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Year: 1867

The policy of spending money in
building schools and teaching the al
phabet to little darkeys, is well enough
in it's place, but it seems to us that the
more pressing necessity Is for some
thing to keep the freedmen from starv-
ing and freezing. Radical philanthro-
py is always applied to the sufferers
head, when in fact it would generally
be more servicable il applied to the
stomach. =
Year: 1867

JOINT Resolution to authorize the Secretary OF


War to build dredge boats for use at the mouth


of the Mississippi river.


Be it resolcod5y tie Senate and House Of Repre-
sentu,s Of tie United States Of imericu in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of War be- and is
hereby, authorized, on the recommendation of
the engineer department, to build and operate
two drcdge boats for the purpose OF deepening
and keeping open the channel of on more of
the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi. and to
eXpend for that purpose much may be ne
of the mouth of the Mississippi river, provided
for in the Act making appropriations for the
repair, preservation, and completion of certain
public works heretofore commenced under the
authority of law, and for other purposes" ap-
proved March second, eighteen hundred and
sXty-seven.


Approved, March &c, 1867.
Year: 1867

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentdtiOeS Of the United States of Ancric0 IN Con-
g,ess assembled, That the eight watchmcn on the
dome OF the Capitol, ut the congressional stables,
the gatc-keeper, and watchmen of the grounds
surrounding the Capitol be hereafter appointed
by the Sergeant-at-armS of the Senate and the
Sergeant at arms OF the House. That the officers
aforesaid be also authorized to appoint three ad-
ditional watchmen, one for each of the eastern
portlcos and the carriage ways under the same.
Each watchmen so appointed shall receive an an
nual compensation of one thousand dollars, pay
able on the order of the Sergeant nt-at-arms of the
Senate and the Sergeant-at-arlns of the House. or
either of them, and the amount of money neces-
sary to pay said watchmen from the date of their
appointment until the close of the present fiscal
year at the rate paid others of the same grade so
much money as may be necessary, is hereby ap-
propriated, and for the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, the sum of thirty-three hundred dollars is
hereby appropriated.


The Serg cant arms of the Senate and the
Sergeant-at-arms of the House are hereby author
lied TO select pattern for uniform for the
Capitol police and watchmen and furnish to each
member OF the force two suits per year, at cost
not to exceed fifty dollars per suit, and also to
furnish SAID force with the necessary belts, arms,
and SO forth, at a cost not to exceed twenty dol
lars per man, and the amount of money necessa-
ry to carry this provision into effect is hereby
appropriated payable upon the certificate OF the
officers above named. One-half of the moneys
hereinbeore appropriated shall be paid into the
contingent fund of the Senate, and the other
half into the contingent fund of the House of
Representatives.


Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and of the House
of Representatives are authorized to make such
rules and regulations as they may deem necessary
| to preserve the peace and secure the Capitol


from DETACHMENT and for the protection of the
public property therein, and shall have power to
arrest and detain any person violating said rules
until such person can be brought before the prop
authorities for trial, without further order of
Congress.


Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all mon
eys appropriated for the Washington aqueduct
and for the other public works of the District of


Columbia shall be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of War.


SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.


Approved, March 80, 1867
Year: 1867

OPENING OF THE CONNECTION RAILROAD.
Superintendent Ruth, of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, an
nounces that on and after Saturday next
the regular through day and night mail
trains of his road will leave and arrive at
the terminus of the Connection railway, at
the Richmond and Petersburg railroad,
corner of Byrd and Eighth streets. The
accommodation train will continue to leave
and arrive as usual from the depot on
Broad street. We congratulate the COM
pany on the completion of this important
connection, by which the comfort and con
yepience of travellers will be so much pro-
moted and the attractions of this tavorlte
route between the North and the South
SO greatly increased.
Year: 1867

