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The hydraulic press., 1860-10-06

HoosIER OBITUARY.-Mister Edatur: Jem
bang, we are sorry to stait, has desized. He
departed this life last mundy. Jem was
generally considered a gud feller. He died
at the age of % years old. He went 4th
without airy struggle; and such is Life. To
Da we air as pepper grass-mity smart-to
Morrow we air cut down like cowcumber
of the grownd. Jem kept a nice store, which
his wife now wates on. His vurchews wos
numerous. Menny things we bowt at his
growcery, and we ar happy to stait that he
never cheeted, speshully in the wait of mac
krel, which wos nice and smelt sweet and
his surviving wife is the same wa. We
never new him to put sand in his shuggar,
thow he had big sand bar in front of his
house; nur water in his Lickers, thow the
ohio River runs past his dore. Piece to his
remanes.
The hydraulic press., 1860-10-06

one of our Massachusetts exchanges tells
good story of a jolly fellow who, on the
GLORIOUS Fourth, passing along the streets
OF efSprngfeld, in that State, saw the inscrip-
tion, "B. X. Bliss, Apothecary," neatly CHS
led on marble slab in the center of the
sidewalk Stepping reverently over the
stone, andturning round, he read slowly: uB.
f. Bliss, Apopexy," and exclaimed, aapo-
plexy yes; well-but what in h-ll did
they bury him under the sidewalk for p
'4Iel1oF' said Sharp, meeting Pop the
ether day in the street, 'tyou hobble, nv
Boy; what's the matter with you ?'
- Hoh, had my feet crushed through the
earelessness of a conductor on the cars
that's al1t7
Sand don't you mean to sue the company
for damages r.
damages Guess I've had enough dam
ages. Think l had better sue them for re-
pairs p
A MAN is like an egg, the longer he's kept
IN not water the harder he becomes.
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NuRTHER REDUCTION in COAL OIL and Cam
u phene, by REAMER.
The hydraulic press., 1860-10-06

MAN is like an egg, the longer he's kept
IN not water the harder he becomes.
The hydraulic press., 1860-10-06
House and Lot for Sale.
KEEPERS SACRAMENTO LINE!

KEEPERS LINE.-Jo Keepers, who drives the
s'Red Bird" an eight-mule bell team, makes his
trips regularly in eight days between North San
Juan and Sacramento; and those mules are
"some'' on a pull; you'd better believe it !"
DO is careful in packing his freight, and not
only trustworthy, but very obliging in filling all
orders entrusted to his charge We commend
him to those having packages or caxgoes to be
The hydraulic press., 1860-10-06

TNfntroductngt the Goods of this Com
lpany to the notice of the people of the Pacific coast
we desire to call attention to the fact that
GUTTA PERCHA
is an entirely different material from
INDIA RUBBER,
which, however, it resembles in many respects. It
grows in different soil, is the product of different
tree and when yulcanised virtues that make
it far more valuable than Rubber. is not affected by
heat cold oils acids steam or scater for which re-
sons it is evident that for Be'rg, Hose or Steam
Eata9, at fssn'for to any other material ere altered
The Machine Betting
made by this Company is found to serve better pur
pose than either Leather Rubber being less expen
sTe than either, while it combines the valuable prop
critics OF BOTH 1t Is perfectly flexible, but stretches
far less than either of the above named articles sim
gle tightening being generally sufficient to insure its
running we'll. All who have tried it pronounce B; the
finest betting in use
THE MINING HOSE
Is believed to be superior any other article e7er of
fered While it Is flexible Rubber. its cost is far
less, anf from the nature of the article it will stand
more wear and tear than any other hose The surface
is hard and impenetrable, which nsures it against
being by the sharp quartz rock. Water cannot af
feet it, that it is against mildew and decom
position. 1t will stand great fall Of water, and is
bound to give satisfaction. For purposes of
STEAM PACKING,
Gutta Perca is found invaluable. Being entirely i'm
pcrvous to oil and steam and capable of enduring heat
any IL oeeH iounu
by actual test, among Engineers at the East to be
vastly superior to any other material ever used
This Company also makes Clothing of all kinds,
camp Mattresses, knapsacks, Buckets, Navy Bags,
Blankets, Horse Covers and large variety of other
things OF useful character all of which have been
found the best CT their kind All orders promptly at
tended to.
CHAS. P. DANIELL & CO.,
Agents for Pacific Coast,
%, Commercial street, corner Battery,
sept 2S 3m San Francisco
NuRTHER REDUCTION in COAL OIL and Cam
u phene, by REAMER
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fUfe |e9edOte Extracts. ana put IN Class Cases. dir
Tight, and ucW keep IN any Climate
The FAMILY CATIIARTIC PILL is gentle but ac-
tive Cathartic, which the proprietor has used in his
practice for more than twenty years.
The constantly increas- % ing demand from those
who have long used the ! | PILLS. and the salts
faction which all express ! in regard to their use.
has induced to place i them within the reach
of all. lA
The Profession we'll | know that different
Cathartcs act different : portions of the bowels.
The FAMILY CATH :, ARTIC PILL has. with
due reference to this well - established fact. been
compounded from vari- = ETY. of the Putest Veg
etable Extracts, which act - alike every part of
the almentary canal. and - good and safe in all
cases where Cathartic is = needed. such as De-
engagements of the Stom- 6 ach, Sleepiness Pains
in the Back and Loins. = Costiveness Pain and
Soreness over the whole body, from sudden
cold, which frequently, ii neglected, end in long
course of fever Loss of Appetite creeping sensation
of cold the body Resessness Ieadacheor weight
in the head all infiammatory Diseases, Worms in
Children adults rheumatism, great Purifier of the
Blood and many diseases to which flesh is heir too
numerous to mention In this advertisement.
Dose to 3.
PRICE THREE DIMES.
The Liver Invisorator and Family Cathartic Pills
are retaed by Druggists generally, and sold wholesale
by the trade in all the large towns
S. 7. w. SANFORD, NJ. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor, Broadway, New York.
Sold by the Druggists everywhere, and by
PARK s. WHITE,
Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast 132 Washington
street. San Francisco sept 1y
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Philidor the Chess Player.

