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Year: 1866




appears elsewhere in this paper for meeting
OF "all who are in favor of the repeal of the
Specific Contract Act, and of banking system
with notes convertible at sight into gold," at
the Court House, this Saturday evening, ito
take measures to save the State from the grasp
of the gold dealers monopoly" This is a
"grand combination" certainly, whether all
that is proposed to be accomplished is 'con-
summation devoutly to be wished or not
Judging, however, by the panic created in
Nevada by the decision of the Supreme Court
of that State, that the Specific Contract Law
is unconstitutional, it is rather doubtful about
q happy financial millennium being ushered in
By the proposed Repeal" ETC. As it has
been decided that taxes must be paid in coin,
and the salaries OF county officials will naturally
be the same, we can't see why "the rest of US"
might not as well put up with the present evils,
including bard money, rather than fly TO other
evils that We are not so well posted about
The medicine the Secretary of the Treasury
proposes for the cure Of the National finances
return to a cash basis-should not be hastily
reversed by California by going back to paper
and credit. But, laying aside the argument,
would it not have been better to have called
meeting at such q time as would have
admitted Of az expression of the people of the
county on the subject? Are the people Of
Butte in favor of the repeal of the Specific
Contract Act, and the establishment of q
banking system with notes. etc?
Year: 1866

To SUBSCRIBERS AND ADvERrIsERs.-We are
compelled for the first time to write Dun to our
subscribers and patrons and we trust it will not be
in vain. The unusually high price of paper and
the heavy expense necessarily incurred in carrying
on printing establishment, demand that our out
standing accounts must be settled. Many SUBJ
scrbers owing US from June 1868, over two
years, and We cannot afford to continue much
longer their subscriptions without compensation.
Those who are not prepared to pay all part from
all will enable US to meet our demands.
Year: 1866

OgovILLE AND EER MINEs.-It has been
the common phrase of everybody that the
mines of this vicinity are played out > but
We predict brighter future for Orovlle, in
regard to her mines, for We know TO a certainty
that the bluff on the opposite side of the river
from this town will pay good wages, with the
facilities at present afforded for working the
ground. The water from the Inskip ditch
having been secured by the Thompson Flat
Water Company, that Company now engages
to furnish water for ten cents an inch Some
years since, when miners worked upon the face
of the bluff, and paid twenty five ard thirty
cents an inch for water, they could make some


thing more than expenses at those exorbitant
rates. There is no doubt that every acre
of the bluff will pay from SO to Sc per day TO
the man at the present water rates and these
are Eot claims that can be worked out in few
days, but will last for years, aud can be worked
to advantage the whole year round There is
ground enough for two thousand men. Several


companies have already commenced work, and
before next fall there will not be vacant foot
OF ground on the northern bluff of Feather river.
Year: 1866

MEDICAL ApvIcE--Dr. VIM. K Doherty's Med
ica and Surgical Institute is becoming sine qua
non to the welfare of our State and health of our
citizens; and his rapidly spreading reputation, al
though il may excite surprise is but the signal of
skill, and follows the natural effect of such a
cause. We are personally acquainted with gentle
men who had suffered for years under chronic dis
ease, and who had taken advantage of every
available means that promised relief but without
success, until they called upon Dr. Doherty, who,
in an Incredibly short space of time, has given
them entire relief. 1t is gratifying to announce
this fact, because the Doctor is gentleman who
seeks not by defamation of Others to establish his
reputation, or to rear the superstructure of his
own upon the rule of another's fame. The Doctor
conducts his Institute in such a manner that must
be gratifying to all his patients. He examines.
advises, and recommends without charge. and the
patient after hearing his terms for treatment can
accept reject at pleasure. In no case does the
Doctor make a charge unless he effects cure.
This he is able to do, because he feels the conf
dence which long experience has given, and no
doubt the consolation which appertains to that
confidence. Persons afflicted with either acute OF
chronic diseases would do well to consult the Doc
tation he asks no fee; nor does he insist obed-
enee TO his advice unless the patient places himself
under his care. His Offices are on Sacramento
street, opposite the Pacific Mail Steamship office
rs. F. News.
Year: 1866

