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Year: 1875

The long series Of wrongs heaped upon the
aborigines Of America ever since the discov-
cry and settlement Of this country has
nothing more heartless or pathetic than the
story Of the Temecula Indians which we
print this morning. We are accustomed to
speak Of the cruelty and treachery Of the
savage but the avarice and inhumanity of
the white man are even more prominent fea-
lures in American history. In little more
than two centuries the natives have been
driven from the Atlantic to the Rocky
Mountains and tribes as countless rs the
leaves Of the forest reduced to a mere
handful Of half-starved wretches. The brave
is no longer a warrior, but loafng and
treacherous murderer, and the Indian has
no rights anywhere If he refuses to 90
upon a reservation necessity requires that
be shall be exterminated. If he puts him
self under the fostering care Of the Great
Father the Indian Ring is sure to rob him
first and allow him 20 starve afterward. Go
where he will, Civilization" in one form or
another, is sure to follow him and to op-
press him. To this fate the Temecula
Indians are no exception. Indeed, the story
Of their misfortunes is one of the
most pathetic Of the whole series. hun
dred years ago their children swarmed on the
Pacific coast. Now they are reduced to
beggarly five thousand. Then the whole
land was theirs. Now there is not a foot Of
ground they can call their own. Retreating
before advancing civilization, they at last set
tied down among cone of the San Bernardino
Mountains but the white man from over the
seas coveted the spot for sheep pasture, and
the native is not even left room enough to
/ starve without disturbance One Frenchman
and two Scotchmen have ousted the original
lords Of the soil, and their sheep Craze in the
Indians last retreat Is it thus the govern
ment Of the United States takes care Of the
rights Of these poor people-the rightful
wards Of the nationf Is it possible that one
Frenchman and brace Of Scotchmen, either
with or without the consent Of the govern
ment at Washington, are allowed to dispossess


five thousand people, that they may feed their
sheep on the last vestige Of the heritage of
the red man The case as presented in the
letter Of Colonel Peel and transmitted to the
Indian Bureau, is one which not only excites
our sympathies, but demands the Immediate
attention Of the department and the country.


WHILE SOME COUNTRIES are trying to make
themselves free Of princes, London makes
the youngest Of the English princes, Leopold,
free Of the city. Long lie to the young
Prince, TO enjoy the good fellowship and the
good dinners Of the stout burghers of Londor
townI
Year: 1875

YESTERDAY WAS THE TwENTY-FIRsT ami
versary of the famous Balaklaya charge, and
dinner was given at the Alexandra Palace,
near London to the heroes of that daring
feat of arms, or rather to ''all that are left Of
them-left of six hundredT With dishes to
right of them, dishes to left Of them dishes
in front of them, they no doubt proved them
selves as good at an attack on well supplied
table as on O Russian battery.
Year: 1875

RUss1A WILL ONLY SEND us her specialties
Tor exhibition at the Centennial. Her list
will be limited to articles peculiar to the
country and little seen abroad. Neverthe-
less, confidence is expressed that the display
will be creditable, as it certainly must be in
tarestino
Year: 1875

THE THIRD AVENUE SAVINGS BANK-One
of the reasons why the creditors Of the
Third Avenue Savings Bank should
promptly take steps for the displace-
ment Of the present receiver and the
appointment of a new receiver not mixed up
with the broken bank is incontrovertible.
The trustees of the rotten bank gave bonds
for the security of the depositors. Some if
not all, of these trustees have made large
profits out Of the bank, but they now resist
the payment of their forfeited bonds and pre-
tend that the swindled depositors have no
claim against them until 1888 1t is very
desirable that the receiver shall be free from
all suspicion Of collusion with the trustees,
and the depositors have a right to insist that
their interests shall be placed in the hands
of person who has not been mixed up with
the trustees in the management of the con-
cern by which they have been victimized


A MILITARY FUNERAL took place at Montreal
on Sunday at the Protestant cemetery. The
French Canadians Of the city made the mis-
take of believing il to be the unburied Gui-
bord's funeral and swarmed TO the cemetery
in thousands. Grave as the occasion was, it
led to lively fight and much excitement
ensued. Poor Guibord's dead bones may yet
lead to the breaking Of many living bones
before they are finally laid at rest


