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Year: 1870

How Christmas Was Kept I'm the City.


That New Workers. know hsw to spend
a merry Christmas was demonstrated most
remarkably during the two days in which they
revelled in tho enjoyment Of this great Chris
tian festival Of love and charity, of redemption
and domestic quiet Christmas Day proper
was followed by carnival on Monday, in
which the joyous heart of the metropolis fairly
unburdened itself, dedicating the day to friend
ship, frolic, and good will to all men. A
notable feature of lhe festivities was that the
violence and crime which so often mark the
celebration Of our public holidays were in a
great measure absent We have heard of no
serious cases Of violation Of law arising from
the Christmas jollities. Everything seems to
have gone off tremendously, as became the
festival Of tho Prince of Peace.


But the most pleasing aspect Of the celebra-
tion was in the charitable institutions where
the limtless generosity Of our citizens is always
at home. 10 the orphan asylums the father
less children were rejoiced by the good gifts Of
those charitable persons whom God has ap-
pointed their fathers-the ministers Of Him
who assured us that whatsoever we
do for these little ones we do also for
Him. The Newsboys' Homes-those excel
lent institutions in Park place and Warren
street--were made bright by rich contributions
which made the tables groan. The Five
Points establishments, the Mission and the
House Of Industry, were similarly taken care
Of, and the poor little waits Of the streets who
find home in these institutions were made to
feel that, although an evil fate has rendered
them estrays Of society, they are not without
friends or without a future Of Independent
humanity, in so many shapes, lies covering
under cloud, the inmates Of the dismal cells
were lifted up into the sunshine Of better
life by the boundless charity extended to
them. Probably some of the most vile crimi-
nails around that Christmas board-recalled by
the event to the remembrance Of the mysteri-
Gus birth of the Saviour and the sublime con-
summation of the redemption-.may have
frightened mp with the thought that as the
penitent thief found salvation they, too, by
penitence and good resolutions, might be
saved to society, to become one day a COM
ponent part of its most respectable elements.


On the whole, the double Christmas of 1870
was well kept OF course, it was but the pre-
fatory part Of the more jovial celebration OF
New Year, which follows hard upon.
Year: 1870

THE LABOR REFoRMERs in Concord, N. H.,
have nominated Lemuel P. Cooper for Cover
nor and full Congressional ticket. They are
not very likely to carry the State, but as they
are composed in great part of republicans it is
interesting to know that they endorse Sumner
Schurz and Trumbull against Grant on the
ST. Domingo question
Year: 1870

The FURTHER INVESTIGATION of the Thirty
fifth street disaster by coroner's jury shows
that the building was improperly constructed,
the walls not being thick enough for the height
and the site of the building being too exposed
to severe winds.
Year: 1870

Our correspondent at Tours gave vivid
description in our columns yesterday of
famous night ride in which he accompanied
Gan,bctta on all unaccomplished journey to
Orleans. But the ride, after all, was only
famous for the failure Of its purpose.


Sheridans ride Is part of the annals of our
war. 1t is sung in poetry and it is immortal
lied upon canvas. But Sheridan reached the
end Of his journey and turned the fortunes of
a battle by his timely arrival on the field.
Gambetta rushed after an igmis tatuus rumor
from Tours towards Orleans but, meeting
with bad news and about twenty fierce uhlans
on the way he took the back track and got to
Tours again in fever Of blasphemy. Sheri-
dan, moreover, rode coal black steed ESQ
poetry says, although it might have been
bay), while the French Minister rode an iron
horse, whose motive power was coal. But to
drop smiles, this impetuous night ride of
Gambetta and all the incidents surrounding it
would seem to give a keener insight into the
character of the republican Secretary of War.
Judging from our correspondents description
of him we should say that he is q restless little
fellow, much given to fuss and sensation,
gifted with fiery eyes and tongue that hurls
out fire and fury with every breath ; in fact,
counterpart of Zamiel, in the play, that scar
let creature Of the lower world, whose eyes
and mouth, shooting forth terrible flames,
paralyze the juvenile portion Of the audience
and make the ladies quake.


