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MbRNING APPEAL.
TTEMDAY., ICIIRI AItY 26. IS78
THE DEATH I'ENALTV.
'.'in;nt'iitiii n;v)ii 6tie remarks made by
the MoiisiNi; Appeal upon the subject of
capita! punishment (in which we denounced
that k-trbanus and horrid practice); tiie Eu-n-k.i
ltepiihlican says:
. ;i:,'i'e with ymi, brother Mighels. It is
a ivlie of harfWism and the quicker it is su
perceded in our young Stute the better. It
li.tA nothing but the sanction of law to sustain
it. Hunting is v& much murder as any other
killing, and the wrong is all the same whether
done by the people of the State or by an indi
vidual. We profess to be a Christian people
3v.nl yet live under the old Jewish law of "an
eye tor an eye ami a tooth for a tooth, "which
iv-is repealed by Jesus of Nazareth, of whom
vi- are the professed followers. Rut this is
not tiie time to argue the question. The sta
tistics of the day show that in the majority of
the States where capital punishment has been
n! dished, crime has decreased. Neither the
safety of thi! people nor the prevention of
vioiv reuuiie it. .Man baa no right to take
tr.
lia
in man what he cannot restore, ilie crimi-
luay toiioR Ir.s liberty, out n.? cannot tor
ft it his 1
ire.
i!. is in accoi'tt wita t tie
boticr s
ntm.ent
t T
ti!' co"i!iti'v anil the
age. t n
proportion
V. 1
h the more rational ami less violent modes
;iu!i:.''hiiir ci i'lie. crime diminishes. io-
K ;kv begets its like. Heroiniu is not eonlined
tr the battleiield. the ships deck or the fever
l.i.snital ; l.or are heroes alone to be found in
tin- ranks of the virtuous. " I will die like a
m.ui says every crdprit before whose shrink
ing vision !t;:;ids the gibbet; and so it is held
with reason that the experience of the gallows,
the witnessing of the dreadful operation of
hail-Jug a man by the neck until lie is dead,
is quite as apt to arouse this false sentiment
of heroism as it is to deter the bj'standers
from the awful crime of murder. The fact is
that theorize as we may upon the subject of
exemplary punishment, the law which de
mands a life for a life is oftener the lex talio-
ids-- the law of revenge than the law of need
f.il and wholesome example. Indeed, there
an amazing inconsistency in the law of capi
till punishment. The hypothesis upon which
it rests is that human life is of all things the
most preaious: And then the law proceeds to
t ike a Jiuman nio to cst.Mjiisn its tneorem: it
is often said by the advocates of the abolition
of capital punishment that the better and wiser
course, would be to make murder in the first
decree punishable by solitary confinement for
life, the culprit to be deprived of all possible
intervention by the pardoning power. This,
to be sure, is the short cut toward what would
sjtiin to bo a most ell'eetual means of punish
ment; hut ao b;ir as juries make mistakes
iind find innocent men guilty (as they do from
time to time), it .would seem a useless cruelty
t' deprive any man of that clemency which in
all aires has resided with the sovereign. Near
the city of Philadelphia there is (or used to be)
a prison called "The Eastern Penitentiary'
where this system of solitary confinement is
(or was) maintained. Not only murderers
sentenced tor lite, out hurglars and tlueves
sent for shorter terms underwent this form o
punishment. The prisoner was taken blind
folded to his cell. This cell opened into a
small yard or paddock. The prisoner never
saw any man but the officers of the Peniten
tiary. We cannot believe that such torture
is ever justified. When Charles Dickens first
ounie to this country he visited this prison.
Commenting upon what he saw he said, (we
quote from "The American Notes for(!eneral
Circulation" :
In its intention, I am well convinced that it
is kind, humane, and meant for reformation;
but I am persuaded that .those who devised
this system of Prison Discipline, and those
benevolent gentlemen who carry it into exe
cution, do not know what it is that they are
doing. 1 believe that very few jnen are capa
ble of estimating the immense amount of tor
ture and agony which this dreadful punish
ment, prolonged for years, inrlicts upon the
sufferers; ami in guessing at it myself, and in
reasoning from what I have seen written upon
their faces, and what to my certain knowledge
they feel within, I am only the more convinc
ed that there is a depth of terrible endurance
in it which none but the sufferers themselves
can fathom, ami which no man lias a right to
intlict upon his fellow-creature. I hold this
slow and daily tampering with the mysteries
of the brain to be immeasurably worse than
:.ny torture of the body; and because its
ghastly signs and tokens are not so palpable
t the eye and sense of touch as scars upon
the flesh, ---because its wounds are not upon
the surface and it extorts few cries that hu
man ears can hear, therefore I the more de
nounce it as a secret punishment which slum
bering humanity is not roused up to stay. I
hesitated once, debating with myself, whether
in hud the power of saying "Yes," r "No,"
I would alio it to be tried in certain cases,
where the terms of imprisonment were short;
but now I solemnly declare, that with no re
wards or honors could I walk a happy niiin be
neath the open sky by day, or lie me down
upon my bed at night, w ith the consciousness
that one human creature, for any length of
time, no matter what, lay suffering this un
known punishment in his silent cell, and 1
the cause, .,r I consenting to it in the least
degree."
