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Year: 1871

a CHINESE BENDER. IA correspon-
dent who recently visited the Chinese
shoemakers at North Adams, Mass,
writes ] learned one thing that / do
not remember to have seen in print,
that they are strictly temperate except
ON the lst of January, when they have
grand drunk. Last January they
were given four days for spree of this
sort, and they went through it with
magnificent system and success. /
omitted to inquire what their favorite
beverage is, but somebody should find
it out; for after getting drunk and
keeping so four days, they come out re-
freshed and invigorated. There is no
joke about this, for the proprietor said
that on the day following their enor-
nous bum in January they did larger
days work than before or since on a
single day.
Year: 1871

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Providence
Journal attempts to show the origin Of
the cant phrase "put head on him."
In 1868, he says, he was corporal of the
first relief on a certain cavalry picket,
and in posting his men heard from the
corporal of the relief then on post a
queer story, to the effect that the senti-
mel on one of the posts, which happen
ed to be near an old grave, had been
horribly perturbed by the appearance
before him in the dead hour Of night of
man on horseback without a head.
To Jones, the man whom the Journals
corporal correspondent was to station at
this post, the tale was duly told, and
then the correspondent added: "Look
out for the man on horseback without
any head on ~ Jones was just firing
up his brier- wood" for company, and
replied between whiffs: "Well (puff),
if man (puff, puff on horseback
back (puff) without any head on (puff)
comes around me (puff, puff, puff, I'll
put head on him ~


THE extent to which labor-saving ma
chimes have been introduced into agri-
culture, says the Chicago Tribune, we saw
illustrated day or two ago In Wiscon-
sin. A farmer was seated on a reaper,
with gloves on his hands, and with an
umbrella over him, and, with as much
comfort as if driving buggy, he was
cutting oats, the reaper throwing them
into regular and convenient sheaves for
binding and stacking. We remember
the time when, twenty years ago, we cut
oats without an umbrella or gloves, and
let the grain lay where it fell from the
scythe. Yet here was a man with pair
of horses, in comparative comfort, do
ing more in one day than twenty-five
men could have done by hand twenty
years ago.
Year: 1871

LIVE SToCK IN CAIIroRNIA.--Sume import
rrs and breeders of fue stock claim that the
progcuv of both horses and cattle Improve III
the genial climate OF California from eight to
twelve per cent over the original stock. They
account for this IN the nutritious properties Of
the grain and grass of our State, dried as they
are, in an atmosphere void Of rain OF moisture
AS well as the absence of snow and ice. There
is no long cold winter weather, which alone is
enough to stunt the growth of young animals.
hut climate varying, it is true. III thc valleys
Of the interior from 81 to lW'' Farcnhcit, but
in the coast counties not so much. Some Of
the more enthusiastic stock men assert that the
time will ccme when the offspring Of thorough
bred animals will be exported from California
TO breed back again with the parent stock. The
addition of bone and muscle gained By the prog
cny Of thoroughbred stock raised here. will
be sufficient inducemcnt 10 open the eyes OF
stock men East TO come to this coast for ami
mails with which to cross their l:.vnr,r breeds.
-1Hm fnIEnrRiHH
Year: 1871

There is no rose without a thorn, and
the glories of the Yo Semitic Valley are
not to be enjoyed without discomfort,
A correspondent writes Of the hotels
there: Their board partitions are mere
col fidence traps. and every whisper
sounds from roof to cellar. learned in
this way more Of my neighbours conju-
gal confiiences in three days than I
ought to have known in thirty years.
Year: 1871

Men SO seldom count upon the consequences Of
their slightest actions that they can never estimate
even the probable result OF some minor matter. To
a word . blow succeeds and to the blow very often
death. One Of these lamentable cases that SO fre-
quenty end fatally took place last evening on board
q canal boat, at pier No. East River. Two boats
were lying close together-tne Helen and the A. II
Clark. The captain Of the Helen, MI James Muar-
ney, thinking the other boat was TOO close to his
own, undertook


