smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

start up?" and still we so on importing
four hundred millions of dollars worth


of foreign goods a year, for which we


export our gold and government bonds.
Costly luxuries are demanded, whose


chief merit lies in their being of English
or French manufacture and fer every
fash of diamonds and flutter oi laces,


there is the sigh of starving operative,


from whose skillful fingers the bread has


been snatched by that great Caliban-
Foreign Manufacture. There are por-


tentious premonitions of an impending
financial crash, and it will come just so
sure as we do not adopt and rigidly OBJ


serve the strictest individual economy /;
abandon the infatuation of patronizing
pauper manufactures of Europe in pre-
ference to our own production, and steer
clear of that Maelstrom of destruction in
all such times as these-Debt. Why this
crash should come, if this course is adop-
ted, there is no necessity. 1t has be-
come a superstition that years ending
with the figure seven always bring panic.
crises and bankruptcy. There is no
method so certain of precipitating ruin
upon the country as by placing reliance
in such absurdities, just as person can
induce sickness and even death by a
fanatical fear of and belief in il. So we
can, as people, by rendering ourselves
ridiculous, bring on this destruction.
There is no quarter where financial
crash will produce so little direct injury
as the bullion producing regions; but its
effects indirectly in preventing the de
velopment of our mineral veins and the
investment of States capital would last
longer, and ultimately be more perni-
cious ban in agricultural, commercial
and Manufacturing 4 communities. The
war over and with sufficient ability to
carry and redeem the national debt in
twenty years, it will betray a lamentable
deformiJy in the American character, if
we permit extravagant folly to blight
with financial ruin the brilliant pages
we have written in the history of mans
ability for selfgOvernment.
Year: 1867

Owing TO the low condition of the finances
of the Territory, would counsel you to in
cor no expense except for advertising, which
will be assumed by this Office, and enrolment
lists which will be furnished by the Adjutant
General of the Territory, when you signify
your willingness to comply with the above
requirements. .s."rT


Given under my hand at Denver, this first
day of June, A. ID. 1867.


A.C. Hunt, Governor.


In concluding these extracts, we may
here state that shortly after the murder
of Bozenan, General Meagher received
from General Sherman a telegram so in
finitely more disrespectful than the one
that has aroused the indignation of the
Coloradians that out of kindness towards
the man, who to say the least, did good
service in the war for the Union, we did
not giveit publicity. General Sherman,
probably thinks he is doing right, but
his idea of Indians does not come up to
the requirements of General who will
do anything worth his while in remain
ing on the Plains, or else he is playing
strategy too deep for Western people to
appreciate. -.. ....... 81.
Year: 1867

biographers will fail TO do him Justice


He openly advocated secession principles
before if not during the rebellion urged
our armies on to certain defeat by his
On to Richmond shrieking in 81 and
'62, begged for "peace on the best attain
BILE TERMS" in a twelvemonth after
rushed off to Niagara Falls. in "a. as a
selfconstituted peace commissioner, to
make terms with that arrant traitor,
Sanders; took fresh fit of the on to
Richmond % fever in another twelve
month, and before the grass is green on
the An6ersonville graves, he is urging
universal amnesty to the perpetrators of
the blacklist crimes ever committed /;
while there is only hundred million of
coin in the treasury and debt OF two
and half billions, he is bowling for
specie payments and forcing himself for
ward as the central figure in the most
humiliating scene ever enacted in an
American court room. In our estima-
tion, Andrew Johnson is a jewel of con


sistency compared to the white coated
philosopher of the Tribune, and could
take from him new lessons in the art of
swinging round the circle" Instead
of treason being rendered odious," we
have a reward offered for it, and the first
man on the paper is an over-trusted ally
of the Union party. tits time we should
properly appreciate, if such thing is
possible the unreliability of the Great
pitAtor
Year: 1867

Each Territorial subscriber to the


Posi- will receive with this number a


copy of the Mineral Law, with the in


structions of the Commissioner and the
form of blanks required under the sta


tute. The intent and character of this


ted it ARE not generally known and brief
history may be properly given. Among
the various measures suggested in Con
gress a couple of years since To produce
Government for the purpose of liquida-
ting the national debt without increasing
taxation, there was started a proposition
to sell the mineral lands of the United


