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Year: 1866

NEW ORLEANS, 18th August, 1859.
DR.. J. c. AVER: Sir, cheerfuy comply with the
quest of your agent and report TO you of the effects
have realized with your Sarsaparilla


have cured with it, in my practice most of the
plants for which it is recommended have found its
effects truly wonderful in the of Tenaeq and Ar
curtdl Disease. One of my patients had Syphc ulcers
in his throat, which consuming his palate and the
top of his mouth. Your Sarsaparilla steadily taken,
cured him in five weeks. Another attacked by
ondary symptoms in his nose and the liberation had
eaten away considerable part Of it, that believe the
disorder would soon reach his brain and kill him. But it
yielded to my administration of your Sarsapara the
ulcers healed and he is well again. of without
some designation to his face. A woman who had been
treated for the disorder by mercury suffering
from this poison in her bones. They had become
sve to the weather that damp day she suffered
cruciang pain in her joints and bones. She too
cured entirely by your Sarsaparilla in few weeks
know from its formula which your agent gave me, that
this Preparation from your laboratory must be great
remedy consequently, these truly remarkable results
with it have not surprised me.


IA
Year: 1866

g ONE OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY


- you. You have tried every remedy but the
ONE destined, by its intrinsic merit to supercede
all similar preparations. it is not surprising you


should be reluctant to try something else after the
many experiments you have made of trashy COM
pounds fosted on the public as certain cure; but
Year: 1866

FATAL AFTRAY.-The Nevada Gazette of
Nov. 9Th gives the following account of an
affray at Grass Valley:


A desperate affray occurred at Grass Val
ley, about o'clock Saturday evening. be
tween Dennis Bowling and George Dalton.
resulting in the mortal injury of the latter
There had been some business difficulty be-
tween the parties, but the immediate cause
of the affray was a suit brought by Dalton
against Bowling. The papers were served on
Bowling in the afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Potter, and an hour or two later he met
Dalton at a saloon. when the afrav occurred
Dowling was armed with dagger and Dalton
had a pocket knife. with which he was whit
tling when Bowling entered the saloon. Sc
far as we can learn no words passed between
them. but the fight commenced as soon as
Bowling entered the saloon, Dalton being
stabbed six or seven times in the breast. and
Bowling received several severe cuts in the
face and neck. Dalton was alive Yesterday
noon, bat no hope is entertained of his
recovery. He made his will during the night
1t was at first thought that Dowlng's wounds
might prove fatal, but it was said Yesterday
he would recover He was arrested and left
in charge of Deputy Sheriff Sale until he
recovered sufficiently to have an examination
Year: 1866

THEY stop at nothing in France. What
is to be thought Of the experiments i'm
piled in the following announcements? ga
horse can live twenty-five days without
solid food, merely drinking water, he can
live seventeen days without food or drink,
but only five days when consuming solid
food without drinking Ten days Of solid
food, with an insufficient quantity of drink,
are enough to wear out its stomach. A
horse which had had no water for three
days, drank eleven gallons in three min
utes."
Year: 1866

ONE very cold night a jolly old fellO Y.
who had been drinking too freely before
leaving town, started for home in gig. and
on the way was upset and left by the side
Of the road. Some persons passing short
time after discovered him holding his feet
up to the moon, and calculating to some
invisible person, ''PiIe on the wOOd-it's a
miserable cold fEe!'
Year: 1866

Coop HUMoR.-Good humor is the clear
aasky of the soul, on which every star


lent will shine more clearly, and the
sun of genius encounter no yapors in its
passage. It is the most exquisite beauty
of fine face-a redeeming grace in a
homely one. It is like the green in the
landscape-harmonizing with every color,
mellOwing the glories of the bright, and
softening the hue of the dark, or, like a
flute in a full concert of instruments, a
sound not at first discovered by the ear,
yet filling up the breaks in the concord
with its soft melody.
Year: 1866

