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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-07-01

0JA store In Elyria was entered on
the night Of the 22d inst, and $40 worth
ofboots stolen.
O1TWnliam 81. John, Of CEsor's Creek,
near Xenia, was drowned, on Friday last,
while fishing with Q seine.
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OS-The health Of Secretary Floyd Is
reported to be very precarious, and that
serious apprehensions are felt for the re-.
suit.
01TJohn @. SAKE, the poet, has been
nominated for Governor by the Demo
Gratis Of Vermont. Heis the editor ofthe
Burlington Sentinel
OF Gen. Mcdowell, Of Missouri, who
was recently appointed consul general at
Constantinople, has resigned on account
ofill health
! A Washington letter writer says that
the Treasury balance is brought down to
s3,oOO,OOO, being 100000 below the
working point.
OcrTho barn of Anthony Beed, living
in Deerfeld, Portage county, was struck
by lightning on Thursday Of last week
and burned to the ground.
0arNathuniel Ray Greene, the lasi
surviving son Of Major General Greene
Of the Revolution, died at his residence
in Middletown, Conn, last Saturday ,aget
40 years.
0S-The Classical Institute at GSlena
Illinois, together with its contents, ha
been destroyed by fire. The library wal
partly saved in damaged condition. Los
$4,000.
01TTho fire at Fort Wayne, Indiana
on Tuesday night last, destroyed larg,
machine shop, filled with agricultural i'm
plements, the whole loss being probabl.
$4,000.
OS-Thc Norwalk Reflector says that
gentleman Of that place has a COW fou
years old, from which he has made twelv
pounds of butter in one week. She wa
entirely pasture-fed.
OH-Aoeording to previous arrangement
. Il is understood that the members Of bot
; houses Of the Ohio Legislature will hav
. a reunion at the Ohio White Sulphu
81 Springs on the Fourth Of July next.
O1TThe Warren Chronicle states tht
Mrs. Clans Fredriche, Of Weathersfel
q Ohio, was instantly killed by lightning o
p Wednesday Of ast,week and her husban
seriously injured. They were sitting
: their own house.
d 0NTIn Illinois the rats are so abundar
!, either from extraordinary fecundity or
= farming immigration, that they throOte
J! soon TO prevent oil profitable cultivOtio
d Of the soil. Il is reported that one ia
. mer and his workmen lately killed SOC
s rutsi his corn fields. Upon another far
d 1900 have been killed during the spri1
n months.
0J-A German named Martin santer, II
=, wife, and only child, were found dead
6 their residence at Dunkirk, New Yor
last week, the two latter with their throa
a cut. II is supposed Santer FIRST murder,
M his wife and child, and then committed s
70 icide. He kept an emigrant boaniin
n hvusv. wnsKywas probably the prim
> ry cause.
- The Ohio Legislature.
~ Tho Ohio State Journal gives the fC
= lowing as the probable political compile
u ion of the next Ohio Legislatures
VI HOUSE,.
n Republicans
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
Dssy~ The "conversion" of Lola Montez is

D2~ The Conversion of Lola Montez is
announced. Having made sufficient sum
to buy home for herself, she has, it is said
quietly settled down an humble, peaceful,
exemplary, religious woman, in her own
domicil in Piccadilly, London.
Lola had some noble traits, but this con-
version of hers nevertheless reminds us of a
noted Buccaneer captain of the sixteenth
century, who, after making a fortune by
throat cutting and stealing, retired to private
life, "got religion" and spent the remainder
of his days writing bad poetry-''the mild
est hammered man that ever cut a throat or
scuttled ship"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
The Illustrated London NeaCs remarks that

The Illustrated London News remarks that
every one of the soyereigns of the continent
is in arrear of the intelligence of the age
and that not one of the principals of the
present unholy quarrel understands his time
or the duty he owes to it. Louis Napoleon
stands out, as an exception, if tried by his
acords; for these seem to comprehend the
time. But if his words as to liberty in Italy
are to be of no more account than were his
words as to liberty in France, the future of
this country is far from promising. spirit
has been raised that this time will down at no
mans bidding; that demo cratic sentiment
which has been growing, stronger and spread
ing wider, and has got to be public opinion,
will have something to do with the finale of
the present war.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

