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Year: 1865

THE Como CRoPs.-By an extract in another
column, which we have attached to tabular
statement Of the Commissioner Of Agriculture,
II will be seen that the prospects for large and
increased crops in this country during the
coming season were never more Iattering. The
winter in oil sections has been propitous for
the early advancement Of tho grounded seed,
and the opening spring betokens rapid and
healthful growth. With large crops here,
which we have now every reason to anticipate,
and partial failure in Europe, which is almost
Of biennial occurrence, we shall be able to
bring the nations from the other side Of the
Atlantic, gold in hand, to our granaries, and
Year: 1865

FUNNY, YFT BEAUTIFUL peculiar
genius furnishes the following poetic conceit:


Insects must generally lead a jovial life.
Think what it must be to lodge in a lily I
Immagine palace of Ivory or pearl, with
pillars of silver and capitals of gold, all ex-
thallng such perfume as never arose from
tucking yourself up for the night in the folds
of rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle siehs
ofa summer air, and nothing to do when
you wake up but to wash yourself in a dew
drop. and fall to and eat your best clothes
Year: 1865

1t has been decided that any person who
sells any goods, foreign or domestic, whether
he has fixed place of sale or not. is subject
to license tax as dealer Agents receiv-
ing and selling consignments of merchandise
thus come under the head of dealers.
Year: 1865

A St. Louis burglar, while rohbing
room in which young lady was sleeping,
could not resist the temptation OF kissing the
beautiful lips of the damsel, and was caught
at it and captured
Year: 1865

IDAHo.-The S. f. Mining Press says:
There appears to be much reason to believe
there is some foundation for the extraordn-
ary reports which recently reached here OF
some extraordinary silver Developments about
one mile south of Orc Fino, and near to the
Empire ledge, belonging to Col FOCUS and
others The new discovery has been named
the Poor Mans ledge. The ledge is said to
be about seven feet wide, can be traced for
a long distance on the surface, and carries a
streak through the center about eighteen
inches wide, so well filled with native silver
that it can be cut with a knife. a large
amount of rock is said to have been taken
out. Five tons have been taken to the Sink
er mill. which is said to have Yielded one ton
of buUioni 1t is also said that rock to the
value of 5000 900 has already been taken
out and that there is plenty more left equally
rich. We shall look with much interest tor
further developments.
Year: 1865

Resolved That we sincerely rejoice in the ces-
sation Of war and the return of peace throughout
our whole country; and we trust that the momen
tous lessons of the past four years will inspire
among all our fellow citizens greater reverence
for constitutional obligations. and those friendly
and fraternal relations between the people of all
the States. which are the most solid guarantee
for the perpetuiiy of the Union.


Resolved That the Democracy Of California
will in the future. as in the past, give cordial
support to the National Administration in the
discharge of all its constitutional functions. and
most especially in times of great national peril;
that in the face of the manifold difficulties and
embarrassments resulting from the late war, the
Democratic party will not withhold its support
from the policy of the Administration so far as
the same tends to secure the rights and liberties
of the States and of their citizens.


Resolved. That upon every ground Of Justice
and policy to the white people of the country as
well as of humanity to the negro themselves, the
Democratic party is inheXibly opposed to negro
suffrage, and its inevitable consequence, the DO
ltical and social equality of the negro, in everv
dorm, and especially to the unnatural and revo-
4utionary scheme for thrusting universal suffrage.
by action of Congress, upon the negroes of the
Southern States.


Resolved. That the welfare of California de-
mand. imperatvey, that her mining interests
should be developed and fostered; and her peo.
pie are in the same degree opposed to any system
for the sale or taxation OF her mines


Resolved that the whole history of California
is triumphant vindication of her State policy of
n gold and silver circulating medium; and that
any change in this respect would be disastrous in
the extreme; that unwrtten contracts for work.
labor and services should by law, in all cases be
enforced in gold and silver coin.


Resolved That the Monroe doctrine is an es
sential part of the policy of the Democratic partv
and of the American people.


