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Year: 1866

SEC. /. The people of the City of Walla Wal
la do ordan as follows, to wit: that all owners
OF lots situated on the line of Mill Creek and on
each side of the same within the limits of the
City of Walla Walla, shall build Bulkhead
against said lots and on a line and in conform
ity with Bulkbeads already built, and now be-
ing built, at the crossing of First, Second, Third
Fourth and Fifth streets.


SEc. q All owners Of lots on said line of
Mill Geek, shall build said Bdlkheads as des>
cribed in Section l, within Fifteen days after
being duly notified BY the City Clerk.


SEC. 3. If the owner or agent of any property
situated as aboTe shall fail or refuse to build
said Bukheads after having been duly notified
it shall be the duty Of the City to build or cause
to be built the same at the expense and cost of
the owner OF said property, and 1t shall be the
duty Of the City Clerk to forthwith advertise
said property for sale at public auction, BY pub
fishing the notice thereof in the Walla Walla
Statesman, and by posting up three copies of
such notice in the City, and he shall proceed to
sell the same as aforesaid, fifteen days after the
date Of said notice, aud shall receive such fees
as are allowed Sheriffs on sales for taxes for his
services Provided that the owner or agent of
any property so advertised may stay proceed
ings at any time before the day of sale by pay
ment OF ali expenses and costs And provided
further, that said owner or agent may redeem
any Property sold as aforesaid, at any time
within ninety days after the sale thereof, by
payment to the purchaser Of the purchase mo-
ney apd interest fheteon at the rate of Eve per
cent. per month.


SEc, 4. nany property shall be sold as afore-
said, it shall be the duty Of the City Clerk TO
issue a certificate of sale TO the purchaser, and
if the same shall not be redeemed as aforesaid
within ninety days, he shall then issue deed to
the purchaser of the property. Said deed shall
be signed by the Mayor of the City and the
President of the Comuiou Council and attested
by the City Clerk.


SEc. 5. This Ordinance shall take effect from
and after the date Of its passage.


Passed Dec. ID, 1866. .


wv. HoKss, PrsS'I j.
Year: 1866

The frst "Overland stage" left the Dalles on
Monday last, carrying the United States mails
I understand that the stages between walla
Walla and the Dalles will soon make daily
trips. The weather is getting quite chilly and
warm clothing is the order of the day. DALLEs
Year: 1866

1t is fashionable with many to come in
to church, long after the services have
begun, to the edifcation of the curious in
the congregation and comfort of the
nerves Of the pulpit. 1t has lately been
decided, on high authority, that the fol-
lowing rules are to be observed on such
occasions


"Let the lady advance one pace beyond
the door of the pew she wishes to enter,
halt, about face, and salute. The pew
must then be vacated by such gentlemen
as are in it, by flank movement The
squad should rise simultaneously when
the lady presents herself, and face by the
right flank, then deploy into the aisle, the
head man facing the lady, and the rest
mrching to his right and rear, the direc-
tion of the line being changed by right
countermarch, and forming again into line
up and down the aisle, still faced by the
right flank. The lady, when the coast is
clear, completes her salute and advances
to her position in the pew. The gentle
men break off by files from the rear and
resume their places. Great care should
be taken, of course, by other parties, moi
to enter the aisle when this evolution il
in progress, until it is completed"
Year: 1866

According to the common school laws
of Pennsylvania, every boy and girl is en-.
titled to fifteen years tutelage in the COM


mon schools, from his or her sixth year
but when the pupil shall have attained
his or her twenty-frst year, the right to
enter or remain in the school Ceases
This subject was lately brought to the
attention of the State Superintendent of
Common Schools, by the application of a
soldier who had reached his majority
while serving in the army, and who wish
ed to enter a public shool. The Superin-
teudent decided that man who had en-
tered the army before attaining his ma
jOrity was entitled to a common school
education for period equivalent to the
time he had lost while in the service of
his country, regardless of his age at the
time Of his discharge from the army
The country has had the benefit of his
services, and cannot thereby deprive him
of his educational rights under the law
Year: 1866

the principle of First person I. and Ne
gro nobody How beautifully the thing
reversed itself! Negro comes out man
and the ex-slaveholder nothing more !
How wrong rights itself with its own
wickedness +! Surely there is an Aven-
ger above and this First Person I, often
feels it.


