April 7, 1882 (4 pages)

eames) E'S, STORY, . IN STREETs. MY WINTER ' will, for the IAYS lisses’ and es, Are‘8 at RICES {~~ store to be of workmanship, ket, S or SHOES hoice of “sizce to make room ice, -R. COE, .streets;-Ne. mar3 i ome! JRE . puberger,. HIVELY. y Firm, New is Week. "ice List, 9 cts 25 « “ 123" ‘“ 49 «* “6 124 “66 69-**. oe 95 ing ‘6 25“ “6 99 * “ 49 “ “s g« “bis 25 “ “ 9g“ “ On « es 123" ay 25 “ “ g « “ “ +6 aah ‘6 1p “ se 49 “ % g 49 « 5S ‘ 9g “ “ 5“ “ 75 6s ray 25 e 25, 49 « 124" 9g “« “ec g « eat. Be or “9, “ 5 sé 9 “ “ec 25 ai 6a 25 “ rs g « “$1 25 “cc Q only ee call ay ewhere. to your with you~ tly filled. ALL. berger. . STEAD FUL HOME‘ ILLE Road a Ranch. title to the eight rooms, barn ; over . and a half Pond stocked f Pure Runprral, and an on the place. ‘Stock. Ap‘MAN. 1 \venue, ont, 190 r lot, .on0 00 per th. AguarDERSON. LOCAL AFFAIRS. WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Personal and Social Items Gleaned Mere and There. James Huver, agent for the Uncle Toni’s Cabix Company, arrived in town yesterday. at oe Hon, T, P. O’Cohnor took his departure yesterday afternoon for’ the Eastern States, i David Thom, Jr., came up from San Francisco yesterday ‘to’ attend his father’s fuaoeral. The County., Clerk yesterday issued amarriage hcerse to Orfila Sirard and. Mary. Gautier, —of Grass Valley. : ~ The Washington stage will not attempt to get through to this city till next week, The mail has to be all ~ transported by men on snowshoes. There was a light frost in this sec_tion night before last. It is not thought fruit trees were far enough advanced to be hurt materially. B. H. Miller hus gone to.San Fraucisco, and in a few days will return with the-lrgest-and most—attractive, stock of spring and summer clothing, furnishing goods, etc., ever brought to Nevada City. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. April Term. Taurspay, April 7th, 1882, The Board met pursuant to adjournment, all members present. R. Huckins, President of the Board, presiding. : The minutes of the previous mecting were read and approved. The quarterly report of Road Commissioner. R, Huckins, of District No. 4, was read and approved, The fee books of the County Clerk and County Recorder were examined foun.! correct and declared settled upto April 3d, 1882, By order of the Board adjourned _ to meet to-morrow at 10.4. m, R. Hucxtns, President of the Board. Attest : J. E. Carr, Clerk, By T. H. Carr, Dept. High School Exercises. ‘ The following is a list of the declamations to be delivered at the High School to-day by the middle class: Nellie Osborne, ‘“The Oid Brown School House.” Mamie Beckman, ‘The Witnesses,” Lizzie Keenan, “Little by Little.” John Canfield, ‘‘The Spartans nobly kept their oath.” Allie Nilon, “The Blue end the Gray.” Thomas White, ‘The Stream of Life.” Hattie Hook, ‘Good Bye,” Clara Cleveland, “Lady Clara Vere de Vere,” : Frances Costello, ‘Under the Snow.” Lena Mannix, ‘‘Shadows.” Emma Smith, ‘‘Absence,” Returned from Marysville, John A, Seely has just returned from a couple. of days’ visit to Marysville, which was formerly his home. He says that town is very dull, and seems to have gone into ‘‘a decline” that cannot be cured. The anti-mining antagonism is apzarently confined to a limited circle, but the few who have it seem to be afflicted the worst kind. Mr. Seely is of the opinion that Marysville’s only hopes lie in the dams, as projected by Col. Mendell, being built and maintained. { He Was Mad, — When P, A. Paine of Lake City in this county heard the anti-Chinese bill had -been vetoed he tvok down a Garfield and Arthur chart that had been hanging in his sitting-room since the Presidential campaign, and with a knife cut off the head of Mr. Arthur’s picture. He then took the mutilated chart and forwarded it to Senator Miller, asking that it be de” livered to the President. © > Another Pioneer Winer Gone. L, A. Morse, father-in-law to Prof. Chestnutwood formerly of this city, died in Linden, San Joaquin county, last Saturday. Mr, Morse came to California in 1849, and was engaged in mining in this vicinity for about twenty years. He was here on a visit a year ago. It, was reported here yesterday morning that a band of religions crusaders wonld come from Grass Val. ley in the afternoon and ‘pay their ‘respects to some of the saloons, — They had not put in an’ appearance at a late hour in the afternoon, Mrs. Blasauf’s Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Blasauf will take place at two o’clock this afternoon from the family résidence on O'Connor's Reception---An Eloquent . Address in Support of Irish Land League Principles, There was, despite the storm, .a very good-sized audience at the Theatre Wednesday evening tolisten to the remarks of Hon. T. P, Q’ Connor, The stage was beautifully decorated with American and Irish flags, while in a-semi-circle at the rear and over the heads’ of the speaker shone these words in letters of gold: “CKADE MILLE A FAILTHE,” Which being interpreted means “A Hundred Thousand Welcomes,” The meeting -was called to order by Hon, Niles Searls, who said: ; We-come~here~ to-night to display our sympathPfor the down-trodden sons of Erin. Their condition is such as to appeal to the people of all nations, I am not a thoroughbred, as you all know, but I once had an aunt and some cousins who were. Irishmen. Ireland -and—the frish~have~filled-“a large space in history, yet how. little. we know of them. There is no country, no people, less‘understood by the outside . }world, We have heard enough of the trials and tribulations in that land, but we have not heeded the tales of woe as we do in most other cases. This is perhaps because an oft-told story loses its interest, and so we pass over Ireland’s miseries of to-day as things thatshovuld continue to exist because they always have existed. Another reason that we do not appreciate their true position is because those that come to this country are so light-hearted we find it hard-to believe