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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-02-27

KILLED His. Man -- Y ou have doubtless.
heardYof, DR.. Thomas. the waggish pro.
Prietor Of the Atlanta Hotel. in Atlanta,
in this State. Well, once upon a time. two
gentlemen (the one decidedly under the
inadence.ofa spiritual presence. and the
other Rpproximating the same condition J
stoppsCtatthe Doctors HoteE In conse :.
quenee ofsome extraordinary mauifesta,
tons on the part Of the .'tightest'' gent,
he soon found himself "nigh into muss''
with the Doctor. His friend. however,
carried him off before matters reached a
crisis. After slowing him away, the
frlendreturued, and aceosting the pro-
Prietor. said very emphaticalIy
"Sira yeu have been treading, upon
dangerous gropnd, sir do you know, sir,
that he. has Billed his man, sir?'' -
Killed his man. said Thompson. with
voice like thunder clap, and most
intense expresstontof contempt upon his
Phlz by Ioye.,s sir. let mo inform You
taas have Practiced medicine for TWEEN
y gYsaEs,seand you iamusnptf attempt sito
Tighten me.Withs a,sman that hassiohly
knllsf 81 stii.issm his a Ban. SIR it sRaat begin
This fellow collapsed, aud forthwith
settled his h}ttz-I 1orter, tsSspirit s re
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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-02-27

Tue two surgeons gazed 5irst upon The
old woman and her fair>haired. grand,
child, and then upon each other. they
bIushed and then smiled, Shall, we
give her the lesson 2" said one;. q No
We will give her a better" answered the
other; and they shook hands and went
back TO the city. 30 -,f.
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WE STAND UPON THE principles OF 1MMu,
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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-02-27

MoDEL COMPOSITION. following is
a recent exercise in composition, by that
distinguished and rising youth. 1xe Par
tington. 1!is every way an elaborate es-
say on difficult subject in Natural His
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-02-27

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Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

brother-in-law From him we learned that
Capt. Patton had been taken care Of by his
brother Masons in San Francisco, and DR..
Harris, one of the fraternity, had watched
over him on bis way home On leaving San
Francisco, he seemed to rally considerably,
but Oh reaching warm latitude he relapsed
and has sunk to the hopeless state in which
we found him. The Masons Of this city,
having been advised from San Francisco of
his intended departure for home, were wait
ing for the George Law on her arrival, and
brought him on litter to the Battery Hotel,
where they have since watched over him.
With that modesty which generally dis
tinguishes true merit, Mrs Patton begged to
be excused from speaking about herself. She
Sc id that she had done no more than her duty,
and as the recollection of her trials and suf-
ferings evidently gave her pain, we could not
do otherwise than respect her feelings. Few
persons would imagine that the woman who
behaved so bravely, and endured so much for
her husbands sake, is a slender New England
girl, scarcely twenty years old. She is
lady Of medium hight, with black hair, large,
dark lustrous eyes, and very pleasing features
Her health is very much impaired from the
is very near the period of maternity Yet
she does not spare herself in the least, but is
most faithful and constant in her attentions
to her husband We have been informed
that she is in stratened circumstances, and
although she might and doubtless would shrink
from assistance from others, yet it seems to us
that this is a case in which our merchants
may do themselves honor, by liberal re-
cognition of her heroic conduct. The Board
of Underwriters, we understand, have voted
or will vote her $1,000. Considering that
the ship and cargo were worth nearly $780,
600, and that to her skill and decision they
are mainly indebted far its safety, under most
adverse circumstances-for the weather was
unusually severe-we think, looking at the
matter from purely pecuniary point of view,
the least they should have done would have
been TO give her a check for $4,000 Not
only did she safely take the ship from Cape
Horn to San Francisco, but both vessel and
cargo were in better trim than any of her
competitors when she reached port. Of
course the owners of the ship will do hand
somely by Mrs. Patten; but were the mer-
chants of New Y York to make up liberal
purse it would prove highly acceptable to the
widow Gas she almost certainly soon will be-
and her small family.
Capt. Patton is native of Rockland, Me-,
and has risen from the forecaste solely by
his own exertions. Mrs. Patton and her
brother will convey him to their home in Bos-
ton That she has the entire sympathies of
this community in her trying afliction she
may be fully assured, and that by her good
deeds she has added another laurel to the
honor of her sex-N Y Tribune
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
A. B. II o Y, M. ID.
Dentist.

