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The Empire County argus., 1854-06-03
eT1- Il u "a rssN -Ea5s "A Ns- Ms--@-EH-l
d NJ PIR E r A N C Fl,
Of the Empire County cf CalJoraia.
VALUE $s7,675. TICKETS SO.

This Ranch contains 320 acres, $50 under good
plank and post and rail feue? good frame House and
kitchen suitable for Public House frame Earn two
Wells of good Water with Pumps crop Of Vegetables
Poultry Household and Kitchen Furniture
The property is situated the Sacramento road, be-
tween Greenwood and Salmon Falls adjoining the Oak
Valley ranch the North side
The Empire County argus., 1854-06-03
HENRY A. SMITH & CO.'S
GRAND HgAEENIE.
$100, ,QOO!!!
CONSISTING OF
$4,000 IN SL U G Sii!
FARM, RESIDENCE,
Rufnc,Ma r.nrs. 1y.rcr.Es. (

Guaranteed to come off at the AMERICAN THEATRE.
Oh the Fourth Day OF July, 1854.
The Empire County argus., 1854-06-03

To be had of the Proprie.ors their Ofee n. w cor
ner Mont gomery and Merchant Streets at the prnca
Bookstores, Hotels Saloons throughout the City anC
State.
The Empire County argus., 1854-06-03

NJ NOW AIL NIHv BY THESE PRESENTS, that
Ma |. MARGARET COOK, wife of Robert NJ Cook.
Of I'll Dorado slide, hereby declare this nay intention
carry the Boarding House and Bar business in my
name and On my oW account aud that from this date
shall at Individually -sponsibc in ms own name ia all
debts contracted by account of said business and
also that the or -1a amount invested in said business
is less than five thousand dollars,
MARGARET COOK.
FL Dorado Slide, ii Dorado County, May II, 1854.
State Of California County Of FL Dorado ss.On this
2lh day Of May, 1854. before Justice Of the Peace
in and for the. County OF Ii Dorado and State OF Calor
mia, Mrs Margaret Cook and being first duly sworn,
She did the ovo declaration and subscribe the
in my presence. *IODDARD,
y 81 Justice .cf the Peace.
The Empire County argus., 1854-06-03

TICKETS. ONE DOLLAR EACl
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
s, ain, Cuba and the United States.


The Washington Star, of Friday evening.
says that various of the Foreign Ministers resi-
ding in that city, has. received by the Asia,
positive information ofthe harmonious and en-
tire settlement of the Black Warrior afar.-
Spain RENTS the fine of $4,000 exacted Of the
owners of the ship disclaims any attention OF
insulting the American flag in what transpired
on her part in the course of the affair, and or
ders her regulations, &c. for the port of Havan'
"a TO be SC altered as will practically guarantee
American commerce hereafter from liability
to any such injury as occurred to it in the case
in question.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, informs that Journal, on
the authority of the Paris Assemblee NatiOaate.
ofihe 18th ult., that a functionary of the Span
ish Department OF Foreign Affairs. left Madrid
on the Ith uIt., for the United States, with a
despatch to the Spanish Minister at Washing
ton, containing de6nitive settlement OF the
difference in the case of the Black Warrior
it is further stated by the same correspondent,
that the fine of $4,000 imposed upon the Black
Warrior. by the Cuban authorities, had been
remlted by the Spanish Government.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
Where may Ret be Found.

Tell me. ye winged winds
That round my p ,th way roar,
Do you not kno" some spot
Where mortals weep more?
Sune Ions and easant dell
Some valley in Ibe the West,
Where, free from tos and pain,
The weary soul may resi-
The lew winds softened in whisper low
And sighed for Pity, as they answer-''No"
Tell me, thou mighty deep,
Whose bilows round me pay,
Know st thou some favored spot,
Some island far away,
Where wretched man may find,
The bliss for whicn he sghs?
Where sorrow never lives,
And friendsh never diesl
The loud waves rolling in peri etual flow,
Stopped for awhile, and answered-"No" "
And thou, sereDest moon,
That with such holy face
Does look upon the earth,
Asleep in nights embrace
Tell me, in all thy rounds,
last thou not seen sOme spot
Where miserable man
Might ind happier lot -,
Behind a cE0ud4he aAOea <ssshdre* i ,wos. Fes,.
Aud u voice sweet, but sad, responded-..No!y - :
Tell me, my secret soul,
o! tell iDe, Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place
From sorrow, SIN and death
Is there no happy spot
Whe.e mOrtalS may be blessed,
Where grief may lind balm,
And weariness a rest!
Faith, Hope, and Love, best boons to mortal:
given,
Waved their bright wings and whis pered-"Y, :
i'll Heaven" !
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

