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Year: 1871

Lakeville and some from adjacent towns, held picnic in Gov. Holley' grove. The object of it was to raise funds for the Cath clio church in Lakeville. At dawn, many a votary of the flight fantastic toe" rose to cast glance at the prospects of the com ing day, and to their unutterable chagrin, found that old father Sol. had made but little progress in enlightening this part of Litchfield county. We had expected Q larger attendance, but no doubt the lower ing morning occasioned many to stay away who otherwise would have come. Every thing went on agreeably, and though the pleasure seekers belong to traditionally impulsive race, stranger might have ob served but little difference between their holiday enjoyment, and that of our more staid American friends. Up to 8 P. NJ. it was thus; but what change the liquor sellers may have made in the finale, can not tell. The music of the string and Lakeville bands was all that was desired, and remember when in one or two instan- ces of the real sports, not all of our party, were ruff1ing their feathers fora fight, what soothing influence the notes of the ''Red, White and Blue" and "Patrick's day" had on the irate ones of the assembly. Allow me in concluding this communication, to express my thanks to Gov. Holley for his kindness in allowing us the use of his grove, and, in the name of the people who en- joyed the picturesque scenery, to express the wish that such kindness will be mutual between all parties of what nature soever. The gross receipts of the picnic were $437. was astonished at the maudlin temerity of young man, not of us, though well come, who thought it his right to raise brawl that every one wished to avoid. In the kindliest spirit, let me say that such young men willlea sometime that it is dan. gerous to interrupt the enjoyment of party who predetermined to have a day of fun, jollifcation and money making.

 J. OKREFR.
Year: 1871

A GENTLEMAN in Albany, New York, is and has been for months writing to Tucson for Indian scalps, and up to very recent date, he had received none, and he is quite disap- pointed. He has been informed that the citizens do not engage in scalping, and would not send him scalp if plenty were easily obtainable.

 This man had brother murdered by the Indians a few years ago, there fore he feels that even the mutilation of their dead bodies is proper. We have no doubt that prior to the butch cry of his brother, he sympathized with "Lo! the poor Indian" It is quite wonderful to see how quickly home thrusts of the savages change a false sentiment about them.
Year: 1871

Our facilities for purchasing and ar engagements tor selling are fully completed and we now offer to the trade a Full Stock of Merchandise in each department, com prising all articles enquired for, and sala- ble throughout the Territory.

 We sell at small advances FOR CASH, and are positive that it is to the benefit of every Interior Merchant to buy of us-in- stead of San Francisco or elsewhere

 AVOIDING THE EXPENSES
Year: 1871

THE prospecting party mentioned last week in THE CITIZEN as having gone out under the leadership of an Apache squaw, returned this week and were unsuccess- full. They are confident-and have good reasons for their confideuce-that the said souaw did not show the party the place she promised to do. Native gold has for several years been brought in from the vi cinity where the party expected to go, and there seems to be ample evidence of placer gold deposits of some extent somewhere in the mountains between Camp Grant and old Camp Goodwin.
Year: 1871

To correct any misapprehepsion on the part of
the public, much as to place myself in true posi-
tion deem il proper to state that my connection
with the STATE JeUsNAL ceased with the change Of
proprietorship and the withdrawal of Mr.. B. W
GILLIs from the control of the paper


This intention had been long known to the late
editor and proprietor under whose kind and courte
GUS mana cement had filed important position
on the paper from its first issue in this city, be-
tween whom aud myself an unkind word never
passed. His conduct towards ms, in fact, was that of
a dear and and ever sympathizing friend; and
it is with the deepest regret yield to the necessity
which sewers those kindly relations,-not only with
him but all connected with the late proprietoship.


To the new management, extend my heartiest
wishes for the of enterprise no longer in
its infancy or in doubt We who weathered the
storm ut its height we'll congratulate those who
now take the helm upon the smoothness of the
over which they will ride into safe harbor.


