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4itI,mo,1d 1lspattlr.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Il, 1865
WASHINGTON Gossip.

The people of Washington must tax
about public men and measures, or no'h'hs'
They have been trained to do SO. There Is
hardly day that we might not reproduce
columns of "small talk" which the cor
RESPONDENTS have sent out for the deiects-
ton of the distant reader.
The Washington letter in the bai''''''.'
Gazette of yesterday says that o report %
in circulation there that Russia receive"
only Sc, 900 900 of the s7,2Oo'ooo appro-
,r;ated for the purchase of Alaska. The
rest was paid to journalists, congressman
o,d ,ohbvmen. Each of the New York pa
ners received $4,000. One Nj. c. got
$3.50 600. The same correspondent says that
Tho mates Of the one-thousand-dollar bonds
were cent to Philadelphia last year, where
thew remained twelve days, and in that
time there were, it is supposed, spurious
bonds to the amount of SS0,000,O00 struck
Off.
, Another writer says the watchword is to
be ECONOMY this winter that GRANT
will not get his salary raised, and Mrs.
GRANT will no, get new White House; that
a leading Radical declares what is indeed
true enough) that the Federal Constlt"tion'
as things now stand, has no vitality IN
single article, section, paragraph, or clause
applicable either to the executive, legisla-
tive, or judicial departments of the Co
vcrnment, and probably will not for many
wears If ever: that convention ought to
be called to frame q new one; that RAW
lINs is a statesman, and enjoys the conf
dence of General GRANT.
These will do for to-day.
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INSURANCE. COMPANIES.

7 IFE INSURANCE.
H. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
NEW AND OLD MODE.
First question How much per anDum will It
cost man of.thirty-hVe to insure bis life In the
old mode?
Answer.-sIat for q ss. 900 policy.
Second question. How much wiz 1t cost In the
Answer. About ga. so. tsee Carllsles Table of
bird ,qnestlon.-Why this difference for the
same risk2
Answer. First Because In the new plan the
company only call for enough I'm initiation fees to
pay working expenses with It's interest and the
81 Is at death to pay losses
Second. II there are no Deaths no tnr
Third. The saving in Interest over the old mode
will pay one 18th or the tax I'm the new mode.
Fourth transformations can you afford to insure
so much less than the old mode?
Answer --Because do not charge enough In
adyan to pay you one half back In dIyids ns out
Of your own money paid In premiums.
Fourth question is policy OF Insurance upon
the Mutual Benevolent plan the same In all respects
SaUe as To chnrGes2
snswer.-Aiier the Association has Issued zoo
policies and Is kept TO that standard IN numbers
there Is no difference except that you are taxed
only ut the death Of member, while In the old
mode you are taxed whether losses not, and that
In advance.
Above are few questions and answers rs TO
the workings of the Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton Of Richmond. This Association has but "ne
class Of losses by death. IL has four classes as
TO ages. by which persons can re received rs MEM
bcrs. This Association IS daily receiving Access
lions to It's Members. PARTIES desiring to be in
sttred viii applyto 4. Il. STAkkE,
General gent,
1902 corner Main and Twelfth streets
!. A. BELYiS, Ere Id ut. ro?i
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As an Offset to the defeat of Mr.. ROE
BUCK for the British House of Commons we
mention the election Of Mr.. LAIRD, for
taking whose hand and greeting him cor
daily the Radicals of this country have so
berated Mr.. REvERDY JOHNSON. AS 1t Is
well known that Mr.. LAIRD was during the
late war an alder and abettor of. the rebel
lion in these southern States, it is evident
that his constituents at least do not con-
slider that he thereby committed mortal
sin
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rr-ruE GRECLN BEND IN RICHMo NJ
FROM ALI. POINTS OF THE CohrAS'
PEOPLE NAY BE SEEN BENplH"
TOWARDS THE STORE

