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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-17

that I have told boiore, A travelling
preacher rode up 10 the house OF an Ar
kansas farmer and found only the youngest
boy at home.
"'whcre's your father and motherr
asked the parson.
"'Gone to camp meeting. said the boy.
where's your elder brotherf'
"'0h, Bills allus over to Gregg's foolin'
with q girl there
"'Thst's bad said the preacher.
"'Yes.' answered the y%oungster. u
knows it's h-ll, but it's the best Inc can
do
THAT is Just tho way II Is with our good
friends, the Democrats. Not having any
thing TO say In their own favor. they pitch
into us. We are able to stand II, and II
Il IL any fun for them. let them do 10. I
don't want to abuse the Dement'S. /
never like to hit q man when be 3 down."
Laughter and applause.
The Judge went on TO say that no de-
tense was needed for the Republican party.
The principles upon which II rested were
beyond truthful attack. The parties which
were face TO face upon the battle-ields Of
the rebellion are now face TO face upon the
political field. The result would lie the
sane. In the war. somebody was wrong
and somebody was right. The situation
IL not changed to-day. and nobody need
be told which party Ia In the right. The
people decided that some years ago, and
they have not changed their minds
since. Judge Goodwin entered into
the benefits conferred upon the
try by the Republican party In Q terse.
newspapery way. which captured his
audience. The manner In which the na-
tional debt had been reduced the land
laws for the benefit Of the masses which
had been passed. and the reduction Of
taxes. were touched upon, and the crowd
applauded and cheered at almost every
sentence. He declared the Republican
party to bc the party Of progress. the de-
fender Of the free schools, the developer OF
the country's resources. the sustainer Of
OF It's credit abroad and the preseryer Of
the nation and the peoples liberties. As
for Tlden. the Judge let him OF lightly.
merely saying that he had turned States
evidence on his brother Tammany thieves,
In New York. The way Of presenting the
great rcformer Of. the age called forth q
burst Of laughter and three ronsing
cheers. Judge Goodwin concluded
by comparing the present situa.
ton u the Republican party
10 that Of a man camping out In California
in 40. and being disturbed and alarmed
during the night by the savage cry Of
wolves. and then rising In defense 10 find
his wolves were but coyotes who He'd In
terror at the sight 81 the antagonist whom
they had aroused.
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Hen. Thomas Wells.

Followed Colonel TAYLOR. He said that
the w.ll.being Of the American people de-
Ponds on the Republican party. The pres.
ent Democratic cry Of reform was = very
useful slogan. but u would not serve As q
substitute for everything which Is de-
manded Of q great party seeking to govern
for four years the American nation. When
the people shall cast their votes In Novem-
Der next We shall have their true verdict
upon the issues which now disturb the
country. aud of which our Democratic
friend. are 80 exceedingly and suspiciously
shy. That that verdict will be for Hayes
AMI Wheeler no man who has studied the
signs and needs Of the time for q moment
doubts. The Democratic Congress has
done nothing but sit a. an investigating
committee. seeking 10 make capital for the
Presidential night b. unesrthing Republi-
can rascals 10 u-e rs campaign doepnehts,
What has that Congress accomplished1 u
has succeeded in impeaching man
4 VOICE - Haven't they reformed the
whisky ringf
Judge Wells Not much the Demoersis
never go back ON good whisky. Laughter
AMI cheers.
The speaker took up the Cincinnati anl
81, Louis platforms. and ratified the planks
against each other. making numerous ROM
yincing points against the reform party.
lie Thought tho Leople would do . good deal
Of solid thinking dhsiEg the present ram
paign. and the more thinking doae the
better for the Republican party and the
suIer apl more overwhelming would be its
y%ictory. The stand which the Republi-
can. we're making on the snh0ol question
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ssyfLENHs'y CLOTHING, Etc.

