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Year: 1867

"SrRAxGE TIxEs," TO he SuRE.-A Nevada
county correspondent writes as follows:-" What
right had Stow to be Chairman of a Union Con-
yention He was not sound during the war.
His talk was that the Union would never be re-
stored. and that we were only fighting for
boundaries. Hayward is Democrat. Why was
he in Union Convention, exerting his influence
to defeat this man and to nominate that? We
have fallen upon strange times, when such men
are to influence Union men in making State
ticket
Year: 1867

A SoNoMA ESDoRsEMESr.-Sonoma had a fa-
vorite candidate for the position of State Super
intendent of Public Instruction in the person of
Professor Lippett, very fit and worthy man.
Referring TO the means resorted to defeat him,
the Petaluma Journal and Argus says &c Cor
ham and his friends had perfect control of the
Convention-had the organization, and the estab-
fishing of the order of business, and the placing
of the nomination of Superintendent at the foot
of the list with the candidate from this county
tagged on to the Gorham slate the most and
only eifectual mode of leading the majority OF
our delegates into the support of men contrary
to their own honest convictions of fitness, and
what they knew to be the expressed wish of an
overwhelming majority of their constituents.
The whole transaction from the deceptions used
to trick Bidwel delegates in the County Corven-
tion into the support of Gorham delegates to the
State Convention, down to the slaughtering of
the only candidate before the Convention from q
tier of counties never yet represented on the
State ticket was reprehensible in the extreme
and only calculated to weaken aud damage the
Union cause


THE Oakland -News SAYS that Mr. Taylor of
Year: 1867

FROM HUNBoLDr.-Mr. A. ID. Sewer an exten-
siVe cattle dealer Of that county, has been here
on business this week. From him we learn that
the old Trinitarians who have taken up resi-
dence there are generally doing we'll Also much
political intelligence which have not the space
To repeat now
Year: 1867

ANOTHER RECEPTION THE Solano Press comes
to hand without the State ticket at its head, al
though the Union county ticket is there, and in
its leader relative to the State Convention, says
"To say that we pleased with the result
would be to tell deliberate untruth, for we
have labored persistently and untirng for months
endeavoring to elevate John Bidwell to the posi-
ton of Gubernatora standard bearer in this
campaign. We did this for the reasons that we
believed him to be honest, capable and more
available than any man in the State, and to-day
We think that he could lead George c. Gorham
seven thousand votes at the September election.


IT cannot be disguised that very many men,
some of whom have been long prominent as ac-
tive supporters of the Union party-having en-
tered it when the Republican party became
merged into it-openly declare that they cannot
support the ticket without a consciousness of
decentralization, and that therefore they will not
support it. Others avoid public expression.
maintaining a reticence, in anticipation that
some timely action will be taken to place before
the long tried, faithful Union men of the State,
a ticket that will awaken all their oft-proved in
spiration and receive their united endorsement
at the pols.-Dutch Flat Enquirer.
Year: 1867

JUsTTcE to our own convictions and sense of
our obligations to those have a right to hea-
from US in matter oe this grave concern de-
mand that should say in candor, that the
ticket nominated, and the agencies which shaped
the action of the State Convention held at Sac
ramento last week, do not by any means meet
with our unqualified appreciation and it cannot
be concealed that there is, in the best portion Of
the Union party, much more dissatisfaction with
the unfair means taken to stock and trade the
Convention, than with the ticket nominated
though in some essential respects that is very un-
acceptable. Costa Gazette
Year: 1867

We CoScrR.-The San Francisco Morning Call
" For Superintendent of Public Instruction we
are decidedly in favor of the Union nominee
John SWEET, the present faithful, efficient, intel
ligent and liberal incumbent of the Office. He
has been faithful servant and should be again
eIecfnd
Year: 1867

NEW TRAIL.-Edward Bontecou, Esq, now a
resident of New River, informs that he is
about to commence work on q trail which will
materially shorten the trip between this place
and Humboldt Bay. The trail will leave Trinity
River at or near the mouth of Sweede's creek,
thence up the divide to the head of the creek
which cmptes into New River near IIoboken
Flat, thence following up the point of Happy
Camp mountain and down agai IN to Hawkins
Bar, thence following the ridge near B. Lack S
house to the intersection of the new trail to Hap
py Camp, which crosses the river below the
mouth of Willow creek. This new trail will
avoid the crossings of South Fork and Willow
creek, and shorten the distance between Weaver
Vile and Hoopa Valley at least 25 miles. On
the new route there will be no trouble from snow,
even in the most inclement seasons.
Year: 1867

