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Year: 1873

SUPPORT HOME 1NTEREsTs.-To support
the interests OF your own town or com


munity is not only good economy. bui
duty which every me mber Of commun-
ity owes to his fellows in the promotion
of common interests. We do not meal


by this that it is either good policy on
exact justice, to levy taxes upon ole
class Of producers Tor the support Of III


other class engaged in different pur


suit. under the plea of protecting
home industry" but we do believe it is
not only impolitic, but an act Of bad
faith. for any member of community to
give the preference in business matters
to outsiders over his own townsmen. es-
pecially in the purchase of manufactur.
ed articles or industrial products. Ev-
cry article produced adds to the COM
mon wealth, and that member OF society
who does nothing to promote and foster
the common interests, is not a useful OF
faithful member. We are sorry to see
that manly OF. our business men in this
city utterly ignore these plain rules OF
political economy and social obligations
by procuring elsewhere articles which
Year: 1873

can be procured here, of as good quality
at the same price, thus Ietarding the
common business and prosperity of the
town. For instance, more than one half
of the printing used by our business
men in this city, is ordered from Sar
Francisco. Portland OF Olympia, wher
it is done no better nor cheape
than it can be done here. Every ma
who does this, lends himself to depr,
ciate the resources of his own town, b.
sending out bill-heads, circulars and
posters bearing the imprint of other
towns. thus conveying the impression to
strangers that the towns which have the
best printing facilities of course afford
the best advantages for trade. The con


lusion is irresistible that where the


merchants and business men are forced
to go abroad to have their printing done
the town does not show tina enterprise
and prosperity which is the great III
oucement to trade offered by printed
circulars.


This is also gross injustice to the
printers here, who devote more graiuit
GUS labor to the pubic good, III adver
tlsing. advocating and promoting -Aeas-
ures exclusively OF a publIc character.
than any o,her class OF citizens. Saga
gious and enterprlslng property holders
aud business men IL new towns ire
quently contribute liberal sums to en-
dow and support newspapers i'll advance
of the support to be derived from the
legitimate business of such enter, rises,
and have found it good policy to do so.
We serve the public, and to the best of
our ability every public interest of our
town, without bonus or subsidy, and
have faithfully earned the right to the
business which pertains to our ent.r-
prise; right which We are entirely viii


ing to share with others engaged III the
same business in the iowa, but not With
those who contribute nothing to the gen
eral prosperity Of the town


We are giving to this city the benefit
of the only dali, paper i'll Washington
Territory which pays tor telegraphic
news, from which our receipts barely
pay for dispatches and the paper it is
printed on. We have never purchased
stock for our Office or any article for
home use, elsewhere. which We could
procure from persons engaged in trade
here; and yet we are frequently prest MT
ed with bills and receipts by those with
whom we trade, printed elsewhere. We
depend upon our job printing to make
up the deficiency arising from the publ
cation of our newspaper; and the cii3
in a great measure depend, upt the
newspaper as an advertising medium
and representative of the enterprise Of
the town; every business man therefore
who goes abroad for his printing and
circuiates business document with the
imprint of some other town upon it,
inf1cts an injury upon the business
character and credit Of his town. We
respectfully ask tor consideration OF
these facts.
Year: 1873




CENTENNIAL TROUBLES. There is dire
trouble among the Philadelphia centen-
nila,ists, and one that will be difficult
to heal. 1t seems that white ladies,
Who are in some way identified with
tie preparation for the centennial, are
out of humor, and stoutly refuse to be
associated with certain colored ladies'
appointed to aid in the same work. This
looks bad and in connection with the
charges OF malfeasance and extravagance
IN the part of those who had the dis
bursement of the funds of the associa-
ton, will serve to retard matters very
seriously.


