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Year: 1860

A letter to the St. Louis Republican,
from Leavenworth, X. T., under date OF
October (, gives the following account Of
terrible work of secret Vigilance Com
mittee:


Tie death of A. c, Ford, lawyer Of
Denver City, at tie hands of the Secret
Vigilance Committee, is generally known,
but the manner and circumstances have
not before been made public, owing to the
secrecy in which his exeeutioners saw nit
to veil their doiugs The following IS from
reliable authority, and Is, no doubt, true


Ford, at the time Of his death. was a
passenger in the Express coach, on his way
TO this place, either to assist IN defending
young Gordon or to appear as witness
/ for the defence. When about six miles
/ from Denver, the coach was stopped by
number Of men in disguise, aud Ford was
ordered to get out He complied, and the
coach went on. After it was out OF sight,
his captors told him their purpose, and
started with him away from the read, to-
wards the bank Of the river.


Ford resisted them, and showed fight,
when the leader ordered his men to pre-
sent arms, and in moment several guns
were bearing point blank upon his body,
when he concluded TO submit and proceed.
They carried him few miles to the bank
OF the river, when he was told to prepare
to be shot Ford, seeing they were in
earnest, requested one Of them to attend
to some directions concerning the disposl-
tion Of his property and also to take his
watch and leave it in the hunos Of d Ger
tain person in Denver. The reply 10 the {
requests was that they would attend 10 no
business for him. That they would leave
his body with everything upon it, but they
would pin paper 10 his clothing contain
ing any directions he might wish to leave


In a few moments after this conversation
he was shot, and the party mounting their
horses disappeared in the direction 0i


Denver. When Fore: was found, his watch


was untouched, and upon his coat was pin


ned a slip of paper with the words Exc


cuted by the Vigilance Committee. His
body was perforated by six buckshot anc
one large bullet. The Vigilance Commit


tee had induhitabie evidence that he wa:


connected with the large band Of horse
thieves and murderers, who infested the
= country. He hailed from Council Bluffs


Iowa, where he had considerable property
Ii that place he bore very fair character
. He Is buried on the lett bank of the Platte
, about six and half miles below DENY, +
His grave is known to but few, and til,
grass of another season will obliteratc a.
traces of recognition which that few may
possess. the SOD being carefully cat and re
laced over his last resting place.
Year: 1860

Forever IL til the Lord PA few more
trials-a few more tears-a few more days
of darkness few more days of trouble,
and we shall be forever with the Lord
Thus wrote one about two weeks before he
entered into rest. His life vas such that
there can be no doubt but that he desired
to be forever with the Lord, and that his
desire is being gratifed Reader, do you
desire to be forever with the Lord? Could
you enjoy his society? Could you bear to
have bis eye upon you? Why then are
you 50 far away from him now? You do
not needlessly keep away from the friend
whose society you desire. II you are CON
tent to live SO far from God here, will you
then. I ask you, delight to be forever with
him hereafter?
Year: 1860

The road along which the man of bust
ness travels in pursuit of competence or
wealth is not macadamized one, nor does
it ordinarily lead through the pleasant
scenes and by well-spripgs of delight. On
the contrary it is rough path, with " wait
a bit" thorns, and full of pit falls, which
can only be avoided by the exercise Of
watchful care and circpmspection. After
each days journey over this worse than
corduroy turnpike, the wayfarer needs
something more than this. He requires
solaee and he deserves it. He Is weary of
the dull prose of life, and has thirst for the
poetry. Happy is the business man who
can ind that social spirit and that poetry
a. home. Warm greeting from loving
hearts, fond glances from bright eyes


The welcome shouts of children, the thou
sands little arrangements for our comfort
and enjoyment that silently tell OF thopgghtul
Year: 1860

.Strarh 4si,rp.-Ireland furnishes the
following remarkable item, contained ina
late private letter from Limerick: a
most extraordinary transaction las recent
Iy occurred within six or seven miles OF this
place A farmer, when going over hia
crops, accompanied by some Of his neigh
bors, was 50 grieved at witnessing the In
luries inflicted by tie rain, &c, that he
prayed to God that he might be struck
asleep until hue weather would come. lie
had only uttered the prayer when he fell
to the ground at full length, fast asleep,
and SO firm in the earth that he could not
be removed A shed has been built over
him, and hundreds are daily going to see
him he breathes as naturally as il he was
lying asleep on his bed
Year: 1860