FIGHT AND FooT RAcE.-About dusk
last evening, two gentlemen had an en-
counter on Main street few doors below
Fourteenth street, the origin of which was
deemed so sacred that neither party could
be induced to furnish us the desired in
formation. When we first saw the parties
Mr.. johnson was pitching into Mr.. Grad
dock, and after few rounds the latter
gentleman raised straight coat-tail, and
abandoning his hat and shawl, sought re-
fuge in a neighboring store, to the great
alarm of several ladies, who were making
purchases. His opponent followed to the
door, crying out He dare not tell it-if
he does III murder him." The proprietor
of the store interfered for the preservation
of the peace, and got the parties away
from his door. The refugee, on appearing
on the pavement, had to exercise all the
talents of an artful dodger, and place
signboard between himself and his pur-
suer to avert his wrath.
Year: 1867

The management, having every facility at their
disposal, capital at their command and know
ledge Of what style OF entertainment would sn''
the people and meet the appreciation and cordlai
support Of the inttllectuui. rCepcd and religious
portion Of the community, determined to form an
instit ution OF which they could be Justly proud
and that would enable them to rest assured that
when their manifold attractions were presented,
and had been seen, that fun satisfaction wonld be
given to and acknowledged by their patrons.
TALENT, NOVELTY, WONDER, SUPERIORITY
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, ARE sA-


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DISCERNIBLE


IN THE


GREAT SHOW
Year: 1867

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Very Respectfully
Year: 1867

RAILROADS AND MAIL RoUTEs.-Mr. Woods, the
expressman between Virginia and this place says
the Susanville Sage Brush informs that the
people of the former place fourteen days with
out mail communication from California. This is
unprecedented in the history of Virginia City. and
shows how terrible the late storm must have been
on the Placervie and Dutch Flat route across the
Sicrras.


1t shows also that wicked men, who attempt to
violate Divine laws, will sometimes be brought to
a reckoning. When the directors of the Central P.
r. r. undertook the task of building their road
where it is at present located. they decided upon
course which, however much it may speak for their
energy, or their devotion to the welfare of Sacra-
mento, still it cannot be concealed that they viola
ted the plainest dictates of common sense. out
ragged every principle that usually governs men in
their business undertakings. and flung direct def
ahce in the face of God Almighty.


No doubt the Downer Lake railroad will be COM
peted; no doubt trains will run over that route
good portion of the year, for money will accom-
pli>h almost anything, but the road, nevertheless.
never in the nature of things be anything more
than partial success.


Our letter mails have come with but little rreg-
ularity from Chico and from Oroville, and though
the fall OF snow has been immense still if the road
had been built either the Chico or Feather
River routes, and the money already expended on
the Central p. r. r. would have on either of these
routes, completed the read to the valleys on the
eastern slope of the mountains-a single second
class locomotive with snow plow, could easily
have kept the track clear. We sreak in no spirit
of repining: the Central Pacific fellows know their
affairs and can doubtless get along without US,
but as we are an American citizen ana belong to
that great nation whose credit alone enables the
directors of that read to keep their Cinnamon per-
ches i'll the clouds. on that inhospitabe route by
Downer Lake, one Of this great nation, we exer-
else right to call those Pacific Road fellows
set of id fools for bucking as they do against
Divine Providence and Black Rock.


Ii does not matter to Us, for Gov. Roop has pro-
missed TO furnish us a railroad of own, as soon
as Black Rock opens her exchanges We only
write, knowing the Sacramento fellows are at pres
ent in tight place, and cannot hit back very Wig
orously at Us.
Year: 1867

