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Year: 1860

Work and enjoyment are compatible
Portions of every day should be given to
recreations the mind being refreshed and
the body relaxed by domestic and social
amusement: Then, the work would be en-
joyed as much as the play 1t is physical
pleasure to exercise the muscles after rest.
And how buoyant is the mind returning to
its labor after d frohc with the babies, or a
cosy tete a.tetc with Nature Oh, holy Ma
ture! from thy bosom one goes to his work
as child at morning awakes to the wonder
of the world.
Year: 1860

A bill for the abolition of the peualty oil
death was lately before the New York As
sembly One of its advocates said ''if the
skulls of all who had passed through the
dark valley of death by the instrumentaity
of the gallows should be gathered up, they
would make pyramid that would have
satiated the vengeance of Tamerlane OF
appeased the rage of an Attila, and would
stand as an appalling evidence of the enefi-
cacy of cruel and destructive laws in the
prevention of crime and the elevation of NOR.
ais" Cannon.
Year: 1860

Another despatch from Republican source,
pronounces the meeting a failure in point Of num-
ber saying there were not over two hundred pres
ent; that the large majority of party leaders yet
wing refuse any coalition with the Breckinridge
wing
Year: 1860

NNOUNCES to his friends and the public
n generally that he intends TO conduct the
BOOT and SHOE BUSINESS, in all its branches,
and hopes from the care and attention to the WORK
turned out of his establishment, to receive full
share of the public patronage. call is solicited
at No. IA King street. ian
Year: 1860

into the county treasury, to be applied
to the use Of the county until legal
proof be made to the county Judge of
said county, by the person or persons
claiming such property to be his or
theirs, whcrenpon the Judge shall or
der said amount to be paid out of any
money in the hands Of the treasurer
not otherwise appropriated : Prordei,
that If the owner, or any person for
him, shall, on or before the day of such
sale, pay the costs and charges thus
far made, the constable is hereby re-
quircd to release said sheep or swine
to the person making such application
upon satisfactory proof being made of
ownership.


SEC. 4. The fees of the constable
under this act shall be the same as
upon sale Of like property on cxccu-
ton.


SEC 5. This act to take effect and
he i'll force from and after its publlca-
tion according 70 law.


Approved January %, 1857.
Year: 1860

An Act amending section ia of chap


ter 10 of the Code, and also to reg


ulate the same


SECTION !. he Il enacted by the General
AsscmJiycf the State IF L,ca, That 50
much of section ia Of chapter ID Of
the Code, as authorizes county Judges
to submit the question whether stock
shall be permitted to run at large, the
word stock" shall be construed to
mean swine and sheep.


SEC. 2 That in any county that has
heretofore decided, or shall hereafter
decide by majority vote, in favor of
restraining swine and sheep from run
ming at large, every owner OF such
stock shall, from and after eight
months from the canvass Of the vote
in said county, retain their swine and
sheep from running at large in said
county and in the event Of failure
so to do, shall be liable for any dana
gcs done by said swine or sheep, to be
recovered by action Of trespass by
the party injured.


SEC. 3. That any person may take
possession of any swine or sheep
found running at large in said county
after the time specified in section ? OF
this act, and give notice thereof tc
any constable in said county, who
shall have power, and it is hereby
made his duty, to sell such swine Oh
sheep at public auction to the highes,
bidder for cash, upon giving ten days
notice of the time and place Of sale
by posting the same in writing il
three public places in the township
where such swine OF sheep were foun(
running at large, the proceeds o
which sale, after payment of cost
and charges OF keeping, shall be pai'
Year: 1860

sorrowrul at her strange reception Of
his proposals, determined that he
would not urge a suit that, perhaps,
was disagrccablc, though he by no
means intended to give up his over
sight Of the young Girl.
Year: 1860

