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Year: 1873

Official from General Candy.


WASHINGTON, March 22.- The following
was received to-day:


Van Bre1Ren'S Rancho, California, March
16 TO Gen. w. L. Sherman, Washington,
D. c.: The squsw sent into the Modoc
camp returned yesterday. The excuse
made by the Indians for not keeping their
appointment, is that at the last moment
their hearts failed them, and they could not
bring themselves to the point Of abandon
ing their old homes and going to distant
country. They are evidently not in dis
position favorable to any arrangement,
though they profess a willingness to have
another talk. 1t will be some time before
the council can be asse Lbled, aud in the
meantime the troops will be put in posi-
ton that covers as far as possible
all points Of egress from The lava beds.
think that system of gradual compression,
with an exhibition of the force that can be
used against them, if the Commissioners
should again fail, will satisfy them Of the
hopessness of any further resistance and
give the peace party sufficient strength to
control the Whole band. Time is becoming
of the greatest importance as the melting
OF the snow viii soon enable them to live
in the mountains. This will greatly in
crease the difficulties We have to contend
with, as they will then break up into small
parties and can more readily make their
escape from their present location.


EDWARD Il. S. CANBY,


Brigadier General Commanding.


By courier from Yreka.
Year: 1873

The present, we believe, is the only occasion on
which the city of Wilmington has ever had the
honor Of a visit from the President Of he United
States to accept oftbe hospitality OF her citizens.
Nor was our city ever before honored by formal
visit from the General Assembly of the State
The occasion is therefore, Of great slngulari-
ty, made more memorable by the fact that our
houorcd visitors arrive on the same day. Il is
hoped, therefore, thai the short time spent with
us viii be made as agreeable as possible and that
nothing will be leit undcne that is calculated 10
promote this result.


On all former occasions when the President
came 10 our city it has been merely to stop
short time when visiting the more northern ana
eastern sections of The country
Year: 1873

THE stand that Mr. D. f. Butler has taken
during the present Congress has been a matter
Of JOY TO his friend and of surprise to his enc
mics. That b. F. should show any symptom
Of virtue is coDsong, but that he should
show hands clean of the Credit MobilicT mud I:
and that he should advocate a proper dispoSi-
tion of the Alabama money fills us with the
yearning that the muddy, ugly duck of the
fable is slowly taking the moral shape of the
swan Butler is certainly a man of great
ability. and if guided in the proper channel
could WELD strong influence for good in the
land. O, Benjamin, blight not our fresh
budding expectations. Hold TO the thing that
is right and receive the reward OF virtue, and
let your name go down 10 posterity with IA
few stTeaks OF Gods pure sunshine mixed
with its smoky darkness
Year: 1873

THIS is how fellow got his drink at Grea
Falls, n. II. A pint of whiskey was Called d
for and bottle presented altogether too small
to hold the amount. After the vender had
filed tic diminutive bottle, he inquired of his
Gust omer what was done with the rest. IN
drink that, " was the prompt reply, and drink
it ne did, after which he desired his bottle to
be set one side, and he would call and pay
when he came back. II is needless to say he
hasn't got back vet
Year: 1873

At Quincy I got my first view of
the Mississippi river. | believe there
is not an American but has some sort
of an idea what the Mississippi river
looks like, and has vague impress
sion that some time or other before lie
dies he will be permitted to see it.
The Mississippi-wllat a word it it is
to chew up in inks an institution
by itself. 1t is full Of associations,
both tragical and comic, and is also
full of mud. 1t has no banks to speak
OF. 1t is full of bars, and has a mar
row and very uncertain channel.
These are matters we all hear at school,
and see repeated in the papers, but we
don't realize them until we get upon
the river itself.


The steamboats, are fat-bottomed,
and many of them carry the wheel at
the stern. / think it is the stern.
1t is that part OF the boat where, if it
was house, the slops would be
thrown. The wheel is cumbersome
looking article, and to the casual OBJ
server the boat appears to have just
climbed over it. / would give you a
picture of the two were not engaged
in painting view Of the Rocky
mountains at sunrise.


