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Year: 1875

Assistant Fire Marshal Hill held investigation
into the charge Of incendiarism in the Of DR..
Guernsey's stable, on West Twenty-second street,
which was burned on Sunday afternoon, and elected
the facts which published in yesterdays HERALD.
William A. Jones, the accused, made the state
ment which he made the Of his arrest with the
additions that he, the coachman, John II. Jones' and
another negro named Charley who sometimes came to
the stable, were in the habit OF smoking pipes about
tho building, ana that he had lost all his clothing
cept what garments he had on, by the fire. He was
alone in the stable, asleep, when the fire broke out
and was awakened by the smell of smoke. When he
jumpedup he saw he could nothing without assist
ance and ran out TO give tho alarm.


John II. Jones, the coachman in the employ Of Dr.
Guernsey testified that he allowed the prisoner to sleep
and keep his clothes in the stable because he was Out
Of employment; witness never knew the prisoner to.
do anything wrong; witness sometimes smoked in the
stable just before going out


Marshal Hill stated to HERALD reporter after the
examination that he OF the opinion that there was
evidence TO prove William Jones be the cause Of
the FIRE.


The case will come up to-day before the Washington
Place Police Court
Year: 1875

large number Of visits received yesterday by
General Arthur from friends who to congratulate
him his reappointment Collector OF the Port Ho


likewise received large number Of letters to the
effect The OF of his reappointment gives general
satisfaction among Custom House employees of all pot-
ica stripes and grades


The only seizure made yesterday was that of ten
Of wine by the French Transatlantic steamship
Pereire and which IT appears not on the manifest
OF said vessel good deal of contraband is re-
ported to be carried by the OF these French
steamships


There good deal OF speculation what steps
Secretary Of the Treasury Bristow will take with refer
10 the false oath alleged TO have been taken by Mr.
Mason Hirsch, Of Philadelphia, passenger by the
Russia whose baggage with his we's was seized by
Deputy Surveyor General Nichols and Inspectors Eagan
and Carroll the latter two OF whom 1t said he at
tempted TO bribe with a present OF 500. Customs
officials state that Hrsch is not held for perjury and
attempted conspiracy the sworn declaration Of pas
sengers TO the dutiabe non-dutabe contents of
their baggage Will ~ tpe case q unscrupuous people,
hcncelorward be only mere farce
Year: 1875

Yesterday afternoon regular meeting OF the Board
OF Trustees OF the East River Bridge held at their
Office on Water street, Brooklyn, Senator II. G. Murphy
in the chair The President by resolution author
lied TO pay the bills due the Champlain Blue Stone
Company. the South Brooklyn Planning Company and
other creditors, and to audit them correct, and
there may be sufficient money in the treasury
TO pay them. The bills of Edgar N. Cullen and Judge
McCue for legal services were laid over for the pres
ent 1t stated that expenses had been reduced to
the minimum and ali work had been suspended for the
Year: 1875

y Owing to the non-arrival of our
news ink from San Francisco. We are
obliged 10 work in some colored job int
in printing our paper. We have COM
mencsd With blue, and if our ink don't
arrive soon. will probably end up with
green
Year: 1875

EXCITING RAci.-We witnessed q very
exciting trial of speed the other evening
between two of the handsomest young
ladies in Seattle. The time they made
can: be equalled by any of the young
men of this CITY.
Year: 1875

EDITOR D1sPATca:--The boys Of this
town have very bad habit, which ought
to be put stop to. viz: that of throws
ing stones in slings, some of them large
enough to cause considerable damage if
they we've to hit person on the head.
Won't you call the attention of the City
authorities to the fact, and also see if a
o. or cannot be put to the sale of said
slings. CITIZEN.
Year: 1875

FARMERS AND FLowERs.-We saw it
asserted recently in one of our agricul-
tural exchanges, that "The average
American farmer has contempt for
flowers" We protest that this is q
libel upon the average American farm
er. There are some farmers who affect
indifference to flowers and believe it is
waste of time, labor and soil to cul-
tivate them but we never knew such
man who was not ultimately "brought
round" by the persistent efforts of the
wife and daughters who did not finally
look upon and speak of the "posy
beds" with degree of pride and salts
faction. The average American farmer
is not so slow in the scale of intelli-
gence and refinement as the writer
quoted above would have US believe. If
this writer judges the average farmer
to be as low as the average farmer of
his own neighborhood may be, it only
proves that he has not "travelcd.."-
Rural Nep Yorker.
Year: 1875

