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Year: 1876

PIoCHE. NEVADA, May 6, 1876.


Editors Dispatch: am regular reader
of your most valuable paper, the Dispatch.
While pcruSing your issue OF April 21st |
noticed an article written by Danville cor
respondent. in which it was stated that one
Colonel J. Il. Stovall proposes sending to
California for Cinnamon, to be employed in
tobacco factories OF that place (Danville). l
also saw that the factory of Mr.. Stoyall was
burned. Although heartily disapprove of
such course, am not surprised to hear Of
it being burned il the aforesaid proposition
was made previous to that time.


Mr.. Stovall says that "Chinamen are the
cheapest laborerS that can be employed, and
they do not vote" / admit that they work
for lower wages than any other class of peo-
pie; but taking into consideration that they
get all their supplies from China, and do
nothing to contribute anything to the gene
raj wealth Of the country, / do not know
that they are the cheapest. That they have
not voted in the past is no proof that they
will not in the future, for many in Califor-
MIA have expressed their desire to become
citizens. Even if they never vote, drunken
negro at the polls is not so loathsomc as
John Chinaman; and the negroes can never
exert such baneful influence in the coun-
try rs the Cinnamon have on this coast
Let any Of your readers take California
paper that is not wholly devoted to the in
terests of the fe,r; j.; he will find in it that OF
which 1 now speak" The plague Of The Pa-
cifc coast" No plague has ever visited
our country that has proven so destructive
to the interests Of many. The ruthless hand
of war is not to be compared with them.


II Cinnamon cannot be prevented from
coming among them in any more peaceablc
way it would be well for the laboring class
of men to meet them on the border OF their
State and forbid their entrance.


Much has been said by the Virginia press
about your men leaving their native State
and seeking homes elsewhere, but when you
have the Cinnamon fairly introduced there
your young men will find that they are COM
PEELED to leave their homes, to which they
will never desire to return. No Nirginian
now is ashamed to own his nativity; but let
the Mongolian get foothold there, and not
one but will blush to be called a Virginian; !;
for the introduction OF the Cinnamon in
that State will be n voluntary act of which
all save the few who may have amassed for
tunes at the expense Of many will be
heartily ashamed.


Better would it be for Virginia and her
people to sink beneath the waves OF the
Atlantic than to have her paths trodden by
this almond-eyed heathen. a V1RG1NIAN.
Year: 1876

MORE RADICAL REsoLUT1oNs.-A meet
ing OF Republicans which was held in
front of Davenport's Hotel last night
was addressed by several speakers.
Resolutions were adopted plcdging the
Radical vote to the support of an In
dependent or opposition ticket il brought
forward, and condemning the neutral policy
of the Republican City Committee. To
promote opposition to the Conservativ e
nominees committee OF eighteen was or
dered to be appointed.


The Jackson Ward Republicans in their
meeting indicated their purpose to preserve
the same policy.
Year: 1876

DISPATCH PRINr1NG-HoUsE.-In order to mea
the constantly increasing demands of our trade w
have added well-selected assortment OF NEW
TYPE which. together with our Improved MA
cuINERY and sKILPUL MECHANICAL TALENT
warrant us in guaranteeing the VERY BEST CLASS
OF WORK ut moderate figures and In the most expe-
ditiOus manner.
Year: 1876

UNLICENSED large number of business
and professional men have failed to take out
the licenses required by law. 1t will be-
come the duty of the Commissioner OF the
Revenue to present their names to the grand
iury for Indictment.
Year: 1876

Political.-Now that the primary contest
is over it becomes the duty OF every good
Conservative to buckle on his arnor and
prepare to meet the foe, whether he be Rad
ical or Independent, that shall present HIM
self on the 18th of May.
Year: 1876

BE Careful. Those who are guilty Of
using profane language upon the streets
would do well to count the cost beforehand,
as the Mayor has instructed the Chief OF Po-
lice to arrest all parties who are guilty OF
this breach OF the peace.
Year: 1876

LeWlSDurg, Union county, Ia.