Ed. RECORD : II is an adage that birds of feafh-
er will flock together. 1t is true that each variety
of BIRDS whether of the same or of different spe-
cies, viii congregste together with those cnlv OF
their own particular kind or variety. The eagle
does not congregate with hawks buzzards, owls, or
geese. 1t seeks only the company OF esgles. and
delights in the high eral regions among the clouds,
and among the craggy peaks Of the mountain tops,
far above the fogs and marshy fens. So of all 9TH
er birds, each seeks the locality and company most
congenial TO its nature and inclinationS. This
adage is intended to illustrate rule by which TO
judge of the habits disposition and inclinations of
in relation to their moral, social and inteec-
tual natures. Man is social being, and ghts
in the company most congenial to his nature. The
man of pure mind and noble sentiments delights
not in the associations Of the vile and ignorant
herd. What, then, shall We think Of the man who
to bring custom to his place of business, introduces
therein fashily dressed and fppanttongued fe
males of easy virtue? Is he the man whom We
would select to associate with mothers, wives,
sisters or daughters | think not, unless we have
become so degraded that we are only fit to assoc
ate with those who are a disgrace to humanity.





ing to be Representatives of a moral community
visit and sanction with their presence such places
and thus encourage the exhibition of immortality
and the introduction of depraved characters in pla
ces of public resort and association For one,
think the old adage is true and unmistakable in its
application. The man who scruples not TO make
use of immoral means to increase his gains, is
man unworthy the confidence, respect or esteem OF
an honorable community, and should receive, as be
deserves. their contempt.


We have a right to look with distrust upon the
community that will long silently tolerate such
things in their midst. Nay, more we have right
to say that those who visit and patronise such pla
ces, offer premium for vice in all its FORMS while
virtue goes unnoticed and unrewarded by them, or
at best only occupies a second or third rate place
in their cataloguesof associations. Such beasts in
human form may be thought very fine specimens
of humanity among the thieving and polluted dens
of large cities, but, it is my impression the people
of Orovie might make themselves conspicuous in
a more honorable way than to patronze such nui-
sances. A CITIZEN.
Year: 1867

School TEACHERS SALARIEs.-The New York
Sun thinks there is no reason why female school
teachers should not be paid good salaries as the
males. The reasoning is


quire an education. The Board of Education re-
quires high scholarly attainments in the one
case as the other. The duties of enc are as labo-
rous the other The fact is there no reason for
this discrepancy. 1t is consequence of the absurd
and unjust idea generally prevalent that women
ought not 10 receive anything like so much pay as
men for any service performed. We protest against
the continuance of this injustice in our schools. 1t
Is unworthy of our advanced school system of the
city and Of this enlightened age.
Year: 1867

THE Parisisns have got new plaything, which
is amusing and astonishing them greatly. 1t is a
decaptated head which-speaks-a head made of
India rubber with such skill that it not only takes
the impression. but it makes the movement of liv
ing face in speaking, and answers all questions put
To it, The head is admitted 10 be very ingenious
piece of workmanship.
Year: 1867

Know thyself, yet Of all knowlege, the


knowledge of self is acquired with


most difficulty. Discover If possible,


your mental latitude and longitude. the


extent and compass Of your capacities,


and when this self knowledge shall


have become universal then we Will sec
agriculture and the useful arts reclaim


ing their fugitives from the Legislative
halls, the bar, the pulpit and the pro-
fessor's CHAIR Then many country
pcdagogue and village pcttifogger in
stead of endeavoring to rear the ten
der thought, will be found somewhere
gracefully welding the hoe handle and
vigilantly striving to prevent the incur
sions ofthe brar. "This is Il consum-
nation dcvoutly to be Wished" and we
trust that in the dim outlines of the fu-
ture, the time is Fastening on when the
barriers of false pride shall be broken
down and men shall judge of matters
by the unadulteratcd standard Of COM
mon sense. When this millennium
shall have dawned upon the world, then
indeed may we realize that the golden
age is come and exclaim with the
bard, zempora mutam eum
j, w.
Year: 1867

a correspondent of the London Spec
tasor, writing from Ballarat, has the
following in reference to the use which
the gold diggcrs once made of their
nugget:


| believe it is fact, and no fiction,
that successful digger had gold col
lar made for his dog, that he, like his
master, might put aside his working
dress and be magnificent for the rest OF
his days. 1t is Il fact that another rode
through the streets OF Ballarat with his
horse shod with gold. To keep car.
riagc and pair was the great ambition
of diggcrs wife There was Il wo.
man near Colacc, who lived in a COM
mon log hut, with nothing hut mud for
floor and bench or two for furniture.
Outside the hut was the carriage. un-
der tarpaulin, and pair OF horses
grazcd near. For year or more she
was constantly to be seen on the road
to Geclong. Her son drove, and she
sat inside in silks and satins gorgeous
ly ar rayed, a short pipe in her mouth,
and the gin bottle reposing on the
cushion by her side.
Year: 1867

