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Year: 1870

IFrom the Sacramento (Cal) Record, Feb. IL


We hope that the postal telegraph scheme viii not
be defeated by the Introduction Of too many bills
bearing upon It, Already some four or i've have
been brought before Congress, and there seems to
be effort to distract and confuse the public on this
question. Either Washburns or Rainsey,s bill
wonld probably meet The case, though many of the
leading Eastern Journals appear 10 favor the latter
the telegraph lines from monopoly, and which re-
duces the rates to reasonable and uniform
standard, must receive the support OF majority OF
the press and the public We truss tnat the press
throughout the country win continue TO agrate this
matter and urge prompt action on the part Uf Con-
grea5.
Year: 1870

laid the foundation of this great Re-
public, been as timid as you, the glory
which now shines so brightly around
their names would have been reserved
for other men. For was not a govern.
ment such as ours unheard of until those
men framed it. l would not have you,
or any one, act rashly in this matter,
for it is of vast, almost inconceiyable,
magnitude. All that / ask is that you
lay aside prejudice, and let reason and
conscience guide you. And believe
that you will, ere long, see that the
crowning arch will never be completed
on the great building of Universal Lib
erty, whose foundations were laid in
the blood of our Revolutionary forefa-
theirs, until the chains of bondage,
which for six thousand years have fet-
tered woman, are broken, and she is
free.


Then, there are the selfish Men. Per-
haps they love power, or, to exercise
authority over some one, and are willing
to lord it over poor ,Ueak woman But
they are disposed to be lsnisnt, and
feel bound TO cherish and protect their
helpless charges. HypocritesI Give
them the right to protect themselves,
and your self imposed task will not be
half so arduous. Or, perhaps they have
married women who possessed a. good
ly Inheritance" and they are unwilling
to see that, to which they have no right
under heaven, pass entirely beyond the
reach oftheir greedy fingers. To this
class we have nothing to say, whatev-
er.


There are other classes which we
have not described, who go in to swell
the ranks Of those who opposeWoma
Rights, Some have perhaps heard the
argument used by those who ridicule
the idea of women voting-that in few
years the women would be getting
bsastly drunk, and would be quarreling
and fighting around the election boxes,
as the men now do, and they think per-
haps tits true. Haveyou no more con-
fdence in your Mother, your Sister,
your Wife or your Daughter than to
believe she would do this? Then, Shame
on yoW r....a


Candid Reader, think of this thing.
You will soon be called upon to decide
at the ballot box whether woman shall
be free or not If, laying aside preju.
dice, you think, after mature reflection,
that it would be injurious to mankind
to give women liberty, let us hear your
objections. Space in this paper, so
kindly given to the writer of this arti-
Gle will most probably be given to you
also And if you think l am endeav-
oring to lead others astray, it is your
duty to endeavor to counteract that in
fuence


April 9th, 1870.
Year: 1870

This, above all others, is an age Of
progress. Never before has liberty and
Christianity advanced with such gigan-
tic strides. Each day, almost, adds
a fresh laurel to the crown of Intellec-
tual, Social and Moral Improvement.
And to-day the greatest minds of this
most enlightened age are beginning TO
see the importance, I might almost say
the necessity of allowing women equal
privileges with those of the other sex.
Perhaps nothing has ever brought down
the storm of ndicule, or has been COM
PEELED to battle so directly against old
established prejudiCes that this same
question of Woman's Rights has done.
But ridicule is but a weak weapon
when it is welded against the cause of
justice and right, and prejudice is yield
ing slowly but surely 10 the advancing
light of reason.


There are many of my oountrymen,
for various reasons differ with me when
| say that all high minded and right
thinking men should by one united eff
fort push this grand work to compile
ton. These opposers are divided into
many different classes.


