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Year: 1870




About eight or nine months since a
man living in the northern part Of this
city went out into the eastern part Of
the State to seek his fortune in the new
mines of that section, leaving his wife
and one child here in town. Some
seven months ago a gallant disciple Of
ST. Crispin persuaded the White Pine
widow to take up her abode. with him
in a house which he furnished for her.
The new pair lived together for about
seven months, when few days ago the
genuine husband returned. Of course
there was trouble in the camp but after
some quarreling the two men agreed to
play game Of seven-up for the woman.
The game came off SATURDAY night and
tlle husband won his wife hack by Just
two points. The man claimed his wife,
and the man Of leather could not say
but that he had fairly won her. The
woman preferred the shoemaker, but the
husband and winner was determined to
have his own He packed up what
furniture they possessed aud last Satur-
day evening, with all his household
good and other goods. left hy fast
freight wagon for California. When the
wagon started from North & street there
was quite scene \ crowd Of nearly
one hundred persons had collected TO see
the husband carry away his stake.
and there va, much merriment over the
romantic affair. The woman cried, and
wanted to stay with the shoemaker, and
the shoemaker cried At parting with the
treasure he had lost by moi holding
enough "trump-3 He asked some OF
the crowd il they thought he would he
arrested II he attempted to take the
woman ont Of the wagon. They told
him he had lost her con the square,
and he must bear il like man so the
wagon moved on, and soon the fair one
was gone from his gaze.
Year: 1870

CoRSs.-Hartl corns are caused by
too much pressure Of the shoe, or by
Its being so loose as to slide back and
forth on the spot where the corn after
ward shows itself. Medical books re-
cord several cases where pairing hard
corn has caused a bleeding, which no
known means could arrest, and death
ensued. Nothing harder than the fin
ger nail ought ever to be allowed to
touch q corn, which can be always
cured, or kept from causing inconve-
nience, by simply bathing the part in
warm water for half an hour for sew
eral days in succession; often a single
bathing will accomplish the object Of
30 softening the parts adjacent to the
actual corn, that it can be picked out
with the finger nail, and the shoe can
be instantly worn without discomfort,
which an hour before gave great pain
it may return in week, or a month,
or a year, but the same treatment Will
always avail. PAIRING them causes
them to spread and take deeper root.
Soft corns are very troublesome, but
are sometimes removed by patiently
bathing or soaking them in strong
alum water night and morning. 1t is
80 much better to know safe and IN
expensive way of doing things, that 1t
Is really worth while 70 teach these
methods to every child in the house
hold.-HdirS Journal Of Health.
Year: 1870

The movements Of armies preliminary to a
great struggle are now progressing in the dis


trict about Paris. Rumor has it that General
Won Moltke has abandoned the idea of sending
expeditions into the interior of the country
and is drawing his armies closer round the be-
sieged capital Of France General Manteuffel
has orders to join the besieging armies The
Duke OF Mecklcnburg and Prince Frederick
Charles are moving so as to form junction,
with the object Of keeping the Army of the
Loire occupied, or possibly giving it battle, re-
lying upon past achievements and the valor
Of Germans for victory. On the French side
there is no lack Of energy. General Paladines
has go far proved himself an efficient and
prudent commander, and may yet do wonders
for France. The report that portion OF his
troops occupies the attention of the Duke OF
Mecklenburg, while with the bulk Of his army
he is moving to a junction with the forces OF
Bourbaki and Keratry, who are moving towards
him from the nerthward, with their united
forces to raise the siege of Paris, sounds very
well but we accept all such accounts with
very large grain of allowance. There are ac-
tive movements progressing on both sides pre-
paratory to a bloody battle. The movements
Of both armies lead to this belief, and the
strengthening of the German forces by new
troops as well as the throwing up Of intrench-
ments about Versailles point to the
vicinity of that place as the field for
the approaching conflict. What Trochu
may do it is almost impossible to form
any opinion from the contradictory state
ments continually received as to the state
of affairs within the walls of Paris. By this
time he ought to have fairly organized army,
and if there is any agreed plan of action be-
tween him and Paladines, French soldiers and
French valor may yet be able to accomplish
something worthy Of the traditional fame Of
French arms.
Year: 1870

