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EYES: EYES.
DR.. &. H. PARDEE,
OCCULIST AND AURIST.

A FTER protracted blindness Of more than five
~ years, DR.. Pardee has made himself thoroughly
and scientifically acquainted with all diseases of
the Eye, and is now practising with not
surpassed in the United States.
All operations performed, such as strabismus,
eye, Cateract by linear extraction, Depression
Absorption Pterygium, feshy membrane
growing the eye, Reduction of Staphy yloma, or
bulging out of the eye, Artificial Pupil, Fistula
Lachrymalis closing of the tear passage and all
deformities of the Lids, etc. etc.
Artificial eyes inserted without the least pain,
and possessing all the movements and brilliancy of
the real eye. A large assortment constantly on
hand for sale at reasonable prices. The Doctors
Eye bath for the treatment and cure Of all nervous
disorders is used all over this coast
Thankful to those physicians who have sent him
cases for operations, and hopes that his universal
success will warrant continuance of their conf
dencc. His celebrity as an operator is coextensive
with his success patients are presenting them
selves for treatment and operations from New York
and Boston almost monthly.
Many patients can be seen at the Doctors othce
daily in different stages of recovery.
Office: 767 CLAY STREET, (aboye the Plaza }
near Dupont street. my13
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A Witness Who would not be Badgered.

The report Of late trial in Cincinnati,
which we find in the Gazette of that city,
contains one bright passage. The case was
one in which the heirs of Mrs. Schofeld-
an English lady of eccentric habits, who
died in Cincinnati in 1S53-endeavorad to
persuade the Court to set aside the will on
several grounds. The principal witness was
a Mrs. Cheesebrough, aged seventy. She
had been asked half dozen times as to the
age of one of Mrs. Schofeld's nephews.-
The report continues:
Al tell you did not know his age
His birth register is in England, and never
went to see it.
C.-Mrs. Cheesebrough, it is perhaps
proper to say to you that you must be patient,
and answer all the questions the counsel may
put to you.
Witness-So do, but / don't see any use
in answering the same questions over and
over again.
Court.-Some Of US may not hear all your
answers, and it is often necessary to repeat
questions.
Witnesss.-I generally speak loud enough
| for anybody in the Court room to hear me,
| and think if the lawyers would attend to
their business they wouldn't have to ask 9
witness more than once.
Court.-Proceed with the examination.
Q.-You say Mrs. Schofeld drank grea
deal of liquor; what did she keep it in-s
jar?
A.-No; she kept it in demiohn in {
basket; never looked into the basket to SCI
whether it was glass or not, but think j
was; it held six quarts, and have carried
had been kept, to Mr.. Smiths liquor stor'
| 81 EiloA I kor NJ Sp,it1
used often to say, Drunk again, Mrs
it's the same drunk !" but he knew wa
joking, and he knew who the liquor was for
Q.-What kind of liquor did she use?
A.-Brandy, sir-the regular old Cognac
Q.-lIow did she drink it, pure or mixed
A.-She as often took it pure as any way
when she wanted to she made it into grog
she used to drink it out of little black tea
pot that was handler than long bottle
the demJohn was filled every week but
didn't fill it always; she had a little Englis
man who used to go for her very often.
Question by a Juror.-How did she at
tend to her business when she had store OF
Fifth street =?
Al don't know exactly, but as tolC
you before, she was always well up in none,
matters.
Q.-Was she sober then?
A.-No, she was never sober. Drinkin,
had become sort of second nature with her
She was like good many lawyers that
know of, they can't lead case without be
ing half drunk. Laughter. It's a fact
l tell you | have seen many q lawyer tha
never undertook to try case until, as tn
say. he had two sheets in the wind and on
a flutterin'" Renewed laughter
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A NEGRO STRIKE In Memphis. on the
22d ultimo, the negro levee laborers struck.
and marched through several of the streets
under the leadership of one William Stoner,
n white man who came down as a deck hand
on the Gaidon. from St. Louis. They had
for banner an old white shirt on a pole, on
which was inscribed, Three dollars day,
or fifty dollars month, or no work from,
these niggers" About one hundred darkies
participated in the strike. They were pre-.
ceded by two Juvenile musicians, one dis
coursing eloquentlv on a cracked flute, and
the other belaboring tin kettle. 1t wa'
brought to an end by the Freedmen's Bureau
authorities, who, fearing a riot, ordered {
detachment of soldiers to arrest the strikers
The soldiers met the strikers on Main street
and as the unsuspecting darkies advanced
opened their ranks, and in a twinkling th
strikers were fenced in with bayonets an'
marched to the fort.
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We ONLY Drink To SATISFY THIRsT.-
Cyrus. of Persia. when a young prince,
visited his uncle, Cyaxeres and, to show
that there was no merit in being good cup.
bearer took the cup from Sacas, who acted
in that capacity.
The king, Astyages, admired his skill,
but laughingly observed:
The young waiter has forgotten one
thing"
What have forgotten ?" asked Cyrus.
% To taste the wine before you handed it to
me and your mother"
Il did not forget that, but 1 did not choose
to swallow poison"
- Poison ~ exclaimed the king.
81 Yes; there must be poison in the cup,
for they who drink it sometimes grow giddy
and sick. and fall down."
Then you never drink in your country ?''
inquired Astyages.
. Yes; but we only drink to satisfy thirst,
and then a lille ,oater sn6fces."
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Tn. s. rro~t FiowerY of Russia Produced In
Bostens

