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The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

CONSTITUTIONAL" BUSINESS One who has had
the best means of knowing, favors us with the fol-
lowing facts in regard to the wholesale liquor traf
fc:
"F is an importer of Otard handy $50 called),
1t costs him $3.50 per gallon: He sells at SIS, and
has between one and two hundred thousand dollars
of that casked lightning credited about the city
and suburbs.
"One house in Boston exports rectifed whisky
at about forty cents gallon, to the value of half
a million dollars annually, to Bordeaux, and enor-
nous quantities are constantly going from Ohio
From that whisky all the brandy that comes to this
country is made Indeed, there is no pure brandy
made from wine, now used in this country let the
price be what it may All that has been manu-
factured since 1886 and 1910 is consumed in Rus
sia, and by the nobility of England
The frauds are mainly carried on upon the
other side of the water; but, added to the frauds
there, how must we estimate the Otard' and 9TH
er brandies when we told by member of the
Liquor League that he had seen pipes of brandy
landed upon the wharf here, direct from the YES
SELL to be sold the next day. He found it necessa
ry, when going down at the early dawn of the
morn, to pass shady place up town, alone occu-
pied by a miseruble-looking wretch, who would
we'll pass for piratical coast trader, where he
would see { them ere casks he had seen on the
wharf the evening before, hoisting from subter-
ranean passage-way to carts in waiting, and before
the workmen returned to their daily morning tolls
they were again to be upon the wharf and at
10 o'clock A. NJ parceled out in lots to suit pur-
chasers.' IN. Y. Tribune
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The Place Where Men Should Die.


