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Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-09-01
JUST RECEIV ED,

DER STEAMER GOLDEN GATE, CLIPPERS
= Morning Light, Flyi Fish, Flying Mist, IA large
supply of Pure Cream Tartar. Lard Oil Extract lie
quorlce Blue EitrOI, German and English CamomiIe
Saltpetre, Corn starch Shakers Sarsaparlla, Saraa
pariiia Root, Gum Arabac, Clrric Acid, Potash, LX-
tracts of Lemon Rose and Vanilla, Vanilla Beans,
Boiled Linseed Oil, Castor Oilin Barrels, Pure y ell
low and White WAX kidders, Bowers aud Weight
mans Tartaric Acid my Rum in eases and barrels,
Fresh Hops in one pound packages. Sage Yankee,
Soap, Iudellible Ink, Roses Backing Brushes MAJ
sons Backing Cod Liver Oil, spanish and American
Saffron, Dubin's Extracts, Genuine Wrghts Ban.
dreih's Moffats and other Pulls, Chamois skins, Ly>
copsdum, Essential Oils Congress Water in piuts
and quarts, BoraX, Sal Soda. Pearl Barley. and many
other staple articles which together with our former
large stock of Drugs makes assortment as varied
and Large as any Drug House in the city, 10 which
we invite the attention of the Trade and others buy
ing in this market ALBAN rIIOMAS& CO,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
ap7tf 16l, street, Corner 9th,
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

communications from eysffyrpoint 81 tho,
compass tsnd, audit IL md jess difficult
ito limit HIT conjectural growth than to
justly estimate tfje greatnl which %
many advantages naturally conduce.
St Paul IS already q fasorite place
for the investments Of Eastern capital
lists, especially those who have assured
themselves ~ actuai OhssFydtI0n as7to
the steadiness Of her pfogkSsss tifegrapid
increase mere of her population, business and
wealth, and the prospective vaius Of
real estate within and near The city
boundaries. HI III s. ss s'
Referring you to TIE, annexed card,
70 which tender Of service to Yourself
ana al my friends is made, | am, very
respectfully, s,2s E sEs q Z
Your Obedient Servant,
WILDEn M HARVARD.
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02
OPENING or. NAVIGATION.

From all appearances there IL u W
an early opening Of the River .his
Spring The weather the last entire
week has been uncommonly warm -for
the season Of year and the snow has
melted away apace. gs The immense
drifts vi y. have X disappeared, and the ground
where the snow has gone of, IL warm
and dry. The ice ID tie III river il entire
" unsafe for travellers, and in many
ptaces of the river II has broken up
and been carried away.
We are here again beginning to hear
the sound of the water upon the Rapids,
and alter q stiffness Of six months, it is
music il our ears. Il a4
We learn that the g North STAR is
ready to run the moment the ice leaves.
and that it will make regular trips to
to Sank Rapids. Mr.. Nash, with ac-
customed energy, IS pushing forward to
completion his new boat, and will be
finished, Z substantial and valuable
iboat. 30 We hear Of great preparations
east for immigration to our Territory ];
and especially to the Upper Mississippi.
we can rejoice to hear il, for better
country lies not on this continent.
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

the IRON horse, harnessed 10 atrain 81
cars snoring md putting through our
town; crossing tho river IL the Rapids
here, following the beautiful valley d
sauk River. and laundering away ID
the distance, across the rich prairies
west, and going ea, On, until il finally
h gals up At Puget Sound inthe Ter
rltory you have selected for your home.
Then, Sir, willthe exertions, the sac
rifces you have made. and the hardship
you have endured, be duly appreciated
by the people, not only ofthis Territory,
but by the country generally.
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02
SOWING IN YOUTH AND REAP
ING IN OLD AGE.

