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Year: 1861

Under the administration of distin-
guished physicians, SANDS SARsAPARILIA has been
tested for twenty years in the public Hospitals as
well as in their private practice, with such complete
success rs to have acquired the unqualified approval
of the medical faculty and held in the highest
esteem and is universally used.
Year: 1861




As some three thousand Of our citizens intend
turning out soldiers today, and all the rest Of
the town intends turning out to see them there is
little need now of any particular programme of the
doings OF the day. The suspension of business will
be general the public turnout universal, and the
military display splendid beyond anything yet seen
here.


Canal street will be the center Of attraction in
the morning, and the Creole Race Course will be
the grand of life and excitement the rest of
the day.


The flag presentations to the Crescent Rifles and
the Orleans Cadets will be the earliest incidents of
the day, and the flag presentation to the Washing
ton Artillery will be OF the scenes at the Race
Course.


Speaking of flags, Mayor Monroe yesterday re-
ceved a gigantic and beautiful flag of Louisiana
made to order for the city by Mr.. Cassiday. It
will receive its first airing at the ball of the Con
| tinental Guards Tonight And, speaking OF
| balls this will be one Of tie balls.
Year: 1861

Look ont for sight tonight, in the way Of a
public illumination! It will be something worth
seeing in more parts of the city than one.


As mauy persons seem to think that some sort of
Official sanction or proclamation should issue as to
this iilumnation and rs yesterday numerous per-
sons called upon Mayor Monroe to inquire about it,
the Mayor, not having thought it worth while to
issue proclamation, authorized us last night to
state that he heartily sanctions and recommends
the illumination and that he would have Issued
his proclamation had he thought it called for, CT in
the least necessary. As the Common Council fixed
the day, we think the Mayor ought to have issued
4 proclamation anyhow


The City Hall ought to be illuminated tonight,
but no appropriation was made for the purpose,
it will probably not be
Year: 1861

young and decently dressed man giving his
name as Alexander Rudd, arrested yesterday
at II o'clock, charged by James O'Donohue with
having attempted to rob the contribution box in
st. Patricks Church. He was found in the church
and attempted to take refuge behind the altar. He
came very near being lynched by the Infatuated
crowd of Irishmen who first had him in custody,
and had to be protected by the police when they
took charge of him. He certainly must have been
hard up, to invade church and attempt to rob s.
contribution box.
Year: 1861

sF" The following letter. which cmphatically speaks
for itself written by the Dean of the Faculty of
the Philadelphia College of Medicine-to the editors
of the Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal San Fra
Year: 1861

gss-Thc question is often askcd-'Why is it
that Dr. j. G. Young is so successful. while other
advertising Physicians are failing from day to
day. The answer must be or should be, plainly
apparent 10 all; it is, that he understands his
profession, and attends to it: and as his practice
increases his knowledge extends. So close has
been his application to his unprecedented prac
tce. that he is perfect master of his profession.
and can insure all relief from their trouble; and
while others are daily sinking into the oblivion
from which they were never fitted to be Delivered
his course is onward and upward. placing him at
the head Of his arduous profession. So great has
been bis increase OF business that he has been
obliged to associate with himself two other physi-
clans, both of extended knowledge and practice
We would advise all afflicted to call upon him in
preference TO any other Physician. We are in
formed that he treats entirely on the vegetable
system. and Will always warrant II perfect cure.
His office is 2l0 Clay street. opposite the upper
corner Of the Plaza.


From the Times and Transcript.


There are thousands in this State suffering for
want Of scientific medical treatment, and they
fear to apply to physician, because they have
been deceived, or their friends have been, by
some of the cbarlntans who inlest the community
and who publish themselves good physicians,
professors, etc. To all such we unhesitatngly
recommend DR.. J. c. Young. as IL physician in
whom all can place confidence. He is man Of
eminent and pioound study, good surgeon. an
honorable man. and one who can sympathse with
persons in afiiction. His standing as physi Ian
and gentleman are both guaranteed-the first. by
his medical works. which are an honor to their
anthor, and the extensive and highly ucccssu
course OF practice with which he has been honor
ed since his advent in California: and the latter
by his numerous patrons and large circle of uc-
quantanccs. We say to all afflicted. call on him.
as he will at once state the case to you, and you
may rely upon his judgment. We like his prn-
ciple-no cure no pay.


