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The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

scratched his ear, shot up his eyes, an very
slowly sed-I-beg. BY the jumpin jehose-
phat! Buck run em quick, an / tho't no
harm to take another look at old Fill He
fotch low colicky sort of grunt and then
ne blowed. swar the wind come outen his
nose, mouth, eyes an years, an like to put
the lamp out
II lodged, an took peep into Fremount's
hand, an | now swear, that when man is
SIX on big game of seven up, never seed
jist such kelds. lie hilt totber three aces,
bound to be high let what would cum-an
out-an-out President at that Thinks l. O
Lordy, Buck. 0 Lordy, Fillmore! an watch
ed to see what suit was to make the Presi-
dent outen that darned mule eatin Fremount,
when there's nary Dimicrat in hell if he
didn't turn jack jist as easy as eff thar'd been
ttty-two of EN- in the pack, and then only
leaned back and smiled loud fur President
Fillmore reared back outen his cheer,
An tainted as comfortable on the floor as an
old man at quiltin when the kissin begins.
tremount's eyes turned green-the hair on the
back ov his head ris up like the teeth of a
comb, his most-touchus turned up toward
his eyes, he hrayed like mule, an at one
jump kivered old Fill as he lay, and then sot
tn beatin' an chokin' an maulin' ov him like
the devil beatin hominy. This sort of excite
ment fotched the old feller tn; an as soon as
he felt all the hurtin that was gwine on all
over him, inside an out, he sot rite intu fitin'
like an old stud hoss, an thar they had it.
looked at Buck who still hlt the kerds in
his hand, with the jack turned up on top, as
much as to say, Shall part em!' lie shook
his head, an put my hands in my pockets
and kept outer thar way. They fit some by
this time, tell yer--har, wool, fur, an feath-
ers flew, sorter like ginning cotton. Seaward
cut dirt as soon as that artful jack was turn
ed, locked the door on the outside, an went
strate to prar mee:in in Ninth street, wher
l reckon he is yet. Well, thar they fit and
grunted, an every now and then Fremount
would bray like onto mule, an Fillmore
would grunt sumthin about somebody's box
an fusion. Now, if fusion means mxin, they
war fused about as well as two pints of bald
face in a quart flask on hard trottn hoss.
An ov all the darned noises | ever did hear,
they shook that big tavern to the ground.
An | walked all of lather of sweat, an then
iist turned over in the bed an cried like Il
baby.
"What for, Sut?"
Case walked Up afore either hollored an
never will know which whipped. Old
Buck knows, an if ever set eyes on him,
III AK him. Give us another horn old hoss?'
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

A COOP REclrE.-A few days since, a
barber offered a reward OF ten dollars for the
best recipe for "instantly removing superhu.
ous hair" Among the answers was one for
warded by gentleman who speaks from expe-
rience ave give it: "Undertake to Kiss a
a xomaa against her wiz.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

A QUIET PLAcF.-A gentleman praising to
friend town in Mississippi called Woodville,
remarked, among other things, that it was
the most quiet and peaceable place he ever
saw-there WAS no quarrelling or rowdysln,
nor fighting about the streets; if gentleman
insulted another heys quietly shot aowa, ard
,bnt'S me 1Sst or u
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

CELESTIAL SHREwDNEss.-It is asserted
that the Chinese in Australia evade the pay
ment Of $50 tax imposed on them, by taking
out" naturalization papers, which cost only
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

The following atrocity was committed by
an old bachelor in Wisconsin, who is an e1i
tor: Why is bridegroom more expensive
than the bridel Because the bride is always
given away, while the bridegroom is usually
Sold
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

A Steam Paving Machine is in op,ration
in New York, armed with row Of City ram
iners. pounds down the cobble stones as fast
as could be done py Atty men.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

DERFUMERY, of every variety. For sale by
u S'fi 'FNH r. G. HANSON
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03
A Lady S Opinion of Lady's Man.

