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Year: 1860




sovereign State of Louisiana. What
there is, of the latter kind (which
is of more Importance TO the peace
and dignity of the State than the
former) the gentleman alluded to,
has vainly endeavored to convince
the General Assembly should be
colated into a book and bound for
reference, as a rule of action Loui.
siana is apparently no worse off in
this respect than her sister States.
We are all agreed that the expert
ment of self-government ia to be
tried again; on a more liberal prin-
ciple than ever before; and for mere
experiment, republican government
under excessively democratic laws.
must determine how far society
may travel unbridled and unbound,
towards the condition desired by
Socialists aud Fourierites of the
Fanny Wright persuasion. As para
doxical as it may appear whilst
we complain Of a lack of law as a
rule to determine justice there is
absolutely superabundance Of en-
sctments, ordinances, decisions. com
mentaries and opinions; the fossil
remains of former ages, TO which a
new bound volume is added now
and then to give an air of freshness
to the subject. Where is there a
law library2 No where in this vi
cinity unless it be in the garret of
the State House, up to which books
on law are taken from year TO year
moved to the cellar below after

wards and then disposed Of to the
green grocer TO retail his soap and
candles in. Here is another volume
of "acts" for 1860. Important and
prominent in the list is one to allow
Brown to change his name, on sc-
count of the stigma cast upon the
same by "St. john" five negroes
and three white men," in their very
nearly successful effort to over
throw the government. No, there
are other acts in the volume touch
ing public interestin a nearer point.
Here is an act to change the con-
stitution, and an act to amend ar
tiole 1000 of the civil code. What
article is that 7 Perhaps the only
person who will ever know more
about 1t than we do, is the lawyer
or his client for whose special bene-
fit the change is made. The ques.
ton asked by Sampson in his first
onslaugbter on the Philistines, was
this "If society is advancing as
we say 7; should not tho rights of
the individual members thereof be
more clearly defined and easily un'
derstood 7" Should not the old and
useless rubbish of by gone times be
thrown out 7 Ifjustice in herplain
and simple vestments was the OBJ
ject of the law then plain, honest
simple minded people would not
fear It as an enemy. The very worst
men resort to it to better their for.
tunes and get possession of things
they are entitled to, They go at ito
as q gambler at cards, to hunt for
all the secret tricks and machinery
of the game. In criminal law ifby
mere chance a conviction follows
the accomplished scoundrel he es-
capes the punishment.


There is the writ Of hdbeds, under
which the offender may be carried
all over the country to find some
Justice Of loose morality who will
give him an easy trial and there
are errors in the Indictment, rules,
motions and appeals all offering
Year: 1860

BITTER BUTrER-A lady from Devonshire.
England, and familiar with the method Of
making butter most approved in that famous
butter district, says that the bitterness COM
planned of in regard to some Of the Calfornia
butter, may be remedied by heating the milk
to simmer as soon as it comes from the cow.
The milk thus prepared II keep longer, be
sweeter, and produce more cream than milk
not warmed. The bitterness is caused bv the
long standing before the cream rises. In the
cooler weather Of winter, there is more bitter
butter than in summer, because the milk must
stand longer. In heating the milk, the pans
should be put over hot water, and not imme-
diately on the fire; Butter made on the
Devonshire plan is beautiful, and regular in
color and consistence, sweet and delicate in
havor, and it keeps better than butter made
on any other PLAN Exchanqe.
Year: 1860

No CoMPRoMIsE.-As the California Steam
Navigation Company have determined to pay
no more black mail to keep down opposition.
we may look for lively time on the rivers
before long. The large number of boats lying
idle will doubtless when the terms of their
contract to remain in ordinary shall have
been fulfilled, try to do little business on
their own account. Then will follow low
fares and every body will take to travelling
S r. CalI
Year: 1860

EHANING leased the above SALOON, beg to inform
Z & their patrons and friends that they will always
be on hand to attend to their wishes and assure them
that their Bar will at all times be supplied with the
right Kind of BEVERAGES, and ihey will do their
best to dispense them in satisfactory manner. The
BILLIARD TABLES are the finest kind Of Marble Bed
and will he kept in perfect order.


janl5-my
Year: 1860

ENGLISH MoDE OF BolLrxG SALMON
Cut It in slices of an half inch thick, wrap
them in buttered white papers, and broil
gently quarter of an hour. Serve in the
papers.


