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Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-01-19

THO THE AFFLICTED.-Perso troubled with
l. Disease should peruse the following letters of
recommendation, from DR.. J. C.. Young's patients.
They are voluntary offerings Of gratitude to him for
benefits received, and are proofs as strong Holy
Writ Of his scientific attanments. No can read
them without at once having confidence in him. and
we confidently make the assertion that people af-
icted with private other diseases will call upon
him in preference to any other physician in Calfor
MIA. Read them carefully, ye that need medical as
sistance, and then lose no time in consulting him
while there is time left to cure you in:
MARYsvmLE, June 10th. 1855.
Dr. J. c. YoUNG-Dear Sir Please send me
some of the medicines you prescribed in my case
/ have o friend here who is troubled in exactly the
same way that was. He has nightly emissions
ringing noise in his head weak back, loss of memo
ry and he is generally debilifated he is dscoura-
ged and has not confidence enough to enable him to
call and see YOU told him how was. and that
my friends all said was in consumption and the
doctors up here gave me np and advised me to go
home and die, but instead of going home | called
upon you. and here am as well as any of them and
likely to live long tim yet, with strength enough
to work with the strongest of them. Doctor will
send every one to you that looks as though he need
ed physician. Ii shall not be my fault if any one
dies for want of medical treatment. | will do all
can to keep the afflicted away from those pests of
society, yclept professors and highsounding titled
men, who, If the facts were known. are men who
left ther country for their country's good Publish
this, Doctor, if you WISH and hope some of those
who humbugged me may it. and sleep bad for
one night. Truly yours, GEO. DAVIDSON.
GRASS VALLEY, Jane Sd, 1855
Dear Sir 1;-The last medicine you sent me has
done the business. | am now perfectly well. and
wish to give my testimony to the public in favor of
your skill. was troubled with complication of
diseases brought on by that souldestroying habit
of selfpollution, and complaints caught by connec
ton with bad persons of the opposite SEX | have
been treated by some of the best physicians as well
as those quacks who infest this state and by them
all given up as incurable; but being advised by a
friend who had been benefited by your scientific
treatnerttt call upon You. did So and feel CRATE
tnl to him fer the information, but still more CRATE
fhl TO You foi the and good advice Won paye
me- as well as the efiicacous medicines Won pre-
sorbed If any of the afflicted should see this let
them be sure that il is voluntary Offering In graf
itude for the blessings of health received from Won.
and also given with fervent wish that il NAV be
OF service to those sudernga as did and now may
God bless you in your effort to lessen the uerines
Of the human family, and may all good citizens as
slst you to drive from the community those leeches
that prey upon the public by false pretensons of
eminence in the medical world
ours cternally,
JOHN BURGESS.
To Dr. J. c. YOUNG San Francisco
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L is with pleasure we announce to the ipbg
l. tants Of Volcano and surrounding country N
completion OF our new and spacious Fire Pr,s
store and that we are now prepared to offer la,,
and we'll selected stock Of
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MRS. CAROLINE GRAY,
Cor Walnut 9TH sts Philadelphia, Pa
a. CHASER, Notary Public, I26 7th. street
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Corner Of Montgomery and Sacramento SIS,
San Francisco
, 1856-11-14
POET q "
TYRE.


Tho wild and windy morning Is lit with lurid FIRE;
The thmdering surf Of ocean beats en- the rocks Of
Tyre
Beats on the fallen columns and round tie hcadaLd
roar,
And hurs its foamy volume along the hollow shores,
Aud calls with hungry elanor, that speaks IT, long
desire:
wbere are the ships Of Tarshish the mighty ships Of
Tyre"
within her cunning harbor, choked with invading
sand,
No galcys bring their freghtage the spoils of every
H land,
And like PROSTATE forest, when autumn gales have
blown,
Her colonades Of granite lie shattered and oerthrown;
And from the reef the phsros longer filings its Ere,
To beacon home from Tarshish the lOrdly ships Of
Tyre.
Where is thy rod Of empire once mighty on the
Thou that thysef exalted till kings became thy sayc1
Thou that did'st speak to nations and thy will
obeyed-
whose favor made them joyful, whose anger sore
afraid
Who laid thy deep foundations and thought them
strong and sure.
And bOasted midst the waters, shall not aye
endurei" .
Where is the wealth Of ages that heaped thy princey
mart
The pomp Of purple tppings; the gems Of Syrian art
The siken goats Of KedaY the salnn's spicy store
Tho tribute Of the Islands thy squadrons homeward
bore.
When in thy gates triumphant, they entered from
the sea,
With sounds Of horn and sack and harp and psaltrey
Howl. howl ye ships Of Tarsbiah the glory is laid
waste
There Is no habtation the mansions are deiaced,
No mariners Of sldOn unfurl your mighty sails
No wOrkmen fell the ir trees that grow in shenirs
wales.
And Bashan's oaks that bOasted thousand years Of
sun,
Or hew the masts Of eedars on frosty Lebanon.
Rse thou forgotten harOt take up thy harp and sing;
Call the rebeliOus islands to own their ancient king
Bare to the spray thy bosom, and with thy hair
unbound,
Sit on the piles Of ruin throneless and dscrowned
There mix thy voice Of walng with the thundcrs Of
the sea,
And sing the song Of sorrow that thou remembered be!
Thou silent and forgotten, yet nature still lanents
The Pomp and pride departed, the lost maguifeence
The hills were proud to see thee and they are sadder
30 now;
The sea was proud to bear thee, and wears troubled
brow,
, 1856-11-14

