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Year: 1869

Movements for Nominating Independent


Democratic Ticket.


In consequence of the atrocious nominations made
by the Democratic Convention, and the brutal man
ner In which the respectable portion of the party
have been thrust aside number OF prominent mer-
chants brokers, and other citizens have come to the
determination to nominate an entirely new ticket
and call the citizens generally to sustain It, An
informal meeting was held last night, at which the
project was broached, and this morning quite num-
ber OF gentlemen met for the same purpose No de-
finite form OF action was agreed upon but about
S15 600 pledged to sustain any enterprise OF the
Kind that might be consummated. The meeting then
adjourned to meet in few days. SINH
lar meeting was held in the vicinity
of Third and Chestnut streets, in reference TO nom
mating Joseph N Peirsol, ESQ.,, as an Independent
candidate for City Treasurer. Much complaint was
made as TO the manner in which he had been treated
in the convention. A list was opened for subscrp-
tons for placing him as a candidate, and in a few
minutes nearly $1,000 subscribed 1t is proposed
to call general meeting in q few days for the pur-
pose Of nominating Mr.. Perso 1t is but just to say
that Mr. Peirsol informed us that he was not aware
OF any movement of the kind. The meeting was held
been sounded on the subject being admitted.


very bitter feeling exists on the part Of
many OF the Democratic leaders, who openly declare
that they will not support the ticket nominated
far and will do all in their power to defeat 1t. 1t is
also proposed in several legislative districts to run
Independent candidates. The respectable Demo-
cratic citizens OF the First Senatorial district are
considering the propriety of nominating opposi-
ton candidate to Alexander j. Diamond, and 1t is
suggested to hold meeting on Saturday night for
that object
Year: 1869


The activity which has characterized our local
Money market during the current week. aud winch
eliminated Yesterday i'm a rush for loans has tanned
down to-day within the usual limits OF quiet de-
mand The multitude OF corporations which gene
rally nav out their quarterly or semi-annual dlyl
dends or interests on the first OF July have already
begun the operation, and with the gold interest due
ON Government bonds which Is either owned or VIII
be deposited in the city, will give In few days an
entirely new feature 10 the market.


We notice. so far, no very material change In the
rates current nor are the banks more disposed 10
discOnnting operations than yesterday but there is
decidedly easier feeling In money circles, and the
turning point has been reached.


Cali loans are made at 6C97 per cent on prime col
lateral and merchant paper is current on the street
at ia per cent according TO grade.


The gold market is active and prices arm az 1879
at noon, an advance OF * on opening price, Govern
ments quite active, and the tendency is decidedly
upward.


The Republic Fire Insurance Company OF Chi
eaRO have declared semi-annual dividend OF per
Year: 1869

The No,d publishes letter from st. Petersburg
dated the 18th inst, which gives the first detailed
account yet published Of the recent misunderstood
ing at Pekin between the French Charge dAffaires
NJ de Rochechouart, and Chinese Prince. The
news comes by land direct from Pekin and bears
date OF the 10th of April According to this state
ment, NJ de Rochechouart was at the races, and his
equipage came into collision with that of parsonage
known as the Ninth Prince OF the Celestial Empire.
Some confusion arose. and the Prince drove his
horse among the escort of the French Minister, at
the same time striking out right and left with his
whip. For some time no redress could be obtained.
M. de ROchechouart then applied to General Wan
gall the Russian Minister as the senior member of
the diplomatic CORPS and owing to his Intervention
the whole of the Chinese Ministers officially waited
upon the French Charge d'Aiaires and expressed
their regret at what had occurred and thus the mat
ter was amicablY settled
Year: 1869

JUDGE BOWLING AND TUE POLICE CoMMIs-
sIoNERs.-In the Tombs Police Court on Sat-
urday last Judge Bowling made some appro-
pirate and much called for structures on the
police for not bringing up the parties arrested
during the previous night for the action Of the
court. Judge Bowling in his remarks said
that he had been in attendance at seven
o'clock A. NJ, and it was near nine before
the court was placed in position to
dispose Of the charge sheets. He showed the
great evil accruing to citizens from the omis-
sion Of duty on the part Of the police, WHOM,
however, he did not blame, as they were sub
ordinate to their captains, and they in turn
had to obey the orders Of the Commissioners
The evils to be redressed are serious to the
community. Judge Bowling says he ia power
less in the matter; but when he once sets his
face against wrong done to the people
coming through his court he is just the man to
see it rectifed, no matter what are the odds
against him.
Year: 1869

