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A fellow down East having been found guilty of
violating the Maine Law in dsposng Of the ardent
and rascally stuff at that received the following
sentence:
''You old reprobatc! The Court sentences you
to drink three glasses of your rascaly liquor and
may tie Lord have mercy on your stomach !"
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Benicia Female Seminary.

Il Monday, lst of August, which day the exercises
and duties of the school will be resumed 1t is the deter
mnaton of the trustees advance the already high rep
taton of this semnary and effort will be spared
der it worthy of patronage Faithful and efficient teachers
have been provided, and attention will be given
the proper education and moral training of the pupils The
is divided into two sessions, of five calendar months
each.
1ERDIS-Payabc onehalf III advancc, one-ha,f 18th Ot
Board and tuition per session offs months 5000
Washing per dozen, $l,50
Day scholars, per session 30
ocal and instrumental music. 50
Spanish, French, Drawing, etc., each 20
Applications for admission should be made Edward
Crockor Esq, Treasurer, to Sam c. Grey, Secretary
S. WOODBRIDGE, JR.,
julyl6n12ml President Board Of r uStees.
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Nilin's Branch.

Wimn's Branch.
The Fountain is the place of call,''
For bachelors both great and small
But dare they eer in love TO get
The branch the case has nicely met
And here with swccthoarts with wives,
May feast and happily their lives.
Our city no such place could boast
Till Winn became the Ladies' host
Who served such dishes to the Fair
That Bachelors themselves came there
And wondered what the could mean,
The Ladies rushing all to Vim.
The wonder having passed away
Now from the Branch they cannot stay;
The spirit Of the age they feel
And to the Branch they often steal,
With those so lovely, smiling, sweet
To spend the hour a-tee-a-tete
San Francisco, Nov. 26th, 1853. 2 3ro.
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Tobacco Tobacco !! Tobacco!!!

Tobacco Tobacco i! Tobacco!!!
THOMAS grape J. Thomas Jr S nectar;
ey G. Wortham's square and compass;
j. Thomas Jrs diadem, pounds;
j. Thomas Irs El Dorado, do;
C.. .amison & Sons;
G. Worthcn's comucopia;
Twin sisters, in fancy boxes;
Chess players, do do;
+ in diamond, VIM. Myers;
Saunders Indian Queen;
Greaner's sun, ]. NJ Jackson's;
Shopards twist, pressed and Impressed;
!. Thomas Jr.'s dadcm twist;
J. Thomas Jr.s virgin;
Watson's grape, fine cut, in tin foil & pairs;
Watson'S virgin, Go do do
Watson's grape, fine cut, in ID cans, smoking.
Matches in wood boxes, clay pipes, etc. for sale by
JAMES PATRICK.
Batte'v srrrt 3d dor from Pacific 5. f. n2Iml5 5m xz
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SIM frantisto AbbRrtiselntnts.

oporfnersiiip.-The coparnershp heretofore exist
" ing between the subscribers under the and style
of Conro Sampson Co., this day dissolved by mutu-
al consent. F. y CONRO,
w. A. SAMPSON,
VIM SHARP & co.
San Francisco, Nov Sth, 1858.
The Golden Gate FIGURING EIiil will be conducted
by the subscribers under the same name and syle here
ofoc and the public may assured that effort
part shall be wanting to fully sustain the high reputation
that the Golden Gate flour has acquired in California
is made from the choicest native wheat, and is fully equal
to the best IIaxall Gallego We tender sincere
thanks friends and the public generally for herlb
cra patronage heretofore extended to and respectfully
solicit continuance Of the same
F. d. CONRO,
w. A. SAMPSON.
San Francisco, Nov. 26th 1853 2-3m
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GREAT MYSTERY !
WAR! WAR;! WAR!!!
General Pierce Recalled from the East!
GEN. PIERCE AT TIE HEAD OF THE ARMY /!
Wonderful [ hanges

