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Year: 1870

Saturday afternoon, as Joe Durham was
driving a six horse team down the grade
just beyond the Toll House, the horses
started to runaway; Joe kept them in the
road for short distance, but in turning a
short curve the heavy wagon slid off the
grade in very steep place anG dragged
the team after it. The wagon was consid-
erably smashed, and several of the horses
were somewhat bruised up.
Year: 1870

Several parties from the lower country
have visited the Sonth Fork mines within
the last few days and expressed themselves
as being very favorably impressed with
the appearance of the lodges and the lay
of-the district. Several of of these gentle
men may shortly obtain interests in one or
more Of the most prominen. Lodges.
Year: 1870

The business of our friends Wiser &
Terry, proprietors of the Buckeye Ranch
and Distillery, is evidently on the increase,
as they have found it necessary to order a
fine lot of billheads printed in order to
save the time and trouble of writing them.
The Buckeye Ranch is good property, and
has been made SO by the industry, enter
prise and perseverance of its proprietors


If there were several hundred more Wi
ser's & Terry's, Or men like them, in this
county, the waste places of old Shasta
would soon blossom like the rose, and pros
perity would take the place OF desolation.
Year: 1870

TIE THEATRE.-The Ravel-Martinett
Troupe and Dramatic Combination are per-
forming to crowded houses nightly at the
Theatre. We are sincerely pleased to
chronicle this fact, as the performances are
of the first order Of merit in every partcu-
lar. The efforts of the Martinettis are
nightly hailed with unstinted applause, and
no person of taste should fail to witness
their brilliant efforts in their great panto,
can ca faithfully record that the announcement
made in the bills by the Manager (Mr.
Ogden) has been fully carried out, and no
expense Gudsing from the brillancy of the
various scenesl has been spared in placing
this great production on the stage. Those
who fail to see it will miss rare treat.
Year: 1870

THANKS TO THE 1.-THE ladies Of
Grace Church conveyed to us last night a
very delicious reminder of the supper
which they now have in progress at the
store of Messrs. Cordoso, Fourqurean &
Co., on Broad street. The good things sent
were highly relished, and we wish them
abundant success in their enterprise.
Year: 1870

The ANNUAL MEETING of the Virginia
State Agricultural Society will be held to-
night in the basement OF the First Baptist
Church, for the election of officers and the
delivery of the annual address by Lieutcn-
ant Marry
Year: 1870

the scholars in the public schools, and in
many of the private schools, will have =
holiday in order that they and their teach
ers may attend the Fair. The different
freight depots in the city, and many places
of business will be closed to give their en-
pIoyes chance to go to the Fair. Thurs
day seems to be generally regarded as the


big day, but we see no reason why the eX-
hibitlon should not be just as attractive to.
Year: 1870

THE CoLoRKD CADET INvKsTIeATIoN.-The
report Of the court Of inquiry which was sppoin-
ted to investigate the complaints Of the colored
cadet at West Point has been received at the
War Department. The court finds that the state
ments Of the colored cadet, - contained in his
letter which was recently Published, are not in
the main correct. That he had been subject to
some ill-treatment has been proved BY the
evidence, and the court recommends that both
the colored cadet and the white cadet in fault
be tried by courtmartial. They also find that
all the officers and academical authorities
treated the cadet who makes the complaints
which led to the inquiry with the same con-


aderation that the others are treated, and that
they did everything In their power to prevent .
misdemeanor. Secretary Beiknap disposed Of
the case by causing cadets Gilmore and Smith,
who were recommended to be tried by court
martial to be reprimanded by the superinten-
dant, taking this course With the belief, based
npon the opinion Of the court Of inquiry, that no
further Irregularities Of the kind win occur, at
the same time assuring the cadets that IL this
reasonable expectation OF the department is net
responded to, offenders in the future will be
dealt with in very summary manner.
Year: 1870

OF the writings and venomous
clutchings of the palsied Parson, u
correspondent of the New York
World writes thus:


There is spectacle in the Senate
which ought, perhaps, to receive,
but which oftcner repols the com.
misscralion of those who look upon
it. This is the palsied, perishing
igure of Parson Brownlow.


