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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-29

Well California has been anne xed in time and
trust that the Bay OF San Francisco will soon be the
western terminus of railroad from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific.
When the Mexican forces invaded our territory
and attacked General Taylor's army called on
the President the day the war was recognized bv
Congress- think it was the 18th of May IS46-
and insisted that no treaty of peace should be made
which did not recognise the right of Texas TO the
Rio Grande, and secure TO us New Mexico and the
CALIFORNIA;. The line which ] urged MIR. Polk to
inset upon the 32d parallel Of north latitude
from the Rio Grande to the Gulf of California,
thence through the centre of the gulf to the ocea
30 as TO include Lower as well as Upper California
and the whole of the valley of the CHA river instead
| of making that stream the boundary between the
| two countries. ] regarded the acquisition of the
CALIFORNIA; and the maintenance of title to the
whole of Oregon essential to the fuhment of our
destiny as the first maritime nation upon the globe
II is not singular, therefore, that the moment Cali
| fornia was acquired l should have boon prompt TO
bring forward the necessary measures TO protect
the rights of the inhabitants, 10 develop The re-
sources OF the country, and to prepare her to as
sume her appropriate position one of the States
Of this Union. repeat, only did my duty in this
respect, and doubt not any other Senator would
gladly have performed that duty. had his position
afforded him the opportunity. II tho eyes of the
young men Of California have been fixed upon me
in consequence OF these events can only cay that
il is decidedly the most agreeable mode in which
public man has ever been WATCHED by any portion
OF the American people.
regard this beautiful present n testimonial of
the gratitude of the donors 10 all the friends of Cal.
ifornia in the Senate and presented to me only for
the reason that their partially had made me their
organ In the performance of the duties which il is
intended to commemorate.
beg you, sir, upon your return to the golden
State which you represent with 30 much honor to
yourself and profit 10 her, TO make known to the
young men Of California the grateful emotions
which their present has awakened in my BOSOM
and assure them that while they have dernonstra.
ton that California knows her friends" they
may rest assured she has no enemies.
The evening was joyously spent by HILARIOUS
party until late hour, in the course Of which the
Hon. SAM. HousroN and others contributed to the
intellectual enjoyment Of all that were present.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

No MiNr--Mr Furgursop. a noted BIZ
buant was lately smitlen with the "gold
fever, and after be had fully determined
to seek his fortuue in California, he was
naturally anxious To gain all the informa-
tion respecting the cnnntry that came
within his reach. He CHANGED 10 meet
a returned gold digger, one day last
week in The bar room ofa hotel. aad i'm
mediayely began to ply him with ques-
tions on his favorle topic. The replies
of the digger were highly satisfactory at
first. He represented that by ordinary
industry large amount of gold could be
collected in short space.
But" continued he. after expatiating
while upon the richness oflhe depos-
ties in the banks OF California streams,
1.-The great draw back we6nd ;here is the
want ntl mint"
mo mint in CalifOrnal" exclaimed Mr..
Ferguson.
mo sir, no mint there" was the sem
tenious reply. ''7f. -'' "a
Horridl9 eiaeulated Mr.. Ferguson.
Very bad" said the digger, 1--WE can
never realize the full benefit of our gold,
as long as there's no mint"
DsmnabIe!" acknowledgements
vehemently. ""'r' '-'t '''.
'IfSou GO out there. you must assist
us it getting and establishing mint
there" said the digger. a
"Why yes" replied Ferguson. 9! could
carry out seed. but it would take It such
a devil of a time to grow. No, stranger,
YOU don't catch me in a country, where
there mo mint" ,r..,s..,. aa,s't ;.s
"Possible2 .ag, sts5rft,s
mo indeed. I'm not SO green as that
realize the beueit Of the gold without
mint! / should rather think ! couldn't.
Why look here stranger how long do
YOU suppose | could live in that hot cli-
mate without mint juliPsl" g> .sa
Here Mr.. Ferguson seized straw. and
ordered the bar keeper 10 hurry up
couple of iulips "a lutte quicker thep
couple Of flashes Of lightniDg"- Yankee
Blade -t g -'-.1Rid 7a4f aF4
Haftt
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31


