smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

writer in the Bulletin says that the citi-
zens of Nevada have invested in the Utah
silver mines about $4,000, and have re-
ceived back, on account of sales of but a
small portion of their shares, upwards of
$4,000. The folks at the county seat were
the first on this slope to learn of the great
discovery, and the Journal was the first news
paper to record it; consequently Nevada
reaped the first benefits. Many residents
from various parts of the county have al
ready made fortunes in Silverland, and will
enjoy them here. Many more have interests
in undeveloped leads which may hereafter
prove to be as good as the best known. The
Utah mines will do a great deal for our
county, and is very proper that we should
be the first to build a good transmontane
highway leading to them, as well as in con-
tributing to the new territory supply of
embryo statesmen!
Year: 1860

CHEERING SIGNs.-A stroll about the towns
at this end of the ridge reveals the cheering
fact that nearly all the land best adapted for
cultivation has been fenced and is being pre-
pared for cultivation. In the majority of in
stances comfortable houses are built within
the enclosures and occupied by families
Between North San Juan and Sweetland,
which places are about two miles
apart, we believe there is no land unoccu-
pied. Bright new fences and new houses
meet the gaze everywhere, and ploughed
fields are as common as in an old agricul-
tural region. Many of the parties who are
thus reclaiming the mountain wilds have
mining interests, but some of them have no
immediate dependence but the cultivation
of the SOIL Some with whom we have con-
Uersed are weary of wandering and gold
digging, and have settled down contented to
live here always, and to take what enjoy
ment and what riches, perhaps, may flow to
them from a legitimate and wholesome oc-
cupation. If these are not signs of perma-
nence for our mountain settlements we do
not know where else to seek them.
Year: 1860

is most urgently recommended. Already has it found


It's way INTO the principal public and private HOSPITALS
In the country and wherever it has been once used Il
forthwith becomes a necessity.
Year: 1860

HAVING become Proprietor of the al owe hi
Ill long established and favoritc Saloon. IN
the undersigned respectfully soictes the patro
mage of his old friends and customers who will
always find the bar provided with the best
LIQUORS and CIGARS to he found in the mar
ket. The BILLIARD TABLES arc in excellent
order, and lovers Of the game will find the prices
to suit the times FRANK MILLER


Auburn. Feb. 25th, lS6O-my
Year: 1860

Mas. JULIA DEAN HAYNE has gone to Peta-
luna on a professional tour. The foul weather
of the mountains deferred her from visiting
Nevada at this time. We shall have the pleas
ure of seeing this accomplished actress in our
city before lone.
Year: 1860

DAMAGED BY SSow.-Temperanee Hall suf-
fered from tho weight of snow ON its roof on
Wednesday afternoon. The pressure became
so great as to spread the building, drawing the
joists overhead from their fasteuings in the cen
trail beam. The plastering would have come
down but for timely assistance. The new part
of the hall erected last summer seems to have
been not firmly attached to the old.
Year: 1860

THE DEyIL-our devil-will be around on
New Years day with his annual address, as
usual He gives all men fair warning to have a
bonus ready or his maledictiOn viii come, and a
terrible one it is:


acorn cobs twist your hair,


Cart-wheels surround you,


Fiery dragons carry you off


And mortar -pestles pound you"
Year: 1860

SUspExsIos.-owing to circumstances beyond
our control and having their origin in the in
scrutable ways Of Providence that are past find
Yak ont, tie publication of the JOURNAL will be
snspended till next year. We shall, however,
I'd. w resuscitate the old thing again, almost
as good as new, on the first Friday Of Janua-
1851
Year: 1860

SIAMEsE TwINs.-This wonderful pair will be
in this city day and tomorrow, and no one
should fail to see them. Probably no spectacle
has ever excited so fnuch wonder and curiosity
in the world as the Siamese Twins. And, in
deed, it is an event in lifetime to see them
Probably such another sight will not be seen
for centuries to come, as centuries past have not
known the like Here are two perfect human
beings united by ligature at the breast but in
all their actions they seem to be impelled by one
idea, so much so that it has been gravcly quer-
ried if one soul may not animate both bodies.


