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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-11-18
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Wide AWAKE !.s 1882.

The Editors and Publishers OF Wide Awake
make the following announcement of leading
features for 1882.
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for help at our very
oflove will not
PRAYERS will
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
TIE PROTECTION OF OUR FORESTS.

The denudation of the sides of the Sierra
has an intimate connection with the prob
lem of our rivers, and it is time that this
fact was realized. During the late storms
it was to be observed that the SHOWS on
the western flank of the mountains melted
with unexampled rapidity under the in
huence OF warm rain. There can be no
doubt that this rapid melting was really
very largely due to the removal of the tim
Der over extensive areas of mountain side.
Nearly ten years ago it was reported that
the removal of timber was causing ava
lanches to be more frequent and destructive
than ever before. This is always one of
the first effects OF such work. As the de-
struction of timber proceeds the snow
which falls becomes more and more liable
to slide off, and as it goes it takes with it
the soil OF the mountain top and flank,
sometimes stripping it down to the bed
rock, and leaving it incapable of producing
any vegetation whatever. The mountain
side once stripped becomes mere shute for
the snow, which no longer lies there all
through the winter, to melt gradually in
the spring and summer, but thunders down
in immense masses into the streams
and rivers below, causing sudden and
uncomfortable freshets in them, and hurl-
ing their swollen waters, in torrential
form, upon the valleys. In this way large
areas in France, Italy, Austria and Swift
erland have been depopulated and rendered
uuinhabitable, and in all of those countries
it has been found necessary to adopt strin-
gent systems of forestry law, for the re.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
THE CITY DEBT.

1t has been resolved by certain citizens
to attempt to procure the consent of some
of the city bondholders to a project for re-
funding the lapsed interest on the debt at
fifty cents on the dollar. The idea is that
in this way an opening will be made for
the refunding of the entire debt on the
same terms. The difficulty of any scheme
of this kind is that the majority of the
bondholders are scattered all over Germany
and cannot be reached. No agreement
which did not include all of them could be
made, for the reason that if a part of the
creditors accepted fifty cents on the dollar,
the first effect of this would be to send the.
remaining obligations up to par. We can
see no prospect, therefore, Of success for
the prospect indicated, and so long as it is
possible to buy in the bonds at 30 to 50
cents on the dollar we do not think that it
is prudent course to take. The wisest
position for Sacramento is to maintain the
present condition of things in regard to
the debt Whatever change tends to give
increased stability to the debt must operate
disadvantageously to thetaxpayers Att pres
ent we have a Board of Funding Commits
sioners who are steadily reducing the out
standing obligations of the city, and at
very moderate cost. So long as this situa-
ton can be maintained we think it should
be pndisturbed, for we can perceive no
possible alteration in the arrangements
which (supposing it practicable) would not
cost the city more in the end.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
THE QUESTION OF CONGRESSMAN.


Mr.. Mcclure has introduced bill dis
tricting the State for five Congressman. 1t
appears to us that this is not the safest
arrangement. We do not know yet
whether Congress will give US five Con-
gressmen. We do not yet know what ba-
sis of apportionment will be adopted. 1t
is possible that when the ratio comes to be
fixed we may have one district too many, or
it might appear that more than one of our
districts lacked the necessary population.
If, however, we elected four Congressman
by districts, and one for the State at large,
this danger would be largely avoided.
Should it then become necessary to give up
one representative, the Congressman at
large could go, and none of the districts
would be DISTINGUISHED. On the other
hand, should the ratio give us five Con-
gressmen, we should have lost nothing.
For these reasons it seems to US that it
would be best to elect the fifth Congress
man from the State at large.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
A MERITED PROTEST.

