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Year: 1877

M EXTRA SEsstoS. There now ap
peaIs little probability, to latest patch


es, thatan extra session of Congress will,be
called. 1t is thought that the matter Of
deficiency in the army appropriation bin
can be tidcd over until the regular session.
and the President wishes to avoid AS long
As possible the Congressional hostility
that is sure to be manifested toward his
policy. BY December his Southern poll
cy, if unimpeded by hostile influences,
will be able to stands on its own merits or
will fall to the ground by reason of its
dement's. Should it be hnmpered Mt the
outset by hostile Congressional influences
it would he very apt to fail, whether
wise or otherwise. But the real opposi


ton TO the President is occasioned more
by his Civil Service Reform policy than
anything else, Senators not liking the
cool manner in which they have been set
aside in the matter of making appoint
ments. But thnt policy will not be di-
rectly assailed, it will be only covertly
attacked. In case there is an extra ees-
sion the Presidents Southern policy will
be strongly assailed at the most critical
period with the expectation of breaking
him down altogether. This the Presi-
dent and his friends desire to avoid by
dispensing with the proposed extra ses-
sion Of Congress .-Sdcydmcnto Bee.
Year: 1877

WE regard Governor Cham berlan as
one Of tho foremost men in the country :;
our respect for the man is strengthened
by his letter abandoning the contest He
defeated the Republican carpet baggers,
and in turn defeated the Democracy,
saving the State for Hayes and giving to
the country four years more of Repuhi-
can rule. To be pushed aside to make
room lora Democratic rival would have
prompted most men To more bitter rehec-
tions than he indalgcd in.-OahtdMd
Transcript.
Year: 1877

SnAD.-This excellent fish, the young
Of which were imported to this State a
few years ago, are getting so numerous
that they are a nuisance to the fishermen.
When caught in their nets the fishermen
have to return them to the water or lay
Themselves liable to prosecution. Oae
was recently caught which would weigh
five pounds. In another year they will
be as pIentiluI as herrings.
Year: 1877

a MODEL Deputy. Sheriff schneider
of Butte county, enrolled number Of
special deputies to guard the Jail when
the Chico murderers were first confined
there. The first night one of these deps
got drunk and IA tramp went through
him for everything he bad, not leaving
even chew Of tobacco. And now he is
content to rest upon hi, honors and don't
want to be a deputy any more.
Year: 1877

QUEER people are these New Jersey
ties. Recently New Jersey Court
found the keeper of Il Jail guilty OF pet
ty larceny for having his boots tapped
by person under his charge, His lar
ceny consisted in appropriating the
States labor to his own use.
Year: 1877

TIE season Of hydraulic mining will
be the shortest ever before known on this
coast. From Our lower country exchang-
es we learn that the longest season ex-
pocted for any Of the claims will be to the
first of luna
Year: 1877

A RAILWAY BURIAL.-All have been
impressed with the thought ofthe solitary
grave which meets the one who dies up
on ship board. The following is burial
in the desert An invalid colored GIRL
daughter of poor parents, died early one
morning on train No. 6, Central Pacific
Railroad, bound west from Ogden. The
conductor promptly telegraphed to Battle
Mountain to have a coffin made, and all
necessary preparations for burying the
girl. On the arrival Of the train at that
station the body was placed in the coffin
and born from the cars by pall-bearers
selected from among the passengers, all
OF whom marched to the cemetery, the
friends Of the deceased leading and the
passengers following two by two. After
the usual service at the grave, collection
was taken up to meet the expenses, the
pas .engers returned to the train, and the
engine started on after delay of only
half an hour.
Year: 1877

A DANGEROUS BLL.-The telegraph
brings the news shat Luttrell has got his
Desert Land Bill through the House.
Its provisions are Of such nature rs to
call for serious attention from all honest
min He'd men. In the bill all lands not
producing agricultural crops are classed
a desert lands. As the bill further pro-
vides that the holding of such desert
lands for three years constitutes possess


ion, it can readily be seen that the open
ing for fraud is very large one. In
fact, it simply allows for gaining possess
ion of valuable lands, without settlement
or residence, SO that outside jobbers may
legally control some Of our best grazing
lands. Fortunately, the bill has yet to
pass the Senate, where there is the chance
Of its present tricky provisions being care
fully considered. Real Estate AdUdnce.
Year: 1877

California, and will continue the sale
from day to day, commencing at the head
of the list and continuing alphabetically
until the whole property, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the
taxes and costs thereon, shall be sold. |
will sell the smallest quantity of each
piece or parcel Of said property that will
be taken by any person for the amount
in United States gold coin, of the taxes
and costs remaining due and unpaid
thereon together with the sum of fifty
cents each, as provided by law for the
certificates of sale in duplicate in each
and every case.


