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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-18

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Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18
Success ef che steam Plovv.

The State Board Of Agriculture Of II
linois, offered premium Of $4,000 for .
steam plow. It was expected that three
different inventions would be exhibited
and tasted at the State Fair, but only one
vas on the ground. That was Fawks's
locomotive steam plow, from Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. WHICH excited great interest
among The prairie farmers, and performed
well. The machine and apparatus, with
fuel and water, weigh only seven tons, and
BY the use ,of . dram or bArrel-shaped
driver. for propelling the locomotive, the
di6culty Of miring on soft soil and alp.
ping on hard, smooth ground il overcome.
The steam pillow 10 easily managed, aud is
described - , locomotive and tender,
combining the essential elements Of both,
mounted on Two guiding wheels and :
huge roller. The prairie ground on which
it vas tried was baked a. hard nearly ~
brick, but the engine turned six furrows
side by side in the most workman-like
manner. Tho excitement Of the crowd
was beyond control, and their shouts and
wild huzzas echoed far over the prairis.-
PHI. Ledger. -.s-
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

The following ludicrous scene took place
in New York Marine Court, between
two members Of the bsr, the one rather
fat, and the other rather small:
Brother Fat Ito the Cours)-"I don't
care what Mr.. - says; hs i only .
musquito, and l don't mind the sting"
Brother Sloall-"I beg your pardon. Mr.
-; but il is fact in natural history that
mosquitoes never sting hogs"
Brother Fat-"Is it 90, Mr.? Then
you had better inform your acquaiutances
Of it; they'll be glad to hear Of it."
Broshee Small" Allow me then, Mr..
-, to communists the fact to you,
among the first
Here the Court, amid . roar Of laughter
called the gentlemen to order.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~. An old gentleman says that hs il
the last man in the world that would ty>
ranizs over his daughters affections. So
loag - she marries the man of his choice,
he don't,sare who she loves.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ A poor widow was asked how she
became SO much attached to . certain
neighbor, and replied that she was bound
to him BY several cords Of wood which he
bad sent her during very hard wintsr.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

- We once heard Of Kentuckian.
whose amszing strength was attended with
very fatal consequences. He was cutting
. slice OF bread aud butter, when the knife
slipped, and cut himself IN half and two
men behind him,
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

What splendid paragraph h ths fol.
lowing from the Aotocrat Of the Breakfast
Table in the Atlantic Nonthly. Read it
twice, il y"p don't "gst the sense Of it."
Read il twice any way. It viii pay:
IL don't know anything sweeter than
this leaking in Of nature through I'll the
cracks in the walls and floors Of the cities.
You heap up million tons Of hewn rock
ON . square mile or two Of earth which
was green sncs. The trees look down
from the hill side and ask each other -
they stand on tiptoe-" What are these
people about I" And the ANAL herbs st
their feet look up and whisper back, We
will 60 and see.' So the small herbs pack
themselves up in the smallest bundles. and
wait until the wind steals to them st night
and whispers,-Come with me. then they
60 softly with it into the great city,-one
to cleft in the pavement, one ~ sprout
on the roof, one to . seam in the marble
over rich gentlemsn's bones, and oss to
the grave without stone whore nothing
but man is buried,-and there they grow,
looking down on the generations0of men
from mouldy roofs. looking up from be.
meath the less trodden pavsments, looking
up through iron cemetery ratings. Listen
to them, when there is enly light breath
stirring, aud you will hear them say to each
other,-'Wait awhile The words run
along the telegraph Of those narrow green
lines that border the roads leading from
the city until they reach the slope Of the
hills, and the trees repeat to each other,-
Wait while By and by the flower of
life in the street ebbs. and the old leafy in.
hsbitants-the smaller tribes always in
front-saunter in one by one, very careless
seemingly, but very tenacious, until they
swarm 90 that the great stones cape from
each other with the crowding of their roots
and the feld-spar begins to bs picked out
Of the granite to find them food. At last
the trees take up their solemn line of march
and never rest until they have encamped
in the market place. Wait long enough
and you will find an old doting oak hugg.
ing huge worn block in its yellow under
ground arms; that was the corner stone Of
the state house. Oh, 90 patient she is,
this imperturable nature"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~"The only liberty cap" says q
clever and witty author, "is night cap.
In il men visit, one.tAird Of their lives,
the land Of sleep-the only land where
they are always free and equal"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

