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doctrine is not the law of the land, its re.
course is against Congress, and not against
any Court. And it must not assume that
q doctrine is lawless upon no saner propo-
sition than that Legislatures and Con.
crosses are too wise and good to make bad
laws. That kind of argument is filter for
lunatic asylum than for any other place.
Nor must it expect that others will under
take the task of proving its positions base
less. They are baseless on q prima .fdcie
statement of the facts, and the obligation
of showing that they are otherwise de-
wolves upon our contemporary. 1t had
better therefore proceed to show, if it can,
that Z" this decision of our Supreme Court
sis not based upon any written law" For
nothing less than demonstration of that
assertion can justify its language in regard
to the Court.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
AN UNEQUAL, CONTEST.

| Our evening contemporary, having most
unjustlY abused the State Supreme Court
for rendering decision which is entirely in
accord with the rulings of the United States
Supreme Court, refuses to admit its error,
and very foolishly reiterates its original
wild and baseless assertions, as if it thought
that a question of this kind could be set
tied by mere irresponsible vociferation. Its
assertion that the United States Supreme
Court has made series of decisions which
are based upon no statutory enactments, is,
in the absence of all evidence, entitled to
no consideration whatever. Nor is it for
those who presume the soundness of the
Judicial decisions to adduce proof of their
position. On the contrary, the onms pro.
bandi rests upon orr contemporary, since
the presumption is unquestionably against
it, Whoever asserts that a judicial deci-
sion is an ' outrage, and that sit is not
chased upon any written law" is bound
to prove that assertion. 1t is, however
perfectly clear that our contemporary has
no such knowledge as could alone have
justified it's scurrilous attack upon the Su-
preme Court, for it exposes its ig-
norance by saying If there is
"such law, let it be repealed" Our con.
temporary does not seem to understand
that &c if there is such law +" it has been
guilty of very gross and wanton offense
against the Supreme Court, or that this
question is precisely the one which it was
in duty bound to determine before making
any comments on the matter. 1t has
without any warrant assumed, in defiance
of all the presumptive evidence afforded
by a long line Of similar decisions, that
the State Supreme Court made. a lawless
decision. After having been SHOWN that
the State Supreme Court in this case has |
only followed the doctrine laid down by
the United States Supreme Court in
number of instances, our contemporary |
still insists upon its original position,
though its insistance involves the setting
up of its unsupported "opinion " against
the conclusions of the highest Courts of
the land. It appears to US that Guiteau
himself could hardly have excelled our
in self-esteem, if we may
venture to judge from this illustration of
The value it places On its opinion" Be-
:ore, however, it abuses the Supreme Court
my more, we must take leave to point out
hat so tar it has failed to produce the first
OF or title of justification for what it has
aid concerning that tribunal. 1t has a
quarrel with the doctrine enumerated by
he Court, but unless it can show that this
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
A poorR1sE PULL OF DIFFICULTIES

The recent singular experiments in the
trine have caused public attention to be
drawn to some of the inherent difficulties
of that foreign policy. Just now we are
embarrassed by very slight misunder-
standing with Chile because of this theory
of our national mission, but the episode
will not have been without its uses if it
forces us to define more clearly what rela-
tions we are to hold towards the countries
of South America. It cannot be concealed
that the tendencies of the Monroe doctrine
are aggressive, and it is equally clear that
they consist poorly with our theory of ma
tional independence. tt seems that we
are to be as free as possible, IN short, but
that we are to hold ourselves entitled to
abridge the liberties of the South Ameri.
can peoples whenever it suits our purposes.
AT present we are somewhat entangled with
Chile and Peru, but y-and-by we may be
called upon to interfere with the Empire of
Brazil. For if the smaller South American
Governments may not make any European
alliances, the same rule must apply to the
larger ones, and if we are to undertake a
protectorate of South America we NAV as
well prepare for war of conquest at
once. Indeed this is what the
latest Interpretation of the Monroe doc
trine clearly leads to. Abstractly speaking
the United States has no more right to
impose limitations on the freedom of action
of Chile or Peru than the latter would have
to dictate to the United States. South
America may be supposed to be as much
entitled to Monroe doctrine as North
America, moreover, and therefore might
object to our policy with exactly the
same justice that we have on our side. In
fact the doctrine contains it's own refuta-
tion when it is pushed to such indefensible
lengths as it has been of late, and we shall
either have to retrace our steps in this
connection, or vote couple of hundred
millions of dollars for an army and navy.
As it is we have superiority of ambition
and assurance in our foreign policy, but
woful want of the material requirements
of such bold and aggressive doctrines as are
in vogue.
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PRESIDENTIAL INABILITY,

