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Year: 1859

ROAD IMPRovEMENT.-We mentioned in our
last that it was in contemplation to open a
new road from Bradys Ranch to point just
below the Empire Ranch. Since then Mr..
Thomas Freeman has made a survey of the
route and finds that the road can be con-
structed on q grade of not more than thr-
teen inches to the rod. This will be vast
improvement over the old road, which has a
grade of as much as three feet to the rod,
and is, during the wet season, passed over
by loaded teams with the greatest difficulty.
The estimated cost of this improvement is
from eighteen hundred to two thousand dol
! lars, some seven or eight hundred dollars of
which have been subscribed by reliable par
ties along the road. Messrs. David Wood
and Thomas Freeman, who have already
contributed so much to place our mountain
highways in their present excellent condi-
ton, have offered their services as surveyors
and superintendent of the work, and for
the balance of the money needed an appeal
has been made to the business men of Ma
rysville, who will no doubt make liberal
response since their interests are particularly
concerned in the matter.


In this connection we may mention, that
the Board of Supervisors of this county
have been petitioned to appropriate the sum
of five hundred dollars towards building a
bridge over Deer Creek at the lower cross
ing, at point near Oague's place, two miles
this side of Empire Ranch. This is the
point where so much difficulty is experienced
in crossing during the rainy season. At pc
riods of high water valuable teams have
been lost in attempting to ford the stream,
and stage communication frequently inter
rupted.


The petition alluded to received the sig
| natures of all our business men, and should
be favorably considered by the Supervisors.
1t designates Messrs. David Wood, of Bridge
port Theodore French, of Deer Creek, and
John A. Seely, of North San Juan to be ap-
pointed as Commissioners to locate the
bridge aud contract for building the same.


The above improvements accomplished,
no mountain road in the State will be supe-
ricr to the one between this place and Ma
rysviile.
Year: 1859

gss5~ The total amount of gold taken from
the mines of British Columbia up to the 10Th
of March, was less than one million and a
half of dollars A single shipment from
California beats that sum.
Year: 1859

PEOPLE have laughed at the punnng name
of the HYDRAULIC PREss, and made vile jokes
upon it. What do they say to paper pub
lisheda the iron mountain in Missouri, which
rejoices in the name of FWnace2
Year: 1859

CRowDING IT.-We learn from gentleman
OF this place, who came up from Panama on
the last trip of the steamer Jno. L. Stevens,
that the number of passengers on the boat
exceeded tco thousand, about five hundred of
whom were women and two hundred and
fifty children. He says there is no mistake
about this, as a count was made by several
persons. lie further states that the water in
the hold was ten feet deep, nearly up to the
floor of the engine room! So low was the
vessel in the wafer when she reached her
dock, that passengers walked ashore from the
upper deck. On the voyage, the passengers
hardly had space TO stand, dress or wash,
and the cabins were crowded from the steer
age. 1t is the intention of number of pas :
sengers TO commence suit against the stea-
mer for exceeding her carrying capacity.
Year: 1859

4 PRoBLEM.-Since the adjournment of the
Legislature we have noticed curious fact
Nearly every paper in the State, including
even the press of the dominant party. has
condemned the defunct body as the weakest
or the worst that ever assembled. not excen-
ting the famous sIegislature of a thousand
drinks" Its adjournment has been pronoun-
ced the only good thing it accomplished, and
the unfortunate individuals composingit have
been advised that they would meet rgh-
teous rebuke from their constituents. Yet
from this wholesale censure many of the pa
pers except the Hon. members from their
immediate vicinity, and warmly welcome the
weary Lawmakers back to a grateful people
The inference is plain, that either the Leg
islature as a whole was not so bad as it has
been represented, or else that the members
are not SO good.