POLITICAL HARANGUE FROM THE PULPlT-
CHEERING AND HIssING IN CHURcH.-Thc
following is from the Bath (Me.) TTiJun,
an able and reliable whig paper Let
every true friend of pure Christianity read
it:
" A gentleman of this city, who is a reg
ular attendant at the Baptist Church oil
Elm street, had been solemnly assured, that
the sermon announced for the evenings
service at that church on Sunday last, was
not to be a political harangue. DESTROYS
not TO condemn any man unheard, aud
thinking doubtless that his RIGHT to hear
the GOSPEL and the Gospel oaiy from his
own and his family's sacred desk would not
be diSregarded, he concluded not to depart
from his usual custom Of Sunday evening,
and SO he went to the house of worship.
What was his surprise to hear, instead Of a
sermon Of love and peace, denunciatory
and exciting harangue upon the partizan
movements OF the day! When he found
that he had been by fraud seduced into a
Fremont and Hamlin Sasbath caucus-
and when he had listened to what he deem
cd 10 he the revolutionary and unpatriotc
stumping' of the Rev. Mr.. Studley, till
his patience knew no bonnds, be very qui-
city took bis hat and rose to leave the
church, and then he was greeted by Kissing
Kissing IN THE ABODE OF THR living 0OD !
1t is reported also that the speaker on
that occasion was several times interrupted
by the applause of the audience-byGudiJie
stamping cr feet.
And to this degradation must We expect
the pulpit to descend, as long as it is made
mere CAUCUS BOX. from which to fulmi-
nate partizan denunciations. II minister
delivers q caucus speech, why should not
the audience hiss or cheer as their feelings
dictate.
, 1856-11-14

WHAr Is MORMON "A Mormon is q
living paradox he says grace before a
cotillion, swears in his sermons, selects his
texts indiderently from the bible, the book
Of Mormon, an almanac, or the Presidents
Message, and is perpetually guarrelling for
the sake of peace. His religion is joke,
and he makes the best story-tcller chief
of the quorum. He assumes the dignities,
but has not the slightest respect for them
and the effect of his piety is apparently to
put BIN on a level with the greatest repro
bates Of the time. In short, he is the lat
ter-day saint or in other words, the last
one you would think Of calling saint.
, 1856-11-14

Rd5- A Writer in one Of the religious
papers, speaking Of the chantieeer and the
eagle on the spires Of churches, says that
they were used as national signs throughout
the Roman Empire, until the permanent es
tablshment of Christianity and the inven-
ton of the cross by Helena, when that sa-
cred symbol, to a great extent, even in
France, supplanted the national one, though
the Gallic cock has maintained his indVidu-
ality more tenaciously than his rival, the
royal eagle of Rome. At the time of the
Continental Reformation thousands OF
spires, by this simple sign, proclaimed the
Independence Of CiS-Alpine and Gallicau
Church, and led those honored men who
framed the Frank Protestant and Genevan
Churches, seeing the abuses Of the cross on
every side, to again adopt their national
emblem, as the crowning point of their vii
lage spires.
, 1856-11-14

A NATURAL CURosIrY.-The original
rough draft Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence in the hand writing Of Mr.. Jefferson,
DIR. Franklin and the elder Adams, is pre-
served in the State Department with great
care 1t has been framed and placed iD a
box of black walnut, hung against the wall,
the door of which is of one piece above two
feet square, AT certain angles Of the room,
the grain and natural marks Of the pieces
Of wood Of which the door is fabricated,
present singular appearance. Without
the exercise Of any great fancy, o represent
alton Of the battle Of Bunker Hill can be
discovered, though some contend that it
has great resemblance to the stormihg Of
Stony Point, or the attack on Kings Noun
tain. 1t is quite curiosity Washington
Star.
, 1856-11-14

