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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-15

The relative cost oil the three as constructed Is
worthy OF attention and may be ADDED, together with
the annual cost Of repairs TO the square yard. The
generalization exhibits the following hgures:-
Cost per 50. "a. annual Repair.
Asphaltc road. .......$2 so rs
Belgian porphyry paw. 90 to 50 81 os,s to rs
Ss rst cost Of streets IS greater 70 %
that OF macadamized, while the cost OF repairs Is
considerably less; and, again, the first cost OF the
while the expense Of repairing 8 greater The
asphalt coating, 0ne-sxth OF q foot thick, IL sup.
ported upon q r0adbed OF concrete composed OF
ninety parts gravel TO forty parts OF mortar about
quarter Of foot IN thickness and resting upon the
comDacted soil bed beneath Provided the requisites
Of thorough surface and under drainage have been
Observed the asphalt roofing belng utterly imper-
vlous to water, the road bed OF concrete wakes
harder %s and arysr with age snd once
slst simply IN cutting away the damaged roofing OF
asphate aud replacing It with new. AS compared
horses being driven over the ssphatic road Is / in
400 70 IN l.308 on the former proving the supe
Iorty OF the aspnasic surface In this respect-that
The concrete known as oeton COtonet differs from
the ORDINARY roadbed concrete In being an artin.
strength, and Of extensive application in civil
ENGINEERING IN all It's manifestations, from the manu-
aSneauc from the a Of roSaoeSs
to that OF underground vaults OF the ut
most possible capacity. The best oston endures
crushing strength four and three-fourth times that
of the best brick fifty per cent greater than that OF
limestone nfty per cent greater than that OF sand
strongest granite, to thirtyhve per more than
that OF the inferior qualities. For common use
q good bet0n IL compounded Of four parts OF sand
and one part OF fat lime, to which, for extra
strength one-half part OF Portland cement may be
added. IL could be manufactured here at an expense
OF four dollars per cubic yard, and for rOadbed
quarter foot thick, at sixty cents per square yard
An excellent concrete road might be constructed OF
it at half she scheduled expense OF the Fisk
concrete pavement, It's durability being about
the same ~ that OF the best quality OF
sandstone. The embankment ON which runs the
avenue de pEmpereur, at the Trocadere 10 sup
ported by wall Of this material forty feet IN
| v gspsysk w Applsct Of " spPyOSuQR Y now
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-15

The province OF invention IN respect to pavements
therefore, Is to this vast amount by the subst
tuition Of concrete upper structure as inexpensive
and durable as the Belgian and elastic and easy
the wooden, which has failed In the respect of
rabity well as over expensiveness and can never
be generally adopted
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-15

Reserving description of these pavements. wooden
and stone Tor the present. brief survey Of the sys
TEN IN use In Paris-the queen city Of the world
respects the application OF engineering to the solu
ton OF practical problems OF improvement-may be
attempted involving incidentally the application Of
beton C00et to the purposes Of sewerage, aagging,
sidewalks and the like.
THE PARTISAN SYSTEM
has, since 1854. manifested strong preference for the
asphalt road upon the concrete foundation. In 1854
200 square yards OF asphac road laid In Paris,
and since then the use OF the material has steadily
increased, UNTIL at present, 1t Is ranked as well
adapted Tor purposes OF heavy traffic on the most
frequented thOroughfares. Up to 1866. square
yards mad been put down; In 1867 the surface added
was 900 IN Paris proper and 81 900 In all In the de-
partment or the SEINE, making o total In thirteen
ears Of $4,000 square yards The contract OF the
Gle Generate des Asphates with the city OF Paris
covered at that date at least $4,000 square yards
more, to be put down In 1865 and 1869. The ancient
streets OF Paris we're without sldew alks and were
paved with large square blocks, with grades siopnG
from the sides to the middle, forming q gutter on
the central line. Sidewalks began to appear In 1925,
and IN the same year the reversal OF the surface.
bringing the gutter to the sides, introduced In
1852 the system OF Macadam was applied 10 the old
bouevards, and In 1868 this method was improved
for heavy tratnc BY introducing margins along the
sides, from two to four yards IN width, paved with
small blocks Of Belgian porphyry-the germ OF the
sidewalk as now used. The whole surface OF streets
and sidewalks Is now constituted as rollOws:-
C.y. Of
, 1869-06-11

