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Year: 1866

A Washington dispatch of February 10th
says: "a delegation from the Virginia Legis
lature visited the President, this morning for
the purpose Of delivering resolutions approving
bis policy. Speaker Baldwin said Virginia
accepted the result of the contest 10 good faith,
recognized the United States as their Govern
ment, and said the people would use the
freedmen justly. The President replied, ex-
pressing his pleasure at meeting SO influential
delegation" The telegraph gives the follow
ing as among the most important declarations
of the President:


Il do not intend to say anything personal ;
but, at the beginning of the recent gigantic
struggle, there were extreme men North and
extreme men South. This great fault was
KEEP, upon the anvil aud hammered during the
rebellion, and has been hammered ever since
the rebellion. and there seems to be disposition
10 continue hammering until the Government
is destroyed. l have opposed that system
always | oppose il now. The Government
is certain of its powers, and, in the maintenance
of the principles of the Constitution, has taken
hold of one extreme, and with the strong arm
VI PuysiSoA EO"SA Fut ooHu tnS aSotiiASO-
Now. as we swing around the circle of the
Union, with fixed and unal,erable determination
to stand by it, We find counterpart or dupi-
cate of the same spirit. This other extreme
which stands in the way must get ont of it.
The Government must stand unshaken and
unmoved upon it's basis. The Government
must be preserved. l hope that all the people
of this country in good faith aud in the fuilness
of their hearts, will fix upon the principles
which you have enu1ciated here, to day. OF the
maintenance of the Union, lay aside every
other feeling for the good of a common country,
and with uplifted faces to heaven swear that
our goods. and our altars, and all, shall sink in
the dust together, rather than that this glorious
Union shall not be preserved. l am gratifed
to find the loyal sentiment of the country
maDilestiDg itself in these expressions. and DOW
that an attempt to destroy the Union has failed
at one end of the line, l trust We shall go on
determined to preserve the Union in its original
purity against all opposition After some
further conversation between members of the
delegation and The President the latter said !:
"lf now, the country can arrive at point at
which these States are all restored. each having
its representation in the national council. with
the Union restored, so that We can proclaim
peace and good will among the people of the
United States, it will, to me, be a very happy
day. | care not what may be said iD tauut or
jeer, but l tell you that whenever that point is
reached the measure of my ambition will have
been filed"
Year: 1866

The abundant rains Of the Winter give
harvest, bat what shall We do with them?
After two seasons Of failure, we found the
State, last Spring. so denuded of grain as to
cause alarm among consumers, while the
agricultural communities, having q clear
market, looked hopefully forward to their
harvests TO remunerate them by high prices for
two years of loss yet. out of the very fulDess of
the crop, they were doomed to disappointment.
Wheat has borne barely remunerative price.
and barley has been sold at prices utterly
ruinous to the raiser Should the coming
harvest be as fruitful as the last, will not all
grain, by reason Of the heavy surplus, fall to
prices entirely unremuneralive? Should
third good season occur, must not the agricul-
taral interest die Of very repletionf 7 There is
cause for earnest thought in this. Itseems
almost inevitable that the farmer, instead OF
using bis energies to grow rich by making two
blades of grain grow where but one grew
before must take heed to guard against the
calamity of good crops.


The cause of this paradoxical state of affairs
is simply the want of market. While We are
limited to the consumption of the population
OF our own State. yearly increasing and, in
like ratio, increasing our surplus, and limiting
the market, the inevitable result of dying
of opr fertility mnst ensue The rampdy ia
larger market. While we are supinely growing
at the high price of sacks and low price
of grain, We are permitting our sister State
of Oregon, by long, tortuous and expensive
route, to feed the populous communities at
Boise and Owyhee, which. if the signs of the
times are correct, will double their population
the coming season. and add to their wonderfully
rich country the recent developments at Black
Rock and Pueblo, they will have, during the
coming season, population sufficient to consume
every pound of surplus produce that the
counties Of Butte, Yuba, Suffer, Cousa and
Tehama can produce. These counties are
nearer TO Owyhee and Boise by hundreds
of miles than Portland, from whence they draw
their supplies and all that is needed to secure
US that market is the construction of good
road from Susanville to the Owyhee. Will
the people of these counties wake up and
construct this road, or shall we continue in our
good old way of starving on poor crops, and
dying by cereal apoplexy of good ones?
Year: 1866