a prolonged discussion is certain to be
had upon Senator GarIand's bill to settle
the question of Presidential inability. The
bill provides that in case of the removal.
death, resignation, or inability of both the
President and Vice. President, the Secretary
OF State for the time being, or if there is
no Secretary of State, then the Secretary
of the Treasury, or in the event of his alb.
sence then the Secretary of War, shall act
as President until the disability is removed
or a new President is elected, cor in case
there be no occasion under the law for an
election, until the existing term of Office
"of the President SO removed, resigned.
dead, or disabled, shall have expired. .
It has already appeared that this plan is
destined to encounter strong opposition.
In the first place it provides for the making
President of persons who have not been
elected by the people at all to any Office.
This may be little better than senti.
mental objection, for whenever President
dies, or is disabled during his term, some
one must take his place who was not in
tended for such an Office by the people.
But the existing state of the law is unques.
tionably Questionable. It gives the sue.
cession to the President of the Senate, or
if there is none, to the Speaker of the
House. These officers are in many respects
undesirable possible successors to the
Presidency, and it is evident that a
better arrangement is needed. But, as
the debate in the Senate has al
ready made conspicuous, there is
a question which is really of more i'm
portance than that of the Presidential sue.
cession, and it is, what constitutes inabil-
ity? This pulling question was discussed
at great length during the illness of Presi-
dent Garfield, but no conclusion was
reached, for the sufficient reason that
there are no standards to go by. The Con-
stitution is silent upon the point, nor
is it easy to see how it could be settled by
any legislation. For in order to make such
settlement effective it would be neces.
sary to declare in the miuutest detail what |
condition of physical or mental health con-
stitutes liability" and what departures
from this maximum state constitute ina.
bility." And this is kind of thing
whic h no law can fix. The President him.
self must be under ordinary circumstances
the sole competent judge of his own
ability, for to give the power of declaring
the President incapable to any one else,
or to any number OF persons, would be to
give such person or persons the power of
chang ng the President to suit themselves
And yet, difficult as it is to determine this
quest ion, it is by far the more important of
the two, and Congress ought to grapple it
boldly. II constitutional amendment is
required to provide for the contingency
under considers ton, it will have to be
frame q, for it is certain that the country
, apnot afford to let these matters go unde.
ermine any longer.
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TURKEY AND GERMANY.

1t is reported that Turkey is turning tc
Germany for alliance and protection, hav.
ing exhausted British sympathy, and that
the Porte looks upon Berlin as having gu.
perseded London. The Sultan's advisers
perhaps think that the German Govern.
ment is the most likely to cry "check u
to Russia, should the latter make another
movement towards Constantinople Bis.
marck, however, is a tickle friend. If it
suits his present programme he will take
Turkey under his protection, but should
he change his mind a year hence he would
not hesitate to abandon his humble and
feeble ally, or even to surrender her to
Russia. The Turks best safeguard at
present is the territorial arrangements
which the Treaty of Berlin brought about.
That treaty has erected better line of
Notifications along the Danube than ever
existed there before, and Russia vii find
it harder to break through that barrier
than it was to capture Plevna. Germany
at this moment has nothing 10 fear from
Russia, however, and therefore may not
be anxious to encourage the advances of
the Porte. There is little reputation and
no profit to be CARED by an alliance with
the Sultan in these days, and he is liable
at any moment to become a source of
weakness to his friends. But it is useful
to have such means of menace at hand,
and Bismarck may think it worth while to
temporize with the Porte until it can be
made use of.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
SOCIAL AND Personal.
.. weIeh, OF Neyada olty. is in town.

