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Year: 1873

II win not help the White Star line,
whose steamer Atlantic went down
with over six hundred and twenty
souls the other day, for the public
TO know that all its steamers are
remarkable for their great length of
beam. When the Baltic made its first
trip from New York, a few years ago, it
ran ashore in the Lower Bay and broke
amidships, and there can be no doubt
that this popularity Of its construction
aided the waves in breaking up the
Atlantic. This occurrence will recall
the excitement in New York, last sum-
mer, when it leaked out that one of the
steamers Of this line sailed fcr England,
crowded with tourists, although it was
known to the company and her officers
that of the three blades of her screw
one was broken off, and another so
badly injured as TO be almost useless.
Year: 1873

In correction Of some errors in his let
ter in regard to the funding of the debt
of the State, written by one of our cor
respondents at Nashville, we find room
for the following, which we commend to
the attention of those who contemplate
reputation in Arkansas, Tennessee or
elsewhere:


In my setter published in Thursdays Ar
FEAI, there are some N geographical errors
which need correction. said in that letter
that fthe assessment law is very imperfect.
srhe failure TO pass the revenue bill may force
fl,e .-ovorltor 10 call an extra session Of the
legislature. ] do mol know that he has ever
intimated what he intends 10 do in regard to
this matter. If there could be a proper assess
ment, forty cents would be enough to pay
the interest on the bonds and the expenses of
The government, but there is danger that the
ASSESSMENT viii iall far below the real value
Of the property" BY examining the letter as
published you viii see the errors. II is 10 be
hoped that no attempt win be made to form a
political party on this question. West Ten
nesSee cannot, / am sure. be rallied to the
ranks OF the anti-funders. The refusal to nav
interest ca a debt due and unpaid would de-
SfroY the credit OF any State. II is true some
men may be benfited by an appreciation of
the bonds OF the stale, and some men would
be benefited by a depreciation OF the bonds
The preservation OF State credit is Of the
highest moment, and involves the success of
All measures intended 10 improve the State.
credit.


We believe with our correspondent
that there are those who may be bene-
fitted by the depreciation or depression
of our bonds, aud that it would be well
for those who are opposed to funding to
remember and make note Of this.
There are always bears where there are
hnlls
Year: 1873

the captain and other officers did all
they could do; they were attentive to
their duties; never saw the captain
drink anything stronger than lemonade;
do not know of steerage passengers who
were prevented from coming on deck;
have no reason to suppose who
they were. Spencer Jones, a cabin
passenger, testified that being aroused
by the shock of the vessel striking, he
went on deck and found everything in
confusion. About eight minutes after
she struck she keeled over. The captain
appeared to be doing what be could do
to save the people; was under the fore
mast holding on to the rope,
and encouraging the people to
get ashore. The discipline of the
Atlantic was excellent. The officers weIe
gentleman in every sense of the word;
always attentive to their duty; know of
nothing that could have been done to
save more lives than were saved; / did
not know nor did l hear of any effort
being made to keep the steerage passen-
gers below,
Year: 1873

LIFE.


When my mate asked of me last
Christmas Eve permission tn remain
with his family at the eastern end of
utIr route. and not 10 make the tedious
forty hours journey towards the blue
Wat,i~ of the Pacific on which waS
refuse him. lie Joe Mel was his
uamr had Il Young bride and il younger
baby. and it WAS hard To separate them
True. our orders from the company
were that both OF lis Should always
Jointly make the trip. for we were carry
ing large quantities of grccEhackS and
national notes, for the payment of the
Pacific railroad contractors: and of
course there was no lack of robbers who
were awaiting every chance to clean
ont our trunks. and perhaps clean we
poor messengers ont of existence.


shortly before an express ear had
been entered on our line. and Bill
Hughes, the messenger. beaten to death
and his valuable charge taken: and it
WAS to guard against such future sur
pri>cs that IL mate had qeen given me ::
but Joe pleaded so hard to stay at
home. and explained to me so clearly Il
little plan of his own. whereby | could
make the trip IN safety alone, that !
gave i'll to his request. and hastencd
with him to set our little plan in mo-
ton.


