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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

Some graceless thief stole the --latest
napers" from the sanctum of the Madi-
son j journal, whereupon the editor goes
for him in the following style: :" Words
are inadequate to express our vexatlon,
and we can only say that we hope the
imprdent and graceless scallawag who
committed the theft, may have all his
clothes carried off when he is in swim
ming, may loose his last horse, COW. dog,
cat, chicken, or other pet animal; and
finally may have some other man run
away'with his wife if he has one, or have
some other fellow cut him out with his
sweet heart, ifhe is capable of having one;
or worse yet, may go TO Portage City and
be found out
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21
Taxation.

The outcry made by Democrats against
taxes imposed by the General Govern
ment, is made without any good cause.
Iaxatlon, IN some form, Is necessary to
the malntenance OF the govel ament at all
times, and the measure must of course
be much heayler when we have pensions
to pay to the wounded heroes of bloody
war, aud to the widows and orphans Of
our fallen braves, and also the principal
and interest OF vast war debtto provide
tor.auIhe war was the last bequest of
long series OF Democratic Administrations
and was waged by Democrats exclusively
Republicans were In no degree RESPONSE
Bile Tor their treason or its consequences.
10 pay Oft this Democratic debt, however,
and they are taxed in COMMON with 9TH
ers, they bear then part without muir
murIng.
The party charged with the manage
ment OF the government has lightned the
burden OF Federal taxation as fast AS the
condition CT our credit would permit
In the first place the General Govern
ment has taxed no lands nor homes of
our people. All the taxes paid on them
are tor State and municipal purposes.
Second, the system OF taxes tavors the
poorer classes, even to the extent OF en-
tirely relieving them. No poor man is
made to pay dollar to the government
by way Of tax on income, lands, houses.
or property. 1t any man who may be
called poor pays anything to the General
Government, he does it on foreign goods
whisky or tobacco he chooses to consume.
The Republican Congress has uniformly
favored LABOR and taxed capital AS
soon as it was possible to do 90 it reduced
the tax on manufactures and industry
generally, sixty millions per annum. The
incomes AID Injuries of the rich are tax
ed and labor and poperty almost relieved
low could taxation be made easier?
What relief do the democracy propose?
Theirpolicy, as deduced from speeches,
platforms and letters of their leaders, Is
first, to tax the bonds: second, pay them
in greenbacks, and third, repudiatc the
bonds altogether This is simply swim
dlers platform. The people viii repudi-
ate, not the public debt, but the men who
have the audacity to insult the honor Ct
an honest people by risking them to adopt
such an infamous policy. Toledo Blade
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

The infamous character Of Phila-
delphia for Democratic rowdyism is re-
called by disgracelul riot which occur
red on the Sth inst, when the notorious
keystone Club made an attack with pis-
tolls and various missiles upon the Re
publican Invincibles. Eight persons
were badly wounded, but fortunately none
were killed. If the Democrats expected
to carry Pennsylvania last week on, this
sort of platform, we take it they are Sc
riouslY mistaken.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

Our FINANCIAL PoLICY-Sirce Hr.
Boutwell, assumed the management OF
the Ireasurey Department, there has
been an average decrease in the public
debt OF about $l2,000,000 per month.
In this evidence has been furnished OF the
ability, OF the American people to pay at
an early day every cent OF their obliga-
tons, and establishes at home and abroad
a grand confidence in our promises to raw.
Que OF the most remarkable Instances Of
this eohdence Is the recent proposition
iron German house at Frankfort, to
loan to the United States $500, 900, 600
at live per cent, interest. IL. nc So
pi course has been obliged t. ,lecl;,,a ~
favorable offer as there is no law tn anti ,ti,o
9rlze It's acceatauc. lie believes thar
before tac end of the next fiscal wear
winch began on the first of July. 1850
the Government can borrow all the mon.
ney It wants atfour per cent, and it is
probable that upon he assembling of
''''Ass-ln December, he will recon-.
--.i>4>~;,iino
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21
THE VIRGINIA Both

THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. -Botl
hoa. res Of the Virginia Legislature ratif
ed the l., urteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the constitution. On Friday
last in the House mere were only si1
votes against them, anu III Tue 'oeha''
only four against the fourteen. u anu t"'
against the fifteenth one of the ia'
ter being colored republican Senator,
who declined voting because the legisla-
turo Is Illegal. An effort was made to get
through the House a resolution pledging
the members to re enact the amendments
after the state had been admitted The
resolution was referred A similar one in
the Senate was pending at the time of ad
journment. The legislature meets again
on the 18th inst.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21
Of neriorlnance.

