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Year: 1866

THE Two NoICEs.-When Guttem-
berg, the first printer, was working in
his cell, in the monastery Of St.
he tells Us that he heard
two voices address him. The one bade
him desist; told him the power his in
vention would put into the hands Of
bad men to propagate their wicked
ness told him how men would profaue
the art he had created, and how pos
teritv would have cause to curse the
man who gave it to the world. So
impressed was Gutenberg with what
he had heard, that he took a hammer
and broke to pieces the types he had
SO laboriously put together. His work
of destruction was only stayed by an
other voice, sweet and musical, that
fell upon his ear, telling him to go on
and to rejoice in his work; that all
good might be made the cause Of evil.
but that God would bless the right IN
the end. SO to all Of US come those
voices that came to Gutenberg the
one calling Us to work while 1t Is
called today = to try to leave this
world better than we found it and
the other tempting Us to give over
and take our ease-to leave the plow
in mid-furrow. and TO rest on our oars
when we should be pulling against the


stream
Year: 1866

THE HEART. - The hearts youth
does not pass, as long as its purity and
innocence remain. We scar our own
hearts by the cherishing Of sentiments
we are directed to expel; we become
discontented, and call our discomfort
knowledge. We forget that all
knowledge which doth not increase
our happiness, is spurious and not to
be trusted.


How strong are the hearts first
struggles under sorrow; how it battles
with distress; and wars against des-
pair and disappointment; how vigor-
Gus its efforts to combat and overcome
but sorrow Is the strongest-aye, sor-
row Is the strongest-it Is drawn into
the heart by the first breath that we
inhale of this worlds air-a small
seed. but still it grows, and grows, and
twists, and twists, until it crushes the
poor heart and then-aye, then we die.


Human suffering IS but inadequately
depicted BY any coloring Of language
and grief finds It's best solace IN the
silent sanctuary of the heart.
Year: 1866

THE Manchester Nirror tells the fol-
lowing amusing story Of the bare-iaccd
conduct Of the hog-stealers in the
town Of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Ia one instance the thieves woke up a
man in his own farm house, told him
one Of their hogs had got ont Of the
wagon into the road, aud asked his
assistance to put him pack. The
farmer got up, dressed himself, and
readily complied, and the next morn
ing when he went out to feed his hog
on looking into the pen found him nan
est. He had assisted the thieves to
steal his own Porker. At another
house the farmer heard a s1uealing in
the road late in the night, and going
to the door saw a man struggling with
a porker. The same story was re-
peated, and assistance given as at the
other house, and the same scene was
enacted at the pen in the morning.
Year: 1866

A most curious and interesting point
of law has recently furnished the mat
ter for trial without parallel in the
Judicial annals of any country but the
one in which this peculiarly entangled
case occurred-France. The Procurer
Imperial, whose Office it is to bring for
ward proof of guilt, was here employed
to exonerate the prisoner from crime,
while her own advocate was eager in
maintaining the proof of her guilt. A
lady, moving in good position of soci-
ETY., had been living in state of legal
separation from her husband but find.
ing that way of lie to be greatly want
ing both in comfort and convenience,
she resolved to improve the separation
which the law had pronounced entire
by making it eternal Accordingly, re-
memt ering her husbands taste for fruit
out of season, she sent him early 10 the
Spring, as from an unknown hand, a
little basket containing all kinds of rare
and delicious hot-house fruits, among
others seven superb strawberries, which
as she had expected, the receiver de-
voured with the greatest glee Strange
to say, the husband, on reception of the
anonymous present, never thought it
could be sent by his wife but the mo-
ment he felt cold and shivering and
sick, with dreadful pains and cramps,
after eating the strawberries, hs felt
sure that she was the donor, and no
other. The residue of the strawberries
being analysed, was found to contain
oil of croton tiglium. Accordingly, the
lady was arrested. The basket was
proved to have been despatched by her
She was duly tried, and, of course, ac-
quilted of the charge of an attempt to
murder. But the husband not content
with the decision, drags her once more
before the tribunal, determined to have
her condemned for something, and charg-
ed with administering noxious drugs,
calculated to cause disease and danger.
Now comes the admirable spectacle of
one of those legal tournaments where
wrong becomes right and right becomes
wrong.


