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Year: 1867

SroPrEp FOR RErAIRs.-The ophir Touring mill
has not been running during the past week. having
shut of steam for the purpose Of efec,ing repairs
to the engine. 1t is at Lochers machine shop
where it is tpushed and whired through planning
machines. in manner curious and interesting TO
the unintiated. This engine made at the Ma
rySyille Foundry, and from appearance as il lay in
sections st the shop. has beea worked quite up 10
its full cspaciry in driving the four Of stone and
other machinery of the 0phir MILL 1t is now how
ever undergoing systematic and scientific repairs,
and WILL doubtless pulverize the next year crop
10 the satisfaction Of mill owners and the consum-
ing public. The Messrs. Locher have excellent
machine shop, and themselves master work
men of fine artistic taste and experience. An en-
CINE sent over TO Nevada last year for the Florida
Nine was one of the most tasteful and complete
engines ever built in the State. The beauty of it
is that purchasers always satisfied with the
working of the machinery that Locher balds.
They building for use in their shop thir
iy foo, lathe 1t is massive but neat peice of
machinery. They know how to do work at Lochev $
and have pride in excelling.
Year: 1867

No DuFEEEScE-Thsy say that Goods can be bough:
Friesieben's cheap they coEd before tbs
The consequence is that great amount Of rusty money
is in circulation These who had money buried have
dug up the cheap goods sold st F-ies.e
GO and invest
Year: 1867

TIE LADIES OF CHICO gave grand festival
and fair extending through Thursday and Friday
evenings OF the present week. OF course it was q
grand success. as everything is that the ladies at
tempt to do.
Year: 1867

A COSMOPOLITAN OPINION ON THE GUBERNATo-
RIA. QuEsrIox-The following sentiments, cop
led from the San Francisco Bulletin of the 25th
ult, will meet with hearty response from the
Union voters in this section of the State:


"There is no doubt Bdwell is the most popu
lar man yet named for the position, and there
are many points about him that will render him
very strong in fairly elected and conducted
Convention. Besides the fact that he possesses
in an eminent degree the practical information,
sound Judgment, independence and integrity
which are prime essentials for an Executive, how
ever little they may be valued by the managers
of primaries he has been a resident of Califor-
mia for twenty-five years he is thoroughly identi-
fed with the State he has contributed and is
still contributing largely to its prosperity he is
Que of its most useful and capable citizens he
has never ,.ade a trade of politics his private
wealth puts him above corrupting temptations ;
and as the owner of large landed estates be has
the strongest personal interest in favoring an
economical Administration. comparison of
such a man with the adventures who constitute
the majority of California candidates, must be
immensely to his advantage with the people
If he should be nominated they would lose an
excellent Congressman to gain a better Cover
nor The politicians of San Francisco concede
his excellence as representative at Washing
ton. He is unobjectionable to them-in that ca
pacity and at that distance. The half dozen or
more metropolitan candidates for Governor would
gladly do all in their power to keep him where
he is, at least until after the next election but
it is likely the people will insist upon having a
timely voice in the matter and it would be a hap
py omen for the State if for once they should
take the selection of Governor into their own
hands entirely"
Year: 1867

Henry Ward Beechcr preached a sermon not long since on the subject of matrimony. He said: "Many men get wives, and get with them the itch and cursed religion. Canaan is now everywhere where Mammon is God. Where there is goddess household there is the land of Canaan. When a man gets good wife he wants nothing more in life. Marriage is q thing not to be rushed into, but cautiously, riligi- ouslv, and discrcetly performed. Some people get married out of bounding passion, but he never saw one that was glad. The men who do so have a wretchcd time oft, but what kind of a time must the women have? Mar riages should be founded upon quali- tics that will last, rather than upon the mere ties of affection. When man founds household, it ought to be done upon moral grounds. He that marries a woman first, and thinks he can change her religion afterward, knows little of human nature. Many who hang their ambition upon those above them, think ing that they will draw themselves up thereby, often find themselves mis- taken. He would recommend all, therefore, to go back to the land of their fathers, to take partners for life from amoug their neighbors, and al- ways ofthe same denomination" The church was crowded, and now and then, during the sermon, there was a suppressed tittering among the women.
Year: 1867



