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Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-12-16
TEST OF LEGISLATION.

The most necessary laws will often confer in
cidental personal advantages School houses
and highways will best accommodate those who
live nearest to them public buildings may en-
hance the value of contiguous property pub
lie Offices involve the payment of fees and sala-
ries to individuals.
From the nature Of things It's impossible that
law should equalize human conditions. There
every measure of lcgislatiou-is the general good
the object and individual advantage the neces-
sary incident? or is individual profit the object,
and the general good the incident or preteXt?
1t should always be remembered that government
is only the agent of the people for specified pur-
poses, that it should never attempt to do for the
| people what they can as well do for themselves,
and that, having nothing Of its own to bestow,
it cannot give to one without taking from another.
The law of compensation is ineXorable, and in
political economy it will be forever true, that to
seek partial good is to incur general evil.
No body of men was ever wise enough to ad-
Just the conflicting interests and direct the various
industries of large community. To attempt it
is to disturb the equilibrium OF society, Every
citizen has the same right to protection from his
government. Under the security afforded by a
Just government extending equal protection, en-
terprse and labor will find their most profitable
channels character its best developement, and
society its most harmonious organization. Bril-
liant schemes that promise immediate benefits in
particular direction appeal strongly to the i'm
agnation, but their highest success is too dearly
paid for by the sense of injustice which impairs
the respect for law and Weakens the ties Of pat
riOtism
Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-12-16

A ScorcH ENroMoLoGlsr AND HIS GuEsT.-There
is story, perhaps forgotten by all but men who
were students at a certain college nearly thirty
years ago, Of an enthusiastic professor of ento-
mology, not celebrated for his exercise of hospi-
tality, who was so delighted at the arrival of an
eminent pursuer of insects that he invited him
to board and bed in his chambers. Next morn
ing DR.. McIly greeted his guest: And how
did We sleep the nicht, Mesler Beehemouth p
',Not very we'll. a strange bed, perhaps
But -"
"Ah" quoth the Doctor, eagerly, aye were
Just bitten by something, ell?
"Well, to tell you the truth, Doctor, was
"Just think Of that Bitten, were ye? Now
can yo say it was anything noteworthy that bit
ye +? peculiar, eh ?'
"Fleas, think. But such chaps for biting
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TrIniIU (hapFer, No. 10, ~. II. .H.-Meets on
the second and fourth Tuesday of each mouth at MASONIC
HALL Weaveryile. W. D. IlNNIN, IL -;
NJ. +. GRIFFIN, Secret0ry II4.
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Weekly Grinity gomnal,
OUR AGENTS.

Sc L.. II. FISHER, go and FL New AIer-
chants Exchange is our duly authorized Agent in san
Francisco For Eastern advertising, Mr. FISHER is repre-
sened by s NJ. PEruNGuL Co. OF New York and Boston
BEAN * CO., Pacific Coast Advertising
Agency No. 40 Montgomery st. san Francisco are also
authorized Agents for the JOURNAL.
HS- New ofk Agency.-lIUps0N MENEr. Al
fafk Kow are our only authorized Agents New York
cuy All advertising tyors forwarded through their
cy will receive prompt attention.
NOtice-Al communications, advertisements and other
matter, connected with the JOURNAL should hereafter be
addressed to and settled with c. W CRAIG
NeayeNile, Sept. l, 1870, Business Manager.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER lG, 1871
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Soeietu alotites.

TrfntfU Lodge, No. 81, +. n II. .H-IIold their
REGULAR communications at HALL Weavervlle ON
the last Saturday of each month Hour OF meeIng seven
o'clock, 7. NJ. W. D. IlNNlN, w vi;
NJ H. GRIFFIN, Secretary. INl4'
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GOVERNOR BOOTHS INAUGURAL.