TO CAST HER orr,


and was In the act OF Stacking on her lines when the
commander OF the craft, Mr.. William Munger
undertook stop MIN. They then got into an alter
cation, which resulted in struggle. Mularney took
up u windass bar 10 strike his opponent with, but
lust al that moment the son OF the threatened man,
Mr. Andrew d. Munger seeing the danger ms
father was H. ran into the CaDn oi the vessel and
soon returned with revolver TO deal with
the assaIant IN q summary manner. Mularney,
seeing the young man about TO lire upon him. for
sooK the laiher ami rushed upon the son. He srug-
qled bravely for moment, bat the strength OF the
IDat was too powerful Tor nim and he fell beneath
Mularney on the deck Of the Doa'. AS the boy
stumbled the pistol went on, the bali taking effect
IN the heart or Mularney and instantly killing nim.
Young Monger was arrested by the police OF the
First precinct and Is now he'd to await the acton Of
the COToncr5 inquest.
Year: 1871

The Wrecks ON the sscsboard-An Unknown


Brig Ashore nt Long Bencb-Sinking Of q


Government Coaliny Barse-i Vessel Ashore


ON the sound-Casuaiies at Boston and


Portsmouth.


The reports from the coast, both south and east,
indicate that our Shipping interests were seriously
jeopardlzed, and that careful seamanship anu the
prediction Of the coming storm by the United States
Signal Corps prevented the loss to the merchant
marine being greater than II really The follow.
ing marine disasters have been reported up TO the
hour Of gong TO press.
Year: 1871

scale this perpendicular wall of ice.


The guide had run to the inn, where he
could not find single rope suitable for the
purpose La despair he started for Cha
mounix when on his way he met two mule
teers. Their animals were laden with wood,
tied on with ropes, which ne implored them
to give him TO save poor traveller who had
fallen into crevasse. These good people
at once unloaded their mules, and came with
the guide to my assistance. Tying them all
together-there were three = the ropes reach
ed the depth of thirty or forty yards, where
| had been arrested in my tall.


Assisted by my deliverers, was able to
reach Montauvert, where. in good bed and
with my bruises attended to, / had leisure
to dream about the danger from which had
escaped, and the remembrance Of which of
ten haunts me both sleeping and waking
| trust future travellers, proftting by my ex-
perien,e, will not run the risk of penetrating
into tie midst of these icy regions without
providing themselves with axes and ropes,
and especially with a firm confidence in
Gods goodness, the surest Of supports, and
the best safeguard here below
Year: 1871




'SPOILING a Child. THAT domestic
atrocity known as "spoiling child" is
generally looked upon as a consequence of
excessive maternal love but if mother
hated her little one she could scarcely do
anything worse. A spoiled child is one of
the most unhappy of living creatures, and
generally sickly; Tor. besides the physical
evils which the indulgence of its undiscip-
lined appetites engenders, its temper preys
upon its health To pamper the little folks
ir all their whinfs and caprices is parental
sin, and one which is always visited upon
the unfortunate ones who have been thus
irrationay pitied One of the immediate
penalties Of the offence is the dislike with
which spoiled children are universally regar-
ded. But there are worse consequences
than this The young tyrant is TOO often
developed into the overbearing youth, into
the unjust and hateful man. GentieDess,
kindness and reasonable patience are abso-
lutely essential to the proper management
of children When severity is necessary, it
is usually because some error Of the past
has been unwisely overlooked, or perhaps
winked at. In cases of this kind every blow
that falls upon the juvenile offender ought
in strict propriety, to be inflicted on the in
dividual who failed to apply the mild RENE
dy of remonstraDce and persuasion In due
season. Above all things, treat the little
ones justly, for their sense Of injustice is
keen and bitter
Year: 1871

The trial of Ziegenmeyer for the mur-
der of GumbletOn closed yesterday with a
verdict of guilty and imp1is onment for
lie. II was not left for the Judge to fix
upon his sentence. We have a statute
making it optional with the jury to fix the
penalty for murder in the first degree. As
the prisoner is hardly more than boy he
has long incarceration in prospect, pro-
vided the sentence should be carried cut.
1t is very rare that it is. Those sentenced
for life get out, on the average, after serv
ing about ten years of their term, which
in this case would make Ziegenmeyer er a
free inen ia the prime of life. 4 motion
for Lew trial has been made. WIS ther
it will be granted or not is, OF course, q
matter OF conjecture.