DISTILLED CHICKENs-'l'his, in a sick
room, is most useful receipt when it is
necessary to give support IN concentrated
form, single teaspoonful often atfording
sufficient nourishment for a sick person at
one time.


Cut chicken in small pieces, and lay it
in wide mouthed glass jar or bottle, sprink-
ling in with it n small quantity of sal,-
Place the bottle either on warm hearth or
90 hot (n"t boilng) water, and as the liquor
'lists from the meat pour it off


ORANGE PupDlNG.-Remove the rind from
three sour oranges, divide them without
breaking into their natural sections press
the seed out, lay them in wide dish, and
pour over them batter composed of two
eggs, pint of milk and half pint of
flour, beaten very smooth Bake them n
quarter of an hour. Serve with plain batter
and sugar.


way rs apple pies, removing the rind and
seeds, and slicing the frui, cross wise with n
sharp knife. Sour oranges are always best
for cooking. A spoonful Of orange marina
lade in each pie is an improvement.


STAIR CARpET.-In putting down stair
carpets, if folded newspapers are placed so
as to cover the edges Of the stairs, before the
carpet is laid, and i. is then fastened down
over them, the carpet will wear one third
longer than if put down on the bare floor.


To PREVENT CLOTHES TAKING FIRE-Atter
the clothes are washed, let them be rnsed
in water in which a small quantity Of salt
peter is dissolved. This renders linen, or
cotton, proof against blazing.
Year: 1860

The following are selected from voluminous
accumulation of testimonials of the Press of the
United States. and from eminent Professors OF
our institutions where the practice of medicine is
taught:
Year: 1860

NOR years both myself and brother have suffer
L cd so from Dyspepsia. Weakness of and sour
Stomach Indigestion and Flutulence, that life at
times was burden. We have used your Cordial
(Dr Wcbbers Invigorating Snnguiicr) four days
and feel better than we have for years.
Year: 1860

The German Republicans who held a con-
ventiOn at Chicago, just before the meeting
Of the regular Republican Convention. adopt
ed resolutions almost unanimously to support
only true Republican candidates, and leave
the party if any compromise man or Know
Nothing should be nominated
Year: 1860

SALE OF BooKs.-H. Barnett will sell at
public auction, by order of G. Amy. at his
store on FIRST street, this evening, all his large
and splendid assortment Of books, stationery
and fancy goods. The sale will commence at
half past o'clock.
Year: 1860

CASE OF JUDGE TERRY.-Judge Hager of
the Fourth District Court has decided to
transfer the case of Judge Terry to some ad.
joining county, and has requested the parties
to agree on one. So Terry will not be tried
in San Francisco for killing Broderiek.
Year: 1860

MISS DAvENPoRT.-This renowned TRACE
dienne has been playing to almost fabulously


large houses, at San Francisco. We expect


her in this city, ere long, and we have con-
fdenee enough in the good taste and discrim-
ination of our people to believe that she will


draw crowded houses. Miss Davenport is
undoubtedly one Of the great queens of the
tragic stage. She is in the maturity of her
extraordinary genius-has a voice of sur
passing depth and beauty-a commanding
tgure-a face full of expression-a grace Of
movement seldom equalled, and a conception
of character which makes her impersonations
most startlingly real. Miss Davenport excels
in the great naturalness of her acting, in
fervor and pathos and the full strength Of
passion. Tears are not strangers to the eyes
of her auditors, on very many occasions, and
the deep hush which attends her intenser
portrayals well witness what a ROVER it is
which she wields. But, it is not necessary
that We should tell the public who Miss
Davenport is. 1t is enough that we inform
the admirers of the drama that she is coming.
Year: 1860

As to our having mo protest to enter
affainst the doctrine advanced by the Appeal
that negroes should be placed on civil
equality with the whites" we did not deem
the question worth discussing g.-Democrat.


Well, now, there's candid admission for
you. Think of that, Democrats. A paper
protesting to be Democratic, doseh't deem the
question whether negroes should be placed
on a civil equality w1sh the whites worth
discussing -ErpresS.