FALSE ALARN.-A report reached here on Mon
day that on the evening previous band of hos
tile Indians had driven off some seventy-hve
head of beef cattle belonging to McWhorter L
Mulane, Of the North Fork Market, from the
4" Old Corral" few miles back of Cox's Bar,
together with some horses and mules which
were being herded there. We have since learned
that the first report was much exaggerated, and
that party o: citizens who went in pursuit of
the cattle and marauders found the former only
about mile from the accustomed range, and
that although some Indian signs = were seen.
not Digger presented himself
Year: 1867

BLAcKDrRDs on THE WISG.-We learn that Joe
Murphy has organized band of picked min
strels for a campaign through the interior, and
earnestly hope he will come this way. Joe, in
our opinion, is head and shoulders above any
other man in the burnt-cork profession now in
this State
Year: 1867

suggest CdttcHTsfH
incomplete, if addressed to gentleman, with
out the addition Of the following: q Are you
married, and if So do you ever kiss your wife
on Sunday Seriously, while we hold that
only those of correct habits and good principles
should be entrusted with the education of the
young, such category of questions as the above
is not only contrary to the spirit and purpose of
our public school system, but is an insult to any
sensible teacher.-Sdn Jose Mercury.
Year: 1867

As Mormanism grows and expands in Utah, il
becomes more and more subject Of interest to
the people of the United States Much has been
said and written about it, but full picture of the
iniquity has never yet been drawn The following
sketch, giving an account of an interview with
Brigham Young, will be found interesting:


regard Brigham Young as greatly under-esti-
mated man by most persons in the East They
all Judge him mainly by his ribald and often bias
phemous harangues from the pulpit, and do not
appreciate him as great administrator and Leader
of unsurpassed attainments. I first saw him In
his own business room. He was nearly or perhaps
quite alone when I entered, but almost instantly
several side doors opened, and halfa dozen broth
ers sons secretaries, etc., were seated around the
little Office. learn that he never sees any person
alone, unless that he knows perfectly the character
of the visitor, and when strangers call on him. his
person is guarded from possible assassination by
the apparently casual but evidently systematic ap'
pearance of his immediate friends
Year: 1867

DISEASE PRODUCED BY SLEEPING ToaEEHER.
During the night, says q writer on hygienics,
there is considerable exhalation from our bodies,
and at the same time we absorb large quantity Of
the vapors of the surrounding all. Two healthy
young children sleeping together win give and re-
ceive healthy exhalations; but an old, weak per-
son near child will, in exchange for health, only
return weakness. A sick mother near her daugh-
ter communicates sickly emanations to her; if the
mother has cough Of long duration, the daughter
will, at some time, also cough and suffer BY it if
the mother has pulmonary consumption, it will be
ultimately communicated to her child Its known
that the bed of a consumptiye is powerful and
sure source Of contagious as well for men as for
women, and the more so for young persons. Pa
rents and friends ought to oppose as much as in
their power the sleeping together Of old and young
persons, of the sick or the healthy. s
Year: 1867

THE DISTANCE TO SAN FRANCISCO OVERLAND.
The distance from Philadelphia to San Francis
co, by way of Chicago, is three thousand three
hundred miles. IF train should run at the rate
of twenty miles per hour, including stoppages- -
which is perhaps the average rate on rail roads IN
this county-it would require little less than
seven days to accomplish the distance. As for
grades, the traveller will ascend from. the level Of
tidewater at Baltimore or San Francisco, to a
height of eight thousand two hundred and forty
two feet, or over q mile and . half
Year: 1867

A crazy man was found at grind
stone sharpening large butcher-knife
and every now and then examining the
edge to see if it was keen.


"What are you doing here?''


Don't you see? Sharpening this
knife"


"Yes; but what are you going to dc
with it when sharpened p


"Cut old Ben. Browns head off, to
be sure!' ......


