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Year: 1866

CHARTER AMEHDMEHT. = Among the
amendments made TO our village charter
by the last Legislature is the following


Section %. The board of trustees shall
give the public printing Of said village to
such publishers Of newspaper therein,
as will do such printing at the lowest rates,
and whenever in their opinion public in-
terest shall require any such printing to
be done in the German language, they
may order the same done in that language.
provided, they can get the same done at
rates not exceeding those allowed by them
for the same printing in the English
language.
Year: 1866

A WRITER in lie Noyu gives long
sketch of Marshal Benedek's career, but
we contne our extract to the portion re-
lating to his present command: 1t may
be said that he was nominated to the
head of the army by acclamation his
appointment was, in fact, imposed on
the Government by public opinion.
The Marshal bears the most popular
name in Austria and he has gained that
popularity less by his strategical talents
than his adventurous bravery. Hither-
to he has only been brilliant general
of the advance guard; it remains to be
seen whether, in a new post, he will
display the qualities required by the
chief command of great army in the
face of the enemy. He is about sixty
two years old, but looks younger. Alta
sitting of the Reichsrath l examined
him at leisure with good glass. His
countenance is one of those which are
never forgotten. Two things in it strike
you particularly-th eye and the NOUS
tache. Tho look is that of command
under thick lashes sparkle two black
eyes full of vivacity. lie would be no
soldier We're he not to attend carefully
to his moustache; he wears it waxed in
the hungarian fashion and hooked at
the ends. His face, embrowned by the
Italian sun, has become longer than it
was; thin whisliers, turning to gray,
form a sort of frame, and an acquiline
nose imparts to his features character
of great vigor. The Marshal is rather
short than tall, and rather thin than
stout. For man of his age there is Il
wonderful suppleness in his movements,
which are rapid and full of vigOr. The
ensemble of his person is not exactly Sc
ducing for those who are not partial to
the military carriage; but he commands,
if not sympathy, at least attention. Be
sides, to be correctly estimated, he
shnuld be seen in picture with an
other background-not the benches of
Parliamentary aSsembly-but on horse
back, and in the midst of the smoke of
battles.
Year: 1866

IN the first place, if you want to be
miserable, be selfish. Think all the
time of yourselfand of your own things.
Don't care about anybody else. Have
no feeling for any one but yourself.
Never think of enjoying the satisfaction
of seeing Others happy, but rather if you
see a smiling face be jealous, lest another
should enjoy what you have not. Envy
all who are better off in any respect
than yourself; think unkindly toward
them. BE constantly afraid lest some
should encroach upon your rights be
watchful against it, and if any one comes
near you, snap ut him like n mad dog,
Contend earnestly for everything that
is your own, though it be not worth q
pin; for your "rights" are just as much
concerned as if it We're a pound of gold.
Never yield point. BE very sensitive,
and take everything that is said to you
in playfulness in the most serious man
ner. BE jealous Of your friends, lest
they should not think enough of you
and if at any time they should seem TO
neglect you, put the worst construction
uTln thar conduct vOu can.
Year: 1866

A PARIS correspondent of the London
SanClard gives the following anecdote
of Brusca, dog which has acquired Il
notoriety in the Court of the Tuileries


You have doubtless read the amusing
and witty letter written by Marshal
Valiant in defence of the canine law.
The Marshal is very fond of dogs, and
he is the happy poSsessor of one whose
intelligence many men would be happy
to share. l allude to Brusco, the inti-
mate friend of Nero, the Emperor's
own dog. lie Nord gives some interest
ing details of the little animal whose
portrait by Jardin attracted so much
attention ut the last years exhibition.
Brusca was found on the field of battle
ut Sollrrino. Ills master, an Austrian
officer, had been killed that day, and the
poor dog was found bowling by the side
of his dead body. Some French soldiers,
touched by the sight of his evident
grief, carried him away in their arms,
and brought him to the major-general
of the army, Marshal Valiant. The Mar
shall accepted the gift, and brought him
with him to Paris. AT first Brusca, hay
ing been educated in Germany, had
greatditiiculty in understanding French;
indeed, unless he was spoken to in Ger
man, he walked off and turned his tail


to the speaker with an air Of utter dis
gust. However, he has now acquired


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re siments between him and his present
master, all their TeutOnic sounds would


not prevent his reaching the Marshal,


Whenever he goes to Court, Brusca goes


likewise; whether the Emperor himself


be in his way or not is nothing to him /;


