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Year: 1869

Our race groans under evils. and car
ries burdens heavy 70 be borne. Some
OF these may be traced back to the first
sin, and are beyond our control; but
most of them are of our own producing,
and may be arrested by q resOlute act OF
the will, or by aids which come from
other sources.


Two evils now I'LL the land and world
which are of human invention, and are
sustained by human authority. One oil
these is alcoholic drinks and the other
is tobacco. OF the latter we wish to say
q few words.


This has grown and .overspread the
nations of The earth till now it challen-
ges observation, reflection, and the
exercise of enlighted conscience while
locking the facts in the face. Such is its
present extent that five and half mill
lions OF acres aresoccupied in its grswth,
producing two millions Of tons annually
and costing the human race ten thou
sand millions of dollars; by far more
than enough to pay the whole debt, in
one year, Of the United States and Great
Britain, startling as the fact may seem.
In our own country alone one hundred
and fifty millions are expended annually
| in its consumption; by far moro than, is
| appropriated TO support the gospel of
Christ and the cause of education. How
appalling such a state of things, while
want and suffering are all around us!-
Multitudes are without the Bible, mill
! lions have never heard tho name oil
| Christ, and tho most important enter
prises for promoting the welfare of man.
kind falter and fail for the want of sup
port.


Yet this enormous expenditure is en-
tirely useless. No one claims that he is
the better for the use of tobacco in any
form. 1t is mere habit, innocentlv
ly formed, and, while at first pleasure,
has grown to be a master and q tyrant.


Not only this. but it is an offensive,
filthy habit, finding no place in the
church, in the parlor, the ladies' saloon,
or elsewhere, as high order of society
meets and indulges in exercises which
the higher nature graves.


Multitudes using it are ashamed of
the fruits of it, and would be glad to be
rid of it if they knew how to break the
enchantment. But this is not all, or
even the worst Of it. 1t is injurious to
health; when taken to excess operates
as OF a poisonous nature, weakening the
system and leading to premature death
Such evils. together with its enormous
expenditure, ought to make sober, re-
fiecting, conscientious men consider
whether it can be right to continue such
habit rs this. Ought it not to be
overcome at all hazard, and thus pro-
mote health and cleanliness, and save
the funds thus uselessly spent to provide
for personal and family wants and build
up the cause of truth and righteouness
in the world ?-Exchange.
Year: 1869

WHs WANTS TO DRINK Poison p
The best argument in favor of temper
ance that we have read In many q day
is the statement in the World that the
brandy and whisky sold ut the bars OF
our principal hotels, (the old Astor ex-
cepted,l are adulterated with fusel oil
Ia rank poison). The World does not
make this statement on mere here-say
evidence, but on the authority Of q
Year: 1869

CEMETERY THIEVES Having despoiled
the Shockoe=HiH burying. ground of all the


iron that could beremoved from its sacred


precincts, the rouges are now turning their
attention to the more distant but more in


yiting field OF labor which Holly wood


affords. The Hollywood Company offer q


reward Of thirty dollars for the detection OF
the rogues who stripped an iron railing OF
it's caps on the night of the 5th instant.
Year: 1869

4


Here is the. full text OF the Tenure of o flee
act as IL passed both branches of Congress-


That the first and second sections of the act
entitled"A AN act regulating the tenure of cer-
the same are hereby repealed, and in lieu Of
said repealed sections the following are hereby
enacted:- r- ~


Section ]. Be 1t enacted, etc, That every per.
son holding any civil office to which he has
been, or hereafter may be. appointed by and
with the advice and consent OF the Senate, and
who shall have become duly qualified to act
during the term for which he shall have been
appOintt d, unless sooner removed by and with
the advice and consent OF the Senate. or by the
appointment, with the like advice and con sent,
ofla successor In his place, except as herein
otherwise provided.


