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Year: 1871




Paris shall not exist II Pari, does not
belong to tho Commune. Such was
their hellish resolve, and they proceed.
ed to carry out their threat of destroy
ing the capital which they could not re.
tain. They set to work in three dis.
tinct ways. In the palaces and public
Offices which they commanded they
disposed, at regular intervals, some.
times bottles, sometimes pots of petrolo.
um. When the vessels of petroleum
were arranged at proper distances, one
OF them would be over turned and ig.
nited the flames would rapidly spread
and the whole building would soon be
past salvation. 1t was in this that the
Tuileries, the Palais Royal, the Hotel
de Vile, the Palace of the Legion of
Honor, and other celebrated public
edifices wore set in flames.


Thisarrangement was all made in the
ministry Of marine, but the wretches
engaged in the work of destruction had
to fly before they could set fire to the
pots of petroleum, which they had
planted in the most likely corridors
There was a second method adopted for
the destruction of private houses.
When 1T became necessary to retire
from particular barricade, the guards
tore to pieces the bed which formed
part of the barricade; took the tow out
of the beds, dipped it in petroleum and
loaded their guns with 1t. Then they
fired the tow into the windows of the
houses. 1t was in this way that the
block of houses in the Rue Royale, fac
ing the Madelrine, was set on fire.


Still third method: men and wo.
men were going about Paris with bot
ties of petroleum in their pockets, or
hid about their dresses. They threw
these bottles down into the ground
floors of every dwelling they could get
at. If there was no room for the bottle
to get through, the neck of the bottle
could get into certain air holes which
belong to the construction of French
houses; the liquid would be poured in,
and lighted match would be sent in
after it. In this way very many priv.
ate houses were set in flames; and
many hundreds of women were taken
in the act all day-some of them shot
upon the spot.
Year: 1871

The executive committee of the de-
mocracy of this State, to whom the fol.
lowing address was referred by the re.
cent State convention, now present the
same to you as embodying some of the
reasons which actuate and control the
organization they represent:


We hero solemnly renew our often
repeated declaration of fidelity to the
great principles upon which our party
has acted from tho time of its first or.
ganlzation. Our ultimate objects are
those of our fathers when they adopted
the federal constitution, viz: "To form
more perfect union, to establish jus.
tice, to insure domestic tranquility, to
promote the general welfare, to provide
for the common defense, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity." We sincerely believe that
the government of the United States,
administered as it was in former days,
with direct view to the advancement
of these principles, would do for us and
for our children all that any people can
reasonably desire from the political
system under which they live. We are
equally sure that if not carried out in
the spirit of those by whom it was
framed it must become a curse instead
of blessing. Situated as we are, obed.
ience TO the fundamental law means
not only the honest performance of
sworn obligations, but freedom, peace
and prosperity to all classes of the peo.
pie. On the other hand, the usurpation
of intcrdicted or undelegated power is
not only crime in itself, but the fruit
ful parent of other crimes, and will
lead, as it has already led, to indefinite
misgovernment, corruption and tyran-
ny, subverting all liberty, and render
ing the rights of all men insecure.
Year: 1871

When we speak of the federal consti.
tuition, we mean the whole instrument,
with all its amendments, and acknowl-
edge the equal obligation of every part.
Several Of those amendments were car
ried by brute force and by frauds upon
the public will so glaring as to take
from their authors all claim upon our
respect. But we cannot deny that they
have actually become q part of the con-
stitution; nor can we avoid that fact,
or get behind it, by showing the cor
rupt miscon duct of the men who at that
time controlled Congress and mastered
the State legislatures. Whosoever
swears to support the constitution must
perform all that is nominated in the
bond" Any change which experience
and reason shall prove to be desirable
must be made in the prescribed way,
and not by revolutionary or disorderly
means,
Year: 1871

II the warning be not given by the peo-
gle, or fail OF its proper effect, can we
nope for peace? 1t seems to us an or.
ror to suppose the American people
tame enough to be kicked under the
yoke of despotism, or ignorant enough
to be juggled out of the great inherit
ance of free government which the
fathers left them.
Year: 1871

WALL STREET,


FRIDAY. March 3--6 p. N.
On Change to-day wheat was more firmly held
but buyers refused to concede the ADVANCE and the
market was inactive.


