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The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
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President Grants proclamation, warn. |
ing the people in arms Of vieksburs and
waaysn county to disperse and go to
their homes within Eve days complains
Of the killing of 'many peaceahle citi-
zens." Every reader knows that the
Presidents card and paper threats are
aimed at the white people. We do not
complain Of this. He never could have
been elected without the votes OF the
ignorant and debased negroes. and he
knows It. But what every honorable
citizen must detest is the insertion oil
absolute talsehoods in State papers. The
negroes who were killed near Vicksbure
were armed and marching on that city,
and to characterize them in his procla-
nation as many peaceable citizens" Is
II lie OF the whole cloth, il we credit even
the information gathered through Re-
publican sources The New York Times,
lately the acknowledged organ OF tn.
President, sent a correspondent to Vicks'
burg, who had all interview with Crosby,
the negro Sheriff, and gives full state
ment of the circumstances. We presume
he puts the best face on the affair for his
party that he can without doing violence
to truth. In this statement the corres.
pondent of the Times says VI the attack,
ing party, that they tthe ncG.oesl came
in large numbers; that at least thret
hundred OF them were armed with more
or less effective weapons, and they were
led by desperate and unscrppuloas men
Had they been allo,ped u cater the torn {
horrible massacre Of both srhttss and black
ipoa.id surely hare been the result" In th'
face OF these statements by men O. III
own ttrty, the President of the Unitet
States go far forgets his duty to the peo
pie as to circulate in an official paper :
statement that is wholly devoid of truti
and winch is calculated to reduce tn
dignity of his high office to thas OF I
miserable liar who merely lies to secur
: an advantage for some ohuckhng pohti
clan unworthy the respect of tho whit
people Of the State he presides over an
of whom it is publicly declared he N no
even citisen.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
USES OF COMYOy SALT.
IN value 40 ManarcAEx34eif
or One who has owen IL TRIAL


Common cal, / thase ased naeh- the
last twenty-five yeafs, IND am convln,
ced of ito advantages on drained ann
well farmed land, especially on light
Land and whsye salt y yssa tAs n9Is:
nropriated and retained. About 3
o'olock one fine, summers morning, 1
noticed that where the salt had been
sowu the previous day, everf grain O.
salt had attracted TO Itself the dew,
and formed on the surface OF the
Ground a wet spot about the size OF q
sixpence, the ground BENG genetany
very dry. Onour light landa It con-
solidates them and makes them urn
and acceptable to the wheat plant,
whose straw will stand firm and erect,
although Al to 8 feet long. II Is also
unfavorable to certain weeds by this
consideration. 1t prevents the rava'
ges of wire.worm. 1t is especially Ia
forable to saline plants, such as man
gold, whose ashes contain nfty PEI
cent. Of salt. I never SOW guano OK,
cept mixed with its own weight OF
salt. Like everything else, 1t has,
am sorry TO say, risen In price. ob'
served that oil crops seem to thrivt
| well on land near salt water, especiai
ly where the land is drained; Lumpi
Of rock salt should always be places
in managers for horses and cattiei incl
instinct teaches them when TO avai
themse ives OF it. The spring consoii
dation of light land where wheat i
sown, by salting and heavy cross
killing, greatly benefits the crop
very light hand.hoeing should follow
these operations, although frequen
hoeing is scarcely required. Lieoig
| in his Natural Laws of Husbandry,
chap. xii, p. 1856, correctly describe
nitrate of soda and common salt as
Chemical means OF preparing IN
soil" Referring to the experiments
: he says (p. 33O: "In both series q
experiments the crops of corn an
straw were remarkably increased b
the addition of common salt Z; and
Is scarcely necessary to repeat tht
such an augmentation could not po
/ sibly have taken place unless the 80
Z had contained a certain quantity
phosphoric acid, silicih acid, potasl
etc, capable OF being brought in'
!, operation. but which without commo
salt was not assimilable. Liebig
SO says (p, 800 "Tho grass OF
t meadow which has been manured WI
common salt is eaten by cattle WI
t greater relish and preferred to al
}. other 30 that even from this point
view common salt deserves attentit
as o manure .-Alderman Mschs.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
Loui,iaun l,ec,,on Returrs.