Brusca would quietly walk over the inn


perial boots TO secure snug seat near


the Marshal. l.cattcnda Cabinet Coun-
Clls with the utmost regularity. This
Year: 1866

AN important work is now in progress
in France, viz, the lcvelling and estab-
fishing of beach-marks throughout the
country. The object of this undertaking
is to furnish series of levels that will
enable the course of canals, railways,
ETC., systems of drainage and irrigation,
and other public and private works, to
be laid down on the map and marked
out on the ground without error. The
operations were begun in 1857, under
the control of the Minister of Public
Works, and will be terminated in five or
six years hence. The work has been
since the beginning under the superin-
tendence of M. Bourdalone, civil engi.
neer, to whom is due the series of levels
taken from the Isthmus of Suez from
the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. The
datum line of the levels in France is the
usual sea level; the beach-marks estab-
lished on the ground consist of cones of
cast iron, set in masonry on the spot
where the levels are required to denoted,
and great number of these have been
placed in lines of level which touch sea-
port towns, groups of rivers and canals,
lines of railway, roads, etc. More than
eighteen thousand linear miles have been
thus laid down as 0ase-lines but, in
order to complete the work, the opera
tions must be extended to one hundred
and twenty thousand miles, length
equal to i've times the circumference of
the earth, and more than half of our dis
tance from the moon. This gigantic
undertaking is very costly, but, when
once completed it will enable every
engineer or contractor, who may wish to
|attach series of levels in any part of
France with those of the remotest dis
tricts, to do this by the aid of beach
mark on the spot, or near at hand, for
the maximum space between the levels
is to be only three quarters of a mile.
The accuracy of these levels is such that
they are true to three centimetres, or
half inch for the whole length through
out France.
Year: 1866

up and down the road. Apparently
satisfied with the result Of his scrutiny,
he deliberately sat himself down in the
dark shadow of the fence, and at once
busted himself in some employment, so
well concealed as to be invisible to the
gaze of passers-by. At the end of an
hour he retired cautiously.


But not altogether unseen. A slim
young man, with the spectacles and
notebook, stepped from behind tree
as the retreating figure of the intruder
was lost in the twilight, and transferred
from the fence to his notebook the
freshly stencilled inscription: st
lSGO-X.O
Year: 1866

BY EDIUND CLARENCE sTEDMNN.
LAURA, my darling, the roses have blushed
AT the kiss of the dow, and our chamber is


hushed;


Our murmuring babe to vour bosom has clung,
And hears in his sumber the song that you sung
! watch you asleep, with your arms round him


thrown,


Your links of dark tressos wound in with his own
And the wife is as dear as the gentle young bride
of the hour when you first darling, came to my


side


Laura, my darling, our sail down the stream
OF Youths Summers and Winters has been like a


dream;


Years have but rounded your womanly grace.
And added their spell to the light of your face:
Your soul is the same as though part were not


given


To the two, like yourself, sent to bless me from


Heaven


Dear lie springing forth from the life of my life
To draw you moro near, darling, mother, and wife.
Laura, my darling, there's haze-eycd Fred,
Asleep In his own tiny cot by the bed,
And little King Arthur, whose curls have the art
Ofwinding their tendrlls so close round my heart
Yet fairer than either and dearer than both,
is the true one who gave me in girhood her troth
For we, when we mated for evil and good
What were we, darling but babes in the wood?
Laura, my darling, the years which have flown
brought few Of the prizes pledged to my owa
i said that no sorrow should roughen her way
Her life should be cloudess, n long summers day
Shadow and sunshine, thistles and flowers,
Which of the two, darling, most have been ours ?
Yet tonight, by the smile on your lips | can see
You are dreaming of me darling dreaming of me.
Laura, my darling the stars that we knew
In our youth are still shining tender and true
The midnight Is sounding its sluinberouS bell,
And l come to the one who has loved me so well
Wake, darling, wake, for my vigil is done:
What shall disSever our lives which are one?
Say, while the rose listens under her BREATH
"Naught until death, darling naught until death!'