There are-First, the thoughtless
Men. They, for the life of them, can
not see what good it would do women
to votc. The simple act of voting is but
a small thing; but when it represents
the dearest of all earthly things, Liber-
ty, and the right of Self lf-GoVernment,
it is a different matter. My dear Sir,
how would you like to be placed under
a government in which you had no
more a voice than brutei whose citi-
zens did not and could understand your
wants; and who sneered at every effort
made by you to throw off your chainsY
/ admire the spirit which prompts you
to say: 81 would sooner die than be a
slave" But you would condemn mil
lions of your fellow creatures, who are
just as worthy to enjoy the blessings Of
liberty, which you are enjoying, as you
are, to just such life Of degrading de-
pendence and servitude. Think, and
you will soon be found on the right
side.


Again, there are the timid Men. =
They are afraid this thing would work
badly. They look back at the history
of past generations and see no instance
where women have not been slaves, Gn
fact, if not in name,) and they shrink
from moving in an untried path, lest
it should lead them to political destruc-
ton. Ah! sir, had Washington, Frank
lin, Henry, and all those men, who
Year: 1870

The reduced price of imported iron
would last just long enough to break
down and destroy our own manufactur-
ers, but no one who knows the spirit Of
English commerce will doubt that her
iron mongers would extort the last poss-
ible cent from the American consumer
the moment the suicidal fallacies of our
free traders had placed the iron marketin
their power The fervor with which the
warfare against the iron tariff 10 being
waged either shows tito be the strongest
point in the free trade argument,or else
indicates that ther is British Influence,
not to speak ofe golden subsidies
behind all this frantic parade. That
England has contributed largely to aid
free trade movement in this country is
not even denied, and this fact alone
should warn people against the SINGER
ity Of its advocates. = lroaton Jotrrak
Year: 1870

decrease ...'...... SZo4, 26J, ,4OJ


And it is to be observed that over
one-third of this reduction has taken
place since the administration of Gen
eral Grant took control of national af-
fairs, and closer attention was given TO
the collection of the revenue from all
sources. We believe the close Of the
administration will show a reduction of
the principal of the debt, should we
happily escape foreign wars, Or other
extraordinary drafts upon the Treasury,
to less than 81 900, 600, 900. The ac-
complishment of this we believe to be
the ambition of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, as well as to reduce the bonds
of equal rate of interest by funding up
on terms that are made possible by the
enhanced credit of the Government.
Year: 1870

Sod is the Regeneration Of farming as
il always has been in nature, and its
efficacy IS not lost. It Is manuring
without labor, it IS the right pabulum
the plant itself reproduced. We do
not raise grass enough, clover i'm par
ticular, the farmers plant. We should
raise more, much more, to fatten both
our stock and land. And we need lit
tie more to do both. The green fields
of England are a hundred years old,
some Of them some much Older-in
grass all this time, and still yielding
good as ever. Grass gets its strength
from the atmosphere, but also from
the soil, the two sources ineXhaustible
How long have the prairies been
growing grass, dense, thick, a sod so
tough it can scarcely be broken? d? Here
is a philosophy which appeals with a
force which we can not resist.


Now we know for a certainty that
land can be kept in grass for "a good
many years, if not perpetually, by
simply allowing it its own coat OF
aftermath in tbs fall. We have tried
this ard seen it tried for over a dozen
years with perfect success, and on
land that before would run out treated
in the usual Old-fashiOned way OfclOse
feeding. Where land is quite poor il
needs top dressings TO start It, top
dressings from the stables or compost,
till good sod il formed. Then rely
upon the aftermath, and upon Occa-
siOnal sprinklings Of plaster and ashes
if you wish heavier crops.
Year: 1870

A Parisian correspondent of the
London Court Journal, writing on the
subject of ladies' dress in that city,
states that long trains have been aban-
dOned, and describes n new fashion
called 'Ia robe rOnde,n which consists
of a gown made quite plain, about a
yard too long before and behind.
There can be no doubt that this gar
ment is an almost admirably incon-
venient design, but it is impossible to
hear of its adoption without the mel
anchOly reflection that it must have
nearly exhausted the ingenuity which
devises articles of female attire which
do not and are not intended to fit the
wearer. We have already gowns
too long, too short, too narrow; in
fact, for years no one has ever seen a
gown which was not either too vast or
too scanty, and, after '1a robe ronde"
has had its day, there is nothing else
which can be done by the ladies but
to have their clothes made the proper
size. 1t is true that further develop
ments might be obtained by extension
upward; gowns might begin at the
top of the head, and by means of a
pole or brass rod might be carried i'm
that direction TO an immense altitude
Apertures would of course be necess-
airy for the eyes, and a custom of this
nature would produce a novel if not a
pleasing effect. Beyond this, there is
absolutely nothing which can be sug-
gested in the way of misfits, and the
time cannot now be far distant when
we hope to see women clothed and in
their right minds.
Year: 1870