We are afraid that Gambetta is not just the
man for the situation after all. Ambition, ex-
cited by his present elevation, but unfortu-
nately uncontrolled by judgment or discretion,
appears to have taken hold of him. His per-
petual meddling with the generals and his as
sumption Of military authority would ruin the
fortunes of any campaign. The destinies Of
great nation struggling in the throes of dire
misfortune and threatened with almost annihi-
lation surely need the mastery of greater
and calmer mind to guide them to better
end than the destinies of France now point to.
Where is that mind to be found in France to-
day? Echo answers, where?
Year: 1870

MINISTER MOTLEY has written a letter Of
Standardization in regard to his course in
England. The substance Of it is not yet known,
but it is understood that he claims to have
received no intimation of dissatisfaction on
the part Of the State Department until the
telegram summarily dismissing him, which
came to hand the day after the St. Domingo
treaty was rejected by the Senate.
Year: 1870

PRINCE HENRY OF LUXEMBOURG relies
firmly on the justice of his ducal rights claim,
the patriotism of his people and the truth and
s'loyalty Of the signers Of the Treaty of 1867
to shield him against Prussian aggression.
The first named forces may be available, but
if Bismarck continues to press on his Highness
of Luxembourg should not rest too heavily on
the latter, or he may find himself tripping on
at an carly day towards Berlin or London after
the fashion of the American General Gadsden,
when he crossed the Mexican border, on an
nouncing to the customs officials, IL have
nothing 10 my trunk but my treaty"
Year: 1870

At meeting of the Board of Directors, held the '1
day of june resolved to declare scrip dividend
of FIFTY per cent the net earned participating
the year eading the 3ls OF May 1870
which certificates will be issued ard after the lst
day Of August Also to pay and after the sec
opd Monday in July next the whole issues of scrip for
the years and and six per cent interest on oil
outstanding scrip of the company.
Year: 1870

On Wednesday evening Coroner Burns OF
Jersey City held inquest in the village of Greenvle
ON the N j. Central Railroad, the body Of the boy
Augustus Thau, whose death Tuesday evening from
the effects Of injuries received In an alteration with
comrade was reported in these columns on Wednesday


According IN the testimony of the witnesses the crcum
sonces OF the aray were follows The deceased and
his playmate John Butler he former aged II ana 'e
Mnndav afternoon when quarrel arose
out of the fact that the ball had been thrown INTO pool
struck Butler with his fist The latter ran away carry
ba short time afterward, having met his
mother. he started walk home with her. They met
voung Tlau whom Mrs. Butler scolded severely Tor his
attack upOn her son. While she speaking to Thau
voung Buter stepped out from behind her. ana walking
nm to his late ssaant he dealt him blow upon the head
wit tbe bat Thau fell senseess and was soon AFTER
ward carried his home where he died. The jury gave


verdict thas the deceased to his death from the
effects of blow from ball bat inflicted byJOhn Butler
The lad was committed to the County Jail.
Year: 1870

"Pleasant are the words of the song,
and lovely the tales Of other times.
They are like the calm dew of the morn
ing on the hill of roes, when the sun
is faint on its side, and the lake is set
tied and blue in the vale"


