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Year: 1860

A NOVELTY IN PAPER MASurAcruRR.-
The proposition o. manufacturing paper from
the alfae-a plant which grows wild in large
quantities throughout tho whole territory
Of Algiers, is under serious consideration bv
the French government. A report made hy
ministerial command upon the SUBJECT, and
which the Paris Moaitaxr has made public
seems to have been highly satisfactory, and
. commission is about to b. nominated for
visiting tho colony, in order to determine to
what extent tho government can engage in
protection ofthe speculation, and above all
to choose between the plant thus proposed
and the palm and aloes lcaf, both Of which
have already been tried and have proved
themselves worthy. The treaty Of COM
mercc, by Withdrawing the prohibition on
the importation Of rags, has rendered an
other substitute in the manufacture of papcr
an absolute necessity. The pulp procured
from the alfse appeas to have the best claim
to preference, inasmuch As it has been in use
for sonnc time past as the great Paper mills
of Echareon. and no complaint has been


made Of the paper being at al inferior in
quality to that made from rags. 1t is found
much more advantageous to import the pulp
OF the alfsc than the plant in its natural state
the expense ofcarriage being mnch less,
and the length Of the journey not great
enough to cause fermentation. The only
fault at present discovered is that of hard
ness, which produces dry, brittle quality
of paper, MT unlike that procured from rice


but for printing this is considered of little
consequences. and to the people who have
been accustomed TO the soft, tinder.like ma
terial on which are printed the French
journals, Of such loose texture that the
ink sinks so deeply that the characters arc
scarcely moro legible than if printed on blot
ting paper, will appear rather an improve.
mcnt than othcrwise.-Print:r.
Year: 1860




It is in tho power OF the conservative
masses in the North to remove that cause
and save the country from tho impending
ruin. That cannot b. done by unau,horiz.
CD assurances Of the South that the admin
istration Of Mr.. Lincoln will BE- conscrva-
tive. 1t can only be done by such action
us will demonstrate, beyond all cavil, that a
majority n the Northern States arc deter.
pinned to abide by the Constitution and
maintain the Union. This determination
should bs manifested by an immeliate and
unconditional repeal Of all laws and parts
Of laws enacted by Northern Legislatures
nul'iiying the Fugitive Slave Law, or in aay
way obstructing its execution. Sucl, laws
are in direct and palpab!c violation Of the
Constitution. and Northern men cannot call
upon their Southern brethren to observe the
Constitution and remain in tho Union.


The demand is therefore urgent and pres
sing upon all Democrats and conservative
men in the north, that they should lay
aside all past differences that may have sep
aratcd them on minor questions, and unite
so as to form public opinion. that shall
cause an immediate repeal Of the obnoxious
and unconstitutional laws in derogation OF
the rights Of the South, restore harmony
and prosperity to the country, and insure
the permancncy Of the Union.
Year: 1860

AQUATIc.-Taking wee bit of ride to Grass
Valley the other day, were surprised to find
the town, contrary to expectation, lying along a
considerable body of water and not to be entered
from this direction but by crossing the aforesaid
sheet. We build bridges across all our deep
chasms and would suggest to our Grass Valley
friends that such are found to be really great
conveniences. Fording will do for natives but
strangers not provided with plummet and line,
apt to be nervously affected after the turbid
liquid has risen about the horse to the vicinity
of the belly-band in the first thirty yards, and
when the middle of the pond is not reached by
some seventy odd yards more. We read that
Sacramento streets in q navigable state the
B,lletin tells us that Newfoundland dogs of a
large size do swim in a pond at the corner OF
Kearney and California streets, in San Francisco
but beg of our sister town not to copy the
outlandish fashion.
Year: 1860

