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Year: 1871

GENTLEMEN.--By the terms Of the acts
of Congress granting lands to aid in the
construction Of railroads, there is exempted
from the grants lands to which the right
of pre-emption had attached at the time
when the grant may have become effective,
and the Department has ruled that tht lands
to which such presumption c!am or right
has attached, and snch pre-emptiou sub
sequent)y abandoned, does not inure to the
railroad grant, but reverts to the United
States


A pre-emption fling of record on your
books constitutes, Of course, prtD.a ti,cie
evidence of redemption claim; but it
has been represented that in many cases
these filings have been made without the
preliminary settlement required by the PIE
emption laws that such filings do not in
such cases constitute pre- -emptlon claim
or right; that such right can only exist
where the party has legal status, which
he does not have except by actual settle
ment prior to filing; and that such illegal
filings cannot defeat the railroad claim,
where the companies can establish the
illegality of the filing, or, in other words,
that fraud in the inception of the pre-
emption claim renders it absolutely null
and void, and that it does not therefore
affect the right of the railroad


have carefully considered these pro-
positions, and have reached the conclusion
that filing made with allegation of previ-
Gus settlement, but where it can be clearly
shown that such settlement was not in fact
made, is filing in derogation Of law, and
is fraudulent consequently is not pre-
emption claim, or right recognized by the
law, and does not withdraw the land from
the right of the road.


Therefore where applications may be
made to enter any such lands, you will
order hearings, giving due notice of the
time of hearing to the original pre- -emptor,
(where the claim is unexpired,) y the appli-
cant, and the railroad company, when the
company will have the opportunity to
prove the fraudulent character of the claim
or filing.


You will also, in all cases where the
railroad company seeks to select such
lands, require them to prove the fraudul-
ent character of all pre- e-emption claims or
filings that may appear by your records to
have been in legal existence at the date the
right of the road would have otherwise
attached.


The proof in all cases must be confined
to the action of the pre- -emptor prior to the
filing as, if the filing or claim was legal in
its inception, it withdraws the land from
the grant.


There are other points on which fling
may be shown to have had illegal incep-
ton, as, for instance, where the party was
foreigner at the time, or had previously
enjoyed the right of pre-emption, and you
will admit the consideration Of these points
where they may be alleged against the pre-
emption claim.


After hearing is had in any case, you
will transmit the testimony, with your joint
opinion thereon, for the action of this
Office.


3ery respectfully,
WILLIS DRUMMOND, Commissioner.
Year: 1871

THE FENCE LAWN our issue OF
November 18th, we took grounds in opposi-
tion to the general repeal Of the Fence Law
and expressed the belief that the interests CT
the Northern portion of the State at least
would suffer almost irreparable injury IN
the event of such repeal. Since the appear
ance of the paper of that date, we have
been assured by many settlers that our
views upon the question meet with the
earnest appreciation of almost the entire
population Of this county. Here, ranchers:
gardeners, teamsters, mechanics, andi in fact
the majority of men residing in the country
and small villages own more or less stock,
which, except during two or three months a
year, subsists well and thrives on the ample
pasturage afforded by the unoccupied Gov
ernment lands These people are COW
able to get along comfortably by reason Of
obtaining free of cost, the milk, butter,
pork, beef, etc, necessary for their family
use. Now, if "no fence" law is extended
to this county, these people, not having
stock enough to justify the employment Of
herders, and often living too far apart toe
herd in common, will be forced to
sell out for what they can get and emf
CRATE, and the business of stock raising
will 50 into the hands of few monopolists


The Central Pacific Railroad monopoly
wants the Fence Law repealed 50 as to
compel, the people to keep stock from
nipping few blades of grass within the
limits Of the extensive territory donated to
that grasping organization by too gener-
Gus Government In league with this
Company, is found the would-be stock
monopolists of Northern California, all
working for the repeal of the present fence
law, aud against the best interests of poor
men, We earnestly call upon the repre-
sentatives of the mountain counties, and
especially of this portion the State, to act
in the interest of the people by opposing
the repeal Of the fence law
Year: 1871

RAILRoAD.-We are informed that the
Railroad Company have put a grading
force Of about 100 Cinnamon to work two
miles this side of Red Bluff, and that the
number will shortly be increased to three
hundred. The cars are expected to run
iato Red Bluff by Monday next, if not to-
day. Truly the iron horse is advancing on
US, and the day is not far distant when his
snort will be echoed by the hills and
mountains of old Shasta county.
Year: 1871

