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Year: 1866

COURAGE OF WoMEN.-Tbere is a branch
OF general education which is not tbouobt at
all necessary for women; as regards Which
indeed, 1t is well if they are not brouoht mn
to cultivate the opposite. Women are Not ali
'aught 10 be courageous. Indeed, to some
persons courage may seem as unnecessary to
women as Latin or Greek. Yet, there are
iew things that would tend to make women
happier In themselves, and more acceptable
r, TO those with whom they live, than courage.
Ihere are many women of the present day-
sensible women in other things-whose panic
terrors are frequent source of discomfort to
themselves and those around them Now. it
Is great mistake to imagine that hardness
must 60 with courage; and that the bloom of
gehtieness and sympathy must all be rubbed
on by that vigor of mind which gives pres
ence OF mind, enables person to be useful
IN peril, and makes the desire to assist over
come that Sickness of sensibility which can
only contemplate distress and difficulty. So
lar from courage being unfeminne, there is
a peculiar grace and dignity in those beings
VINO have little active power of attack or de.
tense, passing through danger with moral
courage which is equal to that of the strong.
est. We see this in great things. We per
fecuy appreciate the sweet and noble dignity
Of an Ann Boleyn, Mary Queen of Scots, or
Marie Antoinette. We see that it is grand
for these delicately-bred, highly-nurtured,
helpless personages to meet death with a
silence and confidence like his own. There
is no beauty in fear. 1t is a mean ugly,
disheveled creature. No statue can be made
Of it that a woman would wish to see herself
like.
Year: 1866

CALIFORNIA CHILDREN N-Bayard Taylor,
in the last of his Pictures remarks on the
beauty and health of California born chill
dren, noting fact which is recognized by
every observant resident; the entire physi
cal superiority of children reared here, to
those we used to see in the Atlantic States
lie says:


The children of California are a great
improvement upon those born among u.s.
Nowhere can more rosy specimens of health
and beauty be found. Strong limbed, red
blooded graceful, and as full of happy ami
NAL life as young fawns, they bid fair to
develop into admirable types of manhood and
womanhood. To them, loving their native
soil with no acquired love-knowing no as
sociation which are not linked with its blue
skies. and its yellow hills, we must look
for its proper inhabitants, what will retain
all that is vigorous, earnest, and generous in
the present race, rejecting all that is coarse
and mean. For myself, in breathing an air
sweeter than that which first caught the
honeyed words of Plato-in looking upon
lovelier wales than those of Tempe and Eu
rotas-in wandering through land whose
sentinel peak of Shasta far overtops the
Olympian throne of Jupiter--I could not
but feel that nature must be false to her
promise, or man is not the splendid creature
he once was, if the Art, the Literature. and
Philosophy of Ancient Greece are not one
day rivaled on this last of inhabited shores
Year: 1866




NEUFCHATEL WATCH co.
a large number of Fine Watches. manufacture
ed expressly for the United States, being hea-
w, first class time keepers, intrnded to stand
hard usage and sudden changes of tempera-
ture, are left in our hands for immediate sale.
As agents of the Company, We are obliged to
dispose of this stock for cash, in the shortest
possible time. We have therefore decided on
the plan annexed, as the one that will be pro-
ductive of the desired result. This plan gives
every one an opportunity of obtaining first
class time keepers at price that all can CON-
mand. AS every certificate represents a watch
there are no blanks. and every one who in
vests in the sale must get watch at half the
retail price at least and, il at all fortunate,
one to wear with pride through life.


Remittances may be made at our risk in re-
gistered letters or 10y express, or postofiice or
ders and drafts payable to our order, aud we
guarantee safe return. This lNSURES safe
delivery and sure return to every patron.


We warrant every watch as represented, and
satisfaction is guaranteed in every instance.
Knowing the worth of the stock. We can give
a warrantee to every purchaser. The price
has been fixed at the very low figure in order
to insure immediate sale and all who desire
to improve the opportunity should make ear
ly application.
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, June 1.-The building on
Market street, opposite the Court House,
known as Wyman Hail. recently occu
pied by theatre, and several adjoining
stores, were burned last night Loss,
5l50,O00; partially insured


The loss by fire on Wednesday night
is much larger than was at first sup
posed, About one hundred barrels of
whisky was burned. The total loss re-
sulting from the fire is over 100000;
mostly insured. The government tax
was not paid on the whisky


The cholera at the quarantine is said
to be of very malignant type, and is
principally confined to German passen-
GERS. A revenue cutter il shortly TO he
Stationed III Une lower bay Tor the pro
lection of quarantine vessels. and to
prevent the passengers detained there
from escaping to the shore.