WONDERFUL GROWTH OF CoNMERcE.-In
1884 an American vessel entered Liverpool,
with eight bales of cotton as part of her
cargo This was seized by the Customs on
the conviction that it could not be American
growth. In 1857, million and half bales
of cotton were imported at Liverpool from
the United States. The first steam engine
used at Manchester was not erected till 1870.
1t is now computed that in that city, and the
district within radius often miles, there are
more than $4,000 boilers, giving total pow
er of upwards of 100000 horses. The en-
CINE of Watt has proved the very Hercules
of modern mythology; the united steam pow
er of Great Britain being equal it is estima-
ted, to the manual labor Of 400, 100000 men,
or more than double the number Of males
supposed to inhabit the globe.
Quarterly Reciew
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

A PARsoN's OPINIoN.-At a Presbyterian
assembly held in Indiana during the month
of May, the Rev. Mr.. Spear, formerly mis-
sionary to China and more recently a resident
of California, said we had made a mistake
in assuming the Chinese to be ignorant AS
people, they were cultivated and highly in
tellgent, and were not surpassed in learning
by any people. He had met men in China
quite as intelligent as any member of this
general assembly. There were learned Chi
nese, too, at San Francisco, who could put
to the blush the requirements of such men
as Gov. Bigler of California, who undertook
in his message to that State, to pander to the
prejudice against them, by CHASING them as
barbarians, with Indians and Negroes.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
NORTH SAN JUAN NEVADA co, SATURDAY, JULY g. 1859

WHAT BLIND MAN CAN Do.-This is told
by the Springfield, Mass Rpublcan,in long
article which we condense. W. A. earns, a
young man twenty-four years of age who is
a prodigy of ingenuity and native gifts, had
his eyes put out by beastly father when an
infant, and has been an orphan since his ninth
year. Yet he has mainly supported him
self since that time, has money at interest,
is mechanic and an engineer, having run
locomotive on railroad in Ohio. What
is more remarkable than all, he has made a
little steam engine with his own hands, so
small that he can carry the whole of it in his
pocket, and get up steam at pleasure. He is
further endowed with the most wonderful
musical abilities. His voice is positively
stated to have compass of five octaves
Of course the lowest notes are cultural. and
the highest falsetto; but the falsetto notes
are pleasant and good, and the cultural true
tones and musical as such tenes can be. He
is capital ventriloquist. He plays On sew
eral instruments, to which he has added orig
inal Improvements, and is a leader and teach
er of bands. He is now engaged in the in
vention of some means by which the blind
can have their regular newspapers. Friends
have persuaded him to make public exhibi-
tien Of his surprising gifts, for the procur-
ance of aid in his philanthropic labor. If "a
blind man like this, without the assistance
of friends, has accomplished so much, what
ought are to do whose eyes are blessed with
vision and whose daily path is smoothed by
the kind offices of friendship? Such reci-
tai as the above shames us into patience un-
der the seyerest troubles and should inspire
in US determination to effect something
useful for our fellows before that final closing
of the eyes, which all must know, under the
cold fingers Of death.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
The Colorado Desert is thus described by
a correspondent of the S. T. Times:

Leaving San Felipe, which is about one
hundred miles from Los Angeles, the en-
trance to the Desert is descent of fearful
hill, about an eighth of a mile long, at the
top of which we are greeted by perfect
hurricane, blowing hats, shivering canvas
tops, rattling chains, and certainly confirm
ing the bug-bear stories. Once down this
hill (this was about P. NJ. the 9Th day from
San Francisco, the air was mild and pleas
ant enough. And now, truly, we are on the
furious Colorado Desert. The sand is white;
like that on the Beach, back of the Ocean
House, and much deeper. The horses strug-
gled, and now and then raised trot. There
is no sign of life for $50 miles, save at the
Company's Stations. The vegetation con-
sists of a few musquite bushes and cactus
plants some of the latter bearing gorgeous
flowers. Carissa Creek runs through the
Desert at distance of forty miles from San
Felipe. At Pilot Knob, within nine miles OF
the Colorado, found harder ground, and the
horses travelled well but for forty miles the
sand is so deep that the best the animals can
do is to walk This is not the popular idea
in California of the Overland Mail, but there
are many places where, for miles, stages
cannot get along any faster. From Pilot
Knob, the road struck the bank of the Colo
rado, and with the moon shining upon the
water, the ride thence to Fort Yuma was
delightful
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

