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The New York herald., 1874-10-31
The Trial OF Kullman.

The conviction of Kullman Of an attempt to
kill Prince Bismarck followed, as matter of
course his confession. His statement was
at the head because he thought it possible
Bismarck might wear shirt Of mail, and ex-
planned that he wished to kill the Prince as
the great enemy Of the Catholic Church.
After this the Court had little to do but to
decide whether he was accountable for
his actions, and the medical testimony
thus became of especial importance. 1t
is singular case. Here is man who
is perfectly sane, who knows the difference
between right and wrong, who is intelligent
and educated, who coldly and deliberately
plans and attempts the assassination of
another, not because he has been personally
injured, but because he believes his religion
has been prosecuted. Months elapse between
the conception and the commission of the
crime which deprives the criminal Of the ex-
cuse of sudden passion or temporary insanity.
But when he is tried milder punishment is
asked for on the ground of his moral weakness.
His maternal grandfather committed suicide !;
his mother died insane his father was an
habitual drunkard. These antenatal misfor-
tunes are offered in extenuation OF his offence.
The Court approved this view of his charac-
ter and declared him responsible only to q
limited degree. The sentence of Kullman
was, therefore, comparatively light-fourteen
years Imprisonment, ten years without civil
rights, and to remain under surveillance for
life, is not heavy penalty for his offence.
But the medical argument which the Court
at Warzburg recognized as just, if logically
carried out, brings us to the brink of an
abyss. Is crime disease2 Then criminals
are objects of pity, not subjects for punish
ment II the ancestors OF man make
him what he is is it his fault If he
is revengeful and treacherous, is it his
merit if he is magnanimous and true2 He did
not choose his grandfather, and if hereditary
passions impel him to deeds of crime which
hereditary moral weakness cannot restrain, is
he to blame for the evil that be does9 No. il
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

BRIGHAM YoUNo, the Mormon President and
Prophet, reported only the other day to be so
dangerously i'll that it was feared he was on
his death bed, has, it now appears, so far
recovered as to undertake his usual journey to
Southern Utah and his winter residence at
st. George. As the difference in the winter
climate between Salt Lake City and st. George
is about the difference between the winter in
New York and in Florida the wisdom of this
autumnal journey of the aged Mormon chief
every year to his winter quarters at ST. George
will be at once recognized. But on this occa-
sion, particularly. he also escapes the annoy
ances Of United States Marshals and writs
and indictments, and oil the tortures from the
Gentiles which he suffers at Salt Lake City,
And, finally, at st. George, as a last resort
against Gentle prosecutions, he is con-
veniently near to Arizona and Nevada and
even to Mexico Our correspondence, pub
lished elsewhere to-day, tends to show that
matters are likely to take serious turn after
The death OF the Chief
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

in the Legislature II is quite possible that
each may succeed, in which case the New
York election will be drawn game, Tldeu
honor and fclat, and Morgan and the repub-
| icans in substantial influence on national
politics. There is no concentration Of DEM
ocratic effort to carry the Legislature, because
that party has no fixed candidate for the SEN
atorship. Neither Church nor Seymour nor
Herman has any assurance that he would be
the choice Of the democracy for the Senator
ship, and neither OF them has personal spur
to exertion even if he had money to spend,
and was willing to spend it, in the canvass tor
Assemblymen. Morgan has this field to
himself, and his personal interest in the elec-
tion does not really run counter 10 that of Til
den. As the Grant party accepted Dix from
necessity, net choice, they will not grieve over
his defeat if they succeed in the Legislature,
and nobody will be surprised to see Morgan
chosen Senator at the expense of General Dix.
In that case the Custom House wing of the
republicans will claim a victory in the State
and assert that the defeat of Dix vindicates
lHeir poAucsAi Judgment, Wnlcn was OVerruleu
in the nomination for Governor.
The third term question is an important
element in this canvass, and Governor Dix has
probably injured his prospects by meddling
with it out of season. Had he spoken imme-
diately after his nomination, while the tide
was running strongly in his favor, he would
have checkmated the attempt to identify him
with the administration, which has enabled the
democrats to make their principal gains. But
he shrunk from SO bold step. He waited till
his canvass was nearly desperate, and at last
declared his opposition to third term when
it was too late TO separate his fortunes from
those of the administration, and when his
tardy declaration furnished Grant friends an
excuse which they wanted to sacrifice Dix to
Morgan. Nothing would please Grants para
sites better than to see Dix pay the penalty of
defeat for opposing the third term and Nor
gan assured of the Senatorship, as proof that
the Grant republicans would have carried the
State if gubernatorial candidate had not
been forced on them against their judgment.
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An Englisn View Of America.