-Gdtory.
Year: 1866

1t was a hot midsummer evening.
Limchouse Road was deserted save by
dust and few rattling butchers carts,
and the bell Of the muffin and crumpet
man. A commodiOus mansion which
stood on the right of the road as you
enter Pultneyville surrounded bystately
poplars and high fence surmounted
by a cherdUr de .triSe of broken glass,
looked to the passing and footsore pedes-
trian like the genius of seclusiOn and
solitude. A bill announcing in the
usual terms that the house was to let
hung from the bell at the servants en-
trance.


As the shades of evening closed, and
the long shadows of thepoplars stretch
ed across the road, a man carrying a
small kettle stopped and gazed, first at
the bill aud then ut the house. When
he had reached the corner of the fence,
he again stopped and looked cautiously
Year: 1866

A MORBID IMAGINArIoN.-A singular case
of that sympathy which does not always exist
between husband and wife was shown re-
Gently in Wath, Illinois, The wife of Mr..
Henry Whitley. residing there, was bitten by
a mad dog She was taken with the hydro
phobia short time afterward, and died from
the effects of the disease. The death of the
wife distracted the husband. He became
possessed with the idea that he was also at
tackled with the disease, and on the 7th inst,
strangely enough, drowned himself in a
stream near the town.
Year: 1866

STRANGE FREAK OF LUNATIC-A TER


RIBLE RIDE ON IoCoMoTIvE-At o'clock
this morning a yard master in the employ of
the Illinois Central Railroad at this place
saw a man on an engine that had steam up
standing on the track ready to go out. The
yard master accosted him and told him to
get off the engine. The man replied by
knocking down the yard master, running the
engine out on the main track and starting
northward at a terrific rate of speed. A
brakeman and fireman were lying asleep on
the engine when it started. They awoke to
find themselves flying away with all the
speed of the wind, and stranger at the
engine. On examination they found him to
be a drunken stone mason Of this place
named Fitzpatrick, who has been raving
with delirium tren,ens recently. The two
men were at first appalled, with terror
They appealed to the madmah to STOP but
he needed them not and drove the engine
faster and faster. He sounded the whistle
at Central City, the first station north, but
did not for a moment decrease the frightful
velocity of the engine. At the junction Just
above Central City, the whistle shrieked
again, and the engine sped like cannon
ball toward Sandoval. The situation was
now becoming fearfully perilous, when the
brakeman seized piece of coal and hurled
it at the desperate maniac. He then left the
engine and turned upon the brakeman and
fireman. One of them struck him with a
sledge hammer, and after struggle he was
secured. The engine was speedily reversed and
brought back to this city, Centrolia (M.)
Correspondence of Chicago Times.
Year: 1866

MINING PRoJEcT-An effort is being made
to form a company for the purpose OF fuming
Town Greek, near Pittsburg, which is known
to contain rich gold deposits. The creek has
never been mined much heretofore. on ac-
count Of the heavy character of the diggings,
but several enterprising men have taken for
tunes from its bed in early days, and retired
to their homes in the East to enjoy their
gains.
Year: 1866

On Tuesday morning last, the cabin of
Billy Walker, in Squealer Gulch, near
Woodside, was burned, and with it two men
were burned and their bodies almost entire.
ly consumed. The principal facts in regard
to this terrible catastrophe as far as can be
ascertained, are as follows: On Monday
night last, about II o'clock. Billy Walker,
William Anderson alias Norwegian Bill,
Richard Duval alias Chapman pirate, left
kelly's store at Woodside, all badly intox-
icated, but to lie sure of keeping up steam
enough to propel them home. they took
along two bottles Of schnapps. The party
arrived at Walkers cabin some time that
night, and near daylight, Billy Walker was
awakened by fire around him, when he
sprang up and succeeded in getting out of
the door, and called to his companions to
come out, but they failed to respond, and if
any attempt was made to get out, they were
too drunk and bewildered to succeed, and
were consumed by the devouring flames
Walker after finding that his companions
were burned to DEATH Immediately left for
Redwood City in search of a Coroner, with
out even rescuing the lifeless bodies from the
burning rubbish, but left them to be con-
sumed by fire. We visited the scene of the
disaster In company with Deputy Sheriff
Whitlock, arriving upon the spot about noon
of Tuesday The scene that was presented
was both shocking and revolving to the hu