VINEYARD SAVED BY BLACKBIRDs.-A
friend of ours who owns a valuable farm,
also nice vineyard of about twelve acres,
not far from our town, says he has frequent
" been considerably exercised at the depre-
dation committed by blackbrds, but will new
er grudge them anything hereafter. 1t seems
that the army-worms were about to strip his
vineyard of everything green, every attempt
Of his TO prevent them from doing so proving
fruitless, they having in short time utterly
destroyed the foliage on about 500 vines.-
One day of this week he observed small
flock of blackbirds in his vineyard. They
soon few away, but returned in short time
with their number greatly increased by
fresh recruits. The next morning.-on look
ing out he saw thousands and thousands of
these birds among his vines-the air was
filled and the ground literally covered with
them. Upon examination, soon after, not
worm of any description could be found
where before, as he expressed it, :" there
were thousands to the square inch. - Wood
land Neles.
Year: 1866

A VfcrIW To HIS APPErITE.-H c. Hook


er, living in Green Valley, some two weeks
since noticed one Of number cf mares in his
charge come up to the corral without her colt,


and much lacerated about the head and he


Immediately set out to hunt the colt. soon


striking'a sign where it had been, by clots of
blood upon the ground. and also marks show
ing that it had been dragged up the hill into
the chaparral, in which, after some search. he
found it dead and partly disemboweled.- =
Being satisfied that it had been taken by some
wild animal. which was resisted by the mare.
as her wounds indicated, he concluded the
beast would return to feast upon its prey as
soon as prompted by its appetite. lie ac


cordingly resolved to spice the meat suitably
with stryehuine, and on visiting the spot
next morning, found California lion laid
out stiff beside the colt. The lion measured
five feet from the tip of the nose to root of the
TAIL and seven feet eight inches from tip tc
tip Ii is the first time in more than ten
years that an animal of the kind has been
heard of IN that vicinity Contra Costa Ga
ectte, 9th.
Year: 1866

In the old days "a custom laid aside
With breeches and cooked hats the people sent
Their wisest men to make the public laws.
And so. from a brown homestead, where the Sound
Drinks the small tribute Of the Mianas,
Waved over by the woods Of Rippowams
And hallowed By pure lives and tranquil deaths,
Stamford sent up to the councils Of the State
Wisdom and grace in Abraham Davenport.
Twas on a May-day of the far old year
Seventeen hundred eighty that there fell
Over the bloom and sweet life Of the Spring,
Over the fresh earth and the heaven of noon,
A horror Of great darkness, like the night
In day Of which the Norland sages tell
The Twilight Of the Gods. The low-hung sky
Was black with omin0us clouds, save where its rim
Was fringed with dull glow, ike that which


climbs


The erater's sides from the red he'll below.
Birds ceased to sing. and all the barnyard fowls
Roasted; the cattle at the pasture bars
Lowed, and looked homeward bats on leathern


wings


Fitted abroad the sounds of labor died;
Men prayed, and women wept; all ears grew sharp
To hear the doom blast Of the trumpet shatter
The black sky that the dreadful face of Christ
Might look from the rent clouds, not as he looked
A loving guest Of Bethany, but stern
As Justice and inexorable Law.
Meanwhile in the old State House. dim ghosts,
Sat the luW gIYcrs Of Connecticut,
Trembling beneath their Legislative robes.
- II is the Lord great day Let US adjourn"
Some said and then, if with one accord,
All ewes were turned 10 Abraham Davenport.
He rose, slow ceaving with his steady voice
The intolerable bush. :" This well may be
The Day of Judgment which the world awaits;
But. bo It so or not, only know
Ny present duty, and my Lords command
To occupy till he SO at the post
Where he hath set me in his providence,
l choose, for one, to meet him face to face
No faithess servant frightened from my task,
But ready when the Lord Of the harvest calls;
And therefore, with all reverence, would say,
Let God do his work. we viii see to ours.
Bring in the candles" And they brought them in
Then by the haring tights the Speaker read,
Albeit with husky voice and shaking hands,
An act to amend an act to regulate
The shad and alewive fisheries. Whereupon
Wisely and well spake Abraham Davenport
Straight to the question, with figures of speech
Save the nine Arab signs, yet not without
The shrewd, dry humor natural to the man
His awe-struck colleagues listening all the while,
Between the pauses OF his argument,
To hear the thunder of the wrath of God
Break from the hollow trumpet Of the cloud.
And there he stands in memory to this day,
Erect, seli-poised rugged face, half seen
Against the background Of unnatural dark,
A witness TO the ages as they pass,
That simple duty hath place for fear.


