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, 1861-01-18

A CALIFORNIA Mine OF ALUM In al
luding to the richness Of the diggings oil
the "buf" in the immediate vicinity o.
Lancha Plana, Amador county, the Dis
patch snys: 1t is perhaps not generally
known that theIformation of this peak con
sists mostly of alum stone a subsistence
from which alum Of the greatest purity is
obtained. 1t is also found in large guam
titles in Tofa and Piombino, in Italy, and
is great source Of wealth to its owners
The ore is manufactured into alum by cal
cination and subsequent exposure to the
air for three months; the mineral being
frequently sprinkled with water in order
that it may be brought to the state Of O
soft mass. This is luxivated, and the so,
Iution obtained chrystalized by evaporation
In our opinion, to manufacture alum from
this ore in this place, would be fasible, and
very remunerative to those who embark in
the enterprise"
, 1861-01-18

0YER-WoHKED WoKES.--An oTer-Eorhed
woman is always a sad sight-sadder .
great deal than an oyer-worked man, be-
cause she is so much more fertile IN capaci-
ties Of suffering than o man. She has 90
many varieties OF headache-=somefimes as
il Jael were driving the nail that killed
Sisera into her temples--sometimes letting
her work with half her brain, while the
other half throbs as II d would 20 10
pieces sometimes tightening around the
brOWs as il her cap-band were Lakes iFou
crown-apd then her neuralgias, and her
back-acbes, and her eta Of depression, ID
which she thinks she Is nothing, aud less
than nothing. and those paroxysas which
men speak slightingly Of as hysterical---
commissions, that is al, only not commonly
fatal ones--so many trials which belong 70
her hne aud mobile structure, that she IS
always entitled to pity, when she is placed
in conditions which develop her nervous
tendencies.--O. w. Holmes; p l3si A
, 1861-01-18

A CHlRodRAPH1c CuRIosrrY. "A pen aud
ink portrait Of the Prince, in uniform as a
British Colonel, was presented TO him BY
David Davidson, the artist. The pecul-
iarity Of the picture is that the Princes
figure is composed Of Washington's fare
well address, distinctly readable with a
microscope, and that the frame Of the pic
ture is formed by the Princes genealogy
fully written out. The whole affair is in
the Lords Prayer; written in the circnm-
ference Of sixpenoe, and is very ingeu-
uous. Tue Prince was delighted with it
and sent for the Duke Of Newcastle aud
General Bruce, and all three examined it
with the greatest interest aud attention.
1t is to be sent on to London by there
quest Of the Princes y
, 1861-01-18

LINCOLN AND THE REPUBLICAN Pass OF
FHE EAsr.-Those OF your readers who are
aH eoWrdBt with the tone Of the Republi-
can press of tha Atlantic States, with re-
gard to the secession plans Of the Cotton
States, are doHbtlessly aware Of the wide
difference in the various attitudes severally
recommended by them to the Republican
party in reference to this issue. While the
more conservative organs, and even those
that were heretofore looked upon as the
most advanced, advise the taking Of con
ciliatory steps by Congress, State Legisla-
lures, and the party they represent. The
most influential journals urge absolute pas
siveness, both as 10 the concessions demand
ed from the North by the South, and the
contemplated actual secession. The former
desire to see preVentiVes employed; the lat
ter pronounce all such uudigniGed aud use
less, as the Cotton States were bound to
60 out of the Union at oil hazards.
Strange as it may sound, such papers as
the Albany EseniHg Journal and the
Springfield (Mass) RePEbLiodn, are found
to advocate the first mentioned programme
Without pretending to speak by authority,
l venture to say, that MIR. Lincoln,
although conservative in bis intentions,
does not agree with the proposed attempts
at pacicatien and econciliation-not from
any feeling Of defiance, but from a convic-
ton that they will be scorned by the South
ern ultraists, who are bent on severing the
ties Of their several States TO the "accur-
sed Union" notwithstanding all offers Of
concessions, compromises, ETC. In this re-
spect, he comes very near the views Of the
New York Tribune The motives of Thur
low Weed in shooting of from bis custom
ary position Of the head Of progressive po-
litical journalism, are we'll understood here,
as well as the fact that in this matter he is
not the exponent Of Mr.. Seward's ideas.
The aforementioned divergences in the
Republican press have excited the fear Of
imminent disruption Of their party in many
of Mr.. Lincoln's most intelligent and re-
6ecting friends Correspondence San RaH.
cisco BEListiH.
, 1861-01-18

ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPH.-The Electric
Telegraphic Company in London have on
air-tight tube laid between the central sta,
ton and other stations at Cornhill and the
Stock Exchange, from which the air is ex-
hausted by pump, and the documents
sent through the tube by atmospheric pres
sure. This system has been in operation,
privately, in London, for several years, and
1t is now proposed to lay down complete
and extended series Of lines in London, on
scale which will receive not merely pa
PerS aud packages, but parcels Of consid-
cradle bulk, including the mail bags Of the
post office; and a company is now in course
Of formation to carry ont the object.
, 1861-01-18
New Orleans, Nov. 95, 1860.