Section q. And be 1t further enacted, That
during the recess Of the Senate the President
hereby is empowered in his discretion to sus-
pend any civil officer appointed by and with
The advice and consent OF the Senate. except
Judges of the United States Courts. until the
end of the next session of the Senate, and to
designate some suitable person, subj cot to be
removed in his discretion or by the resignation
of another, TO perform the duties OF such sus-
pended officer in the meantime, and such per-
son so designated shall take the oaths and give
the bonds required by law to be taken and given
the time he performs his duties, be entitled
to the salary and emoluments of such
officer no part of which shall belong to the
officer susponded; and 1t shall be the duty OF
the President, within thirty days after the
commencement of every session OF the Senate,
except for any Office which in his opinion
iii ali vacancies in ofices which exist prior to
the meeting of the Senate, whether tempora-
rlly illed or filled not. and so In the place OF
all officers suspended. ana II Ine Senaie curing
10 an appointment In the place OF such sus.
pended officer, then, and not otherwise. the
President shall nominate another person as
soon as practicable to said session Of the Senate
for said office,
Year: 1869

A Radical observer Of things
in Virginia declares that no Nor


thern politician could conceive of


the condition of affairs in the Rad
ical party there. The charges


of Competing Adventures, "
seem to have too much foundation


In many of the districts the col


ored people are in a majority, and


here the greed cf Office Is more


distinctly manifested. Those per-


sons who own nothing, in many


instances not even a character


that is of any credit to possess,


work themselves into the conf
dence of the colored people, and


by their seeming devotion to their
interests, receive nominations for
the various Offices of the State,
from Congressman down. In one
Congressional District in that
State there are three candidates
forC Congress,alI Republicans. r Each
was determined to have the nomi-
nation. The Convention was called
and the friends Of one candidate
met in one place and the friends
of another In another place, and
here they could select their choice
without being disturbed by any
rivals. This is a new plan and Is
only known to or prscticed by
Virginia Republicans. This is
fruit of negro equality
and reconstruction seed. Let it
grow q little longer, and there
will be no Radical Party.
Year: 1869

The San Antonio Express has
seen the eighth wonder of the
world. 1t says that Judge Nc
Willie brought with him to that
city, from the city of Mexico, ga
vegetable beetle, the same form
but little smaller, than the COM
mon beetle. The vegetable beetle
knocks around the world a cer-
tain length of time, and when it
is tired it burrows in the ground
with its head up. After being in
this position a given period lit
tie stem shoots out from between
the eyes; this stem branches out
in five prongs; on the end of each
prong a beautiful cluster of little
pink flowers make theil appearance
the whole five clusters being a
little smaller than a half dollar.
These flowers finally drop, each
containing seed, which eventual
ly becomes q beetle" The Gal
weston Cioilian thinks this discov-
cry would have done credit to the
Savans of the New York Farmers
Club.
Year: 1869

Last week a Radical mass
meeting was held in the Capitol
Square at Richmond, and Col
Walker delivered speech, accept.
ing the nomination of the so-calIed
conservative republicans, for Gov.
ernor of the State. After the
meeting adjourned, a negro radi.
cal meeting was organized, and
was addressed by Gov. Wells,
(who has since been suspended
for mail robbery and the notori-
Gus negro Lewis Lindsay. The
Richmond Examiner says:


Lewis Lindsay, negro, took the
stand, and made one of the most
imAammatory harangues. He
said the white man had the negro
down for two hundred years, but
that now the negro was on top
They had in their hands the chains
and manacles with which the
white man had kept the negro
bound for SO long, and they intend
ed to put them on the white man,
and to make him groan, and
sweat, and work, before they were
done with him. He said Gen.
Grant knew something about tam
ming and would help them to tan
the white man until his skin was
as black and tough as theirs. He
was SO violent that Fields Cook
had to interfere to check him. Vi
olent as he usually is, he outdid
himself in his expressions of ran
cor and venom against white men
on this occasion.
Year: 1869

The body of a man buried in
Baltimore eight years ago was dis
inferred recently and found to be
almost as perfect in appearance
as at the time of burial, except
thatit was completely petri6ed-
The clothing OF the body was en-
tirely gone, but the body was sol
id and stone-like, hard and chalky
to the touch. It required the ut
most strength of four men to lift
it from the grave.
Year: 1869

Whatever you have to say, my friend,
Whether witty, or grave or gay,
Condense as much as ever you can,
And say in the readiest way
And whether you write of rural affairs,
Or particular things in town,
just take a word of friendly advice