JOsEPH STRAU USE
~ eecpre some of the cheapest goods ever oeio'e
offered in this city, suitable for the present anu
approaching cold DAYS.
Fellow You will find the prices Of few OF the
many CHEAP GOODS:
10 COLORED BED BLANKETS ut 81 DO
worth So;
$50 coLORED BED BLANKETS at s2'''
worth s3.75;
500 1o.4 WHITE FAMILY BED BLANKETS at
sas7 worth IS;
aso na,rs WHITE HEAVY BED BLANKETS at
IS worth 81; IS pairs at SC, g. S. S'o'
&c-worth that in gold;
5,LAeeE, BEAUTIFUL BED SPREADS at
s., cheap at So:
40 LADIES' BALMoRAL SKIRTS at $lworth
sl5c;
200 more OF the BEST and HANDSOMEsT from
81 50, ~, &C.:
!, 900 LADIES, MISSES, and CH1LDREH's
sHAwLS at the lowest prices;
e5o LADIES' CLOAKS, just from auction, at
half their value;
10, dozen LADIES' LINEN HANDkER-
CHIEFS for 81 worth $3.50;
,o5 dozen Of all grades and prices to suit every
body;
The best quality and hi ch'y-colored FRENCH
MERINOEs at II worth $3.50, and selling
at that almost everywhere;
o5 pieces beautiful EMPRESS CLOTH at s75".;
rLAIN and FIGURED DELA1NE, POP
Inns, MUSLIN, REPS, SERGE,
BLACK and COLORED hLPA G A,
LINSEYS, SCOTCH PLAIDS, &C., as
tonishngly low:
2, COO pairs best KID GLOVES at 81 Is cheap at ~
50 dozen LADIES' wHALEBONE CORSETs
at 81 worth 50;
= do IN GENTS, UNDERSHIRTS from 75c.
upwards;
IRISH LINEN,
TABLE DAMASK,
DOMESTIC GINGHaMs, &C. i;
LADIES HOSE from l2lc. upwards;
BROWN and BLEACHED SHIFTING
at 10c
ID BROWN and BLEACHED SHIFTING
at 1e.c.. 15c, and higher;
CALICOES at s, 10. and l2ic. per yard;
ALL-WOOL WHILE, GRAY, RED, and
YELLOW FLANNEL-the cheapest in
this city;
KENTUCKY JEANS at 1sC.:
KERSLYS at CSC.
SATINETS,
CAsSIMEREs,
D3ESKINS.
BROADCLOTH,
TWEEDS, &c,
for MEMS and BOYS WEAR, at prices that
cannot be surpassed by any other house IN Rich
laoud.
flask is a call from one and all. Iguarantee
satisfaction In everything above mentioned, be-
sides saving of TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.
In the purchase OF goods.
j. r. HAYNES, formerly of King William county,
Va, and X. s. SMITHER viii be glad TO see their
friends undergraduates.
Particular attention Is asked of all the country
people not to delay until 1t be too late to secure
some Of those BARGAINS at
JOSEPH STRAU3E'S,
No 1888 Main street.
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth,
No % near Harris s. Brothers..
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A Political PARsoN IN TROUBLE.-The
Rev. DR.. BoYNToN, of Washington, chap
lain to the Radicals in the House of Repre-
sentatives rather than of the House itself, is
in trouble, as the telegraph informed US
yesterday. This gentleman insults every
sensible man even in his prayers in the
Senate chamber. lie assumes in every one
of them that God is on the Radical side of
every question. Among those who accuse
him Of various offences is General 0. O..
HOWARD, head of the Freedmen's Bureau,
who is as crazy fanatic as BoYSToS.
HOWARD heads the large minority in BoYN-
TONS church who charge their pastor with
every act that marks q miserable, petty,
clerical tyrant. As between HOWARD and
BoYNToN, we prefer HOWARD, who, what
ever else he may be, is likely not hypo-
critic. We are strongly inclined to believe
that BoYNToN IS ore-a designing wolf in
sleeps clothing.
In the end, all political preachers will be
found to be either ignorant or hypocritical.
To claim, as all such do, that they regard a
political party as sinful organization, and
the measures advocated by it as wicked, is
to set a precedent for dividing the churches
just as the members composing them are
divided in politics. The Democrats will
have no trouble in getting preachers who
will make the same charges against the
Radical party. They can hire just as
many, and just as able ones, as the Radi-
calls. There would be no difficulty at all
in doing SO. Should thsy follow the bad
precedent which has been set for them by
such cattle as this BoYSroS we should soon
have sermons in one church in answer to
the question, " Can Democrat be saved ?"
and in another in answer to the equally i'm
portant one, "Can Radical be saved 20
In the nutshell Of these questions lies the
conclusive reply to the claim of the poll
teal parsons that it is their duty to preach
politics. II man may be either Demo
Graf or a Radical, and be saved, political
parsons ought to be kicked out of the pulpit.
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The GALAXY for December has already
come TO hand. The contents are, as usual,
readable. RICHARD GRANT WHITE fAVors
the public with another batch of his twad-
die, which, though amusing enough, and
occasionally containing good idea, is not
likely to supersede the necessity for future
HORNE TooKEs and GOULD BRoWNs.
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ALAS FOR sAMBo.-It is amusing 70 read
uh.ELEYs latest utterances concerning Ii
oeria. Ex-President ROBERTS is now in
'his country. lie is Of course negro. He
seems TO os candid one; for while solicit
ing from the northern people aid for the
Liberian College, and claiming that his Co.
vernment has made conquests Of 40 m,ch
OF the interior of Africa as TO have now .
population of six hundred thousand, only
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A. WADDILL & Co. have become the pro-
prietors of the Lynchburg NeorS. Colonel
r. E. WRITER'S is again to be its editor,
assisted by Mr.. ]. G. PERRY. /: has never
been the paper it was while under his con-
troll since Colonel WiTHERS left it.
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SUECEAE, NOTICES.