THE Work GOES BEAvELY ON.--Justice is
being vigorously meted out to New York
thieves and swinders. Yesterday Judge Bed
ford sentenced six representatives of our
dangerous classes to the State Prison for
various terms of Imprisonment, ranging from
one to five years. This is a very fair showing
for one days work, and it is to be hoped that
il will be MANY times repeated
Year: 1870

SALE OF THE STATE Prison AT SING SING. -
We learn that the proposition to sell the State
Prison at Sing Sing, introduced into the last
Legislature will be renewed at the coming
session. This is a wise project The immense
strides New York city and its suburbs are
making up the North river naturally suggest
that such valuable site for commercial and
other purposes az that now occupied by the
State buildings in Sing Sing should be appro-
prated to its more legitimate uses
Year: 1870

ABOUT TmE.-According to synopsis of
the forthcoming report OF the Secretary of the
Navy, which we publish elsewhere, we are
inclined to believe that he will suggest some
naval service. 1t is about time. The deten-
tion for one week Of government dispatches,
by order of the Spanish auth critics in Cuba,
should be sufficient inspiration for some lively
action on the part of our naval authorities in
Washington
Year: 1870

A VICTORY FOR GENERAL FORREST We
learn that General Forests railroad case has
been decided by Chancellor Lyon in Colum-
bus, Miss. The legality Of the county tax of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to aid
the road, as assessed, was fully established.
This is a. victory in the right direction, and
one for which General Forrest should be really
proud
Year: 1870

the curiosities Of political campaigning is the
singular fact that during the late election
nearly all the districts in the State through
which the Central Railroad runs went against
Hoffman, Notwithstanding that he signed that
famous bill about which so much talk has been
made Ii is said that this can be accounted
FOR by certain intrigues with Woodford on the
part of the railroad people whereby certain
additional favors were promised in case of his
election However this may be the fact is a
curious one, and suggests the question
whether railroads, like republics, are not
Ilnnrnteul
Year: 1870

Won't GIVE HIM A CHANCE.--A cable telc-
gram says that the Pope has ordered that
every church in Rome shall remain closed
during the time King Victor Emmanuel re-
mains in the city. This is terrible. How
will his Majesty profess his repentance or
the religiously inclined persons say their
prayers? The clergy likely TO enjoy a
sIay off
Year: 1870

The QUALITY OF FAIRS, like the quality
of mercy, is not strained. Therefore there is
no straining in getting good attendance at
the Founding Hospital Fair, now in progress
In this city,
Year: 1870

TIE ARRIVAL OF THE MAGDALA at this
port from Shanghae, via the Suez Canal,
marks new era in American commerce. The
Magdala is the pioneer ship of a line OF
steamers intended to compete with the Pacific
Mail line and the Pacific railroads for the
carrying trade of China. If speed in trans
portation be the primary object Of importers
the Magdala's experiment is failure,
as merchandise from China can be de-
livered in New York by way of San
Francisco some days in advance of the
canal route but ii is contended the advantage
gained by an earlier delivery is counter
balanced by the lower rates and superior
order in which the cargoes arrive. The steam
ship Riga, of the same line as the Magdala,
left Port Said on the Sth instant for New
York
Year: 1870

A SPECK OF WAI.-Governor Vaughn, of
Utah, yesterday ordered the arrest of several
officers of the Mormon militia for arming and
drilling in violation of the late Governor
Shaeffer's proclamation and engaging in rebel


lion against the United States under the act of
Congress of 1862. The saints contend the
constitution of the United States guarantees
the right of the people to bear arms, and that
the action Of the federal officials in endeavor-
ing TO destroy the Mormon militia organization
is consequently both illegal and unjustifiable.
Year: 1870

Is menaced by Russia and Prussia, who, it is now
certain are in thorough accord England made
tremendous blunder when she permitted France,
her natural ally as things now stand, to be SO
completely broken down.
Year: 1870

