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Year: 1869

There is just as much doubt now as to whether
Sickles will be sent Minister to Mexico as
ever. The Herdtds correspondent writes as
follows:-


ut seems that after mature consideration
General Sicfles, after all, has declined the Mexi-
can mission. He objects to it for other reasons
than inadequate pay. Mexico, he says, may
have attractions for one of those prosy philosO-
pliers who delight in punting up the historical
records and chronological distinctions of the ex-
tinct Aztecs, but for live man like himself he
don't think it affords the right kind of field of
glory. Spain is the country where our Daniel
viii be sent. No other nation of the Old World
fills as large share Of the public eye at the pre-
sent moment. How its present vague and nebu-
lous political condition win finally crystalline
may form for the astute mind of the General as
fine a subject for norid thought and prediction
as any that could be presented His intellect
and influence could hardly find better theatre
for their exercise. lie embodies the force, vigor
and democratic thought of American breeding,
and can do much for the spread of republican
ideas among the awakening masses of Europe"
Year: 1869

TmE Los Angeles papers arc amusing them selves by pitching into the North Pacific Transportation Company, for it's robbing freight tariff. That's right. They deserve death or worse punishment for the manner in which they rob us poor Southerner.
Year: 1869

The SPECIAL RAILROAD COMMITTEE. -
Probably of all the special committees ap-
pointed by the Legislature there is none whose
duties are more important than those Of the
body Of gentlemen directed to investigate the
management of the railroads of the State.
What are they doing in the matter? They
meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but they keep
their proceedings to themselves, and no one
knows anything about them. If the purposes
of the committee be fair there is no need of
secrecy The gas committee transacts its
business openly, and has so far elected much
important information. What is the railroad
committee afraid Of? Can not It's proceedings
bear the light?
Year: 1869

The steamship which has just left San Fran
cisco for China took out eight hundred and
twenty three thousand dollars in specie, and,
indeed, almost every steamship leaving the
Pacific coast for Asia takes out large amount
Of specie. This Is q fact worthy Of special no.
tice and the consideration Of our statesmen
and commercial men. China is the gulf into
which the specie Of the world runs and has
been running for ages. Though the largest
portion Of this last shipment was for Japan
the great stream is and hos been to China.
Specie goes there from all parts Of the world,
but never returns. 10 was 80 with silver be-
fore the gold fields Of California and Australia
were developed, and since that time gold
TO a great extent has taken the same
course. Thousands Of millions Of both
the precious metals have been swallowed
up In that maelstrom. The mining indus
try Of the rest Of the world and its CONNER
cial Intercourse with China are made tributary
Year: 1869

Recently some four hundred Chinese women
arrived in California from China. There was
great rivalry AMONG the Chinese residents
OF San Francisco to seize the new arrivals and
appropriate them, probably ''for better or for
worse" The poor fellows are sadly in want
OF wives, and this small batch Of women must
be perfect God-send TO them. It is a good
sign for the United States, and shows that
these Woodworking and productive cheap
laborers are disposed TO settle upon our Pacific
slope and make permanent home there.
Hitherto they have had but one long dream In
life--a return home TO the ''Flowery Land" to
enjoy in old age the results Of their labor in
the New World. The influx Of Chinese women
will produce better observance Of moral
laws, mako the men moro contented, and will
induce them to take . greater interest 10 the
Year: 1869

THE INDIAN WAR ENDED.-"The Indian
war has ended, says a telegram of March 6
from Fort Hays, in Kansas. But this an
nouncement is too good and too comprehen-
sive to be true, however applicable it may be
to the recent brilliant and successful Indian
campaign of General Sheridan. We rejoice
to learn that ''there is not hostile Indian
within the limits of the Missouri Department"
that 'the refractory tribes have been entirely
subdued," and ''the few that have not yet
come in, but have made promises, have been
driven far out of the department" Neverthe-
less we have too much reason to fear that In
dian hostilities have not been permanently
suspended, and that long time must elapse
before the distractions which the Indians op-
pose to the westward march of civilization,
with its auxiliary forces of steam and cleo
tricity, shall be finally removed. In this view
we are almost tempted to regret that General
Sheridan has been transferred from field Of
action to which he is most admirably adapted.
Under his mastery conduct we should not
despair Of being satisfied at no very distant
period that all Indian wars were ended.
Year: 1869




Of 1zs0.


