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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
puHcAH's coNcEAlMrHr.
An AmusisE Letter from His seu
Pound ts HIS Roem Another
from Ls warns.

During the progress Of tho case In the
San Francisco Police Court. agsinst J. @.
Merrill. for aiding Duncan In his recent
attempt TO escape. Captain Lees on Mon
day introduced the following letters found
In Duncan's room:
TUESDAY MORNING. I A. NJ. Feb. 10. '7s.
Ny Darling Father: This Is the only
way I can bid you good-by. II seems very
hard after having seen you but once In
nine long months. and then for such .
little while. But . few months more. and
then W will be altogether again In peace
and quiet. II will DO . long and tresome
journey for you. but Il 10 the only chance.
II left Tor another month there would DO
no money At al remaining, and then moth
ing could be done.
III. Is the best one In the world 10 be
with you. speaking tho language and know
Ing the country A. he does. He will look
out for your comfort In everything. Dora
and the children. you know. will DO we'll
taken care Of. and with Halle. will Join
YOU and Frank a. Don a. We receive news
Of Jour arrival. i have been In Oakland
this evening last evening l meant n In
close you let ers from Carrie, Hal and
James. Tho latter Ia looking very we'll
since his return, and Ia every way ~ he
he should be. There Ia not . fault 10 DO
found with him.
have been living In the samo block
| with you for . month. and have tried 10
catch . glimpse Of you at your back win
dow, and on my way 10 my o at night
have walked very slowly past the corner,
| thinking Of the Few feet Of space between
us, but tonight I hope 10 pass that same
| corner with Q lighter heart than i have
known for . long time. May IL be 30.
| Keep up q good heart. and think OF the
many years we can still be together In our
new home. A few months more and wo
will all DO with you. Till then. good.by.
| Your ever loving, JoE.
PROBABLY RoM LIE wARSE.
Dear Will /: Have you any plans Some
how I think We ought not TO stay hero
much longer. Too many people know II.
I think the boy Is safe. but he evidently
suspects. and he might communicate his
suspicious To some one else. IL you'd send
| Dora and the children they would think
pa had gone too. Let 1t DO known they
went. Pa looks, oh. 30 badly; he keeps
up houriy Anu cneetiuiiy' ous .n'ssIsin
on him Is agonizing. do oil i can.
| Every sound and no thinks tho end has
come. A buggy going to Redwood would
be seen and telegraphs would get there
before II did. II should be met on the
way - II coming from Redwood. about
halfway. The overland trip Is . danger
GUS one Just now. owing to rains. Can't
Q place be built In uncle Wells house and
| take us there. or at least him ? take sv-
cry care Of him. but my heart blccds for
him. Don't do anything desperate. When
ever he goes provide him with stout boots
No. Z. pants and warm flannel shirts.
Brown Is awfully uneasy on his own ac-
count. but II you think we are safe here l
don't care for that. We seem 70 feel. NJ
least I do, that something should be done.
I suppose Il 10 because pa looks 80 Ill. He
says he IL U X. but i know better. 10
many knocks at the door unnerves mo.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

NV YoRk correspondent has been
examining into the value Of the prop
erty held by Trinity Church in that city.
He says: ~ made inquiries at the tar
Office and among persons likely to DO in
formed on the subject. and the result OF
my investigations was an estimate Of BE-
tween twenty-five and thirty millions rs
the total value Of the property. The
greater part Of Il Is very old. and the
only real value Is in the land. There 10
n comfortable revenue from ID. however.
and this will continue" When IL IL
considered that this property belongs Of
right to poor men and women. some Of
whom = literally starving In the
streets Of New York to-day. while this
"Christian corporation Ia holding
from them their own. by feeling lawyers
and buying courts with their money.
acme notion OF the religion Of Tha-
ity Church oan BE- formed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

An inventive virsinian proposes as a
substitute for the Mofst liquor register.
n Handicapped cup. through which
every drink must be turned by the bar
keeper. and the passage Of the liquor
working upon a valve will cause . bell
to ring and dial hand to move. The
next invention will probably be to fur
nish every bibulous virsinian with q
registering apparatus which will be
placed in his bowels after the fashion OF
clocks borne in tho abdomen Of eorpu-
lent Dutehmsn. Verify. tho march Of
improvement is rapid.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
NEVADA ITEMS.