! DR.. WEIGH, OF Nevada City, is in town.
! F. NJ. Pixley has gone to Washington City.
James WOODBURY. went to Grass Valley yesterday.
+! Some Of the officials at the County Courthouse
are busily preparing for cold weather.
W. R. Cantwell, who some time since had his leg
broken, Is out again and able TO attend to business
c. II. Chapman, State Prison Director, returned
tin.
John Diviny has been appointed County Delegate
by the A. 0. FL. of this city, vice D. E. Woods
deceased.
J. D: Arnold and Mrs l. L. Arnold, who have
been visiting in the East, returned home by the
Pacific express train this morning.
Nate Webb, well known in railroad circles, has
been laid up for two weeks from an accident in
receiving severe cut in OF his limbs, near the
knee.
On the 18th inst. Mr. and Mrs. August Cook cee.
nra'ed their silver wedding at their residence in
tins city, Eighteenth street. between NJ and
Friends presented them with many handsome
presents, and the party broke up at late hour.
When those present departed wishing the bride and
groom many returns of their wedding anniversary.
Matt F. Johnson, au attorney at law Of this CITY
after a residence among of twenty Years in fact
from his boyhood, has removed his residence per
mar nanentiy to Colusa During that time he studied
law IN the Office OF the Hon. j. w. Coffroth now
seceased, and was admitted by the Supreme Court
70 the bar in 1866, since which time he has con
snuousiy praeteed his profession. He was well and
iavoraoiy known here citizen and LAWYER and
held several places of public confidence and trrst
all of which he faithfully discouraged. The qoo3
wishes Of our people follow him to his new home
and we bespeak for him warm and hearty yelconne
from those with whom he has gone to reside.
These persons are visiting in the city: E. Glenn.
FRED heene, Franklin; F. Maxfad, Pleasant
Grove; Q. Q, Hatfield, Acampo; Joseph Lyons, r,
Snlds K: White. Placerville j. Atkins, Elk Grove
VIM Anderson, Dutch Flat; Dr. ~ Bunyan. viii,
Jams W. NJ. Allen, Dayisville G. II Davis Wool.
land; c. c. Smm ne, New York: lanes VAR
J. ruekee; NJ Elsenberry, ian Francisco; Mrs Ida
Aarll, Tombstone; S. NJ. Wilson, J. J. Tobin, Alfred
SteDolns, James J. Evans, San Francisco; j. T. Biz
mingham, Strawberry Valley; Charles A. Garter.
Ashley h. Garter, George Doty, Red Bluff Thomas
6ice, Grass Valley; James o Srien, SmartsviIle
Charles Haieht, fuba; S X Thornton, San Fran
Oakland F. A. Rice, J. Beare. j. Cbamnain
Williams w. W. Carter, A. Davis OAKLAND q D.
Brooks, Diamond Springs; j. G. Woods, White
Rock; VIM. Hurst Geo. Dougherty, CosuFnnes.
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THE WEEKLY UNION.

The WREKLY UNION is issued in semi -weekly parts,
and thus goes out to its subscribers ofteuer, and
and brings to them the news fresher. than any
weekly journal competing with it. The WEEKLY
UsIoS for the first week in January, 1882 will be
the annual holiday paper Of the volume and viii be
especially valuable to all for the variety and extent
Of its matter, for its commercial, historical and
statistical data, and for its elaborate treatment OF
come Of the most prominent social and industrial
topics of the day.
The WEEKLY UNION is mailed, postpaid, to sub.
scribers one year for g 80, payable in advance
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17

and if he comes out of it triumphantly he
will deserve to take rank among the ablest
men who have conducted our foreign policy
since the foundation of the Republic At
present we fancy that Mr.. Blaine must be
considerably relieved by being freed from
the necessity OF working out his own plans
to their legitimate conclusion.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
SUPERIOR COURT.
DEPARTMENT oyp-Dnxsos, Judge.

