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Year: 1870

Ev- The Corps Of Engineers under the
command of Major PIuYS. received or
ders on Friday last to leave operations at
this point and 60 back to n point below
on the Road to prepare work for active
operations. lie goes down on the Gibson
to day. They will return and finish to
this place in few weeks. The Major
leaves the line located to Frog Bayou,
some seven or eight miles from town.
Year: 1870

The Board Of Registrars will also meet
on Saturday the 22d day of October and
continue in session SIX DAYS to add
the names of any persons that may not
heretofore have been Registered. Let
not vote be missing on the day Of
election.
Year: 1870

Ge' Judge BoLEs, recently in Little
Rock speech, says he does not endorse
all of the Resolutions of the Crawford
County Convention. The Judge is evil
IDENTIFY trying to ride two horses at the
same time Such q course will not gain
him the respect of either friend or foe
The time to have made objections was at
the Convention at which they were pass.
ed and where Judge Boles was present
Year: 1870

Sickness FROM. WALL PAPER.-The
London Lancet reprehends the filthy
custom of pasting one wallpaper over
another till thickness of an eighth OF
an inch or more is accumulated, 1t IS
too common, and is attended with the
worst consequences This was the
cause OF the puzzling offensive smell at
Kniehtsbridge Barracks, London, that
recently threatened the whole establish


mnent With fever. The examination of
the drains and taking up Of the floors
revealed nothing. while the introduce
ton of increased means of ventilation
left the evil as it was. AT last an ex-
animation was made of the wallpaper
ing, when it was found that one pa
per was pasted over another till thick
ness was accumulated amounting in
one case to fourteen layers. Between
these layers there was rotten paste, in
whichfangi and even maggots germin
ated; while, the wall being hollow, the
stencil spread into the passage and over
the establishment.
Year: 1870

g A child. in giving an account
to his brother of the garden OF Eden,
said:. "The Lord made a gardener
and put him in the garden to take care
of it, and to see that nobody hurt any
thing or posted bills on the tTessP'
Year: 1870

re- A fly very similar to the house
fly in general appearance, but with
the wings diverging more widely when
it is in state of rest, is provided
with very powerful lancet, by means
of which blood may be drawn in an
instant after settling upon the body of
an animal 1t is a curious fact that
this species, like the mosquito, in
alighting upon an upright surface, uni
lormly rests with its head upward, the
true hOuse-hy occupying precisely
s}hSite direction, or with its head
loN'saprd, thus affording n ready
Mzsl distinguishing them.
Year: 1870

perhaps Friday OF Saturday, by note addressed to- my
Q. You have not that note : A. I have not.


d hn ats thS & sR Of m ne 1N n Gs
proposed to make to him. for the first time disclosne
her husband In his presence, the reasons why she would
never 1--we with him again.
e Where were you living theni A. Where am now,
9. Was she intimate with your wifei A. She was my
With spt4 % wh aIs GSfGa S the


e She was not intimate with you personally, but only
with your wifef had met her Ia society frequently,
e Did you know at the time Of that interview on the
g When she was laying down to Mr.. Mcfarland her
determination dld not you suspect she had got tired Of
@ Did You suppose she meant to live in single blessed
ness A. dd not know anything about IL.


q Did you man OF sense, conjecture that she was
rsking one man for another A. had the reInotest
idea that she ever thought Of marrying anybody.


O. Did not you feel 1t your duty interfere in some
way to know what her future was to be A. After had
O. Nothing said about the disposition to be made
Of the chiidreni A. The children already dis
q You are man OF considerable age and experience
and being present at settlement separation between
do something else beside look on you must have felt
that there was duty devolvng you on that occa
slon and what want 10 know is this: Did you take any
part in that matter except to look and 70 heart A.
ana not oiier any advice to either party.


u Dld you interfere In the conversation A. don't
think did, think was pretty silent during the whole





q We're you at dinner or meal of any kind when Mr.
Mcfarland came in A. No.