Here 10 whole volume con csrning the
customs, manner aud habits of the Turks,
contained in . single paragraph: "The
Turks abhor the hat: but uncovering the
head, which, with "s, is An expression Of
respect, is considered BY them disrespect.
fnl and indecent; no offence is given by
keeping on . hat in a mosque, but shoes
must be left on the threshold; the slipper
and not the turban must be removed in to.
ken Of respect. The Turks turn in their
toes; they write from right to left: they
mount on the right side Of the horse; they
follow their guests into room, and pre-
cede them on leaving it; the left hand 10
the place Of honor ; they do the honors Of
. table by serving themselves FIRST; they
are great smokers and coffee drinkers: they
take the wall and walk hastily in token Of
respect; they beckon by throwing back the
hand, instead Of throwing it toward them;
they CIV. the hair from the head; they re-
move it from the body, but leave it on the
chin; they sleep in their clothes; they look
upon beheadiag IS more disgraceful pun
ishment than stransling; they deem our
short and close dresses indecent; our sha-
ven chins mark ofeffeminacy and servi-
tude; they resent an inquiry after their
wives as an insult; they commeuce their
wooden houses at the top. and their up
per apartments are frequently finished be
fore the lower ones are closed in; they es
chew pork IS IN abomination; they regard
dancing a. . theatrical performance, only
to be looked A. and not mingled in except
BY slaves; their mourning habit is white;
their sacred color green; their Sabbath day
is Friday; and interments follow immedi-
ately aftsr the death. The deaths Of the
women sss not rssistsrsd-Thoss Of the
men are. Marriages ars registered. and
with the marriage tie woman i virtsslly
struck from sxisssses. - far - govern
ment is concssnsi. She 10 not knowa Oh.
cially TO the government Of Turkey. Her
"lord" OF husband, does with her ~ plea.
ses him best.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ Speaking Of lions, that was quite
an idea of the hard -ahell preacher, who
was discoursine Of Daniel in thssden Of
lions "There be ct I'll night. looking at
he show for nothing it didn't cost him .
-
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ Mn. 0peckles says the best veg.
table pill yet Invented is N sppls dump.
ling, for destroying . gnawing q the
stomach. II is pill which may always Be
relied upon.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ Under the head Of organized hum.
buggery," some Of our New York exchsn.
ges notice the fact that the Spiritualists
are about 70 establish in Chautauque coun'
ty, in that State, society where they will
carry on all forms Of vice and licentious-
ness undsr "highfalutin" nsmcs. They
have purchased 200 acres Of land on which
thsy mean % locate their colony.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ A Maine editor says that . pump.
kin in that State grew 90 large that eight
men could stand around it.
This is like the fellow who saw flock Of
pigeons 50 low that he could shake stick
at them.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

n0.In the case Of Captain Holmes on
trial q Portland for killing one Of his crew
he defense Of insanity has been set up
In IL evening after killing Chadwick,
witness testified that be was "raving, swear
ias, kictiag and damniug everything N
inch hirh and minute old" &
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ Il 10 the great law Of Nature. that
whosocver shuts his heart to the sym.
pathies Of humanity, shuts il at the same
time against the ingress Of oil happy in.
fluencAs
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ Why had man better Jose an arm
than leg?
Because, losing his leg, he loses some-
thing ito boot"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ do you believe in second love,
Mr.. McRuards p g
"Do I behave IL tho second love, IL III
Fswan bsysa pound Of susar. isn't i
swassi and whom il ID gone, don't he want
another poaad, and sin't that swats TOO
Trosh, Murphy, behave in second love-"
~. An exchange tells Of an editor who
went soldering and was chosen "Cap.
tain,"
One day, on parade, instead Of giving
the orders, "frons fhce, three PAGES for.
ward" 10 exclaimed;
"Cash I've dollars year, in sdvancs.'
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ A diviIs once praying, said. "Oh
Lord, give % neither poverty nor riches,"
and pausing for . momcat, hs added, ~
psoislly not poverty"
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ A Nsbraska paper gets of the fol.
lowing: Why is Nebraska shinplasssr
like An impenitsnt sinnerf Because il
does s1pt kno0 that it, ysdssmsr iveth.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

