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The union Democrat., 1871-08-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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REMedical Advice.-DR. WI. K. DoaERTY'S
Medal and Surgical Institute is becoming QUA
the welfare of State and health Of citizens
and his rapidly spreading reputation, although
cite surprise is but the signal of skill and follows the
natural effect of such We personally ac-
quanted with gentlemen who have suffered for years
der chronic disease and who hsd taken advantage
available that promised relief, but without
until they they called upon Dr. Doherty who incre
IDLY short space of time has given them entire relief
gratifying to this fact because the Doctor
gentleman who seeks not by defamation of others.
absh his reputation or to rear the supersucture of his
upon the ruiz of another's fame The Doctor
ducts his Institute in such that must bs -aty
ing TO all his patients He examines advises and recon-
mends without charge, and the patient after hearing his
for treatment accept reject at pleasure In
does the Doctor make charge unless he effects
This he is able TO do. because he feels the conf
denee which ngxperence has given and doubt the
consolation which appertans to that confidence. Persons
afflicted with either accute chronic disease. would do
well consult the Doctors at all itcan do HARM
for consultation he asks fee does he insist
ooedence to his advice unless tbs patient places himself
under his His Offices Sacramento street.
posite the Pacific Mail Steamship Once +, NEWS.
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12

SEC L. This Act shall take effect sixty days after the
general election all its provisions except those
relating to and necessary for its submission to the people
and for returning canvassng and procaming the
which shall take effect immediately
SIC Is This Act shall be submitted to the people OF the
State for their ratification AT the general election,
and the qualified electors of this State SHALL said cleo
ton their ballots for State officers vote for against
this Ac those voting for the same, shall write have
printed their ballots the words sRetnnd the Debt
Yes and those voting against the same, shall write
have printed their ballots the words .sRefund the
Debt-So.r
Sac To- The votes cast for and against this Act shall
be counted returned and cancelled and declared in the
and subject to the rules votes
for the Treasurer Of State and If appears that maor
~ of all the votes cast for against this law
said in favor ofths Act then the shall have eff
feet As herenbefore provided and shall be repealahe
until the principal and interest of the liabilities herein
created shall be paid and discharged and the Governor
shall make proclamation hereof; but If majority of the
votes cast against this Act then the shall be-
void
SIC IL II shall he the duty of the Secretary of State
have this Act published in newspaper In each judicial
district Of this State for three months preceding the
next genera. election, for which publication greater
allowance shall be made than the rates allowed by law to
the State Printer.
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12
THE NEW FOOD.

For a few cents you can buy
of your Grocer or Druggist a
package Of SEA MOSS FARINE
made from pure Irish Moss or
Carrageen, which will make
sixteen quarts of Blanc Mango,
and a like quantity Of Puddings
Custards, Creams, Charlotte
Russo, &c. 1t is the cheapest,
healthiest and most delicious
food in the world. It makes a
splendid Dessert, and has no
equal as a light and delicate
food for Invalids and Children.
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12

How Dick Took THE TuRKRys.-A story ia
told of Dick, darkey, in Kentucky, who
was notorious thief, SO vicious in this re-
spect that all the thefts in the neighborhood
were charged to him. On one OCCASION Mr..
Jones, neighhor of Dicks master, called
and said that Dick must be sold out of that
part of the country, for he had stolen all his
(Jones turkeys. Dicks master could not
think so. The two, however. went into the
field where Dick was at work, and accused
him of the theft.
''Ycu stole Mr.. Jones' turkeys" said the
master.
..No, didn't, massa," responded Dick.
The master persisted.
"Well. +" at length said Dick, ''I'll tell you
massa didn't steal dem turkeys, but last
night went across Mr.. Jones' pasture, and
saw one of your rails on de fence, so brought
home the rail- and, confound it, when / come
to look, dare was nine turkeys on the rail-"
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12

Three of the dirtiest, most ragged little
scamps in New York city entered one of the
magnificent drug-stores of that city. March
ing up to the counter, one said 81 wsnt
cents worth of rock candy" .'Get out you
ragamufins we don't sell a cents worth of
rock candy" Slowly and sadly they filed
out of the store. On the sidewalk consulta-
ton took place. They re-entered the door,
Mister, do you sell three cents worth of
rock candy?' "Yes." swell, we amt got
'em !" and the procession moved out again.
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12
Great Reduction
In the prices of Blacksmithing Work
TO slit THE TIMES

