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''THE JERKsu

The Illinois Bglhsl Of Janusfy ll!h
avs that "tAis strange infalusliJu Is sga.n
re'ivei ia our immelisie vicinity. Il
made is appearance in prolrscle1 meet
iug among tie Mgtboii-is At Indian Grove.
The ministers who conducted the meetings
moved them f,Om TnliaB Grove 70 Avoe,,
gld brought with them five or six jeiksrs,
md thus l1e eonlagiOu Commenced At the
latter place. Our Informant was pIe.ent
1 several Of their meetings IN Ayoca, and
describes tie scene as very exciting, from
tihy to hundred were jerking at TIC same
ime. Their hands, shou'Jers, f,et ard
head would be violently thrown into the
most groie7qug and painfi! shapes. The
someu's bonnels would fly yi. their hair
become disLe,e!eI. and in some instances
snap Ike a whip. In some instances il at
lacked unJelieyers and unconverted men.
who tried TO resist it by flding their arms
and wrapping them tightly about their boG.
les, bat in spite Of themselves their shouI.
ders, first one and then the other, would he
jerked back. til tLgy lost al control Of
themselves"
Dufirg the grea! revival in Virginia
and Kentucky, this singular nervous sffrc-
ton was very prevalent. Dayidson's Pres
byterlan History conb,ius very curious
account Of .hess cases. The cracking Of
wUrnen's hair like a whip as their heads
were jrrkcd backward aud forward, wa.
quite common. We have me- er heard Of
It except 10 time Of widespread religious
excitement
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON
OF JESUS CHRISTI

There lives at this time in Judea, man
of singular character whose name is Jesus
Christ. The barbarians esteem him a
prophet, but his followers adore him as the
intermediate offspring of the Immortal
God. He is endowed with such unparal.
Ieled virtue as to call back the dead from
their graves, and to heal every kind of dis
ease with a word or touch.
His form is tall and elegantly shaped
his aspect amiable and reverend; his haiI
flows in beautiful shades, which no united
colors can match, falling into graceful
curls below his ears, agreeably couching on
his shoulders, and parting on the crown
Of his head, like the headdress of the sect
of the Nazarites. His forehead is smooth,
and his cheeks without spot, save that
of lovely red. His nose and mouth are
formed with exquisite symmetry his bearc
is thick, and suitable to the hair ofbis head,
reaching little below his chin, and parted
in the middle like fork; his eyes are
bright, clear and serene.
lie rebukes with majesty, counsels with
mildness, and invites with the most tender
and persuasive language. His whole ad-
dress, whether in word or deed, being ele-
CANT, brave, and strictly characteristic Of
50 exalted being. No man has seen him
laugh, but the whole world has frequently
beheld him weep; and SO persuasive are
his tears that the multitude cannot with
hold theirs from joining in sympathy will
him. He is very modest, temperate ant
wise. In short, whatever this phenome'
non may be in the end, he seems at pres
ent man of excellent beauty and divine
perfectious every way surprising the chill
dren Of men.
This was found in an ancient manuscript
which was seut by PuDlius Lentules, Presi0en
/ Of Jp3ea, to the Senate Of Zone.
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FILLIBUsTER WALKER.

Gen. William Walker the noted fi!ibus.
ter who has escaped deserved hanging so
often, seems to have dropped into merited
obscuity as suddenly as 40 exploded rock.
ct. Even the lot South gives tie man of
failures the cold shoulder, and in the
Tennesse Hou.e Of Representatives reso.
luton rendering the use Of the Hall to
Gen. Walker, AID calling upon him for
pubic address on NIcaraguan affairs, was
laid on the table BY a vote Of 81 TO %.
1t is stated thst Walker still demands his
Trial IN New Orleans, and that he intends
to prove grave charges Of duplicity against
President Buchanan. The witnesses are
Col. Slater and Ex-senator Soule. The
circumstances are said 90 lie, that Slater
having invested $40, 900 in the Nicarsnuan
enterprise, and Soule having also large in
vestments in Central America, both went
before Buchanan with Walker, and heard
him promise Walker not to interrupt him
in his expedition. This plausibly sctounts
for the readiness Of the administration to
let Walker off when brought l,efore Seere-
tary Csss BY Marshal Rynders.-U Uers-
land Leader.
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DECISION UNDER TIE GAME LAW
Justice Rowekamp Yesterday gave decs.
ion in the case recently brought before him
which is of much interest TO Cincinnati
sportsman. The law of Ohio inhicts \
penalty for having prohibited game in pos
session, with ont reference to where it was
killed. The defendant in the case refer.
red to, admitted the poss, s., n, but plead
in bar that the game was killed in tie
State of Virginia. The Justice ook time
to examine the question, ard yesterday
discharged the defendant, thereby virtually
deciding,that game killed in another stsIs
could be sold in the Cincinnati malk,t
without violation of the Ohio Law. This
opinion is directly at variarce with the u.
cent decision in the Police c un. A SO
will now have to be carried to a higL,r
Court for final settlement Gin. Oaz,
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HENRY WARDB BEECHER.

