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Year: 1860




9252.-A French philosopher, by the name
of julien, has calculated that, in spite Of the
rainbow, Noachic covenant in the sky, there
will be another deluge But, it will not occur
from rain. 1t will result from tiliing of the
earth TO one side from its center of gravity,
thus emptying the ocean upon the land and
destroying millions of human creatures. The
tilt, he says will be to the North. In the
year 9,252, the earth will have such relative
position to the sun and to her sister planets
that she will lose her equilibrium and lean
over. She will recover her position in
short time again. but it will be n sad business
in the interval for everything except fish, sea
horses and the like.


This scientific prediction is somewhat START
ling for of course it is entirely reliable, but
then, we. of the present generation, need not
he very mach alarmed, for it is not probable
that any of us will be living in the year nine
ty-two hundred and fifty two. 1t is true.
however, we are liable to accidents all
the time. That last bombshel out of the
Almightys arsenal, the comet of 1859, didn't
miss us more than fifty millions of miles, and
what the next one will do God only knows.
Year: 1860

DoN'r HEAR IT TIcK.-The belfry tower of
The new Presbyterian Church looks taller and
taller as the work of the outside is being
finished and the scaffolding taken away. 1t
begins to stand now in clear distinctness
against the sky; somewhat sombre in aspect.
but fine object for the vision TO rest upon,
as it lessons to q threadlike point in the blue
overhead
Year: 1860

M;gratory.-We find large num-
her of citizens disposed to try their
luck in the silver mines of Western
Utah, as soon as the spring opens
The fever for emigration is not more
prevalent here than in other town, Of
the State. If report be true. there is
an intense excitement concerning
Washoe in San Francisco. 1t is true
that few men have been exceeding
ly fortunate in selling claims in the
new mines for large or respectable
sums of money. But few are destin-
ed to have such extraordinary luck in
any country. Those who are dong
a respectable business, or have en-
ployment at fair wages, will find it to
their advantage in long run to stay
where they are. The mines of Yves.
tern Utah are but just beginning to
be prospected. They may turn out
to be of limited extent.
Year: 1860

DirisioR Of Tie State.-The sub
tlety of argument in Mr. Lalham's s
manifesto to the President relative to
the division of the State seems to
have had its effect on a majority of
the Senate committee on Federal r e..
latiohs, who report in favor of the
segregation of the Southern counties.
1t is a question of great moment
whether State, or a portion of a
State, can return a charge upon the
general government,requiring an inti-
mate knowledge of constitutional law
to decide properly. We think it is
Que of the finest fields for the display
of legal knowledge and talent which
has ever been opened since the for.
nation Of the government, When
broached in Congress, if it ever is, we
shall expect to see display of gen.
ius and wisdom worthy of the con-
gregated talent of the Republic.
Year: 1860

The judiciary Committee of the
Senate in an able report submitted to
that body on Saturday last, favor the
releasing of the securities to the bond
given by the Pacific Express in 1856,
for taking money to New York to pay
the interest on the State funded debt
in July 1857. Bates and Rowe are
thus "let out" On reading the report
we are inclined to the opinion that
the recommendation is just to the sur
cites, who were undoubtedly defraud-
ed.
Year: 1860

Remoral Of tie Cap,ta'.-The Pc
siodical furry about removing the
capital fiom Sacramento to some 9TH
er spot has been brought on again, to
the disquiet cf Sacramentans. We
do not believe there is hope enter
taincd by half a dozen legislators that
the capital may be taken from its
present location. 1t is probably a
move for political effect, or to pro-
cure mileage for a committee who
wish to examine the resour ccs of
and view the prospect from some of
the most commanding positions about
the Bay of San Francisco.
Year: 1860

For the Journal
Mr.. Editor As the time is now
approaching when the annual arrange.
ments will be entered into for the
management of the Nevada county
hospital. l beg to suggest that the
care of the supervisors should not on.
ly extend to the appointment of the
physician. but also overlook and see
into the internal arrangements of the
hospital little more than has been
the case during the past year. The
public should also have some guaran.
tee that the premises in, around and
beneath the new hospital building
should not be applied to the raising
of hogs and other live stock, to the
serious detriment not only of those
who are unfortunate enough to be pa
tients, but also of the contractor.
whether that be the county or hospi-
tai physician. Should that and 9th
er porcine arrangements be put stop
to, it will be much to the benefit of
all who like myself should happen to
be a
Year: 1860

