smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

In REGARD TO PRIMARY MEErISGs.-The fol-
lowing well-timed remarks are from the last
number of the Napa Register :-t We respect
fully submit that it is the duty of the State
Central Committee to recommend that all elec-
tions should be conducted as provided by Por-
ter's Primary Election Law. passed at the last
session of the Legislature. They should also
recommend that none but registered citizens be
allowed to vote. This latter proposition admits
of no contradiction or debate. All honest men
who desire to have fair dealing cannot object to
this With these precautions, the primaries
throughout the State will be conducted with
honesty and proprety, and the marked improve
ment in the personnel and class of delegates that
will attend the Convention will be one of the
most desired results. The day has gone by when
roughs, gamblers, spoilsmen and bullies can con-
troll the balIot-box in California. All good citi-
zens should become thoroughly aroused to the
importance of attending primary elections, for
here it is that so much wrong is sometimes in-
ficted upon a party We frequently see men
nominated for Office who not the choice of
the people, and we have the alternative either to
support them, else some virulent Copper
head crawl out of his hole to bask in the SUM-
shine of office. We want no Copperheads for
office. We must put forward our best Union
men, those who command the respect and
confidence of the people. This only can be ac-
complshed by religiously gaurding the primaries
from fraud and'violence. 1t rests with the peo-
pie and not the politicians to say who shall gov
ern them, and who shall be elevated through
their suffrages."
Year: 1867

TNHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO THE
i Property holders of Trinity county that on the


FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH
he will enter upon the performance of his official
duties for the current year He would call par
tcular attention to the following section of the
Revenue Law


If any person shall wllfully make, or give
under oath Affirmation, false list of his, or
her, or their taxable property, or false list of
taxable property under his, her. or their control
such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury
and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
therefor, as is by law provided for the punish
ment Of. perjury; and any property willfully con-
cealed, removed, transferred, or misrepresented
by the owner or any agent thereof, to evade tax
alton shall, upon discovery, be assessed at ten
times the amount of tax for that year, which
would otherwise have been assessed upon it and
fifty per cent. of the amount of such additional
tax, when collected, shall be paid to the person
or persons who shall furnish the information
which reveals the property so concealed, trans
ferred, removed or misrepresented and the re-
naming fifty per cent, after deductine the usual
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State


If Tax Payers will have a list of their proner-
ty prepared, ready to be sworn to- as the law re-
quires, much annoyance may be saved, and NV
work be greatly facilitated.


GEO. H. BUNKER


o;5i- Assessor of Trinity county.
Year: 1867

NARROW EscApE.-We learn from the Shasta
Courier that John Craddock, Stage Agent at
Shasta, had a narrow escape from drowning dur
Ing the food Of last week. In attempting to
cross White Rock creek, which was higher than
ever before known, his horse lost his footing and
was carried down stream a considerable distance.
Craddock got ashore, and the animal was found
aome distance below the fording place.
Year: 1867

DISTRESSING ACcIDENT-The little daughter of
George and Thresa Fitzthum, who live at Mud
Bar, Trinity River, died on the morning of March
9th from burns received on the evening previous
The mother had just lighted fire and gone out
to milk the cows, when the alarm was given by
an older child. But relief came to late the lit
tie one was so badly burned that she died before
morning.
Year: 1867

LEwrsroS-Is not q dead place yet. It will re-
vive before long, as sure we are Radical
There is room for enterprise and investment in
that section. If there rich gold quartz leads
in the county, some of the richest are within Eve
miles of Lewiston.
Year: 1867

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. LIN the
Courts General Sessions of Delaware,
at Dover, yesterday, in the case of the
State against Moses Rash, it being
proposed by the prosecuting officer to
present the evidence of the complain
ant, Samuel Dewey, colored man,
objection was made by Conegy's
counsel for the defence, that the laws
of Delaware do not permit colored
testimony when there are competent
white witnesses. Chief Justice Gil
pen ruled that the testimony be ad-
mitted, because he said it had been
customary in his court to permit
prosecuting witnesses to testify, even
though they were colored, but he
gave as his opilion, from the bench,
upon a point which could as well be
settled now as at any other time, and
that the Civil Rights bill of Congress,
so far as 1t assumes to regulate and
control the admission or rejection of
testimony in this State, which was
regulated by the laws of the State, was
imperative and void.


