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Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
Rates of Wages.

The Sacramento Age says the rates of wa.
ges paid by intelligence Offices, in that city,
are as follows:
Farm hands, $50, 35d4O per month.
Tnsmiths, S60d65
Coopers, $50d55
Chinese Cooks, $20d30.
Chinese Help, $I2d25.
Gardners $60a75
Kitchen Hands, S25d40.
Clerks, S50dl00.
General Laborers, $30d40.
Hatters S75dl00
Confectoners, $T5d100.
Chambermaids, $35d45.
Come up to Volcano as soon az it commences
raining-you can do better.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

"THIs ANIMAL" said an itinenerant show
man, :" is the African hyena, measuring IA
feet from the tip of his nose to the end of his
tail, and the same length back again, making
in all % feet. He cries in the woods in the
night season, like human being in distress,
and then devours all who come to his assist
ance--a sad instance of the deprayity of hu-
man nature"
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

DR.. Quincy being asked why there were
more women than men, replied" 1t is in
conformity with nature; we always see more
Of heaven than of earth"
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
u. G. JOHNSON.

iTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR,
Volcano, AMADoR County, CAL.
ay he found at present at Justice " KLEIN Office.
- Notary Public & Conveyancer. ~0aG
ay3-2S If
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
n. VI. fsAWLENG,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
May be found at Justice Gales Office.
nav II Aft
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
Notice,

\ hL persons indebted to the subscribers win
Ilease call and make immediate payment, or
~ VIII have cost to pay.
lnar p ~
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
A. u. IEuglltaiiing,,

DEPUTY SHERIFF,
Oaice with Geo. L. Gale, Esq, Volcano.
oct u 3m
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
MINI KIei.r.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-oliicce two doors
south OF the Empire Hotel
JOHN II. DENNIS, Constable-ofiice, with n.
.ein, Esq.
mar y 22-3m
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

PREPAY Your LETrERs.-Those who read
the papers do not fall into the error of drop
ping letters into the post Office without pre-
payment yet, as the post Office window indi-
Gates, there are still those who have not yet
found out that letters not prepaid remain
where they are dropped until forwarded to
the dead letter Office.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

The italian SYSTEM "A school-boy being
asked by his teacher to name the style by
which he preferred to be fogged replied as
follows I" If you please, sir, | should like to
have it upon the Italian systematic heavy
strokes upwards, aud the down ones lightp
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
w. AVER, M. ID.
Geo. Ek. Smith, vi. ID.

Office two doors South of the Empire Hotel.
oet u a.,
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

SERVED HIM Roma poor fellow,
who had spent hundreds Of dollars at a GER
tain old poison shop, being one day faint and
feeble, after having spent all his money the
evening previous at said groggery, asked the
landlord to trust him for glass of liquor
''No," he replied, 81 never make a prac-
tice OF doing such thingsp
The poor victim turned to gentlemen sit
ting by, and whom he had known in better
days-"sir will you please lend me a six
pence|
Certainly
The landlord with alacaity placed the de-
canter boiore him He took a pretty good
horn, and having swallowed it, replaced the
glass with evident satisfaction He then
turned to the person who had lent him the
sixpenee, and said
Here sir, is the sixpence owe you'll
make it point degraded as am, always to
pay borrowed money before l pay my greg
btlp"
The cravenhearted poisoner behind tho
counter looked and no doubt mentally wished
a thousand curses ON his poor victim.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

Morus-A small piece of paper or linen,
mostened with spirits Of turpentine, and put
into bureau or wardrobe for a single day,
two or three times year, is a sufficient pre-
seryatiYe from moths.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
core.
COPE 81 HUBBARD,
w. HENRY JONES,

ATTORN AT l. A W,
-ill nav strict attention to making collections and
,t.ri IN all Legal Business entrusted to his care.
,fca on Union Square, next door to johnson q
d store, VOLCANO.
'jo7 33Iy
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
UNION HOTEL,

! rt,Ii!ilDLETOWN, CALIFORNIA.
-lAE !, THIS method Of announcing to the public
Itt""' 'nis house has been entirely renovated and
f. ana IS now ready for the reception Of vis-
H. p pNp pains or expense has been spared TO
,n. o1 mon equal to any hotel in the county.
1 -1s - 40-3m
'NE Cloth for Manti'la las, for sale by
""r " GEO. JOHNSON
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