IT'S better far to own the brotherhood
And do to him and you and | an equal good


You see friends, selfshness, as we'll as
everything else, will run to seed, or as
the term is now, run itself into the ground,
and it is mans duty an d interest-as well
as yours, woman-to look after this thing
If you attend to this matter as you should
you will never break one injunction of
the decalogue and your store of happiness
will be wonderfully enlarged. | take it
for granted, of course, that you all want
to be happy and I know of no better or
more direct road to that point.


The principle on which our noble fore
fathers founded our Government is one
in which every mans [. is equal, and the
First Person is the People. How differ
ent from Kingdoms and Empires! The
people with these are convenient to put
money and power into the hands of the
nobility but beyond this they arc third
person affair 1t is the office Of our Gov
ernment to do good to its people, of an
emperor and king to do good to their own
first person. Ours is Bible doctrine
government, there's the doctrine of Nam
mon. There is no doubling the destiny
of each. Ours shall stand as long as
there is government on earth, whilst
theirs will work out their own ruin and
fall. We may have our trials, and they
may be severe, but these too shall be beat
to subserte our higher interest and more
perfect happiness.


All honor to Freedom raise higher that Flag
Which traitors did tramp on and scorn!
Up! up with the eagle bove mountain and


plain,


Our country is cleansed and reborn
Make way for the triumph eff Justice and


Right.


The GODDESS of Liberty, Blessing and Light!


ICHABOD WHACKHAMMER.
Somewhere Jan. s, 1866.
Year: 1866

A bachelor and young lady bought son.e
tickets in partnership in lottery at the re-
cent Sanitary Fair at Milwaukee, agreeing
to divide the proceeds equitably. They drew
a double bedstead, baby-crib and lunch
basket, and the question is, how TO divide
them, or whether they shall not use them
Hiintly"
Year: 1866

and with correctness in accordance with
the Diet. The conduct of the admins
tration, the fulfllment Of legal obligations
towards public creditors, the maintain
ance of the army and state establishments
were questions vital to the expenses of the
state, and the course adopted there
fore eoecame one of those inevitable ne
cessities which in the interest ofthe country
a government must not hesitate to adopt.


trust that the recent events viii, in so
far, contribute to effect an Indispensable un-
derstanding that an indemnity for our hav-
ing carried on the administration, without
law regulating the budget, application
for which viii be made to the representa-
tives, Will readily be granted to my govern
ment, and the hitherto existing conflicts be
thereby finally, and the more securely
brought to a conclusion. As it may be ex-
pected that the political position of the
Fatherland viii admit of an extension of
the frontier of the State and the establish
ment Of an united Federal army, under the
leadership of Prussia; the costs will be
born in equal proportion by all the mem
bers Of the confederation. The bill required
in this respect for the convocatiOn Of pop
aIar representative of the Federal State will
be laid before the Dict without delay.


Gentlemen, you know that our entire
Fatherland feels the high importance of the
moment that bring me once more among
you. May Providence bless Prussia as
graciously in the future as it has visibly
blessed the immediate past. Msy God
grant it


Prussia Declines Russia's Proposed


Congress-


Prussia has positively declined the pro-
possl of fRusssa for a Congress Of the Powers
which signed the treaty of Vienna.


AVSTRIA
Year: 1866

Evidences of the miscegenation between
Copperheads and johnson men crop out
everywhere. In urging the location of
the johnson State Central Committee at
Columbus, at the recent johnson Conven-
ton, Mr. Henkle said the fact that there
was no johnson organ in Columbus was
nc reason why the committee should not
have its headquarters there. The States
man (Copperhead) would with pleasure
throw its columns opento all that the John
sonites wished to publish. Doubtless )
but any man who acted with the Union
party during the war should blush to &C
owledge that he is engaged in a war
upon his own party to which such Infamous
peace journals as the Statesman lend their
aid. The approval of this paper, and
papers like it, is enough to damn any
party past all resurrection. 1t has already
done so with this movement.
Year: 1866

