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Year: 1867

" A letter from our correspondent IN Scot
land, The New Postal Treaty, an article on OW
Public Markets, report Of the New- York STATE
Fair, the regular Money article and other mat
fers. man be found on the second page this morn
ina. TEe Markets are on the third and notices
of Recent Publications on the Sirth page.
Year: 1867

The Board of Fire Commissioners yesterday
very properly adopted resolution providing
that no member of the Department shall be
delegate to or member of any political Con-
vention for the nomination of candidates for
Year: 1867

The Morning Post, small but very sprightly,
promising sheet made its first appearance in Newark
yesterday morning 1t is Radical in politics. wdeawake
as TO news, and very pleasing in appearance Ii is the
only morning newspaper in that city.
Year: 1867

MANLY, HONORABLE AND PArRIoTIc.-Iu MOTTO


ing the withdrawal of Brooks and Bausman from
the editorial department of the San Francisco
Times, because their sentiments were not in har-
mony with those of the proprietors, the american
Flag said =" 1t was manly, honorable and pat
riotic; and if in the case of either, others very
near and dear were deprived of comfortable
income, the act partook of certain heroism,
which will command the respect and procure the
sympathy of all good men and women 1t is
easy enough to talk of principles, when words
cost nothing and bring no disastrous conse-
quences but when poor journalist, not know
ing what he is to do next, voluntarily resigns a
lucrative situation rather than write against the
grain of his conscience-why that is principle it.
SELF
Year: 1867

A THRIFTY TREE.-Dr. Ware has sent a
plum branch cut from tree in his orchard
which is a fair index of this years yield. The
branch is about FIVE feet in length, and contains
over three hundred well-formed plums. He has
found it necessary for the protection of his trees
TO cut away half the branches with their loads Of
fruit SO it is everywhere throughout the coun-
ty. From present indications there will be nc
necessity of going abroad for any kind of fruit
this wear.
Year: 1867




Francisco, and candidate for Governor, sent a
letter to the anti-Coole Club of that city which
does credit to his heart, and which speaks the
sentiments of undoubted lover of universal
freedom and full and free toleraton. The fol-
lowing extracts from the letter entirely meet our
own views in the matter &c AS question of
policy, am equally opposed to your movement.
1t is certain that the millions in Asia will, Mt no
distant day. learn to consume products of our
own country. Imagine, it you can, single
ticle of American production which, if it should
come into general use in China, would not give
employment to greater number of our own race
here than the whole immigration of Chinese can
amount to for years. As we treat strangers in
our land. so will our countrymen be treated in
the land whence those strangers came We
bought commercial intercourse with China and
Japan. Now that we have succeeded in break
ing down the China wall, let US not hasten to
erect an ant-Chinese wall at home. The ques-
tion of cheap labor l will not here discuss but
it seems certain to me that if we could have it in
abundance, the State would go forward at such
strides as would make prosperity general among
all deserving classes. In conclusion
let me suggest that the Chinese now in our
midst and those who may come hereafter, must
either work, steal, beg or starve. 1t would be
difficult to make argument to show that the
creation of SO large number of street beggars
or of thieves, would be compensated by the fact
that none but men of the European race were
permitted to earn livelihood in California. As
to starvation, the mere word makes me shudder
So, after all, beg or starye, he must be allowed
to work"
Year: 1867

No DouBr OF Ir.-A friend writing from Sac
ramento in regard to the political muddle in that
county, says the Union and Bee reflect the SEN
uments of more than three-fourths of the Union
party" We fully believe it.
Year: 1867

A New PHAsE.-An anti Coole correspondent
of the Napa Reporter complains that the Chinese
do not stay or leave anything in the country !;
not even their dead bodies are left to enrich
Year: 1867

