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Year: 1859

FUNERAL CEREMoNIEs.-Tbe funeral of Sena.
tor Broderick took place at San Francisco on
Sunday afternoon, and the demonstration was
perhaps the most imposing of any of the kind
that ever occurred in the State. II is stated
that over five thousand persons came and took
last look of the deceased during Saturday
and Sunday morning, and about three thousand
persons followed his remaius to Lone Mountain
Cemetery. The funeral grafton was pronounc-
ed by Col. E. D. Baker, which is feeling and
just tribute to the memory of the departed Sen
ator. From telegraph to the Union, we learn
that lot in the most eligible position at the
Lone Mountain Cemetery has been selected,
where monument is to be erected TO his MEM
ory.
Year: 1859

On our hrst page will be found an article
from the Sacramento Bee, in regard to the cause
o. the late fatal duel Since that article was
in type the seconds of Judge Terry have pub
lished the correspondence between the prnc-
pals, and statement will undoubtedly soon be
made by the seconds of Senator Broderick.
The primary cause Of the duel was the scurrll-
GUS speech made by Terry, before the late Le'
compton State Convention, in regard to Mr..
Broderick and his friends, which was as uncalled
for as it was degrading to the author. On
reading Terry's speech morning or two after,
at the international Hotel, Broderck remarked
that he had once said Terry was the only up
right man on the Supreme Bench. but he be-
lieved he would now have to take that back.
The correspondence as published shows that
this was the expression which Terry construed
into a mortal offense. The first note from Terry
was a demand that Broderick should retract
anything be may have said rejecting upon
Terry's character as an officer but as Terry
was the aggressor, and bad first made use OF in
sulting epithets, it was his duty, unless he was
determined to force hostile meeting to with
draw what he had said in regard to Broderick.
which he could bouorably have done. and the
difficulty might then have been amicaby ar
ranged. The facts so far as published. show
conclusivey that Terry was determined to
force Broderick into fight, or else impose such
conditions as no honorable man could assent TO-.


Terry was regarded as the most expert duelist
in the State and whether he was urged on by
interested parties, aud acted in the capacity OF
hired assassin, or whether he was Influenced
by desire TO put out of the way political op-
ponent whom he both feared and hated, it mat
ters not now, since the object of the public
pluuderers and hungry offce-seekers has been
accomplished. The deed was as foul and dam
ming as any that ever blackened the annals OF
crime. and the conviction that Broderick fell
victim to bs political opinions, has taken
deep hold of the public mind.
Year: 1859

CoLoRApo TERRToRY.-As far as returns
have been received, it appears that about three
fourths of the voters of the six southern coun.
ties have voted in favor of division of the
State. As the act of last winter only requires
a two-thirds vote, the division scheme has un-
doubtedly been carried go far as this State is
concerned, provided the act is constitutional


Before any further action can be had. the con-
sent of Congress will have to be obtained to
the division of tho State there is no probabil.
ity that Congress will give its consent to the
scheme.
Year: 1859

Tn our last issue we announced the death Of
Senator Broderick. This statement was pre-
mature, and we afterwards hoped, fondly but
vainly, that he might yet rise from the jaws OF
death-the hope of our State, the champion OF
T. the rights of men. But it is otherwise ordered
He sleeps forever; and for the laurel which
should have crowned his brow we bring the cy-
press which must deck bis grave.


The career of Mr.. Broderick has been Pc
culiar one. From bis first public appearance in
this State, he was made the object OF unre-
lentiug and malignant hostility; no language
was too vile, no term too opprobrious for him,
until, with the public mind thus poisoned. to be
thought bis friend, to dare an apology in his
behalf, was enough to seal the political fate of
his hapless advocate. But despite all this, the
friends of Mr.. Broderick increased, and his in
Auence strengthened. until as the leader of a
host. devoted and determined he was elected
in 1857 TO a seat in the councils of the nation
In this high position his short career marked
him as one of the great men of the nation.
The expectation of friends was more than real
ized-the sneering predictions of foes more
than falsifed; and the aspirations of that no
BILE heart which had found response in this
State, soon widened into the broader channel s
of a nations sympathy. His fearless stand for
The right, the sentiments which he avowed up
on the Kansas question, clothed in language
vigorous and rugged found an echo through
the entire North and despairing patriotism
was strengthened and encouraged by the man
who could alike shake off the shackles of party
and defy the menace of power In the support oi
right. In him, labor was honored, and the toll
er of whatever land, looked with pride and hope
to the Senator when he pointed the road which
had led him from the newer of stone to thu
councils Of the nation.


