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The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
The Infamy of Spiritualism.

Another of the infamous tendencies of spir-
itualism has Just been revealed in New York
1t appears that some five years ago boy
named Phillips, fifteen years of age, was
found suspended from a tree by a rope around
his neck, and no suspicion of wrong being
entertained, his death was attributed to su-
icide, and he was quietly buried in the grave
yard at Nausau, few miles from Troy. A
few weeks ago, at spiritual circle, some one
asked if the spirit of the almost forgotten
boy was present, and was Immediately an
swered in the affirmative. 1t was asked if he
committed suicide? when through the mcdi-
um came the answer that on an unfortunate
occasion, he had come to the knowledge that
his own mother was in the habit of having
criminal intercourse with person whom he
named; aud further, that to prevent his dl-
vulging the fact to bis father, she came upon
him in his sleep, and drove nail into his
head, killing him instantly and that she car
ried his body and hung it to tree. The
community was startled.
A dozen other "circles" were consulted, and
told the same story. The excitement was so
high that the coroner was forced to disinter
the skeleton of the boy, and examination OF
it proved the whole story a base fabrication.
The poor mother so fouly suspected, had her
fair fame vindicated from the double calumny;
but alas so great has been the shock that
she is prostrated on a bed of sickness from
which she will probably never rise. What
punishment would be too severe for those
who under guise Of spiritualism, tamper thus
with the honor and lives of innocent people.
Chicago Daily Times.
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oN AMADoR COUNTY, CAL, SATURDAY MORNING, 49,

Bob, hitching up little closer. These ci-
gars are tip-top"
" Flrst-rate; oblige me by ringing the bell,
Bob"
Bob rang the bell, and a servant ap-
peared
Brandy and water" said Rose.
The waiter bowed and departed, with no
sign of astonishment.
Brandy and water!
Thunder and lightningp exclaimed
Bob
"What is the matter, Bob?' coolly inquir-
ed the maiden.
Nothing; am bewidered by your mar
vellous beauty" and Bob hitched up still
nearer
Perhaps you had better sit on my knee
while you are about it," insisted Miss Lester;
but Bob saw that she blushed, and was not
a little embarrassed
Brandy and water came.
Let me fix you brandy smash Rose, "
said Bob. 1t is much better than plain
brandy and water"
"Thank you; | prefer it plain"
I" If the cigar don't make her sick, the
brandy will; my revenge is sure" thought he.
He mixed the brandy and water, and she
took swallow, placing the glass in the
window
Come come, drink it upw exclaimed
Bob, tossing off his glass. =" No nigging."
Rose was troubled.
AZ like little once in while"
81 admire your spirit"
"The brandy, you meanW
"No, your coolness."
Bob hitched up still nearer, and even ven
tnred to pass his arm arm around her waist
If she was smart enough to smoke, drink
brandy and water and put her feet in a chair
she certainly could not object to such tr
fling liberty.
In ten minutes more Bob kissed her. She
blushed like red rose. In ten minutes more
Bob spoke Of love.
Rose gave itup. In spite Of all her efforts
she could not help liking Bob He was q
gay gallant fellow, and her trick, or rather
Mr. Thistle's trick was failure.
Before he left he had made an impression
"Well, Bob, how did you find herr" asked
Mr. Thistle, on his return.
An angel, pa! She drank brandy and
water like Venus"
"Eh? Do angels drink brandy and wa
ter 2"
Certainly, she smokes like locomotive,
too. was fascinated, pa. l have fallen in
love with her, and l shall marry her one oi
these days"
"The devil"
Bob called again. Rose did not smoke
did not offer to drink brandy or water, die
not put her feet in a chair, slapped his face
when he attempted to kiss her, and finally
acknowledged the trick his father induced hel
TO play upon him.
Miss Bloomington was neglected, forgot
ten; and true to his word he married Rost
Lester.
Probably Bob had read Charles Read'
Arts: a Dramatic Tale-so have |. Bol
got all he bargained for in Rose. She was {
good and true wife
When Mr.. Thistle died, Bob saw the ne
cessity of doing something. He did some
thing; and in being an industrious and use
full citizen he enjoys life twice as much a
though Miss Bloomington's half million hat
been at his disposal.
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=. H. MAEsLETTE.

