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Year: 1871

Our ncighbor takes much pains to wiring
n our language in referring to the paai ad-


ninistration of the Republican Supervisors,
when We said the very name stinkelh il
the nostri's of the people" Our neighborr
inject is as visible az the postcrior Of the
,srich, though its head may he in the sand
Ihc hope of further bleeding Of the county
by cxorbitant printing bills, aud desire to
induce the new Supervisors to violate their
Obligations TO law and the people of The
county, aud TO consent to two years far
her robbery of the Taxpayers, is all that we
tan gee in it, We repeat that the acts o!
he Republican Supervisors for the pact four
years do sink in the nosiri's of The people. 30
lwo years ago, one Of these old Supervisors
ran second time in ths, the eirongcat Re
publican district in The county, and came ont
two hundred and fifteen votes behind bis
ticket, and was badly beaten. Dh he not
smell bad to the people, and The voters Of
his own party? How long since the people
Of this county, without distinction of party,
voluntarily put their hands in their pockets
and rsisod money to fee lawyers and pay
costs, 10 prevent the prosont Board from
making, by their own order, Il cold grab Of
81 800 out of the TreasU1y? Could they
have smell sweet TO tbese contributing tax
payers? We dared the ring TO run either Of
the present Board the second time, and it
weakened and took up new men. The new
Board yet have their record to make. One
of them we know to be man of ability IN
trgrity and Louofty, and wei have no evidence
but the other two are his equals in these
worthy accomplishments. To these we say
in advance, since the ring organ demands it,,
avoid the breakers upon which your pre-
decessors were wrecked; do your duty fully
f,irly and honestly TO the people of the coun-
ty, without fear or favor, and in us YOU will
find friend, M do all other honest men and
acts; and in these columns ehall you have


the full need of honor and paise; do other
wise, either in greater or less degree, and
it will be our duty and we will not finch
from it, to give the facts and Legitimate com
ments to the whole people. We rejoice in
the change as We believe nine tenths of the
people do, and both hope and believe that
we will have a w,se ana just administration
Of county affairs under he new Board Bul
should it be otherwise, no citizen Of Placer
will more deeply regret it than ourself. We
talk as man 10 men, and have no sicken-
ing deceit or shiny clancy for any man, Of
fetal or non-ofhcial. The finest opening ever
presented TO new ofic ais to honorable dis.
tinction, noted and commended popularity
and to the esteem Of all men, is now within
the reach OF our new Supervisors hy reason
Of contrast with the acts OF their predecessors
and we say again we will rejoice if they inn
prove it and retire honored, praised and pop
ular with all men Of all parties
Year: 1871

Editors AppeaL-You criticise severely
the views Of the negro race expressed by
Mr.. Thompson in a recent speech at
Chattanooga. We think Mr.. Thompson
could not have meant that the morality
OF the negro race was superior to that Of
the white-that is to say, that the ne
grO's sense Of honor and right and his
practice of the social virtues are superior
to that Of the white race. The expression
in connection with his asserted religious
superiority was doubtlessly uttered
loosely in the fervOr Of defamation with
out due reflection upon its full import.
But Mr.. Thompson was certainly right in
saying the negro is more religious being
than the white man. He instinctively
Worship5 the supernatural, and is filed
with superstitiOUs dread Of ghOsts,
witches, and Of all strange and unex-
planned phenomena of nature. His own
being is not more q matter of fact to him
than the existence Of vsritabls devil
with clOven hOOfs, horns and tail,
and eyes glowing with fire, and
nOstrils breathing g smoke and fame.
He is prone to see the supernatural
in everything above his comprehension.
His faith in religious teaching Is the most
trusting. and absolutely unquestiOning.
Who ever heard of q negro skeptic or
sthsist2 His faith is blind and never
doubts. He Is highly emotional, and
when wrought upon Is transported and
exalted to the highest pitch Of religious
excitement, which he enjoys with q zest
of which the white man is utterly inca
psble.


