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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23


The second jury in the case OF Mech!ln, the
man tried in Washington for alleged cruelty
to his daughters, could not agree and We're dis
charged. The cvidaoce showed that the girls,
who had been deprived by death Of mother e
care, bad become wild aud manageable. and
that their old father, fadiog it impossible to
keep them out of the streets during his absence
from home, had resorted to harsh means, tying
them to bed posts and other modes of punish
ment. to accomplish that purpose, aud that the
case was brought before the court solely through
the meaus of meddlesomo ueighborS. There
are many evils resulting from the fraity of blu
man nature that can not be corrected by the
law, and in which resort to law only makes
matters worse, aud among them arc those OF
the GLASS to which the Mechln case belongs.
Meohlio may have been wong, but sober
faith ,r-,ud be Was not accused OF Drunkenness
is q better JUICE of bis owe actions 10 regard
to the treatment of bis children than neigh bOrs.
aud 90 outside parties. whether uoder process
Of law or otherwise, havo right to enter sane
man, house and prescribe the manner 10 which
he shall correct his i'll behaved children. Chill.
dreu are bad enough now, buff they ba taught
that parental corr, c;on entities them to 90 ap
peal to courts. especially during the prevailing
depression 10 tho law business, there will be 20
end of cases similar to the one we refer to, aud
q bad child, not the father. will DO maser Of the
honoo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23
pupLIsH1p DAILY AND TRLw1lKLY b
EDGAR SNOwDEN.
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL %, 1878
The Senate to-day pssse1 the House bill re-

The Senate to-day psssei the House tll' re-
pesling the act for the coinage OF twenty. een'
silver pieces but referred the bill to grant zen
Shields pension of 500 per month, on motion
of Mr.. Sargent, rad. The other proceedings
were unimportsnt.
The House wrap g,ed sll day over the propo-
lition to have spread upon the journal the pro-
test OF Mr.. Cox and others against the passage
Of the River and Hsrbor bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23

Mem, from Society journal. Miss Of
appeared to positive dsadvaotase osc.V r1itr
oIoudpess of com oiexion aud-must We ";,n
ir?"PinpIes spoiIing an otherwise b'su n ~n
couoteoapce, JShe should By all mca'pI ~ ~
cnre and use DR.. Bulls Blood Mixture ",''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23

The Mex:cau Iudian raid rs 10 o''t =.
Texas have returned toto Mexico ana arc u w
Jog pursued by Mezioao troops Nine w .,
were killed by the raiders 10 the VIsl'9
Laredo. and 400 horses stOler.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23
DIED.

At hi, residence, near Levinsviile., 10 nnr 1,Rg
county, on the 22d inst, JERENIAo -
in the 6lst year Of his age.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-23

CONGRESS met 90 the 18Th of last October, and
the l1pger it remains 10 session the more
thoroughly the people become convinced that
the only pafti. that have been, or are to De-
benefited by it. arc the members thereof Few
measures for the public welfare are introduced,
and those few are so manipulated to suit diverse
narticular interests or for demagogicsl purposes
that all the good 10 them is swallowed up oy
the superadded evil. or made OF no avail DS
couotersciing Influences. patent example OF
this is afforded by the income tax bill. An To-
o,me tax is more easily borne than any other
that can be conceived of. Compared with Gus
toms. and excise, and taxes 90 rea! estate, It Is
almost inappreciablc. The laborer, who receives
dollar day for the little time he can obtain
work, pays hesty tax on the tea, sugar conee
and tobacco. 10 fact 90 almost everything ne
buys, and there are hundreds OF houses, 10 this
oitv that dor'. rent for enough to psy the taxEs
on tie N, bu: a tax Of tweniy dollars on every
thou:aca of net iucone would not b. felt. Such
a tax would be ip nc sense foe, and ;ts assess.
ment b. 90 more itqlisio,ial than the visits ct
the commissioner CT revenue OF the city, who
makes yesry inventory of the household goods
of every man whose name is upoo bis books.
Uocer the proyisioos of such bill men with
large income, would have to pay large sum,
but who, Of all conceivable people, could afford
&c psy it better. or With less inccnveulerc:; aud
i; there man upoa the face Of the Garth whose
small income would exempt hin from the pro-
visions OF The bill who would 20: strive. with al!
bis might and main, to reader himself SUBJECT
10 all it's exactions. The sum total that would
be collected uo6er such bill would De 50 large
that the customs aud excses uCw levied upoa
the aeoessaries of lie c)uld be removed, aud
the door be relieved CT what 10 the hard times
now prev,ilicg, is q gritvous imposition. Not
withstandi6S. h?Re7:r, all that Gao be sal1 10
favor Of and The little that ON % adducad 10
opposition to, proper iocome tax bill, the
House Of Repre- 'sntatives has passed one, OF
which, IL, ost Of lis legislation. the least said
the better. By % lking the exempted i1cone
exactly twice the amount it should be, 1t ba:
reduced the sum that will be derived from ii
to mioimum, and made the tax partial, and
therefore unjust, an3. though such benefits &;
wore expected from it are wanted Immediately
the tax will 20, be collected uutil 1880.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
IDIda't Want 10 Live.

