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Year: 1866

| No SUNDAY THEATRICALs.-A man named


Henry Berandcs. who keeps German resort AT NO.
J9 Eighih.aye was tried IN the Special Sessions on
Saturday last on the charge Of having theatrical exhi
btions Sunday. The evidence was conclusive In
the front Of the there very large bars IN the
back there was accommodation Tor hundred people TO
touch glasses and back of all there was n stage.
Among the audience there were some policemen, sent
there specially what was going on; II was IN.
tended that they should sbc tell what was said
and done The descent according 10 arrangement was


made but the detailed officers conld only say they saw
men in long hats and wearing long coats. singing ana
dancing on the stage but what they said sung. the
officers couldn't say The only defense set mp was
Ignorance Of the aw and the important fact as counsel
considered H. that the back part 81 the premises were
sub.iet and therefore Berandes not responsible
judge Dowing did not think either excuse sufficient
lie dii no, think the law either obsolete or dead
letter Bcrandes when brought up on remand on Tue.
day was sent 10 the Penitcnary for two months and
fined go.
Year: 1866

MODERN RELIGION. number sf west
ern Methodist Conferences have lately
adopted resolutions bitterly depouncing
the Government" aud calling upon the
Radical Congress to remove the President.
., We are satisfied that an effort is now be-
ing made throughout the country, BY
number Of semi-religious fanatics, to get
Church and State hitched up together
We are also satisfied that We are in no
immediate danger, as the leaders who have
the matter in hand now are miserable,
corrupt creatures, who can be bought like
sheep in the shambles But they are ed
ucating and schooling the young and the
ignorant upon this point; and if Hot coun-
teracted and exposed, the country will
some day bleed at every pore from this
very question. Either John Westley or
Whitefeld were fools, or Bishop Simpson
and his co-workers are; because their
practices are as dissimilar as day and
night.
Year: 1866

It is confidently expected that among
the first questions which will receive the
attention Of Congress at the approaching
session will be the subject Of negro suf-
frage in the District of Columbia. At the
last session Mr.. Kelley's bill providing for
universal suffrage in the District passed
the House by very decided vote. and
was pending in the Senate at the adjourn
ment. ' 80
Year: 1866

The New York Independent says, in dou-
be-leaded leading article: ''Timid Statesmen
and halfhearted republicans may agree to pre-
tend tina. the constitutional amendment is O just
and final settlement, but they deceive themselves
The constitutional amendment is not just and
therefore shall not be final settlement"
Year: 1866

which we are determined to offer at such prices
a. to defy competition. Our motto Is "GooD
GOODS. Quick Sales and small Profits" Our
stock embraces everything that is kept in first
class Dry Goods Store We would call special at
tsntion to eur large assortment of a..


LAD S.DRESS GOODS,
Year: 1866

II is astonishing how diplomatic" some
Washington correspondents are getting
about our foreign affairs. They not only
appear to develope oil that they know and
hone to be true, but much that ought not to
be made public IL IL were true, and much
that is without the slightest foundation in
truth. It is only necessary to say, on this
matter. that it is not the practice Of the Gov
ernment to present its foreign policy to the
public through the newspapers befor" it is
fully developed; and especially would it be
unwise to announce treaties, whether en-
bracing in their text protectorates or scqui-
sition of territory, before such treaties are
agreed upon by the principal parties con-
cerned.


We have authority for stating that the
newspaper assertions about the details OF
affairs between the Liberal Government Of
Mexico and the United States is unofficial
and unauthorized, and is mere fancy work.


The Administration is dealing with the
Mexican question in amanner that will meet
the highest expectations Of the American
people who believe in the American doc
trine laid down by MONROE.