Congressman Page had reason for the
mingled rebuke and protest uttered by him
in the House the other day in regard to the
meagerness of the appropriations for Cali
fornia. While millions upon millions are
freely given to the Mississippi valley for
internal improvements, and while almost
every other part of the Union finds it easy
to secure all the aid it requires, it is only
by constant and energetic battling that a
paltry hundred thousand dollars or so can
be had for our rivers, notwithstanding the
manifest urgency of our needs. The indif-
ference of Congress to the claims of the
Far West is not only exasperating and in
sulting, but may eventually prove danger.
Gus. There is certainly more demand here
for a national policy which recognizes
equality of claims in all parts of the coun-
try, than elsewhere. 1t has always been
perceived by thoughtful observers that
if ever the growth of the country
should so enfeeble its connecting links
as to cause decay of patriotism
at the outskirts, the peculiar conditions
of the Pacific Slope would render it the
point of earliest attack. The farther
State is from the seat of general Govern
ment the greater the need is to make it
feel that it is nevertheless part and parcel
of the Union. Congressional neglect of
our most vital interests, however, cannot
tend to cultivate this feeling, and it may
produce a very different one in time. There
never can be situation giving California a
more emphatic and powerful claim upon
Congress than the debris case furnishes,
yet we find that our Representatives have,
with all their Efforts, been unable to obtain
any effective assistance. In many cases of
this kind Congress escapes censure because
the people are too prompt to throw all the
blame on their Representatives, but here
we know that special efforts have been
made by the latter to procure adequate
appropriations, and that they have been
snubbed and repulsed as though it was of
no consequence what happened to Cali
fornia.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at l13 for As of 1907; 1905 for IS of 1881
112s for AIS; sterling, 81 SS@4 Sc; silver bars.
lI2.
Silver in London, 81 consols, ss ll-l6; per
cent United States bonds, 1881 As, 1l6; AIS,
l1a4.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par; Mexican dollars, sS&@S9c.
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at 9s Sd
@9s I'd for good to choice California.
Mining stocks we're in better demand at San
Francisco yesterday morning-that is, there were
more transactions recorded at improved prices
Most of the Comstock descriptions were from sc to
Use better than the best prices Thursday forenoon
though sales at the II o'clock call yesterday were
not generally so high the early informal call
JP. Zoya killed himself at Virginia, New, yes
terday.
The effort to impeach Superior Judge Hatch, of
Colusa county, in the Assembly, is causing general
indignauoH in his district
A man near jacksonville beat his son with picket,
breaking his arm, and afterwards setting the dogs
Oh him.
The Arizona Legislature wants branch U. S.
Mint established at Phoenix.
valley are detailed this morning by the RECORD
UNIoN's special reporter.
A severe snow-storm prevailed in Nebraska and
Kansas yesterday interfering with the movement of
trains.
Professor Franklin Carte, of YALE has been elect
ed President of Williams College.
The long overdue steamship Batavia has arrived
at New York.
Ann Reed, medical University STUDENT, drowned
herself at AM Arbor, Mich, yesterday.
Mrs Ellen Edwards Corse prominent woman's
reformer, died yesterday at Burlington, Ia.
During 1880 the farm and live stock products of
Illinois aggregated s286, 100000,
Two children were burned to death near Nc
Henry H., Wednesday night.
The President has nominated Arthur S. Barber to
be Postmaster at Alameda.
AT Canada de los Amosa N. NJ, Thursday, an in
sane Mexican killed his wife and daughter with
an ak, and then hanged himself.
The dwelling of J. W. Ferguson, on Brannan
Island, opposite Rio Vista, was destroyed by fire
Thursday.
1t now appears that in the recent battle between
the Beers and British the latter were dsastrously
defeated
A cotton mill was burned at Oldham, Eng, yes
terday.
At Rome Convention in favor of universal
suffrage is in session.
The death of Jacques Edward GatteauX, the dis
tnguished French sculptor, is announced.
The inside pages Of to days REcoRD-UNIoN Will be
found to contain unusually interesting matter.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
THE CASE OF JUDGE HATCH.

Charges of a very serious character have
been preferred in the Legislature against
Judge Hatch, of the Superior Court of Co.
lusa. One is to the effect that he is
drunkard. The other, more vague, accuses
him of corrupt practices, and it is under
stood that this is charge of nepotism.
As regards the latter charge, even if proved,
it could not be punished undar the law as
it stands. As regards the former charge,
it is said to be so familiar a matter in the
district of the accused that he has twice
been elected in the teeth of it. If any in
ference can be drawn from ithis it is either
that the people of Colusa do not believe it,
or that if they believe it they prefer that
kind of Judge. An Impeachment trial is
necessarily tedious, and the session is
drawing to close. a bill to prevent and
punish nepotism has already been intro.
duced. Might it not be the best course to
let the impeachment go, and pass the bill
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
INOPPORTUNE PARTISANSHIP,

