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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-19
Tho Alabama Claims Arbitration In
Geneva.

Tho Alabama Claims Arbitration fn
Geneva.
We are informed by telegram from Geneva
that the agent having charge of the conduct
Of the case of Her Majesty Victoria before
the Alabama Claims Arbitration Court
has already assailed the American bill
for compensation for direct damages
in very sweeping and formidable manner.
He has placed before the arbitrators what he
terms demurrer against many of the items as
furnished under the Treaty of Washington.
He asks that the demands for satisfaction for
the criminal work alleged against seven of
the most notorious-after the Alabama
Of the Anglo Confederate privateers shall be ex-
plunged. This would reduce our present gross
total by the sum of s7S SOP, 743. This English
movement brings the proceedings of settle
ment Of the difficulty to q very interesting
point. Having had the indirect claims case
excluded, the Queen lawyers are now aboutto
strike heavy blow, if not great discourage
ment, against the solid array of the columns
of the direct account. An Irish drummer
was engaged In the discharge Of the dis,
agreeable duty of fogging fellow
soldier under sentence of On English
court martial. The culprit after he had re-
ceived number Of lashes, moaned out, ''Strike
higher" It was done. Then again he cried.
"Strike lower" ''Arrah faith" said the
obliging but fatigusa operator, ''Strike you
where will the devil ono q mo can place
YOU" So it is with Her Majesty's Cabinet
and the American bill in the Alabama olaims
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-19

SECRETARY boutwell, IN NORTH CARo-
LNA-The Secretary of the Treasury, in his
recent stump speech to the North Carolinians,
might have given them something fresher
than he did regarding his plans for resump-
ton Of specie payments The propositions he
now makes were started by the HERALD several
years ago. when, at the close of the war, people
began to long for specie currency again.
Doubtless he thinks HERALD thoughts, like
wine, improve by age. At least he has
found the Herald a sagacious adviser of
national financial policy. Last year he tried
to fight the gold speculation and gold
advanced. Now he let's the "bulls' and
bears fight it out, and the market takes care
of itself
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-19

1924 generally known as our Presidential
scrub race-between Jackson. Adams, Crawford
and Clay-the electoral vote of the Union
was thus divided upon these mentor Jackson
80, for Adams "a. for Crawford Al, and for
CLAY 81. There being no election by the cleo
tors, the three highest persons voted for-Jack-
son. Adams and Crawford-went before the
House for an election. The House by States,
one vote for each State on the first ballot
elected Adams, who secured IS States, against
for jackson and for Crawford According
to the voice of the people jackson should have
been elected for he had popular majority
however, was q fair election by the House
compared with what may be done in an cleo
ton of President by that body. For instance
let us suppose that three candidates, as in 1924,
are before the House for an election Of one
of them. Jones has $50 electoral votes Smith
1876, and Brown no. Smith and Jones are be-
yond the reach of compromise but Brown of
Delaware, with half dozen Of the little States
to back him, is acceptable as last resort to
the friends of Jones and Smith. of other small
States and So with the votes of Rhode Island,
Delaware, Florida and 80 on, till we make up
the nineteen smallest States in population,
Brown is elected, though the States elec.ing
him may represent less than one-third Of the
sovereign people of the United States.
This is what may be done in the election of
a President by the House of Representatives
against the voice of majority or plurality of
the popular vote but the electoral colleges
may completely disregard the popular vote and
constitutionally elect President and Vice
President not voted for by even one Of the
people. So far, however, our Presidents,
where only two candidates have been In the
contest, have represented majority of the
popular vote, and where there have been three
or more candidates the persons chosen have
excepting Adams elected by the House. in the
face of on electoral and popular plurality
for Jackson But still, by the electoral
college system, John Doe, with New York and
Pennsylvania, upon popular majority of one
hundred, may secure fifty-nine electoral votes,
Island, upon popular majority of even fifty
thousand, will get only nine electoral votes.
In short the existing modus operandi of our
Presidential elections restricts the liberty and
stiles the voice of the people in a thousand
ways and after this election of 1872, whatever
may be the result, we may look for general
agitation Of an amendment of the constitution
upon this subject embracing direct vote Of
the people for President and Vice President.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-19