eohVEYOR d CIVIL ENGINEER,
l3lhlNG to rusume the practice of my profes-
% sum among my old friends of Amador and
rs "'gIGs l. counties respectfully solicit their or
Il which will be promptly attended to, on reason
M olhce at Jackson's News Depot, jackson,
-1'oaTr rouI county, California. .78zs
~ H-om 8. II. MARLETTE
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

A clergyman lecturing one afternoon to his
female parishioners said, BE not proud that
Our Lord paid your sex the distinguished
honor Of appearing first to female after the
resurrection, for it was only done that the
news might pass the sooner"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Pat was hungry and got out of the cars for
refreshments The cars very thoughtlessy
went on without him. Pats ire was up
"Ye spalpeenw he cried, starting on run,
and shaking his fist as he flew after them
"Stop there, ye old stame wagin; ye murth-
erin steam-engine ye'ye got a passenger
aboard that's left behindw
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Becky Birchbud thinks it provoking for
woman, who has been working all day men,
ding her husbands coat, to find love letter
from another woman in the pocket.-Er.
Perfect nonsense. There is no woman un-
der heaven but would find the letter before
she began to mend the coat-then it would
not be mendcd at all.-BoSL0a Post.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
An editor and his wife were walking ont

An edltOr and ms vic We're WaIKlng OuI
in the bright moonlight Like all editors
wives, she was of highly poetic nature
"Notice that moon-how bright, and calm,
and beautiful, +" said she Couldn't think Of
doing it for less than the regular rates--ffty
cents a line"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

1t is popular deluson to think that an
editor is a public bellows, bound to puff every
body and everything that wants him to.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

The editor Of the Wiring and Twist" says
he has seen the contrivance which our lawyers
use when they warm up with the subject"
He merely says :" it's glass concern, aud
holds about a pintp
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Pope said A man should neverbe asham-
ed to own that he has been in the wrong; it
is but saying that in other words, that he is
wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
A. VI. RALLARD.
GEO. MUNCKTON.
Geo. K. smith, Va. ID.

SICIAN IND SURGEO.N.
)fTICE at Hoy & Smiths Drug Store, Main ST.,
The Drug Store.
Il ~ ~, d. The books Of t. late firm of Goodn a
f can be found atm Office. Persons indebted
|feb22ls:tf. '''' '''''''
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

A JUDGE-An old lady walked into the
Office of Judge of Probate, in Massachu-
setts, once upon time and asked:
Are you the Judge of Reprobates !"
am the Judge Of Probate"
We'll that's it, | expect" quoth the old
lady, "you see my father died detested, and
left me several infdels, and | want to be their
executioner'
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Every man should do his best to own
home and to beautfy it and render it attrac-
tive. Think of this
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Philosophers say that shutting the eyes
makes the sense of hearing more accute.
This may account for the many closed eyes
that are seen in our churches.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

The woodman who spared that tree" has
run short of wood, and is almost splitting to
think how green he was. He now "axes"
donation.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Mrs Op!e said, talking of Byron "His
voice was such a voice as the Devil tempted
Eve with; you feared its fascinations the mo
ment you heard it,"
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{ NUMBER 81.

How TO "Go T."-Go it strong when you
praise the absent. Some of it will be sure to
get around.
Go it strong when you make love to
pretty widow. More people have erred by
too little than too much in this particular.
Go it strong when you take up contribu-
tions for charitable purposes.
Go it strong when you make public
speech Nine people out Of ten never take
any allusion unless it cuts like short-han-
died whip or rhinoceros cowhide.
Go it strong when you advertise. Busi-
ness is like architecture-its best supporters
are columns.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

A VERDIor-rhe following verdict was
given aud written by the foreman of cor
oner's jury at: We are of A Pinion
that the Decest met with hr death from
Violaut In6rmatim in the Arm produest from
Unoan Cauz"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

HooPs.-Nobody seems to have heard Of
the chap in Aberdeen Miss, who just came
home from years residence in Nicaragua
On his way up from the landing he met
number of ladies, and after kissing his sister,
he said Pray are all the girls in Aberdeen
married Is not Miss A-married :"
Why no brother Miss A-isnt married."
Amt Miss B? nor Miss c.? nor Miss
-" "Oh pashaw brother" said sis,
just beginning o catch bis idea, that's moth
ing but hoops"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Sailors who have followed the sea for years
say that they can tell when they are in the
vicinity of Long Island-by the sound.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