THE Calyorata Home Journal is now pub
lished in quarto form, and presents very
handsome appearance. The last number
contains comically illustrated satirical life
of Orlinski, in addition to continuation of
Hittels translation of Reichenbach's "Som-
nambulism and Cramp," two original poems,
story from the pen of Mr.. Bowman, and
the usual interesting editorial and selected
matter. The Home Journal has advanc ed far
into its second volume, and meets with de-
served success.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

CONDITION OF THE U. S. TREAsURY.-It is
stated that the receipts of the United States
Treasury for some weeks past have been equal
to its current expenditure, the amount of
means on hand being but slightly less than
the last loan, as far as issued. According
to the States, the Secretary anticipates sur
plus of ten millions of dollars on the lst of
July, the opening of the new fiscal year.
There is yet unissued, of the loan Of 1858,
$1,50O,00 The treasury has redeemed $4,
100000 of treasury notes, which it has the
power to reissue, and the balance of cash in
hand, by the last return, was nearly S8,000,-
600, making a total amount of available
means Of $l4,OOO,o0O
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

TIsALrA.-This comparatively unknown
town, the county seat of Tulare, which owes
its existence to the Kern river delusion, is
thus described in the Mariposa Gazette;
"Visalia is a beautiful town. The buildings
neat and mostly brick. The streets are reg
ularly laid out, with plenty of room. The
ground somewhat more elevated than the
surrounding country, and the whole is en-
powered with beautiful native trees. Palsed
be the hand that would destroy them; afford
ing as shade trees always do, at once the
source of beauty, utility and pleasure.
There is ample room and a favoring soil for
gardens. Should irrigation be needed, fine
streams of water run directly through the
town. Time and taste are only required to
make this indeed lovely place. The town
can boast some very respectable buildings,
among which is the new brick Court House.
should judge the town contains some 500
or 900 inhabitants"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

SIPS OF s'PUNcH" The society for the con-
version of the Jews held its annual meeting
last week. The report stated that the in
come of the society for the past year had
been e31 1906 los 4d 1t further stated that
the number of Jews who have been christened
during that period was 10 large ones and
little one: but we'll say twenty. This ac-
cording to long division, indicates as the
price of converting each Jew, the sum of
81 ,565 IS 93d. The process seems little
dear, but that's the society's business. Mr..
Punch would only hint to his friends the He
brews, that if they wish to balance the ac-
count, there are heaps of Christians who are
ready to become Jews at very considerably
lower figure than 81 ,565 5s 92d per soul.
Never contradict woman when she is
abusing her husband.
Leading article" writers delight in allu-
ding to Italy as the political chess-board." !"
We suppose then that it may be said with
perfect fairness of the Emperor of Austria,
when he pledged his crown jewels, that he
played his first pawn?
Punch is represented in sketch by Leech
presenting an Italian organ grinder with a
musket, and saying to him-''There, my man,
it's a pity great hulking fellow like you
should turn handle to make such a
nasty noise! Here's an instrument fer you !;
go, and play upon it in your own country"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

TOUCHING PROOFS OF AFFECTIon.-Judge
Edmonds, the famous spiritualist, says in q
recent article:
II have been touched when no person was
near enough to do it; sometimes in the
light: when my eye-sight told me that none
Of those present did it; sometimes in the
dark, when no one knew where l was, or
even that was present; sometimes my foot
has been patted as with hand; sometimes
my clothes pulled as by child; sometimes
push in my side, as by a dull and nonelastic
force, and twice have felt human hand on
my skin. On one of these occasions the
touch was cold, but not clammy, and on the
other, it was soft, warm and fiesh-like.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

CUBAN CooLIEs-The introduction of Cool
les into Cuba is proving to be great moral
and political evil. A correspondent of the
n. 0. Picayune writing on the subject says:
"As to the treatment Of the coolies On our
estates, it is said to be kind indeed the law
expressly forbids any cruel punishment be-
ing inflicted upon them. But their tenure
of life is very frail. Debilitated by the long
and immoderate use of opium, their consti-
tutions break down on the first exposure,
and render them peculiarly liable to any ep-
idemic that may be prevailing. The opium
is brought in in small quantities, the better
to evade the revenue laws, and distributed
by Chinese agents of the European specula-
tors. But the evil does not stop with the
decentralization of the coolie. The African
race quickly learn the use and become the
slave of their enervating narcotic, the evil
effect of which is already daily seen on every
plantation where the two races have been
domesticated together
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

