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Year: 1866


Incorporated by the General Assembly, and


composed exclusively Of


VIRGINIAN PROPERTY HOLDERS.
Have determined to send at once to Europe one
of their Directors to secure the tenants and Ia
borers required in this State" Their Commis-
sioner who is arranging to embark for
Great Britain, will be empowered to contract
with reliable tenants in Europe for the lease of
lands, either in large Or small tracts. Land
owners who wish to rent their lands arc invited
to communicate with the Secretary, at the office
of the Society in Lynchburg, who will furnish
the necessary forms of power Of attorney and
contract, to be signed by them and the immi-
grants Each application must state what rent
will be required, and whether in money or part
Of the crop Our Commissioner will go out ac-
credited as the agent of the Nirainian land-hold-
ers, proposing a fair remuncrative contract to
persons who wish to come to this country, and
will take active and energetic measures to place
before the proper classes the advantages OF the
locations which we propose


Farmers and others wishing to employ, select
ed laborers, are invited to avail themselves OF
this organization and communicate with the
Secretary.


A Land Register will be kept III the office Of
the Society, where will be registered dcscrip-
tions of lands for sale or lease, in any part of
the State, which will be brought to the notice Of
all Immigrants and other settlers calling at the
office as we'll as extensively advertised in this
country and abroad.
Year: 1866

THOUSANDS in the West place their con-
fidence in the Red Jacket Bitters, because
they are aware that it secures health to the
families who dwell in healthy districts, and
that these thus situated who do not use 1t
fall sick from the effect of bad water and bad
-
Year: 1866

ALARM OF FIRE.-Quite an excitement
was created yesterday forenoon by an alarm
Of fire. The churches were quickly vaca
ted by the sterner sex, and the engines
dragged out. The fire proved to be at
small building near the gas factory. 1t was
soon extinguished.
Year: 1866

A LETTER from Richmond, to q
New York paper says, that through.
out the whole State of Virginia,
county meetings have been held
for the purpose of fixing the price
of labor. In many instances they
have been fair, while in others they
have agreed on rates which will be
ruinous to the working classes, and
productive Of trouble in the future.
Year: 1866

WEALTH.-Wealth in this country
may be traced back to industry and
frugality; and such is the joint
operation of the law, and the Gus.
toms of society, that the wheel of
fortune is in constant revolution,
and the poor of one generation
furnish the rich for the next. The
rich man, who treats poverty with
arrogance and contempt, tramples
on the ashes of his father or his
grandfather; the poor man who
nourishes feelings of unkindness
had bitterness against wealth,
makes war with The prospects of his
children, and the order Of things in
which he lives. r '...r .s5as7,7frr
Year: 1866

lxruDEscE.-Our devil thinks there must
be good deal Of BAL veal in the market.
judging from the number OF "false calves
that have been seen on the streets Of late.-
A young lady having stated the other day,
in the presence Of the same individual, that
twenty springs had just passed over her
head, was startled BY the impertinent in
quiry of "Whose bradley ?"
Year: 1866

The FoRcINa PRocEss. would
suppose from the number of places
labeled "for sale" and, in the main, in
a style far more pertinent than elegant,
that majority of our inhabitants
were contemplating an immediate
stampede Real estate agents are
evidently determined to force things,
and it is to be hoped their zeal will
not get so much the start of their
Judgment as to induce an unfavorable
impression among those likely to be-
come legitimate purchasers.
Year: 1866

A CURIOSITY Talbot, Street
Contractor, has rugged up an appar-
atus at the foot of Thompson Street
for transferring sand from the dredge
scows to wagons, which is decidedly a
curiosity, and though not yet in COM
plete working order, it saves a great
amount Of labor. 1t is a decidedly
practical affair and would, with a little
more power, be equal to almost any
emergency in the line of its operations
Year: 1866

New YORK, August 4.-Eleven MESA
ges were forwarded from this city for
transmission to Europe by the cable, for
which one thousand one hundred and
five dollars were paid. Most of the daily
papers call for reform in the manage
ment of the cable, particularly in regard
to the press dispatches and complain of
the excessive charges.
Year: 1866




