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Year: 1867

y The Paris correspondent fthe Bos-
ton Post is giving the readers Of that
paper numerous sketches of scandalous
crime committed in France, In . lat
letter he 'narrates the following: -


Here stands Yitaline Legrau, q splen-
did creature from the South. The dark
eyes and bronzed complexion, the rich
masses of her raven hair, the deep YER
million of the lips, all betray at once
that ardent love or passionate hate may
have brought her to the bar against
which she leans trembling with rage,
not fear, as she awaits the decision OF
the Judges. Yitsline was femme de
cLambre to q rich Spanish lady whose
carriage was driven by the most mag
nifice1t of coachmen, who looked, when
seated high upon his coach box, like
one of the gods Of the Olympus; at least
so thought Vitaline, who loved him
with an alteration which led her to the
backest of crimes-even, to murder!
The goodman had promised more than
he could perform. He had agreed to
marry yitaline, tbut the rich Spanish
lady objecting to married men in her
service, he made an excuse to be on his
bargain. The acknowledgment of the
impossibility to fulfill his VOW was
made while the enamored pair were
taking tea out of Madame's best china
tea service, beside the beech wood fire
in Madame's own bOudoir, while
Madame herself was at the opera.


At the utterance of the fatal word the
kot Southern blood of the fair Abigail
RISE in moment. Before the gay de-
ceiver had time to perceive the impress
sion his avowal had made, the china
teapot, with the scaldins contents, was
dashed into his face, and the costly
sugar basin of fine crystal thrown up at
the cut glass chandelier. The victim,
blinded and tortured beyond endur-
ance was shrieking meanwhile for cold
water to cool his blistered skin. The
tiendish tOrmentor leads him to his own
chamber, and, affecting to bathe his face
and ease his pain with water from the
fountain in the kitchen, fetches instead
the bottle of vitriol used to clean the
sauce pans, and saturates with 1T the
sponge she hands him to apply to his
face! The agony of the poor young
man may be guessed at, for in less than
two hours afterwards he lay disfigur-
ed corpse upon q dimity coverlet of the
lite bed whero Vitaline slept, in the
closet adjoining Madame's own room!
The Circumstance dttenudntes came here,
in troops-love, jealousy, revenge and
despair au moral; youth and beauty da
physique, made up the list-and so this
frantic woman was sentenced to eight
years imprisonment only. Had she
committed forgery, or stolen loaf to
feed her starving children, she would
have been punished not q wit less Sc
verely. But as French juries are now
selected as PSYCHOLOGISTS rather than
lawyers, and the age, the character and
the temperament Of the accused are all
taken into consideration whenever a
case of this kind is brought before them
whether the deviation is for better or
worse, time alone will show.
Year: 1867

This vast debt, the payment of the
interest of which falls with such crush
ing effect upon the industry of the
country, is the legacy left US by war
brought on by the Southern secession
leaders, following the advice given
them by Chase, in the Ohio State Journal.
Lincoln, Wade and other abolition ora
tors in their speeches, in order to de-
stroy the Union. And it has proved
the effect these orators and journalists
desired, for ten States of the Union are
now bereft of their constitutional
rights, and the old union is rs much
discovered and broken up under the
ruling of the Radical Congress, as if Sc
cessiOn had met the success it aimed at,
and the Confederate Government under
jeff Davis as President been Il recoS'
niZed institution.
Year: 1867

1t is not long since the Virginias drove
white men from among them who did not
conincde with them, on the question Of
slavery. Now, however, that slavery has
been abolihed and the negroes have carried
the late election in the old Dominion the
whites there are calling on their fellow
whites to come to come forward and save
them from the black avalanche that they say
promises to crush them. Hear how their
journals talk. The Richmond Wing says


eve should welcome with out stretched
arms every white man who CONES amongst
us, and treat him as a neighbor, a friend
and brother The resentment between
the Northerners and the Southerners must
be buried, and when the former come to
reside among US we must deal with them
as if they were our own people. The ne
eroes have chosen to draw the line between
the two races, and we must hail every Whlte
man mot of the Hunnicutt stamp as TREND
and brother.


