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Year: 1866

Mr. Republican, this way please sir we
do not mean the candid, independent man,
but he who is under the party lash.


Ten yearsago you cried out for retrench
ment and reform You declared you would
never support men so extravagant as Che
Democrats.


Time passed Yourparty obtained power.
Its corruption and extravaganza surpassed
all PRECEDENT


You declared that the South was bill
of expense, and you would be better with
out her, paraded your faith by carrying six
teen star flags In houor of the sixteen North
ern States


Your masters cried Union, and you shout.
ed loudly - it must be preserved. y


Your masters now say TIE Union shall not
be restored until the South embraces the
sentiments of New England.


You embrace the doctrine and declare
there is no hurry about restoring the I'm
ion.


Your masters called the Democrats Union
savers.


You caught up the sound and Kissed ii
from your throats.


Your masters called the Democrats trai-
tors


You halloed it from hilltop and valley.
Your masters declared that slavery should
not be interfered with.


You became as strong pro-slavTy men as
the Democrats


Your masters said slavery should remain
unmolested where it existed, but should not
be carried into the territories.


You applauded the doctrine and declared
1t Just and right.
+. Your masters said slavery be abolish
ed You cried aloud against the 'accursed
institution.


Your masters said the negroes were an
equality with the whites.


You adduced strong arguments to prove
that negroes should never have the right to
vote or hold office.


Your masters now declare the blacks equal
to the whites.


You curse all that dare to insinUate that
God created one race inferior to another.


Your masters pretended friendship for the
poor man.
You were eloquent against the oppression of
the rich


You swallowed their opinion and pro-
uonnced it good.


Your masters told you that you belonged
to the decency party.


You strutted> in style and sneered at the
hard listed sons of toll


You bow In humble submission to then
decree, wallow In the African mire and
declare it good.


You are the slave of our corrupt men.


An instrument used by knaves to promote
selfish ends.


You have no principle. No stability. Nc
minds of your own. Like the weather cock,
you turn as the winds of your masters blow
upon you.


We respect a political opponent who dares
to act independent and seeks to do right.


The man who, like an old fiddle, can be
made te play tune, we despisels


IF you are in favor of the burdens of the
Government being equally distributed as
its blessings say so and act accordingly.


If you consider yourself better than mig
ger speak out and act for the interest of the
white man.


Don't wait for the whip to crack ovel
your back and drive you into the party traces


Act the man. Act independent. 1t vii
beget respect.
Year: 1866

LET IT NEVER BE FoRGoTrBN. That
when the Democratic party went out Of p65S-
er National Debt was thing almost un-
known.


That by no act or deed of the Democratic
party was the present huge debt piled up.


That Radical Congress contracted it,
Radical President endorsed it, and the Rad
ical party embezzled and spent it. i


That On every evidence Of Indebtedness is
the ugly autograph of some Radical plum
derer. To them exclusively belongs the hon.
or of our present burthensome taxation.
Year: 1866

sg Nearly 100000 has been stolen
from the Marine Bank. Is is not known by
whom. The Bank is not the loser, as the
money was placed on special deposit by


Messrs Croker, Wood & Co., ship cha1d-
lers. Great carelessness is evident, as no one
was acquainted with the loss for eighteen
days Detectives are on the trail Of the
Year: 1866

~ The Columbia South Caroziniian says
ne IS not fact generally known that Govern
ot Orr has the honor Of first suggesting the
necessity Of the Philadelphia Convention.
This was first done during conference with
me Of the leading Conservatives Of Wash
ton when he was In that city, and subse-


