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The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

The New Albany Ledger says ludicrou,
incident occurred st one of the city churches
a few nights ago, which goes TO prove the de-
moralization, from an orthordox stand point.
Of the age. At general meeting gentle-
man rose to give in his experience, and being
somewhat embarrassed commenced by saving,
" feel-I feel-I feel" and here he broke
down completely. The pause was awful.
Every face was turned toward the speaker,
or rather the altar. and then emile swept
over the audience. Fast following this was o
whisper throughout the assembly, "like a
morning Star, Shoe Fly" "Don't Bodder
me, "lasses On dis nigger's head, etc. By
this time the speakers mouth went of ard
the audience resumed its equanimity.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

SPRING CARE OF ORcHARDs.-In addition to
pruning out superfuous and deraying branch
es that have neen overlooked heretofore, now
il the time to begin to look after the insect
enemies of frnit trees. For the determination
of bark lice, a scruhbing cf the trunks and
lower branches of aprle trees with strong
scarsnds is the best thir we knowof Their
mischief. however is confined to the bark of
trees. and little different treatment is necf s.
sarv for the ample tree louise (Aphis moli)
which punctnres the young fruit. and causes
scab. A writer in the Illinois Farmer
SAYS
Lime. for the destruction Of lice, should
he Stacked. bv pouring on it just enough hill
ing hot water tn reduce It TO a dry powder.
The powdered lime should he busted over the
trees while thev are wet wirh dew or rain.
We have often made use of powdered lime
on our trees while the foliage was young.
without noticing anv bad effects; but should
fear to apply it while thew were in bloom.
Strong tobacco water and soap will iniure
neither bloom nor tender foliage, az we know
from having repeatedly tried it. To twelve
gallnns Of water add one gal!on of soft soap.
With powerful force pumn. with hose at
tached, one quart of this mixture could be
thrown with sufficient force against the
branches of a tree to spray CT wet all It's
narts. Apple tree lice are Matched from clns-
ters of dark hrawn eggs. which were depnsit-
ed by the winged lice the previous autumn.
part of these eggs NAV hatch before the
trees hloom, and a part Of them afterwards.
Therefore. should a lining or syringing be
given the trees or the first annearance of the
lice, second Swinging or lining might Re
necessary as soon as the eggs are hatched.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

WoMAN's RIcHTs IN HAwAIrA.---A few
days ago our reporter was taking an early
morning walk down Fort street. when he oh-
served in the increasing light of dawn, lit
tls way ahead, a couple, native man and
woman, the man in advance, followed closely
by the woman, the actions Of the latter at
tracing at once the attention Of our "snsp-
per-up of uncousidered trifes" She was ev-
identity berating the man in severe terms, and
without stint of voice, for baving left her he'd
and board, and stayed away ell night. The
man, with hang-dog look, walked quietly
along, and answered never q word 70 his
wife's TRADE of abuse. This silence she ap.
parently construed into giving consent to the
truth of her accusations, and it in couse-
quence added fuel to the flame. So, from
words she came to blows. Picking up here
and there on the street a stone as big a. ones
fst, she followed up her recreant spouse, and
with accurate aim, at point blank range, hit
him some tremendous thumps between the
shoulders. At these be merely WINGED and
kept meekly on his way, while the ''woman
scorhed," shouted her execrations lorder
than ever. At last constable ventured to
expostulate, but was told by the lady to mind
his own business. at was her own husband
to whom ste was lawfully married, and she
had right TO do what she liked with him
for neglecring his merital duties" The DO
liceman subsided before this strong-minded
IIawaiian female, and the last we saw Of the
pair, the stronger vessel-in this case the fe-
male-was beginning 10 relent, and having
ceased her loud talk and throwing of stones,
was crying bitterly, still following in the
wake of her husband towards their home.
So much for "woman's rights in Hawaiia.-
Hoaolula Adrertiser.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21
NUMBER SO.
csa.Fi.Ains ON .he pasi1l..