A LAST SAD LooK--A touching story
is told of lady i'll Kentucky who was
stricken with sudden failing of the
optic nerve. and was told that she coui,i
not retain her sight more than a few
days at most, and Was liable to be to
tally deprived of it at any moment
She returned 10 her home. quietly made.
such arrangements as would occur to
any one about to commence so dark n
journey of life, and then had her tive
children. attired in their brightest cos
tunes, brought before her end SO, with
their little faces uplifted to hers, and
tears gathering for the great misfortune
that they hardly realized, the light fad d
out of the mothers eyes.
Year: 1873

In the course of some proper remarks upon governmental matters by The Com mercial of Cincinnati, one Bishop Pur- cell became offended and asked all who had any regard for his judgment to discon- tinue that paper. In reply The Commer- cial lays down this excellent platform upon which every American journal ought to stand and do battle:

 We shall continue in the course we have marked out; we propose to defend Repub- lican institutions wherever established; to advise the complete divorce of Church and State; the subjectiOn of all ecclesiastical orders to civil authority in political mat terS; the seculariZatiOn of schools that are the common property of the people; the equal taxation of all property, sacred and profane, and to maintain the right Of prl- vate judgment in all matters that concern the temporal or spiritual welfare of the in- dividuaI. If this be infidelity, it is intidel- ity begOtten of education in political prin- cipleS which the editor of The Telegraph has insufficiently studied, and in which he is not likely to become a proficient through any information he may derive from the UltramontaniStS of Rome. Upon the re- Iigious belief of men we make no war. Ii they choose to believe in the miraculous efficacy of cOnSecrated relics or any other extreme notions or dOgmaS of the CathO- lie or Protestant churches, it is one to us. But when they seek to convert the instltu- tiOnS of the State to their uses, and preach political doctrines that are opposed to the genius of free govern ment, no preI aI}&<t4s Illumination will deter us from charak4EEr. iZing their conduct as it deserves.
Year: 1873

He liveth long who liveth we'll,

 All else is life but thrown away; He liveth longest who can tell

 Of true things truly done each day. Then fill each hour with what will last, Buy up the moments as they go; The life above when this is past,

 Is the ripe fruit of life below. Sow love, and taste its frlitage pure;

 Sow peace, and reap it's harvest bright; Sow Sun-beamS on the rock and moor, And find a harvest home of light.
Year: 1873

A TRAVELLER in Zanzibar describes the
red and black ants as one of the greatest
scourges with which eastern Africa is
afflicted. These insects, he says, move
along the roads in masses so dense that
beasts Of burden refuse to step among
them. If the traveller should fail to see
them coming, in time to make his escape,
he soon finds them swarming about his
person. Sometimes, too, they ascend
the trees. and drop upon the wayfarer.
The natives call them madinodo, that is,
boiling water, to signify the scalding SEN
sation produced by their bite. These ants
are OF great size, and burrow so deep in
to the flesh that it is not easy to pick
them out. In a certain forest they are
said tn exist in such numbers as to be
able to destroy rats and lizards.
Year: 1873

4 o'clock in the morning till in the
evening and do not get more. During
the late war many poor women in Berlin
were hired to knit stockings for the SOL
diers for five cents. The profits of the
poor who keep petty shops, sell trinkets
In the streets, or act as suttlers, do not
average more that three or four per cent.
BARRIERS in Berlin, since the raising of
their prices, get five cents for hair-cut-
ting and two and half cents for shaw
ing. Servants at hotels get from SO to
Ss month. Servant girls in private
families often get but SO year. Some
times these classes cannot get work at
any price.
Year: 1873

Thrown FROM A WAGoS.-Iesterday morn
ing between and O'Clock couple of men
we're driving down Broad street in wagon,
and near the corner of Seventh one was
thrown out, having his face smartly bruised
He was taken into neighboring store by
his companion, and with a little treatment
from him and the proprietor of the store
was soon well enough to 80 home.
Year: 1873

