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Year: 1859

This gentleman, the Democratic nominee for
the position of Senator of this, the 18th Sena-
torial District is now in this county, for the
purpose of extending his acquaintance among
the people of Shasta. He is plain mana
Democrat of the old school, without variable
ness or shadow of turuing"-a Democrat in
practice as well as in theory-always sticking
to the Democratic organization, and supporting
its nominees whether they are personally his
friends or foes In the days of 1855, when SO
many members of the Democratic party deserted
our ranks and joined the Know Nothings, Logan
stood firm, never wavered, but fought manly
until the day of election for the Democracy, and
against those who sought to degrade adopted
citizens, because of their foreign birth, by de-
priving them of those rights most dear to Free
men.


Against him the Opposition have brought out
T. J. Butler, the tall son" of Tehama,-a most
excellent gentleman, by the way, but rather
nea Democrat, and very poor partisan. Unless
we are positively misinformed Mr.. Butler was
formerly, and not at a period very remote, a
very ardent supporter of the Know Nothing
cause. The opposition of this county, of every
complexion--black, blue and gray,--ring-
streaked and speckled-are giving him their
support, for the sole purpose of defeating the
regular Democratic nominee Hence it is the
duty,af the Democracy to stick to their Sena-
torial nominee with more than usual obstinacy.
He has right to ask it. Always having abided
by the actions of our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hay
ing supported all regular Democratic nominees
and n, yer having failed to stick by the regular
organization, it is his privilege to claim,
right, the support of every true Democratic par
tisan.
Year: 1859

Go AND SEE.-As there seems to be
a spirit of inquiry among the public as to
who the persons are that compose the Con-
tinental Choir, We would say that this mat
ter may be very easily determined by buy
ing ticket and going in tonight at Metro
poitan Hall, where all the members NAV be
seen and heard individually. collectively
and distinctly,
Year: 1859

IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-By the le-
gal fraternity it has been decided that the
legal blanks printed at this office are the
neatest and best now in use. Our stock is
now complete. Call and examine.
Year: 1859

The American Missionaries in China have ad
dressed complimentary letter to the Hon Wm B
Reed the United States Minister, 10 which they ae>
knowledge with gratitude, his successful effort in
procuring the insertion in the recent treaty Of
clause which provides for the full liberation Of the
Christian religion throughout the Empire.
Year: 1859

large supply from this house, put up in boxes containing ~
papeTs, assorted, to suit the country trade


These seeds equal to in the market and soe prefer
them from having been grown so faf North


We have also large supply Of Beans and Peas by the gallon
Year: 1859

Yesterday opened with four days later advices
from Europe, brought by the boat of the Canadian
line, the North America. The commercial advices
were deemed as highly favorable. The financial
accounts were on the $3.50 order. The political
intelligence is a mixed up congIomeratng mass of
this, that and the other, having no foundation but
srrmises, almost every paragraph leads off, + it
is reported So One dispatch, it is presumed,
can be relied on, that is that Spain has declared
war on Morocco. However, all the various dis
patches had no influence on Carondclet street, no
more than great army in Utah. half of which
ought to be on the Rio Grande del Norte There
talk of the position of the frontier on the
Rio Grande. particularly from the Brazos ST. Iago
to and above Brownsville. The denunciations
against Mr. Secretary Floyd were many. 1t is
hoped that the telegraphic operator at Washington
City, who is forwarding advices that this and that
measure is to be protected at all hazards will in
form our community when the Administration in
tend to carry out the weak and eplemeral pro-
misses which over the wires almost every
other day. or are they to be considered as so much
gas!
The further talk was of the fine weather for the
cotton growing interest. No rain has fallen within
the city excepting a slight sprinklng on the 22d
of Octobe) since the 18th ut. The staple is ar
irving freely, though large quantities are detained
in the interior by low water: yet the weather con
| tnues so very dry, and much cotton is opened
that planters do not feel disposed to withdraw their
picking force from the field to assist in transporting
the bales from the gn-house to the shipping point