EsDTTe.ss Permanently located in Volcano,
t'rSSs having comfortable and convenient
IA1IJ Office, with all the necessary lstru-
nents, Tools and appliances, will do any kind of
work that pertains to the profession of Dentistry,
u manner which shall give entire satisfaction, or
Pc money refunded.
Artificial teeth inserted on Gold Plate or Pivot,
q \ ihe case may require. Teeth plugged with Pure
bold or extracted. Children's Teeth regulated
then necessary; and all diseases of the GUNS, (the
most Of which is called scurvy of the Gums) cured
pr NO PAY. Chloroform administered if desired.
Ga- Terms reasonable -,ssN
oct n 3m
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

In the chapter on dislocation of the eye
ball, in the last edition of Mackenzie's great
treatise, a veracious historian, Isaac Wellsjr.,
author of Travels through States Of North
America, is quoted as mentioning that, at
Richmond, Va, it is nothing uncommon to
meet with persons deprived of one Or both
eyes, from the horrd practice of gougipg, in
which the combatant, having twisted his fore
fingers in the side locks Of his adversary's
hair, applies his thumb so as to force the eyes
out of their sockets"
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

PoIsoNING.-A woman named Anais Tous-
saint was recently convicted in Canada and
sentenced to death for having poisoned her
husband, to whom she had only been married
a few months. The Quebec papers describe
the accused as young and handsome The
evidence against her, according to the report
of the trial, was wholly circumstantial.-
Shortly before Christmas, the husband, with
whom she repeatedly quarreled, was taken
sick; his wife nursed him, and it was noticed
that after she had given him cruel or med-
cine he was taken with violent vomitings and
burnings of the stomach until lie died. A
post-mortem examination disclosed the pres
ence in the stomach of large quantity of
arsenic. 1t was also proved that the accused
had purchased arsenic, as she alleged, to
kill rats. One female witness, the intimate
friend of the accused before marriage, testi6-
ed as follows:
4" | have known the prisoner for the last
three years. She was one of my greatest
friends. regarded her as sister Before
her marriage we conversed together In rela-
ton to il. She said she was going to marry
Joseph Bison. | observed, II thought you
did not like him much" She replied, "Not
much" She said she liked Frieotte best
but that her father had told her that if she
took Fricotte he would cast her off as his
child She added that it was all the same,
that she would take Bison and if he did not
suit her she would cause his death / asked
her with what she would cause his death?-
Prisoner replied, with poison" She asked
me what | would do under such circumstau-
ces? / said | would rather never marry
than do such thing.
There was other evidence of her threats
to poison her husband. The defence argued
the possibility of the deceased having been
an arsenic eater, whose death might have
been caused either by an over dose or for
want OF regular allowance of the drug
The jury convicted her, and unless the gov
ernment commute her sentence she will be
hung.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
The Little Babe that Died.

Respectfully inscribed to Mrs J. W. .Noyes,
Late of Sacramento.
The day remember very well,
Ut was on the tenth of June,
When fowrets bloom on hill and dell,
And birds their voices tune,)
When the tiny coffin lid was raised
We wrung our hands and sighed,
As on the pale sweet form we gazed
OF the little babe that died.
With beautiful flowers the coffin was decked,
In tasteful circles arrayed.
But what are they to the heart that is wrecked
But the emblems of hopes that fade;
Its gentle mother, with heaving breast
Kissed its pale cold lips and cried,
For love and her sorrow could aot be represt
For the little babe that died.
As she gazed on the little hands, so soft,
Now rigid and cold as clay,
And the poutiDg lips she had kissed so oft,
All pale and motionless lay.
The bitter pangs that wrung her soul
In vain to conceal she tried,
As the burning tears down her cheeks did roll
For the little babe that died.
That angel form, in its cradle of clay
Now rests, but its spirit on high
To realms of glory has winged its way
Above the eternal sky.
And when DER that mothers gentle breast
Deaths icy hand shall glide,
May her soul be found where the weary are
blest
With the little babe that died.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
Written far the Volcamo Weekly Ledger.
The Menagerie in California.
BY A. SNOWMAN.


