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Year: 1867

But there is evidently growing up an
other cause Of rivalry between these rep.
resentatives OF two different phases Of
the aggressive spirit Of New England
the one embodying the widest fallacies
in the forms Of positive philosophy
the one putting forth the most impudeni
eharlatanry with an air Of infalhble
statesmanship. Each is looking upon
himself as the coming man; the elect
representative of the New America; the
Chief Magistrate under whom is to arise
the Utopia which will consist in the full
practical realization Of Boston social
and political themes
Year: 1867

Mr.. EDITOR AS is already known to many
OF your readers the efforts lately made to secure
an amended charter for our municipal govern


ment have proved an entire failure do not
now propose to discuss the necessity of such a
measure, suffice it to say that something better
than our present arrangement is deemed of vi
tai Importance for the moral, as well as the
material prosperity of the town, by almost
every rejecting man, woman and child of this
community, and it was under this impression
that the proposed measure was set ON foot, and
after having been approved by several of our
most judlclOus citizens was presented to the
Legislature for their consideration. l propose
to make a few reflections upon the history OF
the case and there let it rest for the present.
1t is also known that the bill met with the
most determined opposition from our fellow
tOwnsman Mr. John III. Bewley who held the
honorable position Of Senator in that body.
MIR. B., had, of course, a perfect right to op-
pose the bill both as citizen of the town and
as Senator, but was it good taste for him as
Senator to call persons into his place of bust
ness and to go from house to house with the
bill in his hands making such comments upon
it as would most certainly prejudice their minds


and to solicit their names to a remOnstrancC
against it? But there is no accounting for
tastes, Mr.. Bewley has a perfect right to hi


rcmonstrance, but he had no right to repre-


sent to those upon whom he called for theil
signatures, certain gentlemen who had at first


favored the bill, were then opposed to it, un


less those gentlemen had authorized him to
make such a statement. Mr. B. had perfect
right to oppose the bill by all no norable mean,
on the floor of the Senate Chamber, but he haC
no right to state that the bill had been drawn
up surrepticiously, and that the names of peti


TONERS for it had been obtained by deception
and intrigue. Did he study we'll the meaning
Of such language? He had perfect right t
say whatever he could truthfully, on the foo


of the Senate Chamber in favor of those whC
signed his remonstrance, but he had no righ


to insinuate at the same time that those whC
favored or petitioned for the bill were un
worthy of consideration. For such language
his constituents will hold him to strict account


But | have done, the responsibility of its de


feat rests upon ex-senator Bewley, and he will
be held accountable for the consequences fo


whatever evil might have been averted or gooC
secured by its passage. FAIR PLAY.
Year: 1867

THE PRIsoN AT New CAsTLE.-By order of
the Levy Court six looms are to be mt mn in
the jail at New Castle, on which the prisoners RS
are to be put to work weaving. A portion of
them are completed, and the prisoners are At At


work on them. This is a good move. and we
in the State. WV pii'0h'
Year: 1867

DEATH OF A MIsER.-A short time since an
cid man died in Wilmington who was known
9ass miser. He was generally dressed in rags,
his clothes being mended with pack thread, or
anything else he could get. About three years
before his death he employed Mr.. Joseph
Flanagan to build in the Catholic Cemetry of
this city. an immense stone vault, several
feet in thickness, of solid granite-the stones
being dOvetaied into each other. We are in
formed thatit had secret drawers on the inside.
He was constantly having it altered, and it was
not finished at the time Of his death. He rep
resented that he had no wife or family and the
general impression is, that he intended to hide
his wealth which was some $4,000 in specie, and
be buried with it so that none would ever
know here his money was. But he died too
suddenly to carry out his purpose, and the
money was found in his house, and his wife
and family whom it is supposed he had de-
serted to save the expense of keeping them,
came on to claim his property. The huge
vault, monument of his folly and his avarice
remains in the Catholic Cemetery, an object o.
curiosity to all who visit it.-RepuJlicam.
Year: 1867

4 lesson in itself sublime,


A lesson worth ems rining,
Is this: II take no note of time,
Save when the siih is shining"
These motto words q dial bore.
And wisdom never breaches
To human hearts better lore
Than this short sentence teaches.


