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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-08
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"THE TUNNEL or surRO."

A question Of great moment psplcrss my
In utisfinS ms .en,imenis will no, bc behind:
Ireoneerns you and !, tho you may no, think
Tia the cou'toek rrea, bore, the tunnel Of
! do hot profess. suppose you all know 1t.
To be "bull or q bear. - or paid local poet;
] oaly aspire to talk good common ssn.s.
yra a. %s sos 1--we mere viii ss N
Therefor. urge yOu to duty on ,hi. grave os-
I'll. no use Of talking, you mus, sssp and
doing,
Porsutro's at Washington cooling and woolng.
Tho good ot the IN Of this great "cOm',0ek
win be explained By these men whs are paid
for their trcuele;
And fsar from the tactics and tunnel Of Sutro.
suppose he shsald beat 'en and his ''roJaliJ"
wsulia't JeAn,y Bah smile on the Jolly old
They wouA hug him and Kiss him and make
sueh fuiter.
They would feast him and feed him, and huirah
"Adolph sutro."
wsrss n N cnme.
he win pail down our houses and iay waste our
And sarry iA.m over to the mO,th Of the
tunnel.
would this great engineer. this modern Brunei.
How eau you -lt stili and qulsbls and prate.
And see hin destroy ali your own real estate'
Then he says he can get your Nongoiian
brothers
To work In the mines without any bother:
Pay two dollars = day aud lower them below,
Tell the fosr dollar Inea to get up and 20.
The heathen chinse, with hi. plgiail and
tassel.
At the thousand Zoo, lsvels would struggle and
But Adcips would laugh in his ssa, sleeve. and
twitter.
Reduce them to a dollar and ahslf-"rhe
critters"
Now my brave mls.r- TO preven, usu-'Siion,
Which deph Is YOU ofrish,s andy -rp-oper
raiions.
Protest with Oh voice against such an action.
swear yoa'n never sabnit 70 this " Tsutonie
fetisn."
And now IN retire to my humble -eslnsion,
Asd watch the effects OF poetic infusion.
Do not; prayi you, disaPpolnt oar expecta-
tionr,
ory'all sano'e the pride OF TIE 45srts.n
Gold Hin, New. June s. is.t
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-08
UNION REPUBLIoAn
state Central Committee.

. MEETING or THE UNION RspUBLI-
a, Virginia City, on "WEDNESDAY. Juns 3l,
ts.l ai IL O'Clock Y. A fnli Attendance ID re.
aue-ied. G. ID. ZABltiskiK. Chairman.
UEo. A. Riso, Secretary. my7s ID
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-08
A Wonderful Woman.

In "rhc Louise Home" the noble
endowment Of Mr.. Corcoran, erected
TO the memory Of his lost daughter. Is
n lady. Mrs. L, who was once the beau
tlfnl high priestess OF fashion In this
city. The history OF tho woman Is
remarkable, She has been thrice mar
ried hes-been Immensely rich and Is
now the object Of charity. She was
born In Georgetown and was married
ut an early age tn naval officer. who
soon LETT her widow. Then she mar
ricd a distinguished man. who was
sent to Madrid "a our Minister BY
President Jackson. who had q profound
admiration for this lady when In the
height Of her beauty; possibly he
loved the lady. as IL Ia matter Of his
tory that she ruled the General aud
tho Cabinet. Scheming. as she was
fair and bewitchlng. Is IL remarkable
that tho rugged heart OF Andrew Jack
sou should have yielded to this en-
gac,ng woman? Mrs. T.. did the hon.
ors Of the "whltc House" as Mrs.
Jackson was q plain, retiring person.
In those days there was curious con-
ditlon Of society In Washington. BY
and by the public men grew tired Of
Mrs. E.s rule, and, ut the instigation
OF Martin Van Buren,. all the ladies of
position In Washington cut her. All
at once the ladies' were exclusive, and
society became very chaste. Mrs. r.
soon saw her danger. and determined,
II she must fall. to bury her enemies
with her. Van Buren,, rs Secretary OF
State. rssigned. all the Cabinet sificers
followed his example aud Mrs. 4. was
still q Queen. At this time Mr.. Jack
son died. Van Buren,, her great sn-
cmy came Into power. and Mrs. E.s
husband also died suddenly, leaving
her m Immense fortune. IA her reign
In Washington society was over, she
beca me religious. and for years was IS
noted la the religious world rs she had
been In the fashionable world. At the
age OF sixty this woman was wooed
and won by an Italian dancing mas
ter. lust one third her own age. Again
Madame dressed beautifully, and had
hopes Of happy married life. Many
persons here remsnber her as hang
Ing on tho arm Of her boyish husband
while promenading Pennsylvania
avenue. In q few years the scamp
cloped with q young girl aud all Mrs.
E.s personal property. She pursued
him, and he managed to escape to
Canada. The last that was heard OF
thls rascal was Of duel he fought with
q Southern gentleman, In Memphis.
Mrs. E., after being absent a few years,
has returned TO this city, and become
an inmate Of .'The Louise House, an
aged, but still graceful and beautiful
wsman.-Iyasliagtoa Cor. So. Louis
Times.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
Compulsory Education.

