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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

Washington, March 28.-The Commit
tee on Expenditures in the War Depart
men: o-day examined Alexander 7. Gray
a clerl, in the Attorney Generals office
He testified that 3. G. Daniels was an,
ious Of obtaining the post leadership al
Fort Stanton and promised witness one
thousand dollars if he would get it TO,
him. Gray went to Senator Carpenter
and recommended Daniels, and the ap.
pointment was procured. Daniels never
paid him the thousand dollars.
First Lieutenant Robert G. Carter,
Fourth Cavalry, testified that General
Reynolds sent to General Mckenzie
about sc. 600 or 10000 bushels of corn
bought from Adams & Wicks, contract
ors at San Antonio, but General McKen-
zie, who was commander of the post,
refused to receive it on the ground that
it was not fit for issue and too high in
price. General Reynolds ordered him
again to take it, when Mckenzie again
refused aud had an inspection of the
grain, when it was found weevil eaten
and musty and therefore unit for issue.
After MckenZie's second protest Rev.
nolds made a peremptory order and the
former was obliged to take the grain.
Mckenzie representa- that Adams d
Wicks were bad men; that they monopo-
LIKED the contracts in the Department;
that other contractors offered to furnish
good corn for fifteen or twenty cents per
bushel less. The result was that Rey-
nolds preferred charges to General Hal
leck against Mckenzie for willful and
obstinate disobedience Of orders. but he
was never tried. Witness said the corn
laid around the post for long time and
was finally wasted, because the horses
would not eat it.
J. E. Barrow testified that he was ap-
pointed post trader 6. Fort Union, New
Mexico. in 1868, through the influence
of W. D. ". Barnard, brother-in-law of
General j. c. Dent. After trying other
parties he went to Barnard and promised
to give him one-third of the profits of the
post, upon which Barnard wrote long
letter to General Grant, who was then
General of the Army, telling him OF the
proposition made and detailing the con-
versation had between witness and Bar
nard. Witness saw the letter. He in
closed his application for the appoint
ment and got it direct from General
Grant through General Smith. Barnard
after inclosing witness application to
General Grant, wrote to Mrs. Grant tell
ing her of witness proposition and ask
ing her influence. Witness says he read
the letter and that Barnard Familiarity
addressed her as Julia" Barnard is
now bank examiner in St. Louis.
J. D. Wooley, post trader at Fort D.
A. Russell. Wyoming Territory, testified
that he paid ex-senator Thayer of Ne
braska 81, 200 TO go to Washington three
or four times. when attempts were made
to remove witness. He contributed $500
to the Republican campaign fund during
the last Presidential campaign.
Edward Welsh. post trader at Fort
Mcpherson, testified that r. F. Bowers.
wholesale grocer at keokuk. and Brain
law of General Belknap's staff, are his
partners. He did not believe Bowers
ever wrote to the Secretary Of War about
the place. He asked him to do so. but
he refused Witness subscribed $500 to
the last Presidential campaign fund.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

One of the San Francisco papers pub
fishes the report of an interview with
Lucky" Baldwin, who has lately been
visiting a number of the leading mines
on the Comstock. The general tenor OF
his remarks as reported. is favorable TO
general rise in the stock market on
the merits o! several mines at either end
Of the great lode Hs mentioned the
prospects of early and important strikes
in Mexican, Imperial. Alpha, Yellow
jacket, and Bullion and Overman, and
the effect of these new bonanzas he
thinks will be quite perceptibls on tho
adjoining mines-or rather the stock
pertaining to them. Baldwin expresses
himself very frankly, however, and does
not advise anybody to take his word as
authority on the subject. Here is an
admission expressive of anything else
than universal "luck" pure and simple:
A Reporter-Mr- Baldwin, your luck
is almost proverbial, and the publishing
of your opinion might get some poor
devil to invest in some of the mines
Mr.. B.-Now, that s Just what was
going to speak to you about; and it is
the chief reason nothing should be said,
for if they speculate upon my luck they
may be terribly played. Since l have
made some money have dealt heavily,
and if people knew how get scorehed
once in a while in my advices and nv
own judgement, they wouldn't follow me
any quicker than they would you. l
have paid out lots of money because
some people l accidently met were con-
tinually asking me what to buy; if the
stock went down which speak favor
ably of / was forced to take it up or
never hear tho las: of it.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