The festive pistol was heard yesterday
afternoon on ID street, Virginia. II was
pointed by Henry Thompson. son Of Cad.
Thompson. at his own heart and entered
his breast just above the left nipple and =
little too high to reach the heart, but
passed through the left lung. infiicting a
wound that was thought would prove fatal.
The would-be suicide 10 about twenty years
Of age, and IL said TO have been drinking
pretty deeply Of late. He was able TO con-
verse quito freely after shooting himself.
but would give no reason for the act fur
Their than that ho wanted 10 die. He
scolded at the doctors while they were pro-
hing and dressing his wound. saying thai
he thought they might let . fellow die
whom he wanted to-" lie said he did not
want them to dress his wound or do any
thing for him. a. he did not want to get
we'll. Said he: "If I had wAnt-d 10 live
Il Is not very likely that I would have shot
myself" This morning his symptoms
were better and there was more hopes OF
his recovery. In order TO make him more
willing TO live his mother has promised
him $40. 900 which she has In bank, the
money 10 be paid linn ~ soon - he reaches
the age OF n.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
Iuabeas Corpus.

Last evening A. Langstroff Of Virginia
filed . petition In the District Court Of the
First Judicial District to recover posses
sion Of his child. Joseph A. Lansstroff.
eight years Of age. From the allegations
Of the petition 1t appears that In Septem.
Der. 1876. . divorce WAS granted between
him and Eva L.angstroff. his wife. and the
custody Of the boy was awarded to the
mother. Subsequently she married = Mr..
Lawson. The petition also alleges that
the mother 10 an unfit person TO have the
custody OF the child aud that she left the
county July 18th, and IL in Tuscarora In .
dance Or hurdy.house. The boy is In the
care Of his grandmother. Mrs. MargarethA
Krebs. The father also alleges his ability
and willingness TO take care Of the child.
On this petition . writ Of hAbeas corpus
wa granted. returnabls before Judge
Rising 81 Chambers at 10 A.. n. to-day, aud
Was returned by the Sheriff accordingly.
Judge Rising al tho hearing decided in Of.
feet that there was nc illegal restraining Of
the child by Mrs. Krebs in other words,
that until Mr.. LAngstroff was legally ap-
pointed guardian OF the boy. he had no
more right 10 his custody than had Any
other person.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
niger MAJ. rA.. III. President.

Nothing was said at the meeting Of the
Board Of Police Commissioner Of Virginia
last evening concerning the Investigation
by Aldermen Young aud Hill into the
accusations made against Chief MoCourt
Of improper conduct In Empire recently.
Il is now generally conceded By the best
legal talent Of Virginia that the Board Of
Aldermen have no power under the charter
10 impeach or try the Chief OF Police. and
in this respect 10 sadly deficient. The
Chief Is an elected officer. and - sush
ranks a. high a. the Mayor himself. II
he IL impeached At oil. II must be done
under some general law. The opinion,
however, IL quite prevalent that this can.
not be done. Tho President OF the United
States may DO impesched and removed
from Office. but the Chief Of Police OF
Virginia City cannot. There Ia no inten.
ton In the foregoing Of ~preJudicing the
case OF Chief McCourt. Tho remarks are
general In their character. and made TO
point u o defect In tho charter OF Yir-
ginia which should DO rsmedisd by much.
needed legislation.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
Not ssvesty.six Hsars In That
WInne.