From the London Times.l


There was CLEAN of helmeted heads
and plumes and of orders and uniforms
around the queen as the train passed on,
and some said, There is the king,
and others said, 1t is the crown
prince" but the glimpse was transient,
and the clouds of dust which followed in
the track on this most dusty of railroads
put all in eclipse. In another hour or
so we were in Berlin, and emerged into
streets filled with men in plain clothes
proceeding in some sort of military or
der, with small escorts of soldiery, to the
railway station. Many of these wore
decorations-medals, and crosses-which
spoke of service in Schleswig- Holstein
and in Bohemia. They were sober, or
derly men, quiet, unexcited, and perhaps
all the more anxious to fight hard to
end the campaign, because they had
been called away so suddenly from hearth
and home-men mostly of twenty-five
and upwards, several in each band be.
longing apparently to the well-to-do
bourgeoise, or better class Of artisans.
Large cavalcades of horses in better
spirits were led off in fours in the same
direction. Detachments of troops were
passing all day down the Lime-tree walk,
and at two O clock the king drove through
the streets to the station in Russian
drosky, and was received with uncovered
heads and sort of suppressed cheer
as he passed. He looked every inch a
king" plumed and helmeted in strictly
soldier tunic--a real andr aadron of the
days when kings led subjects to battle.
What fine old head and front it is
The stamp of imperator is there already,
and it would not surprise one very much
to learn that in an hour of stress that
old man, with his piercing blue eye and
open brow, and fine lip, curved under
his massive white mustache, would cut
the gordian knot of constitution with
swift, sure sword. Certainly he is not
the sort of man one would like to worry
coram popGi0 in watering place. And
then he has faith; "he believes and
he is sure that He in whom he believes
has placed his cause beyond the reach OF
human harm.


1t is observed nevertheless, that the
king is not in his usual joyous spirits.
He speaks with devout confidence, and
trusts in the justice of his quarrel; but
His Majesty is grave. The Crown Prince,
too, seems, it is said, to feel the influence
of the tremendous events which are i'm
pending, and surely if the designs of
Prussia were warlike the royal family
cannot have regarded them with favor or
have participated in the desire for con
fict which causes them so much anxiety,
although they do not express any appre-
tensions as to the ultimate result.
Year: 1870

UNEQUAL ASSESSMENTS. The action of
the Supervisors Of San Mateo, says the Sac
ramento Reporter, Sin arbitrarily reducing
tic assessment roll of that county some fifty
six per cent below the Assessors valuations,
affords another evidence of the necessity for
n radical change in the laws governing such
matters. What is needed is a short and
comprehensive law requiring Assessors to
assess all property at its market value, and
Boards of Equalization to be governed by
the same rule Such a rule made absolute,
would be easily comprehended by all. In
every locality there are always sufficient
transactions, both in real and personal prop
erty to enable careful and intelligent Asses
sors and Supervisors TO arrive at a pretty
correct knowledge Of the market value of
the property. True, under such system
absolute correctness could not be expected in
all cases, hut it would approach as near per-
fection as is possible, and do away with the
injustice and partiality which are necessary
concomitants of the present loose way of
making assessments.


We can tell the Reporter that the law is
right. AS it stands now, the Assessor is
acquired to ascertain the ''full cash value"
of all property, and SO return it. The Con
sttutional requirement is the same, and ev-
ery Assessor or member Of Board of Equal
ization who places, or consents to having
placed on any property value below what
it would bring at public sale, after due no.

tice, is simply and positively guilty of peJu
,y, and ought to be in the State Prison
But what is to be done where a wealthy
property owner owns the Assessor or Board
of Supervisors, or both, as is the case in
counties that we know of? There must be
another tribunal than the Board of Supervi-
sors to determine the value of property when
complaint is made, as this Board is the weak
est, most vcnal and corrupt Of every branch
of County governments, so far as our ex-
perience goes We have S12 $780, 90 TO-
lars worth of property in this county belong
ing to one Company, as shown by the re-
ports of the Campany agents, and yet this
Company refuses to pay on even 81 GOO 900,
and our Assessor and Supervisors weaken,
sell out, or are by nature incompetent. They
are all men of fair judgment as to the value
of all kinds Of property, except what belongs
to this Company, and are fair business men,
and yet when the question of the value of
the C.P.R.R comes up they are at once il
revokably insane on something else This
same thing probably exists in other counties
where vast wealth is concentrated in few
hands, and remedy for one will reach all.
Year: 1870

Communicated.


