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Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18


CALI FoRNIA WINE.-C. L. Brace
in late letter to the New York
Times, concerning California wines,
says:
'In specializing over the apparent
inferiority of California wines to Euro
pean, I have wondered whether the
defect could be in any degree due to
the climate. 1t is well known that the
grape from which sherry is made, if
transplauted to the dry climate of the
Cape of Good Hope, produces very diff
fereut and an inferior wine to the ia
nous wine of Heres. May not the dry
and wall climate of California act on
the grape by intensifyiug the essential
oils, which are at the base of odors, and
thus produce the peculiar and not
agreeable bouquet which distinguishes
all these wines. It would seem as if
the acetic odor were the strong peculi-
arity Of this boquet. We know that
all odors and oils are strengthened by
this wonderful climate. Thus the mus
fard is said to be stronger than the Eu-
ropean mustard, the hops have more
astringent quality than our Eastern
hops, and l have myself observed the
odor Of musk in certain grapes almost
as strong as if it were an animal pro-
duct. 1t may thus be that some one
essential oil which is formed in all
wines is here intensified and becomes
the prevailing property. l throw out
this merely as suggestion. If it be
but fact, the inventive genius Of the
California culsivators will no doubt
eventually overcome even this obstacle. y
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18

A scHooLBoY being asked to define
the word "admission, said it meant
twenty-five cents" twenty-five
cents" echoed the schoolmaste. "What
sort of definition do you call that p 81
don't know "sulkily replied the boy;
"but I'm sure it says so in the adver-
tisement down there at the show"
eyes" said another boy, fand children
half price"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18

THERE are some who write, talk, and
think so much about vice and virtue,
that they have no time to practice Ell
Their the one or the other. They die
with less sin to answer for than some
others, because they have been too
busy in disputing about the origin of it
to commit it and with little or no re-
ligion Of their own, from their constant
though unavailing assiduitics to settle
that of other men. Charles the
Fourth, after his abdication amused
himself in his retirement at St. Juste,
by attempting to make a number of
watches go exactly together. Being
constantly foiled in this attempt, he ex-
claimed, "What fool have l been to
neglect my own concerns, and to waste
my whole life in vain attempt to make
all men think alike on matters of relie-
ion, when I cannot even make a few
watches keep time together "-Lacon.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18
A. GRANIER,
FRENCH

Matchmaker & JeWeser.
M GUILD RESPECTFULLY INFORM
w the citizens of Mokelumne Hill and
vicinity. that he has opened shop in Beck's
building, where he hopes, by his merits and
the liberal patronage of the public, to re-
min. He will, in conjunction with the
matchmaking and jewelry business, open a
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18

FOB PAINTING EXECUTED WITH
u neatness and dispatch at this office.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18
Is prsLIsuEp EVERY SATURDAY BY THE
cHIRONIGLE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.
TER VI S.
ADVERTISING-
:TOB PRTNTIEJ c.

All kinds o. JOE WORK executed with
ueatncss and d ~ t.and on moderate Term
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18
Dental OFFICE
AND
Picture Gallery

Mr.. Granier has worked at his business fol-
fifteen years in France, and ten years in
America, and is prepared 10 repair watches,
clocks and jewelry at the shortest notice.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18
ALL WORK WARRANTED.

English Patent Lever, Duplex and Chro-
nometer watches repaired.
Mok. Hill, Dec. 10th, '66. j22'67:tf
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18


1 yearned and strove to speak. Dumb with
pain
To which 1 had no right, and blind with
hot
Fierce tears, stood, and, though gazed,
knew not
That she had gone until her last faint tread
Had ceased. Made coward by my grief
led
Into the forests depths. The fires had died
Which lit the purple beeches. On each side
The path they shivered, back; the golden
bars
Had turned to DUST and in the sky cold
stars
Went on Implying. When midnight kept
Its darkened watch, back to the tree crept !;
The loving grass where she her feet had set
Still held their thrilling print; withered and
wet,
The baby's crown of yiolets among
The ghos:ly, quivering leaves forgotten hung;
Kneeling. l kissed each trace of her deer
feet;
The violets lie on my heart, and still are
sweet.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18

Slowly turned
Into path where purple beeches burned
Like fires on either side. Slant from the
West,
Reached golden bars, my feet which careless
pressed
Them down. A moment more, and gleam-
ing through
The swaying emeralds of birch. which blew
And bent as if to kneel, 1 saw the fair
Sweet face. My darling and her boy were
there.
He, like royal monarch, looking down
From highest bough her arm could reach-a
Of violets on his head. With quiet glance,
At sound of steps, like one who knew no
chance
Could bring her fear, she turned and looked,
then smiled,
To think her fancy wrong. and kissed the
child,
Who laughed and clapped his dimpled hands.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-18
THE LASf LOOK.
From the New YORK. Evening Post.

