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Year: 1870

The tables are being very rapidly and
completely turned in reference to the North
Carolina charges The letters of Governor
Holden. which we have published, together
with the statements of the local press, have
gone far to prove the base character of the
Misrepresentation so studiously put forth
by Democratic agents and papers, and to
show that the authorities of the State have
only exercised their legitimate power to dc
feat lawless and murderous gang.


If any further evidence were wanted, it is
found in the statement of several menb bcrs
of the Ku klux organization. This exposes
the real character and purposes of that sc
cret clan 1t shows that while organized as
an auxiliary of the Democratic party, ii
deliberately proposes to pursue its political
object by the violent persecution of loyal
men-by assaults upon their lives and rob
hery of their property. The facts which
are thus coming to light show that only the
promp, and rigorous course of Gov. Holden
has saved the State from great pcrils and
evils.-Albany Journal
Year: 1870

FLY TME.-A Connecticut paper feeling
ly remarks when Moses got up flies to
bother the people OF Egypt his head was
level. They are little the aeancst thin.
known to science. Take it Sunday after
mon and between six and eight o'clock
mornings. when one is trying to get a zap,
and have perverse. persistent, pertinacious,
pestiterous, pusillanimous fly come at you IA
thousand and nineteen times in succession is
enough to make of great saint great sin
ner Bothered by the Internal flies, this
morning we calculated that We rolled over
in bed 50 many times, that if the same num-
her If reYalutions were given to mustard
seed it would roll to Alaska and back again.
Year: 1870

The violent language used by Il few per
sons, yesterday, against the Bulletin because
it contained the exposure of lawless or
gnnization, as originally published in the
Standard shall not deter us from discharg
ing what we regard to he our duty. We
will not, by silence, nor 10y apologies, aid
the councils and nerve the hand OF wicked
mcn The abuse of vulgar men cam OF
alarm us.-Charlotte Bulletin.
Year: 1870

The frog that went wooing g". was
probably cousin to that one with which a
Connecticut fisherman baited his hpok
After conversing with companion few
minutes he found that his lively bait had
swan ashore and was sitting quietly ON the
rock by his side. He wound up his line
and went home.
Year: 1870

The happy possessor of IL big dog out
West, being denied passage for him on the
cars. chained him to the rear brake of the
train. After an hours journey; be went
back to look at him, and found the chain
and collar all right, but the dog was pretty
much towed away.
Year: 1870

THE FORCE INSIDE PARIs.-The English
who have escaped from Paris state that the
present intention of the majority is to hold on
with the defence to the last loaf and cartridge,
but the minority, composed of respectable and
sensible people, are for surrendering at once.
Much depends upon the fate of the southern
army, even now in the balance. Should that
Year: 1870

ENcitinS SCENE IN Sh"Tr"S "'"'


The following remarkable story is sent
us by a correspondent in Des MONIES,
Iowa. Margaret Anderson, girl about
twenty years of age, Dane by birth,
and resident Of Big Spring Station in
that State, was taken suddenly sick on
the ID of September, and after a severe
illness Of about three weeks bid her sor-
rowing friends goodbye, and her spirit
took its flight to that bourne from whence
no traveller returns. At least so the
situation presented itself to her sorrow
ing friends, and to all human appear
ances nobody was ever more really dead,
and no case more hopelessly past all
surgery" On the second day after she
had apparently breathed her last a rude
coffin was provided, and the friends con-
cluded that the remains should be tenn
porarily inferred upon the prairie until
such time as would be more convenient
to take them to permanentresting place.


