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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-23
Assessment Notice.

OAKLAND GOLD AND SILVER MINING
Company. Of principal place
OF business, san Francisco, California. Loca-
ton Of works Indian Mining Distfift, huhi-
bodt county, State OF Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
The Board OF Directors, held OH the "a day OF
seq tenber, 1875. an assessment, No. 2, oil %
cents per share was levied upon the capital
stock Il the corporation, payable immediately
in L ). gold coin, to the Secretary. at the
olfce Of lie Company, rooms and .. No, ~
Monts3ia ny street, Dan Francisco, Cal.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on Thul Stay. the 7th day Of
octobes 1915 viii be delinquent, and adver-
tisod for sale at public auction; and nuless
payr "a: IS made before. VIII be sold OH FRI
Gay tae 4ath day Of October, 1873. 10 Pay the
delinquent assessment, together with costs Of
adv rdsmg and expenses OF sale.
~ 5raer OF the Board Of Directors
va. IL WATSON, Secretary.
OBce--Rooms and g. No. 302 Montgomery
ret, san fTancireo, Cal. se4td.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-23
PCStponement.

rgVHE DAY FOR DEFINING STOCK DE-
4 linquent on aGoYe assessment A. hereby
postponed until MONDAY, the EIGHT DAY
Oh NOVEMBER, 1875, and the saie thereof
until TUESDAY, the 1HiRTIEfH DAY Oh
NUVEMBEB, 1876. at the same hour and
place. BY order OK the Board II Directors.
WM. Il. WATSON. Secretary.
San francisco. october 7. 1875.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-23
Grocery and Provision Store.
IN. HOFFMAN,

HAS OPENED A NEW GROCERY AND
a 4 Provision store next door to Bowman's
Furniture Store,
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11
The Queen of Spain has lust bee

The Queen of Spain has just been sued for
$4,000 francs (S5OOO) for bills contracted by her
cook in Paris, who has lately absconded. The
queen declined payment, and in the courts suc-
ceeded in proving that the departed chef de cuj-
sine, was the person to collect from. The
Prince Napoleon has also been sued lately, the
amount in his case being only S4OO, for the
food furnished to his horses during the siege Of
Paris. He, too, declines to pay, holding that
his man who had charge of the horses should
pay, and the case is as yet undecided. Appar-
emily both specimens of royalty are of the opn-
ion that they and theirs must be fed any way
as to payment, let somebody pay, Of course, but
somebody else. This rushing of queens and
princes into court and into law suits is sadly
demoralizing. They are sacred persons.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

THE Democratic idea of a compromise on
the currency question is a curious one. The
Democratic infationists in Congress express
their willingness to agree to: first, no further
contraction; second, repeal of the resump-
tion act; third, the substitution of greenbacks
for national bank notes. And this they call
"a concession.''
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

NEITHER Mr.. Blaine nor the Maine STAN
dara will be pleased to learn from the Spring
field Republican that the Augusta paper is
the ex-Speaker's home organ. Mr.. Blaine
probably entertains hearty contempt for
the STANDARD, which devotes the major por-
tion of its space to abuse of him. If the
New Jersey letter is genuine one it must
have been stolen,
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

THE Nation in its business review saws i:
In the business world there has been little
during the past week out of the usual course
at this season of the gear. The volume Of
trade has been fully up to the average, and
there have been no more mercantile suspen-
sions or failures than is customary. Money
has been in full supply, with demand loans
costing borrowers to per cent. The
changing of loans at the beginning of the
month, on account Of the heavy payments
into the city treasury for taxes, and the dis
position of this money afterwards by the City
Chamberlain, advanced the rate for demand
loans for a day or two to and per cent.
Wall street speculation in every department.
has been tame, spectators waiting for the
appearance Of the Presidents message and
the reports from the heads of Departments to
Congress. The tendency Of gold was down.
wards, and sterling exchange advanced. A
feature of the latter market was that the bills
Of the house whose rates usually determine
the market ruled lower than the bills of other
''prme'' drawers. The explanation of this
is that this house, since the failure of
Duncan, Sherman & Co., have had forced on
them larger share of the cotton business
than they formerly did, and that their bills
have accordingly been much more plentiful
than formerly. In London the Bank OF Eng
land has continued to lose gold, the with
drawals having been for shipments to Paris
and Germany. On one day over 5000, 900
was Withdrawn, for the purpose, it was
said of making the first payment at
Paris to Egypt for the Suez Canal stock
recently bought by the British govern
ment, although it is known that the pur-
chase of this stock by the British govern
ment must be approved by Parliament before
it can become absolute. The London money
market has been little affected by the changes
in the bullion account Of the bank, and dis
counts are obtainable in London at three
eighths to one-half below the banks lowest
rate. The gold price of 500 greenbacks has
ranged during the week between $s6. 72 and
$S762.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