Established custom requires that the Governor
Of this State at the beginning Of his term of
office shall briefly outline the policy he desires
to eXemphty in his administration. | discharge
this duty not without ditlidence, for am fully
aware that experience in the execution of the
laws as they are can alone give that exact knowl-
edge of their details and actual working, which
is OF the highest value in forming an opinion of
their efficiency and Of the necessity of amend
ment.
The statement of general principles is compar-
atvely easy their practical application to af1airs
is more difficult, and to some extent experimental.
Not every theory will bear the test of practice
and too much legislation is one of the recognized
evils of government. One of the most phlo-
sophical and correct thinkers of modern times
has affirmed that the wisdom of the legislator is
ottener shown in the repeal Of old statutes than
in the enactment of new
That government will be best which confines
itself most strictly within the sphere of its du-
ties which, recognizing the sacredness of per-
sOnal freedom, imposes no more restrictions upon
the individual than is necessary for the safety
Of society, and whose laws, like those of nature,
are impartial in design and general in operation
The great mass of the people neither expect nor
desire any benefits from government which are
not common to all. There will always be, how
ever, an active few seeking the advancement of
their own interest by legislation, and they will
never be wanting in speciOus arguments in their
own behalf, while the public welfare is apt to be
silent until it is injured.
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cnINEsE IMMIGRATIoN.

The introduction to this State of large mum
bers of Asiatics has excited the jealousy Of one
class Of citizens, and the anxiety Of ALL That
the Immediate effects Of this immigration will be
10 cheaper labor, is apparent and in the influx
of this race the faborng classes find cause for
alarm, while the political student and class not
dependent upon manual labor for immediate sup
t'ort regard with apprehension the Introduction
~ neople into our midst so different from our
own as to preclude the possibility of assimila-
tion. These FEARS and apprehensions find full
expression in the platforms Of both political par
ties That the introduction of this race cheap
ems labor, and that many industries have been
prosecuted and are now made feasible though
this labor cannot be denied but that cheap la
Dor and the immediate material Development OF
our various resources aro the highest objects TO
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LOCAL AND GENERAL LAWS. .

In a State so large in area and so diversified in
natural and artificial resources and conditions as
ours, some local regulations will always be ne
cessary. 1t is the part of wisdom that the COM
munites Immediately interested should determine
these for themselves, and State laws may be
made general by comforting upon local authori-
ties sufficient powers for local government
The provision of the Constitution which pro-
hibits the creation of State debt without pop
ular vote will be of little practical utility if the
cities and Counties are allowed to contract obli-
cations which become a charge in detail upon
the property of the State.
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LlrIaAxr AND STATE PAPER ACTS.

The enactment popularity known MS the "Liti-
CANT Organ Act is Of more than questionable
policy. 1t removes certain class OF public
service from the healthy test Of general compe-
ton, and to that extent creates " monopoly"
1t gives the newspaper selected an additional in
centive to active and prejudiccd partisonship,
and is premium to the scryIity and discrim-
ination against the freedom of the press If il
should be deemed desirable to retain the State
Ltigant Paper for purpose of giving notice to
absent defendants, the selection of such organ
should be determined by competitive bidding.
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.NorIh SIar Lodge, No. 81, H. %. o. F-lioldS
its regular meetings at ODn FELLOWS HAIL Weaveryille
every Thursday evening at o'clock Members OF the
Order from abroad are cordially invited to attend
@. W. DAVIS, N G.
w II pAcUEIDER r. s. 1y4.
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FARES AND FREIGHTs.