STRONG PROTEST FROM THE NATIONAL
INrELLIGENCER.-Responding to an ar-
ticle in the Lynchbnrg RepuJlicaa, the
MtclNgencer Of the 23d pitches into the
Radicals as follows:


THE white people Of this country
will never let any man go into the Pres
idential chair by the unconstitutional
votes AN Africanized South. II At
ricans, or their paltry numbers of base
white allies, get into Congress by climb
ing up some other way than constitu-
tional one, the white people Of the
North will decree their expulsion
The mass of the Northern white men
have stcrnly declared against Southern
Afrizanized control Of the Government
by acting in conjunction with what
may, by a possibility, still continue
class monopoly States of the North. -
The people of the North who have
sternly decreed against negro suffrage
there, will never submit to a control OF
the General Government by the Af'ri
canzed Southern States. The tyrants
and demagogucs in Congress who are
forwarding the impOsture and usurpa-
ton may as well understand this now
a. to recklessly risk what may befall
them in popular wrath at another day"
Year: 1867

A HONE FOR THE M G toEs.-A cor
respondent of the New York Times
thinks that Mr.. Stewards reiterated at


tempts to get a foothold in ;he West
Indies are part of the scheme for the
acquisition of s'l the West India
Islands as future home for the negroes
Of our Southern States. The great
bulk of the inhabitants Of Cuba, St.
Domingo, and adjacent islands, he says
are blacks; and the proximity of these
negro countries to our Southern coast
would make it an easy thing to bring
about the migration or deportation OF
thetwO or three million negroes loca-
ted in the States of our Southern sea.
board. The tropical climate and lux.
uriant soil OF these many isles would
suit them exactly, and they would have
a great advantage in settling down
among people of their own race and


nature. At the same time the South
would be glad to get rid of a dangerous
and antagOnistic element, end the fear
|of "negro supremacy" would pass
away.
Year: 1867

General Sherman gave his opinion Of
negro suffrage in an address to the re-.
turned soldiers at Chicago, on the 9th
Of July, 1865. lie then said:


II want those who have been in the
South to bear testimony to the condi
ton of these freed negroes Ny op;n
ion is that they are not fitted for the
exercise of franchise. | want them to
get fair price for their labor, but /
do not think they are fitted to take par,
in the legislation of the country"
Year: 1867

Some of the Missouri railroads were
sold several months ago, and bought
in by the State to secure her claims up
on them. The ouctionecr who made
the sale was obliged to pay the internal
revenue tax on the transaction, to the
amount Of six thousand dollars, and
the Treasury Department hold that the
tax was legally collected
Year: 1867

er proof of the wonderful adaptability Of
man TO circumstances Sometimes one
sees man with IN excellent constitution
after he has been working forty or fifty
years to destroy it; and this individual
phenomenon is to certain extent repeated
in the race. Man seems 10 be the only
animal who can violate the laws of nature
and live. How he lives-in degradation
and squalor, the subject of diseases the
bare catalogue of which fills folios, with
what aches, and pains, and pangs, with
what frequent howls to Hippocrates, and
with what perennial recourse TO phySic, it
is totally needless for Us to set forth, If
he is to be at all protected against unnatu-
raj mortality, he must protect himself
Since the creation, he has always been
pretending 10 do that. Perhaps in the
next century he will really begin--N. I.
Tribune.
Year: 1867

SPIRITUAL Whisky is the key by
which many gain an entrance into our
prisons and aims houses.


