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/ g. fER.iLi Gl.I or LCC-fL WEAK
I ~ MES S.-Dr. l.. J. CzAPEAY, late lee
turer on diseases of women and children, and
chief surgeon of the military hospital of Pesth,
/ hungary, would call public attention to sper-
mltorrhna or local weakness There is not
in the catalogue of human maladies one more
to be deprecated than this, as well because of
present distress, as the ultimate results Tie
tone ofthe system under its influence is either
impaired Or entirely destroyed. and a class
symptoms superinduced, that units man fer
the performance Of any Of the ordinary duties
of Life The injuries done to the physical
part Of mau are truly lamcntable, bur trifng
when compared to those Of the censorium, the
great nervous centre, aud to the nervous sys-
tenn generally. This disease which is too OF en-
consequent upon that solitary vice, scif-abuse,
involves pathological conditions beyond TIE
comprehension Of the uninitiated, bat which
are well understood by the regular practition-
er. Among the sym1tums most conspicuous
are the following Love Of solitude, aversion
to business and society, distressing timidity,
nervous excitement from slight causes, loss Of
memory, confusion OF ideas, inability to rea
son correctly. low spirits and lassitude, dull
ness OF apprehension, and msanthrophy.-
These being functional arrangements, are Of
ten the haroingers Of horrid organic lessons
- ~ ~ "a-ts hAl4DH SAutS dNAASHt41s
and death
For the cure Of this and all kindred disea-
ses, Dr.. Czapksy has established bis Institute,
where all may rely with perfect confidence
upon that skill which long experience and
thorough devotion to his profession has given
Those who suffer should call without delay,
and Hse the means by which they may rccu-
pera,e and live. All consultations by letter
or otherwise, free. Address to Dr. [. J :.
czAPKAY, Medical Institute, Armory Hall,
corner Sacramento and Montgomery streets.
San Franeicio.
THE GRE.qTEST DTSCOF-ERY. az
THE .4GE.-GREAr BLrssixG TO NAN
KTsD s-fano-snt bat Potent DR.. L !.
tzAPKAY's PRorHYLAcTICUM, (Self Disin-
fectIng Agent,) a sure preventative against
gonorrhoesl and syphilitic dissases. ana an
unsurpassed remedy for all the venerial,
sorofulous, gangFenous and cancerous ulcers,
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STATE GOVERNMENT

JOHN BIGLER, Governor.
SAMTEL PURDY, Lieutenant Governor.
JAMES W DENVER. secretary Of state.
SAMUEL BELL. Comptroller.
SELpEN \. McMEANs, state Treasurer
JOHN Il. MCCONNELL, Atty General
= X. IluBBs, superinte it, Public instruction
S II MARLErrE, surveyor General.
VI C. kiBBEE, Quarter Master General.
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Noes-AIJyx, Arlington Bogardie- brlNuc Ne'aua'
Cunningham OF lsrr Curtis Farley fiodTn2! Ferg-
son Garer Hunt Johnston OF San Frai ssco Me- rIY,
Muriock Rowe Stevenson sheErard, shlsey sihi-h oi
Karin, sicwaF. ard Waite
J. VI. ANDERSON,
Clerk of the Assembly
AN ACY CONCERNING ROADS AlJD
HIGHWAYS.
The PeoDIe of he STATE 81 California, rep
resented IN Senate and assembly, do enact
as folietcs:
81 All roads shall be considered as public
highways which are now used such, and
have Been declared such by order of the court
CT sessions or board of supervisors, or which
may hereafter be declared bysthe board Of
supervisors within their respective counties.
j , 1t shall be the duty Of the boaTd Of su-
peryisors Of each county, TO divide tho county
into u suitable number Of road districts and
70 appoint annually, or whenever vacancies
may occur, an oyerseer for each district, whom
they shall have power 10 remove at pleasure.
4 3 Tie county clerk Of each county, shall
notify ali persons who have been appointed
road overseers, within ten days after such ap-
pointment has been made, informing them Of
such appointment and describing the bounda-
ries Of their district.
( The Road Oyerseers shall cause all the
Public Highways within their respective dis
tricts to be kept clear from Instructions, and
III good repair, causing banks 10 De g aueu'
bridges and eausways to be made where the
same may be necessary to keep tie same in
good repair and 10 renew them when destroy
ed.
) The Road Overseers shall have power
to make use of any gravel or dirt for improv-
ing the roads which may -be absolutely neces-
sary, from any adjacent unimproved lands,
and the Board Of Supervisors may allow such
damages If there be any, to the owners OF
said lands as they may deem Just, provided,
that said supervisors shall not be liable TO pay
damages to the County at the suit of any cit
izan, II it shall be proved that they have al
lowed extraordinary and extrayagant dam
ages
6 The Boarl Of Supervisors snail have
power to Levy q Tax on all able bodied men
/ between the ageso OF twenty one and fifty years
which shall not exceed four dollars per an
mum, (anj i property tax, which shall not ex.
coed 1--WE cents on each one hundred dollars
Tor Road purposes to be levied and collected at
the same time and manner as other property
taxes are collected
81 The property tax so levied shall be
collected by the Sheriff Of the County, in the
same manner as in the collection of oGher
taxes, but all road taxes for road purposes
shall be collected by the oyerseers in their
respective districts.
Provided, that the Board Of Supervisors
shall in all cases require bond of such over
seer to secure the payment Of such monies as
he NAV receive uuder the provisions Of this
49, = ~
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Wadetits.