This is the problem that yearly vexes the
brains Of honest folks who mean what tbev
say and think others do the same But it is
really pleasant to learn, as we do by collect
ing multitude of honorable EXCEPTIONS
that, after all the denunciation alluded to.
the last Legislature was most virtuous and
useful body, entirely devoted to the public
good and worthy of all praise All the State
need ask of future legislators is this, that
they exhibit in cir collective capacity the
same wisdom, integrity and industry which
admring editors accord to them individually.
Year: 1859

their signatures, to be the
Purest Alcoholic Stimulant now in Use


They also speak of the GREAT SUCCESS they have
met with in their practice in Gravel Gout, Chronic
rheumatism DISTINCTIONS of the Kidneys, Bladder
and Urinary Organs. Persons travelling h the South
ern and Western States should always have Il supply OH
hand


Preventive against Ague and Fever
and change of wafer The Physicians in New Orleans
and st. Louis prescribe it with great confidence in
CASE OF CHOLERA, account of the PURITY 0E
THE ARTICLE.
Year: 1859

Hon. T. J. HuDsoN The Democracy of
Smith County have instructed their delegates
to the State Convention to give their support
to this distinguished gentleman for the Gaber-
Material nomination.
Year: 1859

Do yuu wish to be healthy and strongi 1hsa
go at once aud get McLean's Cordial Il
will strengthen and invigOrate year whole system,
causing healthy and pure circulation Of the
blood 10 fiow through every VEN, and the rich rOsy
bloom of health to mount to your cheek again.


Every bottle is warran'ed TO give satisfaction.
Year: 1859

EFFECT OF WAR on HUMAN STAruBE.-Dr.
Bell says that if the curse of war be long en-
tailed on a nation the physical energies of
the people may suffer by the loss of its finest
population to such degree, that the sue
ceeding generation will fall short ofits form
er standard stature, as was the case with the
French youth drafted for the army after the
peace. Thus in 1926, ont Of one million
thirty three thousand four hundred and
twenty-five young men drafted to serve in
the army, three hundred and eighty thousand
two hundred and thirteen were sent back be-
cause they fell short of even the diminutive
stature Of four feet ten inches, French.
Year: 1859

4s. All fines and penalties col.
lccted from district officer by virtue
of any of the provisions of this act
snail come to the benefit of that par
ticular district Those collected frcm
any member of the township board
shall belong to the township, and
those collected from any county officer
to the county. In the two former
cases, suit shall be brought in the
township board--in the latter, in the
name of the county, and by the dis
trict prosecutor. The amount in each
case shall be added to the fund next
to be applied by the recipient, for the
use of common schools.


5 40. Cnorganized counties shall
be regarded for the purposes of this
act, the same as though they formed
a part Of the organized counties to
which they are respectively attached.


) 90. The Secretary of the Board
OF Education may make all necdful
rules and regulations to give efficacy
to this law. And should any defect
be discovered therein while this board
is not in session which is evidently
the result Of oversight, and which in
his opinion is detrimental to the eff.
cheney of the law, he may supply such
defect by a regulation having the
force of law until the matter can be
acted on by this board. In such cases
he must report the fact and the reasons
thereof, to the Board at its next meet
ing. He may also make regulations
fixing the powers and duties of any
subordinate officer or board, when
those duties are not sufficiently defin-
ed herein, making like report there
of as is also required


5 81. In all cases where a school
district as constituted at the time of
the taking effect of an act entitled
ian act for the public instruction of
the State of Iowa." approved March
18th 1858, and formed of part of
two or more civil townships in the
same County, had school house erect
cd, which said house has not been de-
stroyed, removed or abandoned, said
district as at that time constituted,
shall be and remain sub-district in
and form part of the district in which
such school house is situated, and the
boundaries of such sub-district shall
not be changed except with the con.
currencc of the Board of Directors in
the townships interested provided
that the provisions of this section
shall not apply to incorporated cities
and villages containing one thousand
inhabitants or more and the Board
OF Directors shall at tLcir regular
meeting in April next after the pas
sage of this act, divide their districts
in accordance with the provisions of
this section, and should a vacancy be
caused thereby in the Office of director
in any such division, the Secretary
shall as soon as practicable, call a
meeting of the electors therein, to fill
such vacancy.


(Signed) ORAN FAvILLE,


President Of the Board of Education.


| hereby certify that the above is a
true and complete copy of the original
act as passed by the Board of Educa-
ton Of the State of Iowa.


