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Year: 1870

1 The San Diego Uniof, has the following upon the probable early admission of New Mexico as a state The view whiclrit takes of the Ter ritory as it stands, and of the result which wlll .e likely to follow it's admission as State oi the Union are so evidently proper that we would not alter single sentence, not even a world

 No one can deny that this territory has the el- ements of great wealth. The evidence IS ample of rich deposits of gold, silver copper, iron and coal. And againshe has very extensive regions of agricultural land.

 Create her State, give to her people the power of fully governing themsa Ives, and there will ere long be evinced great change in the prosperity of her varied interests:

 Not only New Mexico but Arizona will be- come tributary to San Diego, and just in pro- portion as the means of fcommunicatIoni increase so that these territories may have easy and frequent access to the Western board so will increase their value, and so be secured needed acceSsions to the national wealth and power

 The railroad completed, and prosperity occe triumphant, the day will not be far distant when Arizona as well as her sister, New Mexico, may have the pleasure of seeing herself counted among the galaxy of stars that beau hfy our national banner.
Year: 1870

THE Secretary of War, by a. vote OF
the House, has been ordered to Issue
rations to tie poor of Washington. In
plain words, he has been directed, as
far as the House can direct, to feed idle,
worthless negroes, brought into Wash
ington for the purpose of voting the
Radical ticket, and kept there in order
that that party may hold the reins of
authority. ALI these negroes are badly
needed in Virginia by the farmers. Fair
wages aud constant employment would
be given them. But they are retained
in the Nationol capital by the Radicals,
and fed by the funds of the toiling
white men of the country. This is the
latest exhibition of Radical care for
white men. The negroes of Washing
ton are to be maintained in idleness,
while the countryis taxed to foot the
bills.
Year: 1870

4 Cleveland father tied a rope about
The body Of his little boy and threw him
iAto the river az o punishment for
playing on its bank. AS he was draw
my the child in the rope parted, and
the inhuman chastisement nearly re.
suited in tragedy, for the little fellow
fellow was rescued only with great diff
tulty and danger.
Year: 1870

At recent Methodist prayer meeting
III New England town the sexton
arose and remarked that "the devil has
got into a corner and is Running opposi-
non" and that he would be allowed a
sasnce to go out. As the designated
Individual Immediately accepted the
roe assigned to him and made his exit,
Inc meeting went on in peace.
Year: 1870

This is the latest story from Paris
"A musician at a Monaco casino lately
bought a bottle of champagne, and sit
ting down to the piano, he played the
gayest music and drank his wine until
1at single glass remained; into this
ne poured vial of prussic acid, drank


IL OF, and began a solemn funeral
march which only ended with his
Year: 1870

of any man who serves as JUDGE whom 10
interested; and there never ought to be any
man appointed who is devoid of experience
aad knowledge in trotting matters. A man
may mean well enough, but without know
ledge what is the use Of his good intentions? !?
Much is expected Of this convention, and we
hope there will be no disappointment
Year: 1870

Information from Topeka Kansas, Is to the erect
that evidence OF n startling character in reference
TO q certain northwestern senator VIII be produced.
before committee OF the Legislature appointed to
investigate charges or corruption against our Con.
prehsioual delegation,
Year: 1870

:


The. sun WIS sinking low in the
west, casting the shadows of the grand
old forest. treesthat bordered on the side
OF the road, far out on the smooth
green meadows and waving grain fields
of the other; flaming redly on the
windows of the trim little cottages,
scattered in the broad expanse of
vegetation, like tiny islands on an in
land sea, till they shope like burpish7
ed gold, and lending bright glow to
the dark bank of clouds that. lay
stretched above it. se. 81. -. -,
Is young girl came slowly down the
road, carelessly swinging her bonnet
by one string, as if enjoying to the full
the quiet beauty of the evening. Pret.
ty Alice Lindlay, 1t was not often she
gained time to loiter,- let the way be
ever so beautiful ;. for poor sewing
girl as she was, it was few moments
she could ever spare from the dreary
toll that was slowly sapping her life
by the very efforts made to preserve
it. II was well that she occasionally
had long walk to take to revive her
dropping frame, and brighten the
cheeks that paled so fast in the close
confinement of her little room The
soft June air was filed with the per-
fume of the early roses, that from
every yard stretched out their pink
clusters toward her as she passed, fill
ing her soul with kind of longing
joy. = - .5... .;.l.af.- la l.tr 10