BOSTON journal describes an extraoroi-
narv :. frost flower" of Russia. which has
hse1 nroduced, it is said, in Boston, In a
tsmperature of artificial cold. This wonder
ful nIant. or rather flower, is found only on
the northern boundaries of Siberia. where
the snov is eternal. 1t was discovered in
1863 by Count Swinoskof, the eminent Rus
sian botsnist, who was ennobled by the Gar
for his discovery. Bursting firm the snow
on the first day of the year it grows to the
hight of three feet, and flowers on the third
day, remains 10 flower for twenty four hours,
and then dissolves itself into its original ele-
ment-stem, leaves and flowers being Of the
finest snow. The stalk is about one inch in
diameter the leaves three in number, in
the broadest part are an inch and half in
width and are covered with infnitessimal
cones of snow they grow only on one side OF
the stalk, to the north, curving gracefully
in the same direction. The flower when
fully expanded is in shape perfect star;
the petals are three inches in length, half
an inch wide in the broadest parts. and ta
pering sharply to point. These are also
Interlaced one with another in a beautiful
manner, forming the most delicate basket
or frost work that the eye ever beheld: for
truly this is frost-work the most wonderful.
The anthers are five in number, and on the
third day after the birth of the flower OF
snow" are to be seen on the extremeties
thereof, trembling and glittering like da-
monds, the seeds of this wonderful flower,
about as large as a pins head. The old
botanist says when first he beheld this flow
er he was dumb with astonishment; filled
with wonderment, which gave way tojoy the
most ecstatic on beholding this wonderful
~ofr rtoh
on of snow. To see this flower springing
from the snowy desert-born of its own
composite atoms. | touched the stem of one
lightly, but it fell at my touch, and morsel
of snow only remained in my hand" Gath.
ering some of the flowers in snow, in order
to preserve the little diamond like seeds, he
hied to St. Petersburg with, to him, the
greatest prize of his lifetime. All through
the year they were kept in snow, and on the
first day of the year following the Court of
ST. Petersburg were delighted with the burs-
ting forth of the wonderful hower!' ~ Our
friends in Boston succeeded in obtaining
several of the seeds, and all through the
Summer and Autumn they have been i'm
bedded in snow brought at great expense
from the White mountains and the coast of
Labrador; and they now have the most
uubounded satisfaction and pleasure of an
nouncing that all signs are favorable to
the realization of their fondest hopes, the
production of the IS flower of snow" The
snow and ice are in large glass refrger ator,
with the thermometer forty five degrees be-
low zero, and the solid bed of snow has al
ready begun to show little assures and a
slight bulging in the centre unmistakable
evidence of the forthcoming of the phenO-
menon.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-30