ON TO THE
WHITE HOUSE!
R. Q. HAYES, FOR PRESIDENT,
hih. choice of the R.puslisss parry.
On the s,,h Of June the
Democratic National Convention
Net ct d. Louis and nominated
TlLDEN AND
TIE CAMPAIGN WILL Be ONE OF TIE
hottest ever known In the United States. II
therefore becomes all citizens TO make A.
rsngsueuts to
sE COOL As POSSIBLE.
THE WHITE HOUSE
COIN q IsAAcs
IL tbs plses to 20 to for
8 q M M Err GOODS.
The Largest, Finest, Cheapest
BEST STOCK OF CLOTHING
IN NEVADA.
WEARING
or ever description. in the srsstsss variety.
AND At LowEsr PRICES.
~ In . few weeks Mr.. IsiDoR rsAAcs,
Of the nm. depsns for the EAst, and will
forward
NEW STOCK or ooopsI
The like Of which hiss never h-sn sen 10
Virginia City.
SUMMER ooopsi
SUMMER ooopsi
WHITE HOUSE,,
CONN B. l8AACS,
No 10 South O street,
VIRGINIA.. NRv.
som
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HAYES AND WHEELER.
Grand Opening Rally Of
the Campaign.
the MASS MEETING IN VIRGINIA ON
SATURDAY NIGHT.

Speeches by Prominsnt Republicans.
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WESTERN DISPATCHES
CALIFORNIA.

SPECIAL 10 n aoLp nnI. piu.r ssw,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Protection Wanted for COlOred Demo
Gratis.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. S.-The ac-
c0unts~telegraphed from this city detalllng
last nights disturbances have been mere or
less partial in character. The 1olioWlng Is
given as an accurate report OF the occui
renee: On the night of "Wednesday, the
9th inst, a colered Democratic meeting ad-
journed and few white men present OFFER
ed their services as an escort 10 prOtect tne
colored speakers, who had been threatened
by some Of the colored Republicans on ac-
count Of their alleged desertion OF their
race. While en- route to the houses OF the
colored orators the guard, consisting OF
about fifteen white men marching In hol-
low square with the blacks in the center,
was met by an angry and infuriated mop OF
! blacks who began abusing them. Finally a
white man was knocked down; pistol-shots
! ard brickbats were then fired by the MOB,
when the escort sought refuge IN the ar
senal, and placed their wards in charge OF
| the detachment of United States troops gar
risoned there. The mob then began an at
tack upon the whites. The police, under
! Chief Hendricks, went to the rescue ana
succeeded with great difficulty in escortlng
the whites to statiOn-house where they
were protected. Main Street was in posses
sion of the mob for several hours, and men
could not cross it without peril. On Thurs
day night, the 1th inst, all the military
clubs were under arms, and the streets were
patrolled by police anu mounted men all
night. About 9 p. m. band of colored men
fired a TOiIoE INTO Lno WluUOWS VI .
/ Hall, on King Street, where white rlne
club had assembled. Under orders the Vol4ey
was returned by the whites. with what re-
suits are unknown. One death thus far re-
ported, but number Of white men were
Shot Wednesday evening. The whites are
prepared, but are very quiet and determln-
ed only to keep order.
LITTLE Rock, Sept. S.--Th2 Herdtd OF
this city prints the following, which shows
the feeling: 1t will be remembered that q
week or so ago johnson j. F. Ford, OF this
city-a colored lawyer who has been leaning
toward Democrats and Democracy-was sci
upon and brutaliy assaulted because OF his
political procliYities. BY Mr.. Ford's state
ment we learn that his life has been threat
cred by the negroes about Capitol Hill,
where he resides. and last night one RoWel
went to his house and made an assault upor
| lis wife on account of Ford's political ac'
tion. Later in the evening Ford came home
and he was surrounded by large crowd
, who reiterated that they would Kill him IL M
did not leave the hill. Owing to their mum
! bers and his defenseless condition Mr.. Fore
/ was compelled to skip out, leaving his Wit
; and baby at the mercy OF the mob; in fact
! he has not dared to be about his house sine
? Sunday last, and now goes back and fort
, | in secrecy, armed with q shotgun. I'll
: feels quite confident that he will be kille'
e eventually, unless he leaves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Things have changed since we we

