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Year: 1875

IN its own pain. Insy express KItId or en-
forced pleasure at the 4cmocratic complexion
Of the House Of Representatives 1t is bet
ter that that party should come to the con-
troll Of one House of Congress in 1875 than
that without any trial in recent years it
should come to full control OF the nation in
1877. Unfortunately there is not much that
Congress can do, and still more unfortu-
nately these legislators have not the power
morally to do the little that is possible-to
cut down taxation, reduce expenses and pre-
pare the nation for prosperity. The repub-
iicans Will have majority in the Senate, and
1t Is feared that split may be caused among
them In the attempt to supersede Senator
Ferry who is an infationist, by a
hard money man; while if Mr.. Ferry
Is retained and the democrats should
elect on infationist Speaker the Senate would
not be in a condition to rebuke them. In
looking at the future of America and Judging
Of it by the past one cannot but be struck
say these journals, with the extent to
which questions, not in themselves political
and yet in their practical bearing very





of the country. The next great issue here is
likely to be one involving the principles of
religious liberty, as, for instance, the Sun
day question and the Bible in the schools.
1t is deemed probable that in large ma
jority of the evangelical pulpits on Thanks
giving Day the latter question was discussed.
M. Jouin, S. j., an officer or teacher in the
Catholic Protectory, having written in Latin
a book advocating the most ultramontane
ideas on the school question, is rather roughly
which wants to know who shall take care of
those who aspire to take care Of US, and de-
clares that the question is not one of the
Bible in the schools or no. but the straight
issue of school or no school. The Gray
Nuns legislation, the death of Vice President
Wilson and the expulsion of students from
Princeton also receive attention from our
Protestant contemporaries.


The Hebrew journals condemn the attempt
to rake up the Beecher scandal again, and
declare that no pen is able to compute the
amount of evil which the discussion has
brought up in our day and generation 1t
should be kept out Of conversation in re-
spectacle society Denominational topics
also receive editorial attention and COM
ment. Chief Justice Dalys sketch Of the
settlement of the Jews in North America
takes the place of editorial comment in the
Times and forms an interesting and readable
chapter.
Year: 1875

steamer swash, where. with lanes broad,
straight and well defined, the absolute fair
ness Of the contest is apparent at glance.
Not day should be lost in getting the sig
natures Of the captains and forwarding the
notes of invitation; for much, if not all. Of
the interval will be needed for the proper
arranging of preliminaries. If the time
does not suit our guests, change even of
whole month should not stand in the way,
and every effort should be made to render
their visit one to be long and most pleas
antly remembered. We must not at least
by any fault Of ours, lose this best of oppor-
tunities to show that we are fully sensible
of the treatment our rifle team received at
British hands and homes
Year: 1875

The unanimous resolve Of our student
oarsmen to adopt the suggestion in Mon
days HERALD, and ask the famous British
University men to join them in their rncing
next July, does credit at once to their pluck
and promptness. But they impose one con-
dition nearly sure to prove fatal-namely,
that the race be in six-oars, style of craft
unknown in England. It should be borne
steadily in mind that the visitors, not the chal-
lengers, make the terms, and the only one
we should think Of suggesting is that our
guests steer as Captain Gulston does. This
they will likely accede to out Of courtesy, in
return for the graceful concessions Of Har-
ward in 1869, in adopting method Of steer
ing and style Of boat as new to her as we're
the swirls and eddies of the swift Thames


We are fortunate in having on Saratoga Lake
course alike free from current. tide or
Year: 1875