AS regularly as the noon the al
most completely helpless old man
is assisted to his scat-a hair.cloth
easy chair on tho left Of the Speaker
in which he rcclincs, trembling
all over, and constantly, like a
shaken jelly. Seen from the gal
lery, his swarthy face looks like that
OF a malignant Indian. His lips
comfort themselves unpleasantly,
and his hands, twitching in every
finger, remind one of a couple Of
spiders crawling over his legs and
along the arms of his chair.


Onco in a while the right hand
makes a tremulous expedition to
the desk in front and returns with
handkerchief dangling between
fingers and thumb. Sometimes,
with great effort, it carries glass
of water from the ridge of the desk
to the old mans mouth. Part of.
tho time hc sits with q leg hoisted
on corner Of the desk, or crossed
over the opposite knee. Heis never
motionless. His eyes see and his
cars attend to all that transpircs.-
Whenever the debate is earnest, or
an interesting question is upper
most--particularly if it concerns
ting South, or his own State of Ten
sessee-hhe !;s.cas i. .c.s &c !. % i were
through every pore; the big dark
veins on his temples grow bigger
and darker; the desk shakes with
the shaking of his legs; his hands
clutch venomously at his trowsers,
and the peculiar writhing of bis lips
makes it appear as if he would give
up all his life after that one moment,
if for the moment he had strength
to get on his feet, and pour forth as
ofold food of vituperation upon bis
enemies. But he has no strength
left to speak, and was compelled
the other day to have the personal
explanation of his course in regard
to recent political events in Tennvs-
see, which he had prepared in man
uscript, read by the clerk. Some
expressions in it were abusive of
Butler and other members of the
House, and the Vice President stop
ped the reading. The emotion Of
the dying man in the easy chair so
racked him al this juncture that an
other Senator, plying him, request
ed that solely on account Of bis fee
bic condition the reading might be
suffered to proceed. This was as
scented to. Had il been otherwise,
perhaps the anger of the Parson
would have consumed him where
be sat.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER MINING HoRRoR.-On
the morning of the 18th of Decem-
ber another terrible accident occur
red in Pennsylvania. A coal mino
caved in, filling the shaft and tun.
mel with enormous masses of earth,
carrying two large houses down
with it, and choking the entrance
to the mine. There were several
persons in tho dwelling houses at
The time of the accident, and these
wore carried down in the falling
lnass, burned in the ruins and doubt
less instantly killed; at last accounts
it was impossible to roach their bod
les. Some men were in tho mine,
it is reported, and they are suppos-
cd TO have been killed. Ten per-
sons in all lost their lives. Tho
houses fell distance of forty feet,
and were broken to fragments. One
block of houses was swallowed up
in the cavity so quickly that two
families living in them had not
time to escape. A girl who. had fled
from one of the houses as it went
down, but not fast enough to escape,
fell on the top ofthe houses and was
rescued.


The accident is said to have been
caused by working the breast in the
colliery too near the surface under
the houses, there being only about
twenty feet space left where they
cavcd in.
Year: 1870

The DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.-The Dem
ocracy, it seems, have at last got
leader in the United States Senate,
which they feel proud in following.
We have reference to Senator Thur
man, of Ohio. The Washington
correspondent of tho New York
World, in speaking of him. says
that his mere physical appearance
is imposing, and his bearing the
manifest that can be supposed. His
intellect is q lantern which, when
ever he speaks, fairly irradiates the
chamber. AS debater he is now
confessed to stand in the foremost
rank. He never speaks without
having something, nay much, to
say, and that something is always
driven straight to the point at issue
He invariably commands the atten-
ton Of the Senate. Few have yet
been bold enough to enter into bat
Ito with him, and such rs have ven
turcd a skirmish with him havo re-
tired wdrsted. His logic, sarcasm,
and bitter or playful irony are alike
the best weapons of their kind.
Fearless, resolute and scornful, yet
often gentle, mover discourteous, and
very rarely unjust, this Senator has
already made himself feared and
respected as an opponent, and is
spoken Of with great cordiality by
those who have had the pleasure Of
meeting him in private life.


Shreveport South Western.
Year: 1870

New York AND THE FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENT.-The House Of AS
sembly has passed, BY a vote of six
ty-five against fifty six, the Senate
resolution which had been previous
ly enacted, recalling the resolution
of the previous Legislature ratifying
the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution. As this amendment
has not yet been made valid by the
consent of the necessary number Of
States, no doubt can be entertained
of the right of New York TO do this.


