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Year: 1868

in part agreed with US, $50 far at least
as his advocacy of the actual centre is
concerned we will devote the residue
Of this brief article to his especial ben
eft and the editicstion Of those who
entertain similar views on the subject.
And in the first place, as regards the
centre, by reference to the msst ap-
proved and correct maps of the State it
will be at once seen that the colossal
timbCred region" of which he speaks,
in the neighborhood Of Buckhannon,
occupies by no manner of means the
geographical centre of the State of West
Virginia. Really she is one Of the bor-
der counties, and entirely inaccessible
from the East and North during the
Fall, Winter and early Spring, owing
to the snow-clad Alleghenies.


1t is true that by way of Clarksburg
and Westsn o communication is kept
up the greater part of the year. More
over, i. is not disputed that the United
States mail occasionally reaches the
place, nor do we question the fact that
there are q couple of taverns there, one
new and the other refitted up. Aud
aside from this we will not dispute the
assertion that the citizens of Buck
hannon are able to find room for the
members of the Legislature fer we can
very easily see that by a very slight
change of the Constitution they can
just as easily have Summer sessions as
Winter ones-in which event Buck
hannon will be all right-her colossal
forests being well adapted to the pur-
pose of rural legislative sports and af-
ford an ample protection during the
warm season of the year to those in
ured to the hardships ofa woods life and
used to sleeping in the open air, and
in this connection We will say to the
good citizens of Buchhannon that it in
all probability would be better for you
to not predicate your claims entirely
and alone on your imaginary centre
in fact it is the most suicidal course you
can possibly pursue. Try again, frieLd
Bronson" More anon,


YOX POPUL.
Year: 1868

We congratulate the Democratic par


ty upon the results of yesterday. A bet


ter fight has seldom been made, and o


more complete victory never achieved.


We cannot disguise the fact that the


opposition to the regular Democratic


ticket was of no trivial character. In
addition TO the regular Radical enemy


we were compelled to fight muntineers
in our own camp, who had the prestige
of past Democratic confidence and
support. When they abandoned princi-
ciple and joined hands with the
common foe for the defeat Of the De-
mocracy, they caused many to look for,
at least, less perfect triumph than
might otherwise have been expected.
Nevertheless, the Democracy went into
the tight with the determination to an
nihilate all foes, whether foreign or do
nestle, and they have nobly accom-
plished their purpose.


Radicalism in this city has now no
foOthold worthy of consideration. Its
last hope hung upon the success of bolt
ing Democrats, and when they were
crushed, rs they have been, it went
down miserably and forever. On the
other hand, the dissenters, nutineers
aud renegades who yesterday work
ed for Radicalism, have learn
cd lesson that they will
not soon forget. In spite Of all their
industry, their strategy, their malicious
purposes, and their discordant efforts,
they haye been buried beneath the in
disuation of the party which had long
honored them and which they sought
to betray. They now know that they
can neither rule nor ruin, and with that
knowledge comes the consciousness,
that whatever their future course, they
are as powerless for harm as they are
of trust.


The rebuke of these men might have
been less signal if they had selected
less important juncture for their treach-
cry. But to assail the Democratic party
of this city at . time when the same
party throughout the State was look
ing to us for example and encourage
mcut, was To necessitate their own
That necessity has been
met.


We arc not sorry that this trial of
Democratic temper and discipline has
been had. As long as theIe were men
in the party, willing to sell it for per-
sonal benefit, the sooner their characters
were developed the better. That de-
velopment having been made, the RENE
dy has been applied, and the admoni-
tion given that boiling and disorgan-
izing are contrary to Democratic usage
and will net be tolerated. We have no
reason to expect n speedy renewal of
the effort which failed so signally on
yesterday.