9. Did you dine there that day No.


q Now, Sir, this will evidence your standard OF NOR
aty you have told Ms all that took place that
son Do you think that this separation occurring between
parties who were man aud wife and father and mother
made perpetual In the way you have stated pro-
per separation A. What Mrs. Mcfarland said
all that knew; my conduct determined by what
knew previously about It,


Q. Then you were not friendly to Mr. McFarlandf A.
was entirely friendly to him.


q Don't you remember going up to him and saying,
" Mac, am your friend; bear up like mani 7" think
did, SIR and think may have said In general way
" Come and see me whenever you feel inclined"


q letter shown.l Is this your lotteri "A. Yes Sir.
ton Commonwealth.


q There ia more slack In this matter than ANYTHING
else-too much slack You know what is In that letter,
don't your a, don't remember exactly latter read
Ing III stand by it, Sir, with all my heart-eyery word
OF It, '
q Then Sir, you feel that this Is an assassin do
YOU A. That Is my opinion; yes, Sir.


a. You feel that aud you have given your evidence
against him today under the conviction that he Is an
Yes SIR unless he Is deranged, and that
Your Honor, this IA an Infamous note and am going
10 read IL. He has bounded this man, and tried TO
destroy hun he has been malieiously onlcios In trying
10 destroy him. and want him To answer me again
q Do you testify against ths man to day under The
conviction tha he Is an assassin A. can't say that
do. 80
Year: 1870

era buss together with marble statue Of Venus OF
great value, carried out by certain undergraduates
In the course OF the night pile was made of fagots
and mats, the sculptures were put upon it, the whole
set on fire. and the works of art totally destroyed
There has been yet official statement concern
ing the outrage and its perpetrators but of
the facts toleraby well known in undergraduate
circles. The report is that two distinct sets of
were engaged in the business. The one took the
statues out of the library and stuck them up about
Peckwater zone of the principal quadranges) as
joke. The other set found them in Peckwater, took
them down, made the bonfire, and destroyed them.
Between the two sets the house has lost fine bust
Of the late Dean Gaisford, by Woolner, and other
works Of the greatest value Truth Is stranger than
fiction, even on a subject which has 30 much eXer-
cised the invention of novelties university life.
Certainly no writer would ever venture to describe
the ''fast man" of a college as wilfully destroying
the choicest works of art which it possesses Even
the imaginative author of Fornlosd might shrink
from such a stretch of the license of fiction, as
by gallery of cockneys. The thing, however, is
only too true it is the scandal Of the hour and the
governing body at Christ Church is engaged in in
vestigating and celebrating on punishment
Year: 1870

The Citizens Association VS.. The Passenger


Railway Companies-Judge Paxson's Deci-


sion this Morping-He Refuses to Grant the


Prayer of the Memorialists.


This morning Judge Paxson delivered decision
in the case Of the Citizens Association The Pas
senger Railway companies, in which the former
pray that the court may send bills of Indictment
fore the Grand Jury, charging the defendants with
maintaining nuisance In the shape OF bad road


The Judge considered this an extraordinary re-
quest without corresponding emergency arising
He referred to the city ordinances and the laws of
the State pointing out the way in which the citizen
could obtain redress for the alleged great public
nuisance, none Of which had as yet been taken ad-
vantage of by the petitioners. He held that If the
Court became the prosecutors in this case, and of
their own motion, without even complaint made
under oath, launch their bolts from the bench and
point out individuals or corporations proper sub
jects Of indictment, all the good they could possibly
accomplish in this particular case would be more
than cOunterbaanced by the intolerabe evils which
might spring up from the precedent thus established.
He also said that might arise, such as yellow
fever or cholera suddenly breaking out in a large
city, and requiring immediate steps to be taken for
the protection OF the public health, but the urgent
necessity which would exist in that case was not
apparent in the present.


In conclusion he indicated as follows, the conclu-
sions to which the entire Court had arrived:-


"First. While power resides in the Court to give
import such as affect the public peace or the exist
ence Of great nuisances, yet this power which is
most delicate one, is never exercised unless under
urgent necessity, when, from the peculiar cir
cumstances Of the case, public interests would suffer
from the delays incident to the ordinary forms of
law.


