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Year: 1859

DONATION TO MOUNT VERNON FUND BY MIS-
soURL-The Legislature of Missouri has made do
nation of $4,000 to the Mount Vernon Fund for the
purchase. of the home and tomb Of WASHINGTON.
A correspondent of the States says that as soon
the bill was offered the rules were suspended the
bill read first and second time amid the profound
est silence when the noble form of the aged Sena-
tor, COL Miles Vernon, the companion in arms of
the gallant Jackson rose and said: MAY there not
be dissenting voice to the passage of this BILL"
whereupon every Senator rose to bis feet, and re-
sponded aye upon its passage. Then there went
up an outburst of patriotism that made the noble
hall of our beautiful capitol ring with the proud ex-
ultations of her sons and daughters 1t was one of
the most impressive scenes have ever witnessed in
the halls Of legislation. Our Legislature have also
appropriated sa 800 for flsze portraits Of the i'm
mortal jackson and the noble Clay. / am happy
to add that the lower House, by nearly unanimous
vote passed the bill for the $4,000 donation, and it
is now the law of the land. Missouri, believe, is
the first State that has come to the aid of the women
of the Union to aid in securing the home of the Fa-
ther of his Country to the nation May others 60
and do likewise" ....
Year: 1859

S. f. WILLIAMS, OF CAswELL.-This was Mr..
Williams first service in the State Legislature,
though not his first appearance in public life. To
him was entrusted the leadership of the gallant DEM


ocratic forlorn hope, in the Fifth Congressional
District and though he did not succeed in defeating
the Hon. John A. Gilmer, he gave the funny re-
preventative" such hard push, as clearly demon
strated, that it is only necessary for the democracy
of that down trodden district to give "a long pull
a strong pull and pull altogether" to beat our
political opponents out of that Sebastopol of Know
Nothingism. That Mr. Williams was worthy of
the honor and trust reposed in him by his democ-
ratio brethren his conduct as Commoner from Cas-
well, is conclusive proof With clear distinct de-
livery, and manner and voice that commands at
tention the moment he rises to speak, we know of
no man better qualified to be leader in legislative
assembly. Though stranger to him personally,
and totally ignorant Of his antecedents, he soon
drew our attention by his warm defence of assailed
democratic principles. His delivery is rapid but
distinct his language uniformly correct but it is his
earnest manner that makes the impression on his
audience. You may differ with him in his concu-
sons, and be ayerse to his boldly enunciated prin-
cples, but you cannot resist the impression that he
in word that he is thinking aloud that he has
nothing to disayow, nothing to conceal, that his
profession of democratic principles is the honest
opinion of man of matured judgement, honestly
believing what he asserts and ready to maintain his
positions at any risk, and at any sacrifice. Stranger
as he was to us, we felt convinced that he was a
man "to tie to-" thai: like mint stamped ingot
he was pure metal from heart to surface and every
day, nay every debate, to the end of the session.
served but to strengthen our first impressions We
have said nothing as to his abilities as debater
for there was no subject came up worthy to draw
forth his latent powers but it is only necessary to
place him opposite foe "worthy of his steel, and
we feel confident that democracy has nothing to fear
from the result To those who know him, this will
not be regarded exaggerated praise and of those
who do not know him we ask suspension of judg-
ment for we feel certain that but time and oppor-
tunity arc required to prove that We have only
done simple justice to the merits of an honest en-
ergetic, and able member of the young old line
democracY.-W Warrenton Neacs
Year: 1859

Tue HoNE FOR THE FR1ESpLEss.-As possess
ing general interest for the many friends OF
this noble charity, We give entire the Act Of our
1ate State Legislature incorporating the same.
Year: 1859

fB- The weather yesterday was wretched
winters day, miserable affair ninety days over
due, with small sprinkling Of snow, u harsh
cold prairie wind and such meteorological state
Of affairs last night as must have been death to
nrernr r1nns huHS
Year: 1859

We gave notice last week that the greater
portion of the Redwood Indians had been
taken. and that the expedition would proba-
bly disband in few days On Tuesday last
the steamer Glide brought down the prison.
ers to this pace-one hundred and sixty in
placed them on board the bark
Fanny Major, and Thursday morning they
crossed the bar en route for their new homes
at Mendocino. Among this lot were about
fifty warriors, whose grim vissages aud sulky
demeanor clearly indicated that they were
dissatisfied with the passage they were about
undertaking on the big waters.


