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Year: 1866

| DANIELS CLAIM-This claim is situated


on the hill side between Shasta and the
Union mill, and about half mile from the


latter. 1t is the equal of the Bunker Hill in


novelty and perhaps in richness. Making
down from the bill is small gulch, the foot
of which, where it makes out into small
fiat, was rich in placer gold. Daniels work
ed there years ago and worked the diggings
out. He built a house above his diggings,
and in preparing the foundation he filled up
n prospect hole with the dirt thrown out
from it, In doing SO he discovered the sands
to be sparkling with fine gold. He remarked
rich ground Daniels continued to work
around wherever he could find show for
some three years-each winter his wife
dreaming that the hill at the head of the lit
tie gulch was rich. The third winters dream
determined him to try it. He went in,
sluiced off to bed rock, and in the granite
formation, interspersed with decomposcd
quartz veins, he found the gold fine and rich


lie and his partner have taken out already
sufficient, if judiciously invested, to make
them comfortable for life, and yet have made
but very small opening in the mine.--,
We were there on Tuesday last, and from
what he told us, he finds his gold as they do
in the Bunker Hill claim-in seams and
pockets where small strata of quartz have
deeomposed and left it, As Daniels lives
somewhat remote from neighbors, we sug-
gested the risk of robbers He told us he
was not fool enough to keep money where
robbers could get it, even if they killed him
they would get no reward for their crime
Year: 1866

PorosI.-The owners of this mine have SO
far failed to save the gold in their rock, the
sulphurets being of such nature as to defy
their skill. They have now secured the
services of practical mill man, who has
had considerable experience at Grass Valley,
where the rock is supposed to contain similar
sulphurets. He will have matters arranged
for trial of his skill, so as to give a result
in few days. The company are offered
sos per tun for their rock delivered at Sac
rsmento; so let the mill work as it may,
there is no great probability of its bursting
up very soon, with such offers pending.
Year: 1866

BECOMING CIvILIzED.-Some Chinese cigar
makers at the Bay City, having an eve to
business. entered into an arrangement with
a policeman by which the latter was, for a
consideration. to- dispose of one of their
countrymen engaged in the same business,
by sending him to San Quentin or killing
him-kipdly leaving the choice to the police
man. They have been arrested for conspira
Year: 1866

WANrED-In the South Fork district there
is considerable demand for quartz miners te
do underground work There is present
demand for five that we are advised of, and
the want will naturally increase. There is
talk of sending below for them if the de-
mand cannot be supplied here very soon.
Year: 1866

UNION Million Wednesday last Lar
kin & Fuller finished their contract for sink
ing a fifty foot shaft on the lode close to the
mill The work is credit to the contractors
and the mill company.
Year: 1866

RoAD.-Some weeks since, in noticing the
discovery of rich lodes of gold and silver on
the South Fork of Clear Creek, we spoke of
the necessity that existed for road direct
from Shasta to Ellsworth's s mill. Since that
time this necessity has become more appa-
rent. Already there is considerable travel
to and from that locality, and goodly por-
ton of it is composed of people living here
and adjacent. The balance is from below,
and goes from the Bluff by private convey
ance, rather than by stage to this point, and
by private conveyance hence by route SO
circuitous as to be almost equal in distance to
that direct from the Bluff. A road from
here to Ellsworth's mill, a distance of not
more than eight miles, can be made at
trifing expense. One gentleman who has
been over the ground several times. and is
good judge of the matter, says road suit
able for light travel can be built from Mule
town to the mill for $500. A like amount
would make the present direct road from
here to Muletown q good one. The ford
across Clear Greek at Muletown is good
one, and consequently a bridge would be
unnecessary until late in the fall when it
could be constructed if the wants OF travel
made it necessary. Besides being neces-
sity for Shasta. in connection with the idea
of commanding the light trade of the new
mines, the road would be great accommo-
daton to the people of Roaring River,
Janesville, Watson Gulch. and the Bald
Hills country generally, as it would shorten
their travel to Shasta some seven miles.


