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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

TEE blue ribbon Generals are collect
ing statistics 10 show to what an enor-
nous extent intoxicating beverages are
opposed OF in this country. The revs-
nue. realized by the Government from
the tar on manufactured liquors in 1876
reached the tremendous figure Of $685.
900. Gas %. and the amount expended
for drinks at the bars OF the United
States during the same period. was up
wards OF 500. O00. 0O0-a suin which u
applied to the purchase Of the strict ne
cessities Of life would absolutely drive
PauPsrism from the land. To these
figures must be added the indefinite
quantity Of whisky illicitly distilled.
upon which no tax is paid. and Of
which. consequently. We have no au.
thsntic record. The social habit"
Notwithstanding the efforts Of temper
ance advocates, is steadily increasing in
this country. and at the present rate the
day Is not far distant when the great
bulk Of the money paid for wages in the
United States will be barrslled up with
whisky. or corksd up with champagne.
The outlook Is not encouraging.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

Tue Louisville CouierJourrai has this
piece OF advice to typographical unions:
"Ths Typographical Union. II IL were
to go into the schools and select the
best material for apprentices. should
become . much stronger organization
than II is. No person not naturally =
good spellsr. or who has not acquired
the habit Of reading q good deal. should
ever try to become q type setter. II all
apprentices TO the art preventative were
Of the right sort, enough ~typs-ssttsrs
would reach the editorial rooms TO re-
lisve to no small extent the pressure Of
s%uperfuous labor in the composing
rooms. and in time there would b bet
ter type-setters and better editors. A.
editor. with q knowledge Of typography.
provided he also has some brains. Il .
very useful man."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

TEX latest ingenious device Of q law
yer to acquit his client comes from
Oregon. A certain counsellor had been
engaged by the friends OF . prisoner to
defend him in . case Of petit larceny.
There was no proof against him except
his own confession Of the theft, which
hs persisted in giving upon the witness
stand. to the disgust Of the lawyer and
the grief Of his friends. When his ties.
timony was ended the judge and jury
and spectators considered the case set
tied. But they had failed to gauge with
accuracy the wonderful u Of that
lawyer. lie called seven witnesses to
the stand to prove the character Of his
client. mo use." whispered the Do.
spairing friends. "a good character
may mitigate the sentence" responded
the counsellor. Then he calmly pro-
csedsd to prove by the witnesses that
the prisoner was n murderer and q horse
thief. and that not one Of the seven
would believe him under oath! That
settled the business. and the Jury
promptly returned q verdict Of acquit-
tai. That lawyer should DO sent to
Congress at once.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

Chico has enjoyed higher water than
was sver knswn there before. The water
rose within An inch or two Of the top Of
the twenty.four foot wall that furnishes
q foundation for the Chico mills, and
extends from the mill to the bridge.
Once or twice o wave washed tho plank
covering the wall, but that was the
"lsvsl best" that the swollen torrent
could do.
The election in Santa Clara county,
on the 10th instant, to all Q vacancy,
was very closely contested by the Citi.
zsns' and workinemsn's parties. A
large vote was pollsd. and the Working.
men elected their Asssmblyman CLARK.
over Williamson, but the Senator was
in doubt according to latest returns.
The Nevada Transcript says : More
rain has fallen the present February
than for the same month In q number Of
years. Our record shows that In Feb.
ruary, 1875. the fall was 1.39 inches
February. 1876. 1915 February, 1877,
all ; aud thus far In February, 1873.
1888.
At Oakland yesterday DIR. Carver.
with q rifle. broke 1856 glass balls out oil
1000, tossed from q point twenty feet
distant. Time. including all stoppagss,
three hours, three minutes. Several
Eastern mon were present.
In the case Of John Runk. convicted
OF the murder Of Officer Costs. In San
Francisco. the Supreme Court OF Cali.
fornia has confirmed the death penalty
and given directions for carrying out the
sentence.
A monster sea lion was making slow
progress up the middle Of the San
Joaquin Thursday. against the tide. His
continuous roar indicated that he was
uneasy and out OF his natural beat.
John Quincy Adams broke into q
cigar store In San Francisco on last Bat.
urdsy night. and laid In q stock Of to.
bacco and cigars. How the mighty have
fallen
Hall. perhaps two-thirds. Of the sheep
OF California have died from starvation.
and the price Of those remaining has
materially advanced.
OF the twelve prisoners confined In
the Placer County Jail at present. Ave
are charged with murder.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23
JOHNS DEFENSE.