THE WEST INDIES. The news from the
West India Isiands is not altogether rose
colored to-day. In ST. Domingo neither
the finances nor the soil appears to be in q
sound condition; for we are told that the
treasury of the Republic is bankrupt, while
heavy shocks Of earthquake have been felt
throughout the island Investments either
in land OF securities do not therefore, seem
Year: 1875

The recent riot at Clinton, Mississippi, is
directly traceable to the inexcusable resis-
tance of a young white man to the authority
of colored peace officer Negroes rushed
to the assistance of the officer, and white
men came to the rescue of their friend.
The result of this rash interference was
the killing of thirteen persons, including
the original offender, and the wounding Of
as many more. Mississippi courts now have
an opportunity of vindicAting the good
name Of their State by bringing the sur
viving rioters, white and colored, 10 Justice
1t is most dscretlitable that cause SC
triilin@ should have brought on conflict
in which the races took sides against each
other entirely regardless of the merits o.
the case.
Year: 1875

Coop ADvIcE.-There are thousands of
men in the South who, We hope, do not
need this sound advice from the Richmond


Wing, though there are probably those
that do, so we give it "To the hundreds of
descendants of high but broken down
families that are now bcwailing their hard
lot, we say go to work. TO recruit and
restore your fortunes and your rank and
prestige, do what your ancestors did to
establish them-go to work. In these days
all honest work is respectable. Bali. SIN.
Year: 1875

From the Eve men whom he rescued, the sur
viyors Of the wrecked steamer Vicksburg, Captain
Cooper gathered the following facts


Their stories were somewhat contradictory in
detail, and as talked to them | was frequently
obliged to stop them and get them to explain, as
they were SO eager to talk that they interrupted
and contradicted orc another, and three or four
would talk together In the main their stories all
agreed, and could picture the whole scene and
make a connected narrative out of what they told
me. Everything had gone well on their voyage,
which was from Montreal to Liverpool, up to the
time of the disaster They had touched at Que
bee, and the ship had cleared from there, and on
Monday at 80 r. NJ. they Were l20 miles south
east Of St. Johns, Newfoundland. At that time
they had fallen in with large fields Of ice, and
suddenly strack heavily. The ship was immed


ately stopped by the Captains orders, and 1t was
discovered in few moments by one of the crew
that the ice haa broken hole through the port
quarter, and that the ship was making water very
fast under the after deck. Instantly there was a
wild excitement but under orders from their Off
GERS the crew brought blankets and mattresses,
and all kinds Of stuff and stopped up the hole as
| best they could, so that the water came in much
less rapidly. As soon as possible the different
compartments Of the ship were all sounded, and it
Year: 1875

The celebration of the centennial Of the
battle of Bunker Hill will take place next
Thursday. Boston and vicinity are max
ing great preparations forthe event. The
railroads will have all the business they
can attend to to transport the immense
crowd expected.
Year: 1875

The republican State convention at
Portland Tomorrow wiz open the political
caznpaign. The State Committee will be
IN session this evening, but the delegates
win not arrive in force until tomorrow.
Year: 1875

to make sure about it. Such candor and
fairness of course had its effect upon the
young man, and he was all the more anX-
ious for a position with SO upright man.
A dispatch WAS sent to the partner, dl>
rectcd to the City Hotel here. and in due
time an answer, or what purportcd to be *u
answer, was received, saying the place
was not filled. Tie bargain was then
closed, and the young man deposited the
money. The proprietor took it, aud in a
careless manner apparently pu; it into the
money drawer, and locking the drawer he
gave ,he key to his new clerk, telling him
lie was going out for short time on bust
ness, and he might begin his w':lk at once.
The clerk waited for his return for long
time, but a. first thought nothing of it; for
wasn't the money safe in the drawer, and
wasn't the drawer locked, ind didn't he
lave the key? Finally, howev%r, Ais sus-
picion or his curiosity go: the best "f him,
and he examined the drawer. lmaA : inc
his surprise and CONSERVATION at finding
therein but package Of worthless paper,
and the tick flashed upon his mind. An
effort was made to find his partner in the
city, but the dispatch spoken Of above
hasn't reached him yet, and probably
meyer wil!.-Proyidcncc journal.
Year: 1875

