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Year: 1872

The LESSON OF THE RECENT ELECTIONS
State elections are always supposed to teach
certain lessons in national politics. They are
the supposed shadows of the coming political
events. Since the Connecticut and Rhode
Island campaigns we have been looking over
our exchanges, to see how the press views the
result as bearing upon the so-called Liberal
Republican movement, and we find that, while
the Republican papers generally regard their
triumph as the severest blow that sore head
conclave could receive, the Democratic papers
are much less inclined to join hands with said
sore-headS for the sake Of strengthening their
prospects. The New York World, the leading
Democratic organ, thus recites the lesson Con-
necticut taught the leaders of the Democratic
party:


The Democratic party counted on outside
support which it did not receive Its platform
was word for word copy of the Missouri plat
form on which Gov. Brown was elected in
1870, and was readOpted in the hope of winning
the Liberal Republicans to support MIR. Hub
bard. But, In point Of fact, the unanimous
Republican vote was given to Jewell. Some
Democratic voters were alienated and stayed
at home, and there was no compensating adj
vantage in drawing Liberal votes from the
other side. 1t is evident now that the Demo-
cratic party would have made better show
II 1t had offered no concessions"
Year: 1872

THE Yarmouth -Pinchback imbrOglio was
before the Supreme Court on Thursday, and
after hearing of argument by able counsel
ON both sides the court held their decision
sub curia until Monday night. The country
will wal with deep interest for its decision,
for its decision will probably be final.


In the meantime the Executive has already
recognized Pinchback as the acting" GOver-
nor of Louisiana. The insertion Of this
world "actng" evidently shows that Grant
does not mean to commit himself entirely to
the Pinchback faction. And should the Su-
preme Court decide in favor of the Yarmouth
flank. then the President may lecsgnizc him
as GOVERNOR without the acting" and say
that Pinchback was only recognized provi-
isonally to await the dicision of the Supreme
Court and to keep the peace in the inte-
rim.


The question before the court was. as We
said in former article. preliminary one:
and is raised by the motion Of the counsel OF
Pinchback to dismiss the case. 1t was held
| by the court that this motion could not be
heard at that stage Of the case: The real
question il, however, the jurisdiction OF the
court Ifthe court decides against Yarmouth
that gentleman will have played his last
card.-Bdltim0rs Nsacs.
Year: 1872

The FINANCES OF THE NATroN.-The
annual report of the Secretary of the
Treasury ought to be among the most
instructive and interesting documents of
the year. The nation is now making
experiments in finance upon the largest
scale. Its daily experience throws light
upon questions of taxation, of banking,
of currency, which have been doubtfully
discussed for generations by the ablest
thinkers. He has all the rich results of
this experience laid before him; he di-
directs and controls all these expert
ments; and once a year he ought to
make to Congress report which should
be permanent page in the history at
once of his country an Of financial sci
ence.


Mr.. Boutwell's report this year is no.
thing Of the kind. Its statements of the
revenues and expenses of the Govern
ment are clear and satisfactory; its de-
tailed summary of the work of the de-
partment is written in an intelligent,
business style; but these clerical merits
are its only claim to craftsmanship. We
shall have occasion hereafter to discuss
its narrow recommendations of revenue
reform, its utter and confessed incapaci-
ty in dealing with the subject of the
currency. and its idle, not to say child
ish call for subsidies to domestic ship
ping, in order to restore it to that equal
ity with foreign shipping which our
revenue laws have taken away. For the
present it is enough to remark that the
document is utterly inadequate, as a
whole, to the occasion, and will prove
disappointing to the eountry.-N. I.
EreniRg Post.
Year: 1872