The Conservative Committee appoint
ed to witness the canvass Of the returns
by the Returning Board of Louisiana,
announced yesterday that 4 Conservative
and Republican Congressman lid been
elected; that Moncure had been chosen
State Treasurer by 1851 majority, and
had been elected to tho Legislature
The Committee withdrew yesterday
from the Board "becnuse Of its arbitrary
ruling, The returns as complied by
the Board itself, to date, however, Civ,
the Conservatives, 40 and the Ropubh
cans ~ members Of the House
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

". Y Tribune complains that hard,
money men get oil the pledges. while
the Indattonists get ell the pudding,
expects many more such Happy Ad.
1ustments' as Shermai's bill before
pecie payments : are resumed, and
pfophesies speculation in silver coin II
no bill becomes law.
Railway building in Enslapd pro
pisss TO be active, Since the London
1Smes says shat no fewer than 1872
now railway and trnmway BILLS will
q,pe before Parliament IN the course
q the spp9oashiug session.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

THEopoRs TlLroN's EMBARHAss-
MENT.-Theodore Tilton's house Is
mortgaged for $500 in favor OF
Franklin Woodruff, Henry Ward
Becckcr's house is mortgaged for
5000 in favcr of the Brooklyn Savings
Bank. Frank Moulton's house is unen'
curlbpfed
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
TsrrfRs, pN HOUSE,
T. NEu CASTLE, DELAWARE
JOHN w. GRAY, PROPRIETOR

This large and beautifully situated house
has been put in the very best repair for the
reception Of visitors, who will find at Il all tho
Recommendations OF n FIRST GLASS HOTEL.
1t colnmandB n fine view OF the Delawhre Iay I
and IL one Of the most pleasant and uengniIui
places in tho State tor excursions OF pic-nics.
The house IL kept in the best style, the pa,
filed with the choicest wines, liquors anu
malt drinks and table supplied with the sub
stantials and luxuries OF the market. EhcW
sionets can arrive by boat or RAIL rhrucs
who wish ID go fishing or boat riding on the
noble Delaware, can be accotnmodAteu VIII
suitable boats. The patronage of the puohc
is respectfully solicited. -,
jyg1-tf j. W. ohAi
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

u. ". COR. FOURTH AND ORANGE Sta
/. ,:.. =: - O., -ssY1.E, PRoFiEToR.
I The Above House has been put in-comgis!s
repair tor the reception Of gpestS, iNnsN
they will receive all the accommodations oi
"a Ra1Hc Lass AOTkls -...s-..,.,..g
Bar Hncd With choicest wines, iiquors, siRats
Sc. and the Table supplied with the best She
market affords. Transient. and pefpapsnt
boarders accommodated at moderate rates
GOOD stablii1g and attentive hostlefs,' a I'D
erpL share otpubfic' patronage is respect'uiy
solicited. 80.
augs-dti =.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

~ OTICE /. The sixth aanuai 4
~ meeting Of ,h> s,oekholdsrs ~
of the Masonic Hal Company, .tX II
Wilmington Del. will be held In NJ
The U.r,etors room oi the Masonic
Hall, Oh MONDAY, tho 2sfh day otDECEM
BEH. 1871. NJ 2 o'circk. p NJ, tor the pnT'
pose ol eie1tiny one person iuE President, .!
person ior Vico President. one person iQr
Treasurer. ono person for Secretary. and nins
Directors. to serve for the ensuing year. "
J. p ALMOND
decll -eod-te Stcretxry
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
plain ouesilou, for lnvniitss.-i

PIaiI, Questions EGr invniitis.- Have
ths routine medicines Of the profession done
youno gooiP Are yuu Ii c,u .age1 and misera-
hlei II so. test the properties of the. New
opeciGc DE-. ALKGR'S CALIF0RNIA VINE
OAR BIGfEhs already famous as the hnost,in'
vigorant corrective and Alternative that has
ever seen tie light Dyspeptics and persons
OF ~ h i us haoit should Keep it within.reach,
il they value health and else. nov-i-4w (
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
NOTICE TO WATER RENTERS.
IN OifIcE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT.

WiImlbBtons DEL, Dec II, lHI4. J
The bills for 1878 are now ready and paya
bic at the Registrars oflce. 1000 Market street
The law requires that all bills paid on or be
fore January 3lst. 1875 the face ol the bill thoSe
cent. additional. and those paid during the
month Of March ten per cent additional, and
any amounts remalhfhg unpaid after Aprh lSs,
1875. the Registrar Is required TO have the
the recovery Of the amount due, and the wa
ter viii not again be let into such premises
until such arrears with Assessments and two
dollars for drawing ferrules are paid.
Uilce hours o A. NJ, - 4 T.. M.
CHAs. BURTON, JR
declj toJl Registrar
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

A penusy1van,a clergyman has left
O %, 800 SALARY for ioue u ~ ,o0p, bT.
cnuse he wanted to Be where he could
Do the most goods
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
FOK SALE AND RENT