Thus in one short year had bis honesty ant
foarlessness placed him with the first ones o
the land. Alas that he should be thus raised
but as the mark for murder; that the natior
should know him but to mourn his loss; tina
California should feel strong mans hand a
her helm but to see her pilot whelmed in the
deep, while darkness and tempests encircled the
ship of State; that SO baleful an eclipse should
follow so bright morn. Bnt so it is-our Sen.
ator is dead. Upon the ISLANDERS which hatred
strewed in his path he but rose the higher. The
&c orn of his foes was answered by the plauditt
of the nation, and their curses recoiled upon
themselves. Bafied by man whose genius
they could not deceive, whose integrity they
could not corrupt, whose courage they could
not ntimidate, they ambushed his path with
-assassins. and sealed his lips with his hearts
blood They have accomplished their purpose
the lion is out of their path, and for the
blood-stained spoils they can cast lots.


For us there is left the memory of what he
was, and the legacy his dying lips have be-
queathed us-the protection of his unstained
honor
Year: 1859

Tue LAST WORDS OF SENATOR BRODERIcK.-
The last Ineligible words OF Senator BTode-
rick. which were uttered few hours previous
to his death, were, II die-protect my honor"
He was reported to have previously said, "They
have killed me because l was opposed TO the
extension of slavery and a corrupt admnistra.
ton" There were some contradictory state
ments as to whether be made use of this latter
expression, but we notice that Col Baker, in
his funeral oration gives them as Broderick's
words. In regard to the mental condition OF
Mr.. Broderick, during his illness, the Alta says


The mind of the wounded man was wander
ing after the nfiction of the fata! shot, and at
times he was not himself. The effect of the
chloroform given TO him deadened the excruci-
ating agony by affecting his nervous system,
which had been strung to the greatest tension
by the three days of harrassng anxiety prece-
ding the duel. Before the fight be expressed
his firm determination not to shoot at Terry
above the hips, as he did not consider he had
any quarrel with him. and after he was shot bis
wandering mind called that up, as also the i'm
preston of the conviction that he was to be
hunted by the hungry crew who thirsted for his
Office, until he should be killed He talked of
the defeat in the State of the great principles
for which he had don battle; that he had been
deserted by the people he had taken the field
for, and now the peculiar class of politicians
who had Joined against him would be encour-
aged to hunt after him to put him out of the
way. He felt he was to be silenced, and he is
now silenced forever.
Year: 1859

THE NEXT PREsIDENCY.-The N Y Journal Of
Commerce, in au article upon the Presidential
question, says


Instead of eighteen States which the Democ-
racy had a right to claim in the House, only
fifteen can be calculated upon out of the thirty
four, for that will bc the whole number of
States represented in Congress after the adms-
sion of Kansas The Democracy will, there
fore. be shy of trusting to the House. They
must make nomination that will prevail be-
fore the people.
Year: 1859

BLASTING AocIDENT-A Mr.. Smith was seri-
ously injured at Mobile Flat, Sierra county, on
the llth inst, by the premature explosion of a
blast. He was holding the tamping rod at the
time of the explosion, and his right hand was
badly lacerated, and will probably have to be
amDutated
Year: 1859

THE CAPITAL.-The New York Express says
there can be but little doubt that within the next
twenty years movement will be made to change
the seat of Government of the United States to
Cincinnati or st. Louis, in the ordinary course O.
events, must soon come to be the center of popula
tion.
Year: 1859

B<7y@ We are down on Speaker Stratton.-
Charley De Long told him that be had sreasons
cogent, urgent and magnificent, against sus-
pension of the rules as then proposed We will
never forgive him-never. An officer who will
order a member under arrest just at the very
moment when he is going to utter a "magnif-
cent reason, can never hope to obtain our for
giveuess.
Year: 1859

ST. VALENTINE DAY.-Lovers and their sweet
hearts must not forget that Monday next is ST
Valentines Day, when it is proper for them to
declare their passion in such manner as seemeth
to them most fit and proper
Year: 1859

