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Year: 1859

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In this latitude; it is we'll known by
pomologists that, as soon as the frost is
out of the ground in the spring, the sap
begins to ascend into the body and limbs
of trees, the buds swell. the leaves start
and the blossoms soon appear. And it is
well known too in some seasons the buds
are much damaged. or the blossoms are
entirely blighted by the severe and cold
nights that follow. In conversation re-
Gently. with practical pomologist, who
has been eminently successful in rails
ing all kinds of fruit-particularly plums
peaches, and cherries-he informed us
that the great secret of his success was
In keeping the frost in the ground until
the dangerous nights had passed, by
early spreading over the surface of the
ground above the roots, of sufficient
depth. straw manure, or any kind of
compost; that in some seasons he had
seen his neighbors' trees in full bloom
even before he had removed his surface
covering. and the result proved that not
unfrequently the frosty nights were ia





tai to his neighbors' crops; his own trees
blossoming out late. were always sure to
yield him an abundant harvest.
Year: 1859

DR. SMITH having established first class Water
Cure and Motorpathic Institution in this city, and feel
ng great interest in the such an Instit-
ton based upon natural and rational principles of the
healing art have taken charge of the business depar
ment. DR. Smith is graduate of regularly chartered
Medical College, thorough Physician by nature as well
as education, and can assure those who consult him
and adopt his treatment that they will rejoice in the
inspiration of returning health, and verify ali that is
said in his favor


THOMAS HILL
Sacramento March le-tf late of Hill, Wooster & Co
Year: 1859

We find the following in the Placerville
Observer:


MAEvELLoUsLY RIcn.-As we predicted,
the new diggings near Darlington's ranch
have proven to be exceedingly rich Last
week the claim of Smith, Kern d Co., in
three days washing, yielded 81 ounces of
gold dust This enterprising company have
Just completed a water ditch over mile
in length for the purpose of supplying their
new diggings, aud will have an ample supply
for the entire season. Since the storm has
blown over, we hear nothing but the most
cheering news from every mining camp in the
county.


COOP DrGGIxGs-A friend who reside Mt
Spanish Hill in this vicinity, assures us that
the diggings in that locality are now Weld
ing better pay than they have ever done be
fore. AS an evidence of their value. one
day last week, the one.half interest of a
claim sold for $3.50 and was considered cheap
at that


WISCONSIN, TuNNEL.-This great tunnel,
situated near Smiths Flat, has at length been
opened entirely through the bill. The tunnel
Is nearly 1900 feet in length, and was dug for
the purpose of draining gold bed which
promises to be exceedingly lich -Four hun
dred feet of the bed, or placer has been
thoroughly prospected and the dirt yields
from one bit to So to the pan.


DANGER OF PUFFINe.-Some days since we
made mention of the fact that certain mining
claims on Red Hill, in this vicinity, were
yielding unusually good wages Mr.. Patter.
son informs us that on Friday night last the
sluiee boxes in the aforesaid claims were
robbed of five or six hundred dollars worth
of gold dust.
Year: 1859

HoRRIBLE OUTRAGE.-The papers of St
jerome, Canada, give the details of most
outrageous assault, said to have been com
mitted upon n woman in that parish. On 6
dark night of the last week four men in dis.
guise entered the peaceful dwelling of man
his wife, and two small children, and LAYING
hold of the woman, took her out of bed, tore
her clothes, and half Naked forced her to
leave the house, put her in vehicle, and
drove off with her. ...t


After proceeding several miles they took
the woman to a stable, tied her hands behind
her back, put II clumsy collar around her
neck, and fixing a cord to it, tied her up and
left her. Shortly after one of them returned
with the intention of cutting ont her tongue,
for the purpose of preventing her cries being
heard, and had commenced to put her to thi.
new torture, when he was recalled by his
companions, who. seeing some one ON the
road, took to fight


The next morning the owner os the stable
found the woman in most horrible state and
nearly dead, her face covered with blood,
with wounds on her hand. and feet. In her
efforts to prevent the villain from executing
his purpose of cutting out her tongue, she
had so much injured it that she was scarcely
able to speak. She was taken home and
proper attention paid to her. She was taken
home ard proper attention paid to her The
cause of this infamous proceedingis is believed
to he the fact that the woman was witness
against one of its perpetrators, in a murder
trial, last summer.
Year: 1859

tB a gentleman who has recently spent
some time in Cuba, writes to the New Or
leans Picayune that forty times the thirty
millions asked for by the President would
not much facilitate the purchase of Cuba,
under present circumstances He doubts,
moreover, whether any portion of this conn
try, except the Northern commercial Stdtes
is greatly interested in its acquisition, and
that it would be injurious rather than bene-
fetal to the South. From his own observa-
ton, moreover he says he is satisfied that
with the exception Of American residents,
in Cuba, and exiles or political malcontents
in this country the people of the island are
decidedly opposed to annexation to the
United States.
Year: 1859

