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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
THE GALLOWS CHEATED.
The Carson Murderer Reprieved at the
Last Moment.

CARSON New, December 1Sth.-At
five minutes past - o'clock to-day
John Murphy, who shot and killed
John X. McCallum in this city on the
18th of last May, was taken from the
jail and oonvoyed 60 et.o PiauO oP-
pointed for his execution. An inn
mense crowd of people, numbering
fully two thousand men and women,
assembled to witness the horrible spec
tacle. AS the time drew near for the
sentence of death to be carried into
execution the excitement among the
spectators grew intense.
A REPRIEvE.
Everything was in readiness, and
the officers Of the law were about to
perform their most painful duty,
when the private Secretary of Govern
or Bradley suddenly appeared on the
scene and arrested. the execution by
presenting the following order:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
CARSON CITY, Dec. 18th, 1874. I
To Sheriff Saoit, State Of Nevada:
SIR: You are hereby ordered to
ply until Thursday, December IA, 1874.
Governor of Nevada.
Deputy Sheriff Parker mounted the
scaffoId and read the reprieve aloud.
The announcement was received with
considerable cheering, and there were
also heard some expressions of dissat-
isfaction. Sheriff Swift drove rapidly
away with the prisoner, leaving the
crowd to vent their feelings as best
suited them. Although the reprieve
states the 24th as the time for the ex-
ecution to take place, it is asserted by
lawyers that Murphy cannot now be
hanged until he shall have been re-
sentenced, which cannot be until the
next session of the District Court, on
the first Monday in March, 1875.
Murphy expressed his readiness to die
and gave outward signs of displeasure
! because he was not hanged. 1t was
| the affidavit of a twenty years ac-
quaintance of Murphy questioning his
sanity that induced the Governor to
grant the reprieve.
| PARTICULARS OF MURPHY'S CRIME.
7. At this time, although previously
given in the papers, the circumstances
which led to the killing of McCallun
by Murphy will be of special intere st
Murphy, il will be recollected, wa
employed at camp in the mountains
near the Summit House, rs cook. Fo
some reason he was discharged ant
John K. McCallum was given th'
situation. This led to a feeling of an
imosity on the part of Murphy, and :
quarrel subsequently ensued, in whicl
McCallum struck the former in th'
face with mustard cup, producing
1; severe wound. Murphy then pro
ceeded to Carson, got his wount
dressed and on several occasions ex
pressed his determination to kill Nc
Callum. AS the latter was passing
the st. Charles Hotel, in Carson, OF
the 18th of May last, Murphy sudden.
ly sprang from his place of conceal
ment and commenced firing, following
his victim quite distance, and dis
/ charging three shots at him, one O
which struck McCallum in the bach
and proved fatal in few days. Will.
in jail at Carson, Murphy is reported
to have said, when relating the cir.
cumstances of his crime, II declared
when boy that no man should mark
or disfigure me and live, and by -
no man has.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
FORE EicN.
From over the Water.

CoNsTA TANTINoPLE, December 2lst.-
A furious storm RACES to-day. Light
ming struck the powder magazine 1T
Scutari, causing - terrible explosion.
A portion of the city wall was thrown
down and many, houses demolished.
Two hundred persons were killed and
wounded. ,flS
LONDON, December 21st.--The Ger
man brig Gustave, from New York,
on entering the harbor of Guetaria,
Spain, with the German coIors and
signals distinctly flying, was fired on
by the Carlists. The brig was stranded
next day, but the crew was saved by
the Republican volunteers. The Car
lists fired on the boats during the
rescue of the crew and afterward
seized the cargo and a special envoy
who had been sent to negotiate for its
return.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Rapid Improvement.

A walk over the high lands will
show a vast Improvement in that To-
cality within the past four months.
Real estate in the hills has kept pace
with the advance in other portions of
the city. A single instance will illus
trate the ratio of increase in the value
of this high land property. 1t will
also serve to illustrate the rapid ad-
vance in real estate in and around this
city. In June last gentleman pur-
chased from Mr.. BEAUDRY lot on
Temple street, for which he paid $400.
About one month ago he sold it for
1000 and last week the same lot, just
as it was purchased in June, sold for
$1,000. This is an exhibit of prosperity
which cannot be equalled by any other
city in the State. There are now
twelve handsome dwellings, in course
of erection on the high lands and lum-
Der and material is going forward to
more. Second and Temple streets are
being graded from the level up to the
high lands. Oyer the high lands are
now laid 5000 feet of pipe, and work
men are adding hundreds of feet daily
To the amount already down. TIL,
network of pipes is now so extensive
that water may be obtained on an,
part of the high land from the reser
voir to Bellevue Terrace, a distance o
about one mile and half. We expec
that within the next eight months no
less than one hundred new houseswil
be built and occupied on the higi
lands.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Pacifo Coast Items.