they ever suffered, They -are buoyant, and when the clouds’ of sorrow break away even for a moment they spring up like a jack-in-box wheu the lid is raised, The following served as VicePresidents: Hon. John Caldwell, C. W. Cross E. O. Tompkins, R. Huckins, EK. Bond, H. L. Day, John Dunnicliff, F. Battis, N. P. Brown, Peter Purdon, Wm. Scott, Felix Gillet, Chas, Kent, H. V. Reardan, G. v, Schmittburg, Dr. H. 8, Welch, A, B. Brady, Rev. Father Walsh, Rev, Father Meagher, Rev. J. Sims, A. J. Ridge, Henry Wobhler, ‘W. D. Long, D. Meagher. Master John Canfield, the young pianist, favored the audience with “Come Back to Erin.” Mrs. George Smith sang with fine effect, ‘The Harp that Once Through Tara’s Halls,” Prof, Muller furnishing the accompanient. TRELAND AS IT IS. On being introduced by the President, the Hon. T, P, O'Connor, M. P., from Galway, said that he proposed to describe briefly as he could something of the great struggle now going on_in Ireland, The matter should be subjected to the cold test of reason, in order to determine its: merits, . The last few years had let in much light. It had come to be admtted on all hands that the Irish farmers were great sufferers, In the passage of the Land Act, Parliament had admitted as much, Three times in the present century the Irish have stood face to tace with famine. How can you account for the poverty of Ireland? It is said by some that the country is over populated. The population has decreased 4,009,000 since 1846, and the misery has increased one-half. Go to Germany, Belgium-—or-Holland,we—hear—no complaints from the people there, and there are far more to the square m'le than inIre!and. Some say that religion is the cauge of the poverty, France is of .the same faith, -and France is most prosperous. If the climate and religion are not the causes, surely it could not be said that Treland was not industrious. The poverty of Ireland was not due to laziness. It could not be for the want of fertility in the soil, for sdientists say that Ireland is the most fertile country in the world—more so than Holland. There must be some cause, and when these are dismissed you will find that a FOREIGN ROBBER Is taking plunder away from Ireland, eating away the life-blood of the country. That’s the cause of of Ireland’s poverty. The occupation of land is the only means of livlihood for the majority of the people, . Unfortunately there are comparatively no manu‘actures in the country and the people look to ‘. the land as the chief means of their existence. There are between five ‘and six hundred thoushnd people tilling the land, and multiplying this by five, the average number of an Irish family, and we have two and a half million people engaged in agriculture and absolutely. dependent on the land for their livehhood. The remainder of the population of two and a half: million etigaged in the various trades are dependent upon the farmer for. their prosperity. Practically 5,0€0,009 are dependent on the land for their existence, This Spring street, : . side ie that this land is owned by ‘landlords to the number of 10,000, many of whom are absentees and never resided in Ireland. We thus arrive at the startling fact that the 10,000 landlords hav THE MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Of the 600,000 tenants in their hands. . They have it in their power to dispossess the tenants, and through them the whole Irish.nation at their . The welfare of the State should be based upon the right of every citizen tosharein the Government of the State. This right, the speaker said, should be given to the people and not tothe landlords. He cited a case where a tenant of the Earl of Avon had paid a year'y rental of £9. The rent kept increasing as the tenant improved the property until finally he paid £19 a year. It was A RAPID INCREASE ‘and was more rapid than the increase of population. The rates of rentals were raising while the population was decreasing. In 1846 there was & population of 9,000,000 and now the population is 4,000,000 less, — If making all the improvements on-the farm he would be justified in charging the farmer a higher rent, fixing it at a figure commensurate with the outlay of money, In this case the Earl had done nothing to improve the property, and the more the ten: ant did the higher the rent became, The richer the land the poorer the tenant, state of things must be put toanend,. The rent went from Ireland to Scotland never to return and the result was that labor was fined, industry punished and poverty perpetuated, The Irish tenants have been paying rentals aggregating £17,000,000 a year, and £10,000,000 of this money har gone to landlords living in another country. Suppose California had to ». submit to such a drain? The money carried away from here by the Chinese is as nothing to that taken out of Ireland by the landlords. fp He spoke of thewheat shipped from the United States to Europe and said that the export of wheat means the increase of resources of your own land. The money for its sale returns and is Spent here, while the money paid by a tenant never comes back and is lostas much ‘to Ireland as though it had been sunk . in the sea, How can I depict Irish ; misery to an American audience? It is impossible, If I could you would be as vehement Land Leagyers as any, even I, Aman is aman the world over, unless he be a hero or a_ blackguard I might add. I have often wished our Irish workingmen had the same kind of misery that American workingmen do. Here.you starve on three meals a day. Deep and abject as isthe poverty of the Irish farmer, worse is thatof the Irish artisanin town. I never knew how pitiable our condition was till I got out of the country and breathed the free air of other lands. Then I became more bitter at the wrongs my people endured; and the longer I stay away and the more free air I breathe the bitterer I become. Come back with me to Limerick, Galway, and the other towns. We find RUINS ON EVERY HAND, Magnificent Jarge structures on