"What you will not kill Mr.. Brown
will you ?' .......


"Oh, no! I'll only cut his head of
and stick it right ON again, hind side
before, just to let the old fellow look
back upon his past life. 1t would take
him all the rest of his life to review it,


What a queer idea the lunatic had in
his head2 And what if it were so, that
every man, when he reached certain
age, had his face turned around, and was
obliged to spend the rest of his days in
looking over his past2 Wouldn't there
be strange sightsa
Year: 1867

The Musselmans, besides believing in
the resurrection of the body. also think
that this body must have free and Sep
arate chance to leave its earthly tombs
at the summons of the Archangel's
trumpet, unimpeded by the superposi-
tion of other bodies. A curious phase
of this superstition has recently occur
red in Constantinople. A noble lady
the widow of great dignitary-died
in that city in the Christian faith, which
she had always professed. Loving her
husband she asked to be buried by his
side, and he had been buried in the
holy ground of Eyoob, near the shrine
of the saint and martyr, compan-
ion of the prophet Eyoob. Accord
ingly, she was so buried with much
pomp, as became her rank. When her
husbands relatives heard of it they
were much scandalized at an infdel be-
ing buried in holy ground alongside
their graves, and demanded that the
body should be taken up and buried
elsewhere. Here, however, the Turkish
superstition about interference with the
bodily resurrection by the crowding of
mortal remains upon each other, was
craftily taken advantage of by the au-
thorities, who asked the kinsmen if the
body of the Giaour was buried in one of
their graves, and on getting negative
answer, told them she could do no harm
by lying alongside of them, as it would
not impede the resurrection of their
dead, and they got nothing by their mo-
ton.
Year: 1867

From San Francisco letter to the
Ne,o York Times we make the follow
ing extracts. which will be found of in
terest to our grape growing community:


One of the wonders of California is a
mammoth grape vine at Montecito, near
this place. 1t was planted by a lady,
Donna de Dominguez, over sixty-fve
years ago, from slip which she had cut
in Monterey county for horse-whip.
1t is trained on trellice about ten feet
from the ground, and covers now space,
as l measured it, of ninety-three feet by
about fifty. The circumference of the
trunk, five inches from the ground, was
three feet three and half inches, and
eight feet high just below the branches
it measured four feet and three inches !;
it bears about eight thousand pounds of
grapes per annum, and is said to almost
support the family which owns it.
There are several vineyards in this
region also, and many groves of or
ange, lemon, olive and almond trees.
But here, as everywhere, the Mission
grape is too much in use, from which
a good wine can seldom be made. The
people are very anxious to be relieved
from the tax on native brandy; but I
trust that they will not be by the COM
ing or any other Congress. No article
is more legitimate subject for taxation;
it is mainly a luxury, and deleterious
one. If not taxed, much of the wine of
the country will be turned into it. On
the much disputed question of the in
fuence of light wines as checking in
temperance, l have no doubt, from much
observation of wine countries, especial
ly of Hungary, that they act on a broad
scale in this direction, though naturally
with many exceptions. But truth COM
pels me to say that thus far native wines
in California have had no such desira-
BILE effect; perhaps, first, because light
wines are not much made here, and sec
ond, because Californians do not drink
their own wines if they can help it
Here and in Los Angeles, where wine
could be sold at profit for ten cents a
bottle, no person in the hotel or on the
boat called for wine at his meals, but
instead, Immediately after, every one
rushed to the bar for raw whisky. With
such habits, dyspepsia and indigestion
are naturally common.


Such is the sluggishness of this south
ern population in California, that, in a
country the most blessed by nature in the
world, they do not raise enough wheat
for themselves, and have not a single
flour mill Our steamer brought guam
tity of flour for the town, and had to
land it in boats after very tedious
fashion, no one in Santa Barbara hav-
ing had enterprise enough to employ a
lighter.