Wonderful [ hangeS
IN The Army and the Organization of Troops at the Seat
Of JVW!
q all the extensive improvements yet made at the
~ world renowned FOUNTAIN HEAD, that initiated
this 9th day of November. 1888 will prove the
gratifying the tong thousands daily visiting there
For particulars the public referred to the Bills of Fare
which the world are challenged to compete with.
The supcrcripon of this advertisement is given it is
because cnargements, extensions, Branches
and our final success have been mystery to all outsiders
and know that this last improvement and reduction in
prices create astonishme than all the put
gchcr. Our arrangements with the Farmer the Butcher
and the Dairyman such will hereafter enable us to
feed every one at price nearly than any
other Establishment in the state And then in the Gull
nary Department, the preparation Of edibes we leave
all to judge for that have now
the best cooks in the Stae-nellgent, Sober Inustr-
GUS and Competent And, as still further guaranty that
proper attention. agreeable to Wishes shall be extended
to all patrons here take occasion say that hav
ing recalled Agent Col. PIERCE, from New York, he
occupies his old stand at the FOUNTAIN HEAD On his re-
to this city, the title of Brer General of the Fountain
Head Division of Troops. conferred upon him on ac-
count of his eminent services as Colonel of the Army-his
faithful discharge of duties while absent and his uweared
attention to business while absent in So when we
removed with our family to dwell in this beautiful land
The public will bear in mind that CRACKER BAKERY
is now turning out more good cracker than all the
the Bakers in the State put together which are furnished
to customers at less price than the inferior article with
which this market is glutted. Also, our Mammoth Candy
Manulactory is in full tide of opcraon turning the
choicest of every thing in that line. And finally men and
brehercn women and children. wish you and the whole
world to understand distinctly there nothing in the way
of Substantial Lr,ng Delicate LuruieS, for the health
full qualification of the appetite can be found at one or
the other of popular estabishments-the Fountain
Head Long Wharf and Clay street, Branch corner of
Mont gomery and Washington streets.
As the ontue world intend celebrating the approaching
Holiday, we feel 1t incumbent to make it known
where such articles as would add to their enjoyment may
be had
JVINNS FOUNTALN HEAD,
l7S and $50 Long Wharf through Clay street, between
Sansome and Battery, San Francisco.
WINN'S BRANCH
Corner Of Washington and Montgomery streets.
NJ. l.. WINN,
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces at tho
dec 3-3 3m Fountain Head and Branch
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Thomas Tennemt's

NAMES PATRICK has removed to his brick build
81 ing, Battery street, Pacific San Francisco and
offers for sale the following articles:
200 firkins choice table butter
200 bills extra heavy mess pork;
300 cases extra leaf lard;
$4,000 ID choice sugar cured hams;
10000 ID clear bacon sides;
500 bbs Brandywne d cornmesl;
500 ID star candles 6s;
300 boxes Colegate'S pearl starch;
200 bbs old Monongahea whskey;
80 bbls Zante currants
100 cases fns table sslt, Z Il Ii fbSsEa.
kAolsHa
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BANKING HoUsEoF BURGoYNE & co.,
San Francisco.