To see her face once more, nv feet had
crossed.
sea OF lire and shrunk not. I had lost
My right to touch her hand. My very name
Her gentle lips had long refused with
shame;
And on far purer, truer eyes than mine
Her eyes had learned to look and dwell and
shine,
With an inefable content, which set
Such seal of certain peace on old regret,
That he whom thus she loved, compassionate
Would even strive to cheer my wretched
fate.
With thirst like that which mocks at dying
men,
With sigh and sound and taste of water,
when
The desert sands are choking their last
breath,
l thirsted for her face; and in the death
My life had grown to be thought kissed
Her lips, and wondered she did not resist,
At last the passion seized me, as the sea
Filings weeds, and left me wandering help
lessly
Around her home. By stealth, like guilty
thing.
The wood, to which I knew sunset would
bring
Her loving steps, sought.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
MOrrjed.

In Staunton on the 18th inst, by the Rev
Jno. L. Clarke, Mr.. JOHN E. RIPPEToE, of Au-
gusta, and Miss ELLA v STAFFORD, of Staunton.
On Monday, Dee. It'll, 1868, by the Rev. Thos.
X. Orr, at the Central Presbyterian Church, AL
leghany City. Pa, Mr.. VIM H. III. FEENGER
of Stsunton. Va. and Miss SADIE RIGBY, of
Pittsburg, Pa.
On the 10th of December, by Rev. VIM. j
Miller, VIM. HART, formerly of Concord. Parish,
La, and Miss NANCY FULTZ, of McGaheysyille.
Near Salem, Va, on the 18th ult., by Rev.
Dabney Ball, SAMUEL FoRRER of Augusta, and
Miss SALLIE e., daughter of Joseph Deyerle, of
Roanoke county.
Dec. 10th, at the residence of the brides father
by Rev. A. A. j. Bushong, Mr.. G. LEWIS DULL
and Miss SUE V. BOWMAN, both of Augusta.
Her hand is joined in his
Whose heart within her bosom isl
On the 4th of Nov, at the residence of the
brides mother, in Congers, Ga by the Rev. J.
L. Stuart, DR.. A. A; STUART to Miss ELIZA H.
DAVIS, formerly of Staunton, Va and daughter
of VIM. Davis, decd, of Rockbridge.
Lexington paper please copy
At Middlebrook, on the 18th instant, by Rev.
Ellis III. Jones, Mr.. d. EAST BEARD and Miss
M. ANNIE RUsMIsELL- of this county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
THE InVENILE CONCERT

Under the direction of DR.. Brown, was repeated
in the Town Hall on last Thursday night. While
the hall was nearly filed, yet we regret that
more of our citizens did not avail themselves OF
this opportunity of enjoying such musical re-
past The pieces were all sung in a style deserv-
ing of a much larger audience, and would have
been appreciated by the most critical musical ear.
The solo-"Robin Red Breast''-by Miss Baird,
was sang in the most thrillingly exquisite style
Ind could not have failed to touch the soul that
possessed the slightest degree of music. These
entertainments are calculated not only to elevate
and develop the musical talent of our young la
dies, but are really a source of great pleasure
and enjoyment, and should be more literally
sustained
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
Col. M. G. HARTMAN,
Pres. Valley Railroad.
For the Spectator.