the main streets stand vacant because times_are too dull_and—money too scarce for.any one to be able to occupy them. It-isno wonder the Irish have joined hands to shake off the terrible nightmare that ie destroying our country. Mr. Giladstone’s act was given us as an ostensible measure of relief, but it only pays twenty-five cents on the dollar if Imay usé the comparison. The act is impractical. The people were suffering froma cancer called landlordism, Gladstone tried to cure the cancer by putting ona plaster. It will take fourteen years more, even at the best, to settle the trouble by his plan. All that time the tenants must go on paying their rents as now, be they just or unjust. The land suits in court will be. a constant cause of contention, and what we want is peace, F The object of the Land League 4a' principally to transform six or seven hundred thousand payers of rent into owners of land, to makesix or seven hundred thousand landlords in Ireland instead of 10,000. We. want to increaye the number of owners of land, not to destroy them. No responsible leader of the Land League has ever said he hoped to get the land from the: landlords for nothing; no doubt a great many would like to very well, and if I was accused of it I would blush at the accusation and not say anything. As a matter of fact, the programme of the Land League, of Michael Davitt, of Parnell, and every leader of the Land League in Ireland responsible for his words, is thatthe landlords should be bought out and the I:nd resold to the tenants, they paying back prin_[ is one side of the question ; “the other cipal and interest after a certain }*tandiord-shouid-expend money in} The Government said this: number of years, That is not confiscation, that is compensation. Our programme has been denounced as ry is a thing which exists throughout the world, TAKE THE CASE 0+ FRANCE, One hundred years ago an Englishman named Arthur Young visited . both France and Treland, andhis description of both countries is till extant. He described the French in rags, and as bearing the indications of insufficient food for a consid: erable period of time and in order to sum up the situation he said the French peasants appeared to him in as bad a condition as-the peasants of Ireland. Now France has passed through the worst war—thatever overeame a nation; her armies were destroyed, her capital was invested “. and finally had to surrender, and when the war was over the Germar Chancellor inflicted on France a_fine 30 gigantic and colossal that 1twas thought the result would be to “crip: ple her so that she would have tu pass down in the second rank of nations. Eleven—years—have passed away. . France has recovered-ali—her losses, her war debt has been paid almost as soon as that of the United States, her wounds have healed go quickly that you can scarcely see the scars, and at the present moment France, -after her fearful disaster, stands amongat the foremost nations of mankind. Now the basis and-the pillar of the national prosperity of France is the fact that she has five millions of tenants who are also the owners of the soil. Therefore this thing of peasant proprietary for Ireland is no commuuistic or novel seheme,It has been tried in the history cf mankind before, and wherever tried has transtormed poverty into prosperity. In this country all are born equal, end every citizen 1 accorded his natural rights. Here you give the dog Guiteau a long, fair and patient hearing. There they throw the hero Parnellinto jail without a trial. Here you give the lowest creature that which Gladstone and Foster refuse our greatest patriots. They have 60) of our people in jail, some of them women whose only crime was. to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the homeless. In America you have fine schoolhouses. In Ireland we have fine jails, You have schools, we have ‘workhouses. You have peace, we have war. You are governed by just laws, we oreGOVERNED BY BAYONETS Your forefatherswere driven to revolution by wrongs not one-tenth as bad as.the wrongs we suffer. With us revolution by war is impossible; but revolution can sometimes. be accomplished--by peaceable agitation. Who asked that 40,000 soldiers should be stationed in Ireland? Who asked for the imprisonment of men and women? The landlords, The landlords :brought coercion to Ireland, and we will respond by getting rid of them. No rent until the Government buys them out and sells the land to the people! No rent.with Parnell and Davitt in jail and 40,000 soldiers in the islend ! No rent where there is taxation without representation! We are going to win, Now not one hundred landlords live in Ireland. We are beating the lendlords, and, what is more important, we are beating the attempt of England to terrorize the people. We are showing England that the people must have the rights of free people, for. there is a thing more hateful and detestable than landlordism, and that is the claim of England to rule Ireland against the wishes and the will of the Irish people. I believe England is finding the task of governing Ireland impossible. I believe that we are at the turning-point of our history, and that Ireland will rise from her knees and wipe from her eyes the tears of centuries. 4 The future is bright. Smith, leader of the conservatives and a bitter enemy of ours sees the handwriting on the wall and is, I hear, about to introduce in Parliament a bill to buy out these landlords, Then the lion‘and the lamb will lie down toprosperity and happiness will reign _on the old sod. _ Following the address, which was enthusiastically received, were two songs with a full chorus, ‘‘Killaraey” and ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Miss Maggie Brock recited, ‘Why I celebrate the’ Day.” : A collection of nearly $300 was taken up for the benefit of the cause. This added to the sum realized by the sale of tickets will make’ nearly $500 as the evening’s receipts. The following is the list -of subscribers to the fund: John B. Conn. novel, but in fact peasant proprieta-. 