REFUSED TO SET THE VERDICT AsIDE.-ln
the llustngs Court yesterday the case OF the
BARRIERS ctnc up on motion to set aslue tue
verdict of the jury. The case was argued
hy counsel for defence, after which The court
refused TO set aside the verdict to Which Tue
BARRIERS have taken an appeal.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POSTAL CARDS-very useful for bust.
ness purposes. Cards or announcements of any
kind printed on them will pass through the mail for
one cent. Printing for these cards neatly and
cheaply tione at this Office.
Year: 1873

WoN'T WIN.-We are ;od by that
portion Of the press which affects to be-
ieve that Governor Booth is the only
Republican in this State who is honest
enough to represent California in the
United States Senate, that the Sierra
County Resolutions are right and proper.
These resolutions simply deny the right
of any Republican to run for Legislative
nomination unless he will previously
pledge himself to vote for " Newton III
Booth " for United States Senator. We
are told that this mode of procedure Is
correct because it places the election of
Senator directly before the people How
the muzzling OF a portion of the dominant
party can make the Senator elected under
such al arbitrary arrangement " the peo-
ple's CHOICE" we fail to see. If none
other than Booth men" are allowed to
contest for the party nominations, how,
we should like to know, are those Repub-
licans who favor Goodwin, FELTON,, or
some other aspirant, to manifest their
choice At the primaries they must
either vote for the men set up for them,
or not vote at all. This is certain way
of procuring the nomination of "Booth
men," but how will it be when it comes
to the election Can Republicans be ex-
pected to vote for a ticket in the nomina-
ton of which they had no choice? A
County Committee may be influenced
and nominations be secured through such
base frauds as the Sierra Resolutions, but
we don't think they can be made to win
in general election. Nominations are
not equivalent to elections in these days,
and party which does not give all its
members a voice in nominating its ticket
deserves to be defeated.
Year: 1873

A LADY who paid S142 for All overland
railroad ticket on the 10th of April, had
had it taken from her pocket by thief,
and being unable to furnish proof that
she had purchased ticket, she was re-
quired to pay her fare second tme.-
The agent Of the company at Ogden found
the ticket two weeks subsequently on the
person of pickpocket, wherupon notice
was sent to the lady that her money
would be refunded.
Year: 1873

CONGRESSMAN CoGHLAN says Congress
would certainly have passed the Postal
Telegraph bill at the last session, had it
been reached. There will be no trouble
about reaching it next session.
Year: 1873

In your issue of the Fist you speak of the Housatonic Milk. Association Tn a way that leads me to believe you have not been thoroughly posted in regard to the late movem@his of farmers interested in the great milk market in New York, and few words of explanation may assist you to a better understanding of the subject, and be interesting to those of your readers who are producers of milk. The rapid growth of the milk trade of New York during the last ten years has been attended by cor rcspondngly rapid growth of wrong in it's management. The nature of the trade in viled and seemed to dem and middlemen. It's magnitude and dopportunities were temp tations to do wrong too strong to be resist el. At first the consumers were the only victims; but gradually the producer began to receive the attention of the middleman :; the price of milk was cut down; cans kept and used in the city; milk reported sour and one cent per quart returned, less com mission and in February the milk dealers of New York, at a convention held for that purpose, fixed the price that producers should sell their milk for during the year commencing April lst, 1872, and ending March 3lst, 1873, and issued the following card to all milk petlders and dealers, en- joining strict adherence to the action of the dealers organization.
Year: 1873

STRANGE HUMANITY.-From grave to gay is but a step. and of this the surviving crew of the emigrant ship Northfleet, which was recently sunk off Dungeness, must be convinced Escaping with difficulty from that fearful scene of death they reached London. The news of the disaster had preceded them, the city was intensely ex- cited on the subject and d shrewd, money making discounter of the peoples taste be- guilcd them immediately on their arrival to be at his ''music hall' that and subsequent evenings. Penniess as they were they consented and the very night after the ca tastrophe, less than twenty-four hours since the terrible tragedy in real life had been enacted, these ten men found themselves seated upon a concert saloon stage, with the curtain rising and revealing them amid loud cheers to very large and uncontroll- ably enthusiastic audience. The entertain ment was repeated again and again, the contract being for twelve nights. Crowds greeted them every evening and financially it was great success. It is a singular H. lustration of the freaks of fortune that the calamity which shocked the whole news reading world and sent more than three hundred souls into eternity should have filled tue pockets of this saloon keeper with money and brought upon the nncouth, ill appearing men round after round of ap- plause for merely sitting upon stage from which forty eight hours before they would have been ignominlously driven. The temporary victory over death makes man something of hero after all, even if it is certain that the victory is really at the best but check.
Year: 1873