The business men of our town are directly
interested in this matter, and steps should
be taken at once to have survey of the
route made by some competent person, and
an estimate of the cost obtained Such
road will secure to Shasta all the travel,
light trade and express business without
it, Red Bluff will reap the harvest.
Year: 1866

reconstructed Rebel, demanding admission
to Congress Then he would have been an
object of sympathy with the very large and
more Or less influential party which regarded
with such admiration the ridiculous career
OF himself and his rum-drinking, tobacco
chewing, bond-stealing, hotel-burning, poi
SON disseminating, murder plotting com
rades. He might even have been the object
OF public meetings of sympathy-w wo
cannot doubt that resolutions of coincidence
would have been passed in his behalf by
Democratic Legislatures, but for the uniortu
nate tact that, owing TO u singular iatuity of
the Northern mind, there are no Democratic
Legislatures in existence at present But as
vagabond refugee from anxious taiors and
unfortunate wine merchants and disconso-
late landlords-as the occupant OF a debtors
cell, and the writer of pleading epistles for
sympathy-the author of the great Ostend
manifesto, and bright particular star of the
Buchanan galaxy, becomes very worthless
fellow, and we question much whether even
his recent Copperhcad associates will care to
expend their ammunition upon him. ALBANY
Egening JOurndl
Year: 1866

The LITTLE NuLAIN.-In looking over
the list OF yeas and nays on the passage OF
the Civil Rights bill in the House, previous
to the veto Of the President, we find the
name of Henry ]. Raymond among tile
missing He didn't vote on either side.
We presume he held aloof until he could
discover which way his tailor-friend the
ex-Justice of the Peace from Tennessee,
would be likely to go, so that he could CON
sisteatly hop ogsr to that side. of all the
contemplate public men now In existence
that we know of, the "little villain" of New
York is the littlest and most contemptblc.
Year: 1866

The two branches Of our Legislature having
come into collision on the subject of the Health
Commission, we judged it expedient to forbear
comment. hoping that irritation light thus be
allayed and the difference adjusted by friendly
conference aud comparison Of views. The Neu-
York Times chooses d different course, and
cOmpels us TO continue the discussion. That
journal, in lis article Of yesterday, says:


Not even The TRIrINE las ever yentured 10 nssail


The character science experience OF the -four medical
Commissioners named. Nor is I claimed that they
politicians, or conservatives. or opposed TO The wing
represented by TIE TRIBUNE"


THAT is very true. We have chosen to as
sail nobody, and have never even sought to
know aueht Of the politics Of the four gentle.
men in question. Two Of them we know per.
sOnally, and believe one Of them voted for Lin.
coin the other for Mcclellan, in GA; and we
have not shadow Of objection to either. But
we do object to little gathering Of irresponsi-
ble persons in some back parlor or Office select
ing four names from the entire medical faculty
OF our city, and saying. "TheSe shall be the
Health Commissioners: if any Others are sub
stituted, the bill shall be defeated" And that is
just what is attempted i'll the case at issue. And
We say, with all respect for the two gentlemen
named in the Senate bill whom we do as well
as to the two we don't know, that they do not
tower so far above their professional brethren
in this metropolis as to render their selection a
matter of course, or essential to the successful
working Of the measure. We have no candidate
for any place whatever under this bill-havc no
preference for any one who may or may not be
lnamed-but it seems to US obviously fair and
Just that the selection should be left with the
Governor, who will hear every one and choose
among all who may be suggested, rather than
that the selection should be arbitrarily made by
a little clique who are unknown to the public,
and act under no official responsibility. They
may have chosen unselfshly; but it is right that
their choice should be revised by the Executive
of the State who is responsible " oil her peoDle.
Year: 1866

Col JOHN ". FoRNEY was recently waited
on and sercnaded by an assemblage of Colored
Men. He responded in a speech from which
We extract as follows:


THE question is now whether having been liberated
here In the District OF Columbia aud freed through all
the Southern Stacs-whcthcr having fought FOR your
citizenship 10 be permitted TO remain in the
lower grade which you occupied before the war began,
save only thai you longer 10 be kept physically.
in seryltndc and that the great question now before
the American people When the Rebellion closed was
not those ho believed that the Union party OF this
country would make the civil enfflnchsement OF manu-
mitted millions part of their policy In other words
did not believe that We were strong enough to take
ground in favor OF what is popularity called universal
suffrage But | now here 10 say that was mis-
taken did not apprchend the full logic aud duty OF
H., case and now without turning back upon the past
1 ayow myself favor Of the trial OF that great eI-
pertinent which the statesman would BE- coward to
por'pone and the phanthropst unworthy of his namc
II ho did not meet 1t half way and here IN the District
Of Columbia, we may safely meet the issue
Year: 1866

