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BOOKS.

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EAliNI MAX RICHMOND FOR SALE:
Il OR EXCHANGE FOR PROPERTY In TIL

Il OR EXCHANGE FOR PROPERTY In THE
CITY, wish to sell or exchange for property in tie
city, my FARM, Meadowbrcok, ON the Central Rail
Road, one mile north of Meadowbridges, and niles
from Richmond, containing 82a acres The Land is
of excellent quality being admirably adapted for gar
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In the vicinity of Richmond, examination will
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having excellent House containing six rooms and
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crop of Wheat and Winter Oats seeded and n,anured.
There is also planted in the garden everything for
early Spring marketing. Also, strawberries, Goose
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&c. So that purchaser might commence operations
with prospect of Immediate returns for hisinvest-
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The above property win be disposed Of upon adysn.
tageous by early application to the subscriber
at the Drug Store of Broad and 4th
to E. D. EACHO. WIN. G. BATTAILE.
The above Is also an excellent location for physi
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If not sold privately before the 18th day OF March
next, the above FERN will be sold at public auction,
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asSvoLK--on Tuesday, the schooner Poquoson
"a. "pszed near the mouth of Back River, by
nss, IN o. captain Hopkins, Of Hampton, and
w .sana q the vessel 1--WE hours after in 4 sssis
81 =, H sn.sasnpriIy. Tbs steamer Roanoke arrived
-. aos4k ianrsday. Eleven thousand bushels Of
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t1OUND.- sterday. near the 2nd Baptisf
l. Church. very large BRASS KEY. The owner
can get it by paying for this advertisement Apply
at the office the Dispatch. fe l6-lt
Dill HMOND MERCANTILE INsTI.
HI TUrE-Ths Institute has been opened IN the
Room over VIM. A. Batters Bookstore, i57 Main ST.,
near eth.
Double Entry Bookkeeping, together with Com.
mercial Calculations and Usages will be Thoroughly
taught.
Regular evenings for instruction-MONDAY aud
THURSDAY of each week, at u o'clok. Members
of the class and those who intend to unite, viii
please be punctualin attendance.
JAS. II BECK.
NESTOR II. FORBES
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" Auction NOtice.-Attcntion Is solicited
to sale of Horses, Mules, Hack, &C., THIS
MORNING, at 10 O'Clock, at the Horse Lot.
fe IL LARUS l. SHINE, Aucts
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~ RemOyal.-NIisses Semon have re-
moved for the present the store Sd door above An
drew Pzzni, Broad street, and would be pleased to
see their friends and customers, and will EXECUTE
ALL KINDS OF EMBROIDERY, such as Bullion, Span
Cling, Braiding in any style required and in Draw
ings etc.
Scholars usually, taught in the various styles of
work. fe 4-I2t
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MADAME ADOLPHE, the universally acknowledged
greatest sympathist In the world, and the same dis
revelations of the past the present. well az the
predictions of the future, sach intense excite
ment in England France and the principal cititsin
with costly diamond brooch, and Daniel Webster
with jeweled ring, is now ready toreceiys visitors
at the Prescott House. Main street. two doors above
the Virginia Banks, whom she will inform all about
the past present and future-if they ma ried or
not, and when what lady or husband they will get
business of every description. Mysterious and al
most inn possible her profession appears abe comes
recommended by SO hi ghly respectable and nnume.a
BILE certificates of acknowledged power and skill,
ception or imposing. a. many others now practice
ty- Consultation fee, from so cents to So accord.
ing how far they wish to 20, what time they
xupy fe 16-ts
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I'm hmna and for sale, Z npiendid assort.
~ meat ef Seed OAts. Meal, Corn, Bran Shorts,
Brown And Ship SHUTS and Seconds, which wiiiss
sold for cash on tesns which cannot fal 70 please
Let those IN want call Ut the Grain and Fesd store,
second deer rom The corner Of issh and sts
lNl4Af3t,S ; 1SI<Ae1rT s;1-11i1 Ia stare 3
~ ~ sexy hsge assortment Of Cut Pressed end Plaza
0lsmwara eonsiSfina 81 Howls sDecsptets. Cham.
Rasness lellies> nisheA celery stAn5s PSesesys
Stanas Pickle Stand. Hind ana OIL Iatnps Pitch.
err Aolasuee Gans Salt alands Tu,shlerx Winss
ke refsoas wishIss d nnschsse are assuectfuily Ia.
vitsd e etal et No. -, ressi strset. =
EkelRHk =. hNf5N&K ~ - kAnA.
80 great y8Fte1ynf Uhfa4 A14U1l& VAs&& Card ke-
eesyesa eoksSn~ bus1tsu. Jelfy 1tAad4 css6iestssA
Nc. which will b cold very lows csll seleissd
mMeA %ttskA 4 ssAA 81 No. % feasl street.,
fsssss sSsN ~ an
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NTONIj5I FNT Ii5TEi. nan N6l5I.-.;YIs

