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Year: 1859

TnEArEh-The theater was again crowded
last night 10 see the Birch Minstrels, and a
rare entertainment was presented. Tonight
Is the last night of their appearance, and is
the occasion of complimentary benefit to
Billy Birch. wepresume it will be rouser.
for Birch is a universal favorite. He is just
ly regarded, in fact, as the finest negro de
lineator that has ever been in this State
Christy cannot begin to compare with him
The bill for this evenings one full Of rich
incident and an infinite variety Of wit, pa
thos, and humor.
Year: 1859

RuSAwAr.-One Of the employees Of Mr. O.
Fuller was driving two horse vehicle near
DR.. Teegarden's, when the animals became
frightened at a load Of hides and ran away.
The driver succeeded in stopping them in a
few hundred yards. and unhitChed them
when they broke loose from him and scamp
cred away down into A street. Some one
stopped them there. and. the driver coming
up. took them back to the wagon While at
tempting to hitch them in again. one of them
again broke loose and dashed off full speed
coming down d street, he caused very gener-
al CONSERVATION among the bystanders-
Turning the corner Of D and Second, he
rushed upon the sidewalk in front of the Sen
ate House, glanced against the railing on the
edge Of the cellar. struck his head into pane
Of glass. and his forefoot into another, of q
loose sash door which was leaning against
the wall Of the house, and finally dashed
frantically into Fuller's stable. He was not
hurt much In the meantime. the driver had
mounted the other horse and ridden into
town.
Year: 1859

FREEMAN d Co. advertise in the San Fran
cisco papers that after the Sd Of November
all their routes throughout the State and on
the northern and southern coasts to San Die
go will be discontinued. The business has
not proved profitable.
Year: 1859

A western paper contains the following
advertisement:


Wants a situation. practical printer,
who is competent to take charge of any
department of printing and publishing
house. Would accept a professorship in
any of the academies. Has no objection
to teach ornamental painting and penman-
ship, geometry, trigonometry. and many
other sciences. Is particularly suited to
act as pastor to small evangelical church
or as local preacher. He would have no
objection to form a small but select class
of young ladies to instruct in the highest
branches. To dentist or chiropodist he
would be invaluable. as he can do almost
anything. Would board with family, if
decidedly pious. For further particulars
inquire of Col. Buffalo, at Browns Sa-
loon
Year: 1859

We copy the following from long and
interesting article entitled. "Rambles in
Suranium:''


We went to the boilirg- house. and saw
the molasses dipped out of the cistern and
put into barrels. The molasses that run
from the garbarrels is conducted by
gutter into the eistern, which is under the
ground, and swarms with reaches and rats,
many Of which are found dead in the mo-
lasses. by which they are preserved from
putrefaction. ] could not help thinking
that this country would be an Elysium for
Cinnamon. for they might feast here on
their favorite dish (rats) abundantly. and
molaSses- rats into the bargain. /
do not know if the molasses which is i'm
ported into this country is used for any,
thing else besides distilling rum. 1t is
certainly not st for table use, for. besides
the above mentioned denominations. it Is
handled in such filthy manner by the
negroes that the descriptions of 1t will
disgust everybody with the same.


The molasses is dipped out Of the cistern
with large copper spoons, to which are at
tached long handles. but when the major
ity IS removed, these cannot be employed
any longer on account Of the sugar which
has settled at or near The bottom, impart-
ing great toughness to the molasses.
Some negroes have to get DOWN into it,
dipping out with large gourds, and it often
reaches over their knees. Cleanliness is
to be observed, and their feet and legs are
generally covered with jiggcrs and other
sores.