In Memoriam.-The Butte Record
of last week comes to us in mourning
for the death of Jack De Mott, one
of the proprictors of that paper. 1t
was no. our fortune to know the de-
ceased but the tribute to his worth by
our contemporaries is marked with the
feeling when a good man dies. May
he rest in peace.
Year: 1860

The Hurden6urg Divorce Sat-
The Supreme Court. all the judges
being present have decided that there
are no grounds for divorce in the case
of j. r. Hardenburg VS. his wife,
The verdict Of the lower court is
therefore reversed and the case dis
missed.
Year: 1860

A NEW Ticket AND A STRONG
oNE.-A Democrat of our acquain-
tance proposes the following ticket to
be voted for by the so-called regular
Democracy, subject to the decision of
the Charleston Convention


For President:
The CAPTAIN OF THE WANDERER.
Year: 1860

Letters designed for overland
travel but short time since were
required to be marked Overland" in
order to insure them going that way.
The rule is reversed now. A letter
to go by Panama must be marked
Panama" on the back. Letter wri-
tiers will please remember.
Year: 1860

A Flash in the pan.-The report
published in some of our cotempora-
ries last week that Sherman had been
elected Speaker of the House was a
fash in the pan. He may and prob
ABLY will succeed.
Year: 1860

Pursuit nnder d!fcxlties.-An un-
accountable lot of skinned noses ap-
peared in our midst all on one fine
morning lately. Curiosity was on
tip-toe to learn the cause of so many
peeled probosces presenting them
selves so suddenly at once. The facts
when brought to light discovered
that a lot of wags had strung a wire
across private door way where at
fractions were kept. Many thus OBJ
tanned the mark of the beast in their
hurry to get in unobserved. Much
as these gentlemen lowered them>
selves, they did not stoop quite
enough to escape that cutting wire
and SCARED frontispiece.
Year: 1860

Legislation for Nerada.-Judge-
Smith has introduced into the Assem-
bly, bill to reduce the number of
terms of the county Court and Court
of Sessions in this county to three
each-one half the present number
1t is a sensible move. The reasons
for the step are plain. There is little
business in these courts and all can be
easily done in three terms. Reduc.
ing the number of terms saves the
people of the county from half their
present grand jury calls. and from
the annoyance of innumerable trav-
erse juries, besides several thousand
dollars to the country treasury. Es-
pecially will the change proposed by
Judge Smith commend itself to cit
izens of the county wEo live remote
from the county seat. The bill pro-
vides that the county judge can cali
special sessions whenever the jail is
full or when the interest of the coun-
~ demands. The bill of Judge
Smith is a good one and ought to pass
Year: 1860

struck at South Carolina, before the other
States move up in line, we have the tender
of volunteers from all the Southern and
some of the Northern States, to repair
promptly to our standard and share our for.
tunes. ' = ,.i -


In urging the State to arm, it is not to be
understood that we.are defenceless; by ex-
amining the report of the Adjutant and In
spcctor General herewith transmitted, you
will see that we have sufficient arms to
supply the number of soldiers that will
probably be necessary for some time to come,
and many of our arms are of the most ap-
proved patterns; but no one can tell what
a day may bring forth, and it is aEprecau
tion to prepare in time. I cannot permit,
myself to believe that in the madness Of
passion an attempt will be made by the presss
ent or next administration to coerce South
Carolina, after secession, by refusing to
surrender to her the harbor defences, or by
interfering with her imports or exports;
but if I am mistaken in this, we must3ac-7i
cept the issue, and meet it as becomes men
and freemen, who in all the oalmness of
determined resolution, infinitely prefer rsan-
Inhalation to disgrace.


We cannot penetrate the dark future !; it
may be "filled with ashes, tears and blood"
but let US go forward in the discharge of
our duty, with an unwaveriug trust in God,
and consciousness that anything is prefer.
able to dishonor and degradation.