Big Springs is simply watering sta
ton on the Pacific road-there is no set
Element at the place, and nobody lives
there but those employed by the com
pany, consequently the last sad rites had
to be performed by the members of her
own family, and her body was laid to
rest by the hands of sorrowing friends.
But Just as the coffin had been lowered
to its place, and few shovelsfull of
earth thrown into the grave, an approach
ing train called the burial party to duty
at the station. After an absence of an
hour, the men returned to the grave, and


Al IL 90 wi
their shovels, imagine their surprise at
hearing terrible commotion as Of
humping and kicking inside the coffin.
Frightened half out of their senses, the
mourners fed precipitately from the
grave, fully convinced that the ghost of
the departed one had took possession of
the coffin. OF course not one of the
spectators of the startling scene could
be persuaded TO return to the grave.
Finally, however, an incredulous indi-
vidual, to whom the story had been re-
lated, volunteered to proceed to the
spot aud investigate the affair. Upon
reaching the grave side, he too, was hor-
ror-struck at hearing strange mutter-
ings, accompanied by kickings and how
lings, inside the coffin Being less easily
deferred than those who had preceded
him, he picked up the coffin, and he
backed it to the nearest residence, where
the coffin lid was removed, when, lol and
behold, there lay the supposed corpse
with eyes wide open, and as sprightly as
could be expected of a person two days
dead. This is as much of the story as is
necessary to be told. Margaret's family
and relations, who lived in another part
of the State, who mourned her as dead,
received letter from her day or two
after the occurrence narrated above,
written by her own hand, very emphati-
cally denying that she had dispensed
with her mortal coil, and saying that she
will bewith them in the course of few
davs
Year: 1870

A party of twelve young ladies in Al
bany have formed themselves into q
brass band. They are under the in
struction Of careful teacher, and hope
to appear in public during the coming
fall. Their uniform will be somewhat
after the zouave style, only that the ma
terial viii be Highland plaid for winter
wear, with beaver hat and feathers,
similar to a lady riding hat. They viii
create considerable excitement no
doubt.
Year: 1870

According TO several recent authorities
of the 1oniipept, bpttermilk furnishes a
very valuable nutriment 10 sucking in
fants, especially if little rice meal or
wheat -four be beaten upin it. Its also
stated that children fed with this sub
stance are much less liable to the ordi-
nary diseases of infancy, and that they
recover from them much more readily
than those fed upon fresh milk.
Year: 1870

AS Charles Miller, OF No. 90 Mulberry street, and
friend passing along Chatham street last even
Ing young man, stranger to both commenced
throwing snowbas ut Miller. He gave chase to the
young man who had been peltng him, and over
taking him Knocked him down. friend OF the
PROSTATE ballist az once took hand in the fight.
and drawing a knife made q rush at Miller, ln1lict-
ing slight scalp wound. Miller taken TO the
Eighth precinct station house by 0f1cer Flanagan,
ana after having his wounds dressed was sent
home The young man who drew the knife made
his escape
Year: 1870

Senator Chandler, of Michigan, has in-
troduced in the Senate the defunct bill of
11r, Lynch, OF Maine, with an additional
section, authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issne American registers to
foreign built ships to be employed e1-
clusiyeIy in forsign trade. This additional
section is equivalent to authorizing the
free importation of ships, and
would be unobjectionable If not
coupled with provisions for
paying bounties out of the
Treasury to Ehip-builders. Until some
means can be found to pay these bounties
other than taxation upon people who do
not own the ships after they are built, we
shall not cease TO protest against such aa-
grant and high-handed robbery. Nor can
we look upon the concession of free trade
in ships rs any adequate compensation to
the people who pay tho bounties- We think
that any Western member of Congress, or
Senator, who votes for such bill, will have
q bord road to travel
Year: 1870

We deeply regret that Mr. 3. F. Ayor
has seen fit to decline the invitation e1-
tended to him, to become candidate for
the Office Of Circuit Judge. Since his
name was first mentioned for this position,
there has been m almost universal con-
curence of opinion in the
fitness Of his selection; and
general expression of satis-
faction that so high-toned and successful a
lawyer could be found willing to exchange
the profits of the profession for the labors
of the bench. That he would have been
elected by q very large minority, either
with OF without the nomination Of a
political convention, We have not the
slightest doubt,
Year: 1870

It appears that in those counties of New
York where the DelnucEuts 1uude their
heavies. gains the aggregate Democratic
vote was less than half the vote given for
Hoffman two years ago. The Republican
party knew they would be outvoted, any
way, by the repeaters, and only voted Mt
al under that discouraggiDg sense Of duty
which actuates good man whose faith is
at fault, and who feels, therefore, that
nothing he can do, or omit to do, will be in
puted to him for righteousness. IF the
Republicans had NIL voted there would hive
been SO many more beaten. If none of
them had voted none would have been
beaten. The marvel is that the State, hay
ing so long since lost her right Of self-gov-
eminent, the lawful voters should think it
worth while to yoto at all
Year: 1870

