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Year: 1870

We learn from the daily Grass Valley
Union that on Sunday morning last some
specimen thieves were caught trying 10 eG-
cape from the Eureka mine with Eee of
rich specimens aud shot at by the watchman
but escaped. In consequence of this the
Superintendent, Hon. W. Watt, closed work
under ground. and discharged The men, be-
ing determined to discover and separate the
thieving, from the honest miners in the cem-
psny's employ. The man Who would rob
his employer must be a dirty dog, indeed, ,
and not much better than mongrel Congress
men who ROB their constituents while pro
fe.sirs TO serve them and the country.
Year: 1870

RosEvILLE. We learn from private let
ter that this pleasant and picturesque town
in the southern end of the county is rapidly
improving as well as surrounding country;
ths business is lively and the whole commu-
nifty healthy and hsppy. The same letter
informs us that two prominent citizens of
that section are in great doubt as to the hon
or of having their names appear i'll little
paper Of doubtful independence, but feel that
they must have been engaged in some good,
honest undertaking, else an attack would
never come from such a source. The new
enterprise spoken of will just suit us and the
more that put down their names the better.
Year: 1870

[st. Louis Dispatch, May 81


Among the recent inventions connect
ed with the culture of cotton, none are
more important than the new separating
cotton gin, invented and patented by the
late John GpPages 1t is great i'm
provement upon the original cotton gin,
in that it cleans and separates She hulls
and trash from the cottoe in a more tho
rough manner. In field operations it
saves 300 per cent of annual labor, and
the work on 90 acres would annually
save the prisS of machine.


The cottsn gin has hithefto remained
substansally as Whitney left it, with no
provision for separating the cotton from
the investing portions Of the boil or from
other trash or dirt. Consequently, the
slow and tedious process Of carefully
picking the cotton from the boil, and
perfectly free from leaf or hull. has had
to be resorted to. The amspnt of labor
that it requires to thus pick cotton has
no parallel in any other branch Of agri-
culture. Again, if any leaf or trash goes
into the ordinary gin with the seed cot
ton, it comes out with the lint, and much
of it even goes into the cloth into which
it is manufactured. But this gin firstly
clears the cotton perfectly, and then
strips the lint from the SEED. It is an en-
tire reconstruction of the Whitney gin,
with entirely different CRATES, different
brush, and is fed differently, being COM
bined with armed cylinders SO arranged
that the bolls and seed cotton are sepa.
rated and the latter forced forward
against strong currents of an to the
saws, the leaves and small trash being
blown out through CRATES and the hulls
discharged through an opening under
the saw cylinder. The inventor has
studied to Noduee machine that would
subserve ths interests of cotton planters
as much as Che grain separator does the
grain farmer, that would enable them to
dispense with the ordinary slow and te-
dous process of picking cotton, and to
gather and store their cotton crops in the
most expeditions and least expensive
manner possible, either in the boil Or
otherwise, by hand Or machinery, and
then at their leisure to clean, and gin it.
Year: 1870

Fashionable lady going out Of church:
" What a powerful sermon l was
never before so impressed with the du-
ty and privilege Of giving freely. l am
determined to do better, and to send an-
other new silk dress to my daughter:
Year: 1870

A correspondent who has visited the
Chicago female lawyer says she has got
a mobile mouth. Ifher mouth is named
after Mobile Bay. its a big thing. A
large mouth may be necessity for a
female lawyer, but we have seen small
woman, with mouth not half as big
as an india.rubber shoe, that could talk
a man blind In four minutes
Year: 1870

A speech delivered before company Of
newsboys and bootblacks as follows !.
My dear children-You should be
good because it is good to be good; you
should not be bad because it is so bad to
be bad. If you are gooa, you will feel
as good as do /; if you are bad, you will
feel as bad as you do"
Year: 1870

WASHING MADE EAsY.-Rub the
clothes in two waters, use plenty Of
soap; then after wringing dry, place
in tub, and pour On clear boiling water
to cover them. Let them remain until
cool enough to bear the hand; wiring
and pat out to dry, using no bard water
about them. This saves nearly hall
the usual work, besides the steam from
boiling. which is very unpleasant, espe-
cially in winter.
Year: 1870

