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Year: 1869

A few weeks ago, in giving an account Of
the murder of VIM. Tiffany, in Tehama
county, we alluded to the fact that it was
the impression of numerous persons here.
abouts that the criminal would receive no
adequate punishment, for the reason that
Justice had heretofore been sparingly meted
out to transgressors of the law in that coun-
ty. The Red Bluff independent makes a
lame attempt to defend the reputation of its
county, and endeayors to get up the impres,
sion that we misrepresented facts. A glance
at the record is all that is necessary to prove
that our statement was we'll founded, and
will show the Independent that silence would
be its best policy in regard to the subject of
the administration of justice 10 Tehama
county. Let the public judge the record;


Vincent Geiger murdered Captain Wells,
openly and publicly, 10 the streets of Red
Bluff, and was never apprehended for the
crime, although it was a matter of common
notoriety that he was harbored in the county
for some time after the commission of the
murder; indeed, it was reported, and believ-
ed by many, that during the time he re-
mained in the county he was under the pro
lection Of some of the county officials. James
Lacy coolly walked up behind Swain, who
sat reading a newspaper in Red Bluff sa-
loon. and shot him dead in his seat. Men
visited the scene of the murder, viewed the
cornse. listened to detailed accounts of the
alleged difficulties between the deceased and
his slayer, then went into Court and swore
they knew nothing about the case, sat upon
the trial jury, and voted for the acquittal
which of course followed. George Gudgell,
at the Nine Mile House, placed the muzzle
of rifle to the head of David SALESMAN, as
he lay sleeping on the floor wrapped up in
his blankets, and shot him dead. Gudgel
was acquitted. James Eager was shot and
killed at Pine Greek, and his slayer went
unpunished. Moses Pritchard received his
death wound in Red Bluff saloon, and no
conviction followed. A stranger murdered
his wife, near Red Bluff, under the most
atrocious circumstances, and he was gener-
ously allowed to go to the State Prison. The
jury recommended him to the mercy of the
Cobrt. A man residing on the Red Bluff
and Susanville road was murdered by his
partner, and no arrest was made.


Such is the record of the administration of
Justice in Tehama We might allude to the
case of Hall and others for further illustra-
tions, but will forego them for the present.


The only instance we can call to mind in
which the death penalty was inflicted for
crime in Tehama county, is the occasion
when portion of her lawabiding citizen 9
formed a mob and valiantly hung an Indian
boy, about fourteen years of age, out of one
of the Court House widows.


All the cases here alluded to occurred Of
late years, and have served to render the
name oflaw and justice in Tehama by-word
and reproach When reformation takes place
we will be among the first to give credit to
those instrumental in bringing it about.
Year: 1869

SHor MAN.-Billy Burt, former res
ident of this place and for several years a
driver for the Stage Company, is at present
Marshal of the town of Braidwood, Will
County, Illinois. On the 30th ult., he was
engaged in conveying an arrested man
named Tighe to Jail on warrant sworn out
against him by some parties with whom be
had previously had difficulty. While thus
engaged a mob of $50 men surrounded the
carriage in which the party were, with the
intention of taking the prisoner out and
lynching him. Burt resisted the attempts
of the mob to get possession of the prisoner
and was fred at several times by persons in
the crowd He finally ordered man named
John Cunningham to let go of the horses
Cunningham refused, whereupon Burt drew
his revolver and fred two shots into his body,
killing him instantly. This action caused
the mob to stand back and Burt drove his
prisoner to Jail in triumph. The law abiding
citizens of Braidwood praise Burt very high
ly for his coolness and bravery on the occa-
sion.
Year: 1869

HORRIBLE INFANTICIDE.-ln our even
ing edition of yesterday we stated the fact
that officer Kelly had overhauled China
man at an early hour yesterday morning
on Dupont street who was carrying In a
sack the dead body of Chinese female
child about eight months old. Further
inquiries by the police reveal the fact that
the child was deliberately murdered by its
inhuman, heathenish parents. 1t has been
stated tnat the Chinese, in their own coun-
try, are in the frequent habit of murder
ING their female infants under the plea
that they are burden and expense, and
are better out of the way. But we had
not realized the fact that the same murder
GUS custom was practiced by the Chinese
in this community until the details of the
present case were exposed. 1t appears
that when the officer made the discovery
of the CHASTITY contents of the sack, he
arrested the Chinaman, who offered to go
with him to the parents of the child on
Sacramento street, and he stated to- the
officer that the parents had killed the child
and hired him toremove the body. Officer
Kelly went with the prisoner and on ques-
tioning the parents of the child they ac-
knowledged having killed the child by
smothering it with the bedclothes. They
gave as a reason for the murder, that she
@cried too much, all time; they couldn't
Sleep" so they killed her. The officer
arrested all the inmates of the house, four
men and three women, besides the parents
who had perpetrated the murder. Nice
subjects to make American citizens Of
the Chinese.-S. f. Chronicle
Year: 1869

