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Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-02-07
County Judge in Chambers

State OF California, ="
Francis Aartel
Louis Marte
It appearing to my satisfaction by the affidavit of
T. Martel that the aforesaid defendant has departed
from this State aforesaid and it likewise appearing
to me by the affidavit of r. NJ. Briggs, Esq, that
cause Of action exists in favor of said plaintiff
against said defendant do therefore order that
the service Of summons in this case Aforesaid be
made by publication in the Volcano Ledger. a
newspaper published in said county of Amador for
the space OF fourteen weeks from the date OF this
order
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand
on this 18th day of December. A. d. 1856
MARION w. GORDON,
County Judge Amador County, Cal
dec 20 9-Iiw
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~ OOoRREsPoNDENrs.-H. w. E., your let
VI inc 25th Jan. arrived too late for in.
'on III our last issue. Yours of the 2nd
r. Is III another column Our thanks are
\ you for your favors. Continue them.
N'HAN'-We have given your welcome in.
Fnation to our readers.
|DANBoo.-Your translation is in this issue.
'elng printed is pay for your trouble,
4 a'e paid; if not we will settle on sight,
F'H if you smoke or drink.
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'a'NiNG ITENs-In the Gattral claim on
r41a Fiat they cleaned up l53 ounces the
week. Harmon &Co. near them clean.
up 1890. A company washing the
EssS Of the above aud making ten dollars
day,
hed Gulch we are informed they are
well. There is company putting
hume the whole length of the GuIch
.Al LADIEs.-The ladies of Volcano
,"'Hl'y' are respectfully invited to at
we Lyceum, Tuesday Eueuing, 10th
4 ~ the Baptist Church The following
u'on will be discussed:
ESies Eirs1a' q That the right of suffrage should be
A II. ROSE, President
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n ails, assorted sizes in full packages very
1 cheap, at the (dcc l3) CENTER STORE.
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George B. Kelly, Charles
IL. Symonds and John
Doe. a firm lately doing
business under the style of
Kelly, Symonds d Co.,
Defendants.
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INFORMATION WANrED-Thc California
tPfsS' contains an advertisement from GER
n parties who wished to be informed of
A whereabouts Of Lemua Beckwith for
F,I!ol Ashtabula county, Ohio, who came
california in 40. Information concerning
Will be thankfully received by his anx-
'amy' through Mr.. j. w. Holmes, Of
''aliento, or II. A. Eastman, Marysville.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-02-07
HAF for sale by the bale or ton by
IL c. B. WOODRUFF.
ESepnri

nF the Board Of Supervisors Of Amador county,
~ showing the financial cond tion of the county
January lst 1851
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| (rled Prunes. fresh and good quality, only 25
iJa pound, at the (dec l3) CENTER STORE.
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Ruckwheat Flour for sale at the
ID dec 10 - CENTRE STORE
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Summons.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Amador.
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jan "a
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ACTION brought IN The
District Court OF the
Fifth judicial District,
and the complaint filed
in the county of Anna
dor, in the office of the
ciarE of said ntat Hou.t
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
SERvASrs.--The cry With those who hire

SERVANTS. The cry With those who hire
their domestic ''helpsn il, "vhat has become
Of all the good servants? We are charged
fifty per cent higher for them now than we
were a few years ago, and they are hum
bred per cent acorse. = We strongly suspect
this question may be answered by referring
to the practice which many owners have fall
led into of permitting their servants to hire
their own time. None but smart servants
good servants as we call them--are anxious
to enjoy this privileges; and hence those who
remain for hire are something like Jeremi-
abs figs. The number for hire, too, is thus
diminished, and the price rises with the de-
mand. A housekeeper wants a first rate
cook, or first rate chambermaid, and must
pay price ngly--but experience soon
demonstrates that instead of first, the servant
is only second, or third, or fourth rate, and
sometimes no rate at all
Now by this practice Of allowing servants
to hire their own time, we conceive the own
ers run a great risk; for it plays directly
into the hands of the agents of the "under-
ground railroad" Depend upon it they are
not going to hire their own time without
some other object than tlla; of being from
under tue eye cf their master or mistress,
and to use their own time as they please
provided they pay thcir owners. )-4Sorth
american
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
The kanaWha Coal Interest,