Wo believe that murder should be suppres
sed by gentler hands than those of the hang
man; and we cannot believe that the mental
agony entailed by solitary confinement is ever
justified or conducive to good results. Pun
ishment should be sure, rigorous and constant
but it should never be either in the nature of
a life for a life or needless tortiire, producing
ho hopeless ag iiiies-of solitude and inviting
insanity and idiocy.
OUR HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS.
Old Mother Shipton's prophecies, so often
quoted, consign the world to pestilence ar.d
famine "about this titvie", a3 Poor Richard's
Almanac was wont to say; and to utter des
truction in But, somehow, we are in
credulous of pestilences in these regions of
pure air ami water: and we think we may well
congratulate our fellow-citizens of Carson
upon the thorough drenching ami consequent
cleansing of our more drainablestreets that
is to say the streets trending from the Sierra,
eastward. These are cleaner and more free
from impurities than they have been for
years. Indeed the flood or tiiiui iv week car
lied down into the commons, a surprising
amount of trash and accumulated rubbish.
Professor Tyndall, discusssag the question of
Spontaneous Generation in a highly interest
ing and Exhaustive article in the Nineteenth
Century for January says : "Lecuwenhoek es
timated the population of a single drop of
stagnant water at 500.0. )0.000: pvobablv a
drop of our turbid infusion" (referring to some
experiments of his own), "would be this many
times multiplied. The field of the microscope
is crowded with organisms, some wabbling
slowly, others shooting rapidly across the mi
croscopic field. They dart hither like a rail:
oi infinite projectiles; they pirouette and spin
so Autekiy sound, that the retinal impression
transforms the little living rod into a twining
wheel. And yet the most celebrated natural
ists tell us they are vegetables. From the
rod-like shapj which they so frequently as
sume, their organisms are called baeterea
a term. 1-e it here remarked, which covers
organisms of very diverse kinds. o nase
these quotations to show our readers of tne
vast and voluminous material for mischief
contained in a single drop of stagnant and
impure water. In another part of the same
paper, Professor Tyndall states the fact that
purified water exposed in a hayloft in the
Alpine region, revealed as much as 90 per
cent, of the flasks containing it infiltrated
with these animalcules, while not one single
instance occurred when the same character of
water was exposed on the free mountain ledge
near the Mcr de Glace or Sea of Ice.
This experiment then is an assurance to us
who dwell within the range of the cool winds
of the Sierra that the disease-breeding bacteria
which are so abundent in the low lands and
depositories of stagnant water, are compara
tively scarce in this altitude, indeed it has
long been maintained that the Asiatic cholera
never prevails where the pine tree grows.
Still, the presence of the diphtheria and the
typhorid fevers in these mountain regions ;s
only too startling a warning of our constant
danger from impure water in wells and drains
it being conceded that those disorders owe
their origin to the infusoria and tilt rations
seeping out of cesspools, sinks and sewers.
And this leads us to say that we hope that the
projected plan of a common sewer which shall
act as a substitute for the offensive and un
healthful surface drainage which smells to
heaven from our principal thoroughfare may
be perfected.. We can, if we will, do much to
avert the fullfillment of Mother Shipton's un
pleasant prophesies. It is as true now as ever
it was that cleanliness is next to godliness.
SILVER AT THE EAST.
Following are some extracts compiled by
"The Advance ' wliieh is a stout and vigor
ous advocate of the remonetization of and a
larger issue of the currency.
