anaheim-gazette 1876-10-21

ANAHEIM VOL. VII. Anakeim Gazette SATURDAY...OCTOBER 21, 1876. INGERSOLL Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, of Illinois, is probably one of the most magnetic, fluent and altogether enchanting orators of the present age. There is not the least doubt but that the party, which has secured his services in the present campaign, will be benefitted by his eloquent utterances; but there is still less doubt that his influence is seriously impaired by the fact of his being an avowed atheist—a bitter later of that God whom he claims does not exist. And as his views on this subject are thoroughly detestable and exacerbated by nine hundred and ninety-nine persons in a thousand, is political opponents are industriously engaged in counteracting the effect his speeches would otherwise have, by placing before the people among whom he is engaged, his views upon Christianity and the Christian's God. "Oh, that mine enemy would write book!" Unfortunately for the world and Col. Ingersoll, he has written a book, and, even were he so disposed, he could not deny the authorship. The following three extracts will show VACCINATION. The question of the transmissibility of other and more pernicious poisons than small pox, by vaccination, is discussed by M. M. Shearer, in the columns of the San Diego Union. He holds that while vaccination, per se, is an undoubted preventive of smallpox, still when humanized lymph is used, except by a careful and intelligent physician, there is danger that a more dreaded disease will be the consequence. Not only that, but young, sickly, feeble children, or simply delicate, who have an hereditary predisposition to scarfula, or who have any doubtful condition of health at their tender age, are liable by vaccination, as in any other acute fever, to have its scarfulous or other taint hastened in its development, and permanent and often fatal injury inflicted. He further says: "I am quite a firm believer in the opinion that scarfula and consumption can be and are transmitted to healthy individuals by means of the human lymph, while I am positively certain of the actual transmission of the syphilis." "During the late Rebellion thousands of our soldiers were vaccinated at Marietta, Ga., just before starting on their "march to the sea." The virus was sent to us from the hospitals in the North, and of course we were totally ignorant of its origin. Orders "Oh, that mine enemy would write book!" Unfortunately for the world and Col. Ingersoll, he has written a book, and even were he so disposed, he could not deny the authorship. The following three extracts will show the general drift of his views: "An honest God, the noblest work of man." "We are understanding more every day, and consequently your God is growing smaller every day." "Better to rot in a windowless tomb, from which there is no door, but the red mouth of the pallid worm, than wear the jewelled collar even of God." What a pity it is that a man, endowed by his Creator with qualities which the most talented might well envy, should hold such atrocious views. It is saddening to reflect that the very talents which should be used to promote among his fellow men a love and reverence for holy things, are perverted and used in an endeavor to convince the world that Christianity is a fraud and that God is a myth. Even Republican journals, while acknowledging his eminent services to their party, deplore his attitude on this subject; and, as we have stated the Democratic papers are attacking this extremely vulnerable point, and thereby impairing his influence. The New York World of a recent date thus deftly turns it to account: Let the question of Mr. Ingersoll's religious faith lie between himself and that God which he says does not exist; Mr. Ingersoll's methods of dealing with the Church, the Bible and the Creator, however—his style of illustration, argument and invective—happen to be of some importance just now, and it is with them that we have to do. He is going about the country abusing a large class of his fellow citizens in very foul language, and accusing of the foulest crimes one of the most estimable citizens of this community, whom nearly two million of voters have chosen as a candidate for the Presidency. People naturally ask under such circumstances, "Who is this Ingersoll? Is he temperate, just, impartial? Or is he narrow, hasty, foul-mouthed? Are these fierce charges and filthy invectives of his damaging to the fair fame of those whom he attacks?" At such a juncture it is natural to fall back for a standard of comparison on a man's treatment of some subject apart from the one at issue. And happily Mr. Ingersoll's mode of dealing with a subject apart from politics and familiar to everyone affords a test of his sense and discretion During the late Rebellion thousands of our soldiers were vaccinated at Marietta Ga., just before starting on their "march to the sea." The virus was sent to us from the hospitals in the North, and of course we were totally ignorant of its origin. Orders were to vaccinate, however, and the result was that from some of the crusts —not all—hundreds of soldiers were inoculated with syphilitic poison, producing the characteristic ulcers of that disease and syphilitic