Tie Springfield Republican, in a recent
allusiOn to Mr.. Beecher's appearance, 10 that
city, saws:
"We IeIieyc in Henry Ward Beecher, {"
we believe in his honesty, bis pety, his
marliness, his genious, Lis moral courage,
his good influence, and his marvellous pow
er over the minds with which be comes in
contact. He is living Independent pow
er in the American mind, aud combines
qualities which we do not believe can be il.
lustrated in any ether living individual
With fancy delicate footed as Ariel, toy
ing with and enjoying all beautiful things,
rhapsodist among flowers and music and
all exquisite sight and sounds, his grapple
with all forms of wrong, all expressions,
abuses, sins and perpetrators, upLolders'
and abet:ers, is that of giant. There is
nothing under heaven TO which his moral
courage is not equal. In our opinion he
would have made better figure at the Diet
of Woems than Martin Luther did His
common sense and earnest convictions lift
him above cant, and his somewhat subordi.
nate quality of reverence leaves him free
from superstition. His thoughts are his
own-aIways fresh, always abundant, as il
they were poured from an exhaustless foun
tain. His sympathy and familiarity with
the affairs of common life and bis knowl,
edge Of current events, drawn from thor.
ough reading Of news papers, furnish him
with such a fund Of illustrations as no 9TH
er American preacher engages. His lee.
lures are not equal to bis regular Sunday
performances, but he is regarded by lyce
ums every where as one of the half dozen
best who must be had every year."
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The ARMY IN KANsAs.-The total mum.
ber of troops stationed in Kansas, for the
last quarter of 1857, according to the
Report Of the Secretary of War, was 2, ,5l9,
Just equal to the number Of Slave State vo-
ters in the Territory, according to Mr..
Stanton's statement. and gives to each of
AR. Calhoun's followers man with a
musket to do bis fighting. The cost of
these mer, at the average rate Of expense
of our army for tie past year. s 81,
500, or So, ,774,OOO. nearly four millions
of dollars. This is the sum the whole
Government has to he taxed to assist
minority of twenty-five hundred people in
Kansas to dragon a majority of flom
twelve TO fifteen thousand into accepting a
Constitution conceived in fraud, elaborated
in violence, and pregnant with civil war
The President wants this army increased.
-BufaiO Erpres.
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The Mobile Mercury boasts that. in
the action of the Alabama legislature,
calling for convention in case Kansas
should not be received into the Union as
slave state, that state has "led off in the
dance of death to the Union"
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Unquestionably any man, who, as Pres
ident of the United States, would pick ma
tional quauels to please his party, would
as an individual,pick pOcketstc please him
self LomspiRe JournQl.
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A sailor WHO was beating his wife, was
asked if he did not know she was the weak
er vessel! "If she is, she ought not to
carry so much sail" replied Jack.
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The New England Courant- Berjan'R n
Franklin's nowspaper-in 1876. contained
the following advertisement;
lust PUBLISHED aud sold by tbs
j Jprinter hereof
u" HooPkD PETTICoATs Araigned and
Coud BY the Light Of Nature aud Law u
God. Price Sd.
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This was found in an ancient manuscript,
which was ssut by PuOus LentuIes, President
Of Jp3ea, to the Senate Of Zone.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