The hardest rain of the season has fallen in
this vicinity since our last publication. Water
is plenty in every ditch and ravine, and the jo-
cund laugh of the miner is heard everywhere.
Year: 1859

gszF A man in San Francisco, we learn from
the Telegram, is engaged in building miniature
model of Solomons Temple, which will be
in strict mathematical proportions to the great
est work of the greatest age in the worlds his
tory
Year: 1859

OF furniture and plate"
he is gradually undergoing that change, which,
when complete, will enable him. with the proper
sort of matrimonial dignity, to


-" Sit at home and toast his toes,


Look stupid and sip tea"
and muse over the days when he
Year: 1859

No. Nip the evil in the bud, before it becomes
general war of races, as it most undoubtedly
will in the course of time. Nip it before it be-
comes too strongly identified with ditch inter-
ests and other powerful combinations in the
country.


On the other hand, suffer them to remain and
the combinations will exercise an influence that
will not stop short of the ballot box The result
will be, country impoverished and depopulated,
race striving against race, and a dark cloud
hanging its dusky mantle over the future glory
of California. Yours, &C, j. III. S.
Year: 1859

Like many others of our fellow-men, we wish
this eternal niger question were ended. ard that
American politicians were allowed to devote their
time and their talents to some other and more wor-
thy SUI jeets. Itis distressing every time we open
paper to be met BY the niger on the first, last,
and every page 1t is niger all the time. We
protest that we would rather look apon light
than dark picture any time, but so long the
slave Democracy are in power. and force the sub
ject upon Us at every turn, we suppose we must
continue the combat until the triumph of freedom
and white men over the niger and his owners
The issue is reaching its eliminating point. and
the inal contest cannot long be STAYED off, when i,
shall be decided whether this is to be nation Of
freemen. or a nation of slaves, a government for
white men, or a government for niggers.
Year: 1859

The following extract from an article in the Ohio
Repository, good Republican, paper, is evidence
that there are some beside Southern Democrats
who are "sick of the niger question" sa.
Year: 1859

There is one cell which particular
ly strikes the attention oil all visi
tors. 1t is living tomb, painted
black, and over It's entrance is The
name and age of it's occupant and
the county from which he was
sent and the time for which he was
convicted, aud the epitaph written
upon il is murder In this cell OF
tomb, il inearoeraied for life, a young
man, just iwenty-three years Of ago.
He committed base aud dastardly
assassination, and a jury of his
countrymen sentenced him to solita-
ry confinement for life Here he is
doomed TO liuger out the remainder
of his days in solitude, forbidden to
hold communion with any one = his
own thoughts bis only companions
-andwhen the darkness OF night
shuts out the light Of heaven his eel
affords, amid the deep stiffness and
gloom will not shut out from his Wis
lou That hand, red with the blood o
his victim, nor will bis tears eifac'
the crime orwash out the damned
spot forever Horrid doom
Year: 1859

Power OF THE HUMAN BYE Herr
DIicsbacb, the famous lion tanner,
was at the hotel, and one night a
very powerful and savage drunk
man was terrifying eaoh person in
the bar.room. Herr Driesbaeh vol.
unteered TO get an eye on his aud
fix him. aud crowding himself in
front Of the inebriated rosdy, he ias.
tened his terrible eye upon him
The fellow stopped over towards the
tanner, putting his hands upon his
knees, and returning tho gaze as
we'll as be could in his then confused
state. The tanner thought things
were working, and intiwaIed as much
by nod of his head to the crowd,
when the subject asked in calm,
dispassionate maner what he was
looking att Never you mind, said
the tanner, throwing oil the power
be could muster into bis eyesi but
the suhjtut did mind. for with a
startling 'whoo-ep,' he dealt Dries
bach tremendous blow under the
left ear, which sent him through a
glass door into the next room, where
he came to a sudden stop against a
hard brick partition.
Year: 1859

The proportions Of the human Gig


ure are strictly mathematical. The


who 10 figure is six times the length


of the foot. Whether the form be


slender or plump, this rule holds
good. Any deviation from it, ia a


departure from the highest beauty Of


proportion The Greeks make all


their statues according to this rule.