Cotton opened heavy on large receipts at tho ports
and suddenly declined to lsXc. for low middllngs
and l4Kc. for middllng uplands, Futures declined
In greater proportion.


= MONEY EASY.


The money market was easy at three to four per
cent on government collateras and four to five per
cent stocks Prime commercial Is still In request
OF six and half per cent with occasional sales at
six per cent for 'git-edgedn pieces


Foreign exchange was drmer on the announce
ment that the Bank Of England had ralsed their rate
OF discount to three per cents but at the close prime
sixty day sterling bills were to be had at 1O9K less
o sixteenth. Short sight was quoted 1lo,I HOY.


GOLD srRoNa-11OX A 1I1X.


The advance in the rate OF discount by the Bank
Of England and the decrease Of &losO0 In the spe.
Gle average OF the bank for the past week-ltems Of
news which were prevented from reaching wall
street yesterday owing to the occupation OF the cable
by the press reports OF the events transpiring
at Parts-started rather more activity In the Gold
Room, and the price, which after opening at 1l1H
had declined to 11oN rose again to lllA. The nrst
decline due to the fact that simultaneously with
the news above came the London quotations for our
bonds, showing sudden rise OF n per cent in them
despite the screw which had been put ON by the
Bank Of England. The foreign bankers took advan-
tage OF this to buy bonds here sell gold against them
and order bonds sold In London. It was only after
the market had recovered Its equilibrium that gold
advanced TO 111K. The course OF the market is
shown I'm the IA ha.-
Year: 1871

The bill for the incorporation of the Southern Pacific Railroad was most skillfully and iudiciously carried to its final passage by the House Com mittee on Pacific Railroads, of which Mir. Wheeler was Chairman. It en- countered moment of serious danger when the Senate bill, with it's six riders, seemed in danger of being sub stituted. The bill, as pissed, secures a connection with railroad to be con- structed from the eastern terminus of the projected road to New Orleans, and with the Southern Pacific of Cali fornia to San Francisco. It now only remains for the capital and enterprise of the country to enter into the field which Congress has thrown open. The work of constructing this road will be much less arduous than that which was necessary in building the pioneer line across the continent. It Is greatly needed, and will accomplish a great work in developing the vast resources of the magnificent country through which it Is to run. We hope that within five years we may an- nounce the running of its through trains. - N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1871

SHASTA Town SITE.-We would again
call the attention of our citizens to the ad-
vertisement under the above head. 1t will
be seen that Judge Bush will on the Sth
of November be at the Shasta Land Office
prepared to give to citizens the deeds for
their lots. The county Judge acting at
the request of citizens and in conformity
with law, entered the land on which Shasta
is built and holds it in trust for the inhab-
itants. 1t will be seen that the matter is
one which will not brook delay and that
on the Sth day of December following, all
lots and parcels of land remaining unpaid
for, will be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash. Secure your lots
then, without delay.
Year: 1871

SENsATIoNAL.-The Chicago Times
publlshe, an article sensational in the
highest degree in relation to the origin of
the late fire. 1t purports to bet he confess
sion OF member of the society of interna-
tionals alleging that it was their work, and
that it was their third attempt to destroy
the city. He also says that George Fran
els rain is member of the society and
that in lecture at FarwelPs Hall on the
evening of the conhagratiou he came very
near betraying them, having made use Of
the following language;


"This is the last public address that will
be delivered within these walls. A ter
rible calamity is impending over the city
of Chicago-more 1 cannot say-more
dare not uttor."
Year: 1871

Among the many important questions
which will come before the next Legisla-
ture, these are few in which the whole peo-
pie of the State will possess more imme-
diate and deeper interest, than the regula-
tion by law of railroad charges on fares and
freights The Central Pacific Railroad,
which is fast possessing itself of the lines
of land and water communication between
the metropolis and interior towns, will soon
have such monopoly of the carrying
trade, that it will, unless checked by lcgis-
lation. be able 10 lay tariff on travel and
freight which will work to the great detri-
ment Of those whose business interests are
located in such places as to be at the mercy
of that corporation. What we can ex-
pect from that corporation, may be judged
from the action which has already been
taken in relation to freights between this
place and San Francisco, as stated to US by
a merchant here OF long standing.


