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Year: 1869

HARD ON SAN FRANcisco.-Referring to
the fact that the San Francisco merchants
have given public notice that they will not
receive silver in payment of debts in sums
exceeding ten dollars, save at discount, the
Inland white Pine) Empire says:


From this we infer that silver is at dis
count in city that is striving to control the
trade of this great interior basin. the miner
al product of which is pure chloride silver
As there is no demand for this product in
San Francisco, we recommend that the stream
of silver bars flowing hence go to the East
whittier the bullion drift is now going
Where silver coin in bulk. amounting to
above ten dollars, is refused. the question
recurs whether this great silver-producing
region had not better pour its stream into the
East until merchants there refuse to take
more silver than ten dollars at a time. In
all the Eastern States coin of any description
makes the eyes Of merchants shed tears in
Utah onions do the same thing; in San Fran
cisco where more than ten dollars is offered
at one time, a puailistic attitude is assumed
and the creditor is refused liquidation of his
accounts in that coin. Manifestly, there is
something wrong in the silver circulating
medium. 1t evidently should 60 East where
there is so little Of it.
Year: 1869

FRENCH GULcH.-We are informed that
Hopping's Highland mine is prospecting
splendidly. and is bound To yield fortune to
its owner. The Washington Company have
struck fine looking ledge, three feet thick,


about 500 feet from the mouth of their new
tunnel. The company have been about
have had extraordinary hard rock To contend
with. The tapping of the ledge in the new
tunnel shows that the Washington is mine
of q very extensive and permanent character
Year: 1869

A Conn OspER.-A society. called the Or.
der Of the Eagle, has been organized in Der
by. Conn. for the purpose Of diminishing
political corruption. instilling into the young
men and boys of America higher respect
for the country and its flag, and higher
standard OF honor than is now taught them.
1t is said that branches of the Order are to
be established in every city and town in the
Union. The members take an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United States
vote for the best men for office. irrespective
of party and never to accept bribe in any
FORM Oakland Neus.
Year: 1869

SLATE CREEK.-A man called French has
cleaned up Us high as forty-6ve ounces in
with the diggings on that creek is their spot
ted character. One day miner may take
out an ounce or more, after which he may
work q week and not make grub.
Year: 1869

Go AND Sls Ktause about your stsck Of
goods. Every merchant in the State should
call on him while in the city. His stock is
not beaten BY any house west Of New York
in quality or price. Go and sxamine the
goods. They arc No, l..
Year: 1869

AT a late hour last evening Samuel v. Allaire, OF
No. 81 Exchange place, who represents himself as
marine reporter OF some OF the journals, called at
the Central Onlce, aud. meeting Inspector Jamison
represented that he had been robbed OF g. in
rency and gold watch and chain worth $500. In
answer to inquiries he stated that he took the money
out OF his sale at seven O'Clock put IL in wallet and
started for the sixth avenue cars ON the corner
of Fulton street and Broadway he took the
wallet out, wrapped n IN a pocket handkerchief
and placed II In side coat pocket ON entering the
car he was accosted by some gentlemen who en-.
gagged him IN an animated discussion upon the
merits OF Grants administration.


At the corner OF White street and West broadway
the gentleman bade Mr.. Allaye a pleasant good
evening Immediately after he found that his pocket
had been cut and the wallet and contents abstracte
lie further asserted that this all the money he
had In the world and that he had positively been
vic.mzed.


memorandum Of the case was made and Mr.
Allaire offered the detectives nifty per cent of tile
amount stolen as areward for It's recovery.
Year: 1869

There is a lull in the real estate excitement,


and the tendency of prices is to fall to the


natural place. No doubt many men would


see this with more complacency if they had
regarded our warnings rather than the rose


cOlored stories of the spectators. Real estate
is a thing upon which speculation cannot
flourish. Men cannot here hold fictitious for
tunes on small capital and take the chances
to make their game by stimulated and
artificial rise. They can do this in petro-
leum. So they can in hops. So they
can in great many commodities of
more or less necessity. But if they had to
hold these articles on the same terms on which
they hold real estate-if an inexorable and
greedy taxgatherer came regularly round,
and heavy assessment "for improvements
were due occasionally on hops, petroleum, &C.,
speculative gentlemen would find that "hold-
ing for rise" was rather oppressive bust
ness, and they might not hold on so long and
might be satisfied with rise not so consider
able as they had hoped for. This is what is
the matter just now with the gentlemen who
tried to treat city real estate in the same
financial style as they have treated some 9th er
property. They forgot the taxes. Great for
tunes are made in the rise of real estate in the
vast and sudden growth of city like this !;
but there must have been to begin with con-
siderable fortune as the basis of the opera
held long while. The Astor and similar
estates-the Trinity property and the Stevens
property in Hoboken-indcate the only way
in which fortunes are made in city lots.


