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Year: 1859

DR. BUsHNELL's REsIaNArioN.-A meeting of the North Congregational Church and Society was held last evening, to act upon the resignation of Dr. Bushnell, and upon the choice of colleague or successor. Dr. Bushnell read an eloquent and feel ing letter of resignation, but it being too long for our columns, we avail ourselves of the Courant's abstracts

 He said; that he had had this step in view for year past. 'sEver since the kind and affection ate letter, signed by every male member of the chuich, had been placed in his hands, signifying their wish to continue his salary through life though he should be unable, through ill health, to perform his pastoral duties-a touching mark of feeling, duly appreciated by him an offer which, in courtesy to the love that prompted it. he could not decline-he had revolvsd this matter in his m nd. His physicians had told him that, if he ho- ped to recover his health, he must go to drier c- nate-like that of California, and he had made up his mind to do so; and in doing so he felt in duty bound to dissolve his connection with the church. His reasons for this step various. He wished to tld himself of alf responsibility in the matter of the church; he did not wish tn feel when far away from Hartford, that at any time he was wanted there. Then It was wrctched feeling-that of be- ing an official pensioner upon the church. receiving pay without consideration ; and he wished to re- lleve the church from such 8 burden. He wanted, too, to make an easier place for his successor It is easier to sustain the first place in the hearts of congregation; to occupy subordinate position He purposed, then, to leave them though he should have felt pride in living and dying there, Hart ord man ne hoped to return at last to die amongst his old and time tried friends He intended his re. signation to take effect the 22d day of May, which would be just 26 years since his settlement over them. He closed with fervent benediction ''

 After earnest discussion the motion to accept his resignation was lost by almost unanimous vote Then, on motion of Francis Fellowes it was voted to grant to Dr. Bushnell five years of abscrce to re- cover his health, and a committee was chosen to confer with him on the subject, tc report on the evening of April 11th

 On the question of appointing colleague, a long and animated discussion ensued which resulted in the appointment of committee. by vote of 66 to 5O, to wait on Rev. c. D. Helmer for that purpose, and the meeting was adjourned for one week. Hartford Press.
Year: 1859

4E The reduced majority in Litchfeld for the democracy. is cheering evidence of the progress o correct political sentiments among people and we have-good rsasoa for believing that we shall soon be ranked among the reliable Republican towns in the County. The young men very generally are snlsting on tho right side; and we hope, when the great contest Of 1860 arrives to witness complete triumph here of the principles of the Republican party.
Year: 1859

To be Decided.-By an ordinance of the city
all persons who own vehicles and keep them
for hire are required to pay license ON those
vehicles, if they are employed in the city
Under this ordinance, has the Council the
right to impose tax on the owners of carts
and wagons living beyond the corporate lin
IT'S hut who employ those vehicles to haul
sand. bricks ard stone into and through the
city. from one years end to another To be
more plain, if possible--if A lives on the wes-
tern suburbs and owns carts, has he right TO
who lies on the eastern suburbs. through the
city, day after day, without paying license to
travel en- the streets If he has not the right,
then he stands on the same footing with Z,
who is a citizen and Il tax payer but if he has
the right. then he is actually allowed bonus
for living beyond the corporate limits.
Year: 1859

Prize Fight, for a feed of melons, came off
between two miniature ebos, at the First Mar
ket, yesterday afternoon. The belIigerents
waded into each other Ia Hyer and Sullivan,
and for several seconds the result was doubt
full. as the larger one had gone to grass, and
the little one had closed on him but the bot
tom one finally arose, shook off his adversary,
gave him dig on the right side of his proboscis,
and made him squeal like a mashed pig. Find
ing that the light weight was not disposed
to renew the combat, his second threw up his
hat, the big boy was declared the winner, ana
the two Joined. and were eating the stakes
when our reporter left.
Year: 1859

RAREY-Rarey has been very successful in
london in tanning vicious horse. the King
of Dude The London News says the audience
fairly trcmble when he unlocked the iron pole,
gave il to the groom, and with not even . stick
in his hand stood in the ring with that scream
ing savage of horse, and then fairly outma-
nnuyred him by his weird like tact
Year: 1859