This ccrtifies that my wife has been
afflicted with consumption for the last
four years, and had become SO reduced
that she was unable, at times, to walk
across the room, and a good part of the
time unable to be out of bed. She would
be seized with violent attacks of coughing
until she would lie almost exhausted and
helpless. She received the attendance of
as good physicians as could be found in
Philadelphia and the country, but to no
effect. l was last induced to try DR..
WIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY,
and the effect for the better was truly as
tonishing. Before she had taken two
bottles she felt and appeared almost rs
we'll as ever; SO much so that it is seldom
necessary for her to use any now except
occasionally, from having caugh cold
from exposure, or from sudden and un-
favorable change OF weather. have al
ways been opposed to patent medicines
and pronounced them humbugs, but i
must say that DIR. WIsTAR's BALsAM OF
| WILD CHEEKY is an exception. i un
hesitatingly recommend it to the public
as decidedly the best and most efficaciow
remedy in cases of consumption.


| VAN
Year: 1876

Hereafter TO legal Advertise
mcnts will he Inserted IN the TINE
unless payment is mado when hand
cd In. II requires money To carry
IN our business md wo nrc com
pollcd to adopt the cash principle.
This rule will not be doviatcd from
in any case.
Year: 1876

The following were the receipts and shipments Of
the leading articles OF produce in this city during
the twenty-four hours ending at Z o'clock On
Saturday morning, and for tue corresponding
time last year:
Year: 1876

The Iong-talked Of and anxiously-
expected festal day when the ''King of
the CarnivaW would visit his loyal city
ofPorkopolis-a locality hitherto deemed
Of too cold climate to make such visit
desirable-was more propitious than
many feared it would be.


A slightly chill air was blowing, the
sky overcast with dull, leaden clouds,
and the sun refused to break his way
through them until nearly 10 o'clock.
But still such was the amount Of enthu-
siasm which had been worked up by the
daily talk of preparations and the
amount Of advertising done In che local
columns Of the different papers OF the
city, that expectation was on tip-toe to
witness the grand affair--and nothing
less than storm OF the Dimensions Of
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, bee. 25. 1875.
THE 6TH OF JANUARY DEMONSTRATION Ex-


PEcrED TO BE VERY IMPOSING AFFAIR


PUBLIC MEETINGS IN CITIES, TOWNS AND


VILLAGES ON THAT DAY.


Intelligence which here from different parts
OF tho country, East well West, shows that the
Sth OF January is likely to witness OF tho i'm
posing public demonstrations this country has ever
seen. Preparations are quietly making nine
Northern States for public meetings TO be held that
day, not only in the large cities. but towns and viii
lagos, by democrats to protest against fraudulent
irregular counting in OF President II has become
known that in several States and In many localities
numbers OF republicans who voted for Hayes and
Wheeler have determined to JOIN in this protest and
demand fair play and an honest count. There s not
the least intention to break the peace, but Is meant
that the protest shall be earnest and show
that the people are attcnvely watching
what Is going on and not asleep
Letters received hero from different States by nlu.
entail show that the constant rcteration by lead
ing republicans hero that the Vice President shall
and declare tho at all hazards the echo
OF this sentiment in republican organs produces great
excitement and irritation on tho public mind the peo-
pie thinking this question should be settled by
committee Of Congress and not by predetermined
partisan arrangement
Year: 1876

GOVERNOR sTEARys MUST GIVE UP HIS OFFICE


TRIAL OF GALLAEER.


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


JACKSONVILLE Dec. 25 1875.
Republicans in this end OF the State unanimous
In tho opinion that Governor Stearns submit to
the decision of the Supreme Court and quietly turn
tho executive Office to Governor-cect Drew on
next Tuesday. They see no way open by which they
get the before the United States Court, and
there is good authority for saying that he has been
notified very plainly that he cannot look for support
from The federal troops making open resistance to
the decision OF the Supreme Court II Is believed by
many that Governor Stearns has hoped to retain
his hold upon the State but that he has been promised
a aconsulship OF FIRST importance in case MI. Hayes is
inaugurated. There is good authority for saying that
the Governors ambition looks IN that direction
Nothing is heard direct from Searns


Gaiaher's trial Tor the pubca Ion OF an obsoence
attack upon Mrs W. E. Chandler will open
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON. Dec 25, 1876


CHRISTMAS AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.