1t now appears that the sufierinss Of
Pat Mcguire while in the South Utah
Wine. or his pota,ions before be took that
remarkable tumble over backwards. have
upset his reeolleetions somewhat. Joe
Zimmerman. the man mentioned as work
ing in the New York Bakery. and as In.
dulging with Pat in libatious 10 Iiaechus
AMI Gambrinus, ssys Pat did not leave
town Saturday night. ~ stated, but was
around till Sunday night or Monday
morning. Ito concluded 10 quit work at
the bakery. and A. MAestretti paid him oil
Sunday at o lie said he was going TO
Reno, and from that place would beat his
way 10 San Francisco on the cars, a. he
hal but $40. He Was around drinking
and playing cards till I o'clock on Mon.
d.y morning, when Zimmerman succeed
el i'm getting him home. Mr.. Zimmerman
saws that instead Of his being about drink.
ing with Mcguire. he wAs with him 70
watch him and prevent him spending oil
his money. and TO get him home a. soon
As possible. He slept In . basement room
ON u street. in the rear OF the bakery,
while Zimmerman slept In Q o above.
on q level with tho street. AT l O'Clock
they went home. and Zimmerman says
Mcguire went down 10 his room - though
going 10 bed. lie thought be had gone TO
bed, till the next day. when he found that
the bed hal not been occupied. He then
thought that Mcguire hal concluded TO so
10 Reno during the night. or rather early
morning hours, when IL was cool. and no
-. :, a. h.larx thoncht NJ ANYTHING else
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
San FRANCISCO.
Tho Bedie Mine 90 be split Up
Failure Of A. Won schmidt.

Tho Bodie Mine 60 be Split Up
Failure Of A. voa Sehmtdt.
Ban FRAxcrsoo. August ia. Won
Schmidt, Of this city, has filed . petition
to the United States District Court to be
adjudged bankrupt. His liabilities
amount 10 s57,l32 81. Of which $4o,503 81
arc secured debts. His assets consist OF
real estate. valued at $4,000 ; household
furniture, etc.. 5000 ; the bark Francis
Palmer, $1,000. ~mortgased for $1,000 ;
other personal property. $500; claims
against the city for $4,000 for services ;
ons.dfth interest In the Lake Tahoe water
scheme, valued at $4,000 aud mortgaged
Tor 90. 900, and . life insurance policy for
sIO. 600, mortgaged for $1,000, Total,
500, 200, Of which s7,i0O 10 claimed as ex.
empt.
ing Company to-day, after some discussion
n was voted TO authorize the directors Of
Of the company 10 deed TO another compa-
ny-ths Sjiihsr n-75O feet Of tho Bodie
claim. the new company TO have . capital
Of 90, 900 shares, 10 be divided among the
shareholders Of the Bodie Company. share
for share. The following officers were
elected by the stockholders for the ensuing
year: President. William M. Lent; Vice
President, @. A. burgess. Directors--
Thomas Bell, J. r. Boyd and Lewis Tsess.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
An Aus,riss Defeat 10 Besuis.

vienna. August l6.-General Philippe
vioh ~telegraphs that Hshz PasiA and .
dcputation Of the leading people OF sera'
jevo begged him to stop bis advance ~
neither information frsm tho Porto nor
tho Austrian proclamation had been pro-
mulqstcd At 'Serjsvc. The General 70.
fused. telling them Europe bad decreed
the occupation and the Porte had assented.
He called upon the deputation to use thsi,
inanencs 10 calm the populace. General
Zspory. com handing tho Twentieth Divi'
.ion. telegrsphs from Doboj that he was
vigorously attacked on the 18th instant,
but repulsed his assailants. Nevertheless,
on account Of lack of ammunition. he re-
sumed on the lith instant his retreat 10
DoboI, and saved all his wounded and
train, though bis troops were exhausted
and constantly harrassed By the insurgcni
bands, and were themselves obliged u
drag wagons over bad roads.
CossrAxrIsoPE, August 16. - General
Zapory's division Of the Austrian army oil
occupation was defeated near Tuzla on tho
ilth instant. sitter . battle which lasted
twelve hours,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
Tn. Copper Brss.s Discovery.