A VETERAN. at the battle of Trafalgar,
who was actively employed at one of the guns
on the quarter deck of the Britannia, had his
leg shot off little below the knee, and OBJ
serving an officer, who was ordering him to
be conveyed to the cockpit, said, Is That's but
n shilling touch; an inch higher, and
should have my eighteen pence for it,
alluding to the scale of pensions then allowed
for wounds. which. of course, increase accord
ing to their severity. The same resolute
fellow, as they were lifting him on brother
tar's shoulder. said to one of his friends
g Bob, take look for my leg, and give me
the silver buckle out of my shoe; (they wore
buckles then) I'll do as much for you, please
God. another time.v
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How THE TWENTIETH MARRIAGE DAY
WAS CELEBRATED.-A Paris letter writes tells
the following story:
short time ago, Frenchman and his
wife gave dinner party TO celebrate the
twentieth year of their marriage. just be-
fore dinner, one of them broke tumbler.-
This led to discussion, which degenerated
into quarrel, which ended in each party
expressing wonder at having had the patience
to live twenty years with so horrid and stupid
an animal as the other. The wife put on
her bonnet and quit the house. The husband
lighted a chatting dish full of charcoal in his
chamber, and lay on the floor When the
guests came, and failed to obtain entrance.
they broke open the doors, and found the
husband corpse.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-30

A NEW method has been discovered for
shoeing refractory, unmanageable horses
thick blanket is in the first place thrown
over the head of the horse to pre-
vent him from seeing anything. A man
then takes his position in front of the horse,
and on the first sign of kicking or resistance
of any kind, administers one or two smart
blows on the side of its head, leaving his
hand for some time on the smitten part
The horse gets frightened and allows the
shoeing process to be finished without inter-
ruption. This simple remedy has succeed
ed where all the previously used means have
failed.
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A YOUNG lady. having purchased an as
sortment of music at Broadway music store,
on returning to her carriage, recollected a
piece she had neglected to buy. ''Sir.' -
said she, on re entering the store, I" there is
yet one thing which l had forgotten, and
which l must now request you to give me-"
"And what is tbat?" inquired the young
music seller. '' 1t is, sir, 'One Kind Kiss
Before we PART" She meant the song of
that title. The gay youth, vaulting instan-
taneausly over the counter, saluted the fair
stranger. He lost his heart and his situa-
fion
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GABRIEL's TRUxP.-A baker in England
stole q tombstone for the hearth of his oven
One of his customers, finding death s-head
on the bottom of his loaf of bread, ran in
dismay to bis deacon, fearing the end of the
world was approaching. The latter was in
equal trepidation when, on examining his
own loaf, he found the marrow bones. In
their alarm, they had recourse to the par.
son, who could afford them no consolation,
inssmuch as Resurgam" was set forth in
bold relief upon his own loaf
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-30

