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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-16
Birth, Marriages and Deaths In California.

BIRTH.
At sam francisco on Sunday sh instant The lady Of
.. II Boyd. Of a daughter.
MARRIED.
Al san Francisco Feb 18th. by orrn Bailey Esq. Mr..
John Peter schafer to Miss Marie Casen
In Nicolaus the 18th January. by Rev u. b. STRAIT
ton MIR. Hiram X. Hawkins. of Auburn to Miss Eliza b.
Eckles: Of Nicolaus. late of Evans, Indiana
On the 9TH February, Martinez. Contra Costa
ty. by b. X. Holiday ESQ. Daniel X Berry Esa n
sui.un to Miss Mary Elizabeth eldest daughter & Pow
Estiss. Of Contra Costa.
father by the Rev Father Langlois Mr. John b. Vast
81 San Francisco and Donna Marie Conception Arcadia
Estudio second daughter of Don Jose Toaquu Estudo
Of San LoaDdro. Contra Costa.
At Fan Francisco ON the sth February by the Rev A.
Laneois Vicar General. Mr. Charles u Grant TO Miss
Mary G Hickey. Both bride and bridegroom were for.
merry residents Of Boston
At Marysvie. the sth February by Judge Barnard
Mr Joseph Papgborn to Miss H. j. Spencer all Of Browns
In Cackamas county Oregon territory on the 9th nit
Nr Samuel L. Campbell to Miss Amanda j. Matlock
On the 18th ult. near Santa Clara by the Rev g. Mac
lay Mr. VI. cameron to Miss A. fairfield
In san francsco on the 1lth Of February nv Justice
oHin Bailey Mons Charles Blaise Of France to Madc
Annette Peilcsscrc Of New York
IN sacramento on Sunday Feb 1~t Ella Gay only
oaugnt ct Elhanan Gay, after illness OF ten weeks
At San Francisco on the Sd February. Sarah Almira
infant daughter of W Il and Mary A. Davis. aged ten
months
On Tuesday Feb 3. of inflammation Of the bowels Jas
Mullen. aged - years formerly member Of Company l.,
lst regiment New York Volunteers
At Grass Valley on the morning of Feb . Mr. Thomas
T. shin formerly II Illinois aged - years
In Sacramento. on the 9th Feb, Anna. daughter vi
john q. aud Frances H. Bray. aged four years
At Mormon bland. Feb. a. Of infiamnatory rhcuma-
thm DaNd Lilis Of Cayuga county, N y aged 80 years
IN bomcla FEB sth Mr. stephen w Luce, OF Edgar
town. hartha's Vineyard aged IS years
IN san Jose, Feb 18th, Laur, Jane, daughter Of IA
chariah Jones aged - years.
~ spring Garden on the Divide Of the North and
Middle Forks Of the American River Jan 3Ist Linn Ca
vert. infant ION OF Ezekiel and Lucilla NJ Brown aged
on. month.
In san Francisco. the 9th inst. If apopleyy Mr..
Henry A swift 81 ,licapo, Illinois. aged ~.
~ Big oak Flat Tuolumne county, Jan 10Th, OF scar
let icyer Mr. james NJ Miller of Copiah county, Miss
On board steamer oregon. February 9th Mr. !. Rich
ards. from injuries received Ivy fall while IN NJ lie
a native of Cornwall England
ON Saturday morning February l4th Of congestion Of
the brain Edwna shipmap second daughter Of Hamlet
and Amelia w Jacks, In the 9Th year Of her age
In San Pranesco nj D o'clock Tuesday morning the
18th instant. Newell Albert Palmer, youngest child "
MIR William A. Palmer, late from Cbayestowu NUS
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Showing loss ~ over per cent
ne Ieam'r Panama brought to Messrs. Mofrat
Co., on M,ssrs Curtis Ward & Perry, The privi-
lcgc Of Issuing ingots Of the denominations Of SlO
and s2O The smaller piece made its appearance to-
day II is round, and on one side has an eagle smi.
lar to that on the $50 iDros; on the reverse j. q
plain band. bearing the inscription Augustus
HuEhTt, Cyj;td statet As.aycr of Gold, Caliior-
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The Fugitive Slave Law In the California
Leg1slaturc.