| As young man, Philidor exercised
his remarkable talent as a means Of max
ing money. In Germany, England anc
Holland he beat all the best players, al
though he gave them advantages. More
than once be was known to direct the game
of person played out Of his sight, while
he himself was playing another game
but efforts of that kind fatigued his head
so much that he discontinued them. The
Count d'Artois, however, having heard OF
the fact, greatly desired to witness it, and
sent word to Philidor that he would play
him in that manner for hundred louis
dors. Phlidor, after duly warning the
prince that he was sure to beat him, at
last yielded to his wish and accepted the
bet. When the Count d'Artois had Sc
lcctcd the two players who were to con-
duet the game, and as he was quite dccl-
ded to pay the hundred louis d'ors howey-
cr the thing turned out, he secretly pre-
vailed upon Philid0r's second falsely to
execute one of the orders given to him.
This understanding effected, the game be-
gan, and proceeded but a very short while,
when PhiI1or having told his player to
move knight, the player moved Il bishop,
and twenty moves afterwards informed
him that his adversary checked his king
with his queen.
"That is impossible" cried PhiIidor;
" our knight would take her"
But the knight is not there, replied
the prince aeconlplicc, 4" it is the blsh-
op."
Resting his head upon his honds, Phil
idor sat buried in reflection, until he re-
called to his memory the whole progresr
Of the game.
At the fifth moyen he at last said,
:. when | told you to advance a knight,
you made mistake and advanced a bish
OPP
At these words the Count d'Artos
seized with wonder and almcration, rose
from his seat, confessed the trick, and ask
ed Philidor's pardon. Next morning he
sent him his hundred louis in gold box,
bearing his initials in diamonds.
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And the peasant girl, going to market
puts her two large baskets on her little
gray donkey, clothes herself in her pictur
esquc dress her class, and seats herself OF
the saddle, using one basket for her foo
rest, and, with her knitting in her hands
| trots cheerly on. her broad-brimmed conc
| crowned hat-for out of France they
wear hats-and her parti-colorcd boddicC
trembling under the pit-a-pat pace of hel
progress, and the ribbons huttcring il
the gentle breeze that blows her hail
about her tawny neck.
And the teams for drawing carts and
Wagons on the great highways for the
transportation of merchandise or produce
were a great novelty to us, although
doubtless they have come down unchang-
ed from the greatest antiquity. You
will see three or four donkeys tandem OF
two or three abreast, or n horse, COW
aud a donkey, tandem, or often three
abreast, and another donkey for leader
and, sometimes, a homogeneous train OF
six donkcys, three abreast. or five, two
abreast, with leader The harness is
the oldest of all contrivancics, and with
the donkey himself and the cart, dclics all
characteristic description. Between the
ears is an ornamental little stecplc, with
feather, or rosettcs Of rags and bell or
two. Then, about the shoulders, is a
hame collar, stuffed with straw, about six
inches thick, terminating at the top in a
lcathcr-covcred conc, about fifteen inches
high, about six inches in diameter at the
base About this is u necklace of small
bells. Then comes up the wooden hame-
fastened at the base Of this cone where,
with us, tcrminatcs-but in middle
France it stops not there, but on sides oil
the cone starts of again at IN angle OF
forty five degrees with the axis of the
cone. and, i'll regular curve, branches oI
eighteen or twenty inches, like u pair OF
long, slender horns, and ON the ends are
rings, through which the reins run before
going to the bits Then the cart is load
ed, all ii will bare above the avle-tree
and below, between the wheels to near
the ground. Each particular animal has
about IS many heads and horns as the
beast in the Apocalypse, and the whole
thing together might be worshppcd by
one idolatrou>ly inclined as the only
thing which has no likeness to any thing
in the heavens above, or earth beneath,
or the waters under the earth. In the
larger and more civilized towns, the low
er classes, the common people, find their
long cared servant very useful, under his
hntle saddle or before his little cart, to
trot nimly along on the rural drives and
excursions. and little airines. which the
numerous holidays make available.
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5ti1trlla ntnu1.
Women and Donkeys.

