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Year: 1869

EptroR UNION DENocRAr:-ln returning 10
the subject of quartz mining IN Iaoinmne'
we find il impossible TO give the go-by II our
c;tv miners and will therefore ask THAI you
allow us the privilege of devoting very li'-
tie of your valuabls space TO an aHectlonate
leaye-takiny Of the above named gentlemen.
We are strongly impressed with the belief
that they have been, and are now, great
ae,riment to the mining interests ot this as
well rs all the other counties of the State:
and that many of the monuments of failure
IN the shape of mills which dot the face of
this county are plainly traceable to the igno-
rance and stupidity of this very class of men.
They are sen. up here by parties in good faith
70 examine our mines, select what they may
think fair average of the rock and on their
return make, or cause to have made, assays
of the same. The average or sample selected
bv those gentlemen, generally speaking, re-
solves itself into little piece of rock about
tie width and thickness of an old fashioned
copper cent. which viii! fit snusly in one cor
ner of their vest pocket. without interfering
with the loose change therein, and upon The
ASSAY of this huge boulder the fate of some
unfortunate mine depends. Ii the assay
proves blank the mine is at once condemned
as worthless and no further notice taken
thereof. We know of several mines IN this
immediate neishboIhood which have receiv-
ed their quietus in the way above stated.


We very much regret, Mr.. Editor, that
the system of assaying was ever introduced
as n means by which to determine value OF
mines, for to Il, in our humble Judgment is to
be attributed in q very great measure the
present stagnant state of things in this coun-
ty. The idea of baseing calculation as to
the ya,ue of mine on the result obtained
from single assay of one quarter OF an ounce
of rock is something too ridiculous to be
entertained for single moment, and yet the
thing is being done every day. Another
cause of our present troubles is owing to the
fact that the moneyed men of San Francisco
are strongly impressed with the idea that
the quartz veins of Tuolumne are all pocket
veins and consequently not to be relied on.
This idea ha. no doubt originated from the
numerous pockets which have heen discover
ed from time to time within the limits of the
county, and which, if rightly considered,
proves nothing, as they are formed outside,
and independant of those veins which are
termed legitimate. No one pretends to doubt
for moment but that the great mother vein
which passes through the entire length of
this county is the same which is now yield
ing up its treasure to the world in the upper
counties of the State, and that fact alone
should be sufficient to prove the fallacy of the
ideas entertained by our San Francisco
friends regarding the quartz veins of this
county. We would have said more on this
subject but that we think it best to admins
ter our physic in small doses and thereby
keep the pulse of our patients in healthy
state. We remain as usual.


Dec. %, 1868. TrrrLErowS.
Year: 1869

After the inamatoy symptoms Of acute disease have hes
subdued, and the patient has been pronounced out or
danger there is still the prostration which always follows
fever contend with. The whole and mystery Of
medical treatment does consist in eradcatng nala
dy Indeed the violent operation Of the drugs admin
tered for that purpose reduces the sick
terribly that found impossible create reaction
they sink and die from sheer exhaustion In dirthe
ra for example the weakness which succeeds the
al Of the distractions from the throat often proves fatal


What the feble convalescent needs is medicine that will
brace the nerves, stimulate the appetite and tone tho
stomach Nature always makes gallant effort to retrvs
herself after tho pressure disease has been taken Of but


It is leave her fight alone in her disabled and
dropping condition. lie must rally with the utmost G.
tive and thorough Of invigorants.
Year: 1869

To OUR ExcuANGEs.-A proposition was
started some time ago to have meeting of
the editors and publishers of the State for
some purpose not then stated. We do not
know that there would be any particular
good result from it, but it strikes us that much
good could be effected by having some under
standing about advertising agents and the
rates of advertising. In San Francisco there
IRE some half dozen agents, each underbid-
ing the others, and in their eagerness to get
business from each other they take advertise
ments where the pay is doubtful. In order
that he might have a chance to underbid to a
better advantage one agent engaged the priv
ilege of all the papers he could by the column


and from the rates offered us, we think he got
the privilege from many on such terms as
would enable him to take about three-tourths
cf his business fer nothing provided he could
get paving rates for the balance. One New
York advertising firm send cut here and effect
cheap arrangements with many papers and
then advertise at the East that they can have
advertisements inserted at extraordinarily
cheap rates in California. We have stood out
against this reduction Of prices space in our
columns is worth money but one publisher
can do no good against the general evil. Nei-
ther do we know il any good can be accom-
plished hv meeting and talking the matter
over. What do you all think9


