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Year: 1873

GoAr ISLAND AGAIN-The warehouse ring
and middlemen of San Francisco, who
thought they saw the chances of still further
fleeing the interior grow smaller, as the time
for action in the United States Senate on the
Goat Island bill drew near, held n meeting
at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce to
take measures in opposition to the passage OF
the bill. The attendance at the meeting was
small and but little interest was appar
emily taken. although it was announced that
Governor Booth would speak on the occasion.
The inevitable Pixley and Fay were present,
and of course a string OF resolutions were
adopted. To complete the farce. the great
est accident of the Nineteenth Century, !"
Jay Kay Luttrell, who will burst with vex
alton if he does not get chance to spread"
himself in Congress soon, sent telegram
asserting that "nineteen twenteths of the
voters of the Third Congressional District are
opposed to the passage of the Goat Island
Bill by Congress. AS Jay Kay made that
thing his grand hobby in the canvass, and
failed to get nineteen-twentieths of the votes
for Congressman but on the contrary only
a bare majority. his assertions must be
taken with large allowance of salt. How
ever, we had ought to know that whenever
there is chance for display of demagogue
rv, j. X. will have 'put." We did not
ex pect to see the names of Booth and Luttrell
associated in the way they were, but, as
the Sacramento Union pulls the wires, SO
will its puppets dance.
Year: 1873

The MoDocs.-The cause Of the late out
breaking on the part Of .he Modoc Indians,
by which fifteen or twenty lives have already
been sacrificed, was their unwillingness to be
removed to the Reservation assigned them.
They expressed themselves as willing to go on
a reservation in their own country but not TO
be taken beyond its limits. Governor Booth
recommends that 5000 acres of land on Lost
River be set aside for their use and the De
partmeut has taken the matter under advise
ment


But this does not alter the duty of those
to whose care the lives and property of the
people Of the State is for the time being en-
trusted. The whole power of the State should
| if necessary, be brought to bear against those
hostile Indians. and the homes of the set
tiers on our north eastern frontier rendered
as safe at the Executive Mansion at Sacra-
msuto. The settlers have appealed to Cover.
nor Booth for aid but the aid is not forth com
ing. That funcsiouary does not feel him
self authorized to saddle such an expense up.
on the people of the State. For the future
we suppose any band Of Indians who feel
themselves aggrieved, can rob and murder
with impunity 30 far as Governor Booth
is concerned, and il the settlers do not organ
ize to protect themselves, they can leave
their bomesteads until sufficient number
of United States troops are transported to the
scene of outbreak. to subdue the savages, anc
afford protection. This quibbling action O.
our Executives may encourage the Indian,
to try their hand in other quarters.
Year: 1873

THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. The United States
Supreme Court has decided adverse to the
claim of j. c. Hutchings, to a portion OF
the Yosemite Valley. Hutchipgs settled in
the Valley years ago, and located possess
ory claim some time after Congress granted
the Valley to the State of California, Hutch
ings then came lefore the Legislature with
his claim and a bill was introduced giving
to him. and to j. c. Lamon another settler
in the Valley, title to 160 acres of land each.
The bill was vetoed by Governor Haight,
passed over his veto by large majority in
both branches of the Legislature, but by
some remissness of duty on the part of the
Clerk of the Assembly was not returned to
the office of the Secretary of State, and in
corporated among the published laws. In
our opinion Hutchings is as fairly entitled
to his claim at Yosemite as if it had been To-
Gated in the Sacramento Valley instead, and
Congress and our legislature should jointly
take such action as may be pecessary to
give him his rights.
Year: 1873

Harbor Commissioners j. j. Marks was
indicted for embezzlement, and his son Thom-
as for conspiracy to defraud the State.
We clip the above from q San Francisco
paper. Marks is man of wealth and polt-
cal influence and he should for that very rea.
son if no other, be proceeded against to the
full extent of the law 1t is full time that
criminals in high places should be taught
that they are amenable to the laws as well as
those of lower grade.


From later date we learn that suit has
been instituted in the Nineteenth District
Court to oust Marks and O'Farrel from of
fee.
Year: 1873

on the Pacific Slope winter which gladdens
the hearts Of the farmer the miner, and in
fact of all who are interested in the prosper
ity of the State. our Eastern friends have
experienced the coldest weather known for
many years. The thermometer has ranged
from zero to thirty and fifty degrees below.
Blessed indeed is California in its climate,
and of little wonder is it that few who have
passed q number of seasons here can ever
make up their minds to return, except for a
brief visit.
Year: 1873

Took HoLtnAr sFf4Gic team of Garrecht Hof
Of the City Market was harnessed for business
one day this week. when the horses took sudden
noticn ard ran off with the harness on them. They
got into the mountains and were found day and
= half afterwards back of Centerville browsing
The horses doubtless thought holiday good for
them as for the rest of creation.
Year: 1873

GRAND JURY.-The grand jury met od Mon
day, and have been in session up to this (Fri-
day. morning. The late hour at which their
report was handed in precludes US from pub
fishing it this wee5sx
Year: 1873




From the Evening Mail ...


