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Year: 1865

HORSE SHOE BEND.-Some time since we
noticed that company had been formed for
the purpose of tunneling through point on
the Sacramento river, by which they would
drain some three miles of the river bed, sup
posed to be good mining ground. The tun-
mel is through, and strikes the river seven
feet below the surface of the water at its
lowest stage. or five feet below the lowest part
of the bed of the stream. 1t is eight feet wide
at the bottom and six and half feet high,
and of capacity sufficient to carry more than
three times the quantity of water now in the
river. In two or three days more the tunnel
will be completed in every particular, and
the travel of the waters of the Sacramento
shortened by at least three miles.
Year: 1865

SHASTA Brass BAND-We had gone par
TALLY crazy on quartz; had become so much
excited in anticipation of the glorious future
of Shasta from that cause, as to make the
compliment of a serenade, paid us by our
band on Wednesday evening last, most
soothing grateful one. As we listened to the
sweet tones of the instruments. every one in
time and tune, we dropped off to sleep luxu-
terspersed with rich quartz veins, held us
bound in bliss until morning dawned We
thank the members of the band, and congrat-
ulate them on the great Improvements made,
though we had thought them almost perfect
long ago.
Year: 1865

We extract from an article in the Mining
and Scientific Press the following graphic
account of the intensity of the quake re.
Gently so damaging to our big city:


4 short time previous to the occurrence. a
common wash tub, holding about five pals
/ full bad been filed to the brim with water
and left standing in the middle of the room.
/ After the shock bad passed, the fact was
carefully noted that fully tro-thirds of the
/ ,oater had been ttrocn Out Of this tub. The
extent and violence of the vibration which
could produce such a result may be readily
| appreciated The opposite directions in
which the water was evidently thrown. also
afforded very good index of the direction of
the earth wave which nearly all observers
agree in saying to have been from the north
west 10 the southeast. So violent and rapid


was the vibration that a great number of
/ chimnevs were entirely broken from their
supports, but mostly left standing in almost
| their natural position, a few only being
thrown down, and a few more or less twisted
apparently as by a circular movement.


The fact Of an upward as well as forward
wave like motion, is proved by fact which
was experienced about half past ten the next
day, in the philosophical instrument shop OF
Mr. Roach, on Washington street. directly
opposite the postoffiee entrance. When that
shock occurred, one of his workmen was
sitting in chair directly fronting very
large barometer which was hanging against
brick wall, with his eye. at the instant,
upon the mercury IN the tube While thus
looking be saw the mercury suddenly drop
about half an inch, and at the same instant
perceived the tremor. This shock, it will be
recolected, was very slight one compared
with the one on Sunday; yet the upward
movement which depressed the barometer
must have been several inches In the same
shop. on Sunday, thermometer tube some
eighteen inches in length, without a case,
was hanging against brick wall by the
side of a barometer the case Of which stood
out from the wall some three inches. but
was so placed that it could not swing out as
the tube might The lateral movement of
the wall, on Sunday, threw this tube out so
that it swung over upon the face of the
barometer hanging by its side, and lodged
there. where it is still suffered to remain for
the examination of the curious. Water was
stopped out from several vessels. in this shop,
similar TO that from the tub in the Exchange
Building already mentioned. and distant
some 500 feet. This occurrence indicates a
lateral movement of the wall at least one
foot 1t occurred in the second story of the
building.
Year: 1865

THE MAIL.-All is right now. The Post
master General and the Stage Company have
come to an understanding of some sort
What. sort is of no consequence to US, so
long as the mails come regularly to hand.
Since the through line to Portland has been
re-opened, coach load after coach load OF
mail matter have passed up, any one of
which would have furnished cargo for Rec
sides buggy line for a month. 1t is simply
ridiculous to suppose for moment that the
mail over this line can be carried by any
thing less than a daily four horse line of
coaches or wagons; and the fact that Reside
took the contract with the idea that it could
be carried by one horse machine, proves
that he does not know much about California
and Oregon. We can only account for the
great error committed by him. on the suppo-
siton that he had not seen the election re-
turns, and in consequence made up his mind
we were all Democrats hereaway, and not a
reading, writing Union people. Moral =
Mail contractors should read the papers.
Year: 1865

