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Year: 1875

EXCHANGES PLEASE NoTICE.-If we
could look into and read the secret
thoughts, the hopes, the aspirations, the
disappointments of those with whom we
are brought into daily contact, we could
then realize how true it is that "the heart
knoweth its own bitterness" The life Of
the humblest often contains the germs of
romance in some hard experience Of fact,
which is concealed and hidden from the
vulgar gaze until, perhaps, in some sud
den uprising Of that hope which springs
eternal in the human breast" the veil Is
drawn from the past and the world learns
for the first time the sorrows Of a lifetime.
Such a case is now before US, and while
its hardships must awaken sympathy in
every heart, it will be accompanied with
the glad thought that the condition Of
law ard society which necessitated such
sacrifices as this to which we allude is
gone and gone forever.


Jesse Spencer is one Of our colored cit
izens. Born in slavery, he was, through
the kindness Of his master, manumitted
and became freedman at the age Of 21.
but Jesse married slave girl and here
was the source of his trouble. Three
children were born of this marriage and
the condition of the children following
the mother, they were held as slaves.
jesse worked and purchased the freedom
Of the eldest, and bargained for the free
dom of the other two and his wife. The
sum demanded 81 500 looked like a
mountain of money to poor Jesse, and he
turned his eyes TO California with the
same hope of sudden wealth which has
lured 50 many hither. Jesse crossed the
plains in 1852, and the year following he
received letter from his wife, stating
that she had escaped from the house OF
bondage, and with her two youngest chill
dren had reached that haven Of the col
ored race, the Canadas. Shortly after
receiving the letter Jesse's cabin with its
contents were destroyed by fire, and the
address from which it was written in
I
has Jesse been able to find clue to the
whereabout Of his wife or children.


In the more than twenty years Of si-
lence which followed the destruction of
the letter, great change has come over
the country. The overland journey which
Jesse lived through four months to make
is now completed in six or seven days.
Perhaps in the hope Of meeting the long
lost hus band and father, the wife or chill
dren may have reached the Golden State.
If any of them should have made this
journey and this item meets their eye,
Jesse can be found ut Shasta, where any
information concerning the long lost ones
will be thankfully received. Our ex-
changes will confer Il favor by noticing
the case. The former residence Of the
parties was in Palmyra, Marion county,
Missouri.-MdSta courier.
Year: 1875

THE REMEDY.-Times are dull and
coin is scarce. Eastern financers have
proposed several remedies for the evil
now prevailing in the business world.
Some advocate imitation and some con-
traction. Some go for hard money and
some for paper money. We have thus
far stood aloof from the controversy, but
now we have a suggestion to make, which
if it is carried out, will, we are confident,
meet the wishes Of both theorists, ana
bring about what all desire-good Tunes
and plenty of money. We propose TO
have a petition forwarded to the clerk OF
the weather 20 continue the storm until
water is abundant, and repeat the dose
often enough to keep up the supply until
next September. II this is accomplished
the financial question will be settled
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Year: 1875

SOUND COMMON SENsE.-If you are
well, let yourself alone. One Of the great
errors of the age is, we medicate the body
too much. More persons are destroyed
by eating too much than by drinking too
much. The best gymnasium is wood
yard, a clearing or a corn field. A hearty
laugh is known, the world over, to be a
health promoter it elevates the spirits,
enlivens the circulation, and is marvel
ously contagious in good sense. Bodily
activity and bodily health are inseparable
If the bowels are loose, lie down in bed
remain there, and eat nothing until you
are well. The three best medicines in
the world are warmth, abstinence and
reDOse,
Year: 1875

THE CdU says that somebody is going
into the business of raising ostriches in
this State, solely for their plumage. The
San Jose 1dUeuiser adds The intro
duction OF this industry into California
will interfere somewhat with the junk
business, the natural diet OF the ostrich
being broken bottles, scrap iron, harrow.
teeth, hoop skirts, and refuse tin ware.
But the ostrich is beautiful bird, and
we should think wonld be particularly
graceful after the first plumage crop had
been harvested.
Year: 1875

"MY dear friends, there are three
things | very much wonder at. The first
is that children should be so foolish as to
throw stones, clubs and brick bats up into
fruit trees to knock down fruit if they
would let it alone, it would fall ITSELF
The second is that men should be so tool
ish and even SO wicked as to go to war
and kill each other; if let alone, they
would die themselves. And the third
and last thing that l wonder at is that
young men should be SO unwse as to go
after the young women if they would
stay at home, the young women would
come after them. > Exchange.
Year: 1875

THE REsULT.--Says an exchange
The dry goods merchants of Virginia
City, Nevada, recently entered into n
compact not to advertise in any of the
papers. 1t was money saving arrange
ment and the effect was the opening of
several new dry goods stores that did ad-
vertise and the failure Of number Of the
old firms that had agreed to the compact.
An amusing feature about the the bust
ness Of men that do not believe in adver-
tisng, is that they have to come to it at
last. The Sheriff does it for the benefit
of their creditors.
Year: 1875