In the California Assembly, on the 5th Of Feb.
bill was reported. entitled An act reslectin. ugi-
tives from labor. and slaves brpuabt to this State
prior TO her admission into tie iH,sn. One section
| caused considerable debate. n wa Al follows:--
See Any person persons hc. l,sor or service in
| -.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-22

THonss FRANCIS MEAGHR "A prop sltion has
been coed 70 invits this ysurg Th orator 20 visit
sp.ek In pubI'c In OF large hale a.
o. en- time .il best oonpn With his convenience
We under taua that Hen Rufus Choate Mayor se.yer
Alderman Ricn Comm,ssioDer woodbury. Bprs sargent
E,a o. the Transcript ' aud many other espertabie
city ms have fis ned litter OF invitation which IL 70 b.
pre,sDtsd 70 MI Meashsr IN few days Bsao1 Courier
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The IMPoRrArcE or A DATE No election for
Couerremsn held In Rcteu account the Gin
Cowant tsys, Of informally 10 the warrant In
which the meeting oaliea the second Monday In
December nextn while the iesf also de-
ted In Deeember thu making the election Illegal untn
December 1sb3.
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ALBUqUBRoUg, Mexico, Oct rs, 1852.
My DEAR DoCroR 4 send you, herewith, copy
Of the letter addressed to Mr.. Phelps, of Missouri,
on the subje,t of explorations west ward from tails
place, with . copy of Col Summers endorse nent
Write me = few lines, and let me know what you
think of my views; end as ! shall write again by
the next mal to Washington, would bs glad Of
any suggestions from yen upon this subject
Very truly yours, JOHN Porn.
DR. N. Santa Fe
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as if his mission was ended, trotted
away, never to be seen by us again.

A MONSTER FoRGERY.-The National
Bank at Buenos Ayres recently paid out
taDo millions of dollars on forged or
der. 1t appears that late in the evening
a man named Andres Villegras, of a re-
spectacle family, presented an order pur-
porting to be from the Governor, for two
millions Of dollars. The forgery was so
admirably perpetrated that none of the
officers for moment suspected it, and
promptly paid him the money. Subse-
quently they sent word to the Gov
ernor that they had cashed his order,
when to their amazement they were told
it was forgery. The police and other
authorities were Immediately called into
requisition and the whole city sacked
and on the next day the forger was found
at the Globe Hotel, with the bank notes
(some of which he had exchanged for
gold) in his possession. The evidence
of his guilt was SO overwhelming that he
made prompt confession, and on the
next morning he was taken to the court
yard Of the public prison and summarily
executed.
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NUMBER 34 13