HIGH WATER AT SAcRAMESTo.-Great
alarm prevailed at Sacramento, on Sunday
night The Union says that quarter before
eleven o'clock. the fire bells were rung, and the
report quickly circulated that the north levee
had given way, and that the waters of the
American river were coming into the city. A
large portion of the community had been in a
state of anxiety during the day, and this report,
suddenly started in the night was well calcu-


lated TO awaken alarm. The streets were
quickly thgouged with men running to and fro,
eagerly comforting with one another as to the
appreheuded danger. Houses were quickly lit
up and women and children who were net too
badly frightened, engaged in packing up their
goods for hasty removal. But it turned cut
that there was only a leak in the levee, which
was promptly stopped, when the fears Of the
people were quieted.
Year: 1866

MAsoNrc.--To Solomon, tie lumi-
nary of the East, and Washington
the glory of the West.


TO all those who steer their course
by the great lights of Masonry


MAY we never feel want, nor ever
want feeling,


The brother who stands plumb TO
his principles, yet is level to his
brethren.


May tho altitude Of our virtues
ever be at high twelve.


The heart that conccals and the
tongue that never reveals.


The widows son.


May we learn to be frugal before
we are obliged TO do SO.


Pleasures that please on rctlec-
tion.


May we never meet an old friend
with new face.


The woman we love, and the
friend we dare trust.


May the single be married, and
the married be happy.


Great men honest and honest
men great.


Riches to the generous, and Pow
er to the mcrciiul.


Love to one, friendship to few,
and good will to all.


May the Tuscan order support us,
the Ionic guide us, and the Corin-
THAN reward us.


To teach faithful brother, both
ancient and young, who governs
his passions and brides his tongue
May every Mason rise in the
East, find refreshment in the South,
and be SO dismissed in the West as
to find admission into the middle
chamber to receive the reward Of
good man.
Year: 1866

To have made and sold so great u
number of Machines is an evidence
of the marvellous and universal
popularity of the Wheeler 81 Wilson
Machine, and everywhere through
out the babitable globe, where fab
rics are sewn into human apparel,
1t has maintained its reputation
through eight years of bitter COM
petition as the Leading Family
Sewing Machine of the World. The
fact that this popularity LASTS, Is
proof that it is merited. d
Year: 1866

A BEAUTIFUL InEA.-In the Mounting Of
Tyrol it is the custom Of women and children
to come up when il is bed time, and sing the
national song until they hear their husbands,
fathers and brothers answer them from the
hills upon their return home. On the shores
of the hd1iatic, such a custom prevails
There the wives of the fisherman come down
about sunset and sing a melody. After
singing the first stanza, they listen while
for an answariug strain from off the water,
and continue to sing and listen till the well
known voice comes borne on the tide, telling
that the loved one is almost home. How
sweet to the weary fisherman, as the shadows
gather arolni him, must be the songs of the
loved ones at home, who sing to cheer him !;
and how they must strengthen and tighten
the bonds which bind together those hum
bic dwellsrs by the sea? Truly, it is among
the lowly in this life that we find some of the
most beautiful customs in practice.
Year: 1866

A California editor, participating in a
debate as to the best method of building a
certain bridge, objected to the coner-dam for
making the pier. He said he early formed a
prejudice against the thing his uncle once
had a cow choked with turnip, and for a
long time it Eas thought she would ceFFER>
DAM head ofl
Year: 1866

A colored man, whose name was John, has for
some time past endeayored to earn miserable
living by picking up rags, about Taylor square,
and playing the character in reality which Mr..
Eddy has personated upon the stage as the " Chit
fonier of Paris" The square is the dumping
ground for the neighborhood, and is in the Fourth
District On Sunday before the rain he was
missed by his friends, and as the water covered
the ground, and no motive appeared for his re-
manning without shelter. search was made for
him. He was found dead in a small cabin upon
the square, and is supposed by the coroner to have
died from spasmodic attacks to which he was
anhiact
Year: 1866

