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Year: 1869

VI athC
prise.-Elko, June IL, 1869-A few days ago
| wrote you that an important and really
rich discovery had been made in the north
ern part OF this county, by prospecting par
ty, and that the new district had been created
and designated as the Cope Mining District
Since that time advices have been received
confirming all that had been reported and
now, at POINT IL miles south OF the afore-
said discovery. there has been discovery or
rich placer diggings, where there is plenty OF
water, where the men are making at least
$l2 per day. Consequently there is a great
rush for the new FL Dorado, and within the
past week not less than 500 persons have left
this place for the region The horses, sad
dies and brides in this town are held at high
figures, and dreves Of horses are daily
brought into town and sold at good figure,
even if ifspavined.


The excitement has reached White Pine,
and the successful as well as unsuccessful at
that place pass through here daily for the
new mines The section in which the new
mines are located is that which has hereto
fore been impenetrable on account ofthe an
imosity of the Indians, who have unaccount-
ably disappeared At any rate there IS no
question about the great mineral wealth OF
the country now occupied by the whites;
but the vast expanse contiguous to it is
equally rich, opening fine field for the
prospecting adyenturer
Year: 1869

The road leading to Sinker and Catharine
Greeks, about which some contention has
arisen as to whether it shall be a free or toll
road we are informed is in good travelling
order, the citizens having performed consid-
erabls work on ii thus Spring. Barnes Il
Co.'S saw-mill having furnished slabs for
bridging purposes free of charge and deliver
ed them on the ground where they were
wanted We are requested by those most
Interested in having free road in that di-
rection to present TO Messrs Barnes \ Co. a
public expression of thanks for their liberal
ity in the matter We would not, if we
could, deprive any one of their just rights
where such exist but for the novelty of the
thing, il for no other reason, we should like
to see free road in owyhee County, if only
a mile in length, just TO see what sensation
it would produce to travel over il.
Year: 1869

An elegantly dressed young gentleman, with
several young ladies, recently visited the Navy
Yard at Charlestown, and either knew, or pre-
tended to know. everything connected with
nautical affairs. While inspecting Wilmouth's S
great lathe and planer, then in full operation,
he called particular attention to the apparent
smoothness and beauty of the bright ribbon
of iron which the planer was peeling from a
large plate. The gentleman was in raptures
while he explained the wonderful mechanism
of the lathe and the sharpness of the tools
that could produce such beautiful results and
his fair companions were equally enthusiastic.
One Of them expressed a wish to obtain a
piece of the iron ribbon to take home as Gu
riosity. Eager to crafty the fair one, he took
hold of the glowing strip as it left the planer,
to break it, but soon let it 60 with an oath and
scream, bounding backward at the same time
crying tor water He had burned his right
hand badly. The ribbon, though so clean anC
bright, was almost red hot by the tremendous


friction to which it had been subjected in thu
peeling process-a fact not known TO the youn!
gentleman, and of which the machinist, no
having been consulted, did not inform him.
Year: 1869

AN OPPRESSIVE TAX AT the last session
of our Democratic Legislature tax of half of
one per cent. was imposed upon bonds anl
mortgages, and the holder of the same was au-
thorized to exact this additional sum from the
debtor. This certainly was imposing burden
on the men who are least able to bearit. More
than one half of the farms in our State are
mortgaged and manyof the farmers have founC
| it very difficult matter to pay their interest


! Under This Democratic law they will now have
| to pay an additional FIVE dollars interest oil
every thousand owed on bond and mortgage


making $50 additional upon ten thousand dol
/ lars, while the man who has paid for his farm


escapes without paying any tax. The same


the case with owners of houses. Republican.
Year: 1869

Messrs wanamaker Brown early in their business caree
demonstrated the possibility of supplying the people with
at low prices And every they have added to th
charges This good work still Oak Hall, the
men growing gOod better BEST and the prices "Ow lowe
llnuEn.
Year: 1869