We have tOrbOrne comment upon this
case during its trial, not wishing TO indu-
ence, in the least, the verdict, but now
that sentence has been pronounced, there
are two features in it that make it the
most remarkable in the whole calendar or
criminal proceedings. The mere fact that
the evidence was clTcumstantial is not at
all peculiar, for many a man has been
hung without any direct proof of guilt
having been brought against him; buG in
this instance there was 20 direct proof
that murder had been committed at all.
The body found ia our lake on last New
Years cay was certsirly identified, but
there were no Indications Of viule. ce, but
rather that he was drowned. The theory
OF the prosecution was that Ziege nmeyer
pushed him in, and that, being drunk at
the Time, he C. u!d not :, sis, or get out.
The jury was satisfied that such was the
case solely by the steps taken by Ziegen
meyer subsequently to get the dead man s
money. He must have known that
his companion was dead, and in
stead of sounding the alarm, he
set about getting possession of his money.
Considering that they were friends, his
conduct showed him to be a heartl ess
monster, capable of almost any crime,
provided only he could profit by it. Many
murder has been committed which
showed the william less plainly than lie
genmeyer's plot to get hold of Gumble-
tons property, even admitting that ne did
Lot begin his career of crime with muir
der. This was doubtless the view taken
Of the case by the jury.


The second pecuiiaIity was the entire
absence of any reoutting testimony. The
whole defense rested, then, with he attor-
neys. 1t was for them to explain the
facts abducted upon a theory OF inno
cence. On the start an eminent crimiual
lawyer was retained, but his plan OF oper-
stions not suiting the prisoner ne was dir
missed. 1t is fair TO presume that the line
of defense finally adopted was dictated by
Ziegenmeyer himself RulioH, it will be
mbered, also assumed control O. his
own case, although he did lot rely en-.
tirely upon mere theory Of innocence


Should new tIial be granted, and
should the second jury acquit the prisoner
lie would be at once put upon trial fo.
forgery. He might, however, come out
wore upon second trial As matters
now stand his neck is safe, while second
jury might bring hin to the gallo1s-
Chicago Journal
Year: 1871

New DRESS. ss.-The Spirit Of the Times
published by Chase & Boruck at San Fran
cisco, for the last sixteen years, comes to us
this week in new dress throughout. 1t is
an insurance and sportman's paper and chips
in on politics, and is now Mayor Selby's or
gan Borucls is prolific writer on most any
subject and is grit to the backbone when he
once takes stand. We are pleased with
this evidence of the success of the paper, and
hope the Times may go on prospering and to
prosperity financially, if we don't think much
of its hermophedte candidate for Governor.
Year: 1871

1t is said that the old printed Great Regis
ter of this county has been scratched and in
terlned over and deposited in the Stripes
Office for reprinting and intended to be a "fat
job" We have seen no minutes Of any &C
ton taken by the Supervisors on this ques


ton. There is law to govern the actions
business, and these laws must be strictly
complied with before dollar can be drawn
from the County Treasury in payment Of
anything done in the premises, and if it be-
comes necessary to prevent the people from
being swindled and the Treasury robbed, an
injunction will cell the story. Section II Of
the amended law requires the County Clerk
to make out correct list of all names then
on the Great Register, during the month Of
August, 1871, unless otherwise directed by
the Supervisors. Thus the County Clerk :,
under oath and his official bond, is prohibited
from doing this work until August, and must,
by the other provision, wait until then to see
if the Supervisors don't direct ot,erlcise
The State Board, the Governor, Secretary OF
State, Attorney General and Surveyor Gen
eral, have control Of the Supervisors and all
other officers in matters or duties connected
with this law, and are directed "To prescribe
the forms to be used in the several counties
and election districts under this Act, and to
establish such general rules and regulations
as they may deem necessary for carrying its
provisions into complete effect, and ,rlth as
lille erpensc and Inconvenience as possible.
In July the State Board may direct that the
expense of reprintng the Register he dis
pensed with, or the Supervisors may, during
July, do the same thing. Both the State
Board md Board of Supervisors Should make
this order and save the people of the coun-
ties this heavy expense of copying and print
ing this useless thing. The Registry law is
now daily violated in its plainest and most
strict provisions in the registration Of other
than white citizens, and is beyond doubt now
if not always So unconstitutional and void
or the late amendments to the Federal Con
stituton and Laws of Congress are nullity.
Whatever the County Clerk may do in this
matter before the month Of AugAsf is viola
tive of the law and his oath, ard any eXpen-
ses incurred thereby he must pay out of his
own private means, as the taxpayers of the
county. will not stand further swindling at
this time. When it is known that the Reg
lister is to be reprinted, and that will not be
known until the First Of August, then we
will have something to say as to how Ii
should be done and what it should cost, but
if the Clerk wishes to have it done at his own
expense, we have no objections.
Year: 1871

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


You correspondent, 'Truth, " while denying the
Immortality OF the soul In his communication of last
Sunday asserts that


The Scriptures positive respects the OF
the soul They show conclusivey well possible
both soul and body living and dying essence.