Az stated in tho NEws Of August LIST.
DR.. James 8. Meyer. = resident Of the
Comstock. claims TO have discovered tho
secretly means Of which tho aneierrA were
able 10 make tools and weapons Of bronze
and copper Of . temper superior TO that Of
the best stoel. He says he 10 confident he
can make Q bronze that In wear and tear.
temper and elasticity. will surpass the
beat steel. Since then his experimental
experience has shown him that he Is on
the right track. lie IL . man Of s%cientinc
ability. but has no BONANZA 70 back him,
consequently he 10 willing 70 hAve parues
Of means and influence interested with
him. He 10 open to proposals. until the
first Of next month. Applications can be
made 70 him personally. or TO MT. John
Boone Of the Virginia Foundry, or 70 this
otdce,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16

s~HEarrr's DrKp on MiSE.-There was
Yesterday afternoon filed in the Office Of
the County Recorder. u Storey county. q
sherifrs certificate Of sale of the Original
Gold Hill Gold and Silver Mining Com
pany's property 10 Lonkey \ smith. The
certificate was given pursuant TO sale OF
the property made June -. ISIS, Tor tho
sum Of 81 $40 ". The property will be
redeemed.
GETTING GE,DY.-The placing Of the
Beleher pump on the 2360 level Is for the
present hindering all prospecting work In
the mine. This will DO accomplished and
everything really 10 start mp Monday. By
the middle % the wcek tbs work Of cross
cutting will be really for initiation.
OLD y RELiiBLr.-One Of the old
and thoroughly reliable institutions Of
Gold Hill IL the Assay Office % Mccullough
q Co. The business In all its branches Is
reliably conducted there. and all their
...ays conform 10 tho standard OF the
United States Mint.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS come 10 us
across tho country from the East. The
late hot wave crossed the continent sim
ilarly and now storms and cloud bursts
have struck Nevada. IL may be well IA
look out for them here.
MINING MAoSArrs and stock shArp'
from San Francisco still iineer on the
com.,ock, and are increasing in number
Ssily. Among the arrivals to-day w
notice Ned Hall.
Thomas II. ALcnoGs; VINO Iee.nis WI"
10 Bodis. is rsvisi.ing the cons'oeA'
0ronor DAILY OF Aurora Is once more IN
Virginia
srsrn,L BArrrAxAs was on the Com
stock to-day.
l.. p. Dsr,Lrx returned 10 Virginia 70
day.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
THE WILL or MICHAEL REESE.
Ills Charitable Requests Amount 90
sia0,00o-Ths Rest Of Ills Esisis
S3oes 90 Ills Relatives.