the Presidency through dark in
trigue, and, failing in his bold ambition,
boldly planned disunion and treason
and war. Fer seventy years we have suf-
fered from Tammany Hall. The monu-
mental scoundreI who is to-day fugitive
from the justice which he has bullied and
bought is only result of the Tammany
system. Whether he is captured or not ;
whether opnot we succeed in obtaining his
property; whether the men who are his
comfederates in crime are brought to
justice or not we still have
before us the duty of destroying the system
which produced Tweed by destroying Tam
many Hall. This event. therefore-pa painful
though it is-only makes palmer the duty
of the democratic party of this city. Tweed's
escape is the last argument in the contro-
versy. With the old leader Of Tammany Hall
fugitive from justice and the city suffer
ing from the system which he strengthened
and by which he profted, no citizen can
escape from the duty more and more incum-
bent upon us-the roofing out Of the Tam
many organization and driving from our pol
itics this dark lantern, Know Nothing secret
lodge, which has never triumphed but to
bring disgrace upon the community, and
whose continued existence only means re-
turn to the nefarious system which culmi-
mates to-day in the flight of Tweed.
Year: 1875

maInder OF his days IS = private citizen. 30
much Is to be gained N the interest OF
morality by this act, and 10 much Is LOST
every day of his continuance IL the sacred
Office, that in the kindliest and aIlendiiss'
spirit we think his duty is clear and inAme-
diate He said in one Of his letters to Mr..
Mouiton that he was willing to "stsp down
and out" if it would satisfy his antagonist.
He can now satisfy public opinion and bring
the painful episode to an end by following
the course he then proposed.
Year: 1875

PROFESSOR PRocToR is anxious that the pub
lie should not remain under the belief that
he is about to take the chair Of astronomy in
the new Catholic University at Kensington,
England He will not, we are glad to know,
give to single college what he means for
mankind The Professor, at the same time,
administers o rebuke to certain protesting
Christians who take umbrage at what they
consider the infidel tendency of portions Of
his public utterances. An interesting card
on these points will be found elsewhere.
Year: 1875

THE LONDON MONEY MARKET. special
cable dispatches from London to-day show
that the purchase Of the Suez Canal has been
a principal element of great financial dis
turbances. The Stock Exchange yesterday
was the scene Of excitement, and Turkish
and Egyptian securities we're deprecated in
value and subjected to extensive fluctuations.
Something Of this kind was to be expected
from the alarm which naturally followed the
news Of the sale by the Khedive, as the
transfer Of such vast number Of shares
could not but affect the finances if not the
politics Of Europe. The markets were firm
at the close.
Year: 1875

It is rarely that we find so many and differ
ent topics in one weeks issue of the religious
press as we find this week. The Catholic
papers hsye much T. say aRogt Gu9bord's
f1nnsral, which they Consider barren victory,
since his remains have been laid in unconse-
Grated earth. And the interference of an
English court of high or low degree was
simply an impertinence in the case; for to
bury an excommunicated person in Cath
olic graveyard is as gross an outrage and as
absurd triumph as to march him living to
the altar, while o file of soldiers with fixed
bayonets compel the bishop to give him
the sacrament. Instead, therefore, Of q
triumph Of the law being effected, an out
rage in the name Of the law has been COM
mitted on the Catholics Of Montreal. The
Cardinals return and certain phases of
the school and Bible question are also con-
sidered by the journals of this denomina-
tion.


Some Of our Protestant contemporaries are
engaged in giving preparatory advice to Con-
gress, or warming it against the errors OF its
predecessors and the dancers that iA ahead
Year: 1875

THE SENATE COMMITTEE on City Affairs
had an interesting time yesterday examining
the SherifFs Office. General Porter and
Sheriff Conner were among the witnesses
called. The Assembly Committee on Crime
also held a session, and some interesting
facts were developed. Judge Morgan testified
that seventy per cent OF crime in this city is
the result Of rum.
Year: 1875

IF THE WAR between the Cable companies
results in the reduction of rates the public
will not be anxious for peace "Let US have
war" will then be the motto of all who desire
cheap telegraphic communication with
Europe
Year: 1875