JOSIAH T. TuBBY,


Sec'y. pro, TEN. of the Board.
Year: 1859

ACT No. 8.


An Act to provide System of Com


mon Schools.


SECTION |. Be it enacted by the
Board of Education of the State of To-
Wa, That each civil township that is
now, or may hereafter be organized in
the several counties in this State, is
hereby declared School District for
all the purposes of this act, and each
sub-dlstrlct as now organized under
an act entitled AN Act for the Pub
lie Instruction of the State of Iowa"
approved March 18th 1858, shall con-
time such, subject to provisions
hereinafter made.


2. In each sub-district there
shall be taught one or more schools
for the instruction of youth between
the ages of five and twenty-one, re.
siding therein, for at least twenty
four weeks of five school days each
in each year, unless the County Su-
pcrintcndant shall be satisfied that
there is good and sufficient cause for
failure SO to do and in case of a
failure for two consecutive years to
organize and keep a school for at
least three months in each year with
in some one of the sub-districts of
such district, the whole of said dis
trict shall be deprived of its portion
of the school fund for the second of
those years.


s 3. Scholars residing in one dis
trict may attend school in another, in
the same or an adjoining county, with
the concurrence of the directors Of
both districts, and in such case, their
proportion of the school money of the
district to which they belong, shall
be paid to the treasurer Of the district
in which they attend school.


s 4. Any township in an morgan
lied county shall be, for the purposes
of this act, regarded as a portion of
the county to which its county is at
tachcd for revenue purposes.


s 5, Every school district which
is now, or may hereafter be organized
in this State, is hereby made body
corporate, by the name of "Dstrict
Township of -- in the county of


- and State of Iowa." and in
that name, hold property, become a
party to suits and contracts and do
other corporate acts.


DISTRICT MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF


OFFICERS.


sc. First-Each school district shall
hold regular meetings annually on
the second Monday in March.
Second-When a new township
has been organized, or district left
without officers, the trustees of the
township shall post written notices
specifying the time and place of the
aforesaid meeting in five conspicuous
places in the township; Provided
that when any district township shall
be divided into two or more entire
townships for civil purposes, the exist.
ing Board Of Directors shall continue
to act for both OF all the new districts
till the time Of the next election Of
officers


Third-The electors of the town
ship assembled in accordance with
the notice required in the foregoing
article, shall organize by appointing
a President and Secretary who shall
act as Judges of the election.


Fourth-Thc qualified voters al
such meeting and annually thereafter
shall elect by ballot, one President
one Vice President, one Secretary
and one Treasurer, who, together
with the Directors from each sub-dis
trlct to be elected as hereinafter pro
Year: 1859

An Act to provide for the Election and


to define the Duties of the Secreta.


ry of the Board of Education.


SECTION l. BE it enacted by the
Board of Education of the State of
Iowa, That at each regular meeting of
the Board, there shall be elected a
Secretary of said Board, who shall
hold his Office until his successor is
elected and qualified.


,. He shall before entering upon
the duties of his Office, and as soon as
may be after his election, give bond
for the use of the State of Iowa, in
the penal sum of one thousand dollars,
with sufficient securities to be ap-
proved by the Secretary of State, con-
| ditioned for the faithful and impartial
performance of the duties of his Of
flee as Secretary Of the Board of Edu-
| cation.


3. He shall also, at the time of
giving bond, take and subscribe an
oath or make affirmation to the effect
that he will support the Constitution
of the United States and of the State
of Iowa, and to the best of his ability
faithfully and impartially perform the
duties of Secretary, which oath shall
be endorsed upon the back of said
bond, which shall be filed with and
preserved by the Secretary of State.


4. 1t shall be the duty of the
Secretary to keep an accurate journal
Of the proceedings of the Board, and to
perform all other duties required of
him by the Board OF by the laws of
this State.


S 5. Immediately after the adj.
journmcnt of the Board Of Education,
he shall furnish the printer authorized
to print the laws, with copies of the
acts and resolutions passed at the
session, and cause them to be printed
in plain manner in the form of q
pamphlet.