KEEP smile on your face, says a philo-
sophical editor. Smiles breed dimples, which
are far more essential than three dollar vest
chains. It's dangerous to sleep in the same
town with the proprietor of perpetual
frown, Don't walk around, looking as dismal
as sick undertaken, or as if you were going
to your own funeral. Melancholy, two-thirds
of the time results from hunger and indiges-
ton. Dissect suicide and the chances are
that you find his stomach empty. If you
feel down hearted, avoid hemp and take to
victuals A timely "sirloin" might save
many good fellow from an early grave.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
TIE CALIFORNIA WooppEcKEn,-Th bird

THE CALIFORNIA WooDPEcKER,-This bird
says the AHa, after mentioning eleven varie-
ties of the woodpecker in this State, is call
ed Cmpintero. The California Woodpecker
is called Carpintero, because he is in the habit
of boring holes with his beak in the bark of
thenut-pine, redwood, California white-oak,
and Western pine, and then putting acorns
into the holes. The holes are dug just deep
and large enough to hold acorns, which are
then hammered tightly in, that there is
no danger of their falling out. The acorns
on the northeastern sides of the trees often
stay good for years. The bark of the nut
pine is preferred, and every part of the bark
in the trunk of the tree is often full of holes,
from thirty to fifty being often found within
a square foot. It is to be presumed that the
Woodpecker intends these acorns for his own
use in the winter, but most of them are left
untouched, the squirrels eat many, and the
red and white men, when driven by hunger
often resort to them.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
che Audraulie 9rtss.
B. p. AVERY. EDITOR.

CLAssICAL-The Sierra Citizen of last Sat-
urday contained classical editorial upon
"Brutus and Cesar," in which the time-hon-
ored claim of the former to the title of pa
triot is denied, and the character of the lat
ter is defended. The opinion is advanced,
and ably maintained, that the assassination
OF Caesar "has not only been the subject OF
unmerited laudation, but that, stripped OF
the gloss of most palpable sophistry, the
very reason assigned for attributing to Bru-
tus extraordinary exaltation of character is
such as should cause us to regard the crime,
and its inevitable consequences to Rome,
with unmitigated horror, or the weakness
which suffered him to be lured to its perpe-
tration, with pity not unmingled with con-
Tempt"
The appearance of such an article in a
California mountain journal is worthy OF
remark.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Paul Morphy made very sensible reply
to DR.. Holmes extravagant speech, on the
occasion of recent testimonial in his hon.
or He thus alluded to the game that has
made him famous:
81 would only say once more, that chess
can never form the object of life. 1t is al
best a relaxation from more serious pursuits.
AS such, and as discipline for the mind,
believe it to be worthy of all commendation
and think you will agree with me when
say that the substitution of the chess board
for the card table would go far towards i'm
proving the morals of our people"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

The Union says one thousand persons were
present at the laying of the corner stone of
The new Agricultural Hall at Sacrament
to, last Friday. The building will be of two
stories, and cover an area of 100 by 120 feet,
with self-sutaining roof and floor, leaving
the halls clear Of all distractions. 1t will
exceed in size any agricultural hall in the
Union.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

APPROXIMATION OF CUBA.-Hon. Thomas
Butler King says the number of Cuban chill
dren now at school in the United States may
be estimated at from six to ten thousand.
Added to this the number of visitors from
Cuba to the United States, in the year 1858;
was between fifteen and twenty thousand.
In view of these facts, the Savannah Repub-
Lcan thinks that Cuba will soon become
Americanized, and we had best not be in a
hurry about the acquisition of the ''gem of
the Atlantic"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

The 7erritoFial Enterprise says Lake Bigler
is about fifty miles long by an average width
of fifteen miles, and is situated near the
summit of the Sierras, about {, 1000 feet above
the sea, yctis surrounded by hills. The wa
ter is pure and transparent. Its distance from
Placerville is sixty miles.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

