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Year: 1871

A lecturer on the moral sentiments Z"
in Philadelphia remarked that the
" dearest ship in the world was friend
ship, whereupon a young man rose
from among the congregation, and
stated that he knew another dearer
ship still-and that was courtship. The
young man had once been a defendant
in a claim for breach Of promise Of
marriage
Year: 1871




wealth.


The Railroad.


We have seen a very interesting let
Ter from Mr.. A. B. Paul, Secretary OF
the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad
to Mr. John Myers, in which he ex-
pressed himself in confident terms IN
regard to the building OF said road;
The eastern capitalists who were in
terestipg themselves in the road, had
been along the line and expressed their
satisfaction in regard to the project and
were ready to begin operations as soon
as the local subscriptions wers raised. and
this Mr.. B. hoped would be done in
side of thirty days, and if it could be a
survey would at once be made, the
road put under contract this winter and
the line completed by January lst,
1873. This of course, depends on the
raising of local subscriptions at once:
If the people are desirous OF this road
being built let each man make up his
mind now how much stock he can
take and put it down at once when
the soliciting committee calls on him


The objections offered by some farm
ers ia that even if the road would in
crease the saleable value Of their farms
thew do not want to sell. This being
true it will still be beneficial in betterlng
the market, raising the price on all he
has to sell, and lowering it on all he has
IN buy. The merchant is in no danger
of competition for he will have more
customers the rule of supply and de-
mand will regulate the trade anyhow
and that firm will have the largest
trade and best suits the demands OF It's
customers. Every branch Of business
might be thus treated but these are
sufficient. Another road would bring
increased facilities to trade, this would
hiring a greater population which would
create more business and home con.
sumption. The saving in coal would would
he to our town annually about $5Ooo,
quite an item. But this has an ever
widening radius. Its benefits are 70 all
classes. tits not a great demand LAID on
ne To subscribe 10000 in one day
$1,000 were subscribed and it only needs
a few days more to raise the remainder.
win this road be built? If the people
along the proposed line feel its import
ance enough to do their part 1t Will oe
built inside OF eighteen months. As q
coal road, if nothing else, it Is imPor-
tant As a cross road, if nothing else. 70
obtain competition on freights, 1t Is I'M.
nortant. The committee should slight
M person who is able to pay one share
bnt ask all. One object in requiring
$40 900 per mile local subscription on Is 70
mske with eastern capital $25,0OO per
mile which is considered sufficient 70
mt the road in running order out OF
fsh, in which event the stock VIII De
~ usr but even at q discount Of 81 per
cent cen it is q great gain TO the stocknoia,
~ s.s considering the advantages 1t would
confer There are many collateral "a.
0sntsoes which will make themselves
manifest to every rejecting mind.
Year: 1871

A colorcd woman, living on the plan
tation OF Major Waddill III this parish,
took her infant child to tho field where
she was engaged in picking cotton, few
days since, and laid it down at the end
Of the row and proceeded to her work.
While the mother was still near the
child it was attacked by wild cat, and
would undoubtedly have been killed
but for the presence of the mother. She
succeeded in rescuing it from the fero-
cious animal, and one OF the men com
ing up to her assistance, the cat was
killed. The child was not seriously in
jurcd, though it has the marks OF teeth
and claws.-AEddis0, Journal.
Year: 1871

A crop, raised under tho direction Of
the senior editor of this paper, has been
q subject of frequent comment by the
people and the press. We have prom
ised to give the manner Of preparing
the ground so that all our readers may
have the advantage Of trying the exper-
iment that was regarded to be 30 sue
cessful in our case. For cotton we bedded
out the land the usual width, then run
three subsoil furrows in the water fur
row, one in the center and one on each
side of that. On this loose water furrow
we rebedded, giving the soil the advan'
tage OF two workings and the plant q
bed of loose earth some eighteen inches
deep. On this land-a lot of ten acres
there grew ten bales of cotton the
land was about half valley and half hill
side, and had been in cultivation more
than thirty years, and we are Of opinion
that this land was never manured since
it's clearing. We had tenants that cul-
tivated in the ordinary way, with crops
wholly in the valley, that didn't make
half as much to the acre. We planted
our corn after the following preparation:
We beddetl the land with a two-horse
plow that cut three inches deep, follow
ed by u sharp bull-tongue; after bedding
the land we run the subsoil plow in the
water fl,rrow, rs in the cotton land, then
threw two furrows back, opened and
planted. This corn produced three
times as much as corn planted in the
ordinary way, in the same field and
same character Of land.-HolIy Springs
South.
Year: 1871