MONUMENT IiUTEL BAR liOOaI.-.yhe
1sA undersigned having taien the well known Men
ument Hotel Bar Room begs leave to inora the eiii'
Gems of Richmond and the public generally, that 10
intends keeping first class house The Bar win al
ways be stocked with the choicest Wines and Liqaor
this market affordss Having had number OF ysaIs
experience In the business no feels confident thai
he can satisfy the tastes Of the public. call srs'
- nc r. e vu = IacysoN
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DOSTPONE1iENT.--l is with regret that
have to announce that my Distribution Enter.
prise cannot take place ON the 22d February. The
unusual hardness of the winter has prevented me
from seeing and settling with my agents. As
can fhsm shall fix upon another day mot later
than about the let of August 1t which time the Draw
ing will tany take place, the tickets called 10
aud the money refunded. And should the sale OF
tickets satisfy me in doing 80. shall fix upon ear
lier day, as anxious TO have tho Drawing t. 10
place az the earliest possible time.
-. 80 JESSE T. HOPKINS
fe l6-tlstAn sIihertf.Na
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SIIVEK WAkE-.-Fresh supplies of sill.

I1LATED FORKS AND SPOONS.--Din.
L ner and Dessert Forks; Table, Dessert and Tea
spoons; Soup and Sauce Ladies' Butter Knives, &c,
some with double extra plate. For sale by
& q f,HENNFT. Eu.Ia C,re,a
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF
THE AGE.

GREAT BLESSING TO MANKIND!-INNO-
VI CENT, BUT POTENT-Dr. l.. J. Czapkay s
Prohilacticum, (seltdisinfecting agent,) sure
preventive against gonorrhGa and syphilitic dis
eases. and an unsurpassed remedy all venerial,
scrofuous, gangrenOus and cancerous ulcers. foe
It'd discharges from vagina, uterus and urethra,
and all cutaneous eruptions and diseases. AS
innocuhtion is preventive against small pox,
so is Dr. L. J. Czapkay's Prophilacticum a pre-
ventive against siphilitical and gonOrrhnal dis
eases; harmless in itself, it possesses the power
of chemically destroying the syphilitic virus, and
thereby saving thousands from being infected by
the most loathsome of all diseases. Let no young
man who appreciates health be without DR.. Cap
kay's Prophilactcum. 1t is in very convenient
packages, and will be found convenient to use,
being used as a soap.
1t has been administered by the Doctor in many
thousand cases, and has yet to find the first in
which it has failed to subserve the purpose for
which it was administered. Price $5. Full di-
rections are attached to each package. In cases
where the Phrophilacticum is used curative,
DR.. l.. j. CZapkay will furnish gratis prescrp-
ton for his Blood Purifier.
All communications from the country addressed
only to DR.. l.. j. Czapkay, San Francisco, will be
strictly and contdentially attended to, and the
Remedies with the greatest care and secrecy, i'm
mediately dispatched by Express, or other con-
veyance, to their destination. DR.. l.. j. Czapkay S
Prophilacticum is sold Nos. 3 and Armory Hall
Building corner of Montgomery and Sacramento
streets, San Francisco. Oct 6 my
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
TO the LADIES of CALIFORNIA.

DOCTOR L. J. CZAPKAY. Physician. Sur
~ geon and Accouchcur invites the attention
of the sick and afflicted females, laborng under
any of the various forms Of Diseases of the Brain,
Lungs Heart. Stomach Liver, Womb, Blood Kid
neys. and all diseases peculiar to their sex. The
doctor is effecting more cures than any other Ply
sician in the State Of California. Let no false
delicacy prevent you. but apply Immediately. and
save yourselves from painful sutlcrngs and pre-
mature death. All married ladies whose delicate
health or other circumstances do not allow to have
an increase in their families. should call at DR.. l..
J. Czapkay's Medical Institute. Armory Hall, cor
ner of Sacramento and Montgomery streets, and
they will receive every possible relief and help.
The Doctors offices arranged that he can be
consulted without the fear of molestation If de-
sired Dr.. C. will visit the ladies In their rest
Az consultations, by letter or otherwise,
free Address to DR.. l.. J. CZAPkA1,
Medical Institute Armory Hall,
Corner Montgomery and Sacramento streets,
Jenny San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
PLACERvILLE, May 2S, 1855

