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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-16
Rearing Canary Birds.

\ correspondent of the London Field says =
80 My pair of lizard canaries have successfully
reared every bird they Matched this season, and
out of fourteen eggs they Matched eleven. This
was my management: | kept them in a common
breeding-cage, in II small room that faced the
morning sun, Gan important matter for young
birds,) and from the time they paired | gave them
daily Il mixture OF finely chopped hard-boiled egg
and moist bread, sprinkled with maw-seed. TAX
ing special care that this food should never be
given in 4 sour state. They had also IL plenty Of
watcr-cresses, old mortar to peck at, and canary.
rape. and linseed, both boiled and raw, with
greats occasionally. They fed their young ones at
their own discretion with this food. i kept them
very clean, as they Were tame enough To bear Il
good deal of well-meant disturbance. My birds
were never troubled with insects ; if they had
been, | would have put them into a new cage,
and given the old one a good scalding in boiling
water, and then a thorough scrubbing with s ap.
| think the chief points to be attended to in the
management of breeding canaries are these
plenty of fresh air and light. (~shutters are fatal.)
variety of food, (always fresh and gOod,) cleanli-
ness, and avoidance of unnecessary disturbance,
unless the birds are tame. Any one that is fond
enough of birds to wish to breed them, ought to
be too fond of them to entrust them to any care
but his own. He should clean them, feed them,
and prepare their food himself. | never bred
canarIes until this year"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-16
Lord ROsse's TELESCOPE.

It would lead Us too far from our subject 10
give even 4 brief description of the construction
of this instrument. We must therefore simply
state that after a great number of experiments
and trials, Lord Rose succeeded in casting and
polishing a speculum six feet in diameter, which
weighs no less than six tons. Ii is made Of 1863
parts Of copper and $50 parts of tin, a compost
ton capable OF receiving a polish of exquisite
brilliancy. The tube, made of Mcneil pine, bound
by iron hoops, Is sixty feet long, eight feet diane
ter IN the middle, tapering to seven at the extreme
cites. IL Is attached Ut one end 10 4 very massive
universal joint of cast-iron, resting on a pier of
stone-work, buried in the ground, in order TO
ensure perfect stability. The tube is suspended
by a system of perfectly counterpoised chains,
between TWO massive stone walls seventy feet
high, and appears, when seen from i distance,
very much like a gigantic cannon. Some idea
may be formed of the prodigious mass of machin-
cry, from the fact that it contains more than a
hundred and fifty tons of iron-castings, all of
which have been executed in Lord Roses work
shops. The revelations of the huge telescope are
OF u truly marvellous nature. introducing us to
worlds invisible by any other instrument. The
inscription on Sir William Herschel's monument
appropriately states that = he broke through the
enclosures of the heavens - but Lord Roses tel
escope. endowed with keener powers than that of
Herschel, has penetrated heavenly depths hitherto
Its power will be understood by
these facts. The star Sirius, which is the most
brilliant In the heavens, would appear 10 our I'M
assisted vision as Il star of the sixth magnitude,
even if it were removed to twelve times its dis
lance from US. Ii removed to a distance seventy
tive times as great, or to the 9O0th order of dis
lance, ii would have been visible in the twenty
foot reflector used by the Herschels but by Lord
Roses instrument we should see it equally well
If it were removed to the 3,436th order of distan-
ces in other words, the great reflector reveals
celestial objects at such bewildering and incon-
ceivable distances, that light would be nearly
% 600 years IRA yeliDn from them IN the earth.
constantly speeding at the known rate
of l92, 600 miles in a second of time.-ParthenOn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-16
Can the United States stand Il
long Ware