NAPoLEoN,s CoAr OF .M4H.-Just, be-
fore Napoleon set out for Belgium, he
sent forthe cleyerest artisan Of his class
in Paris, aud demanded of him whether
thewould engageto make a coat of mai
to be worn under the ordinary military
dress, which shall be absolutely bullet.
proof, and that If so, he might name his
own price for such work The manen'
oaced 10 make the desired object, il a !
lowed proper time, aud he named eigh,
teen thousand francs as the price ct it.
The bargain was concluded, and in due
time the work was produced, and thear-
tisar honored with a secund audience ol
the Emperor. q"Now," said his lmPeri,
al Majesty, put it on" nj The man did
so "AsI / am to stake my life on its eff
,cacy, you will. suppose, nave no o6Jec'
lions TO do the same." I" And he to9k'a
brace Of pistols. aud he prepared To, dis
charge one Of them at the breast ofthe as.
tonished artist, There was no retreatipI
however, and halfdead with fear he Istodd
the 6re. aud to the infinite .crecit of his
work, with perfect impuniiy. Bdtihe
Emperor was not co0teut with one trial
He fred tho second pistol at the back oI
the artist, aud afterwards discharged
fowling piece at aDOtber,ppart ,oF him
with similar effect. .es" Well, Y said the
Emperor, ,,you have produced a capita
work undoubtedly: alWhatiis tho price
ofitl" Eightsep thousand francs were
named as the agreed sum, .ThereIis ar
order for thern," said the Emperor. "anc
here is. another for an equal sum, for ht
friebtlI have given you ,,,i1 -~ol lsifss5d
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

TmE WEsTERN MAu"- We have al,
ready stated that all the Western Stage
lines. except one. were last week trans
ferred from the National Road to tue
West Newton plank road. from Cumber
land, Md The mail is now transported
on the latter route, aud reaches. Wheel
ing via West Newton aud Washington
(Pa) at 5 o'clock, P. NJ, instead of s P
NJ, as fnrmel ". thus saving three hours,
which makes difference oinearly twelve
hours in favor oflhe new route, before
The mail reaches Cincinnati. = Bali. San
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31
FRoM OneaoN;-We clip the follow

FRoM OReGoN.-We clip the follow
ing items from'the Oregon Spectator; :
q" Delegatesio Congress AT the ELECTION on
Oh Monday. June 2p1, Gen. joseph Lane
was elected Delegate. 10 represent Ore
gon in Congress for the, next two years
His opponent, Dr.. w, II. Wilson's vote
will not, when the result is fully ascer'
taiued, reach 400. whilst that of Gen,
Lane will be. probably, about lOOo.-
They are both Democrats r@ai fR
I'VE learled few, days since, from
returned rathat a.lump nfgold worth
$4,000, was fdnndsa short-time since IN
the. Chaste diggiugS' Thai will enable
the fortunate man to fill one pocket with
q rock. fso 3 btauIH n,' ,'A
A fine and substantial bridge has beer
erected aver the north fork of the Platte
river, 100 miles above Fort,bar'mie' d'
lrectly on the route to Salt Lake. Oregon
and California. Immigrants wllI.not bit
subjected to the same delay tins year
that they we're last. IS eGi tg' a'gw ol
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

FRoM TmE BRITrsH PRovINcgs, -More
DeserterS. st John papers 10 the 18th
instant states that five more British sol
diers had deserted and reached the A
mericau sEnre. 1t appears that they rep,
resented themselves to be in pursuit nf
deserters. but M snoner had they got On
board the boat than they clapped their
guns and pistols To the heart of the Terry
master, aud demanded To be placed IN
the American shore. which he was "blig
ed to submit tn. After they h ad landed
they sold their guns. The ST. john pa
pers inquire whether Brother Jonathan
will deny that this is a case to come under
the Ashbnrtnn Treaty, as whenthey first
started they stole a wagon and span of
horses. which they left, however, on the
British side. 'eH t's"tH sFi
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31


"STAND FROM UNDgR. Its wonder
ful TO think the Bunker Hill Monument
is benlng like bow back ward and for
ward every day by the influence Of the
sun! $50. also. then ispur Baltimore and
Washington monument, tall shot tower
&c AS Ihe sun during mid day shines
on the south side Of il. that side expands,
becomes longer than the north side, and
the consequence is that ii bends over to-
wards the north. The same must be true
of all, other tall monuments. and also OF
tall chimueys-(or snme of The latter are
500 feet high. This movement IS n"t
simply from the South towaids The norm.
as al mid. day. but in the morning II mast
be wesrerly-at at noon nnrtherly' anG IN
The evening easterly. These results. have
been unexpectedly ascerlained by Pro =
fessor Hosfprd and his pendulum expert
ments at Bunker Hill. in reference to the
rotation of the earth. And thus it has
ever been in scientific pursuits, while
searching carefully alter one object, an !
otheris unexpectedly found.-San.
wTbe Canadian wheat crop is rep
resented to be unusually good. le eeai
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

