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Year: 1875

EDITORIAL MUTUAL ADMIRATION
many of our OK
changes arc urging the necessity Of
forming State Press Association we
think there is greater neod of an
Editors Mutual Admiration Society.
Press and Bonner.


We are in favor Of the above sug-
gestion, and urge that all the editors
il Abbevillc al least join it. We think
they are the crossost set Of which any
county in the State can boast. When
we made our appearance and pulled off
our hats to them, they formally and
politely acknowledged us which made
US feel easy and comfortable. till the
first thing We know the Press and
Banner gave US stroke between "the
joints of the harness. which came
near finishing US. This was followed
by several taps on the head with the
editorial wand. We seriously thought
about retiring. 70 the above instan-
ces Of "admiration" for US, the Medi-
um joined in most heartily. and bo'
tween them we havo had time OF it.
Now we thank the Press and Bunner
for this evidence of a bctter spirit,
and hope it will agitale this subject
till il ends in tho desirable result.
We arc at O loss to account for the
irritabiIity and crossness of the edi-
tors of our county, unless-on the
suggestion of Miss Pipsy-so many
of them are bachcloro. AT any rate,
our experience makes us in favor OF
the Editors: Mutual Admiration Soci.
ETY. as our only place of refuge.- New
Era,
Year: 1875

The Mississippi correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercial says that great
many negroes in Jackson voted the Demo-
cratic ticket. One reason was that. be
cause the Government did not step in AZ
the request OF Governor AInes, they have
got the notion that it has gone back on
them" Again. says the correspondent


Another influence was the well known
fact that the whites are in arms; that they
intend no longer To live under negro rule
if they have TO sight TO get out. The ne
groes do not want a fight. They know
what that means. So many voted with the
whites as a matter of Cancellation, prefer
RUG to see Democrats elected than To have
a row in which they would be- the chief
sufferers"
Year: 1875

The other day little baby stranoer
came to visit family (and perchance n
stay) IN this city, on the east side of ,ho
river. A bright five-year old brother. who
had been heretofore the only child in that
household, was brought in 10 see the new
conner. lie greeted the little one with an.
parent pleasure and delight, pattino II
PlayiuiIy under the erin and smoothi,a
dowh It's soft hair. Then all at once came
the inquiry, Say. how was God when Won
itlt. Inc boy was put to bed.-Augusta


sally" said fellow to a girl who
hao red hair. keep away from me or
your set me on fire." mo DANCER Of
to burn" w green
Year: 1875

Some of the journals in the middle


portion of the State deny that there is
feeling of jealousy existing in their
section against Southern California.


We would be pleased to know that


this was the case, but unfortunately


the evidence is against it. The Sac
rameuto Union before 1t changed
hands INDUCED in many filings at this
part of the State, and was never so
happy as when drawing on its imag-
inttion for drouth and saHd storms.
which it Invariably located in South
ern California. Gentlemen of apparent
reliability who have just arrived In
this valley say they were informed BY


a number of persons in Sacramento
that Los Angeles was not desirable
place to locate; that 1t was an out-of-
the-world place, where crops failed
often and no good land could be found.
But for all this we entertain no AMI.
mostly toward our up country neigh.
bors. Detraction cannot affect the
Year: 1875




VIRGINIA CITY, October 2Sth.-The
Evening Chronicle furnishes the fol-
lowing report:


Virginia feels in better spirit to-
day. The ruined walls, smoking
heaps of debris, piles Of gnarled iron
and small mountains of broken brick
are becoming familiar to the eye, and
the man who yesterday had to stop
and scratch his head ere he could pick
out street from among the ruined
waste, trots about to-day with an air
of familiarity and increased cheerful
ness. Everybody seems to make 1t a
point of honor to be as cheerful as pos
sible. Virginia has evidently large
share of the Mark Tapley spirit, and
it is determined to come out strong
under adverse circumstances. The
amount of jollity developed by the
thousands of men who have lost their
all Is astounding. The universally of
the destruction of property without
doubt doubt makes 1t easier to bear.
1t may not be generous In Smith to
bear the loss of his house better be-
cause Jones' house Is In ashes, but
Year: 1875