"Do youtli X woul take fancy to a
cloak of a green co OF, when you know / abom-
inate green
| NJ l.. shock. He thought of the spectacTes.
20 So h beautiful cloak r sighed Mrs. L.
forgetting her a. ger. moment and bursting
into tears.
| Mr.. l.. quaiIed.
Mrs. L. suddenly reused up with more de-
termined energy as a new thought flashed viv-
idly upon her brain. t.r
80, know you deceitfal wretch you re had
on them horrid green specs That's the reason
the cloak looked greenl7
'Mr. l.. tottered 40
"And only to think Of iti walking thethe street,
with me, aud making d show of vourselfs OF
OF Mr.. L. | shall die OF You cowardly pup
py!" faa
Mr.. L. prayed inwardly hf the immediate
appearance ofa young earthquake; but, alas
IN vaini
~ suppose you Thought. because couldn't
look Won in the face, ] should Int know anything
about it T. - -
"Mr. l.. groaned.
go that should have ever. come TO this!
%! tJx har4E II szsSis.
The street bv the side of O walking spectacle
"a par Of Il emr'
Mr.. l.. reeled; after which he Suddenly van
ished ont of The house. leave;ng Mrs. l.. in the
midst of the most intense agony.
When Mr.. Limpkins returned, lie brought
flag of truce 1T the shape of blue velyt
cloak-sky-hlue. SO that put an end to diff
cultles for long time again, and the verdant
optics were all forgotten
I NOT many monihs'rolled nv, before, one day,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Obadiah Limpkins we're on
visit at Washington. d. c.. they paid a vis-
it to the capitol, and while examining the large
pictures in the Rntunda, the unfortunate Oba-
diah rashly exclaimed:-
"What strange fancies painters sometimes
have It's curious enough. declare. Now,
here all the skies in these pictures are PAINTED
green ALWAYS thought the sky was blue
strange, but true T.
"Why, Mr. Limpkins, they Nre painted blue!'
"nel. that's curious; they look green TO me,
certainly
thought flashed across Mrs. Is. mind
turning around ris a ris, to MIR. l.. she beheld,
in silent "wretchedness and wo' the detested
green specs. perched unconciously upon the
nose of the still more unconcious and unsuspec-
ting Obadiah Limpkins. Horror sublime -
A gony intense Without moments warning,
or single word of explanation, the infmiated
female seized on the hapless spectaeles, and
/
ments. scattered over the marble aoorl
/ As soon as this daring exploit was accom-
plshed Mrs. l.. pointed with trembling finger
at the gorgeous paintings and exclaimed with
the voice Of rhinoeeroS: :
''NOr are they green y
Mr.. L. felt slightly "withered and -deiected:"
and as he behehi the eyes of several delightful
| spectators fixed upon him, he seemed TO change
irto variety of colors. hut particularly green.
| Perhaps this later color was but the reflection
Of the spliptered glasses that threw back the
dazzling light Of the MONDAY sun, in thou
sand directions
| Unhappy specs! Thus have We faithfully
cironc'ed thy brief career. We might say Of
/ thee "Hic iacet," had not the faithful Obadiah
| gathered the shattered remains in his hand.
| and placed them affectioEately in the corner of
his waistcoat pocket. while tear stood in his
moist eyel Alden
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

The Nebraska bill passed the House without
we understand it, was designed to give to the
U. States exclusive control over the subject Of
slavery, in the territories, and thereb- relieving
he South Of that outside, foreign pressure
| which is uniformly, adverse to Southern inter
| esis. We have contemplated this amendment
as the only fature, in the li1l, that gave the
slightest promise of advantage to the South;
and when the Badger amendment expressly
provided that the repeal of the Missouri COM
promise shall not revive the pro-slavery laws of
Louisiana. in eorce AT the date Of its purchase,
we had hoped that the South would cling 10 the
CLAYTON amendment rs the last hope. But the
North has proven an pvermatch for us-thers
is nothing III the bill. il has passed both
HouseS which the South can boast Of except
the empty recognition of mere abstraction -
Congress, DENYING 20 itselfthe right to legisate
upon the snbiect of slavery.has. stargely enough,
granted this power to a feyriiOrg Stranger still
at the very moment when diselaimipg all power
over this question. it directly repeaIs the pro-
slavery laws of louisiana, which would have
been revived bv the repeal Of the Missouri
compromise. Then. as if to rivet he manacles
so ingeniously slipped over the wrists of the
South, proposition TO let the question Of slave
ry, in the territories. be settled by the actual
citizens, is rejected, and the vast horde of for
eigners pouring into the Northwest, is invited
TO throw its weight-the weight Of herd OF
buffalo-against the South. And more GER
tainIy TO tempt the Southern members to swal-
low the poisoned bait, great cry was raised.
Mt the North. against the bill. much of which,
no doubt, was intended to efIertiss passage
1t is now the law Of the land, however. and to
experience mGst he left the test of its Influences
upon Southern rights and interests.-lC. Chron.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
LOUDON
TUESDAY. :::::::::::::::: JUNE |:
From Asheviile Spectator
STOP THE MURDERER'S!