Mr.. EDIToR;-I see by a late issue of the
Herald that the Supervisors have agNin stul-
tilted themselves, and reduced the assess
ment on the railroad TO SC, 900 per mile. Ii
is being nosed around that this action of the
could not be secured from the Board until
Crocker & Co, sent Superintendent Towne
and other experts wirh a free train and side
dishes and took said conscientious (D Super
yisors over the road and explained to them
what an internal mean and cheap concern the
road was. This did the work, and nobody
picked the Supervisors pockets while they
were on this pleasant and splendid excursion
did they We know the results that followed
this free ride Sin a low back car" but did
the ride actually take place, and when did
the train 90, what was it loaded with and
who was aboard Can You tell us in your
next? QUEnIsr.


We have heard something of what Querist
suggests and asks, but cannot now give the
information desired. However. our columns
are open to any one desiring to explain the
matter and even to the Supervisors them
selves. ifthey have any suggestions to make
or statement to offer. We are beginning to
think this is a bad county that has some
very mean men in it. There ought to be some
mistake about this one ride, as the Super
ysors have all been over the road often and
ought to have known all about it without such
an excursion, and especially in such doubtful
company.
Year: 1870

LOST Cow.-By referring to our new advertise
ments it will be seen that Ten Dollars viii be
given for the return of lost COW. The COW was
raised in the neighborhood, and is, beyond
doubt, now running with some cattle in this sec
ton q country,
Year: 1870

A coLoRED man in Morris county, New
Jersey voted an order for pair of boots, and
one in Patterson, a receipt for ton of coal,
at the late election, which had been given
them for their votes.
Year: 1870

Frank Dyer, a highly re-
spectacle and intelligent farmer
Of Galena, Kent Co., Nd, gives
the following as a sure cure for
the bite Of mad dog. As
will be seen, he has tested it
with the most gratifying re-
suits


Elecampane is a plant we'll
known to most persons, and is
to be found in many of our
gardens. Immediately after
being bitten, take one and q
half ounces Of the root of the
plant-the green root is per-
haps preferable, but the dried
will answer, and may be found
In our drug stores, and was
used by me,-slice or bruise,
put into a pint Of fresh milk,
boil down to a half pint, strain,
and when cold drink it, fasting
at least six hours afterward.-
The next morning, fasting, re.
peat the dose prepared as the
last, and this will be sufficient.
1t is recommended that after
each dose nothing be eaten for
al least six hours.


| have a son who was bitten
by a mod dog eighteen years
ago, and four other children in
the neighborhood were also
bitten, who took the above dose,
and are alive and we'll to this
day. And l have known O
number Of others who were
bitten and applied the same
remedy.


1t is supposed that the root
contains a principle which, be-
ing taken up by the blood in
its circulation, counteracts or
neutralizes the deadly effects
of the virus Of hydrophobia.


l felt so much confidence in
this simple remedy that l am
willing you should give my
name in connection with this
statement.
Year: 1870

A case of feminine daring is
related of a Virginia belle, who
rode to the edge of precipice
and defied any man of the par
ty who rode with her to follow
her. Not a man accepted the
challenge; but a tantalizing
youth stood on his head in the
saddle and dared the lady to
do that.


The Wolfeboro' News says
that a young lady visiting in
that village, a few nights since,
arose in her sleep, partially
dressed herself, and walked
without shoes to her fathers
house, some three miles distant.
When she awoke she found
herself sitting upon the door,
step shivering with the cold,
Year: 1870

o. DowD & Son will positively
sell at cost any Dry Goods or No
tious they may have on hand, as
they are contemplating change in
business and wish to close out their
entire stock of Dry Goods, Notions,
&c. 28-4t
Year: 1870

Know ye the land where, tall and green,


The ancient forest oaks are seeIh9
Where the old Rhine wave sounding run


Through vineyards gleaming the sun
We know the lovely land full well


'Tis where the free-souled Germans dwell.
Know ye the land where truth is told


Where word ofman is good as gold2
The honest land, where love and truth


Bloom on in everlasting YOUTH
We know that honest land full well;


