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Year: 1869

INcoRRMr.-The Yreka Journal of last
week contains st ttement of what purports
10 be an outrage committed by us upon the
CouAty Clerk of this county. The whole
article is gross perversion of facts; a
mendaeious misstatement, from beginning to
end, of the cause of the difficulty. 1t contains
not one word of truth except the fact that
the Clerk got bit with an inkstand. The
Journals informant chose a fitting medium
in the unprincipled blackguard. Bob Nixon
through which to give vent to bis malicious
feelings
Year: 1869

Doc CREEK.-A. McPhee reports very few
miners at work on Dog Creek this season.
The late spring rains have kept theswater in
that stream up so high that miners have been
unable to commence working their claims in
Slate Creek are attracting considerable at
tention. and are thought to be extensiye
Year: 1869

upon woman's dress. in the last Revolution


As to woman>s dress. we think it superla-
lively ridiculous, from her heels to her head,
a sheer invention of the devil to befool and
belittle her, and just as fast as she seeks &C.
tive work and amusement she will lay it
aside. Already, at the gymnasium and
skating pond, girls have donned dress that
leaves their lungs and legs free. The idea
that woman is made like churn on castors
is fast passing away, and il will not be long
ere she, too, will honor the bifurcated gar
ments and find new health and vigor in deep
breathing and freedom of locomotion.
Year: 1869

GooD DlcGINGs.-A resident of Dog Creek
informs us that some very rich diggings have
been discovered within the past few weeks on
Slate Creek, which empties into the Sacra.
nserto above Dog Creek. AS high as three
single miner. The gold is coarse and dig
gings spotted.
Year: 1869

PAID HIM OFF-A woman in London per.
suaded her husband to allow her in sport to
tie his legs and arms, and when she had him
nicely trussed she proceeded to pay off her
grudges against him by gouging out his eyes
with a table knife.
Year: 1869

RAIN AND CKoPs.-The heavy rains which
fell in this county lately will have an excel
lent effect on late sowu wheat aud barley,
and insures a crop that will at least equal
that Of last year. Hay will be short, as the
rains came too late to benefit that crop,
which is now ready for harvesting.
Year: 1869

Or THE RAMPAGs.-A few evenings ago
Hunter Eagle. the Cherokee, came into town
and proceeded to fill his skin with fghting
whisky, after which be went on the rampage
generally. Under Sheriff Jackson concluded
that the proper place for such nuisance was
in the County Jail. and the valiant Hnnter
soon found himself in limbo. Enraged at
this very just treatment he uttered war
vboop and commenced an indiscriminate as
sauIt upon the chairs. stove and water bucket
left in the large room in which he was placed
This proceeding resulted in bis confinement
in a small cell. devoid Of furniture, where he
soon sobered of. after which he was liberated
and admonished to behave deeently in the
futures
Year: 1869

A ROCKING CHAIR VELocIPEDE.-A gentle
man residing at Lansingburg, N. Y, has in
vented a velocipede which bids fair to become
quite popular with heavy weights. The
Troy Times says:


The new machine is three wheeled vehi-
Gle. and weighs about l06 pounds. The
rocking chair in which the driver sits and
propels the machine is placed between the
forward and back wheels, and is connected
with rod to the crank in the axle of the
hind wheels, which gives it the propelling
power as the chair is rocked backward and
forward by the occupant. The steering APP
paratus is attached to the forward wheel, and
the whole operation of guiding and running
the machine is very simple and almost exer-
tionless This machine can be OF rerated upon
any ordinary road at a rate of speed at least
ten miles an hour. with little or no fatigue to
the rider. Last evening a very experienced
velncipedst attempted to follow it upon the
ordinary bycicle, but was unable to keep up
with it.
Year: 1869

LAncraY.--I.ast night, a telegram was
received from Muscatine TO the effect that
= mink skins we're stolen from that place.
Immediately on the receipt of the same the
city marshal went to the store Of Rosenheld
Bros, in this city and came upon o man
selling pack of fifty mink skins He gave
a rambling account of himself and was jail.
ed on suspicion.
Year: 1869

"WG commend the people Of Rock Island
70 patience" was the exclamation Of the
Rim, in giving currency to an unauthorized
rumor of a newspapers change. From the
announcement in that paper this morning
We Judge that the remaining proprietor was
only waiting to borrow money enough to
pay off the gentleman who wished to leave
is sinking craft as per agreement made
nm Ne lst Of January.
Year: 1869