For the reasons indicated, and for
the assurance of Democratic supremacy
here which this triumph gives, we
cong ratulate the party which achieved
it. No possible obstacle can now im-
pede the progress of our gallant Dem
ocracy, for they have proved beyond
question that they can neither be
beaten nor betrayed.
Year: 1868

Our cotemporary volunteered q few
days ago to furnish us with list Of the
killed and wounded Democrats who
would fall under the fire of himself and
his renegade sllies, at the city election.
We beg to remind him of his promise,
and to hope that he will furnish also
the uOrtuary statistics of his own ranks.
We think his artillery kicked somewhat
harder than IL shot.
Year: 1868

What does our neighbor think of that
moderate wing" which he has been
tapping SO lustilyi The Radical fly-up-
the-creek is truly


"A woundrd bird, with only one


Imperfect wing TO soar upon"
Year: 1868

ALBANY Jan. 2S.-In the Court of Oyer and
Termner, this morning, District-Attorney Smith asked
that the Court set aside the writ of cord granted by
Justice Wells compel the prisoners counsel to show
cause why the said writ should not be superseded
quashed Judge Pecam declined TO set aside the writ
hut SAID he would hear the counsel tomorrow Wednes-
day) morning, at 10 O'Clock.


The object OF the writ is to carry the up TO the
General Term when motion will be made to change the
from Albany County the ground OF such political
other prejudice agelst the prisoner would prevent
a fair trial in this county.
Year: 1868

The Cincinnati express train OH the Hudson
Railroad O'Clock yesterday morning was thrown Off
by broken rail- about mile north Of Cornwall Station
The engine baggage aud smokinRcars passed over In
safety but five passenger of against the
aud their sfes were torn out All were filed with pas
seugers aud five Fix injured, badly cut In
forehead and face one man hurt IN hack another
man hurt in breast but seriously The train was
delayed one hour The track has been cleared and trains
arc Running regularly
Year: 1868

Awarded al lne rlrSt annual rdF oi HoH-


tana Territory.


We publish below a list OF the pro-
miums awarded at the Fair so far as we
have been able to get them from the
books of the Secretary. The books as
yet are not fully posted, and hence the
list is not entirely complete, but there
is enough To show that the Fair has
been success even beyond our most
sanguine expectations. The receipts
of the Fair, in addition to the liberal
subscriptions of,our> citizens, will enable
the COMMITTEES to meet all demands
upon the Treasury. The general sue
cess of the First Annual Fair of Mon
tana, is a matter of cOngratulation to
the officers of the Association, and
encourages ms to hope that we may
have a still better exhibition next year ::
Year: 1868

The Democratic gain is one hundred
per cent. while the Republican gain
only twenty per cent. At this rate the
redemption of Maine is only N after
of time. Yours HUeH b. BLoDE


The election of Seymour and Blair
lsays Corry) is now as sure as il was the
day they were nominated.
Year: 1868

The American organization is SUI ge-
meris. It is surcharged with immagina-
tion, impulse, activity and energy; but
it is remarkably deficient in the an
ticipative faculty. The presence of this
balance-wheel, regulating all the other
forces, is indispensable to the constitu-
tion of healthy and symmetrical natures.
The want Of it in an inividual is easily
detected. He is almost certain to over
do or underdo every pursuit OF bus mess
or of pleasure to which he may address
himself from choice, and every labor, for
himself or for others. which circumstances
may devolve upon him. 1t is a mere
accident if he happens to perceive, strike
for and hit the true mark. 1t is mere
accident, that is to say, if he attains suf-
fciency without superfuity, Or if he a.
voids superfuity without sinking to de-
ficiency. The pendulum of existence
yibrates between surfeit and famine,
between food and drouth. And, his
career finished, it is safe to suppose that
his whole life may be summed up as a
continuous oscillation from one extreme
to another extreme, with disaster on dis
aster filling up the interim.


The unanticipatiYe man, to be sure,
may achieve success and glory. But
beware of trusting to the solidity of the
one or to the enduring brightness of the
other The success is apt to be as inse-
cure OF foundation as the unstable house
OF the sacred parable and the glory is apt
to prove, like the evanescent glare Of
acontiagration, only the illumination of
imminent ruin. No matter what good
impulses the unanticipative man NAV ex-
perience, the moral integrity Of his ont
ward conduct is never assured. Tntrns.
ted with the management of momentous
public concerns. however endowed he
may be otherwise with special faculties
and aptitudes, he is like an infant, of su-
pernatural strength but of merely natu-
raj discretion for its age, handling edged
tools and deadly firearms. He does not
Year: 1868




1MPEACHMENT.-An even bet that if
the Senate Court is organized for the tri-
al of the President on articles of i'm
peachment that he will not be convicted.
Kem.-An even bet that if he is tried
and convicted, he will be the next Presi-
dent of the United States by popular
acclamation.