Judge Woolen concurred in the
decision, and Judge Wales dissented
in the case of decision to this effect
by the court. An appeal to the court
above would doubtless be sustained
Year: 1867

MOONLIGHT SURvEYs.-We hear (says the Grass
Valley NatioaaD that the Central Pacific Railroad
Company have been covertly, and by moonlight,
surveying the lands which they claim in California,
the same lying within twenty miles of their rail-
road track in alternate sections. Their object is
evidently 10 take snap judgment on the people and
give them no opportunity to show pre- emptlon
rights in time to be Of benefit.
Year: 1867

The Sacramento Union is running its candidate
for Governor on the high pressure principle and
will not allow him TO draw out of the canvass.
1t says he was nominated to that position long be-
fore a single delegate chosen to the State
Convention That is SO; but unfortunately when
that nomination required confirmation by the dele
gates to the State Convention
Year: 1867

THE Radical papers have gotinto nasty
mess in publishing the forged affidavits re-


specting Judge Holt. They started in the
Washington Chronicle and Neao York Times,
and have been greedily republished in all
the principal Republican papers. Now
that it is found out that they are forgeries,
and that the gentlemen implicated have
a basis of action for libel, the Radical
editors are very much disgusted with
this whole Conover business. The Tribune
washes its hands of the whole mat
ter, and the Boston Advertiser re-
Dukes its friends for fishing in such dirty
water to rake up testimony to impeach the
President. Like the little boy who under
took to play with bar of red hot iron.
the Radicals are now disposed to drop
Conover without anybody telling them to.


The person, whoever he was, who got off
this last hoax upon the Radical papers was
smart. He knew the credulity and malig-
nity of his intended victims, and he was
not mistaken in his men. The Radicals
have had dose of Conover, and much
good may he do them.-N. Y. World. :
Year: 1867

IxcRgAs. OF Observation-Disclosures gem
orally are feeling lively over an increase Of
business, aud the jobbing trade in particu
lar is as good IS ever known at this seasou
of the year With the breaking up Of the
river and 'opening Of the spring business
still further acce ,sions TO this trade may be
expected. and there appear to be 70 grounds
for expecting dull season financially
Preparations are in progress for vigorous
campsin next summer, aud the city trade
will undoubtedly be as good as in former
years Of prosperity.
Year: 1867

FROM DICKENS NEW CHRISTMAS STORY.


I am The Boy at Mugby. That's
about what am.


You don't know what mean? What
pity? But | think you do. l think
you do. l think you must. Look here.
I am the Boy at what is called the Re-
freshment Room at Mugby junction,
and what's proudest boast is that it nev-
er yet refreshed mortal being


Up in corner of the Down Refresh
meut Room at Mugby Junction. in the
height of twenty-seven cross draughts
Owe often counted 'em while they
brush the First lass hair twenty seven
ways), behind the bottles, among the
glasses, bounded on the nor west by
the beer, stood pretty far to the right Of
a metallic object that's at times the tea.
urn and at times the soup-tureen, ac-
cording to the nature of the last twane
impaired to its contents which are the
same groundwork, Tended off from the
traveller by a barrier of stale sponge
cakes erected atop of the coonter, and
lastly exposed sideways to the glare Of
our Missis's eye-you ask a Boy SO siti
waited, next time you stop in a hurry at
Mugby, for anything to drink; you take
particular notice that he'll try to seem
not to hear you, that he'll appear in an
absent manner to survey the line thro
a transparent medium composed of your
head and body, and that he won't serve
you as long as you can possibly bear 1t
That's me.


What lark it is We are the mode
establishment, we are, at Mugby. 9th
er Refreshment Rooms send their i'm.
perfect young ladies to be finished off by
our Missis. For some of the young la
dies, when they're new to the business,
come into it mild {! All! Our Missis
she soon takes that out of 'em. Why
originally come into the business meek
myself. But Our Missis she soon tooI
that out of me.


What delightful lark it is I look
upon us Refreshmenters as ockipyine
the only proudly independent footing
on the Line. There's Papers, for in.
stance-my honorable friend, if be will
allow me to call him so-him as belongs
to Smiths bookstall. Why, be no more
dares to be up to our Refreshmenting
games, than he dares to jump ATOP of a
locomotive with her steam at full pres
sure, and cut away upon her alone,
driving himself, at limited-mail speed
Papers, he'd get his head punched at
Year: 1867

The election ola Lieutenant Governor has
not hitherto attracted much attention. But
as such officer becomes Governor in case of
the death resignation or removal of the Gov
crnor from office, the election ought not to be
overlooked or permitted TO 90 by default.


