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Year: 1871

Some incidents Of the recent mum
dation are thus related in = private
letter from Rome.


From the back windows can be seen
a steamboat balanced on . wal, where
the water left il. It will be necessary
to tear down that wall in order to
launch it again. They told US Of =
man who built q raft Of q large banel
and q few boards and started braEely
out; but unfortunately, just as he
reached the middle of the street, the
boards parted and left him endeAvor-
ing to keep his balance in the barrel,
which position he maintained until
some soldiers came in q boat to his re-
lief. The English banker who, lin
aRine from this circumstance, mast
be more enterprising than mOst peo-
pie, went every day 20 his bank in
his tin bath tub. He said is hoaled
very well, but being round and nat
bottomed. was rather dificult TO man
age. One OF the most amusing sights
was the rats sailing along on little
pieces Of board, with their fore feet
held up as II they were praying. I
saw only one OF these, but an old
friend told me he saw eight In group.
1t Il very sad now to pass along the
street, and see theshOp-keepers search
ing IN the mud as it Is swept from
their stores, in the hope Of finding
some small articles which have been
carried out Of their places. In one
jeWelry store saw them throwing
the mud into sieves, and aa they sifted
II. addinga little water. When they


finished the bottom Of the sieve was
covered with pieces Of jsWBlry, 20 you
can sst, how many things were not
only damaged by the water but actu-
ally lost. The whole loss h estimated
at I'VE million frances, which TO the
Romans, is almost As much - tht
same number Of dollars 70 New NOrs
merchants.
Year: 1871

There are not so many Presbyterian
churches in New York City by two as
there were twenty-five years ago.
Some further reduction by consOlida-
ton of congregations, it is believed,
would add to the future growth and
power Of the church.
Year: 1871

The Secretary Of the Treasury has given
instructions for the sale Of the material of
the'marine hospital at San Francisco. The
building was badly shaken BY the earth
quake Of 1868, hence the sale. The ground
on which the building stands will not be
sold
Year: 1871

The Reason WAY. The Immediate
cause of premature fading or blAnching of
the hair is an obstruction of the oil vessels
which afford the coloring matter. The re
mote cause may be general i'll health, trou
BILE of mind, etc. Hence, in order to restore
its natural color and beauty the oil vessels
must be restored to their normal condition
II is on this principle that NATURES
HAIR RESTORATIVE is compounded
and it has proved complete success, wher'
eveI faithfully applied. It is not q poison
Gus dye, consequently the effect is gradual
and in severe cases two or three bottles are
necessary to produce the desired result. See
al vertis ement.
Year: 1871

Is Tic Douloureux, rab Renne's Pain
Killing Magic Oil all around the ear, and
especially on the prominent face bone above
the ear. You thus reach the "ffth pair of
nerves, which 20 TO the face" and if you
use it faithfully It soon cures.
Year: 1871

have taken the trouble to estimate, and who
have raised good crops, inform us that their
wheat has proved loss to them. The price
realized Is not adequate to meet the expense of
growing 1t, because the great West has out
rivaled US in its production. The natural
fertility of the soil of the Western States and
Its peculiar adaptabiity to the growth of both
wheat and corn, has rendered the cultivation
of these crops no longer profitable in this
section, and our farmers will have to turn their
attention to some other branch Of agriculture
This, we believe, is the opinion of both the
farmers and the press of the Peninsula. But


in the raising of fruits and vegetables, owing
to their Punishable condition, our proximity to
the great cities and our facilities for reaching
the same, this competition cannot prevail.
Several of our Eastern Shore exchanges have
been discussing this question, and two of them,
the Cecil Wing and Denton Union, have dec-
ded that stock raising and the dairy business
would be the most profitable, which might ap-
ply very well to Cecil county, but we believe
that fruits and vegetables are the crops for this
part OF the Peninsula in general way Grow
ing grass and fattening stock may pay best in
special localities, where certain peculiarities Of
soil is best adapted to it.


