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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14

A RAILROAD DECIsIoN.-Some t,mq
since Benjamin BarkerpurCheseda ticket,
which read as follows "Good for one
seat in first class cars from New York to
Buffalo bv Hudson River and New York
Central Railroad--to be used within three
days from dste-good for continuous trip
only" properly signed and stamped. Mr.
Barker remained in this city week be.
fore taking the Central Railroad cars {;
and then was passed as far as Syracuse,
when the Conductor coming on there re-
fused the ticket. The result was that
Mr. Barker was elected, and he brought
q suit against the Conductor for assault
and battery. Upon these facts, Judge
Marvin of the With District nonsui;ed
the plaintiff, holding that the ticket cyi-
denced the contract between the parties
that the Railroad Company had right
to prescribe the terms embraced in its
and that the Conductor was
justified in the course he tQqk.-AlJany
jOurUG{
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14
Esg~ The war in Europe is daily increas-

ssg~ The war in Europe is daily increas.
ing in magnitude aud interest. At the
battle of Solfcrino, (the largest engage
ment as yet or likely to be-, which lasted
Is hours, some 280,00O troops were on
the field The Allies we're victorious,
and the Austrians have re-crossed the
river Mincio
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14

ernor of the staunch old State Of pm
sylyania.
+" In him the manufacturer, the lahore.
and the farmer have a fast friend who Vim
never finch when duty calls him IN 90,
for the establishment of the great nr;nc;
pie of protection to our Industry. Ana
as friend Of freedom, his antecedpn,.
are too yell known to demand reiterot;"n
st oar hands. We shall urge his claim,
for the eHiee of Governor, and we hone ,o
see him nominated as the standard .bears,
of the hosts of freedom and protection
in 1860"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14

Be~ We publish with more than usual
pleasure an article from the Cleveland
hrald, announcing the release of the
Oberlin rescuers. The victory achieved
by these men, is of far more importance to
oppressed humanity, than those gained by
the French aud Sardinians over tie Aus
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Annoumcem>nts Of Candidates, till Co. Con,
rrrtton, S each; Independent Candidates. mi
Geaerel Election, 50 each--in all cases, IN AD-
VANCE
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"The Democrats IN this county nominated
a ticket and adopted platform of principles,
both of which the HorAing Post, the only or
gan of the party, utterly repddlates As to
fbe platform. the Post editor spits upon it,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14

A HAPPY RAMLy--A val.ed cor
respondent at Pittsburg writes US under
date of Jnly 1st, as follows. No COM
ments are called for :
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14

The following is the letter of Senator
Douglas stating upon what terms he will
permit his name to go before the Charles
ton Democratic Convention in 1860:
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

MOUNTAIN PAsTURAGE.-With reference to
the adaptability of numerous mountain val
leys to grazing purposes, the San Andreas
Independent has the following, which will ap-
ply as correctly to all the valleys lying along
the summit of the Sierra Nevada, or below
it, as to those in Calaveras county, which
are here specially described:
tFor four or FIVE months in the year thou
sands of sheep and cattle may be subsisted
and fattened on these valleys. The snow
entirely disappears from them by the middle
of June, when the bunch and spire grasses
shoot up with great rapidity and continue
green until covered by the SHOWS of Decem-
ber. Springs of water abound all over the
natural pastures. Immediately before and
after the summers solstice-from the 10th
of June to the 10th Of July-the nights are
usually exempt from frost but later than
July, though the days are often warm, the
nights are cold and frosty, and fire becomes
necessary. Persons engaged in raising cat
tie and sheep as a business, could not man
age better than to drive them up to these
valleys about the lst of July, at the season
when the low hills have been pretty well
shorn of their verdure by the scorching
sun. By the time snow and cold re visited
the mountains, they would be as fat as if
stall-fed. There is scarcely any limit to the
range which these high attitudes furnish for
summer and fall pastuTage. From the Big
Trees to the very summit of the mountains,
cattle and sheep might thus be fattened for
FIVE months, at the very season when our
home resources fail"
The truth of this statement has been de-
monstrated in Nevada coanty, whose sum-
nit valleys are every year resorted to by
stock raisers with the greatest advantage
Cattle that are driven up in a lean aud de-
bilitated condition, come down at the close
cf summer looking fat, sleek and strong. and
command at once nigh price. Some of the
pasture valleys are not deserted even at the
approach of winter, but remain numerousay
inhabited by parties who have there huilt
themselves homes,
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16