The members of the California Schut-
zen Club of San Francisco are practicing
diligently in view of the great rifle con-
test a. Philadelphia in June and July.
The team of the club will Consist of the
following members: Adolph Strecker,
William Ehrenpfort. ]. A. Bauer, A..
Rahwyler. Streult, Jr., W. Kenig and
Philo Jacoby. The shooting is ell done
at 200 yards, at the same targets as will
be used at the Philadelphia festival.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

TEE Belmont Courier of March "a re-
ports: The last installmens OF tine Bel
mont company'smachinery was unloaded
at the company's mine on Saturday last.
The time is not far distant when the
shrill whistle will be heard at the shaft
of the Belmont and work resumed in
the mine.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

One day last week large bald eagle
swooped down upon an eight months
old child of Mr.. Fithian, who lives in
the foothills near Anahein, Cal. and
was about carrying it of, when the child s
mother saw its danger, and with much
difficulty succeeded in driving the bird
aWay
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

Doa PEDRO. Emperor of Brazil, sailed
for the United States from Rio de ia
metro on the 9th instant. He touches
at Para and Pernambuco en- route, and
viii remain for some time in this coun-
try, and take fair view Of our Centen-
NAL exposition.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

The New York Herald is authority for
the statement that the Republicans Of
Massachusetts, viii support Bris.ow for
tine Presidency il the coming National
Convention.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

WILL REsIGx.-Bill King Of Minnesota
will resign. He don't want any Con-
eressional Investigation into affairs Of
his'n, and besides he wants all his time
to manage his own affairs. At leas; he
SAWS So
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

The New York Herald strongly sup
ports Conkling for the Presidency and
urges Republicans to do so as matter Of
Empire State pride.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

TEE Republican State Convention of
Ohio assembled yesterday The open
ing indicated united action in presenting
the name of Governor Hayes for the
Presidency.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

TIE Democratic State Convention Of
New jersey viii meet in Trenton. May
o, to elect delegates to the st. Louis
Convention.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

JOHN NJ. CoGHLAN of California has
been confirmed by the Senate as Chief
Justice of Utah.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30

IN the Senate, on Tuesday the
Finance Committee reported substitute
for Sargent's bill relative to silver coin.
The substitute provides merely that the
silver coin of the United States, except
trade-dollars, shall be legal tender at
their nominal value, for any amour, not
exceeding five dollars in one payment.
The bill introduced by Senator Sargent,
and also b. Representative Piper, pro-
posed not only to repeal the legal tender
OF the trade dollar, but to authorize the
coinage CT new silver dollar and make
i. = legal tender for amounts not exceed
Ing $50. L; was also proposed By their
bill to double tie legal-tender power of
other silver coins.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30
POST TRADERSHIPS.