We live In q land where the weak and
poor have the same rights as the rich
and the strong. No man should 30 con-
demned without n fair and impartial
hearing. and in carrying out this princi-
pie OF rspublicanism John Chinaman has
been called upon TO make his defense
against the charges Of the white men OF
this coast. and to show cause. u u
there b. why immigration from the Co
lestial Empire should not b restricted
in the future. He answers to the invi-
tation. and makes his defense through
one Kennedy. q psttifogging lawyer in
Washington. Il is the Six Companies.
however. and not the great body Of
Coolie laborers who speak through this
man. and glibly bid defiance to facts and
figures which arc as firmly established
as the eternal hills. They boldly A.
ssrt. In the face Of thousands Of starv-
ing ~workingmen in California. that
the Chinaman does not interfere
with white labor; with most Of our
prisons filed with Cinnamon, and the
siums Of San Francisco. reeking with
the alth which they accumulate. and in
which they live in an atmosphere from
which q hog would dee with disgust.
this man Kennedy calmly tells US that
they are an honest. clearly and indus
trious people. Facts and arguments are
met with impsrtinsnt dsnials and the
most transparent sophistry. This sort
Of defense will not do. and IL Ii pleasant
to know that Kennedy's haraAgus pro-
duced no impression on the committee.
Its report, whatever Il may be. will be
rendered with q view to tighten our n
That the Chinaman must 60 Is not an
assured fact: that he must stop coming
Is certain.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

TnE Detroit Free Press says that Il is
no sign that there are not plenty Of
dsmagogues, because nc man ever al.
mits that he Is just 90. Even
Dan Voorhees, claims to DO . patriot Of
the pursst stripe. and would scorn TO
admit that he was a d~smagogus. We
could poin, to scores Of the same kind
OF statesmen In our present Congress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

The Czar OF Russia Is reported To be
seriously indisposed-wsak. and so thin
that he sits on pillows and soft cush-
ions to prevent the bones from penstra.
ting through the skin. He 10 depressed.
too. with . pressntimsnt Of his coming
death. No Romanoff has lived beyond
co. and he will reach that age In April.
When his sister died, some two ysans
ago. she reminded him Of this, and told
him that he must be prepared to 60 BE-
fore hs was sixty. They say that her
words made a very great impression on
him. and now that he Is not well they
constantly rscur TO him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23
THE Leo.
Jadxisg Character by This Impsr.
saut Member.

An enthusiastic Frenchmen n Q de.
clared the human leg the most philo-
sophie OF studies. LET mssss the Leg"
says Guantire. ''and I will Judge the
mind;'' and il does seem a. natural that
the leg should indicate the disposition,
a 8 the shade OF the hair should indicate
the temperament. What sloth. for In.
stance, does the limb betray What q
shrew Ia the possessor OF o limb like q
walking-stick But what q Rentlewo-
man In she with the arched instep, the
round ankle. and the graceful pedestal,
swelling to perfection. and modulatsd
to lightness What logged obstinacy
the stumpy leg with the knotty calf OK.
hibits /! What an irresolute soul does
the lauky limb bstAy! How we'll the
strong ankle intimates the Arm pur-
pose How well the fat ankle reveals
the vacant mind !! Young men about
to marry-observs! The girl with the
large leg will become fat at thirty, and
lie abed till midday. The brunette,
with slender. very slender limbs, will
worry your soul out with Jealousy. The
blonde with large limbs. will degenerate
at ~thirty-iive into the possession OF q
pair Of ankles double the natural size,
and afflicted with rheumatism. The
fair. haired damsel with thin limbs, will
get up at half.past Ave to scold the ser.
wants, and spend her nights talking
scandal over tea. The ~olivs-skinnsd
-.;d 9TH tha praitv round limb ill
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