Those who hold stock in Mexican Bond
are not expected to believe the above; they
may continue to precipitate their unwar
ranted sensation dispatches about Mexico
upon the public.
Year: 1866

New YoRK CATTLE MARkEr.-Cattle deal
ers now talk about "a regular break down"
in the beef cattle market. Prices have been
declining for several weeks past. The heavy
arrivals of cattle aud sheep, large numbers
Of which we're not half fattened, have induced
butchers to take advantage Of the market for
the purposes Of bringing the prices still
lower. The receipts now exceed the demand.
Beef cattle have sold at least cent per
pound lower than they did last week. Some
cattle dealers say that beef is fully IL cent
lower than it was last week.
Year: 1866

sSE A little four-year old pet stood
looking out of the window when an ex-
pressman stopped just opposite, and tied
up the horses tail to prevent it trailing
in the mud. She watched the operation
intently for moment, and then called out
eagerly: "Oh, see, Auntie; the 'spress-
man is making a waterfall for his horse'
Year: 1866

THE following good story is again in circu-
lation:


A year or two after Tyler's accession, the
President contemplating an excursion in some
direction, his son went to order special train
of cars. 1t SO happened that the Superinten-
dent was very strong Whig. On Bob's max
ing known his erraRd, that official bluntly told
him that his road did not run any special train
for the President.


'Whatl' said Bob, did you not furnish
special train for the funeral of General Har-
rison ?


Yes, said tho Superintendent, patting Bob
on the back, and If you'll bring you father in
that shape, you shall have the best train on the
road
Year: 1866

HAVING removed his Office to the Irving Block
L would return his thanks to his friends and the
public for their liberal patronage. Hoping that his
earnest endeavOrs to give satisfaction in the past
will guarantee him large share of practice jim the
future he is prepared to perform all operations i'll
his profession in the most skillful manner.


Eg@Dr. w. has new preparation for identifying
and cleansing the teeth. May19d3m
Year: 1866

In the course of speech delivered at
Walhalla, s. c., on the 22dult., the following
remarks fell from the lips of General Wade
Hampton: sd. I


alt is full time that some voice from the
South should be ra ised to declare, that
though conquered she is not humiliated; !;
though she submits she is not degraded that
she has not lost her se;f-respect that she
laid down her arms on honorable terms that
she has observed these terms with the mos
perfect faith, and that she has right to de-
mand like observance of them on the part
of the North. " ..


" In. the anamolous condition in which we
areplaced, it is a matter of great difficulty
to mark out the proper course for us to pur-
sue; but there are certain cardinal principles
of which we should never lose sight. The
first of these is that, as we accepted the
terms offered us by the North in good faith,
we are bound by every dictate of honor, to
abide by them fully and honestly. They
are none the less binding on US, because the
dominant and anscrupulous party at the
North refuses TO accord 10 US our Just rights.
Let us, at least, prove ourselves worthy of
the rights we claim let us set an example
of good faith, and we can then appeal with
better effect to the justice and magnanimity
of the North.


"Of all the inconsistencies Of which the
North has been guilty-and their name is
legion--none is greater than that by which
she forced the Southern States, while rigidly
excluding them from the Union, to ratify
the constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery, which they could do legally only as
States Of the Union. But the deed has been
done, and for one do honestly declare that
| never wish to sec 1t revoked. Nor do
believe that the people of the South would
now remand the negro to slavery If they
had the power to do so unquestioned."
Year: 1866




The following truthful article is taker


from one of the ablest papers in the country
Our duty Is too often overlooked. Go
into one half Of the houses of the country,
and there will be found New York newspa.


pers, and Philadelphia Magazines and for
eign literature Of every kind while news
papers interested in advocating the interests


OF the State, and their own country, not one
can be found. This is grossly unjust. If a
man has five dollars year, ten cents week
to spend for information and literature for
his family, his duty as a citizen is to take
bis own State and county paper. Let him
imagine, II he can, what bis State would be
without paper within her borders, and then
ask himself what he is doing for their sup
port.


But some excuse themselves for taking a
metropolitan paper, on the ground that they
contain more reading matter than those
published at home. True enough--simply
for the reason that they are supported. Ev-
cry dollar sent to foreign newspaper by u
citizen who takes no local paper, builds up
that foreign paper at the expense not only
OF his own local paper, but the interests of
his own State and county. if


We do not ask this for the local press as
matter of charity, but of justice. A good
paper can do more good for a town than any
town can do for a paper. But few appre-
ciate the local press as they ought. They
overlook the fact that Its conductors are the
most self-sacrifcing men in the country.
From one years end to another they devote
their talents and energies to the building up
of their localities, even to the neglect Of
their own pecuniary interests.