Scenes such a. were enacted in Raleigh Win
not be suffered from any party, and we call
upon the Carolina authorities to deal swiftly
and decisively with the authors Of this outrage
on Gross and Craven. Nothing is more calcu-
lated to injure the chances of President Grants
reelection than acts of violence committed By
his supporters. The sympathy of the North
ern people is already strongly enlisted ON tho
side of the penitent rebels, and the desire b.
see real restoration of the Union is all but
universal. We cannot afford to make the
South the Poland Of America, or to adopt tho
repulsive doctrine of ON eternal vengeance on
our misguided brothers of the South. Thsy
frankly accept the new situation, which has
resulted from the war; and wish to come back
into the Union on the terms we offer them.
and. whoever the people choose for President
the Southern policy must be changed In
view of this decision of the people the oolore6
race will find their best interest in avoiding
any act calculated to provoke hostility between
the white and black races. They must Learn
to respect the liberty Of all men If they wish
to be protected in the enjoyment Of their own.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-19

EVERYBODY Who WANTS MONEY nowadays
goes to London. All our latest railroad enter
prises are seeking capital there, and now
comes the Western Union Telegraph Company
as borrower of million and half of dol
lars. The loan, as brought out in London, is
described in our money article
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-19

HE POLICE AND THE PROFESSIONS The
saturnalia in which the dangerous classes
seem to indulge this summer, and the
prevalence of incendiary party professions of
late years, suggest the necessity of an increase
of the police force to at least double the num-
Der at present on the roll. Many OF the up
town districts, especially where there are
vacant lots, are SO insuficiently guarded that
thieves and garroters have unrestrained license
and the police records TEEN daily with outrsees
which one would not think possible in a great
city. But in the matter of party professions
the want of a sufficient police force is particu-
larry apparent If small party of crazy fanatics
wish to celebrate some bygone triumph of
one European faction over another the entire
police force must need be called out to protect
them These party professions have become an
intolerable nuisance, and il is high time to put
stop to them. The nation is nearly century
old and has sufficient number of great events
Of its own to celebrate. Let all these foreign
celebrations then, be abolished and American
festivals substituted for them. If the police
are to be called upon to escort every ridiculous
parade that may be suggested it would be
well to create special police department TO
take care of such matters Then the force
should be trebled, and street traffic would nee
essarily be interfered with to an extent greatly
injurious to business. The only remedy is to
abolish all party professions and let American
citizens do honor publicly to events in Ameri-
can history alone.
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of Jefferson in the House, although clearly
indicated by the people and the electors sup
porting him as their choice for President re-
suited in the amendment of the constitution as
it now stands.
Now, then, through q very brief inquiry
as to how the constitution as amended
operates, how it has operated and may
operate in the election of President,
we shall discover how far the voice of the
people has been and may be overruled by the
electoral colleges or by the House of Repre-
sentatives. First, then, each State, as the
Legislature may direct, shall appoint num-
Der of electors. Next, ''the Congress may deter
mine the time of choosing the electors (that
is the day of the Presidential election, as
generally understood), and the day on which
they (the electors) shall give their votes (the
day in reality of the Presidential election)
which day shall be the same throughout the
United States" Now ifby accident, or through
common agreement among them, the Legis-
latures of the several States should direct that
the electors shall be appointed by the Legisla-
ture, or that the Legislature itself shall act
in the capacity Of electors, as that Of South
Carolina acted down to her secession from the
Union in 1860, the whole pressure Of our Presi-
dental contests would fall upon the elections
for the several State Legislatures and from
the districting of the States, local causes and
the popularity of local candidates, and from
splits in numerous districts upon three or four
Legislative candidates, our Presidential cleo
ton, touching the voice of the people, would
become completely befogged and inexplicable
Yet, under the national constitution, this plan
Of electing our Presidential electors, who elect
the President, may be adopted.
But again, under the present system adopted
by the States of eleoting their Presidential
electors by the popular vote on general
ticket we have had some strange results from
time to time since 1920. In the election Of
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neved himself martyr to Tho cause Of this
organization is apparent from the lengthy
speech he made on the soantold more sugges-
tive Of the heroism Of an ancient Grecian
soldier than that of cold-blooded murderer
of North Carolina
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The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29
SH ASIA COURIER.
The Washington Star Republican saws

