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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16

a WELL-WRITTEN account OF one OF
fall the children of men is passing
through the press just now. The facts
when denuded of rhetorical tinsel and
pathetic feathers stand thus: a
mother left one little child in the
house, and with another went to
creek near by to wash. In few mo-
ments she heard the child in the house
scream, and Fastening thither she
saw the child on the floor with the
fangs of an enormous rattlesnake fas-
tened in its arm. She beat the rep
tile with such weapons as she could
find, but while at this she remem-
bered the child she had left at the
creek bank, and running there she
found her baby had fallen in the tub
Of water and was drowned. The fran
tic mother now ran toward where her
husband and q party of neighbors
were building new house about half
mile distant. Startled by his wife's
screams, and Fastening to get down
from the building, the husband loos-
ened a stick of timber, which fell to
the ground and instantly killed him.
The neighbors returned to the house
and found the snake and baby dead.
The baby in the tub was drowned,
the father and husband was dead, and
the mother went raving mad. The
writer of this startling story closes
with the assurance that the incidents
therein narrated all occurred within
the space Of thirty minutes, all of
which may be literally true, but it is
our solemn conviction that we have
read this same story word for word,
and incident for incident, at least
thirty years ago.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16
Vocal and Instrumental Music

RECEIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION.
rTNHE FIRST TWENTY WEEKS SES-
l. sion of the scholastic year, lS74-75, COM
mences August Sd and ends Decembe 18th.
The second session commences January llth
and ends May %.
The points in which Santa Barbara College
differs from most other educational institu-
tions are as follows:
l. Special attention is given to Physical Gull
ture. In connection with the institution is
fine gymnasium, fitted up with all the appar-
atus necessary for practising both light and
heavy gymnastics.
q Modern languages receive special atten
ton. Those desiring will have constant OPP
portunity to converse in French, German and
Spanish.
8. Analytical Chemistry and Mineralogy
will be practically taught by the Principal.
4. The Institution is not of a sectarian char
acter, and is governed by Board of Directors
of eleven of the most prominent citizens.
o. Books and stationery are furnished to all
the pupils free of expense. Pupils, in addl-
ton to their ordinary wearing apparel, fur
nish only pair of blankets.
Each pupil will have a separate sleeping
room, well ventilated and lighted.
ELLWOOD COOPER,
President Board of Directors.
G.. p. TEBBETrS, Secretary.
ps- For further particulars, write for cata-
logues. jy7 lw%
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16

THE old Know Nothing doctrine that
only Americans should be placed on
guard in the United States, is a fairer
code of politics and is, or rather was,
entitled to more consideration than is
the line of policy adopted by a few Of
the newspapers of the Pacific coast in
the contest entitled, give Gallons
Us. a Single Drink In the columns
of these papers and from the tent, the
German-born citizens are singled out
and the whole nationality denounced
as unfit to dwell in the Republic. The
Post, of San Francisco, was silly
enough to make this kind of fight
against the German-born residents of
San Francisco, and it will soon die
unless its owners change the editorial
management. The attempted pro-
scription of the Germans comes with
bad grace from a paper that has al
ways struggled for recognition as the
Irish Catholic organ of the city. The
Irish are as much opposed to Local
Option as the Germans, and the Father
Mathew Temperance Society passed
anti-Local Option resolutions, yet the
Post does not denounce the Irish as
unfit to become citizens.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16
SAN FRANCISCO.
Panama Steamer-CarsO from China
Dry.DOcked- Drowned.

fuuafna Steomer-SarsO from CHINA
Dry-DOcked- Drowned.
SAN FRANCISCO, July Is. - The
steamer Arizona from Panama arrived
this afternoon. with 2S7 passengers,
1000 tons of freight.
The Black Bear Quartz Mining
Company has declared dividend of
thirty cents per share, payable on the
18th instant.
The steamer China for Panama to-
day took full cargo of silk and tea
through from China and Japan.
The California State Telegraphic
Company has declared a dividend of
one dollar per share payable immedi-
ately.
The steamer Tartar has been sent
into the dry-dock at Hunters Point
for repairs.
Yesterday afternoon, off the Golden
Gate, Alexander Lightfoot, employed
on the tug Redman, was washed over
board and drowned.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16
Local Option Election Proclamation

FTNHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
i county OF Los Angeles, State of Calitor-
mia, give notice that in pursuance of an Act
entitled IAN Act to permit the voters of every
township or incorporated city in this State to
vote on the question of granting license TO
sell Intoxicating liquors." approved March
18th, 1874, and petitions having been filed in
accordance with the requirements OF Section
one of said Act from the townships of Los
Nietos, and Wilmington and from the incor-
porated town OF Wilmington
1t is ordered that n Srecial election he held
in said township of Los Nietos, and in the
said township Of Wilmington in Compton
Precinct, and in the township Of Wilmington
in Wilmington Precinct for the incorporated
town OF Wilmington, on Thursday, the 9th
day of August next, between the hours of S
A. M, and sunset of that day, at which cleo
tion the qualified electors throughout said
townships and sail incorpora ed town of
Wilmington are to vote upon the question of
"LiQuor License" or "NO Liquor License
Those who are not in favor OF granting Ii
cense shall have written or printed on their
ballot Against License" Those who are in
favor of granting license shall have written
or printed On their ballots, "For License"
1t Is also ordered that said election shall be
held in the following places, and the follow
Ing named persons are appointed Inspectors
and Judges for said precincts, ior the election
to be held as above, To wit:
Los NietOs Election Precinct-at school
house; f. III. Boyd, Inspector; James King,
JEFF Beck, Judges.
silver Election Precinet-at school
house; A. w. Ryan, Inspector; w. p. McDon-
aid, Henry HammertOn, Judges.
Compton Election Precinct-at school
house; q. ID. Compton, Inspector; j. T..
McComas, Robert Orr, Judges.
Wilmington Election Precinct - for
the Incorporated town of Wilmington, at
school house; H. Vanvalkenberg, Inspector;
G. b. Keyes, d. w. Alexander, Judges.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the County
Court, this llth day July A. d., 1874.
SEAL. a. W.POTTS, County Clerk.
and ex-offlcio Clerk of Board OF Supervisors.
iv1D
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16

UNOFFICIAL information from the
oil regions near San Fernando is very
satisfactory. All the wells being sunk
are already showing oil, and the vol
ume increases as depth is attained.
The great contest among the workmen
is, who shall be the fr-t to strike a
hundred d-bArrel-per-day well.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16
FOR EICN NEWS.
Declared u Forgery.

LONDON, July 15.-The police circu-
lar giving q description of the person
suspected of designs on the life of the
Emperor of Austria, is declared for
gerry and the aut hor has been arrested.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-16

John Thomann, late of Sacramento,
is putting up distillery and wine
cellar near Vineland Station, in Napa
county. He expects to make 10000
gallons of wine this season.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
THE REpUBLICAN BREACH.

From the st. Louis Republican.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The breach
in the Republican party on the finan-
eial issue widens, and thepersonal feel
ing between the leaders of the opposing
wings grows intense. To-day In the
the House there wa almost a repetition
of the scene In the Senate-when Conk-
ling and Sergeant 80 bitterly denounced
Logan and Morton. Gen. Butler, In
an effort to take up and pass the Sem
ate bill which lay on the Speakers Ia
bic, declared his belief that the Presi-
dent would not veto it. He was imme-
diately called to order for introducing
into the debate any outside pressure
which there might be, IN assum-
ing to indicate the intentions of the
executive IN this instance. The de-
~claration as to the intention of the ex-
ecutive was used by the imitation wing
of the Republicans while IN the Senate
it was used by the resumptionists; but
Mr.. Conkling, as the resumption lead
er, merely expressed the hope that
Grant would veto the bill, while But
Ter, as an imitation leader, expressed
his belief that he would not. Senator
Morton will soon reply at length to
Conkling and Sargent, and he is 50
thoroughly reused and indignant that
his reply cannot fail to be interesting.
No such uncompromlsing feud has
risen between any two Republican
leaders since the foundation of the
party as that which was opened be-
tween Morton and Conkling last Tues
day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
A yrSprcAT1ox.