True to their instinct they have so far sue
ceeded in battling the volunteers as to the
whereabouts of their guns. But few guns
were found in the ranches, and the balance,
together with all their ammunition has either
been hi away or disposed of to other lnd'
ans. Gen. Kibbe has stratagem on foot to
recover the guns, but whether it will succeed
or not remains to he teen.


II is Gen. Kibbe's impression that he has
taken all of the Redwood Indians except
those who reside low down on the stream,
and they are not hostile.


Ii appears from the statement of the pris-
oners that the murders which have been COM
mitted from time to time for the past
two wears, and which led to this war, were
all the deeds of five Indians, brothers, who
lived in the vicinity of upper Redwood
They were the murderers of Granger and
Cook in March, 1857, getting possession Of
the rifles, reyolvers, and ammunition of the
murdered men. They were instrumental in
the killing of Stephens and Miller, and sub
sequently killed Mr.. Boynton, in sight of his
residence, ten miles from Union. They have
been the leading spirits among the hostile In
dians throughout this camvaign. and one by
one have fallen till only one remains, who
was sent off among the prisoners this week.
few Of the Redwoods who rendered service
to Gen. Kibbe in the expedition will not be
sent away. but will be allowed to live among
the Lower Mad River Indians who are.con-
sidered peaceable. Of this number the
Chief of the Sweat House tribe, near Minors,
is one "Old Sandy" as he is called, is re-
garded by the settlers on Redwood, and those
who have been in the habit of travelling the
trail. as a good Indian. He has always been
friendly towards the whites, and 1t is the
opinion of those best acquainted with him,
that he has always counseled peace with his
tribe. He is much attached to his family,
and says he would rather die here than go
on the Reservation 1t is through him that
6 en-. Kibbe Will try to recover the guns of
the hostile Indians Another one that will
be left is one of the Redwood prisoners taken
on Mad River some three weeks since He
has rendered valuable service to the exped-
ton in pointing out the ranches, and sug-
gesting plans for their capture.


There are some Indians on Upper Mad
River vet but they will probably be taken
soon as Capt Messic is after them; this done
the campaign will be closed, and we hope
never again to be called into service in our
county


The Importance of this successful termina-
ton Of the expedition, to this section can
scarcely be estimated-Humboid Times,
March l9M
Year: 1859

FRUT.-We understand that the recent
frosts have severely injured the young fruit
in sever'l orchards in this vicinity. We in
quirrd Of Mr. Beach how he stood affected.
and he replied that not solitary germ had
been touched in his orohards. This fortunate
exemption from destroying frosts has been his
luck every year. lie has never had any
fruit killed by the frost at any season. His
ground is some eight or nine feet higher than
the lowlands generally and the soil is sandy.
We know not whether this may account for
his good fortune or not
Year: 1859

THE PRINCE OF WALES VIsTr TO RoMR.-So
great was the horror of Protestant Engiahu
at the announcement that the Heir Apparent
to the English throne was about to visit the
capital Of Christianity, that the London
Times deemed it necessary to allay 1t hy an
editorial. The Times assured the atfHghted
Protestants of England that there was no no
need of alarm on their part; they might
sleep in peace undisturbed 10y the nightmare
of Catholic Prince of Wales returning from
the Eternal City. To further ease their
minds on the question. Churcn of England
divine was appointed to accompany the
young Prince and "superintend his studies.
~ Y Tablet
Year: 1859

