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La mythologic grecqnc ct 70.
maine divisa lexistcnce du monde
en- qnatre periodcs auxquelles fu'
rent assigues les noms d'dsc dor,
d'argest, d'airain ct de fer. La me.
tallurgie scule fit les irais de ces
determinations, &C qui ne doit pas
etsuncr 81 Pon Sc rappelle les idecs
superstiticuses que les Grecs at.
tachaient au pouvoir de ccs metal.
lurgistes aussi fonrbes qu'habiles,
NOMINEES Telchincs, Cabires ct Dac.
tyles. Ces divers ages furent ainsi
designes, dams la croyancc quo la
dcgenercsccnce dcs hommcs s'operc
en- proportion de Ia diminution des
metaux. L'opinion generalo ftait
que notrc especc allait decroissant
chaque jour en- vertu, par suite de
IL disparition des substances me-
tslliques. opinion qui. sans temerite.
peut etre admise do notre temps ct
surtout en- Amerique oa le papier.
monnaie rcmplace dams les transac.
tions Tor ct l'argcnt prudemmcnt
caches ct cnfouis.
L1ge dor est ID periodic IL plus
rspprochee de IL creation. Les
poetes dc la Greece ct de Rome le
placaicnt sous le regne de Saturne.
Go dieu etait slors tout.puissant an
ciel paIen il donna l II terre l'in-
nocence. Ia justice ct le bonheur. ct
apprit aux habitants Do b planete
favorisss lrtoolobr les grains qsi
croissaisss sans culture -
civilisse - obeissant dociI
aux LOIS q aux oracles d'origme
toute divine. Le printcmps etait
continued ct des feuves de lait ct
dc miel coulaient Dc tostes parts,
splcndide realisation du reve
eblouissant du bon et doux utopiste
moderne, Charles Fourier. I.'icono-
graphic repr6sente l'age dor sons
ID forme dune jeune femme debout,
I iombrs dun olivier, symbolic de
ls'psix. sur leqssl voltigs IN e.
saim d'abeillss ; les boucles dor6es
Dc % richie chevelure fottent libre-
msnt et sans art sur do pures ct
blanchss 6psules /; ses vttements
sont tissss dor, ct - nais tient une
corns d'abondanos d'oa 6eurs ct
fruits s'6panchent \ profasion.
L'ige d'argent est l6poque on
Saturns est detron6 ct chasss do
cisl pr con Gle Jupiter qui, grace
asa force OF ! son courage, Scrase
tous - snnemis. lie pauvre So
tsrne, subisssnt u middleton
qs'use isAsxibls loi : tosjours at-
tachls Aax vaincus. = rdfagie en-
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en6n la passion brllante ct Ia fu'
reur destructive, ellie est le fond dc
l'histoire des peuples, qui tous par.
tent de Ia vertu ct du bonheur pour
aboutir au crime ct q la misere. Les
etapcs, que l'antiquite a marques
du nom des metaux les plus pre-.
cicux ou les plus ntiles, sont par
courucs lei avec une effrayante
rapidite. Celia Went de ce que les
decouvcrtcs materiellcs ont decu.
pie en- nous la puissance vitale, ct
aussi de &C que la nation ameri.
caine, jeunc 81 l'on considerc repo-
que de So naissance, est vieille 81
l'on tient compte de ses elements
formateurs ct dc ses alluvions tri-
butaires. Les immigrations qui
chaquc aimee ct chaque jour Paus-
mcntent, sont un melange de
mat6riaux aussi caducs que dispa-
rates, une juxtaposition que rien ne
cimentc ct ne consolide. L'Gdifice
social ct politique resemble aux
baraques demontees qu'on expe-
diait il y vingt ans aux pion-
niers des mines californiennes. d
cettc difference pres que les NOR
ceaux en- etaient numerotes, pou-
vaient s'agencer ct s'emboiter tant
bien que NAL ct constituer un tout
quelconque qui supportait la vue
quand il ne resistait pas au vent,
tandis que les machines humaines
sont plus refractaires ct moins ASST
milables. LIE defaut ma pas etc
sensible tant que l'espace sans
bornes s'est offert au premier occu-
pant, que le pauvre Irlandais q pu
acqudrir en- , posant 10 pied IN
dcmaine aussi vaste que celui do
lord anglais, OF que lAA(ra0d
ebahi o pu Sc taller une rolhci-
paute dams une prairie imttsnse
CONNIE Ia mer par OH il etaif senu.
C'etait l'sge dor americain 1'hom-
me y etait son propre seigneur ct
maitre, ct on voyait surgir une
mosaique de villes clairsemees ct
une pleiade d'Etats isoles, on ch a.
Gun jouissait dune liberte primitive
ct absolue. Aais les conditions mont
pas tarde l changer avec Ia den-
site de 10 population. L'esprit de
