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Year: 1859




A NOBLE SENrrMENT.-T Governor Of
Georgia embodies the following in his an
nual Message:


No monarch rules hsrel And it is the
pride Of system,oi Government that each
citizen at the ball, box possesses equal
rights Of sovereignty with every other one
Thanks be to our Heavenly Father, the
popular voice cannot be hushed in the ST.
lence Of despotsm, but the popular will
directs the law. May it thus ever remain.
How important it is, therefore, that the
masses Of the people should be educated, SO
each may be able to read, and understand
for himself the Constitution and History
of his country, and 10 judge and decide
for himself what are the true prinoiles and
policy os his Government. But how mu ,h
more important it is in opinion, that every
person 10 the State be able to read for him
self in the Holy Bible, and to comprehend
the great principals ofa Christianity, in the
eternal truth Of which, l am firm though
humble believer. Educate the masses,
and inculcate vittue and mortality and you
lay broad and deep, in the hearts of our
people, aud the true basis Of our future
progress.
Year: 1859

EFA woman rushed into store in St.
LOUIS last week, saying that man yhohad
ipsulted her in the street was in pursuit.
Storekeeper ran TO the door. stared about.
and returned with the announcepeut that
the man was not to be seen. TIE lady
thanked him gracefully aud retired: and
the storekeeper only ceased to congratu'
late himself on being protector Of female
virtue, when he found that two hundred
dollars worth of goods had gone with her
The woman was subsequently arrested.
Year: 1859

you something that will be useful to you
all your lives.


"Whenevsr you have anything difficult
that you do not understand, come to me
and l will help you out Of il. Do not try
TO get round your lessons With them half
learned, and make q show of knowing
them, but come up and honestly tell me
you are in difficulty will gladly help
you and we will see whether il is a hard
thing 10 learn or not.


"Then. again, want you to help ea,h
other. We live in the world with people
around us to do good TO one another. 1t
makes life pleasant TO make others happy.
l find it so. There are some who think
th,y can get along best by living for
themselves. But it is mistake. When
they die no one misses them on account Of
any good or kind actions they have DONE
They might as well be thorn n-bush on a
rocky hill side, as TO live without doing
good to others.


But" said Mr.. DabollI suppose you
would rather hear the story


He read several pages further, and then
stOppeup anu bAlus


"There are two or three other things
want to say to you, boys, before l forget
them.


II spoke just now about honesty in your
conduct to me. But l want you to be hon.
est in your conduct to each otheI. Homes
ty and virtue can be exhibited in your
sports and plays as well as in your dealings
Avoid all nnkind and ungenerous trick:
that will annoy playmate. Be careful
not to break this rule in anything. for yor
do break 1t whenever you do to others wba
you would not like have them do to you,


Avoid angry words and improper Ian
guage. possible, I do not want an un
kind word spoken while am in this schoo
The Bible says He that rueth his spiri
is greater than he that taketh city,
you want to be true heroes, try hard t,
rule your temper and your tongue, for lit
tie words often lead to great and serious
results"


"1u this way" said my friend. "Mr
Dabol continued with bis story. occasion
ally stopping to make remark ofhis own
or to tell us OF thing or two he wanted
US to remember. After awhile he looked
at his watch, and said that it was noon, b,
would dismiss the school, and we woul,
go to work in the afternoon. Noon in
deedl Twelve o'clock already! Tha
could not be! The time had assed S,
pleasantly, and the boys had been SO mucl
interested, that the hours passed by un
heeded, and all were surprised when Mr.
Daboll told us the time"


"And you had Oery disorderly schoo
with such teacher ?" | asked.


''It put new life into us ALL" said m,
friend. "The advanced scholars actual,
jumped ahead in their lessons. The dul
fellows woke up and surprised every bod
with their progress; and l then myself be
gan to learn. All know | am in debt tt
bim for. He did not raise his hand du
ring the time he was in the school to pun
ish a scholar. There was hardly case @
bad conduct in the school, and he reprov
ed the culprit SO kindly thata repetilio
was not known; and when he left th
school after long service to go to anoth
er and higher situation, the children erie
at the loss OF their friend, the parents pre-
sented him with valuable memorial {
their esteem, and he left on my own an
the hearts Of others an impress as lastin
as our existence"
Year: 1859

THE IRON Trade The Portsmouth Times
has the following paragraph:


''Hot- blast pig iron is selling in Cincin-
natl at $50 per ton, which is an advance
of IS per ton. Our iron men are sliding
it off pretty freely. The probabilities are
that it will 90 higher. We are glad to see
this staple product Of southern Ohio once
more recovering from the ruinous pressure
to which it has been subjected for the past
year. Nothing will cnntribute more busi-
ness in oil its former activity than this"
Year: 1859

G1- The most wantouly wicked appica.
ticn OF good maxim was made by. a man
who said 70 himself Business before plea
sure while kissing his own wife previous
to going out to kiss his neighbours.
Year: 1859

SoutBs FROM PRENTICE.-0ur old disuuion
friend, of the Nickburg Southron, says that
the disunionists if defeated "can take refuge
in the grave" Certainly they can, but we
shouldn't suppose that good, sensible men
would care to belong either to the disunion
party or to the grave party. We expect that
our old friends friends, after getting ac
commodatons in the promised refuge"
will have more fire eating to do than they
will have stomachs for or they can we'll get
along with They will have to take hot rolls
every hour in the day, whether they like it
or not


The recent execution of woman in Penn
sylvania has called up the old question
should women be hanged for murder?' We
used to be ON the negative side of the de.
bate but now, as women insist on equal
rights with the men, we think both sexes
should hang together.


They say that Great Britain is about to
pardon Meagher. She doesn't trouble her
self at all about Mitchell, thinking him un.
worthy of pardon and willingly leaving to
the Americans the business of hanging him.


The Washington Union calls upon the
army of Buchanan Office holders to charge =
They don't seem to take the trouble TO
Charge at all-they just grab the money
without ceremony. They don't trouble them
selves about any mysteries of single or double
entry, except entry into the money boxes.
Year: 1859

SUCTION WELLS AT Stockton. AND Fire
ENGINEs,-Experiments have been recently
made at Stockton, in boring for water to be
used in case of fire, instead of building els
terms, which, the San joaquin Republican
says, have proved entirely successful 1t
adds:


/ A bore Of seven inches in diameter was
/ sunk, at the southwest corner of California
and Washington streets, to the depth Of ~
feet. Into this was let down a suction pipe,
made of galvanized iron, with an elbow at
the top, upon which was coupling that was
made to fit the suction Of the Eureka Engine
This pipe is forty feet in length and four
inches in diameter. On Sd January, the Eu.
reka Engine, a powerful second class Smith
machine, was taken to the well and put to
work The machine was well manned. and
after playing about three minutes, through
an inch and a quarter nozzle, throwing toll
erably clear water, the pipe was taken off,
and the open butt was used for about three
minutes Towards the last minute the wa
ter became somewhat muddy An inch and
"A half pipe was then put on for some five
minutes, and soon after taking this pipe the
water became clearer, and fine pure-looling
water passed through the pipe The Eureka
played magnificent stream great distance.
After trying this, smaller pipe was used
for about five minutes making in all about
sixteen minutes that the machine was worked
Part of the time the brakes flew pretty brisk
ly. The fremen appeared TO be, almost to a
man, of the opinion that, with about as quick
stroke as is usually made when the engine
is in service for long time at a fire, it would
be impossible to exhaust the water with one
engine The cost of the well and suction was
about sl25, and they counld probably be
constructed for 800, which is less than one
third of the cost of the cheapest cistern.


The same journal of 9TH January, says:


Mr.. IIarkness, who bored the well for the
suction ripe, for the use of the Fire Depart
ment, is now sinking one of the same size
(seven inches in diameter) at the Asylum,
from which the steam engine is to be fed with
water 1t was intended to build cistern,
but as the well will cost about onethird of
the amount, and answer the same purpose
this plan has been substituted.
Year: 1859

NFws FROM THE CAPITAL.-We have en-
ployed a regular telegraphc reporter and
correspondent from the Capitol, who will
commence his duties on Monday. He is n
gentleman liability, well known as writer.
and will keep the Democrat well posted in
legislative and other intelligence at Sacra-
mento. The latest news from that source
may therefore be regularly looked for in
this paper
Year: 1859

A FULLER SrATEMENr.--We should have
stated little more fully, yesterday, that NrI
Snyder, who was unjustly accused of stealing
by Centlivre, was discharged by the Re.
corder, on the ground that there was no
proof against him whatever, and that he was
entirely innocent of the charge Mr. Snyder
is man who is very much respected by a
large number of friends.
Year: 1859

