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The southern press., 1851-09-06

A singular accident occurred in the saloon Of
the Walnut Street Theatre, Albany, last Tues
day evening. Two young men were trying the
strength Of their arms, by clasping the right
hand Of each, resting the elbow on the counter,
and then trying each to force the hand Of the
other down. In the struggle, the arm Of Mr..
Shively was broken short off above the elbow,
causing report loud enough to be heard from
,one extreme of the room to the other.
The southern press., 1851-09-06

At late sitting Of the Paris Academy Of
Medicine, NJ. Orfla, the celebrated toxicologist,
read a paper on nicotine, the poison used in the
Bocarme murder. 1t is the essential principle of
tobacco. Virginia tobacco yields the largest
proportion Of nicotine from twenty pounds
were extracted four hundred grammes Of the
poison; a gramme is equal to l5,444 grains
troy. The Maryland leaf affords about third
of that quantity. Nicotine is nearly as power
fol and rapid as prussic acid with the animal
economy Five or six drops applied to the
tongue of dog killed him in ten minutes
The progress which medical jurisconsuts have
made recently, is so great that poisoning by
morphine, strychnine, prussic acid, and other
vegetable substances, hitherto regarded as inac-
cessible to our means Of investigation, may now
be detected and recognized in the most incon-
testbe manner NJ Orila, in closing his no
tice, says: After these results Of judicial medi-
cal investigation, the public need be under no
apprehension No doubt intelligent and clever
criminals, with view to thwart the surgeons,
will sometimes have recourse to very active poi
sons little known by the mass, and difficult Of
detection but science is on the alert and soon
overcomes all difficulty Penetrating into the
utmost depths Of our organs, il brings ont The
proof Of the crime, and furnishes one OF the
greatest pieces Of evidence against the guilty
International Magazine.
The southern press., 1851-09-06

The French government has voted credit Of
thirty three thousand francs for the purpose Of
exploring the Temple of Serapis, in the ruins of
Memphis. This temple which has been covered
with sand ever since the time Of Strabo, and
has since remained almost intact, offers very
great temptations to research. The building is
mixture of the Greek and Egyptian styles OF
architecture, and the worship to which it was
Egyptian faith. The very slight soundings in
the sand which have been hitherto made, have
brought TO light curious statues and bas-reliefs,
and, amongst other things, valuable portraits Of
Greek philosophers.
The southern press., 1851-09-06
! GeoshlanI county. august IN, 1851.

Flax CoTrgx-we saw last week sample
of nsK cotton. Tie staple was long and beauii-
fally aae. sad had the appearance Of The finest
kipd of s~a Island Gotten. except that IN color
u was pursf white. This cotton, ve were IN
formed wa. made by machinery from The fax
fbre. without Tie process of fotliaR Should
NE manufscinre of the Ear cotton become e..
tabllshed, The cnltare 81 nax will sdd largely 70
the wealth ~ our people. u will become a sta
PIE eommodlys--f'soris, AZ, Press
The southern press., 1851-09-06

The EMPRESS JosRPHISE's DAMoNDs.---By
the death of the Duchess of Leuchtenberg who
was Bavarian princes and the wife of Eugene
Beauharnoies, the son of the Empress Josephine,
the jsw wells presented to Josephine by the en-
peror Napoleon, and which had since belonged
TO the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, now become
the property Of her son the Duke of Leuchten-
berg, whose wife is Russian Imperial Princes,
so that poor Josephine's diamonds will in future
sparkle on the person of daughter Of the hus-
sian Gear.
The southern press., 1851-09-06

BALLAsriSe VEssLIs.-The Newcastle Eng
Iand) Coursnt says that the principle Of ballssting
vessels with water, instead Of the ordinary means,
has been successfully carried out at that place
The water, which is admitted through an aperture
in the bottom ofthe vessel, is encased in bags,
and is discharged through the same aperture by
means of an improved patent pump.
The southern press., 1851-09-06
From tss Savannah (Ga. Nsps.
The Herolsm or General Lone.

