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Year: 1859

DLUMBING GAS AND STEAM FITTING
Il IN all its various branches neatly and promptly
executed.
The best Of workmen from the North are in INV
employ, and will guarantee all work which NAV
bs favored with to be executed in the mos. substan
tial and workman like manner.
have constantly on hand a small supply of Gas
and Water Fixtures which | can furnish AZ pricas
warranted to give satisfaction.


CELADON SNYDER.


fe IN next to Star Office
Year: 1859

1SJURioUs EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE Kiss
Ixe.-We fear that the good ladies OF the
Park street church in Boston have been do
ing great injury to the churches of the
land. We see it stated when their excel
lent pastor departed for Europe few days
ago, they all kissed him aud some of them
thus testified their affection two or three
times. Now we DO not wish to speak as
though we desired to restrict in the least
liberties of the ladies, when they disposed
thus to treat one of our sex, nor as if we
were filled with malicious envy Of gentle
man whom we esteem SO highly as the Rev.
Mr.. Stone. But We begsleave to inquire
whether, if this touching mode of bidding
farewell to the pastor become general, it
will not do more to increase the number of
clerical invalids and to empty our pulpits
than even that arch enemy of preachers, the
bronchitis. We confess that We fear such a
result. if our respected friends of the pulpit
share in any degree the weakness to which
we editors plead guilty.-Proeidenee( Il. l. J
Journal.
Year: 1859

STEAMER NIGHTs. There is a diffe :
ence SO marked between the steamer nights
Of fnow-a-iays AMI those of the former times,
In San Francisco, that the most ordinary
observer cannot help being impressed with
IT, Formerly, the evening prior to the sail
ing of the mail steamers for Panama, was
characterized by vast amount of hustle
In the streets, more especially in the vicin:-
ty Of the newspaper offices periodical depots
where postage stamps, envelopes and
steamer paper are sold-and the post office
But the times are changed. the routing has
changed, the habits and customs Of the peo-
pie are changed. and "steamer night "a no
longer wears the peculiar characteristic of
the days agonc


The newspaper office close at the usual
business hour, darkness rcigns in.the peri
-edical depots at an early hour, and the
streets wear the air of sombre puiet. char
acteristic of ordinary nights, when the
guide folk are in bed. and none but the
80 hy-by- Shts are abroad Between the
chinks of the iron doors of the banking
houses, half ajar. and through the key holes,
stream gIints Of light, and fall the busy
sounds peculiar to the trade OF preparing
gols!en treasure for shipment on the NOR
row This latter is nearly all that is left to
remind us of g steamer night - of former
times all else is changed.


Quiet now reigns where noise and hustle
was, but a comparatively brief period since,
all supreme. The footballs upon the side
walk, that once beat rapid as the summer
rain along the streets on 90 steamer nights
now beats at measured intervals as the street
walker wends his way homeward, and the
night bears semblance only TO those which
follow the ordinary DAYS


And what has caused this change9 Why
evebody knows that it is the overland mail
that has done it. Every Monday and Fri
day the business oil writing and mailing
letters, formerly apart for steamer days, is
transacted. thus leaving but little to be per-
formed on, g steamer nights" The news
of the fortnight intervening between the
sailing of the steamers has gone forward
and been anticipated by the overland mail,
and hence fewer steamer papers are wanted
to forward to friends in the East, since
nothing remains to tell them of local news,
beyond that which letters and papers have
previously furnished overland


This marked changed on steamer nights
is one of the striking results of the estab-
lshment one of the striking results of the
establishment of the overland mail TT
furnishes a text for much further comment,
but We pass it over for the present with
this hasty sketch.-SaR Francisco 41fsa
Year: 1859

LEGISLATIVE The Legislature will
adjourn on the 18th of April, which
will make the dnration of the session
three months and eighteen days. That
is stretching it out pretty well. Mr..
Burton's bill to provide for the payment
Of S250,000 of the outstanding indebt-
edness of the State, was discussed in
the Senate on Tuesday, and rejected.
Senate bill No. IA, which alters the
punishment Of highway robbery from
Imprisonment to death, was to have been
specially considerd yesterday. In the
Assembly the bill for the establishment
of branch Insane Asylum was defeated
by small majority, but the vote has
been reconsidered, with what result we
do not know. The most important bus
mess before the Assembly is bill pro-
viding for the sale of the sixteenth and
thirty-sixth sections of land granted to
the State for school purposes. The bill
proposes the consolidation of all monies
so produced into a general fund, the in
terest of which will be equally distrib-
uted among the school children of the
State. 1t ought to pass.