The right of the State to regulate the rate OF
freights and fares on the railroads is founded on
the fact that every railroad law inyokes the ex-
ercise of ore of the States highest prerogatyes,
the condemning of private property in its con-
struction. The Legislature should exercise this
right with due consideration, to protect the peo-
Pile from over charges, and at the same time at-
ford proper guarantee to Invested capitali and
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1t is sometimes conceded that the democratic
theory fails in its application to the municipal
government of large cities If it does, necessa-
ry its ultimate failure will be entire for diverse
principles of government cannot permanently
obtain in the Same general SYSTEM and the ten
dency Of population is more and more toward
Capitalization. Perhaps the cause of failure may
be found rather in the method of application than
in the principle itself. The city, where public
opinion is most concentrated and its great organ
the Press-most powerful where the interests
to be affected are most immediate, should be as
capable of municipal selfgoyernment as the
State and nation are of general government
The experiment should be fairly tried without
divided responsibility, and with the certainty
that the municipal regulations of city being
made by itself will be such as it deserves.
REVENUE AND TAXATION
The most important and difficult functions of
the State government relate to revenue and taxa
ton. To combine economy with efficiency in
administration, and to apporton taxes equitably,
are the ever-recurring problems which address
themselves to the legislator and political eeono-
mist. In public as in private life economy re-
quires the sacrifice of show to substance, and
the wise adaptation of means to ends. Blind
parsimony may prove as wasteful as williul eX-
travagance. The people expect their representa-
tyes to deal honestly with them to make ap-
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< In order to give effective expression
to the pronounced will of the people, the act
known as the " five per cent. law" should be re.
pealed, and the necessary steps taken to amend
the Constitution SO as to prevent similar legisa.
ton hereafter.
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Holding separate elections for judicial and
political Offices is productive Of additional ex-
pense withoutcorrcsponding benefit. Theamend-
ment to the Constitution now pending to remedy
this meets the general appreciation Of the peo-
Pile, aud will no doubt receive the favorable con-
sideration of the Legislature.
UNIfoRM BALLOT AND PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
No precautions should be neglected to secure
the Independence Of electors and the purity of
elections The advantage claimed for the bal
lot as a method Of voting is t5e free expression
of individual will that results from absolute Sc
crcsY
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL,
WASHINGTON, March %.
SENATE.

Mr.. Rice presented the credentials OF
Powell Clayton as Senator elect from
Arkansas to succeed Mr.. Mcdonald.
Read and filed.
Mr.. Clayton appeared and took the
oath OF office
Mr.. Sumner offered resolution di.
recting the Secretary of the Navy to
communicate to the Senate the amount
of expenditure incurred in the support
and navigation of the several ships
already reported to the Senate by the
Secretary as employed on the coast OF
San Domingo since the beginning OF
the negotiation for the acquisition OF
part OF that island, setting forth the
expenditure on account of each ship
and the sum total taken from the an
nual navy appropriation on account of
all these ships.
Mr.. Conkling moved an amendment
so as TO show the additional expenses, if
any, over that which would have ac-
crued had the vessels hoated in service
elsewhere.
Mr.. Sumner had no objection to the
amendment, but every Senator knew
that the vessels had not been in places
where they were needed. The Secre-
tary himself had complained tlrat he
had no vessels at his command, and
yet he had reported to the Senate that
he had twelve vessels Of war guarding
the Dominican coast.
Mr.. Cole suggested to add the words,
"how many vessels are usually in SER
vice in the West India squadron.
Unanimous consent being necessary
for the present consideration of the res
olulion, it was laid aside upon objection
by Mr.. Stewart, who desired to have
the claims Of Messrs. Blodgett aud
Goldthwait to seats from Georgia and
Alabama disposed Of.
The cases of Messrs. Blodgett and
Goldthwait were debated by Messrs.
Stewart and Thurman till the expira-
ton of the morning hour and then laid
over without action.
At one o'clock the deficiency appro-
priation bill was proceeded with. After
disposng Of numerous amendments, the
bill was reported from the committee OF
the Whole to the Senate, and the
amendments were then concurred in
with few exceptions. The bill was
passed.
Adjourned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-27
WASHINGTON.
The High Commission.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The English
members of the Joint High Commits
sion were engaged yesterday in prepar-
ing mail for the home government, and
as Secretary Fish was obliged TO attend
session Of the Cabinet there was no
meeting of the High Commission. The
committee have not got beyond the
fishery question, and there does not
seem to be much prospect Of a satlsfac-
tory adjustment of the points of dispute
between the Canadians and our New
England fishermen. 1t is understood
that Col. John Warren, who claims
redress for Imprisonment in England,
has been informed that his memorial
will be brought up for consideration
whenever opportunity shall present
itself. All claimants will receive timely
public notice should any arrangement
be made for the adjustment Of their
claims, as to what may be required
from them in the way Of additional
papers or testimony.
New YORK, March 25.-The Times
Washington correspondent telegraphs
that the givings. out sent from here
regarding the proceedings of the Joint
High Commission are without any basis
whatever, SO far as details are concern
ed, for it is next to impossible that any
thing should be disclosed. All that
has become known up to the present
hour is that discussions have progressed
so far that it will probably be determin-
ed within the next week or ten days
whether there is any possibility of ar
irving at any satisfactory conclusions.
If the committee remains in session be-
yond the first week in April it will be a
strong indication that an adjustment of
the pending questions is probable.
Southern Outrages-RevenueP Police
Forces
The House select committee, now in
charge Of the Presidents message on
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-27
NEW YORK.
Accident 10 Long Island Steam