The funeral of General Scott will be
conducted in high military form, the
guards taking the post of honor. There
will be no sermon or pration- The Epis.
copal service will be read, and the usual
psalms. The coffin will be enshrouded
in q silk dag, presented to the General
some years ago and the body will be
dressed in the full uniform OF Il Lieu
tenant General. The special committee
of the Municipal Boards, and the mem
bers of the National Guards went up to
West Point on the Daniel Drew at :
o'clock this morning. The officers of
the Navy Yard went on a steam tug.


Dispatches from all sections of the
country, announce general suspension
of business. A display of national col
ors at half mast, tolling of bells and
other funeral observances in respect to
the memory of the late Lieutenant Gen
eral Scott in this city, were never on
any former occasion more generally oh
served g.
Year: 1866

E2 There ia a movement on foot at Wash
inSton to increase tie tariff on all fabrics
that can be made in this country. 1t is said
that the members of Congress from the
West are opposed to it. That says the
Mobile Tribune, is quite likely, for we can
hardly see how they or we can derive anI
benefit from it, although it is not at ali
improbable that we Of the South may, after
awhile, be able to share with the East the
virtues Of tins kind Of bounty
Year: 1866

what class of people will be most susceptible to attacks
from ChoeraR
Evidently those affected with my disease of the stomach
liver any Of the organs apperaning to digestion This
class of persons undoubtedly will be liable to contract
this disease than those strong and healthy digestive
organs


The question then naturally arises how shall We restore
and keep these organs healthy and normal condition
We answer by attention diet avoiding all undue excite
meAt using moderate exercise avoiding all Intoxicating
drinks no matter in what form presented and by the use,
according to directions of that great strengthening tonic
MoOFLAND's GERMAN BIrTERs.
PREPARED BY DR.. c. NJ. JACKSON, PHILADELPHIA
This Bers is compound of fluid extracts The roots and
which made gathered in Germany and their
virtues in the form of extracts extracted by the
scientific chemists and pharmaCeutsts this country Affords
| Itis
Not Liquor Preparation,
In any Of the word contains whisky rum, any
other Intoxicating Ingredients and freely in FAM
lilies without any fear risk of those using 1t contracting the
disease Of intsmperanee We wish this fact distinctly
understood as many apt confound this Bers With the
many others before public prepared from liquor
| kind.


During the


CHOLERA SEASON OF 1849,
This Biters was extensively used throughout the entire
country


AS A PREVENTIVE,
And have not heard of single instance in which this
Bers used where the persons suffered from any of the
symptoms of Cholera.
Year: 1866

W. Hope for the Afiicted.-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.
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they Of obtaining the wished
for relief and Under the care of the skillful
Doctor the sick and troubled can dvest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
sick in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number nor the manner of directing your
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ton street, San Francisco.
Year: 1866

FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH,
enter upon the performance of his official duties for
the current year. He would call particular atten-
ton to the following section of the Revenue Law:
eff any person shall wilfully make, give, un-
der oath or affirmation, false list of his, her,
their taxable property, or false list of taxable
property nnder his her, their control, such per-
son shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished therefor, as is
by law provided for the punishment of perjury
and any property wilfully concealed, removed,
transferred, or misrepresented, by the owner or
any agent thereof to evade taxation, shall upon
discovery be assessed at ten times the amount of
tax for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon it and fifty per cent of the amount
of such additional tax, when collected, shall be
paid to the person persons who shall furnish the
information which reveals the property so conceal
ed transferred, removed misrepresented, and the
remaining fifty per cent? after deducting the usual
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund Of the State"


If Tax PAYERS were to have list of their proper
ty prepared ready to be sworn to, as the law di-
rects by the time of my reaching them, they would
thereby save themselves some annoyance, perhaps,
as well as facilitate my work.