We clip the above from the Colusa S'm.
We think that convention of publishers to
adopt uniform rates of advertising would be
of great benefit to the interior press. Such
convention, however, to effect anything,
should represent all or nearly all, the news
papers of the State, and the rates adopted by
it should be rigidly adhered to by all. II
any paper ou account of remoteness, or any
other. cause, could not send representative
its publisher should be furnished with a copy
of the rates agreed to and requested to publish
in his paper his acceptance of the terms.
Such terms however need not, necessarily
be made public. This competition among ad-
vertising agents is an evil which must be
eheckmated in some manner,by the press.
Year: 1869

New 1EAR.-We are not going to sing the
old song over once more; but will simply
state that yesterday was New Years Day, and
that we don't see how any Of our friends who
are delinquent to US either for subscriptions,
advertising or job work can hope to- enjoy a
happy New Year without "squaring the
yards" Some people appear to think that it
costs nothing to run printing Office.
Year: 1869

"Wuo's DAT kNocKIN' AT De DooR p
One of our colored felow-citizens from Louis
lana is knocking ut the door OF the Lower
House of Congress, and doubtless VIII be IN
formed that he may come in. Sumner will
then be next door to supreme happiness.
which in his estimation consists IN having a.
negro sitting at his side as Senator OF the MI
ted States.-CcU.
Year: 1869

In other words ITS effect is to PRESERVE TIE PHyp
lcAE POWERS IN THIER FULL yIGoR beyond that
period when unassisted nature begins tho
canker of decay" Asa stomschc il is altersther the
best known Its depurative tendency particularly ev.
dent in bilious in which purge
Of superuous bile and that cearness complex
ion which can emily coexist with healthy circulation
Certainly there no advertised tonic corrective which
moro completely vindicates the efficacy Of botanical treat
Year: 1869

medicine that eScites appetite without pr0moting di
gestiou is always injurious. Its effect impose task
the stomach which is unable to PERFORM the result
is chronic arrangement Of that organ and Of its depen
dents-the liver and wels. Til. operation Of
Year: 1869

The following article from the New
York World, on dress, will be read with
interest. especially the latter part thereof


whether women ought to be more OF
dress and finer in their array than man Is
question open to discussion on philo-
sophicaI grounds. Practically, however,
it is closed question. Naturalsis as


sure us that the males among birds and
beasts are much more beautiful and in
finitely more sumptious than the females,
that the lion, for example, thinks more OF
his name. and has more name 10 think OF
than the lioness. That the rooster out
pumcs the hen as far as he ouicrows her,
every child can see. History. too, tells
us that in bygone days our grandfatherS
got themselves up much more gorgeous
ly than our grandmnthers. Queen Eliza
beth, with all her thousand robes, never
cut so grand figure as Leicester in his
white teuncut velvet gown, with seed pearls.
The Queen of Shcba went down before
Solomon arrayed in all her glory Des-
Year: 1869

pite all this, the woman OF to-day out
dresses the man. And the only comfort
the man has left in his inferiority is the
poor and paltry comfort of jeering at the
vanity OF his lovely mate. This is dis.
honest comfort, and we shall deprive him
of it whenever We can.


Man is just as vain OF his tenement OF
clay rs woman is of hers, and goes to just
as great pains to make himself glass of
fashion as does woman to make herself IL
mould of form. For example: Not long
ago tailor in this city, who is happy
enough to be considered master in his
art by some of his customers, received
from Europe what appeared TO be neither
more nor less than coffin. Whether
some peerless dandy of whom it had been
his privilege, without fee or reward. for
years to adorn the shapely person. had
finally shuilled off this mortal coil and
sent him the original block in full of all

demands. he could not divine. For n
time he feared to investigate the mystery
Bet taking heart OF grace and a hammer,
at last he opened tho dolorous case. and
there within it found nothing more nor
less than the counterfeit prcsentment OF
one Of his devoted clients" Sent abroad
to reside, and finding no tailor either in
London or Paris who could do justice TO
his fair proportions, this intelligent youth
had caused 10 be made an exact manequin
likeness of himself, which he had forward.
eel to his New York "artiSt, - in order that
his garments might be fitted thereon
without flaw or fear of fault, Happy
tailnr-
Year: 1869