In the HERALD of yesterday we gave
another Illustration Of our unequalled enter
prise. Our correspondents letter from
lsmailia and from Suez occupied eleven
columns of this journal. For exhaustive
treatment and for literary ability it is only
fair to say that this letter has not been
approached by anything which has appeared
in the shape Of correspondence regard
ing this subject in any journal either in
this country or in Europe. The reproach
scornfully flung at American journalism in
the early stages of our late war that
it had not yet developed special corres-
pondents of any literary ability it has
been the privilege and pride of the HERALD
to wipe out. Our correspondence in the
later years of the war, our letters
from Abyssinia, some of our recent
letters from Spain, our recent letters
from India, our correspondence from
Constantinople relating to the movements
of the Empress Eugene, and now this
latest letter from Egypt, have on all
hands commanded the highest admiration and
have amply justified our claim to the fore
most place in the domain of journalism. 1t Is
thus that we lend our powerful influence to
delight, instruct and to improve mankind
Year: 1869




THE CONDITION OF lRELAND.-Among our
special cable kilograms is one which says that
the condition Of Ireland looks alarming to the
British government 1t has been the main
topic Of debate during the past week at three
Cabinet meetings. Five thousand additional
troops Of the line are to be Immediately
despatched to the island, and portions of
Munster and Of Ulster are to be proclaimed"
In state of insurrection. Members of Par
lament will at once ask for power to suspend
the habeas corpus and to do all other execu-
tive acts in order to preserve the authority of
law. When the five thousand additional
troops shall have arrived they will swell the
number Of British troops in service in Ireland
alone to thirty or thirty-two thousand--that is
to say, to nearly half of the entire British
forces actually in service throughout Great
Britain and it's colonies. II so large a pro-
portion Of the British army is needed in
Ireland the condition of the Emerald isle may
well look alarming to government.
Year: 1869

JUDGE MCCUNa AND TIE REpEATERs. A


man charged as an election repeater and
detected in plying his game at the late charter
election, was on Saturday last brought up on
habeas corpus to the Superior Court. Judge
McCunn, presiding on the occasion, discharged
the accused, volunteering an extra judicial
opinion that ut was practice among police
captains to arrest large numbers of men on the
charge of repeating merely to prevent them
voting at ALL" There may be very good
sophistry in this, but had the Judges and the
mans politics nothipg to do With lts The
Year: 1869

The Empress Eugene has returned to Paris
from her trip to the East. She returns
to the seat Of her husbands government
crowned with the laurels of success that have
been showered on the colossal enterprise
whose completion owes so much to the Empe-
ror's cooperation and good will. The opening
Of the Suez Canal is victory that will forever
reflect credit upon the French nation, not only
for the perseverance and material support gen.
orally granted to the scheme throughout the
country from its commencement, but to the
individual merits displayed by NJ de Lesseps
termination. Perhaps no better expression
can be employed than the words uttered by the
Emperor at the recent opening of the Chambers
in Paris, wherein he alludes to the absence Of
the Empress :-"The Empress Is not present
to-day, because desired her to testify the sym
pathy of France with the wonderful genius and
perseverance of Frenchman." Surely no filter
person could have been selected to express
such sincere good will than a lady, and, above
all, lady holding the exalted position of the
first lady in the land-in fact, the Emperor's


wife. The Empress has proved that she is
possessed Of considerable power Of observance
and common sense, and many of the great
moral revolutions that will doubtless be
recorded in future history in reference to the
East will owe their origin to her observations.
In the matter of the Suez Canal the visit of the
Empress of the French has made an impress
sion upon the people of those distant countries
the effects of which will be more telling and
powerful than any conquest effected either by
diplomacy or by the force of arms. In sending
the Empress to attend the Inauguration of an
enterprise of such great Importance to the
world at large the Emperor has but given


another proof Of his clear foresight and we'll
poised policy.
Year: 1869

THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE AND THE BLUE
NOSES. president Grants message. says the
Halifax Chronicle, renders annexation oil the
more desirable. This is common sense view
Of the situation. Annexation is the manifest
destiny Of the New Dominion. Let our neigh
bors make up their minds to the inevitable.
In the Union they will have genuine recipro-
city. Out Of it they cannot prosper.
Year: 1869