constitutional disturbance which only served amenable to months of mercurial attentions, some of my own regiment being borne on sick report long after we began our march through the "Carolinas." Now this unhappy occurrence was not the defect of vaccination but of its erroneous execution by impure virus I say, that these evils can be positively avoided by using the cow-lymph direct; but they can be equally so, in the use of the human lymph, if caution and care be exercised by both patient and physician. We notice in some Scotch and English papers, that there are quite a number of people in that country not so conservative in their views as the gentleman above quoted. In fact, they believe that vaccination is an abomination, without one redeeming feature. As the law in that country makes a failure to vaccinate a misdemeanor; punishable by a fine, the anti-vaccinators have formed associations throughout the country, not for the purpose of resisting the law, but to pay the fines imposed upon its members out of the Treasury of the organization, whose exchequer is recruited by voluntary subscriptions. But happily for the welfare of the human race, the number of disbelievers in Jenner's discovery are but as a grain of sand in a mountain heap. TREE PLANTING. The appeals made by the many eminent men at the beginning of the present year, urging the people to manifest their love of country, and gratitude for its preservation during the past hundred years, by each planting some trees, commemorative of the Centennial year, seems to have had a good effect. In nearly every State large numbers of miniature forests have been planted, and as is well known, our own State has not been behind hand in this matter. In Illinois the people seem to have taken immensely to the idea, and it is reported that in Livingston county, in that State, the number of trees planted in groves and shelter workless and accustomed to one locality group of farms, in and all set out in without trees selling and all set out in per acre. Men wish about $1,250 per year profit about 12 percent. How is it done middle and the last? RAIL The farmers do their fruit, but sell found or made a mregions or East. The price and have no The excellent outlook for large dealers quantities and to provide consumers at one The wind-falls, tian quality, is drying establishment another quality, new drying establishment. FRUIT-C So the whole crop experiment of sears East is being California will put Eastern markets weeks earlier than Delaware and Mary. If Santa Clara what may not Los with a railroad two in distance and three in grade, or five in actual cost of ru If the men of L who have peach they will do their advantages of a East. If Santa Clara REACH EAST Three or four week ware, why may not Santa Clara? Due peaches have been Angeles county, I at 50 cents per box. Do you think peach trees now growing city, when a million shake their load off the lap of Los Angeles tance of the road p Los Angeles county Pacific, cannot be o EVERY People naturally ask under such circumstances, "Who is this Ingersoll? Is he temperate, just, impartial? Or is he narrow, hasty, foul-mouthed? Are these fierce charges and filthy invectives of his damaging to the fair fame of those whom he attacks?" At such a juncture it is natural to fall back for a standard of comparison on a man's treatment of some subject apart from the one at issue. And happily Mr. Ingersoll's mode of dealing with a subject apart from politics and familiar to everyone affords a test of his sense and discretion in the use of language and reach of thought. He has published, after elaborate thought and due consideration, his opinion on the most important themes that can engage the attention of a human being—themes to which we should approach with a sense of our own littleness and a feeling of charity for the faith of our neighbor; anxious rather than insolent. It is safe to assume, therefore, that if in his book he talks like an insane blackguard of the Almighty, the church of God and the Bible, which constitute for so many the great verities of time and eternity, he cannot be expected on the hustings to talk of his political opponents like a gentleman or an honest man. We think it safe to say that, taking population and area of cultivation into account, no county in California has given a better harvest yield this year than San Diego. It is certain that times are better here now than for a good while past. In fact, we believe there is more genuine prosperity at this time in San Diego county than in any other county of Southern California.