The face from the highest point of


the forehead, where the hair begins


to the end Of the chin, is oue.tenth
lol the whole stature. The hand,
from the wrist to the end Of the mid
die iinger, is the same. The chest is
u fourth, aud from the nipples to the
top Of the head is the same. From
the top OF the ohes, TO the highest
point of the top Of the forehead, is
seventh. If the length Of the face
from the roots Of the hair to the chin
DO divided into three equal parts, the
first division determines the point
where the eye brows meet, and the
second the place Of the snostrils.-
The navel is the central point of the !
human body, and if man should !
be on bis back with bis arms extern
ded, the periphery Of tho circle which
might be described around him, with
The navel for its centre would touch
the extremiIies Of bis hands aud feet. |
The height from the feet to the iop of
the head is the same as the distance
from the extremity of ono hand TO
that Of the other when the arms are
extended. These sre general meas
ures of tho species.
Year: 1859

~
or note to draw interest


Boys, under twelve years of age, will be received
into the school, and when the number shall have
reached twenty i've, competent male teacher will
be employed and the boys taught apart from the fe
males


Pupils viii be received at any time, and be ch5ra-
ed from the time Of entering yet all will at once
that the sooner they enter the better for themselves
as the classes will be formed at the commencement
and advance steadily all the time.
Year: 1859

The Washington Constitution has much
TO say OF the safe middle ground" upon
" hich the whole Democratic party is called
to unite regarding the questions of Slavery
in the territories. This 'safe middle ground
is thus laid down by the national organ.


The Constitution according to the de-
'cision OF the highest tribunal known to this
Government, SECURES To EVERY CITIZEN I'll +
RIGHT OF TAKING IL HOLDING HIS
SLAVES IN ANY OF TERRITORIES
OF THE UNITED STATES. This is the
bond. and by it we believe the people OF
the Northern States are willing TO abide
Honor, truth plighted faith. and every other
sacred principle known and appreciated by
individuals and communities, demand it.


What is the inevitable deduction which
flows from this statement of facts? THE
CURSE OF sLAvERY-IF 1T BE A cURsE--THE
BLESSING OF sLAvERY--IF IT RE GOOD OR A
BLEssING--MUST BE ALIKE ENDURED
OR ENJOYED BY THE PEOPLE OF A
DURING THE ENIS
ENCE OF THE TERRITORIAL COR
PORATION Or ORGANIZATION.
Year: 1859

Gentlemen of the Board Of Education:


In presenting my fifth Annual Report,
as Superintendent of your Union School, l
can but congratulate you on the success of
the enterprise under your supervision. du-
ring the past year. To say that our school,
in all its departments is in very flourish
inc condition. is only to repeat what the
great majority of our citizens appreciate,
and what visitors from abroad frankly as
sert. Great care has been exercised in Sc
lecting and adopting the best modes of in
struction. in securing the most thorough
classification of which our schools are sus-
ceptible, and in seeing that the scholars in
all departments were properly incited to
make the most rapid proficiency. But this
care and effort would have proved of very
little service. if it had not been for your
wise policy in selecting Teachers, and IN
advising measures for the general good of
the school. Experience shows your policy
of procuring your Teachers from among
those applicants who have been successful
in other schools, to be the correct one. The
day has passed, when men of sense adjudse
any little girl who has sufficient physical
development to successfully WELD rod,
qualified to keep school.


As the legitimate result of your care in
selecting and continuing first class Teach
ers. the attendance in our schools has
reached higher per cent. this, than during
any previous year. The following exhibit
of the number of pupils in each school,
and the per cent of attendance, taken from
data given in the Teachers, Quarterly Re-
ports, will enable you to see this fact.


NJ - .Ia PR cant of Attendance
Year: 1859

The camp has had its day of song;


The sword, the bayonet, the plume
Have crowded out of ryhme too long


The plough, the anvil, and the loom
Oh ! not upon our tented fields


Are freedoms heroes bred alone:
The training of the workshop yields


More heroes true, than war has known.
Who drives the bolt. who shapes the STEEL


May with heart as valiant smite
As he who sees foeman reel


In blood before his blow of might;
The skill that conquers space and time.