The Oakland Committee have made
another report favorable to a removal of
the Capital, and bill has been intro
duced appropriating 100000 for the
erection of State House at the new
locality. This economical proposition
will defeat the scheme, and leave the
capital where it ought to remain


The above summary is made up from
the reports in the Standard.
Year: 1859

A PETRIFACTION.-W are indebted
to Mr. John Stidger for beautiful Gu
riosity which he found attached to the
petrifed trunk of an oak that was ex-
humed in his claim about two miles
above Columbia Hill In shape it is
not unlike the tail end of fish, some
three inches long by two and half
wide, and oneinch thick. The color of
the surface is a rich sienna brown, the
fractured end exhibiting the color and
general appearance of pitch, which led
the finder to call it petrifed pitch. Our
impression is that it is silicifed petri-
faction of the fungus growth so often
observed on oak trees, and which bears
a close resemblance to fine-grained cork.


Petrifed trees, or their trunks, are
frequently discoveredi in the deep dig
gings of these mountains, sometimes
lying on the bedrock as if drifted there
before their transformation, and with
two or three hundred feet of gravel and
sand above them. They have generally
been subjected to the action of sulphur
ct of iron, which in such cases encrusts
them until they consist almost entirely
of that mineral. More rarely the wood
has become stone by silicifcation.
Year: 1859

ADMINISTRATOR FEEs.-The legal
fees of the Public Administrator of Ne
vada county are as follows: For the
first thousand dollars at the rate of sew
en- per cent. for all above that sum and
not exceeding ten thousand dollars, at
the rate of five per cent; and for all
above that sum at the rate of four per
cent.
Year: 1859

AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS.-Ono
would hardly suppose that the United
States needed to import any agricultur-
al products whatever, except those which
are of such character that they can
only be grown in tropical countries, or
in the hot, sandy regions of Africa and
Asia. Yet we import considerable
number of things which can be raised,
and are raised just as well at home
Ohio and other western States produce
an immense amount of faxseed, but not
enough, it seems, to supply the demand;
for faxseed was imported last year to
the value of over s3,OOO,OO0, mostly
from the East Indies and Russia, and
linseed oil to the value of S163,7 ,757.
California should take hint from this
fact, and extend the culture of fax which
has already been commenced in few
counties. Potatoes ought to be the
very last article Of importation, yet in
1858 we paid the West Indies, England,
Ireland and New Brunswick about
100000 for an esculent indigenous to
our soil. Castor oil was imported to
the value of s143,45S. The castor
bean grows luxuriantly in California,
where it is raised as an ornament only,
when it might be made source of con-
siderable profit. Several dye stuffs
which might be grown here are i'm
ported to the value Of millions of dollars,
madder alone to the tune of S721,706.


Many other items could be quoted,
but these are the principal ones, and
suffice to prove the curious fact above
stated.


HARD WooD. Why don't some of
the agriculturalists in the lower country
who have plenty of land, turn their
attention to the raising of hard wood
timber? 1t is we'll known that the
State lacks an indigenous growth of
such wood as hickory, maple, locust and
walnut, and that our manufacturers
have to import these at considerable
cost. Yet they can all be grown here,
rapidly, and at little expense. All of
them are now cultivated for purposes of
ornament and shade, and thrive WELL
| We have known locust trees, for instance,
to attain in five years diameter of six
inches for some distance above the but,
and hight Of from twenty to thirty
feet. This is large enough to cut and
send into market It is probable that
Oregon may hereafter supply us with
such timber from her hard wood forests,
at cheaper rates than it could be pro-
duced here, to the large consumers; but
it would be an immense improvement to
any farm In California to have such tim
Der growing upon it, always convenient
for the occasional wants of the farmer,
and source of ornament and comfort
beside.
Year: 1859

Shall be, and is hereby made guide and a
direction obligatory upon the commits 'ioners
of the sink ing fund, for the time being, in the
discharge of their official duties.