6. He shall make his certificate
that the acts and resolutions therein
contained are truly copied from the
| original rolls, and cause the same to
be printed at the end Of each volume,
which shall be prina facIe evidence of
their correctness.


| - III SIi'lii, as LtNl as may Uc,
in the same manner as provided in
the two preceding sections Of this act,
have the journals printed.


5 8. He shall, on or before the first
day of March after the acts, resolu-
tions and journals, and such docu-
ments as may be required by law are
printed, after the adjournment If any
session of the Board, transmit to each
superintendent of common schools in
each organized county in this State,
one copy of the laws for every school
officer in the county.


S 9. He shall preserve in his Of.
fee one hundred copies Of the acts
and resolutions, and twenty-five
copies each of the Journals, and dis
tribute ten copies to each member of
the Board Of Education, and such other
Year: 1859

Several democratic papers in the south have expressed preference for some distinguished democrat to fiji this important station. We take it for granted that the nominee of the Charleston convention will be southern man.. The nomination is due to the south because the rule of alternately taking the President frcm each section has given the nominat! on to Penn sylvana during the present term.

 Among the number of distinguished gentle men who have been mentioned the name of Mr. Hunter of Virginia stands among the fore most. A statesman ill the fullest accepation of the term--a man of massive intellect and unSwerving princi ple-a great man among great men and State rights democrat who never wavered, the nomination of MT. Hunter would be hailed with joy by every democrat in the land. lie has never stopped to barter for po- siton; has never forme coalitions for the sake of popularity, or turned to the right or to the left to gain applause. Ever consistent, always true to himself and to his country, his course has commanded universal respect To his splendid intellect are joined the qualities of de- eision and irmness and these point to him as the man most needed in the approaching cri- sis.

 There are others spoken of who would fill the position creditably. The gallant Kentuck- ian who refused a nomination to higher office because he was presidential elector and pre- ferred 10 do yeoman's duty in the fight, than to become one of the staff he too has the abili- ty and irmness for the station.

 We have expressed our choice and beli eve that it is the choice not only of the democracy of Arkansas but of the whole south.
Year: 1859

or The he-Poecat who edits the Gazette has his back up and last week attempted to create an awful stench. He ptetends to be very indignant at the charge that certain pre- tended democrats were acting in concert with him when the fct is that they are seldom apart and it is suspectei that they even sleep toge. ther. In good time we will show it is so kv indisputable facts.

 Towards the close of the article, which was no doubt the joint production of the editor and his allies he tries to be very severe and would be so if it came from any source where there was yet lingering remnant of responsibility. The truth is, the editor tries to be sarcastic and witty, but finding that two could play at that game, has fallen back on his old practice of personal abuse. To show the flsity of his charge that our press is harot ready to re- ceive the embraces of any political libertine, we may remark that it never received Ms en- braces nor those of his kidney.
Year: 1859

It is the general belief that no Pacific rail- road bill will pass during this session of Con- gress.

 In the debate On this subject & sectional con- troversy arose, making it evident that the ques- Ii will parta&e, more or less, of d sectional character Senator Iverson was for an extreme southern routs

 The motion of Senator Sebastian to make Ft Smith the eastern terminus was lost The northern and eastern members were in favor of an extreme northern route. Others approved of the imprao,icablo plan of three routes- Senator Douglas argued in behalf of letting the contractors ,ocate the roate. This would no doubt fix the initial point of the route at St. Louis or some poirt further north. In the mean time if @e do our dnty hcre we may be able to bring the line of overland travel through our State, which will go q great way towards fixing the line of the T ad.
Year: 1859

"

 /We learn from an authentic source that the Secretary of the Interior upon review of the decisions of the commissioner of the general land office, has decided that the act of March Sd, 1857, confirms all lands selected and re- ported as swamp and overllowed lands. It will be remembered that only those lands were con- firmed that were approved by the surveyor gsn- eral, but under the decision of Secretary Thomp- son, all the lands selected by the first locating agents will be at once confirmed. This will give the State five or six millions of acres more, will restore to market thousands nf tracts that are now suspended, will bring the matters con- nected with the swamp land grant to a happy termination and be of great benefit to our State.