%
Things have changed since we were
Young. Paul Boyton, the great Amer
lean swimmer, gives state exhibitions
OF, his skill in the water before crowned
heads and titled dignitaries, and Is
greeted with applause and presents;
We used to sneak down to the river and
'sgo in'' with as much solitude as a
dozen boys could find, and one boy
percheda on tor. Of. the lumber pile to
watch for the policeman. And then,
eleven times out of ten, If we weren't
chased out of the waterihys q policeman
and rattan cane, we We're mlnnowed
with peach switch when we got home.
on the slight and merely circumstantia
evidence of having our shirt on wrong
side out What is the world coming to
anyhow?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PERSONAL and Literary.

PERSONAL and Literary.
John M. Loretz, Jr., a young COM
poser, resident in Brooklyn, is finishing
the erchestration of his opera, "lVan-
hoe," on which he has been working
diligently for five years.
Speaker Kerr's:win directs that all
his law-books shall be held in trust for
his son. His wife is given ife-inter-
est in the%emainder Of his estate, which
goes to his son at her death, should ne
survive her.
Victor Hugo lately said: "Should
I never write another word, Twelve
volumes of my unpublished works could
still be issued from the press"
-Etretat, the famous French water
ing-place, was twenty years ago q clus-
ter of .fshermen's huts. Alphonse
Karr wrote it up and made it what 1t IS
The Western Breo0er proclaims its
objects: "It will preach the gospel OF
beer, a gospel good, wholesome, health
full and invigorating, as against the gos..
pei of Puritanism, of prohiDitio9, OF
personal thraldom.
Father Prout wrote the eever-famous
"Bells of Shandon" on the wall beside
his bed in the Irish College at Rome.
Though the author afterwards fell into
disgrace with the authorities of the col
lege, they have never permitted the
erasurc Of the original penciling.
Mrs. Rebecca Camfeld, who dled
recently in Georgia, was an aunt OF
General Longstreet, and the last remain
ing child Of William Longstreet, VINO,
the Augusta Chronicle says, ran a minia-
ture steamboat of his own construction
up and down the Savannah River, oppo-
site Augusta, ten years before Fulton
invention was heard of.
Henry Mayhew, writing OF "Jer-
rold's London," describes Jerrold as q
young -Adonis with hair "the color OF
ripe corn, large, full, unfathomable blue
eyes, exqusitely chiselled Roman nose,
skin fair and smooth as a baby's AND
fresh looking as new-shed rose-Ieaves'
altogether more like s'a good-tem.
pered dtre devil of young MILDLY
than a man living by the hardest OF lit
erary labor.
The German Commissioner at the
Centennial has bought for S107 sever
volumes prepared by two workmen IL
the Boston Public Library Bindery a:
specimens OF American handiwork IL
this department of trade. Three of th'
seven books were by Massachusetts
poets-Longfellow, Whittier, and En-
erson. The entire collection viii b
deposited in the Imperial Library a
Berlin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