There is philosophy to the effect that men
are subject to the influences of two shirts, the
one good and the other evil. That these infu-
ences sometimes get the ascendency by turns,
and that strangely anomalous characters are
the result, seems manifest Probst, the butch
er OF the Deerlng family appears to have been
made up OF just such singularly discordant
moral elements. The monster who could
butcher family ofeight persons-four of whom
were little children, and one of the latter but
mere babe-wOuld not go away from the home
stead which he had desOlated without first feed
ing the chickens and giving the cattle supply
OF fodder to last them for protracted season !
The man who could coOlly compass design for
this wholesale slaughter, and so simulate innO-
cence as to beguile one after another of the
family to the fatal barn without tell-tale face
to betray what he had already done, and what
he intended to further do, in his simplicity
parted with his substance to strumpet, whose
greedy rapacity he was unable to resist and
whose temper he had no mind to come in col
lisi0n with. The murderer of eight innocent
people was ready to recklessly squander the
plunder that was the object of the commission
of the crime, while his soul was avOwedly hor-
ror-stricken at the thought of what he had
done.


And-strangest contradiction of all-this
man OF blood, while expressing the deepest hor-
rOr at his crimes, refused to avail himself of
the extenuatlng pleas that seemed to offer them
selves ready made to his hands, and to allow
the world to palliate his offences. When his
attending clergymen intimated that his crime
might perhaps have been the result of a sud
den fit of cupidity, he answered, " No; | cool
ly calculated it, and only awaited an oppOrtuni-
ty OF executing some time cherished design. "


But, suggested the mercful priest there
must have been some angry spirit, some feel
ing of revenge, that was seeking to be gratifed
when you butchered the innocent family?"


No." replied this strangely mi xed-up
character, 6 | was we'll treated by them; ]
wanted their money, and that was the object
had in view when | killed them.


And yet the man who under the influence
OF an apparently sincere penitence, made these
damning admissions against himself, when he
could so easily have palliated his offences, de-
clared that he felt no remorse for his great
crime until he found that the expected golden
fruit was but ashes, and that he had killed
eight persons for paltry sixteen or seventeen
dollars No nobler sentiment than disappoint-
ment in respect to a gain of money caused him
to realize that he was a monster; and yet
with a full appreciation of the horror of his
crimes, he refused to avail himself of the ex-
tenuating pleas that offered themselves ready
made to his hands, Is it any wonder that this
strange anomaly Of a man butchered the Deer
ing babes, and then fed the chickens before he
went away from the desOlated homestead ?
Sunday Dispatch.
Year: 1866

FIDELITY. After the execution of Sabinus,
the Roman general, who suffered death for his
attachment to the family of Germanicus, his
body was exposed upon the precipice of the
to befriend the house of Germanicus Nc
friend had courage to approach the body one
friend only remained true--his faithful dog
For three days the animal continued to watch
the body. His pathetic howings awakened
the sympathy of every heart: Food was
brought him, which he was kindly encouraged
to eat but on taking the bread, instead of
obeying the impulse Of hunger, he fondly laid
it on his masters mouth, and renewed his
lamentations, but did not quit the body. The
and the generous creature leaped into the wa
ter after it, and clasped it between his paws,


vainly endeavoring to prevent it from sinking
Year: 1866

CONSCIENCE WAS KILLING HM.-Some
years ago, large, powerful rough-lOoking and
dangerous man named, we believe, Timothy
Iier4an, or Tierney, was arrested in New York
by the police, on charge of knocking a man
down, in the lower part of the city, the unfor-
tunate man falling with his head upon the
curb-stone, and splitting his skull, so that he
shortly after died at the hospital. An indict
ment was endeavOred to be procured against
him, but the grand jury ignored the bill, send
ing the offence to the Special Session, as an as
sault merely. Recorder Tallmadge, on the rep
resentation of Captain Leonard, Of the Second
ward, gave the prisoner the full extent of the
law, however, and sent him to the Island for
one year.


1t was cowardly blow, with will, hitting the
victim under the ear, and at the time Of the
arrest Ternan seemed to take pride in the
murderous assault, for which he should have
had five years in the State prison, had the
grand inquest performed their duty. He was
at the time of his sentence full-faced, tall and
athletic; but a few months made a remarkable
change.


a night or two since, a CHASTITY, haggard
looking object, with extenuated checks, sunker
eyes, and general appearance of almost total
physical prOstration, entered station house,
and requested to be locked upl A moment, s
glance, and question or two, established his
identity as Tiernan He had worked out the
period of his Island sentence, but more fear
full retribution than can be awarded by any hui
man tribunal was upon him, whose terrible
terms never could be satisfied this side of the
grave. The victim of his murderous passion
was continually by his side In his waking
moments, or amid the visions of the night, the
dead mans face was forever present! and in
the desperation of despair he had come back
to the scene of his first arrest, with the request
to be incarcerated once more in his lonely cell


He was crazy |" we observed to Captain
Leonard, who related the incident.