Of performance.
Now, unfortunately the Democratic
party in this state has made complete
boalcerSeme.it of principle, and so COM
pletely changed front as to be scarcely re-
cognizeable They might say with Swift
I'VE have lived on expedients of which
no party had less occasion; we have
'dieted healthy body into a con- Jump.
''tion. by plying it with physic instead
''of food. This is their last expedient.
By implication they denounee their past
action and promise the most liberal, the
most patriotic and the most honest and
just sentiments imaginable. The plat
form is unexpectionable- trouble IS
with the men who manufactured it.
/ They say the Algerine pirates used to
fall on their knees on the shore and de-
! voutly pray the merciful Allah to send
! them heavy gales and strew then coast
with wrecks. Green Boy Gazette
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21
., - SpOEM AT THE FAsT-Disnatobe o,

IN SToRM AT THE EAsT-Dispatch e:
from the east reno, shat the great rain
storm did an immense amount - ~ DANA &C
IN New England, New Y ork, and vicinity
and In Eastern Pennsylvania, MARYLAND
District Of Columbia and Virginia. The
railroads, canals and the country along
water courses. suffered severely, and MILL
IONS OF dollars worth of property have
80" destroyed. In many places the fall
~nnuent flood was uuprece-
Of rain anu ~.
1ented.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21
Sham Professions.

Perhaps thre. Is no form of deceit more
| successful IN Its results, more disastrous
IN Its effects, than that folm which seeks
to blind the judgements of men by the
profession OF a detestation of i line of
conduct which if 1t had succeeded would
| have been destructive of the best inter
ests OF liberty aud society. and failing,
,.as brought only odIum and disgrace to
the attempt, though still believed, sab
rosa, 10 have been correct When a man
throws ~ his hands aud surenders, the
Jury which directed the assault gives
place to pity, aud this is more apt to 90
to extreme than to stop short Of it; we
become directly interested in his we'll be-
ing aud soEcitous for his comfort where
as before he was our eLc4nlV. he IS now
our r.est. Again in domestic u.C when
a man las he's himself for past misdeeds,
calls himself =, miserable sinner baw.s
until the tears run Gown his cheeks be-
cause of his past Grim ality. processes
penitcnce for his social erro,.S and short
comlnSs, begs that people will overlook
the past-ietbye cones be bye cones, and
shout more vigorously than his fellow
men to do those things they have done |
al along, and to follow that line Of con-
luct they have all along followed, he APP |
oeals IN the su,o.. '1@i"'e
o our magnanIulity--we take him a. ms
word tor what he says of himself, and are
'pt to pat considerable faith in his inten.
Ions Tor the future. The danger is in
'yervaiuing his mock sincerity, for nine
imes out OF ten he MISTAKES his false
motions for truth. There is, OF course
ways the possibility that he may be the
enth man, but 1t is always best to test
us professions awhile By the touch stone
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

PENNSYLVANIA PoLITICs-Ju Judging from
the confidence manifested by Republicans
b,are, Governor Geary viii be reelected
with out much doubt The canYasS thus
far has been marked by a good deal of
apathy, neither party putting forth any
eXertlcn. Asa Packer is not and never
was, popular man among the masses IN
this State. They lot upon hIl. as a
wealthy aristocrat, having little or no
sympathy with them, and they would
have preferred almost any other candi-
date. Before the Convention met, they
supposed generally that General Hancock
was to be their candidate. There is
small ring of politicians in this State, hav-
ing their strength mainly In PHILADELPHIA
who DID their level best to defeat Geary S
nomination, and would now oppose him
did they dare to do So They see, how
eEer. that it would be fatal for them to
50 back on their party nominee, conse-
quently there IS no alienation In the party.
Geary IS personally popular man, While
his splendid physique gives him d COM
handing presence. [ have often been
struck WITH his dashing appearance on the
battlefield, when, with regulation hat,
swinging sword ard flying sash, he gal.
ioped Aither and thither, seemingly ike
the lamented Meagher, ilii.ed to the high
est pitch by the din and excitement OF ti,-.
strife. immediately on hearing of the
Avondale horror he sent a check for five
hundred dollars to the families of the
victims, and now following his example,
Asa Packer sends word that hc will send |
a check 10. -, 700.-Phjladeiphit Letter |
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

