Entrusted to 4 lady Of
rank; which Ia the first instance In
winch a woman ha. been elected to a
posl.'os OF public trust by the govern
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

CHICAGO has a shooting gallery ex-
clusively for ladies, among whom
there Il a growing re.tlessness to be
proficient with rifle aud pistol. The
divorce courts. swift As they are, are
100 slow for them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
HIS DESCRIPTION.

Forester, the alleged Nathan muir
derer, Il a man five feet six and q half
inches high ; weighs about l36 pound-;
Il of medium build, with rather broad
and square shoulders ; dark complex
ion /; rather long, spare face ; Jet black
hair. cut short ; black eyes with n wild
expression has a tooth out Of the up
per Jaw. n little to the left. His mouth
Is rather short, with the corners drawn
down high cheek bones, aud upper
lip standing out a little. He has a
medium sized, straight noe, high.
square forehead, aud sunkem checks.
His hands are long and narrow, aud
hls feet are small aud narrow. He
swings his feet outward as he puts
them down. He walks lazily. with
Ills body and head bent forward. He
generally walks with his hand. In his
pockets, aud has \ bracelet picked In
India ink OH his left wrist.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

UNDER the head "How We Assist
the Devil" a religious paper says /:
We consume millions OF gallons Of
distilled spirits yearly" The editorial
I'VE" In this Ease makes al awkward
confession.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
n. FITZSIMMoNS

DEsPEcTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
II a. Candidate for the ONCE Of Justice Of the
Peace. SELF tds
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THOMAS cRAcEY

DEsPEcTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
N . candidate for the Office ~ Asrestor oil
Stvrey County, subject 10 the decision OF the
Storey County Republican Convention.
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%HEoUScEMESrs.
FOR SHERIFF.
j. w. HoNsINcER

RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES BMsELp
II . candidate for Sheriff VI Storuy coupty
subject to the decision Of the Storey County
Republican Cow ,ntion, seIs ids
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FOR ASSESSOR OF STOREY
COUNTY.
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FOR COUNTY CLERK.
COOPER

OF GOLD HILL. RESPECTFULLY AN.
~ nounces himself a. candidate for tho office
OF O ERIK OF Storey county, subject to the Union
Republican County Con, ention.
Gold Hill. August 70, 1879. aug tds
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
o CONSTABLE.

ID RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
IL an Independent Candidate for Justice Of
tho Peace OF Gold Hill. SEE
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o COUNTY CLERK.

A. VILLA NJ 8,
Of VIRGINIA CITY, RESPECTFULLY
" announces himself as o candidate for the
ONCE OF County Clerk OF Storey county, subject
I" the decision Of tho Republican County Con.
v~ention.
Virginia, August ~, 1879, au22 tide
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
HENRY PIPER

NNoUNCEs HIMSELF A CANDIDATE
"A for tho office OF Treasurer Of Storey county,
subject 10 the declriUn OF the Storey County
Republican Convention. au29Ids
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
FROST

FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19
CHARLES RAWSoN,

rs A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF
l County Recorder for Storey County, subject
to the decision OF the Republican County Con.
~vention.
Gold Hill, August q, 1872. au27 tds
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A. v. coMsrock

RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
~ . candidate for tho once OF Sherif Of
Storey county, subject to the Republican County
Convention. seis tns
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

HIRAM
OF GOLD HILL. Is RESPECTFULLY
\ announced Is q candidate for tho once Of
Treasurer OF Storey County, subject 10 the nomi.
nation OF the Republican County Convention.
Gold Hin. August II. 1871. aul7 tds
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
II . Candidate for the orice OF Constable OF
Gold Hill. subject to the decision oil the Repub-
llcan County Convention. sell td'
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-19

Ben. +. lACKEY
pEsPEcTFULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
IL . candidate for the office Of Sheriff Of
Storey county. subject to tho decision OF the
Union Republican County Convention. % stds
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Congressional Committee.