This proposition does not appear TO agree with
that involved IN the twenty eighth chapter OF the first
book OF Samuel, where Saul converses with the
spirit OF man who was dead and OF whose iden.
t!ty the amplest proof was given; nor does 1t
accord with the views laid down in the seventeenth
chapter of Matthew, where the disciples saw the
spirit OF another dead man, Moses, speaking with
Christ; nor Is 1t in Keeping with the promise given
to the penitent thief on the cr0ss-"Ths day shalt
thou be with me In Paradise;'' does 1t conform
to the statement made py JOnn In the third OF
the nineteenth chapter OF Revelation when the
spirit OF O fellow servant appeared to him. and,
finally II is nj variance with the belief OF some OF
the most notable personages or both the Old 1eSta
ment ana the New; Tor Saul believed in the lmmor.
taty OF the soul, or ne woulu not have consulted
the woman OF Endor; and the disciples believed In
IT. alsO or they could not have supposed Christ TO
have been spirit when they perceived him walk
ing on the water. SO that after all, the Scriptures
are not so very 'Dositve" In relation to the death
OF the soul: but on the contrary most specific
regarding lis Immortality. However, il we have no
the soul, other than those drawn from remote and
superstluous ages when ignorance and gross dark
ness covered the face OF the earth the sooner we
drop the subject, and take our chances without any
further exposure oil our weakness, the better.


LOGOS
Year: 1871

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


As a constant reader OF your valuable paper am
fully convinced OF the impartial attitude you always
maintain towards the different creeds and their con-
fessors. Ii is most laudable feature in the NEW
YORK HERALD that its aim is direc!ed to spread the
seed OF love and to eradicate the ill-weeds of re
gious hatred. The greater, therefore, was my sur
prise when, perusing the report OF the famous, or
or rather infamous, trunk tragedy " In the NEW
YORK HERALD Of the 3oth inst, repeatedly met
with the expression " Jew P" in a connection which
is apt to debase a designation borne by hundreds of
TO bring home TO the villain the full measure of
punishment, and every honest man, Christian or
Jew, certainly will applaud you but it is the style
OF bygOne times to abuse at such occasions the name
OF whole religious class. To describe the nation.
aIlty of q malefactor the words Polish or "Ger.
man' or "Hungarian," p" &C., Is quite sufficient. To
characterize the culpaDity Of his action rich pro-
vision of words is made in the English dictiop
aries; but what has the cuiprlt's being slew" to
do with his crimeY Why could not one OF the editors
OF the HERALD write his able editorial on the same
subject without mentioning the culprits being a
'JewY" Why could not the reporter do the samey
Neither his being "Chrstian" nor "Jewn Is the
reason for depraved mans deprivation, but rather
his being neither OF them, Had the individual now
held in prison to account for his crime been a
name, ne surely would have kept away from an un-
lawful profession and never would have perpetrated
this atrocity; for you know as well as do what
the tcneis OF the Jewish religion are to impart to
man the knowledge Of God and to make him moral.


Rev. DR.. AID. HUEBSCH.
Year: 1871

that there is less music In the sound OF this rolling
sand II may also be likened to the noise produced
by air rushing into the mouth OF an empty metal
rask or bottle; sometimes 1t almost approaches the
roar OF thunder. and sometimes 1t resembles the
deepest notes OF violoncelio or the hum OF a hum
ming-t0p. Captain Palmer ascertancd, in the
course OF two days EXPERIMENT. that hot surface
sand was always more productive oil sound than
the cooler LAYERS underneath. the hot particles ap
pearlng 10 run more quickly than the cold.
Year: 1871