Touching and Notwithstanding
and irresistible was that invitation of
the rustic maiden to her swain :--" Come
over and see me We have new lamp
at our house, that we can turn down,
down, down, until there isn't scarcely
a bit of light in the room."
Year: 1870

A man in Michigan swapped his
horse for wife An old bachelor &C.
quaintance said he'd bet there was some.
thing wrong with the horse, or its own.
er never would have fooled it away in
that manner.
Year: 1870

Babies-The delight Of days, the
torment of nights elegant in full dress.
but horrible in dishabile beautiful on
the smile, but maddening on the yell /,
exquisitely in place in the nursery, but
awfulIy out Of place in the parlor or
railway carriage the well-springs Of de.
light, and the recipients Of unlimited
spankings the glory of pa, the hap.
piness Of ma who wouldn't have
Year: 1870

l had lately several slips Of geranum given
me in a bouquet Of flowers, and my mother
planted them in flower pots and put them in
her sunny kitchen window. | do not know
whether they will grow or not | went this
afternoon to look at them, and felt very much
tempted to pull one Of them up to see if it
really had taken root | wondered at myself
as | contemplated my impatieuce


1t reminded me how often Christian gar.
deners spoil their careful paintings by being
too impatient to know whether they have
taken root Some ministers, and some teach.
ers, as well as fathers and mothers, after pre-
senting the glad tidings Of the gospel through
Jesus Christ are 50 inpatient that they pre-.
vent the plant from taking root. They con-
tinually question the soul in whom they are
interested, to find out how il is growing.
Much harm is thus done Sons and daugh.
ters have been disgusted, and God has often
prevented the parents from seeing the result
Of their labors. Ministers of the gospel and
Sunday school teachers have lacked faith in
God, and by over anxiety have driven their
charges further from the truth, or have made
the soil over the plant so shallow by contin.
ualiy digging at it, that the poor plant is like
the seed sown in shallow ground, enduring
for time and then fading away. The next
planter in that place has double trouble, for
he is often obliged to make new ground in or
der to produce the proper growth. Let US,
dear Christian workers, think more seriously
of this matter, and put our whole trust in
Gods power and promise.-S. S. Times
Year: 1870




The British ship Britannia was wrecked off
the coast Of Brazil, and had on board large
consignment Of Spanish dollars In the hope
Of saving some Of them a number Of barrels
were brought on deck, but the vessel went
to pieces so fast that the only hope for life
was in taking at once to the boats. The last
boat was about to push off, when young
midshipman went back TO see if any one was
still on board. To his surprise, there sat
man on deck with hatchet in his hand, with
which he had broken open several Of the
casks, the contents Of which he was now heap
ing up about him.


What are you doing there ?" shouted the
youth, Don't you know the ship is fast
going to pieces


"The ship may, said the man Il have
lived poor wretch all my life, and | am de-
termined to die rich"


His remonstrances were answered only by
another flourish Of the hatchet, and he was
left to his fate.


We should count such person madman,
but he has too many imitators. Men seem
determined te die rich at all hazards Least
of all risks do they count the chance of losing
the soul in the struggle, at any moment at
all And yet the only riches we can hug to
our bosom with joy in our dying hour are
the riches of grace through Jesus Christ,
which We must make ours before the dark
hour comes
Year: 1870

There was once little rosebush that wish
ed to be beautiful. All day long it stood il
a sunny, south window, and stretched its fair
green leaves to the light.


go dear she sighed, "if | only had
some sweet pink blossoms then every ons
would like me and praise me. o dear !"


But she was lazy little rosebush, not al
all in earnest about being beautiful. If she
had been, she would have searched carefully
among the dark mould at her feet, until she
found something to begin rosebush with
ever so little dot of bud to begin with.
Then she would have loved the tiny thing
and nursed it and coaxed it till it grew fair
and shapely bud and when the old sun found
out about it, he would have sent an exquisits
artist millions Of miles to paint its folded
petals and at last there would softly unfold a
beautiful flower, that would be the Joy of all
who saw it.


But the little tree had no idea of going to
work it Just stood still and sighed, 40
dear wish had some blossoms"


One day its mistress heard its sighs, and
she fastened upon it some artificial buds and
flowers. Then the little vain bush held up
its head quite proud and satisfied.