| From the New Orleans Picavune.
Mr.. Chadburn's bill, looking to com
pulsory education, is, to say the least of
it, isil-timed. Systems ofpublic insruc-
ton can only flourish in thickly populated
communities Here at the South the sparse
country population does not admit OF fire.
quent and thorough school supervision,
and cannot afford the services of tfficient
teachers. The public school fund, large
for the resources of the people, but mad
equately small for the purposes of its
creation. can do little more than furnish
assistance to private effort. Before the
war, it was the habit throughout the South
to use the meagre school fund as auxiliary
20 private schools. 1t melted and aided
the people in their efforts to establish
schools. 1t operated precisely as the yea
body fund is now operating, holding out a
reward to the industrious and enterprising
and Withholding its beneficent provs ons
from those who will not aid themselves
Mr.. Peabody, in making his munifcent
gratuity to the cause of Southern educa-
ton, acted upon the advise of the most
distinguished educators Of the world.
He followed the traditions of the En-
glish Government, and adopted the en-
hghtened and conservative theory that il
is the duty of the State to encourage ed
ucation, but not to conduct it.
The theory of the South has always
been to encourage education, but the
leading minds among us fully recognized
the impotency of an independent and
selfsupporting system of public instruc
ton in territory possessing such sparse
population. At the North, where the
population is crowded and where schools
are full, whore supervision is easy and
frequent, and where teachers are able to
form large classes and exchange rooms
with each other every hour, public in
struction is economy, and compulsory
education might be protection to socie-
ty.
But with US, as it is even with the ru-
raj districts of the North, the cost OF
public instruction is incommensurate|
with its benefits Too much of the fund
is swallowed up IN the cost of supervision,
and too little of it is left to secure teach
ere Of high grade and to continue the
schools longer than few weeks Of each
year.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19

The new State Board of Education
seems 70 have made bad beginning in
the appointment of County Superinten-
dents, in the election of an officer for
Jackson County. The facts are tersely
stated in the following article from the
Pascagoula Star:
A letter to us, just as we go to press,
from Mr.. CardozO, State Superintendent
informs us that Mr.. Wesley Ferrill was
appointed County Superintendent by the
State Board. Mr.. Ferrill is VIGOROUSLY
incompetent; app jared before the Board
at the same time that the applicant al
luded to in our editorial did, and utterly
failed to pass, and to receive certificate.
His appointment is FARCE on our
boosted public educational system ard is
in clear violation of law What says the
Pilot now to Intelligence, ''qualifca-
tons" &c, being the SOLE tests.
Let the County Superintendent be
elected by the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
The Greaf-NEan Famine.

Colonel Forney is a hero worshipper.
He thinks that civilized society, progress,
and all that is good in the world are
wrought by the great men. He denies
that great men are scarcer now than form
erly, and repeats the story that there is
such a leveling upward that great charac-
tiers loose their prominence by reason of
the higher level attained by the less con
spicuous masses. Colonel Forney is
wrong. The great men are not running
this country now. When a Senator or
Congressman tries the Henry Clay, or
Daniel Webster, or James Buchanan style
OF domineering, the good people flip him
on the head. The people are running the
great men now. And then Colonel Forney
ought to know that the newspapers which
the current of public tn ught
are a great power in the land. and exert
strong influence in controlling the public
mind. The great men used to run the
newspapers and the the people. 1t is vice
Versa just now.-St Louis Democrat
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19