VIM. H. GIST.y


NoTE.-In addition to what has been
said of postal matters, the present arrange
ment might be continued, by an agreement
between the State and the Federal author.
tiles for given time, and until other
States secede, aud the formation Of a South
eru Confederacy, when the whole subject
can be entrusted to them; but if no arrange
ment of this sort can be carried out, and
the Government insists on considering the
State still in the Union after the ordinance
of secession has been passed, the present
arrangement must cease, and some other,
under State authority, be substituted.
Year: 1860

IA 1t being hinted to barrister, who
was wearying the court with long and
dull argument, that be ought to bring it to
a close, he angrily replied, 81 will speak as
long as l please!' "You have spoken
longer than you please already" said his
antagonist.
Year: 1860

The Massachusetts, PlOughman puts


in a plea for the OK, as follows The


patient OK submits to the most bar


barous treatment by thoughtlcss
class, who are not the owners, bat
are hired to drive the animals for


others, We find it difficult task to


keep the lash from the tame and obe-


dlcnt OK. ThOughtlcss men will whip.


whip, whip. They Go it from habit


a very bad habit and we find it diff


cult to correct that habit. We are


trying to teach our hired men better


manners than to put on the whip be-


fore giving an invitation to the brute


animals to go We have oxen that


will GO as soon as they are invited,


without the endorsement Of the whip.


Yet we find it a difficult matter to
control the whip. 1t is surely a saw


age practice to apply the lash before


inviting the animals to move by the
proper wDLdS. Yet we see that this
is very common practice of those


who are not owners of the cattle


When the common whip lash is not
Thought to be hard enough for the
backs and noses Of cattle, the walnut
handle, one inch in diameter, is used
on the noses Of oxen, to make them


back a load up hill, before the cattle
have even been taught to back an
empty cart down hill.


Cattle must be made to obcy-and
the common lash, or switch stick,
will be sufficient for breaking in. But
we ask for mercy on all cattle that
are willing to DO right as soon as the
right is pointed ont. Many drivers
of oxen put the lash on first, before
asking their patient teams to move.
This is species Of barbarism which
all owners of cattle ought to prohibit
1t is so natural for people whom we
hire from the interior, to use force in
the first instance, and gentleness af-
tcrward, if at all, that particular care
should be cXcrtrd in regard to the
treatment Of their cattle. Proper
driving is an important item in hus-
bandry. 50 many farmers now de-
pend upon their hired help to do the
main work, it is important for them
to see that the work is properly done. |
The mcrcltul man is merciful to his
beast.
Year: 1860

To KEEP PorAroES IN THE CELLAR
A correspondent Of the New England
Farmer says Put them in a pile as
deep as you can conveniently. He
has for three or four years noticed that
where they were deepest they kept
the best. Last autumn he put out
l25 bushels in one bin, and filed q
or 3 feet deep They have decayed
but little, and he found more rotten
ones near the top than anywhere else
Year: 1860

A DFLIGHTFU LEGEND.-There is a
charming tradition connected with the
site on which the Temple Of solomon was
elected. 1t is said to have been occupied
IN commou by two brothers, one of whom
had family the other had none. On
this spot was sown field Of wheat. On
the evening succeeding the harvest, the
wheat having been gathered in separate
shocks, the elder brother said unto his
wife, Ny younger brother "a unable 70
bear the burden and hea: of the day
will arise, take off my shocks and place
with his, without his knowledge The
younger brother, being actuated by the
same benevolent motives, said, within
himself, My elder brother has a family.
and have none will contribute to
their support; will arise, take off nv
shocks and place with his without his
knowledge Judge of their mutual as.
tonishment when, on the following morn
ing, they found their respective shocks
undiminished. This course of events
uansPred for several nights, when each
resolved in bis own mind TO stand guard
and solve the mystery. They did so
when, on the following night, they met
each other half way between their respec.
tive shocks, with their arms full. Upop
ground halowed with such associations
as this was the temple Of solomon erected
so spacious and magnificent, the won
der and admiration of the world. Alas /,
in these days. how many would sooner
steal their brothers whole shock than
add to it a single sbeail
Year: 1860

storei
Yes, SIR


Have you watered the mo!asses and
the whiskeyp
Yes, SIR


Have you sanded that sugar and
thrown that gravel into the coffee


1 have done ALL


WELL that's good boy, you may
now come into PRAYERS
Year: 1860

A QUAKER Had his broad brimm.
ed hat blown off by the wind, and he
chased 1t for long time with fruitless
and very ridiculous zeal. At last, seeing
a rogulsh looking boy laughing at his
disaster, he said to him:


Art thou a profane lad q


The youngster replied that he some,
times did little in that line.


