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'o@ IN Congress @sSe"1fcd, Ihat all inc pro,
Visions OF the act OF congress approved
lwch'y-nin'h OF July' eIgh'eeh hundred ana
hity, entitled An act 10 provide lot ho'u-
ing me courts Oh the ! ni!eu o'etes IN ease case
OF sickness or otnef alSaoill'y OF the Judges
OF the district courts sha,i DC, ana are
hereby declared 10 Oe Gpplleaoie 10 tLe
two Judicial districts oil the state OF fior
ia ana The judges thereof, SO Iar lortn aS
the same can benpPlled to the SAID districts
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Piano Fortes and Melodeons.
PIANO COVERS AND MUSIC STOOLS.
WOODWORTH & CO.

IMPORTERS or riANo FoRrEs AND MELoDEoHs,
49,, 1870 Clay ST., are the exclusive agents for the
~ ~. sale OF the SToDART's Piano F0RrEs AND
INJIsPRrScE's MEIopEoNs, In California, and nrc
IL constantly receiving them direct ffom the Man.
ufactory. Such arrangements have been made as will
enable them 70 supply these ceebnted instruments Of
prices thus securing to purchasers the
advantage Of making personal selection from large
and complete assortment, and Of avoiding the great
risk and delay Of importltion Just received stock
q Piano Fortes for hire
San Francisco, April 81, 1855. S3-f
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SCOTS Republications.
BIRTHS PERIODICALS

EARLY COPIES SECURED.
Il EONARD SCOTT & Co, New York continue 10
IL rcpublish the following British Periodicals. viz
THE LONDON QUARTERLY, (coSsERvATIvN-)
TUE EDiSBCRGH REvIEw, (wmG)
TIE NORTH BRITISH REvrEw, (FREE cHuRcn)
rue wEsTNiNisTER REVIEW, (LInERAL.)
DLAcKwooD's EDISBuRon MAGAZINE, (TokY)
The present critical state Of European Affairs will
render these publications unusually Interesting during
the forthcoming year They will occupy middle
ground between the hastily written news Items crude
speculations, and tying rmors Of the daily journal
andthc ponderous tome Of the future historian, wrt
ten alter the living interest and excitement Of the great
political events OF the time shall have passed away
It 10 these periodicals that readers mast look for the
only really Ineligible and reliable history Of events
and such, In addition To their well established lite
rary, scientific, and theological character. urge
them upon the consideration Of the reading public.
Arrangements ere now permanently made for the
receipt OF early sheets from the British publishers by
which enabled 70 place all our reprnts In the
hands Of subscribers, about soon they be fur
nished with the foreign copies Although this involves
very large outlay part. shall continue N fur
nlsh the periodicals At the same low rates heretofoe
viz;
For any one Of the four Reviews, per annum ss 90
For any two Of the four Reviews. do .........5 On
For any three Of the four Reviews, do. ......7 %
For any four Of the Reviews, do.............S do 90
For Blackwood's Magazine, do. do.......s........3 90
For Blackwood and three Reviews, do .........9 90
For Blaekwood and four Revicws.do ......... 10 90
Payments 10 he made in all cases in advance. Money
current In the state where issued will be received at par
CLUBBING
A discount Of twenty-five per cent from the above
price will be allowed 10 clubs ordering direct from Scott
CO., for four or more copies Of any or move OF
the above. Thus four copies Of Backwood, Of one
Review, will lie sent TO one address for 50 four copies
Of the four Reviews and Blackwood for s3O and
POSTAGE.
In all the principal cities and towns, these works
will be delivered through agents, free OF postage.
When sent by mail the postage to any part Of the
United States will lie bot twenyfour cents year for
lackwood. and but fourteen cents year for each Of
the Reviews.
Remittances and communications should always be
addressed post paid 70 the publishers.
LEONARD SCOTT 4 CO.,
81 Gold street. New York.
June Is, 1874 lO-tf
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could be transacted at any regular term
A copy of said order shall he posted on the
door Of the courtroom, and advertised in
some newspaper prin ell in the city Of St,
Louis, twenty days at least, before said
adjourned term shall be holden.
SEC. 5. Aad be ii fRrtker enacted, That
the district judge for said district may or
der u special term or terms Of said circuit
court, TO be holden at ST. Louis, on any
day mentioned in said order, at which spe-
cial term any business may be transacted
which might be transacted at any regular
term of said court and shall cause the copy
of said order to be posted up and publish
ed as aforesaid lie may also rcScnd any
such order, made either in term time or va
cation, or fix different day for said term
or terms giving notice thereof as aforesaid.
SEC. 4. And be Il further enacted, That
there shall be held at the city of Cleveland,
in the state of Ohio, on the third Tuesday
in March, this year, special term OF the
district court of the United States for the
northern district of Ohio, and also a special
term of the circuit court Of the United
States for said district, at which terms re.
spectively any business may be transacted
which might, under existing laws, be trans
acted at any regular ternh
AppRovrp, February 2l, 1850.
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An act authOrizing tie construction Of Il Line
Of Telegraph from The Mississippi or Ais
souri, Rivers TO the Pacific Odean.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of The United States Of -iMe-
RIGA in Congress assembled, That Hiram o.
Alden and james Eddy, their associates
and assigns, are hereby authorized and
empowered to construct, at their own eX'
pense, a line Of telegraph, from such point
on the Mississippi or Missouri river as they
may hereafter select, through the public
lands belonging to the United States, over
which lands the right Of way two hundred
feet in width, for that purpose, is hereby
granted, to San Francisco, in California
in as direct line as practicable.
saSEc 2. And be IL fitrther enacted, That
IAN voluntary or intentional injuries to said
lime Of telegraph, or to any property there
? to belonging, within the territories of the
United States, shall he deemed, and are
hereby declared to be wilful and malicious
itrespasses, and shall be punished as such
and all laws Of the United States now il
force in any territory thereof, or whicl
may hereafter be enacted for the better Sc
curity and protection of property, and ap
plicable to such offences, shall be, and they
are hereby, extended, for the protection Of
said line Of telegraph, iuto and over all the
territory belonging to, and under the ju
risdiction Of, the United States, through
which the same may be constructed; and all
legal process and proceedings for the de.
lection and punishment Of the aforesaid
offences shall be within the jurisdiction Of
the courts, and shall be issued and execu-
ted by the proper law officers in the States
or or organized territories.
APPROVED, February II, 1855.
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THE CABINS.