~ A fast life cannot be lived


with impunity, in this field of waste


and disorder, as in every other, Gods
violated law, however it may be for
gotten, never fails to assert and yindi-
cate itself s'The vicious die early"
They fade like shadows, or tumble
like wrecks and ruins into the grave
often when quite young, almost always
before forty. Bloody men shall not
live out half their days. says the psalm
list, and the remark is equally true OF
fast men. They live unsteady spend
their twelve hours in six; turn night
into day, or take for carousal and dis
sipation time that should be used for
rest; and in their rush, in the chase of
pleasure get out ofsight and into dark
ness, while others arc in the glow and
glory of life. Many man, md many
4 woman, too, dies thus, long before
their time. They keep up such a
constant stream that the boiler is corr
sumed or explodcs. The machinery
lis destroyed by reckless speed and its
inevitable wear and tear. The physi-
cal system cannot. endure the inces-
SAINT strain and drain of sensual excite


ment, and the most robust muscle and
vigor waste in the furnace Of such III:
tense and passionate life.-Reo. T.


Bi1a,aey.
Year: 1860

REMARKABLE DIscovERY.-We learn from the
Columbia Times that gentleman recently
found on his mining claim, on Table Mountain,
near Scraperville, an elephants tooth, petrified
and as black as jet-also the tooth of a warus
What adds to the interest of the discovery is
that both the teeth and several other portions
of various animals, were found at a depth of
upwards of 300 feet from the surface, the various
strata above them being chiefly composed of
gravel and sand-the uppermost being scoria
of dark grey color, very heavy, and in boud-
ers of every conceivable shape and size, varying
from a few ounces to hundreds of tons in
weight DR.. Smell has obtained the tooth of the
walrus for his cabinet. He states that he con.
siders it the greatest curiosity ever found in the
State.
Year: 1860

An INTERESTING RELIo.-The Cincinnati Ga
zette says: "a relic in the shape of an infants
shoe, that is now two hundred years old is in
the possession of lady residing in our city
The lady is about 60 years of age, and the she
was worn by the grandfather of her great grand
father, in crossing the ocean when an infant. in
the year 1860. There is piece of parchment
attached to the shoe giving its complete histo-
ry, which is very explicit and authentic. The
wearer of this shoe was the progenitor of some
of the most daring, as well as the most noted
patriots of the Revolution of whom Daniel
Morgan, the hero of the Cowpens, stands fore
most. This relic should be put in some public
receptacle for preservation"
Year: 1860

BI- Abraham Lincoln when in Congress
voted against resolution of thanks to our off,
GERS and soldiers in the Mexican war. The
people afterwards elected two of these officers
to the Preside dency-Generals Taylor and Pierce
thus showing that they didn't agree with Old
Abe in that matter. The people of his own
district also elected officer of the war to take
his place in Congress, thus rebuking him for his
disgraceful vote.
Year: 1860

HARDY's DECISION AGAINST THE MISERs.-The
Supreme Court sustans the decision of Judge
Hardy in relation to trespass upon mining
lands by miners after agricultural improvements
have been made. The main points of the de-
cision are


That the mines of precious metals in this
State are the property of the owner Of the SOIL
whether that owner be the State, the United
States, or an individual.


That the Legislature of the State, by virtue
of the States sovereignty, may authorize any
person to invade the acaste lands of others, and
dig for gold, rendering compensation. to be as
certained by jury, to the owner. By waste lands
l mean any lands not absolutely devoted to 9TH
er useful and important purposes


That the Legislature has not yet provided by
law for the condemnation of private property for
mining purposes, and for the ascertainment of
value and payment of compensation.-4mador
Ledger.
Year: 1860

at this day, said, that it is inhuman 70 re-
| lieve the more affiuent from the burdens of
| the government, and impose them on the


more INDECENT members of the community.


Why are wheat, corn, tobacco and other
agricultural products exempted? Is it


because the land that produces them is


taxed ? If so, the same reason forbids the
taxation of the annual acrratiOn of cattle
and other animals. The sod OF the pas
ture or the meadow is q permanent growth
of the sofia part of the lnul itself-and
as such is taxed. Land III sod, producing
grass suitable for grazing or cutting, and
curing and fatening cattle, Is worth, and
assessed generally, l presume, ut from
So to SIS per acre more than the like
land not in sod. Thus, in the pastoral
districts the very roots of the grass that
nourish and fatten the cattle are taxed
Are grain and tobacco exempted because
the policy of the country requires the
encouragement of agricultural pursuits?-
If so, this reason applies not more strong
ly to the cultivation of these commodities
than to the rearing of cattle, sheep and
hogs. If it be polite to stimulate the
culture of grain and tobacco, where the
soil and surface ars suited to the purpose,
and there is market for their sale, surely
it is equally polite to stimulate the raising
of cattle and other animalS-cspccally
where grain and tobacco cannot be pro-
duced and sold.