No he was not crazyl" was the earnest re-
sponse. "We frequently witness cases nearly
similar Conscience pods killing him p
Mans law had been satisfied, but the judg-
ments of the Almighty were still operating


What commentary on crime and its consc-
quences-the terrible truthfulness Of that re-
mark, " Conscience aoas killing him "
Year: 1866

ACCOMMODATION A HUMBUG.-A very good
thing to talk about, but the poorest in the
world to put into practice. 1t means getting
the most ease, comfort, profit and labor fol
yourself with the least effort exposure and trOu-
BILE. Sacrifice time, money and pleasure for
another, and one is styled accommodating, but
if a man desires to conduct his own affairs in q
just, courteous and serious manner, and will
not deviate from stated rule unless he is paid
for it, that constitutes the very essence OF sell
ishness, according to the world. Puff man
him, and as long as you do exactly as he pleas
and vou @ are the most uOaccommodating of NOR
tails. In word accommodation is huE%9bug
1t is hard to please woman; Impossible to
satisfy masculinity.
Year: 1866

II walk IN the street a wet, muddy day,
and by chance maid crossing over The waY,
With her skirts slightly raised from the mud keep


clear,


though in doing 50 two pretty ankles appear,
Snou'd close both my eyes or look up at the sky,
Or IN some such way let such sight pass me by?
fray tell me, dear editor, what should do!
III walk arm-ln-arm with some lady fair
Whose idea of fashion IncIines her tG wear
inll dress very low-necked (as 0iIen's the case)
with continuation OF delicate lace
WIN lace OF such sweetness, pure and so fair
with such eyes-therei enOugh!-and such beautiful


hair!


With such cheeks-with sweet little dlmpIe in EACH
With color that rivals the blush Of the peach
With such sweet pouiing lips, and such hants, and


such arms,


With such dear little feet and in fact all such charms
Could you look at admire such rare charms as trace
Without taking one peep through that delicate lacel
Pray tell me, dear iiOr what would YOU do?
Year: 1866

LoGIC-A gentleman asked a country cler-
gyman for the use Of his pulpit for young di-
vine, a relation of his.


9 really do not know, said the clergyman,
chow to refuse you; but if the young man
could preach better than | can, my congrega-
ton would be dissatisfied with me afterward;
and if he should preach worse, don't think
he S fit to preach at all.
Year: 1866

THE ORIGIN OF SORROWS We fancy that
all our affictions are sent Us directly from
above sometimes we think it in picty and CON
triton but oitener in moroSencSs and discon-
tent, 1t would be well, however, if We at
temnted to trace the causes ot'them; We should
nrobably find their origin in some region of the
heart, which we had never explored, or on
which we had secretly deposited our worst in
dulgencies. The clouds that intercept the
heavens from us come not from heaven, but
from the earth
Year: 1866

What singular creatures girls are Offer
one of them good wages to work for you, and
ten chances to one if the old woman can spare
one of her girls. But just propose matrimony,
and see if they don't jump at the chance Of
working lifetime for their victuas and clothes.
Year: 1866

1t is said that the British government as a
measure against Feniansm, intends to abolish
the use of the shillela in Ireland, as its use is
considered dangerous to the security of the
CrOlDn
Year: 1866

A farmer in Staffordshire, England, lost some
cows lately from the rnderpcst, and got an
idea that he was suffering from the disease him
SELF His medical adviser, who was a wit,
agreed with him, and sent him to the apothe-
cary with sealed prescription. Both patient
and druggist were rather astOnishcd at reading:
This man has got the cattle plague; take him
into the back yard and shoot him, according to
Act of Parliament"
Year: 1866

To-day the State election will take place
in Connecticut. We earnestly entrost every
loyal man to spare no proper means OF securing
a triumph. The battle lines are clearly drawn
the issues are unmistakablc, and upon these
issues "a victory will be sweet and lasting. Con-
nectic.lt will decide the unity of New-England
upon the great question of Equal Justice for all
and al Connecticut speaks, so, we trust, VIII
PENNSYLVANIA and the Union.