The Lynchburg Virgnian says;


HIt only remains for the white people OF
Virginia to look to their interest and labor
to protect it. They should concert measures
without delay to fill the State with white
laborers from the North and from Europe
7hey must crolcd the negro out. Ihey must
rid the State Of an element that viii hinder
its prosperity; an element thnt Will nihuer
its nrnsneritv an element that, under the
influence of base white demagogues-them-
selves without property-would tax the prop
errtv ef others to relieve themselves of obli-
pation to educate their children and care
for their paupers. There is no other alter
native left US. and we wish to see this accep-
ted at once. Let us be up and doing. Let
us bestir ourselves to make Virginia what it
Gu ,ht to b, and would be with white labor
LET ms have a white homogeneous population
and make our State fit place for white
man to live in. We can do it and should do
it. and then the irrepressible conflict will
cease
Year: 1867

The GREAT EAsTERN.-There is a Wild
leoend in connection with the Great Eastern
steamship, the origin of which do not know,
but the shipwrights firmly believe in it. So
much has been written about the construction
of this famous vessel, that the slightest allu-
sion to it here will suffice. She is a ship of
two cases, or skins, as they are called that
is. she is almost like one ship fitted inside OF
another. Between the inner and the outer
skins the workmen can crawl for REPAIRS
Dreadfully dark and sepulchral, OF course,
1T is in there, for, from the nature of the
space, the workman must be completely
closed in, excepting at the spot which be
enters. Very few smiths or shipwrights
you'd care to work in here alone, for two
terrible spectres are supposed to haunt this
place. Almost all the men who were en-
gagged in the construction of the vessel believe
that. somewhere there in the darkness and
thick air, lie two skeletons which can never
DO found till the vessel is broken up. Thnse
are the remains of smith and his riveter,
the latter being lad. During the construc-
ton of the vessel these two worked all thro'
the week, keeping full time, and their work
Law in between the skins. The smith was
an elderly man, of a moody temper. who
made no friends, and was not popular with
his mates. No one had seen him leaving
work nobody was interested about him.
But one pay day both he and his lad failed
to appear at the pay table to draw their
money. They never were heard of any more
bv any one who worked on the Great East
ern. Of couse their absence was noticed by
the time keeper and other officials; but the
missing men being, as l have said, unpop
ular with their comrades, there had been
very lttle inquiry about them until it was
found their money was not claimed. 1t was
then soon noted that the last time they had
been seen they were at work in the - case"
of the ship, and before long it became a fixed
notion that by fall, or by the effect of some
vapor, the two men had been killed, or stun
ned until closed in, and all the host of men
who worked at the great ship believed that
somewhere in the vast hulk there lay two
skeletons, which, for some reason, could
never be found the prosiac idea that the
old fellow aud bis helper had left without
warning, for a better job, finding of course,
no favor.
Year: 1867

As AN ORIGINAL expression of heavy grief,
we doubt if any more touching has been
read than the following, of crushed heart
in Star City, Nevada. Mrs. E, of that
place, an eccentric old lady, recently rushed
into the room of relative, and without
waiting for the usual salutations, said
Well John. dead (Her husband J


Dead Is it possible?' Yes; dead =
Died last night! Want you all to come to
come to the funeral The Masons and Odd
Fellows are going to turn out, and we shall
have q beautiful time Deaths are Of rare
occurrence in the settlement, and of course
everybody went to the funeral Next day
somebody remarked to the old lady that there
was large turnout. Yes indeed, there
was, she replied; but didn't enjoy my
self as well as have at some funerals, the
horses cut up so.'
Year: 1867

THE Go-BETwEEN.-There is perhaps, not
a more odious character in the world, than
that ola go between-by which we mean
that creature who carries to the ears of one
neighbor every injurious observation that
happens to drop from another. Such a
person is the slanderer's herald, and is al
together more odious than the slanderer
himself By his vile oficiousness he makes
that poison efectice which else were inert
for threefourths of the ISLANDERS in the world
would never injure their object, except by
malice of 60 betweens, who under the mask
of double friendship, act the part of double
traitor-Idaho Statesman.
Year: 1867