There . number of visitors at the Executive
Mansion to-day, those calling being with or two
exceptions intimate personal friends OF the President
whose Immediate family were all with HIM in quiet
enjoyment OF the Christmas festivities


THE wRETCHED PAYMENTS OF THE CITY.


Tho very bad condition of the pavemcn,s in this
city for three days past has subjected several
persons to mshaps, some OF which been OF a
very serious character. Several instances OF heavy
falls producing sprains and cases broken
limbs, occurred last night gentleman named
Clark, y member OF well known dry goods
firm, while returning homo from his place
OF business slipped the Ice and broke leg and on
Saturday night carpenter named William Lawrie
while entering his residence, slipped upon the steps
and fell and literally impalcd upon tho heading Of
the iron fonco surrounding the premises He died in
very few moments


A REPORTED LOSS OF MONEY PACKAGE FROM
THE TREAsUBY-THE OFFICIALS VERY RErI-
cENr-TnE AMOUNT SAID TO ne TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.


There was a conference at the Treasury Department
to-day between the Secretary of the Treasury Treas
urcr wyman aud Assistant Treasurer G,lGllan upon
the subject OF the lately reported discovery that an
amount OF money had been distracted from package
sent from the Treasury to tho illinois National Bank at
Chicago. The Treasury officials decline to give any
information as to the course that Is being pursued in
the investigation OF the reported loss and Secretary
Morrill, says that 1t might be an act of gross injustice
to mention where suspicion rests until it is clearly
ascertaincd at what point the thcft occurred. The
department also declines to gvo tho amount OF the
loss or in fact any details concerning It, considering
that better In the interests of justice and
for tho recovery Of the stolen funds that nothing
should be mado pubic as to the before
IT, Very few of tho cerks in tho cash room seem TO
be aware that another disagreeablc episode should
have appeared, and tho occurrence is exceedingly
painful to the gentlemen in the bureau, all OF whom
were subjected less modification and es-
ponage during the recent investigation of tho Hal
lock robbery. II is assorted that with the present
system OF checks and tho safeguards recently lnaugu
rated IN the cash room 1t is almost impossible that
theft of this kind could happen The amount OF the
loss is variously stated at from S. 900 TO 500 600.


Mr.. washburn cx-chief OF tho governments Secret
Service has been here for several days interest
Illinois National Bank endcavorng to trace tho
money.
Year: 1876

eB Spotted Tail has his good
points. lie loved his daughter and
cherishes her memory. She was the
first born and the best beloved. She
fell in love with a yonng officer at
Fort Laramie, aud died with a bro.
ken heart eight years ago. Her in~
fuence over her father was so over
mastering that he vowed on her
death-bed that no would make peace
with the whites, since it was her
wish, and would never again take up
arms against them. When tho treaty
was made he asked 10 have the coffin
containing her remains brought into
the council in erder that her spirit
might witness tho fulfilment of the
vow. All these years the old Chief
has yearned to have her grave near
his wigwam, and his wish has re-
Gently been gratified. The body was
removed from Fort Laramie to Spot
ted Tail Agency, and placed in o box
upon four posts, in accordance with
the Indian custom. The burial SER
vice Of the Episcopal Church was
read, o sermon in the Dakotah lon
guage was preached by tho chaplain,
and the box was lowered in o grave
in the cemetery near tho Agency.
Year: 1876

REMARKABLE SILENcE-The death
is reported from Zurich OF q man
who may fairly claim to have set the
most remarkable example Of self in
flicted penance on record. His name
was Amstein. Thirty years ago he
fell in love, and like most lovers he
got jealous One day, while under
the sway Of the green eyed monster,
he said something disparagng about
his sweetheart. The offended beau
ty resolved to punish him, and AM
stein, 70 regain her favor, was fore
ed to swear that he would not speak
another word for tbe next twelve
months But before the year OF 81 .
lence expired the young lady sud-
denly died, and Amstein, not hav-
ing been relieved from his oath by
the lips Of his sweetheart, vowed TO
remain dumb until he rejoined her
in the next world. And he kept his
word For thirty years he was nev
or heard to speak, and be died mute
70 all around him.
Year: 1876