The New York Picayune notices a case Of
"pretty larceny" in very neat manner, viz:
PRETTY LARoENY.--A lady's maid hooked
one of the best Of her mistress dresses the
other day but the affair was passed over be-
cause it was done behind her back-so there
was nobody to testify to the fact.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

A country paper lately got up an account
Of a fire, headed: Destructive fire-eeven
buildings, ten horses and one COW in ruins"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

al like YOU" said girl to her suiter, "but
| cannot leave home; | am widows only
darling; no husband can equal my parent in
kindness" She is kind" replied the wooer,
"but be my wife; we will live together, and
see if | don't beat your mother !"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
May to April.

way W fAPili.
without your shower
1 breed your flowers
Each field barren waste appears:
If you don't weep
My blossoms sleep,
They take such pleasure in your tears.
As your decay
Made room for May,
So must part with all that's mine;
My balmy breeze,
My blooming trees,
To torrd suns their sweets resign.
For April dead
My shades spread,
To her owe my dress so gay;
OF daughters three
1t falls on me
To close our triumphs on one day.
Thus to repOse
All nature goes;
Month after month must find its doom;
Time on the wing
May ends the Spring,
And Summer frolics DER her tomb
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Why is an omnibus strap like conscienceY
Because it is an inward check to the outer
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

DIVIDING THE THING.-A white woman, in
Boston, recently became the mother of twins
-one white aud the other black.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

The Pleasures of Being Young.
There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain;
But when the youth, the dream departs,
Ii takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.
We are stronger, and are better,
Under manhood's S sterner reign;
Still we feel that something sweet
Followed youth, with flying feet,
And will never come again.
Something beautiful is vanished,
And we sigh for it in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
But it never comes again!
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

EVERY man is bent Oh reforming Others,
but never thinks Of reforming himself
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Advertising.
o,o SQUARE of 10 lines, first insertion, S3-each
,rSseouent insertion, 81 80.
s- liberal deduction on the above rates will
\, made for quarterly and yearly advertisements.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
rl, no inserted at the following rates:-Two Dol
,r. ner square for the first insertion and One Dol
iar iars ner square for each subsequent Insertion.
JOB PRINTING.
We ore prepared to do Job Printing of erery de-
milan in style superior to any other office in
The southern Mines, and at as iair rates.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

BENEFITS grow old early, but injuries are
prodigiously long-iived.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Why is Turkey a most unchristian fowl?
Because it's two-third Turk.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Why is the letter d like sailor? Because
it follows the G.
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This may account for the many closed eyes
that are seen in our churches.
------
The woodman who spared that tree" has
run short of wood, and is almost splitting to
think how green he was. He now "axes"
donation.
1t is a popular deusion to think that an
editor is a public bellows, bound to puff every
body and everything that wants him to.
Every man should do his best to own a
home and to beautify it and render it attrac-
tive Think of this
Sailors who have followed the sea for years
say that they can tell when they are in the
vicinity of Long Isand-by the sound.
A country paper lately got up an account
of fire, headed: Destructive hre-eleven
budngs. ten horses and one COW in ruins"
Why is an omnibus strap like conscienceY
Because it is an inward check to the outer
man.
DIVIDING THE THING-A white woman in
Boston, recently became the mother of twins
--one white aud the other black.
EVERY man is bent on reforming others,
but never thinks Of reforming himself
BENEFITS grow old early but injuries are
prodiglously long-yed.
Why is a Turkey most unchristan fowls
Because it's two-third Turk.
A wheel, unlike horse, runs the better for
being tired
Why is the letter ID like sailor? Because
it follows the G.
Why is Summer like pridel Because it
goes before Fall.
Ladies now dress in the breadth, not the
height of fashion.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Ladies now dress in the BREADTH not the
height of fashion.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Why is Summer like pride Because it
goes before Fall.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

A wheel, unlike horse, runs the better for
being tired.
The Washington union., 1857-11-29