4ntiy the idea was enlarged upon N a let


(which at some future day We shall give
Year: 1866

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.-Gite ne to know
that the doctrine Of Jesus is bread from
Heaven and that it sustains the spirit and,
prepares it for Heaven, and l may well be
Indifferent weather that bread descended
like the mannain the dessert, in nightly:derg,
or whether like the food of Elijah, it was
brought to my eager hands by the ravens or
whether it was broken for myself and the
hungry thousands around me by the hand I
,imbued with miraculous power. So long as
| know that it was sent to me by the Father
of my spirit, and that, eating it shall ne
forever, | know that can give it value, and
awaken my gratitude. When some friendly
hand presses a cup of cold water to my lips.
asI am fainting with thirst in thirsty land,
Twill not ask for do not care, whether that.
water was showerd from the skies or gushed
from spring, ask not whetherit was asbrought
mein golden urn, or whether it wss presented
in a crystal vase or soldiers helmet 1t is
water that bids me live, and that is enough
for me.
Year: 1866

TcUcHING INCIDENT I've are informed,
says the Nerwalk (O) Register, that a gen.
tleman recently travelling from the West In
a sleeping car, witnessed the following scene:
In the same car with him was a gentleman
trying to still a crying child by carrying it to
and fro in the same coach, ard which, by its
screams, finally iritated man in one of the
berths to such degree that he could endure
it no longer, and cried out profanely, What
in--is the matter with hatyoung one 2''
that child that she is not here to pacify it ?''.
At this the poor gentleman in charge of the
child stepped up to the berth and said :.
Sir the mother of this child is in her
cofin. in TIE baggage car - Our informant
says the gruff grumbler Immediately arose,
compelled the afflicted father to retire to his
berth, and from that time until morning took
the little orphan under his own care.
Year: 1866

The emperor Macmillan was born on the 9th Of
July, 1892 and is therefore now in his Thirty fourth
year. lie is the brother Of the present emperor f
Austria, and on the z7:h of July 1857, was married
at Brussels to the princess Charlotte, daughter of
Leopold the late king of the Belgians The arch
duke MaXiman was vice admiral and commander-in-
chief ct .he Austrian navy, of which he may bo
considered the founder; and the most important works
of the empire for marine purposes have been cor
sructed Under his direction. There is no department
in naval architecture and branch of science tera
ture and art Of which he dces not possess thorough
knowledge. He was at time governor of LON.
hardy ana Venice; it was a trying period, vet he
conducted himself with such wisdom and tact as to
surmount, all obstacles, and secure to himself tho
esteem and admiration of the people under his gov
ernment- He speaks all the leading European Ian.
guages; bis administrative talents are said to be
unsurpassed, and through the Austrian empire his
populariy.among all classes of people was unbounded
His mother the archduchess Sophia considered ono
OF the most enlightened and talented ladies in Europe


EBOStOn Post
Year: 1866

GEN TwIGGs EsrATz.-1l the United States circuit
court in the of the United States vs. general
Twggs' estate on motion of the United States district
attorney it vas ordered that the libel be dismissed and
the property be restored to the administrator of the
defendants estate His heir is infant child, and
the suit being still pending, and no condemnation hav
ing been made before the death Of general Twggs, the
statute could net apply to the case it affected the
life estate only Of the owners.
Year: 1866


pondent of the New York Times says:


a gentleman occupying prominent position IN the
treasury department dismissed therefrom to-day on
complaint of injured wife, who suddenly returning
from New York on private information had the good,
evil fortune of having the information given her
confirmed by her own eyes. Various other of the
departments are being scandased by pretty well cor
roborated affecting the morality of their en-
ployes of both sexes.
Year: 1866

sures of president johnson are being translated into
all the laAgaages and published in all the journals of
Europe and are meeting with an amount of discus
sion that has never been bestowed upon similar polti
cal documents in this generation
Year: 1866