A MAFCH 10 DRxTIR.-Bonner writes to the
New York Herald that the report that Dexter
Is 10 rot against Lady Thorne for the benefit of
the Avendale fund, Is without foundation, He
declines 10 let Dexter trot against any horse
even the most worthy purpose; but he offers
100000 In cash for any horse in the world that
will tfot as Dexter uotted week before last,
mile In 2:21x TO road wagon, and carrying
the same weight which he carried.
Year: 1869

SHOULD THE GUNBoAT recently sold to the
Haytien authorities by this government not
prove satisfactory to them after the trial OF her
qualities, the Navy Department will authorize
the purchase money to be refunded and the
vessel restored to the service.
Year: 1869

no clothing except an old pair of
soldiers pants his hair. which waS
black. sprinkled with gray, was
from two to three feet long, frizzly
and matted, hanging over his face,
neck, shoulders and back, reaching
half way to the ground his b card,
reaching to the waistband of his
pants, was jet black. This, to.
gether with a springing, jerking
hitch in his gait, gave him more the
appearance of wild animal than q
human being; and though l am not
OF a nervous temperament may ,'alf
the saints in heaven shield and de-


fend me from ever meeting such a


fiendish looking being face to face


again. The long matted hair the
thick, black, uncombed beard the
wild, glazing, blood shot eyeballs,
which seemed bursting from their
sockets the savage, haggard, un.
earthly counter enance tho wild, beast
ly appearance of this thing, whether
man or animal, has haunted me con-
tinually by day and night; and do.
not wonder that when this strange
being raped on the school house
windows, children were frightened
out of their senses and refused to be.
pacitied; for although l have seen
the chiefs of fifty different tribes of
Rocky Mountain Indians, painted
for the war path, and have looked
with wonder, on the stuffed. gorilla,
Barnum's wv hat is it, the mar
monkey. &C., never beheld any
thing half so hideOus as the wild
man of Woodruff woods.


| VIII close by saying that twenty
five years ago man named William
Little suddenly disappeared from
Woodhull,and has never been heard
of since and as the farm on which
the wild man So Ids most of his
time was formerly owned by the alb
sentee, it is supposed by some that
the wild man is none other than
William Little himself, returned in
this disguise to the home Of his
youth. But hardly think this the.
ory the true one. lido believe, how
ever, that q woman and baby are
somewhat mixed up in the matter
Year: 1869

OF The Pope has announced the sub
jcct Of international Peace as ore Of the
matters TO DC brought before the ap-
preaching General Council In view Of
this the American Peace Society, at its
last annual meeting, passed the follow.
ing resolution


That we rejoice in the understood in
tcDtion Of the Venerable Head of the
Roman Catholic Church to present the
cause Of International Peace TO The ap.
preaching Ecumcnical Council, and 10
urge upon Christiap nations, without dis
tinciion of sect, the reduction Of I'm.
mehse armaments now bristling defiance
to- each other: and that it well becomes
all those who bearthc name OF the Prince
Of Peace TO Unite in such an appeal, as
these millions in arms are so many pro-
vocatiOns to war, and constitute not only
crushing burden upon the industry anil
property Of the civilized world. but a
lowering storin-cloud, which may burst
at any moment into a tempest Of wide
spreading devastation.
Year: 1869

6J The Grand Jury will please accept
our thanks for the cordial invitation sent
us to attend their social gathering. OF
course we attended simply because we
did not wish to insult them, but we as
sure the public that we are opposed to
all gatherings where the private busi-
ness Of people is inquired into aud to bs
made to satiate desire To- promulgats
scandal. We shall not feel sighted ii in
the future they omit our hanac from the
Invited guests. s.-.-Sslem Democrat.
Year: 1869

The election on Tuesday. passed off very
quietly and without difficulty, we believe,
in any of the wards. Notwithstanding so
much had been said about the recent act OF
the Legislature.