Yet the local press is sneered at, and given
the cold shoulder, forgetting that the little
pebble is os necessary for making the noun
tain as the bold or huge mass of granite.
The local press holds as important position
rs the rill does to the river which goes
oceanward. II is bad policy to star We them
to- death, as it would be for the mouth of
the stream to damn up the fountains from
which it obtains its supply.


The interests Of the city press and the
local press are indcntical, and they should be
alike, as each has its work to per-
form in its peculiar province. The con1uc-
tors Of the country press may sometimes
err in judgment, or fail to carry out their
plans to the fullest extent-but the metro
politan press is open to the same charge
We repeat, that it is the first duty of every
mana duty that is imperative-to sustain
ais local press with liberal hand, and not
% let it languish for want of that support
Year: 1866

5. T.-lS60 .-X-Ths amount OF Plantation
Bitters sold in one year it something startling
They would I'll Broadway six feet high, from
the Park to ith street. brakes manufactory is
one of the institutions of New York. 1t is said
that Drake painted all the recks in the Eastern
States with his cabalistic IS. L T-ls60.-X., /"
and then got the old gtanny legislators to pass
a law preventing dis6guring the face Of Ma
ture, which gave him monopoly. We do not
know how this is but We do know the Plantation
Bitters SELL as no other article ever did They
are used by all classes of the community, and
are death on Dyspepsia-ceTtain. They are very
invigorating when languid and weak, and a
great appetizer.


Saratoga Spring Wafer, sold by all
Druggists.
Year: 1866

TIE Holmes Country Farmer tenders it,
coincidence to Radical editors in the follow,
ing terms:


Some years ago, when editing the Craw
ford County Forun the Democratic party
run on rock called Lecompton. and we la
bored hard to convince ourself ''and the rest
OF mankind that there was no radical
difference between the President and Con
cress; but the id thing wouldn't work
the party went down and the country went
TO destruction. With this experience We
know how to sympathize with those editor,
who Can discover no radical and irreconciI
able difference between the President anc
Congress, and who have no time to discuss
national affairs.
Year: 1866

To GIVE ONIONS AN Early START. -
Mr.. H. Benjamin. of Ontaria County, gives
the following method of preparing onion
seed for planting:


About the 1ot of April / put my seed into
blood warm water, set it there it will not
freezn, aud let it remain from twelve days


am careful to have the water always
cover all the seed. In two or three days
one can tell il the seed be good by Che strong
onion smell it will emit in case it is all right


drain the water off from the seed, and
stir among it some plaster, keeping it, how
ever, little moist and warm ut the end
of three days the seed will Lave thrown out
sprouts half an inch long. | then plant It,
covering about haitian inch deep with earth,
aud in six DAYS one can see the rows
Year: 1866

A MINER who htely came from VirginiS
City says vegetation is so fcarce in that
region, that two mullen stalks and bunch
of thistlcs Is called grove.


WHAf n the difference between ten years
and d bad wife? One is enough to make q
boy grown, and the other is enough to make
a man groan.


WHAT is the difference between wiz,
man and man with long nose2 Ono
knows more, the other has more nose than
usual
Year: 1866

ARE You INSURED EVERY man who is
doing business in the mountain towns of CAL
ifornia, should have his property insured
against loss by fire. There is scarcely min
ing camp in the State but what has been
destroyed by this devouring element. and
some of them two or three times. 1t is much
better to pay small per centage. annually,
on an insurance policy. even should we be
SO fortunate as to escape another conflagra-
ton. than it is take the chances of being
burned out and losing all. A man feels enough
easier. when the 6re-bell rings, if his prop
erty is fully insured, to pay the premium.
Among the many companies advertised, we
Il link the North British and Mercantile In.
suranee Company. who have recently appoint
ed Edward Weihe their agent in our town.
is one of the safest companies to be insured
by in the State. Read their advertisement.
Year: 1866

As young lady was passing our Office
the other day. we caught glimpse of her
" back hair" The spectacle forcibly remind
ed us of the exclamation of a noble Roman of
old: "What fall was there, my country
men,.
Year: 1866

By reference to our advertising columns,
it will be seen that the Farmers League of
Calaveras will meet at San Andreas, on the
third of December next. for the purpose of
electing officers, and transacting other busi-
ness which may come before it. All who
are interested in land should join. The OBJ
ject of the League is to procure the amend
meIt of the Mining Law which passed Con-
gress during its last session, and wi ich if
allowed to remsin as it now is, will operate
against the interests Of ranchers.