The ISSUE PREsENTED-W WtN .
The most interesting and important debate
which has taken place for years occurred in
the Senate only few days since This de
bate was not 50 important of itself but it was
intended as presenting to the country the is
sue on which the Presidential fight is to be
made in 1860. Douglas boldly avowel hi,
position to be nonintervention of Congress
in the affairs of the territories, so far as their
legislation on the subject of slavery was con.
cerned-and the leaving of all slavery ques
tions arising to he settled by the judiciary
under the Constitution. This doctrine was
avowed 10y Senator Douglas at New Orleans
and at New York in terms equally explicit
and strong The Southern Democrats de
nounced the position of Dougls, and declar-
ed they would never vote for any man who
maintained it. and laid down distinctly the
platform of "intervention of Congress to pro-
tect slavery in the territories against the
wishes of the people resident therein " This
platform was recognized and fully adopted
by Senator q win. while Mr.. Brrderick took
sides with the Little Giant" anG declared
for non interv ention.- Wash. cor. Alta.


The above is q very correct statement OF
the positions taken in the debate above al
luded to.
Year: 1859

The OFFICE SEEKS THE MAN-We notice
that by the election last week in MarysviIle,
our friend, Rev. E. B. Walsworth is again
chosen School Commissioner for another
year. He has filled that position for several
years, and in his hands it has been no idle
task Both political parties in the field uni
ted in his nomination, and thereby actually
paid him greater tribute of respect than ev
er an election of a bare majority of votes
could have done, or even the premium of
salary could express. There are always hun
dreds ready to sieze fat office. and it is but
very seldom such an office is left to seek its
man-but it is no less wonder TO see Q man
willing, year after year, to accept an Office
which has no salary--no glistening public
honors withal, and 60 through its drudgeries
for the sake of the good he can accomplish,
not to himself as person, but to the public
as whole


The people of Marysvlle have shown their
good sense in electing to a moneyless but
important office. such faithful and competent
men me, as MIR. Walsworth and Mr.. Blain.-
ouid that all the richer offices. high and
Pdeifc
Year: 1859

ALL Fools DAY.-In our columns, yester-
day, we saw it reported that the Governor
had sent in a communication to the Assem-
bly,, informin G that honorably body that he
had approved a bill to prevent settlers meet
ing at large in the county of Sacramento -
We looked upon this, at first. as q wholesome
joke practiced on the community, under the
license that the day affords, and were little
veXed that any one about the office should
take such liberty with this high dignitary


even upon the first day of April. But upon
inquiry, we were assured by our proof.reader
that 1t was an undiscovered cantrip of the
types; and of all the fantastic tricks that
these mischievous little imps have ever play
ed. this is certainly the most eccentric. What
the Governor really said, and what we in
tended TO make him say, was, that he had
approved a bill to prevent stations running
at large in the county of Sacramento. How
stallion could he mistaken for settler is
more than we, who are young at the business.
are able to comprehend.-S Standard.
Year: 1859

CHILD BeRN IN A STAGE CoAcH.-A fine baby
first saw the light of this wicked world is the
stage coach yesterday, while his mother was
journeying from San Antonio to San Jose We
learn that some four ladies and two Frenchmen
were passengers in the stage, and that during
the trip lady requested the driver to stop He
instantly complied, and was informed that one
of the ladies was in very delicate condition,
at the same time the gentlemen were requested
to leave the stage. The two Frenchmen decli-
ned, saying they had paid their passage and
would not move. The driver however COM
PEELED them to get out and wait. In the mean
time, the ladies present did all they could for
the assistance of their suffering companion, who
shortly became the mother of a fine boy The
driver was again appealed to and requested to
go on, which he did, and soon landed the lady
and her baby at comfortable hotel, where at
last accounts, they were getting as prosper
ously as could be wished.-,S F. Herald, May
SM.
Year: 1859

WHIpPED.-Billy Mulligan had an encounter
in New York with notorious bruiser of ths
name OF Matthews, in which he came off second
best Billy lost part of his nose, had an eye
badly gouged, and was otherwise dis6gured.
Year: 1859

A writer in the Richmond Eram iner,
endorsed and commended BY the editors
Of that paper, after meeting what he
calls the wrongs heaped upon the South
by the fanaticism Of the North proposes
the following as the proper cause Of ac
ton for that section Of the Union to
which he belongs:


II ,could be trorse than un,ciisc for tht
South to delay longer the proper prcpara.
tions for meeting the coming aggressions
It behooves her at once to put herself
in An attitude Of defence, alike from as.
sault without and insurrection within.
Each State should organize public guard
At its capital Of FIVE hundred or thou.
sand msn, capable Of being dispatched
At q moments warning to any point ol
danger in the interior.