Mrs Stephens, in her excellent monthly
magazine thus "ptches i'll" against class
OF men which is becoming far too numerous
in this metropolis. Hear what she says:
"Our own private opinion of the Lady's
Man is, that he is throughly contemptible-
a sort Of specimen of the life hardly worth
thinking about, nutshell with the kernel
wthered up-a handful Of foam drifting over
the wine of Life, something altogether un-
pleasant to the fancy but of no earthly use.
A woman Of sense would as soon put to sea
in man-ofwar made of shingles, or take
up her residence in a card-house, as dream of
attaching herself to lady killer.
"Women worth the name are seldom de
ceved into thinking our lady's man the
choicest specimen of his sex. Whatever
their ignorance may be, womanly intuition
must tell them that the men who live for
great objects, and whose spirits are 81 firmly
knit that they are able to encounter the
storms of life-men whose depth and warmth
of feeling resemble the powerful current of a
mighty river, and not the bubbles on its sur
face, who, if they love, are never smitten by
mere beauty of form or fcatures-that these
men are far more worthy even of occupying
their thoughts in idle moments than the fops
and men about town with whose attentions
they amuse themselves. If we were to tell
him this he would only laugh; he has no
pride about him, although full Of vanity; and
it matters not to him what we may broadly
affirm or quietly insinuate.
soft and delicate though he be. he is as
impervious to ridicule as hod carrier, and
as regardless of honest contempt as a city
alderman. Were you to hand him this arti.
Gle, he would take it to some social party
and read it aloud in the most mellihuous
voice as homage to his own atttaction"
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

VARNISHES.-Copa Coach, Japan and Lon
~ don Varnishes Of Superior quality. Also
Faint Brushes Of all kinds. @ II. HAZELL. -
Oct. 10 my. e7 81 s vf ef a9,
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03
Free Love in Ohio.

The Cleveland Herald says, people, other
than tfose daily in contact with this moral
Freelove leprosy at Berlin, little dream of
the foothold gained in Erie county, O. Four
acres on the IIeights-as lovely spot as
nature boasts--is now devoted to the pur-
poses of the association. When the WA
ter Cure was consumed, the fraternity gath
cred in the barn which was temporarily fit
ted up. Since then, various shantees have
been erected, and building is progressing
with such rapidity that five houses have
been erected within four weeks Active
site of the "Wa Cure an institution to
be called Love Cure. Here persons Of both
sexes can come, and finding their affinities,
pair with each other. This is the treatment,
and we proclaim it, disgusting as it is that
the good people of northern Ohio may know
the full extent Of this moral pestilence
Carriages run to and from the Cure to the
depot regularly. and the arrivals and dapar~
lures are of daily occurrence. The associa
ton numbers about thirty, and an accession
is to be made of about forty within the next
six months This association has a paper
called The Age Of Freedom, issued weekly,
and not only sent to such as order it, ut it
is slipped at night under the doors Of the
villagers, and left upon their door sis.
ITs SIze.--Thc possessions Of the Hudson
Bay Company, or the territory of this conti'
nent over which they exercise control, con.
tains an area Of two million five hundred
thousand square miles. How much ia that'
1t is fifteen and half times larger than the
State of California: about thirty eight times
as large as the State Of New York; is nearly
twice as large as the whole thirty-one States
of this Union, and if we omit the Territory Of
Nebraska is as large rs all our States and
Territories combined about one fifth OF
that extent or more than three times the size
Of California is said 10 be Ct for agricql-
ture or rgrazng purposes. SEC. Mercury.
A Steam Paving Machine is in operation
in New York, armed with a row Of City ram
Iners. pounds down the cobble stones as fast
rs c0u,G he done hv Hrtv men
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

EDITORIAL CONVERSATIONS. Aubert, a
French (Louisiana) Editor, was dangerously
wounded in the hip at Fort Adams, Miss,
in duel with brother editor. An incident
in the matter marked the dealings Of the
two principals Perceiving that Mr. Aubort
would be obliged to remain at Fort Adams
for some days, his adversary, Mr.. Superville,
kindly offered to attend to the editing of the
Vigilant until he recovered sufficiently to re-
turn
The Placer herald., 1858-07-03

