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The Sierra citizen., 1859-03-19


BAD ACTION IN San JuAN.-The Hydraulic Press re-
ports and reprobates very bad actions which lately
disgraced San Juan. Chnaman caught in the act
of stealing pair of boots and he received fog
ging the bare back We quote from the Press: But
thing than this happened the night of the
day. -Four five white men who would feel nsulted
their respecablty called in question went under
of darkness to cabin tenaned by three negroes drove
them over two miles out of town in the direction of
Freemars Crossing. tied them and whipped them the
bare back with a hide One of the colored was
stranger except to two three of citizens who
knew him in Oroville and say that he is good man
he was let off with five lashes The other two had lived
with the negro who sent to Nevada for stealing ;
and for this the only oense proved against hem they
were severely beatenone of them until he fanted it
is reported, several times in succession This one had
his back awuy cut up, and has since fled the place. 1t
woud make sick to record such horrible cruelty did
not just indignation take the place Of every weaker
feeling 1t makes ashamed Of human naureor rath
of creatures who thus debase it by their brutality"
The Sierra citizen., 1859-03-19

TIE REGISTRATIONS BUs1NEss.-The Legislature has
amended the Registration law: g In addition to marri
ages births divorces and deaths, there also to be
entered for registry in the Office of the County Recorder
the name residence, locality, etc. of all persons who
may take out letters testamentay of administration.
This duty is made under the law to devolve upon
the CLERK of the Probate Court likewise in the of
divorces the Clerks of the Courts in which divorces
granted instead of the parties applying in the pres
en case, required to file record of the same. The
Clerks in performing each service may charge in addi
on to COSTS two dollars to be paid the parties apply
ing Notices of marriages. births and deaths are to be
entered according to the regulations already prescribed
but which, under the amendatory Act are simpfed
and shortened The County Recorder is to receive
dollar for every entry half of which he may retain
The remainder is to go to the State Registrar"
The Registrar will receive duplicate records every
three months from which to prepare annual returns for
the States use 1t supposed that the change in the
law will require are-appoinEent of Registrar. [Reg
lister is not the word] If the Registrar must be
commissioned, shall regret to the suerings of
the present official prolonged contrary to his wishes as
it is understood that be took the Office last year at
sacrifice and does not desire to remain in position
where he comicaly expresses it, the trar is id sight
more than the Regis.
The Sierra citizen., 1859-03-19

HIaH HANDED HIGH MINDEDNEss.-The Sacramento
Union has stigmatized the San Andreas Independent
with the term high minded, indeed of the most
high minded in the State ,; and the calumniator nten-
sied the injurious remark by giving minded slant
so that it would lean from high thus Hgh-mind-
ed" Now, must denomnate that high handed in
dignity toward paper whose worst characteristic is
simply the of endeavorng to initiate the Union in
the expression and emptiness of opinion.
DARK PRocLIvrrIEs.-The Republican organ in San
Francisco, says it has abolition proclivties This
declaration will not he inserted in the annals of truth
The Republican paper appears to US like the individual
who violently affirmed that he did not belong to the
nigger party" and told that his proclvities were
that way for his hair cured and his legs fixed
the middle of his feet that when about pull his
boots on he could not proceed without feeling to
tain whether he was at work the same side with his
face.
FrNNIER THAN FUN.-The funniest occurrence of the
late session Of Congress- has been reported throughout
the country thus:
Mr. Brodcrick-Then shall my lLaughterl"
We see this laughter er-exctng remark every day. in
connection with the statement that Broderck asked
Gwin what his sentiments were. You will know when
VOTE" said Gwin. Broderck's wit was dangerously
aroused, and
"Mr Broderick-Then shall reserve my vote anghter1"
We think that if there funnier than fun it
must be D. c. Broderick in the Senate Of the United
States.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

No Republican in the House would con-
sent 10 offer the resolution. The Courier
d. Enquirer says the rebuke conveyed by
the dignified silence of the members who
declined voting was more expressive than
the m ost positive censure could have beer
1t expressed aversion, and something of
contempt, while it avoided incivility.-
The principal cause of this manifestation
of feeling toward the late Speaker, was
his treacherous suppression of the inves-
tigation ordered by the House into tho
corruptions and frauds of the alleged Kan
SIS Constitution, which he effected by
packing the committee against an cnqui-
ry. But his general course towards MI
members not friendly to the policy Of his
section, was stamped by the Same want
of Justice, good faith and libcrality, and
procured for him the distinction which
has been won but once before in our his
tory, of receiving censura from q united
party representing a majority of the peo-
ple.-Nil. Sentinel. a, ~
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Timothy Titcomb.

