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Year: 1873

Tie Law for the Registration Of Voters.


The following is the Law for the registration
Of voters. We reDubiSh it because it is of vital
importance:


Ten days previous to the November elee-
tions the registrar shall sit one day for the pur-
pose Of amending and correcting the list, at
which time any qualified voter applying and
not previously registered may De added. And
he may purge aod correct the registration lists
by striking from the same the names of such
persons as have died or have removed from the
district. upon proper evidence being produced
before him. Provided, that 10 each city or town
having nore than two thousand inhabitants, the
registrar may sit three days previous to any
stare, city, or township election. The registrars
shall give notice Of the time and place Of all
registrations for at least ten days before each
sitting, by posting written or printed notices
thereof at ten or more public places in their
townships wards and election districts.


Persons who have moved from one election
district to another, should get their transfers
noo, and they are entitled 20 have their names
added to the lists in the place Of their residence
at once.


In this connection, We would again cali the
attention of the press throughout the State to
the importance of urging upon the registrars the
duty Of immediate attention to all requests for
transfers A delay OF single day may cause
confusion, and perhaps the loss of many votes.
Year: 1873

live all turn out at the polls and cast full
vote, we will not only elect Kemper, Withers,
and Daniel and Conservative Legislature, but
before another State election comes around the
Virginia Radical party will in all probability
have disappeared from the arena. While about
it. let us make the victory so crushing as to Sc
cure us in alttime against so dangerous party
as that which now confronts and threatens us.
Rich HMg
Year: 1873

Messrs. Editors:


The farmers of tie Valley espe-
ciay are in great DAGGER of being overrun with
weed that is, in my opinion, far worse than
the Canada thistle, In two prominent particu-
lars-its great length of root, and consequent
extraordinary vitality, and the profuson of its
seed and the means for its unlimited and rapid
spreading, in this that cattle and sheep will
feed on it and scatter rapidly everywhere =
Many farms on North and Middle Rivers, in
Augusta and Rockingham, are not worth to-
day, by large difference, what they were ten
years ago, because of being overrun with this
terrible pest. Our people will know it as the
sand brar or devils potato, but It's correct name
Is Carolina Solaoum or Nettle. The American
Farmer, Baltimore for October, has this no.
tice Of this weed "A subscriber in Charles
county. Maryland, recently left with us a spec
linen OF weed, asking US to give in the Far
mer Its proper name, and the best mode of
eradicsting it from the fields. 1t is the Caro-
lina Solanum, or Netle, a perennial rooted,
low growing plant, the stem of which is annual,
both stem and leaves covered on both sides with
sharp prickes, the flower purplish white. with
yellow centre, and the fruit round and yellow
land he should have added, each ball contains
seed enough to poute several acres.) This is
an ugly weed, difficult to extirpate, increasing
rapidly, and said by some to be almost
as bad as the Canada Thistle 1t is to be erad-
cated only by the same means used to destroy
that pest. Destroying the perennial root by
deep ploughing and occupying the ground for a
succession of seasons with hoed crops, are the
only means that give any promise of getting rid
of this pernicous intruder if it once gets foot
hold, [ fear this is a far more dangerous enc
my to the farmer than the Canada thistle, be-
cause Of the remarkable length and vitality Of
the root, which, on a sandy bank, can be traced
for FIVE or six feet, and if broken into pieces,
they all live. IT'S next to an impossbility to
bind up wheat with this weed in it because of
its poisonous thorns. On the margin of Mid
die River, on the farm of Mr.. Jno. A Patter-
SOD, both above and below Landes' Mill, are seed
enough to SOW the entire county of Augusta, al
one seed ball to the acre. AS stock will deVour
them now with avidity. let every farmer see to
it they are collected anywhere upon or near his
farm and have them burned. The entire press
of the State should publish this note of warn
ing, for all that has been written on the exter-
patton Of the Canada thistle would fill large
quarto volume.