Charging ,Seeds-A writer in the New
England Farmer says his potato crop has
increased from fifty to one hundred per
cent, by procuring seed potatoes which
grew on an entirely different SOIL fifteen OF
twenty miles apart from his. This plan of
changing seed every year is a good one, Ell
ther for potatoes Or any other seed, such as
grain and garden seeds; and even if the
change is made only between cultiyators n
the same vicinity, it is still beneficial
Year: 1860

DEATH OF J. G. BOKKR.-J G. Boxer a
wealthy and well known merchant of New
York city. died Saturday morning of disease
of the heart. He was the originator of the col.
lection of pictures known as the Dusseldorf
COLLECTION, and which is now the property OF
the Cosmopolitan Art Association He ac-
quired an unpleasant notoriety few years
since through an improper marriage of his
daughter with his carriage driver, a man
Qamed Dean.
Year: 1860

FEAT OF a RAILROAD MANA recent
achievement of a brakeman on the Michigan
Central Railroad exhibits degree of skill and
presence OF mind thar Tenders it we'll worthy
of record Last Thursday night when ,he
passenger train was coming eastward broken
rail was encountered, throwing one car from
the track. A freight train was known 20 be
coming on behind, and a brakeman, Nelson
linus, traced the track half a mile equipped
with a red Ian tern, the signal OF danger
When the train looMed in sight the red light
was waved in the usual manner. but ther.
was no movement on the part IF the eng ineer
- indicate that he had dIscerneu the signal 1t
became obvious to linus that the difficulty lay
in the steam having become congealed ON the
window to such an extent as to obstruct The
engineers vision. Taking his position rs near
The track rs was consistent with safety, as the
machine came numbering along, with Well dI-
rected aim he hurled his Ian tern into the win
dow, shattering il as we'll as the lantern int
fragments, some of which struck the engineer,
who, seeing and. "mtking note Of the rea
pieces reversed the engine in time 10 avoid 3,
serious accident.-Dstroit Trtbnae.
Year: 1860

1t is related OF two members Of Congress
that IN q social moment each boasted over the
other OF his early advantages, and especially
of his religious education. when one staked q
hundred dollars that the other could not ac.
curately repeat the Lords Prayer. The bet
was taken, and the money put up and he who
was to recite commenced:


Now lay me down to sleep,


pray the Lord my soul to keep;


If | should die ~


"Stop. stop = said the other, ''you need not
so through give up the money. had no
idea YOU knew it,
Year: 1860

In the mountains where ice is not always
convenient, snow is very often put up in
houses in the same manner as ice, and is
found to be quite as useful Itbecomes pack
ed into solid mass, and block Of the snow


can hardly be distinguished from a good ar
ticlc Of ice. 1t is quite as good to keep
Year: 1860

1t is no weakness in you to doit, nor 10 her to
desire it. Alas how many womaD's heart
has died out OF her for the want Of it--thirsting
and painting like poor Hagar in the desert, fot
the cooling springs of love and sympathy which
gladdeued liles morning, but which, us she
travled towards the MONDAY, vanished and left
no trace.


Ii some of the superabuudance of tender
ness and devotion, which is lavished upon
her girhood, could be laid up for future use
and measured out to her in after years
when realities and gathering cares have the
place of love and romance, there would be
less sghs and secret tears


Many true husband, wholly guiItless of
one unkind thought towards the wife who
makes his home happy, wonders to see her
beauty fade so early and her spirits lose
their freshness. All he has forgotten that
she has more need Of his affection than when
she was a care-free maiden-that often
when her heart and hands are weary. She
yearns for tender aud approving words from
him that it was his loving glance so often
bent upon her 10 otLer days, that gave the
sparkel to her eye that it was his caress
that brought the rich color to her cheek
that it was the consciousness of being loved
that awakened all the angel in her nature
and made her beautiful


Look upon her now as you used to do,
with something of the old love-light in your
eye thank her with smile and cheerful
word when you fad your easy chair waiting
for you chat awhile with her before you
envelop yourself in newspapers aud cigar
smoke commeHd sometimes her frugalty
(it will be money in pocket, for it is the
best hint to economy a wife can receive);
vile her for time from that endless sewing
talk with her Of the books she loves TASK for
the old songs that once charmed you SO ;tell
her sometime how her presence brightens
your home 1t is these little kindnesses
which feed er heart and strengthens her in
ber daily life.
Year: 1860