The folly in which the Nea0 York
World and other democratic papers have
went to indulge after every election. IN
endeavoring to figure for their party is
thus sharply rebuked by the New York
atlas, one of the ultra democratic jour
nails
1t is pitable to witness the perverted
ingenuity with which some of our DEM
ocratie contemporaries. whose zeal APP
peard to be greater than their wisdom,
endeavsr to wrest victory from the jaws
of defeat by the adroit manipulation of
figures. The .stupeudous mathematical
feats achieved In this by the World have
done it almost as much damage with
sensible, men who admire its ability and
would gladly give it their confidence, as
its extraordinary change OF base IN the
last Presidential ,cam paign. Fer demo
Gratis to talk of gains III the recent Maine
election is sheer folly. Through divis-
ion in the ranks Of their opponents, oui
democratic bretheren were able to send
few more of their own number to the
Legislature than usual, but this meagre
minority viii be utterly powerless. The
state government is thoroughly republican
still. in all its branches. The proposed
fifteenth amendment viii be ratified.
+. Prehaps the democratic organ of this vii
lage viii be able TO apply to its own cas-
some of this-ye sensible and truthful
lecture.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

There is story told of an old hunter
who came into Chicago one day, and, after
wandering about for while, looking at
the public buildings got into chat with
one of the inhabitants, in the course OF
which he mentioned that he had chance
once to buy all the ground that the city
is built upon for pair ofold boots. And
why didn't you buy it?'' '.Well, hadn t
the boots just then, was the old man 5
~ ~, -.t,~l,-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

,,o NAsBY IN NV YoRK.-A morning
paper lamenting over the degeneracv ' Of
d cns age as shown in the decadence of the
.Ll party, touchingly rever5s to
the good odd democratic times when
whlskey was sold as low as fourteen onn.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

Should the ooun,ry ever again come
under democratic rule, we suppose it
will be enacted that whiskey shall be for
ever sold at that happy price, and that
the standard gallon shall contain five
uuarts.-N. T. Erening Post
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

THE MULE-A young and industrious
humorist of the West has written a
treatise on the mule, from which we take
the following 'pints -
The mewl is larger bird than the tur-
key or goose.
1t has two legs 70 -walk with, and two
more to kick with and wears its wings
on the side of its head.
It is stubbornly backward about COM
ing forward. and in driving him needs
foresight and hindsight.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21
THE TRIBUNE !.
Modern Democracy.

-
The Democracy OF these modern days is
something vastly different from the nigh
tv organization. In Its youth 1t had
yigcr and that ingenuousness whiehshoua
pretain 70 youth. 1t, SO to speak wore
its heart upon its sleeTe-it said that
ALL MEN WERE BORN FREE AND EQUAL, |
and possessed certain inalienabie rights |
among which were life. liberty, and the
pursuit OF happiness. Grand and noble /
= ideas which shook two helnis pheres.
But IN Its old age it Ignores these sublime ]
ideas, als toto, and exhibits the melan-
choly spectacle Of a dacrepid and whining
J. valetudinarian-It had then a tounda-
ton, pernlcIous as it contained the germs
of future rebellion, but shure and stable.
1t was distinctive and characteristic 1t
had certain set of principles, broad and
liberal, in the main, but which, not keep
ing pace with the times, persisted with the
5 necessity of conserving them. To-day We
see the party drifting to aud fro. without
u prlnciple and no common idea. Rep
udiation in Ohio, rigid payment in WIS
consln-''d down with cheap labor In Cai
ifornia, open wide the doors to inmi-
grafton in Massachusetts, we rejoic
IN the destruction of slavery" i'll " scon
sin, we never viii submit to the 10Th
Amendment IN Kentucky, and SO on
ddfaene, no two States alike. Policy
has been substituted for principle, They
are vii ling to eat dirt, take the back track,
nominate at the head Of their man of
whom they are entirely ancertaen as whaf
he might do in certain contingencies, If so
be there happen to be the slightest
chance of tasting the sweets OF Office by
clinging to his coat-tail. Wac there ever
pitibie or Illuminating spectacle Of q once
great and powerful party abased SO low?
Ready to lick the dust, claim principles
they detest, support men office they hate
and all for what? To catch quo geons
whose votes may help them into office!
Regular white bait Policy instead of
principles policy, doubtless offalsehood
and imposition, but also of management
and prudence. Policy which seeks to
take possession Of men s MINDS by avoid
ing the use force. or collisions of opin-
ion. by asserting to all that has ever
put forward by their political enemies and
by the skillful handling eff interests and
disconteuts and jealousies. They have
changed neither their institutions nor
their external system, but only their tao
tics and secret proceedings. They have
the tementy to expect that selfishness
will prevail over justice and fraud over
publicity.
The ostrich of the desert when run to
earth sticks his head il the sand and fan
cles himself safe from his pursuers-the
democracy when ran to earth seeks to
hide in republican principles. like the
ostrich they bury their head in the dust
only to leave the rear to be kicked by
every sser-by.-G.B.G azette.
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mend the passage Of an act au,-.