--Ihe Swedish, and Norwegian
Synods OF the lutheran Church in
America are glowing very rapidly.
New Swedish congregations are spring
ing up in New England, as well as in
the Middle and Western States. The
Augustana Synod, at its late session at
Jamestown, n. Y4, received "a new
churches into fellowship, and pastors
are everywhere in demand to serve
new congregations. The four Norwe-
gian Synods comprise 700 cOngrega-
tions and about 100000 communicates.
Haps and NIashaps.
AT Hastings, Barry County, Mich,
a young SON of George Wolcott was
caught in the tumbling-rod of q thresh-
ing-machine, and instantly killed.
Lewis Carana, of Carana Brothers,
we'll known in theatrical circles, fell
from the fourth-story window of the
National House at Terre Haute, Ind,
and was instantly killed.
The wife of Benjamin Williams,
living near Lansing, Mich, was bitten
on the hand by a rattlesnake while in
the garden procuring vegetables for
dinner. 1t was thought the wound
would prove fatal.
"A son of Peter De Geest, near Pei
la, Iowa, stepped on chair to hang q
gun on the rack overhead. The ham
mer caught on the chair and the gun
was discharged, killing the boy Instant
| ly. .........,...
David Segur, Il, prominent citizen
of Toledo, o., committed. suicide the
other day by blowing the top of his
head off with shotgun. He has long
been in a state of almost insane de-
spondency, superinduced by the i'll sue
cess of a number Of his real estate spec
ulations. He fancied that he and his
family were being reduced to beggary.
C. D. Schalk, proprietor of the
German fouring-nills in Anderson,
Ind, was killed By the bursting of an
immense stone burr. His son, while
tinkering around the machinery in the
absence of the engineer, removed the
belt from the governor wheel. The en-
! CINE at once ran away, increasing the
speed of the stone at least eight times,
till it burst, and Schalk, who was stand
ing near, was struck by the falling
stones. He. died within few hours.
"A distressing accident occurred tt
little daughter OF Mr. Philip Hemmer
of Jeifersonville, Sullivan Co., n. Y, 9
few days ago. This child, who is aged
only four years, endeavored to initiate
the example of her elders by filling ant
lighting pipe. Unfortunately she
took powder instead of tobacco, anc
the result was that the explosion which
followed has completely disfgured he
face and portion OF her arms. He
eyes however are spared.
,, ID Anton Indre, s. Fort Howard Owls.
butcher, went into the hardware stor
OF Hall & Burns with a revolver, 70
: which he wished to obtain cartridges
Supposing it unloaded, he pointed it a
one of the firm. Being reproved by a
elderly man named Hall for careless
ness, fndre turned and playfully point
ed it at Hall and pulled the trigger. L
his horror it discharged, the bali pene
trating Halls coat and vest on tn
shoulder, and, although carrying off
piece of his shirt it did not Craze tn
: skin. --..-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Foreign Notes.

1t is rumOred in London that DIS
raeli's reason for occupying the peerage
he had formerly refused, is that he is
about to again enter the matrimonial
state. A. few years ago he was reported
to be engaged to the Countess OF Ches-
terfield, and his present fiancee is said to
be friend of hers. The new peer was
born Dec. 21, 1905.
During the recent visit of Queen
Victoria to Edinburgh, the Royal Com
pany of Archers (the Queens Body
Guard for Scotland) presented to her
Majesty, in accordance with their an
cient charter, two barbed arrows on Il
green velvet cushion fringed with gold,
the Captain General, The Duke of Buc-
cleuch, heading the archers on horse
back.
leopold H., of Belgium, is looking
badly as to health, having the appear
ance of one over So although he is
SCARCELY more than As His face was
never intellectual, but now it seems
quite listless. His Austrian wife is not
liked by the trades-people of Brussels
and Ostend-their two places of resi-
dence-having the reputation Of being
parsimonious.
Prince Milari, of Servia, is describ-
ed by London Times correspondent as
not clever man, bat decidedly inteili-
gent. 1t is question whether his pr"pen-
Sites ar,s weirlikel, thou,ghh his proclamd-
ton at the beginning Of the war was
fiery. lie has nottaken part in, or even
Witnessed, any engagement between his
| troops andthe Turks.
&C. pa
of Felicien Caesar David, the composer
of the ode symphony 1.-The DESERT" OF
"Moses,' and one or two grand and
comic operas. He had spent consider.
able time in Egypt, and some of his
music had strikingly Oriental cast
He was a pupil of Cherubini and dis
ciple of the Communist st. Simon. -
The real hero of Lieut.. Cameron
return to his home was little Pickles
his pet dog, who, in a new collar, ant
with the extreme end of his tail orna
mented by very large blue bow, wa
taken to the railway station, and annie
the firing of the salute and the ringing
cheers Of the British concourse covered
the face of the brave young officer witt
impassioned licks. qsrH ,arff--
Giuseppe Mantegozza, sixth Mar
| quis of Lischateaho, who mas been Oh
trial before the Assize Court at Bo
logna, Italy, charged with forgery
: frauds and falsification-forging tn
: names of King Victor Emmanuel, Prime
: Humbert of Savoy and the British Con
sui at Florence to number of bills c
: exchange-has been convicted and ser
' fenced to eight years penal servitude.
5 During his recent stay at yIschl, j
, the eTyrol, the Emperor of Austri
saved the child of poor woman fror
1 a violent death. AS hayWas passin
n through the Rettenbaeh gorgess DO
a of four years old fell oEer'a precipice
e and his clothes having caught on a prt
S iecting branch, was suspended over
+ torrent some 30. feet selow. The En-
t peror, whose proficiency in all athlet
s sports is well known, jumped across IL
t preecipice, freed the boy from his peri
g GUS position, and took him back to h
mother.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Well Done. Vermont.
From the st. Louis Times |