THE RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN The
enormous travel which will 60 over the rail-
road, says the San Francisco Chronicle. may
be in a measure appreciated by the fact that
during the year 1868 the passenger business
between California and the Atlantic sea
board by steamers both ways has been at the
rate Of 10000 per annum, and that the rum
Der overland and by sailing vessels will in.
crease it to 100000, or about 800 daily; SO
that this through passenger trade already
amounts TO an average sized train load each
way This amount will doubtless be doubled
during the present year by emigration, the
visits Of tourists, and the passage of large
number Of Cali 'ornians, who, design 10 visit
their old homes in the Eastern States and
have never been able to spare time for an
ocean trip, and that their friends who will
visit them here in return.
, 1869-06-11

THERE are two "sundry and several" por-
tions of this earth that are most suitable for
the residence of republicans in general and
their leaders in particular One Of these is
in China, where dishonesty and theft are
virtues, and where lies are evidences of great,
ness; the other country is Equatorial Afri-
ca, the gravitating point of every principle
belonging to them, the nucleus from which
radiates everything vilainous in politics. na-
ture, and morals. Beyond this earth, there
is but one or two places suitable. 1t is that
warm climate not down 10 biographies, where
old Abe is tanning himself with a red hot
poker
, 1869-06-11
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.

OEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
y up to the 10Th day of June, at the Lapwai
Agency, Nez Perces Reservation, l. T., for the
following supplies
100 pairs 3 ph. White Blankets,
1000 yards good Cotton Cloth,
1000 yards good Bed Ticking,
10 doz. 80 in. Woollen Shawls,
$50 Striped Cotton Shirts,
so Calico Shirts,
so large Calico Handkerchefs,
500 yards Calico, (fast colors),
10 lbs. Black and White Linen Thread
20 pairs Mems Coarse Brogans.
300 lbs. Hard-pressed Tobacco,
doz' l gal. Tin Kettles,
doz. J gal. Tin Kettles,
doz. Tin Cups.
The privilege is reserved to take more or less
of the above articles as the Agent may think
BEST as, also, the right to reject any and all bids.
ROBERT NEWELL,
Lapwai Agency, Nez Perces Reservation, l. T.
The party awarded this contract will pay the
advertising.
June ., 1869. 2w26
, 1869-06-11

COUNTY OFFIcERs.-rDuriDg the late can
vass considerable was said about the term
for which county officers were to be elected,
some persons taking the ground that in the
absence of any action by the Legislature the
officers would hold for the full term of two
years. As we read the act of Congress, the
term is limited to one year, but can be ex>
tended if the Legislature is so disposed
The following is an official copy of the act,
as it received the Presidents approval
BE it re,olred by the Senate and House Of Repre-
seHtGfires Of the United States Of america in Con.
gress dssembled.
That elections in the Territories Of Washington
and Idaho for Delegates to the House of Repre-
sentatiyes Of the Forty second Congress shall be
held on the first Monday Of June, ammo Domini
eighteen hundred and seventy, and afterwards
benuially on the first Monday Of June and
such officers in said Territories as are elect
ed at the same time with their Delegates shall
be elected for Offices thereafter to be filled at the
times herein specified, unless otherwise provided
by the laws of said Territory.
, 1869-06-11

THE New York World thinks that Nor
monism will be banished from the United
States 10 the following manner: The Paci.
&c Railroad will give to the multitudnous
wives of the Mormon patriarchs an idea of
the manners and customs Of the ladies of the
East, and in particular of their style Of dress
and living. When the Mormon wives begin
to dress like the ladies Of Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, or New York, no Mormon husband, be
he as rich as the best of them, can afford to
keep more than one help-meet-ergO, the
question is settled.
, 1869-06-11

