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The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

INsURREcTIoN At HARPER's FERRY-Want Of space
compes us to condense the very copious details with
which we are furnished concerning the most insane act
OF mad fanatcsm which the history of country has
ever recorded.
At midnight of the 10th and 18th of October the Bal
timore and Ohio Express train from Wheeling, reached
Harpers Ferry, and found the town and United States
Armory completely in the possession of armed nsur-
gents cannon and guard placed at the bridge the
Potomac, the watchmen of the R. R. Co., and the officers
of the Armory, prisoners the citizens fred at of
them killed, all the lights of the town extngushed and
the inhabitants pain of death compelled to stay with
in their houses the Insurgents armed with rifles ap-
preached the conductor, and peremptorily notified him
that to attempt to proceed further would be at the risk
of his life. Firing was heard in various directions,
whoever entered the town arrested and confined
NOR made the number Of whites engaged in the insur
recton several hundred, and said that the slaves
joining and receiving from them At six in the
morning the train was permitted to proceed, the passen
gers having remained all night in the cars.
The news of the insurrection created intense excite.
ment. The President of the United States and the
Governor of Virginia Immediately dispatched troops
to the of outrage and at oclocked A. M of the
18h the Armory was assaulted and taken by company
of United States marines The nsurgentsmade the most
determined ressence repeatedly refusing to surrender
Of their NUMBER eleven whites and two negroes were
killed. four prisoners including Ossawatamie Brown the
leader, who had Mint Wounds mortal, were taken
and sent to Charestown Va for trial. and four escaped
OF the marines and citizens Eve were killed. A large
quantity of Sharp's rifles, revolvers, fifteen hundred
spears headed with bowie blades and weapons of
various constructions found in the house of Brown
where they had been secreted constitution drawn
up, and plan of Provisional Government by which
Brown to be Commander-in Chief. Harper's Ferry
was to be the point Of initiation to which the slaves and
disaeced whites to flock and be furnished with
Browns correspondence is in the hands of the
President and Gerritt Smith, Joshua R. Giddngs, and
several other leading rrepressible conflict are
said to be implicated.
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19
RELIGIOUS NOTICE,

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCII-WILLIAM c. POND, PASTOR
Services at the STONE CHAPEL Jersey Flat every Sabbath
at ln O'Clock NJ and ~ O'Clock NJ Sabbath School
O'Clock P. NJ.
~ Subject for Sabbath Erening merit Nou 2Oth-PRNcIrIEs
POLICY Daniel list chaprThe first
explaining and illustrating the Book of Daniel
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

DARKEY SOGERs-The Massachusetts House OF Repre-.
sentatives have expunged the word "whte" from the mi
litia laws, by vote of 14O to 81.
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

DELEGATE FROM NEVADA TERR1ToRY.-The election for
Delegate to Congress for Nevada Territory held
Saturday last and undoubtedly John j. Musser was
elected by almost unanimous vote il not entirely go
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

TN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF J. R. PORTER
petitonhg to be discharged from his deb as an nsolvent
the County Of Sierra State of California:
Pursuant to order Of Hon Vance Judge
this day made notice is hereby given all
said John Porter that they shall appear before said
Judge in open Court inDownievile, Sierra County,
On the a1st day of December, A. D. 1852
and show they have why houd
the said
discharged his debts and liabilities prayer of his
ton conformity statutes in such
and provided and during the pendency Of said application
Given under hand seal Of the 17th District
3Is Court this the Sd day November aHe r}; D ISSs
~ OossITT sHuLTz, Attorneys for Petitioner 43-40
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

- Gen. John Calhoun of Kansas, died at St. 10
seph, Mo-, on the 18th ult.
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

MRS. F. H. DAY-This lady, editress of the Hesperian
San Francisco, has been making visit to the lower
country-was at Los Angeles few days since.
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19
Turkeys For Sale

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF RUFUS sWETT n
!nsovent Debtor petonng to Be discharged from debts
an nsolven debtor in the District Court, District
and for the County of Sierra, State of California:
Pursuant order the Honorable vancie Judge
the said District Court notice hereby given to all
sad noyent Rufus swe be and before Hon.
vance Judge aforesaid
Court, in the County of Sierra,
On the goth day of December, A. d. 1859,
O'Clock Of that day. then
they why the Of said petition should and
an Of his estate be made and he be
debts and of the
provided the meantime proceedings against
solvent be stayed.
(-- Witness my hand and the said Court this 14th
L. fday of November, A. D. 1859.
(C~y AZ GEO H. FUTILE, Clerk D. G.
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

@- The House of Bishops, by vote of twenty five
to eight refused to remit the sentence of Bishop Onder
donlz
The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

@s- 1t is proposed to establish printing Office on
board the Great Eastern, her return trip from New
York to England.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
Democratic Harmony.

