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Year: 1865

it when business will permit. But some of
them are very busy just now in trying to
upset the city government and get the char
Ter repealed. They say taxation is too
neavy upon the "dear people," The fact
is, suppose the city license makes whiskey
too dear for their pockets, and city police
men make thieves keep in the shade. We
must wait until Christmas and New Year,
are over, and then something may turn up
ior an OLp BATCHEIoR.
Year: 1865

So saying, he placed the money in hisown
purse, which he empticd for that purpose,
and omid the cheers Of the crowd presented
it to Henry


"What is all this minc?" asked our
hero, bewildered with his excessive Joy.


ut is all yours. We have no doubt that
a boy who has done himself so much credit
as you have this morning, will dispose Of it
in n suitable manner"


I'll give it to my mother, said Henry.
his eyes sparkling with joy. "Tm 50 glad
she needs it so much"
Preparations were now made to reverse
the cars and 90 back to the last station. -
The gentleman who had been the means ef
beneiittlng Henry so essentially did not go
back to the train


you are willing said he, addressing
our hero, II will go back with you to your
mother ! begin to feel a strong interest
IN you, and may have it in my power to be
Of service to you.


On the way he asked various questions,
to all of which Henry answered frankly.


There Is my mothers house, he said at
length. "She will be very clad to get this
money, for she has not been able to pay her
rent Tor the last quarter, and now she can
do it without any trouble.


on must Introduce me to your mother.
To DO this you mast know my name, which
is Gordon


Mrs Hull heard the story Of her sons
bravery with mingled pride and terror.
But her check blanchcd when she thought
Of the danger he had incurred


Madame, - said Mr.. Gordon, at length,
II am IA merchant doing business in the
city ! want lad for my counting room -
| have taken Il fancy for your son, and if
you will entrust him to me | will try to adj
vance his interests as far as may be in my
power.


Mrs. Hall heSitatcd The offer was an
advantageous one, but she did not wish him
to leave school. When, however, Mr.
Gordon promised to give him several hours
Il day to devote to study, and to take him
into the family, she accepted with earnest
gratitude. Henry is at this moment junior
partner in the firm, and his mother and sister
are raised above want.


Mrs Hall is Justly proud of the son to
whose boyish intrcpidity all their present
prosperity is due.
Year: 1865

A correspondent writing from Pithole,
says:


"Bcfore you are here Il week, you will
discover that wells are very often the sub
iect of affection, are raised to the dignity of
sex, and as if admitted into the human race
as SO many more. A dry hole is always
talked of as it, and very contemptuous
particle it sometimes is. But if the little
puncture behaves nobly, if it turns out a
good flowing WELL it is sure to be she, =
What the swift engine is to the rider; what
the proud ship is to the sailor; what the
sweet girl is to the lover, such is your hun
dred barrel well to its owner-a dear crea-
ture and she
Year: 1865

r. OTTo respectfully announces to HIS friends
and customers and the public generally, that his
store having been removed from its former stand,
adjoining Days Drug store, to the large store and
warehouse building, tgt
ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THIRD AND


LAUREL STREETS,


lie is fully prepared to keep on hand one Of the
largest and most varied assurtmenrs of the above
artices to be fouad in the city of Baton Rouge.
With his increased and increasing facilities for
obtaining and storing merchandise, he is enabled
to meet all present and future demands, and there
fore invites the special attention of purchasers to
that fact hoping by a spirit Of accommodation to
please all, and to always sell on as reasonable
terms as the state of the markets win permit, to
secure libtral share of regular patronage.


sH- Please call before purchasing elsewhere"


aug10-H
Year: 1865

FRE.-YestcrdRy afternoon nm alarm Of FIRE
was sounded from box rs, cornor of Sd aud y
streets, Island, Tho FIRE Department was soon on
tho spot whru they found the are To be u small
franc dwelling on South Capitol street near G..
The danes were extinguished by turning q stream
on them from plug near by.
Year: 1865