THE Panama correspondent of the BaJidin in
forms that paper Of an accident to the Northern
Light on her last downward trip. The packing
about the smoke stack took fire, rendering one
boiler useless. The ship is said to have been in
great danger.
Year: 1859

SMART Boy, TnAT.-An eastern editor lately
called his "devil" to him and told him he could
not afford to hire his services any longer, unless
he would agree TO take ninepence per week or
share equally the profits of the paper The boy
concluded to stay, but unhestatingly chose the
pnepence for his wages
Year: 1859

A lecture was recently delivered at Lowell,
Mass, the subject being the Religion of Poll
tics, of which the following is given as the
summary of its admirable sentiments. Its
truths should be cherished by every patriot
ic and conservative citizen, who feels the
necessity of a change in the prevailing mo-
rality of our politics, in order to purify the
government of its gross abuses, and to per-
petuate our institutions. The Lecturer
said


Politics, as defined by Noah Webster,
than whom exists no higher authority for
the definition of words, is {" the science of
government or "that part of ethics which
consists in the regulation and government
of nation or State, for the preservation of
it safety, peace, and prosperity" Ethics is
simply the science of morality, or system
of moral doctrines. 1t will not answer,
therefore, to contend that religion should be
excluded from politics. Religion should ac-
company us at home, in the workshop, in
the halls of legislation, and in the political
assembly, as well as in the church. The OBJ
ject of civil government is the promotion of
the public welfare, or the preservation of the
safety, peace and prosperity" of the State;
but the public safety does not consist merely
in security from public invasion the pub
lie peace does not consist merely in exemp-
ton from the calamities of war, nor the
public prosperity merely in the acquisition
of wealth; but they all consist in the rec
ttude of action, the impartial adminis.ra-
ton of justice, the advancement of liberal
principles, the freedom of thought-in fine,
the safety, peace, and prosperity of State
can only be promoted by that Righteousness
which exalteth a nation


1t is every mans duty to be politician.
The timid conservative, and the dsappoint-
ed aspirant may become disgusted with po-
ltics; they may become so in consequence
of the selfishness, the low cunning, and
mean triekery of active, designing politi-
clans. But all this furnishes no excuse for
the inactivity of good men. Good men do
not reason or act in this way in relation to
other matters. They do not forsake home,
the workshop, or the church, because bad
men are to be found in all these places The
field of politics should not be neglected by
! good men, because dishonest demagogues
are in it, striving to obtain the honors and
emoluments of Office, entirely regardless of
| the public good.


In conclusion, the lecturer exhorted his
| hearers not to forget, on election day, that
they were politicians, but 10 act and vote in
such manner as in the first Judgment will
the best promote the moral welfare of the
country.
Year: 1859

We find the following in the " Personal
Items of the New York Tribune:


James w. German, a student in the
senior class of the Indiana University at
Bloomington, and son of the Ex-Governor
of Minnesota, has been tried by the Faculty
aud found guilty of tearing up the plank
walk, by which an accident occurred to
Prof. Ballentine, and the young man has, in
consequence, been expelled from the college.
He was also tried by the civil authorities
for the misdemeanor, and fined the sum of
$50.


Now for renewed and vastly increased
circulation of an utter falsehoodl The
whole story about Mr.. Germans offense and
expulsion is hoax" without word of
foundation. The Bloomington Republican
contradicted it at the first opportunity, and
German himself has published card in two
or three papers, giving it an unqualified
denial, in terms rather remarkable for inten-
sty of italics than nice propriety of Ian
guage. Yet it will undoubtedly be read
and credited by thousands who will never
see the contradiction. To Just that extent
will an innocent man be needlessly and
wantonly injured. The contriyers of the
hoax ought to take warning by this fruit of
their work, and never try to find fun in a
lie again Practical jokes" are equivocal
amusements at best. When they are not
equivocal they are individually and abomin-
ably mschievous. And when they take
the form, as in this case, of a slander on an
innocent man, they are so grossly and foully
wrong that the authors would be well served
with short term in the pentitentiary.-
Where is the difference for the better be-
tween such SANDER as this, that destroys
the character of an innocent man to a mill
lion of his countrymen, and a theft that
| takes away five dollars Would the victim
suffer the chagrin and injury for ten times
five dollars? Not if he were a man. Yet
the authors of this SANDER would no doubt
look contemptuously at a petty thief at
| the bar, whose crime was of no degree,
either of moral or legal guilt, one half so
heinous as sthers.-Ladianapot Journal
Year: 1859

ACCIDENT Last Thursday night Mr..