Medical Advfce.-DR. WM. X. D0HERTYs Medical and
Surgical Institute becoming sine qua to the welfare
of State and health of citizens and his rapidly
ding reputation although may excite surprise is but the
signal of skill and follows the natural effect Of such
We personally acquainted with gentlemen who
had suffered for years under chronic disease and who had
ken advantage of every available that promised
lief but without until they called upon Dr. DoHERTY
who in incredibly short space of time has given them
tire relief 1t gratifying this fact because the
Doctor gentleman who seeks not by defamation of others
establish his reputation. the upertructure of
upon the ruin of anothers fame. The Doctor
his Institute in such that must be gratifying
all his lie advises and recommends
without charge, and the patient after hearing his terms for


treatment accept reject at pleasure In does


make charge unless he effects This he
is because he feels the confidence which long
perence given. doubt the consolation which
pertains that confidence. Persons afflicted with either
cute chronic disease would do well to consult the Doctor
at all events il can do no harm for consultation he asks
no fee nor does lie insist obedience TO his advice unless
patient places himself Wler his His offices
Sacramento street opposite the Pacihc Mall steamship Coni-
pany's oi1ice.-Sln Ffd1ctsco NecS
Year: 1867

UNION STATE CONVENTION. body will as
semble at Sacramento on Wednesday next, June
18th, and the readers of the JOURNAL will be in
formed week hence who have been selected as
the standard-bearers of the Union party. The
list of asprants for State positions is large and
1t is hoped that the over-ambiton of individuals
viii not tend to a disruption of the party
While it Is commendable in any citizen to desire
preferment, ambition, submissive to the popular
will, is always admirable. Let the aspirant make
known his wishes his claims and fitness will be
considered by the representatives of the party in
Convention assembled, and if he is not the pop
ular choice he will retire and boe his time
Submission to the will of the majority is at all
times proper. The people send delegates these
delegates select from numerous candidates, and
inen then the people ratify the selections. No
thing can be fairer. All personal preferences
cannot be satisfied. Under these circumstances
the bolter may safely be voted factionst
Year: 1867

The NEW SroRE.-Abe Loffman has fitted up
his new store in fine style, and he requests US to
say that his extensive stock will begin to arrive
to-day. On Monday morning everything will be
in order, and be will be pleased to have our peo-
pie call and see his new goods whether they
design to purchase or not. Opposite the New
York Hotel
Year: 1867

Dox'r BE IN A HuRRY-About making your
purchases of articles in which the Philadelphia
Boot and Shoe Store, down stairs, deal. Mr.
Hoslinger has Just returned from San Francisco,
where he has purchased a stock of goods which
lays any previous one ever brought here entirely
in the shade. Ladies will have an opportunity
to select from the latest style of shoes and CATERS
suitable for Ball room or home purposes, and
gentlemen can buy anything from an Opera tie
to the splendid French Screwed Boot, just
received from Paris. The new stock will be
open for examination the first of next week
Hold on
Year: 1867

DISTRICT couRr.-Gourt opened ON Tuesday
morning, but up to the time of going to press
nothing further than setting the time Of trial for
cases on the docket, and the ordering of jury,
had been ACCOMPLISHED.
Year: 1867

MARysvILLE APPEAL.-We have neglected to
mention that on the I'd of the present month the
subscription price of the Daily appeal was re-
dnced to $40 year. 1t is an a6ly-edited and
enterprising newspaper, and radical enough to
snit the most enthusiastic Union man. We hope
the people of Northern California will increase
its circulation. Specimen copies may be seen
at this Office
Year: 1867

Medical Advice.-DR. VIM X. DoHERrY's Medical and
Surgical Institute becoming sine to the welfare
and health Of citizens and his rapidly sprea
ding reputation although may excite SURPRISE is but the
signal of skill and follows the natural effect of such
We personally acquainted with gentlemen who
under chronic disease and who had ia
advantage every available that promised re-


lief but without success until they called upon DR. DoHERTr
who incredibly short of tme has given them en-
relief gratifying to announce because the
gentleman who seeks not by defamation oil others
establish his reputation to the OF
upon the ruin of anOthers ame The Doctor con-
ducts his Institute in such manner that must be gratifying
to all his patients He examines advises and recommends
without charge patient after hearing his terms Tor
accept reject at pleasure In no case does
make charge unless he effects cure This ne


able do he feels the confidence which long ex
perience given and doubt the consolation which a
pertains to that Persons afflicted with either
cute or chronic would do well to consult the
at all events do harm for consultation he asks
no fee nor does obedience to his advice unless
the patient places himself under his His offices are on
street. opposite the Pacihc Mail steamship Ooh
panys ofice.-SIn Francisco Necs
Year: 1867

An Act TO regulate the times and manner


OF holding elections for Senators in Con-


Eress.