UaB- Among the unmarked and unhonored
graves in the rural cemetery at Camden, Ar
kansas, is that of brother of the illustrious
Henry Clay-his only monument is an oak
tree, with the initials of his name rudely
carved in its rough bark lie is said to have
been an humble and devoted minister of the
GOSPEL,
Year: 1859

SB- A servant girl of gentleman named
Crane, residing in Belleville township. New
Jersey, was committed to Jail recently on a
charge of numbering her infant by stranging
it with garter. The girl was charged with
having child and denied it, whereupon a
search was made and the dead body found in
her trunk with the garter around its neck.
Year: 1859

CB- A young lad, while skating on the
Connecticut river, between Springfield and
Chicopee, and drawing girl on a sled after
him, skated into nm air hole and both went
under water. BY their own presence of mind
and with the assistance of some companions.
they were rescued The little girl kept her
mouth shut as she remembered her mother
told her people in the water should, and, al
though senseless when rescued, thus avoided
any material i'll effects
Year: 1859

We learn that at last treaty has been
effected between our Government and the
Kaw Indians for portion of their lands,
which, as soon as ratified by Congress, will
be offered for sale. The whole reserve
comprises an area of twenty miles square.
The amount they still retain, is nine by
fourteen miles, running east and west
from the western line Of the reserve, the
northern boundary being one mile south
of Council Grove. 1t will be seen by this
that their new limits takes in portion Of
the Neosbo, and with it a considerable
settlement, which has been made two OF
more years, and of course they will be
lotb to quit.


The lands, we are told, are TO be bid for
by sealed bids-the sum, of course, not to
fall short of the appraisement. The ar
rangement, we think, will not suit any Of
the settlers very well, especially, as the
Indians are not considered entitled to that
land in the first place. We are told that
settlers on the part now reserved have
been ordered to quit. We doubt whether
they will be got of SO easy, if at ALL
EnpoTiu Netcs.
Year: 1859

1t is, most unfortunately, becoming a
habit with people of this country to regard
peculation as a venial offence-indeed as
rather good joke. We have been puz.
zled to account for this feeling here, while
in England, where we might naturally
look for old and time nourished errors and
abuses, there is no rank or station, no row.
er of wealth or title, which will shield
swindler or peeulator from punishment
There, if man does what is here done
almost with impunity, if not sent to
prison or penal colony, he is totally shut
out from respectable society-marked as
very Pariah, to be Stunned by all who value
honor or good name. Here there is neither
legal punishment nor social loathing and
exclusion. Men who have done the most
unworthy and disgraceful things, in public
or private station, are as freely recognized
as gentlemen as if they bore no stain Of
dishonor. These things must, sooner or
later, be reformed. Decent, honest men,
must resolve that swindlers, cheats and
peculators can no more be ranked as gentle.
men than thieves and pickpockets Re-
spectacle judges and lawyers must not
only break, but shut out from their society
all the tribe of shysters, plunder sharer:,
and pitiful rascals of all sorts, who dis.
grace the profession by their vile tricks
Nothing but this course of social ostracism


will cure the corruption which is becoming
so monstrous in our country. That will do
it most effectually.-PiRsburgh DipGtcl.
Year: 1859

The death Of Senator Broderick in a
duel with Judge Terry, Of the Supreme
Court Of California, is a stigma upon tie
judicial ermine that can only be wiped
out by the instant removal of Terry from
the Office he has disgraced, and his future
repudiation by the people of California.
IL he had wished satisfaction of Broder-
icE, he should have had respect sufficient
for his position TO have resigned it, before
violating law it was his duty to guard
and protect.


The duel was fought in valley, some
ten miles from Merced Lake, near San
Francisco, and took place on the morning
of the 18th ult. A large number of spec
tators were in attendance. The parties
are both stated to have evinced great self
possession. Broderick fell on the frst
fire, the ball of his opponent entering his
breast just below the right nipple, and
lodged in his left side.-Ledv. Dispatch
Year: 1859

" A writer in the New York Even-
ing Post thinks there should be legislative
interposition against the use of burning
fluids. He states that laws controlling
the storage Of gunpowder have long been
patiently borne by the community, due
regard for human life rendering them i'm
perative. He calls attention to the fact
that the Fire MarshaPs Report attributes
the origin of many of the frequent fires in
that city, to the explosion or upsetting of
can Of burning fluid or camphene.
Year: 1859