PUBLICATION OF STATE LAws.-It strikes
US that it is about time the Legislature orCali


foruia made provision for the publication Of
the Laws in each county in the State. The
usage has been almost universally adopted ir
other States of the Union, and there is 90 good
reason why it should not be in California.
Now the people are dependent for information
as to what laws have been enacted on few
scattering copies of the Statutes, and even
they are not issued for from six months to a
year after the adjournment of each Legislature.
Year: 1866

CoTroS AssooIArIoS.-A joint stock cotton
association is about to be formed by several of
the enterprising citizens of Visalia, for the
purpose Of embarking largely in cotton raising
The experiment made during the last season
there has demonstrated that cotton can be pro
ftsbly raised in the Tuare Valley
Year: 1866

LAMESrFD.-Poor Tom Peasley many a
heart heaved heavy sigh yesterday. when
the funeral cortege moved through the streets
of Virginia. The deceased doubtless had his
faults-tor TO err is human-but he also bad
many good aid manly traits. Nj Peasley
has been a very prominent citizen of this
county for about FIVE years. He was one OF
those positive men who will invariably have
strong friends AID equally strong enemies and
this was oue OF the characteristics which en-
deared him to many, many friends. His deep
aud uncompromisiug devotion to the Union
cause, and his iDveterate hatred OF all traitors
to the Government, and their sympathizers,
was another feature in the life of the deceased
which gave him pleasant abiding place in
the memory of many of our people-and none
more so than in our heart Of hesrts. May his
memory be sweetly cherished 5y the noble fire.
men Of Virginia; and may be never be forgotten
by the loyal men Of our State. Farewell, true
friend, farewell God Hill News.
Year: 1866

Young married ladies whose misfortune it has
been not to bring forth in due season. remember
God has said you should multiply and replenish
If this is your desire, you can consult me either
years of age need make application. All cOmmu-
nications BY letter or person strictly CONFIDENTIAL
Year: 1866

In one-fourth of the time that it takes with the
old mode of treatment. In this treatment no
medicine is taken internally. You receive the
baths seated on your chair, with no Inconvenience
whatever.
Year: 1866

An officer of the French army, during the
reign of Napoleon. having incurred the sus-
picinn or resentment of the Emperor, thought
it expedient to abandon his country, and
take refuge in one of the Austrian provinces,
and there he became advised Of and initiated
in.o society. the (bject Of whose ,rmation
was to hurl to the grounl the Colossus whose
arm smote and governed the whole continent
Of Europe with scepter of iron. One day a
letter was brought to him containing the
usual signs and passwords of the society, and
requiring him to repair on the following night
to secluded spot in a forest, where he weuld
meet some of his associates. He went, but
found nobody. The orders were repeated
four times; the officer sought the appointed
place with no better success than the first
On the fifth night of his appointment at the
rendezvous, after waiting some time, he was
on the point of returning, when loud cries
! suddenly arrested his attention.


Drawing his sword. he fastened to the spot
whence they seemed to proceed. and was fired
| on by three men, who, on seeing thnt' he was
unwounded, instantly took to fight but at
his feet lay bleeding corpse, i'll which, by
| the feeble light of the moon, he in vain
sought for tokens of returning animation





detachment of chasseurs, summoned appa-
rently by the noise of the pistols that had
been discharged at himself. came up sudden
ly and arrested him as the assassin. lie was
loaded with chains. tried the next day. and
condemned to die for his supposed crime
His execution was ordered TO take place at
midnight Surrounded by the ministers of
justice. he was led, at a slow pace, by the
| tnbt of bn "a
bells, to vast square, in the center of which
was a scaffold, environed by horsemen.-
! Beyond these were a numerous group OF
spectators, who muttered impatiently, and at
intervals sent forth a cry Of adherence.


