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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-25


Policiss are iasucd in thu above reliable and
responsible Life Insurance Company, by paying
ons- half the prsniuu In cgeh, giving note ior the
other half stO per cent. antsrsst--annual divi-
dends, averaging IS psr cent. paid 70 insured -
not TO stockholders.
Call and see the agents for above connaniss, It
their ONCE on second street.
STEWART AHn11HITH.s
: $4,000 First Mortgage DsnAs
OF the Tim / Fl. Wayne 4. H 70 0xshangs ~
~ Lands.
IMPUNkD CIIg PROPERTY FOR SALE.
HPR0vED YARNS FOR SALR.
4 = = w AFR ante w ntoa.
$40 Acres Chelce fafIn1ng hanas,
In Lucas and Ringgold CounIl0S, Iowa,
For Sale Cheap o. ErcAases ~ 0esds.
PhSlaaclphia Cisy Properly.
In Exchange for Farming Lands In Iowa,
Missouri or IlIinoia.
Lands In Northern and Southern Iowa for
'- ns s. sTs W. { aR1Trra. Agents. ]
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BUSINESS NOF1CE.
W. expect oil Job Work 10 BE- paid Tor on
delivery, nnlsss there u . special understand
ing TO the contrary.
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UPWAlM1 or Oh, 600 900
" Losses have been pald By the Atsa Iasursnsp
Co., In the past 80 years. Z
Fire ana InlaAA navigator
Risks accepted at terms >istsnt with solvspey
and fair Mt.
Esps.tsi alterations given to fAs Inssrsaee Of Dceuss
sad Contents, fer tsSSss Of one 10 see yesrs.

The progress az this corporation has been stable
and unintcrrupe hreagR ssasonsef Anascial sun
shine and storm, 20 periods eveptful In or exempt
frem sweeping oonAagrations and maritime disas-1
tar. Being long established IN Gosh basis, the
troubles Of the credit syssn effect ~ in NO mate
rial particular.
During 'thArd times" the security Of relishlexA-,
suranse Is an imperative duty-ths AArity Of
property owners 10 sustain loss being t4en much
isssensd
Agencies In AL tAnsriAcipal citIsi md towns
throughout the 1taf Policies issued without
delay, BY any Of thstdaly authorised Agents. <ths
Company.
10~Businsss attended to with Despatch and n
delity. ~.
OFFICE Of the Keohuk Aesaoy, eoensr of And
and Aain-sts. II. y. fkN-RyCK,
mch9dAw6m ~ ~ 0tAteAgent.
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X. Mr.. p. q NJ. r. r. Ce.--At . meeting
Of the Board Of Directors Of the Ksokuk, Nj.
Pleasant and Maseasine r. r. Co., held on
the 24sh inst, Laurin Dewey vas elected
Prssidsst, and J. A. Ogden, Sec'y and Treas.
Aesss. Dewey, Hornish and Parsons were
chosen Executive Committee, and Asssrs.
Patterson, Hamill and Wilson, Auditing
Committee for the ensuing year.
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GIThs HaUksys thinks that the most
sssndalous and unquslihsd falsehoods, grave
y oct forth - facts, for the purpose Of in
fuencing public opinion, subject those Who
demar to such ISLANDERS, 10 tho charge Of be-
ing thin-skinnsd. We wish it joy IN the
championship Of the drunken slsndersr whose
fAlschoods IL assumes to justify.
CTOR! NxIoHBoK! What about the
tl00,77l deficit IN the state Treasnyy2-
journal.
Just this: II you Say there 10 ops dollar
ds6sit in the Treasury, you assert that which
il false. Nov take the ''pisas" dodge again,
Christian slsndsrers!
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W. n. uHQEs AFcAlSecs,
las TeqnGved hio ODee Into the md story q
y = HatoA , Thpmpson / new Bank Duildins, ~
eoEnG q Main and second streets. xntranss u
00ee % lseonA-et. fmoh96dly
OAeoOl0slon.
vF81 oe~1ASloeRehip heretofore exciting Be.
- ty4oa ~ suhoaRlbsTs, under the namc and
arm x 1rns . HatDss, u this dsy dissolved y
nu1mat e64ognt. RnbeEt P. q. sHslsss Will con-
tnue II the bssiz nd aign the name Of The
errr II !scrsAstscc neg vsM also sctt!c .il &C.
counts Of ~ iats 1Sn, and I'll debta dee II must
BE- psid tAsn. n. 3. tAekAK,
RO1ER1 HAINRa.
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insli the prinsl hi~ p Sss, these works
will be delivered, ~ ~ Postage. when
sent By mail, the PoS ~ 70 any part Of tn UNI
ted States, viii b huc4h CenSs = yeaR for
.!ss y ,s and bat fsIcsAss . year for
n. B.-Ths price In G,Sst Britain Of the ave
fyiodieais above named 1fAlDui Thirty-ons Dol
Ian per annum.
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z n n INSU u AHO 3 y ON PA n.
OF THE CITY Or N1W10nk.
CASH CAPITAL
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
LAMAR
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
NBW FORK.
Cash Capital 200. 600 Dolaars,
PACIFIC
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
81. LOUIS, no.
Cash Capital $500, 900.
~Marinc Risks taken In this very ABponsi.
siblc Company.
The above highly responsible Companies are now
prepared TO Insure Property against
lessor Damage b. Fire,
- And Pay AL Losses Promptly -
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BANK-NOTE ENGRAVING.