—San Diego Union. At the time Tilden was elected Governor of New York, the vote stood: Tilden, 416,891; Dix, 366,074; Clark (Prohibition candidate) 11,768. Tilden's majority over Dix, 50,317. A young woman tried to cowhide a young man in Sacramento, Wednesday evening. He at once caught at her skirts, pulled them over her head, took the cowhide, walked off, and left her to rearrange her skirts and dry her tearful eyes. Under ordinary circumstances, the closing month of the Centennial Exposition should witness a much greater attendance than on any of the previous months; because in this, as in other matters, the true inwardness of the people would lead them to put off their visit to the last moment. But now that the news has gone abroad that typhus, typhoid and dysenteric diseases are prevalent among the visitors at the big show, the probabilities are that there will be a diminution in the number of the visitors instead of an increase. The source of the disease is ascribed to the impurity of the water. This, in connection with the physical labor involved in viewing the Exposition, and the excitement occasioned by the sight of the wonderful treasures of art, science and mechanics, renders one an easy prey to the insidious attacks of the diseases mentioned. But if visitors would adopt ordinary precautions in eating and drinking, and not exhaust themselves physically in an endeavor to see in one day what two days ought to be devoted to, there would be little danger of their being stricken down with disease. The editor of this wrathfully remarking action brings an action against a man who will lead in front of his place. A wheelbarrow is fall over, for you you are through. I strike one in a free unendurable and desired refuge. A Solano county so unmerely thrashes girls. He calls wife in a Middlesex week and begged eat. The good wife had seen better supper and he was called for a pen, with many a curve traced in ornamentation motto. "God bless yon! Even its mafers and roam through the monwealth are beautiful." ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 21, 1876. AN INTERESTING LETTER. How to Dispose of the Fruit Crop. [ Regular Correspondence of the Gazette. ] SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. EDS. GAZETTE:—In conversing with a gentleman who had just been down in Santa Clara Valley, I learned some things which I feel ought to be laid before your readers. It is in the line of fruit culture, which is a very important subject to the farmers of Los Angeles county. THE QUESTION Of how to dispose of the rapidly increasing crop of Los Angeles county, is a question which is staring the people in the face, and which will demand a solution or will present the alternative of orchards polluted with worthless and decayed fruit. In one locality near San Jose is a group of farms, in all about 600 acres, and all set out in fruit. This land without trees sells at $300 per acre, and all set out in trees is worth $1,000 per acre. Men with ten acres make about $1,250 per year, clearing as net profit about 12 per cent. The question is, How is it done? The first, the middle and the last secret is RAILROAD. The farmers do not need to pack In the somewhat celebrated case of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company against Cohen, the arguments of the counsel on both sides seems to have been of a decidedly personal nature. The attorney for the Company, Hall McAllister, in his concluding argument, thus refers to the Cohen-Stanford-Maclay transaction: He (Cohen) is like, except in a higher position, to some clerk after he has been turned out of his master's employ, goes and denounces his master by means of material taken from his books while in his master's employ. And yet, with all his desire to defame, with all this desire to disgrace what has he proven, in the way even of conduct which he pretends to charge as illegitimate? He has shown nothing; He has shown nothing but this transaction with Senator McClay, which occurred years after he had left the Legislature, a transaction in which the only disgraceful part was acted by himself; where this man came to him in distress, he a long-time friend of Governor Stanford, a legislative friend of Governor Stanford, and a man who had advocated the interests of Governor Stanford in the Legislature—and it is idle to say that any of us would not be grateful to a friend who had fairly and justly advocated our interests, whether before the Legislature or elsewhere. He comes there in distress, and his land is about to be sold and the day of redemption is fast closing over him, and then, at the instance of Gov. Stanford, Cohen will loan money if Governor Stanford goes security. The property is ample. He Downey City Items. The Los Nietos Valley Courier has the following: We regret to announce the total destruction on Saturday night last, of the Los Nietos mill, owned and operated by Mr. D. C. Wilson. The total loss is estimated at $5,000. There was an insurance of $3,000 on the mill; and it is also reported the grain was insured. Mr. Wilson is of the opinion that the mill was set on fire. He was doing a large business in the way of grinding corn and shipping meal to the San Francisco market, and the blow is quite a severe one. This section is and always has been famous for raising big pumpkins. Last year one was raised by Mr. Truman which weighed two hundred and thirty-four pounds. We saw one this week, upon the vine, which measured seven feet and two inches in circumference, and would weigh at least two hundred pounds. It has not yet attained its full growth. Mr. Orr, a dairyman living near New River, reports his cattle affected with a disease resembling the dry murrain. He has lately been feeding his stock liberally, anticipating making considerable butter. One valuable cow has died, and the balance of his herd are sick. The cattle of his neighbors are not affected in any way. Mr. J Mittis, living upon the Barton place, a few