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Year: 1870

TIE New Hampshire Democrats
have too many organs for harmony,
aud are holding an inquest at Concord
to see which one shall be dried up.
"a committee Of one from each county
has been appointed TO ascertain On


what terms the Patr5of. of Concord.
can be consolidated with the People.
Year: 1870

RAILROAD BADGE BuRNED About one
o'clock Thursday morning last the c. p. r.
r. bridge over the American river al Sacra-
memo WAS discovered to be on fire and was
lasted about two hour. The treste work
n, the ends Of the bridge was saved. 1t is
reported that when the fire was discovered
that the main structure and roof was in
flames in several places. Two walchmen
were kept constantly on the bridge, one at
each end and full water casks ri short
spaces from each other through the whole
length If the bridge, and ii is mystery
how the fire could have cot such a start. Ell
Iher supposing il to have originated from
locomotives or incendia,ism. The struc-
lure was not a valuable one, being old and
wood, and should have been replaced ere
this with n new and substantial iron bridge.


The Union says: "a force of two or three
hundred men have been set at work arrang-
Jog for the construction Of temporary
bridge ut point just below that which was
burned, and doing the necessary grading. 1t
is presumed that this will he comp'e in
three OF four days to an extent sufficient to
admit Of trains crossing; meanwhile passen-
gers and baggage will bs ferred over, and
the transportation of freight viii be entirely
stopped Probably the work Of rebuilding
the main bridge will not be commenced for
somesweeks.
Year: 1870

MyrWe are glad to learn tba. tho Pain Klk
er is having so large sale in our city. We have
every reason TO believe it to be an almost never
failing cure for pain and medicine that no
family should be without Montreal Pilot.


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Year: 1870




The RulING PASSION 1t may be true
that lie well stuck to is as good as the
truth, but that must most certainly depend
upon the kind of company man keeps or
the ignorance Of his readers Every crea,
ture on earth is endowed with some lead
ing quality or characteristic. and our neigh.
Dor is no exception to the general rule
We have discovered his strong point. He
has sworn the horse is sixteen fee, high and
IS going to stick to it. 1t is no crime for
the Stripes to get TIE contract for the coun
ty printing when it was the highest bidder
and yet it terales and reiterares the false
statement that it was The lowest bidder :,
when the whole public know tha; such s
not the fact, simply because that is its strong
suit Now the Stripes may bs better III
formed Of the guhtlhty OF its readers and
party than We are. and tins may DO the
proper course to pursue, but the morality Of
the Thing is exceedingly questionable. Now
this it is, it amt. taint tain'i ii is, it lan't
is all useless stuff, and "a our offers are not,


and not likely to he taken by the Stripes or
any Of its friends, we propose to make N
Offer that the public are Interest ed in. We
will deposit 500. the Stripes publisher
shall do the same, at the end Of the year.
the first Monday of February, 1871, the
work done for the county shall he compu-
ted by our bid. and also By the Stripes bid
and fit amounts to less by the Stripes bid
than by ours then our 500 shall 90 to the
District School Fund, and il it amounts to
less at our bid than the bid of the Stripes
then the 500 deposited by The Stripes put
Usher shall go to the said School Fund
What DO You say TO this, neiphbor!
Year: 1870

MEANS BUSINESS. By reference to our
new dverisements it will lie seen that our
new District Attorney proposes 10 attend to
the prosecution Of all cases wherein the Pso.
pie are interested. Justices Of the Peace
are notified that no other counsel is author
lied to appear 10 behalf Of the People. See
!be notice,
Year: 1870

THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL
The scheme for the attempted removal of the
capital was inaugurated yesterday by General
Logan in Congress. Mr.. Washburn, who be-
lieves that the site is better as it is, opposed
the project. The citizens of the national capi-
tai, however, little more frightened than
there Is any necessity for, waited on President
Grant yesterday and asked him to use his
influence with Congress in behalf of letting
well enough alone. The President promised
he would and the conference ended.
Year: 1870

for few hours. and, after locking them securely,
LEFT the key In charge or neghb0r. On her return
she entered the mousse 70 nd tnat In her absence n
had been entered BY thief, who had carried away
valuable necklace and other property, worth abous
320o


number OF other robberies, principally By tho
sneak process, have come under the notice OF tho
police but value OF the property u comparatively
small People cannot be too viglant while tneso
desperate Scoundreis are about
Year: 1870

Programme Of the Rcvolut.onists-They
Aspire to Independence, But Declare An.
nexati0n to the United States Their Desire.


