Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-16
LIGHT ia A DARK PLACE.

When We are told shat Jefferson D.
VS. has finally resigned himself to the
condition of sort Of boss granger Of
the Mississippi Valley with rowing
commission among the suanos and oil
cakes of agricultural Bingham: whsn
the fery Beaur-gard settles down to the
quiet duties Of the president of horse
railroad company when that fierce
rover of the seas -Wadiell Of the Sheu-
doah-deSererates, without resistance.
into a picker of bubbles with Cornelius
Cole. we Are not rs much surprised ~
delighted to observe the sometime belii-
coss and hish-spirited ETInt;H.r of San
Francisco pitch its key note to the area
dian symphonies IF arbor-cUlture, and
in true Virsilian strain favor its readers
with moJicum of Bueolics. as sooth-
ing prologue 20 its much iterated Eneid.
Some days since. when Roach OF the
Angora Fleece betook himself ont of the
paste pot and sanctum sanctorum of the
Elamiasr to devote himself TO his Ssna-
torial duties at Sacramento. that paper
informed its readers that the Senator's
place upon the editorial corps
would be filed by gentle
man from the bosom of the Mother
Of States and Statesmen. who had had
experience as writer for one Of the
leading Virginia newspapers. We think
we have been able to detec: tine cunning
handiwork of this literary son OF the Old
Dominion. and if We mistake not. it is
his pen which, in an Article written con
o-ors on the subject of Tree Planting
IN last Fridays issue Of the ErImiger,
employs the following noteworthy lam
suage:
1t would be wise 20 depart from the
example of Mr.. jefferson III the intro
duciion of trees. The varieties he in
:ro9lcei in the East. from Europe. have
generally proved pests and nuisances,
with no compensatilg value as timber.
He wrote the Declaration of Indspend-
ence, was President two terms. acquired
Florida and Louisiana, founded the Uni
versity of Virginia. was the father of the
Democratic party-and invented turkey
hash, and yet he clouded all this fame
by introducing from Europe on this con-
tinent the Alanthus or Yellow-tree. the
Mock Mulberry, and the Lombardy Pop
lar. We are sorry to see the first in
California II Is q nuisance Of bad odor
and deleterious to health. aud like TIE
Meek Mulberry will send its roots
through cellar or cistern walls, or break
in the curbing at the bottom of wells.
The Lombardy Poplar is Objectionable.
because it gives no shade, is unfit for
timber, and breeds the most hateful
worms.
Now we maintain that there is hope !
for our delUded Southern brethren when |
one of their number has the genius thus !
to make q new departure from old styles |
and deal lightsomely with the somewha,
severe and sombre mem cries of the !
Sage Of Monticello. Under the old |
regime the Er9minsr never could have |
been induced to do this familiar thing |
with the Father Of the Democratic |
Party. The gifted Johnston, himself
q kentuckian and not Of the immediate !
of Virginia, has stood afar
and worshiped at the shrine Of the i'm
mortal jefferson, too full Of reverence for
the memory of that Revolutionary Sage |
10 speak Of him but with bated breath |
and uncovered head while the thrice
loyal Roach has looked up through the |
dazzling glories Of the Resolutions OF
'96. too happy to bask in the sunshine
of Jeffersonian glory to dream Of famil- |
iarities with the sacred name of his |
hero, guide and e1emplar. The painful
spell Of . protracted epoch of smileless
severity is broken. and one comes to
hail the day when the Eraminer itself
finds voice for Virginian who remem-
bes that even Jefferson played the I'D
die, and that in the matter of tree
planting he was not only not infallibls
but the introducer and breeder of . line
Of nuisances which ought to be speedily
lbated.
THE New York Herald dominates Car
1inal EcCloskey as the successor Of
Pope Plus TX. Sam Bowles of the
Springfield Republican is understood to
,svor Charles Francis Adams for the po-
,ition while Dana Of the New York