TIC YANKEE Press AND JOHN
BULL.-The files of a daily paper
from Vancouver's Island look strange
to US. Five years ago the city of
Liverpool had not a single daily pa
per. Less than ten years ago the Is
land of Vancouver was ceded to the
Hudson Bay Company, with the stip-
ulation that fort and settlement be
made there within FIVE years. What
was known of the British possessions
north of Washington Territory and
west of Lake Superior ono year since?
Little enough, except that it was an
der the control of the Hudson Bay
Company, who ruled the white inhab-
itants of the country with despotic
power, who gained princely revenue
by trading with the Indians and deal
ing in fars, and whose transactions
were mystery to the government
under which they hold their charter,
as we'll as to the rest of the world.
Now a daily newspaper is published
at Victoria-a newpaper, through
whose columns the heart and soul
of a community may be seen.
In the Gazette we see the account
of a school examination, with the
awarding prizes and the reading of an
address. Unknown to the world, the
school may have passed many such
examinations, enlivened by music
and encouraged by the presence of
the Governor; but it is the first time
Jessie NIX Kenzie, William Thompson
and Christiana Veitch have ever fig
ured in print as the recipients of "re-
wards Of merit" The little ones
will at least bless the Yankees for
printing newspaper among them.-
The proceedings Of the House of AS
sembly" are also reported. The
members of that body, whose words
had probably never passed beyond the
walls Of the building, must have felt
thrill of some kind upon picking up
the morning paper Of the Yankees and
seeing, for the first time, every line
they had uttered the night before in
print. John Bull will yet learn the
secret Of American progress.-Erd.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

AFFRAY AT MoNyEzUMA.-On
Sunday night there was a sort of in
ternational row at Montezuma Hill
between some Americans and Irish
men, between whom, we are informed,
there has long been a feud for some
reason best known to themselves
frequently before this occasion there
have been hostile outbreaks resulting
in no great damage, but on Sunday
night, the parties indulged in a gem
eral melee, in which pistols and
knives were literally used, one man
being shot through the leg and stab
bed slightly in the body, another
one stabbed slightly, and still another
nearly killed by a blow on the head
with q stick.
DIR. j. B. Warfeld was called to
the scene Of battle and found the last
man, Miles Malone by nsme, lying
insensible, in which state he continu-
ed for many hours. He was brought
to North San Juan, and is now re-
covering under the Doctors care
The other wounded parties, we be-
ieve, are not seriourly injured.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

The LATEST FROM FRASER RIVER.
The steamer Pacific, which arrived
on the Oath inst. at San Francisco,
brought down eighty -threepassengers.
$48,725 an coin, ST, ,654 in dust,
$4,000 in coin and dust, and dates
from Victoria to the 21st and Belling-
ham Bay to the 10Th.
$4,000 has been received at
Victoria from Fraser River mines.-
Miners are reported as making from
SIS to $45 per day to the hand.
The river rises and falls with the
thermometer. Troubles with the In
dams are reported,- and two hundred
whites had gone from Fort Yuba to
cheek them. The famous Whatcom
and Thomson river trail is at last
completed, and there was great rejoi.
cling and combustion of gunpowder
thereat in Whatcom.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

No. w. I. Ferguson, State Sena
tor from Sacramento county, and
George Pen Johnston, Clerk of the
U. S. Circuit Court, on Saturday last
did something to vary the political
monotony Of the times, by fighting a
duel on Angel Island, in the Bay Of
San Francisco. The two honorable
gentlemen had been imbibing rather
freely, gave one another the lie direct,
nearly fought on the spot, but were
separated, and resorted to "the code"
to settle the affair. They exchanged
four shots, Ferguson maintaining, ,even
at the most critical moments, his
characteristic demeanor, and john
ston behaving with great coolness,
until they were Satisfied -Fergu-
son by severe wound in the outside
Of his right thigh, and Johnston by
the loss Of a button from his panta-
looms, and piece of flesh from his
left wrist.
Viye Phoneur!
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28
quite metropolitan.