me- TRY BRIG6S's
SUPERIOR SODA CRACKERS,
SUPERIOR WATER CRACKERS
SUPERIOR BUTTER CRACKERS
SUPERIOR CREAM tRACKEks'
SUPERIOR LEMON cRAcKEhs'
SUPERIOR OYSTER Ora oKEEs'
SUPERIOR ARRowRooT c. HACKERS
Fresh every day at
-o- MAIN AND A2s BROAD sTREAE1'
mo q
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Another veteran editor has returned 10
the profession in lIarrisonburg, JOHN
GATEwooD, Esq, having purchased an in
terest in the Old Commonwealth.
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At Sycamore church. on the l7th instant, by hr.
+. Lansing Burrows ]. J. WRIGHT. Of COvlng-
ton. Ky. to SALLIE BELLE CLARKE, of
Hirhmond, Va.
Covineton and Louisville, Ky, ard St. Louis,
Mo, napcrs please copy.
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n TyE N5xS,


CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD roTPANY1
TREASuREE'> OFFICE, 7
RICHMOND, VA November 81, 1858.
NOTICE.-The meeting of the stock
~ holders Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Delegates at u O'Clock on IIlChS!tAI the e6th Ia
slant. l. GARRETT, JR~
no2l-t27thTov Treasurer.
A NNUAL MEETING.-The annual
~ meeting oftha Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac and EichHiond and Petersburg Railroad
C0NNECTiOE COMPANY will he held on
o'clock 4. NJ, aT'he Office OF thc Richmond, Fred
erickshurg AID Potomac Railroad Company In
Richmond.
no std j. Is. WINSTON. Secretary.
RICHMOND AND nASyiLLE RAILROAD CO.,
iIgHMoSD November ., 1858.
THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEET
1 ING of thu STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
RICHMOND ANTI DAE|JLLE RAILROAD
WEDNESDAY in December next tNhl 1T y NJ.
The transfer book will he closed from the Goth
instant until after The annual meeting.
j. d. Blair, Auditor.
FORM OF PROXY OF THE RICHMOND AND DAN
WILLIE RAILROAD COMPANY.
Know all men by these presents that -, the un-
dersigned do hereby constitute and appoint -
AL questions that may be brought before the meet
ing Of the stockholders of the Richmond and Dau-
Vile Railroad Company, To be held at - on =
the - day of -, or AZ any adjourned meeting
thereof hereby ratifying all the acts of -, said
attorney in the premises, fully as if were pre-
- have herernto affixed - hand this --,!ay of
Q--puIli
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BOARDING AND L0DGgNG.
REnuCEn nv CHARGES
Gums, PISTOLS. sc.