DR.. May, in attempting to defend the
unjustifable raid upon the Bank Commits
sioners in the Assembly, intimated that
the RECORD UNION was not a Republican,
but an independent journal, the implica-
ton being that Republicans ought not to
be guided by its views on party questions.
The RECORD UNION certainly is not the
kind of partisan organ which could alone
be found to defend or excuse the course of
DR.. May and his colleagues in this connec-
ton, but if he or they think it is not Re
publican journal in the sense of a repre-
sentative of the opinions of the best ele-
ments of the Republican party, a serious
mistake is committed. The views of the
RECORD UNION upon the blind application
of the spoils doctrine recently attempted,
are beyond question the views of SO large
a proportion OF the Republicans OF Cali.
fornia that nothing but disaster can result
from the reputation of them. 1t is to
such journals as the RECORD. UNION that
the Republican party must look for the
only kind of support that can give it sue
cess, and it is such journals that are fol-
lowed, in preference to the blind and
greedy advocates of the spoils system, by
the Republican masses whose votes are
needed to secure victory at the polls
The advice this journal has given to the
Republican members of the Legislature is
founded upon much fuller knowledge of
the temper of the Republican party than
they appear to possess, and it is advice
which if they neglect they must do SO at
their proper peril. The RECORD UNION
has no axes to grind in this matter. It is
not dependent upon the success or failure
of any party. Its concern is only for
principles, and while it believes that the
Republican party represents the most
active progressive and reformatory tenden-
cies in politics at present, it is under no
obligation to accept or indorse bad doc
trines because they happen to be advocated
by Republicans. The Republican party of
California has no better friend than this
journal, and it i'll becomes a member of
that party to use such language as DR..
May has in regard to it, for had it not
been Republican journal neither he nor
his friends would have had any opportunity
of raiding Democratic officers.j
The action of the Republicans in seeking
to GUST these Democratic office-holders for
purely political reasons. is indefensible, and
we are heartily glad that the second at
tempt was as conspicuous failure as the
first. Much credit is due to the Republi.
cans who refused to be controlled by the
caucus in this matter, but it is to be re-
GREETED that SO many should have suffered
themselves to be whipped into the traces,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12

for this weak compliance shows that the sub.
jects of it do not all at comprehend public
opinion in the premises. 1t is, moreover,
very little to the credit of those members
that, though they have refused to be guided
by journal whose sympathy with their
political faith they could not doubt, the
Democrats on former occasion had the
sense and breadth of view to be convinced
by the same journal against the tradi.
tons of their party, and refrained from
removing Republicans from office under al
most precisely similar circumstances.
They were wiser in their generation than
the majority of the Republicans are to-day.
The latter have nothing to gain and very
much to lose by going counter to public
opinion which is gaining strength con.
tinually. There never was time when
less liberation for the more offensive
features OF the spoils system could be ex-
pected than at present. The people are
sick of the greed of Office hunters.
They desire faithful service, and they do
not believe that government exists for the
mere ACKNOWLEDGMENT of selfish placemen.
And while honorable gentlemen may think
it easy to thrust aside all such protests and
remonstrances at this moment, they must
remember that time of accounting will
come for these exhibitions OF INSCRIPTIONS
and indecent partisanship, and that when
that time comes such journals as the
REcoRD-UNIoN can alone stand in the
breach and defend the situation. And we
tell them plainly that whoever expects any
such defense from us will be disappointed,
no matter what the consequences. We
distinctly refuse to bear the brunt of bat
tie for the Republican cause when great
questions and consequences are In issue,
and then to be called upon to justify
the laches of rapacious spoilsmen who care
for nothing but the immediate oppor-
tunities of plumber.
If the Republicans think they can pack
the burden they have been accumula-
ting, that is their affair, but they
must not delude themselves with the idea
that we will help them to carry it. We
are for the Republican party so long as it
is true to its high principles so long as it
represents the broadcast patriotism and the
largest intelligence of the community. But
we are not at the beck of any clique of
office-hunters and hide bound partisans
who think politics nothing more than a
means of putting themselves or their
friends in Office by hook or by crook. At
tempts to turn out officers against whom
nothing can be alleged but that they are
Democrats, can only result in injury to the
party that is made responsible for these
attempts. That is the plain truth, and if
the Republicans in the Legislature are wise
they will recognize and act upon it. There
is nothing to be got IN that way but dis
credit, and every one of the officers so at
tackled will lose the party scores of votes.
Those who pretend to have the interests of
the party at heart will do well to reflect
upon these statements, for as the case
stands their loyalty and their consistency
appear equally in doubt.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12