IT'S where the free-souled Germans dwell.
Know ye the land where each vile song


Is banished from the jovial thrOng2
The sacred land, where, free from art,


Religion sways the simple heart?
We know that sacred land full well


IT'S where the cc-soued Germans DWELL
Year: 1870

There is room upon the books
here for more names, and we are
we'll acquainted with number of
men in the town of Macarthur, who
ought to subscribe in the sum of
$4,000 each; others are we'll able
to 'come down" with SO, 1000, $4,000,
and 1000 each. And why do they
not subscribe toward building the
railroad they have talked so much
and so long about? Why are they
standing back? The Gallipolis peo-
pie have talked for long time, but
now they are backing up all they
have ever said On the subject with
the the cash. They arc not bashful
about it, They put down thousands
of dollars without q word OF com.
plant. They have long since came
to the conclusion that money and
not "gab" will build a railroad. One
does not wait for another to sub
scribe-all move in the matter as
one man. Examine that long list
of names again Sec the several
$4,000! The FIVE thousands count,
Let Macarthur come up squarely
and assist in the construction of this
noble enterprise. Let the people
unite and all subscribe in proper
ton to their ability, and there will
not be the least difficulty in compile
ting the road.
Year: 1870

VOTE OF THE STATE IN 1870 AND IN 1SCS.


The Baltimore Sun gives the Republican and
Democratic vote for Congress in each county Of Mary
land at the recent election In the following table
The vote OF this larger than be vote for President
in 1868 by +s56. This increase partly due, OF course
to the vote the colored popuaton the registration
of colored men Amounted IN 3s
Year: 1870

THE VIRGINIA Bill. as it passed the
Senate aud will low 60 to the House
again, after prescribing oaths for the
members Of the Legislature to take de-
clares that the State Of Virginia is ad-
mitted to representation in Congress
upon the following fundamental con-
ditiOns:


That the Constitution of Virginia
shall never be so amended or changed
as to deprive any citizen or class Of
citizens Of the United States Of the
right To vote who are entitled to vote
bv the Constitution herein recognized,
except as a punishment for such crimes
as are now feionies ut common law
whereof they shall have been duly con-
victed under the laws equally applica-
bic to all the inhabitants Of said State !;
provided that any alteration of said
Constitution prospective in its effects
may be made in regard TO the time and
place of residence Of the voters; that
it shall never be lawful for the same
State to deprive any citizen of the I'm
tied States, on account Of his race or
color or previons condition or. servi-
tude, Of the right to hold o(llce under
Year: 1870

the constitution and laws Of said State,
or upon any such ground to require Of
him any other qualification for Office
than such required Of all other citizens !;
that the Constitution Of Virginia shall
never be so amended or changed as to
deprive any citizen or class Of citizens
Of the United States OF the school
rights and privileges secured by the
constitution Of said State.
Year: 1870

or not, so they contain the substance above
stated.


The expense of these papers cannot be
mnch' Tor there are but six in all, and none
of then need cover more than page of com
mon cap paper, and others not more than
half page.


fcu are instructed to render the applicant
and all other claimants such reasonable and
proper assistance as you can conveniently
furnish them to enable them to prepare their
Year: 1870

IN the spring on the same terms as before, vIz no
pay II not successful.


Competent observers incline to the opinion tina {
there Is better chance OF general peace being now
restored between the two races than there has been
for long time past. There have been within the
last lew months several large meetings OF natives at
which the subject has been discussed and IA far as
can be learned, opinions favorable TO the restoration
OF peace have prevailed. Another meeting with this
object is projected and the result Is looked for with
some anxiety.
Year: 1870

or all listeners to music commend rs the German.
OF Strauss Lanner and even Wagner with as much
gustO as he does his lager. When some grand
clash OF all the Instruments comes IN as IN the
"Tannhauser March, an extra whlfr OF his long
meerschaum or grunt Of approval like
the sententious "Ugh" OF the red man Is
the only external expression Of his In
tense delight. The advent OF the Park Band
to the too long neglected environs Of avenues A,
and is a boon to class OF our community who can
appreciate good music probably better than their
more arstOcratic neighbors on the west side. But
the band platform should be more elevated In this
large space. where there Is not o tree to break
the void, and where quack doctors In gor-
geous turnouts vend their wares In strident terms
TO the too susceptible dulefns and small boys. The
band next play in Madison square,
Year: 1870

The St. Joe Herald says that all fruit
that was in bloom at the commencement
Of the late cold snap is billed. The same
paper says the oats, spring ehsst and
barley were up and growing finely in the
neightorhood of Easton previous to the
recent cold spell but We learn that 1t is
all hopelessly frosted, and some fields
arc about being plowed up and rcplaused.