Inc washington STAT hepublIcan says :
1t is fair TO presume that most Of the
Democrats Conventions yet to be held
will follow the ex mpIe or New York and
Tennessee, and adopt the Cincinnati plat
form and candidates. ensuring majority
for Greeley and Brown Of the Baltimore
Convention. The Pennsylvania aud South.
ern State Convention will undoubtedly
pursue the course indicated. should the
majority plan be adopted ia B .ltimore III, .
will bc plain sailing but IN case the I'D
Democrat, two-thlrds rule prevails, the re-
suit is not 50 easy L forecast There is
nothing to indicate growing Republican
strength for the Cincinnati noa iuees, either
at the North or South; and on the other
hand every day brings to light some addi-
tional manifestations OF Democratic senti-
ment against Greeley. With the contest
narrowed down to Grant and Greeley. as il
now seems in al probability it will be. m.
question resolves itself into this zw,e he,
the Democrats (forced iuto choice belS ssu
these two Republican candidates) wau.u
prefer Grant, outnumber the oRepubIic ns
who prefer Greeley. lNSAT .a4sssSl
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
LOCAL ADVERTISERS.

D. WE'LL . BROTHER, Dealers In Dry Goods
4 Clothing, Main Street
JOSEPH ISAACs. Dealer In Dry Goods
Clothing, Main Street.
&C. BUSH a co, Dealer in Groceries 4
Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries 4
Provisions. Main Street
scAMM0N 4 TIFFIN, wagon making 4
Blaoksmithing. Main Street.
SAMUEL ISAAeKs, -Biscksmithins Main
SAMUEL RICHARDS, Blsctsmithing and
Wsgon-makiug, Main street. Fs
JOHN v. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main Steet.
D. H. DUNN, Boarding House.
MRS. H L.. GREENE. Hotel. Main Street.
J. M. MANAssE. Books and Stationery, Etc.,
VI VIM. HARTMANN, Bathing . Shaving Saloon,
L. wELLENDORFF. ,Dsslsr in Drugs, Med
icines, ETC., Main street - ~.
VIM H. DUNN. Livery Stable and Coral,
Main Street.
O. 4 c. STAGE CO.. Jno. craddock, Agent.
Office Empire Hotel. I, as...s
GRANT TAGGART, Shasta and Weaverville
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel.
JOHN FLEMING. Propristor Of the Brandy
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room, opposite the Court House. Main Street.
JOHNSON 4 HEARN. Commission Mer-
chant, Red Bluff. ef 81
G. c. scRROTER, Saddle Harness Maker,
Charter Oak, Main Street.
PETER H0FF. City Meat Market. Main
Street. ~ asfsaf ~ Aa g.
j. E. PELHAM. Physician. Office up stairs in
Wells Fargo Co.. building. Main Street.
JOHN S. FoLLANSBEE Attorney -at-Law,
Shasta. Pas ESQ
SAMUEL COOPER, Agent for PhGnix and
Home Insurance Companies. Office Main Street,
E. DoRRowsKY.. Gunsmith Mschinist,
Main Street.
"A. DoBRowsKY, Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Main Street.
WA. SCOTT, Bootmaker. Main treet.
g. R. KNOX. saloon. Litschs old stand
E. VnLUNTINE, Hardware Store and Tin
Shop, Main Street.
D. P. BYsTLE, Undertaken andw agonmaker
: 3. i G. A. GARTER. Attorneys. Charter Oak
building.
WIN. MAGEE, Deputy o. S. Mineral Surveyor.
M S. BABC OK. Attorney.
J. N. CHAPPELL, Furniture Store, Main
Street. .-t-
c. G. LEROY, Saloon and Oyster stand. Main
Street.
! JOHN cRADDocK, Livery Stable. Chandler.
old stand.
! J W. RRAcKETT Attorney.
B. SNOW, Tin Shop Milvills.
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29

The restoration Of the writing on manp
scripts eharred by Ere may, says the Amer
lean Artisan, be accomplished BY sspar..
ting the charred paper into single leaves,
immersing them in . solution of nitrsts Of
silver (forty grsias the 6aDcesof lkssr9
The operation is to be conduotsd 10 dark
room and when tie writing & ui5SieStly
leeibls the excess of silses spitti0u sbouid
b. washed out with distilled water and al
late solution Of Eytbsdl lite oI soda.
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29
4 hATioN IN DECAY