The Weekly Times and Gazette of Parkers
burgh, "W. Ya. , a level headed, spirited Green
back Journal says:
John Sherman has been converted i . om the
doctrine he preached ten years ago, that the
5,20 bonds should be paid in lawful money,
and gone over to the gold bullionists, who sav
that silver and greenbacks will do very well
for farmers and mechanics, but bondholders
will have nothing but gold. '!-. Sherman
has been assumed to say thai tlm 4 iter cent
bonds, made payable in coin, ca, only be re
deemed in gold, lie jivcs us t&i encourag
ing assurance 'that the country is fast ap
proaching hard pan, and th" soo er re reach
it the better. lo hasten this glo ms consum
mation, he tugs awav at the sere.v of contrac
tion, denounces the restoration of silver as re
pudiation, and while every mo'ith shows many
millions of loss by failure -i, and adds thous
ands to the great army oi bankrupts and beg
gars, he smiles serenely upon tne wreck, and
tells the bondholders of New York and Lon-
n to fear nothing, for ihey - hall have even
more than their pound oi desk.
The N. Y. AVorkingman's Journal says:
Greenbacks and Labor tht Watchwords.
When the workinginen get a c jar idea of this
matter, they will rally around the Greenback
banner, and will vote for no man for any of
fice that is not a Greenback man as well as a
workingman. Greenbacks and Labor are the
watchwords. Let these go hand-in-hand and
protect each other, and there are good times
ahead for all the working) icn. The working
men all over the country should organize
Greenback and Labor club; ., support the Jour
nal, and work to secure the success of the
united Workingmen's and Greenback party.
Then we shall have honest money.
The Milton Beacon says:
If the wishes of the nine hundred and ninety-nine
out of every thousand were consulted
some relief would be given to the universal
stagnation prevailing in every business
throughout the land. But no,-we do not ex
pect it. The petition of the millions of labor
ers are passed by in silence, while a single
bondholder will engage the attention of both
houses. The Senators and representatives
who have dared to raise their voices against
the wholesale robberies that have been perpe
trated, let their motives be what they may,
should have our encouragement.
The Winstead Press says:
The money mongers of the East are trying
to bulldoze Western borrowers by refusing to
lend them money except on the promise of
payment in gold. These are queer days.
Travelers who persist in carrying silver rather
than gold watches are given notice by the
highwaym- u that they do it at their peril for
he, will withdraw his attentions altogether,
place thein on the blacklist .and patronize a
I letter class of people. The w ild ass of the
desert is told that if he doesn't travel faster
the Eastern rider vows that he'll get off and
go afoot. The prison convict who objects to
the labor of the treadmill is threatened with
liberty and the dubious prospect of having to
shirk for himself outside. It is indeed a
solemn spectacle this of Eastern capital chew
ing red pepper to spit in the eyes of Western
enterprise.
The Daily Telegram (Washington, D. C),
says :
"New York is a Gold State. Silver and
Greenback heresies find no favor here." sys
the New York World, and right fjoiig conies
news of the charter election in the town ot
Oswego. The Republicans and Democrats
supported one ticket against the Greenback
Labor Reformers and just managed to pull
trough on the general ticket. But in four out
of five wards the Greenback candidates for
trustees were elected v majorities ranging
from 3 to 38)!. The new party also elected
the Supervisor, the Assessor and the Presi
dent of the Board of Scht ol Commissioners.
This is one of many presages of a Greenback
victory in the great "Gold State."
ARREST OF MAIL ROBBERS
By the White Pine News
are informed as follows:
( n the evening of the 23d
ber, as Woodruff fc Ennor
route from Wells to Cherry
preaching the latter town, it
of Saturday we
Oi
last
;ovem-
s stage, on
th
Creek, was at
was stopped by
four masked men, and the passengers robbed
ot !(). 1 iie mail oags were then cut open
and the registered packages carried off' At that-
time four men were arrested by the officers,
Doc. Bell and Mose Watkins being two of tli
number; but on examination before Justice
Clayton, the evidence wat insufficient to hold
them, ami thev were discharged. But Uncle
Sam was not satisfied with this proceeding,
and detectives were sent out to Cuerry Creek
to work up the case and procure the necessary
evidence to bring the guilty parties to justice
We learn that one of these detectives entered
Cherry Creek on foot, his breeches patched
with gunny sacks, and his appearance gener
ally indicating a "hard case tie trequent
ed the saloons, danced at the hurdy-houses,
and made the acquaintance of the rough ele
ment of Cherry's newly acquired population,
and as he seemed to have coin plenty and to
dispense it freely, he became a great favorite
among the habitues of Cherry Creek's "lower
levels." But, suddenly a few mornings ago,
without a word of farewell to his boon com
panions, he lit out, to where, no one knew,
But his sudden disappearance seems, to have
led certain parties to think that they hail not
been entertaining "an angel unawares," and
they too thought it best to "take a walk," in
different directions. But the net was so skill
fully set that no escspe was possible. Last
Wednesday morning George Wilson was
arrested here as he stepped off the Cherry
Creek stage, and about the same time Doc
Bell was arrested in Eureka, and the "Kid"
and another party were arrested at Wells for
the robbery of the mails above mentioned. It
is pretty certain that testimony enough has
been procured against the parties arrested to
secure a conviction, for Uucle Sam's detec
tives never do things by halves.
