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Year: 1867

Extract from the Address of the National


Democratic Association.


awe should be direlict in the duty we
owe to our country and to posterity if we
failed to exert all the energies we possess
in an effort to resist the revolutionary
measures that are daily developing them.
sslves through the press and in Congress.
Sincerely believing that wide spread de.
termination exists to swallow up the ex-
ecutive and judicial branches CT the Gov.
erDment and Legislature, and thus lead
the way to the overturning Of all our
most valued republican institutions we
are not at liberty to remain passive and
careless while this revolution is in pro
gress. The constitutional Government,
which has come down to US from our IA
theirs, must be transmitted unimpaired 10
our posterity, We have no right to stand
by and see it overthrown. We must use
all the means necessary for its preserva.
ton and perpetuity. We trust that peace.
full means are all that will ever be neces-
sary for this purpose, but if the time shall
ever come when these shall be found in.
effectual, We shall not be the legitimate
offspring Of those from whom we claim to
be descendants, if we do not preserve the
republican liberty we have inherited,
whatever may be the hazard Of the saori.
fee which is necessary for its preserva-
tion." l-
Year: 1867

A little incident transpireA up town
the other evening that is too good to keep,
and shall be confided to the readers of the
Herald. The kitchen of an excellent
family of which l speak is presided over
by,a good looking domestic whom we will
call Mary Ann, she rejoicing in the at.
tentlve devotions Of manly young serv.
ant, employed by q neighbUipg family,
named John. Now, such were Johns
relations with the fair Mary Ann-they
were "engaged," just like aEybody's folks
that he was in the habit Of entering his
inamorata's domains without the formality
Of knocking. And be it known that the
lord Of the mansion had been absent sew.
eral days and was expected home by the
evening train. On that evening the mis.
tress Of the house sat in her boudoir
painting with expectations Of the coming
of her husband. Shortly she heard-or
thought she did-bis familiar footstep at
the side door, (his usual place Of entry,)
and dashing down the stairs in the dark.
ness, she preCipitated herself into his
arms. There was an earnest embrace
A loving, lingering kiss was imprinted
upon the lips Of the representative Of the
sterner sex. He answered not, but press
ed her closer to his heaving bosom, How
long this thing would have gone on is moi
for US to say, had not an adjoining door
been thrown open by the pretty Mary Ann
with light in her hand, and what sigh
was revealed to all there! Mary saw hel
handsome mistress 10 the arms Of her own
lusty lover John the mistress saw, mol
her expected spouse, but Mary Ann'i
young man and John-well he was &c
dumbfounded (supposing he was hugging
Mary Ann all the ,ime) that he couldn',
see anything. In the midst Of this
muddle her husband entered, and then
the tdbleax viydnt was complete =
He very soon compreherded the affai'
however, and had tno much good sense tc
scold his wife for her ncarelessDess," or tt
keep SO good joke to himself, but ht
never imagined it would get into the pa
pers.-Erchange.
Year: 1867

And when in the next mornings papers
| read the account Of The murderess, I
thought Of the slender creatures blue
eyes, and rosebud mouth, with Q strange,
plying thrill at my heart.
Year: 1867

The Humboldt (Neb) Register of July
20 recites the annexed incident: Some
time since We published an account Of the


murder of an Italian called Toney, be-
tween Paradise Valley and Beachey's new
stage road. At that time he bad With
him 2 large Newfoundland aog as MS only
companion. Toney was doubtless shot
from ambush while passing through a ra-
vine, and so disabled by the FIRST fire that
he could make no resistance. Judging
from the scars and wounds received by
the dog, he must have fought bravey in
defense of his masters body, bu. failed to
save it from muti!ation by the savage mur-
dercrs. The mutilated body Of the uu,
fortunate man laid some ten days where
he was killed before it was discovered,
and all this time this faithful sentinel and
guard stood watch over the dead body of
its master, without food or water, and
would probably have perished rather than
abandon him, and when found by party
of white men, seemed still loath to sur
render his charge into their hands, until
convinced that they were Iriands, and ia-
tended no harm to his poor dead master.
The body was moved to Paradise Valley
and buried, the dog following close by the
corpse until it was placed in the ground
and covered away from sight, when his
means became touchingly painful to hear.
Year: 1867