M E. HUGHES has re-opened at his Old Stand on
VH Hospital street, Sonora And is ready to do
all kinds of Backsmithing, in which cannotfa
to give entire satisfaction. at the following rates
Setting tires to four horse wagon, per 90
Single tire - /" 1 so
New tires per set !" II 90
Single tire !" =" 100
Welding and setting axles. per axle 8 90
And all other kinds of work in proportion.
Special attention paid to horse shoeing.
will also guarantee to all diseases of the feet,
such quittors, quarters sand cracks trustees
bruises reaching interfering and contracted
feet, caused by bad shoeng, tree of charge.
Sonora April H. 1S6S.-tf NJ. Z. HUGHES.
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Office TO CREDITORS.
August Is. 1s7o-1y

NJ Office TO CREDITORS - Estate of
~ Patrick Smith. deceased.-Sotce is hereby given
by the undersigned Executor of the above amed
to the creditors Of and all having claims against
the Estate of said deceased exhibit the with
necessary vouchers within Ten months from the first
publication of this notice. to the undersigned his
dence, St Marys Cathedral, Francisco to Hugh
Farley at his residence in Columbia, Tuoumne County.
JAMES CR0EE, Executor, &c.
Sonora, July Il, 1s71-l54w
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

I. IT. L. NICHOLS Secretary of State of the State
California do hereby certify that the annexed true
full and copy OF Chapter four hundred and fifty
four Statutes of California Eighteenth Session. approved
April ,, 1870, now file in my office.
Witness hand and the great seal of State, at Office
In Sacramento California; the Tweny-fth day of May A.
d. 1871.
seal II. L. NICHOLS,
Secretary of State.
June 3. 1871 SIN
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12
"a Glorious Changed!
THE GREAT WORLDS TONIC.
Plantation Bitters.

This wonderful vegetable re-
stOrative is the sheet-ancEa0r of
the feeble and debilitated. As a
tonic and cordial for the aged
and languid, it has no equal
among st0Eaachics. AS remedy
for the nervous weakness to
which women are especially sub
5ect, it is superseding every other
stimuiant. In all climates, tropi-
cal, temperate, or frigid, it acts
as a specific in every species of
disorder which lsnd'errnines the
bodily strength and breaks down
the animal spirits. For sale by
ali druggists.
August Is, 1S70-1y
The union Democrat., 1871-08-12

Gen. Grant isn't coming this Summer.
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Steam PiOWs,

We are gratifed to learn that an
other steam pillow has just been
brought to Attakapas. Messrs.
Carin and Leslie, who have a
large sugar plantation near Frank
lin, have received one of Fowler's
patent, which was manufactured at
the Clye works in Scotland, and it
is said to be capable of blowing
thirty acres per day, to a depth Of
eighteen inches, if desirable. We
understand thatit cost about $4,000
in Scotland, and the duty on it was
$1,000 more; but the Government
removed the duty. This plow can
be propelled five miles all hour with
its engines. No country in the
world is better suited for .cultiva-
ton with steam plows than Louisi-
ana, and we hope the few which
have already been introduced will
work so well and prove such prof
table investments, that planters Of
every portion of the State will form
cooperative societies, and endeavor
to do the bulk of their blowing with
them ere long. Mr.. Fl. E. Lawrence,
of Brashear City, who has a steam
plow agency, deserves much credit
for his efforts to introduce the steam
plow into the State. The capitalists
who will commence their rnanllfac-
ture in Louisiana will make a for
tune.-[New Iberia Sugar-Bowl.
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Mutilated Currency Receivable in
Payment of Postage Stamps.

A Tennessee postmaster inclosed
to the United States Treasurer a slip
cut from recent North Carolina pa
per, setting forth that the postmas-
ter at Hillsboro, North Carolina, has
been fined two dollars and ninety
dollars costs for refusing to receive
mutilated currency in payment for
postage stamps, and says that since
the appearance Of this article in
print his Office has been flooded with
mutilated currency, and desires to
know whether he is compelled to
take or may refuse the money so pre-
sented. Treasurer Spinner replies,
stating that under the rules of the
Treasury Department postmasters
are authorized to receive such cur
rency for it's full value, in payment
of postage stamps, when, in cases of
United States notes, not more than
one-tWentieth of the note is missing,
and in cases Of fractional currency,
when not more than one-tenth is
missing. When such notes and frac-
tional currency are mutilated be-
yond the standard referred to, no
one is compelled to receive tholn for
any part of their value, and the only
place where such notes may be re-
deemed is at the United States trea-
sury.-[N. O. Republican.
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V
CUBA.
Defeat Of the Spaniards.