The "Okhotsk fshing.ground'--as Il is
termed-reaches from of Bolshaya River.
lat. $50 NJ south to Cape Lnpatka, t500
55>l and extends seaward, from the Ram
tchatka shore. twelve to twenty miles. over
depth varying from eighteen TO forty fathoms.
About the Aleutian Islands, the vessels nsu-
ally anchor in from thirty to fiffy fathoms.
Whoever has seen . large fshing-feet rid.
ing on their hempeu cables, far ont ae ses.
rising on the crested waves, and falling again
into the yawning chasms, alternately disap-
pearing from view. has bcheld a scene of pe.
culiar interest. elbow high, or blow low,
the gallant little vessels rear aud plunge tn
their anchors through strong winds and
combing seas, unless compelled 20 seek shell
ter from gale of more than ordinary vio-
lence.
The daily routine of duty performed ty the
crews Of the multitndinous feet displays q
degree Of activity and herdihood which must
| elicit some respect for this class Of our sea.
men. At an early hour all hands are called,
when coffee is served ; after which. the hoats
are hoisted out, each being furnished with an
anchor, hooks and lines, and pair Of eculls.
As soon as boat strikes the water. one man
jumps in, and away he pulls, distance OF
one, two. or three miles. when he let's 90 HE
days work. After fishing for three hours or
more, he hauls up his anchor, and returns to
the vessel to get his breakfast and put on
board what fish may have been caught.
Breakfast being over, away 80 oil the loats,
each manned by one person, who returns
from time to time, as occasion requires, to
discharge his load Of fish.
In this manner the work goes briskly on
till late in the afternoon, when oil hands
come on beard in time to ''take care Of ths
fish, caught through the day. This part of
the work is performed systematically. and
with great rapidity. Tho Captain and Mate
Tor one of the experienced men) act as s'split-
ters and salters," or superintend that par
ticular part of the work; then there are the
"throaters" and "headers." First, the
"throater" takes the fish, "cuts across" and
"rire it down." and passes it to tie "head-
err" who breaks the head off, takes ont the
entrails, and passes il to the Splitter" The
splitter splits the fish. and takes out the
sound bone, passing it to the salter. who at
tends to sailing and packing them away in
the hold. Then the boats or .sdories," as they
| are called, are hoisted in and "nes.ed." when
the days fishing is over. During the night
"anchor watches" are kept by the men,
each standing ono hour unless night-fshins
should be carried on, when the watches are
arranged accordingly. And thus goes on the
work from day to day. till the cargo ia COM
pleted, or the season administration "7Ae
Pacific Coast Cod Fishery" IN OVERLAND
MONTHLY for May.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21
SONORA. TUOLUMNE COUNTY, MAY q, 1870.
Coming Cesaies Between shc Negroes
aud the essrmana.

The German press is fully alive to the
troubles which the negro vote is evidently
producing with the ranks of the Radical par
". The Illinois Staatszeitaag forecasts from
the solid vote Of the negroes in favor Of Bible
reading in the public schools Of Cincinnati,
that the colored vote will be ready auxili-
ary TO the advocates Of everything known in
the United States as blue laws or Puritan
narrow-mindedness. Whoever favors Sun
day laws, temperance legislation and the en-
forcement ct bible reading in the public
schools will be supported by the colored vot-
er. This is not q very exhilarasing pros
pect, says thu &aatsseitang, "but il is not
to be wondered at that it is so. Whatever
the negro possesses Of elementary education
has grown in an exclusively religious soil.
aud therefore bears the mark of its origin.
The negroes have no national history they
have no share in the intellectual development
Of the people among whom they live; the
views of Right and State upon which the
German Radicals have built their political
creed are as unknown to the negroes as the
existence of the Hogehan philosophy. The
Puritan reverends who undertake the guild
ance of their education will soon discover
how to use their fanatacism, and this will ev-
identity not be to the advantage of the Ger
mans.n
Now, to gain true insight into this mat
ter, it is not necessary to decide either for or
against the views of the Germans in regard
to the relations in which the State should
stand to religion or to subjects in general
which may or may not be reached by lcgisla-
ton. II is sufficient to know that after t'ie
Germans had been induced, by their own
views and instincts, as they thought, to as
sist the negroes in becoming freemen. these
same negroes are arrayed in solid mass
against their views; and that the Germans
will depend in a measure for the education
Of their own children upon race which is
not only entirely uneducated, but has on the
subject of education, the very Opposite views
of those of the Germans. AnG so it will evi.
IDENTIFY be in regard to almost every question
of an intellectual bearing, where the colored
man does not directly discover the purpose
of depriving him of his newly-acqnired liber.
ties. In all these respects he is sure to be-
come fanatical partisan. who will never
yield to any argument, and the Germans will
soon discover that the advantage previously
given to the Southern States by adding three
fifths of the slave population to the whole
number of free persons in fixing the appor-
tionu,ent for representation and direct taxes.
il exactly twc-ffths less than the political ad.
vantages which the Puritan Yankees will de.
rive from the free negroes. They will absorb
their whole vote on everv question Of popular
liberty, independence of mind and untram
meled progress. They will make use of the
negro vote whenever they please to crush the
Germans in the same way as they have crush
ed the white men in the South. The Ger
mans are to he thus rewarded for services
rendered to New England in the war.-Ms
souri Republican.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

