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Year: 1865

The LATE OCEAN DrsAsTER.-The most reason
able and probably most authentic account OF the
wreck of the Brother Jonathan, yet published. is
furnished the Sacramento Bee by a soldier sta
toned at Camp Lincoln, near the scene of the
disaster. He writes:


The vessel had got beyond Crescent City, the
sea was very rough, aud Il high wind blowing
directly ahead The Captain had concluded 10
run INTO harbor at Crescent City. and await the
abating of the storm. He had turned around
and the mate was astride of the anchor getting
1t loose, when he discovered something beneath
the surface ahead, and called out. He had scarce
uttered the word when the steamer raised at that
moment by an advancing wave, came down with
tremendous force upon sunken rock, striking
her keel about half way between the bows and
center. The keel was knocked entirely off, and
hoated to the surface the forward mast tell
through the bottom carrying with 1t greater
portion of the decks. The boat mpletely
smashed, and so heavily loa led with freight that
she commenced sinking at the bows Immediately
The engines being reversed she was drawn from
the rock, when she shot almost Immediately be-
meath the waves. In less than an hour from the
time when she was struck, not ripple would
mark where the ill-fated vessel went down


The scene is described as narrowing beyond
description. Over one hundred and fifty persons
were fastened below by the crushing OF the
decks and carried down in the general
wreck. Three small boats lowered, but
two swampcd before they could get clear,
and were swallowed up by the whrling vortex.
Those who escaped scarcely tell how they
succeeded in doing So


General Wright. family and staff were aboard
and all are supposed lost. The General was
standing with the Captain few moments before
she struck, and afterwards upon the gang plank
with a life preserver on. What is most strange
is, that although all possible efforts have been
made, not a single portion of the wreck has heen
found Soldiers from this camp, and citizens
from Crescent City out at sea continually in
such boats and lighters as are at hand hoping
TO pick some up yet


As soon as it was scertained that Gen Wright
aboard, Captain Buckley Commanding this
camp prepared a dispatch Immediately for Head
quarters Department Pacific, and sent one of his
men with all possible speed, to jacksonville,
Oregon, the nearest telegraph station


Our camp a mournful appearance at
present. The flag floats at halfmast, and every
building is hung with drapery. An order from
Washington reached here but few days ago
announcing, officially the death of Lincoln, and
ordering all military posts to pay due respect 10
the late Presidents memory. Our Captain, who
is full Of genuine patriotism and heroic devotion
to his country and her rulers, had the order put
into immediate effect, although we have long
mourned Lincoln.
Year: 1865

M editor says his attention was first drawn to
matrimonv by the skillful manner in which a
pretty girl handled broom. Another editor
says the manner in which his wife handles the
broom is not so very pleasant
Year: 1865

The driver assured us that she was his fifth
that her four predecessors all ran away from
him. From his cheerful good humor think he
classes them among blessings which frightened
when they took their flight.


That evening we passed through Echo CANYON
twenty miles in length. 1t is a wonderful gorge
in the mountains, where the SHOWS often slide
down and overwhelm travellers. A party of five
thus perished during the last Winter As we
crossed its flashing stream, and ratified over crazy
log bridges, the scene grew wilder and wilder.
On the left, steep. grassy, crowned slopes /:
on the right, an abrupt wall of red conglomerate
rock, with lateral canyons breaking it, with the
somber mouths of dark coves opening into it,
with swallows nests plastered to its luts. and
those = dewy masons of the caves twittering
about them. Here the Mormons fortified on the
approach of JohnSton's army, in 1857 Their
rfepts in the valley, and their little stone hou-
ses with loop-hoes on the very top of the dizzy
bluff, are still visible Higher and higher towers
the stone wall on right, until at last smooth
as if dressed with the hammer. true as if lined
by the pummet, it reaches an altitude which
am assured is more than . 900 feet To see Echo
Canyon is worth journey across the Atlantic.
Year: 1865

