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Year: 1867

LIGHT AuEADEnough returns received from elections
held last week to satisfy the nhearted oppopept of
Democracy that the UnionRepubcan party not vet ami
hated The Democratic salute Of Monday night was music
10 our ears We are rather glad that the party an
portunity to exut after having been the cold"
long It's members will feel better and behave better for


The Union party have learned that it
Gus to undertake to carry too much weight
Pagn IL shouidered every dcoverabe side ISSUE
nown under the load In New York, where party
Sunday and Liquor laws under its protection are beaten
by 4oooo majority and yet have majority in the
ate New Jersey followed suit because New York city
ocracy refused buy any of her distilled crabape


Juice she did otherwise. With the burhens of and
negro suffrage we losing Kansas Prohibtory


laws and the fact that Bullock ubenatoraI candidate


Tor the third time reduced the republican majority Mass


chusetts to 1900. But Illinois, Wisconsin Minnesota ard
Missouri Republican reaction in favor of Des


this year will react again when the Presidential light


raht as our standardbcarer comes Read the Nary
Vile dppedps figures in the column. W
Year: 1867

Now let the deuded Coppcrheads take re-
view of the above figures, and weigh the chances
of the Democracy next Fall All the States GER
tain for the Copperheads three, viz: Ken
lucky, Maryland and Delaware F; although we
give them New York and New Jersey, because
we think their chances arc the best.


We have omitted the Southern States in the
above count, though before the election next
year they will be restored to the Union, and all,
or nearly all of their electoral votes are to be
added TO the Republican column. What a
bright prospect for the Democracy
Year: 1867

COLD COMFORT. : Though the Copperheads
have carried Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and
new Jersey, they yet lack good many of having
enough to be of any benefit to. them next year,
and there is the poorest possible show for them
to get any more. Besides, Pennsylvania and
is California The Marysville APpeaI makes the
following figures on the Presidential vote of next
year. and we should like to have every Union
man preserve them until the Presidential contest
is decided, just to see how close they come to the
mark Examine them:
Year: 1867

THANKSGIVING SERNox.-Rev. G. D. Pinneo
intends delivering discourse appropriate to the
occasion on Thanksgiving morning. 1t is not in
tended that the service shall intrude on the din
ner hour We shall give notice in the next is
sue of this paper where and at what time the
service will be held.
Year: 1867

THE amendments proposed at the last session
ing one. If adopted, they will be submitted to
a vote of the people at the next general election.
These amendments require Superintendent of
Public Instruction to be elected in 1869, and
every four years thereafter This will curtal
Ftzgerald's term to two years. And yet the
Democrats will either have TO approve this, or
maintain the special judicial election as it is.
They can take either horn of the dilema Which
will they grasp2
Year: 1867

WHo ARE THEY The Sacramento Bee asserts
that the interior Union journals were promised
$500 each by the Union State Central Committee
for their support of the Union ticket during the
last campaign, but only three or four ever got
the promised compensation.
Year: 1867

THE recent Teachers Institute in Butte county
adopted resolution setting forth that if the
author and publishers of Clarke's Geography
would speedily revise, condense and republish
so much of the work as pertains to the Pacific
coast at a cost not exceeding one dollar, we will
welcome it to our school rooms" The sugges-
ton is a good one and we hope the publishers
will act upon it. Such work is much needed
in the schools of this State. AS it is, the geo.
graphy is ludicrous, even ridiculous, in some
respects The indefinite reference to Trinity
county, the names of its streams with its
bounds, etc., are entirely unreliable.
Year: 1867

SCHOOL ELEcrIoN.-Let every citizen OF Wea-
yerYiIle School District remember that on next
Saturday, 2ad, be will be called upon to vote yes
or no on the proposition to levy special tax for
school purposes. Vote yes
Year: 1867

DEFEAT AND CAPTURE OF GARIBALDI.-The dis
patches from Italy confirm the announcement
made a week ago the Garibaldans were utterly
defeated in a battle Rome = completely
oyerwhelmed-and Garibaldi and his taken
prisoners The San Francisco Times concludes
that " as the honor of France and the good faith
of Italy have been vindicated, Napoleon
may consent to make some kind of an agreement
which shall give Rome to Italy; or it may be
that the victory which the Italian Government
has won, may increase its unpopularity as to
render it unable to maintain itself"
Year: 1867