I Capt. 5. W. Scott introduced
and sworn, testified:
@. Are you a resident of New
Orleans :
A. Yes sir, l came here in the
Union army.
/ G. Have you any knowledge of
any money paid ont TO bribe mem
bers of the Legislatureg
/ 4. saw money paid to Repre- |
sentatives Carr and Devices. The =,
money was placed in my hands
by Mr.. Kimball; L was Instructed
J to deliver it TO Mr.. Carr-seven
: $50 gold pieces-and take his re-
! ceipt. / did SO.
@. Do you know of any notes
given to bride members?
A. Yes, Senators. Several
Z notes were endorsed by me as an
l accommodation to .Kimball. At
: forwards one of them was presen-
:. ted by Sepator Pinchback. 1t
: was for $1,000. A note was also
4 given to senator Campbell for
J. $1,000, and he afterwards told me
! that Kimball had fully satisfied it.
Piuchback presented the note for
: payment, but it was not paid by
: me. These transactions related
) to the passage of the Jackson
!, Railroad bill.
J. @. Did, Mr.. Kimball tell You
G how much it cost to PASS the bill!
{ a. No, he did not; but l saw a
/, memorandum on his table which
e plrported to give the amounts
paid as well as the amounts 10 be
. paid. From that paper it appear.
o &C that s27, 900 had been actually
n paid, aud that $1,000 remained
d to he paid.
O. Q. Did that paper contain the
ct names of the persons to whom
:, these moneys were paid'
ne A. Yes sir; there was quite q
ct list OF names.
u @. Can yon state what names
es you saw on it, and the amount
of paid to each!
- A. As it respects the names, !
- did not read the paper carefully
~ but / remember seeing the names
ofCarr. Campbell, Devices, Pil CHI
at back, Beares and Coup and. Th,
as amounts paid 10 each was Sc
sc down opposite to their names.
~ Q. Do You remember to WHOM
- were paid the largest amounts 7
lat A. | think the largest amount
'se were paid to Carr. Campbell an,
:. COPELAND.
H. Q. 1t costs about $4,000 t
tic pass the bill, did it not7 An,
rs the members of the legislator
,at of that amount got about $4,000
7er Can You state who get the ba
on ancef s
-. nI A. / think the balance went t
W. the members of the City Counci
or and officers of the City govern
ne nent.
mr.
ow @. Was any portion of it PAL
in 70 officers of the State Govern
TO nent?
,ha A, | do not know.
rm @. Do you believe it VAST
Tor A. Ny belief is not evidence
81 @. That depends upon the fact
nd on which you base your belle
nts What did Mr.. KimbalI tell 70
y about the Governor
90 A. He told me that the Go,
" eruor would sign the I'LL if it pa
he sed.
+as Captain Scott was requested
m tell what he knew about the al
INT tempt to pass the Bank Fundin
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at that time, and what was his
price Z. :.
A. Yes, he was Speaker, and
his price was $4,000 in money, |
or 100000 in bonds. The bill |
never became law. /.
The next matter called to the
attention of Captain Scott was
the bill to repeal the old city
charter. Touching that mearure
he said that Senators Pinchback
and Beares offered to secure the
defeat of the bill for a money
consideration.
Q. Were you not at that tim,
the President of Democratic
clubi
A. was; and for that reason
was asked to see if the bill coull
be defeated. / went to Pinchback
and asked him to aid in doing so.
He told me it could not be done
without money. l asked him
how much it would cost, and lie
told me to come and see him tie
next day. I did so and he said
it would sost $1,000. Senator
Beares told me there was nine Rad
zeal Senators in the ring. The
friends who asked me to lock
after the bill said they would not
pay any money in the matter, ard
after that l Kept away from the
, State House, Meeting Senator
Beares on one occasion, he told
me the bill would come up that
day, and he wanted to know what
} be done. | told him | was not
. prepared TO say anything. After
: wards when the bill came up, the
l. final vote was postponed for 30
minutes on motion of Beares, and
Q both be and Pinchback sent ioI
D me. Finding that no money
would be paid to defeat the bill
a it finally passed.
@. Can you state who composed
$ the committee to investigate the
t Sugar Shed question?
A. They were Mr.. Morey, now
| a member of,Congress, Mr.. Car
:, and a colored man.
s @. What can you say abou
l. their reportf
e A. was told that for cert iii
It sum of money the report of ID,
committee could he adopted.
IL Witness said he was told of /;
ring in the House, of wbiel
IS Waters was the head, aud also 0
ID a larger ring of colored members