A new town hall is being erected at
San Rafael. >
There are l1prisoners in the Nevada
county Jail.
The retail price OF wood in Napa has
advanced to SIS per cord.
The building formerly used as Chi
nese theater at OroviIle, is for sale.
Postmaster J. d. Regburn, of Salida
Grange, has accepted the Office of Dep
uty for Stanislaus county.
The Stockton Herald states that u
peat manufacturing company to man
ufacture that article for fuel, is soon to
be started at Head Reach, on the San
Joaquin river.
Some citizens of Marysville, who
objected to the increased charges of
the watel company which supplies
that city, have taken the remedy in
their own hands and are boring for
water.
II, NJ. Cereton is submitting to the
farmers OF the San joaquin valley a
proposition for the construction of q
large canal from Tulare Lake to tide
water, to be also used for purposes of
illiSdOiOl.
There are $50 men in the employ of
the California Pacific at South Vallejo.
OF these, 60 embrace blacksmiths, en-
gineers and joiners and the remaining
100 are employed around the wharves,
handling freight, etc.
The north wing of the Insane Asy-
lum at Stockton has been completed,
costing $SS,5ll SO. The Legislature
appropriated $ll3,O00 for the purpose,
so that it appears we have the unpre-
cedented thing in these degenerate
times OF public works being COM
pieted below the estimates. "1 4
The estate of Lieut.. Gov. Quinn,
which was settled by the Probate
Court eight or nine years ago is to be
re-opened on claim that more prop
erty belonged thereto than has been
discovered. Mrs. Quinn has since
married Alexander Campbell of San
Francisco.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Arizona News.

. TUCSON, December 2lst.-PetitiOns
are circulating for an increase of the
mail service between San Diego and
Messilla. D
Efforts are being made to get the
sentence of Refugio Rivera commuted
to imprisonment and Jos. II. Holmes
pardoned. 1T is hardly probable they
will succeed.
A match race for $5O0a side has been
arranged over the Juckey Clubs new
track, between Gardner's Grey Eagle
and French's sorrel mare. A purse of
5000 has been put up for New Years
Day. .o.
The weather is very cold This
morning ice formed half an inch i'll
thlckness. ~ ~ a. q Eaa-.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
3os Angtlts atemld,
WEDN ESDAY. DEC. %, 1871.
For a state in which the Republi

FoR State in which the Republi-
cans combined with the Independents,
Missouri gave some pretty responsible
Democratic majorities. Gen. j. b.
CLARK received l9,44l majority and
all but four of the votes cast in the
majority obtained by any member of
the present Congress. Another mem
ber from Missouri received all but Is
of the votes east in his district and a
majority of l9,0S7. Still another
BUCKNER-received 1907 majority.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
SAN FRANCISCO.
A Body found i'm the Bay Con firnatiOn
of the Burning of the Jnpan-A Boy
Killed. ta8

x;,,ea
SAN FRANCISCO, December 2Ist.-
About s O'Clock this morning body
was discovered floating ia the water
off the end of Townsend street, near
Second. 1t had apparently been in
the water several weeks, and was very
much decayed. A carpenters rule,
$40 so in silver, and tin tobacco box
marked "F. ID. b." were found in his
pockets. He is stout build, dressed in
face is too much disfigured for recog-
milton. He was taken to the morgue
to await Identification. t4 < ftt
SAN EpA Nnrsro. paae.>han .aad.
Telegrams from New York and Hong
Kong fully confirm the news of the
loss of the steamship Japan. The ire
was discovered over the boilers about
IL o. clock on Thursday night and find
ing it impossible to get the fire under
control, it was decided to abandon the
vessel. All hands were transferred to
the boats. The Captain, Chief Engi-
neer, twenty-nine Europeans, sixty
five Chinese. crew, Crocker, lady pas
sengers and thirty-four Chinese pas
sengers had arrived at Hongkong.
Two boats and RATS are not yet heard
from. .sta-r 1t...f 1
John Avery, aged four years, was
caught under pile of lumber near the
Pacific Mail dock, which had been
knocked down by passing team, and
was so seriously injured that he died
within an hour. The Coroner was no
titled.
The body found floating in the bay
at the foot of Second street, yesterday,
has been identified as that of ]. ID.
Burns, a cabinet maker, who had been
missing since December 7th.'
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
public Notice.