Bel. enacted BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Legislature OF each State, which shall be
chosen next preceding the expiration OF the
time for which any Senator was elected to
represent said state in Congress, shall, on the
second Tuesday sher the meeting and organi-
zation thereof, proceed TO elect Senator IN
Congress, in the place OF such Senator so
going out Of office, in the following manner:
Each house shall openly, BY a rirG roce OF
each member present, name one person for
Senator in Congress from said State, and the
name Of the whole number Of votes cast in
each house shall be entered on the journal
OF each house BY the Clerk or Secretary
thereof; but If either house shall fail 70 give
such majority TO any person on said day, that
fact shall be entered on the journal. At II
o'clock meridian Of the day following that on
which proceedings are required TO take place,
as aforesaid, the members Of the two houses
shall convene in joint assembly, and the
journal Of each House shall then be read, and
II the same person shall have received a ma
jority Of all the votes in each House, such
person shall be declared duly elected Senator
to represent said State in the Congress Of the
United States; but il the same person shall
not have received majority Of the votes in
each house, or il either house shall have
failed to take proceedings, as required by this
Act, the joint assembly shall then proceed to
choose, BY 4 riuG roee vote OF each member
present, person for the purpose aforesaid,
and the person having the majority OF all the
votes Of the said joint assembly, 4 majority
~ all the rpemhers elected TO both houses
being present and voting, shall be declared
duly elected; and in case no person shall re-
ceive such majority on the first day, the joint
assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meri-
dian Of each succeeding day during the ses-
sion Of the Legislature, and take at least one
vote, until Senator shall be elected.


Sec. 2. And be i. further enacted, That
whenever, on the meeting Of the Legislature
Of any State, a vacancy shall exist in the rep
rescntation Of such State in the Senate OF the
United States, said Legislature shall proceed,
on the second Tuesday after the commence
ment and organization of its session, to elect
a person to Eli such vacancy, in the manner
hereinbefore provided for the election OF a
Senator for full term, and II vacancy shall
happen during the session Of the Legislature,
then on the second Tuesday after the Legs,
lature shall have been organized and shall
have notice OF such vacancy. ..-.


Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That 1t
shall be the duty Of tht Governor Of the State
from which any, Senator shall have been. cho-
sen. as aforesaid, to certify his election,
under the seal Of the State, to the President
of the Senate Of the United States, which
certificate shall be countersigned by the Sec
retary Of State Of the SAte.


Approved July rs, 1856.
Year: 1867

THE SEASON OF HEAVY SNows-This win
ter will be noted hereafter as q season of great
ana frequent SHOWS, snow-storms have
happened in very unusual places and 10 q very
extraordinary extent. OF the heavy SHOWS
throughout the whole Northern country the
people in these ATTITUDES are of course well in
formed, but we have had records of Them also


showing that they have extended from Great
Britain westward TO the Pacific Ocean, aud on
our own continent as far south as Texas The
recent fall of snow in Louisiana was such a
phenomenon as TO set the newspaper scribes At
work oyerbauling their old METEOROLOGICAL
tables, and they nave found but five such
occurrences within the last eighty seven years
Year: 1867

AFFRcTING.-The Baton Rouge Comet re-
ports most painful incident connected with
the loss OF the steamer Fashion. The bodies of
two beautiful children, one a boy about three
years old, the other girl of ak, which had
beenl picked mp In the river by parties in a
yawl, were brought ID Baton Rouge, and after
being properly dressed were laid out in the
Mayors ONCE. When the Magenta landed at
Baton Rouge, the bodies were carried 10 tha,
boat, upon which the mother of the little bow
had been carried when she was rescued from
the burning boat. The scene which ensued
when the agonized mother caught sight of her
dead child beRgars all attempts at description
The lady's name II kimbro.,
Year: 1867