The Philadelphia Bulletin, a Repub-
lean journal, makes the following
amende to the Hon. Samuel J. Randall,
formerly chairman Of the Democratic
National Executive Committee, but
since 1872, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee Of Pennsylvania:
"On the 4th or 9Th of October, 1872,
there was submitted to this paper a docs
ument ~purporting to be anote from the
Hon. Samuel J. Randall to Mr.. Nc
Clure, referring, In avery pointed man
ner, to an issue of illegal naturalization
papers. This note, after a very careful
inquiry and examination, including a
comparison with a file of Nh. RandalPs
own manuscript letters, was believed
by the proprietors Of this paper. to be
genuine, and to Indicate a political
movement of such gravity as to de-
mand the plainest and most immediate
exposure, The executive committee Of
the Hartranft Central Club, whose
members also carefully scrutinized the
document, declared its belief In It's gen.
~uineness in a published card, a belief
shared by other citizens of high posi-
ton.
"Mr. Randall denied the genuineness
of this note, and commenced suits for
libel against both this paper and the
members of the Executive Committee
of the Hartranft Central Club. The
cases have never yet been tried, having
been twice postponed. Meantime, we
have been thoroughly satisfied that
both we and the gentlemen issuing the
card above referred to yer grossly de-
ceived by a cleverly executed counter
felt. and hal Mr.. Randall neither
wrote the note in question nor had any
connection with it whatever. And
having acted in entire good faith in the
discharge of a public duty, when we
believed this document to be genuine,
we do not hesitate, in the same spirit
of good faith, to do Mr.. Randall public
justice by thus stating that we are sat
isfed by evidence that has since been
brought before us, that he was wholly IN
nocent of the charge involved IN the
publication of this note and u COM
ments thereon
The work Of the Bulletin is but half
done. 1t should expose the author of
this forgery. He can be traced out,
and it should be done, and the fellow
held up to the indignant scorn of every
honest man.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

The Chicago Tribune, a journal which
did more to build up the Republican
party than any other in the West. in a
notice of the late elections, says:
at appears pretty evident. from the
result of the elections IN Ohio, thatthe
entire German population and q very
large portion of the native vote who
sympathise with them have abandoned
the Republican party forever. 1t has
been but a very few years since every
city in Ohio, without exception, had a
Republican government. To-day, the
Republicans have not control of one
of the cities. Cleveland and Dayton
have outdone even Cincinnati In their
maiorities againstth Republican party.
The same may be said to have occurred
in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
and Minnesota. The Republican as
tendency IN these States has for sew
eral years been maintained bythis vote.
which is now lost to it, and most likely
lost forever. This vote controls the
three Congressional and seven Sena-
toriai Districts of this county. and half
a.dozen other Congressional Districts
in the State. This ~disaffection, how
ever, is not confined to the Germans.
There has been so much cant and n.y.
pocrisy. and such an abuse of Christian
and religious names and objects to
hide confessed andnotorious frauds and
villainy, that thousands of persons ev-
erywhere have resolved to cut loose
from the party and act independ-
emily"
1t says that "the Republican party
has received a premonitory shock of
the general paralysis it will experience
in November, 1874"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

THE ball has been set in motion
which is to revolutionize the world.
This great honor has been reserved for
Illinois. A society has been incofpO-
rated in that State, the necessary pa
pers having been fled withthe Secreta-
ny of State, entitled ga society to ex-
pose, Withstand and remove secret So
%cieties, Free Masonry in particular,
and other anti-C Christian movements,
in order to save the churches of Christ
from being depraved-to redeem the
administration of justice from perver-
sion, and our Republican Government
from corruption" Masonry has with
stood the wreck of time, but it will go
down before this valiant band of
Suckers.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