Here ladies and gentlemen, is one of the
most singular animals in creation. Hands off
or you'll repent it. Although very pretty to
look at, he will not do to handle. He is
called
THE PoRCUPINE.
You perceive he is covered with sharp
pointed qulls that enter the skin at the slight
est touch. He always invites attack, but
wo be to the unlucky one who ventures too
near him, if possessed of any feeling. 1t has
been said that he could shoot his quills like
an arrow at his victim and never fail to hit
the mark.
The porcupine is found in all situations of
society; if married he never fails to hurt his
wfes feelings before her friends; tells her in
private that she is losing what little beauty
she had, very fast; hints that the children
don't resemble him; wonders how she man
ages to waste the flour so; is willing to bet
his life that she keeps all her poor relations
at his expense; is hen-hussy generally. His
children never laugh in his presence, neither
do they have any of their playmateS come to
see them If they hang up their stockings
for Old Santa Claus, they only find switch
in them in the morning. He never gets his
children proper school books, but is sure
to see that they are in class alone. This
not only mortifies the children, but it makes
trouble for the teacher; so the porcupine kills
two birds with one stone. These are but a
few of the peculiarities Of the married por-
cupine; but he is generally single
He is never known to agree with any body
on any subject, and is sure to tell any one he
argues with that they don't produce single
argument, and never fails to contradict any
statment an opponent makes. In politics
he generally belongs to the third party; in
religion he is either skeptical or bgot; and
on juries he invariably finds himself with
eleven stubborn men. He never aeknowl-
edges that any man is honest, and always as
cribes bad motives for every act. OF course
the porcupine has no friends, which he ac-
counts for on the ground that community is
down on an independent man.
To compensate for the i'll will Of those who
know him, he seeks the society of strangers,
who often think him "a good investment
till they feel his quilts.
This animal, in some respects, resembles
the hog; so much SO, that be is sometimes
called hedgehog" and a sick punster once
said that his name was derived from con-
sumptive grunter; that is, pork-you-piae
You little boys there; keep away from the
pole-cat or he'll break his essence bottle
Step this way if you please, and we'll take
look at
THE oPossUM.
Here he is with the soft fur and smooth
tall You perceive perpetual grin upon his
features which he undoubtedly intends for
smile.
The 'possum never holds controversy
with any one But is ever ready TO agree
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
Notice.

"A meeting of the stockholders of the Aqueduci
! Iity Ditch Company, held at their Office in
esueduct city, June 24th A. D. 1856 the following
Hicers were duly elected;
/, - TRUSTEES.
i " Il, Johnston, George Mckenzie, J. Jhonston
N N. b. Johnston and L. Chamberlain.
ge9rge Mckenzie, Secretary and Treasurer.
H. T. Johnston, President.
jury D 37-ly
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
Geo. K. smith. M. ID.

PHYSICIAN IND SURGE ON.
)fFlCE at Hoy & Smiths Drug Store, Main st.,
- Volcano. Residence on the alley, in the rear
The Drug Store
NIB The books of tn. fate firm of Goodin *
onth pn can be found at my office. Persons indebted
Fiil do well to call and settle.
feb22.ls
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
3. III. MARLETTE,

PohVE YOR d CIVIL ENGINEER.
)LaihlNG to rusume the practice of my profes-
aon among my old friends of Amador and
sVeras ~ G counties respectfully solicit their or
NJ which will be promptly attended to, on reason
[nas, omce at Jackson's News Depot, jackson,
raoor county, California. -ssss
'V'i z~am II. MARLETTE.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

A SroRY writer says-"Florabel clasped
her wide white brow with her two hands, as
if to still the thunder of thought booming
through her BRAIN" How her head must
have ached with such a noise in It'll Florabel
must be the young lady whose "eyes emit
/ ,htning flashes"
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

These verses were written in Sacramento, 29th
of June 1854, by Geo. A. Noble, NJ. d., and copied
from the original in Stockton sth of March, 1857,
by Mrs. Noyes, to be published in the Volcano
Ledger at her request.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

Coon BARGAIN-rhe Messilla Valley is
equal in extent to the kingdom of Belgium,
in Europe, yet the United States Govern
ment purchased it three years ago for ten mil
lions Of dollars. 1t is capable Of supporting
million and half Of people
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
u. G. JOHNSON,

|ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR,
VOLCANO, AMADoR COUNTY, CAL.
May be found at present at Justice N KLETNs Office.
&S- Notary Public & Conveyancer. -ssN
|nay3-2S If
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