Protesting against the repeated efforts
of partisan journals to keep the old war
hatreds between the North and the
South. the Louisville Courier Journal
forvibly says: 1.-The authors of seces-
sion are nearly all dead The heroes
of the Confederacy are grown middle
aged Is it not about time to wipe out
the score and open fresh set of books
Personally, socially, we who fought on
opposite sides are as happy in ourselves
and in each other as if we had never
fought at all Should not the same
connection be established politically be-
tween the sections? !? Is it just or wise
to allow that to exist in our civil code
which is not allowed to exist in our
domestic code, and which, in our in
dividual dealings, is repulsive to every
refined manly impulse ?"
Year: 1875


A young rose in the summer time
Is beautiful to me,
And glorious the many stars


That glimmer on the sea
Bnt gentle words and loving hearts,
And hands TO clasp my own,
Are better than the brightest flowers
Or stars that ever shone
The sun may warm the grass to life,
The dew the dropping flower,
And eyes grow bright and watch the light
Ofautumn's opening hour,
But words that breathe of tenderness,
An smiles we know are true,
Are warmer than the summer time,
And brighter than the dew.
1t is not much the world can give
With all its subtle art,
And gold or gems are not the things
To satisfy the heart;
But oh if those who cluster round
The alter and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving smiles,
How beautiful is earth A. R. G.
Year: 1875

If you wish TO do good, do good; if
you wish to assist people, assist people.
The only way to learn to do thing is
to do it; and that implies, before you
learn to do right you will learn to do
wrong-you will make blunders, you
will have failures; but persevere. and
in the end you will learn your lessons
and many other lessons by the way.
Year: 1875

There is many soul trudging along
life's pathway with weary. uncertain
steps, sad and downhearted. who would,
if there was kind hand reached out to
help them, walk erect and step lightly,
and even sing while passing over the
rough places.
Year: 1875

Recently the schr. American Cham


plon left bennington, Ont, for Detroit


with a crew of seven men and cargo Of


wood. About nine o'clock they were
overtaken by storm, and they decided
to cast anchor, but after about fifteen
minutes gale set in, and the vessel be-


gan to drag the anchors the sea struck
the craft heavily, and the unfortunate
vessel began to go to pieces, and was
drifting shoreward. About one O'Clock
she lurched and went down, with only
the bulwarks above water captain and
crew took to the rigging, and in this
condition, ,drenched by the furious storm,
they passed the night, and at daybreak
saw they were about half mile from
shore. without boat, and so benumbed
with cold that they could scarcely move
their limbs. Captain Jackson made an
effort to change his position from the
main gaff to the rigging, which, beside
being of no avail, came near proving
fatal. The crew on the wrecked vessel
saw on the beach, about twenty feet from
the water, their yawl boat with her stern
carried away, and further up the beach
a comfortable farm house with two OF
three men and a woman apparently at
work about the building. The wretched
sailors shouted in chorus and singly
until they were hoarse, from daylight
until about o'clock. They saw the
woman running down to the beach wav-
| ing her apron, and followed by two men.
While the men shouted and made sig
nails which could not be understood, the
woman busted herself examining the
yawl boat. Suddenly she was seen to
start for the house, and soon after re
turned with her arms filed with tools.
In very few minutes she and her male
companions were at work mending the
boat, the woman apparently acting as
superintendent of the job. About 9
o'clock, when it seemed as though the
repairs on the boat were nearly complet


ed, the female worker was seen to hasten
to the house and soon after she appear
ed driving yoke of cattle. Arriving at
the beach she fastened the ox-chain to
the boat, and with the two men on either
side of the boat to keep it upright, made
the cattle drag it to point on the beach
opposite the wrecked scow, where it was
launched. Another trip to the house
was made by the woman, and when she
returned she brought three oars. Plac-
ing the two men amidships to do the
rowing, she seated herself in the stern
Of the boat and gave orders to put out,
steering the boat herself After half an
hours work the wreck was reached and
the crew were taken off.
Year: 1875