We publish this week a very interesting
letter from our West Point correspondent
r." 1t contains items of interest to the
general reader, and the Aattering account
which he gives of the mines in that vicinity,
cannot fail to be gratifying to those who be-
lieve that Calaveras is yet bound to take the
first rank as quartz mining county. We
wish we had more such correspondents.
Year: 1866

Having established myself in San Fran
cisco in order to have facilities for supplying
my store with the latest arrivals of Goods
from the East 1 venture to say that there is
not as complete stock of Spring and Sum-
mer goods in the county as there is in my
store. l shall continue to keep it well sup
piled with the latest and most desirable kind
o. goods. Particular attention will be paid
to the selection of such articles in the San
Francisco market, as some of my customers
would see proper TO order, if in the store
they cannot be suited.


Very grateful for past tavors, will here
with solicit that share of patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon me. and shall assure those
who will favor me with a call that
Year: 1866

She is not q true wife who sustains not her
husband in the day of his calamity who is
not, when the worlds great frown makes
the heart run chill with anguish, his guar
dian angel, growing brighter and more beau
tiful as misfortunes crowd along his path.
Then is the time for the trial of her great
ness then is the time for testing whether
the sweetness of her temper beams only
with transient light; or, like the steady
glory Of the morning star, shines out just
as brightly under the clouds. Has she then
smiles just as cheering ? Does she say "af-
Fiction cannot touch our purity, and should
never quench our love p Does she try by


happy inventions to lift from his spirit the
burden of thought There are wives, nay,


there are beings. who, when dark hours
come, fall TO repiDing and upbraldlng-ad
ding to outside anxiety the narrowing
scenes of domestic strife-as if all the blame
in the world would make one hair white or
black, or change the decree gone immuta-
bly, forth. Such know not that our dark
ness is heavens light our trials but step
in the golden ladder, by which, if we right
ly ascend, we may at last gain that eternal
light and breathe forever in its fullness and
beauty. " Is that all ?" and the gentle face
of the wife beamed with joy Her husband
has been on the verge of destruction-all
his earthly possession were gone, and he
feared the result of the knowledge, she had
been so tenderly cared for all her life. but
says Irving's beautiful story " friend ad


vised him not to give sleep to his eyes nor
sIumber to his oyelids until he had unfold
ed to her his hapless case" And that was
her answer. with the smile of an angel-"is
that oil feared by your sadness that it
was worse. Let these beautiful things be
taken-all this splendor, let it go, care


not for i'll care only for my husbands
love and confidence. You shall forget in
my affection that you were ever in prosperi


ty--only still love me, and | will aid you
to bear these reverses with cheerfulness." !"
Still love her! all must reverance, aye, liken
her to the very angels, for such woman is
n living representation of heaven.
Year: 1866

One very frequently hears the remark
made, that such, and such a man can be
q gentleman when he pleases." Now when
our reader next hears this expression made
use OF, let him call to mind the following +:


He who can be gentleman when he
pleases,' never pleases TO be anything else.
circumstances may, and do, every day IN
life, throw men of cultivated minds and re-
fined habits into the society of their >fnteri-
ors but while, with the fact aud readiness
that is their especial prerogative, they make
themselves welcome among those with whom
they have o few, if any sympathies in COM
mon, yet never by any accident do they
derogate from that high standard which
makes them gentlemen.


"S So, on the other hand, the man of vul.
gar tastes and coarse propensities may
stimulate, if he be able, the outward habi.
tudes of society, speaking with practiced
information, and bowing with we'll studied
grace; yet he is no more gentleman in his
Thought and feeling, than is the tinseled ac-
tor who struts the boards the monarch his
costume would bespeak him. This being
the gentleman when he likes is but the
mere performances of the character. 1t has
all the swell Of the stage and the footlights
about it, and never can for o moment be
mistaken by one who knows the world. A
cloak too large cannot be gracefully worr
by small man."
Year: 1866

Nothing is more charming than hope
ful spirit one that looks persistently and
patiently upon the bright side. Such spir-
it had little orphan boy who was bound
out for eleven years He was terribly
homesick the day heightened out until it
did seem as if it would have no end, but he
would not cry. SO he trudged hither and
thither, picking up chips, bringing in wood
running of errands, any thing that would
keep his mind off his troubles until tho
woman of the house saw by the expression
of his face that he was making a great
effort to keep up, and said kindly.