AHIsrocRAcY.-It is always perilous
thing for naughty people to look back
along the line of their ancestry: Twen-
ty years ago, says the Merchants Maga-
zinc, this one butchered, that one made
candles, another sold cheese and butter,
fourth carried on distillery, and was d
contractor OIL canals; others were mer-
chants or mechanics. They are acquaint-
ed with both ends of society-as their
children will be after them, though it
will not do to say so out loud. For often
you will find that those toiling worms
hatch butterflies, and they live about a
year. Death brings division of proper
ty; and it brings new fnanciers the
young gentleman takes revenues, and be-
gins to travel-towards poverty, which
he reaches before death--or his children
do, if he do not. So that, in fact, though
there is moneyed rank, if not heredity,
it is accessible to all: three good seasons
Of cotton will send generation Of men
up; score of years will bring them all
down, and send their children again to la
Dor. The father grubs and grows rich (;
his children strut and use the money
their children inherit their pride and 90
to shiitless poverty their children, rein=
vigorated by fresh plebian blood, and by
the smell Of the clod, come up again.
Thus society, like tree, draws its sap
from the earth, changes it into leaves and
blossoms, spreads them abroad in great
glory, sheds them off to fall back to the
earth, again to mingle with the soil, and
at length to appear in new trees and fresh
parniture
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The Boston Times says that man
eats up pound of sugar, and the pleas
ure he has enjoyed is ended; but the in
formation he gets from a newspaper is
treasured up in the mind to be enjoyed
anew, and TO be used whenever occasion
or inclination calls for it. A newspaper
is not the wisdom of one man or two
men; it is the wisdom of the age and the
past ages too. A family without news
paper is always half an age behind the
times in general information, besides they
never think of much, or find much to
talk about. And then there are little
ones growing up lin ignorance without any
taste for reading.
The following will apply to any Sec
ton. We take it from st. Louis pa
per-:
"We understand that a gentleman who
occupied one Of the three dollar seats al
Miss Hayes concert last night, having
been observed by creditor who was en-.
ioying one dollar position in the gallery
received from the latter very polite in.
vitation to settle very long standing
debt. This is one of the social missive'
to which gentlemen are subjected wht
wish to figure in fashionable circles.
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News Boy W1r.-A gentleman cross
ing one of the New York ferries was ac-
cos,ed by one of those peripatetic vend-
ers of cheap literature and weekly news
papers, who are to be found in shoals all
about our public places, with Buy Bull
wer's last work, sir? Only two shilln. ?"
The gentleman, willing to have laugh
with the urchin, said, I" Why am Bull
wer myself" Off went the lad, and
whispered to another, at little distance,
exciting his wonderment at the informa-
ton he had to impart. Eyeing the pre-
tended author Of Pelham with kind of
awe, he approached him timidly, and
holding out a pamphlet, said, modestly,
=" Buy the Women of England, sir ?
You're not Mrs. Ellis, are you?" OF
course the proposed sale was effected.
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Parson- Green is still in the habit some

Parson- Green is still in the habit some
times drawing upon barrel of sermons
bequeated him by his father, who was
also minister. Upon one occasion he
got hold of sermon by mistake, which
the old gentleman had once preached to
the State Prison convicts. 1t opened
we'll, and the congregation were becom-
ing deeply interested, when all at once
the Parson surprised them with the infor-
nation that chad it not been for the
clemency of the Governor, every one OF
them would have been hung long
time agov'-Nepporf Nescs.
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CRY OF CA1Ro.-Cairo is looking a
very fair future in the face. The Illinois
Central Railroad, some three hundred
miles of which will soon be under con-
tract, is soon to have its terminus at that
point, directly at the mouth Of the Ohio.
A site for depot has been selected
within the proper city limits, and the
company or the city trustees have deter
mined to unite in extending the present
levees to total width of one hundred
and thirty feet, also raising the whole
embankment above the highest water
mark, and building an immense stone
wall outside the Mississippi embank-
ment, with a foundation at least ten feet
below the surface, at least as an effectual
guard against the encroachmcnt of the
current. The track will be laid upon
the levee coming down the bank of the
river, turning the point one in wide
curve, and returning up the stream. The
embankment will also admit, and be de-
voted to the erection of warehouses,
stores, hotels, &e.-.No. Rep.
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JoNAn's PosIrIoN IN THE WHALE
In the cavity of the whale, safe and
practical asylum is aforded-not indeed
in the stomach but in another cavity Of
the whale; the throat is large, and is
provided with a bay, SO considerable in
size, that whales frequently take into it
one of their young ones when weak, es-
pecially during tempest. In this vessel
are two vents, which serve for inspira-
tion; and here, in all probability, Jonah
was preserved, not, indeed, without mi
racle, but with that economy Of miracle
SO frequently exempliiied in the Scrip
lures.
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THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM IN OaE-
coN.-The only money they use in the
back part Of Oregon consists of live
stock-a hog paying for dollar, sheep
paying fifty cents, turkeys twenty-five
cents, and young dogs for shilling each.
If Smith owes Jones 81 IL l-2, he sends
him five hogs, and receives for change.
one sheep, one turkey, and one pup.
"Sambo, whar you get dat watch you
wear to meetin' lass Sunday?"
elbow you know hab watch?"
"Bekase seed de chain hang out de
pocket in front" a..
"Go way, nigger!-'spose you see
halter round my neck, you tink dar is
horse inside oh me ?"
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st. Croix Hotel.