Accident TO u Long Island steamer
New YORK, March 25.-The Long
Island Sound steamer Granite State,
while coming through Hell Gate this
A. NJ, ran upon the rocks at Halletts
Point. The accident was caused by
the breaking of the rudder chain. The
passengers were all taken off with their
baggage by the steamboat Sylvan Glen.
The Granite State was badly damaged.
Fire.
The furniture factory OF Wagner,
Schneider " Co., corner OF Canal and
Mott streets, was destroyed this evening
bv fire. Loss estimated at $50, 900.
The building was valued at $S5,OOO.
Insurance on building 100000.
Fire i'm the Woods at Long Island.
Twenty square miles Of wooded land
on the south shore of Long Island
were burned over yesterday, and thou
sands of cords of wood and other prop
erty destroyed. The total loss is not
less than 100000. The fire began
near Merrick and burned westward to
Oakland, passing close to several small
villages, which were only saved by
great exertions Of the evidences. No
lives were lost nor dwellings burned.
Boat Race-The Fenians..
The clipper ships Ringleader, Capt.
Rambling, and the Frolic, Capt. Bush,
sailed yesterday within five minutes OF
each other, on a ra ce to San Francisco
The Fenian Convention last night
abolished the office of President OF the
Order, and returned to the committee
on Finance its report for revision and
classification of expenditures into those
made in Ireland and America.
The Erie Railway Company will
carry to the Supreme Court of the
United States appeals from the jndg-
ment OF the New York Court OF Ap-
peals awarding $35, 200 damages TO c.
G. Dyke for injuries received at the
Carr Rock accident.
The Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi.
an Incendiary.
A special to the World from Meridian,
Miss, of March 25th, says: The Merid-
ian Mercury OF to-day says of William
Sturgiss, the incendiary: Incendiary-
ism is seldom established 10y direct and
positive testimony. Men may lie and
commit perjury, but circumstances never
lie. The investigation which closed
Thursday evening, and the testimony,
which was all written down, has
evidence pointing so strongly to VIM.
Sturgiss, late Mayor OF Meridian, as
the incendiary Of the night of the 4th,
as to crowd out every other theory OF
the contlagration. He stands out be-
fore the world as an incendiary and
fermenter OF the riot in which the
Judge was shot on the Justices seat by
a negro. He is, besides, under indict-
ment for felony in this county, which
would send him to the penitentiary.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-27
CHICAGO.
National Convention Of Ticket
Agents - Pennsylvania Central
Matters.