During the celebrated Carlist war in Spain.
General Lopez and about seven hundred others
were taken prisoners and carried to Cantavieja, a
fertilization among the mour tains of Arragon.
The governor of the castle was said to have been
heartless wretch, reyelling in bloody massacres
and deghting in acts of torture. During the
dreadful confinement ofthese prisoners, the royal
army, commanded by General San Mi uel,
marched to Cantavieja, for the purpose of raising
the siege. The place was defended admirably
by nature in narrow defe Of the mountains !;
but the Spanish general, uudismayed by the APP
parent impregnability of the fortress, continued
to besiege it, until evidences of his success were
soon discovered by his enemies. The governor,
thereupon, resolved upon scheme which could
only have entered the mind ofa tyrant in whose
eyes the sight of blood was a qualification. He
determined to put all the prisoners to death, from
Genaral Lopez down, and requested the general
to notify San Miguel Of his isintention, hoping, by
this threat, to stop the siege. Lopez announced
this bloody resolution in his letter, but req rested
General San Miguel not to allow this threat to
interfere with the prosecution of the siege The
governor, finding that the letter produced no ef-
fect and that the works were rapidly advancing
to consummation, announced to his prisoners
that he had ordered their execution; but that he
would allow Lopez to go to San Miguel in per.
son, and explain the circumstances in which they
were placed, first receiving his word of honor to
return after delivering the message Lopez was
soon in the midst of San Miguers troops, who
hailed his appearance with great demonstrations
ofjoy. lie explained the threat of the governor,
discussed the plans of the siege, gave all the in.
formation he possessed as to the weakest points
of the fortfcation, and then rose up to return
to his fate. San Miguel objected; the army
loudly opposed his going from their midst to be
put to death by the brutal governor; but the
noble Lopez overcame all their entreaties, and
surrounded byhis sorrowing but admiring friends,
he bade them all kind FAREWELL wishing them
success, even though he himself might be the sac
rifice! The siege proceeded vigorously, for San
Miguel knew that he could only save Lopez and
the other prisoners byaccomplishing his purpose,
with as much speed as his means would allow.
The governor and those defending the castle
had no time left to put their prisoners to death,
as they were kept in constant occupation with
the work of resistance and defence. The town
was soon taken. The governor and the garri-
son were dismayed; but Lopez, the patriot and
hero, with his gallant band, were saved.
The southern press., 1851-09-06

Ecoxomc All INvENrioN-A gentleman in Abing-
ton, Mass, has Invented machine to grind TO a
powder scraps Of leather, which, after being pull
yerized, are manufactured into large strips, and
which become nearly as strong as our common
well-drfssed leather.
A patent has been secured, and this artificial
leather will soon be in market.
The southern press., 1851-09-06

OLD CANALS OF EGYPT.-At recent meeting,
May goth, OF the institution of civil engineers,
England, a paper was read on the Isthmus of
Suez and the ancient canals of Egypt, by Joseph
Glyun, c. Z. II was very interesting paper
About 600 years before the Christian era, Darius
Hystapis made canal from the Nile TO the Red
Sea- II was in some places $50 feet wide and
80 feet deep. II passed through the valley to
the Bitter Lakes, and was navigable for vessels
of considerable size when the Nile was high 1t
also served for the supply of the cities with water
The ancents assumed that there was difference
of level between the Red Sea and the Meditera-
mean, and precautions were taken to prevent the
salt water of the Red Sea from mixing with the
Nile. This canal fell to decay, but was restored
about GA A. d., by the Turkish Caliph Omar,
who introduced many improvements.an brought
the canal to join the Nile near to Cairo.
The general decay of Egypt brought about
decay of this canal again, and II became choked
up, 120 years afterwards, and for thousand
wears II remained so, and was almost forgotten
unt Napoleon, that wonderful man, went to
Egypt. He directed the eminent engineer LIE
Pere to survey 1t and report The length was
about ninety three miles, through low, barren,
sandy plain, and traversing many lagoons and
lakes offering but few difficulties TO engineering.
La Pere reported that the rise Of high water in
the Red Sea was 6 feet, in the Mediterranean
foot and the surface of the former was stated
to be very high at high water, above low water
in the latter Mr. Robert Stephenson was pre-
sent at the meeting and as he had but recently
returned from Egypt he stated that the low
water in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean were
identical, and that La Pere mz "a great mis-
e 'sti ,ins ssfs sf ras be attributed to made
The possibility Of restoring tnyancient canal
was discussed. There is a ridge at the present
moment at the end of the Red Sea, towards the
Bitter Lakes, consisting of fossils identical with
those Of the London basin, caused by geologi-
cal upheaval which had changed the features of
the district. IL has been considered that the
Bitter Lakes were once al the headwaters Of the
Red Sea, and the ruins of cities and towns around
give evidence Of the region being at one time
very fertile. It was the land of Goshen watered
with fresh stream from the canal of Sesostris,
and from it Lake Tem,ah was supplied with
pure water Scientific American.
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08

