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Year: 1867

GsoRGE c. GoRHAM AS He Is.-The Marysville
Appeal closes an unvarnshed review of the life
of our candidate for Governor in the following
terms -" During the session of the Legislature,
at San Francisco in the winter of lS6l-G2, he
was the special agent and correspondent of the
Sacramento Union and while engaged he la
bored zcalousIy to consolidate the loyal men of
this State under one banner. He drew the call
for the Legislative caucus that resulted in the
formation of the present glorious Union party Of
California, which has pever known defeat, and
which, under his gallant leadership is now
marching along, conquerlng and to conquer. lie
is always in the van of human progress. lie is
profound thinker bold and original in design,
prompt and decisive in execution, and like all
positive men has some bitter opponents, while be
has armies of friends who honor and admire
him. He never has held or sought office in the
Union party until now. For short time he was
Superintendent of the State Reform School, but
being rendered by Judge Field the Clerk ship of
the United States Circuit Court he entered upon
the duties of that place and has there continued,
with the exception of the first few months of
Governor Lows administration, during which
time against his personal inclination, he
acted as the Governor Private Secretary. Such


is brief outline of the life of the Union candi-
date for Governor, and at present the best-abused
man in the State, so far AS the power and infiu-
ence of two or three papers extend. He is the
superior of his malgners in every requisite of a
good citizen and .will ministerng angel be,
when they lie bowling" Each day adds to his
strength and popularity with the people, and as
he appears before them face to face, all true
Union men agree that be is the right man in the
right place.
Year: 1867

No VoTEs FOR FAY.-Union men everywhere
begin to appreciate the fact that casting vote
for Fay is only aiding the election of Iaight, the
man who shamcfully villi6cd the martyred
President. One of the Bidwell delegates from
Butte county to the State Convention tells the
Marysville appeal that SO far as he can ascertain
Fay will not get single vote in the county.
The Humboldt Times adds that if there is vote
for him in that county the man who intends to
cast it is the best yet known to keep secret.
We have heard of two or three in Trinity who
did purpose to vote for Fay, but are positive
they will amend such resolution before next
Wednesday and vote for our gallant young
standard bearer
Year: 1867

Next Wednesday is the day which is to decide
the destiny of the State for the next four years,
and of the county for the next two. No word OF
doubt can be uttered against the loyalty OF any
county nominee, or as to capacity, honesty OF


fitness We wish to impress upon the minus .,


Union men the fact that the success OF the iocai .


ticket figures largely in the general welare u


the State at large. 1t is by means of county or


rauizations that the party machinery IS kept In


GOOD working condition-ready ano able to per-


form its mission. Surrender the organization in


few of the large counties this year and we


give the Democracy prestige for the future


which it will be hard to counteract. Every In
ion man knows that the some spirit pervades
and controls the Democratic party in this coun-
tv now that has controlled it for the past FIVE


Years. The only hope of its representatives is
10 mislead voters who are not thoroughly inform
ed. To this end they proclaim that the Union
party is trying to make voters of the Chinese.
They know we'll enough that the imputation is
f.lse-that there is no word in the platform or
teachings of the Union party to bear it out
Listen not to these shameless advisers. Judge
for yourself as to the issues before the people


The fight in the State is being made on Cover
nor, in this county on Sheriff Why is it? Be-
canse these are the prominent positions on the
respective tickets. No man can say ought
against either nominee, politically or morally
The only real objection which Democracy raises
is that they belong to the " detested Union par
ty' Take the charges against Gorham for
granted and Haight has none the advantage of
him. So far as our Union nominee for Sheriff is
he has proved himself to be an e6i-
cient officer he has been true to the party
which allied itself to the Government in the
time of greatest need-nidhg it with his voice,
influence and means. We do not wish to dis
criminate between Union county nominees, but
have not the space to refer at length to each
We say this much because we daily hear the two
candidates above referred to misrepresentcd.-
The other candidates are well known and deser-
wing the undivided support of every true Union
man, and we hope that no one who counts him
self such will scratch Gorham, Cochran any
other name on the ticket, but VOTE 1T EN-
TIRE FROM GOVERNOR TO CONSTABLE -
Year: 1867