IFrOm the SG. LOUIS Times.
The Republican majority in Vermont is
%, ,527. This is 3,G99 less than it was for
Governor in 1868, and s, ,595 less than it was
tor Grant in 1868. 1t is ,S06 less that it was
for Governor in 1872, and s, 420 less than il
was for Grant in 1872.
The Democrats cast last Monday 81 ,035
votes, which is S, TAG more than 1t was In
1868, and 4, 4a2 more than in 1872. The
Democratic vote this year is 4, ,422 larger
than the Democrats have ever cast before,
while the Republican increase is but AIS. II
the whisky thieves can extract any comfort
out OF this, they are at liberty to do so.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

Now that the cool NIGHTS have made
the mosquitoes less voracious, and there
is no longer the pressing necessity for
posting picket guard around THE wat.
ermelon patch every night, theaAgricul-
tural population of the eepnblis is be-
! ginning to catch up Titles leels.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
school and Church:

Ii is 1.umored in London that Fa-
ther Hayacinthe is about to enter the
Church of England.
An invitation has been sent TO
Moody and Sankey from missionaries in
India to visit that country.
Miss Nellie A. Stewart, of4ooStton,
has been appointed SuperintenNent of
the Teachers Art School at Cofumous,
..
There is Bible in the University
of Gottengen written on two Thousand
four hundred and seventy-sl& palm
leaves. r
The Rev. B. F. Barrett, Leading
Swedenborgian minister OF Phliaoei-
phia, has left that community on ac-
count of changes in his opinions.
AT the session of the Rocky Noun
tain Episcopal Conference, recently
held in Helena City, Montana, ~ was
seeded to make of it two conferences
to be named Montana and Utah.
There are now reported to be IA
rrotestant missionaries in Japan. : Il Il
hooe Japanese Christian IS cnaplaln II Il
OF tae city prison. The head OF Ine
Normal Sehoolfo for Women IN Toao is ;
:; : Wesleyan a Japanese gentlenisana ot
nrlgh rank is a member ofthe MetnodnsS u .
Episcopal Church. A large store naf f
peeI peen opened in Toxic for the sale ta VI
ploies and other Christian BOOKS LII 'no
language OF the japanese.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Science and Industry.