LUCIUs w. POND, the Worcester forger,
has come to the end of his rope at last. A
sharp detective arrested him in San Francis
co just as he was about to sail for Australia.
Pond will be brought to Worcester, and
there tried for forgery. Two months ago he
left Worcester, telling his friends that he
should return in the evening. That was the
last heard from him. Some of his clothing
was found in the state-room of New York
boat, and for time it was thought he lad
been murdered. Two weeks later it was dis
covered that he had left behind large
amount Of forged paper.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

we do not read anonyu lous letters and communi-
cations The name and ddress of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

CAN it be that the Patriotic Order Sons
Of America" which the argus so severely
condemns is the same anti.Catholic order TO
which some of the Democratic candidates for
the legislature last fall belonged?
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

SATURDAY MORNING. DEC. II, 1875

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every penon claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

A collection will be taken in all the public
schools OF Virginia on January 10, the birthday
OF Gen. r. E. Lee, for the benefit of the Lee
monument fund.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

Gen. Forrest, the ex-Confederate, who OBJ
tained bad reputation during the war from
his alleged connection with the massacre at
Fort Pillow, Tenn, was last Sunday admitted
to membership in the Court street Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tenn.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11
Merchants National Bank.

NlHE Stockholders in this Bank are hereby not-
Il fed that their annual meeting for the choice of
directors and the transaction of such business as NAV
legally be brought before them, will be holden at the
Bank on TUESDAY, the 18th day of January, 1875,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
CHAS. PAYSON, Cashier,
Portland, Dec. 8, 1875. Gec9dtd.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Canal National Bank.

NVHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of 1.-THE
Il Canal National Bank of Portland for the
other business that may legally come before them,
will be held at their Banking House, on TUESDAY,
the 1lth day of January, 1876, at II o'clock A. M.
b. c. SOMERBY, Cashier.
December 10, 1875. dec1Odtd
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11
EDUCATIONAL.
Portland Academy

WINTER TERM begins Monday, Nov 2sth. and
w continues 10 weeks. Pupils of both sexes re-
ceived at any time during the term. For particulars
inquire of ETA A. FILES, Principal,
No. II Elm Street
Portland, Nov. oath, 1875 noy25eod3w
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11
MUSIC BY CHANDLER'S BAND.

Floor tickets $1OO Gallery tickets 50 cents; to be
procured at j. Z. Sturges & Co.'s, E. F. Hale's,
Loring, Short s. Harmon's, A. Lowell's. George c.
Frye's and Edwin L. Rings. Each ticket admits
but one person. The front Of the Gallery will be
reserved at % cents tickets, to be procured only at
Stockbridge's, on and after Monday, Dec. 18th.
There will be Chiidren's Fancy Dress
Party at City fall, Saturday afternoon, December
18TH Tickets for sale, at the above named Places at
25 cents each. dec8dtd
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-11

The National Traders Bank,
nNHE shareholders of The National Traders Bank
Il OF Portland are hereby notified that their an
nqal meeting will be held at their Banking Room on
O'Clock P. M, to choose five Directors for the ensu-
ing year, and to act any other business that may
legally come before them.
December 10, 1875. declOdim
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02
PREPARR F0R WAR.