Tue temperament of the young Prince I'm
periaI of France is TINT of his mnther-impul-
s've. headssronc. vindictive. vet easily paci-
he'd. lie likes to be familiar with thnse much
lower in the social scale is lavish with what
is given to him. frequently makes little
noodle of himself nv his thonchtlessness.
Not long since the Austrian Crown Prince
presented him with an immense box of tov
soldiers. When the Empress, a few days Af-
ter her SIN had received the box, inquired in
his ronms what had become Of IL. he SAID he
hsd given it to his lacqnev. who had told him
that his little boy was sick. Il cost The En-
peror one thousand francs to get the box
back.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

"A Senator was complaining few days
since OF being obliged to cit near Revels, as
that luminary smelled rather strong. An
other Senator offered to exchange seats with
him, which he accepted, but when he found
that bis new seat was next to Morton, be Of
tered seventy-6ve dollars to trade back but
the Senator he traded with couldn't see it.
Now that poor man has to sit there with q
clothes-pin on his nose, and he swears he bad
rather be in smallpox hospital or slaugh-
ter-house. Morton has been sick good deal.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21
NV ACRE.
sr JOHN EsrEs COOKE.

! had an acre fenced around
A little modest piece Of ground
NV father gave me. and made
shin. day by day. with plow and spsde-
Working while others danced and played,
To cultivate my acre
snwed my seed-a little store;
So little But had Eo more.
This is not borrowed. but nv own"
said. s'and when the hours ave nown
The harvest will he mine alone:
The grain reaped on my acre..
Then came the snow. and winter'scold:
The stormy winds like cannon rolled;
For four long years. and in that blast,
The ir~n hill tha. hurtied past
The stoutest trees tell thick and fast
Around my little acre.
Bnt nothing harmed IL. Spring-time came:
On every side. like yellow fame.
Biszed huttercnps and early buds
Make pictures in the laughing woods:
Birds sang. I heard the noise Of floods
Around my smiling acre.
smiled. and hoped on rs before;
NV good friends sneered. and said no more,
Locking upon me with dsdain.
But soon my little field Of grain
Laughed in the flashing summer rain
Falling upon my acre.
Ireaped, and now my grain is breaji
and my household are all fed
have enough. and those who eat
My bread, declare il light and sweet,
Ny modest bread made ofthe wheat
Cut from my little acre.
'Tis not ambrosia. Few indeed
Know where to md that costly seed.
Shakespeare and Dsnte knew, but L.
All. wel-a dayl the wears fiit by.
Icannot find il. and sigh.
Tailing upon my acre.
Alasi am so littlel Yet
Above me. too. the rainbow set
In heaven hends. The winds sing clear.
Clouds float. birds twitter through the year,
For me no less, the spring is here,
Laughing above my acre,
And evermore the sun and rain
Bring me my little crop Of grain,
Or more oi lees. rs heaven sends.
owe no man, have faithful friends;
More one tu whom my whole life tends,
Queen ofmy acre.
Come. friend My door is open wide;
Here is my hand and heart. My pride
is thar earn the bread eat;
That only at His holy feet
kneel, whose smile sunshine sweet,
Lights mp my little acre.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

