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Year: 1872

he holds and constantly expresses imperial
views of the relation Of the General Govern
ment to the States. His simile in this instance
is unfortunate. The Federal Government can
afford no protection to a citizen abroad except
by diplomatic representations, or by war; we
believe he does not propose any such means
of interference with our domestic statute law.
Besides il that "bOld, strong government"
of which he is so fond can afford no more
protection to people at home than it does to
citizens abroad, we hope, in the interest OF
public safety that it may never be called upon
TO protect us. The safest man to shoot, or
hang, or imprison, on the face of the earth
to-day, is an American citizen away from his
own country.


Gen. Oglesby of Illinois made a diverting
but obscure speech. He described the grief
that tore his bosom "when Senator from the
"noble State that rocked the early cradle of
"liberty pronounced against Grant the insult
4" ing sentence that he had been once o tan
"ner.r As Senator Wilson was the Senator
who said it, this unkind attack must have
been made in the interest Of some rival
candidate for the Presidency. But we
fail to see the insult in Mr.. Wilson's
statement Gen. Grant was tanner,
and though it may tear MIR. Oglesby's
bosom to hear the matter referred to, it will
rend the hearts of all tanners still worse to
hear that the very name is called an insult.
But we forgive the Governors snobbish OBJ
lection to tan-bark for the sake of the bril-
liant bit of Characterization with which it was
followed He said "Grant has been an enigma
" from birth.o The American people think so
too, and propose to treat him like other in
soluble COMMUNICATIVE him up.
Year: 1872

may be done by requiring money for special
objects to be raised by taxation instead of by
the issue of bonds according to the present
pernicious custom. Had the Legislature. how
ever, increased the tax-rate so as to provide
the money required for extending the distri-
button Of Croton water, improving the parks
and the half score of other objects for which
the issue of bonds is still authorized, it would
have had no thanks for its trouble. This is
reform which must be accomplished by our
own citizens, if it ever is accomplished.


Unfortunately, there seems to be everywhere
q mania for running into debt. Counties want
authority to issue bonds for every new court
house. Jail, or alms-hOuse they are required to
build. 1t already costs this city one-half as
much to pay the annual interest on its in
debtedness as to meet all the ordinary ex-
penses of government. With an interest charge
Of over S8,OO0,O0O, we still see the Controller
inviting proposals every month for fresh bonds.
Aside from the sums required to meet the de-
ficencies under the oldfTammaDy government,
the Legislature, to its credit, authorized the
issue of bonds for only two objects but the
opportunities for this sort of extravagance
under laws passed in 1870 and 1871 are ample
enough


AS illustrating the growing wealth and mag
nitude Of corporations and associations, it is
interesting to note that dozen companies of
various kinds have obtained leave to increase
their capital or enlarge their business. Sew
eral charitable and religious societies have
found it necessary to have their charters
amended so as to allow them to hold
property far exceeding in value the
amount to which they were orig
inally limited. On the other hand,
there has been no lavish distribution of the
public money among private charities and
sectarian establishments, such as we have
been accustomed to witness in previous years.
Two rapid transit charters have been granted,
two street railroad extensions authorized. and
one street railroad franchise has been revived.
This is all that has been saved from the
wreck in which three or four dozen schemes
of similar kind went down.
Year: 1872

1t seems after all that there were few
honest and sanguine men who accepted the
mandate of delegate to Philadelphia under the
belief that the Convention was to be delib-
erative body, meeting to select the best and
most available candidates. 1t has only required
day to convince some of them of their mis-
take. Gov. PierpOnt of West Virginia, finding
that the Convention was to be run as mere
machine in the interest of Gen: Grant, has
formally resigned his place in his delegation,
not wishing to participate in a nomination
which his conscience will not allow him to
support-a singing commentary upon the ossi-
fication of the party which prevents the play
of any sincere or independent thought within
the organization.
Year: 1872