The venerable mother of Governor elect
Booth and his younger brother arrived at
Sacramento recently from Indiana Mrs
Booth will preside over her sons household
during his official term.
Year: 1871

- james Lynch. the colored Secretary Of
State Of Mississippi, has written a letter to
Governor Alcorn, in which he takes direct
issue with Senator Ames in regard to the he
cessIty ot Federal-interiereucc in the affairs
ut that State Lynch says: AS a rerrescn,
ta'ive man OF my race l wish to see the cx-
pertinent Of self government. without Federal
intervention, tried little while longer in the
State OF Mississippi have no doubt of the
result. Que thing Is certain the bayonCt
cannot give US peace and prosperity. 1t may
maim,ain order. while it glistenS, in garrisoued
towns; but we wish more than this. We
wish to win the hearts of the people to the
great doctrines of the Republican party, and
to nurture into full development as great love
for the American flag as when Mississippi fol-
lowed it to Mexico. The war of blood is over
Statesmanship alone finish this grand
work which Divine Providence ordered that
war should commence.


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Year: 1871

J,OE THE ACCOMMODATION OF OUR NUMEROUS


uptown patrons have opened Branch Olice 124S
Broadway corner Thryhst street. for receiving advertise
and subscription For the NEW YORK HERALD with
charge This is the only authorized branch Office
this CITY, Open from A. NJ TIL r. N. every day In tho
Year: 1871

AT 1856 BROADWAY, NEAR THIRTy-SECOND
IN. street.To let very low desirable Second Floor
also hall of the First Floor suitable for busines dresakers
private families Inquire in the jewelry store
Year: 1871

ITO LEASE-FOR A TERN OF YEARS. FULLY FUR
a nshed and IN complete running order, the Bar and
Lunch Room Restaurant and Billiard Room fret
down hotel None but responsible parties address
H. 4 Herald oil
Year: 1871




The Lancaster IeteUigencer of last evening
says


Between eight and nine o'clock this morning
flames were discovered issuing from the rear
of large barn on the milk-farm of Joshua
Sourbeer, about one mile from the centre of
Columbia and the men being away from home,
before the building could be reached it was all in
asblaze. By the heroic efforts of two girls most
of the stock consisting of fifteen head of horned
cattle and one horse, we're saved, although in the
burning building two calves and one pig were
burned. The young ladies also saved two car
riages. The barn contained twelve tons of hay,
two tons of shorts, threshing machine, Win
mower and Windmill besides many improved
farming implements-the accumulation of years
of severe toll. All was lost. A corn-crib stand
ing near also burnt to the ground. The loss will
amount to about $1,000, with only $4,000 insu-
rance, in the Lycoming Mutual. 1t falls heavily
upon a worthy man, and he has the sympathy
of the entire community. The cause of the fire
is unknown, but it is supposed to have caught
from brush on the hill, set on fire by a passing
locomotive. The Columbia engines promptly
left their houses, but owing to the fact that the
buildings were upon the summit of a steep hill
and as the engines had no horses they were
unable to get into action. This is the most dis
astrous fire that has occurred in Columbia for
some time.
Year: 1871

Does Incarceration in the Penitentiary


Imply Divorce! !-The Mistake of n Pretty


Lady who Thought So.


The last sensation, says the Louisville Journal
of the 4th instant, is over matrimonial mishap
which occurred not long since. The case is that
of a lady who, laboring under the mistaken idea
that q husband incarcerated in the State prison
at Frankfort amounted to a divorce UinculO
nldtrimOnii, without any intervention of a de-
cree from court having Jurisdiction to grant
divorces, gave herself in wedlock TO a gay old
widower of seventythree summers. The con-
sequence was that only few days of matrmo-
NAL bliss we're allowed them, when the stern,
inexorable law stepped III and declared them
twain, Notwithstanding the man of God had
pronounced them bone of one bone and flesh of
one flesh. They twained accordingly, and exc
cutive clemency has already been brought
into requisition to relieve the lady from any
prosecution for bigamy. The couple are now
quietly resting on their oars, waiting for the
next term of the Chancery Court to come when
a divorce will be obtained from the ''old love-"
who is still in prison, and another wedding
gone through with as to the ''new." The
bridegroom has already given substantial evil
dence of his affection for the lady. On the day
of their first wedding he decided her two hun
dred acres of land and made her present of
three thousand dollars in money. After ward he
was so well pleased with his choice that he in
creased the land gift to five hundred acres and
the money to five thousand dollars Should the
lady, TO further test the affection of her lover,
make demand of few more thousands on
the day of their second wedding, it would add
another interesting feature to the case.
Year: 1871