The Saturday Review has q reputation for
cynicisn, which it occasionally INDUCES at
the expense of the United States. 1t is
brilliant, superficial, not always trustworthy
publication, which never sacrifices brilliancy
for truth, and says things more because they
are bright than because they ere true. America
is always safe subject on which to address
an English audience. When Dickens wrote
'.Pickwick" he made one Of the characters
advise another that the sure way to retrieve
his fortunes was to go to America and write
book abusing the Americans. He took his
own advice q few years later, and wrote q
book which he was glad enough to regret
when he sought to increase his fortune out OF
American pockets. The same principle seems
to control all English criticism of America,
and with the exception Of the book of Sir
Charles Dixie we know of none which can
even be called reasonably fair in it's estimate
of the resources or character Of the United
States.
We can understand how o campaign like
the one now coming to a close would 'sper-
plex and amuse' even the Saturday Revieac
But it cannot comprehend the Havemeyer and
Kelly war, nor the presentation of it which
has appeared in the HERALD nor how it is
that hanging people should have become
more expensive under Kelly than his prede-
cessors, unless ''it may have been," as in the
case of jeremiah O'Brien, sin compliment to
the distinguished Irish name which he bore
that he was hanged regardless of expense. .
This, however, was only phase of the pre-
liminary contest, and we question what the
Saturday Review would say of the canvass in
its present phase, and especially of the scorn
and anger and bitter contumely now pervad-
ing the press. We learn that one editor is q
ticket-of-leave man, that another is forger,
that third lives in terror of the Sheriff and
that another has been bribed by Mr.. Tilden to
the extent of fifty thousand dollars
When we say these things of one
another what can we expect from our
English critics but scornful, angry criti-
cism2 But we know that after all, we are
not so bad as we seem, and if we were dis
posed to be censorious we might write series
of cynical articles about England based upon
the Mordaunt case, the Tichborne case and
other extraordinary social phenomena which
have tarnished the fair fame of England. But
this would not be fair any more than it is fair
for the Saturday Revie,O to write as it does of
America. There is mighty England outside
of Tichbornes and Mordaunts, with all the
elements of virtue, power, manliness and civ
ilizatiop, just as there is mighty America
above the Kellys and Havemeyers of New
York. If the Saturday Reuieao were only as
candid as it is brilliant it would be better for
the relations between the two countries. tin
sists upon cynicism, forgetting that in many
respects cynicism is cowardice.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

GOVERNOR DIX AND INFLArIoN-We are
permitted to publish a strong private letter,
written to President Grant by Governor Dix
last March, urging the President to veto the
Imitation bill. This letter is highly creditable
to the Governors patriotism and sagacity, and
although it throws no new light on his finan-
cial views it attests his deep sincerity and
earnestness in that important conjuncture.
His message to the Legislature might, per-
haps, have been ascribed to desire to
court popular favor, but no such imputation
can lie against an urgent private letter to the
President. We commend this admirable let
ter to the favorable consideration of the voters
of this State.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

The PROCEEDINGS yesterday in the trial of
Supervisor of Elections Davenport were of
citizens appeared as Witnesses and among
them were District Attorney Bliss, Oswald
Ottendorfer, Mr.. Goodlett, Judge Noah Davis
and Mr.. Davenport himself.
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UNCLE DICK runs like prairie fire.

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. market
was without feature. Investment securities
were in moderate demand. Money was easy
At p and per cent on call loans, and gold
steady at 110A.
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TRIPLE S HEET
New York, Saturday, Oct. 81. 1874.