A. P. LADD,


Assessor of Shasta county.
Shasta, Feb. "a, 1866. ia
Year: 1866

The partisanship that must Extensively
obtrude itself in the supplication made at
the Throne of Grace is so offensive and SC
desecrating that it is difficult to character
ize it as it deserves. We omitted from the
House proceedings the first day the prayer
of the chaplain, the Rev. DIR. Boynton, be-
cause we could not publish it without pro-
test, and we, therefore, preferred not pub
fishing it at all But here is what Radi-
cal correspondent of a Radical newspaper
says. We quote from the Washington cor
respondence of the Brooklyn Union, of the
5th instant, italics and all


"An unusually large attendance of the
members were present, and when, at the
hour of noon, the sharp rap of the Speak
er's gavel arrested the attention of the
whole assemblage, and prayer was an
nounced, all the members engaged with
unusual devotion in the exercise. The
chaplain of the House, the Rev. DIR Boyn-
ton, then made Radical stump speech
sciA bis eyes shm. This must have been
distasteful to the piety of the Democratic
members"


This is not the questionable censure of q
partisan foe, but the salient criticism of q
political friend. Aateuigeneer.
Year: 1866

Catching rats is often difficult. rs old rats
are proverbially cunning. Laying around
poison is dangerous not alone, but also OBJ
jectionable, for the reason that rats may
die at inaccessible spots and contaminate
the atmosphere with The well-known de-
testable odor. A better plan has been
adopted by one of our correspondents, by
which he takes advantage of the cunning
habits of the rats. He covers the floor
near the rat hole with a thin layer of moist
caustic potash when the rats walk on this
it makes their feet sore these they lick
with their tongues 1t makes their mouths
sore, and the result is that they shun this
locality not alone, but appear to tell ali the
neighboring rats about it, and eventually
the house is entirely abandoned by them,
notwithstanding the neighborhood may
be teeming with rats
Year: 1866

Some time since it was announced that
man at Titusville, Pennsylvania, commit
ted suicide for the reason that he had dis
covered he was his own grandfather
Leaving dying statement, explaining
this singular circumstance, we will not at
tempt to unravel it, but give his eXplana-
tlon Of the mixed-up condition of his kins-
folk in his own words. He says mar
ried widow who had a grown up daughter
My father visited our house very often. fell
in love with my step-daughter and married
her. So my father became my son in law,
and my step-daughter my mother, because
she was my fathers wife Some time af-
terwards my wife had a son he was my
fathers brother-in-law, and my uncle, for
he was the brother OF my step-mother.-
My fathers wife,. e., my step daughter
had also a son ; he was Of course, my broth
er, and in the meantime my grand child,
for he was the son of my daughter My
wife was my grandmother because she
was my mothers mother. [ was my wife's
husband and grandcllild at the same time.
And rs the husband OF PERSONS grand
mother is his grandfather, [ was my own
grandfather. That this was Il strange con-
dition of things must be confessed, but we
can see no possible reason why it should
cause man to commit suicide.
Year: 1866

The st. Joseph (Mo.) Herald chronicles
one of the peculiar results of the action of
the current of the Missouri River on its
banks and on its sandy bottom. An island
has been formed in the river opposite st.
Joseph, the channel running between the
Island and the Missouri shore. Although
a vast bed of sand over two miles in length,
should it withstand the flood next spring, it
may soon be covered with growth of trees.
An immense drift has foamed at the upper
end, which it is believed will protect it
from the rush of waters and make it per-
manent. The other day two citizens of ST.
Joseph passed over to the island, took pos
session of it and erected a cabin thereon,
which they hold will give them the first
claim to entry when the Government places
if in market
Year: 1866

The Partisan hair -dressers, who control
the fashions, have held their first ball of
the present season, and at it laid down
their inexorable laws. The rage for false
hair shows no abatement, and ladies' heads
are still to be loaded down with some one
else's tresses With the front hair drawn
back and lifted up from the forehead in
putfs and rolls, the back hair spread out
into an enormous lump, tied in spreading
bows or rolled into an intricate mass of
short, thick. geometricallydisposed saus-
ages, how can a woman contrive to place
on her head anything bigger than the few
inches of tulle, blonde or velvet with which
she covers the infnitesimal hollow left at
the summit of the head, between the hilly
protuberances of the front and the noun
famous ones of the back
Year: 1866