miles from here, shipped this week, direct to San Francisco by rail, eight thousand four hundred pounds of English walnuts, the product of his orchard. The day is not far distant when this valley will be In one locality near San Jose is a group of farms, in all about 600 acres, and all set out in fruit. This land without trees sells at $300 per acre, and all set out in trees is worth $1,000 per acre. Men with ten acres make about $1,250 per year, clearing as net profit about 12 per cent. The question is, How is it done? The first, the middle and the last secret is RAILROAD. The farmers do not need to pack their fruit, but sell it to men who have found or made a market in the mining regions or East. They sell at a good price and have no further trouble. The excellent outlet makes it possible for large dealers to purchase great quantities and to put them at the door of consumers at once. The wind-falls, and fruit of a cottian quality, is sold to the fruit-drying establishments. Then fruit of another quality, not suitable for the drying establishment, is sold to FRUIT-CANNERS. So the whole crop is utilized. The experiment of sending refrigerator cars East is being tested, and soon California will put ripe peaches into Eastern markets from three to four weeks earlier than is now done by Delaware and Maryland. If Santa Clara valley can do this, what may not Los Angeles county do, with a railroad two hundred miles less in distance and three hundred miles less in grade, or five hundred miles less in actual cost of running? If the men of Los Angeles county, who have peach orchards, are wise, they will do their best to secure the advantages of a speedy outlet to the East. If Santa Clara county can REACH EASTERN MARKETS Three or four weeks earlier than Delaware, why may not Los Angeles lead Santa Clara? During the past year peaches have been so plenty in Los Angeles county, I learn, as to be sold at 50 cents per box. Now, how cheap do you think peaches will be when the trees now growing come to full maturity, when a million trees to one now shake their load of luscious fruit into the lap of Los Angeles? The importance of the road projected to connect Los Angeles county with the Union Pacific, cannot be over-estimated. EVERY FARMER Who has ten acres of fruit, from Santa Monica to Tustin City, needs to look to his own interests and do what he can to put the grandest fruit county in in distress, he a long-time friend of Governor Stanford, a legislative friend of Governor Stanford, and a man who had advocated the interests of Governor Stanford in the Legislature—and it is idle to say that any of us would not be grateful to a friend who had fairly and justly advocated our interests, whether before the Legislature or elsewhere. He comes there in distress, and his land is about to be sold and the day of redemption is fast closing over him, and then, at the instance of Gov. Stanford, Cohen will loan money if Governor Stanford goes security. The property is ample. He never pays a dollar himself; never took a cent, but simply helps a friend in time of need. The only disgraceful part of the transaction is that Cohen, instead of charging the ordinary rates of interest which Governor Stanford supposed proper in such transactions, exacted $2,500 as a kind of compensation to himself. Now, if there is anything in that transaction which is disgraceful, it is that. He says he know why that money was loaned. If so, and it was for a wrong purpose, then he was participps criminis. But I say the whole transaction shows upon its face that it was a legitimate favor from Governor Stanford to Mr. Maclay. It was simply an assistance rendered in time of need. Story of a Book Agent. A book agent lately met with a serious accident in the suburbs. He was walking along the railroad when a freight train came along. The unfortunate man was knocked directly across the track, some fifty-three cars passing over him. He was then tumbled down a bank eight hundred feet high, over stones and stumps, and just as he got to the edge of the river he struck against a pile-driver, that was at work, and his head lying on the top of the pile for a minute or two, the ponderous hammer descended, striking him on the cheek, bruising his face somewhat. The shock rolled him into the river just as an up-river packet was passing, and by some mishap the unfortunate man was entangled in one of the wheels and whirled round and round for an hour and a half before he was discorcered and released. He was picked up nearly senseless and removed to the cabin where his wants were supplied. After eating a hearty meal he was approached by the Captain who asked: "Is there any thing you would like to have?" "No, no," replied the canvasser, "there is nothing except this—" "What! what!" ejaculated the captain; "what is it?" The book agent smiled sweetly as he produced a subscription list, and said: "Subscribe to this beautiful book entitled the 'Poisoned Gum Drop or the Candy Woman's revenge,' by the author of 'Jones, the Button-hole Maker.'" Santa Ana Items. We clip the following from the Valley News. Mr. Orr, a dairyman living near New River, reports his cattle affected with a disease resembling the dry murrain. He has lately been feeding his stock liberally, anticipating