States. Promising an immense reve-
nue., it at once became popular, and a
bill was introduced in the House by Ju-
liam of Indiana, which would have been
extremely prejudicial to the interests OF
the miners. The provisions of Julian's
bill was endorsed in substance by a reso-
luton passed in the House, and the bill
was referred to the Committee on Pub
lie Lands. The danger of the passage
of this bill was imminent, and a bold
move on the part of the Pacific delega-
tion became necessary. Senators Stew
art and Conness prevailed upon the Sec
retary of the Treasury, who had hitherto
favored Julian's bill, to prepare one in
his Department which contained all the
points favoring their constituents which
they could hope at that time to obtain,
and introduce it through some of the
Senators. The Secretary therefore drew
up a bill, which was introduced by Sen
ator Sherman, of Ohio, and was known
as the Sherman Bill. 1t was referred to
the Committee on Mines, of which Stew
art and Conness were members, who
were appointed to prepare a substitute.
which several weeks after was reported
in the Senate and finally passed. When
the bill went TO the House it was re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands,
of which Julian was Chairman. This
Committee then had the original Julian
House Hill, providing for the sale of the
mines, and the Stewart-Conness Bill,
providing for the issue of patents TO the
original owners. Julian insisted on re
porting his bill first, and although can
vass of the House showed an inclination
toward the Senate Bill, and the Commit
tee were favorably disposed to it, Julian
was intractable, the bill could not be
reached, and affairs were in as bad
shape as previously. A bill was mean
while passed in the House, known as the
Highly Bill, in regard to bitches. 1t was
short, had no resemblance whatever to
the Mining Bill, but related to the same
subject. When it came into the Senate,
as dernier resort, the Mining Bill was
tackled on to it as a substitute, passed
the Senate, and when returned to the
House, although Julian used his utmost
exertions to have it referred to his Com
mittee. it passed without amendment
and became law This explains why
this most important mineral bill is en-
tilted An Act granting the right of way
Year: 1867

The business condition of the country
is not a healthy one. nor the prospects
iutteriug The initiation of currency and
the high prices resulting from the premi-
um on gold, made the people rich in
greenbacks, begot extravagant expendi-
turps and an underestimate of the value
Of money. The reckless extravagance of
those who from the grinding of poverty
we're made millionaires by contracts and
speculation, almost unexceptionably sue
oesstul in the continually advancing
prices, infused itself by example, an am
bition TO excel, and fashionable desire to
equal in extrayagant splendor, through
out all classes of society, in every city,
town and hamlet in the country When
merchants were prosperous. the govern
ment a consumer at the rate of two or
three millions day. gold at premium
Of $50 on the dollar and doubts existing
IS 10 the ability of the government to
conquer rebellion and redeem its issues,
this kind of folly did not bear the imme-
diate fruits which. under ordinary cir
eumstances, would have been wholesale
bankruptcy. We have maintained indi-
vidual solvency to some extent by the
profits of prosperous years feeding the
losses of subsequent ones. This cannot
long continue. The bottom of the most
plethoric purses will eventually be reach
ed when there is a continual outlet and
no inlet An insiduous. poisonous cur
rent has mingled with the stream of our
prosperity. 1t is national and individ-
aal extravaganza. We are able to bear
that which we have already imbibed, as
an excited system can bear more Poisons
than when in its normal condition. But
the excitement and unnatural tension of
The national nerves having subsided, it
WIS necessary TO adopt the most rigid
economy in all our public affairs, and the
effect has been most encouraging. AS
an instance of this, the expenditures of
the War Department last year fell one
hundred millions below the estimate.
This course will save the national credit
snd prevent disastrous influences upon



the individual; but to evade individual


bankruptcy, the same course must be
pursued by individuals as by the nation
"a retrenchment OF expenses, strict
economy and careful transactions. The
ascent Of the balloon is graceful, grand,
admirable; the descent generally dan
serOus, If not destructive, unless favored
by circumstances and controlled by
strong clear heads. Il is not inappro-
pirate 70 compare American finances to a
balloon now nearly landing" The
Southern crop failed last year. Instead
Of cotton 10 supply our manufactures,


'ncre Is famine and appeals for aid. and
That market is cut off for manufactured
goods, willie enough are now on hands
% let the Eastern mills stand idle for
TWO or three years. Thousands are out
p employment in every State in the
East. 4 barrel OF Hour costs more than
"a ordinary weeks labor will bring.
The great wheels stand idle and anxious
Inquiries are made, When will they
Year: 1867

IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE-A LETTER


FROM OWEN LOVEJOY.


