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Year: 1866

New INvENTI0N.-Through nothern exchanges
we learn that important invention has lately been
announced which if it proves to be successful in its
practical operation, as is claimed it will likely


utoni3e the age of steam and become the wcndcr Of
the world 1t is 'sSteam Moter" invented by Mr.. d.
Danorh Of Geneva, Illinois. 1t has already attracted
the attention Of wealthy capitalists who have estab
liahed a company Of two millions capital fer its intro
duction correspondent of the Boston Couier gives
tue best description of it that have seen. He says
tile machine is described hollow lion sphere, p
inches thick with dimeter Of 30 by p inches, fiat


tened at the top and bottom so that it may be placed
over small stove or CRATE. A common I inch gas
pfrc is placed inside the globe running to within few
inches Of The bottom and ending in a small ball or
sprinkler perforated with forty small holes table
spoonful Of water is put in this sprinkler and the fire
is buiIg under the globe The water in the sprinkler
becomes hot and the sprinkler is soon surrounded by
super-heaca vapor, into which the water is spurted
becoming heated steam before it can reach the sur
rounding sphere. This squirting Or eecment Of water


from the pipe, is repeated as soon as q revolution Of


the engine attached has consumed the steam Ustnadc
aud the engine ITSELF FIVE horse power with cylinder
Of i've inch bore and piston eight inches long, Is
propelled with force OF engine Of fifteen horse
rover with pressure of enc hundred and thirty
pounds 1t is estimated that forty per centum in fuel
may be saved by this mode of generating steam. The
objection that the iron globe cannot be sufficiently
durable to make this invention as desirable and
successful as could be wished is answered by the
ton that it has been tested and found be durable
as the common boiler. Should this new invention
prove to be practicable represented, and we see
10 reason to doubt it, it will work entire change in
motive power 1t is imposibeto calculate the benefits
likely accrue from it. particularly in long rouc5
where fuel is scarce, and in shallow streams where light
draught boats are desderaum.
Year: 1866

n EFERRINCf our old friends and customers and all


L &, others who may favor with their patronage,
70 the above card would call their attention to the
fact that extensive brick Warehouses have storage
Year: 1866

The publication is made, apparently by
authority, in the National Republican of this
morning, that the President is necessarily
engaged upon important public matters, pre-
paratory to the early assembling of Congress,
and will have no time, until after the meeting
of that body, to give the slightest attention
to applicants to Office. All such matters are
referred to the heads of the different Depart
ments. Office-seekers and their friends can
save themselves much time, labor and ex-
pense by acting upon the above hint, and
will relieve the President from the unpleas-
ant necessity of declining to entertain and
examine their applications. 1t is a physical
impossibility for him to prepare his message
and at the same time transact the detail bus
mess appropriately belonging to his Cabinet
Ministers. y Wash. Cor. NJ Y Times.


We are glad to find the President Is not
disposed to trouble himself about office-seek-
ers. It is also stated that he has ceased to
remove Radicals from Office. Every true
man in the whole country would hail with JOY
President Johnson's cordial cooperation
with the great and patriotic party that elec
ted him.
Year: 1866

On Saturday incoming last we had smart
sprinkle ofsnow in this section, and on Satur-
day night ice formed an eighth of an inch in
thickness.


The present Fall has been remarkable
fine season for farmers Charlotte Demo-
crdt
Year: 1866




A TOUCHING WAR INcTDENr.-W. H. Rus
sell, in letter to the London Times, describ-
ing the dreadful battle of Sadowa, in which
the Austr;ans we're slaughtered by thousands,
ays:


On one part of the field Prussian general
with his staff was burying his son. who had
fallen in the attack on the Austrian right.
Close BY. the wife of a private soldier, who
had found her husbands body on the field
had it buried by some soldiers. had hung
some oak branches on the little wooden cross
at the head. and was sitting on the freshly
turned earth sobbing her eyes out. with his
shattered helmet in her lap. She had fol-
low his regiment in order to be near him from
the beginning of the campaign. through all
the long marches the army had made.
Year: 1866