A man who prided himself on his moral
ity, and expected to be saved by it-who was
constantly saying, am doing pretty we'll
on the whole | sometimes get mad and
swear, but then ! am strictly honest work
on Sunday when am particularly busy, but
| give good deal to the poor aud never
was drunk in my life"-this man once
hired canny Scotchman to build fence
around his lot, and gave him very particular
directions as 10 his work In the evening,
when the Scotchman came in from his la
Dor, the mao said


Wen, dock, is the fence built and is it
tight and strong ?"


al Gamma say that it is all tight and
strong" replied Jock, q but it's good aver.
age fence, anyhow. II some parts are lit
Tie weak, others are extra strong. | don't
know but | may have left gap here and
there, yard wide or so but then | made
up for II by doubling the number of rails on
each side OF the gap. | dare say that the
cattle will find a very good fence, on the
whole, and will like it, though | Gamma just
say it's perfect in every part"


"What - cried the man, not seeing the
point, do you tell me that you have built a
fence around my lot with weak places in IT,
and gaps in il? Why, you might as well
have built no fence at ALL II there is one
opening or place where an opening can be
made, the cattle will be sure to find il, and
will all 60 through. Don't you know, man.
that fence must be perfect, or it is worth
less 2"


50 | used TO think 50" said the dry Scotch
man, but hear you talk so much about
averaging matters with the Lord, it seems to
me we might try it with the cattle. If an
average fence won't do for them, am afraid
that an average character won't do in the
day of judgment. When | was on ship
board, and a storm was driving us on the
rocks, the captain cried Let go the
anchor But the mate shouted back There
is broken link in the cable Did the cap
tain say, when he heard that No matter,
it's only one link. The rest Of the chain is
good. Ninety-nine Of the hundred links are
strong. Its average is high. 1t only lacks
one per cent. Of being perfect Surely the
anchor ought TO respect so excellent a chain,
and not break away from it 2 No, indeed
he shouted, Get another chain ="


lie knew that a chain with one broken
link was no chain at ALL That he might as
well throw the anchor overheard without
any cable as with defective one. So with
the anchor of our souls. II there is the
least flaw in the cable, it is not safe to trust
it. We had better throw il away and try
to get a new one that we know is perfect
Selected.
Year: 1876

What is the cure for gossip? Simply cul-
ture. There is a great deal of gossip that
has no malignity in it. Good.natured peo-
pie talk about their neighbors because, and
only because, they have nothing else to talk
about. As we write, there comes to us the
picture of family of young ladies'. We
have seen them at home, We have met them
in galleries Of art, we have caught glimpses
of them going from bookstore, or library,
with fresh volume in their hands. When
we meet them, they are full of what they
have seen and read. They are brimmng
with questions. One topic of conversation
is dropped only to give place to another in
which they are interested.


We have left them, after delightful
hour stimulated and refreshed and, during
the whole hour, not a neighbor's garment
was soiled by so much as touch. They
had something to talk about. They knew
something, and wanted 10 know more. They
could listen as well as they could talk. To
speak freely OF neighbor's doings and be-
longings would have seemed an impertinence
to them, and, of course, an improperly
They had no temptation to gossip, because
the doings of their neighbors formed sub
ject very much less interesting than those
which grew out of their knowledge and their
culture. And this tells the whole story.
The confirmed gossip is always either ma.
licious or ignorant The one variety needs
a change of heart and the other change OF
pasture. Gossip is always a personal con
fession either of malice or imbecility, and
the young should not only shun it, but, by
the most thorough culture, relieve them
selves from all temptations TO indulge in it.
IL is a low, frivolous and, too often, a dirty
business There are country neighborhoods
split in pieces by il. Neighbors are made
enemies by IL for life. In many persons IL
degenerates into chronic disease, which is
practically incnrable. Let the young cure il
while they may.-.Scribner's Monthly.
Year: 1876

In very short time the life came back
into Mary's blue eyes, and the lines we call
wrinkles faded out from her brow. She
was a child again.


