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Year: 1866

PAY Your DEBTs'-"I shall pay my debts
when it suits my convenience" says one.
All was that the style in which you talked
when you asked for credit ~ cant ell
spare the money now," says another, Are
you sure that the party to whom it really
belongs, if it is fully due, is any better able
to spare it than you are 'I am not able
to pay my debts" says u third. Then you
are very unfortunate or very criminal. To
invest ones own money in extra hazardous
enterprises is rash to invest another's so j.,
where all the risk is his and all the profit
yours, is dishonest. To be unable to pay
debt voluntarily contracted, must arise eth.
er from dishonesty or error in judgment.
If from the latter the error is yours, and
you should accept as nearly as possible, all
the consequences resulting from that error.
To retain and appropriate to your own use
money that justly belongs to another, with
out his consent, is only technically different
from the course pursued by the highwayman;
morally, the acts are identical. The high,
waymau thinks he needs the travellers mon
ey he takes it without the travellers con-
sent. You think you need your creditors
money you use it without your creditors
consent. In what respect does the traveller
suffer more than your creditor There is a
little more personal danger attending the ca
reer of highwayman than that of default
ter, but the consequences resulting to the
. a.
nearly identical. CREDIroR.
Year: 1866

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Year: 1866

INDIAN SroRrrs.-Parties lately arrived from San Bernardino say that they were told frightful stories of Apache troubles and

 warned not to attempt to reach here by men who must have known that they were ex- citing unnecessary alarm, and whose interest Tn the Territory ought to have prevented thelr circulating false reports. Many of the people of California seem to think that life is entirely unsafe here, and to delight in report ing anything and everything calculated to lnJure the Territory. Whether actuated by malice or ignorance, and we think the latter Is the chief cause, these alarmists are doing us much harm and ought to be silenced For such persons as those referred to at San Der nardino, who must know better and yet try 10 deter travellers from coming here, no de- lunciation is too'severe.
Year: 1866

We have it on good authority that Major Miller, of the lith regulars, (of whose death at the hands of the Apaehes notice is else where given,) remarked few moments before his death, when it was proposed by citizen tesmster, who had been over the road, that skirmishers be sent in advance on each side of the cahon, that "it was all folly, there were no Apaehes in the country, and the sending of troops here was only big specu- lation."

 The Major was evidently the victim of that class of liars who are asserting through the San Francisco Flag and other sheets that there are no troublesome Indians in the coun- try. We deem these liars more despicable than those who necessarily exaggerate the strength and prowess of the Apaches, because they throw unsuspecting or foolish men off their guard, and as it were lead them into the jaws of death While the exaggerators intimdate the traveller, they at the same time prompt him to a degree of caution which is his greatest security, but these knaves, who prate of there being no danger, deliberately give him over to cruel slaughter. and all through wilful peryersion of the truth for some sinister end

 Because General Banning is presumed to have made few dollars by beef contract or Hooper Co. have good thing at Yuma. and the liars and their friends (who probably have neither the responsibility to fulfil a contract. or the shrewdness to get it. ! are not especially favored, it is coolly asserted that there are no savage Indians in the coun- try.

 From both grades of these uuscrupalous and eowardly fslsifers, those who make it out that travel and residence here are i'm possible because of Apaches, and those who say there is no danger, and whose hands are red with the blood of Major Miller and his we pray the good Lord most speedily to deliver our fair Territory. While their long tongues and tireless pens are at work the outside world will constantly he deceived as to affairs here, and the interests )f the Territory be most seriously retarded
Year: 1866

seizures under law Of impOsts, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are naxigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas; saving t0 sultors, in all cases, the right of common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it and shall also have exclusive original cognizance, concurrent with the Courts of the several States, OF the Circuit Courts. as lthe case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for cost only in violation of the law of nations or a treaty Of the United States. And shall also have cognzance, concurrent as last mentioned, of all suits at common law where the United States sue, and the matter in dispute amounts, exclusive of costs, to the sum or value of one hundred dollars. And shall also have juFis- diction, exclusively of the Courts of the sev- erul States, of all suits against consuls or vice consuls, except for offences above the dcscrip ton aforesaid

