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Year: 1866

thousand children who are attending schools at the South, and that an immediate withdraw al of these agents, or failure on their part to uphold and defend tbis pioneer educational movement, would result fatally to the schools, or at least postpone for years any geuelal edu cational system.

 s9 The Chicago Tribune says 'With re- gari to spring wheat our advces neady all go to indicate heavy yield and excellent quality In Iowa the crop is reported to be better in all respects than ever before, and we have very little complaint as to condition from any quar- ter. The harvesting of spring wheat has com menced in various portions of Illinois, and there are some fears expressed regarding the effect of the recent rains but there is not much | room for doubt that, should the weather change for the better, the crop will be large and good. For several years past the spring wheat in many portions of Nortbern Illinois has been rather uncertaisi as regards quality and yield 1; but this year we have less com pIaint than usual. Although our advices from Wisconsin and Minnesota are not of SO recent date as those from Illinois, we have every reason to believe that the crop of spring wheat in those States will be heavy, both as regards quality and yield. The recent rains cannot have affected the crop in those States as in Illinois and Indiana because it is generally a two. or three weeks later. On the whole, therefore, it is probable that the crop of spring wheat will be unusually heavy and of good quality 94 -: sIo The corn crop will be enormous. Nothing can prevent this but very early frost The re- ports from nearly all portions of Illinois and Iowa are of quite glowing character Should We have no frosts to damage it before the 18th of August. the West will probably see the best corn ever raised.

 The crop of oats is unusually heavy, and it

 is mostly harvested and saved. In some por- tions the crop is enormous. l.a.i.f 'e |. The barley crop, always an uncertain crop in the Northwest, is reported to be better than

 for five or six years; but we fear the recent | rain may have stained the crop somewhat and

 damaged it. Of this, however, we have DO in- formation. It IS generally harvested and the quality and yield are said to be satisfactory | The rye crop is heavier than usnal, and ii 6

 quality is good beyond doubt It is general

 y harvested, and we hear of no complaint as

 to damage by recent rains

 On the whole the people of the Northwest i have reason to be grateful to Providence for

 the abundant yield of cereals with which they

 are likely to be enriched. There IS but little

 in the crop reports thus far to cause alarm

 but much to encourage anu stimulate to great

 endeavors hereafter. The Northwest will have

 corn enough alone to feed the armies of Eu- rope should they keen fighting till l267 '
Year: 1866

The County Superintendent has placed
upon our table. for public examination,
Ciark's new school geography-a work
adopted for the schools of California by the
State Board of Education. No one. having
any taste for geographical knowledge, can
fail of being pleased as well as instructed by
an examination of the work. Since the book
has been made one of the State series of text
books, the schools of our county should IN
troduce it as speedily as possible, in place of
Warren.s intermediate, which is now>in use.
Year: 1866

THE FLAG is TO be trusted aea
true Union paper without deceit
which no motive of interest can
turn from-i'scours and which
cannot be swayed by favor or in
timidated by threat. Iii is a first
class journal, and ought TO re-
ceive the hearty support of the
true Union men of San Francis
CO and the interior,-StocktOn
Year: 1866

In recent speech made by the rebel Cop
perhead, HENRY A. WISE, of Virginia, we
find the article of the party creed which re-
pudiates the paramount authority of the
United States Constitution and Government
announced in the following terms:


/" You might call him the father Of rebels,
if you pleased, but he (the speaker) was alive
to defend the dead against the charge Of either
treason or rebellion. A little further, he re-
marked that there was no power on earth
which could make him move one step from
old Virginia. He had made no confessions
and taken no test oath, and there was no
power which could make him take one. He
was no traitor; that he could swear Lefore
high heaven. If he were one he should de-
serve to be shot He had taken no oath of
allegiance, for he was no foreigner to be nat
uralized. For two centuries his forefathers
had lived in the old Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia and their bones rested in her soil. He
then asked how many of the foreigners who
were present at the surrender Of the Confed-
ate army at Appomattox Court House could
say that What he said only proved the truth
Of the three lines Of political wisdom written
by William Penn, according to whom the
form of government was but an inferior
coHsiueIdtioH TIE WoFSt Iofm III Boou HanuS
being almost as good as the best form in bad
hands being almost as bad as the worst. He
claimed to have always had the highest re-
gard for the Constitution Of the United
States, and said that when the Government Of
the United States called upon him to suppress
insurrection, and, on the other hand, his State
called upon him to repel invasion, it was sim
ply conflict of sovereignty. and he was not
responsible for his acts, individually, in obey
ing the voice Of his State"


Such is not only the creed of WISE, but of
LEE and STEPHENS and the entire population
of ex-rebels in the South, and of their "non
coercion : confederates in the North.
Year: 1866

Special Report ON the Health or JeG


Davis


FORTRESS MONROE May Is.
1t is authoritatlvely understood here, as the
result of Secretary McCallochs last visit
that President johnson has directed the
surgeon of the post to make a special report
on the health Of jeff Davis.
Year: 1866

cause Of the country. You will find him
firm and immovable in the right, and my
word for It, he viii never be coaxed or driven
from the course he hes marked out, what
ever may happen. [Applause.l have an
abiding confidence in the people, who are
now involved in a political revolution, and
trust to their patriotism and integrity to
carry them safely through, for they have
as leader that tried and true man, Andrew
johnson. Applause
Year: 1866

UsEFUL HINT TO HoUsEEEEPERe.-A An
article in a late English magizine. on
the subject Of the fracture Of polished
glass surface, gives this interesting and
useful item Of information:


cit is a fact known to the philosopb
ical-instrument makers, that if a wire
be drawn through a glass tube, a few
hours aiterwsrd the tube will burst in
10 fragments. The annealed glass tubes
used for the water-gusges of steam
boilers are sometimes destroyed in this
way, after forcing a piece of cotton
waste through them, with a wire. for
the purpose Of cleaning the bore. This
will not occur If a piece of soft wood
Is employed. The late Andrew Ross
informed me that on one oecasiopI
late 5ne evening, he lightly pushed a
piece OF cotton wool through a nuuabe d,
of barometer tubes, witha piece of cane.
for the purpose Of clearing out any par
tioles Of dust The next morning he
found the tubes broken up into snail
fragments, TIE siiceous coating Of the
cane proving as destructive as he had
previously known wire to be"


In these times when glass lamp-chin-
neys are IN such vide use, it is Of no L.
Importance that this fact should e
made known. Thousands of persons
who have been in the habit Of using
wire, tshle-iorks, and a variety of me
tallic articles IN the washing of these
chimneysi VIII, ia the above stated fact
find the reason Of their ohimneys 80
often swapping 10 pieces on A glass
lamp
Year: 1866

created condition of intimate family
relations, that up to this day have
had marked importance in the com
position of our society, The African tribe
called the Jaloffs, have by no means the gross
or common features of the Congo nations on
the contrary among the men as well as the
women Of that denomination, physlognomes
will be found with most distinguished facial
features, and were it not for the color OF the
skin. and the woolly nature of the head cover
ing their faces would not be otherwise than
pronounced as of Greek or Roman mould,
and Of most exquisite chiseling. Hence it is
that very often such selections, having been
made by men high in authority the offspring,


particularly in the female line, continued to
possess particular chances Of favor by these
same classes Of people just enumerated; and
this was the state Of the case even Until the
time of the advent of the American rule.
Now, our readers will perceive how necessary
it may have been, at the time Of Governor
Miro's Bando Of Buen Goyierno, to rebulze not
only this class of females that thus attracted
his particular notice, but the whole class Of
white protectors who had taken under their
especial fayoritsm this illegitimate offspring
of the most in huential classes Of the city
population, bot h by their standing and mer-
camille or official Importance, over the rising
colonial country population.
Year: 1866