The senate passed t.Io u.H 0.
bill, Tuesday, By "a vote of I@H
noes. The house, 10 uill b.rm.
passed bill to repeal fbc pr.
and leave the matter there, iU.
bill therefore, will have tD g0 t0 f...
for concurrence. What its fu.
cannot yet be determined
The new features iu tIa hiII p
the senate are these: IN extend. f..
IN which non-payment shall D.. r.
an act Of bankruptcy from iuuru
TO forty days; il gives TO one l.u.
number, ana one-third in interest
creditors, the power 20 force d.l..
bankruptcy il reduces oll I.
charges, except actual expense.
ID directs the supreme cDurtiu c.u.
the duties 3fregistcr.. assignee. m..
and clerks as far "a possible, OBJ
prolixity aud delay; and 10 Requires
-hals and registers % publish u"
IN the LIST OF July, complete -W,u
he cases in bankruptcy, together
various fee, costs, amount of +.
sold, and the dividends paid.-rr f.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
rae Next House OF Representative
Win Have a Reform Majority.



| [Gatll in the Chicago Tribune.
The probabilities of an anti-administra-
ton majority IN the House before the
centennial wear of our independence seem
assured. When assembled there, it will
| find organization policy, and, by its re-
Spect for pui,Iis opinion, will have the con-
fidence OF the people.
In the last Presidential election, the
speculative interest of the country, assum-
ing itself to ne the wealth of the country,
ami led by Jay Cooke, Henry Clews, and
the like, inundated the working classes
| with threat Of no employment if Gree
lev should be elerted. Many of those
| wealthy men would like to get employ
ment themselves to-day; and Greeley at
best, could hardly wish to return to the
head of affairs, if he had the option.
From every part of the country comes,
i'm variety of forms, the same general
complaint; and Gen. Dix, in his message
last week, expressed at Albany what the
Granger means in Wisconsin, when he
said that the jsils were full of people WHO
had stolen $50, while society and politics
were ridden. bv another class who used
railroad-enterprises and so forth to rob
stockholders, Cypress towns and cities,
and still 20 at large. The State Legisla-
lures, State officers, County and National
Prosecutors, aud Congress, have been
helping along the present state of things,
by helping out Gen. Dix's type Of men.
For some time his occupation swan along,
each instrumentality bouying up the 9th
er, until large part of the politicians,
bankers, lawyers, and the ofice-holders,
were dividing with each other the golden
realization of stupendous schemes in con-
solidation, stock expansion, and construc-
ton. Society was divided into two class
es: those who would buy the bonds and
buy, or vote, the stock, and those who
were in league to float them. 1t got to
be so at Washington that the smallest fry
of members, Republican and Democratic,
made their thousands monthly, aud the
Executive Departments competed for
equal DOVER From one end of the coun-
try to the other, railroads, mines, irriga-
ton schemes, land script juggles, steam
ship-jobs, levees, and river-imprOvements
were moving against the honesty and duty
of men OF either Office or influence.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
The Reform nLovement I'm ahs
West.


PREPARATIONS are going forward 20
fively IN The West to put into the form 81
tleei<i..sssssl the main objects Of What )
! aoSSr.E fhs,Farmer's Movement This
can g lone only By selecting men for
Office nio are pledged to these objects.
lin many localities meetings are being
held preparatory to the nomination Of
eandirlats for Congress and the Legisla-
latnre, at The approaching fall elections.
Both of the old parties are ignored by the
people engaged in the Movement. For
example, in the 10Th Illinois Congress
sionaI District, always strongly Demo
cratic, the call says:
Politically, We have been voted instead
of voting. We have been voting for
men for legislators for no other reason
than that our party nominated them ;
and thus We elected designing men, who
FaVe sold the best interests of the people
to a small minority of moneyed aristoc-
racy, incorporated monopolies, railroad
companies, private rings, Credit Mo-
bilier swindles, and back pay grab steals.
To this end the whole machi.' " of the
Government has been converted into the
speculative interest of the few. while the
wants If the large majority are lost sight
of. = r x = < Farmers, the
work is yours. You must 10 the work or
il will not be done.
The call of Convention in the Fifth
(Burchard's) District, always heavily Re
publican, is accompanied with these re-
marks in the Freeport Bulletin:
The men that are now in power, hold
ing with faithless left hand the reins of
the Government, and with muscular
right hand are depicting its treasures,
must be peaceably if it can
be, forcibly if it must. Next November
the declpitation will commence. The
guillotine will be drawn by the stalwart
arm OF the honest yeomanry of the ma
ton, ana woe be it unto every faithless
public servant.
And thus the old parties having lived
out their time and served their purpose,
are quietly abandoneJ by the honest
voters for new issues demanded by the
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19

A new county to be named after Gov.
Adelbert Ames is now called for. The
movement to supply the want has been
eommenced.- Pilot.
The rights and wishes of the people
of the district to be made a new county
is not regarded. 1t is simply to pay a
compliment to Gov. Ames. Winona
Advance @
If Gov. Ames is the sensible man his
friends declare him to be, he will put a
quietus on this movement to pay him an
empty compliment at public inconveni-
ence and expense. The thing of manu.
featuring new counties to crafty the
vanity of public men, and to grind axes
for persons out of employment, has been
considerably overdone.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
How uhe EGePubI can Party Man-
aged 80 Keep ina Power.
The Confederate Scare-Crov ha~
Lost its Power.