WORK ON THE PACIFIC RoAD.-We had a
call yesterday morning from Mr.. Hale, the
Superintendent of the Western Division of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad. lie informs
us that he commenced to lay the rails east of
Independence, and within ten days will
have all the iron now on hand laid down.
By the last of June, the heavy grading will
be done as far as Lee Summit, ten miles east
of Independence, and ready for the rails
The work on the other end of the road, west
of Holden, is also progressing rapidly and
the gap is fast being closed. Two more
months and the gap will be closed. and the
passengers taking breakfast in St. Louis in
the morning, will take supper in Kansas
City.-KansaS City Journal.
Year: 1865

SHASTA CouNrY.-Some of the papers have
given circulation to a report that there was a
bolt in Shasta county. We have the Shasta
Courier of July 8th, and there is not line
in the paper about bolters, or bolting.-
MargsriUe appeal.


Nor will you see one line on that subject.
as applied to our county. We have but one
ticket in the field. There is no opposition.
We are so one sided here that politics have
no local interest. The Convention settled
the question, and from that fact we do not
anticipate more than half our usual vote.
One ballot would elect the whole ticket,
with the exception of the candidate for Re-
corder, who has an opponent running indie.
pendent, and who so announced himself be.
fore the Convention.
Year: 1865

W. Hope for the Afflicted.-1n another part
Of this paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by Dr. J. c.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char.
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they are of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the care of the skilful
Doctor the sick and troubled divest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
are sick or in trouble, do not hesitate Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number the manner of directing you
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ION street, San Francisco.
Year: 1865




Under the rigid military surveillance of
Lieut.. Gen. Dick Taylor, commanding this
department, no branch of government off,
cials have been more assiduous in their
duties than those gentlemen attached to
the secret service. They are, OF, seem to
be, ubiquitous, and if a strange face ap-
pears upon our public thorOughfare, the
best of papers must be produced, or the
candidate finds himself transferred to the
front in double quick time. Few strange
faces can be found in Montgomery at this
time, and those few have the best possible
guarantees for being permitted to roam the
streets at will. We have every reason to
congratulate ourselves on the thorough
efficiency of this branch of the department.;
for in these perilous times every man
counts in filling up, the ranks iof those
whose province it is to defend the South
from the merciless attacks of her invaders.
Year: 1865

success of the candidates denomlnated
secessionists who are not suspected Of
any great love for or loyalty to the gov
ernment. The voting is said TO have
been done principally by the paroled
soldiers OF Lees army.


The rebels are being registered as vot-
ers in many counties in Tennessee, In
defiance OF the franchise law, the local
authorities being either unwilling or
powerless TO check the illegal act. So
extensively is this being done that 1t is
probable the election will be vitiated in
consequence, in three or four of the eight
congressional districts in the state.
From kentucky the news continues
cheering, with the probabilities of the
supporters of the abolition amendment
carrying he state,
Year: 1865

BRANCH RAILROAD. .- The Hydepark
Newsdealer says considerable talk is had
in reference to q branch railroad from
Waterbury to Stowe. Governor Smith
of st. Albans and several other "heavy"
railroad men were at Stowe some time
since, partly for the purpose of investi-
eating this matter. They thought the
road could be easily built by following
up the Waterbury river. Whether this
project will end in "talk" or whether
sufficient capital can be raised to carry
it out successfully are now the main
questions.
Year: 1865

F1RE.-Rollin c. Sherwin's house at
Baltimore, with all its furniture and
$500 worth Of wool, was burned on the


18th. The family were at dinner, and
the fire catching in the upper part of the
house, they did not know Of it till the
roof was about to fall in. The cracking
OF the flames was supposed to be the
kittens at play in the chamber.
Year: 1865

Constance Kent pleaded guilty Of the murder of her
brother, and was sentenced TO death The In
court was very painful The prisoner showed orttude
until the emotion OF the Judge in passing sentence
caused her to burst into food Of tears Everyone was
deeply affected II understood there was no likcl-
hood Of the septenee being carried out
Year: 1865