ANOTHER JOHN GILPIS.-The interpretations
denizens Of this christian burg were startled, if
not frightened, the other day, by the sight of an
apparition in broad day light, which made every
eye start from its socket riveting the attention,
and holding all spell-bound Atamoment when
nothing more out of the natural order of events
than dog fight was anticipated, solitary horse
man might have been seen coming down the
street at break neck speed. The rider was
dressed in the traps of child of the Celestial
Empire. His tail steamed out in horizontal
position. His clothes fluttered like bag or a
stake in a spanking breeze. The Asihtic Gilpin
clutched the saddle pommel as if life depended
upon that protuberance At every bound of the
horse the Chinaman worked upon the pivot
formed by the hands at the aforesaid pommel ::
his bent body moving the third part of the arc
of a circle and striking the saddle like a tilt
intervals of two seconds exactly. The concus-
sion drove as regularly the word, WHOA, from the
internal organs ofspeech of the frightened horse
man nearly as Chinese articulation can ap-
proaeh English sounds, but to no effect. And
Thus the apparition passed out of sight. Ross
Brownies trial-ride on his celebrated charger was
nowhere approaching this in the intensity of in
terest it created.


By continual and regular action of the human
tilt hammer upon the back of the animal, he was
induced to submit to the rein of the rider after
mile heat, to the great relief of the disciple of
Confucius.
Year: 1860

THE MAMMOTH HOSE SEwER.-We lately an
hounced the invention of a machine for sewing
hose, by Mr.. Q. Rice, of this city, and which we
predicted would work a revolution in hose max
ng At that time We had not seen the machine
work to any satisfactory extent, only enough to
BE- convinced Of its ultimate success. few
days since we were pleased to witness the per-
formanee of the hose sewer fer some time, and
actually sewed several yards, and capitaly toe,
ourself. Without doubt the machine is all that
we predicted, and more. 1t can be made to sew
yard minute easily. Three parallel seams
about three quarters Of an inch apart are sewed
at the time, The stitch is the same as or
similar to that made by Wilson's sewing ma
chine, and is far stronger than is usually made
by hand. The cord used in sewing can be of any
required size, and the Canvass of any thickness,
single, double or TRIBE. As the hose is made
passing over and off cylinder of the required
diameter of the hose, double hose can be con-
structed by the machine to sustain an equal
pressure on both thicknesses, the fit being nicer
than can easily be obtained by drawing one hose





this vicinity have pronounced in favor of tho
hose made by the machine in preference to that
made by hand, and we are informed that the
proprietors of the Sewer are receiving orders
from all quarters for their work, which is done
for about half what it can be done for by hand.
As sail and tent maker this machine is sure to
supersede all other modes. The rapidity of its
execution and the nicely and strength of the
work will commend it every where. A job may
be ordered from Orleans Flat tonight and put
upon the stage for that place in complete order
and finished beautifully, tomorrow morning.
Three strong seams will insure no rip. The
dispatch and cheapness of the making will COM
mend the machine made hose to every body.


We learn from Mr.. Rice that he designs con-
structing machine expressly to manufacture
hose for garden use.
Year: 1860

Struck THE BLUE LEAD.--The story is told
us of D Dutchman who left his creditors for a
wsshoe trip and meeting with fright and more
obstacles than he counted on, returned. The way
of it was this. Mr.. Dutchman was lounging
about the camp fire in company with others.
The snow was plenty, and more on the wing.
The boys suggested the probability of grub be-
coming scarce, and one proposed in that event
to kill the favorite dog of another. The latter
swore the dog should not be killed in any event
The animal was lank and would furnish but little
food any how. In low tone he advised his
waggish comrades, in case of pinchng times, to
take tie Dutchman who was fat and juicy, and
said as he had run away nobody knew where he
had gone and he Would not be missed. An al
lusion to the Donner cabins ahead was all that
ward tracks. But having bottle of schnapps
one of the crowd cut open the Dutehman's car
pet sack and distracted it, and on complaint
from the owner villainous looking black eye
was given as compensation for the schnapps.
On striking the Blue lead so unexpectedly the
Dutchman was satisfied and returned home to
his creditors leeches and beef steak.


Snow SroRM.-The world, or at least this part
Of it, looked out yesterday morning upon a
scene of purest white. The earth was covered
to the depth Of a foot and the trees were bending
beneath the weight of heavy fall of snow.
The fences were adorned with beautiful and
chaste cornices and clothes lines presented the
appearances of cables. On inquiry, We learn that
many large peach trees have been broken to the
ground and destroyed, others have been seriously
injured by large limbs splitting off, but as yet
the fruit crop is counted safe. All will, however,
depend upon the temperature of the atmosphere
hereafter. freezing night would now leave
not vestige of the peach crop.