One of the singular features in the changes
in real estate is the development of neighbor-
hoods by accidental or artificial causes--as
the natural advantages of point or the fancy
Of people for aristocratic surroundings. At
one time all the wealth and splendor Of
city homes were centred on the ridge of
Broadway that slopes down to the North river,
and the gardens were in the worst parts of the
now horrible First ward. Then, on the east
side the city there grew up wide, fine street,
from which gardens might slope to the East
river, and this, from its character, was called
East Broadway. From that time forth arose
Bond street and Fourth street and Lafayette
place; then the upper part of Broadway, till
all city splendor eliminated in Fifth and
Madison avenues. We have seen analogous
changes in the favor given to different
suburbs. Fort Washington has several times
gone up in public favor, and in the recent ex-
citement effort was made to profit by stimu-
lating appreciation of its natural advantages
Staten Island was long ago very highly
favored, but many things were against t--as
The Quarantine and fever and age. Station
sry for long while, it is now coming into
Favor again, and this favor has a legitimate
basis in the measures to entirely eradicate the
fever poison by proper drainage, which are to
be undertaken on a large scale.
Year: 1869

ALL WRoNa.-It is reported that
the new Minister to China is to confer
before his departure with some eccle-
siastical bodies about the protection
of missionaries in the Celestial coun-
try. Is this Minister to represent tho
ecclesiastical bodies of the United
States3 If he goes out loaded with
missionaries he goes out to fail and to
complicate and prejudice our true in
terests in China. We have got moth
ing whatever to do with the religion
of the Chinese and for our accredited
representative to take position that
regards them as heathen is a diplo-
matio insult. Is this appointment
one more blunder ?-IW. Y. HernM
Year: 1869

The Baltimore Councils seem inclined to re-
cede from the narrow-minded position they
had indicated purpose to take upon the ques-
ton of allowing the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad TO make through connections by a
tunnel under that city. Some of the members
manifested purpose to cling to the exploded
idea that through connections are ruinous to
the trade Of city. Happily there does not ap-
pear TO be enough OF these antediluvians In the
Councils 10 prevent the accomplishment OF
this work, so essential 10 the interests of both
Baltimore and Washing gton, and the bill passed
the First Branch of the Councils yesterday,
and the Baltimore papers of this morning seem
TO think II will pass in a slightly modified
shape. In view OF the odium Baltimore has
heretofore acquired by planting herself across
the track Of the single railroad connection with
the National Capital. it will be suicidal in the
extreme for her to refuse to permit this connec.
ton to be made through her limits, especially as
IL is proposed 10 be effected by a tunnel. so as
not to interfere with the streets or highways at
grade The railroad company also agree to
cross the main highways leading west from that
city at different grades.
Year: 1869

The fact that Mr.. J. O. Wilson has lost his
place as chief Of the Miscellaneous Division
Sixth Auditors Once will be heard with gem
eral surprise and regret Mr.. Wilson. thong
not noisy politician,was a sound Rep ublican
and his qualifications for his position are con-
cededly of the highest order. We trust that his
displacement from office will not result in his
departure from this city, where for a series OF
years be has been so useful in all good works
In the work of building up our Public Schooi
system, particularly, his services have beer
well nigh invaluable, as all appreciate who
have had any familiarity with school matters
Year: 1869

What Washington and the District loses by
want Of connection with the Loudoun and
Hampshire Railroad is demonstrated by the
fact that q drove of cattle intended for this
market come down from Leesburg this morn.
ing over the road and was transported all the
way to Alexandria From Alexandria they
must be now driven back by turnpike and
aqueduct bridge to Drovers' Rest and thence
conveys ed to the city markets, q delay, expense,
and positive loss Of value to the cattle that
might have been saved by a short connection
opposite or above this city. Drovers bringing
cattle down the road are not permitted even to
land their stock at CarlIn's Springs from
wherce they could be driven to Washington
by short cut, but are obliged to 90 with them
all the way 20 Alexandria TO come blck by the
tedious process above indicated. This last fac.
iooks as II the railroad has very indifferent
facilities, or is run in the interest of AIexan-
dria-
Year: 1869