lucre ct de speculation s'est mon.
trs ct 2 bientot tout envahi, du
grand centre al'insignifiante bour.
gade. de Ia cite commercante 4 Ia
region agricole. lie capital a re-
clame sa part de lion, ct Ia concur.
renee des forts . broy6 les fables.
Begslite ainsi compromise, ID H.
berte ensuite etc eclipsee par Ia
guerre, cette harpie du banquet
AMERICAN. Les metaux qui ser.
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faieus NC moJ CHS u eCIlanSc ~
sont dissimules ct ont fait place a
une circulation indecise ct precaire.
Nous en- sommes Page de papier
ou de nickel, ct nous n'entrevoyons
pas de terme proclaim 4 sa duree.
Dams Ia lessive .oratoire du linge
sale republican,, execut6e ces jours
derniers ,au seuat des Etats- Unis
par le .blanchisseur Sprague, le NAL
accompli est reconnu. mais lie RENE.
de men est point indi1ue. NJ. Spra.
que dcs antecedents qui ecartent
de lui tout sonpcon; il fut Pun des
rares combattants qu'on Wit braver
un moment la mitraille confederee
sur lie champ de bataille de Manas.
sas; il est le gendre du juge Chase,
pere des gresnbaeks; il est reste
Ven des chefs du parti republican,
ct vote pour la condemnation de
lex-president johnson; il est capi.
taliste, detenteur d'obligations du
gouvernement, important fiiateur.
Malgre tout celia, ou d cause dc
tout celia, il some Palarme ct nous
avertit solennellement que nous
sommes engages dams une vote de
perdition. II confesse que sa pro-
pre- ricbesse est faite do Ia pauvrete
du peuple, ct lie pouvoir du Congress
usurpe sur les droits de ce meme
peuple. Washington nest plus que
la Rome de Juvenal, Ia corruption
es. un virus qui, forme dams les
entrailles du corps legislatif, s'ino-
cule dams les veines ct vicie
le sang du pays tout entier, ct
c'est d peino 81, dun bout 4
l'autre de Union. il est possible de
decouvrir un honnete homme ct une
femme vertueuse. Pourquoi Il sena.
teur du Rhode-Island revele.t-il 81
tard les hontes du parti don't il a
etc 81 longtemps le complice ? 81 10
vertu ct Ia probite sont introuva-
bles, eNc'est lui qui rafiirme. reste-
til une resource, y a-t-il moyen de
grouper les elements dun parti des
honnetes gems qu'on opposerait en-
digue au torrent qui terrific l'es.
prit ct accable la conscience de NJ.
Sprague ? 81 tout nest pas perdu.
que Honorable senateur marche en-
avant, il sera mieux secondt quill
ne le fut autrefois ! Manassas.
QUAINT 1 nous ramener de lAge de
papiera l'age dor. ce nest pas
PaffairN dun. jour. ct nous userons
une bohhe dose de patience avant
d'y arriver, 81 toutefois nous SON.
mes destines 1 10 revoir.
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que toi."
Deux jours apres ette conversation, mois de JUN
1848 Lory ct Catherine trent eurs sdieux Dolpgue,
qui benit q. file ID naniere dss patriarches
Un mots Encore, Lory. dit Dollngue en- deposant IN
dernier baisS r son front Nous sommes ID veile de
gsnds evene ents peutetre de gnnds bousversements
Js ne sais pas je e reverrai. Mobile pas 81 nmas tn
devens riche qe IL mere dc Lass fat beaucoup de ben
Ia tienne ct que. SINS Lase taursis jamais trou
wee dams Ia rue Saint Maur - Ta Lory mon bon pere,
noubliera jamais rien."
Cnq minutes spres ellie etait en- route pour Babe.
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Lory await quite Paris 10 20 un Le IS jan quatre
heures du man par temps sombre ct hidsux, eomms
que dams les ourn4ss do guerre fatrcide, deux
hommes don't Ton. blessd l6paue. debouchercnt de
errArs uns barreads abandonnee bors du aubourg
Antoine Of sasrent lsnceusemens sur De pets
tas de paves soe Tout autour deux await nm air ugubrc
Al loin de- einq cinq minutes, des coups dc
alternaient ayeo dss miisaades suives De burcmens
plaintiffs de chens On edt dit les betes pleurant sur les
oliss crimnses des humans Un de ces hommes 6tait
cofS dun largs feutrs nor alsaceu orne dune plume
rougs bssee Uos csnturs rouge dams aquce pendacni
deux poe revoveEs series Pun contre rautrc rctcna
son pantaou convert motS par long paletot Dc dap
Ia Louis XVI tel quo porcut les paysaDs dc
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slMEDi u AvRIL 1869.