Jim Gatewood. who owns q ranch
near Mill Station. says there Is now nc
snow In the valley and the ground ID
quite dry. He began blowing on Mon
day for the Spring crop. A nsighbor,
Mr. Ray. began two or three days ago.
This Is unusually early Tor uch work IN
the vaiiey,-h least a month Garner
than the piows are usuaiiy seen running
there
The Reno oaie.s says |; Ihs Nessaa
state miii IN qu,euy SorkinsA Nay .iou
early morn unrn 'ne nou. Nnen men
lima may b, sssn from the following
s,a,smsn,s. Amount Of flour made
.ach law al bar,sls . ground barlsy. An
average Of $50 tons per month.
In an ARRAY at Eureka, between T.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

An ebony coffin. lined with white
satin. together with q lot in the cemetery
Of Pere Ia Chsise. was q Of the gifts
profisrsd to apopular actress In Paris.
this month"; present somewhat more
suggestive than agreeable. The man
who presented IL Is now bowling in =
lunatic asylum. while his fair enslavsr
continues to howl on the mimic stage.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
THE LAW OF .ELr.cRrnrSArIox.


The examination in San Francisco OF
J. @. Merrill. owner Of the steam tug
Redmond. on a charge Of attempting to
aid the escape Of Duncan OF the late
Pioneer Bank. Is dragging its slow
length along. The probability is. that
1t will end in the acquittal Of Merrill,
for want Of direct evidence against him.
OF course nons OF the officers who
chased the tug on that Sunday morning,
can swear from actual knowledge that
Duncan was on board. They are GER
tain that be was. but that certainty does
not constitute legal proof. None but
his companions ON the tug can posi-
lively swear to Duncan's presence. and
they all. including Merrill. decline to
answer the questions put to them on
this point. on the ground that BY doing
90 they will criminate themselves. Dun
can pleads the same excuse for refusing
to state whether or not he was on board
the Rsdmond-that his testimony would
tend TO prejudice his own case. when II
comes to trial. And 30. in all proba-
bility. justice will be cheated through
the instrumsntality OF this silly law.
which IL on the statute books Of nearly
every State. permitting q witness to 70.
fuse TO testify to the prejudice of him
self.
That Law rs II stands, shoull DO elm
mated from our codes. The records Of
our courts are filed with the escapes Of
guilty criminals through its operation.
II Ia right and proper that no man
should 10 forced to criminats himself.
in order 10 convict another. but that end
can be easily attained without outraging
justice. and protecting criminals who
are known 10 b. such. Let the law b
changed so IS to provide that no evil
dsncs given by q witness On the trial Of
another person. shall be used to his pre-
judics In any criminal a . against him
self. sven though IL amounts to q con-
fessi0n Of crime. and then give the court
power to enforce W. to all quss'
tons. 1t may be urged that such tes'
timony. II enforced. would naturally
have its effect upon q succeeding jury
who might sit in Judgment on the wit
ness. The answer Is. that the court Ii
bound to instruct every jury to con'
slider only the evidence produced. and
that . confession under this proposed
Law could not be used ~ evidence In
any future trial. At all events the e.
pertinent OF such a law is worth trying.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

RovKn vIsrrs MRs. BowERs.-Mn.
Bowers the washoe seeress. called on
Gen. Bob Clarke the other day and said
TO him: General. Rover was limo
cent? "How do You kuowl" said he.
She answered: II 10 eating dinner.
when some one taprsd me on the shoulder
and I heard . voice say. Il am j. W.
Rover. and have just been hanged at
Reno, but I am innocent" Until
this visit Mrs. Bowers declares that she
did not know that Rover had been
hanged. Since this occurrence the Car.
son spiritualists have held three or four
ssa.css: Rover Is called for. appears.
and tells the same old story. 50 oft re-
psaied.-Ruo Journal.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

The anti-Bspudiatisn sentiment is
strengthening in the Virginia legis-
iature. The more the matter 10 dis
cussed. the moro Il seems to Be q sui
cidal policy to begin the new era Of
cancellation " In the Old Dominion by
q wholesale cheating Of the creditors Of
tbs State. Il Is cheering to note this
manifest desire Of the virginians TO rem.
der themselves worthy OF q position in
the GALAXY Of States that make mp the
American Union. Now let the rest Of
the Southern States fall promptly into
line. and at the same time preserve and
strengthen their credit. and reflect honor
upon the nation which protects them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