TORONTO Jan. 90 1870.


despatch from Pembina on the 10th instant by
the way Of ST. Cloud, MIN, the 21st to the Globe
contains the following article from the Ner
Nation, the organ OF the insurgents published at
Fort Carry


Something as TO 0ur policy will be expected from
us IN this number; and we proceed briefly to define
our position. In common with the majority OF the
settlement we regard the Hudson Bay COmpany's
government as obsolete and never to be resusctated
The Dominion government by Its criminal biunders
ana gross injustice to the people, have for ever
alieDated them; and by its forfeiture OF all
right to our respect Will prevent future from
either receiving or permitting It's protection. The
imperial government we consider to be too far dis
tanC inteigently to administer our affairs. The
question arises, then, what form Of government is
best adapted for the development OF this
country and we reply, unhestatngly, that
the United States republic offers to-day that
system OF government which would best pro-
mote order and progress In our midst and open up
rapidly country OF magnificent resources. But In
our present dependent condition we cannot obtain
wnat we need In that direction ana hence we will
hold it to be our duty to advocate independence for
the people OF Red River as present for public
Ills. Our annexation to the United States will fol-
low In time and bring with it the advantages this
land SO much needs.
Year: 1870

If were to take you to my house, and
say that ! had an exqaisitely fat man, and
wished you to join me in eating him,
your indignation could be restrained by
nothing. You would pronounce me to he
crazy. There is not q man in New York
a man so mean that he would not put
down man who should promise to have
banquet of from fellow man, cutting
steaks out of him, and eating him. And
that is nothing but fsasting On the human
body; while they all will sit down and
take mans soul, and look for the tender
Joins, and invite their neighbors in to par
take of these little titbits. They will take
q mans honor and name, and broil them
over the Goals of their indignation, and
fill the whole room with the aroma there
Of, and give their neighbor q piece, and
watch him, and wink as he tastes il. You
all eat men up, and you are cannibals ev.
cry one of you-and worse. Yoa viii be
glad to get of at Gods judgment seat
with the plea i only ate the outside
You ate the soul, the finest element of
man. You are more than glad if you can
whisper word that is derogatory TO
neighbor, or his wife, or his daughter.
You have secret, but you do not make
yourself responsible for it. And yet, by
an oblique sentence, you leave unfavora-
BILE impressions on the mind of the per-
son addressed, in respect to the subject Of
your criticism. "Ahi" he saye, Il had
not been informed : and he goes on to the
next neighbor, and says, sMr. So-and-so
cay this aud that about So-and so.' And
the neighboy says 'Indeed,' and runs to
his partner. and they both run to their
wives and the thing goes over town.
Everybody becomes an unpaid devils
mail.carrier, and goes here ard there
bearing Internal messages. And what 10
the result? It is damnatioa to some poor
creature who is unconscious, or that i in
nocent, or that if guilty, ought to be pit
led and succored, rather than condemned.
But ah the mo, sol is too exqu' sie 10 be
lost. Here is the soul Of person, here
is persons hope for this world and the
world to come, and you have it on your
fork, and you can not refrain from tasting
il, and give it to some ono else 70 tasts.
You are cannibals eating mems honor and
name, and rejoicing in it-and that, too,
when you did not always knew that the
things charged against them arc trus |;
when in ninety-nine cases out Of shun-
dred the probabilities are that they are
not true.
Year: 1870

The Buffalo Hunters Declare i'm E'a-


yOr OF I1eill.