How little recks it where men lie,
When once the moments past,
In which the dim and glazing eye
Has looked on earth its last
Whether beneath the sculptur'd urn,
The coffined form shall rest,
Or, in its nakedness return
Back to its mothers breast.
Death is common friend or foe,
AS different men may hold;
And at his summons each must 90
The timid and the bold
And when the spirit free and warm,
Deserts it, as it must,
What matter where the lifeless form
Dissolves itself to dust?
The soldier falls mid corpses piled,
Upon the battle plain,
Where restless war-steeds gallop wild
Above the mangled slain;
But though his corpse be grim to see,
Hoof-trampled on the sod,
What recks it, when the spirit free
Has scared aloft to God
The towards dying eye may close
Upon his downy bed,
And softest hands his limbs compose,
Or garments DER them spread.
But We, who shun the bloody fray,
Where fall the mangled brave,
Go-strip the coffin-lid way,
And see HMM his grave!
'Twere sweet, indeed, to close our eyes,
With those we cherish near,
And waited upward by their sighs,
Soar to some calmer sphere.
But whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battles van,
The fittest place where man can die,
Is where he dies for man!
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PROFITS OF STEAMBoATING.-Qn the 10th of Sep
tember last the Defender was purchased for triAe
over $4,000. Thirty-fve thousand dollars of the
purchase money was secured by a mortgage on the
steamer, and the balance paid in cash. 1t cost
$4,000 to repair and put her in running order
when she made her appearance as an opposition
boat on the Sacramento route. She was managed
on the high-pressure principle, took crowds of pas
sengers, at from fifty cents to two dollars each and
appeared to be doing splendid business. At the
end of forty days. however, the Defender was H.
beled for debt, which took place on the 18th of
November. Since then several other lbels have
been placed upon her for debts contracted during
the forty days named. The claims now against
her for wages and supplies amount to between
eighteen and twenty thousand dollars. In addi-
ton to these the original mortgage of $4,000 is
unpaid, and there also two other mortgages re-
crded against her for money borrowed to keep her
running, of which is for $4,000 and the other
for $4,000. She is now lying at Sacramento in
charge of the U. S. Marshal where she will prob
ably remain till sold. The Defender made quite a
sensation in the steamboating business The num-
Der of passengers between this city and Sacramen-
to, which is ordinarily about three hundred per
day. increased to one thousand per day. and the
travelling public had good time. But the above
figures show that the opposition, never surrender
policy pursued by the Defender, has been pretty
expensive afair.-Aha.
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CONTEMPT OF COURT. The following description
of a scene in court has not been around much of
late and is good as new:
Drunken Attorney.-If the court please l think
that this witness is, by his own showing interested
in the event of this case | object on that ground
to his further testimony. If man may swear
himself into the possession of two hundred dollars
in this court, why all have to say is that this is
hellroaring pretty court of justice
Tipsy Judge.-Mr. Brown, your objection seems
to be we'll taken. The witness may retire from the
stand. This court permits no profane language in
its presence Your language, Mr. Brown seemed
to be id profane You are fined five dollars for
contempt of court.
D. A Slightly sobered by the fne)-Why,
your honor has just made use of profane language
YOURSELF
Tipsy Judge-(getting more tipsy by his efforts
to collect his ideas Did the court use profane
languagel Well, then the court fines itself Here's
the money, Mr.. Clerk. This court intends to pre-
serve its dignity, without regard to expense
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MAJOR JACK DowNING's OPINION. The redoubt-
able Major Jack Downing has written another let
ter to the President, through the columns of the
National Lnte7tgencer This inimitahle satir;st
winds up as follows
81 see things is thickening up all around you,
and with the troubles III Mexico, and Denmark,
and Kansas, and the melting down and mixing up
of about fifteen political parties all over the
try and running them into thirty new moulds you
must have your hands full, and will need all your
friends to stick by you; and assure you am not
the man to desert an administration so long as
hold an Office under t.n
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UNGALLANT. The author of 'Habits and Men
relates an anecdote of an old fashioned naval cap
tain who committed the offence of dancing without
gloves. The marine hero in question had stood up
to go through country dance with a very fine
lady, who was shocked to observe that his huge
and warm hands were not covered according to
etiquette. Captain said his fair partner, "you
are perhaps not aware that you have not got
your gloves on" ooh, never mind Ma'am ~ an
swered the commander, ''never mind; can wash
my hands when Me'Ye done y
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IMMENSE BUSINESS AT THE SUFFOLK BANK. The
amount of foreign money received at the Suffolk
Bank the present week, affords certain index of
the vast expenditures made by the strangers who
(Friday) the foreign money received at that insti-
tuition exceeded, by about 20 per cent. in amount,
the deposits of any day since the bank was estab-
lished. The receipts of foreign money at the Suf-
folk yesterday reached the of two millions
ffty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty ght
dollars The largest sum received on any previous
day. was but 81, 700, 000.-BoSton Transcript, Oct.
9th
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Meerschaum is mineral of white, earthly ap:
pearance, and composed of SILICA and carbonic
acid. 1t is found in Piedmont, Wales, and other
parts of the world. When first dug up it is soft
and greasy, and fathers like soap, and on this ac-
count is used by some Tartar tribes for washing
their clothes, in place of soap. The well-known
Turkey tobacco pipes are made of it, by process
like that for making pottery ware. The bowls of
these pipes prepared for sale in Germany by
soaking them first in tallow, then in wax, after
which they are polished up.
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FACT. If young woman wishes to have her.
self published as fascinating beautiful and ac-
complshed,' let her pack up her best clothes in a
dirty towel, crawl out of the back upstairs win
dow, some dark night, and elope with the man who
feeds and curres her fathers horses. It's big
price to pay for compliments, but it will bring
them just as certain as rain barrel will beget
mosquitoes. In fact, we never knew woman to
make very decided fool of herself, in any way,
without enhancing her charms two or three hun
dred per cent. by the time her case got into the
papers.
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dscord, who are incessantly employed in every
State OF the Union in stirring up the feelings of the
populace against this country. That which is a
mere measure of self defence against lawless force
they will represent an insult offered to the law
ful government of the country, they will disclaim
they will dstort, they will exaggerate, but we must
not omit to prepare against real dangers because
our preparations may be honestly misunderstood or
designedly misrepresented. England has every
wish and every interest to remain at peace with
America. The immense trade which we carry on
with her, the community of language and of blood,
the absence of any ground of dispute or subject of
rivalry, all placed forcibly in the same direction.
How strange that under such circumstances we
should be driven to arm merely because it is the
will OF portion of the sovereign people to make
war upon us, unsupported and unapproved, but
also neither prevented arrested by the Govern
ment! We desire above all things continuance
of peace, but if it be the determination of any
large portion of the people of the United States to
force war upon us we shall know how to meet and
repe it, without relaxing for an instant our grpe
on the throat of the reeling and tottcrng giant of
the north.
But is it for the credit Of those free institutions
so often vauntcd as all that is wise, perfect, and
liberal on the face of the earth, that friendly and
kindred nation, ardenty desiring peace should feel
itself compelled to stand on the defensive not be-
cause it has any serious dispute with the Govern
lhenC vi tnIS Tree ana happy community, but be-
cause that Government is unwilling Or unable to
Prove to its citizens from going forth to murder and
to plunder in the dominions of an unofferng ally
Are these the garlands with which the tree Of free
dom ought to be adorned are these the laurels
with which the temples of the goddess should be
bound England has some claim to be called the
nursing mother of freedom and her citizens are
free because they know how to oboy-how to sub
ordinate their individual wills to that law the su-
premacy of which constitutes the principal distnc-
tion of civilized community ty.-London Times
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A Persian poet says: The heavens are point
from the pen of Gods perfection; the world is
bud from the bower of his beauty; the sun is
spark from the light of his wisdom; and the sky is
bubble on the of his power His beauty is
threw reflection from his own face on every
atom.n
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