| guess you'll get sick of US afore the
times out. Little hoWesick aready, amt
ye."


o, no, responded the little hero, " I've
stood it one day, and | hain't got but ten
years and 'leven months and three weeks
and six days longer TO stay, and ] guess /
can stand that, too" s1i
Year: 1866

Touch us, oh Time with light hand as you pass.
Tempt us to think it loving caress


Tread on our hearts, too, with reverent care sr
Crush not the flowers of life blooming there


Furrow our foreheads with care if you will M
But let youth linger within hearts still gl1
Mid our dark tTesses are ibres of gray 3
Silent reminders of lifcs heeting day !; f f
And when we turn to the shadowy past


On its bright affairs lay ashes and dust
III It's fair idols are marked with decay fBoi
All its sweet pictures are faded away. s 4i. r.,
Sadly We look for tho friends of the past ~ II,
They OF strong heart and the beautiful trust
Some we find sleeping beneath sculptured stone;
Some toiling weafilly onward alone; fJ tsG
Some thro' ambition grown heartless and cold
But one and all, save the dead growing old
'Oft we grow weary in watching in vain
Ger hopes that always but shadows remain
Weary of counting the joys that have died.
Weary of laying bright visions aside


Weary of taking but dross for pure gold ,t
weary, SO weary, of hearts growing old,
Chase from us, Time. all shadowy fears
Lift from our lives the slow burden of years
Shadow our foreheads and sprinkle our hair, ..f.
But, oh shield our hearts from the furrows of care
Let not the heart grow selfish or cold
And we shall no longer fear to grow old
Year: 1866

KEEP IN Coon HUMoR,-It is not great
calamities that embtter existence it is
the petty vexations, the small jealousies,
little disappoiDtmentS, the minor miseries,
that make the heart and the temper sour
Don't lot them. Anger is pure waste ofvi-
tality it is always foolish, and always dis
graceful except in some very rare cases
when it is kndIed by seeing wrong done to
another, and even then noble rage seldom
mends the matter
Year: 1866

az When are you going to commence the
pork business asked person OF another
who had stye on his eye.


Explain yourself, sir said the afflicted
gentleman.


Why 1 see that you have your sty
quite ready.


True was the reply, and I've one hog
in my eye now. ll aa
Year: 1866

L1FE.-It is serious thing to live. 1t
is the source of an endless existence whose
future viii be influenced by the present and
the past. It is-4hat which must be receiy-
ed and perform its work by US. To be or
not to be" is not the question. We are,
and must exist forever. 1t must then be
of momentous consequence to us. how We
live, @ a
Year: 1866

Water is the best drink Exercise and
pure air the best medicines.


A great mind will be easy in prosperity,
and quiet in adversely.


One cannot always be hero, but one
may always be q man.
Year: 1866

THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF ST.. LOUIS
ihe business public Of this part ofthe North
West will please notice the card Of this in
stitution in another column. ibis concern
late the Southern Bank Of St. Louis-is is
among the most staunch and reliable in the
country, and our merchants. shippers and
business men generally, will find II not only
safe but profitable to keep their st. Louis
accounts At that place. As our business re-
lations with St. Louis are everyday becom-
ing more and more extensive, our business
men will find it quite necessary to open &C


counts there, and in order to have every.
thing safe and sound beyond doubt, do
business with the Third National.
Year: 1866

UIGnLY IMPoRTANT II TRCs-it is now
rumored that strong influences arc at work
whereby we are to be furnished with dis
rect eastern connection via the American
Central Railway, the western terminus Of
which is at New Boston. 1t is rumored
that the French Company that is furnishing
the money to crowd through the Central, is
also to furnish the Warsaw and Rock ford
Company with funds to build its road as
originally contemplated, from Warsaw to
Port Byron. II this is true-if the great
interests now operating to put through the
:. .ncrican Genital, also takes this other road
in hand, then We have direct eastern out
let going in an air line to Philadelphia and
New ork. We have heard the rumor, and
give it for what it is worth, trusting i. may
have foundation in fact.