Shall we ever get to the bottom of this
dung-heap of corruption which has been
uncovered by the exposure of the Tweed
conspiracy? Every day We make a new
discovery, and as the foul mass is
raked over we End all manner of unex-
pected things underneath it. Here is
Mr.. James o 'Brien's little bill, indorsed
by the Committee of Seventy, and here
turns up Controller Connolly, locked in
the embrace of Mr.. George Jones. Mr..
Tweed's charter is seen to be the man
ufacture of renegade Republicans, and
Mr.. Tweed himself to be editor of the
principal Republican newspaper of the
State capital. The Albany Euening
Journal has been preternatuaally solemn
and distressingly virtuous in its hom-
lies over Tweed's iniquity; it has been
inexpressibly shocked at the mere name
of Tammany Republican; has held
that The TRIBUNE ought to be ashamed
of itself; and having improved the occa-
sion of the ruin of the Ring to offer
most beautiful remarks upon the wick
edness of being vicious and the propr;ety
of being good. But it turns out that
while the charter was under discussion
in March and April, 1870, Mr.. Tweed
himself held the pen of revision in the
Office of that very paper; the leading
articles on the reorganiza ton of the
government of New York City were sub
mitted to the Boss for approval; and it
is stated by The argus (Which probably
knew great deal about the secret-ser-
vice money of Tammary) that for the
valuable assistance it rendered to the
Ring The Journal was handsomely paid.


The present editors of The Journal
have succeeded to power since that hap
py period, and We must believe that
when they assure US that, whatever
baser men may have done, they have
never invited Mr.. Tweed to dictate the
policy of the paper, and never got any
of his money. But shall the fame of a
political institution like The Ereni'lg
Journal be carried in the pockets Of the
obscure individuals who happen for the
moment to be its managers? Editors
may come and editors may go. but The
Ereaisg Journal goes on forever. If it
has no better defense to offer than this
mild disclaimer of personal responsible
ity by the gentlemen who now write for
it-a sort of confession and avoidance
which no court of public opinion could
accept-we must throw it aside with the
many other shattered idols that now
strew the political highway. What
humbug shall be discovered next?
= Tribune.
Year: 1872

FThe recommendation of nation
al postal telegraph, made, in somewhat
different forms. both by the President
and the Postmaster General, has ap-
parently in its favor but the one argu-
ment urged by the President; that the
Government is rich enough to build tel
egraph lines where private enterprise
will not build them. The same reason
ing will apply to every other business
in the country; Let the Government do
all the railway business and publish all
the newspapers, because it can afford to
build railways and to publish journals
where private enterprise will not do
these things, because they viii not pay.
If this reversal of all economical princi-
pies is to be accepted as truth, then let
the Government do all the Improbable
building of telegraphs. and carry on the
business where money is to be sunk in
it; but do not let it monopolize the bu-
siness in the other places. and bring the
burden of its political and inefficient
management upon all the trade of the
country.
Year: 1872

next question is, what shall be done
with the S75, 600, 00O of surplus revenue
now extorted from the people? This
brings the naked issue of tariff reform
plainly before Congress and the coun-
try, and it will be absolutely impossible
to avoid it, so as to keep it out of the
next national election. No party which
refuses to apply large part of this sur
plus to the repeal Of what are called
protective duties can reasonably ex-
peet to carry Illinois OF any other north
western State next year.
Year: 1872

r. Both Houses of Congress are
moving in earnest against the income
tax, and the entire abolition of it early
in the present session is now very prob
able. All parties eoncede this; and the
Year: 1872

F After the great fire in London in
1866, Parliament enacted that every
house should be built with Independent
walls, and all in front raised to equal
height, and those walls should be of
stone or brick, and that no man should
delay building beyond seven years.
Year: 1872

THE publishers Of the New York Sun
have favored US with a copy of their
Weekly. 1t is large double sheet filled
to the brim with news, literature, agri,
cultural articles and everything else that
goes to make up flrstclass weekly jour
nal. ut shines for all" and is sold for
the low price OF 81 a year. How the
publishers can do 1t is more than we
can sec.
Year: 1872

The barometer will probably continue
to fall from the lower lakes to the Middle
and Eastern Atlantic, with increased
cloudtness Saturday. Pleasant weather
will continue on the South Atlantic coast;
a falling barometer and rain will extend
northcastward into Missouri; rising
barometer with clear weather will extend
eastward into Michigan. Dangerous
winds are not anticipated for any of our
stations tonight.
Year: 1872

PAPA" said bright.Naired boy,
how could the military fly from the
field Of battle when they had only one
plume apiece, and both wings of the army
were thrown into great disorder? Say,
papa, how could they ily?"
Year: 1872

A New Bedford gentleman has
shown the editor of a local paper
there an umbrella l12 years old, and
almost as good as new. The cover
is silk. and the bows are whalebone
tipped with brass He says it has
been in the same family all the time,
and has never been stolen.
Year: 1872

