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Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

My UNcLE's WILL-Our telegraph
says that Thad. Stevens left the bulk
of his fortune to his nephew, provided
said nephew will abstain from the use
of spurious liquors. We can imagine
the young man when invited by boon
companion to imbibe, sorrowfully reply:
81 cannot drink. Not my will, but my
unele's will" We would here suggest
to rich old temperance men, that this
is lesson from which they might profit.
1t would be good idea to establish a
temperance society on the basis, that
when member dies be will his proper
ty to some young man, provided said
young man will abstain from using spir-
ituous liquors. We think it would be
a practical way of establishing sobriety.
We are prepared to be practiced on
Sac. Record.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29
a NICE CORRESPONDENT.

The glow and the glory are plighted
70 darkness for evening is coming;
The lamp in Globe Cottage is lighted,
The birds and the sheep bells are dumb;
I'm alone at my easement for Pappy
Is summoned to dinner at Kew;
I'm alone, my dear Fred but I'm happy
I'm thinking of you.
II wish you were here; were duller
Than dull, you'd be dearer than dear
l am dressed in your favorite color
Dear Fred, how wish you were here
l am wearing my lazuli necklace
The necklace you fastened askew
Was ever so rude or so reckless
darling as you!
81 want you to come and pass sentence
On two or three books with plot;
Of course you know 'Janet's Repentance
I'm reading Sir Waverly Scott,
The story of Edgar and Lucy
How thrilling romantic and true!
The master-his bride was a goosey-
Reminds me of you.
''To-day, in my ride I've been crowning
The Beacon whose magic still lures,
For up there you discoursed about Browning,
That stupid old Browning of yours
His verve and his vogue are alarming,
I'm anxious to give him his due;
But, Fred, he's not nearly so charming
A poet as you.
81 have heard how you shot at the Beeches,
I saw how you rode Chanticleer,
l have read the reports OF your speeches,
And echoed the echoing cheer;
There's whisper of hearts you are breaking
I envy their owners. l do !
Small marvel that fashion Is making
Her idol of you.
"Alas for the world, and its dearly
Bought triumph and fugitive bliss |!
Sometimes / half wish was merely
A Plain or penniless Miss;
But, perhaps one is best with measure
Of pelf; and I'm not sorry, too,
That I'm pretty. because it's pleasure,
My dearest to you.
"Your whim is for frolic and fashion;
Your taste is for letter and art;
This rhyme is the common place passion
That grows in a fond woman's heart,
Put it by in dainty deposit
For relics-we all have few
Some day, love, they'll print it because it
Was written to you.'
F. L.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29
Hotel d'Europe.
oRNER OF MAIN AND LAFAYETTE STREETS
MOKELUMNE HILL.


TyHE undersigned would respectfully an
i nounce to the public, that he has COM
pleted his Hotel-having added stone front
and fitted itup in the most approved style.
The rooms are spacious and airy and have
been fitted up with NEW FURNITURE
throughout. One of the largest and finest
Fl a IL 8
in the State, for the accommodation of dan
cling parties, is attached to the house.
The Hotel will be kept on the European plan.
Travellers and others will find it first class
House.
The BAR win be constantly supplied with
the best of Liquors and Cigars.
Guests will always be furnished with the
best the market affords, and no pains will be
spared TO make their sojourn at the HOTEL
d. EUROPE pleasant and agreeable.
Charges moderate to suit the timsa.
GEORGE LEGER.
Nok. Hill, January rs, ls64,jys'67:tf
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29
JOB PRINTING!
All kinds of JOB WORK executed with
neatness and dispatch, and on moderate term