Nor A PEooF.-There is now going the
rounds Of the press an extract from Lardners
lectures, which recounts and describes the
fact that total change of the constituent
materials of the body takes place periodically
some say every thirty days, though the
period was once thought to be seven years
In spite of this physical change, Lardner ar
CUES, there is something within the body
that docs not experience mutation, which is
not atomic I'M its constitution and which must,
therefore, be spiritual. The argument is
beautiful, though not new, but is hardly a
clear proof of the Immortality of the soul, as
some claim, unless we are willing to admit
that the inferior animals also have immortal
souls. The horse and the OK, the dog and
the cat, undergo the same process of physi-
cal renewal, and retain, like man, their men
tai characteristics and personal identity as
individuals unchanged. Memory remains
in them as in man, though every particle
of their material organism has been changed.
If memory is a proof of freason-and Broug-
ham so considers it-and reason is immortal,
there ought to be heaven for quadrupeds.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

ABALoNE SHELLs.-The S. F. Times says
the islands along the coast of California pro-
duce beautiful SHE'LL called by the natives
| concha c5alone, which is used in the manu-
facture of paper n.ache, and for the ornament
ing of portmona,es, work-boxes, card cases,
&C., into which it is inlaid with beautiful eff
feet. 1t resembles mother of pearl in ap-
pearance, but is more finely colored, emit
ting the most brilliant hues. Being so ad-
mirably adapted to various ornamental pur-
poses, it is thought it win eventually become
an article ef profitable export. The TimA
says:
f'The Chinese in California fish for the all
alone for the meat, which resembles that of
the great clam or other shell fish and is very
palatable. With singular improvidehce,
however, for such an economical people,
they have hitherto thrown away the shells.
1t is the refuse shells thus scattered that
have made up the principal lots collected.
The Indians not only of California but of
the whole coast, hold the abalone she'll in
great estimation but particularly those liv-
ing IN the far interior, where there is a re-
ligiouS value attached to them. The shell
is cut up into small pieces, polished rudely
and strung in rows. They are burned upon
the grave of deceased Indians, and is believed
to assist the defunct in his passage to re-
gions of repose In the early days of the
gold discoveries, the Indians set a much
higher value upon them than now, owing to
the fact that the islands were not so easy of
access. Indians from the interior tribes
visited the coast at certain periods to obtain
such supplies as were possible. A gentle
man who lived in Yerba Buena in those early
days, has stated that thousand dollars
worth of gold dust has been paid by Indians
for few of these shells. And even at this
time, so highly are they priced, that two
white men are now engaged in purchasing
them here, and selling them to the Indians
in the interior counties In China these
shells are very highly valued-in ratio acA
cording to the number of the peculiar little
round holes which appear around the thick
est part. An intelligent Chinese merchant
states that shell with twenty of these holes
is worth 81, 900 in some parts of China
There, too, the value set upon them is re-
ligious one. Capt. Robinson has several
lots now en- route for New York from which
he expects to realize handsome return"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16
Tle algtlraulie 2ress.
B. p. AVERY. EDITOR.