CAMPED Our.-A couple of gents residing
in our town started for Johnson's ranch. in
two horse buggy, on Monday evening, but
after. leaving Loomis' night came on and they
lost their way. They drove on, however,
hoping to find their way to some habitation


Finally the horses halted before what ap-
peared to be fence or gate. and one of the
party requested bis companion to get out and
open the gate, supposing they bad arrived at
Johnson's barn yard. On getting out and
feeling around it was discovered that the
supposed fence was nothing more nor less
than a large pine log. In this dilemma the
travellers concluded to camp out until morn.
ing, which they did, although dressed in
summer clothing. and minus overcoats or
blankets. During the night one of the party
awakened his companion with the cry of
a. Indians !" but the cause of his alarm was
soon discovered to be an owl perched in a
pine tree which stood close by. When day
light came the lost gentlemen discovered that
they had camped within a short distance of a
comfortable farm house.
Year: 1869

WHIsKYTowN, May II, 1869.


EDITOR COURIER Not seeing a letter from
this place in your journal for some time. /
venture to give you few items. The past
winter has not been as favorable for mining
as one could wish, but everybody that is at
work appears to be making money. l heard
one man say some time since, when bis
sluice boxes fell down, that he estimated
there was two hundred dollars in them he
couldn't stop to clean up then, but would
get it when he worked that ground. guess
he was doing pretty we'll.


At the Four Mile House, the other day, a
man shot bald eagle that measured six feet
eight inches from tip to tip.


1t would surprise former residents of this
section to see the magnificent vineyard of
John Rennie, who has several thousand vines
of the choicest varieties, where one can par
take of the "cup that cheers but not inebr-
ates" at a reasonable price, (this is not in
tended as a cheap way of advertising) only
fancy if anybody had said in the early day
that the time would come when 1t would pay
better to raise grapes on Whisky Creek than
to dig for gold


The great sensation here at the present
time is the attempted assassination Of our
worthy butcher. He went up the road ped
ding beef, but shortly returned, bleeding
profusely. some say his shoes full of blood,
stabbed in the thigh apparently with a
double-edged dirk. He was too much indis-
posed to give an account of it. DR.. Pelham,
however. soon put him to rights. There is a
great diversity of opinion in town as to how
it happened. Some say it was Cinnamon; /;
some think the Ku Klux got bold of him l
heard one man say it was the spirits.
think he was right; it must have been the
spirits. B.
Year: 1869

ScoRcHED.-Last week Dr. C. W. A. Din
gee, who resides about three miles from town,
Of his pants and started home. Feeling a
little tired on the way he sat down on rock
to rest. when the bottle broke and the liquid
spread over a portion of his person, and
peeled the hide off as neatly as if it had been
done by butcher. Doc. now rests standing
UP. ike tailor.
Year: 1869

GOLD HILL.-Late accounts from Gold Hill
state that the two principal mines were still
closed. and steam was being sent down to
smother the fire. which appears almost i'm
possible to entirely extipguish. Tie mines
have been closed several times, but each
time they have been opened the fire broke
out afresh Several of the victims of the first
disaster are still in the mines.
Year: 1869

COMING DowN.-Advices from White Pine
state that the prices for goods and provisions
are coming down at rapid rate. and many
articles can be purchased cheaper than at
San Francisco. owing to the overstocked
condition of the market
Year: 1869

The new tenure-ofofce bill which has
been passed by both Houses of Congress,
and only needs the signature Of the Presi.
dent to become q law, provides, in the only
material section Of it, as follows;