The friends of Democracy may trembie
for their party, the enemies of this modern
despotism may rejoice, for its end is near
In recent discussion in the Senate, start
ed by motion from Senator HALE to re-
peal the Kansas restriction clause. by which
she is kept out Of the Union, the leaders OF
the old factions of the Democracy revived
their old scisms. and arrayed themselves IN
mortal combat against each other. Brown
and DAVIS, of Mississippi, GREEN, OF Mis-
sour, CLAY, of Alabama, HUNTER, OF Vir-
ginia, GwrN, Of California, and BENJAMIN
of Louisiana, gave notice that they not only
repud lated Squstter Sovereignty, but thai
in future they would deny the right of Ter
ritories to !egislate Slavery out of Their
limits, and demand Congressional in,erven'
tion to keep it there. They declare that
property in slaves in the Territories mus
have adequate and positive protection from
Congress.
DOUGLAS, STUART, PUGH, and BEoDER'
lex took issue. and the combat deepens in
feeling, and the combatants are now toe
widely sundered ever TO expect concert Of
action in the future.
How absurd doctrine Yet, Northern
Democrats, you will gulph it down before
another year. In all probability one of the
men now advocating this doctrine Of con
stitutional protection for Slavery agains
local law will be the Democratic candidate
for President. Democratic papers in Ohio
will hoist his name and shout his praises
loud and long; and this doctrine, now odiou'
in every feature, will become your house
hold God.
There is nut for the Democracy to cracl
in this connection. 1t is this: Can an in
stitution, sanctioned and protected by tn,
Constitution of the United States, be refu
dated and annulled by State law! Is no
this doctrine to be followed by bolder de
claration of the universally OF Slavery, des
pite all law! We think the advocates o
this peculiar institution are not unfathom
able. and we give the above as their object
by their own dec!ara: ion in part and by in
ference in part. An ounce of common
sense viii be enough 10 show anv man tha
the tendency of this party has long beer t.
the South. II is now near its bed. Tht
gravitation in that direction will soon CEASE
because each will be swallowed up in lht
other.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03

her facilities for accommodating crowd
fully treble if not quadruple those of New
ark; double those of Sandusky: equal those
of Dayton; nearly if not quite equal those
cf Columbus, and double or treble those OF
Mansfield, the principal competitor with
Zanesville for the location.
In addition to the hotels and boarding
houses in the city, there will be two or
three steamboats, moored at our wharves
every night, capable of accommodating a
couple of hundred people; and for such Wis
i:ors belonging to the rich and populous
country surrounding as may wish to return
home each evening. her railroads, river, and
macadamized roads offer facilities at least
equal to those OF any of her rivals.
We do not deem it necessary to speak
here of our capacity for feeding an army
however large. Amy one who has ever Wis
tied our market-the rery best in the State
will understand all sbout that; to those
vino have not, we would merely say, come
and test our ability in this respect.
Nor do we feel called upon to allude tc
the private hospitality OF our citizens il
this connection. Their reputation in this
respect IS wider than the boundaries of ou
commonwealth, and is as dear to them al
the apple OF their eye. 1t is enough to sa.
that it will not be orfeited when an oppor
tunity Of giving it full scope is presented
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
Mr.. Bolts upon the Question of
Slavery in the Territories.