The maxim that the voice of the people the voice of d.
vnity, may, in be open doubt
mony honest and enlightened witnesses extending through


series of years and all to the purport worthy of
credence admits of question Upon such testimony
reputation of Hosetter Stomach Btters andoe and
for many ailments is based During the twenty years
that it has been before the world nnumerabe preparations
intended to compete with it, have gone up like rockets
come down the extinguished sticks Meanwhile the pro-
OF that incompatible tonic has been swift steady
always upwards and onward like the eagles flight 1t in
troduced revolution in therapeutics and proved to be
of those sauary revolutions that go backwards
To-day osetter Bitter is of the popular
in Chrtendom and commands larger sale than any
medicinal preparation domestic imported this side
the Atlantic. As for dyspepsia, bilious disorders
affections. general debility, and preventive of
epidemic evcrs it takes precedence of every other remedy
This fact should teach the ambitious country dealers who en-


fOst their oa abortions public in its stead
how futile their small attempts to cajoe the community
necessarily be- Where the game fish have failed there
hance the suckers" Oct7
Year: 1871

TEUToNlc INGENUITY. NECESSITY is the mother
OF INVENTION" is very old and very true say
ing. Illustrative of this we have the following
" good thing " from Junction City, in this coun-
ty; A German living at that place, who, by the
way, is genial, whole-soued gentleman and
particular friend of ours lately purchased
young horse, which had never been broke from
neighboring ranchman. After catching the
horse, halter was placed around his neck and
he was led to his new home. Arriving there.
however, the pony did not like the appearance
of the stable-for he was stranger to such es-
tablishment-and refused to enter Our friend,
who has had considerable experience with horses,
tried every way he knew how to get this one
into the stable but it was of no use, and he
was finally compelled to give it up. But what
was to be done the horse could not be turned
loose in the street. for be would run away; at
last happy idea entered the brain of our friend
and it was no sooner presented than acted upon
post was procured and set in the ground the
horse was securely tied to it, and then our friend
proceeded to build stable oOer him. Verify,
" that was where he had him"
Year: 1871

REMINIsCENCE.-Rev John B. Hill was the
the first clergyman to visit Weaverville. In the
1852, he used to walk from Shasta to this place,
weekly, preach in the evening and return next
day. On one occasion, after the delivery of
sermon, one of the ungodly sought him out,
grasped him by the hand, and manifested his ap-
probation of the speakers piety and eloquence,
by saying {" How are you, Brother Hill That
was Cd id magnificent sermon you preach
ed tonight. You and | ought to trave! and
preach together, for think we could convert
the world y 1t is but fair to state that those to
whom Hill dispensed the bread of life " bought
him mule, that he need walk no more.
Year: 1871

HUMAN Bones FoUND.-Abont two weeks ago
John Sanborn found the remains of man, in
the mountains, in the neighborhood of Grouse
Creek, Lower Trinity. He says they have the
appearance Of those Of white man and that he
should judge they had been there about two
years. Nothing is known of any one having
been killed in that section by the Indians, yet it
is but reasonable to expect that it was their
work, and the victim, like many others, will
never be known.
Year: 1871

BALL AND BLAsT.-Remember that the big blast
in Henry Lorenz' claim, at North Fork, will take
place next Tuesday, and that the School Ball
will be given on the evening of the same day.
provided it don't rain. A good turn out is ex-
pected.
Year: 1871

ACCIDENTALLY SHoT.-Our old friend Peter
Weise, while out hunting one day last week,
dropped his shotgun which was discharged
near one of his feet and took the toes therefrom


This is one way of getting rid of corns, but we
would rather be excused. Pete is at the Union
hotel waiting patiently for the foot to heal, as
Year: 1871

Slow FREIGHT. There was time in the his
tory of this county, when if slow freight did not
arrive from San Francisco within two weeks,
our merchants became enraged and cussed team
sters, packers and steamboat companies for their
tardiness But those troublesome days past
and our merchants are now delighted if they
succeed in getting freight here within two months
from the time it was shipped. We are reliably
informed that there is merchandise for this place
in the storehouse of the Railroad Company at
Sacramento, which has been there more than
two months. This is caused by the exceedingly
low stage of the water in the upper Sacramento.
The boat from San Francisco to Sacramento car
ries much more freight than the Red Bluff boat,
and the surplus is stored. This has been done
for several weeks, and the consequence is that a
large lot has accumulated at Sacramento. When
the river rises, this accumulated freight will be-
gin to be shipped, and the merchandise which
was first placed in the warehouse will be the last
taken out. In view of the fact that wet weather
and consequent bad roads are approaching, our
merchants are getting anxious to have theiI
goods hurried along.
Year: 1871

DR.. j. F. GRADY, who is a good dentist, will
always be found at his Office ready to attend to
those who require his professional services. Bet
ter have your teeth put in good order while there
is chance.