Quoting our remark that 1T is not
the convention system, but the abuse
Of it that creates dissatisfaction in
making party nominations, the NASH
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN ex-
claims: "And now comes the Memphis
Acalanche defending the convention
system" Our contemporary must be
aware that our opposition to the "con-
vention SYSTEM" as practically en-
forced by political managers, grew out
of the fact that by unfairly packing
these bodies they have. in the majority
of instances, ceased to represent the
will of the people.-Memphis Avalanche
Our contemporary must be aware
hat our opposition to It's course has
been, that it opposed and denounced
the convention system In toto, without
offering any substitute whatever. When
it comes to the work of reforming and
perfecting government, or party, OF
party government, we agree with it to
labor for the highest perfection attain
able in human affairs. But let US al.
ways be practical. In the above ex.
tract the AUalaRche asserts that conyen-
tons shave in a majority of instances
ceased to represent the will of the peo-
pie" This assertion might be mate
rally strengthened, if the Avalanche
would cite one solitary instance, since
Tennessee was redeemed, of a Demo-
cratic convention failing to represent
the will of the majority of the party,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
/. VERY TnPoRrsNT DECISION.

The Supreme Court of South Caro-
lima has recently delivered a decision
which the Charleston Courier charae-
terises as zone of startling import" A
suit was instituted by the executor of
Joseph Whaley against the Bank of
Charleston, and the general facts of
the case are stated by the Courier as
follows:
In September, 1861, Mr.. Whaley
had funds to his credit, In the Bank of
Charleston, to a considerable amount.
Ali the banks of the State, including
the Bank of Charleston, published a
resolution that, after the 9th of Sep
TENDER, 1861, all credits would be CIV
en- and be payable in currency, inclu-
ding Confederate Treasury notes.
Mr.. Whaley continued 20 deposit
and draw funds during the years 1861
'62-'63 and "a, until, according to his
pass book, everything had been drawn
out except S74, and, according to the
bank books, every dollar had been drawn
out. No protest against the payment
of thechecks In Confederate money had
been to the bank, but the checks had
been drawn and paid and tho money
accepted in the usual manner. The ac-
count was regarded by the bank as
closed. In 1870 Mr.. Whaley brought
suit, claiming hat the amount paid on
his checks should not be charged
against him for the face value, but for
the scaled values according TO the value
Of currency In gold. The decision of the
Supreme Court (Mr. Justice Willard
dissentingl s~ustains this claim, and de-
crees that the account shall be opened,
and the deposits and checks be scaled,
and the balance added to the gold de-
posted to his credit in 1861, and a de-
cree entered therefor. The previous
decisions Of the old Courts and of the
present Court of Appeals hadlaidd down
the doctrine that payments in Confed-
crate currency, if accepted withoutpro-
test, were valid payments for their face
and the business of the country had
adjusted itself on that basis. The
banks had arranged their debts to the
public and to each other; but now all is
at sea again. This new decision, as we
understand it, establishes a new rule,
and all these accounts can bere-opened,
unless barred by the statute of hmita-
lions, and the payments IN Confederate
currency be scaled to their values and
allowed as credits to that extent only"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

THE NeU York Tribune. which until
1872, followed the Republican party in
all its fortunes, thus speaks of its de-
generacy and its impotence for good:
The party in power has no princi-
pies that 1t has not betrayed; no policy
upon which its leaders are agreed; no
leaders whose authority is recognized
beyond a circle of personal adherentss
no cohesion except for the retention of
Office and power; no title whatever to
public confidence, except that it flies
the flag of a party which once did good
and honest work, and deserved to be
trusted. 1t is as if a fleet that had
been equipped in the interest of phi
lanthropy to sweep the slave trade from
the seas, after accomplishing its work,
had turned to plundering the innocent
and preying upon the commerce of the
world. 1t is the Captain Kidd Of
modern politics"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
APPRECTATING A