An excellent book of travels, just pub
l-hcd. gives the following graphic plct-
urc of French agricultural life;
In the fields We saw fewer men, fewer
cattle and sheep and horses. We won-
dcred where the men were, but we saw
many women ia the streets, ON the road,
and in the fields. Every human female
from mewine aud puking infancy to decrep-
it asc-wcarsa cap,and nothing else, on the
head. Women carry most things ON their
heads, and they carry every thlng,and per-
form all the most laboroHs labors of rural
life. In civilized Boulosnc, they carried the
heaviest trunks from the ship to the Gus
tom House, and again 10 the carriage
We saw them working in the fields and
carving home the harvcst-breaking
stones 10 maeadamizc the highway-and
along the highway, gathering with their
hand, alone, into their aprons, the fresh
dropped dung for manure. The leader
the driver, the rider, the constant COM
panion and eo-wUrker Of the universal
donkey, is Woman-and of course she
shows the effect Of such position III lie.
She is. however. always better and neater
dressed than man, and seems not unhappy
or discontented with her lot. She seems
to be as happy as caliy slave IN her
song. or a negro slave in her dance. But
her premature wrinkles and gray hair,
and her ultimate decrepitude, shows that
her more delicate constitution was not
made for such task.
Next after her is the universal donkey.
He is certainly great institution IN Eu-
rope. We have all OF US seen, from time
to time, a respectable and wlSe-looking
as, or the lighter and more graceful mule
but that grotesque little animal-the uh-
iyersal European donkey-has been a
perpetual novelty to me-lie is but little
iarrer than goat, and as about as shag-
rv. His ears are about as long as MS
legs. and he usually carries them nearly
horizontally, and his endurance, patience
mcckncss and strength, seems to be Win
out limit.
A donkey, costing in London or on the
Continent from ten to fifteen dollars ana
"A cart as ABOUT dS mum '"'Nf
plete outfit for carman-and without
tbe cart. ON the Continent, the donkey
himself. with sort Of pack-saddie, Is
competent TO any thing. They cover hlm
up with sacks many times his bulk-they
mt \ tolerable load Of wool on each sac
of him. with strap across the saddle
they cover him all up with faggotS' anu
bundles m of hay, and straw, and baskets OF
enormous size filled with stone or iron, or
produce. prou Often you will see the little
animal, trotting along, with six or seven ,
Or fifteen gallon Asgs Of. Of beer ,o vtbn iSf at Of
about Que foot OF the ground. You Us sec oa,
load of hay coming towards YOU and md not OF
till it is quite near you are you ao'9 1oo, y
discover, near the ground, signs OF a ,, uon
KEY beneath it, looking for all the worn
! like a mouse under bundle OF oakum'-
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WHAT BECOMES or ALI THE NEWSpA-
PEHs There are published in this coun-
try, and Canadl, nearly three thousand
newspapers. More than one-h.lf are
weekly, the remainder are divided be
tween ,emi-weehIics, tri-wrehics, and dai-
hes. These papers would more th1n
reach around the globc.-What becomes
OF all the paper ," is aquestion often ask
cd,-as a puzzlcr,-but is it not equally
a puzller, what Incomes OF all thee
newspapers? The cditoroft the Ncwbury-
port lierat4, tries to solve the mystery.
lie says:
I'VE have sometimes heard it asked
how high would all these journals reach ii
piled on the top Of each other, Just the
thickness Of one sheet. Some have an
swered a thousand feet, others two thou
sand, others mile. But all are wide oi
the mark. DR.. Aver, Of Lowell, is prob
ably the only man in the Unite State
who takes all the journals Of our coun'
try, Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova
Scotia. BY actual measurement he has
ascertaincd that IN one year his cXchan'
res amount in height neither to Il thou
sand feet, nor five thousand,nor two miles,
nor five miles, nor ten, nor twelve, but tC
more than fourteen miles In short, th'
newspapers published north Of the south
ern line of the United States are nearly
five times higher than Mount Blanc il
Europe, a mountain which overlooks a cir
cle whose diameter is four hundred miles
We have not included in this calculation
Harpcrs Magazine, The AtiaRtir
Monthly Godey, Graham, Peterson, In
dies Repository &c, DC. Harper
Maga.iae according to its publishers
statement, circulates monthly l7O,00l
cooie~ each one Of which is the third o
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From the Alyertiscr.l
The Exodus of the Ephraim-
ties,