7 “Crawford. * f ney P. Fo John peasant as housed in hovels, clothed . N Joseph O'Keefe P. Purdon G.V. Schniittburg. Dan. McCarty Hen Charles Grimes. ,... ° Good Friday. This is the day of all days that christians observe as oneof humility and_seclusion. The careless world that forgets Christ is to-day called by the example of christians» to reHF inember-that-unselfish love of others, even to the laying down of life, is the highest heroism; that amid all the pomps and vanities of state and fashion, wealth, and power, there is no enduring satisfaction or joy. +The proud and the great must yield to the law of nature, become old and decrepit and pass.away, but the words, the life and deeds, of the hero of this day, the hero of self-abnegation and of the gospel of love and peace, can have no rival. His is this day. He is best imitated by the unselfish service of others, None may approach him nearly in character, only in quiet stillness all may -breathe in the -spirit that;dwelt in him and reflect upon.his message, his example~and~ his death. Other days there are for feasting and for mirth, but the world must be muth better than it is before it can afford to forget Good Friday. soe --BRIEF MENTION, Various Happenings In and Out o Town. The TkRANscripr returns thanks for a ticket of admission to the Young Ladies party and broom-drill. D. T, Hughes, Esq., who recently returned to this State from an extended tour through Central America, New Mexico, and other portions of the country, is spending two or three days in town. Mr, Hughes has hundreds of warm friends here, and they are truly glad to see him home again. Superior Court, The following business was transacted in the Superior Court yesterday, Judge John Caldwell presiding: Plea of not guilty entered, Set for trial May 22d, C. A, Johnson vs. C. K. Kirby, Twenty days given to file motion. John Lawrence et al vs. G. S. 8. Getchell et al, Demurrer to complaint sustained. auction rooms corner Main and Commercial streets. Dry Goods are sold atany price, and are going off very fast, as Dave Auerbach is determined to close out the entire stock regardless of cost. . ap7-38t. DEMOREST PATTERNS, spring styles just received. Catalogues free. Mrs. Lester & Crawford, Main street. tf Sinan ot For Sale or Rent, House on Broad street. Mrs, King. * m23-2wk Beware of Fraud. Housekeepers are cautioned against the numerous base imitations of the Standard Soap Co’s. ‘Best Soap” now on the.market. Give it one trial and be convinced that it is the “Best,” a4-3w, Cows For Sale. . Fresh milch cows for sale at Sutton’s ranch, £24-tf Poe --Crewel and Floss, ‘In ‘all shades, Just received b m25-lw 173 ES & CRAWFORD. for embroidering. Spring and Summer Styles. Hyman Bros, have just received a full line of Men’s and Boys’ felt and straw hats. A full line of Percales, calico and Cheviot shirts. Neck-wear of all descriptions, and all shades and patterns. Hyman Bros., Corgether. Ireland will be free, and. ner Broad and Pine Streets, Nevada City. tf designs, for sale by Mrs, Lester & 28-tf HOT§L ARRIVALS. —_o—— NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL. STANLEY A. EDDY. Proprietor WEDNEsDAY, April 5, 1881, T. P. O'Connor, Ireland. Chas, Payne, N. Columbia. ~ ‘ D, Godair, Downievilie, P. Purdon, Bridge. H. V, Reardan, City. J. Gordon, French Corral. G. 8. Powers, Blue Tent. J. C. Northall, New York City, J.J. Jackson, Florida. ; R. J. Dolem, Sacramento. J. E. Downer, Wind Up Mine. J.-W. Rumsey, Grass V alley. Eeasrus Bonp, Clerk. The People vs. James Bohannan. Lavtxs, don’t fail to visit Guild’s’ Seg. our Easter cards, beautiful . THE “BOSS” CIGARS. ~. MANUFACTURED BY— WILLIAM GiFEIN, i Vesceonieite JUST Vv Pine Street, next to Turner's Hardware Store ——— ) mic RECEIVED AT THE Palace Dry Goods Store” ROSENBERG BROS. } Our stack this AUCTION ! and secure bargains. _My Goods are First Class A. WUTKE, AND SHOEMAKER, . BROAD STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW POST OFFICE. . NEVADA CITY, CAL. Fine Boots and Shoes a specialty. cab a ES REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Nevada City, March 30th—1m Adams, McNeill & Co, __, IMPORTERS AND—— WHOLESALE GROCERS, SACRAMENTO. é Imi IN AND CIGABS. enti LIQUORS, TOBACCO apl-tf FASHIONABLE BOOT) season surpasses anything ever before known here, and with our business facilities WE CAN AND WILL SELL GOODS CHEAPER than ever before known in this city. Country orders promptly attended to. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry. & Fancy Goods, NEVADA CITY. EEE ‘0 We have received this year one of the Largest and most Elegant Stocks of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS EVER BEFQRE—EXHIBITED~ IN “NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 4 AUCTION ! —_—_——9-———.THE ENTIRE STOCK OF DAMAGED GSoonDs, ——OF THE— “Important Store,” Will be sold at Guuild’s Auction Room ON COMMERCIAL STREET, Sale to commence on THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 30TH, And continue every evening until the stock is entirely closed out, Goods will be sold at private sale during the day. The Goods will be marked in plain figures, Call FRANK GUILD, Auctioneer, The Boss Grocery Store WM. H. SMITH, THE OLD RELIABLE FAMILY GROCER Commercial Street, Nevada City. ° CONSTANTLY ON. HAND A FULL AND FRESH STOCK OF Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hams, Bacon, Flour FEED, GRAIN, WINES, LIQUORS, &c. o———__. and My Prices the Lowest. 5 rece SAVE MONEY BY TRADING AT THE Boss GROCERY STORE. DR. A. BARKAN, Specialist for Diseases —OF THE— /EYE,EAR& THROAT, H® RETURNED FROM FOROS, AND resumed practice at his former o: ice, 305 Kearney st., San Francisco, Opposite the CHRONICLE BUILDING. Office Hours from 10 to 11 A. M, and from 1 to5 P. M. /* mh26-1m GEO. C. GAYLORD DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions, Case, Goods, : Grain, Feed, Etc, ° 4 Goods Sold at Bed Rock Prices. agent for Giant Powder Company.