GUNS, PISTOLS, RIFLES, - q
" POWDER. SHOT, CAPS, ~8[T
AID SPoRTISG SopDH. My Ggs<T,5no
stock Is we'll selected, embracing a1%% w
AL Or which will be sold at the most reasonable
rates. All kinds Of work in my line done In the
best manner. Spencer and Henry Carbincs and
Colts large Pistol bought or taken IN exchange
for other goods. r. w. TIGSOR.
No 1882 Main street (Walsh's old standl, and No.
~ seventeenth street, near the First Market.
no ls--lm
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SPECIAL HDTgCES.

~>-~sr~c"~"~"r~-~~~~>1~|
@HANDKERCHIEFs.
PURE LINEN at 81 per dozen;
HEMsTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFs at 20, %,
and soc. each;
EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFs at 50, 7sc.,
and 81;
large assortment of HANDKERCHIEFs for
gentlemen a. LEVY BROTHERS.,
1918 and I2l5 Main street.
All kinds of BLANKETS. no Is
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OFFICE RICIISoSD AND PETERsHURG}
EAfIpOIn roMpAES

fsAtLlsOAo SoNfA>l. {
RICHMOND, VA. November 4 1868.
NOTICE.-Th ANNUAL MEETING of
lY the stockholders of this company will be held
1t the Office OF the company, No. oil Main street
tup stairsl between Ninth and Tenth streets, on
Tuesday the Gath instant, ut IL o clock III. $40
The tranafer books viii be closed from the l0th
to the 25th instant. II. w. WARRINGTON,
no tdm Treasurer.
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M a RREER.

Thanks to TURNER for the Round Table.
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JOPLIN GRAPE.-Haying procured the
q entire stock OF this celebrated NATIVE
VINE and ia Bile GRAPE, We are prepared q
I'LL orders. Price, one dollar per vine. Forward
ed by mail, postage free, upon recent q price.
ALLAN 4 JOHNSON,
Gene, al : gents
Virginia Nursery and Wine Company.
no ls-d6t&wgt
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NE FRESH COD-LIyER OIL, imported d.
rect and bottled by ourselves. Recommended by
our best physicians, and guaranteed to be made
Of FRESH and HEALTHY llvers
MEADE & BAKER,
Dispensing PharmaceutIsts
no l3-2w* 9le Main street
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neutrality-suspicious. will be made to
~ the Auditor OF the State Of Virginia for tha
renewal of The following LOST CERTIFICATES
OF VIRGINIA STATE REGISTERED STOCK
standing in the name ofJames N Holiaday No. 3,sss
for 1905 and No 400 for $780, dated March, 1855,
and Murc --S3m
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STRAYED OR STOLEN, about c3~-7ro
~ two weeks since from No. lCS Gracc--~-A
street bet "een Jefferson a4d Adams, n POINTER
DOG, msrked white an liver olor, with an al
shaped liyer-color mark in forehead, and ears Of
like color. A liberat reward will be paid for his
return To No. l05 grace street, between Jefferson
and Adams. no 20-2l%
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sRECEAH. NOTICES