A fellow stole wood-saw, and on trial told the
judge that he only took it in joke :" How far
did you carry it!" asked the judge. 1.-TWO miles"
answered the prisoner. "That is carrying the Joke
too far" remarked the judge and the prisoner was
committed for further examination.
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The only way for man to escape being found
out is to pass for what he is. The only way to
maintain good character is to deserve it.
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Perseverance is failing nineteen times but suc-
ceeds the twentieth. And then, when you do sue
ceed, goodness gracious! how the applause comes
down--and from those, too, who esteemed you era
zy and fool, during the period of your persever-
ance
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Gen. Cushing is for immediate action in putting
down Kinney and his band in Nicaragua Com
modore Paulding, of the home squadron, will prob
ably be instructed to proceed thither Immediately,
with special instructions regarding events in that
quarter,
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

Some of the farms of Vermont stand SO much
on their edge, that poughmen with one short leg
command double wages Citizens who distinguish
ed themselves in the late war with Mexico will
please notice
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

If you wish to reeollect mans name, go secu-
rity for his house-rent. For keeping your memory
fresh there is nothing like it.
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PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, The first section of the 10th article of the
Constitution of the State of California requires 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, l. John Bigler Governor of the State
of California, in compliance with the constitutional
quirement to the laws faithfully executed do hereby
direct the publication of the amendments to the Constitu
on adopted by the Legislature Of 1885, for the period of
three months and commend the to the consideration
of the citizens of the said State of California.
~ Witness my hand and the Great Seal
of the State, at the City of Sacramento,
L. s. this, the 8lst day of May, 1855.
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Some body advertises guns rifles, pistols and
other earms--warranted to give satisfaction"
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

Give man the sacure possession of bleak rock,
and he will turn it into garden; and give him "a
nine years lease of garden, and he will convert
1t into a descrt.
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In ASSEMBLY, April ~. 1855.

IN AssEMBLY, April II 1905.
The above amendments, proposed by the Senate, to
the Constitution of the State of California taken up
for consideration and read third tme and all severay
adopted
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r e r M S
ARGUS JOB OFFICE

We prepared to do Job Printing OF every variety on
short notice. lowest paying rates. and in the best style
of the art Having recently made great additions to
obbing MATERIAL friends rely having their
ders executed in style hitherto unknown in the "rural
districts"
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

NRUZ, J. NJ, Physician and Surgeon Office second doc
" above Zelners Drug Store, Coloma.
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

NOOPER'S Eye, Ear and Orthpaedic Infrmary, N
" ii Sansome street, San Francisco.
The Empire County argus., 1855-12-15

NLARK Il HENRY Dealers in Paper Hangngs, Sti
" tionery, &c. next door to the Post Office, Cooma.
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GENERAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

