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Year: 1866

a dispatch from: Cairo says The address Of the
Egyptian delegates reply the speech Of the Veeoy at the
opening the Chambers praises His Highness sdminstTA


ton and expresses satisfaction that the Sultan under the sd
ance Of divine inspiration he'd granted to the present dynasty
the night Of direct hereditary succession to the yeeega throne


measure which the delegates consider to DO the sares sale


guard the couns tranquility and the best guarantee oI
future welfare The delegates also thank the yieero for having
established National Assembly express their eonyieton
that s deliberations being inspired by earnest deyotednsss
and Enlightened patriotism win cOduee TO public concord and
10 the prosperity OF the land The address concludes BY In
vOking the blessing the Almighty upon the yieerOy and h
sou
Year: 1866

"Thank God that have got my hat back
from this congregation !" said disappointed
clergyman, turning it upside down, when it
was returned empty to him ct the close of q
call for contribution.
Year: 1866

properly held to be dislogal. The reply is
obvious Let all dislOyal claimants from
other States be rejected but IN any case
admit the loyal representatives Of Ten
nessee and Arkansas. Still Congress eR-
cludes the loyal, grouping them in one in
discriminate mass with the disloyal. This
course Of the opposition has failed to be


satisfactory, and therefore new arguments


must be found. One of these is that al


though the present representatives are


loyal. the terms for which they were elect


ed will some day expire, and they may be
followed by dislOyal successors. The


same argument would affect every seat in


both houses Of Congress, because, al,


though the constitutional presumption ia


favor of loyalty in the several States al
ways remains good, yet no one can absO.
lutely guarantee that any one State or Dis
trict In the United States may not at some
future time send dlsIoyal represen-
tatiye We all see clearly that the Ques-
ton is not of Whab is past, nor yet Of
what is future. Judged By any standard
of patriotism and loyalty that the whole
Congress could accept, some districts in
every State. and many Of them have at
times heretofore suffered themselves to be
represented by disloyal men, and any one
or all of them may consent to be repres-
ented by disloyal men hereafter, The
only sure way % AudLN utsdAlab AAAAA Al4aB-
inarv danger. would be to dispense with
Congress altogether. Thus the advocates
Of dissension seem to arrive at She con-
clusion that our entire system Of repub-
lican government is an absurd failure.
What then is my conclusion IL is one
that will at least be admitted 10 harmO-
nize with my past life. am hopeful of
the President, hopeful ofOongFess, hope
full of the National Union party, hope
full of the Democratic party, hopeful Of
the represented States, above all hope
Iul of the whole people, and hopeful Of
the continued favor Of Almighty God
When I shall return here from the field
Of public service, aud shall have come to
miRgle once more in your quiet and
peaceful pursuits, I desire and hope
hen to look with renewed affection and
pride upon our beloved country. hope
hat then, while I remember how fear
'ully within our own time, she has been
1eset, beseiged and tested, l shall new
be able to say to all her en-
smies, at home as well as abroad,


ssCompass her walls in SOLEMN pemp,


Your oyesq quite round her cast


Count all her towers, and


II you lnd there one stone di splpoed."
Year: 1866

Ohi let the soul its sIumbers break,
Arouse its senses, and awake


To see how soon
Life, in its gIoFies, glides away,
And the stern footsteps Of decay


Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away 50 fast,
Let US the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream a Joy


Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
No happier let us hope to find


Tomorrow than to-day;
Our golden dreams Of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight


Like them decay.
Our lives like Fastening streams must be,
That into one enguldng sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea of death, whose waves roll on
Ger king and kingdom, crown and throne,


And swallow oil.
Alike the rivers IordIy tide,
Alike the humble rivulets, glide


To that sad wave!
Death levels poverty and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by side,


Within the grave.
Our birth is but the starting place;
Life is the running of the race,


And death the goal;
There all our glittering toys are brought
That path alone, of all unsOught,


Is found of all.
See, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth


That lure US here;
Dreams of a sleep that death must break
Alasl before it bids us wake,


We disappear.
Long ere the damp of death can blight
The cheeks pure glow of red and white


Has passed away;
Youth smiled and all was heavenly fair;
Age came and laid his finger there,


And where are they2
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The step that roved so light and gay,


The hearts bIithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And Joy grows wearisome, and woe,