EXCHANGE for sale at sight time, in sums to
suit,
Barring Brothers & Co. London.
Hottnger & Co. Paris.
Bmgoyne & Co. New York.
Phcnix Bank. do.
]. E. Thayor & Brother. Boston,
Canal Bank New Orleans.
l.. A. Benoist & Co. St. Louis
AGENTS.
READ d CO, Gacramento.
JOHN V. PLUME q co. Marysyllie. .
nov19--lf
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En Ems ,s'ANTALUONS---PANTS OSLY!!-
lVa 80 doz cadet satinet pants, lined and we'll cut;
20 doz Oxford satnet pants, lined and well cut;
20 doz brown do do 90;
10 toz green do do do;
ID doz black do do do;
% doz fancy do do do:
10 doz clouded do do do:
80 doz sleeps grey pants, do do;
10 doz Tweed do do do;
90 Coz plain cashmere pants, do do;
so doz fancy co co do;
10 dOz black do do do.
For sale for cash, at less than auction rates.
FRENCH IL RUGGLES
corner Sacramento and Ledesdorf SITS, San Francisco
N BAH goods delivered on board river steamers or
elwhore free, and charge made for boxes n23mISt
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The folov ing horizontal musings of oahng tpler de-
serve to be pefpetuatcd. Hear the wall
Leaves have their time to fall,
And so likewise have ];
Tho reason, toos the sainc--it
Comes Of getting DRy
But here's the difference 'twixt leaves and me,
/ falls 'more harder and more frcquentlee.
"Father, look We hero What's the reason you
and mother is alters quarreling :"
"Silence, my son. Do you know what you are
talking about!"
"Ycs-sir-ee, do. I was jist wonderin' wot you'd
do if you had as many wives as Solomon"
''Bah! Go to bed"
Eyes, its very we'll to say go to bed Solomon
had morn hundred wives, all of em livin' in the
same house, a eatin together, and neer fghtr
''Go to bed"
"Now what time you'd have eff you had half as
many. Why you'd kick up such a rumpus as 'ud
fetch up the policeand knock things to thunder 7"
broomstick interrupted the loquacious youth,
and suddenly suggested tho der of travelling which
ho did.
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JOINT STOCK COMPANY-CAPlTAL $500, 900
DIRECTORS.
Henry WELLS, WILLIAM &. FARGO,
JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON, JAMES Mckay
ELIJAH p WILLIAMS, A. REYNOLDS
EDWIN 3. MORGAN, A. M C. SMITH
HENRY d. RICE
IAIILI I AL a -
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27
A Feeler.

The course of the New York Tribune
indicates settled determination to rob the
South of the rights Essnteed to it by the
Constitution or. failing in this, to openly
advocate dissolution of the Union. In
order to prepare the stomachs of its fol-
lowers for something stronger, it begins
with the detraction of our revolutionary
fathers, and the disparagement of their
heroic sacrifices and achievements. 4a,.
"Our fathers nobly did their work but
they won no great battles with signally in
feror forces, as did the Greeks in their re-
sistance to Xerxes and neither their
achievements nor their suferings can be
compared with those Of the Swiss in their
struggle for independence against the i'm
mensely superior forces Of Austria, much
less with the Netherlands protracted re-
sistance to and final triumph over haugh-
ty Spain at the height of her power
Take away from our Revolution SO much
as is abstract and universal to debase it to
a mere popular resistance to the payment
of odious and illegally levied taxes-and
it dwindles into very commonplace mat
ter. Our Washington was noble leader,
admirably adapted to the exigency; but
oe was no genius his campaigns added
nothing to what was previously known of
military. art !; and he was more eminent in
limiting the evils of defeat than in achiev
ing or emphasizing triumphs.'
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

GOLD MINES IN HIGHLAND COUNTY
And no mistake. 1t has. not only rich
soil, but raises tremendous big pumpkins
and the handsomest babies in the State,
ESQ their parents say , To add to the
"glory and grandeur of the people, Gold
Mines have been discovered in the coun-
ty, on the farm of Miller Moody, ESQ,
near Bellyille. The Shield and Banner
says: 1--WE learn that DIR. Eels of Bel
vile washed out in one day, gold to the
amount of Sc, so last week !; and we were
shown some specimens of dust by Mr..
Bahney Of our town, which he himself
washed out in rayine near Belville.-
There has been some prospecting for seve-
raj miles among the hills and the ravines
this side of Belville, and gold found /; but
whether it will pay for the labor is yet to
be seen. Several returned Californians
intend next fall and winter when water can
be had, to try their hand"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

On TABLE.-"Fauas and Earindcea the
Proper Food of MN being an attempt
to prove, from History. Anatomy. Ply
siology, and Chemistry, that the Original,
Natural, and Best Diet of Man is derived
from the Vegetable Kingdom. By John
Smith. With Notes and Illustrations, by
r. T.. Trail, M. D. From the Second
London Edition."
This work contains ninety pages 12mo.,
and is embellished with % wood engra-
wings, together with colored frontispiece
of Fruit Vase. Price 25 cents. Fow-
Ter and Wells publishers, New York
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