The DIGNITY OF LABOR Mature, truth
and history, all point 10 labor, both mem
tai and physical, as the dignity and hope
Of social culture, and the OHly means BY
which the great purpose Of life can be full
filed. 1t Is the great law Of human iinA
provement which ennobIes and digniBes
human natursj It is the dipensAtion Of
time which sways the sceptre Of pow
or and influence over the world; Il connects
the secular resources and moral sensibilities
Of morality, In concordant harmony with
the issues Of eternity. All history is bot
the record Of labor--all antiquities but the
"reminiscences Of its ruins, Il stamps the
face Of nature With the impress Of mans
superior iulelligencei II determines the law
Of character; iDvigorates and sleYates man,
and is at once the interest, the order, and
welfare Of society; Il supplies the highest
as well as the lowest wants Of humanity,
achieves individual and social good, difs
fuses the elements Of happiness eyefyvbere,
and gathers around 1t the enviable distinc-
tiohs Of manly worth and moral Virtue
Montgomery (Ala.) Posi-. laala a0r
, 1861-01-18
RATES OF ADVERTISING

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liberal deduction made to yearly adysrtisen.
The number Of Insertions must be distinctly marked
On THE margin Of Advertisements sent U.s. or they NJ
be continued TIL iOtbld and charged accordingly.
Legal advertisements will Be chn gsd 70 The atiot
neys--at the option Of the Publisher.
Sherns sales, notices Of administration, &C., will
be charged 10 The officers Otdeting their pdllleatlOh
81 Job work neatly executed at this Odise.
l.. p. FISHER, No. l7li. Washington Street, Sad
Francisco, up stairs, nearly opposite Maguires Opera
House, is authorized 10 receive and receipt for sub
scriptions and advertisements In California.
, 1861-01-18

1t is to afectation the world owes its
whole race of coxcombs. Nature in her
whole drama never drew such part; she
has sometimes made fool, but coxcomb
is always of his own making.
, 1861-01-18

1t is the infrmity Of little minds to be
taken with every appearance, and dazzed
with everything that sparkles; but great
minds have but little admiration, because
few things appear new 10 them
, 1861-01-18

NEWSPAPERS IN PAMs.-Paris possesses
at preseut SOB newspapers; 4S Of these, as
treating of politics and national economy,
have to deposit q security in the hands OF
the Government; 400 are devoted to art,
science, literature, industry, commerce and
agriculture, The most aRcient of the lat
ter is the Journal des Savans, and dates
from the year 1865.
, 1861-01-18
From the Atlantic Monthly.
GONE.

> GONE.
A silent, Odor.laden air,
From heavy branches dropping balm;
A crowd Of daisies, milky E4ir,
Y That sunwarl turn their faces calm,
So rapt, a bird alone may dare
10 stir luelr rapture with Its psalm.
30 falls the perfect day Of June,
To moonlit eve from dewy dawn;
With light winds rustling through the noon,
And conscious roses halfwithdraWn
In blushing buds, that wake too soon,
And flaunt their hearts on every lawn.
The wide content Of summers bloom,
The peaceful glory Of its prime
Yet over all a broOding gloom,
desolation born Of time,
As distant storm-caps tower and loom
And shroud the sun with heights sublime.
For they are vanished frOm,thc trees,
And vanished from the thronging flowers,
Whose tender tones thrilled every breeze,
And sped With mirth the flying hours;
No form nor shaps my sad eye sees,
No faithful spirit haunts these bowers.
Alone, alone, in sun or dew
One fed to heaven, of earth afraid;
And one to earth, with eyes untrue
And lips Of laltering passion, strayed:
Nor shall the strenuous years renew
On any bough these leaves that fade.
Long summer dhys shall come and CO.
No summer brings the dead again.
listen for that voices flow,
And ACHE at heart, with deepening PAIN
Aud one fair face no more know,
Still living sweet, but sweet in vain.
, 1861-01-18