HEAVY ON THE 'ODIoUs. Radicalism
seems to be making treason Odious' with a
rush. After it gets through there will be
but little inducement for men to become
TRAITORS Treason will be so odious.-so
damnably, stinkingly, infamously odious
that the most reckless wretch, the most hard>
ened, shameless, dirty dog, would blush to
be placed 10 their catalogue of traitors It
is a new idea, the one they have adopted to
heap obloquy and contempt, upon the most
violent aud degraded of the1ate 'rebs,' but
it is very affective-works like a charm
and from the general opinion of those it has
been tried upon already, there is no need of
the most intense 'loilist' fearing that treason
will not be made 'odious.' Longstreet. an
original 'reb' double dyed traitor has had
the experiment tried upon him, and tho
'odium' is so great that decent dog would
shame to make post Of him. Others of like
ilk have been treated in the same manner
with the same result. The last is one Grove
who cawed round the ofals Of Confederate
camps as Captain of an Alabama Company,
and who got terribly ferocious at Camp
Forney, near Mobile, in 1862, when he
wanted to make war upon the hordes of
yankee INVADERS 10 the following manner !:
awe spst MIKE this war to the knife, knife
to the biit, and hit to the heart And then,
drawing the sword from the scAbbara, he swore
by the bright blade that be would plunge it into
the bosom of the first man who dared to bring
him a prisoner"
For making this speech, declaring that he
would shoot the man who spared the life of
"Union' prisoner, and for shooting one
negro, and hanging three others near Lake
Washington, Miss in the spring of 1868,
without authority and without charges, the
poor fellow is to be lathered over with the
eternal odium of an appointment under
Grant, as Governor of New Mexico. Are
ye yet not satisfied with your vengeance on
these poor misguided rebels, O! Ye ''lOir'
shriekers of the NorhY Are your bloody
appetites not yet satisfied Has treason
not yet been made 'odious" enough, without
beaping upon its leaders more still, in the
shape of paying Offices and places of emolu'
ment?-Democr0tc Wdtchmdn.
, 1869-06-11
SHERTFFS SALE.

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, co
CoUNTY or WALLA WALLA. DO
pY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE FROM
ID Hon. J. E. Wyche, Judge Of the District Court.
First Judcill District. Washington Territory, to me
directed, in favor of ELIZABETH BAKER, and
against l.. J. S. TURNEY, on u foreclosure Of Mort
gage in said cause. Therefore, will sell at public
auction TO the highest bidder for United States gold
silver coin, the following described Real Estate to
wit The south half of the southwest quarter Of
section Number aight. in Township number seven,
north Of range No thirty east and the south half
Of the norhw quarter and south west quarter Of
the northeast quarter of section plumber seven, in
Township number seven, north Of Range number
thirtyix east and the south half Of the northeast
Qusrer of section number tW elve, in Township No.
seven, north Of Range number thirty FIVE east and
the north cest quarter of the southwest quarter Of
section number twelve, in Township number seven,
north Of Range number thirty five east and the
north quarter of the south east quarter OF section
number eighteen, in tSwnshp number seven, north OF
Range number thirty six east. containing three bun
dred and sixty acres, together with all and snguler
the heredtaments and sppurtenances thereunto pc
longing or in any wise appertainng. Sale 70 taHe
place at the Court House. in Walla Waiia Olty, w.
on the 7th day of July, 1888, between the hours OF
O'Clock. A. NJ. and O'clock P. NJ, Of said day. 70
satisfy said Exucution. - - -
JAMES McAULIFF, Sheriff.
Wa;la Walla, May 10th, 1869.
, 1869-06-11


NEGROES IN OFFICE. The telegraph
continues to bring accounts of the appoint
meut of negroes to important Offices. The
latest case of this kind ia the appointment
of Fred. Douglas, son of the negro orator,
to q clerkship at Washington. This at at
time when scores of white clerks are being
discharged almost daily. The "late lament
ed in his day went far enough in the direc-
tion of negro equality, but all that he done
is but drop in the bucket as compared
with Grant, who, by giving negroes impor-
aut public Offices, is enforcing their recOgni.
tiou as the peers of white men, This niger
Douglas claimed to be printer, ami was
given employment in the government print
ing office, but, to their credit, be It said that
the the printers employed in the Office, with
out regard to party, refused to work along.
side the niger, and so the radicals were
forced to procure him a clerkship. Who
says the radicals are not in favor of negro
equality?
, 1869-06-11

OLD Jessie Grant, that poor old leather
head, who is responsible naturally for having
inflicted this country with Ulysses the first
is also an occupant in the White House at
Washington. He and Dent bore all visitors
who call upon the unhappy smoker. If the
caller lives through the ordeal Of these two
Augerdrivers, he is likely to get out alive.
, 1869-06-11

- PERsoSAL.-B. L. Sharpsten, Esq. for sever
al years prominent member of the Walla Walla
bar, started for the States on Tuesday last.
Mr.. S. is accompanied by his family and returns
to his old home in Wisconsin. Charles Russell,
pioneer settler, has also started for America,
travelling overland. Mr.. r. intends to spend the
summer months in the Atlantic States and will
return to Walla Walla early the coming fall.
Charley in q clever fellow, and has our best
wishes for pleasant trip.
, 1869-06-11
HANDS AND WAGES.

