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The New York herald., 1876-08-15

ma them III her secret places, where they
slept under glacial shocks and oyersweep-
ings, under the drums and tremplings Of
all conquests, since drums and conquess
were, till in the fulness of time she renders
them back to us unworn and legible, with
their inwoven burden of mystery and mean
ing They tell us somewhat, while they
darkly withhold much which we would fain
know, but of which we can only vaguely
conjecture. With all their testimony, au-
thent,c and irrefragable as it is, we cannot
fix his time in any known eponym or epoch.
He was before time was broken into
these transitory divisions, while yet
thousand years were as one day. We
only know that he was that he was girt
about with 'strange and dusky aspects of
beasts monstrous and gigantic, which abide
not in the earth in any known posterity (;
that he made to himself weapons of flint
and of bone and ornaments of stone and of
shell that he dwelt in caves dragging
thither his prey, leaving its cracked and
marrow sucked bones scattered about
his lair, mingling his own with them
at last, making sepulchre and mau-
soleum of his subterrene hall of au-
dience and dining room; that he knew
the use and the abuse of fire, roasting with
it his quarry and burying in its embers his
possible grandsre that he exhibited pro-
gressive skill in the arts of fashioning his
rude arms and utensils that he was
inclined to be social, and gathered in num-
bers around his huge roasting fire, as his
modern exemplars gather at barbecue or
clambake that he decorated himself before
he dressed himself, and tattooed himself
before he washed himself, postponing the
comfort of attire to the rapture Of ornament
the sober joy of cleanliness to the more
poignant thrill of hypodermic decoration
and that, with all the savage qualities of the
wild beasts on which he preyed and bat
tened, there dwelt within him spark of
that divine light which, after unrecorded
periods of time, was to quicken and kindle
in politer forms Of ferocity his posterity,
grown into sages and statesmen and
warriors and bards. All these, as all
others, spring primarily from the loins
land or geographical division, but is
common to the whole earth and is ever
the first born Of the newly born corti-
nents. Mr.. Charles Rnu tells us on exceed
ingly interesting tale of HMM fact
all that is Mt present known-and as his work
is written in plain and popular style, eth
biological or archaeological, free from bump
tiousness and not overvexed with theories,
it will, doubtless, even in these exciting
times, find a goodly number OF readers. 1t
would be pleasant if we had wider space
and ampler time in which to traverse the
interesting ground which his work ranges
over. But the modern man claims too much
of our attention to enable us to do more
than wave o passing salutation of hail and
farewell to his primeval brother of the caves
and of the old drift, and to commend the
excellent work Of Mr.. Rau to those whose
leisure is more abundant than our own.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

JUDGE NELSON'S DECISION upholding the
action of the Children's Aid Society in send
ing children to the West without the knowl-
edge or consent of parents incapable of car
ing for them may be good law, and SO far as
the children are concerned good policy, but
q charity which violates the maternal instinct
is not one upon which the highest civilization
can look with favor
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

RELIGIOUS WARS AND VIOLENCE are becom-
ing too common in every part of the world.
A Chinese mob attacked French mission
during the service and killed the priest and
many of the worshippers. The populace in
China Mas not yet learned religious tolera-
ton. but we also read this morning of a re-
ligious revolution in Central America and
much fighting in consequence Of religious
difinrences
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

THE DESPATCH from our correspondent on
the banks of the Rosebud which we print
this morning will be especially welcome be-
cause of the information it affords of the
strength and condition of General Terry's
command. At time when battle with the
savagcs may be expected at any moment,
wnen the rumors of battle which reach us
through other sources may be confirmed in
spite of our doubts, anything pertaining to
the strength of the column is of the highest
importance.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

The News FROM THE EAST this morning
is more hopeful for the Servians. and not
only does Prince Milan express satisfaction
with his army, but he also declares his pur-
pose to continue the war to the last extrem-
ity This is all we'll enough, but better
fighting in the future will be necessary to
make his words good
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. Stocks were
firm on moderate transactions. Gold opened
at III IL and closed at Ill 3-S. Money on
call was supplied at l and per cent.
Foreign exchange was dull. Government
and railway bonds were steady.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

During the summer months the HEEArD ,oa
be sent TO subscribers in the country at the rate of
,nentyJive cents per ,reols, free of postage.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

From orr reports this morning the probabilities
are that the 1cedther today ,ciA be ,cdrner and
cloudy, ,oih, possibly, fog and rain.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15
WITH SUPPLE M e n r.

