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San Andreas independent., 1857-10-03

Religious Notice-Rev. f. w Haoar
OF Stockton will hold Episcopal service at the School
House. i'll this place, Sunday evening" September o7
at O'Clock, p NJ The public are respectfully invited to
attend.
San Andreas independent., 1857-10-03
FOR SALE CHEAP!

AN ACCOUNT of wishing to leave for the
~ Atlantic States, the Il in d e r "A
II O Ok Hotel, San Andreas, JUL
gether with all the appurtenances, furni-
ture, &C., &c. is offered for sale
For particulars, enquire on the premises, OF
MICHAEL CALLAHAN.
San Andreas, Sept. IL, 81. sep l2-tf
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Crockery and Glassware
FINE GILT AND MAHOGANY MIRRORS

In short, Joseph Genella keeps every thing
in the line of Crockery, Giass and China Hare
and Table Cutlery, and of the best quality,
with which he will take great pleasure in ac-
commodating his customers eitherin San Fran
cisco or Sacramento. He would also respect
fully invite the attention of the trading COM
munitv to his splendid stock of goods just
received and of the latest styles.
Call and see his stock before you go else
where for he feels assured that lie has every
thing you need, and that he can accomno-
date you in the prices equal to any dealer in
the State Genella understands his business
he is one of the old pioneers in California, and
is well known to the trade. Don't forget the
BIG PlTClIER-l84 Montgomery street, San
Francisco; zl0J street, Sacramento.
jy 4:3m-v2:1:s
San Andreas independent., 1857-10-03

Bear Mountain Lodge No: 76 F. and
4. M:-Stated Meetings held on the Wednesday \ e +
of or preceding full mooA, in Angels Camp. Wis NJ
tng Brethren in good standing are respectfully invited
attend. r. r. SPONSLER w NJ
W. a. KELLY, Secretary apl 25-tf
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Special Notice,

TEvHE UNDERSIGNED having had his bust
il ness at Upper Calaveritas closed by fire.
all those indebted to him on note or book ac-
count, will please call at Lower Calaveritas and
settle without delay, as after one months no.
tice all unsettled accounts will be put in the
hands of an Attorney for collection.
NORRIS MURPHY.
Lower Calaveritas, Aug 30, 81. au2o-lm
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of
~ Calaveras.-It is hereby ordered that a
special Term OF the Court of Sessions be held
in and for said county, at the Court House, on
Monday, the fifth day of October A. D. 1857.
Witness my hand, at Office in Mokelumne
Hill, this 8th day of September, A. D. 1857.
w. W. PORTER,
County Judge Calaveras County.
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CornWell & Bowman.

Main street, near odd Felloscs' Hail. San Andre,
HAVING lately enlarged their premises ara
IL now prepared to furnish Stoves. a
Tin Ware, Hardware, Paints, Oils, Crock ts1H
cry and Glass ~
Merchants supplied at wholesale.
A Tin-shop being connected, they ars pre-
pared to do Plumbing and Jobbing at short
notice. ian 90
San Andreas independent., 1857-10-03

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Calaveras T
hereby certify that the above and forego-
ing is true and correct copy of the original
order, made by w. W. Porter, County Judge.
as appears on file in my office.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court,
:......: affixed this Sth day of September 4
IL. s.: D. 1857. N. L. BROUGHTON.
:..... County Clerk.
BY u u. SPlREs, Deputy sep l2-4t
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AMENDMENT NO Q.

RESOLVED by the General Assembly Of the State
of Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected
to each House concurring therein, that it be,
and hereby is, proposed to the electors of this
State to vote ON the second Tuesday of Octo.
ber next, upon the approval or rejection of the
following amendment as a substitute for the
fifth and sixth sections of the fourth article of
the Constitution, viz. Sec. 5. District Courts
shall be held in each county at least once in
each year, by one or more District Judges elect
ed by the electors of separate Districts to be
prescribed by law, who shall hold their Office
for five years; and during their continuance in
Office, shall reside in the District for which they
are elected. The provisions of the fourteenth
section of this article shall apply to District
Judges. The General Assembly may by law
authorize the Judges of the District Court, and
of the Courts of Common Pleas, tofix the times
of holding their respective Courts. Until Dis
t~ict Judges shall have been elected and quail
flied, District Courts shall be held by the
Judges of.the Supreme Court and of the Courts
of Common Pleas, as now authorized. Sec. 6.
The District Court shall have such jurisdiction
as may be provided by law, and the Judges
thereof shall have and exercise such power
and jurisdiction at chambers, and may be re-
quired to sit as Judges of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas as shall be directed by law.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
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AMENDMENT NO. 2.