A redemption of The property sold may
be made by the owner or owners or any
party in interest within twelve months
from the date of the purchase.


Dated, Feb, 1st, 1877.


j. w. PHILBROOK,


4t Tax Collector of Trinity County.
Year: 1877

The Electoral Commission has reach
ed its second halting place, and is now
engaged upon the vote of Louisiana.
The vote of Florida was recorded for
Hayes and Wheeler after some delays on
the part of the House, and some actions
upon the part Of the Democratic leaders
there which led many into the belief that
the great reform party was about to give
another illustration OF its Punic faith, by
receding from the position large major
ity of its members had taken upon the
passage of the bill. But the House was
swayed by better counsels than at first
feared, and after rejecting the decision of
the Commission by a vote of nearly two
to one, met the Senate in Joint Conven-
ton and the vote of Florida was then
counted in conformity with the decision.
1t was believed that the Democrats would
object to the vote of Illinois, on the
ground Of the ineligibility of Chaffee, one
of the Electors. But the votes Of The
States were counted in alphabetical order
until those of Louisiana were reached,
when, objections being made TO the re-
. ception of any Of them, the same course
OF procedure as in the case Of Florida
was at once followed and the Joint Con.
yention adjourned.


The decision Of the Commission not to
go behind the returns virtually settled the
Florida case some days ago, and the
strength Of Democratic hopes now rests
on Louisiana. OF the two other States
from which double returns have been re-
ceved, there can be little question, as IT
is conceded by the Democrats that South
Carolina gave its vote for Hayes and
Wheeler, and to permit a President to
assume Office through such dirty, con-
temptble trick as that of Governor Gro
yer of Oregon, should be looked upon as
an Impossibility. And it must be admit
ted, that the Democrats present strong
er case in Louisiana than in Florida,
though in the main the questions to be
ruled upon are the same. The Florida
case occupied about ten days, and it is
hardly to be hoped that Louisiana will
be disposed Of much sooner. This point
once passed the work Of counting will 90
rapidly onward.


Whichever side wins in the count, the
result must be accepted by the other in
good faith. We have favored the bill
creating the Commission, for the reason
that we believed it 10 offer the only
means for solution Of the questions to
, be presented to it in which all could ac-
quiesce. We believed Hayes and Wheel
er fairly elected and were willing to sub
nit their claims to body of men Of as
high standing as the Commission was
certain TO be, with the inference that
they would take an bipartisan and un-
prejudiced view Of the matter. We do
, not question but the majority Of the
Democrats are as fully convinced that
Tilden and Hendricks are the rightfully
elected men, and were willing to submit
their claim on the same grounds. Be-
lieving as we do, we shall be disnppoint-
ed if the Commission decides against
Hayes, and no doubt our Democratic
friends will be the same. But will he
the duty of all to give a cheerful support
to the President declared lawfully elect
ed
Year: 1877

IT is strange that we hear no more
from the Democrotic preso about Conk-
ling. Edmunds and other Senators rising
above party" They had plenty of laun-
dations for them when they made speech
es against the right of the President OF
the Senate to count the vote. But Il Re-
Publican falls from Democratic grace
when he acts rs n Republican, however
conscientiously. five can find n promi-
nent Democrat who will 'rise above


par y" we will gladly chronicle the fact.
Year: 1877

THE majority of the Lower House of
CIngress is doing itself no credit in the
eyes of honest humane people by keep
ing an old MN Of 70, who is sick and
feeble, in a damp dungeon without sun
light after his case was publicly brought
- its notice. Such action may please
ihe brutal instincts ofhuman frauds, but
it can only bring into contempt those
who practice it
Year: 1877

