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Year: 1869

HARD on SoBRIETY. The Tribune has
ever been most severe and lavish in its
strictures upon the use of rot.Gut as bev-
erage until its little pleasant experience
with poor MALLoY, and the nomination
of the republican candidate for the Office
of County Judge, Who can. 10 that line of
fashionable fabrication, beat the democrat
ic lomioee or any other man in the
county and give him ten points in the
game this, however. may be no fault Of
his, as it may be simply owing to this un-
usual power Of resistance to rot" and
length of gut.


But what we started out TO say, was,
that MALLoY when in a state OF intoxica~
ton wa. inveighled into the Tribune Office
and made to say many foolish, false and
ridiculous things, and to sign what was
written by the editor, who hastened to put
them in type for the delectation Of scandal
mongcrs and dishonest and lying polite
jams bat before the lying, slanderous arti'
,clc was published in the Tribune, MALLoY
became sober, and when told what he had
said and signed in the Tribune Office be
said it was all lie and wrote a letter TO
that effect, but the editor denied that wha,
MALLoY when sober said, was entitled to
crelit rs against what MALroY when
drunk had said. The free use of ''rot -ont
has come 70 be good thing in, the estim
alton of the senior editor Of the Tribnae,
for it has furnished him with q small
amount of the kind of capital that suit,
his natural taste to use for electioneering
purposes, and had he not been 20 peuuri'
GUS he would have retained MALLoY on
his editorial staff Till after election and by
giving him all the ''rot-gut' he could i'm
bibe, he would have made most efhcien,
editor OF the kind suited to the Tribune, fol
60 long as he remained drunk he would
haye been good rcpublicap-as he nould
have kept on lying.
Year: 1869

THR BANNER Town. The town Of Ma
pie Grove, some years since won the BAN
Der. offered by the democracy to the town
which would give the best vote for the
democratic ticket, and the question now is,
will she retain that banner as the emblem
of her faithfulness to democratic principles,
or will it be surrenderd to some other more
fortunate rival? Other towns are contend
ing for it. Her vote on County Judge will
settle the question.
Year: 1869

BIZ TRUE TO YoUR FRIENDS. have
been told that certain old line democrat
who has heretofore been ever true to the
party, and was once elected to the Office
Of clerk Of our Circuit Court, and could
command the support of the party for
another Office if be remains true, thinks
of voting against the democratic candidate
for County Judge at the approaching cleo
ton. We hope for his own sake, we have
been misinformed and that he will ever re-
main tue and faithful to his party. his
and country.
Year: 1869

The DEFENSE OF MAHoNEY.-The
Tribune had made certain charges of Off
cial misconduct against MAHoNEY, as
one of the Board Of Poor Commissioners,
and whether true or false would deny him
the right of self defense, or his right to en-
ploy an attorney to write u defense against
what be claims to be an unfounded attack
upon his integrity as . man and . public
officer.


Everyone charged with an offense wheth-
er small or great, is in the eye Of the law
supposed to be innocent until found guilty,
but in the eye Of the Tribune when it
makes charge against the character OF q
citizen of known integrity, no such pre-
sumption is allowed to be urged by an at
torney even OF the person assailed


The Tribune made repeated assaults up,
on the character of one OF our prominent
business men who up to that time had
stood "a high in the estimation of our pco-
pie as any one, and, it is contrary to al
rules of justice, propriety or decency for
the Tribune to hold Mr.. SIBREE or any
other attorney guilty of an offense for
writing defense in behalf of the person
assailed. II Mr.. SIBREE had come volun-
tarily to the defense of Mr. MAHoNEY, ,and
claimed fair play, and full investigation
Of facts before conviction, it would have
been taken as evidence of his manliness
and generosity of heart, and could not
subject him to the ;mputation of having
committed wrong in the mind of an hon,
orable man.
Year: 1869

MAHoNEY WELL lit gives US great
pleasure to be able to announce to the
Tribune clique that MAHoNEY is in the
full enjoyment of his usual good health,
and bids fair to out-live the term of the
incoming County Judge. whoever he may
be. Had he been in feeble health and en-
tertained = reasonable fear of dying soon,
At the time the Tribune alleges he offered q
bribe to MALLoY to vote for SIBREE, We
could have very readily conceived that
there was reason for believing there was
truth in the allegation, As his affection
for bis family might induce him to offer to
give two new suits of clothes, and throw in
two pairs of new coats" and all his ''ol6
clothes" in order to secure . County
Judge who would not fail to see that his
estate was faithfully administered upon
Nothing short of this would induce
mike" to offer even an old pair Of boots.
Year: 1869

their friends as they hope for future favor
at the hands Of the democratic party, they
yield 20 the decision and Judgment of the
convention, to whose arbitriment they sub
mitted their claims, and come up like men
and true and worthy democrats to tie earn
est and active support of the nominee.
Year: 1869

One DAY AFTER THE FAIR.-The Tri-
June, of last week, still harping upon the
old string, says:


Taxpayers Of Manitowoc, do you want
your taxes doubled over and over again
IF so, keep this Ring, Of which Mahoney
proves to be a member, in power.