An ARCH BIOLOGICAL RUMPUs.-The inhab-
itants of the ancient city of Santa Fe have
been thrown into an unusal state of excite
ment by the discovery that some of the terri
torial officers have been destroying or selling
for waste paper the archives of the Territory
some OF them two or three hundred years old.
and consisting of records and documents as
interesting as they are ancient. Ira b. Bond.
the Secretary of the Territory, formerly Of
ST. Louis, ia mentioned as the chief offender,
whose ignorance prevented him from know
ing the value of the rare old papers. These
papers were, some of them. old Sqanish
grants and decisions. some of them letters
containing interesting historical data. and all
of them highly priced nv the oil citizens oil
the Territory, whose titles, lineage and an.
cestral services they attested.
A mass meeting of citizens was held al
Santa Fe on the 10th, to denounce the con.
duct of the offending officials. A committee
consisting of Captain Seua Y. Baca, Hon. r.
II. Tomnkins, Hon. r. NJ. SteVens, Hon
Jose VI. Oallegos, Capt. Antonio Sena, Sam.
uel Ellison and Lehman Speigelherg, was 40
pointed to investiga Q the affair, and make
report at a subsequent meeting.
The whole country will share the indigna
ton of the citizens Of Santa Fe at this act o
stupid vandalism. These archives are the
venerable records of one of the most ancient
settlements in the country. New Mexico il
the next oldest portion Of the Uunited States
having been settled in 1895. 80 years afte,
the founding Of St. Augustine, IL years be-
fore the settlement of jamestown. and q
years befnre the pilgrims landed at Plymouth
rock. The New Mexicans propose to request
the President to remove the unapprecistivt
officials who have given away the. priceless
records of their old towns. and there are few
intelligent persons who will not indorse the
request.-S Louis Democrat.
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

A fellow who was nearly eaten ont ofbouse
and home by the constant visits ofhis friends,
was one day complaining bitterly Of bis nr-
me-cus visitors. "Shure. and I'll tell you
bow to get rid Of 'em." said the maid-of-all-
work. "Pray, how?' "Lend money to the
poor ones, and borrow from the rich ones.
and naither sort will iver trouble yeagin."
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

The Speakers chair of the House of Dele
gates. Richmond. destroyed at the recent dis
aster. bore the British coat of arms, and was
used in the Ilonse Of Bargesses when virri.
MIA was an English Colony,
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

A lunatic. confined in an asslum for life,
being asked how he came there. answered,
"By dispute. The world said was mad
and said that the world was mad and they
carried it against me-"
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21
COUNTY OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
PRoBArE CouRr
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Meats first Monday of February. MAY, Augut and
Sovember Supervisor lst District, Ahner Reed; "a
Dstrct Edmond Parsons Sd District Willard Wheelock
The union Democrat., 1870-05-21

TIE REsuLr.-A Kansas man alta three
poonds Of raisins, the other day, on wager
which was paid to his widow.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29

Life bears us on like the stream of Il
mighty river. Our boat at first glides
down the narrow channel-through the
playful murmurings of the little brook
and the windings of its grassy borders.
The trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads; the flowers seem to offer
themselves to the young hands; we are
happy in hope, and We grasp eagerly at
the beauty around us; but the stream
still hurries on, and still our hands are
empty. Our course through youth and
manhood is along II wider and deeper
flood, amid objects more striking and
magnificent. We are animated at the
moving pictures and enjoyments and
industry around us we are excited at
some short-lived disappointment. The
stream bears us on, and joys and griefs
are alike LETT behind las. We may be
shipwrecke<l, but we cannot be delayed /;
whether rough or smooth, the river
hastens to it's home till the roar Of the
ocean is in our ears, and the tossing OF
the waves is beneath our feet, and the
shore lessons from our eyes, and the
floods are lifted up around us, and we
take our leave of earth and its inhabi-
tants, until our future voyag. there has
no witness save the Infinite and Eternal.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
Value Of Old Newspapers.

Do you preserve your newspapers? If
you had any idea of how valuable and
interesting they would be many years
hence, you would certainly doso The
most interesting reading Imaginable is
a file of old newspapers. 1t brings up
the very age, with all its genius and its
spirit, more than the most labored de-
scription Of the historian. Who can
take up IL paper dated half IL century ago
without the thought that almost every
name there printed is now cut upon II
tombstone Mt the head of an epitaph =?
The doctor (quack or regular) that there
advertised his medicines and their cures
has followed the sable train of his pa
tients the merchant, his ships; and the
actor, who could make Others laugh or
weep, can now furnish skull for his
successors in Hamlet. 1t is easy to pre-
serve newspapers, and they will repay
the trouble, for like wine, their value
increases with age. And most especial
ly are they interesting when we date
our early loves and aspirations and ad
ventures from the time of their issue.
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insolvent men of their political faith to
hnlr1 n<A3ooS

insOlvent men of their political faith to
hold offices.
They have deceived the colored vo-
tiers, endeavored to excite riots, in some
instances succeeded; encouraged them
to attend political meetings armed, to
the terror of women and children, thus
disturbing the peace.
They are now encouraging them to
organize into military companies, when
no necessity exists therefor, and which
is calculated finally to culminate into
riots.
These arc some of the acts done by
the Republican party since it has been
in power for less than three years.
They have rendered life and property
insecure, and brought the State to the
verge of bankruptcy.
What are the people to expect ifthey
arc continued in power? Let all good
men join to save the State, and go into
the canvass upon IL platform, just, equal
and right for all, without distinction as
to color, race, or previous condition,
and success is certain.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29