No. nor do we consider the question wheth-
er the Heaven and Earth will knock togeth-
err worth discussing. We said we did not
deem the subject of negro equality worth
discussing at tie time we replied to the APP
peal Still if we had nothing else to do, and
the Express very evidently desired to discuss
it, why, for the sake of accommodating the
Express, we would endeavor to "rant" while
it "mouthed."
Year: 1860

The OEovILLE BEEcElNRrDGE MEErYG.-
We suspected that this affair at Oroville was
not all right for the Boilers, by the remarks
of the editor of the Express who was up there
and gave an account of it. Through all his
wordy glorication, we could see that there
was something which didn't suit him. Our
readers will see what that was by reading
the communication headed "Grand Boilers
Fizzle at Oroville." The statement of our
correspondent may be relied on, for he is a
truthful man and was an eyewitness.
Year: 1860

THE VOTE OF YORK.
As it is believed that whichever way the great
State of New York votes to-day, so will be the
general result, we give below for reference the
vote of that State in 1859 for Secretary of State
and in 1856 for President:


1879 1856.
Year: 1860

DIR. TYING IN TRoUBLE.-The New York Church,
man is engaged in a bitter warfare upon the Rev.
DR.. Tying for having assisted in laying the corner
stone of Methodist chapel, and for having appear
ed in the pulpit of Presbyterian church as a par
tcipant in the proceedings of the Evangelical Alli-
ance. On both these occasions the ChurchmaH
thinks ''that the public behavior of the Rev. Dr.
Tying is grossly inconsistent with his OBJ legations
a presbyter of the Church, and quite as dsgraceful
to himself as if it were intended for the purpose
of deriding Christianity" "We most earnestly
and seriously beg to draw the attention of the Pro-
vsiona Bishop OF this diocese to the conduct of one
of the presbyters under his charge. This is case
in which the Bishop is imperatively bound to ex-
ercise his Episcopal authority, and we trust that
DR.. Potter will at once bring his erratc and un-
ruly presbyter to account for his conduct
Year: 1860

Mr.. John Johnston, the celebrated Gene
va farmer, of Western New York, in a re-
cent letter addressed to Colonel B. p. John
son, Secretary of the New York State Ag-
ricultural Society, and published in the
Monthly Journal of the society, lays down
these telling facts, in brief which we pre-
sumo no farmer will deny, and we hope all
will apply whose shortcomings bring them
within the pale of the implied truth


I notice that those farmers who have
most difficulty to make ends meet always
plow most, and keep most stock. Now
these men take the true plan to keep them
selves poor, because their crops and stock
are always poor and bring little. 1t is a
good profit TO raise 300 bushels Of wheat
from ten acres but when it takes thirty
acres to raise that amount, it is raised at a
loss so it is with cattle and sheep; you will
see the thinking farmer making four-year-
old steers worth from $50 to $50 each, and
his neighbors at the same age, not worth
over S25 to $40. Now this ought not to
be, in a country where al men are born free
and equal if the farm is rich, then labor
intelligently employed will soon make the
owner in easy circumstances if his land is
exhausted, land great many farms are, J
then he should plow no more than he can
thoroughly manure. Seed with clover and
grass, and let it rest for even two years, and
that yield will not only pay well for tillage,
but it will furnish manure (if rightly man
aged) to make another field of same size,
rich also; it is bad policy, when field is
once highly manured, to continue cropping
it with grain until the manure is used up.
The latter end of that land will be worse
than the first; but let that land lay in clover
even one year, but two is better, after it is
manured, and then it will stand perhaps six
good crops before it requires manuring if a
clay sub-soil | know it will.
Year: 1860

"OLD ABE" AMONG THE WORKING MEN
THE FIRST LINCOLN POLE We want no
better evidence of the success of our ticke
than the enthusiasm with which the labor
ing classes, the bone and sinew" Of the
country, 90 into the support of Honest
Old Ate Yesterday afternoon the work
men in DeFrees's Cooper shop, who are al
most to a man for Lincoln, with crowd of
their neighbors, raised tall, straight and
beautiful ash pole, and finished the
work with hearty cheers for their candidate
for the Presidency. To-day a Lincoln and
Hamlin Flag will be unfurled to the breeze
in honor of the National Anniversary
This is but one of the many evidences we
have of the enthusiasm for Z" Old Abe" the
honest man, the man of toll, in the shops
and foundries and manufactures all over our
city. The working men who earn subsist-
ence by honest labor, and who despse the
tricks of politicians and demagogues have
confidence in the integrity of Lincoln, and
know from his lifelong experience that he
is acquainted with their wants, and will
sympathize with their interests.
Year: 1860

The Eighty fourth anniversary of our in
dependence has come. This is the Nation
al Sabbath. On this day we should lay
aside all ordinary worldly cares-those cares
having for their object the mere accumula-
ton of lucre-and enter into the spirit of
the occasion with enthusiasm.