We should like to see some
tolerably accurate statistics as
to the extent to which the
carrying of revolvers by young
men in this city prevails. So
common is it that "the pistol
pocket" has come to be as in
eVitable a feature Of the neither
garment as 'tthe fob" The
presumption is that a gentle
man nowadays wants stowage
room for his revolver on occa>
sions, if not as regular por>
ton ofhis outfit. Young clerks
and society men" who could
not hit a barn door at ten PAGES
elevate them selves into the
ranks of fighting men," in
their own secret consciousness,
by the simple process ofsecret-
ing pistols about their delicate
persons. Thus "fixed" they
straightway- run into perils
they had better avoided, and it
is extremely fortunate if a mos
ment Of unnatural excitement
and sudden passion they do
not kill or wound some limos
cent person whose only fault is
his vicinity to a bad shot.


For most men in New York
there is very little excuse for
carrying arms. Those who are
obliged to use the street cars
late at night, or who like physi-
clans are called to dangerous
localities, my reasonably pre-
pare for any emergency, bat
ordinary the carrying of a re-
volver involves more real dams
gers than it guards against
Unless there is very likely tc
arise an occasion for its use il
is a demoralizing thing to have
about one, and thisis especially
true of those whose passions are
hot, whose habits are not strict
| ly temperate, and whose sur
roundings are liable to be bad
The man who carries a revolv
er should have steady nerves
constant self-control, impertur
bable courage, a keenly sensi
tive conscience, and a sur
hand and aim. But such mel
generally have sense enough
and pluck enough to get along
without a revolver, even il
pretty bad neighborhoods.
Year: 1873

w hSh L OSS0lhO ChOllt -OiC,
my father began occasionally
to divide around among his
children a nice little sum to
each, always accompanying
the gift with the assurance
that if we ever endorsed for
others, or in any way became
responsible for their shortcom-
ings, it was the last money we
should ever get from him.
This condition during his life
was of great value to me, and
since then | have been so accus-
toned to view the invitation of
of my friend to endorse for him,
in it's true light, that my refus-
al rarely fails to be properly
received.


My neighbor isin active busi-
ness, and l am only a farmer
out of debt, with a little at inter-
est, bringing up and educating
a family of children. He
comes to me, holding out a
note, large for me to sign,
saying


81 wish you would just write
your name on the back of this /:
Ineed the money very much
it will be a great accommo-
dation to me, and you will only
have to write your name."


My answer is-"My friend,


do You really understand what


my position would be before


the world and the law, if


were to do this7 | shonld


instantly proclaim that from a


state of complete independence,
and without the slightest, reason


for a similar favor from you


and for no consideration what.


ever, except friendship, [ have


agreed to take upon myself


the risk of your business, will
the difference against me, that
I if you lose l lose, and if yor


gain 1 do not. / share in YOU
| losses and not in your profits
Now if this is true, ought l no
, first to ask the consent of IN!
wife, Her interest in the risl
is as same as mine-her judge
ment is just as good, and he
friendship for you is the same
But not only this; l shoul'
affirm before the public tina
you arc responsible, when
l really know nothing of you
> circumstances, and in so ia
help you to deceive others.
give you a false credit. 1
> short | should do that whic
i no honest man, true to himseI
4 and to his family can do an


be blameless. Will any righ
# minded, real friend, with th
a view of the case, ask of me sue
). a possible sacrifice 2" {
u A correspondent, of the Pr;
Year: 1873

The Franklin Sun says:
"This is an important crop, not
only for home use, but pays
well for its cultivation, should
be more generally looked after
than it is. 1t will pay to grow
it as a feed crop, for it bears
two cuttings a year below 81
degrees north latitude, and
makes a hay which sheep,
horses and cattle prefer to the
best grass product known.
The fact that a rice-huller has
been invented that will cost
little more than a coffee mill,
and enable the good woman of
the house to grind out a mess
of rice with as much ease as
she would grind her mess of
coffee, and always have rice, or
rice batter cakes or rice pud-
ding on the table, will make it
a greater enducement than
ever for every family to plant
a patch of rice, Sandy landy,
level and fertilized is best for
upland rice. Laud that will
yield twenty-five or thirty
bushels of corn per acre will
produce fifty bushels Ofrough
grain, that will, when hulled,
leave twenty-five bushels OF
clean rice say 1900 pounds,
that at 10c. a pound would be
worth S12O, and the straw is
worth one-third more"
Year: 1873