Resolred 6y the General Assembly Of the State
Of Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected to
each branch, concurring therein, that it be and
hereby is proposed to the electors of the State,
to vote on the second Tuesday of October next,
to approve or reject the following amendment
as asubstitute for the second and third sections
of the twelfth article of the Constitution.
All property, personal and real, shall be sub
ject to taxation by uniform rule, at the true
value thereof in money, but such deductions
from credits may be allowed as the General
Assembly may deem expedient; Provided, that
burying grounds, public school houses, and
all other public property, and all institutions
of purely public charity, and all houses used
exclusively for public worship, shall be ex-
empt from taxation; and if the total value of
the personal property of any person shall not
exceed fifty dollars, the same may be exempt
from taxation. All property employed in
banking shall always bear burden of taxa
tion equal to that imposed on the property of
individuals.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
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Regulations.

I. Persons wishing to compete must become
members of the Society, by paying one dollar
annually to the Treasurer, which must be done
before their articles are entered on the books
of the.Society.
q. All articles, except farming utensils, offer
cd for premiums must be owned by the persons
Offering them, aud be exhibited by the manu-
facturer, or by members of their families
children over u years of age are not entitled
70 compete without becoming members them
selves.
8. Nc person will be allowed to serve on
any eomasittee before which he has an article
or articles for exhibition.
f. When there is no competition, no pre-
fniums will be awarded unless the article pre-
sented be deemed deserving and meritorious.
5. Premiums may be awarded on any arti-
eles not enumerated in the Premium List.
8. No animal can obtain a premium unless
1t is owned in Monroe County; and no article
can receive any unless it is the growth sr man
ufacture Of the County, with the exceptions
specified in the list.
4. The various awarding committees are
requested to be present in due time, and to re-
port themselves on their arrival to the Secre-
tary.
s.. Judges on animals will have regard to the
symmetry, early maturity and size; and will
make proper allowances for age, feeding. and
the general character and condition of the ami
mails. They are especially requested not to
give encouragemert to over-fed animals, the
object being to have superior animals for breed
ing. Judges are requested to examine the
progeny, W hen possible, of all animals exhibited
as breeders, and make due allowances for excel
enciss and imperfections in these, in giving
their awards to the sire or dam. No person,
except an officer or member of the Board, will
be allowed to interfere with the judges during
their exhibition.
g.. The payment of one dollar, entities the
pcrson so paying to make but tive entries in
the class OF animals: for each additional entry
50 cents must be paid.
10. Further orders as to the exhibition Will
Be published in due time.
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AMENDMENT NO. 4.

Resolredby the General Assembly Of the State
Of Ohio, Three-ffths of the members elected
to each House concurring therein, That it be
and hereby is proposed to the electors of the
State, on the seeond Tuesday of October next,
to approve or reject the following amendment
as a substitute for the first and second sections
of the thirteenth article of the Constitution.
Viz: Corporations of every description shall
be created, and corporate powers granted only
by general laws which shall define the powers,
privileges and immunities, and prescribe the
duties and liabilities of each class or descrip-
tions of corporations, but the General Assem-
bly, may enact special laws for the relief of
corporations in peculiar cases, and may make
special provisions in regard to corporations in
cases where from their peculiar location or in
terests such special provisions are required,
and may from time to time alter or repeal all
such laws, as are authorized by this section.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
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to each House concurring therein, that it be,
and hereby is proposed to the electors of this
State to vote, on the second Tuesday of Octo-
ber next, upon the approval or rejection of the
following amendment an additional section
to article eleven of the Constitution. Every
county which now is, or may hereafter be enti-
tied to more than one Senator, or Representa-
tive for the residue of the present decennial
period, or for all, or any portion OF any subse-
quent decennial period, shall be divided into as
many Senatorial and Representative districts
as there may be Senators or Representatives
elective in any year of the present, or any SUBJ
sequent decennial PERIOD which districts shall
be of contiguous territory, and each district
shall contain as nearly ratio for Senator or
Representative as is attainable, without violat-
ing the rule herein given as to cOntiguity of
territory and without dividing any township,
election precinct, or ward. If any Represen-
tative, or Senatorial district, composed of two
or more counties shall by reason of any excess
of population over a ratio, be entitled to adj
ditional Representatives or Senators for any
portion of the present or any subsequent de-
cennial PERIOD the district shall be divided into
two districts, for each portion of such decen-
NAL period, which shall be contiguous territory
and each shall contain as near ratio as is at
tainable without dividing counties.
torial district to another, there shall be amy
excess of population over Senatorial ratio,
which shall be entitled to additional Senatorial
Representation for any portion of any decen-
NAL period, each district, as now constituted,
shall elect one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by
the County Commissioners such other board
of officers elective and resident in the proper
county as may be provided by law. At least
four months prior to the general election in
1858, the counties entitled to more than one
member of either house shall be divided into
districts for the residue of the present decen-
NAL period, and at least four months prior to
the general election in the first gear of each
subsequent decennial period, the counties enti
tied to more than one member for all or any
portion of such decennial period, in either or
both houses, shall be divided into districts for
the whole of the decennial period. descrip-
ton of the district of each county shall be
published as may be directed by the County
Commissioners or as may be prescribed by law.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857. ess
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Miscellaneous.
WARREN'S
Ohio Criminal Law & Forms.
SECOND EDITION.
AND REVISED
TO SUIT THE STATUTES OF 1857.