That we have IN this city large idle popula-
tOn that ought TO be at work somewhere is a
fact that nobody doubts; that there is no work
for it here is no less true, and were it to dsperSe
and leave the cells empty which only droneS
now occupy, the rents for the working-bees
would be somewhat diminished. Take recent
occurrence in illustration:


A gentleman, not long since, had occasion to
advertise for more clerical help in his office. On
Saturday and Friday of one week he put an ad
vertisement into two morning papers and in
one evening paper. On Monday and Thurs
day he received three hundred replies, many O
the applicants answering in person. These ap
plicants were generally intelligent and well edu
Gated some were scholars even, and showed
good capacity; all seemed willing to work fol
low wages and many offered 10 come without
salary. and take the chances Of the future. No
a few manifested a touching disappointment OF
failing TO secure the place.


Evidently, there are more young men in New
York than New-York needs. The country il
feversh. and there Is rush of blood to the head
The surplus of this class must be many thou
sands; and the number of capable, healthy
Young women must also be very large. Some
where in the country or in smaller towns, al
might find work, profitable to themselves anC
beneficial to the country. Why will they crowd
our already crammed houses, tempting poverty
care, vice and disease, when they can do SC
much better anywhere else
Year: 1866

\ NEW PAPER AT ALBAyY.-There is, We hear,
movement on foot to establish new Republican
paper at Albany. Ample capital, it is sad is ready
to be embarked il such an enterprise, and 1t is
thought it can be made highly remuncra'ivc and
specially satisfactory to the Republican party OF
this State
Year: 1866

and abundantly blessed in basket and store, with
the best wishes for the prosperity OF his SUCCESSORS


The Spring Trade Sale will open on the 2'th Of
March; and it is already certain to be one OF the
largest Spring sales that America ever saw The
leading publishers vie with each other in evincine
generous interest in the success of its new con-
ductors by unusually large contributions
Year: 1866

The Mayor and Controller of our City have
directed the contractors for Street Cleaning to
clean, before the l7ih OF March, (St. Patrick
Day. those streets through which the Irish So
cietes will pass in procession that day. We
trust our Celtic brethren viii take mercy on
their fellow citizens, and make their route as
long as possible
Year: 1866

The order for the suppression of The Eich'
mOnd Examiner is said to have proceeded from
Gen. Grant. We infer that the Lieutenant
General has considerably modified his opinions
since that report to the President, in which he
declared the South fit for immediate readmisslOn.
Year: 1866

A MIDNIGHT SURPRIsE.-As the xvatob,,,or


were going through the new Canal Bank
building night before last he heard peculiar
nasal trumpet sound rising and falling at req
ular intervals. On proceeding to the spot, he
found as he supposed, poor drunken fellow,
with his head enveloped in rags Administer
ing smart compound of pine on the place
where the eaudal appendage begins in animals,
the watchman was astonished beyond measure
by the instant rising of what seemed by
the uncertain glimmmer of the lantern to be an
1nhabitant of the lower regions, with head
round as pumpkin and black as charcoal, and
large staring eyes, and an immense opening
just below, fringed with a row of large white
bones, inside of which fiery red tongue was
rapidly moving about, and from which a sound
proceeded that might have walked the dead.
Recovering somewhat from the terror which his
sudden appearance and manner excited, we en-
quired where he came FROM and what was the
matter The spectre replied that he came from
nowhere, and that his back felt as though it had
got a-fre. We told him that just as we came
in stick fell on him, and that it was danger
GUS to sleep in unfinished buildings. Permis-
sion was given him to remain as he was not
drunk and had no matches PIP
Year: 1866

ALMOST FIRE.-The workmen engaged in
timing the roof of the building erected by
Hon. A. w. HI. Clapp, ON Elm street., left their
furnace on the roof yesterday while they went
to dinner. During their absence spark from
the furnace caught in a box of charcoal that
was near by, kindling it up and heating the tin
on the roof so that the boards beneath caught
fire. The fire was discovered from the U. s..
Court room and parties from there hastened to
the place and extinguished the flames. Among
those who exerted themselves to good effect
was the efficient Deputy U. s. Marshal f. A.
Quinby, Esq. The fire was extinguished be-
fore much damage had been done to the roof
Year: 1866