THE UNDERSIGNED having taken, m
reiitted and improved the Cabins belong. %Ef3M
ing to Col. Ebey on Whidby's Island with lssssNM
view OF catering 10 the wants and pleas iii Esf
urcs Of the public, share Of their patron dialA
age is solicited.
The steamer touches at this point each trip, so thai
parties wishing IN rest and enjoy themselves on the
Island for season. he forwarded 10 Port Townsend
Bellingham Bay, Port Discovery New Dunginess, Vie
ted. fine lot Of ladies' and gentemen's riding and
buggy horses, well good and eafe boats for thu
accommodation Of pleasure seeking parties.
GEORGE W. EBEN.
Jlly 20. 1855. Ietf
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An ad 10 establish an additional Land Dis
trid IN Me STATE Of Wisconsin.

BE IL enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives. ofthe United States Of Amer
ica III Congress assembled, That all that
part Of the present Willow River land dis
trict, in the State Of Wisconsin, lying north
of the line dividing townships forty and
forty one, (orNfourth correction line) be-
and the same is hereby, created land dis
trict, 10 be called the Fond du Lac Dis
trict the Office for which shall be located
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/Sayward's Line

'OF FPA6KETS. consisting Of the ship Sarah n
" Payker, Brig Merchantmen, and schooner:Sfh.
wiIlimantic will run regularly between Puget Sound
and San Francisco. All orders for goods will be
promptly attended to.
July so. te53. tTly
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WHOLESALE DRY GoODsu
Taafee, McC ahill g. Co.,

WHOLESALE DRY GoODs!!
Taafee, McC ahill g. Co.,
1TAVING made extensive arrangements for receiy-
III ing a large and well selected assortment Of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Direct from New York by every Clipper, well as by
Express via the Isthmus--and having just received
Complete Assortment of every kind Of goods adapted
to the wants of the market are able 10 offer superior
inducements to the city aud country trade.
We would aso invite the attention Of purchasers for
The Oregon and Sandwich Island Markets 20 ouretock
believing that we can supply them with articles in our
line suited TO their trade terms quite reasonable
as any house on the Pacific coast.
TAAFEE, McCAHILL & co,
Front corner Sacramento streets
San Fnncisco, California.
juno IL, 1865. 40-u
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PACIFIC HOUSE. !