From our reports his morning he PROBABILITIES
ere that The ,0cather today ,oM be partly cloudy
and frOStu
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

The DEBATE in the Episcopal Church in
respect to ritualism is not likely to come to a
satisfactory close. The House of Bishops has
sent back to the deputies the canon recently
adopted, and the whole question is thus re-
nneued.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

WE PUBLISH elsewhere an article from the
Journal des Dfbats upon the protest of the
Spanish government against the aid given by
France to the Carlists, with definition of
the French position in the matter.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

: Tn REASON SENATOR EDMuSps could not
speak tn, other evening was because he had
to 90 to Washington to FIX" Grant on the
third term. But stubborn Ulysses would not
be fixed. He despises newspapers too much
10 be in any way influenced by their
ssclamors,"
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THE LATEST RUMoR is that John Kelly is
weary Of his alliance with John Morrissey, and
means to throw Jimmy Hayes. So even q
friendship as beautiful as that of David and
Jonathan may be sacrificed on the altar OF
political ambition.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

THE AMENDED RULE in regard to the
uniform of the police, and the times at which
it must be worn, is published in full to-day
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

ONE FACT Is beyond peradventure The
next Mayor of New York and the next Gov
ernor will both be good men.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

If EVER MAN deserved to be lynched it
was Martin Groves, whose horrible crime is
told to-day. Yet, even in his case, it would
have been better had be been hung legally.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

Now if the bosom friends" had only NOM
mated Uncle Dick for Mayor instead OF Wick
ham, what run he would have made
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

THE KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS has
been made known to every one in America by
Mr.. John .Brougham's beautiful ode, and
when he arrives at San Francisco we think it
should be sung in his honor.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

The AMrABLE, elegant and scholarly George
William Curtis has been forced into the can
vass by the HERALD. This is another lllustra-
ton Of "wyateriQv influence"
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

: stBosoM Friend MoRRIssEY has begun o
campaign in the pools The 'pool-selling"
is no real indication of the canvass. When
Havemeyer ran for Mayor he was the lowest
in the pools. sa-1-t--
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

The TIDES OF THE ELECTION are running
biph. The anti-Tammany movement con-
tinues in full strength. John Kelly's speeches
Gro calculatcd to aid it. John should avoid
arasSgL
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

The National Republican, official organ and
source Of all wisdom, does not know what to
think.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. -.
Twenty eighth street and Broadway-
OR. THE DOUBLE WEDDING, at 8 J. NJ; closes nt u
j. NJ. Miss Fanny Davenport Miss sara JewetI Louis
James. Matinee at ~ r. NJ.
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sL'HoMME Our Rrr'-Grant, when he
thinks Of the third term.
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MRS CoNwAY's BROOKLYN THEATRE, x,<
ADRIENNE The ACTRESS and THE JEALou i
WIFE. at r. NJ; closes at 10 80 r NJ MIS- boWersi =
4 AcCollom. Matinee at 2 p. M.-THE HlNCdbACh.
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as in New York.
Volume xxx. .......................No. 3O4
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BOOTHS THEATRE.
corner of Twenty third street and sixth avenueGU "
% MAnGBEfh atsr isss Mss cushaa a. MAe
wALLACK's THEATRE,
closes At Mss s1oa Ada aqSas Byas
dr Montague. Matinee at l:so +. NJ
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
H. cess at as aeorSa
NIBLo's GARDEN. u,
nrroadway between FRINGE ana Houston S
Family. Matinee at 80 NJ.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
street and az M Closes at
James Matinee At ~ ? N.
MRS coNwAY's BROOKLYN THEATRE.
WIPE pEissTE a M IHa Closes IT g 80 fa
4. accollom. Matinee at2 P. M.-rHE AuNchBAok.
ROBINSON HALL,
Sisteenh street. between Broadway ana fi''h avenue
BRYANTs OPERA HOUSE
PdiSsTRhi.sY y &c, at r NJ closes at IL p N. Dan
.. MErRoPoLITAAS THEATRE. .,o,.. >. n
TO. 5s5 Broadway.-VARIETf, at 4. NJ closes at ~
l. ". Matinee at : r NJ
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE.
No 2ol Bowery-vARIETY, at r. ~ closes at 10 P. NJ
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRELs
Broadway, corner OF Twenty ninth street-NEGRo
llNsrEELsY al n. NJ; closes at ioP NJ. Matinee At
Fourteenth street and sixth ayenps.-RoMEo AND
ADO xsSur a.s
Mr.. Barnes-
AMERICAN INSTITUTE,
gnsd HsixfeP -no
COLOSSEUM,
Ihi s WAG
M. and 7:a5 p NJ.
WOODS MUSEUM
broadway, OF hirtieth street-THE SIN PHAN
pt 3 F. n closes at 80 p NJ Lucille Western, sophie
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
H. N. Matinee At 2 r. NJ.
PARK THEATRE,
TrSsswa neTse a s aaS oae rwsny s Is
Mr. John T. Raymond Matinee al i 80 i. NJ.
no si4 Broadway yAhfErY, at r. NJ; closes a, Is so
A.. NJ Matinee at2P. NJ.
SOMERvILLE GALLERY,
BATTLE OF LOOK OUT MOUNTAIN. daily, from A.
Nj to ~ r. NJ.
STEINWAY HALL,
Fourteenth street-BEGONG DULL CARE, at p NJ.
closes iU r. NJ. Frederic Maccabe Matinee at r. NJ.
TIVOLI THEATRE,
Eighth street. between second and Third
variety, at p. NJ. closes at 10 30 p. NJ.
GERMANIA THEATRE,
Fourteenth street-EIN ERFoLG, at P. NJ. closes at
1U.U r. NJ.
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The FACT THAT ANDREW Fl. GREEN sup
ports Wickham for Mayor is not without its
disturbing influence in the canvass.
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NIBLO'S GARDEN.
Broadway. between Prince ana Houston streets z
DELUGE at r. NJ. closes at II 4. NJ. The kiraiiy
Family. Matinee at 80 r. NJ.
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wALLACK,s THEATRE
Broadway-rHE ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG
NAN, ate r. M; closes at 10: 80 r. NJ Miss Ada Dyas,
DIR. Montague. Matinee at 80 L. NJ.
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BRYANTs OPERA HOUSE,
West Twenty third street. near sixth avenue.-NEGko
EINSTRELSY &c, at NJ. closes at ~ +. N. Dan
bryant Matinee NJ r. ".
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NIBLo,s GARDEN.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC
street.-Italian Opera-lL fROVATORE, al
~ Z. NJ. closes at 4 +. NJ. Mile Heibron.
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ROBINSON HALL,
Sixteenth street. between Broadway and Fl 18th avenue
AARIE =, AT r. NJ
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE.
10 5s5 Broadway.-vARIETY, at II. NJ; closes at II
4. VI. Matinee Al r. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

