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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-25
SAN Disco, April 28 1859.
A Deeadfal Scene al; the Gila-Americdas

SANOtkSO, nNitSISs ISs1CJU.str
A DreadfM Scene at the 4Gila- AmericaMs:
Killed at % st'szs 81, 80 ..s-s4Sss,. 4s':s
There has been terrible cffaiir at the mouth
of the Gila. Some Americans stopped there.
to ferry passengers, &c, over the Rio colora-.
do. On last Tuesday, the 2Sth, a party of four
or FIVE hundred Indians attacked them, about
noon, and killed eleven Of them. Three only.
made their escape and came into town. There.
had been fifteen or twenty thousand Sonoreais
and others, who had been crossing the river da..
ring the last three months, and the ferry CONF
pany had nearly seventy thousand dollars The
Indians carried off the money and provisions.
and burned the houses There had been isto-
ries of the extortion, &c., of the Americans at
the ferry. ~ # ~ y:
Since this affair we learn that the Indians
conceive themselves to be at war with us, And
| fear that innocent emigrants may suffer
These Indians belongs to q faithless tribe. We
had s,me difficulty with them on our journey
last year, but nothing more serious happened
than the loss of some of our cattle, which they
stole and drove of. 3 : = 80.
We give the above, under pretty firm be.s
lief, however, that the story is partial aud sx-
aggerated. There has probably been provo
cation deserving of more particularly Of state.
ment than the brief allusion to .stories Of e3.
tortion" made by the writer Saal5 So
T,,ovr. .r vpox SAyr. Res.. fntoll;ropso
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-25

IMroRTAyr PROM SANrA FE.- intelligence
has been transmitted by telegraph, from New
Orleans, the 18th inst, of the issue, according
to the Texas Civilian of June IA, Of procla;:
nation by Col. Monroe, directing the election
of delegates to Convention for forming Stata
Governmentfor New Mexico. The convention
was to be held at Santa Fe on the 18th of June,
mot May, we presume, as alleged in the dis
patch, seeing that we have adyices from Santa
Fe later than the 18th ult) The conlm9nica:
ton also confirms the statement that Major
Neighbors, the Texan commissioner in New
Mexico to organize the convention, State, DC,
has left that locality and returned to Austin,
having discovered that In spite of his protests
the New Mexicans desire no intimacy with
Texas. 1t is stated that the cause Of his failure
was the interference of the military authorities
of Santa Fe.
Either this will prove new element Of dis
cord, or perplexity, at least, in Congress, or it
will bring about a summary settlement of tho
pending controversy.
The bill to abolishcapital punishmentfailed in,
Connecticut Senate by one vote,
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Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
Beautiful Sentiment.

The following extract is taken from.
MOTIFS address to young men:
81 would frown on vice, would favor
virtue-favor whatever would elevate,
would exalt, would adorn character, and
alleviate the miseries of my species, or
contribute to render the world inhabited,
like the heavens to which l looked. a
place of Innocence and felicity. Though
| were to exist no longer than those eph-
emera that sport in the beams of the
summers morn, during that short hour, |
would rather soar with the eagle, and
leave the record of my flight and fall
among the stars, than to creep the gutter
with the reptile, and bed my memory
and my body together in the dunghill. =
However short my part. would act il
well, that | might surrender my existence
without disgrace and without computa-
ton"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
Curious Note of Hand.

An English paper relates the following
circumstance as having happened some
time ago in Kilkenny:
"a tailor who was married 10 a very
slckly woman. got enamored of Young
girl who lived in his neighborhood. and
on certain conditions he agreed 10 give
her promises, in writing, to marry he,
immediately on the demlse of his wife:
IN consequence of which Mr.. Snip
passed the following curious note Of
hand: in two days after the demise of
my present wife, promise to marry
Miss Moran or order: value received.
under filty pounds sterling. Given un.
der my hand this 10th day of May, &C.,
J. Sullivan Shortly after Miss Moran
received the above note, she died, leaving
1t endorsed to female friend, who also
chanced To take fever, and died before
the tallors wife; however, on her sick
bed, she also endorsed the note, and
gave 1t to cousin whom the tailor alb
solutely married, agreeably to the en-
dorsement, in two days after the death
OF his wife, and it is said the tailor and
his wife are now living happily in the
city OF Kilkenny"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