To he Editor Il The " T. TrtVe
SIR In q communication in Tuesdays TRiBv ~ per-
taiDiDg 10 bALk-no.e engraving, there is mucn .na'
maniiestly true and must be concured IN by al WHO
know anything about the business but there one as
serior tia. must be dissened from, because II Is iJu
rious ard insulting to the last degree - class OF QUIZ
most honest anu upright citizens the bsnknots ene'as
ers !. E.. that 30 mary Ct them as may get ous
OF employment by this orgsniz ston tine Ane,I.a
BankNote Company, or may choose 70 leusn ~.
from it, twill do ccntrsbsnd work, sno ron 'u 10
predcsting large increase Of countesieps ~, 40
future. How man, knowing anything o. VIC 80
teal bank note engrsvers as body ccao maA. n.
assertion, ia hard to imagine. An enSls'e, 49,
indeed be sorely tempted when ne .sA
~retcted trade Of court erfeier. fetnsP. -; -
holder i measuring other peoples corr n g MS go,
bushel. While there will be 20 lncreSe " - 80
,erfeitipg on account Of unemployed ehg'ases,
it lie equally certain there viii De 70 ue 80 -
CT account OF sbytbiog the consondStou az w ~
prevent il. There is nothing il can ~ tGsI nas nv
already been doLe by the individual s ~,
they have EFT, process or macolnel!' o.i W."
the public has already had the oenen1 ". az
they claim IL greater aggregation oi OH =.
20 lie used in common hence, any ,.sa %
greater security" IL mere bosh, ana onty u.se'eu
deceive bankers and Others, whose sho'eose VI sue
business is little or nothing. The benent 20 inc pun
will be just-nothrg; the concern was eot m,
another monopoly has been before ~ WIN .ue ocJ.
of max rg money by beng abe to dictate .7ns 80.
u those who employ them sad are employees ~ s.e.
IL vii have the effect ef driving many Oh 'a' WY 'n
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THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