The fall of snow is unusual and was not ex-
pected. 1t must prove serious to those their
way to and from the silver mines, particularly to
the traveller on the mountains.


SSowBALLISG.-Person walking the streets
yesterday, had to run the gauntlet. Troops of
boys of large growth stood on every corner to
let fly shower of snow balls at the unfortu-
nate pedestrians As the time was propitOus,
the snow packing easily, the sport was continued
large share of the day. A hard ball project
ed with more than usual force sometimes excited
momentary choler Otherwise nothing marred
the festivities Of the day except a broken win
dow or two,


rs att tn he fart fnSt hook
Year: 1860

The annual exhibition Agricultural Society," which took
place Sacramento September last more attended than
etc. far superior anything before presented the State
while department of the mechanic arts contributed It's share


have certainly great rejoice rapid progress which
our people making build up great powerful
State lively which manifested in the
of all of stock will give our genial climate the best
varieties of domestic animals in the world


rich lands being rapidly under cultivation and
dependent others for the of life h report which
detail the increase OF during the


Indeed limits all the elements of great


already found that
we'll the Atlantic States and that have all the
material tho highest mechanical skill requisite accomplish this


improvements the mining districts during the year.
and the undimnhed yield in the production Of gold must satisfy the


population for intelligence and patriotism, with
lands the world Affords with inc haustbe
wisely properly the which have been rose spread
before us, there is for us glorious future


States which swamp lands found the
taing But this State unfortunately the surveys have
been finished and will probably lose large of that
admission the Union and ovrfowed
by well artificial ceased be SUCH
our right surveys been made by the
during the dry of the and the probability
is that large quantity land which In truth swamp and overhowe


In other States very wisely provision reclamation of
The
passed eighth of April 1856, this subject makes ausion
lands to Company organized for the purpose connecting
of the San Joaquin Nothing done under
ewing is usually called Lake the City
of the proceeds be used for school
tme on tho April 1855 was providing that
proceeds these lands should into fund for
the doa that the would


sy ss esa a tn.


Fund.- and udicious expended under the direction of Commits
Year: 1860

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION


NV predecessors this
Constitution The subject has at various times received the consdera
the people, majority voting upon
sss p s vS ~o .n % M as
Convention and thousand six hundred
~s. thousand and
At the last election hundred and hundred and
sixty given for eight aS pn
against Convention showing that thousand hundred
properly that the Clause h
1ds for tho ha @ ma ss
yenion before can be regularly called It sa that in
ought have be- been and 1p0d ns THAT & h:
To reform the abuses which State expenditures
equitable and basis to
organize Courts such to commend man the full
BY number of voters upon % TINS . us
future welfare of
ss Ait no o e ae us
be amended several particulars before the State
Capitol 1t believed that
sns % % gs Ss se o%
at as r @ h %


The State is renting the Capitol at eight thousand dollars per
Sand% sang "'eA ssA per
upon should modified The first act

every of the regular business On the twenty
April 1857 Legislature making effort suppress this evil
which scattering doion throughout the State passed
which, because of has rarely been executed Indeed
the
villages which still the public
who tavd State OF
this evil powerful influence still exercised by
gamblers At the ninth the Legislature took the other
and passed bill which, by the enen of the punishment
point licensed gaming 1t failed how
approval and did become law
In vetoing that bill l said:


banking games
guilty msdemeanor subject fne not less
hundred than six hundred dollars





minimum punshments placed so closely together


BY the which this repea this ofnse felony and subjected
than five less than
The old law makes mdemeanor bet of these games the
This making wide distinction between
different sides the table The act OF
1855 (Which this repea properly makes dis
the for the first second ofene this
further than the law declar
ing gaming, null and void this act
is silent o N the subject


Under mo- gambler only indicted three four
and still profitable business


efc would to hundred
hundred dollars month This far less than the sum
gambling houses by the act Of March H. 1881
and the whole subject committed to
1t be remark that the records OF
only three convictions under the existing law
three its In the mean
whe believed that the has been the mmc-
dae the incarceration of than hundred persons in that
during The gamblers themselves have succeeded
pretty well keeping of the prison. but their victims have been less
Year: 1860