Wise counsels seem likely to prevail in Louisi-
ana. The Democratic and Liberal Republican
Conferences promise to result in an equitable
division of the State Offices between the best
men of each party. The Liberal Republicans
viii have the Governor and Auditor, the
Democrats Lieutenant G Governor and Superin-
tendent of Education, and the Reform party
the Secretary of State and Attorney General.
BY this reasonable compromise the Liberal
Republicans secure the solid Democratic vote
of the State, and delegation to Baltimore
pledged to Greeley and Brown. y
Year: 1872

Our London letter contains some intelligent
comment upon the attitude of the English
Press on the subject of the Supplemental
Article. which throws good deal of light
upon the later news received by Cable.
Year: 1872

We in New-York are not so good as we should be,
but really we are not so bad as some people think
u.s. Here is The Montreal NeCs informing its readers
that every one in New-York appears to carry re-
volver." But New-York it seems, 49, after all, no
worse than the rest of the country, for The NeOcs
propounds the following grave conundrum: We
wish some commentator on the Constitution of the
United States would explain why as general rule,
every one in the Republic deems it his duty to carry
n revolver The best answer which we can give to


this is that every one in the Republic does MT deem
it his duty to carry revolver or If it is so deemed
it is duty which majority of our citizens habiu-
ally neglect.
Year: 1872

The poor dogs must be having hard time of it in
Ripley, Ohio. One hundred and forty mad dogs"
it is reported, have been killed there within q
week." This is absurd. One hundred and forty
dogs may have been killed, but considering how
slowly the disease of hydrophobia develops ITSELF
it is impossible that large number should have
all been mad at the same time in one small town.
However Ripley will be congratulated by many on
getting rid of the animals, whether they were mad
or not mad
Year: 1872

A THREATENED SUICIDE.-Last Sun
day evening, young man residing in the
outskirts of town alarmed our people by
manifesting a desire to hang himself.
Going to the rear of the Chinese black
smith-shop, he took piece of clothes
line, tied one end around his neck, threw
the other over beam and-deliberately
sat down. The alarmed Mongolians
came rushing up town to procure the
Intervention of some white persons. The
suicidally inclined individual was sternly
interrogated by the officers of the law and
confessed to a determination to hang
himself. He said he had made one at
tempt at home with his suspenders but
they would not suspend him, and he had
therefore proposed to try piece of rope.
He alleged domestic troubles as the source
of his desire "to shuttle off this mortal
coll" and conversed in such manner as
to convince those who heard him that
the whole proceeding was sham on his
part. He was therefore speedily released
from "durance vile" and told to go and
hang himself the sooner the better. AT
present writing he is still unhung'
Year: 1872

FALL AND WINTER SToCK.-Karsky
AZ Abrahms inform us that it is their in
tention to lay in a much heavier stock of
goods than usual this Fall, in anticipation
OF an increased trade during the Winter.
Part of their stock has already arrived
and more is on the way. See new adver-
tisement.
Year: 1872

FRESH FIsH.-A party of nine Wea-
vervillians returned from the northern
end of this county, on Wednesday last,
where they had spent some six or seven
days in fishing in Coffee Creek and upper
Trinity River. From 1000 to $500
mountain trout were caught during the
trip, for sample of which we return
the gentlemen vote of thanks.
Year: 1872

AN Wednesday evening a
freight wagon loaded for Weaverville up
set near Davidson's but no great damage
was done. We are told that it was found
impossible to put all the load back in the
wagon and some had to be left for another
trim.
Year: 1872

STATE TAx.-County Clerk Trotter in
forms us that the State Board of Equai-
zation have notified the Board of Super
visors of this county that they have levied
tax of fifty cents on each one hundred
dollars valuation for State purposes.
Year: 1872

Horse KILLED.-One day this week,
while freight team was coming down
the Shasta divide, the break gave way
and the wheel-horses, being unable to
hold the wagon back, one of them was
killed and the other badly crippled.
Year: 1872