Thanking the people of Richmond for their uni
form kindness to me upon all occasions and under
all circumstances, and the appreciation they have
shown for my humble efforts to please them, sub
scribe myself their very humble servant,


sg A. P. BENNETT.
Year: 1871

Oh CITY, October l6.-A young lazy
named Rogers attempted to commit
suicide in the southern part of the city
this afternoon by taking laudanum.
She took one ounce of laudanum about
3P NJ, but it not taking Immediate
effect she took two ounces more, and
about 6 o'clock this evening she was
found in her room in a dying conditlon'
The exertions of the physicians to save
her I'D to 9 clock have been successful,
although Miss Rogers is in critical
condition. No cause for the rash act Is
| known.
Year: 1871

MoTIEY's VINDICATIoN.-Min Mot
lev has written letter Of selfvindica-
ton in regard to his course in England.
The substance of it is not yet known,
but it is understood that he claims to
have received no intimation of dissatis-
faction or the part of the State Depart
ment until the telegram summarily dis
missing him, which came to hand after
the San Domingo treaty was rejected by
the Senate.
Year: 1871

r VERY STABLE FOR SALE CHEAP FOR CASTILLO
IL cation Of the best in the city, doing good paying
busness established sold only account o
the leaving the city. Apply at s3 Liberty street.
rOom3 g.
Year: 1871

[
When we cast our frai1 barques out on
the storm -lashed ocean of active life. and
begin to look stern reality straight il the
face /; when we have to trust to our own
exertions and energies, for our attain
ments in life, we sometimes become dis
couraged and feel almost like giving over
the struggle. But hope, that lamp which
burns perpetuany in the human breast
bids us cast aside those doubtful feelings
and look onward and upward. If VIC
will only pause q moment and view the his
tory of those men who have arisen to po-
sitions of honor, we will find that they
have achieved all this by their own untir-
ing and unfinching energies. It matters
not what may be our station in life, wheth-
er we dwell in the lordly palace of the
rich or in the humble hut of the peasant,
if We will only unite energy and industry
with mental culture, we are destined to
attain our object whatever that may be-


Some of the brightest lights that glitter
in the galaxy of our nation have arisen
from the low and secluded walks of life.
and have dazzled the eyes of the world by
their brilliant achievements. The path
to honor lies over many rough and oppos-
ing barriers. and only as we regulate our
habits by mental discipline, can we hope
to attain to that position. On every side,
difficulties mountain-high rise up to i'm
pede our march to fame's gilded temple,
which shines in the misty distance He
| who is the most vigalent, active and per-
severing in the one who is destined to
scale her rugged sleeps, where stands the
| beautiful Goddess extending green
chaplet to reward his noble effort The
time was ifa man could read and write a
little that was considered sufficient, but
that day and time is past. and, intact. has
passed away and the people are now be-
ginning to see the great advantages which
! flow from u more extensive, education.
The pages Of the worlds history are de-
scriptive of the hard and laborious strug-
giles of mankind ap to the present day of
enlightened moral, mental, and physical
improvement. Contrast our own land a
few centuries back with her present con-
dition and what do we find?. Our hills
and valleys which once echoed to the yells
of the redman are now dotted with school
houses and churches. The click of the
telegraph and the rattle of the steam cars
are now heard all over our beautiful land.
The mineral substances which have SO
long slumbered in our blue morntains
have been. snatched from their buried
homes and are now made subservient to
the wants of our race, Our water courses
are. covered with innumerable vessels
bearing to all quarters of the world the
rich treasures of nations commerce.-
Aud what has accomplished all this P
Has it been brought about by illeuess,
ignorance and superstition? No indeed,
but by earnest, sober and untiring brain
work. All these we may truthfully say.
are but the representations of still
greater and more splendid victories which
the mind of man is destined to achieve.


....,. t5 TELLULI.
Year: 1871

Court of Quarter Sessions nS-Jtdge Pdrson.


Henry Williams and Kate Stanley were convicted
Of stealing balmoral skirt from an Eighth street
store.