This. sweet strain from the poe: Os-
sain was inurmured in low sad voice
by beautiful girl. She appeared to
have passed about twenty four sum
mers in a world of bitterness and dis


appointment. But she was in reality
not more than twenty. She was SOW
ing in an upper room Of tenement
house in one of the dirty streets Of
New York. Her figure was slight, but
well formed. Her hair, black and
glossy as the ravens wing, was wound
in a beautiful coil at the back Of her
head. Her eyes we're large and dark
as night; and in their liquid depths
was look Of mournful resignation as
Of one born to suffer The room was
small and scantily furnished. Every
thing, though neat in the extreme, bore
the stamp of the greatest poverty.
And yet, the first slight glance at An
ME Earlston would convince any one
that life Of poverty and misery had
not always been her lot For there
was about her q look OF refinement,
snch as is never found in persons
reared in poverty or ignorance And
as she sewed on and on, thoughts Of
other days filled her mind like "rec-
objected music" She thought of her
beautiful home in the "Crescent City,"
far, far away in the "sunny South"
She thought of her life there SO
bright and happy. And thought Of the
time when she made her debut in So
cicty, and became the ackno wledg I'D
belle of New Orleans. Again she
floated in the merry dance. or wandered
through the room of some palace Of
wealth. leaning on the arm of one who
vowed ever TO love her. She thought
Of him TO Hhom she had given her
bright young heart in all its freshness,
and who had, professcd to love her
with all the ardor Of a proud, manly
heart. She thought of her mother. so
beautiful, loving and gentle, so wor-
shipped by herself. She thought OF
little Charlie. with his golden curls and
laughing. blue eyes, playing bopeep be.
bind mama's. chair. She thought OF
her father, so noble, kind, and gener
ous; 20 respected by all who knew
him. Oh! the bright happiness of that
lie, that seemed like some far of
dream ofheayen! And again her lips
are repeating those beautiful words
from Ossain-- aI.; s.
"Pleasaut are the words Of the song,
md lovely the tales Of other times.
They are like the calm dew of the
morning, on the hill Of roes, when the
sun is faint on its side, and .he lake is
settled and blue in the vale."


But the picture began to darken, o
|s6idow to. creep over The background.
Thsa, che tender loving light died cut
lcf her eyes, and . sad regret stole
Ithsssin. 6be thought ofthe time when
III thess thugs began 70 change and
Year: 1870

The cure for the anarchy and brigan'
dage of Mexico is said to be, not eX-
actly a strong or any other kind of
government, but railroads. The Mexi
cans are in the estimation of many in.
telligeIt people, on a par with the red
man in respect of being brought to
peace aud thrift by the iron highway
Year: 1870

CLOSE OF EIGHTEENTH VoLUME.-Ths is
rue Of the HERALD closes the eighteenth vol
ume and year of its age. For eighteen long
years has the HERALD kept on its steady and
undertaking course in the advocacy of the
true interests of the people of this county,
State, and General Government, material and
political, adhering TO and defending the doc
trines of that party that gained our liberties,
established our Government and made it
what it was in 1S61-the freest, purest,
proudest Government known to history; she'd
ding its blessings, like the dews of Heaven,
On all alike, shielding with Its banner and
protecting by its laws thirty millions of the
happiest people on Gods foot-stool To a
return to those days of comparative non-tax-
alton, and honesty and efficiency in the adj
ministration of State, National and county
affairs will the HERALD continue to 20 battle
The history of the Herald and its publisher
is well known to the people of the county
and to them we leave the question whether
it should be better supported or not, simply
remarking that as the next issue will com
mence the nineteenth volume it would be al
appropriate time for new subscribers to sent
in their names
Year: 1870

IGNORANT AND Vicious. White Pine
Ne,cs perpetrates a dirty SANDER on Senator
Casserly from shameful ignorance or vile
maliciousness-perhaps both. After every
other paper on the coast knows and admits
the fact that Senator Casserly paired off with
Senator Morrill, of Maine, on the income tax
bill by which his vote counted against the
bill just the same as if he had been present,
this ignorant creature repeats the false
charge, and that, too, in the vilest language.
Year: 1870