The venerable Col Thomas HI. Ben
ton, of Missouri, who has sustained the
office of Senator ofthat State uninterupt-
'edly for the long space Of thirty years,
has lately visited several towns and cit
les in the Northern and Eastern States,
and lectured and spoken in public on
several occasions. Col. Benton is now
in his seventy fifth year, but seems to be
unimpaired either in bodily or mental
vigor. He is, indeed, a fine specimen
of a vigorous and active old age, of
which there are but few examples. In
lecture before the young men Of Bos-
ton, Col. B. alluded to the circumstance
of his unusual yigor and health at his
advanced age, and stated that he had
been SO far quite exempt from any Of the
usual infirmities Of age. This remark
able bouancy and exemption from The
anfrmities which are so common in the
few who reach an age beyond that which
the Psaimist has assigned as the usual
limit Of life, Col. B. ascribed to the tenn
perate habits of his early life. Frank
lin, he said, was once nicknamed the A.
merican Aquatic, because he drank moth
ing but water. In that respect he had
initiated Franklin. He had totally alb
stained for the first half of his life, and
had been quite temperate for the latter
part of it. And he had not only abb
stained from all liquors, whether spirit
uous, vinous or fermented, and from
everything Of the kind. but he had kept
himselflree from ece,y kind Of dissipation.
He stated that he knew no game what
ever, and that to this moment he could
not tell, when looking at party playing
cards, which was the losing and which
the winning party. He had often sat up,
he said, all night, watching the sick, on
military duty, and book BooK-had
been enough to keep him awake he
had never resorted to anything more
, stimulating, nor had he ever spent sin
gle night in dissipation Of any kind
The example Of Col. Benton is GER
tainly one which is deserving Of atten-
|. lion and imitation, especially BY young
men. We fear il mas but few parallels
among our political men. John Quincy
Adams was, however, similar example
Of the effect Of temperate habits in youth
~ securing Q vigorous old age. A re-
marketable instance Of his sclf-control and
obedience TO the dictates Of reason, and
Of the laws Of health, Is the fact, that
AFTER long addiction 70 the use Of tobac-
CO, he had broken UP the habit an act
which. though i cost some effort. had
added be thought, as much as ten years
20 his life .artbvr's Home Magazine.
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

We copy on another page. some
beautiful N fl and were our spring % i il
IL other attitudes, appropriate stanzas
from the pen ofopr fellow citizen ]. @.
IA Wood Esq. now sojourning for 4
short time in the land ..5
81 here shines the. summers sun, and floats
the summer breeze " s
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

the green leaves Of the hop vino thu
summer morning. II was happy trio
that sat down in that low. old-fashioned
kitchen, to the delicious dinner of.chick-
en- and fresh peas. that Nellie had been
SO long in preparing.
And that night three very happy peo-
pie knelt in the old sitting room, while
the trembling voice ofths deacon thanked
God for him that was dead and { alive
again. =
Another year went by, and one bright
summer morning the old gray church on
the green was opened, and crowded with
curious, smiling faces.
Suddenly there came hush over all
the rustic Of eagerness aud expectancy,
for ellsworth Grant and HELEN passed
up the aisle, he looking very manly and
happy, and she very shy and fair in her
white bridal robes. sA&
So they stood together at the altar,
and said to, each other those most solemn,
most beautiful words that man and wo-
man ever have or ever will say to each.
other" Till death do part US.
And behind them stood an old man
with gray hairs and wrinkled face, about
whom the people gathered with congrat-
ulations as soon as the newly married
pair had left the church. And the old
man rubbed his hands, and smile, very
beaming, very full of perfect peace"
went over his face, as he said
% God has dealt very kindly with me.
He sent my boy home to me, and now
he has given me t,co children. ''--.arihur'
Home JMagasiae.
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

4th. BY purchase Of Real Etstae in
or near; 81. Paul, which promises to be
for years to come, as III years past. one
ofthe most successful modes of using
capital ST.. Paul has risen from viii
derness il eight years 70 . city Of 10. 900
inhabitants. continuesto increase in pop
ulation, wealth and tho various institu-
tons which evince tie needs or 4 refined
and intelligent people, and makes almost
|unexampled5 strides towards that COM
mercial eminence which seems 50 clear
y destined 10 distinguish her among the
emporiums of The continent. Tas
The city II upon a4liigh bluff affosding
ii commanding view of the river ; IS
skirted BY hundreds Of sites for residen-
ces that invite 70. their adjoining the
highest taste and cultures within
easy distance 81 water falls--.lakes. a.
bounding n 6shl hunting grounds for
various species Of game is the distrib-
Iuting point for the supplies of an I'M
Eamensc and fertile agricultural region. DC
which Il commands the tributes of pro-
ddce III 7rscturH4the certrc .tbwnrds which
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02
4 as LIST or LETTERS
ID EMAINING in the Post Oiice al saak