As cotton is the absorbing feature of trade at
this moment, and as our transatlantic customers.
particularly Of Lancashire, Eng, have from time
| to time been under great apprehension that the
supply might fall off, and in all probability the re-


cent frosts might cause some anxiety in England


we have to inform our good observation-disclosures
from compulsion-that We hope to furnish them
with tolerable supply of the staple though they
must pay something over lOc for good clean mer
chantable cotton; and though we have had some
thing OF frost in some sections of the country it
is evident there were four millions of bales of cot.
ton ripened before the 3Oth and 3lst of October
| We WILL however, compare figures for the last
twenty-three years, that is, dates of killing frost
and the crOD of each year
Year: 1859

RECIPE FOR DRopsY.-Take Jerusalem-oak root.
wash clean split it in thin bits, and fill bottle as
long as you can cram in; then put tenpenny nails,
or their equivalent in other nails or iron-fll the
bottle with clear strong vinegar. Let it stand
twenty-four hours, when it is fit for use. Dose-a
small wine glass full every morning. When dose
is taken fill up the bottle again till the strength of
the root begins to fail. Ihave never known but
one case that required second bottle. Let the
patient drink also, in place of water, tea made of
bark.
Year: 1859

BrIL AND BEAR FIGHT.-A barbarous enter
tainment-a fight between bull and large
sized cinnamon bear-came of at Hughes Race


Track last Saturday afternoon. The poor
brutes fought something over an hour, and ex-
hibited more than ordinary game. The bulls
horns had been sawed of and the ends rounded,
otherwise be would have killed the bear, but
being compelled to fight under this disadvau'
tage he came out second best. The bear caught
the bull by the nose several times, where he
would hang until his mouth was so filed with
blood as TO strangle him aud compel him to let
go his hold the bull woald then make despe-
rate dash at his antagonist, and would have
trans6xed bruin on bis horns had they not been
curtailed of their fair proportions. Some two
or three hundred persons were present, who at
tested their appreciation Of the entertainment
by frequent shouts of applause, and the animals
fought until the spectators were satisfied, and
called out to have them separated. The BULLS
face, head and legs we're terribly lacerated and
torn, his upper jaw broken, and 1t was the in
tention of the proprietOrs of the entertainment
to have him killed to put him out OF his misery
Year: 1859

A SECTIONAL CONTEST FEARED.-The Stockton
Democrat, in article the Presidential contest
of 1860, says:


In the present condition of parties and the gene
raj temper of the country, it is to be feared that
purely sectional struggle in 1860 is inevitable. The
Charleston Convention may be ruled as with a rod
of iron by politicians Of the JEFF. Davis and Hunter
school. So strong, indeed, may this influence be,
that not even u Pacific Railroad Resolution will be
vouchsafed to the people of California. On the 9TH
er hand, the Republican Convention will be con-
rolcd by strictly sectional and Northern influences
Thus, what platforms may be adopted, it is
to be deplored that Stewards "rrepressibe conflict
between the North and South will become a living
fact. 1t is manfestly the duty Of all good men to
set their faces afainst a conflict so unnatural and
so destructive, and we trust that our fears may
prove groundless.
Year: 1859

YOUSG's GIFT EXPERIMENTATION W.
Young informs US that the tickets for his third
gift entertainment are selling rapidly, and he
has no doubt of being able to dispose of the full
number to be issued long before the day set for
the entertainment
Year: 1859

A young lady in Winchester, or
Franklin county, who has no doubt
been reading that we have sewing
machines for sale, oncloses the fol-
lowing in an envelope through the
Post Office, and requests that we
publish it. Who the lady is we do
not know. She signs her name "An
Acquaintance" but we have so MANY
acquaintance that such q signature
does not enlighten us at all as to who
she really is. But this we will say to
her; lfyou be such sewing machine
as one that is described in the piece be-
low, we will never rest contented uni
til you say "yes" in answer to a cer-
tain proposition we propose to make
you. We will stop trading in the late
style sewing machines and purchase
the one you seem to think is the best.


Hear what our lady acquaintance
has sent US.