~ OOctors are very wise Weu, some-
times. This fact is fully illustrated by
the following from the New Bedford Ier'
curry:
In . certain aourishiug village down
eastward, where fourishes . literary in.
stitution, q gentleman took one Of family
Of infant puppies, aud gaining entrance
into q neighbor's house before the folks
were wide awake enough to know what he
was about, chucked the little creature
among . litter Of kittens Of like tender
age. Puss made no distinction between
the stranger and her own offspring, and he
on bis part took kindly and confdingly to
his new nurse. Great was the astonish.
msnt Of the household when it was dis.
covered (as they supposedly that their cat
was the dam Of puppy. The news Of 50
portentious birth spread over town like
wild.Gre. People came in aocks to see the
sight. The fortunate possessor was offered
FIVE dollars for the little monster, but do.
clared be would not part with it for hve
hundred. That the case might not fail OF
due authenticity, two physicians. Of the
first respectability, were summoned to in.
spect and report upon it. They jointly
and severally scrutinized the animal. and
found that il was certainly puppy, hav.
ing oil the characteristics Of the dog race,
except the po,cs. Those were pronounced
to resemble cats claws. The perpetrator
Of the joke couldn'. hold in any longer
The cat was out Of the bag in q twinkling,
and il the doctors outlive the memory Of
their essay on comparative zoology. they
will be more lucky than most victims OF .
aell
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18

There srs times and seasons whom sleep
70 never appropriate, and with these may
b classsd the sleep Of the good old Gin
cinnati deacon. ,t r s.s
The deacon Was the owner and overseer
Of . large pork packing establishment. -
HE duty wxs to stand at the head Of The
scaldinG trough, watch in hand, to "tins"
the length Of the scald, crying "Hog iai"
when the just slaughtered hog vas TO be
thrown into the trough, and "Hog out!"
when the watch told three minutes. One
week the press Of business compelled the
packers 70 unusually hard labor, and Sat.
srdsy night found the. deacon completely
exhausted. Indeed, hs was almost sick
the next morning, when church time came;
but he was leading member, and it was
bic duty 70 attend the usual Sabbath SER
vice, il he could. He went. Tho occasion
was one Of unusual solemnity, as q revival
was in progress. The minister preached
. sermon we'll calculated for effect. His
peroration WAS climax of great beauty.
Assuming the attitude Of one intently lis
tsning, be rscited to the brsathless audito.
~:
"aark, thy spirit; Angels say-"
"Hoo 1xl" came from the deacon's pew in
steatorian voice. The astonished audi
suce turned their attention from the preach.
or. He went on, however, uumoved--
'sistsr spirit, come awsyi"
"Hoo OurW shouted the deacon, "TALLy
Fous."
This was too much for the preacher and
audience. The latter smiled, some snick.
cred audibly, while few boys broke for
the door. to "splis their sides" laughing,
outside, within full hearing. The preach.
er was disconnected entirely sat down
arose again-pronounced brief benedic-
ton, and dismissed the anything else than
solemn minded hearers. The deacon soon
came to realizing sense Of his uncon-
scious intsrlude, for his brethren repriman.
ded him severely; while 1.-THE boys caught
the infection Of the joke, and every possi-
BILE occasion afforded them IN opportuni-
ty 70 cay "Hoa III" Hoo Ovri"
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

GsoRGI..- I eah'o editor of the Aurns-
tn. Georgia toHStitntioHa'ist, Colonel Jas,
Gardner, created quite a stir 10y re-
cent Article in his urnal against the p'o-
snipriun of the Douglas D'm, Gratis Co .
Gardner is a very leading man among the
Democrats Of Georgia, aud come near being
nominated Governor few years ago. la
his paper of the 7th he thus speaks II the
Lecomptontts OF Illinois
They are miuurity--a fiction We should
rather say--arrayed against the gre u body
OF the Illinois democracy. and jaapording its
success by making test Il party orthodoxy
upon question which has spent i;se T. AMI
which the majnrity are wiling to consider
as nm extinct issue Under these ciroum.
stances, pc sistepce in their opposition to
Judge Douglas, AMI 10 the regular nominees
OF he Democratic parry, whatever may have
been lis proprie'y and its neces iy in ITS
inception, will show hc,ous, disorgani-
ng and viudiotivc spirit. and ft>ten upon
them the respou Abinty 70 al the eonse.
queuces which may follow division VI tue
party.
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18
Or CoussE THEy WILL. The C,'avcra'

