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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

OF the twenty state Senator'S of Cal
ifnrnia who hold over and Will sit in
the next Legislature, sixteen are DEM
orrats and four Republicans, inciud-
ing Raymond, who was elected as an
independent, but who now may be
Republican, Democrat or Indepen-
dent If the next Senate is to Ice any
thing but Democratic the opposition
must elect eighteen of the new Sem
atorS to be chosen in September, 1877.
The Central Pacific Company may,
from this statement, be treated rs an
ally of the Democratic party a: least
for another two years.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

SC1cIDE.-A. Ii. Harris. agent for the
the GoodalI, Nelson & Perkins line OF
steamers and clerk Of the Washington
Hotel at Monterey. Cal. committed sui
eide at that place last Friday. He leaves
a wife and one child. To troubles and
illness the cause is ascyibed.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

Hardware: Hardware: Hardware!
Call and examine the large assortment OF goods
at E. B. RAILS. Gang Plows. Side-hill Flows,
breaking Plows, extras for Plows; Stoves Of all
kinds also the celebrated Medallion Range:
Crockery and Glassware, Paints and Oils, Bar
fixtures, Coal Oil. Chemical and Rubber Paints,
Gas fixtures; Doors, Windows, Blinds, ETC., etc;
all IF which he offers low down for cash,
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

CHINA has two formidable insurrec-
tons OH hand and an epidemic of O speci-
ally fatal character. In spite OF China $
immense wealth We find the government
in the market for loan to arm and
equip their soldiers. Thus does the
Heather Chinee" learn the arts Of civi-
liZation.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

THE House bill for transferring the
Indian Bureau to the War Department
passed the House last Friday by a
vote of i39 against 9S.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25

PRESIDENT GRANT and wife visited
tho Centennial grounds ut Philadel-
phia last SATURDAY.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
MARRIED.

At the N t. Parsonage. April Faith, i;-y
A. H. Teyis Mr Hiram Downs 10 Miss Iury \
Anderson.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-25
NOTICE
pEREEy GIVEN THAT ON

Is EREBy GIVEN THAT ON
MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAJ,
ls7G. II Curry E:!.-ne House ii The First War
and L; Itlu hoUs, Of VIA. J, Newell, nn r I.u
SOL stra-t. north size. between Carst. and F.s'
streets IN the Second HaTd, IL Carson Cit! "a
eir,ticn will b. held for three t;ll IrGsteer. 80
sit. Ou,. IT, raci! WarI AMI ou- L; .ar5,- Viii.
election viii b" opened at eight o'clock il tn.
morning and viii cuntEue until six a'r!oyl j..
tho afternoon Of the SANE day.
MessEs. tieorgr ". G. Ferris, John aTa
All Cl.rlcs :. Mott have b"en appointed IT..
s.,tctors FOR the First Ward; and MtssIe Char.
r BIrhu.l!. Day.G II. Lent" AMI Jar1 Oh l.. Fra.
lI!sprCturs Toy the Srtei,. Nart.
Dated this litlI day OF april, \. l.. .N1f
~ order Of the Board OF Trustee.
apljtl =. J. EDWARDS, City Clcri.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
TIE REDUCTION or B4yE CAPITALS
IN. Y. Sun !


VIII the coming in of the new YEA. several
of our large banking institutions purpose 10
make considerable reductions of their capital
81 600 600, the Metropolitan 81 250, 900, the
Is NIX of the Republic $500. COO, ard the B iDk OF
Commerce s. COO 600. The immediate occasion
of TIE movement is said to be the new rule of
taxation adopted by the Tax Commissioners,
according to which bank is not only assessed
upon its capital but also upon it's surplus but
the real cause, we suspect, lies deeper. lf Is
that there is more money invested in bankln 6
than the business of the city requires, aud
therefore, ia obedience to the laws OF trade,
some of il must be Withdrawn.
Fifteen years ago the aggregate capital aud
surplus of all our city banks put together was
bot $75 600 Oo0. To day it is Sl29 coo. goo
There has been, of course, a period during
which this increase found active ard profitable
employment. Tue operations OF the war and
enormous rise of prices due 70 an il Hated cur
reucy lpperatively demanded an addition Go
the volume Of banking cTeL!ts and wSen the
var VS. over an era of railroad huilGing set in
which for a time bad a similar eizc:. Now all
* cravVed. B11.ntss is CoutUsC Wing to It's an
Gent hmits. Prces We fallen; the feverIsh
activity OF buying ~ selling, wEicn once pre-.
vailed basu succ-er, ed by bumdrum
| work Of employing leaes-sTy consumption, and
! hundreds Of Ein- d Iud .,iuals retiring
| compuision. That re ban king Interest should
| suffer corresponding reduction il only natu
raj. If there j. absolutely less traficking goinl
| on than there was, and if that tEaffickiRg
| moreover, involves only oue-half the amoun
| of money IL would have involved five year
| ago, there cannot necessarily be as much nee(
| OF bank loans and discounts.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
THE CORN CROP.
AN AGGREGATE OF ,295 DOC, 600 BUSHELS