Resolved. That when the civil authority il in
full operation. there is neither warrant in the
Constitution or laws, or even pretext in any
supposed necessity of State for trials by military
courts or arrests by military power. And that
the writ of habeas corpus should be held inviol.
able under the provisions Of The Constitution.
Year: 1865

Purposes.


SEC. l. A II written contracts of co partnership
for mining purposes upon the lands of the Vnitad
States within this state formed by two or more
persons. shall be subject to the condition an H.


abilities prescribed by this act.


SEC. 3 Any member of copartnersbn or b;s
successor in interest in any mining claim who
shall neglect or refuse to pay any assessment mr.
shall neglect to perform any labor or a arroemant
may after the expiration OF sixty days after sncb
assessment. labor or other liability has become
due. be notified in writing by any remaining part
ner or partners, or by his or their agents that
such assessment, labor CT liability is due. which
written notice shall specify the name of such
mine an the district wherein it is located and
shall particularly mention the liability which has
been incurred; and if such Delinquent reside
within the state, he shall be personally served
with such notice; ana II the person 50 notified
shall refuse or neglect. for thirty davs after SER
vice of such written notice, to comply with the
requirements OF the copartnership agreement. the
remaining partner or partners may sell the inter
est of such delinquent partner in and to such
mining claim.


SEC. 8. All sales under the provisions of this
act shall be at public auction and bv oivino five
days notice thereof. and by posting written no.
tices in three public places. within the MINING
district where such mine is located The notice.
shall also specify the extent of the interest to be
sold and the time and place of such sale. which
place shall be within the district where the mine
is located. The purchaser at such sale shall ac-
qure all the right and title of the delinquent
partner.


SEC 4. If any delinquent partner in any mine
is absent from the state, resides in any other
state or territory, the notice to such DELINQUENT
shall be by publication once a week for four sue
ccssve months in some newspaper published in
the county where the mine is located; or if there
be no newspaper in the county then such notice
Sho! ha lll in
ing county. After the expiration of the time of
such publication the interest of such delinouent
shall be sold, in the manner prescribed in sec
ton third of this act.


Sec. s. This act shalltakc effect from and after
its passage. Approved April 4, 1864.
Year: 1865

PHILADEIPIIA, FrIuhy, OcI zIr Icoo
The Fair for the Soldiers Home proves thus
far a great success The Academy Of Music Is crowd
ed to excess day and evening. The receipts thus far
have exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine
Arrangements have beou made BY nearly all the rail
Ways leading TO the city to sell tickets covering the
passage and giving an entrance to the fair.
Year: 1865

In the House to-day motion was made to
reconsider the vote of expulsion OF SIR Cameron and
10 was laid the table by vote OF - TO 3 This set
ties the question finally of his readmssion.
Year: 1865

Joe Harris was a whole souled mer-
ny follow, and fond Of a glass After
living in New Orleans for many years
he came to the conclusion of visiting
an old uncle, away up in Massachu-
sets, whom he had not seen for many
years. Now there is a difference be-
tween New Orleans and Massachusetts,
in regard 60 the use Of ardent, spirits,
and when Joe arrived there, he found
all the people ardent about temper
ance. lie felt bad, thinking, with the
old song, that excepting the spirits up
by pouring the spirits down" was one
of the best ways to make time pass,
and began to fear indeed that he was
in pickel. But on the morning of
his arrival, the old man and his sons
being out at work, his aunt came to
him and said; -


"You have been living at the South,
and no doubt are in the habit Of TAX
ing a little p drink about eleven
o'clock. j keep little here, for med
ical purposes, but let no one know it,
AS my husband wants to set the chill
dren good example"


Joe promised, and thinging he
would got no more that day, he took,
as he expressed it, a "buiter." After
he had walked out to the stable who
should he meet but his uncle.


"Well, Joe," said he, 81 expect you
are accustomed to drink something in
New Orleans, but you will find us all
temperate here, and for the sake of my
sons don't let them know that / have
brandy about; but l just keep lit
tie out hers for rheumatism. VIII
you accept a little?"


Joe signifed his readiness, and took
another big horn. lie then continued
his walk TO whore the boys were maui
ing rails.