The mistake you make is in OOnfound-
iEg religion with morality. They are es-
sentially distinct things-as distinct as
any two su distances in nsture-often found
in combination, and, on the other hsnd,
often found in opposition. Morality with
out religion will not save q man from the
devil. Ninety per cent. Of the felons In
our prisons, and Of the murderers on the
gsllOws, die religious, while some men Of
the highest moral character have died
atheists. And 1 have known negroes
never so happy, and never so filed with
religious zeal, at when half drunk, and in
the very glow Of this excitement commit
pettv larceny, RONIM.
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, June 2.-The Iri6H'1e's
Washington correspondent telegraphs
that no doubt Secretary Fish has long
intended to resign as soon as the
treaty Of Washington was ratlnedl
and formally OF informally he placed
his resignation In the hands OF the
President a few days ago. Many OF
the Presidents most trusted advisers


have, however, opposed any change
in this direction, on the ground that


If 1t was not absolutely necessary 1t


would weaken the administration.


The President also is personally
opposed 70 Fish's resignation, and he
remarked to a Cabinet minister ON
Sunday that Fish would not leave II
he (the President) could help. It is


generally believed that the matter will


Be allowed TO rest for the present.


Should Fish insist and his resignation
be- accepted, he viii be requested to
AT Al arbitrator on the part Of the
United States at Geneva, and it Is be-
ueyed that be win accept the mission.
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, June 1.-The National
Insurance Convention concluded busi-
ness and adjourned until October next.
a resolution was adopted in the mat
ter of deposits that they should be left
entirely to the States themselves, with
only the recommendation from the
Convention that when deposit or
guarantee capital not less than $780,
600 may be required by the law Of
q State Tor the benefit of the policy
holders, it is unwise and unnecessary
to require additional deposits in any
ofhor State
Year: 1871

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The
President will transmit the report of
the San Domingo Commission to Con-
gress at an early day. He does not
intend to recommend any action dur
ing the present session Of Congress,
but desires the report to be read by
the people, in order that they may
form Judgment on the question from
official data.


The Joint High Commission will
conclude their labors in few weeks,
and assurances come from three dis
tinguished and Well-infOrmed parties
that there will be an equitable settle
ment of the matters in dispute. IL
this shall result, the President will
send the treaty to the Senate, should
that body be in session. The subject
OF the fisheries will be considered first,
and other important questions will
also be discussed, each side presenting
vOluminous documents and affording
every facility to the other for prOcur-
ing additional information. The
British Commissioners are in constant
communication with the hCme Gov



The House select committee will
have another meeting tomorrow to
discuss the Ku-KluX bill.
Year: 1871

From the COurier-JournaLl


The body of men which first
| assumed the name of the Ku KluX
Klan was q very different organization
from the thieves and robbers who now
prOWl about for purposes of booty.
The latter have borrowed the livery Of
the former to serve the devil in, and
hence that originally genteel organize
ton is made the scapegOat of every
outrage in the country. The original
organization is gone out Of existence
entirely, and a reliable gentleman,
now in this city, who was member
Of the Klan, is responsible for the fol-
lowing statement of facts: The Ku-
KluX Klan was peculiarly of Southern
origin, and was intended to cOunteract
the % Grand Army Of the Republic" F"
and the " Loyal League" " and for the
better protection OF the families of
Southern men from the depredatiOns
of the robbers turned loose on society
after the war. Their object was to
protect, not to Gepredate; to build up,
not to destroy. As evidence of their
mOtives-peace and good order-the
oath which each member took upon
himself was a pledge to support the
Constitution as given us by our fore
fathers, and to protect the weak
against the strong"


This shows that it was only the dis
turber5 Of the public peace, the land
pirates who follow close upon the
heels of such disOrganizatiOn of society
as ensues after a long war, who had
any cause to fear the terrible bug bear
of KukluXism.


It's name was suggested by the noise
which the old army mUsket makes
when spriuging the lock and discharg-
ing the piece. Ku-KluX-Klang-the
first two syllables made by the lock,
the last was the bang, or klang, of the
discharge, the final ''g'' being after
ward dropped for the sake of
euphOny.


Their signs and grips were few and
simple. A member was recognized
by returning, twice, gentle pressure
of the hand, or when hand-shaking
was not practicable, passing the
fingers OF the right hand gently
through the hair, in response to a like
motion from the inquirer.


