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New MUsIC.-We tender our acknowl-
edgments to D. P. Faulds, Louisville, for a
thrilling polka, entitled "Our Generals, I"
with pretty vignette, adorned with the
ikenesses of Gems. Lee, Jackson, Johnston,
Beauregard, Price, Longstreet, Hill, Har-
dee and Bragg. The likenesses alone are
worth the money, and the music, by Char
Iy Ward, is said to be gr4nd. sf.T-Trt
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Why are books the best friends? Be-
cause when they bore you, you can always
shut them up without offense.
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Warrant Every Picture, and Guarantees
Satisfaction to Every Customer, or Make No
Charge.
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Ofioers of PulasIEi Lodge No. 1o1

Officers Of Pulaski LOd8e NO. III. Z. q
e. FDMUNDSON. VIM, s. JROGERS, s.
JOB. CHILDERS, J.W., W. BATE, essrFd'op
7 T. JONFS Secv JA.SUMTER, S. D60HHD.
R. r. REED J. DeacoE +. W. RDDD, Tyler.
Meets first Monday night in each Month,
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LaaA-SKL- RHRTN,
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
CITY OFFICERs.

DIR. j. a. SUMTER, AlaY0T.
JNO. EZELL, Recorder, G. w. PETWAY
JOHN KOUNS, A r. RICHARDSON,
ALLEN E. MAY, JOHN G. GORDON,
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Prison lie Of JeRerson Dayis.

FRIDAY MORNING, JULY is{B, 1866
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one Incident of MANY.

When the President and bis party
arrived at Tyrone city. PeonFylsania'
Mr, Johnson made his appea:ance on
the platform Of the car, when Grant
and Farrugnt were loudly called Tor.
On th cir appearance they we're loudly
cheered, after which three cheers were
proposed "f0r a loyal Congress, and
given with a hearty good will Mean.
while the President maintained his
position on the platform unth tho train
IeN, when ho departed uncheered and
almost unnotieed. I'a' Ne''
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ADDRESS
or the National UAion Committee

or the National Union Committee
10 The An,ereqa People ....-, .,
FRLLow-ClrlzESs: Very grave differences
having arisen between your Imnrdlhte heP-
resenGltlyes ia Congress aud the Pres'usn'
who owes his position W your votes, We are
In,pelled 10 asA yJur attenlon thereto, hhu
10 80 gesI the dLIies " yOaf couaTy "Aicu
they render imperative. ,.l, ,..--,
Ne aLnn aYv,d the use OF hard words.
or these, there baYe already been lno many
And, that tue matters IA Issue may ,Oe
/. .ouRht wlthin the nATroWest coppass, let
ua ira eliminate from lhe SOnlrvtsrsy us
tina, mas already. been setIlsd OF b"S never
bern in dispute. .ir4 raT Ava
/, The Republic haS been desPgatelJ as
sailed from WITHIN aud ~ very r1lste1se Sc
,riv,sly impsrllrd. Tnlrleen SL'tss were
rL,iutd As having wphdraWn lrYm ine
,IJuiOu, and we're represented ipr' yeAFS 10 a
bo.i,le Congress meeting at R,rhmopd., Ten
Of these states Werei !Or 9lnisi si'wnVlV ln
the power oil a hostile eonleisrAgy ine yln-
err three partially 50. Tue undoubtedly 10y
alsstates we're repeatedly and foTnilhSlg NJ,
yaded py rebel armies, ghIeh were only eh-
pelled by obstinate And-blopdy paHies'--
Through four years Of ArdlouS dssPyra@
ciyI sSsile. lie hUsts Of thp rebel CVniedera-
~ whhstood those Of the Union. Agents of
dat Confedefaey traveSed The 'cnhiSed
rotld. seeking allies ~ tile war hgNlnst me
Rsnublie, aud lpcliing tue rnpaeioua aud pn-
nriue,uIed 10 6t out armed eorsairs 70 prey
pnon her commerce. By State authonV,
in toe peryerted names Of patriotism aud
iay.ity lhandrsJs Of thousanus Of OnF roun'
wyu,eu, were couseripled into rebel armies
ssJ made 10 fight desperately for opr rnA'paI
d d,sruptivn aud ruin. And though, " Tue
ar,siaI OF God and the ydlor and cOnitancy
~ an,iayt Al people. the frbeilion was hnHlly
"a ndstly erusaed, IL d,d DOT sueeumb until
a. hrd caused ,hr destruction of more 'Pah
baf A million of preeiyps 'rel, mol 70 spas
oG nrougrty TO the value Of At least n's o'l-
IiLspof dollnrs. aifnTIyH t.#
Al Isnath the rebel armies sgrrende' ed
and the rebel power gtteriy GO lAP'su. A"u
vanished. What theni
Tbs claim ogithe Insurgents that they elI
,hs, uoa .rsacahired or had never ioJs'iIea
hslr CONSTITUTIONAL Tighig 10 ths upioon, M
radiGg that or, Representation 10 Congress,
Gaads IN pointed antigoLiim alike 70 wss
,so,nfem s6fs of t6nevS spd 70 tbd'e ol hs
ss,Sne Presidehts u WIS the RrealiTe stone
-6o sftsr the fsbellon was 40 inole' hI'-
nointsd proyisional GpvsrH0rg for lhe hoH
nbmissiye, uuarmsd Southera, 5Alssl on
,se a,sump,ioa bAt The festiiloh eid 'efo
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J0NESROROUGH si.
III erl1ale College.