About year ago DR.. J. G. HOLLAND
contributed to the Springfield Mass Re
publican, series Of ''Letters to the Young"
which received r cordial welcome and
hearty endorsement all over the land
He has now begun q series Of "Preach-
ings upon popular proverbs" which prom
ises to equal the former series in pleasure
and profit.
DR.. HOLLAND thus alludes to this for
mer series, and happy must he be who
can thus without egotism, write of past
success.
A brief year ago, the pen that traces
these lines commenced series of letters
to the young. The letters accumulated,
and grew into book and This book, with
honest aims and modest prctensons, has
q place to-day in more than ten thousand
homes, while it has been read by hun
dreds of thousands of men and women in
every part Of the country More and bet
ter than this. it has become an inspiring,
moving and directing power in great ag-
gregate of young life. | say this with
that kind Of gIadness and gratitude which
admits Of lttlc pride. | say it because it
has been said to me-revealed to me in
letters trimming with thankfulness and
overhowing with friendliness ;expressed to
me in silent pressures the hand-press-
ures so full of meaning that involunta-
rily looked at my palm to see if jewel
had not been left in it; uttered to me by
eyes full of interest and pleasure; told to
me in plain and homely words in the
presence of tears that came unbidden, like
so many angels sliding silently out of
heaven, to voucl for their honesty. To
say that all tn S makes me happy, would
not be to say all that | feel. | account
the honor of occupying q pure place in
the popular hcart--of being welcomed in
Gods name into the affectionate conf
dence of those for whom life has high
meanings and high issues-of being rec
ognized as among the benefcent forces of
society-the greatest honor to be worked
for and won under the stars. 9~ 9
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Important Decision.

The Supreme Court decided this nor
ming that the summons in foreclosure
action should require tho defendant t.
serve his action in six months, by reason
ofthe act of 1856, giving the defendant
in such case that time to answer but
held at the same time, that where the
summons req ,ired him to answer in TWEEN
ty days, rs prescribed in the case--and
Judgment was not taken till after six
months from service-the error would
not be material in the appellate court
State Journal. atf#1 -ti ~ a'H
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
HOW Democracy Helps Slavery.

The several successive steps which tho
Democratic Party have taken towards
making Slavery aational,are thus enum-
Grated by the Albany Evening Journal:
Seventy years ago the Democrats drew
line around the States, and said to the
Slave Trader, THUS far you may go but
no farther" This was the Jeffersonian
Proviso. Thirty years ago, they rubbed
out part of t. line, and said to him, .you
may go into lands south, but not into
lands north" This was the Missouri com
promise. Five years ago, they rubbed
out the rest of the line, and said to him,
"We will leave it to the settlers to decide
whether you shall come in Or not" This
was the Nebraska Bill. Now they turn
humbly to him, hat in hand, and say
$50 where you please; the land is all
yours; the National Flag shall protect you
and the National Troops shoot down who
ever resists you.", This is the bred Scott
Decision.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Presenta tiOn to II. w. Brown.

I. W. Brown, the distinguished advo-
cate of temperance, and editor of the Wis-
eonsiu CHIEF, has recently been presented
with splend gold watch, by some of the
friends of temperance in this State. Mr..
Brown thus closed his remarks on accept
ing the watch
The machinery of this viii last longer
than mine, but when the latter ceases to
beat, this she'll teach the Hanibals at my
hearth, how to win the esteem and the con-
fidcnce of the generous and the true, and
when the humble plume now tossing fee
by in the conflict, goes down, and the 81
lent gap in the ranks alone tells where
stood him whom you are pleased tocall
Mad Anthony" may his name still lie
responded to on the roll, as by the iivii 6
comrades of d. Ayergne dead upou
the field of hepor.'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Aaron v. Brown.