WHAT HAS become OF the "Big Judge?"
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
NO Dol Bowery.-VARIETY, at r. " closes at 10 p.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BOOTHS THEATRE.
WALLACK,s rHFAr

corner Of Twenty third street and sixth avenueGU
AANSERlNG, at r. NJ. closes ut ~: 80 +. NJ. MATINEE
N / 80 p. M.-MACBETH. Miss Cushman.
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SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
Broadway corner OF Twenty ninth street-NEGRO
lilNsTRELSY al T. NJ. closes at 10 r. NJ. Matinee 1T
PPM
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LYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteenth street and sixth ayenue-RoMEo AND
JULIET at r. NJ at i045 7. NJ. Matinee at 20
J.. M.-MUCa ADO ABOUT NOTHING Miss Nelson.
Mr.. BaruesL
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE,
Third avenue, between sixty third and Slxtyfourth
stree And STRIAL EXHIBITION.
The New York herald., 1874-10-31

TIvOLI THEATRE,
Eighth street, between second and Third avenues
Variety, at 8 p. NJ. closes at 10 30 p. NJ.
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STEINWAY HALL,
Fourteenth street EGONE DULL CARE, at s p. NJ. !;
closes at i0 +. NJ. Frederic Maccabe Matinee at r. NJ
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-23

Medical students are warned not to
ask certain Western minister to preach
for them. He has his text ready. ''ln
his disease Asa sought not TO the Lord,
but to the physicians. And Asa slept
with his fathers"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-23

A BolrMlS ON the Mississippi river
tells the following: ~ poor chap was
going down the river in dug-out, aud
hal been informed Of certain locality
called Rick's Bend. which was IL miles
around. and in one place about hund-
red yar,ls across. lie was advised to
land at the narrow point and drag his
craft over. but passed the spot. going
down without Observing il, and padding
on Is miles around, he struck the other
side. Landing at once, he dragged his
boat across. and went gliding along down
with a light heart. till he came within
few PAGES Of the spot where he dragged
across before. Thinking II Wa "a new
cutoff. he went ashore and dragged his
boat over again. When ne got back 10
the river u second time he sauntercd
around little to stretch himself. and
soon discovered an old newspaper, out
Of which he had taken his breakfast in
the morning. II was now about sun
down. aud as he had padded 50 miles
without hattering progress, he scuttled
his dug-out with "a hatchet, built n camp,
and waited till next day for a steam
boat"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-23