DRJ.C. YOUNG: DEAR SIR-Words cannot eX-
IL press the gratitude feel is due to You for the
benefit l have received from your truly Invaluable
course of treatment of my case while prescribing
for me. l think cannot justify myself without
giving this small token of my thanktuness and
esteem. for you have been the means of saring
ma life, and restoring to me that health which
had so long despared of again enjoying. had
for a long time flour years) been troubled with
that most dreadful scourge of young people, SEM
inal weakness or nocturnal emmisslons, which SO
weakened me, both body and mind. that l was
obliged to give up mining altogether. l consult
ed one of the best physicians $50 called) in the
mountain districts, and after careful eXamln-
alton of my case, he gave me medicines. con-
tinued under his treatment for three months
without receiving any benefit, in fact grew worse
from week to week, until at last got discouraged
and asked him for his opinion. told him not to
fear to tell me the whole truth, for should rath-
er know the worst at once than to live In sus-
pense | had lost about thirty pounds OF flesh,
and knew that he at least could not cure me, and
as was then going on. death must soon count me
asnone of its victims. This physician then told
me that my case was incurabe; that had better
not take any more medicines. He said was in a
decline which was fast tending to pulmonary con-
sumption.
then despaired of obtaining any relief. and
saw that unless something was done to mitigate
the complaint that should be numbered with the
dead, or what is worse, be a raving maniac. Hap
pening to see one Of your books, the Pocket Es-
culapius, l made up my mind at once to call and
consult you with the determination of trying
once more to get relief if you would undertake
the case. Oh, how thankful am for that deter
mination! | commenced taking the medicines
prescribed by you. and | am now, through their
healing powers. restored to perfect health shall
not fail to recommend you to any of my friends
that require assistance, for man that can cure
a case as bad as mine was, can cure every disease
that flesh is heir to, if there is life enough left in
the system to build upon
Receive my most sincere and heartfelt thanks
and esteem S. w. REIGHLEA.
iulyl4my
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
GRASS VALLEY, JUNE Sd, 1855,

nE.4R SIR:--The last medicine you sent me
~ has done the business. / am now perfectly
well, and wish to give my testimony to the pub
lie in favor of you skill l was troubled with a
complication of diseases brought on by that de-
stroying habit selfpolution, and complaints
caught by connection with bad persons of the op-
posite sex. l had been treated by some of the
best physicians well as those Xuacks who infest
the state and by them all given up as incurable;
but being advised by friend who had been bene-
fitted by your scentf treatment to call upon you,
did so and feel grateful to him for the informa-
tiOn, but still more thankful to you for the care
adm good advice you gave me. as we'll as the eff
cacious medicines you prescribed If any of the
afflicted should see this be sure that it is volun-
tary offering in gratitude for the blessings of
hoalth received from you, and also giveh with
fervent wish that it may be of service to those
suffering as did; and may God bless you in your
effort to lessen the sufferings of the humany fam
lily, and may all good citizens assist you to drive
from the community those teaches that prey upon
the public by false preensions of eminence in the
medical world.
Yours eternally,
JOHN BURGESS.
To DR.. J. c. Young, San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
ROOMS, Nos. l, 2 and 8.


THIS INSTITUTION is founded for the cure OF
L syphyltic and scrofulous complaints and all af-
fections of the genital organs of whatever nature
Instituted for the express purpose of treating pri-
vate maladies at the instance of many medical
gentlemen who have seen with pain the mpOsi-
tions practsed heretofore upon those who have
been the victim Of lying Observation-Disclosures
connected with it are to pursue to certain extent
this means of introducing it to public notice.
Those applying for advice will find constantly in
attendance medical ability of undisputed skill in
this class of complaints, and will be dealt with in
the most honorable and strai ght forward manner.
For the purpose of securing privacy to the most
delicate, several apartments arranged that
patients will be brought in contact with none but
the office Physician.
Those applying to this Institute will find the
charges reasonable. and treatment superior. La
dies and gentlemen who desire to become patients
without calling at the rooms of the Institute, can
be attended at their residences
Communications from all parts of the country
will be attended to with promptness and medici-
sent if desired by encloseing a fee of ten dol
lars.
No efforts will be spared to make the Howard
Medical Institute what it purports to be, a philan-
thropic Institute.
Rss~ Consultation in English, French, Spanish,
and German.
Qss- Office hours from 9 A. NJ. till 8 P. NJ. Ad-
dress Howard Medical Institute. lis Sacramento
street, San Francisco. Office Physician.
july 10 3m. DR.. R. McCAFFREY.
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02