The fortitications of Paris were con-
structed in the reign Of Louis Philippe.
They consist of II Fashioned and tcrraced
wall, with thirty-four feet of escarp-
ment, faced with masonry, and sur
rounded by ditch of Il breadth varying
from GO to lG5 feet. The general out
line is of an Irregular oval form, nearly
% miles in circumference, and enclosing
an area of 1921 acres, or 30 miles, and
a population Of 800, 900 persons. The
axis of the oval from north to south is
300 yards, and that from east to west
I2,3I7 yards. Around the enciente or
circuit of the wall are 9f angular forts,
with areas of about 1888 square yards
each. There are besides seventeen case
mated fortrcsses, located ut the princi
pal approaches, and connected by sunk
! en- roads. Inside the walls Il carriage-
way is laid out, and also circular
railway connecting all the railroad lines
running into Paris. At various points
of the walls there are 65 entrances, OF
which 81 are gates, 10 are railway
arches, and are posterns.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
THE GREAT AMERICAN
CONVERSATION

HUTTON HOLM, OvERSEAMING, AND SEwINa
MACHINE.
Is warranted to execute in the best man
ncr, every variety of Sewing, Hemming,
FEELING, cordng, Tucking, Braiding,
Gathering and Sewing on at one time;
Quilting, Overseaming, Enbroidering on
the edge; and, in addition, makes beautiful
Button and Eyelet Holes in all fabrics. 1t
has II" equal; being absolutely the "Best
Family Machine" in the world; and intrin-
sically the cheapest, it docs work no
other machine can accomplish.
we also have for sale, 1.-The Plain Ameri-
cam" n beautiful Family Machine, without
the Button Hole parts, at a reduced price
Circulars with full particulars and sam
pies of work done on these machines can he
had from the Sales Room OF the General
Agency, No as Uindi Street, Ne,D OyLedsls
Instructions given on the Machine gratuit-
ously to all purchasers. Agents with some
capital wanted in every County and Parish
ADAMS ~ CO.,
n9:1y No. 76 Canal street, New Orleans.
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Does Her own Work.

Does she? Is it Il disgrace to her?'
Is she less II true woman, less worthy
than she who sits in silks and satins.
and is vain of fingers which never knew
any work? We heard this sneer a few
days ago, and the tone in which it was ut
tered betokened Il narrow, selfish, m ind,
better fitted for any place than a demo-
cratic country, whose institutions rest
on honorable labor as one of its chief
corner-stones. 1t evinces a false idea of
the true basis of society, of true woman
hood, of genuine nobility. 1t shows
the detestable spirit of caste, of rank
which Il certain, ,class among us are striv-
ing to cherish; a caste whose sole found
alton is money, and SO the meanest
Kind of rank known to civilization.
Mind, manners, morals that enter into
grand character, are of no account with
these social snobs; position in their
stiltetl ranks is bought with gold, and
each additional dollar is another round
i'll the ladder by which elevation is
gained
AS II matter of fact, is it more dishon-
orable for Il merchants wife to do her
own work than for the merchant to do
his; for her to look after her house than
for him to look after his store? Or, is
the woman tit for nothing but to be
with the straw: 1t seems the height of
ambition in some circles to be or profess
to he not only "above" work, but even
ignorant of how work is to be done; and
If the table is poorly spread, if the
housekeeping is Mt skies and sevens, the
helpreceives maledictions without num-
Der, but the lady takes none of the res
possibility upon herself She look into
the Kitchen? she know how bread should
be made, or steak broiled? she know
when the flour is out or the sugar in?
Absurtl! Help may be bad enough,
but what interest can the girl in the
kitchen feel in household economy if
the lady in the p:lrlor has none? Ii the
mistress neglects all domestic duties,
will the maid be thoroughly conscien-
tious? Will the husbands business go
on if he neglects it? And why should
that of the wife prosper under lack of
responsibility?
An aristOcracy of wealth is the most
incXcusable, the silliest of any distinc-
tion and yet it is that which many of
our citizens, many of our otherwise SEN
sible young people are fostering and
trying to establish.