Bopiewaeds. Of matters and things be
tween here and Bodie, and at that place and
Aurora, we are informed as follows by the
Aurora Herald of Saturday:
General O. H. LaGrange, who returned
from Benton Thursday night, informs us that
he, in comnany with others, undertook to
make the trip from Benton to Lake District
on snowshoes, but after proceeding some ten
or twelve miles concluded to postpone the
venture until the going becomes a little better.
The snow is very deep and consists of a layer
of flour snow, then a layer of frozen, and
again a layer of congealed slush or ice. This
makes heavy traveling on snowshoes, and the
party did well not to attempt to press far
i-ito the mountains. It is probable however,
that they would have kept on much farther
had not one of their Tiumber, Mr. Borland,
fallen and dislocated his shoulder, after which
accident it was decided to return.
Singi.nc; Birds. The Eureka Republican
has the following:
Dr. Terry, on his recent return from Paris,
brought with him some very interesting spec
imens of singing birds, consisting of cardinals
French canaries, and goldfinches. There is
something exceedingly ' -foreign" about these
little warblers and consequently very inter
esting. They bear about the same relation
to the common singing pets of this country as
the gay Parisian does to the average Ameri
can. The cardinals are especially gay and
Frenchy, and are great pets. When asked if
they are hungry, they reply very promptly,
"Oui," and with a pure accent. Hood says
"even the little children in France speak
French, and had he written of the present
day, might have added that the "birds there
sing French too. There are some marked
variations in the songs of these little beau
ties from those of the birds reared in this
country.
Of the injury of an old citizen by a rather
serious accident, the Herald says:
Last week a gentleman named Swauger, of
Antelope Valley, while driving on the road
between this place and Allermay's, ran over a
stick of cord wood, and the horses in step
ping over it, turned it on end, and the end of
the stick striking the axle of the wagon over
turned it, throwing Mr. Swauger violently to
the ground and breaking his leg. An Indian
who had also been riding in the wagon, but
who escaped without injury, ran immediately
for assistance and succeeded in getting Irish
Johnny, who conveyed Mr. Swauger to a
place where his "wounds could be properly
attended.
Teamsters will be interested in the follow
ing:
From W. J. A'ernon we learn that the
abutments of the Walker bridge are now fin
ished and the contractors are only waiting for
lumber to cover the structure. If the roads
should become at all passable they expect the
lumber in a short time.
HEW ADVEETISEJIEXTS.
C. B. LUCE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Oilice upstairs, over Willis' Drug Store,
mill CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
CARSON THEitEB.
Lessee and Manager . . .
. .W. H. BftRST
LAST RI3HT CF THE
ADAH RICHMOND
" -AND ;
O o 12a. ody
COMPANY !
Tuesday Evening, Feb. 28th
Last appearance
i.f t'no
their
'imiaity, -.vhen they will appear in
Lreitt suet-lulu ,
Chow -Chow!
Prodiieeil with ail the Original Music, Mvrniflcent Ward
robe, liro-.tt Cat, Willy 1 i:il(nnn and Grand Chorus, ail
unilcr the musical direction hi PROFESSOR ZAL l.it;.
Rerved seat
usual
on sale at the Theai
Trices as
GRAND GLEASirIG SALE
STOCK
FALL AHD WINTER GOODS!
KEGARDLESS OF COS "
A
OCR MR. LEVY WILL
For New York Citr
LEAVE
To Purchase Oar Complete Stock of
SPRING GOODS,
Special Orders for Merchadise
From tha Eastern or Eusopaan
Market
Will find prompt attfiitio.
MRS. J..
Carsow, February 8, 1378.
SHEi'EXl Jt CO.
AS0N & CO.,
IX CORBETT BLOCK,
NORTH CARSON STREET,
CA SON CITY. NEVADA.
HOLESALE AXD B E T A I I.
DKALERS IX
GB.OOBHIES,
Provisions,
Crockery,
Glassware,,
Tinware,
CanneiFr aits,
Butter,
Lard,
Grain,
Coal Oil
AND ALL ARTICLES USUALLY KEPT
IN A
FIRST CLASS STORE
Otjjthe kind of (mercantile easiness in which they are
en'-aired
t-T Orders taken and Goods delivered "SI
TO ANY PART OF THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE
MASON & CO.