les 10 lignes dormant Ia hanteur
du present carre) pourla premiere
insertion; rs cts. les suiyantes.
, 1869-10-30

GRANT STILL REoEIvING.-The
Springfield (MaSs.) Republican of
a recent date says that Grant intends
holding another reception. A set
of noodles in the employ of manu-
featuring firm at Shelburue Falls
have completed magnificent set of
cutlery for presentation, which, of
course, he will refuse Grant always
refuses. The set consists of sixty
two pieces,-which we suppose is
intended to remind him ofhis famous
exclamation of "Let US have peace"
two dozen dinner knives, half a
dozen carving knives, and forks, and
a pair of steeIs. The carving knives
and forks to remind him that he is
earring his road to fortune, if not to
fame, aud that he gratefully accepts
what other fools chose to "fork" over;
and the steels to remind him-well,
we will say nothing about them, ex-
cept that Ben Butler could give him
q practical demonstration.
, 1869-10-30


AN AERoLITE, OR METEoRIo Ex-
PLosIoN.-On Monday, the 1lth
inst, a singular phenomenon occur
red between Placerville and the
Payette, and one not often witnessed
in a lifetime. About 8 o'clock in
the evening persons living in that
section of the country were startled
by q tremendous explosion which
shook the ground like an earthquake.
The first impression on the minds of
the people at and around Placerville
was that the boiler of the quartz mill
on Granite creek had exploded, but
such not proving the case, specula-
ton was rife as to the cause Of such
a terrible explosion aud shock, espec
tally as the sky was clear and the sun
shining brightly. We are informed
by Mr.. Miner, who was at his rancho
opposite Horse Shoe Bend, on the
Payette, that the explosion sounded
to him as though it took place on the
divide between tbe hesdwaters of
Granite creek and the Payette. Other
parties with whom we have conver-
sed, among them Mr.. Abbott of the
Middle Payette, agree upon the local>
ity of its occurrence. Maj. r. G.
Allen informs US that be was coming
down the mountain, on the Boise
City road about three miles below
Judge Stringham's, and that be not
only heard the explosion but felt the
ground shake under him quite plain
ly, and if we are correct as to the
place where the explosion occurred
he was at least thirty miles from it.
He also conversed with a gentleman
at Thorn creek, about ten miles from
here, on that evening, who said he
saw something like meteor-appar-
emily huge ball of fre-in the di-
rection of Placerville ; that it was
some distance up in the air above the
mountain, and suddenly exploded
and disappeared. 1t was from three to
four minutes from the time he saw it
burst until he heard the sound. Sew
eral parties in Idaho City also say
that they felt the shock, but as it
was not very severe they paid
little attention to it. We do moi
know how to account for the matter
on any other theory than of its being
a meteoric explosion. Il may have
been the bursting of an erolite, bui
we have not yet heard of any stones
or debris of the exploded matter hav
ing been found, but as it appears tt
have taken place on the mountain:
at a point seldom if ever visited
nothing of that kind would be dis
covered unless party should visi
the place in search of it. We should
like very much to visit the spot ant
see what We could find /; for should
we discover any such stones Or mater
ial evidences of the explosion, it nigh
be an interesting subject for examina
tiOn by mon Of science. Idaho World
, 1869-10-30