The dispatch sent from Virginia yes.
terday to Senator Jones must have been
very cheering to that gentleman. as II is
a genuine outburst Of appreciation. and
comes from representatives Of all pOliti.
cal parties. He has we'll earned the
gratitude Of Nevada. and will most as
sursdly receive his reward.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23
ruE GnEENnAcx nEREsy.

A party OF men whom 1t would be
gross fiattery to call lunatics. met In
Toledo, Ohio. yesterday. and formed
what they were pleased to christen by
the high sounding name OF the National
Party Of the United States" Its prin'
cipsl leaders. as included in the EIecu-
tive Committee. are the advocates OF 70
pudiation. who have been fsebly raising
their treason stained heads ever since
the war. but who have hitherto been
knocked quietly down by the friends Of
honesty and sound government. The
movement until now has claimed but
little attention. because 1t was deemed
worthy Of none. But the triumph Of
the Silver bill against the opposition Of
the bankers. has implanted new hope in
the bossms Of the demagoguss who sd-
vocats the grsonback herssy. and they
have now for the first time come to the
front a. q national organization which
may possibly gave some uouo,o 'ne
future unless P'0"p'' n'PPs1 ~
the bud. And unless We are greatly
mistaken the people 0' 'hi' 0'un'f' Will
speedily nip 1t.
Il Is q singular fact that the men who
advocate THIS movement are ne very
onss WAC ensd ao"h the Gr'enoa'A
turing tns ia.e ei"h war; Ana were II"
disnant that me Government shoS'd A.
sumo the nsh' 70 issue money on no
o'her hah inc 'a''n o. 'n0
nAion 'n"S P"''
pssp'ts 'no protests OIL 'n'se genusn'o'
however 'ne ~sfs ,Ssaeu'
Ana Paaoa' p'oP.' .'o.p.e. '
vnnhs'y' In u ,ui M ~
'u'ui'' 'a. "'n 'n N~e
ons ue" "
United states COIN. insy were me.
cessity OF the war; anu Us suen rece''eu
" the people anu eircuia'ea ~ money
Inc near approach OF o aay iof .ns'i
redemption has gradually appreciated
their value until on THIS z'd day OF
February. 1878. the greenback OF the
United States Is worth very nearly its
par value In gold. AND moro 'han 's par
value In silver. luis state OF aua'rs In
DUE not 10 u love 'of paper money
but 10 the TACT mat the government Pa'
per represents intrinsic value. anu can
10 changed by holders LOT goiu OF sii'e'
at par on n alter the nrst Jay OF next
January.
Now to make greenbaeks irrsdsem'
able. which Is practically what the ma
tonai Party" proposes. and th'n 10
issue q vast amount OF them. and scatter
them among the people, eau have u
q effect. Having no intrinsic value
OF themselves, and being secured oy
nothing oil intrinsic value In tns Treas
ury. the purchasing power OF tnis manu-
featured money would steadily deceease,
n the priee OF srsenoaeks would 'ai'
Just In proportion 70 'he amount VI 'he
imitation. This Is q sen-e'iden' proPo-
sition. The stamp oil the Government
on q coin or a piece OF paper adds moth
ing to its value. II is simply q certificate
that the coin or the paper Is worth so
much. The value OF this certificate on
the grsenbask will depend entirely on
the ability OF the Government 10 make
good its promises at n stated
Without a coin or bullion basis 1 n the
Treasury. the grssnbaek would possess
no intrinsic value whatever. and what 1t
was worth would depend altogether on
the m~anipulations Of brokers and bank.
49, .,1 An. I.,;.l.t;on from TINA IN
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