If our delicate ladies and gentlemen had
an idea of the manner in which our i'm
ported nicities were handled, they would
surely abstain from the use of them. L
once saw dog fall into copper in which
cane juice was boiling intensely; he was
nearly done when the negroes succeeded
IN getting him cut. 1t happens sometimes
that negro, who sits on the mason work
into which the coppers arc imbcdded, slips
into the foaming syrup while doing, and
is boiled to death instantly. In neither
case is the syrup thrown away. for it will
granulate all the same and nobody is the
wiser for it.
Year: 1859

u To cure felon on the finger, take one table
spoonful of red lead and one table spoonful of
tile soap, mix them with as much weak I've as will
make it soft enough to spread like salve, and ap
ply 1t ON the first appearance of the feon, and it
will cure it. it is said, III ten or twelve hours.
Year: 1859

u An IlliLois Judge on a recent trial of forger.


whose counsel set up plea of insanity, said that
if the defendant had merely signed another mans
name to the check, his defence of insanity might
have held good, bu. his drawing the money and
spending it, showed him to be a sagacous and
sound minded man. The prisoner was convicted.
Year: 1859

GESeveral years ago woodchopper
down East was going to the woods one cold
winter morning. witk his AK over his shoul-
der. He slipped and fell in such way
that the blade Of the AK cut his hoad COM
pletely off. He picked it up again and
placed it in the proper place, and the cold
was so intense that it was frozen on again
He worked all day and at tevening returned
to his home. While sitting by the fire.
after supper, the heat thawed the neck go
that the head fell off upon the hearth. He
picked it up again, blew the ashes out of
his eyes, and held it on the proper place
until his wife, with darning needle and a
strong pack thread. sewed it on, SO that
it could not drop of, however warm the
room might he.-BoSton Atlas.
Year: 1859

The following from newspaper of 1853
gives some interesting incidents in the
eventful life of the author of "Sweet
Home"


"As sit in my garret here. in Wash
iagton, watching the course of great men
and the destiny of party. often meet with
very strange contradictions in this event
full life.


The most remarkable was that of j.
Howard Payne, the author of "Swee'
Home" l knew him intimately. He oc-
cupied the room under me for some time,
and his conversation was so captivating
that often spent whole days in his apart
men.. He was an applicant for office al
the time-Consul at Tunis-from which
he had been removed. What sad thing
it was to see the poet subjected TO all the
humiliations of ofdce-seeking. Of an eve.
ming he would walk the streets. On such
occasions he would give me history oi
his wanderings--his trials. and all the
cares incident to his sensitive nature and
poverty.


"How often," said he, once, "have
been in the heart of Paris. Berlin and Lon.
don, or some other city. and heard persons
singing or hand-organs playing, Home,
Sweet Home. without place to lay my head
The world has literally sung my song an
til every heart is familiar with its melodies
Yet have been wanderer from my boy
hood. Ny country has turned me ruth
lessly from office, and in my old days.
have to submit to humiliation for my bread


Thus he would complain of his hapless
lot. His only wish was to die in a foreign
land, to be buried by strangers. and sleep
in obscurity. Poor Payne! his wish was
realized. He died at Tunis. His remains
should be brought to this country, and 3
monument erected to him by the homeless
with this inscription:


"Here lies j. Howard Payne, author o.
Sweet Home A wanderer in life, he
whose songs were sung in every tongue
and found an echo in every heart, never
had homo. He died in foreign land. y
Year: 1859

SLAVE CcDE.-it is little singular that
while the Opposition in this State are charging
the Democracy with fayoring the enactment, by
Congress, of Slave code for the Territories
in the teeth of resolution in our Platform
the Opposition candidates in Kentucky and
Tennessee are ayowing themselves in favor of
that very measure, while the Democratic candi-
dates are opposing it. Indeed this appears to
be the main issue in the two States named be-
tween the candidates for Congress-the opposi-
ton in the affirmative, the Democracy in the
negative
Year: 1859

Bs5 As stated in the last issue of the Herald
we shall support the ticket nominated bv the
regular Democratic County Convention. There
Is no uouot that the Convention was called
regularly by the proper authority and there.
lore tnat Its acts are legitimate and within thu
organization.-Shasta Herald of .4ug. en-
Year: 1859