ENOR SALE-Four new and finely finished
II three-ttory Brick Houses. on Twelfth
street. opposite the. city square. Aasssss
These houses are all substantially ExsH,
veniences. with water inside and out. H&lH
No. ll0 contains . rooms; No, liz seven
rooms No. ll6. ten rooms No. lis. corner.
ten rooms. These houses will be sold very
loto for cash, or on very reasonable terms. /
part payment. o
Also, one fine three. story brick house. jGsI
co m pleted. on Tatnall street, nelr Eleventh.
Also, a seven Ioomed house Ills, Tatnali St
DANIEL Ii. KENT.
sep3etf Nos, 205 TO 2l3 Shipley street.
or so Jefferson street.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

No PAPER To-MoRRow.-The DAILY
GAZETTE will not be issued on Christmas.
The WEEKLY will be served as usual.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24

ENLE HON NOTICE
~ THE NATIONAL BANK uF DEL.wARS
Wilmington Deoeun Der IL. 1874: J
Notice Is hereby gwen to the Stockbolderi
Of this Institution. that IN election will bf
held ut the Bans ing uoube. On TUESDAY
JANUARY 18Th, 1875, between the hours Of
Z and = o'clock. Y. Nj, for the Fuepose VI
slec. ling seven pirectoisgto serys for tbe en-
suing year. ~ ii. EwbANhS.
dscll-te Cashier.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
l. LECTION NOTICE.

T. Finsr Nyfiosat B.sS.
:, WiiminEton. Do... Dec. loth: ls,.:i
meeting Of the stockhelders OF this Dynk,
Will be ncld at the Bansing AQQSs, ON Tues
day, the 18th DAY OF JANVAnf, 1916. bs-
tween the hsurs Of two and four o'ciocy. T
al :, ior The purpose uf eleoting nine stock
hoide.s to serve as Director the. ensuips
year GEO. D. AkMSPkON5
deoi0:,s 0ashiero
The daily gazette., 1874-12-24
HOTELS.
VIZ EsrfHS y H5TEL.

i. ". COR. FOURTH ANp ORANGE sTs.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
Fighting Poison with Poison.

AS an illustration of the power of
one poison to counteract another in
the human system, a recent case in
this city furnishes highly important
and interesting instance. We give the
statement as related to us by DR.. Har-
ris, who was called to the relief Of a
wOuld-be suicide, and who admins
tered the successful antidote. The
person had taken between forty and
fifty grains of opium, and was fast
dying. He could no longer swallow,
and his eXtremities were cold and had
turned black, while his respirations
only numbered between six and seven
to the minute. This last of itself
seemed to indicate that all hope was
gone, as anything less than eight res
pirations minute had heretofore been
known as a sure precursor of death.
AS a last resort, the doctor determined
to try heroic treatment, and he accord
ingly, with hypodermic syringe, in
jected two-thirds of drachm of nuX-
vomica, dissolved in a teaspoonful of
water, beneath the skin over the
heart, stomach, spine, and on each
arm above the elbow, and on the calf
of each leg. The quantity of nuX-
vomica would have been the death of
any we'll man in existence, but in an
tagonism to the opium it was in this
seemingly hopeless case, and in fifteen
minutes the man was sitting up in bed,
conscious, and rapidly recovering
South Bend lind. J, Tribune.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05

and indicates the existence of gardens
and golcondas more beautiful and
richer than mortal man has dreamed
of. Yet after the picture is painted
the panorama unfolded - and the
imagination and cupidity of the be-
holder excited, he is told that to
dream and read of the glorious coun-
try is all he is vouchsafed. He must
not attempt to reach the Arcadia.
People who feel themselves taking the
Black Hill fever will do we'll to pause
and think; to read over the accounts
of Gold Bluff, Gold Lake, Cariboo, and
the many other gold excitements
that have turned thousands wild and
dotted the route with. lonely graves.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
Placer Mining.