NEw YoRK, Jan. 24.-A large meet
ing Of cigar makers of this city and
vicinity was held in Turner Hall last
evening for the purpose of considering
the ineiiiciency of the present tariff 90
imported cigars, aud the burdens of tax
alton on the domestic article. The form
of petition for presentation to Con.
gress wa } adopted, setting forth that those
engaged in the trade of cigar makers
are in measure deprived of the means
of livelihood, by reason of the increase d
value given to domestic cigars by the
high price of the material, and internal
revenue tax, which enables importers OF
cigara to undersell the manufacturers OF
good quality of cigars, and request.
ing Congress to take further action in
the reduction CT the tax On domestic
cigars.
Year: 1866

WHILE Democratic politicians have con
tented themselves with spouting Democracy,
in newspapers. in Congress halls, in State
legislatures and upon street corners, Abo-
lition school masters and school mistresses
have taught their own children to despise them
for their politics. Hence, it often happens
that when the old Democratic father polls his
last vote for the Constitution it is, and the
Union as it was, his six sons follow him with
half dozen ballots in favor of negro equal
ity and the Congressional plan of disunion.
-Zach Montgomery.


Zach has a tolerably clear perception of
how the regeneration of the race is accom-
plished. Hence, his opposition to public
schools. He might as well attempt to check
the onward course Of a comet by tying its
tail to pine stump with fish line, as to
stay the spread of free thought among the
people by such arguments as he advances
through the columns of his paper.-San Jose
MercuTV
Year: 1866

A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION
Mr.. Robertson, Mail Agent on the A. &
u. w. Road, between this city and Cleve-
land, related to US yesterday, the strange
item about farmer who prevented a terri
BILE disaster on the road near Mansfield,
Ohio. at the time of the recent great freshet.
We had before seen paragraph relating to
the singular affair. Mr.. Robertson con.
versed with the farmer. and here is the story,
in short;


The farmer "a Pennsylvanian) went to bed
during the heavy and protracted storm Mon
day night. and dreaming that the fill across
chasm, some hundred feet deep, had given
way under passenger train, and let it
down into the abyss, he sprang to render as
sistance to the passengers, ran to the door,
and was fastening from the house, when his
wife awakened him. He related his dream,
and went to bed again, but slept little more
during the night. The dream made such a
deep impression on his mind that he hasten
ed to the chasm the next morning early to
see what condition it was in but the road
was apparently all right although the water
was pouring and surging through the large
culvert beneath as though it would wash the
earth away. Tuesday night the farmer
could not rest for thinking about Ibis dream
OF the preceding night, and getting up, he
procured his lantern and hurried off to the
chasm. When he arrived there he found to
his terror that the huge fill had been washed
out, leaving nothing bat the unsupported
ties and track over the chasm. Hearing tn e
train laundering toward destruction the
farmer clambered across the dreadful break,
and running down the road some distance,
he signaled the approaching train to STOP
And so short was the time that by the
time the engineer was able to hold up, the
engine was few feet off from the chasm.


The train was large and was filled with
persons who had been to the great Union
meeting at Mansfield. What narrow esi
cape they all made from horrible death !
For the train would have plunged down the
frightful precipice, car upon car, crushing
all to death in the ruins. The passengers at
once eyinced their gratitude to their preserv-
er. the Pennsylvania, by making him up a
handsome sum of money.-Dayton Journal,
Oct. 5M.
Year: 1866

Freeze out is game that needs no expla-
nation for Calfornians to understand. Its
meaning is patent, not only to visitors to
saloons, to sports, but to every one who has
been interested in the quartz mines of the
Pacific Slope We all understand it; yet the
most expert players, by the chances of the
game, may be frozen out. Every discoverer
of q rich mine in Nevada, who was not will
ling to sell out at nominal sum, was delib-
eratelv frozen out by capitalists, and thrown
upon the cold charities of the world, desti-
tute; yes, and worse-objects of scorn
because they had suffered themselves to be
wooed by the syren, Capital, to ruin. The
poor devil thus frozen out had for his consola-
ton the soothing remark of his acquaint-
ances Serves you right; you had no
business to trust men who have money


Now, we have ever opposed the plan of
applying to capitalists for means to open our
mines. Either sell or have nothing to do
with the monied man. On other terms than
as purchaser let him alone, for the moment





YOU enter into copartnership with him you
have undertaken the task of playing with
edged tools without being wounded.