Tomafo Wias.-The following recipe for ma
king tomato wine, has been furnished, for the
benefit Of our readers: Take small ripe to-
matoes, pick of the stems, put them into .
tub, wash them clean, and then strain through
linen bag. Zone hushel will make i've gal
Ions of pure wine) Add two-and-a half to
three pounds of loaf sugar to each gallon then
raspberry wine" If two gallons Of water Be
added to the FIVE gallons of juice, it will still
make very nice wine. Brown sugar may be
used instead of LOAF, but the wine is much
more sparkling when loaf sugar is used. The
ship load. 1t is said to be a delightful beyer.
age, equal to Heidsick.
Year: 1859

horses. At last, just after dark, for the
proceedings took up the entire evening,
a tremendous popping and cracking de-
noted that something was the matter; the
crowd separated right and left, and old
gray came charging down the road with
half a DOZEN packs of crackers tied to his
tail some rascal had taken advantage Of
his proximity to the horse to fasten them
on and then light them with cigar
pack, bang. g'lang, bang, bang, bang,
fz-ger-rang-ger-rang, bang, fz, bang;
away they went, Halls horse taking fright
and running some four miles in the op-
posite direction. whilst old gray threw his
rider and never stopped until he got to
town.


Another horse was got up against the
sorrel, aud although it was now pitch
dark the race came of, the sorrel beating
Macs substitute twenty feet, six inches
and fraction-such being the return of
the judge who, standing in the middle of
the road with lantern as he said to let
the horses see, was run over and nearly
killed. And Hall was at last the nomi-
nee


The contest came off some thirty days
after the horse race, and Wadd beat Hall
like forty. Macs friends having voted
for the former gentleman through spite
against Hall, engendered by the many
fight and quarrels incident upon the
races, and former election.
Year: 1859

A poor peasant who on his death bed
made his will. He called his wife to
him, and told her of the provisions he had
made in it.


II have left my horse to my parents" /"
said he; "sell it, and hand over the mon
ey you receive. leave to you my dog:
take care of him and he will serve you
faithfully"


The wife promised to obey, and in due
time set out to the neigboring market
with the horse and dog.


"How much do you want for your
horse?" inquired farmer.


II cannot sell the horse alone, but you
may have both at reasonable rate
Give me ten pounds for the dog, and five
shilings for the horse"


The farmer laughed, but as the terms
were low, he willingly accepted them
Then the worthy woman gave her hus'
bands parents the five shilings received
for the horse, and kept the ten pounds
for herself.
| That was cute. Guess the widow
wasn't far wrong neither
Year: 1859

We remarked, few days ago, that thous-
ands of the Republican party as individuals,
would come over to the Douglas, or in other
words, Democratic doctrine of Popular Sove-
reignty in the Territories, in the next Presi'
Dental campaign. The renegades from the
Democracy are awfully Mortified at the idea,
and imagine or pretend to imagine, that the
Republicans and Douglas men are bound TO.
gether 10y the strong ties of fraternal sympa
thy. The silly snipes! let them have their
own notions At the same time, it is well
known, by those who are versed in the po-


itical history of the country, that great
portion Of the Republican party were former
ly Old Line Democrats. who did not agree
with Senator Douglas that Congress had no
power to prohibit slavery in the Territories
and that, consequently, the repeal of the Nil
souri, Compromise was a measure which
should not have been passed. They there
fore abandoned the Democratic party and
joined the Republicans They perceive now
that things are different from what they *
pected-that the Supreme Court of the
United States has settled, or as good as set
tied, the question of the power of Congress
to prohibit slavery in the Territories, and
that the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty in
the States and Territories together has re-
ceived the sanction and confrmatory appro-
baton Of the highest judicial tribunal in the
Union. They left the Democratic party upon
the suPposition that Congress had a right to
prohibit slavery in the Territories. They see
that proposition overthrown. and nothing
remains for them but to return to that party
with which they agreed in all points save
the one mentioned. The question Of doubt
has been settled. There is no further contro-
versy about that, and they now identify
themselves with the party which claimed
their support in former times. Were the
power of Congress still a matter of doubt un
decided by the competent tribunal, they
would be with the Republican party, but the
doctrine of the Democratic party, from which
they dissented, being now decided to he cor
party again.