TAkING CARE OF THE PiEcEs.-The
Legisla'nve Of Maine have recently pas
sel bill called the '.Paupcr Dissect'ng
biIl,'' which provides that the doctors
may cut up the bodies of pauPers at plea
sure, bat it compels them ioprorids eof-
fms and taSy fse piecesi No other STATE
could eyince such paternal solicitude for
the decent disposal Of the remains Of her
dear children.
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PROBATE COURT.

This Court meets the fourth Monday OF each
NINTH
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WYANDOTT EXCHANGE.

FINIE SUBSCRIBER. HAVING RECENTLY PUE-
l. chased. rsirt-G sR retEsanize ths above calebra
ted sas-sds he1ss, til 5e happy entertain the
cling hublie, and sis promise At al tunes he very bes,
Accommodations 20 be found zn! similar house IN The
country
Tbs zaaSsnent o. .ss kitchen and sleeping depart
znei.ts viii be gaerths superB,eadeHcs or Mrs Trorh-
ton who his recsziiy arrived. aud nc pains VII be
spare,. to render satisfaction.
-- JANIS TRoUGHToS.
WyaRdoss, Arril 10 1854. izE2S
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JUDICIARY.

SOLOMON IfEYDENFKLT, Chief Justice.
MUCH c MURRAY, Associate Justice
Waf. I. DAINeERrIELD, Juge 9;h District
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Tho bnsiaess MI hereafter he oond1esaa under The
name AMI 1rn Of 2 d. EyEETS 5 CO.
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DISSOLUTION 81 oo.pARTNERsAIP.

FEyUE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE TX
ID isiiag under the nalac ana arn of EyERFS.
SMELL 8 Co. Is iAis Gay Dissolved b mutual couseai
FRANK EgERTa,
, s. SNEi.E.
II G. RsFGFS
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1-~-1' ~. u E--l-1s--
House. OF ASSEMBLY,
Sacramento. April g. 1855

Article II. The Legislature Of the State
Of California Mt its sixth annual session, con-
vened on the first day of Janury, \. D 1863,
propose as amendment 70 the present eonstitu-
tIou q this State the following:
SsiESpssEST ist. Section three OF Article
II, Of the constitution Of the State Of Cali
fornia, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows
SEcriov 5. Members Of the Legislature
snd all officers elected or appointed, shall, be-
fore they enter on the duties of their respect
i've Offices. take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation IL --, do solemnlY
swear, that viii faithfully discharge AMI
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PROCLAMATION.

TYhereas, The first section of the Article Of
the Constitution Of the State of California re-
euires that amendments to the constitution,
after having been adopted By the Legislature,
shall be published three months, with the
yeas and nays thereon, and referred to the
next Legislature.
Now, therefore, !. John Biglsr, Governor Of
the State Of California, in compliance with the
constitutional requirement to see the laws
faithfully executed, do hereby direct the pub
icatiou Of the amendments to the constitution,
adopted by the Legislature Of 1855, for the
period Of thsee mouths. and commend the same
20 the consideration VI tie citizens Of the said
State Of California
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". +. SINGER & CO.'S
FEATHER RIVER EXPIRES:

Connecting with Wells, Fargo s Co.'S Express
to all parts Of
California, Oregon, the Atlantic States. the
Canadas and Europe.
MeekIv from MarrsYille to ard from tie
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
H.. c.a-atar- ~ go.