At the same time each county should
maintain in constant drill band of fifty
or hundred minute men, to perform
constant police duty within its bounds
The militia Of each State should be
strongly organized, and the officers Of
the regiments, commissioned and non.
commissioned, be required TO undergo
Year: 1859

Gagged birds are the source Of much
pleasure, aud while they give great hap
piness if they are kept In good healthy
condition, seem to enjoy life nearly, i
not quite as we'll as their mates in the
bush or in the WILDWOOD, especially #,
either from lack Of memory, or from
blissful ignorance. the Gagged birds do
not know what pleasure they loose.
"Wherc Ignorance is bliss, It's folly to
Be wise " One osthe great draw backs
to the happiness Of the birds, aud to the
pleasures Of keeping them, is lice, and
hayin. recently learned Of safe and
sure way Of removing them, We give it
to our readers. The Michigan Farmer
says


Lay piece Of Canton or cotton fan
mel over the cage at night, several nights
in succession, taking it off at daybreak.
Multitudcs Of the lice will be found upon
it, which are easily killed. After few
days all will be removed. A case in
which this was successful, has just been
brought to our notice from q pair Of
bob-o-links hundreds Of these parasites
were removed in this way.
Year: 1859

It is an undeniable fact that the ma


jority Of Western Farmers wives ar,


poor butter makers. They may have


numerous excuses to present, such as


poor cellars, want Of diary room Sc; !; bu


hAving all these things they would no


make as good butter as is now made il


the east unless more pains is taken By
those who have the charge of the cream


and churning and working the butter
We wish every housewife in Tama
County would read the following from
q practical butter maker Of Goshen, Or.
ange County, N. Y. Butter made by
the dairymen of this County always
commands higher price in the City Of
New York, than that made in any other
part Of the world and what they say
about its manufacture, should be prac-
tically followed by other people.


"The Southern Planter contains the
following account Of the process Of max
ing butter in Goshen, from the pen Of
Mr.. Denniston, practical butter maker !:


The cellar, where the milk is kept,
should be cool, ell ventilated, and clean.


The milk ought to be strained into
pans containing ten or twelve quarts
each. IF the weather is very warm, the
pans ought to be set on the cellar bot
tom-otherwise on shelves. The milk
ought not to be churned until it becomes
thick, or loppered-the milk and cream
are then churned together. Some dairy
men skim off the cream and part Of the
milk, and churn that, but Goshen butter
is churned from the milk and cream.-
The churn used is the common " "dasher
chura," driven by dog, horse, or hand
power, according to the sizo Of the dai-
~. The churn may be half or two thirds
full with milk and pailful Of cold
water added before starting to churn.-
In cold weather, warm water is put in.
The churning should be with slow,
regular motioE-and to make good SOL
id butter, will take from one hour to one
hour and half; before the churniDg is
done, another pailful Of water ought to
be thrown in. When the butter is done
take it out, wash it through one water in
large tray, throw the water out, then
salt the butter, using about one ounce Of
pure Liverpool (Ashton) salt to each
pound of butter. Work the salt through
the butter-put in cool place, and let
it stand an hour; then work it carefully
over, and set it aside for five or six hours
it over again, and set it aside in
the samo cool place until the next morn
ing, when it is packed. In working but
ter, great care ought to be taken to scorh
out all Of the milL-bat not to work It
too much, 50 a. to break the grain, and
make it salvey.' IF any milk is left in
the butter will soon become rancid; and
if worked too much it will be 6 greasy"
or salvey, and not solid. Butter work.
ed just enough, will be solid-svcet-yel,
lo,o-and the drops Of brine on it will
be IS clear as crystal.'
Year: 1859