Hon. John ireland can't make anybody
believe it, but he would have it appear that
fifty or one hundred thousand people kept
away from the voting places because the
STATESMAN, and other papers concurring
with it, sought and succeeded in exciting
not little interest in the course Of events.
But for these newspapers there would have
been no convention at all, and that is the
result that Hon. John is supposed TO have
provided for when the bill was drawn that
convoked the constitution II Hon.
John wishes to be as useful as he is always
ornamental to the party and country, let
him go to work even now and organize the
Democratic party for political and parti-
san conflict. Grants back Is not broken.
With the bondholders and banks and
tariff mongers and imperiIllists to sus.
tain him, he is stlil power
in the land and to overwheam Grant Is a
task to which Hon. John Ireland may now
devote himself with singular propriety. II
may be proper to say, in this connection,
that no body will suspect his selfshness.
His position is peculiarly fortunate in this
behalf. HIS service of the party must be
wholly disinterested. The stnatorship and
Governors place, II we must have ''new
DEAL" are said to be appropriated; the
alliance written. up, signed, sealed and
delivered, and, for the present, Hon.
John Ireland has been sold out. II he
would know the details and parties TO the
indenture lie need only read the papers,
It is our duty, as public journal
lists, to announce these facts in order
that none may ascribe motives Of selfish
ambition TO Judge Ireland who will at once
put the party on a war-fooiing ready for
service in State and Federal conflicts, and
in this he will have no more earnest adju-
want than the STATEsMAS.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02
WHAT WE WILL DO a nOUTIT.

The STATESMAN will give, daily, full and
accurate reports of the proceedings of the
constitutional Convention, which meets here,
on the sixth prox. Each leading feature
of the Constitution will be discussed and all
able speeches published in these pages. The
WEEKLY STATESMAN will be devoted, to
very great extent, to the diffusion of that
very sort of information which every intel
hgent man would acquire for himself and for
the practical use of his children. Such an OPP
portunity for the acquisition of that very
description of knowledge, which is invalu-
able in practical every day life, has been
rarely proffered to Texans. If we find that
the STATESMAN, a. it now. appears, cannot
contain all the proceedings and discussions
of the government trainers of Texas, an ex-
ira sheet will be issued each week OF the
weekly will be enlarged. For reason here
defined, the subscription list of the STATES
MAN is rapidly augmented, and tins great
and growing demand for it induces us to
make these promises to enlarge the paper
and augment greatly the quantity of reading
matter. Send in orders at once, even if
they are not to take effect till the Conyen-
tion sits. We would know what orders to
make for paper. 5
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

WE must throw overheard all the old
party leaders and take up new man for
the presidency, or our party Is undone,
Hendricks, Pendleton, Thurman, Seymour,
Tilden have been cutting one snother's
throat, and false, insignificant issues have
been produced, and the World having
traded with the bondholders, there is no
escaping the necessity. We must have a
new man without a platform, and with no
horrible record or entanghng alliances. 1t
is worse than needless to name him now.
The time and place for his appearance will
he in the midst of the Democratic National
Convention in st. Louis. By no other pol
icy can the iron-handed consolidationist
now shaping the country's destinies be
beaten, The banks, the bondholders, the
oftice-holders, protectionists, Winnebago-
lists and five hundred thousand blacks make
Grants reelection, unless perfect unanim-
ity among ali elements of the opposition
be secured, an absolute certainty. 1t is
needless to evade the confession demanded
by plain facts. All prominent Democratic
candidates must walk the plank, and Grant
must be beaten.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02
now FRDERAL sENAiFoRs ARE
MADE

