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VOL. 11.
THE UNION RECORD.
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SATURDAY MORNING
U» ....trtI.PEHOTT.
Publisher* and Proprietors.
Oflitc on Bird Street, Between Myert «nd
* lluntoon Street*.
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Bu.-ine:sd Card' inserted on reasonable terms.
BUSINESS GAUDS.
JOHM DICK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office Theatre Building, opposite Court House.
OROVILLE.
JAMES GREEN.
COMMISSIONER OF PEEPS FOR
IVcvacla Territory-
Ollire— Count? « lnk\Offirf, Court House.
F. M. SMITH,
ATTORNEY axi> counsellor at law,
i ):Tv c Up >:air<. Hr.nt.ron Street, OroviUc.
A. MAURICE, JR.
attorney and counsellor at law
Will p-.i -U.ee in all
ind Judicial District
t:li■ <•—on Bird street,
itreets. Okovillk.
<*! the Counties of tlie See
, and in the Supreme Court.
Between Huntoon ami Myers
sci».2'Jtf.
E. S. OWEN,
ATTORNEY ANIt COUXSELLOK AT LAW.
Forbcstown. Ratio County, California.
FAULKNER & Co.
■ c ■» a =-.
(’ truer Myers ami Montontcry Streets. Oruvillo.
i;. t.an:' i 1 J.coni.y
E. LANE &. Co.
■ c m .'m* u-*. ic ,
M“nt<'»iupry Street ORO\ ILLE.
ISILPSOK. } { TUrtS. CALLOW
A. G. SIMPSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in BOOKS AND
STATIONERY. STAPLE AND FANCY
ARTICLES.
Theatre Block, Huntoon street , Oroville.
E. DUNHAM;
■ s. ASSISTANT assessor of butte
COUNTY, CAL.
OFFK K-On Myers Street,
Jft tween Montgomery and Bird St reft* ,
oroi'ii.
J. M. BURT,
\TTORNF.Y AND COUNSELLOR AT LVM,
and notary PUBLIC.
l*t t.-ti. i - in the couits of the 2d Judicial District
and in the Supreme court.
OFFICE - In Burl's brick maiding, up stairs, on
Bird street,Oroville.
D. C. BURLINGAME,
d£ntist,
ll Math e « Y Uriel. iliiiUt
OROVILLE.
VV. PRATT, M. D.
1- Mlsl C I A V AX I> su1!«: E O X
Kotk Creek, Butte Co-, C «1.
S. ROSENBAUM,
\ IBNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Ofitoe C '.trt Bi'it*«, Oroville.
JAS. O'BRIEN, M. D.
1’ HYSU'I A N A X D S U R t: E <T X
Particular attention paid t>i Chronic Di-oase*.
and all others common to this nuiry. Has had
[a me experience in hospital and family practice,
and confidently hopes for a share of public patron
age-
OMcr -W thin two doors of Clark A Bro.s
itcre. Myers street, Oroville.
GEO. C. PERKINS,
SAI VXD RET UL DEAI ER IN
tiKOi'i'Kirs, riiovisuiMs \m> rnoiu ce.
I li
J. BLOCH &. Co.,
Wholesale A Retail Dealers in
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS. AND PRODUCE.
Opp 'site Wells Farsjo A Co's. Office. Mont
St
CHARLES F. LOTT,
V ■ INKV VXD ( lUXSEI lOR \ T I. IW.
and xor v.;\ .
OmWILLK BtTTK Cot'S TV.
,iy-.v Slird by: worn Murs mid HanUvn.
•
J. HAMELL,
UNDERTAKER,
bird street, oroville.
r|t o printers:
A SUPER ROYAL WASHINGTON FKLSS
Nearly new. for sale at Sbw sS.c.
THE WEEkLV UNION Hill Mi II!
HOTELS, &C.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL
rpi?E UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT-
I fully inform h;s friends and the public gene
rally that be has rented the
“ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL”
(formerly kept by Frank John>on.) in Oroville.
and be would be pleased to >ee hi-> friends, when
ever thev will give him a -'all.
ROBERT O'NEIL, Proprietor.
Oroville. June 10th. ISG3.
UNION HOTEL.
Cormr Montgomery a Myfrs Street,
OROVILLE.
rflins NEW BRICK AND ELEC ANTI. V FUR-
I nrihed IT tel stands su the State for coni
fr»rt and accornnn*dati«*n for the traveling public—
every room bring well ventilated and neatly fur
nished.
The Table
U -nppli-d with every LUXURY OF THE SEAS
ON. and everything will l*e done to insure the
Com tort of the guest of this House. In connec
li >u with this House is the
Bar and Billiard Saloon.
New Hillard Tables of the Latest Patterns and
Improvements.
The Bar
Will tlwavs lie supplied with ('HOICK LIQUORS
and CIGAR-*. PBIUES MODERATE.