BAD. That sturdy Democrat Coffroth-is
sick, and the Sacramento Record explains the
popularity of his illness. Coffroth started out
brisk against the Chinese, and it was soon shown
that he favored and voted Cor bill, while in the
Legislature, to bring them into the State in
hordes under system near akin to slavery. He
praised the foreigner, and particularly the Irish
foreigner and it was shown that he was Pres-
dent of a Know Nothing Convention. Finally
he became seriously ill and went home.
Year: 1867

IT SIcKEsED THEM.-By actual canvass of that
precinct something over week ago, it was as
certained that there were but twelve Union men
at Chico who would not support the Union State
ticket. But Hamb mbleton, the roaring San Fran
cisco secesh-Democratic stumper spoke there the
other night and six of the disaffected twelve left
the meeting with the remark that they would
have to vote the Union State ticket.
Year: 1867

Nor A SoREHEAD.-Colonel Haruev whom the
Union boilers in Sac Francisco nominated last
week for County Clerk, has positively declined
to accept. AS true soldier, he knows and ap-
preciates the danger to be apprehended from a
division of the Union party hence he refuses to
be party to any scheme calculated to place the
Democracy in power.-Spirit Of the Times.
Year: 1867

IN LIxE.-A. p. Catlin, formerly editor of the
Sacramento Union, and now candidate for Dis
trct Attorney of that county, started in with
the disaffected wing of the Union party, after
having headed the contesting Sacramento dele
CATION in the Union State Convention. A nat
ural pride in the welfare of the great party to
which he belongs has induced him to lay aside
his feelings and preferences, and in speech at
the Capital last week he declared his intention
to sustain the ticket headed by George c.
Corhau,
Year: 1867

UyBoUNpEp ExrHUsIAsM.-The present CAM
na;on has been the most enthusiastic political
one on the part of the Union party ever known
in this State. The work is nearly done, and the
result will be glorious triumph for the friends
of liberty and Union.
Year: 1867

THE Napa county Democracy are disheartened,
and have virtually given up the fight. The Bid
we'll interest, which was large in that county,
has united in support of Gorham, and the
Union vote is solid. So it is everywhere. Men
who were all the time loyal while Democracy
was sympathizing with and aiding rebellion,
plainly see what disafection in the Union ranks
must lead to, and are rallying to the support of
the regular ticket.
Year: 1867

LAST CAMPAIGN DANCE. - For fear some OF
our town-people may have forgotten it, we will
again state that this friday evening is the
time set for the Douglas City Hotel party Ev-
erybody will be welcome good time is as GER
tain as night comes, and whoever stays at home
will regret it.
Year: 1867

Sec. s. The clerk of the city court for said city of Meriden shall be the clerk of said police court; said clerk shall keep record of it's proceedings, which shall be open during business hours for public inspection and shall receive all fines, penal ties, costs and moneys founded on or recovered by reason of all and any convictions or judgments had and rendered by said police court, and belong

 ing to said city, and shall account for the same fo and with the auditor of the city accounts. in writ. ing; under oath, on the first Monday in .Jnlv ar within ten days thereafter, in each year, and as of

 en ten as the court of common council of said city treasury of ssd city within thirty dayo of the tims or accounting with said auditor se aforesaid and shall at the same time deliver to the treasnrer of
Year: 1867

The Prince of Wales seems to be gettin g ahead pretty fast on the decensus ape'ni which he so openly affects. The last piece of unpleasant news about him comes from the MlbMe at Paris, where his rowdyism drew forth 8 rebuke from one of the festive damsels who disport themselves in the ccn- cm. The extreme Democrats of England could desire no more effective ally in their efforts to dispel the popular illusion of that divinity that doth hedge about King.
Year: 1867

7He London Lancet mentions curious in stance of deception under an operation. A woman had fractured her leg by tripping over the hoops of her crinoline. She was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital, where amputation was pronounced to be necessa- ry. It was performed under chloroform, and as she was of timid and nervous temperament, she was kept for 40 days in ignorance of the fact that she had lost her leg.
Year: 1867