and criticised the wine, as if he had done
nothing else, but dine, and drink, and
scold there all the days of his life.
Once he wished TO drink my health
and would have proclaimed his whole
story to the cofee-roon assembly, in a
raving style. When | left he almost
weptin terror at the idea of losing sight
of me. But, allowing for these ebnIi-
tions-Ihc natural result of such whirl
of evenis--he was wonderfully calm and
self-possessed
The next day, his first care was to
distribute fifty pounds among his friends,
the cadgers, at a house of call in West
minister, aud formally to dissolve his
connection with them; those presen, un-
deriaking for the "fraterni,y," that, for
The future, he should never be noticed bv
them in public or private.
| cannot follow his career much fur
ther. Adversely had taught him nothing.
tie was soon again surrounded by the
well-bred vampires who had forgotten
him when penniless; but they amused
him, and that was enough The zen
thousand pounds were rapidly melting,
when he invited me 10 grant dinner at
Richmond, which included dozen of
the most agreeable, good looking, we'll
dressed dandes OF London, interspersed
with display of pretty butterfly bonne,s.
We dined delicious!y, and drank as men
do Of iced wines in the og-days--look-
ing down from Richmond Hill.
One of the pink bonnets crowned
Fiiz-Roy with wreath of flowers; he
looked-less the intellect-as handsome
as Alcibiades. Intensely excited and
flushed, he rose, with champagne glass
in his :land, to propose my health.
The oratorical powers Of his father
had not descended on him. Jerking out
sentences by spasins, at length he said,
81 was beggar--I am gentleman
thanks to ihls-"
Here he leaned on my shoulder heav-
lily moment, and then fell back. We
raised him, loosened his neckclo.h-
.Fainted!'' said the ladies'.
Drunk said the gentlemen.
He was dead!"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

AT a sale the other day IN the good old
democratic county Of Casswell, the auc-
tioneer commenced by saying--"Let's
see what you'll give for this property
these Wing times!" The corn sold for
$4i0 per bbl.; the cotton ten cents per
ID. and the bacon ten cents per h.
"Pretiy good prices under tory admin
istration,' somebody remarked. II like
Gen. Taylor well enough" replied an
old lady, ''6ut he had no business to
make coffee so high" | endeavored to
explain that the high price of her favor.
lite beverage was owing to an earthquas G
which shook the berries. from the trees
before they were ripe. "No," said the
old lady, "that's the way with you wings
--euerything you do that's mean, go,
lay il on the Lord"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
Origin or Coal.

The immense beds of bituminous coal
found in the valley of the Ohio, ill the
mind with wonder. Age after age, sue
cessive growths of plants, springing up
IN the same region, we:e entombed be-
meath thick strata of shale to a depth Of
more than 1000 feet; while beneath the
whole lay the bed of AN ocean, loored
with fossil salt. Indications of coal are
found at intervals across the great valley
from the Allegheny to the Rocky Noun
tains. II Is found near the surface in
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and
Missouri, and without doubt, may be
found beneath the extensive tertiary de-
posites which form the substratim OF
the great prairies in the central and north
ern parts of the western States. As low
down as New Madrid, on the Mississip-
pi, coal was thrown up from beneath
the bed of the river by the great earth
quake of l6l2-a sufficient proof of its
continuation in the most depressed part
OF the great valley. That the coal is of
vegetable origin, no one who has ever
read much on the subject, or personally
examined the coal-beds, will deny
Time was when it was considered a
peculiar mineral product, formed in the
same manner and at the same time with
the locks that surround it. The product
of its chemical analysis being altogether
vegetable, and the artificial formation of
coal from wood by Sir Sames Hall, have
silenced all doubts of the subject. The
only mystery now is, how such vast
quantities of vegetable matter could be
accumulated and grown on the spot
where they were buried. That thew
grow in general on the surface now occu-
pied by the coal, appears certain from
the perfect state in which the most deli
cate stems and leaves are preseryed.-
Had they transported by currents of wa
ter, and especially from any distance, il
is hardly possible that they should not
have received more damage. The cli-
mate at that period must have been more
humid than at present, as many of the
plants are Of those families which now
grow only in tropical climates; and as
the laws Of nature never change, this
may be deemed correct inference.
Siiiimaa's Journal.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
WHOLE NO. lO6.
Hints to Brother Farmers.