Nor EXACTLY Last week our neighbor
charged that an attempt had been made to
connect the actions of the Supervisors with
the Republican party; this was not true of
us, or 80 far as we know was politics even
mentioned by any man in the county of Ell
ther party, in connection with the matter un-
til it appeared in the Stripes. lfthe Stripes
wishes it to take that shape, we are more
than willing SO far as it is concerned, but the
great mass of the Republican party are not
with the Stripes, if that is to be an issue,
If the article in the Stripes headed "Dem-
ocratic Precedents" was not intended as d
justification of the present Board of Super
visors, by comparison, then for what object
was it written? That was the honest CON
struction we placed upon it, and it was the
construction that nine -tenths of all who read
it placed upon it. Why use the heading
democratic precedents," if it was not to
justify some one ese's actions by these prec-
edents. The Stripes now says that it never
intended to even hint that Fannon, Rogers,
Madden, Patton and Banvard got too much
for their work, and that the arraying of these
gentlemen's names and the long lists of fig
ures had no connection with the actions of the
present Board Then what did all these figures
mean unaccomponied by dny explanation of
the services rendered? Why search the rec
ords back seven years and give place to a
garbled portion of them if they were not in
tended to apply to and be plead in justifca-
tion of something now attempted to be done.
We repeat, we placed the only construction
upon the article in question it was susceptible
of elciting, as we said last week, if it had
any application to any subject. We hope
our neighbor, when he gets up such another
hash, will get somebody to write under it il
plain language Just what it does mean.
Year: 1870

NAnED.--An editorial in the Stripes of
last week msinuated that we had desired to
be one of three Commissioners to dispose of
the county's Railroad Stock. In our last is


sue we kindly urged the editor to give us
and the public his authority for so untruth-
full an insinuation, but he makes no reply.
We regret that our neighbor has placed him
self in so awkward and unenviable position,
but that is not our funeral. We had to
squech that falsehood once before, and will
now do it again in a very few words. Sen


ator Tweed, Senator Banvard, Assembly
WalJron, Calderwood and Power, Gen.
Hamilton, j. f. Hale and others that we
can name are all conversant with this matter,
and every one of them will swear that they
never heard us express the slightest desire
to be one of the proposed Commissioners.
Further, Col. Tweed, who originated the
idea of Commissioners and who consulted
us more than all the rest, will state that he
|
act as one of the Commissioners, declaring
that if we refused to act that he would drop
the whole matter, and that at each interview
we declined to allow our name to be used .,
except on certain contingency. That con-
tingency was that the law should prohibit the
commissioners from selling the stock for less
than its face; that the commissioners should
have full power to go into the courts and
compel the Railroad to pay over to Placer her
full share of the profits on construction and
operating the road, and that no man should
be on the Commission who had not the full
confidence of the whole community of both
parties as an honest and capable man. All
these parties know that we contended that
there was over million of dollars due the
county, and the result of recent sales of stock
has proved that we were correct. 30 much
for that lie and its author, whoever he may
Year: 1870

CENSUS RETURNs.-The United Ststes
Census Marshal, VIM. G. Morris, at San
Francisco desires persons and families who
have been missed by the deputy Marshal to
forward to him their names, ages, ETC., 90
that he can place them on the lists and thus
give as full a return of population as possible.
We think it would have been more effective
to have asked that this information be given
to the local deputy Marshal as it would have
been more convenient and more gen.
rally attended to than sending it to San
Francisco, but even as it is it may do some
good.
Year: 1870

We are not good at blowing our own trumpet,
but the reader will find few of the compliment
tary notices extended to the Herald, appended


New DREss.-We are pleased to notice that our
old and acceptable friend the Placer Herdid has
donned "A new Dress andnow looks as bright and
sharp as a bran pew pin. The Herdid is tbs old
est and one of the ablest Democratic papers in
the State. 1t has witnessed all the mutations of
the party in this State, during the eighteen wears
OF Its existence. 1t has fought for the party in
the flush of victory, and battled manfully for it,
when defeat was settling fast upon the party ban
ners, and certain and speedy dissolution seemed
inevitable. Still it has struggled bravely in the
good cause and is now reaping the reward of its
ndelty Bro. Walkup, accept our congraiula-
tons and best wishes for the success of you and
yours.-freSoo Erpostor.