For some time prior to the consolidation
of the two railroad lines freight by steamer
to Red Bluff was at the rate of twelve dol
lars per ton, weight The custom prior to
that time had been to charge stated price
per ton, reckoning ton to be contained in
given number of square feet. Under the
weight system Northern merchants had no
reason to complain of being overcharged
on their shipments. But the carrying trade
having now all passed in to the hands of
the railroad line, it shows its grasping dis
position by at once raising the rates of
shipment to fifteen dollars per ton for the
lowest class of freight As we are inform
ed frei@ hts are divided into three classes
for which fifteen, thirty and sixty dollars
per ton are charged respectively. The cost
OF transportation on some articles as will be
seen by the above schedule, is five times
as great as it was under the former rates
Our readers need not be told that this extra
charge is paid, in the long run, by the
retail purchaser, thus making it matter
of interest to all to make common cause
against such exorbitant rates. This can
only be done by act of the Legislature.


In Placer, Nevada and e Dorado coun-
ties, the people have been groaning for
years under the exactons of the Railroad
monopoly, and have vainly tried through
their representatives, to obtain the passage
of law regulating fares and reights,
which would bring both down to living
rate. Mr. Neff, the newly elected senator
from Placer county. has pledged himself
to introduce bill to accomplish the desired
object, and we trust that when that meas
ure is brou ht up it will receive tie unan-
imous support Of the Northern members
Year: 1871

Some of ouramateur musicians and others
are talking ofgetting up series of musical
and dramatic entertainments during the
ensuing winter, the net proceeds of which
will be given toward building new school
house. The object is certainly laudible
one and we hope it will be carried out.
Year: 1871

BILLY O'Neal showed us some quartz
taken from his ledge across the river which
shows rich in fine gold. From piece Of
about three ounces weight which he burnt
and pounded, there were between fifty and
ahundred colors O'Neal intends to bring
in about fifty pounds Of the rock soon and
have it thoroughly tested.
Year: 1871

CHANGE OF RoUTE.-As will be seen
by their published advertisement, the stage
from Shasta will, after the 1st proximo,
connect with the main line at Loomis'
place instead of at the American Ranch as
heretofore
Year: 1871

AN IMPRESS HAVING GAINED
n ground that the business have started in
this place is destined to be only temporary, and
will be closed out when we have butehered the
cattle we have now on hand, we desire to say that
said report is without foundation, we intend to
make butchering permanent business in Shasta
and we will not be undersold.


PRICES OF BEEF:
By the quarter, u and cents retail, 10 and l2A
cents.
Year: 1871

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The desire of an energetic housckccper
to have her work completed at an early
hour in the morning causes her to leave
one of the important items of neatness
undone., The most effectual purifying Of
beds and bed clothes cannot take place if
no time is allowed for the free, circula-
ton of pure air to remove all human ini-
purities which have collected during the
hours of slumber. AT least two or three
hours should be allowed for the complete
removal of atoms of insensible perspira-
ton which are absorbed by the bed
Every day this airing should be Gone. oc-
casionally bedding constantly used should
be carried into the open air, and when
practicable, left exposed to the sun and
wind for day.
Year: 1871

A New York farmer has settled in East
Tennessee, and has written communica-
.tion from Kingston TO the Knoxville
Chruaicle, from which we take the follow
ineextract eaEes s,1Ee4 {nsa2iH fei .ssir


..Born and raised in Central New York
where the snow lies deep in winter, where
sometimes tits next to an impossibility
for farmer to do more in winter than to.
care for isstock, i naturally can see tbs
difference in FIVE months winter and fves
weeks, yet where in summer they make
more for the Same number of months by


the manufacture of butter and cheese,
than is done in any other part of the land,
for the same time and labor, be that kind
of farming what it may. came here in


the fall of '69 and have yet to be con
vinced, that this is by nature one of
the best grazing sections to be found East,


