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Correspondence Between the Working
mems Committee and Governor stan
ford.

SAN Francisco, February 13th.-The fol-
lowing letter was addressed to the officers Of
the Central Pacific Railroad by committee
OF unemployed workingmen:
To the officers of the Central Pacific Railroad, a
corporation doing business in the city Of San Fran
cisco, State of Calforna.-We, the unemployed cit
liens of San Francisco, do respectfully present the
following facts:
Section 2 Article XIX, of the new Constitution Of
California, adopted by the people Of this state on
May 9TH last S richly prohibits the employment of
any Chinese by anylcorporation in this State. That
section went into effect the first day OF the month
of January, 1880
We therefore earnestly request of you to discharge
the Chinese now employed by the corporation you
represent, and pray of YOU, in the name OF the I'm
employed and suffering people of your race, to
open to us field wherein We can honestly and hon
orabIy earn our daily bread
We make tins solemn appeal in the name of jus
tice and humanity and for the welfare and safety of
city. By order OF the committee,
L. !. CANNON, Chairman,
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Prosperity at Napa weather and Crops.

NAPA, February 13th.-Much activity is
manifested in business circles in this city at
the present time, and the coming months bid
fair to be busy ones Several buildings are to
be erected Immediately in the business portion
of the town, among which are two or three
brick stores and wooden hotel, besides
dwellings in other parts of the city More
buildings are contemplated, all of substan-
tisl character. Merchants and others are
elated at the spirit of improvement which
has taken possession of many property hold
ers, as nothing like it has been known in the
history of the place.
The frosty mornings still continue, keep
ing vegetation backward. Wheat grows
slowly but the prospects of an abundant
crop of grain and fruit are good.
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Following is the reply sent to-day by Mr..
Stanford

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, February b. 1880.
L. J. Cannon and Peter Bell, Committee
temen: l have received yours addressed to the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, calling attention
to Section of Article NIX. of the Constitution of
this State and also note your request to discharge
the Chinese employed by this corporation and
to open field where the people of our own race
honestly and honorably earn their daily bread.
There now in the employ of the company, with
in the city and county of San Francisco, seven
Cinnamon. There is also emp we'd by this com.
pauy large number OF white men, many OF VIII m
retained because they have been heretofore en-
poyed by this corporation, but whose services
not at this time, really needed. The company will
ever be mindful of the laws of this State and will
endeavOr cheerfully to submit to them it under
stands them, as the Courts may construe them.
In the management of its business it viii be gov
erned under the laws of the land, entirely by CON
sideraton of what it shall deem, in its own judy
ment to be the wsest policy, having due regard for
The rights and interests OF its stockholders. Re
spectfully, LELAND STANFORD.
Prentiss Selby, of the Selby Smelling
Work, also returned to the committee YER
bal answer to-day. He was quite explicit,
and told the committee that he would hire
what labor he choose, and that he did not
recognize the authority of any body of men
to dictate to him. When the United States
forbade him to employ Chinese labor he
would obey the law not until then.
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MINING AFFAIRS ON THE ConsToCK

A Senate Committee on a Tour of Inquiry
at San JOSE
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PACIFIC SLOPE NEWS.

