Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-27

TIE CoasUTATIo,s OF Johnny Stewart +
sentence TO imprisonment. for life woad
be thing Of speedy accomplishment Il
it were left to this petitioner. We &c
mos. earnestly hope THAI their Honors,
.he gentlemen Of the Board Of par5ons,
may ind it in their hearts to give tll;s
poor Young ma, his Ife-toT lis poaT,
neai t-broksn mothers sake, if for moth
ing else Capital punishment is hor-
rible relic Of an age when crCelty uaurp-
q; the name and machinery Of justice,
aayhow; and the example Of hanging a
man is worsa than needless t:!lnE.
Han2iags by ;he Wholesale and ca all
sides Of him. didn't deter Stewart from
doing a very wicked thing: bat the sen
t.ne!t aud LaH:; Of thought and general
at,nosplera Of h;s surroundings were
what va. the most 10 blame. lie had
hal quarrel With I. man; u 1a'se eG"2a-
ti3n-tEe education which i taught il
all streets arI public houses a.. over his
falsely educated - lie slope-Tersu.sle
him that there c.uld be 10 difference be-
tween ii:n and his antagonist without
blood we're shed. Doubtless some busy
qglarle'-mater had whispered in poor
St=1aIt's ear that this enemy of his w2s
ca the war-path. This whisper corjGrSa
no visions Or violence and olord'hei 2I.G
himself the victim. Then he went o1.l
did tbs awfr, deed-aIla would have dons
il f there had been q hundred eibnets
All q hundred horrid corpses hanging in
chains and giht3ariny ut linl-fur the
distr.,15inc, ali absorbing, naddeTing
Iaania Of sell preservation from stcalthy
attack was upon hirl-ro matter how
iallacious the impression, lie had il and
/ swayel him, dragged him TO bis fate.
Here nov comes his mother, Only asking
The life OF her c2i~gIiied boy. Think OF
the heavy hearted meeting Of these two,
this mother and son, gentlemen u the
Parlonirg Board: and think Of the load
you may. if yo1 viii. lift from two gritf-
irei2htsa hearts. The mercy is worth
pleading fer and worth giving; and the
clemenc- can he bestowed and none be
hurt by it,
We ARI'sr CERTAIN but we werc in
hurry about congratulating oursef and
the public on the arparition Of tree
nothing very Objectionable yet; but If he
were 10 CUT Oh tLc tCbS Oh OGi tISeS as
lie has those Of the handsome, tapering
cottonwoods growing there, we would
read him the riot act. What's the use
Of cutting Off the prett!est part OF
tree? What sense is there i'll making it
bUshy spd brGrclty and sqIatty? Why
not lei i. taper up aud reach toward
Heaven? A tree is valuable not alone
for the shade it makes. Indeed the
larger part Of its value is in its comeli-
ness; and taiiness and majesty and grace
Of form and bearing are indispensable
to beauty. So We regret that this in
dustrions primer has judged it best to
lop of the spring tops of those trees,
and hope his example may find 10 fol-
lowing il other parts Of the town.
We BRLIkvE We are not trenching upon
forbidden ground when we say that the
Board of School Trustees will probably
make arrangements for the building OF
the contemplated addition to the Dis
trict School House during the two
months vacation beginning July |.
Doubtless there will soon be issued bids
for sealed proposals for plans, lumber
and work or tor contract to perform
the whole job. OF course it will be best
10 defer operations till the roads are
open; and then when the vacation comes
there will be nothing to hinder the
prosecution and completion of the work
in time for ths beginning OF the Sep
tsmber term.
CoScrRSIGo TIN STAKHs hicl remain