''Second. The exercise Of this power rests in the
sound discretion of the Court, and when adequate
legal remedies exist by statute by ordinance, or by
Indictment at common law, the Court will not gene
rally move until these remedies, or some of them,
have been invoked.


'HThird. The Court, in the exercise of this power,
in the exceptional cases above referred to, will
direct 1t against ofenses rather than against ind-
viduals or corporations. 1t is for the Grand jury
after inquiry, to make presentment OF the ndividu-
ais corporations connected with or guilty of the
commission of the alleged ofense, whereupon it
may become the duty OF the District Attorney, as
the public prosecutor to send up bills OF Indictment
against either individuals or corporations. n


"Let these petitioners resort to their legal reme-
dies II these fail, and great public nuisance exist
seriously affecting the public interests, the Court, of
its own motion, may charge the Grand Jury to in
vestigate the acts Of this that company of
any individual, but general matter which will then
relate to things rather than to specific corporations
companies or individuals" I..-rr :.
Year: 1870




''The money market presents the stereotyped fea
lures of the past few weeks-viz: ease and abund-
ance. On call the average and general rate is four
per cent, without regard to coaerals; but in some
Instances, borrowers submitting Government securi-
ties obtain accommodations at three per cent. On
the other hand where the coaterals are less choice
and the borrower is not in prime standing he has to
pay five per cent. Commercial paper is quiet
Really choice grades sell as low as fve and a half
per cent discount, but the general rate is six per
cent for the usual class OF prime paper.


"The foreign exchange market was barely steady
and inactive. Towards the close some of the deal
ers reported it weak, but without change in rates.
which ranged from 1094 to 110 for the several
Sight. The advance in nve-twenties In London to
s9%, with gold at 114H(9114& to-day enabled ship
ments Of bonds, and nearly million was sold abroad
on American account, the exchange made against
which was one cause OF the weakness in exchange
above referred to-


"The GOLD market was steady between the limits
Of 114 and 114S the latter point being attained by
the circulation OF an idle rumor that the Secretary
OF the Treasury intended discontinuing the balance
OF his programme OF gold sales for June for the
reason that as the July interest will begin to come
on the market about the goth inst, there is no ne
report doubtless were fogetful OF the fact that the
Government sales of gold are made not to assist
the bears In the Gold Room, nor to oppose
the BULLS but simply TO carry out the law
requiring the gradual reduction OF the national debt
through the operation OF the sinking fund as well
subject TO the action OF Congress- but certain to be
employed in q speedier reduction of the debt than
originally contemplated by the law OF the sinking
fund. The rise was stimulated by the 'bulls' who
are tired of the long inactivity of the market and are
anxious to get out OF their gold. The loan market
shows that what short interest existed in the
market has been largely closed out, and the
bulls are now alone in their operations the price
being too low to sell, while with the inactivity Ia eX-
change, the comparatively light export Of specie
and the prospect OF an nundation OF gold from the
Treasury IN a few weeks, there is no temptation
to buy. The bull campaign in gold for the summer
OF 1910 has so far been miserable failure. The
market at the close was weak on the shipment Of
1Ye-tWenties 10 Europe.


'The Government list was steady and strong on
light transactions. The market is without special
feature, but more buoyant on the expectation that
the new Funding bill will not operate against It, as
at first conjectured."
Year: 1870

The Oxford Ic0noclasts-The Students of the


University Transform Valuable statuary into


Quickiime.