The Ssatisticisn of the Department of
Agriculture, in his Decem Der report, makes
the corn crop only two per cent. short of
the great crop of last year, and fifty per
cent greater than the crop of 1874. The
aggregate, subject to possible future revi-
sion, ls 1,295, 0O0, 900 bushels. Less than
one per cent of the crop is raised in New
England, scarcely six per cent. in the Mid
die States, twenty In the Southern, forty
four in the Ohio basin, and twenty-nine
west of the Mississippi. The product of
that of last year; that Of New England
300 900 bushels greater, and there is less
IL the Middle aud Western States. The
States producing less than in 1875 are New
Hampshire, Rhode leland, those on the
Atlantic coast from New York TO North
Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Michi-
gar, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Illinois
IS credited with nearly $50 600 GEO bushels,
AID Iva with l55 600 600 Next in rank
are Clio, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas.
These six States produce six-tenths of the
total product. Tennessee, which once
held the highest rank in the country, now
stands fret in the Southern States, folio wed
by Iexss, Alabama, aUd GeoTgIsa5 In
quality the crop j. superior to us pIedeces
sUr.
There has been al Increase in all sec.
tipGs, aggregatng about 2 900, 600 acres
TIE advance being very slight in the Guli
states from Alabama to Lpniaiaua, and
SCARCELY psIceptoie in the Middle 3 ates
T. Is largest west Ct the Missouri. Wiscun
sin shows the Heaviest rate OF increase lie
the North ~es', md Georgia in The S. utI
The average price Of corn per pushel il
highest in Massachusetts, and lowest IL
Kansas, ninety five aud tHeply ttree ceDit
IsspeCr!veiy.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
HOW TIE coUHTRY Is FILLING UP.


IN. Il. " OItus 49,
Does any one know how many new farms
have been opened in the United States aDG
their Territories this year; how many new
log cabins have been bnilt; how many
acres of virgin soil ploughed up for the
fret timef 1t is not probable that any one
does know with exactnees but there 10 q
little table in the report of the Secretary
of the Interior, presented to Congress the
other day. which furnishes the material for
an approximately correct answer to these
questions. During the year ending with
June last there we're taken up under the
HOMESTEAD law SIS 900 acres. New land
taken mp under the Homestead Law is for
actual cultivation, and it is generally taken
in lote of l60 acres. It would appear,
therefore, that more than IL 600 new farms
we're commenced last year under the Home
stead Law alone. Bat the 10 not an
There were cold during the year o4u,OSl
acres for cash, and l37 $40 acres were al
iotted ON military land warrants. IT is no
doubs true that a portion of these 17o, 33l
acres were bought or entered by ofoers
than actual settlers, by SPECTATORS or oy
persons who made Investments OF this ma
ture FOR future purposes. 1t would be falr
to estimate, however, that one half of the
17s 33l acres were purchased or entered for
the purpose of immediate settlement and
cultivation; and THE calculation would
give us 432 more new farms OF 16D acres
each. There were also 81 O4e acres enter
ed upon the Sioux and Chippewa nalf-
breed scrip, ard Cos 9S4 acres taken mp IN
der the Timber Culture law. Leaving
these two latter items out of the calcula-
ton, We have an aggregate of about 10 500
new farms commenced during the year.
This means 10 500 new bomes-homes
which, if bulldoEpg and Belknapiem are
put an end to. will be happy, prosperous,
and Democratic. In five years from now,
these 10 500 farms, under good manage
nent, ought to produce annually come 20
millions of bushels of wheat, come 40 mil
lIona of bushels Of corn, and some 400, 600
head of cattle or swipe-making provisions
more than enough to furnish meat and
bread for New York City for whole year.
Thus the country, even in this season of
business depression and of political uncer-
tainty, develops itself aud prepares ter the
great future that lies before IL.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