There has been nothing as yet
so tragic as the contemplation Of
Tilton by Beecher. When his
enemy rose to take the witness
chair, Beecher was whispering
earnestly to Judge Porter. The
electric shock which startled the
audience violently broke short
that conversation. Looking up to
see the cause of it, Beecher found
himself face to face with Tilton.
For a moment the fascination stu
pe6ed him. He grew paler and
paler, and paler,un he was winter
than he will be when he hes dead
The change from his usual red
ness TO worse than mortal pallor
was indescribable. He looked as
il, with one huge gulp, his near.
had swallowed every drop OF
blood within his body, and then
had stopped. His face wore an
expression of horror, as if he were
psering in a looking glass and
found death grinning over his
shoulder. The aspiration of his
accuser was a stupendOus surprise,
and, for an instant, it Petrihed
him. His recovery was slow. The
shock unnerved him, and he could
not escape Tilton's haunting eyes
unless he closed his own. limo
cent or guilty, with those relent-
less orbs blistering his heart, any
man would have been in agony.
Year: 1875

the broken clouds IN the east. L ne
party agreed that they were to
wait near the gate, close to the
church, while Shelley went on his
errand. He was TO leave the knife
sticking in the tenantless grave,
and return to his companions; then
all we're to go to the grave to wit
ness the proof that he had per-
formed his boast.


He entered the church-yard and
went slowly forward. The night
air was cold, and it chilled him,
for he was clothed merely in eve
ming dress. Hugging his coat
around him with his left hand,
while with his right he firmly
grasped his knife, he thought to
himself that the task was not a
pleasant one. He began to mis-
take trees and bushes for living
objects, and then he would mem
tally chide himself for his folly.
Every now and then one of the
sheep, which grazed in considera-
BILE numbers about the inclosure,
would start out from behind some
gravestone and cause him to shrink
back. He felt that a sort Of un-
de6nable fear was coming over
him. He began to tremble; only
slightly, it is true, but unmistaka-
bly,. As he went into the little
grove of which l have spoken,t the
moon became suddenly obscured
by a heavy dark cloud, and all
about him was thrown into deep
shadow. He heard the hoot of the
owls in the bslfry, and the breeze
murmured strangely through the
branches on every side. Now, ac-
tually so excited by his imagina-
ton as to be really terror-stricken


he approached the grave. The
perspiration rolled of his brow in
great drops. He dreaded even to
look upon tie spot whore he was
to plant the knife. eHalf-turning,
he moved up toward it nearly
backward, He did not venture to
turn around. Holding the knife
behind him, when he thought he
had reached the place he kneeled,
trembling in every joint, and with
a tremendous backward blow,
thrust it into the earth up to the
very handle. He was about to
rise, when he felt himself held
down; invisible hands seemed to
have seized him in an iron grasp;
his heart gave one leap, and he
fell back fainting and senseless.


And there his comrades found
him soon afterward, still uncon-
scious, held to the ground BY one
of his coat-tails, which he bad pin
ned to the earth with the knife.
And neither Shelley nor Morley
will ever hear the last Of that story.
Year: 1875

Our rifiemen did not figure to 70
good advantage in the contest for the
all-Irelnnd challenge shield, as in the
international match. In the former
only four of each team were engaged


It seems moro and moro probable that
tho success of our team last Tuesday is
due to the equality OF capacity of the
members. AS "a whole, the team will
be hard to beat, but there arc four or
five Irish marksmen who are fully II Q
cquals Of onr llest. t.-Ne,O YORK. Tribune
Year: 1875

A WRITER in Blackwood's Magazine
conclusively calculates that if the pub
lie debt of the civilized world goes on
increasing ut lis present rate, in quar-
tor Of century tho entire revenues of
MI the nations will be insufficient to
paw the interest thereon.
Year: 1875

A REMARKABLE SToRY.-A physician
of this city received from brother
physician, i'll neighboring city, q few
days since, human heart, which has
attached to it most remarkable story.
The man from whose body the heart
was taken attempted to commit snicide
by stabbing himself with knife. The
weapon penetrated the heart and cut a
cash entirely through it. Notwith-
standing this the man lived for thirty
days afterwards, aud would probably
have survived for many years had he
not risen from his bed and got on
drunk. While in an intoxicated con.
dition he died. The heart is now in the
museum of tho Georgia medical college.
-IuguSta (Ga) Chronicle.
Year: 1875

~ - IL
& In ne State inEthe Union ppfobably
are there so many miles Of the Usage
orange hedge as in Illinois. One who
is good authority gives the following
directions for starting hedge and they
are Is good as can be given when the
seed is not planted where the hedge is
! to Sand: '2e