The Rome (Georgia) Commercial
made its appearance the other morn
ing with q hole in it. The editor OK
planned it in the next issue by stating
that he had discovered an Objectionable
article after the edition had been
worked off, and had clipped it out of all
the papers before mailing. What
would that establishment do without
it's scissors?
Year: 1871

Since the Democratic victory in Sci
ma, Ala, and tho commencement Of
Forests road, real estate is said to have
advanced fifty per cent, and all kinds
of business to have grown brisk. The
news of the action of our County Court
subscribing $500, 600 to this END OF their
road, assuring its completion to this
city, and the prompt commencement
of the work, OF which we hope soon to
be able to send them Intelligence, will
further increase their good fortune.
And it would seem cxtravagant now
to predict the advantage to our city
and the country along the line of the
route, which is to result from the COM
plction of this important enterprise.
Year: 1871

A PRIVATE letter from Emigrant Gap
complains bitterly of the supervisors for abol-


shing that precinct. The letter insists that
there are fifty voters there and that major
ity of them are Democrats. The latter was
probably the reason the precinct was abol-
ished. Wisconsin Hill is also Democratic
and it is abolished. My dear friend don't
you see that if the Democrats of Wisconsin
Hill are forced to foot it over Indian canyon
two or three miles to vote, that some of them
will probably fail to do it, and consequently
so many anti-subsidy votes will be lost. AT
Emigrant Gap the railroad fellows furnish
free trains for their kind, and Democrats can
be left at home.
Year: 1871

At meeting of the Democratic State Central
Committee, held in the city of San Francisco
upon the 11th day Of May present, it was


Resolved, That State Convention be held in
the city of Sacramento, on Tuesday, June Goth,
next, at noon, to nominate candidates for Gov
ernor and o her officers of State.


The following was unanimously adopted by
the Central Committee and directed to be pub
lished for the guidance of County Committees
OF County Conventions:


Resolved, That the vote cast for Seymour and
Blair, Electors at the November election, 1868,
be and the same is hereby fixed and declared to
be the basis of apportionment for Delegates to
the Democratic State Convention from the vari-
GUS counties Of the State, and of Delegates to
the County Convention from the various pre-
cincts and townships of counties. That one
Delegate to the State Convention be given for
each county one for each two hundred Demo
cratic votes cast at said national election and
one for every additional one hundred votes and
over


Resolved, That in those counties in which no
primary elections shall be held, it shall be the
duty of the County Committee or Committees
making appoint nents of delegates to the State
Convention to allow the representatives OF each
township or ward to appoint the delegates for
each township or ward. Provided, that nothing
herein shall be considered as advising County
Committees to appoint delegates to the State
Convention, but in case said committees shall
appoint them, this Resolution shall be menda-
tory and imperative upon said committees in
making appointments.
Year: 1871

The following extracts taken from a pri-
vate letter are worthy of careful perusal by
the honest Democrats of Placer. We have
had our eye on the two-faced fellows who
profess to be for Haight in order to get into
thd Convention, but are his bitter secret en-
emies:


SACRAMENTO, May 10th, 1871.


Friend IFaikup - | visit
ed San Francisco several days for the pur-
pose of learning all could of the political sit
uation, points of the enemy &c. | find the
whole gang of IShysters, lobbyists, Rail
road monopolisis and public plnderers
generally, active in their ellorss to defeat
Haight and secure the Legislature in their
interest. To secure this accomplishment OF
their purpose, there is nothing, however
mean which they will not do. Wherever it
is possible, they will steal in delegations who
are either secretly with them or may be
bought 1t is admitted thas the People want
Haight, but the plunderers are using every
exertion to secure IA few active unscrupulous
fellows in every county who will pretend to
be for Haight until they are elected delegates
to the Convention. These fellows will be
furnished with money from headquarters.
Our only safe y is in the election of true men
,chose a,,,ecedents are right and whose in
tegrty is wel-known and above suspicion.


