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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-09

The SOUTHERN FARMER's MONTHLY FOR JAN
uARY.-Thc January number of this popular
magazine is out and it is the best one yet issued
Among the numerous interesting original arti-
clos are two by Dr. A. Oemcr, of Whining Il on
Island, Ga. The Cabbage Worm and its Para
site" and care Plants Fed and Watered Through
Their Leaves 2" and one by Prof J. Il. Stole,
Of Mobile Ala, on "Fruit Tree Borers." Two
illustrations on the "IIog" question, and an
illustrated article on "iiow to Cut and Cure
Meats" are also very seasonable. The Fashion
Department (for farmers wives and daughtersl
has the usual fashion plates. Take the number
rs whole, it is one of the best publications of
its kind in tho country, and is welt worthy the
name il bears--"THE S,.uTuERN FARMER's
MONTHLY" The price Is $500 year, or S. 90
for six months. Orders by mail should bc ad-
dressed to j. III. Estell, Savannah, Ga.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
A NIHILISr MANIFESTO.

What purports to be Nihilist manifesto
has been published. 1t justifes the recent
attempt to blow up the Gar and the
Imperial family, and announces that de-
signs against his life will not be abandoned
until he abdicates, or grants Constitution.
There IS another contingency which the
Nihilists do not seem to have considered.
and that is the contingency of his death in
consequence of the success of one of their
plots. Should he be killed it is quite out
of the question to suppose that his sue
cessor would grant Constitution, and should
he abdicate the Nihilists would be no
better off than at present. 1t seems,
however, that they have at last made
something like a definite statement as
to what they want. 1t is, Constitu-
ton. The Car might easily give them
one which would prove of very little
use to them. He might reasonably ask
what kind of Constitution they want,
and we venture to say that such question
would not be easily answered, since it is
very doubtful whether they have really
gone so far as to formulate clear policy.
The cry of "a Constitution" however,
serves them as a pretense, and evidently
they do not intend to hesitate for more
plausible watchwords. Their vagueness
and uncertainty of purpose make it the
more difficult to deal with them, and the i'm
placable ferceness of their pursuit renders
the position of the Gar intolerable. If
they do not succeed in blowing him up or
shooting him, they will yet kill him
Z rnnnh his nerunus svstem
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
CONFUSING EFFECTS OF AUTHORITY

We are inclined to think that the State
Library has not been an unmixed blessing
to our legislative bodies, and that it has
eontributednot little to befog the question
OF revenue and taxation which has lately
occupied so large a share of the session.
If the present Legislature, or better still
the Constitutional Convention, could have
been taken where there were no State
libraries to refer to, and had been left to
shisel out a Constitution with no other aid
than the old instrument, experience and
common sense, we are impressed with con-
yiction that the result would have been
very much more satisfactory than in fact it
was. And we think, too, that if the present
Legislature could have been debarred access
to the authorities, it would have reached
nuch more intelligent and equitable So
luton of the tax question. For it has not
now to be discovered that ga little knowl-
edge is a dangerous thing" and men
who come here without any previous train
ing and then undertake to deal with
high questions Of economics by I'M
discriminating study of all sorts of
writers, are tolerably sure to become at
once confused and conceited Nothing is
easier than to find precedents and authori-
ties for anything. The difficulty is to
select those authorities which are trust
worthy because they proceed upon well
sustained principles. To the uniformed
amateur economist one theory is as good
as another He cannot distinguish
between Mill and Carey, between NAL
thus and Wallace. All arguments seem
to him equally respectable, and he possesses
no means of forming an intelligent iudg.
ment. The consequence is that he brings
no rational convictions to his task, but is
swayed by prejudice or deceived by falla-
eies, and may as likely as not advocate
some doctrine which has been exploded for
a generation by all civilized communities
Whereas, had he trusted altogether to his
native sense, he would very probably have
perceived the fallaeies proposed to him, and
he would then have had no hesitation in
acting upon a Judgment which would have
appeared to him sufficiently well grounded.
And the last named method of procedure
would have been safer for the State than
the first.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
THE REPUBLICANS IN THE LEcIsLA-
TURE.