Boil it down.
For if you go spluttering over page
When couple Of lines would do,
Your butter is spread so much, you see,
That the bread looks plainly through.
So when you have story to tell,
And would like a little renown, t
To make quite sure of your wish, my friend


Boil down.
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose or verse, Just try
To utter your thoughts in the fewest words
And let them be crisp and dry,
And when it is finished, and you suppose
1t is done exactly brown,
just look it over again, and then
rsE Boil it down.
For editors do not like to print
An article lazily long,
And the general reader does not'care
For couple of yards of song.
So gather your wits in the smallest space,
If you'd win the authors crown,
And every time you write, my friend,


Boil it down.
Year: 1869

Stroke the back OF a cat with
one hand, and at the same time
touch the top of your head with
the forefnger Of the other hand,
and you will receive an electric
shock equal to that from the bat
teries of telegraph Office. The
experiment is worth trying.
Year: 1869

DOUGLAS Cry IrEMs.-The wing dams along
Trinity river, in the vicinity of Douglas City,
were generally washed away by the recent rise
in the river, but nearly all will be rebuilt this
season ......A company of Chinese have good
claim on Point bar, above Steve Lanes, which
has been paying them well this summer. r.........H
". Leonard is rebuilding his hotel and intends
making it as good as the best in the county
......John Smith is rebuilding the ends OF his
bridge which will render it an entirely new and
substantial structure.
Year: 1869

THE VoTE OF THE CouSTY.-We furnish our
readers this week with revised and corrected
table of the vote cast in this county last week,
as nearly as can be ascertained outside of the
official returns. Of course, we cannot saw that
it is exact, but the count will not vary it much.
In our estimates we think we have given the on
position the benefit of all doubts five are cor
rect, the entire Republican county ticket is
elected, with the exception of Sheriff and As.
semblyman. The only error of note to which
we would call attention occurring last week
was in relation to the vote of Junction CITY for
Sheriff. The figures were correct, as will be OBJ
served, but were misplaced and given to the
wrong men. 1t will be further noticed that the
parties seem to be about equally balanced. The
truth is, that for the minor Offices no effort what
ever was made on our part: while the Democracy
in going after votes for the Assemblyman and
Sheriff got them for the whole ticket whenever
it was possible. This was played so nicely that
the first the Republicans knew Of anything of
the sort was when the votes began to come in
We actually needed something of the sort to put
mettle into the party. We have had such an
easy-going thing for some time that we were ir-
clinec to be apathetic, and were fully as much
another as with the enemy. The Democracy
may depend upon it, that we will be found at
our posts another time.
Year: 1869

NoRrHroRK IrEMs.-R. Curre has struck a
good claim at the mouth of Eastfork, about one
mile above the town of Northfork......Y .Yohe
Leary are washing up in their claim on the bar
opposite the town, and will soon learn whether
they have good claim or not. Some very rich
spots have been found in the same bar......Henry
Faubel, on Trinity river, between Northfork and
NcGillivray's is doing extremely we'll and TAX
ing out great deal of money.
Year: 1869

Day GooDs CoMISG.-Morris Karsky and Isaac
Pincus, who represent the two leading dry goods
houses of this county, are now in San Francisco,
new goods will arrive within the next week or
ten days
Year: 1869

The returns are now in from every precinct
except Taylors Flat The exact vote can only
be learned from the official count. Below we
give the result as near can be ascertained out
side the official returns:
Year: 1869

CleveIand's Trlal-A Verdict of Guilty


stOIid Behavior of the Prisoner.


