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Year: 1870

WAsHINGrON, May Ex-senator Sher-
man will tomorrow present an amend
ment to the pending bill for the enforce
nent of the Fifteenth Amendment, pro-
vfding that IL shall hereafter be- unlawful
for a1y State TO require any property
qualification for the exercise Of the cleo
tive franchise from naturalized citizens,
which shall not be required equally and
to some extent from native born citizens,
residing in the same State.


The President will tomorrow transmit
to the Senate message on the question
Of the annexation of the island OF san
Domingo, which has been prepared since
the debate en- this question has taken
place in the Senate, and which is said TO
meet many objections presented in the
Senate against the ratification Of the
treaty,
Year: 1870

A letter from China, Foochow says
they are exhibiting a Chinese criminal
in a wooden cage, where he will stand
until death. He is about twenty years
of age. His crime is kidnapping chill
dren. He stands in the cage with his
head through hole in the top, his toes
barely touching the flooring. Thous-
ands gather around him every day;
laughing and jeering at him; there he
stands, with his ankles chained togeth-
er, and his hands tied behind him.
Some one had put few bits of broken
bricks in the cage, and at times he wo'd
try by standing on tiptoes on one foot,
to bring the broken bricks together with
the other, as he could raise himself up
little, and case the weight from his neck.
He made rather poor work OF it, as be
could not see the pieces, and had to
direct his movements by the sense of
touch ouly. His suffering must be great,
as he has been standing more than
seventy hours. Another man that was
Gagged up the same way, lived about six
days.
Year: 1870

There is scarcely any ache to which
children are subject, so bad to bear and
so difficult to cure, as earache. But
there is n remedy never known to fail.
Take bit of cotton batting, put upon it
pinch of black pepper, gather it up and
tie it, dip it in sweet oil, and insert it in
the ear. Put flannel bandsge over the
head to keep it warm. 1t will give i'm
mediate relief.
Year: 1870

CURIOUS REMARK ON VANITY
Franklin says: "Most people dislike
vanity i'll others, whatever share they
have of it themselves; but give it fair
quarter wherever 1 meet with it, being
persuaded that it is often productive of
good to the possessor, and to others who
are within his sphere of action; and
therefore, in many cases, it would not
be altogether absurd if a man were to
thank God for his vanity, among the
other comforts oflife."
Year: 1870

A young lawyer of PhiladelH' i
wrote to an old limb near Chicago I
"Is there an opening in your part of the
country that can get into?h er:
There is an opening in my b, yard,
about, thirty feet deep, no, curb
around it. Ifit will suit come on"
Year: 1870




We know our lady readers will thank
us for publishing this beautiful and true
story of Fulton's courtship- and mar
riage:


Old General Morgan, of Revolutionary
fame, had noble estate on the eastern
bank OF the lake, not far from where the
present Wells College now stands. Be-
tween his only daughter, lovely girl of
eighteen, and young Fulton, had long
existed tender attachment, which,
however, the poverty and obscurity of
Robert led the General to severely frown
upon. Fulton went to New York. He
labored long years in perfecting his in
vention; his day of triumph came, and
then be wrote to the stern father rela-
ting his success and asking for the
daughters hand.


Nay" wrote back the incredulous old
soldier, ''I'll believe what see with nv
own eyes. Come back, you scape-graee,
to the lake; build and sail a steamboat
past my own door, and then, and not till
then, shall you have my daughter Kate.
Need say that Fulton came joyfully
back, that a steamer was built as rapid
ly as circumstances would permit, that
she was launched. and in due time did
sail triumphantly past the Generals
door! But let me add that, according to
an express stipulation made by the sly
Robert in case he succeeded-when the
Kate Morgan sheered in towards the
Generals dock small boat was seen
pushing out containing the original
Kate, her grim father and gentleman
in clerical vestments. They were soon
on board, and there, amid the waving
Of flags, the ringing of bells, and the
blowing of whistles, the proud inventor
and the prouder bride were made one.-
A glorious sweep up and down the lake
completed the first bridal trip by steam
ever known in this country.
Year: 1870

Unacc0untabie Action Of n Jersey Policemen.


