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Year: 1876

A CURIOUS STATEMENT RESPECTING THE PRE-


oUENT RUPTURE OF THE WIRE.


LONDON, Jan 25 1870
The Times In its financial article, has the following
"The following letter makes a statements Of
Of the Direct United States Cable Company's wire II
is hardly possible believe that masious conduct Of
the kind pointed out could be adopted any
the sinister purposes and for tho sake of all
cerned be hoped that tho fullest investigation
may be made the delay which occurred In making
the successive breakages known We informed
that on this last the company word the
Stock Exchange before eleven O'Clock in the morning
so that the responsibility OF keeping back the
nouncement does with it."


Mr. EDWARD n LusHrNcrox's LETTER


The DIRECT UKIrKD STArKs CABLE COMPANY,


LoNDos, Jan. 25, 1876.


sIR--in your article you say respecting The Direct
United states Cable 'It would appear that the news
OF the interruption again known the market to
operators at least fifteen minutes before the
notice was posted the stock Exchange and during
that short period Anglo-American stock jumped up
nearly two per cent" While fully approaching your
iaudabe endeavor TO stop an Infamous system Of
gambling which cannot be too strongly condemned
beg you that the evil lies much deeper than
appears at nrst sight, aud that you may do great
public service IN supporting the Directors OF the
Direct United States Cable Company In Obtaining
q public inquiry these nearous proceedings and
for bringing the perpetrators TO justice II is an
doubted fact that the ruptures Of the Direct United
States Cable which have occurred In regular succession
since the line opened, have been known 10 certain
operators the stock exchange not hours, but
days. before they happened; and II equally certain
that the ruptured cable In each case sound and
perfect up 70 the very moment when the communca-
ton ceased and that the ruptured ends which have
been brought home prove beyond all doubt that the
that OF dragging anchors under ordinary circumstances


Ed H. LUsHINGTON, Chairman
Year: 1876

Sr. LOUIS Mo-, Jan. 90, 1876
The prosecution closed It's evidence IN the Mckee
case today and the defence will begin the introduction
OF testimony tomorrow. Nothing or startling
was elected to-day. Five six witnesses were ex
amned their evidence relating particularly to
the scope and operations Of the eringn than 90 Nc
Keo's completely In It,


The general opinion ia that the prosecution made
out good case against McKee, although not so strong
was made out against Mcdonald and Joyce. The re-
suit will depend very much upon the OF tho de-
fendants evidence So far known McKee's lawyers
Will depend almost entirely in their ability to mpeach
the government witnesses the ground OF
bad character The great public interest con-
tinues unabated tremendous crowd being present
in the court room until the adjournment On account
OF the length of time consumed in the Mckee trial and
the time likely to be taken up In the Mcguire case
which is next on the docket Babcocks trial has beon
indefinitely postponed from the 3ls the day originally
set for it,


General Babcock, as well as tho government wit
nesses who reside In Washington has been notified by
telegraph to keep himself readiness TO come mere
immediately when summoned
Year: 1876

isv pS;ef1usn nj tESracter2cy aplllGy
and purpose that we can fear no criticism
and no comparison. With such standard
bearer and with sucha a spirit the Republi-
can party will go forward to victory GER
tain and decisive, and will enter with the
new century upon career alike benifcert
and grand. 1t was great work to defend
the Union in its hour Of peril. To maintain
our free institutions. to guard the faith and
honor of nation, to secure to country
saved the inestimable blessings of good
government, is a sacred trust and perpet-
ual mission.