Friends, buy nothing that you can
profitably produce yourself. If you find
| your means restricted and not sufficiently
able TO supply all your necessary wants
extend your system of culture, and do
not stop till it embraces all those little
matters that enter into the consumption
of your family. Enlightened economy,
state and personal pride, all concur, says
some one, in indicating that farmer
should never go abroad for the necessa-
ries and comforts of life, so long as he
possesses the ability to produce them
Tor himself, for every dollar sent from
the farm for such purpose, is reckless
waste of means, as the necessary con-
sequence is. that, 10 the amount of its
value, il tends 10 impoverish the produ
Ger, or enrich third party who had no
agency in its production, and who, from
the remoteness of his local position,
has no identity of interest in, or affinity
of feeling with. the persons whom he
has thus, in measure, rendered tributa-
ry TO his enrichment.
Always endeavor TO secure good tools.
This is of paramount importance. No
man can work contentedly, or perform
his work successfully, with imperfect
implements. 1t often costs more to keep
a poor axe, or plow. or sythe in order,
during that particular portion of the year
when its assistance is most required,
than it would to purchase and new ones.
IL is, at best, but poor economy, that
which requires us to earn one dollar at
the expense of two.
Take the papers, An intelligent
farmer was conversing the other day up
on the many useful advantages of
newspapers. He had recently become
subscriber to an excellent and well
managed family paper, in which from
one to two columns are devoted, weekly
TO agricultural matter. In one of the
numbers he noticed recipe for the cure
of certain disease common to swine,
and by the ravages of which he had, in
previous years lost several animals with
Out applying or attempting to apply any
remedy, having been induced to regard
the disease in question, as one wholly
incurabe. A friend of his had, at that
time. fine porker suffering from an at
tack, and apparently in the last stages of
the same disease. The recipe was COM
municated to him, the prescribed medi-
cine and mode of treatment, and the
animal cured. An earlier knowledge of
this, he asserted, would in all probability,
have saved him hundred dollars! Few
farmers can afford TO lose that amount;
therefore, | say 10 all---.Take the pa
pers.'
II you have superior COW, sheep,
mare, or bull, do not dispose of it; keep
it 10 propagate from, and sell your poor
er animals. Obtain the best seed, the
best scions, the best tools; in purchasing,
do not attach so much importance to
few extra shillings or dollars, as TO let it
be the means of depriving you of a good
article, and substituting in It's stead,
poor, or comparatively worthless one
Remember that good articles are cheapest
in the end Poor purchases never real
Use ones expectations, and are source
of never-ending perplexity and expense.
FARMER.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

T The following is from Bryant's
sublime melody of death---the sublimest
passage, perhaps, to be found in English
language:
"Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world--with
kings,
The powerful of the earth---the wise, the
good,
Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past.
All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills
Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun-the
Wales
Stretching in pensive quietness between;
The venerable woods--rivers that move
In majesty, and the complaining brooks
That make the meadows green: and poured
round all
Old Oceans gray and melancholy waste
Are but the solemn decorations all
Of the great tomb of man."
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

a "Va,'s de matter? Watts de mat
teri" exclaimed an old dutch friend oil
ours, as he tucked up his apron, and ran
out OF the shop to know, the meaning O!
crowd in his neighborhood.-ssva.'s de
matter!"
"There's man killed. replied by.
stander.
'sOh ish dat all!" said our friend evi.
den,ly disappointed; sis dat all! shose a
man killed! humph! thought it was a
fight"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

n The Hickman, KY, Newsletter
says the butter taken from the wreck of
the steamer Neptune, which lad been
thus under water for twenty years, had
not changed its taste, and was as good
as fresh butter.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
HATES OF ADyERTTsIN1,.

