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Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, January 3.-General James Wat.
son Webb, United States Minister to Brazil who,
since his arrival here, has been confined by ill
ness TO the house of his son-in-law, Major Ben
ton, went out for the first time this M mOruing,
called at the White House, and had protracted
interview with the President The General as
is well known, returned from Brazil ola Paris,
and much interest attaches to the interview Of
Today from the current report that the General
brought letter from Napoleon to the President
With this web is also woven the woot
Of a generally believed story that before
MI. Seward went away last week he
went or sent to the General for that letter.
Mr.. Webb declined to deliver it on the ground
that it was directed to the President, not to the
Secretary, so that Seward started ON his Havana
voyage a sadder but no wiser man. 1t is known,
however, that General Webb breakfasted with
the Emperor few weeks since, and the table
talk of that occasion was doubtless duly spread
before the President this morning. AS for the
Letter, If the General brought one, it will proba.
bly, be sent into the Senate with the rest OF the
diplomatic correspondence on the situation in
Mexico, which correspondence was Justify called
tor almost as soon as the Senate opened its doors
this session.
Year: 1866

EcLIPsEs TO COME OFF THIS YEAR.
During the year 1866 there will be three eclipses
OF The moon, and two of the sun. On the 10th of
On the 3Oth of March the moon will be totally
obscured On the l4th of April the sun will be
partially eclpsed. September 23d the moon will
be totally invisible. On the 9Th of October there
be the morning star until the goth OF April and
then evening star the rest of the year. This
month Saturn plays the role of morning star.
Year: 1866

SEC. To- Every white male citizen OF the
United States, and every white male citizen of
Mexico who shall have elected to become
a citizen OF the United States under the treaty
of peace exchanged and ratified at Qneretaro,
on the 30th of Nav. l54S, of the age of twenty
one years. who shall have been resident OF the
State six months next preceding the election
and the county or district in which he claims
his vote, thirty days, shall be entitled to vote
a. all elections which are now or hereafter may
be authorized bv law.


SEC. IL. For the purpose of voting, no per-
son shall be deemed to have gained or lost
residence by reason Of his presence or absence
on the service of the United States, nor while
engaged in the navigation of the waters of this
State or the United States, or of the high seas
nor while student of a seminary of learning
nor while kept at an almshouse or other asy-
lum, nor while confined in any public prison.


SEC. 10. No idiot or insane person. or per-
sons convicted of any infamous crime. shall be
entitled to the privileges of an eIector


SEC. 2s of Registry Act. No person shall be
allowed to vote except at the polls held in the Elec-
tion District where he resides, unless his name
is enrolled in the Poll List where he offers his vote
in such District, for local or representative
officers unless he shall have had his residence for
thirty days next preceding within the territorial
limits prescribed for the election of such officers


If any person enrolled the Poll Lists whose
vote shall be objected to the day of election by
any qualified elector, shall be proved to the salts
faction of the Board of Judges, by his own OATH or
by the oath of any other qualified elector and
householder Of the District, by any other clear
and competent evidence, not to be legally qualified
and entitled to be enrolled said Poll List or if
it be proved as aforesaid that he is enrolled on more
than one Poll List when he offers his vote, or is
otherwise not legally qualified to vote at such elec-
ton, his vote shall be rejected.


c. MCDONALD, County Clerk


And ex-officio Clerk Board Of Supervisors.