sss HsMins, Michcal 4 Psaye. John.
nonde, Jorgen r. Pease Chas. +.
Beutef, Henry Reeder, Michsal.
Grinman, Harvey u 2 Richardson, los. RI,
Gorsline, Dennis Shanks, John f.
g Siafd, WIN. q. sis vs. Stevens, Nv. Il.
Harris, hi H. 1 2 4 aSSssodaard, @.
(, McGinnis. William NaIker, Geor ~. .ss
Mp Persons calling III ibssAbov letters win
'T3ilssseaaay slldyertiseds Il 81 I, ss5
Sail ca. VAN NEST. Post Msster.
Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-02

i K KS. f.
rior. Roads have been commenced, to
connect that point with Sank Rapids,
Little Falls and Crow Wing, but none
Of them are completed or passable.
There no doubt. will be efforts made to
complete them at an early period. The
country in the vicinity is fast being taken
UP. The valley Of Sank River, which
did not contain q settler, if we recollect
right, when your expedition lelt Sank
Rapids, now contains quite dense pop
ulation. Every foot Of land. as far as
the crossing on that river. Is claimed |;
and the most Of il occupied BY . good,
hardy, and industrious population. The
late Rail Road Grant TO this Territory,
the news Of the passage cf which, will
reach you before this communication
does. will give a. impetus 70 business
il ~ parts ofthe Territory, and espec-
tally this portion oft, and will do much
toward Y 4 bringing into notice the lnagnif-
cent scheme pf \ Rail Road connecting
ihe Atlantic With the Pacilic. ana Vi de-
4 ysloPing the resources of the country
over which yoa passed ii ,553. and which
yyop prayed tQsbe 10 unilnporfant part
] pf the great yest, wv expect 70 |, see,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28
EE We find only one feature to admire

Ew We find only one feature to admire
in the Inaugural Of James Buchanan, and
that is, where he alludes to the "extrava-
gance in the disposal of the public lands"
If the President will devote his energies
and give his influence towards getting
through congress bill, the provisions of
which shall secure to every actual settler
100 acres of land, he will perform an act
worthy ofthe highest commendation. His
allusion to the public Ian DIS rather leads US
to infer that his sympathies are in this
channel. Minnesota Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28
R Don't Register your NOM.
if you don't want the money stols,
New York papers give this ssut;os
result of their experience.

AsToR's WEALTH.-The N ~
Post in speaking Of the assessn,sn a's
the City Of New York, says The he,
Astor first suggests itsef as, f. .'s
years, connected with the tradit;o.
normous wealth, and turnino to !,
that Mr.. VIM. B. Astor is taxed ! W
100000 on zeal estate, md s75s W. y
sonal estate. We have no mean, IVY :,
tanning the amount Of NJ. Astolss
ty, nor is it the business of anv 7
himself to know, but there are - y
this City, we fancy, who would b. a !
take his property of his hands !, \
sessment multiplied by ten.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

A SERIOUS CHARGE One of the edit
ors Of the New York Day Book. who, with
his wife and child, suffered severely from
the rat poison at the National Hotel in
Washington, says that "after weighing all
the testimony and reviewing all the cir
cumstances, he has come to the conviction
that all were poisoned at the National Ho-
tel by eating food cooked in water, impreg-
mated with poisoned rats, and what is more,
he believes that the proprietors knew that
the dead rats were in the water, and that
after half cleaning their tanks, they veDt
on and used the same poisoned water until
The increase Of sickness alarmed them, and
compelled them to change the water"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

A MEXICAN BARoMETER.-O
the Mexican steamer is a baromets,]
most simple construction, but The n
accuracy. 1t consists of a long stnp
dar, very thin, about two-and-a-hsfs
length, about an inch wide, out viii
grain, and set in block, or foot n
dar stripe is backed, or lined, viii
of white pine, cut across the grain
the two are tightly glued togetheI
bend these dry is to snap them, butt
approach of bad weather the cedar \
yer until the top at times touehs
ground. This simple instrument id
vention of a Mexican guitar make
such is the accuracy that it will Id
the coming on Of "Norther" full s
four hours before any other kind oiA
eter known on the coast. Had th
the production Of Yankee ingenuity
been patented long ago, and II
made by its inventor.- Mobile Re,
March 4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28
Estate Of Boyd Notice.