The very best sewing machine a
man can have is q wife. 1t is one
that requires but kind word to SET it
in motion, rarely gets out of repair,
makes but little noise, is seldom the
cause Of dust, and, once in motion,
will so on uninterruptedIy for hours,
without the slightest trimming, or the
smallest personal supervision being
necessary. 1t will make shirts, darn
stockings. sew on buttons, mark pocket
handkerchiels, cut out pinalores, and
manufacture children's trocks out of
any old thing you may give it; and
this it will do behind your back Just as
well as before your face. In fact. you
may leave the house for days, and it
will 90 on working just the same. Ii
it does get out Of order little from
being ovcrworked, it mends itselftrom
being left alone u short time, after
which it returns to its sewing with
greater vigor than ever. OF course,
sewing machines vary a great deal.
Some are much quicker than others.
1t depends in a vast measure upon the
particular pattern you select.


If you are fortunate in picking out
the choicest pattern Of q wiie--one,
for instance, that sings whilst working
aud seems to be never SO happy as
when the husbands linen is in hand
the sewing machine is pronounced
perfect Of its kind; so much so, that
there is no makc-shit in the world
that can possibly replace it, either for
love or money. In short, no gentle
mans establishment is complete with
out one Of t!csc sewing machines in
the house
Year: 1859

DD7 The Post Office Department
has dispatched two agents to tho
South with instructions promptly to
report all the causes Of the repeated
failure Of the mails to connect with
the incomplete railroads in Mississip.
pi, the object being to remedy the
evil, and enforce compliance with
the contract for the conveyance of the
mails between New Orleans and
Washington within schedule time.
Year: 1859

An attorney in Cincinnati. who
claims some respectability, a day or
two ago charged a matrimonial can.
didate fee for showing him The way
to the marriage license clerks desk.
in the Probate Court He evidently
intends to make every edge cu,i
Year: 1859

We know man of considerable
property who always travels in an ex-
ceedlngly filthy suit of clothes because
he thinks it comfortable to have a
whole seat, or rather two whole SEATS
to himself in the railroad cars.
Year: 1859

The world is full Of apostles--luller
to-day than ever before. Every per-
son who gives a true or beautiful
thought to the world, is a laborer in
the vineyard Of the Lord. And they
who give expression to beautiful
thoughts in beautiful deeds, who
counsel the errng, console the atllic-
ted, guide the strong or assist the weak
aud bring smiles of pleasure where
before were seen tears of sorrow
these are all CO. workers for the re.
demption Of mankind.


The soul is so constituted that we
may enjoy its purest pleasures with
out being in any manner dependant
upon the world. Oar bliss is all with
in us-there only remains the touch.
ing of the magic keys by which its
gushing harmonies incarnate into ev
erlasting peace. Yet are these har,
monies all touched from without, each
reaching out a kindly hand to his fel'
low, and hence it is that we are all
made so gloriously responsible, the one
for the happiness of the other.
Year: 1859

To be the recipient Of true wo-
mans love and devotion, in an hour
when her holy influences are absolute
ly needed, is to be blessed with "A joy
which all the woes and falsities Of
earth can never annul. For it is not
of one lone thought or circumstance
that she becomes an angel OF redemp-
ton, but of his whole existence and
being. On! who can assign limits to
the influence of a single whisper of
affection from the loved one, when it
falls upon breast wearicd and riven,
and pining for the consultations oI love.
Year: 1859

drunkenness, and with diabolcal brotherhood
in evil, shield them from exposure. We hesi-
tate and are ashamed to nvow it but truth de-
mands it We have them all here, and it is
more observable from contrast with the marked
decorum and sobriety of our general population,
young and old. This feature of rowdyism we
do not alude to as an anomaly by any means.
Nearly all communities are similarly infested
and afflicted. All ages have produced the
classes referred to, but their nauscous peculiar
ities rise to view more frightfu and conspicuous
in the near and loving neighborhood of the
schools and churches, the quiet homes and
peaceful pursuits of interior New England vii
lagos.