man mind and which was unparalleled in
all its aspects. No living being was present
except large dog which was devouring what
remained of the bodies The upper portion
of one of the men, apparently containing the
lungs and heart, which were all exposed but
burnt to a crisp, had been dragged by the
dog some ten or fifteen yards and partly
eaten. What there was left of the men,
still lay where the fire had consumed them,
with the exception of what the dog had dis
turbed. The heads arms, and legs below
the knees of the two men were completely
gone. Fragments of the skulls we're found
kpurned into white substance like lime
T6ere was scarcely anything remaining to
distinguish the backened, deformel mass, as
pertaining to the human kind. Near by,
and in plain sight of the charred and man.
ged remains of these two victims OF
- schnapps," live a man and woman who
were found beastly drunk, and unable to
give anything like an intelligable account of
the affair. Billy Walker escaped without
further injury than a singed head and a
momentary fright. There is no use in say


ing that the horrible fate of these two men
ought to be warning to Others who are
fair candidates for the same terrible end, for
we know that it, will make no more impress
sion on them than the burning ofa dead dog.
San MateO Gazette.
Year: 1866

MORE WAR THREATENED.-The Richmond
Times sees in the threats of civil war made
bv the Presidents friends prospect of car
rying fire and sword through the North, and
welcomes it in this wise:


1t may be considered that we have already
had enough to chasten our people. But the
Christening has been partial and one sid ed
One storm is often insufficient to purify the
atmosphere, and the North has not had such
deluge as would cleanse all her CUTTERS
Her turn is vet to come, and the rash folly
and mad action of her malignant spirits NAV
be the selected instruments of Heaven for her
publication.


That reads remarkably like the leaders in
the San Francisco Examiner, says the Bee.
Year: 1866

AN IMPRovEMENT.-Tom Greene is reno
vatiug and reftting his hotel, in order to
make it more comfortable during the winter.
The new front which he is putting up will
greatly improve the appearance of the house.
when finished.
Year: 1866

INDIANs.-A large number of Indians are
said to be collected on McCloud River at
present, and trouble is anticipated by the
few white settlers living on that stream. An
attempt was made to kill Theodore Popeoy
last week, but he was apprised of his danger
in time to escape.
Year: 1866

PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY. B. Higin-
botham is fitting up new Photographic Gal
lery in the second story of the Odd Fellows
building and will be prepared to take all
kinds of pictures, in a few days, in a style
unsurpassed by any other artist in Northern
Califnrnia
Year: 1866

CoNvlNcED.-A curious man in Taunton
inserted red hot poker into the fuse hole Of
an old shell. to see whether it was loaded
He ascertained that it was, but miraculously
escaped injury by the explosion.
Year: 1866

w. Hope for the Afiicted.-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 boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they sure of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the care of the skillfu
Doctor the sick and troubled can divest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
are sick or 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, $50 Washing
ton street, San Francisco.
Year: 1866

A widow lady of Danville, Ky, took
an orphan boy to raise, quite small, and
when he arrived at the age of eighteen
she married him, being then in her fiftieth
year. They lived many years together,
happy as any couple. Ten years ago
they took an orphan girl to raise. Last
fall the old lady died, being ninety-six
years of age, and in seven weeks after
the old man married the girl they had
raised, he being sixty-four years old and
she eighteen.