A DIRTY LIAR.-If old Baker
was looking for a dirty liar, he
struck the right man when he got
Baldy Ross. Take Baldy's story
about the dog law as a specimen.
The bill originated in the House,
and when it came up 10 the COun'
Gil the writer opposed it, and as
Chairman Of the Committee made a
report against it, all of which az
pears in the Council Journal; but
with the knowledge of these facts,
Baldy asserts to the contrary. DR.;
Baker pays Baldy for lying, and
the dirty scrub in his feeble way en-
deavors to earn bis wages.
, 1869-10-30

BROKEN PRoMIsEs.-The repub-
lican party Of the present day may
be well styled the party of broken
promises. Scarcely promise made
10 the people prior to elections has
been kept after attaining power. The
Pittsburg Commercial indirectly ad-
plits the fact, for it says, "the repub>
lican party will correct its own errors
and respond honestly and fully to
the requirements of public sentiment
if the people will only continue them
in Office" We think it is too late
in the day to make such promises;
they have been made and broken so
often that the people have come to
the conclusion that retrenchment and
reform can only come through dem.
ocratic administration, and they are
determined to try the experiment.
Capital Reporter.
, 1869-10-30


CRUEL EXAcTIoN.-The Wash>
ingtOn correspondent of the Phila>
delphia Inquirer, (radicaD says con-
siderable feeling has been aroused
here by the death of lady clerk
employed in the Internal Revenue
Bureau, who was suffering from ty-
phoid fever, and remained at her
work until she had to be almost ear.
ried home. She was poor, and the
fear of being docked for lost time,
impelled her to remain on n~duty till
she was 80 far gone that recovery
was hopeless. And yet, while this
poor woman's life was thus sacrificed
to the merciless rule of a heartless
bureaucrat, the President and heads
of departments have been idhng for
months at watering places, and in-
dulging. in pleasure trips on public
vessels at the peoples expense
And, at the same time, another clerk
in the same branch of the public ser
vice mas been sent to Ohio as a po~
litical newspaper correspondent, IN
der government pay, and the chief
of the Bureau has himself been ns>
glecting his duties in order TO make
) stump speeches in the same State
, 1869-10-30

DEMOCRACY IN THE SoUrH.-The
dispatches state that the Democrats
elected their entire ticket in Savan-
nah, Georgia, by majority of over
three thousand. This is quite cheer
ing, when we take into consideration
that all the efforts of the radicals in
Congress, and the Reconstruction
Committees in particular, have ex-
hausted all their efforts to make
Georgia radical State-frst admit
ting, then rejecting her; then pls-
cling military despOts to force the
people to an adoption of their views.
Radicalism is fast drawing to close.
, 1869-10-30