Mss ADA McDowgLL hung herself in Cleve-
land JAIL recently, and her heartless father heard
the news with exultaton, as she had cost him a
heap of money The existence of such a father
explains the fate of the daughter
Year: 1865

The Of sterling medicinal to meet the ills and
sites of the suffering portion of humanity and entirely
free mineral and other dcteou particles severely
till this powerful lcinc u-hercl


Hollow Ys Inv PILLS have become the HOUSEHOLD
of all nations Their attribute is To well
they attack the of the complaint,
and thus by removing the hidden Of disease. rc-nv


and the dropping energies Of the system. assist
ing her task of and
Year: 1865

DR.. Voelker, the celebrated agricultu-
raj chemist of England, in recent lcct-
ure on the subject of manures, made the
following remarks:


He need not speak Of the superior val
ue ofthe liquid over tho solid excremen.
titious matters of dung, for that was well
known to intelligent farmers /; but there
was chemical point to which he must
be permitted to direct attention as it was
this: the liquid portion Of rotten dung
has most aetiEs power OF dissolving the
more fertilizing matters Of the solid excre-
ments Of animals. They knew, for in
stance, that phosphate of lime-thc ma
terial on which principally the value Of
bone dust depcnded-was insolubl0 il
pure water, but he found it to be soluble
to great extent in liquid manure. As
the liquid in rotten dung dissolved large
portion of the more valuable constituents
of the solid excrements, they would now
see an additional reason for preserving
their liquid manure, for in SO doing they
would not only retain the fertiliEing mat
ters in urine, but they would also pre-
vent the waste Of the most valuable con
s.ituents Of the solid excrements. III
here dwelt on that chemical point, because
it had come under his notice especially
in consequence Of an examination of thu
liquid portion Of the dung, sent to him b.
Mr.. Campbell of Buscott Park. In tha
liquid he found a very large proportion
of phosphate Of lime which was otherwis'
insoluble."
Year: 1865

EAnLY MILKINo.-Cows should be
MIXED early in the morning SO that they
can feed on the dewy grass. Two hours
of such feed is worth as much as that OF
the rest of the day towards giving q good
flow of milk. So wake up boys at fathers
rap on the partition wall, and, hurry To
the yard with pail in hand and have the
cows in pasture before anybody's else. Be
sure and milk clean. A boy who will al
ways milk clean will have good recon-
mendation Of being faithful wherever be
goes, and such recommendation always
goes great way among business men,
Main Farmer.
Year: 1865

Discovery Of Quicksilver in Nevada
The Reese River (Austinl Rereiile says:
MIR. yarney, superintendent of the Pho,
neer Mill, of this city, and scientific
amalgamator, has lately been on a visit


to lone, the capital of our neighboring


county of Nye, and during his stay made


a most astonishing discovery. The new


mill of that city had been able to extract


but about S25 per ton from what had the


reputation of being rich ores, and Mr..


Varney went down to see what was the


matter Upon an analysis of the ore, he


found it to consist of sulphur, antimony,


arsenic, silver, and what he believed to


be quicksilver. OF course, such an ore
could not be worked without roasting
A rude furnace was formed, where few


hundred pounds could be roasted at
time, and thorough experiments on sew
al lodges were made The result was that
the rock was made TO pay, without selec-
tion, $40 per ton; but the most singular
of all was the great abundance of quick.
silver that the roasting developed. Hav-
ing ascertained that quicksilver was
present, seeing it gather on the iron po-
ker used in stirring the roasting mass,
and smelling il in the fumes, an attempt
was made to ascertain the quantity
Three and d half pounds of the quartz
not cinnabar-was placed in retort
and heated, and nine ounces of pure
quicksilver obtained, being over l8 per
cent Upon thorough examination of
the lode, large quantities of rich CHINA
bar. the ore of quicksilver, was found -
The rock experimental on contained this
useful metal in native condition. The
extent of these cinnabar-bearing lodes
was found to he great, indicating that we
shall he able to furnish our own supply
of quicksilver, and probably have it to
eypOrt
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, May 1.-The Herald's spec
ial says: Gen. Grant is reported to have
said that when he informed Gen. Sher-
man of the disapproval of the terms he