4UT. LQUOT.-
With the view of effecting an
arrest, if possible, of the perpetrators of an
asFful rnarder. proceed 10 lay the facts before
the public through your paper. Two men,
James Shelton and rilman Landers of Laural,
in the County of NJ lispn, n. c. on the l7ih
inst, waylaid the road and assassInated cti.
zen of the same County, named Drury Norton.
Shelton by striking Norton on the head with a
rock, aud Landers ON the arm. Both have
since fed the county, and were last heard
of on Indian creek, East Tennessee. Shelton
is about 3j years of sge, weighs l6j or 20 lbs,
stoutly built, wore heavy whiskers of sandy
cas-, black hair, with his face badly burned by
powder. Landers is a mau Of ordinary size,
sandy or red hair, red complexion, - wears oil
age. bad a very sore hand from a bealing in
the palm, near the first 'int of his middle fin
ger. The outrage is very aggravated one, and
both Shelton and LlalerS are unsafe men, for
any community, y,thereiore all newspapers friend
IL to morality and the personal safety of our
pcacealle ctizers, are earnestly requested to
copy
Published by request of many citizens.
a. Z. BAIRD.
IAPLSNp. y. c.. Nav I'D 1854.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
NEW KIND OLE FENCES

A gentleman residing in Windsor, Vt, has
introduced into that region method of fencing,
which for cheapneSs or durability and efiicien.
cy, can hardly be surpassed. lie proeures
stakes of suitable wood five feet in length,
and sleeps the lower portion of them in blue Wit
-iol-one pound of vitriol to forty ofwater. This
renders them almost indestructihle by the natu-
raj process Of decay. lie then drives~he stakes
nto the ground at distance of eight inches
part, bringing the tops into a straight line, and
Mailing upon them narrow strip of board, using
me nail for each stake. 1t is said that cattle
and sheep can't get through it, horses will not
lump it, hogs will go a good distance round ra-
her than climb over it, and lazy men can't sit
in the shade Oft Boston Bee.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

THE PRESIDENT RIDDEN FROM THE D :Wo.
CRATIC PARTY-The New York National Demo
crat declares that President Pierce is now be
yond the pale VI the Democratic Party:
''lie has no supporters I'VE are told) who arr
not moved toy interest; not Two friends who vii
accompany him to his retirement when his OF
fetal term shall have expired If he desire
supporters for his Administration, let him act
up TO the platform upon which he was elected
Let him discard the miserable secli0ui>ts whom
he continues to favor, and take true men int,
his confidence. if they will ac ccpt the offer
lie now presents the spectacle of PreSiderr
without partv-a man carried upon the shoul
derS of thousands TO place, who cannot rally
around him five steadESt friends"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

LtdidR Tyraties.-The Commiss inner of t.
dian Affairs, who has been most seduIously en-
gagged of late in concluding treaties with vari
Gus tribes of Nebraska Indians. completed his
work yesterday so far as regards the delegations
now in the city. The treaty with the Iowas wa,
concluded on Wednesday, and treaties with the
Sacs and Foxes, and Kickapoos, respectively
finished yesterday. Five more tribes are OF
their way hither for the same purpose, viz: the
Miamies, Weas, Peorias, Piankeshaws, &c.
Washington lntelligencer, May 10.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

SPEECHES on NEBRASEA.-The Washington
Sentinel thus sums up the speaking that has
been done on this question: Speeches for
the principle Of the bill in the Senate, l7 in the
House, 4j-total, 62 Speeches against the bill
in the Senate | |; in the House jj-total, 66.-
Besides the speeches actually delivered, Messrs.
Bliss, Cook, Everhart. Sage, Howe, Stuart, OF
Ohio, and other gentlemen (at least twelve in
all,l obtained permission to publishtheir speech
es, not having been successful in their efforts
to obtain the floor to deliver them"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