ExcrIYG CUmosrY.-The way to excite
public curiosity and drive people to any i'm.
proper exhibition, is to denounce it as the
most immoral sight 10 be witnessed. Pub
lie curiosity seems to be stronger than pub
lie morals on such occasions, and for the
few who are deferred from being present by
virtuous scruples, there are many who will
be stimulated to go, no matter how bad
the exhibition may be. a striking instance
of this fact has just occurred in London
The Tines had vehemently denounced a
certain opera as "an exhibition Of harlotry
on the stage" and called upon the people
of England, in the name Of everything vir-
tuous, fathers of families, mothers and
daughters included, to mark their sense Of
what was right by keeping away from the
performance. The "people Of England
answered this appeal by crowding her
Majesty's theatre on the occasion of the
performance of the opera to sufocation,
and not even standing room could be found
in pit or gallery. Masses Of people, priaei
paiiy ladies, it is said, poured into the thea
tre in q manner not witnessed since the
first triumphs Of Jenny Lind. Not alone
had the house never been fuller than on
this occasion, but the audience bad never
been more respectable. Moral philosophers
should take hint from this fact when they
are about to effect a reform, and turn pub
lie curiosity in the direction that they wisl
the multitude to go.
, 1856-11-14

EDrToRs.-The London Athaneum says
that there are more proprietors, editors
and correspondents ofpublic journals in the
present House of Commons than at any
previous period Among the leading deba-
ters in that house are 10 be found some of
the most powerful writers of the day; the
Chancelors of the Exchequer are men who
occupied equally distinguished positions in
literature, and the Lords Lieutenant Of
Ireland are elegant essayists, pleasant yer-
siers, and accomplished authors Of diaries.
In fact, the distinction and antagonism be-
tween the two worlds OF politics aud ltera-
ture seem fast dying QUITO the advantage
of both, we would fain believe. While the
one becomes more enlightened, it is to bc
hoped the other will gain in ROBUSTNESS and
healthiness Of tone"
, 1856-11-14

SOCIETY OF WoMEN.-There is no scocie-
ty in the world more profitable, because
none more refining and promotiye of vir-
tue, than that of refined and sensible
women. The beauty of women is made to
WSe, her gentle voice to invite, the desire
Of her favor to. persuade mems sterner
souls from strife to peace. We honor the
chiyaIrous Difference paid to women. 1t
evinces not only respect to virtue, aud de-
sire after pure affection, but that our
women are worthy of such respect. But
women were not made merely TO win men
TO their society. To be companions, they
should he fitted to be friends to rule
hearts, they should secure the appreciation
Of minds. And man hishonors them, as
well as disgraces himself, when he seeks
their circle for idle pastime, and not for
the improvement Of his miud and the ele-
Vation Of his heart a
, 1856-11-14

Es5- The word vatican is often used,
but there are many who do not understand
its import The term refers 10 a collection
of buildings on one Of the seven hills of
Rome, which covers a space Of l,200 feet
in length, LOO feet in breadth. 1t is
built on the spot once occupied by the
garden of the cruel Nero. 1t owes its
origin TO the bishop Of Rome, who in the
early part of the sixth century erected an
humble residence on It's site. About the
year IiG0, Pope Eugenus rebuilt it on Il
magnificent scale. Innocent IL, few
years aftcrward, gave it up as lodging TO
Peter IL, king of Arrogan. In 1905,
Clement ", at the insiigatlon of the king
Of France, removed the Papal See FROM
Rome to Ayigonon, when the Vatican re-
manned in a condition Of obscurity aud
neglect for more than seventy years;
, 1856-11-14

ES5- Railroads, or roads laid with bars
for the passage Of coal wagons, were used
in England as carly as 1850. The first
rails were of wood; in 1860 they were shod
with iron. Cast iron rails were introduced
in 1856, and wrought iron rails in 1850.
In 1905, the first engine to run upon II
railroad was made by Richard Trenthick,
of England. This engine ran by the fric-
ton of the driving wheels, as all engines
now do. In 1911, Blenkinosp, of England,
applied rack rail along the track, and
worked the engine by spare wheel, gear
ing into the rack Until 1922 the loco
motive was used only for hauling heasy
freights and at low speed On the com.
pletioa OF the Liverpool and Manchester
railway, its directors offered a prize of
$4,000 for the best locomotive, which
should be competent to draw 20 tons, at
a speed of not less than ten miles an hour!
The progress that has been made since
that time is one of the most wonderful
evidences of the genius Of mans inventive
power.
, 1856-11-14