A Washington despatch to the Tribune says


1t is stated tonight, on well-intormed autho-
rity that the labors of the Joint High Commis-
sion will be finished in a fortnight from the
present time, and that the treaty, which will be
the basis of settlement of all points of differ
ence between the two countries, will be ready
TO submit to the Senate at that time. 1t is not
improbable that the Senate will be in session
two weeks hence, and that the treaty will be
considered before the adjournment. General
Schenck has lately expressed the opinion that
time for him to sail for England before the LIST
of May.
Year: 1871

OF persons ollng tho machinery, in allowing some Of the
oil to become mixed with the water before being intro
duced into the boiler. DR.. Jcntz win shortly invite
experts and others to witness practical illustration OF
his discovery He states that common soda mixed
with tho water viii prevent explosion from ,he above
cause tho soda turns the oil into soap and thereby
renders Il perfectly harmless.
Year: 1871

And old man of very active phys
iognomy, answering to the name of
Jacob Wilmot, was brought to the
police court.


His clothes looked as though they
might have been bought second
hand in his youthful prime, for they
had suffered more from rubs of the
world than the proprietor him
self.


What business?


None; I'm a traveller


"A vagabond, perhaps?


You are not far wrong. Travel
ers and vagabonds about the same
thing. The difference is that the
latter travels without money and the
former without brains,'


Where have you travelled?


All over the continent


For what purposeS


Observation


What have you observed?


"A little to commend, much to CEN
sure, and a great deal to laugh
at


'Humph! what do you commend?


"A handsome woman who will stay
at home; an eloquent preacher that
will preach short sermons; a good
writer that will not write too much,
and fool that has sense enough to
hold his tongue


What do you censureT


"A man that marries girl for her
fine clothing; youth who studies
medicine while he has the use of
his hands; and the people who will
elect drunkard to office


What do you laugh ats'


Il laugh at 4 man who expects his
position TO command that respect
which his personal qualifications
and qualities do not merit


He was dismissed.
Year: 1871

A married lady who was in the
habit of spending most of her time
in the society of her neighbors, hap
pened one day to be taken i'll, and
sent her husband in great haste for
a physician. The husband ran a
short distance, and then returned
exclaiming:


My dear, where shall l find you
when come back?'


A sly old deacon, wishing to give
his pastor hint to put more juice
into his sermons, said to him one
day:


Il must get seat nearer the pull
pit, for by the time your words reach
my ears, the people in front of me
have so taken out the pitch out Of
them, that they are as dry dish wa.
ter


Never be critical upon the ladies',
was the maxim of an old Irish peel
remarkable for his homage to the
sex. The only way in the world
that true gentleman will attempt
to look at the faults of pretty wO
man is with his eyes shut
Year: 1871

1t is sweet, sweet song, warbled to and
fro among the topmost boughs Of the heart,
aud filling the whole air with such Joy and
gladness, as the songs Of birds do when the
summer morning comes out Of darkness, and
day is born on the mountains. We have all
possessions in the future, which we call
" sometime, - Beautiful flowers and singing
birds are there, only our hand seldom grasps
tho one, or our ears hear the other. But oh,
reader, be Of good cheer, for all tho good there
is golden sometime' when the hills and
valleys Of time are all passed; when the wear
and fever, the disappointment and sorrow Of
life are over then there is the place and the
rest appointed of God. Oh homestead over
whose roof fall no shadows or even clouds,
and over whose threshold the voice of sorrow
is never heard built upon the eternal hills,
ard standing with the spires and pinnacles of
celestial beauty among the palm-trees of the
city ON highl those who love God shall rest
under thy shadows, where there is no
more sorrow nor the sound Of weeping, "some,
time, - Prentice. H
Year: 1871

Late in the fall is an excellent time to col
lcct cbrysalids, and any labor in this line will
be well repaid in watching thc wonderful
changes Of the larya to the butterfly or mota.
If the chrysalis is found 10 the ground il
will be necessary to keep it covered with
earth, iu a box, which, for the sake Of OBJ
serving the insects movements, should be COW
cred with lace or glass. No great care is
needed to keep the chrysalids. As FAR os
possible, they should be kept in the same CON.
ditions as to heat, light and moisture, as those
in which they are found, aud they should
be disturbed as little as possible. On apple
and wild cherry trees may be found leaves,
rolled into a sort of case, which contain the
chrysalis Of the Tamus butterfly that Of
the gorgeous Archippus is found on the under
side Of timbers, or fastened to a twig.