 A HOMESTEAD AND U. $. PATENT THEREFOR FOR STA homestead for every man or woman who is the head of a family, white or black, in Arkan- sas. The entry can be made before the County Clerk ill any county in which the lands lie. Eighty acres of the pub lie lands of the United States in Ar kansas can be entered on application to the clerk of any county where the lands lie on payment of two dollars office fee. At the end of five years a patent will be forwarded on the pay ment of five dollars more. The land can be entered, if adjoining the farm upon which the applicant resides, or upon actual settlement and cultivation during said five years. The law of Congress will then protect it as home stead free from taxation and debt of every character. This law expires by limitation in June, next year.

 JOHN HARDWOOD,

 U. s. Receiver.
Year: 1867

We have now thirty.fve million people
virtually engaged in the destruction of our
fore sts. This process has been attended by
wanton disregard Of all the economic prin-
cipleS appertaining to the future wants of
increasing population until conslderate men
have been alarmed; more than this, it has
become a national concern. While carbon
ferrous mineral lies undeveloped in our vast
coal fields we are sweeping off the wood and
timber with pTodigalIty as hurtful as any
thing that can be well conceived. 1t will
not be long, should this continue unchecked,
before there will arise q popular inconven-
ience in comparison with which the pres
ent is a mere foretaste. The subject has
been brought to the attention of Cor gress,
and measures proposed to encourage the
planting out Of new forests. Whether or
not this could be made practable as means
to provide for future wants, there should
be an effectual stop put to the destruction
of the bulk of what remains.


How is this to be done? 1t would be
difficult to conceive OF any other plan than
that of cheapening the expense of COAL
This fuel, which is inexhaustible, should
be made to supply nearly all the population,
in their household wants, as also to make
steam for railways, steamboats,, and what
not. The present expense in the 6istribu-
ton of this fuel, aud the inadequate means
for transport, allows coal to be used to q
limited extent in comparison to what it
should be. 1t is almost inconctivable what
our coal trade would be were the article
sufficiently chcapened so as to allow it to go
into common use. We must have cheap
freight railways. --Ec. ...
Year: 1867

tutorship, Many men of my acquaintance
had done so. Certainly they were usually
honors men, and not heirs to baronetcies
and ten Or twenty thousand year. But
might seek one in the guise of an ordinary
B. A, and none need know that my pros


poets in life pointed to the possessions of a
very old title, and ar.spreading estates in
two western counties, not to mention
street in Mayfaird and ahouse in Belgrav-
Year: 1867

New FIFTEEN CENT FRACTIONAL
CURRENCY. The Secretary of the Treas-
ury has decided upon issuing q new de-
n"mlna1ion of fractional currency. that Of
fifteen cent notes. to meet the demand for
something that will aid in the convenience
of making change between the ten and
twenty five cent denominations. The
specimens prepared Of the new note are a
little larger Than ten cent notes. and thu
principal embellishments are an engraved
likeness of Gen. Grant on the right band,
and opposite. on the left Of the note,
likeness of Lieutenant General Sherman.
The back Of the note, liks all other late
issues OF government money. will he green.
with the figure fifteen on each side 81 the
note The bronze figures which have thus
far been placed upon the various denoml-
nations al the United States currency will
he omitted ON this new issue, and for safe
ty.a peculiar kind Of paper will be substi-
tuted.
Year: 1867

The spirit of Democracy is as bitterly hos
tile to the Government today as it has been
during the last six years.-CALAvERAs
CHRONICLE


WHAT is the Government :-Moantain
Democrat.


That is pretty question for you to ask
Have you been laboring assiduously and as
openly as your cowardly nature would per-
nit, for the last six years, to destroy it,
without knowing what it isl The Govern
ment is the administration of the laws found
ed upon that sacred instrument which de-
clares that all men were "born free and
equal" which you and your confreres have
vainly fought to destroy it is that power
which excluded your reasonable sheet from
the mails. furnished better men than ever
you dared be with food. raiment and lodging
at Alcatraz. and which. but for q mistaken
lenieney. would have hing. you higher than
Haman. That is what the Government is.
Do you understands
Year: 1867

