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Year: 1875

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The morning papers, edtorially refer
ring to the appointment of Senator
Chandler as Secretary of the Interior,
all express dissatisfaction with the
Presidents selection.


The Herald says that until this strange
selection GRANTS later Cabinet appoint
ments have been respectable, the Off
GERS selected being great Improvement
ON their predecessors. The President
has offered the position to other gentle
men who had declined it. The tact that
Grant has been unable to prevail on a
better man to accept this important
place is striking proof that the admin
istration has sunk so low that it T.
no longer thought to be an
honor to participate in its counsels.
An acceptance of the office would imply
acceptance of the Presidents public in
dorsement of Delano's course. And no
wonder, therefore, that after repeated
offers no man of higher moral status
than Chandler could be induced to ac-
cept.


The Tribune says if the President had
searched the United States from coast
to coast, ne could not have found man
more likely to pernetuate abuses of De-
lano's administration and to add others
OF his own. He is most. unfit for the
management of large administration
bureau, and the nomination is probably
the worst Grant has yet made.
The Sun says Chandlers presence in
the Cabinet will add to the disgust which
people feel for Grantism, and thus con-
tribute to its final overthrow.


The Witness says Grant has gone far,
in appointing Chandler, to annul the OBJ
lent previous appointments of W ate,
Bristow and Jewell. Except in point OF
ability, Chandler is just about the oppo-
site in every respect to what the occu-
pant Of such an important position
should be.
Year: 1875

AN INSURANCE COMPANY TO BE WOUND UP. ,


NEw-HAvEN, Conn, Aug. 30.-Insurance
Commissioner stedman will appear before ChiefJusdce
Park to give bond for the faithful discharge
his duties after taking possession OF the books ana
assets Of the National Life and Trust Company OF this
city, which Will probably be done by him on Sept l.
Year: 1875

AT 3 A. M. yesterday sharp
shock of earthquake was felt In
this city and Oakland. Most of those
who felt the motion agree that there
was one sudden vibration, apparently
from southeast to northwest, followed
by gentle trembling as if mother
earth was settling back after the
shaking up. The shock was powerful
enough to set chandeliers swinging,
and In one instance a plaster bust was
thrown from bracket. The captain
OF a schooner, who was outside the
Heads, reports that at first he thought
his vessel had struck the ground, so
violent was the first shock, but q
glance at the two lighthouses In sight
assured him that he was in deep
water.-S. f. Bulletin, June 10.
Year: 1875

A fishing party returned day before
yesterday, having been gone but three
days, and in that time caught over 400
trout. Pass the buck.


Several horses are in training at the
race track for the Fourth of July races.
Mr.. Ellis informs us that no better
young stock can be found in Southern
California, and he expects some very
quick time OH the fifth.


Now is the time for fishing parties,
and we'll is the time and opportunity
employed In that delightful pastime,
Probably no place East of the Rocky
Mountains can surpass San Bernardino
county in luxury for the angler. We
have within radius of twelve miles
of San Bernardino no less than eight
streams of water where an adept in
the business can pull out the trout to
his hearts content. Why, our pro-
fessionals think nothing of stringing
from fifty to sixty per day. If you
delight in angling and want a splendid
time, go to the Santa Ana or Lytle
Greek, and your game Is made pro-
vided you know how to stock the
cards.
Year: 1875

1t is with pleasu ure that the attention of
the readers Of the REPUBLICAN is called to


the card of Hon. George H. Braughn an


nouncing his re-entry into practice. For


several years Judge Braughn can hardly be


said to have devoted himself exclusively to
private practice. In nearly fifty important
criminal cases he represented the State as
the sppointee of Attorney General Field,
and the number Of convictions he obtained
rivals the record of his chief. His learning
was admitted by Judge Atocha to be second
to none, and his youth and fire were power
full auxiliaries to the eloquence ever at his
command. When Judge Atocha was first
taken i'll he insisted that Judge Braughn
should preside for him, and before the sad
event.occurred that deprived Louisiana of
her most brilliant judge, he expressed a
wish that Judge Braughn should succeed
him.