The Bulletin of the I'd says: "The
halcyon days of placer digging are
gone forever, but the honest miner
still lives and fiourishes about Placer
vile. At least twenty drifting claims
are being worked. In some the gold
Is extracted by simply washing in a
sluice-box; in others, where the gravel
is more cemented, it requires crushing
by stamps before washing. The COM
panies working in the vicinity are
close corporations. They manage
their own affairs and keep their own
counsels. They do not appear on Cal
ifornia street. They do not ask the
public to share their profits nor help
them pay their assessments" We
understand from this that placer min
ing, even at this late day, pays better
than any other mining, for all other
kinds of stock is hawked on California
street. We never knew man who
got stream of water on gravel bed
and stuck to it, that did not come out
rich. "They keep their own COUNSEL"
No one knows how much they make;
it is secret to all until they retire.
Men nave run wild over lodges, and
once in while a fortune is struck.
But placer mine is as sure as an old
fashioned tub mill; it grinds out
money every day in the year. Thous-
ands of miners with nothing but pick
and pan, have made good fortunes.
We have rich gravel beds enough be-
tween the San Gabriel and the Peru,
in this county, to occupy ten thousand
miners twenty years. In and around
the Castac mines there are thousands
of acres of as rich gravel as was ever
worked in California. These mines
have been worked for over thirty
years-hundreds of tons of the earth
have been packed on donkeys three
or four miles to the Santa Clara river
and washed. AS soon as the Castac
Company complete their ditch, that
country will swarm with picks and
pans. On the south side of San Fer
nando Mountain, g. few miles this side
OF the town of San Fernando, there is
fine body of placer gravel that will
attract attention some day. There
are parties now looking at the Peru
mines and water privileges with a
view of buying.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
Cheap Gas.

The question of gas is one that in
terests the people of Los Angeles next
in Importance to that of water. Both
of these indispensable articles are
items of heavy expense here, and any
thing looking to a reduction in the
cost of one or the other, receives i'm
mediate attention at the hands of our
residents. The Union gas machine
seems to be the MOSES that will lead
us out of the Egyptian. darkness in
which we are enveloped. We have
devoted some time to obtaining accu-
rate information relative to this ma
chine-its powers as an illIminator
and the advantages it possesses over
other gas generating machines. We
have learned, first, that the machine
cannot explode, because there is moth
ing explosive about it. Second, it has
no fire or weights about it, and at no
time is there pressure to exceed six
ounces to the square inch on any part
of the machine. 1t is as safe as q
clock or music-box. Third, that the
gas generated is simple mixture of
common air and gasoline. Fourth,
that one gallon of gasoline will gener-
ate 200 feet of gas, and the gasoline is
worth in San Francisco only twenty
five cents per gallon. Fifth, that the
gas generated by the Union machine
passes through test meter only half
as fast as coal gas. Sixth, that the
cost of the gas manufactured by the
Union machine is but one dollar and
twenty-five cents per thousand feet in
San Francisco. The increase in the cost
of the article manufactured in Los
Angeles will be but the freight on
gasoline added. 1t is safe to say that
the cost of gas generated by the Union
Machine will not exceed one dollar
and half per thousand-quite a saw
ing on seven dollars, the price now
paid. Seventh, that thirty light
Union gas machine costs $3.50, and
five hundred or an eight hundred light
machine is worth $500. Eighth,
that the Board of Underwriters will
not insure property with one of these
harmless machines within less than
thirty feet of the building wall.
Ninth, that the State Investment,
Hamburg Bremen, Home Mutual, St.
Louis Mutual and Commercial Com
panies will insure property with the
Union gas machine in the cellar, par
lor or garrett Tenth, that Mr.. JOHN
KNoTwELL. the Agent of the Union
Gas Company, and first-class man,
may be found at the Lafayette Hotel
in this city. We advise all who desire
cheap and clean gas to get Union
circular and after reading it through
call on Mr.. KNOTwELL and learn how
they may manufacture their own gas
at a cost less than $1,50 per thousand
feet
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
The Flow Of ihe Colored Race Toward The
Cities.

The gravitation of the negroes to-
ward the southern cities still contin-
ues. There the worst of them live in
shanties and novels, and disease and
death stalk among them. In the cit
les they die from forty to eighty per
cent. faster than the whites. This
leads me to believe that, as race
they are on the decline; that they are
dying faster than they are coming
into the world. The numbers in which
they are flocking into the cities are
partially shown in the last census.
With the late civil rights agitation
and the bitter feeling in the country
the flow to the cities has been still
more largely increased. 1 take the
cities of Columbia and Charleston,
South Carolina, and Nashville and
Memphis, Tennessee, as illustrations,
representing as they do, border State
aud n cotton State.
In 1860 the white population of
Columbia was 1895 and black 3,757.
In 1870 the black had risen to 5, 5,295 and
the white fallen to 4,002. In Charles
ton, in 1850, the white population was
13, ,321 and the black II, l46. In 1870
the white was %, 749 ond the black
26,l73.
In Nashville, in 1860, the white
population was 14,043 and the black
3945. In 1870 it stood 16, 149 white and
9,70O black. In Memphis, in 1860 it
was 1879 white and 1882 black, In
1870 it was 24,755 white and 15,47l
black.
In every southern city the same
state of facts exists. The increase of
negroes over whites isenormous, This
does not represent an actual increase,
but only shows that the agricultural
districts are being drained to supply
the cities with material for disease
and death. The inevitable result will
be the gradual decline of the African
race in America. Huddled into the
cities they are prey to epidemics, and
fall before the breath of their Destroy
er by thousands.-,SoutherR Corr. Gin
cinn0ti Commercial.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
is ready for occupancy.