"The !Santa Monic1 Outlook says the Los An
geles and lndep, nd nee railr 'ad can always
b h hi q II check on not only he Sou hern
fa"iic butall Other r,;,,is that may herraf er
be b iilt That ,.ependS ON " no owns :"


The above item appeared in the
HERALD some days ago and would
never have been thought of by us
again had we not found it doing duty
as a text for column editorial in n
late number of the Santa Monica Out
look. Our seaside cotemporary wakes
wrathily indignant and Indignantly
wrathy over that innocent paragraph
and proceeds to manufacture of it an
insinuation that the present owner
ship of & he Los Angeles ami Indepen-
dence Railroad is liable to change
hands sometime within the next five
hundred years. Really We intended
no such insinuation. We are ty no
means ignorant of the fact that the
present ownership and management
of that invaluable piece of railroad is
as immutable as the universal and as
Interchangeable as the laws of he Medes
and Persians. We know that money
is all powerful, but we also know that
it will not purchase thing that is
not to be sold. We agree with the
Outlook that the Los Angeles and In
dependence Railroad cannot change
hands. On the subject of the great
value of the road we agree once more
with our sprightly though we fear a
little over sensitive seaside cotempo-
rary. If we had not foreseen the bene-
fetal results which the road would
work for Los Angeles Valley we
should not so long, so persistently and
so tirelessly advocated its con-
struction. The credit of II aving sug-
gested, inaugerated and worked up
this railroad enterprise has been ac-
corded to the HERALD and we are
proud of our work. 1t is good thing
and we can hardly express our graft.
tu'le for the approval of our efforts by
the OMloo 4 and other journals.
Year: 1875

1t will not he the fault of the dssen-
sion makers If the next great internal
commotion which shall shake our
country from centre to circumference
is not religious struggle-a bloody
contest between sects and denomina-
tions who preach peace on ealth; good
will to men. The address of the Pres
ident at Des Moines in which he pre-
dicted religious war, aroused discus
sion and sectarian organs and minis
ters have already extended argument
to heated debate aud acrimonious dis
pute. The common intelligence will
not readily accept the predictions of
the President as probably true. 1t is
difficult to imagine that in country
where the line between church and
State is so clearly and distinctly drawn
where the barrier between the two
is so broad and high that the archi-
tects of our government believed it
assible-where universal liberty
isthe birthright of the people; where re
ligious liberation is the broadest in the
world; where every man and woman
has guaranteed right to worship God
according to the dictates of his or her
own conscience-that the followers
of creeds should cut each others
throats for the gospels sake. Such a
disaster seems impossible under q gov
ernment where free schools are an in
tegral part of the super.structure;
where the church spires ofevery creed
sect and denomination point heaven
ward and when all are equally protect
ed. Yet the Chief Executive of the
land has asset ted that such a contest
will yet be waged and upon his hint
the leaders of sect are indirectly char
ging each other with an intent to
bring it upon us. We attach no i'm
portance to these predictions. d, mo-
gogues and fanatics may labor for
their fruition but when the masses
are the masters and those masters are
educated and Intelligent; where every
voter reads and thinks for himself,
dema goguism and fanaticism do not
flourish. We have an abiding faith
in the ability of the people to govern
themselves.
Year: 1875

AS the details and consequences of
the great fire in Virginia City reach
US we begin to realize the extent Of
suffering and prvation to which the
people of the unfortunate town are
subjected. In more congenial cli-
mate the suffering would be compara-
lively light but the atmosphere ofthe
high altitude In which the city is To-
Gated, is at this season of the year
biting cold and snow and rain
storms are of frequent occurrence.
Hundreds of thinly clad women and
children were exposed to the snow
storm which prevailed there on We'd
nesday night and their sufferings were
beyond the conception of those whose
homes are in cline where snow nev-
er falls and intense cold Is never felt.
Year: 1875

