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Year: 1859

kANsAs.-The intelligence received by the
overland mail, which left st. Louis Oct. 9th,
leaves but little doubt that the people of Kan
sas have adopted the State Constitution, and Of
course application will be made for her adms-
sion into the Unon at the approaching session
of Congress. The English Bill will stand In the
way OF her admission, and there will undoubt-
edly be another exciting Kansas contest in Con-
gress next winter; but unless the President
should veto the bill there is no doubt that she
will be admitted
Year: 1859

The Marysvile Express and San Francisco
Times appear to be giving themselves consider
able unnecessary trouble, in regard to the fu-
ture course Of the Anti-Lecompson Democrats
of this State, and charge them with the design
of "sneaking back" into the Lecompton party.
We would suggest to the editors Of those pa
pers, as It is yet some time before the next elec


tion, that for the present they would do better
to attend to the internal affairs of their own
parties, and leave other parties TO take care Of
themselves The next election will be for Pres-
ident, and the anti-Lecompton Democrats Of
California will vote for that candidate who
stands on the Popular Sovereignty platform,
and who holds 10 The doctrine of non-interven.
tion by the Federal Government with the do
domestic affairs of the Territories. That there
will be such candidate before the people, in
1860, there cannot be particle of doubt. If
Douglas is the nominee Of the Charleston Con-
vention, he will receive the vote of almost ev-
cry man who voted for Currey at the late elec-
tIon 10 this State. They will vote for him, not
In "sneaking' way, but openly and above
board, and ask no favors Of any one. The Pop
ular Sovereignty Democrats are the only ma
tional men in the country, and the only party
that hold to a just and equitable policy for all
sections Of the Union. They may be in a mi
nority; but there are likely to be enough Of
them to defeat the schemes of the intervention
lists, should they attempt to carry out their Sec
tional doctrines, the one to exclude and the
other to protect slavery in the Territories.
Year: 1859

Route


The recent discovery Of rich silver and gold
mines on the eastern slope Of the mountains,
and the prospect of that country soon being
settled by large and nourishing mining popu-
ation, has excited considerable attention In
different parts Of the State in regard to the
construction of transmontane wagon roads.
The residents of the different towns In the min
ing counties, are of course anxious to attract
as much Of the trade as possible, to and from
the new mines, through their own localities I;
and in the course of a year or two roads are
likely to be constructed at every available
point. The new mines extend from Honey
Lake to Walkers River, distance of over two
hundred miles, consequently number OF roads
will be absolutely necessary, aud no one of the
interior towns can expect to enjoy monopoly
of the trade with the mines on the other side OF
the mountains


Energetic measures are being taken in other
places for the construction Of roads to the new
diggngs, and Nevada should not be behind her
sister towns. We are informed that the most
practicable route from Nevada is that by way
of Eureka, and that the distance from here to
Silver City, or Virginatown, which is in the
vicinity OF the richest dgeings yet discovered,
is only about one hundred miles. The follow.
ing stations and distances on this route have
been furnished us, which we presume are not
fa ~ from nnrract
Year: 1859




In addition to the assets here there is amount grea-
ter less but how much is not known locked up by
tachment in the State of New York which, if ever made
available to the creditors here will be- day proba
bly, far distant, after a hard fought legal contest
Year: 1859

GAME woRK.-A two horse wagon loaded
with game was passing the corner Of Second
street and Maiden Lane, yesterday, when,
oil on a sudden, one of the nags commenced
"putting on frills." This excited the other
somewhat, and the two began plunging at
quite rate Directly one of them got a
strap of the harness between his legs. which
so frightened him that he kicked loose from
the traces and danced a merry jig in the mud
his driver having hold of the bride and ac-
companying him in the dance. The other
horse meantime was quiet. As the man and
horse executed a grand pas de dieu in the
slosh, the crowd, assembled on the sidewalks
laughed heartily and loudly applauded. Fl
nally the performance ended, by the horse.
becoming little enlightened, apparently
as to the harmlessness of the strap between
his legs, he having imagined probably that
it was snake and permitting himself to be
led off to stable Still be was n little
"iubus" of the strap. which he wouldn't al
low to be removed. and every second or two,
rs he was being led off, he would shrink in
his hind quarters and make ready to jump,
much to the CONSERVATION of his owner.