IF, then it be right in itself to exempt
from taxation negroes under IL years of
age, and grain and tobacco and other Ng-
ricultural products, it is equally right in
itself to exempt young animals, and the
annual increase of others kept for i'm
proYement. If this be not right in ITSELF


then, inasmuch as the former are exempt
nd fla Lot rcbn ole he tod in


order, as far as may be, to relieve those
who disproPortionately taxed and
equalizc taxation among planters. graziers
and all classes of agriculturists.


The existing law enures to the benefit


of those who already have most advan-
tages, natural and supplied by the State,
and to the detriment of such rs have


not these advantages. One citizen re-
sides on the fertile border of Il nnYiga-
Bile stream, and can produce and take


to market grain and tobacco. Him you
relieve from taxation. Another is locked
up in the Businesses of the mountains,
where the plough may not be used
whence such commodities, if they could he
produced, could not be transported, ard is,
therefore left TO the rearing and fnttening
of cattle, which he may take on foot to
place of sale. Him you tax to the utmost.
Nay. more! You levy taxes on the people,
and with these you make railroads and ca
nails in one section, and enable the inhab-
itants to take their products to market,
and so, ut the public cost, enable them to
profitably grow and sell grain and tobacco
while you cannot, or will not, extend the
same advantages to others, who must
therefore Craze and feed; and you mcasur-


ably relieve the former from payment, while
Won compel the latter to contribute beyond
their proportionate part, the very money


that is expended principally for the benefit
oftheir more fnyored follow citizens.
Year: 1860

Who ever became a man of influence


by sitting under the harrow of despon-
dency What drone ever benefits the


world, his friends or himself? There is
nothing like action coupled with cheer
fulness. We see it everywhere. Who
is that sitting on that empty barrel at the
corner9 A man with no energy, prey
to grief. He does not know what to do,
and how to start. Who is that man
standing in the market place? A lazy,
do-little sort of a vagabond, who hardly
earns his bread and butter. Do you
wish to become such character I? II
not, arouse yourself, away from the arm
chair, up from the gutter, out of the
downy bed Move your arms, kick
your feet, and stir about; give the blood
chance to circulate through the veins,
and the air of heaven to enter your lungs.
Seize the first job presented and dispatch
1T at once. up for the pay, and get anoth-
er forthwith you will soon earn enough
to purchase wheelbarrow or hand
cart, and then you will begin to live.
Who knows what you may become ?
Energy is half omnipotent. Small be-
ginnings end in large gains penny
we'll turned brings fortune. Resolve
then to do something, and our word for
it, you will bless US to your dying day
for our plain spoken advice.-American
Leader.
Year: 1860

The Mayor Of Lawrence, and the Com
mittee of Relief, having in charge the
distribution of the funds contributed to
the aid Of the Pemberton mill sufferers.
announce to the public that so generous
have been the contributions in money
and clothing from every quarter. that no
more assistance than what has already
been sent, with what is now pledged and
subscribed, will be needed to provide for
the wants Of all those who are really
needy.
Year: 1860

a correspondent Of the New York Tribune
addresses Charles O'Connor thus


Years ago, as the story goes, you, sir, knelt
by your fathers side in a Catholic church in
this city, while mass was being celebrated by a
priest who was as black as ebony Did Won
then believe sir, that the sacrifice was neffectu
al because it was offered up by a negro? And
when the black hand signed the cross, and
blessed You and all around you, did you believe
the blessing imperative because the anointed
African who gave it was perverted into priest
from the true position which the Almighty (ac-
cording to you, sir,) designed for him; the
Slave of man instead of the Servant of God, a
thing instead of being.
Year: 1860

We heard of an old gentleman who
had three daughters. all of whom were
marriageable. A young fellow went a
wooing the youngest, and finally got her
consent to take him for better or for
worse" Upon application 10 the old
gentleman for his consent, he flew into
violent rage. declaring that no man
should "pick his daughters in that
way" and if he wished to get into his
family he might marry the Oldest, or
leave the house forthwith. 5
Year: 1860