The sun is like God, sending abroad life,
beauty and happiness; and the stars like hu-
man souls, for all their glory comes from the
sun.
Why is the head servant in an establish
ment like person standing up to be marriedg
Because he is in high mental position.
ScHooLMAsrER ABRoAD.-A man in Ar
kansas advertises wild badger for sale as
follows "A bager from Rocca Mountngs-
etes rats, ct cetery."
THE new reading of keep a stiff upper
lip" is as follows Maintain an inyarable
rigidity in the spot where the moustache ought
to grow"
A MAN dancing the polka looks as though
he had a hole in his pocket and was trying to
shake a shilling down the leg Of his trowsers
THERE is often in the heart some innate
image of the beings we are to love, that lends
to our first sight Of them almost an air of re-
cogniton.
The fellow who has been courting Miss
Demeanor thinks OF breaking off the engage
ment.
Self preservation is the first law of ma
ture," but too many act as though it were the
only one.
THE man who couldn't stand it any lon
gern has taken seat.
TIE word daisy is a thousand times pro
nounced without adverting to the beauty Of
its etymology-"the Eye Of Day"
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

The vote of Shasta, Weayeryille, Mariposa,
&c, we have not vet seen.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22
Vote of Towns in the State.

The vote of the principal towns in Cali
fornia, as cast Nov. 4th, 1856, was as fol-
lows
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

salo Oslliornia, "a White aud Yellow Beans, for
I,e az the Centre Store
o--u THEURKAUF & Co.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-11-22

To BE SErrLED.-The latest advces from
Mr.. Dallas, our Minister to England, promise
a speedy adjustment of all existing misunder
standings with that country. Mr.. Dallas ap-
pears to be very popular, and evidently exerts
powerful influence with the British Govern
ment
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19
THE PERRYSBURG, JOURNAL,

COMPARATIVE WEALTH-FoRTUNEs "A let
ter from Vienna thus announces the death of
the eldest brother of the house Of Rothschild
at Frankfort, on the 9Th inst.
Baron Anselm Won Rothschild is the third
of the brothers RohschiId who has departed
this life in 1855, the chef of the house in
Naples Carl, and the chef of the house in
Vienna, Solomon, having already died this
year. OF the five brothers, there remains now
only James the chef of the house in Paris.
Baron Anslem was looked upon as the great
financial Rothschild power, and though pos
sessed of less cultivation and education than
his brothers, was decided genius in money
matters; he died childless, and has left to
the house a fortune of 30,000,000 gulden,-
($l2,OOO,000)
The American public will, probably, be
surprised in the small amount of this Roths-
child fortune, as our imaginations had cloth
ed each of the Rothschilds with untold mil
lions. Twelve millions is fortune that
VIM. B. Astor can. even here in New York,
surpass. Stephen Whitney's fortune is esti-
mated at seven mllions G. Vanderbilt is
worth three or four millions, the most Of it
earned within the last ten years. But here
is house in business for sixty or seventy
years. the great house Of the world, and one
of the richest partners has only his twelve
millions. The houses of Rothschild, in Lon
don. Paris, Naples, Frankfort and Vienna,
are supposed to have about $50 200, ,OOO.-
! n. Y. Express.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

Nebraska city, now numbering 900 inhab-
itants, with all the necessary conveniences
of life, has been built up at the old military
station, Fort Kearney, within the last twelve
months. The census Of this territory indi-
Gates population of $500. There are only
IL slaves. Corn is worth 20 cents per bush
el. Pork cents per pound. Butter 20 cents.
There is no excitement on the slavery ques-
tion-all quiet and friends.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

Gov. SHANNoN.-It is said this gentleman
has left the sphere of his duties and his fame.
and that he is now at his former residence
in Ohio. Rumors of his resignation are cur
rent, and It's generally believed tina he could
take no wiser step, provided it is done soon.
If delayed, the senate may save him the trou-
bic.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

TIE Hoe CRoP.--The Working Farmer
states that the value Of the hog crop this
year, in the United States. will fall little
short of two hundred millions of dollars, or
fifty millions more than the cotton crop.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