The Office of California Stage Company
Is at the UXIOX HOTEL.
• TALES LEAVE THIS HOUSE DAILY, FOR
All parts of the Country.
HlllD iV MII.LKR, Propilrtor*.
( att. R. Bird, formerly of International Hotel.
NOTICE.
qno MV NUMEROUS OLD AND TRIED
I friends that’have stood by me so long and
faithfully -permit me to inform you, one and all.
that 1 have removed from the International Hotel
to the New Brick Union Hotel, corner Montgom
ery and Myers btrect, Oroville—hoping that 1 may
not see less of you, but ottener.
Yours with Respect, R. BIRD.
Oroville, July Pith, l-s Gt. n 37
BAKUDM
RESTAURANT.
Corner Mautgonirry & Kluntoon Streets,
OROVILLE.
THE UNDERSIGNED. PRO
prietor of this »*-*TaMislmi*nt
hereby informs the Public that
he is prepared to furnish meals at all hour, day and
night, compiled ot all llie sulistantials and delica
cies of the season which the market affords
BALLS, PARTIES,
A nd Assemblies of Every Nature,
will l*e supplied with Dinners, Suppers and Colla
tions, in the best style and on the most liberal
terms.
Ponnerted with the Restaurant is a BAR. where
an always ho found the l»esi and every description
oi Liquors.
Ice Cream.
Having lately fitted up my Restaurant regardless
of expense. 1 am prepared to receive customer's,
and ill use my utm<"t endeavors to please all.
TER M S
Hoard per Week
Single Meals.
Hoard per \V« ek a Hh Lodging
Lodgings per Mglit
aplmf J. REYNOLD,Proprietor.
-* oo
tw
r. oo
*■»
WHAT CHEER HOUSE,
OROVILLE,
Montsoiiu-ry street •
Between Mvers and Huntoon Streets.
r |TI!K srUSCIMP.ER
IiKSPEUTFULI.Y IX
t-nras hiN friend'* and the public, that he fur
ni'ihes at the ai* >vc h-'u-ie th ' l»est board and lod
ging for the fallowing prices: *
Board and lodging per week oo
Board per week.. ....*•» oO
Single meals 25
Beds 25 and 50
A Splendid Bar
Containing the very best of Liquors and cigars
ha> l*ecu added to the establishment,
t ail an Ic\ imi:.o for > irsdves. R. OLIVER.
GOLDEN GATE
RESTAURAXT,
A ml Ice Cream Saloon.
< rucr of Montgomery and Honloon .Streets.
O HON I LI. E .
THE U N D K R SIGN K.D
having repaired and titledwArA
the above Restaurant,
will hereafter keep everything usually kept in a
FIKST ( LASS REST VI RAM I
board pfr week
SINGLE MEALS
.. V'.OO
50 Cl*.
Open 3Day and DJle;b.t.
ICE CRE \M furnished Families. Balls. Parties,
and assemblies of every nature, at reasonable rates.
Having been encaged in the business for the past
fifteen years, he hopes to give general satisfaction
to all. Meals «t all hours, dav and night.
June 7th. I-i. LEWIS CARPENTER.
OROVILLE, SATURDAY MORNDG, AUG. *2O, 186 A.
THE SUMMONS
My ear is full of summer sounds;
Of summer sights my languid eye:
Beyond the dusty village bounds.
1 loiter in my daily rounds.
And in the noon tide shadows lie.
I hear the wild bee wind his horn.
The bird swings on the ripened wheal,
The long green lances of the corn
Are tilting on the winds of morn—
The locasl shrills his song of heat.
Another sound my spirit bears.*
A deeper sound that drowns them a'l—
A voice of pleading choked with tears
The call of human hopes and fears,
The Macedonian cry of Paul.
The storm-bell rings, the trumpet blow.-;
1 know the word and countersign;
Wherever freedom's vanguard goes.
Where stand or fail her friends or foes.
1 know the place that should be mine.
Shamed l»e the hands that idly fold,
And lips that woo the reed’s accord,
When laggard Time the hour has tolled.
For true with false, and new with old.
To Sght the battles of the Lord.
Waterloo and the Underground Tele
graph.
A late camber of ibe Edinburgh Review has
••Selections from Diaries and Commonplace
Boobs of a Deceased Lad; cf Quality," from
which we print the following extract;
[This lady in question was the iate Miss
Williams Wynn, first niece of the Marquis ol
Buckingham and Lord Greenville, and nearly
related by blood or marriage to successive
Lukes of Buckingham and a large circle of
nobility.]