making considerable butter. One valuable cow has died, and the balance of his herd are sick. The cattle of his neighbors are not affected in any way. Mr. J Mittis, living upon the Barton place, a few miles from here, shipped this week, direct to San Francisco by rail, eight thousand four hundred pounds of English walnuts, the product of his orchard. The day is not far distant when this valley will be found shipping large quantities of oranges, lemons, limes and walnuts, as well as an abundance of the cereals. We understand that a large quantity of material for the bridge over New River, at Washburns Crossing, has been placed upon the ground, and pile driving was to have commenced on last Tuesday, but Mr Hayes, superintendent of construction, thought the wrong spot had been selected and the services of the County Surveyor were to be brought into requisition. We understand that a cutting affray occurred at Norwalk on Thursday evening; the parties to the affair being Mr. Sproul and Mr. Creal. It is said that the former received several cuts, but we did not learn whether serious or not, and no other particulars but that a feud of long standing existed between the parties. Our informant was very reticent. Santa Monica Items. The Santa Monica Outlook has the following: Captain Chase, of the Coast Survey, has moved his camp up to the Malaga ranch, some twenty miles north west of town. Mr. Anderson, of the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Hassler, is now carefully gauging the rise and fall of the ocean at this point, preparing a table to be published in pamphlet form with other title reports of the several localities on the Pacific Coast. Captain Taylor and party, of the Hassler, are at the same time making a thorough survey and sounding, with a view of placing Santa Monica Bay on the coast chart. Now let us have this place declared a port of entry and delivery, and our "coming city" will begin to assume a position its importance deserves. A very painful accident occurred near Santa Monica on last Sunday. It seems that Mr. Young, who lives in one of the cannions, was driving a four horse team near the Vicente Springs, loaded with barley; when the horses became frightened, throwing Mr. Young in front of the wagon, two of the wheels passing over his hip. Luckily, E. S. Parker; of this place, was passing near by; and went to the assistance of the unfortunate man. Dr. Trask immediately went out and relieved the sufferer as far as possible. The doctor thinks one of the pelvic bones is fractured, and as Mr. Young is quite old, about 60, he may have quite a serious time of it. Who has ten acres of fruit, from Santa Monica to Tustin City, needs to look to his own interests and do what he can to put the grandest fruit county in the State far in advance of all the rest, both in its nearness to market and in its road to prosperity and independence. Very Truly Yours, J. M. A. The editor of the Pioche Record wrathfully remarks: We intend bringing an action for damages against a man who will leave a wheelbarrow in front of his place to trap the unwary. A wheelbarrow is an ugly thing to fall over, for you never know when you are through. It will rise up and strike one in a fresh place till life is unendurable and the silent tomb a desired refuge. A Solano county man beat his wife so unmercifully that she died within a week. When the funeral passed through Knoxville, the husband was in a saloon shaking dice, and took off his hat and hurrahed. Early the next morning the brute was discovered lying in Knoxville Creek, nearly dead, with boulders piled on top of him. A good Samaritan released the wretch, but it is thought the people will make it very warm if he remains in that neighborhood. The Boston tramp does not wreck trains, steal peaches, or frighten servant girls. He called upon a farmer's wife in a Middlesex county town last week and begged for something to eat. The good woman, convinced he had seen better days, gave him a supper and he was grateful. Ab! he called for a pen, ink and paper, and with many a curve and many a loop traced in ornamental penmanship the motto, "God bless your home." Boston is still the American Athens. Even its maids and beggars as they roam through the blessed old Commonwealth are beautiful penmen. "The book agent smiled sweetly as he produced a subscription list, and said: "Subscribe to this beautiful book entitled the 'Poisoned Gum Drop or the Candy Woman's revenge,' by the author of 'Jones, the Button-hole Maker.'" Santa Ana Items. We clip the following from the Valley News. Ed. Mateer has bought a small tract of land in the eastern part of town and will soon build himself a residence. R. J. Wolf, for the past few weeks, has been oscillating between our town and Anaheim like an eagle looking for a fat fold to light amongst, and finally decided to become one of us. He will soon be engaged in putting up a business house in our town. Next! Fred Reuter is shoving the work on the new town hall at a rapid rate. He will have it ready for the first performance in a week's more time. Our carpenters are having a harvest. Dibble has put down a pipe to carry water from Spurgeon's well to the Santa Ana Mill, thus enabling that institution to grind corn continually if the proprietor wants