DIVORCE MADE EAsY.-They are in trouble
in Connecticut about q law which promises to
do away with divorces. Many people think
divorces often necessary, and that they should
be available without much csst. A case is
cited Of man who, fifteen years ago married
young lady, and in about year she became
insane, and to-day Is an inmate of q Iunatic
asylum He is poor, and has never been able
TO obtain divorce, and has nothing but a
dreary, lonely life to look forward to. Upon
this IL Is argued that the Law of divorces should
be 90 snended that tine poor can procure q
divorce without the expense that attends it,
Also, that any parties having been married ten
years (previous 70 the age of i5) without issue,
may, upon presenting substantial proof of the
same ito some legally qualified judge,) be
granted q lawful divorce


In one way and another the marriage tie is
bring loosened at a rate that will speedily en-
able any disagreeing couple, or half OF a
couple, TO slip his her neck out Of the halter.
Year: 1869

Mexican credit must be pretty Low or else
sorne OF the claims against that Government
are not very well founded. One OF them, for
Sissooo. sold for sis in bankrupt procssdirgs
IN New York day before yesterday.
Year: 1869

COME ABoARD.-To relieve as far aH
possible the anxiety OF the Register, we
reproduce elsewhere the full platform
on which our Republican candidates
stand. It Is broad and strong; and n
our Register friend Is at all sincere In
what he has proiessed for six months
past, there Is room enough on 1t for
him and all others like him. The
structure has pretty good supporters;
and you needn't be afraid OF It's giving
way. The fact that President Grant
stands on 1t need be no objection. II
you don't like the smell OF his cigar,
you can get on the ewiudward side. Gen.
Grant examined this platform some
time ago, and gave 1t as his opinion
that It was "about right" Our Repub.
lican friends have abundance Of good
company on this platform. Senator
Carl Schurz, Of Missouri, the dlstIn-
guiShed German orator and friend OF
Liberty, stands on tt He recently
wrote to the editor Of this paper "I
have received your letter and read the
Ohio county Address. It Is In entire
harmony with the spirit and and intent
Of the resolution offered by me In the
Chicago Convention, and unanimously
adopted by that body. I wish you
success" All aboard.
Year: 1869

THR RETuRNs.-WIll not some ol
our friends at each voting place make
II II point to bring or send 10 our Office
tonight ut least the vote for the Legls-
lAtIve ticket. We should like the vote
for the whole ticket where possible, but
at least give us that for Legislature.
II each ono will do this all will be
favored with the result tomorrow
morning.
Year: 1869

M A r C II 4.
DAY.
The Old Regime Goes Out,
and the New Regime


Comes In.
Andrew Johnson and His Cabinet
Who They Are and What


They Have Done.
How an Humble Individual
Assembled and Descended the


Ladder of Fame.
Year: 1869

THE Indiana Legislature VIII meet in
special session to-day. Various ru-
mors are ahoat of the intention on the
part of the Democrats not to qualify,
unless certain pledges are given, and OF
a probable failure to have a session at
all. Republicans, with scarcely an ex-
ception, are disposed to go to work and
entirely ignore the amendment until
the important and necessary legislation
is all accomplished. at least this de-
sire is very strongly manifested and
while they will not be forced into max
ing any pledges beforehand, the dispo.
sition to pursue the course indicated Is
very strong,
Year: 1869

THE House Committee OF Congress
had meeting Tuesday, on the Ohio
river bridge bill, and agreed to report
the old bill providing for survey by
Government engineers, and prohibition
OF all bridges of less than four hundred
feet span till Congress had taken def
mite action.
Year: 1869