THE Supreme Court of California has de-
cided that hotel keepers are liable to their
patrons for clothing, ornaments of the person,
including reasonable amount Of jewelry
and sufficient money to pay the travelling
and other reasonable expenses of the guest,
and that beyond these things they are not
liable, unless they have voluntarily and
knowingly undertaken the care and custody
OF them. That is to say, if boarder at a
motel or lodger there had his clothes, iewelry
ano funds stolen from his room by night or
2y day' the hotel is liable to him for all lost
Year: 1867

In calling the attention of the reader to the ad-
vcrtisement of DR.. J. C. Young's Institute, to be
found in another part of this paper we feel we are
answering the dictates OF honest convictions in
pointing out to suffering humanity the honest and
skillful Medical pra"titiner. 1t is the duty of every
man whose knowledge places it in his power to act
as a guide to those who otherwise would unwittine
ly take wrong path. There is no need to wear
out life of pain and anguish and in the end fill
dishonored grave. Hesitate no longer, unfortunate
ones, but turn to the Doctor who can restore YOU.
giving you in place of wasted energies and an i'm
paired constitution, health vigor and power


The Institute has been in successful operation
for Seventeen Years, and it was the Pioneer In
stitue of the coast it has been the Pioneer in the
march of progress.


We say again to the alfieed-read the advertise
ment and follow its advice 81
Year: 1867

FIRE AT Butte VALLEy.-The two-s.ory house
of +. c. Rose, at Butte Valley was destroyed by
fire last evening betweenEhe hours of eight and ten
o'clock. During the day over one thousand pounds
OF honey had been taken up by Mr.. Taylor and
stored in a small house back OF the Kitchen the
beees getting to the honey 3 smoudeTing fire was
made To smoke them out and the wind raising in
the evening, probably famed it to a blaze. The
inmates Of the house had barely tine to escape with
their clothes. The amount Of the loss We have not
ascertained. TheIe was no insurance upon building
or contents Chico Courant. alta III.
Year: 1867

THE manger of one of the Paris theatres recent
ly required ass Tor fairy piece. The animal
performed his part with brilliant success for fort
night. The thirteenth night the milkman failed to
bring him. Messengers were sent; he refused to
come. At last the manager and the authors OF the
piece went 10 the milkman to press him 10 bring the
TO the theatre. NO, gentlemen" said the
milkman, Il am not going TO let my jackass go on
the stage again. did not let father and mother
know that had introduced our iackass to public
lite; but Lord a mercy if everybody in Paris amt
talking about our jackass and all my kinsfolk even
my father in-law and mother-in law are reproach-
ing me for what | have done; because, gentlemen,
belong to respectable family, and We have never
before had artists in our family.
Year: 1867

MANY gentlemen give the opinion that the silk
culture and the adoption of our native laurel wood
into general use are destined TO be classed among
the greatest resources of Calilornias wealth.
Year: 1867

BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS Fill wide
mouthed glass jar with water, and cover
it over with apiece of" foundation" (the
ladies will understand this, cover that
with layer of peas, pressing it down so
that the peas will lay in the water. They
will then turn and sprout, the roots
growing down, their fbrcs presenting a
beautiful appearance. Set this in win
dow and vines will grow up, which can
be conducted to the sill The whole is
very handsome.


Ifan acorn be suspended by piece of
thread to within half an inch of some
water contained in hyacnth glass, and
so permitted to remain without being
disturbed it will in few months burst
and throw a root down into the water,
and shoot upward its tapering stem, with
beautiful little green leaves. A young
oak tree growing this way on the mantle
shelf Of a room, is very interesting OBJ
iect
Year: 1867

NEWSPAPER EDrroRs. 1t would be diff.
ticult to compress more truth in few
words than is found in the following
from the Chambers journal:


A newspaper editor must, like the poet,
be born to his calling. In the majority
Of instances, no amount Of training will
fit person FOR such post, unless he
have a natural taste and aptitude for his
description of literary labor; for, al
though many persons are able to write
"eaders." or literary articles" for
newspaper, few can be intrusted with its
editorial control, few can scent out the
libel which turks in almost every com
muncation, few can distinguish the re-
port intended to please the speaker in
stead OF informing the nation, and the
letters written to serve private interests.
instead Of public ends; still fewer who
can tell at a glance, the kind of literary
or political material which viii promote
the circulation OF journal-in fact, u
a good editors great difficulty is not as
to what he shall put in, but what he
should keep out Of his columns Sue
cessful editors have not been great au-
thors, but men Of good common sense,
and their good common sense has taught
them to write but little themselves, but to
read, Judge, select, alter and combine the
writing of others.
Year: 1867