had forwarded to Washington, the latter
frankly admitted that he had made a


mistake in not having it put in writing,


that slavery was dead, but that was the


understanding between them. As to
permitting the rebel Legislature to as
semble, he agreed to that because he had
just learned that the Virginia Legisla-
ture Twas permitted to assemble by au-
thority of the President, and in the alb
sence of official Instructions he inter
preted the Presidents desire to be that
rebel civil Governments should be re.
tanned for the preservation of order, and
to avoid maintaining a military force in
those States, as we'll as to do away with
the irritation likely to grow out of mill
tary government. AS to the amnesty, it
was only to cover officers and soldiers.
When his attention was called to the
wording, he replied with much spirit:
"That dosen't effect the understanding
between u.s."


The Herald's Washington special says
General Grant has returned in most eX-
cellent spirits He expresses much graf
ifcation at the prompt execution of the
orders of the Government in reference to
the agreement between General Sherman
and Joe Johnston. General Sherman
met the Lieutenant General twenty miles
from the front. He received the order
of disaPproval with most commendable
good grace. There was no hesitation,
no murmuring, nor any expression OF dis
satisfaction at the disapprOval of the
terms entered into between him and the
rebel General, but without any delay or
argument in reference to the course pre-
viously pursued, General Sherman and
his Generals, with true sOldierly spirit,
set to work with alacrity to carry ont the
views of the Government communicated
by General Grant. Within five minutes
a dispatch was sent to Johnston termi-
mating the armistice. Upon the receipt
of the notification by the rebel pickets,
orders were given to our troops to move
up to the front. In a few hours General
Frank Blair, with his corps, was in mo-
ton. General Sherman had Informed
Johnston that the Government would not
sanction the terms proposed, and that he
should immediately resume hostilities.
Immediately upon the receipt of this no.
tice Johnston sent back flag Of truce
asking an interview with Sherman to ar
range other terms of surrender, which
was promptly made upon the basis ofthe
terms given to General Lee.


The Worlds special says Johnston has
pledged himself to exercise his authority
and vigilance to prevent guerrilla bush
whacking, OF any kind of illegal warfare,
Year: 1865

There was rumor pretty extensively cir
culated through the city yesterday that me-
gro man had kicked the wife Of white man
off the sidewalk, and that the Indignant hus
band had seized q hatohet and literally cut
the black to pieces. We give the rumor for
what it is worth, as we were unable, after q
thorough search, to find any thing reliable in
the statement. r.
Year: 1865

The symptoms Of Cstarrh they generally appear,
st first very slight Persons ind they have cold
that they have frequent attacks and sensitive
to the changes OF temperature. In this condition. the
nose may be dry slight discharge thin and scrid,
afterwards becoming thick and adhesive As the disease
becomes chronic the discharges quantity
and changed in quality they now thick and heavy,
and are hawked ooughed OF. The secretions are Of
fensve causing bad breath: the voice is thick and na
sal the weak; the Of the smell is lesSeneo
destroyed; deafness frequently takes place Another
person obliged clear his throat the morning
thick srny mucus, which has fallen down from the
head during the night When this takes place the per-
may be that his disease is ts way 70 the
Lungs and should lose no time in srrestingit.


The above but few Of the many Cstarrh symptoms
Year: 1865

A CARD.-The Ladies and Gentlemen who
paid the undersigned a visit on Wednesday
evening OF last week, and sang so sweetly, will
accept the unfeigned expression of his graft
tude for so pleasant token of their favor.
lie has only to regret he had not time to call
the attention of other members Of his family to
Emusic in the air" before it died away in the
tramping of retiring feet. 1t is hoped the
brevity of the performance is to be construed
as mere introduction to more ample repas
at some early period. Z. COOKE.
Year: 1865