But whatever may be the event, let the
voice of Massachusetts utter no uncertain
sound. She makes to-day no claim in her
own behalf. She attaches herself to no
personal following. She desires only the
best When the time shall come for your
delegates to act in her name, let them be
sure that they are true to the high stand
ards Of her people. When we remember
the commanding influence of Massachusetts,
in the past, her leadership in shaping the
sentiment that controlled great movements
and wrought out vast results when we re-
feet that she prevailed not by numerical
strength, but because she took her stand
for patriotism and right-we shall take care
that in the coming contest her voice is
heard not only for the victory of party,
but for the triumph of cause.
Year: 1876

The New York Times, discussing the
action in Massachusetts, uses the follow
ing just language; The Republican
party longs for an opportunity to again ap'
near in it's true character. 1t is hungry
for a chance to make itself felt as posi-
tive element in the history of the time. The
feeling that it has served only as break
water to keep back the tide of evils which
Democratic supremacy would bring, and
hat the people have borne with it rather
because Of the dangers which it prevent
ed than the good which it WAS DOING
has become intolerably irksome. The party
feels in it's heart that it can do all that the
country reqnires, and that only the coward
ice. the incompetency, and the idleness o
part of its assumed leaders have pre-
vented it. 1t knows that it has the re
sources of honesty, capacity, and courag
to make the Government all that it ough
to be-"
Year: 1876

This is the title ofa new and original play
which will be produced at the Grand Opera
House on Saturday by a powerful combina-
tion company under the control of Mr.. Al
bert Aiken, who enjoys IN excellent reputa-
tion both as actor and author. The papers
everywhere speak of 1t as one of the most
attractive plays that has been presented to
the American people for sometime. The
drama is made up of thrilling tableaux,
startling and realistic situation, and although
bordering on the sensational, cannot fail to
please, we have no doubt that he as else
where, the piece will lmeet with fine sue
cess. The box sheet Is now open at Bough-
man & Thomas.
Year: 1876

Prof. A. s. Webster will open the dancing
season at his rooms, Masonic Temple this
evening with sociable party. The Profes-
sor is now ready to receive pupils ct his
dancing academy, and persons who are at
all desirous to learn the art of becoming
graceful and accomplished should not hest.
tate to apply.
Year: 1876

Lieutenant W. C. Roundy, who has just returned from San Carlos. where he went to muster out company of Indian scouts and enlist others to take their places, called upon us this morning. He says the pine woods in the mountain portions of the route abound in game of all kinds, from quail to deer, and they killed even more than they wanted. The Lieutenant is one of those go ahead men vino never let chance go by to capture h. dians or game if within the line of his duty. and wonld live we'll in 8 country where many an officer would starve both himself and command. He received his present pro- motion as a reward for gallant conduct in the Modoc War, and if occasion should again offer would no doubt maintain bis rep utation. Company B is especially favored by being officered by men who know what service is. Capt. Porter himself having re- ceived promotion in recognition of gallant conduct inwar.
Year: 1876

We acknowledge the receipt, by last mail of an invitation card to be present and wit ness the marriage ceremony of our young friends W. B. Cahoone, Cashier of the Bank of Tehama County, Cal, and Miss Annie F. Reed, at Red Bluff Cal, on the evening of Nov. 18th. But like several similar invita- tions received during our sojou,n in Ari- zona, it came too late, and we couldn't go. We take special delight, however. in send ing congratulations, and the hope that the fair bride may ever be as happy as we have been while an inmate of her fathers house, and as it has ever been the province of the family to render all who have had the good fortune to possess their friendship.
Year: 1876

MEN AS LovERs.-In the first place, it is an imposition on well-bred girl to keep her up later than 10 30 o'clock, when you have opportunity of seeing her often. If you always leave her with the wish in her heart that you had stayed longer, you have gained 50 much. Never run the risk of wearying her with your presence. Be just as earnest and straightforward as in your honorable dealings with men. Impress your friends with the worth;ness and seri- ousness of your love. so that vulgar and senseless bantering will appear to them as such. Love is religion-the supremest hap piness, wear it manfully and proudly but holily. Woo woman bravely. If there is anything humiliating to a woman, it is to have lover, whom she wishes to honor, weak and vapid, ever yielding and half afraid of her. She longs to tell him to act like a man" The man who conceals or de- nies his love for fear of being laughed at is a coward.
Year: 1876

John Brickwood has returned from the

 Little Colorado Country and has given us an account of hIs robbery on the Mogollon