For the Spectator
STAUNToN, Va, Dec. 10, 1868.
At a meeting of the Augusta Fire Company,
held at their Hall, in the Town of Staunton, on
the night Of the 10Th of December, 1865 the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions were offered by
Jno. B. Scherer and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the recent destructive fire in said
town has fully proven that the equipments Of
said Company are wholly inadequate, fand insult
fcient for controlling and subduing the ravages
of fire, and furnishing adequate protection for
the property of the citizens of Staunton; and
whereas, the members of said Company have in
a great degree become disheartened account
ola want Of cooperation on the part of the Coun-
Gil of said town, and the citizens thereof in their
efforts to properly equip themselves, and there
by render themselves useful-and efficient in their
laudable and humane efforts to save the proper
ty of said town:
Therefore be it resolved, that Capt. j. III Wa
tiers, Pat. O'Toole and j. NJ. Hardy be, and here
by are appointed Committee of three whose
duty it shall be to wait upon the Council of said
town at their earliest meeting, and upon the cit
liens thereof imme diately, request and urge up
priation and subscription of such an amount of
money as will adequately and efficiently equip
the said Company in such manner as the said
Committee may indicate.
A true Copy.
r r FIFER Secretary
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
YANKKE ENTERPRIZE.

It is generally known that the carriers of news
papers annually distribute among the patrons of
|. the journals they serve, poetical addresses :
these addresses usually express the sentiments
the journal We have plenty of Southern
Boets who can recite the wrongs inflicted upon
the South in song-plenty who feel that it were
degrading to be dependent on the North-even
for a muse. We have received, from a Yankee
aaanufactory, two specimens of Carriers Ad-
dresses, prepared for any mark et-but South
ern. This enterprising establishment proposes
to furnish the abusive and nonsensical stuff to
us at S. per hundred. We very respectfully de-
cline the offer, as neither the style or sentiment
suit u.s.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
FIRES,

On last Saturday evening, the 18th inst, the
house of Mr.. David w. Hanger, beyond West
View, near tho Valley Mills was destroyed by
fire. The fire originated from the chimney
Nearly everything in the house was burned
Mr. Newton Wilson, who was living in the
same house. lost everything.
The alarm of Ere on Sunday last was OCCASION
ed by the burning of a can Of phosphorus, IN the
house of Mr.. D. R. Blackburn. Mr.. Blackburn
kept the phosphorus in his house for the purpose
of manufacturing friction matches
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
THE STANTON MUSICAL ASSOCIATION

will give their first monthly soiree in Odd Fell
lows Hall tonight. The programme of this en-
tertainment will be made up of voluntary solos,
duets, quartettes, &C., from the best singers and
ehorusses by the Association In addition to the
vocal pieces, the orchestra will play some OF their
best overtures, waltzes, quadrilles, marches, &C.,
and they will also play accompaniment in the
chorusses. This institution ought to be literally
sustained by our citizens and as they only de-
mand the small admttance fee of IS cents we
feel confident in bespeaking for them a crowded
hall
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
1v1O CONsUMPTIVEs.-The Advertis

er, having been restored to health in few
weeks by very simple remedy, after having
suffered several years with severe lung affection,
and that dread disease, Consumpton-is anxious
to make known to his fellow sufferers the means
of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send copy of the
prescription used free of charge) with the direc-
lions for preparing and using the same, which
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS sc. The only object of
the advertiser in sending the Prescription is to
benefit the afflicted, and spread information which
he conceives to be invaluable and he hopes ev-
cry sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost
Parties wishing the prescription will please ad-
dress Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
165 South Second ST., Wiliamsburgh, Kings
County, New York.
For sale by Dr. N. Wayt & Brother
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
For the Spectator.
OI wv
LEXINGTON. VA. Il Dec. 1868.

ILEAlNGION, / a., L aDCC. 1910.
Ny Dear Colonel:
am glad to learn from your
letter Of the 18th, that the prospect for the
early construction Of the Rail Road from Har
risonburg to Salem, is so favourable. 1t IS a
work of great importance to the fertile region
through which it will pass. Besides enabling
the farmers to send to market their staple
crops with greater ease and profit, it will render
valuable many products of the farm, orchard
and garden, which now, for want of proper ia
cilities, cannot reach market, and in addition
will greatly enhance the value of the farm it.
self 1t will also open the rich mining interests
of the upper part of the Valley, and will af-
ford an avenue by which capital and labour
may be introduced for the development Of man
ufactures. The almost unanimous vote OF
Rockbridge county, to subscribe four hundred
thousand dollars to the road, proves its impor-
lance In the eyes of its citizens. If the rich
county of Augusta will give an equal sum, and
the counties of Roanoke and Botetourt each
half that amount, it ought to insure the early
construction of the road. Rail Roads have be
come essential to the growth and prosperity of
country. Any section beyond their reach
and influence is looked upon as cut off from the
rest of the community. They are as necessary
now as common roads were generation ago.
believe that the advantages which will flow
from this Railroad, when completed, wills more
than compensate our people for all the money
they may spend in its construction, and will
justify its energetic prosecution in the face of
all the difficulties by which we are surrounded.
The greater our difficulties, the greater the ne
cessity for continued effort to overcome them.
They are not insurmountable and will surely
yield before prudence and energy
With my earnest wishes for the speedy COM
pletion of the road,
L am, very respectfully,
and truly yours,
r. E. LEE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
AN ERROR CORRECTED.