p. S.-We may add. rs an evidence of the
fact Of many Democrats having gone with
the Republican party on this Chem doubtful
question of Congressional power over the
sui ject of slavery, that even so good Demo
crat as Silas Wright expressed himself in ia.
nor of the UIL1uof PyoyiSo
Year: 1859

THEATRE.-Another large and brilliant nu-
dience was assembled at the Theatre last eve.
ming, upon the occasion of the second per
formaace of the tragedy Of Sybil. Miss Avo-
MIA Jones was as beautiful in this piece ms
ever and was ably sustained by the balance
Of the company. Everybody was delighted
with the entertainment afforded, and would
goto see the same company a hundred times
more. if the season could last so long This
admirable (Magure and Baker, troupe leave
this city at present for Tim6uctoo We can
assure our friends in that place that better
company has never appeired in lifornia


1t is combination of very superior talent,
and would lie reckoned such in any country.
Year: 1859

STATION HOUSE, April l6, 1859.


Ep1roR DEMocRAr I'm this mornings pa
per Mr.. Hollis has card, in which he tries
to exonerate himself from all the accusations
that have made against him. Ifhe can do
so, he will do more than many think he will.
lie says 81 am accused of assisting most in
human wretch" Now, if giving me the ma
terial to do the work and designating the
place at which to do it, for the purpose OF
attaching the blame on another Company
(Which he remarked at the time) if that Is
not assisting, l leave it to the public to decide
what would be. lie states he has kept me
for weeks, to save me from starvation. All
the keeping he has ever done for Inc is this ;
He has loaned me 81 so, and l slept one
night in his bed-one night when / was sick.
He likewise speaks about plunder Now, he
knows and every man in that Company
knows, that at II fire l am always on the
breaks instead Of looking after plumber. Mr..
Hollis was well aware that had got a situ-
alton that would last me all summer and that
had commenced work that afternoon. Why
he should accuse me of wanting to plunder
is more than can imagine no doubt to make
my character appear as bad as his will turn
out to be Mr. Hollis is not the only one in
that Company, and he knows it, too. They
are just as guilty as himself If that Compa-
ny would but sift this matter well, they
would find out that all have said is true
and may f1nd more for there is more there.
have 10 doubt but two thirds of the men,
bers of that Company were astonished to hear
of such proceedings as have been going on in
that Company for the past year or more
but they will find out it is as | say, although
you may not get proof strong enough to con-
vict all of them. think by the time the
Police Department gets through with this
business, the public will see that am not the
only "inhuman wretch" as Mr. Hollis de
nominates me. l say now as | said before, if
had not have been under the effects of Ii
quor, should not have done what / did, If
| had taken the advice of a friend of mine
should have been in bed an hour before the
affair happened. When did it, had no
idea ofiuj1ring any one. 1t was all for the
purpose ofhaving run and little sport
which is dearly paid for
Year: 1859

Coal TAR-In another column will be
found q notice by the Marysville Gas Compa
ny that they have very superior article for
coating roofs, timber fencing, etc, to render
them water proof also for preserving canvas
hose for mining AMI other purposes Mr.
Knight, the energetic and experienced mana.
ger Of the Company. will be found at his post
OF the Gas Works
Year: 1859

PURGE YOUR CoMPANY.-We publish in an
other place letter from Bluxome, the incen
diary His confession we published on Fri
day. 1t would appeur from the proof against
Bluxome, his own confession and the impl
cation of other parties, that certain Fire
Company in this town needs purging. There
are men in it who do not deserve to he there
The majority of the Company are certainly
respectable men. OF our own personal knowl
edge, there are men in that Company who
are ranked among our very best citizens, and


who have no shadow of anything disgraceful
resting upon their regulations. They are
! high minded and honorable members of so


ciety, and it is a pity that they should have


found themselves associated with persons o.