\ writer in your paper of the lst inst,
speaks in complimentary terms Of Gen.
Churchill and by comparison disparages Maj
Hampstead The writer it is believed does in
justice to Maj. Hampstead In point of ca
pacity he is certainly the equal, indeed more
than the equal of Gen. Churchill. As to their
political antecedcntS and present position, the
former will certainly not suffer by a acompari-
son with the latter. Churchill was an origi-
nal and active seccssionists, while Hampstead
was an original union man. and earnestly op-
posed the prccipitatc action of the secession
ISIS. After the war WAS brought on by the
folly and madness OF desperate extremists In
the North and in the south, Hampstead with
n large majority of the original union men in
the State sympathized with the southcrn peo-
pie. The war being over he returned to his
allegiance in good faith, and is now as he was
In the past II national conservative union
man, opposed alike 10 extremists, whether Of
the North or of the South.


Gen. Churchill is SUPPOSED to represent the
iire-eating element Of the state; and this, in
the estimation of some, Is his special and high
est recommendation for office This oaght
not to be so. To have been IN original scccs-
Year: 1867

sionist aud earnest advocate of the measures
that brought OH the calamitous war, that has
wasted aud ruined our beloved South
ought not To be a Recommendation TO any man
for office. Il ought on the contrary 10 be q
fatal objection TO him. In the past Gen.
Churchill was an unsafe guide and leader
shall we trust him in the future2


A CONSERVATIVES UNIoS MAS.
Year: 1867

Es-The heavy rains we have had, OF
aud on for the past two weeks, have kept
up the streams so that they have been
impossible. 1t has now been ten days
since we have had Little Rock mail-con-
sequently we have no Legislature pro
ceedings to lay before our readers this
week.
Year: 1867




An Act to revive the Grade of General in the u


nited States Army.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Re
representatives. OF the United States of America in
Congress assembled That the grade of general
of the army of the United States' be, and the
same is hereby, revived; and that the President
is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it
expedient, to appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, general of the army of
the United States to be selected from among
those officers in the military service of the Unit
ed States most distinguished for courage, skill
and ability, who, being commissioned general
may be authorized, under the direction and dur
ing the pleasure of the President, to command
the armies of the United States.


Sec. ,. And be it ttrter enacted, That the paw
proper Of the general shall be four hundred dol
! lars per month; and his allowance for fuel and
quarters, when lis headquarters arc in Washing
ton, shall be ut the rate OF three hundred dollars
per moth an;! his other lOWanccs in all respects
the same are allowed to the lieutenant general
by the second section of the act approved FcbrI-
airy twenty-ni,e, cightccn hundred and sixty nine
eighteen hundred and siXty-tOur, entitled An
act rpViVing the grade OF lieutenant general in
the United States army y; and the ccf of taft
to the lieutenant general shall be transferred and
be the chief of staff TO the general with the rank
pay, and cm0uments ofa brigadier- general in the
army of the United States; and the act approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sXty-iivc en-
titled ''An act to provide for chief of stah 10
the lieutenant general commanding the armies
of the United States, " is hereby repealed, and
the said general may select from the regular ar
my for service upon his staff such number of
aides, not exceeding six rs he may judge proper,
who during the term of such staff service shall
each have the rank, pay, and emoluments OF Il
colonel of cavalry. And it is hereby provided,
that in lieu OF the staff now allowed by law to
til" lieutenant general, he shall be entitled to two
aides and one military secretary, each to have the
rank, pay, and cmoiuments OF Il icntenaut cn'un-
cl of cavalry, during the term of such stali ser
vice.