The victim mounted the scaffold, and his
sentence was read. and the first act Of the
tragedy was on the point of fulfillment, when
an officer let fall word of hope. An edict
had just been promulgated by the Govern
ment, offering pardon and life to any con-
demred criminal who should disclose the
members and secret tokens of particular
association, the existence Of which the
Frenchman, to whom these words were ad-
dressed, had lately become aware of, and OF
which he had become member. He was
quest oned, but be denied all knowledge
they urged him to confess with promises of
additional reward-his only reply was a
demand for immediate death-and his initia-
tion was completed.


All that passed was terrible trial OF
fidelity. Those who surrounded him were
members of the society, and every incident
that has been described, from the summons
to the last moment of expected death, was
only a step in the progress of the fearful
experiment by which it was sought to de
/ termine the trustworthiness of the neophyte.
Year: 1866

OF the disorders that act mankind arise from the
corruption that accuulaes in the Blood. OF all the dis
coveres that have been made to purge out none can
equal in effect HELNB0LDS CQAPOEND EXTRACT
OF SARSI RILLA. 1t clcanses and renovates the
Blood instlls the vgor OF health into the system and
purges out the which make disease 1t stimulates
healthy functions of the body and expes the disorders
that grow and rankle in the Flood. Such remedy that
could be relied on has long been sought for and now for
the FIRST time public have which they can de-
pend Oar space here does admit of certificates to
show its effects but the trial Of single bottle will show to
the sick that virtues surprising anything they have
ever taken.


Two tablespoonsul ofthe Extract Of sarsaparia added
to pint water is equal to the Lisbon Dist Drink, a2d
one bottle to gallon of the Syrup of sarsapaIiia,
or the deooction usually made


The sbove Extracts prepared purely scientific
princiyes-in Ticuo-and cn5ody the full strength of
the ingredients entering ato their composition ready
and conclusive test will be comparison of their proper
ties with those set forth in the U s. Dispeusatory.
Year: 1866

A New KNITTING MACHINE, for family
use, and intended to relieve the ladies of the
irksome and unpleasant task of knitting bv
the hand, such articles as are needed in
every family, is now being introduced into
the Eastern States. 1t will in .he short
space of one half hour. convert ball of yarn
into pair of stockings. It is capable of
knitting great variety of articles, and can
be used by every housekeeper. 1t is simple
in construction and its operation can be
easily acquired by any person of ordinary
capacity and judgment; is neat and orna.
mental in its construction, occupies but lit
tie space, and can be fastened to a table
like an ordinary sewing bird Mining and
Scientific Press
Year: 1866

these tea rounds, genuine give and take King would
the bitter had raised an ugly marx o on Kings ribs


HousD 33-Fsrrell pressed King at hrst, but after
lgat exchange slipped down; He rose TO walk TO his
Tell Not satisfied with this he again attempted to rise
out seeing his enemy coming, concluded 10 lay quiet
ROUNDS 81 to 1IEIn SO Farrell stopped a short
blow in fine style and returned Kings right eye
deepening the old CASH KING stood up 20 H. tnougn,
the blood again TO squirt from Farres cuts In round
38 Farrell backed close the ropes where ne receved
two sharp hits the neck King missed pretty chance


RoUNps I2 TO 5s-These rounds were all OF pattern
with the general OF their predecessors Farrell going
down al the end OF each one He occasionally got in
heavy body blows which for three or four rounds
seemed to be seriously Affecting Ag nc heraor u
Farrcs left eve closing rapidly, and the right one
swelling; both men, however, seemed still fresh


Rousn GO is where the outsider interered, as above
mentioned and in 6i only single blow was given This
aimed for Fares throat but struck on the breast
bone fortunate circumstance for all concerned, we
| think Nothing further Of consequence happened un.
dropped heavily the spot Kings ribs, and the
latter countered on the neck In the seventeth Kings
left again found resting place between fafres eyes,
exchanged, il was evident that Farrels sight was
going fast Several times he struck out powerfully, and
fell from the force OF his own blows King being entirely
OF reach. BY the eighteth round Farrelrs left
peeper swollen completely Shut and the other was
Of little account and in the eighty third this too, was
rendered useless by terrible blow from Kings heavy
left 1t was no use attempting TO tight longer and the
sponge thrown up amid the widest excitement
King lifted the shoulders Of his friends and tr
umphantly waved his hands; when, breaking away from
his friends he jumped the ring rope and taken
of. The watch Indicated nine O'Clock and thirty two
minutes showing that the fight lasted one hour and
eight minutes.