AS life is sometimes bright and fair,


And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let US forget its pain and care,


And note its bright hours only.
There is no grove on earths broad chart
But has some bird to cheer it;
So hope sings on in every heart,
Although we may not hear it;
And if to-day the heavy wing
Of sorrow is expressing,
Perchance to-morrow'S 5 sun will bring
The weary heart blessing;


For life is sometimes bright and fair,


And sometimes dark and lonely;
Then let's forget its toll and care,


Aud note its bright hours only.
We bid the joyous moments haste,
And then forget their glitter;
We take the cup Of life, and taste
No portion but the bitter;
But we should teach our hearts to deem
It's sweetest drops the strongest
And pleasant hours should ever seem
TO linger round us longest.


AS life is sometimes bright and fair,


And sometimes dark and lonely,
Let US forget its toll and care,


And note its bright hour only.
The darkest shadows of the night
Are just before the morning;
Then let us wait the coming light,
All bodeless phantoms scorning;
And while we're passing on the tide
OfTime's fast ebbing river.
Let's puck the blossoms by its side,
And bless the gracious Giver,


As life is sometimes bright and fair,


And sometimes dark and lonely,
We should forget its pain and care,


And note its bright hours only.
Year: 1867

empty coach through the mud. About
That time an Irishman came along and
the driver asked him if he would hitch
his team on and help us across the flats
Faith, and I'll be after helping you ou
for dollar Driver paid the dollar anC
! Pat. helped draw the coach about twent,
rods to the upland. We again got into
the coach but had not gone more thar
two miles, before our term refused t(
draw us any farther While our driver
wss using the lash and we were lifting in
the rear of The coach, darkie boy came
along with team. The driver asked him
to help us out of the trouble. 'fOut Of
what, massa p said the boy. "Help us
across the fats ahead hitch on your team
and draw us through, will you ?" "Don
no sar, dis yer team blongs to der man
what keeps de post ofiis up dare sir. .
We urged him to hitch on and help us
up to the post Office, which he did. The
post master consented to let the boy help
us across the fat We crossed the Wa
karusa river, but on the flats we found
that our team of four horses could not
take us through. At which Hoosier of
our company remarked, "these ere Kan
sas horses are the sorryest horses [ ever
saw" He "reckoned we should have a
right hard time getting through" While
lifting. whipping, editing and slash1ng to
no affect, man came along and hitched
his team on and helped us across the fat
about forty rods distance. The driver
asked the Quaker what was to pay, he re-
piled, Il have helped thee out friend, do
thou likewise to thy fellow man" We
all thanked him and got into the coach,
rode about mile when our team stopped.
We5umped Out and pried with rails, but
all to no effect except to weary ourselves.
The horses would not make an effort.
The driver then left US and went ahead in
search of a team, He returned in about
half an hour with team and it's owner,
who hitched on, saying he would take us
to Clinton, two miles, for two dollars,
which the driver agreed to pay We
were at q. about sunset there we waited
to have the mail changed, which was done
while our driver was hitching his team to
the coach.


He said it was yet three miles to the
station where we would change teams.
He thought if we would walk he could
get hrongh, and as we were anxious to get
to the station we told him we would do
anything to help along. We started-so
did the coach, but it stopped in mud
hole about twenty rods from the post Of
fi'e. The driver tried in vain to make
the team draw, and finally went and hirel
the fifth team to take us through to
smiths Station, paying the man two dol
lars for his services. At5mith's we took
supper at 8 o'clock, having been seven
hours going twelve miles. We got a
fresh tenn there and started for the next
station at Ridge vile, fifteen miles distant;
We looked ahead for a tedious night. One
of our passengers remarked that he had
paid ten cents mile to be taken through,
and he for one should stick to the coach
till the last horse fell [ will tell how
we succeeded in getting through to En-
poria in my next letter.