Thus two of the large States Of
the Union, New York and Ohio,
States which have long been made
the control of the radical party,
have ranged themselves in opposi-
ton 10 one of the cardinal points of
the faith of the party. Were it not
for the coerced consent Of the South
ern States to this measure, it would
be defeated by large vote. New
York and Ohio Indicate the growth
of northern sentiment against the
radicals, and point to their defeat
at no very distant day.


[Galreston Civilian.
Year: 1870

The reunion Of parents and children in
heaven, as well as of other earthly friends. is
a cheering and delightful thought. And the
idea that our departed friends may sometimes
be near us, or wait to welcome us on the bor-
ders of that spirited-land, is well suited to i'm
press the mind A little girl in family Of
our acquaintance, a lovely aud precious child,
lost her mother at an age too early to fix the
loved features in her remembrance. She was
as frail as beautiful aud as the bud Of her
heart unfolded, it seemed as if won by that
mothers prayers to turn instinctVely heaven
ward The sweet conscientious and prayer
loving child was the cherished one Of the be-
rcayed family. But she faded away early
She would lie upon the lap Of her friend, who
took mothers kind care Of her, and winding
one wasted arm about her neck, would say
"Now tell meabout ny mamma" And when
the oft-told tale had been repeated, she would
ask softly, "Take me into the parlor l want
to see my mamma" The request was never
refused and the affectionate child would lie
for hours contentedly gazing on her mothers
portrait. But


Pale and wan she grew, and weakly


Bearing all her pain so meekly,


That to them she still grew dearer,


As the trial hour drow nearer


The hour came at last and the weeping
neighbors assembled to see the child die. The
dew Of death was already on the flower, as the
life sun was going down. The little chest
hcaved INDEPENDENTLY. Do you
know me, darling?" sobbed, close to her ear,
the voice that was dearest but it awoke no an
swer All at once a brightness, as if from the
upper world, burst over the chilPs colorless
counteuance. The eye-lids flashed open, the
lids parted, the wan cuddling hand few up,
in the little ones last impulsive effort, as she
looked piercingly into the far above. Mo-
ther " She cried, with surprise and transport
in her tone-and passed with that breath into
her mothers bosom a distinguished divine
who stood by that bed Of joyous death said:-
If never believed in the ministratiou Of
departed ones before, l could not doubt it
now"
Year: 1870

TIE CoSyELLsvnLE RAILRoAD.-Thc work
of extending the Connellsville railroad to Cum
berland is being pushed forward with vigor,
and the progress making is in the highest de-
gree satisfactory. We learn from the officers
of the company that twenty-four hundred Ia
boring men and upwards of four hundred
horses are engaged upon the work.
Year: 1870

Sorrow sobers US aud makes the mind ge-
NAL. And in sorrow we love and trust our
friends more tenderly, and the dead become
dearer TO us. And just as the stars shine ont
in the nights, so there are blessed faces that
look at us in our grief though their features
were fading from our recollection. Suffering
Let no man dread it to much because it is
better for him, and i; will help to make him
sure of being immortal. It is not in the bright
days but only in the solemn, that other worlds
are to be shining in the long, long distances.
And it is in sorrow-the night of the soul
that we see the farthest, and know ourselves
natives of ipfnity and sops and daughters Of
the Most High
Year: 1870

Victor Hugo has written an address to the
Germans of which the following is ar extract:


You may take the fortress, you will find
the rampant. You may take the rampant,
you will find the barricade. You may take
the barricade, and then-who knows the re.
sources of patriotism in distress--you will
find the sewers mines of powder ready to blow
whole streets into the air. This will be the
terrible sentence you must accept To take
Paris stone by stone, to slaughter Europe on
the spot, to kill France in detail in each
street, in each house that great light must be
extinguished soul by soul Germans, hold
back Paris is formidable. Think a while
before her walls. All transformations are
possible for her. Her Incidence gives you
the measure of her energy She seems to
sleep. She will awaken. Her thought will
leap from its scabbard like sword and this
city, which yesterday was Sybaris, tomorrow
may be Saragossa."


