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Year: 1867

An island, one quarter Of mile In area,
and covered with heavy growth Of bushes
and trees, twenty feet high, that had long
been stationary In a pond at Tyringham.
Mass, noaied tho other day full hall milo
from lis original location.
Year: 1867

What blessing it is to havc on hand a
good stock of tho agreeable article denom-
inated-Self Conccit! The possessor of
that delightful spirit cxlilrator. must be n


fortunate individual. The shafts of world


j. sights and disparagcmcnts which would
be torture to more sensitive souls glance
harmlessy by his ilvulnerablc armor of
|complacency-an armor as impenetrable
as the hide Of the Rhinoceros No ma. ter
what others may think of him if he only
thinks well of himself No matter if he
does get snuhl'ed sometimes, he soon gets
over it even if lie can be made to under
stand il, and feels just as we'll afterwards.
No matter if he is a subject Of rilicue and
disparagement he don't know it and there
fore his self compiacencv is not in the least
injured. What an unbounded admiration
he has for the smaitness ofhis own savings
and doings! He can do everything any
one else can do and little more. He
could remove mountains .EtiM I'm his
own abilties) were the only material need
ed Tor the operation. Well, why should
we presist in turning up disgustcd noses q.
this amusing specimen of human nature
self g!orifcd! Mr.. Self Conceit? Since
this exalted opinion of himself affords him
such infinite satisfaction and really harms
no one we have only to say Let him keep
his Self Conccit and welcome
Year: 1867

passions, and it appears from this time
on the younger brother seemed TO resent
with interest and intensity his brother :
animosity, until finally it resulted in an
attack upon the younger brother by the
elder about the LIST instant, on the occa.
sion of his visiting the residence of the
elder brother It appears the younger
brother was terribly maltreated, being
cut and badly bruised


The younger BROTHER, il seems, then
sent the oloer word to arm himself; that
he intended to kill him on sight The
neighbors and friends Of the two men
then interfered, and used every possible
effort to stop the feud and reconcile
them, but IL was TO no purpose.


The two men went heavily armed on
all occasions, and finally met on the high
way near the residence Of the elder, on
the day named above, and Immediately
commenced firing at each other, and at
the same time approaching. They
emptied two revolvers each, and then
clinched and beat each other in horri-
Bile manner with the butts Of their pis-
tolls and continued in this horrible work
until they fell apart from sheer exhaus-
ton.


When found by some men who hap
pened along the road, the elder brother
was stiff and dead, and the youngest hor-
ribly wounded and trying to drag him
self away from the bloody and fatal spot
where his brother lay. The survivor was
at once attended to, and when our in
formant left he was still alive with no
hopes of his recovery, and he was terri
bly, wounded in five places, and con-
tinued to rave like a maniac.


Take it altogether, the circumstances,
the standing, the strong and brotherly
love that once existed, and the bloody
and sickening finale, we have never be-
fore heen called unon IN record its like
Year: 1867

Every day we live, we learn some thing of ourselves, and of those with whom we are associated. The man who is too wise to learn, is afool--wcll deserving the pity of the meanest of his kind. That are constantly learn ing is evident; but, that we constantly profit by what we learn. is doubtful. The great lessons of the past, have gone far toward teacl ins Il omission to the great change that has been wrought in our political condition. Experience has taught us to expect little from those in high places, that will be for our good. Yet, we have lessons to learn, that heretofore have been little needed We express a wish, and are constantly desiring that our beautiful city and rich surrounding country would be settled and filled up, with that class that mosthelp to develop the resources of a country, yet we arc not sufficiently alive to the importance of encouraging the immigration of such a class. What are we doing, and what have we done to attract the intelligent masses that have become dissatisfied with their condition in the older States and determined to seek, elsewhere, a home for themselves and children P Have we engaged in such enterprises as prove our liberality? Have. we sup ported enterprise and encouraged edu- cation? We think not We have a city in prospect, if not in reality, and as sure as the traveller, in search for a home, enters the mouth of White riv- CT, so sure will he visit Dcs Are, to ad- mire, ifnot remain. five would have him stay, we must give heed to other things than mere speculation upon our advantage in position and locality.-- live really desire that our town be built up rapidly and by such men as will make it strong, we must hold out inducements, social, moral and educa

 tionaL This thing we have not suffic- iently learned to practice. a4a q
Year: 1867