THE Texas cattle plague which for
several years has at intervals caused so
much CONSERVATION among farmers and
stock breeders of the Northwestern
States, has at last made its long dread
ed appearance in some of the southern
counties of this State. 0n Steele's ranch,
in San Luis 0bispo county, fifty head of
dairy stock have taken the disorder,
and generally, on all the ranches grazed
over by the Texas immigrant stock the
native cattle have been more or less
affected.-APpeaI.
The above extract, copied from
California paper, goes to show the
necessity for some law which will
prevent the introduction of diseased
cattle. We have already stated that
large bands of Texan cattle are be>
iug driven into the Boise country,
and it is more than likely that some
Of these cattle will find their way
into this valley. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that cattle apparently we'll
will communicate the disease to do.
mestic herds, and hence there can be
no safety except in keeping the
Texas cattle entirely out of the
country. The Legislature now in
session, might very properly pass a
law for the protection of stock
growers, the provisions of which
might be made to exclude cattle
coming from infected districts. ILL.,
inois and Iowa have found it neces.
sary to pass laws of this kind, and
q similar law would work we'll in
Washington Territory.
, 1869-10-30
LFrom ThnrsdaY,s Tri.Yeeklr.

THE bondholder receives FOR his
bond $50 in gold, which brings him
S6S in greenbacks.
The farmer receives for hia wheat,
corn and wool, $50 in greenbacks,
which brings him in the market only
S35 IN gold.
Difference between the bondholder
and farmer, in favor of the former,
thirty-thrf,e dollars, or sixty-six dol.
lars on every hundred dollars worth
of prodr.ce raised by the farmer.
Farmers, how do you relish pay
ing t'ais unjust tribute to sustain
Radicalism and "high moral ideas p
, 1869-10-30
TFrOm Tuesdays Tri-yTeekly.l
LAND MONOPOLISTS.

cisco Bulletin advocates the justice
and equity Of taxing those large land
spectators who are holding immense
tracts at prices which virtually
exclude small farmers. 1t says these
lands shave been taken up and held
in largo quantities to await the ar
rival of immigrants and that COM
petition which iusures high prices !"
aud it thinks there is justice in tax
ing an individual who holds $4,000
acres of land worth 81 per acre as
much acre for acre as the owner of
16O acres of the same quality of land
are taxed.
As a matter of public policy, it is
becoming of very general belief that
these large landholders are a nuisance
that ought to be abated, and we are
glad to see the Bulletin assisting in
reformatory counsels. There is no
other way to reform the evil, SO far
as it has gone, than that suggested.
1t may be prohibited from future
expansion by such wholesome chang
es in the land laws as will prevent
the absorption of large estates by a
single individual at the Government
minimum price, and these we are
assured will be brought forwards by
the Chairman Of the House Cons
mittee on Public lands at an early
day of the coming session Of Con-
gress. But, after all, our best rem
edy lies in county taxation upon
these overgrown properties. If the
Constitution did not prohibit it, we
are sure that an issue made on this
question and fairly presented to the
people, would result in legislation
adopting a discriminating scale of
taxation on land which would make
it very expensive to own over 600
acres fit for cultivation, and if the
monopoly continues, we are not sure
that the constitutional prohibition
against such discrimination will be
long allowed 10 stand. Next to the
security given for personal liberty, it
is the greatest boast Of American
political institutions that they offer
the best possible advantages to the
poor to obtain lands on which they
can earn their living and add some,
thing to the general wealth. Our
Presumption and Homestead laws
have contributed millions to our pop.
ulation and thousands of millions to
our taxable resources. They form
the ground,sill of our educational
system and general prosperity.
Wherever they have been least OBJ
structed in their legitimate opera
ton, there will be found most of
comfort and intelligence generally
diffused in society, and least of pow
erty and crime. And wher-
ever there rises a class mimi
cal to this social condition, pursuing
with a deliberate purpose a course
calculated to render these laws mug
atory, it is the right and the duty of
the common people to combine for
their own interest in putting it down.
The greed and avarice of these land
spectators are wholly out of SYM
pathy and in direct antagoniSm with
the public welfare. They want im>
migration, not to augment the general
stock of wealth, intelligence and
morality, but to speculate upon its
necessities. They are, therefore,
public enemies, and ought to be re-
strained by wholesome laws.
, 1869-10-30