Or CounsE THEy WILL. The Cilavcras
Chronicle. Lecompion, edicd by Jack Sha
nanapin, gets of the foil wing;
" RuIe or Ruin is their motto, md the
Democracy must show them that they can
do neither"
The Democracy will not permit the lie
comptonitcs TO do either, Jo' my. Principle
i the contr, Hing pawer of Democracy. and
that will ruin Lee mi tonism only. The in
rrcduciion Of resolution in their platform
to the effect that tho people have the right
delegates shall gruci, us y permit them will
not save them.
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

Vox PoPULI The San Francisco Times
says one hundred and seventeen Federal
and State officials assisted in the Conven
TO, during lust week. Over three fourths
of this number have Whig or Know Nothing
anteccdcnts The remaining quarter are for
the most part of so Obscure an origin that it
is impossible for their own neighhors to LAY
where they did come from What sort OF
nominations would this band of worthless be
likely to mako,
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

DEATH ~ SIR PHILIp CRAMPr> N.-Sir
p Champion died ~ bis re,ilerce in Dub
lin, at the nIc Of SO. Sir Phill't'a deata
was prem 'turely announced ln the English
Journals some we"Fs si"cc IL vas IAy.
scian bv rro'es-ion, was rased 10 u Baron.
etey in 1899 and At the time Of hi. decense
occupied the position of Surgeon General Of
the Forces. and Su geoo in Ordirarv to Her
Mi sty in ehud. lie is succ eded in the
Bir"rcicy by bis elirs ION. SIR John
Champion, formerly British Minister at
Washi gton. and new stationed Mt St Pc.
tershurgh SrJ1hn, the new incumbent, is
81 years Of ~Ge
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

GIVE US THE DocCMENTs.--Th Wash
ington correspondent of the III ladephin
Press, ment ons n runner that the illustrous
ohm Calhoun, Of Kansas, is indignant at
his removal from the tffice Of Surveyor
General, and is about to print certain mys.
terious documents received from distinguish
d gentlemen in favor of the doctrine of pop
ular sovereignty. 1t is stated that he will
also show that while he is supposed to have
been the primo mover in the descrtion of
Walker, ho has simply been used to pull the
chesnuts out Of the fire,
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

The VALLtY ~ riG p ccs. Tie Pecos
Valley is "A far di1'nnt p ~ tion Of Texas. |
IS situated about 30 miles west OF Auetin,
aud it, sources rise in the spurs of the Ser.
RI Bnncl mountains, at n distance If fye
hundred miles in tho "erritor Of New Mex
leo East Of this river lies the Sinkel
Pains, while West nrr numerous valleys and
creeks makirG f ON the White. S Sacramento.
and Qua laloHpe mountnius. A trave e.
writing to fticnl in this city, under dnte
OF Camp On Prcos, iih June. says that a
rrrat number Of sprinls of wntor hnvc bee.
discovered on the Stakod l1iu-, within sx y
miles Of camp, by party Of gold hunters Of
Belle County Since then. = rec un,i-auec
has been made by Captain Pope's topoaraph.
icnl party, md It j. thought that the dis
covery " II hive "a ua'criil iLfpcuce on the
operations Of the expedition. The water j.
said to he pure and raainhle aud must be
Of g~ent teueht to the Immigrant travel
which prsses over tn s route to California. -
.4uSftn (TtraS) G05sHs
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18
rt- Gen Seth Cl.ver. dian nc

rts~ Gen Seth Ciuver, ! ,dhn agent in
X ,nsa- is opposed 10 the Lenompton swim.
die. The CLARION pa } Banner says, a few
oritf days in the territory OF Kansas has in-
dnccd him 10. change his views upon this
subject. lie VAS u rahid Buchanan lie.
compton man, bur, like the many dem 'crats
who have gone bcf re him % the Territory,
he scenes which he witnessed brought II
change which the stronges. argumtn,s at
hume iaIled To prodnNe.
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

Ir PAYs.--There is II charm in cnndor.
even when the quality borders on imruderce &c
Now the Smiths are great family, IN this
,espcct, that they almost always io.se-s m
honest 'r nknts>, Tacy wont >ay in rnhhc
that they arc pressed to take au otlice
while thsy arc privately Ire>'ing fr the
othce, Hear Que 4 them in Auad r:
T0 The potCTS Of T0cHshjp ~. ! - Afor
one years uial, f,d that the oiic o jus
tice OF the Peace = ys well, and think can
make it pay better the coming yea, | Ihere-
lore most respectfully solicit your votes at
the coming election. q :. SMIIH.
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18
YoIifienI Changer.