Shasta, Aug. Is, 1866. aulS
Year: 1866

MEERscHAUM-This is q German
word, and means sea foam, that is, the
color of the sea foam. The idea that
the pipes Of that name are made out
of sea foam, or anything like it, is cr-
roneous. Meerschaum is mineral
proper, found in the serpentino or mag.
nesian rock. 1t occurs chiefly at the
head of the Mediterranean, where it is
dug out of its native bed, and sent TO
Europe in blocks or rude pines. 1t is
Of q white or whitish color. The
brown or reddish cast is obtained by
saturating it with oil or wax. Meer-
schaum is composed of flint (silex,) J
magncsia and carbon-the carbon and
flint in an oxidized state. 1t is soft &
porous. Its porosity gives it its proper.
ty as a pipe, absorbing by it the poison
ous qualities Of the smoke. 1t is how
ever inferior TO a clay pipe in this
respect; but better than the briar pipe
which is next to it. There is one fault
with the meerschaum pipc-thc bowl
is too short. Tobacco itself is an abb
sorber of the poisonous properties of
tho smoke-and when this smoke
passes through tobacco, as it will in a
long bowl-the column of tobacco in
it being long-it will become purified,
precisely in the way it does in q cigar.
The first half of tho cigar affords
harmless smoking, the latter half less
and less so till tho poisonous sump re-
mains. So with tobacco in the bowl
OF a pipe. A long bowl puts it in the
form OF cigar. The first smoke is the
best Gas every smoker knows is the
case with -smoking,) especially if
the distance through the tobacco is
great. One should always stop smo-
king when the tobacco is half out
The remainder is permeated with tho
poison-and in that is tho hurt we get
from smoking.
Year: 1866

It is encouraging to observe that in
the arguments for speedy admission of
the late belligercnts to political power,
great stress is placed on the principle
that taxation and representation are
inseperable: and inasmuch as the Gov
ernment collects taxes on the South,
therefore their Representatives should
be Immediately admitted. The doc
trine is good and it did excellent serv-
ice in the revolutionary war. There
are four millions of people in the South
who never have been represented, al.
though always taxed. In some of the
States they are in the majority. We
do not see how mon can ask admission
for themselves on this principle who
exclude their own taxed people from
representation, If they will carry out
the principle We have no doubt that
Congress will recognize its paramount
obligation Cincinnati Gazette. L
Year: 1866

This evening that great tragedienne, Miss
JEAN MARIA DAVENPORT, and the widow Of
the late gallant General LANDER, makes her
temperance on our theatrical boards. Mrs.
LANDER is one of the truest artists in her
profession who has been known to American
audiences, pains.taking as well enthusiastic,
combining finish Of detail with heartiness
and power. II will be we'll worth the while


of all admirers of genuine talent in the legit-
innate line of acting to attend assiduously
to the performances in which Mrs. LANDER
is to appear at the National Theatre. The
play tonight is BuLwERs Lady Of Lyons.
Year: 1866

Dispatches from Northern cities inform
us Of the continued triumph Of MADAME Pa
REPA and the distinguished corps of artistes
who support her. They give but one con-
cert in this city, and we learn that last even
ing nearly every seat had been sold for the
performance, which will be the greatest mu,
steal event that has occurred here for long
time
Year: 1866

The DRAWING of the gift enterprise for the
benefit of soldiers and sailors orphans came
off at the National Theatre last evening and
was conducted to the satisfaction OF the i'm
mense audience assembled to witness the
nrnceednPs.
Year: 1866

1t won't do when riding in astage-coach
to talk of another man you have never
personally seen as being an "all-fired scoun-
dreT until you are absolutely sure he is
not sitting before you.


1t wont do to crack jokes on old maids
in the presence of unmarried ladies who
have passed the age of forty.


1t wont do, when musquito bites your,
face in the night to beat your Uranium to
pieces with your fist under the impress
sion that you are killing the musquito.


1t won't do for a man to imagine that
a girl is Indifferent to him because she
studiously avoids him in company.


1t won't do for a young lady to presume
that more than a third of the gentlemen
who show her pointed attention have the
most distant idea of marrying her.


1t wont do for man to fancy a lady is
in love with him, because she treats him
civilly, or that she has virtually engaged
herself to him because she has always en-
tertained his company.


1t won't do to be so devoted to a tender
hearted wife as to comply implicitly with
her request when she asks you, "Now,
tumble over the cradle and break youI
neck, my dear, won't youl
Year: 1866




Be patient, oh, be patient !-ye who wait,
Worn with long toll, for Freedom coming day
Though years on years roll suddenly away,
Aud no strong Angel open filings the gate
of its red dawn-yet doubt not, soon or late,
Old Earth shall bask in lis refulgent ray,
And her glad millions from tyrannic sway
Walk forth in light, redeemed, regenerated
Truth is immortal, and-though fate defer
Her hour of triumph, and prolong the stress
Of evil fortune-they who war for her,