NEESSRS. COIIENs& & DAVIS 9th "Iden-
lvI tical" beg to Inform the public that they
have purchased from Mr., Williams his popu-
lar Cigar stand at the Palace Saloon. Their
same sound principles that have gained them
already so much public favor, namely by sell
ling cheap and keeping the choicest goods the
market affords. decl8-4t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23

A party of Rio Vista fishermen
killed pelican of peculiar color few
days since. 1t measured eight feet
from tipt tip and there were three
pounds of fish in it when killed. The
color, brown notified and white, is
said to be unusual if not altogether
unexampled. W f -
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23

Granice, who killed Madden at Mer-
ced, is In jailat Modesto, where strong
force guards the Jail to Illustrate any
attempt at wreaking summary VEN
geance.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
The Merritt Wilcox Case.

OAKLAND, December 10th. - The
jury in the Merritt Wilcox case rem
dered verdict tonight in favor of the
plaintiff for $70,600
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
From San Dleao.

SAN DIEGO, December 2O.-Freigt-
ing to Panamint has been brisk.
Eight or nine large teams left yester-
day with general merchandise and
lumber. ....r.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Pawnbroker's sale.

nN the 23d ofthis month, Twill sell at Pub
~ lie Auction, a large lot OF Jewelry, Gems
Pistols, Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots aud Shoes
&c. invite all the Traders to call Sale TO
take place at the California Loan and Bro
ker office. ~ E. GREENBAUM,
decl2td Proprietor.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23

For a stylish hat, nice pair of boots
or CATERS, call at the Peoples Palace,
40 Main street. Ha sbu dl1:2W
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23

Eight thousand tons of wheat were
shipped from Turloek, Stanislaus
county, from November until Decem-
ber 1st, and four thousand tons are
still in store there.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
NOTICE..

A Ill Parties having pledges in my Office
IA will call and redeem the same before the
20th OF the month; If not, they will be soll at
public auction. E. GREENBAUM ~
Pawnbroktr.
Los Angeles, Dec llth, 1871. tHt q It'd
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
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ID L K d.

CHRISTIE-At Montserrate, San Diego Co.,
on ihe 1884, Ii inst, of scarletina, Thomas Bur
nett Christie, Esq, aged % years. !.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23

Ex-Deputy Sheriff Johnson left the
city Monday evening for a trip to Pam
amint, to be gone several weeks.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Christmas Trees.

j. iaeB SoN n he WI eRSe 9a Of an na
at Fosters shop, ON Saturday and Monday
next. declS-3t%
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
LAND FOR SALE.

Y HAVE 800 ACRES OF EXCELHENT
L land for si,l., near Old Los Nietos. About
no acres will produce corn without irrigation
The remainder is good fruit and small grain
land. Living water ON the premises. Par
italy improved j. S. THOMPSON,
81 and 81 Temple Block.
Dec II, 1874. del7 If
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
( FOR ASALE-FOR RENT.
ron SALE.

A YOUNG ORANGE ORCH ARD of Ten
N Acres. located on the west side OF Main
street in the city. Apply to a's'4--~@~aA
l4tq.-st w. III. MACE,
d"cl0 I'm q Temple Block.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Bee Ranch For Sale.

NOR SALE.-One OF the best and most con-
II veniently located Bee Ranches in the
county, we'll stocked and provided with all
necessary buildings. Apply at this office.
nov2tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
Mules For Sale.

rVwENTY-oNl5 Large Young American
dees inns one. mile East OF Orange.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Texas.