In the following extract from the late
speech OF Hon. JOHN MINOR BuTTs, OF
Virginia, at the Academy of Music, New
York, on ;he anniversary of WASHINGTON s
birthday, will be found the opinion OF that
distinguished statesman upon the Republi-
can doe trine Of Congressional intervention
to prohibit the introduction of Slavery into
takes The most decided Republican ground
on this question:
How stands the question now of tie
power of Legislation for The TerrItories!-
Does it remain where the Constitution
placed it, where it had been exercised FOR
sxty-four years, and where the judicia |
tribunals OF the country had decided it to
exist, in the Congress of the United States !!
or does it ubide in the Territories them
selvesi
We have some new theory broached on
this subject almost every day, because from
the moment they departed from the old
landmark, they have been baking and blln-
dering and stumbling from bad to worse,
like blind horse in plo~ed ground, simply
for the reason that there was no path to
follow, and no road 10 travel, and no sign
post to guide; and ycu must get back to the
Constitution. and the power must remain
where it was lodged by the Constitution
in the Congress of the United Stales-be-
fore matters will get straight again.
This power Congress has no authority to
transfer; they have no choice but to exer-
else it themselves. If the power is given
to Congress to legjslate for the Territories,
they have no more right to dlvest themselves
os that power enn transfer it to the Terrific
rial Legislatures than they would have to
dvest themselves of the war making power
and transfer it to the State Legislatures
And, if the power is not vested in Con
gress, whence do they derive the power by
legislation to transfer the authority to the
Territory! This proposition is too plain
and simple to embarross the mind of any
statesman. Away, then, with all new
tangled theorits and experiments of popu-
lar and squatter sovereignty, unknown to
the Constitution 1t is sheer nonsense and
folly; there can be no harmony of action.
no peace, no agreement as to the power,
until this " lid heresy is abandoned, aud the
Constitution is restored to it's original ac-
ton and to its true interpretioR. If, then,
| am asked, az often am, what about Sen
ator Douglass new theory OF Squatter Sow
ereientyi | answer, according TO the terms
os the Kansas. Nebraska bill, he is all right;
but, according to the Constitution, he is
wrong, essentially and radically wrong;
extra judicial opinions that have been made
to hinge upon the Nebraska bill, and not
upon the Consiitu tion, to the contrary not
wlhsranding.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
The Homestead Bill.

This truly patriotic and just measure hes
been defeated in the Senate by strictly
Democratic vote. Every Democratic Sem
ator, including PUGH, and excepting JOHN
SON, of Tennessee, voted against the meas
Uis.
This bill gave TO every poor man a
tErnce to t;ke LONE as gift of his
col n.rv, but the desPOtic party now in power
is no friend to the poor man. Millions of
dollars worth OF this land can be squaRdsr.
ed 10 reward party iavorites, and purchase
party power; but the poor man is spurned
as the "mud sili'' of society, not worthy the
notice of this aristocratic party. Let the
poor man remember this a: coming cleo
tions. Every Republican, except one, in
the House, and every Republican Senator
voted for the bill.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
To the Editor of The Belmont Chronicle:

SIR-As the time will soon arrive that
the Board of Managers will be arranging
for our Annual County Fair, wish through
your paper to call their attention to what
think the unfairness of the Premium List
of 1858.
The object Of premiums on stock, as
take it, is to induce the rearing OF those
that can be done the most economically
This being the case, all stock should have
fair proportion of premiums according to
their relative value, which has not been the
case with our previous Fairs The Hog
crop OF this county is veryiimportant one,
and to be profitable, where corn has TO be
raised for them on our hill land, the best
breeds should be encouraged. BY reference
to our premium list, it will be seen that the
premiums offered at the last Fair for Hogs
amount to S43, all told; and to Sheep STAT.
Yet the Assessors returns show the value
of Hogs for :he same year to be SlO3,623,
and of Sheep Sles,l79, making a differ,
ence in value in favor of Sheep of but S4,-
556. Yet they are awarded nearly three
and a half times as much in premiums as
Hogs.
| But this assessment does not show their
true relative value, as the sheep are listed
when at their highest value, Gust before
shearing) and Hogs at their lowest--take
the value of Hogs in the Fall, and they will
more than double that of Sheep.
Again, YOU will find that premiums are
offered for the best Durham Cattle, the best
Devons, Ayrshres, &c, and for the best
Spanish Merinos. French Merinos, Saxons
Cotswold, &c, &C., but FOR the hog with
out any reference to breeds at all; Just as
though we had no SufTulks, Chester Whites
Broad Backs, Berkshires, Bedfords, &c, (to
say nothing of the "land plkes'' that are
We: quite common in some parts.) Now
the result is, that if you happen to get ,
committee (Which is often the case) who
think that the hog that has the most size
without any reference to age or amount O
grain consumed, why they award him tht
premium. Let cur Hogs be graded as Ca,
tie and Sheep are, and, if necessary, give
sweePstake for the best of all breeds, ant
instead of giving SS for the best, make i
s., and my word for it some Of our Hos
raisers will be satisfied.
Again, in the article Of Fruit, the premi
ums offered amount to S23I-the hghes
being So, that for the greatest variety by
one exhibitor. think this downright
insult to fruit growers. To give $50 THE
best blood horse, and $40 to Sl5 to the
fastest racker and tfOtter, and So for the
best assortment Of not less than ten varie
ties of Apples Just as though pacing o
a blood horse was far more valuable to tht
country than good orchards
| | hope the Board will look into thest
matters, and do justice to all exhibitors.
JUSTICE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
GAINESVILLE and the State Fair