NJ FAp,rrp
Year: 1873

Mr. Hughes 10 bis letter to Major Ycst says
never said that | voted against Governor
Floyd for the State Convention of 1861. My
statement was, that did not vote for him. nor
for the ordinance Of secession in May follow
ing.


Certainly not, and why not? Not because,
as the. reader might naturally infer from the
denial, Mr.. Hughes was opposed to secession,
but because Governor Floyd withdrew from the
canvass and no one had the chance of voting
for him. Nor did he vote for the ordinance Of
secession In May, for the simple reason that he
was absent from his voting place at the time of
the election. being in Richmond writing seces-
sion articles for the Examiner and deuounciug
the old Wing and Union men as "submisSion-
5sfs Rich Who
Year: 1873

ANEW ROUTE PROPOSED THRoUaH READN @. ~


The Reading Eagle says;


Engineers in the employ Of the Berks County
Railroad have been surveying in the lower part
Of Reading, for some days past, with view TO
new location of the road through this city, from
the foot OF sixth street TO the foot Of Washing
ton. The new route will cut through . number
Of properties. At the foot Of BIngaman and
Third streets 1t will run through the yard Of the
PAckerack Hotel, and 1t will cross Penn street
in the vicinity of the house Of the Hook and
Ladder Fire Company.
Year: 1873

TnE postmasters throughout the
country are varied against the frauds
that are being practiced by an adroi'
swindler upon the money order depart
meut. A man named YoUNG, although
assuming various aliases. formerly a
clerk in the Chicago postofice, has
been making good thing recently By
forged money orders. His forgeries, SO
far as heretofore detected, have been
committed Upon the Office at Oshkosh
Wisconsin, and the postm asters at In
diauapolis and other western cities have
been the victims. He is still a!
large, however, and he has only
to procure the printing OF a new
set of blanks to enable him to operate
against any other postoffice IN the
county. The process is simple. The
order and the letter Of sdvice are easily
counterIeited by any ordinary Job
printer and the letter to the postmaster,
mailed in one city, may be followed up
on the next train by the person who
holds the order.


In view OF the ease and security With
which the thing has been done, it is
only surprising that it has not been at
tempted before. But now that public
attention has been called to the fraud
i. is probable that postmasters will be
more wary. and that greater caution
will te observed than heretofore.
Year: 1873

We are glad to learn that the mer-
chants Of the city reconsidered on yes
terdsy the reasons in favor OF early


closing and that a large number OF
them resolved that, in so far as they
were concerned, they would close their
stores at half-past six o'clock. Only
three or four ofthe employers OF clerks
on Main street kept their stores open
last night, and it is probable that even
they will soon unite in the common
movement and the citizens will soon &C.
custom themselves to the new order OF
thugs. The movement has many good
reasons for its inception and support,
and we hope TO see 1t universally COM
Piled with bv not only the merchants,
but also by all others having men and
women in their emyloy. Rest and re.
creation are as necessary as bread and
meat and the denial OF holidays will
prove as disastrous to health as absti.
nence from necessary food.
Year: 1873

SESAfoE CHANDLER is quite humor
ist. He recently gave twenty volumes
OF the Congressional Glo6e and one
volume OF the United Ststes Coast
Survey to the library Of his local high
school.
Year: 1873

Returns from every part of the State
indicate the election of Judge McKin-
stry by majority that will reach
1000. 1t was idle to deny and useless
to attempt to conceal the popularity OF
Judge McKinstry in this county,
where he SO long presided as District
Judge.