From the ID invilIe (Ill.J News, (Rep.)
The strength Of the Republican party
lies now wholly in the goed it has done,
and not in the good it is now doing 1t
has welded more influence over the
minds of the masses of the people for
the last eight years, by crying, wolf,
wolf, the Confederate wolf, than through
any private virtue in itself 1t matters
not how good Il Republican a man may
have been, he is a villain whenever he
ceases to be led or driven by the aristo-
Gratis of the day. 4 Not one of
the four publishers of the DAnvlie News
ever voted Il Democratic ticket. certainly
not in many years; not one of them voted
the Liberal ticket in 1872, and not one
of them will ever again vote the Repub-
lican ticket unless it offers something bet
ter than it has offered for "a year past.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
a Il publican view of Louisiana
Affairs.

From the n. o. Times, (Republican)
Senetor Carpenter declared that he
never could reflect on the position of at
fairs in that State without mingled emo
tions of shame and sorrow and We
cannot doubt that every intelligent man
who has examined the subject fully shares
his feelings. Look at it in what way you
please, no one can deny that, under such
"A Government as ours, it is a terrible
scandal to have great State kept in the
condition in which we see Louisiana at
this moment. There are other Southern
States which are more or less unfortu-
nate, but perhaps Louisiana is the most
To be pitied.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19

WAsHINGToN Feb. 10 -Hon Alexan-
der Stephens is quite i'll, at his rooms,
with neuralgia of the kidneys. Night
before last several physicians were in
consultation relative to his case and
agreed that his condition was serious.
He was somewhat easier yesterday and to-
day.
Gen. Eaton, Commissary General. was
retired to-day by order OF the President.
Gen. Sheras assigned to duty as Commits
sary General, and Gen. Ambrose Beck
with assigned to duty at Washington.
The Howard court of inquiry meets
March 3D. the following Generals com
pose the Court: Sherman, Mcdowell,
Pope, Meigs and Holt; with Major Gard
ner AIS Chief Advocate.
The President, to day, made the fol
lowing nominations: Pagan 5. Stanley,
to be Rear Admiral in the navy; Philip
Clayton, of Georgia, to be Consul at
Valparaiso.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
the Iarmcrs' IGov~nrut---EEor
- Progress
From the NY. Herald.

From The y. Y. Herald.
Let the politicians Say what th.r
,bput il, the farmers nj Jv,m .ut .-
head like a prairie on FIRE out We.
r. the organizations ia the East 0as.
pr not Several representative NJ
papers al hand says:-"Thc uoe.
thut reform IN political admu
which the united effort Of tUeIU
o. the country, especially of Oh.
can alone obtain, is so urgent tha
not tail 10 be recoguizd br .g
most superficial" Another -"I0-.
ment OF the agricultural Interest.
country has not c1mmcuc.l
.oOn, and however mode-taud ,'m.
be their first action, they Will -J.a
themselves caught up IN the whIr.H-
If State and national politics and sd"
compelled, whether they wish torn
consider all the grave problem uo.
fore the country" Still anYthCr-
farmers war, as it is sometime c1..
destined 10 have great political
ence. A Nebraska paper assert.
the grangers are making rapid pn
IN that State. Common cause Is p
taken with the farmers of Iowa, l..I0
Missouri, Minnesota and other States
Ill questions affecting the farmers
ests. Another Western paper d.c
that "the whole race OF dishonest N
clans stand iu awe Of this great
ment," which is no doubt The truth
st. Paul paper says it now looks as
potato bugs" tgrangers) will pro.
lively crowd in Minnesota. An Ivy
paper declares "the movement 20 be .
independent one, committed 20 no
but commends itself to all. The Cau.
farmers of Olmstead county, Mime
u hough not members Of the Order
Patrons Of Husbandry, express o.
selves warmly in favor of lis prino.i
excepting its secrecy. In short "
seems to be a general stampede out 0
in favor Of the movement, regardles
religious predictions or previous P~
cal affiliations.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
The Republican Break uP in
Washington.