We have lust had the pleasure of shaking by
the hand friend who on his way to TINS Guy mas
met with as many adventures as Snbad the Noy-
arer, and who the first time he ever left the soil


of his native State, was three times almost
sbipwrecked He started down the Chattahoo.
chez river, and before he had reached the Gull
the boat on which he Travelled had struck snag,
commenced sinking, and the passengers just had
time to get ashore before it went down. Ihe ac-
cident cost him his baggage. After remaining IN
asa swamp twenty hours, and being nearly eaten up
by mosquitoes, he succeeded in reaching Apa'
achicola bay and getting on board Of
he steamer Hattie. But for some cause un-
known unless it was because our friend was upoI
M she sprang leak and had to be run aground


he next took passage on board OF the FLORIDA


nd actually got as far up the river as the quaran
line station without any incident whatever But
sAt the moment when all the passengers were ear
Ing with that desperate energy which characterize
steamboat tables dhote, the piston-head OF tn


FLORIDA was blown out, with tremendous scat
tering of glass from the skylight window, throug


which it disappeared. In moment the excite
ment Of eating gave way to that for the preserve
zion of life, and as the door happened
be closed, the passengers commenced runnin
around as if mad. One of them dashed through


window that was overhead another stout gentle
man attempted to initiate his example and ra
fron, one end of the table to the other, trying
get through but got stuck, and then commence
Y running backwards and forwards, treadng I'M


4he dishes at every step. The passengers wei
finally transferred to the Tradewind, but it b


coming known that Jonas was on board who hi
brought disaster upon three steamers some we


a little doubtful about allowing him to come {
board. We understand that he intends returnii
by water in a few days, and accordingly warn
captains to allow him to do nothing of the kind.
Year: 1866

This association paraded the public thoroughfares
Yesterday with an excellent band of music at its
head. We are not informed as to the occasion OF
the display, but suppose it to have been the cele
bration of an anniversary, The procession pre-
snntel an nttrnctiVe sDeGtAcle.
Year: 1866

man named Bernard Tully was arrested in
Mrs. Eelys boarding house on Girod street last
night, in the act of attempting to force open her
armoir. He had entered her room by means Of
false keys. He had been boarder in the house
and knew that she had several thousands of dol
lars ID tie armor. A jimmy" and other bur-
glars instruments were found on his person when
be was arrested.


man whose name is unknown was yesterday
found badly injured upon Ursulines street, and
tent to the Charity Hospital. He is supposed to
have thus been matreated on board of ship, By
being beaten over the head with barrel stave.


One Edward Long was arrested on Customhouse
street yesterday, on a charge of stealing from a
passenger on the steamer Magenta two hundred
and fifteen dollars and gold watch. The watch
was found on his person, but no money.


William Smith was taken into custody by the
First District police last night, and will be callec
upon to answer charge Of stealing apair of pan
falcons from J ohm Madden, on New Leyee street
Year: 1866

In the first place he said that Satan was the
| cause of every detection He said constant
prayer and watchfulness were necessary to guard
against the evils of the Arch Enemy. :.
In the garden of Gethsemane the Savior had
told his disciples to watch and pray, lest at any
time they fall into temptation, for Satan goeth


about as roaring lion, seeking whom he may


devour. That he was constantly on the watch


for an opportunity to overthrow them, and that


he never permitted one to pass to effectit. He


was talented watchful, wary and subtle, and


that threatened him from the Devil.


He said that it was fearful to think of the
state of the unconverted, but much more to
think of those who had made profession ofreh-
gion.