It is common recently to see the
main street ofour little town crowded
With loaded teams on their way TO the
upper country, Forest City, DowDie-
vile and thereabouts, or just arrived
with goods for our own merchants
Their presence is often simultaneous
with the arrival of the stages ,and the
street then presents quite metropol-
itan appearance. The jingling of
bells from the teams, the loud ringing
of the hotel bells, the hustle of people
on their way to the Post and Express
Office and to dinner, the cries of
teamsters and stage>drivers, the pas
sage to and fro of the grateful sprink-
ling cart, the rafting Of empty wag-
ons, the pleasant displays of luscious
trust along the sidewalk, the brick
heaps and mortar pits betokening the
construction of 6re-proof edi6ces-
all contribute to form miniature copy
of the moving pictures to be witnessed
in cities.
All this hustle is good to see and
to report, even at the risk Of laughter
from those who may not look on such
triAes as We do, for it is an indication
of material prosperity as we'll as a
proof that the semi>barbarism of early
mountain life is passing away.
Even the sometimes mercenary
spirit Of trade, is better than the law
lessness Of those crazy days when we
were all blinded to what is noblest by
gold, or enslayed by passion. To
persons who have not been long in
California, this reflection may not
seem warranted by the trivial circum-
stances we have narrated. But the
old resident will compare the past
with the present, and understand us.
He will rejoice, with US, over even
these light straws which show that
we are drifting back into the currents
of civilization.
As he saunters through the town at
night, listening delightedly to the
tones Of friendly converse, formerly
unknown in these pine wilds, and to
the humanizing sounds of fSamuolson's
violin, he will remember the dreary
days of his lonely tolls when his fellow
man was sordid egotist, and when
these savage hills heard no music but
those breezy hints Of it which the
trees have been whispering in the ear
Of nature for centuries he will note
the change as we have, and thank
heaven for it, too.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28
The Mines about Town.

So far as we can learn, all the
companies who are washing are doing
as we'll as ever, the lowest sum ta-
ken out by any one company regularly
at work, to the best of our information
being six hundred dollars. Several
of the companies are busily running
their tunnels, and cannot wash ad-
vantageously until they are through.
Others are employed improving their
water apparatus, of which we shall
speak at length hereafter.
The ONO TUNNEL Co. have run
shaft up from their tunnel into their
cut, distance Of 115 feet, and are
now about ready for washing. Their
tunnel was commenced about two
years ago last May, and is 535 feet
long through hard rock, and about
160 feet beneath the surface Of the
claim.
This arduous work has been sxe-
cuted entirely by members of the
company. They own large amount
Of ground, which is supposed to be
rich.
The MIDDLE YUBA CANAL is now
running in the neighborhood of l 800
inches Of water daily, every inch Of
which is engaged. The supply Of
water is of-conrse beginning to lessen
as the season advances.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

POLITICAL MEETING.-Last Sat-
urday night the free and independent
electors of North San Juan enjoyed
the spectacle of a political free fight,
which came off on Labasse's classic
corner.
G. Wilson Hill, the Independent
candidate for County Judge, got up q
meeting on his individual account, ,and
tried to persuade his audience that it
was their duty to cast their ballots for
himself alone.
On his retiring from the stand, O.
P. Stidger was called for, and respon-
ded in spicy speech, opposing Hill
and the Independent County Conven-
ton.
Mr.. Hill replied, defending the
Convention and himself.
DIR. War6eld, the Administration
Democratic candidate for Assembly,
was next called for, and made his bow
and a few remarks to the heterogene-
Gus crowd, advocating the election of
Mr.. Moore for County Judge, as op-
posed to Mr.. Hill.
MIR. Williams of Nevada followed
in his luminous wake, praising Mr..
Moore as a gentleman of high legal
attalnments and spotless private char
acter.
J. B. johnson ESQ.,, then addressed
his fellow townsmen from the Admin
lstration stand point, pitching into Mr..
Hill with some anti thetical sentences
for scheming to obtain convention
nomination after announcing himself
as an Independent candidate, telling
an amusing anecdote, and making, in
the opinion of many, the best speech
of the evening, considered simply as
speech, without reference to the
opinions expressed.
After calling loudly for Mr.. Isaman,
who responded from the midst Of the
crowd by imperatively commanding
their immediate departure to place
distinguished for the heat of its cli~
mate, and after more calls for several
well known citizens who never make
speeches, except to ladies, the meet
ing adjourned itself sine die.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28
DET The mostimportant news since

BJ The mostimportant news since
our last issue, is the arrival of anoth-
er Overland Mail Coach at Placerville
in ten days travelling time from Salt
Lake, bringing a large mail, and the
grateful tidings that the late reported
massacre is all hoax. The Indians
along the route are unusually friend
ly and peaeeable, the grass is abund-
ant the entire distance, and the stock
in excellent condition.
All is quiet in Mormondom. The
saints are returning to their homes,
but everything is dull and Inactive
The U. S. troops are at Cedar Val>
ley, about thirty-fve miles from Salt
Lake. A few apostate Mormons are
coming to California with their fami
lies and cattle.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

Very CoNsIsTENT.-Geo. Pen
Johnston who fought the late duel
with Ferguson, is the author of the
stringent anti-duelling statute Of
1855, and advocated its passage with
much eloquence. One provision Of
the law would make it obligatory up
on him to pay Ferguson's debts, in
case that gentleman should really
prove as he himself said, ''a gone
community" and that would be no
small matter, as Ferguson is said to
owe every saloon in Sacramento.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28
3. p. AVERY, EDITOR.
California Roads.