STocK DYING.-A resident rf Pitt River
Valley, who visited town this week, states
that the winter has been very severe in
that settlement Considerable snow lies on
the mountains between here and Fort Crook
Many immigrants who came into the valley
last year, from Oregon, have lost cousidera-
BILE stock, and are dissatisfied with the local
ity on account of the necessity of feeding
their stock during the winter.
Year: 1869

CHEEKY.-John Mullan, of San Francisco,
representing himself as Secretary of the Cal
ifornia Immigration Association, sends US a
column advertisement putting the concern
with which he is connected, with request
to insert the advertisement and send him a
paper containing it, all gratis There's
cheek for you. If the Association referred
to is too hard up to pay for their advertise
ments it had better disband. None for us
thank YOU.
Year: 1869

A RHODE ISLAND horse fancier, who
thought he knew thing or two, recently
swapped a white horse for a cream colored
one, paying something "to boot" More
lately he traded off cream color for a
beautiful, glossy, coal black horse, paying
"boot" again. Very soon, however, the
coal black grew rusty, and in spite Of all
his efforts has turned into the identical
white horse which he first traded of.
Year: 1869

What would the old trappers
and hunters of Lewis and Clark's ex-
pedition of 1904 have said, when drag
rinp their canoes through the bushes In
the dwindling stream OF the upper Mis-
souri, and chopping their frozen dog
ment on the divide that falls of into
the valley of the Columbia, had some
apparition appeared to them in bob
tailed blouse, slouch hat and long
legged boots, with theOdolite and level
in hand, and foretold to them that be-
fore the last OF them bad passed away
iron rails would be laid across the rocky
mountains and the gorges and canons
that the hunter of the bear, hardly the
bear himself, could find his way out of,
should be traversed at the rate of many
miles an hour by carriages drawn by
steam, laden with merchandise from
the cities of the East, with corn from
the grain fields of the Illinois and with
silks and teas and spices from China
Japan. They would have Drained the
apparition for fool If of human aspect
IL they did not drop all and run rs
from ghostly visitant. 1t would have
sounded to them, as did the tabled
curse OF the cross bearing NaZarene TO
the taunting Jew, larry thou here,
until I come,"-when those mystic
words fell upon his ear and started him
off a wandeIer over the earth, Tor 4oOO
years and more.


Yet this imagined prediction is now
fulfilled in one lifetime. OF the men OF
Lewis and Clark's expedition to whom
1t might have been made, at least one
vet remains to wonder at the mighty
energy that accomplished so apparent~
ly impossible task. Old Patrick Gass
is the wandering Jew who has lived the
vision out.


The Indian of the distant plain and
canon first saw the face OF white man
when they saw him and his comrades
but before his generation has passed
away, the white man has swarmed IN
the haunts OF the Buffalo, the Indian is
an outcast and nuisance to be hunted
down on his own inheritance and brain
and will and muscle have leveled the
mountain chain and bridged the rocky
gorge and sent the swift locomotive
laundering along, dragging back and
forth through the wilderness the com
merce of continents. Never before,
since the world was made, has there
been accomplished in so short a time
by human agency, so stupendous
change in the physical condition or
country. II so much has been done
during the lifetime OF one living man,
| Imagination may we'll be at fault as to
what will happen in the coming hfty
| years.
Year: 1869

SIZE OF NA1Ls.-The following table
will show any one at glance the length
OF the various sizes and the number or
nails In a pound. They are rated at
"3 penny" up to "2o penny" The
first column gives the number, the
second the length in inches, and the
third the nnmher per pound:
Year: 1869

EASTERN papers are discussing the chances for the blocking up of the Pacific Railroad, this winter. They think they are firstrate, and advise that cars laden with provisions be taken with each passenger train, so that pas sengers will not be forced to devour one an other while dwelling in some snow drift. The advice had better be acted upon.
Year: 1869

TIE entire Press of California, with the exception of one or two sickly weeklies pub lished at fishing ports on the Southern Coast, favor the building of Southern Pacific Rail- road on the 35th Parallel route. So do the energetic men wlo built the Central Pacific road.
Year: 1869

Attempted Murder and Successful Suicide-A
Girl Shot by a Rejected Lover, and tho
Latter Kills Himself.