We desire to suggest to the Republicans
in the Legislature the apparently obvious
consideration that they were not sent here
to set up an opposition to Kearneyism in
the demagogic line, and that they would
never have been elected had not the peo-
pie believed that they would pursue con-
sentative policy. We should have thought
that the most purblind politician could see
that the disastrous effects of Kearneyism,
as illustrated both in and out of the new
Constitution, must in the near future rem
der that kind of policy thoroughly odious
to the voters of California. Depend upon
it, the Sandlotters have had their day, and
those who desire to escape the Judgment
that will be visited upon them by an in
jured and outraged community must avoid
taking them for pattern. 1t is fact of
which we have ample evidence that very
strong and growing sentiment of disgust
is being engendered by the tendency of
many Republican members to demagog1sm.
OF these men, who were elected expressly
that they might counteract the communis-
tic element, not a. few have seemed ambi-
tious to emulate the reckless legislation of
the Sandlotters. AS the Republican party
will be held responsible for the legislation
of this winter, and as it is of the utmost
importance that the party should be able to
enter the approaching campaign with
strong record, the danger of such coquet-
ries is very considerable. For some time
to come public attention in this State must
be directed to the restoration of confidence
and the elimination of communism, and
the party which affords the strongest
guarantees against the evils which have
almost paralyzed the community, will then
be the favorite. If the Republican mem
bers possess any sagacity they will trim
their sails accordingly. Nothing is to be
gained by rivalry in demagogism with the
Kearneyites, but very much is to be
jeopardized by such programme
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whole educational scheme, as we have re-

whole educational scheme, as we have re-
peatedly pointed out. 1t is impossible, in
the teeth of that provision, to secure uni
formity in the course of instruction. When
the clause was adopted we showed what
effect it would have, but the Constitutional
Convention was controlled by men whose
Ignorance was only surpassed by their OBJ
stinacy, and so they insisted on rendering
an intelligent educational system impossi-
bic in the future. The statute cannot
overcome this difficulty, and nothing
short of a constitutional amendment
will remove it. While it stands in
the Constitution, the common school
system must be mere rope OF
sand, lacking cohesion and unity, and
capable OF being shattered to fragments at
any time. The State University is practi-
cally isolated under the new Constitution.
The textbook blunder cuts off three
fourths of the counties from the possibility
Of utilizing its advantages. This also,
however, is fault incurable by statute.
A few days ago we suggested the introduce
ton to the new school law of provisions
for the regular inspection OF all the schools
in the State, private as well as public
The reasons for this are apparent. 1t is
the duty of the State not only to see that
its children are educated, but that they
receive a kind of education calculated to
fit them for the duties of citizenship. Now
it is conceivable that in certain private
schools a course of instruction might
be given which would fail to produce
this effect which might unfit those
who passed through it for the duties
of citizenship. 1t is clear that any such
danger would be largely neutraGzed by Sc
curing that publicity which is always the
surest safeguard against methods demand
ing secrecy for their successful operation.
An annual inspection of all the schools by
the State Superintendent, and annual pub
LEGATION in his report of what was taught
in all the schools of the State, would also
tend to bring the public and private schools
into greater harmony, and thus fit them
both to be better preparatory agencies for
the State University We think this sug-
gestion sufficiently important to insist
upon it with some emphasis, and we
specially solicit the attention of educators
to it. There are probably no private
schools in the State the conductors of
which would not welcome such an
arrangement gladly, as new means
of bringing their establishment be-
fore the public, and nothing but good re-
suits could possibly flow from the measure
If, in addition to this, the Legislature will
introduce to the bill some amendments
looking to the securing of more careful
teaching in the primary schools-a neces-
sity absolutely indispensable to the inau-
guration of any useful reforms-we are in
clined to think that the most will be done
of which the situation is capable. Under
the new Constitution we cannot enjoy
satisfactory educational system, and there
fore we must endeavor to be satisfied with
the next best thing we can get.
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THE CHINESE QUESTION AT WASH
INGTON.

A Washington dispatch states that the
settlement of the Chinese question there
has been very much embarrassed by the
turbulent proceedings OF the San Francisco
Kearneyites. Public opinion at the East,
which was almost prepared to accept the
California view of the Chinese question,
has suffered a reaction, and the Federal
Government has taken alarm at what it is
disposed to interpret as an attempt at
intimidation. There is nothing surprising
in this news. In fact, it is the only in
telligence that could have reasonably
been expected The Sandlotters have done
their very best TO prevent the accomplish
ment of any good for themselves by
their foolish threats and buster. They have
given the Chinese question setback at
Washington which our representatives feel
already, and it is to be feared that good
deal of the work of persuasion will have to
be done all over again, in consequence. If
this kind of programme is pursued much
longer by the Kearneyites it will have to
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THE NEED OF A STATE coNsTABULARY.

The other day, at Anaheim, seven
masked men rode up to store, bound and
gagged all who were in it. and rode off
with the contents of the safe, consisting of
several hundred dollars. 1t is probable
that these robbers Will escape capture, be-
cause the local authorities are not strong
enough to take up the pursuit. Had
the State Constabulary law been in
operation, however, trained and picked
men would have been on the trail of
the robbers before now, and they would
have been followed wherever they went
until they were brought to bay and
taken. So long as there is no spe-
cial force available for dealing with
bold crimes like this, they will
continue, and the smaller villages and
settlements must always be exposed to
such sudden raids. 1t is to be hoped that
the Legislature will realize the necessity
of such police force as has been pro-
posed. The State cannot afford to let the
list of unpublished crimes which have been
committed within the past few years go
abroad as an evidence alike of her barbar-
ism and stolidity. No community can
prosper which neglects the paramount
duty of protecting the lives and property
of its citizens. Hitherto we have had
much more regular taxation than protec-
ton. 1t is time the duty of the Govern
meat was recognized, and we know of no
way by which it can be more effectively
performed in this connection than by the
creation of the proposed State Constabu-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
THE WEEKLY UNION.