We should bear in mind the inestimable
blessings we e"joy in this Land of Liberty,
and while doing so, bless the memories of
those brave men and noble women who Sc
cured them to US, and offer up tribute of
thanks to that Merciful Being who grants
US all these advantages.


Let each and every one to-day conduct
himself or herself in a manner worthy of
the day, and let all make it point to read
and study that inspired instrument, the
Declaration of American independence, so
.nat its sublime sentiments may be deeply
engra7en on e7ef@ heart.


Now let US devote the day to enjoy ment,
and let Us exert ourselves in rendering
happy the crowd of guests who will visit
the city on this occasion.
Year: 1860

~ ness.-The undersigned intends to retire
from business after the Ist of September next. and
in the meantime would negotiate for the sale of he
stock in trade and good will of the business of NJ.
W. Foster Co, and will also lease for a term
OF years the store house now occupied by them
The stand is one Of the eligible III the city,
and the house is a new, substantial, modern style
foHr-sory building in compete repair


The present trade of the house is safe and p ont
able one, and to active business men having a falr
amount of capital, a more certain opportunity TO
build up large and profitable business Is seldom
offered.


For further particulars enquire Of Geo Foster
Co.. the subscriber. M W. EOSIEh-


iuIY4-ImdHW
Year: 1860

HSs- The performance of Signor SLIM
and his four ducks will take place at 4
o clock. Let all our readers be at the levee
at the appointed time. The performance
will come off without fail Go and see it
" free gratis for nothing"
Year: 1860



 From the Norwich Aurora.

 THE PRINTER. He stood there alone at that shadowy hour By the swinging lamp dimly burning; All silent within, save the ticking type, All without, save the night watch turning; And heavily echoed the solemn sound, As the watchman passed OCT the frozen ground. And dark were the mansions % lately that

 shons, With the joy of fsstivity gleaming; And hearts that were beating with sympathy Were now living it OCT in their dreaming; Yet the Printer still worked at his lonely

 post,

 As slowly he gathered his mighty host. And there was the merchant all pillowed in

 down, And building bright hopes for the morrow; Nor dreamed he that fate was then wavinga

 wand, That would bring him to fear and sorrow; Yet the Printer was there in his shadowy

 room,

 And he set in his framework that rich man 8

 doom. The young wife was sleeping whom lately had

 bound, The ties that death only can sever; And dreaming, she started, yet woke with 8

 smile, For she thought they were parted forever; But the Printer was clicking the types that

 would tell,

 On the morrow, the truth of the midnight spell And there lay the statesman, whose feverish

 brow And restless the pillow wss pressing; For he felt through the shadowy mist of his

 dream, His loftiest hopes now possessing; Yet the Printer worked on mid silence and gloom,

 And dug for Ambition it's lowliest tomb. And slowly that workman went gathering up His budget of grief and of sorrow; wreath for the noble grave for the low, For the happy, full cup of sadness; Strange stories ofwonder to enchant the ear, And dark ones of terror, to curdle with fear. Full strange are the tales which that dark host shall bear To palace and cot on the MOTION; Oh welcome, thrice welcome to many heart, To many, bearer of sorrow It shall go like the wild and wandering air, For life and it's changes are impressed there.

 FROM A FRIEND OF THE PRINTER.
Year: 1860

care of the government, and the freedom
Of the Territories, the soil Of which, no
slaves foot has pressed In a word, thss
they would receive the policy that Jeder-
son, Madison, aud, at oue time, all other
men in the Republic approved. Who
will be just aud say this'


These are only few Of the falsehoods
which need correction by the Southern
newspaper press aud these only to calm
nown the irritation Of the public mind
and prepare Southern men to submit
peaceably to the President whom the
people have called to administer the gov
erumeut. The journals that have no de-
sire for the pcrpe.uation ofthe Union
those of the North and South who are
doing all in their power to promote Sc
cessron- will see no propriety In what
we recommend; bu, We trust all not orr
iginally disunionists will drop the dis
graceful tactics Of the late campaign, and
begin though late to give their readers
glimpse of the truth. Then all existing
difficulties which seriously threaten the
happiness aud prosperity Of the country
can be settled in day.
Year: 1860