SWINE AND THEIR STIEs.--As land be-
comes cleared and farms regularly cul-
tivated and improved, pigs have to he
confined "A portion of the year, and not
allowed to leave the yards unless
there is particularly well fenced close
for them to run in, which there should
be ON every farm adjoining the home
stead; then i'll summer they can get halt
their living by grazing, and will grow
faster, and come up to be tatted III such
u healthy state that they will thrive
and lay ON hesh and fat better for the
liberty they have enjoyed, SOws kept
to breed will succeed i'll raising more
and better little ones for ranging about
small field, with pond or stream of
water running through it and if all are
accustomed to 80 to their own sty every
night, and each lot to be fed with some
swill, ETC., they will pay for the extra
feed. The year before last was on Il
place where there was no field or wood
with fence to prevent pigs from get
ting through or under, but there was 4
spacious yard into which the piggery
opened, and every day the whole of
them turned into it. The last week in
April few acres of turnips were drill
ed OH ridges drawn out on poor sandy
hill, which had become too weak to
grow grain; about eight tons per acre of
barn-yard manure was covered in, and
they came all right and did well. In
the first week in July the bottoms were
large enough to begin pulling, and the
pigs had a one horse cart load daily till
I,.t l,.
ips were thrown about the yard and
greedily devoured by the old and young,
and they had nothing else till the corn
was tit to husk, and no lot of pigs could
have done better than they did, grow
ing and keeping i'll good condition all
the while, ami towards the latter part
of the time mentioned an extra load had
to be occasionally fetched to them, on
account of their increased size. Some
of these pigs were miserably poor and
crippled through previous restraint, and
being fed on boil kiln dust and brain,
too thin TO nourish them properly, but
they recovered, and after harvest got
very fat on corn and corn meal, mixed
with steamed swedes. However, though
these turnips were produced at little
expense, for they were hOed only once
over by one man, and horse hoed be-
tween the rOus twice, yet of course it
would he still cheaper to have the pigs
Craze and the little they would rSquire
to help them with the grass would not
cost so much as the turnips and the
hauling them home. Thirty-fOur of
these pigs weighed from 260 pounds to
420 pounds, the rest being i'll Il very
profitable state when left the place.
| do not advocate cooking white tur-
nips for pigs under any circumstances;
they are only tit for them raw, in warm
weather. Steamed swedes are good
mixed with plenty OF meal, but pota-
toes are SO much better that half the
meal mixed with them would feed as
fast. Good winter quarters is Il great
step in the right direction; the sleep
ing apartment should run into bank
under other buildings OF not, as con-
venient, and plenty of straw for them
to creep under in cold spells will cause
them TO thrive rs well rs i'll warm
weather.
Year: 1867

SUMMER PRUNING.-We have long
been in favor of the summer pruning Of
fruit trees, of all sizes. Full twenty
years ago we were convinced of its good
results. 1t is advantageous in two
ways. First, 10y shortening in the rap
idly growing branches it produces fruit
spurs for the following year, and brings
the trees into any desired form. Sec
oud, when larger limbs are removed
the wound instead of leaving bare
protruding and decayihg stump, beau
tifully heals up. making a sound ampu-
tation.


The period when the pruning should
be done is one of prime Importance.
We see June recommended, while the
trees are in their full first growth.
Without having experimental, and
looking to the condition of the trees,
in this month, il does not meet our as
sent.


We do not believe that it is advisa-
BILE to prume before the first growth of
she season is completed, because OF the
immaturity of the wood, which must
produce in the second growth less Wig
OrOus shoots, besides losing, toa large
extent, the yield of fruit the succeeding
year, which is sure to follow jndieious
Shortening in later period.