1 did not know, till 1 heard it from General
Alva, the exact circumstances of the first arri
val of the news of the battle of Waterloo in
London. It seems that one morning a partner
of the house of Rothchild came to L-rd Liver
pool. informed him that he had. a few hours
before, received the glorious news, or at least
the bare outline; that having made all the
advantage which this exclusive knowledge
could give him on the stock market, he now
came to impart it to the Government. He
would not aflswer any inquiries as to the
means by which he had acquired the intelli
gencc; cuuhl not give any particulars, only re
ported the assurances ol the truth ol the in
formation. Lord Liverpool thought it cruel,
on such vague foundations, to raise hopes or
fears. To one ol bis colleagues, Vansittart (1
think) who happened to c me in, lie told the
circumstances, and they agreed to conceal it
from every human being till more was known
There was a cabinet dinner on that day at
Lord llurrowly’s; and not one word was said
respecting the news, and Lord Liverpool was
returning home full of anxiety. In the street
his carriage was stopped by an unknown, who,
with some apology, said he had just come
from Downing street ; that a carriage with six
horses dressed with laurels, French eagles, and
colors hanging out of the widows, had arrived;
that the glorious news was instantly spread,
and that the messenger was gone to Lord
Hurrowiys in pursuit of him through another
street from that in which be was met.
This, 1 think. I heard at the time, but cer
taiuly till now never beard the thing account
ed for. It set-ms that the Duke of Wellington
after writing Ids dispatch home, said to Pizzo
di Borge, ••Will you write to Louis XVIII, at
Ghent? Tell him only that Napoleon is utterly
defeated; that in less than a fortnight I shall
be in possession of Paris, ai d hope very soon
alter to see him reinstated. .Say that exten
sivc fatigue prevents me from writing!’ A
messenger was sent of course immediately to
Ghent. When he arrived, Louis and his little
court happened to be assembled at breakfast
in a room whose windows down to the ground
w ere wide open. The embraces, the ejacula
tions, of course instantly apprised those under
the windows of the arrival ot good news.
Among these was a spy from the house of
Rothschild, who had many days been upon
the watch, lie no sooner heard the news
than he rode post to Ostend; there just happen
ing to find a small wssel just sailing he em
barked and got one tide before the F.nglish
messenger, who arrived shortly afterward.
There is a passage in the leading article of
the Times o! Thursday, the HU 1 of June, 1815
announcing the victory which partially con
firms the Rothschild agent story;
Those who al'euded to the operations of the
slock exchange yesterday [2lsi| were pursna
ded that the news of the day before would be
followed up by something still more brilliant
and decisive. Omnium rose in the course of
the day six per cent, premium, and some hous
es. generally supposed to possess the inlornu
tion best, were among the purchasers.
"Tki.i, Him to Qi it."— We heard of a
young married couple who recently attended
an exhibition ol • Dissolving Views.” The
biide being pretty, attracted the attention ol a
stylish looking city gent who happened to oc
cupy the same seal with the twain. During
the exhibition, the audience part of the hall
being already obscured, by some accident the
light was entirely extinguished. Fending the
recovery, which occupied some little time, the
city gentleman, [perhaps accidentally] gently
pressed the band of the bride, who was too
much alarmed to eficr resistance. This bold
act was followed by a holder, certainly not ac
cidental. for the city Lothario absolutely kissed
the bride. This was too much, and the young
wife resolved to tell her husband, which she
did, when the following whispering colloquy
look place:
-John?" "V hat?” ' This, fellow here's
kissing me." ••Well," said John, who was a
ttie shy “ti 'i mto quit.” "No
John, yon tell him.” “Tell him yourself."
No. John, 1 den t like lo; you toil him. The
gentleman's a perfect s'ranger to mcl”
Stbknoth from Ai.s.—A student of an
American State College had a barrel cf ale
deposited in his room—contrary of course lo
the rule and usage. He received a summons
to appear before ti c President, who said:
"Sir. 1 am informed that yen have a barrel
of ale in your room "
•• Ves sir.”
• Well, what explanation can yon make?"
"Why. the ;js sir. my physician advises
me to try a little each day as a tonic, and not
wishing to stop at the various places where
the beverage is retailed. 1 concluded to have a
barrel taken lo my room."
■ Indeed! And have you derived any benefit
from the use of it?"
••Ah. yes, sir. When the barrel was first
taken to my room I could hardly lift it; now I
can carry it with the greatest case.”
The New York correspondent of the Ports
mouth Chronicle was commissioned a few days
ago to buy a iwujpty dollar box of cigars, as a
present to Gen. Grant, from a friend. A note
placed under the lid read ;
in Richmond A G P.'
Why is life the riddle of all riddles? Because
we must a" give it up.
A Question and its Answer.
Rro. Wijgen :—Will yon plea=e inform me
if it is true that tbe decrees of Masonry have
been conferred on a woman? I bare frequently
beard tbe assertion made that a woman was
once made a Mason, but have never been able
to obtain any reliable information concerning
so extraordinary a proceeding.
Vours, etc., CtTEIOSJTT.
