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STRAY SHEEP.

EAME to the inclosure of the subscriber
" about the 10Th inst, NINE SHEEP-tht
lambs without any mark, and the old ones all
differeat r-marks. One of the old ones ha:
a piece of leather hopple on her foot. Tn,
owner. is requested to come forward, provs
property, pay charges, and take them away
For | will not be responsible for their safe
keeping after this date
THERON s. BENTON.
RAYMOND. Oct 81, lG59-lltf
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NeIc Adrcrtisements.-We present a
IEe number of new advertisements in
numbcr of our paper. We are so
bwded with matter, that we can not
fe them a separate notice, but simply
II the attention of our readers to them
"a general way. Next week we will no.
ii some of the more important ones par
Ablarly.
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H1krre will be an Exhibition and Lee.
fe, Biblical and Historical, BY lIr. Brett,
the Town Eaff5 oa' Saturday Evening,
bv. 18th 1850. Mr.. Brett comes to Us
III list of choice testimonials. See
bid bills.
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2 F You want to get your Watch ~o~
i es or Clocks put in good run - TT
ming order take them to D1FpON2S. You
viii find him oD hand to do youf work on
short notice, and in a worknlanlikc manner, st
No. ?, PHENII BLOCK,
opposite Parmece's Drug and Book Store
Jcwelry neatly repaired, and work done on
short notice, cheap for cash
JOHN B. DAYTON
Wellsyille, April II, 1859. 4o-Cmo.
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aJoHN Brown is the father of twenty.
III ehlldren-a force sufficient, itself, to
to ' Virginia and frighten the slavehold-
everywhere. We suppose some of
aeSe children were girls, but we don't
Pnk that would make any difference.
aomen would scare the Firginians-
5'o's In arms would do St Ohio
Adtc Journal.
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CIARLES REISSAIANN-

CABINET MAKER, having erected new and
convenient Shop, on the Southeast corner
of Third and West streets, viii be happy 10
receive and fill all orders IN his calling
Repairing and re- fitting carefully and neatly
done on short notice. q
GordersFurt, Nov. 8, lS59-il-Iy
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" r. Champney,Jr., the Agent for this coun-
/ has presented us with one of Loren Wet
loFe's new Patent Animal Traps, which after
Air trial in catching mice, we are glad TO
Fhnounce one of the best we ever saw Iii
|mple in construction, yet so perfect in de-
iMn that it will catch as many as nine rats
a ii ne. Mr.. c. will also fill all orders from
NJ direction by letter His poSt-ofice ad-
IS is Gaines, Tioga Co, Pa, which is also
81 address of the inventor
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LYMAN HOITSE-

;. G. 2FHAN, Proprietor, Ulysses. Peter Co..
Pa. This House is situated on the East
corner OF Main street, opposite A. Corey 4
Sons store, and is we'll adapted to meet the
wants of patrons and friends. t2:ll-Iv.
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The atlantic Monthly has been pur-
hscd by Messrs. Ticknor & Fields, the
|cbrated Boston publishers, for $4,000,
Il will lose none of its influence and
.aracter by the change Of management.
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|Fe visited Ulysses, Hector and Harri.
an townships week before last, and regret
hht our space will not allow us to speak
sc are wont this week of the kind
.rserings of our friends in those towns.
- hope to be less crowded next week,
zen we will give our impressions vent.
Fe would, however, briefly call atten-
lqh to the extra circular of the Ulysses
E4hdcmy, which will be found folded in
III paper We paid the Academy briet
-, and found it a well arranged build
le convenient and capacious and Prof.
ABper is worthy and Jealous teacher,
aH refined gentleman withal The cir.
Hk u of the Academy gives all the infor.
AAIl ion needed by those who desire TO in
oEb themselves of the terms &c.
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Ep y E ND z

LEACH-ln Hector township, on Monday
Oct 3lst, HIRAM G. LEACH, aged 80 years.
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Notice.-E. q. Wright will lecture ut the
Nm Hall, on Friday (to-morrowj evening
! public genGrally are invited to attend.
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FuIi Length Steel EugravIngs 81
WASHIN GrON & EVERETT,
Including View of Mount Vernon,