The impression having got broad tha
GAINESVILLE does not possess sufic lent &C
commodations for the crowd that may visi
The State Fair there next fail, our cotem
porary Of The Courier thu: discusses the
matter:
The number and size of our hotels ant
boarding houses are OF course MT such as
will afford every man, woman and child in
attendance separate bed IN u separate
room: and sensible persons do not expect
every thing exactly to their hand on such
occasions. Du. that rhey will no fnhnd
adequate fer the comfortable accommodation
of all reasonable people who visit our city
during the great exhibition We have no
doubt II they are noi, we risk huthing in
saying that priyaIe hospitality will take
care Uf the rest.
We DO not know exactly how many no.
tells and boarding houses there are in the
city, nsr have we time TO ascertain just
now, but we are confident that I,nesyille
will compare !avorably in this respect with
any city of her size in the country, and not
suffer by comparison with other places in
The State where the Fair has been held
Ftqp oy own knowledge, We should Judge
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
A Query.

Will some Of our Democratic friends an
swer. Why was Oregon admitted to the
Union without reference 10 her population,
while Kansas is denied the same privilege!
Was it because Oregon was Democratic
less population is required to make a Dem.
ocralic State than Republican Stute!-
Or did it not mean that the Democracy
labor Tor party po'Oer, and not for the coun'
try's good, The people have right to an.
:swers 10 these questions. Ii the Demo
cratic party wan, their support. then party
policy must be unmasked.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03

This measure has been disposed of for
the present. Upon question to os'pone
the Cuba Bill and take up the Civil Appro-
priation Bill, after Mr.. SLIDELL had stated
that the vote would be equivalent to vote
against Cuba, it was postponed by vote
of 80 yeas to 90 nays. The Democrats
who voted in the affirmative were Messrs.
ELlEx, BATES, BIGLER, HUNTER, IvER-
s5x, JOHNSON, of Tennessee. LANE, Ma
SON, PEARcE. RICE, SMITH, and STUART.
The Democratic Senators are not cOmmir-
ted against the bill by any means, but they
do show quite disposition to postpone an,
definite action on the question for the pres
ent. The policy of these shrewd politicians
is evident. The Cuba Bill is good timber
for buncombe speeches, and it must be
saved 10 gull the people with in 1860
That party will be scare of plnnks for a
platform about that tine, hence the neces-
sity Of saving out few and laying them
by to be seasoned.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03


GFThe Opposition purity of Kentucky
has nominated joshua F. BELL for Gov.
ernOr. lie is man with very good record
having been in Congress but two years.
JAS. HARLAN, candidate for Attornev-Gen.
srsl, was in Congress from 1885 to lS39.-
The ticket is spoken of in the highest
praise. 1t will give the Democracy a hard
fight. t
In The North the Democracy have been
routed. Their standard now floats over the
cotton fields of the South, they have abso-
l1te power in nearly every Slave State III
the South. But the reorganization of the
elements of the Opposition. which is fast
being perfected, even in their strongholds
is centering on The ultimate overthrow OF
this degenerate party.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03

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Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing. Fiutteting
at the Heart, Choking or SufocatIng Sensations
when in a lying posture. Dimness of Vson, Dots or
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Head Deficiency of Precipitation, Yellowuess of
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03

Holloway;s Ointment and PuHs.-The va
rious and frighttul u.cerations Of the lower
limbs, known by the general term of sore
leg,' or bad leg yield everywhere with sur
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03

0TThe elixir" prepared by DR.. JAS
WILLIAMS, for the cure of DYsPEPSY, ant
nothing but rYsPErsY, (as advertised in an
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and prescribing it to their patients, con.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
Roback's Scandinavian Remedies

Roback's Scandinavian Remedies.
The cures accomplished by these great
Swedish medicines would be incredible were
they not attesled by the parties themselves
over their own names. DR.. Roback. the
discoverer and sole proprietor of these fam
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They never dreamed of the possibility OF
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-03
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