Calayeras is destined, at no distant day, to
become one of the greatest wine-producing
counties in the State. Her soil and climate
appear to be admirably adapted to the culti-
walton of the vine. and when proper care and
attention are paid to them, no difficulty is
experienced in raising large quantities of
grapes. There is scarcely ranch in the
county but what has vineyard. and some
of them are acres in extent. For the past
three years the quantity of wine manufac-
tured in this county has doubled each sea-
son; and this year more will be made than
has been produced during the three previous
years. Raising grapes for wine has been
found to be the most profitable branch of ag-
riculture in the mining counties. and ranch
ers, generally, are turning their attention in
that direction. California wines are coming
extensively into use in the Atlantic States,
and, wherever they have been introduced,
have invariably superseded all other varie-
ties. The only objection urged against it. is.
its lack of age; but as the consumption is
not equal to the production, this evil will be
remedied in few years. Champagne has
been manufactured in some of the lower
counties which it is said will compare favor
ably with the best French brands. There
are no reasons why California wine should
not be as good, if net better than those of
any other country on the face of the globe.
Nowhere do vines appear to flourish so we'll
and produce such immense quantities of the
choicest varieties of grapes as on the Pacific
coast. To be sure we have not had the ex-
perience in wine making, and are not so pro-
ficient in the art of manufacturing as they
are in some of the older countries; but We
are steadily advancing in that respect, and
the wine produced this year will be superior
to that hitherto manufactured. Brandy is
also being distilled to considerable extent.
Seventy thousand gallons were made in Los
Angeles county alone, last year. 1t is brought
into competition with so much imported
needle-gun whisky, however, that the low
price which it commands is discouraglng to
the manufacturers. Notwithstanding the
exceedingly high tariff imposed on imported
liquors, labor Is SO much cheaper in Europe
than it is here, and our people have acquired
such a taste for everything French" that it
enables foreign producers to successfully
compete with home manufacture. When the
American people become sensible enough to
use pure California liquors, at two dollars
and half per gallon. in preference to i'm
ported poison at six. the value of the wine
and brandy exported from this coast will be
fully equal to the worth of the grain annual,
ly shipped.
Year: 1866

INTEMPBRANcE IN SAN FRANcIsco.-The
CaH asserts that 'of the total population of
the city. at least 1000 live by the liquor
BUSINESS that there is liquor shop for each
twenty-four adult white inhabitants of the
city that over 10000 of the people live by
occupations which produce nothing which
add nothing to the wealth of the country"
Year: 1866

FExIANs.-Cahada is terribly frightened
in the anticipation Of another raid by the
Fenians. who are said to be somewhat nu
merous in the northern part of Vermont. All
persons suspected of sympathizing with them
are placed under arrest, and the military are
preparing to repei the invaders when that
calamity takes place.
Year: 1866

Observation-Disclosures, lately destroyed
by tire, is being SO rapidly rebuilt that the
mills cannot supply lumber for the demand.
A good many fire-proof builings are taking
the place of old wooden traps.
Year: 1866

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


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


ssOUlCK SALES
Year: 1866

Nothing can he more productive Of cure than
these Pills. Their almost magic influence is iel:
at once; ard the usual concomitanls Of this most
distressing disease are removed. These remedies
are made from the purest
Year: 1866

Mr. Robertson, mail agent on the Allan
tic and Great Western railroad, between
this city dayton and Cleveland, related to
us. Yesterday. strange item about far
mer who prevented a terrible disaster from
occurring on that road, near Mansfield,
Ohio, at tie time of the recent general
freshet. We had before seen paragraph
relating to the singular affair." Mr.. Rob
ertson conyersed with the farmer, and here
is the story in short:


The farmer, Pennylvanian, went to-
bed during the heavy and prostrated storm
on Monday night, and dreaming that the
fill across chasm some hundred feet deep
had given way under a passenger train, and
and let it down in the abyss, he sprBg up
to render assistance to the passenger, ran to
the door, and was Fastening frcm his house,
when his wife awenkened him. He related
his dream and went to bed again, but Sept
little more during the night. TIE dream
made such deep impression upon his mind
that he fastened TO the chasm the next
morning to see what condition it was in; but
the road was apparently all right. although
the water was pouring and surging through
the culvert beneath as though it would wash
the earth away Tuesday night the farmer
could notrest for thinking about his dream
of the preceding night, and getting up he
procured his lantern and hurried off to the
chasm. When he arrived there he found
to his terror, that the huge fill had been
washed out, leaving nothing but the unsup.
ported ties and track over the chasm
Hearing ,he train laundering toward des
trrction me- FORMER clambering across the
dreadful break, and running down the roac
some distance, he sighalled the approaching
train to stop And SO short was the tim,
that by the time the engineer was able tt
"hold up, the er gine was but few fee
from the chasm. +,


The train was large, and was filed will
persons who had been to the great Uniol
meeting at Mansfield. What narrcy
escape they all made from horrible death
For the train would have plunged down tn
irightful rrecipice. car upon car, crushing
all to death in ruins. The passenger a
once evinced their gratitude to their preser
yer, the Pennsylvania, by making him VI
handsome sum of money.
Year: 1866

AGE OF SHEEp--How DETERMINED. A.
The age of sheep may be known BY the
front teeth. They are eight in numbef4
and appear all Of size In the second
year the two middle ones fall out, and their
place is supplied by two large ones. III
the .h,rd year a small tooth on e1ch side.
In lhe fourth year the large teeth are six in
number. In the fifth year the whole iioi,t
teeth are large. In the sixth year the
whole begin TO get worn. In the seventh
year the whole fall out or are broken. Ii
is said the teeth Of ewes begin to decay Ut
five or six; those Of wethers at seven.
Year: 1866

V CHILD DEvoURED BY AN ALLIGATOR.
A Texas paper says child was lately de-
voured by an alligator near Galveston, in
full view of its father, who was unable TO
save his little daughter The monster was
afterward shot and the remains Of the child
recovered.
Year: 1866

A CLERICAL JoKE.-Somc time since,
one of the most popular clorgymen in this
vicinity mad an exchange with pastor of a
church some dozen miles away, and feeling
the need of exercise, started on Saturday to
walk to his appointment. He was.well on
his way at noon, and feeling an unusually
good appetite, he halted at a wayside ia. m
house and asked the GOOD lady if she would
give him dinner. She very prudently re.
ierred him to her husband, who was dig
ging potatoes in field near by, and in ap-
plying to him the clergyman said he wfq
willing to work to pay for his dinner and
picked up hoe did his row in good style
til! they were summoned to the house. :
The farmer had had observed that the
stranger could handle hoe, and being
short of help he suggested, after dinner
that he would be glad to hire him to help
complete the harvest. The clergymcn said
he did not know as he could leave other
engagements, but if no one else was cngag-
ed, the farmer might writel to him in a
week or so, and he should have an answer
The farmer agreed, and asked for his ad-
dress, and was told to direct to- Rev. Mr.
-, Of. The astonishment of the
worthy couple can be imagined, and their
apologies were far more profuse then cohe-
rent. The clergyman declared no apology
was necessary, and after inviting his new
friends to attend church and. hear him
preach next day, he went on his way


Worcester Spy
Year: 1866

STRAGE FREAK OF A LUNATIC-A TER
RIBLE RIDE ON A LOCOMOTIVE. - AT
four o. clock this morning yard-master in
the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad,
at this place. saw q man on an engine that
had steaem up standing on the track ready
to go ont. 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 of the main
track, and starting northward at a terrific
rate Of speed A brakeman and fireman
were lying asleep on the engine wi en- it
started. They awoke to find themselves
flying away with all the speed of the wind,
and a stranger at the engine. On examina-
ton they found him to be drunken stone
mason of this city, named Fitzpatrick, who
has been raving with deljriun, trenens re-
Gently. The two m IN were at first appalled,
with terror. They appealed to the mad
man to stop, but he he needed them not,
and drove the engine faster and faster. lie
sounded the whistle at Central City, the
first station north but did not for moment
decrease the frightful velocity of the engine
at the junction Just above Central City the
whistle shricked again. and the engine sped
like a cannon ball toward Sandovai. The
situation was now becoming fearful peril
Gus, wheir the brakeman seized a piece OF
coal ana hurled it at the desperate maniac;
He then turned upon the brakeman and
fireman. One them struck him with
sledge, hammer, and after a struggle he was
secured. The engine was speedily reversed
and brought back to this ely Ceatrd(td
tH0 Cor. Chicago Times.
Year: 1866

a BEAvE BoY.-Two little childreu OF b. L.