benefit the black republicans in Kansas dam.
to order, know that their subordinstcs in the T.,
ritory are more perfectly slaves than any M,
ton Of the colored race in the Union and he0c.
they count upon the most strict obedience to bs;,
orders They vote when ordered to do SO, and a,
they are bid. They go TO the polls stay away ~,
their outside masters direct, through their drise,
geants in the Territory. Certain leading nortLsD
papers write out and print the orders; their Kans.
month-pieces read them, aud command their polite.
slaves to obey, and they do SO with blind obeS
ence unparalleled even among slaves in Cuba wh,,
every man who reasons and acts upon the conch
sions OF his own Judgment knows that he is injurn
himself and doing gross injustice to his neghbor
If the black republicans in Kansas were really
freemen they would rise above the dictation of sell
fish politicians, who neither know them nor care S1
their welfare, and go to the polls and vote for Or
against the slavery clause according to the dictates
of their own Judgment. In that case, if large ma
iorty are opposed to the slavery clause it viii hot
form part Of the constitution. On presenting d.
instrument to Congress the new State would be aj
mitted without controversy, and the country would
settle down in peace, quiet, and harmony, and d.
cause of the controversy soon be forgotten and AL
our fellow-citizens become friends and broha,
again Kansas would then become prosperoa|
and happy State, with glorious future in prospect
Should she continue to yield obedience to corrupt
and reckless politicians, it will occasion another
chapter quite az dark and disastrous the last one
Will men having the capacity to think and vLO
are free. to act, bring upon themselves and their
neghbors future years Of strife, and perhaps rapns
and boodshed, merely to minister to the wants Of
dilapdated political agitators, who nothing for
their real interests the prosperity Of KansasY Can
they see any thing they can gain by yielding them
have them point it ont.
The Washington union., 1857-11-29
THE Loss OF THE RAINBOW.

The Memphis Appeal Of the Oath instant contains
full particulars of the destruction by fire Of th'
steamer Rainbow. We make room below for Tho
statement of the clerk of the ill-fated steamer:
The steamer Rainbow, Captain Holcroft, from Orleans
bound for Louisville caught fire about oclock on the
morning of the 2ls inst when about ten miles abo'
Napoleon and burned to the waters edge She had Z
large number of passenges both in the cabin and Oh
deck The loss Of life is variousy estimated from fifty
to seyentyve but nothing is known with certainty to
the number.
The fire was first discovered in the neighboood Of the
cook house it is not known how it originated She was
headed for shore when the alarm was first given, and
struck the shore under full head Of stcam and remain
ed with her bow shorc and stern quartering In the
stream about fifty feet from the shore, where she burned
to the water edge.
From accounts Of passengers the alarm not genea
until about the time she struck the shore. Many vas
aroused by the smoke filling their rooms and aims
sitting them Many of the passengers, when aroused
their danger found the flames bursting through the na
Of the cabin amidship and were compelled to jump
the stern and swim ashore. number had congrega'n
in the larboard splash door, hat next to the sho
where they remained until the wheel fell carrying then
all in the river, and Of twenty-five thirty who
went down in full view Of those who had gained W
shore only three four known to have escaped
One lady made her escape by winding in and out throus
the staterooms after part Of the cabin floor had fallen
There five ladies and four men clingng to the sa
board wheel when it fell; only one man escaped.
One lady, Mrs. Maybery, hung on to the yawl
until the guys burned off and doated down the nsa
still clinging to 1t, and was rescued by the Sovereign
The Sovereign was near at hand when the accident o
cured and rendered all the assistance in her power
number picked up by her yawl. Some who got .
board of her from the shore taken care Of and SUP
piled with clothing by the crew and passengers son.
few who lived down the river returned to their homes
her The Mnnehaha, Captain Charles X. Baker cam
up shortly after the accident and took those of the s
ereign, and then landed the wreck and TOOK "
board all who wished to come up the river she ~
eighty of the saved. Many almost naked, and hs
lost everything they had The cold and naked ws1
clothed and warmed Captain Baker landed Mt iAcona
where he remained until all who destitute were @
clothed and supplied with all they required The lS
scngcrs on the Minnchaha showed the utmost hbsisn
and kindness of heart towards those who escaped ic
the i'll fated steamer and freely contributed both mo
and clothes to supply their wants.
The Washington union., 1857-11-29

The Montgomery Mail thus describes new plough ex-
hbited at the late fair in thai city is the invention,
and has been patented by Mr. Evans, Of Marcngo coun
ty Alabama BY the simple operation of screws it can
be adjusted in every part to raise or lower the
handles to cut twelve inches deep merely skim the
surface to turn very wide frow on make sharp and
narrow cut 10 place the horse either In the furrow
either side with pleasure SC, and very simple and
cheap are all these adjusting and bolts that we
understand the poughs be made entire for the small
sum OF ten dollars II really appears TO be kind OF
tined to become very common and popular farming Inn
plepient. "
The Washington union., 1857-11-29
THE KANSAS QUESTION.
Abiding to the action Of the Kansas consds'