CxrsIzED.-On Tuesday Mr.. Fay was com
ing down the Whisky Creek divide, with a
six mule team hitched to an empty freight
wagon. Sitting upon his wagon, and being
little careless about making his turns, he
cut one little short, when the wagon run off
turned over three or four times down the
slope, taking with it the team. in spite of
their scratching for the beaten track. No
damage except couple of broken side boards
to the wagon box. The whole concern was
extracted by keeping the down hill route into
the old road. Fay says something always
happens to him when he gets careless, and
that it serves him right, too; that instead of
sitting cooked up on his wagon. half asleep,
he should have been down on his saddle mule
attending to his business.
Year: 1865

LADY CLERKS IN WASHINGTON.-It would
seem that the employment of women as clerks
In the government departments at Washington
has proved a failure. In the Department of
the Interior, the dismissal of all the female
clerks is being effected as rapidly as possible,
and it is understood that the Treasury Depart
ment, which employs the largest number of
any, is about to adopt the same course. The
services OF women, instead of being more eco
nomieal than men, are found to be more ex-
pensive. Individually their wages may be less,
but, in the aggregate, they accomplish less la
Dor than an equal number Of men. 1t is al
legged in Washington that the mania for extra
VACANT dress is one of the principal drawbacks
to the efficiency Of the women at their duties
in the departments. A writer in the Wash
ington ChroaicLe-herself, we judge, depart
mental clerk-comments severely upon this,
remarking:


1.-The employment of women in the govern
ment departments IS an experiment. 1t has
not, thus far, been so complete success as its
friends could wish, and may possibly yet be
on our side of the house. Women persevere
in carrying the drawing-room to the Office.
Unless this mistake can be corrected, the ex-
pertinent must fail. A fixed rule Of good breed
ing excludes the shop from the parlOr. A man
who lugs his business, habitually, into his so:
cial hours, is always a bore; and what should
we think of one who went to his counting or
consulting room in the ball-dress of the previ-
Gus evening? 1t would certainly be better for
humanity that all Of this class of government
employees should starve at home than that
they should corrupt public morals, and we low
er the national standard of womanly delicacy
by recognizing their right to fill the honorable
positions many of them occupy. / know that
some, perhaps a majority, of these dress thus
from misapprehending the situation. They
fail to see the distinction between business and
social life, and SO drag the drawing-room with
them, with its coquetries, on to and into the
Office"


If this is the only matter to be complained
of in the premises, the lady clerks can very ca
silly and quickly work u reform in it, and thus
retain themselves in an occupation SO well
adapted to their capacities. "'-'
Year: 1865

CHANCE FOR BARNUM.-We transfer the
following item from the Drogheda Argus for
the benefit of the great Snowman =. a young
woman, a native of the country Meath, sailed
from this port on Monday sc might, bound for
America. Although only seventeen years OF
age, she had grown to the extraordinary height
of six feet four inches She appeared strong,
healthy, and well proportioned, and there was
a grace and elasticity in her gait unusual in
one of her great altitude. 1t is the opinion Of
those who saw her that she will grow still tai
Ter, as she is below the age at which females
generally cease growing"
Year: 1865

A delegation from the North Carolina Con-
vention had an interview with the President
yesterday, and favored him with the reasons
why, in their judgment, that State should be
now considered as fully reconstructed. -
The President replied that there was one thing
yet left undone-the ratification of the Con-
stitutional Amendments. He further inform
ed them that he should continue Gov Holden
IN power as Provisional Governor until reliev-
ed by special order.
Year: 1865

On Saturday afternoon last the ceremonies
of laying the cornerstone of Grace Church,
at the corner of Ninth and West streets, took
place, in the presence of large concourse
of people. We shall give detailed account
of the services in our next paper. Grace
Church will be the largest and decidedly the
most handsome edifce in the city. 1t is be
ing erected by the members of St, Paul's NJ
E. Church, who deserve much praise for the
zeal and energy they have eyinced in the
work of promoting the success of this gigan-
tic undertaking.