Action brought
in District Court of
the Ninth Judicial
District ofthe State
of California, in
! and for the county
of Trinity, and the
Complaint filed in
said countyof Trim
ity in the office OF
the Clerk of said
District Court.
Year: 1872

IHE Il. Il. company has given the freight
screw OH our merchants another turn. This
turn OF the screw is said to have reached
beyond what the law allows, hence litigation
may follow. The difference between the
rheumatism and gout is said to be this: Put
your finger in wise and squeeze i. as long
as yon can stand it. that is rheumatism
give the screw one more turn, that is gout
Our merchants have got the freight gout
Year: 1872

The DnUMMoND ORDER. We did not
accuse the Budctin of Intentionally trying to
influence Sargent against the miners, nor do
we doubt but It's article against Drummond' $
order, and demanding its resembling, was
written will, the best and purest motives,
with the lights then before it. But the
Withdrawing Of the Commissioner order
now would be the death blow to nearly one
half the mines in the State. We ask that
the Government fix the character of its lands
at its own expense, and then grade the price
of the lands to suit itself, just as an indvid-
ual does when it has property TO sell. This
the land laws provide for, and the Govern
ment supposed it had been done, but through
the ignorance or criminaliiy of its officials
nearly all the best mineral land in the State
has been returned as agricultural. This fact
becoming known to the Government, it had
to quietly see its citizens swindled out of all
they had, through the crime of its own
agents, or issue the Drulnmond order, which
it did. TO have done otherwise would have
made it as criminal as its periured agents,
and party to the swindling of its own peo-
pie. This order in part atones for the crime
attempted; and now let the Government es-
,ablish its Commissions, and at once and for
ever determine the character Of every legal
subdivision of its lands in this mineral belt,
at its own expense, as it was bound to DO by
its own laws i'll the first survey, and all will
vet he well
Year: 1872

Tur TABLES TURyED.-It is usual for
legislative committees to seek information
not in possession of their respective Houses.
The Assembly was supposed to have Com
,,;.,oo on Corporations, and it authorized
this Committee to send for persons and pa
ners to elicit information on the subject of
fare and freight charges. Under this au-
thority the first act of the Committee should
have been to demand the books of the G. p.
R. R. company, which would have disclosed
the operating expenses of the road, the
GROSS and net receipts on fares and freights,
and for further information, if desired, have
sworn the officers and employees of the COM
pany and other experienced railroad men not
connected with or afraid of this company.
On the refusal of these demands, or to answer
anv question, the Committee should have
reported the parties individually to the
House for contempt and the House ordered
their imprisonment until they purged them
selves of the contempt. But it would seem
the railroad men have the Committee, and
not the House, and that the company are
putting the members through an investiga-
ton as to "what they know about railroads" "
and now it seems probable that the company
will imprison some of the Asscmblymen for
contempt. This is good, but what would be
better would be for the people to collect and
hang ma ority Of the members.
Year: 1872

STRATEGY AND CoURAGE.-Master NJ. B..
Metwell, boy not yet fourteen years old
lately robbed stage in Sonoma county, all
alone, in this wise: lie halted the driver,
presented fence picket at his head, and told
him that he would blow his brains out if he
did not at once hand out Wells, Fargo &
Co. box. The box was handed out. the
stage went on and the boy bursted the box
and got nice raise. The boy has beer
found guilty, and these were the facts elected
on the trial. Here was both strategy and
courage, and were we the judge of the court
we would give that boy chance to 90 into
the army or navy before sending him tc
prison.
Year: 1872

A VALUABLE and instructive article on
metals, their Antiquity and Uses" will be
found in the HERALD to-day from the pen of
gentleman who has made this and mining
and kindred subjects a study for the past 45
years. 1t will well repay for reading.
Year: 1872

A PRIVATE letter from miner at Bath of
twenty years experience, to friend of ours,
says: 81 like the position the HERALD takes
in regard to the mineral land. 1t speaks
the mind of all the miners, and hope it
will keep the question agitated as long as
necessity requires" 1t is justice that we
have been contending for, and it will prevail
if the Government deals justly with all its
citizens.
Year: 1872