NET AMEs's AND ROWLAsD'S SHOvELS
AID sPADES.-Just received from the manurac-
turers direct large aud complete assortment OF
AMESS and ROWLAND'S SHOVELS and
SPADES. Contractors. coal dealers, and others
wanting these goods, Will please give rs call.
no 1o-3tH W. g. DOMAIN & co.
M- GENTS UNDERSTANDS AND DRAW.
Frs, all sizes and weights
BOYS UNDERSHtRTS AND DRAWERS, all
Sizes and weights
LADIES' UNDERSH1RTS AND DRAWERS, all
sizes and weights;
GIRLS UNDERsHIRTs AND DRAWERS, all
sizes and weights
COURTNEY Il SON are now receiving the
above goods from the manufacturers agents, and
will sell them for small profits.
J. G. COURTNEY & SON,
no l0-lrn BIS Broad street.
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TGACUERS WILL FIND a LARGE SUP
L ply OF paper suitable for circulars, monthly
reports, &c, st the DISPATCH PRINTING
aoGsE. ssna In your osdasa for printing,
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T OST, a NOTE of the Tredegar Company,
1 dated Richmond. September /, 1865, 1t four
months, for 81. 9O7 IL, payable 10 Dover Company,
mailed for New Yoik September G, 1868, anc never
received The public are cautioned not to pur-
chase or negotiate said note:
LESLIE CHASE,
no ls-lw Secretary and Treasurer.
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SAWED WOOL

A COMFORT-SPLlT SAWED WOW
"A. PUAps.-Alw4ys ready, very best ar ~ 49,
and PINE WOOD, sawed and split ier h....s
and cooking. Saves expense and cost 81 g"' n, \,
Also, : WELL PUMP, certified The bts" y" A.!
BraZeal < COttreli. Basin and Ninth strr"'' 49,
Pump and Fuel Factory, south side B1sIt.;,
&C IL }. i. " A.
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EesST AND FOUND.

RICHMOND, VA, November 20, l66s.
rAME TO MY PLACE, on the flat sEs.s:ts
~ above the Tredegar Iron Works, on theI-s4
18th November, i YELLOW COW with Il White
streak down her back; under her belly white; holes
In her horns. The owner Is requested to come Ior-
ward, pay charges and take her away
no 2l-ltk PHILIP MCGEE
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CT S0 REWARD.-LOST, THURS
20 Lew day afternoon, on Fourth street be-
tween Main and Franklin Streets LhDl'S
CARVED GOLD BRACELET, for which the
above reward VIII be paid If left at the Dispatch
tGrp
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-03-21
MOKELUMNE HILL CALAyERAs COUNTY. CAL.
TIE SPIRIT OF UNREST.

Ihy hands are at my throat; thy knee
Anlt tirm upon my breast;
an spent; l have no more strength to seq
And then-what more wouldst thou with NE,
y Spirit Of Unrest
Time was, thou knowest, I found in thee
a master to my mind
Chafed beneath thy light tyranny
NO worse than some child wave at sea
That brides to the wind.
0 days. when it was joy and pride
Waking to hear thee sing
up, up u or ever ct thy side
To sigh, or to be weary-eyed.
Wac an imagined thing
Nay, thine own waves seemed laggard too.
Thy iightnings slow to run.
So swift the new born wonder grew
Till sudden fell the wings that few,
And Lies desire was done.
Then mad with loss. though lorn of hope,
Thou led'st me forth no less,
Too weak to strive-with eyes wide ope,
Cast amid Life's charred ruins to grope
For Childhood's palaces.
l saw thee still in wood and grass,
Short sunshine. shifting snow;
l heard thy voice bid summer pass,
And in my heart thy prayer, "Alas!
Would God that all might go!'
What didst thou lack ; Dry land and deep,
Stars, winds and streams were thine;
Thine, too, was love-thou'dst conquered
sleep
0 pitiless what need to keep
In poets heart shrine:
Yet thus, while at thy feet lie.
My soul one secret knows:
"And BETTER" my faint lips would cry.
"To toss in tempest agony
Than stagnate in repose %
Even I, who am grown so weary of thee,
Shall not be all unbiest;
Who lacks not. lives not. 1t may be,
Thou vert the good Spirit to me,
0 Spirit of Unrest!
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-03-21
JOB PRICITIN G.
~ From and after this date all Sheriff