The DELAwAREAN complains of the great and
Increasing amount Of petty pilfcring in Dover.
Have they cut down their wbipping-post or does
that relic of barbarism not prove SO effective n
preventive of crime ms lie admiring friends have
claimed
Year: 1869

any possibility, the country newspapers will be
damaged by the adoption OF either or both
these measures. The bare fact of publishing
the amount Of circulation is only taking q
transcript from the books Of the United States
assessors, and as for the price paid for legal
advertising, every newspaper man in the
State-country bred or city fed-knows that
beggarly as to be scarcely sufficient to buy the
chips to light the fires in country printing
Office. Besides all this our country contempora-
ries should remember that this is q progressive
age. Steam, electricity and religious revivals
are producing a marked change all over the
land Immigration is pouring in, and although
the Increase of natives of the original Kncker-
booker stock does not quite reach the per-
centage ii should and did in former days, yet
we can calculate upon fair supply OF the
genuine old leaven with which to give a bright
trace Of American vitality to the blood of pos
terity for ages to come. Therefore, in the
natural course Of events, the spirit Of progress
will, sooner or later, reach our country cousin
and satisfy him that there is no use grumbling
If the Legislature or any other body shall in
sist upon increasing the receipts Of one branch
Of his advertising business twenty-five per
cent. That viii do for beginning. The
other elements referred to will keep matters
progressing until he win finally wax into a
broad grin OF good humor and be compelled to
.exciaiin, in the words OF tn exchange,
AThings is movin'."
Year: 1869

PATIENCE is always crowned with success. This rule is without an exception. It may not be asplendid success, but patience never takes anything ia hand that it does not sue. ceed with in some form.
Year: 1869

THr Philadelphia Press says that there is no sense or honesty in beating about the bush in regard to the ultimate or intended effect Of the Fifteenth Amendment, if adopt ed- Ut will make suffrage universal"
Year: 1869

TIE "Great American punster is responsi- ble for the following: "Why will the sun be most clearly visible at the moment of to- tai obscuration7 Because it will then be perfectly discovered.
Year: 1869

ENCOURAGE THE YoUNG-If young
man deserves praise, be sure you give it
to him, else you not only run chance Of
driving him from the right road by want
of encouragement, but deprive yourselves
of the happiest privilege you will ever
have of rewarding his labor. For 1T is
only the young who can receive much
reward from mems praise the old, when
they are great, get too far beyond and
above what you may think OF them
You may urge them with sympathy, and
surround them with acclamation, but
they will doubt your pleasure and despise
your praise. You might have cheei ed
them in their race through the asphodcl
meadows of their youth you might have
brought the proud, bright scarlet to their
faces, if you had cried but once, "Wel
done4" as they dashed up the first goal Of
their early ambition. But now their
pleasure is in memory, and their ambition
is in heaven. They can be kind to you
you can never more be kind to them.
Year: 1869

During the debate in the Pennsylvania
Legislature upon the resolution to ratify
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal
Constitution, Mr.. Rodgers, Democratic
member, said:


am free to say, and I challenge con-
tradiction, that not single member of
the Congress who passed the Amend
ment or Of any Legislature now in ges-
sion was elected on this issue. Every
newspaper Of your party, every orator at
your huatings, every candidate, every
platform, from Chicago down or up, ex-
pressly disavowcd negro suffrage and con-
ceeded that the subject belonged to the
Statcs-loyal States-and the people
thereof 1t may be as the gentleman
from Lancaster says. that this was owing
to the fact that the Republican party was
weak-knced; but whether so or not it
was the plea under which you craved an
extension of power, and the people, be-
lieyiDg your pIighted word, your boasts of
patriotism, economy and reform, and your
hackneyed charges Of disloyalty against
Us, trusted you again and to their destruc-
ton. Your pledges were written in the
sands Of expediency only to be washed
away by the waves Of success. Submit
the question now to them. All power Is
inherent in the people, you say Try
them-we defy you. Yeomen Of the old
Keystone would respond in one hundred
thousand majority against negro suffrage,
and not a man Of you who was returned
by less than FIVE hundred majority will
come back next January.