While the Davenport family of mediums
were giving an exhibition in New York the
other night, and the spirits were playing on
musical instruments, in dark room, a
watchman present suddenly let on the light
of his dark lantern and the audience Were
astonished to STE that the mediums them
selves were the actual players on the instru-
mcnts. The scene broke up in laughter.
swearing and general confusion.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

Horne Tooke was the son of poulerer,
which he alluded to when called upon by
the proud striplings Of Eton to describe him
self. g am said young Horne, " son Of
an eminant turkey merchant"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

LONDON THE GREATEST C1TY.-This is now
the greatest city in the world, and far sur
passes all the great cities of antiquity. Ac-
cording TO Gibbon, the population of ancient
Rome in the height Of lis magnifcence was
100000; Eineveh is estimated to have had
600, 600; and DR.. Medhurst supposes that
the population of Pekin is about 10000
The population of London, according to re-
cent statistics, amounts.to 100000, 4l4,-
722 having been added to it during the last
ten years. The census shows that it con-
tains 307, ,722 inhabited, and l6, 889 uninhab-
tied houses.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

The gentlest task master we ever heard OF
was blacksmith, who used to say to his ape
prentices every evening: "Come boys, let's
leave off work and go to saving wood"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19
283

A good editor, competent newspaper
conductor, is, like general or poet, born
NOT made. Exercise and experience give
facility, but the qualification is innate, or it
is never manifested. On the London daily
papers, all the great historians, novelists, po-
cts, essavists and writers of travels, have
been tried, and nearly all have failed. We
might say all for, after display Of brill
fancy, brief, but grand, they died out literal
ly. Their resources were exhausted. cam
said the late editor of the Times to Moore,
find any number of men of genius to write
for me, but very seldom one man of common
S nse' The Thunderers' in the Times. there
fore, have, so far as we know, been men Of
common sense. Nearly all successful editors
have been men of this description. Camp
bell, Carlyle. Bulwer. and DIsraeli failed
Barnes, Sterling, and Philips succeeded, and
De Lane and Lowe succeed. 4 good editor
seldom writes for his paper-he reads, judges,
selects, dictates. directs, alters, and combines;
and, to do all this WELL he has but little time
for composition. To write for paper is
one thing-to edit paper another Lon
don Daily Post.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

FILLIBUsTERs.-A few days since partr
of fillibnsters, bound for Nicaragua, embark
ed on board the Northern Light, at N. York,
when the president had them arrested.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

A correspondent of the indianapolis SEN
tinel recommends Jesse D. Bright as tho
Democratic candidate for the presidency
He is dough-face, every inch of him, ani
equal, as a tool, to that other Democratic fa.
vorite, Stephen Arnold Douglas.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

The truth of the report of Robert Schuyler's
death being questioned, the Courier Des Etats
Unis re-afirms that Mr. Schuyler died not al
Nice but in the environs of Genoa.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

The Scientific American throws cold wa
ter on the enthusiasm that has been got up
by stories about the great range of Sharps
rifles. 1t says they are an excellent arm for
rapid firing, but the stories about their range
of 800 rods, half mile, or any other dis
tance beyond that OF a common rifle, are ab-
surd humbugs.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

Mr.. John Lawrence Bazler, in the Louis
vile Times, offers to bet from s., 900 to $780,
600 that he can do as follows: jump five feet
further on a dead level than any man in Ken
tucky-three feet further than any man in
the United States-one foot further than any
man in the world-or that he can stand fiat
footed upon the earth and leap brick wall
fifteen feet high and four thick
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

At ST. Puul's, Minnesota, the weather was
never known to be SO cold as during the last
week or two. A private letter assures us that
the thermometer ranged 43 degrees below zo-
ro for several continuous days! Things will
get SO 90 tight theye, if the cold continues.
that it will take all of next summer TO thaw
out.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

Nor TO BE OUTDoNE.--An Englishman and
Yankee were recently disputing when the
former sneeringly remarked, that " fortunate
ly the Americans couldn't go farther than the
Pacific coast" Yankee scratched his preg
nant brain for an instant, and then triumph
antly replied, Why, good gracious, they're
already leveling down the Rocky Mountains
and carting the dirt out west had letter
last week from my cousin, who is living 300
miles west of the Pacific shore--on made
Innd !" ... ...
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