 By these provisions it will at once be seen that the jurisdiction of the District Courts is exclusively criminal, except only as to a very limited class of cases specified; the subject of this suit being civil suit, and between part ies not contemplated by the Act of Congress, 1t Is not, therefore, within the jurisdiction of this Court and cannot be sustained. But another and equally fatal objection exists as to the parties and the service of process in this case. By the eleventh section of the Act above referred to it is provided that "no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another, in any civil action before a Circuit or District Court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said Courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that where he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ The construction of these pro visions have been fully and definitely settled by the Courts of the United States, holding that no civil suit like the present, by attach ment or otherwise, can be sustained n any oi the Courts of the United States, except upon personal service of process on the defendant. Er pdre, Graham, Wash. C. C. D. ijG. No such service was had or claimed to be had in this case, and the service, upon an agent, claimed to have been had in this case is neither sanctioned or sustained by common law or statute, to give Jurisdiction to this Court The proceedings, therefore, cannot be sustained

 It is unnecessary to consider the other ob- jections taken, involving the address of pro. cess, its test and the regularity of proceedings under the attachment law of the Territory The attachment must be dissolved and the suit dismissed Let an order be entered to that effect.
Year: 1866



 MAIL MATTERs.-There is much complaint

 regarding mail service in the Territory, and.

 so far as the route between here and Wick

 enburg is concerned an immediate reform is

 needed It Is now some weeks since mail

 arrived or departed on time, or since one was

 brought or taken away by the regularly em- ployed carrier. Bnt for the kindly nature of Quartermaster Futile. who employed Mir. Jas. O. Robertson to go to Wickenburg, we should have had no way to send our letters out, and but for Captain Ledyard and our old friend Draper, or " Butch, we should of late have received no letters or papers. The mail received on Sunday night WAS brought by aButch,h on private account, and be has been employed by Captain Futile to bring up the one now lying at Wickenburg. There is screw loose somewhere and we wish the con tractor would hasten here to put it right We have no desire to dictate to him, but if he could make it convenient to live in the Territory, or if not. to have an active and agent here who could prsInptly pay the carriers and supply them with new animals, he would find the Apaches and lack of military escort, no obstacles to a prompt and regular service.
Year: 1866

HoRRIBLE.-We hear that one of the sol diers with Major Miller was shot in the head with an arrow. His companions tried to re- move 1t, when it broke of, leaving the head in his brain He WAS soon crazed and uncon- trolable, and died horrible death, literally beating himself to pieces on the rocks by the road side.
Year: 1866

Captain Washburn's command, at Camp Lincoln on the Verde, is doing good service. Another decisive victory over the Apaehes is elsewhere reported. The party sent out by order of the Captain consisted of twenty-sey- en men of company A, under Lieutenant Ger vantes, and Dr. Palmer, the indeiatigable surgeon of the camp The men packed their provisions on thcir backs, and travelled only in the night time. They saw what seemed to be n very large rancheria in Tonto Basin, but thought 1t imprudent to make an attack with go small force. Soon after they dis covercd,a nnchcria of some thirty of the sav- ages, and coming quietly upon it succeeded in slaying, wounding and capturing nearly all within it.