~ Seven persons were struck by
under tree at Little Rnck. Ar
kansas, but the penetrating rain brought
them tom s.i SEA ~ srSn sft "
6qas 'iltsgs
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

% Gdnd Peaches are a costly luxury
in Eugland. A London correspondent
IF the Aibany Eccaiag Journal says .hat
he inquired the price Of some hne look
ing ones aud found them SIXTY Sh'tt'"gs
per dozen, or about 81, ,25 each.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

AT THEIR OLD TRICKS. AT the Loco
Eoco Convention 10 Baltimore city, which
was held on Monday last to nominate
candidates for Senator, Representative
and several city officers. there were cast
upon the fifth and sixth ballots. r1orr
votes than there were members of the
Convention.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

iaWThe Oregon Spectator says there
= is no liquor sold by any OF the proprie'
tors OF the different hotels IN Oregon city
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31
abe Caitalster @a3ttet.
d J. LANCASTER, JpLY, IS, 1851.


sLYNoHaLAw IN .CALTFoRNIA.7-The late
instance Of the application Of the code Of
Judge Lypchto the cassof a thief in San
Francisco. exhibits the danger resulting
from every yattempt upon the part OF any
portion of the community taking the law
in their own hands, and has general ep'
plicatious The, -San, Francisco papers
GENERALLY. sustain The action of the mob.
but we notice that the Eastern press are
firm and decided ia their opposition to-
all such proceedings. l. 80 -.
1T appears that a portion Of The clti-.
zens of that city. on account Of the uin,.
security Of life and property. met toge'h'
er and appointed a committee of Visi-
lance, the officers Of the law not being
able,io bring all offenders. To- justice.
Hadthis committee con6ued itself 30 as
sisti6g the public in ferreting out offend,
ers and bringing them to the proper tri-
bunals, ,,there could be no objection. apd
their action might.bel deemed commehdt-
able But this committee have lsurped
the authority Of The law and act as accusI Gus
ers, judges and, execulioqers Jenkins
appeas to be,thenfrst victim aud for his
crime he was executed h'"' e' H&oi Z"
From all we can CLEAN. from the pa.
pers,it does not appear thai. anything like
a majority Of the citizens of the city took
part in the proceedings; bdt among the
most active were many Of the mos, re-
spectacle, occupying prominent positions
irrsociety, andtheir power'may be Judg-
ed of from the fact that some of the wit.
nessss refusedto testify before the Coro-
ner's Jury to what they had seen and
Heard because they believed Secret
Committee or Inq,iisilion existed in the
city, aud they would eqdanger their own
hyesda F' Il ,s6;Q9t g9Ws.s IS rss
These ,hingsindicate too truly the fear
ful state of feeling which is now existing
in California. So many crimes have been
committed and so many criminals have
avoided discovery or conviction. that the
public mind is necessarily excited and
ready for almost anything. II is a bad bad
remedy they have applied. but it is hoped
tn at the ex ample and n more faithful and
efficient discharge Of the duties entrnst.
ed to tine officers of the law, will avoid
the necessity Of any.fnr,her, proceedings
of like character upon the part OF this
self constituted Committee Of Vigilance
aud that they vii! confpe themselves tc
the work of seeing. that offenders eare
property and justly convicted and pun
ished. " ID si ga ,.l,' XII .,-'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

~ Movements are on foot for the es'
Establishment of "a railroad to connect Lou
isiana with Texas, ,A) ,ss.7s,s
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-31

VenMoNr.-Tbe party formed by the
uuinn Of the Free SoiIers and Locofncos
in this State, is for convenience sake styL
ed the Accommodation Democracy
They have considerable trouble in getting
candidates. as all the old honest men Of
the Democracy decline running under
their mixed resolutious." As near as
we can ascertain the Free Solers have
no such scruples.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09
WHOLE No. lO6I.