| learn that the Of whom |
wrote you sometime ago, is now on II pill
grimage to Placer The real object of his
visit is to PIT up an antHaight job in that
county, and if it can be done by "ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain" he may
succeed to some extent unless watched-his
principal field of operation will be Townships
5, 6, 7 and 8, They claim Townships 8, 2,
and land will make efforts in others.
Clipper Gap is on their list, and - is to
secure that for them. Now know that if
the people in all of these precincts are made
alive to the schemes of these fellows, and
the dangers to be apprehended from want of
care on their part, that there is no danger.


| fully concur in all you have heretofore
written OIL the subject, and hope that you
will continue to warn them against the dam
ger, and that in addition to your editorial
warnings, you make some private appeals to
our best men to take the matter in hand
and see to it that each delegate to the Coun-
ty Convention is sound and comes in person.
and if he gives his proxy to anyone, be sure
that he gives it to one who is true. The
greatest danger will he in the purchase of
votes or proxies of small or remote precincts.
fear You may think me an allrnist, but
! feel such a deep interest in the matter, and
am so we'll satisfied that plant has been set
IN Placer for the purpose of stealing it if pos
sible, that feel would be direlect in duty
if did not communicate my information,
and fears to you and others who have the
means of defeating the plans of those design
ing and infamous bood-suckers.


hope that you may be able to get Leg
shtvc ticket which can be elected, ard
who, when they get to the Legislature may
prove to be enpUchasable or above the III
Iluence of designing and corrupt lobbyists.
Placer has been unworthily represented so
ong that | would like to see her once more
represented by honesty and brains.
Year: 1871

Hon. JAMES A. JOHNSON in one of his
late speeches announced the doctrine that a
law should be passed making it a crime pun
ishabe by fine and imprisonment for any Of
6cer to accept or travel on free pass. In
this we agree fully with our honorable friend.
1t must be poor stick that will accept of an
office and then want to be dead-head on
any railroad or steamboat.
Year: 1871

We gave our ideas in an article few
weeks ago of the duties of the Justices of
the Supreme Court of Sovereign State,
and on being informed by telegraph just be-
fore going to press last week of the decision
of our Supreme Court in favor of the Con-
stitutionality Of subsidies to private corpora
tons, based alone on the doctrine Of stare de-
cisis, we said in substance, that the people
of California had no farther use for Judges
who could not think and act for themselves
but must reiterate some other Courts opin-
ions. We now reiterate this statement and
repeat that the people of California want Su
preme Judges who will give US their own
decisions and not those of some other Court
or Courts. With great respect for the in
dividuality and personal of this Court, we
hold that it is the duty of each member of it
to surrender to the people of California the
trusts granted them. Every line of all the
opinions filed betrays the fact that all the
Judges felt conscious that they were doing
violence to the great mass of taxpayers of
the State and their own judgment in this de-
cision, based on other mems ideas and moi
their own. The opinion of Justice Wallace
and Chief Justice Rhodes reads like the
brief of feed attorney. No quotations are
made from the Constitution of the State to
show that the Legislature has the power to
take one mans property and give it to an
other, yet this is the effect of their decision,
and the only excuse they offer to an outraged
public is, that some Court in Tennessee or
Alabama has set them this example and that
they have neither the nerve or courage to
disagree with this terrible myth stare .decisis
We hold that it is the privilege AMI duty Of
every County Convention in the State and
also that Of the State Convention to ask these
Judges to surrender back to the people the
power delegated to them. Stare decjsjs is a
great fellow when he serves to aid in robbing
the people for the benefit of thieving, plund


ering corporations but not worth notice when
the great doctrine of riparian rights is to be
overthrown. The people must understand
from this opinion that this Court stands
ready to sustain any robbery upon the tax
payers of the State by bought Legislature
and that their only salvation is in Governor
and Legislature or new Supreme Court and
|


been one of the Supreme Judges and fell


that it was our duty to concur in such de-
csion we would have resigned before doing
SO, if it had forced us to beg our bread. II
this Court would now grant new argu-
ment of the case and then all resign, its mem
bers would stand a thousand per cent. better
before the public, and might again be trust
ed on some future occasion Unofficial position
Year: 1871