March 18th, 1857.
IN the matter of the Estate Of Robert Boyd
this day the Administrators of said estate by
ordered, That proof of all claims and demands against
sad deceased and Of all demands in offset thereto be
neaTd ana made before the Judge of this Court
And therenpon it is ordered, That the first Monday
OF May, and The first Mondays of August
and September, A. D. 1857, at the Court House
IN Lancaster in said County, be and hereby and
of all such claims will be heard by said Judge And it
is further ordered That six from the hereof
be limited and allowed for all persons having claims a.
galns said deceased to and the And
notice thereof be given to all concerned
Grant County Hcrald, weekly newspaper published in
said county, commencing within 30 days from the date
hereof.-Dated March 18th, 1857.
4t4O STEPHEN O. PAINE, County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

UNEQUAL REpREsENTATroN.-A According
to the present apportionment, the basis on
which the Supreme Court is made, gives
six hundred thousand peoplein slave dis
trict an equal weight in the Supreme Court,
to four millions in a free district, and six
millions of southern whites have five Judc-
e., while seventeen millions of northern
whites have but four Judges. This gross
inequality must be rectifed. When that
is done, the bred Scott decision will SC on
be amended and effaced.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

LANcAsTER.-Or village has enjoyed a
long stand still, neither progressing nor
falling behind. Nothing has been promo
ted, nothing molested-all has slumbered.
The churches have been closed, except in
farm. The ball and concert ha been
neglected, neither the heels..noTheads Of our
people have been in exercise. We are ev-
identity on the point of making smart
lear, either forward or backwards
ding to all the rules Of physical cause and
Development: just before day it is dark
before storm the elements are
calm.
We think it will be forward step that
Lancaster will make, and that immediate
ly. Messrs. M1ERs a. GRIswoLD's new
steam saw-mill will be in operation early
in April, and there seems not man in
Lancaster or five miles Of it who is not pre-
pairing to build more or less. Strangers
are in town-lots Of them, prepared to
purchase property and settle among US
Vigorous efforts will be made Immediate
" for raising several thousand dollars to
build an Academy and we have no doubt
the means will be raised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28
Town EIec,ion-Tovyn Omcsrs.

On Tuesday the 18th Of April The peo-
pie will assemble in their respective Towns
10 elect Town Officers and do general
Ilegislatine business for their local welfare.
The town system of government IS per-
feclly republican and is only adapted 20 a
people who are patriotic and intcll'gent.-
VERY IGNORANT. foolish, selfish and careless
t,nen-sa;.h as know ittle~of the value of
freedom and free government and care
less are OF 10 account a. town meeting
lbnt for tools, 10 be moved at The pleasure
iof those who lead the mob. In country
towns the proportion of ignorance Is SO
small rs 10 amount to nothing, but III cit
les Ignorance, controlled by mobocratic
Leaders commonly trinmphs. There being
no titles in Grant County, there is no dan
ger of things going far wrong at the annu-
al town meetings.
AT every town meeting. such laws as re-
late 10 the duties and powers of the people
lon such occasions, ought to be carefully
read and examined, so tha, nothing is neg
Elected.
There ought to he some general under
standing before voting for Town officers,
as to who are best qualified for the several
stations. In the selection of men for
Town officers, no partyism or politics
fought 10 have the least bearing, and no
question ought to arise but the one OF
qualification, as regards sound Judgment,
/ fair business education and moral charac-
ter.
| The Chairman of Town Board ought to
be practical, sound, generous and clever
! business man. He is the head Of the
town system Of government, except when
the people by mistake get their tai! up
The Town Clerk should be capable of
keeping books and ought to make the law
his study. He has more responsibility on
! his shoulders than any other officer, and
every error he makes knocks the machine
into worse and worse disorder. Il is diff
cult to end the right kind Of man for
| Assessor. If there is a failure in the whole
system Of Town government, ii is here in
his very department, and we think a new
plan for uniformly assessing ought to be
resorted 10. The Assessor ought to be a
man who cares for nobody yet regarding
The rights Of II equaly-a man born with
he scales Of Justice in one hand, blind and
deaf. Ii is more important than all other
Offices together The Town Treasurer
ought to be a correct 1,an. The Town
Superintendent should have natural de-
rotion for educ .tion-not fond of doing
LOO much, yet prompt in his duties and of
sound Judgment. As for Justices and
Constables, let those who are fond of law
select such as will give them plenty OF JUS
lice and law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28
Latest from kansas-Slaverys CIV.
ing up the Ghost.