The present situation of our affairs de-
mands greatest prudence, circumspection,
and the most careful and wise delibera.
ton on the part of that class of our citi.
zens whose views and opinions have n
large weight and influence in controlling
and directing popular sentiment There
never was, in the history of the Repub
lie, an emergency in which hasty concu-
sions, rash and violent ideas and expires.
sions, and crude and impracticable pro
positions were capable ofproducing more
mischief than in our present condition
There never was time when the passion
ate, the heelless, the dcmagogical class,
unfortunately always large one in every
community, have greater need to hold
their pea. ahi.. defer to the wisdom and
discretion of the cool headed, the calm
sagacious and thoughtful


Loud talk fiery denunciations, savage
phillipics, heroic threats-with bitter sar-
casms and tamts against those who may
invoke thought and deliberation--will
only aggravate our evils and embarrass
any practical measures for mitigating
them.


The noisy declaimer,--wh is always
ready to die in the last ditch, the time
serving demagogue who seeks to make n
little capital by a cheap explosion of
wrath against all who will not echo his
high sounding but impotent words, as
truckers and recreants, can give us little
assistance, nay, will place clogs and OBJ
stacles in our way through our present
difficulties The men of firm minds, of
high courage and self-command, who can
think, who can propose something prac-
ticable and wise, and who are not afraid
to take the responsibility, to face the
clamOr of the thoughtless and passionate,
and to despise the arts of the demagogue
these are the men we now need to
guide and direct the sentiments and con
duct of our people Have we not men
of this class in our State, men whose
heroism has been attested in the most
trying scenes of the recent terrible war,
upon whose valor and devotion the pco
pie relied in the hour Of conflict, and
who. since the close of the war, have
been the chief counsellors of Il wise,
peaceful and calm demcanor? There are
such among us Let the men of that
class indicate the course and suggest the
measures to be adopted by our people !!
Let them give their views and counsel in
this dark hour Of their country; and we
venture the opinion that they will carry
more weight and influence than all the
constitutional arguments and indignant
harangues Of the political orators. What
recommendation may proceed from them
will command harmonious support and
approval. Unfortunately, all propositions
and schemes emanatng from political
bodies, are apt to produce divisions, dis
agreements, heated discussions, .jcalousies
and suspicious. But no such feelings and
effects will attend the deliberations Of
citizens of the class described, and we
earnestly hope that they will afford to a
much embarrassed people the light of
their counsel to guide them in the pres
ent crisis Of our aiiars-N 0. Times.
Year: 1867

-hinss i'Os w VS.
The following is an extract of letter
from an old resident in aourishing
town, in Arskansas, to an old friend in
Hamden, New Haven County:


DEAR SIR: u have managed to save
my neck through this rebellion as well a.
some property although I have lost
near twenty thousand dollars My town
property has suffered considerably. Out
of nine houses, three were torn down,
the rest damaged, but now partially re-
paired and rented. left home and went
with the Feds" as they called them
here. After the war | came back, and
set up Tin -shop--and have learned the
trade.


My tailoring trade was worthless, so
useless, thai tioy are making Presidents
of the stock Nv old boss that learned
my trade with, has possession of the
White House at Washington. But 10
not envy him | would not exchange
places, as ] feel happier pounding tin
And human happiness is Of more value
than gold or empty honors.


In the first place, all is remarkably
pcaceable We have very little law, and do
not need any-for by general consent,
every one is behaving, and gone to work
in earnest The fact is, it had reduced
down to one single question, viz: bread
and meat You never saw men go to
work in New England like the people
here worked, last year, and will again
this. God grant it may 60 on; if SO we
will come out" We need mnch here;
we need men Of enterprise and experience
to manufacture.