,Joc'S brother, Ned, the engineer. was
to run his engine for the first one hun
dred miles of my journey and he was
to help me in the plan. You see Ned
WAS counting Il younger sister of Joe :
wife. and so it all being almost in the
family. he was willing to do il good
deal to give Joe his Christmas ut home.
First We went to the railroad superin-
tcndcnt. and got his permission to take
my through express ear out of the train
and substitute therefor IL grain car.
My car was one of those kind with d
Year: 1873

We have received from Judge Fellows,
Receiver of the Sacramento U. S. Land Or
flee, an important land circular which we
publish on our fourth page to-day. There
is quite large class of pre-emptors in this
county that now have but till the 22d of next
month to commence proceedings for final
proof and payment for their land. The date
of filing the Declaratory Statement will show
pre-emptors whether their time will expire on
the 22d of March ornot ,and we cannot tell who
are in danger unless we see the certificate
of filing the Declaratory Statement, or have
the exact date Of ts fling in the Land Office.
The consequences of neglecting this matter
is clearly set forth in letter from the Com
missioner of the General Land Office to the
Register in San Francisco, extracts of which
we print below. We will cheerfully give
any of our friends such information as we
can on the matter, if they will call on us or
send letters giving the exact day of filing
their Declaratory Statement.


"Aftcr filing has expired by limitation Of
law you are to treat the land described by it as
if no filing had ever been made for it, save in the
single instance Of the party making it Offering
HIS proof and payment prior to the initiation OF
valid adverse claim. In of conflicting
claimants for the same land it is of course sulfi
cient that they commence proceedings prior to
the expiration of the period for proof and pay
ment Their action however, must be regular
and legal. Where pre-emptors are delayed IN
mrking their final proof, etc, by n suspension
of the plats, they entitled to the same period
after their restoration as they would have had If
no such disability had existed.


"A claimant cannot be allowed to file second
time for the same land, on expiration of the legal
period allowed for entry, alleging new settle
ment. Such declaration would be Il manifest
contradiction in terms of the facts alleged in his
filing already on record, and would amount
to qualification of the claimant which this
Office cannot legally permit If parties, there
fore, allow the legal limit to expire without max
lug proof and payment, they do so at their own
peril, and cannot be protected after such laches
against an adverse interest legally acquired
On the contrary, the Ia" will be strictly appli, q
in faver of srch adverse claimant, and his lega
right will be secured to him whenever he shai
present himself in conformity with the require
ments of law and demand its recognition Re
pectfully, WILLIS DRuMMoND, Commissioner
Year: 1873

We are indebted to j. M. Fulweiler for
a printed copy of his brief and authorities in
the above case filed in the Supreme Court of
the State. There are no two opinions as to
how the Supreme Court will decide this ques-
tion (this question being identical with that
of 1868, which the county won) but as the
Company is only fighting it with lawyers
hired hy the year ard for delay, Dis
trict Attorney Fulweler has the same la
Dor and vexation as if it were new case, on
which there had been no previous ruling.
1t is now said the company is trying to get
out injunctions to restrain the Tax Collectors
of Placer and Nevada counties from selling
the railroad property for taxes. Stanford,


Your pimp lawyers numbering scores


Are by the people counted bores;