We stated enormously in our last issue that the
Amended Charter of the Valley r. r. Company
only required a majority of the votes of the
Freeholders voting upon the proposition to carry
the subscription
The error occurred in this way: An inteli-
mt gentleman informed us that such was the
ase and at the same time read in proof of it,
g paragraph from the Charter as amended March
1st, 1867.
Not doubling for moment the correctness of
the st atement after such evidence, we made the
statement in columns. The gentleman who
thus Internationally led US into this error dis
covered afterwards upon reading the whole doc
ument that it was mistake We regret it ex-
ceedngly, as we guard against making misstate-
ments of any character, and particularly in mat
tiers of importance. 1t is for this reason that we
have explained the manner in which the mis-
take occurred. Practically, it would make no
difference, so far as the recent vote on the sub
scripton was concerned for it was defeated on
either basis-having received neither majority
of the votes of the Freehoders. voting, nor three
ifths of the votes Of those voting under the mill
for order
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
GOnEY For JANUARY.

This superb fashion magazine for January, has
been received. The embellishments, steel and
wood, are the folloWing:-A Kings Daughter,
very superior steel engraving; steel title-page,
q tableau plate; colored fashion-plate contain
six figures; tinted cut-"Wll 1t Bear?" Jewel
tbox printed in colors; The Flight of Time-a
Seasonable Engravingi sSkating Costumes for
children; large extension Sheet filled with a
great variety of a-tcles-dresses for ladies and
children, and other noveltes-thirty-two in all
The articles of fancy work have been evident
ly selected with great care. Among them will
be found a foot-cushion, silk fan, work-bag. key
case, case for combs and brushes knitted bodice
pen wiper, etc.
The literary matter is the browning feature of
the January number. The stories by Marion
Harland, Miss Churchill, Miss Dorr the O. Fogy
Papers, and the charade by Miss Frost, are the
best that have ever been published.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22

Jeter Phillips, who was to have been hanged
in Richmond on the 18th, for the murder of his
wife, has been respited by Gov. Wells to Feb
ruary 18th, by which time the habeas corpus is
sued by Judge Underwood in his case will have
been heard
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
THE NEW ECLECTIC MAGAZINE,

We have received the January number of this
most excellent magazine, which commences the
4th volume and second year. We cordially rec
ommend it to such as wish to have the pleasure
and enjoy the benefits of reading frst-class pc
riodical. It is gotten up in the best style of ty-
biography, and is as full of good matter as an egg
is of meat. The subscription price is 81 per an
mum. Address the publishers, Turnbull s. Muir
doch 81 Lexington street, Baltimore.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
Increase of Crime.

Our readers could not fail to have been
struck with the sad fact that for some time the
journals Of the country have been filed with &C
counts of crime of all kinds. The Mechanics
burg, Pa, Valley Democrat says that "observ
ing people cannot fail to have noticed that crime
isincreasing frightfully. Most Of US can re-
member when murder, almost anywhere in the
limits Of the Union, was an event to be printed
and talked about every where, even in its min
utest details. But it is SO common now that
only the more striking cases have any record
beyond the localities where they occur, and even
these soon give way to some fresher crime. So
it is with other offences. Robberies, bank
forgeries. thefts, burglaries, arsons, and the
whole catalogue Of minor crimes, have increas
ed n-fold, it seems to US, within the last ten
years.
What is the matter? War is great demon
alizer, and some of these crimes are doubtless
due to that. Again; the government Of the
United States has VIGOROUSLY set the example
of brazen faced and wanton lawlesSness. Then
again, it is believed that many of its officers,
individually, are no better than downright
thieves, yet it is very seldom that one of them
is convicted and punished. The ''Whiskey
Ring" is an illustrious example, and similar
ones may be found in all the departments Of
the government Then, again, there is deep
sense of the injustice Of the laws of the govern
ment, even when honestly administered. The
highwayman finds justification for himself in
many legal parallel. Other causes exist in the
decentralization of business Incident to the war
and perhaps greater than all the rest is the
machinery Of certain faction to stir up ennis
ties, not only between people Of different sec
tons, but of the same neighborhood. The
passions of the people are kept at red-heat all
the time, and they find Development in the
crimes which so deeply stain our current his
tory. From the capital to the highway, there
seems to be general scramble for plumber, and
the foot-pad can justify his depreciation by high
examples in the seats of power.
The remedy is obvious. The government
must be lawful and honest. Crime in high
places must be punished and embarrassments
now resting on the people must be removed, so
that they may feel once more that honest in
dustry will have its sure reward and better
state of feeling must be permitted to exist a.
mong the people of both neighborhood and
nation Let the lawlessness, excitment and
passions which belong to civil war subside and
then we may look for corresponding sub
sidence in the catalogue of crime.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22