For one square IL lines) insertion al %
Each additional insertions so
A handsome discount will be made on
these rates to yearly advertisers.
Business and Professional Cards, not ma
king more than eight lines, will be inserted
for S5 per year.
CO Persons who advertise by the year
are limited to their OWN LEGITIM ATE Rust
NESS. All advertisements handed in and
no time agreed upon for publication, will
be published till ordered out and charged
for accordingly.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

An old gentleman, who has dabbled
all his life IN statistics, says he never
heard of more than one woman who in
sured her life. He accounts for this, by
the singular fact of one of the questions
on every insurance paper being, "What
is your age!'
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

~ The young should be spared from
sorrow as much as possible. Never dim
the sunshine OF hope and joy, SO as to
leave them without even the memory Of
its glory.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

u is an old thought that pleasure and
pam are twin buds. One may add. he
that rudely plucks away the one, will be
sure TO hinder the developement of the
other.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

The SECRET oUT-TwELvETREEs
REcEIPE.-Some one in New York is
advertising wonderful secret in the way
of labor-saving mixture for washing
clothes. A remittance of one dollar.
says the advertiser, will insure return
of the RECIPE. Now we have the plea
sure of presenting our readers with the
'.wonderful secret,' in full, Stree gratis
for nothing acknowledging however,
our Indebtedness for the same to the Liv-
erpool Standard, from Which we extract
the following:
flashing Liquor.-A correspondent
who calls himself the "Washerwoman' S
Friend" says: sFhere is now a washing
liquor sold at Sheffield at the most ex-
torlionate price-beautifully labeled; but
for the benefit of washerwomen, who
are generally the really deserving. we
will impart the wonderful secret, which
has been obtained from headquarters,
viz: Mr.. Twelvetrees. One pound of
soda. one quarter of pound of lime,
one half pound of soap. The soda
and soap are boiled together and the
lime alone, in two quarts of water; and
then after being boiled are used as re-
CURED. This recipe can be as well
manufactured by poor washerwoman
as by scientific chemist.
There now, will not all thrifty house
keepers thank us! We have no doubt
tt.a, if we had advertised that we would
impart this most important of secrets for
fifty cents, every one of the eighteen
hundred families in Jersey City anc Van
Worst would have jumped at the chance.
We only say try 1.-THE receipe-and if
you find it good, actin regard to the half
dollar as your sense of justice dictates.
A more definite form OF the recipe is
as follows which we take from one Of
our English files--the Greenock Adver-
ilser-and for which our lady readers
we know will thank us, and the men too,
when they think uron the horror of
,oasAing day.
Receipe.-Dissolve one quarter of
pound Of lime in boiling water, s;rair-
ing through a flannel bag; dissolve sepa-
rately one quarter OF pound of brown
soap, and one quarterof a pound Of soda
--boil the three together. Put six
gallons of water into the boiler,
and when boiling add the mix
ture. The linens which must have
been stepped in cold water for twelve
hours, are wrung out, and stains rubbed
with soap, and put into the boiler, where
they must boil for thirty five minutes
They are then drawn, (.he liquor being
preserved, as it can be used three times)
placed in tub, and clear boiling water
poured over it. Rub them out, rinse
them well in cold water, and they are
ready for drying. By this process, two-
thirds Of The ordinary labor of washing
is saved, bleaching is dispensed with en-
tirely; the clothes are much cleaner and
are less worn than by the ordinary mode
of washing, snd the mixture in no way
damages the fabric.-Jersey City Tel.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

How TO POLISH A YOU'VE MAN.--We
read in Sheffield paper tina, "the last
polish to piece of cutlery is given by
the hand of woman" The same may
be said Of human cutlery, 'sthe last poll
ish to a young blade is given by mixing
with female society"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