When age comes on!
Year: 1866

CHRONIC DISEASES.


the lucrative Medical Practice in the South has at last
consented to allow his remedies to be
prepared and sold proprietary medicines This resolution
engendered by the repeated solicitations Of those who
have experienced the benefit Of his remarkable profesona
skin by the impossby of giving especial attention to
each of applications made him for prescription
E7 those whose peeunary circumstances business habits
precluds the possibility Of applying in person to him.
Year: 1866

= What enlargement and expansion is Civ


en- to scriptural figures drawn from natural
objects by gaining a fuller knowledge of
those objects themselves. "The Lord God
is q sun" conveys striking and impress


i've truth when we think of the sun only
in his obvious character rs source Of light
and heat. But what new energy is given
to this magnificent emblem when we learn
from astronomy that he is grand centre
of attraction, and when we in addition take
in that sublime generalization that the sun
is the ultimate source of every form Of
power existing in the world The wind
watts the commerce of every nation over
the mighty deep, but the heat Of the sun
has rari6ed the air and set that wind in
motion. The descending stream yields a
power that grinds your grain, turns your
spindles, works your looms, drives your
forges but It is because the sun gathered
up the vapor from the ocean, which fell
upon the hills, and is finding its way back
to the source from whence it came. The
expansive energy of steam propels your en-
gines, but the force with which it operates
is locked up in the coal, the remains of ex-
tinct forests stored among your hills, or is
derived from the wood that abounds in
your forests, which now crown and beaui-
fy their submits. Both these primeval
and these existing forests drew their sub
stance from the sun; it is the chemical
force resident in his rays which disengag
ed their carbon from the atmosphere and
laid it up as a source Of power for future
use. The animal exerts force by muscu
lar contraction-he draws it from the veg
etable on which he feeds, the vegetable de-
rives it from the sun, whose rays determine
its growth. Every time you lift your arm,
every time you take step, you are draw
ing on the power the sun has given you


When you step into the railway carriage
it is the sun power that hurries you along.
When a, gentle breeze fans your languid
cheek, aud when the resistless tornado lev
els cities in its fury, they are the servants
of the sun. What an emblem of Him in
whom we live and move and have our be-
ing.-frofessor, fsr'
Year: 1866

l wonder how many girls tell their
mother eyerything2 Not those "young
ladies" who going to and from school, smile,
bow aud exchange notes and carses de uiisite
with young men who make fun of you and
your pictures, speaking in way tha. would
wake your cheeks burn with shame if YOU
heard it. All this, most incredulous and
romantic young ladies, they will do, al.
though they gaze at your fresh young face
admiringly, and send or give you charming
verses and boquets. No matter what Goth,
er girls do" don't you do it. School girl
tirtations may end disastrously, as many a
foolish wretched young girl could tell you.
Your yearning for some one to love is a
great need of every woman's heart. But
there Is time for everything. Don't lcs
the bloom and freshness of your heart be
brushed off in silly firtations. Render
yourselves truly intelligent And above
all, tell your mother everything. "Fuu,"
in your dictionary would be indiscretion in
hers. 1t would do no harm to look and
see. Never be ashamed to tell her, who
should be your best friend and confident,
all you think and feel. 1t is very strange,
that so many young girls will tell every
person before "mother" that which is most
important that she should know. II is
very sad that in different persons should
know. more about her own fair young daugh.
tiers than she herself.
Year: 1866

A due fervor makes plain discourse
more touching than one exquisitely com
posed and coldly delivered, as blunt iron,
when red hot, will pierce deeper into
piece of wood than much sharper one that
cold.
Year: 1866

A DELIGHTFUL LEGEND.-There is a
charming tradition connected with the site
on which the temple Of Solomon was erect.
ed. 1t Is said TO have been occupied in
common by two brothers, one whom had
family; the other had none On this spot
was sown field OF wheat On the evening
succeeding the harvest the wheat having
been gathered in separate shocks, the elder
brother said to his wife, "My younger bro
ther is unable to bear the burden aud heat
OF the day; l will arise, take of my shocks
and place them with his without his knowl
edge The younger brother beirg actu.
ated by the same benevolent motives, said
within himself, "My elder brother has a
family, have none; | will contribute to
their support; | will arise, take my shocks
and place them with his, without his
knowledge" Judge of their mutual as
tonishment when, on the following morn
ing, they found their respective shocks un.
diminished. This course of events trans
pired for several nights, when each resolv
cd in his own mind to stand guard, and
solve the mystery. They did so; when, on
the following night, they met each other
half way between their respective shocks,
with their arms full. Upon ground hal
lowed by such association as this was the
Temple of Solomon erectcd--so spacious
and magnificent, the wonder and admira-
tion Of the world Alas in these days,
how many would sooner steal their broth
er's whole shock, than add to it a single
sheaf.
Year: 1866