~ From and after this date all Sheriff s
Constables' and other legal sales. advertised,
in the CHRONICLE, must be paid for on the
day Of sale, punctually. We hold none but
the officers responsible for their payment
@- Transient advertisements must be paid
IN advance. Job-work paid on delivery, IN
uarid6ly.
M- All regular advertisers will be requi-
red to settle on the first of every month. Our
city advertisers will be required to pay up
every three months.
@- Advertisements will becontinued until
ordered out and collection enforced. All ad-
vertisements should have marked upon them
the number of insertions required.
va. There will be no deviation from the
above established terms and rules OF business
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

old man 80 wretched mad that be went
out and set bull terrier on PEBBLES,
who went home half a pound lighter
while Merriweather asserts to this day
that they had to draw all the dogs teeth
to get the flesh out of his mouth, ssfor
be had az awful holt for such a small
animal"
Of course Merriweather's daughter
heard about it, and she was so mad she
never gave the old man any peace un-
til he went round next day to see Peeb-
les about it. PEBBLES looked pale as a
ghost from loss of blood and beef, and
had whole piece of muslin tied round
his leg. Merriweather said:
"Peeb. I'm sorry about that muss
last night, but if you didn't behave like
a raying maniac I'm a loafer. I never
seen such a deliberate ass since l was
born. What's the meaning of it, any
way ?'
81 was only trying to ask you to lei
me marry your daughter" groaned
PEBBLES.
"Great-what! You don't mean to
say, well, I hope may be shot tho't
your mind was wandering. Why didn't
you say it right out? Why, of course
you can have her. I'm glad to get rid
of her Take her my boy; go it, and
III throw lot of first class blessings
into the bargain.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

The Southern Democratic papers
hoist the "Stars and Bars" over the
Democratic nominations. This is pro-
per. Seymour will see stars before he
gets through, aud Blair knows already
all the bars in the country.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

THE Providence Journal, in an ar
ticle on "the Blairs" says: eve oppose
Frank not for the good he has done,
but for the evil he has promised to do,
and which he is capable of doing, and
shows disposition to accomplish. -"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29
"Sing a song of Seymour.
A Blair full of rye

Every Tammany Injun's
Fingers in the pie.
When the pie is opened
Little birds will sing,
Seymour. Seymour wants to be,
But never will be king.
Blair in the wigwam,
Feeling very frisky.
Full Of high ambition
(Synonym for whisky,
Seymour out doors
Showing off his clothes,
Long comes Ulysses Grant.
And nips off his nose.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

IF you are truly benevolent and char
table: perhaps you will, when you see
a neighbor in distress, ask some other
neighbor to help him.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29
~So
A DILEMMA.

Which is the maiden I love best
Twenty now are buzzing round me;
Three in their milk-white arms have
wound me
Gently-yet feel no rest
One hath showered her black locks DER me
Ten kneel. on the ground before me-
Casting forth such beams of blue
That I'm pierced-O! through and through.
Bacchus Gods /! What can do?
Which must I love best
Tell me-Ah! more gently take me,
Sweet one. in thy warm white arms!
Tell me-which will ne'er forsake me
Through all life's ills and harms.
Is it she whose blood retreating
From that forehead crowned with prides
Is it she whose pulse is beating
Full against my unarmed side?
What do all these things betides
Strong my doubts grow--strong and stronger;
Quick! give answer to my call
If ye pause a moment longer,
shall love you-all
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

HARDLY.-England can hardly ex-
pect the Fenian circle to act on the
square.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

A SOUTHERN schoolma am has adopt
ed new and novel method of punish
ment. If the boys disobey her rules,
she stands them on their heads and
pours water down their trowsers' legs.
WE'RE in pickle now" said man
in a crowd. ga regular JAM" said
another ssHeaven preserve US r. moan
ed an cid lady.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

FEMALE PRINTERS. s.-The Sacramen
to Bee and Record are discussing the
propricty of employing women in print
ing Offices, the former taking the affirm
ative and the latter the negative. The
Bee says:
In well regulated printing office,
where gentlemen are employed, lady
would be just as safe from words of Of
fepse as she would be in her own par
lor. Women do work in printing offices
all over the East and throughout Eu-
rope, and it is not there deemed an un-
fit place for thom A man who will
use language unfit to be heard by wo-
men needs reconstructing; and one
who will use such language in her pres
ence had better be drummed out of So
ciety, and the sooner he quits the print
ing Office the better, SO that his place
may be occupied by one who knows
how to be decent. We do contend that
there is no filter place for woman to
earn her bread among men than in the
printing Office. 1t is light, easy, in
door work, which she can do Just as
well as man; and she ought to be en-
courased in every proper effort to earn
her bread in the sweat of her own brow.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