censor oi their an.usements, was once, il
the truth be told, hin selfa 'mischievous
dog" No wonder, then, that MIR. Wet
assop laughed in his sleep, as he thought
how he once gave an old iogy Christ.
mas box, in the shape Of snow-bal in
his ear, and wished him Happy New
Year" with another one which went
down his back.
As he laughed, he awoke with start,
and jumping 10 his feet wondered where
he was. AZ soon as he discovered his
position he tried TO open the church
door bu; he could not He then went to
the window opened that, and pushing
back the blinds, jumped TO the ground.
IL was almost dark, and, already, many
stars were sprinkling in the heavens
Mr.. Wetassop buttoned up his coat, 40
he heard the night wind signing through
the trees, and walked briskly over the
cracking snow towards his home. AZ
he went along he though, Of the ima-
gcs that had risen to his mind during
his sleep. and considered what he once
Wis. What was he now ? A misernb
old man whom nobody cared for, and
nobody loved - alike disagreeable to
young and to old. But as he had only
himself to blame for this, why could he
not be az happy as he was when
young man? He could he knew he
could--if he would only endeavor to be
SO. He would try-he would begin this
New Years night---he would take mems
affections by storm; and make them love
HIN.
Before he reached home, he stopped
al store where he was well known,
and bought some presents for his chill
dren anG his wife.
Who would have thought Of that
old fello" buying anything to give
away" said the shop-keeper, when
Mr.. Wetassop had gone out, there
must be something The matter with HIM"
No there was nothing the matter with
him, now. lie went home, and when
his wife asked HIM where he had been,
instead Of telling her 10 mind her own
business he threw his arms around her
neck--told her what he had resolved now
. to do and declared that he was the hap.
piest man in Newport.
Itis hardly necessary to say that Mr.
Wetassop has no intention ofprosecuting
the boys who pelted him with snow
balls.
G.S.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09
BBRiLD OF THE TIMES
CRANST0N g. NORMAN.
TERMS.-$2 in advance, or 1926
at the eld ohht year.
StsLisHED EVERY THURSDAY MoRFIso, AT
No. l25 Thames Street.

Tbs DEATH OF HUSBAND AND
WiFE.-The Coroner was called yester-
day afternoon to hold inquests upon The
bodies Of James Fraley and Sarah, his
wife who were found dead in their bed
in the morning. at their dwelling OH the
West Chester Road, mile or two west
Of the Market street bridge Upon the
investigation made by the Coroner 1t
was ascertained that they had, with one
Of their children, been sleeping in
chamber adjoining which was another
small room where they kept a coal frc
burning all night. The gas from this
Ere had for several nights and days al
fscted Mrs. Fraley, who. with her hus-
band, were ignorant of the cause of the
peculiar distress she experienced. After
. thorough enquiry into the melancholy
affair, the jury rendered a verdict that
their death was caused by inhaIing car
bonic acid gas. They were about 80
years Of age and were natives OF Eng
land, the woman having been in this
country four or FIVE weeks. The child:
il seems, escaped any serious effects
from sleeping in the same room with
he deceased.-Phii. Bulletin.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09
THE NEW YEAR AND THE
NEW LAW.
A TALE FOR BoY..
Chapter /.

LHdpieT L.
On the first of January 1851, an early
riser might have observed that the sky
was covered with thick and gloomy
clouds which, if they had been permitted
to rule the day would no doubt, have
turned all the snow into Sltsh, before
ther reign would have been ended
But it happened otherwise, for the sun
determined that they should not ram on
that New Years day. do not pretend
TO say, positively, that these old vapory
clouds would not have gone away OF
their own accord. but ! do assert that
they lett as soon as they found that they
were losing weight on account Of the
reflections which the lazy old sun VAS
making on them. Now, although II is
generally, improper TO make reflections
on any person, behind hiS back. still ev-
cry one will acknowledge that in this
case the sun did no more than what
was perfectly right,
These illnatured proceedings were
soen over, so that at about eight o'clock,
there was not cloud TO be seen, and
every one said, Oh what u beautiful
morning " Lutte boys came out, aud
after vigorously throw my slow-balls at
each other Tor some minutes, ran into
the house again To warm their hands,
and having told mother how Charlie was
''psppered" or how Willy cried because
he got som" snow down his hack, they
ran out TO commence the contest anew.
While they were engaged IN giving
and receiving well dealt blows, an old
fellow came along. whose dismal esun-
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09
Chapter II.