The Board of Supervisors deserve
credit for the manner in which our
county affairs have been conducted.
Ihey have inaugurated and practiced a
system of economy that is gradually
and surely extinguishing the county in
debtedness, and if the same course is
continued, as it certainly will be while
the present Board are in office, it will
be but few years before the county
debt will be entirely liquidated.
Year: 1866

TIE FLAG is to be trusted asa
true Union paper without deceit
which no motive of interest can
turn from it's course and which
cannot be swayed by favor or in
timidated by threat. tits a first
class journal, and ought 10 re-
ceive the hearty support Of the
true Union men of San Francis
CO and the interior.-Stockton
Independent.
Year: 1866

Res0lued That
this Convention
does most heartily
indOrse the AMERI-
CAN FLAG, as a news
paper true. energet-
ic and reliable for
its advocacy of the
great measures and
principles of the I'm
ion party in this
State !; and that we
do hereby commend
it to the confidence
and support of all
loyal men. -Resoiat-
ti0ns Of Union
State Convention.
Year: 1866

than which there is no more powerful auxil-
iary in the world for the radical cure of dis
ease. There is no institute in the State
where the electropathic system is practiced,
except at the
Year: 1866

very generally determined upon re-


ducing their honrs Of work; but not
until they had suffered to an extent
likely to embarrass their future opc


rations. The step they are taking
will undoubtedly throw large amount
Of labor out of employment; but that
evil is to be preferred to the manu-


facturers persisting in their late course
to their ruin as the suffering to the
operatives, in the latter case, would
be more severe and more protracted
than in the former. 1t is much to bV
hoped that other branches Of indus
try will adopt this policy before the,
are driven TO Il by actual losses
The result would be temporary suffer
ing to the working classes; but as the
condition Of cheapened production
would be thereby secured, manufae-
turing operations would soon be re
sumed upon sounder basis, and the
operatives would receive early com
Ipensation il lower costs Of living
By that course; manufacturers would
retain their vigor; manufacturers
would maintain their credit aud VIC
should descend gradually to normal
prices, without the Heterogeneous Of
pPuic, and with the least possible in
jury to all parties concerned. 's5'
Year: 1866

SUICIDE OF AN INSANE SPIRITUALIsT.-For
the past months, George w. Washington has boarded
at No. 3j7 Fourthaye and has been looked upon as
rather quiet, ino1, ls!yc sort of man. About five
weeks since he taken sick aud since that time has
bec impressed with the idea that he would long


se. This aud the fact that he had lost c0nsiderab
monoy In oil speculations conspred render him very
melancholy. Yesterday morning he did not get Up at
the usual time and later in the day when one Of the
servants raped at the door, she received response
She Informed the proprietor who at proceeded TO
the r0om and meeting with response 10 her rapping
burst open the door The cause OF the silence was ap
parent. On the bed lay the unfortunate man quite
doad Some time during the night he had cut his
throat with pocket knife and alone and in darkness
bled to death.


Deceased has been for some time past a splrtuali.t
and wos well known by those protesting that belief
throughout the city. He for many years employed
in ono Of tho bonded warehouses down town but re.
signed his pOstiOn when taken sick Ia his
was found letter or viii written In March last. in
which he stated that In Of death he wished his
effects n be sent 10 his sister residing at Brewsers
Station. "A the Harlem Railroad


Coroner Gamble war notified and last evening held
An inquest on the body. The testimony rendered was
In substance what we have given above and a verdict
rendered that the deceased came to his death by
cutting his throat while aborng under temporary ir
snnity." lie was native Of thi' city aged.54 years
Year: 1866

An ,cFofuous persons suffering from general Desiiy
Emseistion, Dyspepsia and Dropsy Of the limb' abdomen
and tho female DrOpsy Of the oyaes and womb generally
accompanied with Inflammation and liberation Of the u,e
permanently cured by Constitution Life Syrup. The
disease known Goi,re sweled Neck the Life SyrIp
will entirely The remedy should be taken for sons
time the disease exceedingly chronic and siatbcn ass
will no, be removed without effort.