But no man ever fell under the Vaccinations
of the Devil, except when he was off his guard,
not watchful If Jesus could have gotten Peter
to watch and pray he would never have denied
him. 1t was when man was seeking some
worldly end, that Satan had his opportunity.
If the weakest christian were watchful, there IS
not power enough in the dark hosts of Hell to
cause him to fall There is not single instance
on record where watchful man had ever fallen.
But the little germ that is sometimes planted,
almost unwittingly, leads to a fall. The cause
is Satan and the occasion is our own careless
ness The manifestations vary with the char
acter of the individual Every man has his
besetting sin, and it is on this weak side of his
character that he has most need to be watchful.
In Judas it was the love of money In Noah,
it was a fondness for wine in Jacob, it was
prevarication and deceitfulness; in David and
Solomon, it was their lusts. A man s fall might
begin in the sanctuary itself He might encour-
age wandering thoughts which would lead to his
fall The expression of each individuals de-
Election was the expression of his character.


In regard to the repentance of persons who
had been guilty of reflections from proper rell-
gious conduct, he said that there were many
causes of bitterness In their repentance. The
first was the consciousness of having been so
weak and with having fallen On SO slight an
occasion another cause of bitterness was that
they had deserted so good and kind friend
another bitter reflection was that. persons around
them would lose confidence in them-that the
finger of scorn would be pointed at them, and
that the lips of their companions would be curled
in derision at them; another bitter element was
the consciousness that they had fallen and desert
ed cause which others had not, who had
probably more temptation to withstand than
they had


But, he said, there were many and great en-
couragements to those who had fallen into re-
ligious defections The first was that Christ
was not grieved with them that his eye was
fixed on them with pity and compassion and
secondly, that when they repent, that God hears
their cry and will show them mercy


At the close of the sermon several persons
went forward and united themselves with the
church
Year: 1866

An unusual degree of religious interest has
been manifested by the congregation of this
church for several weeks past. Exercises have
been held every night during the past week in
the lecture room of the church; an interesting
revival has been going on, and quite number
of additions have been made to the membership
of the church.


The pastor, the Rev. DR.. Duncan preached
an able sermon yesterday from the 6lst and 62d
verses of the 22d chapter of Luke. His subject
was reflections from proper and consistent
religious course Of conduct by protesting Chris
tians.


He said that Peter was a sincere, warmheart-
ed, generous disciple, and that his religious
detection was caused by his ardent, passionate,
unrefecting nature He said that on the night
when the sacrament of the Lords Supper was
instituted, the Savior said to his disciples 'this
night all of you shall be offended with me. y
Peter protested that he would not be, and said
that he was ready to 60 to prison OF to death,
and added that, although all should be offended,
that he would not be. The Savior warned him
affectionately and told him that Satan was trying
to draw him off from his allegiance. lie then
told him that before the cock crow twice, thou
shalt deny me thrice.


The Reverend gentleman then went on to
describe the circumstances of Peters denial o1
his allegiance to the Savior, and his detection
from his religious duty He said that this was
brought about by Peters passionate and hasty
temper, and that he was the representative of a
large class of persons in the church who are In
great danger on account OF their excltablllty OF
temper. He said this was single case, but
it illustrated the whole subject of religious de-
fection and repentance, unfortunately of toe
frequent occurrence in all congregations. He
said that there were but few persons who haG
not made some movement for the conversion Of
their souls at some period in their lives. Almos
every person had, atsome point Of time, profess
ed conversion.


He said that nearly every person who hac
reached the age of twenty-five years, and who
made profession of religion would tell you thai
they had at some former period professed reli
gion But they would generally say that it was
when they were very young, and that they had
probably been deceived as to the genuineness
OF their conversion or that they had mistaken
their feelings.