DISPATCHES OF LAST NIGHT.
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in circulation when the first building was be-
ing erected Senator Harlan was deeply i'm
pressed with the salubrity of the climate of
San Jose, the beauty of the city and its sur
roundings, and the advantages of its loca-
ton Professor Allen gave an account of the
amount expended in improving the grounds,
showing that by economical management the
cost was made less than the committee that
visited the school two years ago believed it
could be made for. The committee. after
making survey of the grounds, were shown
the public schools OF the city, In the after
now occupied by the Normal School, and had
a conference with the Trustees of the institu-
ton. They then proceeded to Santa Clara,
and then took the 4:35 train for San Fran
cisco. 1t was stated that bill for an appro-
pciation will be brought up in the Legislature
next week
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A slanderer Severely chastised by a Girl
in Oregon.
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Ii over-insurance were made misde-
meanor, or if insurance companies were
made to pay the face values of their poll
cies, reckless insurance would cease, the
public would not be compelled to pay out
heavy premiums for no consideration, and
the practice of incendiarism would sustain
severe check. There is no equity in the
present practice, by which man may pay
premiums on $40, 900 for ten years, and on
the occurrence of fire be refused more
than $4,000 or $1,000 Insurance com
panies have no right to take premiums
when they do not intend to meet their
losses squarely. They have no right to
come in after loss and assert that the
property was over-insured. The old prin-
ciple of careat emptor applies to them. tits
their business to seek risks, and it should be
their business to know precisely what kind
of risks they are taking. If they are will
ing to take heavy premiums they ought to
be made to pay heavy losses Their pres
emit practice is altogether too one-sided
They do not care how high valuation is
put upon property, for the purpose of max
ing premiums off it. But when it is a
question of paying losses they can hardly
underestimate its value enough to please
themselves The contract between the in
sured and the insurer ought to be just
and even one, and it is not so now. The
consequences of this defective system are
bad both for the companies and the public.
The former do not always escape being
bitten by incendaries, while the lat
ter are demoralized by the induce
ments held out for the commission
bled by premiums which at the critical
iuncture turn out to have been paid
for nothing. What right has company
to accept premiums on sos, 900 worth of
risks for years, and after FIRE contend that
the property was not worth more than half
that amount? Ii it knew this when it
took the premiums it committed palpable
fraud. If it did not know it, it ought to
be made to stand the injury resulting from
its own business neglect. Ii the plea is
not true, it should not be allowed to sneak
out from its obligations. There is urgent
need of remedial legislation in this respect,
and we respectfully solicit the attention of
the Legislature to the question.
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Governor stanford's Reply to Their De-
mands Regarding Cinnamon.
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PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST BY RAIL
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SAN FRANCISCO WORKINGMEN.
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In fact orthodoxy must realize that it
is put upon the defensive, and that it is
called upon, not merely by here and there
Iskeptic, but by the public opinion of
the century, to justify its existence. And
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INSURANCE REFORM NEEDED.

Now that the subject of insurance is be-
fore the Legislature, it is in order to call
attention to some fragrant abuses con-
nected with the business, as at present
practiced. The worst of them is over
insurance. This is direct incentive to
incendiarism, but it is encouraged by the
reckless competition between insurance
companies, and agents appear to calculate
upon escaping the dangers incurred by it,
through the process of adjustment. The
recklessness with which many agents will
accept extravagant risks is equalled by the
persistence with which they resist the set
Element of claims upon anything like the
face of the policy. A notorious case in
point is that of the County Hospital in
Sacramento county, on which risks to the
amount of S65, 900 had been taken. When
the building was burned, however,
the companies endeavored to show
$4,000, and though they refused
to rebuild it for that sum they thought it
unreasonable that the county should object
to their peculiar mode of adjustment.
They had cheerfully pocketed the pre-
miums on $50, 600 for several years, but
though they were ostensibly carrying that
amount of risk, they did not intend to
make good the loss for which they were
pledged, if they could by any subterfuge
evade it. And this case is only an aver
age illustration of the way insurance bust
ness is ordinarily transacted. The compa-
MES are always willing and ready to accept
the heaviest premiums, but when it comes
to meeting their engagements they have a
score of excuses and methods of evasion.
We think it clear that to remedy these
abuses reinsurance should be made
misdemeanor, or the companies should
be compelled to settle all losses
at their face valuation. 1t has been OBJ
jected to the second proposition that it
would tend to encourage incendiarism, but
reflection will show that this is a mistake.
The first effect of such change in the law
would be to force companies to cease over
insuring They would not then dare to
take risks for more than the property was
worth, and they would be compelled to ex-
ercise the utmost caution. OF course there
are cases in which collision may occur,
and incendiarism result, but such cases are
possible under the present state of the law,
and it is probably impracticable to prevent
them so long as rascality survives.
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Sixth street, corner of L, Rev. H. H. Rice, pastor,
will preach Sabbath morning at l0:45 and evening
at :. Strangers cordially invited.
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Congregational Church.