Especial dispatch by International Line.l


BANGOR, Feb. 26.-The trial of Howard A.
Cleveland closed this afternoon, the jury, after
an hours deliberation, returning verdict of
guilty. The prisoner, up to the very close of
the trial, has maintained the same stoldity Of
demaannr which he hos manifested through
out: Even when the verdict of guilty was
pronounced by the foreman of the jury, he
showed not the slightest emotion or appear
ance of disappointment at the result. When
remanded to Jail, after the jury had retired to
deliberate, speaking of the judges charge, he
remarked with coarse guffaw that 1.-THE old
fellow did WE'LL" After hearing the verdict of
the jury and returning to the Jail to await his
sentence, he said he guessed they'd find out
in a couple of years whether he was guilty,
time would tell" but appeared to have no real
izing sense of his situation. The case has been
most ably managed by the counsel for the Gov
ernment, while the counsel for the defence did
the best possible with the meagre material at
their disposal. The interest in the case has
increased from the commencement, the Court
House being continually packed to overflow
ing by an interested auditory, who kept their
seats even after the adjournment of the Court,
when the jury went out, confident that they
would not be long in making up their verdict.
Year: 1869

The wife ola prominent Gothamite, about
a year ago went to Europe and returning
last winter brought suit against him for a
divorce, and obtained it upon false atfidavits
and by perjury. The first intimation he had
of his single blessedness was conveyed by
the announcement of his wife's marriage to
another fellow in one of the New York pa
pers. He hastened to learn particulars and
had the proceedings By which he had lost
a wife and she had gained a husband set
aside. Prosecution for perjury, next.
Year: 1869

Two weeks ago, on board an English steam
er, little ragged boy, aged nine years, was
discovered on the fourth day of the outward
voyage from Liverpool to New York, and car
rled before the first mate whose duty it was to
deal with such cases. When questioned as to
his object of being slowed away, and who
brought him on board, the boy, who had eyes
that locked like the very mirrors of truth re-
piled that his stepfather did it, because he
could not afford to keep him, nor to pay his
passage out to Halifax, where he had an aunt
who was we'll off, and to whose house he was
going. The mate did not believe the story, in
spite of the winning face and truthful accents
OF the boy. He had seen to much of stow
aways to be easily deceived by them, he said !;
and 1t was his hrm conviction that the boy had
been brought on board and provided with food
by the sailors. The little fellow was very
roughly handled in consequence. Day by day
he was questioned and requestioned, but always
with the same result. He did not know sail
or on board, and his father alone had secreted
him, and given him the food which he ate.


AT last the mate, wearied by the boys per-
sistence in the story, and perhaps little anx-
ious to inculpate the sailors, seized him one
day by the collar, and dragged him to the fore,
and told him that unless he confessed the truth
in ten minutes from that time he would hang
him to the yard-arm. He then made him sil
down on the deck. All around him were the
passengers and sailors of the mid day watch
and in front of him stood the inexorable mate
with his chrOnometer in his hand, and the
other officers OF the ship by his side. 1t was
the finest sight, said our informant, that we
had ever beheld-to see the pale, proud, sor
rowful face of that noble boy, his head erect
his beautiful eyes bright through the tears tina
sufused them. When eight minutes had fee
the mate told him that he had but two minute
to live, and advised him to speak the truth ant
save his life but he replied with utmost sim
plicity and sincerity, by asking the mate if b
might pray.


The mate said nothing, but nodded hi
head, and turned as pale as ghost, and shoe
and trembled like reed with the wind. An
then all eyes turned on him, this brave and nc
bic little fellow, this poor waif whom societ
owned not, and whose own stepfather could nc
care for him-thers he knelt, with claspe


hands and eyes upraised to heaven, while h
repeated audibly the Lord s Prayer, and pray
ed the dear Lord Jesus to take him to Heaver


Our informant said that then there occurred


scene as of Pentecost. Sobs broke from strong


hard hearts, as the mate sprang forward to th


boy and clasped him to his bosom, and kisse


him and blessed him, and told him sincerely b
} now believed his story, and how glad he wa


that he had been brave enough to face deaf
and be willing to sacrifice his life for the trut