A game wagon is well enough, but game
nag to draw it is little ticklish.
Year: 1859

WIRES DowN-We complained, the other
day, of the neglect of the telegraph operator
at this place to inform us of the arrival Of
the overland mail We are informed that he
was absent fixing up the wires, which had
fallen down in the late storms Had the
wires been in order and the operator at home,
the omission would not have happened.
Year: 1859

The innocent "hirtation' of married women
is one of the denominations of modern society.
Even desire for promiscuous admiration is
wrong in the wife. The love Of the one, and
his approval, should be all that she should de-
sire. Let her be ever so beautiful, it dis
gusting and appalling sight to see her decor
ating that beauty for the public gaze-to see
her seeking the attention Of the senseless fops
around her, and rejoicing in the admiration of
other eyes than those of her husband. Her
beauty should be for him alone, not for the
gaze of the fools that flutter around her. -
There is always among the sedate and wise a
sensation of disgust, when married lady at
tempts to ensnare and entrap young men by
a profuse display of her charms, or an un-
licensed outlay Of her smiles Such charms
and such smiles are loathsome to the indifier-
ent beholder-the trail of the serpent is over
them ALL


Such wives should know, if they do not
know already, that their influence over the
virtue, and then the prudence of young
men, is as deleterious as if they were the
most abandoned of women. They lead
them to believe there is no purity in the sex
that married virtue is but an outside show
and that delicacy or propriety are but
masks or outside dresses. The effect oi
their character is that of silent corruption,
swapping the foundation ofhonor, probity and
truth. Let them beware Let them reserve
their charms and the fascination of their fat
tering attentions for the husband to whom
they belong, and if they must be admired,
Year: 1859

The South County Journal, published at
Wakefield, r. l., essays an editorial headed
as above. The following truthful words are
worthy of being responded to:


"While the secular element in every SER
mon might perhaps be regarded excessive,
yet the assignment to it of more common
and prominent place in the pulpit, would not
be amiss These outstanding accounts are
runous things, both morally and financially.
Had the Gospel Of business been thorough
ly preached and practiced, we had escaped
the slough of bankruptcy, in which we are
now tlounderlng. But we can conceive that
minister who should preach the whole Cos
pei, as it bears upon secular affairs, upon
debt and credit, capital and labor, work and
wages, money and usury, speculation, bonds,
mortgages, collaterals, securities and consign-
ments, in a word, upon the perpendicular
right and wrong of trade and business of ey-
cry kind, would be immensely unpopular
both with the money-making and money
spending part of the community. But moth
ing is more needed than such an application
of the Gospel to the practical affairs of life,
and that, too, in the actual detail of trade and
finance, and business nterchanges of every
kind. A ministry that in these matters
would lay judgment to the line, and right
eousness to the plummet' would preach
Gospel of stringent honesty between man
and man, would do an important but negec-
ted part Of the work Of All evangelist"
Year: 1859

How exceedingly proud and autocratic it
makes woman to have baby. How, even
when the coming event casts it's shadows be.
fore, is she ambitious to display herself, and
IN the language of action, if not words. say


amt l somc?' husband excluded) How


npudently she will show the teeny darling
(cuss) to her bachelor friends and old maids !;
anu particular to those married ladies who
can't. How innocently upon every convent
ent opportunity she will stick the little SQUAD
in an old bach's lap, and oblige him to talk to
and fondlc their remarkable production he
fearing and trembling at the same time. lest
the integrity Of the brat's diaper should be
defective. How she will take it to church
and administer suck to quiet its roar. How
early in life Ma will send him to school, and
bottle of milk with him, lest three mortal
hours of confinement might sshnt an embryo
distinguished citizen, &c.-MwipOza Gasette.
Year: 1859

rY ROBERT HERRICK.



Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,
Why do We tall so fast?
Your date is not SO past,
But you may stay here while,
To blush and gently smile,
And 60 at last.
What were We borne to be
An hour or halfs delight,
And so to bid goodnight?
Twas pity nature brought we forth
Merely to show your worth,
and loose you quite.
But you are lovely leaves, where we
May read how soon things have
Their end, though ne'er so brave;
And after they have shown their pride,
Like you, awhile, they glide
Into the grave.
Year: 1859

SPEED OF RAILWAY CARs.-Many of the


accidents which hapcn to persons at


tempting to cross railroads are the re-


suits of ignorance of the velocity of the


iron horse when fairly under way. A


writer in the Hartford Courant ri, es


some interesting facts which it may bo


we'll to bear in mind:


1t seems almost incredible that, as We
glide smoothly along, the elegantly fur


nisi'cd car moves nearly twice it's length


in a second of timc-about "A feet. At
this velocity we find that the locomotive
driving wheels, six feet in diameter.
make four revolutions per second.