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are indebted to Mr.
Abial Somerby, the gentlemanly ticket master
at the p s. & P. Railroad office in this city, for
a copy of the City Directory for 1867, as good
as new. We had sought in vain for copy to
replace the one lost in the fire, the value of
which, under the circumstances, can hardly be
Tod
Year: 1866




AT New Orleans on Saturday, Shreye
port merchant was passing an unfinished
building, when block of granite fell upoa
him, crushing him to the earth. He uttered
cry Of pain, and never afterwards spoke.
A singular fact in connection with the acci.
dent is, that a young man who was in advance
Of him, yielded the way for him to pass as the
stone fell, and thus saved his own life. The
accident is the second Of the same kind which
occurred beneath the same building, and in
this case it is thought. will cost the builders,
and perhaps the city, heavy suit.


Col. BARNES has sold the Rock Island
Union, and has bsrgained for, or is about TO
bargain for the Dubuque Times.
Year: 1866

U Give a man brains and riches,
and he is a king; give man brains
without riches, and he is a slave;
give a man riches without brains.
and he is donkey; give a man
much riches aud little brains, and
be is miserable wretch.
Year: 1866

~ A man proves himself fit to
60 higher, who shows that he is
faithful where he is. A man that
will not do well in his present place
because he longs to be higher is fit
neither to be where he is nor yet
above it.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, February 2.-Letters have Just
been received here from Paris, con nfrmiug in
every important particular the information con-
corning the intentions OF Inc Emperor OF France
with regard to Mexico, which 1 gave you some
time ago.


The Emperor is ready to withdraw his forces
from Mexico with the least possible delay, de-
mandin9 nothing of tie Government OF the
United States except that it meanwhile remain
neutral between the belligeTent parties, accord
ing to the assurances frequently given and re-
lterated by the Government during the past
three years. The Emperor Of France does not
ask for the recognition OF Macmillan, nor insist
upon any other treaty stipulations.


The statement put forth by the Paris PreSse,
that an Extraordinary Commissioner has been
sent 20 Mexico to make preparations for the
evacuation, is confirmed by the letters here re-
ceved. have good reasons for believing that
the State Department is already in possession of
official information to this effect and 1t Is to be
hoped that such information will soon be laid
before the public. The statement here given
came from "a most trustworthy source, and may
be looked upon as absolutely trustworthy
NelC York Tribune
Year: 1866

Amonument, as big as the grand pyramid,
might be built of the teeth that have been
ruined by neglect, Shall this still 90 on in
face of the great fact that Sozodont is GER
tain preventative of dental decay
Year: 1866

Paterfamllias made his daughter very an
cry by suggesting that they move into the
back attic and shut of The water and gas in
stead of going to SHratoga-that 1t would be
quite as we'll"
Year: 1866

ENGLISH EINANCES.-The London Daily
News says: at is useless to disguise the fact
that the financial condition of the country is
becoming every day more critical. For nearly
three months the bank rate has been main
tanned at ten per cent. 1t is fortunate that the
past crisis visited us when trade was gen .
erally sound, and when the realization OF large
profits from the revival of commerce with
America, afforded exceptional resources to
meet the disaster. But il is impossible not to
that the limit is nearly, il not altogether
reached. No trade in the world can withstand
the continued lapse of credit, and the trade of
England less than any. For time the bur-
den may be borne, but the end is sure MANY
signs prove that we are on the verge of wide
spread commercial distress. We NAV, per-
haps, have no great sensational failures with
Liabilities figuring for millions; the havoc will
probably be chiefly among the second and third
class traders.