In the Engraving of Washington These
splendid engrayihgs are from original paint
lngs by Hicks, and are enyrdeed on steel in the
highest style of Art. They arc each 25x35
inches, each containing SIX square feet. So many
coarse, miserable pictures have been palmcd
upon the public as works Of art--and csLe-
clally in cheap BLACK and muddy engrayinss
that it is difficult to convince persons Of
taste that they are safe in orderinq what they
have not first seen. We have paid the first
artists their own prices, amounting to MANY
THOUSAND DOLLARS, to produce engrarings really
beautiful, as well as the best portrditS, and that
Shall be splendid ornaments 10 any pGricr.
BA~ Opinions tEat can ne relied on.:
The Editor Of the New York O6serrer saws -
" These engrarings are genuine works of art
the lkenesses are admirable. The portrait
Of Mr.. Everett will take precedence of all
others"
The .Ne,c York Chrisfian Adrocate saws =
" They are among the finest cngrayings we
have ever seen, and THE PUBLISHERS ARE
FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THEY
PROMISE"
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
The MYSTERIOUS Lamp.

Away off among the constellations,-in
that region of the universe where are placed
those innumerable suns which we call fixed
stars, at distance from the earth which is
utterly impossible to convey any idea Of
there is another globe like this one we in
habit; and if the optical and astronomical
calculations of men eminent for their learn
ing be correct, the sun which lights and
warns that globe, (or it has particular sun
of its own,) gives days Of different colors.
There are green days, red days, blue days, ye-
low days, ponding with Sir Isaac
Newton's seven prismatic colors. Now, all
objects visible on these days will, of course
vary, according to the particular color. The
yellow day. from our experience of this color
must be the most dreary and the most mis-
cradle; for though yellow is all very well in
its way, mixed up with other colors, help
ing. like the thunder cloud, to enhance the
beauties of the distant sky, yet, when every
thing is yellow, then we discover its peculiar
effect upon our visual organs. A simple
and inexpensive experiment may easily be
made, completely to exhibit the curious ef-
fects of the yellow rays of light 1t is a
common experiment in the chemical classes
of schools. A little spirits of wine, or alco-
hol, poured on a teaspoonfu of common salt
in vial, well shaken, and wet with it eth
er amp-wck or tow, and ignited, will burn
with peculiar colored flame, giving out
purely yellow rays This mysterious effect
changes the appearance of all earthly OBJ
jects Coral lips become Of a livid hue;
rosy cheeks turn CHASTITY pale; red cap rib
bons become black; in fact everything ap-
pears different to what it does by the white
light we are familiar with; and of all things
the human face undergoes the greatest and
most singular change. Very young chill
dren should not be shown this experiment;
for though there will be laughing lips and
dazzling eyes, yet they are Of such an unearth-
ly color and fearful hue, that old friends with
new faces, and a child would scarcely know
its mamma.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
To Unmarried Ladies.

The following items of advice to ladies
remaining in single bessedness are extracted
from the manuscript of an old dowager:
If you have blue eyes, languish.
If black, affect spirit.
If you have pretty feet, wear quite short
pettcoats.
If you are the least doubtful as to the
point wear them long.
If you have good teeth, don't forget to
laugh now and then.
If you have bad ones only simper.
While you are young, sit with your face
to the light.
When you are little advanced, sit with
your back towards the window.
Ii you have bad voice, only speak in a
low tone.
If it is acknowledged that you have a
fine voice, always speak in loud tone.
If you dance well, dance seldom.
If you dance i'll, never dance.
If you will sing we'll, make no puerilo ex-
cuses
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
Overland News .