ST. PAUL, June "a Pembina letter
says that at a recent meeting of returned
buffalo hunters at White Horse Plains, it
was agreed to relinquish their usual sum-
mer journey in the plains, and to enroll
under the banner of Refill in defense Of
their country from Canadian invaders, if
the provincial government should decide
on resistance, and that further, they had
declared their determination to oppose
the advance of the Canadian expedition
beyond the Lake of the Woods. The cor
respondent thinks there is no doubt that
they will put this resolution in execution,
and that if the Dominion persists in send
ing an invading force into that country,
the Red river people will reject the Mani
touba bill and strike for independence.
They would be satisfied with the provi-
sions Of the bill in the main, but they will
not accept the interference of the sword,
nor will they surrender Refill and the Pro-
vlncial Government, to whom they are
for their release from the des-
potic sway of a military power.
Year: 1870

To the Editors of the Union and American:


BEDFORD COUNTY, June 8, 1S70.--In a
short time the people Of the State will be
called upon to select suitable persons to
represent them in the next Congress. And
the people of the Fourth District should
determine who their standard bearer is
to be.


Whilst we are willing to support the
nominee of our party, we have cur prefer
ences. and would suggest DIR. L. Russell |,
the talented and pop ular Representative
from the counties Of Rutherford and Bed
ford, as suitable person to bear our
standard through the next contest. ts


DR.. Russell has, by his straightforward
course, endeared himself to the people,
and they should take pleasure in reward
ing him. If he will consent to run he
will receive the support OF many voters.


BEDFoRD
Year: 1870

Mcfarland Moves for n New Trial


of his Wife's Divorce suit


INDIANAPOLIS, June 9-The Times of
this city has received a special dispatch
from Martinville, Morgan county, saying
that Daniel Mcfarland had to day fled
motion in the Common Pleas Court of
that county, for a new trial of the suit in
which his wife was granted divorce. He
alleges first, that no proof of publication
was ever filed in the case second, that de-
fendant never had notice of the pending
suit, and third, he will be able to show that
Mrs. Calhoun committed perjury as a wit
ness in the case. He has employed the
ablest counsel in the country.
Year: 1870

ST. LOUIS, June "a pneumatic tuba
which was being sunk at the center pier of
a bridge at Leavenworth, was forced out of
plumb on Tuesday noon by the current of
the river and soon after fell with a great
crash, crushing and sinking steam scow
which was used in operating the tube.
Three men, Peter Harrington, James Nor
ris and Charles HALEY, were killed, and
another wounded. The work OF sinking
another tube will be commenced at once.
Year: 1870

REDIsTRIcTING THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.


House bull to redistrict the judicial
circuits came up on thirl reading There
was opposition to the arrangement of
some of the circuits, and Mr. Barry moved
TO refer the bill to the Judiciary Commit
tee. Lost. Subsequently the county of
DeKalb was detached from the fifth and
added to the sixth Circuit. With this
change the first nine circuits were con-
CURED in, seriatim. 1t was then proposed
to add Sumner county to the tenth circuit.
After some discussion the further consid-
Grafton of the subject was postponed un-
til tomorrow at | 1I.3O O'cIOclx
Year: 1870

mapdonts who received the dispatch were
sensible enough to telegraph at once TO WASH
inpton. inauiring as to its genulnencss. Inc
fact that they were able, in short time, 10
get a denial of its authenticity from head
quarters, only shows that the concoctors OF the
forgery had failed to guard their scheme ae
all points for it is quite certain that men WHO
could be guilty of such crime would not
have scrupIed to provide for the cutting OF
tbe telegraph wires between New-f0rk anu
Washington, and thus have prevented us from
receiving the contradiction OF their falsch00d
until after they had accomplished their pur-
poses. If they did not also provide Tor lts DeihS
sent TO Europe by Cable, so as to damage our
credit there, and thus assist their speculatOnS
here, the circumstance only furnishes another
proof that the scheme of forgery was badly
devised or that there was failure In the exc
cutiOn of its details.


E 1t is of the utmost consequence that the Gov
eminent should lose no time in getting at the
facts of this audaciOus and dangerous forgery.
The Government is primarily concerned ABOUT
the matter, and its own interests are most
deeply affected. If such things can occur with
impunity, it may suddenly find itself seriously
involved and embarrassed. If the guilty par
ties escape this time, they will not only be en-
couraged to attempt other forgeries OF Official
dispatches for fraudulent purposes, but, by
seeing in what points they have now failed,
will be able to lay their plans more effect
lively for subsequent operations. We are
sure that there need be no great difficulty In
hunting up, or hunting down, all the facts OF
this business Let the case be given to one
or two expert detectives, and they will doubt
less answer for the result. When the Asso-
ciated Press was recently imposed upon by
forged dispatch, which was of far less import
ance in its consequences than this, the agent at
once offered a reward of five hundred dollars
for the discovery of the offender, and resorted
to the most energetic means for finding out
the origin of the forgery. The official forgery
of Thursday last was of too dangerous ma
ture to be overlooked. We repeat, therefore,
let the forgers be arrested and punished.
Year: 1870