I'm crime horrible Went encore de Sc
commettre presque sous nos yeux; c'est lie
tribut ordinaire de chaque semaine au
mOnstre de rivrognere, es cette fois nous
en- ressentons dautant plus dc douleur ct
de honte quill s'agit du meurtre dun Fran
gals, sans quill y ait eu en- aucun sons IL
moindre provocation, sans un precedent,
sans un semblant de pretexte quelconuue
La victime, un de nos jeunes mineurs les
plus laborieux, un des caracteres les plus
doux, les plus inoffensifs de tout le Camp,
M. Victor Albert, a recu, bout portant,
un coup de pistolet qui Pa etendu sur lie
carreau. Heureusement, on espere lie sau-
YER, meme sans extraction prealabe de III
balle. L'attentat etc cor mis- dimanche
soir, par un nomme Rousselle, qui est venu
lei, CONNIE matelot, abord du JACQUES La
htte.
L'auteur de l'attentat qui, sous l'imprcs-
sion dune atroce folie, await uueluue iours
quelques minutes meme auparayant, mena-
&C plusieurs personnes de les tuer, i pris
Ia fuite immediatement ct ma pu encore
etrc atteint; mais rhonneur national est
tellement interesse ce qu'on le retrouvc,
ct nous avons lei tant d'amis de Ia vctime,
tant de jeunes compatrinteS pleins de deSin-
teressement ct de cnur, qui ont offert de
Sc Joindre la recherche de lassassin, quill
taut esperer que justice pourra etre faite
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08

AN Act prescribing the amount of com
pcnSaton and mode Of payment to
persons who hive performed military
services for the State of California,
and expenses incurred therein.
TIE PeopIc Of the State of California, re-
prcsNNt@d in SeAnte and .lssemb1Y. d0
c"act as fnHolCS:
Sec. |. There shall he paid to the
officers and soldiers who have hereto
fore rendered actual military service to
the state of California, in compliance
with an order from the Executive Of
this State, in all Indian wars since the
the thirteenth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine,
the following pay per diem for the
number of days Of actual service rem
drred by each, to wit: To each major
fifteen dollars per day to each captain
twel We dollars per day to each Iieute-
nant ten dollars per day to each ser
geant seven dollars per day; to each
corporal six dollars per day; to each
private five dollars per day; to eacn
quartermaSter twelve dollars per day !;
to each commissary twelve dollars per
day; to each surgeon twelve dollars per
day; to each adjutant twelve dollars per
day. Each officer and private who
may have furnished his own horse or
horses, shall be allowed one dollar per
day for each horse so furnished pro-
vIded, the number furnished shall not
exceed the number of horses allowed
TO officers and privates In the United
States army and further provided, that
each offirer shall make affidavit before
some Judge or Justice of the Peace,
that such horse or horses were actually
in use by him in the campaign for the
time charged, were necessary for the
service, ami are not allowed for or 70
he allowed as the property of any other
individual in service, which affidavit
shall be returned by the paymasterS as
hereinafter provided for in the return
Of vouchers.
Sec. 2. The amount of compensation
to be paid under the provisions Of the
first section of this act, shall he ascer-
tanned from the returns of the proper
commanding officer or officers now on
file in the adIutant generals office.
Sec. 5. All necessary expenses incur
red in arming, equipping, and for pro-
visions and clothing furnished to or for
thei Use Of persons who have been in
actual military service, shall be paid on
the certificate Of the proper officer or
officers, now on file in the adjutant gen
erals office
Sec. 4. That William Rogers, of FL
Dor'.!n county, and William Foster,
Of Los Angeles, are hereby appointed
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08