To REMOVE RUsr.-A lady wri-
ting from Vermont to the Hearth
and Home says that she accidental
Undiscovered an easy way ofretaov-
ing rust from steel. She put .
number Of badly.rusted forks in q
tumbler of kerosene oil, and after
leaving them there some time,
found that the rust had become 80
much loosened that it rubbed Of
readily. She says that she has
since then used the oil to clean her
knives and sewing machine. We
suppose that many Of our readers
have already learned of the bene-
fetal effects Of oil on steel, but we
give the correspondents experience
for the benefit of those who have
never used il for such q purpose
| Scientific American. h fAa
Year: 1869

There is perhaps no ono thing
on which the American people
spend so much unwisely as on
roads. Year after year they dig
trenches and throw the dirt on
what they call roads, and year by
year the rains wash it back for a
repetition of the job. The labor Of
the people and the road tax col.
lected from them, is thus, in great
measure, annually squanderod. -
What is wanting is o method. sim
pie and practicable, by which tho
labor of the people, and these tax
es paid by them may be utilized
not squandered-and made to re
suit, in due course Of time in road
that are passable at all seasons
with average loads. He who de
vises such a plan will confer 6
lasting benefit upon the race
ZdneSuille Courier.
Year: 1869

APPLE JAM.-The apples, which
should be ripe, and of the best eat
ing sort, being pared and quarter
cd, are put into pan with just
water enough to cover them, and
boil until they can be reduced to o
mash. Then for each pound Of the
pared apples, a pound of sifted su.
gar is added, being sprinkled over
the boiling mixture. Boil and
stir it well, until reduced TO a Jam
Then put it in pots. The above is
the most simple way of making it
but to have it of the best possible
clearness, make thick syrup with
threo pounds of sugar to each pint
Of water, and clarity it with an
egg, as before directed. Then add
one pint Of this syrup for every
three, pounds Of apples, and boil
the jam to a proper thickness
Exchange.
Year: 1869

TREATMENT OF BEE SrIEoa--Just
as soon as the sting is extricated
prick the part where punctured
with a pin orneedle until the blood
starts; then squeeze Or suck ont tho
blood. o' s%a41
Year: 1869




SHEEP SKIN MATS. Tho follow.
ing is for two skins, and il the di,
rec,ions are faithfully followed,
will make something nice: Make
strong soapsuds, using hot water,
and let it stand till cold then
wash the skins in it carefully
squeezing out oil tho dirt from
among the wool; then wash them
in cold water till all the soap is
out. Ncxt dissolve half q pound
each of salt and alum in q little hot
water, and put into tub OF cold
water sufficient to cover the skins
and let them soak twelve hours
then hang over pole TO drain
When we'll drained, stretch care.
fully on q board to dry. Stretch
several times while drying, Be-
fore they get entirely dry, sprin
kle on the flesh side one ounce each
OF finely rulverized alum and salt
petre. rubbing it in well ; then lay
the flesh sides together and hang
in the shade for two or three days
turning them over every day I'll
perfectly dry. Finish by scrap
ing the flesh side with q blum
knife to remove any remaining
scraps Of ffosh, and then rub thu
flesh sido with pumice or rotter
stone and the hands. Very beau
tiful mittens can be made of laml
Eskins tanned as above Countr!
\ Gentleman
Year: 1869

PREFER solid sense TO wit: never study to


be divertiug without being useful let no jest .
intrude upon your good manners, nor say asa
anything that may offend modesty Or heed
lessly hurt the feelings OF another 8 eo 'saai
Year: 1869

GoD regulates the movements Of CON
science, and God allows Of no apology for
sin. He can forgive it; he can forget it, he
can blot il out as cloud and a thick cloud;
he can bury it in the depths Of the sen; he
can carry it away so that no more mention
shall be made of it; but henever, no, never,
can excuse it.
Year: 1869

They are gone into the world Of lightl
And I alone sit lingering here
Their very memory is fair and bright.
And my sad thoughts doth clear.
It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast.
Like stars upon some gloomy grove,
Or those faint beams in which the hill Is drest,
3 After the suns remove. N
I see them walking in an air of glory,
Whose light doth trample on my days;
Ny days, which are at best but dull and hoary,
Mere glimmering and decays.
o holy hope and high humility
(. High as the heavens abovel r =,
These are your walks. and you have showed


them me,


To kipdle my cold love
Dear, beauteous death. the jewel Of the Just
Shining nowhere bat in the dark:
What my ysteries do lie beyond thy dust,
Could man outlook that mark
He that hath found some fedg'd birds nest
At first sight if the bird be flown:
Bot what fair dell or grove he sings in now,
That is to him unknown.
And yet as angels in some brighter dreams
Call to the soul when man doth sleep,
So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted


themes.