That during any recess Of the Senate, the
President is hereby empowered, in his dis
cretion, to suspend any civil officer appoint
ed by and with the advi-e and consent OF
the Senate, except judges OF the United
States Courts, until the end Of the next se5-
sion of the Senate, and to designate some
able person, subject to be removed, in his
discretion, by the designation OF another, to
perform the duties of such suspended officer
in the meantime; and such persons so des'
ignsted shall take the oaths, and give the
bonds required by law to be taken and gwen
by the suspended officer, and shall, during
the time he performs his duties, be entitled
to the salary aud emoluments OF such officer
no part Of which shall belong TO the 9TH
Ger suspended and it shall be the duty Of
the President, within 30 days after the com
mencement Of every session Of the Senate,
except for any Office which. in his opinion,
ought mott to be filled, TO nominate persons to
fill oil vacancies in Offices which exist to
the meeting Of the Senate. whether tempo.
rarily 6lled or not, and so in the place of all
officers suspended; and if the S Senste, dur,
ing such session, shall refuse to advise and
consent to the appointment in place Of any
suspended officer, then, and not otherwise.
the President shall nominate another per.
son, as soon as practicable, to said session
of the Senate, for said office.
Year: 1869

SELF CoNTRoL.-t is great advan-
tage to keep quiet grucefully and natur-
ally. Self control is the best evidence
of cultivated intellect and clear con-
science. 1t is a great pleasure to meet
those who wisely listen and observe-who
review what is said without prejudice,
and with or without advice commit no
errors. Nothing is SO difficult to do
nothing so rarely done. t5A
Year: 1869

AGo.-William Hewitt, in his "Visits to
Remarkable Places" a book published
in 1841 makes mention Of the veloci-
pede on this wise. The passage is taken
from a description of Alnwick castle,
the ancient seat of the Percy family;
"Among the curiosities laid up here are
also two velocipedes-machines which
twenty years ago we're, for short peri
cd, much in vogue. One young man Of
my acquaintance rode on one Of these
wooden horses all the way from London
to Falkirk in Scotland, and was request
ed at various towns to exhibit his man.
agement Of it to the ladies and gentle
men of the place; he afterwards made
long excursion to France upon it. He
was very adroit velocipedean. and was
always very much amused with the cir
cumstance of gentleman meeting him
on the highway by the river side, who,
requesting to be allowed to try it, and
being shown how he must turn the ham
die in order to guide it, set off with great
spirit, but turning the handle the wrong
way, soon found himself hurrying to the
edge of the river. where. in his furry,
instead of turning the handle the other
way, began Justify shouting, 'woh !woh T
and so crying. plunged headlong into
the stream. The Dukes horse, which is
laid up here for the qualification Of pos
terity, was. I believe. not SO very unru-
ly yet / was told its pranks caused it
to be disused and here stabbed. It is
said that the Duke and his physicians
used to amuse themselves with careering
about the grounds on these steeds; but
one day, being somewhere on the terrace,
his grace's Trojan steed capsized, and
rolled over and over with him down the
green bank, much to the amusement of
a troop of urchins who were mounted on
wall by the road to witness this novel
kind Of racing. On this accident the We
locipede was laid up in lavender and a
fine specimen of the breed it is. / asked
the old porter if the story was true, but
he only smiled, and said, Mind / did
not tell you that. Don't pretend to say,
If you write any account Of this, that you
had that from me-"


A machine which would carry its ri
der any considerable portion of way from
London into mountainous Scotland, must
have had obvious advantages over the
velocipede of to day and of course time
alone Will show whether this is to be one
of the discoveries which " for a long Pc
riod are much in vogue " or like Stevens
model of the steam engine lasting
benefit to the race. Every one has heard
the story of the above mentioned Scotch
man, who brought his small model before
the British Parliament, exhibiting its
parts and enlarging on its capabilities
when his enthusiasm was met by the
quiet query from one Of the parliamen-
tary committee But, Mr.. Stevens, sup
pose your machine can, as you say, pro-
pei carriage over straight rails at the
rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour; what
if you were to meet COW /? you could
not turn out for her r." Bad for the COOP
replied the imperturable Scot. In the
face of railroad progression, let us not
hazard prophecy upon the future of
the velocipede. 9
Year: 1869

A Western paper says that the editor
of its rival sheet was skating recently
and broke through the ice. He went in
up to his ears, but the hole was not large
enough to let them through. While he
was waiting for some one to take him out,
his ears froze. and they have since been
amputated, and are now used for door
mats. t
Year: 1869