UNION MEN, again we impress upon you
the necessity of voting the straight County
ticket. We cannot afford to lose vote this
Fall. The contest will be a close one, and
the Democrats hope by trading. to elect their
candidates for Sheriff and Clerk. They are
willing to swop the balance of their ticket to
obtain one vote for Thorn aud Briggs. Un-
ion men, we have a majority in the county
and if no swops are made, or names scratch
ed, our whole ticket will be elected. Do not
let personal preference swerye you from the
path of duty. Disregard all propositions
and promises made to you by Democrats in
regard to an exchange of votes; you cannot
afford to swop, and if you do you will cer-
tainly get cheated. Sheriff and Clerk are the
two most important offices in the county,
and we tell you that if Democrats are placed
in those positions at the coming election, it
will sign the death warrant of the Union
party in this county. Union men, stand by
your nominees.
Year: 1867

! know. After the pistol has done its work, there


Is no appeal Whatever defence might have
been made, there is none possible now forever.


And how was this murder accomplished ?


There are fearful mysteries surrounding the


case, which only legal investigation can deter


nine Had HIscocK been tried in family coun-


Gil, and condemned, Was his death predeter


minedl Was more than one party accessory


before the fact How does it happen that the


several persons met in Albany, coming hither


from different points? How does it happen that


husband and wife, who were evidently here by


concert, met 80 strangely at the hotel, 3, How


does il happen that such a time was ehosen for


the deed as would give it greatest publicity and


romance? How Is it that We find husband


who feels that he has sustained such dishouor
as only blood could atone for, writing from


prison in afectionate language, to the woman


who, according to his own story. he had for
months suspected Of deceiving him-hnding his
suspicious true at last These are questions
that will arise. Community has a right to ask
them. The friends Of tie murdered man may
insist upon their answer Perhaps that will
serve 70 show " the deep dsmnation Of bis tax
ing off, -


We have spoken Of this deed as murder.
Thus it was We know a morbid and perverted
sentimentality-a relic Of barbsrism---has ex-
cused such crimes as this, until the belief has
grown far too general that slaughter under such
has no taint Of guilt. But we
shall yet learn that human life is too precious
to be thus Tantonly destroyed that the safety
Of society is OF too much importance to be thus
imperiled without punishment.
Year: 1867

| pairs draws near, the Superintendent issues an


order directing BY what day the work Of repair


must be begun, and the day by which II must


be completed; csutioning all that no soh earth


from the bitches is to be put on the reads. only


pounded stone and that broken to a proper small


size. that all loose stones are to be removed and


kept from the roads, that all bridges and water


ways are to be made good, that the mason work
abutments at the road crossings must be perfect
and kept carefully Ehitewashei for safety to
night travel, &c, sc. In all gorges where the
roadway is sprotected by abutments or large
loose rocks, care Is taken that they are kept white
Sd as to be early seen in dark nIght.l Strict
directions are given to the Quarter officers to see
thar these orders Of the Superintendent are
compiled with. After the time allowed for the
work, the Superintendent orders the Inspectors
to examine the works aud report the condition
Of things, and if there IS any failure, the leIin
quent's estate is fined according to the nature
and aggravatiOn Of the offence, - without fear or
favor. Any extraordinary damage during the
year has also to he promptly repaired by the
estate which has the piece assigned to it for the
year.


1t will be readily seen that the cry which we
At home so often hear Of lack Of funds TO do
what ought to be done for public safety and
is never heard in St Croix; aud no
1ne need wonder at the perfection Of the roads
IN that beautiful island


Yours, &c, G.W.B.
Year: 1867

to see the votes given by delegates for Mr.. Gar


dner and others. because they show that the


Jealousy of the political influence Of railroad in


terests IN this State is so strong as to make a


protest on that account alone. against the nom


inatiOn Of a gentleman against whom no criti-
cism could be brought, except that he was an
influential manager Of a large railroad interest
in the State. Vermont is in no immediate dan
ger Of being in the political control Of railroads,
judging from the convention last Thursday.