few days ago. near the Market street depot, in
Newark the attention Of the veneiab.e Ben Gott was
attracted to large crowd in the square, and push.
lug his way through, he discovered woman strug.
Cling violently with two men, one OF whom wore
the uniform OF a Phillipsburg policeman. On in
quiry /: was discovered that the woman was raw.
ing maniac named Caroline Smith, OF Phillipsburg.
Further inquiry developed the fact that the officer
had been instructed to bring her to Newark and there
turn her adrf on the community; shat on the way
thither she had became violent in the cars that
second officer had to be called in at Elizabeth; and
that an abOrtiye attempt had been made to get her
out Of the az the Chestnut street depot in New
ark, the plan being apparently TO place her on the
platform and tnen leave her to the mercy Of
The unfortunate woman scratched, tore and bit
whenever she got chance. Uncle Ben insisted that
the Phlpsburg man should not leave his charge,
and ordered him to take her to the station
house, which he did, giving his name Us
John r. Baker, No. 1. He left the woman
in charge OF the Newark authorities, with the under
standing that as soon as he could get back home he
would consult with his superiors about the woman.
Nothing has since been heard OF the officer or from
the Phillipsburg authorities. In the meantime Caro-.
line tore every Stitch off her back and persisted In
IN p,ris ndtrdl,bus. She refused everything in the
way of food or drink and behaved most violently to
the prison attendants Yesterday afternoon she was
placed in straight jacket and removed to the county
jail. Her case and the action OF Baker IL TO be
officially inquired into.
Year: 1870

The natty, courteous and proyerbialIy gallant
Mayor of the city OF Newark, N. j.. Mr. Frederick w.
Ricord, was placed in rather an embarrassing pre-.
dicament during the afternoon OF tho day before
yesterday. His Honor mad escorted lady friend to
the depot OF the Newark and New York Railroad,
on Broad street, ana was sitting with her in the
ladies' ROOM quietly chatting and pulling
cigar waiting for the train to get ready for start
ing. Suddenly he was p0unced upon by Pat
Clinton, the depot master, who Is no respecter
OF persons and peremptorily ordered hun TO
leave the room. sect out o. this" SAID he,
ayinp his hands on the Mayor with touch not re.
markable for its gentleness. II wonder you don't
have more manners than to smoke in the ladies'
roomn continued Pat, serenely Obllvi0us that he
was assailng no less parsonage than the Chief
Magistrate OF the city. The latter was so mortified
at the brusqueness OF the man as to be rendered
speechless. He left the room abruptly ana look a
later tram. The incident has occasoned not little
talk and quite deal OF laughter all parties. 1t is
q question whether Pat does not now feel more
annoyed than did his Honor. The former says 1t
might have been General Grant himself Tor all he
Year: 1870

women say, and that Is good deal-that hcr ,aste
surpasses IN chasteness anything that mas been seen
In London for many years, ana tnat ner uiahonus
are simply perfection IN their setting heaIu as
pute the other night a. to whether Mrs. Motley or
the Countess OF Seton was the best dressed woman
at the last drawing room, but the general opinion
was decidedly In favor OF the former.


"6oNE WITH A VENGEANCE"


At length and not before time some OF the n0blemen
are getting frightened at the tide or emigration
toward America which has this year set In stronger
than ever. During the month OF May, OF
which twenty-six days are now over, no
fewer $4,000 English agricultural laborers
have left Liverpool for the United States.
This does not include the exodus from Ire
land. Farmers throughout the south OF England
are In despair as to how their crops will be got in
this year. II is true that the harvest Is stili far or
but whole villages are being emptied OF their p0pu-
laion IL Is something quite new for agricultural
iaoorers TO emigrate in anything like numbers. But
they have got into their heads, and not without
reason, that the chance In your country for them is
even greater and better than II Is artisans. In
many OF our English counties the farm aborer never
sees meat more than perhaps once Q month, and
then he can only afford fat bacon. How can he
AFFORD to eat anything like butchers meat when beef
ls eight pence and mutton ten pence pound and he
mas but eleven shllltngs week wages, and has, per-
maps. seven or eight children TO feedf But you VIII
say, what has all this to do with fashionable life?
reply, very much. The great mass OF our nobility
and gentry derive their incomes from their landed
estates, and II this emigration continues which IL
seems very likely to do, wages must rise and rents
fall on all the estates In England. And this, OF
course Will create still greater comparative wealth
Tor those who make, OF who have made, their money
by trade.
Year: 1870