-AHantic Noathly.
Year: 1866

W. Hope for the Adiicted.-In another part
of this paper viii be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DR.. j. C.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char.
latanism it is a boon to the suffering point out
to them where they sure of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the of the skillful
Doctor the sick and troubled divest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
are 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

A CHINA paper speaks of the execution of
small military official who had the impu-
dence to expostulate first with the magistrate
and atterward with the executioner. stating
that he had an aged mother dependen: on
hlm for support. just as he had clincbed
the argument. dexterous flourish of the
sword took off his head. The large crowd
assembled TO witness the spectacle are said
TO have been q convulsed with laughter at
che sudden pause produced by the skillful
blow.
Year: 1866

A BEAR EscAPE-Last week Mr.. Dewitt,
an elderly gentleman residing in Shasta
Valley, had hard time escaping from two
large grizzlies One of them forced him to
climb tree and stay there all night. As
he came down in the morning, just after
getting his horse and mounting him, an
other bear much larger than the first gave
chase. but the old gentleman hung to the
horses neck. and acted cut Mazeppa as
lively as any circus rider could do, thus dis
taneing old 5ruin on the home stretch
Trekd Journal.
Year: 1866

large proportion of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000. A wife be-
loved, and confding children cling with fond regard
to the father, liable any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec.
tion The annual sum of $25 would pay life poll
cy that would in the event of death go far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not lay
aside for such purpose this small sum, and who
among you ought not to lay it aside? If the family
is poor much the greater need that this wise pro-
vision be not neglected AS the ordinary accumu
ations necessarily slow, requiring years to lay
aside few hundred dollars, how much wiser to make
sure at once a large sum by Life Insurance. Take
warning before il is too late.
Year: 1866

There are many persons who have been deferred
from Insuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account of not being in sound health
The undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks on the lives of INvALDs
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

may be such that you and the Convention you
represent may not regret the assurance OF con-
idence you have expressed. 1--WE are sure
of it"


Befo1e separating, my friends, one and all;
please accept my sincere thanks tor the KIND
manifestations Of regard and respect you have E
exhibited on this occasion. | repeat that
shall always continue to be guided by a con-
scientious conviction of duty (and that always
gains one courage)-under the Constitution,
which [ have made by guide.


At the conclusion of the President sremarks,
three enthusiastic cheers were given for An
drew johnson and three more for General
Grant


The President then took position near the
door opening into the hall, with General Grant
by his side, where as the gentlemen Of the
committee and members Of the Convention
passed out, he grasped each by the hand, and
had smile or a cheering word for all; after
which they passed on to take GeneralGrant
the hand. e&E&
Year: 1866

cut loose from the men and The measures
which made them so Justly obnoxious to
public censute during the. war, and
should pledge themselves to the honor Of
the nation and to liberal policy worthy
alike of It's history and its destiny-if tho
platform Of principles which the Conven-
ton may adopt, and the action it may re-
commend, shall prove thus rerosiye to
the enlarged and lofty aspirations Of tho
national heart, it may bc found that no
party organization, however compact il
may seem to be, and however strongly
fortified by the memory Of past services,
can Withstand its influence upon the sou
timents and the action of the great body
of the American people, II isl mistake
to deem party organization solid and
unassailable merely because it looks So
A political party, like the ice of frozen
lake, melts away from beneath, and while
perfectly solid and untouched by rift or
seam, the breeze of single night may
perfect the work which weeks Of silent,
unseen decay have been preparing
Doubts as to the continued necessity or
usefulness Of party never begin with its
leaders or active workers, but always with
the silent masses, who merely watch and
think while others act, and whose action
in n season of commotion, can never be
predicted two weeks ahead. Nor must il
be forgotten that the position of the
Union party to-day is one which it has
never held before. The issues to which
it will stand committed are new to its or.
ganization and to the public mind. The
people have never yet been called to vote
upon them, and, while they may seem Il
their Jealous advocates and authors to bc
very strong, others may prove TO be still
stronger than they.