The Overland Mail arrived at San Jose, on
Tuesday, the 10th inst.
The reported flibuster crusade against
Cuba is creating great excitement in the
Eastern cities.
The Paraguay difficulty has been settled.
The rivers of that country are to be free to
American ships
MARSHALL, Texas April 16th-The old
and new Pacific Railroad Companies have
compromised all their difficulties satisfactor-
lily.
HARRISBURG, April l4th.-The Demo
cratic State Rights Convention met and
have adopted resolutions to unite for the
purpose of restoring the great truths that
have heretofore made the Democratic the
party of the Union, etc, exc.
Senor Mata the representative of the Juarez
Government in Mexico, has been notified
that he will be officially recognized by the
United States as Minister.
The New York times says that the Gov
ernment Of Nicaragua had rejected the Belly
contract, on account of the large land grant
contained in it.
WAsnNGroN, April l4.-The Post Office
Department is having printed blank forms,
to be filled up with amounts of indebted
ness to mail contractors. They are in the
nature of certificates, and are intended as a
basis for loans until Congress shall relieve
the Department of its present pecuniary EN-
barrassment.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
Bright Prospects.

1t may truly be said that California never
entered upon the spring and Summer season
with such bright prospects before it as at the
present. From the mining counties, without
exception, we have favorable accounts relative
to the prospects of the gold yield during
the coming season, and the probabilities are
that more gold will be taken out this year
than during any previous year since 1853.
The tunnel claims, shafts, and quartz mines
all give promise of rich harvest to those
engaged therein. The heavy yields from
such mines will more than make up the
amount realized from the placers, or surface
diggings, in their palmiest days. The agri
cultural prospects, we can say of the State
never appeared SO fair as at present The
surface of land sown throughout the State
this year exceeds by far the quantity cultivat-
ed in any previous year; and Notwithstanding
the drawbacks occasoned by the cold and
backward spring, the general yield Oh cereals
will be above the average heretofore The
fruit CROP notwithstanding the bligEting
effects of the late trosts, will be much larger,
than it ever was before. The number of
bearing trees this year is nearly double
what they were last, and the frosts have not
generally injured the blossoms to such an
extent as to bring the crop down anywhere
near the yield of 1858. All things consider
ed, the husbaadmen throughout the State
have good cause for rejoicing over the pro-
missing appearance of their fields. They see
before them rich reward for their labors
plenty has crowned their efforts, and success
has attended their exertions The stock
raisers, also have reason to be satisfied; their
flocks are growing upon a thousand bills,
and their tleeces aud hides are bringing into
them rapid fortunes. Added to all these
tlattering indications of prosperity, we see
on every hand manufactures springing up,
and each week adds to our domestic industry
some new branch Of manufacture wherein is
fashioned articles for which we have hereto
fore been dependent on foreign countres.-
With its farmers tlourshing, its miners grow
ing rich, its stock raisers thriving, its manu-
factures increasing, its gold exports falling
off, its imports decreasing, and exports of
home produce on the increase, is it not evi
dent that the prospects of our State are
brighter than ever before, so far as its physi-
cal progress is concerned? Have we not
reason to indulge in glorious anticipations
of the future of our State? Despite polti-
cal, social and moral evils, with which our
people had to contend they have steadily
pursued their way onward; and have strug
gled and toied on in spite of reverses of
fortune, and adverse circumstances until they
have finally succeeded in placing the State
fairly on the high road to prosperity, with a
golden tinted future before it. S. +. Call.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
Live Fences.

great many attempts have been made
by the farmers in various parts of the State,
to obtain shrubbery suitable for live fences
and hedges, but in majority of instances
experiments have proved failures. We learn
from the Tehama Gozette that some farmers
in thu; vicinity have succeeded in finding
a shrub which promises to answer the pur-
pose equally as well as anything used in the
older States. The common wild privet, or,
as some term it, grease wood, which grows
so plentiful and luxuriant throughout Califor-
mia, has been transpanted by them, and is
now growing finely in their gardens. The
mode adopted when setting out the hedge
was to cut of the branches of the shrub
within about two inches of the root, and
then cover the same with earth. A few ap.
pications of water will be sufficient to start
the young shoots, and it will not be long
before they find their own moisture. In
three years, at the furfhest, they will turn
almost any stock.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
From Salt Lake.