y man stopping ut tavern for rest
and refreshments, began to talk about
his journey. He had come from a
neighboring town; he was moving
away, and glad enough to get away
too. Such a set of neighbOrs as he had
there; unkind, disObliging, cross and
contrary; it was enough to make any
one want to leave the place; and he
had started, and was going to settle
in another region where he could find
a different set of inhabitants.


"Well, ;" said the landlord, ''yOu will
find Just such ReighbOrs where you are
going"


The next night another man stop
ped at the inn. He, too, was on a
journey; was moving. On inquiry,
it was found that he had come from
the same place from which the former
traveller had eeme. He said he had
been obliged t0 move from where he
lived, and he did not mind moving so
much as he did leaving his neighbOrs
they were so kind, cOnsiderate, accom-;
mOdating and generous, that he felt
very sorry at the thought of leaving
them and going among strangers, es-
pecially as he could not tell what kind
of neighbOrs he would find.


go, WE'LL" said the old landlord,
"yOu will find just such neighbOrS
where you are going"


Does it not seem possible that men
will generally find about such neigh
bors as they are looking for? Some
people are always inl trouble, others
''follOw peace with all men," Who
knows but we can have just about
such neighbOrs as we wish for, by
simply treating them as we would be
treated?
Year: 1870

\ boy borrowed tool from n neigh
Dor promising to return il at night.
Before evening he was sent away on
an errand, and did not return until
lafe. Before he went, he was told that
his brothers should see the tool re-
turned. After he had come home and
had gone to bed; he inquired and
found the tool had not been sent to its
owner. He was much distressed to
think his promise was not kept, but
was persuaded to 20 TO sleep and rise
early and carry it home. BY daylight
he was up, and nowhere was the tool
to be found. After a long and fruit
less search he set OFF for his neighbOr's
in great distress to acknowledge his
fault But how great was his surprise
to find the tool on his neighbOr's door
step? And then it appeared, from the
prints of little bare feet on the mud,
that the lad had got up in his sleep
and carried the tool home, and went
to led again and knew it not. OF
course a boy who was prompt in his
sleep was prompt when awake. He
lived respected, and had the conf
dence Of his neighbOrs, and was placed
in many Offices of trust and profit
[ [ErchdBgc.
Year: 1870

Never whip your horse for becom-
ing frightened at any object by the
roadside; for if he sees n stump, a
log, or heap of tan barlIin the road,
and while he is eyeing it carefully,
and about to pass it, you strike him
with the whip, it is the log, or the
stump, OF the tan bark that is hurting
him, in his way of reasoning, and the
next time he will act more frightened.
Give him time to examine and smell
Of all these objects, and use the war
bride to assist you in bringing him
carefully TO these objects if possible,
to his nose, and him smell of them,
and then you can commence To be
gentle with him.
Year: 1870

Mark Twain produces one of the
most striking cases of meanness on
record. He says he knows of 'an in
cOrpOrated society which hired man
te blast rock, and he was punching
powder in q hole with a erOwbar when
a premature explosion followed, send
ing the man and crOwbar out of sight;
and the man went to work again
promptly. But though he was gone
only fifteen minutes, the company
"dOcked him for lost time.u
Year: 1870

He rose from his scat and walked
back, and leaning upon the mantle
piece, strOked the yellow hair of
BOwse with his slipper.


''Make her quite understand that he
wants her for his wife. She may live
where she likes, only it must be with
him.


al will tell her."