AssEsr. On Saturday and Sunday
the editor was absent on pleasure
jaunt in the country. Owing to this
absence we are unable to do full justice
to the thieves, perjurers and bigamists
who run DR.. Bakers Onion. Baldy Ross
and the balance Of the NANCY pack are
assured that in due time their cases will
be attended to, and a full expose made
of their multitudinous Tillsinies.
, 1869-10-30

GOVERNOR OF IDAHo.-A peti,
ton is in circulation, asking the ap-
pointment of Picayuue Butler to the
position of Governor of Idaho. Pic
ayuue has heard of Dirty Cox as.
piriug to a like position, and SO he
goes in for DR.. Ballard's place.
Possibly Picayune has an itching to
get into the business of purchasing
cattle on government account.
, 1869-10-30

P1TrsBuRo, Oct. l9.-The Post
this morning containSaan articlerby
MIR. Pendletou against the attacks Of
someb Eastern Democratic papers,
and calls for a'oonvention of Demo-
Gratis of the Mississippi Valley; to
take action on the political position.
, 1869-10-30

A DRUNKEN man stopped at no.
tel in Homer, Illinois, few days ago
and deposited S54 with the porter
for safe keeping. He returned to bed
and that night the porter fed for
parts unknown, taking with him the
money and fine horse belonging to
the proprietor of the hotel.
, 1869-10-30

A FEW days ago T. j. SartweIl, of
North Troy, Vermont, went to ad-
just the wheel. of his cardiDg MAJ
chine, when he found a mudturtle
under it, weighing twenty pounds,
The wheel had worn a hole through
the back of the turtle causing its
death.
, 1869-10-30

A CORRESPONDENT of the Albany
Argus offers to bet any sum from
$1,000 to $4,000, that the New
York Democratic State ticket will
be elected by $4,000 majority, the
same amount that the new consiitu-
ton and negro suffrage will be de-
feated by $4,000 majority, the three
wagers to be taken together.
, 1869-10-30

RADICALS REINFoRcED.-E. a.
Josslyu has been admitted to a seat
in the Council, vice A. ]. Trip. '-hO
is absent from the Territory. With
this reinforcement, it is calculated
that the radicals will be able to carry
through the Legislature any meas
ure they may desire.
, 1869-10-30

TOE cArOs, 10 bis letter TO the Onion,
" doubts where Van is going" Wen
voueh for Il, Tom, that Van win not be
found digging up the money for which
old man Delaney was murdered. All,
Tom, howthat blood>monsy haunts your
conscience. $500
, 1869-10-30

REokRBIsss or Cosr.-N. 4 4. Brown
are determined to dispose ofthsir stock,
in order to close out, apd will sell re-
gardless Of cost. Remember that's dol>
lar uayed is = dollar made. Gene aud
see for ourselves.
, 1869-10-30

THE cost of the Suez canal and
the improvements connected with it
will be about SS5,000,000. The
canal is ninety miles long, three hun
dred and twenty eight feet wide at
the surface, seveuty.four feet wide
at the bottom, and twenty six feet
deep throughout.
, 1869-10-30

PEOPLES MoNEY.-A correspon-
dent of the New York Journal of
Commerce alleges that the heads of
Departments at Washington have,
in their private service, horses, car>
riages, grooms, etc., paid for by the
Government for the public service.
, 1869-10-30

RADICAL FINANCIERING-Flood-
ing the country with circulating
medium that is worth seventy cents
on the dollar in the morning, aud
sixty cents at noon Of the same day.