The public will not fail to observe that
neither rsGovernor Taylor, nor ANYBODY
authorized to speak for him, has denied
the truthfulness of the serious charges
which Col. Farr made against him. The
Democratic papers have, indeed, denied
many things which nobody affirmed; :;
but that Taylor proposed to Farr to
make money out of the soldiers by pay
ing them less bounty than the town of
Cottage Grove authorized them to paw,
and make money out of the town by in
ducing the soldiers to sign false receipts
for larger sums than Taylor paid them,
by using those fraudulent receipts in a
settlement with the town, and that Tay-
lor and Farr divided the surplus; these
acts stand confessed. And it is well
that they are so confessed; for all the
parties know them to be true, and know
further, that in case of an authoritative
denial, there is an abundance of collat-
eral evidence within reach which would
overwhelm any person who should make
the attempt. The Democratic Journals
have also abused Faar, but all this, let
1t be obser .-ed. upon the assumption,
that what he had sworn to in his affidavit
was the truth with reference to the trans
actions which he there detailed. Why



full transactions before? says one. The
answer is, he did make them known.
He told Carter of them at the time they
occurred. Farr is very bad man exclaims
another. The answer to that assertion
is, that Farr is not asking the suffrages
of the people of Wisconsin on the ground
of purity and reform; and, whatever con-
demnation applies to him, may Justly
and with more force be applied to Tay-
lor, because he was the sworn representa-
tive of his town. Moreover, Farr has
been a resident of Dane county for over
twenty years; he is welI-known by his
fellow-citizens, with whom he has had
extensive business relations, and he is
not so bad man, that any one of these
Democratic scribblers have dared at
tempt to discredit his statements by any
authority likely to obtain credence with
the public. It is limited in several quart
ers that the Democratic magnates are
consulting with reference to Withdraw
ing Taylor from the canvass and placing
at the head of the ticket some man who
can restore confidence to their shattered
and discounted ranks. It is admitted
that this exposure has fearfully demor-
allied the rank and file of the party,
and attached to the whole ticket an op-
probrium which will weaken its support
in every part of the State, and the
friends of the other candidates urge that
with the hope of redeeming fatal mis-
take, it is better to throw Taylor OYER
board now, than to go forward in the
canvass with him, and all meet the con
demnation which awaitss MIN at the polls.
They need not be at the pains to make
any change IN their ticket, however, for,
II the Republicans of the State do their
duty, these bogus Reformers will go
down all together. Gazette.
Year: 1875

In the current number of the Over
land Monthly California geologist re-
views the geological evidence of the an
tiquity of human settlement near the
present town of Cherokee, in that state,
and estimates the age of that most an
cient of discovered town to be not less
than 18O, 900 years


The traces in question are numerous
stone mortars, found in undisturbed
white and yellow gravel of a subaqueous
formation, not huviatile, underlying the
vast sheets of volcanic rock of which
Table Mountain is part. In one in
stance mortar was found standing up
right, with the pestle" in it, apparently
just as it had been left by its owner. In
some cases the mortars have been found
at the depth of forty feet from the sur
face of the gravel underlying Table
Mountain. The distribution of the NOR
tars is such as to indicate with great
positiveness the former existence of a
hnman settlement on that ancient beach
when the water stood near the level at
which they occur time anterior to the
volcanic out-pouring which Table Noun
tain records, and anterior to the glacial
epoch
Year: 1875

OwINa to the naughty revelation about
Taylor and his connection with bribery
and the bounty-frauds of his town, it is
stated that the chairman of the Demo
cratic State Committee left La Crosse a
few days ago for the capital, to procure
his withdrawal from the ticket. But
Taylor, being obstinate and ambitious,
refused to come down. Since, then, the
Democracy have an unwelcome candidate
forced on them, they will do the best
they can to carry the load. They cannot
refute the charges, but they can abuse
their authors, and direct attention to
other irrelevant matter. Too late ! The
party which sustains convicted fraud,
must go down with it.
Year: 1875

dozen in my stake; I become an object
of interest to the bystanders, some of
whom evidently consider me, if not
handsome, certainly superior sort of
fellow. Seven wins, of course. My
three bothersome ounces have become
twenty-four splendid doubloons-round,
yellow and heavy-fair to see and pleas
ant to hear.