MARROW EsCAPE.-Last evening an old
settler, as he was leaving our Office where
he had called on business, fell headIoug
from top to bottom Of the front stairs in
Bufords block, throwing his watch chrystal
out upon the brick pavement but not break.
ing it, lie received no bodily injury what.
ever, and was in our office this morning, as
well as eyer-hayiug slight soreness of his
joints. He is a very heavy man, and the es.
cape from serious if not fatal injuries is re-
markabe. II is well known that intoxicated
men often meet with dangerous falls without
iniury-simply because drunken man falls
unresistingly. But this gentleman is q noted
temperance man, and how he could perform
the feat without injury is mysterious. Sew.
eral people, who heard the noise Of the fall,
rushed to the scene aud as they witnessed
him on all fours, at the foot Of the stairs, at
first thought he was on spree on account
Of the dissolution of the Good Tcmplars'
lodge the entrance to their room being up
the same stairs. But in thisthey were Who'll.
ly mistaken, and if the gentleman ever stands
in need Of evidence of the fact he can have
our testimony that he was perfectly sober at
the time. And this he may, sometime,ueed,
as he is county official, and it is well.
known that the radicals permit no man to
hold a county Office if he drinks even lager
beer.
Year: 1869

were administered without avail the wo-
nan dying on the afternoon Of that day.
Witnesses were examined, and among them the
druggist at whose store the woman, before dying,
said she bought the arsenic; but ne swore positively
that she had not obtained it at his store. verdict
OF suicide by poison was returned by the jury The
deceased stated TO have TWO husbands living, one
OF whom mas served time in the state Prison ior
Digamy.
Year: 1869

CLAY AND RANDoLPH.-The cause Of
the duel between these two distinguished
men, was the following insulting language
used by Mr. Randolph towards Mr.. Clay,
in secret session Of the Senate, in the year
1885:


fThis man-(manhood, I crave your
pardon this worm-(little animals, for
give the insult spit out of tho
womb Of veakness-was raised to high
er life than he was born to, for he was
raised to the society of blackguards Some
fortune-kind to him, cruel to us-has
tossed him to the Secretary Of State
Contempt has the property of descending,
but she stops far short of him. She
would die before she would reach him !;
he dwells beneath her fall would hate
him if did not despise. It is not what
he is, but where he is, that puts my
thoughts in action. The alphabet which
writes the name of Thersites, of black
guard, Of squalidity, refuses her letters
for him. That mind which thinks on
what it cannot express can scarcely think
on him. An hyperbo!e for meanness
would be an elipsis for Clay"
Year: 1869

How TO FIT COLLARS TO HoRsEs'
SHoULDERs.-It is very important to
have q collar fit nicely and snugly to the
shoulders of horse. 1t enables him to
work with great deal more ease, and to
apply great deal more strength. It pre-
vents CALLING and wounding, as the fric-
tion is avoided. Collars are made, or
should be so made, as to throw the chief
force on the lower part of the shoulders.
The horse can apply but little strength
on the upper part, and for this reason
breast collars are coming greatly in vogue,
as the strength is exerted on the lower
part of the shoulders of the horse. The
collar should be purchased Of the proper
size. They are usually too large. IF OBJ
tanned of the proper size, just before put
ting it on the first time, immerse it in
water, letting it remain about a minute,
and Immediately put it on the horse, be-
ing careful to have the names so adjusted
at the top and bottom as to fit the shoul-
ders, and then put the horse to work
The collar, by being wet, viii adapt it
self to the shoulders, and should dry on
the horse. Wheo taken off it should be
left in the same shape it occupied on the
horse, and ever after you viii have snug
fitting collar and no wounds Valley
FuTnler
Year: 1869

Of that rope. After being tied, it was an
easy thing for HIM to get the knife out of
his shoe and cut the rope. The cut rope
was concealed on his person, and the nm.
cut rope was brought forth and shown
to the audience, and they believed it to
be the rope with which he had been
tied. The trick was very shallow one !.
and was practiced by simpleton. It is
hoped that this will be the last of this
species Of humbug, and that our people
will not be SO easily gulIed in future.
Year: 1869