Not only were the expressions quoted in
the extract above employed but the entire har-
angue was painfully interlarded with expletive
and protane phrases of the most indecent and
disgusting character. The name of the Creator
was lightly introduced at almost every third
sentence, and figure was INDUCED in of so
foul an import as not only to shock the sensi.
bllities of the ladies seated on the balcony of
the hotel, but to elicit from the crowd of men
standing by theplatform clearly expressed signs
OF disapproval The Objectionable sentence re-
poses IN the notes of our Reporter, as it is too
nasty Tor Tehearsal in any Journal putting for
ward the slightest claim to resnectabiIitvn b
Year: 1859

His voice was hardly above a whisper, but
The song WAS a source Of great comfort TO me
His indeed, was "gaiant mind" which the
extraordinary haTdships and dangers Of our
position had not dauBted. But when We iound
that all the weary miles of our morning travel
had been In vain, and had to be retraccd, my
resolution certainly failed mo for a moment
and / sat down upon my end Of the raft and
ielt like shedding one tear Of genuine regret
Yet we felt that our duty as Christian men was
10 press on as long as we could stand, aud leave
the issue with God.


II had now been full four days since We ate
meal All we had eaten in the meantime was
frog apiece, four claims, and few wild berries,
whose acid properties aud bitter taste had prob.
ably done us more harm than good Our
strength was beginning 10 foil very fast, and
oar systems about 10 undergo an extraordinary
change. did not permit myself 20 think Of
foOd--tho thought ofa well covered table would
have been too much. I thought over al Of poor
Strains suilerihgs on the lsthmus OF Darien.
where he too was padding rait down an un-
known stream-but never believed he could
stand half the amount Of suffering he did -
Besides, he had means TO make iire-we had
none.


He was upon stream which he knew would
lead TO the sea and saiety--We were upon
watefs whose flow we knew nolhiRg really Of,
and were as much lost Os though Ia the Noun
tains Of the Moon. But We "eould not give II
up So" and took fresh courage as troubles
appeared to thioksn. g
Year: 1859

STEAM PLow-At the Illinois State Fair. held
at Freeport, Sept. 7th, steam plow was on ex-
hibiton which worked admirably. cores
pondent of the Mt Carroll Home Intelligencer
says


We have seen it, looked it over, heard its
shrill whistle, seen it traverse the race tracs.
round and round. and turn as readily as n well
trained team can turn or back wagon. We
saw it plow up the hard baked ground as fast
as man can walk turning over a strip of ground
over nine feet in width, and laying the furrow
as well as any ordinary plow can do it.


We rode on it when blowing and had good
opportunity to observe the action of the e;ght
plows, which operated like a charm. Hnlowed
strip twenty rods in length, turned and came
back to the end whence it started in three min.
utes and half, and a short time after did the
same, making two turns in the same time.
Year: 1859

TH | CELEBRATED GIN-pretendng to
Il nothing but what it is, viz a pure and un-
adulterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not, as some of its rival imi-
tators do-after five years of public approval
and very extensive sales in California, has been
pronounced by the public to be superior not on
ly as beverage of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it, bnt is


Unrivalled in its Medical Efficiency
in most cases of complaint. To persons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West North to South, who are constantly chang
ing their water as well as their climate; who are
drinking, indeed, dozen kinds of water in ev-
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonsm
to the preceding one, thereby causing an uHnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use a
counteracting agent. From the fact that the


"London Club House Gin,
is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies,
and to act as we know it will act, as an anti
dote, we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article in the country. The name of - Aromatic
Scheidam Schnapps" has never been attached
in any way to this article. In first presenting
the


ssLOndOn Club House Ginn
10 the pubic, my aim was to give them a pure
and unadulterated article of Gin, and to call it
by its right name. The success attending its
introduction and extensive sale in California is
a sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
of the article by consumers.