In the First and Fifth Wards there was
considerable interest manifested, owing, no
doubt, TO the fact thai the Republican candi-
dates for Council Tor the long term had
pressed themselves on the ticket contrary TO
the wishes of large portion of their party,
hence dissatisfied Republicans were most
anxious 10 scratch the intruders from their
tickets.


The Eighth Ward is said to have been
heavily colonized by the successful party,
and some things were done there that re-
qulre little future ventilation. The people
can have no objection to any candidate pay
ing seventy-fve cents per head or any other
sum to q voter for his vote, but they have q
most decided right to complain al the giving
away both the time and treasure of the city
to the men on the pubic streets, as an in
ducement TO vote the Radical or any othei
ticket.


With all the disadvantages, however
staring the Reform Party in the face, they
succeed IN dividing the Council, and cap
turing the entire city ticket, with the ex
ceptlon of the Mayor, Capt. Valentines ma
jorily being considerably less than one hun
dred majority sover his competitor, Mr
a Simms.
Year: 1869

The following interesting account OF this
plant Is from the life Of Mrs. Margaret
Fuller OssoH:


a. had kept two plants of the Iuea
man. 1tt3Sa six or seven years, though they
had never bloomed | knew nothing of
them, and had no notion of what feelings
they would excite, Last June | found in
bud the one which had the most favorable
exposure \ week or two after, the other,
which was more IN the shade, put out
fiower-budS. and thought | should be
able to watch them one after the other
but,-the one which was the most favored
waited for the other. aud both iowered to-
rether at the full Of the moon. This
struck me as very singular; but when L
saw the flower by moonlight, l understood
il. This flower Is made for the moon, as
the Heliotrope is for the sun, aud refuses
other influences, or to display its beauty
in any other light


The first night l saw it in flower I was
conscious Of peculiar delight may
even say rapture. Many white flowers
are far more beautiful by day; the Lily.
for instance, with its firm thick leaves,
needs the broadest light to manifest its pu-
ritv. But these transparent leaves of
creenish white, which look dull in the day,
are melted by the moon to glistening sill
yer. And not only does not this plant ap-
pear in its destined hue by day, but the
flower, though as bell-shapcd, it cannot
quite close again after once expanded, yet
presses its petals together as closely as it
can, hangs down its little blossoms, and its
tall stalk at noon seems to have reared it
self only to betray q shabby insignifcance.
Thus to, with the leaves, which have burst
asunder suddenly like the fan-palm, to
make room for the stalk,-their edges in
the day time look ragged and unfinished
as if nature had left them in a hurry for
some more pleasing task. On the day
after the evening when | had thought it so
beautiful, | could not conceive how | had
made such a mistake. But the second
evening | went out into the garden again.
In clearest moonlight stood my flower,
more beautiful than ever. The stalk
pierced the air Ike spear; all the little
bells had erected themselves around it in
most graceful array, with petals more trans
parent than silver, and of softer light than
the diamond. Their edges were clearly
but not sharply defined they seemed to
have been made by the moons rays. The
leaves which had looked ragged by day,
now seemed fringed by most delicate gos-
samer, and the plant might claim with
pride, It's distinctive epithet of fLan'entosa.
/ looked at it till my feelings became so
strong that l longed to share it. The
thought which filled my mind was, that
here we saw the type of pure feminine
beauty, in the moons own flower


l have since had further opportunity of
watching the Yuoa, and verified these OBJ
servations-that she will not flower till the
full moon, and chooses to hide her beauty
from the eye of day"
Year: 1869

MR EDITOR Is it not a little ludicrous,
that old Massachusetts, should battle long
and manfully for universal suffrage, all the
while forgetting or ignoring the fact that
she has a nice little disfranchising clause
lying undisturbed on her statute book ?


Verify, we commend to her consideration
the I'd chap. of Romans, Is Thou therefore,
which teachest another, teachest thou not
thyself? Thou that preachest man
should not steal, dost thou steal ?' Thou
that sayest man should not be disfranchized,
dost thou disfranchise?


