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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada Daily Transcript (1863-1868)

May 31, 1870 (4 pages)

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: fess acd api heretother and should be erctnanedo “For instance, there is. _ feeling in Pennsylvania, Si . party recently came on, and went, as . advised to settle below San Francisco. . a nd is atl 5 Francioso, many of the prvi the yield -of, the mines. . This disposition had a a “Tecent manifes. They did not like it and talked with some of the cow county people adout the sake of protect. ing ¢ local industty," compel the people of the entire country . to pay an exor ESF ES bitans for every pound of iron used ta'lBber Other localities other institaSe aaa SOME aad poo ‘tected by these seétional combinations, and as each State has a local industry to be protected, all imperted goods are taxed to advance the sectional interests by combinations to increase taxation. . All taxation comes directly as a burden dpon the consumers, and a protective tarifisas much a tax upon the masses as any other. When tariffs increase goods are sold higher just in propertion. The importer does not lose anything, but the consamer loses all, while the manufacturer is protected by the high. tariffs, The theory of the country should be to establish tariffs for revetiue, if necessary, but not for protection, A sectional fecling that would tax the whole country, in order _ to enable big profits to be made on a local industry, will soon engender as much bitterness as the old sectional _ Spirit which was crashed out by the war, Let-us have no more of this. Those now in favor of “pig iron” and . . other articles, which demand of Congress a high protective tariff, must be defeated. The revenues of the government must be decreased, taxes lessened, and the national debt funded for a long term, Congress must do this work, or the people wil) hold pera The: wotk in which the fa in different parts of Nevada y are _ now engaged is sufficient to show the _ diversity of climate ‘we have. In the foot hills they are now’ harvesting _ hay, while at es Valley they have jast Oats tor the hay crop, and 4hts within the territory ot ove county California has ‘seed tine . and: -harvest.at the same season. In _ traveling from Bear Valley to Mooney Flat, at the different altitudes, all the seasons from early Spring to harvest time will be experienced. In Bear "grasa is just coming out in all its fresh. ness, ind the pasture for cattle is excellent, whil@in thie foot hills the feed seek the mountains with. their droves. No county of the same ‘extent shows so vast a> ty of soil and climate, and thereiis‘no'réasoni why all the productions of the earth, from those of the temperate-to. the -semi-tropical clinies should net. ceetenal. in » Nevada county, . The New The new road from-this city to the Yuba crossing on the San Jyan road ‘has been siutveyed by “Mf. Lveridge, and it: lias ‘been ascertained that the maxium @rad@ Will notexceed 14 inch<. img that she was married again was es to the rod, and that the average grade will not be more thag 7 inches to ~the.rod. ‘The bed of ‘the. road will be . man,and is mate of a ship._How the on granite, and it is thought it may be easily kept in order, ‘and make good wheeling. Purden agrees to keep that part of the road belonging to the coun. ty, and extending from this city to j stock eertge ant ‘repair for five . Valley grade, where they‘ found two . Philadelphia, The Assembly met on ‘. the 19th instant, and was the Sit vo . oe sprhunpcaamn ya Pdboses the mountatiis. ~Phey “were informed that the mines were “played out,” and there was nota mining town in the State where brick buildings erected would bring the cost of the iron shitters on them. dn San Francisco they . heard about the same story, but two of the, number: determined to «see the minesjand they came to Nevada county for that purpose. -They were very much astonished to find two such large and flourishing. towns as Neyada and Grass Vualléy so close together, and the evidence of thrift far beyond what they had seen inthe parched crops of the counties, and we are informed several of the parties with their families are coming here to stop. It is time the policy of San Francisco at last should change in regard to‘ the mining counties, and that the papers and people of that place should at least tell the truth about the mining industry. The pamphlet of Hopkins and such accounts of the condition of society inthe moantains, as sometimes find their way into San Francisco journals, show the small‘ness of spirit that actuates many who Jead opinion in that locality, THE ranchmen, saysthe White Pine News of May 25th,have adopted a new mode of treating with cattle and horse thieves—Speacer rifles on sight. On Thursday nighit last ten or twelve head of caffie