The people who passed by the window,
when they caught the first glimpse of the rose
bush, used to exclaim, 30 how beautiful 80
but when they came near, and saw that the
blossoms were only make-believe, pinned-on
blossoms, they cried, o ie 4" and turned
away with contempt.


There was once little girl wished TO be
beautiful. She wished to have every one love
aud admire her. but she did not try to obtain
the wisdom that would win their admiration,
or the graees Of heart and life that would win
their love. That was too much trouble, and
too much self-denial.


There must be great deal of lowly, pa
tient, pains-taking work, deep down in the
heart, before the blossoms Of beautiful char
acter can unfold themselves in life and action.
The little girl did not like this kind of work,
so she gave up trying to be beautiful, and was
content only to seem beautiful. So her beauty
was only on the outside. Shehad fine dresses,
with Aounces aud ribbons and bows, and she
was careful to be very polite, and practice
elegant manners. She could dance, and play,
and sing, and had many other pleasant ac-
complishments.


When people FIRST saw this young girl, they
exclaimed, 80 how lovely !" but when they
came nearer, and saw her real character to be
selfish and deceitful, they found all her at
fractions were only pinned-on.roses and they
turned away in contempt from a character 10
fair but false.-Litie Corporal
Year: 1870

"rimo enough, you say, "to attend to
your soulY You have youth, health, long
life before you. Some time, by-and-by, you
will consider the claims Of religion" Listen
to this, which | lately heard in solemn en-
phasis from the pulpit.


A man in the very prime Of life was lying
on his death-bed Paralysis had seized upon
his body. 1t was creeping up, slowly and
surely TO his heart His very hours we're
numbered. A faithful minister Of God sat be-
side him showing him the way Of life. He
was agonized in the effort to listen, to compre-
hend, but the old habit Of years bound him so
firmly, that he could not fix his mind upon
what his friend was saying. His life had
been spent in the acquisition Of wealth
Honestly, honorably it had been gained
There was no stain upon it, but yet it proved
the milestone to drag him down.


" Why-why 10 he exclaimed, in voice
Of keenest anguish, sat this awful moment
can think Of nothing but my bank stocks 8"


And so he died Ifa your time, all your
thought, all your plans, are devoted to any.
thing earthly, how do you know that in the
dying hour you will be able to overcome the
habit Of life, and seriously think Of your
future
Year: 1870

TO be successful in life is not merely to
amass wealth, nor to surround yourself with
the Injuries and eegancies of life-to have
the means of the unlinited qualification Of
your appetites; nor yet to attain the highest
position Of honor or emolument among men
but it is according to the circumstances in
which God has placed you, and the opportu-
mites he has given you, to fill up the sphere
of usefulness which is open to you, To be
good, to do good and to get good, and, in all,
to aim to glorify God.
Year: 1870

The charges have been openly and
rointedly made. and they are general
ly believed. There is no man in the
State who can read and write, who
does not know that Scott, AZ Governor,
has prostitutcd his position to specu.
Late in the bonds Of the State, aud in
the bills Of the Bank of the State
So much for the first charge. If our
knowledge is founded on mistaken
Interpretation of facts, We have
right to pronounce verdict of guilty,
or to demand denial of guilt with
the proof Of innocence.


With regard to the second and third
charges we scarcely think that he
will dare deny them, and if be does
his testimony should be very strong
to rebut the evidence against him in
possession of the people of this State
who have watched the course of the
man who said on ono occasion in
Charleston, 81 could have been a full
Major.General if had consented to
accepta negro division but 1 would
no, have anything to do with them"


Tue fifth charge is the frightful one
of being murderer. Proofs are fur.
nished by General Butler sufficient to
convict before jury Of twelve mon,
and yet Governor Scott folds his arms
and remains silent The people of
the State have right to demand, and
do demand of you, Robert X. Scott,
proof that you are innocent of tho
blood Of Randolph. If you can re-
iutc the testimony there is no man in
the State, whether your political enc.
my or friend, who will not rejoice to
know that among the many things in
your career Of which we have cause
to be ashamed, the crime of murder
cannot be numbered.