The river is much broader at this
point than l expected to see it, but
we can not always have things on,
own way in this world. The channel
is about three feet deep opposite thi:
place, l don't know the exact widtl
of the river, but there is no doubt the
| water is as thick as it is broad. The
traveller should turn it over with bis
foot, and SO look at both sides Of it
| All was hustle at the dock when l go
there. The boat was taking OH iti
Year: 1873

I've eolored Congressman have
sent white cadets to West Point.
They held competitive examination
and the white boys won. They were
not obliged to do this could have
sent whom they chose. This exam
ple Of liberality ought to cure some OF
tho extrepists Of negrophobia.
Year: 1873

just as the editor Of an Ohio patent
insitler succeeded in working up a
nice subscription list to be paid for in
hoop poles, he traded off his paper
for bull dog with no lower teeth.
Year: 1873

There is something interesting in
observing two women looking disdain-
fully at each other, but when two old
ladies whose front teeth are gone curl
the lips of scorn, the effect is very de-
pressing.
Year: 1873

WHO DoUBTs ITi-The man who
would take a newspaper fnr length
of time and then send it hack refused.
unpaid for, would swallow blind
dogs dinner. and then stone the dGs
for being blind.
Year: 1873




We have frequently expressed our views
IS to the qualifications desirable in the
State Superintendent of Education, who
will be called upon to organize the public
school system of Tennessee. The impol-
tance of this great work has been frequent
ly dwelt upon in the Chronicle. As we
have before stated, it is not the mere abili-
ty to do the work that is required. We need
in such place man whose heart is full
of the good cause. We need a man who
will throw some enthusiasm into the work,
who will do more than execute the
letter of the law. We want State Super
inLendent who has been identified with the
school movement, who feels the need of ed
ucation for the people and who will give
his time, his talents ard his whole soul to
the great work. The office was
not intended by the people to be a
political one. The appointment was not
vested in the Governor to be dispensed as
a reward for political services. 1t is posi-
ton of too much responsibility for any such
use. We gave in our last issue the news
of the appointment of Hon. Jno. M. Fiem-
ing IS State Superintendent Of Education.
No one who knows Mr.. Fleming will ques-
tion his ability to discharge the duties Of
the position if be applies himself thereto.
He has few intellectual superiors amongst
his political associates in this State. We
hope he may have the physical strength, the
administrative ability, and the heart to
prosecute his duties as the times demand.
The Chronicle has from its first issue, Ia
bored necessarily for good public schools in
Tennessee, and Mr.. Fleming will find us
willing and anxious to lid him or any one
else chosen to direct the educational army
of the State.
Year: 1873




The passage of this bill meets the hearty
Tennessee, and its passage reflects good
sense, and knowledge of the financial
needs of the State ON the present Lsgisla-
ture. The State already feels the salutary
effect Of the passage of the bill, in the re-
newed confidence Of the monetary
world. Possessing the greatest facili-
ties of almost any State in the Union,
by the passage Of the funding bill the tids
Of immigration will be turned towards our
State, and ere many years have passed, we
may expect to see the large untitled farms
of to-day, divided and subdivided, aud
made perfect gardens of agriculture, by
those who will be brought hither by our
natural attractions, and our standing as
one of the first States in the Union.
Year: 1873

The water power in Virginia and many of the
Southern States Is said to be as valuable as IN
any of the Northern States, and it is therefore, ex-
pscted that manufactures, If once fairly started
there, where cotton and wool is Produced abund-
antly, will prosper aud be more, certain to pay
large dividends than labor is more costly and
The raw material is not produced. The Charles
ION Is. C.) Nei0s and Courier says;


"The Southern cotton mills are working full
time and are making money rapidly: Let the
Northern mill-oWners come down South and they
can do the same. The statistics show that yarnt
can be manufactured in South Carolina, trans
ported to the North, pay commission OF i've pei
cent for selling, be sold at the cost OF Northern
production, and yet yield net profit Of cents 9
pound, Aud certain class of colored goods car
be produced here and sold in the North at the
cost of production of similar goods there, and ye
yield profit of over ten cents pound. The saw
ing in cost of materal, in wages, in commission
10 waste in transportation, ,&c, enables the South
srn mills to do q profitable business while th'
Northern mills lose money and when the North
cru mills are doing their beat the Southern mill
do still better"
Year: 1873