wete stolen from the Robinson road abont ten miles east of the city. On Friday the ranchmen turned out and tracked the cattle and thieves to {the head of a canyon near the Ruby gentlemen cosily encamped, and immediately on them with Spencer rifles. The thieves returned the fire with six shooters and broke for the brush, where it was considered to risky to follow. A number of shots were fired at them, and it is. believed «that one of them is mortally wounded, as he threw up both hands, dropped his pistol, reeled for a moment and then staggered into.the brush. Parties will go out to hunt the body. The thieves had three good horses with thei. Enoch ARDEN In BeL_Frast—We havea cane in this city, says the Bel} fast, Me., Journal, which very nearly parallels the pathetic story of Tennyscn’s poem. ‘T'wenty years ago, Robert Steele, residing here, went to Cali. fornia leaving a wife and one child. For a time letters were received, but for. the last ten years nothing ‘had been heard from ‘him. His wife ‘believing him dead, about five years. e ago married Captain Alexander Nichols, & very respectable citizen of Searsport, { by. which marriage she has one child: To the surprise of everyone on Friday last Mr. Steele landed from the steamer Wm. Tibbets, and inquired for his ‘wife and child. His emotien on. learnvery great. The son for whom quired has grown uptoa fi he inyoung . matter’is artanged or whatis to be done, we can notsay, It setelaly & < remarkable cage. ‘Dumine the. past week the Preabyterian General Assembly convened in union of the Old and New schools,after a separation of more than thirty years, The Fepresented two hundred and forty-six presbyteries, with manatee Soeniet Suv eentied sie: and ministers, about half a on communicants, and a memberrai f° which _were built by . . cE 7 quartz ralsed.and « crashed in. tad cc coun-try ; but rowk yielding less than thet {2° here, cam not be 2worked>at mew Extensive gold bearing quartz lands . which will yield from $3 to $9 permee exist in many parts of the State, and in the auriferous belt of Mariposa, Calaveras, and-Nevada, Dut remuin. un. worked, while we find ledges in Australia profitably worked, yielding $2 per ton-—for example: From 7,453 tons, of 2,240 pounds to ‘the ton, of quartz obtained’from a quartz urine in Ballarat, the yield per ton amounted to $2, and yet a dividend of $10,500 was declared. The total cost of raising the rock from the mine, crushing, extracting gold, wear and tear of machinery, and loss of mercury, was estimated at $1 30) per ton. The St. John: del Rey-ztine, in Brazil, has been profitably worked since 1830, and continues to give a handsome profit te its owners, with a yield of no more than a quarter of an ounce of gold pér ton of 2,240 pounds ; and the quartz mines of Hungary are profitably worked, with a ~— of only one-eight of an ounce, 4 REPORTED Discovery or a Ricu Tin Mine.—A tin mine, twenty-five. feet in width, is reported to have been discovered in Bainbridge Mining District, San Diego County, Cal., which will give the owners the bouaty. offered by Congress of $200,000 for the discovery ofa tin mine which should yield ten per cent., and also the bonus offered by the last California Legislature of a like amount, with guarantees that the mine and improvements shall be free from State taxes for ten years. This swells the bonus to ne half a sil
will pay more ethan ten per: cent, ' Norina the fact that Mr. Vallandig. ham has espoused the cause of female suffrage, ard intends to make it a plank in the mext platform of the Ohio Democracy, the Chicago Republican says: What the woman friends of this measure have done to have such an affront put on them is not reported. The same person recently lectured in favor of introducing the Bible into schools, but then the Bible is strong enough to stand it. Whether the suffrage question can survive such an alliance, is a . -siatter of much doubt. it-will take-a) live cause to go safely through such an ordeal as the.t. ‘GRIzZLx bears are auuenally numerous in.the mountains near Los Angeles. Lately a hunter killed two. THE latest conversion to temperance . , is due to a photographer in Wheeling, who took a pictmre of # drankard as he lay ina gutter. The portrait was exhibited to the victim of intemperance ween 20 became sober, and a pledge placed before him at the same time received his signature, A DEAF man in Indiana is said to have recovered his hearing by falling twenty feet from a haymow. A COFFIN made for « didn’t fit. The defect was remedied sg hoc ane feet to stick ont. __A STRANGER in a printing office askedthe youngest apprentice what 7 rule of punctuation was. “I set. up long a8 I can hold my breath, then I carota an Ten del. Tare per ton is the ave ¢ blind i moe deiianmaniehty acres work himself. His him about. In Winter he _—— brooms for sale. THE most ghastly sinuses of the season 