And only they, are certain of success;
For she is Gods annointed minister,


And he will crown her work in righteousness
Strike; then, ye Heroesl though Oppression


might
Gloom dark and cold above the weary fight,
The weary fight ye wage with banded wrongs
While through the dark shines no prophetic ray
With cheering promise of the dawning day,
When Earth shall greet her jubilee with songs
Strikel with your dauntless heart in every blow
Till truth exults in Falsehoods overthrow
Strikel and the fire that leaps from clashing stee
Shall light the ages to their destined goal
Freedoms august and sacred Commonweal-
Where manhood stands erect and free in soul
And, tramping on the tyrants broken rod,
Kneels to no monarch save the sovereign God!
Heroes and martyrs! waging not in vain,


A holy warfare, though from every sod
Your blood steams upward, it shall fall in rail-
To nurse the tree whose planting is of God!
Ye shall yet triumph for Expressions power,
Last as it may, is only for an hour,
While Freedoms life thrills through the vas


To-BE, ..r-
And claims its heirship to EternityI


Then from the Force, and Fraud, and Hat


that sway


The awful issues hidden in to-day,
To the great Future send your bold appeal,
With fire-winged words that cleave their way


sublime


Through the far spaces of the Coming Time
And trust the verdict it shall yet reveal.
Year: 1866

One ofthe worst nuisances is the talker
who is always setting you right. If some
one says that 10000 men were killed In
some battle, do not tell him that it was on
" 9.97O. Allow for little latitude of
statement in the freedom of easy talk, and
be not shocked with certain degree of
harmless establishment, when no false i'm
preston is given OF intended.
Year: 1866

If you should ever meet with an acci-
dent at table, endeavor to be composed
A gentleman carving tough goose, had
the misfortune to send it entirely out Of
the dish into the lap of a young lady who
sat next to him, on which he looked her
full in the face and said, with the utmost
GOODNESS, Madam, l will thank you for
that goose"
Year: 1866

SOUTHERN JUSTICE TO BLAcKs-A few
days ago negro woman was arrested by
E. R. Bond, justice of the peace in Shell
by CO., Tenn, on the complaint Of Ben. Boyd,
who charges her with an assault. The
chivalrous Ben testifes that Laura is in
his employment; that on certain day he
ordered her to go to work that sher
fused on account of Illness, and started to
fnd her husband. The rest, Mr.. Ben
Boyd shall tell in his own wordsii


Il started to intercept her and bring her back.
After few hundred yards run I overlook her;
took hold Of her. She struck me two blows
with her 6st. At this tins father came up, and
left her in his charge and crossed the fence to
cut limb TO fight with; returned and told her
if fighting was her hand to wade in, and she
would have a white man s chance. She refused
to fight any more, and | gave her sound
thrashing, and she returned to the house and
lay up for two days, when she left my house,
and applied to Squire Bond for warrant to
have her arrested. t


esquire Bond" fined the negro woman
two dollars and cost of court The case
is very mild one, but it serves to illus
trate the spirit which Presides over the un-
reconstructed Justices Courts, and the
need of the Civil Rights Law. e ~
Year: 1866

never come back. He told the ladies
that they were as good looking as
Queen Victoria or any other Dutch
woman, and if they had any boys to
send to General Sweeney, they would


prove it to the world. Now is the


time for action; they were on the held


Of Waterloo and on the plains Of
Austerlitz. They fought in the war
for the Union and split their blood
for the stars and stripes They must
now do something for themselves.


He had no money to give, but he
would donate one hundred and forty
pounds fighting weight to the cause.
Colonel O'Neil and his men were cap
tured by the United States, and are
now prisoners, The British minister
has demanded his surrender, but I
pledge you my word that Andy j ohm
son will never give him up. Let us
stand by the boys in the field, and we
shall be successful He said the Eng
lish made fun of the Yankees for Bull
Run. This time the boot was on the
other leg, and if any one run it was
j Johnny Bull. The little feint at Fort
Erie was failure, but Gen. Sweeney
is at the head of thirty thousand good
troops and the main attack is to be
made in another direction. Like
John Browns soul he is still marching
on. He referred to the St. CAlbans
raid, and showed how perfdieusly the
Canadian Government acted in that
case He excoriated the British Cow
ernment, and speaking of Queen Vicu
toria, said that the last he heard of
her was that she had failed in dove
with some man that looked like her
late husband. -a-e0 ror,0 4
Year: 1866