FROM the Virginia Chroatcte: Among
the few who have reason to be thankful
for the fire is a lady whose home was on
North c street. She had been bed ridden
for months, having lost the use OF her
limbs. When the fire approached her
dwelling she was carried out on a blan-
ket and was as feeble as an infant.
Within half an hour, to the amazement
of herself and family, she discovered that
the use of her limbs had returned, and
from that moment she has been well
woman. Her great fright had worked
cure.
Year: 1875

A. j. BRYANT, President of the Pacific
Jockey Club, says the chances are that
the big race will not come off before
Thanksgiving Day. 1t is probably i'm
possible to get the track in condition be-
fore Saturday even with continuous good
weather. No attempt will be made to
run until the track is in perfect order.
Year: 1875

ONE of the latest discoveries in Pom


pei is small woolen factory, situated
near The house where the fresco represent
ing Orpheus was recently discovered
Several charred fragments of tapestry
were found in this place, besides various
machines for carding and weaving wool.
Year: 1875

PLANT sunflower in each hill of beans
and you will get a suitable bean pole.
The stalk grows in advance of the vine,
and makes an excellent support. You
not only obtain good bean pole gratis,
but also have large amount of good
seed for your fowls in the Fall. The dry
stalks are valuable for kindling fires.
Year: 1875

A MARE ISLAND employe stayed of
the yard half day, sacrificing two dol
lars to go claiming, and came home
with ninety small CLANS (Which he could
have bought Of a boy for twenty five
cents and said to his wife, What for
tunate thing these clam beds were found
such a blessing to poor people,"
Year: 1875

IT is evident that Vice President VIII
son was and perhaps is dangerously i'll.
In case of his death the President pro
TEN. of the Senate becomes Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States.
Year: 1875

IT was the steamer Rpcifc that ran in
TO the sailing vessel O,pheus, according
to the statement of the latter's captain,
and not the sailing vessel that ran into
the steamer, as at first reported. There
was miserable management on board the
steamer, and nothing better on board the
sailer. The less people go to sea under
such captains, the longer are they likely
Year: 1875

AN ocean lowering bird of great spirit
and Intelligence has been found in lee
land, which flies al the rate of $50 miles
an hour, and is able to find his home over
sea and land. 1t is hoped by next year,
if the training Of these birds continues
successfully, an ocean mail can be estab-
lished between Europe and America, the
trip to be made between sunrise in one
hemisphere and sunset in the other.
Year: 1875

certainly elect a democratic President
This would be the necessary consequence OF
General Grant procuring his own nomina-
tion, which would divide both parties, pre-
vent an election by the people and perhaps
lead to the election of the candidate OF the
initiation democrats by the House of Repre-
sentatives.


President Grant can tie up this storm, can
prevent the escape of the imprisoned politi-
cal winds by frank remuneration Of all per-
sonal aspirations and patriotic exertion OF
his great influence in giving the republican
party such a candidate as the mass Of
honest citizens could vote for with
pride and satisfaction. If he renounces his
own claims he will, of course, give his
powerful influence to some candidate who is
entirely sound and reliable on the great
question of the currency, and whose char
acter is a guarantee of official integrity.
These are the great requisites in the present
condition of the country. Honest admins
tration and sound currency are the two
fundamental needs, and if the people could
be assured of these they would waive minor
points. If President Grant will make a final
and absolute retreat from the position of
candidate to that of patriot he
can name his successor, and make his
late prediction true-that the republican
party will control the government for at least
the ensuing four years. The advantage to
the public credit and national prosperity
would be incalculable. A republican Presi-
dent Of high integrity and sound financial
views for the next four years would establish
confidence at home and abroad; whereas the
election Of an initiation candidate by the
democratic House, after Presidential scrub
race, would cause universal uncertainty and
distrust If President Grant should permit
himself to be again candidate the republi-
can party would certainly divide on the
third term question; the democratic party
would as certainly divide on the imitation
question, and there would be imminent
danger that the worst wing of the democratic
party would get control of the government.
This great danger can be averted by pru-
dence foresight and self-denial Oh the part
of President Grant.
Year: 1875

RUSSIA HELPS HERsELF AaAIN.-There
will be more British Mysteries, more ranting
about the necessity of England in India for
the ultimate salvation of the human race,
more discussions Of the propriety of an early
occupation Of Egypt for the great source of
all these things-the Russian operations in
Asia-are again up for observation. Russia
has helped herself to another considerable
slice of the no-man's land of Central Asia It
is only a step that is thus taken in the exten-
sion Of her frontier; but in march SO per-
sistent, SO little hurried, so steadily turned
to the same point, step once in five years
is enough to take her to the Indian frontier
long before she will be welcome there
Year: 1875