Then said he, taking half dollar
from his pocket, thee may damn yonder
fleeing tile fifty cents worth
Year: 1860

Mr.. EDIroR:-In the Placer Courier of %
inst. notice the following under the head
of Legislative:


1--WE regret much to say the represen-
tatives from this county have done but little
for the benefit of their constituents: and that
Legislation for the benefit of the people of
Placer would scarcely suffer if the whole del
egation from this county would return to
their homes, and entrust the management of
Legislative affairs TO members from other
sections of the State"


The above is only one more in addition to
several squibs of similar character, fired
from the same source during the canvass last
fall; and yet the fault-finder never once init
mates what he would have done.


If he had made his complaint more gener-
al and had said that the Legislature had bet
ter adjourn, sine die, forthwith; he would.
doubtless, have enuncated an idea with which
there would have been very many concurrng.


Gov. Latham, in Lis Inaugural gave it as
his opinion that heretofore there has been
too much legislation; and strongly advises
the present Legislature to abstain from in
terferng with our present laws unless there
was an absolute necessity therefor.


If friend Steele desires any purticular law
passed for the benefit of the people of Placer
why does he not make it known in a leoiti-
mate way, and not he continually finding
fault with non action when perhaps a major
ity of the People believe that Gov Latham's
opinions upon this question are as sound and
valuable as those of the Editor of the Placer
Courier FAIR PLAY.


Todd's Valley, Feb. 25th, 1860.
Year: 1860

SToLE MULE,-A Mexican was arrested,
yesterday, 10y policeman Bowie, on a charge
Of stealing a mnle. The mule was found in
his possession, and the fact that the Mexican
is vngrant and not worth money enough
to buy a mule caused the policeman st once
to suspect him of theft. He will be tried
this morning
Year: 1860

On Tuesday, May day festival was held
IN IN the neighborhood of the Eight Mile
mouse near Stockton, the object of which
was wa TO raise funds to purchase public libra.
y lor the use Of the inhabitants Of chat dis
Year: 1860

NWHERE YOU WILL FIND EVERY WISH
w gratihed,
Where your rooms are always neat and clean.
Where your Beds are always soft and sweet
Where the Table is furnished with the st in the mar


ket.
Where the Culinary Department is clean and whole


some,
where you will find the servants always polite.
Where you will feel perfectly at h me,
Where every wish is anticipated and gratiaed
Nhefe you live better than at any other Hotel
Where your billyou will always find satisfactory
Where you will find first class Hotel,
where their charges are most favorable.
Such Hotel you viii find


THE INTERNATIONAL,
On Jackson ST, above Montgomery.


JOHN J. HALEY, PROPRIETOR.
me International Coach and Carriage will always
DC IN Iod readiness aness to convey you TO the Hotel.
Year: 1860

SINGULAR CASE OF POISONING AND REVENGE.
A little child of G. w. Willard, of Mont
pelier, VT, was seized with violent vomiting
few weeks since, while drinking a cup of
milk, and on examination, the cup was
found to contain a large quantity of corro-
sive sublimate which had evidently been put
into the milk after it was in the cup. AS
the only servants in the house were girl
and an Irish boy John Roakes, considered
trusty, and exceedingly fond of the child,
they knew not whom to suspect; and although
the instant vomiting had saved the child's
life this time, they were in great fear of a
repetition of the attempt. Some days after,
the nurse becoming firmly impressed with
the belief that Roakes was guilty, charged
him directly with it, and after some falter-
ing he finally confessed. He had done it
from no ill-w i'll to the parents or to the
child, but from hatred to the servant girl,
who he hoped would be charged with the
crime. He has been sentenced to the State
Prison for eight years.
Year: 1860

DOg-His EnigmntiraI Disposition,


The Esquimaux dog is a character--his
d spostion riddle. He has a wicked eye
AMI treacherous physiognomy, yet he sell
d m attempts violence to man. a stick or
stone will drive him away instantly, should
h s proximity prove unpleasant. With his
fguows be is apt TO be quarrelsome. If Que
be worsted in the struggle, the whole gang
fall upon him, and then his life is not worth
q farthing unless his master comes to the
rescue. In like manner they all rush upon
a man, should he chance to fall and fail to
spring to his feet before they can reach him.
When harnessed to the kommetks or sle1s,
if the sled be suddenly checked by an OBJ
struction, they instantly pitch into each
other unfortunately, and the fight is only
stopped by vigorous application of the
whip.