Chief Justice Chase presides over the
Senatorial court, and as a candidate for
the succession, he can not afford to con-
vict him.


General Grant is also an aspirant, and
he cannot afford to have him convicted.
These views, perhaps, account for the
great quietness with which all this start
ling news is received in gold and COM
mercial circles. Men in these circles
evidently do not think there is much in
it.-lIo6ile Register.
Year: 1868

S717o71110t1' 71PP1J e111s UT
terion to the restless, feverish and per-
turbed spirits who make the policy of
the now dominant party in this country.
Apply it to the like class of political lea
ders who headed the sectional aggres-
sion which led to war in 1861. And it
exhibits them as utterly destitute of
craftsmanship, since they are utterly in
capable OF effecting compromises or re-
volution. It is only by a healthy de-
velopment of the anticipative faculty on
the part Of the people that such men can
be disabled from further mischief-N


O. Crescent.
Year: 1868

10r We have heretofore expressed our willingness to accept the present conditions of things and bear political 'misfortunes with the best possible grace, waiting patiently for time to right all'wrongs. We are still willing to accept things as they are, and wait for any wrong or oppressive acton the part of a radical government or radical congress before we condemn. We are Further willing to wait Gen. Grant's inauguration as President before we mark outliis policy. But their is one thing we will not and can not do; we will not delude ourselves with the vain hope that Grant will extend to us special favor because of his Democratic proclivities. There is on the part of many of the journals of our country q tendency to court the President elect and claim him as Democrat, and therefore promise much from his ad- ministration of the Government; this we regard as wrong, and there can no good come of it. Gen. Grant was the nominee of radical convention; was elected by radical votes and can be re- garded as nothing else but radical. To claim him ne Democrat is to charge him with sin before he commits offence, As strong ss we believe in ahe principles of the Democratic party we would rather see Gen. Grant rad ical than to know him Democrat. As earnestly as we desire to see Demo- cratic President in the chair, we do not desire to see him obtain that seat under false pretencc. Certainly we have no right to claim Gen. Grant as Demo- crat and if he were, much of the little faith we have in him would be shaken.

 We shall lend to Gen. Grant the sup port due him from every good citizen

 until in his office he departs from his duty. We shall uphold him in the ad- sninistration of the Government if he makes the constitution his guide and justice his rule. But when he departs from right; when he fails to respect the constitution, we shall denounce him unsparingly and war against him con- Sinually. These things we will do, but wc cannot claim him as Democrat.
Year: 1868

Quite number of Radical clerks have
been turned out of the treasury and interior
departments for holding political opinions
antagonistic to the present administration,
and this is accepted as an indication of what
is to follow when Mr.. johnson gets over his
impeachment frlght.
Year: 1868




Gov. B. F. Perry, Of South Carolins,
has written long letter reviewing the
condition Of affairs in that State, in which
he states that if the people Of the South,
after slavery was abolished, had been let
alone in their State legislation and re-
stored to the Union all would have been
well. They would soon have recovered
from their exhausted and crushed eondi-
ton, and been once more 8 happy and
prosperous people. They would have
added hundreds of millions annually to
the wealth OF the Republic instead of
costing 1t, as they now do, hundred
millions every year, through the Freed
mems Bureau and sstanding army But
the unjust, unconstitutional and suicidal
legislation Of Congress has parslyzed
them forever, he fears. The negro Is no
longer that Industrious, useful and civil
isborer which he once was, but an idle
0rone and pest to society.
Year: 1868

WASHINGTON CITY, D. c., March O., 1868.