Wood, or Taunton, Mass boy aged eight and
q little grl-were riding In a chaise the other
day. when the horse switched the reins from,
the hands OF the boy and started of on the
jump. The daughter jumped out. but the lit
tie chip OF a boy climed by the dasher On iii he
reached the hack strap Of the harness, and
worked himself along the shaft until he noun
ted the horse. and seizng the check rein. drew
him mp beside n fence and stopped him The
horse being All the time on the run. this was a
remarkable exploit for a lad whose weight AS
forty six pounds. On being Questioned. he
said he Gould not discover anything 70 be
afraid Of .-rrf s.- Fl. = =
Year: 1866

SoRA AND OTHER GANE.-Sora were sell
ing in the First Market yesterday morn
ing at forty cents per dozen. These deli
ciouS birds have not yet commenced COM
ing in very plentifully, although they are
said to be quite abundant in the marshes
below Richmond; and those We saw in mar
kct yesterday were fat and in good order.
Indeed, from all quarters we hear of An
abundance of game, and sportsmen may
prepare themselves for most profitable
season. Partridges, foxes, and old hares
were never so numerous large numbers
of deer are reported in the forests, and in
the lower counties the call Of the wild
turkey is heard in every thicket. What
may be the cause Of the profusion of game
we need not stop to inquire; but it comes
almost as opportunely as did the mamma in
the wilderness, and will materially aid In
feeding the hungry.
Year: 1866

TEnPERANcE.-It is gratifying to know
that all the divisions of Sons of Temperance
in the city are in hourishing condition,
even though the liquor business has not
fallen off to any considerable extent. The
members of Springfield Division contem-
plate having public demonstration at an
early day, but have not yet definitely deter
mined upon the mode or time. There are
now seventeen divisions in the State Of Vir-
pinia, all of which have been re0rganized
since the close of the war and the pros
pects of the Order are highly encouraging.
Besides this, the Friends of Temperance, a
comparatively new Order, are lsboring
zealously and successfully in the good cause.
May both 60 on "conquering and to con-
uupru
Year: 1866

How CANE IT THERE I'm excavatiDg
the tunneIfor the railway connection, the
workmen discovered o piece Of pine bark,
in good state of preservation, embedded
in the soil some twenty-f feet below the
surface. The thing itself was neither rich
nor rare, but the question is, how the deuce
did II get there
Year: 1866

NOVELTY IN THIEyING.--The dcpravcd
juveniles in the upper part of the city have
inauguratcd a new system of robbery,
which, if not checked, may prove rather
troublesome to propcrty-owners In that
quarter. They manage to effect an en-
trance into some unoccupicd house, and
purloin everything made of brass that they
can lay their hands upon-bell-khobs, pen
dants, and brackets of the chandeliers, and
all such articles are taken possession OF
and carried away by these roguish young
stcrs and if they find it a difficult matter
to unScrcw them, they violently wrench
them from their iastcnings, thus inticting
considerable damage upon the property
they leave behind. This plumber adds
something to their stock in trade, and they
find ready purchasers among some of the
Junk dealers in the city. There is no
doubt that the establishment of junk shops
in Richmond has made n rogue of many an
honest boy, who before had no temptation
to steal; for it was no easy matter to turn
the proceeds into ready money. Our re-
marks, be it understood, do not apply to all
the junk dealers, for there are unlucstiona-
bly some who do business "on the square ;"
but to those only who encourage the boys
and negroes to steal by purchasing their
old iron and brass without asking any ques-
tionS. On the whole, the junk shop is an
institution of no especial advantage I" our
city; but having already become n fix
turc," we imagine it would he rather
difficult task to break it up.
Year: 1866