George Sand salutes the new regime in tho
following words


The Republic She must have life in her
since she rises again from her ashes by the
voice Of all, by will of which she is worthy
without the spiling Of blood, without fratri-
cidal strife. Behold the third awakening
it is ideally beautiful The third | say rather
the fourth; for we must not forget that
1880 was republican at the beginning. We
have fought for her only to lose her. To-day
she rises complete with single word-Vice
Ia France. This then is the normal state
which the conscience of humanity desires.
This is the inevitable end of the prodigious
toll of humanity. 1t is we'll. 1t is the law
of intelligence. The manliness of man can
only deyelope in the air of freedom. Behold
the god Of armies His name is country and
liberty. Hail to the Republic! Thou art in
good hands and great people is now march
ing under thy banner, after bloody expia-
tion. Thy task is hard. But should it hap
pen to thee to fall once more, thou wilt surely
rise again. The rights of man are imperish-
able. GEORGE SAND.


These and similar appeals have effect on
the people, and strengthen their determination
to defend the city to the last.
Year: 1870

probably reached their bed in one season. At
any rate bricks Of the reign Of Mohammcd
Ali have been found deeper than Hcrner's."


Such facts as these, which are frequently
occurring, should teach us the uncertainty Of
science and the folly Of allowing its transient
theories to shake our faith in the sure Word
of God. We close by simply stating them,
with a word Of counsel for each case.


First The meaning Of the Bible may be
obscure, and the revelation Of science may be
clear. Then let science interpret the Bible


Secondly. Science may be obscure and the
Bible clear. Now let the Bible interpret
science


Thirdly. II both Bible and science should
appear clear and contradictory, hold on to the
Bible aud wait for further developments in
science buffalo Adrocate
Year: 1870

The sowing machine went hard and would
not do its work we'll despite all Of sister
Amys efforts. She had oiled it thoroughly,
she thought; had attended properly to the
tension and all that and still it was pcrvcrsc
Brother VIII came and looked over her
shoulder, and knit his brow, as was his Gus.
tom when in a puzzle. At last, turning back
the machine, he glanced over the works and
asked


Did you oil it here Amy 2"


why, no. | never thought Of that" A
drop Of oil was applied, and in another min
ute the slender needle was flying through the
work like q fairy. No more hard work to
turn the wheel. That one drop Of oil on a
dry spot in the machinery, made all right.


There are many other places where drop
OF oil works just as great wonders. Cold
mornings, when tempers are apt to get FROST
ed, as well as toes and fnger-tips, there is no
magic like few sweet CHEEKY words. Oil
to a dry machine is only faint comparison
to its good effects. So when any one is angry
aud ready to do and say many rash things,
Just give them "a soft answer You know
what the Bible says about such answers. If
Bridget is hurried and cross, just give her a
timely help. Make her fire blaze up brightly
lar one thing, and see if her temper does not
soften. All day long, as you mix with your
little mates at school or at home, you will find
plenty Of chances for using this drop Of oil /;
aud oh, how it will cheer and brighten the
way for yourself and all about you Tile
Chad's Hrld.
Year: 1870

One hour of love will teach woman
more of her true relations than all your
philosophizing.


1t is very dangerous for any man to find
a spot on this broad globe that is sweeter to
him than his home.


He who has struck his colors to the
power Of an evil habit has surrendered him
self to the power Of an enemy, bound by no
articles of faith, and from whom he can ex-
pect only the vilest treatment.
Year: 1870

"A religion that does not enter into every
day life, is no religion at all


"A Christian is man that means to be
honest and pure, in thought, word and deed


Christian assurance does not become a
person who is cherishing some darling sin,
The indulgence of wckedness grioves away
the Holy Spirit from whom alone assurance
can come.
Year: 1870

We have no, only dressed the columns Of the Daily
Journal and the waichman and State Journal in an on
trey new dress hut are furnishing job Department
With all the materials necessary for the execution the
Year: 1870

lhie means the urine of animals, solutions of
he s"d cNrremcnts chiefly, and we might include
fc soap Suds and house SopS. There is an inl-
m'n>e waste, annually, upon nearly all farms. in
he shape Of liquid n;liurcS Probably few farmers
are aware of The magnitude of their losses in this
way OF the best ttrtilizmg material, that which is
prepared for the immediate use of plants. We all
know how rich in ammonia is urine, and how few
there are who save il to the extent that its value
would warrant.