The Legislature, previous to it's ad- journmcnt, passed an act to establisl, a separate, or District Court, in Prairie County, which was so amended in the Senateas to make it optional with the County Court whether the bill be al- lowed, or submitted to the people of the county for ratification. On Mon- day last, the Court in session decided to submit the question 10 vote of the pooplo. ssAs false ideas have obtained, concerning the. sentiment entertained by the people of this portion of the County, we deem it expedient to say a few things in their defense. @

 We have petitioncd for District Court, and are much indebted 10 our representatives in the Senate and Leg islature, for their efforts in our behalf. We did this because we are soremoved from the County town, as to make it diifieuh at any, and all fines, to reach it. for the transaction of such business as we shave ia the Courts. Itis said we desire thelscat ofth County. Regard ing that matter we would disabuse the public mind. We do not want the County seat, because we are not eli gibly situated for it. We believe that it should be left with the people of the County to say where their Courthouse shall be, and that their voice should control this matter. We have asked for this District Court because we be- lieve the interest of the people of this section demand it; and that the demand is reasonable, all must admit. While it will accommodate itself to the neces- sites of many, it will interfere with the plans of no part of the County. } AS the question will be submitted to the peo- pie in June erJuly, we would call their attention to its imp portance. IL is inn pertant to us because it facilitates the transaction of such business as is now attended with difficulty. It is of inn portance to the whole County, because it increases the revenue of the whole County by it's tendency to settle and populate an already desirable portion of the country. The'pcople of South of the railroad cannot urge legitimate objections to Court at this place, be- cause, with it, they will not have to do. Their Courtis at Brownsville, and With it we wish not to interfere. The peo- pie of the Western portion of the Coun- ty should not oppose it, for it does not retard the progress ofaffairs with them. They can make such disposition of themselves as is most compatible with their interests, and we shall not say nay. We would have the people think of these things, and when the time ar rives, lend us the aid of their votes to establish District Court in this part Of the County.
Year: 1867

HoN. JOIN c BREcKISRIDGE-The Atlanta Era, says: This distinguished general and renowned statesman has ad- vised his friends to accept in good faith the Sherman reconstruction bill, as the surest and only mode of restoring the country to peace and quiet. Gen, Breck- inridge ranks among the greatest of living statesmen, and the south will not fail to heed his voice on the most important question of the day Let the column move forward till all complications are overcome and forever put to rest The prospect for the future is now more hope ful than it has been at any time within the last two years, and it is earne- tly hoped that nothing will occur to prevent the consummation of an early and complete settlement of national difficulties"
Year: 1867

An action of much interest and importance was tried, Wednesday, in the Supreme Circuit Court of New York, before Judge Mason. Itinvolves the validity of a judgment rendered in the Sixth District Court of New Or leans, by a Judge who had taken ju- of the Confederate States, and who rendered judgment in Austin in Feb proclaimed there, and after Judge Pea body had, by authority of the Presi- dent, entered upon the duties of his office. Judge Mason directed a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the general term, thus sustaining the judgment rendered by the New Orleans Court.
Year: 1867

Tell the first man you meet that wa ter is, on the whole, more nutritious than roast beef, and that common salt, or hone ash, is as much all edible as the white of an egg, and it is probable that he will throw anxious glanccs across the street 10 assure himself your keeper is at hand. Make the same statements to the first man of science you meet, and the chances are that he will think you very ignorant oforganic chemistry, or that you are playing with paradox. Nevertheless it is demonstrably true. and never would have worn the air of a paradox if men had steadily con ceived the nature of an alimentary sub stance. That is an aliment which nourishes whatever we find in the organism, as constant and integral meleent, either forming part of its structure or one of the conditions oi vital processes that, and that only, deserves the name of aliment. If "to nourish the body mean to sustain it's force and repair it's waste--if food enters into the living structure--and il all the integral constituents of that structure are derived from food-there can,be nothing improper in designating as nutritious substances which have an enormous preponderance among the integral constituents. People who think it paradoxical to call water food will cease their surprise on learning that water forms two-thirds of the liv- ing body.
Year: 1867