THERE Is not q more law abiding
or peaceable community in the State
than hat of Los Angeles. We cannot
escape the common lot of all large and
thriving cities-tle visits of rough and
dangerous characters. But our OFF,
GERS are faithful and vigilant and all
may rest assured that themselves and
their property will be protected; the
laws enforced and offenders punished.
We make these remarks in contradic-
tion OF a two line libel on The commu-
nifty In last evenings ErpreSs.
Year: 1875

prosperity of Southern California.
People will come and see for them
selves, and that Is all that is necessary
to insure their permanent residence
among Us. In complaining spirit
the journals in question say Los An
geles valley has been more thoroughly
advertised than any other portion OF
the State. We are willing to concede
this, and the fact that 1t il so is evil
,lence of the enterprise and industry
of the people and their local journals.
But in sending abroad information
concerning our coulty we have avoid
ed misrepresentation and over-color
and made only such statements rs are
verified by those who come and see for
themselves. What we have done may
be done by any other section of the
State. There is good land and good
opportunities all over California.
Year: 1875

IN Maryland all public officers are
required 10 periodically give full,
complete and satisfactory accounts of
their stewardship. If their reports
are unsatisfactory they are given a
specified number of days to make
good their deficit and if they fail in
this their names, place of residence
and the character of their ofense is
published in the papers and playcarded
throughout the State that the people
may know who has been tried and
found wanting. If this law prevailed
In California the newspapers would
have fine advertising patronage and
the name of the black sheep would be
legion.
Year: 1875

NEW OFFICE. Squire Frazer has
rented the second story front room In
the Telegraph Building, Third and
Market streets; which he will use in
connection with his present office.
The Loan Associations and other 30.
cieties which have used this room as
meeting place will continue to meet
there, as usual.
Year: 1875

ARREsTRD.-John Mccarthy was arres-
ted this morning for threatening bodily
ham to two women. The women had
interfered while MCCARTHY was beating
his wife in front of his residence, over
Third street bridge. 1t was reported
early this morning that he had nearly
killed his wife, but this proved to be an
exaggerated rumor. Officer Donovan
made the arrest, and tho accused will
have hearing this evening.
Year: 1875

A female servant in the family Of a
gentleman in the Department Of the Inte-
rior, Washington, is allowed to make a
yearly visit to her old home in Richmond,
Va. Last summer, when she left, sub
stitute was employed, mulatto girl, who
had been quite well educated. She per-
formed the duties in rather indifferent
manner. When the regular servant re-
turned, she began her tour Of investigation
to ascertain how her work had been done,
and was disguised at tho evident want Of
neatness manifested everywhere. Her in
dignation finally found vent in the follow
ing, to her mistress ;-ssI tell you what
it Is, Miss, you can't git grammar and
clean corners out Of do same nigger l'--
Which, If true, offers q knotty problem in
reference to the education Of the race
Harper's Magazine,
Year: 1875

denounce Congress, and individual mem.
bers in that body, in stump speeches. 1t
was then he banded epishets with the
populace. For the sake of that Congress
and his memory it were well to forget that
episode. There was much that was not
creditable to either. And finally, after
leaving the Presidential chair, for final
retirement, it was supposed, according to
custom, he worked his way back to Wash
ington and public life again, and then
refused to join his party caucus last Spring.