AS County Wrarraats and GrsesbGekss taken at
their ruling value in payment for subscriptions to this
paper To soldiers in the service the JOURNAL
will be furnished for Greenbacks at PAR
Year: 1867

PEPPERED THE SHERIFF.-A man
in Columbus, Ga, who has for
some time been under heavy bonds,
went to the Sheriff after dark,
stating that his mother was un-
willing longer to have her name
remain on his bond. The sheriff
went with him to her residence,
where the writings were cancelled.
He was accompanying him to q
place of confinement, not dream
ing of an escape being attempted,
and had gone two squares, when
suddenly the prisoner threw q
handful of cayenne pepper, lightly
mixed with salt and powder, into
his eyes and ran. The mixture
was enough to kill a fellow. The
pain was 80 intense that the Off
Ger had no time to draw his pistol,
or do anything, save rub his op-
tics, which operation was contin-
ued some hours without much re-
lief. The prisoner has not been
seen since.
Year: 1867

The CoTToN TAX.-Senator
Wilson writes that the cotton tax
must be repealed. 1t is feared
that even the negroes will vote
against the Jacobins next year
if this is not done, as they now
understand the tax reduces their
income. Congress may consent
to heed this request from the ne
groes, though 1T declined to hear
a word from white men.
Year: 1867

the hill to within a few feet of the
we'll. l had occasion to rejoice


that | had myself tied to the door
post, otherwise l should never
have found my way back, at least
not for a long time. AS l said be-
fore, there was a settlement down
the coast. As soon as | could, /
set off and got some men to come
and help me dig out the house.
But can tell you that the next
year when we came to the Labra-
dor there was good heap of that
drift in the valley still, and for
that matter, it remained all the
summer.
Year: 1867

An editor out West observes !:
"If we have offended any man in
the short but brilliant course of
our career, let him send to us Q
new hat and say no more about
it." Our sentiments exactly. =
Year: 1867

A gentleman down east recent
" purchased some school books
for his son, and directed him to
hurry to school and see if he could
get there before the textbooks
were changed. The fable has a
wide application.
Year: 1867

We consider early winter to be the
best time for scraping and washing the
trunks OF trees. 1t is we'll known to all
observing fruit-grOwers that the loose
bark of trees is the winter-quarters OF
myriads of insects, where they securely
remain until the ensuing spring, when
the warm, genial weather invites them
to quit their coy homes and begin their
destructive operations for the season.
We have found narrow saw, rather
| finc-toothed, TO be an excellent tool in
rasping off the superfluous bark. Itac-
complshes it more uniformly than hoe,
trowcl, or other scraper; a trowel or q
shsrt handled hoe, however is very good,
when the other may not be possessed
After the bark is removed, the trunks
should be washed thoroughly with a
preparation of whale-oil soap and water,
say i'll proportion of pound of the
soap to four gallons of water. 1t can
be applied to large trees with hickory
broom or stiff whitewash brnsh, and
to small trees, especially dwarfs, with
| the hand scrub-brush. Sickly trees,
which can at this season be easily de-
tCcted by being covered with species
of fungi, or perhaps more properly a pc
culiar insectiverOus deposit-shOuld be
scrubbed so as to completely remove
this. The mixture will of itself benefit
the tree, while the removal from the
stem OF all extraneous and injurious sub
stances will give to it new health and
vigor the ensuing season-in some in
stances to a surprising extent. When
whale-oil soap is not obtainable, ley
may be used, but it should not be rery
strong, or it might be injurious to the
roots of the tree if applied plentifully
and the tree small.
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
mar says: "In response to the inquiry,
'how to pickle cabbage few weeks
since, send the following, which our
people have tried several years, and l
know to he good, and is liked by those
who have eatenit. 1t keeps well year,
and how much longer it would keep !
am unable to say. If one is not over
lice in regard to the form in which it is
served, | think it will suit the palate of
any who are fond of the like pickle.
Take any quantity of we'll formed cab
bage heads, and thick meated squash,
or bell peppers, and chop them fine and
mix. Use about one-third pepper and
tv thirds or more of cabbage after
chopped; for each gallon take one heap
ing tablespoonful of ground cloves,
about half the quantity of ground Gin
namOn, half n tea-cup of ground (or
. whole) mustard and two tablespoOnfulls
of fine salt; mix thoroughly and place
it in a stone jar, and pour over it scald-
ing hot cider vinegar; cover and set in
the store-room, where it will keep cool
and not freeze. 1t will answer to use
after twenty-four hours. Small green
tomatoes or other vegetables may be
added, if desired, and piekled whole.
One who does not like to be at the trou-
bic of stuffing peppers will here find an
excellent substitute. The vinegar should
not rise above the cabbage, only well
saturate the mass"
Year: 1867