BOSTON, March rs, 1869.


terrible tragedy occurred at North Andover last
night. 1t seems that young man named John
Pine has been q suitor OF girl named Hubbard
who has rejected his addresses. SO much was he
affected by this that he has attempted once or
twice to take his own life. On Saturday last as
we are informed, he took o dose of laudanum,
but remedies were administered that saved him.
The fact that the parties lived IN the same house
she with her mother and he with her parents
brought them frequently In contact, and late last
evening he went TO q room In that part OF the
house occupied by her family ana asked her to take
walk with him. This she positively declined to do
when he drew revolver and threatened to kill her
II she didn't. She ned from the room leaving him
there He then threatened to kill himself and fearing
that he would do 1t, she opened the door which
she had closed behind her, to look In and see
and the ball took effect In her neck, innicting
wound which IL is feared will prove fatal. He then
discharged another barrel OF the revolver aiming
his own head, killing himself almost Instantly.


Drs. Davis, OF North Andover, and Lamb, OF
Lawrence were called to attend the girl, but
there Is little hope OF her recovery. Pipe,
who was about twenty years OF age, worked
In the machine shop OF Davis Furber and Is re-
ported to have borne good character. He had not
Is about the same age, was an operative in Sutton's
Mills, has been brought up In the town and has q
good reputation. she has brother younger than
herself.
Year: 1869

According to the New York Evening Post
The four great events Of the century arc
Nsrse's invention Or the Telegraph, the lay
iur If she Atlantic Cattle. death Of Slavery
In the United States and the completion of
the Pacific Ratroad
Year: 1869

TIE late Fitz Greene Halleck
said: A letter fell into my
hands, which a Scotch servant
girl had written to her lover.
Its style charmed me. 1t was
fairly Inimitabie. 1 wondered
how in her circumstances in
life, she could have acquired so
elegant and perfect a style. l
showed the letter to some of
my literary friends in the city
of New York, and they unani.
mously agreed that it was a
model of beauty and elegance.
| then determined to solve the
mystery, and l went to the
house where she was employed.
and asked her how it was that,
in her humble circumstances in
life, she had acquired a style
so beautiful that the most cul-
tivated minds could not but
admire it. "Sir," she said, 81
came to this country four years
ago, Then l could not read or
write. But since then have
learned to spell; so always


when l sit down to write a let


ter, | select those words which
are SO short and simple that l
am sure to know how to spell
them.n There was the whole
secret. The reply Of that sim
ple.minded Scotch girl con-
densed a world of rhetoric into
a nutshell. Simplicity is
beauty. Simplicity is power.
Year: 1869

SAFES TO LET BY THE NATIONAL PARK BANK, IN
THEIR BURGLAR AND FRE-PRooF VAULT.-Parties
who are occupying or who may occupy Safes in
said Vault. are Informed that two capacious Safes
o1S feet are set aside for the atutous storage Of
SILVER WARE and other VALUABLEs. while tho
owners are absent from the city, To those desirous
OF obtaining the greatest security for their valuable
papers we would state that there are still few
Safes to be rented in the SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT Of
this Bank.
Year: 1869

SSTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Tu0LUMNE
- In the District Court of the Ffth Judicial District
Robert Marshall plaintiff vsNeyada Silver Mining COM
pany limited, DECENTRALIZATION brought IN the District
Court Of the Fifth Judicial District, and the complaint
filed in the said County of Tuoumne in the office of the
Clerk of said District Court People of the State OF
California send greeting 10 Nevada Silver Mining Compa-
NY limited. You hereby required 70 appear in an
action brought against you by the above named Plaintiff
the District Court the Fifth Judicial District in and
for the County of Tuoumnr. and to the complaint
filed therein "a copy Of which accompanies this summen
within days exclusive Of the day of servce after the
service of this Sumnious-if served within this
County il served of this County. but within this
judicial District within twenty days il served out Of
said District, then within forty daysor Judgment by de-
fault will be taken aGains, you.