10 hs Editor Of The n. Y. Tribane.
SIR Strange as it may seem, all the experiments yet
made by Mr. Whitehouse and bis assistant electricians
On the result of which they have congratulated the
Company and the scientific world that the electric
put Of the work accomplished have left out OF the
account one half the entire circuit
1t seems from reoeEt experiments that two and three
words minute can be forced through the entire
cable and upon this result are assured that the
electric problem is solved. Such scientific stupidity l.
really an outrage upon the Company, 10 say nothing
Of tie press aud the world. These experimen,ers WI
learn when TOO late that it thing TO send dis
patch through the "entirc cable with its two ends
brought together, and quite another thing when its
tive ends are 1900 miles apart and the electric wave
has t. travel the whole length Of the cable and return
through the water which all electricians should know
6,ms the home stretch Of submarine cables with SIN
ge conducting wires; and as water is no. so good a
conductor as copper by 80 per cent It will be equiva
lent to adding about 5000 miles TO their present cable
before their experiments worth the zinc they con-
sume.
from the extreme difficulty in sending reliable sig
mas through what will be, when laid down, ess IN ~
half the actual circuit, am compelled reluctantly 70
record its nevi,sbie failure in adv Ance.
0shis9toH, d. C., May 81, 1853. A. HALL
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BRUTAL ATTACK upos RyPoRTER.-On Monday
morning last, says The Cincinnati Gazette, we gsve
brief history Of the financial and domestic operations
OF converted Jew, who s engaged in the sale OF lot
terry tickets and who said to have put his property
into the hands of his wife in order to evade the Lot
teiy law in ca he should be prosecuted and fned
The article was copied 10 the afternoon into The Ger
man RspuJiican and considerable additional partic
ulars given by some one corrected with the paper.
Although DO names given in our paper, lottery
dealer, named Daniel Lew, thought proper to make
personal application Of the facts given, aud insisted
upon retrscti;n libel suit for 10000 but we con-
ciuded to let him bide his time. Between and
o'clock last evening, the reporter for The Repu1E'-
can, a Polander named Zelinsky, very small man,
came out of the "Odeum' Saloon, on Vine street, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets he was accosed
by this lottery vender at the entrance who asked him
if he wrote the article in The Republican. Upon re-
ceiving On Affirmative answer, Levi immediately
struck him violent blow with slung. shot, or some
other equally brutal weapon, upon the back OF the
head and followed it up by another on the neck, aod
a third under the right eye. The reporter was, OF
course at ouce feled TO the earth, and was mmedl-
stey carried into the saloon BY his friends 10 an insen-
s!ble condition Up to late hour lat night he was
still insensibe and the PROBABILITIES THAI fatal re.
suit would follow Immediately after the attack Levi
made eff on the run. but captured and taken to
the house. and subsequently released on ball.
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MARINE AFFAIRS.
NAVAL.

The sIoop-ofwar Savannah, destined for the Home
squadron will be ready for her officers BY the middle Of
next mosth.
The frigate Sabine which is to relieve the st. Law.
renee on the Coast OF Brazil is being got resdy with
al necessary Dispatch She has been heightened TWEEN
ty feet since her keel first laid, and will be one oil
the most powerful frgates afoat.
The Constellation, just arrived from the Mediter'
rspeap after an absence Of nearly three years has
been ordered down the Gulf and received on Monday
foieroon large stock of powder aad sheils.
MORE vIsIrATIoSs BY The BRITISH CRUISERS
Capt. York Of the schooner Ciazen a. TINS Po'I'
state. tina. while on the coast Of St. Domingo, Apn !,
was boarded by Brtish man oi.war. lac onicer
s.ksd few questions which were answered sststac-
,oTily and being informed en- lsavCg the v,sss thet
they were short Of water, very kindly oreFeo Csp'
York cask which was accepted.
TIE brig Helen Jane, Capt. Nickerson which ar
,;ved here Yesterday from Honduras, reports having
hem BOARDED of Havana Goth ut., by British war
steamer The officer wae wy polite and dio not
The bark San Jscinto Csps Fratus, at this por:
from Galveston, repors May u, wnen On DJuD .si
several vessels that were 10 company. The san ia
cpto was not boarded. lDosIon JoWn1i, 'la'
CORRECTION.
To "a, ESo, Of The v. y. Tribune
SIR The Islands reported as discovered in the South
Atlantic are rot discovery. neither are they in the
South Atlantic. They were first seen by Captain
Heard in 1853, are in the Indian Ocean and are on
our chart Of that ocean, published IN 1850.
E.kG. W. BLUNT
The recent statement 10 your money article that tae
piltt Of the Persia changed and the cause Of de-
entos are both incorrect. The pilo. not chsuged
The ship was detained, from her great drausht Oh
ws.er g feet inches NOT allowing her to cross 'a'
bar CDly .. half tiee. O.. '" I"
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A HEAP or NASTY FILTH.