A NEW definition Of constitutional
laziness comes from Ohio. Standing on
the steps of one of the esingle- team"
taverns of that State was an unwashed
Buckeye whose shabby exterior did not
indicate an industrious man. A gen
tleman on the opposite side of the street
remarked to his companion, "There is
old Tim-wonder how he got out this
cold day! He is the LATEST man in
town by all Odds s'Lazy" replied
his friend, che isn't lazy; what the
matter of him Is, he was born tired p
On MARRY1NG.-The Home Journal
which is deemed good authority in fash
ionable circles, gives few rules for se-
lectiDg wife: s1st, she should be we'll
bred, or of good extraction; End, she
should be at least ten years younger
than her husband; Sd, she should not
be selected because she has money,
though ga suitable woman With money
has an additional charm;" 4th, very
old men should not marry at all, but if
they will marry, they may as well marry
their housekeepers, if they can get along
with her connections.
ToIrctt My1prrNs R.,,,.,,f;.,.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

You've MAN Have you brain as
big as mustard seed? Have you as
much care for the future as three
weeks old kitten If you have, consider
we'll the following recipe, which is war
ranted, if strictly observed, to keep you
forever in a poor mans shoes: Drink
three glasses of ale and two of whiskey
every day; smoke fifteen cent cigar
after every meal; take at least one
buggy ride week wear a cane, dye
your hair, and keep dog That'll do
the business for you, sure!
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

A "pERFOT brute of man" says
don't give up your seat in the cars when
you are tired out your days work, to a
pert young miss who has been amusing
herself with little shopping, she won't
even thank you for it; and if a man is
going to sacrifice his comfort he has o
reasonable right to expect, at least, q
little gratitude.
THE conduct of the Democrats in
putting up against General Grant such
man as Seymour astonishes the En-
glish papers. The Pail Mall Gazette
says; "Does any Democratic politician
really expect to win with that ticket?"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

Ulcers and proud flesh are quickly
cured by sprinkling with perchloride Of
iron; this kills the decayed flesh. Can
GERS, before the roots have extended too
far, are eaten out, or rather tanned 10
death in the same way. DR.. Fell of
London, gives crre for cancer that
never fails, and as its rationale is good
we advise all readers to keep a note of
it: He cuts hole, larger than the can
Ger, in piece of sticking plaster-so as
to expose, also, a ring of healthy flesh
around it; he puts this over the cancer,
then applies poultice of chloride of
zinc, blood-root and wheat -four for
twenty-four hours. When removed
the cancer looks like old leather,
and the ring appears as if boiled
After dressing it the rim comes out
with the dessicated cancer entire, and
the cure is complee.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-08-29

TouoH MUFfINs-RagamufHns
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

Mr.. washburne of Wisconsin, asked leave
TO introduce resolution constituting the Sec
rotary of War, Secretary OF the Inferior and
Attorney General board of commissioners
whose duty Il shall be on the LIST of July o.
each year to establish tariff Of prices fol
freight and passengers over the Union Pacific
railroad and its branches, which tariff shall be
equitable and just and shall not exceed double
the average rates charged on the different lines
OF the railroad between the Mississippi and
Atlantic Ocean, in latitude north OF st. Louis
and declaring it unlawful for such company tC
charge any sum in excess of the rates SO to be
fixed. n.
Mr. Dodge objected. -,-
Mr.. Winslow then offered the same resolu.
ton, and debate on it sprnging up, it was laid
over under the rules.
The TT construction bill was then taken up n
Mr. Pruyn opposed the bill.
MesSrs. Schofield and Kooutze favored the
bill. Eal KISS. AZ rse
The time fixed by Mr.. Bingham 1920 P. NJ
having arrived, he took the floor and withdr rev
his motion tt recommit. He moved two verbal
amendments and called for the previous ques-
ton, refusing to withdraw it so as to allow Mr.
Butler to offer bis amendment giving the ap.
pointment of civil officers to State Constitu.
tonal Conventions. |.s
Mr.. Logan suggested to Mr. Bingham to
amend the second section by adding after the
word general" the words '.or other military
officers who shall or may be put in comma nd
OF the army" s..-
Mr.. Bingham declined to adopt the susges.
ton. .4
Mr.. Logan remarked that if the President
should remove Gen. G rant, the law would have
no meaning.
Mr.. Bingham said that Congress would soon
supply that. Adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