The lady having already been tried
for murder and acquitted, her advocate
must now prove that she administered
poison in sufficient quantity to cause
death, or she will certainly be condemn
ed for the serious offence above men
toned. The Procureur Imperial, usu-
ally called upon to prove guilt, is now
urgent in his protestations of the lady's
innocence, for if guilty she will be lost
to condemnation. Debates run high
A maximum is fixed, and it is declared
that the administering of one gramme
of oil Of croton tiglium may constitute
murder. Each strawberry eaten by the
husband is supposed to have contained
about twenty, ,centigrammes of the nox-
ious drug; there were seven in number
so that the whole quantity must have
amounted to one gramme and forty cen.
tigrammes over So the intent to mur-
der being fully proved, the lady was
acquitted and goes on her way rejoic-
ing.
Year: 1866

She sits beside the cradle,


And her tears are streaming fast,
For she sees the present only.


While she thinks of all the past
Of the day SO full Of gladness,


When their first-born's answering kiss
Thrilled her soul with such a rapture
That it knew no other bliss.
Oh, those happy. happy moments!
They but deepen her despair,
For she bends above the cradle,


And her baby is not there
There are words of comfort spoken,


And the leaden clouds of grief
Wear the smiling bow of promise,


And she feels sad relief;
But her wavering thoughts still wander,
Till they settle on the scene
Of the dark and silent chamber,


And of all that might have been!
For little vacant garment,


Or a shining tress of hair,
Tells her heart in tones of anguish


That her baby is not there!
She sits beside the cradle,


But her tears no logger flow,
For she sees blessed vision,


And forgets all earthly woe;
Sanity eyes look down upon her.


And the voice that hushed the sea,
Stills her spirit with whisper.


"Suffer them to come to Me-"
And while her soul is lifted


On the soaring wings of prayer.
Heavens crystal gates swing inward,
And she sees her baby there!
Year: 1866

We have spared no expense to make these
Mills what this portion of the State has long
demanded, with MACHINERY for CLEANS
ING WHEAT UNSURPASSED, and EVE
RYTHING CONNECTED WITH THE
MILL IS IN PERFECT ORDER; we are
prepared to furnish the BEST QUALITIES
OF


Family and Bakers Extra Flour.
Year: 1866

DR.. Tozer'6
Experience is of forty years. standing. and
during that time he has met with unparallel-
ed success in the treatment of all those dis
eases generally known as


Venereal or Chronic.
diseases with which he is familiar some
perhaps. will not be out of place. The most
formidable, the most destructive to mankind
is Self Abuse. The brain oeirg the seat of
the disease. the whole system suffers in con-
sequence. L will here enumerate some of the
symptoms, so that those afflicted may be able
to form an opinion in regard to their COM
plalnts and seek advice in time. thereby saw
ing themselves world of suffering; Nervous
Debility, Loss of Memory. Pain in the Limbs
and Back, Palpitation of the Heart, Tremb-
ling of the Limbs. Headache and an aversion
to Genial Society. especially that of females
There are great many more, but these are
sufficient, and should you be suffering from
any of them. call on DIR. TOZER. and he will
cure you in a short time. without any inter-
ruption in your business-or state your case
by letter, and there will be no occasion for
your calling at the Office.


Structure of the Urethra


Is arother formidable enemy to health. Send
for one of my circulars on that disease. and
inform yourself of its terrible results. The
worst cases cured in a few days.


Venereal Diseases


In all their various forms. either Primary
Secondary, or Hereditary, completely eradi-
Gated from the system. Your constitution
being restored to perfect health, there will
be no danger of handing down to your chill
dren that terrible disease known as Scrotula
Year: 1866