THE TRIAL OF DAvIs-How the Farce


VIZ be Raye1- letter from Richmond
says that Davis will appear for trial at tic
November term Of the United States Dis
trict Court at Richmond, and the case will
probably be finally disposed Of in this way :
The counsel for the defense will declare
themselves ready for trial. The Court
will signify its assent in the same manner.
The government will ask for time under
the pretense of being unprepared-a SHIFT
to get out Of the trial. The Court will
then say that it will be in session for a
considerable period, which will afford the
government ample time to prepare, and if
its representatives. fail to prosecute the
prisoner before the term or the court ex-
pres, it will in that case probably declare
the prisoner discharged in the absence of
the prosecutor.
Year: 1867

Than ever was before brought to this town,
which he is prepaed to make 10 order in the
LATEST AND MOST INPROVED STYLE,
And in manner that will defy all compct-
ton. lie also still manufactures 10 ORDER all
SORTS of
Year: 1867

MEDICAL ADVICE.-Dr. VIM. X. Doherty's
Medical and Surgical Institute is becoming sine
qua non to the welfare of our State and health
OF our citizens; and his rapidly spreading reputa-
ton, although it may excite surprise, is but the
signal of skill. and follows as the natural effect
of such cause We are personally acquainted
with ger tlemen who had suffered for years under
chronic disease, and who had taken advantage OF
every available means that promised relief, but
without success, until they called upon DR.. Do
hcrty. who in an incredibly short space of time,
has given them entire relief. 1t is gratifying to
announce this fact, because the Doctor is a gen.
tcman who seeks not by defamation of others.
to establish his reputation, or to rear the super
structure OF his own upon the ruin Of anothers
fame. The Doctor conducts his Institute in snch
manner that must be gratifying to all his pa
tents. He examines, advises and recommends
without charge, and the patient after hearing
his terms for treatment. can accept or reject at
pleasure. In no case does the Doctor make q
charge unless he effects cure. This. he is able
to do. because he feels the confidence which long
experience has giver. and no doubt the consola.
ton which appertains to that confidence. Per.
sons afflicted with either acute or chronic disease
would do well to consult the Doctor; at all events


il can do no harm, as for consultation he asks no
fee; nor does he insist on obedience 10 his advice
unless the patient places himself under his care.
His offices are on Sacramento street. opposite the
Pacific Mail Steamship Offices. F. News.
Year: 1867

SPECIAL NOTICE. We would call the atten-
ton of of our readers to the Grover Baker Ma
chimes Their reputation is too well established
for us to attempt a word in their favor, but
would advise any person wanting reliable Fam
lily Sewing Machine, to investigate these before
buying. "a word 10 The wise ie sufficient"
Year: 1867

The Jacobins have at last broken ground on the subject of the impeachment of the President. The subject was brought formally before caucus of their Congress men on Saturday night Though no de- cisive result was arrived at, the prevailing sentiment is reported to have been in ia vor of the impeachment. There was con- siderabled difference of opinion on the subject of the proper timo for taking the action proposed. Some of the jumpers thinking that there will not be sufficient time for the trial during the remainder of the present session, and that as the next Congress will be still more radical tkan this, the dirty job can be safely left to them. Some of the Radicals were, how ever, outspoken against any movement of the sort, and did not think impeachment possible. We predict that it will be found difficult to secure sufficient number of members to accomplish this iniquity When the time comes for action the knees of many will give way, and the spinal col. umns of others will become as soft as mush

 Bold and reckless as the Jacobins are they will be very apt to pause and reflect before they venture to declare this species of warfare upon the President, and thus arouse him to re.aliatory action They appear to have a very strong conviction that when the President said that he was ready for the issue, he meant something more than that he would hold out his arms to be handcuffed and that under the ex- asperation which an attempt to depose him from his office would excite, he might prove lion in their path They knew that he would not be a passive victim and fear that he might prove dangerous foe