 At the royal palace at Berlin forty thousand wax candlod are instan- taneously lighted by one match. The mode of proceeding is simple enough, the wicks being previously connected by thread spun out of gun cotton, on lighting the end of which all the candles are lighted simultaneously, and thus the whole ofthe seven hundred apartments are illuminated at once. the process is so easy that the wonder is that il is not more extensively known and generally practiccd. In Russia the same ingenious method is employed for lightning up the churches on grand occasions.
Year: 1867

In the tribe of Neggdeh, there was a horse whose fame was spread far and near and Bedouin of another tribe, by name Daner, desired extremely to possess it. Having offered in vain for it his cam els and his whole wealth, he hit at length upon the following device, by which he he hoped to gain the object of his desire. He resolved to stain his face with the juice of an herb, to clothe himself in rags to tie his legs and neck together, so as to ap- pear like lame beggar

 Thus equipped, he went to wait for Ma Der, the owner of the horse, who he knew was to pass that way When he saw Ma Der approaching on his beautiful steed, cried out in weak voice, l am poor stranger; for three days l have beon una ble to move from this spot so seek for food ar dying help me and heaven will re- ward you The Bedouin kindly offered to take him on his horse and carry him home; bat the rogue replied, I cannot rise, l have no strength left. Naber, touched with pity, dismounted, led his horse to the spot, and with great difficulty set the seeming beggar on his back, but no sooner did Daner feel him self in the saddle, than he put spurs to the horse and galloped of, calling ont as he did so. It is I-Daner-l have got the horse and am off with it Naber called after him to stop and listen. Certain of not being pursued, he tarned, and halted short distance from Naber, who was armed with spear.

 You have taken my horse, said Naber Since heaven has willed it, I wish you l joy with it. but do conjure you never to tell any one how you obtained it.

 Why not said Daner

 Because, said the noble Arab, "an- other man might be really i'll, and men would fear to help him. You would be the cause of many refusing to perform an act of charity, for fear of being duped as have been

 | Daner, struck with shame at these words was silent for a moment, then springing i from the horse, returned it to its owner, embracing him. Naber made him accom- pany him to his tent, where they spent a few days together, and became fast friends for life.
Year: 1867

The following poem, from the Church of
England Magazine, will come like 'song in
the night" TO many stricken heart
"The loved and lost !" why do we call them lost:
Because we miss them from our onward roadi
Gods unseen ange! DER our pathway crost,
Looked on US all, and loving them the most,
Straightway relieved them from life's weary


load.


They are not lost they are within the door
That shuts out loss, and every hurtful thing
With angels bright, and loved ones gone before
In their Redeemer's presence evermore,
And God himself their Lord and Judge and


King.


And this we call loss o selfish sorrow
OF selfish hearts o we Of little faith
Let US look round, some argument TO borrow,
Why we in patience should await the morrow,
That surely must succeed this night Of death.
Aye, look upon this dreary, desert path,
The thorns und thstles wheresoe'er we turn ;
What trials and what tears, what wrongs and


wrath,


What struggles and what strife the journey hath!
They have escaped from these and 10! We


mourn.


Ask the poor sailor, when the wreck is done,
Who, with his treasure, stroyc the shore 10


reach,


While with the raging waves he battled on,
Was it not joy, where every JOY seemed gone,
To see his loved ones landed on the beach
A poor wayfarer, leading by the hand
A little child had halted by the well
10 wash from off her feet the cliOging sand,
And tell the tired boy Of that bright land
Where, this long journey past, they longed TO


dwell.


When 10 the Lord who many mansions had,
Drew near and looked upon the suffer


twain.


Then plying, sPake, "Giye me the little lad
In strength renewed, and glorious beauty clad,
I'll bring him with me when come again."
Did she make answer sclfshly and wrong
"Nay but the woes feel lie too must share"
Or rather bursting into grateful song,
She went her way rejoicing and made strong
To struggle on, since he was freed from care.
We will do likewise. Death hath made no


breach


In love and sympathy, in hope and trust;
No outward sign or sound our ears can reach,
But there's an inward, spiritual speech,
That greets us still, though mortal tongues be


dust.