BY ELIZA COOK.
'1is well to WOO, 'tis well to wed,
For so the world hath done
Since myrtles grew, and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun;
But have care, We young and fair,
Be sure you pledge with truth
Be certain that your love will wear
Beyond the days Of youth!
For If We give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand,
You II fnd you've played the unwise part,
And ''built upon the sand"
IT'S we'll to save. 'Tis well to have
A goodly store of gold,
And hold enough of shining stuff,
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hope and trust
In what the deep mine brings:
We cannot live on yellow dust
Unmixed with parer things
And he who piles up wealth alone,
Will often have to stand
Beside his Golfer chest, and own
'Tis built upon the sand
'Tis good to speak in kindly guise,
And soothe where er We can;
Fair speech should bind the human mind
And love link man to man.
But stay not at the gentle words;
Let deeds with language dwell;
The one who pities starving birds,
Should scatter crumbs as we'll
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand,
For those who talk, yet fail to do,
Bat build upon the sand"
Year: 1866

ed In the purpose and has thus fa
maintained the cause alone. ..
This, truly, is conceding the fac
that, but for the intervention of the
Emperor of the French, the United
States might and would seize the golt
in Mexico-thc power of the world
and by it exercise such control of the
European States as to starve to death
20, 100000 of European operatives
This is paying high tribute to the
political and physical ability of the
American States, but it is very dis
creditable to the moral compunctions
and humane sympathies of the Ameri
can character.


Lamartine must have measured the
moral virtue of America by that of his
own country. He, in effect, charges
the Americans with moral principle
SO low and barbarous as to starve to
the death 100000 or more of the
European population for the gratifica.
ton of their own rapacity. Really, he
must have overlooked the world.re-
nowned and historical fact that Uncle
Sam fed a starving nation with one
hand, while with the other he whipped
another nation into submission to the
demands of justice.


We cannot but congratulate our
selves as a nation upon the high char
acter thus given us by representative
men of other great nations, that we
have arisen to such eminence in our
political and physical ability, and that
the nations of Europe are so ready to
conccde the fact. Hear this, ye Yam
kee Nation What tribute to your
prowess and your growing Importance
in the scale of national greatness If
such are the facts in the case, with
what precision and virtuous integrity
ought we to direct our action in the
acquisition of power, and more espe-
cially in expending it, touching the in
terest and prosperity of other nations |!


Is it fact that the gold in Mexico
has sufficient gravity to control the
world Can we, if it is so, confide as
a nation in our moral virtue to such
extent as to take so fearful and mo-
mentous trust into our hauds, and
place the worlds destiny at our own
disposal? Then why not seize upon
the advantage while it is within our
grasp? improve upon the intelligence
furnished us by the far-seeing philoso-
pher and make capital to ourselves !?
We all regard the acquisition of the
throne in Mexico as usnrpation ofthe
most unjust and fragrant character.
Then, why not negotiate with the Mex
ican powers to rid their country of the
usurper and gain thereby access to
the worlds gold? Should We in such
case prove so barbarous as, to starve
20, ,0O0, 900 of the Europeans to death ?
The subject is truly sublime one,
that the Yankees are becoming the
masters of the world !


PETER PERDY.
Year: 1866

DR. SAMUEL GILBERT 50 celebrated as having had, for
the last twenty-five years, in the treatment Of


CHRONIC DISEASES


the most lucrative Medical Practice in the South has at last
consented to allow of his esteemed remedies to be
prepared and proprietary medicines This resolution
has been ngendered by the repeated solicitations Of those who
have experienced benefit Of his remarkable professional
skin and by the impossby Of giving especial attention to
each Of the written applications made to him for prescriptions
by those whose pecuuay or business habits
preclude the possibility Of applying in person to him
Year: 1866