LnNGFELLow PoETRY.-An inquiry has for
some time been carried on as to the English
genealugy of Professor Longfellow, the Amer
can poet. ln its course, the following lines
have been produced by some kind invesli .atol
in Wales, certainly not very Aattering to then
subject. They are copied from Il window shut
ter of an inn at Brecon, called the golden Linn
kept by one Thomas Longfeow, about half a
century ago:
Tom Longfellow'S name is most justly his due
Long his neck, long his bill, which is very Ion!
too;
Long he time ere your horses to the stable is
led,
Long before he's rubbed down and much lon
ger till f;,,!;
Long indeed may you sit in comloriless room,
Till from kitchen, long drriy, your dinner shall
come,
Long the oaen told tale that your host will
relate.
Long his face while complaining how long peo-
pie eat;
Long may Lnnsfellow long ere he see me
again
Long twill be ere ] long for Tom Longfellow S
lnn.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

PErRrFrED.-An Indian agent named Waugh
an, who has travelled extensively in the North
west states that in one region Ufc0untrv north
of Iowa everything is inclined to petri6cation.-
Large logs Of wood, limbs, vegetables and once
living animals, might be seen turned to solid
rock. He saw tortoise by the score, that would
weigh 400 pounds ;also birds, fishes and animals
He brought with him several eagle quills, petr
fed complete and perfect, also the head of a
bird, and some curious specimens of wood and
reptiles Augusta Chronicle.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
Addit onal from Cuba.

BALTIMORE, June 3.
The Black Warrior, arrived at New York on
Friday, brings the intelli sence that the Captain
General OF Cuba, PEzrgLA, was organizing the
Black Regiments, and had ordered list OF all
persons capable OF hearing arms TO be made
out; and that he had also said, that he would
bring about the emancipation of all the slaves
in the lsland.-l Charleston Courier.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

AUGUSTA HoRTcULrURAL SOCIETY. This So
cie'y held a spirited and interesting meeting
yesterday, at which We noticed a most beautiful
collection of Roses and other flowers, from r
H. GARDINER. Esq; fruit and flowers from DIR
J. D. MACKrE, &C., &c. Some time was spenr
in the discussion Of horticultural subjects, and
much valuable information and interchange o
opinion elected. The Society then adjourner
over until the last Saturday in September. wher
full attendance is requested for the purnus.
ofpre2aring for the Fair of the Southern Ger
tral Society, at which our home friends iutent
to be better represented than they were las
year.
a Committee ofthree was appointed to pre
pare Premium List for the Horticultural d.,
partment of the coming Fair, which list W,
hope soon to lay before our readers, in order
that they may have ample time to prepare.
Augusta Chronicle.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

Capt. JAQUEs, of the steamboat line betweer
London and Knoxville, passed through this
place few days ago, on his way to Pittsburgh
to superintend the building of Two additional
steamers for the river trade and travel We un
derstand that Capt. .Iaqu"s is the agent of th'
i. T. & GA. Il. Il. Co.. for whom the boats arr
to he constructed, and when it is remembered
boats, it speaks well fo- the trade of Knoxville,
aud Loudou, particularly as the Railroad be
tween those places will be i'll operation by tn,
time the boats are finished Abingdon Nir
gilman.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

A newly married man declares that if he had
only an inch more of happiness he could NOS
live. His wife and sister are Obliged to roll
him on the floor and spat him with shingle
every day, TO prevent him from being too hap
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

mJennv;" said a landlady the other morning
IN her helm. "was there any fire in the kitchen
last. nicht when you was sitting up?" "Yes,
marin" slid Jenny, there was spark there
when went down, and soon famed il into
Aame.v The landlady looked suspiciously at
Jenny, but she, innocent girl. went on scrub
bing, and humming 'Katy Dar6nt'
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
NEBRASKA.