The WEEKLY Ux1oS now contains the current chap
ters of Farjeons great story, set in Silver Sea"
The WEEKLY JKroN s an invaluable news, business
and family journal, and has no equal on the coast
for the variety fullness and high character OF its
contents 1t contains all late Geographic and ex-
change news editorial comment on all current
topics OF moving interest, reviews OF recent publ
cations agricultural editorials and ections, house
hold and puzzle departments, art, scientific,
Iigious and educational departments 1t gives rho
nographic reports of both houses of the Legisla-
ture and running reports of legislative committee
proceedings Beside, it presents home, Eastern and
foreign correspondence, and all the latest European,
Eastern and Congressional news. For variety, ex-
eellence and economy OF price it has equal among
weekly papers. It is issued in semi-weey parts. of
eight pages each Per year, 81.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
nems from yicforia.

VICTORIA, March 4th.-It has been def
nitely ascertained that the Germania was
the vessel with which the Oregon came in
collision on Tuesday night, under circum-
stances previously reported. The Germania
sustained very little injury.
At Quesnelle on the 9Th of February the
thermometer was SO below Zero and the
cold strengthening. The roads were in very
bad condition, although open. In Caribou
the weather was intensely cold, and at Yale
it was freezing hard when the express left to
come down. The hardy little cayuse horses in
the interior were suffering for want of food,
in common with the stock. Christian
Brothers, at Okanagan, have turned out 100
head of fine beeves to shift for themselves,
having no feed
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UrIfE.
shouId be Waved AIirc.

SALT LAKE, March 5th.-Yesterday the
Sheriff of Cache county, Utah, brought to
this city Mormon Elder by the name of
Pitkin, who has confessed to the heinous
crime of incest with his 12-year-old daughter,
which has been kept up for the past four
years. Lynching was threatened by his
neighbors, and he was brought to Salt Lake
for safety. He is now in the Penitentiary.
He has wife and married daughter
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mond, however, impeaches the Superin-
tendents of every American asylum, and
therefore we think some explanation on the
subject would be seasonable. The princi
pie of non-restraint is so thoroughly vindi-
Gated by practice in Europe that no other
system can now be regarded as having any
raisom d'etre, and we should consequently
be pleased to learn that the California asy
lums are conducted on this method.
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OREGON.
Weather-RS al Est ste TransactiOns-FataI
Accident - Railroad work = Released
from Custody.

Weather-Rsa al Estite TransactiOns-Fata
Accident - Railroad Work < Released
from Custody.
PORTLAND, March 5th.-The weather is
cool and cloudy.
The number of real estate transactions re-
corded at the Clerks office during the week
is 81 and the total amount S24 COS. The re-
corded purchases and sales, however, do not
include several large transactions made in
city property not vet recorded, which, if
added, would swell the amount to little short
of S150,000.
While out hunting yesterday German
named Augustus Phoert, who lives on Sandy
river, accidentally shot himself in the abdo-
men, infiicting injuries from which he died in
a few hours. Deceased was aged 80 years,
and leaves wife and three children.
Work on the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton Company's road is being pushed vigor-
ously. All the timbers for the foundations,
bridges across Des Chuttes, John Days and
Willow creek have been delivered. Those at
the Des Chuttes river are partially in. and
work will be commenced at John Days to-
day. Between 600 and 500 men are at work
Bernard and Fairchild, the Young men who
were indicted and tried for the murder of
Barbara Hagar, and in whose case the jury
failed to agree, have been released on motion
of the District Attorney. The reasons as
signed are First, that since the trial four
teen reliable witnesses have been found who
are willing to testify that they saw Bernard
and Fairchild below Kalama on the day of
the murder; second, that King, who has been
der, has confessed that the boys had nothing
to do with it third that large number of
citizens of Clackamas county were in favor
of releasing them
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Fit Candidate for the CaIIow..

ASTORIA, March 5th.-A brutal attempt
to commit rape was made to-day on Ida
Doffier. aged years. by Charles Henrichsen,
Prussian, aged 49, The girls screams
brought aid During the excitement Hen
richsen escaped, but has since been arrested
by Chief Barry, who found him secreted
behind pile of sacked grain in a farmers
warehouse. There was some talk of lynch
ing, but Barry got him into the Jail. Hen
richsen only arrived in this city last night
from Portland.
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Found Frozen TO Death.