From the Chicago Tribune.
We print this morning letter from
our regular correspondent at Washing
ton which fore-sha lows wide breach be-
tween President Grant and the Republi-
can majority in Congress. The moving
cause of this possible rupture Is the Pres
ident's desire TOR denomination, OF the
existence of which we have already had
evidence. Aside from Gen. Grants stip-
ulation at the outset, for which Mr.. For
ney has vouched, that he should have
three terms of the Presidency, there have
been numerous indications that he hopes
and expects to hold on to the Office. If
he breaks with the Republicans in Con
gress, ii will be for one of two reasons, viz ::
Either because he believes that the ru-
ling factions of the Republican party can
never again succeed in a general election,
or because he believes that they will not
give him the nomination in any event
Possibly both of these considerations have
some weight with him. 1t is certain that
he is very much dissatisfied with the treat
ment he has received during the present
session. He complains that his recon-
mendations have been neglected and his
favorite nominations rejected. That he
no longer exercises undisputed control of
the party. as during his FIRST term, is man
fest from variety Of circumstances that
the public can readily recall.
If Gen Grant seriously contemplates
break with Congress, Congress, on its
part, does not seem to be anxious to avoid
the issue. Mr.. Carpenters late two-day's
speech Is one of the symptoms of this feel
ing. The denunciation of the Louisiana
iniquities was in reality an attack ON the
President, however much Mr.. Carpenter
may have disclaimed such insubordina-
ton.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19

We have repeatedly called attention to
the urgent need of Stay Law; but our
appeal has been drowned in the fierce OPP
position of the creditor class and pro.es-
SIGNALS who depend on litigation for their
livelihood. Our course WAS prompted
by a full knowledge Of the condition Of
the agricultural clas- To show the pub
lie feeling on this subject, We publish tine
following extract from a dispatch just re-
ceived, jointly with our neighbor Of the
Pilot, from a source entitled t. eonsidera-
tion-omiting names:
CLARION AND Prior \ stay law for
one year is profound and absolute neces-
sity The prospect Tor the year is preg-
nant of fearful distress. aud relief must
come. Join hands and press it before
too late. Make no exceptions of coun-
ties in relief laws. The colored people
are already suffering the whites will
soon show suffering.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
The mississippi Central Extension

From the Holy Springs Reporter
Last week we entered the north bound
train of the Miss. Cen. r. r, at II m,
AMI started for its terminus at Cairo, Ill.
We reached this side of the River at
| A. NJ. and were delayed in crossing
about an hour ] he front Of the city
falls directly on the o no where most Of
the large business houses are located
Here all the boats land and the Mississip-
pi Central shakes hands across the broad
waters with the Illinois Central.
We never visited more orderly, and
quiet and Industrious place. Its trade
has increased wonderfully since the
completion Of the Miss. Cen. Road. 1t
will now become the great distribution
point for Chicago and st. Louis, to the
Southwest.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19


when najorities sne.'itate = deed
purely nalieiOus sd indefsnsible. they
invariably put il throsgh under whip end
spur. This was he sss.-s- with the pa-
Grille resolutions eenf uFng Senator sAIeern
and instructing BIN e resign, Whicl,
passed the lower Ir-iieh ef the LegIsia-
ture. 1t may lassoei-t The puai'' 70
know that in,fhat nody there were bat
two or three Rel assiesns who opposed
them. There was bat one outspokea and
manly denunciation u tn resolutions,
and that came from Hen II. A Caok,
Conservative, of 81 fistsn. Mr.. Street,
the parliamentary leader on the Con-
servative side, promptly moved 10 table
them, and the entire Conservative pha-
lanx, including those Democrats who re-
fused to support him for Governor last
fall, sustained the motion.
When the resolutions went to the
Senate, they met their deserved fate.
They were consigned 10 an unhonored
grave. They were rejected by a vote of
"a to 4; and the hest Of il is, they were
repudiated by the colored Senators in a
body. Lt.-Gov DAVIS came from the
chair for the first time, to enter his pro-
test against them. Senators Gleed, Cald-
well and others followed in the same
strain. Senators Furlong and Sullivan
also spoke against th4 resolutions. The
Conservatives found 10 occasion to enlist
in the discussion. The championship of
Mr.. Alcorn was sufficiently able, and
was entirely successful, without their aid
in debate, as the overwhelming vote of
"a to 4 will attest