Approved July - 1866.
Year: 1867

An Act further to provide for tie safety of the
Lives of Passengers on Board OF Vessels propel


led in Whole or in Part by Steam, to regulate
the Salaries of Steamboat Inspectors, and tol
Year: 1867

A NOBLE SENTIMENT.--Mr.C Crenshaw the President of the Alabama Senate. took leave of that body in a feeling ad- dress. in which he used the following language: .e4

 "There is, however, gloom and ap- prehension resting upon the fnture.-- Our political horizon is overcast with dark cloud; we know not how soon it may pour its vials of wrath upon us !; we know not what fate is ill store for us but let us not despond, nor give up in despair. Let us perform all our duties as good citizens, and then, hay | ing deserved well, we may indulge bright hopes that the Ruler of the Uni, verse will not permit us to be visited with any more affliction.'
Year: 1867

ssSg~ Spring must be here, if we may iudgc by the magnificent stock of snr;ne and summer goods now being opened by the new firm of Thomas. Gill & Co, who arc now offering the finest stock ever offered in this market, in the house formerly occupied by Messrs Gill & Bro. Call and see the new styles and you will find those gem tlenen ready to supply you with any of the neccssaries or luxuries of life that you may need to eat, drink or " oar
Year: 1867



 CAN'T VOTE FOR BRowNLow.-Two of the most intelligent colored men in this place informed us few days ago that not one-tenth part of the negro vote in Wilson county will be cast for Brownlow and the Radical ticket at the coming election. The reason is ob- vious, and is, as they informed us, be- cause they place no eonfldencei in the professions of friendship constantly made toward these Jacobins: You have allowed us the privilege voting in order to re-elect you to office, while the true friends of our race, and the only friends we have who arc in the condition to befriend us, are the very men whom you expect us to vote against. All our peeuniary aid must come from the Conservatives, and where our interests is there we shall cast our votes. This is sensible reas- oning, and our conservative citizens should see that every colored voter appreciates it.[-Lebanon Herald.
Year: 1867

He might furnish volume of certificates, but the public have long since learned to esti- mate such things at their true value Tho safest plan is for every one to test for Himself the virtue of a new medicine.
Year: 1867

REGISTRATION AT YANKEE JIM.-By let
ter from Yankee Jim we learn thct the
Clerk Of election there, Mr.. Jamison, is en-
rolling names Of voters by only writing the
initial letter of the given name. This is
wrong, without the voter so gives ii iu. 1t
is the duty Of an officer Of election TO enroll
the name as it is given by the voter himself,
and the voter should be careful to give it as
it is entered on the Great Register. No Of.
ficer has a right to decide how voter shall
enroll his name, it is exercising arbitrary
power, which the officer has no right to do.
If the voter has bis name entered wrong it
is his own fault, and alone is the sufferer,
but if the officer enters it wrong, after the
instruction Of the voter, the officer can be
held responsible for his act
Year: 1867

Mr.. Editor:-The Gorham scavenger OF
the Stars and Stripes is trying very hard to
provoke a reply from me 10 his maudin
rawlings. l cannot descend 10 the level he
occupies. Decency, as well as the duty
owe myself and the party have the honor
of being an humble member Of, alike fordids
the attempt. Had his thoughts been as


"Chaste as the icicc,


That hangs OH Diana's temple"
he could not have tempted reply from me,
for he would have required fumigating and
purifying to get rid Of the stencil Of Prison
Brig, corruption and crime.


Sekirk should learn that when an editor
prostitutes bis press to low and vulgar black.
guardism, and personalities, that be acknowl
edges himself devoid of all gentlemanly
principles, and has not the ability to answer
an advisory. propose if he has man in
his whole party who can clearly demonstrate
that negro suffrage and equality is what the
people want, and will elevate white men one
particle-that Chinese labor will enrich the
State, and will benefit the poor white labor
ing classes-that Gorham's railroad swipde
was right, and a good thing for the tax
payers-that the Registry Law was not
made to disfrancbise the German and Irish
voters, and that you are capable Of being a
decent, respectable man-lhen will &C
knowledge that the doctrines | advocate are
wrong, and will agree to retire to private
life and not intrude myself upon the public.
With this am done, and beg leave to offer
an apology to the community for saying so
much on SO trivial subject