DllI1c ~ y ; q 'l.'EH-.
hereby certify that the foregoing is true
copy ofan original act now On file in this e.
Tee. Witness my hand and seal Of State, at
RI 81 Sacramento. this eleventh day Of May
A. D. 1850
Wv. DENVER.
Secretary OF state,
Fer W. II K. WooD, Deputy.
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al other points ia The neighborhood q Scar
Diggings and DowuieTiile.
CHA5 II HEDGES. AGENT
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~ Witness my hand and the Great
Seal of the State. at the city Of
Sacramento, this 5 lst day OF May,
~ 1865. JOHN BiGLER.
Attest; J r. DENvEa, Secretary Of State
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The above are only few Of the many testi-
moHials which d., Czapkay has in bis poses
sion, but cannot publish for want Of space
All consultations. (by letter or otherwise,
free. Address to
Dr.. i. T. CzATrAY,
Melieal insti'ute, Arasory Hall,
Cor. Sacramento and Mont golnary SIS.
san francisco.
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q srPEEl0i LOT OF SEED WHEAT for
I y sale nj BaIts Ferry, by
HOWARD BURT.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23

few years before his death. Each of its four
sides has an inscription; they read as follows
Patrick Calhoun, the father Of John Cald-
well Calhoun. Born in the county Of Done
gal, Ireland, June III, 1927, and died January
l5, 1896, in his 69th year"
Martha Caldwell, the wife of Patrick Cal
houn, and the mother of Catharine, William,
James, John Caldwell, and Patrick Calhoun
Born on Cub Creek, Charlotte county, Viginia,
l75O-died May, 1902, aged So years.
"Catharine, the daughter of Patrick and
Martha Calhoun, and the first wife of the Rev
DIR. Waddel, died in March, 1896, in the 2lst
year of her age, without ISSUE"
:" Erected by John c. Calhoun, the surviving
member of the family, lS4l."
The graves of William and James, whose
names were mentioned above, are also here
with becoming memorials. The former was
the father of the Hon. Mrs. Amisted Burt, and
Mrs. DR.. Degraifenreid, of Abbeville; the lat
ter, of our energetic fellow citizen, Mr.. ]. A.
Calhoun, and the Hon. James Calhoun, Of Ala
bama. -Ab6eUile Banner.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23

CCOTTss WEEKLY PAPER.--The pub
~ Usher Of this large and popular family journa
offers for the coming year QS54 combination OF
literary attractions heretofore unattemped by any
Of the Philadelphia wecklies. Among the
features will be new and brilliant series of origi
nal romances by George Lippard, entitled Legends
of the Last Century. ALI who have read Mr.. Lip
pard's celebrated Legends of the American Revo
luton" published for ffty-sx consecutive weeks
in the Saturday Courier, will find these pictures
of French and American history endowed with all
tions. The first Of series of original novelletes,
called Morris Hartley or the Knights ofthe Mystic
Valley, by Harrison w. Ainswortb, is about TO be
commenced II will be handsomely illustrated by
twelve fine engravings, and its startling incidents
cannot fail to elicit undivided praise. Emmerson
Bennett the distinguished novelist and author OF
Viola, ETC., etc., is also engaged TO furnish bril-
liant novelette, to follow the above. Mrs. Mary
Andrews Denison, author of Home Pictures, Pa
tience Worthington and her Grandmother, etc.,
will continue splendid domestic novelette,, en-
titled the Old Ivy Grove, and H. c. Watson al,
illustrated story called the Two Edged Knife--a
graphic picture of early life in Old Kentucky. To
these will be added original contributions and Sc
Clarville Lille Lilberne, Mrs Stowe, Grace Green
wood, and other distinguished writers the news
Of the day. graphic editorials, full reports OF the
provision, money, and stock markets, letters from
travellers at home and abroad, ETC., etc.
Terms-One copy one year So; two copies one
year 80 four copies one year S.; nine copies one
year, and ono TO the getter up Of the club, $40;
twenty copies one year and one to the setter up
Of the club, $40.
Address A. SCOTT, Publisher,
No. Ill Chestnut st., Philadelphia.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23