The klan was organized, as before
stated, in a sentiment Of peace and
good will to all, and malice toward
none. 1t was established by the very
best men in the country, the leaders
of the Confederate armies, and eX-
tended from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande. 1t was composed of men
who loved peace for its own sake; it
was perfect Knight Errantry of the
Southern States; as harmless, and in-
tended to be far more useful and sub.
servient of good morals than the
Loyal League and Grand Army-bUt
the hue and cry raised against, and
especially the fact that every villain
assumed its virtues for the purpose Of
perpetrating his Outrages, finally in
duced a disbandment Of the organiza-
tiOn
Year: 1871

Two painters were employed to
frescO the walls Of q cathedral Both
stood on the rude scafiOld constructed
for the purpose, some forty feet from
the floor. One Of them was so intent
upon his work that he became
wholly absorbed, and in admiration
stood of from the picture, gazing at
il with intense delight. Forgetting
where he was, he moved back
slowly, surveying leisurely the work
Of his pencil, until he bad neared
the edge of the plank upon which
he stood. At this critical moment
his companion turned suddenly, and,
almost paralyzed with horror, beheld
his imminent peril; another in
slant, and the enthusiast would
be precipitated upon the pave
ment beneath. II he spoke to him,
II YVES certain death; If he held his
peace, death was equally sure. Sud
denly he regained his presence Of
mind, and seizing a wet brush, flung
itagainst the wall, spattering the pic
ture with unsightly blotches Of color
ing. The painter flew forward, and
turned upon his friend with fierce up-
braidings; but starting at his CHASTITY
face, he listened to his recital of dan
ger, looked shudderingly over the
dread space below, and with tears Of
gratitude blessed the hand that saved
him. Just so we sometimes get alb
sorbed upon the picture Of the world /;
and in contemplating them, step back
ward, unconscious Of our peril; when
the Almighty in mercy dashes our
beautiful images, and draws us at the
time we are complaining Of His deal
ings, into His Outstretched arms of
compassion and love.
Year: 1871

Of the cOnfagration. He stands out
before the world as the incendiary
and fermenter.Of ther in which the
Judge was shot while a Justices seat
by negro. He is besides under in
dictment for felony in this county,
which would send him to the peniten-
tiarV.
Year: 1871

A fire partially destroyed an extern
sive livery stable in Wheeling this
morning. Considerable excitement
and alarm was created by anonymous
notes threatening the destruction of
other property in similar manner.
Year: 1871

However perfect the outer garments
may be, no woman can have real chic
unless the under-pinning," 1--WE
use as delicate a phrase as pOssible) be
well constructed. We feel grateful to
Fashion in that she has decreed that
small waists are no longer stylish. A
reasonable slope is, Of course, desira-
bic, but a "wasp waist" is to be
found nowhere but in remote country
districts. To see a woman with her
pinched waist Immediately prOclaims
her ignorance of "What is what"
Hoops also are doomed. We wish
we could say as much Of tOIYlJTeS,
but fidelity cOmpels US to record that
an artificial support for the skirt at the
back is en- Tegle, while the rest of the
fulness should be due to a crinOline or
grass cloth jUpe, and not to steel
springs.
Year: 1871

A very fine assortment Of fancy
shawls is in market this season. The
Albanian is Of silk and wool, white
ground, with silk stripes in amber
and gold cOlOrs. The reversible Otto
man is precisely alike on both sides;
white ground, with broad stripes in
un0st gorgeous cOlOrs running across
and transverse narrow stripes of zig
Gag gpstterns in yellow and scarlet silk.
Cheaper shawls have the broad stripe,
without this narrow silk zigzag and
Others have q ground Of plaid in
square blocks Of black and white, with
broad, bright-cOlored stripes crossing
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Year: 1871




A sharp trick was played yesterday in the
vicinity of LGffler's Garden, by a party who
had some time ago purchased piano from
the G9hle Factory, in Baltimore. 1t appears
that promised payments had not been made, and
SO the agent of the concern came to the city
yesterday to recover possession of the instru-
ment. He first went to the house and demanded
He then proceeded to the Marshal of the Dis
trict and after the arrangement of brief pre-
liminaries that officer armed with the proper
legal document. went to the house. and, finding
the door locked, broke 1t in, and entering seized
and levied on the piano, and brought it away.
AS the triumphant marshal and the agent left
the premises they received a note from the
party from whom they had seized 1t, in which
the writer expressed a fervent hope that the
agent would be satisfied with his bargain.
Away went the instrument the agent, the
deputy marshal and the specials, in great glee,
in furniture wagon.