PROTECTION TO ADOPTED CITIZENS ABROAD.
The letter of Secretary Cass, in which he
asserts that nataalizationin this country does
not exempt foreign born citizens who volun
tarlly repair to their native land, from mill
tary service if it is claimed of them, has ex-
cited universal attention and discussion.
Unfortunately, ,like almost every thingin these
days, 1t is made partizan question, and
thus fair discussion of it, with a view to
public enlightenment, need not be expected.
The Interpretation put upon the letter by
many of our adopted citizens, and by that
portion of the press which is politically op-
posed to its author, is to this effect-that a
mere visit to their native land, on the part of
such citizens, divests them of any right to
protection as Americans; that if they are
only in a French port, for instance. on fly-
ing errand, they can be forced to serve the
Emperor and need leok for no interference
in their behalf by the United States. The
brief note of Ar. Cass hardly warrants such
inferential conclusions. 1t simply states a
well known fact with reference to the mu-
nicipa laws Of the French government, with
out indicating the policy of our own. What
this may be will soon be fully explained, ac-
cording to q recent declaration through the
eastern journals, and it will then be time
enough to form positive opinions.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

SANTA CLARA CoLLEGE.-We have received
copy of the prospectus of this institution,
which is established in Santa Clara Valley,
about three miles from San Jose, under the
superintendence of the Jesuit Fathers
The college was Incorporated in April, 1855,
and now contains one hundred and twenty
students. The system of instruction is very
full, embracing all the departments of class
ical and scientific knowledge. The exer-
cises at the eighth annual examination,
which took place June goth, exhibited great
proficiency on the part of the students, and
reflected the highest credit upon the faculty
of the college.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

REDouBTABLE OxEN-Some Chinese war.
riors once attempted to intimdate their foes
by tying lighted torches to the horns of o
large number of oxen and then, at night,
driving the bovine herd towards the enemy.
This willy strategem only served to reveal
their own position and movements, and light
their foes on to an easy victory As an off
set to this unlucky ratse we copy an amusing
incident which is related by Mrs. f. f. Day,
in her biographical sketch of the pioneer
Isaac j. Sparks. He was travelling towards
Santa Fe, on his way to this country, in
1881, with party of other adyenturers, and
and had considerable trouble with the Indi-
ans:
"All day long they continued their ;our-
ney up the Sineone, and at night again con-
structed their fort of bitches and wagons.
and secured their stock inside The night
was dark and gloomy, and the hours wore
on unbroken, save by the low wall of the
wind, until about midnight, when the un-
mistakable war-whoop of the Indians rent
the air, and they found themselves surround
ed by party of the same Indians with
whom they had parted conf fany in the morn
ing. The animals, frightened by the noise,
broke loose and ran helter skelter in every
direction. One pair of oxen having woke
in which was an iron ring, broke loose and
made right for the Indians, the ring making
as they ran great noise, which the Indians
in the darkness imagined to be a piece of
artillery, and fed in hot haste down the VAL
ley, leaving to the oxen the honor of a con-
quered field, and the rescue of the owners
from tragic fate. The next morning their
oxen were found about two miles from
camp"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

PoIsoSERs.-Dr. 0. ". Holmes lately de-
Tended his heterodoXy before Boston audi
ence. He said he had been accused of the
crime for which Socrates suffered-that OF
being a poisoncr Of public opinion. He
came by the trick honestly. The doctors of
the healing art taught it to him, They COM
menced poisoning mems bodies under the
name of incubation, in 1921. Towards the
close of the same century they did 1t By a
new process, termed eaccaaation. In 1916
they started another process called etheriza-
tion, by means of which they reduced people
to such a wretched state of insensibility that
they cut their legs off without their know
ing anything abeut it! But the Boston pois-
oners have not stopped at the body. The
quill that carried the vaccine virus is not
the only quill that has been loaded with con-
tagious principles. They poisoned the veins
of Loyalty with the virus of Liberty; and
The thick black blood of stagnant theology
with the virus of a large and liberal faith
The excitement of the patient uudcr these
poisons only shows that they are good, and
that they have tahen.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

If the present ruler of Prussia is controlled
by the same aversion to popular rights that
actuated friedrich William in lS47, there is
little probability that Italy will fnd him on
her side in the struggle now waging. The
royal old fogy alluded to thus declared.
II feel urged to make the solemn deciara
ton that no earthly power will ever succeed
in deciding me to convert the natural and
solid relation between King and people into
a conventional, constitutional one, and that
will never allow, never, that there intrude
between the Lord in heaven and this coun-
try, written bit of paper, second provi-
dence, so to say, pretending to rule by its
paragraphs, and supplant by its means the
old, sacred faith
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