II bids US DO the work that they laid down
Take up the song where they broke of the


strain


SO journeying till We reach the heavenly town,
Where arc laid up our treasures and our crown,
And our lost, loved ones will be found again.
Year: 1867

We have frequently heard the above
remark, and it always exciles in our mind
a sentiment Of inedabIe contempt for the
worthless piece OF humanity that uttered
it. 1t is source Of deep regret 10 US that
it may ever be our duty 10 deal harshly
with any portion of the fair sex. who
maintain reputable standing in society,
but there are some, and not few either.
who, though their fame be unspoued, are
go filed with envy, jealousy, and haired
towards their sex, who happen to
be less favored by fortune, but more per-
feclly moulded and finished by nature
than themselves, that their hearts are gall,
their souls are wormwood, their breath is
peslllence, whenever they can make il
convenient 10 speak Of them.


These are they who, with sarcastic
leer, and scornful turn OF the nose, slig-
maize as "nolhing but working girls"
such young females as have the moral
courage and virtue to work with their
hands for an homes, livelihood, rather
than be dependent destitute or disEeputa-
Bile.


1t is sometimes applied opprobnousIy
10 married ladies after the following man
ner: "Did you ever see the like, how
Mrs - dresses herself and children Of
laie knew her when she was a work
ing girl, and her husband poor working
mechanic, and when he worked for my
father. Now they have got little some
thing in the world and they stick them
selves up as somebodies. 1t is always
just so with such creatures; as soon as
they get little in the world, they forget
the poverty they sprane from. and then
begin TO put on airs Of genIllty. can'I
bear them for my par, !"


Reader, if you are young man, and
should hear anything like the above sen'l'
menl uttered by young lady to whom
you are paying your addresses, let that
be your last. Even if you are under
promise Of marriage, it would be better 10
break off and incur the penalty of breach
Of promise, than to be united 10 one so
utterly devoid Of kind hearted sympathy
for those of her sex thus virIuously srug-
Cling with adversely. and who holds II
jisreputable in a young lady without a
fortune or able friends 10 draw upon, and
relies on her own physical faculties for
support, in an honest, useful vocation.
Year: 1867

Papa, said IlIIe urchn to bis father
tie olher day, Il saw printer 60 down
street just now.


Did you, sonny How did you know
that person was printer 7


Cause do, papa


but he might have been a carpenter,
blacksmith or shoemaker.


oh no, papa, lie was printer for he
was gnswing a bone, and lie had no
stockings on, the crown was out OF bis
hat and his coat was all torn. In Ger.
tain he was a printer, papa.
Year: 1867

HIGHwAYMEN.-Oned day last week as a
Red Bluff teamsterwas driving along near the
Canon House, two highwaymen sudden
~ sprang from the bushes at the
roadside and leveling their guns at him,
demanded his money. Seeing that one of
the highwaymen was armed with a double
barreled shot gun, and the other with a
Henry rife, the teamster lost no time in
handing o7er his purse, which contained
about $3.50. The teamster says one of the
robbers is middle aged man, little above
medium height, while the other is young
man, below the average size.


A few days after the robbery above men
toned, two Douglas City teamsters were
robbed of 5000, on the road near the Trinity
Mountain divide. The robbery was commit,
ted by two highwaymen, and are supposed
to be the same who committed the Canon
House robbery. Some, however, think there
is an organized band of highwavmen and
thieves prowling about the country, and that
they have spies in this and adjoining coun-
ties. Ifa number of these marauders were
caught, and hung without judge or jury,
robberies and thefts would be less common.
and the property of honest people more
secure
Year: 1867

