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Year: 1867

The success of minority representation
in England will more and more draw atten-
tion to the necessity of its Introduction, in
some shape, into the United States. We
believe that good working plan is yet to
be devised; but Of the fairness OF allowing
minorties to be represented in proportion
to their numbers there can be no reason
able question. 1t must be productive OF
advantages much greater and more SOLID
than satisfying the senses of fair play. 1t
will introduce into our legislative bodies
two classes of men now generally eX-
cluded, whose influence will be most salu-
tary. One of these classes will consist OF
cool, proud men Of great personal lnde-
pcndencc, who scorn to play the dema-
gogue by falling in with the popular
dclusions Of the hour. Such men could
of course be out-voted, but, suppoSing
them to be right, they could not easily
be out-argued. Their intrepidity and
clearness of head would have a restrain
inc influence at times when the majority
were most prone to run wild in some tenn
porary flush of passion. Another and Still
more valuable class who would be brought
into the Legislature by the representation
of minorities are men 10 advance OF their
time, and therefore condemned by the
majority. The great improvements by
which society is carried forward gather
disciples but slowly. The adoption OF
such improvements would be accelerated
by giving their advocates an opportunity
to explain and defend them on stage
where they would command public atten-
ton. The ordeal Of thorough debate
against well-cquipped antagonists would
explode pseudo reforms and advance real
ones. We can see nothing but good in
minority representation, if some system
can be found By which it can be made to
work.-Nc,o York World, goth.
Year: 1867

PETITION FOR PARDON.-Messrs. Bow
den and CbahooD, the counsel for Mr.. John
Morriss, who was lately sentenced by the
United States Circuit Court to six months
Imprisonment and ordered to pay fine Of
$1,000 for violating the internal revenue
law, have forwarded to President Johnson
petition for pardon, stating that "the
United States statutes define the status of
the jury, that it is to consist of those who
are competent jurors in the State in which
the court is held. The same principle ap-
plies to grand juries yet the grand jury
which indicted your petitioner consisted
in part of black men, and the petit jury
which tried and convicted him consisted
of nine black and three white men.
That the charge was not sustained by
the evidence; that the punishment for an
offence of which the prisoner was convict
ed is only fine or imprisonment, yet the
prisoner was both fined and imprisoned
and that the court erred in not setting the
verdict aside."


The petition, in concluding, says: The
victim of an ignorant jury and the mani
fest errors of the court pray that your
Excellency will exercise your constitu-
tional pardoning power, which he submits
is peculiarly called for in his case.'
Year: 1867

UCHATIUs STEEL.-The process of N.
Uchatius, an officer in the Austrian ser
vice, for making steel by mixing gra-
nulated iron and iron ore in proper pro-
portions in crucible, was patented here
many years ago by an American, and
we believe before any similar plan had
been tried in Europe. The process was
never carried into practical operation
for commercial purposes i'll this country;
however, large company was formed
in France, more than ten years ago, for
making steel under the Uchatius patent,
but it failed to produce steel of uniform
quality. The cause of its failure is now
known to be the employment ofimproper
ores. In Sweden this kind of steel has
been made with great success by mix
ing the very pure and rich magnetic
ores of the Bisberg mines with grant,
lated pig iron made from the same ore,
and adding little manganese or man
ganese ore. This steel is remarkable
for its tenacity and uniformity of grain:
It is used exclusively by the Royal
Mint at Stockholm for dies of coming
presses, polished rolls and other similar
articles requiring great strength, close
ness and regularity of grain.
Year: 1867

The bill for the security Of equal rights
In the District Of Coluiabia was under con-
sieration in the senate on the 9th inst,
when the following discussion took place
between the senators OF this state upon the
condition Of public sentiment in Indiana
and throughout the north on the issue OF
negro suffrage and supremacy;