"And what do you think she will
say?" he said in an altered tone.


''What can she say, but-cOmep


''Hurrahr'


The stranger caught her out of her
chair as if she had been a child, and
kissed her."


'Don't-don'tp' she cried out. az
am Sans Maria"
"Well, / am Maria's Sam"
Off went the dark wig and the black
whiskers; there smiled the dear face
she had not forgotten. leave you to
imagine the tabIeau. Even the cat
got up to look, and Bowse sat on his
stump of tail, and wondered if he
was on his heeIso or head. .--


The widow gave one little scream
and then she


But stopl Quiet people like you
and me, dear reader, who have got
over all these follies, and can do moth
ing but turn up our noses at them,
have no business here; viii only add
that two hearts were very happy; that
/ Bowse concluded after a while that all
was right and so laid down again, and
/ that one week after there was we'd
ding at the house that made the neigh
boring farmers stare. The widow had
married her "first love"
Year: 1870

NEw ESGLASD AND CALIFoRsIA IN CosTRAsT.
Here the elder is bush there have seen it a
tree whose trunk is foot in diameter. Here
the lemon verbena is a flower pot plant there
is bush nine feet high. Here the mustard seed
yields small plant there is a tree seventeen
feet high. Here we have few grape vines in
grapery; there you will find 5000 acres in a
single vineyard. Here you will see a single OLE
ander tree beautifyiug a single paror there
you will find hundred clumps in full blossom
in a single yard, amid what looks like a shower
of roses. Here we have the thick green turf on
our soil there they have turf and not dan
delion daughter of the turf, grows in California.
Here the sun paints the grass green there it
turns it brown. Here you see the farmer care
fully housing bis hay and little patch of wheat
there he cuts no he except to supply the cities,
and reaps and threshes his wheat in the fields
and throws the bags down TO lie all summer,
sure that neither rain nor dew will hurt it.
Eastern Pdper.
Year: 1870

IMMIGRATION FROM THE STATEs.-Priyate let
ters from Illinois and adjacent States represent
that California will receive large accessions 10
her population from there the coming year. A
letter just received from a resident Of San Fran
cisco, now visiting in several of the Western
States, represents the California fever as raging
to surprising extent. Five aud six months
Of winter, any of which being more severe than
our worst one in the valleys, are too many to be
endured when escape is so easy and further, it
is argued that with our extensive variety of pro-
ducts of the soil and of the earth far beneath il,
and broad ocean fronting upon countries whose
commerce has enriched every nation largely
sharing it, an immense city must grow up on
San Francisco bay, and, therefore, business men
look this way with great hope. The car loads
of fruit sent from here were trump cards in our
favor. Parties arriving overland now find
genial climate with flowers in bloom, grass
growing and the hills and valleys generally
clothed in verdure, and they say g the country
suits" them, and they so write TO their friends.
The evidence is abundant that California will
receive large accessions to her population next
and the following years without any substantial
aid of the immigrant union. Cheap and rich
lands are abundant in the foot hills, and with
the projected system of railways in course of
rapid construction, these foot-hill lands will be
as eagerly sought and improved as those of
the valley. The inducements for emigration to
California are many and WILL by the aid of the
railroad soon populate the State Oakland News.
Year: 1870

STUDY.-Study is to the mind what exercise is
to the body; neither can be active and vigorous
without proper exertion. Therefore, If the ac-
quisition Of knowledge were not an end worthy
to be gained, still, study would be valuable on
its own account, as tending to strengthen the
mind just a walk is beneficial to our health
though we have no particular object in view
And certainly, for the most humilating mental
disorder, the wandering of the thoughts, there is
no remedy SO efficacious as intense study.
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and efiectnal
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to ats original color
aciM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT DURING THE
SJMMER.-In event Of Congress holding to
its present resolution to adjourn onJuly l5th' the
President will not remove his household to his
seaside cottage at Long Branch until alter
that time. Should the day Of adjournment be
extended he will take his family and servants
to the seaside before the 18th, and leave thom
there while he returns 10 await the dis
solution of Congress. During the latter pot,
lion OF July, ali of August and portion OF
Sen,ember, therefore, the Executive Mansion
will be Abandoned for the more healthful and
agreeable breezes of the sea. One Secretary
and portion of the ushers and Mansion police
will remain 10 the building as guard. Inc
President will take with MIN all his family ser
wants aud Mehler, the steward OF the Mansion'
also bis horses. Most Of his time will be pass
ed at Long Branch, though several excursions
are talked of during the season OF recreation
The President will adopt the same rule IN re-
gard to public business az he did last year,
Visiting the Capital when the exlgencles oil
public business require, or at least every two
weeks, in order to keep himself advls ed OF the
public business.
Year: 1870