II is especially hard that the punishment
should fall upon them for excess of specu-
lation with which they have had little or
nothing to do. Thus. however, stands the
fact. Such panic mast necessarily leave its
mark, and the Daily News suggests one
remedy that the government have il in their
power TO propose. 1t is an authority to the
Bank OF England TO make further issue of
notes, leaving the rate of discount to be fixed
at the discretion of :he Directors. The legisla-
ture might perhaps sanction such a salutary
measure; and from the time ii was ,nctioned
the financial horizon would gradually clear
and confidence increase. both at home and
abroad"
Year: 1866

STwo guerrillas were arrested in Southern
Kentucky few days ago while plying their
vocation by robbing house where an old and
infirm couple resided alone. A party of young
men, who were out hunting, heard a scream
issuing from the house, and entering, secured
the ruffians, after a desperate fight, during
which one guerilla was shot four times and
seriously wounded.
Year: 1866

A wealthy old farmer was Absalom Lee,
He had but one daughter, the mischevous


Kitty;
So fair and good and so gentle was she,
That lovers came wooing from country and


city.
The first and boldest to ask for her hand,
Was trinity dressed dandy who worshipped
her tin:
She replied with n smile, he could well under


stand,


"Thot she'd marry no ape for he 'oks of hi'


skin"
The next was merchant from business retired
Rich, gouty and grui-a presuming old sinner
Young kitty's fair form and sweet face he ad-
Aud thought to himself, "I can easily win


her."
So he showed her his palace, an6 made a bluff


bow,


And said she might live there but wiokedly


then
Kitty told him she had long ago made a rash
"Not to marry a bear for tie sake Of his den I"
A miser next came he was fearless and bold
In claiming his right to kitty's affection;
He said she'd not want fer a home while his
Could pay for cabin to give his protection
Half vexed at his boldness, but calm in a,trice,
She courtesied, and thanked him, and blush


ingly then
Demurely repeated her sage aunts advice,
"NOt TO marry hog for the sake Of has pen ~
The next was farmer young, bashful and shy;
He feared the bold wooers who came from the


city;
But the flush on his check and the light in his


eyo,


Soon kindled fame in the bosom of Kitty.
"My life will be one Of hard labor" he said
"But, darling, come share it with me, if you


can !"
al suppose" she replied gayly tossing her head,
~ mWst marry the farm for bo sake Of he Han ~
Year: 1866

We are in the receipt of the London Morn
ing Star for October Is, containing an edito-
rial on the result of the October elections.
We are doubtless indebted for it to the
thoughtful courtesy OF Mr.. Leighton, who
visited this city during the past summer. The
work done East and West to day, will We ap.
prehend but the more thoroughly justify this
English writer's estimate of the American
character and purpose:


president johnson probably counted
few weeks ago upon carrying the majority Of
the nation with him. We're there fewer
newspapers, were there no intervening cleo
tions, be might perhaps indulge the same
hope still, and so be led on to some act Of
positive usurpation. But his eyes are by this
time opened, and he will doubtless endeavor
to reconcile himself to the condition Of things
which he cannot alter. The American peo.
pie are evidently determined that the old and
long standing cause Of internecine dispute
shall be absolutely rooted out before they con-
sent to welcome back to their full civil rights
the conquered rebels of the South. In other
words, they are not going to fing away at the
polling booths the cause for which they fought
and won in the field.


$50 ends. we trust, the Presidents at
tempt at dictatorship. America is not a place
where dictators have much chance, nor In any
case was Andrew johnson = man likely TO be
elevated to such position. Had he been
the great soldier and great statesman Of the
crisis all in one; had he been Grant and
Lincoln combined; had he been rs decidedly
the hero and the leader Of tie American Re.
public as the First Consul of the Republic Of
France, we do not believe that even in thst
case the people OF the United States would
for a moment have allowed their political
rights and the functions Of their Congress to
be usurped by him. But he had no such
claims. His best services to the Union we're
after all little more than local in their char
acter. His Presidency is an accident I, is
not one OF the happiest devices of the Amer
ican constitution that the death of Presi-
dent suddenly, and, as . matter Of course,
hoists the Vice President to the vacant place.
Chance raised johnson to the chief magis-
tracy Of the Republic, as it might have raised
Aaron Burr, the murderer OF Hamilton, and
the great rebel against the constitution Of the
United States. II seems evident that the po-
sition to which be was so suddenly called was
too dizzy for johnson s nerves, and that he
lost much Of the self control and stern prac-
tcal judgment he had previously shown. His
recent tour was . failure, and towards the
end became almost burlesque. The longer
he .stumped' the more friends he talked
away from him; and the Pennsylvanis cleo
t,ons have only sealed the long-imminent fate
of his vain and arrogant scheme. Let us
hope that be will make the best Of the results,
and during the rest of his Presidential career
be eonten, faithfully to serve the Republic
and toobey the constitution