of his own word. .--EngliSh paper.
Year: 1869

BOXING THE EARs.-Boxing the ears is an
inexcusable brutality; many child has been
made deaf for life by it, because the drum of
the ear is membrane, as thin as paper, stretch
ing like curtain just inside the external en-
trance of the ear. There is nothing but air
just behind it, and any violent conclusion is IL
able to rend it in two and the hearing is destroy
ed forever, because the sense of hearing is
caused by the vibrations of this drum or Tym-
panum. Picking the ears is most mischiev-
Gus practice In attempting to dc this with
hard substances, an unucky motion has many
time pierced the drum and made it as useless
as pierced India rubber life preserver; moth
ing harder nor sharper than the end of the
little finger, with the nail pared, ought to be
introduced into the ear, unless by physician;
persons are often seen endeavoring to remove
the wax Of the ear with the head Of a pin
this ought never to be done, first, because it
not only endangers the rupture of the ear by
being pushed too far ill., but if not so far, it may
CRATE against the drum, excite inflammation and
an ulcer, which will finally eat ali the parts
away, especially of u scr6fulous constitution;
second, hard substances have often slipped in,
and caused the necessity of painful, dangerous
and expensive operations to fish or cut out
third, the wax is manufactured by nature to


guard the entrance of dust, insects, and unmod-


fled cold air, and when it has subserved its


purpose it becomes dry, scaly, light and in this


condition it is easily pushed outside, by new
formations of wax within. Occasionally wax
may harden and intefere with the hearing but


when this is the case, it is the part of wisdom
to consult physician and let him decide what
! is the matter, and what the remedy.
Year: 1869

More or less, we have all withered under the
fantasies of the young lady with the brilliant
left hand have shuddered at the advent of
the person who plays a ltte," and have
wondered at the hostess "Thank you, that is
so charming" And in moments like these
most of us have pOndered why it is that this
peculiar form of musical art should be degrad-
ed into a wretched clap trap exhibition, to be
wreaked upon unOfending people who accept
invitations given with apparent kindness and
good faith. Why is the piano, of all other
instruments, to be corpus Vile for all persons,
with or without musical organization, to play
fantastic tricks upon? 1t is the pride, the am
bition, the business of ladies to be agreeable
and entertaining in the drawing room music
is agreeable; therefore the manipulations of
the piano must be part of ''inished" young
lady's education. A boy may have a sincere
love or an obvious taste for music, and find
under our present system Of school and unver-
sity education scarcely any encouragement for
his taste or opportunity for his talent; rather
it will be stigmatized by grave and reverned
seignors as a mischlevOus temptation, incOm-
patible with serious aims in life. But let girl
betray the most hopeless incapacity for compre-
hending either harmony or melody-it is all
one, learn she must 1t is part of her education,
of her duty in life, that she should be able to
play rattling fantasia at least vigorously as
her neighbors, the Misses Brown and Jones
Hence the murderous sounds which go up tc
the gods from thousand academies daily


and thus it is that countless young girls spenC
largo part of the best days of their youth il
what to many of them is but dreary mechani
cal exercise, and to all is sacrifice of time anC
trouble quite disproportiOnate to the end at
tanned. The time which might thus be em


ployed in gaining real knowledge and cultiva
ton of mind and character is employed il
achieving talent for debasing beautiful ar
into snowy mechanical display distasteful t.


themselves and wearisome to Others


What we want in our social meetings is no


to have the piano kept going, like a mill


against an opposing torrent of conversation


but to have music that is worth listening t


well played, if people wish for it and will liste


to it, and not otherwise; and if half the tim


spent by young ladies at school in excursion


up and down the keyboard were occupied i


learning something about music as an art, som


of us might have less reason to dread the sigh
J of "the piano in the house. "-Jennie June.
Year: 1869

CONCERNING ORGANIC GRINDERS have
a sincere regard for the disabled defenders of
tie country who are now reduced to the ueces-
sity of turning the crank for a living. We be-
heve in putting pennies in the box, and are
willing to otherwise encourage them in any
proper manner yet there is feature in the
performances of these musicians against which
we must mildly protest. 1t is that of eontinu-
ance. There is an organ in our vicinity which
is a desperate persister. Its favorite melody
S;dn's Il u'e graduate W at West Point ~ "'


Now, Captain Jinks is well enough if you
don't get too much, but when that distinguish
ed representative of the. horse marines is
ground out to the rnmitigated time of two
hours and a half without stopping, one naturally
begins to feel as though he had beard that ,
and and Sion. pals, or perhaps the inauguration o.
a powerful squirt-gun, fit through the listen
ing mind.