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Year: 1859

I@-It would seem, from present opera
tions in the neighborhood Of the Sd st and
New Bridge across the Miami, west of the
city, that we are to have direct communion
ton with these bridges during ordinary
rises in the river the coming winter and
spring The pike between the Levee and
the Sd st. bridge is being raised about a
foot and the excavations caused by the lat I
freshet, are being filed up. The road between
the Levee and the New Bridge, is undergoing
an elevation, which will add to the chances
of reaching the bridge when the Miami is
on tolerable "high." 1t would have been
better had these embankments been raised
or 5 feet and one or more culverts put
through them. This would have insured ac.
cess to these bridges at any time, while il
would have given the high water passage
way, and preserved the embankment
Year: 1859

GJ-The Journal of this morning advertises
train Of cars for the Salt River excursion. We
learn that cattle car has been added for the
express use of the editor Of the Journal, who is
expected to accompany the excursion as repor
ter
Year: 1859

uIt looked as though every body and his
wife attended market this morning. The great.
est abundance Of every table comfort produced
in this valley was on exhibition and sale this
morning Those who have thought that the
droulh had played sad bavOO"in this vicinity
will have to revise their opinions. 1t is mis-
take. We are blessed with plenty.
Year: 1859




pul ed down the walls at cost Of some fifteen or
twenty dollars to the builders, This think
all wrong, We have the Blacks here and would


it not be better to have them moral and homes,
and If through the nstrumentslity Of the Uni
ted Brethren they are made better men and
women, should not our city officers 81 once take
the proper means to prevent such wrong doingI
What say You2 CITIZEN.


We would not interpose objections to any
move which would be calculated to benefit the
negroes and make them better citizens, for they
badly need it; but we may differ from those
who desire to put the plan in operation where
it will create annoyance 10 white people, and
probably do more harm than good. The fact
that the white people Of a neighborhood serious
ly protest against the erection Of negro church
in their midst ought to determine those who
contemplate doing SO, to desist, and erect the
structure in location occupied by colored peo'
pie, or where such objections would not be
raised. This course would accomplish the pur
pose of good to the colored people, while il
would have the advantage of not creating an
an taRonism to the movement.


A refusal to yield to a sentiment so reason.
able, and pursue a course SO plainly indicated
by the voice of the people, looks like dispos
tion on the part of those who are engaged in
building the church, to outrage public senti'
ment The people in the vicinity Of the pros
posed church conceive that IL will bring into
their midst very undesirable population; and
they are doubtless right. They should not,
however, resort to violence to stop it. 1t is
both wrong and illegal, and the perpetrators, if
found, will likely be made to pay the penalty
Of the unlawful act. There may be some legal
way to accomplish wha: they will vainly at
tempt by violence. 1t may not be too late to
compromise the matter, in proper spirit, and
by consulting the wishes and wants of the peo.
pie, have the building erected where it will sub.
serve the purposes of the projectors, and the
greatest good to the eolored race. In the alb
sence of any better plan for the settlement Of
the difficulty, we suggest that this would be
the better way. We desire that in this matter
the feelings and rights of all be regarded. We
certainly believe that it would be the better
policy for the majority to rule. Are We not
right2


As to our "city officers" we have only to say
that they know their duties-or ought to-and
we presume they will discharge them when
called upon in the proper way. This is our
say, for the present; excepting, that we thank
"A citizen" for his "item," and hope he will
still further favor us.
Year: 1859

BOYS, HELP Your MoTHERs.-We have
seen from two to six great hearty boys
sitting by the kitchen stove. toasting their
feet and cracking nuts or Jokes, while their
mother a slender woman, has gone to the
wood pile for wood, to the well for water
or to the meat house to cut frozen steak
for dinner. This is not as it should be.
There is much work about house too hard
for woman Heavy lifting, hard extra
steps, should be done by those more able,
Boys, don't let your mother do it all, es-
pecially ifshe is feeble woman. Dull,
prosy housework is irksome enough at
best. 1t is a long work, too, it being i'm.
possible to tell when it is quite done and
then on the morrow the whole is to be
gone over with again. There is more OF
it than one is apt to think. We wish
some busy, all-day house-worker, the ar.
rangement of whose house Is about as in
convenient as it can be, a no uncommon
state of things, would count her steps for
one day and let US have the result in
miles let it be noted how many times
she goes into the cellar, to the wood pile,
to the pump, up and down stairs. and es-
pecially how many times form the stove
to the buttery,-M Morning Star.
Year: 1859