The insured shall in payment their shares in the dyi
gudg he entitled receive certificate Of proht bearing SIX
per cent which certificates shall be signed by the
President and Secretary and shall contain the proyso that
of the Company in any year exceed the pre-


NUNS and the funds and the whole or any
part m the capital paid in aid certificates shall be reduced SO
= o make GOOD the deficiency.
Year: 1866

The New Orleans Bulletin recently
said that out Of about one hundred
Mississippi papers received at that of
flee but six were opened The Aber-
deem Examiner takes umbrage at the
remark, and very justly too, and hits
the Bulletin back in this style:


When we look over the Bulletin,
and remark the dead, stupid tone and
appearance of this sheet. we cOngrat-
ulate ourself upon not being one of
either the hundred or the half dozen,
and regret exceedingly that the pro-
prietors of this Metropolitan journal
do not employ an editor with vim
enough 10 handle his scissors, when
good material offers, rather than fish
in the muddy pool of his Imagination
or the insipid tadpole trash he serves
up to his readers.


That's pretty tight, old fellow, but
still we cannot blame you; the Bulle-
tins remark was entirely uncalled for.
and is certainly reflection on the
press of our State. Can't the Bulletin
give us the name of the six Missis-
sippi papers read in its sanctum, so
that the other ninety-four may cut off
the exchange, and thereby save paper
and truuble. If they are not read It's
useless to send them. On the whole
we do not see the good of wasting
''paper bullets of the BRAIN at each
other. Let us, if we will at all shoot,
"shoot folly as it tlies," and thus ben
eft instead of amusing the public.
Year: 1866

WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?-Thad Stew
ems the most radical of the radical
pack at Washington, made very
strange and inconsistent speech the
other day in discussing the bill extend
ing the three years limitation for
treason trials Mr. Stevens took the
ground that time did not count in the
case of refugees, instancing in this
connection Slidell, Mason and others.
lie was opposed to pass laws to hang
man after the hanging offense had
been committed, for the purpose of
hanging him. Regarding Mr. Davis,
Mr.. Stevens said he would not be tried
for treason He was not guilty of
treason; his offense was that of being
belligerent and not traitor, and it
would be gross injustice to put him
upon trial The speech is said to be
the universal topic at Washington,
yet no one seems able to divine its
significance
Year: 1866

The COLLAPSE OF GRIN NoLINE.-The
" Round Table," in speaking of the
collapse in crinoline and the present
indications OF an approach to the style
Empire, says:


Fancy any one dancing a gallop in
long draperies, even if looped up to
the knee on one side; or skating in
the warmest possible modification of
the Huntress' costume! By following
the Greeks pretty closely the beauties
of the Imperial Court succeeded in dis
playing their charms to the greatest
advantage; while those too prudent
or too plain to endure such scanty
covering only succeeded IN looking
like those members of Noah's family
which the patient German oy-maker.
year after year, puts into his peren-
tally interesting ark.
Year: 1866

SENsIBLE.-The committee on banks
and banking have agreed to recon-
mend and report a bill providing for
the reduction Of the extent of the pres
ent national currency, and for the ap-
plication of the surplus thirty-fve mil
lions to the use of national banks in
the Southern States.
Year: 1866

''THE SOUTHERN OPINIoN."-We are
in receipt of the prospectus of this
journal, soon to be established in
Richmond, by H. Rives Pollard, late
of the Richmond Examiner. The
prospectus is very characteristic of its
author, and we look for the Opinion to
demolish the whole Yankee race in
three or four numbers. Mr.. Pollard 5
opinions are always on the extreme.
They did not serve the Confederate
cause much, and they can do the peo-
pile of the South no good now. He
had better keep them to himself
They are hardly worth disseminating.
Year: 1866

A special to the Crescent from
Washington says:


The radicals processing to represent
Southern States, or Southern people,
or something Southern, who have
formed themselves into an association
to provide for the good Of those they
represent, and especially of themselves
held a meeting here tonight, and
made their best effort. Durant pre-
sided on the present occasion, and
under his auspices an address to Con-
gress was adopted, praying that the
Southern States should be reduced to
territorial condition, and that new
States should afterwards be formed
out of the conquered region, with con
stitutions framed for them in republi-
can form by Congress.