eames) E'S, STORY, . IN STREETs. MY WINTER ' will, for the IAYS lisses’ and es, Are‘8 at RICES {~~ store to be of workmanship, ket, S or SHOES hoice of “sizce to make room ice, -R. COE, .streets;-Ne. mar3 i ome! JRE . puberger,. HIVELY. y Firm, New is Week. "ice List, 9 cts 25 « “ 123" ‘“ 49 «* “6 124 “66 69-**. oe 95 ing ‘6 25“ “6 99 * “ 49 “ “s g« “bis 25 “ “ 9g“ “ On « es 123" ay 25 “ “ g « “ “ +6 aah ‘6 1p “ se 49 “ % g 49 « 5S ‘ 9g “ “ 5“ “ 75 6s ray 25 e 25, 49 « 124" 9g “« “ec g « eat. Be or “9, “ 5 sé 9 “ “ec 25 ai 6a 25 “ rs g « “$1 25 “cc Q only ee call ay ewhere. to your with you~ tly filled. ALL. berger. . STEAD FUL HOME‘ ILLE Road a Ranch. title to the eight rooms, barn ; over . and a half Pond stocked f Pure Runprral, and an on the place. ‘Stock. Ap‘MAN. 1 \venue, ont, 190 r lot, .on0 00 per th. AguarDERSON. LOCAL AFFAIRS. WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Personal and Social Items Gleaned Mere and There. James Huver, agent for the Uncle Toni’s Cabix Company, arrived in town yesterday. at oe Hon, T, P. O’Cohnor took his departure yesterday afternoon for’ the Eastern States, i David Thom, Jr., came up from San Francisco yesterday ‘to’ attend his father’s fuaoeral. The County., Clerk yesterday issued amarriage hcerse to Orfila Sirard and. Mary. Gautier, —of Grass Valley. : ~ The Washington stage will not attempt to get through to this city till next week, The mail has to be all ~ transported by men on snowshoes. There was a light frost in this sec_tion night before last. It is not thought fruit trees were far enough advanced to be hurt materially. B. H. Miller hus gone to.San Fraucisco, and in a few days will return with the-lrgest-and most—attractive, stock of spring and summer clothing, furnishing goods, etc., ever brought to Nevada City. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. April Term. Taurspay, April 7th, 1882, The Board met pursuant to adjournment, all members present. R. Huckins, President of the Board, presiding. : The minutes of the previous mecting were read and approved. The quarterly report of Road Commissioner. R, Huckins, of District No. 4, was read and approved, The fee books of the County Clerk and County Recorder were examined foun.! correct and declared settled upto April 3d, 1882, By order of the Board adjourned _ to meet to-morrow at 10.4. m, R. Hucxtns, President of the Board. Attest : J. E. Carr, Clerk, By T. H. Carr, Dept. High School Exercises. ‘ The following is a list of the declamations to be delivered at the High School to-day by the middle class: Nellie Osborne, ‘“The Oid Brown School House.” Mamie Beckman, ‘The Witnesses,” Lizzie Keenan, “Little by Little.” John Canfield, ‘‘The Spartans nobly kept their oath.” Allie Nilon, “The Blue end the Gray.” Thomas White, ‘The Stream of Life.” Hattie Hook, ‘Good Bye,” Clara Cleveland, “Lady Clara Vere de Vere,” : Frances Costello, ‘Under the Snow.” Lena Mannix, ‘‘Shadows.” Emma Smith, ‘‘Absence,” Returned from Marysville, John A, Seely has just returned from a couple. of days’ visit to Marysville, which was formerly his home. He says that town is very dull, and seems to have gone into ‘‘a decline” that cannot be cured. The anti-mining antagonism is apzarently confined to a limited circle, but the few who have it seem to be afflicted the worst kind. Mr. Seely is of the opinion that Marysville’s only hopes lie in the dams, as projected by Col. Mendell, being built and maintained. { He Was Mad, — When P, A. Paine of Lake City in this county heard the anti-Chinese bill had -been vetoed he tvok down a Garfield and Arthur chart that had been hanging in his sitting-room since the Presidential campaign, and with a knife cut off the head of Mr. Arthur’s picture. He then took the mutilated chart and forwarded it to Senator Miller, asking that it be de” livered to the President. © > Another Pioneer Winer Gone. L, A. Morse, father-in-law to Prof. Chestnutwood formerly of this city, died in Linden, San Joaquin county, last Saturday. Mr, Morse came to California in 1849, and was engaged in mining in this vicinity for about twenty years. He was here on a visit a year ago. It, was reported here yesterday morning that a band of religions crusaders wonld come from Grass Val. ley in the afternoon and ‘pay their ‘respects to some of the saloons, — They had not put in an’ appearance at a late hour in the afternoon, Mrs. Blasauf’s Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Blasauf will take place at two o’clock this afternoon from the family résidence on O'Connor's Reception---An Eloquent . Address in Support of Irish Land League Principles, There was, despite the storm, .a very good-sized audience at the Theatre Wednesday evening tolisten to the remarks of Hon. T. P, Q’ Connor, The stage was beautifully decorated with American and Irish flags, while in a-semi-circle at the rear and over the heads’ of the speaker shone these words in letters of gold: “CKADE MILLE A FAILTHE,” Which being interpreted means “A Hundred Thousand Welcomes,” The meeting -was called to order by Hon, Niles Searls, who said: ; We-come~here~ to-night to display our sympathPfor the down-trodden sons of Erin. Their condition is such as to appeal to the people of all nations, I am not a thoroughbred, as you all know, but I once had an aunt and some cousins who were. Irishmen. Ireland -and—the frish~have~filled-“a large space in history, yet how. little. we know of them. There is no country, no people, less‘understood by the outside . }world, We have heard enough of the trials and tribulations in that land, but we have not heeded the tales of woe as we do in most other cases. This is perhaps because an oft-told story loses its interest, and so we pass over Ireland’s miseries of to-day as things thatshovuld continue to exist because they always have existed. Another reason that we do not appreciate their true position is because those that come to this country are so light-hearted we find it hard-to believe they ever