NJ. S. PIPER
Year: 1867

We regret to notice that the proprie-
tors of the Parkersburg Daily Gazette
have determined to discontinue its pub
iieation. The Gazette has done splendid
service in opposition to Radicalism in
this State, and we could have wished
its continued aid in behalf of the cause
Of law and liberty. We are pleased te
know that the Psrkersburg Heek'y Ga
sstte will be published from the same
Office, as heretofore. This paper is ons
Of the Oldest in the State, and its pres
ent able management is a sufficient as
surancs that it will continue to WELD q
great influence for good to the interests
OF this section.
Year: 1867

The railroad companies are running riot in


the plenitude Of their influence. They are
buying up the Legislature, buying up Alder
men, buying up parks and squares, and, in


short propose to buy up everybody and every
thing. This is all very well as long as the de-
lusion lasts. There is o day Of reckoning,
however, for these as well for other bubbles.
The present railroad system has not long to
run. In Eve years from this there will not be
one of the surface lines In existence. The
pneumatic principle Is about to work COM
plete revolution in the transportation system
Of the country. When people can travel al
Year: 1867

Terrible Cerruption Among tho PoliticiansS


For several days past the partisan journals
have been making terrible disclosures Of cor
ruption in the different political cliques and
factions 1--we were to Judge by their allegs-
tons there is no political honesty to be found
anywhere, and they certainly ought to know
all about the matter. It is pretty we'll es-
tablished fact that for years past the Legisla-
ture at Albany has been on sale for the sum Of
from Eve hundred to FIVE thousand dollars q
vote. We know that the same practice has
been in vogue in our Corporation. The ease
with which both lobbiss can be manipulated 10
well known. So shameless have they become
that they make boast of their
corruption, and the organs of both par
ties-democrats and rcpublicans-d0 not
hesitate to publish 1t. 1t has become noto-
rious that votes in Congress, in Albany and in
Harrisburg are on sale for any price that the
members can obtain, and yet each party is
perpetually crying out about their morality
and patriotism, as if they were the purest and
most patriotic of mortals. II is claimed, for
instance. that four millions Of slaves were
released from bondage solely upon religious
and moral principles, while the same party
that claims the merit of the act il stepped to
the lips in corruption.


In this era Of political corruption, as in those
historic epochs when revolutionary reaction
took . prominent place in the story Of
the age, great changes may be impending.
In the days Of the Roman hierarchy,
then in the zenith of its power, when
Pope Leo the Tenth, one Of the foremost
men of his time, was at the head Of the Church,
there came about . most remarkable reversion
Of the thea existing condition Of things, attribu-
table in great measure to the corruption
which had crept into the Church. While tho
republican and democratic politicians Of our
day seA their votes for five hundred or ave
thousand dollars each, according to their value
IN the market, history informs US that the heads
Of the Church in the sixteenth century sold
seats in the kingdom Of Heaven, when Tetzel.
with bis money box, went all over Europe, -
seats in theatre are sold In our time. This
practice 1t was, as history further states, which
led to q formidable revolution, known as the
Reformation. What revolution may OCCUR In
this country from the somewhat similar corrupt
practice Of selling votes tims only can tell
Year: 1867




That there never was scheme devised more
detrimental to the interests Of the city than
the erection of Post ONCE in the City Hall
Park, public opinion is pretty generally agreed
upon. All the space in that locality which the
rapacity of the Corporation has still left open
as breathing place for the down town popu-
lation Is needed for the health and comfort Of
the people. In fact there is more breathing
room wanted there, and If any change at all is
to be made 1t should be by cutting down the
trees. which are neither ornamental nor use-
full, and converting the park into nne open
plaza, which, in addition to the facilities for
transit Of pedestrians between the eastern and
western sides Of the city, would afford an ex-
cellent parade ground for the numerous mill
tary displays which periodically form part of
our city shows and are the safety valves of
our exuberant patriotism.