He proposed to consider religious reflections
from three points of view First, its cause
second, It's manifestation; and third, its occa
sion
Year: 1866

The authorship of the following beautiful hym,
Of trust is unknown It was found treasured VI
in an humble cottage in England:
In the mid silence of the voiceless night,
When, chased by airy dreams, thy slumbers flee
Whom in the darkness doth my spirit seek,


Oh God! but Thee?
And if there be weight upon my breast
Some vague impression of the day foregone-
Scarce knowing what it is, fly to Thee,


And lay it down.
Or if it be the heaviness that comes
In token of anticipated i'll,
My bosom takes no heed of what it is,


Since tits Thy will.
For oh in spite of past and present care
Or anything beside, how joyfully
Passes that almost solitary hour


My God, with Theel
More tranquil than the stiffness of the night
More peaceful than the silence of that hour,
More blest than anything my bosom lies


Beneath Thy power.
For what is there on earth that I desire,
Or all that it can give or take from me?
Oh, whom in heaven does my soul seek,


0 God but Thee2
Year: 1866

- &C
vuvO THE PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY.


OFFICE OF THE VALLEY RAILROAD,


Staunton, April 25th, 1866. J
We wish at once to push forward the Line of
Railroad which is to connect the Potomac with
the Virginia and Tennessee Road. To do this,
we need to have stock taken in the Valley to the


ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS.
This we propose to have done on the following
terms: Two per cent. of the amount subscribed,
to be paid in so soon as called for; thirteen per
cent additional, to be paid within the next three
years; the remaining elghty-h per cent, to be
paid within the next ten years.


If this amount Of Stock be promptly taken on
these easy terms we can effect negotiations which
will enable us to have its remainder taken abroad,
and which will enable at the same time, to
raise the money for the Stock taken at home up
on the Bonds of the company payable In ten
years.


It is unnecessary to say anything in regard to
the vital Importance of this great work. Every
property holder within reach of the Road appre-
ciates it.


It may be proper to state however, that cir
cumstances are more favorable now to the con-
struction of this work than ever before, or prob
ably than they will be hereafter We have al
ready secured q


COMPETENT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
to locate the Road from Harrisonburg to Salem.
They will commence operations early in May
Let our people aid, IN earnest, and we can prom
ise them the speedy completion OF an improve
ment which will do more than any other in con-
temptation for the advancement of our interests.
books of subscription at once, and are earnestly
desired to have the stock subscribed promptly.


NJ G. HARTMAN, President,
may 8-tf of the Valley Railroad.
Year: 1866

y ACCIDENTS
The undersigned are Agents for the manufacture
and sale of


FITZHUGHS INVENTION
for stopping the progress of Reaping and Moving
Machines, in the absence of the driver from his
seat.


1t is well known that there is not a neighbor-
hood, where reapers and mowers are used, that
some terrible accident does not occur every har-
vest to the driver of the machine while engaged
in removing some obstruction in front of the
sickle-bar or in fixing something about the gear
ing, or from being thrown from the machine
claimed to be perfect and reliable security
against such accidents.


1t is simple in its construction, and can be east
ly adapted to any machine having two driving
wheels No reaper mower should be without
it.


Farmers are invited to call and examine this
machine at the Augusta Foundry and Machine
Shop, Staunton Va.


Price for making and attaching Safeguard
ten dollars.


may 22-tf ROBERTS, NELSON & Co.


Gzs- Rock. Register and Lexington Gazette
and Banner copy.
Year: 1866

Bishop Elliot, of Georgia. says -"None un-
derstand the colored race as well as we do
none have its confidence as fully as we have
My sincere conviction is that if any future good
or blessing is to come for these people, it must
be of home growth it must be the continua-
ton of the same kindly feeling between the
races which has heretofore existed Every per-
son imported from abroad to instruct or teach
these people, is an influence, unintentionally
perhaps, really widening the breach between
the races. This work must be done by our
selves, done faithfully, earnestly, and as in the
sight of God. Love must go along with it ;
gratitude for their past services; memories Of
our infancy and childhood ; thoughts of the
glory which will accrue to us, when we shall
have these people, once our servants, but above
servants, as brethren beloved and present them
to Christ, as our offering of repentance for what
we may have failed to fulfil in the past, of our
trust. | sincerely believe the abolition of sla-
very the greatest calamity which could have be-
fallen them; | do not regret it for myself and
my race, but for them most deeply | would
not if l could have it returned for any benefit
to me or mine, or my countrymen