WHAT Is THE PENALTY? ?-There is very
little probability, we suppose, of the rescue
Of the passengers and such of the crew Of
the Waco as may have been driven to sea in
the open boats. Consequently some thirty
lives at least have been sacrificed by that
disaster It is reported that the ship was
not licensed to carry the dangerous cargo
which was apparently the main cause Of
the calamity. Naturally this fact will for
felt the insurance and may mulct the own
ers in heavy loss, SO that pecuniarily they
will be heavy sufferers. But is that all /? In
O case where indifference to the law or de-
fance Of its provisions, or gambling readi-
ness to take the. chances. leads to a whole
sale destruction Of human life, there should
be something more.
Year: 1875

We are only beginning to realize the terri
BILE power of the great cyclone which devas-
tated Indianola and Galveston after welding
the bosom of destruction over the West
India Islands Anxious hearts have been
beating at many sailors home since the
day in last September when the storm arose
out of the ocean and commenced its dread
full march over the land and sea Day after
day we receive the distressing intelligence
that a schooner or sloop has failed to
arrive at her destined port and that fears are
entertained that she was lost during the
passage of the great cyclone, and that her
brave crew will never again revisit their
fresides and bring joy to the sorrowing
wives and children who, hoping against
hope itself, await their return.


No fewer than FIVE such vessels are now
reported as lost during the great hurricane.
storm and were overwhelmed in the open sea
by the full fury of the winds and waves.
In a region SO frequently visited by cyclones
as the West Indies there is not sufficiently
extended system of weather signals in use.
Indeed, the advance of the great Texas
cyclone was not known in this country until
it had made fatal progress in its work of de-
struction among the small trading vessels
that are employed for the transportation Of
fruits and light goods between the United
States Atlantic ports and the numerous
islands in the Caribbean Sea. The HERALD
was the first to call attention to this dreadful
visitor, and warned its readers of the course
and destructive character Of the storm. Our
articles have been SO many appeals for the
proper extension of the Signal Service sys-
tenn over the entire West Indian region, and
q feeling is springing up among mercantile
men which will find expression in demand
for this necessary safeguard for commerce.
We are now so familiar with the nature and
the movements of these great cyclones that
the loss Of ship by reason of the want of
proper warning from and to all points along
the storm route will soon be regarded as are
railroad collisions or boiler explosions the
result of gross neglect.
Year: 1875

SOME OF THE MosT CONSISTENT if not the
most discreet friends of President Grant
contend that, in his recent speech at the
White House, his assertion that the result
of the elections insured the republican party
four years Of power did not mean TO dis
courage his own candidacy for third term.
If this was his purpose for The reptb-
Ncan DdrtVi
Year: 1875

A story has been industriously circulated
in Wall street during the last two days to
the effect that Jay Gould has received private
information that the Supreme Court Of the
United States has determined to affirm the
decision of the Court Of Claims in the case
Of the Union Pacific Railroad. Many rea-
sons render the story one of extreme i'm
probability. If Mr.. Gould has been able to
purchase any information concerning this
decision in advance Of its publication in
open court the fact would exhibit
an extraordinary want of discretion
on the part of the judges, and
would necessarily involve the honor
of some member of the court. The pub
licity which has been given to the story
would lead to official inquiry, which such a
person as Mr.. Gould would not be likely to
court; and besides, had he obtained the fact
it is not likely he would have so freely given
it to the street. especially in view of all these
consequences. 1t is more likely that it is O
cunningly devised story to affect the market,
and if that was its purpose it is succeeding
Notwithstanding oil the improbabilities we
have suggested, it finds many believers in
Wall street and elsewhere, as was il
lustrated yesterday by purchases Of
Union Pacific stock at prices rang
ing from 68 5-8 to "a. On Tuesday
sales were made at 65 IA. We care nothing
for the spectators, but the public would do
well to consider these suggestions carefully
and watch the movements Of the market in
regard to this dangerous stock 1t is stock
which does not represent one dollar Of con-
tributed capital. If we except the immense
sums spent on Congress and in pro-
curing Congressional legislation, it origi-
nally cost little more than the ex-
pense of printing the certificates. and
it is only natural that some one should
be anxious to sell all the shares which dupes
can be induced to buy.
Year: 1875

CUBAN REcoGNrrIoN.-And now it is said
President Grant has determined to urge
upon Congress the recognition Of the Re-
public of Cuba in case Of the failure Of Gen
eral Cushing's negotiations at Madrid, taking
the action of the United States in recogniz-
ing the Republic Of Texas as precedent for
this policy. We have always urged upon
Congress and the administration stronger
measures in regard to Cuba than those
favored by the Secretary of State but even
if he should secure the independence Of the
Cuban Republic General Grant cannot ex-
pect the American people to reward him with
O third term.
Year: 1875

In THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY yesterday a
very important question was discussed tho
clause of the Electoral law which prescribes
the method Of voting The question is
simple one-whether the members of the
General Assembly shall be elected by the
scr1ain de Hste or by the sc,7ttin darrondisse-
ment few days ago we illustrated this
question by saying that it was as if we were
discussing whether We should elect members
of Congress on general ticket for whole
State, or, as We now do by districts. I'm
doubtedly the best republican practice is by
the latter method. and in favoring it in
Year: 1875

GENERAL GRANT strengthens the reputation
he enjoyed some years ago of being politi-
cal sphinx when he says, as in his recent
speech, 1--WE have an assurance that the re-
publicans will control this government for
at least four years longer" The question
now is Does the President mean that the
recent elections give the republican party an
opportunity of electing some new man to
succeed President Grant2 If yes-good
for the republican party!
Year: 1875

them and every morning and evening
pass the ground where his voice rang the
merriest among his playmates. All these
things speak TO me wildly Of his active life ;
but ! cannot, though ! often try, recall any
other expression Of his face than that mute
mounful one with which he turned from me
on the night / so harshly repulsed him
Then my heart hleeds afresh. o how care.
tnl should we who are parents be- that in our
daily conduct toward those beings sent us hy
KIND Providence, we are not laying up for
ourselves the sources OF many future bitter
tear How cautious, that neither by in
consideraie word or look we unjustly grieye
Their generous feeling And how guardedly
ought we to weigh every action against its
motive, lest in a moment of excitement we
be led to meet ont to the vcnial errors of the
heart, the punishment due only to wilful
crime Alas perhaps few parents suspect
how often the sudden blow and the fierce re-
buke are answered in their children by the
tears, not Of passion, not of physical or men
tal pain, but Of a loving but grieved or out
ragged nature c.-knickerbocier.
Year: 1875

There is time enough to do many things. if
the person is seriously concentrated in his
work, and does not sluander his mind and
time by half work. Nothing is so bad as
that. There are many persons who think
they are working, when in truth they are
only dawdling over their work with half at
tention. There Is time enough thrown away
every day to enable any earnest mind to do
more than many man does with his whole
day. All depends upon love of the work on
which one is engaged, and in concentration
of ones faculties. 1t is. in my opinion, bet.
ter 10 be utterly idle. and lie fallow to inAu-
ences, than to muddle away hours in half
work. Besides, change Of labor is rest. and
TO an active mind more rest than laziness


have always found in music a more COM
Year: 1875




Boys AND TEMPERANcR.-lt is the most
natural thing in the world that boys should
be of their guard in the matter of intemper-
auce, forgetting that little things lead to
great, and that, step by step, one goes far,
Think moment, boys, Of the blessing it
will be to you all through life, TO keep
yourself pure from every habit which may
be cassed as intemperate. Think how fire.
quently, how invariably, the most objection
able habits cluster together-smoking Great
ing thirst, and that thirst the longing for
strong drink, and altogether the constant
lowering of the whole character of man or
boy. Think how true ii is that there is not
a single argument in favor Of the use Of to-
bacco or liquors, and every reason against it
all. Think how much better your hands
and brain will work with temperate habits
how much better will be the class of friends
surrounding you how much better able to
serve God aud those around you; and how
much sweeter will be the memory of your
name and life wheny you are laid away in the
grave, pure and uncontaminated from these
things aud fail not to remember how easy
will be all battles with sin and trouble, with
God on your side, and His faith IN your
heart.
Year: 1875

Owing 10 the heavy distribution of stocks Of Late.
money was rather more active, and at times cah
loans running over until Wednesday were made at 3
aud per cent; bal the old quotation Of 10 pig is
sbout The ruling ore. There s very lttle business
IN mercantile paper but the leading note dealers
rive the following as the ruling rates:
Year: 1875

James Il. Robinson.


State Central Committee.


The reader will prcceivc that there i
no war in this dispatch. 1t is only
u gushing paper, full OF sound and fury
signifying little or nothing.


We are in favor of the policy of becom-
ing very indignant over the Louisiana
outrage, but we believe il is folly 10 gush
In our Indignation. Gushing is properin
French manifesto and an English love
letter, but is out of place In
an American political paper. The
committee is probably now
convinced of this fact. Having gushed
over the Louisiana outrage, it is found To
be necessary to explain that the commit
tee did not mean war by such expires
sions as: LET the tocsin sound :" Free
men, awake, arise, or be forever fallen
The alternative of freedom or slavery Is
left YOU The explanation j. as much
Il blunder as the wording of the ''ad-
dress is in bad taste. In this connec-
ton we would advise the committee to
employ some person to write its adj
dresses who does not read Victor Hugo
and go off at half cock