AN UNHEARD OF OUTRAGE-We learn
that on last evening, the house Of Mr..
Aberne:hy,, an old gentleman residing in
Coldrain township, near Adelphia, in this
county, was entered by three rufians, who
seized and tied the old man fast in bed
The old lady was very decrepid, and the
only remaining person about the house
was widowed granddaughter. One of
the villains took her by the throat, and
threatened her life if she did not tell where
their money was secreted. She confessed
the place where two or three hundred dol
lars, belonging. to her was hid. They
took this and certificate of deposit on
the Valley Bank for some hundred Oh
more, and robbed the old man of all he
had, which is said to have been between
six and seven thousand dollars. Mr.
Abernethy was known to be man of
money. and it was said kept much secre.
ted about his house. He is 81 years Of
age. No suspicious as to the perpetra-
tors of this foul deed - ChilIocothe Gazette,
july 19.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

NEBRASKA AND KANsAs.-We under
stand that all the Indian tribes in these
two new United States Territories have
concluded treaties with the Commissioner
of Indian affairs, for the relinquishment of
the lands at present occupied by them
within the scope of country proposed to be
included under the twonew governments.
These treaties are, one and all, before the
Senate, and will doubtless be promptly
ratified, that body being quite anxious to
expediate the formal organization of the
new territorial governments-W Wash. Star.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27


~At Chicago the cholera is abating
although there were A deaths there on
Tuesday last. A letter from that city,
dated the 18th inst, says:
From the Sd to the 9th Of this month,
the deaths by cholera have averaged over
one hundred per day, and the carts con-
veying the dead to their last resting place
have been traversing the streets day and
night for the last two weeks, some of them
containing three and four bodies. A great
many are buried before they have been
dead half an hour. The emigrants appear
to have suffered most. The number of
deaths has been SO great that the under
takers were unable to furnish cofins, and
great numbers of the dead bodies were
put in rough boxes, hastily constructed,
and SO buried. Indeed, it became SO bad
at one time, that great many were only
wrapped up in the sheets on which they
lay, OF were buried in the clothes they had
on them. AS you may suppose, every
one whose business las not kept him here.
has fled the city; and very few of the
strangers who do arrive, stay any length
of time. 1t seems plague spot. The
weather for the two weeks has been the
hottest--to continue for two weeks-that
I have ever experienced. On Saturday
there was changein the weather, since
which time, it has been much cooler
With change in the weather came a
change in the cholera cases, and the
number of deaths has considerably de.
creased. .ss
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

@rA gentleman in Alabama has in
closed one hundred dollars to the Rev.
VIM. McLain, Secretary of the American
Colonization Society. and offers to give
another hundred dollars toward raising
the sum of 100000 to establish steam
packets between this country and Africa,
provided five hunderd others will give a
similar amount--or to form one of com
pany of one thousand to give 800 each.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

"A CITIZEN of Delhi township, Hamil-
ton county, Ohio has in his possession a
singular lusus nature, alive and kicking
This phenomenon of nature consists of a
cat and rabbit embodied in one animal
The head, fore legs and part of the body
are the perfectly formed parts Of the cat,
whilst the rear proportion, hips, hind legs
and tail are those Of rabbit. The hind
legs are very long, and their power of
locomotion excel those of the fore legs,
which are unable to keep pace with the
rear movements. It's habits are carniyer-
GUS, and similar to those Of the genuine
tabby cat.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

The first volume oil the Census of the
Canadas for 185152 has just been for
warded to us. 1t is drawn up pretty near
ly on the plan of our own, and presents
some extremely curious and interesting
statistical results. For instance, it would
appear from these returns that while in
the ten years ending in 1850, the average
increase in population in the United States
was only 35.27 per cent, and that of
Great Britain 1920 per cent, that of Up
per Canada was 104-58 per cent! and in
Canada West, in the twenty years ending
with 1849, the increase was upwards of
375 per sent, or about SIS per cent, more
than that of the three choice States of
Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois. The pop
ulation of the Canadian cities and towns
exhibits the same surprising results.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

LAND SALES IN IowA.--It is stated that
the entries of Government lands in Iowa
at the present time far exceed all former
precedents, even the great speculative
times of 1886. The gross amount of entries
for the last thirty days, has not been far
from 8 100000 per day, and the receipts
for the current year will be more likely to
exceed than to be less than seven million
of dollars. ssas
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27
Look Before You Kick.