West, North or South That which is
most essential fer dairying is grass, next
water, then climate. Grass we have or
can have. and in as many varieties as else


where. White clover which produces


the most milk anl possesses all the neces-
sary qualities for a good article of either
butter or cheese, grows here as / never
saw it grow III the dairy section of New


York water cool. and pure climate, all
that daring requires. What is needed


here is immigration to fill up this county


with families from the North, who expect


to work and are willing to lay aside a few
of the unnecessaries of life if circumstan-
ccs require it. / would but reafirm what


has often been in your columns, that peace
and quiet sreigus, here, that the people,
with regard to politics are kind and we'll
disposed towards all who come here to
seek homes among them. We may read
of troubles. murders and the like, but


they do not exist here. 1t would be hard
indeed to find section as large as East


Tennessee where the people are more


kindly disposed towards each other and


where crime is less known"


The attention of many farmers at the


North is beginning to be drawn to- the


advantages of Tennessee in an agricultural


point Of view. Her salubrious climate,


cheap lands. immense water power and
| mineral wealth, invite immigration. which
| is almost sure to come sooner or later.
Year: 1871

A GOOD conscience is better than two
witnesses-it will consume your grief as
the sun dissolyes ice. 1t is spring when
you are thirsty--a staff when you are
weary screen when the sun burns--a
pillow in death.
Year: 1871

A brother editor was sitting
in his office, one afternoon
some years ago, when farmer
friend came in and said: -
t"Mr. M, I like your
paper but times are SO hard |
cannot pay for it,"


''Is that SO, friend Jones?
I'm very sorry to hear that you
are SO poor; ifyou are SO hard
run l will give you my
paper : ss.


a gift


"Well, then, let's see how
we can fix it. You raise
chickens, | believe"


"Y es, a few, but they don t
bring anything, hardly"


"Don't they? Neither does
my paper cost anything,
hardly. Now ! have a pro-
position to make to you, |
will continue your paper, and
when you 60 home you may
select from your lot one
chicken and call her mine.
Take good cafe of her and
bring me the proceeds whether
in eggs or chickens, and we
will call it square.


call right brother NJ
and the old fellow chucklcd at
what he thought a capital
bargain. He kept the con.
tract strictly, and at the end of
the year found that he had
paid about four prices for his
paper. He often tells the joke
on himself. and says he never
has had the face to say he was
too poor to take a paper since
that day'-[Model Farmer.
Year: 1871

The woman who Is Indifferent
to her looks Is, no true woman.
God meant women attractive
to look we'll, to please, and II
is one of her duties to carry out
this intention of her Maker.
But that dress is to. do, If all,
and to suffice, is more than we
can Be brought TO believe.
Just because we do love to see
the girls look well, as well as
live to some purposej we would
urge upon them such a course
of reading and study as will
confer such charms as no mod


iste can supply. A well.known


author once wrote q very pret-
Ety essay on the power Of edur


cation to beautify. That il
absolutely chiseled the, features;


that he had seen many:,a clum-
sy nose and a thick pair of lips


so modified by thought awak-
ened and active sentiments as
to be unrecognized. And he
put it on that ground that we
so often see people, homelY


and unattractive in youth bloom
in middle life into a .spftened


Indian summer Of good looks
and mellow tones. ~.
Year: 1871

Common sweet cider boiled
down to one.half, makes a most
excellent syrup for coughs and
colds for children is pleasant
to the taste, and will keep for
"a year in a cold cellar. I'll re-
covering from an illness, the
system has a craving for some
pleasant acid drink. This is
found in cider which is placed
on the fire as soon as made,
and allowed to come to a boil,
then cooled, put in casks, and
kept in a cool cellar.
Year: 1871

The new toad toy presents a
fac-simile Of a toad enscohced
in a little house at the end of
an oblong tin platform. He is
impassive, and apparently in,
capable Of motion, but tempt
him by placing a penny on the
stand at the opposite end Of
the platform, and, with the
speed of lightning, he springs
forward, seizes the penny and
swallows it.
Year: 1871

The year 1879 will be one
fraught with tinusqal political
interests to the people of the
whole country-tHere being a
President and a Congress TO
elect, besides several important
State elections. y j