FRIDAY, December I6, 1881.
People ys. All Pong-Trial concluded, case argued
and submitted. Jury return verdict OF euitv.
ana recommend thai defendant be imprisoned for
lie. December 24tb fixed as the time for naesi,e,
sentence.
The People vs. Len Hodgkins-on appeal from
PONCE Court on charge OF ysgraucy The iudg.
ment was reversed and cause disnissed.
City of Sacramento vs. William sharn- Con-
tnued. '"
DEPARTMENT Two-TEpLs, Judge
IT The People - TAe Gold Run Ditch and Mining
ToDAY's CALENDAR
wi 1ss-rhe People Va. The Gold Run Ditch and
704-P. H. Duffy vs. Sacramento ri.y p.;,-
Company A'-41t 1S'
SUI Flora Meyers vs. George Meyers
1ss W. Z. Brown w. Nette Brown.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
Filed December 18th.

=, Says the Tuolu mne Union Democrat :.
Inc California and Nevada Railroad Com
pany has placed on record notice for
securing passes in the mountains east of
Sonora through which to build a narrow
gauge road. The engineer is highly pleased
with the route, which is far less difficult
than he anticipated. There are immense
groves of timber that the road will open
up; at one point 60, 600 acres are thickly
covered with the finest variety of trees for
lumber purposes.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17

The Rocky Mountain Division of the
Northern Pacific extends from the Yellow
stone river to the mouth of Little Black
foot. The division of the road extending
thence west to the junction of the Missoula
and Flathead rivers ia called Missoula Di-
vision,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17

Roach Hills have been since 1872 In these
claims there is very little of this heavy. blue
cement. The howlders are small and the soil
is red. In 1854 there must have been G, 600
persons mining at Iowa Hill and vicinity
The number Of inhabitants there now is 600
or 700. Mining is still the chief business of
that section. Think that there yet remain
$50 acres to be washed directly into the North
Fork by hydraulic process. In that district,
think that 800 acres have already been
washed. Have been Assessor in Placer
Think that about 800, 600 600 have been taken
out OF Iowa Hill township. Have made in
quiries officially from the miners. The water
allowing from Gold Run mine is of blush cast
and comparatively clear. The river bed up to
chickering's bar is used for wagon road.
Have known 2, 900 pounds to be hauled on a
wagon up that river bed Have noticed nat
ural washings into the river. Much of it
comes from wagon roads and from the loose
earth cut up by sheep and cattle. Sheep
paths are often cut out and made deem
cuts down the mountain side. There were
some heavy land-slides in 1862. Iopoine.
| wagons also cut out the hill sides. Recentlv
water from Indian canyon and the North
Fork ran muddier than before the mines were
shut down. Think the North Fork was HIGHER
in 1875 than in 1881.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17

THAT pain in the back is a sure sign that
you need to take package of Kidney. Wort.
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wea,her ProhnhiIliles.

WASHINGTON. December -Midnight-Indica.
tons Tor California Fair weather. For North Pa
ce coast region Partly cloudy weather, with occa.
casionai rains.
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TRANSFERS. OF REAL ESTATE.
Filed Decsmher 18TH