v Slirgt Session for the Collegiate Year
y 1850 & 'e7, begins September 10th
xnlsioh per session OrFlve months.
Z fdflling and Reading 80
IheaAme with Primary Geography
" ana Arithmetic, l2oo
AlIoser branches, [ercept augcl ls 10
MpAlosbb I,iano and Giiitnr " LtlJ rs 90
Embroidsry Gad Needle work ,fOr 20
Us.sss.D, ..:s1, fe., % ~ Il q % %
Payment fOr half session tinvariably In
lsgHis isaae,lou lJr absence t4ttbt Il case
AK hrotracted illness, ... ,. ...,-,. u.
n 8on Nuslc and CAtlsrHEsIcs Jrts Of
ftaIge 10 the whole school.
Board In good families from three to four
doIlhsS per week. y" 't'-'
vow further particulars address, 's
tsgt'tsE ia' ]. G. FOYE, President,
i f,Iyaotf ifs' JoHesborO, Tenn
|fN, N'ug. .----.a f
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~ w,shlpelon dllpaleht 70 ihi Ga
e,ansti Gazette saJs ibAt NJ. Parker hst bsss
a sssoiutea United siates District AtioSney
~ 80 Wsstsrn diaFis, - 1shasSssa fcr
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New York Politics.

5sYRlousE, n. Y, Sept. gO,-uThs Soldiers
and Sailors Convention Of this State met to-
dsy. Mpeeches were made BY General Bar
LOW, who was elected TEMPORARY Ghairnia n,
and General OSchrahe, who waB elected per
lmansnt President also by .Mr. woodierd,
the Republican candidate for Lieulsnan'-
Governor, aud Senator WilsOn, OF Nassaehu-
setts. Resolutions were adopted sustaining
Congress and denonhcing & ,lIe 'PrssidenLi
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..P O Es sR R u I. I.
' From HarpebS We ehly
To the Members OF the Loyal South
erners' Convention.

I ! .
What though tho loud. fierce siorm'wind howis
what though The night be dark ....
What though tho lowering tempest Sr0wl'
Abovs tbs wave-tassed bark sg-y r..r
whs, the, gh New 0rlsapE whiFlWind, t,..
And Memphis' iron hail, f
Again unchecked, roar round your homes
d. Tbvro's no such word As fail
For bright upon our Northern plAInI .r-
There stands glfftcring band, % 4, s.H.
That soon will pass fair Freedoms torch 's
Alight, from hand TO hand.
Bei,rs itGgladsonne, cheerful blaE" H.t f
= The seowlins suhrtn shall pale t.'
SO eorraEe friends Bear nobiy oui
There's no such word as fall h
Ths time 10 past when slavery dire ......
Our errluR people led ~. fF
Tho CoppOrheads are scared with nre,
Tho Dough faces are dead, ....,. ....
A few wos-woru aud trembling ghosts ..
At truth and Justice rail ... .,. ..... 40.
But soon they'il vanish With thsir hO1si-
Thrro's no such word A. ialll
No tyrant's will can curb the bold, %
Free spirit Of our land
III. chain will brock who seeks to bind, - 1911
His Hwurd fall from bis hand, 4.Eh
Our Israsl Of tic Lord beloved,
Shall DER her foes prevail a.. ,..r...l
% bravely tread Jour gloomy path ....
There's M such word as fail BE- ~. ...
The tirn. 10 passSl when lips wero sealed ',f
Yron utsering words of TRUTH Ha.
Bapti,rd In Dluod, cur Union dear
Again renevs its youth, '.. saf p. f.rH. .
Like young giant, for ths nghs ''. 1880
AN armed n1Iate aud maii, Ih
Young Liberty sasayshis might % .
% There's 10 such Word as sAili ''.
From Ellsworth'. blood TO po'tIei trp''
We've counted every dropi
The sacrihee is nearly through,
And soon tie plague will stop
Our prayers aud tears, our sin and shame
To purge will Sovn avail ...
Thea, crowned with victory van know
Thsrs's no such word As fail
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suFe 81 %, fn GEO. r.. FORD.