The eoeonnts Of the famine in Persia
which continues to arrive in great detail.
bid fair to treat the world to the spectacle
Of calamity the ike Of which has not been
witnessed in historic times at least-tbe
sudden extinction Of nation for the wanr
Of food. This has reilly been the fate of
the grest states which once filled the Val.
ley Of the Euphrates, and it is fate
which has for centuries been threatening
some modern sfstes-Sps . for instance.
Man has STRIP red the soiI Of trees the
absence Of trees has brought drouths, has
slowly diminished the productive over of
the ground, and finally destroyed them
the population in the meantime, dwindline
10 numbers End vitality. Spain had forty
millions OF people in the time OF the Romans.
and flowed with milk and honey it i. now
an arid segitn. only half Of it NJ der cult
vation, with only sixteen millions of inhabi
tants, and, ii modern sieuce had not
coue toits aid would probably go the way
of Babylon. Persia was one Of the most
powerful str tes of. antiquity, and even in
tie fourteenth century was able to support
the army OF Tamerane. who marched with
out conmissarst or baggage. during a
bloody contest 1t is now alu.ost wilder
ness, with a population Of two millions
about half of them nomads, which are
rapid perishing from famine brought on
BY three years Of drouth. The worst of it
is, that owing to the absence of either com
mon roads or railroads, it seems to be
impossible for the charity of the world to
reach the sufferers, so that there is really a
strong prospect of the total depopulation of
the coupsry. The moral of this horrible
story is-look alter your trees.-The
Nation
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29

The Mobile Register Joha. Forsytbs's
papsr) ags: 'The Gresleyises snap their
fingers at The Democratio party and tell
us It's power is gone, let it rip; the people
are moving, and will settle the Presid-
ential question. Well, then, why don't
they let the Denocrs,ic party and its Baisi-
more Convsnticn alone, and see how they
will come ogt without its assistance"
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29

BUSINESS LAw.-The following brief
com pilation of business law is worth care
full preservation, as containing the essence OF
a large amount f legal verbiage:
II is NOT legally Necessary to say on
note IF fr value receiv ed"
A nute BY a miner is void.
A contract made with minor is void.
~ contract made with lunatc is void
A note obtained BY fraud. or from a
person in state of intoxication, Gao not
be collected.
If note Is lost or stolen, il does not re-
lease the maker; be must pay it, if the
consideration for which it was gwen and
the amount can be proven.
An indorser of note is exempt from
liability if not served with notice of dis
honor within twenty-four hours Of its non-
payment.
Notes bear interest only when so stated
Principals are resp nsible for the acts Of
their agents
Each individual in partnership is re-
sponsible for the whole amounts OF the
debts Of the 6rm.
Ignorance Of the law excuses no one.
II il fraud to conceal fraud.
The law compels no one to do impossi-
bilities. Fit IS1 Ia1
An agreement, without consideration, is
void Y fl8t. 10 M q
Signatures. made with lead psncil, are
gsed 10 law.
a receipt fer money is not always con-
elusive
The acts Of one partner bind all the rest.
An Exehan. rays that the Baltimore
convention will either;
Meet and endose the nomination Of
Greeley;
Meet aud eDdoss the Platform without
nominating; OK
Meet ana nominate aregulsr ticket which
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29

(, Two New York AssembIymen we're
walking down STATE street, in Albany, after
the passage of the charter bill IL feel"
said one Of them .as if deserved to be
kicked for voting for the chatter" His
friend replied, "That's just the way ! feel
myself; let's go up this alley and ki,k
each other ,..a-.. -....-: .
The Shasta courier., 1872-06-29

A QuIET Hir.-The Rev. Mr.. Talbot,
a clergyman of some reputation in the
western part Of Pennsylvania, was hater
Of can't Born aud reared a farmer, he
took to the church as q matter of choice,
and without doubt his sincerity was the
electrical effect BY which he produced so
many converts from the ways that are dark.
DR.. Talbot was without doubt always an
original wit, aud. when the purpose served
him, cynic. On returning 20 his former
home at one time, his Deighbors, having
heardof his fame as ..sower of the gospel" :"
assembled to meet him, and one sanctimo
nious fellow who carried a whining air
about him on all occasions. was one of the
FIRST to come fawniug about Mr.. Talbot
"By the way" said the clergyman, what
has become Of old Smithers ?"
dead" said Uriah Heep, with groau.
"Dsad 2"
ayes whisky killed him"
"How old was be ?"
"Seventy- four"
"Unfortuuate man! and old Slater?"
dead (an iher groan).
poor old Slater. Whut did be die OFF
Whisky"
"H0w old was he p
"Eighty-oue."
"Delndsd wretch and Daddy Wood p
"Hr, too, has gone the way Of all flesh.
He drank hinseli to.death, when he should
have been thinking Of the future world -
He was eiphty-fve, and even with the
~ say, brother" said Mr.. T., with a
quiet laugh 10 his eye, 'can you tell ME
where I can get hogshsad Of that same
LIQUOR I?