The weather was very favorable throughout, the
shining minute and the few drops Of rain which
fell in way interfering with the fight


sharp shower now came on, however, and many of
the dispensing throng were drenched. An hour after
ward King was lively, although the cuts in his face were
deep and painful while Farrells face eyes and head
terribly bruised and swollen. None Of the injuries
serious however belt learn, is to be presented
the winner, and another challenge for King is
pected grow Of this II IL should and there
official interference hope other day than the
Sabbath will be chosen for the mill to take place
Year: 1866

re- With pleasure we call attention of our
..oders 10 the advertisement of LAFFERTY &
p nEIGH, dealers in General Merchandise and
forwarding and Commission Merchants, Lit
,,e Rock. These gentlemen are second TO
none in character and promptness and dis
Ratch of business; and we can guarantee that
Inv orders made on them will be filed with
due regard to the interest Of the buyer as
Nell as the seller. Planters on the river, be-
tween here and the Rock, will findi for their
interest to give them call. The Little Rock
News talks about them after this manner:


1T is hardly necessary for us to mention
the fact that the large sales-room of Laiierty
4 Raleigh, is well filled with Goods of every
description and texture. and that there are
] nice Young men" behind the counter. who
willtake pleasure in exhibiting to the ladies
their fashionable Dress Goods.
Year: 1866

=" Our readers would do well to take no
xicc of the advertisement of the Union
Watch Company" in our paper. They will
bind this permanent institution, where they
scan well invest their money, with certainty
sof fair return,
Year: 1866

PosToFFICE ACCOMMODATIONS. - The new
arrangement in the postofice is completed and
to-day the room recently occupied by the CASH
ier, will be thrown open and the delivery win
dow in it will be for those who occupy glass
boxes and for ladies. A desk is to be placed in
the room for the accommodation of those who
may wish to answer or direct letters The
general delivery for men who haye no boxes
will be from the two windows in the circle
one of them for names commencing with A
and down to and including L. The other from
the letter NJ to the end of the alphabet The
arrangements are good and such as have been
long needed.
Year: 1866

SNATCH THIEF.-One morning last week as
an aged gentleman was stepping on to the cars
at the Grand Trunk depot in this city, for the
purpose of visiting his daughter at Lewiston,
a snatch thief thrust his hand into the old gen.
tleman's pocket, seized his wallet containing
$25 and made off with it in the presence of
fifteen or twenty spectators, none of whom at
tempted to stop the scoundrel
Year: 1866

THE FIRE AT SARNA.-We made enquiries
yesterday at the Grand Trunk Depot, but could
learn nothing in relation to the burning of. the
sheds of the Grand Trunk Company at Sarnia,
or those at Prince Edward. There is large
amount of flour in the sheds at Sarnia belong
ing to merchants in this city, and some anxiety
is felt to know whether it is destroyed or not
As the fire is said to have occurred on Friday,
something definite in relation to the loss should
have been received in this city before this time
Probably our telegraphic dispatches " i'll con-
tain something further.
Year: 1866

THAT WHIsTLE.-Great complaint is made
in the upper part of the city, at the prolonged
whistling of the tremendous instrument at the
works of the Rolling Mills. There are many
sick people in that part of the city, and the
noise made by this whistle afflicts them to a
great degree. Is there any necessity for pro-
longing the sound to such an extent?
Year: 1866

No MURDER.-Friday night the police on In
dia street were alarmed by terrible noise, and
on fastening to the place Tin the street, discov-
cred man lying in the mud. A murder was
the first thought that entered their heads; and
on raising the man they found that his face was
covered with scars and that he was dead
drunk, and that the scars were inflicted by his
falling down. This is the case of murder that
was rife on the streets Saturday morning
Year: 1866

The PosT OFFIcEs.-A Washington special
dispatch says there is good reason for saying
that Postmaster General Randall has ceased to
take an active interest in removals from office
for political reasons, and that changes in his
department will hereafter be made only at the
Instance of the President.
Year: 1866

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.