That brave, strongminded, intrepid
man should, after achieving so much,
blunder so badly, is the point in his history
yet to solve. All the papers say he lacked
one essential element-tact. Many attribute
his failures to his inability to judge human
nature. He failed to understand men.
Another weakness, frequently referred to-,
was his vanity. Designing men played
upon this weakness of his nature to worm
themselves into his good graces. But
whatever may have been his weaknesses,
(which all men have) he has left some
noble points worthy of imitation.
Year: 1875

A HARD MAN TO ExPLAIx.-Almo.t every
body in the country, by this time. knows
that Andrew johnson is dead. And almost
every paper has commented on his char
acter. We have read about thirty of these
comments up to the present, with view
to getting at public sentiment with regard
to his career, and while we find much
sameness in them, we find, also, much
divergence. Many of the journals confess
themselves quite unable to analyze his
character, so peculiar was his make up.
while others strike out with the boldest
and most confident theories. Yet the con-
hdent theories possess no more similarity
than the cautiously framed ones; indeed
not so much.


One point is admitted however by all.
and that is that he had elements of great
ness; yet few admit that he was a great
man, in the general acceptation of that
term. He had some weakness to neutra.
lie every strong point he possessed, with
the single exception of business or official
honesty. Every paper in the land has re-
ferred to, the wide stride between his lowly
birth and his distinguished death and
marvel at his own achievements to which
this stride was due Born in obscuritv.
poverty and ignorance; born in aav.
State, where labor was looked upon as only
betttlng the dispised race that had 10 ncr.
form it-that he should have come ur
through such tribulation and reached the
point he did is marvel even to demo.
cratic America. This was matter of boast
until Mr.. johnson boasted of it so much
himself as to subject him to ridicule. All
admit that he was brave man, and not a
lew assert that he was a patriot. His
course during the war inspired both of these
noble traits. He alone of his section.
almost, held to the old flag when rebellion
eameand suffered the loss of home, property
ana all for the Union. He would have
been one of the last of which such course
would have been expected, yet it is now
pointed out as the ciowning act of his life.
This was his first great episode. His next
was when he stood on the Inauguration
platform at Washington, before the eyes Of
the nation, delivering a maudlin speech
Ihenext was when he turned his back upor
the party that elected him and espoused tn,
cause OF his political enemies, so soon after IA,
had proclaimed that "rebels must take bacl
: seats " and signed the death warrant O
Mrs Surratt. His next was when he Sc
up his "policy," in the effort to enforc
which he tried to thwart Congress ant
seize the War Department. For this art
eies OF impeachment were preferred agains
HIM, and he lacked only three votes q
being driven out Of the Presidential chai,


II was during this memorable period tina
he swung "around the circle left tn
first chair in the gift of the nation
Year: 1875

A funny story comes from Long Branch.
Alta hop recently given there, n bald-headed
musician, who was sitting fiddling away
near one of the windows, felt something on
his head. Clapping his hand to it he found
that little mouse, which had been con.
cealed in the lambroquin, had landed
thereon, and was waltzing around like tho
other guests. Instantly the musician
dropped his bass ,viol and gave chase to the
intruder, who sought refuge in the biggest
hole in the neighborhood by rushing head.
lond into the bell of the large bass horn.
The performer on this instrument not dis.
covering at once the source of trouble, con.
tinued fruitlessly to blow on his horn. whom


by sudden blast, he expelled the little
mouse, who scampered off over the Hoor
much to the CONSERVATION of the dancers
Year: 1875

AN ATTEMPT TO BURN THE TowS-Ou Sun day night some mscreant attempted 10 set fire 10 Prescott by kindug blaze in the wood-pile in the alley in the of Mon,czuma Saloon. We had hoped il might have been accident, but the work Of an inccndiary. The fire had made considerable progress when discovered and was blazing mp several feet in close proximity to the barn of c. A. Luke X Co. Any human being with heart base enough to attempt, either for spite or gain, to i,uporcrsh whole community, eught to be roasted in fire of his own kindling
Year: 1875

Jun Bones Is on the way from San Bernardino wiih load of fruit, but we hear his horses are all sick with the epizooty. He and young Will Foster were 10 have had their store open by Christmas but for this trouble
Year: 1875

The C7eatrcbn1011 traces most of the crime of the day in the form of wife and husband murders, in recklessness in marriage, and the facility for divorce. Outside the church the marriage cere- mony is often performed in way not calculated to suppress it's scandal.