Mr. Heldricks-I have but one remark
= make upon this ball more that what
have already said. In my reference to
ihe elections that had took place this fall |
90 pot speak Of the general elections, and
hope that no senator will suppose that
would be guilty Cf the bad taste Of refer
ring to an election in any boasting way
The results that referred to were the
vote given by the people at the recent
elections upon the questions submitted to
them whether they desired the negroes to
have the right 10 vote in the states. The
distinct proposition was submitted to the
people in the form Of a constitutional
amendment in the state of Kansas, or in
some legislative form in the state Of Ohio
in the form OF a constitutional amendment;





actly what the form was DO not now re-
collect but these three states give the ex-
preston Of their people upon that question,
and expressed my surprise that sena-
tor coming from either of those states
should wish to force upon the people of
this district policy in reg1rd to the col
oTed race which had been repudiated by
the people of his own state. We legislate
for the people OF the district not merely to
crafty our personal pleasure, not because
we can pass a law; but because, in our
judgment, it is for the good Of the district
and for the credit Of the country that the
law should be passed and as L said before
when vote upon a bill that affects the
people of the District Of Columbia, when
cannot get their instruction on the subject
| certainly would be delighted to follow
the instruction of the people at home.


he senator from Kansas Nr. Pome.
roy1 reminded me Of the fact that since
took my seat here in 1863 there had beer
an expression once or twice perhaps, in tho
state of Indiana contrary with the view oi
the party with which | act but the sena
tor was not able to point out single in
stance in which my action here had beer
contrary to the known will Of the people oi
Indiana think he will be unable tn fine
single instance in which my vote In th'
senate has been In conflict with the wei
expressed opinion Of the people of tn
state of Indiana but l do not choose t.
discuss that. He referred to the fact tha
| had not resigned when there had been
change for the time being in popular opin
ion in my state have never heard o
Year: 1867

Mr.. NATHAN SToyEcIPHER, living
four miles north of our town, one day last
week. while DIGGING 9 well on his farm,
came across the trunk Of tree together
with quantity Of drift and bark at the
depth OF ,3}S feet below The surface of the
earth. lie dug five feet, he says through


the hardest blue clay he ever saw before
coming to the deposits The specimens
he brought to our Office are red oak and
sugar tree bark and are ia fine state of
preservation. Mr. SIS farm is over one
hundred lect above the level of any stream
near him. Our devil says the only way
he can account for this strange discovery
i, that the trees which this bark came
from were planted in the wrong sign Of
the moon" and that instead of~growing
up. the order Of nature was reversed aud
they grew down. or that Nathan had
struck the borders Of the celestial empire.
aud if he had duga liltle doerer lie would
hav, landed in the city of Pekin, among
the " enlightened Of the world. y Cam
bridge Cay Mirror.
Year: 1867

A RARE mind-mind your own business
THE harness of life-the traces of time
The Jap OF luxury-a cat enjoying her
milk.


A STITCH that doesn't save time-a
stitch IN the side.


MUcH adieu about nothing--the parting
of young ladies'
Year: 1867

VALPARAISO is soon to be treated to
new literary paper. So says the ''aeff'-
We have a distinct recollection of a" lit
erary paper" published at Y. some five or
six years ago, called The State, and which
was conducted by certain Prof. CAHLEY
The exchequer of the State was in a very
unhealthy condition; 50 much SO, that w
know of few typos who would be willing
to accept very small per cent. of 'ht
amount due them for work on the Stot
and cry" quits" We trust the new liter
AIRY venture Will prove a success.
Year: 1867

SENATOR MoRroS's hcalti IS said to he
in very critical condition lie is scarcely
able to appear in his seat in the senate,
and it is stated that unless there is change
for the better soon, he will leave Wash
ngton and 90 to the hot springs OF Arkan-
sas for rslief.
Year: 1867

ItrOvYnIOWS - N1u1tGIsl NAdAe al 1ktAku
q into North Carolina.