The SoLoMoNIo, NOT ROMAN ARcH.-The
Rev. james Cook Richmond, on his visit to
Jerusalem, discovered, in April or May,
1852, that the Roman Arch, so called,
hitherto, should be at least, assigned 10 the
age of King Solomon 1919, B. O., the
period of the building Of the temple. Mr..
Richmond entered the SEALED fountain"
by mere ragged hole in the ground
and found four or Eve perfect Roman arches,
keystone and all, under the Pools of Solo
mon. The pools and the ''sealed fountain"
{ (Ecclesiastes and Canticles) are both men
toned in the Old Testament. i
, 1856-11-14

A New SrArE.-A new State is likely
soon to be added to the American constel-
lation. The Legislature of Michigan has
passed az act providing for the formation
of the new State or Territory of Superior
Michigan gives part and Wisconsin another
part to form the new Commonwealth, which
is the seat of the great mineral wealth Of
the nation. It's mines of copper and iron
are unsurpassed by any in the world, and
it Is destined to lie one of the most inter.
csting, wealthy, and important portions Of
the Union.
, 1856-11-14

CULTIVATION OF THE PLAINs-lt appears
that the immense arid plains lying between
the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains
will not forever remain unsettled and un.
cultivated on account of the scarcity OF
water and fuel. Scientific men are now
exploring these plains or prairies and al.
ready there are said to be good prospects
for obtaining abundance of coal and water
at a small outlay of money and labor. The
st. Louis Republican says
" Successful experiments have been made
in testing the practicability of boring arte-
sian wells, and the result is most salisfac-
tory. In one instance, near tue Pecos
river, about the thirty-second parallel, at
the depth Of six hundred aud fifty feet, the
greatest abundance Of perfectly pure water
was obtained. Besides this, the operation
developed the existence of coal beds, easily
accessible, and, as far as the experiments
have progressed, evidently underlying the
whole OF that immense country.
The expedition for making these obser-
yations and experiments on the great west
crn prairles was sent out by the government
only a short time since, and it certainly
may be considered, with the success which
has attended the experiment, as one of the
most important that has been commission
ed. Millions Of acres Of the best lands win
thus be opened up to agricultural enter
prise, and the country lying between the
Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, in
stead OF remaining a desert waste, doomed
to solitude aud barrenness, will become set
tied with an energetic population, and
pour its rich products into the lap of com
merce,"
, 1856-11-14

SNAKE SToRY.-We don't believe the fol.
lowing story-we don't-not word of it.
The writer goes beyond all compass--all
reasonable compass" as FalstaIf says-in
his draughts upon our credulty:
An old deacon in Yankee land once told
Us a story. He was standing one day be.
side frog pond-we have his own word
for it-and saw large garter snake make
an attack upon an enormous bull frog.
The snake seized poh-one3of the frogs
hind legs, and the frog, to be Oh par with
his snakeship, caught him by the tail, aud
both commenced swallowing one another,
and continued this carniveFous operation
until nothing was left of either OF them.
, 1856-11-14

BG- At the Y. S. assay Office, New
York, there is alsteam engine ofremarkable
beauty and power, which moves the ma.
chinery for crushing the waste stuff, the
object Of which is to prepare it for re-work
ing, in order to extract the particles Of gold
which happens to get MKT with it. This
engine is connected with the hydraulic
press, which presses out the silver that has
been compounded with the gold in refining
operation. More beautiful specimens oi
the skill attained by American mechaniciaus,
can nowhere else be found, than in the
machines and various instruments in use by
the governmet for these purposes.
, 1856-11-14
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY NOVEMBER A. 1851
Tng DEAD SrA.-Though in breadth not

THE DEAD SEA-ThOugh in breadth not
exceeding ten miles, the Dead Sea seems
boundlcss to the eye when loohing from
north to south, and the murmur Of waves
as they break on its flint tstrewn shore, 20.
gethor with the lines of drift wood and frag
ments of bitumen on the beach, give TO its
waters q resemblance to the ocean Curious
to experience the sensations Of swimming in
so strange sea, put 20 the test the nc
counts Of the extreme buoyanch felt in it,
and was quickly convinced that there
was no eXaggeration in what | heard |
found the water almost tcpid, aud so strong
that the chief difficulty was to keep sufIlc,,
emily submerged, the feet starting up in
the air at eveay vigorous stroke, When
lOting, half the body rose above the sur
face, and, with pillow, one might have
slept upon the water. After a time the
Of the sensation in some measure
and on approaching the shore
| carelessly dropped my feet to walk ont,
when lOl as If bladder had been attached
to each heel, they flew upwards, the s,rug.
gle TO recover myself sent my head down,
the yilely bitter and briny water, from
which had hitherto guarded my head, now
rushed into my mouth, eyes, cars, and
nose, and for one horrible moment the only
doubt had was whether was TO be drown
ed or poisoned. Coming to the surface,
however, l swan to land, making no far
ther attempt to walk in deep water, which
| am inclined to believe is almost impossible
Eastern 1rdrei.
, 1856-11-14