ATTEMPT TO POISON NEARLY WHOLE FAMILY
CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-An attrocious attempt to
murder nearly whole family, including the
husband. wife and three children, by the ad-
miristration of strychnine, was made in this
city yesterday at noon. The head Of the fam
lily is Andrew Stang, one of the wealthiest
Germans in the city, and his daughter Eliza
BETH about sixteen, is under arrest as the pois-
oner. 1t is believed that the desire to accumu-
mulate. bordering nearly on avarice on the
part of the old people, was the impllling cause
which led the yonng girl to attempt to take
the life OF her relations. She complains Bit
terly of having been overworked and i'll treat
ed because she did not earn sufficient money
to suit the graspiug notions of her parents
The poison was brought inro the house by the
girl, and according to the statement of one Of
the children. was placed in the coffee pot On
the other hand, the girl alleges that the moth
erput the poison into the coffee. The victims
years of age, Rose, ten, and Andrew, flour
years. They viii probably all recover.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

NEW YORK, Jan 20 Cotton steady and less ac-
i've; sales 2ooO bales; Mlddling uplands 1T 17ic.
superdne State 30 q 8 80; Round Hoop Ohio 70 (a
Ii 20; Westerns 80 q A7o; California IL 90 a. 10 so;
southern 20 q 1900. Wheat dull and nominally
er; old Mixed Western &c a 36t in store: new do
u q 30 afoat White Southern 25 al 80: new
yellow jersey sOg 2e on the dock Oats lower
western sh5 % SEC. Beef steady. Pork heavy and
lower; mess 20 65; new mess ri 43. Lard steady at
rag l3lc IN bbls. Whiskey quiet Rice trm al 1of
Coffee quiet and firm. Molasses steady. Naval
Stores quiet Petroleum quiet; crude To- "a IO,c |;
refined bonded "a. q 24sc. Tallow unchanged
rrelghts 70 Liverpool nrm; Cotton a I'd per steam
CHIcAGo. Jan. 2o.-Fiour dull; Spring extra ~,
g co tor No 2. Wheat irmer and advanced q 1c;
sales at o54 q 06t for No. l. .Oorn-new S3c; old
more active at SO q SIC. oats-more BUYERS than
sellers at 5sac, Rye nominal Barley more active at
Visions dull Me Pork 30 So, straicef 20 Co., stan
sal, a. ~ a s%es, picked Hams quiet and
clear sides llfc. Green Meals inactive; kams IOIc
from the block.
,CrScISNA1I. Jan 2o.-Provsions quiet and up-
changed; Mess Pork 2ooo@ 90 So Hulk Meats II
g 99c; Bacon In fair jobbing demand at "a SIC tor
shoulders and III g he tor clear Sides Lard firm at
l23c for prime lear.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 17.-Cotton excited at l5l
g i6c receipts of the week 8,277 bales exports lor
the week 6ia bales; stock in port 1888 bales re.
eeipts to-day l15 bales exports 1873 bales. Flour
urn and unchanged; superfne at s 90 a 60 Corn
lower bulk sides III "a i2Ic; shoSlsrs 81 a ssc
clear sides III q l3e. Lard Ia {. iate,
CHARLEsToy, =. o. Jan, I1,-ootton improved
ils iGse. EH1'iN '''p'' ' '''1' 'e'' '''uns'
.SAy.rsSAu, Ca, Jan. I7-Cotton opened firm and
closed excited and advancing; Middling Ice; salel
2527 bales; receipts 800 bales; exports $3.50 bales
AUGUSTA, Ca. Jan. 17.-Cotton buo, ant at tul
preeS sales i5S bales; reeepts $50 bales Mddlinl
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