One of the reasons alleged for prosecuting
the Jews, centuries ago, was, that they used
the blood of Christian children in sacrifice.
There are still some fools alive at Galatz, a
Moldavian town, who religously believe this
silly lie The populace were led to believe
that a gentle boy had been bled to furnish
blood for passover bread, whereupon they
ragged around, mobbed the Jews, plundered
them and demolished their synagogue. On
investigation it proved that all was plotted
with view to paanGer.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

PIXIES PEAK.-Every body supposed the
Pixies Peak bubble had burst, until the last
overland mail arrived with news that had
swelled it larger than ever. The most ex-
travagant reports ofrich diggings are daily
circulated fully equal to the first tidings
from California, with this difference, most
likely-that they are not true According
to the ST. Louis correspondent of the Union,
a certain, or uncertain, Gen. Larimer is the
chief author of these reports, as he was of
those which lureG to Pixies Peak the thous-
ands of ruined, starved and despairing
wretches who are now treading the bitter
path back.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The 4AHa gives a list of eight benevolent
societies which are conducted by foreigners
in San Francisco, and mentions four more
amongst the Chinese. The total number of
benevolent institutions at the Bay must be
very large, and the city may well be proud
of them, for they mark her true progress. =
The city of London is justly celebrated for
its numerous schemes of practical beneyo-
lence, which almost defy recollection, and
San Francisco is comparatively not behind
her.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

MEMco.-The priests and their hero Mir
anon have fallen out Miramon's ATTEMPT
at large forced loan was probably as
distastefui as Comonfert's plan to sell the
church property. The church had tried
Miramon, but the latter had arrested the
principal priests and sent them to Vera
Cruz. Meanwhile the usual cruelties were
going on. The Liberals look on with hope.
Our minister had gone to Vera Cruz, whittier
also consul Black was reported to be bound
to escape violence.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The farmers in Missouri are now devotinc
much attention to the cultivation Of hemp
and many Of them ralse from 100 to I20 tons
annually, besides grain crops
The cultivation of hemp has been COM
menced in California, with such flatterinp
notwithstanding to the State Reqistey-as
to leave no longer doubt but what there
will bej in few years, sufficient quantity
produced here to supply the demands for
home consumption, and a share of the trade
existing abroad.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

LAGER BEER The N. Y Herald considers
the increasing popularity of this beverage as
proof ofthe steady spread of rational tenn
perance principles. 1t is found to slake
thirst, to refresh, and to cheer without ine-
briating-as Cowper said of tea: "Tempe-
rance thus begets lager beer, and lager beer
hegets temperance" A good reason for
drinking lager was given in our hearing by
a jolly Teuton, not long ago. He said ''the
farmer grows the grain, the brewer makes
the beer, and by damn there must be some
body to drink the beer p
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

England is about to erect a Patent Office
building on the plan of the one in Washing-
ton, with a museum for models and all the
other departments which we have in Amer
ca. The Scientific american says the Patent
Office is about The only department under
government which is not dependent upon the
income derived from the custom house for
its support. is actually making money,
and its receipts must be over $4,000 per
week,
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Foul WELLS, OR SHAFTs.-sA correspondent
of the London Times, referring to recent
case of choke-damp in well. says;
"lf an empty bucket had been loweredi
drawn up, and inverted away from the mouth
of the well, so as to empty it of its heavy
carbonic acid gas, and this repeated again
and again, the pit would speedily have been
freed of its noxious damp"
Dashing down water also facilitates the
publication of foul shafts. These facts
should be remembered, by miners partcu-
larly.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Ataconvention nofcongregationalists heldin
Massachusetts,, a resolution was offered, but
withdrawn subsequently, rebuking the use
of tobacco, and declaring the propriety of
taking means for banishing it from use.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Fanny Fern does not like Lady Doctors.
She says the amount of it is, that when she
is sick, petting is as necessary for her as ply
sicking, and female petting does not suit her
complaint!
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Sir Moses Monteiore failed to obtain an
interview with the Pope, for the purpose of
representing the injustice of his Holiness in
retaining the boy Mortara He was told by
Cardinal that the question is entirely
closed.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Professor Agassiz is said to have received
from Brazil butterfly that measures ten feet
from the tip of one wing to the tip of the
other fit is really that large, it cannot be
but-a-fy.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

