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, 1858-05-28
Republicans Take Notice

Il Of rhnrston County W. t. hereby give notice to
the several precincts OF said county that they re-
specially call a
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,
, 1858-05-28
All Work Warranted for one Year
PAPER HANGINGS
GAKRFEES


GA AEREHHSa
TUST RECEIVED--Perlat late arrivals, by TlRAIglE
.J l8AlEl8IE, 40 and liz Clay street, San Fran
cisco
500 cases Paper Hangings, French and Ameri-
can--eyery variety;
COCO rolls VI FTench and American BordeB;
800 ps. Tapestry Velvet Carpet;
625 ps Tapestry Brussels Carpet;
$50 ps Three-Ply Caepet:
800 pa. Supetfne Ingram Carpet;
$50 ps Extra Fine Ingrain Carpets;
200 ps. Cotton and Wool Carpets;
las ps. Stair Carpets, assorted;
275 ps Bay state Druggets;
800 ps. Oil Cloth assorted;
las ps silk Damask and Brocatelle;
500 ps. Cotton and Worstcd DamAsk;
1000 pair Window Shades;
375 pair Lace Curtains;
$50 pair Muslin Curtains;
s000 Cornices and Curtain Bands;
32j Mats assorted;
Stair Rods. Table Covers, Glmps, Fnnges,
&c, Wholesale and Retail, by
FRANK BAKER.
no & liz, Clay STRAIT, San FraneisoO.
March 5th, 1858. nl5-3m.
RsN. B. Orders from the country 1lled with
care and dispatch. =. B.
, 1858-05-28
WHOLESALE
Y Retail. rs

CARsAPARII.LA- -sand's, fosnsendis, CuerollR
- Yellow Dock, and 0nrnsnbeFEis sarsaparilla, for
sale at the PUGET SOUND DRUG STORE.
, 1858-05-28
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.

The friends Of RICHARD LANE nominate him as
candidate for County Auditor of Thurston county,
subject to the decision Of the Democratic County Con
ventiOn. 'A
MrsLANE Is gentleman Of sterling integrity and
eminently qualified To perform the duties of the Office
, 1858-05-28
FOR SHERIFF.

We are authorized 10 announce our old friend and
faithful citizen WHITFIELD KIRTLEY, as can
ddate for Sheriff Of Thurston county, subject to the
decision of the Democratic County Convention. Mr..
Krtley is ofthe pioneers Of our county, aud will
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-01-22
H, SOUTH cARoIIN FRIDAY MORNING JANUARH2

after libera ted him, and transported him
to their own home, where he was handed
over to the nursing of the mother and her
maiden daughter.
But he who has stolen will steal again.
In the peasants house there were only two
things to steal; for the money he had
brought from La Poteric did not belong to
him. These two things were his horse and
his daughter, a fair haired girl sixteen years
Of age. The exhung criminal determined
to steal both for he coveted the horse, and
was smittcn with passion for the daughter.
One night, therefore, he saddlcd the hoise
put on spurs in order to travel more quick
y, and seized the girl as shewas fast asleep
aoscarry her off behind him.
But the girl woke up and cried for help.
The father and son came to the rescue.
The thief tried to escape, but it was too late.
The daughter told them of the violent at
tempt that had been made and her father
and brother seeing clearly that no repen-
t'"''o was " oe eApecleu Hohi Such 'h""
resolved to take justice into their own hands
but more effectually than the Scigneur La
Piroche had done. They fastened the scoun-
'irel to the horse which he had saddled him
self, conducted him to the square Of La Pi-
roche, and hung him exactly where he was
hung before but they took care to remove
the hemlet and lay it on the ground, tc
make sure that tc should not escape this
time and then they quietly returned home
As TO the Scigneur Of La Pirochc, since
he was in possession of a sure and certain
talsman, he joyfulIy set out for the wars
where he was the very first to get knocked
on the head.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-01-22
WHOLE MUM BER 246