We have frequently called public atten-
ton to the immense coal seams which line
the Kanawha river for many miles, and
which will, at no distant day, yield untold
wealth to those who are so fortunate as to
be their owners. The quality of the coal is
the very best-varying from an excellent
'Splent," (similar to the celebrated Scotch
"Splent, y to the best Camel coal, and the
quantity of it is of unreasonable extent
There are no such deposites of coal
whether we consider the width of seams or
the excellence of quality-anywhere in the
great Ohio Valley. The coal seams of the
mines near Pittsburg, do not exceed four
feet; yet the coal lands sell there at $500
to $1,000 per acre. The seams on the Ka-
nawha are numerous, amounting to thirty
different veins in the hill fanking the river,
and one of those veins is eleven feet in
thickness yet the coal lands here sell at
less than our farming lands in Eastern Vir-
ginia. The veins run horizontally into the
hills, and the mining operations are there
fore free from that troublesome enemy of
the miner, roter, and from that more dan
gerous one, the explosive gases which in
fest the mines that are far underground.
Why is it, the reader will ask, that these
mines have not been successfully worked =?
The answer is, that the navigation of the
Kanawha is so INSTRUCTED that the coal can
not be transported by it to the Ohio. A
scheme for its improvement passed the last
Legislature, and this it is hoped will in a
short time be carried out and the mines be
put III active operation.
The demand for the coal from the Ia
nawha mines will always be equal to the
supply. 1t is preferable to any other and
must command reader sale at better pri-
ces. Besides, the recent discovery by which
from Camel coal valuable oil is manufac-
tured, opens new source of demand and
profit to the miners. The vast expectation
from Pittsburg in 1853 furnishes some idea
of the demand for coal on the Ohio. 1t
reached the amount of sc, 70S, 921 bushels.
The Kanawha coal fields are immediately
upon the line of the Covington and Ohio
Railroad, and when that is completed an
additional outlet will be opened, which will
add largely to the demand for their Goals,
especially the camel coal-Pich. DIS.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
a'r. EuChaEaa's Policy.

The Washington Union publishes an able
article from the Lancaster hteHigencer, in
relation to iho policy of the incoming admin
istration, and adds, 1--WE have the approval
of Mr. Buchanan in saying that the follow
ing extract from the South Side Democrat
states correctly his position =
AS for Kansas, Mr. buchanan has never
expressed an opinion either one way or the
other, ia favor Of its coming in as free or
a slave State. lie has prudently conceived
that it is a matter with which he does not
mean to mcddle, Il is question exclu-
siyely with the people Of the Territory, with
whom he is content to leave it for solution.
He will see to it that the principles of the
Nebraska law are carried out in letter and
in spirit, imrar'ially and without fear IA
yor, or affection
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
PROSPERITY OF IRELAND.

The famine and pestileDee which ravaeed
Ireland and compelled an enormous emigra-
ton were supposed at the time to have plum
ged the country into hopeless depression. -
The effect, however, was to relieve it of its
surplus population and the Encumbered
Estate Court, it is stated, has now disposed
Of real estate amounting to one hundred
millions of dollars. This has altered the
entire state of things, has transferred the
land to those possessed of capital, and hav-
ing the means of availing themselves of
skill, to cultivate and improve it. Contrary
to the general impression, we learn, that
not more than one-sixth of the purchasers
of these estates are English and Scotch, the
immense majority being Irish and now, in
general, there are comfortable and content
cd tenantry and laborers where formerly
there was nothing but idleness and misery
Throughout the whole Island there is not a
provincial paper that does not proclaim the
great diminution of the inmates of the poor
houses. The change is such, from the ia
elites fer employment, that few are now
in them except the aged, the infrm, Or the
orphaned. Dublin is the only place which
now complains of paupers, and here they
are SAID to be less in number than in the
worst of times. Two-thirds of them are de-
scrlbcd as having been forced in from the
provinces, where they properly belong, and
as OF that class who resort to the poor houses
for the asylum they afford.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
Letter. from MIR. Tirkergeke.
CHARLoTTEsyYYF Jon & /!