"OssO" " '11e
convention, the Indiana State Sentinel says;
1--WE believe that tie admission of Kansas with ~ y.
constitution framed by the Lecompton convention, VIZ
the prohibition of slavery by the vote Of the peopr
would be nm act which would give peace to that 1en
settle all the political difficulties which have 50 long as s
turbed her. and would be hailed with satisfaction y ~
country generally Yet we would not as we have pepa
said desire il at the sacrifice Of any of The political nsn
of her people But the difficulties which have 20 Wv
lcnty agitatcd the country upon Kansas affairs d'd "
break down the democratic party, confidently P
dicted by our political opponnnts. win those nov =
isting have that effect The democratic party scns
always has for the best interests and with just ~
for the rights OF the whole country, win move IN "
same successful which has characterized her
history
The Washington union., 1857-11-29

to the action OF the Kansas convention, then the
principle of the Kansas act, wen as the instuc-
tions of the President. and the pledges Of Governor
Walker, have been substantially carried out, and
there is real inconsistency in the support which
we giving TO the administration in sustain
ing the action of the convention. We shall recur in
another paper to the peculiar circumstances which
might well control the convention in determining TO
submit the single question of slavery for popular sp
proval or rejection
The Washington union., 1857-11-29

The following senators and members arrived in
this city yesterday Hon. Messrs G. c. Clay jr., of
Alabama i w. T. Avery, of Tennessee J. NJ. Gregg,
of Indiana Sherrard Clemens, Of Virginia George
w Jones, OF Tennessee; L. W. Hall, of Ohio; and
Thomas l., Harris, of Illinois.
The Washington union., 1857-11-29
WASHINGTON CITY.
SUNDAY MORNING. NOV. 70. 1867.

SsMr hRAn JAMES, of Philadelphia general travelling
agent assisted by JAMES DsssG, JoHs COLLINS HAmr
W. wnKr, JOAN X DKkmSo, T. A. EVANS JAMIE AsasAs
A. DAyIs, r T. RossIps
ss-hr W JAMES No Harrison street Cincinnati, Ohio
general collecting for e Western assisted by
THonAs, WILLIAM TRosAs, THos LHSs DR.. L. cHpp,
oKRaE MoREis and TnoARD IkkH Receipts good
a1-hr GEo w BRAY Ia authorized collect moneys
Union Once for subscriptions District
Columbia
The Washington union., 1857-11-29

Hon. A. H. Stephens left Augusta, Georgia, 70
this city on Friday morning last
The Washington union., 1857-11-29
ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF soUu
,8 CAROLINA

y & ! fs
The legislature Of South Carolina met at Columbia
on Monday last. The following is a brief synopsis
of the message transmitted the following day by
Gov. Allston
He refers feengly to the deaths Of Senator Butler
Col Brooks, and Col. Cheyes hyors ecschools and
recommends the repeal Of the usury laws leaving The
rate Of interest at per cent where no contract B made
The financial condition OF the State is reported sound
though momentarily embarrassed In relation to the
banks, Gov Allston thinks that in granting charter
hereafter it would be well to connc the banks to dealing
in exchange discount, and deposit and conne the pre-
rogative of issuing bills for currency to the bank Of The
State which in its turn should be denied the privilege Of
dscounting or dealing in exchange. He regards the
monetary pressure likely to Last for considerable
time, though not long that Of 1887. On the sub
ect of federal relations Gov Alston expresses the op
ion that since the convention Of 1852 there no reason
for material difference among those who wish to age
He briefly nllues to Kansas and tenders TO his southsu
friends there his sympathes in their struggles in an uh
equal contest He transmits the resolutions OF Maine
and Connecticut the decision Of the Supreme Courn
the Drcd Scott case and recommends spirit Of forl
ance towards them for their prejudces Of BIRTH edna
ton and association.
The Washington union., 1857-11-29
WISCONSIN ELECTION.

The Madison Argus of the Goth gives official ma
jorities in fortyeight counties and reported in -four
placing Randall 156 ahead. The Milwaukee Sentnl
of the 2lst figures Randall l99 ahead. The Milwsu.
kee News Of the same date says No man can yet
tell who is governor. Our footings place Randall in
the lead by l2l votes There are five counties mora
to be heard FROM If these counties shall come in a,
well as we have reason to hope Mr.. cross is elect
ed"