When female is in trouble or afflicted with dis
ease and requires medical or surgical assistance,
the inquiry should be, where is there a physician
who is fully competent to administer relef-one
whose knowledge of the female system is perfect.
who thoroughly understands the application Of
medicine to disease, whose scientific attainments
in surgery have made him pre-eminent in his pro-
fession, and whose respectable standing in society
recommends him to the confidence of the commu-
nifty! Unless these and many more questions can
be satisfactorily answered, the afflicted should
pause before consulting any one. The Doctor has
been a PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRICS and FF-
MALE DISEASES for twenty years, and is fully
qualified to administer in all cases, both medically
and surgically, in as thorough manner as years of
study and practice-both in hospitals and private
families-can make. Therefore families can RELY
upon him as upon father. ALL IN AFFLICTION
NO MATTER WHAT ITS NATURE, WILL FIND
IN HIM ONE WHO CAN FEE, AND SYMPA-
THIZE WITH AND BEFRIEND THEM IN
TROUBLE-ONE IN WHOSE SECRECY THE
UTMOST CONFIDENCE CAN RE pr ACEn
Year: 1866

only to pay hundred dollars, with in
tcrest for two years. which will leave you
a hundred and forty eight dollars for
your clothes and-o;her expenses.


Walter was upon the point Of denying
this result Of the case, but he saw upon
moments reflection that from his wife 5
statement the deduction was correct, so
he denied the statement.


"You cunnot furnish the food, and
clothe yourself and children for the SUN
you have ramcd," he said.


Thcrcupon Maria set down and made
known a few facts to him tina had been
hidden within the mysteries Of her own
housekeeping.


She was not long in proving to him
that during the past year, the items Of
expenditure within said limits had not
averaged Eve dollars u week. Walter
said " Pooh !" and then he added, mon
sense" ana then he left the house.


There must be some mistake" he
said to himself, after he had got away
from the house and he really believed
there Was 4 mistake.
Year: 1866

Father, dear father, come home with me row
The clock in the steeple strikes one;
You said YOU were coming right home from


the shop


As soon as your days work was done.
Our fire has gone out-our house is all dark
And mothers been watching since tea,
With poor brother Benny, so sick, in her arms,
And no one to help her but me.


Come home! come home! come home


Please, father, dear father, come home
Father, dear father, com. home with me now
The clock in the steeple strikes two;
The night has grown colder-and Benny is


worse


But he has been calling for you.
Indeed he is worse-ma says he will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn!
And this is the message she sent me to bring
Come quickly, or he will be gone
Father, dear father, come home with me now
The clock in the slsepe strikes three;
The house is so lonely-the hours are SO long
For poor weeping mother and me
Yes we are alone-poor Benny is dead
And gone with the angels Of light;
Aid these were the very last words that he said
81 want 10 kiss papa tonight !"


Come home come home come home


Please, father, dear father come home
Hear the sweet voice of the child,


Which the night winds repeat as they roam
Oh who could resist this most plainliVe o
prayers


Please, father, dear father, come home
Year: 1866

SToNEwALL JAcKsoN.-The following in
teresting paragraph Is extracted from series
of sketches of that wonderful military genius,
by one who served under him


What marked him as one of the men of fate
was his astonishing equanimity in the tface of
peris which would have overwhelmed other men;
bis cold determination not to give up;' his refu-
sing to entertain the idea that he could be defeated
At Manassas he surveyed With utter calmness the
terrible spectacle of the Confederate lines reelng
back before the Federal hosts, pressing down with
their enormous reserves of infantry and artillery;
and when Gen. Bee, with uncomfortable anguish
in his voice, told Jackson that the day was going
against them, his cold reply was: sSir, we win
give them the bayOnet.' The last words of the
brave South Carolinian till how he fought his old
brigade. He stood like stone wall-a stern,
stubborn and mmoVable. At Kernstown, when a
portion of his line gave back before the over
Whelming numbers assailing it, he took his stand
close to the enemy, amid storm of bullets
called to drummer boy-and placing his hand
firmly upon the boys shoulder said, in his brief,
curt tones Beat the raLiyr The rally was
beaten jackson remained by the drummer's side,
holding him to his work with she inexorable hand
upon the shoulder-the rally continued to roll,
and the line was speedily reformed"
Year: 1866

Boston is about to attempt to eclipse the rest of
mankind in the hotel line, by building trst-class
house with all the modern and New England i'm
provements. The bill of fare will, of course in
Clude Goldfish on Saturday,
Year: 1866

SNUFF the steam which arises from the cooking for year
or two This IL all their constitutions will bear They
have been short allowance long that IL will be in
furious for them to be PLACED on full fare at once but
they must commence with homeopathic doses at nrst
ana smell OF the steam is all that they can be allowed
on the start and this only condition that they show
repentance for their past sins


WANT TO BE HIS BoNDsMEN.