Various parties have from time to time put up
and shipped to California an article which they
call "Club House Gin" Ny Gin, which has
gained such reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases,


'Old London Club House Gin--Vm.H d.
The bottles also have white label with a fac
smile of my signature. caution all parties to
beware OF Limitations. WM H. DAILY,
f3;tfls Sole Importer, New York
Year: 1859

An INLAND SEA-The Alta states that salt
water lake. or inland sea, has lately been dis
covered off the coast of Lower California 1t is
nearly one hundred miles long and twenty to
fifty wide. The entrance TO it is little north of
the 9th degree of north latitude the channel
crooked, narrow and shallow. The entrance is
between low sand deposits not more than 900
yards apart, and the water at full tide is
three fathoms deep, while AT low tide it is not
more than two. This sea abounds in COW whales
between December and April, which go there to
calye, and whaling captain, who first discov-
cred it two years ago, filed his barrels twice and
in a very short time before the matter got out
1t Is little south or Cedros Island.
Year: 1859

BsS- correspondent states that there are
thousands of women in Utah Territory, between
the ages of fourteen and twenty, who would
gladly walk barefoot all around the world to
find some place to hide from these hoaryheaded
ravishng bishops, elders and priests, and the
time is close at hand when those who wish to
escape from these lustful Turks can have the
opportunity, for it is generally understood that
avery gallant old gentleman, known all over
tho world as Uncle Sam" has the means and
aniiity TO furnish transportation and raticus to
every woman who wishes to escape from the
herritory; and we assure them that they can
;rnst their gentle bodies to this good old man.
without the persuasion of sealing or endow-
mentS-
Year: 1859

Brigham Young has announced a new and
startling Mormon doctrine. 1t is nothing less
than that Joseph Smith 4" holds the keys of the
last dispensation, and is now engaged behind
the vail in the great work Of the last days
I" that no man or woman in this dispensation
will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God
without the consent Of Joseph Smith'-that,-


From the day that the priesthood was taken
from earth to the winding up scene of all things,
every man and woman must have the certificate
of Joseph Smith, Jr., as a passport for their en-
trance into mansion where God and Christ are
Il with you and you with me. | cannot go
there without his consent lie holds the keys
Of that kingdom for the last dispensation-the
keys TO rule in the spirit world and be rules
there triumphantly, for be gained the full power
and glorious victory over the power OF satan
while he was in the flesh, and was martyr TO
his religion and to the name of Christ, which
gives him most perfect victory in the spirit
world. He reigns there supreme being, In
his sphere, capacity and calling as God does in
heaven. Many will excllim, Oh this is very
disagreeable it is preposterous; we cannot bear
the thought, but it is true.


{" will now tell you what ought to comfort
every man and woman on the face of the earth.
Joseph Smith, Jr., will again be on this earth
debating plans and calling forth his brethren
to be baptized tor the very characters who wish
this was not so, in order to bring them into
kingdom to enjoy, perhaps, the presence of an
gels, or of the spirits of good men, if they can
not endure the presence of the Father and Son;
and he viii never cease his operations under the
directions of the Son Of God, until the last one
of the children of men are saved that can be,
from Adam till now.


1t appears TINT the Mormons believe that when
men die on this earth, they do not at once attain
/" celestial glory" but 60 to sort of halfway
house, where they undergo improvement, until
Odd Joe thinks they fit for " celestial glory"
When he thinks them fit to go where God and
Christ are, he gives them a certificate to that
effect, upon reading which st. Peter at once lets
them in. Now if old Brigham will just get ano-
ther revelation appointing him old Joe's agent
here to sell certificates" he can make more
money out OF his ignorant and fanatical follow
ers than in any other possible way.
Year: 1859

PLEA FOR DECENT LANGUAGE.-The S. F.


Herald, paper which always practises the
decent propriety which it commends, laments
the prostitution of political discussion by
the use of vulgar and slang language, per-
sonal invective, bitter denunciation of indi-
viduals, and gross peryersion oftruth. The
Herald says


The morale of people may generally be
gathered from the tone of their public press.
That is the criterion by which we are judged
abroad as well as at home; and the alarming
generality with which journal abuse and
coarse invectives are flung out by portion
of the California press betrays the sure and
certain decentralization of that vast engine
which admittedly wields potent influence
over the public mind, and mirror-like reflects
the moral proclivities of the public TASTE
Vulgar and depraved tastes crave the use OF
vulgar and depraved language; but the pub
lie writer who offers incense at its loathsome
shrine foolishly loses the influence he might
otherwise exercise over the refined and cul-
tivated intellectualities that govern society
and give laws to the country. 1t should be
the pride and duty of the public press to ell
evate the ideas of the uninstructed and vul-
gar, up to the level of the pure and intelll-
gent; to cultivate a taste for undefiled Ian
guage, sound argument and correct elimlna-
ton of principles.
Year: 1859