In1s scsIe OF compensation II 10! too
large, The pay Of tho Supreme Judges has
been quite inadequate, $4,000 year
for the Associate Judges, and 5G,50o for
tho Chief Justice Such pay for the Judges
of the highest court known to the constitu-
ton is out of proportion to the nature
of the dnties, the magnitude Of tho
responsibility, and the order Of legal
talent required for tho Office. Tho pro
posed compensation is very moderate, and
no man competent 10 form AL opinion on
the subject will object to it.
Year: 1870

Some time during the present season, a
party Of prnspectors, while on their way to
the new mine in the northern part of this
county accidentally came upon valley or
series # valleys some twenty-five miles
north of Eagle Lake, which they describ-
ed as possessing many facilities for exten-
sive stock raising, and climate and soil
we'll adapted to the various agri :ulturai
pursuits Their reports induced some of
our people to visit these valleys, and they
found them Insufficient consequence to war
rant them in selecting places there for per-
manent homes. They, accordingly, some
TWO weeks since, took with them survey
or and proceeded to lay out and secure
their claims under the Pre- Emption Act.
These valleys lie around the head of what
has been called Horse Greek, and embrace
an area of not less than 10000 acres of
the very richest class of valley land The
mountains which surround them are well
tlmbered with pine, cedar and fir, and
abound wi b large game of almost every
de cription known to this coast and while
the mountains offer these to sporting men,
the valleys also have their supply of prairie
chickens and quails, and the creek has
myriads of mountain trout. We know of
no place in the State which holds out great
er inducements to settlers than this
There is sufficient lands to furnish homes
for at least fifty families, and the hills i'm
mediately to the eastward will furnish feed
for innnmerable herds of cattle Their al
titude is probably considerable less than
that of Big Valley which lies to the north
of them, where the cereals are successful
ly grown and fruit promises well. With
this accession to the tllable land OF our
county, taken in connection with the fact
that We have the finest mountain ranges in
the world, We may reasonably expect not
many years hence to rank among the rich
est COW counties in the State.


The attention of stock men has been for
several years attracted 10 our mountain
valleys for summer ranges but they have
been heretofore obliged to return to our
lower country for winter quarters The
discovery of these valleys will obviate this
difficulty as there will generally be but lit
tie risk in wintering stock without hay
Let all those who are desirous of obtaining
fine ranches where stock can be raised with
little or no expense, have no fears in com
ing to Lassen, for We have plenty of room
and feed for hundreds of thousands Of cat
tie, and ready market for all our beef at
large prices, and at our own doors-Sage
Brush
Year: 1870

Too Poor TO TAKE A PAPPR.-The
Antioch Ledger relate the following,
which is not the only case that might be
put on record, by any means:


We met one of these objects OF pity last
week. He was actually too poor to take
paper; times we're too hard; hadn't time
to read, etc. We really pititd this man
be looked so poor, and mean, and NANCY
generally, that we supposed him to be one
of Gods forgotten ones, dropped into the
world without the means of getting live
lihood or the ability ia feed himself. But
latter in the day we saw him hilariously
drunk, treating crowd, each "round"
costing him dollar and a half. Its
strange fact. Men will refuse to take
their home paper on tie plea tia: 'times
are too hard" ard yet they will hang
themselves by the chin to a bar, and "gin
up" at an expense of four or five dollars.
They cant spend five dollars year for
paper, but can invest fve-hundred for
whiskey. Such men are poor-and poor
citizens too. If the county we're filed
with such, it would be bankrupt in a year
Year: 1870