400 con- ntenplib blss, to, be snoti6ed.. The
Saints first assa6kssl I'm N:
y; then moved to the #estss of
Missouri. Driven from this latter 3
they settled at Nauvoo, in Illinois, wiieqeG
they soon made themselves offensive to
their neighbors, and finally aroused All op-
position which ended in the death of Smith
and Rigdon and new exile. At last they
fixed upon Salt Lake, in the remote and
then unknown West, wherethcy hoped to
live apart from the "Gentilcs," as they call
us. at Sault Lake they have accumulated
IN numbers to an extraordinary extent, most
OF their accessions being from abroad, in
cluding English, Welsh, Danes, and others.
They are hardy industrious people, alb
solutely blind to everything but Mormonsm, ;.
to which they are fanaticalIy devoted, un-
der their recognized prophet Brigham.
Young, whose word is, to them tic word
Of God.
Brigham Young now raised the standard
OF rebellion against the United States, and
we are about to enter upon war which is
likely to attract the notice Of the civilized
world, and possibly may cost much life and
treasure: and then, and not till then, will
the end be known.
1t is not generally known, and vet it's
true, that Mormons are scattered though
| out most of our northern ,;,;,s Tbo,, oro
counted by hundreds in this very city, Of St.
Louis, though they keep very still, and are
often employed for whole months without
their employers knowing who they are.
In our country we can have nothing to-
do, governmentaly, with the mormon
faith or religion. The question is pucly
one Of civil policy, and it is hoped that
the government will vindicato the cause
Of civilization. as it is bound to maintain its
civil supremacy.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-01-22
A0LUME 5---NO. SO,
RATES or ADvERT1sINc

Inc Propretors Of the Abbeville Banner and
itndependcnt Press, have established the follow.
ing rates of Advertising to be charged in both
:, Every Advertisement inserted for less time
snan three months will be charged by the in
eetuon at one Dollar per Square, Ut inch
-the space of IL solid lines or less for the first
insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subse-
4uent Insertion.
GB The Commissioners, Sheriff's, Clerks
and Ordinnry's Advertisements will be inserted
IN both papers, each charging half price.
gY Sheriff's Levies, One Dollar each.
eB- Announcingn Candidate, Five Dol
lars
Advertising an Estray, Two Dollars,
to be paid by the Magistrate.
Advertisements inserted for three months, or
Longer, at the following rates:
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-01-22
Flair Specifics.


The number Of hair specifics which are
now vendcd under the astounding names of
"Waphcne," "Tricophcrous," &c, is really
wonderful. If is professed for them that
they restore the hair, touring baldncss,) pre-
vent it falling out, gave i beautifully soft
and glossy appearance, and either Kill or
cnre all the ills that hair sis heir to- Judg-
ing from the number of establishments
where such articles are manufactured, the
quantity sold must be prodigous from the
prices at which they are sold, the profits
arising from them cannot be small. That
some of these lotions are good in their way ,
there can be no. room to doubt; but the
merits of the best are greatly exaggerated by
by those who sell them. We will give ,
few recipes for making such specifics, so
that those Of our readers who wish to use
them can make the preparations themselves.
No. Take can de cologne, two
ounces; tincture of captharides, hall. an
ounce; and add twenty drops Of lavender
No. 7.-Take vinegar of cantharides;
half an ounce eau de cologne and rose
water, each half an ounce.
No. 8. Take an ounce Of casor oil, mix it
thoroughly with a pint of alcohol, and add
half an ounce Of the tincture Of cantharides.
No 4. Sulphuric either one ounce, tine /
ture Of ofcantharides one GU nee, oil one ounce, !,
alcohol one pint.
These four recipes are sufficient. TheF
first two are from the work Of Erasmus
Wilson, F. r. S.. the author of an able
treatise on cptaneous diseases The last two
recipes are followed 10y persons who manu--s..
facure the article for sale, and are .betterS.;
than the first two ! they are capable Of mak:.
ing excellent Tricophsrons, both for. keer =;
ing the heal clean, preventing. the hair,fals
ling out, and, 10 some eases, cnrihg partial;
badness. Tn using them, stlie head should; :
be brushed smartly with ahard hair.brusb,
the lotion then applied with a piece Of fspo1s;
&c, the head brushed again J, and assilksss
nightcap put on. Tie best period to apply
tits just before going 70 bed ,;bntit may alsos
be used at anytime ofdheFday. p ~ ssssS
The philosophy ofeachf hair specifies cons,,55
sists in considering decay finsthss sofs5 81
.hairto be due to an absence 81 aos,
ton in; the nerves $of the sseafp. Tie tipcs
'ture Of cantbarides3 3excitess actions Ills tGsss
nerves, and its Office istos restore yiacf to
T.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-01-22

Fractions Of Squares will be charged in pro-
!porticn to the above rates
GB Business Cards for the term of one
year, will he charged in proportion to the
space they occupy, at Orc Dollar per line
space.
cY- For all advertisements set in So451e coh
ANN, Fifty per Cent extra will be added to the
above rates.
DAVIS d CREWS,
For Banner;
LEE t. WILSON
For Press
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-01-22
FOR TIE ISDEPESDEST PRESS.
Patience a Tale.