Enough iniqsity has been revealed in
the post leadership system to make every
honest man in the land disguised with it.
That the selling Of these tradsrships,
however, is 10 new thing is seif-evident.
Blu. how long this traffic has been going
or We do lot now want 70 know. Sec
Rotary Belkuap's downfall is the first
surprise the nation has had OF the I'M
guilty. In our columns this morning
will be found a statement made to the
House Committee on Expenditures in
War Department by one J. d. Barrow.
who says he held the post leadership at
Fort Union, New Mexico, and that he
obtained the appointment OF one Ear
nard, o broiher-in-law of General Dent,
directly from General Grant himself
while he was General of the Army in
1868, and that General Grant was cogni-
zant of the iaet that he had offered to
givesBarnald cns-third of the profits OF
the office. While We do not believe this
statemen, ii Barrow. it Will 60 with
lightning speed TO the farthest hamlet in
tine land. il appears incredible from his
record that General Grant could be
implicated in an affair of this kind.
He drove the thieves and cotton-specU-
lartors from his lines during the war
with unfailing regularity, and any at
tempt now to east q stain upon his un-
selfish record as General of the Army
will be as vain as would be the attempt
Of sign-painter 70 paint an eclipse over
the sun. But this Confederate House
Of Representatives are equal to any eff
forts in this line, because they have
some old scores against Grant which
they have no other way of paying eff or
viping out. And while We have no
doubt this man Barrow has fabricated
bis story. We advise Congress to abolish
the system of post tsaderships entirely.
This should be done because the system
itself besets e1tortion and therefore
leads directly to corruption. While the
army, or any portion Of i, is stationed
IL ous-o.-,he-wsy places on the frontier.
is: it be made the duty Of the command
.as officer to keep such supplies as the
soldiers Isssy need and TO furnish them
Il. the cos: prices to the Government.
This is the only way to cure the curse of
pcs: traders. Let the knife be applied
to the root Of this evil at once-and to
the root of all other evils, for that mat
may afHict our army or civil
service.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12
County, Ohio Thursday, October ~ 1876

Very fine hotels are here, first class
in all their appointments, and NOT
behind the East in prices, although
all the staple commodities are about
as cheap here as elsewhere, and the
stores and markets are as good as
one would desire. There are large
and spacious churches, of fine archi-
tectural proportions, magnificent
stone and iron front business blocks,
splendid school buildings, good pub
lie buildings, &c, &c. There are
also here palatial private residences,
that would do credit to any of the
Eastern cities.
Familiar as the quotation is, "See
Naples and die" just so, will we, at
no distant day, read, "See Colorado
and IUeY So wonderful has become
the notoriety of this health giving
climate. And not for its health prop
critics alone is Colorado to be cele
brated, but for its grandly beautiful
scenery-this Switzerland of Ameri-
ca, and yet more for its untold min
eral wealth. Gold, silver, lead, iron
and coal are found here in very re
munerative quantities, and the sup
ply seems inexhaustible.
We might speak of many other
things in Colorado, but for this time
enough. Perhaps more anon.
BUCKEYE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12
a New HOG Disease.

A Butler county correspondent
writes to the Cincinnati Gazette as
follows:
"This season spring pigs have
been taken off by what is called the
sore mouth (scrofulous). 1t affects
their entire system, and by the time
tbev die they are complete rotten
mass from the tip Of their mouth to
that of their tail, especially their in
ternal organs, which are literally
rotten, partly destroyed by uleera-
ton, and can at any point be ruptur-
ed or broken down upon the slight
est pressure. Many of our farmers,
and we are. let our other peculiari-
ties and products be what they may
the center of the hogdom of this
great hogeish world-have lost this
season all their spring pigs; others
have lost from one-ffth to four
6ftbs. and some, who until within a
few days have lost none, are now
hauling them out from two to four
and ten per day, and by en- estimate
made of losses in this area it will to
date amount to some 5000 to 1000
PIGS and from 300 to 500 old hogs,
and no present promise OF rehe
from this seourge.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12
A Straw.

At a meeting of a Hayes anG
Wheeler club in Cleveland, Ohio
Monday night, Mr.. D. H. Kimberly
one of the speakers, related this lit
tie story
cat South Mountain the boys Of
the Twenty-third, having appropri
ated two stacks of straw for use in
their dire distress, the General in
command rode up to the regiment
and ordered the straw returned. R.
B. Hayes, then Lieutenant Colonel,
replied "My boys have neither
tents, blankets, nor overcoats. The
mud is ankle deep, and the loss OF
the straw will cost more in quiniDe
to the Government, to say nothing of
the suffering to- the regiment, than
ten times its value, and if the Gov
ernment will not pay for it, I will. "
And R. B. Hayes paid for that straw
out of his own pocket, and this man,
r. B. Hayes worshiped by his reg
iment-is the man the Copperhead
Democracy would pollute by relating
the Infamous story that he appro-
priated the money of a bounty Jump
er to his own use. The boys of the
Twenty-third fling it back in their
teeth as dirty, infamous lie."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12
KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY
The Old Pioneer Line.