1t is well known at the bar that Judge
Braughu was pecuniarily great loser both
in his temporary occupancy OF the bench,
and holding the position as filing vacancy.
The private practice he was forced imme-
diately to relinquish moro than equaled his
salary, and his position deprived him of the
right to accept retainer.


He now returns to practice, and brings to
the aid of his clients the same learning.
zeal and devotion that have crowned him
with honor as prosecutor and Judge.
Year: 1875




EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:


In your article on the "Ile tier Of Mr.
Davis" when ques stioning th6 Bulletin. I
wish you had asked it what sort of an .'ex-
hibition of intense sectional bitterness" is
manifested in the treatment Of General
Longstreet, aad others like hint What is
the use of talking about "fraternization''
when such men as he are persccuted because
they try to frsternize! SUBSCRIBER.
We confined ourselves entirely to the
public and general evidences of sectional
hostility. The evidences of intolerance
practiced towards those Southern men who
having perlled life and lost fortune in the
war dare to take their own course after the
capitulation are unhappily too abundant.
1t is well known fact that General Lee by
precept and example accepted the terms %
which he had acceded at Appomat.ox
No one dared question his integrity. Very
few have had the position t. sustain them.
selves in following the same course.


Vita regard to the soldier to whom Sub
scriber" refers, the conduct of his politi-
cal enemies has been inexcusable. He
quilted position and prospects in the fedez
raj army, and came ct the call of his native
State to resist the federal government.
Was he true to his pledgee Did he finch
from the combat? Was he absent from
battle except when disabled by woundl
Was there aspot, stain, an imputation upon
his honor or courage during the long and
bloody war in which he was q volunteer
Was he not with Lee at the last, and did he
not surrender his word when further re-
sistance was futile, and when the whole
South was full of paralyzed and discour-
aged and disbanded soldiers9 No one
can dispute any Of these facts.


The same men who cOadenn and de.
nounce the faithful fo.dier Of the Confed-
crate cause have shown q disI ositioa to
coDciliate and fraternize with the North;
with cClellan, who carried fire and sw ord
On Richmond; with Blair, who armed and
led the negro soldiers to Southern subjuga-
tion; with Andrew johnson, who denounced
secession and ook.his stand for the Union
against his own party and against his own
State. The same men took up Horace
Greeley, the abolitionist. free trader and
free soiler, and bestowed their votes upon
him for the highest Office in their gift.


Why then is there necessity OF propfiety
in publishing or protesting against the
cruelty or injustice of punishing a man for
in good faith with his pledge of
"Subscriber" must have lived
in the South long enough to know that there
is privileged class who may practice or
profess with impunity any opinion they
choose. but who will persecute to destruc-
tion any man who, upon the responsibility
Of his own manhood, may dare TO exercise
the same right-freedom Of opinion.
Year: 1875

Colonel William Wright furnishes the
press with his completed returns of the
census of the city of Nav Orleans. These
figures are the result not only of the most
earnest vigilance on the part of Colonel
Wright and his assistants, but contain all
the corrections that have been given them
by the citizens. If there is any error it is
caused by something beyond the vigilance
of the census takers:
Year: 1875

HOUSE OF CORRECTIONAL MUCH NEEDED
INSTITUTIONAL bill was introduced In the
House of Delegates yesterday morning


looking to the establishment of a State


house of correction for the punishment and


reformation of Juvenile offenders. The bill


reads thus: Be it enacted by the General


Assembly, That the sum of SO, 600 be appro.
priated for the erection near the city OF
Richmond, for the reception Of such crimi-
nails, upon condition that the city of Rich
mond shsIl purchase and bold for the use OF
said house OF correction fifty acres of land
near the said city, and shall in addition
appropriate two thousand five hundred dol
lars to be used 10 the erection of ssid house
of correction. This bill is approved by
Mayor Kelley, Judge Guigop, and Justice
White, offering as it does a practical ana
cheap mode of doing q great deal OF good,
and preventing hundreds OF boys ana gTis
from becoming hardened criminals. The
bill was referred to the Committee on
Prisons and Asylums.
Year: 1875

ALBANY, January 1.-THE minority
and majority reports were presented to
the Assembly to-day by the Committee
on Louisiana Affairs. After discussion
lasting nearly the entire session, the lat
ter report was adopted by strict party
vote.