ABoLIr1oNIsTs.-Not unfrequently the Re-
publicans are termed abolitionsts. The word
has long since lost its terrors in the sense in
which it is used; but those who continue to
handy the word do not reflect that there is an
abolition party in the country ten thousand
times worse than any of those to whom the
word IS applied. The Shareholders and all
their abettors are for abolashing Freedom!
Year: 1860

The VALUE OF GooDNEss-Did it ever
strike you, that goodness is not NEARLY u
beautiful thing, but the beautiful thing-by
far the most beautiful thing in the world; and
that badness is not merely an ugly thing,
nothing is to be compared for value with
goodness; that riches, honor, power, pleasure,
learning, the whole world and all in it, are
not worth having, in comparison with being
good; and the utterly best thing for man is
to be good, even though he were never to be
rewarded for it; and the utterly worst thing
for a man is to be bad, even though he were
to he punished for it and in word, goodness
is the only thing worth loving, and badness
the onlything worth hating Charles Rings-
leu. -.. -.... ..- ~ D..
Year: 1860

AHTI-sLAvERY FEELING IN MASSACHUSETTS
IN EARLY TIMEs.-Among the ancient records
of the North Hadsley (Mass.) Congregational
Church is the following clause; provided,
further, That if the owner of said pew shall
let the pew, or any part thereof to any negro
or mulatto, or in any way admit any negro
or mulatto to the possession or occupancy of
the same, then the said pew, or share thereof
so let or occupied, shall, in every such case,
thereby Immediately revert to and become
the property of the said society"
Year: 1860

WESTERN UTAH.-The principal items from
the eastern slope nowadays are about the
weather. which has been extremely cold
and stormy, much to the modification as
we'll as discomfort, of the early residents
who praised to newcomers the mildness of
the winters. Snow FIVE feet deep and the
thermometer ten degrees below zero have
proved a shocking surprise to hundreds of
unprepared Californians, some of whom are
literally living in caves and holes. A gen.
tieman from the mines Informs us that the
most comfortable dwellings are those made
in the side of hill by excavation and
fronted with stone. Mining operations are
pretty much stopped, though some parties
are running prospecting tunnels at different
localities. There is no reason to doubt that
The severity of the present winter is eDcep
tional We observe from St Louis papers
that the cold weather extends as far east as
that city, where the thermometer at sunrise
on the 7th ult. stood four degrees below
zero.
Year: 1860

A proposed amendment to the present
Constitution of the Sandwich Island king
dom, approved by the King and providing
that no person shall be eligible for the Office
of Legislator without property or an in
come of at least $1,000, it is thought will
have the ultimate effect, if adopted, to pass
the legislative control of the Hawaiian group
into the hands of Americans and other for
eigners, who are the principal property
owners.
Year: 1860

A law before the Missoari Legislature pro-
vides that no candidate shall be eligible to
judicial office If he be the nominee Of a po-
litical party or convention unless he ex-
pressly repudiates the same through the
public papers. that separate poll shall be
opened for judges at elections, and that
plain white tickets only, shall be used con-
tanning the names of all the candidates. The
provision for separate election ought to be
everywhere adopted
Year: 1860