Mas. Nike BnADY OF Columbus. Ohio,
Is a Law abiding ona She has just
served a term in the State p~snitsntiary.
and last week when her husband escaped
from the same institution and returned
to her. she promptly gave him up TO the
miniops Of tho Law. That woman
should be encouraged. She would make
agood Police Judge.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
Axorrrn .. Ring h. ON the ysrse o

ASornHR I" Ring Is on the verge Of
exposure in Brooklyn. New York. This
time IL is in the Board OF Education.
Il has been ascsrtsined that last year
$50. 900 worth OF school books were sold
to pupils in the several schools. for
which no return was made in the an
nual report OF the Board. Thus even
the sacred cause Of education 10 made to
serve the purposes Of thieves in the city
of Beecher.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

Tue Nevada Bank has sold 100000
ounces Of line silver to the Government
for coinage into silver dollars. part to b
delivered at Carson and the remainder
ut Philadelphia. There is 100000
ounces at the San Francisco Mint for
the same purpose.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

Fnox murder TO m~atrimony. was the
drama enacted in an Auburn. New York.
court last week. The jury. which nc
quilted . man OF the former. assisted
him as witnesses in the psrpetration Of
the latter crime.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

DuscAS wseps. SO DO . thousand
poor dspositors OF the dsfunct Pioneer
Bank. and his tears must not DO allowed
to balance theirs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

The Duke Of Edinburgh Ia terrified
almost into convulsions at the prospect
Of . var with Russia. Tho Empress Of
all the Russias Ii his mothsr.in-law. and
II he should DO taken prisoner
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

SENATOR'S Conkling and Gordon are
still enemies. having never made up
their quarrel Of last Fall.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

Gov. NicnoLs will pardon Anderson.
or his name will 60 down to postsriiy a.
the most contemplate Of liars.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

LAST year Illinois had . 500. 900 hogs.
and packed 2,ii3. si5-about n half
Of all that were packed in the United
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

CHINESE primrosss bear three tiers Of
flowers on one stalk.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND UNIFORM BALL. E
THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY BALL
a KNIGHTS or PYrHlAs q
@ OF VIRGINIA. NEVADA, q
will M evES At
o o o p RS " A l 1.
Friday Evening, March n, 1873.
Exseutivs Csmmittse.
Gross Pa Biercte
angn, 1s.,s yinsy
Recsptisn Csanittee.
FfruIlCk ~ EuNuii
Jackson william Kierski
Chas Chapman Claus Becker
Fissr Csmmifee.
d Gross r u Bingham
u Corris 0allen
ID Morrow Geo ] D King
Invitatisn Csmmittee.
All knights In Good Standing.
FLOOR DIRECTOR .......A. d. BTODDARD
MUSIC BY vsrne,'s ousdrille Band. .
- The Grand March will take place at Q
r. ~, sharp.
Servants have been engaged 10 attend the
Ladies' Dressing Rooms and uentiemen's Hat
Room, yaEE OF cHAAoE.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

rhe 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, 1878-02-27
DUE NOTICE.

7 HEREBY NOTIFY AND WARN ALL WHO
i arc indebted 10 ma on account Of the Hall.
road Rxehsngs Gold Hill, thai they must posi-
lively ssttle with me BY the eth OF March nsxt,
f.s;td EUGENE MARKET.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

Kearney Arrested ter Libsi-rhe
Merrill Investigates Censinucd
"A Town Washed Away.

lsrsclAL TO rur 0oLD BrLL DAILY srws.l
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27
MARRIED.

wAYTE-BURGE- In Paradise Valley, Tebru
AIRY s2d. Thomas W. wsyts 10 hiss Annie *
Burge.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-27