At Steamboat Landing, Willow River. Wisconsin
NHE above house, formerly kept by
l. .ohn G. Putnam, under the name of
"Buckeye House," b; changed hands,
The St. Croix Hotel has undergone thor
ough repairs and is now kept by the SUBJ
scriber, who is at all times ready to ac-
commodate customers on short notice.
G.. BELLOWS
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"A QUEER MISTAkE.-1he new IS pa.
tent metallic burial cases." as all who
have seen them know, are a curiously
shaped afiair-as much unlike all ordina-
ry coffin as anything else. Not long
since buggy was driven up to an estab-
lishment in this city, where these newly
invented articles are sold, (Which, by the
way, are coming into pretty general use,)
out Of which stepped young country
gentleman, who, g by the cut Of his jib,"
had the appearance of being being a
physician. He walked into the store,
which was filled with the neu invention
of all sizes, and taking out his pocket
handkerchief he measured one about
three feet long, and after paying for it,
directed the seller to put it in his wagon.
The young doctor then started to 60.
when the seller, who had an eye to fur
thcr profits, having an " undertaking" es-
tablishment also, observed to the purchas-
er:
"Sir, we are we'll prepared with
hearses, carriages and every thing neces-
sary in the management Of funerals, and
if you have made no other arrangement,
we will, if you employ us, give you en-
tire satisfaction"
Employ you for what ?" asked the
NJ. d.
"Why, sir" was the reply, "to con-
duct the funeral
Funeral, & sir ?-I have no funeral"
"What in the name Of thunder, then,"
continued the seller, "did you buy that
coffin for %
'.Coffin ? my stars! Is that a coffin?
Why, l thought it was fiddle case"
We forthwith wendcd our way down
town, thinking OF anything else but
grave subject.
THE ELoaUENcE OF MorloN.-Every
one has read, says the Col. State Rights
Register, of the action" action,"
"Acr1,N of Demosthenes, and of what
variety of emotion and passions Roscius
could express by mere gestures; let it
not be supposed that such perfections Of
art belonged to the ancients only. The
following anecdote of VIM. c. Preston,i is
illustrative of our remarks:
Some years ago, among thousand
others, we were listening to one Of his
splendid harangues, from the stup. Be-
side us was one as deaf as a post, in
breathless attention, catching, apparently,
every word that fell from the orators
lips. Now the tears of delight would
roll down his cheeks, and now in an un-
governable ecstacy, he would shout ap-
plause which might have been mistaken
for the noise Of small thunder storm.
At length Preston launched out into
one Of those passages Of massive decla-
nation, which those who have heard him
well know him to be SO capable of utter
ing. In magnificent splendor it was
what Byron has described the mountain
storms Of Jura; its effect upon the null
titude was like whirlwind. Our deaf
friend could contain himself no longer,
but bawling into our ear, as if he would
blow open with tempest, he cried:
"Who's that speakin?"
"W. C. Preston" replied we, as loud
as our lungs would let us.
"Who?" inquired he still louder than
before.
William C. Preston, of South Caro-
lina," replied we, now almost splitting
our throat in the effort.
swell, weli," continued he, i can't
hear word he or you are saying, but,
great Jericho, don't he do the motions
splendid 2"
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Central House, st. Paul.

4 lAEE BURTON have taken this old and well known
~ mouse. They have fitted 1t up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and travellers with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spared to make
he Central House one of this best Hotels in the West.
November, 1851,
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AM.N.sIoAN HOUSE, ,