Justices of the Peace and Mayors are author
lied to purchase this work out of the Fines
that they collect.
EXTRACTS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS.
81 would not be without it for ten times ITS
price" M. WADDEL, Justice of the Peace and
Mayor, Hillsborough, Ohio.
"The system observed in arranging the
Statutes, precedents, and the references to
authorities, makes it a work admirably adapt
ed to it's objeet.''
S. F. TAYLOR, Com. Pleas Judge.
"No Library in Ohio is complete without it,
and no Justice of the Peace or Mayor should
attempt to administer the Criminal Law with
out copy"
THOMAS BOLTON, Com. Pleas Judge.
To Justices of the Peace, Mayors, &c.. it
will be of almost Indispensable necessity whilst
to Prosecuting Attorneys and the Bar generally
it will prove highly convenient"
JOSIAH SCOTT, Supreme Judge.
"Magistrates will especially find it of great
value in the discharge of their duties, while
it's exposition of the Law, and simple arrange
ment, commend it to the study of the private
citizen.''
B. STORER, Judge of Superior Court of Gin.
SIT is much needed by Justices and Attor-
ueyS VI OnlO Sererally.
]. BRINKERHOFF, \ u1,
o. BOWEN. 's''
81 have examined the work with considera-
BILE care, and expressed the opinion that it is
exceedingly practical"
JOHN w. OKEY, Com. Pleas Judge.
sThe Work is of great practical value not
only to Justices, Constables, and other officers,
but to the Lawyer though well read in Crimi-
nal Jurisprudence"
HIRAM GRISWOLD, Chairman Judiciary
Conn.,, O. S. Senate.
ait should be in the hands of all Justices
Prosecutors, and those engaged in any wise in
criminal proceedings"
B. +. HOFFMAN, Com. Pleas Judge.
| 81 regard the Work as worthy of place in
the library of every lawyer in Ohio; and one
| which should be owned and CAREFULLY sTgDIRr
by every Justice of the Peace in the State who
expects to aid in the enforcement of the Crimi.
nal Law" WIN. SAMPLE, Com. Pleas Judge
81 have no doubt that aWarren's Ohio Grim.
inal Law and Forms" were supplied to all oul
Justices and Mayors who have criminal bust
ness before them, it would save more costs te
the County Treasures every year than the ex
pense of furnishing Them"
| VIM. LAWRENCE, Com. Pleas Judge.
Price 50, so. A. BROWN,
Gen. Agent, Bellefontaine, O.
August 5, 1S57.-6w.
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CATTLE

: A statement to be furnished in writing, con-
tanning, LIST, the age and breed of the cow, and
time Of calvipg, I'd, the quantity of milk in
weight and the butter made therefrom, during
speriod of ten days, (the butter made on the
trial to be exhibited with the cow at the fair. }
Sd, the quantity and kind Of feed given the
COW, during and preceding the experiment.
The statement to be verified by the competi-
tor, and another person conversant with the
facts, certifying thereto, over their signatures.
Awarding Committee-Jacob Vernon, Thos.
Mitchell and Charles B. Jones.
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CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Etna Insurance Company
OF
HARTFORD, CONN.

Incorporated A. ID. 1919.
Cash Assets Jan. l, 1856, $1,0T4,396.
TNSURANCES can be effected with its agency
| in t1:is place and policies issued without
delay for this old and favorably known Com
pany against the dangers of fire on
Dwellings and Contents, Stores and Mer-
chandise, Mills and Machinery, Man
ufactories and Stock, Colleges,
Halls, Bridges, Public
Buildings, Boats, Cargoes and Personal
Property generally.
Also
The Perils of Inland Navigation.
Of Boats, Cargoes, or Freight and Car
goes on Lakes, Bays, Rivers, Ca
mails, Rail Roads, or other
modes of
Transportation of property in transit.
All at as reasonable rates of premiums and
liberal rules as the dangers assumed permit
for mutual safety and reliable indemnity to
patrons.
Losses Equltably Adjusted and prompt
ly Paid.
@ Especlai attention given to the Insu-
rance of Dwellings and Contents, for term
from to 5 years.
If it is sound practice in owners to insure
dangerous classes of property, it is equally
proper to protect the safer and more innocent
descriptions, as just difference is made in the
rates of premiums charged. In fact, the lat
ter being safer, is done at lower relative profit
and its cost more nicely determined. Every
one that possesses the least ability to accumu-
late, should protect all his property to the full
scope insurance shields it.
]. b. BENNETT, General Agent, Cin., o.
All business transacted with dispatch and
fidelity. Apply to
WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON, El
Agent at woodsfeld, Ohio. $
Nov. 10, 1856.
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Legal Notice.