THE Council on Thursday came
within one of refusing to order the
grading of Temple street. This would
have been bit of bad legislation.
The property-owners pay the greater
part of the expense Of street grading,
and the city realizes the advance in
property in the increase of taxation.
The property that will be opened up to
improvement through the grading of
Temple street is extensive, and the
number of houses that will be built as
soon as the grading is done will be
considerable-so considerable that the
increased revenue which the city will
realize in taxation will more than
treble the cost of grading. To refuse
to grade and improve streets running
through private property is always
bad Judgment on the part of municipal
authorities.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
The Truth SquareIy Spoken.

1t is worse than idle to deceive our
selves. There is no widespread and
substantial prosperity. We can find
no class of substantial manufacturers,
merchants, agriculturalists, artisans,
or common laborers who are steadily
earning a profit, or have full or con-
tented employment. Every device or
shift by which money is made or q
competence gained seems to be tenn
porary, and hence all business affairs
are very much unsettled. The mer-
chants are not overstocked with goods,
but they are trying to loan their capt.
tai on call or take a turn with it in
some speculative adventure, rather
than to employ it in gathering an as
sortment of the wares in which they
deal. The consumers take hold still
more sluggishly and purchase only
for immediate necessities. Every
where there is sense of depression
and discouragementt to activity. an at
titude of waiting, without any fore
shadowing of the relief to be expected.
~ Y. Journal of Commerce.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
Black Hills.

The very fiorid descriptions of the
Black Hill country with which the
public is being favored through the
columns of certain newspapers, savors
somewhat strongly of a job. Even
the Government seems to have taken
stock in the scheme of causing a rush
to that part of the world, for we notice
an occasional general order from some
military department mildly warning
the people that they will not be per-
mitted to visit the slack Hill region.
This will OF course stimulate many to
go there who would never have thought
of such thing had they not been told
they should not do it. General Gus
TER's report is very highly colored,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
a Resolution Fixing Salary
and Compensation Of City
Assessor for Fiscal Year
ending April 3oth, 1875.

DE IT RESOLVED, BY TIE COMMON
ID Council of the City of Los Angeles; as
follows:
SECTION l. That there be and hereby is al
lowed and appropriated from the Salary fund
of this city the sum of twelve hundred dol
lars to l.. Seebold, City Assessor, in full for all
services rendered and all claims against said
city for and on account of the assessment of
the city taxes for the fiscal year ending April
30, 1879; and that the clerk of the Common
Council is hereby authorized and directed to
draw a warrant therefor, the warrant to be
signed by the President of the Common
Council and countersigned by the Mayor
SEC. 2. The Clerk of the Common Council
shall certify to the passage of this Resolution
and shall cause the same to be published once
in English in the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD
and once in Spanish in La CrOnfcd, and there
upon and thereafter this Resolution shall
take effect and be in force.
/ hereby certify that the foregoing resolu-
tion was adopted by The Common Council ut
its session of Sept. g. 1874.
NJ. KREMER,
Clerk of Common Council of
Los Angeles City.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05

MR.. GEO. B. DAVIS, the proprietor
of the Alden fruit evaporator patent
for Los Angeles and San Bernardino
counties, arrived with his family yes
terday morning. By the next steamer
Mr.. DAVIS will receive five of the
evaporators, together with the latest
Improvements in the process. The
machinery will be set in operation as
soon as the building in course of erec-
ton is ready for OCCUPANCY.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05

THE Express says the HERALD is
another that will not have "Died of
it's own smartness," written on its
tomb. 1t is said children and fools tell
the truth, and although the Express
is not child we fear the HERALD
need not expect to have the coveted
line craven on it's monument. The
seer non con1pus has spoken against it.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05

POLAND, who claimed the author
ship of the press-gag law in Congress,
has been defeated in Vermont. When
the regular Republican nominee is
defeated in that State, he must be the
kind of man that the people would
not trust as far as they could throw a
church up hill.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-05
Eos Ansslrs alerald.
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.


The Express says it did not use the
word radical as quoted by US. On re-
ferring to the article we find that it
did not. 1t used the word "racial," o
word that both WEBSTER and WoR-
cEsTER forgot to write in their large
books.