That graces life, that lightens toll,
Nav spring from courage more sublime


Than that which makes a realm its spoil.
Let labor, then, look up and see


His craft no pith of honor lacks;
The soldiers rife yet shall be


Less honored than the woodman's axe;
Let art his own appointment prize.


Nor deem that gold or outward light
Can compensate the worth that lies
In tastes that breed their own delight
And may the time draw nearer still,


When man this sacred truth shall heed,
That from the thought and from the Will


Must all that raises man proceed;
Though pride may hold our calling low


For us shall duty make 1t good:
And we from truth to truth shall go,


Till life and death are understood.
Year: 1859

A tremendously large bed of oysters said
to be three or four miles square, was dis
covered, few days since, off Huntington
Long Island, by party of fishermen from
Norwalk, CT. The value of the place is
said to be more than million of dollars.
A hundred boats or more were on Saturday
busily at work diminishing the value of
this discovery as rapidly as hands could
work. All kinds of implements for the cap
ture of these strangers. which are said to
vary in size from large to gigantic. have
been sent for from Fair Haven and the 9TH
or centres of the oyster trade.
Year: 1859

Everybody said that Nettie Gray was
beauty; not one of our polished city bellies,
but gay rOmping saucy piece of nature S
own handiworS, yet gentle and afectionate
withal, possessing depth of feeling and
sentiment which few were able fathom.


Now sweet Nettie Gray as she was
called, had long been beloved by one Char
ley Grafton-the handsome young mer-
chant who kept the only store the little
village of fN--could boast of; where he
had, for some four or five years, dealt out
tea, sugar.. coffee, tobacco, calicos, sil,s,
pins, needles, hardware and every variety
of merchandise, to the VILLAGERS and farm
ers, till he had realized quite little for
tune; part of which he invested in the
purhase of widow Morton's beautiful cot
tage and grounds, which, at the death of
her husband, she had been Obliged to dis
pose of. and ta'e a cheaper place where
she could live less extensively; while from
the surplus of the price received for the cot
tage, she realized snug income. Charley
had also taken the widow son into the
store, as his increasing business made it
necessary to procure assistance. The sala-
ry paid to little Johnny was material
help to his mother, for which she was very
grateful to the young merchant, and she
never failed to speak word in his praise
whenever an oportunity presented.


This. with the numberless acts of gen.
erosity which Charlie was never tired of
performing. made him the hero of the lit
tie village. and caused him to be beloved
and respected, by both young and old, for
many miles around. To say that Nettie
Gray was Indifferent to his many visits, or
for the ardent love he entertained for her,
would be doing injustice to her warm ap-
preciative heart. But the spirit of mis-
chif seemed to possess her, and though she
was uniformly kind and gentle in her dis
position towards her lover, and would con-
verse freely and unreservely with him up
on any topic, yet, when he approached the
subject that lay nearest his heart, she was
off like frightened bird. Not that she
was afraid of him, or that the subject was
distastcful to her, flor her own heart was
equally interested) but she delighted to
tease him. and heartily enjoyed his discOm-
future on such occasions. She knew he
loved her with all the strength of his SOUL
and she had no fear of alternating his affec-
tons from herself-an event which would
have given her the deepest pain.


Charley had begun to think seriously Oi
marriage, and why not? There stood tht
cottage embOwered in trees, many of which
were bending under their heavy load o.
rare fruit, unoccupied. 1t needed only the


gentle presence of his bright eyed Nettie t.
mave it paradise. His income was NOR
than sufficient to satisfy their most extrava


CANT wants, and why should he not marry


Many times had he visited Nettie for tn


express purpose Of making known his wish
Year: 1859

There lived sage in days of yore.
And he handsome pigtail wore;
But wondered much and sorrowed more
. Because it hung behind him.
He mused upon this curious case,
And swore he'd change the pigtail's place,
And have it hanging at his face,


Not dangling there behind him
Says he, "the mystery I've found
I'll turn me round"-he turned him round


But still it hung behind him
Then rouud and round, and out and in,
All day the puzzled sage did spin
In vain it mattered not pin,


The pigtail hung behind him.
And right and left. and round about.
And up and down, and in and out,
He turned but still the pigtail stout


Hung steadily behind him.
And though his efforts never slack,
And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,
Alas still faithful to his back


The pigtail hangs behind him.