But in order to comply with some legal form
1t became necessary to have the piano examined
by an expert, and its value estimated So the
party drove down to Ellis music store, and
transferred the prize to the interior for exami-
nation and valuation. 1t was locked A piano
key was produced, and the corner raised when
10! it was one of the 'pianner fortys" that old
Mr.. Weller had in his mind when he proposed
his plan to Sam, for getting Mr. Pickwick out
of the Fleet Prison. 1t hadn't got no vurks
in it."


1t turned out that while the enterprising agent
was looking up the Marshal, somebody had
used good screwdriver with such expedition
that the entire action of the instrument had
been removed and spirited out of sight. The
agent now understood the meaning of the note
which he had received as the piano was being
a valuation on the instrument Washington
Patriot. ueSterddu,
Year: 1871

Card from Mine Inspector Williams.


T. NJ. Williams, Inspector of Coal Mines, who
was censured for neglect of duty by the Coro-
ners Jury in the recent investigation concerning
the Pittston coal mine disaster, has issued a
card to the public in order to refute what he
calls ''the many vile reports and ISLANDERS" which
have been circulated in the newspapers as to
his responsibility for the calamity After allud-
ing 10 the coroners inquest as that farce of a
jury" and complaining that he was expelled
from the inquest because he informed the coro-
ner that he was not competent to conduct 1t, he
shifts the responsibility for the accident on the
Superintendent of the mine by the following
statement


MY last visit was on May "a. They had just
started afresh some time through the month
and / was under the impression that the under
standing previously between us, not to work
chambers was kept in good faith. entered the
mine travelled the slope and airway into the
east side gangway and airway, and then back to
the foot of shaft looked into the shifting shanty
saw some ten or dozen persons in there on
dinner. On going away from there towards the
west gangway, asked Mr.. Kendrick how 1t
If any of them belonged to the slope that we
had seen before. He said, Eyes, that those
men from the slope were there on din
ner." l just thought that, and said l, III
not, you would have more than you
complement of men down here" So we walked
on into the west gangway and airway. Returned
to place where they were making new
stable, and on returning saw the road leading up
the nlll; asked III any one WOrkeu up Ln6rc; hou-
drick said ''No, not now; they have been, but
are not now." (After thelfre it was proved that
four chambers and a gangway were at work at
the time of my visit, and that five new chambers
were started the wodays next after l was there,
and some new hands were employed to do so
From there we went to the return airway at
foot of shaft; measured the air at the same
place that Kendrick made out report a few days
previous and sent to me; my measurement (with
him there to see it done) was 1880 cubic feet per
minute at foot of upcast shaft. For the three
splits together his report above referred
to was 5000 cubic feet; and when 1 mea-
sured the 1880 cubic feet, the fan exhausted al
the top IL, 900 cubic feet. The day of the Gala
nifty Mr.. Kendrick was experimenting to gel
more air out of the fan; at five minutes to oue
O'Clock doubled her speed, got q, 900 feet, run
ming her up to lS0 Revolutions, and likely nc
additional care or greasing to meet the double
velocity and friction, and we all now see the
results.
Year: 1871

CONCORD, N. H., June s.-Both parties are
holding caucuses this morning with closed
doors, preparing for a renewal of the contest in
the organization of the House. Every train and
public vehicle arriving brings loads of country
people to witness the usual annual parade on
election day But it is likely they will be disap-
pointed, as it is not probable the question who
will be Governor will be reached to-day. II is
understood Weston declines to visit the city till
the question is settled.
Year: 1871