Prepare the hedge row in the falllby
plowing a strip Of land not less than
eight feet in width, finishing in the
middle with deep dead furrow. In
the spring plow again, commencing in
the middle and back furrowing.1 This
will leave the ground level II the
land is fat plow again, beginning in the
middle SO as to throw up o ridge
Treat all low wet places in this way,
taking especial care to make high,
dry ridge across ravines and water





courses, and if necessary put in a spout
for the water to run through. +


The ground being thus ready, stake
the hedge row and set tho plants with
a hoe. Beginning at one end, hoe out
a hole for the plant; lay it in an angle
Of forty-ive degrees. lengthwise Of the
row draw the dirt on to It from where
the next plant is to be set. This will
make place for the next plant. and SO
on to the end Of the fence line, setting
them ten inches apart. A man with
boy to handle the plants, can set
them very rapidly in this manner. The
leaning Of the plants lengthwise Of the
row, has the effect to greatly thicken
the hedge at the bottom-a great con
sideration where hogs are kept. The
next spring replace all the missing ones
with extra good plants; cultivate
thoroughly, and allow to grow undis-
turbed for three years. In the spring
sf the fourth year, trim off all horizon
tai branches and plash (lop) close to
the ground. laying as fiat as possible
lengthwise. The fourth summers
growth will make hedge which no
ordinary stock will care to attempt to
get over or. 60 through. The trim
imings should on no account be left
scattered about over the ground, or on
tho hedge, as it makes very untidy
appearance, but should be gathered
and burned, thus saving bare-footed
school children torturing pain from
many fostering thorn.


This is the sum Of the subject in q
nutshell, as the result Of the experience
and observations Of the writer since the
first introduction of this excellent hedge
plant into the State Of Illinois, where
it is now so extensively used IS.
Amdresos, in Anserica,a Farm Journal
Year: 1875

Now that orchardists appear to be
creating ! mania for early varieties OF
the peach, would It not be we'll to in
quirc into the feasibility Of encouraging
thciintfoduction Of FIRST class late varie-
ties as we'll? We have the three new
Rivers varieties. all said to be earlier
than Hale's, and still later, the West
informs Us that they can do even better
than that, SO If we continue in this
strain we must certainly have peaches
all the year round. a3


Let US see what there is new in the
closing of tho season. Mr.. Rivers of
Sawbridgeworth, England, the indefati-
gable introducer Of so many new kinds,
has not confined his work alone to the
carly sorts, but has succeeded in pro
ducing few that are remarkably fine
for the closing crop. Whether or not
these have been tested here, we are not
informed, but that such will prove valu-
able in our orchards, very little doubt
should be entertained. Late varieties,
as is we'll known, nre quite profitable, as
the price always rises as frost approach
es, and the owner Of q good late orchard
is sure to realize fair profit upon his
investment if the crop is anything like
full. Those good old reliable kinds
the Smock, Wards Late. and Heath
Cling, and in some districts thsSalway
should not be neglected in making up
lists for new orchard, and we believe
every one is willing to acknowledge
that tho splendid Crawford's Late will
pay well but what we intended to in
vite attention to in this paper, Vas the
fact that we must continue the expert
ment with this particular class Of peach
es, and not run wild after the early
exclusively. Seeds of the later varie-
ties will more frequently produce late
peaches, than those Of earlier procliv-
ities, and consequently these should be
used as the basis Of our experiments.
Now that Fhybridization is becoming
better understood and appreciated, we
hope to find our intelligent pomologists
testing the theory in practical way,
and we fully believe that new and i'm
proved kinds may be produced, that
will prove to be exceedingly useful in
prolonging the fruit season. on.-Marylamd
Farmer.
Year: 1875

scribner's for November.