points in order that water shall be drawn tberefrom
by wind or steam TO moisten and enrich the slopes
and plains around them. Such locomotive ~
have foroshsdowed might be taken from well to
well, pumping from each in an hour or two sufficient
water to irrgste several of the adjacent acres thus
starting second crop Of Hay on fields whence the
first had been taken. and renewing verdure' and
growth where we now see vegetation suspended for
weeks. il not months feel sure that the mass Of
our farmers have not yet realized the Importance
and bepe6cence Of Irrigation, nor the facility where
with its advantages may be secured
Year: 1870

The New York World rejoices in the hope that
the Democrats will be able to hold their own,
pretty well, in Maryland, through the aid OF the
colored citizens. In its issue Of the LIST inst.
alleges that the Republicans


do not seem able to control the colored
vote in Maryland as they have done in
izaton was formed some time ago in
Baltimore, and it has extended its influence all
over the State, gathering in many Of the best
eolored men, who are convinced that it Is better
lot them to repose confidence in their old mas
'ers and friends.


This shows the drift of things, in Maryland
YOU see. No "white Mans Party, there, bu
arejocing over the colored men who are said tt
10 Democrats Let the people have light.
Year: 1870

The Democratic papers of the Eastern Shore
pretend to consider the whole business of setting
up Republican candidate for Congress as a
funny preliminary to huge joke, and yet every
once in while they betray their apprehension
that the joke is one that will cause them to
"laugh on the other side of their mouths" They
are more nervous than contemptious, and their
attitude should encourage the Republicans to a
hearty, harmonious and vigorous campaign.
Then let those laugh who can.
Year: 1870

The Delaware county Democrat speaking OF
'he probable selection Of some one as the DEM
ocfatlc candidate for County Commissioner, says
!. does not know of any one more competent


ioI the position" This is not very high
compliment for it does not require talents OF q
very high order to fit one for the position Of a
'afdidate certain Of defeat, '~.i "
Year: 1870

{rABLE MOUNTAIN, 1s7O.)
Which wish to remark


And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark


And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
Which the same would rise to explain.
All Sin was his name;


And shall not deny
In regard to the same


What that name might imply,
But his smile it was pensive and child-lkc,
As frequent remarked to Bill Nye.
1t was August the third;


And quite soft was the skies;
Which it might be inferred


That All Sin was likcwise;
Yet he played 1t that day upon William
And me In way desplse.
Which we had small game,


And All Sin took hand;
1t was Euchre. The same


He did not understand;
But he smiled as he sat by the table,
With the smile that was chlld-like and bland.
Yet the cards they were stocked
In a way that grieve,
And my feelings were shocked
At the state of Nyes sleeve:
Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers,
And the same with intent to deceive.
But the hands that were played
by that heathen Chinee,
And the points that he made,
Were quite frightful to Sec
Till at last he put down right bower,
Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Then looked up at Nye,


And he gazed upon me;
And he rose with sigh,


And said "Can this be
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor
And he went for that heather Chinee.
In the scene that ensued


did not take a hand,
But the floor it was strewed
Like the leaves on the strand
With the cards that All Sin had been hiding,
In the game she did not understand"
In his sleeves, which were long,
He had twenty-four packs
Which was coming 1t strong,
Yet state but the facts;
And we found on his nails, which were taper,
What is frequent in tapers- that's wax.
Which is why remark,


And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar
Which the same am free to maintain.
Year: 1870

To correct the many rumors in
circulation regarding the nature of
Judge Rounds injuries received in
the late accident at Mt. Holly, we are
allowed to copy the following from a.
private letter from a gentleman in
Chester to citizen OF Woodstock:


"He is considerably injured, but
not dangerously so. His right hip is
good deal injured and his back, so
that he cannot turn himself in bed.
There is also considerable confusion
of the lett leg below the knee. He
was not sealded at all, the car having
had partition through the center
and all the steam escaping into the
front half, Judge Rounds being in the
rear. He was brought home Thurs
day night and carried from the depot
to his house on a stretcher. He i'm
proves little every day, but will
most probably be coufDed to his house
for several weeks. There does not
seem to be anything dangerous in the
character of his injuries, but they are
severe enough, so that for consider
able space of time he will be confined
to his house."
Year: 1870