Inc mining operations now going on upon
the Ridge are chiefly of preparatory char
acter. exceptat two or three localities where
washing is being prosecuted with fair re-
suits. AT Columbia Hill the prospects are
very flattering 'fSr a prosperous future
Washing has been pro6tably resumed not
only here but atthe surrounding diggings of
Kennebec, Chimney and Grizzly Hills. A
large population is gathering at this point
Several buildings for stores and dwellings
appearance of an old time thriving mining
camp. Columbia Hill is bound to be place
of consequences owing to cheap water.
AT San Juan n number of companies are
washing with the usual results but at
Sweetland and Birchville nearly every COM
pany is laying by until such time as water
can be obtained at rates compatible with the
yield ct the diggihgs. The general anxiety
in this regard seems about to be relieved
We have been informed that the Eureka Lake
Company has effected sale of two-ffths of
its stock to the Truckee Lake Company, for
! 3O0,o 900. Whatever doubts may have been
entertained heretofore, as to the ability Of
the Eureka Lake Company to extend their
ditch to this part of the Ridge, arc by this
important transfer set completely at rest
The extension is already under way, and in
few weeks will be completed The new
ditch is three feet deep, two and half feet
wide on the bottom, and five feet wide at
top. with grade o. sixteen feet per mile
and its capacity is fully 1000 inches. To
bring water from it onto San Juan Hill a
long, high flume will have to be constructed
at reported expense of 5000; though it
is not impossible iron pipe may be used in
stead of a f1ume. AS to the capacity OF the
Company to supply water, we are positively
assured that fro IN 5000 to 5000 inches can
be furnished for every day in the year. As
not more than half or two thirds of this is
consumed up the Ridge. the remainder will
flow through the new ditch to Sweetland,
Birchvile, and ultimately to San Juan We
think 1t may now be considered certain, that
the desire of the miners to have cheap water
is soon to be gratified.


1t is supposed by some that the Truckee
Lake Co., not having a sufficient market for
their water In Sierra county, will run it on
to this Ridge. Whether there is any proba-
biAty of this CT not we cannot say. The ca
pacity of the Truckee ditch is about 4 .OOO
inches, if we remember rightly, and its sup
ply is drawn fror, the Middle Yuba At the
head waters of that stream the company has
a mammoth reservoir, the dam of which is
ninety feet high, from which can be drawn
1000 inches day for six menths, the water
being stored in the Spring.


1t is reported that the Middle Yrba Canal
Company had proposed a plan of consolida-
ton to the Eureka Lake Company, which
WAS positively refused. The sale of stock
effected by the latter company, it is said,
will enable it to clear its property of fn-
debtedness and leave Il cash balance of
100000. We give these reports for what
they may be worth, rs part of the focal
history 'ef the week.
Year: 1860

The Red Bluff Beacon urges upon the cit
liens of Tehama county the necessity of
buildinga good wagon road westward to the
foot hills of the Coast Range, where the
Nome-E Eackee Reservation is located, and
where there has been much increase of pop
ulation, stock and cultivated land within
rear or more.
Year: 1860

BALTIMORE, Sept. 27-Hon. Henry
Winter Davis, member Of Congress from
the Fourth Congressional district of Mary
land, made a speech tonight, at the New
Assembly Rooms.


lie satisfied the general anxiety to know
exactly the position he occupied in refer
ence to the pending Presidential canvass.
His speech occupied two hours and twenty
minutes


While he supported Bell, yet he denounc-
ed all coalition with Democrats, whether
Of the Breckinridge Or Douglas school.
His review Of the advocates and professions
Of the Disuionists of the South was merci-
less


What Lincoln, he said, thinks, is what
Jay thought in reference to the condition
Of the Territory. That it is now free, and
it is therefore unjust to pass any law on the
subject.


The Republican party was not an Aboli-
ton party, and had, in all its acts, shown,
so far as the record would show, only en-
deavored to bring back legislation on the
subject Of slavery where it was before the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise. He
was for silence; for doing away with agita-
ton on the slavery question. Douglas had
done one good to the country. He had
been an advocate for free speech and the
right to think as our fathers thought on
the Constitution, though he does not think
with them.


Douglas, in his opinion, was the true ex-
ponent Of the Democratic creed, and not
Breckenridge The South had used him,
expecting to find tool and found master.
He had Breckinridge upon the hip when he
quoted the language of the Kansas bill,
and Buchanan when he referred to the Ian
guage of his letter of acceptance, that
Territory, Ike State, had the right to
determine its own domestic institutions.
The intallibility of the Democratic party
was destroyed They pilfered amongst
themselves, and be was glad of the pros
pect that it was about to be turned out to
get an airing.


lie insisted that the dangers Of allowing
the election Of President to 60 to the House
ought to be avoided. 1t was question
that ought to be settled by the people. Ia
case Of Lincoln's election he did not be-
lieve the Oisunionists could get n regiment
in the field


lie objected to the timidity of the can
yass, and urged every man to utter to the
people what he believed


He thought with Mr. Millson, of Eir-
ginia, while it was his duty to warn his