When the present rebellion obtained full head
way, and the cost of the war began TO develope,
il was thought by financial men that the country
would be unable 70 prolOng the struggle over
eighteen months or two years. Business received
the first shock, and staggered under it 4 gloomy
prospect doomed up; war and prosperity seem to
clash, and one or the other would have 10 sue
cumb. In the Southern States these opinions
have proved true. The war has been confined 10
their territory, and they are now apparently well
nigh exhausted. Gold has reached q premium of
GOO to $50 per cent. in Richmond, and the cost
OF everything Is III the same ratio. The North,
however, has been increasing in wealth. The
Resources of the country are much greater than
they were supposed to be and while the war has
cut off the cotton supply wherewith 10 pay our
bills abroad, we have had a new channel opened
to Us in the expectation Of cereals to supply the
deficiency in Europe occasioned by their short
crops during the past two years. Our debt has
been rolling up enormously, and is growing into
huge proportions but with the resources of the
country properly developed and rightly managed,
we can carry on this war for Il number Of years.
Our population Is receiving accessions daily from
abroad, and instead of decreasing is on the in
crease. The means of supporting ourselves upon
our own products are within our own boundaries,
and the war is the power which is daily bringing
to view our internal strength and wealth. With
this development. national power and feeling are
strengthened and the debt, although we do not
think it u blessing, may be made the means of
national security.
If we look to history for example, take England
when she waged n war with France for twenty
three years-from 1892 TO 1S15,-and we will
find that as the war progressed the ability of the
people 10 meet the increased taxation increased in
the same proportion. The population increased,
and the wealth and industry were also advanced.
W hat were her internal resources compared with
our own, and what was her population ?-She
the war with a population Of little
over 10000, 900. and with Il debt incurred by
previous wars of 81 ,20O, 900 600, upon which
the interest was $40 coo, 600, in addition to the
ordinary expenses of Il peace establishment. What
did that war cost and above the necessary
of the Government on a peace footing
were during that period 500 600 900
lnnudlly-the sums raised each year were rs
fulInMs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-16

The total, together with the cost of the peace
establishment, swells the amount to 81, $40 ,O00,-
600. She ended that war stronger than when
she commenced it. Her object was an aggressive
one ours is one of defense, of selfpreservation.
That which our fathers bequeathed to us in honor,
we should hold. No matter how great the cost
in money and in blood, our honor, our national
existence, the hopes of the oppressed IN foreign
lands, hold US accountable for the issue. If we
are successful, we shall hand down a debt to our
children but it will not equal the debt of graft
tude that they and other nations will owe to the
present generation for the preservation and per-
petuity Of our free instItutiOns.-N. Y. OF.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-16
PAPERS.

The following are received By Express regularly, and gener-
ally in advance Of the mails. They viii be forwarded TO sub.
scribers, hostages paid, at the annexed terms:
Weekly Bulletin, IS per annum
Sacramento Inion.-
II. VI. WHITNEY.
Honolulu. 1853.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
1Golden Era.

SCATTERED throughout the Peninsular State
are large number of beautiful clear lakes,
from tiny pond to those mile in circumfer-
ence. Sometimes these lakes are found under
a crust of earth from six to ten feet in thick
ness, the surface bearing the appearance of
marsh or meadow. In building the Central
road, in crossing an embankment for the track,
at place of this kind. near Niles, considera
BILE difficulty was found in making the road
bed substantial Recently, in constructing a
wagon road near Battle Creek, another one
was found. The weight of the material used
for the track crushed through the crust which
covered the lake. and entirely disappeared, so
that no vestige of it can be seen. The lake is
about thirty rods across.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
NO. 12
Friend, may God have pity on our father

