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Year: 1866

a newspaper correspondent describing the
costume of belle at a recent ball, says =
"Mss B., with that repugnance to ostentaN
ton in dress which is so peculiar to her sen
was attired in a simple white; lace collar
fastened with neat pearl button solitaire.
Year: 1866

order, into which they had monentarily
been thrown, and broke the shaken ranks
before they had time to reform AMI the
eagles Of the hitherto invincible Guard
were pushed backward down the slope. 1t
was then the army, seized with despair,
shrieked out. "the Guard recoil the
Guard recoil .'-and then fed in
dismaY. To see the Guard in confusion
was a sight they had never before bcheId,
and it froze every heart with terror.


For long time they stood and let the
cannon balls pass their ranks disdaining
to turn their back to the foe. Michel, at
the head Of these battalioDs, fought Ike a
lion. To every. command Of the enemy TO
surrender, he replied: The Guard dies,
but never suwenders!" and with his last
breath bequeathed his glorious motto to
the Guard He fell a witness to It's truth.
Death traYersed these eight battaIions with
such rapid footsteps, that they soon dwin-
died away to two, who turned in hopeless
daring on the overwhelming numbers that
pressed upon their retiring footsteps.


Last of all, but single battalion, the
debris of the column Of granite at Marengo,
was left. Into this Napoleon flung him
self. Cambronne, It's brave commander,
saw with terror the Emperor in It's full
keeping. He was not struggling for vic
tory; he was intent on showing how TO die.
Approaching the Emperor, lie cried out:
Retire! Do you not see that death has
no need Of you" and closing mournfully
but sternly round the expiring eagles,
those brave hearts bade Napoleon an
eternal adieu; and fi0ging themselves on
the enemy, were piled with the dead at
their feet


Many of the officers were seen to destroy
themselves rather than suffer defeat. Thus
greater even in its own defeat than any
other corps of men in gaining a victory
the Old Guard passed from the stage, and
the curtain dropped upon It's strange ca
reer. It had fought its last battle.
Year: 1866

Gold PENS.
In sclid Gold Holders.
In solid Silver Holdersl
Suitable for Ladies
Suitable for Gentlemen
Twill please the ladies and the men.
Each line they write they'll bless the pen:
The giver bless, and praise the taste
That gave for use and not for ,caste--


A Good Gold Penl
Year: 1866

An order was issued in Richmond last
spring shortly after the occupation of the city by the
Federal troops, tha no person should wear military
buttons. The order has not been very rgidly en-
forced Of late, until Monday last. when the military
guard in that city arrested quite number of persons
found wearing them, and took them to Libby Prison


where the buttons were cut of and the parties dis,
missed
Year: 1866

Men and women make their own
beauty or their own ucliness. Sir
Edward Bulwer Lvtton speaks In one
Of his novels Of @ man :. who was uc-
lier than be had any business to be =
and If he could but read it. every
human being carries h5s life in his
face, and Is good-lookiuc or the re-


verse as that life has been good or
evil On our features the fine chisel
of thought and emotion are eternaIlv


at work. Beauty is not the m0nopo-
ly Of blooming young men and white


and pink maids. There is q slow
growing beauty which only comes to
perfection in old age. Grace belongs


to no period Of life, and goodness i'm
proves the longer It exists. / have
seen sweeter smiles on a lip Of seventy
than upon lip Of seventeen.


There is the beauty Of youth. and
there Is also the beauty Of holiness


a beauty much more seldom met: and
more frequently found IN the arm
chair by the FIRE, with grandchildren
around It's knee. than in the ball
room ur promenade Husband and
wife. VINO have fought the world side
BIZ side. who have made common stock
IF JOY and s1rrow, and grown aged
together, are not nnfrequeutly found
curiously alike II personal appearance
and IN pitch and tone Of voice-just. .as


twin pebbles on the beach. exposed g
/ the same teal influences. are each
others alerego. He has gained a femin-
| inc something which brings his man
/ hood into full relief She has gained a
masculine something which acts as q
foil TO her womanhood
Year: 1866

BRIGANDAGE IN TURKEY.-An illustration of
brigandaee is reported from Gheive, near
Ismidt Turkey. A few weeks ago band, which
has long been the terror OF the district seized a
leading man OF that village, and held him in
ransom for forty thousand plastres. The money
captive to the spot indicated but, instead of the
latter being set free, the messenger was himself
seized, and further sum of the same amount
demanded for his release, failing which it was
intimated by the rufans that both prisoners
should be put to death. ThereupOn the family
set the authorities upon the track OF the band,
and party was sent in pursuit. The brigands
defeated their assailants and on the following
morning the corpses OF the two brothers were
found in the principal street of GhieYe.
Year: 1866

am informed on undoubted authority that
General Sheridan forwarded his resignation to
the President Immediately on receipt of the
order to obey the Attorney General of Louisiana.
1t was received on Friday, and was discussed at
the Cabinet meeting, aud there it was decided
TO refuse its acceptance. II is said that the
General will persist unless the Objectionable
order Is rescinded and his dispatches published
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Year: 1866