There was little stream that ran
gurgling across the road, and she
stopped, leaning against the rHde rail
ing at the side Of the rustic bridge.
that spanned. it, gazing as earnestly in
toithe clear water as if she expected
that in one of its crystal drops dweltl
the fairy that some day would trans
form her into a grand, beautiful prin
cess, or at least 8 titled lady, clad in
silken attire, surrounded with all the
Year: 1870

The pure, the bright, the beautiful
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to a worldly prayer,
The dreams Of love and truth
The longing after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry;
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
brother in his need,
The kindly word in griefs dirk hour
That proves a friend indeed
The plea for mercy softly hreathed
When justice threatens nigh;
The sorrow Of cOntrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory Of a claspng hand,
The pressure Of kiss,
And all the tribes sweet and frail
That make mp loves first bliss;
If with a firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high
Those hands have elasped, these lips have mei
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as il fell.
The chilly want of sympathy
We feel but never tells
The hard repulse that chils the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an uniadod record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work TO do
Lose not a chance to waken love,
Be firm and just and true
So shall light that cannot fade
Beam on thee FROM on high,
And angel voices say 10 thee,
These things shall never die.
Year: 1870

Never forsake friend. When enc.
mics gather around, when sickness
fails on the heart, when the world is
dark and cheerless, is the time TO try
true friend. They who turn from
the scene of distress betray their
hypocrisy, and prove that only inter.
est moves them. lfyou have friend
who loves you, who has studied your
interest and happiness, be sure to sus-
tain him in adversely. Let him feel
that his former Kindness is apprccia-
ted, and that his love was not thrown
away Real fidelity may be rare, bu,
il txists-in the heart. They only
deny its worth aud power who never
loved friend, or labored to make a
friend happy.
Year: 1870

Oh for lodge in q garden Of cucumbers!
Oh for an iceberg or two at control!
Oh for vale which Mt mid day the dew cumbers
Oh for q pleasure trip up to the Pole!
Oh for q little one-story thermometer.
With nothing but zeros all ranged in a row!
Oh for a big double barreled hydrometer,
Tomeasure the moisture that rolls from my


brow!
Oh that this cold world were twenty times


colder!


(That's irony red hot. 1t seemeth to mel.
Oh for turn of its dreaded cold shoulder!
Oh what q comfort ague would be!
Oh for grotto to typify heaven.
Scooped in the rock under cateract vast!
Oh for q winter Of discomfort. even!
Oh for wet blank cts judiciously cast!
Oh for a soda fount spouting up boldly,
From every hot lamp-post against the hot


sky!
Oh for a proud maiden to look on me coldly,
Freezing my soul with glance Of her eye!
Then oh for a draught from . cup Of 'cold


pizen!"


And oh for resting place In the cold grave
With a bath in the Styx, where the thick


shadow lies on
And deepens the chill Of its dark running


wave!


-Punchinello.
Year: 1870

"Reading about electricity, lightning
and the telegraph, the other day. said
Uncle Peter, "reminds me of . curious
story once heard while | was in Eng
land"


A London correspondent Of GLASGOW
newspaper made it his business to gather
the news every day and send it to Glas-
COW every night by telegraph.


He made arrangement with the
operator at a certain Office, by which
news was sent to GLASGOW at reduction
by the year.


One night he arrived at the lower
door at the foot of the stairs leading up
into the telegraph Office. The door was
locked aud he could not open 1t at
all.


The office was in the sixth story of
the building. The operator had bed
there, to which he retired promptly at
three o'clock, and it was now half past
two.


The operator up stairs yawned aud
looked at his watch. Jenkins won't
come to night" he said; II may as well
20 to bed;" and there was poor Jen-
kins all the time pounding away on tile
door at the foot of the long stairs, and
he no idea that the door was not wide
open.


whats the row." said policeman
| ,,aseinp.
Year: 1870

An ingenious thief had managed to
victimize jeweIer of Berlin by apply
ing some adhesive substance to the end
of his (the said thieFs) nose, and pre-
tending to bc afflicted with near sighted
ness and "A severe catarrh. In examin-
ing an assortment of valuable rings his
short vision compelled him to bend
very closely over them, and his other
infirmity obliged him to apply his
handkerchief to his nasal organ in a
sudden and desu!tory sort of way; the
result of which conjoined operation was
that the most precious stone in the
Whole collection disappeared, under the
very noses, so to speak. of both the
jeweler and his pretended customer.
Year: 1870

The days of Catholic superstition,
bigotry and intolerance have not en-
tircly passed away and the fea-
lures Of the church are marked by
the teachings Of the priesthood in
encouraging these ideas.