A farmer near Bay city, Michigan, lost
his wife carly one morning, recently ;
hitched up his team and drove to city
with his servant girl to buy the garments
for the dead and while there, married
the girl, being widower less than twelve
hours. The new wife attended the fun
eral next day attired in deep black, and
was one of the principal mourners for
her predecessor.
Year: 1866

We see that some Of our contemporaries
are under the impression that an act was
passed at the late session OF the LeSlsla-
tnre, changing the legal rate of interest
from 6 to Z per cent. Journalists are led
into this misapprehension by the fact that
bill providing for this change had been
before the House, which was defeated,
but on a reconsideration was carried
When the measure came before the Sen
ate, it failed. The opposition to it was
decided from all parts Of the State. A
proposition was made at the same time
to permit banks to charge 7 per cent in
terest on their discounts. This met the
same fate, and its rejection was prompt
and decided The legal rate of interest,
therefore remains unchanged, and it would
be well to let the fact be generally un-
derstood. = Telegraph.
Year: 1866

We have numerous instances on record,
says the Allentown Register, of the judg-
ment..of the Almighty suddenly over
taking the wicked, giving practical illus
trations of the truth Of His Word, which
declares that "The wicked shall not live out
half their days" An instance Of this kind
occurred near our neighboring town of Cat
asauqua last week. A man named Miller
about three weeks ago, made an agree
ment with some of his companions in vice,
to meet him at certain place every Sun
day, when he would administer to them
the holy ordinance of Communion, giving
them whiskey and crackers. This mock
ceremony was performed every Sunday,
but the hands which administered the
mock em5lems in deris:on, were so man.
gled by the premature discharge of a
blast, last week, as to require amputation
He was also severely burned about the
head After two days of extreme su fer
ing, he went to meet his insulted Crea-
tor
Year: 1866

The Loan Bill as it passed both houses


OF Congress, has been approved by the


President, and is therefore law. It
possesses so much interest that we append
a copy:


An act to amend an act entitled an act to
! provide ways and means to support the
Government, approved March 3, 1865:


BE at enacted, &C., That the act en-
titled an act to provide ways and means
to support the Government, approved
March 3, 1865, shall be extended and con-
strued to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury, at his discretion, to receive any
Treasury notes or other obligations issued
underlany act of Congress, whether bearing
interest or not, in exchange for any des-
cription of bonds authorized by the act
to which this is an amendment, and also
to dispose Of any description of bonds
authorized by said act, either in the Uni
ted States or elsewhere, to such an a.
mount, in sucl. manner, and at such rates
as he may think advisable, for lawful
money Of the United States, or for any
treasury notes, representations of value
which have been or may be issued under
any act of Congress, the proceeds there
of to be used only for retiring treasury
notes, or other obligations Used under any
act of Congress. But nothing herein
contained shall be construed to authorize
any increase of the public debt provided
that of United States notes not more than
ten millions Of dollars may be retired can
celled within six months from the pas
sage of this act, and thereafter not more
than four millions of dollars in any month.
And provided, further, that the act to
which this is an amen dment shall con-
tinue in force in all its pr DIVISIONS except
as modified by this act


SEC. 2. Ind be 1t further enacted.
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
report to Congress at the commencement
of the next session the amount of ex-
change made Of money borrowed under
this act, and of whom, and on what terms,
and also the amount and character of in
debtedness retired under this act and the
act to which this is an amendment, with
detailed statement of the expense of
making such loans and exchange.
Year: 1866

The applicant must either make oath
as heretofore. before the Clerk of the CIR
cult Court Of the county where he is cngag
<dEn business Of the amount Of goods Kept
on hand at the principal season of sale
or the oath may be administered by Jus
,ice ofthe Peace when the person want
ing the license applies through an agen,
II the latter course be adopted, the foi-
lowing form will be deemed sufhcl ut
mpiance with the act
Year: 1866

On this day Of f--l866. be-
fore the subscriber, Justice Of the Peace
Of the State OF Maryland. 10 aud for said
county. personally appeared - and
declared that be intends to apply for
Traders License under the laws of the
State to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Saint Mary's county. and made oath
that the amount of stock Of goods gener-
ally kept on hand by him Cor By the con
Germ in whtch he is engaged,' in case it Is
partnership at the principal season Of
sale Cor if the applicant has not precisely
engaged in such trade, that the amount Of
the rock of goods he expects to keep, dc. y
does cot Cor will not) exceed --