ELEGANT EXTRACT.-Iave YOU heard
OF the great clock of St Paul's in London
At midday, in the roar OF business, when
carriages and carts, and wagons, and ON
nibuses, 90 rolling through the streets,
how many never hear that great clock
strike unless they five nearit But when
the work of the day is over, and the roar
Of business mas passed a,ay-when men
are gone to sleep and silence relgns in
London-then at twelve, at one, at two
at three, at four, the sound OF that clock
may be head for miles around, Twelve
One Two Three = -Four How
that clock is heard by many sleeplcss
man. That clock is Just like the con-
science Of the impenltent man. While he
has health and strength, and goes on in
the whirl of business, he will not hear his
conscience. He drowns and silences its
voice by plugging into tie world. lie
will not allow the inner man to speak TO
him. But the day will come when con-
science will be heard, whether he likes it
or not. The day will come when its
voice will sound in his ears, and pierce
him like sword. The time will come
when he must retire from the world, and
lie down on the sick-bed, and look death
in the face. And then the clock of con-
science, that solemn clock, will sound in
his heart, and, if no has not repented,
will bring wretchedness and misery to his
soul Oh, no write it down in the tab
lets Of your heart-without repentance, no
peace 2-L Z. Kyle.
Year: 1859

-Alock smith in Frankfort-on,the-
Main has hit upon the ingenious idea
Of constructing strong box with out
any key hole at all, and which even the
owner himself cannot open. Insid IS
clockwork the hand Of which the owner
places at the hour and minute when he
again wants to have access to the box.
The clock work begins to move as soon
as the lid is shut, and opens the lock
from the inside at the moment when
the hand indicates.
Year: 1859

In an " Essay on Women" a writer
remarks that beauties generally die old
ma'ds-They set such a price on thomsel-
YES that they don't find il purchaser till
the market is closed.-Out Of eleven
beauties that have come out within the
last eighteen years, ten are still single.
They spend their days in working great
dogs on yellow wool while their evenings
are devoted to low spirits and French
novels
Year: 1859

DREADFUL RESULTS FROM HYDROPHoBIA-A
letter from Portsmouth, Ohio, written ly a
lady to her husband in this city. makes men
tion of an extraordinary circumstance. A
short time ago young lady was bitten Ivy a
dog. Hydrorhobia manifested itself on her
and while ,onhued by the disease she bit her
sister, who vas waiting on her. The sister
was soon attacked bv the same disease and
bit the mother. All three were alive at the
last accounts, but were all raving mad. and
there was no prospect of their recovery
Louisville Journal
Year: 1859

In Santa Clara Valley, farmers are unwill
ing to sell their grain at the present rates,
and do not even offer it in market. Some
think it would be better to fatten their hogs
with it than to dispose of it at the present
prices.
Year: 1859

New quartz discoveries have been made in
the north east part of Sierra county, near the
celebrated Eureka Mills. From prospects
found, it is supposed to be one of the richest
leads in the State
Year: 1859

A correspondent of the Manchester Mirror
says that few days since Il needle was taken
from the outer and lower side of the foot,
near the little toe joint, of Mrs. Ira Atwood Of
North Sandwich, N. H., which she swallow
ed six years since. The needle WAS shoe
needle, little over an inch long, and it was
whole but quite rusty. The lady was quite
alarmed at the time she swallowed the nee
die, but she had felt no inconvenience from
it, and had forgotten the circumstance unit
she felt pricking in her foot. when the in
strument was discovered. These facts ar,
said to be well attested
Year: 1859

THERE was terrible storm in Chicago,
lately. The quantity of rain which fell in
the space Of half an hour was immense, and
the wind blew with such force as to shake
the heaviest BUILDINGS exposed to its nower.
Year: 1859

Remedy for Scarlet Fcrcr.-A lady who
has had some experience in the treatment
Of Scarlet fever, and seen the following
remedy used with ncvcr-failng effect, asks
us 10 publish it for the benefit Of our read
crs. 1t is as follows:


Immediately on the first symptoms of
scarlet fever, which is sore throat, give a
full dose Of jalap, 10 an adult GO, 70 or 80
grains; at night give strong red pepper tea,
from a tea cup full to pint, according to
age and violence of symptoms; the next
day give small dose of jalap, say half the
quantity given the day before, continue the
pepper tea at night, on the third day, il
there is any soreness remaining in the
throat give dose Of salts, which will gen
orally effect a cure; the dose must of course
be regulated according to the age of the
patient


The above remedy was used with great
success in South Carolina, some years age
by Edward Chaplin, who then furnished il
to the public.
Year: 1859

OM -ige.--It is pleasant to look upon
those whom old age has furrowed with
many years. They tell us Of lives well
spent, when in addition to years the ruddi
ness Of health still fingers, 10th to depart
upon the shrunken checks.


Old age is the Alpine height of life, from
which the soul looks down through the
long vista Of the past upon deeds that have
added to the happiness Of the race.


The good man who has seen the sun rise
and set upon his generation, and who is
ready with patriarch hand to bless the
world, and smiling, bid it good right for
ever, is noble monument to look ut.
Rarely do men of turbulent souls live
that period when they can say we have
embraced Old Age; and are thence prepar-
ed to 80 willingly to the silent chambers
of the dead, there to prepare themselves for
that journey into the unknown regions of
eternity which all must take.


Only the good grow old. 1t is only
they who, loving truth-who, having res
ted confidingly upon lofty assurances and
holy purposes, gradually pass from stage to
stage in Lies great journey-cnjoy what
may be truly called "sweet old age"-an
age tlla, is full Of honor and glory.


We all respect the aged. No one, how.
ever uncouth his nature, but feels in the
presence of the snow.crowned patriarch as
if there were something Of Heaven near
unto him. Such a one knows that one life
at least has been well spent-tllat soldier,
iull Of honor, has retired from the battle of
the world, and is now calmly awaiting the
hour when lie shall be summoned to his re-
ward and that, when he does depart, ,ithere
are those who will not soon forget his place
even in the narrow circle in which for the
last time lie saw the sun. SO typical of his
career, 60 down forever.


Relnarking upon sweet old age, writer
has well said, God sometimes give to man
guitless and holy second childhood, in
which the soul becomes childlike, not child
ish-and the faculties in full fruit and
ripencss, are mellow, without sign of decay.
This is that fought.for land of Deulah,
where they who have travelled manfully
the Christian way, abide awhile, to show
tho world aperfcct manhood. Life, with
its battles and its sorrows, lies far behind
them the soul has thrown off its armor,
and sits in an evening undress of calm and
holy leisure. Thrice blessed the family
that numbers among it one of those not
yet assembled saints! Gentle are they and
tolerant, and apt to play with little chill
dren. easy to bs pleased with little pleas.
ures."
Year: 1859

become State and if prohibited while
a Territorr, the same causes which
would have made it slave territory.
would afterwards make it slave state,
and where would be the practical gain
to freedom


Wings and Americans were generally
opposed TO the repeal of the Missouii
Compromise. and are opposed to all
measures which look to the agitation ci
slavery as means Of political power.
They desire to keep the negro out of the
political arena, as much as may be, and
| see no reason why they should not,
under present circumstances, be willing
to adopt the doctrine of nen-in, ervention.
While they agree to this principle, il is
not necessary for Them to endorse the
past conduct of the fools ard knaves
who have given to the slavery question
its present prominent and dangerous
phase; but they may consistently adopt
non-intcrv ention as the best way Of get
ting rid of the evils which bad rulers
have brought upon us.


1t seems to me, then, that upon this
platform of non-intervention, without
the squatter sovereignty we can all
stand together. But we must not be too
thin-skinned, and if we cannot forget
things that are past, there is, at least,
no necessity Of continually reminding
each ether of them. Republicans must
not always brood over the fact that Mr..
Douglas was the author Of the Nebras-
ka Bill Douglas democrats mus: not
be too much afraid of being called
Black Republicans, for they should
remember that majority of the people
If the Northern States are such and
old line Wings must cease for awhile
TO remember that the counsel of Henry
Clay has been disrcgarded A com
mon public enemy is to be met; let us
try to make common defence.
Year: 1859

ALLOW A LITTLE The Sacramento
Standard takes too much credit to itself
in refuting the d dIctrine of territorial in
independence, as soon as promulgated
by the Union--to use its own language
1t makes us a follower of the STANDARD,
and quotes our article Of last week. head
ed The Test" approvingly. and as the
fruit of seed it has scattered. There
should be slight correction in this mat
ter. The doctrine of popular sovereign
~ we combated years before the edi or
oi' the .Staadard assumed the control of
the columns of that paper. We were
the first to grapple with the doctrine
deduced by the Unim from Senator
Pugh's speech in the last great debate
in the u. S. Senate. We showed the
doctrine would not work in some cases.
The silence of the Union on the point is
tacit assent to the business of our ar
gument.