1t is not as universally known as it de
serves to he that castor oil is as useful in
the trades as it is us Il medicine. 1t is much
better to soften and to redeem old leather
than any other oil known ; when boots and
shoes are creased with it, the oil will not
at all Interfere with the polishing afterward,
as is the case with lard. olive, or any other
oil. IN harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the old
leather hose of some Of the fire companies
was creased with it, and found to become
almost Us soft and flexible as new leather.
Leather belts for transmitting motion in
machinery will usually last three to five
years, according to the wear and tear they
are exposed to when creased with castor
oil they will last ten years or more, as they
always remain flexible and do not crack
Besides this advantage, castor oil will pre-
vent slipping, that belt three inches wide,
impregnated with it, will be equal to belt
four and q half inches wide without castor
oil. 1t is necessary, however, to wait
twenty -four hours, till the oil has disap-
peared from the surface and penetrated the
leather, otherwise the freshly creased sur
face will cause slipping. That rats and
other vermin detest anything impregnated
with castor oil, and will not touch it, is an
other advantage.
Year: 1866

THE APPOINTING PovER from
the activity of divers gentlemen in that di-
rection, the one great object of the meet
ing of this Congress is to curtail the ap
pointing power of the President. Many of
these projects will probably sleep in the
committee rooms. Others will be brought
before Congress and discussed. Some, per-
haps, will fnd their way upon the statute
book. Bat we are not prepared to believe
that an American Congress will become a
party to such violation of the spirit of our
institutions, or the aim of the founders of
our Government, as to make the Supreme
Court participate in the most corrupting
element of our politics-the distribution of
political patronage. May that august tri-
bunal continue evermore to be kept free
from the noisy contentious and corrupt in
trigues of partizan warfare


Nationol Hate2ligenceT.
Year: 1866

HoRsE TmEr.-Some time since we
noticed the arrest ola negro named Wood
son Hill, who knocked down Justice Wade
while he was engaged in awcsting him.
lie was tried yesterday before the County
Court for horsc-stcaIing, and sent on for
further trial. 4 mule and cart which Hill
had @ in his possession at the time Of his
arrest had been retained by Justice Wade
until yesterday, when, in accordance with
HiII's request, they were sold 10 pay the
fees of his counsel. The purchaser had
not gone far with his mule and cart before
he was met by DR.. Walker, who claimed
them as his property. This was subse-
qucntly proven, together with the fact that
they had been stolen the day before Hill
was arrested. The Doctors property was
returned to him. The negro will now b"
tried on this charge.
Year: 1866

FINE WHEAT.-Thc wheat crop this year
is generally accedcd to be rather failure
but we saw yesterday some stalks from a
field of DR.. Dcanc's, near this city, which
were as fine as any we have ever seen. The
stalks are very thick, averaging four and a
half or five feet in height, and the heads
are well filed. We should bc glad If there
were many of our farmers who could send
us in such specimens of wheat for the next
crnn
Year: 1866

DEING now in receipt of my Fall and
ID Winter Stock, which has been selected
with care, purchased at close figures and
with reference to the increasing wants of
this section, I would most respectfully in
vite purchasers to call aid examine my
assortment.
Year: 1866

mlSslOnere.


[Seal.l Clerk


The clerk Of the commissioners shall make
copy OF the list furnished the collector, and
deliver the same TO the comptroller by the first
Monday OF December every year.


For every failure Of the clerk TO furnish the
SAID, the commissioners may impose fine not
exceeding Si0O, to be paid into the treasury
Office.


On and after the last day Of November the
aggregate OF the taxes set forth in the tax list
snali be due and payable to the treasury
by law.


On adjusting the collectors accounts, he
shall oe charged by the comptroller with said
compensation at the rate OF six per centum on
the hrst $4,000 Of the amount collected and NJ
the rate OF three per centum on the residue
collected. 2. BY the amount Of taxes not col
Iected on the day Of the adjustment and for
the collection of which he has Obtained further
time by an order Of the commissioners. 3. Bv
the amount Of insolvencies upon the tax list


The evidence upon which the second credit
shall be allowed shall be copy Of the order
Of the com missioHers. certified TO be q true copy
the commissioners.