How TO RAISE SHEPHERD Doc
In the course of some conversation in re.
lation to dogs, Gov. Anderson, of Ohio,
related Texas practice in training dogs
with sheep. A pup is taken from its
mother before its eyes are opened, and
put with an eve to suckle. After few
times the eve becomes reconciled to the
pup, which follows her like a lamb, grows
up among and remains with the flock,
and no wolf, man, or stranger dog can
come near the sheep, and the dog will
bring the flock to the fold regularly al
u o'clock in the evening, if you habitu-
ally feed him at that hour.
Year: 1869


ITS sad, yet sweet, to listen


To tho sort winds gentle swell,
And think we hear the music
Our childhood loved 50 wellj
To gaze out on the even,


And tho boundiess fields Of air,
And feel again our boyhood's wish
To roam like angels there
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling around the past
And from the tomb Of feeling
Old thoughts come thronging fast
The forms we loved so dearly
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely,


So fair to look upon
Those bright and gentle umidcns
Who seemed so formed for bliss
Too glorious and too heavenly
For such n world as this;
Whose darksoft eyes seemed swimming
In sea Of liquid light,
And whose locks Of gold were streaming
Der brows so sunny bright.
Whose smiles were like the sunshine
In the spring time Of the year
Like the changeful CLEANS of April,
They followed every tear
They have paszed-like hopes-away,
And their ioYelihess has fed;
oh many u tear Is mourning
That they are with the dead
Like the brightest buds Of summcr,
They have fallen with The stem;
Yet, oh il il lovely death
To fade from earth like theml
And yet the thought is saddening
To muse on such as they,
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing fast away
That the fair ones whom We love,
Grow to each loving breast,
Like the tendril of the elinging vine,
Then perish where they rest.
And VIC can but think Of these,
In the soft and gentle spring,
When the trees arc waving Ger us,
And the flowers are blossoming;
And wc know that winters coming,
With It's cold aud stormy sky,
And the glorious beauty round US
Is budding bat TO die
Year: 1869

Following is an epitaph on tombstone
in New Jersey:


Reader, pass on don't waste your time
Ger bad biography and bitter rhyme;
For what am, this crumbing clay insures,
And what I soas, is no affair of yours
Year: 1869

permitted by Congress to take my seat, l
would not consent to go back to Washing
ton. I am growing in years and have been
loosiug in fortune. My family is in
creasing; I need money, and look to my
profession not only as the surest, but as
the most suitable and available and
agreeable means ofproviding it." In
speaking thus VIC doubt not he was sin.
cere. His enemies will give him cred
it for keen, discriminating judgment;
for the strictest personal integrity, and
for remarkable prudence.
Year: 1869

JOHN C. BREcKENRIDGE.-John G..
Breckenridge is not rich. He is poor;
but he is not seeker for Office. 1t is
quite possible that he might have re


turned home at any time during the
last eighteen months without much risk:
He was urged to do SO by many; and
on one occasion, at Paris, in the autumn
of 1866, the Governorship of Kentucky
happened to be suggested, when he said
"I would not accept any Office within
the gift of the people, if could get one,
T could not hold one outside of Ken


lucky; but if I could be returned to my
old place in the Senate, and should be
Year: 1869

moon with the Christmas night; but
let us pretermit too curious an i'll
quiry into that puzzing problem.


Other traditions attribute the
music" in question to the wailing
of the spirits of an extinct tribe OF
Indians the last of whom after a long
struggle with hostile tribe, were
driven into and perished in the sea.
Yet another legend has maiden in
it. and gives us an aboriginal version
of the old story of love, disappoint-
ment and a sapphic plunge into the
deep.
Year: 1869

Some of our good Canadian cousins are
getting up a refreshing little comedy in the
the place where they play at Parliament,
over the attitude of the United States towards
the "Dominion. Mr.. Savary said ''the
attempts of the United States to drive Canada
into annexation, either by guile or hostility
must he met with tie most unshrinking
front" What a savory morsel that must
have been TO roll beneath the gentlemans s
tongue. How his cheeks must have pulled
up and his eyes appeared ready to pop out
of his head when he gave utterancc to this
mighty sentiment. We would willingly
have given twenty-five cents to have seen it
and don't doubt that it was as funny as
Lotta's rendering of the ''hoss" scene in
Richard Ill. And then that "unshrinking
expenses of the Dominion Government
might be met by having it photographed and
selling copies IN the States.