The GERMAN TURNERs.-The Turner'S, who
lave associations in all parts of the United
States, at their national meeting in Septem
Der, adopted resolutions against the further
extension of slavery. r-..
Their society at Charleston, s. T., became
offended at this action, and dissolved their
connection with the national body. They
also addressed epistles to the Turner's in va
lious southern cities, asking them to with
draw from the north and form a southern
association. They do not, however, meet
with much success in !heir efforts to bring
about division. The Turner's at Wheeling,
Virginia, reply through the Republicana, the
German paper at w Wheeling. and they main
tain strongly that slavery should not be ex-
tended. The Turner's of Louisville, 81. Louis,
Texas, and other places, are also strongly
antislavery in their feelings and fully sym
pathize with the position of the national
Turner's association.-[ Burling ton Tel.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

OFFICE HoLDERs We believe it was Gen
Jackson who said that " the patronage of the
government should not be brought in conflict
with the freedom of elections. At the 9Th
of January convention we counted two u.
S. district attorneys. Zone Of them president
and the other one a chief fug gleman,) two U.
S. marshals, one u. S. emssary named Pugh.
one U S. clerk, one secret mail agent, two
route agents. two custom house officers, and
a postmaster each from Cincinnati, Cleve-
land, Dayton, GAINESVILLE, Circleville, Della
ware Mansfield and Springfield, and of dep
uty marshals great number. And yet with
all these feeders on official patronage the
convention could not or dare not endorse the
administration or the Nebraska bill.-[O. S,
Journal.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

MIR DouGLAs.-This aspirant for presiden
tial honors, who spent some three or four
days lately in Columbus, under pretence of
recruiting his health, but whose indisposi-
tion did not prevent him from participating
in the midnight supper at the Verandah sa-
loon, given by his ardent and enthusiastic
friend Steedman--is yet in Cleveland, and
his friends say that he has submitted, or is
about to submit, TO a surgical operation.-
We trust that the Cleveland operation may
prove more favorable to him personally, than
did the one performed at the 9th of January
convention upon his prospects politically.
Although Mr. Douglas avows publicly that
he is not Il candidate for the presidency, yet
we happen to knolO from the most undoubt-
ed authority, that his visit TO Ohio is for no
other purpose than to secure the electoral
vote While at the American Hotel he drew
up Nebraska platform, upon which he ex-
pected TO stand, and left it in the hands of a
few friends upon whom he thought he could
rely. 1t was intended that the princip plies Of
this platform should be embodied in the res
olu:ions, and should be adopted by the con-
vention; but the unexpected power of the
opposition, who had rallied in great force to
oppose them defeated the object .S.Jour.
LIFE IN THE CRIMEA.-The correspondent
of the Inteligencer writes from London that
the British officers in the Crimea appear TO
be preparing for gay winter. The Goth regi-
ment is getting out a billiard table. Many
of the regiments have established very fair
messes. The light division has ordered out
pack of barriers. The Crimee is said to be a
wonderful country for game, particularly
hares. woodcocks and quails Foxes are We
Iy numerous, and are killed by the Zouaves
for the sake of their skins.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

MONSTER BoNEs.-The bones of an antedi-
luvian monster were recently discovered. in
excavating deep cut in the Jackson & Can
ton Miss railroad. The Canton Citizen
says So feet of an animal. including the head
had been taken up, but the lend is not vet
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-19

CAPT. TYLER.-John Tyler, ex-accidental
president, was a captain. and no mistake,
We have seen the document, and it is record
ed on the records of the nation, that John
Tyler was captain of Virginia militia in
The war of 1912. Land warrant No. l-the
first issued under the late aw-calls for l60
acres of land for Capt John Tyler This
document is now in the hands of w w. Bel
KNAPP, Esq, insurance and land agent Ke-
okuk paper.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-22
One Week Later from Europe.