Nh"'sAH iEsfiLLE,s SsG. D, 100 4.
10 the Editors Of tic Richmond Wig
Gentlemen--z observe In your paper Of
yesterday communication from Col Z.
Fontane, President of the Central Railroad,
endeavoring to exonerats himself from all
blame, on account of the late unfortunate
collision on that road, and evidently design
cd to hold me responsible therefor.
1t is not my design to 20 nor into a de-
tailed history of the difficulties between Col.
Fontaine and myself, as the late "Superin-
tendent of Transportation" on that road 1t
would be improper for me to attempt such a
statement, because it might look like an at
tempt to forestall public opinion, and to re-
trleve myself from responsibility at the ex-
pense of Col. Fontaine or some other more
innocent party. Col. F.'s er parte state
ments shall not tempt Inc into such course
mean to insist upon the fullest and most
ample investigation Of all the facts by the
proper authorities; and upon the results Of
such investigation | am entirely willing to
rely for my own Investigation
In the meantime, ask 9 suspension of
judgment by the public at large, as we'll as
all parties particularly Interested. Let ey-
cry body wait until the facts are fully elici-
ted and automatically certified. am en-
tirely confident that | have the evidence
nor in my possession to show that I am
wholly blameless, and that Col Fontaine's
publication does me the grossest injustice,
in almost every particular. This evidence,
along with all the facts that can be brought
out by the investigation that l shall Ie-
mand, in justice to iii parties concerned,
shall be given to the public at the proper
time. ! will not nov attempt to criminate
or recriminate. | s1all demand and wait
for full investigation; and then let the
judgment of the public fall where public
censure is merited
Very respectfully, your ob't sery't,
JOHN Fl. TIMBERLAKE.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
The Cabinet,

The opposition press have been in won
derful splitter for some time about the Cab
met, nearly every week new one is made,
which is the best evidence that these papers
know nothing about it. The South Side
Democrat says We think we can say on
authority entitled to at least some weight,
that up to this time, Mr.. Buchanan has not
fixed upon a single member of his official
household. Nor will he DO so, as we are
oredibly informed, until he has made visit
10 Washington, and there invited full and
free conference with men in and out Of pub
lie life, whose views and opinions he may
deem it proper and prudent to gather in ad-
vance of any definite steps towards the or
ganization Of his administration He is un-
deratood TO desire to act under the fullest
aavisement, and not until he has made a
thorough examination into the material from
which he will have to select his advisers. -
This We understand 10 be the conmendablc
intention Of the President elect ia reference
70 the matter Of the Cabinct--an intention
which tie country will approve and appre-
ciate
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10

The Vic the First Gorornor of Ter-
mont Thomas Chittenden, the first Gov
ernor Of Vermont, who was plain farmer,
alike remarkable for strong native powers Of
mind, and the republican simplicity with
which he conducted everything in his pub
lie duties and in his domestic establishment.
was once visited by party of travelling
fashionablos from one OF our cities. When
the hour Of dinner arrived. Mrs. Chitten-
don, to the astonishment of her lady guests.
went out and blew tin horn for the work.
men, who soon arrived /; when, to the still
greater surprise, and even horror, of these
fair cits, the whole company, Governor, his
lady, guests, worhmcn and all, were invited
to sit down to the substantial meal Which
had been provided Cor the occasion. After
dinner was over and the ladies were left by
themselves, one Of the guests thought she
would gently take Mrs. Chittenden to task
for this monstrous violation OF the rules of
city gcntility, to which she had been, as she
thought, so uncourteously made victim.
"You do not generally sit down to the same
table with your workmen, suppose, Mrs.
Chttenden p she commenced. 'Why.n re-
piled the Governors lady, whose quick wit
instantly appreciated the drift of the other,
why | am almost ashamed to say we gene
rally have, but intend soon to amend in
this particular. l was telling the Governor
this very morning, that it was an absolute
shame that the workmen, who did all the
hard labor, should fare no better than we
who sit SO much of the time in the house do
ing little or nothing, and | am determined
hereafter to set two tables-the first and
best for the workmen, and the last and poor
est for the Governor and myself"
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
CONGRESS-.