The war between the rings, the Treasury
leeches aud extremists on the one side and the
new administration on the other has opened
at once and in earnest. Immediately upon
President Grants accession to Office an old
and obsolete law is raked up. The harpies are
fearful that strong hand win wrest from them
their il-gotten gains, and that In the rigor
Of good discipline and economical manage
ment, there will be no further opportunity for
rogues to bleed the country while the honest
men pay its debts. Wall street and the dishonest
manipulators and various rings which control
the revenue and Treasury are all well known
to Mr.. Stewart. These are, therefore, deter
mined to make bold fight for the retention OF
their positions and their plunder. 1t is for
this alone that the obsolete law alluded to is
rolled into notice. This law, however, is
manifestly unconstitutional; for it is prohi-
bition against any American citizen holding
Office who is at the moment engaged in pro-
noting the prosperity Of his country by using
his brains, treasure and energies in business
pursuits. It is equivalent to stating that
any man engaged in trade is dishonest and
cannot be trusted. The law is in direct oppo-
sition to the spirit of our institutions and our
form Of government, and we have no doubt If
it were submitted to the Supreme Court it
would at once be condemned.


With such law we may as well advertise
at once for q man who does not own any inte-
rest in ship or any commercial enterprise;
who has never had brains enough to acquire
house lot worth hundred dollars; whose
q few dollars that he might invest in United
States or State securities; whose knowledge
has never been sufficient to gain decent
living. Wanted, in fact, some old representa-
tive Of the feudal times, who lives upon some
thing that his ancestors left to him, and who is
entitled to high consideration for his feudal
and ancestral dignities. Wanted, some 'spen-
sioner on the dead" who has on hand large
stock Of dead brains, dead genius, dead
capital, dead knowledge, and thorough
appreciation only of ''deadheads."


We do not advocate the repeal of this law in
favor Of any particular individual, but in JUS
tice to the American people, who forgot it long
ago, because it belonged to the middle ages
belonged to Europe, not to this side of the
water. The people Of the United States want
no such feudal relic as this staring them in the
face. It is not wise for any faction in Con-
gress to make stand against the administra-
ton on this point If they do the President
will do well to make bold fight upon it, and
he will win; fsr the people-the sensible
people of all parties-will be with him. He
will win because common sense and republi-
canism are to rule for the next four years.
Year: 1869

THE CASE OF VICE CONSUL EDER.-We learn
by our letters from Peru that Captain Spicer,
senior officer of the United States naval forces
on that station, has sent the Tuscarora to the
New Granadian port Of Buenaventura to in
quire into the recent outrage against the
American Vice Consul at the neighboring town
OF Palmira. This is as It should be. A prompt
inquiry by an officer with epaulettes on and
few guns at his back is worth all the diplo-
matte correspondence that ever passed between
our Secretary Of State and the representatives
OF the little ephemeral authorities In Spanish
America. Well done, Captain Spicer.
Year: 1869

soil, which they win now adopt as their per-
manent home.


II Is somewhat curious that old China
awakens to new life under modern impulses
and presents herself as a competitor with
Europe and our Atlantic States in the race for
the colonization of our Pacific coast. Tho
result will be very strange one politically.
Already the California courts refuse to recog-
nize that Chinaman has the same right that
q negro has under the laws. There will soon
be vast wave of Chinese population pouring
into Lower California, and once Mexico is
annexed to the United States the cheap labor
required for the working Of mines will come
from the same Asiatic source. This Asiatic
element is destined to be very important one
in the solution of the approaching Mexican
problem. Let the Chinese come to this Cont
nent with their wives; they give us cheap
labor and they are quiet, orderly citizens.
Year: 1869




Our advices from Bogota announce that
great dissatisfaction exists there with the stip-
ulations of the treaty recently negotiated by
Mr.. Gushing for the construction of the Darien
Canal The grounds Of this dissatisfaction are
that the treaty is negotiated in the interests of
the Panama Railroad Company, and instead of
promoting the early construction Of canal
across the American isthmus, it is so contrived
as to prevent one from being built. We have
already shown that this is the true effect of
the treaty, and have urged that 1t be 80
amended by the Senate as to convert it into
what is wanted by the American people. A
canal through the Isthmus Of Darien can be
cut and must be cut, and private interests
should not be permitted to stand in the way of
80 great o work. Neither should any petty
government, that can do nothing to help it, be
authorized to tax the commerce that must pass
through this canal to the enormous extent
which Mr.. Gushing consented to in his recent
negotiation. The Darien Canal is the uncon-
structed link in our coastwise transit, and is,
therefore, peculiarly American enterprise.
1t is the needed complement to our great ocean
domestic trade, and will do as much as all the
Pacific railroads, present and future, for its
development. We commend the subject to the
early consideration of President Grant,
Year: 1869

SMALL PoTAToEs. opposition on the
part Of the extreme radicals in the Senate TO
adopt the joint resolution recommended by
President Grant to suspend the operation Of
that musty and dusty old law which deprivcs
A. T. Stewart from holding place In the
Cabinet.
Year: 1869

srooK JoBBERs AND Dry Goops JoBBERs
DISAGREE. The commercial men insist that
the appointment Of A. T. Stewart as Secretary
OF the Treasury win ruin the tradesmen Of
New York, while the moneyed men Of Wall
street contend that he Is just the man for the
place.
Year: 1869