ARRIVAL OF SANTA CLAUs.-Good news for
the children and for grown folks too Santa Claus has
arrived Danzger's with 10 holiday gifts for the
little ones and will be happy he in his letter to
them in the advertisement another column to SOS all
children till January lst between the hours of 10 NJ
and NJ, to present each with gifG For grown
folks the good is that DaDzger will continue this
week his grand holiday sale of SCO0oO worth of holi
day goods consisting of articles of every variety and at
prices hard tmes. So large 10 the stock held
by the DanzGers and great their patronage that they
compelled have three stores located a. follows
eOa Canal street. 22O Royal street and "a Royal near
St Philip.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
DRuxkEvxEss AmosG BoYs 1t i. a sac

DRUNKENNESS AsIoEG BoYs 1t ia a sad
cgameur.ry upon the rimes, the customs,
the morals the CHURCHES, the lawz-oT upon
gcm- BODY or soUe'hInE, that the terrible
ev!I Of drunkenness exis,s 10 an alarming
extern, among the youths Of our city. On
Christmas day TIE sidewalks were thFOnged
with young men and boys IN every degree
of intoxlcation. We saw Eve boys between
the ag.s of II and u years all staggeric g
along from the effects Of strong drink. An
old police officer assured US that, during a
residence Of 80 years in Mobile, be had
never seen anything TO equal the drunken
ness that was abroad on Christmas day
Now, it is expected that mankind will give
themselves Gp TO mirth and enjoyment upon
that day of ali others, aod extra indulgence,
even, is allo Eable; bot it is not coutem-
plated, in the general arrangement, that
our boys and young men shall loose their
individuality, their manhOod-tbeiE hu-
manity, and become metamorphOsed into
brutes, just becauae it lie CnriBtmRs.-4O
bile Register Dec. q.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

AN IRISH FUcHsIA- TREE.-A correspondent OF
the Loudon Garden gives the following descrip-
ton of gigantic fuchsia growing in Valentia,
Ireland: II believe that at this moment it is
one of the finest sights in the shrub way that
can be seen. 1t measures inst 14S feet three
inches round the extreme tip Of its branches,
aud would have been considerably larger had
it 10. been stopped at one side to form it into
An arch to cross over q walk. The south side
Of it is one bltzs Of most beautiful blossoms
= condition in which it has been for some time.
It is now exactly twenty-tw o years since it wa
planted, aud doring that time nothing what
ever has been done to furts ct it's growth. IT
hes simply been left to itself"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

Oar old fieud Peter Eiiztrdi has very large
his popular store, corner Of Burgundy and MaDde
vio streets half square below st. Peters Church.
The fair rquare liberal style which ch1rac-
terizes Mr. Elzard sOcial life is noticeable in his
of doing business hence the secret Of hiS
in securing Such extensive patronage from among
the people of the Third District P OP!e reGdnG In
the country and DESTROYS of securing groceries from
the city could entruSt their orders to
perienced reliable Persol than Mr.. Elzardi who
Win give prompt attention to a.! orders sent hun
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

The great American Stove has truly earned
Its than its unbOunded popularity by lite
superior excellence for family 1t is just the thir
enable the good hOusekeeper to her temper
economic in fuel and cook in proper style the meals
cakes, etc. for her family. It is most appropriate
present for New Years. Call our friend, Phil Nc
CSbe, 100 Camp street. examine it, ind out the prices
for those of different sizes, and know you'll invest
Mr. McCAbe deals extensively in GrAtes stsves
and tRWare and Pays particular attention 90 repairing
Foofs ana guatsrs. his charges moderate and hs
uulHt ar1s closs.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

J. d. REEL. Esq 1t gives us great pleasure
call attention Of readers the card OF ths
wClLknoWn citizen which publish the 9Th page
OF todA e STAB. For thirty years ar. Bel has
ducted grocery TchoaptoulAs street in the leigh
borhOo OF SCR Market ana " e,se attention
the watts OF the p4oc and great hLsrAiity in al bis
dea,in - haS built tuIintSS eqza. to that Of any
OF most Rouri.hEpg downtown merchants. Mr..
Reel has H4DCuEe stock OF staple and fancy
groceries hsud which be IL Offering hs usU4I low
prices Read his advertisement aud give bin a cal.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