A DELICATE DAMsEL.-The Sacramento
Bee tells a story about maiden Of fourteen
who was escorted to an ice cream saloon by
gallant gentleman and there demanded
ham and eggs She deyoured two dishes of
this summer luxury, then some strawberries
and cream, and tapered off on two plates of
oysters. She was still alive at last accounts.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Thirty-four per cent. every ten years is the
of the United States. If this ratio holds
for one hundred years, the total population
of the Union will reach the enormous aggre-
gate of Ala, ,7O5, ,43O-more people than are
now contained in Europe, Africa, South
America and the West India Isles.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

The Butte Record mentions man named
John Draghi, who has an owl, pair of
young hawks, two eagles, squirrel, par
rot and a rabbit all in one cage, living to-
gether in apparent happiness and good un-
derstanding towards each other.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Four twenty-four FOUNDER iron howitzers,
weighing about l 800 pounds each and about
five feet ten inches long, were lately cast and
finished at Donahue's foundry, San Francisco,
for Gov. Pesqueira of Mexico. They were du
ly tested and found perfect. So says the alta.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

The fire which lately destroyed 100, 900
dollars worth of property in the town of
Tehama, consumed the Gazette office. The
editor will soon start again, with true Cali
fornia pluck.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

VIM. Smith O'Brien, the Irish patriot who
lately visited the United States, told his
countrymen here who are too fond of the
''crathurn that they had better return to Ire
land, where the whiskey is better, and work
for shilling day.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

The number of stations on the Southern
Overland mail route, that is from ST. Louis
to San Francisco, is l64. The number of
drivers employed for the through trip, one
way, is exactly one hundred. The total
of the mail company is estimated at 1900,
valued in the aggregate at S350,000.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
THE GANGEs CouNrRY.-A correspondent
of the London Illustrated Neps writes:

The Indian General Steam Navigation COM
pany declares this month dividend of 100
per cent The Home Government has been
requested to send out six river steamers, and
it has sent out only one, which, it said, would
be enough. Next month the Indian Gov
ernment had to engage all the freight Of SIX
for two trips at price which would have
bought the new vessels wanted twice over.
There is room and work for 800 steamers
on the Ganges alone, flowing, as it does,
through a territory with population OF
$50 to the square mile with an exporttrade.
$4,000, 900, and internal trade beyond
human calculation.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

WHILE we are complaining of grasshop-
pers and crickets in California the Virginians
are troubled with locusts. The western slope
of the Blue Ridge is covered with them.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Contrary to previous reports the Johnson
mail contract has been perfected; and if
nothing occurs to prevent, the ocean mail,
for nine months after the lst ofnext October,
will be transported ria Nicaragua.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Bonner's Ledger says: "The most subtle
compliment a man can pay woman is to
talk sense to her. 1t is not every man, how
ever, who possesses the qualification"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Milton S. Latham, Administration Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, and John c..
Burch, candidate for Congress, will address
the people of Nevada and Grass Valley on
the lst and I'd of August.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Politeness goes great ways. Henry Ward
Beecher says an impudent clerk can do al
most as much injury to store as the neg
lect of the proprietor to advertise his wares.
A suggestive remark.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

There are now in France nearly two hun-
dred telegraphic leading offices, the property
of companies, and the operators of which
are government employees. A large number
of secondary offices are worked by railroad
employees. In the year 1853, the receipts
from the various offices were over $500, 600
francs
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

THE wife of DR.. Bailey, editor of the Ma
tiomal Era, who has gone to Europe for the
benefit of his health, superintends the paper
and its business during his absence.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

NEARLY eighteen tons of human hair are
annually worked into wigs and other fabrics
by civilized nations.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Bar The SanJose Tribune says that the smut
has not injured the grain in that vicinity
which is the growth of seed washed in a
solution of biuestone. This is positive tes-
timony
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

A newspaper called the Tulare Record is
now published at visalia-a town about two
hundred and fifty miles below San Francisco.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Fraser river is rising and falling as it did
last year, but there are not SO many dupes to
watch it.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

Gen. Scott denies making wager Of five
hundred bottles of champagne that Napole-
on would never return to France.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09

The Placer Courier has entered upon its
third volume.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-09
Since the death of Humboldt. America

may claim to possess the first naturalist of
the world in the person of Agassiz.