Upon the result Of that
election depends the future
welfare and pefpetuity Of our
political institutions:


They can best be saved by
circulating among the voters
such newspapers as advocate a
free, liberal, Constitutional
Government,


In the future as in the past
we shall continue to labor
INCREASINGLY for a government,
of.
Year: 1871

An incident occurred recently at the
st. James Theater, London, which
ought to prove q warning. The aud
fence had for some time been greatly
ANNOYED BY loud talking and laugh
ing proceeding from q stage-boX, and
in the midst OF one Of the most trying
parts Of Fernando" the noise became
so unbearable that Mrs. Hermann
Vein stopped herself, and turning to
the box, said 'fThat the business of
the stage could not possibly go on
with such continued interruption. {"
1t need hardly be added that the re-
mark Of the actress met with the en-
tire approval of the audience, whose
applause was unanimous.
Year: 1871

A curious instance Of the complete
Identification of the actor with his
part recently occurred in FOrli, Italy.
The tenor TimurinO had sung anath-
emas against the baritone through
the whole evening, and meeting him
behind the scenes during the second
act, stabbed him to the heart. The
affair would have been a little more
tragic in its character-but the bari
tone rivaled the tenor in the affections
Of the baritOne's wife, the prima
donna, and ran away with her after
efectually dispOsing Of her husband,
bringing the opera to a sudden close.
Year: 1871

A NEW RAILROAD Project The Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth Railroad Company will
ask the next Legislature for authority to build
railroad from some point on their road in
Kittery to some other point on the line, either
In Kennebunkport or Biddeford. This new
road will pass through the towns of Kittery,
York, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and
Biddeford, several miles nearer the coast than
the present line and will be about q miles in
length. 1t follows the course of an old survey
made more than thirty years ago. 1t is not the
intention to abandon the present line but to
continue to operate it in connection with this
new and shorter one which, while touching
several important points, also gives a saving of
time over the old route
Year: 1871

FIRE.-At two o'clock this morning fire was
discovered in No. $40 Congress street, two
story wooden building, the first floor of which
was occupied by Miss Green, as a millinery
Store, where the fire originated, and the second
floor by the English and French school of Miss
Waite. The stock of Miss Green was rendered
worthless by the fire and water


1t is understood that there was 500 insur-
ance upon the stock. The fire department was
promptly on hand and the fire was extinguish-
ed before much damage was done to the build
ing, Machigonne No. being the first on the
ground and getting water on the fire before any
other engine arrived in sight. The building
is owned by John Neal, Esq.
Year: 1871

EVENINGS AT HoME.-The Golden Age
has m article on Evenings ut Home. "
1t says: GAS the evenings lcngthen
the question naturally arises, what shall
be done with them? The question is
felt oftencr than it is asked. Perhaps it
would be better were it asked oftener
and answered in more intelligent way.
Why not have succession of
evening entertainments, giving one to
reading, another to music, n third to
conversation, fourth to q drama and n
fifth to miscellaneous plays2 Why not
import into the home circle some Of the
talent to amuse and entertain aud edify
which lies all about waiting for the inyi-
tation7 And what one family cannot do
alone, two or three together can easily
effect" This is very good suggestion.
BY making the home circle cheerful and
happy it might prevent many Of the
young people from attending certain
class OF amusements not calculated to do
their principles much good nor elevate
the tone OF social morality.
Year: 1871

MrSxEoroL1s, MINI, October T.
REPORTS from persons who came to this
city yesterday indicate that the fires
which have been devastating this section
OF the country, are burning less furiously
than day or two since. The rain
which fell on Thursday, slight as it was,
did much to control the fire. In the
heavy timber region near Glencoe, where
the fire had got a firm hold OF the
whole country, it is still raging tercely,
but in the more open country it Is almost
entirely subdued. At some parts the
flames have reached the low lands
through which the Minnesota river
runs, where a large amount OF hay
which was stored, was also burned.
Year: 1871

PROVIDENCE, October S.-The trian-
gular race for the Lorillard purse, will
be started from Newport tomorrow.
The excitement in aquatic and sporting
circles is lively as to the result. There
will probably be large number of
other yachts present to follow the
contestants over the course if the
weather be fine.