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-Today'fCabinet
session Wa devoted 10 discussion Of the
trials In New Orleans and also 10 an inter
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22

of men, rich or poor, will adhere to party
which strikes directly at their interests
| and advocates measures, which discrimi-
nate against and injure their business
We may talk sentmentally as we please about
devotion to governments and institutions; but
1t is the expressions Of government; the impo-
sition Of burthensome taxes, and the want
| of wisdom and justice in legislation,
/ which inspire instructions and rev.
olutions. We suggest, therefore, that,
| If Democratic Legislature passes this
Moffett register law, striking at the inter-
ests and business of eight or ten thousand
Democratic voters, it will tend to array that
body Of voters, or d large portion Of them,
against the Democratic party. The prac-
teal question then which presents itself
| is whether this bill is of more impor
lance to Louisiana than the success of the
Democratic party in the next election and the
whole system of reform which that party pro-
poses to carry out in the next, II not in the
present Legislature.
And now, finally: The impression Prevails
that the object in imposing this extraordinary
tax upon the liquor dealers is to facilitate the
payment of the public debt; 1t is alleged, in
holders are supporting and urging the pas
sage Of the bill in the Legislature. No I'M
wiser measure could be advocated by the
bondholders. If 1t is successful the classes
Of the people throughout the State who will
be oppressed by this extraordinary tax
will raise the standard Of reputation
A party OF twenty or thirty thousand voters
will be Immediately formed in favor of the re-
pudiation of our Stateo obligations. These
men will say, if the bondholders are deter
mined to tax us 20 per cent Of our gross re-
ceipts; ii they are determined to put upon us
the badge Of degradation, and secure the pay
ment Of their bonds out Of our labor and our
earnings, we will turn upon them; we will
raise the cry OF population; we will rally
recruits from every class of the community,
and we will smite their bonds until they shall
be as parchments shriveled by the lightning.
We believe no greater calamity could befall
this city and State than the Inauguration of a
reputation movement and that the ascend
ency of the Democratic party is the only
available bulwark against reputation. We
believe that the State debt should be reli-
giously supported upon it's present basis, and
that every dollar Of it should be paid. It is
because we believe this and because we be-
lieve in the necessity of the Democratic
party to the best interests of the State
that we suggest to our Representatives
to take no step in the passage Of this bill I'M
til they have maturely considered and meas
ured all the consequences which may flow
from it. Ten or twelve thousand voters are
not to be hastily struck at with impunty by
the dominant party through a burdensome
tax, doubtful in its justice and constitutions
ality
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22

Iowa; indeed, it has spread over the entire
State. The Iowa poets want to go to Chicago
and give the unfortunate citizens OF that city
the benefit of one of their exhibitions, provided
the Chicagoese will pay the expenses OF their
travel and food. No reply has yet been
given to this liberal offer, but the probabilities
are that it will be accepted Altogether the
outlook is quite promising for the introduce
ton OF these poetic contests as a regular
American amusement. They undoubtedly
possess advantages There Is no lack Of fuel
in this country for such fight; the poets are
here in plenty, and the poetry can easily be
provided. Moreover, they may have the
effect Of creatiDga poetic revival much needed
here, and develop poetic taste, in which we
are greatly lacking. As it now is, the papers
suffer greetly from lack OF original poetry.
The revival, therefore, of an interest in versi-
fication would be Of material advantage to the
development Of the country and the sale of
the newspapers.
Let few Orleans have the distinguished
honor Of leading the South in this poetic Je-
vival. Who will contend for the prize?
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
SPECIAL INDICTMENT.

Edward LiIienthal, Jeweler, 95
Canal street, will sell at cost dur
ing the current month his entire
stock Of Diamonds, American and
Imported Watches, fine Jewelry,
Silver Ware, Silver Plated Ware,
Clocks, and any article in his line,
being recent selections for the re-
tail trade in this city. Every article
will be guaranteed to be as repre-
scented. His old customers and the
public generally are invited to call.
fe17 1m2p
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22