On Wednesday Of last week, there
was a ratification meeting at Spring.
field, Massachusetts,, at which Mr.. Ash.
mum, the President Of The Chicago Con.
vention, made q speech Ho said


When the platform was examined,
every sensible man said that we had ac-
compIishod the work; that it was the
principle, not the man, ON which sue
cess was to be founded You know the
progress Of that canvass 1t was very
easily and gently done. There was no
wrangliug, no quarrel. There was an
excitement of enthusiasm the excite
ment to accomplish a great purpose
but after the opening OF the Convention
on tho morning Of ~ third day, the
result was inevitable. It was not ia the
power Of any man to have turned the
Convention 10 any other result than the
nomination Of Abraham Lincoln The
cool Judgment of the Convention, sit
ting as a jury, was unanimous for Lin
coin. It was not the work Of any man.
All the candidates were great, all we're
worthy, but that wasn't the only point
1t was, who on the whole was well quail
fed to fill the chair, and best qualified
to lead us on to victory, and Abraham
Lincoln was that man People may
boast that they killed this man off, or
that man-it is too much, too idle. 1t
was not in the power Of any man to
change the result,


I know Abraham Lincoln well. I
sat with bim in Congress, and a trucr or
more loyal man never held a seat ia the
House Of Representatives. You may
say he is not the handsomest man in the
world but we do not nominate him for
ballroom purposes. We wanted a man
Of loyal heart, and we found him in
Abraham Lincoln. And another rea-
son. He is q Western man. He lives
in the midst of one of the great prai-
ries that spread out beyond The lakes,
whose wealth, value and power few Of
us have properly appreciated. He is a
man Of Western origin, and growth, who
has grown with the marvellous growth
Of that marvellous region In the memo
ry Of most of us, these Western plains
were inhabited only by the buffalo and
the red man; now we find there cities
that rival those of the Atlantic, and a
hospitality that ezcels anything VIC have
ever known. There have gone our
brothers and our sisters, our sons and
daughters; there thrift and enterprise
have gone, and there is, and is to be-
the center of empire for this country
1 want to strike hands with this great
people; 1 want that we Of the East
should feel proper sympathy in their
interests and needs; aud when that day
comes, as may it never come, when the
cry Of "disunion" shall be forced upon
us, I want these hardy sons of the West
to feel that they have brothers here.
Year: 1860

Mr.. Henry, a delegate to the Balti-
more Convention, from the State Of
Tennessee, thus spoke of the prodigali.
ty and corruption Of tho National Ad-
in his speech before the
Convention:


81 declare to you, and speak to you
without figure of speech, that the gov
ornmont of the United States is now at
this time the most corrupt government
on the face Of the wide earth. What
do we witness2 The expenditures Of
the general government have increased
from S4O,OOO,OO in 1858 to $50, 100000
at this time, The distinguished "Sage
of Wheatland" declared that $40, 900
600 a year was too much, and ought to
be reduced, and yet in so short time
he has increased it to S8O,O0O,OOO, cry
ing all the time-"reform and the re-
ductiOn Of expenditures" how long do
you suppose it would take him to bring
them down S4O,OOO,OOO2 Laughter
and applause.


I recolect reading a story in a news
paper once, that illustrates this thing
most beautifully. A schoolmaster said
to one of his scholars "I have got a
sum for you to work out, John. Sup
pose there is q cat down in a well thirty
feet, and every day she climbs up one
foot and falls back two, I want you to
tell me how long it will be before she
gets to the top" The boy worked all
day at it, and covered both sides of his
slate with figures. lie worked all the
next day, and covered both sides of
another slate with figures. At last the
master said to him--"How are you get
ting along with that sum, John?' Says
John, "Ol have not got to the end
of the thing yet, but 1 think 1 can see
through it" "Well, how near is she
out?' "Sho is not getting out at all,
sir; so far from getting out she is more
than half way down to hell now" Great
laughter And that is a pretty fair
specimen of the manner in which Mr.
Buchanan is carrying on the affairs Of
the government.