AK joins =. ROCHE, JEwELER AND OPT
CHAN The many 'riends Of this enterprsinz yourE
gsutlsEDAa vii be pleased see b. card fta
page taht he has established himself At Ss Camp
near PoydrAs. Though yoanE man Mr.. Roche is old
in the busnets having been for yeAtS connected in
Responsible positions with the we'll known stores u
Mr. stumPf aud Nj. Zimmerman. Mr.. Roche iS =
hrsteass workman and keeps excellent stock, and
his charges are very reasonable.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

The misery of being called upon suddenly 10
make speech, as got over by mathemati.
clan, who delivered himself in this fashion:
Gsntlemen, q morbid desire for originality
prevents me from saying this is the proudest
moment of my Efe,' and IL does not occur to
me to say ANYTHING else"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

THE GRIP TIE As being "a matter of special
importance them. sEAin AL the attention Of
planters and country dealers to this tie cut OF
which VIII be foaRd Of our inside pages Among
the many &dvAbtages claimed for it may BE- mentioned
simplicity OF application greater strength Of both tie
and bAnd freed IN from slipping which prevents the
bale from expanding and the imposSbty OF removing
the band without cutting 1t kessrS j. 3. Latte
Co. agents Lou!sSnA Cotton Tie Company las CrAyier
prepared furnish the tie in quantities to
purchaser and AJAX only trial foelT con dent
that ils superior merits will inEursr It's adoption
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

style 70 call on their frieads New YSaTs' day, shOud
oaIl on Hessra. Wheeler PsrS0n, eiOfhssrs. - ana
IS Gasp street Thsy hsvo Ane stoek % thS be-t
esshiug WkieA thsy aee oRsriRg Is vsEg reascDabio
urfoSs Ess aavosasssz.lu On SIN gaEa.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

Everything in the boot and shoe line for
ladies' gentemen's and childrenS constantly on
hand and offered at the lowest prceS ct Geo. J. Veg
ncrs popular store corner UrsuDe and Dauphns SITS.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

The excellent quality and low prices of W.
T. ssAnans groceries continue 70 draw crowds to his
new store aI0 st. Andrew street, corner New Comp.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

For RENT.-Two two story frame houses cor.
st. Mary and Laurel Streets, Just put thorough
repair and suitable for ANAL families See advertise
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

In the Rasnish portion Of the Munster do
osuo thS7sars now tWenfy-sOvsn parishes with
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

Levy BrOthers, $50 MaEastne street, have
articles e al styles ana prioss suitable fer New XoaES
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19

As you leave him you are crushed and
stunned with the news, sndrevolve within
your wi mind how you are to accom-
plish this modern labor Of Hurcules.
The County Court this morning ap-
pointed 8 committee consisting of three
Justices, aided by Chairman Tom Hol-
man, jr., and County Attorney julius
Taylor, to confer with A. Woodward,
late County Trustee, to ascertain his
exact liability as such Trustee, and the
terms upon which it can be settled, re-
porting back to the mex term of court.
Messrs. Coleman, Fleming and Elliott
constitute the committee.
The tightness of the money-market
aud the dizziness of the times in this city
al present is a matter Of general COM
ment. 1t is attributable to the low price
of cotton. The business of Memphis
aud the humors Of its citizens can be
successfully graded on a scale attached
to a cottonometer and by it every man
can discover when he arises in the morn
ing how he will feel during the day, and
forecast the probabilities Of his humors
for days to come.
The proposition TO reduce assessments
has turned a food Of petitions for that
purpose into the County Quarterly
Court. The committee Of the court to
whom the question was referred has re-
ported that the court has no authority
over the matter, as the assessment books
have been made out and the State Comp
%troller has already charged up the
amount to the debit of State and County
Tax-Collector FARMLAND; and the mem
bers OF the County Court have no legal
right to make a new assessment by re-
ducing that made by the assessors thirty
three and a third per cent, as demanded
by petitioners throughout city and
county.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19
Poll Tax Troubles.