An investigation, just made by the English
government, Of the adulteration of tobacco,
makes queer showing that will not be en-
joyed by smokers. This report, however,
frees the cabbage from the unjust suspicious
that have always been entertained against 1t,
of fraudulently representing itself to be to-
bacco. Those who have noticed the luxuriant
cabbages of the Connecticut valley and the
strange production of cigars in those locali-
ties where these cabbages were most numer-
GUS, were quite apt to suspect their regalias
and oonchas OF being sauer-krallt or kohlsalad
in another form. This English report, how
ever shows that cabbage is found seldom in
cigars, at least in England The leaves OF
the lime tree are most employed for the
weeds: then come h,lsks Of wheat and
oats, cotton yarn, wood and bread. At one
of the establishments in London, fifty
pounds Of tobacco seized was found to
contain string, wood, giindings Of old to-
bacco pipes dirt and all sorts of refuse 70
secure the adhesion and consistency Of the
cigar gums and CLUES Of various kinds were
made use Of In coloring, yellow ochre, sandal
wood, logwood, lampblack and Venetian red
were the favortes. The fiavoring was found
to be different in different places. Thus,
in making cigars for the Dublin market
aniseed Is mostly used; in Edinburg the
favorite tlavoring is molasses, and in London
liquorice. The British government has each
year since 1866 made an investigation Of the
cigars sold in England, but has never discov-
cred the use of cabbage leaves for tobacco.
There Is some consolation for smokers in this.
It is not cabbage but rags they are smoking.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
sy TRIPLE SHEET.

We learn from private sources that the
nomination of Col. Geo. Williamson for Col
lector of this port has been rejected by the
Senate, and that FL. r. Steele will probably
be appointed. No more obnoxious man In
Louisiana could be appointed to a Federal
Office in this State than Steele, and his APP
pointment will be universally repudiated and
lanplnas1
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
DIED.

LAIDLAW-On Wednesday night February
20. 1873. Phoebe Georgina Ladlaw aged 81
years. widow of Peter Laidlaw.o
Her funeral will take place on Friday. Febrl-
airy a. at II o'clock a. M. from the First Pres
byterian Church. Lafayette Square.
Her friends and those of her brother Conrad
WV. Hunter and of her sons In laweW @. Ray
mond and Rev. J. +. Girault, are respectfully
invited to attend
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
FREE EXHIBITION OF PURE BRED POULTRY

at the yards on State street, between Constance
and Laurel, Sixth District. Take Mag azine or
Tchoupitoulas cars. EGGS FOR MATCHING
for sale at 81 per dozen. Come and see, or ad-
dress Box s21, New Orleans 20. felo Su4t
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
We desire to notify our customers and all who
drink good Beer. that we have secured the
agency. and have just received q car load Of
FRANK FEHR'S (Louisville) CELEBRATED
BOTTLED BEER
In Casks and Boxes.
This Beer is considered by judges toobe the
best Beer bottled in the United States,
Give it trial. Our prices are low.
MILLER & DIELMANN,
50. 81 and 81 South Peter Street.
fe22 2p14t Corner Natchez Alley.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22

FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS.
Cane Garts Bagasse CaTg1s Small Carts Of all
Felloes. Shafts, Wagon Material. Axle Grease,
etc.
ment in the The South. mannfaettrine their own
work and guaranteeing everything they sell.
fe3 1y 2dp
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-15
FAST DAYS IN FRANCE.

A gentleman of the inquiring turn of
mind las been amusing himself with
collecting statistics regarding the con-
sumption Of food by Parisians on fast
days and days of abstinence. 1t appears
that last Good Friday "the Niobe of
cities" managed to consume $50 pounds
of salmon. 10000 pounds of cod, 5000
pounds of skate, 10000 pounds of red
herrings, 5000 pounds of shad, 5000, 600
pounds of eggs, 6,73S pounds of butter.
The allowance of fish for a population
of 1000, ,00O inhabitants is not very large
though 10000 pounds of red herrings
will go long way, especially in produc-
ing thirst. Keepers of public houses,
indeed, must be tempted to an irreverent
parody of the coachmans wish that it
were Derby day all the year round. They
have certainly every reason to wish that
the fasts of the church, if observed in
this spirit, may be many and vigorously
enforced by the civil authority. The
amount of beefsteaks consumed on
Good Friday is not stated. 1t doubtless
represented a considerable amount Of
seIf-assertion on the part Of liberals"
in the continental acceptation of the
word, though many admirers of Prince
Napoleon were somewhat scandalized at
the dinner-party once given by his I'm
perial highness on that day. French
clerical journals take good care to re.
mind Prince Napoleon Of his imprudence,
to call it nothing worse at least once a
year.