AFTER ali the hubbub which has been
raised about ineligible Electors we should
think political conventions will be apt to
fight shy OF nominating any man who
ever even hoped to hold Federal office.
The way they have been nosing them out
in the different States it looks as though
the whole college was disqualified or
doubtful.
Year: 1877

a LARGE hot water strike occurred
Thursday evening on the l SOC and l,700-
foot levels in the Bullion mine, Nevada,
by which the men were stopped out and
all work Oh those levels stopped.
Year: 1877

NOTICE.-The following Delinquent
IN Tax List contains the names and
description of property delinquent, and
the amount of Taxes due with per cent.
and costs added thereto, in pursuance Of
Section 1864 Of Political Code
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


WASHINGTON, Dec. There was a
brief session OF the Cabinet yesterday,
but no business of Importance was
transacted. The members joked the
President about giving his message to
the press in advance OF sending 1t TO
Congress. The President and members
oi the Cabinet re use 10 deny or iem
the truth OF the publication made in the
New York SUI. They simply say, wait
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


BROOHLYN, Dec. 1.-Mr. joseph Wilde,
pastor of Union Place Congregational
Church, received a communication in
directly from the Plymouth Church ask
lug him for the use OF his church editice
in which 10 bold congregational council
within the next three weeks.


He is of opinion that it Is shrewd
ATTEMPT to bring together certain
Churches, so that certain people may
have an opportunity oil speaking in the
presence OF each other; in other words J.,
to neal up old sores.
Year: 1877

The statement made BY the Star reflect
ing on ex-Seeretary CoSASr has been re
tracted by thA. paper. We are glad to see
II 50 prompt in rendering justice to 8 man
whose public record has been so free from
criticism.
Year: 1877


Give him lift! Don't kneel in payer,
Nor moralize with his despair;
The man Is down. and his great need
Is ready help-not prayer and creed.
'Tis time when the wounds are washed and


healed,


That the Christly motives be revealed;
But now whatever the spirit may be,
Mere words are but mockery.
One grain of aid just now is more
To him than tones of sanity lore?
Pray, If you must, in your full heart;
But give him a lift!-give him start!
The world Is full Of good advice,
or prayer, and praise, and preaching nice;
But the generous souls who aid mankind
Are scarce as gold and hard to find.
Give like Christian-speak in deeds;
A noble life's the best of creeds,
And he shall wear a royal crown
Who gives 'em a lift when they are down.
Year: 1877

. LEGISLATION FOR MARRIED WO-
MEN.-Connecticut has taken step in
advance of all other States in its legis-
lation for women. The acts of this


years's legislation place the wife on an
equality with the husband. She is Sc
cured the absolute control of her own
property during life, and on the death
of either party to the marriage contract
the survivor inherits one-third of the
real and personal estate of the deceased.
Year: 1877

I
| The initials of the namc of the


President declared elected.-R.-B.


stand for Returning Board Hayes,


and he will be called such during


his life and in history. He has been


made President by usurpation,


and without a claim to any single


honor that attached to the station.


We do not see how a person of


sensibility or self-respect could


allow himself to thus be imposed


upon people who do not want him,


and to exercise an elective Office in


violation Of the will of the people,


who defeated him at the ballot-box.


70 seek or accept such an cdious
distinction indicates a lust for place


and power and an insensibility to
shame. 1t is the self-estimate of


the man who coveted, as an honor,


to be kicked by a king. Hayes
occupying the Presidential chair
obtained by fraud aud contrary to


the will ofthe people, is no more to
be envied than the culprit in the
public pilIory. As the creature of
notorious public criminals, occurring
the Presidency by their perjury;
fraud and bulldozing, be will be the
conspicuous object Of contempt.
The filth that clings to his gar
ments will! defi!e the Presidential
chair, and for four years he will be
tortured by the sneers of an outrag-
ed people, who will from day to day
point to him as Fraudulency Re.
turning-Board Hayes. II he be
capable of feeling, it his sensibilities
be not entirely deadened by con-
,uming passion for Office, he must
hnd.in the peltiDg and pitiless storm
that will beat upon him for four
years a sufficient punishment for
the place he occupies by proven
and confessed villainy. From the
day that this Fraudulency Return
Hayes enters the White
House he will find himself al object
Of contempt and dislike to large
ma ajority Of the American people;
and an object of pity to his political
friends and allies. In a short time
he will be faced in both houses Of
congress by political opponents,
sent there by an indignant people;
to Illustrate the administration of q
man who secured power by robbing
the people of their liberties.
Year: 1877