[The followin: letter from Honorable
Owen Lovejoy to Gov. Hahn, of Louisiana,
WAS written but a + few days previoue to his
death, and was possibly the last letter on
public affairs from his pen:]


WASHINGTON, March 18th, 1865.


MY DEAR GOVERNOR: I have just
been reading with great satisfaction a
brief notice Of your Inaugural, and the
address you made on the occasion. 1
am very glad that you propose to make
clean work Of slavery.


Will you allow me to suggest one
thing more? We cannot 60 to the bot
tom where the granite is iu order to
build without giving the elective fran
chise to the negro. am satisfied that
if We stop short Of that, it will be found
that our house is built upon the sand,
and when the foods come and the winds
blow, and the rains descend, it will fall,
aud great will be the fall thereof. The
sense Of justice which has been awaken
cd in the nation by the rebellion will
not rest satisfied to have forgiven rebels,
who have fought to overthrow this gov.
ernment, and drive away loyal black
soldiers who have fought to sustain it
1t is not necessary at first that all should
vote. You can allow those who can read
and write to vote; or you can allow
black soldiers to vote. The privilege of
voting given to the latter class, to-wit :
the soldiers, would commend itself, I
think, to the whole nation. You may
think that this is owing to my overween-
ing anxiety tor the blacks, but it is not
that alone, nor chiefly. I am satisfied
that Providence will not let US settle
this question until we settle it on the
foundation Of equal and exact justice to
all in accordance with the principles of
the Declaration Of Independence, aud
Of constitution, which know nothing Of
the black or white, rich or poor, but re.
gard the rights Of men, as such, as sa.
cred.


l was much grati6ed the other day
| in conversation with the President to
find that his views en- this subject ac.
cord with my own. tie docs not tee
thot he can require this, Is a delegation
requested him to do. Still he desire i,
to be done by the action Of the people
themselves. ,...,.


If Louisiana takes tho lead l think
all the other States will follow, and then
We shall have settled this question OF
deep and broad foundations, ag,ins
Year: 1867

4 two year old bull wa- picked up at sea, off Chcbeauque Island, Maine The animal was five miles from the main land at the spot in the vasty deep where De was orerhaued and was nard OH his way tp visit BIs English cousin Johnny. Having been taken in tow. with bis nose clear of the brine, bossy was safely brought Co land.
Year: 1867

The third volume of thc MISER l. begun with an enlargement Of the paper and corresponding improvements It is The determination io make it In every respect more complete and attractive than thc preceding volumes. lt will lead miher than follow in the sure and gratifying progress which the Territory Is making. While t will treat Of all matters Of public importance, ts co- umns will be more particularly devoted to the in- terests of the miners Of Arizona, the intrepid and deserving men who as pioneers and prospectors through dangers and difficulties to which ordina- " men would have succumbed have wrested this rich country from the hands of the savage, and will not abandon it A their organ, and a record of the progress in the opening and development of the unrvulled mineral, agricultural and pasto- raj regions Of the Territory, and of all that per taius io it- growth and prosperity, tue MINER will merit a large local and general circulation. AS the oldcs paper in the Territory, iis value as -ucws medium and advertising sheet must De ap- parent, not only to onr own citizens but also Co

 business men throughout the Union.
Year: 1867

~ The New York papers mention that the
first nslgnmeut of new wheat from the South
mas reached that city. They add that Southern
millers have made such contracts for the new
wheat that they will be able to sell handsome
family flour in New York Tor thirteen dollars
barrel The price OF flour must tend down.
wards, as the prospects OF a most DO untiful
harvest Of wheat in all parts Of the country
multiply daily.
Year: 1867

TO ne Edaor Of The Tribune


SIR: friend having forwarded me q copy of your


journal, cannot refrain from acknowledging to tho


Editor as also to his readers, the deep qualification


which the perusal Of his article upon my case has


afforded me- was not prepared for the kind interest


manifested for in that distant land. had not an


ticpated that the cry Of my WRONGS had wa;cned so


powerlufan echo Oh the other side Of the Atlantic.