Then 60 ye slow go ye fast,


Your taxes We shall pay at last.
Year: 1873

Of late it has become fashionable with the
Republican railroadized press to cry out
against the Associated Press andNhe telegraph
monopoly This we do not care for, as that
class of papers have been in favor of CEN
tralized Government from the days of Alex
ander Hamilton down to the pigmy states
man, Grant. But when we see papers Of
the Democratic, Liberal and Conservative
persuasion, that have alwa VS. defended States
rights and fought against the grasping power
of the general Government, lending their aid
and voice in favor of the Federal Government
assuming control of the telegraph lines of the
country, we feel bound to enter our protest
against it. For Democratic papers to advo-
cate the surrender of the telegraph to the
present Administration is no worse than to
advocate the adjustment of State govern
men's and the establishment of an absolute
empire at once. 1t is shameless stulifi-
cation of everything Democratic, and danger
Gus to free institutions. TO make the tele-
graph agents officers of the government would
be a censorship over both the public and pri-
vate business of the country. Should a prop
osition be made that government officers, al
ways officers of one political party, should
open and read all matter going through the
mails, it would alarm to frenzy the whole
country, and yet there would be little more
cause for alarm than in the one now under
consideration. The power of the Federal
Government is now sufficient as was shown
IN the last election to perpetuate the men who
control it in Office All men on this coast
and especially all newspaper men, must know
that when the Government can control the
telegraph news, it can also make that news
carry any election in the Pacific States. We
have no special love for the Associated Press
of California nor for the Western Union Tel,
egraph company, but we cannot think Of the
General Government taking possession of the
telegraph system Of the country, without Sc
rious alarm. If the Government owned and
controlled the telegraph lines of the whole
country to-day it would cost the people more
for their pubic and private telegraph news
than it now does, by one hundred per cent.
Notwithstanding the high tariffs of the West
ern Union company. lf the tariff of prices
were apparently reduced large appropriations
OF the peoples money to make good the de-
fciency would annually have to be made


The Government cannot compete with pr-
vate enterprise, and should keep its hands
off of everything that can be done through
non-offcial hands. Wells, Fargo Il Co. now
carry letters on this coast for one.ihird less
than does the Government, and gives twice
the expedition and satisfaction that is given
| by the L. S. mails. The doctrine of the
! Democrats and Liberals is to curtail the
powers of the General Government and not to
enlarge them, and we cannot regard any
Liberal or Democratic paper as sound or
worthy of party support that advocates or is
even neutral on this postal telegraph quos


ton. All such require reconstruction, as
well as both our National and State Govern
ment's s rascalites.
Year: 1873

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT There being some
obscurity as to whether the Code requires
acknowledgements to legal papers to be writ
ten on Ibe body of the instruments Or wheth-
er they can be, as formerly, merely attached
The officers authorized to take acknowledge
ments in San Francisco have held a consul
tation and determined to follow the rule of
taking them on blanks and attaching them
TO the instrument.
Year: 1873

AN exchange wants to know what brought
up with round turn means. We suggest
it is hawser thrown around snubbng post
that halts and holds a water craft. Perhaps
more aptly illustrated by a vaquero casting Il
RATA aronnd the horns of wild steer and
taking few turns with the other end around
the horn of the saddle, which, nine times out
often, brings the steer up with round turn,
landing him with his heels where his head
was. 1t is applicable to the Credit Mobier
Congressman if the investigating committee
proves a staunch snubbing post.
Year: 1873

JOHN |. CHM will be the Carson cores
pondent of the daily Virginia Chronicle dur
ing the session of the Nevada Legislature.
His will be the best and most notable letters
from that point to be had, as he knows how
to do it with solid sense and great humor
They will add much to the already great
popularity of the Chronicle
Year: 1873

The Law Governing the Sale Of


Ardent Spirits.


From the Good Templars Advocate.


All laws ought to be based upon
principle, and that principle ought to
be consistent with justice, and with
moral aud social duties. The laws
governing the sale of ardent spirits are
founded upon opposite aud conflicting
principles. One section authorizing
the sale of it, another prohibits re-
covery of the bar bill The first sec
ton proceeds upon the principle that
it is right and proper to sell it; the last
that it is wrong and improper. Ger
tainly, if it is right to sell it, 1t is right
to recover The account of the sale.
One man is allowed to sell it; another
is forbidden. One man may buy it;
another canpot, if bis relatives forbid
1t may be sold to Que of a certain age;
but to those under that age it is forbid
den. Restrictions govern it on every
hand, and all must pay heavy license
to carry it on.