Chang and Eng were born in Siam of Chi
nese parents and arc now in the fifticth year of
their age. They came to the United States in
1899, and since have travelled over Europe and
America on exhibition and have succeeded in
LAYING up sufficient to make them comfortable
for the balance OF their days. Tho object of the
present tour is to procure tho means to give
their children liberal education.


Chang and Eng, accompanied by two of their
children, will be seen at the building next door
above the Post Office to-day and to-morrew.


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1HE STORA lHal Dc saiu ~ nav N''''
rnonced week ago last Saturday Is not yet
over. In the quantity and duration of the snow
that has fallen since Sunday morning last, we
have seen but two instances of tho like since
lS4s On one occasion VIC have known the
snow to fall deeper in Nevada. 1t was howev-
er lighter. Quite number of roofs caved in
on that occasion in this city and Coyoteville
but in those times houses were less strongly
built than now 1t is probable that building:
have been compelled to bear greater weigh
of snow during the present storm than has evel
been known to fall in this regich since the ad
vent of Americans to the country. On the hills
the snow measures fourteen inches in depth, ant
is quito compact and wet. Owing to the slushy
nature of the under stratum the travelling il
horrid. A freezing night Ia New England
would give us glorious sleighing for The nonce
The snow extends down to the extreme foothills
and it is thicker and there is of it the
YOU approach the summit. In all probability
tho mountain passes are closed for week O
two at least.
Year: 1860

may possibly have permitted, in some Instances my
sympathies control my judgment; but, hardened in
deed be the feelings which yield the cries
the brokenhearted mothers wives sisters of these
fortunate If could haFe dYested myself of all the
sympathies which belong to humanity, might have re-
sisted all these appeals and sternly said to the sufferer
go your way there Is clemency for you In this world p
very great but you struck your fellow being In
a moment when passion, not malice, controlled your
tons, and you must look TO God and not to man for
forgiveness"


II Is dcut indeed, to refuse to exercise the power
when we have It. to send joy and gadness TO the hearts
of those aborng under the deepest aeons to restore
to an afectonate wife and erring husband whom she
still loves or to fond mother hsr wayward and reck
less though not vicious, son.


In conclusion let say that II have erred, Ii has
been upon the side Of mercy, and am satisfied.


VETO PowER- CONCLUSION.


In the exercise of this power have allowed my
personal or party feeling to control my actions II
had pursued different course (which 1t seems was ex-
pected In some quarters) might have retained the
friendship Of many who are now arrayed against me-
but l must have lost my own self respect


During the first session Of the Legislature of
public duty compelled me to veto some twenty bills
which were sent to for approval Some of them had
nothing to commend them other than that the parties
who be the benefcaries were political per-
sonal friends of the Executive My past history ought
TO have been sufcient guaranty that such esnsid
grafton could be allowed 70 infuence me Special egs
Iation has been fhe great curse OF this State Upon
looking over the laws which have been passed during



sin some cases the Judges who sentenced have ap-
piled for pardon and assigned this as reason for
length of sentence.
Year: 1860

The relative position in point Of comfort
and good treatment of the slaves at the
South, and the poor oppressed white oper-
atiyes Of the manufacturing districts of New
England seems to be realized by the shoe
makers now on the strike at Lynn, if we can
judge from the following colloquy, said by a
Boston paper to have occurred there at re-
cent meeting:


First .Sh0enaaker-What is the use OF cur
making such fuss about the slaves Of the
South | tell you we are almost as much
oppressed as they are. In fact, in one sense
we are worse oppressed, for they don't work
as many hours as we do; and they get living
while most Of us couldn't live, with our
families, if we couldn't get trusted for neces-
saries of life, which we never expect to be able
to pay for at this rate.


Second !Sioe1aaker-We are worse treated
than the slaves of the South, in every sense
so far as can see.