In the South Fork district capitalists have
undertaken to open two lodes-the Chicago
and Big Central. What is the result? They
have done work enough to satisfy themselves
of its richness, without going far enough to
admit of the work paying. Orders were then
given to suspend work. Capital will proceed
no farther until the whole thing is placed in
its hands, on its own terms and poverty,
disgust, or some other potent cause will
induce owners to part with what, under
favorable circumstances. would be a fortune
for song and sing it themselves.


San Francisco capital is too much concen-
trated There is a lack of competition, for the
reason that it is so easy to combine and con-
solidate all the capital held for mining pur-
poses; hence, our miners owning rich quartz
claims can only protect themselves by CON-
bining, and jointly work to develope their
mines so as to attract capital from the Allan
tic side and from Europe. They must adopt
the system of help one another" or the
concentrated capital of the mining sharps of
San Francisco will play them out-complete
" freeze them out
Year: 1866

SICKNESS is an afliction that waits on us
all. None are exempt, and there are none
but need relief from its attacks. Whoever
can furnish this becomes our benefactor. A
conviction prevails that DR.. Aver does it,
Disorders of the blood have been healed by
his Sarsaparilla, and affections Of the lungs
by his Cherry Pectoral, too frequently and
too distinctly to be disputed. His Ague Cure
is said, by those who use it. to never fail
Reader, if you must have medical aid, take
the best of medicine. Poor medicines are
dear as good are cheap, at any price you
have to pay for them-C Charleston Courier.
Year: 1866

W.. Hope for the Afiictcd.-In another part
of this paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DIR. J. C.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char.
latansm it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the care of the skllful
Doctor the sick and troubled can 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 your
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $50 Washing
ton street, San Francisco
Year: 1866

SOUTH FoRK.-Accounts from this district
continue to be most fatterlng. The Big
Central shaft is down sixty feet, and at that
depth shows ledge ten feet wide, and pay
ing forty dollars per tun by working test
This test was made from rock taken clear
across the ledge. The Chicago, at the bot
tom of the shaft, shows ledge five feet WIDE
that prospects better at the bottom than at
any intervening point Other lodes are
being opened, and the same astonishing
richness is developed in all. Sufficient has
been done in the district to prove that 1t con
tans more mineral wealth than any other
vet discovered west of the Rocky Mountains.
Experts in geology have visited the locality
and without dissenting voice have pro-
nounced it unparalleled in its abundance OF
wealth.
Year: 1866

poros1.-The Potosi mill, four stamps,
cleaned up four days run last week, with
result of s567 76, in free gold. The sulphur
e,s saved from the run will nearly equal in
value the amount of the free gold. This
company is not getting out much rock at
present. for the reason that they had worked
out their first level, and have since been en-
gagged in sinking shaft from it. The shaft
is now down thirty five feet from the tunnel,
and one hundred and five feet from the sur
face. At the bottom of the shaft ledge
three feet wide shows itself, equally rich as
where it is only ten inches wide higher up
At the north end of the old tunnel, seventy
FIVE feet down, the ledge disappears. Work
was commenced some time since to extend
the tunnel north When twelve feet had
been run the ledge was again found ten
inches wide and richer than ever. Two sets
of hands are now at work extending this
tunnel. Immediately above where they now
are, the original owners took from near the
surface rock that averaged over $500 per tun
in free gold. The hopes of the company run
high now tecause of this prospect
Year: 1866

Several nice young gentlemen went
to the residence OF a young damsel to
give her serenade. After some time
the servant stepped out, and walking
up to the harpist, exclaimed, My
friend, the folks are all abed you can't
get a cent here tonight /"
Year: 1866

zere The coored citizens of the State of Georgia are here


r the first time il the history of the Government represented by
their delegates convention assembled, and .fse, I,


heneas It is duty which to common country and
the world to define our position that all know what political
rights we claim under the Government which has mace us Tree
Reya That we claim for ourselves the dignity Of manhood in
common with all other men Of whatever race that We are endowed
Year: 1866

crime it had committed in refusing to
acknowledge the secession of North
Carolina. Mr.. Sumner must be on the
alert in future to guard against such
traps set to catch unwary radicals, and
Mr. Stevens, the Radical Head Center,
must see TO it that when he does his
duty in the House his colleagues st the
other end Of the Capitol are not remiss
in thAira
Year: 1866