Ves, it is true, and tbe fact is well authenti
cated. Miss Elizabeth St. Leger was the only
female ever initiated into the mysteries of
Free Masonary. The story is an interesting
one, and,'a? nearly as we can remember it, is
as foil »s: The father of Miss St. Leger, Lord
Donvaile, was a very zealous Mason, a-d held
a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Ireland to
open a lodge and confer degrees of Masonry.
He occasionally opened a Lodge at Donevaile
House, his sons and some intimate friends as
sisting; and it is said that never were Masonic
duties more rigidly performed than by them.
On one occasion, during tbe initiation of a gen
lletnan. Miss St, Leger, who was then a young
girl, happened to be in an apartment adjoining
tbe room generally used as a lodge room. This
room at the time was undergoing some altera
tion: among other things tbe wad was coosid
erably rcduc.d in one part. The young lady
having heard the voices of the Frecmasons.and
prompted by the curiosity natural to her sex
to see this mystery, so secretly locked up from
public view, picked a brick from tbe wall with
her scissors and witnessed tbe ceremonies
through the first and second degrees. Her cu
riosity having been satisfied, fear at once look
possession i t her mind. There was no mode
of escape except through the very room where
the co; eluding part of the ceremonies in the
second degree were being solemnized, and that
being a large room, dimly lighted, and the
brethcru all assembled at the farther end, she
had tbe courage to attempt her escape that
way. W ith light but trembling steps, she
glided along unobserved, and gently opening
tbe door, to her horror and dismay, before her
stood a grim and surly Tyler, with his long
sword unsheathed, A shriek that pierced
through tbe apartment alarmed the members
of the lodge, who. all rushing to the door, and
finding that Miss Ft. larger had been in tbe
room during the ceremony, determined, in the
first paroxism of rage, to pul her to dea h ;
but, from the earnest supplication of her youn
gest brother, her life was spared on condition
of her going through the whole of the cere
mony which she had unlawfully witnessed. To
this she consented, and they conducted the
beautiful and terrified young lady through
those rials which are sometimes more than
enough for masculine resolution, little thinking
they were taking into the bosom nf their Fra
lerulii a member who wonld afterwards re
liect a lustre on the annals of Masonry. Miss
St. Leger was afterwards married to Richard
Aldworlb, Ksq . cl New market, and was gen
erally respected and beloved lor her many
virtues. \\ henever a benefit was given at ihe
theatres in Dublin or Cork, for the “Masonic
Female Orphan Asylum,” she walked at tbe
bead ol the Freemasons, wearing lar Apron
and other Masonic insignia, and sat m Ihe
front tow of the stage box. The house was
always crowded on these occasions. Her por
trait is in the Lodge Room of almost every
Lodge in Ireland.
A I’kintrr os a Tramp.—A Dutchman sit
ting at the door of a tavern cut West, is ap
proached by a tall Yankee who is emigrating
westward on foot, with a bundle on a cane
over his shoulder.
•Veil, Mistker Valking St hick, vat to you
vant ?”
■Rest and refreshment,” is tbe reply.
“Fnpper and loehin, I suppose.”
“Yes, supper and lodging.”
"I’e you a Yankee peddler, mit jewelry in
your pack to stheal de girls?”
"No, sir ; I am no Yankee peddler.”
“A singing mastber, too lazy to work.”
“No, sir.”
“A shenteel shoemaker, vat loves to meas
ure te gals' loots an'ankles, petterdau to make
le shoes 1”
• No, sir, or I certainly should have mended
my own shoes.”
"A book arhent, vot bothers the school
gomittces till dey do vat you visb, shoost to
get rid of you ?”
“Guess again, sir ; I am no book agent.”
“Te tuyvel 1 A denlisht, breakiiT de becplc's
jaws at a dollar a schnag ?”
‘ No. sir; lam no tooth puller.”
Fhrenolochist, den. feeling le young folks'
head like so many cappidge ?”
“ No, nor a phrenologist.”
“Veil, ten, vot te tuyvel youpe? Finest
tell, an you shall have le pest sassage for sup
per und stbay all night free gratis, vithout
paying von cent, an a chill of visky to sthurt
mit in te morning.”
”1 am a humble disciple of Faust—a pro
fessor of the art preserative of all arts —a typo
grapher at yonr service.”
“Vatch dal ?”
“A printer, sir ; a man that prints books
and newspapers.”
•’A man vot brinls books und newspapers?
Oh 1 yaw. yaw, dat isb it—a man vot brims
newspapers 1 Yaw. yaw ; I visit 1 may pe
shot if 1 didn't link you vas a poor tuyvel of
a dishtrict schoolmaster, vot vorks for nothing
und poards around novare. I tought you vas
him. Va!k in, valk in, Mr. rrinterman.”