Three hundred and eighty-fo dol
lars and since my breakfast the day be-
fore, l had not eaten a morsel fairly
blessed Fate; and as for the number
seven, set him up on a throne of
philosophers stone, with a crown of
Midas on his head and brimmer of
vino d'ore in his hand. And the cap
tain, princely fellow, worthy to be a
king, waived his right to share with me.
He had plenty, he said, displaying a
pocketful of doubloons, and a nugget as
big as doughnut. New comers were
not usually suffering with surplus, aod
he dared say that had not more than j
few hundred dollars. I should need it
all to start with; when his pile should
tumble, he would be happy in holding
me his debtor to the extent of q dozen
ounces or SO.


L condescended to accept his terms,
and the same hour next day saw me
fourishing professional shingle on the
broad side of an adobe house in Sacra-
mento street, and a professional card.
in the most imposing and attractive
style, in The Alta California. I had
soon q lucrative private practice; from
seventy-five to hundred dollars was
not too much to earn in day, when an
exclusive pen in Howe's circus cost fifty
five dollars, when ten dollars was de-
manded for the plainest of dinners at
Wheeler's, when stout boots cost forty
dollars pair, and potatoes dollar a
pound-to say nothing of spurious
champagne at ten dollars bottle, and
five dollars for the honor of Professor
Lewis Thompson's tonsorial fingers in
your hair.
Year: 1875

A MERCHANT in Milwaukee recently
published GA card to the shirt-wearing
public" Tho limited attention it at
tracted was due to the small class of per-
sons in that city to whom it was address
ed
Year: 1875

QtID PRO QUo.-The Citizen explains it, sihsion to quid pro quo, of which Judge Dunne complained in the note we published last week, to mean something quite different from what the Judge understood it to imply ftwill. be remembered that Judge Dunne used the term in his letter which we publish. ed on the 18th of July, and enquired if we "were beginning to think that to explain the conduct of others we must sec the ouid pro quo for them plainly in view, or within easy reaching distance ?" This, the Citizen says, was understood to have some allusion to the exclusion of his articles from that pa- per, and be was merely warned that the less said about it the better for his reputation.

 The paper, we arc glad to note, disavows any intention to reflect upon him as a judge. In fact it commends him, and only qusrrels with his conduct, off the bench, in attempt ing to foist upon the country relick of bar bsrisin that every enlightened nation upon Earth is ashamed of, to-wit, the unity of Church and State. The Judge, we fear, is too sensitive on the subject of his removal from office. No one has suggested it but himself, and should he keep on kicking be- fore he is spurred others may begin, ere while, to enquire if there may not be some reason for it.
Year: 1875

CHARLEY BEACH has returned from Ehrenberg He saw the Southern Pacific engineers at the river. Smith, the chief informed him that it was pretty nearly settled that the road will cross the Colorado at or near Ehrenberg, in which case it will probably not miss Wickenburg very far, on its way to Florence
Year: 1875

THE DEVIL IS IN THE MAIL BAGs-A letter written by Col Hodge, at Camp Apache, July 2Oth, to the MINER, having been on the way 9 days, reached us last evening too late for this issue. It should have come in seven or eight days at the farthest and has been at least two weeks longer on the road than it ought to have haen
Year: 1875

The people are becoming tired Of the
government of King Caucus. At Wash
ington whenever it becomes necessary
for the minority to govern, King Caucus
is resorted to. And under the present
administration King Caucus enables a
few Radical leaders to govern the Re-
publican party and it in turn, notwith-
withstandingit is greatly in the minority,
governs, the whole people Of the country


Ths"win OF the majority" no longer
exercises sway at Washington-nor has
the will Of the majority fairly expressed.
governed the country through Congress
sional enactments for many years. For
more than decade this country has
been afflicted and cursed with the worst
government that ever exis ted, emanating
from about one-third of its legal voters.
Through scheming laws to disfranchise
and by bribery, corruption and cheating
at the polls, the most villainous rascals
have had the power, although represent
ing actually about one-third OF the legal
votes, to bring upon us such burden as
would create revolution in almost any
other country. And on top of this we
are made to witness the recent outrage
of "bayonet law" in Louisiana, the out
cropping Of plot to ensnare the people
by $he Radical leaders with Grant at
their head for third Presidential term.
This is too much, and we do not believe
the people will submit to it patiently
If this is borne how long will it be before
other State legislatures will be invaded
by armed soldiers in the interest Of Gen.
Grant and his third term?
Year: 1875