Now, it came to pass in the year
eighteen hundred aud sixty, which was
the fourth year of the reign OF James the
Fourth, that there arose in the East 4
mau named l. phraim who in his eoaceh
aspired to be a ruler Of Maine.
Now, Ephraim was a =babbler, and
toolish in speech, and his words were like
sounding brass aud tlnklins cymbals.
3-Ncverthcless, as he was Il Doug
lasite, and prophet in his own country
(albeit he was a false prophetl, he drew
many people after him.
l.-And Ephraim went about from
place to place, exhorting the people, to
the end that he might become a ruler over
them.
3.-Now there was n man of Orono,
whose name was Israel, a LincoInite, and
a man Of mighty power and the Lincoln-
ties said among thcmselvcs,thi man shall
rule over H., and We will have HIM for
our Governor.
6.-Ani Israel, also cxhortcd the pco-
pie.
7.-tnd il came topa,s that the Doug
laSteS and the Lincemltes met together,
to hear their chosen leaders speak to the
people, and cNhort them to remain firm
in the ldith.
s.-And Ephraim spake for the space
Of AN hour ard forty minutes.
9.-Aud when he had made an end Of
speaking. Israel arose and Spakc with
great power and, moreover, read and cx-
pounded the cPi>tle OF Moses, the Collect
or.
lo.-And when Ephrain heard it, he
was sore afraid, and was troubled within
him.
ll.-And it came to pass that Israel
obtained favor in the eyes Of the people,
but Ephraim went away discounted.
l2.-Aud there were giants in those
days (albcit they were httle giants.
l3.-And they waxcd fat and prcsunp-
tuou>, aud did boast that Ephraim should
prevail over Israel.
l4.-Aud the Ephraimites and Doug
lasitcs did bring offerings of gold and s'l-
yer and musical Instruments from atar oil,
yea even mock sun to give light by
night, that they might tempt men to fol-
low after Ephraim.
l5.-And many false prophets went
about the country cxhorting to the same
end.
l6.-And it came to pass, in the ninth
month, on the tenth day of the month";
that the Douglasites and the Ephraimitcs
gathered themselves together for battle.
E.-And about the tenth hour the
Lincolnitcs fell upon them, and smote
them, hip and thigh, the Douglasites, the
Ephraimites, the Yanceyltes, and the
Clear Greeks.
ls.-And they fed before the forces OF
Israel and his hosts, and took ship up the
river, yea, even that rioer Of sat.
l9-And it came to pass that when
Ephraim saw and heard these things, he
lifted up hi, voice and wept,
2O-And as they journeyed up the
river, they ohanted, in the heayiness OF
their hearts
oh. Ephraim's heart is broke
Oh, Ephraim, don't you cry, &c.
G. w. 5.
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an inch thick. Annually the number will
be represented by 2,040,000, or if these
numbers could be placed one upon the
othcr,wc should have So, ,l6l feet . inches
or more than ten miles high, or twice the
altitude of the highest Himalaya, the loi-
test mountain in the world.
Paper printed upon, cannot be ground
over and made anew. Printers ink spoils
paper for re-manuIacture, and the great
amount Of paper which enters into public
journals after being pcruscd, is not bound
up and laid aside, as it should be, for iu-
ture reference, but goes to waste. a por-
ton is used for wrapping paper, but sad
as is the reflection, newspapers containing
50 much that has cost mind labor, sleep
less nights and weary days, goes to waste
ON to indistinet decay. Let
each one after reading these figures do his
own moralizing."
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Roy Henry Ward Beechcr declines the