Can nothing be done to arrest the growing
evil in Clarcmont? 1t is comparatively a new
and by no means desirable phase of life here
Shall it not be nippcd in the bud and rooted
out? Some guardians and parents will refer it
all to the presence of beer shops and the illegal
sale of liquors. No doubt those are not calcu-
lated to aid in producing a reform, but we are
apt to believe that parents who attribute the
evils under discussion wholly or mainly to this
cause wish simply to shift their own gross neg
lcct of duty, their own Encouragement and
weakness, their alternate indecision, violence
and Incidence, in respect to the moral training
of their children, on to the shoulders of any
bOuN Dul lllo"t NuO utdI tlc
burden. A man is morally responsible before
God and to the community for the manner in
which his children are trained and usherod into
active life as responsible members of society
He has no more right to turn his son out
amongst men finished blackguard, than he
has to keep an acknowledged nuisance which
the law would abate. He is responsible to a
degree, which many could not acknowledge
without convcting themselves of grevious error
The rule is as true as it is old Train up
child in the way he should Co. and when he is
old he will not depart from it." The sad truth
is, scores of our youth receive no careful, syste
matte, moral training. They come up anyhow,
and know as little about any rational restraint
as "Topsey" knew who made her. Parents
must learn that the temporary government of
the school room is not enough, and cannot SUI
percede the necessity of their own constant
watchfulness We need a great deal more If
the old fashioned family discipline in this fast
age; a judcious mixture of the law of kind
ness, with severity towards wilful offcnses
''line upon line, line upon line'-enforced it
need be with the birch. Many spoit child
can refer his ruin to the spared rod, and bitter
ly must that parent bewa his folly and weak
ness whose graceless son or abandoned daugh-
ter reflects disgrace and entails misery upon his
declining years. Fathers and Mothers LOOK
TO YOUR BOYS.
Year: 1859

only been fitted to a certain extent in tempo
rary manner. The fittings are exceedingly
handsome and substantial, but the decorations
of the huge iron walls and girders have been
reserved until after her first trip, and now are
only painted Of a plain white. The absence of
elaborate decoration in them, however, is amply
compensated in the chief saloon, which has
been finished TO show the superb style in which
the whole will be decorated when the Great
Eastern begins running to the East Whether
the fine traces of gold and color are examined
in detail, or whether one chooses to Judge by
the tone and effect of the whole apartment, the
decision is equally favorable and this saloon is
not only the finest and richest of ai,y that has
been attempted but is likely to remain for many
years tn standard by which all other cabins Of
the kind will be judged. 1t is said that the
mirrors, gliding, carpeting and silk curtains for
this apartment alone cost $4,000. The kich-
ems, pantries, and sculleries are all on the same
extensive SCALE and fitted with all the large cu-
mary requisites of first class hotels. The ice
house holds upwards of 100 tons Of ice, and
the lofty vii vaults-for such, in fact, they
arc-already contain wine enough to form
good freight for an Oporto trader.
Year: 1859

10 The Editor Of The Vermont PhGnir -


AS have always heard very much concern
ing the beauty and grandeur Of the scenery
about Lake Winnipiseogee, for long time
have been anxious to visit that far-famed local
ity. Quite unexpectedly, few days since, an
opportunity presented itself, of which gladly
availed myself While was spending few
days in Guilford, "a town about five miles dis
tant from the Lake,) a moonlight excursion
across the Lake was proposed, which, as the
event showed, met the hearty approval of the
pleasure-loving in that immediate vicinity. A
company of us, consisting of about two hun
dred and fifty, together with the Belknap Cor
net Band to furnish the music for the occasion,
went aboard the cars at the above mentioned
place. at half-past seven o'clock in the evening.
A ride of twenty minutes along the shore of
Long Bay brought us to the Wiers, where we
were to embarked upon the steamboat. After
n short delay, We got aboard the Lady of the
Lake, and in few moments were fastening on
our way across the Lake. We could not have
chosen finer evening. The air was cool and
refreshing, the sky was cloudless, and the moon
shone SO clear and bright, it was nearly as light
as if it were day. Our company was large, yet
lively and agreeable. 1t was made up, for the
most part, of young peoples and the older ones
who happened to be present, amid so much
youthful mirth and glee, forgot their whitened
locks and wrinkled brows, and were young
again; the Band that accompanied us, at short
Year: 1859