This action is brought 10 obtain Judgment against said
Nevada Silver Mining Company limited for the sum Of
legged by this plaintiff be due him from said Company
request the Grizzly Mill socaled in said County be
1865. with interest said amount the Of
all payabe in United States gold coin and IL you fail
the Plaintiff viii take Judgment by default against you
for the amount prayed for in complaint.


Given under my hand and the Seal of the District


Court of the Hfth Judicial District. this
H. ST. thirteenth day Of August. in the yeSr OF


Lord one Thousand eight hundred aud


sixty.esht.


r. +, GARDINER. Clerk.
noss-Sm D. l. J. Porter Deputy
Year: 1869

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The action taken by some of the
proprietors of family groceries, in
.st.h closing their stores at an early hour
in the evening, has given great salts
faction to their employees, and is
highly commended by all classes. We
.,aas45 think their examples might be fol-
lowed by the dry goods establish
lishments with equal advantage to all
parties. There is no labor more tire
; some than to stand behind counter
-s0Ef Is to measure and cut dry goods. We
are aware that many mechanics regard
-3 the business as efeminate in its char
acter, and think it much better adapt
-.sts.s ed to women than men, but were these
to take the places of clerks in store
which does large retail business, and
sif IN kept going for eleven or twelve hours
per day for six days, they would come
to a different conclusion as to the
amount of labor involved in the bust
ness. The close confinement and
wearisumeness of the duties devolv.
ing upon clerks demand, it seems to
US, that the stores be closed at as
early hour IN the evening as prac-
sioable. Buyers will have no diff
Guilty in arranging their plans accord
inYly, and the stores will, in conse-
qUeace, lose none of their customers
wlile comforting great favor upon
their employees. We are satisfied
that the rest and recreation thus
secured by the clerks during the
leisure of the evening hours, will
Erender them SO much the more ener-
80 B eetic and cheerful during the bust
ness hours of the ensuing day, that
their employers will realize profit
rather than loss in the proposed
change of time for closing their
stores


As people, we are too eXacting,
beth of ourselves and of all who
come in contact with US. We pay en-
tirely too little attention te recreation
of body and mind. WEAKNESS does
not stop as, until weariness ends in
sickness. We know not how much
more work we might be able to ac
uEs cOmplish by judieiously intermnglirg
rest with work, because we will not
take time to make the experiment.
Were we to do so, we would realize
that there is far more brightness and
joyousness in this life than we had
imagined, and that our worldly affairs
aprospered beyond any experience in
the old ways.


We hope our dry goods proprietors
will unite in movement, which is
but simple justice to a hard-worked
class Of employees, and that TIE stores
.uslmay all be closed at an early hour
seven or half past seven o'clock. We
seare confident they will realize gain
rather than lose, pecuniarily, by the
change aud will materially improve
the moral and physical condition of
'Hon the men In their employ
Year: 1869

GOVERNOR CURTIN, in farewell
speech in Philadelphia, said: "I de-
clare that in my official connection
with the people of Pennsylvania, and
my conduct during those six years, /
am not ashamed to say have no blush
to cool in the SHOWS of Russia" /"


81 would have you, people Of Penn
sylvania, to say to-day that from the
full treasury of this State more money
shall be taken for the crippled men of
the war. Oh my friends, If should
return to my country and know that
the thousand Of wounded men who
are at the corners ofyOur streets grind
ing organs and picking up a scanty
living by begging, were provided for,
would feel still prOuder of this great
State OfPennsylvania. You are almost
out of debt. You owe an immense
debt of gratitude to those who served
you during the war. We stayed at
home and enjoyed the comforts and
Iuxuries of life. They were exposed
to battle and slaughter, and passed
the lonely picket in the night surroun-
ded with dangers. He was promised
that when he left his house that living
he should be cared for, and that when
dead, his wife should be cared for, and
his orphans maintained at the public
expense. We all promised that. Let
us redeem that promise, and let the
great heart of the people of Pennsyl-
vania move for the protection Of that
class of our fellow citizens; and am
ashamed to say, tonight, Pennsylva-
MIA has not done her duty to the Grip
pied, and manned, and helpless men
of war;
Year: 1869