suffered, They -are buoyant, and when the clouds’ of sorrow break away even for a moment they spring up like a jack-in-box wheu the lid is raised, The following served as VicePresidents: Hon. John Caldwell, C. W. Cross E. O. Tompkins, R. Huckins, EK. Bond, H. L. Day, John Dunnicliff, F. Battis, N. P. Brown, Peter Purdon, Wm. Scott, Felix Gillet, Chas, Kent, H. V. Reardan, G. v, Schmittburg, Dr. H. 8, Welch, A, B. Brady, Rev. Father Walsh, Rev, Father Meagher, Rev. J. Sims, A. J. Ridge, Henry Wobhler, ‘W. D. Long, D. Meagher. Master John Canfield, the young pianist, favored the audience with “Come Back to Erin.” Mrs. George Smith sang with fine effect, ‘The Harp that Once Through Tara’s Halls,” Prof, Muller furnishing the accompanient. TRELAND AS IT IS. On being introduced by the President, the Hon. T, P, O'Connor, M. P., from Galway, said that he proposed to describe briefly as he could something of the great struggle now going on_in Ireland, The matter should be subjected to the cold test of reason, in order to determine its: merits, . The last few years had let in much light. It had come to be admtted on all hands that the Irish farmers were great sufferers, In the passage of the Land Act, Parliament had admitted as much, Three times in the present century the Irish have stood face to tace with famine. How can you account for the poverty of Ireland? It is said by some that the country is over populated. The population has decreased 4,009,000 since 1846, and the misery has increased one-half. Go to Germany, Belgium-—or-Holland,we—hear—no complaints from the people there, and there are far more to the square m'le than inIre!and. Some say that religion is the cauge of the poverty, France is of .the same faith, -and France is most prosperous. If the climate and religion are not the causes, surely it could not be said that Treland was not industrious. The poverty of Ireland was not due to laziness. It could not be for the want of fertility in the soil, for sdientists say that Ireland is the most fertile country in the world—more so than Holland. There must be some cause, and when these are dismissed you will find that a FOREIGN ROBBER Is taking plunder away from Ireland, eating away the life-blood of the country. That’s the cause of of Ireland’s poverty. The occupation of land is the only means of livlihood for the majority of the people, . Unfortunately there are comparatively no manu‘actures in the country and the people look to ‘. the land as the chief means of their existence. There are between five ‘and six hundred thoushnd people tilling the land, and multiplying this by five, the average number of an Irish family, and we have two and a half million people engaged in agriculture and absolutely. dependent on the land for their livehhood. The remainder of the population of two and a half: million etigaged in the various trades are dependent upon the farmer for. their prosperity. Practically 5,0€0,009 are dependent on the land for their existence, This Spring street, : . side ie that this land is owned by ‘landlords to the number of 10,000, many of whom are absentees and never resided in Ireland. We thus arrive at the startling fact that the 10,000 landlords hav THE MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Of the 600,000 tenants in their hands. . They have it in their power to dispossess the tenants, and through them the whole Irish.nation at their . The welfare of the State should be based upon the right of every citizen tosharein the Government of the State. This right, the speaker said, should be given to the people and not tothe landlords. He cited a case where a tenant of the Earl of Avon had paid a year'y rental of £9. The rent kept increasing as the tenant improved the property until finally he paid £19 a year. It was A RAPID INCREASE ‘and was more rapid than the increase of population. The rates of rentals were raising while the population was decreasing. In 1846 there was & population of 9,000,000 and now the population is 4,000,000 less, — If making all the improvements on-the farm he would be justified in charging the farmer a higher rent, fixing it at a figure commensurate with the outlay of money, In this case the Earl had done nothing to improve the property, and the more the ten: ant did the higher the rent became, The richer the land the poorer the tenant, state of things must be put toanend,. The rent went from Ireland to Scotland never to return and the result was that labor was fined, industry punished and poverty perpetuated, The Irish tenants have been paying rentals aggregating £17,000,000 a year, and £10,000,000 of this money har gone to landlords living in another country. Suppose California had to ». submit to such a drain? The money carried away from here by the Chinese is as nothing to that taken out of Ireland by the landlords. fp He spoke of thewheat shipped from the United States to Europe and said that the export of wheat means the increase of resources of your own land. The money for its sale returns and is Spent here, while the money paid by a tenant never comes back and is lostas much ‘to Ireland as though it had been sunk . in the sea, How can I depict Irish ; misery to an American audience? It is impossible, If I could you would be as vehement Land Leagyers as any, even I, Aman is aman the world over, unless he be a hero or a_ blackguard I might add. I have often