Three Journals for the month of June
have articles laudatory of this breed. A
dairyman, in the Stock journal, among
other things says: "They are not a
large breed, but keep easy. As near as
l can Judge, in keeping Ayrshire by the
side of grade Durhams, two of the Dur
hams would consume as much food as
three of the Ayrshires, and two of the
Ayrshire would give Us much milk as
three of the Durham. The milk of the
Durham varies a good deal in quality,
some of it being hardly fit for an honest
man to serve to his customers if he ex-
pected to retain his good name.


But the milk of the Ayrshire is of very
uniform and good quality. The Farmer
and FIreside, of Philadelphia, gives a
handsome portrait of an Ayrshire COW,
and sketch of the history and charac-
teristics of the breed. Morris Practical
Farmer, noticing a very fine Ayrshire
bull, remarks: at is rather singular
that the Ayrshire breed of cows, cele-
brated elsewhere both for quality AID
quantity of milk, and believed by many
to excel in these particulars of all other
breeds, should be SO little known in the
dairy section within fifty miles of Phil
adelphia-for the dairy, they may yet
be prored to be the breed" Let me add
that all that is said in their favor is
well said. They are hardy, easily kept
handsome and good mixers, and on the
whole, and for several other purposes OF
such farm stock, better suited, | think,
than any other breed. l will, therefore
deliberately give a helping hand tc
bring the Ayrshire into fashion, and
hope to see them increase and multiply
wherever a handsome and profitable
COW is appreciated.
Year: 1867

THE Philadelphia Press says "from
North Carolina we have the cheering
news that another of the lost States is
about wheeling into line" Parade q
column of soldiers, kill one of them
dissect him-take out his heart and
brains-then let him be held by stall
wart negro in a perpendicular position
by the side of his late peers and COM
panions-and send to his friends the
acheering news" that he has again
wheeled into line.'
Year: 1867

TREAT your horses with that kind.


mess which is characteristic in all the
actions of merciful msn-no animal
will appreciate it better or respond to
ct With more gratitude than the horse.
Year: 1867

Negro slavery being dead and buried,
alarge class of agitatOrs are left with
ont a grievance. To be without a
grievance $ in this case to be powerless
and insignificant; to be without a
trumpet to blow a blast upon, is to be
miserable; to have nothing with which
to make noise in the world is to have
nothing worth living for. So they have
taken up the liquor question, and have
resolved TO make all abstain by law.
These people are as intolerant as in
qaisltOrS. They stand upon the funda-
mental principle that even the smallest
quantity of beer, wine or spirits is pois-
OnOus; that TO prevent people from
drinking these pOisons is to prevent
them from self-slaughter, and that such
prevention is IA virtuous act. They al
lese, moreover, that the majority of
men are such fools and slaves to their
appetiteS, that if they are allowed to
lake little of what is not good for
them, they are certain to take too much;
aud that the taking of too much
leads TO idiocy, lunacy, pau
perism and crime. They bring
large army Of indisputable
iactS and incontrovertible arguments to
prove the evils of excess; but they ad-
dnce no facts to show that wine and
beer ard to minor extent, spirituous
liquors, are not, if taken in moderation,
As wholesome and nutritious as bread or
beef All the world admits that excess
OF wine or other liquors isinjurious; but
these bowling Dervishes see but one
form of the vice which they abhor, and
never admit, or at all events never ar
cue that too much turtle soup or pud-
ding may be equally prejudicial, and
'hat glutton may be quite as immoral
and disgusting as a drunkard. While
some, too, are loud in their denuncia.
lions of the bottle, they love the cigar
or the nipe with love that passeth the
bounds of discretion. They dote upon
The poison they can inhale, and only
nate the 'poison" which they can inn
o'Oe' thus, like other sinners, compound
ing for


Sins they are inclined TO,


BY damniuc those they have no mind TO.
Year: 1867

Fhucc-AAea hos& D enAunt nsAce w


Ratfle.Snnkes.