Sec. 8. All or any portion of such certif-
Gates ofthe funded debt Of the State so 10
be renewed, as herein described, may be
made and issued with the principal and in
terest payable at the treasury of the State,
at the seat of government, or at the Office OF
the agency Of the State in the city, of New
York, and at no other place whatever. And
all certificates of the funded debt so issued as
aIdomestic debt, the principal and interest of
which is made payable at The treasury Of the
state, shall be issued payable to the party or
parties taking fhe same, his, her, or their or
der, as the case may be. -.4 -f


Sec 4, The interest on all the certificates
of the funded debt of the State, SO to be is
sued as a domestic debt to renew any portion
of the funded debt Of the State coming pay
able as aforesaid, shall be made payable
sem..annually, (eyery six months,) onlthe
first day of February and on the first day OF
August in each year, from the time OF their
being issued. And the interest on all the
certificates of the funded debts OF the State
so to be issued as foreign debt, to renew
any portion ofthe funded deb; Of the State
coming payable as aforesaid, shall be made
PAYABLE semi-annualb, (eyery six months,)
on the first day Of January and OH the first
day Of July in each year, from the time OF
their being issued And no certificate Of
said funded debtsO issued as foreign debt,
the principal and interest Of which shall be
Year: 1859

LA PORTE, April 14th.


EDITOR DEMOCRAT II have Just arrived at
La Porte, and, strange as it may appear to
your valley readers who have never lived in
the, ,Sierras, found the snow about ten feet
deep and the weather quite cold. No water,
ard business of all kinds, if you can call
doing nothing business, is very dull. Min
ing is out of the question, for water is the
principal instrument through which mining
is performed in this section of the country,
and as yet we have none.


The banking houses in this place are not,
as is usual at this season of the year, adorned
with the shining ore" Our hotels have
but few borders yet. Our merchants coun-
tenances are grim for the want of an active
business. Our mechanics can do nothing on
account of the great depth of the snow
Indeed, everything wears the appearance of
Hard times = but this cannot be the case
long, for the season of the year has come
when the snow must give way to the mild
damp south winds and warm rays of the SUM-


The prospect of the creation of the new
county of "Aturas has created quite fit-
ror amongst the political wire-pullers and the
patriotic office seekers in and around La
Porte There will be at least in case the bill
passes the Senate, twenty candidates for ev-
ry Office in the new county, the passage of
which there is very little doubt and there is
no portion of the State whose demands for
county can be made with more justice than
that within the limits of the proposed coun-
ty of Alturas. 1t would be far better for
nine tenths of the inhabitants of the proposed
new county to be attached to Yu6a county
than to remain portion of Sierra, on ac
count of the great depth of snow between
us and Downeville, our county town.


Politics are being considerably discussed
at this place. Various are the speculations
as to the question of who and how many
candidates there will be for Governor


Douglas stock is rising in Sierra county,
and 1 believe if nothing transpires to mar
the existing good feeling in the party, that
we will be able to carry the county at the
September election by handsome majority.


Yours in haste, REcKLAw
Year: 1859

GREAT WINDFALL-The Lockport On. "
Advertiser has a story Of young man con-
fined in the Erie County Penitentiary having
fallen heir to an immense estate and title,
as follows:


"Some two weeks since, young man Of
gentlemanly address, and who from appear
ance bore evidence of having seen better
DAYS. arrived at Tonawanda, and calling at
the house of Mr. Browning, of that place,
begged for something to eat and asked for a
situation. He gave history of his circum
stances, as follows: He said his father was
wealthy, lived in France, and that he left his
home in that country on a pleasure trip to
the United States, bringing with him S63,.
600 for spending money and other purposes
On landing in New York, and after soiourn-
ing in that City short time, he deposited
$4,000 with a banker who was a Jew. He
was then led by some new made acquaintance
into scenes of dissipation and gaming, where
he lost the remainder of his money. To add
to his misfortunes, the Jew banker also
failed. swindling him out of the money he
had deposited with him. His father he said,
had banker in New York from whom he
might have obtained assistance, but he de-
termined, from motives of pride and chagrin,
rot to appeal to him in his extremity, by
giving a statement of his condition.