Make room for the solemn pageant,


Give way to the mournful bier!
And let US lay our hero down


In our chosen sepulchre
For we come in robes of sorrow,


Bowed with the weight of pain,
To commit to the cold, autumnal mould


The bones of Ashby slain.
Not in triumphant array we come,


With martial pomp complete,
No cannon peals the requiem grand,


For the warriors burial mete;
The arms with his glory lustrous


With the rusts OF defeat dim,
No sabre salutes, no carbine trail,


In the hands that struck with him!
We may not mourn our peerless one


With the yictors soothing pride,
We feel too sadly the poignant truth


In Yaln-ln yaln-he died!
And his brothers in deeds of warfare


Resign to gentler haud
The sOlace dear of honorng here


The foremost of all their band.
But, oh! there is yet triumph


Defeat has ne'er OerthrOwn,
And pride that chivalry loves to boast


And that none may dare dlsown!
The wreath of renoWn-he hath 1t.


He hath won the victOr's crown,
Tho the cause is dead for which he bled,
And it's flag to the dust dragged down.
He sleeps i'll the sod he has shaken off,


With the might of giants blow,
As DER it he led his squadrOn's fierce


On the heels of the flying foe!
1t is rich with the blood of heroes


Who for it their lives did yield,
As true and brave e'er found grave
On the battles CORY field!
The lOrdly SUBMITS around him


Will cherish his mighty name,
And the glorious rivers that bind their base,
Is linked with his deathless fame
From the crest Of the grand Alleghanies
To where the Shenandoah flows,
Not hill nor stream but in the gleam
OF the glory he lent them glows
He needs no marble to tell his deeds,
On every scene around,
In the hearts of noble people


his epitaph is found;
Twill endure while in their SCrried ranks,
Firginia'S mountains stand,
Or while on earth one patriot dares
To die for his native land
Here, then, on the grave of the Flower o


knights


Our fairest flowers shall bloom,
Assured that ne'er had fallen knight
more betitting tomb,
Let him rest in the Valley he battled for,
In the land he loved so well,
On the breast of the earth that gave him birth
And her brightest hope lost when he fell!
Year: 1866

weeds and stones, and properly to pulver-
ize it: for it is only when in this state that
manure will mix well with the earth The
time for mannrlng most common is at the
conclusion of fallowsng. or before the SOW
ing of the following crops. If the land is
manured alone from the produce of the
farm, ten or twelve tons per acre will be the
most than can be allowed, if the manage
ment be regular course ofwhite and green
crops. It will be found more advantageous
to apply manure in smaller quantities at
short intervals. At whatever time the dung
is applied, it should in the first place be
scattered evenly over the land, and plough
ed in as speedily as possible Every in
slant in which it lies expose to the air, it
losing it's value
Year: 1866

By the net of the last Legislature, creating a Board of Supervisors, iu each county, it i= made the duty of those officers To establish and change election precincts, and to appoint inspectors and judges of election" The work is an important opc, and in country so poorly supplied with means of communication as this, it should be attended to at an early cay in order that it may be duly known to all where the polls viii be heid, nnd ~ho will preside at the election.

 In this county the Supervisors have already acted, and their report will be found in anoth- CT column.

 We need hardly say that precincts should he established wherever the pnbhc eonven- fence requires, and that first class men should be selected as inspectors and judges men familiar with the law and with the electors who will see that order is maintained, and that the law is properly and fearlessly enfor ced

 Chapter XXIv Of the Code, which contain. all the Legislative enactments regarding the elections, should be carefully studied by every inspector and judge, and we arc glad to know that, in order to have it at every precinct 1T conyenient form, tie Governor has directed it to be printed in pamphlet and generally distributed throughout the Territory. Thh is the custom in the eastern states, and it vii leave every inspectorJudge and voter without excuse for violation of the law in any partic uiar. Our elections have, to this time, beer orderly and fair, and we hope that that ofth' ensuing fifth of September will be of the sam' character and as creditable to the people.

 Elsewhere we publish the Proclamation O the Governor designating the offices to b' [ filled at the election, and copies of which vii i to-day be sent to the Sheriff and County Re eorder of each County in the Territory. ! By section of Chapter XXIy of the Cod it is made the duty of the Sheriff of eacl county, to give at least ten days notice of thi election, by setting up at each precinct in hi county, copy of this proclamation, and b. inserting the same in some newspaper pub lished in the county, if any be published therein.