Taken from an old newspaper called the Sun,
printed in England in the year 1895:
Twns at some country place parson preaching,
The virtue Of long sutferance was teaching;
And so patheticnlly did exhort.
Ills wondering congregation and in short,
Discoursed so much OF job ard how he bore,
With such exceeding pleasantly his woes,
Faith twas enough to nuke man suppose
job wished for more
Meaning perhaps that since It's plain,
How needlessly we grieve at pain.
How would it be, if man.
Pursued different plan,
And were to laugh and treat the matter lightly
Aud not when tortured with the gout
To make wry faces roar and shout
But look agreeable and sprighty.
And pray dye think my dearest life,
Exclaimed the parsons wife,
As after church they sat,
, In courteous chat
"That it is in human nature TO endure,
The sad extremity of wo,
That job you say did undergo,
"'Tis more than could do I'm sure
MY dear quoth he, this dlthdence,
Shows let me tell you great good senses
talent i'll your sex we seldom see,
And doubtless the remark is true,
AS far it is extended to You
Though not. think TO me-
mo woman, since the world began,
Could bear misfortune. like man.
Aud in good truth 'twXt you aud me,
And that without much vanity,
l do conceive, l myself have shown
That patience, and that strength of mind
We're not entirely confined,
To Job alone.
Thus said the modest Priest, and would have
said much more,
But for the sudden op'ning Of tn. door,
When out Of breath, in stumps
His clownish servant Numps
With mouth wide open the parson gazing,
Just like the wight,
Who drew old Priam's curtain in the night,
To tell him Troy was blazing
Well Mum ps the matter speak, why look so
pale,
Has any thing gone wrong, qnoth Numps
the ale,
What cries the Priest. "the ale gone sour"
(And then his phiz began to bower)
Turned sour, no master no. replied the fellow,
But just now as went, dye see
To tilt the cask away rolI'd he.
Aud oil the liquor split about the cellar.
The fact was Numrs a cask of ale had STAYED,
Now pry'thee tell me how the Priest behav'd,
Did he pull off his wig or tear his hair,
Or like that silly fellow Job.
Throw ashes on his.hea or rend his robe,
Say how did he this dire misfortune bear,
As thus in voice Of pious resignation,
He to his man, addressed this niild oration, =
May Cd confound thee thou,d tupid
/ Bear.
{ghesbestsof Priests you know will sometime cs
9sSear) So
That you must meddle, must you,
With the barrl, and be curstat yei ~ =.
/ wish thy, paws were in the fre.-odd rot EN-
Get t,ee down stairs, this instant wretch, ~
Or by the living I'D I'll kick thy breeoh. .
From top TO bottom,
s"Nay now my dearsse. cried the Dame, -
Is this your patienss;ti tie for shame,
7 beg you'll recollect your ts1t. : srs
Job was not half 50 vsx't ~ Z. 81. &
When he'd, his sons and daugbt srs. 70 :bswail;
D5A p Ell bissops md daagh ghters, you chaoss,
| Answer this NY Job 80 loss ss;;.
bssrsr saehs als Z
b pns husdisa psiiIi iiiaps .sol eSSa anausii;
iE sSsss saS sssesaSs 81 ssss " 3 & ss
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what has happened!"
mo but will inquire directly"
81 can tell you u
"Wlat is it then ~
"a miracle!n'
Really 2"
"The man who was hanged"--
"Well? 2"
as there"
"Where?"
"On the gallows."
"Hanging?"
"fes, monseigneur."
"Witll his armor."
"With your armor."
Exactly so because it belongs to me.
And is he dead?"
"Pcrlectly dead. Only"--
"Only what?"
"iIad he spurs on when he was hanged ~
"No."
"Well, nseigneur, be has spurs on now
and instead Of wearing the hemlct on his
head, he carefully laid it at the foot Of the
gallows, SO as to be found hanging uncove-
red"
"Let us 60 and see, Messire Chaplain :;
ct us 60 and see at once.'
The Seigneur Of LA Proche ran in to the
square, which was crowded with inquisitive
spectators. The neck Of the hanged man
was replaced in the running moose, the budy
was really at the end of the rope, and the
armor was really on the body. 1t was pro-
digious. So they shouted. "a miracle!"
"He has repented," said one, " and has
come back to re hang himself"
"IIe has been there all the time" said
another" ,"only we could not see him."
"But why has he put on spurs?" inquired
third.
"Doubtless because he has como from a
distance, and was anxious to get back
quick"
"For my part, whether far or near,
should have no occasion whatever for spurs,
because would have taken good care to
remain where I was.''
And then they laughed, and then they
looked a. the ugly grimace on the dead
mans countenance.
AS for the Seigneur of La Piroche, his
only thought was to make sure that the
thief was really dead, and to take possession
Of his suit of armor. They took down the
body and stripped it, and then, when strip
ped, they hung it up again, and the crows
set 10 work with such effect that in coup.
lie Of daysi It was stripped to the bone, and
in week it was like a tatter-demaIion. in
fortnight it had the appearance of a moth
ing At all.
Eventually the mystery was explained. It
appeared that two peasants, returning home
by night, and passing close to the gibbet,
heard moans, gaspings, and something like
a prayer that they devoutly crossed them.
selves, and asked what it could be; that
nobody replied, but that the moans con.
tinued. appearing to come from the body
that was hanging overhead. They then
took the ladder, which the bangman had
left at the foot Of the gibbet, set it against
the arm ofthe gallows, and the son, noun
ting rs far as where the Grim inal hung. said
to him, SIS it you who are making these
complaints my poor fellow?"
The condemned man, collecting ~all bis
strength, answered, sYes." -
"Youare still alive. theni !" -
"Yes." - ~
"Do you repent. Of yohr crime I" !. ;,
Yes." 80. ~ t.,g{ - -,
"Then I will setabout untying you;, and,
as the Gospel commands US tofsuccor those
who suffer, andswho even cause us 70 suffer,
Isvillsuccor yon, and Testore you - life,
tba. i may lssl yoa unto COED !. R B
THslatBerI and the son unfastsned 3the
t,dyiae maj. sna eenprsb bssdsdi II! hov Z, shap
Epsns dsihat ,hs still anryiysas q The tope ins sl
Estsssd 81 conprsssssiug 6s thsstbjsf,
tpfss shs66tto | S lI w ID such ,
I ! ! !
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10