The Catoosa Weekly Courier of the
7th says: "A few days ago we CHANGED
to meet farmer who has lived for the
past twenty years in Texas, and, in re-
ply TO our questions, he frankly stated
that this part OF the country, consider
ing everything, was equally, ifnot more
desirable than Texas. He said tina. la
Dor was exceedingly scarce and hard to
control. The lands are abundant and
fertile, and every man who goes there
becomes proprietor, and it is almost
impossible to hire laborer. Cattle
raising and sheep.raising have been the
most profitable industries In his section
-near Mincola--bnt even these have
their drawbacks. The dogs and wolves
are destructive to sheep, and he, with q
flock OF only i've or six hundred, had to
keep three shepherds boys with them
all the while. He thinks that those who
have good, comfortable homes and 60
to Texas with the expectation Of acquir-
ing riches in short time, will be sadly
disappointed, and will always regret
taking the STEP"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
A Church Revival Scene.

A revival Is In progress In Lee Ave-
nue. Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. "
On Sunday last sixteen yonng converts
offered themselves for baptism. Mr.. j.
II. Smith, the pastor, had been catechia-
ing the candidates previous to admins
tering the ordinance, and had used III
his address the conversation between
Philip and the eunuch, ms reported In the
Acts Of the Apostles. Tho father Of one
of tho baptismal candidates was In tho
audience. and was so convicted and i'm
pressed by the service that, rising In his
place in the church, he called aloud 10
the pastor, IN the words OF the Ethiop-
ian, "See, horo is water, what doth hin;
der mo to be baptized2" Mr.. Smith, not
at all surprised at this interruption,
though his congregation was greatly so,
III tDa laiiguagGOI 'fhillp promptly re-
piled, If thou believest with all thino
heart thou nayest." The gentleman
again responded. II do believe with all
my hcart;" and, walking down the aisle
to the baptistry, he was then and there
publicly baptised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Railroad to TellicO.

The Chattanooga Commercial of the
l4th says:
A corps ofenginecrs left this city this
morning for Sweetwater for the pur-
pose of making preliminary railway
survey from that place to the Tellico
Iron Works. They will also run pre-
liminary line from Athens, bearing to-
wards the Chi'howee iron region, to the
old Tellico Iron Works.
This looks like the Company which
recently purchased the Tellico property
really mean business. We don't know
exactly when 1t is going to happen, but
in tho course Of time Tellico Plains will
DO the seat of lively manufacturing
town, utilizing one of the best water
powers of the world, bringing the rich
mineral surroundings into profitable de.
velopment, and furnishing o remunera-
tive home market for the products OF
the adjacent agricultural and cattle
growing region.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Another ApOcalyptic Vision.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, who predicted Greeley's
candidacy two years before it come
about now makes prophecy for 1876.
and says:
He will he the nominee Of labor, the
candidate Of the uprising workingmen,
and will be supported by International
lists, Communists, Trades Unions, stri-
kers, and all the revolutionary elements.
lie will go for the rights Of farmers and
industrial workers. lie will oppose
domineering capital and the pretensions
Of oppressive corporations. He will
scorn the newspapers which are the or
gans Of monopoly and capital, and
which support the interests ofthese enc
mics Of the people. He will be the Mi
rabeau of the new movement, and will
make the hair of towards to stand on
end.
Which means, we suppose, that the
cou.dry is on the eve of great social
and political revolution; and that the
issue between capital and labor cannot
be postponed beyond the next Presidcn-
tial contest, when the "mudsills' will
uphesve, shaking society to its depths
and overturning the existing order Of
things. The prophesy reads good
deal like the outgivlngs OF one in the
incipient stages Of delirlum tremens,
though 1t must be admitted there are
tfSaes ,nSsfSdSS ,nSssfSSus, fc'sSi: sSi.
hsh anu o'' men are busy sowing the
seeds OF prejud,a and seeking to array
one class Of Interests against another.
If serious mischief does pot ensue. Il
will be because the people hev. too
much good sense to follow such spn;ts
very far in tho paths which point to
agrarianism and general confusion.
But who Is this American Mokanna.
In whose fearful presence each particu.
lar hair 10 to stand on end, like quills
upon the fretful porcupine? We hope
East Tennessee Is not 10 have the honor
Of furnishing him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20

We find the following among other
notices Of the closing exercises of the
late session Of the Atlanta Medical Col
lege:
Mr. f. A. Cobleigh, of Atlanta, who
had been chosen as valedictorian, was
then presented BY Col. Mitchell, and
proceeded 10 deliver the address. The
speakers manner was easy and graceful,
and his delivery unexccptionabe. The
address was an able one, aud brought
into play the superior powers of ora.
tory, and the gifted eloqucnce Of the
speaker. His eulogy upon the character
aud demeanor Of the trustees and the
faculty was beyond criticism. and ably
represented the feelings of the students
toward them and their "Alma Mater"
while bis farewell words to all possess.
ed a tender paihos that went to ,he heart
of all. At the close Of his remarks the
speaker was greeted with Continued ap-
plause.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Bard's Psalm of Victory.

The Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution writes Of Cover
nor Bard's confirmation, which occur.
red week or two ago:
"Dr. Sam Bard was on high horse
Gays. or thereabouts, ne nau Ueen 1nng'
ing up for Whiteley and Freeman TO peek
at, and "hope long deferred maketh the
heart sick" Yesterday, Sam was con-
firmed as Postmaster of Atlanta, by q
two.thirds vote. He modestly attri-
butes his success to the President, who,
as he says, "has stood like the Rock OF
Ages for ninety days. but Sam admits
that he has done some rather tall fight
ing himself. Bard thinks his case Is
identical with that Of Simmons; ano-
ther illustration Of bis native modesty.'
The new postmaster will be officially
seated In few days, when his name
will, no doubt, appear less frequently
under the --latest from Washington
and lose much Of tho prominence II has
enjoyed for come months past. We
hope no will make good officer, and
sustain the confidence his friend, the
President, has reposed In him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Served Him Right.

A dispatch to the Atlanta Constitu-
tion from Troy, Alabama, states that a
man named Douglass, n travelling sing.
Ing master, who had recently arrived
there, administered choloroform TO q
young girl and then attempted to VIC.
late her person. Douglass was arrested
and jailed. A crowd took him out at
night, and, after severe whipping, cas-
trated him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Hog Cholera.

A Pittsylvania correspondent OF tho
Richmond Wing, says: "Thohog chol-
era has prevailed to great extent with
us for three or four years, until the sup
ply is nearly exhausted. Many farmers
have not q single hog, wbilo mono have
q good stock.
II the disease continues to spread wo
arc fearful that not hog will bc left.
Cattle also died In large numbers hero,
In portions OF our country last summer.
with the bloody murrain, but since cold
weather. set In the disease has dlsap!
peared."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
:. The Republican Party.

Tho New York Herald asks: upon
whM does this party rest1 Upon q
deadened and corrupt public opinion,
Look around us and we find the politl.
cal atmosphere ladened with miasma.
From Custom House to Post Office.
frou the army TO the Treasury, the un.
healthy vapor ascends. Every day we
turn a new leaf OF misadmistration,
neglect, crime. Our revenue system
Is simply a nest of swarming drones,
wis lap and grow fat upon the drip.
pings Of the Treasury. Gradually we
havo come toa sytscm resembling what
was seen In France before the Revolu-
lion. A vast class of middlemen has
grown up between the people and the
government. The revenues are farmed
pnt as they were farmed out BY Louis
SS. Take the Sanborn disclosures, the
Jayne transactions and thousand in.
stances of the kind. Party discipline
ia SO extreme. and party necessities so
pressing, that tho whole machinery Of
the governmcnt--its administration, its
revenues, its power for good or evil at
the polls-is at the will OF the party
leaders. Between tho people and the
CENTRAL authority, between the citizen
md the President, the Congress and the
courts, there is mighty middle power.
II commands the President and all In
authority, on one side, and the people on
the other. The result Is that with oil
of our rhetoric, we are among the worst
governed people in the world. Our tar
iff laws shackle the industries they
claim to protect. Our State govern
m.nts in the South rest upon ignorance
and malefasance In Office, and when
there arises manly voice Of resentment
the mailed hand of the military COM
mander suppresses it. We have, as wards,
a savage but interesting people, aud in.
stead Of the humanity Of Christians we
have shown barharity as terrible as
that of Give In Hindostan. Our diplo.
macy abroad has its fruition In Emma
M;ao speca's:ioHs, in Vienna scandals,
in the humiliations OF the Virginius.
Our aim is TO get rich and build palaces
in Washington aud drink champagne,
and call each other society" and teach
our youth Thrift by conspicuous exam
piles Of luxury and parade. When, now
and then, we have revu!sion of nature,
a strain upon the system, panic and
widespread ruin, we propose imitation.
The middle class (the farmers general
Of the revenues) knows what imitation
means. Any policy of reform, Of econ.
omy or retrenchment means death. by
imitation there will be few years more
Of success, of speculation, Of society"
a few more years, and then the deluge