| While firing at the camp of tho


enemy we happened to drop shot


into coral Of jacka>ses, and the


consequent CONSERVATION and bray :


ing have been more terrific than tho


rams hons that brought Jericho


to a sudden capitulation. That a


sentence Of our editorial should be


tortured into proposition to as
sassinate Rutherford B. Hayes
rather humilitates US, even when we
consider the source. That dom
key should consider us Utter for a
lunatic asylum than a criminal is
not pleasant. That is the meaning
of the violent construction. Gov-
ernor Hayes is a man heretofore
singu'arly pure of character, pos.
sessed of many lovabie traits.


What would be gained in passing
the administration from his hands to
that Of William A. Wheeler, one
of the worst of this conspiracy to
steal an administration ? Wheeler;
the man who accepts Office from the
very returning board he denounced
as rotten through and through.


1t may be that Bayes Is q mere
fgure.head; his acceptance Of sto-
len Office indicates a lack Of force
Of character that argues badly for
his snccess in the tainted place he
is called upon by thieves to occupy:
Nevertheless he is saint by the
side of the man who encompasseG
his injury and our ruin; The idiots
cannot comprehend that the war ir;
behalf of our constitutional rights
is not against a man, but an organ
ization. The death of one Or the
death Of u hundred or a Thousand
would be no relief so long as the
system eats like a cancer through
our entire system. Let any part
remain, and tie poison continues to
corrupt and destroy.


Nothing Was farther from our
intent than the crime with which
these loud-mouthed fools have
charged US. Assassination is not
only foreign, but loathsome to
the American mind; but open
and armed resistance to usur:
patton, that robs us Of all rem
edy through the ballot, is a
part Of our nature; and to
that we appeal, and, that
there may be no mistake; the
to the contrary;
we appeal again.
Year: 1877

MIR. Bayard (Dem. Del.) said, as a
member of the Electoral Commission he
had given all that he could give Of earn
est study, patient labor, and devotion to
secure just execution of the law under
which he was appointed. His labors and
his efforts have been. crowned by failure.
He mourned his failure for his country's
sake, for it seemed to him not only did
this decision of the eight members of the
commission level in the dust all the es-
sential safeguards thrown around the
election of Chief Magistrate, but it an
nounced to the people of this land that
truth and justice, honesty and morality
were no longer the central basis of their
political power.


Mr.. Wallace (Dem. Pa) said: The
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) says
that no lawyer asserted the right to go be-
hind the returns, but the record shows
that he himself said that this bill gave
that right when he resisted its passage
and two of the commission, Messrs. Nor
ton and Garfield, in the debate opposed
the bill because it gave that right. The
rejection of the proof of fraud by the
commission admitted its truth. This is
sound law and the Republican party can
not now say the facts are not as we state
them. Gross and palpable fraud on the
people of Louisiana and through them on
the American people have been given
vsice and power to proclaim lie, to null
ify truth and to reverse the will of ma
jority Of that people 1t is false that a
majority of the people of Louisiana have
appointed the Hayes electors, but this de-
cision proclaims it to be true. 1t is true
that they did appoint the Tilden electors,
that truth is nullified and crushed by this
decision, and for the first time the will of
a majority of the people is expunged and
reversed by the votes of the electoral col
leges. The broad offer to prove falsehood
and forgery in the destruction of 10000
lawful votes was rejected, the truth of
the facts alleged canDot be denied. And
this brings us 10 face the astounding legal
declaration that the equities which ought
to accompany the power of the majority
of the whole people, the vitality which
every Government possesses for its own
preservation against force and fraud, and
the morality which pertains to every just
system of laws, are totally wanting in
ours. Ii the false and forged returns
made by four men-of whom one is too
weak to be a knave, another tricky, un-
scrupulous, and a defaulter in public
office, a third sharper, who cheats at ke-
no and defrauds his State, and the fourth
confessedly guilty and indicted for forg-
ing dead mems names on the pay rolls of
his city-if these returns, certified by an
Executive whose only title to his place is
the Federal bayonet, are to be conclusive
proof of the title to the Presidency, then
a Government of law is supplanted by
one OF force and fraud.