EDITOR STATESMAN We have just passed
through one of the most terrible winters here
ever known. 1t has been considered the hardest
winter experienced for thirty years. Up around
Lake Michigan and Superior the thermometer
has been as low as ago and 4So below zero, and
in the central part of New York last week the
snow was four feet deep, and between this and
New York City the trains were detained two
nights in snow-drifts. This is a terrible climate:
all our Pacific citizens are thoroughly disgusted
with it. Last Monday the thermometer was 40
below zero day it is warm enough for sum-
mer 4; next week it will probably be frozen up
again. Our railroad matters look rather encour-
aging This impeachment business has been
serious draw back, but we are in hopes to have
the matter brought up at an early day. l expect
to sail on the steamer of the 21st, and will be
glad to get back to the Pacific coast again. l
think it would do some of our home-sick friends
on the Pacific good to spend such a winter as
this here they would then appreciate our ex>
cellent climate and natural advantages.


Yours, &C., PHILIP RITZ.
Year: 1868

STATE OF AFFAIRS EAsT.-We received
letter the other day from distinguished
gentleman, now residing East, in relation to
the morals of some of the eastern cities.
He writes that during the last few years
marked change has taken place 10 the moral
atmosphere of the larger cities of the Union.
A day scarcely passes that the papers are not
called upon to chronicle horrible murder,
seduction or robbery. He argues that since
the reaction in the monetary affairs of the
country, and 50 many persons have been
thrown out of employment, that to a certain
extent, this decentralization is caused by want,
Within the last few months, at least ten
thousand persons have been thrown out of
employment in the eastern cities. The un
settled condition of public affairs, prevents
men Of capital from investing their funds
thus keeping out Of circulation large amount,
OF money that would otherwise be the mean,
OF keeping these men employed Affairs Al
the SOuthare in such a state that it would b.
akin to insanity for any one to attempG 70 Dc
anything there. Thus we see the eountr,
daily going to ruin and rack, for the sole pur
pose Of gratifying the ambition Of designins
men. In Gods name how long will this stat,
Of affairs be allowed TO exist
Year: 1868

The IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.-Dspatches
state that Butler commenced the opening
argument on the impeachment trial, on the
3Oth ult He spoke for three hours, and
characterized the trial as the most important
in the history of this or any other country.
Many of the radicals are indignant that a
man of Buffers infamous character should
be selected as leader, but destitute as the
party is Of ability, it is Beast Butler or none
In the meantime the country is disgracsd
and patriots hide their heads for shame.
Year: 1868

POLITICAL democrats Of Umatilla
county meet in convention to-day for the
purpose of nominating a ticket for legisla-
tive and county officers. The democratic
majority iu the county is SO large that a
nomination is considered equivalent to an
election. We trust that our democratic
friends will nominate good ticket, and thus
add strength to the party.
Year: 1868

WaLLA WALLA FLoUR.-In conversation with
baker at the Dalles, be informed US that the
-four sent from this market is equal, if not better
for bakers use than any other brand made on
the coast.
Year: 1868

,ro,I5 be acain converted into Eden, and
innocence and Joy bless our race.
And why not prav to God. and plead with
him and try with self to secure this blessed
result? Why not. Christian philanthroplst
| Wby not by example. persuasion d ear.
nest influence, endeavor to dash to the
ground that first glass, which so often leads
to ruin


Fashionable lady, do not with your ire
>istable voice and smile, ask that young man
t. take from your hand one glass of spark
ling beverage. 1t may lead him to drunk
enness, debauchery. crime, and eternal
death


Mature Christian, do not lift that one
glass to your lips, lest your child, or some
other young person, who is Influenced much
by your example, should see the act and
initiating you, drink-drink deeply, and die
IA drunkard


Dear youth listen to our importunate en-
treaty Think well before you touch the
intoxicating bowl. 8 Look not upon the
wine when it is red, when it giveth its color
In the cup, when it moveth itself Alright. Al
the last it biteth like serpent and stingetf
like an adder