Verify. the south might say to her First,
pull out the beam out of thine own eye, and
then thou shalt see clearly to pull out the
mote from thy brothers. eye" For after
adopting the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution. with all the grace imaginable,
she finds herself under the necessity of alter
ing her own Constitution or have her basis of
representation reduced


Has Massachusetts any moral right to dis
franchise her citizens because they cannot
read, and il she has, how docs she appear be-
fore the world DISTINGUISHING white men





clamoring for the franchise of black men
under the same circumstances | know it
has been considered very popular, and
plausible, to discriminate in favor of educa-
tion but Wendell Phillips said in one of his
speeches, that work did more to develop and
educate the man than mere book learning.
And so if we have n book test. we must have
a work test also


What say the students Of Andover and old
Harvard to taking lessons at the Plough and
the Anvil, before being admitted to the
Ballot Box ? And we might 90 on indef-
nitcly. Once admit the right to discriminate,
and there is no end to it.


One wishes for one discrimination,
another, another. A few years ago we had
large and popular party organized in favor
u 5ffaachising On account OF birthplace,
Year: 1869

NAsHAPAUG.-Th has been several


times within the past two or three years,
quite a sensation in this vicinity over some


wild animal which inhabits the woods


Last fall some trappers, while trapping
mink near Mashapaug pond, caught what
was supposed to be the cause of the dis
turbance, but lately the unknown what-is-
it has made his appearance again, and in
two or three instances thoroughly frighten-
ed some poor souls who CHANGED 10 be
passinr in his vicinity. What the animal
IS, IS a matter of conjecture, and various
names are applied he Is, however, styled
.. Scotland Devil" Some think it black
fox, others a wolverine, and so on, Gd m
fnit1R7. Whatever 1t Is, 1t seems endowed
with a peculiar power TO frighten nervous


people. One man short time ago, when
about a half mile from home, jumped wall
to get across lots home and as he got
over the wall he saw the object of fear on
the other side near him, and without wait


ING for an introduction, or even 10 see what
kind of an object the intruder was, he
started for home, leaving some very long
tracks, his hat, and a pair of straight coat
tails behind When he reached home, he
did not stop to unlatch the door, but bust
the latch and went in head first. Of course
he Is not able to give a very minute de-
scription of the monster. Since then the
animal has been seen by boy sixteen or
seventeen years old, who met him In the
road while driving load of hay, and
though he admits being severely scared. he
Is able to give better account of the ami
NAL than any of the others He describes
the creature as being about the size of
large Newfoundland dog, black, with head
shaped much ike q cats; very large feet,
and long claws. He says the animal came
toward him till he shouted at 1t, when it
turned. Jumped the fence, and took to the
woods. Quite 4 number have heard it in
the night, which time it appears to take to
travel about to procure food. Some sheep
and lambs have been killed lately, and some
are ready to attribute the work to this fel-
low and in Stafford, and also in Brim-
field, calves have been reported to have
been killed by It, There is an old saying,
:. Give the devil his due, but in this case
it is not certain but that he gets more
than belongs to him. That there Is some
animal about which does not exactly belong
to this locality, and is not hardly up to the
times in civilization, is pretty evident, but
that he is endowed with the strength and
courage of the African lion, or the fierce
ness of the Bengal tiger, is by no means
certain. However we await further de-
-SouthJridge Journal.
Year: 1869

novelists rarely attempt the short story,
and when they do, are far from increasing
their reputation thereby. Since the time
Of Poe there has been no one eminently
successful in this branch no one whose
great success. A good short story should
have one fresh, central incident, two or
three well-conceived and sharply-drawn
characters, a certain Symmetrical unity in
construction, deep significance in oatastro-
phe or climax-not necessarily moral, as
ordinarily understood but, as nothing
should be purposeless, the short story
should illustrate some defect or virtue in
human character, or portray some special
experience whereby the imagination of the
reader may be gratifed, his sympathies
awakened, or his knowledge of the work
increased. 1t Is not easy to fix the limit
alton to the short story. Its construction
is an art far more so than is generally be-
leved it has its laws, and bears very
nearly the same relation to the novel that
the song does to poetry, which always
properly possesses one definite idea thrown
into a compact, symmetrical form. Writ
crs of short stories cannot hope to attain
success unless they make this form of
composition profound study; they must
have brevity Of expression, conception of
character, keen feeling for unity and SYM
metry in art, and very decided dramatic
perceptions All these qualifications are
necessary, but many of them can be ac-
quired By study. There is no reason why
we should not have a corps of men and
women especially trained to this branch of
art, and capable of producing a regular
supply of highly enjoyable novels in min
iature.-Appleton's Journal.