And into glory peep.


HENRY VAUGHAN.
Year: 1869

From the New Haven Journal, 4th.l


Most of our readers will recolect the
case of an elopement from Middletown,
of a young Miss and boy 10 his teens,
the former named Emma Taylor and the
latter Wilcox, and of the subsequent dis
covery of th-;r whereabouts, in hotelin
Guilford, where they we're passing as
cousins, and the return homo of the girl
after her father had been informed in
regard to her being there. Yesterday
the affair received a new phase. A few
days ago the young man returned to his
home, 81 Lyon street, and was taken in
hand by his. father, who repri.
manded him for his conduct and
gave him some good advice. Yester
day morning the father left home
for Boston, and just before doing so, sug-
gested to the young man the propriety of
his trying the serious turn of life by seek
ing for his own livelihood. After the
father left, the young man took loaded
revolver aud fred in the direction of his
heart. Fortunately for him the ball
struck one of his ribs, followed it around
uadsr the arm, and lodged near the point
Of the shoulder blade. A physician was
called, and succeeded in cutting out the
ball. The probabilities are that, if the
young man does not shoot himself any
more, he will live to become a steady
going citizen, and repent of his foolish
ness Of yesterday.
Year: 1869

might have been, and l knew he would
have given them tract but for the abb
seuce of that receptacle. la


Neither do oil-silk capes cover every
head. The scrupulously careful use
these articles, but the prevailing style is
to allow the long back-hair to float free
and unconfined, the sport of the wind
and wave and the admiration of the occu-
pants of the carriages and benches which
line the beach. 1t lis incontestably pretty,
and it seems that one needn't get her hair
wet even ia this way; for the hair dress
ers who attead the hotels and cottages
have their "bathing tresses." which each
morning they afix to the heads of their
fair patrons for use and ornament in the
bath. 1t is done ingeniously and effec-
lively, and upon the return the braids
which have been so much admired on the
beach are handed over to the maid to be
hung up to dry, and others are assumed.
Year: 1869

land, that you and l stand shoulder to
shoulder with the President of the United
States for the emaacipation of the white
race in the Souths fH Three cheers for
Grant, p which vera given. with hearty
good will. l have everywheredone honor
10 the President Why not you do so to-
day! We are indebted tothe personal eff
forts of the Presidentuto-da day that the man
acles have been stricken from the limbs of
$4,000 white Virginians. W am so full of
Joy and good feeling toward all men that
shall weary you, feliow-citizeps. for out of
the fulness of the heartthe mouth speak
eth. You have offered up upon the alter
OF your State and country your cherished
prejudices of birth and education and
though you have not been called on to sacri-
ice any principal, you have done that
which required more effort on your part
You have made concessions unparalleled in
history. | think you will be blessed for
doing this, and my prayer is, fellow-citizens,
that you will be. You have redeemed
Virginia. The widest imagination cannot
picture career more glorious than now
opens before her But Virginia is just
about to start upon new career, glitter
ing like the morning star, full of life and
glory
Year: 1869

Resotred, That it is right in principle and
practice to make all persons equal before the
law, and to deny no native or adopted clti-
zen the right to vote. except on conditions or
qualifications equally applicable to all clt
zens.


Resolred That we are unalterably op-
posed to Chinese suffrage in any form what
ever, or to any change in the naturalization
law tending to that result and that the
charges made by the Democracy, that the
tendencies of the Republican party are to
the amalgamatiCn of races, production of
social eqnality between the Negro" and
the white" are without foundation, and
that such tendencies can be found to exist
in practice only among Constitutional Dem
ocrats and the advocates of an exclusive
White Mans Government


ResolUed, That devotion to Free Labor has
ever been one of the cardinal principles of
the Republican Party; that voluntary labor
is rightly regarded as honorable in the
United States, and that as our National
greatness and prosperity is greatly attribute
BILE to the labor of our working men, we
therefore pledge ourselves to ell measures
tending to promote the interests of this class
OF our population, who really constitute the
back bone and intellect of the nation, End
are an honor and safeguard to the Republic


ReS0tUed. That we view with alarm the
organized efforts now being made by land
monopolsts and ex-slaveholding Democrats
to flood the Southern and Southwestern
States with Coolie serfs which they propose
to import from the Chinese Empire in or1er
to build up another system of slavery or
peonage on the ruins of Africans slavery
to the detriment of Free Labor and its prac-
teal exclusion from those States.