We copy the folio wing account of re-
cent s1outrage in Wilk es" from the Winston
Sentinel:


One day last week party of men from
Tennessee, claiming to belong to Brown
lows militia, made a rush into Wilkes
county and arrested and carried off young
man by the name of Wagner. Wagner
is native of johnson county, Tennessee,
and at the commencement of the war join
ed the 1st North Carolina cavalry, and did
not visit home during the struggle, and
since the war was afraid to return home,
and settled in Wilkes county in this State,
and recently married. The miscreants
who carried him off told him they were
acting under the authority of Brownlew.
and that he had also offered $400 reward
for him. Wagner was in the field at work,
and when he was arrested was refused
permission to go to the house for his


coat. The captors placed guard of two
men, one on each side, and then placed a
rear guard, with instructions to fire off a
gun on the approach of any one that had
the appearance of pursuit, and the firing
of the gun was the signal to the guards
near Wagoner's person TO kill him. When
the party was approaching Taylorsville,
the rear guard stopped at branch to
drink, and fell to the rear some thirty or


forty yards. Wagner conceived this to
De Lhe Dest ana last chance TO escape: ne
suddenly struck one of the guards and
knocked him off steep embankment, and
Immediately struck the other and darted
off into the woods. By this time the at
tention of the whole party was drawn to
him, and they fired volley after him, but
fortunately his person was not touched,
although several balls passed through his
clothing. After laying out in the noun
tains for two or three days and nights, he
got safely back to Wilkes, where it is
hoped he will be allowed to remain unnno-
| Tested. n ~ z.. ..... II rs ~
Year: 1867




correspondents in Washington, who, when
they desire to lie with emphasis, assert that
''There is the best authority for saying"
DC. Accordingly, the correspondent OF
New York newspaper concern telegraphs
that There is the best authority for saying
that General Grant regards the removal
of Sheridan as most unfortunate" Of
conrse the best authority for the
views of General Grant on that
subject would be. General Grant
1t is not General Grants habit, as
most people know. to proclaim his views
on any public question. Even less is it his
habit to express his opinions regarding the
disqualifications of army officers for any
public duty. To say that he regards the
removal of Sheridan as most unfortunate,
is to say that he looks upon Sheridan's sue
cessor as unfit for the place. The man
who believes that Grant ever expressed, or
felt inclined to express, so unfavorable an
opinion. of General Thomas, is either very
stupid, or amazingly credulOus. --g
Year: 1867

Coal on For HOG CHoLERA-It is fact
not generally known, that coal oil is a Ger
tain remedy for hog cholera. 1t should be
given in tablespoonful doses, about three
times week. Mr.. Valentine Franklin in
forms us that he has tried it with perfect
success in some of the worst cases. One
animal was so far gone that it could not
walk. Coal oil was given, ,andin twenty


four hours it was we'll. A trial will not cost
much, and it is certainly policy for farmers
to give it few trials.-Lebdnon Sentinel.
Year: 1867

There being no other name before the
Convention than that of P. Packer, of
.Streetsboro,, he was declared the unani-
nous choice of this Convention for the
office of County Recorder, by acclama-
Year: 1867

This delectable body adjourned on Satur-
day last, to meet again in July neZt.


The President, however, convened the
Senate in extra session to confirm the nopl-
ination of certain officers, and it is expected
that they will be in session the whole of the
present week.


Speaking of the adjournment the MI
waukee Neacs well says:


''The adjournment Of congress yesterday
is sufficient cause for national rejoicing
and thanksgiving. In constant session OF
four months, it leaves the capital without a
bright spot upon its record. The man Il
not living who can boast that one among
the whole number Of its more important
acts is likely to prove national blessing. -
1t has increased taxation, tranpled upon
every sacred provision of the constitution
plundered the treasury for the furthcrancG
Of strictly partisan schemes, and as dem
onstration of its affection for human tree.
dom has imposed upon one half the divided
Union government more purely absolute
and intolerably despotic than any that dis
graces the continent of Europe. Not salts
fed with the crimes already pcrpetrated, il
has provided for its reassemblage in mid
summer at the dictation of its partisa,
leaders 1t was natural and appropriate
that one Of its last acts should be a refusa
to feed the starving people who are the vic
tins Of its cowardly hate and oppression.
Year: 1867

A NICE CoMPLIMENT-The large vote
which HENRY SIBREE Esq, received for
Justice of the Peace, is a handsome tribute
from the people of all parties to his integri-
ty, ability, and independence as a magis-
trate, and stinging rebuke to the Tribune
clique who proposed to dictate to him and
others in his party what they shall eat,
which church they shall attend, and whose
society they shall keep. It is well
Year: 1867