A cißcn.Aß from the Fan Francisco camp
of the Christian Commission reminds us that
we have never ye't published an affeeiintr ac
count of an interview between a chaplain and
an apparently dying soldier left over from a
hot engagement previous to ihe taking of Rich
mond by McClellan and Butler.
Dying Foidier—Me Bible I—bring it me 1
Chaplain—lt works.' Here, poor, sin sick
sou! I have one—warranted genuine—from the
Christian Commission —distributed for Cbrst's
sake. What shall 1 read ? Turn your face
this way, that you may hear and be saved.
Turn over and oblige.
D, F. Not that one I Get me Bible from
me pack. Be quick 1 lest 1 die for Liberty
w ithout sufficient cause 1
Chap.—Ah ! heart-stricken one 1 your own
Bible, eh ? Here'r your valise; yes. here art
the Bible, too ; the gift of some fond female
mother or sis or. doubtlessly—the same which
art now pouring outward and upward a prayer
.for thy safety or at least partly thy soul's res
cue ah !
[Hands tbe sacred document to Dying sol
dier and sets in onto a prayer or so. Dying
soldier presses a >pricg in the d ouraent which
proves to be one of Flask's calf bound imita
lions, foil of a fair quality of old rye. Dying
soldier draws consolation from the volume—
and lives 1 Chaplain, amazed, and injured in
to the spirit, moves off to a more seriously
wounded pa'riot. — Humboldt Register,
Abel Stearns, of Los Angeles county, is
believed to be the largest land and stock owner
in the United States. He owns this year fortv
eight thousand head of cattle, besides nine
thousand calves.
Tef Nevada Gazette perpetrates the follow
ing conundrum; Why are the Copperhead
papers, like the heir apparent to the crown of
great Britain ? Because they are the prints
of wails.
The Distressed Widow.
Brother Joseph R, Chandler. Past Grand
Master of Pennsylvania, now President of the
Girard College in Philadelphia, in an address
"On the Physical Benefit? of Masonry." re
cords the following interesting incident, given
in his own language. The high character and
exalted rack of oar illustrious Brother as a
scholar, a man. and a Mason, are a sufficient
warrant lor its trn:h :
Not lorg si xe. a constable of Philade : h:.i
was instructed by a largo property owner to
proceed to make an attachment of bouse ' old
furniture for rent dues The distress w ..Id
reach nearly all that the law a” wed ;.K,:'.:e:
and pai: :al as was the ta»k to the kind hearted
officer, it was. nevertheless, a doty The ten
ant was a widow, with a little fan; y ifcbildr
While the i fiiccr was sitti: g. distressed at the
misery he was compelled to indict, the wid w
entered the room, bearing upon her the gar
ments of her widowhood, whose f. eshness
showed the recency of her loss, and testifying,
bv her manner, the utter destitution to which
this attachment was reducing her and her chil
dren.
‘•1 know not,” said she. "what to do. 1
have neither friend uor relation to whom to
apply. lam alone—utterly aleue—liieodless
helpless, destitute—a widow.'
‘•Hut," said the officer, "is there no osseoia
lion epon which you have a claim ?”
"None ;lam a men r nefi ial ■
ciety," she replied. "But, 1 remember, ’’ she
continued, "that my husband has more than
once told me that if I should ever be in distress.
1 might make this available and she drew
oat a Masonic jewel. "Rut it is now too late,
1 am afraid.”
"Let me see it.” said the t dicer ; and with a
skillful eye he examined the emblem consecra
ted to charity, as the token of brotherly affec
lion. The officer was a Mason, be knew the
name of the deceased, and recognized his stand
ing.
■ We will see,” said the officer, "what effect
this will have, though the landlord is no Ma
son. Who is your clergyman?” The widow
told him. The clergyman was a Mason.
The attachment ol goods was relinquished for
a moment. The officer went to the clergyman,
made known the distress of the widow, and
her claims throngli Masonry.
"And who,” said the clergyman, "is (he
landlord?” And the constable informed him.
"Abl” said the clergyman, "docs his relig
ion teach him to set ns no better example?
We must show him what Masonry requires at
our hainis, 1 have spent all of the last pay
meat of my salary, but here is my note at a
short date for the am aunt due : the landlord
will scarcely refuse that.”
In twenty minutes the rent was paid The
kind hearted officer forgave his fees, and per
haps gave more, and the widow and the or
phans blessed God for the benefits which they
had enjoyed through Masonry.