These hints and facts are merely thrown out
however, to awaken an interest in the matter
among the farmers.
Year: 1871

THE PRESS ON Mr.. SUMMERS DEPOSITION.
The majority of the republican press, while
regretting that it should be deemed necessary
to remove Mr.. Sumner from the chairmapship
of the foreign affairs committee of the Senate


do not consider it so serious matter to their
party as some others would have deemed il.
The fact that, after all the opposition by some
OF the Senator'S friends, not one of the repub


lican Senators voted finally in the Senate against
the caucus decree-such of them as did not
approve it absenting themselves for the mo-
ment-shows how general is the determination
to preserve party allegiance. Generally thew
hold that the influence belonging to the posi-
tion OF chairman of foreign affairs should not
be used to embarrass the administration or to
thwart Its foreign policy. Speakinc more
specifically, the Newark Adrertiser saws the
ground OF Mr.. Summers difficulty with the
President Is not the st. Domingo difference.
but that the real difficulty, and danger affect
ing the public interest is in the embarrassment
that would be sure to attend the final action
upon the report of the Joint hiRh commission
when 1t came to the Senate forapproval or dis.
approval. Aside from the trouble arising from
the personal non-intercourse, Mr.. Sumner is
avowedly opposed to the basis of negotiation
upon which the joint high commission was an
pnlnted. de opposed the having any commits
SION at all, and denounced its work in advance
1t may be fairly said that the administration
after having been endorsed by the Senate in
the appointment of the high commission. has
just claim that the trety it may negotiate
should be contided to the Management of some
other than an opponent. BaH Sun.
Year: 1871

The LEGISLATURE Both Houses of the
Legislature met together yesterday in an in
formal joint meeting to discuss the propriety
OF accepting the invitation of the City Council
of Wilmington to visit the city. After several
gentlemen had expressed their views, it was
agreed unanimously that, owing to the length,
ened session and the press of business, it was
inexpedient to accept the invitation at this
time. A committee from each House was an.
pointed to convey the thanks of the Legisla-
ture to the City Council for their kind invita-
ton. The question of adjournment was also
considered, when it was agreed that the Legis-
l'ture adjourn on Friday, the 3lst inst, to
meet on the First Tuesday of January, next.
1t was also agreed that the members be paid
In money equivalent to gold basis.
Year: 1871

SAN DOMINao.-It is thought the San
Domingo Commissioners will return home some
time this week. 1t is stated that their report
will not have much influence in Congress, and
that there is not much prospect of annexing
the island to the United States The Wash
ington editor of the New York Tribune says
that prominent opponent of annexation, in
the Senate, now claims to be certain that, not
only will it be impossible to obtain two thirds
vote for annexation, but that there will be
found to be clear majority against the treaty.
He has made cut list of the Senators who
are certain to oppose it.
Year: 1871

A NEEDED LOCAL IMpRovEMExr.-We
have been requested to call the attention of
the Town Commissioners to the importance of
widening the dam over the pond" in this
town. 1t is too narrow and too unsafe in ire
present condition, for the amount of travel
over it. Last year, when Mr.. Sharp put in
the new bridge an effort was made to widen
the causeway, and number of the farmers
and citizens of the town offered to furnish
teams gratis to haul dirt. but the old Board Of
commissioners, tor some reason, failed to act
in the premises. Now, from the surplus az
yet uncollected, but due the town in taxes
with the amount allowed by the County. $3.50
it is thought the present Board can under,ako
the job with prOpriety We believe that nnb.
lie safety and the interests OF the town demand
it, andsShould it not Je made some uckIess
traveller may sue for and recover damages
that will amount to more than the sun rennir.
ed for repairs. A few feet added to the width
of the roadway, with asubstantial whtewasb.
ed fence on each side, and lights at each end of
the dam, would render it entirely safe, and add
greatly to its beauty, which is matter of some
Importance, in as much as it is such popular
resort in Summer.
Year: 1871