Carson, Any 5 1876
ATTENTION, MINE OWNERS!
IJOR SALR CHEAP. A Five (.') Stamp Quartz
. Mill. Engine, Boiler, Pans, Settlers; everythirg
complste. For particulars apf Iv to
janSdtt. NEVADA SILPHUR COMPANY.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Great Reduction in Prices, owing to
the decline in the Eastern
IXarket.
1 L,
0??33IT CA?IT3L ESiLftNG, CARSQM,
MI'OItTElt AX
L Retail Dealer in
WHOLESALE AM)
HAHD'
Iron,
Powder,
Axes,
Anvils,
Steel,
Shut,
.Saws,
Vises.
Con,
Fuse,
.Caps,!
flljivs.
Rope,
V.'ctics.
.Sledges,
Lace Lcatlicr.
GLASS AND GHOOKEPiY WH,
fiar Fixtures, China Sets,
Lamps, t'iiantU'.Iii-rs,
Slir-'ij-.?, Lanterns,
Etc., Etc., Etc
Agricultural Implements,
riowp,
Reapers,
Harrows,
JioHcrs,
Cultivators, Etc.,
Gana Plows,
Wheat Eakt s,
Etc.,
Paints, Oils I Brushes,
Coal Oil, Paint Oil, Turpentine, Varnish, White Lead,
Kubbcr Paint, Cheniii-.il Paint, Lard Oil,
Machine, Castor, Xeats Foot Oil,
Alcohol, Etc., Etc.,
STOVES. R&KGES, TINWARE,
Medallion and Laurel Ranges,
Buck's and other Brands of Stoves.
Pumps, Hose and Pipe, Doors, Windows,
Blinds and Glass, Wood and Willow
Ware, Bird Cages, Pistols,
Gana. Cartridges, Wafer,
Gas and Lead Pipe,
House Furnishing Goods.
Brass and Steam Coods.
Practical numbers and Tinners to do roofing and man
ufacturing of all kinds Tin and Iron Ware
Call and Get Prices Cheap for Cash.
ap'Uni
E. B. RAIL.
L. IVIORRSS & Co.
HAVE RESITED THE PIIICES
On all Goods in their Stock, and now offer the jrcatot
inducements to purchasers of
XT. "3T G- O O X
That have ever been oiferej in this citv.
Call Early and Secure Bargains
GOODS MXST BE SOLO
To make room for our Sprinjr Stock.
February 7, 1.-7S.
GEORGE
PERASICH,
SAN FRA!! CISCO MARKET,
Wholesale and retail dealer in
FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, CONFECTIONS, ETC
rilHK l'DEESIGXED
JL and is daily receiving the
HAS ON BAND
Choicest Fruits, Freshest Vegetables. Best
o Confections, Choice Havana Cigars,
P nltry, Ranch Eg, Etc.
N. B. Orders promptly filled and ridivcmH
rcctions. fiF.oRCK pfrivii-ii
Carpon street next to Theater Saloon.
WARM SPIUNGS
HOT AND COLO SWIJIUI.VG BATHS
near tha Nevada State Prison. Warm Soring Road
BUTTS &. CEGRCS. - - ProDrletors.
This splendid BathiliL' Institution and knon-n nlai
of resort has been tluruu,'-h!y overhauled, newly furnished
and is, in point of cleanliness and comfort, surpassed by
none on the coast. THE BATHS are undereninir a thor
ough repair, and will receive great addition to their size.
THE BAR is supplied with the best of liquors procurable.
MEALS by First Class Cooks served to order at all hours.
The Spring Carriage runs constantly. Orders left at the
hotels will be promptly attended to.
BATHS 50 centa
Carnage tree. nov7tf
ROBERT GARDNER.
(I.nte State Surveyor Genera!,)
Ao. 310 Pine Street, Room No. 18,
San Francisca, California
St de Lands and State Titles a specialty.
Ti'iiber Lands Located and Titles Perfected
I". S. .Mineral Patents obtained for Mines in California,
or .Ne ,k! v. ,iecl3
FAMILY GROCERY.
rjlHE CHOICEST AND RAREST
For family use constantly on hand.
y-Fr
Nice Little
V Found
Thi ncrs Not to
Elsewhere Tl
Be -m
CO TO CHENEY'S.
A
jjeneral assortment of the best staple and choice cro
cs. PRICES TO SLIT THE TIMES !
cenes.
JOHN E. CHENEY,
Adams Block, Carson street, corner of Telegraph
January 8, li7s. 1