! Breakfast should be eaten 10 the morn.
! ing, before leaving the house for exercise,


or labor Of am description those who do
! it will be able to perform more work, and


with greater comfort and alacrity, than
those who work an hour or two before
breakfast. Besides this, the average du-
ration of the life Of those who take break
fast before exercise or work, will be
number of years greater than those who
do otherwise. Most persons begin to
! feel after having been engaged FIVE
or six hours in their ordinary avocations,


good meal -invigorates, but from the
/ last meal of the day until next morning,
! there is an interval ofsome twelve hours;


hence the body in a sense is weak, aud


in proportion cannot resist delcterious
agencies, whether of the fierce cold Of
mid winter, or Of the poisonous niasm


which rests upon the surface oft earth,


wherever the sun shines on a blade Of
vegetation or a heap Of otfal This miasul
is more solid, more concentrated, and
hence more malignant, about sunrise and
sunset, than at any other hour of the
twenty four, because the Geld of the
night condcnses it. and it is on the first
few inches above the soil in its most solid


form; but as ;hc sun rises, it warns end
expands, aud ascends to q point high
enough to be breathcd and bcin. taken
into the lungs with tho air, aud swallowed
with the saliva into the stomach, all weak
aud empty As i, is, it Is grcedjly drank
in. thrown Immediately into the circula-
ton Of the blood and carried directly to
every part of the lody, deposit;ug IS
poisonous influences at the very :outain-
head OF life Wien III Cuba many years
ago, we observed that the f,.voritc time
for travel was midnight; and the old
merchants Of Charleston may remember
that when deadly levers prevailed in hot
weather, they dared not ride into town
in the cool of the evening, but mid day
was accounted the safest We know,
from many years living in New Orleans,


that it was when the evenings and morn
ings were uuusurliy cool, balmy, and de-


lightful, the citizens prepared themselves
/ for still greater ravages Of the deadly ep-
| idemc for the first few days following.
If early breakfast were taken in regions
where chill and fever, aud fever and ague
prevail, and if in addition brisk fire
were kindled in the family room, for the
hours including sunset and sunrise, these
troublesome maladies would diminish in
any one year, not ten fold, but thousand
fold, because the heat Of the fire would
rarity the miasmatic air instantly, and
send it above the breathing point. But
it is troublesome to be building fires
night and morning all summer, and not
one in thousand who reads this will put
the suggestion into practice; it being so
troublesome" requiring no effort to
shiver. and shake by the hour, daily, for
weeks and months together; such is the
stupidity Of the animal man .-HaWs
Journa, Of Health.
Year: 1860

B|Let no one suppose that by acting a
good part through life he will escape SLAM
der. There will be those even who hate
them for the very qualities that ought to pro-
cure esteem. There are some folks in the
world who are not willing that others
should be belter'ihan themselves.
Year: 1860

SEWING ON BLACK OLoTH-To remedy
the difficulty which persons with defective
eyes experience when sewing on black cloth
at night, the Scientific American directs
Pin or baste a strip Of white paper on the
seam of black cloth, to be operated upon,
then sew through the paper and cloth, and
when the seam is completed, the paper may
be torn of. The black thread will be dis
tiuctly seen on the white paper, and draw
ing the stitches little tighter than usual,
good work will be produced. This method
is well adapted for sewing by machinery as
we'll as by hand.
Year: 1860

Men rejoice when the sun is risen; they
rejoice when it goes down; while they ar.
unconscious of the decay Of their own lives
Men rejoice at seeing the face of new
season, as the arrival of one greatly desired.
Nevertheless the revolution of the season is
the decay of human life. Fragments Of
driftwood meeting in the wide ocean, con-
tinue together little space, thus parents,
wives, children, relatives, aud riches, remain
with US but a short time-thus separate,
and the separation is inevitable. No mortal
man can escape the common lot; be who
mourns for departed relatives has no power
to make them return. Knowing that the
end of life is death, every right, minded man
ought to pursue that which is connected
with ultimate bliss.
Year: 1860

BuRLINGAME-This Abolition bantam
who could not think of fighting Preston
Brooks, nearer home than Canada, has re,
Gently given utterance to these brave words
in the presence of an anti-slavery mob;


To the South he would throw down the
glove all along the line; he would meet
them with argument and with the ballot box
and even were it necessary "with the cart
ridge>box, and God defend the right" ZAP
plause) If the South was enthusiastic fol
slavery, which they (the Repubicans) hated
how ardent should we be, said he, in defence
Of freedom, which we love and adore.