The Bee thinks it is somewhat strange that
when Christian nation goes to war, no
matter for what object, the rulers thereofare
sure to invoke the blessing of the Universal
Ruler upon its own arms; and, consequently,
His curse upon the deeds of its opponent.
And there is no exception to this, from the
robber of the world and the murderer of
millions, to those who fight in defense of
their affairs and their homes.


The Bee also thinks it is time that nations,
when about to make war for the purposes of
personal aggrandizement or ambition, should
cease to insult the world by calling upon God
to assist them in their villainy.
Year: 1859

How TO TAKE LIsE.-We notice going the
newspaper rounds an article with this rather
startling caption; but it bears no relation to
De Quincey's "Murder considered as one of
the Fine Arts" nor does it even afford direc-
tions to the would-be suicide how to shuttle
off his mortal coil. 1t simply teaches how
to live instead of how to die. This is WELL
People are sufficiently instructed already in
the art of dying prematurely. Even without
railroads and steamboats, they can manage
to find short cuts to the next world. Some
thousands every year take the Whiskey Cut
OFF; others prefer the longer by-path of To-
bacco; an immense army crowd through
Gluttony Lane; many females let out their
souls through their sozes, and others of the
same sex take the roundabout way of Grim
oline. Heated rooms, impure air, personal
uncleanlness and insufficient exercise, all
are well patronised avenues of quick transit
to the next world. Only few desperately
brave mortals take the nearest road to eter-
nifty, which is opened by the magic of strych-
nine, prussic acid and cold lead. If life is
the burden and spiritual incubus that it has
been called in every generation, nature has
bountifully provided means by which we can
anticipate the later release she has decreed
for all; and of these mankind literally avail
themselves.
Year: 1859

AT Cincinnati, where very extraordinary
things happen, lin the local columns of the
papers, we have an account of man just
dying with consumption who had got so far
as the death rattle and rolling up of the eyes,
recalled to life by the loving embrace of his
wife, He continued to mend and lived for
two years, when his old complaint returned
and he died entirely.
Year: 1859

The General Land Office has decided that
a prekmptor on unoffered land, who is i'm
prisoned for high crime, does not forfeit
his right, which simply remains in allegiance
until the conclusion of his trial.
Year: 1859

thing-and here is one:


There are thousands in this kingdom who
would die for their religion, but are not will
ling to live for it, This is great difficulty.
The most ignorant, blind, and superstitious
pagan upon the earth will die for what
we call their nonsense, though to them it is as
true and sacred as our religion and God are
to us. What man will suffer for his religion
is no proof whether it is true or false.
Year: 1859

n ID All persons are hereby forbidden to mine ar


n. ID. dig for any purpose the east half of the
northeast quarter twelve IN township four
north OF range two east. JOHN UoLLING5HEAD.
Year: 1859

If call the world is stage, and the men
and women merely players" who are the
audience and the orchestra ?-Es.


The voice of Nature, With its hundred
thousand murmurings is the orchestra, and
those who will come after us are the audience
who will judge of us, even as we judge OF
those who have gone before US.
Year: 1859

PROTECTION FOR THE ARMoRIEs.- The Secretary
of War will probably recommend the abrogation
by Congress of the first section of the act of Au
gust Is, 1854, in relation to the armories, which
will desirably place them again under military
supervision.
Year: 1859

CHEAP FUEL-WHILE THE PRESENT building is
~ going forward the Station the price COKE will be
continued the very price of CENTS per
barrel.


is clean and pleasant fuel house use superior to
either wood or coal for cooking


AT this price it is full 25 cheaper than
Kew Orleans Gas Light Company, Oct To- 1852 eli tt