The Italian army suffered a sad revcrsc
the other day because, trusting TO the
goodness Of its cause, it marched boldly
upon fortresses whose strength it despised
The Union party will consult its owl
safety and the good of the country, b,
not throwing itself against the Philadel
phia Convention until it knows littl
more of the nature and strength of its ar
mament II. j. II.
Year: 1866

During the course Of one Of his pecu-
liar sermons on Sunday at the Plymouth
Church, the Rev. II. W. Beecher thus
alluded to the Radical plan of restoration,
as based on the doctrines of Belial:


am as strong as ever in the conviction
that the true result Of the war must be
recognized. Whatever went into the
Constitution on account of slavery must
come out and was kept out on account
of slavery must be put in our organic
law-and | have believed and labored for
this as strongly as, and longer than many
Of you. But have felt that it should
be done in the spirit Of love, not Of ha-
tired. ] consider the doctrines brought
forward in the House of Representatives
BY Mr.. steyens-though followed in their
entirety, than God By very few think
them 20 be the doctrines of Belial, lead
ing to destructiUh The North had q
chance to show grace, and love and mag
nanimity. How longed to see it Boil
Congress and the President should have
been pressed to Union. / had hoped t.
see the North showing her superiority in
Christian nobleness and generous forgive
ness. But | have been disappointed Il
has not been done. You can no more
change rebels to loyal men by casting
them out and turning them away, thar
you can convert the wicked by building
up wall of separation between then
and the good-shutting them out from
the very influences that should be brough


to bear upon them. "If thine enemy
hunger, feed him if he thirst, give hin
drink for in so doing, thou shalt heaI
Goals of fire upon his head. Be not over
come by evil, but overcome evil Will
good" There, go; uote that. You hav,
been talking it long enough; do IL. 70,
have been praying it long enough, try Il
Year: 1866

VARIErY.-Tom Kirkman used to tell
of friend of his dropping in about din
ner time on an old lady who invited him
to draw up to the table. There was a
huge pie of the pot order for dinner
The old lady helped him bountifully, and
he being hungry, was doing justice to it.
stranger" said the old lady, "you will
find almost every sort of meat in this pie. "
eyes madam" said he, ''and fish, too, "
as he drew from between his lips what he
imagined was the backbone of a redhorse
or sucker. "Lord have mercy !" exclaim-
ed the old women, elf there amt our fine
tooth comb that Billy lost two weeks
ago."
Year: 1866

Though it may not be very difficult to
show that the policy inaugurated by, and
still persisted in, By President johnson
for the re-establshmnnt of frnternal rcia-
tions between the different States which
COMPOSE our Federal Union is not al'o-
catbar unexccptionablc or even free from
very grave defects. no conservative mind
can DENY that it is 10. better than any
scbene that radicalisln has yet invoked or
that i is not better than any -ottrr plan
n~cscp.ed Which stands the slightest chance
Of present adoption by the country It Is
q sulicc. Of sincere regret to Us that the
illjberal sentiment Of the conqucrlng see
lion in the late civil war has prevented
and prevents now the adoption OF more
macnaninous and liberia. policy OF rostora-
ton. But we are far from holding Pre>l-
dent johnson responsible for this condition
Of the public mind On the contrary, we
believe he has -labored and is laborlng no"
To correct tn, illiberal tendency Of public
continent and to bring about rctorma-
ton in this very matter. Bat the wo' Ia
was not made in day nor are reformations
Of thi. kind effected in an hour. Nesmust
be patient nor expect fall and perfect
restoration of the lately seeded States to
all ,Leir rights in the Union until time has
been given to infusc into the public under
standing more liberal sentiment than at
present exists towards the Southern States.
That this will come to pass, we have not
the sIirh.est doubt, and when it shall have
been accomplished, the work OF iuli res
toration will be easy Of completion In
the meanwhile, as it is the best we can
obtain. we should accept even the
partial and defective restoration embodied
in the Presidents scheme especially as
the temper of the country will allow OF
no restoration more liberal, AMI particu-
lar,v as wc are forced to elect between
this and the red vengeance which the par
ty of Mr.. Thaddcus Stevens is preparing
to hurl upon the South.
Year: 1866