Tumos Of the ovare, Tumors f,he Breast and weini
OF other glands of the body will be completely reduced with
out rssorting the knife, or operations Of any kind
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON
Proposed Visit of President


Johnson to Chicago.
Introduction of Bill in the Senate to
Regulate Appointments to and


Removals From Office.
Passage IN the HOnSe of the Bill to Quiet


Land Titles in California.
PROGRESS OF THE TARIFF BILL.
The Duty ON Tea Fixed at Twelve ard
q Half Cents and on Coffee at Two
. aud a Half Cents Per Pound.
Remonstrance Against the Passage
Of the Bill from the New York


Chamber Of Commerce.
Year: 1866

SEVERE RELIGIOUS DIscIPLINE.-New York
papers give an account of horrible murder
recently committed in that State. The per.
petrator was fiend named Lindsey, Pres
byterian clergyman. He whipped little
son of his-a child under three years of age
to death, because the little fellow would
not say his prayers The brute beat the
child for two hours with shingle, breaking
three of his fingers and bruising his body all
over so that the blood oozed out. He only
ceased his punishment when he found tho
child was dying. The fanatical scoundrel
who perpetrated this deed deserves no better
than eternal roasting in the hottest portion
of an old fashioned Presbyterian hell but
previous to being consigned to that hot abode,
he should be fayed alive with addcrs' fangs.
Year: 1866

SAD AccIDENr.-James and Cornelius, sons
of Mr.. John King, of Folsom, aged respect.
lively ten and twelve years, were drowned in
the American river on the 20th while bath
ing. 1t happened thus the older boy could
swim and dive, the younger could not; the
elder, James. was in the act of dressing, after
coming out of the water, when he beheld his
brother, who was sitting on a rock at the
waters edge, slide into the river at point
where the water was very deep. He imme
diately jumped in to rescue him, and was
seen near the shore with his brothers. finger
in his mouth, and struggling to drag hin,
out in that manner. SO as to have free use Of
his arms, but as he nearcd the edge he was
so much exhausted that the current swept
both from time to eternity. The bodies were
recovered n short time after the occurrence Of
the sad disaster.
Year: 1866

EXTRA SEssIoN.-Read the following from
the Marysville Appeal. The Appeal is q
convert from the waiting process" to the
acting:


We suppose that Governor Low will soon
call an extra session of the Legislature for
the purpose of passing the proposed Amend
ment to the Constitution. Every member OF
either House is fully advised of the sole OBJ.
ject of the special meeting. When they meet
will majority remember the maxim THAT
honesty is the best policy?" We warn our
Representatives Of the danger as we'll as the
ture, when it meets, can SO conduct its busi-
ness as to win the respect of our opponents
as we'll as the commendation Of the whole
Union Party. If a special session assemblies
there will be but one single act to perform
vote for and pass the Amendment. That
done the Legislature should possess the
stamina to adjourn.


We did think it was wise to wait and
ascertain whether the vote of California
would be needed to ratify the Amendment
But this policy will not do because other
States might follow our precedent. In such
a contingency there would be IL failure of the
Amendment. The latest kilograms allow US
to infer that Tennessee has adopted the
Amendment; and this fact brightens oul
hopes of final success. Let the special ses
sion be held, and let every Union member
understand that the future success of the
Union Party depends in great measure upon
the wise action of the majority.
Year: 1866

SOCIAL AMENITIES IN ILLINoIs.-The
Lawrencevile Illinois, Globe is responsible
Tor the following:


"About seven miles north Of this city
couple of our citizens called at house for
dinner. Just before they took their seats Mt
the table, the gentleman cf the house and
his wife got into dispute. ard to end the
matter he knocked her down with his list
In moment she took chair and in return
knocked him down, and directly after they
took their seats at the table and eat their
dinners together as though nothing bad hap
psned."
Year: 1866

NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION. =" NJ
policy" requires the sanction of National
Union Convention, and hence the edict has
gone forth headed by such unprincipled dem.
agogues as Randall, Doolittie and the Bair.,
men who never rest, in Office or out-men
Of talent, too, but sach talent The move is
sanctioned BY every anti Union paper in the
land; and yet the half fedged Union sheets
on this coast are trying to persuade their
readers that the Convention is to be com 8.
posed of genuine Union men who endorse
"my policy" Could there be greater non
sense? There are not enough of the latter
class throughout the land to crowd a third
class hotel in the city of Philadelphia, were
they all assembled there. Will such writers
never learn that the people are not fools?-we
mean Union people. of course, for the other
side have given too much evidence of weak
ness of intellect to make refutation possible.
Give it up, and call your mongrel assemblage
by some name that will indicate its antago.
nism to decency.
Year: 1866

REGIsrRY-We gave notice last week that
Judge Bush and County Clerk Mcdonald
would hold session every Tuesday evening.
from to 9 o'clock, for the benefit of natu-
rallied citizens. We desire now to state, for
the information of those concerned, that for
eign born citizens who have their papers have
no occasion to 60 before the Judge, bat n ay
proceed at once to the Clerk and be register
ed with the same facility as if native born.
Those who have not their papers must &c
before the Judge, who will hear their cases at
any time
Year: 1866

FURNACE AND FoUNDRY.-The Independent
suggests that furnace end foundry be erect
ed at Red Bluff to work the extensive iron
beds of Shasta county. The idea is valuable
for its novelty, if for nothing else, and shows
the enterprise of the editor. Why not advo-
cate at that rara auis Of a town hydraulics
to wash the hill diggings of Shasta county :
1t would pay equally as well. and be more
feasible
Year: 1866

ANOTHER MAN DEGRADEs HIMsELr-The
facts of most painful instance of mans in
humanity have just come to our know ledge,
and while we withhold the name of the cul
prit, we dos,, not out of any regard for him,
but for the future of his family, who are the
innocent sufferers by his great wrong. The
man is engaged in lucrative business, and
is seen daily at the public places, from
whence he would be expelled if the full ex.
tent of his baseness was known. 1t appears
that about six years ago his partner in bust
ness died, leaving an only child, a girl of
thirteen, to the tender mercies of world
that cares for only those who care for them
selves. On the fathers deathbed. the part
ner promised to be protector to the orphan
child, and for a time he fulfilled his promise
He took her to his home, and, being child
less himself, adopted the helpless child, who
soon came to look upon him in the light of a
father. She was sent to school and educated
and gave promise of being a fine girl, and
her adopted mother fairly dotted on her. A
fortnight ago, the child. now grown into a
woman of seventeen, disappeared from the
household. and failed TO return The hus-
band queted the anxiety of his wife by
stating that he had placed the matter in the
hands IF the Police force, who would exert
all tuclT CuQcttOTS W UISCDNCT ucF WucTc
abouts. After a week had elapsed, the wife
happened to ask the officer (whom her hus-
band had said was engaged in the matter)
if he had made anv discoveries, and then
learned for the first time that he had been
misleading her. The officer then getting a
clew of what had transpired. followed it up,
and found the girl at private lying-in es-
tablishment in this city. He then informed
the wife, and placed her in communication
with her adopted daughter. 1t was then dis.
covered that the girl was enciente, having
fallen into the snares laid for her by the man
who had adopted her as his daughter. There
is no law in California by which the seducer
can be punished; but if there be retributive
justice. he deserves to receive it in the fullest
and broadcast extent; and the earnest prayer
of every one will be that his sleep NAV al
ways be troubled with dismal dreams of the
punishments that awaits him, and his
thoughts in his waking hours the subject ol
selfreproach.- Call.
Year: 1866

HIcHLAND.-This company have not only
struck their ledge in a new place, where it
shows great wealth and permanence, but
have also struck sluce head of water which
is of great value to the company, as hereto.
fore they have not been able to run their
machinery in the dry season for want of a
supply of that element.
Year: 1866

The jury of inquest, convened by Coroner
Lynch for the purpose of inquiring into the
cause of the death of the Chinaman found
murdered at Murderer's Gulch, last week,
rendered verdict that deceased came to his
death by some person or persons to them
unknown