After conversing for a while one of
the cousins said stpiAitn s-


'Joe, expect you would like to
have u drink. As the old folks are
down on liquor, we keep some out
here to help us work. 30


Out came tho bottle, and down they
sat, and by the time he went home to
dinner he was as tight as he well
could be, and all came from visiting
Temperance family.
Year: 1865

A SECRET DRAFr-Tt Is rumored that
the next draft Is to be a secre. one.
The wheel is turned in a secret room
in the presence Of the enrolling board.
Thoss drafted in the morning OF GER
tain day are not merely notified Of the
fact, but they are summoned 10 The Of
fee in the afternoon OF the next day.
when they are at once sworn into the
service. After such a muster, the con
script Is afforded the necessary time 10
apply for exemption or furnish sub
stitute. While he ia thus engaged, he
is a sworn soldier, whose failure to re-
port will be regarded as desertion. and
punished accordingly We do not :
how,this will prevent desertion The law
regards every man IS 8 deserter who
fails 10 report. he can be no more a
deserter for skedaddlng after beiEg
sworn Ia.
Year: 1865

0-"How tho National Debt can be
Paid" is the title Of pamphlet, prepar-
ed BY DR.. Elder of the Treasury Depart
ment, and issued by Jay Cooke Il Co.
It presents the subject in a somewhat
new and interesting light, and as there
is nothing Of greater importance to the


financial public at present than the solu-
tion Of the question of clearing off the
national debt, We lay before our readers
q condensation of tho authors positions.


The aggregate debt on tho last Of
March was officially stated in round mum.
bers at 1867 millions, bearing an inter
est of l03 millions. Assuming that tho
war expenditures proper will cease by
the FIRST Of July next, the total debt will
then amount to 2,5573 millions. But
taking in every possible liability that may
arise, the climax of the debt is estimated
At 5000 millions. Now the income taxes
promise to realize 26O millions for the
Year: 1865

current year, and customs, public lands
and other sources Of revenue will bring
the total receipts up to 325 millions GER
sainly.


The interest on the public debt cannot
rise above 126 millions, which leaves 1919
millions for ordinary expenses. Next
year the interest on the debt will be
somewhat higher. If tho Government
notes shall be kept so long in circulation;
and if then the whole debt shall be fund.
cd and made to pay the average interest,
the latter will amount to 165 millions,
leaving for ordinary annual expenditure
100 millions. As our ordinary expenses
for the six years preceding the rebellion
averaged 63 millions, it may bo deemed
that the question Of providing our ma
ticnsl interest and our ordinary expendi.
ture out of the regular revenues derived
from the loyal States only is safely set.
tied.


Assuming that reduction Of the debt
may be begun in 1870, tho writer esti-
mates, on the basis of tho last two cen.
suses, the annual product Of the restored
Union for every yoar from 1870 to 1889,
with the whole burden of liabilities and
expenditures during the process of ex.
tinguishing the debt. He makes the
liberal allowance of two hundred millions
for annual ordinary expenses during the
FIRST ten years, and two hundred and fifty
millions for the last ten years. Ho also
puts the annual product of capital wealth
at rs per cent, although in tho decade
lS50-60 it was 26.S per cent. And yet
one per cent. Of the total product Of the
nation, so treated, will, in twenty years,
discharge three thousand millions of
debt ! The total expenditure involved
in this scheme begins in 1870 at an ag-
gregate Of not quite six per cent. Of the
annual product, and declines in the last
year of the period to less than two per
cent. And yet Englaud's taxes have
averaged eleven per cent. on the yearly
yield Of her capital and labor for the last
forty years, so that the burden of extin.
gushing our debt will bo for twenty
years about half Of what hers has been
for twice as long in merely paying her
way aud reducing her debt but two hun
drcd and Fifty millions. These figures
arc certainly very plausible, and the
whole scheme Of the author seems worthy
of general confederation Chicago Tri.
bune.
Year: 1865