Agents - fennSyiNana SehtFhs
Matters.
CHICAGO, March 25.-The National
Assembly OF General Ticket Agents
will hold their semi-annual Convention
at savannah, Georgia, on the 29th inst.
The delegates from northern and west
rrn roads will leave Louisville on Mon
Iav morning, via Nashville and Chat,
lanooga.
Mr.. John MCCULLOUGH, the newly
elected manager of the leased roads
in the Pennsylvania Central interest, has
been inspecting the roads placed under
his control this week, coming to this
city via Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne Il Chi
cago, and passing eastward again over
the Great Western ~ Indiana Central.
lie will examine the Little Miami and
other branches also, consuming alto
grther about two weeks time. In this
way he will determine what changes are
necessary to bring everything in har-
mony with the purposes of the new
management 1t is said good many
old employees will be discharged.
Among the changes already made are
the appointment of F. r. Myers TO the
office OF General Ticket Agent for the
consolidation line, and o. II. Booth, of
Mansfield, Ohio, to the position Of Su-
pcrintendent of telegraph lines. Mr..
Booth, who is well known to the press
Of the country, has heretofore had
charge of the lines on the Fort Wayne
X Chicago railroad, but under the new
organizated his duties are greatly in
creased hy the addition of the lines on
the Pan-H Handle, Indiana Central and
treat Eastern roads.
Mr.. T. ). Kimball, the well known
General Passenger Agent ofthe Pennsyl-
yania Central road, has been rendered
the position Of General Ticket and
Passenger Agent OH the Union Pacific
road He has accepted and will leave
this city for his new field Immediately
after the adjournment Of the Savannah
Convention.
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RRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Gold closed in New York on Satur,
lay at llOs.
The Wisconsin Legislature adjourned
..s, ,Fs at eleven A. NJ. Saturday.
Poppenhousen Institute, at College
Paint Long Island, has received an
a,ber 100000 from Conrad Poppen-
bonsen, its founder.
The bark Louisa left Port Stanley, On,
,ero on Saturday for Toledo. This is
,be earliest spring opening Of naviga.
lion Tor many years.
The James well No. ., one of the larg
>, flowing wells at Armstrong; run,
PENNSYLVANIA, took fire early this after.
noon and burned till 10 o'clock. The
fir, extended to the Meldren Reserve
we'll consuming eleven tanks Of 5000
barrels capacity. The Meldren well,
lowing two hundred barrels, is still
Iurnins. The loss Of oil cannot be es.
lmated at present.
In New York, at l2:l7 o'clock Sat
nrisy morning, a meteor OF different
c5,ors. seemingly one-third the diane,
Ter Of the moon, suddenly shot into the
atmosphere at a point twenty degrees
south Of the planet Mars. The direc,
lion OF the meteor was northeast. The
arc passed over thirty degrees; period
o, visibility one second; train thifty
tive degrees; visible twenty-five seconds
This immense meteor cast shadows ot
surrounding objects, making the heav,
ens ablaze with light.
Miss Mary Jane Lowell, a young
Ialv OF some personal charms, was
found dead in a thicket in wild seclud
ci region in Paint township, Ross
county, Ohio, Thursday morning, under
circumstances that point unmistaka
ably TO suicide. tbs reported consider
ahlr scandal has been circulated rela
tive to man named John S. Black
burn, and that the latter, who is now
claimed to be in a deranged condition
knew of the commission of the act
The coroner's jury will doubtless dev ell
ope some interesting facts in regard t(
the case
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the Southern outrages, held brief meet
ing yesterday morning, but owing to the
absence of two of the members came to
no conclusion and adjourned until Mon
day morning, at 10 o'clock. Mr..
Thomas, Of South Carolina, will propose
bill to the committee, combining uni
versal amnesty with the measures for
the repression of outrages, but In the
present temper of the House this com
bination is not likely to succeed. 1t Is
very probable that one feature OF the
new bill will be provision for an inter-
nal revenue police force, applicable TO
all States, but necessary to the South
only, to enable Assessors and Collec-
tors to arm a posse comitatus for sell
defense and the enforcement OF the
laws.
The San Domingo Report-The High
Commission.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-The Presi-
dent will transmit the report OF the San
Domingo Commission to Congress at an
early day. He does not intend to rec
ommend action on it during the pres
ent session, but desires its contents to be
read by the people, in order that they
may form from official data an opinion
Of the question under discussion.
The Joint High Commission will con-
clude its labors in few weeks, and as
surances come from three well inform
ed parties that there will be an equlta-
bic settlement Of the matters in dispute.
If this shall be the result the President
will send treaty to the Senate, should
that body be in session. The subject
of the fisheries is considered first, and
other important questions are also dis
cussed, each side presenting volumlnous
documents and attording every facility
to the other for procuring additional
information. The British Commits
sioners are in constant telegraphic COM
munication with the home Government.
The House select committee will have
another meeting tomorrow to discuss
the Ku-Klux bill.
Among subscriptions to the new loan
yesterday, the National Exchange Bank
of Columbus, Ohio, took $300,00G Par
kersburg National Bank of West Nir-
ginia, $l25,O00; Merchants National
Bank of Dayton, Ohio, 100000. The
aggregate amount so far subscribed is
over S29, 100000.