, 1868-05-29

sEalla &valIa Statestuatl.
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FRIDAY EVENING, May 20, 1868.
To City Subscribers.
On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at so cents a month"; pay
able to the carrier Those who have paid in advance
will have their papers continued until the time ex
pires.
THE Tribune says New York has population
Of one million
SAN Francisco pays more internal rev>
euue than New York
THE oil wells of Pennsylvania produce,
daily, 5000 barrels of oil.
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CHEYENNE is TO have hotel equal to the
flrst-class hotels of New York.
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THE Mormons expect to bring at least
10000 immigrants from Europe this season.
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Indiana punishes miscegnation with s5,-
900 fine and Imprisonment.
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HARD TIMEs.-Stock cattle brought 25
cents head at recent sherif's sale in
Texas.
Boise CITY has thus far raised $4,000
for the purpose of bringing the telegraph
to that city.
THAT "NATIoNAL BLESSING" - The
amount of interest paid May lst, on the
$50 bonds was S28,OOO,OOO.
SCARCITY OF EMPLoYMENT.-The ReVo-
luton SAYS: There are $4,000 people in
New York, and 100000 in the United
States out of employment
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE,-In every State where
the radicals have gone before the people on
the question of negro suffrage, they have in
variably met with defeat
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REBUKED.-The republicans in nomina>
ting Colfax over Wade, literally say to the
burly Ohio Senator, that he has been
'weighed in the balance and found wanting"
AN EXTENSIVE BRIDGE.-The railwa'
bridge over the Missouri, at Omaha, will be
$500 feet long, to be composed of iron
Its cost will be nearly two million dollars.
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Hon. COLUMBIA LANCASTER, Of Clark
county, W. T., has taken the stumpin Oregon
on behalf of the democratic ticket. Mr. L.,
if our memory serves us right, was the first
Delegate that represented Washington Ter
ritory in Congress.
A PIoUs WISH. - Forney's Chronicle
hopes that johnson is the last of the Presi.
dents who have been too constitutional"
That's what's the matter. The radicals
desire to govern the country without regard
to the constitution, and Andrew johnson
has been a stumbling block in their way.
DEMOCRATIC GAINs.-The New York
World gives the following as the gains made
by the democrats in Ohio since the vote
of lastyear Cincinnati, 2, 000J Toledo, 1l6 !;
Hamilton, 100; Mansfield, 1O8; Urbana,
100; Lima, Ga Delaware, 200; Sundusky
County, 3OO-but the pen tires to recapitu-
late the scores of other towns with equal
gains. The story is the same all through
the State
The DEAD DUCK.-Throughout the whole
Of the impeachment trial the "dead duck" /"
BOrney, has been clamorous for the deposit
q tion of the President. All this the "dead
duck' has urged in the name of patriotism.
1t now turns out that Forney has been rob-
biug the Senate contingent fund, and detec,
ted in his rascality has been forced to vacate
his office. 1t is thus that the "dead duck, -
and not the President, stands impeached.
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CooLLY REcEIvED.-In these parts the nomina-
tion of Grant and Cofax has been coolly re-
ceived. For some reason or other, there is
nothing in Grants character to excite euthuss
Asm and as to Colfax, he is regarded as a very
small tail to the radical kite. careful view
of the situation will satisfy any unprejudced
mind that the radical ticket is a weak one, and
that all that is required on the part of the deS
mocracy is unity and harmony to secure the
triumph Of their candidates at the approaching
Presidential election.
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The UNION PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-The
net earnings Of this road on 3S3 miles, from
the lst OF May to January last, was the
magnificent sum of one million dollars. 1t
should be remembered 10 this connection
that greater portion of this road passes
through country that a few years since
was barren waste, but now teens with an
industrious and enterprising population. We
simply refer to this as showing the vast
influence railroads exert in developing the