Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-11

ulous W u largo auutouCt, iu suS
Methodist Church. Virginia City. last
evening. He chose for his text John.
lst chapter, 4th verse-"ln Him was
life aud the life was the light OF
men." He began by saying that life
was a mystery. 1t Il within us. but
we know little Of Its laws aud nothing
Of its essence or primal forces. He
remarked that IL WAS arrange that
phil0phcrs had not seirched the Bible
In trying to understand Its nature.
''In the beginning was the word ilogosh
aud the word Was with God, aud the
word was Cod" Christ. he remarked.
was intnlte. unoriglnated. independent
light, exiting from all eternity. IL
was he who stretched out the north
ovsr empty space aud hung up the
earth upon nothing. With his own
right hand he created Arcturus. Orion
aud the pleiades. Christ was the
true light, he said, "which lighteth
every man that cometh into the
world" After 40 able aud exhaustive
discussion OF the subject, the apostle
of Methodism fairly electrified his
audience with a thrilling apostrophe
to Jesus OF Nazareth. the Savior Of
mankind. Rev. j. u. Hammond. pre-.
siding elder, was present, and Intro
duced the reverend gentleman to the
audience. Although over seventy years
OF age. the veteran soldier shows no
Sign of bodily intirmity. his step pos
sessing all the elasticity Of youth.
Jesse /. Peck has served In the minis.
terial ranks for forty-one years!
INTERESTING LEcruRE.-The lecture
Of Rev. I. II. McGrath. at the Meth.
odisl Church In this town last evening,
WAS very fully attended, as are all the
lectures given by that talented gentle
man. This Is simply an evidence Of
the popularity Of his themes, and true
appreciation on the part OF the public.
Ills subject lust evening was "Spiritu-
alism against Materialism.' While
not claiming to be Spiritualist him
self, or to indorse the absurdities to BIO
found In that or any other Of the isms
so freely expounded IN the world. yet
he could not agree with the Idea OF
the materialists that everything must
be tangibly and fully demonstrated to
each Individual In the world before
each must believe. lie believed that
we all have a right to form a belief.
and, In fact. do form our beliefs
OH what others have seen and expert
enced, Y e In things which we have
not seen or experienced ourselves. He
covered the ground Of his discourse In
a very comprehensive manner, replete
with sound argument and happy Illus
trstlon. at times warming up to degree
Of earnest eloquence enhancing tho
attention Of all his hearers. We have
seldom seen a more attentive. or III
terested audience. aud regret that we
have not n good synopsis OF his lecture.
but all hope he will favor the Gold
Hill public with another lecture OF like
character. The people OF the present
day like to listen to common sense
when they can.
DrsTRIcr CoURT-RIsING, JUpaE.-
Tho District Court met at Virginia at
ten o'clock this morning and transact
ed the following business: Jury list
called. and jurors excused until ten
o'clock A. NJ. Tomorrow. In the mat
ter Of Patrick Boylan vs. H.. Huguet,
ct al.-judgmeus for defendant, by
consent, without cost. Samuel L. Cur
tls VS.. Woodville Gold and Silver Min
ing Company defendant given five
DAYS further time Ia which to file an-
Estate Of James Rogers de.
cea.ed-fnal statement and account Of
Wilson Dunlap, administrator. accept.
ed. Estates Of wm..Low aud j. l..
Van misunderstanding petition for
letters Of administration continued to
August 18th. A resolution was unaii-
imously adopted by the members Of
the Bar. the Court concurring. request
ing the County Commissioners to raise
the ceiling Of the Courtroom i've feet.
Owing to the unsafe condition Of the
Court room, the Court ordered the
Sheriff 10 procure the use of the hall IN
the Odd Fellows new building for the
use OF the Court until such times US
the repairing Of the old rooms ID COM
pleted. Adjourned to ten o'clock A.
NJ. tomorrow, to meet nj the Odd Eel
lows new hall.
AN INTERESTING LEcTURE.-Blshop
Jesse L. Peck, one Of the ablest
preachers In the Methodist Episcopal
Church. will deliver a lecture In the
Methodist Church. Virginia City, this
evening. His subject will be "Science
aud the Spirit World" The lecture
will be free.
A Coop SHowIso.-From a tabu-
lated statement appearing IN another
column, It will be seen that the taxes
on the proceeds Of the mines OF Storey
county for the quarter ending June ~
amount to $80,364 80.
RELIGIOUS ISTELLIaENcE.-Thc an
nusl session Of the Nevada Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
will BE- held this year ut Truckee,
commencing Thursday next. Bishop
Peck will preside.
DYEn's stages which have been run
ming for several weeks. between VIZ.
ginia City and Reno. have hauled OH.
McDonald's line Is still running.
PEmoNAL.-Judge Rising, returned
home from San Francisco yesterday
morning. G.. w. Thompson, County
Clerk. arrived u day earlier.
RAFrLr.-Next Saturday evening,
at Dumas saloon, a tine gold watch
will be ratified for. A few chances are
left to b. taken at % 80 each.
METEonoLoatcAL.-The Thermometer
In Gold Hill, at IL ". to-day. registered
a temperature OF Is deg. In the shade.
SCHOOL RKorRNEp.-rhe Fall ses-
sion Of St. Msry's School, Virginia
City, began this morning.
ODD FELLOWS LIBRARY. NO pleasanter place
60 .n.nA Not.rra honrs rap he found than nj tia