I6SdI NUCIC6,
MARY LUCRETIA LACEY, wife of James B.
lN Lacey, whose place of residence is un-
known to the petitioner, will take notice that
on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1857, James R.
Lacey, fled in the Office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County
Ohio, his petition for Divorce, which is now
pending in said Court, in which he charges the
said defendant Mary Lucretia with going away
and living in adultery with one John Patton.
Said petition will be for hearing at the October
term Of said Court, 1857.
GEO. w. DURKEE,
Atty for Petitioner.
July %, 1357-6w.
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The above articles must be manufactured in
the County, and within the year. The COM
mittee are requested to make lengthy report,
describing the articles upon which they award
premiums, and noticing the number of COM
peti.ors for the different premiums.
Awarding Committee-Joseph Rodgers, Hen
ry Mengle and James Armstrong (of Malaga.)
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NOTICE OF INSOLVENCY.

NOTICE OF INSOLVENCY.
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate Of
lN Mary Coleman, deceased, is probably insol-
vent. All persons having claims against said
estate, are therefore required to present them
in the time and manner prescribed by law.
5 WM. hENNING, Adm'r. s
July 90, 1s57.-3w.
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JOINT Resolution Relative to Proposed
Constitution Amendments.

- :
Resolped by the General Assembly Of the State
Of Ohio, That the Secretary of State be and
he is hereby instructed to cause the Proposed
Amendments to the Constitution, passed at
the present session, to be published in the
newspaper having the contract for the pub
fishing of the Laws for the State, without de-
lag, and forthwith forward three copies of the
same, together with copy of this Resolu-
tion,) under his certificate that said copies are
correct, to the Auditor of each county; and the
Auditors respectively, shall Immediately pro-
ceed to contract for the publication of the said
Proposed Amendments in two weekly (Englsh) }
and one weekly (German) newspaper, if pub
lished in the county, till the second Tuesday
of October, 1857; and the publication shall be
paid for out of the county treasury.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
Dated April 4th, 1857
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I'd best do -. 3
Applicants for premiums on Crops, must
have their ground and produce accurately
measured by one or more disinterested persons,
whose statements must be verified by affidavit,
and must furnish explicit written statements of
1st, the kind of soil I'd, the kind and quantity
of manure, and manner Of application; Sd, the
manner and time of preparing the ground, and
planting or sowing; 4th, tue quantity of seed
used; 5th, mode of culture and time of har-
vesting; 9Th, the amount of time of both man
and beast employed in applying manure, pre-
waiting and gathering the crop, Tth, and peft
amount of the crop, the whole of which must
be measured or weighed by the usual stand
ards; 9th, If practicable they must produce a
sample Of the crop to the commi. tee, and have
it exhibited at the Fair.
The premiums will be awarded with refer
ence to proftableness, as we'll as amount of
crop--heuce quality as we'll as quantity will be
considered.
The object which the Society wish constantly
to keep in viewin awarding premiums on crops,
ia not merely that h may be known that large
crops are raised in the county; but that the
method of cultivating such crops may be made
public--that the farmers of the county gener-
auyslnay avail themselves of any knowledge
thai may be useful to them.
Competitors for pres,iups ON Corn, and Clo
yer and Timothy seeds may report TO the COM
Initsee at any time previous to the first Mon
days December, 1857.
Awarding Committee Joel Yost, David Lup-
ton and Michael Stine.
Y ~
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FLOWING MATCH AND FARMING
UTENSILS.

The Society wish to encourage the introduo-
ton and use of the best farm implements in
the country, hence the above named imple-
nents need not be manufactured in the coun-
ty but they must be owned in the county. If
manufactured in the county, the premiums on
agricultural implements will be doubled.
Awarding ommittee-Benjamin R. briggs,
John Kerr and Ezra Lennon.
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AUDIToR's OFFICE, WooDsFIELD,
Monroe Co., O., April Is, 1857.
1 hereby certify that the foregoing proposed
Constitution amendments have been compared
with the amendments published by authority
and found to be correct.
JOHN S. HOLIDAY, Aud. M. C. o.
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SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, April 4, 1857.
I hereby certify that the foregoing proposed
Constitution amendments are, correctly copied
from the original rolls on file in this office.
JAMES H. BAKER,
Secretary Of State.