UNsUCCEssFUL.-T wife of Eben W. Fra.
zier visited New Castle last Monday week and
on being denied admission to the prison, hand
ed cake to the keeper for her husband. That
functionary took the precaution to cut the cake
and in it found letter, stating that another
jack screw had been prepared which worked
nicely, and that three men had volunteered to
fberate him that night or die in the attempt
Watch was kept for them by the Sheriff, but
they failed to make their appearance. Thi
may be accounted for on the ground that Mr.
F. was to give signal which he failed to do, a
he was not handed the letter until the follow
ing morning. .-RepubIicdn.
Year: 1865

THE KENT COUNTY (MD. RAILROAD The
citizens of Kent county, Md, are making eve
ry effort to have their railroad completed as
speedily as possible. The Kent Ne,os says:


The Delaware Legislature at its last session
acted with commendable promptness and friend
iness in passing an act Of incorporation to
company to construct Railroad to the Mary
land line, to connect with the contemplated
road through Kent county, and to terminate
either at Townsend, or within four miles of
that point, either way. This is all that the
friends of the road could ask 1t now requires
but general and liberal effort to complete this
road. 1t will not only open a new market to
us, and cheaper and facilitate travel, but its
effect will be to enhance the value of land from
five to twenty dollars per acre, according to its
location. There is no portion Of the county
but what will be benefited materially The
county is narrow and the line of the road cannot
be far from either side. It'll impossible now Ia
say where the line will be it will be located by
judicious and fair men, with the aid Of able
engineers, and only then can it be known
where the best route and terminus will be.
Year: 1865

The English House of Commons, on March
l3, was engaged in protracted discussi ION Of
the question, whether after the suppression of
the Rebellion, the United States will go to war
with England, and what in view of such IA war
ought to be done for the defense of Canada.
Some speakers advised the Government, to do
the work themselves, stpulating for the repay
ment of the money when the Canadians can
afford it. Others advocated the withdrawal of
all the English troops of Canada as the best
means to preserve peace. Mr. Bright made
the very sensible remark that in the case of a
war between the United States and England,
the latter could not even think of holding Can
ada. The Government assured the House that
the relations between the two Governments
were entirely satisfactory.
Year: 1865

TIE GREAT RUSSIAN TELEGRAPH-A pay
of americans have gone out to San Fran:i,cI
to superintend the building of the telegraph
line to where it is to connect Russia with
America by way Of Behring's Straits. The
wires of this great enterprise will extend from
St. Petersburgh east about 1000 miles, and pro-
badly by this time reach the mouth of the
AmoOr, on the Pacific The party on this
side are to extend the line along the Pacific
coast till it reaches Behring's Straits, across
which a submarine cable will be laid, when the
connection around the world telegraphicaly
will be complete. In the operations on this
side they will be aided by facilities extended
to them by the United States. Congress at
its last session directed the Secretary of the
Navy =" to detail for the use Of the surveys and
soundings along that portion of the Pacific
coast, both of America and Asia where it pro-
posed to establish the telegraph, one steam or
sailing vessel in his discretion, to assist in
surveys and soundings. laying down submerged
cable, and in transporting materials connected
Herewith. Whether the coast line will be
pursued strictly, or a new direction be taken
across the continent, as shorter and more
practicable line, through the great natural
basins or lakes stretching from Chicago to Bch-
ring Straits, is not yet determined. The fogs
along two thousand miles of the Pacific coast
are thought to be an objection almost as great
as of fifteen hundred miles Of submarine cable
Across the continent this objection would mot
exist.
Year: 1865

WHAT WAS OBTAINED BY THE SURRENDER.
One hundred thousand stand Of small arms.
one hundred pieces of improved light artillery,
FIVE hundred wagons ami teams, with large
amount of ammunition, were obtained by Gen


eral Grant by the capitulation of Lee. The
number of troops who laid down their arms il
not stated, but the impression of the cores


pondent is, that Lee had not over ZOO mel
left of his grand army when he surrendered
Year: 1865

Win be inserted at four dollars per square
for the fret, and three dollars per squire
for each subsequent insertion. A square
to consist Of the space Of 10 lines. BREWER type.
No advertisement considered less than q square.