AN election will be held in Della
ware County on the 21st Of August
proximo, to determine whether the
county shall take one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars of the stock of
the proposed Lafayette. Muncie and
BLOOMINGTON Railroad.
Year: 1869

SENATOR MORTON has accepted the
invitation Of the Ohio State Central
Committee to open the campaign in
that State, and viii speak on the
evening of the 18th of August, at
such place as may be designated by
the Committee.
Year: 1869

THElRichmond Whig, leading or
gan Of the Southern Democracy, cuts
the acquaintance of It's old political
associates in the North, saying:
" What we have done has been done
without their aid, and in spite of their
opposition. We are more indebted to
President GRANT than to all North
ern Democrats put together for cur
deliverance. Let Us alone!"
Year: 1869

The Terre Haute Erpress says It
is supposed that the Attorney Cen
eral of the State will give his opinion
this week in favor of the Immediate
admission Of colored children to an
equal participancy with white chill
dren in the benefits of public school
money. We don't know upon what
information.the supposition is based.
Year: 1869

New YoRK IS still threatened with
yellow fever. There are still num-
Der OF cases on board the sloop of
war Saratoga, lying in the lower bay,
and it is feared that by some means
the terrible disease may be commu
nicated to the city, Notwithstanding
every precaution is being taken by
the authorities to prevent its intro
duction. The Saratoga was formerly
Of the North Atlantic squadron. but
the fever breaking out on board last
Spring at Havana she was ordered to
Northern waters by Admiral HOFF.
She Immediately proceeded to New
York, where she has been quarantined
ever since. Tweaty- five persons have
died on board of her since her ar.
rival in quarantine.
Year: 1869

A CALL for a convention Of all rail


road companies between Newfound-
land and the Pacific, will soon be is
sued, the session to be held in Oswe-
go, New York. The objects of the
convention are not yet stated, but it
is probably to adopt tariff of fares.
Year: 1869

Hon. Josiah III. Drummond, whom the Re-
publicans of Portland have wisely chosen for
their standard-bearer in the spring campaign,
is one of the most popular men in the State
a man who deserves his popularity, and not
one who by demagogue arts conciliates men
for the purpose Of using them for the further
ance of his own plans He is no stranger to
public positions Of honor aud responsibility,
having been elected to the State Legislature
from the town of Waterville shortly after at
tanning his majority; then chosen Speaker of
the same body the next winter, and afterwards
elected to the Senate. Upon leaving the Leg
stature, he was chosen Attorney. General Of
the State, an unusual promotion for SO young
man. Since retiring from the latter position
he has attended strictly to the extensive and
constantly increasing business of his profess
sion, ignoring politics, except that in times Of
public peril from the Vaccinations of the ene-
mics of our free institutions he has never fail
ed to find opportunity to raise his voice on the
patriotic side. This winter his fellow citizens,
with almost unprecedented unanimity, requir-
ed his services once more at the State capital,
and it is well known that his consent for the
use of his name was obtained with great diff
Guilty. At Augusta his party associates select
ed him by unanimous vote to preside over
the House.


These repeated and hearty expressions of
public confidence, coming unsolicited and
unexpected, indicate with entire certainty the
possession of qualities that are NOSE valuable
in the service of the State. With Mr.. Drum
mond's natural facility in the dispatch Of
business and his long experience as public
man, and, more than all, with his sterling in
tegrity, which no one has yet dared to i'm
peach, it is certain that he will make one of
the best mayors that Portland has ever had.
On the ground of the general welfare, ire
spective of party or other considerations, it is
the duty of all oitisens to support him, as it
will be the pleas ure Of large majority of them
IN do
Year: 1869

STUCK IN THE SNow.-A train of about
twenty freight cars belonging to the Grand
Trunk Road-collsetcd together in the latter
part of Friday evening by the usual making
up of trains,-got stuck in the snow on Com
merciai street and two locomotives were hard
at work all night trying to start them without
effect. A fine was built under the engines to
melt the snow on the track, but without avail,
and about ten o'clock Saturday morning a
third locomotive was procured and the three
together succeeded in getting the cars out of
their awkward predicament