We have already expressed our opinion Of the
gentlemen put in nomination, and need not re-
peat it. They are able, sound and honest, and
fair representatives Of the " wisdom and virtue
OF the State. Under their administration the
interests and honor Of the commonwealth will
be in safe keeping The ticket has the merit,
We believe, Of being equal, in executive ability,
political sagacity and prudence, and financial
experience, foresight and integrity, TO any ever
presented to the people Of the State, and merits
majority large enough to strike the keynote
Tor the presidential campaign Of next year.
Year: 1867

The nominations for Governor and other Of
fsers on the State ticket were made with great
unanimity, and the selections were such as to
do honor to the Republicans Of Vermont, and
to prove prOmOtive Of the interests of the State
The resolutions adopted, BY the eonyention are
sound and timely utterances, calculated to add
to the best influences Of this reconstruction
period. OF course, the political campaign which
lie thus opened in Vermont is one merely Of
form, for all the opposition might as well be
nut under the head Of - scattering" None
the less, however, but all the more, do the Re
publicans of the Green Mountain State deserve
credit for the wisdom, good sense and public
spirit evinced in the proceedings Of their con-
yentiOn.
Year: 1867

She brought it, and put my hand on
it and took an oath 0oo solemn to be
repeated here) that what had happened
never should again. 1t never has, And
if the San francisco ever comes to grief,
the verdict will not be, as it ought to be
so often-the engineer was drunk.
Year: 1867

Shall ladies have votes 2 stump
speaker. Certainly replied a strong>
minded woman in the audience 'Is
woman made only to sew on buttonsi
and if she is, it is against the law of na-
ture to turn away the needle from the
poll
Year: 1867

The work on the great Pacific Rail,
road is being pushed with great energy.
The cars now run to Cicero, within l8
miles OF the summit of the Sierra Neva-
da, and force OF 1000 laborers are at
work on the track along the Truckee
River. No enterprise of the present
day has been more energetically pushed
than this, and the coming summer will
enable them to complete the link, prob
ably, over the summit. AT present the
great depth of snow necessarily sus-
pends work at that point AS it is the
cars come into Sacramento with two
feet of snow on their roofs, presenting a
novel and cooling aspect of warm day
to the linen clad Sacramentars. Cicero
is some 5000 feet higher than Sacra-
munto, and rise of thousand feet
higher is yet to be surmounted to cross
the summit. The steepest grade thus
far necessary to overcome has been llS
feet to the mile,
Year: 1867

The world is crazy for show. There
is not one person ina thousand who
dares tall back on his real, simple self
for power to get through the worId,and
exact enjoyment as he goes along
There is 100 much living in the eyes Of
other people. There is no end to the
apiug. the mimicry the false airs and the
superficial arts. 1t requires rare cour-
age, we admit, to live to ones enlight-
ened convictions in these days. Unless
you consent to join in general cheat, you
are jostled out Of reach, there is no
room for you among the great mob
of pretenders, If a man dares to live
within his means, and is resoute in
his purpose not to appear more than he
really is, let him be applauded. There
is something fresh in such an exam>
ple.
Year: 1867

plant at the verdict But this is
sample of their ideas Of law and facts
God protect me from such juries At
the close Of the first week of court in
Houston, the negro jury were paid of at
the rate Of two dollars per day for their
services as jurors And on the Monday
morning following, when court opened,
the negroes literally besieged the court.
house to get upon the jury. One old
crippled negro stopped the judge on his
way to court and begged for place on
the jury, urging his crippled and almost
helpless condition as reason why he
should be selected; and further, proposed
to take the job Of sitting on the jury by
the year. When the judge informed him
that the court would be in session only
three or four weeks, he seemed to think
this was only an artful dodge of His
Honor to avoid closing the contract, and
ingeniously proposed to take the job by
the year at one dollar per day This is
the pure and undefled channel through
which verdicts now Aow."
Year: 1867

be prolonged, and the most bitter Of any
in history-because anarchy in q repub-
lie is like fever with an individual, most
violent with the most vigorous, will not
cease until strength is reduced or des-
troYed, and no people ever had such
strength aud material prosperity for the
prey Of anarchy as have the people OF
the United States. Besides, in the transit
ton, two races will struggle for the
mastery, greatly increasing the horror Of
these writings of liberty ia her passage
to death. Iattr h.kU