Nearly TWO dozen OF wealthy citizens have
volunteered 70 Mr. Smythe to be his bondsmen and IL
now looks as though he would have some trouble In
selecting those who are 70 become his securities They
for him TO select the two three men out OF the list
without offending others and bling charged with par
tality This fact shows that business interests
10 great extent grated with the appointment whether
the politicians are or not
Year: 1866

A LUCKY CALIFoRNIAN.-Seyente years
ago a friend of ours came to California
During the greater portion of the time since
his arrival, he has worked hard for a home
stake. A few days ago he settled up all his
indeotednesses, paying the last dollar he
owed. How much did he have left $50
0Oof No. After paying all his debts he
had ten cents left of his California earnings.
and was compelled to fall back on the
amount which he had on striking the Pacific
shore Copperopolis Courier.
Year: 1866

SEC TO- Every white male citizen OF the
United States, and every white male citizen oi
Mexico who shall have elected to become
citizen OF the United States under the treaty
of peace exchanged and ratified at Queretaro
on the 30th of May, lS4S, of the age of twenty
one years who shall have been aresident 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 By law.


SEC. IL. For the purpose of voting, no per-
son shall be deemed to have gained or lost q
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 seminary of learning
nor while kept at an almshouse or other asy-
lum, nor while confined in any public prison.
| SEC. l5. No idiot or insane person, or per-
sons convicted of any infamous crime, shall be
entitled to the privileges of an elector


| SEC. 80 of Registry Act. No person shall be
allowed to vote except at the polls held in the Elec
ton District where he resides, unless his name
is enrolled in the Poll List where he offers his vote
in such District, nor for local 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 on 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 oath,
by the oath of any other qualified elector and
householder of the District, or by any other clear
and competent evidence, not to be legally qualified
and entitled to be enrolled said Poll List or il
it be proved as aforesaid that he is enrolled more
than one Poll List when he offers his vote. or is
otherwise not legally qualified to vote at such elec
tion his vote shall be rejected.


C. MCDONALD, County Clerk,


And ex-oficio Clerk Board of Supervisors.


Shasta, Aug. Is, 1866. au1S
Year: 1866

- The Missouri Supreme Court
has decided that telegraph cOmpa-
mics arc not responsible for error
in messages not repeated according
ing to their blanks unless willful
neglect is shown. A suit to recover
damages for substituting the word


rail for sail, in an order to ship salt
from New York, has been decided
in favor Of the telegraph company.
Year: 1866

A writer who says his cow gives all The
milk that IS wanted in family Of eight
persons, and from which was made two
hundred and sixty pounds ct butter the
year. gives the following as his treatment.
II is cheap and worth trial


II Won desire 10 get large yield o.
rich milk, give your cow three times
day, water slightly warm slightly saIlsd,
IN which bran has been stirred a, the rate
Of one quart 10 Two gallons of waer. You
will find il you have no, tried this daily
practice, that your cow will give twenty.
FIVE per cent. more milk Immediately un-
Ger the effect Of il, and she will become
50 attached 10 the dei as to refuse TO drink
clear water unless very thirsty but, this
mess she will drink almost any time and
ask for more. The amoun, of this drink
necessary is an ordinary water pail foil
each time, morning, noon, and night
Your animal will then do her best a. dis.
counting the lacteal Fonr hundred pounds
of butter are ol:en obtained from good
stock, and instances are mentioned where
The yisld IS even at . higher figure.
Year: 1866

Is there any position mother can
covel FOR her daughter, more glorious than
10 be the wife of an honest, independent,
happy, farmrr. in country like this
To be the wife Of one who is looked up
to by the neghbo!s 80 one whose exam
pie msy be safely followed-ons whose
farm is noted far and near as model OF
neatness and perfection OF cultivation
70 be The mistress of mansion Of her
own, that may be the envy OF every
passer.by, because j, is neat and com
ilor,able-a sw eei and lovely home ! TO


be the angel mat Airs through the gar
den, bidding The flowers bloom, and twin


ing roses and honeysuckles around the
bedroom, or sweelenIng the fragrance


with her sweetest smile or spreading


the snowy cloth beneath the old oak al
the door TO welcome her husband as be


returns from his toll or ever tipping the
cradle with her foot as she plies the dash