Digging in the earth Of a potato field some-
times there may be found a bright, brown
worm-like body, with a long, slender tongue.
case, beut from the head to the breast like a
pitcher-haudle 1t is the chrysalis Of large
moth, called fye-spotted Sphinx.


The cocoon of the beautiful, light green
Luna Moth eau be found under walnut trees
Two or three leaves are drawn together, in
side Of which the cocoon Is spun, and within
this the future Luna awaits its transformation
which will take place in June


Sometimes close search in the lilac bushe
will be rewarded by the discovery of the co
coon Of the Cecropia Moth, fastened to tb
side of twig. On the outside it looks lik,
strong gray or brown paper, somewhat wrink
led but within this is strong yellowish silk
As the days grow warm and sprng-like, th'
chrysalis must be closely watched or the pris
oner will burst its prison walls and escap
unnoticed The small end of the cocoon opens
and first one Of the autenue works CAREFUL
out, then the other, dragging out the head
next comes the right front wing, followed b
the left and the fore legs at last it pulls tn
shoulders aud hind wings out, together wit
the body. The opening iu the cocoon SOC
closes, owing to the elasticity Of the silk
fbres. If the insect is female, it imm
diately deposits a great number Of egg
dainty and bue-sheed The wings, wet


first, and unused to flight, are soon dried an


put to use. Thus the butterfly comes out


its graye-cothes a speechless, noiseless lit


creature, whose life is to be spent IN the su
} shine, and to be nourished with the honey
flowers. A. S. r.
Year: 1871

A dutilul and obedient daughter always
makes devoted and faithful wife Let no
man, as he values his own happiness, marry a
woman of an unGlial nature. In spite Of the
guile of lago, there was much wisdom in his
remark to Othello, when exciting the Moor
to suspicion of Desdemona's integrity, She
has deceived her father and may thee"


There is no trait of endearment more pleas
ant than the confding tenderness Of q young
maiden in the care and vgilanc of her moth
err If she be an only child the pleasure
with which we contemplate her silent and
cheerful acquiescence in every maternal die
tate is greatly enhanced.


When the sentiment Of love is first awak n
ed in the heart of such an one il seems rath-
er to deepen than to divert the stream of her
iial affection. No man should be so unsel.
sh or so unwise as to desire the esscning OF
the pure and holy obedience which is the best
assurance of his own enduring felicity Hap.
py is he who has won for himself the fond
love Of young creature whose life has been
guarded by mothers prayers, and into whose
spirit the gentle influences Of u mothers mind
have descended, like dews into the petrls of q
flower, which might else have faded in the
morning Of life.
Year: 1871

Few are sufficiently sensible of the i'm
portance of that economy in reading which
selects, almost exclusively, the very first Or
der of books Why, except for some special
reason, read an inferior book at the very time
you might be reading one of the highest or
der }--yoha Foster.
Year: 1871

Yesterday morning about 8 o'clock
a fire broke out in the extensive rope
mandatory of Tucker d Carter, on
Flushing avenue and Graham street,
New York. An immense stock of bae.
ging and raw hemp and the machinery
and building were totally DESTROYED.
Loss $4,000. Insured.
Year: 1871

az The Doniphan Democrat COM
plains that that the papers Of this County
have not given It . courteous greeting.
We can assure the Democrat that We ere
not Jealous Of it, and have no fear that il
will seriously interfere with our patron
sge. We simply stated the result OF our
observations concerning Democratic pa
psrs in Doniphsn County heretofore. II
Democrats have kept up any of the Re.
publican papers Of this County. it is
more than they have ever done for pa
Der OF their own.
Year: 1871




Mistur Editor will you please to git
sum of your 6gerin chaps to do this
sum for me- | want to set out y rod
square in apple trese, now as bad chaps
will stele apples close to the fence l don't
want marry tree less nor one haff a rod
from the fence and | want to put the
treas one rod apart, want to no how
msnG trees can set IN that pece Of
ground. if you will gist publish this
aud git sum chap to anser it in the next
paper lie be obleeged to you and will
give you and that fgerin chap what
snsers it 3 apples apeee often ever tree
in that orchard as l amt use TO ritin you
must look over the mistasks. yours
bopin G..