18 made by the Tarrytown, N.Y. Argus, which says that ‘‘E. BR. Vanderbilt comes out’ with » card antuuncing his erent opening of Spring styles of coffins An Iowa’ soldier, praca to have been killed ‘long’ ago, returned to his family, and found to his sorrow that his wife, supposing him dead, had—remisined sidgle. He had got his eye on %\ another woman, and hoped she had spliced. A YouNG ways in Philadelphia wanted her photograph taken with an expres-. sion as if she was composing a poem. Dakora Territory is in want of school marms,” who can get $35 a month and their board. A Wisconsin lover canght his intended bride carrying ina “ 3 that he himself could not lift, and concluded not to marry into that family. Mr. GREELEY thinks another year of income tax-will make us “a nationof liars.” It has made us a nation of tall swearers already. Miss PHELfs, in her latest book, “Hedged In,” and her sinful one ina black, nightgown. THE Marysville Base Ball Gish numbers eighteen members. Severe frosts have badly injured the fruit crops in Trinity county. aa eaninemeageneeenianaieiaaniammmamEmmmiciiaatane En this elty, May %th, 1970; to the wife of . J, Organ, a son, In this city, May 19th, 1870, to the wife of John Jack—a Bon. _ ————eEEEEEEawss > = In Virgi Virginia, May 27, Ada Isabel, daughter of W. P. and A. Harrington, aged 6 years, 1 month and 10 days. a ees Infection. in the Air, . Experimental chemists have repeatedly analysed the air at unhealthy seasons, in the hope of detecting the invisible virus which pro-. duces epidemic disease. This is of little con: sequence. It is sufficient to know that this poisonous principle exists, and that a safe-‘ provided. In ihe Spring and: early Summer. when fever and ague, remittent fever, and other periodical diseases of that class are prevalent, it is orly necessary to fortify the, system with a course of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to escape them. If this precaution has been neglected, which it never ought to be‘in any district Hable to such visitations, and if the paroxysms of malarious fever have commenced, they may always be checked and broken up by a course of that powerful vegetable tonic and alterative. Qui. nine was once considered the only specific for chills and fevers ; but itis now generally admitted that this nauseous alkaloid is a dangetous medicine, and that it+ secondary effects are more to be dreaded than any form of intermittent fever. ‘It is simply a tremendous astringent. It does net touch the disordered liver; or regulate the bowels, or in any way improve the condition of the animal fiuids. Hostetter’s Bitters on the other hand, 11 Gddition to being a safer and better tomic than any preparation of quinine, has a balsamic effect upon the whole system. It is aperient and aatibilious, as well as fal perspiration. and induces quiet sleep. As @stomachic it has no rival. Cases of indi‘gestion that no otber tonic. seems capable of “beahees qa ine tow wont ty ite. FOR SALR) of land, doing nearly every kind of . Aa 4 Young sop guides HENNEMAN & GRAF, OULD INFORM “THEIR FRIENDS and the public generally that they have opened a New aggre 2 ite i eeep oon Exe Hotel, where they w tonpopeerram haud the very bess of Wines, Beer, Ales,Liqfors & Cigars te which. thiy invite the attention of the entire community. oe us a call. my2t Grass Valley ee Cream Saloon. JOHNSON & MENGER, . —Preprietora— t@” OPPOSITE HAMILTON HALL, 93 2 Church Street, Grass Valley. lee Cream, Strawberries, ete, al: Ways on hand, EVADANS VISITING GRASS VALLEY, will find neatly furnished and Pleasant rooms fitted up for the accommodation o: visitors. CANDIES and CONFECTIONERY of all. kinds at wholesale or retail. CALL AND SEE US, myzi JOHNSON & MENGER. PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY . REMEMBER THAD Ww. io] o » HAS OPENED THE Grass Valley. Dg rye pee po yee f ts and facilities and is j ing Sion aetalan thee than any other in County. DEPOT OF GENUINE Berlin Head And Enameled Card PICTURES. ; aie studies to please, ovage Fa “ country. pcoeks ~on ) ; Lost 3 5 A ee WALLET Greenbacks, Certificates of Dey + was lost rday, between the Beak o¢N Nevada Gott aes the rear of Vance’s shop, on aa Street. ‘the finder will be sui cb a ©. “Vance =, ing it with MR. STUDVARD, as Stemapie on Broad: _ Nevada, May 27, 1870— 0. VANCE, BOOT AND Opposite Stumpf's Restaurant, Broad Street, Nevada. S PB ey: ky SHOES made . O EPAINING dono ie the somata Prices low and When gumeyan anything dows in the Sp Shoe adie UNION INSURANCE COMPANY,. OF SAN FRANCISCO. oe Cash Capital $750,000 Gold Coin . GUSTAFE TOUCHARD, President. CHARLES D. HAVEN, Secretary. t 07" FIRE INSURANCE ON. AND ‘ eee 5S. B. DAVENPORT, AGent. Nevada, Feb. 16th, 1870.—1p. R. M. HUNT, MD. ATTENDING PHYSICIAN sen oe Mi. 8, DEAL Attorney and. ‘Conaibhar tation: *€ i At TUTTLE. & In ERERS e BEmY @me PEE_ FEE. 4033