Especial to the St. Louis Republic II
NEW YORK, March l0.-Mail ad-
vices received to-day from Havana
to the 4th inst, give full details Of
the most important victories gained
by the Cuban forces in the most
important district of the Eastern
Department. The largest Spanish
expeditionary column sailed forth
from Mayari to attack Gen. Maxima
Gomez with his division. Gomez was
informed of the Spanish movement,
and had a large force ready to re-
ceive the Spanish. He drew his
enemies into an ambuscade, wherein
they We're quickly defeated. The
Spanish rout was complete, and only
a precipitate retreat to Mayari, in
which all the trains Of the Spaniards
were lost and many threw away
their guns, saved the column from
annihilation. AS it was, from one
hundred and fifty to one hundred
and sixty men, including nine Off
GERS, were left dead or wounded on
the field, and over one hundred men
are missing. Gen. Golnez's losses
did not exceed seventy men. When
the news reached Havana, several
efforts were made to telegraph them
to New York, but Captain General
Valmazeda would not allow their
transmission. The lustre Of this
Cuban victory has, however, been
diminished by the after conduct of
Gomez, who had all the prisoners
taken, wounded or unwounded, shot.
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CalCasieu Sulphur Mines.

Having-recently indulged i'll or one
two little pleasantries at the expense
of the Cacasieu Sulphur Mines, we
propose in return to give a few
brief facts concerning the results of
the working Of the same, by the
company formed in this city.
There were placed upon exhibi.
ton, yesterday, at the office of the
company on Carondelet street, a
number of glass jars containing
specimens of the crude and analyzed
sulphur obtained from the several
strata of the mine, which had the
effect of bringing together quite a
number of gentlemen interested in
the Calcasieu mining project.
From the labels upon the jars and
the accompanying chart upon which
the various strata are worked, it
was shown that the strata which
yields the greatest results, viz: 964
per centum of pure sulphur, is sit
uated at a depth of 4S6 feet extend
ing downward to depth of 496
feet. +.
The extent of the various strata,
the deposits from which, when mixed
together, produce 80 per cent. of
pure sulphur, is 112 feet in depth.
When the first shaft was sunk
the sulphur was reached at a depth
of 1928 feet.
In the present shaft, which is sit
uated about one hundred and fifty
feet from the former, the sulphur
was not reached until a depth Of
442 feet had been attained.
The engineer Of the company, we
are informed is to leave in few
days for Europe for the purpose of
having a cast iron shaft constructed,
after the plan of the recent inyen-
tion by a French and Belgian ell
gineer, said shafts having the repu-
tation of being by far the best now
constructed for many purposes.
The company expect to be in full
operation at the commencement of
the new year, and we are afraid we
should not be believed if we were to
give an idea of the profits they con
tidently predict will arise from
their work during the first season
alone.-tN. O. Pieayane March
11th.
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Cotton Crop.

The large cotton crop of last sea,
son is a matter of surprise to every
one who had incurred risks and
made calculations and computations
thereon. With the limited supply
of labor available at the South, it
was not supposed possible to cul-
tivate. pick and market a crop of over
$500, 0,O0O bales. The facts, how
ever, show that there were large
possibilities of production not fair
ly estimated, and now it is known
the crop will reach and probably ex-
ceed 3,50O,OO0 bales. Had the price
been sufficiently high to stimulate
closer and more careful picking, the
probabilities are that the crop would
have bordered closely on four mil
lions. Our receiptsss at this port
are already about 100000 bales,
and we are sure of at least 100000
more. Such a crop proves two
things: first, that enough of the white
people of the South have pulled off
their coats, rolled up their sleeves
and gone to work to equal the ne
gro force, particularly of women,
who were withdrawn by emancipa-
ton from the cotton fields and
second: that all the spindles of the
manufacturing world may safely
look to our cotton belt for an
abundant supply of the textile sta
pie. This, at the close of the war,
was considered more than doubtful,
and the production of the silvery
fleece was stimulated to the utmost
extent i'll Egypt, India and else
where. But experience has proved
that none Of these countries can
complete with our cotton producers
on equal terms hence as our crop
theirs, being inferior in
quality, will diminish in quantity,
and we will eventually have as com
plete a control of the cotton markets
of the world as we had before the
war. An incidental advantage to
New Orleans will be, that when the
price of cotton is fixed at normal
rates, itcannot bear the high charges
incident to railroad transportation,
and must find it's way to market,
wherever possible, through the
cheaper medium of navigabIe
streams.-[ n. 0. Times, March 1th.
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The State Debt.