From Professor Hitchcock.


| have watched with more than ordinary zeal
the rapid progress of this young man in the in
trcate paths of our profession. Few, with the
accumulation of years upon their heads, have
approxmated to everything like the stand he
has fairly earned We're the father of much
more numerous family than l now boast of,
should not hesitate for a moment, should the SER
vice of physician be required, to call on Dr.
j. g. Young, having confidence in his capacity
Ia very important adjunct to a physician] and
recommend my friends to do the same.


J. G. HITcHCoCK, M. d., l.. L. d.


From the Boston Medical Journal.


Although we are opposed to the system of ad-
vertlsng. for good and sufficient reasons still we
deem it but justice to say that Dr. Young is one
OF the most Industrious and indefatigable votar-
les OF the medical science in the United States.
Year: 1861

The following are selected from voumnious
accumulation of testimonials Of the Press of the
United States. and from eminent Professors Of
our Institutions where the practice Of medicine
is taught:
Year: 1861

CAMP PrErY.-A correspondent of an Eastern paper relates the following droll incident:

 " A Sunday or two since visited neighbor- ing camp and while there, attended worship The day previous the camp had been enlivened by the report that the rebel chief, Jeff. Davis, was dead During the service the chaplain incl. dentally alluded to the supposed fact that Pro violence had removed from our midst the chief instigator of this bold conspiracy against the Government. Upon this, some enthusiastic war rior exclaimed, Bully for Providence !! Catch ing the infection, another called out, Three cheers for Providencer ? which call was respond cd to with three as rousing cheers and a tiger as ever were given in the palmiest days of the Wax Candle Club"
Year: 1861

gA- A ships blacksmith, says Colton has no such word as can't in his vocabulary. He takes his order and tries to shape his iron accordingly though he may know it to be utterly impractica- ble. We had on board the Matches, an old time piece which had broken its main spring The first lieutenant, for fun, told the blacksmith to take it to the anvil and put new main spring into it. Hearing the puff of the bellows an5 the click of the hammer, went forward where I found the old watch taken to pieces and ths worthy representative of Vulcan beating his full force on piece of iron. What are you doing with this time-piece?" inquired. Making q kinked-up sort of thin.s sir, to make it go,' was the reply.
Year: 1861

sB- 1t was reported last night that the parties
we limited at a few days ago as likely to engage
in an affair of honor, have already left for Padu-
cab to satisfy their wounded sensibilities by the
smell of gunpowder. The police were on the
watch all day yesterday but the beligerents slip
ped through their fingers like eels. This will be
another subject for an Ethiopian epic for the
Canpbells.
Year: 1861

We have thought that Mr.. Buchanan CON-
mitted grave error in his unceasing efforts to
commit the Democratic party TO the opinion of
the Supreme Court of the United States, in the
Dred Scott case, as he construed that opinion and
his prescription of those who did not agree with
him on that point; thus forbdding that free exer-
else of intelligent investigation, and that right of
private judgment, which should be tolerated at
all times, without bringing the citizen into con-
fict with the Court, or subecting him TO the
charge of disloyalty or disobedience to the judg-
ment of the highest judicial in the land.


Mr.. Buchanan's teachings on this subject we're
not in accordance with the doctrine laid down by
General jackson, we think; and to his peril
nacity in pressing his views on the Democratic
party, much of the difficulty in which organi-
zation was involved, during the last two years Of
his administration may be traced.


But what shall be said of the views of Mr..
Lincoln on this subject? He has gone to the
other extreme. and would by his doctrine reduce
the Supreme Court of the United States to very
low point indeed, with scarcely as much authority
as we have been accustomed to accord TO the de-
cisions of Justice of the peace in the State OF
Ohio. Such quackery as he exhibits in his refer
ence to that grave tribunal, in his inaugural, is
beneath contempt. He exalts the Chicago plat
form far above it, The farthest he would go in
the case of the Supreme Court, would be to con-
slider its opinions as entitled to respect and con-
sideration,' while he regards the resolutions OF
the Chicago platform as claw" to the Republi
cans and to himself-Ohio Statesman.
Year: 1861