Friend, may God have pity on our father
less childrsn y
Amen |" said the Soatherner, fervcntly.
And the Northerner spoke now in husky
whisper, for the eyes Of the dying men wire
CHASING fast
We have fought like brave men together.
We are going before God in a little while.
Let us forgive each other"
The Southerner now tried to speak. but the
sound died away in surgle from his white
lips but he took the hand of his fallen foe
and his stiirening fingers closed tight over it,
and bis last look was smile Of forgiveness
and peace And when the next mornings sun
walked up the grey stairs Of the dawn, touched
with pink. it looked down and saw the two
foes lying dead with their hands cla>ped one
in the other by the stream which ran close to
the battle field
And the little girl with golden hair that
watched under the plum tree among the hills
of New Hampshire, and the little girl with
bright, brown hair that waited by the roses
among the green plains Of Georgia, are father
less.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
West Chester Pa) Jefersonian.
e4~%&0

lNTREPIDITY IN DEATH.-When Don Sebas-
tian, King of Portugal, had invaded the terri
tory of Muly Moluc, Emperor of Morocco, in
order to dethrone him, and set bis crown upon
the head Of his nephew, Moluc was wearing
away with distemper which he himself knew
was incurabe. However, be prepared for the
reception OF so formidable an enemy. He was
indeed so far spent with his sickness, that be
did not expect TO live out the whole day,
when the last decisive battle was given but
knowing the fatal consequence that would hap
pen his children and people, in case he should
die before he put an end 10 the war, he COM
manded his principal officers, that If he died
during the engagement, they should conceal
his death from the army, and that they should
ride up to the litter in which his corpse was
carried, under pretence of receiving orders from
him as usual. Before the battle begun, he was
carried through all the ranks of bis army in an
open litter, as they stood drawn up in array,
encouraging them to fight valiantly in defence
Of their religion and country Finding after
wards the battle to go against him. though he
was very near bis last agonies. he threw him.
self out of his litter, rallied his army, and led
them on to the charge, which afterwards ended
in complete victory on the side of the Moors.
He had no sooner brought his men to the en-
gagement, than finding himself utterly spent,
he was again placed in his litter, where, laying
his finger on his mouth to enjoin secrecy to his
moments after. in that posture-I Addison.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
ISolano Herald.

BLossoMING THoUGHTs. The sunlight makes
the violet blossom. No surgeons instrument
can make flowers blossom, and no hammer can
drive them forth. But the sweet, persuadng
sun can call them out. A seed is planted
The sun looks and kisses the place again, and
green plant appears above the ground 1t
looks once more, and kisses the place once
MORE and beautiful white blossom unfolds
ITSELF
And thus it is with the soul. No logic can
pry out these devout aspirations No philoso-
ply can drive them forth But let Gods
sweet persuading soul rest upon ours awhile.
and they come up and blossom The soul is
the garden of the Lord Fl. w. Beecher.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

CURE FOR HEAVY HEART-Set about doing
good to somebody. Put on your nat and 90
to visiting the sick and the poor Inquire
into their wants, and minister to them. Seek
out the desolate and the oppressed, and tell
them of the consolation of the true worship of
God. Remember that every good deed You
do is a prayer to Heaven Try this medicine,
and you will find it the best antidote for a
20 heavy heart
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

SQUAT Low, BUT JUMP HIGH.-' How's the
election ?" asked an aboltionist of waggish
party friend Gone up" was the reply
" We have the State ticket, the Legislature,
and the tories have nine members Of Congress"
" The devil they have. Didn't IRE fix mp the
districts?' 1--WE did that, but, cuss EN-,
they're like a soiled postage stamp. they
wouldn't stick" Tubby rolled on growing
&" D-n these locOfocos When YOU think YOU
have them down they are only squatting lower
to jump higher. - Springfield Republican.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

THE GRErNA GREEN OF THz PACIFIC-A
young man named West OF Sonoma county
became euamored with lass of seventeen but
her parents would not consent To the marriage
He could not obtain license in this State and
under the new law cluld not be married here
without that document 50 he eloped with her
to Washoe, and the twain were made one.
Sacramento Bee
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

ORIG1SALITY.-True originality lies not in
mechanical invention of incident or circam-
stances, but in creating new matter for thought
and feeliBg-in exploring the untried depths
of the human heart-iu multiplying the sources
Of sympathy. Whoever excites new emotion
whoever strikes chord in the worlds heart.
never struck before-is the only inventor, the
only sterling original.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