 !. They love to dissect the passions. Morbid anatomy is the vice of our liter ature as it is of our psychology. This has been the chief power of romance from Balzac to George Sand and any one who has followed English writers from the nobler style of Charles Reade to the trash of "Aurora Floyd" must see the same feature. The novelist chooses the most abnormal specimens of human nature, the scenes which exhibit the most perplexing riddles of social life, and out of these 1t is his aim to concoct dish that shall whet the jaded appetite. This moral vivisection is high art. I'm possible heroes and philosophic villains splendid outlaws, who defy social decen- cies and hold the frontier line between vice and virtue; Jean Valjeans, who leap at once from crime to sainthood; Griffith Gaunts, who are guilty of bigamy but blonde locks and sweetest manners these are the staples of literature. Is it strange that such writing has it's fascina- tion9 It seems to give a marvellous knowledge of life. But it's influence is as fatal to the moral health as the daily sight of the distorted and diseased ten ants of hospital would be to the sense of beauty.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press gives the following list of casual ties in July in the mines of the eastern district of the Wyoming coal fields, which comprise Scranton and the entire Lackawanna valley, together with Pitts ton and it's surroundings in the Wyom- ing valley During the month there were thirty mine accidents in this re- zion, in which six men were killed out right-ive by fall of roof and one by fire-damp explosion there men had their legs broken, five were crippled with broken arms, ten were maimed and disigured by explosions of powder, four were seriously injured by fre-damp, and the rest hurt by the cars. Of the entire number it will be safe to say that one half, or fifteen, were fatally wounded, while the balance have been crippled for life. This is certainly thrilling record, and has forced the mine inspector, MT. Blewith, to issue a peremptory order to all mine bosses to see that the law re lating to the handling of powder in the mines is enforced, under penalty of prosecution.
Year: 1875

H. M. Atkinson, commissioner of pensions of the United States, in reply to letter calling for the opinion of his office with reference to the fees which

 agents or attorneys prosecuting claims for pensions and bounty are entitled to receive, says the construction placed upon the law restricts the payment to but one fee in any one case. The object of this law is to prevent attorneys from imposing upon claimants. The regula- tion of the fee is left entirely to the dis cretion of the commissioner, within the limit of $25 in each case. Were it otherwise the claimant might be imposed upon by the attorney in requiring him to employ other attorneys when from some cause the original attorneys would not be able to complete his duties as such in the case. He can readily per ceive that this law would work rather un- justly in some instances, but all general laws will operate harshly in exceptional cases. A new attorney taking case must be fully authorized by power of attorney revoking the previous powers of the attorney in the same case for cause, as there can be but one attorney recognized and one fee paid on each claim, and any person receiving more than $25, if that amount is allowed by the commissioner, or of BIO, in case there is no written contract, is guilty of 8 misdemeanor under the law, and is liable to prosecution. While the com missioner questions the suficiency of the compensation allowed attorneys by law in many cases, he believes the construc- tion he places upon the law to be correct.
Year: 1875

In communication to the Bombay geographical society the author confirms the opinion hitherto expressed by sci entific observers that the color of the Red sea is due to large portions being covered with patches, from 8 few yards to some miles square, composed of microscopic vegetables, or animalcule, particularly abundant in spring, and which dye the water an intense blood red; when not affected, however, by these organic beings, the deep waters are intensely blue, and the shoal waters shades of green. Contrary to the usual belief, the water of this sea is not re- markably salt, the saline matter being only about forty-one grains ill 1000. The evaporation is equal to eight feet annually, while not more than one inch of rain, or rain water, is added in the same time for although there are heavy rains on the shore, they are sucked up by the parched sand. The result of such enormous evaporation is, according to this author, to produce constant descent of heavy salt water to the bottom of the sea, and when this heavy fluid rises to the level of the Mocha barrier, it falls over in an outward current, and is replaced by an upper infowing current in this manner the whole of the water being changed once year.