NEW YORK, TUESDAY. AUGUST Is, 1876.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,
VARIETY, ats NJ.
BOOTHS THEATRE
SARDANAPALUS. at r. II. Mr.. Bangs and Mrs. Agnes
Booth.
WOODS MUSEUM.
SITTING BULL, at ; T. NJ. Matinee at 2 p. ".
KELLY & Icons MINSrRELs
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
nsP. NJ. Matinee at > y. NJ.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
LORD DUNDREARY, att p NJ Sothern.
wALLACKs THEATRE
THE MIGHTY DOLLAR. At 4 T. NJ
TIyoLI THEATRE
VARIETY, at 6 F. M.
GIIMORE's GARDEN.
GRAKD CONCERT, at +. ~ Dir. Levy and Madame
Pappenhem
THEATRE COMIQUE.
VARIETY, at T. NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

BOOTHS THEATRE.
SARDANAPALUS. at 5 7. VI. MIR. Bangs and Mrs Agnes
The New York herald., 1876-08-15

PARTSTAN VARIETIES.
ats z NJ Nntinee at . u N.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

RESIGNATION Or An HONEST OFFICr.-
A correspondent OF the Bora, Ii'.er IN
DEE date of Jan. IL ailudes as follows to
. very faithful and honest officer
Our worthy and efficient Postmaster,
j. NJ Meredith, Esq. has resigned the
position he has SO satisfactorily filed for
nine years past. and conternplates q
change of location soon. Last night he
gave a farewell dinner to about thirty o.
his assembled friends, which time an d
space will no. allow me to describe fur
Their now than TO say ii was gotten mp III
the bss, style and enjoyed to the utmost
by his friends. who said anti sung many
IL beautiful sentiment Of regret At part
llr with their cid companion
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

THs VENICE or TIE G.zAT EA-r-The
playful person vino rresijes over tie
-srcas.icaI department. ot the Eureka
Sentiusi gives vent 20 lis fame. az
follows:
A few eondolas plying or Main street.
between tbs new odd Fellows Hall and
the Turner HOUSE. are ali that =
wanted to complete the Venetian scene,
which that portion of the town al pres
snt so nearly represents. The peopls Of
Eureka are particularly favored. for We
venture tie assertion that there is not
another town on the coast whose main
shoroughfare can boast 50 extensive and
beautiful sheet Of wafer. But to zen
der j. useful, as well AZ ornamental. we
would suggest to our County Commits
.ioners the adrisa'.,lity of stocking it
with fish. \ few thousand minnow trout
planted during the present season would,
IN a few years. populate its waters 10 a
sufficient extent 10 furnish the County
Jail with fresh fish every cay. We hope
our county dads viii .ct upon our sGg-
yesiion. or else-make arrangements io1
having tie hole l!issi ny.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

We confess 10 a liking 70. such q
hshtsone and fanciful treatment of the
rather prosy matters of the stock board
as the following which Ne copy from
tho San Francisco Stock Erc!angs Of
Jan. 10:
We note all the change. aud account
FOR them in ,hetwinklipg OF an eye. They
explain why the Ronanza stocks are up,
and the Gold Hi. end down; Flood
L O'BTien own all the money i'll the
country that Is available for stocks.
They are willing to lend money ell
stocks they control. They are buying
up the country as fss. ss possibly. They
own some Of oar choices; res! estate ;
have something more than cupolo on
the Palace Hotel they own the Refinery
and Smelling Works-the next thing
they'll buy the Mint from the Govern
ment. or cut off the source Of bullion
supply. With the product Of the b.
nanza mines for May, they II buy up the
CentenDial-and what more will they
want? Flood L O'Brien are making
good use Of their money, and have dis
played a wonderful amount OF admins
,rstiye and executive ability each on his
particular place. BY Flood 4 o 'BEien-"
of course are meant all the members Of
this remarkable firm. They seem to
- stand in " when necessary to protect
their stocks. A well known operator
and one well qualified to judge Of value
OF mines returned from Virginia City
few evenings since. While there he was
shown through the Consolidated Viz
ginia and California mines. He SAYS;
u ~as in Virginia the day Of the big
fire. Mr.. Hackey had made an appoint
ment with me 10 take me down. but Of
course the FIRE prevented it. Had gone
down the day before and Witnessed the
wonderful. extraordinary ore develop
men;s. | would today be millionaire.
Why? because on the break caused by
the fire / should have loaded mp to tho
b.im No mines Of such colossal di-
mansions and riches could be kept down
by hundred fires. / never dreamed
there vas such mines Is these bonanzas
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22
4 POSTAL TELEGRAP,: BILL