Wasn't Cassie's very easy way 10 change
little careworn old woman into a happy
child again Who cannot get their friends
to do the same for some little old child2


o, fathers and mothers, whose hearts are
running over with love for the careless
hearted little ones God has given you; You
who have more Of happiness and gold than
you need day by day look abroad, aud see
the anxious young faces pinched by want
aud grown old before their timH. Ask God
70 make them young again, aud to let you be
His instrument in doing il. Then shall
your full cup overflow and the vision Of lit
tie ones that have renewed their youth shall
smile on you in your dreams and they who
have regained their childhood shall help you
heayenward by their blessings and their
PRAYERS
Year: 1876

How TO REAp-Don't let thing slip by
you in your reading that you don't under.
stand, il you can help it. Whatever il may
be, follow the advice of the sagacious Cap
tain Cutie and "make note ont" II it Il
the meaning Of word, or the whereabouts
Of town, or the date Of an event. or a covert
allusion--whatever it is, don't let it pass
you without finding out its full meaning
II you have the right book Of reference, look
it up at once III you have not, make a
memorandum Of it, and have it looked up
and explained next time. The value OF a
book Is very often not so much IN what is
within it as in what is suggested by IT,
Follow up every hint and suggestion OF this
sort, and you will acquire a store of infor-
nation. But once get into the habit Of let
ting such matters slip, from sheer Incidence,
and your reading will be superficial and al
most worthless. Boston Journal.
Year: 1876




know it Is not so fashionable to
raise large families as in days gone
past; but / hope no mother who
reads this will ever have any greater
trouble than raising large families,
and ! hope not one of the readers of
your valuable paper will be guilty of
the great sin in this direction. We
often hear it remarked that there are
but few if any children in many of
our largest houses. For shame, TO
let the sunshine Of this world fade
out in that way! To be sure, moth
er with a large family must work
harder and have more care than one
VINO has not; but when we get few
spare moments to sit down, how sweet
to have a pair or two of little arms
thrown around our neck and to hear
those lips say, Mother, / love your
Are we not paid then, for all the ex-
ira steps those little innocents have
caused? 1t is our children that will
take our places when we are through
and take care of us if we live to be
old; and think we should be very
careful Of the example we set before
them, so we may not be ashamed to
have it said as they grow to be men
and women, they are walking in our
footsteps!


Parents should be united in the
government Of their children, and
carry steady hand, but should not
be too strict. think 1t poor plan
to fret and scold to children, and
some go as far as to call their chill
dren fools, and they soon begin to
think they are, and no child was eyer
much brighter in that way.-Lady
Correspondent Maine Farmer.
Year: 1876

Professor Tyndall before the Royal
Society.


Franklin was twice struck senseless
by the shock. He afterward sent the
discharge of two large jars, through
six robust men; they fell to the
ground and got up again without
knowing what had happened; they
neither heard nor felt the discharge.
Priestly, who made many valuable
contributions to electricity, received
the discharge of two jars, but did not
find it painful.


This experience agrees with mine.
In the theatre of the Royal Institu-
tion, and in the presence of an au-
dience, I once received the discharge
of a battery of fifteen Leyden jars.
Unlike franklin's six men, | did not
fall, but like them I felt nothing.
was simply extinguished for a sensi-
BILE interval.


This may be regarded as an exper-'
mental proof that people killed by
suffer no pain.


The measured velocity Of electrici-
ty is many thousand times greater
than the measured velocity of sensa-
tion in the nerves. Hence the cleo
trical concussion reaches the centre
of life without any possible announce
ment by the eye or ear or sense of
feeling. There is abundant evidence
that death by rife ball traversing
the brain is for the same reason en-
tirely without consciousness or pain.
But Il rifle ball is tortoise compared
with the electrical fash.


The Ruhmkoff coil places artificial
in our hands. If society
must kill its members, let this in
doom be substituted for
the slow torture and brute violence of
the gallows.
Year: 1876

A LITTLE miss, writing to her fa-
ther on the first day of her entrance
at boarding school, says: "The first
evening we have had prayers and
then singing, and passing round of
bread, which 1 did not take, because,
not being confirmed, I thought I had
no right to take communion. After
ward I learned that / had lost my
simmer"
Year: 1876

Raynor Lewis attempted to kill his
wife at their residence on Crittenden
street last evening by shooting her twice,
once in the neck and once in the hand,
and then threatened TO kill himself but
did not doit. Mrs. Lewis is lady OF ed
ucation and. refinement, while her hus'
band is worthless and dissipated fellow
who threw the burden OF the family sup
port upouhis wife. Mrs.Lewis has high
" respectable connections in New York