Coming down l met many parties from Moose
creek, and other localities, on their way to War
rens' Camp; and to the general inquiry have
that camp who are eidle-particularly greenhorns.
Unless man is good quartz miner, would
not feel confident that regular employment could
be had at any wages-at least until the con-
structiDn of the fume, which will not be CONS
menced the present season.
may, in your next issue, give you an account
Of a farming country which, particularly to i'm
migrants and citizens, will be far more promising 2
than this account of Warrens' Camp.
, 1869-06-11

THE RESULT From telegraphic dispatches
and otherwise, we learn that Gar6elde comes
10 the mountains with about 400 majority,
leaving Pacific aud Chehalis counties to be
heard from, which will probably swell his
majority to 500. To Offset this we have
Moore's. majority in Walla Walla, 1856; iu
Skausnia, 81 Stevens, (estimated), so, and
Pierce, 2O-TOtal, 4s3. Leaving Gar6elde
II ahead. 1t is impossible to decide at this
writing which is the successful candidate,
but one thing is certain that if Gsr6elde is
elected, it is by the skin Of bis teeth. Clark
county gives Gar6elde IS majority, radical
gain of %. It is most probable that the
result Of the election will turn upon Clark
county, and il Gar6elde is elected, it will be
for the reason that dissensions existed whero
peace and harmony should have prevailed.
, 1869-06-11

A BAD BREAK.-We see that a great
deal Of dissatisfaction has been created
among the democracy of San Francisco, on
account of the action of the county central
committee, iu the unjusti6able assumption of
authority in appointing delegates to the
State convention, without giving the masses
Of the party an opportunity to have voice
10 the matter.
, 1869-06-11

THE radicals despair of being able to
count the negro vote at the coming Guberna-
torial election in Pennsylvania. The Har-
risburg Telegraph admits that it will be inns
possible to secure even a pretended rati6ca-
tion By three-fourths of the States by Octo-
Der. So it gives up The contest and admits
that the democrats will elect their candidates.
, 1869-06-11

The INDIAN DEPARTMENr.-Army off,
GERS have been designated to take charge Of
the Indian Superintendcncies and Agencies
in Oregon and Washington Territory. In
many Instances the newly appointed officials
have scarcely grown warm in their places,
when they are called upon 10 give way to
the shoulder-strspped gentry. This change
may be bad for the officials who are displac,
cd, but for the Indians aud the government
we believe it will prove a great improves
ment. Our theory always has been that Ins
dians can only be reached by an appeal to
their fears. Talk to the breech. clouk about
honor or principle, and they regard you as
little better than demenied, but exhibit To
them Gle Of soldiers with gliiterine nns.
kets, and you have an Argument that thew
at once comprehend aud respect. Unds,
military rule, the most ferocious savage a,
once becomes mild aud respectful, and II !.
to this condition We would bring the whole
race. The experiment Of sending Quake,
agents to the Indians on the plains. we ars
quite sure will prove a failure. and ,fter
score or two Of brOad-brims are scalned anI
roasted, we expect to see it abandoned .nd
the whole service turned over to the W.,
Department, where It properly belongs.
, 1869-06-11

A TYPO IN OFFIcE-M. G. Mcbride,
our newly elected County Assessor, is an old
typo who several years since retired to his
farm and life Of Independence. The craft
will unite with US in rejoicing over this ex.
preston of confidence in an old typo.
, 1869-06-11

A GREAT VIcToRY.-Whatever the res
suit may be in the Territory, the democracy
of Walla Walla county have reason to feel
proud of the victory they achieved on Mon
day last. In previous elections Walla Walla
had earned the proud title Of being the
"Gibraltar of democracy" but never before
had they made such clean sweep of radi.
calism. The result Of this glorious days
work is the election Of six democratic mem
bers Of the Legislature, democratic Sheriff,
democratic Auditor, democratic Treasurer,
three democratic County Commissioners,
democratic Assessor, democratic Coroner,
democratic School Superintendent, and dem
ocratc Justices Of the Peace and Consta.
bles Not a single mongrel left to tell the
talei All honor to the men who worked to
achieve this crowning success.
, 1869-06-11