We have a right to ask if you, the
Governor Of this State, did so dishon-
or yourself, your family, and the poor
deludcd people who unfortunately
elected you to tho Office which you
now hold, as to have done tho octs
charged in tho fourth clauso of the
indictment. AS to women of ILL
fame.)


We have right to ask you why
Leslie, Land Commissioner, has never
been reported why, whom he threat
encd to send you to tho pcnitentiary,
ho was allowed to resign, and whether
it is or is not true that you paid him
$25, 900 for his resignation


The other charges even Scott him
self cannot deny. The facts in all,
except the last, are before tho ontirc
State, ard the last one rosts on the
authority of that pure and noble gen
tloman Wade Hampton, whose assor-
tion we are sure no honest man will
dare to contradict.


General Scott, are you guilty or not
guilty p Courier.
Year: 1870

A negro boy in Tallahassee, Fla, put can
of powder on the stove TO warm, thinking il
was something to eat. He was the sickest
boy in the South in about minute, and was
buried at tho expense of the Government.
Year: 1870

Next Sunday, March 18th, there will be meet
Ing of the congregation of St. Patrick's church.
In the basement, Immediately after the last mass
The object is to raise money for the Male Orphan
and School Association. TIE objects will be fully
explained, and IT is hoped that there will be a
large number present. and that eyerymcmber OF
the congregation will come prepared to do the
best he can to help on this good work.
Year: 1870

The following record win show the changes IN tho
temperature OF the weather for the past twenty four
hours IN comparison with the corresponding day Of
last year, as Indicated by the thermometer at Hud-
nuts pharmacy. HERALD Building, Broadway co r.
Year: 1870

Yesterday the vestibnie OF the City Hall was
crowded with politicians who were making every
effort to secure positions under the new Board OF
Police Commissioners. As the Mayor III and un-
able TO appear, no appointments were made.
Year: 1870

Ice costs two hundred per cent more than
away, and requires valuable machinery to mine
1t from the bowels Of the earth. No wonder
new companies are forming to engage In this
party OF three moneyed mon OF this city have
agreed to put In $4,000 each for the purpose of
erecting Ice houses during the coming fall at .
bank, with view OF making money, and at the
same time furnishing ice for one-half the sum
now paid to dealers for It. The public will
warmly encourage al such movements. One
company in the lower part Of the city which
started last year with q capital of go, 900 have
made SIC, 900 thus tar, and have enough ice to
bring them 5000 more before the season
closes.
Year: 1870

The PRINTING of greenbacks and postal cur-
rency will be delayed several weeks by the
burning of the bank-note establishment in New
York, as one face OF all the notes was printed
there and the finishing done here. A large
number of persons will be temporarily thrown
out OF employment at the Treasury on this ac-
count, and already the services Of fifteen or
twenty have been dispensed with.
Year: 1870

THE OPINION of the Attorney General has
been asked on the question Of paying the pen
sions belonging to the National Asylum for Dis
al led Soldiers to the Treasurer Of the institution
under the rules Of the board of managers which
require that pensions due inmates shall be paid
to the Treasurer during the time the pensioner
remains in the institution-GeneralB b. F. Butler,
resident of the Board OF Managers, having
made application at the Penson Bureau for the
payment of such pensions to the Treasurer.
General Butler contends that the inmates of the
asylum must assign their pensions to the institu-
ton during the time they enjoy its dement's.
Year: 1870

Tho City Quiet and Orderly After tho Exotic
rnent-What Win be Done With the Pore
His Holiness Watching the Italian Troops
from the vatican-Excellent Do.


meanor Of the Soldiers-The


Weather Delightful
Year: 1870

! have learned some interesting details of
blonde manufacture. | heard much this
Summer of manufactured blondes, and one
was pointed out to me as unquestionably a
manufactured article. | believed il vague
ly, but my interest in the matter was
aroused one day recently, when ! called on
a friend in the city and saw the most Won
derful change in her. Her hair, n week
ago a light brown, was almost light with
u decided tinge of red in it. ! asked eN-
planations and they were frankly given
She was undergoing the process of being
changed into a blonde. She told me some
thing of the process. The hair is first
shampooned to cleanse it thoroughly ofall
the grease and dirt, and then the liquid is
applied to Il few strands of hair at a time.
The LIQUID is colorless warranted haTm-
| less of course The hair first turns red and
! then gradually grows lighter. My friend
| logically and good humoredly replies to
| remonstrances that her hair is her own,