In some long-past day, when Political Cor
ruption had not been reduced to a science, 1T
was very properly enacted that the Tax-Levles
for this City, having been duly framed by her
Municipal authorities, should be submitted to
the Legislature for scrutiny and revision. That
was wise and salutary requirement. 1t tended
to check extravaganza and hold profilgacy III
awe. We presume it saved many dollars to
our ax-payers throughout generation.


But "another king arose who knew not
Joseph" We have fallen on evil times.
Corruption stalks unabashed through our State
Capitol, and Bribery is as public as the daily
PRAYERS in the two Houses with which the ear
of Heaven is insulted, in view of the doings
which directly follow. Our rulers do not steal
a dime less because of this subsection of the
Tax-Levies to Legislative scrutiny they only
feel constrained to steal Million more where
with to "put through" their omnibus of rascali-
ties. Sending our Tax-Levies to Albany for con-
frmatiOn no longer serves to purify the Levies,
but aids to involve the Legislature in deeper
and blacker infamy. Every one can see that
there is no discussion, no scrutiny, no deliber-
alton. What the Levies contain is not con-
sidered, but only What will they payf Are
they so decent comparatively that $4,000
per vote will suffice to pass them under whip
and spur 7. Or are they so bare-faced that
$4,000 per vote is no more than a fair price
for voting to cut off debate, report them un-
read, order them to third reading screw on
the Previous Question, and jam them through !?


Such being the fact, we insist that this Legis-
lature shall put stop to the debasing mockery
of submitting the Tax-Levies to the Legisla-
ture. One such dose as we have had this year
should suffice for generation. Let an end be
made of the whole business, leaving our people
to the uncovenanted mercies of such Board of
Aldermanic Supervisors as Mr.. Tweed shall be
graciously moved to vOuclsafe us. Away with
costly shams, and let us stand face to face with
our destiny.
Year: 1870

We should like to know what possible ex-
cuse Senator Howard has for proposing to
print the usual number of the "vOluminous
"report of testimony taken by Sub-Com-
"mittee relative to the Southern TIanscon-
tinental Railroad CompanyW Who except
the officers of the Company cares for the tes-
timony at all, and how many OF these Will
ever read the report if publishedf Unfortu-
nately this proposal is not more absurd than
hundreds of others which are acceded to, and
which swell the cost of public printing to an
extravagant sum, which the people are op-
pressively taxed to pay. We cite it merely as
an example of this sort of extravaganza, hardly
daring to hope that the Senate Will begin
reform in the public printing by refusing the
permission asked in this case.
Year: 1870

Some of the more interesting points OF the
voluminous report of the Massachusetts Bureau
of Labor Statistics are given on our second
page this morning. The cost OF living 1or
each family of laborers is shown to exceed its
average earnings. The comparative tabular
statements of wages in 1861 and 1869 are
valuable and interesting. The report advo-
Gates the limiting of labor to ten hours per
day, children under Is years of age not to be
forced to work morelthan eight hours. There Is
also strong argument in favor of coopera-
ton. On the same page will be found briefer
statement of the progress of cooperative move
ments in this city
Year: 1870

We hear apprehensions expressed that the
Legislature will repeal so much of the new
City Election law as requires our Inspectors of
Election to be chosen by the People. We pray
that this may not be done. The change was
made deliberately, and with clear compre-
hension of it's purport. The honest, legal
voters of this City prefer such Inspectors as
will be chosen under the law as it stands
to any that the Mayor, or any ex-
listing Board, is likely to appoint. They
have had experience, and their minds
are made up. The new Election Law for the
City is very generally approved, and 1--WE can
imagine no creditable reason for changing it
till it shall have been fairly tested. The Re-
publican who lends himself to any scheme
which gives back the choice of Inspectors and
Canvassers to the control of politicians by
trade will strike heavy blow at the newly
implanted confidence that our City may re-
cover the control of her own government.
Let us alone
Year: 1870