Los Angeles city and valley offers a
clear and convincing illustration of the
power of railroads as developers. Five
years ago land could be purchased in
and around this city for less than one
third the market rate of to-day. 1t is to
railroads mainly that this heavy ad-.
vance is due. We are rapidly becom-
ing railroad center, and though there
are many who believe real estate has
reached its maximum value, we ven-
ture the prediction that within one
year from this date the advance in the
price of land in this valley will be very
great, perhaps one hundred per cent.
A twelve months hence the Southern
Pacific locomotive will be heard on the
west bank of the Colorado river, and
by the expiration of that time the gap
between San Fernando and Caliente
will be closed, thus enabling the trav
eler to make the journey between this
city and San Francisco in twenty
hours with all the ease and comfort OF
palace car. This through commune
cation and the extension of the track
to the Colorado will give this city q
business Impetus that cannot but adj
vance real estate in the proportion we
have named. We hear great deal
against railroads and the real and fam
cied faults of the management are
magnified and distorted to a degree
which often appears ludicrous, while
what they have done for us is too often
entirely overlooked or passed by as
too unimportant for serious notice. 1t
will be worth almost any ones while to
glance over the field-to look at our
tax roll of five years ago and compare
it with that of 1S75-and study the
cause and effect problem carefully and
impartially. Los Angeles valley pos
sesses many natural advantages, but
it is the railroad that has brought
them into notice and materially aided
in their development. For the thous-
ands that these great developers have
cost MS we have realized millions.
Nor have our profits reached their linz
it. As our railroads multiply in
number and increase in length our
wealth will proportionately expand.
Miles of railroads bring millions of
money.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Evening Er-
press finds fault with Governor IRWIN,
because as Senator he did not favor
the passage of FREEMAN'S freight and
fare bill This is almost as good Il
Joke as the famous bill itself. Not
ten Senators or twenty Assembly,
men could have been induced to vote
for the BILL 1t and its author were the
laughing stock of the session. Poor
old FREEMAN thought he would take
advantage of the feeling then exist
ing against railroads and secure the
enactment of law which would en-
body all his hatred of the Railroad
Company. Had he succeeded and the
law been enforced, not mile of rail-
road would be operated in this State
to-day. If refusing to aid FREEMAN to
vent his spleen on the Railroad Com
pany, when by so doing he would
have crippled the commerce of the
State, and worked serious injury to
farmers and merchants and all other
classes and trades, is all that can be
urged against Governor IRWIN he has
fewer faults and better record than
any other man who ever spent six
years in the State Senate. If his enc
mics can urge nothing else against
him he will be elected by twenty
thousand majority.
Year: 1875

From the Argus, July Sth.l


The Goldsmith case has been put off
until the next term OF Court.


We are sorry to state that Jos. Tai
bot, one of the oldest of San Bernar-
dinoans, was severely injured at the
Cajon on Tuesday evening last, by
being thrown from high wagon on u
pile of rocks, striking on his head. He
was badly bruised about the head, and
was brought in town and is under
charge of DR.. Brink.


A son of Mr.. Kelly, of the American
Restaurant, met with painful acci-
dent on Monday last. The boy was
riding his favorite pony when the
girth broke and he fell to the ground,
striking on his arm and breaking it in
two places. DIR. Rene was called in
and set the bone, and the little fellow
is doing well. While the doctor was
setting the bone he talked about the
fall as Of little consequence and gave
no sign of pain.
Year: 1875

OUR Common Council must look to
their laurels. Stockton has Board
which appears to know less and care
less than ours. In awarding the city
printing few days ago the Stockton
Board accepted the highest bid because
the majority of the members did not
like the lowest bidder-the Leader.
The secret which impelled this honest
Board to accept bid thirty-three per
cent. higher than the lowest, is that
most of its members are Dolly Warden
office-seekers, while the Leader is
Democratic in principle. The tax
payers of Stockton are made to pay
the price of partizan hatred and imbe-
cility.
Year: 1875

THE Crawford county plan of car
rying on primary elections was once
considered the panacea tor curing
the corruption incident to primary
elections. They have been repudiated
where they originated, las they prevent
ed the representative men of the coun-
ties coming together to express
their views and robbed local politics of
all interest and attraction. We hope
the county Democratic Committee
will at once take steps in keeping
with what has already been done all
over the Union, and repudiate this
system that has been tried and found
wanting.
Year: 1875