The National Intelligencer states that some
of the Radical leaders in Virginia are in Wash
ington trying to induce the Radicals in Con-
gress to prevent new registration in this
Constitution
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22
eve TIE PURLEC.-The experience

YsyO THE PUBEEC.-The experience of
the past two years has shown the necessity
Of strict adherence to cash sales All importers
and manufacturers require of US cash at the ex--
piration of each month, to meet which we find it
impossible to rely upon collections, and have to
resort to means outside our business. This we
wish to avoid, and WILL therefore, after the lst Of
January, 1869, sell strictly for cash.
A settlement at the end of each month by such
persons as merchants, builders, and others to
whom it may be more convenient will be consld'
cred equivalent to cash.
All persons indebted to us will confer favor
by settling by the LIST of January, or as soon at
ter as possible, as we are DESTROYS of closing up
past accounts and are much in need of funds
GEO. E. PRICE.
WOODS & GILKESON.
dec15-3m indicator copy
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-22

To DEALERS IN TOBACCO Under the
amended internal revenue laws all smoking and
fine cut chewing tobacco and snuff on hand on
the first day OF January, 1862 must be put up
In packages and stamped as follows.
''Finecut chewing tobacco in packages con
tanning half, one, two, four, eight, and six
teen ounces, or In wooden packages containing
ten, twenty, forty, and sixty pounds EACH All
snuff IN packages containing one, two, four,
eight, and sixteen ounces, or in bladders not
exceeding tell pounds each, or in jars not ex
ceedlng twenty pounds EACH
The rates OF stamps are as follows On all
fine cut chewing tobacco, thirty two cents per
pound on all smoking tobacco made exclusive
y of stems, or with all the stems in and so sold,
and all scraps or sweepngs sixteen cents per
pound all other kinds, thirty-two cents per
pound. On all kinds ofsnuff, 80 cents per pound.
''All tobacco and snuff of the above descrip-
tons on hand on the first day of January next
shall be taken and deemed as having been man
ufactured since the passage Of this act, and
shall not be sold or offered for sale unless put
up in packages and stamped as provided in this
act. All persons, whether cigar and tobacco
dealers, grocers, keepers of restaurants, or In
any other business, will be required to purchase
these stamps, and afix them to the packages.
The penalty for failure to comply with these
provisions will be confscation of all such tobac-
co, when found, and fine of not less than
$500, and imprisonment of not less than six
months"
There is now at the Poor House Of Wythe
county Deaf and Dumb youth, whose name
parents and connections are entirely unknown.
He got off the train of the Virginia and Tennes-
see Rail Road going West at Mt. Airy Depot,
about six weeks ago, and finding no other
home, has been taken to the Poor House. He
seems to be about Is years of age; is feet 7
inches high, light haired, grey eyes, salow
complexioned, with a prominent nose and rath-
or receding chin. He has apparently been taught
the Deaf and Dumb Alphabet, and frequently
uses it, but can not be got to communicate by
it with any one acquainted with it. He seems
also to be acquainted with the use Of letters !;
but will not connect them inteligby, either
when printed, or by writing. Attention is call
ed to his case as that of human estray, whose
Identification may not be only important to HIM
self but source Of anxiety to his relatives if he
has any
The attention of our exchanges is called to
this notice, with the request that it be copied.
-WytheuiUe Dispatch