The THREE PHYsIcIANs.-The celebrated
French physician, Dunmoulin. on his death
bed, when surrounded by the most distin-
guished citizens of Paris who regretted the
loss which the profession would sustain in his
death, said
"My friends, leave behind me three ply
sicians much greater than myself"
Being pressed to name them, each Of the
many doctors present supposing himself to be
one Of the three, the dying man 'got them"
by replying:
water, Exercise and Diet"
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
w. HENRY JONES,

A TORN Ely AT l. A W,
'Wll pay strict attention to making collections and
attend to all Legal Business entrusted to his
|Ofce on Union Square, next door to johnson d
to.'s store, VOLCANO.
e7 33-1y
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

GULmBrLITY. last hoax Of the season
is one which some farceur has just played off
on the Pays newspaper. That journal very
gravely publishes letter from the South of
France, recounting how young musician of
wonderful power, had just arrived from the
United States Somehow the United States
always figures in the tales of the "extraor-
dinary" The instrument" upon which this
genius played, according to the Pays cores
pondent, was cage OF ducks, of various ST.
zes and descriptions. An electric wire was
attached to each goslng, and the music was
produced by battery, operated upon in such
a manner as to make the duck quack forth
the notes 1t closed with the announcement
that on the previous night the ducks had bro
ken out of their cage, attacked their eccen-
trio proprietor in his bed and eaten him alive!
This ridiculous story is now going the rounds
of the French press.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

"a ROLLING STONE GATHERS no Moss
Well, what of that? Who wants to be
messy old stone, away in some damp corner
of pasture, where sunshine and fresh air
never come, for the cows to rub themselves
against, for snas and bugs to crawl over, and
for toads to squat under, among the poison
Gus weeds? 1t is far better to be smooth
and polished stone, rolling along in the braw-
ling stream of life, wearing off the rough cor
ners, bringing ont the firm crystalline stric-
ture Of granite or the delicate veins of the ag-
ate or chacedony. 1t is this perpetual cha
fng and rubbing in the whirling current that
shows what sort Of grit man is made of,
and what use he is good for.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
w. AVER, Va. ID.

oaice two doors South of the Empire Hotel.
octE, 10y
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28


A New EXCITEMENT IN PROSPECT Burn
ing The Dead An eminent New York ply
sician has, according to the Buffalo Repub-
ican, written all elaborate work in favor of
burning the dead, which is to be published
after his own death.
BY his will he directs his mortal remains
to be kept for five days in a room; the tho
rax then to be opened, and the heart extract
ed, which is to be embalmed and enclosed in
thick vellum bag, strongly impregnated
with asphaltum the remainder of his body
is then to be publicly burnt on pyre of sas-
safras or sandal wood, in one of the public
cemeteries-the ashes carefully gathered and
deposited with the embalmed heart in a
bronze urn. Five copies of the leading daily
city papers, containing an account OF the
whole proceedings, are likewise directed to be
deposited in the hrn which is then to be her
meticalIy sealed and taken to the New York
Museum.
In the midst of the excitement created by
these proceedings the work is TO be published.
For its circulation $40 900 are appropriated,
SIC, 900 more for distribution among the city
officials and leading politicians of all parties,
who are to receive from $25 to 500 eachfor
assisting in the ceremony, and SIC, 600 more
for the editorial fraternity, to be provided
pro rata according to their influence.
Should anything occur to prevent the due
execution of the WILL the bulk of his prop
erty is at once to be transferred to a charita-
BILE institution in Philadelphia The Repub-
lie has these facts from the attorney who drew
up the will. He estimates the property at
two hundred thousand dollars
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
FARLEY a PAWLING,

ATTORNEYS AND coUYsELLoRs AT LAW,
Office in Hale's fire proof building, up stairs Main
street, Volcano,
MARI Ia 20tf
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