The people of Southern California
may accept it as an assured fact
that railroad communication between
Los Angeles and San Francisco will be
established between now and the first
day of next July. The facts on which
this assurance is based we shall pre-
sent in future article. Our present
purpose is to discuss matter of sec
ondary Importance to this portion of
the State. A glance at the map will
show that the country is almost level
from the head of the Mojave desert
just East of Elizabeth Lake to the i'm
mediate vicinity of the great lead and
silver mines of Inyo county. The
Southern Pacific Railroad will pass
across the head of the Mojave desert
in a few months, and from a point
within the desert the company propose
to commence building a railroad from
the main track toward Independence.
Another glance at the map will show
that this is decidedly the shortest
route between Los Angeles and the
Inyo county mines. The Southern
Pacific Company are determined to
build this branch road as early as pos
sible, and as they have the route Sc
lected and abundant means to build
the road, it will not be hazarding
much to predict that the first bullion
brought to Los Angeles from the Pam
amint mines will be carried over the
Southern Pacific branch road.
Year: 1875

SAN Francisco, July 10th.-The
Young Mems Central Republican Club
met last night. Resolutions were of
fered to unite with the Independent
Central Club to nominate municipal
ticket. The proposition was defeated
by the Custom House brigade. The
Club adjourned in great disorder.


The Democratic County Central
Committee met last evening and de-
bated the question of putting up a
municipal ticket. The question was
finally postponed till the next meet
ing. A number of the Committee
seem to consider that the Nominating
Convention selected by the Committee
would give greater satisfaction, but
the probabilities are in favor of the
direct nomination of the ticket by the
Committee.
Year: 1875

The ErpresS and its hackers are
fully posted and have been for the last
six months on the fact that all grants
of land coming within 20 miles on
either side of the Southern Pacific
Railroad have been under scrutiny
and reeXamination both in the Inte-
rior Department at Washington and
in the Surveyor-General's office in
San Francisco, the consequence of
which is that all fraudulent surveys
and locations are being probed, and
even the patent will not protect the
holder if fraud can be shown to have
been used in procuring the same. Here
is where the shoe pinches, and the
pious frauds practiced all around us
will be ventilated. The railroad COM
pany is having this done for the odd
section. The poor homeless and land
less will step in for their quarters of
the even sections. Now if real estate
circulars will inform themselves they
will find that these matters were dis
cussed publicly on the streets and in
lawyers offices six months ago. The
HERALD is the friend of the Los An
geles and Independence Railroad when
it sees such an one being built. The
present farce was manipulated by a
few spectators, with town lots at one
end and wildcat stock at the other;
with latent and malicious designs on
Los Angeles in the centre, which in
the exuberance of paid hirelings find
expression in their own prints.
Year: 1875

THE Jonesville organ indirectly ad-
mits that the San Vicente Ranch has
been expanded from one and one-half
leagues to fourileagues when it says if
the grant is cut down it will be done
by throwing out the hilly portions,
leaving the site of Jonesville on the
ranch. This division might be so ar
ranged if the organs employers were
permitted to have their own way
about it, but as the Government will
have to be consulted there may be
some difficulty in locating that league
and a-half just where the owners de-
sire
Year: 1875

The Silver Belt Company have be-
gun to ship ore to San Francisco.
Some six tons are now being sacked
and will be followed up by other ship
ments AS fast as possible until 100 tons
have been sent away, when they in
tend to make a sale, after which they
will know just what they can do. The
owners of the Pack are also preparing
to make shipment.


Mining prospects in Yavapai county
look better than at any time since
we have known it, and we are
assured by old settlers that the exhi-
bition of ore from the late discoveries
is altogether more fattering than
anything hitherto brought in. There
seems to be a better feeling and incli-
nation among miners to try to do
something with their ores than here
tofore. Some pretty heavy shipments
of smelling ore will soon be sent
away, and the mills and arastras are
doing their best.