D0-Ths camel and the dromedary may
bs studied to the greatest advantage in
Egypt, Arabia, aud part of Asia Minor.
IN those countries there is no animal 20
useful as the camel, and nowhere is there
. more beautiful object than the drome.
dairy, when saddled and covered with it's
fantastic trappings. The latter is not
creature with two humps, such as the
Bactrian camel is supposed to be, but IN
animal Of the same kind as the camel, of
more slender proportions, and exclusive.
ly used for riding. The camel, on tho
contrary, is large and powerful creature,
used for carrying heavy burdens
The dromedary may be appropriately
compared to the race. horse, the camel to
the draughthorse. The most beautiful
dromedaries belong generally to the
pacbas and men of wealth. They are
then we'll fed and kept thoroughly clean,
and they have been known to run from
sunrise to sunset, with littlo or no rest
Draught. camels are frequently joined TO-.
gether in line, the head of ono being
attached to the tail of the one before it.
Twenty or more thus joined together
may often be seen crossing the desert,
laden with merchandise and other bur-.
dens. The time for herding camels is in
the months of February and March
During this season they arc both vicious
and dangerous, biting even their own
masters, and not letting 60 their hold
unless some one is at hand to beat them
of.
Year: 1865

The Times Mobile correspondent rep.
resents terrible state of affairs in Ala
bsma There is absolute social demorsl-
izatiOn. Labor is SO despised by the whites
that they prefer starvation or begging to
work of any kink' and even in their penu-
~ and wretchedness they show the most
violent spirit Of dissatisfaction. Military
protection is necessary against the destrue-
tion OF the whole population by anarchy.
Year: 1865

yENHIS LARGE AND COMMODIOUs HOTEL


u Is situated in Humbug Valley, Plumas county,
in a beautiful and healthy location. The rooms
j. at all times furnished with the best the market
affords; the srabling Is OF the best 1t Is home
for the traveller For the invalid fine soda
spring. celebrated for lis healing qualities is ad
joining the Hotel. liberal share Of patronag ge is
solicited. a. J. WOOD, Proprietor.
Year: 1865

How DIFFIDENCE WAS CoNoUERrD-I suffer.
cd all the extreme agonies OF my shyness for
many years; and if the efforts to which l was
continually stimulated ito think about his gau-
cherie. copy other peoples manners, etc, has
been in my degree successful, or had been ap.
plauded as such, should probably have gone
OH to affectaton, and remained conscious all
my life; but finding no encouragement, was
fortunately driven to utter despair. I then
said to myself: Why should endure this tor.
ture all my life to no purpose7 would bear
it still if there were any progress made, any
success to be hoped for; but since there is not,
I will die quietly without taking any more
doses. have tried my very utmost and find
that must be as awkward as q bear all my
life in spite Of it. will endeavor to think as
little about it as bear, and make up my mind
to endure what can't be cured. From this time
struggled as vigorously to harden myself
against censure as ever had to avoid it,
was acting more wisely than
thought for at the time, and succeeded beyond
my expectations; for l not only got rid Of the
personal feeling of shyness, but also Of most
Of those faults Of manner which conscious ness
produces, and acquired at once an easy, natural
manner, careless, indeed, in the extreme, from
its originating in a stern defiance of opinion,
which ! had convinced myself must ever be
against me; rough and awkward, for smooth.
ness and grace are quite out of my way; and
Of course, tutorially pedantic; but unconscious,
and therefore giving expression to that good


will towards men which really fecl-Bishop


Wkdteiy.
Year: 1865

The Troy Times says that number of young
jokers amused themselves in that city recently,
at the public expense. They collected mum
be- of roses and bought quantity of Scotch
snuff The snuff was delicately inserted among
the rose leaves, so as to be invisible. When a
lady came along, one of the party would step
forward and say, very gallantly "Won'r you
have rose 7" The -four was usually accepted !,
and the most natural impulse in the world was
for the recipient to apply it to the nose to in
hale its delicate perfume. "Chew," "c-h.e-w,"
"a-ch.e.w," was the result Away would 20
the rose, and the lady would hasten away,
either blushing amid the sneescs, or wondering
where the Capital police were. Moral: When
you take rose beware Of the briers.
Year: 1865