Ii man with horse and carriage
upon an unimportant public road in u
country town should approach and cross
the track at a speed Of six miles per
hour, which would be crossing rapidly,
an express train approaching at the mo
ment would move towards him two
hundred and fifty-seven feet while he
was i'll the act Of crossing a distance
barely sufficient to clear the horse and
vehicle. If the horse was moving at u
rate no faster than walk, as the track
is usually crossed, the train would move
towards him, while in the act of cross
ing, more than five hundred feet. This
fact accounts for the many accidents at
such points. The person driving thinks
he may cross because the train is a few
rods distant.


How compares the highest speed Of
the train with the velocity Of soundy
When the whistle is opened at the eighty
rods whistle post" the train viii ad-
vance nearly one hundred feet before
the sound travcrses the distance to and
is heard at the crossings. The velocity
exceeds the fight of birds. The late
DR.. j. L. Comstock, the wcll-known au-
thor OF several philosophical works, iii
formed the writer that hc was recently
passing through Western New York
when the train actually ran down and
killed common hawk. The train was
stopped, and the game SO rarely cap
tured was secured.
Year: 1859

An editor of newspaper desired to show his knowl-
edge of his musical terms and phrases by referring to
unately the printer was not so wen posted In muscal
nomenclature, and printed it breast bones" go
Year: 1859

A MODEL LovER.-Thc Detroit Free Press gives the
following description of the fugitive slave who recently
the heart and hand of the young white heress in
that city:


We were at some little pains yesterday to get sight
of this modern Othelo who had won a second Desde-
mona, and found lean, longshanked hobbing darkey
about fifty years of age his white wool showing off a
countenance of superfne ivoryblack to frghtful ad
vantage In his escape from the South he received
shot in of bis legs, which adds nothing to the ele
gance of his locomotion and there isn't solitary ivory
remaining to relieve the horrd chasm that yawns when
ever he attempts to smile.
Year: 1859

For year past the prospects have been
that New Mexico would be converted into
slave State. At the last session of the
Legislature of that Territory they passed
a law legaliziug the institution there
Have the advocates of that measure ever
thought of the effect of the Pixies Peak
emigration upon the political destinies of
New Mexico? From $1,000 to 100000
persons will reach the gold mines by the
1st OF middle of June. Whether success
attends them or otherwise, thousands of
these pioneers will find their way to New
Mexico, and contribute their share in
moulding the institutions of that future
State. We shall be disappointed if the
gold excitement of western Kansas does
not ultimate in giving several additional
free States to the American confederacy.
of which New Mexico will be one. II
such Shall be the case, however oisas
trously it may effect individuals, it will
result advantageously to the cause of free.
dom, and to the general prosperity of the
country.
Year: 1859

To prevent any old or new subscriber
from complaining Of us for not acting
consistent with our professions, we again
put upon record the fact that we are ex-
treme in our anti-slavery views, and il
our connection with the HERALD OF
FREEDOM shall be protracted beyond the
admission of Kansas into the Union as a
State, we shall lose no time in identify
ing ourself with the party of freedom,
without regard to the name it wears
Until then, We shall stand by our solemn
pledges, and sustain the FREE STATE Or
ganization as such, though in doing SO
wo stand wholly alone.
Year: 1859

1t would give us pleasure to dispose of
the HERALD OF FREEDOM Office to some
responsible party, for its real value, with
the condition that it shall remain FREE
STATE, and shall devote itself to the ad-
vancement of the interests of that orgsniza-
ton until Kansas is State in the Union.
Aresponsible party could make good bar
gain, and only small portion of the pur-
chase money would be required in hand,
provided the balance were amply secured.
If not disposed Of satisfactorily, we shall
continue our connection with the office
until pretty late" The office is now
doing a first rate business, with from
$4,000 to $4,000 worth of job work
annually, large advertising list, and the
largest subscription list in the Territory
and that list constantly increasing.
Year: 1859

We were favored with visit from Gen.
EAsTIN on Wednesday last. He was on
his way home from the Tecunseh Con-
ventioD, and furnished us a copy of the
Democratic resolutions passed at that
convention, which we publish else
where. 1t gave us great pleasure to show
him through the HERALD OF FREEDOM
office, point out the three broken presses
lying around the building, the relic of the
past, and introduce him to the "cellar
Kitchen" where the thunder was forged
which spiked the cannon of Lecompton-
ism. We are glad the General has come
down so gracefully, and conceded that
Kansas must be Free State. Had he
done so five years ago, and his party had
done the same, much i'll feeling would
have been prevented, and republican in
stitutions would not have been so severely
wounded in the house of their friends.
Year: 1859

THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN has now reached ifs Four
teenth year and will enter upon New Volume the
1th of September 1t is the only weekly publication
of the kind now issued in this country. and it has
very extensive circulation in the States IF the Union
1t is not. might suppose from IS title dry
abstruse work on technical science the contrary


il deals with the great events going the scien
tic mechanical and industrial worlds to please and


instruct every If the Mechanic Artizan wishes
to know the best machine in how to make any


ubstance employed in his business-if -heHousewife
wishes to get recipe for making good color &c If
the Inventor wishes to know what is going in the
way of fimprovements-if the Manufacturer wishes to
keep posted with the times and to employ the best
ciltes in his business-the Man of Leisure and Study
wishes to keep himself familiar with the progress made


in the chemical laboratory in the construction of
teegraphs steamships. railroads. reapers mowers and
a thousand other machines and appliances. both of
peace and warall these deSiderad be found in tn
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. and not etSeWhere. They he
presented in reliable and interesting FORM apted
the comprehension of minds unlearned in the high
branches of science and art.
Year: 1859

Whea in perfect health, effect is produced by its
except increase Of appetite: but when disease
!. seated in the frame. and carrying fast its victim
along tie path Of life, then its mysterious influence
is felt and seen; 1t enkndes life and vigor and
,rings health and strength to the suffering and dis
Year: 1859

THE BULKHEAD ScHEME.-The San Francisco
papers are discussing the propriety of con-
structing bulkhead for the purpose of pro.
tecting the harbor. 1t appears that the bay is
gradually filing up in front of the city, and
fears are entertained that the harbor will be
ruined unless something is done to protect it.
The immense quantity of sediment which is
carried down the Sacramento aud San Joaquin
rivers, is undoubtedly the cause of the bay be-
coming more shallow, and this process of filling
up must continue as long as mining operations
are carried on to such an extent in the noun
tains, How the construction of bulkhead is
to protect the harbor is more than we can ina.
gine. If mining operations are continued, as
at present for half q century, the bay Of San
Francisco will doubtless be entirely filled up
and tae waters Of the Sacramento aud San Joa.
quin will find their way to the ocean through a
narrow channel.
Year: 1859

referring to the bill which has passed the SEN
ate to divide the 5th Judicial District, the San
Joaquin Republican says:


Four terms are held in this county, and three
in each of the others in the District. If we are
not greatly mistaken, our calendar is finished
without trouble at an early day in every term.
1t certainly would seem that if the docket OF
one county is overloaded that some different
arrangement of the terms would answer every
purpose of new District We are of the opin-
ion that the Judge of the District, who should
know its wants better than any other person,
does not desire and would not advise the pro-
posed change, though such an arrangement
would save him great amount of labor.
Year: 1859

DIVISION OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL DIsTRIcT.--A
bill has passed the State Senate dividing the
l4th Judicial District. By this bill Sierra and
Plumas counties are made new district, and
Nevada remains the 14tA district. A similar
proposition was before the Legislature TWO
years ago, and we believe was adopted by one
House. At that time, we contended that there
was no necessity of dividing the district, and
that the act would only impose additional bur-
dens upon the tax payers Of the State, without
any corresponding benefit. The bill was de-
feated in one branch of the Legislature, and we
have never since heard any complaints that the
business in the District Court was accumulat-
ing faster than it cosld be disposed of. Two
years ago, considerable business had accumu-
lated on the District Court calendar OF this
county, the reason of which, 1t is not necessary
now to explain : but those old cases were long
ago adjudcated, and for the past year and q
half the docket has been kept clear, and the
cases disposed of as fast as commenced. 1t may
be thought necessary to provide an office for
some political favorite, Of Sierra or Plumas,
but the people will hardly regard this as a suf-
fciept reason for imposing this additional bur-
den upon them.


There are now about ifty cases on the Dis
trict Court docket of this county, and the pres
ent term continues until the 4th of April-two
and half months longer. The cases are all
set for trial during the term, and we should
think there was ample time to try them. Pos
sbly half q dozen cases may 90 over to the
next term, but the docket would certainly have
been cleared up, had not the Court adjourn ed
for ten days, to give the lawyers an opportunity
to go to Sacramento for the purpose of lobby
ing for the Speakership.
Year: 1859

The FOURTH DISTRICT JUDGEsHIP.-A quo toar-
ra,to has been issued from the Twelfth District
Court, on application of the Attorney General
of the State, at the instance Of of H. S. Brown,
ESQ., District attorney of San Francisco, against
Caleb Burbank in order to settle The claims of
that gentleman to the Judgeship of the Fourth
District Court. The complaint alledges that
Judge Hager is entitled to the Office, as his term
does not expire until 1861; and prays that it
may be decrced that Burbank is not Judge, and
that he be ousted from the office, and that it
may be decreed that Hager is the Judge and
entitled to the Office until the end Of 1861, and
for further relief.