REDWOOD CRY, CAL, August l5.-Fol.
,o,v,n, Ia. INV M Michael Rse.e,s will,
.o"'"e ~ o."
nled to-day IN tne rropa'o eour' VI Dan
Mateo county;
I. Michael Reese, being Of sound mind
anil memory do make. ordain, publish
anil declare mi, 10 he nv Last will and
test.ment. the whole written with my owu
hand
direct all nv inst debts 10 be paid will
m little delay a. possible. I desire th,
rest OF INV property 10 lie Converted int
eash within Ave years after my death, b,
INV executors hereinafter named), aud 4
be divided a. follows;
To INV sisters, Eleese Frank, Henriett,
Rosenfeld, Anna Rosenburgh. all OF Oh,
city Of Chicago, State OF %IlIneis. Si0O, OOt
each: 10 INV sisters Tberese weinman spt
lena Cohen, Of the same place aforesaid
$50 900 each 10 John Rosenburg Of th,
CITY OF Chicago, Illinois, In trust for Han
mai Ooldsmitb, Cory Markeimer and Ros,
FULLER, s5O,O 900; 10 Joseph Frank and
II. L, Frank, my nephews, sGO, 900 each
and I direct that $40, 600 owing by them e
me be moved, paid and cancelled ; to my
niece Nancy Frank. daughter Of my sister
Eleese Frank, S25, 900 TO ii. j.. Frank. In
trust for his sister Nina PriedlAnder and
her children. $25. 900; TO Regina Good
man Of the city Of New York. widow
OF II. Goodman. deceased. $4,000
10 DR.. ]. N. Eikel. In trust for his son
Charles Eikel. 5000; 10 Caroline Green
berg, wife Of Leopold Greenberg. Of this
city, 81, 500; to Leonccrex Weylehner, al
,r..ant In NV emnloyment. 80 300 IN tbe
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16
Isululun AND ExcHEQuER.
The Lever Levels-rheir Present
Cssditisn Ore Prospeets Adj
vanesd OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Rumors have been rife for the past few
days Of an improvement ON the lower
levels Of the Bullion and EIchequer mines.
and In order that our readers might have
. correct knowledge Of the situation. arep-
ressnta,ive Of the News accepted . kind
invitation this morning from supcrin.
tendsnt Schultz to visit and inspect the
several points Of interest. The quartz i'm.
prsvsment Is in the main incline. the
quartz having been first struck at . point
iGo feet below the 1910 station. II came
In on the upper side Of the incline. and
now. at the 1000 level or 30 feet below
where IL was first struck. oils the entire
size Of the shaft. the bottom Of the shaft
resting directly on the clay foot-wall Of
the vein.
The quartz Is OF . fine. lively. healthy
character. but IL Of low grade. the best
assays obtained showing only SO to $l2
per ton. There Ia but little porphyry
mixed with IL, and the appearances are
that the shaft Is but Just skirting the IN.
der side Of . large and permanent body Of
quartz, which Is showing . steady i'm
provsment - depth IL attained. and may
make into paying ore at almost any mo-
msnt. In the bottom OF the main incline
there IL light seepage OF water. which APP
pears 10 DO coming from the ledge. but
which gives but little trouble A. yet. The
incline lacks $50 feet Of yet being down to
the 2ii0 level. which corresponds with the
1000 level Of the Imperial. at which point
Q drift has been driven northward until .
point opposite the incline WAS reached.
when . drift west was started for the double
purpose Of forming an air connection
with the main incline and crosscutting
the ledge. The distance separating
the north lateral drift on this
level aud the main incline 10 about
800 feet. and the west crosscut recently
started 10 now In co feet. leaving $40 feet
yet 10 run TO make the connection. during
which time the incline will have also TO be
sunk . depth Of $50 feet. There 10 but
little doubt that in running this drift
the nns vein OF quartz now being stripped
In the shaft will DO again cut. The water
having drained from the face Of the joint
east crosscut on tho Exchequer lins On the
1910 level, where the fine quartz prospects
we're encountered and the progress OF the
drfft stopped some months ago. IL Ia now
the intention to again start this drift ahead
In . very short time. when this new body
Of quartz will be prospected and Its value
determined at Thai point a. we'll.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-16

Couds sssd Tsiesr-ms from all Per
tsons Of she world.

.-.
Tho steamship City Of Sidney brings
news Of the abandonment OF the British
bark Kedar. from Burrard Inlet with lum'
Der to Melbourne. near The Friendly
Islands, Off Cooks Island. April 2. Ahur.
ricane swept q sea over the bark, making
her q complete wreck. In this condition
the crew remained on board ifty days.
when they made . raft, and weak and
fsmishing managed TO reach the land.
Their sufferings from want OF food and
water were great. but only % perishsd.
The remainder were taken TO New Zealand
ON . cossting vessel.
Tho body OF Lewis Cohen. . g~alvanizer.
was found yesterday morning In the bay.
under Mason-stroet wharf, San Francisco.
Some months ago he Was severely burned
while working at his trade. and for tho
lsst three months be had been unable to
| get employment. Yesterday morning ho
| got up between 8 and 4 O'Clock and went
away, evidently with the intention Of
drowning himself, for when found be had
. large rock In the left pocket Of bis coat
and . quantity Of small gravel In tho
right.
Tho workingmsn. including . number
OF their military companies, held esther
an exciting meeting ct Charter Oak Hall.
Ban Francisco, Last evening. Tho question
under Discussion was the matter Of driving
Oh the Chinese at work on the Bolinas and
San Rafael road, Marin county. Tbs
meeting was secret, but u 10 understood
that wsllock was oensursd for his advocacy
Of peaceful measures ct the meeting held
at Ban Rafael yesterday.