 They are not exactly sure, either, that movement would be sustained by the people, and fear that in such an outrage upon the Constitution they might find themselves standing alone, in which event their political doom would be sealed We consider 1t tolerably safe to predict that no serious effort at the impeachment oi the President will be attempted at tho present session of Congress.-[ Louisville Courier
Year: 1867

p6- With due degree of modesty, and fully approaching the liberal SUD- port that has been conferred upon us, we would remind our friends and the reading public, that we are now pub fishing the cheapest family newspaper in the State. We do not lay claim to a mind so cultivated, as some, nor have we the effrontery, unaided by patron age or support, to name our paper FIRST GLASS. Our endeavor has been and shall ever be to exert ourselves for the benefit of the people; to give them a paper readable and instructive iii all it's branches, and leave it for them to estimate us according to our worth It matters little what estimate a man puts upon himself or his undertaking it. is the estimate of the people that gives him the place. If this be true, then we do not hesitate to say we are publishing first class paper. WE HAVE THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER ON WHITE RIVER, and our advertising support is so liberal that we are justified in reducing our sub- scription price to two dollars and fifty cents per annum--always in advance.

 In view of these facts, we call upon the citizens of this and the adjoining counties, to send in their names with

 the money, assuring them that they

 shall have paper, in no way inferior

 to any published in the State.
Year: 1867

GryT1E,1EN.-I write for the good OF
the Deoplc. and therefore address you par
tjcularly. as YOU arc in some degree guar
dians Of the public safety. This IS an age
of civilization and refinement, aud yet
.. there are events traLsplrlug III our midst,
which belong to an age Of barbarism. fou
are aware that a portion Of our county has
been lately afflicted With loathsomc DIS
case. and YOU were shocked no doub., as
4 was. when YOU read, in the Gazette, OF
the llcstitution Of those who were prostra-
ted by that disease. | allude to the
"cmall Pox," which has visited the neigh
borhood of Bethel This disease is so
frightfu that every. one, except such as
have once had it and successfully passed
the ordeal, is afraid to 60 near patient,
and viii leave him to suffer and die from
ncplcct and those who have had Il seem
unwilling to 90, unless they are remuner-
ated for their services They are not SO
much to bc blamed for this, bccutSe they
are generally persons Of small means and
not able to lose the time. Some thing
ought to be done in this emergency, to
save US from the reproach of Indifference
towards the afflicted. | know that st,
Mary's county is not peculiar IN regard to
this subject for there is, and always will
be, neglect everywhere shown to those who
NAV be so unfortunate as to be attacked
by the Small pox unless they are provi-
dedsfor by the public authority.


Perhaps YOU ask, Why do you appeal to
US? Because | know of none i'll the coun-
tv, so convenient and proper as you, to
take charge of this matter. There are mo-
nics in your hands every year, which are
appropriated to the poor and needy, and
there are none more needy than the pa
tients herein mentioned.


This is the plan which | would propose
to YOUR cousidcraion-I.et it be known
that you will help those who may be pros
tratcl by this disease, whenever they are
made known to you; appoint Physician
to attend them, and nurse also, paying
them both for their services, Crowded the
patients are not able to pay; and place
bounds around the dwelling, to prevent
access to all other persons. If you have
no authority to do this, procure that au-
thority. The gratitude of the people is
due to the Physician and the good Sa-
maritan" who miuistered to those lately
afflicted


April llth, 1867.
Year: 1867

CAr1Iox Parties in our county who
have empty liquor barrels which they in
tend to send to Baltimore to hayo sole or
reilled should remember to have the gov
ernment inspection mark erased, other
wise they will subject themselves to fine
of ten dollars barrel for each barrel 50
shipped Considerable trouble has alrsa-
DIV been created in commission circles In
Baltimore in consequence Of this omission
on the part Of many Of our people, and
hence the necessity Of attending to this
matter hereafter.
Year: 1867

Mr.. Ira Steward sends us q long letter, de-
signed to prove that the Democrats carried
Connecticut last Monday by virtue of their
professions Of devotion to the Eight-HOur
movement.


We do not know how many votes they
caught by this device, and we do not care. In
so far as a limitation of the Hours of Labor
commends itself to our judgment, we favor it
not one inch further, though our stubborn
ness should ,cause our'defeat in forty success
i've elections. We stood for Impartial Suffrage
when we kneW that it shut US out of the pros
pect of advancement and was sore damage
to our party; and we cannot be bulled into
demagogism by any warnings of defeat.