In 1854 he held the first term of the
District Court in this place in the
frame building near the Mapes House,
now occupied by Mr.. Knox. The town
of SonOma was still skirmishing to
prevent the location of the county seat
here. With that view an application
for an Injunction restraining the lOca-
tion of the county seat at Santa Rosa
had been made, and the hearing of the
same had been set for that term of the
court


The accommodations for sOjourners
at the embryo capital were none OF the
best. The Judge and wag of law
yer occupied room in the only pub
lie house, adjoining that of the propri-
etor. A word spoken in an ordinary
tone in one room could be distinctly
heard in the other. The fare had been
very bad; both the learned gentlemen
Were heartily sick of it, and determin-
ed on having an improvement. The
practitioner commenced converse
tion with the Judge just after retiring.
"It was idle to talk or think for q mo-
ment, of locating the county seat per-
manently, in place where the Court
would be starved to death; tnat the
wheels of justice in such a place would
clog for want of bodily sustenance.
For the same reason no attorney could
do Justice to the cause of his client"
He was, on that account, in favor of
sustaining the injunction which would
relocate the court house at the town
of Sonoma, where q man could get
three square meals day.


The landlord absorbed the converse
tion with greedy ears. Though it was
late at night he Immediately called a
conference of the leading citizens.
Contributions were levied on the
chicken coops and egg baskets, of the
"purest and best" and such feast OF
slap-jacks, fried chicken, eggs turned
over on one side and turned over on the
other side, as the Court enjoyed, until
the case was fiually decided in our ia
vor, was not before, and has never
since been known or seen in the annals
of Santa Rosa.-[Santa Rosa Dem
0crat
Year: 1873

They have engaged Us foreman Of this de-
partment, one of the most experienced Book
and job Printers in the country and the
presses will be superintended by Skilled
Pressman from one OF the largest offices In
New England.
Year: 1873

The Committee on Arrangements for the
Vienna Exposition have already discovered one
important thing, if true, in regard to the dispo-
aition Of people in apartment houses "The
unfortunately unavoidable consequences OF the
living OF many in q small space" they say,
"manifest themselves in the injury Of health
and morality.'' The truth OF al this wo11ld
depend largely upon tho character Of the people
thus thrown together, re should say, and OF the
arrangements OF the apartment houses. The
Vienna idea Of morality would scarcely be
accepted as standard for American morality,
and abuses might creep into Vienna flats which
would not be tolerated in any house of New
York or Chicago, in which respectable people
lived. On the other hand, it would be difficult
to keep filth and degradation out OF the tene-
nent honses of tho conventional American
sty1e. II Vienna could have the American idea
OF morality, and America could h.Te the
Vienna style Of apartment houses, wo do not
believe thero would be tho sane cause Of CON-
plant on either side.
Year: 1873

ommendaton to the Methodist clergy Of Iowa


to send that gentleman back to the Senate. The
extension Of party favors to the representatives
Of the meek and lowly Jesus is 4 practice that
cannot bo commended ut any time, but it is to be
deprecated particularly in this instance, because
the latest Of DR.. Newman's eno1umcnts is
position which requires industry ana experience.
It is notorious that tho Consular system of the


United States is in a bad condition. In some
coacs, the abuses have become q positive
disgrace, and in many others there is the
usual ineficioncy consequent upon mere
political advancement. The entire system
demands thorough inspection, with view
to practical reformation. It is not to be
presumed that any Right Reverend gen.
tleman On pleasure tour will take tho tins and
trouble, even it he had the experience and abi1-


ity necessary to such 8 task The appointment
OF Dr.. Newman to this duty, therefore, is not
simply wrong in the light Of using the public
moneys to pay the expenses Of pleasure-trip,
but further wrong in thus neglecting the press
ing necessity for roofing outnotorious abuses. It
ia to bo hoped that tho news Of the appointment
ia premature, OF, il actually made, that the Sen
ate will sec the propriety Of keeping its Chap
lain at home, where, it ho does his professional
work well, there is plenty OF it to do.
Year: 1873

serious complaint has arisen among the New
York libraries, especially in the Astor Library,
relative to tho mutilation Of books the greed
Of prints~couectoTH, oxtendcrs, and illustrators
being such that they do not hesitate to mutilate
any book, however valuable it may be. The
New York Tribune Gays: ave could mention
several works from each Of which the portrait
has been systematically filched, until it is quite
uncommon to find an example OF it where
it belongs We hare seen whole sets
from which tho portraits have been taken, and
in all the old book-shops bushels Of these por-
traits are offered for sale, every one Of which
WAS stolen from = volume. Unless something is
done to restrain this mania, We shall soon hare
no old illustrated biographies or histories at all
The facts above stated furnish m important
hint to the managers Of our own Public Il
Chicago, and some Of them are not troubled With
conscience.
Year: 1873