Y =
The New York Tribune thus speaks OF
Postmaster General Brown, recently de-
ceased:
'Postmaster-General Brown, whose
death we announced yesterday, was born
in Brunswick County, Va, IN August
1875. He graduated at Chapel Hill I'M
versity, N. c., in 1914 removed with his
parents, in 1915, to Tennessee. where he
studied law, and afterward became the
partner of the late james K. Polk. In
1880 be was sent to Congress, being re-
elected also in l841 and ls43. In l845
he was elected Governor of Tennessee
In March, 1857, he was appointed Post
er-Ge cral, by President Bucha-
nan. @
The vacancy in the office Of Postmas-
ter-Gcneral was filed by the appointment
of Mr.. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, prevl-
ously Commissioner of Patents. From
our acquaintance with Mr.. Holt in the
latter capacity, we think he will prove
himself in bis new functions very great
advance upon his predecessor, to say the
least. We shall be disappointed if the
administration of the Department is not
henceforth both intelligent and cnerget-
ic Hts 0-W 9.i 1888.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Free Negroes.

Mr.. John Mitchell, in his last Citizen
says: 7 ls.f as
''There isno such thing as free negro.
White negroes have been met with
namely, the Albinos; but free negroes
never Negroes are born slaves: and
their rights Of man mean, a right to a
good master" 7sata5r 6,..
1t was great mistake, we think. that
a man entertaining these ideas ever set
himself np as a revolutionary patriot in
Ireland, where the struggle for liberty
has always claimed to rest on the broad
est principles of Freedom-not on those
of class or blood. JOHN MITCHELL is
brilliant writer and fearless thinker, but
the above avowed principles show that
he is neither fit for a s'patriot" in Ire
land nor ''citizen" in this country.
He greatly damaged the cause he advo-
Gated at home, and is disgrace to the
Irish name here, as the party in the
South whose opinions he express are
disgrace to humanity. Zfel*I4a
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

"DEAR Mother said deli ale little girl
81 have broken your china vaseT' Well,
you're naughty, careless, troublesome
little thing : always in mischief-go up
stairs until l send for you. And this
was Christian mothers answer to
the fearful little culprit, who had strug-
gled with and conquered the temptation
to tell falsehood to screen fault. With
disappointed, disheartened look, the
child obeyei; aud in that moment was
crushed in her title heart he sweet flow
CT of truth, perhaps never to be revived
to life! o., what we're thousand vases
in comparison!
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
he liberties of the people. .a'iie St

the liberties of the people. ahe States,
unless they are prepared to surrender
their own sovereignty, and yield implicit
obedience to the usurpations of the Fed
eral Courts, should elect men Of judicial
stations who will maintain the rig hts of
States and the liberties of TIE people
against all the encroachmen of the Fed
cral Government, whether attcino ted bv
Federal enactments or the d.crees of Fed
eral Courts.
Tho election of q Supreme Court
Judge is more important to the prqtec-
ton of life, liberty and prope {, than
any other election by the people. We
can live under the administration of a
dcspotie President, protected by a firm, in
dependent, liberty loving SUP reine Court.
But when this last defence OF the peoples
liberties, and tho rights of sovereign
State are surrendered to the Slave Power,
the sun of Freedom has set, and the dark
ness of Despotisin over h:dows the last
bulwark of Liberty. ..a.... ILL., T.,
,z Let, then, every citizen who Wakes
liberty for himself and his children. who
would not ms tai the principles Of Judge
Mller's court on the bench of the Su
prene Court of Wisconsin,, who would
rebuke the arrogance of the Slave P,war.
and give his testimony against the niq-
uities of the Fugitive Slave Act, o. the
bred Scott decision, and of the admins
tration of James Buchanan, and who
would and in es.abli>e ,ng the blessings OF
liberty and of q free government for h m
self and his posterity forever, not forget
that "cternal vigilance is the price Of
Liberty" and on the first Tuesday OF
Apsil next, vote for Byron Paine. ~ a
RUFUS KING.
S. M. BOOTH, : Committee.
HORACE RUBLEE,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
The Old Love.