HAyANA, Jan. lS.-sugar-sales OF No. 10 a Il at
g u reals, and Nos Is 6l 20 at 81 q 81 reals Mo-
iasses Ut 81 reals for claved. Freights are shade
higher and small vessels in demand. Bacon Si3 Is
p cwt. Butter 20 q SOC p ih. shooks-saies at
q g r. for sugar boxes; 10 q 26 rs for hhds. Flour
VI ~ g 70 90 bb for Spanish, and $14 80 q Is 70
asked. and SIG 90 a II 90 " Dbl. tor American.
ss p Dbl. Tallow 81 90 q Y 90 ~ cwt
HAVANA. Jan, 20.-Tha market for Sugar Is unin-
anensed by European adyices Of decline in No. -
Dutch standard. Sugar firm at "a reals. Exchange
on London III q TT premium on New York cur
rency long sight 26l @ % discount and short sight
% discount. 80
FRANKFORT. Jan. f9.-United States 5-2Os were
quoted to-day at 76t q 76l.
PA8Is. Jan, l9.-The Bourse is heavy to-day and
rentes declining.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20-A, NJ Cation firm and un-
changed; sales probably $4,000 bales. Rreads .lfs
quiet and firm. .r-fIs
4osDoN, dan, Pop. M.-Consols s2s for money
aud account. .-.s.t5ty llf
AMERICAN SECURITIES quiet; U. 8. 5-20s IN q
Y; Illinois Central shares e54 ex-div Erie Railroad
shares 49,. a.rf..h w
LIVERPOOL. Jan. Pop. M.-Corn 45s. Pork firm
at 7Cs. Cheese Is 81. Rosin-common fs.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

ofaoe. This will compel the President eithe,
TO entirely ignore Mr.. Stanton or recognize
him.
The President, it appears, is determined to
adhere to the strict letter of the law, SO far as
Mr.. Stanton is concerned, which will compel
everything from the War Department to go
forth with the words, by direction OF the
President" From the same source | have 1t
that Gen. Grant will obey the President only
THE SUPREME COURT BILL.
The defeat of the House bill regulating the
majority of the Supreme Court is foresone
conclusion.
THE PRESIDENT ADMITS THE CHARGES OF d.
PLICITY AGAINST GRANT TO BE WHOLLY
FALSE.
The Times special Washington dispatch de-
votes a column to resume Of the Johnson
DEMONSTRATION embroglio, winding up by stat
ing that On Wednesday Gen. Grant called on
the President, in company with Gen. Sher-
man. and called the Presidents attention to
apparently authorized charges of duplcity
and bad faith that appeared in print that morn
ing. Mr.. johnson promptly repudrated any
connection with them, and said they were
wholly unauthorized.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
Now for a Merry Sleigh Ride
s5.. 5ae s 5 ~ = y THAT --s y ta..31
BOatSleigh Enterprise.

THE subscriber would say 10 his friends and pat
IL rons and all who want good ride, that he has
had the Enterprizs re-paint ed and put fine order
throughout and Is now ready for PARTY RIDES In
or out OF town at short N tice. Also
On "wednesday and Saturday Afiernoens
will make acruise about town, leaving on Congress
cor. Of State street, Mt o'clock, proceeding
directly down Congress, will haul up for any who
may wish to ride for an hour. 1it5f laa
Adults only 25 cts; Children under y years 10
cents. Rfu. 8F..4h
e1- Orders left at 425 Congress or 1903 Brackett
Street. will receive immediate attention. N9 4 : +
=. NJ FERNALD, Proprietor.
Janl5 wF& Mt s,60IE'77 -
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
To be Let,
WANTED.