The new Senator from Tennessee is very
respectable chancellor, of whom the people,
beyond his own district, know little or
nothing, His personal ami professional
reputation is excellent, and we shall see
whether the appointment was fit to be made
Such offices should be filed with reference
TO the dignity and greatness, and fame Of
the State. Few politicians have been
great in the Federal Senate. They
soon discover that they have been
over-rated at home, and accent insig-
nificance in Washington very gracefully and
naturally. That very obscure and incapa-
BILE people now and then secure seats
in the Senate is an obvious necessity. Com
binations are made in legislatures and hos
tilines generated, and at last some light
headed adventurer on the sea of party
strife gets on the topmost wave, aad is
borne boisterously onward aud upward to
that immortality which becomes the immor-
tality OF insignifcance. A little fellow
lifted TO such a height becomes absolutely
invisible, and no one ever looked down upon
one of these from the galleries OF the Senate
Chamber without consciousness OF emo
tions Of pity for unworthy feather weights
bobbing around most absurdly among states.
men.
Strangers say what fools we're they who
sent such monkeys hIther.' Governors
having occasionally the power to appoint
Senator forget that they are held responsible
for the learning, dignity and greatness of
the appointee, and yet governors will bend
to little local preiudices and thrust dolt,
to represent state, into the Senate who
only assumed to represent worthily the
genus and intellect of two OF three coun-
ties. Motives for these appointments are
not always palpable; but s'His Excellency''
is no sooner comfortably enscenced in the
gubernatorial char than he proposes to use
the place as stepping to Federal honors.
Policy often impels him to appoint Sena-
tor, when vacancy happens, whose capac-
ity will not make him dangerous as a CON-
petitor when the Governor himself would
succeed Grundy, or Bell, or Webster, or
Clay. Websters would not ba readily sup
planted, and it is wiser, therefore, TO net up
a district politician and evea make con-
tract with him in which his quiet subsidence
at the end of the provisional term, is agreed
upon. But these facts hardly pertain Co the
relations subsisting between Gov. Porter
and Chancellor Key, now become Senator
Key. The Governor thinks the Chancellor
the foremost statesman Of Tennessee, and,
therefore, the appointment is well and
worthily bestowed. Would it not be well,
however, since legislatures aud governors
have constantly failed to make those men
Federal Senators who are worthy of the ex-
alted position, in morals, in taste, in learn
ing aud matchless ability, TO have these
Senators made eligible by the people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

The Dallas Commercial exultingly says
that Texas, with an area Of s74. $50 square
miles, can give to every man, woman and
child in the United States q farm of four
acres each. Even now states that have been
not only self-sustaining, but have furnished
food for Others. are drawing supplies from
Texas. The city Of Dayton, Ohio, in the
best section of the state, surrounded by q
ine agricultural country, this year has pro-
dnced no wleat. Major r. v. Tompkins,
Of Dallas, received an order to buy ten
car loads at once and ship thither.
st. Louis elevators ara crowded with Texas
wheat We have enough to feed our peO-
pie and to spare. Next year the acreage Of
wheat win be fully one-thfrd in excess Of
the present, and the golden grain win bs
shipped 10 all psrts Of the country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

d DoSAIDsoS, the seFonauss and Grimwold,
the reporter, both met death. The bal
loon, while over Lake Michigan, was over
taken by fierce storm, which caused the
gas to escape very rapidly. Gradually all
the ballast was thrown out to keep the bal
loon in the air, This was failing to prove
successful. when Grimwald made an effort
to shoot Donaldson. The latter siezed the
former and threw him into the lake, where
the body has been found. The balloon
again went mp and carried Donaldson to
the Michigan shore, where it became en-
tangled in the tree tops. aud he fell to the
ground, horribly musilaled. After sustain
ing himself for days on roots, and after
eangrene had set in with his wounds. he
was discovered, only TO die soon thereafter.
And this Is tho substance Of this fearful
srsgedy IS told by him just before he
bFeathed his last.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