CAN'T WE Do IT?-IIvery fireman in Chi
cago has his life insured for two thousand dol
lars, at the expense Of the merchants Of that
city, so that the four poor fellows who were
killed few days ago left some provision for
their families. This is very wise and humane
idea. Why can not we adopt the same plan
here, where there are ten fires to one which
occurs In Chicago?
Year: 1869

THE PACIFIC RALRoAD.-A great fuss is
being made over the fact that Pacific Rail-
road train has been blocked up for seven or
eight days in a snow-bank. The same thing
happens every winter on some Of the Northern
and Northwestern roads. The difficulty on the
Pacific road appears TO have been that the
employees were too lazy TO shovel their way
ont
Year: 1869

The Associated Press gives us second
rumor Of the death Of the Pope which is pro-
badly but repetition Of the first rumor
received In q special cable despatch to the
NEW YORK HERALD. Such an event Is not
improbable, in view Of the advanced age of
Pho Mono, who was born in 1892 and whose
pontifcate, beginning in ls42, has already
lasted longer, we believe, than that of any of
his predecessors. Nor is it impossible, in
view of the complicated intrigues which the
question of his successorship would at once
occasion in every European court, that his
death might purposely be concealed for few
days. A letter, however, which we published
yesterday from one Of our correspondents at
Rome, says that the Pope ''has no reason to
complain of his present state Of health" The
same letter alluded to rumor which is circu-
lating, especially in France, that Pope Plus TX,
foreseeing that his reign Is drawing towards
conclusion, and desirous that his apostolic chair
shall be filed after his demise by worthy sue
cessor, intends to propose to the ensuing Gene
raj Council to ordain that in future the
Sovereign Pontiffs shall, during their lifetime.
nominate as their successors two or three in
number, among whom the conclave shall de-
eide, without delay, on the pontidcal throne
becoming vacant. In case this proposition
shall be accepted it is added that he will nomi-
nate as the trio of Cardinals from whom the
next Pope is to be selected their Eminences
Patrizi, Barnebo and Panebianco. Pho Mono
would certainly prefer that either one Of these
Cardinals should be his successor rather than
the late refractory Cardinal dAndrea. We
trust that the rumor Of the death Of the Pope
is unfounded, and that he will live to see the
Grand Ecumenical Council-the first which will
have convened since the Council Of Trent, in
1545-crown the series Of very remarkable
events which have signalized his prolonged
pontifcate. Both within and beyond the limits
Of the Papal States steam and electricity and
other potent agencies of modern progress
have silently wrought vast changes during that
period.
Year: 1869

lhe new bridge across tue Mississippi at
heokuk' is the first which opposes to com.
one railroad and wagon bridge in one, ex.
ceps the government bridge at Rock Island
The railroad track will be in the center
with wagon ways on each side. In the Rock
island bridge the railroad track will be
over the wagon way.
Year: 1869

While Mr.. boutwell, is busy elec.
tioneeriDg for himself, his subordinates
are busy helping themselves out of the
Treasury of the United States. Immense
sugar frauds have been perpetrated at
New Orleans, and half a dozen of the
officials there are implicated in the
transackions. That boutwell, is run
ming his own political machine to the
neglect of the public business, there can
scarcely be any doubt.


The New York Times says:


The only member of Grants Cabinet
who appears to take any active interest
in the elections in the Southern States
is Secretary Boutwell,. We do net COM
plain of him for this. He is at the head
of the most important department of
the Government, in which there is a
very great amount of work to he at
tended to.


boutwell, is using or rather abusing
his position at the head of the Treasury
to make party for, himself In the
Radical ranks, now, the cry is-BoUT-
WELL tor next President! The custo-
doian of the Treasury and the dis
penser of its patronage will easily dis
tance his Radical competitors for the
nomination; it really is not fair for
BOUTWELL, to be making this use of his
official position.
Year: 1869

The New York Times is in favor of re-
pesling or modifying the act of Con-
gress prohibiting the Coolic trade, so as
to offer no impediment to the importa-
tion OF Chinese LAHORE The editor as,
sumes that "there is no longer any
doubt of the great value and economy of
Chinese coolies as agricultural laborers;
they have been tested as common labor
ers on various public improvements in
the West ana have been found more
economical than others, but they have
not proved to be available as skilled
laborers. There is no doubt that the
Pacific coast needs laborers, and that
Asia will most probably supply that de-
mand Tor many years TO come. The
conditions, In an industrial sense, are.
therefore, somewhat changed from what
they were when the law was passed, and
favor its modification. The conditions,
politically and socially, are also mate.
rally altered, and these also favor the
modification OF the law. Ts prohibit
the coolie trade entirely is to prohibit
the immigration of the Chinese. The
coolies are too poor to immigrate with
out help: their government win moi
send them, and hence those in need o.
their labor will have to supply the
means of transportation.
Year: 1869