The resolutions condemn the interfer
ence of the military; view with alarm
the growing tendency of the General
Government to subordinate the civil to
military power in total disregard of all
constitutional guarantees. and especially
condemn the proposition of General
Sheridan and its approval by the Secre-
tary of War, in the name OF the admin
istration, to subject the citizens to trial
by II military commission in time of
peace.
Year: 1875

It had been said that the Republican
ship was sinking, but with the Great
Mariner above at the helm, she would not
be wrecked. He Logan could look
over the broad ocean of commotion to-
day, and see the time would come when
the same craft would ride the tempestu-
GUS waves and anchor herself at the
shores reserved for her; the shores Of
honesty and justice, and there rest undis-
turbed.


At the conclusion of Mr. Logan's
speech there was quite II demonstration
OF applause in the gallery, when Vice
President Wilson announced that the
rules would be enforced and order WAS
restored.
Year: 1875

An Alameda (Cal.) paper says: We
mentioned the loss of large number of
sheep in the hills back of. Mission San
Jose, belonging to Mr.. Ashurst. The
sheep, it seemH. to the number of about
two thousand five hundred, were quietly
feeding on hill about three miles east
of Mission San Jose, when man who
had been short time working for the
owners suddenly uttered loud yell,
which had the effect of frightening
them. They Immediately began running
down hill as fast as they could. At or
near the bottom of the hill a large patch
of poison oak was growing, and they
rushed pell-mell into it. Here their
legs got SO entangled that they couldnot
move. Meanwhile the others behind
still came rushing down upon them,
until they were piled in layers, six deep,
one upon the other. OF course the
most of them were soon sutfocated and
dead. .-t r...s,..


One of the owners came to the spot
within ten minutes afterward, and with
the aid of Spaniard succeeded in pull
ing out and rescuing about fifty head.
But the number that lost their lives in
this strange way was seven hundred in
all. 1t is supposed that the yell by the
hired man was given for the purpose OF
starting the sheep off to camp.
Year: 1875

The Middletown (Del.) Transcript
tells an amusing story: A young gentle
man, one of the aids of his excellency,
the Governor of Delaware, went to call
upon friend in Kent county, Mary
land. He drove into the yard, alighted
from his carriage, and was in the act of
opening gate when he was espied by a
savage dog, which at once made dash
for him. The colonel, who in a war with
Jersey over the fishery difficulties
would not shrink from the cannon s
mouth, seeingthis dire enemy approach,
thought not of fight, and hastily betook
himself to a gate post, which he climbed
with lightning rapidity. This elevated
perch afforded him temporary relief
from his foe, who immediately settled
into a state of siege. The colonel was
now in bad predicament. His horse,
which he had not hitched, was loose,
and might go away, and he dare not get
down to tie him he might not be dis
covered by the inmates of the house,
and be compelled to lodge on that post
all night. What to do he did not know.
Finally, however, as fortune always
favors the brave, two little girls made
their appearance, called off the dog, and
the colonel was happy, though little
| white.
Year: 1875

The Thomaston (Ga) Herald tells
this extraordinary story We had call
from Mr.. Harris, of Talbot county. We
had heard that the people along the line
of the late tornadoes in Talbot and Har-
ris counties were all the time much
alarmed, and had dug holes or caves IN
the ground to get in when storm
threatened them. Not knowing whether
the report was correct, we inquired of
him as to its truthfulness. He assured
us that most every family had dug into
the ground large hole, from five to ten
feet square, owing to the size of the
family. After taking out the dirt, they
take off a foot or two of the surface dirt
all around the top, cut down large trees,
square them and place the logs side by
sale until the cave is entirely and Sc
curely covered with these thick logs
After laying the logs over they cover them
with sound inch plank and cover the plank
with dirt. When cloud or rain comes
up and the elements look threatening,
all quit their fields, houses, and voca-
tions, and seek safety in their dark
caverns of earth.
Year: 1875