10 an editorial on the negro leaders of LOuisi-
ana, the New Orleans Picaysns says 'Their
declaration is this, and nothing else ave are
gentlemen, equal under the Constitution and the
laws but We are not satisfied; you must be
humiliated, degraded, or we hhall not feel safe
it is easier for you 10 come down TO our standard
than it is for US to work up to yours; at any
rate, we have you on the rack, and wen still turn
the screw We are sorry indeed that these;
representative men OF the negro should have SO
wantOnly and effectively killed the uniAcation
movement but they have done it. and the funeral
il theirs"
Year: 1873

We have ne excuse to make for any man who
voted for the salary swindle but wecall attention
to the following brief but pointed editorial which
we clip from the New York Tribune:


Jealous Administration organs are wasting
columns Of space in vain attempts to show that
the Republican party is not alone responsible for
the salary SWindle, since the Democrats helped to
pass the bill. The scheme was originated by the
best embodiment Of Administration principles
and policy, Mr.. 3. F. Butler, and carried through
BY the Rspablican party, and all attempts 10
shift the disgraceful burden will be futile. The
Democrats undoubtedly helped the thing along,
bat If they hadn't it would have gone through
Just the same. The Administration ordered il, and
and Of course it was done. 1t was simple act Of
loyalty.
Year: 1873

Sense shines with a donblo lue-
ter when it is set in humility. An
able and yet humble man is a jew
ell worth q kingdom.


Draw upon content for the defi-
ciencies of fortune.


A loving heart and pleasant
countenance are commoditil 8
which man should never fail 10
take Lome with him.


Those who never retract love
themselves better than the truth.


We open the hearts Of others
when we open our own.
Year: 1873

How many weary steps to take
Before the race is run
How many milestones yet 10 pass
Before the journeys done
How many toilsome steps to climb
Before the height is won
And yet with tcnderest love and care,
The Father leads us on.
How many hours of patient toll
Our faithfullness 10 test
How many burdens yet to bear


Before the hands may rest
How many crosses--e're they lie
Calm-folded on the breast
Yet toll and burden, cross and rod,
Divinest love hath blcst.
How fierce the battle ere we win


The conqueror's robe and palm
How sharp the wounds before they feel
The healing drops of balm!
How loud the Bable s,rnds Of strife
Before the evening psalm
And yet, DER all, the Heaven extends
It's soundless deeds Of calm.
So, step by step, wo take the height
A patient, pilgrim band;
We lift the brr 'en, bear the cross,


With worn but willing hand;
And bent TO hear, amid the strife,


The Masters calm command;
Content dear Lord, if Thine at last


Our finished work shall stand
Year: 1873

Cash is recognized all over the
world as a very great convenience,
and that ready money is a source
of much pleasure, will not be de-
MED by any one. Credit may be
considered as a thing Of conven-
ience, but is ever regarded as
very dangerous commodity by the
honest man, and the person extend
ing it, while the lxnave finds it
source Of present supply, and en-
joys the discontinue of those
whom he may succeed in drawing
into his net. A distinguished
philosopher once remarked that
"even the best Of men occasionally
cut ludicrous figure with no cash
in their pockets" snd the business
men of the present day, being
aware Of the fact, are continually
exercised in efforts to steer clear of
that very numerous class of people
who make a great show Of respect
ability, and are always at their wits
end for supply of what is often
termed "the necdful." From the
manner in which the business oi
the country is carried on, one
would scarcely suspect that there
were many of this class of people,
yet they are quite numerous, and
our merchants know them better
than their nearest neighbors and
best friends.


AS an abstract proposition, nc
man should purchase what he can
not afford to pay for; and the re-
tail tradesman should not permit
himself to believe that he has the
right to give credit to any one.
But the very reserve of this is the
case. The merchant gives long
credit with, in many instances, no
assurance that he will ever receive
his pay, and the purchaser cuts O
dash upon the merchandise which
he cannot say is his own, and cul-
tivates distaste to the payment OF
his cash for what he buys, until he
comes to believe that his resources
are great, and ruin stares him and
his merchant both in the face be-
fore he has time to even dream o1
such result.