Eleventh street, between II and Rev. J. T.
Wicks, pastor Preaching tomorrow at 10:45 A. NJ
and 1870 P. N. Sunday school at 1910 P NJ Praise
service at 6,3OP N
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On Sixth street, between and 1.-THE pastor, Rev
l. Z. Dwinell, will preach tomorrow morning and
evening at the usual hours The public are invited
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ragged man of pleasure who was summing
himself on the wharf at the foot of Griswold
street yesterday was accosted by second
who was little more ragged, IL possible,
with the inquiry:
"And which party are you hollering fol
this fall"
Neither" was the brief reply.
"What, amt you fixcdR"
"Not fix. The best offer have had is
the promise of So for two months of hol-
lerin'."
"Oply $2a Why, what sort of an cleo
ton is this going to be, and Presidential
year, too? Did you take 2"
"Take it 2" echoed the other, as he pulled
loose patch over his naked knee, 81 did
not. I've been thinking and thinking for a
whole week past, and do you know what I've
made up mind to dof'
emo"
"l'm going to let the country 60 to hel
destruction! Yes, sir; Pm going to see hei
plunged into the depths of anarchy and never
raise hand to prevent. Two dollars tc
save this country They don't know me-
sir; they don't know me! |"
And then the pair sat down on a salt bar
rel and made dinner off of hard apples and
piece of salt codfish-Defroh Free Press.
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Anunoxnccted Response.

"Why," thnndered an impassioned orator
at temperance mass meeting, " in only one
year, in twelve short months, the people OF
the United States drank 27,S67,9l5 gallons
of beer and 7,s53,39l gallons of whisky
How much of that Iideous aggregate did you
drink ?" he shrieked, glazing around at the
respectable vice presidents on the platform.
And in the impressive pause that followed
the corresponding secretary arose, and said
that, with the exception of the tonic drops
she was compelled to take before breakfa
and the nti-malarial bitters that DR.. Bolus
prescribed for her and a little pale ale for her
digestion, and pint of beer at night, which
she couldn't close an eye in sleep without it,
and maybe an occasional drop of brandy for
the neuralgy, she had not tasted n drop OF
spiritual or ferventuous liquids since she
joined the society" And great hush fell
upon the meeting, like the voice of man
who has just been asked for the loan of $40.
Harrington Ua,okeye.
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The following is correct list of the supply
Of garments taken by certain Partisan COM
Jesse for stay Of one week at Dieppe:
Seven dresses: A blue and white lowered
foulard, red cotton gown, with red and
blue tartan bodice blue wooden dress,
with two bodices; another with red and black
stripes; red wooden gown; white and
black, with two black silk vests, and a
black foulard, the bodice covered with Jet
Two dressing gowns, one blue, one white
two peignoirs of striped, red batiste,
trimmed with embroidery and matinee Of
pink flannel, edged with lace.
Four mantles One, a black silk jacket,
lined with black and white checked silk; a
travelling mantle, lined with sealskin, and
with a hood of the same; a visite Of EN-.
broidered gray Indian cashmere, and n tar.
tan ulster.
The laces included three gauze wells, one
red, one white, one blue; a black net veil; q
long one with chenille dots, and Spanish
lace mantilla. A liberal supply of stock
ings found place in the MALE DE-
madame; eleven pairs of black, two of red
and two of pale blue. Twenty-four batistt
pocket handkerchiefs, besides six il
madame's travelling bag and twelve trimmed
with Valenciennes. Four short petticoats
two more of foulard, one blue and one red
Four net 6clus, three of them white and
ono black; four linen collars and three pail
of linen cuffs; two sets of batiste collars and
cuffs trimmed with lace; two sets in batiste;
one Buckingham" set.
OF hats there were full many. One was q
stone colored straw trimmed with ruby
velvet; another, n hat for the beach, in open
work straw, lined with red plush; large vel
| with beaded dots twisted round the crown
| tI,r nod mt IF ;rI N
Paradise plumes, another of gold, black, and
chenille, and the third made to wear witt
gauze wells of the color Of each of the dresses
eighteen pairs of gloves, one of them being
of thread; two fans, a black and white; q
black sunshade and a white; pair of liner
shoes: pair of black satin, embroidered
with white; pair of slippers with monogram
in jet, and four pairs of cOlored shoes IL
match the dresses. Truth.
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Posted About po,i.Ica, A.se..men...