The New HAMPSHIRE ELECTIoN.-Not-
witt standing the Democratic candidate for
Governor in New Hampshire, lsst week, re-
ceived the highest vote, he did not receive a
majority over the two other candidates and is
therefore not elected by the people. The
Legislature will have to elect and as it is
thought to be Democratic he still stands good
chance.
Year: 1871

Our neighbor brags of the amount Of mon
ey that has been collected from the people of
this county as taxes. Go ahead, neighhor;
the people of Placer feel vividly the extent to
which they have been skinned by you and
the Court House ring, and know how the
Treasury is robbed every time shey fill it. 1t
must be q hardened wretch Or a fool who
would rob his neighbor and then brag Of it
to his face.
Year: 1871

The Supreme Court has compelled S. w.
Sanderson, the railroad lawyer to 90 to the
Clerks Office and erase from his brief, the
foul, dirty attack made on the Governor OF
the State. How mean must man, who har
been judge on that same bench feel, to be
driven TO such a humiliating act by his sue
cessora.
Year: 1871

The Nevada transcript in speaking of de-
linquent taxes in that county, has these re-
marks


"The largest amount unpaid is due from that
whole souled and much abused corporation,
known as the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Our County Assessor assessed that benevolent
concern at the rate Of $4,000 per mile for their
property. The Board Of Equalization had the
matter up for consideration, and the Attorney for
the Company informedthe Board that they would
pay $4,000 per mile and 10 more, but the Board
failed to see it in that light, and hence the suit
against them. When will Assessors and Boards
of Equalization learn to obey the commands of
that magnanimous Company?


We cannot answer that question for Ne
vada county, but we can tell the transcript
that our Placer County Assessor and Board
of Equalization have learned to, and do obey
this Company as faithful as carrion bird
obeys it, instincts.
Year: 1871

The mongrel monopolists have been
on terrible strain, and their mental
powers taxed to their utmost ten
sion to find some means of defeating
the denomination of Gov. Iaight Or persuad-
ing him not to allow hs name to be used in
that connection. They have begged, coaxed
bullied and whned alternately, and yet the
poor, crazy fools have all the time been help
ing the Governor and building him up in the
affections of the people We should not have
| been so positive for Governor Haight if the
thieves, lobbyists corruptonists and monop-
/ olsts had ceased their vile attacks upon him,
and what has actuatcd us has had its inAu-
encc upon the whole public until is now hard
to find a good, honest, intelligent man any
where or in any party who in this fight, as it
is now shaping itself, between the people and
the cormorants, who is not for Gov. Haight's
reelection They have been bowling all
over the country that heis weak in his party;
that he did not want the Office; that he knew
that he would be defeated in convention; that
he wanted to be t. S. Senator; and finally
| they telegraphed that lie had positively de-
clined; all of which were lies, except that be
does not want the office. This latter fact we
know to be true, but the pcople want him to
have it and h, has consented. We repeat, if
the hounds who want to rob the people Of
the State, and who Gov. IIaight did and
will again foil in their nefarious attempts,
had ceased their vile, varied, false and bitter
attacks upon him he never would have con-
sented to run again. Verify, "whom the
Gods wish to destroy tlicy first make mad"
The people know that these attacks have
been made on Governor lIaight by men who
wish to get him out of the way, that they
may the more easily and completely eonsumate
theirschemes Of plunder; and the masses, who
are determined not to be longer robbed and
plundered, desire that Haight shall stand be-
tween them and the threatened danger. Cor
ham and his plundering gang carried the Re
publican convention in 1867, and had all
their schemes arranged to plunder the people
of the State to the tune of some ten millions
of dollars, but God had raised up little
David i'll the person Of Henry II. IIaight
who slew the lobby Goliath and saved
the people, and he will do it again. Governor
lTaght has told the people that he will be a
candidate, and will repeat it in a more formal
manner in a few days. Thus the isaue is
made up, the people ate Oh one side and the
plunderera on the other, and it OILY remains TO
call Tie "roll and 81 the soldiers .'nawer to
their names let them take sides forever