There are many persons who have been deferred
from lnsuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account Of not being in sound health
ne undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LiFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks on the lives of InvuIns.
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

When the political history OF the Administra-
ton of Andrew johnson comes to be written
calmly and dispassionately, the measures and
principles by the adoption of which he and the
National Congress were carried in opposite and
conflicting directions will form a subject of
absorbing and almost romantic interest. At the
present day, however, it is almost impossible to
deal with this grave subject without viewing
it from ones individual standpoint of bias
and prejudice. Yet in the following article we
purpose to make simple and candid statement
OF the facts, the prime object OF which shall be
to impart to the public some slight knowledge
OF the character and object of the men who are
to assemble in our midst on Tuesday next.


THE ORIGIN OF THE CONVENTION


is involved IN no mystery, although it is embar
rasscd by great deal OF confusion. 1t had its
inception far back in the recent session OF
Congress. Almost from the opening of the
session it became evident that there would be
disagreement between the controlling majority
and the President upon most of the questions
affecting the vital interests of the country. The
speech of the 22d of February, and the successive
vetoes of the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil
Rights bills widened and confirmed the breach


Mir. johnson succeeded, even in Congress, in
carrying with him-Or retaining with him, If
Year: 1866

s&r Cue Of the dupes Of a Now York
advertising swiuGIer, who sent TIE Iequi-
site amount of fractional currency for the
purpose of learning u certain and quick
mode OF getting rich, received the reply
work ike the devil, and don't spend
cent
Year: 1866

THE POINT OF THE MATTER.-" The lead
ing proposition on which this conspiracy
against the country is to be conducted, is the
monstrous absurdity that the rebel States
have an inherent, continuous, constitutional
right to form part of the Federal Govern
ment, when they have once acknowledge the
fact Of the defeat of their inhabitants, in an
armed attempt to overthrow and subject it,
proposition which implies that victory para
lyzes the power of the victors, that ruin be-
gins when success is assured that the only
effect OF beating Southern rebel in the field
is to exalt him into a maker of laws for hi
sniago Atlantic Monthly for Septem
| Der.
Year: 1866

A miserly old farmer who had lost one OF
his best hands in the midst of hAy-making,
rem uked to the sexton, as he wa' filing up
the grave " It's a sad thing to lose good
mower at : time like this but after all, poor
Tom was a great eater"
Year: 1866

THE CONCERT gwen by the Montpelier
Musical Society, on the 20 ult., was quite
successful. We we're unable TO attend, but
learn from one who was there, that the music
was excellent, and that the Society had much
reason to feel satisfied with this its first Con-
cert We hope that many .imilar efforts will
be made to establish taste for such music
in our midst, as its tendencies are refining
and elevahng
Year: 1866

THE CANADIANS are somewhat stirred up,
again, at the prospect Of another Fenian raid.
It is not likely, however, thai the Renians
will soon make another attempt to disturb
the tranquility Of our neighbots. They met
with so poor success in their frat etflrt, that
most OF them are disposed to let J)ha Bull
rest.
Year: 1866

great expense is involved in the pur-
chase of the only materials of which col
lars can be safely made, we hope that the
wearing of poisonous paper collars will
be discontinued, ond we urge all pbysi
clans, and especially the Board of Health,
TO instruct the public in regard to this
important subject.