The Philadelphia North american in
speaking of Grace Church, in this city
says, that no Methodist Church in Pennsyl
vania, except that at the corner of BroaC
and Arch Streets will excel it in costlinesi
or beauty.
Year: 1865

ORIGIN OF THE COP HYMEN.-Danebct.
the French poet, tells us that Hymen wa.
u young man of Athens, obscurely born


but extremely handsome. Falling in love
with lady of rank, he disguised himself


In female attire the better to carry on hi,
amour and as he was one day on the sea.
shore celebrating the Eleusinian rites with


his mistress and her female companions. n
gang Of pirates came upon them by sur
prise and carried them off to a distant land
where the pirates got drunk for 10y and
fell asleep. Hymen then armed the wiz
gins, and dispatched the sleeping pirate,
when leaving the two women upon til,
island, he sped to Athens, told his adventur,
and demanded his beloved in marriage AZ


her ransom. His request was granted; ant
so fortunate was the marriage that the nam,
OIL hymen was ever after invoked on all flu
lure nuptialsi and in the progress Of tim,
the Greeks enrolled him among their gods
Year: 1865

What becomes of all the three cent
pieces Since the first of June this
year, seven million four hundred thou
sand of the latter coins have been Is
sued from the mint at Philadelphia; /;
ton -
Year: 1865

stood up before the country as q man who
dared to do what he considered right he
made no appeal to the aura popalaris; he
felt the spirit of the ancient sage expressed
in the sentiment, Il love Socrates, love
Plato, but love truth more than either. y


ssThere is not man in the country who
can strip O. subject of its verbiage more effect
ually than Mr.. CoRwIN. With a keen and bold
eye, and steady hand, he dissects the soph-
istries and false logic of the advocates Of er.
ror, and he follows falsehood through all its
doubling and involutions with practiced
skill, which no ingenuity can elude.


''Nothing seems to escape his eye in analy
zing On untenable position. His powers Of
ssrcasm are great. and they sparkle amidst
the strength of logic like gems that deck the
brow of purity and beauty"
Year: 1865




The Pail Nall Gazette says: "Somebody
has been sending to Mr.. Spurgeon some tracts
purporting TO be written by himself, which
predict the end of the world as likely to come
next year. The reverend gentleman, at q
meeting held in his chapel this week, thus
energetically repudiated the authorship attrib-
uted to him: you will hear Of me in Bedlam
when you ever hear such rubbish as that from
me. The Lord may come in 1896, and shall
be glad to see Him; but do not believe He
will; and the reason why ! do not believe He
will is, because all these twopenny -halfpenny
false phophets say He will. If they said He
would not come, should begin TO think He
would, but inasmuch as they are all crying
ont as one man that He win come in 1866 or
1857, | am inclined to think He will not ar.
rive at any such time. 1t seems to me that
there are great many prophecies which must
be fulfilled before the coming ofChrist, which
will not be fulfilled within the next twelve
months; and prefer to stand in the position
of q man who knows neither the day nor the
hour in which the Son of Man cometh-look-
ing always for his appearing, but never inter
fering with those dates and figures, which
seem to me to be the only proper amusement
for young ladies who have nothing else to do,
and who take to that instead Of reading nov.
els, and certain divines who have exhausted
their stock Of knowledge about sound doc
trine, and therefore try to gain : little ephem-
eral popularity by shutting texts of Scripture,
as the Norwood gipsies shufaed cards in the
days gone by.
Year: 1865

TIE FESIANs ExPosED.-From a


late article in the London Times
we get hint to the effect that the
English government was enabled to get a
clue to Fenianism from information given
ty the federal government. The feder-
al government y in this case, can Of course
be only Secretary Seward. That gentle,
man has taken upon himself to play the
part Of detective in this country for the
benefit Of England. From the premature
disclosures of the plans Of the Fenans the
English government has placed itseIfIn al
attitude which will perhaps completely de
feat the attempt for the liberation Of Ire.
land. The Fenians, as they examine this
fact, will not forget that it is Secretary
Seward to whom they are indebted fol
this result.
Year: 1865