cables at distances of eight or ten feet other
smaller iron ropes drop, on which the wooden
and iron truss work Of the bridge is suspended.
Gables cross and recross in every direction
essential to give strength and to obviate lateral
or vertical oscillation, and to equalize as far as
may be the pressure over the whole bridge.
The railway is laid on the top of the bridge
and is made of heavy iron castings, fastened to
timbers OF great length and size. This track
IS about twenty-eight feet above the carriage
foor. The carriage floor is therefore an enclo
sure. 1t is the bottom Of tabular structure,
on the top of which is the railway This upper
track is securely rallied in, and, though on
larger and more magnificent scale, resembles
the old bridge, familiar to most of our readers.
The carriage floor is nineteen feet wide. The
inside width of the upper floor is about twenty.
two feet. In the centre of this is the iron
track-way. The track-way is arranged for three
guages, while in fact it occupies only the space
Of one 1t is in this wise: An ordinary track
IS laid, the rails six feet apart This is the
Erie guage. Between these rails are two 9TH
ers four feet eight-and-a-half inches apart. This
is the New York central guage; and from the
south inside rail to the north outside rail is five
feet SIX inches, or the Canada suage. The ar
rangement is simple but ingenious. The
switches are distant from the bridge on land,
and unless the trains that are to pass over the
bridge are switched upon their proper guages,
OF course they come to a stand-still remote from
the bridge. Thus there is no possible danger
from this source. 1t is proper to say that there
are three tracks upon the bridge. At the same
time only one train can occupy them at once
as they are all in the compass Of single six
foot track. 1t is this track-way and this alone
that is leased to the Canada road for forty. five
thousand dollars a year, which they underlet
to the New York Central and such other roads
as may desire to use it. All the rest of the
bridge, the carriageway and the foot ways that
are beside the track-way, are reserved by the
Bridge Company. These last will give an in
come of many thousand dollars above the forty
FIVE thousand dollars lease.
The loads that have passed over the bridge
thus far have been comparatively light, but for
| q long time past weight of some two hundred
and fifty or three hundred tons of stone has
been lying upon the bridge as sort of make
weight. There will be formal celebration OF
the opening of the bridge about the first Of
May, to which "all the world" will gather.
| Rochester american.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23
From the London Athenmum.
Fate of Sir John Franklin.

An additional gleam of light has been cast
over the probable fate of the Franklin Expedi-
ton by an Esquimaux, named Masttukwin,
who accompanied DR.. Rae's party, and who
has been for many years member Of the
Wesleyan congregation at Rossville in Hud-
sons Bay. DIR. Rae has always considered this
native highly efficient and trustworthy. On
his return to Rossvlle, the Esquimaux stated,
that he wintered with his party in snow
house, where they had SIX weeks constant
night. In March last 1S54) they started, on
the ice, to the north, and were thirty.seven DAYS
on their northern journey. They were 100
miles beyond the region inhabited by the Els.
quimaux, but they still found the tracks of the
musk OK. Sir John Franklin and his party are
dead; but, perhaps, one or two of the men may
still be alive, and amongst the Esquimaux
Sir Johns watch, all in pieces, with his silver
spoons, knives, and forks, were found. The
ship was great godsend to these people; and
they now all have good sledges, spears, canoes
&C., of oak wood. DR.. Rae and his party did
not see any of the remains Of Sir John and his
party; but the Esquimaux informed him that
Sir John was found dead, with his blanket over
him and his gun by his side. The probability
is, that it is not more than two or three years
since the party perished by hunger" Such
are the words of Mastitukwin's narrative, as
detailed to the Rev. I. Hurlbut, of Rossvlle
Mission, Hudson's Bay. They are entitled to
credence because the narrator is native oi
the country, acquainted with the language, and
could have had no object in making false
statement. The various implements made o
oak which were seen in the Esqumaux en-
campment prove that they must have had &C.
cess to at least one of the ships Of the missing
expedition.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23
The New York and Liverpool United States
Mail Steamers.
The ships comprising this line are