TnrRr are nearly seventy thousand
cases before the pension bureau at WASH
ington awaiting action. II the ordinary
red tape is handled In each case some
sixty thousand OF the applicants win be
beyond the need OF earthly aid long be-
fore their time for . hearing arrives.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

DURING the past two years there have
been over 1000 emigrants from Canada
to tho Uuitsd States. This figure in
cludes all classes Of laboring men and
their families. OF these. in one year
there were over 1900 skilled mechanics.
or about 10, 200 In the two years.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

The Inyo Independent says Of the late
Sheriff Thomas Passmore. who was
killed week before last by Mexican
assassins In Lone Pine. that he vas .
man recklsssly brave. and too large
hearted and liberal for his own good.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

T~wENrr-sISE years ago . company OF
100 young people sailed from New Lon
don. Connecticut. for California, and
Of this number only thirteen are now
living.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

Tax Supreme Court d Louisiana adj
journed out Of respect TO the memory Of
the Pope. II is refreshing to know that
u Louisiana Court has respect for some
thing.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

DpnrHknil has become 80 prevalent
aud fatal in Tennessee that the State
Board Of Health has issued q circular
giving the means for its prevention and
cure.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

In France 95 per cent. OF tbs murders
committed are for money; in Spain %
out OF every hundred murders are in
spired by motives Of jealousy or love.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

STANLEY says that African native
became so ~passionately fond OF him that
he begged his master. as o favor, to kill
and eat him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

IT Is thought that for several years to
come the orange crop OF Florida will
double that Of each preceding year.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23
$7,l69

There was 5.40i tons Of ore produced
and milled. Issaying $204 IL per ton. and
yielding 9l.73 per cent. Of tho assay value.
The cost Of milling was SO IS per ton.
against Sl1Mi2 ct Virginia. The Man
haitian IL . silver mine. and the item for
discount. exchange and interest was $i4s,-
793. There was also siio. 22s paid for Gus
tom ores.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23

The Gold Hill Daily News has
now the largest and best
circulation Of any evening
newspaper published In the
State Of Nevada. It is
therefore the very best and
most efficient medium for
business, mining and all
other advertising.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-23
TIKI MANHATTAN MINE.

At the recent annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the above noted Reese
River mine. held at San Francisco. the
old officers were reelected. The fol-
lowing items are condensed from the
Sscretary's report:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-28

Some Of the faircst portions OF the earth
are rendered almost untcnantabc to the
working classes by the intolcrablc burden
Of indirect taxation which weighs down
labor. This burden IL attributable in no
small degree. to the creation and mantc-
nance Of the class distinctions which charac-
tcrizc monarchcal Governments
Among the species OF taxes hardly con-
sistcnt with the equality to be preserved in
n republic, pensions may bc rcckoncd. In
England pensions arc voted with freedom
and rccklcssucss which would bc pardona-
Bile If they were paid ~ easily as voted
bat this goes with other taxes to make up
the oppressive burden under which the Eng
llsh laborcr groans.
The less the foothold this pension sys-
tenn * permitted to get in this country
and in this State the better will IL be for
the masses Of the people. We do not con-
slider the attempt now being made 10 fastcn
upon the city Of New York n comprehensive
plan for pcnsioning policemen a measure
that should be regarded with favor.
A bill il now pending before the Legisla-
turc providing pensions not only for police
men disabled in the performance Of their
duty, aud for the families Of those killed
under similar circumstances. but also for
all such as shall, after fifteen years Of mcm-
bcrship. become supcrannuatcd by age 80
the bill emitting to tell how else one may
become supcrannuatcd. Members Of the
police force who have served twenty years
may bc retired upon their own application.
ON half pay.
This act IL intended to supplant the act of
1871 concerning the Police Lifo Insurance
Fund, but it greatly cnlarges the scope Of
that act. provides for an increased fund
from new sources of revenue. and is much
more Objectionable than the original law
An amendment introduced 10y Mr.. FISH
provides that the Board of Police may dis
miss and retire from Office any inspector
captain. sergeant, patrolman. or clerk on
onc-thl,d the annual salary or compensation
Of such officer, aud that pensions for super
animated policemen shall Toe for the natural
life of the officer. and shall not be- revoked
repealed or diminished.
Our policemen are at present paid very
extrayagantly. since skilful laboring men
are unable to earn more than half as much.
To pension of a considerable number OF
policemen, making them a sort Of aristo-
cratic class, subsisting in idleness from the
sweat Of other men : brows, we do not deem
to be in accord with our democratic instl-
tutions.
One might infer from this new pension
Till that our members OF Assembly are sent
to Albany to represent the police, and not
citizens in general. TO be sure, Mr.. FISH
halls nomnally from Putnam, but he il
really from this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-28
a Fools Errand.