Yours Respectfully,


GEO. E. MASON,
Year: 1867

1t is a fact well known that certain .relic-
Ious orders, for the purpose Of restraining
pride, ambition, and other worldly passions
have resorted to self inflicted Aagelations,
and to peuances Of the most humiliating
kind, that they might acquire the virtues of
meekness and humility, 10 imitation Of their
divine exemplar. This We can we'll under
stand, whether we believe or not that the
end is accomplished. Dickens has given 10
bis character Of Uriah Heep = cold, heart.
less, designing villain, and .yraut, who j.
ever obtrudug upon those whose favor b.
would obtain, an huu.olsness Of demear or
that is positively sickeniug, while to those
over whom be las any control he is AFRO.
giant and ovsfbearing to degree, this too
We can understand, for We daily see men
"bend'ng The pregnant hinges OF the knee
that thrift may follow fawuing." But We are
wholly non-pusssd when We see gentlemen
in our own county, Of high social position,
whose accomplished daughters and iutsIli.
gent sons are the peers Of any and Of all,
in community wholly composed Of white
men aad women, themselves aspiring to po-
sitions Of honor and OF trust, and capable
worthily Of filling them, deliberately giving
utterance 10 sentiment so degrading to his
race, as the following, from Col. Tweed's
speech, recently delivered at Coifax. lie
said


The negro was the savior Of the country,
and should be allowed to vote and hold Of
fee, from Constable up to President Of the
United States; and in bis estimation the
negro wanted no elevation to make him
equal to the best Of our American citizens!'


We say that we cannot understand this
If the Colonel had negro constituency
whom he would proptiate we would not he
at loss to comprehend why man who has
no sympathy with the white race, and who
would hold power by lerelling dorm should
so insult those who paid him the compliment
to hear bis speech, in which he not only said
what we quote above, but labored two NOR.
tai hours in an endeavor, frui,less we trust,
to convince his audience that be was right.
But the Colonel has no such contitueucy!-
What then can be his motive in advocating
such political heresies here? We can only
suppose that the hostility of his party to the
white man has driven hin, from its support.
and that by removing the natural prejudice
of caste the door may be more effsctually
opened for Chinese equality here, and thus
they hope to recover the ascendancy they
have lost. We call not this folly or iufatu,
alton, it is down right madness. Shall the
white man be asked to bring himself down
10 the level Of Chinese and Neyroesl The
very suggestion is an insult to him. 1t can
not be done in this way, you can only ac'
complish it by an abuse Of power by yo1r
Rump Congress. Make US few more Col.
fax speeches Colonel, and we have you Oh
the bip.
Year: 1867

OK THE GREAT REGISTER. - Mr.. Spear,
County Clerk, informs us that he will be at
Canada Hill on the lst day Of August for
the purpose Of getting more names on the
Great Register. On his way be will pass
through Iowa Hill. This will be good op.
portunity to those who are not yet ON the
Great Register.
Year: 1867

ET "Iu less than two years l will pro-
cure a wooly headed buck niger who will
walk up to the polls and kill your '"te'


Such was the threat Of one Spencer, in
the streets Of Forest Hill, few evenings
since to a white man. This Spencer lie a
candidate for the Legislature on the Mon
grei ticket. OF course none but mongrel
could make such threat. Can white men
vote for such q thing.
Year: 1867

GALvANIz1Na COPPER PLATEs.-Mr. Oil.
YER Of Forest Hill, on Tuesday last demon>
strated in our presence bis ability to take a
rough copper plate and thoroughly coat it
with quicksilver in a few seconds. We
think il useful discovery, and ono that will
prove valuable to the quartz miners Of the
State
Year: 1867

EE Messrs. Poland and Cravens have
been doing good service for the Democratic
party in the meetings held in the west end
of the County this week. They have been
listened to with marked attention and greet
ed with great applause. Lower Placer is
all right. Boys, how are you above?
Year: 1867

--
We are tax'd on our clothing, on our meat


our bread


On our carpets and tables, our boots and our


bed,


Our tea and our coffee; and If we should die
We are tax'd on the coffin in which we must


lie
And all for the negro-Great sGodl can it be
The land Of the brave. and the home of the
We are stamped on our mortgages, checks


notes and bills;
On our deeds and on our contracts, and or
a our last wills; g 70
And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph


shall wave e
Der the wealth of the nation that's laid in


the grave,


And all for the negro-Great Godl can it be,
The land of the brave, and the home of the


free! s
We are taxed on ell goods by kind Providence


given; is3 3'@ aa
We are tax'd on the Bible that points us to


heaven, -ot
And if we attain to that heavenly goal,
They would. if they could, stick stamp on
our soul, ~
And all for the negro-Great God can it be,
The land of the brave, and the home Of the
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