We rejoice that the matte. of Postal
Telegraph has fallen into ~ good
hands az Senator Sargcnt's. He is
earnest, Tenacious and = tiv>: rate leg
islat0r quality which is by no
means common among Congressman.
lie has introduced into tine Senate a
bill of which the following is II avn
opsis: .-.... ....
Sargent introduced bill comforting
certain privileges upon telegraph
companies. II provides for the estab
lishnert Of a postal telegraph system,
of " bich the following are the main
featnres: Every post-office in The
United States situated az the post Of
any telegraph line shall also lie = tel
egraph station. a which any tale
graph company maintaining >uch line
may establish and operate its instru
ncut> Ii in any case it is apparent
that the duties of postmaster and tel
e.raph operator could he performed
bv one person the Postmaster Gen
crai NAV appoint a suitable person for
bo;a duties. and all rnstmastors shall
receive IN. >SaCes for transmission by
telegraph and cause them tu be deliy-
cred. The telegraph company pay
ing tn ihc government \ postSCe oi
one cent on each The charges Tor to-
e-riphinS all messages To be received
at or delivered from the Lost offices
shall nc fixed bv the Postmaster Gen
er.l. but mas not exceed the follow
Ing: For len word messages. less
than 20 miles. Ia cent. for distances
between 80 and 800 miles, u CENTS;
from 800 10 ,0od miles, 20 cents; for
all greater distances. 80 cents tire adj
dress and signature to be free OF
charge and for additional words the
rate. to Ire i'll like proportion. The
bill. however, authorizes anv such
telegraph to maintain other offices i'll
important towns or a place for the
receipt. transmission and delivery cI
of urgent character and Ia
rates for them higher Than the
for. gnin-. proviiin. tho government
has precedence wbencyrr the head Of
an executive department, 50 requests.
aud that it shalt be done A. the lowest
rates fixed by this bill. The govern
ment il TO have the right t. purchase
sny line accepting the privileges of
his bill Al any time within three .
wears after commencing operations
under j. ~ lis actual cost. with six par
cent aided. The last section directs /,
TIE Postmaster General 10 adv. Use T
forthwith for proposals and t. -.saii
, contract To any responsible party un- /,
to form telegraphic conn..c- p,
lions and carry out the objects Of this !
bill for rhe lowest tariff not exceeding !
he prices above-named, for a term of |
.wepty years. unless the government |
during that period purchase the lines.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

NV YuEz. jarnCrv "a Times
Washington special hrsa.!'v intimate S
that Tom Scott car f..-- Is f~2.s Rail
road bill II b. oniy vii consent to per
init the Central Pacific - control ;he
road when il reaches CaiiI, rnIa-
We hope that Scott yill make no sueh
: disastrous eompgJmise. Let lin s:sud
firm AMI lie AL! .V.n;UA.iy accomplish.
his purpose az establishing - competing
line :cruss the continent and that's
xha, Ne OF the PAcitie States are ,E...iiv
IN need Of.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