mend the passage Of an ACT au,--v-.---- :
the issue Of four per cent bonds.
During the few months that have
Ella, sed since the present administration
came into power, our revenues have 50
rapidly. Increased that the dilect debt OF
the government has been reduced very
nearly $50, 000, 900, and our Federal Sc
curities are worth to-day at least $3.50,
600, 900, more than they were worth the
day our President was inaugurated, and
are advancing at the rate Of ten or hf-
teen millions week.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

The heart is six inches in length.
four inches in diameter, and beats seven
~ times per minute, 400 per hour,
loo, 500 times per day, and 7,77Io oeG
times per year.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

The late hour at to which so many
old boys around town stay up for their
might caps is remarkable as the early
hour at when they get up for their eye
opener.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

The Lacrosse Lender gives this yer
sion of Capt Park declination of the
Democratic nomination for lieutenant
Governor:
Said Charley to Park as they sat in the dark
One gloomy Septe nher night,
Why did you decline to let your nane aus
mine
Together so intn the fight =:
Quoth Park in reply. with Il tear in ms eye,
His voice in tremuious CULVER;
ssYe,i a better get t,ray-Im tired of the way
That leads is far up Salt River.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-21

"A Chicago girl say That she doesn' t
get married, for the reason that she
doesn't know whose husband she might
be marrying.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-27
Application for Patent.
Notice No. 157.
o. 8. REeIsTER's OFFICE

o. 8. REGIsTER's OFFICE,
CkRsoN CRY. New. August 4. 1862. (
" Alpha Consolidated Mining Company, by
Thomas q, Taylor, Superintendent. has THIS day
filed IN this office a diagram. together with a
notice Of application for a patent from the Uni
ted States. under Act OF Congress, approved
July 26, 1865, for 31G.33 feet ola certain vein or
gold. silver, copper, and other metals. commonly
called and known as. the Comstock lode, and
Alpha Consolidated Mining Company, In Gold
Hill Mining District. Storey County, Nevada
Said claim l. bounded on the north by the Ex-
cheqner Company and on the south by the Impc.
rial Company, and Is moro particularly described
as follows. to.wit: South merchandising at
Post No. I, located about 10 feet north Of the
Imperial hoisting works. Gold Hill: thence run.
ming In a westerly direction north $40 4T west
feet, and In an ea-tcrly direction. First course
South 500 26' east 81. Is feet. Second course
South $40 81 east aT.S3 feet. Third Course
South T3o 2G east passing through q line post at
a distance Of T0.5S fcet). North line-Com.
mcncing at q wooden Poet No. 2, which bears
from Post No. north lso go east $685. feet,
and runs from said post north 73o 81 west, and
south 80 81 east. BY actual development, the
following points are found to be within the lode:
Point A" $40 foot level, bears from the center
Of the south shaft Of the Alpha Company, south
bears from the said shaft south 62o 3O west 1G2
feet. Point :. &C" 03G-foot level. bears from said
shan south eco cast $50 feet. The length OF the
claim upon the lode. between Posts Nos. / and
2, is 306.33 feet. The walls are unnscerta'ned,
but the claim Is supposed to be embraced within
an area OF nine acres. Bearings expressed from
the true meridian, magnetic variation 100 IL
east. Said claim lie more particularly described
in the notice and diagram posted In this office
Ed. TODD, Register.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-27
Application for Patent.
Notice No. 154.
U. S. REeIsrER's OrrIcE.