Meanwhile we hope none Of the people of
Canada who don't play Parliament will
imagine that the good people of this country
mediate descent upon them to woo and
win them whether they will or not. We
have pretty good opinion of ourselves and
the government We run, ,and esteem it rather
privilege than favor for any outside ter
ritory TO gain the benefit of our bcneflcient
system. The people Of the border may think
about you and quarrel with you, but the
mass Of the American people forget your cx-
istcnce nine tenths of the time.
Year: 1869

ABOUT THE RICHEST thing we've seen for
some time is an editorial growl in the New
York Herald at the sensational stories of
Bohemian newspapers about the Cuban in
surrection. Now lot US have from the New
York Sun vigorous denunciation of the
meanness and indecency of publishing pri-
vate letters to crafty personal spite, after
which We may reasonably expect from the
Springfield Republican and New York
Walton scathing rebuke to sentimental
conservatism,
Year: 1869

THE MINORITY of earnest and compact
Republicans, in the Spanish Cortes, seem
likely to succeed, after all, in obtaining a
Democratic form of government for their
country. The Monarchists cannot get any
one, whom the people will accept, to serve
as King, and the prospect is Frightening for
a Republic. So may 1t be.
Year: 1869




Owing to the dilapidated condition of the an
cient whipping post and pllory, the latter, 1t is
said being unsafe for prisoners to stand on, the
Jail Commissioners, of the county, in order TO
meet the demand for the legal vindication of
Delaware Justice, are compelled to erect New
Whipping post and pillory, at New Castle for the
accommodation OF convcts to be sentenced al
the approaching term of Court. The new post
and pillory will be erected in re'y substantial
manner, and will afford ample accommodation to
all who require its use. 1t will be built with an
elevated observatory as heretofore, from which
the convict in semi horizontal position, car
view the surrounding spectators, and the magni
ficent landscape of the prison grounds. Thi
new improvement will be completed during th'
coming week and will be ready for use at tn
first Saturday of the approaching term.
Year: 1869

The following article from the Chi
cago TrtJonc, on the jury system, is
worthy Of attention by our own Logisla
ture:


4 bill has been introduced in the Leg
slature Of Illinois to raise the standard
of qualification Of jurors. A reform is
certainly needed in this behalf, and we
trust the Legislature will not adjourn
without giving It's earnest attention to the
subject. Prehaps something can be
learned from the experience OF other
States. The people Of Milwaukee hay-
ing suffered for many years from the
best of professional jurors and the cor
ruption Of haliffs, petitioned the Legis-
Iatme e of Wisconsin for the passage Of a
law for that county providing that no
person should be required or allowed to
perform more than one weeks jury ser
vice IN any one year, unless a particular
trial on which they might be engaged,
should be of more than one week dufa-
ton Under the operation of this law
it has been found comparatively easy to
secure the services of men of character
and standing in the community as jurors
and what is of more Importance, to dis
perse the seedy and sodden horde OF
hangers-on around the Court House, who,
not being able to earn a Juror fees at
any other avocation, elect themselves as
umpires to dispose of the lives, liberty
and property of their fellow-ctizens


No man fit to be Juror ever desires
to be one. Therefore it conld be no
hardship to any person if the Legisla-
ture should pass d law requiring that all
Jurors shall be houscholders. IF man
attempts to vote on election day, with
out being registered. the law requires
that he shall be vouched for by house
holder in his precinct Why should the
qualifications of juror be less? Why
should more safeguards be thrown around
a man vote than around his life and
! his property?
Year: 1869

The Floral Guido is published for tho benefit of my
c'StpmeTsto whom it is sent free without application
but viii be forwarded to all who apply by mail for
ten cents, Which is not half the cost. Address


JAMES WICK Rochester n Y
Year: 1869

A bill has been introduced into
the Legislature of Ohio by Mr..
Walling, of Pickaway county, max.
ing it penitentiary offense for a
person not being white male citi-
zen of the United States to vote. -
This measure does not touch the
mooted visible admixture question,
but simply supplies cdsuS omiSsuS
in our statutes. When the election
law OF 1s41 was passed, penalties
were inflicted on all other kinds Of
illegal voting, but were silent on
this point, because ut that time no
one supposed that manifest negroes
would ever be voted In Ohio. AT
the late elections hundreds of these
illegal votes were polled outside Of
even the decision Of our Radical Su.
preme Court. No honest man can
object TO n law which inAlcts the
same penalty for illegal voting on u
negro rs now stands on the, statute.
book against a white man.