IT SEEMS to E< ;i-at Tie political
work in the Republic. this Year, more
than in any since AlHoUaitox. mus
determine whs: the var for tho union
meant. Congressman Tucker. uudis-
MAYED and uEssIaig.i cun-s from
the scIrrs.! fields and desal..-, /
hearth->ides az Virgins. AMI declares
that these United States are H"i a la
ton lie laughs to- >coru ali tiIe work
uf Recnu>.ructiu aud turns " i.h cun-
tempt toward the bloody pages Of Sc
cessicu and tiinyS the banner ri State
Severe! Su.y in tts fac ufthe Republic.
lie i either ali right or all WRONG.
Unless ne - very. very wrong. ihe
wax which WIS wagsd against the
secession Of the Southern states was
the witseIest onslaught ever maie
upon = people Who were exercising
pecTs rf;h. South. stranga a. he spec
taclc seems, have aF-IiEnet the North
AMI are putting !. "a TX purcat.on.
The South being -Hn.S;ietl. il send. -
rebel >nljiery into congress there to
Ii sht the battles oS safe supremacy
over again. THIS - one supreme M
ton or it /, mere Ious, bundle Of
independ-n. nations. The I Mon i \
central, supreme power, or IL IL the
sport 81 state whius- The South "un-
trols the Democratic parry. Tia:
party is danger usly n-Sr 10 IL" coli
troll of the Republic The men oi ;ae
South will h- something more than
human i. whoa one in power. they
10 not rsts,iate upon lie North for its
humiiI.t:"n 81 the South. Tie South
must Re held su'serri-rGt or it viii
i0mina;c the Nori'. A. We sail yrs
terisy- plAgaiTi1in- SOMEONE'S most
excellent wi.tici-In he South has -
good = hear: ~ .s.r l.. made ont of a
very E2-'i P:a!Ity Z brains This
c0i.iIg campaign viii show whether
or RIO. the North is equal 10 the gr-A.
emergency IT 3 rebel Congress. III.
Is, We stall hear such tone, from is
grea; auI eminent men - Will drown
the yelrs Of the puppies who make =
noise whenever any Radical ".reAkR.
This year will make a demand upon
the best manhood II The North to come
up out of its silence ami retirement
aud lie pitted against the best manhood
of the South. The result 10 be record
ed is northern supremacy and national
yindication. or southern rule and rel-!
retaliation. There j. ~ half wav, go
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22
Co.cr,s ABuxpAxr.-Th Reese Rive

Governs ABuSDAST.-The Reese River
Eev.il,e O! Jan. Is has the following
Coyotes have never been known to he
So plentiful in this section As at present.
and regardless of the bounty offered IN
the law for the destruction of noIious
animals. they make 1t very warra for
sheep in this vicinity The shepherd
ers poison a great many Of th. = var
miu,s and bring their scslps to town
and claim the bounty. This afternoon.
a Chinaman who il berding sheep for
Mr.. Bailey, brought in q number Of
.cslps and handed his bill to the auditor
for the bounty allowed by the Law.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

Mar. Fu:sr-We received yesterday
. postal card containing the following
announcement. Married IN san Fran
cisco. January 10. a: The Suffer street
synagogue. by the Esv- NE- Solomon,
Nat. Furst. formerly Of Eureka. Nevada.
to Miss Bertha BIuiusnbsre. Of san
Francisco. -E4rel,g StJ:.a.!, Jan. 10
So it seems that Hiss Ber:hs Las be
come FIRST 1T last
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

SICKNESS OF rHR PoPE.-LondoD. Jan.
2l.-The Lancet reports that on Friday
last the Pope after fstiguing receptions
complained that he did not feel we'll and
had an spilepsic seizure which lasted
forty minutes. Since then he has been
eoniiDed 10, his bed. but although the
condition Of b,. health requires visilan.
attention on the pest Of his physicians.
any reports tina; lie ii!pessis dangerous
are 2roundless
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

A. ii. HAYKs. II d Of the Peabody
Medical Institne, Boston, has arrived
on q visit to this city. aud ia stopping at
she PsIace Hotel. -DgiiY Stock Exchange.
You probably mean that he il e1smin-
ing the "prospsc, from the upper
EVILS.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22