YOUNG OLD MEN.-Cicero made the
following wise remark: "As l approve
of the youth that has something of the
old man in him, so am no less pleased
with an old man who has something of
the youth
Year: 1869

oirA woman made two desperate attempts at self destruction on, Wednesday evening near Stratford. On the approach of the Boston express she threw herself upon the track, and was rescued by some men near by, who held her until the train had pass- ed. She walked, on a short distance and repeated the operation in front of the up Naugatuck passenger train with q similar result.f She was a hard looking woman, apparently under the influence of runs
Year: 1869

THE LATE DECISION OF the United States Su-
preme Court that both coin and currency are a
legal tender, and that all contracts for the pay
ment of coin are valid and may be enforced by
law, places the Ie1at lIdbtllty of the Union Pa
ciic Railroad Company to pay the interest and
principal OF its first mortgage bonds beyond
question. What some of the courts have here
tofore held was matter OF honor has now
become an obligation and must enhance the
market value OF their securities


These bonds are O first mortgage upon one OF
the longest lines of railroad in the world. The
amount will be less than S27. 900 per mile. The
earnings from local business over portion of
the road last year were overfive million dollars,
and after its completion early this season the
immense through traffic of the Pacific States
will increase this sum to fifteen or twenty
millions. The payment of both interest and
principal OF the bonds in gold Is, therefore,
perfectly sure.


The present high price of Governments offers
q favorable opportunity to sell and to reinyest
In bond equally safe and more valuable on
account of the longer period before It's maturity,
The exohange '0tI no'o pay proft Of from ten to
JOuTtee, per cent. AS the issue of these bonds
will soon cease, parties who desire to invest are
invited to make their subscriptions at once
They will be received in this city by w. Painter
q Co. and De Haven Brother, who keep line
on hand for immediate delivery.
Year: 1869

Domingo to the United States is admitted
to be merely question of time. Re-
sponsible persons representing the gov
ernment Of the Island have recently been
in Washington for the purpose of secu>
ring the aid of the administration in their
efforts to negotiate its absorption. They
say that their object can be accomplished
without the expenditure of money, and
argue that the value of coffee and similar
products of the island will be far more
valuable to us than the products of Cuba.
They will return when their Congress
meets, to urge this project before that
body.
Year: 1869

A law of Ohio enacts that each rail-
road in the State shall, when necessary
to heat any of its cars, do so by heating
apparatus so constructed that the fire in
it will be Immediately extinguished
whenever the cars are thrown from the
track and overturned. The same law
provides that cars shall be lighted by
candles only.
Year: 1869

There is disgusting growth of dis
loyalty in some Of the Radical papers.
One OF them in New York is guilty of
finding ia ult with the President for using
naval vessels in his family excursions.
Year: 1869

The portion Of the people of Tennessee
not in concert with the Radical party, feel


little concern in the struggle for Office which


is to occur uring the resent year. A con-
siderable number of them are diSfranchised,
and have no participation. They want a
wiser, justeT more honest and more ecCnOmi-
cal State administration than they had for the
past four years. They want Judges OF ad-
mitted legal ability and high moral charac-
ter elected, who will feel responsible to the
people for the use of their important trusts
they want Governor who will not in every
act indicate that he is the personal enemy
OF those who do not vote for him, and who
will execute the laws faithfully and impair
TALLY. They want q Legislature that will
purge the statute book of prOscriptive leg
islation, that will restrain railrOrd jobbery,
that will tighten the burdens of taxation,
that will make a few wholesome general
laws, and to avoid all special propositions,
aud thai they will sit sixty days at further
est, and then adjourn sine die after passing
resolution requesting the Governor, who
soever he may be-, not to convene it in ex-
traordinary session unless there shall be
some extraordinary necessity. Perhaps
they will not be able to get all these, but
they will not murmur much if they get
goodlv portion. In regard to the contest
for offices, however, it will be left TO them
who have installed the mselves in position
to command them. 1t would be affsctation
to deny that the Democrats and Conserva-
tives have a choice among the members of
the Radical party. Some are obnoxious on
account of past acts, and promise nothing
better for the future. The man or the men
who will Indicate disposition to promote
the objects above noted, will receive the
moral and material support Of the Democ-
racy, and will receive more, the approval OF
a clear conscience when they come to die.
Union and Anleric0n.