From the London Times May 49,


Astonishment, mingled at first with incredulity is
the feeling with which the story that comes from
oxford has been received by the public, and espe-
cially by university men. The practical lOkes OF
undergraduates are sufficiently notorious and have
al times yerged on sacrilege and misdemeanor, but
fhs exceeds anything that fingers in the memory OF
the Oldest inhabitants IL must go forth TO the world
fat the most brutal and senseless act OF vandalism
that has dsgraced our time mas been committed oy
young men belonging to the higher classes OF Eng
land brought up In the midst OF the most refined
fhat the country can provide. The account OF the
matter Is that on the night OF Tuesday in last week
the Library Of Christ Church was entered anu sew
Year: 1870




"ON BOARD STEAMSHIP GEO. WASHINGTON, April
II, ls7O.-My Dear Wlliam-I have at last compiide
with your most ardent wish. have left new york,
and have arrived safe at new orleans this morning
thing whtch ought to to have done long ago yes
my darling, have left for your sake, for with all my
ereing ways faults and with all your faults my dar
ling love you better than any living man on earth
yes my darling.


ILovE YOU TO MY HEARTS CORE,
and well you know it, and do truly say from the
bottom OF my heart curse on huley, ten thousand
times a curse on him. for he has been the cause of
all our unhappiness 1t was sad day for me that
ever laid my eyes on him; but my darling billy. I
shall bury him with the past forever, and Danish
him entirely from my memory. yes my darling, /.
you can believe me truly, when i tell you that /
have given up new york, with all its gayeties and
fascination, to come out here TO try to lead


BETTER AND PURER LIFE
and my darling if you wish to come ana share it
with me will send you the money to come on with,
for believe me dearest have gwen up every thing
for your dear sake, and my darling am reddy to


LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
and to do anything in the world If you will only
come to the


OPEN ARMS AND PLEADING HEART
OF your loving but ereing Kate for my darling shall
never know moments happiness untell you are
with me. dear billy II you have any love affection
Tyr me DO come darling and


sooTH THE BROKEN HEART
OF an ereing, but repentant woman, for darling
shall never ceace to love you so long breath the
breath OF life dear billy will stop at the same no
tell where you stopped, please come darling will
send you the money right way If you write as soon
as you receive this letter. please answer quich as
as possible, for oh, my darling you can not immagn
what have suffered since parted from you. dear
billy, II you will only come TO me, / will do every.
thing in the world to make axe us both happy. must
FROM one who is truly yours from now untell death
Address TO Cathrine Carlton, New Orleans, L. A.
Judge Cardozo held that the attachment
should not have been made non-bailable, and
admitted Mr. Carleton to bail in $3.50, resery
ing his decision on the main question.
Year: 1870

We commend the following very sensible
remarks of the Vallejo Recorder, to the
citizens generally of Shasta county. We
endorse them all:


"1f people think that the publisher of a
newspaper has nothing else to do except to
walk the streets and look for items of news,
or go from house to house and enquire if
there has been any marriages, births or
deaths, they are entirely uniformed re-
garding the duties of that class of individ-
walls who cater to the public. However
energetic reporter may be he will learn
but little of what is going on in any locality
unless he is informed by others. 1t i'm
possible to be in more than one place at "a
time. A newspaper man can do almost
anything but is not ubiquitous. We are
frequently asked why this marriage, that
birth or the other death was not published,
or why we neglected to mention that some
body commenced building house or plant
ing trees, and we are told that some one is
chagrined in consequence of failure to be
noticed in the press. Probably we had
never heard of the event, the appearance
OF which in print was SO anxiously looked
for. If our readers know of any occurrence
of interest to the public why will they not
inform us? We will publish marriages,
births and deaths with pleasure-we do not
mean that we are pleased to hear of the
latter-if we are informed of their occur.
renee, but to canvass the community for
such items is not province of a journalist
We are always pleased to receive any local
item of interest to the reading public, and
will take great pleasure in reporting every
passing event worthy of record, but to dc
so without some assistance is beyond the
limits of possibility.
Year: 1870