A Mvsterv Explained.— The Atlanta In
telligencer publishes the following among its
selected items :
"It is a well known fact that the reason as
signed by many for the panic which caused
our troops to break at the battle of Mission
Ridge, was that the enemy showed themselves
in such overwhelming numbers that the boys
thought the whole world was marching to at
tack them. We. to show the opinion prevail
ing among our boys, will relate the following
anecdote, which we do not remember to have
seen in print. As line after line, and mass al
ter mass of Yankees appeared, crossing the
plain and ascending the hillside, marching on
ward wiib s trniingly resistless force, our troops
began to waver, and many of them, to their
shame, fled without firing a gun. Some of them,
however, staid un*.il the last, and among these
was one fellow who, to use his own language,
•staid thar till he got so close that he heard
one of the Yankee Generals give the command :
‘Attention, world 1 By nations, right wheel 1 1
Hy States, fire 11 !’ and then 1 thouht it was
time for this darned little Southern Confeder
acy to be flittin’ out o' the way” Don.t
blame him for it ; it was about lime to ‘git
out o' the way.”
Loyal Indian - .—A short time since, the
head of the church, accompanied by a numer
ous retinue of Bishops and Iriends, paid a visit
to Provo City to have a talk with the saints
thereabouts. As is u-mal on such occasions,
the faithful turned out in force with flags and
banners, among w hich was the well known
M rnion flag of Ptah, a unique and very pretty
institution, but differing materially from the
National banner. A gentleman who was pres
ent, informs us that about this time some two
hundred Indians came into town, enjoyed the
demonstration hugely, but looked askant at
the Mormon flag fluttering alongside the stars
and stripes. Finally, "Indian Jim,” a Ute
Chief, stepped forward, saluted the American
flag with such commendation as, “good flag,
ngh 1” Then turning to the banner of Utah,
he slopped his breast furiously and exclaimed,
"no good—no Connor flag—take it down—
Connor flag good 1 ugh !” .So persistent was
he to anything which was not the simon pure
“Connor flag," as he designated the star? and
stripes, that to satisfy him the Mormon flag was
incontinently taken down, and the American
fiig alone fluttered in the breeze.— Union Fc
date.
Once on a time, not long ago, pot so far
from Millersburg as it might be. a good heart
cd man and his long-tongued, style-talking wife,
attended a social party. Almost every three
minutes Lis wife would check her husband
thus ;
“Now-, William, don't talk so loud 1 '
“Come, William, don't lean back in the
chair that way I”
■Now. William don’t get noisy over there!
“Say. William, let the girls alone and sit by
me.”
At last forbearance cea-c 1 tone a virtue,
a:: 1 b is! wh I» .- illy pitied by all
in the room, arose and said :
"1 beg pardon of the company ; but as my
wife insists on being b-'ss all the time, it is
right she should have these 1"
And he deliberately look off his pants, hand
od them to her, and sat down in bis bools and
drawers.
The company was astonished ; the women
burst into tears. The happy c ople soon went
home, hut neither of them wore pants.
flow the affair was settled we cannot tell
but the last time we saw William he had the
pants on. We are inclined to think -he will
not again boss in company in a hurry.
A Woman with Horn-. The New To:k
Observer of the 12tb ins'anl contains a letter
from its correspondent ol Larcaca, in the Is
land of Cyprus, j Turkish dominions) describing
a most remarkmbl Ittsus naturae, recently dis
covered there. It is nothing less than a wo
man with horns growing out of her head.
She has one large horn on the side of bead of
the size and consistency of an ordinary ram's
horn, besides three or four cornicles on other
parts of the bead The writer states that he has
seen her and that she has been visited by
nearly all the consuls and Europeans in that
place, some of whom are making an effort to
secure her for exhibition.
ioctixTiric Oonjectvbs*. Science has
never been abie to discover any atmosphere
surrounding the moon. Wo know that we
cannot imagine life without air. There couid
be no sound. no beat, no sky, do cloud. We
can hardly find anything we call living but
owes its life to air; therefore the conjecture has
been arrived at. that the moon was uninhabi
ted. But a Mr. Hansen, a distinguished as
tronomer. has found a discrepancy in the lea.
and conceives that there may be iite there, at
least on one side.
Several cases of irregularity io the time of
the moon's course he ascribes to the fil'd of
uneven gravitation. He states that the cot tie
of figure and the centre of gravity are net co
incident, one being di-tant from the other i cut
miles. Thus h; r sphere is heavier on li e w.e
side than the other, like an egg. “Bans have
been cast hollow, but with one side thicker
than the other: the density being given, calcu
lation describes the curve to a i.icity. and vice
versa." The conclusion of Mr. Hansen is tl at
the hemisphere turned toward us in the bguvr
half. As air and water would naturai y grav
itate to the heaviest side, he concluded that it
is probable that life may e.\i,-r on the hidden
sidt. and that a world corresponding to our
own. may have its men ia the mobn.
This is the most tantalizing suggest i. :i ih.it
science has given us. To think that our 11 ch
be rs m »st perforce keep themselves . . i
den side, and are forbid forever all the invest;
gallons of science seem- a iittle too bad. We
have always been calculating on the time
when new discoveries in lenses would bring ns
a glimpse of some wonder in that bride > f the
night that walks so calmly through her star
encompassed pathway, throwing Lor beautiful
veil even to the shadows of oar earth, moving
our seas by her love, and sending through the
nervous life of us poor mortals some sense of a
presence that is “so near and yet so far."