DR. L. J. CZAPKAY, late in the Hungarian
u Revolutionary War, chief physician to the
10th Regiment OF Honveds, chief surgeon to the
military hospital Of Pesth, Hungary and late Lee
turer on Diseases of Urinary Organs and Diseases
of Women and Children. would most respectfully
inform the public of California that be has open
ed an institute for the Of chronic diseases OF
the Lungs Liver, Kidneys, Digestive and Genital
Organs, and all Private Diseases, viz: Syphilltlc
Ulcers Gonorrhea, elect Structure, Seminal
Weakness. and all the horrid consequences OF
selfabuse; and he hopes that his long expert ence
and successful practice Of many years will insure
him share of public patronage by the practice
of many years in Europe and the United States
and during the Hungarian war and campaigns ne
is enapIed TO apply the most enlcleht ana sue
cessfu remedies against diseases OF all kinds. lie
uses no mercury-charges moderate-treats his
patients in a correct and honorable way-and
has references of unquestionable veracity from
men of known respectablity and high standing in
society. All parties consulting him, by letter
or otherwise, will receive the best and gentlest
treatment and implicit secresy.
DIR. L. j. CZAPKAY is daily receiving appli-
cations from every part of this State and from
Oregon and Washington Territories, for treatment
of every form of disease and there is not one who
will come forward and express dissatisfaction; on
the contrary, the Doctor is in daily receipt of let
ters expressive of gratitude and thankfulness,
some of which are published below by permission.
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
SONORA, May 30th, 1855.


DR. YOUNG-I am the happiest man in this
~ country, and yet, only three months since, l
had despaired of ever being well man. You
will recolect that in March | called upon you, a
discourse ged and almost broken down man, afict-
ed with complaint brought on by masturbation
and aggravated by the remains Of an ill-trcated
venereal disease, so depleted that could do no
work and had no wish to live. Away from friends
and home my suferngs were intolerable. AS a
last release | called to see you, and your encour-
aging advice gave me some hope, although it was
small at that time. At any rate determined to
try, for had every thing to gain and nothing to
was. Now mark the change--from day to day
grew gradually better. until | now enjoy perfect
heath-and although | not so strong
could wish. yet am gaining strength every day.
can do now my days work in the mines with
most of them. | introduce to your favorable
consideration the bearer of this note; he is trou-
bled in the same way although not so bad as was.
Cure him as you have me and he will thank you
as fervently | do, and let me tell you that the
blessings Of an honest man is worth more than a
dozen fees. Give my respects to Little d Co.,
and say to them that | send my thanks for the
able way they prepared the medicines you pre-
scrbed. Dear doctor. l have written this letter
with the expectation that you will publish it. for
which you have my voluntary consent, and hope
it will meet the eye of some suffering fellow NOR
taland that he will follow advice and consult you
at once, thereby freeing himself from his dire cal
amity. Respectfully your humble patient,
july14my VIM. J. BITMAN.
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
PORTLAND. Oregon, May Is, 1855

DR. CzAPKAY-SIR-Y Your medicine has been
taken according to directions. feel a little weak
yet; in every other way l am almost entirely re-
covered, and think in short time shall be as
we'll as ever Everybody that knows me is won
dering what made such change, for some friends
thought had consumption. and others said was
going crazy. Well, don't know but they were
both right, as felt good deal both ways, and
thought if did mt die soon would like to. am
not troubled any more with emissions. and the
pain in my head and back and the weakness in
nv limbs have left me- and so has the dizziness,
timidity and the wish always to be alone. | am
not afraid to go in company and am not so easily
scared as used to be, when any little thing would
set me trembling. l have been at work this week,
which is the first have done for six months, and
the thought of it don't discourage me like it used
to- Indeed. | feel like another man, and it is all
owing to your medicine and advice. You may
publish this if you want to.
Yours &C., JOSEPH RATH
The Placer herald., 1856-08-02
COLoMA. June 1st, 1855.

COLOMA. June 1st, 1855.
DR. j. c. YOUNG: DEAR SR-It is with feel
~ ings more easily felt than described, that |
pen this letter informing you of my entire recov-
cry from that dreadful scourge, seminal weakness.
By application to your book you will find my
name and case. Only two short months since,
when I applied to you, ! could scarcely walk,
so weak was my whole system. Deblitated end
melancholy | wished for death. | had tried sew
eral pretended physicians but daily grew worse.
BY chance | came across one of your valuable
medical works which, upon reading. instlled
new hopes into my detected mind. and | resolved
to try once more and thank God for that resolve:
am now a well man, rejoicing in perfect health,
and daily growing stronger. Dear doctor, | shall
not fail to tell all my friends Of your skill, and
if you wish you may publish this letter. | shall
stop at Coloma a short time and then away to my
claim. Enclosed please find twenty-five dollars
as remembrance. l will send you good spec
linen soon. Yours as long life lasts.
CHAS +. WATSON.
P S.-Dear Dr. if you publish the above please
add this as p S.:-Take my advice, all young
men, if You require medical assistance. no matter
what your case may be. go to DR.. J. c. Young. and
you can rely upon perfect cure-and not do as
| did, run to every doctor without knowing
whether he was good or bad. DR.. Young cured
me- and wish every one afflicted to receive the
benefit of his scientific skill. CHAs. +. W.
DR. YOUNG'S Office is at the corner of Mont
gomery and California streets, over Wells. Fargo
& Co.'S Express office, San Francisco. july 14my