That knowing class, to whom nothing is new,
now assert that the rumorcd separation Of tho
Princess Louise from her husband, the Marquis
of Lorue, is 3 natural consequence Of the cir
cuu,stances under which the marriage occurred
Thoy make public what they hive known and
kept secret 80 long, that it Was all nonsense
about this being lose-match and the rejoic~
ing over the fact that an English Princess WIS
finally to be permitted to marry the man OF her
choice, Was simply cover for the real condition
Of things. This real condition WAS that the
Princess Louise had long since fixed her anec-
tons upon an obscure English gentleman
Clergyman Of the Established Chu1ch-and that
the Duke OF ArRyle's son was accepted Is an
easy way out OF the difficulty. It is now only
necessary to have 3 complete refuta!ion OF tho
rumored eparation, to make these people un-
reservedly happy,-for, OF course, they would
maintain that they knew it all the time.
Year: 1873

It is a curious fact that, fthe
same letters of the same size
precisely are painted, on two
boards, the one white on black
ground and the other black on
white ground, the white letters
will appear larger, and be read
at a greater distance than the
black. This is owing to what
is called irradiation of Tight. 1t
on this that the impress
sion made on the bottom of the
eye By brightsobjects extends a
little WIDER than the aejual
portion Of the organ struck by
the light, and, Invading the
space occupied the darker Oh


jects, makes he brighter appear
larger than they really are.
Year: 1873

This irrepressible darky, who
is now running Grants govern
ment in Louisiana, is son of Ma
iuT William Pinchback and one Of
bis slaves. lie was born in 1888,
and was a great favori;e with his
father and master, who at his
death in 1S4S, set him and bis
mother free, and sent them to,
Ohio. In a short time the boy be-
came connected with the Nissis-
sippi steamboats, as a waiter, and
made many friends by his activity
aud sprightliness. I be war found
him in New Orleans, where he
was the runner for a slave pen till
the federal occupation of that city.
Then he was fol- short time con-
nected with the army, but finally
opened a drinking saloon in the
city which be kept till 1867,
when he turned politician and got
into the Legislature. He soon
distlngu shed himself by bis vic
Ienee and audacity,and became It.
Governor in due time. By the re.
cent successful usurpation. he be-
comes acting Governor. He is al-

so a member elect of the next
Congress. He is an expert gam
bier, professional eock-fghter
and horse fancier. He will be n
bright and shining light in tho
Grant administration. i.a1
Year: 1873

Mr. Smith, of Otterville, No.,
is nice gentleman to have
around in case of sickness in the
family. He attacRed a young
man and knocked him down
with a shovel. When told that
he had killed him, he remarked
that "he didn't care damn if he
had," and he would set him up
in a chair and see how he look
ed. He proceeded to set him
in the chair, and after accom-
plishing which he gave him two
more taps with the shovel over
the head, again piling him on
the floor. New York needs
that man.
Year: 1873




will not CO plain at this mode of
rendering his taxable proper y
He who is not willing to comply
with the law, should be compelled
to yield his obedience, so as to hear
equally with his fellow, citizens,
the general burden.


COLLECTION OF TAXES.


While The system OF assess
ments, for the reasons stated, is
radically defective, the provisions
of the law for the collection of
taxes, after they have been as
sessed, are also inefficient. and, in
some respects, imperative.


The most important requisite
of p rf4ct collection law is that
it be so plain, certain and distinct
that II cannot be mistaken, mis-.
understood or perverted by eth
er the Collector or the tax payer.
This beirg secured, the Collector
should be compelled, by proper
provisions and penalties, to a
prompt execution Of the law, and
speedy close of his trust.