,s,, [From the Buffalo Express.l


The long drouth and intense heat are
rendering the woods to condition so
1 combustible that fires in them are be-
I coming numerous and threatening. Sew
eral such fires, upon considerable scale,
are burning in this vicinity on both sides
of the river, the most considerable one
being in progress some twelve or fifteen
miles back of Fort Erie, in Canada.


An immense column of white smoke
arising from the forest confagration had
attracted the attention of our citizens
for several days and given rise to some
exaggerated stories. The scene of the
fire Is an immense swamp, covering o
good many hundred acres, fortunately
worthless both in its timber and its soil.
The fire, therefore, can do nothing but
burn up the nests of rattlesnakes and
other reptiles, with which the swamp
is said to be thickly infested, and is there
fore engaged in a good missionary work.
| Not long sincea portion Of this rep.
tile haunted swamp was the locality of
a very melancholy occurrence, which pro-
duced great feeling and excitement
throughout the neighboring country.
A party from the farther side Of the
swamp, living at or near Port Colborne,
ventured into its recesses on berrying
expedition. One of the company was
mother with an infant child. The
child fell asleep, and its neither deposit
ed it or her shawl upon some comforta
BILE bed of moss or grass, while she pur
sued the quest fot fruit. Unconsciously
she wandered farther than she meant
from the sleeping infant, and started
suddenly to find it out of her sight, be-
came bewildered, and lost all reckoning
of the place. The friends, all summoned
to the search, secured every part in vain.
The hunt grew frantic as darkness came
On, and when gathering night drove the
party from the swamp they collect
ed neighbors from every direction and
entered again with lanterns and torches.
All night the search went on, and not
until after morning dawned was the
lost infant found. Too late. The child
was dead. 1t had died the horrible
death which mothers shuddering
fancy must have constantly pictured du-
ring the search. 1t had been struck by
the deadly fangs of a rattlesnake, hav-
ing reused the reptile, probably, by its
struggles and cries.
Year: 1867

Iris Surprising fact that sweet corn
is not abundantly grown among farm
ers. Every farmer thinks he must raise
his FIVE or ten acres Of Indian corn
every year, in order to have something
to fatten his pork, and to furnish fodder
for his stock, &c. Now, if every farmer
would grow three or five acres of sweet
corn, his crop will prove or much more
value in proportion to the number OF
acres than Indian corn for feeding pur'
poses. t,--- - ls rFe r
Year: 1867

To show the rapid rate at which We
are progressing under the rule of the
"party Of progress" will state one sim
pie fact. In 1830,by estimates carefully
made, it was shown that the amount of
taxation for national Estate and municipal
purposes, was three dollars year to each
person. Subsequent to that period and
up to 1861, the amount may have in
creased somewhat, but it is safe to say
that it did not exceed four dollars per
head. In this year of our Lord 1867,
and for the past three years, the people
have been paying taxes, for national,stat
and municipal purposes at the rate of
thirty dollars year for every man, wo-
man and child, white and black, in the
country. They are taxed ten times as
much now, as they ever we're before the
radical party came into power! This is
fact which the people should bear well
in mind. When they are asked to aid
by their votes in keeping these thieves,
spectators and spendthrifts in power, let
them look at the cost, and see if tits not
sspaying too much for the whistle
Year: 1867

The bondholders who lent money to
the Government has his bonds exempted
from all State and local taxation. The
soldier, who did not lend money to the
Government, but gave it his blood in
stead, and who parted with his limbs in
its service, has all his property taxed.
He may have but one poor house and lot
but upon it he is taxed, while his veal
thy neighbor who rolls in luxury, pays
not cent upon his 500, 600 in Govern
ment bonds. The rich mans money is
therefore more highly counted than the
poor mans blood. The bondholder is the
privileged class, and not the soldier.
Year: 1867

One of these annoying, yet ludicrous
accidents, which viii happen in the best
of families, occurred on Sunday not over
a thousand miles from this city. A dry
goods clerk had an engagement to take
his love out buggy riding. Early in the


morning he appeared before her fathers


door with one of those spider like We,


hicles which are probably constructed
with view of ascertaining how light a
buggy can be made, and at the same time


be seryiceable. -


The lady isssyeet 1e, beautiful, and
just little bit Of what is termed afast. "
She is full of life, fun and frolio, and is
decidedly ena5onpoint, weighing about 140
pounds. As the young gentleman drove
up, his lady love was standing ON the top
step at the front door with her venerable
father, who had his gold specs elevated
on his forehead, in order to get distant
view of his future son-in-law.