WE are in receipt of a pamphlet copy of
the list of premiums offered at the next an
nual State fair to be held at Sacramento from
the 18th to the 23d Of September 1871 in
elusive. When at more leisure and the space
allowed us will permit. we will take pleasure
in noticing the document more extendedly.
Year: 1871

The grand even: OF to-Iaorrow, besides
the grand drawing OF the single Humber
tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery, Is the
annual tiremeu's celebration. Tie drawing
of the lottery Will begin at eleven o'clock
tomorrow morning. over the rooms cI the
company. The capital prize OF fifty thou,
sand dollars will be drawn by the fortunate
holder of the lucky ticket. which costs only
twenty dollars. There are only few more
tickets left, and as there were 10 start with
only twenty thousand numbers. tie chance
of drawing the immense prize OF fifty thou
sand dollars is one in only twenty thousand
We should like to interview the lucky man
after the drawing takes place and the an
nouncement is made that will set him wild
with JOY We should certainly advise him
to invest it carefully, rcserying two or
three hundred dollars to renew his efforts
to win more prizes by still other purchases
Of tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery
Buy twenty dollar ticket and win.
Year: 1871

Ship building along the Calcasieu river
has already become a permanent and inl-
portant business. We know OF at least
half dozen ways where lumber vessels
are constantly heing built or repaired. and
others are being projected. As soon as pos
sible we will publish statement Of the
number OF sailing and steam vessels en-
gagged in the Calcasieu lumber trade, and of
the number and names of those huilt in
this parish since the war. The aggregate
will reach nearly one hundred
Year: 1871

We don't exactly like the idea Of being
classed among unbelicvers in ordinary mat
tiers, but our credulity has been taxed
almost beyond endurance by the state
ments of some of the astounding teats said
to be performed by Monsieur d. Atti!a. the
man with the iron jaw, aud Nile. Au.ala
the female Sampson, two stars of immense
magnitude, who promise to appear in the
galaxy of the Academy of Music next week
Some wiso man, we forgot who once said
that 'sOme things can be done as well as
Others" and we shall be Of the same opin-
ion when We have seen Monsieur d. Attila
take a forty gallon cask filed with either
water. whisky or lager in his teeth by the
chine and hold it as an ordinary man
would d meerschaum pipe, and the female
Sampson take brass cannon on her
shoulder ard handle it in the same style as
a sportsman would an ordinary fowling
piece.


Portland, Maine, is very happy. It has
three European steamers loading there. and
steamers, 600, that draw twenty three feet
of water, and yet come right up to its
wharves. AID as freight enough has acen-
mulated there for two more, the little city
turns exultingly TO Boston, and asks why it
should sneeze at the natural seaport"
when it can not find freight enough to run
ono steamer . week. M
Year: 1871

with as much earnestneSS as his friend
Priscilla on the other side of the aisle.
In the prayer that followed d. Entire
mont noticed that all the church
members knelt, and that the hearty
amens were not intoned, but were
as spontaneous as the rest of the SER
vice. After reverently reading a
chapter the old minister said: please
sinw without lining.
Year: 1871

BATHING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
Several boys were arrested yesterday after
noon for bathing in Shockoe creek, near
Broad street, and carried to the 1st station
house. This is in violation Of the city Or
dinance, and boys who don't want their
parents to pay fine had better bathe out
side of the corporation limits.
Year: 1871

Persons living In the west end, as we'll as those
In the east end, of the city should remember that
the street pass every ten minutes by the great
clothing. house of E. B. SPENCE Il Son, 1900
Main street, where everything to suit the outer
man may be had at the lowest living rates.
Year: 1871

LoNG P1PE.-There has recently been
sent up on the line of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, to be used in the construc-
ton of the road, enough of the Morris &
Tasker wrought iron tube to make q pipe
three miles In length.
Year: 1871

a BREAK DowN.-Yesterday morning q
dray which was loaded with flour, while
being driven along 17th street, broke down
and spilled all the load. Several of the bar
rels were broken, and the flour scattered
accOrdngly,
Year: 1871

New YORK, March 29.-The sub-com.
mittee Of the Methodist Book committee
will make another attempt this morn
ing to agree upon an expert to examine
the books of the Concern for frauds
alleged TO exist therein. DR.. Bingham,
chairman of the committee, arrived
yesterday afternoon, and Rshop Scott
and other members are expected by
noon to-day.