, A young man in Paris, who wants to
get into society, offers tO'pay twenty francs
per month for the loan Of . diamond ring
worth Eve handred francs. -. !. -
, 1861-01-18

bNr The Chinese measure cold by q
MsrmOmeter of jackets. They dress more
thickly instead Of using fire. Three jack
cts is a cool day; "six jackets" keenly
cold-from "ten" to fifteen jackets" " is
dreadfully severe
, 1861-01-18

~ Many man thinks il Is virtue hat
keeps him from turning o rascal. when i b.
only full stomach. One should be cafe5
fol and not mistake potatoes for principles.
, 1861-01-18

b% Real estate has considerably de-
clined at Washington, on account Of the
political troubles
, 1861-01-18

~ He is a brave man who is not
afraid to wear his old clothes until be is
able TO buy new ones.
, 1861-01-18

B% Fortune may end q pot, but youF
own industry must makeit boil
, 1861-01-18

- The best Purifyer Of the Blood--HaIl's Sarsa.
pArilla Yellew Dock and Iedine Of PoiAsS. Cnss
, 1861-01-18

The Washington correspondent OF TIE
New York Times says;
Senator Latham represents California as
loyal to the Union, and not willing to
break allegiance with it, while Burch and
Scott, Of the House, think DhO will ineV.
itably secede. .F
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07
VEGETABLE LIFE MEDICLNES

Are well known to be infallible.
DYSPEPSIA, by thoroughly cleansing
the first and second stomachs, and creating
Il flow of pure, healthy bile, instead of the
stale and kind; FLATULENCY, I0ssoF
APPETITE, HEARrBURN, HEADACHE, RESTLESS
NEsS, lM.rEMPER, ANXIETY, LANGrOR and
MELANCHOLY, which are the general symp-
toms Of Dyspepsia, will vanish, as Il natural
consequence of its cure.
COSTIVENESS, by cleansing the whole
length of the intestines with n solvent pro-
cess, and without violence all violent pur-
gcs leave the bowels costiye withintwo days.
FENERS of all kinds, by restoring the
blood to u regular circulation, through the
process Of respiration IN such cases, and the
thorough solution of all intestinal obstruction
in others.
The LIFE MEDICINES have been known to
cure RHEUMATISM permanently in three
weeks; and GOVT in half that time, by re-
moving local inflammation from the muscle
and ligamcnts Of the Joints.
DROPSIES of all kindsf by freeing and
strengthening the kidneys and bladder; they
operate most delightfully."- on these important
organs, and hence have ever been found a
certain remedy for the worst casrs Of GltAN-
Ell.
Also NOkMS, by dlsiodG'hS from the
turnlngS the sunny ma'Icrto whlclltheSe crea-
lures adhere mrs
SIlkll, LChkN, ana EhAlE
SOhES, ny the perfect purity wh'cn intSe
LIFE MEDICINE" give 10 the Dloou, ana I'LL INC
humorS; ,,,.nu,o~, nan
SCOKBLllC hkCtlioNo ana pAD
VONPiEAlONHi by thG'r "l'Gra'''c G'Gc'
upon the luldS that 'eca inc SKIN, ana !he
morbid STATE OF "hIcn occasions I'll. cr"I!'N'
complaints SaiIoW' cloudy, ana o'ncF VISA
grG""O'e compieNionS;
ne use oil t''so rms Tor a very s"o' r ,'',,e
VII, GI'rct AN r.l'r' cure 81 InT SH',' M"
NUN IOl'pH ana iN~rLohNhn WIN az az
ways be cured ny one ooSe, vi '"o III ''e
worst cases. no.,
fihEH-lhe Original proprietor VI ."oSe
Medicines, was cured OF [llrS! OF 90 years
standing Oy the use OIL inc Lie Ni'''o''eS
alone; o,,, ,, 80.
fENEh AM AuuE,rro, NJ svo"5I
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07
Salt and its Offices.