There is one great drawback to men
from the North coming South; it is that
they deem il insecure. Not bit Of 1t
Any other Northern man will be as safe
here, in person, or capital invested, rs
you are in New Haven. Some fool may
occasionally do rash thing. and it gets
abroad in the papers-and like the story
of the three black crows" the farther
it goes the bigger it gets a man may
knock another down here, and by tho
time it gets to Connecticut, it is described
as renewal of the Rebellion" In my
opinion there could not be corporal
guard raised in this State to renew the
war


Business ofall kinds is fourishng here,
we have s or dry goods stores, all do
ing well, the farmers will soon have their
heads above water again, and instead Of
investing their surplus in" Mig as here
toforc, they must begin to make them
selves comfortable at home. lost s Of
the "Sons Of tiam," and am ready to
give thanks, as the Jews Of old did, when
they goNid OF q pestilencc. Mine never
were profitable to me, and / find can
do better without them than with them
and this is not on" the sour grape princi.
pie" either.


The negroes are here, and are to be
pitied-as not one in twenty is counting
one day ahead. They are shiftless, too
lazy to work, and there is some suffering
among them They are inclined to hud-
die round town, and loll about the streets,
and beg for bread, and get drunk, when
ever they can get whiskey enough.-N
H. Conn. Register.
Year: 1867

The HONE Press. We clip the follow
ing from the Chicago Republican, and
commend it to the consideration of our
readers:


"What tells 50 readily the standard of
town or city as the appearance Of its
newspaper; and It's youth or age can as
well be defined by the observing, by a
glance at its newspaper, as though per
sonal observation had been made. The
enterprise Of its citizens is depicted by its
advertisements--the iberality by the
looks OF the paper Some papers show
a good solid healthy foundation, pletho-
ric purses, and a well to-do appearance
generally others showing a striving to
contend with the grasping thousands
around them trying to wrench out an ex-
istencc from the close fstcd community
around them. An occasional meteoric
display in its columns Of telegraphc, of
local or of editorial, shows what it would
do if it had the means, but cannot con.
tinue in the expensive work until the sup
port comes which ought to be readily
granted. " A newspaper is like church !;
it wants fostering, and then as general
thing it can and will reflect credit upon
its location. Take your home paper; it
gives you more news Of immediate inter.
est than the New York or other distant
city papers; it talks for you when no 9th
ers will speak in your favor; when other
localities belle you it stands up for your
rights; you always have champion in
your home paper; and those who stand
up for you should certainly be well sus.
tanned. Your interests are kindred and
equal, you rise or fall together. There
fore, it is your interest to support your
home paper, not grudgingly, but in lib
eral spirit, as a pleasure; not as q dis.
agreeable duty, but as an investment that
will amply repay expenditure,
Year: 1867

Ladies', ShOemakers' Association.


Tho men employed at this branch OF the shoemakipg
business have recently organized themselves trade
society. Within the past week the have resolved
upon advance Of fifteen per cent upon their present
rates Of wages. Last night devoted the recep
toA Of reports to the feeling OF the different employ
regarding the payment OF the proposed advance so
far heard from the employers with few immataral
agree the demand Of the men, and Is
thought that difficulty will arise between employ
and employed
Year: 1867

The new waterworks building in Chicago
are nearly finished. The Republican SAYS the
new tower. LIS feet in height, is entirely fin.
lshed so far as the stone work is concerned
and the pipe for the water column will be
placed in it before the expiration of the coming
week. A stone building having an entrance
on each of its four sides, will close the lower
part OF the tower, and when the spires which
mounting the entrances are put in position, the
whole will form beautiful structure, having
stroug resem blance to a splendid monument
lighthouse will surmount the whole so
that the new works will, beside increasing the
capacity OF the board to furnish water TO the
city, act as beacon to the mariner.


The main building is few feet In the rear of
the tower, and when flushed will contain all
the engines, boilers, Offices and sleeping rooms
OF the engineers OF the works. new engine
has just been erected whose capacity is to pump
600 gallons Of water every twenty-four
hours. 1t will be In readiness to begin its
work by the time the pipe in the new tower is
erected. Connections have been made with ali
the boilers, three in number, SO tnat in case
one needs repairing the work of pumping need
not stop; and in case one engine gives out the
other three can be brought into reQuisitiop
without delay. The south wing OF the main
building will be completed before spring
though il Is expected that its use will not even
then be required. The ground Immediately
edjoining the works will be cleared and made
into park, SO that in years yet to come the
Water Works Of Chicago will command notice
as well for their beauty and surroundings as
for their size.