HHALMERS, ROBERT, Proprietor of the Sierra
" Nevada House, Main street, Coloma
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scented, in the shape Of Foreign Mission,
which operated so nicely that the matter was
not again mentioned during the session.
We do not say it was so, for we know moth
ing about it. But we do know that he got
the Foreign Mission and the. Rapids did not
get the appropriation. And when our farm
ers take few cents on the bushel less for
thsir grain, : like deduction upon their pork
and other produce, and pay little more for
Groceries, Iron, Nails, &C., on account Of
this obstruction, we hope they will console
themselves with the reflection that Augustus
Caesar Dodge is Minister Plenipotentiary to
the court of Spain with full power and au-
thority to buy the Island of Cuba!
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THE CAPITAL AT WASHINGTON Cry This
bui ne, when completed, viii b. The g and
est on the continent of America. And, in
deed, Ehcre viii be fw grander in the wor d
Its total cost will be over five million Of
do ars.
The sum Of 100000 has just been appro-
priated hy Congress. for the construct on of Il
C st iron dom, to ov-rtop AMI crown he
whole mi omple'e The > ninety. The en-
tire frort Of the hu ldiug j. seven hun red
and ffty-ane feet four inches; ieng b Of
wings, including steps, three hundred and
twenty four fe-r; width of wings, one hun
drei and tor,y two ct e ght inch S !; width
of old Capital, three hundred and ffty-two
ct four inch 9; srea Of GROUND actu t.lv
CIV red, on nnired AM fortv-three thou
sand one hurd ed a d twelve feet; or, m ore
than three and half acres; helghth Of the
proposed new dome, above the basement
door, two hundre an forty six feet.
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THE CoUgT OF CLAfMs.-The last Congress
establish new and impor ant branch Of
pub c administration, styled the Court Of
Claims. This Court is to have cognisance Of
private claims against the Government, and
will ultimately become most important In
stitution and WELD wide spread influence
IL serves at present, most excellent pr rpose
in affording good places and fat salaries TO,
ha.f-iozen feaied Nebraskals, who have
won The favor of the President by betraying
the nteres ) and misrepresenting the senti-
meats Of Their cons itu nts.
The law provided for three Judges. at
81, 900 each. Pr annum, Soliciter at $500,
Clerk at s., 900 with an Assistant at 81 800,
and Messenger 1T $500. [Gate City.
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rrr,.r.n, Employmens society.

We are in receipt Of circular from q COM
mittee of the above Society, who are anxious
to SECURE employment to some of the New
York poor. There ara many worthy men in
hat city for whom this society are anxious
to secure employment. And as there are la
borcrs wanted in Iowa, in almost all branch
es of industry, it will be we'll farIsuch as de.
sire to secure laborers for the coming season,
TO ascertain their wants and act accordingly.
The Committee will send emigrants, under
The following arran yements, wherever their
services are wanted.
1st. Upon satisfactory guaranty being
given by the employer that he will refund
to the Society, or It's authorized agent, the
amount advanced to defray the expense of
transit of the person or persons sent, togath
er with his annual subscription, two dollars.
immediately on the arrival of the latter at his
d situation. 81. Upon the required amount
being depos ted in the hands Of a RESPONSE
BILE hri party with the understanding that
said amount sh,ll lie paid over to the SaciD. '
or its agent, upon the arrival Of the perso-,
ordered. Sd. Upon written agreem mt be-
ing entered into with the employees, tha, his
employer shall be allowed t, deduct one.hall
OF his wages unt:.t the xhole of the passags
money sha.. have been refunded, and to ply
the ssme over to the Society ori's M horiztd
agent. A similar agreement shall be entered
M e. ~ c. g
ed when the migran, is forwarded in ac-
60 dance with the frs. or second arrangement
above named.
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DUFF GREEN. --This gentleman, formerly
80 CONSPICUOUS rs a POLITICIAN, appears in n
recent letter to II. NJ. I. Hunter, Of Virginia
N favor of.the Know Nothing movement
It closes with The. following sen, encs ..ln a
Subsequent letter, Imay Ike brief review
Of parties'showing that the people Gun and
will regulate, the politicians. In this
last expression Greene bit the truth.
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IUuFs, ITuIN, =. D. Do 7NLEI.
Wst Dresden, N. Y, Febuary IA.