VNHE UNDERSIGNED having recently erected ms
accommodate boarders and travellers with pli,n,s
rooms, and Afford such entertainment as -ha -,
will be appreciated by liberal and discrinISsisS
public. HI
The Pacific House is situated on the corner Of Nan,
and Fourth Streets, where the proprietor All, M
times. take pleasure in giving hnspitable enililfs.
ment to his guests, as moderate terms as can IN
WIN. COCK
OiyMpla' harCh ict 1908 ECU -T-laI a.
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e. o.. WARBAss,

Produce ana Merchandise
cowLIrp FdHNs. ". :. n
septembers, g, 1859. -
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An act to establish tie Office Of SUrreyor-
General Of Utah, and TO grant Land fo'
School and Uaiuersitq Purposes.

An act to establish tie Office Of iSurreyOr-
General Of Utah, and to grant Land for
School and Uaiusrsity Purposes.
Be It enacted BY Tie Senate aud House Of
Representatives. of he United States of Anne
rica, in Congress assembled, That the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby,
authorized TO appoint surveyor-general
for Utah. whose annual salary shall be
three thousand dollars and whose power,
authority, and duties, shall be the s9me as
those provided by law for the syrveyor-gen-
eral Of Oregon, prior TO the act Of July
seventeen, eighteen hundred and ffty-four:
and he shall locate bis Office from time to
time at such places as may be directed by
the President Of the United States
SEC. 2. And be u further enacted, That
when the lands in said territory shall be
surveyed nnder the direction Of the govern
ment Of the United States, preparatory to
bringing the same into market, sections
numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each
township in said territory shall be, and the
same are hereby, reserved for the purpose
Of being applied to schools in said territory,
and in the States and territories hereafter
to be created out Of the same. &
SEC 8. And Be Il further enacted, That
when the lands in said territory shall be
surveyed as aforesaid, q quantity of land
equal to two townships shall be, and the
same is hereby, reserved for the establish
ment of q university in said territory, and
in the State hereafter to be created out of
the same, to be selected under the direction
of the legislature, in legal subdivisions Of
not less than one half section, and to be
disposed of as said legislature may direct.
SEC. 4. And be il further enacted, That
full power and authority are given to the
Secretary Of the Interior to issue all need
fll rules and regulations for fully carrying
into effect the several provisions Of this act.
APPROVED, February 81, 1855.
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An oct TO pyOride for holding an additional
'a term of the Circuit Court of The United
ID. States for the Distria Of Missouri, and
's for holding iSpcciGl Terms Of the District
and Circuit Courts ofMe United States
for the Northern Distriet Of Ohio.
Be IL tenactsd by The Senate and House s
Representatives. Of the United States Of Inpc-
riea IN COngress assembled, That i shall
be the duty Of the district judgS of the
United States for the district of,AIissouri,
to hold, at the city Of St Lodis, on the
first Monday in October, ia every year, a
term of the circuit court Of the United
States for said district at which term any
business may be transacted which might
be transacted at the April term of said
court.
SEC. 2. And be Il further endnted, That
the United States circuit court for said dis
trict shall have power, at any time, 10 or
der an adjourned 1erm Of said court to be
held at any other time, at which adjourned
term any business may be transacted which
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The Ladies' Wreath,
AND PARLOR ANIMAL,

Eden Farm, Cowlitz Landing, Arg. q, 1854.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
THE TENDENCY OF KNOWLEDGE.