Iay- A few years since, Col. Colt went
to Hartford, Conn, pennless. The citi-
zens enabled him to raise $25, 900 capital,
and he began tho manufacture Of his re-
volvers, since SO celebrated throughout the
country. His establishment has supported
hundreds of employees, he has expended
81, ,0O0OOO in beautifying and improving
the city, and he is to-day worth probably
$2,OOOOO0 A good return for that $685.
900 investment.
, 1856-11-14

NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF STEAMBOATS,
From the elaborate report Of the supervi
sing inspectors Of steamboats,, we find that
the number of boats licensed in the United
States is 1918, with a tonnage of 400, 1876
tons Besides these are 1877 unlicensed
boats. The report embraces full account
Of the steamboat aecidents OF the year past,
with many interesting ts and suggestions
, 1856-11-14

GAMBLING IN CoNNEucUr-'The land Of
steady habits" seems not 10 be so steady,
after ALL J. II. Green, 'the reformed
gambler" writes to tue New York Times
that in Connecticut every little village has
its gambling club, while Hartford and New
Haven have long been cursed with public
aud private gaming houses"
, 1856-11-14

MoRrALIrY oFTHE HUMAN RACE .-0fl00
men who are born, so die before the 10th
year, 20 between the 10th and the 50th, 10
between the goth and the 30th, between
the 30th and the 4Oth, between the 40th
and the 50th, 8 between the seth and the
Goth; therefore only live to be above tho
age of 60. Haller, who collected the
greatest number Of instances respecting
the age of man, found the relative duration
Of life to be in the following proportions
OF men who lived from 100 TO llO years,
the instances have been l,000 Of from ITO
to 1870, 60. The human family numbers
TOO, 900 900; and its annual loss BY death
is i8, ,00O, 900 which produces 624, 400 tons
Of animal matter, which, in turn, generates
Of gases, which are cleared away by the
atmosphere, by vegetable matter decompo-
sing and assimilating them for their own
uses.
, 1856-11-14

Ha- Pontarlier is the highest city in
France, being sS7 metres (2,736 feet t)abOve
the sea level. Gex is 667 (9,O6O feet y
;he highest French mountains are the
Arsines, in the Upper Alps,4 LOG metres
(l3, 400 feet), and Pelvoux, in the Isere,
1894 metres. Mont dor, in Auvergne,
is 1886, and Cantal, in the Cevennes, H.
935. Balon, in Vosges, 1929.
, 1856-11-14

The ENGLISH LANGUAGE.-It is said that
if the English language be divided into one
hundred parts, sixty would be Saxon, thirty
would be Latin, (including French,) five
would be Greek, the remaining Eve from
the other languages Of the world.
, 1856-11-14

DS- In the Presidents grounds at Wash.
ington there is silver maple tree, which
measures "a feet east, west, north and
south. 1t covers space of 452 yards, or
4,O7l square feet, equal to 10 perches, and
would shade 1000 men at public meeting.
, 1856-11-14

M The English papers state that with
the month Of September, departed the re-
striction which for ages has existed on the
free transit Of whisky from Scotland into
lSEngland. The revenue duties in both
countries are now alike, and the occupa-
tions Of the smuggler and the border ranger
become extinct together.
, 1856-11-14

D@- The revenues of the New York
city Post Office is over one million annually,
and for the last two years the accounts
agree with those kept at Washington to a
cent.
, 1856-11-14

B3- Virgins, what era in the worlds
history do you regard with the deepest
horror 2" 1.-The cholera p gasped Wig
gins with a spasmodic shudder.-NeO Or
leans PiodyuNe, Of course.
, 1856-11-14

pSr We rather like the inscription at
the head Of the ROcsland G'arette. 1t runs
thus :
"AN INDEPENDENT PAPER, DEVOTED TO rHE
BENEFIT OF ITS PATRONS AND TIE PBouEIART
PROFIT or ITS PuBusHERs."