AMERICAN GRAPE Gu -TURE.-The Western
Record contains an extended atistieal arti-
Gle on the Amer can grape culture, and from
he facts it has g,there |, expresses the opin-
ION that while the vine mains as i now IS
in the rec on OF nci III Il unaffected BY any
great increase Of insects, laras ties, 9th r
causes Of blight, the grape may b re be cul-
tlyat ID, ut IA large profit, even when the wine
Is reduced to 30 cent PEI gallon. Thai such
8 the 4 mand for pure Catawb wine, and
such j. tn consumption q Wine in h. cnun
try, that II IS sac 10 say, that in fall thirty
airs ~ come win innot b. reduced 10 80
cents p gallon. La ali that time, tn good
cnlisators must real q heavy profit. The
Record thinks there must be five millions of
acres planted in vines before b price can he
reduced to minimum in the Unit 4 Sta es |!
This fact is enough to insure the cul,ivators
against any hazard of IN ov rsfocked marke !.
There will probably be 100000 gallons Of
Ca'awba WINE raised in The Ohio Valley in
1875; but this is no hing to the demand. and
there IS no danger that the market will be
oyerstock d.
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AN ExAMp. g woasaY or ,MlTargo

AN EXAMPl & WoHisi1 SF iIiTATg0S
The following Is cut from the lest nGnb-r
OF the Dav nport Daily Gazette:
In our advertising columns NAV be fouad
the business notices of 2. w. Gates & Co..
an extensive est b.>hmeas located in Chi
cago. In tho life OF Mr.. Gates we have an
Example Of what industry backed ny intOn-
table persey can accomplish. TAR
teen years ago he arrived in Chic go with
$l2 in his potk t, which he invested in the
material for the IN nutacture Of q priire
plow. For the sa.e Of this single plow he
dep nded for bis own ma 'ntainaace and the
rea.zat on OF c tpitai to prosecute h bus n"s.
The pillow was finished sold and others ma ie,
au from ths insl nilicanf beginning, s
arisen IN establishment unsu-p sssed bv ans
IN the western country. During the .asl
yesr, AIR. oate~ has employed an Nv rage o
one hundred and seventy men, consumed rdw
material to the amount Of $50. 1000, turned
oas two huIrd d and seventy -one r,iroa /
cars, and q total If manufactured articles
amounting to 1910, 1000. WHAT an example
does this furnish to our aspiring young men.
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G7Let every voter, who desires 70 pro-
mote the welfare Of the STATE Of Iowa: be
sure 10 90 to he election and cast a haloi
for the Prohihiterg Liqnor law. And let ev.
friend nfths measure bar it :nmind that
risdale nni d wey, ca ,diiates for State Of
fees voted aga nst this law at the late ses-
sion Of The Legislature, and let every true
friend Of the Temperance law vote against
its snsmiss.--[ Gate City.
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CMNA.-The Africa brings late adv.c
from China. The Insurgents are still in tie
ascendant, and held Canton in stote of
serge. The insurgent authorities and the
French at Shanghai were at outs, and the
French Admiral hid homharled the town.
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REMOVAL. b. Patterson, ESQ.,, editor
OF the OQuawka Spectator has en- remov ed
from the Post Office at that pl ce. This
victim OF pro scril ton was not removed for
incompetency, but on account of his failure,
as democrat, to support certain man who
was the Locofoco nominee for Sheriff at Il e
election last fall. Mr.. z. very focilshiy sup
pos he could no d office under this Admin
istration, and, like FIRE man vote Us he
pleased.
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KANSAS CENsUs.-The Lawrence Free State
gives the following as the full and correc;
returns of the Kansas census: lst District.
365 voters; I'd, 1879; Sd, 90; 4th, Il; 5th and
9th. 797; 9TH and 9Th, $50; 9th, &c. 10th, 63;
llih. "a; 18th, LEG; 18th, lol; l4tb, 300;
18th, 3ll; 10th, 1856; 18th. 50-aggregate,
3,O36. Ratio for Council, 1881.
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BRINGING THEM UP.---At the term Of
of persons were fined for keeping drinking
and gambling houses in Aeokuk,t the argre
gate amount Of 1926 and costs. Sew raj
others had been indicted for selling liunor,
whose cases were continu d over TO the sep
TENDER term.
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GREAT TRIUMPH OF SPEED.-The express
train on the Hudson river road reached HUI
son on Friday morning last, ut ll.l6, and
c me from there to East Albany (ihirty m,ies)
in twenty five minutes! Passengers were
landed in the C ntral railroad depot IN thirty
minutes from the tim. OF leaving Hudson.