The police Of the Second District picked up on
the levee, last evening, an unknown white man.
who was 50 severely beaten that he was unable to
tell his name. OF course, he could not give the
names Of his assaiIants, or describe how his mis-
fortune occurred. He was taken to the Charity
Hospital.
Year: 1866

The grand jury of the parish have found bill
Of Indictment against Acting Recorder Cunning
ham, Of the Second District, for falsely iu1prison-
ing Captain George Heaten, on the 2lst inst
without cause or provoeation, and without any
charge being made against him. ....
Year: 1866

The REPORT IS TRUE.-It is really fact that
Moody has received new lot of his splendid
shirts and furnishing goods, and that he will con.
tinue to sell them at the same low prices as for
merly. See his advertisement.
Year: 1866


Honorable Directors ofthe Atlantic Company
congratulate You on the successful completion
Of telegrapiic communication between ireland and
New Foundiand and hope, within two weeks from
this time to inform you that he cable of last year
has been recovered, and that the second line is in
operation across the Atlantic. / assure you that
all on board the telegraph feet will do all they
can to accomplish this object.
Year: 1866

PORCELAIN BuTToHs.-The man ufacture OF
porcelain buttons is an extensive branch Of in
dustry In France, and is carried on by q pro.
cess very similar TO that OF making earthen-
ware: They are made Of clay, being moulded
andthen partially baked in q furnace. AFFAIR
wards they are painted, when the coiors are
dxea BY second baking, which expells the OIL
In the paints. Then they are glazed, and nnal.
ly the metal shanks are added TO them The
division Of labor and the excellence Of the ma
chinery in one of the French button man fac
tories Is said to be such that a single workman
can daily place shanks on sOQ,OQl buttons
Year: 1866

A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Inqui.
rer states that the various speculative para
graphs published within the past week with
reference TO the trial Of JEFF. Davis are calcu-
lated TO misiead rather than enlighten the pu b..
lie mind. SO far as the President is concerned,
Jef Davis can be tried without let or hin.
drance whenever Judges Chase and Under.
wood, or either Of them, signify their readiness
to take charge Of the prisoner, who is held sub
lect to their proper legal process, a capias or
habeas corpus. or this fact both of the Judges
named, and the attorneys for the prosecution
and the defense are we'll aware.


From the highest authority learn that there
is no confiict of opinion between the attorneys
as TO the proper course to pursue. All agree
that whenever the Court is ready to try Davis
he will be delivered at once into the custody of
the United States Marshal Of Virginia, to
direSsing that the prisoner be brought before
the Court


There are but two obstacles in the wav now
to the trial Of Davis in October. The first is
found in doubt among the lawyers, and in
this the Judges are understood TO participate
as TO the legality Of the trial at the Ostooer ses
sion, because IL is not a regular term of the
Court. Because OF this doubt II is proposed
not to bring Davis TO trial until the regular
term In November.


So far as Judge Chase is concerned the same
objections are urged by him TO presiding in the
trial rs were mentioned by The Chief Justice
last spring, viz:-That he does not think it is
explicitly understood that martial law is Alb
rogated in Virginia, and hence he has advised
eno iiesiu.nt W MAKE announcer prociamauon,
making II clear that civil law is supreme in
that State. Judge Chase himself interprets the
late Peace Proclamation as the President does
viz:-That IL abrogates martial law, but on &C.
count OF The misinterpretation put upon the
proclamatton by various military command
ants the Chief Justice insists on another proc
lamation.
The foregoing embraces all we have Of an
authentic character with regard to the Davis
trial.