 This duty is one that the Sheriffs should b' prompt to perform. If they can have thu Proclamation posted in each precinct twenty days prior 10 the day of election it will b' we'll ia do so.
Year: 1866

There is much complaint in the mining dis

 tricts on the Colorado that many of the lodes are held by locators now absent from the

 Territory, so that parties willing and ready

 to work upon them, and to develop the coun-

 try, cannot do so. It is asserted that whole districts are claimed by men in San Francis se, who have never performed stroke of work upon the lodes, not even, in most cases. designating them by monuments. 4 great many claims were taken up by the California volunteers, when stationed at Fort Mohaye

 and now that they have gone away there is no one to represent them, and nothing can be done with the lodes In nine cases out of ten these absent parties will not return and the question arises "are their interests open to relocation, and if relocated can the loea- tors be disturbed at any future time, provided the latter work the lodes 2 |" That the in- teTests arc open to relocation, if the laws of the mining districts and of the Territory have not been complied with, there can be no doubt, and we cannot believe that those who relocate and work them in good faith can ever be dEtnrbed. A

 It is unfortunate that on the passage of the Territorial mining law, the clause giving three years from the first of January, 1865, for the performance of work upon the lodes was made applicable to the river counties. Here, and perhaps in Pima county, where Indian disturbances have been serIous, the provision may have been warrantable, but upon the river, where there have been no such troubles it has worked great injustice to the people, and detrinent to the country.

 If non-residents are allowed to locate claims, they should De made to have representatives upon the ground to do enough work to at least prove to new corners that the claims are actually taken up. This idea Of simply claim, and then abandoning it, | 6 prepOsterous, and we have no sympathy with those outsiders who now that the mines m the river are proving good, are coming 'ack to mOlest those who are developing hem, by setting up claims to pEior right .,
Year: 1866



 trusted with the collection, management, safe keeping or disbursement of pubic funds, a quarterly report of all moneys received or disbursed by them, during the preceding quarter, and may examine their books, ac- counts and vouchers. They shall see that all the county and township officers, intrusted with the collection, disbursement, safe keep ing or management of the public revenues, faithfully perform the duties imposed upon them by law, and shall prosecute them for any delinquencies.

 By section II they are made Board of Equalization in tleir respective counties, and shall after the assessor shall have made and returned an assessment of the taxable proper ty within the county, convene and hear and determine any objections to the assessment of property, and may reduce or equalize the val uation of such property as the justice of the case may require, and they may increase the assessed value of any property in the county, whenever they believe it to have been as- sessed at less than it's actual value.

 Section II says: "All vacancies in coun- tY and township offices, except that of Pro bate Judge, shal'be filled by appointment of some suitable person to fill such office, by the Board of Supervisors, such persons so ap- pointed to hold their offices until the next sue ceeding election, or until their successors are elected and qualified

 Under the Act the Governor appointed three Supervisors in each county, to serve un- til the general election this fall, and we be- leve their services thus far have been accep- table to the people.

 Tine office is without emoiument, and while one requiring SO much labor richly deserves pecuniary compensation, we do not see how, in the present state of the county finances, it can be allowed, and yet because it is without pay, and in some respects undesirable, 1t should not be given over to incompetent or irresponsible hands. As much if not more judgment should be exercised in selecting Supervisors, as in choosing men for any of the places to be filled at the coming election. There is indeed no office which the tax-pay- CTS and the people generally, should have a deeper interest in, or be more jealous to have properly filled, and we hope we have citizens of sufficient public spirit to accept it, and ad- minister it faithfully, for he general good, al though it's duties may be onerous, and per. sonally, except as every one is benefited by the welfare of the community at large, un- profitable.
Year: 1866