T. Is, Edito- u TIE " \ T-'b.He
SIR On tie fs,d Of Waterloo there IS a moloi Of
earth su,mountei by tie Beg l0a a; ;as too; Of
Washington Ms,ke. there . also = mould Of dirt,
vi cA sho1i Dc su,mcua.ei by az American skunk
To the r.t the lovers OF gory ,ep.r 70 ne second
tre loves of stink. TIE worsbipsrs OF Mars are 70
be :OYrc 81 Wa:srlo0. those Of CioacEs 8: Wash
ing,on Make. Ths noun! =: WSsrlOo va, built
ny ,ua Begisrs that q. Washington Market by tas
C,y lrspec.cr. Tee dimensions Of TIA Wac 100
mound 10 rot lemeu b4E, ;ha. OF Washington Mar
kst > eve. eco cubic yards. A. an Anericao,
nave tie ssms feeling syal,, the Washington MNktt
mound that FIencbman has against ia. Of Water
Loo IS rot far representation o. tae peops, and
ought = be .eve ed.
wish TO call the attention Of tie public 20 tae dis
graceful coroItit n OF Washington MAXI aud ia
vicinity. Wis. ia stated above in relation to it is
tnier the truth. Every pound Of meat. fish oryeysts
bes bought n tnat market NUS. be infected by the
iuvia Of that huge pile Of f:h which Is kept there
to be retailed aud unless it is immediately removed i.
is sure to create sickness. ". B.
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OFFICE c COMMISSIONERS CENTRAL PARK,

)
The uudsrned members Of the Commission protest sssnss
The resolutions OF this Board upon the amendments proposed oy
them 10 the plan OF the fark . -, N
On the 2sh April last q. the meeting OF the Board when
award premiums did not commit the Board TO Ell ne Of
then in the adoption Is for execution but that from
III. selected designs the Board would avail hemieyes Of such
vsiistions a. they might deem -xpedient -,
the 18th Of May. it resolved that TINS Board WILL rs
ueXt regular meerg proceed to adopt Plan u the fark III us
general features Of enhances drives rides walks and wseI
Plan 50 asbe plan Of the Park subject 10 uca modhcs
lions may time be ordered by the bosfu ana
heupoD tina: and subs quent meetings 70 which the suo
Adjourned, proposed eighteen sacn' o'
hich Ia Judgment necessary 70 D. msGe
Pan So in order TO meet the just on auo
the people 10 the construction OF IN fsrk -
the the Board the 9TH the were
reie1ed 70 the Aeh,ecn Chief TO consider an report and
was NO, surprising as they proposed modify hi' own Psn na
the meeting the Sl Of May ne Teposd 'uo''SnAJ
sssirst them. g. .u.
third fourth and before any vote was as
~. either arc without debating the other fourteen seh
without sforciIg the opportunity OF ~ e
pressing views IN regard TO them me Board passed. ''
resolution: -, $500. 60
RsolreG That ell which have been proposed 20
the psp already passed upon by the board OF ~
Chief with instc report such OF them 70 he
their be desirable 10 have ncofPo
rs'ed inc The plan as the work proceed 49,,
This resolution efectusly dsPoses Of ali ne a
all Others which indvdus Commissioner deem 1t tneir
duty hreseT 10 suggest. and IL clear that no smrhd
psn are likely % be made or evea con
'dcred ule'. they inst NEE TIE rsn o. o'
The fnsl plan Of the Park therefore liked 40 an 81 ana
the resolution the 2h April aud the expression OF
nearly urspimous hs, il should be msde up from 'ne ~
dsssns sre practically nulifed and abandoned A., D.,
Against such conduct the part Of the majority VI ne
have other remedy than to make our protest. aud 70 "
htt be entered on the min utes ,,,- nrrroN
AUGUST BELMONT.
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A. HALL