A much more pleasing performance
and one which might perhaps better
have been mentioned in connection with
the exploits of the jugglers, is the egg
dance. This is not, as one might ex
pect from the name given it, a dance
upon these fragile objects. 1t is executed
IN this wise: The dancer, dressed in a
corsage and very short skirt, carries a
willow wheel of moderate diameter fas.
tened horizontally upon the top of her
head Around this wheel threads are
fastened, equally distant from each
other and at the end of each of these
threads is slip moose, which is kept
open by glass bead. Thus equipped,
the young girl comes toward the specta.
tors with basket full OF eggs, which
she passes around for inspection TO
prove that they are real, and not imta-
tlons. The music strikes up a jerky,
monotonous strain, and the dancer be-
gins to whirl around with great rapidity.
Ihen, selzlng an egg, she puts it in one
OF the slip nooses, and, with q quick
motion, throwsit from her in such way
as to draw the knot tight. The swift
turning OF the dancer produces centri-
lugal force which stretches the thread
out straight like ray shooting from the
circumference OF the circle. One after
another the eggs are thrown out in these
slip nooses until they make horizontal
aureole or halo about the dancers head
Then the dance becomes still more rapid,
so rapid in fact that it is difficult TO dis.
tlnguish the features of the girl; the
moment is critical; the least false step.
the least irregularity in time, and the
eggs dash against each other. But how
can the dance be stopped2 There is
but one way that is, 10 remove
the eggs in the way in which they have
been put in place. This operation is BY
far the more delicate of the two. 1t il
necessary that the dancer, by single
motion, exact aud unerring, should take
hold of the egg, and remove it from the
moose. A single false motion of the
hand, the least interference with one of
the threads, and the general arrange
ment is suddenly broken, and the whole
performance disastrously y ended. At
last all the eggs are successfully re-
moved the dancer suddenly stops, and
without seeming in the least dizzied by
this dance Of twenty-five or thirty min
utes, she advances to the spectators
with firm step and presents them the
eggs, which are Immediately broken in
a HAT dish to prove that there is no trick
about the performance.
Year: 1875

The Richmond correspondent
of the Petersburg Index-Ap-
peal relates the following:


"a very remarkable case has
occurred in this city. Some
time ago beautiful and intelli-
gent young lady informed her
intimate friends that she was
engaged to be married to Mr..
A. Last Thursday night wa+
fixed for the wedding, and
number Of cards Of invitation
were sent out. The guests as
sembled, but no bridegroom APP
pearing at a late hour, they
withdrew, full of sorrowful SYM
pathy for the lady and Of fierce
indignation against the false re-
creant who had so overwhelmed
her with modification and dis
appointment. On the next day
the lady was a raYing maniac,
in which sad condition, it is
said, she still remains. The
gentleman in the case, how
ever, sWears that he was not en-
gagged at all to the young lady
and had no idea of it; nor did
he know anything about the
wedding.that was appointed for
him. He doubtless tells the
truth; and the arrangements for
the wedding on the part of the
young lady were but Fremont
tory symptoms of the insanity,
afterwards so fully developed"
Year: 1875

The Editor of the Owyhee
1daho) Avalanche, in a late is
sue of that journal, makes the
following personal explanation;
owe are now a grass-widower,
Mrs. Avalanche having bundled
up her baby and taken her de-
parture for California by yes
terday's stage. She will visit
relations and friends, expecting
to return to Silver City some
time next June. Her old.maid
sister, Miss Tallula Peck, is
keeping house for us, and moth
ing has yet occurred to mar the
harmony Of the household, ex-
cept few scratches and a little
hair-pulling concerning who
should get up and build fires in
the morning. 1t seemed lit
tie odd not to be called up last
night to break our shins by
stumbling over half a dozen
chairs in search Of the paregOric
bottle. Bnt we hope soon to
become accustomed to a quiet
life, and, if we can persuade
Aunt Lu' to make fires in the
morning and let us sleep till
breakfast is ready we shall be
happy. We can now go to the
Lodge attend the skating,
and stay out as late at night rs
we please without having to
pass through the ordeal Of a
curtain lecture when we come
home. Now is a good time for
the girls of Silver City to discard
their corsets, and, if they must
be squeezed, we are prepared to
accommodate them. Our office
will be open at all hours Of the
day and night until Mrs. Ave
lanche returns.
Year: 1875

Seventeen long years ago an old
fortune teller took Eli Perkins by
the hand and told him that one
day he void wear a zebra suit,
and as likely as nc; have a rope a.
round his neck, and yet Eli still is
out of Jail and got married only a
week or two ago.
Year: 1875

a young colored divinity stu
dent in Mississippi, who preach
ed his first sermon a few Sum
days ago, is now an inmate of a
cold and gloomy dungeon be-
cause a horse eloped with him.
Year: 1875

"No," said she leaning out of
the window and addressing her
self to her back. door neighbor,
this morning, "we don't expect to
do much at house cleaning this
year until after the Brooklyn trial
is over"