The following account of the
miraculous intcryentions Of the
Virgin Mary, which We extract from
the Banner Of The South, Catholic
journal published at Augusta Georgia
shows that the belief in miraculous
intcrventions Of the Divine Spirit
through the Virgin Mary is still
taught in the church.
Year: 1870


Does the earth contain one spirit
Bowed despondent to the dust
On the midnight of whose vision
Beams no star Of hope and trust2
Let that soul but pause and ponder !.
On the works the past has done;
And an honor bright and glorious,
For the future shall be won.
Fer the soul must feel the stirring
0fits destiny sublime,
Who but rightly views the present,
With It's earnest heart and mind,
Toiling in the earthly vineyard
Many hands have founda place;
Some are nearing to the SUNNI it,
Some are at the mountains base.
Progress is the stirring watch word
Cheers them upward to the height
Canst thou pause and playthe laggard
With its glories full in sight?
And while fair and broad and glorious,
Trour visions we can see,
Still the future brightly stretching.
Who shall TIL what bond or barrier
TO improvement heaven designed
Who shall dare to fix the limits,





To the onward march Of mind2
Only he, who into being
Called theunfathomed hman soul,
lie for whom the hymn ofprogress
Through eternity shall roll J ae x F
Year: 1870

Tue following Hymn IS uscd by
the Mouuops IN the closing ccrimo-
nies of the initiation of a member IN
to their church aud is highly culculn.
ted to arouse the religious zeal, of the
newly admitted member, If that seems
possible after the trying experience
ofpassiug through the three degrees
Of the Aaronic Priesthood and the
two degrees of the Melchzidek Priest
hood.
Year: 1870

ever since the region Of active military opera
tlons and heavy cannonadings in France has
been deluged with heavy rains. From our
observations ON this subject during our late
war with the Southern confederacy, and from
the rains uniformly attending all great warlike
operations in Europe, we are satisfied as to
the fact that heavy cannonadings do bring on
and bring down rain. But as with us, In the
order of the seasons, the time has come for
our slater rains," we hope that the promise
held out in our opening autumnal northeaster
will be followed by plentiful watering of all
the dry land from the Atlantic to the Pacific
seaboard islands.
Year: 1870


witness the closing scene.


In closing this article, however, we caution
our readers against leaping to the conclusion
that because the temporal power Of the Papacy
is gone the Papacy itself is dead. In spite
of its many shortcomings, faults, crimes, if the
reader will, it is an institution hoary with years
and rich with noble memories. All the world
owes much to it. It was ancient and honor
able when Europe still was young and centu-
ries before America was discovered. Although
it is our firm belief that the temporal power
of the Papacy is gone forever the Papacy
itself in its true spiritual character may be
mighter than ever when America has become
old and when Europe has been rejuvenated,
when all the dynasties and arlstocracies have
been consigned to oblivion, and when the great
Sun god looks down only and always on the
universal republic. Who can say it will not
be so? E,..,5t
Year: 1870

the State Prison for eighteen years and six
months. Such language, coming from an
officer 80 jealous and respected as Judge Bed
ford is, must carry weight; and we can rest
assured that with the help Of all good citi-
zens, he will put stop to the rufianism
which threatens the fair name Of our good
CITY
Year: 1870

Careful OF THE LIFE OF NApoLEoN-A
boy was recently discovered at Wilhelmshohe,
where Louis Napoleon is now sojourning, with
loaded pistol in his pocket. 1t was decided
by the authorities that the pistol could not
have been intended for any purpose except the
assassination of Louis Napoleon, and the boy
was punished accordingly.
Year: 1870

THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. -
This Convention assemblies in Rochester on
Wednesday. No doubt the present incumbents
will be renominated. The only question of
interest is regarding the platform. That plat
form should be made to conform with the
progress of events since the last State Con-
vention was Seld. 1t is unnecessary and use
less for the Convention IS take a back track
and introduce matters not pertinent to the
issues of the present day. Those issues are
principally reduction of taxes and lrm
recognition of the principles of liberty as they
are beginning again to take root and spread
in Europe If the democrats in their conven-
tion on Wednesday fail to recognize these
principles they will fail to make stand in
support of the policy of the democratic party
since its organization.