The ratification Of this Fifteenth
Amendment violates the Constitution of
our Commonwealth and the present wish
es of our constituents. That while every
protection to life, liberty and property
should be freely accorded to our unfortu-
nate colored friends, yet suffrage will be
to them not blessing, but an evil in dis
guise, and not only tend towards degre-
dation Of the white race, but ultimately
end in war Of determination of the
blacks; a war more frightful than that
from which we have just emerged, war
which may destroy the fabric of our gov
ernment, and break our Union into petty
republics, the one warrlng with the other
Oh, representatives of a glorious Com
monwealth, with such contingencies star
ing you in the face, will you pause In
your schemes of party? 1 appeal to you
as Americans, as PcnnsylvaDians, as men,
to save the heritage Of our forefathers
from the danger of destruction, and
snatch from the jaws of civil war the
safety of State and Union.
Year: 1869

THE "SocIAL EvIL," The Washing
ten correspondent of the Chronicle
writes:


The social evil prevails to greater
extent in Washington than ever before
known. The halls OF the Capitol are
crowded with the painted frail ones, who
are cultivating the new members with an
eye to business. Pennsylvania Avenue
on u fair day can undoubtedly boast o.
more of this class upon its pavement;
than any other thoroughfare in any city II
the world. The gorgeous dresses anc
flashing diamonds displayed by many o
these is evidence Of being literally pat
ronized by the highest and wealthies
/ dignitaries in the nation.
Year: 1869

made off of me, and you'll find it'll tickle
you heap"


1t turned out that Country, and the
two men who had bet on his side. were
three noted jockeys from Texas, who had
previously arranged the scheme by which
they 50 suddenly amassed fortune on a
small capital.
Year: 1869

The war against the rebellion in this
country did not make much headway
till after the Proclamation of Emanci-
patton had been issued. Thereafter,
and when the slaves came to under
stand that they would be freemen when
the rebellion was crushed out, the Un-
ion soldiers found firm friends among
the blacks in the Southern States, and
the four million slaves became in many
ways valuable auxilarieS of the Govern
ment. A proclamation of emancipation
was some time ago issued by CespedeS,
the revolutionary President of the Gu
ban Republic, and now that the slaves
have come to understand its nature,
they are rallying to him from all parts
of the island, deserting the tobacco and
sugar plantations in the Central and
Western Departments, and foCking to
the Standard of the emancipation. The
odds will now be largely against the
Spadiards, and the six thousand troops
on their way from Spain will not make
the chances even. Cuba will presently
be independent, and not slave will
remain upon its territory. Cincinnati
Commercial.
Year: 1869

We are extremely sorry that the
Catholics of Springfield, ILL.,, could find
no better way of refuting the Rev. Mr..
White, who lectured against them, than
kicking up a row in the lecture-room.
We once, with several other Protest
ants, heard q clever Catholic preacher
assert that it would go extremely hard
with Luther and Calvin at the Day of
Judgment; yet, if we had been plenti-
fully supplied with an ammunition of
dubious eggs, none of our company
would have thrown one of them at the
ardent gentleman in the pulpit. Give
and take should be the law of pulpit
polemics. We often think when we
read of these little religious outbreaks
of the wisdom displayed by Mrs. farley
when Miss Monfathers had spoken dis
respectfully of her "wax-work show"
and hinted at putting her in the stocks.
"For which of us is best off," quoth
Mrs. farley, "she or met It's only
talking, when all is said and done and
if she talks of me in the stocks, why, /
can talk of her in the stocks, which is
good deal funnier, if we come to that.
Lord, what does it matter, after all +"
There is a plenty of sound philosophy
in this conclusion of the great Mrs. Jar
ley. At this time of day, the roasting
OF heretics having gone quite out of
fashion, it will hardly do for religionists
to try to stop each others tongues; but
they should talk of each other sin the
stocks" and thus relieve their minds,
without q resort to the vulgar device of
assault aud battery.-N Y. Tribune.
Year: 1869

Ohio has prospered greatly under q
six per cent interest law. The chan
ged 1t once to contract rate of ten
hut retained the old rate in other Ca
ses. 1t was not long before she restor-
ed the rate of six per cent, which Is
enough for borrowers to pay. Indeed
while money lenders at six per cent
get rich, it is certain that borrowers,
even al that rate, are SOON eaten up
before they know it. The farme 8
makes less than six per cent, but he
thrives as well as the capitalist who
lends money at that rate. Foreign
capital that can not be had for less
than ten per cent is an injury to all
that touch it, and will plumber any
community that accepts it.


The people do not petition to aug
ment the capitalists rate of interest !;
bankers and brokers do. The Senate
of Ohio, by passing a ten per cent law
ceased to be Democratic, and Joined
the enemy. The House will not in
dorse such g m0nstfous gift of sixty
per cent to the rich, at the expense of
the pOor.-I9le CoD88soner.