to. Since our last paper more buildings have been started; a residence on the extension of Fourth street west of West; one on West north of Fourth street; one on Main street, north of Santa Ana Hotel. It keeps us lively these times to note the run of all the new buildings going up. Hayward—Harwood—At Anaheim, October 3d. A. J. Hayward, of Orange, to Miss Julia Harwood, of San Jose, Santa Clara County. No Cards. The above parties were not married. If the person who sent us the above notice did it as a practical joke, he shows himself very defective in mental callbre; if it was done through motives of personal spite, he is beneath our, or any other person's, contempt. Our contents will please make a note of this. They have a queer law in Minnesota whereby a murderer escapes the gallows by confessing his crime. The Northfield handlits will probably benefit themselves by it. Mr. Young, who lives in one of the calions, was driving a four horse team near the Vicente Springs, loaded with barley, when the horses became frightened, throwing Mr. Young in front of the wagon, two of the wheels passing over his hip. Luckily, E. S. Parker, of this place, was passing near by, and went to the assistance of the unfortunate man. Dr. Trask immediately went out and relieved the sufferer as far as possible. The doctor thinks one of the pelvic bones is fractured, and as Mr. Young is quite old, about 60, he may have quite a serious time of it. Westminster Items. Rev. S. B. King is blessed with a son—a new king on the colony. Dr. McCoy has erected an office on the main road, near the drive that leads to his dwelling. The Methodist organization have purchased part of a town lot from Miss Mattie McCoy. This young lady has also built a neat little cottage northeast of the town. Mr. F. S. Bowley has a finely arranged dairy, which will receive more extended notice in a future article—"Dalries of Westminster." The Westminster public school is making wonderful progress under the tuition of Mr. S. H. Butterfield and his able assistant, Miss Nannie C. Anderson. The children—and they are the best judges after all—are well pleased with the changes which the new term has brought them. Mr. Strong will return this week. We trust that his trip to San Francisco has proved beneficial. His time has been in such constant demand during the past year that we know a little rest must have been needed; and we shall expect to find him refreshed, and if possible, more genial than ever. Oct. 12, 1876. A young couple living near Cloverdale, ages about thirteen and twenty, took a notion to get married. The parents objecting, they started on horseback for the Coast, to be married on the ocean. The waters discouraged them, and they concluded to enter into a written agreement to live together as man and wife until of age. On their arrival in town the happy groom was arrested at the instance of the bride's mother, and a time ret for trial; but finally they succeeded in gaining their parents' consent and were married. GAZETTE 21, 1876. NO. 1 BY TELEGRAPH SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. Hall McAllister completed the argument for the prosecution in the railroad Cohen case, and the case was given to the Court, who in a few moments rendered a decision in favor of the defendant, Cohen, on both counts. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13. We have received returns from 89 counties, which give a net Democratic majority of 4,578. The same counties in 1872 gave a net Democratic majority of 843. The three counties to hear from gave Hendricks 303 majority. WHEELING, W. Va., Oct. 13. West Virginia gives a Democratic majority of 189 on the vote for Governor. Returns from the interior coming in slowly. They generally show an increased Democratic majority. The State will probably be Democratic by about 12,000. BOSTON, Oct. 13. The steamboat express train from Fall River for Boston, came in collision this morning with the local freight train, at Randolph. Two engines of the Steamboat train and the engine of the freight train, with the baggage and freight cars, were completely wrecked. One fireman was killed, and engineers Deeron and Crosby, and passengers John Mole and James M. Watson, of Boston, were severely injured. LONDON, Oct. 12. The Record, a religious newspaper, states that the Spanish Church Mis- BOSTON, Oct. 13. The steamboat express train from Fall River for Boston, came in collision this morning with the local freight train, at Randolph. Two engines of the Steamboat train and the engine of the freight train, with the baggage and freight cars were completely wrecked. One fireman was killed, and engineers Deeron and Crosby, and passengers John Mole and James M. Watson, of Boston, were severely injured. LONDON, Oct. 12. The Record, a religious newspaper, states that the Spanish Church Missionary Society have received private information from Spain that the Spanish Protestants are in great anxiety, and even in peril, being threatened by a frantic mob. A special meeting of the society will be held in London on Monday, when a statement of the facts will be communicated to Earl Derby. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. In working up matters preliminary to the arrest of the men, Thompson, Wilson and Langley, supposed to have been connected with the Idaho stage robbery in 1868, detectives have discovered the fact that for several years past a gang, of which these men were evidently members, have been engaged in a series of bullion robberies, involving many of the mines of the Comstock. The method of operation has not yet been developed, but it will be as soon as the operators now in custody have a chance to explain. The gang, which is a perpetuation of the famous Ingraham organization, first commenced business in the stage robbing line. But as bullion took the place of the customary coin and gold dust, the robbers found it exceedingly difficult to carry off and divide their spoils; besides being heavy and cumbersome to carry off, bars were always stamped with the brand of the mine, and they would tell the whole story at sight. To prevent this the bars were chopped up at the first opportunity, melted and run into bars or blocks, but the mere fact of the bullion being without a stamp was suspicious, and with the stamp of some particular mine the fact of theft could very easily be followed up, so that the disposal of a second bar would be next to impossible without the risk of being taken. In following up Thompson, who professes to know all about the Idaho plant, both Bailey and Robertson, the detectives, run across, in the vicinity of Reno and Truckee, several places where bars of bullion had been chopped up and melted down in a different shape. The work had evidently been very clumsily done, and the places selected were generally some old mill or wood choppers shanty in the mountains. This bullion, as a rule, was stolen from the mines, and its loss generally attributed to the dishonesty of some of the employees. The Consolidated Virginia is said to have been plundered to the amount of over $50,000 at one time and another. The robbers had two or three confederates in the works, and in transporting bars from one point to another one of them would be slipped off and secured. It is said Robertson has got on NEW YORK, Oct. 14. The Herald's special from Washington says that the written application of Governor Chamberlain for troops to aid him in forcing the law as Chief Magistrate of the State of South Carolina, arrived yesterday, and was placed before the authorities by a delegation headed by Senator Patterson. The answer of the Secretary of War, after consultation, was that he should await the return of the President. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15. About one o'clock this afternoon a German named Gustave R. Storms committed suicide by throwing himself from the fourth story window of Siegfried's hotel, on Bush street below Montgomery. Decased was a heavy drinker, and for a day or two had been suffering from delirium tremens, the result of a protracted spree. He was lying on his bed at the time, fully dressed, his room-mate present. Suddenly he sprang from the bed into the hall, along which he ran to the back room occupied by a man named Rider, who was sleeping with the door locked. Storm burst in the door, and running to the window plunged out head foremost. The noise of his entrance had aroused Rider, who leaped from the bed just in time to sneeze the desperate man by the ankles as he dove through the window. A terrible struggle ensued. Storms plunged wildly to free himself, while Rider, yelling for help, maintained his grasp until his strength failed, when Storms wrenched himself from his grip, and fell head foremost a distance of sixty feet, striking and smashing in his descent, a strong board fence, and sustaining injuries which proved instantly fatal. Decased was about forty years old, and was employed about Platt's Hall in some laboring capacity. The Italians to-day celebrated the discovery of America by Columbus with great spirit. The procession was several blocks in length, a prominent feature of which was a boat on a dry, modelled and rigged in imitation of Columbus' ship, Santa Maria, whose name she bore. The Garibaldi Guard and other military and civic associations turned out in force and made a creditable display. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. In the Twelfth District Court this morning, Judge Daingerfield read his finding in the case of the Southern Pacific Railroad vs. Cohen. The decision was, as verbally intimated, in favor of defendant, and the costs were assessed upon plaintiff. The Court reflected severely upon the personalities with which the argument of counsel upon both sides abounded. It was a disgrace to the Court, and exceeded anything of the kind he ever heard. He expressed confidence in the integrity of the witnesses on both sides,and deprecated the attempts made by the counsel to impugn their veracity. As to the charge against Cohen,made or intimated by McAllister in his argument,the Court held that from defendant's long and intimate association with the railroad company as its confidential agent,它 was to be presumed that he was not guilty of the acts so charged. LITTLE Rock, Ark., Oct. 14. The official account state that was driving a four Vicente Springs, when the horses, throwing Mr. the wagon, two of over his hip. Luckof this place, was went to the astrontate man. Dr. went out and res far as possible. One of the pelvie and as