SO low description as those who seem tC
have Oeeu connected. in some manner oil
Z other. with that Company. Let the respect


able members of this Company at once take
l measures to exclude these low character,
from their midst, and they can easily retair
: their reputation for promptness, energy ant


tearlessness. as a portion of the invaluabl,
n Fire Department Of this city. Let there b
= no disreputable hangers on to any Of the Fir
= Companies
Year: 1859

neigh, and the Secretary was ordered to furnish
acopy to every horse.congregation in the city,
for ratification, with request that the sub
ject be acted upon next Sunday.


Just then the people began to come out
Of church. The little black tossed his head
and gave the Chestnut wicked leer. The
Yellow Mare whined for her colt, the Pony
champed his bit sulkily; but all were so glad
TO get away that they moved off at the word,
and guess this Convention, like many others,
will only end in talk. However, if no re-
form is effected in short time, shall look
for further action,
Year: 1859

To BE DECIDED.-We gave in our last issue
brief abstract of the important decision of
Supreme Judge Field in the case of Biddle
Boggs, lessee under Fremont, against the
Merced Mining Company, virtually giving to
Fremont full and undisputed control over
all the minerals in his famous Mariposa
grant, whether in portions of his estate now
being worked by others or not. The court
did not decide that the minerals pass with
the soil that question was left for the fu-
ture; but it held that in the absence of spe-
cific legislation, permitting the miner to en-
ter upon private lands in search Of minerals
he could not be allowed such privilege
Whether the specific legislation spoken of
by the court, if had hereafter, would extort
decision different from the above, it is i'm
possible to say. We are inclined to believe,
however, that the court adheres to the
opinion formerly expressed that the right to
the minerals pertains to the State by virtue
of her sovereignty, that it does not pass with
the soil, and that, therefore, such ''speciic
legislation" may be allowed as would per-
nit the miner, under certain restrictions and
liabilities, to enter upon private lands as
well as upon those belonging to the United
States. The fact that number of grants
already confirmed and patented, we know
not how many, embrace thousands of acres
of auriferous land, makes the question of the
States right to the minerals one of vast i'm
portanee. Whatever the law may be IN the
matter, it certainly is not wise nor equitable
for a republican government to permit mo-
nopoly of mineral deposits in the hands of
few private land owners The distribu-
tion of wealth is unequal enough under the
operation of general laws, without such spe-
cial ones as would give to half dozen men
possession of an immense supply of the me-
tails which constitute the worlds medium of
exchange. This clearly is not the right poll
icy for California, and whether she will
adopt it or no, through her legislature and
courts, remains to be decided.
Year: 1859

Ia The weather during the past week
has been Ike a quick-tempered,q ,quarrelsome
married ceuple-smling with great bright
ness and seductive warmth for brief periods,
away in a silent rain The meteorological
clerk must certainly have had some matri-
monial difficulty with his shrewish spouse
the atmosphere. At present. Friday even
ing, the difficulty seems to be in fair way
for adjustment.
Year: 1859

WIzARDMARTlH.--T This accomplished sleight
of hand performer gave an exhibition at the
Theater on Wednesday evening. Many of
his tricks are equal to any performed by the
greatest magicians, and he executes all with
much grace and readiness. The mechanical
figures, of his own invention, are ingenious
and amusing, Owing to the bad. weather
and muddy condition of the roads he had
but a slim audience.
Year: 1859

PECK Il CoLEY.-This old established firm
have very heavy stock of goods in their
line, at their fire. proof store on Main street.
Their advertisement will be found in another
column, to which we invite the attention of
consumers.
Year: 1859

A great railroad convention was to have
been held at Memphis on the 10th ult., to
devise the means for extending to that city
the ST. Louis and Iron mountain railroad
Memphis is growing with great rapidity, and
must become commanding emporium of
inland commerce.
Year: 1859

The Oregonians must be remarkably de-
corous people. Wizard Martin says he per-
formed to crowded audiences of them and
never knew but one man to laugh, and he
came to him afterwards with an apology for
his loud merriment
Year: 1859

who he to obey in certain matter, the Recorder
or the Chief of Police.