WINTER WHEAr.-In our travels
through the county the past two weeks
we have been rejoiced to see the fall grain
look 50 healthy. There has been a great
deal sown-more so than any other year.
Year: 1865

We are much obliged to our CORES
pondept for bis graphic description of the
great billiard game in Chicago, and as
sure him that we will ego halves" with
BIN on JoHNHY Editor Pilot.
Year: 1865

GRANT AND HIS GENERALs.-A Saratoga
letter-writer, in speaking of General
Grants visit says: 81 had the pleasure to
spend some time with him. light my
cigar by his, and listen while he talked
with a young officer of Sheridan's army
about the war and its result. OF Sheri
dan, he said, q remember the exact
words:) He is good man, and one of the
ablest men in this country Of Sher
man, he said: There is not better man
in America to lead an army to battle
He avowed his belief in the Monroe doc
trine, and said: Since the setting up of
the monarchy in Mexico was an act which
France wOuld not have thought of but
for our domestic troubles. it was. there
fore, unfriendly to us, and our Govern.
ment should at least give all Its moral
force in aid of the natives against the
French"
Year: 1865

FORTRESS MONROE, August 4.-The u.
S frigate Congress was raised yesterday
at ten o'clock and was kept afloat for
some time for the high water to take her
from her bed of sand, when the pumps
gave out and she sunk again. bnt is now
in position on higher ground than she
was before.
Year: 1865

General Sherman made brief speech at
the Chicago Sanitary Fair, on Thursdsy
last. The only sentiment of Importance
in it was the following, which may taken
IS brief exposition of the Generals creed
on the subject Of reconstruction:


Now all that is past and there is peace
from here TO the Gulf and you, gentlemen,
know what you must do now. Instead Of
destroying you must build up; instead Of
insulting you must conciliate; instead Of
disc0untensncing you must encourage those
who are willing to aid US in building up this
widely diversified land. You cannot ex-
pecG the people of Louisiana and of South
Carolina to feel as we do; all parties have
their prejudicss, and we mu5t respect
theirs as they must respec! ours. With
this simple precaution there is no danger
of this thing ever again recurring in our
annals.
Year: 1865

The Herald's Washington special says: ::
There seem to be at least two delegations
from every Southern State in attendance
at Washington, in regard to reconstruction.
They are usually applicants for Federal
appointments to be made. The President
has taken time to consider the proposition
and does not intend to be in hurry in
making Southern appointments. There
will be ample time to put the reeonstrue-
meeting Of Congress. The Southern pso-
pie are hOcking here in great numbers.
Year: 1865

Two o'clock came and the balloon seemed
to be rapidly filling, and yet no bride or
bridegroom made their appearance. People
walked about and viewed the balloon from
every possible point; they also visited the
black bear up in the rocks, who was very
fat and quite sociable. In fact those present
whiled away the time as best they could
until the start. They found, by eager in
quiries, that everything was favorable the
day was calm, the wind did not blow sea-
ward, the bride was in perfect health and
full of bravery, and so the spectators pa
tiently waited, receiving every minute fresh
accessions to their already crowded ranks.
While they are waiting let us see who the
adventurous party are who intend making
such novel wedding tour. From the busy
whispers round us we learn that the brides
name is Miss Mary West Jenkins, formerly
OF st. Louis, and she is said to be lady of
refinement and prepossessing in her per-
sonal appearance. That the bridegroom is
well known in scientific circles as Prof.
John F. Boynton, the geologist, of SYRIA
cuse. That the sister OF the bride is an
artist of talent, and only awaits the con-
summation of the marriage of her sister to
depart on a tour of study in Europe. That
the ceremony will be performed by Rev. j.
Dewitt Talmadge, of Philadelphia, who
has volunteered for the occasion. We also
learn that the wedding party will consist Of
four persons besides the Professor and his
assistant And one lady has been informed
that one of the bridesmaids is the sister of
the bride, already spoken of, and the other
will be the daughter of the bridegroom.
So goes the floating gossip, and for once
Dame Rumor is nearly correct. But the
most serious bit of gossip was the discussion
upon the legality of the proposed marriage
In the air. The awful idea gets afloat that
such wedding is no wedding at all, the
law saying "on land or waters" and here
again the interested fair ones find fresh
matter for comment. .. II .,'s,,.9,-.f


ARRIVAL OF THE WEDDING PARTY.