On receiving, with some doubts as to its
truthfulness, the above statement, Mr. Brown
ing took the young man into his employ for
few days and set him to worl, "paching shin
gles." He afterwards went to Buffalo. Mrs
Browning, however, in the meantime, out of
motives of curiosity, wrote a letter to the
above mentioned banker, whom the young
man stated was doing business for his father,
inquiring of him in regard to the truth of the
matter The banker, on receipt of Mrs. BIS
letter, Immediately repaired to Tonawanda
and confirmed the truth of the statement,
and also related other facts in connection of
the case more wonderful still. He stated that
he had recently learned of the decease of the
Young mans father, who had died leaving
the young man heir to S2,000,000, and also
that 500 900 had already been remitted and
was in the hands of himself The banker on
receiving the news and not finding the for
tunate inheritor of this vast sum, advertised
for him in the papers The banker then
gave Mr.. Browning S25 to prosecute the
search for him in Buffalo, where it was sup
pos ed he had repaired After two days spent,
the object of search was found in the Erie
County workhouse, where he had been COM
mitted few days previous as a vagrant. He
was very sick and his disease was pronounced
bv the doctors to be incurable.


The Advertiser says that he still remains
at the house of Mr. Browning, in Tonawanda,
where he was removed when released from
confinement. He has received large remit
tences from his banker, and it is not at all
probable that he will ever enter a peniten-
tiary again as a vagrant
Year: 1859

Mr.. EDITOR R-As the columns of your pa
per are ever open to the use and interest of
the citizens of Marysville and Yuba county
and adjacent countless it often times occurs
that few thoughts suggested through the
public print prove of paramount importance
and of & lasting benefit, by way of producing
a general feeling throughout community and
Of important value to those whose minds are
disposed to be inclined for public as we'll as
private interest. Singular as it is, it is yet
true that Yuba county, Independent of the
State Agricultural Society of California, has
the means, the advantages and the facilities
for County Agricultural Fair far surprising
that of any other county in the State, yet
these same privileges, these same advantages
have been neglected. The same ambition for
Improvement in agriculture, in the raising of
stock, the growing of fruits, &c, have been
neglected and Southern counties have far
surpassed us with much weaker abilities and
advantages, and their organizations are now
in the full bloom of agricultural prosperity.
Different from any other county in the State,
Yuba county has her ellestablished and
spacious Pavilion firmly erected on Cortez
Square with her glass topped dome and up
right flag staffs tipped with a similarity
of golden Balls-where often waves the flag
of free America, inviting the people, the me.
chanie, the agriculturalist, the horticulturst
the mass OF the people of the northern coun-
ties of our fertile and growing State to as
semble once year and expose for public ex-
hibtion, within those Pavilion walls, and on
the adjacent grounds, the result of their own
raising of crops, the genius which they pos
sess as mechanics, the product Of their own
orchards and the improvements of their
breeding stock


Why then should not call he made i'm
mediately through the public prints to that
effect? Let our sister counties coincide with
us, let the people of Shasta of Placer, of ST.
ezra, Colus Sutter and Sacramento and other
counties assemble with us yearly in a County
Fair, and the result will plainly be seen even
upon the first assemblage of the masses for
the County Fair.


Hoping that this question may be agitated
and agitated wide and far, l would suggest
that some Of the large agriculturists of Yuba
county will call m Getting at an early day in
the City Hail. Marysvile, make a complete
organization, elect the proper officers, set the
time for holding the first County Fair, say
the week before the State Fair, and let us by
this means show to the South that we are
their equal in agricultural ambition, and


induce the masses to more urgent action on
this main and important subject. o. p. O.
Year: 1859

SUMMKE RESORT HoTEL.-We have been
thinking that the Sierra turnpike will cause
so many valley people to visit Downievile
this year. and thereafter, that money would
be made in large hotel enterprise A COM
plete establishment, Offering to accommodate
families and lurge number of guests in a
manner according to their tastes, would alone
be an inducement to those who yearly enter
tain desire to visit the mountains, to see
the places where the gold comes from and to
breathe cooler and purer atmosphere. If
we had hotel of the desert ption most desir-
able Downieville would become a very at
trae'lVe summer resort The happiest excur-
siohs could be made to beautiful Gold Lake,
I charming Sierra Valley, the lofty Buttes, the
valuable quartz mills, the famous tunnels of
Monte Cristo and nights from which one
may behold the grandest scenery.-Sierro
| Citizen.
Year: 1859