We wish there were law in this and every
State limiting to Eight Hours per day the Labor
of all Apprentices and Minors working in Fac
tories and children bound out to service; be-
cause we believe this essential to the due
mental and physical development of the young;
and we would gladly have it enacted that every
man choosing to work no more than Eight Hours
per day and be paid accOrdinglH should always
be at liberty so to work. But to every scheme
which implies that Hired Men who now work
Ten Hours for certain sum shall henceforh
work but Eight Hours, get be pd'd me same as
,rhen they wOrked Ten Hours, we are utterly,
instinctively hostile. They are, in our view,
gross frauds-as palpable as though they as
serted that twice four are ten. We are open
TO conviction on this point; but we shall not
easily be convinced that the law of grayitatiOn
may he subverted though it may sometimes be
overbone SO much for so much is the Divine
law; and hc who works less will earn less, and
1--WE think receive less, in spite of all the
enactments of legislatures. So believing, we
would not have laborcrs on Government work
paid for eight hours as though they worked
ten We are utterly opposed to paying those
who work for the Government more than other
laborers And if these views must cost our
party votes, we are resigned to the loss OF
those votes. We cannot run race IN dema-
gogism with those who make a trade of it.
Year: 1867

the army Of France. This fact, once estab.
lished puts an end to the former promi-
nence of France in Central and South
Western Europe. Each now stands at
the head of one of the great races nhabitng
Europe. Neither will now be in haste for an
aggressive war, for the other party would be
formidable in defense. But it must also
be plain that this rise of Germany involves
a new danger to the adjacent minor States
Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland lie, of course,
at the mercy of their powerful neighbors-each
one of whom with jealousy watches the progress
of the influence of the other. 1t is, therefore,
likely that each will try to get ahead of the
other, and to "agglOmerate" them prior to tho
final annexation. This rivalry for the leader
ship in Central and Western Europe is likely
to remain for many years the great question
of European politics.
Year: 1867

The bill to facilitate the construction of the
New-York and Albany Railroad was lost in the
Assembly on Wednesday by vote of 10 to a.
This encourages us to hope that we have heard
the last of measure extravagant and un-
Just. Yet its friends have not abandoned their
purpose, and will make resOute attempt to
force its passage, which we trust the 10 gen
temcn who voted against the bill will GER
tainlY defeat.
Year: 1867

A report from Mr.. Samuel Adams to the
Secretary of War published on our second
page, explains the Importance Of the Colorado
River of the West as a great central route
between the Atlantic and Pacific
Year: 1867

Contrary to expectation, the victory of the
Italian Government at the recent election has
not saved the Ministry, who according to a
Gable dispatch have again rendered their resig-
nation. The immediate reason for this step is
nnf stated
Year: 1867

earth, and reason should have rejected
the idea Of fighting for the tomb Of the
Savior The conquest of Mexico and
Of Peru by cliraLrous Spaniards illustrates
at the same time tbe spirit Of adventure,
and its abomiDable features. Many, it
seems, have difficulty in making the
distinction Of aimless adventure or ad-
venture for an unworthy object as for
gold or admiration an adventure to reach
a noble object.


If mere animal feaflessness is to re-
cieve our moral admiration we see rot
why tgsrmay not come in for the
same; but if moral courage be added
to natural bravery the case is changed.
In these days of intense desire for pop
ularity, by any means, of time-serying, of
Indifference TO abstract right, of neglect
Of defending truth for truths sake we
may well praise men who are brave to
defend right against odds. And for
this we regret to see human powers
squandered In aimless adventure. Give
US men who are careful to have con-
science well informed, and who will
then brayely "stand by"it; men who
will reason through the first appearance
of things, and take the mask from the
bold front of hyppocritical good; and
who believe, and act upon the belief,
that there is truth and right--to know
which they must think if they donot die.
Year: 1867