There are men in the Democratic party as
good IS Gov. llaigh, but he has borne the
brunt, made the good fight and suffered the
reyilings and prosecutions Of the vile "ring"
and must now be endorsed and rewarded
ed for his honesty and courage by the people
for whom he fought, suffered end saved from
the raycnous maws Of corrupt monopo!ists
and thieves. We place lin there and tell
the Democracy Of rlscor and honaat men
everywhere, that thi. is the fight and that
they must remember that eternal vigilance ia
the price Of liberty.
Year: 1871

BADLY SyuBBED-A talr pas was made ON
Friday by the oyer-anXious friends OF senator
Williams of Oregon, to get him place in the
Cabinet A delegation Of about fifteen gentle
men, led by Ex-Governor Wood, Of Oregon, and
Attorney Hilyer, Curt Hillyer, formerly of Au-
burn, but now of Nevada,) visited the White
House and made speech to President Grant,
saying that as Cabinet changes were talked OF
the Pacific slope requested n more immediate
recognition. The President interrupted Gov
ernor Woods at the outset and told him that hs
Cabinet was family concern and that be should
resent any attempt made by politicians to inter-
fere with his choice He said he world receive
the delegation on any other topic, but never on
that one.


This dispatch is understood to have been
sent to the Sacramento Union by Congress-
man Sargent, who sees in this snubbng a
chance for him to get word into the Presi-
dents ear after awhile. And poor Williams,
what shall We say for him-beaten at home,
though he did have the Railroad monopolists
and their corrupting fund at his command,
and now disgraced and as good as kicked
out of the White House at Washington.
Surely it never rains but it pours. What
ever may have been Grants motives for this
nncercmonious snubbing of this Pacific coast
clan Of small upstarts, the act was good
and meritorious one Grant has probably
learned that this ring headed by Gov Wood
and Williams could and would steal more
than he could spare from his other hounds,
and 20 sent the crew off without even a bone
to pick.
Year: 1871

The District Attorney, Henry II. Fellows,
requests us TO say, that the delinquent tax
list. are now in his hands, and that the law
requires him to enforce the collection without
delay, and that, however lenient he might
be disposed to be, as an individual, as an
officer Of the law he must and will enforce the
collection against all dclinquents who do not
make immediate payment. lie also wishes
dslinquents to understand that he cannot
travel over the county and commence suits
and attend to them before various Justices Of
the Peace, and that all the suits will be COM
menced in Auburn, and that the costs and
expenses of milage will be heavy, which can
only be avoided by deinqucnts making pay
mcnt at once. All dclnquents, and especi-
ally those residing in remote portions of the
county should take this notice as favor, and
act upon it at once.
Year: 1871

The editor of the Greenfield Gazette
and Courier remarks; "The mysteries of
the female toilet are intricate, and every
day shows some new device that contrib
utes to their "make-up." The solemnity
and dignity Of a school room, not a thous-
and miles from our quiet village, were
slightly disturbed the other day by the sud
den appearance Of copy of the Gazette &
Courier that had unfortunately slipped
from the post of duty to which it had been
assigned by a lady present. 1t is extreme
ly gratifying to learn that our efforts to
make family newspaper are not without
appreciation
Year: 1871

During the thunder shower one eve ming this Spring, basswood tree on the farm of MT. Elisha Baldwin was struck by lightning. the fluid passing down through a swarm of bees scattered the honey comb and bees in all directions. The tree was torn all to pieces, and Mrs. Baldwin picked up pail full of white honey comb, but no honey. I saw the Charter Oak the day after it was blown down, and noticed a swarm of bees going out and in at one of the large branches. H. N.
Year: 1871

THE NEW COUNTY. The Waterbury American and Inder are calling loudly for a new county with Waterbury for it's center. Will either of those papers be good enough to explain how they expect to figure up the the requisite population for the t,co Sena- tors the Constitution requires from every county? The last census shows the follow. ing population in the only towns they can possibly enlist in their movement:
Year: 1871