The New YoRK PoncE.-A committee of
the Senate of New York have made report
upon the Metropolitan police system which
they were appointed to investigate. From
the revelations of the committee, as epito-
mized by the New York Herald, it appears
that the grossest corruptions characterize the
police of that city. Many of the men are of
the worst character, some of them being well
known thieves and rowdies. Drunkenness
and rowdyism have been proved to exist in
many OF the station houses captains of police
as well as men patronize disreputable houses;
gross immoralities are practice with aban-
doned women who are arrested and to whom
great favor is shown by the police the po-
licemen pick each others pockets and steal
their companions pay; and they leave their
duties to attend political meetings and con.
ventions, besides attempting to intimidate
candidates for office. Sinccures are also
shown to be quite plenty in the force.
Year: 1859

There can be but one opizion as to this
measure. and the feeling of exultation that


has swept over the Territory as the news
has spread. tells the whole story. It was
the PEOPLES WILL! Well and nobly have
they vindicated their manhood by throwing
off the infamous work Of the Missouri In
vasion. The cause of Human Liberty
throughout the world will stand the stronger
for this repeal. It demonstrates the truth
ofour motto, "The People always Conquer -
Year: 1859

A short time since young fellow went
to see minister's daughter, whose faith
err S house was near a mill dam.


1t being the spring of the year, the
waters made considerable Of roar as
they tumbled over the dam The modest
young gentleman tapped lightly on the
door at first and received no answer He
tapped again-still no answer. Again
and again he repeated his knock, but still
he was unheard. Mastering up courage,
he proceeded to inhict some severe thumps
on the door, which brought the staid old
gentleman out.


81 suppose" said the youngster, who
had by this time become slightly savage,
from beingscompelled to wait so long; 81
suppose you could not hear me knocking
on account of the dam roaring?"


"The dam roaring What do you
mean, sir2 How dare you speak in that
way ?" said the divine, somewhat angry
at hearing the young man swear in his
presence.


IL mean TO say, sir, that l suppose you
could not hear my knocking on account
Of the dam roaring


lam lOdllHSi d5dih Vu oNbuhuiCi
have you the impudence to insult me with
a repetition Of those words Begone,
sir"


"My dear sir, quoth the now bewilder-
ed youth, IL intended to say / presumed
| could not be heard on account Of the
DAM roaring" laying particular emphasis
on the two last words.


Insult on insult!' shouted the infuria
ted mae, and he rushed at the poor fellow
with the evident intent of ejecting hin.
but was restrained by the voice Of his
daughter, oxclaiming:


Papa, suppose the young man intend
ed to say that you could rot hear on ac-
count OF the roaring of the dam"


"O-I beg your pardon, sir-I beg your
pardon walk in, walk in, really; ah, we'll
declare declare The dam roaring!
Capital Come in. That is really rich.


1t is needless to add that the youngster
went 10, aud in the excellent society OF
the young lady soon forgot the dan
roaring
Year: 1859




Follow the path by the old stone mill,


Till you are under the brow Of the hill,
Turn to your right, past the new sycamore tree,
And spring Of water you there shall see.
Born deep down in the loins of the land,
Struggling up through the silvery sand,
Bubbles are breaking upon its brim,
Blue eyed grasses are k.ScinS its Vim.
Violets bend DER the messy brink,
Pale anemones stoop to drink,


And the pebbly bottom of green and gold,
Has always new miracles to unfold.
Diamonds never shone out so fair,
As the crystal fountain that gushes there
Brighter than stars ON the breasts of kings,
Or the sparkling spangles Of fairies wings.
You may boast the merits Of rare old wine,
From the sunny vintages of the Rhine,
You may clink your glasses Of pink campagne
And scof at water in proud dsdain.
But hollow your right hand and fill
Drink as deeply as you will
Dregs at the bottom you cannot find
Spring water leaves no headache behind.