The important suit which is to be
the test case of the cOnstitutiona1ity
of acts of the Legislature making
appropriations since the debt of the
State has reached the constitutional
limit, was up before Judge Dibble
yesterday, and was elaborafely
argued by counsel.
The case rests upon the claim of
Mr.. j. o. Nixon on the State Audi
tor for a warrant, in payment of all
appropriation of some fifty thousand
dollars made to him by the last Leg
lslature. The assignees of Mr.. Nix
on have taken out a mandamus
against the Auditor, who replies
that he would violate his oath of
office if he added to the States in
debtedness, already beyond the
constitutional limit, by issuing this
warrant. Then the State intervenes
by the Attorney General, assisted by
L. j. Semmes and j. II. New, and
asks that the Auditor be protected
from this demand, and that the act
of the Legislature in favor of Mr..
Nixon be declared unconstitutional
on two grounds:
l. That the State debthas reached
the constitutional limit of twenty
five millions, and no law. creating
any addition thereto can have any
force.
,. That the appropriation to Mr..
Nixon was not to pay a debt, but to
make donation or gratuity, and was
therefore illegal and tncenstitutien-
al.
The propositions maintained with
great ability by Messrs. Aroni and
Labatt, the counsel for Mr.. Nixo11's
assignees, were:
l. That the constitutional limit
was not reached that large por-
ton Of the so-called debt consisted
of contingent liabilities, such as the
bonds given to the banks and the
bonds authorized to be issued to the
railroad companies, but which have
never been issued.
2. That the Auditor has no right
to set up this plea, but that his du-
ties are simply ministerial, to obey the
acts of the Legislature that it is not
for him to exercise a judicial control
over the acts of the body which
has the entire control of the reve-
nues and finances Of the State.
3. That the provision of the con-
stitution limiting the State debt to
twenty-five millions is of no effect
until acted upon by the Legislature,
which must provide expressly in
what manner that debt shall be
fixed and determined, and the con-
stitutional limitation will be viola
ted, and what penalties wifi attach
to such violations.
On these points many authorities
were cited, and and quite a strong
case made for the relator.
The decision of this test case will
be looked to with great anxiety and
by many similarly situated |
claimants, as we'll as by the general
public, which desires to see the
Treasury protected from all out
rageous appropriations of the late
Legislature.-[N. O. Times, March
18th. r
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Whisky

The following from the Lexington
Press, possesses some Importance
A change has been affected in the
manufacture of Bourbon whisky
which promises to revolutionize the
market, as it has heretofore been con,
Quoted. A distinguished physician
and chemist, now resident in this
city, has discovered process by
which the fusil oil in the liquor can
be SO changed in it's components, by
producing oxide of amyl, as COM
pletely to neutralize it's evil effects,
and the whisky rendered perfectly
pure and free from all disagreeable
taste or odor, even when new. AT
ter the liquor has been submitted to
the process in question, it at once
improves rapidly, and in a few
months attains that excellence
which formerly required several
years. James Ell. Shropshire s. Co.,
of this city, have opened house for
the publication of liquors under
this process, and the specimens we
have tested assure us of the inesti-
mable value of their mode of hand
ling. One of the greatest results
attained is the removal from the
whisky Of all matter which can
either sicken the taste or produce
headache, even after liberal indul-
gence. Chemists who have sub
mitted the whiskies of this firm to
the severest tests certify that they
are perfectly pure and possess all
the elements required in the best
and oldest liquors.
Miss Macy Martin MiddEebrook,
a young Maryland girl, raised last
year over 5000 cabbages, and, as
the papers of that State mention
with pride, she weighs only 1913
pounds. Chistmas Eve she sold, in
Baltimore, over 500 pounds of tur-
key, of her own raising, at 20 cents
per pound, and, since the 10Th day
Of October last, has knitted over three
dozen pairs of socks.
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"A,
New Orleans Directory.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Thos. 3. Bodley, No. 9 Perdidc St..
Balls Ohio Mowers and Reapers, SattIey
Gang Plows, Stafford Cultvators, Southern
Corn Planters, and Cotton Planters, Victor
Cane Mills, Cooks Evaporator.
BOYS AND CHtL DRENs CLOTHING,
3. T. walshe, 10 Canal Street, near st,
Charles.
CARPET WAREH0USE.
A. Brousseau & Ce., Ia Chartres street,
Importers of and Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in Carpets. Floor Oil Cloths, Chi
na and Cocoa Mating. Curtains, Window
Shades and Upholsters' Materials.
DENTIST.
Dr. T. 8. Knapp, Is Baroune Street.
MUSiC and MUSICAL STRUMENTS.
A. q. Blackmar, eOl Canal Street.
MACHINERY
Thos. B. Bodley, No. 9 Perdido Street,
Portable and Stationary Steam Engines and
Boilers, Saw Mills, Shingle Machines, Corn
and Wheat Mills, Steam and Water Pipes
and Fittings. Betting, Cotton Gins and
Presses, Saw Gummers, Steam Gauges etc.
OPTICLAN
William Bohne, l03 Carondeet Street a
bove Poydras.
ORLEANS INFIRMARY,
142 Canal Street
Dr. Chopin, General and Special Surgery
D. Beard, Diseases of the Eye and Ear.
DR.. Bricke!l. On Diseases Peculiar to
Females
DR.. Bruins, Diseases of Throat and Chest.
Accommodations First Glass, send for Circu-
lars 2. O. Box 81.
SHIRTS g. MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
3. T walshe, 10 Canal Street. near St
Charles. nov. 10, '70-1y
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SEQ REWARD.