FmST-CLAss OPENING FOR BUSlSEss-There
Is no other business that pays rs well and IS In every
way us desirable as the general agency for thor
oughiy flrst-elas5 sewing -muchine The profits are
large tneary one hundred per cent?, tho stock is
imperishable, Interchangeable In styles, and there Is
no remnants or soled goods to accumulate, and the
business Is monopoly, rs no other parties can sell
the machine In the same territory, and there
Is no cutting down OF prices. Tho general
agency for the State Of Virginia for the be.
sewing-machine ever made In America IS row
offered to good live party with some capital
and II Is IN opening that should not lie offered to
the business men OF Richmond long without applI-
cants, for II win pay double the Income Of any other


legitimate business In existence with the same capi.
tai. Many men nll over the United States have
made fortunes In the sewing business, and
there arc numerous agents for this same machine
that are now making from twenty to fifty thousand
dollars n year.


To good party very favorable terms will bc
given. full line OF the machines can be seen anJ
tested and full particulars obtained at store lOl,
Main street.
Year: 1872

The OLD DOMINION CLUB AND THE ELEc-
TIoN.-The Old Dominion Club, composed OF
live and energetic members, will meet this
morning at O'Clock at their headquarters
and be in continuous session during the
election. Every member Is expected to be
present and devote himself to the important
duties assigned him.
Year: 1872

Tho ivory photograph Is the invention of Tirs-
MIA lady, Mrs. RANDOLPH, and Is acknowledged TO
be the most beautiful improvement in the photo
graphic art They are only taken at the "LEE -
Gallery. No additional charge for this magnificent
style OF picture.
Year: 1872

Dyspepsia destroys the teeth unless Its effects arc
ccuneracted by that pure vegetable tonic and anti.
septic Sozodont. NJ bodily disease can impair
them If this ant!dote to all corrosive elements that
act upon the enamel is regularly applied.
Year: 1872

THE PRINTING BILL-THE SENATE REFUSES TO


CONCUR IN THE REFORM AMENDMENT.


TRENTON, Feb. 1s.-The Senate did just what
expected tonight refusing TO with the AS
senbly in the amendment TO the Printing bill cutting
down the rates SO per cent. There will prob
ably he Joint Committee OF Conference ap-
pointed to draw up now bill at reduced
rates. II the opponents OF reform could carry
their point however it would be to have tho Assembly
retreat from ts commendabe stand OF last week Siren
efforts making in this direction by attempts to
prove that tho charges not exorbant and that the
printers have only been allowed small profit But as
other printers stand ready to take the work at the re-
duced rates the chance Of making the Assembly take
the back track Is exceedingly small. new railroad bill
was introduced into tho Assembly tonight incorporat-
ing the Philadelphia aud Now York Railway Company,
with a capital OF si900O,0c0.
Year: 1872

the number OF trains made ND and thereon and the
rate OF speed az which such trains are run Also tho
number OF accidents occurring In manner within
two years and the actions ut law commenced on account
OF such acedents Also the ront charged received or
paid by either OF said companies for the Of such
tracks.


The Governor sent in q veto message which laid
on the table and tho Senate adjourned
Year: 1872

The attendance at NiblO's Garden, last night
was very large Nile sass danced with the anaconda,
and the mistake was made of causing her TO simulate death
from the bite OF the serpent The introduction OF fright
fl and painful clements into merry spectacle Is simply
stnpld The Goat made Il successful dcbat-
though the horse that he rode did not
bobave well: in fact he ran og twice. and threw the
GOAT hut otherwise all was right CaprcOrnus showed
himself 10 be o good equestrian. and likewise very
handsome member of his horned and bearded fraternity
The Spanish Mnstres and the Fish Dance-exceedngly
v.u dOue-were much relshed.
Year: 1872

The san Diego Union, of Dec. 81,
has the following:


The ceremony of choosing COM
padres and cOmadres for the coming
year, a custom peculiar TO the peO-
pie of Spain and Mexico, is to be
performed upon the advent Of the
new year by some of the ladies of
this city. The custom is an old one,
and dates back many years. The
manner Of its performance is as fol-
lows: The names of ladies and gen.
tlemen known to be mutually ac-
quainted are written upon slips of
paper and deposited in hats, the
name of lady being drawn stimuli
taneeusly from one hat with that of
gentleman from another, the Two
whose names are thus drawn to be
compadres and comadres to each
incurred toward each other by the
relationship are very simple. The
gentleman is to be the escort OF the
lady on any and every occasion that
she may desire; and she, in turn,
must consider herself engaged Tor
any and every entertainment which
he may wish to attend. OF course,
the relationship may be dissolved
by mutual consent, either tempora-
rily or permanently. during the pc
riod for which the agreement is
made. The custom Is an agreeable
one in this particular, that it insures
to both lady and gentleman an es-
cort or companion, thus doing away
with the disagreeable incidents
which sometimes occur through not
having partners for an entertain
ment. And it also secures to the
lady having q compadre the positive
certainty of having some one TO
dance with at every ball.
Year: 1872

Itisin the power of young girls
to make themselves very dear and
very useful to their friends, and to
render them such services as are be-
yond all price. In times Of sickness
and of sorrow the sympathy and
presence of a beloved female friend
are among the best OF heavens
gifts, while she who ministers to the
afflicted, is as much blessed as bless
ing. Let no young person stay
away from a friend who is i'll or in
affiiction, from the fear that her in
experience viii render her company


undesirable: all who have strong af-


fectiOns, and a ready power of sym


pathy, can make themselves accept


able, and, in endeavoring to do so,
| will increase their own happiness.
Never let mere convenience induce
you to stay at the house OF persons
YOU cannot esteem; by so doing. you
| bring on yourself an irksome obliga-
ton: YOU take on yourself the du-


ties OF friend, without having the


sentiments that would make their
| discharge easy.
Year: 1872

manufacture of this poisonous fluid,
we buy it from them at a fine profit
and high revenue, bring it here and
deal out death, want and poverty in
our sunny cline.


Let US change the programme
Take the money that the South an
nuaIly exPends for ardent spirits,
place it in one common treasury,
we would soon be the richest, hap
piest and most prosperous people in
the world. We could build rail-
roads without taxation, public enter
prise would spread over the bosom
of our fertile land, school and church
houses would be erected for the
good of all, the orphan cared for
and educated from this great treasu-
~. Want would then be q dream
of the past. Oh what a cOuntry's
blessing! We would then be indie
pendent, yet not scornful. The
great moral lighthouse of the world,
the metropolis of nations, and the
kings of the earth would bring their
glory into it. Then would it not be
that nations millennium had burst
ed upon a wise and prosperous peo-
pie, to show them the beauty that
there is in wisdom, and to guide
them on as a great light of hope in
the future. Let US establish manu-
| factories for our own interest as q
people, and be no longer dependent
but save our own wasted means
I with economy, and it win make us
independent and all around US
pleasant. By way of a start let us
have the Jackson and Tennessee
River Railroad to begin this great
enterprise, and then onward we
move. j. NJ. w.


January 81, 1872.
Year: 1872

THEN AND Now.-In these de-
generate days we are happily spared
a politeness of the good old times,
which guarded against danger IN all
matters that related 10 eating and
drinking. When a person was
about TO drink at a Saxon banquette
he asked,the guest who satnext him
to pledge him. which was perform
ed by his neighbor holding mp hls
knife or sword to protect him while
he drank-it being supposed that a
man, when burying his face IN a
tankard, was not able TO guard
against any act of treachery from
behind. Perhaps, however, the
| difference is only one of degree; for,
nowadays, the real danger lies not
from a wound in your back, but
from one internally-not from the
traitorous enemy's knife, but from
the adulterated liquor. Consider
ing that the one danger was only
occasional, and the other happens tc
tens of thousands every day, th'
Saxons had, perhaps. the advantage
| over us.
Year: 1872

BY the side OF murmuring -tream
An elderly gentleman sat;
On the top Of his head was his wig,
On the top OF his wig was his hat;
On the top of his hat was bug,
On the top Of the bug was a fly;
On the top Of the fly was little gnat
And so on-in-fin-ite-ly.
Year: 1872

hA = CiNNt c"i' -|1 Ac'-s


EDITOR JOURNAL: = Thinking you
would like to hear how things are pro-
crossing in this section, and in response
to your call in the JOURNAL, / will post
you and you can "boil it down" and put
it in shape.