The sale of ardent spirits is either
right or wrong. If right, then all per-
sons should be permitted to sell it iu-
Discriminatory. No special privileges
should be granted to few, to
do what all have right to do; and
no man should be required to pay
for the liberty of doing what he has
a lawful right to do-no more for one
legitimate business than another. If.
it is wrong, then no man should be
licensed to do wrong, aud the body
who grants such license is dangerous
to the interests of people whose in
stitutious draw their life blood from
the fountains of justice and purity.


If the Legislature can sell the privi
lege of doing wrong in one instance,
why not in another? And if this prin-
ciple is polite, why not go back to the
superstitions of the 10th century, and
taking the tariff dues of the Popish
government, where every species of
crime and absolution were offered TO
purchasers; so adopt them as to sell
the privilege of murder, robbery, poi
son, aud the reducing of family to
beggary. :


The honest law-maker is governed
By the following rules in dispensing
privileges: Anything moral and po
iltically right may be granted; any
thing morally and politically wrong
mast not be granted Is the sale OF
ardent spirits morally and politically
right or wrong? Its tendency to in
crease crime answers, a. IS nsoroHy
,,ropo. its tendency to DESTROY health
happiness, property and life, answers
in thunder tones, IL is politicaus
,orong. This every honest mind will
admit, and the present adherence mex
cusable. 1t is bowing of the neck
to the worst Of servitude; a yielding
of judgement to the tyraDt of custom
one which, if not remedied, will un-
dermine the foundations of moral Jus.
tice and political economy; one that
will curse the country, and then laugh
at its ruin. Coon TEMpLaR.
Year: 1873

PAY AS You Cove have a very
large sum in the aggregate, owing in
small amounts to US, in this county.
The want of it may cramp our business
and, We would say to our subscribers
that if they will come forward, and
square up, that we will be greatly OBJ
liged to them. The amount owing
from each one isso email, that we can't
we'll afford to call on them by means of
collector, and yet the whole is not
inconsiderable. The greater majority
of our subscribers have a pretty good
idea of what they are owing, and if
they will put that nPOunt in letter
and send US by mail, or otherwise, it
will bo pretty apt to reach US. If they
are not in condition to balance up 10
full, let each one send US something
upon account and it will be placed to
his credit upon our books. Printers
dues are scattered all over the country
and We appeal to our subscribers to
aid us in getting them together.
Year: 1873

From gentleman who has just re.
turned from a business trip to Madrid
Bend, Ky, we learn that a steamboat
landed there few days siuce. aud put
two negro men ashore who were sick
with the small pox. The citizens were
afraid to go near them. They were
without shelter, food ar medicine. and
of course died neglected and alone
NcKenzie Times
Year: 1873

Extra mails for Europe Tomorrow, per steamship
Slesa, will close at 1:30 p. M. at the Mer-
chants Exchange. Nos. 80 and 80 Pine-st.


Speaking OF the Exchange market, an evening
paper money articlel contains the following:


The market for foreign exchange has been completely
demoralzed by bills borrowed and thrown on the mar
ket from second hands. The amount thus offered mas
been very considerable as the Tendencies. Doln OF inc
gold and currency loan market, lead borrowers 10
strengthen themselves by making loans for CD days
through the medium OF sterling bills may be estimated
approximately and ia shown to be much less than the
aggregate OF daily rates likely to prevail FOR the use OF
ROd during the ensuing two months Thus the borrower
OF sterling must pay commission OF per cent tor its
sO-day bill at maturity with sight exchange. which
would cost (assumne rales OF exchange not 10 vaIS at
an enhanced rate equivalent to per cent per annun.
Even admitting that rates OF exchange advance ono per
cent by settlement, the total cost to the borrower
h made only III per cent per annuIn.