AL kinds of JOB WORK executed with
acatness and dispatch. and On moderate term
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-03-21
Rediagton & Co.'s
ESSENE OF JAMAICA GINGER

This valuable preparation containing in a
highly concentrated form all the properties
of the Jamaica Ginger. has become one of the
most popular domestic remedies for all dis
eases of the stomach and digestive organs.
As tonic it will be found invaluable to
all persons recovering from debility whether
produced by fever or otherwise, for whilst
it imparts to the system all the glow and
vigor that can be produced by wine or bran
dy, it is entirely free from the reactlonary ef
fects that follow the use of spirits of any kind.
1t is also an excellent remedy for females
who suffer from difficult menstruation. giving
almost Immediate relief to the spasms that so
frequently accompany that period.
1t gives immediate relief to Nausea, caused
by riding in a railroad car, or by sea-sickness
or other causes.
1t is also valuable as an external spplica-
ton for Gout. Rheumatism. Neuralgia, etc.
REDiNGToN co.,
Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
jan2S'67:1y:is
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-03-21

One of the finest things George D.
Prentice ever wrote is this inimitible
passage /:
"It cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place 1t cannot be that our
life's bubble cast by the ocean of etern-
ity to float for moment upon its waves
and sink into nothingness. Else why
is it that the high and glorious aspira-
tions which leap like angels from the
temple of our hearts, are forever unsat-
isfed f? Why is it that the rainbow and
clouds come over US with beauty that
is of earth, and then pass off to leave
US to muse on their loveliness. Why is
it that the stars which hold their festi-
val around their midn ght throne, are set
above our limited faculties, forever
mocking with their unapproachable
glory And finally why is it that the
bright forms of human beauty are pres
ented to orr view and taken from us,
leaving the thousand streams of affec-
tion to flow back in an Alpine torrent
upon our hearts. We are born for
higher destiny than Of earth. There is
a realm where the stars will be spread
out before us like islands that slum-
ber in the ocean and where the beauti-
full beings that pass before us Ike shad-
ows will stay forever in our presence.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-03-21
Condition Of the State.

We extract the following. in relation to
the condition of the State" from the Sac
ramento Bee of Monday:
| Occasionally in California there is not
much difference between wind and dust.
The north wind which has prevailed for
few days has hardened the roads at q rapid
rate; and communication by team will soon
be good again.
Tie Sacramento river rose last week SO as
to overflow its banks. while its feeders, the
Feather and the American, kept within
theirs.
The snow in the mountains is very deep;
ard those who have lately been along the
railroad line declare that it is worth any
ones while who delights in the grand and
beautiful to take trip now and see the
Sierras robed in their gorgeousness.
All the evidence from whatever quarter,
concurs in the statement that the grain crops
are in fourishing condition, and while
there is not near SO much land laid down to
wheat as would have been if the Winter had
been more favorable, yet we are of the opin-
ion that in the valleys there is full as many
acres under that grain as there were last
year.
A real estate speculation seems about to
be precipitated upon US. Down about the
Bay and through the rich farming valleys
there is great demand for desirable property,
and prices are being offered and paid which
the profits of husbandry will not justify.
The mania has even reached this city, and
quietly many persons are picking up all the
property offered at anything like the figure
which the purchasers have laid down for
their guidance. We are likely soon to have
Il large auction sale of real estate, improved
and unimproved, and that will be somewhat
of test of the increased value. All who
have any experience. know that prices have
gone up beyond all expectation, and that
they continue to rise.
The Legislature has but three weeks to
sit from to-day. The big bill of the session
mas been brought before it. 1t is a tide
lander, of course. 1t has only two sections,
and is therefore brief. It is very explicit.
The first section grants the lands to the
Western Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail-
roads, and the second section states that the
price which the State is to receive is $l00
per acre. And that is all there is of it. A
bill of this character might be made accepta-
BILE to all parties-to the donor and donee-
but this one is exceedingly loose. There is
no obligation on the donee to DO anything
but pay $l00 per acre and make some inn
provements there of whatever kind he may
please for his own benefit.