United States to heirs OF William McRinnev-
fasent dated July 20, 1881 to the fractional west
aI Oh ths northwest quarter Of section IS, town.
1ohn Smith to Charles Curtis Deed dated De-
Genoer 10, 1887 to lots ) and 6, between d and f.
snrtleth and ThiItyfrst streets Consideration
U. U. < A. H. Heissenbuttel to George Mcdaniel
Deed dated December Is. 1881 e. lot Eo I 4.
tween and o, Twenty ninth and Thirtieth streets.
Consideration, 500 e''''
Filed December 18th.
Edward Lyon to Hattie a. Lyon-Grant dated
DeeeIn9er 10. 1851 to west half OF lot 4, between
ana y, Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
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Sworn for defendant, testified: I live at
Iowa Hill and am engaged in hydraulic min.
ing. | went on to the North Fork at High
Bar in 1856. / have been interested in mines
on the North Fork. I worked on High Bar
until about 1857. Jameson ravine is right
at the head of High Bar on the opposite
side. Jameson ravine is the outlet for
the lows Hill mines. I owned a claim
between Holson rayine and the jaime.
son ravine, on the North Fork. In 1876
there were very little tailings in the
North Fork. They came from the mines
above at Iowa Hill. Independence Hill and
other places. A portion came from Gold Run.
In 1870 there was heavy food, which
cleaned the tailings out Between Rics's
bridge and Pickerings Bar / think the tall
ings ara about 40 feet deep; la some places
they are deeper. They seem to be quite solid
and hard. Originally the bed was mostly
bedrock. 1t seems to be as solid as the orig.
inal gravel which we worked The river.bed
has raised 80 feet at Hodson's Bar withia the
last three years. Heavy floods have failed to
cut it out. DON'T think that heavy floods
can wash it out. There are five or six feet of |
tailings at Rice's bridge As Won 90 down |
the river the material is lighter. The heaviest |
material is near the dumping points of the |
mines. The Gold Run tailings of late years |
have been heavy. Was there once since |
the present company commenced to work. /
Rocks were blasted and run out into
the North Fork. The mines at Independ-
ence Hill and Iowa Hill are lighter material.
Inc principal washings at Iowa Hill into the
North Fork were done between 1854 and 1872.
From these two hills about twenty acres
of ground have been washed down. TIE
principal washiRgs FROM Independence and
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
Where Postal Cards are Made.

cleveland Herald Springfield (Mass.) Letter.1
For the past eight years Springfield and
Holyoke have had the contract for making
and shipping the enormous amount of
postal cards used in the United States To
give an idea of the quantity shipped
from this point can best be un-
derstood when l say that a box car,
used exclusively for the postal service, is
sent from Holyoke to Springfield twice a
week loaded with postal cards, and from this
point they are distributed through the mail
routes to all parts of the country. The or
ders for postal cards are sent from the
various Postoffices, first to Washington,
to Holyoke. with directions for
shipping. A large stock is kept on hand,
put up in wooden boxes of various sizes,
strapped with iron bands and deposited in a
fire-proof room. The cardboard is made a,
Holyoke, the printing, counting out packing
and shipping under the supervision of 0
postal agent. appointed by the Postmaster
General every four years. The agent for the
past eight years has been John ". Tyner, oi
Indiana. brother of ex-Congressman and As
sistant Postmaster General Tyner, and who
is well known in Northern Ohio, having re
Gently taken for his wife Miss Steinbacher
from Akron. Tyner has just resigned and
gone into the business Of manufacturing en-
velopes at Holyoke, and Captain ID. o. Judd
OF this place, who has been his assistant
ever since the agency was established, ha:
been promoted in accordance with civil ser
vice. The postal card contract has Just beer
given out to the lowest bidder for the mex
four years, at very low price. When tn,
first contract was given out in 1873 there wer,
fourteen bidders, the lowest being the Nor
gan Envelope Company of this city, at 81 39z
per 1000. When the bids were opened il
1877, there being twenty bidders, the loves
was sixty-nine and half cents per ], 600
from WoolwOrth & Graham. The same firm
have secured the next four years contrac
against fifteen bidders, at fifty-four and
half cents per 1000. 1t will been seen that
the price must now be down TO pretty fin,
thing, or else there was a large margin o
profits in 1873. There is probably no plac
in the country where the cards can be mad,
so cheap, or where fine writing paper is pro
duced so cheaply as at Holyoke, which il
now called the Paper City," more thai
one-third of all the fine writing paper in tn
country being made there.