Brandy brands the nose of all those who
cannot govern their appetites-


Wine causes many TO take a winding
way.


Punch is the cause of many unfriendly
punches.


Ale causes many ailings, while beer
brings many TO the bier.


Champagne is the cause of many a real
pain


And gin-slings have s'slewed' more
than the slings of old.
Year: 1867

HNBERT u MEGAFFIN.-Well venture q
small bet that nobody about Halbert& Megafin's
went to the fair this year. There was no possi-
bic escape from the crowd that beset them from
morning to night Their new stock Of boots and
shoes for the fall and winter trade is about full,
and everybody coming to the fair seemed to need
something in that line. OF course, nobody
thought of buying without first seeing the stock
at Halbert Il Megaffins.
Year: 1867

MOONEY If we have neglected to chronicle
the enormous new arrivals of clothing at Jacob
Moneys corner store in Cheever's new block
for the last week or two, it was not because they
did not deserve to be extensively " set up" Mr.
Mooney proposes to try the experiment of in
oreasing his profits by doubling his sales and sell
ng as a reduced per centage Of gains. He must
certainly do something Of the sort, or half his
Stock Will remain on his hands, for it is twice Us
lagge aa usual at this season. He has adopted
the same rule in his tailoring department. and
expects to double his force.
Year: 1867

THE CHINESE STRIKE ON THE CENTRAL Pa
CIFIc RAILROAD Five or SIX days ago The
Chinese employed by the Pacific Railroad Com
pany engaged in strike for higher wages and
for reduction OF the nRnber of hours eouired
as a days work. The company has paid $40
per month to this class OF workmen-they
boarding tnemselves-and the men have been
kept at work. except in the tunnels, eleven and
twelve hours per day. The Cinnamon strike
for $40 per month, and for the adoption of the
ten-hour rule on open ground, and eight hours
In the tunnels. We understand that placard
printed In the Chinese language was distribu-
ted along the line OF the road day or two be-
fore The strike occurred. This placard Is said
to have set forth the right of the workmeD
10 higher wages and to more moderate days
work, and to deny the right OF the overseers OF
the compsny to either whip them or restrain
them from leaving the road when they desire
10 seek other employment. About 2, COO China
men responded to the appeal, and work was
entirely suspende in the tunnels along the line
Of the road near the Summit. The railroad
company refused to pay the wages earned sinse
last pay day, aud the Chinese refused to leave
the line of the road until paid. This condition
Of affairs lasted until yesterday morning, when
the Chinamen are reported to have given up
the contest and to have gone to work on the
old terms. having failed to gain the ADVANTAGE.
for which the strike was made.
Year: 1867

BATHIHe-The common notion is that it is
dangerous to take cool bath or cold bath
when the body is unusually warm or per.
spring, but q leading medicaf journal saws
that then is the best time to take bath. The
reason is this. stronger and quicker reaction
can be secured when the circulation is strong
should never be continued long enough, how
ever, to producea chill and prevent a ready
and vigorous reaction. A cold bath should
never be taken when he surface Of the body
is cool or chilly,
Year: 1867

w BARNES inserts TEETH ON RUBBER


w GOLD and SILVER, very cheap. Fourth
street east. between A and streets north. Leave
Navy Yard car at Third street on account of side
walk. an 13lm
Year: 1867

At printers festival in Minnesota
Judge Goodrich made a speech, in
which he referred the invention Of
printing to higher antiquity than is
usually ascribed to it. He undertook
to prove that the patriarch Job knew
all about 1t, by quoting from the follow
ing passage: "Oh, that my words
were not written! Oh, that they were
printed in book, that they were craven
with an iron pen, with lead in rock
forever!"


The Judge considered this undoubted
evidence that Job understood the art of
nriting, printing, engraving, stereotype, and
hthogaphiag. He mentions them in
their regular order, as they have been
discovered.


This is probably the origin of the
term sob Printing