 Captain washburn, his officers and men, evidently know how to hunt the Apache, and we regret that we have not full regiment of the volunteers We believe that at less expense. with less parade, and much less de- lay, they would rid the country of it's only barrier to great prosperity, although they may not be as good soldiers as the regular troops. While the spirit and courage of the regulars cannot be questioned, they lack that familiarity with the country and with travel over the hills and gulches, that ability and willingness to subsist on coarse food and to pack it, and that knowledge of the ways of the Apache possessed by the native volun- teer, which are requisite to the most sue cessful service in this country.
Year: 1866

The STRONG DIVORCE CASE The jury have disa-
greed In the case, and the New York " Times" " in
established: Mr.. Strong asked divorce. Mrs.
Strong's guilt was unanimously voted by the jury.
The jury decided unanimously that there had been no
forgiveness by Mr.. Strong. Ten of the jurors de-
clded that there was no proof of the guilt of Mr.
Walsh and Mrs. Strong, disagreed. The case was
thrown up by the jury, and the air is darkened by
charges on the part of the plaintiff of improper pro-
cedure and by the defendant with charges against
the action of the Judge and the purity Of the jury
whether anything more will grow from it we are
unable to say, but it looks though there might.
The Omaha Republican =" adds We think it
could have been gotten at in shorter and more con-
else mode, and thus: Mrs. Strong is bad woman,
MIR. Strong is no better man - Mr. Storing is bad
man-Mrs. Strong is a no better woman they are
both disgrace to the decency of the age.
Year: 1866

FREIGHT LAw.-Mr. Andrus has introduced in the
Legislature bill providing that way-freIght of
fered for transportation and delivery at any station
OF any railroad in this State shall be delayed await
ing shipment, for period longer than ten days after
It's delivery except in of food, odable
accident The prices charged for the transportation
of way-frelght on any road shall not exceed, on
freight carried not to exceed fifty miles, so per cent
on freight carried than so, and not more than
100, 30 per cent; than $50 miles, 10 per cent
more than pro rata rates charged at the same time
tor through freight of the same DESCRIPTION. In
of failure to comply with the above proposed law
the company shall forfeit the owner of the freight
thus delayed, one per cent. per day on the value
thereof for each and every day of delay Buffalo
On. Y. Express.
Year: 1866

DEAD HEADS. - The following is from the pen of
Colonel j. II. Wood, proprietor of Woods museum,
Chicago, and was given in answer to an inquiry as
to whether the free list entirely suspended The
justice OF the remark is evident Dead heads are
those who retain something for nothing. Hence. an
editor or reporter who visits the museum and gives
to his readers description of what he sees and hears
there (hus rendering quid pro quo for his ticket
Is as Tar as possible from dead head" In fact,
always consider printers ink 'as more valuable
than money, and am, therefore, ever anxious to es
tabllsh mutual and equitable exchange of courte
sizes for those who write for the public press.
Year: 1866

WELCOME TO WHAT BRITAIN CAN'T HOLD We
have not the least objection to the United States in
creasng to any extent, and annexing any amount of
territory number of States so long as it is done
honestly, above board and by fair appeals to the SYM
pathy and good sense of the people If the popula-
ton of our own provinces, or of Mexico freely and
spontaneously declared that they thought this their
best chance of peace and prosperity the British peo-
pie would feel only the passing regret at the loss of
name and the proportionate aggrandizement of the
United States. Only, great State we cannot bear
to be ousted, outwtted and coerced and to see our
own people suffer for their loyalty. - London
Times"
Year: 1866

The Portage Qake SUPERIOR Mining Gazette
says that paper pipes, six inches In diameter are used
in the Pewawbic copper mine to convey air from Ons
portion of the mine to the other The pipe is 81,
inches inside diameter; the paper pipes are quite
strong, and can be Joined perfectly air-tight by
strip of canvass and n coating of tar.
Year: 1866

The directors of the California division of the Pa
clhc Railroad are now employing 5000 Coolies, and
expect to reach Great Salt Lake City in 1868, and
propose to meet the eastern line at that point
Year: 1866