MURpEREp.-A man named Isham Harris,
who resided near the village of Buckeye, In
this county, was found murdered, on the 9th
inst, under the following circumstances =
Harris owned lot of cows, which he was in
the habit of driving up every evening for
the purpose of milking. On the evening of
the 4th he started out as usual to hunt up his
cows. bnt failed to return that night. On
the following morning he was still missing.
and several of his neighbors, fearing that
something had happened him, started out in
search of him. While passing over the hills
in the direction in which the cows sometimes
ranged, one Of the searching party heard n
dog howl close by, and on walking in the
direction Of the sound, came upon the dead
body of Harris, lying near an unfrequented
path, and guarded by two faithful dogs,
which usually followed him whenever he left
home On finding the corpse, messenger
was dispatched to Shasta to notify the proper
authorities of the occurrence. Justice Knox
at once repaired to Buckeye, empanneled a
jury, and held an inquest on the remalns.-
Examination showed that deceased had re-
ceived two shcts from a shot gun in and
about the head, either of which was sufficient
to cause death. The first shot struck him in
the back of the head, and was evidently fred
by concealed assassin, who was watching
for him aud waited until he had passed his





hiding place on the trail. The second charge
was certainly fred at very short range. and
after Harris had fallen to the ground, as it
entered his face just below the left eye, and
ranging downward carried away the left
cheek and portion of the lower jaw. The
jury. after hearing all the evidence that
could be collected in the case, returned a
verdict of murder, committed by some person
or persons to them unknown.
Year: 1867

JOS NJ Wood. the King Bee of the puri
| fers, is a San Francisco ward politician.
who works at the primaries for hire He
took the contract to- break up tie County
Convention at San Francisco. and failing in
that, now has the presumption to attempt to
carry out his part of the programme by at
empting to destroy the Union Party.


JAS. McClatchey, of the Sacramento Bee.
was first candidate for the nomination for
Sheriff of his county, defeated in this, he
became candidate for State Printer made
more combinations than anv other aspirant
for that Office and then did not have votes
enough to make his candidacy prominent
and dared not allow his name to 90 before
the Convention.


A. p. Catlin tnow editor of the Sacramen-
to Union) is a candidate on the Sacramento
Boilers Ticket for District Attorney was
one of the Sacramento boiling Delegates ap.
peared before the Committee on Credentials
on behalf of his delegation, and then and
there pledged himself to the support of The
State Ticket, whether his delegation was
admitted or not. What is his word worth?


E. w. Haskell, has brother-in-law and
partner who is the candidate for State Sen
ator on the Copperhead ticket. Further
comment is unnecessary.


A. w. Bishop, nominal editor of the Chico
Courant, is the fellow who, as editor of the
Red Bluff Independent, two years ago, used
all the influences of his paper to divide the
Union Party of the county of Tehama. -
After playing himself out there, he went to
Chico and established his little paper and
sustained Andrew johnson to the extent of
following him out of the party, and remain
ed outside until he found that the people
would not sustain johnson, when he pre-
tended to crawl back into the party upon the
pretext that johnson ought not to have ap
pointed John Bigler. He then used the
local popularity of General Bidwell, and was
elected as a delegate to the State Convention.
As soon as he found that Gen. Bidwell was
in the minority be mounted a seat, in order
that he might be first recognized by the
Chairman, and with great gusto moved
that the nomination Of GEORGE c. GoRHAM
be made unanimous" and now says that he
did not vote for his own motion, and that he
is therefore not bound by the action of the
Convention, which enthusiastically adopted
it. Is he not contemplate?


Dave Gordon, of the Trinity Journal, was
candidate for State Printer; was beaten
in his own county came down to the State
Convention; had not single delegate from
any county in the State to favor his claims;
returned home and declared that he was
sWiadled out of his nomination by the out
raqeous ruling of PARKS.


Here we have the - independent" press,
Catlin, McClatchey. Bishop and Gordon
Hurrah for the Purifiers and the indcpen-
dent" press !-Narysrille appeal.
Year: 1867

In 1S6l.-It is not generally known, but
we are informed that it is fact that during
the greater part of the first year of the war,
Geo. G. Gorham was the principal editor of
the Sacramento Union. This accounts for
the backbone the Union for the first time
suddenly acquired, and the vigor ard force
its columns displayed during that eventful
period. But the Union don't like Gorham
he is poor. talented and independent, but
never subservient, and never will kneel to
the gilded blockheads of the sons of Mann
morl.-Fols0na telegraph. y