Much of the most valuable portion of the solid
cNcrcments is that which is readily soluble in wa
Ten. And in how many barnyards can we find
large pools of this dark liquid, it running of
down slope, perhaps into some brook or gully
and utterly wasted. If such farmers could see the
actual value of the fcrtZing material thus lost,
rolling from their purses in the shape of dollars
and cents. !hcy would work almost night and day
ln stop II. Yet IN many cases year by year, these
golden streams urc flowing from their purses, and
loss OF single dollar would dsturbe them more
than the direct waste of Il hundred times that dol
lars worth in the form of liquid manure. These
very farmers acknowledge their error, if told of it
but they have some excuse for ncgccting il for the
time.


The first error. however, is in having so much
liquid manure There should be no liquid manure
i'll the barnyard except the urine of animals, and
the materials should be ut hand for absorbing that
Jour. of Agricultural.
Year: 1870

Carefully conducted experiment, Show that
COW ot the average size will void about sixty
pounds Of manure III Il day, measuring about one
and one-siXth cubic feet, which is more than three
cords, weighing over ten tons for year 1t is the
opinion of many good cultyatorS that three loads
Of peat or muck mixed with one of COW dung,
make compost quite effective for top dressing
meadows as the COW dung itself. If this We're
done, we should have twelve cords of good compost
from the solid eXcrementS Of cow 1t is further
estimated that the liquid manure is quite as valua-
bic as the solid. If they We're carefully saved bv
peat absorbents kept under the stable OF in it, it
Wond double the pile or be equal to twenty y-four
cords of good compost. 1t this We're spread upon
TWO acres of run down meadow, producing ton
of hay or less per acre it would increase the crop
probably to three tons per the first year. and
the effects of ii would be seen i'll increased crops
for five years longer. In those two acres it would
make all the difference between profitable and un-
profitable farming for five years. This compost, if
sold in many good farming districts, would bring
four dollars per cord or ninety-siX dollars Used
on the meadow il produce much more in successive
crops of hay. This estimate shows what may be
done under favorable circumstances to increase the
home supply of fertilizers. We have found that
nothing pay, better than Labor applied to the COM
post heap. American Agricuuri>t.
Year: 1870

The knowledge of the French districts
Showd by the staff of the German army is
considered wonderful. Not only do they
know where every village lies but they can
tell at once the amount of stablinS To he
found in it, whether there is large church
or school-room in which men or horses can
be quartcred. They are well informed rs to
the accommodation to be got in France, and
the staff can say at once how many horses
can be stabbed in every village from the
frontier to Paris.
Year: 1870

The same plate now used i'll printing the
national bank notes will be used for the new
gold notes, which are to be printed on yellow
paper The only change in the wording Of
the notes will be that where the words ma
tional currcncy' appear at the top Of the
present notes, the words national gold notrN
will appear on the yellow paper notes, and
the promise to pay will specify that the note
is payable to the bearer in gold
Year: 1870

B pleasure. By lifting the foot of the crb the legs drop down through hollow posts, and are fasten. ed by single bolts, bringing the crib on the level with the bedstead The same process with the the head. The head and foot boards are folded down over the mattress when not in use. The Crib can contain the bed made up for use when when closed ill. Each bedstead can have single
Year: 1870

A German soldier received private
letter; being unable to read it, he took
it to his sergeant, and requested him to
read it to him. He began to do SO at
once; but, as he proceeded, the soldier
became very uncomfortable at hearing
details of very private nature; and SO
alarmed was he at what might follow,yet
desired to know, what he clapped his
hands over the sergeants ears, and held
them there so tightly that the man could
not hear his own voice, and the soldier,
Imagined his secrets to be quite safe.
Year: 1870

THE BURRo MINEs.-A citizen of Tucson, who had just returred from visit to these mines, writing to us under date of the 9th inst, says {: "These mines are in my opinion, not only rich but extensive,-far superior to anything yet dis covered on this continent The little work that Is being done, is giving greater confidence and satisfaction to owners, so that but short time will be required to render the mines fixed, pay. ing fact"
Year: 1870

DrEp.-lt win be seen by an obituary notice which we print elsewhere in to-day's MINER. that Major M. B. DufHeld, of Tucson, has mel with serious misfortune in the loss of his wife who departed this life, al Tucson, on the third instant We condole with the Malor for the loss of one so near and dear to him.