National bank circulation was issued during
the week by the Deputy Controller of the Cur
rency to the amount of S5l5, 1855, making the
total issued to date s7O49 O5O
Government Funds In the Treasury


Vaults,


The following statement exhibits the amount
of funds in the cash vault of the Treasury at the
close of vestnrday yis husiness.-
Year: 1866

REPAIRS TO HOUSES OF w WORSHiP.-One
of the sad effects of our present poverty
is tho dilapidated and rusty condition of
most Of our churches. Very few Of them
have experienced that renovation which
they 80 much needed at the close of the
war. They mostly wear that sombre as
pect which they bore during the days of
the Confederacy, when deeply afflicted
people assembled within their walls to Of
fer ul prayers for bleeding country. In
those days, all minds, all hearts were too
deeply absorbed in one thing to attend
much to the decencies of outward appear
ance. When the smoke of the conflict
blew away, and We looked around, the
city-or what was left of it-seemed old
and dirty. No new houses had been built
except such as were required by military
necessity, and not all these escaped the
fire. Some of the handsome residences
had lost their beauty for the want OF fresh
paint, and so continue to this day, because
their owners are not as they once were.
But some people had money left, or made
it, and have painted their houses. Some
congregations have, by hard efforts, reno
waited wholly or in part their houses OF
worship; but in this particular much re-
mains to be done.


We are glad to hear that the congrega.-
tion of the Third Presbyterian Church
Church Hill), through some of their dill
gent and indefatigable trustees, have been
30 far successful in raising funds that they
will begin this week, probably to-day,
course of repairs which, if suitably en-
couraged, will extend to the thorough
ipproyamant of their place of worship in
every important particular. This will be
done by painting the building inside and
out, granting the pews, and putting on new
shutter-blinds to the windows and the bel.
fry, and repairing the enclosure around
the yard. Such improvements add much
to the beauty of our city, and give one an
assurance that there is vitality and energy
among the friends of religion and virtue /;
while a neglected church is bad sign: it
indicates decentralization, and has a ten
dency to promote it by looSening the respect
of men for the sanctions of religion and
the sincerity of its professors.
Year: 1866

Prison FARE.-We had an opportunity
yesterday of witnessing the manner in
which the prisoners in the Henrico county
Jail are fed, and really, if their tabl.
P h6te is as good every day, they can find
little fault with their landlord. After the
first course, which, according to the Gus;
tom of all well-regulated hotels, consisted
of soup in its various forms, hot and cold,
thick and thin, the boarders were enter,
tained to an abundance Of fresh meat and
loaf and corn bread, which they were per-
mitted to wash down with copious draughts
of hydrant water. Many poor family
would be glad to get such fare, though
whether they would be willing to be re.
strained of their personal liberty or not
for the sake of it, is another question.
Year: 1866

NEGRO BURIALs.-The Mounted
Guard" On association Of negroes, were
out yesterday for the purpose of cscorting
to the grave the remains Of two Of their
race who had died Of cholera. The inter-
ments took place at the Mechanics bury.
ing ground.
Year: 1866

TIE CAPIroL.-It has been decided to
procure new carpet for tho hall Of the
House of Delegates, and, if the funds hold
out, one for the Senate chamber also.
The coming Legislature will find the capt.
tol as comfortable as it can be made un-
der the circumstances.
Year: 1866

Me.srs COLE TURNER have removed their news
depot to the house on Thirteenth street recently
vacated by the First National Bank. look al
their new store and their new stock Of goods on
yesterday gave US ample assurance that they In
tend to keep the public supplied with all the works
in which they deal, and as early as they are pos
sible to be had. On their counter and shelves may
be found large assortment of the monthly and
daily magazines, and periodicals of this country
and OF England. Give them call before pur.
chasing elsewhere.
Year: 1866

Whisky.fortunes.