A CALIFORNIA INDIANS DINNER
Mr.. Cheever, who spent many years
among the California Indians, and
studied carefully their history, and
manners and customs, gives the fol
lowing illustration of their habits, in
the May number of the naturalist =
He saw an Indian come to the banks
of the Feather River one afternoon
He was hungry, but had not parti
Gle of food to eat. His first move
ment was to start fire. He next
turned over some old logs and hunted
up some grubs. He then pulled up
some dry reeds, and plucked a few
hairs from his own head and tied the
grubs to the bottom of the reeds, sur
rounding them with a circle of loops
The reeds were then stuck lightly in'
to the mud, in the shallow water o.
the stream, and the Indian squatted
beside them motionless. Presently
the top of one of them began to trem
BILE, when the watcher put his thumb
and finger upon it, and tossed a fish
out upon the grass and so he contin
ued to watch and to catch fish until
he had enough for his dinner; all 60
ing to show that the man who wants
but little here below may get that lit
tie easy-provided be knows as much
as the California Indian.
Year: 1870

Yesterday these Clubs met Oh the grounds
Of the Manhattan Club at Hobcken, to play match to-
gether, and though the Paterson Club had eight men
present they preferred to forfeit the ball rather than
pluckiIy face the music hoithanded The result was
that instead Of game IN wnich they might have won
and could not have lost discredtably they had only
scrub IpafrS.
Year: 1870




WASHINGTON, November 30-The
most important features of the Post
master Generals report may be summed
up as follows:


First. He reiterates the recommenda-
ton Of his last report for the repeal of
the franking privilege and presents an
array Of statistics in support OF them.


Second. He speaks favorably of the
postal telegraph system, but declines
recommending its adoption till the
franking privilege is abolished, as he
don't believe that any postal system
can be made efficient with that incubus
on the service.


Third. He favors the granting Of sub
sidies To ~eoam steamship lilies carry Ing
the American flag in cases where such
lines from their carrying trade are ena-
bled to make partial returns to the
United States treasury. He cites the
case of the San Francisco and Hong
Kong line, which is subsidized, and
which is constantly increasing its pay
ments for customs.


Fourth. He alludes to the negotia-
tions for the establishment of an inter
national postal money order.


The Presidents Message
Will be telegraphed on the day Of
its transmission to Congress to distant
newspapers, which, according to present
indications, will be Monday next.


Attempt at Bribery.


A gentleman who holds subordinate
position in the Treasury Department
was called on at his lodgings night
or two ago and was offered $4,000 for
an advance copy Of the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury.


Troops Ordered TO Georgia.


A statement was made in these dis
patches few days since that additional
troops were to be ordered into Georgia
to aid in the enforcement Of the Con-
gressional law, but not without very
prominent contradiction from the Asso-
cated Press and other news sources
but it was true, nevertheless, for another
order was issued to-day directing that
five hundred recruits from Newport
Barracks be sent at once into that State,
and for the purpose named They are
required to report to the commanding
General at Atlanta.


General Amnesty.


There seems now to be no doubt that
the President will urge upon Congress
in his forthcoming message the enact
ment OF general amnesty law. The
better class of Southern Republicans all
indorse movement of that character,
and the measure will receive great sup
port from the West, where the feeling
in favor of such a law is reported to the
President TO be constantly on the in
crease.
Year: 1870

The German Soldiers at Drill.


The Berlin correspondent of
the New York Evening Post,
who was himself a soldier in
the late war Tor the Union,
writes as follows .al R,5e,a


1.-THE discipline and daily
routine of exercise for this
Prussian army to all foreigners,
is a source of never ending
wonder. The early morning IS
devoted to cleansing (policing)
the quarters, and correcting
any Irregularities which may
have arisen out of the previous
days duties. Later in the FORE
noon the hours are given to
study-arithmetic, geography,
geometry, theory and practice
of military science; and even
singing is not neglected, Great
Importance is attached to the
studies of the soldiers, and by
attaining a certain advance


ment In knowledge, each one,
alter satisfactory examination,
can shorten his term of service
from one to two years. In the
afternoon of each day the bod.
lily culture is attended TO, AID
this consists of not only purely
military drill, but also of every
variety of exercise calculated
to add either strength or sup
pleness to the human form
running, leaping,. vaulting, bal,
ancing, bayonet exercise, lit
ing, shooting, bending, alto
gether such an innumerable
variety of movements that no
muscle of the body is without
its daily exercise.
Year: 1870