We do not see the reason why this plot OF
land, which the Corporation proposes to sell
for q fifth Of its value, If It is to be encum-
bered at all, should not be turned to q
more profitable account and at the same
time relieve us from great nuisance--the
crowding of half dozen railroad termini on
the public streets in the vicinity Of the City
Hall. For example, On iron freproof shed
could be constructed there, say twenty feet
high, as general terminus and waiting room
for the different railroad lines which now se-
riously obstruct travel at that point This
would not only be q great accommodation TO
the public, because passengers could find COM
Portable shelter in bad weather and at night,
instead Of standing in the streets as they have
to do now, but 1t would bring q handsome
equivalent TO the City Treasury in the shape Of
rent from the railroad companies, which would
amount in few years to the sum for which
the Common Council now offers TO sell the
land to the general government Such dis
position Of the lower end Of the park would
be rational and popular. To devote II to the
purpose Of Post Office Is measure to which
the public is universally opposed, and in favor
Of which there has not been one reasonable
argument advanced, except that Of the quid
pro quo, Of which the Common Council we
presume, possess the best knowledge.
Year: 1867

Monepolies.


There Is prospect Of speedy termination
being put to the extortions Of the gas compa-
nies, and that in a way which they did not con-
template. What the Legislature would not do
for us science Is about to effect We have
from time to time recorded the improvements
that have been made in the magnesium light;
but although the certainty Of Its successful
operation has been fully established the
economical difficulties in connection with II
have not as yet been solved. They constitute,
it is true, merely question of time, but one
that offers no near prospect Of relief For
tunately this is likely to come to us from
another source. In some extraordinary dis
coveries which have recently been made In
England in the construction of the magnetic
battery IL has been demonstrated that by their
means light more intense and continuous
than any hitherto discovered can be produced
at . marvellously small cost Experiments
made with . machine built for the lighting OF .
Year: 1867

AuO AuuOonOO ~ As1WOaCmsmCoss


There appears to be something very healthy
In the influence Of impeachment Brandreth's
pills are regarded as very potent remedy for
the sight, both intellectual and physical. In
political life there is another pill equally po-
tential, and that is combined in the prescrip-
ton for the general impeachment Of everybody
holding public ONCE. This pill should be ex-
tensively advertised as grand panacea for
all political ills. II the ailments Of the body
politic can be cured at al 1t appears evident
that an impeachment pill is just the thing to
do it The threat to impeach President john
SON by the House of Representatives, although
1t was not carried out had very good effect,
and has resulted greatly to tho benefit Of the
country.


Some of the Southern papers let out the
secret that inasmuch as the radicals in Con-
gross were intent upon striking the arst blow
against . just and amicable reconstruction Of
the quondam rebel States, President johnson
was preparing to arrest the members Of Con-
gress and disperse that body, after the Cromwell
liam fashion. Perhaps the Hon. BOBBY Brooks,
In his Connecticut speech, had some Flint Of
that intention when he talked about filing the
railroad cars with . million of men to assist in
this dispensing Of Congress. Dismissing all
such small questions, however, 1t appears evil
dent that Mr.. johnson, with the threat Of i'm
peachment, like the sword Of Damocles, hang
ing over his head, has become most active in
executing the laws of Congress. We were pre-
pairing articles Of impeachment against Chief
Justice Chase for dereliction of duty in refus-
ing to try JEFF Davis, according to law, or re-
leasing him upon his parole, and for not car
rying out the provisions Of the Bankrupt law,
as prescribed by the act Of Congress. But we
are glad TO see that the Chief Justice is now
acting like man OF good sense in coming up
to the work and carrying the Bankrupt law
into operation. We hope that he will also be
prompt in settling the case Of JEFF Davis.
Thus in political life we observe that the pro-
cess Of impeachment is quite as potential in
its medicinal effects as Brandreth's pills or the
Phoenix bitters upon the human economy.
Year: 1867

large mandatory showed something like an
expense Of one cent per hour. Some idea may


be formed Of the intensity Of ne light itself
when we state that when brought TO bear in
full force on piece Of metal, at diStance oi
fifty yards, 1t fused it completely For
Photographic purposes it has been proved
to be far superior to sunlight. It is stated
that all that Is required for the perfect
Illumination Of large city is tower tall
enough to project the light to every portion Of
1t, and strong enough to stand tho concussion
Of the powerful wheel machinery employed.
The ultimate success Of the magnetic light has
never been doubted by scientific minds but
here is result far exceeding any anticipations
that had been formed. That It will bring ~
immediate relief from the wretchsd system Of
lighting that is now in operation In our cities,
and free US from the extortions Of the gas
monopolists, there is no reason to doubt The
invention Is reported to be 30 perfect and its
economical features have been so fully demon
strated that there will be little delay in intro
ducing it in this country.
Year: 1867

That the promise OF a thing Or Of an
act is not the thing or actitself


That money in its very nature be-
comes more and more useful as it is
acknowledged and used in wider and
wider extent; ....