The process of cnining gold is very accusE
rately yet succipc,ly described in receutlet-,
ter to the Boston Post We eondense the
description as follows The miners have to
grind the gold rock fine, keeping it wet cons
stantly. aud as it becomes fue. it washes OF ?
They have hard kind of stone for grinding
They then mix quicksilver with it, and that
collects the gold dust. tits washed ont dried,
and goes through some ki5d of heating pro.
cess. The gold dust is then usually sold to
the superintendent nc the mint Sometimes
the miners melt the dust aud cast It intn bar
before Offering it at the mint To find tho
value, each parcel has to be o&sayed The as
saying is the most curious and scientific of all
the business in the mint, The meters take
the gold dust melt it, snd cast it into bar.
when 1t is weighed accurately, and piece is
cut off for the assayer. Hetakes it; melts it
with twice its weight Of silver. and several
times its weight ot lead It is tGel,ed in
some small cups made of bone>ashes, which
absorb all the lead, when large part Of tho
silver is extracted bv another process, and the
sample is then rolled out to a thin shaving,
coiled up and put in n sort of glass vial called
a mattrass, slong with some nitric acid. The
mattresses are pnt on furnace and the acid
is boiled some time, poured off, new supply
put in. and boiled again. This is done several
times till the acid has extracted all the silver
and other mineral substances, leaving the
sample pure gold. The sample is then
weighed, and by the diferance between the
weight before assaving and after, the true
value is formed. The gold after it has been
assayed, is melted, refined and being mixed
with its due proportion Of ALLOW. (equal parts
of silver and copper9 is drawn int, long strips,
in shape not unlike an iron hoop for cask
the round pieces cnt out with sort of punch,
each piece weighed, and brought to the right
size by file. if too heavy when it is nu21ea.
or the edge raised aud put into stamping
press, whence it comes forth perfect coin,
bearing the endorsement of "U. s."
Year: 1873

IL. The supreme court of appeals shall not
hear parol testimony in any case.


Is. The supreme court of appeals shall
affirm the judgment, decree or order, if
there be no error therein, and reverse the same
in whole or in part, if erroneous, and enter
such judgment, decree, or order, as the court
whose error is sought to be corrected, ought
to have entered, affirming in case where the
court is equally divided. In the case OF an
appeal from an order granting new trial, or
rehearing, if the order be reserved, such final
Judgment, decree or order, shall be rendered
or made in the case as the appellant was en-
titled to in the court below


X. When any Judgment, decree or order is
affirmed in the supreme court of. appeals,
damages shall be awarded to the appellee
Such damages, when the judgment, decree or
order is for the payment of money, shall be at
the rate of six per centum. per annum, on the
whole amount of the recovery, (includ NJ in>
terest and cost) from the time the appeal took
effect until the decision OF the supreme court
of appeals is entered in the order book of the
court below; which damages shall be in sat
isfactiou Of all interest during that time
When the Judgment, decree or order is not
for the payment of any money except costs,
the damages shall be such specific sum as the
supreme court OF appeals may deem reasonable,
not being more than one hundred dollars.


Is When any term of supreme court of
appeals is ended. or sooner if the court so d.
rect, the clerk thereof shall certify, aud by
mail or otherwise transmit it's decision to the
clerk of the court below, except that it shall
not be his duty to certify or transmit copy
of such decision, unless the prevailing party
shall have paid all fees due from him iu the
cause, and also, an amount sufficient to pay
the postage thereon. IF any clerk shall fail
to eompiy with this section for twenty DAYS,
except aforesaid, he shall forfeit fifty doll
lars 10 any person asgrieved,


16. The court from which any case NAV
have come to the supreme court of appeals,
shall outer the decision of the appellate court
as its own, aud execution thereon NAV issue
accordingly. If such decision be received by
thr clerk of the court below in vacation, he
shall enter it of RECORD in his order book and
thereupcn suoh execution may issue and such
proceedings be had in the case as would have
been proper if the decision had been entered
in "nurt.


II. All acts parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.


IL. This act shall he in force and take effect
from and after it's passage.
Year: 1873

We publish to-day what purports to
be the particulars of two attempts at
what has come TO be understood as ku-
kiuXing, in Mississippi, which cannot
oe too strongly reprobated and de-
n0uuced. Il is time the stupid, silly,
aud sometimes scoundrelly defiers Of
law were given TO understand that this
Is q free country, free for all men, white
or black, and that it is free for each and
every man, within the law, to work in
his own way, when and how ne pleases,
and to teach OF sell to whom he pleases,
and that it is not for any one to say him
nay. 1t is time that men were lesrniDg
that there are laws for the punishment
Of criminals, and that no greater crime
can be committed than the intimida-
ZION Of industrious men by attempted
assassination, murder or threats, and
that il is one that should be punished
10 the seyeTest extent Of the law. What
ca commentary on our bossted republican
freedom is this cowardly system of beat
lug Snd numbering men for the exercise
of The liberty which the law Of every
state guarantees TO its citizen! 1t is
barbarous, and must be suppressed
if we would have immigrants
and capital and be in full SYM
pathy with the age in which we
live. Aswe have repeatedly said in the
APPEAL, politics can have nothing 10
do with such outrages. They are the
work of rufians, who, if they had the
least consideration for. the communities
they curse with their presence, would
forever hide themselves in obscurity and
do penance for the remainder of their
days. We trust the press Of Mississippi
will denounce them, and that the
wretches may be brought speedily to
DeHted punishment.
Year: 1873