GREAT FLOOD IN THE sctoro R1vsR.-The SclotO
River Is higher than il has been known for twenty
years. From the high banks skrting the city 10 the
hills on the west al Is vast sea OF swiitrunuing
water with here ana there tree-top seen above the
good 10 remind that roads fences corn fields, and
everything are submerged from ten ~ twenty feet.
This morning, 10 company with several gentlemen,
We took passage upon the steamer Hanging Rock for
tour Of inspection up the mouth Of the Scioto and
scrcss the Bottoms. The boat is A No. |, stern.
wheeler and she had in tow three loaded barge, all
Of which rode corr-felds, fences &C., per.
isct case. The lsrgest navy in the world could now
rde at spchor upon the food covering the 81 Bot
toms from hill to hill. We don't want folks at dis
tsoce 10 corcude that Ports mouth is inuudsted. Tue
cay stands upon high plot OF ground, 40 feet above
I'll p,b 6,0ds Portsmouth Tribune.
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sns yIsiss ,svsr. Of .,s verv f;rs, srtist, whose
serv'ce tae business can n afford lose as slressy
castts sbo.: to fad 0Es els TO 20 into, for,
beng independent msn, they viii cot stand this re-
mo-se.ss, cutting Gown Of sslNies which Ia PAT OF
.ns programme. So il Wi 60 up.il the practical
part Ct tee business i IN tie hands Of lot OF second
al ib.-d rate volkmsn-pco- ceys that vii De glsd
70 bs.sr ,heir services al any p'ica None
.a.sS So AMORKING ENGaAyER.
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THE LATE FIRE IN MONROE STREET.

To ne Edt0, Of he y. Y. Tribssa 49,. ~ A.. AZ an,
k Id you, sepoi p ~ md s5 Mouros 'trss gtS.y
morning last stated that cur M v.rs Insured
oni,s ss,. W. estimate Il al sH ~. 49, .o.ns
2r o.G In addition tsere Wa lam go
Of sIo Oco ce..royed owned BY pefsons VINO ma "
Wal you please h. pIo@osn. .pa may rsi %
tie frs, eport has crested wrons 'T'
nm f.voyable results unless cofeere- pocpps anfrU
Ycurs respectfully "0
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fAdvertisemeat
| retired gentleman

,;n, I'm restored 10 health few Jsys ser many yesss
Gs.i nervous suasnng wiling to s.a others y ssaans
90 :. s crsscpon ussd Direct the ksv. JOSH y DAG
ssIL, No us5 Eulsoast, Rro0byp y L.
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fAdver,isemeutl
Isvr,s CURIOUS CAPRICEs are eIquisitely pof'

80 r, rs,Iots fsnou, drama Of Two Lows AID L.E'
9 bax eh A. minsy ha. been produced VITA hse Dsnr
:,h1s New emery Effects .ad suprre setsa TIE
rsr-sied To Take the hint sooo IrsNef Il" ""
Ttfs~ys /, pr...uted there THIS AFTEaSoos.
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SUICIDE by HAsGISG.-Wm. Iintz, Prussao.
committed suicide at bis boarding No. % Mercer
street. by hanging hmsef by the neck TO clothes ran
in Lis bedroom. He out of buness, and is sup
posed to have been 10 distressed circumstances. He
had been mssDg last Saturday. and is probable
that on that Gay he committed suicide IS bis body, ON
being discovered yesterday partially decomPossd
Coroner Gamble held an inquest upon the body, and
the Jury rendered verdict Of "Sii;ide by hanging"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08

EXCISE CoMMIssIosERs There was no meeting Of
the Board yesterday Mr.. Haske't and the Clerk were
present, but Messrs. Kerr and Holmes were absent.
Mr.. Hsskett after expressing his OPTION that ths
quor-deaers who violated the law last year should ba
sued at once, left the Hail. apparently dissatisfied with
the manner in which the "Act to regulate the sale OF
- Spuituous Liquors ard to suppress Temperance
was canied out.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08