Adonis jumped out of the buggy pre-
paratory to assisting the young lady in,
but she suddenly took one those strange
freaks to which the dear sex are all sub
ject. The buggy was standing about four
feet from the steps, and considerably be-
low the step upon which stood the young
lady. She probably wanted to convince
her lover that she was not clumsy if she
was fat, and thought that this would be
a good time to show him her agility. Be
that as it may, she gave jump and land.
ed in the center of the buggy. If she
had stopped there, all would have been
we'll, but alas! the thin boards of the
bottom of the buggy, unable to stand the
pressure, gave way, and the young lady
continued her descent.


There was a piercing screams a plung-
ing horse with young man holding to
him; bundle of muslin in the buggy,
and two little gaiter boots pointing to
within six inches of the ground under
it. Paterfamilias rushed to the rescue
and detached the horse from the buggy.
He then got upon one side, and young
man on the other, and they attempted to
raise young lady up. 80, stop, STOP
you are killing me- she cried. The
boards had broken in the center, and the
long, sharp splinters extended downwards
and when they attempted to raise she
young lady out of her predicament these
sharp splinter would catch in her le-
pshawl Did you ever see wire mouse
trap2 If not, go and get one, stick your
finger through the entrance funnel and
try to pull it out. You will then under
stand the sad fix that our lady was in on
Sunday morning.


The old man comprehended the situa-
tion in moment. He told the young
man to get down and break the splinters
off. Young lady screamed. so, don't, =
and young man wouldn't. At this stage
of the proceedings a practical neighbor
came up with hatchet, and the young
lady was soon extrieated from her un-
pleasant situation, and disappeared behind
the front door.


We don't know whether the young
lady sustained any serious injury or not,
and we are not going to ask any questions
OF that young man
Year: 1867

BE The nabobs of our land used to
growl most terribly because they were
taxed to educate the poor mans children.
Now the tables are turned, and the poor
man is taxed to build school houses, and
pay TO educate the children of tho bond
holders.
Year: 1867

aE In the South, the negroes are en-
franchised because it is believed they will
vote for the Radical party, and the
whites are disfranchised because it is be-
lieved they wall not vote for the Radical
party.
Year: 1867

EgrI If the Radicals succeed in their
negro suffrage scheme, the negro will be
eligible to the Presidential chair, while
the foreign born white citizen is forever
excluded from the same privilege. Do
YOU call that Manhood Suffrage"
Year: 1867

sg Bondocracy is becoming an ex-
pensive luxury to the laboring classes,
and having enjoyed the advantages of
exemption from taxation, bond holders
should not complain if the people con.
clude to pay them in the same kind of
currency they are compelled to receive
for their labor. Equal taxation should
be the motto ofevery laborer in the ooun-
trv
Year: 1867

MEDICAL ADVICE.-Dr. Wm. X. Doherty' =
Medical and Surgical Institute is becoming sine
qua non to the welfare Of our State and health
OF our citizens; and his rapidly spreading reputa'
tion, although it may excite surprise, is but the
signal of skill, and follows as the natural effect
of such cause. We are personally acquainted
with gentlemen who had suffered for years under
chronic disease, and who had taken advantage Of
every available means that promised relief, but
without success, until they called upon DR.. Do
herty, who in an incredibly short space OF time,
has given them entire relief. II is gratifying to
announce this fact, because the Doctor is a gen.
tlcman who seeks, not by defamation OF Others
to establish his reputation, or to rear the super
structure OF his own upon the ruin of another's
fame. The Doctor conducts his Institute in snch
a manner that must be gratifying to all his pa
TENTS. He examines, advises and recommends
without charge, and the patient after hearing
his terms for treatment, can accept or reject at
pleasure In no case does the Doctor make u
charge unless he effects a cure. This, he is ahle
to do, because he feels the confidence which long
experience has given, and no doubt the consola
tion which appertans to that confidence. Per
sons afflicted with either acute or chronic disease
would do we'll to consult the Doctor; at all events
it can do no harm as for consultation he asks no
fee nor does he insist on obedience 10 his advice
unless the patient places himself under his care.
His offices are on Sacramento street, opposite the
Pacific Mail Steamship Offices. T. News