The Chief stated that he might have known very
easily by referring to the police regulations in force
The Chief was proceeding to explain himself, in
polite manner, when the Recorder peremptorily re-
fused to listen to him, and ordered him TO take his
seat. The Recorders manner was very insulting !;
but the Chief made him polite bow, and seated
himself. ...


The Recorder then proceeded TO read the law OF
1852 which was his pinhook for the charge Of con-
tempt When he got through, Mr.. Reynolds asked
for the book and quoting the same law proceeded to
show that the section granting exclusive power to
the Recorders and Assistant Recorders to release
prisoners had no reference to prisoners whilst in the
first and temporary custody of the police, but when
formally in custody of the Court, either by warrant
issued or by arraignment.


The Recorder stated that Mr.. Reynolds construc-
ton Of the law was entirely different from his upon
which Mr.. R. remarked that it was useless to say
anything more, and took his seat. ....-.


The Recorder then pronounced the Chief guilty Of
contempt, and sentenced him to twenty-our hours
imprisonment. ,


The arbitrary course Of the Recorder in refusing to
recognize the discriminating and gentemanly action
of the Chief in regard to responsible parties arrested
on trifing charge; in refusing to recognize the
precedent established for that course Of proceeding
by the previous Mayors and present Mayor Of the
city, as well as the general approval accorded to it
by the community; his refusal to hear the Chief
speak in bis own defense his autocratic difference of
opinion with one of the ablest lawyers in New
Orleans, on the law he quoted-all these things con.
spired to create the warmest indignation on the part
of the spectators present. As soon as the sentence
was pronounced, most Of the crowd in court rose to
accompany the Chief to prison. A few minutes
afterward, an officer presented himself to the Chief
with the Recorders commitment. The Chief took it
and told the officer he would take himself to prison
with it. He was opposed to anything like demon
stration of feeling in his behalf, and wanted the
crowd to disperse but they refused. They followed
him in procession to the prison.


The Chief had hardly become ensconced in prison
(Capt Fremeaux politely giving him his own private
parlor for cell, when booming Of cannon on Cong
Square surprised all. 1t was found to be salute
sympathy, subscribed and paid for among the crow


Immediately after the Recorder pronounced the ser


tence, and given by Capt. Lamothe, of the Orlean


Artillery, and squad of his men, with the most rt


markable promptitude.


One thing we may add as worthy of notice. Th
commitment of the Chief was q page and q half
Year: 1859

THE undersigned has procured the ex-

 4 elusive right to Manufacture and sell J. J. Parker's Patent Corn Shelier in this State, and is now prepared to fill all orders fer the same. This is undoubtedly the best patent known for that pur- pose. One hand can shell from 10 to l2 bushels of corn per hour. They will be made in neat sub stantia manner. Each Sheller will be warranted to perform well or no sale Try one and you will use no other Price SIP delivered any where in the county Address
Year: 1859

In reply to frequent inquries-i would say, that am now prepared travel to any part of the state, and win eo prepared to do everything in the line of mv profession in the neatest possible manner. Per sons wishing my services will please drop me line to that effect, as shall not have time to go except where have calls and will only charge the regular Memphis and eastern prices, same as charge in my office. H. N. CASE, Dentist

 Little Rock, Ark. Feb 9 '59-ly.
Year: 1859

DENTAL NOTICE-Dr. II. N. sseesG9s22 CASE office next door to Gov. Conway QTYTTTY residence, where he is prepared to operate in every branch of his profession Artificial teeth with artificial gums. from to full set inserted so to look perfectly natural. All full sets inserted on the suction, or atmospheric pressure principle, feel perfectly natural and easy ill the mouth, and answers all the legitimate uses of natural teeth.

 Teeth, if taken in time, can be plugged so as to preserve them for life.