There Is one subject about which the Cat
weston darkey is well posted, and that is
about politics. Old Uncle Nose is well
posted. Night before last he was coming
down Galveston avenue at late hour, when
he was halted by burly negro with huge
club and demand for his money or his life.
What does all dis hear meant p asked the
astonished darkey. 1t jest means Of you
don't run yer han in yer pocket an ham
out yer money You is gwine to pass in yer
Checks" and, splitting on his hands, the
wonld-be robber took a tighter grip on his
blndgcon and drew back to strike. Z" III yer
had tole me you was out collectin' voluntary
contributions fur do legitimate campaign
'spenses would hab hunted yer mp long ago
to pay in my 'sessments," and he solemnly
handed over three car tickets, an old Barlow
knife, and several other articles of bric-a-
brac,-- f,aIresfon Neus.
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During the journey of the express train
from Rio do Janeiro to Sac Paulo, on the 18th
of last month, large black butterfly entered
a first class car, and lowered about in such
n way ms to excite the approhensions of a
lady who was ON her way to see her sister
who was gravely i'll, for It is Il common Bra
lillian superstition that the black butterfly for
bodies death. A gentleman in the car sought
to quiet the fears of tho lady, and laughed at
such presentiments. lie then attempted to
drive the unwelcome visitor out of the car,
but the butterfly at once began lowering
about in most persistent manner. Shortly
after he began to feel ill., and in brief time
was a corpse. The man really died of heart
disease, fastened probably by his sxertions
to catch the butterfly; but it will be dinicult,
says the Rio News, to make many people be-
lieve otherwise than that the poor insect
possessed some malign influence which
brought death upon him.-Notes and Queries,
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Evangelist Moody il going to have sixteen
Indian girls in his Northampton school. We
beg to suggest, AZ an appropriate bit of
music, that Mr.. Sankey should sing ON Their
arrival the following familiar yet touching
hymn:
Tommy brown, he bad u little Indian,
Tommy brown, no had q little Indian,
Tommy Brown, he had u little Indian,
ono little Indian hoy.
one little, two little, three little Indians,
-Four llttle Ave little, six little Indians
seven little, eight little, nine little Indians,
Ten little Indian boys.
For chorus the verse may be sung back
wards, beginning
len iittle nine little, etc.
The effect upon the dusky maidens could not
but be inspiring and instructive.
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BY THE RIVER.
q ever changing river

o cvcr-changing river
That seekcst the clangeiess sea.
Where arc the forms and the faces
The years have shown to thccY
Glitter Of golden haulerk,
And silver OF swinging sword,
Down by the shallow scuriy,
And over the datkling ford,
Aud hero In this ferry corner,
Where the shadows fall on the spray,
A vision OF weeping womans eyes,
As her truo love galiops away.
Say, didst thou note them, u river,
Aud gather them up. and fee
TO wait them away and to hide them
In the soundicss depths OF the sea-
Sheen OF a primers arnor,
And CLINT Of n trusty sword,
And blood stained faces Of fearless men
Dying to save their lord.
Soldiers and statesmen and courticrs
And cold-cyed priests, md group
or dainty delicate maidens
In powder aud patch aud hoop.
Say, di,lst thou motto them, q river
Aud garner thy smiles and tcaisg
DID their hearts beat high and falter
with old-worid hopes and foaisy
Dii they look on thy deep dark wat
Where II mirrors the diamond spray,
And love and struggle aud suffer
AS we OF this latter dayp
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Rogus Certificates.

It is no vile dragged stuff, pretending to
be made of wonderful foreign roots, barks,
etc. and pulled up by long bogus certificates
OF pretended miraculous cures, but q simple,
pure, effective medicine, made of we'll known
valuable remedies, that furnishes its own
certificates by its cures. We refer to Hop
Bitters, the purest and best of medicines.
See another oolumn.-Repubiiean.
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SickIes and New.