B@ The Derby railroad is again enioin- ed, for crossing or for not crossing a swamp. An injunction always issues as a matter of course against that company, and unless special act is passed making all such suits returnable before a justice of the peace, that road will not get running be- fore the twentieth century. ee a >'9
Year: 1871

God more OF their timer There are IN many cases
OF religious culture little care and Indifference, noe
needing the voice OF their God. This carcessness IS
unforgiven by our Maker. Every earnest Christian
man goes TO work and masters his opponents. lie
coniesseS he Is miserable sinner ana Il seeking
trance TO the Kingdom OF Heaven. Earnest men arc
never wanting In sefdenlal and self-culture.


THEY ARE ALWAYS WILLING


to acknowledge their wrong. The Christian Il saved
by four ways-1rst by prayer; second, by con-
sistent life; third, where the hand o. human power
Is stretched TO give relief and fourth by the grace
OF God, which guides the rest. He whose taste IL
nauseated by strong drink has TO drop tnls evil he
VIII be ncapacitated 10 perform the duties required
by his Heavenly Father The Church, they say,
must be content with what may be offered It, The
world Is fun Of such men. Men otier unto God
things


THEY WOULD BE ASHAMED TO OFFER


to their fellow man-things that would cut them to
the core OF their hearts IL they thought they had
offended any one OF their friends. Yet they are at
all times offending their God. Imagine ourselves
Offering these unto our dearest friends. Would we
do s0Y NO. There are many whose religion h
measured Dy hearing one sermon q week. Yes,
there are very many such Christians DO these
men sacrifice anything by giving one hour week
such sacrifices. They forget Their relation to their
God Is personal relation. The service OF God
Is not appointed because He needs IL, but be-
cause we need 1t, and badly too. II man
calls attending service on the Sabbath day
religion and during the week goes on his wicked
steps he commits crime against his Maker that
win never be forgotten. We are all In danger
or eternal loss. Let Us put our trust in Him and


make an effort to avoid that eternal loss. Our Hea.
venly Father deserves the best at our hands. Make
no pretensons, but be In earnest. The pretender
God, but insulting Him. Mans danger Is too great
to treat this subject with Indifference Why not lit
yourself up day by day, Notwithstanding the evils
which are trying to pun you DOWN. II you Will
only take hold or the Saviour's outstretched arms
you may yet be saved. He begs. lie prayS that you
may yet come and seek forgiveness.
Year: 1871

and that in proportion to his trials and temptations
will be the consideration given him IN the court Of
neaVen. But II we were never tempted to fall away
from grace aud to commit sins we never could OBJ


tam THAT credit for self-maStery. for steadfastness
IN the faitn and purity Of living which II Is now IN
tile power or oil OF US TO achieve. drunkard In
the wilderness, where


NO wHIsKEy COULD DE OBTAINED,
would be compelled to lead a sober life from the
necessity OF the case; but one would ever dream
Of giving him credit for abstinence under such CIR
cumslances. The man whose besetting sln Is q
passion Tor strong drink, who passes every day In
the streets OF New York and Brooklyn the places to
Walch unfortunate beings are aured TO destruc-
t0n, yet reslsts his Inclination to imbbe the ntoX
eating liquor ana leads sober life, Ii deserving or
all honor.


But 1t ls not only the greater temptations which
We should guard against and hght with all our
strength. The lesser temptations should be closely
watched ana combated. Struggle successfully
against the small temptations to which we are liza
bic every hour OF the day-habtually resist them
and you will get accustomed to It, you Will be ever
on your guard against them, and when


GREATER TEMPTATIONS


cross your path your proved and exercised strength
Will enable you to master and overcome them But
none should rely on themselves for strength these
trials. The strengthening arm Of God should be
constantly asked for In earnest prayer and 10 Him
every triumph you achieve evil passions every
victory OF the devil must be ascrbed, for Of our
selves alone We can do nothing.