JW.P.HUNTINGToN, late Superintendent
Of Indian Affairs for Oregon, died at Salem
IN the Sd inst. Deceased was pioneer
having come to this coast in l049, from
which date he was continuous resident OF
o..-~-. tosn. 10 was republican
member of the Legislature from Douglas
county, and in the memorable Senatorial
canvass of that year distinguished himself
by the earnestness he displayed in espousing
the cause of Baker and Nesmith. 1t was
in return for these services that he received
the appointment of Superintendent. Al
though always differing with Mr.. Fl. in pol
itics, we yet admired him for his many ex-
cellent social qualities.
, 1869-06-11

GEORGE. FRANCES TRAIN, the greatest
humbus of the age. has arrived in San Fran>
cisco, where he is lecturing on womens
rights and kindred subjects.
, 1869-06-11

PORTLAND has appropriated $1,000 toward
celebrating the Fourth of July, The c'ti,
have the means for glorious celebration
, 1869-06-11

EVERY white woman, the widow of dead
soldier of the Union, who held any little
petty Office under President johnson to gain
support for her orphaned children, has been
turned out by Grant & Co, to make room
for Union Leaguers, and often for even me-
groes. The native "Uniou" element in the
South, of which so much was once said, is
thus virtuually wiped out; for the people
there see that, as against Northern Jacobins,
there can Of reason and right be but one
party. When the widows of Union soldiers
are displaced from Office for able bodied ne
groes, the blind cannot fail see the aim of
these villains in power.
, 1869-06-11

C.B. BELL1NGEs has mounted the eu..O'
r;,, trinod of the Albany Democrat Mr.
Bisa souud democrat, and an able writer; n;
and under bis direction the Democrat Will
take rank as leading paper
, 1869-06-11

THE WINNING COLoR.-The favorite col
or with the administration just now seems
to be black. The individual asking for Office
under the government who is so fortunate
as to be of a tan cJlor. is good for the posi-
ton. All ''white trash" is cast aside where
their applications come in collision with
those OF the negro. 1t makes not O. particle
of difference whether he be from the North,
East, South, or West, scalawag or carpet
bagger, or however strong a friend he has
been to the administration, if he has the
Anglo Saxon blood in him be must step aside
and give place to the recently Americanized
African-who now can sing their favorite
hymn
Walk up, darkeys, froo de gate
Hallelujah tanks an praise,
Long enuf we've borne our crosses;
Now's we de sooperior race;
We's gwine to hebben atore de bosses
, 1869-06-11

FREE GovERNNENT.-In the State of
Mississippi, the Military Ruler has issued
an order annulling portion Of the tax law
passed BY the Legislature, and directing a
different assessment This is the free gov
ernmeut'- -:he republican government which
we boast of. In reference 10 this sample of
radical rule, it is we'll remarked by the Gin
cinnati Enquirer: in the Empires OF
France and Austria taxes are voted by elec-
tive Legislatures. Even in autocratic Russia
rates oftaxation are fixed by Council exer.
cisiDg legislative functions. No civilized
State on the globe, outside of the United
States, permits a ruler to fix, by his sole de>
cree, the amount of taxes to be paid by its
people. The only parallel for this MississipN
pi despotsm, at the present day, is to be
found in the forced loans levied By Mexican
banditti upon the luckless people among
whom they choose to quarter themselves
, 1869-06-11

AN excursion train is now crossing the
continent by railroad. The company is very
select aud embraces representatives from
number Of leading newspapers
, 1869-06-11

BUSINESS MEN, worn by care and sedpntary
habits, often su9fer from constipation of the
bowels, until the evil consequences of such h
condition realized in extreme debility, ner>
vousness and prostration of the vital energies of
the system and it may be safely asserted, that
majority of the female nre little better than
invalids, from the same cause but by simply
using DR.. Walkers VEGETABLE VISEGAR BIrTERs,
this natural aperient and tonic brings back the
vigOr aud buoyancy of bealth.
, 1869-06-11

THE PUBLIC SERAGLIo.-Hannah Tyler
a clerk in the Treasury Department, writes
a long communication on Women as Clerks
in Washington She says that scores Of
:clir ones baye scarcely education enough to
tell the day of the week by counting house
calendar, and are not required to do anything
in the way of work. They owe their places
to personal charms, having Congressional
and Senatorial admirers, who keep them in
Office. The writer concludes as follows {:
Congress or the President ought to afford
US some protection, if they allow US to occupy
offices. We ought not Nto be insulted by
having the pnramours and mistresses of
members of Congress forced upon Us, and be
obliged to tolerate their society day by day