This whip is a curiosity-the handle not
more than foot in length and the lash
often as long as nine iathoms. An expert
will use it with wonderful dexterity, hitting
The smallest object its length from him.
This implement is as essential to dOg-driv-
ing as steam is to a locomotive, out its con-
slant use is a severe tax to the muscles ofthe
arm. When two persons are riding toge-
ther, they relieve each other at FIRE quent in-
tervals. The dogs are attached to the sledge
each by q single trace of seai-hide, the traces
of different lengths, and are driven abreast,
spreading out like a fan, as they run. The
tracks upon the snow are like those left by a
drove of wolves passing.


The sledge is from three to sixteen feet in
length, with low runners shod with whale
bone or iron, and lashed to their cross-pieces
of wood by strong strips of seal-hide. TIC
the Esquimaux the dog is almost indispensa-
BILE. Last winter, they, as well as the
whites, lost nearly all by hydrophobia. But
five or six were left in the whole Bay and
vicinity. The disease was wholly confined
to the native dogs, and did not affect the
Newfoundlanders and other breeds. 3
Year: 1860

SINGULAR CHURCH ROBBERY. Last month
an attempt was made to rob a Roman
Catholic Church in Sacramento, by break
attached to the church. The noise awoke
the sexton, who followed the robber into
the church, and quietly nabbed him in the
confessional box just then man appeared,
who represented himself to be police SER
geant, and took the robber into custody On
the way to Jail, however, he let the robber
escape, under circumstances that implicated
him as an accomphce, and he was arrested
for false personatiOn
Year: 1860

Tile Relation, sympathy and Mar 'iuge oil
Two Kindred Souls-A Passage in the
Life Of William Goodwin, the Novelist.


An article in the New York Saturday
Press thus speaks of Mary Wollstoncrafts
separation from her lover, Gilbert Inlay
and her marriage with Goodwin:


She found, q the close of period of indie
scrihable suffering, that it was impossible TO
maintain q marital union with man who
preferred casual, sensual connections, to
marriage with one Of the most pure and
gifted Of her sex. She tore the passion for
this man from her heart at last, and turned
to other interests in life, the first of which
was the care of her child, and the next the
cultivation of her literary talents.


Life began anew for Mary Wolstoncrat.
She became acquainted with Goodwin, or
rather, renewed an acquaintance long before
formed. We can not fOTbear making q few
quotations from the simple statement of that
great man, William Goodwin, in his biogra-
ply OF his beloved wife, Mary WOllstoncraft.
He says


''Tie partiality that we conceived for
each other was in that mode that | have
always regarded as the purest and most re-
fined style of love. 1t grew with equal ad-
vences in the mind of each. One
sex did not take the priority which long
established usage has awarded it, nor the
other overstep that delicacy that is so Sc
| verely imposed When the dis
closure came there was nothing, in man
ner, for either to disclose to the other.
previously to our mutual declaration,
each felt half assured, and yet each felt a
certain trembling anxiety to have assurance
complete


Mary rested her head upon the shoulder of
her lover, hoping to find heart with which
she might safely treasure her world of affec-
ton, fearing TO commit mistake, yet in
| spite of her melancholy experience, fraught
with that generous confidence which in a
great soul is never extinguished. 81 had
never loved till now, or at least had never
nourished passion to the same growth, or
met with an object so consummately worthy


Probably no union in this world has been
more blessed by natural goods and graces
than that of Mary Wolstoncraft and God
win. And yet, by this suitable and legal
society in England, because by it she ac
knowledged that while living with Mr.. I'm
lay she was an unmarried mother. Thi
fact she never concealed, but people chose t
be blind to it till she married Goodwin.


Goodwin says of their union: 81 think


may venture to say that no two persons eve
found in each others society a satisfaction
more pure aud refined" And this happi
ness continued to both till her early ant
much-lamented death, soon after the brit
of Mrs. Shelley. 1t is a joy to think tha
death is but the gate of a better and happie
life to such as these, and that the lovin


union begun here is perfect in world c
beneficence, that this poor mundane scene
Struggle, of sorrow, and brief joy, can Civ
: US little idea of.