Because we happen to publish a pa
per but once week, we do not deem
that a sufficient reason for being. second
best in speed to attack false principles.
No, Mr.. Standard. we did take our cue
from You.
Year: 1859

SHOOTING ACCIDENT Geo. Gumbert
got into little muss on election day,
and in attempting to get his pistol out
60 shoot OF scare others, shot himself i'll
the instep. The wound is an ugly one
and will probably give the chivalrous
gentleman week or two of leisure.
Year: 1859

NovEL RACE swifl-footed gentle
man of Grass Valley has offered to bet
$50 that he can pick up one hundred
stones, lying one yard distant from
each ether on track, and carry
them one by one TO the end of said dis
tance in forty minutes. The distance
he will have to travel is over five thous-
and yards. The bet has been taken
and the gentleman is practising to ac-
complish the feat.
Year: 1859

New Article for Beds.-The discovery
has recently been made of new arti-
Gle for beds, abounding in this vicinity,
and which bid fair at one time to come
largely into use. The article is known
andcr the scientific name of pulris hgni,
better known by the common name Of
saw dust. 1t is a little too hard alone
fer beds, and is found on experiment not
to mix well with pulu for which it has
been frequently sold.


We learn that manufacturer of mat
trasscs has been obliged to take back
pulu. 1t is found to be an unpleasant
operation.
Year: 1859

RETIRED GRACEFULLY Brother
shoemaker ofthe Grass Valley National
put his hat under his arm Oh Saturday
last and bowed an affeetionate farewell
TO his patrons, numerous and generous.
Mr.. Shoemaker has been the editor of
the National since September last and
leaves the tripod with the reputation of
being courteous and pleasant writer
We learn that Geo. d. Roberts. Esq, a
former editor of the paper, will again
resume control of It's columns.
Year: 1859

A DEAF AND DUMB FATHER SORROW Mr. Bachus, the editor of the Radii, at Canal New York, is deaf mute, and in one of his late papers he thus d. ludes to the death of a beloved child: " We cannot this week fill our usual column. Every time hitherto, before this, that we have sat in the old place, to the now regularly recurring duty, we have had dear little fingers rambling along our knees, or making stray snatches at the paper-a little face, all lit with happy eyes, peeping into ours. A little head, holding as it. shook it's curls, a mock by, by, papa, and turning back again to the sweet childish teasing But, now alas! the little fingers are no longer here, the little eyes are dim with dimness that shall never know their lustre again, and the little curles are wonder, beneath that sod that gleams, so greenly beneath the trees and the glimmering white tombstone"
Year: 1859

To PICKLE CUcuMBERs-The following mode has been tried, and although not diff. fering materially from "pickling'' in gen. eral, is said to be excellent, by lady in Germantown, who has adopted it for the last two or three years:

 "Make a brine by putting one pint of rock salt into pail of boiling water, and pour it over the cucumbers, cover tight, to keep in the steam, and let them remain all night and part of day; make second brine as above, and let them remain in it the same length of time; then scald and skim the brine, as it will answer for the third brine, and let them remain in 1t as above; then rinse and wipe them dry, and add boiling hot vinegar, throw in lump of alum as large as an oilnut to every pail of pickles, and you will have fine, hard and green pickle. Add spices, if you like, and keep the pickles under the vinegar. A brick on the top of the cover which keeps the pickles under has tendency to collect the scum to itself, which may arise"

 The cucumbers should be pickled, allow ing half an inch of the stem to remain.
Year: 1859

w The English common law is at variance with itself, as it is what we con- ceive to be the law of nature, for it is a strange anomaly that, by the law of real property, an infant in uentra SO mer may take an estate from the moment of its con ception, and yet be hanged four months afterwards for the crime of its mother, if the fact of quickening be not at this time evident
Year: 1859

Ee- The New Haven Register relates that an actor at one of the theatres was cal led ost four times in one evening not long ago. Twice by sheriff, once by tailor, and once by an irresistible dsire to imbibe.
Year: 1859

CURE FOR Hoe CHoLERA-The Peters burg Intelligencer says the following receipt, now for the first time made public. may be relied upon as specific for tho hog cholera It had been fully tried and tested on the hogs of a gentleman of Am herst, Va.