In the first place, the miners are all at
work and have better prospects than for
several years. On the East fork, Sims &
Co. are highly elated with their show
Billy Ruch and partner started in last
week, struck the old streak and cleaned
up five ounces the first week. This week
they picked up twenty dollar chis-
pa. Stevenson is working four hands
besides himself. Squire Wells & Parlin
are sluicing and doing we'll and Dennis
Rourke & Conlin are making it pay also
the Sullivan boys. There is plenty of
ground on the East Fork that will pay to
work, all it wants is the bone and muscle.


In the Valley, Duncan's, j. S. Hoyt's
and Jake Hilliard's claims are all run
ming with plenty of water. Their pros
poets are good and they will be well paid
for this seasons work. Joe Bebeau had
a very narrow escape last week. He was
piping when the bank caved suddenly.
He was so close to the bank that there
was no use to run, so he simply held up
the pipe and by miracle the bank split
and fell on each side of him. Truly,
some men are born lucky. The bank
was eighteen feet high and caved off six
feet back. Joe says it came down so
quickly that he had no time to get scared.


The farmers who can are busy plowing,
although much of the ground is too wet
and at night freezes, so that not much is
done until the middle of the day. To
sum up the whole matter, everybody in
this section is at work, either farming or
mining, e*a
Year: 1872

DCNp VI oiis clf i-s


DEAR JOURNAL THAT kind-hearted
soul, Uncle Snort" who in his last
letter to the JOURNAL wondered where
poor little orphan boys that couldn't play
the fiddle got their pastry hash, would
have had the problem solved had he been
at the toll bridge on Tuesday. Innumer-
able mince pies and twisted gingerbread
by express What do you think Of that,
uncle The donor has my wishes for II
long and happy life in this world. In the
world to come-please telegraph your
arrival from the office of Sandalphon and
l will be at the outer gates of Heaven as
your voucher. Never mind that old
" SHE'LL" dear uncle; I'm doing very
we'll now, thank you.


This is a great country for extremes !;
according to my count, we had twenty
four days of storm, followed by sixteen
days Of clear weather, and as l write it
looks like it might storm again. Let her
rip ! l am ready for the next shower !;
got fresh supply of flour and wood
enough to last till Spring, and feel quite
thankful that l have no property to be
destroyed. / still possess sense enough
to go in the house when it rains, and then
all the personal property and real estate
/ own upon this earth is under shelter.


Situated as | am at the bridge, my op-
portunities are good about hearing what
is going on throughout the mines of the
county. From all parts comes the cheer
ing information that this is going to be
the best mining season we have had for
many long year ; every miner is busy,
but as yet few have made any cleaning
up. hear Of one company only and
that paid fraction over $40 per day to
the hand. This is not quite up to my
expectations; however, $40 is pretty good
for these short days, when we take into
consideration that no bedrock was cleaned
during the run.


The boys on Dutton Creek are running
off tremendous amount of gravel, and
perhaps toward the latter part Of this
week will make their first cleanup.


The Douglas City miners will all be
running water in few days some are
at work already. Charles Tourot is run
ming two pipes on his Douglas City claim
and is getting dirt off fast.


The sale Of the Sillcox mine on Indian
creek has enlivened the quartz question
in this county considerably. After the
placer mining is over, doubtless numer-
Gus companies of quartz prospectors will
be fitted out for the purpose Of overhaul
ing the section Of country lying on In
dian, Reading and Brown creeks, and it
would not surprise me if some of them
made valuable discoveries.


hear more or less complaint Of stock
dying in the valleys below, by stock
owners in this section who have sent
their stock down to be wintered. | think
upon the whole, owners of cattle and
horses better take their chances here and
not send them off at all. sold James
Dixon, Esq, twelve chickens last Fall
and advised him to drive them out before
the storms set in. but James thought it
would be better to winter them at home
and by so doing has not lost a single
chicken. JACINTo.
Year: 1872

STORM AT THE RIGHT TIME.-The first
storm was followed by cold, frosty nights
which dried up the water until the supply
was perceptibly affected, especially during
the past ten days, in this basin. But on
Thursday afternoon, just in good time,
the clerk of the weather department for
warded another installment of the element
miners prize so highly. Beginning in the
afternoon of Thursday, it has rained day
and night since then, and is still raining
as we go to press.