One Of the objections raised by the civil off,
GERS OF the United States Court, to taking the
custody OF Davis, was that they had no safe
place TO keep the prisoner. To this the Pres
ident responded that Davis could be kept in
Fortress Monroe, under the control of the
United States Marshal, with the aid Of the
military. rf s. a..#
Year: 1866

A PORTION of the mud brought up
from the bottom of the Atlantic in the
attempt to grapple for the cable year
ago, has been analysed 1t presents
such appearances as would lead to the
inference that bed of chalk is in pro-
cess of formation under that part of the
Atlantic ocean, and affords practical
Illustration of the manner of the forma-
ton of the chalk beds of the earth.
Year: 1866

ACCORDING to the internal revenue
statistics, there is now annually con-
sumed in the United States about forty
FIVE million gallons of spirituous liquors,
equal to one and a half gallons for every
man, woman and child The Wholesale
Price of the commonest article of whisky
is now in the neighborhood of two dol
lars and twenty-five cents per gallon. -
Year: 1866

POLLARD, recently under arrest for
brutally fogging his colored mistress,
speaks of General Grant in the follow
ing style: "We believe nothing in
General Grants appearance. on the day
referred to, but that he desired to make
a show of himself with the characteristic
vanity of his nature. He looked to no
construction that might be put upon his
ranging himself by the side of Andrew
johnson on that occasion He thought
only of being the observed of all OBJ
servers7-the cynosure of all eyes. He
is just the man to he jealous of the prize
beef that parades the streets decked in
yariegated ribbons, cheered by a mob of
ragged urchins. We know that he is
radical to the centre of his hard and
cruel heart, that is touched by nothing
that does not hatter his selfconceit. He
may pretend to be conservative, but he
is essentially destructive, and must be
that or nothing. 1t is fortunate for US
that we are escaping so rapidly from his
ruthless hands, and woe unto us if he
should be again put in authority over US.
Year: 1866

Bill heads are great nvenience to persons in
any kind Of trade; besides it looks business like to
them. and they are q good advertisement
We print large or small lots, on good paper, at a
very small advance on the cost of ordinary bill
paper. If
Year: 1866

The RADICALS AND THE FNANcEs.-The rad
ical leaders candidly acknowledge that their
mismanagement Of the finances has been out
rsgeous. They admit that their party would
have been broken to pieces at the close Of the
war by its financial errors alone had not the
quarrel between them and President johnson
diverted public attention from this issue .
that concerning restoration. They think that
they can raise enough noise about negro riots.
restoration and other side topics to keep the
financial question out Of the coming canvass
and carry all the Northern States. But they
forget that every voter is a taxpayer, and that
until they can keep the tax collectors out Of
peoples pockets our finances, and the blunders
and extravagances Of the radicals in man
aging them, will be the main, absorbing issue
which will prove most disastrous to them at
the polls.
Year: 1866

THE New TARIFF BnL-There appears to
be a great want of information among the
business community in relation to the passage
of the Tariff bill. According to the proceedings
Of Congress it was passed, after having been re-
ferred to Conference Committe, on the 9th
Of July, and on the following day was signed
by the President. A letter from the Secretary
of the Treasury states that the tariff does not
affect goods now in bond. The new rates will
attach to goods imported on and after the 10th
of August
Year: 1866

The Naval CosvIIcr IN THE ApRnrIc.-We
have but very imperfect information relative
TO the reported naval action between the fleets
Of Italy and Austria on the island Of Lises,
but the reports speak Of discontinue on the
part of Italy and the sinking Of the iron-platcd
frigate Re dTtalia, which was built in New
York, in 1868, for the Italian government We
do not know how many vessels on either side
were IN action but II ID pretty evident that
neither Austrians nor Italians are particularly
good sailors, and that they know very little
shout managing . ship, and still less about
fighting one. Their experience IN navigation
has been about equal, and until within few
years neither country had navy worth talking
about The whole force Of the Italian navy
consists Of about seventy vessels, Of which
fourteen are iron-clads and one an imitation
monitor. Austria boasts Of about one hundred
and ten vessels, Of which only six are IRON
plated. The maneuvrss Of their navies have
been pretty much confined 10 the little mill
pond, the Adriatic, with an occasional cruise
TO the British Channel or across the Atlantic,
few and far between.