MILITARY EDIToRs.--ln looking over the list OF
editors with military titles, are stricken with
panic at the prevalence Of war. We have, not
counting closely, General Dosh, of the Courier,
Colonel CrOssette, of the Record, Colonel Law
renee, of the Vide West, Colonel Warren, of the
Farmer, General George Washington Rinebart,
of the Sacramento Union, and Colonel Rust of
the State Journal-a blood stained phalanx, rel
lets of 'buidie battel bristling in silver and
steel. Where, do the public suppose, have they
buried their dead and how many widdersanor-
fans have they made to wall at midnight on the
field of carnage? Have they considered how
these sanguinary men, hanging on the small eend
of the great Archimedian lever Of the press, may
squeeze our government into an eternal smash of
military despotism. We are alarmed at the in
crease of the army with uplifted hands we i'm
plore the people Of this State to be informed of
the solemn truth that Generals, Colonels, Majors
and Captains outnumber the jackass rabbits of
this commonwealth, and that every stone thrown
in pile of rubbish starts out at least Colonel.
Look to it Naked rebellion, with bis torch and
big butcher knife, will be out, all flaming with
internal fire, if cheek be not put on this mill
tary propagation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10

SANCTITY OF THE DEAD PLAcE.-Several citi-
zeDs who have friends in the the Weaverville
burying-place, feel outraged by the heathenish
practices of the Chnamen-particularly by the
murderous row of last Sunday. They should be
made to select some other place for their dead,
and if in the observance of their national rites
they find ii necessary to fight, they should be re-
quired to remove the remains of their people al
ready there 1t ia certainly narrowing to the
refined feelings of any one who treads slowly and
softly over the dust of relative or friend, to
have the place desecrated by yellow heathens.
trampling over new-made graves, and fighting
and numbering each other in Gods Acre. which
every Christian is taught to respect whether it
contain the dust of friend or foe. We have no
friend buried there, or it would i'll I-betide the
Chinaman who violated the sanctty of his or her
tleeping place.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10

KANsAs.-The capital has been removed from
Lecompton to Minneoa-a large town of 1000
acres but no houses. Gov. Denver vetoed the bill,
but the Legislature passed it by two-thirds vote.
The troops in Kansas are to be sent to Utah
Land near Leavenworth is valued at from S12 to
$50 an acre. The city has population Of 5000,
and it is said that not dozen of them sanction
the Lecompton Constitution. Eight hundred
men are enrolled in Lawrence, and the people
held the largest meeting ever held in the Terri
tory, to consider the Presidents Message. They
say they will stand shoulder to shoulder in re-
sstance of the frauds of the January election A
witness before the Lawrence investigating COM
mittee, stated that he was at The polls all day on
the 4th of January, and a man named Bailey was
the last, who voted at nine o'clock in the even
ing. Bailey's name is numbered one hundred and
sixty. The Judge of Election said that Bailey
was the last man who voted and that be closed
the polls at that time. The whole number of
votes in the Shawnee returns, as found by the
committee in the candle box, vas over nine hun
dred. Godfrey, the Clerk, was called in before
the committee, and swoFe that be took the returns
to Westport, and that in room belonging to
Colonel Boone, in which sat that gentleman, Mr..
Dsnforth, member of the Convention, a son of
the Reverend Tom Johnson, and one or two 9TH
ers, and that he sat down and wrote, while Young,
johnson, DanfOrth and Boone read from some
papers-probably an old poll-book-a number of
names until the list reached the number above.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10