The telegraph has asannoancedt to steam
31atmen everywhere in the south and


west that John Shirley is dead-the


brave, TIE large, wsrm-hesrted, chival-
rous Captain John 7. Shirley. For thirty


years his name to the people and travel
e.s in the Mississippi valley has been as
household word, and he himself,


wherever he travelled, was always a well
come guest. "To know him was to
love him. Before the war one OF the


Wealthiest Of our river men, he was


found at the close one of the poorest.


He had given all he had Of fortune, of
talent, and Of time to the south he never
ceased TO love. God bless his men,
ory. Green be the turf above
the remains Of one of the noblest men
we ever knew. Charitable to fault,


devoted TO his country and his friends,
a loving husband and good citizen, al
ways a willing, cheerful worker, he was
an example to those who sit amid the
ashes Of misfortune and pine for past
that Is dead forever. While the war
lasted he was full Of resource in the in
te-est Of the Coufederacy, and SIS one OF
its chief nsval constructors did more


than any other to turn out the VArksn-
sss, that wonderful piece of work which
defied q whole fleet to destroy. Since
the war ne has sought to give life
70 a cherished scheme known as
the barge system, and had
he lived would have made il
a success that would have redounded to
the credit Of Memphis, for which be
lahored as one who loved her well. We
chronicle his death with deep and heart
fer sorrow, and sympathize with his
family upon the loss of one whose de-
parture will be moWned by hundreds to
whom John Shirley was indeed a friend.
Year: 1873

The Express says relative to the mis-
use of money of the State bank of New
Brunswick, New jersey: 1.-The report
is now that not only the entire surplus
but capital, and even more, is exhausted
by loans made to the carpet company,
and further that securities or loans will
not reach over one-hslf of the balance
of the money loaned by the officers in
oh -
Year: 1873

The Relief Association, since its organiza-
ton, has distributed TO persons needing relief,
over Ten Thousand Dollars $4,000; and
the Committee now most confidently appeal
TO the liberality Of a generous public for their
assistance, so that the good work may be con-
tinued


No fears need be entertained by the most
fastidiOus in visiting this entertainment; and
the Committee, in conclusion, would again
urge and ask Of the public a monster turn
out upon this occasion.
Year: 1873

We copy the following from the De-
Kalb (Kemper county East AisSjsSip-
DidH, OF the fourth instant: about
the middle of last week an unfortunate
lynching affair took place on the eastern
borders of NeshOba county, in which
Mr.. Charles Robinson, a schOOl-teacher,
was taken from his bed at the dead of
night, and after being whipped with a
leather strap, was ordered to leave the
country under pain Of death. The par
ticulars, as far as we have been able to
gather them from the various rumOrs
afloat, are about as follows: Robinson
had whipped little girl about six or
seven years of age, somewhat severely
some days before, who soon after
was taken quite sick with fever, re-
sulting, as her friends averred, from
the whipping, but which is denied
by others. The father of the child,
infuriated at this, collected a crowd of
some fifteen or twenty men, who went
in disguise to RObinsOu's boarding
house, and taking him from his bed
carried him off and stretched him upon
the earth, telling him that if he was
found in that vicinity after four days
that as much ground as he lay on
would be all that he could claim. They
then proceeded to inhict castigation
upon him with leather strap used as
pistol belt. He was then liberated and
the order to leave the country repeated.
The affair has caused intense excite
ment in the neighbOrhood, and bloody
work is anticipated when the opposing
parties meet. Mr.. Robinson is said to
be very worthy and respectable man
who stands very high in the cOmmu-
nityv ~
Year: 1873

While the seventy-first regiment was
parading through Fourth street, Will
liamsburg, this morning, a balcony
crowded with people suddenly broke
down, and all were precipitated to the
earth. One person was killed and tif-
teen more or less severely injured.
Year: 1873

A DISPATCH from the editor and

 proprietor of THE CITIZEN, received last Saturday, informed us that he would return to his post of duty by Saturday of this week. We have had charge of THE CITIZEN little over two months and while we think that we have done our duty to the public and know that we have clear con- science, we are nevertheless glad to quit the business and turn over the powers, vacations, liabilities and prof its to our boss. Since our brief con- nection with THE CITIZEN we have uniformly been treated and spoken of