R0DNEY PARKER, late of the American House Low
IL ell, Mass, having lease of the large hotel the
upper end of ST. Paul, with everything in proper
for the convenience of travellers, boarer families de-
string furnished apartments, respectfully invites his
friends and the public give him call, believing that
he can do much for their comfort expected
in new country, not yet supplied with regular markets.
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LIFE OF AN EDIToR.-The editor of a
paper published at Canton, Ohio, gives
the following description of partner of
his: "Mr. Pike and published pa
per in 1887, among the Miami Indians,
in the State Of Indiana. 1t was great
partnership that. We had two advance
paying subscribers, one who liqudated
his subscription with beans and the other
with saw logs. Godfrey, the chief, took
five papers and could not read word.-
Our paper was called the Peru Forest
err and, being printed in the woods, that
name was appropriate. The town of
Peru had many magnificent names for its
streets, such as Pearl, Broadway, &c.,
which. streets exhibited the anilnating
and bustling spectacle of stumps Of trees
as high as mans head. The stirring
events which transpired in that city i'm
periously demanded a couple OF chroni-
cles, and Pike and were at hand to dis
charge that important function. Pike
wrote poetry, and l dipped considerably
into state politics and discussed in learn
ed manner every question Of interest to
the few settlers and Indians. Besides
being an editor and a printer, he kept the
Broadway Hotel, was postmaster, justice
of the peace, land agent, pettifoger, canal
contractor, merchant, overseer of the
poor, painter, had been a schoolmaster
and day laborer, was twice widower,
was brought up Quaker, and the last
time l saw him he was preacher, had
married third wife, and was an auction
eer, and what more / know not.''
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MYSTERIOUS CoNDUCr OF A Doc -
The editor of the Green Mountain Free
man, published at Montpelier. Vt., fur
nishes the following item of personal ex-
perience:
To the many remarkable anecdotes re-
lated Of the dog, we have one to add
from our own personal experience
When just starting in our profession, we
slept, for short time, alone in our office,
though much disliking to do SO, because
we were occasionally subject to severe
fits of the incubus, or nightmore, from
which we used to depend on others to
arouse US. One day, our door was beset
by a small, red, stranger dog, that seemed
singularly intent on entering. We drove
him away twice; but he as often return
ed, and manifested the same earnest de-
sire to come in. Being somewhat sur
prised at this, knowing that no one, who
could be his master, had been there that
day, we at length opened the door, and,
by words and gestures, invited him to
come in. Joyfully availing himself Of
the liberty, he entered, snd, without
seeming to look round for any one, quiet
ly lay down under the table, where he re-
manned till bedtime, when we tried to
make him go out. But he absolutely re-
fused, and, being struck with the singu-
larity of the animals conduct throughout,
we concluded to let him remain for the
night, and after procuring some food for
him, retired to our bed, which was in a
small adjoining room, the entrance to
which from the office we always, for the
sake Of better air, left open. Some time
during that night, we were visited by a
frightful fit of the nightmare, from which,
though perfectly conscious, we probably
should never have come out, without as
sistance. At our first groan, the dog
bounded to our bedside, and commenced
barking. Finding this did no good, he
mounted the bed, and barked in our face.
Failing in this, also, he stripped down
the bed clothes, and fell to paving on our
chest, more and more furiously, till he
tore the skin, which instantly broke the
horrid spell; and we arose with feeling
oil gratitude for the interposition, as we
never could help viewing it, more intense
than We remember ever to have expert.
enced. We would have gladly alway.
kept the dog, but the next morning, wher
we opened the door, he passed out, and
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w. III. FORBES,
ST. PAUL DRUG STORE.
HICHCOX & KELLOGG,

Corner Of Third and Cedar s, opposite Judge Lambers
WILL keep constantly hand general supply of the
w best drugs and medicines and articles
usually kept for sale In drug stores.
PsscanS prescriptions put up with the greatest care
Medicines may be procured all hours of the night,
without extra charge.
" Profits small, and terms cash,
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JC Burbank co. st.Paul NV LFawcette * S.Louis
NORTHWESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WITH THE
American and other Express Companies.
r'O and all the principal the United States
California and Europe, for the speedy transportation
money and valuable packages col ecton Of drafts, notes.
bills, accounts, &C., purchase and sale all kinds
merchandise.
c. r. Rice & Co. ST. Paul, Oils West, ST. Loui S,
j. BrOOkes, Gaiena.
n. B.-Partcuiar attention. paid to forwarding and
commission business generally.
may l. 33-u
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SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
'HE subscriber solics the patronage Of the public,
and assures all purchasers In his line, that he will
II for cash, saddes harness knds and trunks, Of
better quality and cheaper than any other establish
ment in Minnesota. Pur hasers will do well TO call at
his shop, Third street, ST. Paul. door east of S.
H. Sergenps and judge for themselves.
A. r. FRENCH.