of which Dumas was the agent
70 Pinchback, he said, was the aeen
id of his own ring. 1t was common
re said the witness, when meas ur
0. was presented for members to IN
II quire show much money was il
it?'
TO @. Did the Governor approx
III any of these measures7
n A. | think he approved 9
some.
10 Witness was asked to give til
u definition of a carpetbagger, an
he replied by relocating the 1et
milton given by colored orator
"a carpetbagger;;" said Nose.
G. 'sis him what comes down ler
70 wild his carpet and steals til b
= gets full, and the scalawagger
~ him what comes along and i;tol
de carpet-bag." Laughter.) wi
ness said he was himself cai.pe
" Dagger that he had Travelled a
over the State, and had Away
" been well received and kind
y treated. From experience
% could say that the prejudice
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Q. Have these men sought to
incite the eolored people against
the whites?
A. They have; and in order to |
control their action made them
large promises, that in case of
their political ascendeney the col
ored people would have forty
acres and a mule; that there was
to divisions of the plantation
for heir benefit. VsV41
In your opinion, cam any
Dl Re passed in the Legislature
of S1is State without moueyn 81
A. I cannot say that of the
present Legislature az. g.aH
Q. Do the members represent
the people7
A. They do not. 1t is to the
interest of partisans to keep igno-
rant men in the Legislature-men
whom the can control. Mr.. Zuut,
enc of the proprietors of the City
Hotel told me that q man Brown
was elected in room No. 10 of that
house to represent one of the
country parishes.
@. You said Mr. Kimball m
structed you to say to the members
of the Legislature that his priuci-
pal had gone back on him. Who
was his principal
A. Henry s. McComb. the
purchaser of the Jackson Rail
road.
@. Have you received threat.
ming letters
| a. l have, since the precent
session. | was told, too, that
was known to theindividuals who
stand guard attlie Capitol, among
whom is Lucien Adams.
Q. Did the list of purchasablt
members you spoke of, represent
men belonging to both parties
A. 1t did.
Q. Can you give the names o
any Democrats that were on it?
A. Don't remember their name.
so well, because / was lookin:
after the more prominent Repab
lican members of the Legislature
Q. Did you ever bribeany mem
bers?
A. No sir. / have carrie,
messages to members, but neve
paid or offered to pay anybody.
@. Did you not indorse Kim
balls uotes which were for brides
a. i did, but at the time / di,
not know what they were for.
knew nothing about :he Jackson
Railroad bill until it passed th
, House; then Mr.. Kimball sent 10
and asked me to work for the bi
with my Democratic friends j
the Senate, / carried notes an
messages for Mr.. Kimball, and
had suspicion that he was usin
. money and other influences
pass the bill. / believe there al
Democrats in the Legislature VIII
would sell outas quick asanybod,
4 such men as Pond and Tom Gree
Davidson.
. @. Do you know that any Den
q ocrats ia the Senate receive
l. bribesl
I: A. lido not. l think a majoriI
!, of them voted against the bill
e and it was with them 1 worke
e for the jackson Railroad bill.
$ @. Doyou think the suspiciC
q that prevailed among the colort
t people that the whites wanted |
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H. ',hei lnahs Va Onso, oAcoVensls
General. "a.
UNITED STATES plsTR;cT, eogaT or
LOUISIANA.
E. H. Durrell, af New Orleans. Juaas
j. Morgan. of New Orleans. Distsia
Attorney. t'4''t 7ef
D. Urban, of New orleans. Clerk. -
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tenant Governor.
Simeon Beldrn. Attorney General.
George L. Bovec. Of St. james paris /,
Secretary of State.
Antoine DuBuclet. Fefmillion. Treas
urer. tttAt 19 +. -e
James Graham. of New O=lean-- AID Z
tor.
James Longstreet. Of New 0rIe,ui
= AGjutsnt. General.
Hugh B. Campbell, Commissioner 4
40 Lands g sE0'S t.0Rg. d'T
sUPREaE COURT OF LOUISIANA.
Ut. Luqelipgl of outSlsta. lc /! 7
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W. w. Howe, of New Orleans. Asss ).
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ate Justice. : s..s.a r.. K
j. G. Taliafero, of Rapides, Assssii u
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\ Justice. ~ 3ass5a
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w. t. Sherman, of Ohio, Gener-nll Gem
y handing. nge
P. H., Sheridan, of Ohio, Liesteasus
General.
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Old Time Fashion.