Meanwhile the balloon steadily, though
imperceptibiy fills, the elasticity is more
apparent, and the time fixed for the depart
ure is long past. Suddenly stir is observ-
able, and in a minute the large gate at the
rear of the inclosure opens, and two covered
carriages drive In. These vehicles are quick
ly surrounded by the people on the ground,
while those in the balconies above become
agitated and neryously excited. In o very
short time the carriages approach the plat
form and the bridal party alight. The BRIDE
groom is a tall, well featured man, and his
bride is fully as good looking as rumor said
she was. She appeared little fiurried, but
evidently determined not to Withdraw at
the last stage of the proceedings. The
bridal pair were accompanied by the Pro-
fessors family and friends, all looking well
and no more Hurried than the circumstances
Year: 1865

~The force now operating against
the Indians in the West consists of Con
federate prisoners who entered the Union
army rather than be sent South. They
have been sent their from time 10 time
and are now organized into SIX re2i
ments. doing good service under the
11J aa1
Year: 1865

We have no very late intelligence of any kind
from Fayetteville. VINO would have thought,
three years ago, that We should be looking for in
formation as to the movements of large federal
army, from the far South, in the neighborhood of
Fayetteville The heavy firing at Pigs Point has
long since ceased and Fayetteville is now the great
object of anxiety and interest
Year: 1865

Our respected cOtemporary of the Conservative
expects stirring news from Grant Gas soon as the
mud subsidies" Rather muddy idea Will our
cOtemporary be good enough to tell his readers
where all the mud goes to? Robbins can make
good retort just here, if he will put his spectaces
and mend his pen. We are willing that he should
dc so. Let US have 1t before you "go to the front"
brother Robbins.
Year: 1865

The constitutional amendment abolishing slavery
was adopted by the Louisiana Legislature on the
14th inst, in the Senate by vote Of eighteen in
favor to only one against it and in the House of
Representatives unanimously. The amendment
has now been ratified by eighteen States
Year: 1865

"Treason must be made odious, and
traitors punished So wrote the Pcesi'
dent of The United States, aud g. say oil
who we're not in some degree in synipa.
thy with the rebellion but it is not as
touishing at .his time to find that the
same journals, and the same class of
politicians that all along opposed the
war, are now favoring universal par.
don OF oil, North and South, whose
hsinons Grim rs have cost this nation It's
best blood, and made SO many hearth
stones desolate.


In the days of Aaron Burr, our peo.
pie had different idea of treason to
what those magnanimous people now
have.


In the days of publication in South
Carolina, the immortal Jackson did not
plead for those who would have divided
and destroyed US. His ever memorable
toast ought to be engraven on every
heart; " The Federal Union-it must be
preserved" So spoke all true and loyal
men from the beginning to the end OF
this rebellion; but st this time, aud after
We have now seen the end, we must
astonish the world by pardon OF all
who have engaged in this damnable
cause.


Had that reasonable element which
has lived and been fostersd in South Car
oHua since the days of the Revolution,
been fully and fairly wiped out, we would
have had no war; but there was q germ
left; there we're still sympathizsrs who
at a later day dared to attempt to carry
out their torsism in different shape.
So, if treason be not made odious, and
traitors punished, We may expect that
the same sort Of an attempt will sgaiu
Year: 1865

be made to destroy our nation at a iu-
tare day.


We have subjugated, but have We con-
quered the rebels? Are they rot just
as much traitors at heart now as at the
beginuing7 Who is going TO answer for
all those brave boys Of ours who we're
starved 10 Southern prisons, and buried
only for the same purpose that We would
bury an animal? or course we mean
the leaders Of this great conspiracy not
the thousands VINO were deluded into it


If We expect peace to be enduring,
We must-now hat We can-assert the
power of the Government; We must
teach traitors that there is no pardon,
but that those who are mainly respous
ble must atone TO the offended law If
- be done, then we may expect p~ace
that will endure forever.