The want of good harbors for these
southern towns is a great obstacle to
their progress but greater is the
want of what the people call "live
men," The most energetic man on the
whole coast is, as 1 mentioned before,
Gen. Banning, of Wilmington.
Year: 1867

AsTONIsHED RED MANA band OF
Indians made sudden attack upon a
detachment of our soldiers in the noun
tains. The soldiers had mountain how
itzer mounted on a mule. Not having
time to take it off and put in position,
they backed up the mule and let drive
at the Indians. The load was so heavy
that mule and all went tumbling down
the hill toward the savages, who, not
understanding that kind of warfare, fled
like deer. Afterward one of them was
captured, and when asked why he ran
so, replied Me big Injin not afraid Of
little guns nor big guns; but when white
man load up and fire whole jackass at
Iniin, me don't know what to do,'-
Nashville Press.
Year: 1867

FOREIGNERS very slowly adopt American
Improvements, put they have to come to
them at last. 1t is announced that the
Chief Commissioner of the London Police
las at last made up his MUD to have the
principal police stations connected with his
office by telegraph lines, and also to have
teleg raphic communication established
with the principal station of fire brig
ade.
Year: 1867

For my part am only renewing pledge the sacred


soil of the Croppy graves twenty years ago. made in
all the terVor and hope of thoughtful silent mind
be renewed again when opportunity offer to my
country in way could made with Heavens help never
to be broken made to the memory of the men whom Emme
led and on whose gavesI learned counrys wrongs
and of the efforts of these brave noble men to right them
May the spirits of these departed never-tobeforgoten
patriots look down with love and pity their suffering coun
try and kim and pray God to bless protect the Fenans
of today to fulfill to them His promise of helping those who
help themselves With the unity of people, and the bless
ing of God Ireland will yet be able to loose the bonds which
bind her; will yet unurl her old green fag thou
sand times dearer to the Irish heart by its serngs
rance, and by the addition of the word LIBERTY" which
hope to see in letters of gold every Irish banner.


Allow me, gentlemen, place for this letter in THE IRISH
REPUBLIC and shall not only obge but have the prayers
who has other recommendation for respassing on
your time and space than that of being and always
humble FENIAN SISTER.


NeU Orleans, La, 3D. June, 1857.
Year: 1867

A Nashville paper says the most pitiable
object now to be seen in the streets of that
city is Joseph AFRICA. He had his skull
broken with hammer In the hands of a
negro, who attempted to rob him, about 16
months ago. At that time, the whole top
of his skull had to be taken off, leaving his
brains without any covering except hat,
which he nearly always wore. Some two
months ago he quarreled with his rival, an
old black man, about a pretty mulatto
girl living in Edgefeld. A night or two
after, AFRICA entered his rivals window
with an open knife and attempted to cut
his throat, but failed, and was subsequent
ly arrested and committed to jail for trial.
He had long and beautiful black hair,
which he permitted to cover his brain thus
causing Inflammation. The tailor had the
locks cut off, and his head shaved, as the
attending physician had prescribed, but
not without using force. He also had
Arrica's head frequently washed, but the
latter invariably resisted with all the feeble
strength that renal led to him, and seemed
perfectly Indifferent to the filth that COL
lected around the brain. -


During the early part of last week q
phys ician removed two bones which were
pressing on the unfortunate mans brain,
and on examination found maggots feast
ing therein The physician picked out the
loathsone creatures, and applied camphor
to the affected part for the purpose OF kill
ing, if possible, those that might be lett.
AFRICA has absolutely become mere walk
ing autOmaton. He appears to move with
out any purpose whatever. The doctor eX-
pressed the opinion that if he remained in
jail he would die in ten days. The jailor
represented the prisoners condition to
Judge Smith, who ordered his release.
Year: 1867

The public generally gives no further
heed to the matter of the immigration con-
stantly going on of the European popula-
ton to this country, than to notice occa-
sionally its vastness and to remark that
there is room yet for all who choose to
come. Yet, there are many interesting
facts connected with this ceaseless tide OF
immigration that are worthy of note. Dur
ing the month of July there arrived at this
port alone 23.376 foreign immigrants, and
the official tables prepared at the office at
Castle Garden thus marks their destina-
Year: 1867

Fear not the foe, thou flock Of God,
Fear not the sword, the spear, the rod


Fear not the foe
He fights in vain who fights with tho0;
Soon shalt thou see his armies flee,


Himself laid low.
Come, cheer thee to the toll and fight;
'Tis God, thy God, defends the right;