A story circulated through the House
to-day was that the President haa = r-
doned the pirate Semmes. This was
circulated very industriously by some
of the leading radicals for the purpose
of proving how deeply involved the
President is with the rebels l have
the best authority for saying that it is
utterly and totally false. 1t is a pure
fabrication for political effect Not
only has there been no thought of par
doning him, but the Cabinet to-day dis
cussed the question as to the proper
form Of tribunal for trying him, and the
Attorney General was called on for his
opinion on that point


II. sUNNONING SOUTHERN SENATOR'S.


The still more preposterous rumor
WAS circulated by the same parties that
the President had sent for the Senators
and members from the rebel States,
assuring them that he is now ready to
maintain their claim TO seats. This is
totally false, without a shadow Of foun-
dation in truth.
Year: 1866

Tue NAVAL OPrcER AND GENERAL GRANTS
OrNIoNa-A great deal Of fuss has been
made BY the newspapers about the candi-
dates for the position Of Naval Officer, to
ill the vacancy ocoasioned by tho death
Of Mr.. Odell, and various names have been
used in connection with it. We are authorized
to state that General Sickles, for instance, il
not candidate for that Office. A good deal
has been said also about General Grants
political opinions as represented to have been
expressed by him upon different questions,
not one Of which have a word Of truth in
them. General Grant Is not candidate for
tho Presidency a. has been stated. On the
contrary, he is content to enjoy the honors
bestowed upon him and so we'll earned, az
great soldier, and leaves the chief magistracy
to some future time, II he should aspire to It
Again 1t has been reported over and over
that General Grant strongly urged the
appointment Of Colonel Hillyer to the post of
Naval Offi;er Of this port, which Is 50 far from
being true that we are informed on very good
authority from Washington that when applied
to by telegram from Colonel Hillyer's friends
his answer was that he would not recommend
any new resident over the heads Of old citizens,
and that it was great presumption on the part
OF those who made the request to ask him to do
so." So much for what is published as General
Grants political views.
Year: 1866

SOMETHING Coon Our OF NAzARErH--We
have never known public officer who pre-
sented in more striking degree the character
istics Of Robespierre and Danton combined
than our present Secretary Of War, Mr.. STAN


ton. The French rcvolutionists were cruel,
stubborn and remorseless, and dehed all laws
not created by themselves and their revolu-
tionary tribunals stantons illegal acts are
sufficiently numerous TO Gil good sized vol
ume. His quality Of mercy is 80 strained that
1t Is never to he discerned in the performance
Of any official duty, and hc seems to gloat in
an opportunity to inact condsn panishment
upon an offender. We have TO congratulate
him, therefore, upon an official act which will
prove terror to similar evil doers for some
time to come. He has ordered the summary
enforcement Of the decision Of q court martial
in the case Of paymaster in the United States
Army who transferred without authority q
large amount Of public money from one bank


to another, from sound TO m unsound one
II any Of the national banks are sound
whereby the government became heavy loser.
The fair record Of the paymaster, who had

previously disbursed Ave hundred millions
Of the public money without the loss OF cent
to tho government very properly had no
weight with Mr.. Stanton, who, with the frm-
noes Of the Roman who condemned his own
son to death, hurried The misguided paymastcr
TO the cell OF a condemned criminal. Hero Ia
an example OF Official promptitude and stern
ness well deserving Of imitation In other de-
partments Of the government But let Mr..
Stanton 60 step further, and ascertain who
were the persons who have made this paymas-
ter their scnpegoat Lot them be brought for
ward and be dealt with rs the cause of public
justice shall demand. How Is Il in The Office
OF the United States Attorney Generali How
is Il In the Treasury Department or the Post
master Generals Department. How Is Il
In Congress, with Its whitewashing inves.igat-
Ing committees and mammoth Jobs that re-
quire the strength Of lobby Hercules 10
carry tbroughf How Is 1t in the case Of
dciaultcr, like Fowler, who expended the pub
lie money in riotous living aud corrupt party
tr ck rY. and yet Is invited TO On ovation by
Year: 1866