CH1LpREN.-When child is hurt, never
hush it. 1t is inexcusable barbarty; it is
repressipg her instinct and for this reason if
physical punishment is inflicted on a child 1t
is perfect brutality. Cases are on record
where children have been thrown into con-
vulsons in their efforts TO silence. A thou.
sand times better is it to soothe by kindly
words and acts, divert the mind by telling
stories, or by explaining pictures, or by pro-
viding it with new toys. We have many a
time in our professional experience as to sick
children, found more benefit to be derived
from beautiful or interesting toy, than from
a dose of physic. The greatest humanity a
mother can exhibit in respect to her sick
child is to divert it, divert it, divert it, in all
pleasing ways possible, as we ourselves who
are larger children, feel sometimes really
sick, when cheerful face and much h-loved
friend has come in, and before we know it
we have forgotten what was the matter with
US. 500 a-n'-l Halls Journal of Health.
Year: 1865

Almost every one has heard of the won
dertul walking leaves of Australia For a
long time after the discovery of that great
island, many people really believed that the
leaves of a certain tree which f1ourishes there
could walk about the ground. The story
arose in this way. some English sailors land
ed upon the coast one day. After roaming
about until they were tired, they set down
under tree to rest themselves. A puff OF
wind came along and blew off shower Of
leaves, which after turning over and over in
the air, as leaves generally do, finally rested
upon the ground. As it was midsummer,
and everything appeared quite green, the
circumstance puzzled the sailors considerably.


But their surprise was much greater, as
you may suppose, when after short time,
they saw the leaves crawling along on the
ground toward the trunk of the tree. They
ran at once for their vessels, without stop-
ping to examine into the matter at all, and
set sail from the land where everything
seemed to be bewitched. One of The men
said that he expected every moment to see
the trees set to dance jig"


r Subsequent explorations in Australia have
taught us that these walking leaves are in
secls. They live upon the trees. Their bod
les are very thin and flat, their wings forming
large leaf'like organs. When they are dis
turbed their legs are folded away under their
bodies, having the shape exactly like leaf
with the stem all complete They are of a
bright green color in the Summer, but they
gradually change in the Fall, with the leaves,
to the brown of frost-bitten vegeation.-
When shaken from the tree, they lie for a
few minutes upon the ground as though they
were dead, but presently they begin to crawl
along towards the tree, which they ascend
again. They rarely use their wings, although
they are pretty we'll supplied in this respect.
Year: 1865

ARkEsT OF JuNIUs BRuTus BooTH.-The
Philadelphia Ledger says Of the arrest Of Ju-
Mus Brutus Booth: n.ft.stg .s4


There were peculiar circumstances con.
nected with the arrest Of Junius Brutus
Booth in this city. After his arrest by De.
tective Krupp he was taken to the Provost


Marshals office, to await the departure Of


the train for Washington. While in the Of


fee lie was in charge Of two men as guard.


He engaged in very little conversation, but
was smoking cigar, and during this time
he frequently took from bis pocket what ap-
peared to be scraps of paper with which to
light his cigar The guard did not attach
any importance to the act, but it afterwards
;ranspired that these were letters and envel.
opes which were thus destroyed. After he
had been sent away, the attention of Capt.
Lane and Commissioner Barrett was called
to the fact; they gathered together the frsg'
ments, but the letters were so effsctually de-
stroyed that nothing can now be gained from
them. The corner of an envelope showed
the printed inscription, "British Province"
and small remnant of the letter inside Of
this envelope contained only the words
"your brother" laa ,.fsV nH11 waro


Whlle IN tue office Booth was engaged in
looking over Bible on the table. When
he had finished this be took narrow strip
of paper and wrote what now appears to
have been a letter. 1t was written on both
sides; but as soon as finished he tore them


into small pieces and threw them into che
spit box on the floor. After he had gone
an attempt was made to collect the frag
ments of this letter, but without success
Enough was found to show that the letter
was intended for his sister, aud referred to
the fact that he was waiting in the Marshal's
office for the cars. He bade her to be Of
good cheer. There is also reference 10
grandma" but the rest of the sentence is
gone. Attention is called to two psalms;
one can be made out--the forty ninth; the
other is not decipherable, as part Of the
numerals are torn off and lost
Year: 1865