TO feed the land before il is hungry, to
give 1t rest before it is weary, and to
weed It before il is foul, are said to be
evidence of good farming.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

~ The secret Of getting along well
IN the world, is to be pleased or seem to
be pleased with everything and every
body.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

a Never be angry with your neigh
Dor because his religious views differ
from yours, for all the branches of tree
DO not lean the same way.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

Don't give the boys the poorest tools
and then complain because they can't
keep up with the men in hoeing. plant
ing, &c.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

~ A lady making enquiries Of a
boy about his father, an intemperae
man, who had been sick for some time,
asked whether he had regained his appe-
tile. "No ma'am," says the boy, 'not
exactly, his appetite is very poor-but
his drinkatife is good as ever"
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

n The poets soul should be like an
ocean, able TO carry navies, yet yielding
to the touch of finger.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

II The maple-uees are hanging out
the red signal. 10 let us know the 0c.o-
ber train is coming.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

A vessel has arrived in England with
one hundred and twelve cases of shoes
of American manufacture.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25

n There is no merit in being bcau.i-
tul' but great satisfaction in being thought
so.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-25
THE DEs MONIES COURIER
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
Street & Warden,
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OCE No subscription will be discontinued
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option of the Publishers.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-05-09
Good aud CIaeap Watches.

JEWELRY AND SILVER-WARE,
wholesale and retail, al No. sc Moth 2nd
street. corner of Quarry, Philadelphia.
Gold lever watches. fnll Jewelled, ls
caret cases. $50 and upwards.
Silver lever DO, full jewelled. SIG and
upwards.
Silver lepine do. jewelled, sl1 and up
wards.
Silver quarter watches. from S5 to 10.
Cold pencils. rom 81 so 10 ST
Superior gold rings, from 81 10 80 cts.
O,her articles in proportion. All goods
warranted 10 be wha, they are sold for.
Constantly IN hand, full assortment
Of fine GOLD JEWELRY and SILVER
WARE: Also. an assortment Of NJ. J.
Tobias & Co.; +. Simpson Samuel and
Brothers; E. s. Yates s. Co.; John Har-
rison; G. & K. Beesley's. and other SUI.
perior PATENT LEVER Movements,
which will be cased in any style desired.
Arrangements have been made with all
the above celebrated makers. the best
manufacturers of Liverpool, TO furnish al
short notice any required style If Watch,
for which orders will be taken and the
name and residence of the person order.
ing. put on ifrequesied.
o. CONRAD. No. 90
North Third Street.
Importer of Watches.
January !, 1S50.--lv.49
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-05-09
Rheumatism.

= Dr.. Henry Turner'S Rheumatic Liriment.--
This superior remedy for the rheumatism, bu.
recently introduced irto this country by the pre-.
sent proprietor. has long bee,. known in Eng
cond, iondon particularly, as the best and only
certain cure flr that distressing and painful al
lection. Its effect VI on the system is mild aud
nothing, at the same lime certain and cfEcacous
rarely failing to give relief upon the first appIi.
cation, unJ by repeating it few times, u per-
munent cure is effected.
We have known cases Of pain ia The breast
aud back, with soreness, of several weeks dura-
ton, cured in one single night, and heard the
patient express his grateful thanks that such re-
medy was even discovered. We have also heard
individuals say they would give thousands Of
dollars for euro for rheuniatisni, yet the same
indivlduls were cured by two bottles of this great
Liniment, costing hut fifty cents each. Who
would regret giving such price for such rem
edy Ito be free fon the exci ulating tortuoe Of
that most painful Of oil diseases.
Afflicted go procure a bottle Of DR.. Turner
Lninient aud be- healeG at once; DO not longer
delay, but cast aside a noslrums and cure all ).
fur the one thing neeJiuI To insure q cure. Sold
wholesale and re,ailby d Wondsrly L. Co. pro.
prieiors No 2u Commerce street, and their gen.
ers agents kowand and Son, No 81 Nor,h SIKH
street, Philadelphia. ~
Also, b. J0HNR. M0YER Bloom.burg. em