Roy. Henry Ward Beechcr declines the
title Of Doctor Of Divinity, conferred up
on him by Amherst College, lie says:
1t would certainly give me pleasure
should any respectable institution bear
such a testimony Of good will, But that
Amherst COLLEGE, my own mother, should
80 kinlly ramem5eg a son, is a peculiar
gratifcation.
But all the use Of such title ends with
the public expression Of wish to confer
it. For the rest, it would be but an en-
cumbrauee, aud furnish an address by no
means agreeable to my taste. | greatly
prefer the simplicity of that name which
my mother uttered over me in the holy
hour Of infant consecration and baptism.
MAY | be permitted, without seeming to
undergalue your Kindness, or disestceming
the homer meant, return it to your hands,
that may to the end Of my life, as thus
far have been, simply
HENRY WARD BEECHER."
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Men who do and a Man
who don't care wheth-
er Slavery is voted up
or voted down.

In order to constrast the position of
Mr.. Douglas with those of the fathers OF
this country--those most active and infiu-
ential in securing its liberties and found
ing its governmcnt-we propose to place
their and his declarations side by side,
that the reader may compare them, and
judge which of the parties is right:
We hold these truths to be scf-cyidont,
that all men are created equal; that they
are endowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalienablc rights, among which are
life, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness.
-Dcclafafion Of Iadepe"t@ncc.
DON'T CARE whether slavery is
voted up or voted down.-Stephen A.
DougiaS.
1t is among my first wishes, to see some
plan adopted by which slavery in this
country may be abolished by law.-
Wash" n
| DON'T CARE whether slavery is
voted up or voted down.-S. 4. Doagtas.
Indeed, | trcmblc for my country when
[ reflect that God is Just that his justice
cannot sleep forever; that, considering
numbers, nature and natural means only,
a revolution Of the wheel Of iortune,an cx-
change of situation is among possible
events that it may become probable by
supernatural influence; the Almighty has
no attribute that can take side with us in
such contcst.-IHomaS Je0erson.
IDONT CARE whether slavery is
voted up or voted downs. A. D0nglas.
We have found this evil Slavery has
prcyed upon the very vitals Of the Union,
and has been predjudical to the States in
which it has exsted.--James lionroc.
| DON'T CARE whether slavery is
voted up or voted downs. A. Donglas.
SIR, | envy neither the heart nor the
head of that man from the North who
rises here to defend slavery on principle.
-,Johm Rando'ph.
l DON'T CARE whether slavery is vo.
ted up or voted downs. A. DomyiaS.
So long as God allows the vital current
to flow through my veins, will never,
neref, NEVER, by word or thought, by
mind or will, aid in admitting one rod of
free territory to the everlasting curse Of
human bondage.
Never can be induced by any earthly
power to vote to extend slavery over one
foot Of territory now free.-Hcnry Clay.
IDONT CARE whether slavery is
voted up or voted downs. A. DouglaS.
| never would consent, and never have
that there should be one foot
of slave territory beyond what the old
thirteen States had at the formation Of the
Union, never, never Sir. whenever there
is to be foot Of land to be staid back o
assert the principle Of the exclusion of
slavery DaAict Webster.
IDON'T CARE whether slavery $
voted up or voted downs. 4. Do@gias.
1t is wrong to admit into the Constitu-
ton the ilea that there can be property
IN mm-Hadisoa.
ID0NeT CARE whether slavery is vo-
tel up or voted down.-S. A. Doaylas.
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My Morurn,-Despi~e not thy mother
when she isold. Agemay wear aud waste
mothers beauty, strength, limbs sense
and estate; but her relation as mother
is as the sun when it goes forth IN its
might, for it is always in its meridian and
knowcth no evening. The person may be
aray-headed, but her motherly relation Is
ever 8 in its bloom. 1t may be autumn
yes, winter, but with the mother as
mother, it is always spring. Alas how
little do we appreciate a mothers tender
ness while living! How needless we are
in youth of all her anxietics and kindness
ses But when She is dead and gone
when the cares and coldnesses OF the world
come withering into our heart-when we
experience how difficult it IS TO find true
sympathy-how few love US for ourselves
how few will befriend US in misfortune
then it is that we think Of the mother
that we have lost.