Thomas McIlinn, a little bootback, was con-
vcted OF stealing pair Of shoes from the kitchen
Of a dwelling on s. Broad street.


Emma Holland otherwise known as "The Sailor
Boy" was tried upon the charge OF bigamY. Alder
man White testified that in 1851 he married her to
Tommy Holland, who is now living. Rev. Mr..
Allen testified that in 1870 he performed the marriage
ceremony between the same woman and Hugh
Quinn. Colonel Small, representing the prisoner,
offered to prove by Tommy Holland that when he
married Emma he had another wife then living, and
he said he would argue from this that the marriage
TO Holland was a nullity and therefore not bigamy,
because the act OF Assembly said that If any person
should have two husbands or two wives at the same
time such person should be guilty OF blgamy, and
the second marriage should be void, and Tommy's
marriage to her, being his second wtAin the mean
ing OF the statute, was void, and she was at liberty
TO marry whom she pleased.


The Judge said the point was good one, but
there was difficulty in the way OF proof, for Hol-
land was not q competent witness to these facts.


Nothing was left, then, but the speech OF the
Colonel, which was very laughable one. He
case was tried absurdity because it said the
second marriage was both an ofiense and nuty,
ant also that the first marriage with Tommy Hol-
land, being nullity because OF his previous mar
rage and her second, being nullity because of her
former with Tommy, she was never wife, and was
now as free as the wind and as much at liberty to
choose her mate as q maiden of sixteen summers.


The Judge said few words, and the jury said
guilty,
Year: 1871


Terrific StOrm-Streets and Cellars Inun-


dated.


The PottsVille Miners Journal of yesterday
says


Between and o'clock Yesterday afternoon
a thunder storm came up suddenly and increased
in fury until IL became one of the most terrific
and destructive that has visited this region for
many years. The rain came down in perfect
torrents, as If in one massive sheet, suddenly
converting the dusty streets, of few moments
before into rivers of swift-running water, which
it was impossible for the inlets to the culverts
to accommodate. A heavy wind and some hail
accompanied the rain. which made the loose
signs, awnings, ETC., hop around lively.


At Second street and Church alley two i'm
mense streams of water came down, covering
either street from curb to curb and meeting as
they did struck the corner of Heffner's livery
stable, and poured in through the door on the
alley front and out on the lower side, leaving
the stable floor thickly covered with mud aud
stone washed deWn from the mountain side.
The back of the Pennsylvania Hall was COM
pletely inundated, the water passing in on the
alley front and running through into the yard
doing considerable damage. The saloon in the
basement of the hall was also drowned out, the
water having overrun the pavement, and made
an entrance through the windows. At the cor
ner of Centre street and Church alley the gut
ters were filed and the street covered to the
depth of a foot with mud washed down the
alley.


many cellars being hlled with water and the
people being driven out of the lower story. AS
far up as Eleventh street the inundatlon com
menced, and bat few dry cellars were TO be
Year: 1871

AN ESCAPED CONVICT RETURNED TO HIS
OLD QUARTERs.--John Wesley alias William
Henry Thompson (colored), sent to the
chain-gang by Justice While for larceny
some time since, was an escaped convict.
Wesley had been convicted of house. break
ing in Richmond county and sentenced to
the penitentiary for one year. After reach
ing Richmond he was hired out to work on
the Chesapeake and Chic railroad, from
which place he made his escape. After
coming to this city he was guilty of petit
larceny, for which offence he was arrested,
tried, and sent to the city jail and chain
gang. While there he was recognized as
the aforesaid convict and sent back to the
penitentiary.
Year: 1871

A MUSICAL TREAT.-The advent of Mad
alne Isabel McCulloch is looked forward to
with great interest by the lovers of fine
music. 1t is quite certain that an audience
composed of Richmond ladies and gentle
men have not had the opportunity for such
q treat in long time. tn addition to the
which Madame McCulloch has
gained as prima donna of the New York
Academy of Music, the talent which the
artists who assist her are known to possess
will be sufficient to draw full house.
Year: 1871