Peace proclaimed IN st. Petersburg-Sup-
posed mews Of the Pacifc-Adrance in
Cotton.
The steamer Africa arrived last Satur-
day evening at New York, with Liverpool
dates of the 9th inst. The conference was
still in session, arranging minor details. The
announcement of peace had been made at
st. Petersburg, and was favorably receiv-
ed.
A vessel from Newfoundland reports see
ing steamers lights in the ice off the
banks, and there are hopes that it is the
long lost steamer Pacific.
Cotton at Liverpool, April 9Th, had adj
vanced to Id. on lower grades, and 1-6
to 1sd. on. better qualities. Sales of the
week $4,000 bales, of which spectators
took $4,000. The quotations are, Middling
Orleans, 3D.; Fair Upland, Gid; Middling,
81. Breadstuffs were quiet at unchanged
rates. Canal Flour 34s. Ohio 35 to 36s. :;
Mixed Corn, 30s. The bullion in the Bank
had decreased $4,000 pound sterling.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-22
SENATOR DOUGLAS.

The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says; "lion. Judge Doug
las has conveyed to the Baptist dcnomina-
ti"n of Chicago. Illinois, ten acres of land
a groye-brnutifully situated within the
city limits, for the purpose of erecting
thereon umiversity-with a condition that
the trustees shall lay the foundation of the
rdifice during the approaching fall, and
spend annually towards the building S25,-
600 until completed. The value of the
land is estimated at $50,000. The Judge
has also made handsome donation to the
new Thirteenth street Baptist church in
Washington civ.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-22
JOINING THE DEMOCRACY.

The PcnnSylvanianpublishe letter from
William Sergeant, Esq, son of the late
Hon. John Sergeant, and like his father, an
earnest Wing. Speaking of the municipal
contest in Philadelphia, Mr.. Sergeant says ::
1.-The contest now is essentially between
the Democratic and Know-Nothing parties.
The former, whatever may be its faults, is
an open constitutional party-the latter
with its grips and pass words-its oaths and
secret meetings, opposed to the constitution,
and the whole spirit of our Institutions
This being the issue, it has not cost me
moments reflection which side to oppose.
L intend to devote myself as energetically
asp0ssible TO the success of the Democracy. I"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-22
COMMON SCHOOLS.

We have omitted to state that the third
Annual Report of c. III. Wiley, Esq, the
Superintendent of Common Schools in this
State, has been received from the author,
and has been for several days lying on our
table. He will accept our thanks for his
courtesy. From this report we gather
many interesting facts and arguments on
the subject of Common School education.
To the Wilmington Herald we are indebted
for summary of its statistical facts. 1t
appears that during the last year there were
in seventy-fve counties, 1895 School
Districts, in which there were 1895 schools
established; that the whole number of
children between the ages of five and twenty
one, in 20 counties, was ,562; that the
whole number attending school, in 70 coun-
ties, was 49, 32; that in 81 counties there
were 1869 teachers licensed, and that the
average length of the schools was about four
months.
The Common School system went into
operation in 1910. At that time there were
2 Colleges, 141 Academies, and Grammar
'1SiAOOAES ohO OO'~ OlSti,
US. Children attending the above places
of education:-At College, l59; at Acade-
mics, 4,3i8; at other Schools, 14,937; total,
19,493. Last year, and it is worthy of
special notice. there were 5 Male Colleges;
9 Female Colleges; about 800 Academies;
and near $500 Common Schools. There
were 1000 students at College; 5000 stu
dents at Academies, and $780, 900 students
at Common SchoOls-total, 900; which
shows that there were 12I 900 more children
attending school in 1855 than there were in
1910. These facts speak for themselves
and tell good story.
Mr.. Wiley, we notice, purposes to publish
a quarterly magazine, devoted to educa-
tional interests, and to furnish $500 copies
for gratuitOus distribution among the COM
mittee men and superintendent of common
schools in this State. Subscribers to this
interesting publication will be charged so
cents per annum in advance. Holden d
Wilson of Raleigh are to be the publishers.
The report of Mr.. Wiley should be gem
orally read by the people, both for the i'm
porfaHt and valuable information and sug-
gestfons ii contains; and that they might
thereby be the better enabled to appreciate
his exertions in behalf of education. cause
in which he has enlisted his best energies.