A TRAVELLER stopped at an inn to breakfast,
and having drank cup of what was given to
him, the servant asked, "What will you
take sir, tea or coffees'' THAT depends
upon circumstances, was the reply. III
what you gave me last was tea, want cof-
fee; if it was coffee, want tea. / want a
CHANGE
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FRAcrIoSs.-Upon the marriage Of one Of
her companions, a little girl of eleven years,
and of the same school, said to her parents
Why, don't you think that Amelia's mar.
risd, and she hasn't gone through fractions
yst."
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HAVE for sale the Largest Stock on the Pacific
Ill Coast consisting in part as follows:
120 dog. Speetaeles in Gold, Silver, Steel and
Plated Frames.
3O5 doz. Eye Glasses, in Gold, Silver, Steel, Horn,
Shell and Rubber Frames
$50 doz. Wire Gauze Goggles
800 doz. Spectacle Glasses, and Brazilian Pebbles
800 doz. Spectacle and Eve Glass Cases;
1896 opera and Marine Glasses
IS Telescope and Spy Glasses;
225 doz. Magnifying Glasses;
so doz. Pocket Compasses
325 Hand Stereoscopes
rs Revolving Stereoscopes;
$500 doz. otereoscopie Views;
Drawing Instruments, in German Silver and
Brass,
Boxwood and Ivory Scales
Microscopes in every style;
200 Magnetic Machines for Medical purposes;
Aneroid Barometers
90 500 Card Photographs
600 Album Pictures in oil colors;
so doz. Union Card Frames;
Joseph Ropgers & Sons CUTLERY;
100 doz. Table Knives;
200 doz. Pocket Knives;
120 doz. Razors;
80 doz. Razor Strops;
125 doz. Scissors
SCISSORS, in cases;
100 doz. Gyroscope Tops;
100 doz. thermometers;
20 doz. Uydrometers;
Galvanic Batteries
Es- Country Traders will consult their own
interest by examining cur Stock and Prices before
purchasing elsewhere.
@#% Orders from the Country promptly executed.
W. Catalogues sent to any address FREE.~ssN
Address,
LAWRENCE G HOUSEWORTH,
OPTICIANS,
Nos. 3I7 and $40 Montgomery street,
SAN FRANCISCO. ills
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TO INVALIDS
WHOSE sUFFERINGs

have been protracted from hidden causes
and mal-treatment, and who require
prompt relief to render existence de-
sirable.
DIR. J. PERRAULT, GRADUATE
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Queens
College, begs to inform patients and
others seeking medical advice that he NAV
be consulted personally or by letter in all
cases of Nervous and Physical Debil.
ity, and the various disorders arising from
sedentary habits, excess, accident or eli
mate, from 9 A. N. to IL NJ, and from to
sP. NJ, at his Office, Armory Building,
northeast corner Montgomery and Sacra-
mento sts., Rooms Nos. 9, 10 and IL, first
floor up stairs. Entrance on either Mont
gomery or Sacramento streets.
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A. S. HALLIDIE & co.
WIRE ROPE MANUFACTURERS.

No, 4I2 Clay street, San Francisco.
MINING COMPANIES and others using rope,
WI are informed that Wire Rope is Stronger,
More Durable and Very Much Cheaper than any
other kind of Rope, and it is not affected by atmos-
pheric changes. We manufacture of every length
and size.
Round Wire Rope,
Of IRON and STEEL, for Hosting purposes,
Ferry Ropes and Derrick Guys.
Steel Wire Rope,
For Small Gear and for DERRICK FALL
ROPES, very Durable and Light, with Suitable
Blocks.
Flat Wire Rope,
For Hosting from Mines. Small Sizes for Pump
Belts. GALVANIZED IRON WIRE ROPE. for
Stays and Guys. IRON AND COPPER WIRE
CORD, for Hanging Window Sashes-Sipnal
Cords, DC.
S- And would refer to the many Companies
who are using our Ropes, throughout California
and the adjoining States. List of prices, with
strengths, &C., forwarded application to the
manufacturers. ~
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In Syphilis and its adjuncts; Gonorrhea and
its accompanying diseases; all disorders Of the
Bladder Kidneys and Prostate; Seminal Weak
ness; Diseases of the Heart and Lungs Dyspep-
sia, Indigestion, Impotency, Ineipent Consump-
ton and all diseases of the urinary organs in either
sex, cure always warranted, OR NO PAY RE-
nIIRED at the
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Do not be satisfied with Partial Cures

That leave the poison to crawl through the system,
eating its way into the tissues and organs beneath
the apparently smooth surface, to burst out in the
future with viruence that will battle the effects of
medicine, when PERFECT CURES be OBJ
tanned by consulting physician whom long prac-
tce and thorough investigate into the causes of
DISEASES of the URINARY ORGANS enables
to determine at once the nature of the disease.
In all diseases entrusted to the Doctors care,
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PRIVATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Established by
DR.. ]. C.. YOUNG, In 1850,
For the Cure of Private Diseases of What
ever Nature.
AND ALL FEMALE COMPLAINTS.