Under the law, as noao admin
istered, too much time is allowed
the Collector, within which to
make his settlements, and close
his account with the Comptroller.


These delay only furnish to the
Collector an opportunity for trade
and speculation upon the public
money, which many are not slow
to embrace always resulting in
injury, and often in loss to the
State. The remedy for this is
plain and simply this, to allow on
iy such time to the Collec-
tor to make his collections as may
be necessary for that purpose;
and so soon as that has elapsed.
the Comptroller, and if necessary
the District Attorney, should be
required to see that his accounts
are closed at once, or take judg-
ment at the first term, after fail !
ure, under heavy penalty, Credits
are also allowed the Collector |
without proper guards and res'ric-
tious for lands returned for sup.
POSED improper assessments and
insolvencies


To remedy this evil, | recon !
mend that the Collector be re-
qnired, upon making his returns
60 the Courts to Immediately no
uty the Board of Assessors that
such returns have been made
The Board should, thereupon,
within five days after the receipt /
of such notice, examine the re-
turns and if they discover that
the tax assessed against any lard /
50 returned might still be made by
IA sale Of personality, belonging to
owner of the land, they shall di-
rect the Collector to make such .
sale. -...


Whenever the Board shall be
of the opinion that the tax for
which a credit is asked. could by
the exercise of proper diligence
on the part Of the collector, have
been mrde at any time, alter the
books were placed in his hands, or
if the collector should fail to make
sale OF the personality after being
directed to d, so. as above sugges-
ted. then the Board of Assessors
should be required to resist and
prevent the allowance of any
credit t. the collector, for such
taxes. It, upon examination Of
such returns, the assessor should
find that any taxes are reported
az improperly assessed, and they
should fad them, for that reason,
ii .collectible, they should r 'ctlfy
such assessment and direct its col I
lection; and in default of collect
ing of such corrected assessment, !
the collector should not be allowed
any credir therefor, unless the lax
payer is insolvent.
Year: 1873

Yonkers has the most touching
instance of current gratitude.
A little boy, the child ola wealthy
mother, tumbled into the river.
He was rescued by a working
man and estored to hi, parents.
The woman gave the rescuer a
three cent postage stamp, and
said she would be glad 10 have
him to come up to her house
and sit outi the entry and hear
her play the piano. Is He went
away with tears in his eyes.
He said he wasn't used TO such
Overwhelming kindness.
Year: 1873

l. can be stated, on official Authority, that
while the present naval preparations 90
not mean war against Spain or Cuba, they
are significant OF the determination of the
government TO protect american interests
at any hazard, and to prevent in the future
such 1nassacres as followed the capture of
the Virginius. and which have shock the
entire civilized world
Year: 1873

as the management Of great government
by greater Rings or the colossal gambling OIL
swinding corporations. This trial has been
conducted by what is already known In
legal circles as the attorney Generals Ring"
"a Ring which is supported by the public
money too literally for what of success it
gives.


Already this miscarriage is talked OF as
"Tweed's escape We do not consider 1t 80.
Tweed himself is too sagacOus to look upon
this result too sanguinely; indeed he is said
to express disappointment at disagreement
of the jury where he had confidently looked
for an acquittal. His distress Is justifable IN
view of the probable recommencement OF the
prosecution. Judge Davis is to decide the
question to-day, and we have no fear,
Judging from his previous admirable ruling,
that he will not decide it against Tweed. 1t Is
understood also that the new Grand Jury,
to be impaneled this month. will be
asked to look into the same offenses to see II
they cannot find a substitute or fifty suDstl-
tutes for the one omnibus indictment which
has weighted down the prosecution. But
whatever else is done, one thing is indls-
pensabe. The greater portion of tho virtue
and the ability of the legal profession Is en-
listed on the side of the people IN tins mat
ter. When the case comes up again some
thing of this must appear in court