There was a curiously dramatic scene in
Demonico's the other day. A slight young
fellow, with a red mustache, sat in the cafe
with a couple of friends. An elderly man,
with a gray mustache, sat at a neighboring
table and played with crutch as he watched
the younger man. The young man was
James Barton Key. The elderly man was
Gen. Daniel Sickles, who killed Philip Bar
ton Key one remarkable day in Washington.
Fortunately the vendetta is not an American
institution.
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Tint Wicked Game.

Another proof of the power of oroquet to
stimulate some OF the worst passions of
human nature is furnished by the conduct
of a bride at Portland, Me, who empted seven
chambers of a revolver at her husband
whom, she caught playing Grover" with
other young ladies at that inhammable
game.
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Bully boy with glass eye, is what chap
termed bottle OF Dr, Balls Cough syrup, which had
cured his cold. II only cost him rs cents.
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FACULTY.
REV. T.. F. lIEALy, $. j., President of the Uni
versity.
CuAs. w. HOFFMAN, Ill. D., Dean OF the Faculty
and President OF the Moot Court.
Hon. RICHARD It. MEnRIcK. H.. D., Lecturer on
Constitutional Law and the Law Of Nations.
Hon. WIN. A. RICHARDSON, Ill. D., (of the Court
OF Claims, Lecturer On statutory and Adminls-
trativo Law.
MARTIN +. MoRRIs, LII. D., tscnior Course. } Lee
turer on Pleading and Practice at Law and IN
Equity, tho Law of Evidence and Corporations.
JAMES LowNDEs, Esq, tJunior Course Lecturer
on the Law 81 Personal Property, including Con-
tracts and Negotiable Paper, and Equity Juris-
prudence.
wM. II. DENNIS, Esq, (Junor Coursc,) Lecturer
on the Law Of Real Estate, the Domestic and Civil
Relations Tcstaincntary and Criminal Law.
The Lectures are held Mt early hour In the Even
the day, or reading In tho libraries.
TERMS For the Regular Course of Two Years.
FIFTY DOLLARS Fer Annun; for the Post Grad
uate Course of One Year, Twenty-Five Dollars.
For particulars, address
w. II. DENNIS, Secretary,
0l6 street nOrthwest,
Washington, u. G.
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The Lectures are held Mt early hour In the Even
Ing to meet the convenience of those employed during
the day, or reading In tho librarcs
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tone.
Arthur changed color, but looked his
brother steadily in the eye.
"Yes Dick" he said. "We shall be
married on Wednesday next"
Dick controlled himself with an effort
which distorted his face.
"Very well" he said, in a husky tone.
But think you might have given mo a
little more notice. Yon must alter your
programme, though, so as to permit me to he
your bost man, or people will talk"
"Thank you, Dick 4" exclaimed Arthur,
delighted that he took il so we'll, and grasped
his hand, which he found was cold as ice.
They separated, and Dick renewed his at
| tentions to his guests, apparently more ami
| able oven than before. Alter supper lac ap'
preached Arthur again aud drew him aside.
Some of the girls" he said, with singu-
lar smile, have been questioning ne about
the Catherwood ghost. What do you think
| of producing II for them 2"
Arthur did not approve the suggestion
but after Dicks apparent Kindness he felt
| that ho ought not to refuse. He, therefore
| assented quickly.
I" can't very we'll personate the ghost,
said Dick. Being the host they would
notice my absence. Besides, after working
them up to the necessary pitch of excitement
their suspicious. Couldn't you do the phan
tom for me- f''
"fes, of COURSE" replied Arthur, gratifed
at being able to render even SO trivial a ser
vice in return for Dicks apparent kindness
toward him. How could he detect beneath
his brothers. smooth exterior the flames of a
devouring hate9 He walked straight into
the terrible trap that Dick had set for him
well" said Dick, ON renew the con.
versation about the ghost, and while we are
talking You can step upstairs, don your cos.
tune and remain on the landing until in.
vite them out TO have look at the ghost
OF course, they will all go, and your sudden
appartion will make lively scene.'
"All right" said Arthur, gayly; "l'n b,
on hand ~
lie turned away with no suspicion of evil