The Convention has the opportunity OF
fashioning the Presidential campaign of 1872,
and it will rest with the delegates to shape
their deliberations accordingly.
Year: 1870

TIE CASE OF Dir. SCmoEpPE. In the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Mon
day, Justice Read read an opinion in the
case of Sch@ppe in error to the Oyer and
Terminer of Carlisle, this writ, being the
last resort of the prisoner for escape from
the penalty of death for the crime of mur.
der of which he was convicted The opin.
ion of the court was based upon strictly
technical grounds, and was to the effect
that they could not consider the question
of the prisoners guilt or innocence, and
had not been able to discover any error in
record of the court below. Therefore the
judgement of the Oyer and Terminer OF
Carlisle was affirmed.
Year: 1870

Every Democrat: every Conserva-
tive, all persons opposed to Radicalism
should cast their votes for the nominees
Of the Democratic party. This is a
duty they owe to their faith and to
their count9. 1t is eviden1 that few
moro years Of Radical rule will prove
disastrous to every section and every
interest. Our only hope now is that
the Democratic party will come into
power. We are told by the Dem ocatic
Congressman, in their address to The
American people, that if we are true to
ourselves anu the Democratic party we
will have a mojority in the lower
House of the next Congress, and in
two years more will control the Senate.
Is not such @ consummation worth q
struggle? Is thero any sacrifice that
we should not make to attain such a
desirable end?


The people of the North. East, and
West are rallying to the Democratic
standard. New York has rolled up
81 900 as Democratic majority and
sho expects the Kentucky Democracy
to show no sign of faltering now
If any bolter, independent, or Radical,
flashed over the wires on Monday night
Of August the 1st to all of the Radical
strongholds that they had gained VIC
tory-that the nominees Of the Demo-
cratic party had been defeated. a
bolter or independent now is worse
than Radical. Let the people be-
ware of them, and shun them as they
would Courier Journal.
Year: 1870

THE NIGHT LAMP.-There are many
families who use night lamps, and through
inability to provide gas, have been in the
habit cf burning kerosene oil, a very good
thing when properly used. A few words
on the subject of its use at night may prove
interesting, to the general reader. When
the light of the kerosene lamp is turned
down low, the combustion is not perfect,
and the atmosphere of the room becomes
vitiated by the unconsumed oil vapors. by
the gas produced by combustion, and also
by the small particles of smoke and SCOT
thrown of, to be taken into the lungs Of
the occupants. Air thus poisoned is dead
ly in its effects, and the wonder is that the
people are not Immediately and fatally in
jured by breathing it. Its consequences
are the unaccountable and mysterious head
aches, irritation of the throat and lungs,
dizziness and nausea
Year: 1870

THE GRAND JURY SYsTEM.-Under
pretense of protecting the public and fer
reting out evil doers, it is more often
shield fo- the wicked and secret enemy
of honest citizens Being secret institu-
tion-an inquisitorial proceeding-it has
the power to injure the reputation of any
man before he knows what is being done,
and before he has any means of defense.
1t is often wicked and wauton intermed-
ding with private affairs, and alwaps an
encouragement to groundless suspicion and
idle tattle. 1t is disgrace to our Judicial
system, rotten member, which should
long since have been buried and lost in
oblivion, 1t is as useless as it is unjust
Exchange
Year: 1870

a day or two since FIVE geese, owned by
a man living at Mormon Island, died from
some unknown disease, and to settle the
question of the cause Of death, post NOR
TEN examination of one was made, when
in the gizzard Was found grain gold almost
sufficient to make ive-dollar piece. The
other four geese We're then prospected, and
each panned out quantity of the precious
metal. Our informant exhibited to us yes.
terday the amount taken from one of the
geese-the one that gave the smalles guam
tity at that-and there certainly appeared
to be 81 90 worth. The gold was probably
pick up by the fowls near some claim
where the miners had been sluicing, and
it is presumed that the quicksilver attached
to it caused their death.-Sac Union.
Year: 1870