A thing much to be deplored in our country is
the little attention paid to the preparation of food
The tourist who said that the Americans had
hundred religions and only one soup was witty,
but he told truth, and showed a practical obser-
walton and an enlightened understanding. The
matter Of cookery deserves all the attention that
can be bestowed upon it, and we maintain that
no people can be great good or happy who do
not understand the art of cookery sufficiently well
to prepare digestble food. In a country like ours,
where every description of fish, flesh and fowl is
abundant and where the teeming earth produces
all kinds of vegetables used by man for food in
profusion it certainly is criminal for the inhabi-
tants to show such wanton disregard of their
health as is evinced by great majority of the
American people. Outside of our cities and large
towns, no one appears to bestow a thought on
this important subject, and in our wanderngs we
have frequently been forced to dine upon fried
bacon and badly baked corn bread, prepared


over smoky fire, at the houses of men who could


count their fortunes by thousands and their


possessions by townships. That people SO
careless as to what they eat should be


unhealthy and that our countrymen should be
classed as nation of dyspeptics need excite nc


astonishment. We hope to see change in this
| anu COHSlueE IL llS OulJ VI SSSiJ ph) SANAhh VI


impress the necessity for it upon his patients. Blu


SO long as the old fashioned fire places are useC
for cooking purposes we believe that it will prov
impossible to revoutionize the opinions of til


people on this subject The labor of cookin
well in that way being so great few persons wi
Il be tempted to undergo it, and will prefer the
t. old habits to roasting themselves to death owe
= hot fires, or smoking out their eyes in Concoetin
ID savory stews and wholesome soups. Good cool
y ing stoves mast be introduced in their place ar
" y then the labor having been lightened so great
Is the cook will be tempted to Improvement. WHIT
IT, he or she learns that with Of the Charter o.
o. cooking stoves meal for score can be prepar
VI with less labor than it formerly took for two,
he that there is to be no STOPPING, no over-heati
.or and no binding smoke, their labor will become
in pleasure end improvement can be hoped for.


We have extended our remarks on this subj


farther than we intended when we set out.
Ia conclusion we will inform our readers that Mess
~ Rice Bros Co., 80 and 95 Camp street. are
-; agents for the celebrated stoves mentio


above.


md The Tartar's in the gap,n says Byron, and
ted tar tar of different kind is very apt to get
the every gap between the teeth. Guard agans
Year: 1866

The West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter very
appropriately says:


Truth is said to be found at the bottom of a
well, but u the Wells of this State it would re.
quire very long search to procure modicum OF
that racinnS article.
Year: 1866

The CONFIDENCE GAME-About q month
ago man came to ranch kept by two honest
Dutchmen, 20 miles east of Dun Glen, and
representing himself to be in needy circum-
stances, obtained the privilege of stopping
few days. While there he represented that
ne had broke Jail, in Trinity county. CAL,
where he was incarcerated for killing
Chinaman of which crime, however, he
claimed to be innocent. Finding that the
bump of credulity of one of the partners
Hans-was largely developed. he told him
tale-an oyster can Of gold dust, buried by
certain tree, which was near a certain cabin,
in lonely gdlch, near Weaverville; the
amount of dust in the can being 81, 10O.-
By constant reference to his buried treasure,
he worked the cupiditv of Hans to such
pitch that he gave the fellow 500 in coin,
two horses, rifle aud pistol, and started
him on his travels to the Boise country
while Hans, for half the treasure, journey
ed to the lonely gulch. He found the cabin
and tree to be in the position represented,
but seeing some persons prospecting in the
ravine. he deferred the exhuming process till
night her sable curtain spread : when, as
the can was connected by wire to the tree,
he would then realize all his hopes. Night
came, and pick and shovel in hand, the tree
was reached and soon the ground was torn
up for long distance around. but no oyster
can was found. He was sold, duped dis
appointed, 500 miles from home, and not a
picayune in his pocket. He sat down and
moralized and while giving expression TO
his feelings. in curses both loud and deep


bewailing his hard lot and the unreliability
of white men in general, he was approached
by the prospectors he had seen in daylight.
Who, when notes were compared, he found
were perfect strangers to each other, and
had come from different localities A closer
comparison showed that the oyster can was
their objective point Here was solace
to his mind. He was satisfied that be was
not the only fool living, and started for home
next morning with lighter heart. After a
tedious tramp, and sore footed. be arrived
on the banks of the tortnous Humboldt, and
there met his partner, Jake, to whom he told
his adventurers and with the observation
that : de longer a man lives de more he py
Cot find out, he expressed his determination
to stick to his potato patch. and made tracks
for his ranch.-Humboldt Register.
Year: 1866