The Southern orange crop Is re-
ported to be unusually large.
-Four million barrels of flour are re-
quired to feed the people of New York
for one year.
The yearly transactions in oysters
in New York foot up ten millions OF
dollars. The bivalves this year will
be abundant and of superior descrip-
ton.
Petroleum speculators do not COM
plain of hard times. Oil has advanced
four dollars a barrel within three
months, and they are making money
fast.
"A German scientific journal says
tha. the cracking of mortar through
{ ness OF heat may be prevened by
le ad.i,io.4 # chloride of lime. Mortar
SO prepare, will stick fast even toglass,
metal and similar substances.
C. p. Haseltine. of Stevens Point,
Wis, has . cranberry marsh of GAO
acres, under cultivation. If the berries
are not des ..pyed by early frosts he ex-
poets to 2 1lar 5000 barrels, which
will be SHIPPED direct to Liverpool.
Repeated experiment has proved
that in sohool-rooms lighted by, win
COWS on 9th sides, the children suffer
or .ess from injured vision; and
.... ,pc stant has the subject been con-
sid ;reG in Germany that law has been
passed forbidding such windows in
schools.
--Corbolic acid paper, whichis now
US, in such large quantities in this
COZ ntry and ABROAD for packing fresh
meats, etc., for the purpose of preserv-
ing them against deterioration by at
nospheric or other influences, is made
by melting five parts of stearine in q
gentle heat, and then stirring in thor
oughly two parts of carbolic acid, after
which five parts of paratfine in melted
form are added. The mass thus pre-.
pared is well stirred together until il
cools, after which it is applied with 8
brush to the paper, in quires, in the
same manner as the waXed paper--sC
much used in Europe as wrapping
material for various articles is treated
, 1876-11-06

Wo havo been furnished with copy Of o
circular printed in tho German language just
Issued by GARTER H. HARRISON, Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Second Dis
trict, in which he appeals for German votes
on the ground that his family has spent sew
eral years in Germany, and that his youngest
children "speak only German !" Col. DAVIS,
tho Republican candidate, is spoken Of as
"a high-nosed Yankee and n'uek<r," who is
Colonel Of tho First Regiment, and "thero-
fore " should bo voted against by the Ger
mana. There is not German OF intelligence
in tho Second District who should not feel
insnlted at the Implication TINT his vote is to
be gained by such IN appeal in behalf Of this
blatant hunbug, and who will not prefer to
DO Represented in Congress by high
nosed" Yankee rather than m inflated dom
key.
, 1876-11-06

Tic condition Of Mr. T11pxx's healtl. aud
Its bearing upon hls possible olcction to the
Presidency, is matter which deeply con-
Germs everybody whointends voting the DEM
ocratio ticket. It Is due to tue Democracy
that tho truth should bo known, and that
they should be fully alyisel as to the prob
neilisy that tue uan they vote for will, il
elected, live to complete the Presidential
term. It is well known to those who see Mr.
T1LDka every day TINT 10 IL far from being
even III thu state Of health that men at bis
advanced ago usually enjoy; that he ia sui.
feF'ng from dangerous 1nalady that IL
practically incusable ut his TINA Of life, and
TINT has alrealy prayed upon his eystem 70
an alarming extent. 1lo IL O pallld, shst.
tered. brokeu-lown old man, wloss CHANGE,
are slnall Indeed for tue four years of yiuor
a1tti sitalisy that are indispensable in tbs
PEEsident of tie United states. According
t9}relisble information, 1t Is no. at ali IN.
tkely that the election Of T11Dxx would
make Hxapa1czs rEeaident.
, 1876-11-06

The secret of unusual interest shown by
the Chicago 1ioses In the election OF FAass-
WORTH and tho dcfeat Of LATunop IN the
Fourth District is easily explained whom 1t
is remembered TINT 11r. LATunor was the
lending counsel for tho plaintiG in the celo-
brated EARLY libel suit, and TINT it was
largely through his ability and zeal in con-
ducting tho suit that vorlict for s25, 900
damages was rendered against the Tsn,es.
Tho editor Of that paper has never forgiven
Mr.. LATnnop for tho energy and akil1 ho dis
played in pushing "the old nun" to the
wall On account Of TINT infamous slnnder,
md ho is ''gotting even" now by trying to
bent LATnnor for Congress. We do not be-
love the Republicans Of the Fourth District
will assist the editor Of the Times in this
spiteful enacaror by throwing away their
voses on HunlpuT, mud thereby contributing
to the eloction Of tho renegade Republican
FAnHswonTu.