The County Board Of Supervisors, some
time since. broke up this Ring, which
has given the Tribune so much trouble, by
abolishing the county system Of maintain
ing the poor, and hereafter each town is to
support its own paupers, and relieve needy
persons. and it is TO be hoped that their
wants and necessities will be properly cared
for and relieved, whatever may be the ex-
pense to the towns to which they may sew
orally belong. A years time and experi>
ence will determine which of the two sys-
TENS is the most humane as we'll as the
most judicious and economical.


We hope no town officer who may have
charge Of these unfortunates Of his town in
his treatment of them will throw off his
humanity for fear that the slandercus
shafts of the Tribune may be hurled at his
head
Year: 1869

The Los Angeles Ners publishes the fols

 lowing extract from tho CaH, in regard to

 Chinese in San Francisco:

 The cunning of the Chinese is proverbiaI

 and from the following particulars it will be

 seen that they are~fiving illustrations of the

 axiom 'where there is a will there is way"

 The importation of Chn oeo women has caused neaiiy all the crimes known in the calendar

 from simple assapb to rej-handed murder,

 and the end is not yet It is impossible to

 get the truth from the parties, because each

 one is bound to tell his story to suit himself

 Soon after tn . arrival of the Japan. some six weeks or two months ago, quite number of females that had been imported by one of the Jackson street companies, were abducteI by other Chinese, and writs of ha5eas corpus were obtained to regain possession; some of the women were hidden away so securely that the officers have not yet been able Ato discover their whereabouts The greater portion of them were taken before Justice Pennie vtheir abddctors. where they were married to per, sons furnished by the abducting party They imagined that by this means they would be able to hold them against the importers after time they were taken before Judge

 Sawyer on writs of Aabeas corpus Here the developments showed that the women had been married to parties in China before they sailed for California, and that they offer arriving. had been married to other parties. The Court endeavored to impress upon the poor women that they were in land of liberty; that they were flee to go and come that no one had the slightest right 10 interfere with them. and finally told them they could go with wbom- soever they desired. The result was that the women, in every instance went away under the protection of their first husbands. CT the per. sons who had married them in China and im> ported them, leaving the persons who married them here w;feIess. It was thought that this would put an end to the squabbIe for posses sion, but those who imagined so did not under. ! stand Chinese characfer.-They waited until the matter had apparently been forgotten, when they began to move again warrant for the arrest of one of the women on charge of bigamy was procured, and the woman taken into custody by an officer He had no sooner lodged her in prison than some of the friends ! of thosewho had caused her arrest appeared at the prison, and filing bail bond for her appearance, she was released and went away with them. They had used this meaus
Year: 1869

On Tuesday evening an explosion occurred on the steamer Chrysopolis as she was ap-

 proa ching her dock in this city, by which

 fourteen men were injured, some of them seveiely The Emmett Guards of Sacramento came down on the boat to participate in the Celebration of St Pattcks Day, and were re- ceived by the McMahon Granadier guards As the Chrgsopolis was about entering her moor- ings the McMahons fired salute of one gun which was answered from the boat Arrange. mems were being made on the boat to fire a second ghn, and for the purpose man was sent to bring some powder which lay in ten pound canlsters between the mail room and the kitchen on the lower deck The man sent for the purpose is said to have been smoking a cigar, and while bringing out canister it exploded bursting out the door of the mail. room, shattering the side of the saloon, and blsckening the paint on the side of the vessel for some distance. Fourteen men were in. jured, some very seriously. San Francisco Dispatch.
Year: 1869

Teaching is, as you choose to make it,
the most :rksome, or the most delightful
task in existance TO mind sufhcing
to itself in enjoyment contemplativc,
and fond of its own thoughts, which
ever fresh and new and vigorous, make
a life Of calm. happy emotion ; to such
a mind coming out of itself is at any
time painful, and nothing calls for such
entire selEabandonment, such full: out
ward life, as teaching. Probably the
mediocre mind is the one naturally BEST
adapted to teaching, Or at least is in the
best state of preparation at the outset,
falls more readily and pleasantly: into
the daily routine of labor and duty and
constitutes more frequently and with
less sellsacrifce tho "excellent teacher"
But of higher order, who strive to es-
cape as much as possible from the ped
onty of the profession, which more te-
naciously than that Of any other, clings
to the manners, language, and whole
outward bearing, while you would
throw off the pcdagogue, and be geni-
al human being among human beings,
with no notions Of superiority borrowed
from the school-room, and no high soun