Why gentlemen they arc stealing by
authority of law; absolutely doing it
with the cOuntenauce of the President
I remember very we'll that some distin-
guished gentleman in the city of Phila-
delphia wrote to tho President that
there was a fine company there who
were manufacturing something, and they
wanted to get a big contract from the
Navy Departments. They were Old Line
Wings, and if they got this contract
they would employ q large number of
hands, who would elect Col. Florence
to the next Congress. lie wrote this
letter to Mr.. Buchanan while he was
Presidont and he, instead Of putting
his heel upon it, as he ought to have
done; instead of having the man who
wrote IL prosecuted for offering him a
bribe-he handed the letter over to the
Secretary of the Navy with some terms
of commentator, and the result wa,
that the man who was recommended
got the contract. I declare to you
felt so humiliated when heard of tha
thing, that 1 scarcely looked an homes
man in the face for a week afterwards
And that is the way things are going
on now"
Year: 1860

A very small man whois blessed with
a very large wife, that instead of look
ing up to him with admiration, is in the
habit of looking down upon him with
something akin to contempt, called her
yesterday in her presence, by way of
compliment; "my better half"


"Your better half" said she, with a
disdainful toss of the head, "you had
better say your best throe.quarters; you
are not more than one-fourth Of the
joint concern, no howl"
Year: 1860

Wherever you so or whatever you do,
have your eyes open to learn everything
new and important. Observation is the
great door through which we take in
knowledge, and it should, as a general
rule, be kept wide open; otherwise the
most important facts may lie at our feet,
and not be discovered.
Year: 1860

THE CENSUS LAw.-This law imposes
a fine Of thirty dollars upon any person
over twenty years of age who shall re-
fuse to furnish the Marshal or his assis-
tant a true account of every person be.
longing TO the family in which he re-
sides, in the different particulars re-
quired in the law. IL is stated that two
or three parties have been already or.
rested in New York under the provis-
ions Of the census law.
Year: 1860

ONLY Two.-It is said that there are
only two papers in all the free States
supporting the Bell and Everett ticket
the Philadelphia journal and the
Boston Courier Both Of these have
leaned strongly towards Democracy for
some time, and If there had been no
third ticket would no doubt have sup
ported the Democratic nominees.
Year: 1860

WORD TO HUsBANDs.-Has anrbodv,
ever written upon the responsibility which
rests upon husband win regard TO his
education Of his wife or course wa
know what You will say about her being
supposed To nave finished her educa,ion'
before marriage. aud all thai and vet
YOU and we know that she begins as
Few al education with him as if she had
neve' seen the alphabet. His views. his
feelings, htS ideas, are they nothing 10
her, If SIZE 'Oves him Years after, when
they who knew her as a girp come to
TAX with the mairon, DO they not find
her husband reflected in every sentence,
el,her for good or evil ? o. course the
more strongly woman loves, the more
completely Is her own indemnity ABSORBED
IN her husbands. This is poin: which
IS too much neglected by married mcn.-
A good husband is almost certain TO
have good wife and if she be not so
good AS he could wish at The commence
ment Of their life, he can soon educate
her up TO the proper mark. Aud on the
other hand, he can so ad, ate her down
"a to render his home purgaiory, and
perhaps to bring upon himself and his
family The greatest agony and keenest
pangs OF disgrace which husband or
children can Spirit Of Tie Age.
Year: 1860

Gov. Kirkwood, in short address
delivered at the recent Muscatine
County Fair, said " He thought it
best for the Iowa farmers to raise less
grain and more stock. lie was beef
raiser, and said it cost him about
twenty per cent. to market his bccves,
forty per cent. on wheat, corn sixty,
and WOO! four. lie said that when he
first came to Iowa, he was told that
our prairies would not produce good
English grass. He did not believe it
then, and now he knows it is not
true. lie concluded by recommend
ing to farmers to pay more attention
to fruits, shrubbcry and ornamental
and shade trees. Make our homes
pleasant and attractive to our child
ren, that they may not, so many of
them, seek town life as soon as they
are able to go abroad, but surround
the patcrnal home with numerous OBJ
jccts to cherish and love, that if some
of them must necessarily go abroad
they will have good homestead so
thoroughly planted in their desires
that they will be likely to excel their
fathers III that respect"