CABIN RoYEED.-A cabin on lowe.
Spring street. occupied By some miners.
was burslarized yesterday forenoon dur
ing tine absence Of the occupants. and a
silver watch and quantity OF clothing
stolen. The thieves broke open a vnlise
aud scattered the contents on the floor,
including among other things large
sized letter envelope containing Sll0 in
grsenbacks which. fortunately. they
overlooked. Entrance was effected
through > window in the rear Of the
building. Eureka Senti-sl Jan 10.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-22
FoR BLAINE. A dispatch from augusta

ron BLAIHs.-A dispa1ch !roln Aussn*ta.
Maine, January 20, says:
At the Republican Legislative. caucus
tonight delegates and al.ernstes we're
chosen to the Republican Convention.
A resolution was unanimously passed
that Hon. James G. Blains is tie choice
o! the Republicans Of Ma.ns Cor Prssi.
isEl.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-28

be considered in tn. place OF thir'eeni the
disadvantage of grades could be shown to be
greatly diminished, And If thu sa'-,e engine
should he required TO take train OF 2DO tons on
level at this velocity - miles, lis equivalent
load on an ascending grade Of forty feet per mile
would be ninesy-one and half tons or nearly
fory.six per cent instead OF about thirtyi five per
cent
The engine here referred to. lie similar TO
such as are employed on the Western X X. oil
Mass, on the ". Y. and Erie, and to some ex-
tent on the Mich, Central. Trial trips and
estimates made in the year of 1854 on each
fully confirm the correctness of these estimates
The resistance offered ~ curves Of radius ex-
Gliding one mile is so small, that it may be
neglected In practice, curves of 1900 feet radius.
practically offer the same resistance as an as
cending giade of eight feet per mile, and OF
COCO feet radips, three ard half feet per nile
have thus particularly alluded to the resist
ancc offered by grades and curves. in order to
show that they are much less Objectionable
than is generally supposed. within certain
limits the difficulty OF working K. X. does rot
increase as the Resistance by grades and cnrye5
is increased ; for by a little diminntion IN speed
the load on level and straight line may be
carried over the grade and curves, by the same
motive power. and it must not be forgotten in
this connection, that In the matter OF iuei ana
time, the resistance offered by the ascending
grades is In great measure compensated ior
by the defending ones, and when i'll connection
with this fact, we again consider that the !ull
power Of the engine is seldom brought into re-
QUESTION. you must be convinced that grades
and curves DO heavier than snch "a VIII be ne
cessary to adopt ON these lines Oshkosh and
Miss. where the maximum grade was lli0 per
mile for two and thirty-two hundredth m, cs)
are not seriously Objectionable either for the
transportation of freight or passengers.
A thorough experience in ibe practical opera
tion Of railroads coufrms the correctness OF the
above conclusions. as such in the examples cited
below, viz The Western X. Il Mass, with
grades Of "a feet per mie the n Y.,s Fri, &c feet
per mile Albany & s, go and 92}9 feet per mile;
Bait q o. on which heavy grades are numerous
nd in some cases high AZ ll6 feet per mile
and the penna. X. H. Will grades OF 1l6 feet per
mile have all been operated successfully
and economically as have other more level lii C..
On he N y Cent. X. u. curves of. less than
lOo0 feet radius ard in some instances as short as
720 feet occur. The Tan vale K Il in England,
has numerous curves of very short radius rang.
from aug feet to $40 feet, yet 1t does not appear
that any difiicuiIy has been experienced III work.
ing through them at a speed OF upwards OF twenty
miles per hour.
In view of results like these il has been cor
rccty stai ed that the amount Of pc, or required
to effect the the transit OF any HE of Il. IL. de-
peuus upon the length OF the line and the ditler-
ence vi the level OF its two eXtrcinItes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-28

and Conl1lin men to march to the
polls together. The Convention
moreover has shown great sagacity
in considering the question OF local.
ity. The nomination Of Gov. Hayes
secures the largest Of the October
States, whose vote must influence all
the rest in November, and the selec-
ton of Mr.. Wheeler does all that is
possible to appropriate the vote Of
New York. The Democrats will
find it almost impossible to make a
more popular ticket; we shall be
glad to see them try to make a bet
ter one"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-28

|! the speed o! torty-6ye miles yer hour should
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-28

PRESIDENT GRANT has sent q mes
sage to Congress in relation to the
recent action of the British Govern
ment in releasing Winslow and Brent.
He explained the late negotiations,
said he regarded the course of her
Majesty as q virtual abrogation of
the extradition treaty, and an
nounced that he would in the future
neither make nor recognize requisi-
tons for the surrender of criminals
unless 10y the express desire of
Congress.