New DREss.-The Placer Herald published at
Auburn, Placer county, came out last week i'll a
handsome new dress. The Herald is good pa
per and will ever deserve the confidence and sup
port of the Democracy of Placer and contiguous
counties so long as that old wheel-horse of De
mocracy, Gov. 10, Walkup, lis at the helm We
congratulate our old friend upon his success III
partially redeeming the county from Republican
thraldom, and hope that the next election returns
will prove the efficacy of the sledge-hammer
blows that are being dealt by the Herald against
the corrupt clique banded together under the
name OF Repubhcans.- San joaquin valley argus.


New DREss-Our co-laborer in the cause of
democracy, the Placer Herald, comes to us this
week in "A new dress. The Herald is one of the
few democratic papers III this State that success
fully stemmed the current of abolition tyranny,
without showing any signs of weakening, during
dark days of Radical rule, and it does us good to
see it exhibit such evidences of prosperity now
-Amddor Dispatch.


New DRESS, The Placer Herald the Oldest and
one of the best Democratic papers in the Stat
comes to,us IN an entire new dress. We hope, Gov
ernor, that now you are dressed up in fashiona-
BILE style you'll not forget your regular hebdoma-
dial visits We can't 'tspare you. Your clothes fit
well and you wear them gracefully y.--Sd1,ta Bar
bars Times.


New DREss.-The Placer Herald donned a bran
new dress some two weeks since, but owing to
some cause 1--WE don't believe it was pride eh
brother Walkup y it did not come to us until
last Saturday night. We are truly glad to see
this sign of prosperity in our neighbor, and the
more so from the fact that we know it is deserv-
ing of it. The DEMOCRAT makes it's best bow to
the Herald, aAd wishes it and the good people of
Placer, whose advocate it is, continued prosper-
ty.-Mo,mtdn Democrat


New DREss.-The Placer Herald one of the
ablests Democratic papers published on the coast
comes to us this week in new Dress and looks
decidedly neat and pretty. We wish the Herald
a long life of usefulness and prosperity
Democrat.
Year: 1870

RAILROAD ASSESSMENT. Last year the Assessor
of this district returned the c ?, r r. track at
S12 600 per mile, under oath. This year the same
Assessor under oath, returns the same road,
when it is finished through and all the connec-
tons completed and lin complete order, at So 900.
Now We have nothing to say about the concience
of this Assessor but we think he cannot find
another man in the county that will agree with
him i'll judgement. The company was loaned and
given about $120 900 amle for building this road
and now the Assessor swears it is only worth
In plain words, in our own judgement this is sim
ply silly and sinful outrage against the other
taxpayers of this county and that they should
remember with their latest breath. The Board of
Equlization will remain in session until the first
of September next and we hope our tax payers will
take steps to remedy this terrible blunder of the
Assessor. We doubt if this road could be bought
for fifty thousand dollars a mile to day in gold
coin, and we believe it is paying better percent
age on that sum to day than any other piece OF
property in the county. The same Assessor re-
turns %, ,430, acres of railroad land less than the
odd sections in three Townships IF six miles
square, when the company is entitled to over
million acres for this ninety two'miles of road,
large portion of which is in this county


Tax payers of Placer what do you think O.
these things
Year: 1870

New DREss.-The Placer Herald, one of the
ablests Democratic papers published on the coast,
comes to us this week in new dress and looks
decidedly neat and pretty. We wish the Herald
long life of usefulness and prosperity
Democrat
Year: 1870

Will certainly effect a cure.


The universal success which has at
tended the administration Of this prcpar-
alton has been such as to warrant US in
pledging ourselves to the public to


RETURN THE MONEY
in every instance where it should prove inef-
fectual: providing the symptoms attending
the sickness of the child or adult should
warrant the suPposition of worms being the
cause" In all cases the Medicine to be given
IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS.
We pledge ourselves to the public, that