1t is not for the fresh cheek, the full
lip, the fair forehead, the parted sweeps
of sunny hair, and the girlsh charm of
form and features, that we love the wives
who have walked hand in hand with us
for years, but for new graccs, opening
each morning like flowers in the parterre,
their predecessors having accomplished
their beautiful mission and gone to seed.
Old love renewed again, through new
motives to love, is certainly a thing lovely
in itself, and desirable by all whose am
bition and happiness it is to sit supreme
in single heart. or to hold An honorable
place in the affections of the people
Timothy 7Itcom6.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

AN ALABAMA BEAUTY AT THE NAP
TER BALL.-Henry B. Stanton, one Of the
most gifted of writers, thus describes the
personal appearance Of the wife Of Senator
Clay: @
look at the Southern women. Here
we have brilliant specimen, for instance,
of strong emotional power in Mrs. Clay,
of Alabama. The beauteons sentiment
tality of the South finds form in this
charming woman, and rrtters itself in ell
.oquent words in sympathetic flashes
of the eve, in vehemence and passion of
expression. The utmost energy seems
blended in her with the greatest genial
ty an active mind with loving heart,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

y ONE OF DAN. S1cKLEs' VICTIMS
The Albany correspondent Of the Utica
Herald has the following:-
"People still continue to talk abort
the murder at Washington. To the
honor of Albany be it said, that public
sentiment here denounces the shooting
down Of Mr.. Key as a cowafdly and bru-
tai act. "Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone," said friend to me
yesterday-one who has known Daniel
E. Sickles almost from boyhood-
"Somethiug less thon five years ago |
knew woman, young, beautiful, and
coniding She was loved wife and a
happy loving mother. Though occupy
ing no exalted, socisl pos ton she had a
manly upright husband, and pleasant
home. That woman became reluctant
victim to the seducer's devilish arts
Her child to-day is an alms-house board
er husband sot, and she degraded
Outcast. .s
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
The Wisconsin,.

The Milwaukee Wisconsin, IS q pro-
sessedly Republican sheet, and supports
the Republican ticket when its candidates
arc its personal friends. sd, .aa ao,
q It's course on the question of Supreme
Judge, refusing to support any candidate,
is not greatly calculated to win the conf
dence of the Republican party in this
State E-.-s r.tt fr- 81. f'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

premc court OF the y nlteQ DtateS III NOrdS
following, to wit qtter.st--, g. Il .ts
ea-J MonJav, March Z, 1889
No. l.. Stephen V Il. Ableman, plaintiff in
error. u.s. Sherman NJ Booth Error to the
Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin,
Mr.. Chief Justice fancy delivered the opin-
ion of the court. reversing the judgments of the
said Supreme Court and remanding the cas-
ses for further proceedings to be had therein
in conformity to the opinion Of this court.
This is the brief official form of very
important case. A correspondent of the
New York Herald says that the U. S,
Court held the whole conduct of the Court
below to be totally illegal and virtually
revolutionary; that the Marshall had a
right, and it was his d lty to resist by
force any such interference rs that in tie
ease of Booth, on the part of the State
powers; and that tie Fugitive Slave act
was clearly Constitutional. ..~ .a
To this decree, as to the bred Scott
decision, the People of Wisconsin arc ex-
pected TO yield prompt and unhestating
obedience; and the approaching election
for Supreme Court Judge will afford them
n convenient opportunity for giving in their
adhesion. II they believe, with the Fed
eral Court at Washington, and slavehol-
ders and Dougilfaces everywhere, that the
Fugitive Slave Act is righteous and con-
stitutiopal measure; that the bred Scott
decision was just and humane; that Sla-
very itself is entitled to Legislative and
Judicial protection in every State and Ter
ritory of our Republic, bond or free; and
that consequently Slave-owners may not
only hunt, but hold their slaves, in any
and every part of Wisconsin, they have
only to give utterance and effect to these
opinions by voting for William P. Lynde
for Supreme Court Judge.
If, on the OTHER hand, they still adhere
to the convictions which they have so Of
ten and SO decidedly expressed, Oh all
these points; ifthey hold now, as here
tofore, that the Fugitive Slave Act is an
utter abominatit the bred Scott decision
an inexcusablc outrage, and Slavery itself
the most intolersble of wonss: if they
are still determined that, como what may,
WISCONSIN, free from its birth, shall be
Kept free from tread, or faint of Slavery
Jet them SO saw, on the 5th of April
next, by voting for Byron Paine !-4M.
Sentinel.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