the official act Of the government authorities 7
What an anomaly poor paymasler, with
but single blot upon m otherwise pure
record, w sent to prison, while confessed do
faulting officer in one of the most important
and responsible places in the government is
welcomed to feast and Is expected to be re-
ceived with unbounded rejoicings! When
will we find in the Treasury and other depart
ments, and in Congress, men who will, like
Stanton, have the courage and the honesty to
protect the public treasure from depredatonsf
Truly, the morals Of our officials arc in very
bad state.
Year: 1866

blisstul hereafter, should at this late day
attempt to deprive our citizens of the blessings
of anything approaching a paradise on earth.
Purser has won some distinction and cash as
lobbyist, and as he is now lobbying against
such rich locality as the Fifth avenue there
is no harm In supposing him to be "boring tor
oil.n
Year: 1866

THE RISKS OF STREET LETTER. -BoxEs.-Some
ingenious thieves in London have found way Of
plundering pillar letter-boxes. A bag fitted with
spring is fitted into the slit of the box and into
this, instead of the proper receptacle, the letters
which are posted fall. A postman found one of
these ingenius appliances on pillar post near
Belgrave square on the 18th ult. The spring had
broken or become disordered so that the bag could
not be withdrawn.
Year: 1866

During the recent storm in the vicinity of Madi-
son, Wisconsin, the lightning was seen to strike
into the lakes and hurl masses of ice two feet in
thickness hundreds of feet into the air. The latent
heat set free by the change of vapor to liquid
form was so great as to raise the temperature in a
few hours from below the freezing point to that
of summer, and preserve it there for nearly
twenty-four hours.
Year: 1866

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING


ESTABLISHMENT,


Business and the public respectfully informed
the CRESCENT in possession OF superior facilities
Mo neat and expeditions execution the reasonable
terms, Of
EVER STYLE AND VARIETY
Year: 1866

Nor TRrg.-The San Francisco Flag says
"Mueh sickness prevails in Butte county.
No other paper or person has the news. The
health of our population is rs good as that Of
any other section anywhere in the world, and
q hundred per cent. better than that OF San
Francisco at any time.
Year: 1866

The Macon Georgia. Telegraph has an
article ou the Pbilsdelphla Convention. the
tenor Of which is shown ia the following
extract;


IAN is not lostl The idea that We sub.
mittsd all to the arbitrament of the sword,
and when the voice OF the sword went
against us We lost all, is false one. The
bugle now sounds the rsllyiug cry, aud We
must give back the swelling echo On to
Philadelphia II we failed to tax. it be,
fore, let us take it now. While We assail it
en- the South side, mighty host OF our
friends is marching upon the city from the
Nerth. Philadslpba will be ours; the bat
tie to be fought there is the most important
of the war. When we win the victory we
have bA to strike the blow and other vic
tories will surely follow, until Washington,
too, shall fall into cur hands. Writers of
the South end the orators of the sunny land
must fire the hearts of the faithful to fight
aud wrest the holy sepulchre from the hands
OF the in6dels. All is not lost We never
did submit our cause to the decision Of the
sword, ner will We ever do so. :"


Of course not. When did the South ever
regard an oath, parole, cartel, armistics or
Constitution as binding, when either stood
in the way Of their ambition or their seem
ing interest?
Year: 1866

GEN. GRANT.-The Boston Journal, re-
ferring to the presence Of Gen. Grant at the
White House when the President received
the Philadelphia delegation, and the politi-
cal significance sought to be given to it by
the Democratic papers, pertinenty says:


"When General Grant sees ft to give his
opinions on the political issues Of the day.
it will be time enough to assign him his re-
latiou to the contending parties But we
have no hesitation in saying that those who,
considering the constitutional Amendment
to be the leading issue of the day. assume
that General Grant is opposed to that. will
yet hnd that they are reckoning without
their host" ..