people are charged with prejudice
because they win not endorse such
a course.


That the present condition Of
the colored people is a curse TO
themselves and TO the country, is
too plain, too positive, for any
sane person TO hesitate one instant
in believing and that the termina-
tion Of this odious state of affairs
must come 10 some terrible and
violent end, is too plainly appa-
rent.


II these so called friends Of the
negro, would condemn the evils
with which he is afflicted, and
make some exertions to infuse into
him q spirit of morality, they would
then prove themselves his true
friends; but to praise and flatter
him now is to encourage him in all
the vile practices of which he is
guilty. Just and wise legislation
would perform wonders for MIN, he
could be made to become a very
useful individual; but from pre-.
sent indications ii is strikingly evi-
dent that he is drifting rapidly away

from the goal which alone can in
sure for him happiness and pros
periLy. ~
Year: 1870

In the Times and Republican a
short time since, appeared an ar.
ticle styled the "Colored People"
The writer of it with unblushing
assurance and efIrontery makes
a tremendous effort to prove that
the colored people are advancing
rapidly in condition and progress,
that they are as by magic becom-
ing a great and important people,
a blessing and a godsend to the
country. Now, how any sane
man can presume to impose such
an idea on any intelligent commu-
nifty, is only accounted for by the
inference that he is blindly igno-
rant on the subject, or has for his
object something base and mer-
cenary.


1t is q fact, q thousand evidences
of which we witness each and
every day, that the colored people
as they are now, subject to the
manipulations of the radical party,
are q curse to themselves and the
country, that were they ten thou
sand miles away it would be q
blessing to both. They are the
willing tools of as vile and unscru-
pulous a set of political scoun-
drels as ever degraded and ruined
any country since the commence
ment Of governments.


Facts unanswerable, and in mum.
Der sufficient to fill volumes can
be produced to establish the alb
surdity of the above mentioned
article. Go into the houses OF
our citizens and inquire what kind
of servants these colored people
make and the universal answer
will be that a more worthless set
does not exist; that they will not
work and no amount of wages is
, sufficient 10 induce them to do so.
In the cities, although there is
plenty for them to do, almost to
an individual they prefer to spend
their lives in filth and vice rather
than earn a livelihood by honesty
and industry. True there are a
few exceptions but they are very
few indeed. Go into our Police
Courts and you will find them
crowded with these people. Ask
our merchants how contracts
and obligations made by them to
secure supplies, DC. are respected.
Ask the planters about their
faithfulness. Is not the present
system of planting a most power.
ful evidence of the demoraliza.
ton and immortality that exists
among themT Shares in the crop
are given them, thus they are
compelled to stay at one place un.
til the crop is made. 1t is impos-
sible to raise livestock or anything
of that kind in the country. Ask
a farmer why he does not raise his
own stock, meat, etc. he tells you,
cannot; the colored people de-
stroy them as fast before they are
raised. Thus our farmers are
compelled to get their stock and
meat away from home, paying the
most exh0rbitant prices. We have
information from many parts OF
the country, proving that large
numbers Of the race are relapsing
into idolatry, which surely is no
sign Of progress. When this was
white mans country-and God
grant the day may come when it
shall be 50 again--none but men
of honesty, Intelligence and judg-
ment Ne.s ealled to positions Of
honor aaa trust Now the most


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