The THEATER.-What is being done about
the contemplated Theater? We are told that
sufficient sum has been subscribed to secure its
erection, and that the work would certainly go
forward. Gentlemen you who have the mat
ter in hand-pnSh IT.
Year: 1861

ONE GooD AcT.-The Legislature has repealed
the act creatingthe Office Of Sealer of Weights
and Measures; with its numerous deputies, and
makes it felony to practice fraud ON purchasers
in the absence of such law. The standard of
correct weight and measurement is hereafter to
be regulated by the different County Clerks.
Year: 1861

Coop JOKE. ON SoMEBoDY.-Thc
La Crosse Democrat says that on the
night Of the 22d, the anniversary Of
ashington's birth day, large party
were dancing in Barron's Hall,
while from the flag staff over the
building floatcd the stars, and stripes
During the evening the national bunt
ing was hauled down and the Palmetto
flag, rattle "snaik' and all run mp in its
place. All night long did It float there
all night long did patriotic men and
women dance under it, but there was
swearing i'll town on the next moring
when it was discovered and cut down.
Year: 1861

[P The Pony news says that Gen. Scott and
Bob Toombs had quarrel, which resulted in a
challenge. Toombs, no doubt, was the challen-
ger. If Gen. Scott accepted, our good opinion
of him would sustain severe shock. He is too
old, brave and good a man to set himself up as a
mark for disunionist. The Government has a
claim upon his services, and it cannot afford to
do without them in these perilous times. We
have very much mistaken his character if he did
not treat the challenge with that contempt it de-
served, coming from such source, and adj
dressed to so noble hero.
Year: 1861

PREMATURE BLAsT.-Daniel Powell and Ed
ward Mercer, while engaged tamping in claim
on Moonshine Creek, short time ago, were
blown up and considerably burned by the pre-
mature explosion of blast. Both are rapidly
recovering from their wounds.
Year: 1861

torch; put hook into the jaws Of the
enemy. and turn him backward. Let not
this Nation. the hope of the Christian
world. the light OF the nations of the
world. be destroyed. But long may we
remain the boac 1n of human liberty


Send forth holy men who shall proclaim
the truth as it is in Jesus. Help us. Oh!
Lord! We do again earnestly entreat Thee
to enable us to heartily repent of all our
National and personal sins, and do Thou
wipe them all away. And. finally. bring
MS to where secession AMI confusion shall


be no more, and Thine shall be the praise,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen"
Year: 1861

@ "A correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing and thinks its publication would be
at this time:
Daniels Vision of the Ram aud He Goat.


SEE DANIEL, CHAPTER VIII.


Then lift ed up mine eyes and 10 and
behold. there stood before the river Ram
which had two horns; and the two horns
were high. but one was higher than the
other and the higher came up last.


saw the Ram pushing Westward and
Northward and Southwards. Mark he
did not push Eastward J So that no
beast might stand before him, neither was
there any that could deliver out of his
hands, but he did according to his will and
became great.


And as | was considering. behold an He
Goat can e from the West. on the face oI
the whole earth. and touched not tho
ground. and the Goat had notable horn
between his eyes-


And he came to the Ram that had two
horns. which had seen standing before
the river. and ran unto him in the fury o
his power.


And saw him come close unto the Ram
and he was moved with choler agains
him. and smote the Ram and brake his two
horns, and there was no power in the Ran
to stand before him. but he cast him dowI
to the ground and stamped upon him. AM
there was none that could deliver the Ran
on; Of his hands.
Year: 1861

C0mpdny 'L"-Nearly all the members of
Capt. Morris command live in the upper part
OF the city, and it is of course very inconve-
nient for them to attend company drills down
town. They therefore propose to erect an
armory on Leigh street, at a modera te cost to
which the men can easily resort, and thus re
ceive the benefit of frequent military instruc-
tion. The ranks are rapidly filling up with
the right sort of material for soldiers and we
hope that any effort that may he made towards
promoting the efficiency of the Company will
be generously supported by those citizens who
are immed la tely in terestad
Year: 1861

MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS JoKE.-When
the Emperor of Russia was on his way to
Poland, for the famous Warsaw interview
with his brother of Austria, General Oper-
man, Governor of Redom, nearly fell victim
to hoax. While awaiting the arrival of the
Emperor, the General received an order to
change the uniform of his police. and put
them in the Garbaldian red shirt He ex-
ecuted the order, and only learned that it was
hoax barely i'll time TO save him from re-
ceiving the Emperor at the head of Garibal-
dian band, sight which, assuredly, would
have been nything but pleasing to the au-
tocrat.
Year: 1861

A VALUABLE SUBsTIrUrE.-The Societe In
dustrielle de Mullhouse recently offered a
prize of f700 to any one who would utilize a
cheap and efficient substitute TOR albumen. of
which so large quantity is used in calico
printing. This substitute has been found by
M Harmon in the gluten of wheat flour
which is almost a waste product in the manu-
facture of starch
Year: 1861

INTENSE CoLD.-A letter from Berlin states
that the severe cold which prevailed during
the funeral of the late King caused illness
among many of the persons who were present t.
More than 200 of the soldiers who lined the
streets were obliged to go into hospital, and
some of them have since died. A number OF
horses have also perished from the same
Year: 1861

taken the trouble to investigate the matter.
that large proportion of the suffering poor''
now constantly receiving assistance from the
benevolent societies in this city, are idle men
and boys, many of them unable to get en-
ployment. While the women go out to ask
forproyisions and fuel, their husbands and sons
remain at home, supported by public charity
II has been suSges ted that it would be more
charitable to provide work for them. There
are surely many localities in and about the
city that might be much improved by those
now living in idleness, and they would have
the satisfaction of earning ins tead of begging
subsistence for their families Should the
benevolent gentlemen who lately contributed
so literally to the relief of the poor meet
again and act on these suggestions, their
charity would, we think, be much more
worthily bes towed.
Year: 1861

voted by Edward Everett to the New York
Ledger contains the following on passports;


DIFFICULTIES sometimes occur at the police
Office in foreign countries in making out the
personal descriptions. Ii is said, particularly
that the record of the age of the better part of
creation would not always be found to CORE
spond with that of the baptismal certificate.
Lord Macaulay once mentioned at my break
fast table, that when Madame Sontag applied
for passport at the police office in Paris, the
chief, instead of filling out the personal de-
scription under the separate heads, gazed few
moments at her with respectful admiration,
and, drawing q line down the column of par
ticulars wrote angettque (angelicaD against
them all"
Year: 1861

r@Those who d"nounce Fremont's
as an invasion of mems
rights, may he entirely correct in their views
upon the subject, still they may as well
bear in mind that the proclamation inter
iercs only with the rights of those men who
would destroy by force of arms NIL the rights
Of United States citizens under the United
States Government. louisville Journal
Year: 1861

w An elderly lady who attended l.
meeting Of the LIST Vermont regiment arose.
full of enthusiasm, and said that she thank
ed God that she was able to do something
for her country; her two sons, all she pos
scssed in the world, were in the regiment,
and the only thing she had to regret was
that she could not have known it twenty
years ago-she would have furnished more
of them.
Year: 1861

r9f~IIow little is known of what is in
the bosom of those around us! We might
explain many coldness, could we look in
to the heart concealed from MS. We should
often pity when we hate, love when we
think we can forgive, admire when We curl
the lip with scorn and Indignation. TO
Judge without reserve, of any human ac
ton, is cu'pable temerity, of all our sins
the most unfeeling and frequent
Year: 1861

coat or blanket over your shoulders This
precaution should be taken in the warmest
weather, especially if there is even slight air
stirring.


&c. The greatest physical kindness you can
show severely wounded comrade Ia first to
place him on his back, and then run with all
your might for some water TO drink; not sec.
ond ought to be lost. If no vessel is at hand,
take yonr hat; If no hat, off with your shirt,
wiring il out once, tie the arms in knot, as also
the lower end, thus making bag, open at the
neck only, A feet person can convey bucket
full half a mile in this way. I've seen a dying
man clutch at a single drop of water from the
fingers end, with the voraciousness Of fam
ished tiger.


27 Ii wet to the skin by rain or by swim
ming rivers, keep In motion until the clothes
are dried, and no harm will result.