Were an intelligent foreigner, coming a
mongst us at this moment, to .ead the proceed
ings of Congress in relation to the Nebraska
bill, would he not naturally infer that our Gov.
ernment must be on the eve of disSolution?--
And if he were to inquire the cause of this ex-
not he suprzed and confounded to be told, that
! the most important and urgent business of the
nation-that which is essential to It's welfare
and continued existence even, were set aside
and postponed for the purpose of repeating an
act of Congress which involved solemn com
promise that settled and queted great poll
ticial question, threatening the obstruction of
the Union, more than thirty years ago? And
moreover. that the repeal of hat compromise
had never been desired, or hardly thought of
by any portion of the people North or SOUTH
What then, let US enquire, is the good ex
pected frotn the repeal--will it expand, tsssvilI
1t diminish, the Institution of slavery? That it
will do either is scarcely pretended; and all par
ties admit that the region which is included
question is bound stronger by nature. than by
the compromise act itself. against the introduc-
tion of slavery. What there really is, beyond
pride of opinion, the point being once started.
on the part of the slave holding States, TO just-
fy the breaking up of solemn contract that
has produced such happy effects upon the
whole country. cannot be distinctly seen or un-
derstoOd. The pretence is to guGt agitation.
strange way of quieting agitation to get mp
greater than ever existed, at time when
there really was no agitation upon the subject.
Repeal the Missouri compromise of 1920, and
how long will the compromise of 1850, with all
its healing influence, last?
While the Stare of MARYLAND owes it to her
self, to the South, and 80 the Union. to main
tain existing rights in regard to slavery, We
cannot overlook the fact that is fast becoming
manifest, that the true interests the State are
not concerned in the extension of slavery. Her
climate and soil no longer admit of the profta.
bic extension of slave labor in competition with
free labor. This, beyond all doubt, is the pre-
vailing opinion Of Maryland, as well among the
slave holders as others; and, therefore, whether
the object ofthe repeal ofthe Missouri compro
mise be to a5ridge or extend slavery if indeed
it have either object in view, Maryland has no
other concern in the matter than what is com
mon to the whole couhtry-the welfare, honor
and harmony of the great Union. How any
man of ofordinarv intelligence and reflection eau
think these can be promoted by repeal of the
Missouri compromise, seems incredible.
May l3, 1854, A CALM OBSERVER.
Baltimore Patriot.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

GEopGIA AND FLoRIDA.-We learn (savS the
Federal Union) that Governor johnson has ap-
pointed Maj. A. A. Allen, of Bainbridge, Ga.
Commissioner. and James r. Butts, Esq, of this
rity, Surveyor, to meet ike Commission on
the part of the States Of Florda to run the boun-
Diary line between the above named States. The
Commission meets on the twentieth Of this
month
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

Gen. Leslie Combs has been elected President
# the Lexington and Danville railroad compa-
". The Directors have made an excellent Sc
ection.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
The young lady who fell in love has Just been
pulled out by the daring fellow who successful
y Struggled with the worli,

a Nclc Way Of Raising tie Vmd.-A few
lays since, a newly appointed country PostmaS-
ter, finding the profits accrung rather slowly,
truck out an ingenious plan of increasing the
revenue. Straightway, self aud better half
went to work aud wrote a large number of drop
letters addressed to nearly all the young folks
within range" The plan succeeded and the
pennies came in. but on counting up the cost of
iiue note paper, envelopes, &c, &c., our worthy
official discovered that these valentines had
cost him about three cents each. He consoied
himself. however, with the reflection that "alI
government contracts cost more than they come
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

Duty and Bmuty. following expresses
4 deal of morality. The young should always
bear in mind its teachings: .
Straight is the line Of duty,
Curved is the line of beauty,
v ak by the first and YOU shall see
The other always follow thee.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

"What are you writing such big hand for
Pat?' "Why, you see. my grand mother ) dafe,
md I'm writing loud lether to her!'
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

A man at Allegheny City Pa, has just pat
ented machine for making horse-shoes whicl
will, it is said, turn twenty or twenty five Tei
minute, perfect in every part. BY this machine
the price of horSe-shoes will be reduced full so
per cent.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13
LApL.xp, y. c.. May I'D 1851.

HAIL STORM.-The Ciarksvile (Ea.) "TO
hacco Plant" states that there VAS destructiv
hail storm along the Meherrin riser, on Satur
day the 2lst irst. The tobacco plants wer-
almost totally destr yed, Il q wheat ruined, ano
gardens entirely demoliShed.-The space over
which it swept was about three miles wi.e.--
The. forest WAS crmpictelNslrirred Of its leaves.
Tie hailstoues were to W seen IA piles on the
following dar
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

The man who was "filled With emotion
vas unable to make room for any dinner.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

- 1t 10 the great privilege of poverty to be hap
py unenvicd, to be healthful without physic, and
secure without guard.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

The three great powers oithe earth are Wine,
Women. and Want. The former gives birth to
our poetry; the second to our valOr; and the
third to steam engines and patent ploughs.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-13

pGy~ Rumor says that some one in this yicln
ity is using berries in isbing.