A minister in one of our churches, while
on his way to preach funeral sermon in
the country, called to see one of his flock,
an old widow lady who lived near the road
he was travelling. The old lady had just
been making sausages, and she felt proud
of them, they were SO plump, round and
sweet. Of course. she insisted on her
minister taking some of the links home to
his family. He objected on account ofnot
having his pormantua along. This objec-
ton was soon overruled, and the old lady,
after wrapping them in rag, carefully
placed bundle in either pocket of the
preachers capacious coat. Thus equip
ped he started for the funeral. FT
While attending to the solemn ceremo-
nies of the grave, some hungry dogs
scented the sausages, and were not long
in tracing them to the pockets of the good
mans overcoat. Of course this was a
great annoyance, and he was several
times under the necessity of kicking these
whelps away. The obsequies at the grave
completed, the minister and congregation
repaired to the church, where the funeral
discourse was to be preached. ayev ed
After the sermon was finished the
minister halted to make some remarks to
his congregation, when a brother, who
wished to have an appointment given out.
ascended the steps of the pulpit, and gave
the minister's coat hitch, to get his at
tention. The divine, thinking it dog
having design upon his pocket, raised
his foot, gave a sudden kick, and sending
the good brother sprawling down the
steps. s9sa e.aa91 asa1s1 o
1"You will excuse me, brethren and SIS.
ters!' said the minister, confused, and
without looking at the work he had just
done, "for | could not avoid it. I have
sausages in my pocket, and that dog has
been trying to grab them ever since I
came upon the premises ~ .as 2i bga3p
Our readers may judge of the effect
such an announcement would have at a
funeral. @A as 1s bah zaal
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

HEAVY LAW SuIr.-The Dayton En-
pire says, Henry Doolittle, Esq, the great
railroad contractor, has commenced suit
against "The Sandusky City and Indiana
Railroad Company" for ninety thousand
and three hundred and twenty-five dollars,
balance due him on contract for building
the road from Tifin to Sandusky City.
This balance has, we learn, been due for
two years, bearing ten per cent, interest,
by his contract.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27
Insurrection in Spain.

The correspondent of the London Times
from Paris, under date of the 5th inst
says:
The insurrection began on the morning
of the 28th, and up to the most recent date
it as still uncrushed, even according to
the most favorable accounts The letter
of your correspondent of the 1st, due here
this morning, and which no doubt con-
tanned particulars of the action fought on
the evening of the 30tb, has not come to
hand. 1t has been evidently kept back,
together with other correspondence, by
the authorities, who do their best to pre-
vent any account reaching the frontier,
except that which is most favorable to
themselves. A telegraphic dispatch, re-
ceiyed here this afternoon, and which left
Madrid at O'Clock last afternoon, states,
as the one quoted above does, that the in
surgents were in the neighborhood of
of Aranjuez, and adds, that the Govern
ment was most anxiously awaiting rein
forcements from Saragossa andy alladolid,
and that if they received them--that is, if
they did not pronounce" on their march
against the wretched minions who are the
cause of the blood that has been she'd
they had every hope of beating the insur-
gents in the next encounter with them.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

CoLoRED PEOPLE IN CoUNcIL-A State
Council Of colored people has been in ses-
sion at New Bedford for the last week =
The objects were to devise means for
elevating the condition Of their race, and
the establishment of an industrial college
at which colored youth can be educated,
and acquire knowledge Of the various
mechanical trades. s7
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27
'.Why bless her. let her go!"

MINDFUL OF RUsINEss.--The following
appears 6onatfde in the Detroit Da't9 Ad,
verfiser of the 9th instant: 5s51szez
A CARD.-M,. Simpson returns his
thanks to those gentlemen who SO kindly
volunteered their services at his daughters
funeral. He has now resumed his busi-
ness, and solicits share of public patron
age. sl
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-07-27

PRIVATE BANKING HousE.-By reference
to our advertising columns twill be seen,
that a company have organized for the
purpose of transacting private banking
business in this place. rG