State and County Tax Collector Frank.
land has issued about three thousand
distress warrants for non.payment Of
poll tax. The amount of the tax assessed
IN each poll is two dollars for the State
and two for the county, all of which
goes to the school fund. Yesterday
Esquire Miller had fled in his Office some
four hundred Of these distress warrants,
on which the officer had Endorsed, mo
property found upon which to levy this
warrant etc, but in a number Of cases
he had served a punishment to hold the
poll tax debtors wages. In a test case
tried yesterday and ably argued Sy
counsel on behalf of the. State and
county and the.defendant, Justice Miller
held that q punishment would hold
good on a distress warrant filed before a
magistrate, and that he had authority to
enter up Judgment against the garnishee
who answered that he had effects of the
defendant in his possession. The plea
was raised that thirty dollars we're ex-
empt from execution as against a me-
chanic or laboring man, but Justice
Miller held on this point that it was not
a good plea as against taxes, although it
would be good as against any other
claim. Should this test case Sc appealed
and the decision of Justice Miller sus-
tanned it will result in collecting a large
amount of poll taxes for the school
fund. By contesting these distress war.
rants costs to the amount Of from two to
three dollars are added to the principalin
each case, and if no property can be
found the garnishee who has money or
effects of his employees in his hands is
held liable for the amount.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19
FIRE This

A small fire broke out this morning
in the cotton Office of H. G. Trader &
Co., 1858 Front street, aud destroyed
about $50 cotton samples, besides a lot
of office papers. The cause of the fire
was accidental or oarelessness. 1t is
believed t o have originated in the pipe
of an old gentleman who was smoking
in the Office during the absence Of the
p~roprietors. The fire, however, was ex-
tinguished before any damage was done
to the Office furniture, effects or build
ing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19

A maiden once said, iii not mate
with a man who has not fortune great
So she pouted and waited, and scorned
to be mated. She's a maiden yet-sge
forty-eight A maiden once thought,
caASot BE- bought-Ill marry a man
who is poor but the man drank beer,
died driving a keer, and twelve or
phans went EFT from her door. Tia
better TO wait and be aged ~forty-eieht
than 10 marry the average mao for
there's trouble ahead for the maiden
who'll wed the very first person she coo.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19

THE Mississippi Valley Insurance
Company had no insurance whatever
upon Colonel Robertson's saw mill, cot
ton gin and other property destroyed by
FIRE at Robertsonville, Miss, as errone-
ously stated in the Avalanche. That
Company takes no such risks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19
A centennial Relic.

A centennial Relic.
Our Centennial reporter was shown TO-
day a four dollar bill issued by the col
ony of South Carolina, in the year iii.
The face of the note reads as follows:
South Carolina. No. ia.
This bill intitles the bearer to receive
four Spanish milled dollars or the value
thereof in gold or silver, according to an
act of the General Assembly passed at
Charles Town, the 23d day of December,
l776. G. Cook,
WV. GREENWOOD,
I. JONES.
The seal Of the colony is attached, and
on the back of the bill are the words and
figures -Four Dollars-Death to Coun.
%terfeit. G6:l9:0. Charles Town. Printed
by F. Timothy HI. Death to Counter
felt" This old bill is tolerably we'll pre-
served, and is printed in old English let
tiers on a card board four and a half by
two and three-fourth inches in size. 1t
is the property of a Memphis gentleman
ia whose family it has been over fifty
years. Our reporter calculated the &C.
tual face value Of the bill up to the pres
ent time, counting the rate of interest at
six per cent, and found that for ninety
nine years it reached a sum, with com.
pound interest, amounting to a little over
1886 in gold. 1t is a curiosity Of old
times, and was issued the year Vermont
declared her independence, and four
years before the famous battle of the
Cowpens was fought in South Carolina,
wherein Tarleton's raiders we're slaugh-
tered by Marion's riaemen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19

CONSUMERS will look out for light
weight candles, put up in sets or marked
40 pounds, full weight, according to the
cupidity of the dealer. They fall short
from two to six ounces to the pound.
The consumer is the sufferer. They are
manufactured by one firm in Cincinnati.
100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19
FoR RENT on LEASE.

C0R RENT OR LEASE-MY PLANTA-
ton in Crittenden county, Ark, imme-
diately on the river, 10 miles below Memphis.
and very productive. House, outhouses,
stables and fences, in good repair. Gin, GIN
house and press on the place. Good landing.
Apply to me at Room 26, Planters Insurance
Building, 80 Madison street.
llll.t R. PERSON.