Who Is my NeighbOr; Luke <, 90.
Who is thy neighbor ?-he whom thou
Hast power to aid or bless,
Whose aching heart, or burning brow,
Thy soothing hand may press,
Thy neighbor ?-'tis the fainting poor,
Whose eye with want is dim
o turn not from his humble door,
Go, cheer and succor him.
Thy neighbor ?-Lo that burdened one,
Whose griefcup at the brim
Lies bitter sorrows overrun


Go thou and comfort him.
Thy neighbor ?-yonder toilng slave,
Fettered in thought and limb,
Whose hopes all lie beyond the grave
Go thou and ransom him.
Thy neighbor ?-any heart bereft
OF early trust or hope,
Widow or orphan, hel pless left
Go thou and lift them up.
Where'er thou seest a human form
Bowed down with grief and care,
Thy love can heal, thy kindness warm
Behold thy neighbor there
Thy neighbor pass no mourner by,
Perhaps thou canst redeem
One breaking heart from misery
Go share thy lot with him.
Year: 1860

AN INSANE MAN, named Wheedon con.
fined in the Newburg (Ohio) Lunatic
Asylum, made three extraordinary escapes
from the Institution. About two weeks
since he took a set Of false teeth out of his
mouth, and by constant work contrived
with them to saw hole sufficient to admit
of his dropping through into another part
Of the house, and then escaping. He was
traced and caught A few days since he
secured pin, and with that exceedingly
unlikely instrument managed to pick the
lock of his door, and escaped into the hall,
where he was Fortunately arrested. Last
Saturday night he was carefully examined,
before being placed in his room, but succeed
ed in secreting a small brass ring, split at
one part, in his hair. On being locked up
for the night, he set to work, and with the
ring he cut through the window sash and
shutter, so as to enable him to remove them
from the window. He then took the cover
lid of the bed, and tore it into strips, with
which be made rope reaching nearly to
the ground, a distance of some twenty-five
or thirty feet. Some of the cotton batting
with which the coverlid was wadded, he
placed in his stockins to protect his feet, as
he had no shoes. Then dressing himself in
shirt, trowsers and stockins, he slid down
the rope and escaped. He was soon cap
turcd
Year: 1860

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,


COUNTY OF PLACER.


District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District


OF said State.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, To


ARIES B. WEIR, GREETING:
VOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, to ans
Il wer the complaint of Emma J. Weir in said
Court filed against you, within ten days from the
service of this Writ. exclusive of the day Of ser
vice, if served you in this County, but if serv-
ed on you without said County. and within said
District. twenty days and if served on you with
out said County and District, then in forty days
from such service. exclusive of the day Of ser
vice, in an action commenced on the LIST day of
August, 1860, in said Court. This action is
brought to recover judgment and decree of this
Court. that Plaintiff be divorced from the bonds of
matrmony with Defendant, and that the custody
of the child "Ann Eliza" be awarded to the
Plaintiff. and for costs Of suit. all of which is
more fully set forth in the ginal complaint q
certified copy of which is herewith served. and
to which you IRE particularly referred. And you
are hereby notified that if you fail to answer the
complaint as directed, Plaintiff will take judg-
ment by default against you for COSTS and apply
to the Court for the relief demanded.


In witness whereof, Henry Gooding,


Clerk of the Eleventh Judicial Dis
(- trict Court aforesaid, do hereunto
Ills. set my hand and impress the Seal
~ Of said Court at office in Auburn,


this lst day Of August, A. d. 1860.


HENRY GOODING, Clerk.
Year: 1860

Captain Lance Nightingale, wlro headed a
scouting party in the Indian country, has
returned to Carson valley. The TERRITORIAL
Enterprise learns from him that the party
discovered large valley while proceeding
from High Rock canon toward the Sierra
1t says:


While proceeding in that direction and
when about one hundred miles due east OF
Shasta butte, they came upon rich and
beautiful valley nearly as large as Honey
lake, which from the fact OF its being laid
down on none of the maps, Capt N. is OF
opinion had never before been discovered by
anv of the whites. This valley the company
proposed to call after the captain. 1t is
about seventy miles north of Honey lake,
is some fifty miles long, and has Al exten
sive mud lake on its eastern margin. 10
the north end of this lake, and connected
to it by stream, is smaller lake which,
seen through glass, looked Gear and deep.