Col. King, the discoverer of the great
greenback counterfeit plot for the depre
citation of the currency and ultimate re-
pudiation of the nations faith is about five
feet ten inches high, thirty five or thirty
six years old, well but lightly built, dark
complexion, and with an unmistakable look
and air of intelligence He was during
the war colonel of artillery in the Con-
federate service, and was lately Clerk of
the Court for Carter county, in Kentucky.
He says that in April, 1865, be left New
Orleans per steamer for New York. On
the passage he struck up an acquaintance
with one Harlow j. Phelps, a wealthy
commission merchant and cotton broker of
New Orleans, who was also proceeding to
this city he latter, learning that King
had been in the Confederate service, i'm
parted to him the secret of the great scheme
that was then only in an embryo condition
In the heads of a few repudiatiors, North
and South. Phelps being trusted ennis
sary introduced King to the conspirators
in New York, and from that time he be-
Ca me as one Of themselves


Soon after their arrival here, according
to the statements given, King and his
friend Phelps attended Tammany meet
ing, after which those previously initiated
into the secret remained behind, and sub
sequently some two hundred of the con-
spirators reassembled in another part of the
Tammany building. Among those present
on the occasion, King enumerates Gov
ernor Hoffman, Ex-Governor Morgan, Gen
eral Frank Blair-the latter was at this
meeting maze presiding officer King
goes on to state that it was decided on this
meeting to commence manufacturing green
backs on large scale, in order to flood the
country with them, to purchase up all the
gold, and by this means TO withdraw all
the specie from the banks and private
holders, and to SO depreciate the currency
and paralyze all monetary transactions and
financial business, as must have evoked "a
popular rising Of the people against the
Government, and thus compel reputation
Of the national Indebtedness.


King further states that President John
son was perfectly ware of the whole thing
that he was heart and soul in the con
splraoy, and that his appointment of Mr..
Cooper as Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury was in futherance of the general OBJ
ject.


Tho foregoing are the main points in
Kings written statement and sworn affida-
davits.
Year: 1870

A "RING" IN Pork BARREL.-A
citizen of Manchester, Iowa, lately found
large, heavy fnger-ring in his pork bar
rel. The circumstance was odd enough to
remain quite vivid in his memory with the
correlative fact that his pork was going
faster than his family wants justified
Shortly after, he was accosted by another
citizen No. that the ring upon his finger
belonged to him. But when No l replied
by asking how the ring came to be found
in his pork barrel, No. 2 at once abandon
ed the discussion to see man around the
corner
Year: 1870

This should be the farmers rule. To
hold produce in hope of getting extravag-
ant prices may occasionally succeed, but it
generally fails. Farmers, by holding back
their produce, may help Spectators to
"form corner but the spectators never
divide the profits. If you can get fair
price, sell as soon as You are ready. But
if an article that you can hold does not
bring fair price if it is below the cost of
production-do not dispose of it. 1t will
certainly rise. We know that there are
few things that make farmer "feel so bad"
as to find that, if he had held his produce
few weeks, he could have had much
higher price. We know farmers who sold
their barley last fall at $3.50, and their
wheat at 1925; while some of their neigh
bors held both, and sold the barley for
81, 10, and have their wheat still on hand
Now it is not pleasant to think that you
could have had 60cts bushel more for the
barley but then there is some consolation
in thinking that you received so cents a
bushel more for the wheat than you could
get now. We once crossed the Atlantic
with well-known Captain in sailing yes
sci. Another equally celebrated Captain
left Liverpool the same day. When we
took in the pilot, the first question the cap
tain asked, was: "Any news Of the New
World % "She reached New York three
days ago" We all "felt as bab" at being
beaten as the farmer who sold his barley
at 81 80. But our captain remarked: "He
must have taken the southern course He
has hit it for once. But it is wrong, never
theless." So we say to the farmer who
received s2,l0, for his barley. He hit it
for once. But the principle is wrong.
Better to sell when you are offered fair
price. This same farmer had some capital
hogs. They were very fat, and he was
offered 134 cents for them He kept them
three weeks longer, and then sold them for
10! cents.