ding pharses from the Textbooks
while you seek to cultivate. your o'0n
faculties, do not loose sight of such
tendencies in the profession, as are ex.
ccllcnt and e]evating. While forms of
abstract beauty throng you around,
thrilling you with more inetnsc dill
lights than could tangible realities
while under the influence of great
thoughts, your whole soul is fred, and
you long to communicate that which
has inspired you, that it may inspire
some others while at the same time,
you fear to intrude it upon any some
might not comprehend you-many
woull-but you may not tell it to the
right one take it to your school,:
room, ask your pupils if they ever
thought of such a thing; cloth it in the
plainest language you can make attrac-
tive show them it is not mere max
i'm intended for them, that it is some
Year: 1869

BRISTOL, December 28.--During the
performance at the theater IN this
city last night, there was an alarm OF
fire among The audience, and in the
efforts of the crowd TO escape from the
building, eighteen persons were killed
and many injured.
Year: 1869

fore the courts, the crew having opened suit.
The ship should be fined heavily, and sufi-
cient sum collected to pay large amount to
each sufferer. As for the captain and mate,
Imprisonment is too good for them.


Gases of this nature frequently are presented
before the courts by the crew of vessel, but
in the poverty of the sailors they are unable to
prosecute them to conclusion. The courts
defer the case, the men are obliged to ship for
some foreign voyage, and justice is thus
cheated. We hope this will not be the result
in this instance.
Year: 1869




Prevent Thems


The frightful disaster on the Long Island
Railroad leads again to the often repeated
question, how are such things to be prevented
These terrible accidents as they are called,
and few Of them may be purely so, are of
such frequent occurrence in this country that
people cease to think of them seriously longer
than day or two. So we go on, one catas-
trophe following another, and the last one OBJ
iterating the remembrance of former ones
The authorities and people come to regard
them as ordinary and inevitable occurrences,
and after the momentary excitement is over
give no heed to the cause or prevention of
such disasters. Yet human life ought to be
regarded as more precious, and some general
system of inspection of railroads and laws for
regulating them ought to be established
1t has been well said that corporations have
no souls. They only look to their own inter-
ests, or supposed interests, and squeeze all the
money they can out of the public without Civ
ing proper protection or accommodation. At
one time the cause of accidents is broken
rail, at another defective rolling stock, and
then again the stupidity or neglect of railway
employees. But in nine cases out of ten the
fault lies directly Or indirectly with the COM
pany. Seldom, too, are companies punished;
for by the adroit management of lawyers and
the ignorance or obtuseness of juries they es-
cape the meshes of the law. Still something
can be done, and, as we said, ought to be
done, to prevent such slaughter of our fellow
beings. We need stringent inspection laws to
see that the rails, bridges, embankments, cars,
engines and everything pertaining to railroads
be kept in the most perfect order, and that the
inspectors and companies be held responsible
and under the severest penalties for neglecting
their duties. We call upon the Legislature to
give this necessary protection to the public.
Year: 1869

We have recently devoted great deal of
space, and do so again to-day, to our volum-
nous but graphic correspondence from the
west coast of Mexico. The picture which it
presents Of the condition of the neighborng
republic is the most fearful that can be given
society is prey to the strong-handed and law
less. The pursuits Of industry are so fire.
quently interrupted that famine is foreboded,
and political discomfort with the weak and
miserable government of Juarez presages an
early abandonment of the nominal respect
which for some time has been paid to it.
Placido Vega has proclaimed independence in
Sinaloa, and the federal officers have been
ordered out of the State; but it is questionable
whether the country is even sufficiently pros
porous to make q revolution. 1t would seem
rather that elements of private disorder are
stronger than any constructive power which
public leaders can evoke President Juarez
has asked of the reassembled Congress grant
of extraordinary powers and from an informal
vote during the discussion, it seems probable
that these will be given. Thus new attempt
is to be made to save society by the setting
aside of individual rights. Whether success
will attend the effort is very doubtful.


In this state of things we are told that the
General in command of the District of the
Pacific has orders to hold his force well in hand
on that coast, and United States sloop-of war
has been directed to survey the ports Of the
~ NJ
quent denials of any scheme being
under private consideration by the United
States Minister and President Juarez but
the very frequency and vehemence Of
these carry o conviction the reverse of
the import of their words. On the frontier
OF the Rio Grande exists a state of things
which, If Texas were reconstructed with q
civil government, would result in serious re-
clsmations upon the federal government for
action. Whether all of these signs indicate
new effort to supply the exhausted Mexican
Treasury with American gold In exchange for
territory, or new inroad Of Pacific flibus-
ters, or general call from Mexico for the
formal establishment of q protectorate is Of
little import These are only variations of the
coming event.