ResolUed, That sound policy and Justice
suggests and demands that the rich and ex-
tenslve domain Of the South and West be
forever kept free from Coolie importation and
monopolization, and reserved for the use and
benefit of free American and European set
tiers who may desire to there obtain farms.
build lp homes, establish manufactures, de
velop the resources of the country and ex-
ercise the privileges of Free Labor


Resolved, That we pledge our Legislative
nominee to use all efforts to assist in secur-
ing such legislative action as may be legally
had to prevent the further influx or importa.
tion of Coolies into this State and aid all move
ments calculated to bring the evils of Coolie-
ism prominently before the Representatives
of the people in Congress.


Resotued, That the Republican Party is
now as it ever has been. pledged to an eco
nonical administration of the affairs of gov
ernment, and that the policy adopted by the
present administration is guarantee of the
fulfillment of such pledge.
Year: 1869

heavy BID for once BY ministering 70 Grants well
Known penchant for horseback riding and relieving
him Of the necessity Of riding In the procession
cas-a-vs with Mr. Johnson; but is d said they have
taken the proposition into serious consideration
ana Will submit u in the same spirit TO General
Grant
Year: 1869

Z



The ladies invitation Is gotten up In very elabo-
rate style. The card Is about seven inches wide and
ten inches long. The engraving it bears was de-
signed by A r. waud and represents q tablet
standing on the ground. On the face Of the tablet
is the Following inscription neatly printed in fancy
letters:-
Year: 1869

For our own and the convenience Of regular
advertisers, and to prevent any misunderstsud-
ing, We have carefully prepared and scaled the
rates of advertising in the GAZETTE, for the year
1869, and present the following table OF space
and prices from lrhich there soI be no deciation,
Year: 1869

New Orleans has its first licensed gaRb.
ling saloon, under authority of recent act
of the Legislature" of Louisiana. Our
recollection is that the body calling itself the
legislature Of that unfortunate district Of
territory is loyal, and that loyalty is said to
mean morality. There is some discrepancy
here. Or are gambling houses one Of the
requisites of q republican form of govern
ment which Congress is determined the
southern states shall have ifevery citizen has
to be imprisoned andimpoverished to secure
20
Year: 1869

The Philadelphia Post says that the suf,
erings of Moore, the new collector at that
port are equal to those experienced by a
Cabinet officer. "The Custom House is be
sieged by Mr.. Moore's friends, and if they
don't find him there they 90 to his house
and if he is no. at his house they 90 back
to the Custom House and If he is not there
they go to the League and if he Is not
there they 90 the church ; and if he is not
at church they sit down on his doorstePs
and wait till he comes in. And every hour
the crowd increases, till it might with pro-
priety sing the good old song -


"We are coming coming, coming.
Year: 1869

"PRIsoNER, have you anything TO
say before the sentence Of the law that
you be hanged be carried into effect"


Such was the question addressed TO a
criminal about TO be swung off in avid
Western town. The prisoner had moth
ing to say, in which he was wise. An
American of the period, however, for
ced himself TO the front, and up the steps
of the scaffold and, jointly addressing
the criminal and the sheriff, submitted I:
"That if the gentleman would yield
the platform for u few minutes, he would
like TO make a few remarks upon the
necessity of new protective tariff"
Year: 1869

balance upon completion OF q little pro-
jcct which l told them had in view,
and for assistance in which / solicited
their services. By these means for
they were ignorant mem / found little
difficulty in gaining them over to my
purpose.