MONDAY, Jan. 5.-Seaefe - Mr.. Butler,
from the committee on the Judiciary, re-
ported that the committee were unable to
agree upon the subject of the credentials of
Mr.. Harlan; but under instructions from
majority of the committee, he submitted
report declaring Harlan not duly elected,
and his seat in the Senate vacant.
Mr.. Toombs gave notice that he would
submit a minority report Adj.
The Revolutionary Pension Bill was SUBJ
mitted, Mr.. Seward supporting it and Mr..
Pugh opposing it.
House-The House adopted a resolution
nquiring of the President by what au.hori-
ty the architect MAS regularly employed,
and placing their construction under the SUI
perintendency of the military engineers.
A motion to suspend the rules, in order
to take up the Pacific Railroad and other
bills, was defeated and the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, Jan. g. -iScaGfe-The Senate
proceeded to the election of President pro
tempore. Mr., Maso,, was electod--roceiv-
ing 80 votes Mr. Foot received IL yotee,
Mr.. Weller /, blank Z. The Iowa contest
ed election case was then debated but with
out coming to any conclusion, the Senate
adjourned.
House-Mr. Boyce gave notice of an a
mendment he intends Offering to the Tariff
bill. He proposes that on and after Janu-
airy, 1857, all goods, wares, merchandise,
and other products, under the existing ia
riff, that pay duty of 20 per cent. shall
continue to be admitted at that rate; and
that tea and coffee be included in the same
schedule.
Mr.. Greenwood introduced bill more
cfectually to prevent the introduction of
spirltuous liquors aud wines into the Indian
country. The bill wss referred to the Com
mttee on the Judiciary.
Debate on the Presidents message was
then continued till the hour of adjournment.
Senate. Jan. THE President in re-
ply to resolution. transmitted the letter of
the transatlantic Telegraph Company sta,
ting the facts concerning the proposed teie-
graph, and saying that they will enter into
contract with the u S. Government on the
same terms and conditions as with the Brit
isf Government, and suggesting that our
new war steamers are the very best to assist
them IN carrying the cable.
Mr.. Weller reported a bill to increase the
pay OF the officers of the army
House. The discussion Of the Presidents
message was resumed
MIR. Barclay was very bitter on the Pres
ident
Ten thousand copies Of the coast survey
report were ordered to be printed
Adjourned unit. Friday.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
Shocking Occurrence.

Mrs. Jatdye Dances burned TO death.
WASHINGTON, JAN 4 IA shocking ac-
cident occurred last night, by which the
wife of JudgeDaniels, ofthe Supreme Court,
was burnt to death She had disrobed her
self previous to retiring f3r the night, and
being near-sighted, approached "a candle
placed on the hearth, BY which her clothes
took fire. She Immediately wrapped blan-
ket around her body and rushed upon the
stairs, calling for assistance to her husband
in the Office below. But the flames burst
out before be arrived, aud all efforts to ex-
tinguish them proved Intellectual, until she
was so badly burned as to cause death a.
bout o'clock in the morning. Judge D.
was also injured in attempting 70 extinguish
the fire.
Mrs. Daniels was the daughter Of the late
Dr.. Harris, formerly Chief Of the Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery, and was aged a.
ged about 80 years had two children, the
youngest about six months old. Her terri
bic death caused great distress among a
large circle of friends aud the community
generally, where she Was held i'll universal
estimation.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10