WHAT HE THINKS OF Ir.-A gentleman
who has resided at Vancouver Island for
several years past, now in this city, expresses
his belief that the Frazer River mines are
Lumbug. lie says there is no gold there ex-
cept upon few bars; and it is to be found
there only in small quantities. The Hudson
Bay Company have for years been aware of
the existence of gold in the localities men
toned, but never thought it to be much ac-
count. s. r. CaW
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01
The lNealher. Crops. &c.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer seems in
good spirit, considering the times. Il
SAYS: The rains are over. The last
weeks sun has changed the "face of ma.
ture" and put smiles on the counte
nance of the farmer. The only crop
that was threatened by the continued
rains was corn. That on high lands is
doing well. That upon low lands is
pretty nearly drowned out, but since
the sun began to shine a large breadth
has been put in which will make up in
part for the drowned. IF the season
should prove ordinary favorable, half a
crop at least will be secured. Wheat,
grass and oats are rank. The pasture
never were in such good condition
COWS, calves, beef, show the effect of
plenty.
The floods of '5S will long be rcmem-
bered as ruinous to certain localities but
upon the whole a blessing to the coun-
try. The earth for many years has
hecn short of its requisite moisture
The streams had become low, the marsh
es and low lands were measurably dried
up, forest trees were feeling the effects
of a long standing drouth, and well dig
gers had remarked a growing dryness
in the earth and the necessity of greater
depth to reach the living water. But
now the earth is satura'ei springs are
bubbling up all over its surface, the
streams arc high, the marshes full
The good effects Of this seeming super
abundance of water will be visible for
years to come.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01
The Past Issue-What Senator
Douglass thinks of the
Kansas Question,


Duripgthe extra session of June 15tl
Judge Douglass took occasion to refe
to Illinois politics, and in the curse o
his remarks gave his opinion of tn,
present state of the Kansas question
He regards it as ga past is ue." Thai
is very true, very significant. So far 4.
the country is concerned it is disposed
of. The decision of the people ofKan.
sas, on the first Monday in August
''must be final and conclusive" no mat.
ter what that decision may be.
AS for future questions of a similar
character, Mr.. Douglass declares his I'M
alterable purpose to stand firmly by and
maintain the recommendation of Presi-
dent Buchanan, in his annual message,
that the example in the Minnesota case,
requiring the constitution to be Sub
ject to the approval and ratification of
the people of the proposed State
should hereafter be followed by Con-
uress as an invariable rule Of Democrat
ic action.
We commend to the Democratic
friends and opponents Ex-senator Doug
lass, his admirable remarks upon this
point, which are found in the Washing
ton States:
"He referred to the Kansas question
as a past issue, and declared every good
citizens should be satisfied with what
ever decision the people of Kansas
should make at the election on the first
Monday in August. The vote at that
election surely must be final and con
elusive upon the question. If the ma
jority of the people shall vote against
its coming into the Union under the
English proposition, there is an end of
the Lccompton Constitution forever; if,
on the other hand, the result of the ell
ection shall be in favor Of its admission,
Kansas will instantly become a State of
the Union. Hence the decision must
be final and conclusive, no matter which
way it may go.
In regard to all future questions in
volving the great principle of popular
sovereignty, Mr.. Douglass declared his
unalterable purpose to stand firmly and
maintain the recommendation of Presi-
dent Buchanan in his annual message,
that the example in the Minnesota case
requiring the constitution to be submit
ted to the people, was a wise one, and
should be followed by Congress in all
future cases, as an invariable rule of
Democratic action. Upon this point he
would stand by Mr.. Buchanan in all
future cases, and thus give full effect to
the great principle Of sclf-governmcnt
asserted in the Nebraska Bill and af
frmed in the Cincinnati Platform
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01
A HEAD
OF
ngMm R9.maST = wAHA.
Completely Preserved
TO THE GREATEST AGE

And who tn t is gray would not have it re-
stored to former color: or bald but would have
the growth restored, or troubled with ddndru1
and itching but would fave it rcmOTcd, or trou.
b!ed with scrufula. scI!d head, or other erup-
ache, (neurIIgia) bat would be cured. 1t will
also remove all p~imples from the f.cc aud skin.
Prof. Woods Hair Restorative will do all tbs.
sec circular and ih2 following
ANN AEBoR, November ), ISIS.
PRGF. O.. J. WooD-Dear Sir: ! have heard
much said OF the wonderful effects OF your Hair
Restorative. bat having been 40 often cheated
By q~"ackrry and quack nostrumS, hair dyes,
&C.. / was di SPoscd to place your Restorative III
the SINE category with the thousand aud one
loudly trumpeted quack remedies, until ! met
voL in Lawrance cOuuty some months since,
when yoI gave me such assurance as induced
the trial OF yoLr Restorative III my tamly--fIrSt
by ms good wife,, who c hair had become very
thin and entirely white and before cNhau sting
one of youp large bottles. her hair was restored
nearly tn its original beautiful brown colo:, and
had tn ckcucd and become beaut full and glossy
upon, and entirely over the heId; she continues
to use it. not simply because of its bcautltying
effects upon the hair. bat because OF its health
ful influence upon the head and mind. Others
OF my ia nily and friends are using your ReSto-
with the happrest effects: therefore my
and doubts in reference TO its char
ncter and value are entirely removed; and l
recommend its use by all who would have their
hai r restored from white or gra V (by reason of
sickness or age.) TO original color ard beauty,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01

IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-In one of
our Ohio exchanges the following no
tice is made of a very important judi
cial decision:
At the recent term of the Court of
Common Pleas for Columbiana County,
Ohio, Judge Potter held that when the
parties residing in Ohio are incapable
of contracting marriage, one of them
being a minor, and the consent of the
parent being withheld, and the parties,
to evado the laws of the State, proceed
to an adjoining State, and there enter
into the marriage contract, and then re-
turn to their former domicil, the Court
will net interfere to set aside a contract
SO made in express violation of laws of
this State.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01

The Albany On. v Argus, in noting
the ovations received by Messrs. Crit
tenden and other members of Congress
on their way home from Washington,
wants to know what has become of the
great Anti-slavcry leader, Senator Sew
ard. 1t asks:
"But, what has become of the Sena-
tor from New York? What honors are
decrced him? Where are the popular
demonstrations Of approval? What
constituency turns out to say, We'll
done, thou good and faithful servant?'-
Where are the Populations from the
cities? Where the political committees?
This is the turning point in the destiny
of Mr.. Seward, whence then this apathy
Of his friends? Are they so intent on
their own affairs as to forget his?
awe have no right to interfere in
matters purely domestic; but it strikes
US that Mr.. Seward is as much entitled
to whatever honors are to be divided
among the routed, bafied and defeated
leaders in Congress as any; and that it
is the fault of his own friends that he is
suffered thus to make his way home in
silence and obscurity."
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01
Crop

The amount of sugar destroyed by
the %inundation in Louisiana is estimat.
ed at, $4,000 hogshcads-worth $4,000
900. The cotton destroyed by the
overflow on the banks of the Mississip.
pi, it is said, will be 100000 worth
probably $4,000, 900. In the Wabash
Valley, as represented by the Evans,
vile journal" the losses by the far
mcrs and property owners will certain
ly be as heavy. The New York Herald
estimates the entire loss in the North
western States by the food at S25 900,
900. OF course it is only gucss-work
but we believe it will not be short OF
that mount The same paper, how
ever, thinks there will be some compen-
sation for the loss in the South, as the
immense deposits of alluvium upon the
plantations will greatly enhance their
fertility for Il number of years. Anoth-
err consideration should not be overlook
cd. The falling off in the years pro-
duction in western cereals will very
nearly be made up by the increased
market value which the Old crop will
command. which are unusually heavy
in the hands of farmers.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01
THE wORLD AMAZED.
ALL NATIONS

The shallow ~provcrb, "Familiarity
breeds contcmpt," has a very limited ap.
plication. Familiarity with that which
is admirable, useful and beneficient
breeds respect, gratitude and enthusi-
ism. 1t has been thus with HoLLo-
WAYS inestimable Pills. The more
thoroughly VIC become acquainted with
their wonderful properties, the more we
see Of their opperation in the most des-
peratc cases, the more deeply sensible
do we become of the value of humanity
of a medical discovcrer like professor
HOLLOWAY. In this country where
We are quick to perceive and prompt to
ad nit the claims OF greatness in every
department Of art or science, his popu-
larity is boundlcss, and the demand for
remidies might be called i .turOre, if it
were not founded on the solid basis of
experience. In the seasons when dys.
EMERY and diarrGa prevail, the popula-
ton of whole districts in the South and
West refuse to take any other roper
atoms than the Pills. The resident
p ysician demonstrate with them in
vain. 1t is useless to tell the sick, who
are daily recovering strength. appetite.
health and chccrfulness, by the use of
this omuipotent medicine. that it is an
empirical invention. Their every or
gan, muscle, nerve and fibre, unite in
giving the lie to the assertion. 1t is
the same with dyspepsia, liver com
plant, and in fact all internal maladics,
without exception.
Under such circumstances, can it be
-..,u .l,1 A. 800 e II 1Io...
endeared to the American people,
Many maladies deemed incurable be-
fore the introduction of the Pills, now
create neither fear nor anxiety. 1t is
generally understood that the subjuga-
ton of these complaints by a course of
the medicine is an easy task; that the
sufferer who relies on any other prcpar-
alton, patent or prescribed, is literally
scrambling for life in the dark; and
he or she who perishcs under TIE
false treatmentof the faculty, dies as
the foolaicth.'
We do not stand alone in our appre-
of the vitalizing and restorative
of the Pills. Almost every
exchange paper we open contains some
lnccdote of their triumphs over disease,
Or of the uplifting OF some debllItated
hopeless invalid from the lowest
of physical weakness and mental
dependency, by their aid. No other
advertised me l~icincs have ever com-
such cncomiums from the med
cal, religious, political and Independent
press as Holloway remedies. Papers
nd periodicals too .friyi{ty aristocratic
ven to publish the advertisements of the
nostrums Of the day, have
arncstly commended the Pills to the
on6dence of the afflicted. Nothing but
reat facts, too widely known to be dis
,uted, could have forced the &C redited
rgans Of the faculty to bow to this
innoyator, the Caesar OF the
'orlG Of medicine, and his peerless cara
But even these have succEmbea.
ruth can no more be arrested i'll its
curse than the lightnings Of heaven
Y. S.mHay " .ucrcmy."
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01