Illicit whiskey-distilling is said to be the
money-making business now in this direc-
ton. Philadelphia is said to have from
six to eight hundred private stills in opera
ton at this time, and in one section alone
of this city there are believed to be over
two hundred. AS a small still that will
run a hundred gallons week will pay its
proprietor ten thousand dollars year in
the evasion of the duty alone, cupidity ma
turally prompts world of ingenious peo-
pie to secretly pursue the business. But
in addition to these there are the distillers
who can produce many barrel per day,
bribe the inspectors, pay the duty ON one
half and smuggle the other into trade and
consumption. Plenty of whiskey can be
quictlypurchascd for topper gallon, though
the duty alone is two dollars gallon, and
this may furnish us with some idea Of the
quantity illicitly manufactured and dispos-
ed of. We think this species of fraud is
encouraged rather than diminished by the
officers OF the government at present. They
invariably compromise all seizures and ar
rests in the premises on the payment of a
fine! Now, when the risk is so little and
the profit SO vast, it would be marvellous
indeed if the enterprise We're not under
taken by thousands, from the poor man
with his copper kettle in the cellar, to the
rich one with his huge stills and other
costly apparatus in his capacious distillery.
The new law, though, goes into operation
next Wednesday, and that compels each
distiller to pay Ave dollars day to gov
ernment inspector to watch his proceed
ings; but inspectors have both hearts and
pockets, and many of them will be selected
from gentlemen tolerably familiar with the
multiplication table. SO we may expect
lively time of it.-N. y. Sunday Times.
Year: 1866

THAT HAT.-Passing by certain saloon
on Washington street near Montgomery, our
attention was attracted by asingular looking
object within suspended by piece Of hemp
(suggestive) which in the simplicity of eur
nature, we imagined was either part of
some guerrilla chieftain the proprietor had
captured, or else the invention of some
shrewd Yankee to be used among the farm
ers of California as a scare cror, but upon
inspection we found u had served the useful
purpose of a covering for huge Gasometer
being labelled as specimen Of Siskiyou
county Democratic hat, worn by the Hon. j.
X. Luttrell The only object TO be gained
by the honorable gentleman in presenting
his . old hat for exhibition must be either
to acquire little cheap notoriety, or else to
convince the public that he deems it neces-
sary to sport a tile resembling the wearer in
one very important particular, that is in
being larger at the mouth than at the top.
unless we account for it on the hypothesis
that this aspiring, would be chieftain of the
Copperocracy of the North wishes to impress
his faithful brethern in San Francisco with
the fact that to insure success, they mus
follow his example in wearing very large
hat to conceal the very small amount o.
brains underneath, especially when they
wish to perform what is termed in Siskiyou
| Hypo, ,ntgger-bore- en-, known in this latitude
as the great equestrian feat of riding two
horses at one and the same time. Oh, shade:
of chivalryl has Democracy sank so low
that its champions are compelled to resort to
such tricks to attract public attentions ?
In the classic language of the Honorable
himself, No more such conduct as those,


Mr.. Luttrell to gull the people with. or thu
sensible portion of the Honorable Body to
which you belong, may deem it necessary tC
appoint Special Committee to ascertain
whether mistake was not committed IL
having your credentials made out for Sacra
mento instead of Stockton, or else, whether
the Sheriff who brought you and the China
man down from the county of Siskiyou, did
not commit an error in leaving you at the
State Capital instead of taking you to more
appropriate destination-the State Insane
Asylum.-Flag.
Year: 1866

We hear great complaints among the tray.
cling public, against tie repeated, persistent
violations of the road law Of this county
bitches, canals, and all kinds of break-neck
excavations are cut across the public roads
and left unbridged, just as if any one who
pleases had the right to destroy the county
roads, and thereby imperil the lives of those
who travel them. Road Overseers will do
well to read the subioined section, taken from
the road law of this county, passed in 1868:


Sec H. Any person or persons, company.
or corporation, who shall obstruct any pub
lie highway. either by placing an obstruction
therein. or by digging a canal or ditch, or
deepening the waters of any stream, and
not bridge the same the full width of the
road within twelve hours, or sooner, 1t pos
sible, by placing good and substantial tim
bers across the same. not exceeding SIX feet
apart, and planking the same with plank,
not less than three inches in thickness. un-
less permission shall have been granted by
the Road Overseer of the District to build
the bridge of less size, but in no case to be
less than sixteen feet in width. or shall neg


ect or refuse to keep such bridge across such
ditch. canal, or stream, in good repair, shall
be liable to prosecution for misdemeanor
and it shall be the duty of the Road Over
seer of the District to prosecute for such of
fence on behalf of the county and the party
offending. on conviction, shall be liable to a
fine Of not less than ten nor more than two
hundred dollars, with costs of suit, to be col
ected as other fines and he or they shall be
further liable, at the suit of the Road Over
seer of the District, in the sum of five dol
lars for each day such distractions remain
after being notified to remove or remedy the
same; and whenever any public highway is
injured by the breaking of any water ditch,
or canal, the owners thereof shall be liable
for all damages occasioned to said road by
said breaking and it is made the duty of
the Road Overseer in said District to prose-
cute said owners for all such damages; and
all moneys collected under the provisions of
this section shall be paid into the Road
Fund of said District where such obstruction
has been placed.
Year: 1866