In 1882, about the time the original
Dolly Warden is described by Dickens
to have lived, Gov. Hancock. of Massa-
chusetts, is recorded to have received
his guests in u red velvet cap, within
which was one of fine linen, turned up
over the edge of the velvet one or two
inches. He wore a blue tianask gown
lined with silk, Il white satin embroid-
cred waistcoat, black satin small
clothes, white silk stockings aud red
morocco slippers.
The judges of the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts,, as late as 1878, wore robes
of scarlet, faced with black velvet; and
in summer black silk gowns; gentle
men wore coats of every, variety of
color, generally the cape and collar Of
velvet of a different color from the
coat. t-.s~'ig
John Adams, when Vice President,
Wore Il sword, and walked about tho
streets with his hat under his arm.
At his fevees in Philadelphia, presi-
was clad In black vel
vet, his hair powdered and gathered
behind in a silk bag, yellow gloves,
knee and shoe buckles; he held in his
hand u cooked hat ornanented with
cockade, hinged about an inch deep
with black feathers, Il long swortlln u
white scabbard, with II polished steel
hilt hung ut his hip. +r,ls., ,..;-
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Commodore Whiting, referring to q
him in Japan at the time of Perry's
expedition, in 1858, says:
One OF the books 1 purchased repre-
sentcd in it's first picture Il number of
young persons, each with q book, appa-
rently learning to read a second pic
ture represented them all writing; in 4
third each sat by an instrument con-
sisting of balls strung ON wires, such as
are used in all japanese schools and
contingencies for arithmetic, notation
or accounts; in a fourth picture all were
drawing; and in a fifth all were playing
on musical instruments, 4 sort of lutte
which lay upon the floor, with the per-
former kneeling by its side, SO that !
came to the conclusion that the book
was Il narrative or description of Il SEM
mary of learning. But the most re-
markable thing about it was that the
persons portrayed were all young girls
hot 4 boy among them. And in all
other Eastern nations the education of
the female sex is entirely neglected,
though in China that Of boys is carried
to an extent in it's universal discrilni-
nation unequalled by any other nation,
either in Europe or America. 1t is
almost impossible to find u Chinese boy
who cannot read and write; and an ap-
pointment in the lowest capacity, or
employment of any kind, is made to
depend on q literary examination. But
education, at least literary education, is
supposed to be unnecessary for girls,
and none is provided for them. Struck
by this feature of my japanese pur-
chase, l lately requested Il friend of
mine holding high official position in
Washington, and whose connection
with the government would be likely
to bring him in communication with
the Japanese embassy, to make suitable
inquiries of Iwakura, and have just re-
ceived his reply. lie says, 81 have in
terviewed the Hcathcn Japanea and
find you are right. They have had
female schools separate from male
schools fora century, more orless, which
in their loose talk means from fifty to
one thousand years. This fact is in
tcresting, as showing them to be in adj
vance, in this respect, of all other 1Ias-
| tern nations.