The evidence for allowing the third-credit
snali DC the collectors return upon his war
rant OF collection-"no goods and chattels,
amos and tenements Of the tax payer in the
District subject TO said taxes" which return
snail ssa ~ oe rso1ttaole by any evidence known to


For the payment into the treasury of the
amonnt mus ioono due, the comptroller shall
give tne coiieetor his warrant. bearing date the
oay OF the adjustment, and specifying the
amount then due And payable into the treas.
ury, which amount shalt bear interest from
the date Of the warrant till paid.


A copy OF the adjustment, ana Of he warrant
Year: 1866

paraiso took place in the House of Commons on the
18th instant. Theeommercial members of the House.


the British Admiral Denman) for neglect of duty,
as well as to censGre the Government for not ha wing
taken more thorough precautionary measurys to pro-
tect the rights and property of British residents


Admiral Denman finds earnest defenders in some of
his professional friends in the House, one of whom


British fleet had undertaken to attack that of Spain


the five vessels belonging to the former would have
been blown out of the water. Mr.. Layard made an
elaborate but very clear defence of the Govern
ments policy of neutrality. and gave new version
Of what was said and done by General Fitzpatrick
and Commander Rodgers. The discussion altogether
ordinary circumstances of the bombardment; and we
douot if the Government of her Catholic Majesty
the barbarous orders given to Admiral Nunez have
Year: 1866

Radical resolutions on the state of the country
we're adopted by the New school Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church. at St. Louis, on Friday. They
express qualification at the continuance of the
Freedmen's Bureau; rejoice at the passage of the
Civil Rights bill; reterate the position the Assembly
that if suffrage be not universal it ought at least be
impartial declare that the basis of representation
in Congress should be changed to meet the ex-
gences growing out of the abolition of slavery and
that neither the National Executive nor Congress
should adopt any method of reconstruction that
Southern States, and alege that for the vndcation
of national Justice the chief fomenters and repre-
sentat7es of the rebellion should by due process of
Law, be consigned to punishment.


motion to strike out this last resolution was lost
by decided vote and the whole series were passed
without dissenting voice.
Year: 1866

IIOnuOn GOT. II. I. NeWs.J


The trichina in the mutton This is the next
thing. A learned Italian SdUaHt has just made US
present of this pleasing fact in memoir to the
Academy of Sienna Here is the precise title of his
attacked by the aqueous cachexy and Of its analo-
gies with the trichina in pork" Microscopic worms
some grown up and full of eggs, others small and
twisted into spiral curl-such are the inmates
which this gentleman has found in the lungs of sheep
bred on the Tuscan Maremma. But this was three
or four years ago. before the trichinae had come to
attract such anxious attention. Since that time he
has taken the trouble to examine the muscular brc
of his sheep; finds them all full of ovoid bodies of
yellowsh color and in every way analogous to those
found in the swine attacked by trichina. So that
our chops going to be safer than our rashers
And. undoubtedly, powerful microscopes will find
ovoid things in the beef too, to say thing of the
rinderpest. What. then. are We to eat
Year: 1866

New YORK. May 29.-The Commercial says that the
reports of under issue of Erie stock rests on very
slender foundation. The fact apparently is that the
meeting of directors called for tomorrow to consider
proposals for new loan to enable the company to
meet its accrung liabilities We also hear that it is
stated that the director who previously lent to the
company, and holds l4OOO shares of its stock as
collateral is prepared to advance the amount re-
uured whatever that may be-
Year: 1866

INTERESTING TO DEPoSITARIEs-The Treasurer of
the United states holds as security for deposits win
amount of certificates of Indebtedness, portion of
which mature prior to August u, 1866, upon which
in pursuance of recent notice given by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, interest will cease on tho 3lst
instant. Banks which have such certificates on de-
post will therefore take notice that interest
on the Slst instant and, they desire to realize on
these certificates, without loss ofinterest should be-
fore that time deposit in their stead other United
States securities to a like amount.