Nearly all active credits are now based
on government securities, and banks hold
them as the very best and strongest invest
meut they can make. If it were possible
TO contemplate the financial failure of the
government, no bank would be any safer.
1t money Ia loaned on Individual notes or
bond and mortgage, it will he payable in
the same currency as the government pays
with, and no. better. The government
never has failed to meet its engagements,
and the national debt is fret mortgage
upon the whole properly of the country,
While other stocks fuG;uste from ten to
fifty, OF even greater per cent, govern
ment stocks are always comparatively firm.
Their value is fixed and reliable, beyond
all other securities; for while thousand
speculative bubbles rise and burst, ss a
rule they are never below par, and are of
tan above
Year: 1865

Several citizens OF Anderson Town
ship, Warriek county have published
notification over their individual sigma
tures, ito all whom il may concern,
that they are opposed to negro equality
that they don't intend to marry ne.
groes, and for fear they might they don't
intend that negroes shall come into their
township, and that they viii prosecute
any man who shall bring q negro or mu.
latto into the township. We think the
gentlemen are acting wisely. Unseemly
protestations OF innocence always
awaken suspicious of guilt, and if they
are really in danger OF negro equality
we trust that the Government will use
all Of it power to protect them.
Year: 1865

ISRAEL C0MSTOCK will attend To tho For
warding and Commission business in person
We hope to receive continuation of the patronage
heretofore extended to the old firm.


Red Bluff, Nov. Il, 1868. re1.tf
Year: 1865

TIE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-A late dispatch
from the East says that on good information it is
quite probable that the buoys attached to the
cable at the point where 1t parted and was left
by the paying-out vessels, have broken from the
cable, in which event it will be necessary to be-
qin at the starting point to secure the part lying
at the bottom, which will delay the completion
of the work for some weeks,
Year: 1865

A CHARLESTON BEAUTY.-The follow.
ing is an extract from the letter of
naval officer on board one of the United
States gunboats near Charleston, S, C. ::


saw an angel few days ago, in the
shape of IA lelutiiul young lady, who
came on board with her father to take the
oath. Without exception she was the
most beautiful being that l ever had the
pleasure to feast my eyes upon. When /
saw her come alongside, being officer of
the deck, | rushed to the gangway, and
was very attentive in seeing her over the
side safely, and waiting upon her up to
the quarter deck. Her father was en-
gagged with the captain, and took the
opportunity TO engage in convei sation
with the charmcr. | found her rather
modest and ditii'lent, not having yet made
her debut in society, but she did very
WELL


was at the time chewing tobacco.
which OF course was very ungallant on
my part. She noticed it, and what do
you think ! Why, she remarked that
'she had not been able to obtain any to-
bacco for Il real long time; and as for
snuff, she had not had dip she didn't
know when." | having good sized
piece in my pocket offered it to her, when,
with sparkling eyes and beam of JOY
and delight upon her countenance, she
asked ''it' she could have the whole of it,"
l answered with smile certainly"
when she took a good sized quid and
commenced chewing and splitting with the
gusto of an able seaman. How my idea
of beauty vanished
Year: 1865

BANQUET AND WET BANK-'I like to
reverse things once in while" said an
old topper, who was found at an early
hour in the morning sitting beside ditch;
81 like to reverse things once in while
i sat at banquet all night, and now |
am sitting on Il ,cet bank"
Year: 1865