This valley contains rich SOIL abounds
in water and grass, numerous pure cold
streams coming down from the mountains
on it's west side, and the clover and pea vines
being nearly up to the sides OF their ami
mails. This spot is, no doubt, one Of the
fsvorite hauuts of the Indians, who had been
there but a short time before, their foot
prints being still quite fresh in the sand.
Many Of them are supposed TO be in the VI
cinity at present.
Year: 1860

TAXING BEES TO PAsrURE.-A bee keep
or of Santa Clara lately started with 70
hives for Visalia, where the bees are fed on
the honey.dew of California mamma, which
abounds during the latter half of the year.
and if he should not sell them BY the
time the mamma becomes scarce. he will re-
turn to San Jose, where food lis abundant
during the first half the year. This is like
driving cattle to pasture.-AIta cor.
Year: 1860

AN now in receipt OF my arge and well assorted
lstock OF staple and Fancy Dry Goods, which am
Offering at very low prices


As quick sales add small profits s my motto, am
willing to take I'D with latter accomplish the for
mer and will offer great Inducements 10 all who VIII
favor me with call, especially 10 cash buyers Come
and see for yourselves. DAVID HUMPHREY,


sePt21-tf No y South side OF the Square
Year: 1860

from which mankind suffer over large part of
the globe, ia the consequence Of diseased action
In the system, induced by the poisonous miasm OF
vegetable decay. This exhatatiun In evolved by
the action OF solar heat wet soil and rises with
the watery yapor from it. While the sun Is below
the horizon this yapor fingers near the earths sur
face, and the virus is taken with 1t through the
lungs into the blood There it acts an irritating
poison the internal viscera and excreting organs
OF the body. The liver becomes torpid and fails to
serretc not only this virus, but also the bile from
the blood. Both the virus and the bile accumulate
in tho circulation, and produce violent constita-
tional disorder The spleen, the kidneys, and the
stomach sympathize with the liver, and become
disordered also. Finally, the instinct of our or
ganism, as IL in an attempt to expel the noxious
infusion, concentrates the whole blood OF the body
III the internal exerefnries to force them to cast IL
out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes TO
the central organs with eongestsve violence. This
is the GHrLL But in this effort il fails. Then the
FEvEn follows in which the blood leaves the CEN
trail organs and rilshes to the surface, If in
another effort to expe the irritating poison through
that other great excretory the skin. In this
also IL fails, and the SYSTEM abandons the attempt
exhausted, and waits for the recovery Of strength
to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These
are the fits or paroxysms of FEVER AND Aaug.
Such constitutional disorder win OF course under
mine the health If il is nut removed.


We have laborea TO fnd, and have found, an
Year: 1860

Recorder to get the warrant for the arrest of Con-
stable Waters, Constable Waters was having war
rants made out for the arrest Of Chief McClelland
and Mayor Monroe.


This was perhaps the richest episode of the whole
warfare. The Chief and the Constable, finding
that they were after each other, both politely sur
rendered to the Recorder on the spot.


Both, Of course, had to give bail. Not having
their securities present, some one Ga bitter wag he
must have been) proposed that the two prison
ers sign each others bonds. The Chief object
ed to this, for sensible reasons, and the Recorder
having no fear that either would finch from the
issue. accepted the recognizance of each for him
self to appear before him when notified.
Bum tltln
Year: 1860

Coon MARKsMEs.-The Chickasaw Guards, of
Houston, Mississippi. turned out for target prac-.
tce for prize cup the other day. The BULLS eye
of the target had hole in it, and after the whole
company had fired, no mark was found on the tar
get whence it was charitably inferred that all the
balls had gone through the hole aforesaid. All the.
marksmen being thus equally excellent, it was inn
possible to award the cup, which is to be shot for
again, when is hoped that somebody will do some
bad shooting Terrible fellows with the rife,
these Mississippians
Year: 1860

During the above proceedings, Recorder Emer-
son was quietly and patiently waiting Oh his side
of the street.


Constable Harry Waters returned and reported
the progress of events TO the Recorder; and after
awhile, he made an affidavit before the Recorder
charging the Mayor and Chief of Police with inter-
fering with him in the discharge of his duty.


let the I0lt1-
Year: 1860

STATEMENTS OF THE CONSTABLE AND THE CHIEF
Constable Waters denies that he acted uncivilly
or dsrespectfully in accosting the Mayor, and de-
MES that in putting his hand upon the Mayor he
was any more rough or rude than it is necessary
for any officer to be when sent to attach party
and that party refuses to come.