er with her hand, or busiIy moves the


needle, al the same time humming a JOY


ous song of praise that she is the happy


and fondly beloved wife Of an American


farmer--one Of the true nobemen Of this


free countIy-one that should by right,


rank as the pride and glory Of America.
Year: 1866

SHOCKING AccIDBNT.-On Wednesday last a
young man named Uhler was giving a Tight
rope performance in Frederick, Maryland, on
a rope stretched from the third story window
OF Grofrs Hotel to building on the opposite
side Of the street. the height being about thirty
feet. Uhler had successfully crossed and re-
crossed the rope forwards and backwards, and
was just starting out 10 perform some other
to which was suspended a heavy stone To-
steady the main rope, broke the rebonnd
caused thereby precipitating him 10 the
graded street below. He had q leg aad an arm
broken in the fall. and his head and BODY was
so severely bruised and injured otherwise as
to make bis recovery very dou btfui. This 10
another sad warning TO persons undertaking
such feats.
Year: 1866

PROPOSED NEW COMA new system Of
small coinage 10 under consideration by the
Government, and will in all PROBABILITY be
adopted. The proposed new cent Is TO be made
OF nickel the same as at present. but the CEN


re of the coin has q raised star; the nucles OF
which is represented by a hole through the
com Inc two.cent pieces have two perforated
stars. and the three cent coins three. Thus by
holding either denominations TO the light or
by simply touching them 80 as TO feel the
holes, the value Of piece Of money is unmis-
takably known. The halt dimes and dimes
are larger coin Of better metal, but are to be
distinguished by one and two perforated stars
Year: 1866

THE TENNESSEE CONVENTION PosTPoNKD.-
In consequence OF the alarm felt by numbers
Of delegates and others throughout the state n
the presence Of cholera in Mash Vile, the State
Executive Committee announce postpone
ment 10 the I'd day OF October. So Parson
while longer.
Year: 1866

In the United States District Court, yester.
day, VIM. X. Cooper. who plead guilty TO the
by which a large sum was obtained, was
brought up for sentence. His counsel, David
r. Brown, Esq, read a stateme Mt prepared by
the prisoner, in which be referred to his hay-
ing been employed as a clerk in this city and
after ward in the capacity of Captains Clerk
in one of the vessel attached to the North At
lantic Blockading Squadron, in which he said
he had conducted himself in q way to receive
the cOmmendation of the Off GERS of the ship
His present situation he 4ttribu ted to the fact
that after be left the navy he was thrown
among gay society at Washington, and yed
beyond his means. He alluded 10 his marriage
said that he had formed the acquaintance of
his wife some months before the commission
OF the frauds, and that the marriage mad no
connection whatever with them.


David Webster, Esq, who represented some
OF the parties defrauded, stated 10 the Court
that the prisoner had, through his counsel,
made prompt restitution OF the moneys OBJ
tanned, forty thousand dollars of which were
in Government bonds deposited IN New York


Judge Cadwalader remarked the case was
ceive any thing in the statement OF the prisoner
TO relieve il of its bad features. The extent of
the frauds was altogether disproportioned to
the alleged Strengthened circumstances OF the
defendant, and parties to whom he had refer
red in this city had come forward to certify to
his former good character. The statement of
the prisoner thar pecuniary embarrassment
had led him TO the commission of the frauds
could not be regarded as entitled to any weight
when the extent of the frauds was taken into
consideration. The frauds were evidently the
result of preparation and of systematic ar
rangement. and not of a hastily formed pur-
pose, and for that reason the sentence should
not be a light one. Perhaps the plea of guilty
should be taken into consideration in passing
sentence, and yet il was not en- titled 10 much
weight from the fact that proof Of guilt was so
clear. Under all the circumstances, an impris-
onment of fve years was proper punishment


At the close of the Judges remarks, Coo per
arose, walked 10 the bar OF the Court, and said
that he wished to impress upon the Court the
fact that the marriage had not nything TO do
with the frauds.


Judge CadwaladeI replied that he had not
alluded to the marriage at all


The prisoner closed by remarking that what
he had said was not intended TO induce a
change of the sentence. His only desire was
that his young wife might not suffer in the esti-
nation of others for his Phiiadelp pkid
Led0er. Frfddu