OUR NEW GOODS this season embrace a
~ more choice and varied assortment than
we have had for several seasons We take es.
pecial pleasure in inviting all who want cheap
and good goods to examine our stock. Our
motto is. mo trouble to show goods" and al
ways sell a. the lowest price.


my5 ROBERT l.. WOOD.
Year: 1869

Everybody who is fond of investigating
character seeks for tests Now, there are
tests which, at first sight, seem to he good.
but are really worth nothing. You may
search forever, aud be forever wrong, to find
the crucial test of mans character in bis
choice Of wife, Of house, of furniture,
even of his friends or Of any of his many
surroundings, for that which surrounds
man is not necessarily sympathetic with him
Tests of this kind fail, because of the infiu-
ence you can seldom eliminate


Take, for instance, his friends. Friend
ship is often the result of the merest acci-
dent. One cannot but have some liking Cor
ones schoolfellows and college companions,
whether they are especially suitable to one
or not; and, indeed throughout life, friend
ship depends much upon vicinity.


To find a certain test, you must have
something that he says, or does, when freed
from the influence of others. and when un
controlled By circumstances. Authors are
far better understood than other men, be-
cause they cannot help betrayiDg their real
thoughts and opinions, as, when they write,
they often forget who they are, with whom
they live, aud even what is expected ofthem.


In minor matters, it is often easy to find
a good test. For example, if you want to
ascertain what is to be ascertained of the
character of a man fIom his style, open his
book anywhere, and you are nearly sure to
discern at once the peculiarities of his style
de never can conceal them.


If man means to do thing, and does
not do it, you have sure test. To take
writing again as an instance; you can see
that in such a sentence a man meant to do
| something forcible and telling, and to pro-
duee a great effect; but, perhaps, it is mere
ly fine writing or bombast. You have at
once a measure Of the mans power in that
direction


What he blames, what he praises are
good tests of his character What he plays
at, what he laughs at, are still better tests
All serious work is, to a certain extent, com
pulsory; but gamesomeness and laughter are,
for the most part voluntary. The serious
beaver is always building his house, but, in
that constant work Of his, shows no pecu-
liarity of beaver character


1t is better, in some respects, to be ad-
mired by those with whom you live than to
be loved by them And this, not on ac-
count of any qualification Of vanity, but be
cause admiration is so much more tolerant
| than love IF yon are admired by those
/ who surround you, you have little to ex
plain or justify They believe in you And
this makes the wheels Of life go very smooth
/ ly with you. OF course, love often infers
admiration; but there are many instances in
which the two things are utterly discovered.
Year: 1869

II you cannot do as well as you wish, do
as we'll as you can.
PROMISES made in the time of affection
require better memory than people com
monty possess.


WHEN you hear men say, Life is but a
dream, tread on his corns and wake him
up Life is real


He who cannot abide the storm without
hiDching, lies down By the wayside to be
overlooked or forgotten.


Be deaf to the quarelsome, blind to the
scorner, aud dumb to those who are mis-
cheiviously inquisitive.


To mingle the useful with the beautiful,
is the highest style of art. The one adds
grace, the ether value


BE always sme Of doing good This viii
make your life comfortable, your death hap
py, and your account glorious.


WEAR your learning like watch, in a
private pocket, and don't endeaver to show
it unless you are asked what O'Clock it is.


WRITE your name in kindness, love and
mercy, on the hearts Of those you come in
contact with, and you win never be forgot
ten


HORACE GREELEY says that the darkest
day 10 any mans career is that wherein he
fancics there Is some easier way of getting
dollar than by squarely earning it


IEfruNr E-5..,,,I L L Y
the friendship Of him who stands by you in
the storm swsrms of insects will surround
you in the sunshine.


CARPEr BAGGERs are just now in favor
among the Democracy Packer is from
Connecticut, and Roseerans, it is discover
cd, is citizen Of California.


Nor one Democratic Journal has spoken
against population, while the Republican
press staud. as u unit to the determination
that the entire national debt shall be paid.


THE registry act ought to be pronounced
unconstitutional say the Democrats. Rea-
son 1t will deprive them Of using coffee
colorcl naturalization papers


SUCCESS IN Life Is very apt to make us
forget the time when we wasn't much. 1t
is just so with frog on a jump he can't
remember when he was tadpole-but 9TH
er folks can.


MEMORY presides over the past action
over the present. The frst lives in rich
temple hung With glorious trophies, and
lined with tombs; the other has no shrine
but duty, and it walks the earth Ike spirit.
II you are wise man you viii treat the
world as the moon treats it. Show il only
ono side of yourself seldom show yourself
too much at time, and le. what you show
be calm, cool and PUBLISHED, But look at
every side Of the world