That money becoming more uniform
has been, and continues to be, one of
the chief means by which the great pro
cess of naturalization is effected-per-
haps the chiefest after the formation of
a common language in given country:
and


That the very idea of an international
money is IA consistent extension of the
idea of national money, and that inter
national law and the progress of our
kind;


That all mankind together may be-
come richer, have become richer if civil
lization is to advance, for civilization
necessarily requires greater wealth with
each progress; which could not be the
case if money alone constituted wealth :;


That all values we can treat of eco
nomically and financially are exchan-
geable values, and if thing is not ex-
changable it possesses no economical
value;


That there is no such thing rs an alb
solute value, since there is no inherent
value, and that there is no arbitrary Va
lue either;


That paying signifies pacifying a
claim for actual money, and In exchange
for Il commodity or Il consideration;


That promising to pay is not paying,
and the worth of the promise solely de-
pends on the trust placed in the pro
mise, or on the belief in its fulfil
ment;


That common honesty requires the
payment Of an engagement to pay, di
rectly or indirectly incurred, if thus
universally understood at the time, ev-
en- though it be not pronounced; and


That governments have no more right
to be dishonest, or even disin@enuous,
than the individual has: nay less right,
if indeed we could speak of a greater
or less right to be Observation-Disclosures
in all engagements between govern
ments and individuals, government has
the power to make the other party sub
nit, so that financial disingenuousness
in government becomes actual rob-
berry, if robbery consists in iorcihle, un-
righteous appropriation of our neigh
boris own.
Year: 1867

CEMENT MILL.-Cspt. Darrach and several other
gentlemen, have erected mill for the purpose Of
working the cement. thousands of acres of which


is found in this vicinity. The mill has been erected
along side Of the mill at the upper end of town
for the purpose of making use of the steam power
nov unemployed by the mill. The mode adopted
for working this cement is known as the barrel
process, and the arrangements now being erected
consists Of two large boiler iron barrels capable Of
holding some fifteen hundred pounds Of cement
each After being charged, they are given sudden
rotary motion for few minutes, after which steam
Is let in to the cylinder which causes the cement to
dissolve, and it is then dumped into huge rocker,
and washed over galvanized iron and copper. The
process is simple and rapid. The cement TO be
worked has been tested BY hand process with salts
factory results The erection Of the works on their
present site is but temporary II the Gem ent shall
be found to pay they will be removed to the bed of
cement and the hauling will be thus saved. Should
this prove successful, there is cemsnt enough in
this vicinity to run hundred mills for the next
century.
Year: 1867

PERsoNAL.-Mr. E. \. Coleman, formerly con-
neted with the press of this State, has been spend
iug few DAYS in town. For several years past he
has been prospecting the quartz veins of this and
the adjoining counties, and by his able and correct
correspondence with the San Francisco press, has
done much TO place that material interest Of this
section of the State prominently before the public.
May his efforts in that direction result in the acca
mutation of fortune for the enjoyment Of his old
age.
Year: 1867

TIE RAIsIN GRAPE.-We have received from
Rslzemond Parker Esq, Of the Union Hotel Drug
Store, box of elegant raisins, grown in his gar
den near the lower end of town, and put up by
him, for the purpose Of seeing what they would be-
We unhesitstingly pronounce them equal in beauty
favor and size to any imported article This Is
but an evide nee of what every man in Butte conn
ty NAV accomplish, whose residence is capable OF
being beautied and adorned with garden. Mr..
Parker has some fifty bearing vines and will anoth-
er year produce considerable crop of this choice
and useful grape. They require no farther care
than gathering and packing away, and every
ranchman in the county will find it profitable to
produce at least his own supply of this essential
and choice table deicacy.