TRUCKER, March 5th.-Truman Griffith
was found frozen to death about half mile
from this place this evening. Deceased was
the owner of small farm near Campbell's
Hot Springs, Lake Tahoe. He started from
the lake Wednesday afternoon. A severe
snow-storm prevailed at the time His horse
became exhausted, and was found dead about
mile from where Griffith was found.
Griffith had evidently started for town, and
losing the road became exhausted, took off
his coat to protect the horse and crawled one
hundred yards upon his hands and knees.
Deceased was the putative husband of the
abandoned woman, Jennie Stanley, who was
found frozen to death in brothel here two
months ago. She was the adopted daughter
of a Methodist Episcopal minister.
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be concluded that they do not really desire
the Chinese to go, after all their demonstra-
lions, for it is very certain that they have
thus far taken the best possible methods to
prevent the Government from entering into
any negotiations with China for that pur-
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Humane Society Organized at Portland.

PORTLAND, March 5th.-The Oregon HUI
name Society organized tonight by the cleo
ton of the following officers: President,
Mayor D. P. Thompson VicePresident, H.
w. Corbett; Corresponding Secretary, w.
L. Shanrahan Treasurer, James Steel. A
constitution was also adopted. The meeting
was largely attended. Addresses were made
by several nrnminen. sneakers
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Three Years i'm the Penitentiary-M Marine

PoRT TOWNSEND, March 5th-McGrath,
convicted of stabbing Mcdonald, was sem
fenced to-day to three years in the Peniten-
tiary.
The bark David Hoodley and ship Shirley
were obliged to put back here to-day for shell
ter, disabled.
The bark Oregon will leave for Seabeck to-
morrow
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IMPORTANT CAsE-The case of Tiburcio
Parrot comes up in the United States Cir
cult Court at San Francisco to-day 1t in
wolves the question as to whether the legisla-
ton prohibiting corporations from employing
Chinese is constitutional.
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Charles N. FELTON,, Assemblymar from
San Mateo county, has subscribed $500 to
the fund for which David Bush is solicit
ing, and with which such persons of the
unemployed as are really willing to work
at all will be paid for work ON Golden Gate
Park
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eliminated. It is not only that the
navigation of the river is endan-
gered. 1t is being destroyed more
and more rapidly every day and
month. We cannot say that another
year of inaction would not suffice
to produce absolutely irremediable injury,
for it must be remembered that as the
upper part of the channel is being raised
the fastest, the advance of the coarser
debris to the lower part must become
quicker and quicker, and the damage
therefore be cumulative. The engineers
believe that five years will complete the
work of destruction, but the time actually
required may be much shorter, and when
the work is done it will be too late to think
of applying remedies, for there will be
nothing to save or to reclaim. The need
of action, and harmonious action, at this
time, is consequently most urgent.
What is now required is the union of
public sentiment upon some practical
scheme of relief. 1t must be comprehen-
sive scheme, or it will be of no avail. 1t
must meet the danger both in the mount
aims and in the plains. 1t must be in the
hands of skilled and tried engineers.
These are the principal requirements.
Nor can we too strongly insist on the fact
that it is not enough to impound the de-
bris in the mountains. Such plan cannot
affect that great mass Of debris which has
already left the mines, and is therefore be-
yond the influence OF dams or reservoirs.
But prompt action ought to be the watch
word OF the hour, and none should be de-
ceived into furthering the schemes of those
interested parties whose only aim is to
prevent practical legislation of any kind.
Meetings to oppose the Parks bill have
been held, and resolutions have been full
minated against that measure! That kind
of negative action Is admirably adap-
ted to hinder remedial action, but it only
tends to break up public sentiment into
small discordant sections What the pub
lie want is manifestly what has been shown
to be necessary for their protection. No
legislation whatever can be had which will
not cost something, and if the people are
going to oppose every proposition on the
ground of expense, the rivers and the
bottom lands will be ruined together
while those whose destinies depend on
their preservation are pickering over
a penny-wise and pound-foolish pol
icy. Nothing can be done without
union. Nothing can be done unless the
public resolve to make up their minds
upon what they are willing to support, and
cease wasting time in merely obstructive
action. We have endeavored to show
what the situation demanded. We have
expressed the opinion that the Parks bill,
with some amendments (among which we
must place a provision for securing the
control of her own levees to Sacramento),
is the most practical and comprehensive
plan yet offered. If the people do not agree
with us, let them say what kind of bill
they do want, remembering all the time
that the emergency calls for some legisla.
ton, and that apathy means ruin to all
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Assassination al sam Rafael.

SAN RAFAEL, lIarch 5th-At 8 o'clock
this evening Cbinaman named All Ling,
while buying cigars from China store in
Chinatown was shot at twice by All Jim.
One ball took effect in the arm, the other in
the groin. The wounds will prove fatal The
assassin fled, but the officers are on his track.