There are three bills upon this subject. The
one by Mr.. Oulton is amendatory Of the law
passed at the last session Of the Legislature. /
do not think either cne reaches the question but
believe the Judiciary Committee are going to
prepare IA substitute. We all know property may
be taxed several times under the present system
A halt-dozen notes may be taxed each of which
is given for some piece of property, and then the
property itself is taxed.
Year: 1872

This is now discussed in some of the more
best to call a Convention. There is another
question that arises. If the Judiciary Commit
tee is right about the Supervisors not having
power to fix the salaries of the County officers,
then is the plan offered by the Code Commission
unconstitutional.
Year: 1872

This Winter? think it very doubtful, yet il
may be done. The mountain counties will lose
so largely that there is deep feeling against do
ing anything. But it may as we'll be met one
time as another, and it is a Constitutional provi-
sion.
Year: 1872

There are ten absent from the Senate and the
same from the Assembly and therefore no gen
eral and important measure will be passed during
the absence of many members They are do.
ing duty in visiting the different public institu-
tions of the State.
Year: 1872

An Amusing, but at one time rather
threatening scene occurred i'll the office OF
the l.. Il G.. Mail Line, on the corner of
Fourth and lIain streets, yesterday morn
ing. The dluDtdtis perSOHp were an old
farmer and his wife from BuSitt county,
their daughter, aged about eighteen, and Il
rather equiyocal looking young man from
the same ncighbOrhoOd. The old man was
taking his family to Missouri, and were
driven to the city with all their worldly
goods by the young man i'll question. Dis
covering that they could not leave until )
p. H., the old man and his wife sat down
in the Office while the two Young people
stated off for short walk. They sure
enough took the walk, but extended it to
Jelli 3onyillc where license was procured
and the two were fast bound as man and
wife.


Returning to the office, where still pa
tiently sat the father and mother, the young
fellow thrust the license i'll the face Of the
father without SO much as an explanatory
word. lie read it i'll silence then passed
it to the mother, who read it i'll tears. SAID
She, While the old man bided his time


i" Oh. daughter, are you going to leave
us just when we are starting for new
home: :: lave you no love for your old
father and mother?"


But the daughter replied that she loved
this young man better, and had cast her
lot with him. Then rose up that silent old
man, and dealt his unwelcome sOn-in-law
such a decisive blow with his hic-
tory staff that that rueful son-in-
law staggered and would have fall
len but for a bystander'S aid
The father then hied him to where his gun
was standing, and had it not been for in
tcycning clerks, his daughter were :, widow
before one could calculate John Robinson.
death, not Romeo" &c., said the old
man.


81 wouldn't have cared if she had
married a man, but that thing! Why,
she might as well have married
thief"


But there was no Iemcdying it, SO the
young man from Built took his neW-made
wife, together with her baggage, back to
his rural homc-if he has one-and the
father and mother left, us was intended, by
the > O'Clock train. JeSting side, the
whole affair was Il right sad one, withal,
and the young lady will be more fortunate
han the apI earances would give warrant
if Sic does not rue her hasty action.


COuIicI-jOurnOI, 1911.
Year: 1872

LITTLE Rock, Dec. 50
The loss by the fire is one hundred thousand
dollars.


All quiet in Chicot county, but uncasiness
pcrvades all classes. 1t is understood that the
Governor will send Il portion of his guard to take
the place of the Sheriff and hold the lake village
until confidence is restored.
Year: 1872

thies found things TOO hot for comfort, and
watching their opportunity, quietly left the
country. They covered up their trail so
well that no clue was left behind wherewith
to trace them, and for the time being the
detectives Npre haflled.
Year: 1872

WHAT GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, CHAIRMAN


OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, SAYS.


lFrom Harper's Weekly.l


We understand that Senator Trumbull is
constantly repeating in his speeches in Illinois
and elsewhere a statement that twenty-five
per cent of the revenues of the Government,
or, as he expresses it in figures, more than
$95, 900, 900 are annually lost through the cor
ruption and incompetence of the Admins
tration. And this assertion he justifie. by
an extract from the report of the Civil Ser
vice Commission of Dec. 19, 1871.