The people of California are continually
harassed with the complaint that there arc
thousands and thousands of men in the
country who are suffering for the want OF
work. This is particularly the case in the
chief cities and large towns; but it pre-
walls in less degree every where Soci-
ties are formed, and the public are con
stantly called upon to submit to voluntary
taxation for the support of men who " can
not get work." but who can and do manage
to walk the streets clad in purple, and
lne linen,' with polished boots and un-
soiled hands. We have no word to utter
against that public benevolence that pro-
tects honest indgence, and lends help
ing hand to the helpless. But it is time
that the active, hard working public should
be relieved of the burden of supporting the
professional mendicants whose whole stock
in trade is the cry of " want of work. .
This thing has become general nuisance.
There are to-day, at least twenty thousand
able bodied, healthy, strong muscled men
in this State, who are systematic pension
ers upon the public benevolence, whose
sole claim to that benevolence is the sup
posed "want of work" Let any one of
those twenty thousand be offered five dol
lars for an honest days work, instead of
one dollar as ''donation" and he will re-
ject the offer with indignation, and tell you
that his habits of life have not made him
familiar with the kind of work you want
done. He is willing enough to work, but
he must be the judge of the kind he wiii
do. He never finds the ind that suits
him In the absence of it, be cooly asserts
his right to live, and demands and gets
the bread that has been earned by the
sweat of an other mans brow


Now, the fact is, there is no country in
the world in which there are so many and
diversified avenues of profitable labor, as
there are right here in California There
is no possible excuse for any man possessed
OF physical siren tn, and willing to work
for his bread, being idle one day in all this
broad land 1t is very true that all men
cannot procure employment at extravagant
wages in the particular departments of
labor that suits their special fancies But
every man in the State can, if hechoeses,
lind work in manly, honorable employment,
at wages that will support him in comfort
and independence, if not in luxury. More
over, it is not Necessary that man who
wants to work should work for another if
he prefers to work for himself There is
scarcely square acre in the immense
mountain ranges of the State, on which
wiling worker cannot make living in
come with no other capital than a pick,
shovel, and some honest muscle. There
are in the valleys countless millions of acres
of the best land in the world the poorest Of
which will yield to manly industry better
pay than can be drawn from unmany beg
ging, or respectable mendicancy. No
healthy man in this great and generous
land need be idle; no true man will be
idle San joaquin Republican
Year: 1870

In the State Senate, on the Goth instant
the question of voting Long Primer Hal
S., 900 to remunerate him for the dcstruc.
ton of a by 8 newspaper by mob of I.
5. soldiers, came up, and in the discussion
which followed, the Republican Senators
took the ground that as the damage was
done by U. S. soldiers, the T. s. Govern
ment was responsible-if any damage had
really been sustained. In reply Senator
Pendegast, the Democratic leader in the
Senate, Illuminated as follows:


"Well, be ieve the Federal Government
should pay such claims myself; but it is
well known that the Congress OF the United
States as at pre7ent constituted, is not very
likely to receive such clms with much
favor. Sir, hope to live long enough to
see the. Congress OF the United States so
constituted that it will unanimously make
reparation for the many injuries of this
kind that were inflicted upon our people
during the late war | not only hope it,
sir, but believe | shall yet see a Demo
cratic majority in that Congress, who will
make reStitutiod in these cases of Justice
long delayed, and make reparation, as far
as 1t all be made at this late day, for the
outrages and i suits heaped upon our people.
But, sir, it has been thought proper, it has
been thought wise, it has been thought
just by the Congress of the United States,
as at presents organized, to say that no man
shall be Liable Tor any outrage of this kind
that he committed while wearing the livery
of the United States.


These men have no encouragement form
Congress, and their only hope for justice
lies IN an appeal to us. Primarily as Il
State we are liable for these claims. and
some day when this great reckoning is made
up the General Governmen of the
United States will have to meet such
demands. But in the meantime these men
must look to us | believe. sir if the
people of the State OF california would
drain their treasury 10 the last dollar to
pay tor the acts of outrage comm tied by
persons assuming and perhaps usurping
the authority OF the Government, though
they might tn mselves, they could not
make restitution for the wrongs that have
been done. They might give an example
OF noble her1ism like that of the Russian
people, when they burnt their Capital to
drive out the invading army of Napoleon,
but they could not do justice to all who
have been wrouged. For my part d sslre
to see everything done that u BE- done
hope to see these demands al owed, ev, n
ifit should bankrupt our State to pay
them. Whatever claims we do pay will be