Some modern agricultural writ
crs have doubted the necessity of
giving animals salt. The follow
ing remarks as to the effect Of salt
upon health, by Prof. JAS. f. john
ston, of Scotland, may be rclishcd
by those who still put salt in their
buildings, and allow their cattle a
little now and then:
''Thc wild buffalo freQuents the
salt-Iicks of Northwestern Ameri-
ca; the wild animals in the central
parts of Southern Africa arc Il sure
prey to the hunter, who conccals
himself behind a salt spring; and
our domestic cattle runs peacefully
to the hand that offers them a
tlste of this delicious luxury
From time immcmorial it has been
known that withoutsa salt man would
misorably rerish; and among hor-
rible punishments. cntaiIing ccr-
tain death, that Of feeding culprits
on saltless food is said to have brc-
vailed in barbcrous times. Mag
gots and corruption are spoken of
by ancient writers as the distress
ing symptoms which s%altless food
cngenders; but no ancient or mod
ern could explain how such suffer-
ing arose. Now we know why
the animals crave salt; why it suf-
ters discomfort, and why it ulti-
mately falls into disease if salt is
for a time withheld. Upwards Of
half Of the saline matter Of the
blood 81 per cent? consists ofcom-
mon salt; and as this is partly dis
charged every day through the
skin and the kidneys, the necessity
Of continued supplies OF it to the
healthy body becomes sufficiently
obvious. The bile also contains
soda as Il special and ind ispensable
constituent, and SO do all the cartil-
ages OF the body. Stint the sup
ply of salt, therefore, and neither
will the bile be able properly to as
slst the digestion, nor the cartridges
to be bnilt up again as fast rs they
naturally waste. '-lmcricaR Far-
mer.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07
) ! : y y ) !
If PHYSICIANS WILL USE IT, Why IS IT
NOT SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE?

ClSClNSAIl, NV q
MEssRs. A. L. ScovILL & Co.
Dear Sirs,-Thc public generally are fully
aware Of the thousands of remedies for dis
oascd lungs, under Tie titles Of Sarsapa-
rillas, Pills, Ploetcrs, linimCnts, etc, that
are daily brought to Their notice through the
n]ewsTarcrs, Ly way Of adv,rtiy,mc My
object IN writing this note for publication is
TO induce the public, Or at least tno.c who are
afflicted, (f they will use latent mtdicines,)
TO use one that contains %ulticlts Of real use in
pulmonary diseases. ] Cm conscious that in
50 doing / I'm acting nC.t UNI Professionally,
md dcroCatory 10 the in;Ucsts Of medical
science and the regular lactitiolcls Of medi-
cine.
The medicine (Which ! rclcri is DR.. Halls
BolS0m for tic Lungs. | have prc'criIcd it
in a large numl or Of cGcos, ard always with
eucccss. One case in particular 10 which !
wish now 10 refer, was given UP by several
physicians WHO had con called in Consulta-
ton with myself. The patient had all the
symptoms Of confirmed consumption, such
as cold night swoats, hectic fever, horassing
cough, with continued Inin i'll the lobe Of the
right lung, attended with severe diNrrhca!
He commenced Immediately to get better by
The use of the atove-namcd medicine, and
was soon restored 10 his usual health!
have also found pr. Halls Palsam The most
valuable cxTCctornnt for breaking up dis
trcssiug coughs and colds that ! have ever
used. M.D. RlullI, M. u
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07
WM A. SCOT
Homeopathic Physician & Surgeon

CONSTANTLY keeps at hand the specific
" remedies for all kinds of wounds and
burns; remedies which nevc have nor never
will fail to give immediate relief They give
no pain when applied and nothing else is ev-
cr required. Every family should keep them
in the house, ashley will save you from all
suffering, as well as from many a large Doc
tor bill. They cured VIM. Clayton, beyond
the expectation of every one who saw him
fall from the top of a three story building on
a stone pavement. To prove it, you have
only to do as Clayton did, andthen apply the
remedy. They cure by "the first intention"
which keeps down inflammation, and thereby
liberation. % cents worth o feach will last
one year. Office in Esq. Stephens Building,
down stairs.
p. s. 1t will pay the reader to commit
the above to memory. W. A. s.
August %, lSG0-tE
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07

The Effect of Depth of Soil on Vegeta
ton.