Walter Meekius, in passing down Main street.
accidentally fell, when near the corner of 9th
and in attempting to catch himself, fractured bis
right arm just above the wrist. He was taken AT
once to physician and received the necessary
attention
Year: 1859

DARING Yesterday morning, about 8
o'clock, a lady resident of Oregon Hill was on her
way home from the second market, with her fam.
lily supplies, when overtakng negro boy near
the corner Of 9th and franklin, she engaged him
to bear the burtben for her. The fellow shoul-
dered the basket and walked on quietly until get
ting near the corner of 4th aud Cary when be
jumped Off at full speed, and before the lady
thought of giving any alarm, made good his escape.
The lady thinks she would know the thief again
il she were to see him, but it is not very probable
he will approach near enough to her to be recog-
missed. similar gane was successfully played in
the neighborhood of the new market, year or two
ago, but the rogue was afterwards arrested and
nnnikhed.
Year: 1859

that the Old Dominion Independent Order of Ca
dets Of Temperance, of this city. have raised
ana toi warded TO the proper parties the sum o
S2s tc be appropriated to the fund for PURCHASING
Mount Vernon. If all the benevolent orders il
the country would follow the example set then
by the Cadeds, the ladies would be MATERIAL,
aided in their labor of love-
Year: 1859

has long been looked upon by certain classes as
the surest indication of change in the weather
When travelling from South to North, warm
weather is expected to follow Immediately. and
when from North TO South, cold spell is look ed
for. If there be any truth in these signs, We may
anticipate touch of winter in the course of a
few days, for large numbers of these birds passed
over the city at an early hour yesterday morning,
vending their way &c the sunny South.
Year: 1859

AT HIM AeAIN.-Jesse Roach wals
again before the Mayor yesterday for an assault
and battery. This time be charged with as,
saulting James NJ. Walker, bus Jesse declared
:hat he had come off second best, as a number of
deep cuts upon bis head would prove. He then
msdc complaint of the fare furnished him 10 JAIL
and Of his inability to get bail, and declared that
he was prosecuted for his political opinions. and
because he WIS democrat. The Mayor thought
that politics had nothing to Go with his violence
to Walker. and required him to give bail for his
appearance to-day, to answer the charge on which
he had been arrested and imprisoned.
Year: 1859

AN INTERNAL MAcHrsE.-A singular attempt
was lately nads to poison family in Miwauk ie
policeman residing in that place fornd bottle
of wine a, his door, with an envelope attached
containing valentine, and addressed Ia femi.
nine handwriting He tried little of the wine,
ard shortly after began TO feel an uneasy sensation
IN his stomach. His suspicion becoming excited,
he sent the bottle to a chemist and found that il
ontsined enough arsopie to Hill fifty persons
Had he shared the wine with his family a dreadful
catastrophe wonld probably have resulted from
the draught.
Year: 1859

IUCKY.-A trader in this city, in pass
ing from the City Hall to the Exchange Hotel,
about o'clock last Thursday night accidentally
dropped his wallet, containing several hundred
dollars, and did not discover his loss for several
hours thereafter. Getting up at an unusually
early hour yesterday morning, and retracing his
steps to the City Hall, he discovered bis wallet at
the intersection Of Ross street with Governor
we'll saturated with water, and quite muddy, as if
it had been stepped upon, but the contents all
safe.
Year: 1859

Nature, in her great laboratory, has stored some
remedy adapted TO every disease which flesh is heir
to-. But it requires the investigation and research of
the philosopher to discover and apply this remedy
Such research and investigation has succeeded IN dis
covering remedy for that most affective dispense.
ton. the
Year: 1859




The late Grand Inquest used the following
language in their report, published in yester.
days AIta'


1--WE would recommend that n supplement
tary act to the Dueing Law be promptI,
passed by the next Legislature, defining y
punishment for sending or receiving a chol-
lenge to mortal combat. as we have had u
case Of that nature under consideration
which we were obliged to dismiss for the
want of law to punish the offenders"