California ROADS.
A correspondent, to whose commu-
nication in this issue under the title of
'The Road Fund" we ask attention,
expresses the opinion that individual
enterprise has given US much better
highways than We could have expec-
ted to be built from the public fund.
This opinion is undoubtedly correct,
and will apply to every county in the
State. The excellence Of California
roads is a common subject of remark,
and especially with new corners fresh
from the barbarous highways of the
older States. They find here, in ev-
cry portion Of a new State, through
the most mountainous regions and
over the most rugged spots, wide, we'll
graded, hard and durable highways
which can be travelled in all seasons,
and are always kept in repair. And
they might imagine this to be the re-
suit of systematic expenditure of pub
lie funds, under the direction of coun-
ty or State authorities, were they not
informed that it is due mostly to indi-
vidual enterprise, which is stimulated
by the immense amount of travelling
done in this State, and by the liberal
revenue which such improvements
yield.
Besides these facts, it should also
be borne in mind that the character
of our climate contributes largely to
the excellence of our roads. We are
free from those long hard winters and
severe frosts which in the Eastern
States annually break up the roads
(except such as are Macadamized)
and render it so expensive to keep
them in good condition. Winter trav-
ell was formerly, and is now to som e
extent, almost impossible on this ac-
count; and the same was true of our
own State during the two or three
first winters succeeding the gold en-
igration. At that time the various
sloughs and channels which fill with
water in the rainy season had not
been bridged, nor had there been suf-
ficient travel to harden the roads so
that they would shed some portion of
the heavy rains, and sustain the hea-
w loads constantly passing over them.
We well remember the almost in
superable difficulties of winter travel
in 1849-50-how packers and team
sters charged one dollar per pound for
Transporting the much needed sup
plies of food to the mining camps
which were nearest Sacramento--hoW
every day brought mournful reports
OLIVES lost in attemptsto cross streams
or inundations--of property left expos
ed on the way or sunk beneath the
waters-of miners starving to death
In the mountains and unable to reach
the cities of refuge.
The red foothills in particular were
perfect wagon traps. We have seen
oxen, mules, horses and loaded wag-
ons inextricably clutched in their deep
firm clay many time, and there lef,
to death and destruction. To this day
animal bones and remains of vehicles
may be found lying at such places
and the traveller who passes comfort
ably over the now secure road will
wonder how they came there.
In view of the great change for
the better, old Californians cheerfully
pay such tolls as are demanded Of
them, though anticipating with pleas,
ure the day when these great highways
will be free.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

The CALIFORNIA CULTURIsT.-
have received the August number Of
this valuable periodical from the pub
fishers, Messrs. Wadsworth & Tur>
rell, San Francisco. Besides many
other interesting articles, it contains
several on the peach culture, which
are of special value in this peach
growing State. 1t would be we'll for
every person pursuing agriculture in
the mountains to send the results of
their experience to this Magazine for
publication, as basis for general
rules hereafter. Much of our noun
tain gardening and farming, owing to
the novel character Of climate, soil
&C., is purely experimental thus far,
and persons who follow those occupa-
tions need the light of one another's
experience to avoid failure and insure
success. The Cultwist is Just the
medium they need.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

D1-Col. Collins has declined the
Independent nomination for the State
Senate in a letter to the Nevada
Journal of last week. Since then
his friends hare persuaded him to be
a candidate for Justice Of the Peace
in Bridgeport Township.
The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28

@ Rev. Mr.. DICKINSON requests US to
call public attention to the fact that the reg
ular Quarterly meeting of the NJ E. Church
will be held at Sweetland on the 28th and
29ih insts.-Saturday and tomorrow. Rev.
A. BLAND, Presiding Elder, is expected to
be present.