The EXTREMIST case of human weakness on
record is that of the poet and wit DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who was prevented from de,
ivering lecture on account of illness, and
wrote to the committee letter of apology, IN
which he says, ~ am satisfied that it were
offered fifty dollar bill after my lecture, l
should not have strength enough left to refuse
ii.
Year: 1859

VIC think of Death with a rcsistlcss dread,
And mourn in silence for our kindred dead;
Nature assumes u melancholy gloom


Our thoughts all centre in the silent tomb
Where rest the objects once to us SO dear, ~
For whom fresh memory starts the falling tear
Alas they're Conceive shall see them never
While here we dwell on Times uneven shore
Their lovely smiles no more shall greet our eye
Beneath the clods their Wondering bodies lie !;
Their wcll-known voices salute our ears no more
Their cares and troubles in this life are DER.
The question comes--Will Death forever reign
Will not our friends yet live and speak again
A secret hope by Natures God is given


That we shall meet our friends again in Heaven
Wcsprung from eaitli--toe earth We must return
This simple fact from day to day We learn. ~
An impartial lnw--lnost holy, just, and good,
Alimust admit, when rightly understood.
Then why rcpinc it is one of Mature laws,
Ov.laincd by One--the Great Eternal Cause.
We must submit unto the stern decree
Chcercd with the hope Of Immortality.


Ills said that in the Heavenly worlds above,
We have Il house, built by the God Of Love
That friends will meet in that eternal home;
That sickness, pain, and sorrow can never come
That man to man no more shall be slavc
That high and low, the poor, the rich, the brave
With all the nations, join the deathlcss throng,
With equal joys to each and every tongue.
Then sin no more shall stain the human soul
Eternal peace shall reign from pole to pole.
All sorrow cease, and every tear be dry
The grave shall yield ,and Death itself shall die
All Nature smile-her choicest incense bring
In offerings to Him who of Kings is King.


independence. Jan. Is.
Year: 1859

The Portsmouth Journal mentions the
fact that a few days before was seen III
Portsmouth the solemn spectacle of a
funeral in which were two hearses in
succession, bearing to their last resting
place the remains of husband and wife
who, after pilgrimage together of forty
five years, had together, upon that same
morning, gone upon that long journey
from which no traveller has yet returned.
The husband was Mr.. Richard Fitzger-
aid, at the age of 81. He died in the
house which his grandfather built, and in
which he and his father were born, and
till the last week he occupied the rooms
which were his birthplace, and that of
his mother. He never entered rail car,
or stage coach, in his life. By his
first wife, who died about fifty years ago,
he had six children, most of whom arri-
we'd at mature years. but have all been
dead for the last fifteen years.


During the last season he gave to the
editor of the Journal a cluster of damask
roses from bush in his garden, which,
76 years ago, he transplanted there with
his own hands. When removed, the
bush was well grown, and had probably
borne roses before the Revolution. The
bush had his personal care during three
quarters of century, and it usually
bloomed six years in succession-then it
took season of rest, dwindled, and
ceased to bear for three years, and on
the fourth it usually came out in fresh
vigor, and bloomed again another six
years.


The garden spot which he used to cul-
tivate when boy. he dug personally ev-
cry successive year, from the age Of ten
to eighty-six. And the last summer he
might have been seen bending over the
soil he loved, with his hoe in his hand
banishing the weeds against which he
ever felt enmity. Stones must grow, +"
said the old gentleman, +" for have pick
ed all the stones out of the garden every
year for seventy years, and yet l find a
few more every spring" The garden
was always pattern of neatness-and
even in the little blacksmith shop in the
garden, the smoke seemed to ascend with
out backing the ceiling.


The last three days Of the lives of Mr..
+. and his wife, they were both insensi-
BILE, and both died on the same morning,
without consciousness of each others
condition. She having been born on the
dark day, May 10Th, 1880, was IS years
of age, and he had reached the age Of
81.


Thus have passed away the last of the
family, and there is none of its members
to continue the occupancy Of spo,
which has SO many years been literally a
family home.