Many were led to the belief that the re
marks applied directly to the investigation of
Judge Terrys case. Such is not the fact, as
the matter Of the late disast' Gus duel was
not brought before that body doubt ex-
lists in legal minds as to the powers of Grand
Inqucsts in taking cognizanee of feohies, for
which parties are arrested subsequent to their
empannelment and in order that no loop hole
should be left whereby the action of Justice
would be retarded, Terrys case goes over
until the next Grand Jury. 1t is held that "A
prisoner has right to be present at the en-
parchment of Grand jerry, and either per
sonally, or through counsel challenge any
member thereof if he has any objection to
his officiating The case will come up before
the next Grand Jury, and it will rest with
that body To present true bill or ignore
one. Should that body pass the case without
acting thereon, Terry will be discharged
from custody, under the warrant by which
he is now held; but that would not relieve
him from answering to an Indictment found
either in San Mateo or this county. at any
future time, within the legal period. d.-AltG,
Oct. 3.
Year: 1859

BIRDS AND THE HoNEYMooN-Rev Henry
Ward Beecher, in one of his recent letters to
the Independent, says:


1T may be Of some comfort to you to know
that Lirds are nearly through their song sea-
son. 1t is only in maidenhoCd and marriage
that they sing. Like many other pretty
creatures upon whose muse cal education great
pains have been bestowed after they 90 tu
housekeeping and have children to bring up,
forget to play much and quite neglect all
their accomplishments The dear little spar
row-the song spIrrow-is an exception
rnis little homely bird sings right through
the year, in green leaf, yellow leaf, and seel
Leaf
Year: 1859

Tue San Andreas Independent says there
are eight quartz millsin operation at Angels,
four of which are run by steam and four by
water power, moving, in the aggregate,
ninety-six stamps all of which are kept in
cessantly at work night and day.
Year: 1859

MINING BIZ SrEAM.-The San Andreas In
dependent has the following


The operations of Messrs. Houseman, Lea
~, Palmer 81 Co.. at Lancha Plana, satisfac-
toriy establish the fact that immense for
tunes will yet be taken out off the river beds
in California. They employ a steam engine
to pump and raise the dirt from a claim in
the river bank, with the most complete sue
cesq. The pump itself carries Of the tor
dirt, and afterwar rds the bed rock is reached
and cleaned up with the greatest ease
There is no point in river bank or bee
that cannot be successfully worked by THU
process
Year: 1859

TELEGRAPHIc.-On the 9th of September a
Convention was being held in New York,
composed of Representatives from various
telegraph companies in the United States for
the purpose of agreeing upon the parties to
construct line of telegraph across the plains
to California The immediate construction
of the work had already been determined
upon.
Year: 1859

CorToN.-The Liverpool correspondent of
the savannah Republican, says:


Peoples minds are made up as to next
years crop, and total of four millions is
considered probable. should Dot like to
say at what price Great Britain will he con-
tent to take her quota, but the sprevailiug e
opinion is that she will he obliged to pay
for it, more than she has done Tor the crop
that has just been delivered Many look for
scarcity of cotton later on but this seems
to be more than counterbalanced 10y the be-
lief that the crop will be early and large.
Year: 1859

RELIGION IN NArA.-The Napa Reporters
tells the following:


Pious men are sometimes reduced TO curl
Gus shifts for illustrations to their sermons
Methodist exhorter lately made in his sup
plications to the Throne Of Mercy an inyoca-
tion to God "to roll the ball of Salvation over
the souls of the people of Napa like Rondo
Balls over the smooth surface of billiard
tablet He must have been peeping, we
think, in ungodly holes on the ''outside." or
trying his luck on the inside" He reminds
us OF pious old Deacon, who used to inspire
us with so much awe by the sarctity of his
manner that We dare not say our soul was
our own while in church. Deacon T. came to
California and was tempted after sinful gains.
friend and member of the same Church,
found him one night "bucking at Monte" F"
With holy horror he nudged the absorbed
player into knowledge of his presence
deacon, do find you gambling ?" With
ready wit to relieve him from his embarrass-
ment he chuckled-"No, no, friend 5 not
gambling You see, this is a corrupt insti-
tuition, and | am doing my best to break it
up" His friend thought so.