The Radicals in the Legislature
who may oppose this bill will show
themselves openly in favor of stuff
ing the llot.box with illegal votes,
whenever il can be mado to count in
favor of their party.


The warranty Of tho immediate
passage Of such q law is shown by
the fact that Greene county last fall
pollod two hundred moro votes than
thore wore white males In it, accord
Ing to the return made in the re-
port Of the Auditor Of State. Chi.
hcoihe Anreriiser.
Year: 1869

WERE it possible to collect all and
every species of fraud perpetratcd
since the foundation of the world,
it would fall tar below the frauds
and thieving Of the Radicals for one
single year; and that year to be any
one since the war begun in 1861
The history Of the past eight years
should bear the title: Record OF
Distinguished Rogues."
Year: 1869

THE Legislatures of tho States OF
Kentucky and Maine refused last
week to change the legal rate Of
interest from 8 per cent. to 10 per
cent, If it is wrong to change it in
those States, then it is wrong to do
so in Ohio. Let it remain at 6 per
cent. If any person promises to
pay 10 per cent. interest for money
he borrows for any length Of time,
we do not object to the promise be-
ing fulfilled, but let us have no legis.
lation on tue subject. The hard


earnings Of the people are already


governed too much by legislation.
Year: 1869

The Radicals are alarmed at the
prospect Of defeat in the electio ons
this year. The Democracy are pre-
pairing to deal them their death.
blow on the questions of finance,
suffrage, and the universal robbing
Of the Government going on in this
corrupt party.
Year: 1869

MENARD, the nigger who
came to Washington from
Louisiana to claim a seat in
Congress, was sent back home
at the expense of the Govern
ment of the United States
that is, at the expense Of the
white people.
Year: 1869

SHOCKING BEUTALIrY.-We extract the
following specimen of the whole from the re-
port of the proceedings before the Committee
in San Francisco who are engaged in invcstl-
eating the conduct of the officers in charge OF
the State Industrial School for refractory boys
and girls The witness whose answer is given
was a subordinate employed in the school, and
Capt Morrill, was the Superintendent:


Colonel IIolt-Can you repeat the exact Ian
guage of Captain Morrill, with regard to Will
cox and Bennett


A. He said he fully approved of Col. Wood
management so far as punishment and dlsclp-
line were concerned, but not in regard to
finance he would swear to that under oath ;
he said he had bucked and gagged and lashed
Bennett and Wilcox until they looked like mum
mics, and rolled over and were rs helpless as
sticks of wood.
Year: 1869

TIE RICH RICHER, THE Poor PooEEK.-
The New York JIorld says:


There are about eighteen thousand persons
in this city who pay tax on incomes. These
are those whose incomes amount to over one
thousand dollars per annum and pay on the
surplus over that amount. OF these eighteen
thousand, seven hundred and fifty pay on about
one halt of the entire amount returned. In
short, of the eighty-four millions returned, one
half belongs to little over seven hundred and
fifty persons This shows how the wealth OF
the city is concentrated in few hands. And
under the present protective system this con-
ccmtration into the hands of the few will con-
tlnue
Year: 1869

A young man in this city, says the Hartford
Courant, had been paying his addresses to
prepoSsessing little creature, whose parea;S
were stoutly opposed to her receiving tss-
ton of this sort, believing her to be too young
to marry. Tue suitor, however, like most sui
tors under the spur of parental opposition,
continued 20 buzz around the domicie Of his
love. and in due time secured the consent of
the old folks-who saw that il was dead sure
thing, any wsy-to go on with the marriage.
Arrangements were made accordingly, and on
a given day, the wedding, which was to be
private affair, was to come of. When tho
time arrived the family had in few near rela-
tives, the clergyman made his appearance, and
all was ready for tying tho nuptial knot. just
as the ceremony was about to begin, the young
man remarked that be had a word 10 say, and
calling the company about him, made this little
speech: 1--WE are much obliged for this gath
oring on our account, but let me suggest that
there is no necessity for any further business,
as we were married three weeks ago /" The
minister Immediately took his hat and left,
while the father Of the girl, gazing upon bis
wife, ycntured to reproduce these touching
lines:


"This world is all feeting show,


For mans Illusion given"