There is demon lurking in that one glass
His eye is fixed upon you. He has selected
you as his victim. Only drink, an1 he will
take up his abode within you, and commence
tn So insidious operations which will Ii
likely to end in your eternal destruction.
Refuse the liquor, though it be only glass
of ale or beer or light wine, for it contains
the deadly poison. Tread on the head OF the
vile serpent as soon as you see him. lie may
sting you before you are aware. In this age
of great temptation the best sanctuary fol
moral virtue next to piety-and the two
should ever go together-is in total abstinence
from all that ,cW intOricate.
Year: 1868

Enter upon the performance of his official duties
for the current year. He would call particular at
tention to the following section of the Revenue
Law:


If any person shall willfuy make, or give,
under oath affirmation, false list of his her,
or their taxable property, or false list of taxable
property under his, her. their CONTROL such per-
shall be deemed gnilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished therefor, as
is by law provided for the punishment of perjury ;
and any property willfuy concealed, removed,
transferred, or misrepresented by the owner any
agent thereof to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery be assessed at ten times the amount of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon 1t and fifty per cent. of the amount
OF such additional tax, when solicited shall be paid
to the person or persons who shall furnish the
information which reveals the property conceal
ed. transferred, removed msrepresented, and the
remaining fifty per cent, after dcducIng the usual
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State"


Attention is also directed to the following section
of the Act of 1885, relating to Shasta county,


az The Assessor of said county is authorized and
it is hereby made his duty to collect all the poll or
per capita tax except the road poll tax, and the
taxes upon all movable personal property. and upon
the entry of any assessment of movable personal
property, to any person. firm, corporation, assoca-
ton. or company. who does not own real estate
sufficient in the opinion of the Assessor to insure
the payment of such tax within the county, to de-
mand the payment of the taxes upon the same !;
and if such person, firm, corporation association,
or company shall refuse neglect to pay such
taxes, the Assessor shalt, by virtue of the power
herein vested in him, proceed to collect such taxes
in the same manner prescribed by law for the Col
lector."


If Tax Payers were to have a list of their pro-
perty prepared ready to be sworn to, the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyance, as well as facilitate my work.


A. p. LADD,


Assessor of Shasta County.


Shasta, March 2, 1867. mi
Year: 1868

A woman stood by bed of pain,


Where wounded soldier lay,
And her tears fell down in a quiet rain
For tie smart she could not allay;
She sought by kindest offices


To soothe the sufferer woe;
But a man who stood and saw her tears,
Said, Women are weak, you know"
She gently bathed the soldiers brow,
While his frightful wounds were dressed,
And watched, till one might wonder how
She lived, without some rest;
So. patiently she labored on


Till Life or Death had won
Then sank to earth all strength was gone,
Because her work was done.
A mother sat beside her child,


And watched long, weary days;
Her hope grew brighter when it smiled,
And cheered the dreary maze.
Without her sleep, without her food,


She bore her sinking heart,
And never to another could


She yield, one hour, her part.
When all was done. and hope was dead,
What wonder if she sank
What nature could have borne such strain
Without sequent blank
Few men have ever known such tests


OF strength of will. and soul;
Or, given to Loves supreme behests,


Unlimited control.
IT'S true that woman may not boast


masculine "physique;"
But never, for her tender heart,


Proclaim a woman weak.
Her love is mighty, and endures


In hope and patience long;
Hers is sympathy which dares


To " suffer and be strong.''
Year: 1868

BOYS RUNNING LocoMoTIvE.-Three lads
broke into the locomotive house of the Free.
hold and Jamesburg Railroad, at Freehold.
n j., and fred up the engine Monmouth. y
Having raised steam," they connected the
locomotive and tender and made a trim to
Jamesburg. There steam gave out, and
being unable to fill the boiler with water
they left the engine standing and fled. One
ot the lads was afterwards found sleepino in
barn. when he was arrested and locked m
The locomotive is greatly damaged by the
excessive heat to which it had been subjected.
Persons residing along the line, whose atten.
ton was directed to the running of the
engine at that unusual hour of night. saw
that the speed at which the boys were run.
ming must have been a mile per minute. This
is probably the first instance in New Jersey
of the theft of locomotive.
Year: 1868

Established expressly to afford tho afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid. in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases, Cases
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.