1T Is queer contest and most extraordi-
nary in some of its incidents is that pro-
crossing in Ohio. Its importance, too, is
such that many think it will determine the
result of the presidential struggle of 1876.
The Toledo Blade says there is a rumor
afloat, denied by our dispatches of yester-
day, to the effect that the condition OF
Gov. Aliens health is such that his with
drawal from the gubernatorial contest is
quite probable. His personal friends de,
sire him to withdraw for the protection OF
his health and the prolongation of his life,
while his political friends regard his defeat
for the Governors. place certain, result
disastrous to his presidential prospects.
BY Withdrawing him from the gubernato-
rial contest and placing some other man at
the head of the ticket, defeat in October
would enable the friends of Governor Allen
to go before the National convention with
the plea that he is the only Democrat who
can carry Ohio. Senator Thurman, Aliens
nephew, and his friends bitterly oppose
Aliens withdrawal under any circumstances,
as they expect to make capital in the Ma
tional convention by the defeat of Allen
and his unlimited imitation scheue. These
rumors are now afioat among certain inner
circles Of the Democratic party, so the Rlddt
asserts. This story has given rise to many
sensational stories concerning the health OF
Gov. Allen; one newspaper writer has just
discovered that he is blind, paralyzed in
one side and utterly unable to sign state
documents. The rumor is denounced as
without foundation by Gov. Aliens friends
and by telegraphic press dispatches.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

worshipped the sun when David reigned
and Solomon was building the first temple
e,er reared in honor of the true and living
God In view of facts recited, it is surely
not impossible to excite throughout Texas a
share of interest in the archaeology of the
country Each intelligent journalist. will
promote the spirit of research and inquiry,
and by the collocstion of many facts, trust
worthy conclusions as 20 dates and events
and habits aud origin of populations may
h,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

THEr are having a second edition of the
Beechsr scandal trial at Quincy, Illinois.
The Rev. G. o. Hoffman has sued mem
Der of his church for accusing him of
Beeeherism, and the most disgusting details
are brought out. and prominent ladies are
dragged in the horrible mess TO such an ex-
tent that everybody connected with the
church is fleeing from the city to avoid be-
ing called TO the witness stand. There are
now not less than seven or eight clergymen
throughout the country in the hands Of in
vestigAsang committees for alleged Beecher-
ism still the veneEabIe COrvPheus of the
business Is having very jolly time st the
Twin Mountain House.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02

Our city contemporary, with a. very par
donable and patriotic gnsh of emotion, asks
of certain nti-administration Journals, how
can they consistently account for Texas
State bonds now being at par in New York.
Our answer is, that Governor Coke, whom
the Telegraph warmly suppoTts, refused to
consent to the International Railroad bond
subsidy being paid. The Telegraph was
anxious that this subsidy should be paid,
s'for fear the credit of Texas would suffer
and we be charged with reputation. :"
But the Telegraph was mistaken, and now
ingeniouslY and magnanimously exults over
the effects of the defeat Of its own policy.
Age.
1t is the disposition and not the ability
Of Texas to. pay that was questioned and
lessened for time the price Of Texan se-
curities. One batch Of bonds has been sold,
the money to be used in redeenning the cou-
pons of another and these last, of course,
go up to par. This process is very simple,
but it won't bear repetition, and the people
gain little by changing the form Of debt.
But we only proposed to say that the mode
of settling the International Railway sub
sidy question has nothing 70 do with The
present price of Texan securities. In fact.
the States resources were greatly lessened
in one direction while the belief that The
completion Of the road Is assured, the States
honor remaining unimpeached, has restored
confidence in Texan paper. Tho amour.
that Texas owes, even il the IS. 900, 900 in
bonds had been added to the sum. signifies
nothing and would have lessened the value
of Texas securities IN nothing.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-02


THE press Of the country should prefer
its sympathies to the Charleston Courier.
Il has become the States Attorneys General
and devotes itself TO the beneiicent task OF
prosecuting knsves who nave plundered
the State and cities and coupties Of South
Carolina. It's contest with that remorseIess
knave, Bowen, who owes l.he sherifalty
of Charleston 70 negro stupidity and 10 in
famously corrupt practices, was the most
remarkable Of modern jury trials. Bowen
was thwarted Of bis purposes, and even
among his black myrnidons his powey was
broken. The next conflict Of the Courier
was with the defaulting State Treasurer,
who was known 70 have Stolen s75, 900.
This fellow was captured and incarcerated,
bot escaped, and the Neps Is smother NiObe.