NO CURE, NO PAY.
Consultation, by letter or otherwise, FREE.
All Letters and MONEY must be addressed to
BENZ. F. JOSELYN, NJ. D.
HNHIS Celebrated Institute has enjoyed on this
il coast uninterrupted success of fourteen
years, and has become of the renowned Hospi-
tails of the age. What the celebrated Lock Hospi-
tai is to London, and the no less renowned estab-
lishment of Ricord is to Paris, the Institute ha
become to the Pacific coast. The thousands annu
ally received and cured place it in point of number
of patients among the very first of the world, and
the success of its treatment ranks it second to
Private Diseases III Males. and Irregular
tiles in Females, the great destroyers OF
health They insidiously attack the system, and
gradually undermine and destroy it they drive the
bloom from the cheek the lustre from the eye, the
strength and vgor from the frame they give to the
world puny and diseased offspring, and poison
through successive generations, the race of man.
The marks can be seen in Scrofua, Consumption
Crippes, the Idotc, the Paralytic the Insane, etc
There is more terrible scourge to the human
race than those diseases arising from the contami-
nation of Venereal Poison. The mdest forms, by
retreating to the blood hold ever over the one af
icted the sword of destruction that is liable at any
moment to fall and blight-to utterly destroy-all
earthly hopes.
MERCURY, recognized as the most fatal, enemy
to man, combining with the Venereal, doubles his
dangers. Those who have been treated with that
pernicious mineral poison not cured; the dis
ease has only assumed new form
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TO THE UNFORTUNATE.
NEW REMEDIES. NEW REMEDIES
DR.. Gibbons Dispensary,

0I~ KEARNEY STR,
O1/ near Commercial, San
Francisco, Established in 1854,
for the treatment of Sexual and
Seminal Diseases, such as Con-
orrhea, elect, Structure, Syph-
Ills in all its forms, Seminal
Weakness, Impotency, etc.
Skin Diseases (of years stand
ipgl and liberated Legs, sue
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Private Medical Institute,
Seminal weakness or spermatorrhea.

No. $40 Washington street, San Francisco, Cal
Do not forget the address. See below.
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Officers of Shasta Encampment, No. II, /.
O. q. r.

~. J. S. Follansbee, c. P; Charles McDon-
IT1 aid, H. P; E. L. Reese, S. W.. G. R. Knox,
~ Scribe D. Beinert, Treas. L. Garrecht, 1.
W. Night of meeting, second and fourth We'd
nesday.
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SubSCriDtiOnS

DECEIVED fer all Eastern Papers and Maya
IL zines, at the lowest rates, by
]. M. MANASSE,
Book Store, Shasta
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COUNTY. DIRECTORY.
County Officers.

Board Of Sxperrisors.-lst District, Henry
Jones; I'd District, James Daley Sd District, D.
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Cures are Always Guaranteed.

PERFECT, SPEEDY and PERMANENT
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-20
Funeral of Bishop Fitzpatrick.

The funeral of Bishop Fitzpatrick took place
in Boston on Friday, and was very solemn and
imposing Among the clergy present were
the Right Rev. John J. Williams, late Coad-
jutor Bishop of Boston; the Rev. Archbishop
McClosky, of New York; the Right Rev.
Bishop Timon, of Buffalo; the Right Rev.
Bishop ID. Z. Goesbriand, OF Burlington the
Right Rev. Bishop Bayley, the Right Rev
Bishop Mcfarland, and the Most Rev. Arch
bishop Spaulding, of Baltimore. Governor
Bullock and numerous State and city officials
were also present. A great procession fol-
lowed the remains to St. Augustine's Gene
terry, in south Boston, including numerous
charitable and other societies The funeral
sermon was preached by Bishop McCloskey.
bishop Fitzpatrick was not, rs has been
stated the first native of this country who
was made a Catholic Bishop. The first Bishop
appointed in the United States was Bishop
Carol, afterwards Archbishop, VIII was
born in this country. Bishop Timon and
Bishop Whelan were also natives, and Bishops
before Bishop Fitzpatrick.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-20
DRY GOODS, SHOES, &c.