ia man agrees to deliver in Paris. or Lon
don. or st. Petersburg thousand bushels
OF wheat. or u thousand pounds Of coffee. or
thousand yards of cloth, or Il thousand
dollars in coined money, everybody knows
precisely what the contract means, and
everybody knows. too. what il does not
mean 1t does not mean three pccks to the
bushcl or twelve ounces to the pound. or
two feet to the yard or scvcnty-ilvc cents
10 the dollar. There Is no chance for any
misunderstanding, because the standards
are universal and mean the same thing in
every place and every language.
The perfect simplicity, propricty. and
equity of such a system as this. and the
absolute necessity for it, are palpablc to the
most ordinary understanding.
The honest money man asks nothing in
the world but that the same system shall
be applied IN our dealings with one another
rs We use in dealing with the rest of the
world. He only asks that what We call a
dollar by the worlds standard shall be a
dollar at home just ~ q bushcl Is n bushcl
ar pound pound. Nobody proposes that
the pound standard or the bushcl standard
shall he changed. because all see that such
q change would benefit nobody. But why
not ii there is any advantage in lowering
thc value 81 ,he dollar, why not in lcsscnng
the weight Of the pound or reducing the size
Of the bu-hclY
l. it not eclf-cvidcnt that To- secure stabil-
ity in trade and upright dealing, whore
neither debtor nor creditor shall Ice cheated,
all these standards must bc maintained in
complete integrity?
The only real dollar is the dollar that will
buy dollars worth in all the markets Of the
world. No bogus dollar will do this. nor any
dollar that has amy bogus in it. Neither can
any force Of statute law. though backed by
fine and Imprisonment. make the bogus dol
lar. or the dollar with bogus in it, any more
available for this purpose at home than il is
abroad. Logic proves this, and experience
has demonstrated it.
So that we hold the silver men to be on
fools crrand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-28

The time is just at hand when Mr. ALvoRD,
according to promise. IL 60 report an aprCr-
tionmcnt bill. This will he very Kind Of
him. and moreover, it will be so much out
of the common course for him to redeem
this pledge. that we presume he will expect
tho state to take it, hat of at the cNtraor-
binary spectacle. This. however. will de-
pend upon whether he deals honestly with
the subject.
Certain Republican newspapers, weary Of
the deadlock method Of cvading the consti-
tuition are forcshadowing II new dodge for
dcfrauding New York and Kings Of their
proper representation in the Assembly.
Tho scheme set on foot is TO run over the
state and pick out ten or dozen Republican
counties and, after giving each Of them all
the Asscmblymcn it Is entitled to, then
To sum up the aggregate of the surplus
population OF these ten or twelve counties,
and deduct the total from New York and
Kings and reduce their representation ac-
cordingly. This device would cut New York
down 20 twenty-five members and Kings to
eleven. instead OF allowing them twenty
six and thirteen, to which they are respect
lively entitled.
This cunning contrivancc is 80 worthy ~
the genius of Old salt himself that we arc
curious to see IL It's forcshadowings will bc
reflected in hi- bill.