THE second and fourth stories of Store No. Isl
Middle Street, Hopkins Block. Apply TO
sept23du F.-i-ff ST. JOHN SMITH.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

A BOUT 800 feet of the lower end OF Custom House
"A Wharf, and the Warehouses and Offices there
ON, now occupied by Thomas Ascepcio & Co. En-
Quire of fa. LYNCH, BARKER & CO.,
sept11tf 3i al-t 1879 Commercial Street.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
2--FIRST MORTG4GE BONDS

az By lis charter the Company is permitted to issue
lis own First Mortgage Bonds to the amount as
the Bends issued by the government, and more,
and only as the road progresses. The Trustees Tor
the Bondholders are the Hon. T.. d. Morgan o. s.
Senator from New York, and The Hon. Cakes Ames,
me nber OF the U. $. House Of Representatives, who
are responsible for the delivery Of these Bonds to the
Company in accordance with the terms of the law,
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
TO LET.
TO Let
To LET.

THE Mechanics Library Room, by day or evening
i on very reasonable terms, will seat from 3 to
subscriber j. b. THORNDIKE
Dec.6. diff -.afr..-4 Superintendent.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21

-x0,r,r,v \. ha,aby given, that the subscriber ha,
ME- duly appointed and taken upon hlDsel,
~ tpnst Of Administrator with the VIII annexed
" tEIiZABETH DAVIS. late of Cape Elizabeth,
I'm the county OF Cumberland, deceased, AND giyse
bonds as the law directs. All persons haNnS ~
wands upon the estate OF said deceased, are re.
0ured to exhibit the same; and all persons naso'su
10 said estate are called upon to make payment To-
=" '-'N JAMES n. ROBINSON,
Admir-, with the win annexed.
Zane Elizabeth. Dec. 2, 1857, Jao-disNoW"
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
Earnings of the Company.

AT present, the profits of the Company are derived
only nom Its local rafc, but this is already much
more than sufficient to pay the interest on all the
Bonds the Company can issue, If not another mile
were butt. Iii not doubted that when the road is
completed the through traffic of the only line con-
meeting the Atlantic and Pacific States wi be large
be, ond precedent, and, as there will be compe-
tition, itean always be done at profitable rates.
1t will be noticed that the Union Pacific Railroad
IN fact, Government Work, built under the SUI
peryision of Government officers and to large ex-
tent with Government money, and that its bonds
are issued under Government direction. 1t is be.
heved that no similar security is carefully guard
ed, and certainly no other is based upon larger OIL
more valuable property. As the Comp ny's iH
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
L--UNITED STATES BONDS,

Having thirty years to run, and bearing six per
currency interest, at the rate Of $4,000 par mile for
OH miles the Plains then at the rate of $4,000
parmile tor $50 miles through the Rocky Mountains;
then at the rate OF $4,000 per mile Tor the remaining
distance for which the United States takes second
len as security. The interest these bonds is paid
by the United States Government, which also pays
the Company one-half the amount OF Its bills in
money tor transportatng its freight, troops, malls.
&c. The remaining half of these bills is placed to
the -company's credit, and forms sinking fund
which may finally discharge the whole amount Of
this Hen.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
Notice.
Commi sioners Notice.

xxyE Having been appointed by the Judge OF Pre-
W-bate for the County OF Cumberland, COM
,ai.soners to receive and examnefhs claims OF the
creditors OF Kendall Wright, late Of Portland, IN
SD County, deceased, whose estate 10 represented
as insolyent, give notice that six mouths from M
seventh day Of january Inst, have been allowed ~
said creditors, 10 bring in and prove their es ~
and that viii be in session tor this puf a.
occe OF wm E. Norris Esq., In PORTLAND on sAs
eond Monday OF February next ana INC ss~0"N
Monday OF May next, at two e'clceky r; noRRrs
" PERCIvAL BONNEY.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-21
3--THE LAND, GRANT.


The Union Pacific Railroad Company has a land
grant or absolute donation from the government OF
acres to the mile on the line ofthe road which
will not be worth less than $15o per acre. 1T the low
est valuation. Ela-E tbl.il hat ssh qtf