A correspondent Of the Missouri Repub-
hcan, Border Ruffian oracle, writes from
st. Joseph, Missouri, March 18th, 1857, to
that paper, as follows: "The emigration
to Kansas reminds me of that to California
in the days of its great allurements.
Trains upon trains are pouring in from ev-
cry quarter, but particularly from the Free
S tates. I had once thought, as | used to
write you, that Kansas would be a Slave
State, but l am now forced to alter my O.
pinion from the overwhelming evidences to
the contrary that force themselves up
on me every day. Our ferry boats are
busily engaged from daylight until dark in
CARRYING over trains, and the proportion
Of the Free Soil to the Pro- Slavery emf
grants is as fifteen 10 one. This is not
confined alone to our point of crossing, but
it is SO at every other that can hear from
and it satisfies me that the political destiny
Of Kansas is fixed beyond all question, and
that another year will fill all Of her prolif-
ic pains with a thrifty population. Wars
and rumors Of wars she will know no more
but peace will brood over her beautiful
praries and prosperity will reign through
out her borders. | am Pro-Slavery man,
and would prefer to see my favorite insti-
tuition established there; but / am never
theless, convinced, that the energetic en-
terprising Yankee will develop the resour-
ces and build up the country sooner than
we could do, and that by living in harmo-
ny with them as our neighbors, they will
do us no injury in our peculiar property.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

SLAVERY AND Personalities twin
children Of the sham democracy, baptized
by the Kansas Nebraska bill, had their fit,
ting representatives at the Inauguration Of
president Buchanan. DR.. Bernisel, the
nine wived Mormon delegate fom Utah
was selected as one of the marshals to es-
cort the president elect to the capt. L.
General Whitfeid-he of the Kansas inva
sion notoriety--was another. This is a
practical illustration Of the equality of the
states spoken Of BY Mr.. Buchanan-thal
is, the right Of slavery and poligamy to be
equal to freedom and christianity, under
one constitution GAINESVILLE Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

HOUSES SENT TO KANsAs.-An enter
prising firm in Cincinnati is manufacturing
and selling large numbers of CO. tage hous-
es, suitable for small famileis,to go to Kan
sas. They are well adapted to the wants
Of settlers in country where both saw
mills and timber are scarce, and where it is
Of course difficult to provide comfortable
habitations ON short notice. They sold at
prices varying from S75 to $3.50, and pack
ed in convenient form for shipment, and
can be set up in few hours.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

FROM KANsAs.-The Kansas Tribune
urges the Free State men to unite in their
opposition to the laws of the bogus Legis-
lature, and it remarks truly, that if the
Free State men, under the presen circum-
stances 60 into an election they are sure
to be beaten. A delegate convention of
the Free State men was announced TO be
held on the 10th of March, and we look
with some anxiety to the manner in which
it is conducted. The Tribune also pub
fishes letter from Gov. Robinson, stating
that he was still, heart and soul, with the
Free State party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

The TRUTH NO LIBEL.-They
not got a law Of libel in Connecticut ';
compels "a plaintiff to prove malice
he can claim damages, and permits lt
PENDANT to show an honest design !
can, in the publication. This is right
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-28

Final Bust up cfcertoin financial Ras-
Gals at Bs9alo.-The Rochester Union
says:
There has been a asmash up in Buffalo
among number of firms all more or less
linked together and cemented by the SOL
diers Of Joint Stock. johnson, the Joint
Stock Banker, has suspended--so has the
Buffalo Car Company, concern for which
he financiefed. The Car Company failed
some two weeks since, and on the day Of
failure we understand that money was rails
ed from the Baffalo Banks on checks Of the
Company on johnson, dated forward and
endorsed as '.good." Drafts were bought
and sold at shave to enable the parties to
keep on their legs until the moment arrived
when they must fail. We hear that the
Buffalo Banks have $25, 900 in Johnson
certified checks, and some $3.50, 900 in the
paper Of the several concerns which have
recently suspended.