TAKE NOTICE, THAT COURTNEY
Il & WAHMANN, intending to change their
business in the spring, will, on MONDAY next,
February 18th, commence selling their ENTIRE
STOCK AT COST, consisting, in part OF Ladies'
and Children's COTTON, WOOL and SILK HOSE;
Gents and Boys COTTON and WOOL HALF
HOSE Ladies' and Misses UNDER VESTS and
DRAWERS; Gents and Boys UNDER VESTS
and DRAWERS; Gents LINEN BOSOM SHIRTS
and JEANS DRAWERS: Gents and Boys SILK
and LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS; Ladies' and
Misses TAPE, BORDER, and HEMSTlTCHED
HANDKERCHIEFS; KID, SILK, THREAD, BUCK
and~ other GLOVES HO0PSKIRTS, CORSETS,
SUSPENDERS, SILK and LEATHER BELTS,
KNITTING YARN and COTTON, Gents and La
dies PAPER COLLARS, Gents and Ladies LINEN
COLLARS and CUFFS, THREADS, BUTTONS,
PINS, NEEDLES, TAPES, COMBS, HAIR and
TOOTH BRUSHES, SKIRT BRAID, ALPACA
BRAIDs, PERFUMERY, SOAPS, &c, &c. Also,
one hundred pounds SEINE THREAD, in quarter
pound balls. COURTNEY WAHMANN,
Broad, between Ninth and Tenth streets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-20

vRro or THE FRREDMRs's BUREAU BILL.
We announce with pleasure the impression
of many persons likely to he well informed
That the freedmen's bill will reach Congress
weight from the President.-Nttioadl fntsHi-
oencer If yesterday
THR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
A special dispatch to the New York Cbmmer-
ciaI Advertiser says twenty.three Senators
declare that they will vote against the consti-
tutional amendment
GENERAL LEE.
General Robert +. Lee, now here ut the
Metropolitan HOTEL studiously avoids the gaze
Of the curious, who, in large numbers, ever
since the entry of his name on the hotel regis
ter, have awaited themselves of every oppor-
tunity TO see him. He is accompanied by q
gentleman named Moore. On visiting the
Capitol on Saturday, in obedience to the sum-
mons of the Reconstruction Committee OF
Congress, he walked down the avenue, and was
followed and observed by many people. BY
the time he returned to his quarters quite an
assemblage had gathered there TO see him.
FRAUDULENT USE oP THE MAILS.
An important bill, designed to prevent the
perversion of the mails to fraudulent and illegal
purposes was introduced in the Senate last
week. II authorizes the Postmaster General
TO prevent the delivery of letters or packages
sent through the mail to fictitious addresses
whenever he shall be satisfied that such flcti-
with the intention to deceive and de-
fraud. The bill also provides that If any
persons shall attempt, by means OF circu-
lars or handbills transmitted through the
mails, to induce persons to invest money In
any lottery, gift enterprise, or other scheme OF
chance, which is carried on with the intention
| to deceive and defraad their correspondents
and il any person shall, by the same means
have deceived or defrauded their correspond
ents, he or they shall, on conviction, pay fine
and be imprisoned.
GENERAL GRANT.
Lieutenant General Grant has accepted ar
invitation to become the guest of the members
of the New York National Union League
Club, on the 22d Observation-Disclosures birth
day-on which occasion ne will be presented
with n magnificent full-length portrait o.
General Scott, painted by Page, on behalf of {
number of gentlemen of that city, who have
purchased the portrait for that purpose Mrs
Grant will accompany the General.
MR.. SEWARD AGAINST THE RADICALS.
The Secretary of State honored the Hous'
with his presence yesterday. He is warn
supporter of the Presidents restoration policy
and does not hesitate to so express himself.