wished our Irish workingmen had the same kind of misery that American workingmen do. Here.you starve on three meals a day. Deep and abject as isthe poverty of the Irish farmer, worse is thatof the Irish artisanin town. I never knew how pitiable our condition was till I got out of the country and breathed the free air of other lands. Then I became more bitter at the wrongs my people endured; and the longer I stay away and the more free air I breathe the bitterer I become. Come back with me to Limerick, Galway, and the other towns. We find RUINS ON EVERY HAND, Magnificent Jarge structures on the main streets stand vacant because times_are too dull_and—money too scarce for.any one to be able to occupy them. It-isno wonder the Irish have joined hands to shake off the terrible nightmare that ie destroying our country. Mr. Giladstone’s act was given us as an ostensible measure of relief, but it only pays twenty-five cents on the dollar if Imay usé the comparison. The act is impractical. The people were suffering froma cancer called landlordism, Gladstone tried to cure the cancer by putting ona plaster. It will take fourteen years more, even at the best, to settle the trouble by his plan. All that time the tenants must go on paying their rents as now, be they just or unjust. The land suits in court will be. a constant cause of contention, and what we want is peace, F The object of the Land League 4a' principally to transform six or seven hundred thousand payers of rent into owners of land, to makesix or seven hundred thousand landlords in Ireland instead of 10,000. We. want to increaye the number of owners of land, not to destroy them. No responsible leader of the Land League has ever said he hoped to get the land from the: landlords for nothing; no doubt a great many would like to very well, and if I was accused of it I would blush at the accusation and not say anything. As a matter of fact, the programme of the Land League, of Michael Davitt, of Parnell, and every leader of the Land League in Ireland responsible for his words, is thatthe landlords should be bought out and the I:nd resold to the tenants, they paying back prin_[ is one side of the question ; “the other cipal and interest after a certain }*tandiord-shouid-expend money in} The Government said this: number of years, That is not confiscation, that is compensation. Our programme has been denounced as ry is a thing which exists throughout the world, TAKE THE CASE 0+ FRANCE, One hundred years ago an Englishman named Arthur Young visited . both France and Treland, andhis description of both countries is till extant. He described the French in rags, and as bearing the indications of insufficient food for a consid: erable period of time and in order to sum up the situation he said the French peasants appeared to him in as bad a condition as-the peasants of Ireland. Now France has passed through the worst war—thatever overeame a nation; her armies were destroyed, her capital was invested “. and finally had to surrender, and when the war was over the Germar Chancellor inflicted on France a_fine 30 gigantic and colossal that 1twas thought the result would be to “crip: ple her so that she would have tu pass down in the second rank of nations. Eleven—years—have passed away. . France has recovered-ali—her losses, her war debt has been paid almost as soon as that of the United States, her wounds have healed go quickly that you can scarcely see the scars, and at the present moment France, -after her fearful disaster, stands amongat the foremost nations of mankind. Now the basis and-the pillar of the national prosperity of France is the fact that she has five millions of tenants who are also the owners of the soil. Therefore this thing of peasant proprietary for Ireland is no commuuistic or novel seheme,It has been tried in the history cf mankind before, and wherever tried has transtormed poverty into prosperity. In this country all are born equal, end every citizen 1 accorded his natural rights. Here you give the dog Guiteau a long, fair and patient hearing. There they throw the hero Parnellinto jail without a trial. Here you give the lowest creature that which Gladstone and Foster refuse our greatest patriots. They have 60) of our people in jail, some of them women whose only crime was. to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the homeless. In America you have fine schoolhouses. In Ireland we have fine jails, You have schools, we have ‘workhouses. You have peace, we have war. You are governed by just laws, we oreGOVERNED BY BAYONETS Your forefatherswere driven to revolution by wrongs not one-tenth as bad as.the wrongs we suffer. With us revolution by war is impossible; but revolution can sometimes. be accomplished--by peaceable agitation. Who asked that 40,000 soldiers should be stationed in Ireland? Who asked for the imprisonment of men and women? The landlords, The landlords :brought coercion to Ireland, and we will respond by getting rid of them. No rent until the Government buys them out and sells the land to the people! No rent.with Parnell and Davitt in jail and 40,000 soldiers in the islend ! No rent where there is taxation without representation! We are going to win, Now not one hundred landlords live in Ireland. We are beating the lendlords, and, what is more important, we are beating the attempt of England to terrorize the people. We are showing England that the people must have the rights of free people, for. there is a thing more hateful and detestable than landlordism, and that is the claim of England to rule Ireland against the wishes and the will of the Irish people. I believe England is finding the task of governing Ireland impossible. I believe that we are at the turning-point of our history, and that Ireland will rise from her knees and wipe from her eyes the tears of centuries. 4 The future is bright. Smith, leader of the conservatives and a bitter enemy of ours sees the handwriting on the wall and is, I hear, about to introduce in Parliament a bill to buy out these landlords, Then the lion‘and the lamb will lie down toprosperity and happiness will reign _on the old sod. _ Following the address, which was enthusiastically received, were two songs with a full chorus, ‘‘Killaraey” and ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Miss Maggie Brock recited, ‘Why I celebrate the’ Day.” : A collection of nearly $300 was taken up for the benefit of the cause. This added to the sum realized by the sale of tickets will make’ nearly $500 as the evening’s receipts. The following is the list -of subscribers to the fund: John B. Conn. novel, but in fact peasant proprieta-. 