Mr. Young, he may have of it. is blessed with a colony. ected an office on ear the drive that organization have known lot from Miss is young lady has little cottage northney has a finely will receive in a future artistiminster." public school is progress under the Butterfield and his Nannle C. Anderand they are the are well pleased which the new term return this week to San Francisco official. His time constant demand that we know a been needed; and him refreshed, genial than ever. ring near Clover-teen and twenty, get married. The they started on cast, to be married raters discouraged to enter into to live together all of age. On their happy groom was age of the bride's secret for trial; but died in gaining their were married. The work had evidently been very clumsily done, and the places selected were generally some old mill or wood choppers shanty in the mountains. This bullion, as a rule, was stolen from the mines, and its loss generally attributed to the dishonesty of some of the employees. The Consolidated Virginia is said to have been plundered to the amount of over $50,000 at one time and another. The robbers had two or three confederates in the works, and in transporting bars from one point to another one of them would be slipped off and secured. It is said Roberson has got on the track of some of this Consolidated bullion, and has made a contract with Flood & O'Brien, whereby he receives one-half of the amount recovered. The method of getting rid of the bullion has been to work it up into bars and send it to the Carson Mint for coinage, in the shape of the product of small unimportant mines. Robertson started yesterday morning for Virginia City, armed with warrants for the arrest of certain individuals known to be connected with this wholesale system of plunder. The gang is said to be a very extensive and well organized one, with confederates in nearly every one of the large mining towns. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. As a kind of new departure in the transportation business, may be cited the sailing to-day of the schooner Rebecca S. Moulton, cleared by J. C. Merrill, for Baltimore, with a cargo of barley for Chicago, which will find its way round the Horn and from Baltimore to Chicago by railroad. It is understood that a great saving is thus obtained over shipment directly. It is said to be the first shipment by that route between the two cities. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. In the Grand Lodge of F. & A. M., to-day, Dr. John Mills Browne, of Mare Island, was re-elected Grand Master by a large majority of all the votes cast. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. General Sherman who returned to Washington to-day, has been very busy at the War Department, attending to routine business. He had a consultation with Secretary Cameron, and was visited by several prominent Republicans from South Carolina, who had also been in conference with the Secretary of War upon the subject of the existing condition of affairs in that State. It does not appear that upon both sides bounded. It was a disgrace to the Court, and exceeded anything of the kind he ever heard. He expressed confidence in the integrity of the witnesses on both sides, and deprecated the attempts made by the counsel to impugn their veracity. As to the charge against Cohen, made or intimated by McAllister in his argument, the Court held that from defendant's long and intimate association with the railroad company as its confidential agent, it was to be presumed that he was not guilty of the acts so charged. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 14. The official accounts state that the election, completed to-day, shows a total vote of one hundred and eight thousand and four. Miller, Democrat, receiving a majority of 3,392 over Bishop, Republican. CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 14. The Hamilton county official vote is as follows: In the First District, for Congress, Taylor, Democrat, 14,144; Force, Republican, 13,474. Second District, Banning, Democrat, 14,183; Matthews, Republican, 14,065. For Sheriff, Wallace, Democrat, 28,000; Taylor, Republican, 27,941. A large shark was captured at Rice's Landing, near San Rafael, October 6th. and was killed. He is of the man-eater kind, and twelve feet long. The Sixth District Anti-Tammany Congressional District Convention, of New York, have nominated Sunset Cox for re-election. Hubert H. Bancroft, of San Francisco, author of "The Native Haces of the Pacific States," was married in New Haven, October 12th, to Miss Matilda C. Griffins. The Director of the Mint at Washington has fixed the purchasing rate of silver at the Mints and assay offices at 115 cents per ounce, fine. The Post Office at Santa Clara was burglarized Tuesday night by a daring operator and $175 in coin and a quantity of goods in the store in which the Post Office is located were carried off. A rumor has been circulated on the floor of the Produce Exchange in New York during the past few days to the effect that the Czar of Russia hadabilized and the Czarina had been proclaimed Princess Regent. Under the influence of the first rumor, wheat in New York has advanced about one cent and it has since made a further advance of two cents.