In the Sanitarian we find list OF
rules for the care of the eyes which are
worth preserving:


When writing. reading, drawing, sew
ing, etc., always take care that


The room is comfortably cool, and the
feet warm u.t7a


There is nothing tight about the neck;


There is plenty of light without daz-
zling the eyes Sled or Llrnr


The sun does not shine directly ON
the object we are at work upon;


The light does not come from IN front ;
it is best when it comes over the lett
shoulder; a' .7ta"


The head is not very much bent over
the work;


The page is nearly perpendicular to
the line of sight that is, that the eye is
nearly opposite the middle of the page,
for an object held slanting is not seen SO
clearly; '..1r


That the page, or other object, is not
less than fifteen inches from the eye.
Year: 1875

A young lady of Hartford who was
stopping at a hotel at Stafford Springs,
awoke one morning and found her haT
living on the floor, and near by, pair
scissors. She was very much frightened
and she rushed out into the hall scream
ing. Her friends gathered around her,
and on calmness being restored and rea-
son set to work, it was thought she must
have got up in the night in her sleep
and committed the offense herself.
She had long black hair, which was the
admiration of her friends.
Year: 1875

All over the world nations are turning
their attention to artillery, and the con


struction of great guns goes on. From
Germany we hear of Krupp's progress
and from England of the one hundred
ton Armstrong guns. The race between
the construction of iron-clads that will
Withstand the force of any ball that can
be hurled against them, and the con-
struction of guns that will destroy any
iron clad that can be built, goes on, and
we hear of it from England, Germany,
Austria, France, and even from nations
that are taking hand in modern war
fare only lately, including China, Japan,


Turkey and Egypt. While each nation
is doing all that it possibly can to keep
its armies up to war footing, the chief
aim seems to be in the way of artillery
as if the fate of nations depended upon
this. The United States seems to be
the only nation making little progress in
this way. We say seems, for she makes


little noise over what she is doing in
comparison to others. But Uncle Sam
is not idle. While Remington and
Sharp, in private way, are making i'm
provements in small guns, the arsenals
are doing something in the way of large
guns, and a United States artillery Off
Ger given now his battery of four six
FOUNDER smooth bore guns and two brass
howitzers would not know what to do
with it. r-yrsa. ..


If the United States is making little
noise in the way of artillery, she is not
idle. The artillery school at Fortress
Monroe is turning out every year
artillery officers that if there should be
war would he heard from. If in any
nation there is an officer whose gift is
artillery. it is Gen. VIM. F. Barry, the
commandant of the fort. Gen. Barry is
doing in his peculiar, quiet way as
effective work as foreign nations are do
ing with all their noise. Officers leave
West Point full of the theory of artillery.
When they leave Gen. Barry's school at
Fortress Monroe they have the practice
at their fingers end. Each officer in
each battery has to spend certain term
at the fort, and while there he has no
boys play. When he goes away it is
certain that the country has one more
efficient artillery officer, whose services
can be counted upon in case of war. We
trust their services will never be called
for in this line, but it is satisfaction to
know that if they are wanted they will
be ready. The United States cannot be
too grateful to Gen. Barry for what he
is doing in his particular line-and do
ing, too, without the millions of dollars
of expenditure which foreign nations are
lavishing on their favorite arm of the
service. AS instructing officer Gen.
Barry has been of incalculable service to
| the United States. Ii his students are
called upon to report for duty they will
not fail to show the training of theiI
tutor in the result of their works. l
Year: 1875




You see, knew Lumley's pardner
when he first came into the mines. l
was up at Woods diggings at the time
he and party of two or three more
came around prospecting. 1 remember
l thought what a fine stalwart young
fellow he was, straight as young pine
tree, and no foolishness about him,
either, for he had been roughing it a
year or two down on the Texas border.
L never saw the boys more downright
pleased over a new conner than when he
bought claim and went in with us. He
was not man to talk much about him
self, nor one you would feel free to
question; but there was honest square
dealing looking out of his clear gray
eyes, for all the trouble and unrest that
lay behind them. t., a.-s..s b..
Lumley was as different as a man
could be. have often noticed that men
take to unlikes in mating among them
selves, as well as in choosing mates for
life. He came into the diggings week
or so later, and they somehow fell in to-
gether. Lumley was what you might
call an extra clever fellow. He looked
scarcely more than boy--these fair
skinned people never show their age
with his handsome, womanish face,
bright blue eyes, and trim-built figure
but he had confidence until you could
not rest, plenty of the gift of CAB, and a
something about him-I believe people
call it magnetism; at least, when you
were with him you believed just as he
did, and then wondered at yourself after
ward for doing it.