G The complete returns in the gold
region give majority of nearly three
thousand against the constitution framed
in August last. Seven candidates for
delegate to Congress, are in the field, can
vassing their claims to that post.
Year: 1859

@ The Registry law in Michigan goes
into operation at the coming election
None but the registered are allowed to
vote, and all the challenging must be done
before the Board of Registry.
Year: 1859

The Protestant Episcopal Diocesan Convention,
Yesterday, after an exciting discussion, passed
resolution stating that it would be acceptable to
the Diocese if the House of Bishops would remove
the sentence now hanging over Bishop Onderdonk,
under such restrictions as they might deem proper.
The restrictions, it is understood will virtuslly
subordinate Bishop Onderdonk to his assistant
now Provisional Bishop Potter.
Year: 1859

In another column may be found an interesting
account, by our special reporters, of the nature
and extent of the great oyster places recently d,s
covered in Long Island Sound, with graphic de-
,cription of the exciting scenes now being enacted
there.
Year: 1859

SNow.-lesterday morning there
was about four inches Of snow upon the
ground. The rough state of the roads at the
time the snow fell made the sleighing rather
ragged, but there was considerable of it
done A few weeks of first rate sleighing
would not go bad about this time, and We
hone to see it.
Year: 1859

HIRAM PRIcE.-This gentleman will
deliver lecture before the Young Mems
Literary Association. at Metropoliton Hall
on "Wednesday evening next as will be seen
Subject. Man as he is 1t is hoped that
there will be a large attendance on that
occasion
Year: 1859

~ There was considerable buz.
zing about with the cutters last evening
We hope see plenty of snow and plenty Of
sleighing for the next six weeks. 1t would
improve our trade and revive business gen
orally.
Year: 1859

The Universalist preachers hold aud teach
the final salvation and happiness OF all
men. Their system Is justly chargeable
with all the inferences which may be de,
duced from this position, whether they ad
nit them or not This train Of intereIces
is not -hort one and their pertinency and
logical connection are urquesticnatle.
have just been turning over among some old
pamphlets and find descent on the | NJ
versai plan, or Universal selvation, ex-
planned by John Peck. Who or what he
was do not know. It is certain, he was
no poet, but his logic was clear and vigor-
GUS. and in dogged strains, he thus traces
out the logical consequences Of believing
Universalism. Universalist preachers may
deny the consequence, but their denial can
not separate them from the doctrine.
Year: 1859

That the author understood the true doc
trine is clear from the earnest tone with
which he writes on ether subjects


1t may be thought that he is not serious
enough with sacred things, but there are
some positions taken with regard to sacred
things. that are nothing short of ridiculous,
and the only way to overthrow them, is to
place them in their true light, as Mr. Peck
has done, the consequence of Universalism
in the case. NJ
Year: 1859

The DOG CASE According to
ssipulations of the armistice, the dog we
spoke of yesterday appeared before the
police magistrate promptly at nine o'clock
yesterday morning in order to find legal
master. The Court was prepared to set on
the case and at the appointed hour the man
who had the dog when the dispute took
place on Friday, appeared fully prepared to
fight the matter through regardless Of ex-
pense or labor. But claimant number two
did not come to time. The Court waited
for him with as much patience as possible
until it was thought he had no notion Of at
tempting to forfeit lis claim, when the party
of the first part was put in full and complete
possession Of his "leetle tcg" and went on
his way rejoicing. The dog, its owner, the
public. and the city authorities are all satis-
fed with the result,
Year: 1859

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Courier and Enquirer saws -
Negotiations are understood to be in pro-
gress for the restoration of Douglas to the
Democratic party in regular form. The
condition which the Douglas party insist
upon is that the other division shall cease
to denounce popular sovereignty as to slave
ry in the Territories, and shall oppose the
principle no furlheRtban to crush it out by
executive interference. by the federal pat
ronage, by courts and mobs, and finally by
the army in case where all others fail. The
compromise will probably be adopted with l.
out prejudice to the great object of the uni
versal expansion of slavery, for after all,
this question will be settled not by what is
said, but by what is done, while using all
the powers of the Government to introduce
slavery into Territory or State. it is per-
fectly easy for the Democracy to avow an
intense devotion to the will and sovereignty
of the people. Bargain to be made in these
plain and practical terms will reinstate Mr..
Douglas as a candidate before the Charles
ton Convention.
Year: 1859

We learn that there is to be a large saw
mill put on the town site of Chelsea within
a few weeks. This viii give things fresh
start in that neighborhood Immediately, and
several buildings will be erected. That
chelsea will become an important point in
Year: 1859

AN ACT TO carry into effect the convention between the


United States and China, concluded the eighth of


November, eighteen hundred and fifty eight at Shang


hai.