CoFFEE.-One ofthe most delicious
dishes that adorn the breakfast table,
says correspondent and truly too, is a
good dish Of coffee. ] give the follow
ing recipe producing this desiridatum.
After browning your coffee carefully so
as not to, burn it to coal, be careful and
not grind it too fine, then mix it with as
many eggs as will form it into a paste,
let it boil about half on hour, then set off
your boiler and throw in pint or less
of cold water and in minute it will be
ready for use, and as clear as port wine
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Rebuke TO Speaker Orr.

The resolution of thanks to Speaker
Orr, was passed by vote of 120 yeas to
80 nays, out of 237 members, So Repub-
Leans being present but refu- ing to vote.
Such rebuke no Speaker ever before re-
ae'sed. and such one no Speaker ever
before SO richly deserved. Of the IA
Democratic members of the House, "a
neglected to vote for him, and he ro-
ceised only one more vote than quorum.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
The Receptive Soul.

F.
Toward the soul which places itself in
the attitude of reception, MI things flow.
For such soul are all good gifts fash
toned in heaven. The sun shines for it;
the birds sing for it; up toward it the
flowers swing their censors and watt their
odors. Into it in golden streams flows
the beauty of star-sprinkled rivers. The
roar of waters and the plash of waterfalls
give healthful pulse to its atmosphere.
Into its open windows come the notes of
human joy and human woe in the tri-
umDhs and the struggles of the passing
time. Past its open door Memory leads
the long procession of its precious dead,
who look in with sweet faces and whis-
pers of peace. In front of it. Imagination
marshals the forces of the future, and it
thrills with the bugle-blast and trembles
with the dunn beat of the laundering
host For perception were all things
made, and to the door of perception all
things tend: SO that the soul that throws
itself wide open to all that is made for it
shall find itself ll.--Iamothy Tstcom6.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Journal says:"About an hour be-
fore Key was shot, he said to a young
lady whom he joined on her way home
from church, and who is my informant.
al am Respondent about my health, and
very desperate. Indeed, have half a
mind to go out on the prairies and try
buffalo hunting. T Q excursion would
either cure me or kill me-and really
don't care much WHICH.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23

WAITING to get things fixed, before
getting married, is like W aiting until VIC
get ready to die. Tis a chance whether
people ever get ready in either case.
My gracious, said Ike, "If some ono
would give me wings, wouldn't | go
round among the planets, thought I'd
90 to Mars aud Venus, and Jupiter, all
the rest of en-" ssAnd Satan," said Mrsi
Darlington, breaking in, and I'm afraid
you will go there whether you get wings
or not''
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
PARTIzAN JUDGES.

The opposition complain ofour nomin
ating partizau Judges, and introducing
politics to the Bench. But they have
nominated eandidate-Mr. Lvnde-ex-
pr ssly on political and partizan grounds.
an for the avowed purpose of over-ruliag
the decisions of onr Supreme coutt, and
of sustaining the slavish DEGREES of Judge
Miller. They have madethe issue openly
and directly. aud we must meet it man
fully. 1t not merely political, but a
legal and constitutional question, affirmed
over and over again on the side of liberty
M right by the people of this State, and
they are now called on to say whether
they will stand by their convictions and
maintain their own liberties or suecumb
10 the despotism OF the Slave Power.
The Slave Power which rules the Fed
eral Government. never permits the. APP
pointruent of Federal Judge unless he is
known to be devoted to the principles OF
sayery, and viii Sustain all its encfoaeh-
meat. spop The rights q the State end
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
Printers Fees.

The Legislature has passed law in
creasing printers fees to 60 and 80 cents
per folio for legal advertising This is
erninently just, and the Legislature by SO
doing has commended its honesty and
good sense to Ill the printers, at least.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-23
"Oh ! it is pitiflll !
In a whole city full,
Er;opIc cba baS Mono -

"Her seducer now comes before the
world as the avenger of outraged chastity!
In the eel where justice has placed him
for dastardly murder, be is visited by
the President, and receives the sympathy
Of men high in station, who have wives
and daughters, and homes. Out upon
such a state of society,""