BALcK DEER.-One day last week, John
Tice, who is living at Capparrum, shot
black doe. The parts of the skin which
usually are. white were of deep yellow
the rest of the hide jet black As soon as
the Indians on the river heard that black
deer had been killed, quite competition
arose as to who would be the fortunate pur-
chaser. 1t was sold to the Indian who got
the first information, for $40. They set a
high value on black or white deer skins
the latter being rather more priced Both
are extremely rare, and the lucky owner
considers himself almost as rich as one of
our millionaires. Mr. Tice, by holding on,
might have got 500 for his prize-Klam-
ath Record
Year: 1870

A TIGER broke loose from menagerie in
New Jersey, the other day, and is now maxi
ing the grand tour of the state. The conse-
quence is, says local paper, that the people
keep virtuous hours. Thereupon a New
York Journal asks: In view OF this fact
would it not be good idea for the authorities
to get tiger or two like the Jersey one and
give him the freedom OF the city tor a few
years. Ii he couldn't make people go 10 bed
early he could certainly keep the police on
the alert. Indeed, he would make a capital
grand roundsman, and would sneak about and
pounce upon his victim with quite as little
conscience as the two legged fellows who now
do the dirty spy work OF the department.
We are decidedly in favor OF that jersey tiger,
and If the Passisc folks don't like his gentle
ways of going about and "sa,in' nothin' 10
nobody" we would advise them to put salt on
his TO, al Bengal tail and give him free pass
on the railroad to New Yoik.
Year: 1870

ACCORDING to the Chicago Post-excelient
authority-we each one OF us drink a pair of
boots a year, constantly carry sufficient iron
In our blood to make horseshoe, lug around
clay enough in our frames to make dozen
bricks, and eat-this is Chicago es'imate-a
peck of dirt month. The Post still further
remarks on this interesting subject, that The
man who carelessly tips a glass of lager into
his stomach little reflects that he has begun
the manufacture OF hat, yet such is the
case. The malt of the beer assmilates with


tho cbvle and forms a sort OF felt-the very
s,ne seen so often in hat factories. But not
being Instantly utilized 1t is lost. Still fur
ther: is estimated the bones OF every adult
person require TO be fed with lime enough to
make marble mantel every eight months. !"
Year: 1870

have repeatedly watched the move
ments of these animals. They walk by
means of their great fippers, assisted by
their short hind legs, with very slow,
hitching motion, the body dragging on
the sand. The fiippers and feet make two
irregular grooves in the sand, three or
four feet apart, which look as if great
wagon with cogged wheels had been driy-
en- over the beach. These tracks are so
prominent that one may see them even on
a dark night, and they serve to tell the
hunter whether the turtle has returned to
the sea or not, and to guide him to her, or
to her nest. While laboriously working
her way up the beach, the turtle keeps
her head stretched out, and from time to
time snuffs and sighs as if fatigued. and
now and then she rests. So intent Is the
animal upon the accomplishment of her
mission to land, that one may mount upon
her back without alarming her but if too
much disturbed, she hasterly turns about
and makes her way as fast as possible to
the sea. Arrived at the top OF the beach.
sometimes just above high water mark.
sometimes few feet higher up among
the sand-hills, at others even on the land
words side of the sand-ridge. she stops
and prepares to make her nest. This she
accomplishes by means Of her fat hind
feet, and after this manner: she digs up
the sand with one foot and throws it to
one side. Then she uses the other foot
in the same manner, working with one
foot after the other alternately. The
whole is very slow operation, occupying
several minutes. During this time the
animal remains with her head stretched
forward, with very little motion Of the
body, and occasionally giving hiss, or
breating heavily. In this way have seen
perpendicular hole dug in the sand, a
foot and a half or two feet deep, and
foot in diameter. The animal then remains
quiet, and the deposition of the eggs soon
begins. While one individual was laying.
caught the eggs in my hand, as they fell
They were laid two by two, or one by
one, at an interval of abont half a minute.
falling in heap into the hole, to the
number, if l remember rightly, of 143. A
nest almost always contains over 100 eggs,
and usually from 120 to150. When the
laying was going on, the animal appear
ed perfectly unconscious of the presence
of persons about her. So soon as it was
accomplished, she rested moment, and
then with her hind feet scraped the sand
back into the hole, until it was full. After
this the body then descended, packing the
sand tightly, and this operation was repeat
edseveral times. twas an exceedingly in
teresting sight to see this stupid reptile
performing so strange an act, one to which
she scenes to be prompted by something
more than blind instinct. The whole
operation finished, she turned round and
started for tbs sea, when we captured
her by taking hold of the shell behind,
and upsetting her ON her back, in which
position it is impossible for a sea-turtle to
turn over. In upsetting one of these an
imals two persons are usually required.
AS soon as alarmed, she throws her fore
paddles into the sand and throws it be-
hind her so that if one does not take the
precaution to close his eyes, he is likely
to be blinded.-Prof. c. II. Hart.
Year: 1870