The truly loyal Pespl. Of East Tsnnes,'e
say 10 YOU, Col. Ford, and to al whom your
sentiments represent; "ws are with you,
heart and soul, even unto death l"-lEOs'
USIoS FLAG.
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conunntlon OF soldlers and sailora.

PRosIpsScB, z. J., Sept 2O.-A spirited
CONVENTION Of men who served IN the army
and navy was hsld here this morning 70 ss-
lert delegates to the Pit.sburg Convention.
N.ior General Burnside presided, aud Litu-
iea,nt Colonel s. A, Pearce, Jr., was SeeTs-
ury. Addresses we're delivered. by General
burnside Captains wayhnd aud woodbury.,
and others. Fifty or more delegates were
elected TO the Pittsbnrg Convention. and res-
oIutioua we're adopted Affirming fully Of the
uoliey Of Congress. ........l. l...H sfv
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oGices, So 90; State, $40 90. a.egf,. gu
Jon. PaINrIEo, Of all descriptions, neatly
executed aw ss aa' JrlA Hr.I 10
na,. All communications tending to per"
sonsl agrnndzement or emolnmcnt Will be
charged the same as Advertisements tfT
Advertisements and .AUbseripiiop com
tinucd unless ordered 10 be stopped
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JonesbOrO', October 5, 1866.
G.. II. GRESHAM,
EDITOR, AND PROPRIETOR. er
Tarrns.

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To yHr PuBtro.-Th, report lathe Albany
krgnf on the is.h 10 fAise have kevsf de-
Isrisd ne loyAl soasbsfssf. aad ooe fere'd
tba, ever should. tfsrs H. O. hosreH.
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ratfer from PhiladeIphia.

Our talented aad esteemed friend, Colonel
Ford, of Pbiladslphia, viii pardon Us Tor
Laying bis INTERESTING letter before iLs pub
lic, :. contains words Of cheer for Oh true
Unlonists, no matter IN what Paft 'of our
country they may reside. Tea ,bou'and
cheers for the brave Gsneral GsaEy,,i, .
PuLApEIPHA, PEsSYtvAsiA,( I
.-.r .,.., September n, 1866. !
Dssr GrhhGn ;---l an glad 70 see, bJ your
paper received to-day that yOa hare returu-
ed safely 70 Jonesborough,
Our political, horizon is even brighter than
Wheu you we're here. From all over onr
State comes encouraging news Of inersadng
snthusinsra for our cause. Numerous Union
meetings are being held 10 the iormsr
slrOngholds Of Copperheadism. The Copper
heads, so jubilant when johnson started On
bis pilgrimage, have became dependent
Tbey know that Gsary s good for al i'a'i
fGy thOsaaS nejO'iy " this State, and think
with good reason, that u would be only q
useless expenditure of mouey and speeches
10 make spiritual eaDyali-
Not only Is this true Of Pennsyl7ania, but
of other States also 10 the EssA
No doubt you have heard glowing ae;
eoun,l Of monster nasi meeting in New
York, Of the supporters o. my Policy" i've
wtshiaso. wen, fNaS there, and ! assuIs
yoSi, WAta glorious hifIs, 80, i-.
fhsfs tss 4 srsal efovd aropnd Uniou
sqaar.,uhsrs tbs prinsigsl stand vas stu
: as.d; but, With the exception Of Afsw "uh'
,tttfs,a." famsdia,siy arOoad toe speaker,
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q