and her husband likes light hair, and that
| she is assured by the highest authority


among hair dressers that the application Is


not injurious to the hair or health The


process, where long, thick suit of hair is


to be colored, one hundred and fifty dol


lars. s.--LOBg Branch Correspondence Spring
] feid Republican.
Year: 1870

A few days since we published the
opinion of Chancellor Yonley in one of
the Real Estate Bank cases The i'm
preston seems to have gone abroad that
the Chancellor held against the right of
the State to sue, such however is not the
fact The case disposed Of, relates to
the mortgages given by persons to the
Van Buren, branch of the Real Estate
Bank. The Bank at Van Buren, was to
have had capital of S5O0,0OO, this
100000 was taken to New York and
negotiated, for what is now known as the
IIolford Bonds. The law providing for
the foreclosure Of the mortgages given
to secure the State against loss by reason
Of the Real Estate Bank, only relates to
fifteen hundred and thirty bonds issued
to the original bank, and in no way pro
vides for the foreclosure of the mort
cages given to secure the branch at Van
Buren,. The Holford Bonds have been
funded by the State, and the next Legis-
laturc ought to provide some method by
which the mortgages given by the Van
Buren branch can be foreclosed. The
State has to pay about one and half
million dollars to the Holford heirs, and
it should be reimbursed from the land
mortgaged. We feel confident that the
Legislature will look after this matter,
and we have only called attention to it,
that the status of affairs may be lmown.-
L. R. Republican.
Year: 1870

A special dispatch from Arkadelphia,
published in this mornings paper, con
yevs the intelligence that the tyrant, f.
j. Searle, who. by reason Of appointment
from the executive, exercises the duties
of judicial circuit, has imprisoned Col
j. W. Gaulding, the gallant and fearless
editor of the ArkadeIphia Standard, for
publishing certain structures on the con
duet of the Judge in summarily discharg
ING the late grand jury in Clark county
to prevent them from investigating and
indicting the parties charged with com
hitting the late election frauds in that
county.


We have no language adequate to cX
press the loathsome disgust we feel, and
that every honest man in the State must
feel, at the tyrannical conduct of this
Judge This sentence is made to crafty
the personal spleen of the judge against
an honorable opponent in politics, for
that there is any law TO justify such pro
ccedng no lawyer will contend; and the
Highland Piper, as he is familiarly called,
could refer to but one case on record as
a precedent, that of the Imprisonment of
the late editor Of this paper by another
dcspot of similar caliblo to himself But
il is useless to talk of the liberties of the
press, of law, Of justice, or of right, in a
government which regards no meanness
too vile to resort to in order to advance
the personal interests of those who man
age it.


Col. Gaulding can rest assured that the
svmpathics of every honest heart in the
State will be with him, and that instead
of lasting disgrace or stigma to his
memory, his Imprisonment will add to his
Justly earned famed rs an upright and
honorable journalist, aud gentleman of
unimpeachable integrity


The above from the Little Rock Ga
zette, expresses our sentiments, entirely,
of the miserable and contemplate vaga-
bond, who is forced over the people of
that District to administer the laws of the
State.
Year: 1870

The chaplain Of the New Hamp-
shire penitentiary says: Il have the
happiness to number among my
friends many printers, but though it
may seem to imply either lack of
ability on the part Of the minister, or
the want of the qualities, | never sue
seeded will with that class. For the
nine long years of my connection
with the penitentiary, with all the in
dueements offered, not one of that
trade has connected himself with my
congregation, and / do not think a
man could be found, of all who ever
tenanted our prison, who could. set
up = column of type. leave the
reader to make his comments, only
remarking that this can not be acct
dental, nor can the explanation be
that the employment keeps them ig-
norant Of the prevailing vices and
immoralities, nor yet that young
printers are removed from the large
masses where corruption engender
and spread. In all these respects this
class is exposed. 1T is. evident that
the employment has an. elevating
tendency, and is favorable to intel
lectual and moral Improvement