 A correspondent writes as follows of trOub- les at Williams Fork:

 ." A party Of shiftlcss rats, without dime on earth, and no other recommendation, visited Wil- liam's Fork before the Territory was organized, and las they cla.m) put up monuments on every lode in this section Of the country. Among the lcdges which they now claim are some that have been worked for nearly two years, and are now ai the paying point Aitcr capital aud care have dc' veloped them, in good faith, and without the least knowledge of any previous claimants, these shlfless men, or their agents, set up demand for them, even though there is no proof of record of any kind"

 This is, in our judgment, all wrong. The lodes may have been found by those now claiming item, but they certainly were not taken up and held in proper manner, and it Is alike impertinent and unfair to set up a pretence to their ownership at this time.

 Our next Legislature should take this mat ter in hand, and where Indian troubles arc not likely to prevent, make it imperative that work shall forthwith be done, or the claims be opened to relocation.

 Colorado has suffered much from the same negligence of locators which is complained oi here. In the act regulating title to water powers and lode claims, which we print on the first page of the MINER of to-day, it i' provided that where person locating any claim has departed from and remained without the Territory for three years, no matter what rights he may have acquired, he shall forfeit said claim unless he shall appear and occupy and work the same within one year after tie passage of the act.

 This is no more than just, and a similar enactment will be demanded of our next Legislature by the people of the Colorado river, and ought to be adopted. Nothing can be more detrimental to the country than to allow Tom, Dick and Harry to take up claims, and pretend to hold them continually, without occupying and working them, or even living in the Territory.

 So long as it is done those who are really willing and able to develop the mines will be afraid to do so, lest after they have made good headway, expended large sums, and proven the value of the property, some un- looked for and undeserving claimant comes from San Francisco. New York, or the utter most parts of the earth, to interfere with them, and perhaps to put them to annoying and costly litigation. The law should be so amended that unless there are evidences of possession and of work upon claims, which none can mistake, they shall be open to re- losation, and there-lOcator protected, provided hNoccupies and developes them, from any and all pretensions on the part of the previ- ous locators. The future of the Territory de- bends upon the development of its mineral resources, and it cannot permit obstructions of any kind to stand in the way of those who wish to hasten the same.
Year: 1866

There are so many Coloradians in Arizona and the experience of that Territory in min ing matters is great, that we to-day publish on the first page, two acts adopted by its last Legislature. They treat of mining questions, and have some features that are worthy of notice.

 It will be seen that each locator of lode is entitled to 400 feet, or more than twice as much as is given here. IL will also be seen that two claims on each lode are re- served for the Territory, and that distinct provision is made for the employment cf lesa! counsel, to defend the rights of the Territory in the same.

 It is true that the size of these claims tone hundred feet each, is not so great as that of the Territorial claim here, but the principle of their reservation for Territorial use is the same as that in question here, and if the Col orado law holds good ours certainly must

 lt should be borne in mind that the Terri tory does not pretend to give title as against the United States, bu; only against others, and why it has not the right, if it has the right to legislate on the mines at all, to look to its own benefit, we cannot under stand. Some may assert that 1t has no right to touch mining matters at all not few are of this opinion, but if this is SO, is it not strange that all the mineral States and Terri tory have legislation in this direction, and that the Supreme Court of the United States seems inclined to approve it?
Year: 1866

Early Sunday morning, as the propeller Foun-
tain City was approaching this port from Chicago
the Watchman Of the steamer, J. Callahan, de-
tected thief in the stateroom of a passenger
whose watch he had stolen and secreted on his
person. It was subsequently discovered that the
same thief had robbed the second cook of the
propeller of his watch and chain, and the boot
black, small boy, of his scanty earnings for
blacking the boots Of passengers on the trip. The
thief proved to be one Thomas Lewis, a deck.
hand, who was working his passage from Chicago
to this city, to ply his trade during the coming
week. Superintendent Reynolds took possession
| of the offender.