A GENTLE Quaker had two
horses, very good one and a
very poor one. When seen
riding. the latter, 1t turned out
that his better half had taken
the good one. "Whatp said a
sneering bachlor, show comes
it that you let your wife ride
the better horseg" The only
reply was: "Friend, when thee
be married thee'll know"
Year: 1870

An EDITOR'S SHIRT.-Editors have
a first rate time in Texas. The ladies
of a town out there have given to the
editor Of the paper an embroidered
shirt which contains pictorial his
tory OF Texas, including the war with
Mexico, and the meeting Of the first
legislature, and also pictures of the
fruits and cereals of the State, all
worked in red worsted. The editor
never wore a shirt in his life, and he
thought this was a banner for the
temperance procession which was to
come off the next week. So he made
a little speech of thanks, in which he
said he would ever throw it ont to the
breeze of heaven, that they might
kiss its folds, and that until his hands
palsied it should never be trailed in
the dust-neyer. The ladies didn't
understand him, and when he talked
about its trailing, they blushed, and
said they were sorry they made il
too long. But the committee took
the editor aside and explained the
shirt to him in a whisper, and the
next day he appeared at the office
with that shirt mounted over his coat
and wrote four columns of explana
tion for his paper. The coat is mucl
admired by the boys of the town, ant
whenever the editor goes out for +;
walk they follow him in regiments
studying the history of Texas an,
the fine arts on the back of it.
Year: 1870

There is a man living in Calhoun
county, Miss, who is supposed to be
the strongest man in the State, if not
in the entire South. He is thirty five
years Of age, and weighs two hundred
and twenty-five pounds tie has been
known to carry three bars Of railroad
iron, when it takes from three to FIVE
ordinary men to carry one. He can
take cask containing forty gallons
Of whisky or water(the former is pre-
ferred, we presume and raise it from
the ground and drink out of the bung-
hole with as much ease as another
could out of a common pitcher; and
he has frequently taken a barrel OF
-four under each arm, and balancing
sack Of salt on his head, carried
them for several hundred yards with
apparently but little effort. He offers
to bet that he can lift thirteen hundred
pounds.
Year: 1870

On Monday evening about twenty of the
Stockholders Of the New Stage Company
hitched four horses to the new stage end drove
to Columbia. Upon being recognized as the
turn oct of the New Stage Company men wo-
men and children greeted them on oil sides
with hearty welcome. A large crowd
awaited them in Columbia and upon their
arrival there, they were received with cheers
and they Immediately proceeded to try to
drink all the whisky there was in the town
but did not succeed. They returned to Sono-
ra between ten and eleven O'Clock and from
the noise they made created the impression
that the town was being captured.
Year: 1870

During the absence Of the proprietor Of this


paper, the editorial management has devolv-
upon a person who is now wandering some
where around San Joaquin County, with no
definite purpose, except it be to wander. lie


will be dusty, perhaps ragged and will have
suspicious general appearance, but he is
harmless. lie will have stick across his
shoulder with bundle at one end, or KNAPP
sack across bis shoulders with blankets strap
ped thereon. A tin canteen will be at his
side to carry water, and he will have sus-
pended somewhere about his person a satch-
ell. containing dirty old coffee pot, a few
Irish potatoes. some crackers and about
a half a pound of ''rarch butter" the
butter perhaps in fluid state in the bottom
of the satchel, and the other articles afoat In
it. In travelling he will not be on horseback.
neither will be have a seat in stage, but
will use the means provided by nature and
travel on foot.-About dark each evening he
will be found in the neighbcrhood of a barn
yard seeking place for his slumbers in some
farmer's hay pile. Now should this article
meet the eye OF any person living on the route
Of his travels, they are earnestly requested not
to detain him, as we can assure them that
his unprepossessing appear
ance and his suspicious habit of lettering
around barn-yards, he is virtuous, and bis
services are needed on this paper.