We can hardly believe that the above Is
true, and yet We ind no denial Of lt In any Of
our exchanges. Certainly Congressmen have
not become so wholly lost to shame as to make
apractlce Of this sort Of thlOVey. They are
not above the laws. but they eVAis them, and
those guilty Of such rapaelty should bo held
up 70 pablo seOrn, since they cannot be reach
ed for theft.
Year: 1873

REMOVAL OF LARGE ROCKS FROM THE BEr
OF JAMES RIvER.-The diamond drill and
nltro-Siycerine have been worked most sue.
cessfully for the Improvement of the harbor
of Richmond. The obstruction to regular
and uniform channel has been in a.iedge OF
rock known as the "Middle Reef" just
above the first spar-buoy and opposite the
wharyes of the Norfolk steamers. TO pass
this point vessels were compelled to run
considerably out Of their regular course, and
very often, at low water. many dragged over
part of this reef TO this great oh>truc-
tion the engineer in charge-Major Waiter
G. Turpin-turned his attention, and -Mr.
c. l.. Kalmbach, with his corps Of assistants,
with drills and nitro-glycerine, have been at
work boring and blasting. Wednesday their
labors were rewarded by the removal from
the river of three immense boulderS of rock,
weighing respectively about II, 6, and tons,
besides large number of smaller ones.
Great difficulty was experienced in getting
these immense stones from the river and
landed on the lighter. Grapples were used
to drag them from their beds and the work
was very slow. so soon as the " divers -
could put the chains around them they were
hoisted out. The largest Of these rocks





machine as il it had been fishing-rod, but it
wa safely landed, and will be deposited where
it will never interfere with navigation again.


On examining a piece of granite taken
from the river few days since opposite the
New York steamships sheds, pieces Of cop
per were found embedded in its crevices, and
near the spot was dredeed up two large
pieces of the same metal, evidently torn from
some vesScfs bottom.


The amount Of rock raised in two days is
about forty tons. The Middle Reef" will
be entirely removed in few days, which
will give depth of water of twelve to ff-
teen feet where there was only six and half
at low tide. ..


The Improvement of the river generally
is going ahead finely, both dredging ma
chimes being actively engaged in cleaning
out the harbor. and the stealn-tug Of Captain
Cunningham is kept busy towing the lighters
to the dumps. The sand taken from the
river is deposited on the bank, where it
meets with ready sale, and contributes. to the
James River improvement fund.
Year: 1873

New STREEr-C CARS Cars Nos. and OF
the ncw lot recently purchased for The city
raiway--mcntioucd in the Dispatch some
days since--have arrived, and were taken
through the streets to the stables yesterday
afternoon. They are light and airy, with no
useless work about them, and will seat from
twelve to fifteen persons. The horses cam
not be changed from one end Of the car to
the other, as is the case with those now in
use. There is platform Mt the front end OF
the car for the driver, and at the rear end an
entrance is effected by 4 single step from tue
street. This reculilrity in The construction
of these cars will neccssitate some alteration
in the track at both ends of the route, which
alteration, we are Informed, the superinten-
dent viii at once make, and the new cars
will make their appearance for public Use lii
Il short tiE.e.
Year: 1873

WRIT OF ERROR ArpLlED FoR.-Applica-
ton has been made to the Supreme Court Of
Appeals for a writ Of error in the case of
Philip Nelligan TO the Judgment and order
rendered against him by his Honor Judge
mic
Year: 1873

THEY HAVE JUST RECEIVED AT THE DOLLAR
STORE Il large lot OF beautiful Albums, which they
arc selling for one dollar, which will cost two dol
lars aud fifty cents elsewhere.