SEPTEMBER TERM-JUDGE FOX PRESIDING.
SATURDAY.-The case of United States v Treat
occupied the whole day without being finished. The
evidence for the Government is not yet all n and the
case will probably occupy two or three days longer
Year: 1866

DEG to inform the public that they are now erecting
AO a large and commodious COTTON SHED on the
bayou, at the head of Market street. Shreveport
desirable steamboat landing from which Cotton can
be shipped without dTayage. 1t is situoted away
from the crowded portion of the city, and is thereby
less subject to fire They have, also large aud sua-
ans, which they design using as a Warehouse from
which Cotton can be shipped and Freight delivered
without drayage. They have, also, large BRICK
WAREHOUSE for the accommodation of those who
prefer storing in it.


They are also erecting Warehouse at the Railroad
Depot at Marshall Texas, for the purpose of receiving
and forwarding freight over the railroad.


They will keep constantly hand at their store in
the town of Marshall, general assortment of Mer-
chandise, which they will sell at the lowest market
prces and will make liberal Cash Advances on
Cotton, Wool and Hides to be shipped to the house of
J. C. ELSTNER, Commission Merchant No IA Caron-
deet street. New Orleans ro3 If
Year: 1866

A COLLEGE JoKE.-A very dry joke was recently
perperaed at the expense Of Of the magnates OF
New York college, a gentleman Of great age ana
erudition but whose mind is rarely given to merely
routine duties 1t is the practice Of this gentleman,
who occupies very high position, to read a chaptei
of the bible every morning to the assembled sudens
and the chapter he intends to read each succeeding
day, which is the next in order, he places his mark
upon when be closes the book. Thus the theory is:
that the bible will be read through in due ThG
students tried an experiment. They removed tho
mark day, so that it would indicate the chapter
that had been once read to them.


The next morning they were gratifed by finding that
their plan successful the chapter repeated to
them, and suspicion of the cheat was apparcnti
So they tried it again, and it worked well as OF,
the first occasion. The students persevered nobody
their manipulation of the presidents mark; ana
they heard that chapter-the eighteenth Of Acts We
beeve-just one week. Every reading Of it iutensi,
fed their interest in it. At last a new leaf quietly
turned over, and chapter read regardless o.
the mark which had so long occupied the undivided
attention Of their learned teacher The students saw
that the secretary the malicious person who spoiled
their sport.
Year: 1866

A MAGNIFICENT TEsTIMONIAL.-It will be rememi
bered that when distinguished feowcitizen admiral
Semmes, arrived in England Immediately after hi;
brilliant combat with tile Kearsage, a number Of the
officers of the British army and navy and several OF
the nobility who were friendly 10 the Confederate
cause, determined to procure by subscription magl
nfcent sword for the admiral as testimonial Of eir
appreciation of his galantry and heroic conduct as
naval commander. The subscriptions were limited to
guinea each, ard in 4 day two the entire amount
two thousand guneas was subscribed.
The order for the sword was Immediately given


and the work long ago completed but The beuuti
fu and costly testimonial is still in England citi7
of Mobile, who has recently returned from Eg-
rope brought with him most skllfully executed
photograph Of both sword and scabbard, from which
We have obtained an idea of the exquisite workman.
ship displayed in their make. The blade bears sua
bic inscription and is ornamented in the highest style
of the sword makers art The scabbard, which is OF
gold is also the ht at least the guard is ogna
mented, not profusely but most tastefuy, with dei
vices embematc Of the naval profession and of south7
agriculture The testimonial IS one of which q
monarch might be proud and is just and well-merieG
tribute to the personal and professional worth Of the
most distinguished Of Confederate naval officers.


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