Done appeared 70 TAKE the least interest in
the giaadildqatnt oratory that was abowered
bohateously among them. ~ !NiQp Fs, "
I Judging onitbe expretSions ofthecrOwd,
nearly all came for thespurpose Of seeing
Gre works, and spocuhtihg uponsbe sumber
present. The :" W0rld,g however, seemed to
think It pretty dig thiagi' bit in uJ
humble Opinion, i the DsmocfaGsTs satis-
fed with such meetings ss that they ese
very easily pleased. isal -gg
Johnson and his man Friday have At last
concluded their .wanderingS, and are now
resting nom their labors, 80 Wdshington.-vA
Stewards disappointment over the failure OF
all bis .sebsnesi IFQughs sE ~ attack OF
eiekneSs, which, unfortunately did not
prove fatal, He isA heartily disgusted rlaa.
Instead Of their tour being q continued oya.
ton, it was q continued exhibition Of digaP-
pointed umbltiop, II Seward had planned
the trip for Tho express purpose Of Killing
JOApsOp, politically, With no bore Of ressG'
rection, be could not have scceeded better.
In fact many persons declare that this was
Seward's plan 50, as. TO get rid Of a iormide-
bic competitor for the nQmination ~ 1888,
BE that as it may, the Presiltpial parry
has proved 70 be more Efficient N making
,ypiQp y9iss than & Wuslqs army e OaF tsgTA
Mr. Johns9n evidently now stes the grand
mistake be has made, and is even nov pre-
pairing to turn his coat once more. ''
The course the New York Herdtd q now
taking, is one Of the maby sttaws thai shave
tue way tie wind blows. That NF. John
son viii accept the Constitutional Anedd
msnt as the true plan Of recousirdctloh, now
seems pretty evident 70 every one here.
one thing Is certain, that " the Southern
States refuse 10 cons IN under that amend.
neht, We, having a-two-tliirds minority in
both Houses, win repeil the former act
proposing this amendment, and, in its stead,
pass an act, declaring all the unrecOnstrdet-
ed States, merely tertitofts of The Uhitsd
States, to be governed by the existing laWs
as territories, and only to be admitted As
States, When they have sufficient iOgaspop-
uiation to invite them 10 FepressntAtioa Ia
Congress. F4"
This IL Tbad. Stevens plan, and it7esn De
carried, II the constitutional nlneadineht Dc
not accepted before The close OF the nert see
Iion. VT .''' T. -" @ Z ~
90 This, 10 ne, seems tie most favorablS way
10 come at tic desired resdlts: At least tie
r,beiliodS States deserve such, or even
worse, treatment, and should submit 70 any
terms without complaint But the Presi.
dents policy bas led them 10 believe 'shst
they and not the North we're the conqusrOt',
and as such, demand the right TO say how
we shall come into nN, Unios "
oar October elections win relieve their
mind, Of all these misapprchensiOns.
Let not the Union men Of the South bs
disheartensd. They are still passing tbrough
tlialS hard to bear but he lbat stands firm
10 the end, will only have the more hoSOr
attached 10 his name. rue Loyal NORTH
points 70 lis colleague'iu the South With jass
pride, and win supPor. him With It's vols,
and, II necessary, with its sword Z "
''- q" very truly yours,
',r'ss saes 81 %. Iw GEO z FORD.
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A Clincher.

A few days ago tee rsbsl-eOpPsrhrAd pa
psrs we're publishing tslsErAmi AL o''F th'
{ eouniry TO .hs effect that Hon. II, @ Norioa
had deserted ,hs Southern LoySliIsJ Parry.
3 ere IA the way nr, Norton isiilss iAai gp''-
lion z ..s, r..tfsf a.rr -eIngsr
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MARcUs L. WARD,
N.I Iassy fybairn,so

New Jefsy, UhairmRn.
JOHN D. pEFREEs Indians, StetstA ~.
HURAOE GREELEY, New York. .''h
S. A. PURVlANCE, Pennsylvania.
WM, CLAFLlN, Massachusetts,.
n. B, SMfrHERS, UeleWare.
II. W. HOFFMAN,, Maryland
n. II. SrARKWEATHER, Connecticut
B. II. COWEN, Ohio
JUHN b. CLARKE, New Hampshire.
SAMUEL r. HUSSKY! Maine.
ABRAHAM B. GARDNER, vsrm1nt ~
j. S. FOWLER, ItnneHtt, '.f.'-
BURTON G. COOK Illinois.
AARSi GlDDING5, Michigan. t'' o..
D. II. STUBS, fo@a.
A. ". CAMPBELL, West Virginia.
S.JUDD, wisconsin
d. K. GdODLOE, North Carolina. %
S. II. BOYD, Missouri.
W. J. CORNING, Vitgihia.
THUS. SIMPSON, Minnesota.
o. l.. ROBINSON, Florida
NEWTON EDN UNDS, Dakota.
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Scale of Depreciation.

The following Act in relation to the scaling OF
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
WHEREAS, By ordinance of the Convention,
entitled IAN ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances are in force and for other PURPOSES -
ratified ON the 18th day of October, A. D., 1865
1t Is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end OF the war; and it is further therein declared
that all executory contracts, solvable in money,
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-
clatlon OF said currency before the 1st of May,
1868, and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency, -
subject nevertheless, to evidence of differ INT in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,
BE 1t enacted by the General assembly of the State
Of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted Da TIE
authority Of the same, That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is hereby, adj opted
and established as the measure OF value Of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864, from the 1st day of November
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency the
gold dollar being the unit and measure Of oafKs,
from November LIST, 1861, to May 1st, 1865:
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GENERAL REMARKS.