Dr. Channing thus answers popular oh- jection 10 the universal diffusion of know ledge, in his eloquent plea for the elevation of the working classes;
 "I am not discouraged by the objection, that the laborer, if enc outraged to give time and strength to the elevation of his mind. will starve himself and impoverish the country, when consider the energy and el- fciency of mind. The highest force in the universe is mind. This has changed the wilderness into fruitfulness. and linked dis tant countries in benefcent ministry to one another's wants. It is not to brute force to physical strength, so much as to art, to skill, to intellectual and moral energy, tha [ men owe their mastery over the world. IL is mind which has conquered matter. To fear then that, by calling fort, peoples mind, we shall impoverish and starve them, is to be frightened at shadow. ] believe, that with the growth of intellectual and mo- ral power to the community, its productive power will increase, that industry vii! be- come more efficient, that wiser economy will accumulate wealth, that unimagincd re- sources of art and nature will be discovered. l believe that the means of living will grow easier, In the proportion as 2 people shall become enlightened. self-rcspec!ing, reso- lute, and just. Bodily or material forces can be measured. but not the forces of the soul, ncr can tie results ofincreased mental energy be fore;old. Such community will tread down obstacles, now deemed in- vincible, and turn them into helps The in- ward monlds the outward. The power of people lies in its mind; and this miad if fortified and enlarged. will bring external things into harmony with itself If, how ever, err in this belief, if. by securing time and means for improvement of the multi tudr, industry and capital should become less productive. l will say, sacrifice the wealth ard no; the mind of people.
 Nor do believe that the physical good of community would in this way be im- paired The diminution of country's wealth occasioned by general attention to intellectual and moral culture, would be followed by very many different efforts from those which wonld attend an equal dimin- u,ion brought about by sloth. iniemperance and ignorance. There would, indeed, be less production in such a country, but the character and spirit of the people would ef- Feet much more equal distribution of what would he produced 1; and the happiness of a community depends vastly more on the dis tribution than on the amount of it's wealth. 1 h thus speaking of the future do not claim any special prophetical gift. As general rule, no manis able to foretell distinctly the l ultimate permanent results of any great so- | cial change. But as to the case before us we ought not to doubt. It is part of our duty to believe. that by nothing can coun- try so effectually gain happiness and last ing prosperity as by the elevation of all classes. of its citizens. To question this seems an approach to crime.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
THE FAREWELL.

From Poems of John Donne, D D, abou, 4 D 1S: As vir,uous men pass mildly away,
 And tohispcr 10 their souls go; Whilst s,me of their sad friends do say The breath goes noso, and some say no; so let us melt and make no noise,
 No tear-hoods, nor slgh tempests move; "Twere proclamation of our joys
 To tell the grosser world uur luve. Dull sub!unary lovers love
 (Whose soul is sensa cannot admit Absence, because il doth remove
 The things which aimented il. Ru, we're by love So much refined,
 That ourselves know not what II is (Inter-assured of the mind
 Careless eyes, lips and hands 70 miss. Our two souls therefore, (which are one,) Though l must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion,
 Like gold 10 airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so
 As these twin compasscs are two; Thy soIl, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, yet doth, if the other do. And though it in the center sit,
 Yet, when the other far doth roam, II leans, and hearkens after II,
 And grows erect as that comes home. And such thou art 10 me. who must
 Like th' other loot, oblquely run; Thy firmarss makes my circles just,
 And makes me end where begun.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
THE MONKEYS REVENGE.

A writer in Chambers Edinburgh Jour- nal gives curious anecdote of the power of revenge in the monkey tribes. Climb- ing one of the slanting ascents of the Rum- mundle cliff, he heard an unusual commo- ton, and creeping round lock saw beau- tiful brown monkey, which was nearly crushed to death in the folds of an enorm- ous hoa constrctor. He thus continues:
 "When the reptile had fairly commenced its repast, and the before faccid body began to fill and swell, I retired from the arena of conflicts and hall of banquet, desirous of sum-
 noni"g my friend Noor-ood- Deen to assist me in Capturing tho sated giant. knew that when gorged to repletion, there would be no difficulty in making prize Of the ser pent and the moonshee entered into my plans fight willingly. Accompanied by stout lascar, bearing strong cudgel and a sharp knife, for slaughter and skinning, we lost little time in reaching the scene, where, however, fresh marves were being enacted, proving that the passion of revenge is not confined to the human breast. Keeping aloof, we resolved not 70 mar, by any inter
 ference, the by no means mystifying opera lions in which the monkeys were engaged
 1.-The boa cons,rictor lay, thoroughly gor. ged, and like log of wood, beneath the same projecting mass of cliff where had left it. On the summit of this rock troop of monkeys had assembled, and three or four of the largest and strongest were occupied in displacing an immense fragment of the massive stone, already loosened by time and the elements, from the rest of the ledge. This mass almost overshadowed the reptile. By enormous exeriions, mad, in silence that was rare with them, they at last suc- eeeded in pushing it cnwarls unsi, it hung over the boa's head, when, ui,ering fierce yell, in which every separate voice ming led until 1t took diapason of indescriahle discord, by vigorous movement they slio- yed 1t sheer down. The heavy mass f.-,l right on the serpent's head, crushing ii as if 1t were cocoa-nut; and as the reptile lash- ed its fearfn, tail about in the final struggles of life. We eonid not fran from joining in iae singular chorus ot rejoicing with whicl, the monkeys now celebrated their accom- plished vengeance. Truly, from the fea,s of the malicious babocn that gloried in the name oi Major Weir, 10 the ami able creature of which Philip Qusrles tells, can remem- Der of no recorded facts that surpass this ey- idence in favor of monkey memory and mon key wisdom; and vonch for it's truth as far as it goes, knowing well that my friend Noor-ood Dsen still fourishing in the Black Town of Madras, will add his testimony 10 any applicant for confirmation of ihe anec- dote."
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