tlon.
The deeper a soil is, or can be
made by good tiIlagc, provided it
contains the clements Of fertility,
the more productiveitm ust become;
not only by causing a large supply
of actual food, but also by present
ing an increased surface for the ac
ton of chemical forces to retain
those valuable substances, which
being in solution, would otherwise
pass away in the subsoil, while tho
they might be retained, the roots
could not get at them. The atmos-
phcrc pcnetrates more freely, warm
ing and exciting the whole mass;
the roots instead of merely throw
ing outlatcralIy and creeping along
lust beneath the surface, rs in shall
low soils, push boldly out in all di,
rections in search Of food, and thus
strengthen the plant, The %alluvial
tracts SO frequently foundalong our
principal rivers, ale all deep and
very fertile; though generally dry,
they seldom suffer from drouth,
owing totheir powers Of absorption,
both from the air and subsoil.
Depth being so important, we
should do all in our power to in
$ crease it by artificial means when
required; as frequent blowing at Il
uniform depth produces even in the
deepest soils u hard bed, through
which neither roots, air, nor mois-
ture can readily penetrate; the use
Of the subsoil pillow, once in three
or four years, is strongly recon-
mended, When the subsoiI con-
sists in stiff yellow clay, care must
be taken not to bring up too much
at once; for else, being sometimes
of q poisonous nature, it might tend
to %injure the land for some length
of time, until III fact, thcoXygen OF
the air had effected the necessary
chemical changes and sweetcncd
the mass. Deep soils are much less
injured by sudden changes of wca-
thcr than shallow ones, for being
open and triable, the rainfall pass
cs slowly through them, and after
nOurishing vegetation, by tllemois-
ture and ammonia that it leaves,
disappears in the subsoil: and du-
ring adry time, they maintain their
moisture, owing to their powers Of
absorption and capillary attraction.
Many of the most fertile loans rest
ing upon Il gravclly and very po-
rous subsoiI, owe their fertility to
their depth.
The same rule holds good with
soils resting on limestone; they are
rich orpoor, according to depth
Therefore it is evident that in farm
ing, besides the mereroutine ofpre-
pairing the ground for the crop, we
have the important business of
deepening the ground to attend to.
Draining, in all cases where the
land requires it, will be found a
most important assistant, lowering
the water level to the bottom of the
drains some three or four feet from
the surface, enabling the atmos-
~phere-that great fertilizer--to
penetratcinto thecrevices, formerly
filled with excess Of moisture, and
by diminishing the tcnacity, less
ening the difficulties of deep cult
vation.-Johh COIcman'S Prize E.
sag, Eng.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07
'scrofllaI Of King EVa,

is a constitutional disease, a corruption Of the
blood, by Bhichpthisl fluid becomes yitiatedt
weak, and poor. Being in the circulation; It
pervades tile whole body, and mayburst out
in disease on any part OF it. No organ is free
from itsyattacks, nor is there one which it may
not destroy. The seroftAOpS tuint is y%arion'ly
caused by mcrcuriil disease low living, dis
ordered lor unhealthy food, impure air, filth,
and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and,
above all, by the %venercal infection, What
ever be its origin, it is hereditary iii the con-
stittion, descending g from parehtst 10 children
unto thotlirlland fourth generation; = indeed,
it seems to. be the rod OF Him who says, al
will visit the iniquitics of the fathers upon
their children no -r r
Its effects commence by deposition from the
blood Of corrupt or ]ulccrolls matter, which, III
the lungs, liver, and internal organs, is termed
tubcrclcs; in the glands, swellimgS; and on
the surface, eriptions or sores. This foul cor
ruplion, which gcnders in the blood, dcprcsscs
the energies of life, so that scrofilous c%onslitll-
tons not only suffer from scroGulous com
plants, but they have fur less power to with
stand the attacks of other diseases; consc-
Qucntly vast numbers perish ly disorders
which, although not scrorulouS in their nature,
are still rendered fatal by this faint III the
system. Most of the consumption which de-
climates The human family has its origin directly
in this scrofulous contamination; and many
destructive diseases of the liver, kidneys, brain,
and, indeed, of all the organs, arise from or
are aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter of all our people are scrofulous;
their persons arc invaded by this lurking in
fiction, and their health is undermined by it.
To cleanse it from the system VIC must %renovate
the blood by an Alternative medicine, and i'll
vigorate it by healthy food and exercise.
Such q medicine we supply in
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-03-07
AYERS
Command EXTRACT Of SarsaparilIa,

the most cFcctual remedy which the medical
skill of our times can devise for this every
where prevailing and fatal malady. 1t is COM
bincd from the most active rcmedials that have
been discovered for the e~xpurgation of this foul
disorder from the blood, and the rescue of the
system from its destructive consequences.
Hence it should be employed for the cure of
not only Scrofuln, but also those other nttec-
tons which arise from it, such as ERUrTIvE
and SKIN DISEASES, ST.. ANTMoNY's FnRH,
Rosr, or EnysIpELAs, PIMrLEs, PusruIEs,
BLorcmEs, BLAINs and BorLs, TuMoRs, letter
and SALT RnEuM, SCALD HEAD, RINGwoRM,
RmuMAriSM, SYrnILITIC and MERCuR1AI DIS
EASES, DRorsY, DYSPEPSIA, DEBILITY, and,
indeed, ALI COMPLAINTS ARISING FROM VITIA-
TED or IMrrRE BLOOD. The popular belief
in " impt0iiy ofMe blood" is founded i'll truth,
for scrofula is a degeneration of the blood. The
particular purpose and virtue of this Sarsapa-
rilla is to purify and regonerate this vital fluid,
without which sound health is impossible i'll
contaminated constitutions.