 Mountains on his way out He was riding alone and having travelled quite a long dis tance without water was thirsty, and seeing a wagon and several people, including 8 white woman at camp some distance from the road, he concluded to ride out to where they were and ask for drink of water He accordingly rode out and seeing an elderly gentleman, was in the act of asking him for water, when Mexican, of whom there were four standing about the camp, drew shot gun on him, a second took his horse by the bridle, third seized his cantinas and the fourth demanded his money. He saw he was completely in their power and gave up sl25, but retained considerable sum which he had in other pockets, which they did not

 find. They then exchanged saddles with him taking new one and leaving him an old worthless one and taking other portions of his travelling outfit amounting in all to nearly as much as the money. They then left and he ascertained that they had just finished robbing the people at the camp as he rode up, and had taken some money from the old gentleman and all the lady's jewelry and other valuable trinkets. Brick wood found that they had come from the di- rection of Prescott and were going towards New Mexico and that they had robbed every one they met in the mountains for distance oftwo hundred miles. He kept on their track until they reached St. Johns where there is quite settlement of Mexi- cans aud he lost all trace of them. They were no doubt seereted there by their coun- trymen until he had gone.
Year: 1876

We heard q part of Le0nard's argument before the Board of Canvassers yesterday. and observed that he made several points in support of his motion to throw out the Cliff ton vote, that were not enumerated in our brief statement of our understanding of the case in a former issue. He contcndcd that the returns were improperly before the Board because they were neither brought in by an officer of the election nor by any one designated for that purpose, neither did they bear the post mark of any Postoffice at which they had been mailed as the law pro- vides it may be done. One of the princi- pies for which he c0ntended was that the law contemplates that representation and taxation shall go together. and that in this case no taxes have ever been collected from any one of those who voted at Clifton, al- though there is provision in the statutes which prescribes as qualification of Il voter in Arizona, that he shall have paid poll tax within the year. As these people do not assist in bearing the burdens of the Government he argued that they should not share in its privileges to the extent of selec ting officers to manage the funds collected from those who do pay taxes.

 Again he contended that the circumstance of all the certificates, upon which they voted, (they all voted on certificates, there being no registration in that precinct prior to the time the great register was made up and sent to the printe', wee ,sll new, and showed no evidence of their having been in the hands or carried in the pockets of those to whom they were issued, none of them ever having been folded, or soiied in any way, but simply rolled in clean neat bun. die, as if they had all been handed into the Board of Election by one man. and the fact that the whole vote to the number of l05 was almost exactly alike he urged Was corrobOrativc of this view. Another pom upon which he appeared to rely in support of his motion was, that the late maps, dated in 1876 sent out from Washington fer the guidance of the land officers, places Clifton in Maricopa. and not in Yavapai county. consequently the returns, if legal at all should be made to Ma:icopa County.

 These with the point already stated with reference to the priority of the certificates over the record in the Great Register. we beie e ar, the principal counts upon which the returas are sought to be thrown out. When Judge Goodwin shall have made his on Monday we shall endeavor to present the salient features of his side of the ciSe.
Year: 1876

SUPPLEMENT.-We continue tor the pres ent to send out a supplement with the weekly MINER to those of our subscribers who do not receive the daily. This supple mcnt contains nearly all the local or Terri ritorial news published in the daily during the week, which We cannot get into the reg ular weekly edition. We are expecting by every stage to receive by express from Chi cago a package for which we tclcgraphed a month ago. and which is indispensable to the running of our new cylender press. When that arrives, and we have worked up the paper we have on hand which is cut to our present size, we shall enlarge the weekly and do away with the supplement.
Year: 1876

No ELECTION NEws.-We have nothing whatever from the elections in either of the doubtful states to day.

 Our advices from San Diego are that there are no further developments that point to a solution of the problem in which so many feel an interest, viz, who will be Pres- ident after the 4th of March.