The Fenians are active, so the Gable prints,
not only in parts of Ireland, but in Manches-
ter, Newcastle, and London. They are gen.
orally more active, if we remember right, after
the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus
than before it. But it would be as
unreasonable to assume that they have
invaded England as that they have in-
vaded Canada. All that they have done
is to frghten a newspaper whose influence
upon the Irish question is pernicious to
England. This paper not long ago suggested
that Ireland should be peopled with Chinese,
and has, of course, been loud and blind in its
advocacy of Coercion. There is no evidence
that the office of this Tory paper
has been threatened by genuine Fe-
mans, and we have only the fright of its pro-
prietors and the presence Of numerous police
men in its neighborhood to account for the
story An anonymous note may have carried
as much terror to the heart of Pail Mall as
could an Irish warning signed by Rory of the
Hills. The Fenans of London may be more
daring than we know; but no class OF people
are so disposed to make the most of small
mischief, and to be demOnstrative in their
fears, as Englishmen who sneor at lrishmen.
Year: 1870

That impetuous gentleman, Mr.. Chandler of
Michigan. is wont to keep us well informed
about the state of our international grudges-
and certainly it is well to have Senator OF
sucb lively memory constantly on hand. Now,
Mr. Chandler proposes that we shall treat by
means of Commissioners for the annexation OF
Winnipeg as a sort of collateral negotiation to
the settlement of our Alabama Claims. The
depth and boundessness of this scheme Is self
evident. We have no objection to it, provided
any very considerable number OF people here
and in Winnipeg expressly and heartily
desire it, under terms short OF war.
But has it ever struck the gentle-
man from Michigan that we have about as
much right to send rowing Commissioners into
the Winnipeg country as the Canadians have
to pass troops through our territory Pre-
cisely so much and no more, is our right not
to mind our own business. When Winnipeg
appeals to lis it will be high time to cOnstrue
moral rights or sentimental grievances. Yet
we do not suppose that at worst Winnipeg
will do more than Cuba has done for year
mast: and what has Mr.. Chandler done for
Cuba?


The Canadians are about to send out an
expedition for the conquest of the Winnipeg
country. That they may send vessels through
our st. Marie Canal is possible; but that they
may dispatch warlike expedition through it,
or over any portion of the American territory
requires a permission which the authorities of
Michigan and Washington, according to Sena-
tor Howard, certainly will not give. What
tbenY Canada il reduced to the same neces-
sary and reasonable trouble of making
war in her own dOminOns that
was ours when st. Albans raids were possible
and the Alabama claims were in their infancy
We are far from assigning these claims as
cause for refusing to assist war against
people who desire to be free; yet it is i'm
possible not to bear them in mind 1t is, more
over, highly important to the peace of both
the Union and the Dominion that the horrors
of savage warfare, the consequences of which
may now be unforeseen, shall not be inflicted
on the Northwest. If it is true that the
Canadians and half breeds are enlisting Indians
our protest cannot be uttered too soon.


Before committing their sympathies to the
Red River question, we hope that our legisla-
tors will look at one or two aspects OF the
case. We greatly fear that the man who has
wantOnly and therefore murderOusly executed
his prisoner at Fort Garry, has slaughtered
the cause of better men than he. We
venture to hope that those who have been
assisting him in the interests of annex
alton are men of better character and claims
to our respect. He may give his adversaries
trouble; for we doubt whether it will require
great deal to cOmplicate the small affairs of
provincial government whose weakly leaning
upon England, whose feeble-forcible policy
over the Red River affair, and whose fruitless
alarm about the Fenians can scarcely be salts
factory to the Canadians themselves, and are
certainly ludicrOus to the rest of the world.
Year: 1870

The pending Tariff bill ought to be recon,
m;tted TO the Ways and Means Committee and
tberc abandoned There is no crying neces-
sity for the present tinkering with the heve-
nue. and the delay on this bill, to the eNclu-
sion of more vital measures, is disgusting the
public. More than three weeks have been
consumed in considering about one-thlrd OF
the bill, and the chances are that at the
present rate of progress the whole session Will
be wasted in the same way. Practically the
bill is already failure it ought not to delay
businpss interminably.