Some few weeks since, Congress appoint
ed a committee to proceed to New York
and take testimony in regard to frauds SAID
to have taken place in the Custom House
there, and in which Senators Doolittle and
Patterson Conservatives were said to be
implicated. The committee not only found
no grounds on which to base a complaint,
but further than that, that those who were
charged with corruption were like unto
CAESARS wife, mot only pure but above
suspicion - yet in the face of all this. the
chairman of the committee, one Hulburd,
caused tclegraphic dispatches to be sent
over tho country deroga snry to the -charac-
ter of these Senators-in the hope that their
falsity would not be found out until the re-
assembling Of Congress in July next, when
they would be used in the impeachment of
President Johnson-Pattcrson being the
son-in- law of the President and Doolittle a
personal and political friend.


On the other hand, about the same time
a committee was appointed in the Wiscon-
sin Legislature to take testimony in regard
to alleged corruption on the part of mem
bers of that body in the years '65 and &C in
being bribed by railroad lobbyists. This
committee ferreted out testimony which led
to the conclusion, but did not quite establish
the fact, that some members had been so
corrupted, yet instead of giving the testi-
mony to the public, they applied to their
fellow w-radicals Of the Legislature for per-
mission to suppress these conclusions,
which permission was granted. So in the
one case, where the parties were proved to
be innocent, the public were imposed upon
by statements to the contrary and where
others were proved to be guilty all the tes-
timony of such nature was suppressed
Verify, it does make difference whose
bull cores whose ox."
Year: 1867

DEcLINED.-Immediately after our last
issue news reached US that Judge WETHER-
By had declined running for Associate JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court Hence we did
not supply the different towns with tickets
for that Office.
Year: 1867

SHmPING.-Some of the vessels in port
have once more bent their white winged
sails to the breeze, preparatory to the re-
sumption of navigation on the lake while
others are still held fast in their icy winter
berths. May favoring winds and plenty OF
freight give them a propitious season.
Year: 1867

THRorGH The IcE.-There was report on
the Streets this afternoon that . team had
broken through the ice. Whether true cs
not those crossing should look we'll to their
personal safety. This Kind of weather 10
iaa-
Year: 1867

4 CARD.-In 1861 Morton discontinued the
discount formerly given to the Jobblng Trade,
and. ignoring the services Of middle men, has
sold his pens either directly to those who use
them, or to such as keep them on hand for the
better supply of the writing public in their
own localities. There may be Jobbers who
have spoken in favor of the Morton Pen since
that time but, if So their remarks have never
in n single instance reached his ear; and
although they generally admit that Morton
can make the best pens in the world, and used
to do so, they nevertheless put forth great
exertions to show that the Morton Pen has de-
preciated in value, is not what it formerly was,
and that those which they vend are equal if not
superior; now since many Retail Dealers obtain
what little they know of pens, as well as the pens
themselves, entirely from the JObbers, people are
apt to be misled by their representations.


In order that the public may judge correctly,
and at the same time see how much pains
taking is exercised to give every one who orders.
Just such pen as will exactly suit his hand,
Morton confidently refers to the many thousands.
throughout the entire country, who have re-
ceived his pens through the mails during that
time, and also calls particular attention TO the
following letter which has accompanied every
pen sent. ,,.v,
Year: 1867

In relation to the Ordination and Install lation of MT. Williams as given by your correspondent week before last. Deacon Patterson says ''the statement is incorrect and wishes you to correct it." Deacon P. ''thinks stated that the Consociation had ordained MT. Williams over the church on the Hill and that their delegate had con- sented that their church should be called by new name." Now, if Deacon P. would think again tor what would be much better look and see) he would find your oorrespon- dent said no such thing. The only cor rection needed is simply to substitute for with the appreciation of the church. The Church made no objection to the change of name on the Records of Consolation.
Year: 1867

pA- An Eastern paper says Thad.
Stevens is becoming more and more
feeble every day. BE had intended to
visit Bedf5rd this season, but was com
PEELED to abandon the idea on account Of
in health. BE is not confined to bis
bed, but is compelled to keep the house
By reason Of his increasing infrmity.
An intimate friend Of his thinks it
doubtful whether be viii ever resch
Washington again.
Year: 1867