KANSAS. CoLoRApo, SAN JUAN, BLACK HILLS.
Kansas City to Denver and the famous
Rocky Mountain resorts. The direct route
to San Juan. The only line from Kansas
CITY to the Black Hills under one manage
ment. Passes through the fertile central
Kansas, and through the important cities,
and the locations of the capital and all the
great State institutions, through the finest
Farming and Grazing lands in America.
Millions of acres for sale cheap by the
Railway Company upon long time, and to
be had free by actual settlers. Reaches
Colorado, with its charming climate, its
celebrated hot and cold medicinal springs,
Magnificent scenery-Perpetual Snow
capped Mountain-Summits, $4,000 feet
nieh, Waterfalls and cascades-almost
continual Sunshine, cool Nights in sum-
mer. The most desirable climate for IN
valids, in summer and winter, IN the
world; sure cure for Asthma, and has a
good effect upon those predisposed to pull
monary affections Colorado produces the
best Beef and Flour; has valuable Gold,
Silver. copper, Lead and coal Mines /;
Good Hotels, Fine Roads, Good Hunting
and Fishing.
Pullman Palace cars and fine Day
coaches through to Denver without change.
No ferries, transfers nor changes of cars
to annoy. Lowest rates to all points guar
anteed For descriptive circulars, address
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT KANSAS Pa
CIF1o RAILWAY, Kansas City, or
FRANK SCoTr, Pass. Agent,
Ticket Office, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, U.
ap27tjanl
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12

HARpER's WEEKLY: Is the Union
surer with those who have fought
and suffered for it, or those who
practically connived at secession =?
Is freedom safer with those who
have been its friends always, or with
those who were yesterday its fercest
foes ? Is honest administration more
probable with intelligence and con-
science, or with ignorance and con-
tempt of ''moral ideas e Is respect
for the constitution more stable with
the answering friends of the publc
school system, or with those who
are allied with it's ecclesiastical enc
mics? Is respect for the constitu
ton more probable with those who
amended it, as itself provides, to en-
large the securities of equal rights,
or with those who are willing to ac-
quiesce in "usurpation underit, and
to declare what they call its most
fragrant violations valid p
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12
Indiana Republican
Majority 5000!
Carry the News to Tildsn!
HURRAH FOR HAYES AND
HONEST WAYS!
A Gain of 6 Republican Con.
greSsmen in Ohio,
And q in Indiana!

We have no doubt that both Ohio
and Indiana have gone Republican
by majorities sufficient to insure the
votes of both States for Hayes and
Wheeler in November by largely in
creased majorities. The contest has
been close, but the Right has tri-
umphed, thanks to the intelligence
and patriotism of the people.
The Cincinnati Gazette of this
morning "wednesday says:
The best opinion at this writing,
$50 a. M, is that the Republicans
have carried Ohio by five to eight
thousand, and made gain of five
and possibly six, Congressman. The
figures at present indicate the elect
ion OF Longworth, Burnett and For
aker, Republicans, and Avery and
Harmon, Democrats, Judges; Kieh-
borth, Taylor, Brner and Ficke, Re-
publicans, and Baker and DR.. Stitch,
Democrats, county officers. Mat
tbews, Republican, for Congress, ap-
pears to have 81 majority, estima-
ting three small townships, not
heard from, at the figures of last
year. SLyler Oem.) is elected to
Congress in the First District by
about 700 majority,
The returns from Indiant are mea
ger, but as far as received, they show
Republican gains over the votes of
1872 and 1874. Republicans claim
the State by handsome majority,
and nine ont of the thirteen Con
gressmen. We shall publish a Sec
ond edition, giving later returns.
Indiana.
The Republican State Central
Committee, in their last dispatches,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12
From the Greenfield Chief. Oct. I.
How Reform" Reputa
tionS Are Made.
HILLsBORo, o, Oct.