BY the Salt Lake Mail Stages we have the
Valley Tan aud Desert News of the Goth
ult There is no news of importance. The
valley Tan publishes the testimony relating
to murders committed by the Mormons
elected during the session of Judge Cradle
baugh's court. The same paper quotes from
sermons preached 10y Brigham Young and
Jediah NJ. Grant in 1916, in which the doc
trine Of human sacrifice is openly proclaim
ed. lIosmers train arrived at Salt Lake City
on the 18th. 1t is anticipated that there
will be large emigration from Utah Valley
to Pixies Peak so soon as Spring fairly opens.
On the 18th snow fell to the depth of eight
inches in Salt Lake. Immense quantities of
snow have fallen on the Rocky Mountains
and in the country on the upper Platte
during the asst winter, which in melting
away has swollen that stream and its trbu
tares incredibly, flooding the country and
rendering the passage Of the mail impossible.
S. f. Natonal
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
IIoRsE-SuoEING FOR OvERREAcH1NG.-

IIoRsE-SuoEING FOR OvERREACHING.-A
writer in the Culturist furnishes the follow
ing remedy for the above defect "Make
the forward shoes long, and the toe corks
Short and tending little under, and then
set them as far back as convenient, in order
to let the feet roll over as soon as possible
to get out Of the way. And on setting the
hind shoes, reverse the order, to keep them
back, to give time to the fore feet to get out
of the way. Make the toe corks low to keep
the feet back, and then he will travel as
other horses"
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
A disapreeable sensation had been pro-

A disagreeable sensation had been pro-
duced in official circles at St. Petersburg
by the declaration of the committee Of
the government of liver respecting eman
cipation, that the nobility express the
opinion that this reform is to ruin the
Russian mobiles. The committee demand
recompense for the lands ceded to the peas
ants, and advise the nobility to break off all
communication with them. The document
indicates profund sentiment of bitterness
and irritation.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
The Folsom Railroad.

We stated yesterday that this road was in
a f1ourishing condition, and the information
had been received by the last steamer to the
effect that the iron for the entire road bad
been purchased Since writing the article
alluded to we have been shown letter an
nouncing the fact that all the iron and roll
ing stock necessary to complete the Sacra-
mento Valley Railroad to Marysville had
been purchased and shipped.
A letter was received by John c. Fall, Esq,
of this place, from Flint, Peabody e. Co., of
Boston, to the effect that they had paid over
$4,000, of the bonds Of the company on
the contract made by Col. Wilson, for rolling
stock and iron. These bonds were forwar-
ded to that house by the Company to be
used in payment Of iron and rolling stock
when purchased by G. S. Wilson q Co., the
contractors for the road
This settles all doubts as to the speedy
construction and ompleton of the road to
this city. MarysvHle Express, May 9th,
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14

At five years of age the father begins to
rub the mother out of his child at ten the
schoolmaster rubs out the father; at twenty
the college rubs out the schoomaster; at
twenty five the world rubs out all his pre-
decessors, and give us a new education, till
we are old enough to take reason and re-
ligion for pastor, when we employ the rest
of our lives in unlearning what we had pre-
viously learned.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14

1t has become so fashionable, under Abol~
tion auspices, for negroes to marry white
persons in those States where Republicanism
is in the ascendant, that the Legislature of
Wisconsin has seen fit to pass law prohih~
itine such maria .ses,
The Placer herald., 1859-05-14

"SHE ALWAYS MADE HOME HArpY."-
Such was the brief but expressive sentiment
which a friend wished us to add to obituary
notice Of one "who had gone before" What
better tribute could be offered to the memo
ry of the loved and lost@ Eloquence with
her most lofty eulogy, poesy with her thrill
ling dirge, could find nothing so sweet, so
touching, so suggestive of the virtues of the
dead, as those simple words: "She always
made home happy" Home Journal.