There is still another plan for an ocean
cable 1t is stated Z .he prospectus for
a new company is Il to be issued in
London, for carrying telegraph cable from
Cornwall to Canada. The proposed capital
is s., 900.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Mrs. CLARA HARTMAN adYertises through
the Standard for information of her husband,
Henry Hartman, and son aged ten years,
who left their residence on Deer Creek, Te-
hama county, July Sd, and have not since
been heard from. Any person able to give
such information, is requested to address
Mrs. Hartman at Moons P. O., Tehama
county. M
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The fire which destroyed Chips Flat was
transferred to Forest City by several of the
lower country papers. The mistake was
probably occasioned by the telegraphic des-
patch conveying the intelligence being dated
at Forest City.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

MoUNT VERNON FuND-About $50, 900 re-
mains to be paid to complete the purchase
of Mount Vernon, the sum of $40, 900 hav-
ing been paid over to Mr.. Washington. 1t
is SAID that $4,000 additional will be re-
quired to restore the grounds and make the
repairs upon the place necessary to arrest
the rapid decay now going on.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Italy is only about twice the size of New
England, yet it contains population nearly
as large as that of the United States. 1t is
dreadful to think what must be the horrors
of a war conducted in such populous
cnunfrH.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

PoL1r1cAL PUNN1NG.-The S. F. Ners says
to the National: eve will lean like Pauline
on your breast, and listen with rapture to
your thrilling story" Whereupon the Na-
tioaal replies: "Should you do SO you might
get 'clawed,' and thereafter 'meddle-not'
with matters not concerning you.D Ughl
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The Chinese birds nests which are such a
dainty edible with epicures, are said to be
formed by the birds vomiting the strongest
and best fragments of the food they have
eaten.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The California Home Journal is now pub
fishing a translation, by Hittel, of a very
amusing French work on America, styled
"The Other World" 1t is aFrench-woman's rs
picture of American society, and she fairly
out Trollopes Trollope in her delineations.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Newspaper suggestions are not always un-
needed. The s. F. CdD asked attention to
the necessity of a provision for such unfor-
tunate females as yielded to propensity for
strong drink, and since then such provision
has been made in the Inebriate Asylum
which was lately founded by the Dashaways.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Gen. Suffers farm has been opened to the
public as place of resort for pleasure
seekers. The Marysville papers say it is a
lovely retreat from city dirt and turmoil.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The West Point Cadets have written neat
letter to Miss Cunningham enclosing the sum
of S458, their subscription to the Mount
Vernon Fund.-two dollars from each cadet.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The veterinary surgeons now use chloro-
form on horses, when about to perform pain
full operations.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

The dry bones of Hebrew tradition and
formaiism are being stirred slightly in Cali
fornia by the breath of liberality and intelli-
gence. The editor of the Cleaner enters his
protest against effete observances and cere-
monials, which are the mere husk after the
kernel has been digeS ted. lie says:
ave drive our children from US, instead
OF bringing them near US, if we persist in
our obstinacy not to listen to advice, and in
trying continually to force oar burom youth
into oriental shrouds-eur 1iging men into naum-
my boxes. x x
BY clinging to the forms of the past we lose
the substance ef the present, and starye the
seed cf the fature."
These pregnant words are worthy of all
accentationn 10 otharc than Uebra1s-r
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

Stewart of the New York dry goods pal
ace, has purchased Powers statue of the
Greek Slave and set it up in bis store.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

These pregnant words are "worthy Of all
acceptation' to others than Hebrews.