A ROMANTIC SToRY-The following story
from the Paris correspondence of the New
York Times, will serve to show the rapid
manner in which the Russian government does
an act of Justice Some eighteen months
ago Miss Ward, Of one of our Southern
States, was married at Florence to Polish
Count, with a very unpronounceable name.
After residing with her three weeks, he took
French leave one fine morning, taking with
him his wife's jewels. He left letter be-
hind him stating that the marriage was inval-
i'd from the fact that no Russian subject
could be legally married except by the Greek
service. OF course the lady was in great
CONSERVATION, and at the time of the corona
ton of the Gar. she with her mother went
to ST. Petersburg Mr. Saa the principal
writer for Dickens Household Words, drew
up petition for her to the Russian govern
ment, and it was presented by Mr.. Seymour,
our minister. The case was laid before the
Emperor, and an order was issued to the
Russian Minister at Naples, where the Count
was living, for his arrest. He was seized by
the Neapolitan police at the expense of Rus
sia, carried to Warsaw, where the lady and
her friends were waiting, marched into the
church by a posse of policemen, and was
there compelled to stand up before the altar
and be married in due form. His wife, then
the Countess, turned to him as soon as the
ceremony was over made formal bow and
bade him adieu forever The Count was
sent to Siberia, his property confscated, his
wife retaining one third by law The family
Immediately left for Italy where they are
spending the winter.
Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28

Here, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the
most singular animals in creation Hands of
or you'll repent it, Although very pretty to
look at, he will not do to handle. He is
called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-14

VOYAGE OF A YACHT OF % TONS FROM NEw
YORK TO LIvERPooL.-The Liverpool Post in its
issue of July 20, says:
1.-The arrival at this port yesterday Of the yacht
Charter Oak. from New York, furnishes a strik-
ing proof Of what perseverance can accomplish,
and show 20 us English the sort of stuff our trans
atlantic cousins are made of. The Charter Oak
is little vessel 43 feet long, Is feet wide feet
inches deep, and measures % tons. She was
built and rugged by her captain and owner, Mr..
Webb, in Connecticut, and by him and one mau
brought safely across the stormy Atlantic I'm 81
days. She started with the captain and two men,
but one of them was unfortunately lost overheard
the first day. To most men this would have been
enough TO frighten them of their perilous enter
prise, but our two undaunted nav gators zone of
whom had never been at sea before) were not TO
be frightened. Without a chronometer, flor no
one would trust so frail a conveyance and the cap
tain was too poor to buy one without chart of
the coast they were steering for, these two men
pursued their dangerous way, through several
storms, and reached Liverpool in the time men,
toned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-14
Bye. w. BOTELER, Auctoneer.

HoISE AND LUZ On r. STREET AT AUC-
Mary f. Barney and others, dated the 18th day of
November, 1856, and recorded IN the Land Records
Liber j. g. No iS6 folio to 10. and for the pur
poses of said trust. will be sold at public auction on
the premises, on r street north, on TUESDAY, the
part OF the Lot Of Ground numbered s. in Square
49, IN Washington city, beginning for the same az
point on the north side of T. street north one hun
dred and forty feet and nine inches from the south
west corner 81 said square, and running thence north
seventy-one feet and SIX inches with the western
line OF portion OF SAID lot number SIX which was
conveyed by David Saunders and wife to Roger c.
Wclghtman, to the use of Mary =. Scott: thence
east feet inches thence north Is feet IA inches;
thence west 2 feet 10 and third inches; thence
south 88 feet inch and half; thence east ~ feet
inches and one third of an inch to the place of be-
ginning.
The improvements consist of a good three-story
brick dwelling and basement, with large two-story
back building. and the whole well arranged for a res
Idencc and office.
Terms of sale: S2,ocO in cash, and the residue for
notes IN equal sums payable IN SIX, twelve, and egh
teen months, with interest. A dced will be given
and deed of trust taken to secure the deferred
cost of the purchaser.
of the purchaser, 10y giving FIVE days notice of the
time and terms of such sale, TO yacate the sale If
the terms thereof are not complied with By the pur
chaser within five days after the sale.
The premises are now under lease for $50 per
1858. HENRY NJ. MORFIT, Trustee
c. w. BOTELER. Auctioneer.
H THE CREDITORS OF MRS. MARY r..
Barney provided for in said deed are requested to
leave their accounts and vouchers at the office of
the Trustee, on AZ street. july ll-eOd&us
HI THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED
OF account of the rain until THURSDAY. the 9Th
instant, to take place upon the premises, at O'Clock
p. aug sd
QTTHE ABOVE SALE Is FURTHER
POSTPONED until THURSDAY, the 9th of Au-
gust take place on the premises at O'clk ?. IN.