A PRoDUcTIvE SwAMP.-The Collegiate
church Of New York is the richest religious
corporation in New York next to Trinity.
The property is valued at S4 600 600, with
an annual income of about $3.50 ,000 Hsr-
pending, an old Dutch elder in the Collegiate
church, left by will on dying, swamp which
he had used as lanyard, for the support Of
the ministry Of the Dutch church 10 New
York. This swamp constitutes the property
Of the church. Its location is in the most
valuable portions OF the city. 1t lies between
Maiden ane and Ann street, on Broadway,
down Fulton and John, 10 Nassau, William
street, and Maiden Lane--in all forty.one
lots, besides property up town. This church
has four pastors, paying each q salary OF
$4,000 year, with present each of $1,000
on New Years day. This property is held
in trust for the support of the ministry. A
suit is now pending 10 the court OF appeals
to compel the Collegiate church to divide
between all the Dutch ministers in the city OF
New York the proceeds of their income for
their support, contendiDg that that was the
intent of the donor and not to con6ne it
simply to the support Of the four pastors Of
the Collegiate church.
Year: 1865

A German servant girl fell out Of a third story
window in Cleveland, o., the other day, and would
have been killed had not gentleman caught her
in his arms. She asked him Il he "was not
ashamed OF himself" and told him to be of " with
bis imnetlinaneen
Year: 1865

this city and New Orleans all the wea ith OF
freight which now passes By Cairo will then
pass through here aud be unloaded and re-
shipped on our Levee. The throng OF passen-
gers between the North aud South will be
directed through Cairo. In short, every IN
ducemeat that can influence our business men
operates in fullest force to demand the early
completion of this truly magnificent enterprise


The meeting on the Sah is mainly for the pur
pose of ascertaining the present condition OF
the company which has the charter-of ascer-
tanning by means of a full and free talk the
difficulties and obstacles in the way, If there
are any, and what measures are necessary to
secure an early resumption of work under sucn
guarantees as will insure its, triumphant con-
summation.
Year: 1865

rs An extraordinary team attracted the at
tention of persons on the Levee, yesterday.
1t consiste l. of a large pair of wheels some
twelve or fourteen feet in diameter, drawn by
a team of nine yoke of oxen. 1t was engaged
in hauling some large Fragments of a steamers
machinery, which have been lying about the
Levee for some time, to the foundry above.
The appearance of this unique team excited
much attention, and good service has been
done in removing the unsightly objects refer
red to from the Levee.T -
Year: 1865

Does the TINES man really desire to exercise
the right of elective franchise? If so we will
favor the Enactment of a special law for his
benefit t.-CdirO Union.


The above charge, like the powder with
which Paddy loaded his gun which he fred at
rabbit, missing his ann, has been used
before - though considering that it was fired
by a HI oos;er, may be considered pretty sharp.
Year: 1865

New YORK, Oct. 25.-At /. meeting Of the
James River Canal Company, at Richmond, a
vote was passed to carry out an arrangement
for the sale of the property conditional upon
It's enlargement and completion to the Ohio
River and asking the Legislature to extend the
charter of the Company, in order that the
agreement may be carried out
Year: 1865

The Newark IN. J.) Daily Advertiser of
wednesday evening says:


Tho Post-otfice Department have. for
some time past suspected a young man en-
ployed on the postal railroad car, ON the
route between the cities of Washington and
Jersey City, of secreting and embezaling
letters containing yaluables. With view
OF discovering the correctness of these sus
picions, decoy letters were sent, and by
means of these the fact was proved that this
clerk was guilty of the practices of which
he had been suspected. The special agent
OF the department who had charge of the
investigation into the case made oath before
commissioner Whitehead that on or about
the 25th day of October this clerk did secrete
and embezzle certain letters which came into
ms possession, and which were intended to
pe conveyed by post, the said letters con-
tanning notes to the value of twenty-six dol.
lars and thirty cents, and that the said crime
was committed at some point within the
state OF New Jersey and on said postal
route between Washington and Jersey City,
in the State of New Jersey.


Tho commissioner issued his warrant
several days ago, and the young man was
arrested by the agent of the department, just
as he was leaving the house in order to make
arrangements for the funeral of his father,
but at his earnest solicitation lie was per
mitted to attend these sacred rites, and yes.
terday came forward and presented himself
before the commissioner, by whom he was
bailed in the sum of five thousand dollars to
appear at court" ...