FERociTY OF RArs.-In giving an &C.,
 count of the storm in Boston on Friday, the Chronicle of that city says:
 At the wharves, owing to the high watef a large number of rats were killed by uneifi-
 ployed laborcrs. The vermin were obliged
 to leave their holes or remain and be drowu- ed, and as they appeared, parties of Irist- men waiting for jobs chased them about the docks with clubs and stones. In one in- stance the men had driven two large rats in- to an empty building on Commercial street, where there was no mode of egress except through the door. This the men fastened. and forming circle, drove the animals into a corner and prepared to dispatch them. The rats rendered desperate, sprang at the throat of the nearest lrishman, and one succeeded Tn fastening his long, sharp teeth in the mans handkerchief which he wore around f,is neck, and held his jaws firmly clasped until killed. Luckily the handkerchief was thick so that the animals teeth did not touch the mans throat. The rats companion sprang at his intended victim, missed him, and was knocked over by club. They were enormous large fellows, and would have made dinner for half dozen China. men.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
THE OLD wAsHERwOasAN.

Isn't there something very touching and beautiful in the following lines :? They are translated from the German: Behold her busy with her linen,
 Ton ancien, dame with silver hair, The briskest of the washerwonen,
 Though six-and-seven,y years are there; So she has followed year by year,
 The homes, toll at which you find her. Fillii with diligence the sphere
 Of useful labor God assigned her. In her days flor she is human,,
 She loved and hoped and welded teo; Well has she known the lot of woman,
 Seen cares and sorrows not few; Her dear sick man she sought to save.
 (Three children faithfully she bore hin,l Nor did she bury in the grave
 Her faith and hope wien earth closed 0 CT him. The precious charge now laid upon her,
 With cheer.u! energy she bore; She ,raned them up in fear and honor,
 Virtue and prudence ali her store. At length, to seek their Livelihood,
 They took her blessing and departed; lone woman now she, stood,
 Ye, cheerful, hopeful and s,out-hear,ea. She spared and scraped, and sav ed each penny, And spun by night the fax she bought, And of fine flax-thread yards full many
 At last she to the weaver brought. He wove her linen white as snow;
 Her needle and scissors plying, 4 spot!ess bural-dre.s she so
 Prepared against her day of dying. Her dress-her burial dress-with pleasure
 And sacred pride she lays away! It IS her first and las,-her treasure
 The fruit oi many iolsome day. She puts it on, Gods Werd to hear,
 When Sabbath bells sound holy warning, Then lays il up again, 10 wear
 Tue night before the eternal morning And would that I, when night shall find me,
 Nigh, read in iife's last sinking sun. That had wrnueh, ths work assigned me,
 As :his good dame her task has done; That had learned life's joy to drnk
 In such full and even measure, And could upon my grave-clothes think,
 At last, with such heart-frl. pleasure.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

E A writer in Frazier's Magazine. in an article on the mental faculties illustrates the evils of excessive mental exerion, by the affecting little anecdo.e of Sir Walter Scott One day. when he was thus exeriing himself beyond his powers, Sir Walter said to Capt. Basil Hall-who also suffered and died from disease in the brain" How many hours can you work l'' ;" Six" said the Captain. " But can't you put on the spnrs ?'' If do, the horse won't go.' "So much the better for you," said Scott with sigh. [. When put on the spurs, the horse ,ciH go well enough, but it is killing the horse.''
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

Justice IS the great but simple principle and the whole secret of success, in all goT- ernment; as absolutely essential to the irain- ing of an infant as to the control cfa mighty nation.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

It's not my view c'i,nman life that man is sent into ,lse world jest to save his soul, and creep out again.-Ai.yn Loeke.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

Oar "foreign " relations" are ip q good state; nyer eleven thousand of them landed in New York in two days, lately.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08

Cowardice consists, not in having fear. but in yielding ia it. we!l-ordered minds. fear is the sentinel Una, wakes up courage.