From the London Globe, Feb. Ill


rapid fall in the barometer yesterday was sue
ceeded by heavy gale on various portions OF tho
coast the east ana northeast especially having been
heavily visited by the storm. At South Shields last
night there was severe gale from the southeast
The sea on the bar OF the Tyne and along the coast
rose to great height. Towards night the wind
veered round more to the east. SIX vessels went
OF Whltby, which got on the rocks, could not
be approached by the lifeboat; and her crew.
consisting OF Six, were left struggling In tho
sea when she went to pieces. Two of them who
were asned together succeeded In getting ash0re
but the OTHER four were drowned In the presence OF
thousands OF spectators. Late at night perfect
hurricane was blowing. All day yesterday de-
structive gale, accompanied with snow and rain.
prevailed at Grimsby. large number of vessels
are SAID to nave gone ashore. Accounts from Ply.
there are In safety notwithstanding the strong gale
that has been blowing from the northwest; but from
PauStoW ana other ports on the Bristol Channel
coast the sea Is stated to be so terrific that ship
can approach the coast without danger. Hartle-
pool Bay ut daylight was one mass or furi0usly
breaking waves, which dashed over the piers and
on 10 the rocks like the OF artillery. The life.
boats were soon launched and the tugs placed un-
der steam to be ready In case of necessity. Two
brlgs were driven by the sea on to Middleton beach,
certain they would soon become wrecks. Very
quickly the lffeboats nut on to rescue the crew,
After cncountering great peril the liieboat took or
tie eight men in safety. When darkness set In both
vessels were rapidly breaking up, the sea making
clean breach over them Eleven vessels are re-
ported ashore between Grimsby and Donna Nook.
Among them Is large steamer. The sea at Ftley
was terrific. The schooner Mary of North Shields
Captain Moore, coal laden, for Maiden, ran ashore
Ia the afternoon. The vessel was out OF reach VI
guard, but the crew OF four men were most Qailanty
saved by the lneboat - '"-'~
Year: 1871

This project undertakes for the extreme
south of the territory of the United States
what the Union Pacific has done for the
centre, and the Northern Pacific will ac-
complish for the extreme north. The de-
tails of its connections with the Atlantic
States railway system cannot now be de-
termined, but its eastern terminus in the
Valley Of the Mississippi, and its western
at San Diego, on the California coast, are
to be united by line of railway passing
through region rich in natural resources,
and possessing great advantages both for
railway construction and subsequent set
tlement. 1t may be regarded as one of
these achievements of the future which
require time only fer their accomplish
ment.
Year: 1871

The Coal TROUBLES. The i'll results of
the late action of the General Council are
beginning to show themselves. At several
points dissatisfaction and discomfort are
reported, but as yet no demonstration of a
hostile character has been made. AT Pott
vile, Pa, the miners are apparently salts
fed with the resolution of the Council.
but Luzerne county is uneasy, and there is
no doubt that the question of holding out
will reach solution of some kind earlier
than the leaders of the union anticipate.


At Mount Carmel, on Saturday night,
miner named Hoffman was shot in bed.
and to conceal the crime the building was
afterwards blown up with gunpowder.
AS he was working outside of the union.
he is supposed to have fallen by its order
or instigation.


The policy of starving out the miners,
adopted by the railway compaoies and
rich operators, will, it is feared, provoke
the men to some indirect violence, though
SO far, with this exception, they have acted
with great discretion. The operators are
losing thousands of dollars daily, and
cannot now make terms without first con-
suting with the railway companies, who
are determined to make the miners accede
to the most stringent terms before a nego-
tiation is begun.
Year: 1871

The French .Prussan war and our civil
war have demonstrated two facts that
Rshould be utilized by our government.
Our civil war proved that it is impossible


tor any navy to protect the shipping of a


dountry at sea when the war lets loose any


hsstile ships. Witness the great numerical


fprce OF our navy, and the small number


snd inferior character of the rebel vessels
that were able to drive our shipping from


the ocean. From this we may calculate


Fith certainty that a war with any power
fhat can put any ships afoat, regularly or
Illegally, will make our shipping SO haz-
ardous as to drive it from the ocean, no
matter how great our navy.


The French-Prusssian war proved the
pselessness of navy for offensive opera
tions. Prussia made her ports absolutely
secure. SO that out of all the costly navy of
France no ship dared attempt to enter. It
appears that even without the aid of the
permanent Notifications she made the en-
trance to her ports SO dangerous by means
of sunken torpedoes that the French navy
did not venture to enter one Of them.
Here are demonstrated the uselessness of a
navy for protecting commerce in war, its
incapability for offensive operations, and
its uselessness for defending the coast


We have seen France emulating Great
Britain by creating great navy. The
great mind that designed it probably had
in view an invasion of England. But in
the war the navy did nothing to save
France from conquest, and from the most
grinding terms. Had the means devoted
to this ornamental navy been wisely ex-
pended 10 military preparation, France
might have resisted the Prussian invasion,
or have made such defense as to have
extorted honorable terms.