 The whole matter will be properly presented to the General Assembly, when we shall refer to it again.
Year: 1859

IT The State Rights Eagle is again on our table. It has improved in size and makes an imposing appearance. From it we learn that the "burnt districts in Camden are rapidly be- ing rebuilt"

 There have been several attempts to fire the town, one quite lately, and it is to be hoped that the villain or villains will be caught AS to their punishment, no doubt 1t will be sure if not swift
Year: 1859

ATTEMPT AT INCENDIARIsM-On Monday night some scoundrel attempted to set fire to the workshop of Richard Bragg in this city Had not the fire been discovered in time and extinguished after considerable exertion, it would have proved very destructivs as the carriages, paints and materials in the wheel wright shop were not only valuable but so in- hammable as soon to be destroyed
Year: 1859

~ Several Swans of the French Academy
are still experimenting on the old problem of
the spontaneous generation of plants and in
sects. In several recent instances they have
produced both under circumstances which
seemed to preclude the possibility of any latent
germs Of life in the substances used But ma
ture is found to be full everywhere of these
germs, ready TO develop under favorable cir
cumstances, and recent experiments have
shown that some species of fun gus and animal
culse retain their vitality after exposure to a
heat of l400. The French cxperimenters speak
oc new varieties of microscopic plants produced
by their experimentation to them, doubtless,
but it will be difficult for them to prove that
they were absolutely new or that the germs
were not contained in tho substances upon
which they were experimental.
Year: 1859

The military force Of the entire country IL Off
ciall stated at two million seven hundred and six
ty-six Thousand seven hundred and twenty-six-
A formidable nu,ulcr truly; yet, to render such
an army effective in actual battle. wo think TINT
moro regard must be paid to discipline, drill fa-
miliartv with the use of weapons, and some
change in the habits Of life. How many militia
meetings there in different States that are on
ly attended by few officers MS nero mnttcr of
formal routine, and almost without men of the
rank and file! In New York and one or two 9th
great cities, the musters nre considered ns bur-
lesques, while the militia fines" are extremely
unpopular, aud very imperfcctly paid all over the
Union. The real strength Of country, however.
in military sense, is to be found in the spirit Of
the people. And in this Wow Of the matter,
doubtless, M English officer Of distinction, who
had Travelled among us, was induced to say: "ln
no nation OF the world could an army he more
promptly improvised than in the United States"
The Boston Traveller in closing able review Of
the subject observes that 1--WE think we do not err
when we ray, that we have the same superiority
any nation are in the least danger of COM
ing into conflict WITH that the French have over
the Austrans, because our position and our insti-
tutions favor the development of the powers Of the
individual man, and give him n cause for which
to fight with nll his heart, soul, and strength
The French werc victorious, because they belev-
ed they could not be vanquished; and though
there is such thing as being too confident, all
military history proves that, nine times in ten,
confidence is its own Justification and the parent
of triumph"
Year: 1859

British REiNFoRCEnEsTs FOR CHINA Ships
and gun boats; says the London Observer. are
already under orders for the Chinese, in numbers
and guns than sufficient to replace those that
disabled or lost. The government Of India
has been at once directed to send all available
force to protect our merchants, and the ports Of
the Chinese Empire open to our commerce. Indeed,
we are enabled to state that the government of
India Inns anticipated these orders by already
directing to China the regiments their way
home and there is little doubt that the orders
from home to induce European volunteers TO join
these regiments will speedily complied with. So
far there will be n sufficient force to protect
trade during the winter, and to preserve our
prestige till the proper hour for action shall arrive,
if it should over become necessary imperative,
as it il Very likely to be. But upon this part of
the subject it may still be necessary to suspend
our Judgment until the whole case shall be fully
known and completely discussed. 1t onght to be
thoroughly borne in mind that no operations on n
large scale can tako place in the extreme north of
China during the winter months. 1t is not gen.
orally known that tho river Peiho is frozen over
during the winter. We believe it will be quite
easy TO spare 10000 European and 10000 native
troops from India and that there will be ships
and gun-boats suf6 cicnt to restore our mastery in
the rivers Us well rs on the seas of these reacher
ous regions, long before the month Of March the
first open time for comprehensive action shall ar.
rive.