There is very little doubt that our govern
ment will be called at an early day to exercise
its authority over the territory in question,
and the real problem to be solved is this Is
the present population and society of Mexico
worth saving9 One influence is at work
which doubtless will be strengthened by the
events Of the last winter. We allude to the
process Of depopulation which is going on in
all Northern Mexico by the savage tribes Of
Indians, who find IL easier to plunder the
Mexican towns and villages than to fight
United States troops and emigrants. Sheri-
dams recent campaign will not tend to retard
their migration to Mexico, and our advices
from the capital Of that republic indicate that
President Juarez thinks it better to sell the
territory he cannot hold than to spend money
in vain efforts to reconquer IL. The views Of
our Mazatlan correspondent are worthy Of
consideration, and perhaps they may throw
some light on the value of Mexican society as
IL eYista to- -dav
Year: 1869

That this spirit will begin the yachting season with
ecdt 1t Is only necessary TO mention In proof tina
they have decided in May to make q short
spring cruise through the picturesque Sound as far
as New London. They will leave their Club House, In
South Brooklyn, on the oath or the month, and be
absent week. All the yachts then In readiness, 1t
Is expected. will participate In this pleasant naugu-
ration OF the season.
Year: 1869

From the Norwich Bulletin. April "a.


A horrible accident occurred at Alexan-
ders brick yard at Dayville on Friday. Some
OF the knives IN the tub IN which the clay Is cut
the superintendent having stopped them from rum
ming, got into the tub remedy the difficulty. The
other machinery in the building in motion the
time and the jar therefrom caused the belt to slip
back upon the pulley Tne knives were set in motion
again, and TOOmeys body was severed in two Just
below his arms and otherwise fearfuly mangled.
He was steady industrious young man. and leaves
q vile, three children and many friends to mourn
his sad fate.
Year: 1869

tain of velvet, silk, and iewelry that he
must consume all his days in accomplish
ing, in order that his wife may be prop
erLy dressed"


For men of this class woman is not n
companion, to take share in proportion
to her strength of the common cares and
labor> of life, but an idol that he must
pass his days in adorning for the admi
ration OF others. \ poor man who mar
ries such woman without a dowrv
would be capable of buying horse which
had to be fed upon topazes and emeralds
instead o: oats. So it is now rare to find
a husband of the kind, and soon it will
be impossible. This is what they are
coming to in France, according to a very
good authority.


Let our coumtrywumen take this warn
ing, fresh from Paris, together with the
other fashions they are so fond of getting
from the same quarter, and thus using
the one As an antidote to the excess Of
the other, avoid throwing away the
chances Of marlage ge.-Huycr's Ba-,u.
Year: 1869

l hope soon to be able to make a more
thorough examination of the condition
and surroundings Of the statue, and shall
be happy to give you the results of such
investigation. | am, very respectfully
and sincerely, Yours, &c,


JAMES HALL.
Year: 1869

able shoals and shifting mud banks
all along the south east coast. NJ /.
De tLesseps is confident that this
difficulty can be overcome by per-
sistent dredging, and his Judgment
is entitled To much weight, but the
prevalent, and we think, the Nile
deposit, if not fatal to the canal it.
self, Will at least exclude from its
privileges all ships of the larger
class. 1t would not be surprising,
indeed, if the chief use made of the
canal should he to furnish 4 transit
for light draft steamers carrying
mails and passengers between EI-
rope and India. This is rendered
more probable by the admission of
the friends of the enterprise that leav-
ingout ofyiew the matter ofhar borage
and depth of water, sail vessels will re-
quire steam towage not only through
the hundred miles of canal, but also
through nearly the entire length of
the Red Sea, which is more than
thousand miles long. The fact that
the canal will be under the exclusive
control of the French government,
and hence liable at any time to be
closed against the shipping of rival
or hostile nationalities, will Rlateri-
ally lessen its commercial value.


So far, then, as the Pacific Rail
road and the SueZ Canal can be re-
garded as competing enterprises,
the former has the marked advan-
tages of certainty and priority in
time. The Railroad is an accom-
plished fact and a known success
the Canal i, uncompleted and cloud
of uncertainty hangs over its future.
For at least year the American
route will have the field to itself
1t remains to seen whether we shall
be wise enough to profit by these
advantages and improve the golden
opportunity by securing perma-
nent hold upon share of the COM
merce of ASA
Year: 1869

That chap what was lonely since
his mother died, is all right now.
His father married the head of a
iage family of girls, and they keep
house FIR him and give party near
ly every night.
Year: 1869

The beer-drink k era of Louisville are
unpieasantly excited over the dis
covery of portions OF human body in
a keg OF beer. 1t is not supposed that
they were introduced to give the beer
a flavor.