One thing we are sure of ; if this state of
things really exist, and the Moonilcs have a
bit of Yankee spirit, they will contrive some
way to flood her waste places both with air
and water, and we yet shall be able to feel the
active energies of her workiitf will.
Kilkenny Cats, —That quaint little pnbli
cat n Notes and Qn ies, has expla
proven which to some, at least wanted an ex
planation. It appears that the story of the
Kilkenny Cats had its foundation in an ulro
cions act of ernelyty. A regiment ol Hessians
quartered in that town in 1803, used to tie
two cats by the tails, hang them across a close
line, head downwards, and watch them tearing
each other to death. The officers prohibited
the amusement, which, howencr, continued till
one day the officer of the day arrived a little
too suddenly. Unable to untie the cats, a
soldier cut off their tails, and w hen they were
perceived explained that the two cats fought
so desperately that nothing was left but their
tads.
Uncle Saji’s Farm. —The Government
lands—according to an estimate made by the
“Corn Planter and Mechanic—in the United
Slates now amount to fourteen hundred thous
and millions of acres. Two millions and a half
of acres have already been sold for thirty four
millions of dollars. At one third of a cent per
acre, the remaining lands would pay off the
whole national war debt, though it might be
four thousand Eve hundred millions of dollars.
At ten cents per acre, it would pay off that
debt thirty times over.
The American consul at Bermuda was re
cently assaulted by a portion of the crew of
the pirate Florida, aided by some of the citi
zens of that intensely British city. He was
set upon in his office, and would probably have
been killed, had it not been for the timely
alarm given by a boy. It has hitherto been
the boast of Englishmen that the persons of
Foreign Ambassadors and Consuls are sacred,
and that the British laws protect them. The
boast can no longer be made. Our represen
tatives arc insulted under the very nose of the
British lion.
A boy only nine years old is now in the
Nevada jail on charge of horse stealing. He
was caught in the act. and exhibits all the
hardiness of an old hand at the business. He
was arrested in Grass Vulley.where his parents
reside. He has for some time been considered
a very bad boy, naturally of thievish propen
sities.
George Peabody, Esq., the American hunk
er in London, contributed two thousand dol
lars to the Sanitary Commission, but sulise
qucntly, on becoming aware ol the vast opera
tions and usefulness of the institution,incnai J
his donation to SIO.oOO which he transmitted
to the Hon. John P. Kennedy of Baltimore.
It is repined that Claik l.winelle. of S : rra
Valley, was killed by robbers last week be
tween Virginia and Truvkee City, his body
being much mutilated with pistol shots at. 1
knives. Being a powerful and fearh-ss mm.
it seems that be took bis chances anainst a
number of bnsbwhackors and got the w rst of
the fight.
Why are modest people who cal turkeys
like babies?
Ho you give it up, Sal I 'Cause why, they
are fond of the breast. At this, whilst middle
aued ladles may faint, married ones may clap
handkerchiefs la their mouths lor the toothache
of course.
The Eastern papers print - miscegenation"
thus : Miss C. G. Nation.
The gal's full name must be Mi-s Confeder
ate Guerrilla Nation.
John Davis who killed John Huberts in May
last, has been sentenced to be hung ia Downie
ville on the thirtieth of next mouth.
The Richmond Enquirer says the rebels
command Petersburg with five hundred guns,
which can sweep the city through and through,
hence its capture by Grant would not amount
to anything
This I'an* par?'' l «sv that two Confederate
cruisers are . "T Clicrbocrf w.»it ! ns» for the
Kearsar;;’. If (' mr. J.tre wi< hiekr
enous-h lo meet them he w. ! show John Hull
that we can «uc ship against two re* as
victc-rtwsk a» S- wart ia th (Vrstitation dnl
the 1 cvaru and Crane S.'lv rears aeo The
c;.-s* s wt -h tie Kparsarjte roar encoonter
are pro* uVr ’!.e 15.;; pahai ■ -ok. f. rme-’r the
Hr. .si; st earn s',op- i»irV.,;e and !he rew
steam ressci the Vide > wlrohlbe H.-rd au
UircaJe stars was cor ‘Toct ! hr M. Arr.iwr..
■ . : ft ■ rates
reoeutlr left that roadstead ostensibly I t Art
sterdaa. Everything concert ng herd
ore. ar.d the eVi, et ard atm of her ror ace, re
ir.rns a prr' r d ror»terr. The freisrbters,
CBcers a .. Itl mj-st«ry lo
She is six
ar.d has a h cr t w of 65 men. She is
commanded hr a Cap'aia Cater, a tia'ivc of
Cra; ce. ar.d is d with var; c sis.