Cost Of thing in The Vest The St. Louis
lntclllgeneer says: Every thing needed to
make a family comfortable, is excessively
dear. Rents now enormous, are going up
every quarter day COAL which should be
plenty in our streets at six or eight cents a
bushel, scarce at fifteen, and as the Illinois
wagons have stopped coming on account of
the exorbitant charges of the Ferry compa-
ny, it is likely to 60 up to twenty, and per-
haps to double that; wood seven to eight
dollars cord at the lcyee, and advancing
every day; -four seven to eight dollars a
barrel and not extra at that's butter thirty
to forty cents; eggs thirty five cents doz-
en-; poultry out of reach of common pur-
chasers; potatoes So bushel and game
only to be thought Of by those who are able
to fare sumptuously every day. If these
prices rule now, to what will they arrive,
with closed river for two or three months !
Why such state of things should exist is
question easier asked than answered.
A Keokuk paper says that the rent of a
little shanty Whereabouts is nearly five hun
dred dollars coal forty cents; wood six to
eight dollars. and other articles at same
rates, AT Burlington, an editor says, it
takes almost every cent a man can raise to
buy provision for his family; consequently
he has no money to pay his debts, and so
we lind it in all our exchanges throughout
the West.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
Duties oil. an Editor,

The Alexandria Gazette, one Of the best
newspapers in the State, has the following
as what it conceives to be the duty of an ed
itor-and its opinion is entitled 30 great re-
speet, especially as Mr.. Snowden has occu-
pied the editorial chair for many years, s.
longer, indeed, than the lifetime of many
who now WELD the editorial pen
eve are of those who do not think that
boasting, intrusion, and impudence consti-
tute Industry; but that that quality is best
shown by quiet, uniform, and constant at
tention to the business in which we are en-
gagged that empty defamation, vapid arti-
cles, and windy editorials, "full of sound
and fury, signifying nothing" are not e6i-
cheney ; and that vulgarity, i'll manners, I'M
courteous behavior, and rude OF personal
assaults, called, in cant language, spiciness,
are no proofs Of vigor ofintellcct or strength
of mind ; but that, on the contrary, the
value, and influence. and real efficiency of
public journal depend upon its entire avoid
ance Of these things. In all that constitutes
a newspaper for The respectable citizen and
the family, for the business man and the
fair politician, for the farmer and the me-
chanic at their homes and their fresides,
We strive to have no deficiency in the Ga
zette--and will always so strive while we
have strength. And We are not without
honorable proof, that these views and scnti-
men!s, as to the proper conduct of a news
paper, are in accordance with the judg-
ment Of those whose good opinion is most
worth having, in the fair measure of favor
we have received and are still reeeiving--a
favor not solicited, but eoraed by labor of
twenty-five years, such as few have under
gone, or know anything about, and which
bestowed upon any other business might
have brought us a fortune"
These arc sound sentiments and such as
will meet the appreciation of all sound think
ing men. The press ought to be made use
full but not abusive should strive to in
culcate good morals and whatever else may
be productive CT good, and should expose
vice in all its forms
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
Total wealth of the United
states, in 1856, S11 ,317, Gil ,072

Few readers can be aware, until they have
had occasion to test the fact, how much la
Dor or research is often saved BY ouch ia
BE as the following:
16o7-Firginia settled by the English.
1614--New York settled by the Dutch.
l620-Massachusetts settled by Puritana.
l624-New Jersey settled Ky the Dutch.
1627-Delaware settled by Swedes & Fins.
1635-Maryland settled by Irish Catholics.
1636-Connecticut settled by the Puritans
l636-R. Island settled by Roger Williams.
165o-N. Carolina settled by the English.
1G70-S. Carolina settled by the Huguenots.
l6S2-Pennsylvania settled by VIM. Penn.
l732-Georgia settled by Gen. Oglethorpc.
l791-Yermont admitted into the Union.
l792-Kentucky admitted into the Union.
l796-Tenneseee admitted into the Union.
18o2--Ohio admitted into the Union
lS11-Louisiana admitted into the Union.
lsl6-fndiana admitted into the Union.
lS17--Missiseippi admitted into the Union.
1SlS--lllinois admitted into the Union.
l819--Alsbama admitted into the Union.
lS20-Maino admitted into the Union.
1821-Missouri admitted into the Union.
1S36-Mschigan admitted into the Union.
1S36-Arkansas admitted into the Union.
1S45-Florida admitted into the Union.
lS45--Texas admitted into the Union.
1Si6-Iowa admitted into the Union.
lS48-Wisconsin admitted into the Uuion
1S50--California admitted into the Union.