Ray The statement in the Radical
papers that General Robert E. Lee has
declared in favor of accepting the various
and sundry reconstruction bills is with
out the least foundation in fact.
Year: 1867

much longer shall we stand here and see the


brave men WHO for four years, ahid otle:


guy, persecution, imprisonment, and tortufej


refused to forswear the flag, now whet1 the
flag is triumphant, in part through their
sufferings, driven from their homes or shot
down ia the streets like dogs? If We thus
meanly desert our friends the rebels them
selves will despise us. Bat how about Tie
Secretary, his cunning, his precedents and
his judges? They are not to be feared
They may protract our national tfoable and
delay the restoration of the Union httls
longer; but that is all Tire people have
concluded that the best way To harmonic
and cement the Union is to bury whatever
is left of slavery and confederate nationeIz
ity in common grave and it will be dons'
The Nile may be damned with bulrushes;
but the just benignant and well considered
purpose of a forty-milion nation canfIot be-
turned aside by the tinkle of one old name
bell nor the rustic Of another's gown. Fot
one | am ready for the vote,
Year: 1867

FALL FAsHIoNs.-It will be graft
flying to ladies to learn that cloaks
will be worn much longer this season
than last winters styles foreboded.
This is very sensible improvement
for our climate. Embroidery will be
a great feature On cloaks, and the
rage for all kinds Of trimming contin-
ues unaDated. Cloaks are now more
of the loose fitting style, and there is
a decided tendency toward the close
sleeve. Many Of the imported cloaks
are plain, not pointed, and approach
the circular form. The leading colors
in cloaks this fall are black, brown
and purple.


The coquettish Fanchon and other
summer varieties of bonnets have
given place to stately and elegant
chapeaus, the distinguishing feature
of which is the diadem. This is a
very attractive addition to bonnet
and can be adapted to any style of
face


There is very little change in dres.
ses either as regards shape or materi
al. The new red-brown Bismark will
be probably the favorite color this
fall. The skirts will be of course
short for the streets, and as long as
trails can be made for visiting and
ceremonious occasions.
Year: 1867

Although it is over seven months yet until the time when the s0yercglss of Arizona will be called upon to elect some man to repre- sent them in the Congress of she United States at Washington, there appears to be considerable buzzing by aspirants for that fat office among their friends and retaincrs Nearly every man you meet nowadays has something to say upon this subject, and we suppose that at least one-fourth of the people of the Territory would like to serve their fsllow-CitiZens in that capacity. At any rate candidates seem to be Us plenty as |" leaves in Tallambrosa. or dogs in Constantinople, and all have some hobby upon which they expect to ride into that office. What pity 1t is that Uncle Samuel will not pay for the attend ance of more than one brilliant genius from Arizona If he did. we would drown Wash iagton City with flood of eloquence and intelligence. As it is our people will be com pelled to select from the vast array of aspir- ants some one man who they think will not forget all about his ever living in Arizona as soon as be gets certificate of election in his pocket and crosses the Colorado river. We have tried three gentlemen, who before cleo ton promised to faithfully represent our inter ests at the National Capital, and our people know that they failed to fulfill their promises, and did nothing for the good of the Territory. We now warn our people to be on the alert for other gentlemen who are anxious to fol- low in the wake of our trio of illustrious del egates. and would advise them to close both cars against the syren voice of any politician who wishes to go to Congress from this Ter Titory who is not known to be honest, and who is not thoroughly identified with our Territory and her people. All sorts of argu- iaea:s #ill be used, promises will be made and inducements held out to catch the un- wary and entrap our honest-mindcd people ny demagogues who think they were born tc feed eternally and continually out of the pub lie crib. Thrice in succession have the peo- ple of Arizona had the wool pulled over their eyes, and it remains to be seen whether ex- pcrience has taught them to be able to dis tinguish friend from foe.