You've ANARICA.-" Who makes the rain
bows, ma - inquired a dve-year old specimen
of oung America in our town on Thursday
last, as he was contemplating the beautiful
arch resting upon the hills in the direction Of
Vacavie. God makes them my dear-wby
do you ask ?'' ." He makes EN- bully, don's
be ?" responded young hopeful.
L
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

\ JEWISH PARABLE-A certain man, who
was very much deformed, sauted a rabbi say
ing Peace be unto thee" The rabbi did
not return the salu,ation, bnt said, Racca.
how ugly this man is, Perhaps all thy towns
men are as deformed as thou art" The other
replied. d" | do not know but 20 thou and
say to the workman that made me, how ugly
is this vessel which thou hast made" Upon
this the rabbi di-mounted from bis ass, know
ing that he had snned and fell down on his
face before the man be had despised, and said
unto him, " Forgive me, beseech thee But
the deformed man answered, Il cannot forgive
thee until thou hast been TO the workman hat
formed me, ard said, How ugly is this vessel
which thou hast made !! = ralmud.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
The Bastil Democrat.
BY P G. FERGUSON.

BY P. G. FERGUSON.
They bore him 70 a gloomy cell,
And barred him from the light,
Because he boldly dared TO tell
The people what was right.
He dared his single voice to raise,
Against oppression ; power,
To show, by truths unerring rays,
The dangers of the hour.
They called him by traitors name,
And with fendish hate
Heaped on his head load of shame.
Such as on felon's wait.
They dragged him from his peaceful hearth
Upon a despot's word,
Although the vilest men Of earth,
Should by the law be heard.
Thus he, man of lofty soul,
WELDING mighty pen,
Whose word the people would control,
And sway the minds of men,
Is by crazy tyrant' nod,
OF liberty bereft.
Struck by a base usurper's rod.
In dark confinement left.
They shut him up, but could not chain
His free and fearless soul;
The sacred chamber of his brain
Was free from their control.
They could:nOt bind the eagle thought
That from his mind took fight,
Efface the lesson he had taught,
Nor bar the truth from light.
For tho within dungeon damp,
They shut him from the day,
They could not quench truths airy lamp
That burns with fadeless ray.
But hark upon the sea of life.
What sound comes from afar?
1t is the harbinger Of strife,
OF red ensanguned war.
1t is the Peoples voice that breaks
Like wild waves on the ear,
1t is the Peoples tramp that shakes
The earth both far and near.
Lift up thy head, 0 martyr brave,
Thy chains will broken be;
The People come their friend to save
Look up, thou wilt be free
West Chester Pa.) Jefersonan.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

ELECTRICITY AND CHLoRoFoRM.-An emf
Dent French physician at Paris has discovered
and announced 10 the world that an electric
shock is sure salvation to any body dying from
the effects of chloroform.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

THE value of merchandise, machinery, etc,
shipned from San Francisco 10 the Pacific
ports OF Mexico, during the past year, amount
ed to 81. $50 900. There were IS vessels en-
ployed in the carrying trade, with an aggre-
gate tonnage of IS .355 tons. The number of
departures of passengers have reached 544 !;
arrival thence to San Francisco, 492.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

THERE is a belt Of country stretching thro'
the entire length of Narthan \ kansas. so
completely eaten out thai ~ ARMY eau occupy
it. until the grass Of another season shah afford
forage for draugbt aulmals
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

Or all the vaniies and fopperies the vanity
Of high birth is the greatest. True nobility is
derived from virtue, not from birth. Titles,
indeed, may be purchased but virtue is the
only coin that makes the bargain valid
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

A WAC has traly said, that if some men
could come out of their collins and read the
inscriptions on their tombstoues, they would
think they got into the wrong grave.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

II is singular fact that what were vast
treeless prairies in Illinois twelve years ago.
are now covered with dense growth of thrifty
young forest trees, comprising various species
of oak. hickory, cottonwood, ash, etc. So rap
id has been this change in many localities, that
where some OF the early settlers located twenty
or twenty-five years ago, without tree near
them, they can now cut and hew good building
timber foot square. Prairie land, when kept
from the annual fall burning previously practi-
ced by the Indians rapidly produce growth
Of trees. Some of the old citizens, who greedi-
ly located the timber land when they came to
the country and were careless about acquiring
prairie, DOW find the latter of more value than
the former. Their timber has grown faster
than they have used it
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

THERE Is nothing more universally commen-
ied than a fine day: the reas n Is. that people
can commend it without envy
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
Notice.