Raymasters, to pay and liqudate all
claims against tins state lor actual mill
tary services rendered, as hereinafter
provided.
Sec >. Said William Rogers shall
pay and liquidate all claims for services
rendered and expenses incurred by the
troops under command OF Major Will
liam Rogers, III FL Dorado, Sutter. and
uba counties.
Sec .. Said William Foster shall pay
and liquidate all claims for services
rendered aud expenses incurred by the
troops under the command OF General
Joseph {. Morehead, engaged in what
has been commonly denominated the
Gila expedition.
Sec s. The said paynusters NAV at
tend at such tunes and places to perform
the duties assigned them in this act. ns
the commander-in-chief may direct.
See $. The comptroller and treasu-
rer of state are hereby Jointly constitu-
ted an examining board, to whom the
accounts and vouchers Of the paymas-
ters shall be returned for examination
and approval, on or before the first day
OF january, one thousand eight hun
dred and tilty-two; in default of which
settlement, it shall he the duty of the
comptroller to proceedAgainst such de-
faulter IN the manner provided by law
for the enforcement Of payments due
the State, and the defaulter shall like
wise be subject to the same damages as
provided by law in like cases.
Sec 8. The comptroller of State, is
hereby authorized TO issue his warrant
on the treasurer Of State for the sum Of
one hundred thousand dollars, payable
to William Rogers out Of the "War
Loan Fund, " and Il similar warrant to
William Foster for one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars, payable
out OF the same fund, to enable them
to make the payments specified in this
Act. \
Sec 10. The treasurer may pay and
deliver to said paymasters on such war
rants i'll bonds Of the war loan, that in
their Judgment can be paid out or sold
in discharge of any Indebtedness to he
liquidated under this act.
Sec II. Each of the paymasters ap-
pointed by this net shall execute bond
IN the penal sum of such amount as
may he by each received, with sureties
to be approved by the governor, comp
troller, and treasurer, for the faithful
performance Of the duties entrusted TO
them by this act.
Sec l9. Said paymasters shall each
receive tor his services rendered under
this act: seven per centum on the
amount sbnrSed by each in discharge
of bis duties.
See Is. That in default of said paw
masters accepting their appointments,
or III the event Of the death or resigna-
ton of either, the vacancy shall be fill
ed by appointment by the governor, and
the person aPpoinled Shall give like
bond rs required by this act.
Sec ID. The comptroller shall file in
his office all accounts and vouchers
which may have been rendered by Ell
ther paymaster, and shall hold such ac-
counts subject to the examination of the
legislature.
Sec Is. In the application and con-
structlon Of the payments to be made
as herein contemplated, it shall be the
duty OF the di>hursing officers to be
guided by the rules and regulations in
force for like disbursements to volun-
teers in the service Of the United
States.
JOIN BIGLER,
Speaker Of the Assembly.
DAVID G. BRODERlcK,
President of the Senate.
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08

Of The seventh section, or of the indi-
gent sick who may be the objects of
state ,charity.
Sec. 10. Ii shall he lawful for the col
lector OF the port Of Stockton to send
all sick and disabled seamen to the state
hospital upon such terms and under such
rules and regulations as shall he agreed
upon between the collector and the
trustees.
See. 20. All directors, managers or
any other person interested with any
kind, open 10 the public of the city Of
Storkton, shall pay in coin to the treas
urer Of the hospital, for each and every
repre> entation, the sum OF five dollars,
and for every public and subscription
ball or concert, and all lectures and
public exhibitions of any kind, the sum
OF ten dollars shall lie paid in like man
ner. The mayor of the city shall pro-
hibit all entertainments or diversions
herein named, unless the applicant shall
first exhibit to him the receipt for said
tax, si5ned by the treasurer of the hos
pital.
Sec 81. From and after the passage
of this act the comptroller Of state is
hereby authorized and required to au
dit and issue his warrants upon the
treasurer of the state in favor of the
president Of the board of trustees of
the state hospital, countersigned by the
treasurer thereof quarterly, the nett
proceeds of all sums Of moneys which
lo. . I 4,
treasury arising from the one-fourth of
the total amount Of taxes which may
accrue nett To the state treasury from
licenses for gambling and sales at pub
lie auction; Provided said Snc-lourth
shall not exceed the sMI OF twenty
thousand dollars.
Sec. p. The comptroller Of state is
hereby required to audit and issue his
warrants upon the treasurer of state in
favor Of the president Of the hoard Of
trustees Of the stale hospital, counter
signed by the treasurer thereof, payable
out of any money no. otherwise appro-
priated out Of the general fund, the
sum Of fifteen thousand dollars, payable
quarterly during the first year.
Sec. %. I'll charges, fees, fines or
penalties collected by virtue Of the fore
going provisions OF this act, shall be
wholly for the use and benefit Of the
state hospital, and shall be applied to
no otheF purpose whatever.
See. "A. fhe legislature shall have
power tP alier or amend this act when
ever th9 same by them may he deemed
propcrI
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08