W. "oouward on the law of impeachment
were Anown 70 them some time ago, and that
considoraDie persuasion had been used to
keep him from speaking before the recent case
reached its conclusion.
Year: 1867

Here is good article on stingy par
ishioners. Few ministers can be useful
in their high vocation if they are com
PEELED to live on such;


"a good Methodist minister out West
who lived on q very small salary, was
greatly troubled at one time to get his
quarterly instalment. He had called on
bis steward a number of times, but at
each time had been put off with some ex-
cuse. His wants at length became ur-
gent, and he went to the steward and
told him he must have the money, as his
family were suffering for the necessaries
of life.


Money p replied the steward, "you
preach for money | thought you
preached fer the good of souls.


"Souls" replied the minister, /
can't eat souls, and if | could it would
take a thousand such as yours to make a
single meal
Year: 1867

The Meadville pa Republican has
a communication from Sayertown, in
which the following story is told;


Joe is boy with good appetite, Or
dinary intelligence, honest and indus.
trious, and will attend to all of bis du-
ties punctually, unless rats come in his
way; against these pests he entertains a
decided antipathy, and has peculiar
faculty in destroying them. BE invents
and constructs queer looking traps,
wherein he places tempting bats, that
lure them on TO destruction, but he
catches them with his hands as quickly
and as readily as can any rat-terrier;
the rat that escapes after Joe gets his eye
on it mast be an exceedingly active one,
for he darts for them with astonishing
rapidity, and nine times out OF ten will
catch them; and what is still more sim
gular, he will take them in the dark
almost as well as in daylight l
never knew him to get bit but
once, and then he caught two
large rats at one time, one in each
hand. aud one of them succeeded in
biting his finger severely. The rats had
a fair show for their lives. They were
on an open barn aoor, Hanked on either
side with mows full Of grain, one Of them
was running on the floor, the other in
the act Of ascending the wall, when Joe
made IA dive at them, and caught and
killed both Of them at once. He has
been known TO kill in quick succession
with such rapidity that the observer
would hardly know what the boy was at
until the rats we're slain. II at all sus-
picious that there were any rats about
his senses we're on the alert instantly.
Year: 1867

The PHGNIX of Hartford can reinsure at
the highest rates every risk now upon its books,
discharge all obligations-present or prospec-
tive-of whatsoever nature, pay back to stock
holders every dollar of its capital stock, and
retire from business with clear net CASH
SURPLUS OF
Year: 1867

READ AN Hour DAy.-There are many
boys who will, we trust, be benefited by read
ing the following anecdo.e There was lad
who, at fourteen, was apprenticed to soaps
boiler. One of his resolutions was to read IN
hour day. or at least at that rate, and he
had an old silver watch, left him by an nucle
which he timed his reading by. He STAYED
seven years with his master and said when
he was twcntv-onc he knew as much rs the
young squire did. Now, let Us see how much


time he had to read in seven years. at the rate
of an hour each day. 1t would he :, 2,555 hours
which. n, the rate of eight reading hours per
day. would be equal to three hundred and ten
days: equal TO forty-fye weeks; equal TO
twelve months; nearly years reading -
That time spent ia treasuring mp useful
knowledge would pile up a very large store
l am sure it is worth trying for Try what
you can. Begin now. In after years you
will look back upon the task as the most
pleasant, and profitabley you ever performed.
Year: 1867

THE PrussIans are very busy at Lux
emburg packing up all the guns and
artillery stores in the fortress. ThS
Luxemburgers lament bitterly the
loss of the garrison which is not very
unnatural, as it has been calculated
that the Prussians spent one hundred
and ninety thousand pounds a year
among the townspeople. As some lit
tie compensation, the King Grand
Duke has offered to make the town a
present Of the buildings previously
employed for military purposes, as
also of the ground gained by the de-
struction of the fortihcations.
Year: 1867

Radicalism is what was the matter with Sodom
and Gomorrah. The reign of radcalism is reign
of fire and brimstone.-L Louisville Journal