Lumley always had q knack of twist
ing folks round his little finger, for all
that the lines of frmness were quite
lacking about his mouth. Lumley s
pardner, now, with his close-set lips and
square massive iaw-you might as well
hope to move mountain as him against
his will. He would be strong to do, OF
to bear; you could easily see that. 's


One night 1 went over to Lumley e
shanty-it was amazing strange how
soon his name got tackled to everything
-to. see about broken pick he wanted
mended. 1 used to do the smithing in
those days. AS I opened the door l saw
there was no one in, and, being tired
with my days work, dropped down Oh
a log just outside, lit my pipe, and sal
leaning back against the pine boards
waiting for Lumley to come back. ]
guess I must have got drowsy and faller
asleep, for the first thing I heard was
voices, and Lumley's pardner speaking
out bitter and short, in way we seldom
heard him speak. rvsusrkr


" l reckon it's of no use to ask il
there's any letters come to my name,
he said. "There's no one to write tc
me-"
Year: 1875

State Senator Finney, of California,
was some years ago witness against or
the prosecutor of three or four despera-
does. who resided in San Mateo county,
but they escaped both the gallows and
the State prison, and it was said at the
time that they would one day kill him.
SO impressed was his wife with this idea
thqt she advised him to sell his property
and leave; but he declined, saying that
if they were determined to kill him they
would follow him wherever he went.
Very recently he was found dead, pierced
by a bullet.
Year: 1875

Jersey cows at home are MIXED into a
Jug shaped can, the mouth of which is
covered with muslin that sags down,
forming strainer. The dairies of Jersey
are usually small, and the product is in
ferior to American establishments where
the same breed of COWS is kept.
Year: 1875

The wear and tear of city life are severe tax upon
the strongest constitutions. The hurry and hustle
and anXieties of business keep the nervous system
in state of unnatural tension during business
hours, and in the endimpair the elasticity and vgor
OF the vital organization. The penalty of all un-
due excitement is subsequent exhaustion. The


est remedy for it, whatever the cause, is Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, the tonic and Alternative
properties of which rapidly dffuse themselves
through the entire system, revive and reinforce
every dormant faculty, and restore natural con-
dition OF body and mind. Some moral reformers
insist upon the diSuse of all stimulants. This to
say the least of it, is irrational. All competent
physicians admit that pure medicated stimulant
is one OF the most useful remedies known. As a
tonic and invigorant for the aged and langud Hos
letters Btters has no equal. 1t is also an invalu-
able remedy for sea-sickness. The nausea and
retching caused by the pitching and rolling of a
vessel at sea paralyzes the bodily and mental
gieS, and those who suffer from it would do we'll to
resort to the BitterS means of sure and perma-
nent relief. No steamer should sail without sup
ply of the article. Among the botanic ingredients
of which it is composed are some of the most pow
erfu blood depurents which the vegetable kingdom
affords Consequently, it not only tones and in
vigorates, but also puries the system through the
natural siuices which nature has provided.
Year: 1875

Vice President Wilson was in Memphis
on Saturday. Upon his arrival he was met
by committees from the General Council and
Chamber of Commerce and by the Mayor of
the city, who made brief address rendering
the hospitalities of the city. The Vice
President responded in an appropriate man.
ner. At his hotel a large crowd had assem-
bled, and i'll response to loud calls the Vice
President appeared upon the verandah and
made a short address. During the after
noon large number of prominent citizens
called upon Mr.. Wilson. The state of his
health and the weather will determine
whether he will go to Texas or st. Louis,
and, if to the latter place, he will extend
his trip to Denver, but it is his intention to
reach home early in June.