He leads thee on.
His sword shall scatter every foe,
His shield shall ward Off every blow


The crown is won.
His is the battle, His the power,
His is the triumph in that hour;


In Him be strong.
So round thy brow the wreath shall twlne,
SO shall the victory, be thine


And thine the song.
Not long the sigh, the toll. the sweat,
Not long the fight days wasting heat;


The shadows come.
Slack not thy weapon in the fight;
Courage! for God defends the right;


Strike home strike home!
Year: 1867

A crazy Second Adventist in New
York State has for ten years been feeding
a big OK for Il feast when Christ should
appear. lie has starved his other stock
and spent nearly all his property in
purchasing food for that OK.
Year: 1867

Nutca&V JVut nni Va VI iocS hono-
tary afYars:--


The general money market presents no new features
worthy OF notice Most or the banks report active
doufand for loans grain In ore but the dispo-
ston to make pdvances such eollacras Is gradually
to-day and generally credited up al the rates.


general time bills find avor but present
iuncturc banks think 1t the better policy accept
them and induce shipments rather than make advances
on grain n storo The stock Of wheat Is steadily
muating being more than million bushels,
which s regarded being too much Of load to carry
during the packing season and until the opening Of
navigation


EXCHANGE was easier today, with sales in the round
way at par to twenty five cents premium There is no
change IN the counter rates.


Cincinnati paper Of the date says


There Is still an active demand for money and the
market rules close The supply OF currency gene-
ray short and in the open market money In active
demand ~ Is cent on good paper but houses OF
undoubted credit generally able obtain from their
bankers ell they require for their legitimate business
operations At a 10 cent. The lack Of confidence
which has been engendered BY the failure of few
houses has influence the Of interest In
the opcn market than the actual scarcity OF money
bankers reserve to take or their
depostors preferring to take paper OF hem at lower
rates or interest knowing II TO be SAFE That nearly all
paper il promptly met IL natures Is good evidence
or the sound condition Of business Tho receipts and
demands for exchange are about equal and neither Of
them heavy. The government s again transferring
funds o repositories here New York. and this helps
to keep the market frm. Rates remain steady at par
buying and 60c premium selling


The dry goods import movement at the port during
the month OF October in this and the previous years
is thus shown
Year: 1867

CoLoRED PEOPLE IN TENNESSEE Pun
IsHED FOR VOTING THE REPUBLICAN TICK
ETA number of colored people in Tennes-
see have been punished by being dis
charged by disunion employers, because
they voted the Republican ticket at the
late election. General Carlin has been
appointed to take charge of colored voters
thus discharged, and provide homes and
employment for them.


This is part of the tactics of the dis
union leaders. It will be remembered that
one of the speakers at the Werth meeting in
Capitol Square, in this City, threatened the
colored people of this State that if they
voted the Republican ticket they would be
turned off from employment. Such conduct
as this shows what would be the fate of the
colored man if the disunion leaders had su-
preme control.
Year: 1867

n. THE UNIVERSITY OF New YoRK.-From


a catalogue of this medical Institution just
received, we learn that its next session will


open on October 14th. 1867. The lectures
will be given in the building adjoining the
New York hospital, as they were last year.


The graduates of the University will perceive
at once the important advantages arising
from connection with this, the largest sur
gical hospital in America. There were trea-
ted in it last year nearly 5000 cases, more
than half of which were surgical. Owing to
being located in the midst of dense popu-
lation, the college clinics are perhaps carried
forward on scale elsewhere unattained. -
The hospital is open to students every day
throughout the year They will attend the


clinical instruction of the physicians and
surgeons, and witness the surgical operations
which are almost of daily occurrence. 1t
has large library and anatomical and sur
gical museum accessible to students, as are
likewise the post mortem examinations in the
dead-house. Professor Post is one of the
consulting surgeons. All who desire to at
tain proficiency in medical science, will find


this institution one of the best in the coun-
Year: 1867

The persons appointed to register the
names of foters are now engaged in that
work in every part of the State. Weappeal
to every citizen who has right under the
acts IF Congress to do so, to register his
name. Tell all your neighbors about it, and
urge them to go with you and register. Be
sure to inform the colored voters of it. and
assist them in performing this duty.