D1soHARGED.-SiX prisoners were dis
charged from the city Jail yesterday morn
ing, their time having expired. Three
were sent to jail in default OF security. The
number now confined there is smaller than
It has been for some time.
Year: 1871

Bannk,


ia Carondelet st.
OPEN DAY AND EVENING, NO VACATION.
The old and young can enter at this
Institution any day, no distinction
made in regard to race or color. The
design of the Institution, is to furnish
opportunities to those wishing rapid,
thorough and practical business edu-
cation, fifty to one hundred per cent.
saved by students, by taking the rapid
commercial course. Parties having or
dinary ability, who have entirely ne
elected their education now have the
opportunity to qualify themselves for
almost any position in the State, in
an incredible short time.


From two to three months Is all
that requires to complete the CONNER
al course. Terms reduced to suit the
times.


For further information call at the
College, or address


Prof. A. T. Selever,


Principal.
Year: 1871

1t is with unusual qualification that we OBJ
serve that the Crspins of this city who were
lately on "strike" have formed seven CO.
operative Associations and projected seven
factories for making shoes. Starting cO0pera-
tive factories under the disadvantages Of a
"strike," when the projectors are not only out
of work and money, but temporarily depend
ent on more fortunate fellows who have both,
will not present many encouraging visions to
those who have never tried it, and who do no..
clearly see how present need is to wait
on prospective profit. Yet nine-tenths
of the successful cooperative establishments
in the country have been the results of
long strikes, in which the strikers were i'm
pOverished as well as beaten. Cooperation,
though promising independence to Labor, has
had to be forced on it, and men have engaged
in it through sheer desperation. 1t is in some
thing OF this spirit, though with brave hearts,
we trust, that the Crispns have acted. There
are many much better ways Of incorporating
such institutions than that one which these
have chosen; and we advise those Sho have a
mind that way, and who aspire to that inde-
pendence which only man who labors for him
self knows and can appreciate, to prepare and
save for it while they have work and funds
To wait until some unexpected strike leaves
them helpless is the hight of folly in any class
of laborers.


The disadvantages under which the Crspins
begin their undertaking are not insurmount-
able. Ready money would doubtless be very
acceptable in the initiation of their new en-
terprise but it is their labor which is their
real wealth. II they make and sell shoes direct
to those who want them at rates which will
save to the purchasers the profits of the mid
demen, tho dealers, there will not be wanting
a remuneratiye demand. 1t is not absolutely
Year: 1871

estimated at an equal amount, We are increas-
ing in wealth and productive capacity at
rate unparalleled by any other country, whether
of the New OF of the Old World.


To offset these elements of progress, we must
consider that our people are too widely inclined
to shun the quiet ways of Productive Labor
and try to live and thrive in the crooked paths
of Speculation and needless Traffic. We have
deploraby few boys learning trades, with ten
times too many anxious to "get into business"
that is, to devise some scheme whereby they
may live without work. OF the jOurncymen
mechanics now at work in this City, we judge
that two thirds were born in Europe; and the
disparity is steadily augmenting. One Million
families are trying to live by selling Liquors, To-
bacco, Candy, &c, &c, in our cities, who could
be spared therefrUm without the slightest pub
lie detriment; and if these were transferred to
the soil, and set to growing Grain, Meat, Wool,
&C., or employed in smelling the Metals and
weaving the Fabrics for which we are still run
ming into debt to Europe, our country would
increase its wealth at least twice as fast as
now, and there would be far less complaint
of "Dull Trade" and "Ilard Times" We
do not mean to let them alone till we shall
have driven a good many of these detrimcn-
tails into migrating to some aching void"
where they will be useful to their country by
wrestling with the soil for an honest indie
Year: 1871