on other hand he can loan the gold which ne re-
epyes st per cent per annum, obtaining currency as
security which again he can lend at q per cent per
year thus recouping himself for all his outlay. ANY
fluctuations in the exchange market or London rate OF
discount downward IN the interval Will favor the Dor
rover and 1t is not surprising that many needy ope
rators avail themselves OF the medium OF borrowed
sterling to x their time loans on snch moderae ssIs
under the most adverse condition or anars, win very
considerable chances in their favor for doing better


All which would no doubt prove very successful
and entertaining if none Of the calculations should
fail: but kite-hyng is risky business and in the
form of borrowed bills has sometimes proved very
disastrous. The money market was more active
again, and borrowers Oh stock collateral paid 6G7
All. gold, per cent on demand loan, the high rates
being occasioned by the movement in gold. The
leading bond-h were accommodated at 4a5 per
cont the rates to which money broke at the close.


Government bonds have shown no new feature
but the offerings are still light. The new ives
in better inquiry, as the Western banks are taking
them in round lots of 100000 to $4,000 each day.
the bonds furnishing basis for the enlargement of
their circulation under the late act. Only about
eight millions new currency of the original S54OOO00O
provided for remain undistributed and the occasion
of the Western banks Fastening to take advantage
of this is due to the expiration Of the option on the
18th of the present month The market closed
strong Fisk a. Hatch report as follows:
Year: 1873

Let All Men Interested In Tobacco
Enter their Solemn Protest against
tie Late Recommendation Of the
Secretary OF the Treasury Of the
limited states to Increase the Tax On
81 a a-Ss,so Eour Caufs par EO1nu,
Year: 1873

To The Members Of the Ctty Council:


1t is gratifying to observe the rapid i'm
provementS now going on in almost every
part of our city, and especially so in the
western part thereof and in that portion
south of Main street extending from Fourth
street to Hollywood cemetery. If your hon
orable body would take look from the cor
ner of Third and Arch streets to Hollywood
cemetery you would readily see how easily n
street could he made from that point so as to
cross First street at Il point opposite to the
pentcntiary property, and then by continu-
ing by the old road south of that property
you will intersect Spring street, which is
sixty feet wide at its junction with Belvidere
street, from which point Spring street has
recently been graded. The distance from
CANDLES Hill by this route to Hollywood
cemetery is not more than half mile.
whereas by the present route the dis
tancc is doubled besides, the proposed
street would be great convenience
to those residing on or near to CANDLES
hill, and would, besides being a handsome
driye, add much to the value OF the contlgl-
o,ls real estate. 1t is very important that
the Council should continue its present wise
policy of making streets, so as TO stimulate
propcrty-hoIdeis to improve their property.
and thus add value to the taxable property
of the city. The proposed new street viii,
it is believed. cost but an inconsiderable sum
in proportion to the great benefit it will con-
fer on large part of our population, who
are fond of visiting Hollywood. 1t will also
be Il great convenience to persons residing
in that locality in going to and from market
and other parts of the city


The writer owns no property IN this To-
cality. and speaks diSinterestedy rs


AN OLD CITIZEN.


Richmond, July I, 1873.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POSTAL CARDS-very useful for bust.


ness purposes. Cards or announcements of any


kind printed them will pass through the mail for
one cent Printing for these cards neatly and
cheapy done at this office
Year: 1873

their command the same means and infor-
nation that are open to others. There
should be no monopoly of intelligence.
There should be no dictatorial power
vested in any individual or company to
deprive any man of information which he
may seek, or to suppress any portion OF
the press which may rebel against the ar
bitrary demands of any stilted and self
sufficient corporation"
Year: 1873

A curious case of suicide occurred in
the New Hampshire State Prison at Con-
cord, recently. The man had been SEN
fenced for a comparatively short time
only, but in order to escape work he re-
sorted to various means for making him.
self sick. 1t was found that he had sever
al times been seen to take handfuls of
sand, which had fallen to the floor from a
sand paper wheel, and swallowed it. The
result was fatal. Had it not been for his
sickness he would have been at liberty to
leave the prison at the expiration of his
term before his death.