One hundred millron dollars Of Rail
road bonds mature within the next Eve
years. It is estimated that not Eve per
cent. Of this amount will be returned
from the earnings Of the roads. From
table Of one hundred and twenty roads
not one third Of them declared last year
a half yearly dividend.
Year: 1859

rA- Hams prepared according to the
following recipe cant be beat. Try it
To eight gallons Of water put one quart
Of mo!asses, one pound Of sugar. half a
pound Of saltpctre, and salt enough to
make it bear an egg lightly; allow the
hams to remain in pickle Fix weeks, then
smoke according to taste.
Year: 1859

rA- Hogs should be kept dry and com
fortably warm while being fattcned.-
They should be in clean troughs, and
their appetite SO closely watched that NO
food is gwen them to be left from one
meal to another. Nothing should be
omitted which will promote their quiet
ude for upon this greatly depends the &C
cumulation of fat.
Year: 1859

We take it for granted, now that the Attor-
ney General Of the United States has decided
that the contract with the Butterfeld Company
cannot be abrogated or changed, that the Over
land Mail to the Pacific may DO regarded SIS a
)settled thing and that hereafter it will grow in
the public favor The arrangement and uncer-
tainty of the Ocean lines will almost compel the
employment of the Overland Mail, and as the
contractors have already satisfied the public of
the regularity with which it may be carried, this
fact ought to recommend it to general favor. In
this conncxion, few facts may not be without
interest.


The first mail overland for California left this
city on the 10th September, 1853, and the first
mail arrived here, in return, on the 9th of Octo-
Der following. The first mail from st. Louis car
red out about fifty letters. The mail which ar
rived from San. Francisco on the 3lst ult.,
brought ninetecn hundred and eighty-seven let
ters, and that which was dispatched from this
city yesterday morning carried out one thousand,
seven hundred and rty letters The rate Of Of, iG M
much greater hereafter, as there Is no longer
any doubt of security of transportation on this
route. The number of letters sent from Mem
pbis, and all of the towns on tho route, cannot
be known to us, but they probably equal the
number made up at St. Louis. When the mail
was first started, the through matter was sent in
the smallest sized leather pouches used hy the
Department. 1t is now sent IN the largest SIZE
and the way mail is put ina second size bag.


The public will, we doubt not, be surprised to
hear, that sealed letter bag is made up in Lon
don for San Francisco, to go by this route in the


intermediate time of the departure of the Cali
loena steamer from New York three of these
bags have been received hero, and sent off in one
mail.


In point of regularity, no mail in the world
can equal this between st. Louis and San Fran
cisco. Since it was first ted. it has failed to
arrive in contract time only twice, and then the1
difficulty and delay was caused by the extreme
badness of the roads between Upton, in this
State, and Fort Smith. For the last two months
the trips have been made within twenty-threc
days, being at the rate of about one hundred
miles per day. If proper instructions were Civ
en- to the officers in the Post Office Department
in California and other States OF the Union, the
mail matter sent overland would soon be as much
as the coaches could carry. These instructions
should at once be issued. There is no propriety
in keeping lottcrs in various offices week or
two, for no other reason than they may be sent
by the Ocean route, now rendered more uncer-
tain than ever, by the disorganized state of the
companies proffering to do the service. Mails
can be, and are dispatched twice week from st.
Lou1s, and this route ought to be adopted,
throughout the country, as the best and most
expeditions means of communication with Cali
fornia.-&. Louis Republican.
Year: 1859

That Gen. Houston is always to bo found with
the enemies of the democracy. Trace back his
record, and then place him in his true position,
ALWAYS wNging war against the democratic
narty.
Year: 1859

reach the magazine inevitable destruction must
issue. Nor could that catastrophe be much
longer postponed The deyouring element had
already gIined possession of ell around and
even now might be eating its way ravenously
towards it. Besides, il l paused a moment
longer, the fro would reach the companion
way and all hope Of escape from the cabin be
cut Off


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