Chief McClelland denies that he forcibly prevent
ed the Constable from arresting the Mayor but he
asserts that the Constable did act in rude and un-
gentlemanly manner toward the Mayor, and that
he told him he could not take him away in that
manner; and declares further that the Constable
was invited to come up into the Mayors office,
which he did not see fit to do.


Wake Nte qOnl. quonq!
Year: 1860

A WONDERFUL DIsCovERY.-Our
report of the Photographed Society in
cludes an account Of new and mar
vcllous process by which photographs
may be produced at the rate of $4,000
an hour from a single negative. The
importance of this discovery cannot be
over.estimated. For the purposes of
book illustrations alone, the new process
will be invaluable, as $500 impressions
can be made in a single hour, a speed
impossible to the ordinary manipula-
tion of lithography or plate printing
IN. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Year: 1860




NJ Theirs, in his History of the Consul
late, relates some very strange, and previ-
ously unknown particulars of the early life
and penury of Napoleon Bonaparte. After
he had obtained subaltern's commission in
the French service, by his skill and daring at
Toulon, he lived some time in Paris, in OBJ
scure lodgings, and in such extreme poverty
that he was often without the means of pay
ing ten sous Give pence) for his dinner, and
frequently went without any meals at all.


He was under the necessity of borrowing
small sums, and even worn out clothes, from
his acquaintances. He and his brother Louis,
afterward King of Holland, had at one time
only one coat between them, so the brothers
could only go out alternately, time and time
about. 'i p


At this crisis the chief benefactor of the
future Emperor "at whose mighty name the
world grew pale" was the actor Talma, who
ofen gave him food and money.


Napoleon's face, afterward so famed for its
classic mould, was, during this period of
starvation, sharp and angular in It's Inca
ments with projecting cheek bones. His
meagre fare brought on an unpleasant and
mighty cutaneous disease, Of type so yiru-
lent and malignant that it took all the skill
and assiduity of his accomplished physician,
years. t....
The squalid beggar then, the splendid EN-
peror afterward, the threadbare habiliaments,
the imperial mantle, the hovel and the palace
the meagre food and the gorgeous banquet,
the friendship of poor actor, the homage
and terror of the world, an exile and prisoner
such are the ups and downs Of this changeful
life--such are tights and shadows of the great
and mighty. .I
Year: 1860

"A FEMALE Shrerdnsss of Her
Operntioas.-The Cincinnati Enquirer OF NAV
18th, states that on the day previous 4 well.
dressed aud handsome lady alighted from a
carriage in front of one of the iarges and m [
fashionable dry goods houses in that city, and.
entering the store, asked to be shown some
shawls. After looking over the stock she Sc
lected one worth forty dollars, handing the
salesman in payment hundred dollar bill of
the egenuineness of which thecashier expressed
8 me doubt and submitted it to an expert in
such matters, who pronounced it perfectly
good. The change was then handed to the
customer, when she pointed out some blemish
In the shawl which had not previously been
Observed and declined to take it, demanding g
the return OF her money, which was done, and
the bill once more placed in her neat little
porte lnonnaie from which had but minute
before been extracted.


The attentive clerk somewhat disappointed
at missing the sale politely insisted upon her
again looking over the stock, telling her he
did not doubt she could be suited and regret.
ting that he had not duplicate OF the one she
had first chosen. She readily consented
seeming desirous of making q purchase but
after once more examining the assortment
concluded that none would answer her pur-
pose. When about to leave she offered the
salesman thirty y-three dollars for her first Sc
lection, which, owing to the bemish, he
thoHght best to accept, Notwithstanding a
rule of the house that no goods should be
marked down. The shawl was theE neatly
envelOped, the hundred dollar bill again
brought forth and the change carefully put
away, when the lady stepped into the carriage
and was rapidly driven away. few hours
later when the cashier went to bank, he was
surprised to learn that the hundred dollar
bill was counterfeit. The truth flashed upon
him in an instant. The lady had given the
salesman genuine bill the first time, and af-
terward substituted for it the counterfeit
since, and probably never will be again. at
least in that establishment.
Year: 1860

Gone SOnth.-A portion of Smiths famous
Itand left this city yesterday morning To full.
NIL an engagement in North Carolina. The
ram OF yesterday prevented the remainder
from giving their usual afternoons enter tain.
ment on the Capitol Square