- despa 1 Mr A
It our Coin Wjnsiow >ti aid lav bards ■« this
i
o( llarnan As the ansrlo rebel Alabama now
lies rollrt -o at the bottom of the Itriiisb chin
n- the Kca sarce can Si .rd the Uappaiiat -a
and the I
' Ms v i ■ It is
to account * r so sn ill a orcarnre as a bird
making a iet.e ;s ; al ~r a; a tlions
and limes its s;^e; hut a recent diseoverr
shows that in birds the Jr- c> hare several
> p>' - ‘■..rr miirieatiii.’ w b oorrespo-dimr
a : bios or ceil--, which fi!! the w h de cavity of
t’ body from the mek downward, and into
" • r a r piss, > ind repasse. r;i the proc
■ Phis i
bom's are hoi ‘w. from w nh the air pipes arc
convened lo l i.e most s ~i parts : •!, > body,
even unto the qa. and leathers li e ».r be
iug tariffed by the heat of their body adds to
their lev ’y. Hy forcing the air out of their
body, they can dart down from the greatest
heights w»;h aster.>bing velocity. V 1 il*’
li;e ?ame machinery forms the bt«:< . t their vo
ca! powers, and at or.ee res nvts the mystery
into a natural ordering 1 par’s.
lb W (vKNRR.U. HIBXKY rt 1-T \Wf > X Tl* »N
A Petersburg letter has ti ef-. -w : g I.ate
after
lured, an ammunition wagon, drawn by - x
mules, was driven up from the direction of
Petersburg to a particular point m the (Ml
ol fori ideations, iieneral Hirney. surprised I »
see il e :ne from that dnecliot. askul the
driver what he had in the wagon. Tht ar -wer
was, ‘Amnin: i:i m for flattery No !* ’ ,
did it f"ine frt m?’ inquired the (ier ral. sup
posing that additional ammunition might have
been sent for some of the fu l l piect s he had
placed in the breastworks. ‘From the arsenal,’
said the driver. Oh. very well. Raid Itirney,
‘Til take charge of it.’ Ibis w;»- the amruum
lion sent from tlu city to the abtls : but Hir
nev and s me of Lis troops occupied flattery
No. o:
A CT te \Vn»ow. —lt is related that a man
on his Vulh bed called his wife lo him and
said:
•I leave my horse to my parents : «»Il him
and hard the money you gel overt© them Hat
my dog I leave to you; dispose of him as you
think best.’
I’he w ife promised to obey. So. in due time
after the death ‘of her lord, she star led out te
find a market for her animals.
How much do you ask for your horse?’ in
qriired the farmer.
I cannot sell the horse alone.* she replied
but 1 will soil the dog and horse at u fair pric<
for both, (live me one hundred dollars f«*r thi
il g ai d one dollar for the horse, and wt* cai
trade on tin so terms and the cute widof
conscientiously paid to the parents the on
dollar she received for the horse, and kept th
one hundred dollars she received for the d-*g
w ith the in si perfect complacency.
A i.farned ar.J ingenius foreigner, bavin
visited Knglnnd. and being asked how he like
the English, said : ‘ They resemble a butt <
their own favorite beverage, ale—frothy at il
top, dregs at the bottom, but the middle pa
excellent.’'
A vkrv deaf old lady got into a state I
L r real exciter.ent during a sermon b\ MH
W hitefield. • Vou cannot hear the prruchefl
said a friend, “and what, then, is it m"r»n yl
«<•?’’ “Oh. sir. " said the venerable devotee, *■
is the bobbing of his blessed wig.’’ I
It statrd that a god deal f land abol
the Koyai Exchange in London, is now w< il
; one million five hundred pound# per arre.nl
that a site in that neighborhood about the
of a nobleman s drawing room would < omma|
a ground rental of Xl.«u>o per annum, eqfl
lo the rental of a thousand acre farm. I
1 1 1 k See r.tifie A merican staUis that in
land ei fh: from -v, r rrov.d il burial irroutH
ere dug up. dried and ground, a-d used
ingredient in I lie aduht radon of coffee.
* Hawkter." said an exquisite the • *h*r dH
I’tOad t-'iinke it right." *lt waiits
but brains, ’ rcplitil the physician.
Wh.il is the difference between the
war a.nd Mrs. Sbiwe's ••f'r.-, ' Tom s * <ih:H
i). a I;.- re- inutU ruf >.x une is hi*torv Hn
c>!her ij her story.
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aiv .! :2..r n, »k-. g- i '*« p*-
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make u first rate dtvil." II
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H -u-.-h ’ i \V- rd- 1 ■!:» n- «g t-'in* ->gH|
H •;-» h'-lt] w :* have pl.ty.-d lr-
Wills m-. I'-I V. .-tie f.. neg re^H
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