it is time they did Laughter and ap-
plause.] 1t does not follow that they
ought not to vote because they don't all
perceive it to be their duty. do not
marvel that they don't, since probably
ever since they were born they have
only heard the one side discussed, and
were told that woman had unsexed her
self the moment she performed any pub
lie offiee--speaking or laboring in pub
lie or voting / don't marvel that wo-
men do not want to vote. I hear a
great many women say we are tired of
this cry of "women's rights" Then /
come to you tonight with the cry of
"women's duties, I" and say to you that
society needs you and your influence,
whether you need the right and priyi-
lege Of suffrage or not. Do you say
that you are already as well off as you
need to be? Is that all that Christiani-
ty has taught you when You have sis
ters that are burdened with troubles Of
life, and longing for some influence that
will emancipate and lift them up and q
them good. ! put it upon your con-
sciences / putt as Gods true, and Just,
and sympathetic, and loving; l put it
upon every woman'S conscience in this
house tonight, to exert every possible
influence that God has made possible,
in raising the condition of womanhood,
in refining and eleyating the whole citi-
zenship, You ought to be felt in every
hall and in every circle. You ought to
be felt wherever there is purity to be
grated upon impurity--wherever there
is a stain to be cleansed There God
calls woman, with her peculiar infuen-
ces, to represent the vast elements of
Christianity. Though you may be new
er SO sweetly placed, and never so little
in need of such augmented preroga-
tives, the poor need you, the ignorant
need you, and society will never be
what it must be before the final glory,
until woman's influence is felt in the
canvass, in the Legislature, andin every
single channel Of society, The day ad-


vances. / may not seeit, although la
ter signs indicate that this reformation
will take place sooner than l thought


But this l may say, that society will be
regenerated when man and woman will
walk hand in hand, knit indissolubly,
realizing what God hath declared


"What / have joined together let no
man put asunder," sa ass B
Year: 1867

Our attention has been called to a
brief newspaper biography of a young
man Of extraordinary physical powers,
of commanding personal appearance, of
rather more than ordinary intellectual
ability for one Of rowing habits, Of gen
erous disposition and brave, whose ad-
venturous yet aimless spirit at last led
him to die miserablyin "a far off wilder.
ness" No stern conviction of duty, no
lofty idea, no heroism directed to a no
BILE object, but the dictate of an adyen-
turous spirit-though not without the
prospect of making money-impeIed
him in his wandering about the earth,
Heis dead and has local fame. Sad
ness mH interfere with ones admiration
of such one One admires the self
sacrificing devotion,o of a missionary in
foreign land; or death or suffering on
the battlefield from motives of pure
patriotism-or wasting toll or suffering
for the benefit of Othersj there is an
aim in all this, and, moreover, a noble
one. In the other case there is waste
of human life andpowers; there is a
lack both Of unity and nobleness of
purpose. There is drifting upon the
current of life, or at best but capricious
sailing, while calm reason declares that
life is given to no one to be simply ad-
yenturous. u ,.- s ...


1t is strange how people will applaud
feats of daring performed as If the only
object in view was to show how near
one can come to breaking his neck and
notdo 1t. Bull fights, prize fighting,
ropetwalking, circus, riding and the Ike
all have plenty Of adnarers We are
not at present talking abont,the morality
of all this, but ereasonableness. Are
there no1better ways of illustrating, the
powers of the human mot to say mind
at presentlbody3 Now, five are GO
ing to worship the spirit Of adventure
who shall dictate the kind of adventure
it shall be-? ! All the above mentioned
facts require great physical strengthy
courage, skill and powers Of endurance


They are all desirable qualities or pow
ers; in fact it is not simply the possess
sion of powers or qualities, but the use
of them that should determine our adj
miration or at anyrate, our praise. We
may, possibly, admire man Of remark
able powers, even while he is abusing
them, because we cannot help thinking
whathe might be and do without change
of powers. His powers are the same
as those which have been used by other
men in such manner as to excite in us,
pure, unselfsh, and lofty admiration,


Adventure, simply and in itself con
sidered is admired and praised by some.
It may be from some mental, defect
but certainly not much to be depIored-
that others see IN it only what may be
termed the fsDr Of Gfs. aiiy 'la,ae, Ial


A | simply adventurous spirit is not a
healthy spirit, We may not unreason-
ably presume that such a. one fails to
apprehend the aobjectlof life. Such a
spirit accords neither With religion nor
right reason. The crusaders who cen.
turtles ago fought desperately for the
Holy Land were mistaken both in mat
ters of religion and ofreason. Religion
did not depend upon 4 particular spot Of