The Republicans r beginning to
tire of Grants obstinacy and his deter
mination to run the government ma
chine in the interest of himself and his
friends. Since the Connecticut election
they begin to appreciate the fact that
his course and that of his chosen in
struments is fast carrying their party
to the bad. The Baltimore American
gives unmistakable evidence of this in
the following piece of plain speaking:
IF the Republican party goes to
pieces the collapse will be largely
chargeable to the Treasury Department.
Secretary Richardson, and Solicitor
Banfeld and his enterprising corps of
agents. are a load which nothing but
a very strong vehicle can carry. If the
organization upon which they have fas-
tened themselves had not some of
the qualities Of the Deacon's won
derful one. horse shay there would
have been a hopeless wreck long
ago. The President is partly re-
sponsible for this state of affairs.
There is something in his mental con-
stitution that prevents him from find
ing out the drift of public opinion.
Having fastened himself to a few men
In whom the nation has lost all ON
fdence, he seems to be determined to
sacrifice everything rather than let go
his hold. Secretary Richardson is, in
his estimation, a great fnancier and a
capable executive officer; and although
the people of the United States think
to the contrary, he is kept at the head
Of the Treasury Department in spite
of the most unmistakable indications
on all sides that his dismissal would be
of great advantage to the Republican
party and to the commercial and hnan.
cial interests Of the country. The
tenacity of purpose which made Gen.
Grant a great military commander
thwarts the will of the people when
ever their demands run contrary to his
personal inclinations, or are calculated
to break up his personal friendships.
This is not the only instance IN which
the devotion of the President to his
intimate friends has been detrimental
to the party that elected him and to
public good"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

ROBERT GATES, one Of the editors Of
the Jackson Wing and Tribune, made a
speech at Lexington last week, in which
the Reporter credits him with saying:
HE thought it the duty of everypaper
to identify itself with the party which
comes nearest its idea of good govern
ment." That is the only way to be
practical, or to bring about any prac-
teal results. The trouble is that some
self-styled independents, who strain
at gnats and swallow camels till they
talk of Radicalism and Democracy as
being equally corrupt, do not seem en-
dowed with any capacity for choice.
They act toward the Democracy much
like the man who would shut out the
daylight because the sublimated tele-
scope had discovered spots en- the sun.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

THE NeU York Tribune is one of the
few Northern Republican journals that
have no ~palliatiOn for the carpet
baggers in the use they are making of
the negro vote to enable them to pill
lage the South. In its issue of the 18th
inst, the Tribune says:
"Mr. Platt, who represents the
Petersburg Va district in the House
of Representatives, denies that that
city is governed by the designing
leaders of ignorant men, He could
hardly do less in return for the support
of the carpet-baggers and negroes who
control the municipal government of
Petersburg, and to whom he is largely
indebted for his seat in Congress. The
fact remains as stated by the tax-pay-
ers of hat city, when applying to the
Legislature for relief from misgovern-
ment, and as commented upon by Gov.
Kemper in his message reluctantly e
tong the new charter. The bad plight
Of the unfortunate city was the ground
of the application for relief. Its mis-
fortunes are no discredit to the intelli-
gent and enterprising citizens whose
lot is there cast; but it is a burning
shame to the politicians of the Plat
stripe who, using the negroes as their
tools, have brought on misgovernment
and its attendant evils. The statement
of Mr.. Plat as to Petersburg is of
no more weight than that of Mr..
Whittemore as to South Carolina"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

SOMETHING has broken loose IN
Washington. The other day a citizen
of that place anonymously refunded
$50 to the national Treasury on the
score Of conscience, and on the sue
ceeding day another one returned 500
The Indianapolis Journal suggests that
if this thing should prove general in
Washington we may look for a large
reduction in the public debt. The
Journal entertains a misrepresentation
what the men who are running itsparty
at the capital have been doing for thir-
teen years.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14

FROM the Memphis APpealof Sunday
we learn that Mr.. Franc. III. Paul. well
known as a publisher during the war,
and since as the leading member of the
book firm of Paul, Tayel & Hammer
of this city, has become business man
ager of the Appeal Company. He
brings to his new position an experience
of years and the good wishes of athOu-
sand warm friends.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
In some parts of Russia a l

In some parts of Russia a strong
temperance movement is now on foot.
In the month of January last, forty
eight village communities in the district
Of Mohilew adopted stringent regula-
tons in regard to taverns or drinking
saloons. By these enactments it vas
an offense to buyor sell ~liquoron credit
or in exchange for other articles, or to
loiter IN a drinking saloon. In the dis
trict of Pensa, some two hundred vii
lagos have resolved that no inns or
drinking saloons shall beerectedo on any
soil belonging to the peasants. Incon-
sequence of these regulations many sa-
loon keepers have been prosecuted and
sentenced to undergo punishment.