Accidentally DRowSED.-An unkrown man was
accidentally drowned on Monday by falling into The
dock at Fulton Ferry. His body was recovered, and
an inauest will he held upon it To-Day.
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a., x.
By l2N acres improved farm at 6l0..........Sl2n
To flaming mills he on hard S-l,IN
To wheat Dr. (52 cents per bushel).. .ll9
The wheat used and peroeed would much more than meet
boIhood will readily ell S. while improved would resd
" My object has been " figure TO make
something The real profits Of the operation were
fully Rloeo
Tie Potato Discase-A letter from T. Sheldon Of
Gouye,neur, n. Y. read by SoLoS RoBINsoS, states
the opinion of the writer to be that the potato rot ia
caused by the pancture of an insect 10 deposit its
eggs-in fair weather in the vines and In foul wesher
in the tubers; and that it is the virus injected thA
produces decsy. He thinks an application OF SONS
bug-dispeling substance might keep them on, and
suggests whale oil soap.
Mr.. X. thought sulphur better application, and
that it could be had 10 the chespest form in suphate
OF ime-gIound plaster.
Another letter from A. Turner, Port Washington
without any State expresses the opinion OF tn
bug theory Of the disease. He says:
leave. az undeov-abe substance the potato savs
which bsck AID kills the vines and the OF tubrs fol
lows he thinks bug deposits poisonous substance upon
other vegetables injurins them very much for food
Another letter states that person has planted the
bp end of potatoes without an eye and raised good
cropr. Has any body else tfied this experiment
ana also what portion OF all the eyes planted produce
vipesl Do all 7 and is multitude any bstter than
Uo,c 10 make Co,rs gre Dora.-A letter writer
wants TO know If there Ia any way to make csw give
GOV n her milk To which SoLoS RoBISsoN replied
have often hesrd that msu could lead horse to
xster but two could not make him drink. The great
mistake of most people in the management OF horses.
cows and in fact men, is trying to mske them do
things by force instead OF mder means NOV the
beet way To mako COW give down tnat have syer
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08

SrABBIsC ASFRAY-At late hour Sunday night,
an ARRAY took place in porerhouss not far from the
Seventeenth Precinct StationHouse between sailor
named Henry Hall, recently arrived from Calcutta,
md j. N Cumisky Of No. lO2 Leonard street, during
which the latter was badly stabbed in the neck with
shes,h.krife. Hall was apprebended, and has since
teen committed to await the result Of Cumiskys IN
juries The wounded man was taken TO the Hospital.
REAL EsTArE-The following sales Of real estate
were made yesterday at tie Merchants Exchange ~
A J. Bleecker Son & Co.:
Hot. side 47thst I742W Bwsy 26S aud lsxs25 es''es
lot east side Bowpet, Fla:bnsh l. " esch ''' =
lot .au,n ode Clntsn.st Bin gbamton ~ Y.....'''.''
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

A RECKLESS MANA man named Bill Far
was killed on last Christmas day, al Tehama,
California. Bill was n notable character in
his way. The Red Bluffs Beacon says of
him:
Our readers will remember an advertise
ment that appeared in our paper last spring,
stating that Bill Far would fight grizzly
bear, single handed, on the 4th of July, ut
Tehama. Hi, life seemed to be of no con.
sequence to him. We have frequently heard
him remark that he woud as soon be killed
rs not; and on one occasion we actually knew
of his standing mp very coolly, with person
as reckless as himself, each taking a shot at
the others hat at distance Of fifty steps, as
il remained on his head. The result was that
Bills hat was shot through, and small
bunch Of hair cut AWAY, while the skin on
the otherman's cranium was laid bare for
three or four inches by Bills half ounce ball.
Bill was great terror To the Indians, he hav-
ing killed great many 10 his tips., s"a.e sf
whom, as he said himself he shot TO see
them fall
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

A PRIZE ESSAY ON ApvERTisINc.--Mr'
Bonner, of the New York Ledger, whose
enormous advertisements have attrncted so
much attention, has advertised himself into a
fortune. He sends to the New York Times
n note from the tax assessor informing him
that he is rated at 100000. This little note
Mr.. Bonner calls "a prize essay on the bene.
fits of advertising" for to that he attributes
his success, and by that he means to quad
ruple his fortune. He says: at certainly
shows in more forcble manner than any
other document have seen how fortune
can be made in n short space of time, espe-
cialy as my personal estate last year was
assessed only at two thousand dollars. But
have no idea of paying taxes on one hun
dred thousand dollars Of personal property
Rather than contribute" so large an amount
toward the support of the numerous scoun-
drels who pIunder the City Treasury, ] have
concluded to expend it in advertising. But
perhaps, you may say that this will only prove
a temporary relief, as advertising will doubt
less increase Il fourfold, and, instead of being
taxed for one hundred thousand dollars next
year, | may be taxed for four hundred thou
sand,