In my solitary struggle for right and honor or soli-


tayy woman deserted by herhusband must ever bc),


little dreamed even in the silent watches of the


night that the eyes ola great nation were fixed upon


me, observing my perilOus course, markingi should


stand fall i'll the battle Of lfe-noting whether !


should suffer and be strong succumb victim like


so many other poor victims, not merely to mans


perfdy, but to a great social wrong-a nations in


iquitous, obsolete, and efete laws remaining on the


statute book a cloak for infamy of the deepest dye
had not fully realized untnow, that the sympathy
of the just and noble sustans, though unknown the
oppressed martyrs well to laws as TO religion But
it is suddenly revealed to my wearied sOul, like
bright openipgGn the heavens when the storm is at
the darkest that one ray Of sympathy from ont tho
vast chaos of dim distance is like the light dis
covered by the bewildered mariner, thrilling hopo
through his hearts core, for it tells him of another
heart regarding him and bravely responsive to his
own. True it is that union is power" so also is
sympathy strength How often the clasp of friendly
hand, in the hour fraught with impending fate, is
stronger shield than buckler of steel or coat of
mail Pleasant it is to me, whose pleasures are num-
bered few, to grasp this mystic strangerhand Of q
great people, whose highest aspirations tend ever
toward truth and justice, as exempliGed by their
brilliant arr0wlike ascent among the nations of the
earth there to reign and rule by the omnpotence of
will. For all that springs, and ourshes and strikes
upward, comes from germ sound and true. The
love Of rectitude marks the grandeur of soul, the
highest approach to the Divine under the type hui
man. Woe, it seems to me, shall wait near man or
nation who falsifes his conscience for reasons of
makes OF administers laws against
equity, to ensave million of conscences to serve
political policy of so-caled religion of State, to
sanction by law that marriage vows are mockeries
Il laccordingto the 10Th of Geo. H. they have been
between Protestant and Catholic ignorant
Vt the time of law or fact. Either party can repu-
late the marriage by setting up previous profession
" religion; and yet, to decide whether this legal
nonstrosity be right or tcrOng has required seven
'ears of litigation before the courts of the United
Kingdom. To decide whether bgamy has been COM |
nitted by man who assuming Cathoicity. marries |
Catholic lady, and subsequently adopting Protest
ntlsin. marIies Protestant. has required all the |
Year: 1867

Governor Wells assumption of the
authority and power which belong only
to the Federal officials, of promulgating
and putting in force an act of the Fed
eral Government, in advance of any
action on the part Of the proper agents
of that Government, excites general in
dignation, disgust and disquietude. He
has succeeded in creating an excitement,
in stirring up the passions of the factious
and turbulent class who surround him,
and in alarming the quiet and peaceful
citizens. 1t is but repetition of his
course previous to the riot of 1866. And
by the same means, by a fragrant as
sumption of power and authority. No
where is he given any power to promul-
gate to interpret or to give any practi-
cal effect to the acts of the Federal Gov
ernment. That duty will be per-
formed by other officials, in whom the
Ispeople have more confidence as to their
motives and intents-whom they do not
suspect of personal or selfish purposes,
or Of any desire to create tumult and
disturbance of the peace, and whose
orders will be peacefully obeyed by this
people, with such appeals to other civil
or judicial tribunals as the Constitution
and laws permit The authority or right
of Gov Wells in this matter is denied
In this, as in many other matters, he is
an audacious usurper and constant
cause of turmoil, irritation, insult and
wrong to this people--and the General
in command of this district could not do
a wiser, a more humane and judicious
act than to compel him to withdraw ints
his proper and constitutional sphere, and
leave the affairs of the Federal Govern
ment and the acts of Congress to be put
in force by the proper and responsible
officers designated by law for that pur-
pose


Let this be done~let Governor Wells
mind his own proper business, and wait
for the orders of his superiors in the
business of putting the act Of Congress
into operation, and we venture to say
that this community will exhibit itself the
same peace and law-abiding one, which
it always has been and always will be if
pestilent and disorganzing demagogues
and selfish and designing partisans can
be restrained and sileneed. .-Neao Or
leans Times.
Year: 1867