IN PURSUANCE OF \ PUBLIC NOTICE
u published for so DAYS according 10 law an as
sessinenI of One hundred dollars was levied upon
each share Of the Stock of the ~ and SO Quartz
Mining Company. and whereas, there remains un-
paid the assessment upon each and eFery share and
Fractional share of stock OF said Company. II Is by
khe Trustees now ordered that all of the stock Of
each and every share and fractional share Of stock
in the said company, be sold at auction to the high
est bidder according to law at the office of the IS
and sc Quartz Mining Company Yankee Hill Butte
County on MONDAY the 9Th day Of October, \
d. 1862, ST II o'clock NJ OF that day.
GEO. p. GRANEY. Sec'y.
Yankee Hill, sept. 5th. lsS2-
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

4 MAN isn't likely to die from having his
head carried away in fight, If It's his legs
tha. carries il away.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

VANITY and idle curiosity are qualities which
generally prove destructive 10 those who suffer
themselves TO be governed by them.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. THAT THE
~ undersigned viii apply to the Board Of Super
visors Of Butte County at their next session, for
license 10 eSt<bliSh Ferry across the Sacramento
river At or near the old wood landing or the Ste
phens plase, Just below the island and above Shar
keys landing. w. COLBY.
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The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

My SERVANT DoRR.-Many years ago, when
as yet there was but one church in the
old town of Lime, Connecticut, the people
were without pastor. They had been for a
long time destitute, and now were on the point
OF making an unanimous call for very ac-
ceptable preacher, when a cross-grained man
by the name of Dorr, began violent oppos-
ton to the candidate, rallied a party, and
threatened TO defeat the settlement At a
parish meeting, while the matter was under
discussion, half witted fellow rose in the
house, aud said he wanted to tell dream he
had last night. He thought be died and went
away where the wicked people go, and as soon
as Satan saw him, be asked where be came
from
From Lime, in Connecticut" told him
right out.
"Ah! and what are they doing in Lime >"
he asked.
They are trying to settle minister,gI
answered.
Settle minister ~ be cried out Il must
pat a stop to that. Bring me my boots
must go to Lime this very night"
| then told him, as he was drawing on his
boots, that Mr.. Dorr was opposing the settle
ment, and very likely he would prevent it alto
gether.
g Ny servant DoTr !" exclaimed his majesty,
d" my servant Dorr. Here, take my boots; if
my servant Dogr is at work, there is no need
of my going at all =
This speech did the business Mr.. Dorr
made no further opposition the minister was
settled, but his opponent carried the title Ny
servant Dorr with him to the grave.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

TRUs religion is cheerful. l. mfringes upon
40 dn'v which We owe to our fellow creatures;
upon no pleasure which accords with right
reason
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

DRCNEENSEsS ls the pareut Of most other
vice l. q7eacaes the saiutary power of rea-
-oa, aoi makes rs the sport Of raging passion.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24
Notice.

H NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
N that nv wife Julia A. Lynch, having left
nv bed and board without Just canse or provoca-
ton this Is 10 warn all persons against harboring
or trusting her on my account, as | viii pay no
debts contracted by her hereafter.
6. Il. LYNCH.
Lynch's Ranch Dec. 27th, 1852.
The weekly Butte record., 1863-01-24

EB- Stages leave this hotel every day for all
parts of the country.
RALPH BIRD.
J. |. STEWARD.