7 “Crawford. * f ney P. Fo John peasant as housed in hovels, clothed . N Joseph O'Keefe P. Purdon G.V. Schniittburg.. Dan. McCarty Hen Charles Grimes.. ,...... ° Good Friday. This is the day of all days that christians observe as oneof humility and_seclusion. The careless world that forgets Christ is to-day called by the example of christians» to reHF inember-that-unselfish love of others, even to the laying down of life, is the highest heroism; that amid all the pomps and vanities of state and fashion, wealth, and power, there is no enduring satisfaction or joy. +The proud and the great must yield to the law of nature, become old and decrepit and pass.away, but the words, the life and deeds, of the hero of this day, the hero of self-abnegation and of the gospel of love and peace, can have no rival. His is this day. He is best imitated by the unselfish service of others, None may approach him nearly in character, only in quiet stillness all may -breathe in the -spirit that;dwelt in him and reflect upon.his message, his example~and~ his death. Other days there are for feasting and for mirth, but the world must be muth better than it is before it can afford to forget Good Friday. soe --BRIEF MENTION, Various Happenings In and Out o Town. The TkRANscripr returns thanks for a ticket of admission to the Young Ladies party and broom-drill. D. T, Hughes, Esq., who recently returned to this State from an extended tour through Central America, New Mexico, and other portions of the country, is spending two or three days in town. Mr, Hughes has hundreds of warm friends here, and they are truly glad to see him home again. Superior Court, The following business was transacted in the Superior Court yesterday, Judge John Caldwell presiding: Plea of not guilty entered, Set for trial May 22d, C. A, Johnson vs. C. K. Kirby, Twenty days given to file motion. John Lawrence et al vs. G. S. 8. Getchell et al, Demurrer to complaint sustained. auction rooms corner Main and Commercial streets. Dry Goods are sold atany price, and are going off very fast, as Dave Auerbach is determined to close out the entire stock regardless of cost. . ap7-38t. DEMOREST PATTERNS, spring styles just received. Catalogues free. Mrs. Lester & Crawford, Main street. tf Sinan ot For Sale or Rent, House on Broad street. Mrs, King. * m23-2wk Beware of Fraud. Housekeepers are cautioned against the numerous base imitations of the Standard Soap Co’s. ‘Best Soap” now on the.market. Give it one trial and be convinced that it is the “Best,” a4-3w, Cows For Sale. . Fresh milch cows for sale at Sutton’s ranch, £24-tf Poe --Crewel and Floss, ‘In ‘all shades, Just received b m25-lw 173 ES & CRAWFORD. for embroidering. Spring and Summer Styles. Hyman Bros, have just received a full line of Men’s and Boys’ felt and straw hats. A full line of Percales, calico and Cheviot shirts. Neck-wear of all descriptions, and all shades and patterns. Hyman Bros., Corgether. Ireland will be free, and. ner Broad and Pine Streets, Nevada City. tf designs, for sale by Mrs, Lester & 28-tf HOT§L ARRIVALS. —_o—— NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL. STANLEY A. EDDY.. Proprietor WEDNEsDAY, April 5, 1881, T. P. O'Connor, Ireland. Chas, Payne, N. Columbia. ~ ‘ D, Godair, Downievilie, P. Purdon, Bridge. H. V, Reardan, City. J. Gordon, French Corral. G. 8. Powers, Blue Tent. J. C. Northall, New York City, J.J. Jackson, Florida. ; R. J. Dolem, Sacramento. J. E. Downer, Wind Up Mine. J.-W. Rumsey, Grass V alley. Eeasrus Bonp, Clerk. The People vs. James Bohannan. Lavtxs, don’t fail to visit Guild’s’ Seg. our Easter cards, beautiful . THE “BOSS” CIGARS. ~. MANUFACTURED BY— WILLIAM GiFEIN, i Vesceonieite JUST Vv Pine Street, next to Turner's Hardware Store ——— ) mic RECEIVED AT THE Palace Dry Goods Store” ROSENBERG BROS. } Our stack this AUCTION ! and secure bargains. _My Goods are First Class A. WUTKE, AND SHOEMAKER, . BROAD STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW POST OFFICE. . NEVADA CITY, CAL. Fine Boots and Shoes a specialty. cab a ES REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Nevada City, March 30th—1m Adams, McNeill & Co, __, IMPORTERS AND—— WHOLESALE GROCERS, SACRAMENTO. é Imi IN AND CIGABS. enti LIQUORS, TOBACCO apl-tf FASHIONABLE BOOT) season surpasses anything ever before known here, and with our business facilities WE CAN AND WILL SELL GOODS CHEAPER than ever before known in this city. Country orders promptly attended to. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry. & Fancy Goods, NEVADA CITY. EEE ‘0 We have received this year one of the Largest and most Elegant Stocks of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS EVER BEFQRE—EXHIBITED~ IN “NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 4 AUCTION ! —_—_——9-———.THE ENTIRE STOCK OF DAMAGED GSoonDs, ——OF THE— “Important Store,” Will be sold at Guuild’s Auction Room ON COMMERCIAL STREET, Sale to commence on THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 30TH, And continue every evening until the stock is entirely closed out, Goods will be sold at private sale during the day. The Goods will be marked in plain figures, Call FRANK GUILD, Auctioneer, The Boss Grocery Store WM. H. SMITH, THE OLD RELIABLE FAMILY GROCER Commercial Street, Nevada City. ° CONSTANTLY ON. HAND A FULL AND FRESH STOCK OF Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hams, Bacon, Flour FEED, GRAIN, WINES, LIQUORS, &c. o———__. and My Prices the Lowest. 5 rece SAVE MONEY BY TRADING AT THE Boss GROCERY STORE. DR. A. BARKAN, Specialist for Diseases —OF THE— /EYE,EAR& THROAT, H® RETURNED FROM FOROS, AND resumed practice at his former o: ice, 305 Kearney st., San Francisco, Opposite the CHRONICLE BUILDING. Office Hours from 10 to 11 A. M, and from 1 to5 P. M. /* mh26-1m GEO. C. GAYLORD DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions, Case, Goods, : Grain, Feed, Etc, ° 4 Goods Sold at Bed Rock Prices. agent for Giant Powder Company.