TAXING NEGRoEs FOR School PUR-
RosEs.-The Board of Education made an
effort to secure the draft of a bill for the
purpose Of transmitting it to the legis-
lature to be made law-to compel the
negroes to pay tar previous TO voting
at the school kIections-but failed, as
the. draftwaa laid ron the table, as our
report sllews. We do not believe the
negroes nave right to vote at the school
elections -they pay no school tax. nor
are their children admitted into the
schools. In this city two schools for ne
gro'children are under the control of the
Board of Education, and the negroes
should be made to pay school tax to help
support them. Until they do pay tax
they evince an exceeding amount of
brass to attempt to vote at an election.


We hope the legislature will find some
way in WHICH to assess a tax upon the
negroes Of the State for school purposes,
to be used for their education exclusive
ly; and snch as pay their tax should be
allowed to vote. We know there are
difficulties in the way of this matter.
= School houses are to be built OF pur-
chased; and Our own well planned school
system is to be kept free from negro
contamination. But still beginning
ought to be made, If such a tax law was
passed, in some districts the negroes
might manage to get houses, or turn
their meeting places into school houses.
OF course the effort at first would be
very weak. Bat then there is he whole
future in which to grow In the memo
ry OF nearly the entire membership Of the
legislature our own system was once very
weak. Even in tins city 1t has taken
torty-two years to grow to its present
excellence. But in the country districts
for twenty years it was exceedingly weak
and has not yet attained muc! strength


But where the parents are properly
awakened TO the necessity and advanta-
ges OF education, it is doing u great work
in an easy and excellent manner entirely
under the control Of the people who rate
the tax and control the schools.
Year: 1875

Never give up old friends for
new ones. Make new ones If you
like, and when you have learned
that you can trust them, love them
il you will, but remember the old
ones still. Do not forget they have
been tried and found true they
have been merry with you in time of
pleasure, and when sorrow came
to yon, they soirowed also. No
matter If they have gonc down. in
the social scale and you up; no
matter if poverty and misfortune
have come TO them, while prosperi-
ty came to you; are they any less
true for that Are not our hearts
as warm and tender If they do beat
beneath homespun instead Of vel
vet 7 Yes, kind reader, they are
as true, loving and tender, don't
forget old friends.
Year: 1875

Very often screw hole gets so
wore that screw viii not stay in.
When glne is handy, q regular car
penter makes the hole larger and
glnes in a large plug making a nest
for an entirely new hole. But this
is not always the case, and people
without tools. AMI in an emergency
often have to fit things at once.
Generally leather is use1 but this
is so hard that il docs not hold well.
The best Of all is to cut narrow
strips OF cork, and fill the hole
completely. Then force the screw
in. This win make as tight job
as il driven into new hole.
Year: 1875

Take away the Assurance Of an
other life wherein we shall reap the
reward Of this, and what becomes
of patiencel Take away patience,
and what becomes OF excellence
in art, science, and religioni II is
under the fostering care Of this
grace that beauty blooms, thoughts
soar, and the soul is perfected I;
without her powerful aid, intellect
would never burst tho bands of
penury, nor would the nations ever
struggle into freedom. n't'o
Year: 1875

No girl should be indifferent
her personal appearance. &c
meant women to be attractive, ar
it is one of our duties to carry o,
this disign. But that dress is I
be all, is more than we can beliey
Just because we love to see cir
look well, as well as to live to sor
purpose, we would urge on the
such a course Of reading and stu
as will confer qualities which
modiste can supply.
Year: 1875

ing his object, gave him a harmless
dose of "sugar of milk ;"the youth
swallowed it at once, and sat down
to die. To the surprise of tho
clerk, he showed every indications
of poisoning, and he thinks that
had be not told him tho harmless
nature of the potion. he would
have died from mere Imagination.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Much excite


ment was created to-day at few min
utes before l o'clock, in the Capitol
grounds, by the spectacle of man leap
ing from the top OF the balustrade which
surrounds the second outside gallery of
the capitol dome, and being mashed up
and fifty feet below. 1t had evidently
been his intention to try and leap be-
yond the roof and fall to the ground be
low, but this is an impossible feat. His
body turned twice in the descent, and
struck headforemost upon the roof mash.
the skull and extinguishing life at once