would fain leave this chapter un =
written, but | cannot. Truth prevents
me from concealing any accidents that
happened TO our amiabe friend on New
Years day, 1851.
Mr.. Wetassop, very naturally, re-
turned home from the market by the
shortest road now as he also went TO
the market by the shortest road. it follows
as Il matter Of course, that these two
roads were one and the same. if | may
express myseltin this manner. What
am about to relate is, therefore, not TO be
wondered at in the least.
The boys, whose levity on previous
occasion so much dsgusted Mr.. Wetas-
sop, having warmed their hands, were
ready for action again, when seeing the
old fellow pass by. they cried cut, VIII
you give us leave AT your Jenny LindP
referring TO the above mentioned old
fashioned hat. The owner oil the "Jen-
ny Lind" considered for an instant what
answer he should make To this insoent
question, and at the expiration of that
time, he resolved, unfortunately, to con-
tlnue hls Journey iu silence. say IN
fortunately, because The Iast copy that
these youngsters had written was 81
ieRce gireS cORSeRi:' this. ofcourse. came
instantly INTO their minds, aud as boys
are apt to take proverbs for truths it in
duccd them TO throw snow bail AT the
hat in question: this ball was followed
by another, and so on until the mis-
slcs" fell thick rs hsil.stonesn around
our swe, ttempered friend. will not
give The reader unnecessary pain hy
describing minutely what followed il
is enough TO say that, ere long the per-
secuted Weiassop. having slipped on n
piece oil ice. was lying on the pavement
his lat or. as the vile boys called II,
his Jenny Lind" was under hlm, and
constituted a machine" NJ on which he
had sIidden-the turkey which he had
been carry my lay AZ some distance from
him-and the potatoes, leaving the old
red handkerchief rolled into the gut
/ ter.
Here let us stop for a moment, and
rehecting OH the weakness OF man, con-
y slider what little claim he can have to in
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09

LAND WARRANTs.-A SINGULAR
CASE. An old soldier livingat Harper +
Ferry, Va, being entitled 10 l6O acres
of land under the new Bounty Act, OBJ
,ained from the Pension Office the ne
eessary authority for locating his land
He selected it on tract of unoccupied
Government land at Harpcr's Ferry
being more convenient in his estimation
than travelling over the wllds OF Oregon
Minnesota, or California. The old sol
der has consulted able legal gentlemen
who have given it as their opinion that
he can hold the land, as the Bounty Act
allows the location upon any unoccupied
Government land. The property thus
selected is said to be worth at least
$l50,o00.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09

How TO CURE CoLp. OF all means
Of killing colds fasting is the most ettectu-
al. Let whoever has cold, eat nothing
whatever for two days and the cold will
be gone provided he is not confined in
bed because by taking no carbon into
the system by food, but consuming that
surplus which caused his disease by
breath he soon carries of Ills disease by
removing the cause. This will be found
more etIectual ifhe adds copiouS water
drinking to protracted fasting. BY the
time a person has tasted one day and
night he will experience freedom from
pain ceused by colds. And how intni-
tely better is this method OF breaking up
colds than medicine especially than vio-
len poisons.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09

QUAKER Martha does
thee love me7" asked "A quaker youth of
one at whose shrine his hearts fondest
feelings had been offered up. ~ hy,
Seth," answered she, I'VE are comman-
ded to love one another, are we no,7"
'Ah. Martha! but dost thou regard me
with that feeling the world calls .ore7"
II hardly know what to tell thee, Seth; |
have tried to bestow my love on all;
but | may have sometimes thought per-
haps, tina, thee was getting more than
thy share.'
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09

The Os,eeo County Back was robbed
between Saturday afternoon the 2sth
inst, and Monday morning the 30'h inst,
of Thirty two Thousand Dollars, nearly
az follows
S5 OOO bills Of Central Bank, Chery,
Valley; $40 900 bills Of various banks,
mostly in New York State, YES. Of
Schenectady; $4,000 bills Of Ostego Co.
Bank; si.5O0 in gold, 8 500 in silver.
$1,000 will be paid for such information
as will lead 10 the conviction Of the burg
lar and recovery of the money. or $4,000
for the former only. and 50 for the
latter, OF IN proportion to any part Of il.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09

% Mr.. Rice. one OF the editors Of the
California ourier, was attacked IN the
Merchants E xchange by DR.. ColIyer.
the model artistic man, who attempted
to cowhide him. Tie cause was an
article which Rice published, exposing
CoIyer's disgraceiul exhibitions. Some
accounts say that CoIlyer got more than
he bargained for, and came off second
best.