concealed under her clothes; when discoY- cred it gave short cry, and seated itself between the head and the neck, from which the blood was still flowing. It was carried away and carefully washed, and then beads, paternoSter, handkerchief each particle of dress which the blood had touched with the cloth on the block and on the scaffold, was burnt in the hall fire in the presence of the crowd. The scaffold itself was next removed; brief account of the execution was drawn up, with which Henry Talbot, Lord Shrews- bury's son, was sent to London, and then everyone was dismissed Silence settled down on Fotheringay, and the last scene of the life eff Mary Stewart, in which trad gedy and melodrama were so strangely in- termingled. was over. -H

 | A spectator who was one of her warmest admirers, describes her bearing as infinite ly transcending the power of the most ac- complished actor to represent. The asso- citation of the stage, was, perhaps, uncon- sciously suggested by what was in fact, notwithstanding the tremendous reality with which it closed, the most brilliant act ing throughout. The plain gay dress would have suficed, had she cared only to go through with simplicity the part which was assigned her. She intended to pro- duce dramatic sensation, and she sue. ceeded. The self-possession was faultless, the courage splendid. Never did any hu- man creature meet death more bravely; yet, in the midst of the admiration and pity which cannot be refused her, it is not to be forgotten that she was leaving the world with lie upon her lips. She was a bad woman, disguised in the livery of 8 martyr, and if in any sense at all she was suffering for her religion, it was because she had shown herself capable of those detestable crimes which in the sixteenth century appeared to be the proper fruits of it.-FTom adcance sheets of FroudpS His tory, in Hours of Home tor February.
Year: 1870

SODA good religious college, located not a thousand miles from Michigan, was blessed with wide circle of female friends among the denomination which it repre- sented. One year the ladies in thriving town, where the college was very popular, thought it would be kind act to send the seniors a box of good things for thanksgiv. ing, they prepared a box of mince and pumpkin pies, frosted cake, cold roast tur- keys, and other dainties, and in order that the turkeys might go off smoothly they put in the box bottle of rich savory gra- ". It was not labelled, and the bottle containing it was very much like those in which favorite kind of hair oil is exposed for sale on the tempting shelves of fancy goods stores. When the box was opened at the college and the joyful feast disclosed to view, the Senior class were highly de- lighted. That Thanksgiving dinner was the happiest for many year, with one lit- than melancholy. Three or four of the Seniors, with handsome curling hair, thought of course these benevolent ladies had them in view in sending present of hair-oil; and they siyly carried off the bot tie, and i'll their own rooms made an ap- plication of gravy to their heads! The stick. mess of the supposed hair oil soon aroused wonder, but it was sometime before the Seniors knew that they had made wrong use of table luxury. The joke soon spread throughout the college, and at last reached the ears of the donors of the box. At Christmas, therefore, the same generous hearted ladies made ready another box of good things, and forwarded it to the same college. Taking hint from the previous blunder, and believing that perhaps it was necessary for the intellectu- al finishing up of the Seniors that their heads should be fashionadly annointed, these kind ladies put in the second box, bottle of real hair oil. The bottle, like it's predecessor containing the gravy, bore no label, and some of the unhappy seniors de. termlning to make no mistake this time, poured the contents Gberally oyer their plates at dinner, without stopping to taste or smell. The odor of Iburgamot or cinna- mon did not once deceive them. They imagined the hair oil to be parhaps an els- gant new French dressing for cold meat, and swallowed their meat with few qualms, but with the hearty appetite of youth. .-Lansing Republican.