Italy has probably discovered that she is
not much Of naval power, nor indeed. from
Year: 1866

struction Of the States concerned, place her at
the head of the German confederation and
make her great and compact Power hardly
inferior to France In population and military
strength, is very likely /; and that Austria will
be raced to second rate position can hardly
be doubted. She can only be rescued from
dissolution through the Intervention Of France,
England and Russia, in view Of the checks and
balances required to maintain the European
equilibrium. The cession Of venetia to Napo-
leon is . compliment which may thus be Of
great advantage to Francis Joseph as media
tor with Prussia, although Napoleon may
be constrained to turn over to Italy his
imperial present at less than cost. Whether
his reward as the ally Of Italy shall
be Eardinia Sicily, or the protectorate
Of Rome, and whether for his services to Prus-
STA he shall or shall not have his boundaries
enlarged to the left bank of the Rhine, will
depend as much upon the pleasure Of the Gear
as upon the gratitude of Victor Emanuel or
the promises of Bismarck. The tremendous
military energy and efficiency developed by
Prussia on the one hand, and the ominous
warnings thrown out by the Gear on the other,
lead to the conclusion that Napoleon has ceased
to be the arbitsr of Europe and that the Prus-
sian needle-gun has demolished his whole pro-
gramme Of an imperial rectifcation of the
map of Europe.


That the propositions Of peace between Prus-
sia and Austria embrace the object of
general European adjustment we cannot doubt,
and that this adjustment can be effected only
through general congress it needs no argu-
ment to show. We expect at any moment the
explanation of the peace propositions men,
toned in another despatch through the Atlantic
cable.
Year: 1866

GENERAL GRANT AND THE PREsIDENCY.-The
leading radicals of Congress are making posi-
tive statements that they will nominate General
Grant for the Presidency with some orthodox
radical whom they can trust for Vice Presi-
dent. This is proof Of their weakness before
The people. 1t is an admission that the only
way they can succeed is by securing the
prestige of Grant, and that they cannot sue
ceed in any other way.
Year: 1866

her past experience in the QuadrilaterI, very
great In the field either. 1t may do very well
for Victor Emanuel to talk big to Austria,
but ne should be careful how he carries on airs
with France, or Italy may get into trouble.
After all, perhaps, it would be better for Italy
to stick to her legitimate business. In the pro-
duction Of operas, opera singers and organ
grinders she is great power but If she goes
into the new business of settling the affairs Of
Europe she may lose her prestige, which would
be misfortune for the musical world, to say
nothing Of the impressarii.
Year: 1866

STANTON AND THE CABNET.-Thc radicals as
sert that Secretary Stanton b heart and soul
with them, and remains in the Cabinet to manip-
ulate the army in their interest. This is .
very important admission, and only proves
what we have all along said, that he will play
the same game with President johnson that he
did with Mcclellan.
Year: 1866

The CHOLERA INFECTED DIsTRIcrs.-We pub
lished yesterday map showing the cholera
infected district in Brooklyn. From it may
be ascertained the character Of the localities
In which the epidemic prevails II will be
noticed that it exists principally in the low,
marshy, dirty portions Of the city. Why is it
that these localities have been neglected in the
sweeping sanitary reforms established by the
Board Of Health? That Board has done
admirably in this city despite the opposition Of
Injunction Judges, who care more for few
votes at primary meeting Of political sharpers
than they do about the health of the city and
the lives Of hundreds and thousands of men,
women and children. These Judges are will
ing to let contagion spread provided they are
secured in their seats upon the bench. Wehope,
however, that the evil of electing Judges will
be done away with at the State Constitutional
Convention. In the meantime we trust the
Board Of Health will not relax their praise
worthy endeavors to cleanse and purify every
locality where diseases prevail or their presence
is imminent; for the next three or iour weeks
are the worst in the whole calendar Tor epi-
denies, and no exertions and no expense
should be spared to keep the city and the
entire Metropolitan Health District free from
the cholera and other direful diseases.