Eclipse and political notes mix in late July dispatches
A column reviews Vallandingham's stance on General Rosencrans, previews the August 7 total solar eclipse across the North American continent, and lists numerous notices from Petroleums to local developments, including a Denver railway colony plan and a witchcraft true bill in Owen County. The piece also mentions a murder in Robertson County and a comical note about turning corpses into stone.
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California Freight Rates Seen as Key to Growers’ Profit
California fruit growers push a convention to secure reduced eastbound transportation costs. A San Francisco electrical blasting device is tested claiming safety and simultaneous multi blast capability. A Nashville fad sees young women in new dresses parading for pay, and a New Orleans surgeon reports a camel with four stomachs. An overseer at Longview Lunatic Asylum is killed by a pickaxe during inmate work.
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Unknown Colorado Territory Explored By Military Expedition
The San Francheo Bulletin reports plans for a thorough exploration of the Colorado headwaters area as large as Illinois. Major Dien. Thomas leads engineers geologists and botanists to survey terrain rivers and possible mineral rich valleys with implications for future settlement and railroad expansion.
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Curious experiment tests deep sea pressure on fish
In France a study placed fish in water vessels sustaining 400 atmospheres to see if they could survive great depths. The creatures remained healthy, implying fish may endure deep ocean pressure. A pressure of 400 atmospheres equals about 66 feet, roughly two and a half miles, in depth.
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Telegraph Reported Brief for Daily Leader
A telegraph update carries terse news for the Daily Leader, delivering concise facts from distant events as reported for the paper’s readership.
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Regular Dispatches and Cuban News Mix in July Reports
New York reports an Army Navy Reunion in Boston next year with Admiral Farragut as President and Gen Blair criticized at a Long Branch dinner. Havana notes Valmaseda’s camp capture near Nargo and port blockades on the island, while Washington cites a DC Supreme Court mandamus for McGarrahan patent rights and Halleck monument dedication at Guilford with Holmes' poem.
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Indian Congress debated by civilized tribes in Washington
The text describes representatives of civilized Indians in the Indian Territory planning a Congress in Washington. Commissioner Parker hopes to invite representatives from some savage tribes to witness that peace and prosperity, including farms schools and churches, exist west of the Mississippi and north of Texas, contrasting frontier violence with progress.
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Farmer in San Ramon Uses Snakes to Save Crops
A California farmer catches snakes and relocates them to rodent holes to combat rats mice squirrels and other pests that threaten crops. The serpents are said to be harmless and help reduce crop-destroying pests.
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Eye color and brow shape linked to character traits
An old note outlines believed facial indicators of intellect and temperament. It assigns eye color to traits, links yellowish eyes to genius, brow height to feeling versus reason, and mouth size to vigor or weakness, ending with chin position and lip fullness as signs of strength or passion.
Emigrant shoemaker keeps lap-stone amid town traditions
In Folland and Ciermany areas no grindstones are found yet an emigrant shoemaker from Tolland continues using his lap-stone. Farmers still sharpen their scythes by hammering the edge, a practice carried on to this day.
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Official Laws of the United States Passed in First Session Forty-Gret
The document records several res olutions enacted by Congress including a measure authorizing removal of public stables and buildings from Capitol grounds to assist Capitol extension work. It also notes a joint resolution to adjust enrolment for civil expenses and a consular fee provision effective from January 1 1867 with refunds of prior fees.
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Oregon Lighthouse Resolution Approves Coastal Lights
The document notes that the United States Congress resolved that erection of the Aquinoa Bay lighthouse and other Oregon coast lighthouses shall not be delayed awaiting the Oregon legislature's consent to acquire sites. Approved March 26, 1869.
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Joint Resolution to supply omissions in enrolment acts
This joint resolution amends appropriation acts of 1869 to insert provisions restoring omitted items and authorizes reimbursement to the internal revenue bonded warehouses for storekeepers salaries and expenses. It directs remittance to the treasury and proper accounting of these funds.
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