Senator Trumbull made the same allega-
ton in the Senate last winter, and, if we are
not mistaken, was promptly informed of the
exact scope and grounds Of the statement
made by the Commission. But as an appar-
emily strong point can be made against the
Administration by declaring that its own
friend, bring this charge of loss, the Senator
does not hesitate to repeat constantly what it
is hardly possible that he believes to be true /;
nor do we learn that he has anywhere stated
that he believes it to be true.


The facts are these:


The report of the commission is discussing
the tendency Of the character of the evil
practice of the civil service which began with
Gen. Jackson and his "spoils'' principle, and
which is ardently supported by many active
politicians ofall parties, presents in detail the
various mischiefs and results from it. Among
the considerations which the report presents
il the want of economy in such a system.
But it does not assume that this can be pre-
cisely stated, nor doe. it make any assertion
of its own. What the report does say is
this:


"It is not easy to compute in figures the
exact economical difference between good
and bad system of the civil service. 1t is
necessarily a matter of inference and OF
comparison between the probable operations
of a careless and careful method. But it is
calculated by those who have made careful
study OF the facts that one-fourth of the rev.
enue of the United States is annually lost in
the collection, and for a large part of that
loss system of the service which is fatally
unsound may reasonably be held response
ble."


1t will be observed that the commission do
not say that fourth of the revenue is lost.
What they do say is that of loss which care
iul student. compute to be one-fourth large
part may be justly attributed to an evil sys-
TEN of the civil service, which they had al
ready stated not to be peculiar to the Repub-
lican party nor to this administration, but
which this admistration, first of all, was en-
deayoring to reform, as the mere fact of the
report itself showed. 1t is to be regretted
that in their desire to make their report as
concise as practicable the commission failed
to explain this statement more in detail.
They were intent only upon showing the bad
results of a system which extended over pc
riod of forty years, and which had been
adopted by every administration of all par
ties-results which, had it been their object
to make partisan pamphlet, they would
Year: 1872

The Washington board of public school
trustees have been discussing in very excit-
ing manner the character of some of the
teachers, one of whom has been charged with
the heinous crime of allowing her betrothed
to lay his hand on her head and kiss her
cheek. Another had "set up'' with young
man till two o'clock in the morning. After
protracted debate the teachers were exon
Grated, at which trustee Stewart was so an
cry that he at once resigned
Year: 1872

Young ladies who had all their muslin
gowns "done up'' expecting the hot weather
to continue are wrathful at the cool days and
think there ought to be some consistency
about thesethings.
Year: 1872

A Baltimore man has been arrested for
killing monkey. As the monkey bit him
first 1t can't be made out more than murder
in the second degree, though the matter of
relationship will increase the Nervousness of
the offense.
Year: 1872

Not sound was heard in the silent stree


AS home from the concert we hurried
For we found not street car, carriage
i or bus,


And we felt considerably worried.
We hailed driver we used to know


And hurriedly asked the reason;
lie said, as he sadly shook his head,


That the horses were all q sneezin'.
And SO we silently went our way


To the place where we kept our filly
And we found her weeping at eyes ani
| nose,
And shaking as though 'twere chilly.
In vain we offered her tempting oats,
And a 'bran smash" warm and sInok-
She turned her head from the fragrant
bait.


And swallowed as if she were choking.
We shook down bed Of fresh new hay.
With new bag of corn for bolster:
And We gazed at the saddle overhead.
With its shining stirrups and holster
We thought as we looked in her glazing


eve,


That hSr troubles would soon be over !
Never more would she crop the grass,


Or Craze on tine crimson clover.
Slowly VIC turned from the stable door
With hearts that were sadly beating
And when we went in the early morn,
We found her quietly eating.