Az Indiana Judge stands no nonsense
from the Bar. A lawyer lately. in the
course Of his argument. used the word
.'disparagemen,." ''Stop using Latin
words" said the judge, ''or sit down.
The poor lawyer. undertaking to explain.
was ruthlessly Hned $40 for contempt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-23

Ir IL said that u new method Of saw
ing paper has been invented out West
by editors. They write their articles
with stolen chalk on the soles Of their
boots. AMI 20 barc-footcd while the copy
is being set up. Such literary efforts
must be soul-stirring.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-23

PRINCE LxoroLD is lying very i'll at
Oxford with boil on the back Of the
neck. while his royal mother pursues the
flying croquet ball and whirls the festive
mallet ON the yer,lant hanks o'Dee. She
declares she isn't going to play druggist
to those milk-sop heirs Of hers any
longer.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11
SaS FRAxCIsco. February 9.

DAN L FRANCISCO, L SDTuilN y.
Natchez, the Piute Chief, was released
from Alcatraz to-day. He says he does
no. wish to harm Bateman, the agent,
but says he does not like him and that
his people distrust him; that heis unjust
to them and to the Government.-Press
dispatch.
Nr. Bateman should resign. His use
fitness is gone. 1t is to be doubted if
anybody can be of good service to any
tribe of Indians after they have lost
confidence in him Two or three years
Mr. Bateman has been the agent for the
Piutes. Ii he had been the right man
in the RICH: place he would have gained
their confidence and respect long ago.
Natchez has many friends among the
old timers, and they are greatly dis
pleased at this summary arrest. As TO
the ugly stories about Mr.. Bateman's
having gone into the fish-trade on the
strength Of the trout catching Of the
Piutes, we know nothing; but We do
know that his character AS . clergyman
has been impaired by his official life.
He illustrates the preposterous folly of
making lot Of world-ignorant persons
the guardians of the cunningest and
least child-iks people on the face Of the
earth. The only reason Why a Baptist
preacher, like Bateman, is we'll adapted
for an Indian overseer is his propensity
to immersion. But he seems to have
valued water more for its piscatorial pos
sibilities than for any emblematical con-
veHiencies in the religiousway. The joy
over Natchez' return will be far greater
than the grief over Bateman's official
subsidense.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11
An IMPORTANT step is that whose tax

An IMPORTANT step is that whose TAX
ing is intimated in the following:
Smith of Ohio moved to suspend the
rules and adopt Il resolution declaring
Ii within the constitutional power OF
Congress to SO regulate inter- State COM
merce as to protect the people from un-
Just or oppressive taxes. distinctions or
other burdens, whether imposed by rail-
road companies or other common carri-
ers. and declaring that the present con-
dition of commerce requires the prompt
and wise exercise of these powers. The
rules were suspended and the resolution
adopted by l7O to 60.
The special attention of those whose
feeble faith seduced them into the ha!lu-
cination that it was necessary to break
up the Republican party to obtain need
ed legislation and bring on reform in
railway matters should give heed to this.
1t is quite probable that the 60 votes
cast in opposition to this resolution were
Democrats Of the ancient order of State
Sovereignty fanatics.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11

JUsT rs We respected, that Indian squaw
Who got towsled by the Piutes for being
drunk and whose murder was reported
by the Chronicle turns up, biscuit in
hand, all right Here's what the Eater
prise has to say about the matter:
There was a report in town. yesterday,
TO the effect that the Piutes had MUIR
dered the drunken Washoe squaw, men,
toned by us last Sunday morning. 1t
appears that after the officers arrested
her on Saturday evening they gave her
up to some Piute braves. who said they
would take care Of her; and they did.
after . fashion. After they got out OF
sight Of the officers, the Indians dragged
the s4uaw along by tho hair of the head
aud so roughly treated her that it was
supposed they intended numbering her
when they got her to camp. A young
brave. Of whom ws inquired IS to the
fate Of the squav. last evening informed
us that they gave her . good ''ickin"
and sent her away to Carson on Sunday
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11

Dawes of Massachusetts, is for fixing
the price of letter postage at cents, all
round; postal cards mp and letter postage
down to that figure. One cent apiece
for letters, postal cards and oil, is
enough.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11

TIE Crown PoISr Mining Co. has de-
clared dividend Of 50 per share paya-
BILE Feb. II.