Is MN. les negociarts ct les mineurs
franGais de Fourcade, ct lies environs, qui
ont des annonces, reclamcs, Insertions lie
toute nature faire dams les jorrnaux.
n'oublieront pas dams leur interet, qu'il5
ont leur disposition, derriere Ia mai.on
Empire, lie CALAvERAs CHRONICLE, lequel
est appele leur rendre les memes services
qua leurs confreres americans, ct don't
les prix sont des plus modercs
Premiere insertion de 10 lignes, 81 90
Chaque insertion suivaLte, 9 90
PRIx D'ABoNNE4ENr AU JOURNAL.
Un an SO 90
Six mois 6 90
Trois mois a.
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Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08
FOURCAD&, ) XOyf.59asaE.

yG5- AVIS --Burcau des Lettrcy Flu4-
eatses.--Messieurs les Francais rcsidaut
Faurcade ct environs, sont infornes qnil,
peuvent retirer leurs lettres chez Monsieur
haVaud, negociant, rue Lafayette
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08

{" DID you eber see an owl holler, Sc
nior'''
:" No, Junior, but has seen a tree
holIer."
f" Gosh, you is too much dis time,
nigger."
Senior.-I is got a conundrum, Ju-
nior, want to ak you. What is dat
what never runs, cepting when its
tyred?
junior CUBS it up, | CUBS it up.
don't see into the pint oh de argu-
ment.
Waggin wheel, niger!
Junior.-Dat's fack. Now axes
you. What bird is dat you turns into
an iron bar, when you picks de feddcrs
off?
Senior.-Dat, processes, is too hard
hard as de iron itself CUBS it up.
.Junior.-Crow, niger! When YOU
picks de fedders off, aint it a crow-6ar,
and ant dat made of iron?
In matters of great concern, and
which must be done. there is no surer
argument Of a weak mind than irreso-
luton; to be undetermined where the
case is so plain, and the necessity so
urgent. To be always intending to
live a new life, but never to set about
it; this is as if man should put of
eating and drinking, and sleeping, from
one day and night to another, till he is
starved and destroyed.
WEIGH every step you are about to
fake whenever VOur DaSSlOnS hpcOmo
involved.
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08
JOHN RIGLER-
7
Speaker c.r the Assembly
DAVID G. FREDERICK,
President of the Senate.
Approved April 80, 1851.
JNO. MCDOUGAL.

Office Of Secretary Of State.
VALLEJO, April so, 1851.
! hereby certify that tile foregoing is a
true copy Of an original Act now on file in
this Office. W. VAN VOORHEES,,
octlo Secretary Of State.
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-11-08
Speaker Of the Assembly.
DAVID G. BRODERIcK,
President of the Senate.
Approved, March I, 1851.
JOHN MCDOUGAL.
Department Of State.
VALLEJO, July 1lth, 1851.

VALLFJo, July I1th, 1851.
|, w. Van Voorhies, Secretary of
state for the state Of California, do here
by certify that the foregoing is cor
rect copy Of an original act now on file
III this Office. w. VAN VooRH1Es,
octlo Secretary Of State.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-02-15

roads has Dot been confined TO the state of New
York The attention of eminent men throughout
the Union has been given to It. Among lie
great number OF letters addressed to BIZ Geddes
who is Justly considered as the author OF the plank
road system IN the states WAS one from Mr., Cal.
houn, who appreciated the nestimable value Of .
thorough reform and Improvement in the cond.-
ton OF the roads IN our country, and broush, his
siatesAanlike energies 10 its consideration
Railways, with all their value and they are OF
priceless worth to man, arc yet the thoruuyhiarc
for the citizen away from hi, home--log the jour
ncy, the travel the tour; but the plank road is
for the home use--for the trInsi, Which IS begun
and ended in a day, or its hact!on-whoh gives
to him who uses It double occupation nr the
hours Of the diy--wbiyh Increases the happiness
comfort and profit of the farm, that foundation OF
all the institutions of society. Il c0nuo, but be-
Of niore,. thus to place on record J. history oi
its first introduction mo tie sw;c--greas link a..
II is in our cham ui Internal Improvement