A victory in Connecticut will strengthen
those friends whose faith has been coed, but
weak. Thoss Republicans who lose Post
Offices and easy Customs-desks, will find it
difficult to decide; but the Republican party
is ALWAYS purer when the number of its time
servers is small--just as an army is stronger
when the bounty Jumpers, the towards, the
sutlets, and teamsters, are sent TO the rear
One postmaster is said to have won Presidential
grace by leaving the Republican party and
supporting English One postmaster does not
make a State, and his detection means one
vote, and no more. We do not judge him
harshly. He wanted the PoSt-Oftce, and
if he regarded it as of moro Importance
than his conscience leave him to God and
Andrew johnson. That postmaster is less
dan gerous now as an enemy than he would have
been as a spy.


Let every friend of the Union stand to his
guns and keep an eye to the front We
do not wish TO lose q vote. The mere success
of the party is not what we want, but decisive
success-pefmanent, all-embracne. We want


greater vote to-day than the State ever


gave. We hope to decide by that vote that the
loyal people are unit in defense of the results
of the war of cipation-ImpartialS Suffrage
American Nationality. What mere men think
of it is nothing. What President johnson
thinks is of less consequence than what
the meanest citizen at the poll thinks-for
the one is q citizen with warrant to speak;
the other is a public servant in Wash
ington, whose duty it is to obey that
citizen. Let our friends Danish all Prcsi-
Dental legends from their minds and act
from their own hearts Let their votes tel III
favor of the Union and al its fruits. Let
POLITICIANS anu iost-clhSo poSSai0 NOHO'i"
their minds about Mr.. Johnson, and write their
ballot as an application for office. The people,
who have no offices to beg, will act from their
souls


The duty of to-day is one of the most i'm
portant that ever dcyolyedupon people. Eel
low citizens of Connecticut, the nation looks to
you with touching, patriotic interest. In the
agony of this contest for Equal Justice do not
let apathy or treason drive You from the ma
t;o,'s e;da
Year: 1866

Among the City Railroad projects now before
the Legislature, there is one which contem-
plates road through the blocks Of houses
from the Battery to the Central Park-buying
all tho property taken except in crossing the
cast and west streets, and running a dummy
road on an elevated track, IS or IL feet above
the strest-grsde; with horse-road running on
the grade; and there is some notion Of sunken


road for freight on lower level. This strikes
us very favorably-especially the idea OF pay
ipg for the track. A passenger Is to be allowed
to change at will from the street-grsde TO the
elevated. and vice verso; and hs is TO pay just
II aenh faga pr both We wish such reed
Year: 1866

Tho wealth Of nation is derived from labor.
To make industry productive and profitable, all
the labor Of . country must be smployed-for
that portion Of the people which depends upon
labor for living, and is not employed. is q dead
weight upon the community. Protection seeks
to keep all the people in the United Ststes at
work. British Free Trade tends to restrict their
smplo} }ment TO Agriculture. The American


system would make our country tho wsslthiest
. nd most powerful on the globe ip twenty .6vs
Year: 1866

IF lhe day should be stormy, both the vote
and tbo majority will be somewhat reduced by
the absence from the poll of many inyalidS and
aged men; but if the day ne bright and genial,
we believe the above figures will be justified by
the result. To-morrow's issue VIII tell.


If anv one knows a legal voter in Connecti-
cut who is not yet at home, or, being at home,
has not vet decided to vote, VIC entrcat him to
spare no effort to get that voter to the poll. If
every voter comes out, the result cannot be
doubfrrI
Year: 1866

By the arrival of the Henry Chauncey at this
port we have later news from South America We re-
oeive by this arrival full particulars of the encounter
between the Spansrds and the allied squadron OF Chill
and Peru on the south coast Of Chilli in which the
Spaniards suffered decided reverse. From Peru we
learn that the Peruvian ronclad Loa which had got
aground in Callso Bay had been successfully taken off
the reef on which she was stuck. Salvador had con-
cuded treaty of peace with Spain.