First SIoenaaker-Yes, l don't know but
we are.


Third .SIoem1her-You know, gentlemen,
we are not q quarter as bad off as the slaves Of
the South though We are, by our own foolish
ness, ten times as bad off as we ought to be.
They can't vote, nor complain, and we can
And, then, just think of it; the slaves can't
hold mass meetings nor strike and we
haven't lost that privilege yet, thank the
Lord.


First Sltoenakey'-That's so; but what'll
those privileges amount to, if they come to
nothing? You see, gentlemen, the only
superiority Of our condition over that o.
Southern slaves is, we have got to manufac-
ture ourselves out of this strike. Shall we
fail, or shall we assert our superiority over
Southern niggers
Year: 1860

The Washington Star says that is currently
rumored in that city that Senator Douglas
has no hesitation in saying that if he be not
nominated, or if some one else is not nomina-
ted upon his platform, ("squatter sovereign
typ he will do his best to organize a bolt "a
la Van Buren, in 1949) throughout the North
ern States" The Star adds "Now, in so
doing, he is simply insisting-for his own ad-
vantage-that the views concerning platform
prevalent among his followers in abolitionized
States, shall be accepted by the Democracy
of Democratic States, under the penalty, in
case, of a refusal so to do, Of fighting the ap


preaching contest under the disadvantage Of
all the injury he can possibly inhict on the
Democratic cause. Independent Of the fact
that he has already worked all the mischief
to it he can omplish-having long since
transferred all his really transferable nominal
Democratic strength to the Republicans-the
idea of permitting those in the Convention
who would cater to the prejudices on the sla-
very question prevalent at the North. to lay
down platform for the party where the De-
mocracy will otherwise triumph, is too pre-
posterous to be thought of in these times"
Year: 1860

WHEELOCK's IMPROVED GAS BURNER.-Mr
W. W. Winchester, agent for the sale of this
patent burner is at present in our city. Mr..
W. called on us last evening and affixed his
burners to several of the brackets in the Of
fee, demonstrating satisfactorily what is
claimed for this improvement on the ordinary
burner, that at least twenty per cent more
light is obtained from the same amount of gas,
or that there is saving of about twenty per
cent. in amount Of gas consumed. In proof
of this a test WIS made with the various burn
erS by the metre.
Year: 1860

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are indebted TO
the courtesy of the young ladies of the
Southern Female College for an invitation to
attend Concert to be given by them on the
9th inst, in token of Prospect for the President
of the Institution. DIR, Capers.
Year: 1860

This very pregnant interrogatOry put to the
Republicans by Senator Davis, in the course of
his iaaprompt9 reply to Mr.. Stewards prepared
disouisjtion, is not likely soon to pass from
the minds of thoughtful Northern men. 1t is
well calculated to startle the most inconsider-
ate into reflection and we notice that some
of our most influential contemporaries Of New
York and New England are making good use
of the suggestions of Mr. Davis, which seem
to carry the more weight as they are sustained
and enforced by representations of certain
conditions of society in Mr.. Stewards favorite
"iabor States that must be admitted to be
extremely fair and uncolored, and most
courteously stated by the Senator from Miss
issippi.
But the embodiment of Republicanism is
resolved that his fellow citizens of the North
| shall motif he can influence them-address
themselves to the fragrant evils Of their own
social condition He insists upon their making
slavery "an enduring subject of political con-
sideraton and civil administration )" and he
lately taxed all his ingenuity to give some
gloss of propriety, of patriotism, and oi
humanity to his pestilent schemes of inter-
ference with the domestic institutions of the
| South


| wv -
knowledge the Ncogency of the retort of Mr.
Davis, and, unless they are utterly enslaved to
bigotry, fanaticism, or partizanship, will cul
tiyate henceforth more of that charity which
begngs at home.


From tie Boston Courier.