Mr.. Sargent (Rep. CALI argued that
the decision of the commission only sus-
tanned the right of the State in selecting
Its electors. He did not concede for a
moment that frauds were perpetrated by
the Republicans in Louisiana.
Year: 1877

SUIT OVER A VALENTINE.-The of.
bce OF Esquire Frazer was crowded last
evening, for the purpose of listening to
very interesting case over valentine.


The parties in the suit were ali ladies
and In consequence the audience was
principally ladies. The first case called
was Emma Zirby, charged by Mary J..
Knott, with being disorderly and using
profane language in the streets, and send,
ing an obscene valentine to the complain
ant. After hearing the testimony Mrs.
Zirby was required to pay the costs. and
give bail in the sum Of 500 to keep the
peace.


Mary Brinkley was charged by the
same lady with being disorderly, and
coming to her house and cursing and
abusing her. For this ofiense Mrs. Brink,
ley was sentenced to pay S. and costs.
The same lady was arranged on the
complaint Of Mrs. Knott. on the charge o.
meeting her on the streets and threaten.


ing to do her bodily harm. Bound oyel


in the sum of 5000 to keep the peace.
The writing ON the valentine and the
language used in the testimony is unfi
Tor publication being intensely obscene
Year: 1877

The question Of who is to be Governor
Of South Carolina has been finally sub
mitted to the Supreme Court of that State
for judicial determination, and it is report
ed the court will file decision during
the coming week. From the inquiries
propounded by the judges during the ar
gument it is highly probable they will rec
ognize Hampton as the legally elected
Governor.
Year: 1877

1t was influenza and not sunstroke that
kept Brother Blaine away from the Sen
ate Chamber on Monday, and saved him
from disqualification. When the Elect
oral bill was before the Senate, Blaine
voted against it because he believed it un-
constitutional. He daes not seem to have
been quite. as ready as Morton was to put
himself on record against his position of
month ago, and therefore contracted a
bad case of influenza.
Year: 1877

THE BOARD OF EDUCATIoN.-The
Board OF Education held special meet
ing on Monday evening and adopted set
OF resolutions inviting the Legislature to
visit the public schools Of this CITY.
Year: 1877

battalion and afterward in a civil
capacity.


In 1866, after the war, he was elected
to Congress, but, with his colleagues, was
refused admission, the State not having
been restored to its proper relations to the
Union.


In 1870 he was appointed judge of the
Eighth Judicial District, in which capaci-
ty he served for three years, during which
time he disposed of an imm ense docket
and gave universal satisfaction to the bar
and the public. ~


He was recently appointed as one of
the associate justices of the Supreme
Court and now holds the position of col
lector of customs for the port of New Or
leans by appointment of President Hayes.


Judge King, as has been stated and
shown, was an active Wing. Shortly
after the war and for brief period he
acted with the Democratic party, but
after the passage of the amendments to
the constitution, he, believing that they
should be carried out in good faith and
that this would be best accomplished in
the Republican party, gave in his adhe-
sion and support to the same, earnestly
working for its success and for the pros
perity of the State through its proper in
| huences.


Judge King is man of finn political
convictions, yet he is liberal and conser-
vatiye, and has ever recognized that there
is a wide margin for differences of opinion.
His bearing has always been courteous
and concilistory to his opponents, and
many of his warmest personal friends
have been found in the Democratic party
He is man of strong and fixed purpose,
and while it is his manner to listen pa
tiently and kindly to the advice of friends
he acts on his own conclusions. He will
certainly administer his new Office with
frmness, self reliance and independence.
His integrity is unquestioned, for while
he has filed the many positions we have
enumerated, not one Of which he ever per-
sonally solicited, not a stain has ever
soiled nor a cloud ever darkened his
reputation. Friend and foe alike accord
his honesty and ability: With these traits
he will bring to the discharge of his new
duties knowledge of men and large ex-
perience in public affairs, thus giving as
surance that he will surround himself
with assistants and subordinates who will
give efficiency to his administration, and
promote the commercial interests of the
country.


President Hayes could not have made
a wiser or better appointment, and he
has inaugurated by this selection move
ment that will rebound to his strength
and his honor, as well as to the prosperity
of Louisiana.