SOMEBODY has been reading in a sci
entific Journal an account Of q curious
and recent invention designed to catch
safe burglars. The depredator no sooner
commences, In perfect Ignorance Of the
secret arrangements, to force open the
door, drill the lock, or move the safe,
than by 50 doing he sends a telegraphic
dispatch to the nearest police Office, ex-
hibiting the number registered in the
police books OF the house in which the
robbery is being effected.
Year: 1867

A successful experiment was made last week
on the Ohio River with petroleum as substi-
tute for coal in navigation. The Cincinnati
Gazette says of the new method Of raising
steam: "The advantages of this arrangement
are so obvious that it seems almost super
fiuous to speak of them, yet we cannot resist
pointing out few of them. First, we have
the economy OF the fuel itself, $40 worth of
petroleum being equal to $50 worth of COAL,
Then, there is the economy of weight and
space, which is as one to 10. In addition to
this we have the saving of wages of fremen
and coal-heavers, the saving of time in taking
the fuel on board, and above all the perfect
control of the engineer over the fire, and COM
plete absence of danger from sparks The ex-
pulsive qualities of petroleum have hitherto
been the great bugbear by which our enteIrprl'
sing steamboat builders and machinests have
been scared off. We are not at all surprised
at this, for steam itself had to struggle hare
ere it could assert its supremacy over every
other power in use, and we feel satisfied tina
coal will give way to petroleum as the TOW
path gave way to the railway"
Year: 1867

The London Saturday Reriet0 says the habit
of dram drinking is becOu ing as common
among English ladies as it Is among Englsh
gentlemen ANY philosopher who chooses
to go to ball, and take his stand near the
buffet, or survey the supper table with an OBJ
servant eve, will see that the Old-fashlOncd
beverages which cooled but not inebrlated are
indeed supplied, just for form sake, but that
they have entirely lost their ancient POPULAR
tv. He will see young women dash oft as much
champagne and claret-cup, in the course OF q
single lively evening, and would have more
than suficed their grandmothers tor month.
The ease and familiarity with which they drink
is worthy of the most accomplished trequenter
of New York bar. That the results are not
more astonishing than they are Is III itself
most satisfactory proof of a seasoned head
| At dinner one may notice the same taste fOr
stimuants The afternoon tea is beginning to
be tea and something else. 1t Is rumored, no
doubt through some married Clodlus who has
abused his position to peep in upon the mys-
teries of the BOnnd Dea, that even the taste
of spirit is not absolutely unknown to fair lips.
Even the youngest matrons have begun to tec


the necessity of that brandy and water which
is prescribed for their Overtasked lords. They
too, have become persuaded to use the docto


rial phrase, of the necessity Of keeping up The
system. A woman who has been mother q
twelvemonth if she has got within earshOt o


a plausible and sympathetic physician, sooI
catches the cant about the disorders of the low
type. In alarm lest she should bring up an en-
feebled offspring, she flies to the usual spiritu
Gus tonics Brandy and water at bed time i


the great disnfectant against the grcvlOus evil


of our civilization. 1t is the supposed seer c


Of genial life and a vigorous progeny.
Year: 1867

Speak not word TO break the spell


That binds heart in silent sorrow,
No one can know Of grief so we'll
As he who bears funeral knelI


And thinks Of many a lonely morrow.
No one can share the weight of grief
That bows the form Of all who bear il;
No sighs or tears can give relief.
No smiles bring joy, however brief,


Or linger on the lips that wear it.
No comfort can a friend impart


In words. however kindly spOkeni
No hand can dry the tears thai Start
From the chilled fountains eff that heart
When once the crystal bowl is broken.
But from each calmer, holier thought


Can we alone our comfort borrow,
We find 1t soonest when untaught;
Joy comes to Us again unsOHght,


And we iUrget our silent sorrow.
Year: 1867

An incautious individual at Terre Haute the
other day, after smoking, put his pipe in his
pocket with a package Of powder, lie was
seen shortly after looking good dea surprised,
and inquiring for his coat tail and large piece
of his pantaloons
Year: 1867

An acquaintance of ours, a mother, too. not
long since was lamcnting the loss Of child
tone of family ofeghtl 9 because" said she,
there was just enough for cotillion, and
they did dance so prettily"