DOLLAR STORE,


corner Ninth and Main streets
Year: 1873

BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT the Hamburger
Edgings which LEVY BROTHERS are selling ut l2a
and l5c. per yard arc worth double the money
They also have large assortment from CSC. TO sl5O
per ward
Year: 1873

The election OF Judge HAaRR yesterday
as United States Senator for the short
term from California Is, like the election
Of Governor BooTH day or two previ.
Gus, a popular triumph over the great
railroad monopoly that has overshadowed
that State for Q long while past. The
railroad interest made the most desperate
and determined efforts to defeat these two
men, but theywere finally routed at every
point and their strong phalanx badly
broken up. Governor -BooTH, who ID
elected for the long term, Is o Republi'
can, and was elected Governor as such


while Judge HAaER Is o Democrat Both
Of them, however, are elected on the anti


railroad platform, and in all probability
are not to be classified with either oi
the political parties. They are supposed
to sympathize with the Grange move
meut II indeed they are mot in actual fel-
lowShip with It, They are also in othel
respects peculiar in their political status
and when they go to Washington. will be
party by themselves in the United
States Senate. California politics d
strongly tinged with anti. Chinese feeling


There ID great opposition to "ohesp john
Year: 1873

TIE PRICE OF GoLD.-our financial
dispatch shows that gold declined yester,
day to 8 premium in New York after sell.
Ing above 10-a variation Of two per
cent, and an unusual circumstance for
these times. 1t Is all the more remark
able from the fact that the currency %
being inflated every week by adding q
portion of the reserve to it. There Is
more paper money afloat now than there
was when gold sold at three times It's
present premium. This shows that its
course Is arbitrarily Influenced, and that
such fuctuation as that Of yesterday Is
not natural Only few days ago the
premium was above u, and this may be
the case again week hence. There Is
nothing logical or reliable about the price.
1t Is purely speculative.
Year: 1873

The WEST VERDICT.-The verdict of acquit-
tai in the trial at Dover Del, OF Isaac West for
the murder Of Cooeh Turner, colOred, has, like
many verdicts in capital criminal cases, taken
The public by surprise. With the particulars Of
the case our readers are, BY reason of our spe-
cial reports familiar. The plea of the prisoner,
through his counsel, in exc0lpation were self
defence and insanity. In Delaware the court
is the judge Of the law, and the jury Of facts
alone. The instructions Of the court TO the jury
bore strongly against the prisoner. Indeed the
charge Of the judge is so emphatic that 1t might
be mistaken AZ an argument for the prosecution
! rather than judicial exposition. We do not
mean 10 iuitate that there was any undue lean
| ing in the court against the prisoner, bat the
case must have been deemed Il strong one for
the State which would warrant such inslruc-
uOns. Yet we do not arraign the honesty OF in
tantion on the part Of the jury. They acquitted
the prisoner on the ground of self-deience, and
though such plea may seem absurd enough TO
some vet it IA tn be remembered that the only
direes testimony as TO the killing was Vests
confession, coupled with the assertion that the
deed was done in self-defence, and it was the
province Of the jury TO accept the whole Of thai
confession including the feature Of self defence
lifthey choose. The pubiie has an equal right tc
dissent from the justice Of their verdict, and
| as likely 10 be uuanimous in its condemnation


as the Jury in rendering It. We need scarcely
| add. in view Of the fFequent acQuittals In cas-


Of murder, that to attribute il In this instance Il
| prsjudice Of color Is gratuitous scandal with
ent the shadow Of fTeaaOR.-FrOm the Baltimor'
/ sam.
Year: 1873

For the Gazette.
"Tn what respect did the members OF Council,
on the ParE question, outdo West tho an
Skinner r.


He simply skinned ons man, while they at
tempted to skin q whole community d