Revenue Stamps may be used Unfortunately
upon any of the matters or things enumerated in
schedule b, except proprietary and playing card
stamps, for which special use has been provided.
Postage stamps cannot be used in payment Of
the duty chargeable on Instruments.
1t is the duty of the maker of an instrument to
af1ix and cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects
to do SO, the party for whom it is made, may
stamp it before it is used and if used after the
cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an instru-
ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him liza
Bile to penalty of two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by other
process than writ, viz: summons, warrants, pub
lication, petition, &c, in which case these as the
original process, severally require stamps.
Writs of scra facias are subject to stamp duty
| as original processes.
The jurat of an affidavit, taken before Justice
of the Peace, Notary Public, or other Officer duly
authorized to take affidavits, is held to be
titicate, and is subject to stamp duty of five
cents, except when taken in suits of legal proceed
ings.
Certificates of loan in which there shall appear
any printed or written evidence of an amount of
money to be paid on demand or at any time de-
signatrd, are subject to stamp duty as Promisory
Notes.
The assignment of mortgage is subject to the
same duty as that imposed upon the original in
strument; that is to say for every sum of five
hundred dollars, any fractional part thereof OF
the amount secured by the mortgage, at time of
its assignment there must be affixed stamp or
stamps, denOting duty of five cents.
When two or more persons join in the execution
of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru
ment is liable under the law, may be affixed and
cancelled by one of the parties.
!. In conveyances of real estate, the law provides
that the stamp affixed must answer to the value
of the estate OH interest conveyed.
No stamp is required any warrant of attor-
ney accompanying bond or note, when such
bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp oil
stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever
any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one
stamp duty is required on such papers, such
stamp duty being the highest rates required for
such instruments, or either of them. In such a
case note or memorandum of the value de-
nomination of the stamp affixed should be made
upon the margin or in the acknowledgement of
the instrument which is not stamped.
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RALEIGH, n. c., TUESDAY,

oiippeu W Guc EdSG. OcfoTdl eSIdOllSu-
mehts have agencies in New York,
where the Californian wines are sold,
and appear to command a reasonable
share of the public favor. One of these
concerns has it's agent here buying di-
rectly from the men who make the
wine, and contracting, where it is pos
sible to do so, for the whole product of
u vineyard for term of years. The
wine remains in the cellar where it is
made until it is in proper condition for
shipment, when it is taken directly to
the vessel waiting to receive it and sent
round Cape Horn to New York. The
company displays a strong faith in the
quality of California wines in making
such extensive purchases.
The California wines are all new, so
that the test of age, the great one in
Europe, cannot be applied at present.
| fear that it will he difficult ever to ap-
ply this test to any extent, for the rea-
son that the wine makers and wine deal
ears must " turn their money too often"
to make wine keeping profitable. Mon
ev can be loaned at ten to twelve and Il
half per cent so that nobody can afford
to have his money locked up in wine
cellars waiting for the bottles to become
covered with cobwebs of five, ten or
twenty years. Very few of the farmers
are able to keep their wines more than
a single year, as they must sell off their
product to raise funds for the following
season. Labor is not enormously ex-
pensive, but it demands cash. Most OF
the work is performed by Chinese, and
in few vineyards the native Indians
are employed.
Part of the California, wines that
have seeu are of a harsh, heady charac-
ter, and evidently need either time or
more careful manipulation to mellow
them. Indeed have tasted better Cal
ifornia wine in New York, and attrib-
ute the superiority to the long voyage
around Cape Horn. l have tasted some
very good sherry, made two years ago,
in the southern part of the State, and l
saw last week in the Sonoma valley
some still wine of last years vintage
that would compare favorably with
that from abroad. But these are excep-
tions to the general rule that goes a
gainst California wine.
The Calitornians do not take kindly
to their own wine. Nine out Of ten
prefer that of foreign manufacture, aud
there is very large importation di-
rectly from France. The French mer-
chants have recently brought immense
quantities to San Francisco, much more
than the market will justify, and are
endeavoring to crowd the California
production out Of existence. Prices
are already so low that it is thought
the shippers will be likely to suffer Sc
we're loss. The advocates OF our native
juice appear confident of establishing
their own wine in public favor, and on
ly ask fair opportunity. l have no
doubt that wine making in California
will ultimately he a great and profitable
interest, and compete successfully with
foreign enterprise, but it must be pa
tient and persevering in orderto accom-
plish that result.