The ships comprising this line are
Ihe Atlantic. Captain West.
The Pacific ......... Captain Nye.
The Baltic. c........... Captain Comstock.
sse - These ships having been built by
&1k4fs contract, expressly for government
Z service, every care has been taken
In their construction, also in their engines, 10
insure strength and speed, and their accommo-
daions for passengers are uuequalled for ele-
gance and comfort.
Price Of passage from New York to Liverpool,
In hrst cabin. .....:................$l $3.50
In second cabin, $75 Exclusive use Of extra sized
state rooms... 1926
From Liverpool to New York 30 and 20 guineas.
No berth secured until paid for.
PRoPosxD DATES OF sAIllne.
From NssD York From Livsypool
Wed'day. Dec q, 1854 Saturday. Dec. l6, 1854
Wed'day. Jan. 10, 1855 Saturday. Dec. SO, 1854
WedtAy. Jan. "a, 1885 Saturday. Jan. 49, 1856
Wedda, =. Feb. q 1855 Saturday. Jan. 81, 1856
WeddaJ. Feb 81, 1855 Saturday. Feb. 10, 1855
Wed'day. Mar. 7, 1856 Saturday. Feb "a, 1865
For freight or rss1ns;wgs, snwsRPHp RsPply Z to oo,11ns
No. So Wall street, N. Y.
BROWN, SHIPLEY q Co.,
Liverpool.
R. G. ROBERTS q Co,
l3 Kings Arms Yard London.
B. O.. WAINWRIGHT& 81 Co,
Paris
GEO. H. DRAPER, Havre
The owners Of these ships will not be accounta
Bile for gold silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, pre-
cious stones, or metals unless bills Of ladng are
signed therefor, and the value thereof therein ex-
pressed. Jan 3--dlf
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23

We find the following curious and interest
ing statement in the Paris Patrie: "The Aca
DENY Of Sciences is good deal interested by
the invention of Flying Machine, by Don
Diego de Salamanca. With this machine Don
Diegos daughter. Rosaura, rose in the air
sometime ago at Madrid, to the great astonish-
ment of the Spaniards, who are but little ac-
customed to this sort of miracle. Don Diego
de Salamanca and his daughter is about to
arrive at Paris to show the effects of his mar
vellous invention. The machine is very simple,
it consists in case two feet long, and one foot
wide, adapted to a band of leather round the
waist buckled behind. The two iron rods
fastened to the case support small piece of
wood, on which the feet repose. The case con-
tains simple and ingenious mechanism, SINH
lar to that employed to set an automation in
motion. The mechanism is worked by means
Of handle. 1t sets in work two large wings
ten feet long, made Of very thin caoutchouc,
covered with feathers; and the wings may be
so worked as to procure vertical, perpendicular,
or horizontal flying. The number of turns
given to the handle determines the height to
which it is desired to go.
The handle has to be turned every quarter
of league to regulate the distance; the ope-
ration of turning lasts minute. Horizontal
flying is the most difficult. The wings beat the
air like the oars of boat, or rather as the feet
Of swan when it swims BY means of this
curious machine man can go almost as rap
idly as carrier-pigeon from the Hotel de Vile
to the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etolle, in eight
minutes, and in half an hour to Versailles.
The experiments, which will be made in Paris,
will be on a small scale, and the flights of Don
Diego will not extend beyond the department
of. the Seine; but at a later period he proposes
to go to Lyons, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseilles
and Tours, and to take the lines of railway.
he pretends that he can travel quicker than by
rail. The price of each machine will not ex-
ceed l200f for men, and l00Of. for women.
If the experiment succeeds, Don Diego will
take out patent, and make the sale of the
machines branch of commerce. Although
greatly astonished at this new invention, seve-
raj members of the academy have pointed out
the inconvenience of bringing it into general
use. In point Of fact, there will be no security
for any one, if by the aid Of such machine all
our usages and customs be overthrown, and if
malefactors can fly on the roofs of houses,
afterwards get into apartments and commit all
sorts of depredations. 1t will be very curious
to see policemen in France or England pursu-
ing thieves in the air, in order to lock them up
on earth. 1t appears that 1885 promises us all
sorts of marvels."
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-23
An attempt to Detain sixteen Slaves ON n
Writ OF Habeas Corpus.

The steamer Falls City," Captain Sam Ma
son, arrived here about 3 o'clock on Saturday
night, from Wheeling en- route for St. Louis,
having on board sixteen slaves in custody OF
their owner. During the whole Of yesterday
gangs of negroes interspersed with a few whites,
were seen in groups about the gangway. Once
or twice a portion of them ventured on the
boat, but we're promptly driven of, and during
the day party were observed endeavoring to
force open the door of state room, in which
were a couple Of female slave children. From
the vigilance of the officers and crew no
other attempts were made during the day, but
about 3 o'clock last evening, Mr.. III. B. Black.
well, of unenviable notoriety, accompanied by
one Of the deputy sberiffs, came on board
armed with writ Of ha6eas corpus, and de.
manded the slaves. But their owner had fore
seen this issue, and at dark had very quietly
conveyed them in a yawl to the Kentucky shore.
They will remain in Covington until the Falls
City is ready to leave, when she will go over and
take them on board Cincinnati. Commercial
Of Monday.