Public attention is now beginning to be
drawn to another remarkable fact, involved
in that abolition agitation, which has thus de
moralized and corrupted the politics Of the
Northern States. 1t is that the persons mos
actively embarked in this agitation-such as
Senator Wilson and Representative Alley
whileso loud in their pretended solicitude fol
the rights Of free labor, are now compelled t:
perceive that under cover of all this hypo
critical pretence of affection for free labor, it ha
been contrived "to deprive that free labor 0
its due share of the rich proceeds derived By
its industry from the sale Of its products il
the Southern States" That is one Of th'
many morals of the strike Of the shoemaker
of Natick and Lynn.
Year: 1860

MNuFAcrURE OF ALEnNUM.-A French artisan
has invented a new and perfect method of soldering
aluminium. He employs a solder made of zinc and
aluminium, and uses five kinds, differing in hard
ness. To prepare the solder, he breaks up the au-
minum into small pieces, and melts it in black
lead crucible, by putting it in little by little, and
when the aluminium is melted it is stirred with an
iron rod, while the zinc is added in small quantities
at time; it is still stirred while little tallow is
added to prevent the oxydation of the zinc and it
is cast into small bars for use. The heat must not
be sufficient to drive off the zinc in vapor and the
zinc should be free from iron. The five kinds of sol
der melt at different degrees of heat. Number one is
hardest, the others are softer in succession The
soldering bolt ought not to be of iron or "copper"
but of aluminium itself: for the solder sticks to iron
or copper sooner than to aluminium. Another nov
city in this branch of manufacture is aluminium
bronze, made of ten parts aluminium to ninety of
copper 1t has the tenacity of steel This alloy is
now applied large scale by NJ. Christoffle, and
it is found admirably adapted for the friction sur
faces of machinery. bearing which had been
placed on polishing lathe making 2,2OO revolu-
tions minute, was found to last eighteen months,
while other bearings lasted only three months at
most. Cannon, howitzers and other weapons have
also been made of this bronze.
Year: 1860

SEALS PLAYING THE ORGAN.-''W Wonders win never
cease!" was our exclamation few DAYS since on
witnessing the performance of the accomplished
seals belonging to the Aquaria Gardens in this city,
Every student of natural history is familiar with
the singular tractabiity displayed BY many of even
the meanest of Gods creatures but we never for a
moment supposed that authority could be brought
to bear upon the inhabitants of the ''mghty deep'
In such manner as to make them the l,iWinq ser
wants OF their master-man.


Judge, then, of our surprise, astonishment and
intense qualification at seeing-what we would have
hardly else beeyed-the wonderful variety of feats
exhibited by these seals. At the request of their
teacher and owner, Mr.. Cutting, Ned as the
male is named, sat upright and held a miniature
gun with as much precision weIl-driIled soldier
bowed with the elegance of a French dandy and
with grace that many an old lady might envy
went through with the motion of taking pinch Of
snut but the most surprising feat of all, was the
ease and readiness with which he grasped the han
die of the organ, and turned it in manner surpass
ed only by regular street practitioners. TEe.temale
though not so tractabe as her companion il still
very accomplished young lady" Fanny will
when directed, lie on her back fold her arms across
her breast, close her eyes as if in Sleep and rnore
so as to be heard all the spacious hall in which
the exhibition is held. They can detect the foot
steps of Mr.. Cutting, though the hall is full
These seals were taken from Saco!Pool, in Maine,
July, 10th, 1858, and were supposed to be about
three months old at that time Since their intro
duction to the Aquaral Gardens, they have not
failed to amuse all visitors to this place of wonders;
but now, after brief course of instruction, they
exhibit rare and almost human intelligence
ton Post
Year: 1860

There lately died in France an author by the
name OF Lorel, who once sent to the Chamber of
Deputies, under Louis Philippe, petition TO the
effect that in view of the fact that great number
OF persons to the great scandal of the public per-
sisted in killing themselves awkwardlv in public
places, the Place de la COncorde should be arrang-
ed every Sunday a sort of circus, with scaffod
IN the centre, where every one tired of life
should have the privilege of guillotining himself
properly and decently. Government was to reap
harvest from the arrangement by charging an ad-
mission fee to spectators.
Year: 1860