MANIFOLD CoLoR-PRINTING BY ONE
OPERATION. The process OF which Lon
don Iron recently gave an account, was
discussed at the meeting, on the 9th inst,
of the Polytechnic Association of the
American Institute, The process is alleged
to be in successful operation in France a
solid block is said to be built up in mosaic
of different colors, the respective pigments
being susceptible to action by chemical
or combination Of chemicals. A thick
mass of this is mounted in the press made
smooth, wet with fluid of certain ma
ture, the paper applied, and the impression
taken. Brief exposure to heat drives OF
the fumes of the chemicals, and the work
is finished. Although it is claimed that
clear impression is thus obtained, IN the
case of textile fabrics the color completely
penetrating the substance acted upon, the
criticism was made by one who had tried
similar experiments in this country, that
the process, so far as he had known it, had
been failure. The sharpness Of the i'm
pressions, although satisfactory to some,
would not be so to a good printer, and the
character OF the work was generally infe-
rior. In the experiments, however, made
here, glycerine was employed, and the i'm
pressions remained damp, due to the pecu-
iiarities of glycerine. 1t is possible that
glvcerine is not the medium employed in
the process described by Iron.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
TIE FAULTS OF TEE SHORT SESSION.

1t is already apparent that the trainers
of the new Constitution made one of their
worst blunders in cutting down the legis-
lative sessions to sixty days. 1t can only
be in very exceptional circumstances that
this period will suffice for the work to be
done, and when, as now, number of highly
important measures are in controversy, it
is impossible that the Legislature can per-
form its task in the allotted time. The
questions of county government, of ap-
portionment, of the debris bill, of irriga-
ton, would alone demand more than the
whole session now allowed, and as
a necessary consequence all the meas
ures OF less weight would be
thrust aside. As it is, however,
there is no assurance that the most import
ant bills will be reached in time for action.
Many of them are far down on the file,
and in most cases it would be difficult OF
impossible to bring them forward. What
ever failure occurs in legislation will have
to be attributed to the Constitution, how.
ever, and not to the Legislature. Sixty days
is not time enough for the work to be
done. That is the plain truth, and every
intelligent observer can perceive it. twill
be necessary to amend the Constitution in
this respect, or the Elusive notion of econ.
omy which controlled the Constitutional
Convention will prove to have been very
costly blunder,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
HE UNDERSTANDS IT,

1t has been stated that "Governor
" Blackburn, of Kentucky, expresses him.
" self as very confident that cholera will
" make its appearance in this country the
d" coming season." Coming from Governor
Blackburn this remark is significant, for
inasmuch as he once before interested him.
self in importing the yellow fever into the
Northern States, he may be supposed to
have special information as to the way in
which the cholera is to "make its appear
ance." In fact Governor Blackbur is a
sort of expert in the introduction of cpl
demic diseases.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12

production and preservation of the woods
upon whose existence so much depends.
California cannot expect to escape the con-
sequences of a persistent violation of natu-
raj laws, and if the reckless destruction of
timber on the Sierra is not speedily ar
rested, our valleys will suffer the fate Of
their European prototypes. The literature
of this subject is quite full, and no special
commission is needed to tell us what is
necessary for our protection. 1t is very
certain that forestry laws are what we re-
quire, and that nothing else will suffice,
and we therefore hope that the Legislature
will adopt the concurrent resolution. on
this subject which has been introduced,
and thus call the attention of Congress to
the urgency of the question.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
THREE ORIGINAL STORIES.

During the coming year, and commencing De-
cenbey ist, the wEE,LY UNION lciu publish three
Prize Stories Of California. The first, pub
licatioa Of which lciH commence in the first 'oeek
of December, tciH be entitled, The Ventures and
Adventures Of Charlie Gould" THIS is an in
tensely interesting story Of the Stoek-GaHbttng
pey5o Of California, end tcritte'a By Ed'0Grd
F CahiH, Of Los angeles. The price Of the WEEKLY
USIoS aoiH be So so per eanun.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12
THE WEEKLY UNION

Is the best cheapest and most useful weekly paper
published the coast because it is addressed to the
best intelligence, is issued twice each week. is hence
more newsy and is fresher TO the reader, because
it has departments for every worthy general
class of the community. 1t is mailed for one year
post-paid for 81 So
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-12

DR.. Carr, of Pasadena, has volunteered
to send his collection of geological speci-
mems to the centennial Of 1888. The col.
lection is valued at $4,000,