When the tale of bricks is doubled,
Moses comes.-Hebre1O prOUerb.
Year: 1875

Now is your time! No such chance again in
one hundred years! The Bazaar is selling out
their entire stock of Dry Goods 25 per cent.
below cost, as they intend giving up their dry
goods business and keep only Gents Furnish
Ing Goods. This is no bogus sale, but genu-
Inc selling out OF our entire stock of Dry
Cry Goods, as you will find out by calling at
the Bazaar, corner of Main and Requena
streets, opposite the U. S. Hotel. jel7
Year: 1875

Al the meeting of the American Temperance
Union A l,,bnson Hail. on Sixteenthst., near Broad
way yeseriay lSe Hon. J. T. Vinton OF Wisconsin de-


vered an address &c said that the remedy Tor lnem-
perance was total prOhibtica The primary cause OF IN
temperance was tho love of eXcSeuent when was the
root of many other evils The class that drinks To excess
was one that could afford other excitement Youth
thoughessy yielded the temptation nerveleSS Ola
axe sought strength from drink. Men whose minds
were exhausted by literary labor often the victims
of Intoxicating liquors


law prohibiting the sale OF spirituOus liquors was the
only cure Of drunkenness Moral suason was not
enough Neither the drunkard the liquor seller could
be reached y moral Influences Ministers had for years
preached against the crime OF liquor seng lrists had
said that that business the most prolific source OF
crime: medical had decided that IL destroyed
bntu life aud heath and liquor seller had ever


vcn heed 10 them The only reply the liquor dealers
made 10 them, and to tie wives aud children
of drunkdrds who pleaded that no more liquor should
be sold 10 their husbands and fathers, was
a request TO be let alone The law which was powerful
20 prevent alone able 30 correct The social chaac
Ter winch Was given drinking another feature and
source by the social glass the moderate drnker was
pu IN great danger o! becoming the confirmed drunk
and The duukard could be reformed and there were
many instances prove this. Many have fallen after
signing the pledge aud for that reason II became neces
eary to remove temptation by prohibition Reform was
easy once or twice but each Iclrpse from Total ast
neuce to drunkenness made the probability OF final re-
less.
Year: 1875

MONEY abounds in New York as never
before, and people don't know how to use
it, but stiIl they viii not invest in any cor
porate or municipal securities, Even Wall
street confesses the necessity for the restnc-
ton Of suffrage TO those that pay taxes.
There is universal want Of confidence in
government conducted by those having no
interest in the honor or purity or chespness
Of governments.
Year: 1875

THE Governor Of Missouri is good man
"a man of extraordinary faith. His faith
is taken, too, upon trust. He issued a
proclamation for a general fast aud univer-
sal prayer meeting. The grasshoppeis
didn't even await the coming of the sancti-
fed day. They took unto themselves wings
and fled to the wicked land of Moab, north
of the Missouri, and are now smiling that
unhappy people hip and thigh.
Year: 1875

IT seems that the usury code men and anti
usury code men will compromise at last on
twelve per cent. This will be enough to
prevent men from sending their money
from home to lend and not so little that 1t
will drive money lenders out of Texas.
Then, too, it will not make money lending
so profitable that money holders will do
nothing but lend. Such, substantially,
arc the arguments pro and con-, and such
the compromise proposed.
Year: 1875

The East Los Angeles Street Rail-
road have received their bill for the
iron for their track. The iron is ship
ped by the Panama steamers, and
will be landed at Wilmington or
Santa Monica. The iron was pur-
chased in Philadelphia at $52 per ton
currency, and costs delivered at this
place $50 per ton currency. The
iron for one mile of road costs $1,000
in coin, as against the two rail track.


The Company will lay mileof the
prismoidal track from the depot down
to Los Angeles street, and operate it
with cars until satisfied with the ex-
pertinent. If successful then the rest
of the road will be built. The ties are
laid long enough so that if the Pris-
modal road does not answer, the same
rail will be laid on the same ties and
make two-rail track, and the lum-
ber used in the prism will be taken
up and used for the bridge across the
Los Angeles river. In this way
no material will be wasted, and only
small amount of labor. In this
way the road will be fully tested and
no risk rum The iron is expected
here as soon as the Panama steamers
can bring it.