AsERxErHr.-This celebrated physician and
surgeon was as blunt as could be. A literary
drinking man complained that he had a diseased
stomach. "One can see that by your nose,"
was the reply. He always insisted that a
patiert should not be terrified in advance with
the horrid looking instruments which we're on
hand to cure him with. Cold in speech, but
kind Of heart, he often offended, but seldom
failed to cure.
Year: 1865

t A lady was told that her husband
although good sort Of a man was very
singular. "Well" replied the lady,
''if he is so very unlike other mon he
is much moro likely to hs q good hus-
band"
Year: 1865

Mr.. Merriam, lately deceased, who
watched the weather and made more OBJ
servations with instruments for over
thirty years, than any man living, de-
clares that in all his experience he has
never been able to perceive that the
moon has the least influence upon the
weather. And yet, to what multitudes
in this superior enlightened country, is
this rank heresy? How they run to
the almanacs to see when the moon is
''new," when it Quarters, = and when it
is ssfull,'' and predict changes in the
weather at these points. The fact is,
the moon is new, or quarters. or is full,
once week. the year round and in
our variable climate the weather changes
often-about once a week-when it does
not remain unaltered for weeks; and SO
if change in the weather takes place
anywhere near the change in the moon,
she is the author of the change. We
have known educated men cling to this
notion, and instil it into their children.
We have known men who are careful
not to plant-especially beans, in the
old of the moon. And we put it to our
readers, who, as we have no doubt, are
wise and well educated, and free from
all superstition, had you ''leetle" rath-
er see the new moon over your right
shoulder than left? Do you always
think Of it when you see the new moon?
Can you tell why? 1t is one Of those
old roots which time and Christianity
have not yet removed. So many had
rather see a crow fly over the right
shoulder than left-a remnant Of the old
Roman notion of omens. The number
and variety of superstitions which still
linger and burrow in the world, like the
remnant Of the cid Canaanites whom
Israel "could not drive out" is far larger
than most people suppose.
Year: 1865

A moorman ought aa young alligator
in his fishing kraal in the Matura River


and I went to see it, 1t was alive, and
to all appearances there was no reason
why, if left alone it should not grow up
to alligator estate; it's length was about
B feet. Thirking that this: would be
good opportunity for testing the cor
rectness of what had heard in the north
of the Island about the remarkable 'ef-
feet of lime on the alligator, asked a
man to bring me some, on which he pro-
cured from neighboring house a lump
of the chunamb, or lime prepared from
shells, which the natives are in the habit
of chewing along with the nut of the ar
cea and the leaves of the betel creeper.
The lime had previously been moistened
with water. @ .,..4
Having opened the jaws Of our unfor-
tunate victim--an operation to which it
submitted with exemplary resignation
(when it found it could not prevent it)
we inserted, as far back as the OPEN
ing into the throat, a lump of chunamb
about as large as a pigeons egg, after
which we put the animal into the water.
Immediately it turned over on its sides,
and then on its back, and appeared par
alyzed; soon it's eyes were closed, and |
thought it was dead. After FIVE min
utes it revived little. 1 could not re-
main longer to watch it, but in the even
ing [ rode to where it had been expert
mented on, when I found that it was
dead, and learned that it had died within
two hours of my leaving. On examining
it's mouth, I found that the lime had not
been swallowed, but was still in the
throat just where it had been placed.
I do not remember to have read in any
work on animals Of this antipathy of the
alligator to lime !; and it still is to be
explained how it is that substance of
tina. naturs, specially prepared for the
use of man and by him daily chewed,,
should have so powerful and instan-,
taneous an effect on an animal otherwise
so tenacious oflife, when merely placed
in the mouth, without being swallowed.


The experiment may appear to have been
a cruel one, and yet, perhaps, it was


che speediest and easiest mode Of killing
the alligator. I may now venture to
state that the Tramuls have an idea that
if bullet be filed with lime before firing.
at an alligator, it will wherever it peae-3
trates, cause wound that will prove
mortal. I have, since making the above
experiment, been told that it is not un-.
common for the Singhalese to fill the
stomach Of bullock with lime, and to,
place it near the alligator's haunts, know
ing that if he swallowed the lime death
will ensue-TriJ7@ from Ceylom. a.'H 5aa