Though the latter days of the week have
been little moist, mirky, and sometimes
rainy. we incline to the belief that the storm
of the season has passed. Yes, we rather
guess we have had it that it is numbered
among the things that were-gone into his
tory. Thinking thus we congratulate our
readers on the prospect Of prolific spring
and summer. The grain crop cannot but
be good, the gold crop is being harvested
from the placers and quartz lodes to an ex
tent far beyoud our most sanguine expecta-
tions. Those who choose to work have now
the opportunity nor need to wait for some
one to employ them. They have but to take
pick, shovel and pan. irritate and wash the
face of mother earth little, and be sure of
good wages for triHing toll. Yes, just work
enough now to keep one healthy will insure
pay to the amount of So to s. per day. 1t
is pleasant to know this can be done right
here and now, to say nothing of the great
requirements for labor that must exist after
the waters have died out and the grain har-
vest begun. Those who propose to make the
great Northeast their objective point for
summers campaign, should well consider
these things Before leaving the certainty
of good wages for year among civilized
beings at home, for an absolute uncertainty
in a barbarous, inhospitable way-of place,
where the warm season is but four months
long, balance sheet should be made and
we'll studied. We publish in to days paper
an extract of letter from one who is corral
cd in the snow at Montana, and those pro.
posing to go in the spring will do we'll to let
what the writer SAYS have full consideration
among pros and cons that present themselves
to be figured up in order to arrive at bal.
ance.


But to those who must and will go, we
have but this word of advice: Subscribe for
the COURIER before you start, SO that at the
end of a year, when you and the mines there
are played out you may be fully advised of
the existence and progress of the best mining
district yet known to man. By that time
you will need to know of rich mines afar off 4,
and the COURIER will guide you to them
and to your homes at one and the same
time. Be advised by us in this, and then go
your way, for we shall feel confident of your
future, and of having the pleasure of wei.
coming vou back Without the safeguard
We commend, why then .titre,cell, we shall
never see thy like again.
Year: 1866

INsANE.-On Sunday last j. d. Leonard
was locked up by Sheriff Hopping as insane
and liable to do himself injury. lie has long
been resident miner in the vicinity OF w his
kytown, working in Kanaka Gulch. where he
owns ditch and water right. Industrious
and frugal, he had the respect OF all who
knew him. On Sunday he came into town
bareheaded, barefooted, and without clothing
except pants and an old linen coat. 1t was
raining, and the poor man seemed worn and
fatigued. He said he had left home on Sat
urday morning, that he swan Clear Creek,
stayed in the hills all night, and the next
day made his way here. He left his cabin
because, he said, his neghbors were going to
rob him.


Drs Briceland and Shurtleff examined the
unfortunate man on Monday and Tuesday
and found him getting so mach worse that
they decided him to be fit subject for the
Insane Asylum. lie will be sent to Stockton
by Tuesdays stage.
Year: 1866

RrcrsrRY LAw-We acknowledge the
receipt of a printed copy of a bill matured by
the Senate Judiciary Committee and intro
duced into the Senate The object of the bill
is good we can understand that much by
reading the title but after that all is confu
sisn. A bill for that purpose, or any other
should be so plain and simple that a school
boy of ten years of age could read and under
stand it. So framed. the law would address
itself to the common sense of every man and
meet with approval but it is difficult thing
for men to heartily endorse anything they
cannot understand. Why cannot a law for
this purpose be framed in the language COM
mon among men, and in style common
among writers upon all subjects except a
legal one? 1t seems that when there is any
thing to be written upon law questions, or a
law is to be framed or amended, that then,
and then only, is the style cabalistic to be
resorted to and maintained. To mistify the
reader as g. the meaning of sentences. if not
aimed at, is certainly allowed in too many
instances, and the registry bill, as printed, IS
certainly a grand success in that line.
Year: 1866

UNION MILL.-This company has not dried
up; no, it is only ecetted out. That's the
reason we cannot give good reports of it. The
company's works were not prepared for the
the opening out of spring the Union will
produce results such as to make the mouths
of Shastans water. The rock is there, the
gold is there, and the means to push forward
the separation is in the treasury of the COM
pany
Year: 1866

ST. VALENTINES DAY.-On Wednesday
next the good people of Horsetown celebrate
this day by grand ball at Spencer's Hall,
the nett profits of which go to the school fund
of that district. We venture the assertion
that it will be one of the most pleasant and
profitable balls of the season. Only those who
fail to attend will feel regret.
Year: 1866

PoIosI.-The new mill on this lode will be
In operation in the course of another week.
There are other lodes at or near Muletown
that are being prospected, and it is believed
from the evidence already had. that the
Potosi is not the only rich lode in that i'm
mediate vicinity.
Year: 1866

DRowNED.-On Wednesday last China
man who was living at the mouth of Boulder
creek, ON the west side of Clear Creek, in
attempting to cross the latter stream in a
boat, was capsized and drowned.