CTRAYED OR STOLEN--Tw American
~ Horses lately used as carriage horses by
the family of the undersigned. One is a
bay, blind in one eye---a defect which is
conspicuous. The other is a light grey or
white, having been formerly an iron gray.
He is fine saddle horse, and has marks of
both the saddle and harness, These horses
were last seen, about six. weeks age, in the
neighborhood Of Opelousas. first near Gen.
Anderson's plantation. and afterwards in
Bellevue. The bay Horse has been in the
habit of ranging abo.t Mr.. Hndspeth's
plantation, on Bayou B@uf; and the grey
about Opelousas. 1855 tz=
The above reward will be given for the
delivery of said horses to the undersigned,
at Opelousas, or SO for the delivery of
either of them.
JOHN E. KING.
mi se gEs a8e.-
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Summers New Intimacies.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-The
intimacy which at present exists be-
tween Senator Sumner and the
Democratic Senators Thurman, Bay
ard and Casserly has been the occa-
sion of gossip about the Capitol re-
Gently, and Mr.. Sumner was never
known to greet more cordially,
shake more warmly by the hand, or
show anybody such absolute consid-
Grafton as he did the Hon. George
H. Pendleton on the floor of the
Senate today. He shook his hand.
patted that gentleman On the back,
threw his arm over Pendleton's
shoulder, and led him to a seat next
to Summers own, and the two en-
tered into an evidently pleasant and
interesting tete-d-tete.
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The Fate Of a Fighting Deg.

A man he owned terrier dog
A bob-tailed onery cuss--
And that there purp got that there man
In many an ugly muss;
For the man he was on his muscle,
And the dorg was on his bite,
So to kick the dog g-goned animlie
Was sure to raise fight.
A woman owned Thomas cat,
That tit at fifteen pounds,
The other cats got up and slid
When that there cat was round.
The man and his dorg come along one day,
Where the woman she did dwell,
And the purp he growled terociousy,
Then went for the cat lke-everything.
He tried to chaw the neck Of the cat,
But the cat he wouldn't be chawed
So he lit on the back Of that there dog.
And bit and clawed! and clawed
Oh the hair it few, aud the dog he youled,
AS the claws went into his hide,
And chunks Of flesh was peeled from his
back; ;
And he fummxed, and kicked, and died.
The man he ripped and cussed. and swore,
As he gathered big brickbat,
That he would be darned essentially
If he didn't kill that cat!
But the old woman allowed she'd be blessed
if he did,
And snstched up an old shot gun,
Which was fred, and peppered his dia-
phragm
With bird-shot number one
They toted him home on window blind,
And the doctor cured him up;
But he never was known to fight again,
Or own another purp!
Folks may turn up their suoots at this here
rhyme.
/ don't care a cuss for that
All want to show is, that fighting dorgs
May tackle the wrong Tom cat.
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