The much talked of Philadelphia Conven-


ton has met, counseled, resolved, addressed,


and adjourned. The address is not very


remarkable production, but is about what
might reasonably be expected from such
politicians as composed the Convention. Its
trainers seem particularly anxious to have
the people of the country forget that such a
thing as rebellion ever existed in the United
States, and formally declares that Congress
is the only enemy to the peace and safety of
the Republic. The Convention also expresses
the utmost faith and confidence in the loyalty
and submission of the lately rebelious peo-
pie of the South, and contends that they
have lost none of their rights by warning
against the Government.


VI course everybody expects that few un-
reasonable Radicals will admit that all these
propositions are perfectly correct Surely
the Union people ought to be generous and
kind enough to forget that their erring
brothers" ever sought to establish a slave
Confederacy down in Dixie, and that in order
to accomplish this laudable and Christian
enterprise they inaugurated four years
war, which resulted in the sacrifice of nearly
million lives and the expenditure of untold
treasure. That is easy enough to forget, es-
pecially for those who have lost home, pro.
perty, friends and relatives in the Union
cause, and for the generation that has to pay
the taxes to liquidate the National debt. As
to Congress being the greatest obstacle in
the way of harmonious settlement of our
national ills, why, every one knows such to
be exactly the case who has devoted any
Copperhead papers of California. Didn't
Congress originate the Constitutional Amend
ment. and pass the Civil Rights Bill, which
allows niggers to hold property and testify in
courts of justice just as if they were human
beings? And didn't the same usurping body
pass law requiring rebels to renounce
allegiance to JEFF. Davis, and swear to sup
port the Yankee Government before they
could hold Federal Offices? Certainly it did,
and all these things have tendency to ex-
asperate the loyal people of the South, and
seriously retard the process of reconstruc-
ton. And then, as to the miserable Radi-
cal theory that the Confederates should lose
any of their precious rights under the United
States Government, simply on account
of having tried to destroy it, is out
rageously absurd and despotic! Radical
Union men should endeavor to lay aside all
these preposterous ideas, desert Congress and
fall in with the Philadelphia philosophers
to aid the South TO reconstruct herself on the
safe Johnsanian plan, and assist to place the
Government in situation similar to that
which it occupied..during the closing days of
the patriotic Bucnanan's administration.
Year: 1866

ScALPING THE FENIANs.-In the Canadian
Parliament, recently, proposition to ap-
propriate 100000, to- be placed at the dis
posal of the Government for secret service.
was debated, and one of the members thus
expressed his opinion as to the proper use
of the money:


Rymall thought we might rely for infor-
nation on the Canadian residents in the
United States. We had friends wherever
the Fenian organization extended, and the
men who were ready TO come back to peril
life and limb in defense of their country
would be likely to give US more correct
information than men who would pretend to
betray their sworn associates in wickedness
But he would suggest another idea for the
expenditure of this 100000. He would add
that he looked on these Fenians as half hu.
man hyenas, who should be hunted down
without mercy; and, if the Government
would offer our citizen soldiery a bounty of
five dollars for every scalp of Fenian
brought in, 100000 would be sufficient to
exterminate twenty thousand Fenians, and
after that there would be no more occasion
for secret service money. Cheers and
laughter


The appropriation was carried.


We suggest that the bounty of five dollars
for every Fenian scalp be offered to those
valiant sons of Mars known as the "Queen's
Own"