Gov. Wise, in his address to the Southern medi-
cal students at Richmond, said: have been sign
ing patents for the last three months for the coun
ty of Ritchie, lands which contain unlimited ouan-
titles OF the best gasgenerating coal in the world
and if you ask who own them, YOU will find that
they are chiefly in the possession of Northern men,
or at least will be before twelve months They buy
land at two cents an acre, and one peck of the
Ritchie coal will thus purchase a whole acre of
land. would possess ourselves of these sources of
wealth.
Year: 1860

An antislavery writer in London paper, ex-
presses the opinion that it would have been great
deal better to have banished Brown and his brother
rufians than to have disposed of them by violent
death. In the opinion of this individual then,
he should be caught, or blow any more Indian in
surrectionists from the cannon's mouth-NorfoE
Herald
Year: 1860

The PROMPT CLERK.-I once knew young
man, said an eminent preacher, who was
commencing life as a clerk. One day his
employer said to him, Now, tomorrow that
cargo of cotton must be got out and weighed,
and we must have regular account of it.


He was 4 young man of energy. This
was the first time he had been intrusted to
superintend the execution of this work: he
made his arrangements over-nights, spoke to
the men about their carts and horses, and
resolving to begin very early in the morn
ing, instructed all the laborers to be there
at half past four o'clock, So they set to
work, and the thing was done; and about
ten o'clock in the day, his employer came in,
and seeing him seated in the counting house,
looked very blank, supposing that his COM
mands had not been executed.


Il thought" said he, ''you were requested
TO get out that cargo of cotton this morn
ing"


1t is all done," replied the young clerk,
"and here is the account of it,"


He never looked behind him from that mo-
ment-never. His character was fixed, con-
iidence was established lie was found to
be the man to do the thing with promptness.
He very soon came to be the one that could
not be spared-he was as necessary to the
firm as any ore ofthe partners He was re-
ligious man, and went through life of great
beney0lence, and at his death was able to
leave his children an ample fortune.-Honah-
In /JsEpf
Year: 1860

Il


and PnviEG.


-MR. EDITOR Much has been said, and
much more is being said, against closing that
part of Superior or Main street running
through the Public Square. Depend upon it,
sooner or later, that street viii be opened.
care not how many monuments, or beautiful
Public Fountains the corporation may place
thereon as barricades to prevent it. The pub
lie have decreed it. and viii ere long demand
that that street be opened.


Then will it not be wise on the part of the
City Council to place the monument, when
completed, on the Southerly or Northerly
side of the Public Square TO prevent addition
al expense, in removing these valuable City
ornaments at some future day2


Again, the City Council have passed an
ordinance to have Superior street paved from
Water street to the Westerly side of the Pub
lie Square, and to finish the pavement around
said Square. would inquire if there is to
be constructed no underground sewerage to
lead the water of, prior to the pavement of
these streets? We have heard of none. Is it
the plan of the Board of Public Improvements
to pave first, then some future day, put in the
sewerage? II so, this will be putting the cart
before the horse. This will be equal TO do
ing the work over twice, for the old pave
ment will have to be taken up and replaced
the second time; and it viii be next to an i'm
possibility to make geOd job ofit-it will set
tie, become uneven, and In year viii have
to be taken up and replaced the third time;
and the corporation or somebody will have
to foot the bill, cost what it may. If the
owners bordering on the streets to be paved
could be consulted on the subject they would,
no doubt recommend to the Council, to frstput
down the sewerage, and let it remain at least
one year, by that time the excavation for the
sewerage would become fully settled, and
the ground well prepared to receive the pave
ment and those who win have to pay the
cost will be better satisfied, first to pay for
the construction of the sewerage, and Il year
after pay for the cost of the pavement.


A CITIZEN