BE enacted By s Senate and House Of Representatives. Of he
United Sos Of America ia Congress assembled That the
Minister Chief Diplomatic officer OF the United States
in China, shall the Chinese revenue officers
issue the debentures duty receipts provided for in the
convention select proper Deposay of the same in
China making such compensation he shall think right
the sad debentues their proceeds being subject to the
appropriation hereinafter provided g. And be fur
0er cpaa.d, That the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate shall appoint two commits
soneTs who shall form Board in China to receive and
examine all claims which may be presented TO them
under the said convention according TO the provisions of
the same, the principles of justice and international law
SIC 3. Ind BE- further enacfed That the Board so
constituted shall meet at such time and place as shall he
designated by the chief Diplomatic officer in China and
nate their duties sSEc 4. Ind he further enacted That
the compensation of the said commissioners shall he three
thousand dollars per annum and the President of the
United States Is authorized TO make such provision for
the contingent expenses Of the commission as shall ap
pear to him necessary and proper and the said
salaries and expenses shah be paid Of any MONEYS
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated g. And
he a6lr 0qciod That the said commissioners shall re-
port 10 the chief diplomatic officer IN China The several
awards mnde by them, TO be approved by him. copy of
which shall be by him transmitted 10 the deposary Of
Year: 1859

IMPROVEMENT IN THE STEAM ENGINE Robert
Stewart, of Elmira, n. Y, who has made steam
engines his study for the past twenty years, has
perfected an invention of the most valuable kind
for which he received letters patent on the 18th Of
September, 1858. A partial description of this
invention we copy from the Elmira Gazette Il
is named in the patent as the Combination Steam
Valve"


at is quite impossible to describe this improve
ment in general terms, and make it Ineligible to
the reader without the aid of diagrams 1t is sim
ply valve or gate enclosed in cylinder of iron,
less than half the size of mans hat, into which
the steam is conveyed by the induction pipe. and
from which it is carried by pipes to each end OF
the cylinder which contains the head of the piston
rod-and is returned to the exhaust pipe through
the same channel-in such quantity, and such
only, as the work to be performed requires. The
speed of the engine is not increased by detaching
the machinery, nor diminished by Increasing the
work to be done, as with ordinary engines The
amount of steam conveyed to the piston is regula
ted by the power required, giving the engine at all
times steady and uniform motion, without re-
gard TO the measure of power expended This
most beautiful result is attained by a connection
between the governor and the stem Of the valve,
both Of which are attached to an intermediate
slotted piece which rises and falls with the motion
of the governor and thus opens wide or narrow
the orifce through which the steam passes on s
way from the boiler to the piston. It is entirely
self regulating; indeed, the precise amount Of
steam used can be fixed in pounds. s.Frffs,I g.


The Patentee claims for his Invention


1. That it reduces the cost of building an engine
one-third.


2. That it economies steam equal to twenty five
per cent by passing it directly from the boiler to
the cylinder, and reduces friction by dispensing
with the D valves in the steam chest.


3. It performs the duties, and dispenses with the
use of the governor valve, graduating cut off and
stop valves, in addition to the D valves OF the
steam chest, as attached to an ordinary engine
1t combines in itself the principles Of all these,
and performs their werk in surer anu simpler
manner. a- -t @


4. 1t is self adjusting and self.packing all done
by steam, and kept in order by use; -er--i


These claims are fully verified by experiment
and are rather under than overstated BY US.


An engine built by the inventor afer the patent
was put in operation on Saturday last in the shop
of 0lcott 4 Payne, Corning, where it was got up,
and attached to the machinery of their establish
ment It performed to the entire satisfaction of
all who Witnessed its operation.
Year: 1859

We expressed our opinion, The other day,
based on our dispatches, which seemed to say
tlat the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill Taa
defeated, that Mr. Buchanan must call an e1-
ira session Of Congress at an early day to
enable him to carry on the Government. Since
the idea conveyed by the telegraph has been
corrected, and the Postal bill proves to be
that which was lost, au extra session seems
more improbable The appropriations for
The mail service will not be exhausted until
the end Of the fiscal year on the 3oth Of
June. From that day until the first regular
session Of The Congress in December, the De-
partment may be able to carry on its opera
tions On credit, it the Postmaster. General is


willing to assume the responsibility OF such


a course. Again, all the members OF the
House will not tie elected until near the time
prescribed by law for the regular sesslon to
begin. Mr.. Buchanan will, doubtless, be dis
inclined to Eummon Houee opposed to his
Administration until it is decided that tue
country Inns pronounced against him; and
only some unforeseen complication Of pub
lie affairs will give him courage to do 50
then. Probably no extra session will be held.