u. S. REGIsrER's OFFICE,
CARSON CRY. New. July 81, 1869.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. THAT WIN.
IN Sharon has this day filed In this Office q dia.
gram, together with u notice OF application, for
patent from the United States. under Act OF Con.
gross approved July 90, SG6, for 81 feet Of a Ger.
tain vein or lode OF quartz, or other rock. in
metals, commonly called and known as the Com.
stock lode. In Gold Hill Mining District. Storey
County, Nevada. Said claim Il bounded, on the
north by the Bacon Mill and Mining Company.
and on the south by the Consolidated Gold Hill
Mining Company. and Il more particularly do.
scribcd "a follows, to.wit: Commencing at nm
iron monument No. !, located on the westerly
side OF the American Flat Road, Gold Hill, the
same being known as Post No. 8 OF United
States Patent Survey No. 80, Bacon Company,
from which point the \ section corner on the
cast line of Section 81, Township II, north OF
Range q cast. bears north zoo ~ cast col feet.
Thence running from the center OF said iron
Monument MOL Fret Sonth $40 d0' east 521.7
feet. Sccond-South $40 2G east 4l.75 feet.
T~hird-South so 81 east 1888 fcot. Fourth
South $50 3 cast, passing through an iron
Monument No. 9. at T20.53 feet, the same being
known as Post No. 4 OF United States Patent
Survey No. 80, Bacon Company. South line
commencing at q wood Post No. 3. which bears
from Post No. ] south % II east 30 feet.
Thence running from centre of said wooden Post
No. 3. F~irst-South $40 4p cast 52l. z feet. Sec
ond-S $40 2P cast Its feet. T~hird-South $40
81 east 2T.S feet. ~Fourth-South $50 Co cast,
passing through q wooden Post No. 4, at 720.5;
feet. containing ono acre, moro or less. Bear.
ings expressed from true meridian; magnetic
~ticularly described In the notice and diagram
posted in this office and on the claim.
F. TODD, Register.
July &c, 1s6o-3m,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-27
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

IN READY COMPLIANCE WITH TIL
i term- OF q Proclamation issued by the PrcSi
dent of the United States. l, the Acting Gov
ernor OF the State of Nevada, do hereby appoin.
THURSDAY, the 18th day OF November. A. d.
1853. ~ a day OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING
AND PRAISE.
Looking back upon the events of the year, w
cannot fail to be reminded Of the Suprem,
Rller's great mercies, as well as OF the inscru
taoleness OF HIS ways; and whilst We, a. IL
duty bound. should be thankful for the ope
handcdncss OF a bountiral and never fa!lin2
Providence, let "a hGmbly acknowledge tina
there has been given TO u, by the death of two
OF our State officers, q cause Of great and op,
pressing grief.
How can this Proclamation, asking the PEG,
pie to give thanks for the blessings which the,
have received, be uttered, unless at the samt
time we attest our gratitude 10 God for Iii,
having seen III 20 spare Us from the scythe OF
His dread servant,
The harvrs;s which we seek from the seed
and the rock have been good. The deserts and
the Gases have yielded as bountifally as we
could reasonably expect.
Our mineral resources have continued TO sus-
tain their high character; and the tolls Of the
trushandman have been requi,cd.
Whilst the earthquake aud the food and the
tempest have been visited upon our neighbour
In other States, and upon the people of adjacent
countries, WI have been graciously shielded
from such grave misfortunes.
IL should excite the mutual grl:ulations OF u
all that the blessings which nave befallen the
nation, and which arc so gracefully recited BY
President Grant, have come upon our country
and Institutions.
These, then. are profound reasons for thank
fitness and the earnest acknowledgment OF the
presence OF Almighty God; and they lend u
irrepreSsible incentives for heartily acceding 10
the sentiments set forth In the Presi cnt's
Proclamation. Ard, actuated BY these good
reasons, / do enioin II upon all citizens Z"
attest their sense OF dependence upon the .rea.
Creator by giving on the day above designated.
in the churches and ut the arcsidc. an earnest
showing OF their faith and OF their sincerity Ia
such professions a. become a collective part OF
n civilization and a people whose mission Il l.
10 conserve the highest and best interests OF
humanity.
In witness whereof l Iare hereunto
LIS. set my hand. and caused TO he affixed
49, the Great Seal OF the State of Nevada.
Done at Carson City this goth day Of October,
A. d. 1869.
JAMES s. SUNDERLAND,
Acting Governor OF Nevada.
BY the Acting Governor.
c. y. NorEwARE, Secretary Of State.
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