The most marvellous OF modern wars, and
the highest attainment of Constitutional
Liberty, are the two crowning features that
must make the year just ended memorable
forever. The overthrow of the NapoleOnic
dynasty, the utter destruction of French
prestige, the astonishing development of Ger
man unity and power the total arrangement
of the old balance of power, are features that
warrant us in regarding the Franco Prussian
war as without precedent or a parallel in
the history of the Century. And tie final
passage of the XVIII Amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn OF the United States may,wel be
taken, on the other hand, as the high-water
mark of our advancing Civilizations In the
Old World a Nation was born in day, and
the most debasng of tyrannies was deftroyed.
In the New, the last badge of legal race
degradation was removed, and all mem at last
became equal before the law. =
Year: 1871

The rumor that the President is to recon-
mend Congress to examine into the condition
of the South, would give rise to less appre-
tensions if there were not fear that part
of the Republican majority might straightway
insist that what the South needed was
more reconstruction. If there are evils at the
South to be righted by the interference OF
Congress, it should not be delayed. But we
hold it wise policy to make haste very slowly
in interfering again in any way with any of
the Southern States which have been restored
70 their ancient rights and privileges.
Year: 1871

The English Cabinet is threatened with dis
cuptOn because of the decision to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr.
Bright without calling in a new member.
This naturally provOkes every member Of the
Liberal party who hoped to succeed to the
place; but as the vain, ambitious aspirants
are doubtless in this as in most political com
binations, not influential members of the party,
it need not be apprehended that the threat
pned revolt will amount to blows.
Year: 1871

Admiral Topete, to whom the Spanish Cortes
have just voted full powers as successor to
Marshal Prim, has been for two years the
leader of the party pledged to the support OF
the Duke of Montpensier. The grant of these
extraordinary powers to the most prominent
opponent of the Aosta candidature, is the high
est possible evidence of the confidence reposed
by the Cortes in the loyalty and good faith OF
the gallant and impulsive sailor who inaugu-
rated on board the SaragosSa the revolution of
Iontamh her
Year: 1871

A declaration of independence on the part
of Roumania, is an event which has long and
generally been expected. In fact, the people of
the two Principalities of Moldava and Walla-
CHA, which in 1859 were consolidated into
Roumania, have really never been subjects of
Turkey. They were tributary tribes, with no
Turks living among them, and were required
by Turkey to pay an annual tribute and to
recognize the sovereignty of the Sultan so
long only as the latter was powerful enough
to compel obedience. When in 1859 Roumania
was established, it was with the understand
ing that the ruling principle of the foreign
policy of the new State should be to sever as
soon as possible the connection with Turkey,
and to introduce Roumania as an entire inde-
pendent State into the family of European
nations. This policy was openly pursued by
the first prince. Alexander Cusa, and with
equal openness, but greater boldness, by the
present ruler Prince Charles of the House of
Hohenzollern. Already the Turkish Govern
ment has had to yield to Prince Charles two
demands clearly foreshadowing an intention
to prepare for entire independence-the he
reditary succession and the right of coming
money. After these concessions no Turkish
statesman can for a moment have doubted
that the R0umanians were only waiting for u
favorable opportunity to carry ont their
design.


Though not unforeseen. we readily believe
Year: 1871

The entire withdrawal of Government sup
port from the Freedmen's Bureau we have al
ways felt to be an error, and the latest report
of Gen. Howard, which we publish this morn
ing, confirms us in that belief. To no class
does the nation owe education, for its own
sake as well as theirs, more than to the
Freedmen
Year: 1871

From Albany we get the announcement Of
the programme long ago agreed upon by the
Tammany magnates for the organization OF
the Legislature, which meets tomorrow. On
our second page may be found a complete
lis of its members.
Year: 1871

TIE suggestion made by an eml.
nent lawyer that the speakership Of
the House Of Representatives Of Ten
nessee should be assigned to Colonel
Crews, the member elect from this
county, is eminently proper. Colonel
Crews would not only honor the po-
sition and discharge its duties well
and faithfully, but the Western Dis
triet Of the State might well claim
this recognition Of Colonel Crews
worth and Of its own claims to dis
tinctve legislative force in the person
of this excellent gentleman.