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1869

Railroad roasting is still the style down
east. On the 3lst the gas in an empty oil
tank on a freight train Of the Boston and
Albany railroad, at Newton, exploded, caus-
ing the death of Samuel Preston, the con
ductor, by burning. A brakesman was
slightlY burned.
Year: 1869

The London Daily NelCS, writing Of
the ceremony Of GonfeFing' tile " ID.
G. /. 2 aegree upon Mr., Longfellow;
saws I


Through Mr.. Longfellow, As on
former occasions through MIR. Motley
and Mr.. Prescott in the field Of histO-
ry, our kinsmen beyond the Atlantic
have paid US back in kind part at
least of the debt they owe to the liter
ature of the mother country. Indeed,
such writers as the present American
Minister in England and Mr.. Long
fellow make us debtors in our turn.
Surely, If 1t be true that the whole
earth Is the tomb of illustrious men,
it is equally true that the light and
warmth of q great productive mind
and a great communicative
heart are the common heritage
of all civilized nations. AT any
rate, a Motley and a LongfellOw are
as much part of the literature OF
England as Byron and a Walter
Scott of the literature of the United
States, And at amoment when some
questions that must deeply concern
the future relations of the old and the
new country are suspended rather
than settled, as all good men on both
sides must desire them to be settled.
it is doubly pleasant to note how that
inner sense of a common parentage,
that strong family likeness, and those
mutual affinities of taste and feeling,
which survive all controversies and
all separations, make themselves con-
tinually felt in many Ways--whetheI
In hrotherly contests on the sea or on
the river, or in the acknowledgment
of reciprocal intellectual obligations
or in the exchange of university
honors-and remind US on either shore
of the great ocean that blood i
thicker than water" if not more bind
ing than ink,
Year: 1869

SAN FRANCIsCo.-The wine grow
ers Of California open negotiations
with the Central Pacific and other rail-
roads for such reduction Of freights
and charges on wine packages as will
enable them 10 ship overland instead
Of by sea. A mass meeting Of Ger
mans last night decided TO give Gen.
Carl ShurZ a public reception.
Year: 1869

RICHMOND, August 14.-It is stated
on good authority that Gen. Canby
will, within ten days, issue a procla-
nation concerning the Legislature,
applying the iron clad oath to men,
bers; and when he cannot take the
oath his seat will be given TO the can
didate who received the next highest
vote
Year: 1869

no assurance of permanent tranquility
On the contrary, we are of opinion that
the course of our Legislature on the
question of negro suffrage will hasten
and intensity the struggle for universa
white suffrage. Many who were dis
posed to refer negro suffrage and rebeI
suffrage to the distant future, now that
the dominant party has done all it can
to establish the one, will be active ad
vocates for the restoration of the other
The original opponents of prescription
will by no means abate their opposition
now that the friends of that policy
are seriously weakened by the
steps taken toward black en-
franchisement. To these may be added
hundreds of Republicans who have al
ways considered rebel disfranchisement
q temporary measure, and who, when
they remember the 5000 majority for
GRANT in the State, will concede with
the Wellsburg Herald that if the Re-
publican party is not now strong enough
to stand upon its own merits before all
the people, the fault lies with the Re-
pablican party. All these classes will
urge the speedy removal of the political
disabilities still existing in our State
At the proper time, they may be relied
upon to agitate our political elements
with an energy seldom witnessed here
ahOnts
Year: 1869

The "cold charity of the Worlu Ii
not such frigid and fruitless sentiment
after all. An exchange say that MI
McKAY's private residence at East Dos
ton was bid in fer S75 at his bankruptcy
sale, by his eigbt-yCar old daughter nc
one having the heart to bid against her
Considering that this occurred in Bos'
ton and that the girl bssonged to the
down-trodden white rsse, there is hope
for the country yet. If genuine human
ity car exist at "the hub" the milk OF
human kindness" must flow abundant
ly in more favorable localities.
Year: 1869

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore in a measure the energy and ardor of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
Year: 1869

It is well established fact that fully one.
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or to
use their own expression, never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous and have no appetite


n To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

certain-if there were no rum drink


ers there would be few rum-sellers.-
Another thing is about as certain-so
long aa a large part Of the people arc
willing to drink, 80 long 10 some way
or other. they will be able to got
LIQUOR. The root Of tho tree Is not sell
init IL not manufsctwlng-lt Is
6rjnkinu