Persons who order the advertisement are
held responsible Tor the payment without refer.
snce to their official or representative capacity.


The number Of Insertions must be ritten on
each advertisement, or they will be inserted till
ordered out and charged accordingly.


Local advertising and job. work must be paid
for in ,produce-the old price to govern each
way
Year: 1865

The Almighty rested one seventh of the
time of creation, commanding man to OBJ
serve an equal repose. The neglect of this
injunction will always, sooner or later, bring
mental, moral, and physical death.


Rest is an nvariable law Of animal life.
The busy heart beats, beats ever, from in
fancy to age and yet for large part of the
time is in state of repose.


VIM. Pitt died Of apoplexy at the early
age Of forty seven. When the destinies of
nations hung in large measure on his do
ings, he felt compelled to give an unremit-
ting attention to affairs of state. Sabbath
brought no rest to him, and soon the un-
willing brain give signs of exhaustion
But his presence in Parliament was con-
ceived to be Indispensable for explanation
and defense Of the public policy. Under
such circumstances, it was his custom to
eat heartily substantial food, most highly
seasoned, just before going to his place, in
order to afford the body that strength and
to excite the mind to that activity deemed
necessary to the momentous OCCASION
But under the high tension both brain and
body perished prematurely.


Not long ago, one Of the mostactiye bus
mess men Of England found his affairs so
extended, that he deliberately determined
to devote his Sabbaths to his accounts
He had mind Of wide grasp. His views
were so comprehensive, so far-seeing, that
wealth came in upon him like food. He
purchased a countryseatat at the cost OF 9400,-
900, determining that he would now have
rest and quiet But it was too late. AS he
stepped on his threshold after survey of
his late purchase, he become apoplectic.
Although life was not destroyed he only
lives to be the wreck Of man.


II used to be said that a brick kiln "must
be kept burning over the Sabbath ;" it is
now known to be fallacy. There can be
no "must" against the divine command
Even now it is a received opinion that iron
blast furnaces will bring ruin if not kept in
continual operation. Eighteen years ago,
an EDglishman determined TO keep the Sab
bath holy as to them, with the result, as his
books testified, that he made more iron in
six days than he did before in seven; that
he made more iron in given time, in pro-
portion to the hands and number and size
of the furnaces, than any establishment in
England which was kept in operation du-
| ring the Sabbath.


In our own New York, the mind of man
who made half million year went out in
the night of madness and an early grave
within two years, from the,very strain put
upon it by variety Of enterprises, every
one of which succeeded. -,


at will take about FIVE years to clear
| them off, said an observant master of an
| Ohio canal boat, alluding to the wearing
| out influences on the boatmen, who work
| ed on Sabbaths as we'll as on other days.
| AS the boatmen and firemen of the steam
ers on the Western rivers, which never lay
by on the Sabbath, seven years is the aver
age of life. The observance, therefore, Of
the seventh portion of our time forthepur-
poses of rest is demonstrably physiologl-
cal necessity law of our nature.-HaPs
Journal Of Health. f
Year: 1865

There is no doubt much speculation in
the manufacture and sale of shares of Oil
Companies, and much Of the capital that
finds its way into them willno doubt prove
an entire loss to the inventors, but this fact
should not be allowed to mitigate against
the full development of the great oil basin
on the western borders of our State. That
there is oil there in great abundance, and
that this oil is of immense value, are facts
daily proved by the market reports of pro-
duction and prices. The following is the
quantity of coal oil gallons exported from


FIVE ports, January | to September B.:
Year: 1865

The FORCE OF Notwithstanding was
so much dreaded in our school-boy days as
to be punished by getting between twogirls-
All, the force of education In after years
we learn to submit to such things without
shedding tear IS. sk
Year: 1865

Va No paper discontinued until all arrear-
ages are paid unless at the option of the Pub
fishers. A failure to notify its discontinuanee
will be considered a renewal of subscription