Bankruptcy begins in the par
lor," and the reason is obvious
The disposition on the part of hu-
manity is to ape the manners, GUS
toms and habits of those occupy
ing q more royal station in life, and
furniture, and dress, and the lux
uries of life are accessible, If the
cape" is permitted to extend his
credit beyond his ability to pay and
his extravaganza is INDUCED until
it results in general smash, which
is serious injury to the merchant
in the loss which he necessarily sus.
tains, and to the debtor, because
he can no longer enjoy his high
life, with his credit gone, and the
ability to secure even the neces.
saries of life taken away from him


1t is evident that the credit sys'
tenn is fraught with many evils
which tend to produce not only los:
to those who extend it, but very
, undesirable state of things in
community. and the evils of thu
system are patent to every one.
We do not wish to be understood
as arguing that credit should not
in any case, be given; but do In
sist that it should not be extended
where there is no prospect tha
payment will be made and tina
the country would be better off !
cash was the basis OF all retail
transactions, no one can deny.
Year: 1873

To KEEP TOMATOES FOR WINTER.
"A correspondent sends the Rural New
Yorker the following; AS the tomato
season has commenced, can give one
way of keeping them for winter use that
may benew to some of your readers. /
ate them in February, sliced and seasoned
with sugar and a little vinegar, that
seemed every way as nice as tomatoes
fresh picked from the vines. They are
prepared thus Dissolve teacup Of salt
in gallon of water. Pick ripe tomatoes,
but not overripe, leaving little stem
on. The tomatoes must be we'll covered
with brine, and they will kaeptin spring,
or longer
Year: 1873

IT was reported by correspondent to The San Diego Union, from Sonora, some time ago that the chief of the Maricopas had been in that State and had complained bitterly against his treatment in Arizona by the Amer jeans, and desired to move away from such bad neighbors, and asked for protection and home for himself and people in our. sister Republic. We happened to be on the Maricopa res- ervation about the time the Indians referred to returned, and the true facts in the case as related by them are as follows: A captain in the tribe, (not the chief, and two other Indians, having saved few dollars went to Sonora to purchase horses, and while there they were accused by party of Mexicans of having acted in concert with the Americans in little "unpleasantness' which occurred on the Gila over year ago between some Mexicans and Americans, which resulted in the death of several on each side, and they were told for this offense they intended to kill them and proceeded at once to make good their threats: one of the three was killed and the other two escaped by flight, minus horses, money and all they possessed. The band that the murdered Indian belonged to was in mourning for him while we were there, and the two survivors say that rather than go to Sonora to live, they would prefer taking up their residence in those warm regions that their good missionary, MT. Cook, tells them all bad Indians are bound for. We did not intend to refute this ia abrication, but we see the article is being extensively copied with some unkind comments as to the action of our people towards the Maricopas, and we have therefore concluded 1t was but justice to tell the truth.
Year: 1873

WE noticed this week Papago woman heavily loaded with hay, pass ing along the streets as Is their cus- tom, seeking purchaser; in her arms she carried an infant, which Is also very common. The sun was very warm and the woman looked care worn and weary, and as she laid aside her load to rest, the cloth was removed from the baby's face and we saw at glance it had not seen the light many days. On inquiry we found that the child was only four days old, and the mother had travelled at least eight miles in the burning sun to gather the hay, and was now on her mission to sell 1t. We purchased her load. and she travelled away caressing her little one, apparently ight-hearted and happy If her leige lord was at home luxuriating in cool shade as we suspect he was, and if time makes all things even as is said 1t does, then we shall expect that when that great day comes when we shall all be com- pelled to stand up and be judged, the Great Master will say to this in- dividual, take your place by this great furnace, and there break bark and throw in coal and keep the un- quenchable fires burning to all eter- nity.
Year: 1873

the several counties where located, there is no question. If the bona fide ownership to these claims could be at once established, then owners would have to pay taxes on the same, and they would soon see the economy of selling at reasonable rates to the set tiers, and if the settlers could be as- sured of good titles, they could afford and would cheerfully purchase homes and commence at once to improve them. We hope the government will take action in the premises and that we may be spared the terrible ordeal of litigation that Californians have had to pass through.
Year: 1873