 Our readers may rest assured, however, that as soon as the result is made known in Eastern Cities, they shall know it here and until it is determined it seems but folly to be lelcgraphing uncertainties and publishing

 em, as they only confuse instead of en- tightening the people.
Year: 1876

By reference to the advertising columns auction of the elegant household furniture, etc, of Major Maynadicr at his residence on HeadquarteT Hill on December 9th. The Major with his family we regret to learn is about to leave this Post for Fort Yuma
Year: 1876

Mark Twain in his notes gives newspaper reporting the preference over all other kinds of business for giving one an insight into the workings of al! kinds of society. He says when he was reporting for daily paper. for several years, he brcakfasted nearly every morning with the Governor, dined with the principal clergyman and slept in the station house
Year: 1876

The New York Tribune which is strik-
ing vigorous blows for Hayes, yet has
the good sense to look at the dragooning
Of the South for political purposes in its
true light. Read this:


There is no reason why the Southern
States should not support the Republican
ticket; but if there is to be Republican
majority in those regions it should be Tree
and unintimidated majority. No other can
exercise any.permanent infuence-no other
can promote wholesome results. Why
should we desire President Hayes, at the
very outset of his administration, to be
hindered and embarrassed by that reaction
through the whole South which will be sure
to follow electoral votes secured through
military coercion? If the South prefers to
vote for Messrs. Tilden and Hendricks, it is
infinitely better to permit it to do SO than tc
dragon it into an opposite course, which,
at the very first opportunity, it will abandon.
Why begin by breeding for the President to
come vigorous and even malignant opposi-
tion which will infal1ibly spring up the mo-
ment the pressure of the Federal arms is
taken eff? If the Grant administration
were capable of such degree of foresight,
we might imagine it to be preparing, under
the pretenses of amity, for the embarrass-
ment and failure Of its successors. 1t al
ready assumes that the majority must be
fortified, coddled, protected everywhere by
the Federal battalions. Are they to be kept
on guard forever? Has the Administration
no legacy to leave to its successors save that
of force? Can we not elect an honest Presi-
dent without conditions and drawbacks
which will make his official life one long
trouble, and neutralize all those benefits
which should be secured by his election?
Year: 1876

The boldness and desperation of the
Grant despotism-openly and deiantly
declaring determination to carry South
ern States in favor of the organized cor
ruptionists and thieves at the point of
the bayonet, suggest the necessity of
thorough organization on the part of the
free people of the North, in such maner
as will enable them to do whatever may
be necessary to be done at the proper
time, to save and successfully defend the
constitutional liberties of the peoplel !
We hope and firmly believe an over
whelming majority North and South,
East and West will proclaim Tilden the
coming man to lead the great Republic
for the ensuing four years. But we also
believe that the corruptionists at WASH
ington and their official followers mean
to defy the popular will and force dis
graceful submission to the meanest des-
potism that ever disgraced civilized peo-
Pile! In view of passing events the
important work now before us is to extend
and improve our political organizations
so as to enable US to be ready for any
emergency in the near future.
Year: 1876

Grant has seized the first moment a.
ter the adjournment of Congress to show
his hand; and the people of the country
can see that it grasps a bayonet, the
point of which Is turned toward the
Southern States.


1t is a feeling not of alarm, but of in
dignation, that will be raised throughout
the land by the military order that was
recently issued from the War Depart
ment to General Sherman. 1t directs
the General OF the Army to hold all the
available military force in readiness to
Year: 1876

The principal objection which we see
urged against Gov. Tilden is that he is a
railroad lawyer.


Well, would the Republicans prefer q
Tombs lawyer for candidate


OF the eighteen men who have been
President of the United States, all but
three have been lawyers; and both the
candidates now before the people are law
yers. If we are to have lawyer for
President, we do not see what objection
=oan- be to him that his practice has
been in the larger class Of cases. such as
those affecting the rights and obligations
of railway companies.