Four years ago, when Senafor Douglas.
as chairman Of the committee on Territories.
made bis motion to repeal Ia which viola
ted fundamental principle Of cur ffeee in
stitutions, aud forced southern citizens from
settliug in the common territories Of the
Union, he was beyond question the most
popular public nan Of the day, so far as the
southern States were concerned. A great
wrong was righ,ed by his mott n, and the
south was satisfied. MIR. Douglas was aware
# the unporulaiity Of his move iu the north,
but stated at the time that it was jus if bic
IN order to carry out the great principle OF
the Kansns Nebraska Bill" the light Of
tie people 10 make their own institutions in
their oan wy. This became n cardinal
principle Of the Democratic faith, and was
engraft'd in the platform Of the National
Democracy. Uton that principle Of Popu ar
Sovereignty 10 the terri ories was the pre-
sent Administration chosen.
Since that move four years have rolled
away, md many Of those who have made
themselves hontse in defence Of his great
principle, now assails with the most bitter
lsnnnnis';~- IT. ~~..-~ - .h'~ - 80 -
10 be found 10 the action OF the present Ad-
ministrntion, Mr.. Douglas hns not changed,
neither has the question, with the cxc'p-
ton that four years since he simply enunc
ated grea' pfil ciple, and is now eDdeayor.
ing to carry 1t into practic effect The
change WAS occasionol by the advocates OF
sectional institutions, who purposely en-
harrassed and complicated the question un.
til the administtnrie 4 was uclined TO believe
that the speedest settlement OF the ques'
lion could be obtained by n disregard If the
principle, for which former compromises had
been reported. Hence the denunciatons OF
Senator Douglas, by those whose peculiar
institutions were to triumph by the success
Of Lecoml ton, md by the violation tf the
great National Principle he sustains. lie
feared not TO meet the denunciations OF
northern fanatics who revled and burned
him in tfigy for his adherence to popular
sovereignty in the territories, and cannot
be moved from the proud position he occu-
pics by the denunciatious of tn SC who, to
secure n pnltry triumph have abnndonel the
Fundamental. principle of our government.
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

THE COALITION IN 1tL'Nois The Wash.
ingion linton. Of July 18Th. contains a bit
ter attack upon Senator ID uglas. and en-
courage- the Lccompfoni'es AMI Republicans
OF that State TO defeat mis- rc. election In The
Senate. The DEM eraey Of Illinois adhere
TO the principles laid down by the Cine nnati
Convention. while the Lecomrtopites have
abandoned those principles and united with
the Republicans TO encompass their defeat
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

No DANGts The Canadian Press ex.
press Apprehension that the discovery OF
tho metallic richness of the Fraser river
county will eudangcr British supremacy in
,ha, quarter. There is no danger. THAI
county is not rich enough in quarters t
e. danger the supremacy # J,hnny Ball
However We may ultimately conclude to
take il, ina much as it righ ful belongs to
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

LEcohpTos iNsoLrscE The Lecomptor
press Of California, say that Leccmpton Is =
past issue. notwithstanding the Washington
LnioH, some lime since. arrogant'y an
nouaced that II the English proposition were
voted down. Lecomp,on would still be alive
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

ssTThe Democratic primary election in
San Francisco, on Saturday. resulted ia the
choice OF 43 anti Lecompton, and II Leeomp.
ton deleg ties. 10 the County Convention,
aud 43 aut's 10 IA 10 the Legislative Con.
sention. Arr nv efiec uat cleaning out ot
the Leeomp,ons - Vat Drm.
The daily Butte record., 1858-08-18

DREArFUi. MUgDER ON Monday NIGHT
last Mexicrn. whose name We have not
Learned. XII ed his he at his house rn the
Merced bottom. seven miles below smell ing,
under the following circum tnnces. The
Mcxictn md his wife had retired TO hcd a9d
during the night he arose, and procuring u
lnrce knife stabbed the woman through the
heart rs he las sleeping. After committing
the deed he awoke ~ another Mexir,u
sleeping in the h use, and ;e ling him what
he hnd done. expressed "A with to die. ns he
said he d served i. The Mexicrn WIS ar.
rested and i now in custody at Smelling. -
.MdriDONa u mJcTdk