Only the wicked have reason to dread the rain of
fire and b-imstone- TITS the decree of heaven that
the storm of radicalism shall destroy the modern
Sodom and Gomorrah called conservatism and de-
mocracy.- Press and Times
Year: 1867

by at of jealousy than BY desire TO sec the invalid
Az all events many stories in circulation and bon
nots abundance amuse the vennese coieres dealing
in scandal.


some months ago wrote on the subject OF the govern
men lotteries existing In Austria 10 the great deirment
Of public morality There Is movement on foot TO
abolish them. Unfortunately, they source OF
great revenue to the State think probable 1t VIII ro-
suit in nothing.


Another shameful, well known and, indeed, al.
most recognized institution In Vienna Is the
" usurious loan system" II is impossible even
to guess at the number 81 men who are
making their livelihood. perhaps fortunes by lending
money at most exorbtant rate in Vienna; but from the
innumerable advertisements and placards on the walls
and in the papers II must be great These men lend
money on almost any security pawn tickets, horses,
housea dresses or any imaginable thing, receiving IN
return the quiet little interest OF tan per cent per month
for the amount lent private firm intends starting
business BY which they hope to realize handsome diyi
dends in lending small amounts per cent for the
Same period. Should this succeed the employment OF
the rascay Jews who a present screw" the very life
blood out Of many victim will have been taken away
and blessing rendered 70 the poorer classes o. vienna


Mr.. Motley, our Minister here, gave magnificent ball
on Wednesday last, at which was represented almost
every diplomatic MISSION In Vienna The invitations
covered list Of two hundred Names and the affair was
considered the most brilliant one or tho season
Year: 1867

The number of tea1pftqnce pl1E5ctaas
is comparatively few. Not that there
are few who claim for themselves the
application of the term tcmpeJate.-
One who occasionally takes a glass of
wine or brandy with a tr5cad. and Of
tencr glass of ale or lager with his
friends. claims the right to approrri-
ate the latter appellation. Perhaps
in the common accertatlon of tn
term he may do so. lie claims to
use these articles tempcratei4 and
therefore is temperate man He
never becomes intoxicated a least
not so much 80 that his friends have
detected departure from sobriety
Doubtless there are many whose con
stitutionS are of such strength that
under their selEcontrol they may in
dulge for long time in the " tenn
perate" use Of intoxicants, in the
sense above spoken Of, and not allow
the habit to become fastened up0H tbcm
SO long as they are thus free. even
temperance people will accept their
prescriptions and follow their advice
to use as a tonic and restorative the
5iHerS so freely sold throughout the
country, as Hostetter's Bitters, Plan
tation Bitters. or similar " bitters :"
under some other name.


The amount Of bitteys sold through
out the western country would sur
prise those who have paid little atten-
ton to this subject; and they are used
chiefly by those who follow the adj
vice Of those physicians who claim
to be temperate; and thus many a
reformed man has fallen. and multi
tudes have formed appetites for stim-
ulauts that cling to them with all the
teuacity Of a second nature. The
consequences are terrible. There +
no doubt but that it Is in this way a
verv large proportion of the recruits
for the ranks Of the army Of drunk
ards. 100000 strong" are enlisted
Fatal enlistment The temperate
phvsician would willing beat up for
recruits. 1t Is very convenient for
him thus to prescribe. and he does not
reflect on the dreadful Consequences.
The truth Is that these temperate =
physicians and those who follow their
prescriptions are IN the outer circle Of
the great moral nsae}stroona that viii
surely engulf both unless they hasten
tn escape.