%S1 ~ ; wv -
To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette;
It has been we'll known to the
citizens of this county that the cele
hrated ''testimonial" signed by sun
dry Republicans of Greenfield as to
Mr.. Dickeys character, was obtained
by the trickery of Mr. Dickey him
self. For instance, Mr.. Dickey went
to E. r. Pi. rson, cashier of the Green.
field Bunk, and said, Ed, 1 am go
ing to get out a little statement as
to my character as a citizen and in
regard to my business capacity and
integrity, and L would like to get
some of my old neighbors' names to
it. He approached others in the
same way, and some agreed and
others, seeing through the trick, re-
fused, but behold in the Cincinnati
Enquirer few days afterward, ap-
peared a long and fulsome eulogy OF
Henry L. Dickey, attributing to him
all the virtues of saint, all the wis
dom of sage, and all the honor of a
patriot.
Mr.. Pierson was sitting in front
of his bank when he read the article,
and he ut once laid down the Euqui
rer, walked up to Dickey, who was
sitting on store box little way up
street, and told him that he had been
deceived by him, that he never in
tended bis name.o be put to any such
pap-r, much less to have it pub
lished as an electioneering docnmeat
all over the district. He further
NOR" told him that he intended to
publish statement as to the way
Dickey had taken a mean advantage
of a personal favor granted him, as
an old neighbor. Dickey then turn
Ell pale and almost got down on his
knees to Pierson, saying: For
Gods sake, Ed, don't do it. It will
ruin me if you do" Mr.. Pierson as
sures me that every man whose name
appears to the testimonial" with
one exception, feels just as he does,
that he had been tricked by a sharp
and unscrupulous politician, and
that as for himself, he does not in
tend any longer to stand in such a
light before the people as he has
been placed in, and 1 have letter
in my pocket from him asking me to
make this statement, which he would
make himself, had he had time. F.
Immediately on The arrival of the
above paper from the City, the above
paragraphs reached large majority
of the signers of tie so-called "Home
Recommendation of Mr.. Dickey,
published in our paper of Saturday,
August 26th, and with perhaps but
one or two exceptions say that they
were deceived in the article pre-
sented to them by Mr.. Dickey. On
reading DIR. w. H. Wilson's Gard
to the Editor of the Manchester Ga
zette, dated Greenfield, September
25th, 1876, and published in many of
the Democratic papers in the Dis,
trict, in reference to the above recon-
mendation, we interviewed the Doc
tor to ascertain whether he intended
to controvert anything we might
have said of Mr.. Dickey, on the
night of the 22d of August, to which
he replied that he had no thought Of
that kind when he drew up the card
Whether DR.. Wilson or any of the
signers of Mr.. Dickey's article will
vote for him for Congress, we are not
able to say, but are inclined to think
as Republicans, they will not.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12

A hen at West Aldin, New York,
recently laid an egg which was SO
extraordinarily large that it was
opened, when another egg, shell and
all, was discovered inside the big one.
1t is supposed that the hen had been
reading the 'Life of Samuel Tilden,
and was trying to evade the payment
of her tax on the small egg.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12

A Nevada paper represents Gen.
Sherman as saying in that State;
The 'bayonet order, as it IS
called, means nothing that can be
construed against any section of the
country. 1t simply orders the COM
manders of troops wherever sta
toned to respond to the call OF
United States marshals when intimi-
dation is threatened at the polls.
The act of Congress under which it
was issued, was offered by Demo-
crat, and it applies equally to the
North and the South. The object
is simply to secure an honest cleo
ton in November" Being asked If
he had ordered any troops to the
South he replied, mot a single man.
My order simply applies to the
troops already there. If they are
called upon they will act, There
YOU have the whole gist of the ebay
onet order.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-10-12

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