3. need not, and l cannot-itis be-
yond the power Of the pen-enumerate
the terrible evils that win spread over
all the land during this reign of disorder,
discord and decay. Among them will be
the prostration of commerce, the paraly-
sis of all industrial agencies and pur-
suits, the reputation Of all debts
national, State, and individnal; the
disregard of all legal sanctions; the
removal Of all restraints upon the wicked;
the withdrawal of protection from the
helpless and the good; the demoraliza-
ton Of men; the prostitution OF women /;
the starvation of children; the rise and
fall of factions; the burning and sacking
Of cities, and the general devastation of
the country Robbers will fill our noun
tains and forests assassins will come
boldly from all hiding places; civil wars
and instructions will multiply; leaders
and followers will slay and be slain /;
clans of burglars and thieves will hunt
the rich as herds of buffalos hunt the
green pastures, and Insulated wicked
ness will rend and tear all that is pure
and good, as the hungry lion when flesh
ing his tooth in the young and tender
fawn. ~


A. But there is one feature of this or
deal Of anarchy-one result Of this devil
ish choice to destroy the Constitution
by those who take solemn oaths, and
make sanity pretensions to preserve it,
which is distinct from all others, involv-
ing hypocrisy without example, delusion
without limit, and cruelty without par
allel, and which | cannot contemplate
without feelings of peculiar sadness. l
mean, of course, the effect upon the
African race.


A separate note must elaborate this
point; but as am announcing general
conclusions, must not omit the result
which will be, must be, the most certain
and inevitable of all, A war of races
will come, and come early, in this hideous
programme of ruin. This war will be
produced by three chief causes l. The
ignorant, vicious, imaginative and ex
ceeding credulous habits and passions
of the negro. O. The delusions practiced
upon this imaginative and credulous ma.
ture by emissaries from tho North, aided
by bad men from the South, some of
whom will act from mistaken notions of
philanthropy, some with wicked purposes
of selfshness, but the most dangerous,
with views of party ascendancy. 3. The
protection to the white race and to every
interest of person and property, and
life, which this nature, thus deluded,
shall render absolutely necessary. The
result of this war will be the substantial
determination of the negro race in the
United States; or its exclusion there
from and final barbarism; or its practical
.enslavement under the government of
force which | have indicated.
Year: 1867

VERY COOP ADvIcE.-The editor of the
Wheeling InteHigencer, true Radical and
friend of the freedmen, in noticing the
great meeting at the African church in
this city, gives the following good advice
to the colored people: Hunnicutt, the
editor of the Ne,o Nation,-a very foolish
and incorporate man, by the way-made a
speech to them, in the course of which he
spoke of Governor Peirpoint having sold
the loyal men of the State, and said
that he had denounced President johnson
shortly after his accession to power, and
his opinion had since changed. by the
Eternal said he, Il would rather vote for
Governor Wise this night than for this
double-faced Union-SeceSsionist.' This
language shows what sort of a man Hunni-
cutt is. We trust the darkies will get
some better man for their Moses when
they need leader. 1t is such men as he
who do them injury"
Year: 1867

AcCIDENT.-We regret to learn that Mr.
Lewis r. Hill, second officer Of the steamer
Hatteras, met with quite painful acci-
dent some days since while the steamer
was unloading at Norfolk. The crew were
engaged in taking carriage out of the
hold Of the vessel; the tongue, from some
cause, swung round, and struck Mr.. Hill,
knocking him down and inaicting three
severe flesh wounds on the back Of his
head. This young man, by his courtesy
and kindness, has won the regard of all
who have had business with him, and it is
matter of congratulation that the acci-
dent was not more serious.
Year: 1867

THE STEAMER ELLIE KNIGHT will deliver
her cargo at her wharf this morning by
lighters, the river being still too high for
her to come up. Merchants and others
having goods on board will be able to get
them to-day. This steamer will return to
Baltimore as soon as her cargo has been
discharged.
Year: 1867

THE CANAL.-The breaches in the canal
caused by the late freshet in the river
have been so far repaired as to admit of
the boats again resuming their regular
trips. The packet came down on Tuesday
night, and this morning several of the
freight boats will start out. A number OF
loaded boats detained above Maiden's Ad-
venture by the high water in the river are
expected to arrive this morning.