GENERAL CROOK in General Orders No. IA, shows his clear practical per- ception of the Indian question, where he says that care should be taken "to treat them as children in ignorance, not in innocence ;" right here is the rock upon which the philanthropists at the east have foundered. They have sought to reverse it and have failed, and always will fail, because their foundation is false. This senti- mental and erroneous idea has cost the life of thousands of whites and Indians, and very recently, too, Peace Commissioners and a Brigadier Gen. eral were sacrafced on the same un- sound and false theory. When h. dians go to war they believe they can conquer their enemies and there is but one way to disabuse their minds of this fallacious idea, and that Is by fighting them with vigor and power. Pleasing them with presents and tell ing them of the Great Father, Is time and money wasted upon unrepentant and unconquered savages. They may consent for time to cease hotilities, but they do so with the belief that they have won the fight, and they will again go on the war path when they consider 1t is for their interest to do so; but when in good faith they do sue for peace, they should be treated Gas children in ignorance but not in innocence" We must treat them as we find them, neither in war nor in peace can we bring them up to the standard of white men and treat them the same. It would be great crime for white man to cut off the nose of his wife for inconsistency or to murder one of his companions for witchcraft, and yet this is Indian law and Indian custom. It should be our duty to put a stop to these barbarous acts as soon as possible, but not hold these Indians to that strict accounta bility we would a white man for the same offense, but gradually lead them to higher standard of civilization by treating them as children in ignorance but not in innocence.
Year: 1873

THE Globe of Cortes, published at Guaymas, of April 9, notices approv- ingly the action of the Legislature of Chiapas for having passed law making the education of the children obligatory. The law provides that parents or guardians, for failure to send their children to school, shall be subject to fine and imprisonment, and officers in charge of the districts are also subject to fine if they fail to see the law faithfully executed. If such a law was universal and faithfully executed throughout Mexico, we would soon see thrift, energy and enterprise taking the place of decay and 1ndolence. A few leaders could not control the masses for their own aggrandizment, and plunge the coun- try into revolution to advance their selfish ends. Compulsory education and a free school would before ten years make Mexico republic in fact, and not merely in name; it would whiten the seas with their commerce bring railroads and telegraph lines over the now deserted wastes; add mil lions to their population and establish Mexico as one of the great enIight- ened nations of the world. It Is idle to talk of sustaining a republic with out making the people capable of governing themselves.
Year: 1873

JOHN RUDOLPH died at the Gov ernment hospital in Prescott, April 6. He was an old Californian and at one time in good circumstances, but for tune did not smile on him during the late years of his life. He always had fund of good humor on hand and from real experience often gave humorous illustrations of how rich man could get drunk and the people would be delighted and smilingly say he feels his oats or had little too much tea, while to poor man in the same state they would say, look at the beast, he is too disgusting to live.
Year: 1873

Amid the changing scenes of life

 That cheer the coming view, The fairest prospects that appear

 We hasten to pursue. But yet whatever path we tread

 Obstruction we will meet, And taste among the fruits ofllfe

 The bitter with the sweet. The wealthy seek in pleasures lap

 The joys that few can find; And poverty can only hope

 Contentment of the mind, Whatever cast Our destiny

 May fling unto our feet, The best and kindest will but turn

 The bitter with the sweet. The young look forth with fervent hope

 For all the joys of wealth The old look back upon the past

 And only ask for health. Youth will delight in sunny skies,

 And all the heart would greet; But age has seen it all, and drank

 The bitter with the sweet. When fortune smiles upon our lot

 How smoothly flows the stream; There's not ripple to disturb

 The sweet and happy dream; But when misfortune sends his blast,

 Our blessings to defeat, An then we drink in every cup

 The bitter with the sw eet. The weary heart may yet grow light, Intruding cares succumb; Though times capricious hand should fai To strike their terrors dumb. There is heaven above us all,

 And love without deceit; But while on earth we all must taste The bitter with the sweet