%. Whenever IL is possible, do, by all means,
when you have to use water for cooking or
drinking from ponds or sluggish streams, boil
it well, and when cool, shake it, or stir it, so
that the oxygen OF the air shall get to it, which
greatly improves it for drinking. This boiling
arrests the process of fermentation which arises
from the presence of organic and inorganic i'm
purities, thus tending TO prevent cholera and
all bowel diseases. If there Is no time for boil
ing, at least strain il through cloth, even il
you have to use "a shirt or tr0wser-leg


49, Twelve men are hit in battle dressed in
red where there are only five dressed in blu
ish gray-a difference of more than two to one I;
green, seven; brown, six.


30. Water can be made almost ice cool in the
hottest weather by closely envelopiDg filled
canteen, or other vessel, with wooden cloth,
kept plentifully wetted and exposed.


81. While on march, lie down tho moment
you halt for rest. Every minute spent in that
position refreshes more than FIVE minutes stand
ing or lettering about.


80. A daily evacuation of the bowels is in.
dispensable to bodily health, vigor and endu-
rance; this is promoted in many cases by stir.
ring tablespoonful Of corn Qndian) meal in q
glass of water, and drinking it on rising in the
morning.


80. Loose bowels, namely, acting more than
once day, with feeling of debility after.
wards, is the first step towards cholera. The
bes! remedy is instant and perfect quietude of
body, eating nothing but boiled rice, with or
without boiled milk; in more decided cases
wooden flannel, with two thicknesses in front,
should be bound tightly around the abdomen,
especially if marching is a necessity.


81. To shave been to tho wars" is a life
long honor, increasing with advancing years,
while to have died in defense of your country
will be the boast and the glory Of your child
ren's children.
Year: 1861

The ingredients are fret reduced to an i'm
palpable powder in cylinder mills worked by
water power, or between metallic rollers. IL is
next weighed, then properly mixed in O mixing
trough with a wooden roller for three hours,
and at some mills it is merely stirred about in
large tub for short time; but when this is the
case, moro time is allowed for incorporating,
which is the next processo The cylinders Of
most incorporating mills are two in number, and
made of very tough description of stone; they
each weigh about three tuns. The bed OF the
mill on which they reyolve Is Of the same ma.
teriql; but cylinders and beds of iron are also
much used. The objection to iron beds is that
they generally wear hollow in the middle, and
it would be out of the question to have stone
cylinders and iron beds. The charge which is
placed in the mill at a time is 40 bs., and it Ia
moistened with 2pints of water, which is placed
in the mill with the charge; but this is varied
according to the state of the atmosphere. At
the end of three hours, the charge Is withdrawn
from the mill to be pressed either in hydraulic
or powerful screw press; it is separated at
equal distances by plates Of copper, so that uni.
form pressure may be applied to the whole,
which is about 600 tuns. When taken from the
press it is in thin solid cakes or layers, called
"preas cake" This is broken in pieces of about
a quarter of an ounce in weight, and removed to
the corning house, where it is granulated by
placing it in sieves having rotary shaking
motion, given to them by machinery, with two
blocks Of lignumvit~ wood, which crush the DOW.
der between them aud the sides of the sieve;
two other sieves of different degrees of fueness
are placed under the first, which catch the DOW.
der and separate It into fine and coarse grain,
(for artillery and muskets) and the dust, or
meal powder, falls into box placed beneath.
The powder is now glazed by being placed in a
cask, which revolves on an axle through the
centre about thirty times in minute, which
takes cff oil the corners Of the grains and gives
them polish.


The last process is drying, which Is perform.
ed by steam, radiation from hot irons, or solar
heat; it is sometimes again sifted before bar
reling, to clean it and prevent 1t from cakng
together. The pressing and glazing process,
although they lessen the effective force of the
powder, are absolutely necessary; first, to give
the powder density, TO prevent It's breaking by
carriage; second, to prevent its absorbing moist
ure from the atmosphere, which it is liable to
do from the alkali which ia in the charcoal; /;
third, to prevent the powder losing its power
when kept for any length of time. The quality
of the powder produced depends more on the
care taken in its manufacture than on the exact
proportions Of the ingredients.