THE WIDE WEST is by all odds the handsomest
paper on this coast. Under the new editor, Mr.
Lawrence, it has frightened up amazingly. The
only thing wanted is something Searching to
work off Czapkay' bawdy advertisement. A lit.
tie chloride of lime for the Doctor and all
right We are surprised that respectable papers
particularly those designing literary refinement,
should thrust under the noses of women and
children, week after week, the vile language of
quacks which is too abominable to be read aloud
The very particulars Of a rottiug Magdalne hos
pital could not be more disgusting and corrupt
ing to the young.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10
So lenrifffcs which Broke I'D i'm a Row.

There are two tribes of Cinnamon here-a big
party Of Sam Yup and little party of Yung
Wo's fliey are very bad friends and about once
a year have a fght. Last Sunday morning both
went to feed their dead, separately, with roast
pigs, and other celestial diet, with the under
standing that If the defunct failed to get up to
breakfast, the living should dispose Of it by a
grand feast The Yung Wo's started up with
gong, which was a signal that they were prepared
for fight, and at the graveyard, the Sam Yup's,
having concluded their ceremonies and started
back, the other party commenced reviling and
throwing stones at them. This provoked shoot
ing and running fight, which continued several
minutes with prodigious deal of yelling, but
not much blood. The last Sam Yup remaining
at the graveyard was stabbed with big knife,
which several Americans seeing, pursued the as
sassin and his abettors, running them down, cap
turing and taking them to Jail. The Cinnamon
did some beautiful running, but American bot
tom 'tuckered' them out q mile or so up East
Weaver creek. One laundering John fell into q
ditch and bad his head chopped all to pieces by
his enemies Of the other party. On the road from
Weaverville to Faggtown a great number of
shots were fired by the bellgerent parties with.
out any effect except frightening families who
lived in the neighborhood. The fight was finally
stopped by the interference of Americans, who
! took away their arms. When the captives we're
brought into town, their enemies essayed to take
them from their American captors, intending
summary vengeance one bold fellow stood with
a cooked pistol close to his face without finch
ing.
But the funniest part of all the fray was else
where. The Sam Yups had prevailed on Mr..
Comstock to haul their fixtures to the graveyard
and back. Returning, the Sam Yup leader got
in the wagon. When the row began the others
tried to shoot him ; the firing and yelling scared
the horse, who ran down the hill, pitching All
You into the horses heels and under the wagon
wheel Mr.. Comstock went back off the seat, los
ing bis hat, but holding on to the rens the chick
en- fixens' flying from the wagon in all directions.
Fortunately there was no overturn, and arriving
at the corral Mr.. Comstock discovered that in
stead of sitting on the dead pig be sat on live
Chinaman who had slowed himself away at the
commencement of the row. Afterwards the ply
sician ascertained that the Chnaman stabbed
was not much hurt, but the one in the ditch was
nearly demolished, and will probably die
In the afternoon meeting was held, at which
it was resolved to move the Chinese population
out of town, but the resolution was not executed.
Their next disturbance will probably occasion a
very precipitate emigration, as their random
shooting endangcrs more valuable lives Taken
altogether, it was a most ludcrous rumpus
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10

FALLEN From GRAcE.-Sniktaw says that the
Siskiyou man who short time ago could "read
his title clear to mansions in the SKIES" got so
drunk that he couldn't read A c, in the biggest
kind of capitals; moreover, didn't know war.
ranty deed from writ of ejectment. Another
wanted the Lord to " take him up on high" and
because it wasn't done, right of, got "high"
without any assistance from the Lord, whatever.
Others, who implored to be taken among saints
and angels in Heaven, went down among fallen
angels of earth. A dabolicsl devil will fly away
with " Sniktaw," yet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-10
tary propagation

The editor of the Placer Press has been pre-
sented with free pass over turnpike road =
His wife lives at the other end, and be finds it
necessary to go to see her four times q week.
The company understanding his difficulty, let
him go free. We once knew Missouri darkey
the other side of creek not fordable, and the
colored one couldn't swim but he got over the
difficulty by putting big iron pot on his head
and walked over on the bottom-showing that
two souls with but a single thought are not to
be kept apart by little obstacles.