 The remedy was given in all the varied stages of the disease, and uniformly cured in every case It will not be impossible, after all the fruitess efforts hitherto made to find out remedy for Asiatic cholera, that this one accidentally suggested by a young lady to her father in Amherst, Va, and which was successful in curing the hogs, may be equally so in curing man of that terrible disease-cholera:

 Receipe--Beat up an ounce or moro of assafotida, and add say to an ounce pint of whiskey or other kind of spirits, and give to the hog two table spooRsful 1t produces an immediate relief, and speedy and permanent cure. The effect which this dreanch had on the hogs spoken of was to cause them to vomit the most disgusting and loathsome mass of matter conceivable from the stomach, when an immediate reaction took place and the hogs were soon entirely well.''
Year: 1859

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Life is race where some succeed,
While others are beginning;
IT'S luck at times, at others speed,
That gives an early winning.
But if you chance to fall behind,
Meier slacken your endeavor;
. Just keep this Wholesome truth in mind
IT'S better late than never.
If you can keep ahead, It's well,


But never trip your neighbor;
'Tis noble when you can excel


By honest, patient labor
But if you are outstripped at last,
Press on as bold as ever;
Remember, though you are surpassed,
IT'S better late than never
Ne'er labor for an idle boast


OF victoiy DER another
But while you strive your uttermost,
Deal fairly with your brother.
What'er your station, do your best,
And hold your purpose ever;
And if you fail to beat the rest,


IT'S better late than never
Choose well the path in which you run,
Succeed by noble daring;
Then, though the last, when once tits won,
Your crown is worth the wearing,
Then never fret, if left behind,


Nor slacken your endeavor;
But ever keep this truth in mind
IT'S better late than never.
Year: 1859

is HEREBY GIVEN to all fox-hunters and Others who
are in the habit of throwing down my fences riding
through nv fields otherwise trespassing on my Land
that WILL in every instance, prosecute them for the
penalty given by law.


March 90 1859 1m-pd
Year: 1859

A manufacturer and yender Of patent
medicines recently wrote to friend living
out west for good, strong recommends
ton for his the manufacturer's) .Balsam ).
In few days he received the following
which we call pretty strong:


Dear Sir: The land composing my
farm had hitherto been so poor, that q
Scotchmau could not get live off it, and
so stony that we had to slice our potatoes
and plant them edgeways, but hearing Of
your balsam | put some on ten acre lo'
surrounded by railroad fence, and in the
mernirg L found that the rock had entirely
disappeared, neat stone wall encircled the
field, and the rails were split into oven
wood and piled up Systematically in my
back yard. itr NOD uaI oi .aau ,


Il put half an ounce into the middle o.
a huckelberry swamp; in two days it was
cleared off and planted with corn and pump
kins and row OF peach trees in full bios
som through the middle. v-g 0n &,


AS evidence Of its tremendous strength
| would say that it drew striking like
ness Of my eldest son out ofa mill pond
drew blister all over his belly, drewa load
of potatoes four miles to .narket; and event.
ually drew prize of niaety dollars
in lottery istzuA ~ g .r HsiaiyTt
Year: 1859

A MOTHERS LovE--Some of our read
ers may recollect thrilling ballad which
WAS written on the death of a woman who
perished In the snow-drifts of the Green
Mountains of Vermont That mother
bore an infant in her bosom, and when the
storm wax.d loud and furious, true to
mothers love, rent her garments and wrap
ped them around her babe. The morning
found her stitfened corpse. but the babe
survived. The babe grew to manhood,
and became speaker OF the Ohio Senate
How thrilling must be his thoughts of that
mother. if he be true, arge-hearted man.
How deep mothers love! How many a
mother is there who would die for her SON
L.t sons. when far away from home, on
the land or on the sea. when the eye of no
mother is upon them, remember her love
and be restrained by it from entering the
path of vice. Let them say nothing. do
nothing which n mother would not approve
and they will never bring her grey hairs
in sorrow to the grave.