; as ground is scarce In these dig
gins want gist as meuny treas as posi-
bic put in that ground accOrdin to the
condishuns. z. z.
Year: 1871

COUNTRY PRODUCE AND LIVE SToCK.
pe- Also, Stock Pens Kept for Drores


A FTER several years absence from the
~ Grocery and Commission Business in
Hickman, we again offer our services TO our
friends and the public in the same line Of
business and ask a renewal of their patron
age so literally bestowed upon US in years
past. We feel ourselves fully responsible
for our transactions and hope to give salts
faction in all Of our dealings We pur-
chased our goods in various wholesale mar
kets for cash at their very lowest cash value,
hence we fatter ourselves that We can sell
as low as the lowest. We especially call
attention to our friends who buy 10 sell
again to come and see US. We feel conf
dent that we can make it 10 their interest
to buy their small bills at least Of US. We
viii make liberable advances on Produce in
store to be shipped TO our account either in
cash or goods. Ye viii also barter with
our friends for ell kinds of Produce or live
Stock ju23.
%TERMS CASH OR ITS EQUIV


ALENT.
Year: 1871

Comment on the prevalence of crime through
out the country would seem simply a waste of
ink and paper. 1t really appears of little avail
with the "head centres" of law that the press
narrate again and again, and continually. the
ceaseess recurrence of crime in almost every con-
ceivable form. Even judges of courts and prose-
cutting attorneys, however vigilant and efficient.
are unable to enforce the law against capital
crimes Grand juries may faithfully discharge
their duties, and still the laws fail of enforcement
Now. whose fault is thisi Absolutely, the fault
of the petit jures of the country, the reader an
swers, and answers truly. These juries coolly ac-
quit men proven guilty Of deliberate murder in
this and other counties i'm the State and all over
the whole country. As a consequence the price
Of life has become No cheapened that it is taken
by any one who chooses, has become a very com


mon affair." and of little public concern 1t is per-


haps not too much TO say that public sentiment
is becoming perverted on this subject ii is inocu-
lated with a maudlin scntimentalism about capi-
tai punishment and juries. being as general rule
representative men and citizens, naturally enough
participate to greater less extent in this sick
ly sentilnentality. Even when convicted of crime
and sentenced, the criminal often escapes a con-
dign punishment. And so we may expect to be
startled almost daily by the commission of new
crimes until the most bloody and diabolical
will cease to surprise any one or until public
opinion recOvers its normal vigor and rational
status, and demands of courts and particularly of
jurcs, that laws of the land against every degree
and species of crime he impartially fearlcssy and
vigorously exccutcd-kaSsas City BalletiR.
Year: 1871

Both result from the lack Of ability convert the food


into nuriment How necessary. then for those suffering
from these alarming symptoms tn Immediately resort


remedy that will strengthen the stomach and digestive


gans. For this desirable object has


pished the health improves and the patient his
usual personal appearance. Hostetters Stomach Bit


ers have attained world wide popularity in such
and have been proven the best and safest Of
moving constipation toning the stomach giving energy
the liver and relieving symptom Of aud
depression Of spirits Its cheering and beneficial
highly spoken Of by thousan who II their
ton to health No restorative I'm the annals medicine
attained the popularity I'm the short space of time
has been bcfcrr the pube has the high endors-
nens accorded to this excellent tonic Many prepa
rsons puroting TO be csectves and restoraive have
been introduced and have perishcd by cne while the
popularity Of Hosteters Stomach Btters continues
and ID r-cegnzed standard household med
ieine. The which attends the Of the Btters
cvnces at its virtues i'm all of debility and dis
of the stomach Certificates almost without number
have been publshed attetng s truly miraculous power
in removing those painful and fearful Diseases And at this
time 1t idle to do than call attention the great
remedy Of the i'm order to awake public attention to s
excellence 1t is the only preparation Of the kind
reliable In all and IL b therefore worthy of the con-
sidcraton of the afflicted