But these :. temperate physicians
are not Temperance physicians. Oh
serve the distintion. The temperate
claim the moral right TO use ali things
tenn perately. Not 50 with the Tenn
peruaoe man, whether physician or not.
Temperance from principle include
the idea az fundamental that total ab-
stjnence from all that intoxicates i
the only safe, reasonable and scriptural
rule, and the conscientious Temper
ance phviciaa viii weigh well all the
Year: 1867

The Sacramento Bee only needs q little
coaxins to become good Union paper. 1t
stood unfiinchingly by the Government
throughout the war, has supported the radical
wing of the Union party in its opposition to
''my policy" and understands the situation
influence to be thrown on the Copperhead
side of the house SIMPLY for the enjoyment
of opposing candidate who may be in some
measure objectionable. Will not some paper
which is on better terms with the Bee than
we are, coax it littl
Year: 1867

If in any State an insurrectiOn against
the Government thereof should occur
the people of the counties wherein .
majority Of the people favored the out
break would not lose their rights, b
Year: 1867

A traveller once arrived at a village
inn after o hard days travel, but tho
landlord said they were entirely full,
and that II was utterly impossible to ac-
commodate him; that his wife had TO
sleep on the sofa and himself ON the
floor; but he would see what his wife
could do for him. The good woman on
being applied to, said there was room
he might occupy, provided he could a.
gree TO the condition, viz: to enter the
room late, in the dark, and leaveit ear
ly in the morning, TO prevent scandal,
as the room was double beddod and oc-
cupied by O lady. This he agreed TO.
About two o'clock in The morning an
awful noise was heard in tho house,
and our friend, the traveller, was heard
tnmbling heals over head down stairs.
The landlord on arriving at the spot,
inquired what the matter was. The
traveller calculated as soon as he could
speak:


"Oh, Lord that woman's dead" E


Il knew that, said the landlord but
how in the d. did you find it out"
Year: 1867

pf people - hleA g. y lose al boft oi
| pride in dress. position andappearanco
Ito see strong men become whining
child TO see the port miss who would
be shocked at loose pin or stray
/ lock Of hair about her person, cnrled up
in some corner, like bundle of old
clothes. or perhaps upon deck as d.
sheveled as tho wreck Of whiTlwind--
could you listen to the strange speech
es and witness the irritableness, you
would wonder that it were possible for
persons TO carry such crust Of grace
to cover up the real self II there is q
condition on earth when q man would
be most likely 70 do what job refused
TO do, it is when he 10 sea-sick. After
the storm was over. and people had got
rid OF q large amount q bile, they were
lovely and the rest OF the trip was gay /;
everyone was in their place at the ta-
BILE, and il was like pleasant excursion
trip all the way, with the usual amount
Of fun and frolic, with cards. chess, rid
dies, conundrums, puzzles. story telling,
singing, &c. There was much talk
about how far we had got, how fast we
were running, counting the days and
hours before we shonld see Boston
State House, &c. You need 10 take
one trip TO know what exertion is made
10 fill up and kill time on 3 steamer.


The 9th day we espied land, and on
the 10th day we came into Halifax.
about eight o'clock in the morning; we
had a large amount Of freight to dis
charge, which took seven honrs to per-
form. My friend Walker being quite
at home here, ordered handsome ba-
rouche and invited two ladies' and Char
lie and myself TO ride about the town.
OIL IL could only tell how much We
enjoyed it; how, after being confined
on water so long and being sick more
or less. to step from ship into car
riage, for drive on dry land. midst the
odor Of the flowers and trees OF Halifax.
II is an old town Of not much attrac-
ton, the people generally are not much
pleased with the consolidation and ex-
press desire to be annexed to the IT,
s., and feel that it will be done by and
by. We left Halifax about 2 p. M, and
having q smooth sea we made a very
quick passage, coming into Boston in
tweniy-nine hours, and we landed on
the shores Of home on Wednesday, eley-
en- days from Liverpool being the run
ming time. The wharf was lined with
friends to receive us, which was best of
all. / need not say that Charlie was
overjoyed, for in this We were all alike
delighted to be safely landed We
had been gone almost three months,
been through many dangers and seen
a great deal, and nothing had transpir-
ed to mar our pleasures during the
whole time, for which we felt to praise
Him who kept and returned us to the
arms of the loved and and anxious ones
once again. The few letters which /
have sent you, have only been plain fa
milliar facts, and written in haste and
without much care, as you will readily
perceive. II they have been Of any in.
terest to you ! am doubly paid.


Yours very truly,


VERrA.