THE RAILWAY CONNECTIoN.-Altho Though
this work was commenced only about six
weeks ago. it has already progressed so far
as to give promise OF its completion at an
early day. The excavation for the tunnel
on Byrd street has been completed from
Fifth to Fourth and from Third to Second
street, and yesterday the workmen COM
menccd breaking ground between Fourth
and Third streets. This tunnel, ut its
deepest excavation, measures about thirty
seven feet, and is cut through a hard soil
mixed with gravel and Fullcr's earth. That
portion of the brick work which has been
laid for the arch is done in the most com
pact and substantial manner. This arch is
to be fifteen feet high in the clear inside
From point about midway between First
and Foushee streets to some distance be-
yond, the cars will run over treStlcwork,
with firm brick foundations, which is al.
ready in an encouraging state of forward
ness. The bricks used are made in Rich
mond, and are hard and well calculated for
enduring service. Nearly 100 hands and a
large number of horses and mules are en-
ployed upon the work. Mr.. n. b. Shcp-
pard, who occupied similar position Oh
the Blue Ridge tunnel, is superintendent
of the brick work, and Mr.. Rice Of the car
pcntry and trcstlcwork and both branches
thus far reflect much credit upon theil
skill and judgment. The tunnel is well
worth visit from any person who feels al
interest in such matters.
Year: 1866

AcCIDENT.-Ycsterday morning, small
boy, in dumping cartload Of dirt in the
ravine at the northern terminus of Fifth
street, backed his horse too far, and over
the whole concern went. Consequence
cart broken all to pieces and horse badly
criDpled.
Year: 1866

Distribution Is made IN the following manner


CERTIFICATES naming each article and its
VALUE are placed in SEALED ENVELOPES,
which are well mixed. One OF these Envelopes,
containing the Certificate or Order Tor some
Article viii be delivered at our office or sent BY
mail TO any address without regard TO choice on
receipt OF 25 cents -,


ON receiving the Certificate the purchaser will
see what Article II DRAWS, and Its value, And
can then send ONE DOLLAR and receive the
Article named or can choose ANY OTHER one
Article on our List Of the same value


~ Purchasers OF our SEALED ENVEL'
OPES may in this manner obtain an Article
MOkTh IRON or L. WV hINpkED DOLLARa
Year: 1866

EFFECTS OF THE New ORLEANS RIor.--It is
true that the blood of martyrs is the seed of the
church The Bulletin, commenting on the New
Orleans riot, and reviewing its effects, says :


Northern people have been tolerant to the rebels
to fault. They permit men Of this class to go
and come whenever they please throughout the
country filing places of honor and profit, but
in the South how different affairs ! It is not
safe for a man born north of . Mason and Dixon 5
line" to live in. certain sections Of the lately
rebcllious States, even should he keep his mouth
slut.~EEc~ must 90 farther than this he must
decaim against the North or there is actual dam
ger that he will be assassinated. This condition
of things must be changed. The people are so
overwhelmingly opposed to permitting vIolences,
that all excesscs must react against the South
This very breach Of the peace will cause thou
sands of voters to 20 to the polls at the ap-
preaching Congressional election in the North
ern States, and vote for the most radical candi-
dates to represent them in the National Councils.
who would perhaps otherwise have staid at home,
or voted for persons of conservative feelings
In national point of view there has been moth
inc lost by TIE violence committed at New Or
leans for it will cause many well-neaning men
to stop ard reflect upon the consequences of a
too hastv reconstruction of the Southern States.
They will most likely arrive ut the conclusion
that the country has made concession quite rs
fast as is conducive to the public good.
Year: 1866

GREAT WANT TO BE SUPPLIED.-San Fran
cisco capitalists have organized company which
will Immediately erect another paper mill at San
Ia Cruz. 1t will prove mine Of wealth to the
projectors, even if they sell paper at from % to
80 per cent. cheaper than we are now paying for
the Eastern manufactured article
Year: 1866

An act for the Relief of William B. Dodd


and others.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri-
ca in Congress assembled, That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,
directed to pay out of the appropriation to
complete the road from Mendoza to the Big
Sioux River, contained in the act approved
March third, eighteen hundred and fifty five,
entitled An act making appropriations for
the support of the army for the year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
ffty-six, and for other purposes" into the