But it is said that Mr.. Tilden's prac-
tice has been lucrative. That only goes
to show that his professional services
have been valuable to his clients, as his
patriotic services will be to his country.
The private fortune which he has ac-
cumulated in his business places him en-
tirely out of the reach of pecuniary
temptation in the White House; and al
though we believe that not more than
one, if any, of all our Presidents ever
yielded to that, still there is no harm in
having it removed.
Year: 1876

The New York Tribune describes in
this manner the method of operation Of
street car pickpockets: Three or four
pickpockets will stand on corner short
distance from bank, and watch until
they see some one who is known as the
agent or cashier of manufacturing COM
pany enter the bank, to draw money to
pay employees. One Of the gang enters
the bank Immediately after and presents
bill at the counter, asking to have it
changed tosmaller bills. He closely OBJ
serves where the person whom they
intend to rob puts his money, follows
the agent to street car or other con-
yenient place and steals the money,
sometimes by Sitting the coat on the out
side, and sometimes.by taking it directly
from the pocket-in all cases leaving, if
possible, the bank-book or pocket-book
still in his pocket. The robbed man
feels his book still in his pocket, and
thinks his money secured and by the
time he discovers his loss the thief is far
away. 1t takes much greater skill to
take money than to take watch, and
only the most dextrous criminals at
tempt it.
Year: 1876

In his letter of acceptance, Governor
Tilden proposes to pay off the whole of
our debt, by a saving Of one per cent. of
the interest which is now paid. That
would save seventeen millions year,
and that saving regularly invested at
four and half per cent. would, in less
than thirty-eight years, extinguish the
principal. This means simply that if
the Government continues to collect
from the peoplethe same amount as now
for the payment of this interest, and
were to re-invest the loan at saving of
one per cent. interest, we should in less
than thirty-eight years have sufficient in
hand to pay off the whole debt, and re-
lieve ourselves from any further taxa
ton on its account. We should not have
to pay any more than now as taxes, and
although we are now only providing
enough for the interest, under Governor
Tilden's plan, we should not only be
paying the interest, but laying by sufii-
cient to pay the principal in less than
thirty-eight wears.
Year: 1876

rights as a citizen. 1t is impossible, in
the light of our recent political history,
not to see in this order threat which is
meant to serve a partisan purpose. In
what way it is likely to serve partisan
ends we have elsewhere shown; its wis
dom as partisan measure we have else
where discussed: but there is another
and higher plane from which it should
be considered, and from the point of
view of craftsmanship the Presidents
act must be condemned of all sound
thinkers. The Administration of the
government should be not only not
partisan in its methods and purposes; it
should be above fair suspicion of partisan
ship. The indecency of the President
of the United Etates using his Office and
his authority for the promotion of purely
partisan ends is too manifest to need
pointing out, and whether or not the
President has willingly done this, he is
worthy of blame for seeming to do it.


His order is unwise from the point of
view of either patriotism or statesman
ship, and there should be no other point
of view possible TO a President of the
United States.
Year: 1876

the Democrats carried the State, Captain
Rainwater, an old Confederate officer, was
elected school superintendent for this
county. This year, when the summer
months came, instead of spending his
vacation in the North, as his health de-
manded, he has opened a colossal normal
school, and now has sixty negro teachers
being instructed by him, in order that
they may be competent to teach their
own people and receive the pay for it,
and not let it be given to the thousands
OF the thieves who are tramping through
the South trying to obtain employment
teaching the negro schools for twenty
FIVE dollars month, but who in reality
are filling the negro's minds with
hatred to their best friends. Captain
Rainwater has been running his school
for two months, and will continue
through the summer. Who displays
greater love for the negro man than
this? Let o. P. Morton in his next
bloody shirt speech tell this one truth.
Year: 1876

For years the attitude of the Catholic
church toward the Public Schools has
been either knowingly or ignorantly
misrepresented. By the press and in the
forum, in the halls of legislation, and in
the pulpits of Professionalism, the Catho-
lie Church has been falsely and foully
accused of designing the destruction of
the Common School system. With the
faint hope of making our voice heard
above the loud din of slander which
meets US on every side when the school
question is discussed, we beg leave to
state categorically the position of the
Catholic Church in relation to the Com
mon Schools:


DECLARATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE


UNITED STATES.


Enemies of the Catholic Church assert
that the Bishops and Clergy of the Catholic
Church are hostile to the Public Schools of
the country, and are leagued together to