The Stock Market.


The Tribune's financial article says
In the stock department the railway
share list was extremely active and
buoyant and prices have established an
advanced position on the list Of favor
ties, which, as we have before taken oc-
casion to remark, is not task OF espe-
cial difficulty under the present condi-
ton of affairs, since the entire street
has become intoxicated with the spirit
Of speculation. The most attractive
feature was Lake Shore, which rose to
llO3 on an immense transaction, the
movement, as gossips have it, not repre-
senting the principal pool heretofore
manipulating it, but being a distinct
CLIQUE formed to punish prominent
speculator on the short side Of the mar
ket for his temerity. 1t is stated, how
ever, by knowing ones, that the wiley
gentleman is well posted on the devious
ways of the street, and that he covered
his short interest a day or two since.
Vanderbilt stocks were dull in early
dealings, but in the afternoon were sud-
denly Jumped upward Of two per cent.
amid intense excitement. Northwestern
was in active demand at the close at an
advance Of four per cent. on yesterdays S
prices. Rock Island firm but quiet.
Year: 1871

The Senate took up in the morning
hour Mr.. Anthony's resolution amend
ing the order Of business, SO that any bill
on the South, passed by the House of
Representatives, may be considered at
the present session. After discussion
the subject went over without action by
the expiration Of the morning hour, and
the San Domingo business was resumed


Mr.. Schurz resumed the floor and
proceeded with his argument, com


menced yesterday. Referring to the let
ter Of the Secretary of the Navy, he
said: The whole letter of the Secretary
of the Navy to Admiral Lee was such
tumble Of Constitutional doctrines and
such a remarkable representation Of
facts and precedents that it was prop
erly addressed to Mr.. Sumner, for the
Secretary of the Navy probably consid-
ers it well to "tell that story to ma.
rines." The Secretary of the Navy
was in great danger of acquiring the
reputation OF a profound constitutional
lawyer among sailors, and might sail
among Constitutional lawyers to further
the pet scheme of the White
House, in which Congress nor
the people Of the United States had
shown the least interest. The war
power had been usurped, the Constitu
ton invaded in one Of its most essen
tial and vital features, the dignity of
the country put in jeopardy in a reck-
Tess manner. He (Schurz) had dis
claimed any i'll feeling against the Presi-
dent, but had some feeling for funda-
mental law. The administration would
not be broken down unless it broke it.
self down, and it was not for him, but
for the country TO say how far it had
gone in that direction. 1t was time
now to dispel the confusion of ideas
which could not distinguish be-
tween the authority of the United
States and the person Of the President,
and arrest the usurpation Of power;
which gradually and with catlike stepis
creeping upon this country. Congress
had never been called to confront a
stronger attempt at personal govern
ment. We were reminded of Louis
XIVth, with his riding boots on and
whip in hand, entering the Paris Par
Lament and proclaiming Il am the
State" Here We saw the President
stepping before the people and de.
caring, 81 am the war-making power.


Recently he (Schurz) had expressed
some anxiety lest annexation in the
tropics should lead to usurpation. Was
there anyone on the floor who would
deny it? Senators had spoken of ex-
tending the blessings Of republican gov
ernment to San Domingo. He would
respectfully suggest to those Senators
that it was time to see to it that integ-
rity and a republican form OF government
be preserved at home. Putting the
most charitable construction upon the
course Of the President, calling it not a
crime or misdemeanor, but an involun-
tary mistake, still the great duty re-
mained for Congress to vindicate the
Constitution OF the United States. Had
the President grown so great that he
must not submit, or had Congress
grown so small they did not dare pro-
test? The Senator from Wisconsin
(Howe) had likened the Senator from
Massachusetts, (Sumner) to Brutus;
but he should have remembered that
the dagger of Brutus was not leveled al
bis party, but the weapon went straight