LANE, THE MURDERER.-The Leav-
enworth (Kansas) Ledger, of the 21st.
talks thus of the desperate murder case
Of that notorious character:
The evidence adduccd on the part OF
the prosecution, so far from generating
Gen. Lane from culpability, places him
in a position far worse than we at first
supposed him to occupy in the affair."
The whole tenor of the testimony goes
to show that the homicide was not com
mitted in the heat of passion, under the
impulse fthe moment, but that it was
the settled design of Lane to kill Jcn-
kins should he ever trcsspass upon the
property which he (Lanc) claimed.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-01
prebIe County Derluttui
l.. G. GOULD, Editor.
EATON, O., JULY 1, 1885.
The Fourth of July.

The Fourth of July marks nj com
mon event in the pathway of Time
The demonstrations almost everywher,
visible illustrate the most remarkable
era in the history of man. On this day
not only was n nation born, but tho
great problem was solved that mans
destiny was something more than ODE
dience. The grandcst step in the march
of progress, the prouiest monument OF
mind, the most sublime spectacle earth
ever witnessed, mark this day of all
others in the calendar of Time. 1t has
the assertion of mans natural, moral
and political rights-his capability not
only of governing others, but the far
more difficult task of governing himself.
It is a useful lesson to revert to the
period when, existing by the various
charters received from the hands OF roy
atty, and operated by diverse interests,
and distinguished by separate organiza-
tions. our fathers united in one grand
and holy enterprise, little dreaming of
the immense result which was to sever
all former ties and inaugurate the grea-
test nation in the annals of the world.
Apprehensive of their own weakness,
and conscious of the comparative i'm
mensity of the resources of their adver-
sary, they cautiously surveyed the flu
ture with a careful examination of the
past, and, upon mature elaboration
and calm consideration, threw off the
yoke of the maternal government and
proclaimed themselves free and indie
pendent. The wars between Franco
and England, in which the colonies
were at all times interested, induced a
habit of operating in concert, and no
doubt were the primary cause of the
united action which enlisted them in
the momentous achievement commemo-
rated by the magnificent display aboun-
ding oil this day throughout the length
and breadth of the land.
The story of the causes which led to
the SeN0TdHCe VI IHc Tics WHICH UOUuu
the colonies to Great Britain, the ardu-
Gus struggle of the Revolution, and the
alterations of hope and dependency,
the patriotic devotion of our own pco-
pie, and the disintercstcd assistance of
generous allies, have been the theme Of
eloquence and song, and will be told
this day with stirring appeals to every
spark that CLOVIS in the American heart,
from pulpit and from rostrum, beneath
groined arches or out under the canopy
of the great dome where God has fixed
his everlasting stars. Far away in for
eign lands, where the adventurous spir-
it of trade has urged him, or the 'spomp
and circumstance of glorious war" has
impelled his footsteps, to serve under
another flag, the American feels his
heart glow with enthusiasm on the re-
of this day. His thoughts are
at home, where well-remembcrcd faces
are radiant with smiles of joy and voices
are glad with graduation. He proudly
unfnrls the Star spangled Banner, and
on its graceful folds, offers a
libation to America now and
America forever"