In our Judgment Summer pruning
should take place between the fifteenth
of July and tenth of August period
when the sap is quiescent and nature ia
resting awhile from her labors. We
speak from our own knowledge of the
value of midsummer pruning of trees,
large or small.
Year: 1867

The Mercantile Gazette of San Francis
co remarks: at is generally believed
that valuable mines of very superior
quality of coal exists in the newly ac-
quired territory of Allaka. Itisa fact,
long known among those interested in
the coal business oil this coast, that the
quality of the coal improves the further
north il is obtained, A mine of good
quality of anthracite is knowntO to exist
on Queen Charlotte's Island, but few
miles from the mainland which has
come into possession. There are few
objects of greater Importance to the
future welfare of California than the
discovery of an extensive deposit of
good coal. If, as it is reported, such n
deposit exists in the territory just pur-
chased by the federal government, it
would be worth the whole amount Of
the purchase money. The increasing
Importance Of supply of good coal has
caused an extensive search for it, and
quite q number of places have been dis
covered along the coast where a fair
quality of coal can be conveniently OBJ
tanned but, as we have alread stated,
the low prices now ruling do not en-
courage their development. Under a
more favorable condition of affairs, the
necessary capital and enterprise will be
available for obtaining supply from
these sources when required"
Year: 1867

The recent assassination of man in
Brooklyn, New York, who, while walk
ing along the street, was killed by a
bullet from an air gun, will give an
interest to the annexed description of
this dangerous instrument:


The invention of the air gun is claim
ed by French, German and English
which of these is entitled to the credit
of it is not a matter of easy determine
ton. 1t is generally conceded, however,
that the date of the invention followed
close upon the year of the first manu-
facture of gunpowder.


There are various patterns of the ar
ticle now manufactured by the people
of the nations above mentioned, but 1t
is the purpose ofthe writer to call at
tention TO what is known asthe "cane
gum This weapon is simply tube OF
about three feet in length, hollow
Throughout and made of highly wrought
iron. 1t is divided into two nearly
equal lengths, the upper part forming
the air chamber, and the lower half the
barrel from which the projectile is dis
charged.


The two sections are screwed together,
and when united fit SO closely that the
seam is not apparent, except upon the
closest examination. When it is to be
prepared for use the sections are separa-
ted, and by means of pump, which is
! for the time being attached to the up
per end of the tube, the chamber is
filled with compressed air. This opera
tion complete the pump is removed,
tight fitting cap is screwed upon
the open end, the barrel is attached,
and the weapon is then, so far as the
motive power isconcerned, ready for
use.


The bullet known to the trade as
"size No. 140," or about twice as large
as common pea, is then passed into the
barrel and "rammed home," where it
remains until discharged by an ingeni-
Gus contrvance. Upon one side OF the
barrel. Just below the joint of the two
sections, is a small hole, into which the
key is fitted, and turned until q small
steel knob is forced to stand out from
the opposite side of the barrel.


The key is then withdrawn, and
when the bullet is to be sent upon its
destructive mission, the weapon is rails
ed, aim is taken by means of sight pins
upon Gn0 DarTtl, tuo huOu 10 piCeoOu ny
the index finger of the left hand, a
valve in the air chamber is thereby
opened and just enough air is released
to discharge the bullet. The air chamber
once filled, thirty bullets may be dis
charged without replenishing, but not
more than the tenth one may be relied
ON to penetrate the object The dis
tance at which the weapon is effective
is from fifty to one hundred and twenty
five feet. Many of the air guns of Eng
lish manufacture have rifle barrels, and
are loaded at the breech.


The noise which accompanies the dis
charge of the weapon is scarcely per
ceptible, the report being similar to the
swapping of small whip lash. This
fact makes the alr-gun an exceedingly
dangerous instrument in the hands of
the assassin.


The surface of the gun tube is highly
polished, and wears the appearance of
an ordinary walking-cane. In Euro
pean countries the sale of this danger
Gus weapon is restricted by law, but
many of them are found on this side of
the Atlantic, where none are manufac-
tured. .--...--